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Price: $20.90
Publisher: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 2007
Edition: Uncorrected Proof Copy.
Seller ID: 008253
x, + 308pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Fine pen stripe to head and foot of textblock. Printed card wrapper negligibly scuffed. The life and exploits of Don Juan, in the 'words' of the great lover himself . . . Includes Editor's Note. Book weight approx. 400g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Adams, Douglas
Price: $21.85
Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1987
Edition: First U.S. Edition, 1st Impression.
Seller ID: 006287
247pp. Book clean and square. Blue quarter-cloth spine, bright gilt title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Paul Bacon), loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. A simple search, for a missing cat, by Private Detective Dirk Gently develops into a ghost-horror-detective-time travel-romantic comedy epic . . . more interested in telekinesis, quantum mechanics and lunch, our hero's task is not easy. Sadly for the cat . ... View more info
By: Adams, Richard
Price: $20.90
Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1974
Edition: First U.S. Edition, 1st Impression.
Seller ID: 006699
604pp., colour, story-setting map endpapers (art by Rafael Palacios). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Stylized art design over undamaged brown cloth boards. A discreet remainder stripe on textblock foot abutting spine, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with short closed tears and slight tanning. Following his multi-award winning debut novel 'Watership Down', Richard Adams' 'S... View more info
By: Aldridge, James
Price: $16.15
Publisher: London, Hamish Hamilton: 1961
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 005906
790pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, vivid silver title there-on. Red boards undamaged. Lower margin damage (creased; plus one with biopredation) on several leaves, otherwise very good. Art-illustrated (P. Youngman-Carter) loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, with jagged tears and creases, plus minor fading on spine. Action thriller set in Egypt during and after the Suez crisis. By 1956 few Englishmen are left in the country. One exception is the mysterious ... View more info
By: Anastasios, Meaghan Wilson
Price: $17.10
Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Pan Macmillan: 2018
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013235
viii, + 440pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper very good +. From the rear panel: "Istanbul, Turkey, 1955. Benedict Hitchens, once a world-renowned archaeologist, is now a discredited - but still rather charming - shell of his former self. Once full of optimism and adventure, his determination to prove that Achilles was a real historical figure led him to his greatest love, Karina, on the island of Crete and to his greatest do... View more info
By: Anderson, Poul
Price: $15.20
Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz: 1970
Edition: 1st U.K. [Thus]..
Seller ID: 002406
224pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Minor spots on rear free endpaper and text-block edges, otherwise clean. Typical, bright yellow, loose-plastic protected, printed d/jacket edgeworn, small jagged closed tears, smokey spine panel and price-clipped. Five Novellas, previously published in 'somewhat different form', i.e.; "Memory" [under the title "A World Called Maanerak"]. Contents: Memory. Brake. The Sensitive Man. The Moonrakers.... 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: Andrews, Allen
Price: $19.00
Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Co.: 1980
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 010656
199pp., b/white line-drawn illustrations by Michael Foreman. B/white illustrated endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain blue boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket has one tiny surface abrasion to flap fold. "Set in medieval France, the hero is - yes - a pig, a small but highly intelligent pig with a little boar blood lurking in his veins . . . When the feudal lords of Pitou decide with the far... 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
Price: $19.00
Publisher: New York, Hyperion Books: 1994
Edition: First Edition (Stated).
Seller ID: 010585
409pp. Book clean, square. Quarter-cloth spine (bronze title there-on) firm. Light bump to upper foredge corner of plain black front board. Leaves clean, very soft vertical crease to several. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket very mildly edge-creased and indented, and edge-tanned on reverse. "In his mesmerizing fictional debut, Roderick Anscombe takes readers into the fevered mind of Count Dracula the man - aristocrat, doctor, and helpless killer of you... View more info
By: Anthony, Piers
Price: $28.50
Publisher: London, Macdonald: 1970
Edition: First U.K..
Seller ID: 006799
252pp. Book clean. Bright gilt title over slightly cocked spine. Light splash-stain on plain grey boards. Former owner's name on ffep., else leaves clean. Art-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, with short closed tears, browned on rear text panel. This first British Edition tells the story of Aton, whose crime, it seems, was to fall in love, as a child, with Minionette, a semi-mythical siren universally despised and feared. Condemned to the brutally... 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
Price: $20.90
Publisher: London, Holland Park Press: 2010
Edition: First U.K. Edition.
Seller ID: 010393
199pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves pristine. Illustrated card wrapper undamaged. First published in the Netherlands as 'De Koning van Tuzla', De Arbeiderspers, 1999. English translation by Paul Vincent. "All of a sudden, Tijmen Klein Gildekamp, a young Army captain, finds himself in a real war. He is part of the UN, based in Bosnia in the former Yugoslavia, the scene of the most recent war in Europe . . . A truly original coming-of-age story." Book weight appr... View more info
By: Ashley, Anne and Thornton, Claire
Price: $20.90
Publisher: Chatswood, N.S.W., Australia, Harlequin Mills and Boon: 2009
Edition: First Australian Paperback Edition.
Seller ID: 007796
569pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has soft corner crease, minimal edgewear. 'Lady Gwendolen Investigates' : "Elegant yet feisty, well travelled yet innocent to the world, beautiful yet modest - prying into others' lives isn't for Lady Gwendolen Warrender. Until murder and mayhem come to Marsden Wood ! . . . " 'My Lord Footman' : "Pierce Cardew, Viscount Blackspur, has played many parts - spy, smuggler, privateer cap... View more info
Price: $14.25
Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Author / FFFL Productions: 2009
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 012808
92pp., several b/white halftone plate illustrations. Book clean and square. Colour-plate illustrated card wrapper slightly wavy, else very good. Textblock unmarked. From the author of "The Gathering of The Fairy Horses" comes the story of 'One', a character who sees no bad in anyone. Set in the year 2010, within a multicultural "Aussie Land" the story follows the fortunes of 'One', who goes from a baby in an orphanage to a youth on a farm, to the army, pr... 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: Austen, Jane
Price: $17.10
Publisher: London, Penguin Classics: 2009
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 010002
xxxiii, + 474pp. Attached white ribbon bookmark. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title and illustration there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated cloth boards undamaged. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Fiona Stafford. Contents include: The Penguin Edition of the Novels of Jane Austen, Chronology, Introduction, Further Reading, Note on the Text, Emma, Volume One, Two and Three, Emendations to the Text, Notes. Book weight approx. 620g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - ... View more info
Price: $17.10
Publisher: London, Grafton Books: 1992
Edition: First Thus, 1st Impression.
Seller ID: 005987
207pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves acidic (browned); more so on author bio. page. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn and bumped, with a crudely deleted name on plain inner front wrap. Published as a Grafton 'Special Overseas Edition 1992', this psychological thriller begins with Charles and Laura, a young, happily married couple surrounded by the comforting world of academia. On a Christmas Eve shopping trip to London their angelic daughter Naomi disa... 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, Nicholson
Price: $17.10
Publisher: London, Simon & Schuster: 2009
Edition: Second Impression.
Seller ID: 010682
243pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, fine reading crease there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper very good. " . . . a wholly entertaining and beguiling love story about people and poetry: from Tennyson, Swinburne, and Yeats to the moderns (Roethke, Bogan, Merwin) to families, neighbours and the strangers in our lives . . . " Book weight approx. 342g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾&... View more info
