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Last updated 2 August 2007

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Recent Acquisitions

 
 
 
03073
   
Lawson Menzies Aboriginal Art Catalogue 2004 
First Edition Sydney: Lawson Menzies, 2004 Illustrated Wraps Very Good/No Jacket 4to  A catalogue of Aboriginal Art works auctioned by L. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03108
   
The Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser Vol I 1803-4 
Facsimile Edition Sydney: Public Library of NSW with Angus & Robertson, 1963 Cloth Very Good/Very Good Folio  A facsimile edition of the publication from March . . .
 
 
AU$75.00
 
03132
   
Ardizzone, Edward
Tim To The Lighthouse 
First Edition London: Oxford University Press, 1968 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8  Well preserved in illustrated boards. Ardizzone ha. . .
 
 
AU$25.00
 
03133
   
Ardizzone, Edward
Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain 
Reprint London: Oxford University Press, 1967 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  Well preserved in illustrated boards. This was the. . .
 
 
AU$25.00
 
03106
 
 
 
Aubert, Louis
Les Maitres De L'Estampe Japonaise 
Deuxieme Paris: Librairie Armand Colin, 1922 Quarter Leather Very Good/No Jacket 8vo  << Image de ce monde ephemere >>

Avec 55 Plan. . .
 

 
AU$130.00
 
03142
   
Austen, John Illustrated by Austen, John
Everyman 
First Edition London: Chapman and Hall, 1925 Cloth Very Good/No Jacket 8vo  Professionally rebound in cloth with the original . . .
 
 
AU$200.00
 
03158
   
Brett, Lily
In Full View 
First Edition Sydney: Pan MacMillan, 1997 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 12mo Signed by Author  Her parents are were death camp survivors, her own. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03087
   
Bronte Sisters Illustrated by Edmund Dulac
Set of four Dulac Illustrated Bronte Novels 
Reprint London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1922 Cloth Very Good/No Jacket 12mo  A set of four Bronte novels , each bound in olive . . .
 
 
AU$240.00
 
03125
   
Browne, Frank
Some of it was Cricket 
First Edition Sydney: Murray Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo Signed by Author  Undated but circa 1967. The thrills and spills of . . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03004
   
Burroughs, William
Dead Fingers Talk 
Reprint London: Tandem, 1966 Illustrated Wraps Good/No Jacket 12mo  Paperback reprint with a wonderfully lurid cover f. . .
 
 
AU$20.00
 
03147
   
Carey, Peter
My Life As A Fake *SIGNED* First Chapter Limited Proof 
First Chapter Limited Proof Sydney: Knopf, 2003 Wraps Very Good/No Jacket 8vo  Fist chapter only of Peter Carey's book, numbered . . .
 
 
AU$100.00
 
03138
   
Cox, Philip
The Australian Functional Tradition 
First Edition Fitzroy, Victoria: The Five Mile Pess, 1988 Cloth Very Good/Very Good Wide 4to ex-library  Minimal library markings - smal b&w stamp on title. . .
 
 
AU$60.00
 
03140
   
D'Abrera, Bernard
Butterflies Of The Australian Region 
First Edition Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1971 Cloth Very Good/Good Folio  The first major work on the subject for fifty year. . .
 
 
AU$140.00
 
03164
   
Dockrill, A. W.
Australian Indigenous Orchids Vol 1 The Epiphytes 
First Edition Sydney: Society For Growing Australian Plants, 1969 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo  The Tropical Terrestrial Species.

This Large . . .
 

 
AU$50.00
 
03126
   
Dowling, Joshua
Monaro: Rebirth Of A Legend 
Limited Edition Punchbowl: Bookworks, 2003 Cloth Very Good/Very Good Wide A4  The Monaro is a part of Australian motoring histor. . .
 
 
AU$60.00
 
03141
   
Durack, Mary & Elizabeth
The Way Of The Whirlwind 
Second Edition Sydney: Consolidated Press, 1943 Cloth Very Good/No Jacket Tall Folio  First printed in 1941, this is the 1943 edition. 7. . .
 
 
AU$350.00
 
03157
   
Duyker, Edward
Nature's Argonaut 
Reprint Carlton South: The Miegunyah Press, 1999 Cloth Fine/Fine 8vo  Daniel Solander 1733 - 1782

A full length bio. . .
 

 
AU$40.00
 
03027
   
Flannery, Tim
Throwim Way Leg 
First Edition Melbourne: Text Publishing, 1998 Illustrated Wraps Very Good  8vo Signed by Author  Some slight soiling around the text block.

Fla. . .
 

 
AU$50.00
 
02782
   
Franzen, Jonathan
The Twenty-Seventh City 
First Edition New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1988 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo  Stated "First edition, 1988". The author's first b. . .
 
 
AU$20.00
 
03116
   
Fulton, Margaret
I Sang For My Supper *SIGNED* 
First Edition Sydney: Lansdown, 1999 Fine/Fine 8vo Signed by Author  Margaret Fulton has been writing about cooking for. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
02838
 
 
 
Gell, M. M.
By The Sea 
London: Warrilows, 1923 Very Good/No Jacket 8vo  Not dated. Presentation plate on the fep dated 19. . .
 
