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THE ART OF TRACEY EMIN

By: (Edited By: Mandy Merck and Chris Townsend)

Price: $23.75

Publisher: London, Thames & Hudson: 2002

Seller ID: 013555

ISBN: 0500283850

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

224pp., intext, b/white plates throughout, including frontispiece. Book clean and square. Spine firm, minimally bumped. Art-illustrated ('Self Portrait. Here It Is, 2000', Tracey Emin) card wrapper lightly bumped on foredge corners. A former owner's name on half-title page, else text-block unmarked. Edited by Mandy Merck and Chris Townsend, 'The Art of Tracey Emin' consists of a collection of essays on Britain's leading contemporary conceptual artist, sculptor and photographer, Tracey Emin (b. 1963). Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, 10 chapters (essays). Notes. Film and Video Works by...
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BRUCE LEE: His Eternities

By: (Staff Writers)

Price: $14.25

Publisher: Hong Kong, Kung Fu Magazine Publishing Co.: 1984

Seller ID: 005062

Binding: Softcover (Staple-bound)

Condition: Very Good

70pp., centre-spread, 4 page, colour-plate section, plus numerous intext, b/white, candid and action halftone plate illustrations. Saddle-stitched, staple-bound magazine format, a 'Collector's Edition', containing much Bruce Lee action, including a 'Camera-Test Exclusive'. Minor edgewear, leaves clean. Staples firm. Pictorial limp cover lightly edgeworn and bumped. Bruce Lee, born in 1940, died in 1973. Magazine weight approx. 200g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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'ZAT IZZ APPLES, SIR'. (Signed Copy)

By: Abrami, Janka

Price: $10.45

Publisher: Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, Globe Press: 1986

Seller ID: 003855

ISBN: 0959367195

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

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 the Australian way of life.Contents include: Intro., Part 1: 19 chapters. Part 2: 14 chapters. Book weight approx. 310g. Postag...
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NOBODY'S CHILD : Who Are You When You Don't Know Your Past?

By: Adie, Kate

Price: $15.20

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 2005

Seller ID: 010364

ISBN: 0340840307

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

x, + 324pp., plus 8 page, colour and b/white, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, reading crease there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. "With a curiosity inspired by her own circumstances as an adopted child, Kate Adie uncovers the extraordinary, moving and inspiring stories of just such children - without mother or father, any knowledge of who they might be, or even a name to call their own. Too often, the answers different cultures have come up with to the issue of foundlings have been either inadequate or cruel . . . ...
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FROM EMPEROR TO CITIZEN : The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi

By: Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi (Translated by W.J.F. Jenner)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Beijing, China, Foreign Languages Press: 1998

Seller ID: 011906

ISBN: 7119007726

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

496pp., plus 2 x 8, and 2 x 4 pag4e, b/white photographically- illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Gilt title to front panel of undamaged brown boards. One tiny spot to text-block foredge, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket sunned on spine (title clearly legible), minor edge-creasing to head and foot of same, small stain. Attached ribbon bookmark, mildly frayed. From the jacket flap: " . . . the autobiography of Pu Yi, the man who was the last emperor of China. A unique memoir of the first half of the 20th ...
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THE FAB FIVE : Basketball, Trash Talk, the American Dream

By: Albom, Mitch

Price: $23.75

Publisher: New York, Warner Books: 1993

Seller ID: 011692

ISBN: 0446517348

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

359pp., plus 1 x 16 page photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Yellow spine firm. Plain blue boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket minimally edge-creased at head of mildly sunned spine (title clearly legible). From the jacket flap: "This is the tale of the greatest class ever recruited in college basketball - the Fab Five of Michigan - and how they shocked the sports world from the day they arrived on campus . . . " Book weight approx. 670g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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BUCCANEER: Admiral Sir Henry Morgan

By: Allen, H.R.

