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FRANKSTON WRITERS BLOCK ANTHOLOGY 2017: 10th Anniversary Edition

By: (Contributors)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Frankston, Victoria, Australia, Firsttime Publishing: 2017

Seller ID: 013282

ISBN: 0994289456

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

202pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped only. Textblock pristine. This Frankston Writers Block 10th Anniversary Edition features numerous contributions by members of the writing group. Some entries have been given 'voice' at group meetings, others have been published elsewhere, others still are making their debut in this issue . . . Contents include: Prelims., Foreword from the President. The contributors entries . . . Book weight approx. 320g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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ALCHEMY : Visible Ink 11

By: (Visible Ink Collective)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, RMIT Professional Writing and Editing/department of Creative Media: 2000

Seller ID: 009034

ISBN: 0864590695

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

130pp., b/white illustrations by Peter Christmas Savieri and Dee Rimbaud. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed only. A stand-alone title in the Visible Ink Anthology series. "Playful, contemplative and macabre, this year's Visible Ink anthology is a powerful text on the nature of relationships:between humans, and between humans and insects, birds and things less benign. Reading, one is transported to new and memorable terrain." Contents include: Foreword, Introduction, 21 contributions, Notes on the Contributors. Book weight approx. 2...
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THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF CANADIAN SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH

By: Atwood, Margaret and Weaver, Robert [Selected by]

Price: $22.80

Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario, Canada, Oxford University Press: 1997

Seller ID: 003593

ISBN: 0195412206

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good +

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 the cream of Canadian literature, viz: Atwood, Carol Shields, Alice Munro, Matt Cohen, Mavis Gallant, Caroline Adderson, Mar...
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THOMASINA'S ISLAND: A Novella of Cornwall and Other Stories

By: Baker, Denys Val

Price: $14.25

Publisher: London, William Kimber: 1981

Seller ID: 004632

ISBN: 0718302788

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

190pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated ['Mackeral Boat', Margo Maeckberghe], loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, and noticeably sunned on spine. The primary tale in this volume of short stories is 'Thomasina's Island', set in Cornwall where black-haired beauty Thomasina, firmly committed to the Cornish cause, meets David, who crosses the Tamar first for a holiday, then to stay.Includes nine other stories. Book weight approx. 380g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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SEPTUAGENARIAN STEW: Stories and Poems

By: Bukowski, Charles

Price: $20.90

Publisher: Santa Rosa, California, USA, Black Sparrow Press: 1992

Seller ID: 013094

ISBN: 0876857950

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

375pp. Book clean and square, a trivial reading crease on firm spine. Graphic design card wrapper minimally bumped, and has several small beverage stains on rear wrap. A nondescript inscription on ochre-coloured front flysheet, else textblock unmarked. A collection of poems and stories (some previously published in periodicals) published to coincide with Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) attaining the age of seventy . . . Contents include: Prelims., Numerous poems and stories, commencing with 'Rags, Bottles, Sacks', and closing with 'Luck'. Book weight approx. 570g.
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MAURITIAN VOICES : New Writing in English

By: Butlin, Ron (Edited by)

Price: $13.30

Publisher: Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, Flambard Press: 1997

Seller ID: 011026

ISBN: 1873226241

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

192pp., several b/white drawings by Krishna Luchoomun. B/white thumbnail-size illustrations of contributors to rear pages. Foreword by Michael Bootle. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly surface indented. "Since achieving independence from Britain in 1968, Mauritians have been searching for an identity that reflects the great cultural diversity of their islands . . . Until recently French has been the usual literary language of Mauritius, and this is the first anthology of Mauritian writing in English. Twenty-three novelists, short story writer...
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THE BEST OF GREGORY CLARK. (Signed Copy)

By: CLARK, Gregory

Price: $13.30

Publisher: Toronto, Canada, The Ryerson Press: 1959

Seller ID: 004182

Binding: Hardcover [Original Cloth]

Condition: Good+

viii, + 174pp. Book clean. Spine firm, but slightly cocked. Green boards lightly shelfworn, bumped and splayed. Signed by the author on his Foreword page, otherwise leaves clean. No dustjacket. A selection of short stories, anecdotes, and a little literary licence, by the respected Canadian scribe Gregory Clark, borrowed from his 'Weekend Magazine' column.Born in Toronto, Canada, on 25 September, 1892, he died in the same city on 3 February, 1977. Book weight approx. 390g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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HI, THERE. (Signed Copy)