 
AU$200.00
 
03153
   
Graham, Marjorie Illustrated by Photography by Donald Graham
Australian Pottery of the 19th and Early 20th Century 
First Edition Sydney: David Ell Publishing, 1979 Cloth Fine/Fine 8vo  In Association with National Trust Of Australia Wo. . .
 
 
AU$150.00
 
03154
   
Gundlach, F. C.
Fashion Photography 1950-1975 
First Edition Berlin: Benedikt Taschen, 1989 Illustrated French Wraps Fine/No Jacket 4to  In English, German and French. Photographer Gundla. . .
 
 
AU$75.00
 
03166
   
Hinder, Frank Illustrated by Hinder, Frank
Frank Hinder Lithographs 
First Edition North Sydney: Odana Editions, 1978 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 4to Signed by Author  With an introduction by John Henshaw. Covers the p. . .
 
 
AU$150.00
 
02892
 
 
 
Introduction and Commentaries by F. Unterkircher
Le Livre du Cueur d'Amours Espris 
Limited Edition London: Thames and Hudson, 1975 Cloth Very Good  8vo  Volume 1866/3000. Very good in like slipcase with . . .
 
 
AU$80.00
 
03161
   
Irving, Philip
Automobile Engine Tuning - High Performance and How to Obtain It 
Fifth Impression London: Temple Press, 1967 jacket Fair/No Jacket 8vo  High Performance and How to Obtain It. A practical. . .
 
 
AU$40.00
 
03120
   
J. Jacquin Illustrated by Vincent, Rene
Petites Filles du Temps Passe 
First Edition Paris: Libraire Hachette, 1914 Illustrated boards Fair/No Jacket 8vo  Waterstained bowed boards, interior relatively cle. . .
 
 
AU$75.00
 
03084
   
Jack Loney
An Atlas History Of Australian Shipwrecks 
First Edition Sydney: A H & A W Reed, 1981 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  State by State including maps and diving notes. <. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03152
   
Jackson, Radway
The Visual Index of Artist's Signatures and Monograms 
New And Revised Edition New York: Cromwell Editions London, 1991 Cloth Fine/Fine 8vo  Introduction by Andrew Festing, head of Sotheby's . . .
 
 
AU$75.00
 
03121
   
John Pilger and Michael Coren
The Outsiders 
First Edition London: Quartet Books, 1985 Cloth Fine/Fine 8vo  In 1983 John Pilger interviewed nine remarkable pe. . .
 
 
AU$35.00
 
03072
   
John Selden Esq
Table-Talk 
A New Edition London: J. Wilkie, 1777 Leather Very Good/No Jacket 16mo  

Being the discourses of John Selden Esq or his. . .
 

 
AU$120.00
 
02969
 
 
 
King, Dean
A Life Revealed PATRICK O'BRIAN 
First Edition New York: Henry Holt, 2000 Cloth Fine/Fine  A biography of the great historical novelist, a mu. . .
 
 
AU$75.00
 
03122
   
Lawson, Henry Illustrated by Leason, Percy
Selected Poems Of Henry Lawson 
Reprint Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1923 Cloth Good/No Jacket 8vo  Australia's most notable poet in many people's opi. . .
 
 
AU$45.00
 
02770
   
MacDonald, John D.
The Executioners 
First UK Edition London: Robert Hale Limited, 1959 Cloth Fair/Fair 12mo  The basis of the classic film Cape Fear. A convic. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
02888
   
Marsh, Ngaio
Dead Water 
First Cheap Edition London: Collins Crime Club, 1964 Very Good/Very Good  Chipped corners, soiled jacket, slightly cocked sp. . .
 
 
AU$10.00
 
03109
   
Murray Waldren and Robert Renew (text) Illustrated by David Moore Photographer
To Build A Bridge Glebe Island Sydney 
First Edition Sydney: Chapter & Verse, 1996 Cloth Fine/Fine 4to  Largely an exhibition of the photographic skills o. . .
 
 
AU$75.00
 
02966
   
Murray, A. H. Hallam
Sketches On The Old Road Through France To Florence 
Reprint London: John Murray, 1905 Cloth Very Good/No Jacket  "Accompanied by Henry W. Nevinson and Montgomery C. . .
 
 
AU$150.00
 
03162
   
Nancy T. Burbidge and Max Gray Illustrated by Nancy T. Burbidge
Flora of the Australian Capital Territory 
Reprint Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1979 Cloth Good/No Jacket 8vo  A pioneering comprehensive academic book on the AC. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03148
   
Nietzsche, Frederick
Human All-Too-Human 
First Edition Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1909 Cloth Good/No Jacket 12mo  Subtitled "A Book for Free Spirits". Part 1. Trans. . .
 
 
AU$100.00
 
03167
   
Patterson, Banjo Illustrated by Newell, Rex
Favourite Poems of Banjo Patterson Painted by Rex Newell 
First Edition French's Forest: National, 1994 Cloth Fine/Fine Wide 4to Signed by Illustrator  A wide glossy book, with each of Patterson's poems. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03123
   
Penzig, Edgar
Heroes and Villains: An Illustrated History of Our Bushranging Days 
First Edition Katoomba: Tranter Enterprises, 1992 Illustrated Wraps Very Good/No Jacket Signed by Author  An Illustrated History of Our Bushranging Days  
 
AU$75.00
 
03156
   
Raxworthy, Richard
The Unreasonable Man (Life and Works of Bradfield) 
First Edition Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1989 Cloth Fine/Fine 4to  Part of the NSW Public Works History Project publi. . .
 
