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The Dreamer of the Vine
Green, Liz
ISBN: 0370302958
Bodley Head Great Britain 1980 First Edition
Medium Octavo, approx. 8½" (220mm) tall. Hardcover Hard Cover in very good general condition, in like dust jacket. Solid,tight, hard to find copy with clean white pages, slight age tan on endpapers and a hint of foxing on edges. Dust jacket is solid with light general edgewear, no tears and some foxing on flaps. A novel about Nostradamus. A detailed report on book’s condition, scanned images, further information, would be promptly supplied on request. * Very Good
Price: 30.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 114999 Bookseller: BookSplendour
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12 Edmondstone Street
Malouf, David
ISBN: 0140088733
Penguin Books Australia 1986
Small Octavo (8vo), approx. 8" (200mm) tall. Trade Paperback Trade sized paperback, in a near very good condition. Clean and tight copy with flat uncreased spine, light general edgewear and some tanning of paper inside covers. We answer questions and, if required, supply scanned images or further info, within 24 hours. * Very Good
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 115007 Bookseller: BookSplendour
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My Place
Morgan, Sally
ISBN: 0949206318
Fremantle Artsa Centre Press Australia 1993
Small Octavo (8vo), approx. 8" (200mm) tall. Trade Paperback Trade sized paperback, in a near very good condition. Clean and tight copy with reading crease on spine, some yellowing of paper inside covers and previous owner's name on front endpaper. We answer questions and, if required, supply scanned images or further info, within 24 hours. * Very Good
Price: 9.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 115008 Bookseller: BookSplendour
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I Sang for My Supper
Margaret Fulton
ISBN: 1863036681
Lansdowne Press Pty Ltd Australia 1999 First Edition
Dust Jacket Protected with New Plastic Covering Hard Cover 287 pages Excellent
Price: 12.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 010098 Bookseller: Leura Books
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Fanny Stevenson Muse Adventuress and Romantic Enigma
Lapierre, A.
ISBN: 1857024125
Fourth Estate London 1996
12mo Pictorial Soft Cover Women's Book Groups Would Love This Book! Fanny Stevenson was a strong woman but deeply affected by the attitudes of her day. this book left store shelves so quickly and has become so hard to find. it is one of those rare gems of biography, seemlessly weaving facts and writings and the many stories of a life into a work with a novel-like quality. the work gracefully unfolds the tale of a powerful, courageous woman. fanny stevenson was a woman ahead of her time and she was of her time. Good
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 009654 Bookseller: Benjamins Books
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Florence Broadhurst : Her Secret and Extraordinary Lives
O’Neill, Helen
ISBN: 1740662946
Hardie Grant Books Prahran, VIC, Australia 2006
Hard Cover Superbly produced book about her amazing life as well as the wonderful wallpaper designs which remain her legacy and which are enjoying a renaissance in interior decorating styles. Fine
Price: 50.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 018022 Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two
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Kafka: The Decisive Years
Stach, Reiner
ISBN: 0151007527
Harcourt Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. 2005 Stated First U.S. Edition
Hard Cover Small spot to half title pages (? production fault). New
Price: 35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 018031 Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two
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The Wisdom of Dr. Johnson, Being Comments on Life & Moral Precepts Chosen from His Writings
Maxwell, Constantia (compiled with an Introduction by)
George G. Harrap London 1948
Hard Cover "In her introudction Constantia Maxwell has wisely relied for much of her material on the records of Boswell, and other friends and contemporaries of Johnon. Her presentaiton of him has, therefore, all the authenticity of an eye-witness account, and the man who preceded us by two hundred years becomes as we read, once more a vital and compelling figure." Very Good
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 018037 Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two
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Hemingway : a Title fight in Ten Rounds
Kiley, Jed
Methuen London 1965 First U.K. Edition
Hard Cover Crease to lower right corner ffep, D/W price-clipped with sl. rubbing and edgewear. Very Good
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 018046 Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two
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The Diary of a Writer
Dostoievsky, Fedor M.
ISBN: 0879050462
Gibbs M. Smith Salt Lake City 1985
Paperback Pages and wraps are significantly tanned, spine sl. concave. Translated and annotated by Boris Brasol with a new introduction by Joseph Frank. Very Good
Price: 25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 017210 Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two
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Downhill all the Way : An Autobiography of The Years 1919 to 1939
Woolf, Leonard
The Hogarth Press London 1967 First
Hardcover with dust Jacket Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, slight slanting of spine, a few spots to top fore-edges, name of po ffep, 259 pps inc. index, B & W frontis of the author and Sally the spaniel. D/W is edgeworn and small tears to upper edge have been repaired with transparent tape to verso. Very Good
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 001409 Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two
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The Frolik Defection : The Memoirs of an Intelligence Agent
Frolik, Josef
ISBN: 0552100560
Corgi London 1976 First Corgi Edition
Mass Market Paperback VG, Edgewear, tear, crease, browning. Illustrated with photographs & cartoons. 222 pages, including the index. Expanded condition report/scan on request.