By: Clark, Gregory

Price: $16.15

Publisher: Toronto, Canada, The Ryerson Press: 1963

Seller ID: 004222

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

228pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on, Boards lightly soiled, backstrip bumped on head and heel. Signed by the author on the ffep., otherwise minor textblock edge flecks. Author-portrait illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, with jagged tears, small excisions and mild soiling. Third collection of short stories from the author's popular weekly column in Canada's 'Weekend Magazine' publication. Gregory Clark, born 1892 in Toronto, died February 3, 1977. Book weight approx. 450g.
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OUT ON A WHIM: Short Stories (Signed Copy)

By: Contributors (Bayside Night Writers; Editor: Esther Greig)

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Hampton East, VIC, Australia, Bayside Night Writers: 2000

Seller ID: 012642

ISBN: 0646404997

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

139pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped only. Short inscription, 'Best wishes', signed on half-title page by the co-ordinating editor/contributor Esther Greig, esle textblock unmarked. A collection of short stories by authors who are all members of the Bayside Night Writers (Melbourne, Victoria). With individual styles, the authors come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and range in age from teenagers to seniors . . . First story: Always My Son, by Leeanne Vernon . . . , (28 more short stories follow), About Us: Biographical Notes. Book weight appr...
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PENINSULA PENS: An Anthology of Student Writing

By: Contributors (Introduction by John Hanrahan)

Price: $15.20

Publisher: Frankston, Victoria, Australia, The Department of Communication and Social Sciences, Frankston College of TAFE: 1989

Seller ID: 012853

ISBN: 0731669193

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

(viii), + 158pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Monochrome, sketch-art (Dean Rankin) card wrapper mildly bumped and creased, else very good. Textbook unmarked. This anthology, by Frankston (Victoria) College of TAFE short story writing students comprises numerous contributors. With an introductory note by John Hanrahan, suffice it to say, the opening story is 'Crazy', by Sule Alkan, and the final story (for children) is 'Freckles Flanagan', by Amanda Keast (plus one unlisted story, 'Jo and Charlie', by Mary Norton). Book weight approx. 225g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item wil...
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THE COLLECTED ORKNEY DIALECT TALES

By: Costie, C.M.

Price: $28.50

Publisher: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, U.K., The Kirkwall Press: 1995

Seller ID: 013558

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

190pp., plus (ii). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over minimally bumped spine. Plain red boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly bumped on plain rear only. This book, somewhat difficult to read for anyone unfamiliar with Orkney vernacular - the Orkney Norn - consists of twenty-three stories collected by C.M. (Christina McKay) Costie (1902-1967), an Orkney native. Stories include children's 'entertainments', imaginative reconstructions of Orkney's past, mirthful descriptions of rural life and character, to deeply serious attempts t...
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THE SLEEPERS ALMANAC 2006 : The Nervous System

By: Dattner, Zoe and Swinn, Louise (Edited by)

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Collingwood, VIC, Australia, Sleepers Publishing: 2006

Seller ID: 006935

ISBN: 0975699113

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

275pp., several b/white art and line-drawn illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Merryn J. Trevethan) card wrapper as new. The 2006 (annual) collection of short stories from 'Sleepers', featuring new and emerging authors alongside those already established . . . Including Frank Moorhouse, Sean Condon, Paddy O'Reilly, Gideon Haigh, Stephanie Alexander and some others you may never have heard of . . . Book weight approx. 530g.
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TORPEDO : Volume Two

By: Flynn, Chris (Editor)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Middle Park, Victoria, Australia, Falcon Vs Monkey, Falcon Wins Pty Ltd: 2008

Seller ID: 008359

ISBN: 0980403928

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

167pp., b/white art-illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Rod Hunt) card wrapper as new. An anthology of short stories, fiction and graphic fiction, by numerous contributors, including: Greg Ames, Josephine Rowe, Holly Tavel, Jeff Goldberg, Yannick Murphy, Justin Taylor, and more. Contents commence with 'First Man' by Aaron Gwyn, and close with 'The Eyes of Travolta' by Paul O'Connell. Book weight approx. 330g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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STRANGE PILGRIMS : Twelve Stories

By: García Márquez, Gabriel

Price: $17.10

Publisher: United Kingdom, Jonathan Cape: 1993

Seller ID: 009813

ISBN: 022403653X

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

xiii, + 188pp. Book clean, slightly canted. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. " . . . an extraordinary collection of short fiction, set in contemporary Europe. These twelve stories recount the peculiar experiences that befall Latin Americans visiting abroad . . . " Contents include Prologue: Why Twelve, Why Stories, Why Pilgrims. Book weight approx. 405g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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PENINSULA PENS 2. An Anthology of Student Writing