 
AU$100.00
 
03155
   
Raymond M. Brach and R. Matthew Brach
Vehicle Accident Analysis and Reconstruction Methods 
First Edition Pennsylvania: SAE International Fine/No Jacket 8vo  More than 19000 junkyards operate in the US. This . . .
 
 
AU$80.00
 
03136
   
Rosemary Crumlin And Anthony Knight Illustrated by Various
Aboriginal Art and Spirituality 
First Edition North Blackburn, Victoria: CollinsDove, 1991 Cloth Fine/Fine 4to  Follows the surge in Aboriginal art appreciation f. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03134
   
Ryan, Maurice
A Centenary History of NORCO 
First Edition Lismore: Norco Co-operative, 1995 Cloth Fine/Fine 4to  Not many books are published in Lismore.And most o. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03104
   
Stanley, Henry M.
Through The Dark Continent 
New And Cheaper Edition London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890 Illustrated cloth boards Good/No Jacket 12mo  Illustrated with numerous engravings in the text. . . .
 
 
AU$70.00
 
03146
   
Stow, Catherine Illustrated by Heysen, Nora
Woggheeguy 
First Edition Adelaide: F. W. Preece & Sons, 1930 Cloth Fine/Very Good 8vo  Slightly tanned original jacket with a small piece. . .
 
 
AU$150.00
 
03159
   
Sturtivant, Ray
The Squadrons Of The Fleet Air Arm 
First Edition London: Air Britain, 1984 Cloth Good/Good 8vo ex-Library  Despite it's library origins, this is a sound book. . .
 
 
AU$140.00
 
03137
   
Text by Gael Newton
Silver and Grey - Fifty Years of Australian Photography 1900-1950 
First Edition Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1980 Cloth Fine/Fine 4to  After purchasing a collection of the works of Cazn. . .
 
 
AU$70.00
 
03160
   
Tootell, Betty
All Four Engines Have Failed 
First Paperback Edition Portsmouth: Andre Deutsch in Assc Hutchinson, 1985 Illustrated Wraps Fine  8vo  The True and Triumphant Story of BA 009 and the "J. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03124
   
W. A. Goodacre
Honey and Pollen Flora of NSW 
First Edition Sydney: NSW Dept Agriculture, 1938 Cloth Very Good/No Jacket  Colour frontispice of Yellow Box tree, plus eleven. . .
 
 
AU$40.00
 
03119
   
White, Patrick
The Burnt Ones 
First Edition London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1964 Cloth Good/Good  This is the first collection of Patrick White's st. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03150
   
Wodehouse, P. G.
Frozen Assets 
Second Edition London: Herbert Jenkins, 1976 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo  Not price clipped. Some minor spotting on the prel. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
 
   

Firsts and collectibles

 
 
 
03008
   
Atwood, Margaret
Lady Oracle 
First UK Edition London: Andre Deutsch, 1977 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  Atwood's third novel, about male/female roles in s. . .
 
 
AU$80.00
 
02918
   
Ackroyd, Peter
First Light 
First Edition London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989 Very Good/Very Good  Ackroyd's third novel, after "Chatterton" and "Haw. . .
 
 
AU$10.00
 
01993
 
 
 
Adams, Frank Illustrated by Adams, Frank
Sam The Sportsman HC 1912 
First Edition London: Blackie and Son, 1912 Paper board Very Good  4to  Original staples have been removed and the book ha. . .
 
 
AU$120.00
 
00890
   
Aldiss, Brian
Greybeard 
First Edition London: Faber and Faber, 1964 Very Good/Very Good  Price clipped, stained flaps, small ink name on ff. . .
 
 
AU$25.00
 
02993
   
Altman, J. C.
Hunter Gatherers Today 
First Edition Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1987 Softcover Very Good   Subtitled "An Aboriginal economy in Northern Austr. . .
 
 
AU$45.00
 
02663
   
Arnold, Mathew Illustrated by Flint, W. Russell
The Gypsy Scholar & Thyrsis 
Reprint London: Medici Society, 1922 Cloth Good/Good 16mo  Scarce in the illustrated jacket. 10 illustrations. . .
 
 
AU$85.00
 
01566
   
Reference
Fifty Years of Australian Art 1879-1929 
First Edition Sydney: Royal Art Society, 1929 Very Good   20 Illustrations in colour, 100 illustrations in b. . .
 
 
AU$95.00
 
02681
   
Boccaccio, Giovanni
Amorous Fiammetta 
Limited Edition London: Navarre Society, 1926 Buckram Very Good/Very Good 8vo  One of two thousand two hundred copies printed by . . .
 
 
AU$95.00
 
00882
   
Byatt, A. S.
Sugar and other Stories 
First Edition London: Chatto & Windus, 1987 Cloth Very Good/Very Good   Light tanning of page edges, otherwise sound brig. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
02836
   
Carrington, Leonora
The House of Fear 
First UK Edition London: Virago, 1989 Illustrated wraps Very Good  12mo  Intro by Marina Warner. Carrington was one of the . . .
 