Price: 7.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 022976 Bookseller: Klanhorn
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Australian Lives: Charles Whitehead, James Stephens, Peter Lalor, George Francis Train, Francis Adams, Paddy Hannan
Turnbull, Clive
ISBN: NOISB
F. W. Cheshire Australia 1965 First Edition
Medium Octavo (8vo), approx. 8½" (220mm) tall. Hardcover Hard Cover in very good general condition, in fair-good dust jacket. Solid, clean copy with unmarked pages, lightly rubbed on edges and some foxing on top edge. Dust jacket has several small tears, bits on head & tail of spine missing and large tear on the fore-edge of rear flap. A detailed report on book’s condition, scanned images, further information, would be promptly supplied on request. * Very Good
Price: 18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 114994 Bookseller: BookSplendour
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The Wise Man from the West
Cronin, Vincent
Rupert Hart-Davis United Kingdom 1959
12mo Hard Cover repaired tears to dj, stains to upper page edges, 300 indexed pages includ. bibliog. and b/w illust. with biography of Matteo Ricci Good
Price: 19.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 034262 Bookseller: Benjamins Books
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Cider With Rosie
Lee, Laurie
ISBN: 0140016821
Penguin London 1977
16mo Pictorial Soft Cover 231pp, b/w drawings, square, clean and tight with no markings, re-issue of Lee's excellent memoir of childhood in the Cotswlds.. Good
Price: 7.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 034217 Bookseller: Benjamins Books
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Wystan and Chester
Clark, Thekla
ISBN: 0571179002
Faber & Faber London 1996
12mo Glossy Soft Cover 130pp includ. b/w illust. Good
Price: 8.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 034200 Bookseller: Benjamins Books
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Cider With Rosie
Lee, Laurie
ISBN: 0099455730
Vintage London 2003
Pictorial Soft Cover name to ff, 231pp, b/w drawings, square, clean and tight with no markings, re-issue of Lee's excellent memoir of childhood in the Cotswlds.. Very Good
Price: 7.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 010703 Bookseller: Benjamins Books
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Golden, Arthur
ISBN: 0099498189
Vintage United Kingdom 2005
12mo Soft Cover 435pp Good
Price: 14.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 002922 Bookseller: Benjamins Books
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The Carlos Complex: A Pattern of Violence
Dobson, Christopher;Payne, Ronald
ISBN: 0340213612
Hodder and Stoughton London 1977 1st Edition
12mo Hard Cover 254 indexedpages about 'Carlos' - Ilich Ramirez Sanchez and international terrorism Good
Price: 10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 032476 Bookseller: Benjamins Books
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Bridge Across My Sorrows
Noble, Christina
ISBN: 0719556325
John Murray London 1995
12mo Soft Cover 243pp Good
Price: 9.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 012678 Bookseller: Benjamins Books
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The Nehrus
Nanda, B. R.
George Allen & Unwin London 1965
12mo Hard Cover moderate stains and small repaired tears to edge of dj, 357 indexed pages includ. b/w illust Good
Price: 10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 011145 Bookseller: Benjamins Books
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Captain James Cook
Hough, Richard
ISBN: 0340585986
Hodder & Stoughton London, United Kingdom 1994
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover 398 pages with b/w illustrations. A biography of one of the worlds greatest mariners. Very Good
Price: 22.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 013217 Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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The Path to Power
Thatcher, Margaret
ISBN: 0002550504
HarperCollins Publishers London 1995 First Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover 1.4 kg; XIV, 658 pages, with appendices, chronology, index, and five black-and-white photographic sections of eight pages each. In photographic illustrated dust jacket. V dust jacket has been crumpled at the bottom right-hand corner of the rear panel, and there is a slight grubby mark towards the top edge on the front edge of the text block. Otherwise in very good condition. In this book, the author writes for the first time about her personal life, about the formation of her character and values, and about the training and experiences which led to the 1979 election victory.This book will weigh more than 1.0 kg when packed. Please enquire of the bookseller for an amended quote for the postage to destinations outside of Australia Autobiography -- Politics Very Good
Price: 22.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0225237 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Talent for Living; The Life and Art of Twelve Remarkable Artists.
Alexander, Marc
Leader Books Surrey, England 1986 First British Edition
Folio - over 12" - 15" tall White Cloth 134 pages. With a foreword by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire V.C.O.M. Photographs taken specially for this book were by the author and Simon Alexander. Color illustrations of the works of 13 disabled artists. The illustrated dustwrapper has numerous fine scratch marks to the rear panel, none of which penetrate through. Art -- Biography Good
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0202056 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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Evatt The Enigma
Dalziel, Allan
Landsdowne Press Melbourne 1967 First Edition
Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Blue Cloth 500 g; x, 186 pp., 4 pages of photographs, appendices, reference notes, index; Colour illustrated dustwrapper is price clipped; ownership inscription on front free end page, to tears on the left-hand part of the front panel of the jacket, missing the bottom left-hand corner of the rear panel and a small piece missing from the top right-hand corner of the rear panel, otherwise a very good copy stop a digital image can be provided to help assess condition. Biography of Australian politician during his period in politics (1940 - 1960). Written by Evatt's secretary for this period. Biographical -- Politics Very Good
Price: 16.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0225216 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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Eighty Years in Pictures
Mountbatten, Earl , of Burma
ISBN: 0-333-26558-0
Macmillan London 1979 First Edition
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Blue Cloth 900 g; 224 pages, genealogical tree in two parts on the front and rear end pages, 23 colour illustrations, 4 cartoons, and 266 black-and-white photographs. Half-title page: Crest. Photographic illustrated dust jacket roughly priceclipped. Otherwise in very good order.. A picture-album of the career of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, late Viceroy of India and First Sea Lord. Biography Very Good
Price: 17.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 0225208 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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The Color of Water
James McBride
Hachette Australia 2008
12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Soft Cover 345 gms. Light creasing to covers. Very Good
Price: 10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 027534 Bookseller: Book Lore
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