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By: Abrami, Janka
Price: $10.45
Publisher: Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, Globe Press: 1986
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 003855
xi, + 203pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Short inscription, signed by author on half-title page, otherwise leaves clean. Sketch-art illustrated [Sharman Fineberg] card wrapper lightly splayed and creased on upper foredge corner. Foxing flecks on rear [text] panel. Janka Abrami has written a moving account of a family of Polish Jews, the Hakari's, who on arriving in Melbourne via Israel in 1955, settle in South Melbourne, and begin the process of 'blending' into th... View more info
Price: $12.35
Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, National Council of Women of Victoria: 1992
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 001169
x + 173pp. Book negligibly canted. Spine firm. Small spot and fingermarks on rear cover. No dust jacket. Inscription signed by editor on title-page, signed by four contributors on ffep, else leaves clean. Published in celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Council. A short biography on each contributor at rear of book. Numerous entries, some having been previously published. Weight approx. 470gms. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Alexandra Stevens (Written by) Barry Stevens (Photographed by)
Price: $57.00
Publisher: Yallourn North, Victoria, Australia, GippStar International:
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Signed By Author and Photographer
Seller ID: 012292
Limited Edition Hardcover. No publication date (c. 2005?). Colour maps, stunning colour photographic illustrations throughout by Barry Stevens. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Laid-on pictorial image affixed to front panel of undamaged plain blue boards. Short inscription, "Best wishes", signed by author and photographer on ffep., else leaves unmarked and clean. Contents, in sections, include: Surf Coast, Otways, Shipwreck Coast, Warrnamboo... View more info
Price: $24.70
Publisher: New South Wales, Australia, New Holland Books: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 008512
346pp., plus 2 x 8 page, colour, photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Author signature to title page, otherwise leaves clean, albeit with a hint of tanning to textblock edges. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. "Inspired by the death of his mother to breast cancer, Richard Allen made an extraordinary decision - to cycle around Australia to raise funds for cancer research . . . this is Richard's personal chronicle of h... View more info
By: Andrew, Patrick
Price: $12.35
Publisher: Australia, Gordon A. Publishers: 1994
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 002032
189pp., book clean, square. Spine firm. Signed on title page by author, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper has several mild creases and lightly splayed, else good. "This is a humourous story about the confidence tricksters who inhabit Australia's famous bohemian centre . . . " Book weight approx. 250g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View more info
By: Anggraeni, Dewi
Price: $16.15
Publisher: Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia, Indra Publishing: 1988
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Signed and Inscribed By Author
Seller ID: 005462
197pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Concise inscription, signed by author on her bio. page, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated (David Wong) card wrapper lightly edgeworn only. Are dark forces at work? Amyrra believes she is being overpowered by the force of an ominous prediction. Desperate to free herself, she tries to fight it with brutal force. Will it be enough? Book weight approx. 230g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. pack... View more info
By: Annear, Robyn
Price: $28.50
Publisher: Black Inc/Schwartz Publishing: 2006
Edition: Reprint.
Inscription: Signed and Inscribed By Author
Seller ID: 011746
xii, + 303pp., b/white illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Short personal inscription, "To Mxxxxxx . . . ", signed by author Robyn Annear on first (author bio.) page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper very good+. From the rear panel: "The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred years (1892-1992) . . . Robyn Annear uses Whelan's demolition sites as portals to explore layers of the... View more info
By: Archer, Jeffrey
Price: $23.75
Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1988
Edition: 3rd Impression.
Inscription: Signed and Inscribed By Author
Seller ID: 006531
221pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title on firm spine. Grey tint endpapers. A concise inscription, signed by the author on title page, otherwise leaves clean, though browned. Illustrated (art & pictorial), loose-plastic protected dustjacket scuffed and abraded on upper foredge fold, otherwise very good. Twelve 'Tales with a Twist', beginning with 'The Perfect Murder' . . . Book weight approx. 520g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Arena, Felice and Lyon, Garry
Price: $26.60
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia: 2004
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 005611
222pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Signed, in bold black felt pen, by co-author Garry Lyon, on half-title page, else leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has minimal edgewear only. "Simon 'Specky' Magee and his Under 14s football team, the Booyong High Lions, return to battle out the second half of their league's season . . . Meanwhile, he'll have to deal with his rival and worst enemy, Screamer Johnson, and he will meet the mysterious Tiger Girl, and the Great... View more info
By: Artemis
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia, Joshua Holdings: 1999
Edition: First Printing
Inscription: Signed and Inscribed By Author
Seller ID: 008414
190pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Signed by author, in gold pen, on half-title page 'With love, Artemis', otherwise leaves clean and unmarked. Art-illustrated (Artemis) card wrapper negligibly edgeworn, soft corner crease to rear. " . . . a book about Spirit, as it manifests in every moment of your life. It is here to remind you of your true nature, and the absolute power which exists within you. Its very human stories and life-enhancing tools will provide you w... View more info
By: Atwood, Margaret and Weaver, Robert [Selected by]
Price: $22.80
Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario, Canada, Oxford University Press: 1997
Edition: 1st Thus [Corrected].