 
AU$100.00
 
02680
   
Cazotte, Jacques Illustrated by Labourer, J. E.
The Devil In Love 
Limited Edition London: William Heinemann, 1925 Buckram Good  8vo  Six engravings on copper. Copy 320/395 on Abbey Mi. . .
 
 
AU$300.00
 
01554
 
 
 
Clark, Manning
Puzzles of Childhood 
 Fine/Fine Signed by Author 
 
AU$120.00
 
01555
 
 
 
Clark, Manning
The Quest For Grace 
First Edition  Cloth Fine/Fine 
 
AU$60.00
 
02977
   
Clune, Frank
Last Of The Explorers 
First Edition Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1942 Cloth Good/No Jacket  The story of the great Australian explorer Donald . . .
 
 
AU$250.00
 
00029
 
 
 
Cook, Beryl
Private View 
First Edition London: John Murray Gallery Five, 1980 Very Good/Very Good   31pp. 30 Illustrations. Some very faint foxing t. . .
 
 
AU$35.00
 
01341
   
Davies, Robertson
A Mixture of Frailties 
First Edition London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1958 Very Good/Good  Lightly yellowed endpapers, edges of page block sp. . .
 
 
AU$100.00
 
02702
   
Dawkins, Richard
The Blind Watchmaker 
First Edition London: Longman Scientific and Technical, 1986 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo  Not price clipped, no inscriptions, contemporary n. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
02703
   
Dawkins, Richard
The Selfish Gene 
First Edition London: Oxford University Press, 1976 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo  Seminal work on evolution that updates and extends. . .
 
 
AU$250.00
 
02972
   
Deighton, Len
Billion Dollar Brain 
First Edition London: Johnathan Cape, 1966 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  Stated "First published 1966". The interior of the. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03024
   
Drewe, Robert
The Savage Crows 
First Edition Sydney: Collins, 1976 Very Good/Very Good 12mo Signed by Author  The author's first book , with a personal inscript. . .
 
 
AU$75.00
 
02381
   
Dunnett, Dorothy
Checkmate 
First Edition London: Cassell, 1975 Cloth Good/Very Good 8vo  The final book in the "Lymond" series, each alludi. . .
 
 
AU$56.25
 
00937
   
Welch, Denton
Maiden Voyage 
First Edition London: Routledge, 1943 Good/No Jacket  Exact Change: "Maiden Voyage is an account of auth. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
01967
   
Eardley-Wilmot, Sainthill Illustrated by Eardley-Wilmot, Mabel
Forest Life and Sport in India 
First Edition London: Edward Arnold, 1910 Cloth Good  8vo Ex-Library  18 photo illustrations, xi 224pp without the publi. . .
 
 
AU$75.00
 
02146
   
Elliott, Sumner Locke
Careful He Might Hear You 
First UK Edition  Gollancz Very Good/Very Good  Miles Franklin Award winner. . .
 
 
AU$35.00
 
02974
   
Ellroy, James
L. A. Confidential 
First Edition New York: Mysterious Press, 1990 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  A little wear on the edges of the jacket, otherwis. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03010
   
Elton, Ben
Blast From The Past 
First Edition London: Bantam Press, 1998 Cloth Fine/Fine 8vo Signed by Author  Boldly signed on the title page by Ben Elton.

. . .
 

 
AU$50.00
 
02948
 
 
 
Presentacion PERAN ERMANY
Gonzalo Endara Crow 
First Edition Bogota, Colombia: Doble O Producciones, 1989 Very Good/Very Good Folio  215pp. Full and half page colour plates, monochro. . .
 
 
AU$300.00
 
02805
   
Fitzgerald, Edward Illustrated by Pogany, Willy
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 
Reprint  Cloth Very Good/Very Good 12mo  Undated with gift inscription dated 1950. Some lig. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
01623
   
Flanagan, Richard
Gould's Book of Fish SIGNED 
First Edition  Fine/Fine Signed by Author 
 
AU$100.00
 
02988
 
 
 
Forshaw, Joseph M. Illustrated by Cooper, William T.
Australian Parrots 
Second Revised Edition Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981 Fine/Fine 4to Signed by Illustrator  Signed and dated by the illustrator, William T. Co. . .
 
 
AU$175.00
 
02995
   
Fraser, George MacDonald
The Sheik and the Dustbin 
First Edition London: Collins Harvill, 1988 Cloth Fine/Fine  "The Sheik and the Dustbin" continues the career o. . .
 
 
AU$160.00
 
01779
   
Furnley, Maurice Illustrated by Spowers, Ethel
Arrows of Longing 
Limited Edition  Alexander McCubbin, Melbourne, 1921 Decorative Cloth Good/No Jacket 4to ex-lib  Furnley Maurice was the pen name used by Frank Wil. . .
 
 
AU$200.00
 
03005
   
Ian Fleming et al
For Bond Lovers Only 
First Edition London: Panther, 1965 Illustrated Wraps Paperback Very Good/No Jacket  With writing by Len Deighton, Ian Fleming, Georges. . .
 