Price: $17.10

Publisher: London, Arthur Barker Limited: 1976

Seller ID: 013785

ISBN: 0213165694

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

x., + 193pp. Unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section (all called-for plates extant and attached). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain red boards bumped on lower foredge corner, else good. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with a short closed tear on foot of front panel. This book tells the story of Welsh-born privateer, Admiral Sir Henry Morgan (c. 1635-1688). From his base in Jamaica, he raided settlements and shipping on the Spanish Main, becoming wealthy as he did so. The author, H.R. Allen is a des...
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IAN GAWLER : The Dragon's Blessing

By: Allenby, Guy

Price: $20.90

Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia, Allen & Unwin: 2008

Seller ID: 007933

ISBN: 1741756081

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

viii, + 342pp., plus 16 page, b/white and colour, photographic section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, a hint of tanning to edges, soft corner crease to several. Illustrated card wrapper nominally edgeworn, soft corner crease to rear. "In 1974, Dr Ian Gawler, an ambitious young veterinarian and athlete, developed bone cancer in his right leg . . . In 1984, Ian Gawler's legendary bestseller 'You Can Conquer Cancer' was published. Today, Gawler is a world-renowned pioneer in the therapeutic application of mind-body medicine and meditation and The Gawler Foundation offers resid...
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AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER : The Remarkable Love Story of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy

By: Andersen, Christopher P.

Price: $19.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Co: 1997

Seller ID: 009828

ISBN: 0688153119

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

xi, + 336pp., plus 32 page, b/white, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edge-creased at head of spine. "During their twenty-six years together, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy mesmerized the world with their famous on-screen chemistry like no other couple. Yet their private love affair - which ended early with Tracy's death in 1967 - remained shrouded in secrecy . . . Author Christopher Anderson paints a full, inspiring portrait of these beloved American icons and the life they share...
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TOGETHER ALONE : The Story of the Finn Brothers

By: Apter, Jeff

Price: $19.00

Publisher: North Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, William Heinemann/Random House: 2010

Seller ID: 009702

ISBN: 1741668166

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

340pp., plus 16 page, colour and b/white, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean, one page softly corner creased. Illustrated card wrapper near 'as new'. "Based on interviews, critical analysis, extensive research and the author's 30-plus years of following the Finns, 'Together Alone' is the first biography written about the Finn brothers. This is the story of breakthroughs, breakdowns, sibling rivalry and respect - and some of the best pop songs this side of Lennon and McCartney." Contents include: Prologue, 12 chapters, Coda, Acks., Notes, Select B...
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BEFORE NIGHT FALLS

By: Arenas, Reinaldo

Price: $17.10

Publisher: London, Serpent's Tail: 2001

Seller ID: 007565

ISBN: 1852428082

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

xvii, + 317pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. Originally published in Spain as 'Antes que anochezca' (Autobiographia) by Tusquets Editores, S.A. "This shocking memoir by the Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas is a book about sexual, political and artistic freedom . . . Arenas recounts his journey from a poverty-stricken childhood in rural Cuba to his death in New York four decades later . . . " Book weight approx. 240g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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PRINCE OF CATS

By: Arjan Singh

Price: $11.40

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1982

Seller ID: 010338

ISBN: 022402034X

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

192pp., plus 16 pages of unpaginated colour photographic illustrations. Map illustrated endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards undamaged. Foxing flecks to text-block edges, else leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly tanned and foxed on flaps, and reverse. "Living in the north of Uttar Pradesh, on the border wth Nepal, and seeing how the local leopard population had dwindled almost to nothing, celebrated Indian wildlife expert Arjan Singh determined to find out whether it would be possible to bring up a leopard cub i...
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ANYA : Countess of Adelaide

By: Armstrong, Judith

Price: $14.25

Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Ryan Publishing: 1998

Seller ID: 012459

ISBN: 1876498005

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

vii, + 240pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, with just a hint of tanning to textblock edges. Illustrated card wrapper has a minor edge crease. "This factional biography weaves an imaginative life story of the pretty and ambitious German waitress whose marriage to one of the founders of BHP endows her with huge wealth and social position. Later, the widowed Agnes Rasp marries a European aristocrat and throughout the dark days of WWI she dreams of returning from Germany as the Countess of Adelaide . . . " Contents include: Introduction, 9 chapters, Sources. Book weight app...
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CONCERNING WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL

By: Arthur, Sir George

Price: $12.35

Publisher: London, Heinemann: 1941

Seller ID: 000526

Binding: Hard Cover + D/J

Condition: Fair+

vii, + 200 pp. First printed December, 1940. This reprint edition, January, 1941. Book almost square, with barely a hint of cocking. Endpapers uniformly brown, one or two small foxing spots on head, else leaves clean. Loose-plastic protected, subject portrait dustjacket is price-clipped, previously clear-tape reinforced on rear, has grubby marks on rear panel, fold marks on rear flap, small corner chips and red border abrasions. Written by an old soldier and experienced author, this is a well compiled biography, written relatively early in World War Two. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charg...
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SISTER NIVEDITA OF RAMAKRISHNA-VIVEKANANDA

By: Atmaprana, Pravrajika

Price: $23.75

Publisher: Calcutta, India, Sister Nivedita Girls' School: 1967

Seller ID: 012215

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Good +

xii, + 311pp., unpaginated illustrations throughout: two colour plates, with the majority b/white halftone plates (all called-for plates extant and attached). Book clean and square. Quarter-cloth spine lightly bumped only. Plain textured boards undamaged. Several non-descript numbers written on rear free endpaper, else minimally tanned text-block clean. Printed, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn and creased, with closed tears, mildly soiled, and an Indian currency price felt-pen deleted on front flap. The story of Irish-born (County Tyrone) Sister Nivedita (Margaret Elizabeth Noble, ...
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A MIXED DOUBLE

By: Austin, H.W. 'Bunny', and Konstam, Phyllis

Price: $20.90

Publisher: London, Chatto and Windus: 1969

Seller ID: 010914

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

264pp., unpaginated b/white plates throughout; candid halftones, and line drawings (all called-for plates extant and attached). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain blue boards undamaged. A small, original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, minor flecks on edges, else text-block unmarked. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, mildly edgeworn and abraded. This volume is a 'dual' autobiography, featuring alternating chapters of the lives of H.W. (Bunny) Austin, British tennis player and devotee of the MRA (Moral Re-Armament), and his ...
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BOY HE CRY : An Island Odyssey

By: Averill, Roger

Price: $22.80

Publisher: Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, Transit Lounge Publishing: 2009

Seller ID: 007524

ISBN: 0980461677

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

310pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed only. "A spiritual odyssey into the heart of a remote culture . . . Two young Australians arrive unannounced on a remote Melanesian island and ask its residents if they can live with them for a year. Granted this request, cut off from the outside world, living without electricity, telephones, running water, two-way radios or even access to an ocean-going boat, Roger Averill and his anthropologist partner adapt to life in a subsistence culture and find themselves overwhelmed by the generosity of ...
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TO BALLINA & BACK (Signed Copy)

By: Ayerbe, Jack

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Gisborne, Victoria, Australia, Alto Books: 2007

Seller ID: 013264

ISBN: 0980289629

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

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 local cattle population and, sensing adventure, Jack takes up the challenge. It would change his life forever . . . " Book w...
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BY MYSELF AND THEN SOME

By: Bacall, Lauren

Price: $14.25

Publisher: London, Headline Book Publishing: 2005

Seller ID: 004152

ISBN: 075531350X

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Near Fine

506pp., unpaginated, colour and b/white, candidly illustrated sections. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves pristine. Monochrome, portrait-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. ".on the silver anniversary of 'By Myself', Lauren bacall brings her inspiring memoir up to date, chronicling the events of the past twenty-five years, including her recent films, Broadway runs, and fond memories." Book weight approx. 990g. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with p...
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BLACK DOG OF FATE : A Memoir

By: Balakian, Peter

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, Broadway Books: 1998

Seller ID: 011007

ISBN: 0767902548

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

292pp., two page b/white map. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper undamaged. "In elegant and moving prose, 'Black Dog of Fate' charts Peter Balakian's growth and personal awakening to the facts of his family's history and the horrifying aftermath of the Turkish government's continued campaign to cover up one of the worst crimes ever committed against humanity." Book weight approx. 290g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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