Inscription: Signed by an author/contributor
Seller ID: 003593
xv, + 462pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Text-block very slightly distorted. Signed on the half-title page by major-name contributor: author Carol Shields [1935-2003], otherwise leaves are clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. Chosen by Margaret Atwood and Robert Weaver, this current edition is a selection of more contemporary, twentieth-century authors, the earlier edition having included many born from 1850 on. Names included here comprise... View more info
By: Ayerbe, Jack
Price: $17.10
Publisher: Gisborne, Victoria, Australia, Alto Books: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed and Signed By Author
Seller ID: 013264
xiii, + 256pp., b/white illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. A personal inscription, signed Jack, to reverse of half-title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper unfdamaged. From the rear panel: "It seemed like a good idea at the time. With these words, young Australian veterinarian Jack Ayerbe moves to a rural practice in the north-west corner of Ireland. It was 1970, an outbreak of respiratory disease was threatening the loc... View more info
By: Bailey, John
Price: $20.90
Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, The Australasian Book Society: 1976
Edition: First Thus.
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 010092
203pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain green boards very lightly bumped on lower foredge corner. Author signature and stamped number '67' to half-title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Art-illustrated (Gary Shead), loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased and indented. " . . . a funny, frank, satirical, serious, highly topical novel of New Guinea. It is centred on an innocent young Australian schoolteacher who, in the... View more info
By: Baker, John L.
Price: $26.60
Publisher: London, Robert Hale: 1986
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 008345
270pp., b/white line-drawings, by the author, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain russet boards undamaged. Signed by author on title page, otherwise leaves unmarked. Colour art-illustrated (Winchester City Cross', John L. Baker), loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased, and mild sunning to spine. "One of England's largest and most beautiful counties, Hampshire is an area of exceptional variety . . . More than 100 ... View more info
By: Ball, C R Joe
Price: $24.70
Publisher: Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, Melrose Books: 2012
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Inscribed and Signed By Author
Seller ID: 011188
vii, + 102pp., including four pages of b/white photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Personal inscription, "Lorrie . . . ", signed by the author on title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edge-rubbed only. The death of his beloved wife caused Joe Ball to enquire on the purpose of his life. He recounts his personal journey, that saw him "shed the male cloak of certainty, only to be pitched headlong ... View more info
By: Barfoot, Chris and Klapish, Simon
Price: $14.25
Publisher: Hartwell, Victoria, Temple House/ Sid Harta: 2003
Edition: First Edition, 1st Impression.
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 001849
v, + 254pp., b/w art illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine tight. Inscription, signed by Simon Klapish on title page, else leaves unmarked. Art-illustrated [Beau White], card wrapper undamaged. The humorous adventures of Dave who runs the biggest rubbish dump in the state. Rubbish and money are his passions, although he has a growing desire for the local pig farmer's daughter. On a government-sponsored fact-finding tour in France, the head of the Paris dump... View more info
By: Bartlett, Geoff [Compiled by]
Price: $10.45
Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Harper Collins: 1999
Edition: 1st Impression
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 003115
210pp., intext, b/w portrait illustration of interviewees. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Inscription, signed 'Geoff' on half-title page, minor production flaw on author bio/portrait page, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated [Nigel Buchanan] card wrapper mildly bumped and creased. Contributors include: Mikey Robins, Peter Berner, Amanda Keller, Magda Szubanski, Paul McDermott, Red Symons, Wendy Harmer, John Clarke, Greg Fleet, Julia Morris, Jean Kitson and many more... View more info
By: Baudinette, Neil
Price: $17.10
Publisher: North Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Nutshell Graphics: 2003
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Signed and Inscribed By Author
Seller ID: 006394
153pp., oblong (landscape) format. Intext illustrations throughout in colour and monochrome. Book clean. Spine firm and square. An inscription, signed and dated 'Neil' on plain inner front wrap. Leaves clean and unmarked. Pictorially illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped only. The story of the creation, and subsequent growth and expansion, of 'Lionsville', a Lions Club of Essendon, Victoria, aged care project. Produced in the 50th Anniversary year of the chartering o... View more info
By: Bell, David
Price: $20.90
Publisher: Berkshire, England, Countryside Books: 2002
Edition: Reprint.
Inscription: Signed and Inscribed By Author
Seller ID: 008220
128pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Short inscription, signed by author on title page, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a small, soft crease to lower corner of rear panel, otherwise very good. "Derbyshire is a county steeped in ancient legends and traditions, born of a rich and colourful history and a landscape at once romantic and forbidding . . . David Bell has brought together a remarkable collection of Derbyshire's legacy of the unexplained... View more info
By: Bernhardt, Peter
Price: $28.50
Publisher: New York, Villard Books: 1993
Edition: First Edition, 2nd Impression
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 008290
xiv, + 225pp., colour plates, plus b/white line-drawn and photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Quarter-cloth spine firm, small area of discoloration to same. Plain purple boards undamaged. Author's signature and date (1993) to title page, otherwise leaves clean. Oblique crease to three leaves. Rough trimmed foredge. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally creased on edges. "Professor Bernhardt examines some of the fascinating r... View more info