 
AU$40.00
 
00895
   
Gash, Jonathan
Different Women Dancing SIGNED 
First Edition , 1997Signed by Author 
 
AU$60.00
 
02686
   
Gay, Mr Illustrated by Nicholson, william
The Beggar's Opera and Polly 2 Vols 
Reprint London: Heinemann, 1923 Very Good/Very Good 8vo  The Beggars Opera, Reprint, 1923 in Jacket. 8 plat. . .
 
 
AU$60.00
 
01343
   
Golding, William
The Brass Butterfly 
First Edition London: Faber and Faber, 1958 Very Good/Very Good  Jacket has chipped corners and lightly soiled rear. . .
 
 
AU$110.00
 
02342
   
Golding, William
The Lord of the Flies 
Seventh impression London: Faber and Faber, 1943 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 12mo  A very presentable copy of the classic text . Some. . .
 
 
AU$40.00
 
02938
   
Greene, Graham
In Search Of Character 
First Edition London: Bodley Head, 1961 Very Good/Very Good  Two African Journals. Price clipped. Top edge dyed. . .
 
 
AU$15.00
 
03007
   
Grisham, John
The Summons *SIGNED* 
first UK Edition London: Century, 2002 Cloth Very Good/Very Good Signed by Author  Another fine legal thriller from the Xerox machine. . .
 
 
AU$80.00
 
03025
   
Hasluck, Nicholas
The Blue Guitar 
First Edition London: MacMillan, 1980 Cloth Very Good/Very Good Signed by Author  From the man who was once acclaimed as a "bright n. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
01654
   
Helck, Peter
Great Auto Races 
First Edition New York: Harry N Abrams, 1975 Very Good/Very Good  Slight shelfwear on back panel, minor soiling on p. . .
 
 
AU$200.00
 
02943
 
 
 
Hijuelos, Oscar
Empress of the Splendid Season *SIGNED* 
First Edition London: Bloomsbury, 1999 Fine/Fine Signed by Author  Signed on a bookplate tipped into fep.

Not p. . .
 

 
AU$40.00
 
02985
 
 
 
Hollingsworth, Fred Thornton
Living Spaces - The Architecture of Fred Thornton Hollingsworth 
First Edition Canada: Blue Imprint, 2005 Fine/Fine quarto  Printed and bound in Italy. Beautiful volume illus. . .
 
 
AU$75.00
 
01870
   
Hopkins, Albert A.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN HANDBOOK OF TRAVEL 1911 
New York: Munn & Co, 1911 Soft Cloth Very Good  8vo  With hints for the Ocean Voyage, for European tour. . .
 
 
AU$80.00
 
00411
 
 
 
Humphries, Barry
MORE PLEASE An Autobiography 
First Edition , 1992 Viking 1992 1st Edition HC/DJ, black cloth boards,. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
02987
   
Hurley, Frank Illustrated by Hurley, Frank
Hurley at War 
First Edition Sydney: Fairfax, 1986 Fine/Fine 4to   Frank Hurley was a remarkable Australian photogra. . .
 
 
AU$150.00
 
01120
 
 
 
Huxley, Aldous
Brave New World 
First Edition , 1932 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  Small open tear on the front panel, some wear to j. . .
 
 
AU$4500.00
 
02920
 
 
 
Ishiguro, Kazuo
The Remains Of The Day 
First Edition London: Faber and Faber, 1989 Very Good/Very Good  Booker prize winner. POI on fep, slightly cocked s. . .
 
 
AU$150.00
 
02371
   
Johnson, Colin
Wild Cat Falling 
First Edition Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1965 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  The first novel published by an aboriginal. A toug. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
02659
   
Keats, John
The Poems Of John Keats 
Reprint London: The Florence Press at Chatto & Windus, 1924 Very Good/No Jacket 8vo  Two volumes. 1924 reprint from plates of 1915 edi. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
02984
   
Kerr, John
Going in Deep 
First Edition Brisbane: Gladstone Port Authority, 1988 Fine/Fine  The story of the Gladstone port in northern Austra. . .
 
 
AU$60.00
 
 
 
 
 
Renzo and Sayoko Kinoshita
Pica-Don 
Tokyo: Dynamic Sellers Publishing, 1983 Illustrated wraps Very Good   Based on the prize-winning film with the same name. . .
 
 
 
02991
   
Lewis, C. S.
Of Other Worlds 
First Edition London: Geoffrey Bles, 1966 Very Good/Very Good  Spine and edges starting to brown, worn corners, i. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
02927
 
 
 
Lindsay, Jane
Portrait of Pa - Norman Lindsay at Springwood 
First Edition Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1973 Very Good/Good  Jacket is creased at the corners and torn at the c. . .
 
 
AU$35.00
 
01565
   
Littlejohn, Agnes Illustrated by Alek Sass (Frontispiece by Albert Collins)
Rainbow Dreams 
First Edition Sydney: Edwards Dunlop, 1919 Very Good/Very Good  Tipped in Colour Plate Frontispiece, Each chapter . . .
 
 
AU$120.00
 
00604
   
Magazine
MAN Magazine June 1971 BETTINA ARNDT 
 
AU$9.00
 
00102
 
 
 
Mailer, Norman
The Naked and the Dead 
Reprint New York: Rinehart, 1948 Very Good/No Jacket 
 
AU$50.00
 
00103
 
 
 
Mailer, Norman
The Deer Park 
First UK Edition London: Allan Wingate, 1957 Cloth Good/Good  Lots of foxing on the dust jacket and endpapers. M. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
00104
 
 
 
Mailer, Norman
An American Dream 
Book Club  Book Club, 1965 Cloth Good/Good  Extensive foxing on all edges.