By: Grant, Esther, Jacobs, Lyn, et al. [Contributing Editors]

Price: $12.35

Publisher: Frankston, Victoria, Australia, Department Of Communication and Social Sciences, Frankston College of Tafe: 1990

Seller ID: 003757

ISBN: 0731699645

Binding: Softcover, 8vo

Condition: Very Good

156pp., intext, b/white sketch-illustrations throughout by various artists. Book clean and square. The signature of a noted Australian author [Ray Oliphant] is on the title-page along with foxing flecks, with more of the same flecking on the text-block edges. Monochrome, art-illustrated [Kay Treloar] card wrapper mildly bumped. "Peninsula Pens 2 is a collection of stories and poems as diverse as life itself. The book spans a broad geographic terrain and deep human experiences: from humour to crisis-from fantasy to the serious issues of life." Contents include: Intro. by John Hanrahan, ...
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THE STOLEN PARTY : An Anthology of Women's Stories

By: Green, Veronica (Compiled by)

Price: $14.25

Publisher: Cambridge, Great Britain, Cambridge University Press: 1993

Seller ID: 008691

ISBN: 0521448069

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

136pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn at head and foot of spine, slightly tanned on inside covers, with a small penned reference to inside rear cover. . "A stimulating collection of short stories which provides a fresh selection from the enormous range of writing by women in this genre. The variety in length, subject matter and language should prove especially interesting for students aged 14-17. The notes and biographical information included at the end of the anthology highlight the cultural diversity of the stories, all of which sp...
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RECIPES FOR CRIME

By: Greenwood, Kerry, & Pausacker, Jenny

Price: $85.50

Publisher: Ringwood, VIC, Australia, McPhee Gribble: 1995

Seller ID: 012060

ISBN: 0869143247

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

xiii, + 220pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, lightly tanned. Illustrated card wrapper has a short soft crease, minor indentations. From the rear panel: "In this delightful pastiche, Kerry Greenwood and Jenny Pausacker take nine crime-fiction writers who wrote with flair about food and create a short story in the style of each. Ghosting the pens of Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, among others, they lead their sleuths through gastronomic mysteries, uncovering a slather of great cooking tips along the way. Each story is preceded by a running history o...
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TASTE OF COCKROACH and Other Stories

By: Griffin, John and Goodenough, Warwick (Edited by)

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Parkside, South Australia, Australian Association For The Teaching Of English, Inc.: 1980

Seller ID: 013569

ISBN: 0909955166

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

155pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Art-illustrated ('Copeland') card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. Textblock unmarked. This book consists of twenty short stories by Australian authors including Allan Baillie, Donald R. Stuart, Elizabeth Jolley, and Morris Lurie. Some of the stories have been previously published in other forums . . . First story: 'Taste of Cockroach' by Allan Baillie. Final Story: 'The Snowdrops' by Barbara Foy. Book weight approx. 230g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel.
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GREAT IRISH DETECTIVE STORIES

By: Haining, Peter (Edited by)

Price: $13.30

Publisher: London, Souvenir Press: 1993

Seller ID: 010773

ISBN: 0285631462

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

368pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards undamaged. Small, faint edge-stain to several leaves, else pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket minimally sunned on spine (title unaffected). "The unsurpassed Irish talent for story-telling is superbly evident in this anthology of some of the best detective stories by Irish writers to appear over the last 150 years . . . Each story is prefaced by a short biography of the writer, and the whole collection cannot fail to provide a substantial feast of enjoyable suspense, intrigue...
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GHOSTWRITING: Tales of the Supernatural (Signed Copy)

By: Harding, Traci

Price: $28.50

Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Voyager (Harper Collins Imprint): 2002

Seller ID: 012719

ISBN: 0732274141

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

419pp. Book clean and square. A minor reading crease on lightly chipped spine. Illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped and edgeworn. A twelve-word inscription, signed by author on half-title page, else leaves unmarked, but slightly tanned. A series of six ghost stories from the pen of Australian-born best-selling writer Traci Harding (b. 1964). Contents include: Prelims., Prologue, A Piece Of Time / Ghostwriting / The Detox Factor / In the Limbo of Luxury / Curses / The Lost Word. Epilogue, Bibliography. Book weight approx. 235g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g...
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