Mailer's fourth. . .
 

 
AU$20.00
 
00105
 
 
 
Mailer, Norman
An American Dream 
First UK Edition London: Andre Deutsch, 1965 Cloth Good/Good   Dust marks to top edge, some slight tears to top . . .
 
 
AU$30.00
 
00107
 
 
 
Mailer, Norman
Tough Guys Don't Dance SIGNED 
First Edition New York: Random House, 1984 Very Good/Very Good Signed by Author   Man discovers head where his marijuana should be.. . .
 
 
AU$120.00
 
00648
 
 
 
Mailer, Norman
The Prisoner of Sex 
First Edition , 1971 Little Brown 1st US 1971

A Very Good book in a. . .
 

 
AU$10.00
 
01346
 
 
 
Mailer, Norman
The Naked and the Dead 
First Edition New York: Rinehart, 1948 Cloth Very Good/Good  1st Printing with colophon on copyright page, and . . .
 
 
AU$1100.00
 
01826
   
Mailer, Norman
Barbary Shore 
First Thus London: Jonathan Cape, 1952 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo 
 
AU$90.00
 
02976
   
Mann, Thomas
Buddenbrooks 
Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft quarter leather Very Good/No Jacket  In German, copyright date 1909, but no discernable. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
02203
   
Marsden, John
Darkness Be My Friend - SIGNED 
First Edition Sydney: MacMillan, 1996 Very Good/Very Good Signed by Author  The 4th title in the "Tomorrow" series, with an in. . .
 
 
AU$70.00
 
02225
   
Marsden, John
Tomorrow When The War Began BOXED SET SIGNED 
Sydney: Pan MacMillan Paperback Very Good  Signed by Author  The first five paperbacks in the Tomorrow Series, . . .
 
 
AU$120.00
 
02327
 
 
 
Marsden, John
Tomorrow, When The War Began 
First Edition Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 1993 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 12mo  Shelfworn boards, jacket a bit grubby and worn on . . .
 
 
AU$400.00
 
02334
   
Marsden, John
Burning For Revenge SIGNED 
First Edition Sydney: MacMillan, 1997 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 12mo Signed by Author  The fifth book in the tomorrow series. Some minor . . .
 
 
AU$80.00
 
02377
   
Marsden, John
The Third Day, The Frost SIGNED 
First Edition Sydney: MacMillan, 1995 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo Signed by Author  The third book in the Tomorrow series. Originally . . .
 
 
AU$95.00
 
02378
   
Marsden, John
The Journey 
First Edition Sydney: Pan, 1988 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo  The authors second book.

Slight shelfwear on . . .
 

 
AU$50.00
 
02379
   
Marsden, John
So Much to Tell you 
First Edition Sydney: Walter McVitty Books, 1987 Cloth Fine/Fine 8vo  A little rubbed on the rear panel.

The author. . .
 

 
AU$150.00
 
02783
   
Marsden, John
The Night Is For Hunting SIGNED 
First Edition Sydney: MacMillan, 1998 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo Signed by Author  Signed by the author on the title page. Jacket is . . .
 
 
AU$80.00
 
02789
   
Marsden, John
Out Of Time 
First Edition Sydney: Pan, 1990 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 12mo 
 
AU$15.00
 
02803
   
Marsden, John
The Other Side Of Dawn - SIGNED 
First Edition Sydney: MacMillan, 1999 Cloth Very Good/Very Good Signed by Author  Slight marks on fep. Boards a little scuffed. Sign. . .
 
 
AU$110.00
 
02814
 
 
 
Marsden, John
The Dead of the Night 
First Edition Sydney: Macmillan, 1994 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo  The second book of the Tomorrow series. Some light. . .
 
 
AU$350.00
 
02979
   
Marsden, John
The Other Side Of Dawn - SIGNED 
First Edition Sydney: MacMillan, 1999 Cloth Very Good/Very Good Signed by Author  Slight marks on fep. Jacket a little scuffed. Sign. . .
 
 
AU$60.00
 
02981
   
Marsh, Ngaio
Died in the Wool 
First Australian Edition London: Collins Crime Club, 1946 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  First Australian printing. Attractive bookplate on. . .
 
 
AU$35.00
 
01901
   
Masefield, John
Letter From Pontus 
First Edition , 0
 
AU$5.00
 
00100
 
 
 
McCarthy , Cormac
The Crossing 
First UK Edition Third printing London: Picador, 1994 Fine/Fine   Price intact.

Volume two of the Border trilog. . .
 

 
AU$20.00
 
00101
 
 
 
McCarthy, Cormac
Cities of the Plain 
First UK Edition London: Picador, 1998 Fine/Fine  Volume 3 of the Border Trilogy. McCarth puts the p. . .
 
 
AU$20.00
 
00021
 
 
 
McEwan, Ian
Amsterdam 
First Edition London: Jonathan Cape, 1998 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  Later printing of cover (with Booker Prize named).. . .
 
 
AU$30.00
 
02177
   
McEwan, Ian
Enduring Love 
First Edition London: Jonathan Cape, 1997 Very Good/Very Good Signed by Author  Slightly cocked spine, interior clean and white, r. . .
 
 
AU$90.00
 
02781
   
McEwan, Ian
The Innocent 
BOMC New York: Doubleday, 1990 Cloth Good/Good 8vo 
 
AU$10.00
 
02815
   
McEwan, Ian
Saturday 
First Edition London: Jonathan Cape, 2005 Cloth Fine/Fine 8vo 
 
AU$30.00
 
01610
 
 
 
Mede, Joseph
Diatribe Discourses et al 1642 
First London: Private, 1637 Full Leather Good  8vo  Six publications bound as one volume, small 4to, c. . .
 
 
AU$650.00
 
01854
 
 
 
Melville, Herman Illustrated by Schaeffer, Mead
Typee 
, 0 Cloth Good  ex-lib 
 
AU$20.25
 
01658
   
Miller, F W G
Ink on my Fingers 
First Edition , 1967 Very Good/Very Good  The memoirs of Fred Miller, newspaper journalist i. . .
 
 
AU$20.00
 
02921
   
Milne, A. A. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard
The King's Breakfast 
Fourth Edition reprint London: Methuen, 1953 Very Good/Very Good  First printed in "When We Were Very Young" in 1924. . .
 
 
AU$30.00
 
03009
   
Mitchell, Elyne
Silver Brumby's Daughter 
First Edition London: Hutchinson & Co, 1960 Very Good/Very Good  Sequel to the popular story about a wild silver st. . .
 
 
AU$40.00
 
02662
   
Money, Sir Leo Chiozza
The Immortal Purpose 
First Edition London: R. Cobden-Sanderson, 1924 Cloth Good/Good 12mo  Scarce in dustjacket. Badly foxed preliminaries, a. . .
 
 
AU$20.00
 
02037
   
Moorhouse, Frank
Selected Stories 
First Edition Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1982 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  Australian Classics edition.

Twenty three sto. . .
 

 
AU$20.00
 
01922
   
Mountford Illustrated by Roberts, Ainsley
The Dreamtime Book 
, 0 Cloth Very Good/Very Good Folio 
 
AU$5.00
 
02983
   
Murdoch, Iris
An Unofficial Rose 
First Edition London: Chatto & Windus, 1962 Cloth Very Good/Good  Some wear on the jacket, a beautiful design by T. . . .
 
 
AU$75.00
 
01657
   
Naipaul, V. S.
In A Free State - Booker Prize wrapper 
First Edition London: Andre Deutsch, 1971 Fine/Fine  Owner's name on fep, which is also has minor yello. . .
 
 
AU$60.00
 
03003
   
Niland, D'Arcy
The Shiralee 
First Edition London: Angus & Robertson, 1955 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  Small booksellers stamp on pastedown, previous own. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
03006
 
 
 
Nin, Anais
In Favour Of The Sensitive Man and Other Essays 
First British Edition London: W. H. Allen, 1978 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  Clean volume, minor wear on the jacket extremeties. . .
 
 
AU$30.00
 
00027
 
 
 
Okri, Ben
Astonishing the Gods 
First Edition , 1995 1995 Phoenix House London First British Edition Ha. . .
 
 
AU$30.00
 
02370
   
Park, Ruth
Playing Beattie Bow - 1st UK 
First UK Edition London: Kestrel, 1981 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  Published a year after the Australian Edition. <. . .
 
 
AU$30.00
 
03020
   
Foley, Capt. John C. H.
Reef Pilots 
First Edition Sydney: Bank Bros, 1982 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  The History of the Queensland Coast and Torres Str. . .
 
 
AU$30.00
 
02924
   
Reilly, Matthew
Scarecrow 
First Edition Sydney: MacMillan, 2003 Cloth Very Good/Very Good Signed by Author  For the keen fan of action blockbusters, this is o. . .
 
 
AU$60.00
 
02808
   
Richards, Paul
Mosses 
First Edition London: King Penguin, 1950 Very Good/Very Good 12mo  Price clipped, slight wear at corners, half inch c. . .
 
 
AU$15.00
 
00649
 
 
 
Robbins, Tom
Skinny Legs and All 
First Edition , 1990 Bantam Books 1990 1st edition

A Very Good book. . .
 

 
AU$10.00
 
02934
   
Rushdie, Salman
The Moor's Last Sigh 
Uncorrected Proof London: Jonathan Cape, 1995 Softcover Very Good   "No 528 in a limited edition of 1000". Worn corne. . .
 
 
AU$45.00
 
00923
   
Russell, Bertrand
Satan in the Suburbs 
First Edition London: The Bodley Head, 1953 Very Good/Very Good  The author's first work of fiction, written at the. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
02228
   
de Teran, Lisa St Aubin
Black Idol 
First Edition London: Jonathan Cape, 1987 Very Good/Very Good  Set in the reckless world of Cole Porter's Twentie. . .
 
 
AU$20.00
 
00024
 
 
 
Severn, Marilyn
Ballet in Action 
First Edition Signed by Author  1938 First Edition signed in pencil. Hardback with. . .
 
 
AU$125.00
 
02657
   
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
The Lyrical Poems and Translations of Percy Bysshe Shelley 
First Trade Edition London: The Florence Press Chatto & Windus, 1924 Very Good/Very Good 8vo   Edited and newly arranged in chronological order . . .
 
 
AU$120.00
 
02658
   
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
The Dramatic Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley 
First Edition London: The Florence Press at Chatto & Windus, 1922 Very Good/Very Good 8vo  Arranged in chronological order by C. H. Herford. . . .
 
 
AU$110.00
 
00915
   
Sontag, Susan
Brother Carl 
First Edition New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1974 Very Good/Very Good  A filmscript, "something recognizably Scandinavian. . .
 
 
AU$25.00
 
02893
   
Speiser, Felix
Two Years With The Natives in the Western Pacific 
First Edition London: Mills & Boon, 1913 Cloth Good/No Jacket 8vo  With forty illustrations from photographs and a ma. . .
 
 
AU$100.00
 
02975
   
Stewart, Douglas
Norman Lindsay 
First Edition Melbourne: Nelson, 1975 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  Bright full colour jacket, full of photos of Linds. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
00865
   
de Teran, Lisa St Aubin
The Tiger 
First Edition London: Jonathan Cape, 1984 Very Good/Very Good  Confirms the promise of her first two books. Clean. . .
 
 
AU$20.00
 
00866
   
de Teran, Lisa St Aubin Illustrated by Shearer, Charles
The High Place 
First Edition London: Jonathan Cape, 1985 Very Good/Very Good  From the author of "Keepers of the House", a volum. . .
 
 
AU$25.00
 
02986
 
 
 
Thesiger, Wilfred
Visions of a Nomad 
First reprint London: Collins, 1987 Fine/Fine 4to  Thesiger was one of the great explorers of the twe. . .
 
 
AU$150.00
 
02697
   
Thompson, Hunter S.
Better Than Sex 
First Edition New York: Random House, 1994 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo  Confessions of a political junkie. Trapped Like A . . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
01767
   
Thomson, James
City of Dreadful Night 1st Limited Ed 1926 
Limited Edition  Kahoe & Keith, Yellow Springs, 1926 Cloth Good/No Jacket 8vo ex-lib  No. 433/500. Bookplate on pastedown, ex-libris sta. . .
 
 
AU$30.00
 
02790
   
Tolkien, J R R
The Silmarillion Export edition 
First Edition London: George Allen and Unwin, 1977 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 12mo  First export edition (before the 1st UK) shown by . . .
 
 
AU$75.00
 
00861
   
De Wet, Oloff
Valley of the Shadow 
First Edition London: William Blackwood, 1949 Very Good/Very Good  The author gives his experiences as a secret agent. . .
 
 
AU$20.00
 
03022
   
Watson, Lyall
Dark Nature 
First Edition London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995 Cloth Very Good/Very Good 8vo Signed by Author  Watson redefines good and evil in biological terms. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
02942
 
 
 
White, Norval
The Architecture Book 
First Edition New York: Alfred Knopf, 1976 Very Good/Very Good Signed by Author  An A-Z compendium of architects ancient and modern. . .
 
 
AU$80.00
 
01102
   
White, Patrick
The Tree of Man 
First Edition, Third Impression London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1956 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  Third impression April 1956. Navy covers with gilt. . .
 
 
AU$30.00
 
03107
   
White, Patrick
The Living and The Dead 
Reprint London: Eyre & Spotiswoode, 1961 Cloth Very Good/Very Good  The second novel from the great Australian author,. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
01239
   
Wiebe
Playing Dead 
First Edition Canada: Newest, 1989 Softcover Very Good  Signed by Author  Stated "First Edition". A series of essays on the . . .
 
 
AU$30.00
 
00992
   
Williams, Fred
Etchings 
First Edition Woolahra: Rudy Komon Gallery, 1968 Cloth Good/Good 4to Signed by Illustrator  Stated "First Published 1968" . Introduction: John. . .
 
 
AU$150.00
 
01655
   
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics 
First Edition , 1956 Translated from German by G. E. M. Anscombe, Macmi. . .
 
 
AU$400.00
 
02917
   
Wolfe, Tom
From Bauhaus To Our House 
First Edition New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981 Very Good/Very Good 12mo  Stated "First Printing". Collector quality copy. N. . .
 
 
AU$50.00
 
02187
   
Wyndham, John
The Day of the Triffids 
First Edition London: Michael Joseph Very Good/Very Good  Professionally rebound in green cloth boards with . . .
 
 
AU$350.00
 
00958
   
Zelazny, Roger
Knight of Shadows 
First Edition New York: William Morrow, 1989 Fine/Fine  An "Amber" novel, continuing from "Signs of Chaos". . .
 
 
AU$10.00
 
 
   

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02684
   
Lot of 6 Quarter Leather Classics 
Reprints London: Heinemann Quarter Leather Very Good  12mo  Joseph Conrad, Nigger of the Narcissus, 1937

. . .
 

 
AU$60.00
 
02685
   
Lot of Six Quarter Leather Presentation Classics 
 Quarter Leather Good  8vo  Susan Coolidge, What Katy Did, reprint Hodder & st. . .
 
 
AU$50.00

 

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