THE KANGAROO'S SAD NOTE NO. 1.
Pp. 12, including wrappers, portrait illustration; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled and creased; Fat Possum Press, Armidale, New South Wales, 1980. More
Literature
NO STANDING.
[Poems by Winifred Belmont, A. J. Bennett & Michael Sharkey.] Pp. 80, processed; printed paper wrappers, stapled, edges slightly soiled and silverfished; Kardoorair/Fat Possum Press, Armidale, New South Wales, n.d.[1980]. More
A DIFFERENT VIEW OF BENDIGO.
Written and illustrated by Dorothy Owen. Pp. [ii]+58, text illustrations, full page map; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and rubbed; Bendigo Modern Press, Bendigo, 1985. *'A humourous insight in verse and illustration to many facets of [the author's] home town - Bendigo, Victoria' [wrapper blurb]. More
ON THE NOVEL.
A present for Walter Allen on his 60th birthday from his friends and colleagues. Pp. xii+239(last blank); bottom edge of upper board slightly bumped; top edges green; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and faintly faded; Dent, London, 1971. First edition. *Contributors include: C. Day Lewis; C.P. Snow; Pamela Hansford..... More
FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
By Peter Bennet, Rosemary Scott and Dave Stagg. Pp. [20]; printed paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1983. Number 23 of 50 copies signed by the three poets. More
SMUT.
Two Unseemly Stories. Pp. 182(including advertisements), patterned endpapers; f'cap 8vo; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; bookplate of Melbourne architect Peter Corrigan on verso of upper free endpaper, plus an inked gift inscription to him on the title page; Faber & Faber/Profile Books, London, 2011. First trade edition. More
UNTOLD STORIES.
Pp. xxiv+658, 24 plates (one coloured), text illustrations, index; thick med. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper; Faber & Faber/Profile Books, London, 2005. Sixth printing. *Anthology, including Bennett's diaries for the years 1996-2004. More
THE CONTENTS OF THEIR WALLET.
Pp. 70; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges and backstrip slightly faded; Kardoorair Press, Armidale, 1987. Kardoorair Anthology No. 5. More
CROSS CURRENTS.
Magazines and newspapers in Australian Literature. Pp. xii+270(last blank), illustrations, indices; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; bookplate on upper pastedown;Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. *A study of the contribution of magazines and newspapers to Australian literature. More
SHEAVES.
Pp. [vi]+300+[4](advertisements); brown cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, upper board lettered & decorated in black, lightly worn, spine faded; fore and bottom edges uncut; name in ink on upper free endpaper, hinge starting near centre, some light foxing and soiling, top edges of leaves damp stained;Heinemann, London, 1908. First..... More
THE HISTORY OF RICHARD RAYNAL, SOLITARY.
Pp. 258(last blank)+[6](advertisements), the title page printed in red & black; gilt lettered tan buckram, with small decoration in blue on upper board, cloth lightly marked and rubbed; hinges starting, a little light foxing and occasional soiling; Pitman, London, 1906. First edition. More
A MYSTERY PLAY
in honour of the nativity of Our Lord. Pp. xiv+102(last blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, text illustrations (2 full page), appendices; cloth backed pictorial papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, boards lightly soiled and worn, bottom fore-corners slightly chipped; lacking upper free endpaper, the endpapers faintly offset, initials and date..... More
RICHARD RAYNAL, SOLITARY.
With an Introduction by Evelyn Waugh. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Pp. xxii+162, frontispiece, headpiece decorations; maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, backstrip faded, edges split and slightly chipped; Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1956.First edition thus. Davis a.o. A819. *Originally published in..... More
RING IN THE NEW.
Pp. 192, full page family tree; edges of boards a trifle bruised, the lower board slightly scuffed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and rubbed, with small red inked scribble at foot of front flap; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1969. First edition. *A continuation of the Inheritance..... More
THE SILENT MAN.
Pp. [x]+418, pictorial title page and headpieces; two-tone papered boards, bottom fore-corner of upper board bruised; dust wrapper; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Putnam, New York, 2009. First edition. *Signed by the author at head of title page. The third novel featuring CIA agent John Wells. More
BIRDS WITHOUT WINGS.
Pp. [xiv]+626(last blank), coloured endpaper map; thick med. 8vo; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; Secker & Warburg, London, 2004.First trade edition, Australian printing. More
BLUE DOG.
Illustrated by Alan Baker. Pp. [viii]+134(last blank), printed in blue & black, text illustrations printed in blue & black and black & white; f'cap. 8vo; navy papered boards lettered in blue; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; Knopf, Sydney, 2016. Australian edition. *A 'prequel' to Red Dog. Based on a...... More
CORELLI'S MANDOLIN.
Pp. [x]+438; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in bronze, black papered boards, edges slightly bruised; the cloth faintly scuffed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Pantheon Books, New York, 1994. First U.S. edition. *Published in the U.K. as Captain Corelli's Mandolin; the basis of a...... More
SENOR VIVO AND THE COCA LORD.
Pp. 252(last blank); med. 8vo; qr. navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, cream papered boards; dust wrapper; upper hinge tender, edges of leaves faintly foxed; William Morrow & Company, Inc., New York, 1991. First U.S. edition. *Author's second novel. More
THE CHARLEMAGNE PURSUIT.
Pp. [xii]+514(last blank), pictorial double title page, text illustrations and decorations, endpaper map; med 8vo; tiny bruise to top edge of upper board; dust wrapper; Ballantine Books, New York, 2008. First edition. More
CHILDREN OF GIBEON.
In three volumes. Pp. viii+316+[vi] +340(last blank)+[vi]+300(last blank)+32(publisher's catalogue, dated September 1886), floral patterned endpapers; dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & black, boards slightly canted, with small damp mark to upper board Volumes I & III, edges lightly rubbed, fore-corners bruised; armorial bookplate on blank preliminary leaf..... More
THE ROAD TO KOKODA AND OTHER VERSES.
Pp. [vi]+18(last colophon), vignette illustration printed in grey on dedication page; printed paper wrappers with flap folds, lightly soiled, edges slightly creased; Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1943. First edition. Miller & Macartney p. 61. *The design on the dedication page is by Sergeant Athol Snook, R.A.A.F. More
BILLABONG.
Pp. 64; boards a trifle marked; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Arthur H. Stockwell, Ilfracombe, Devon, n.d.[1965]. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the upper free endpaper. Horatio Kenny Beveridge was born at Gilgandra, New South Wales, in 1922. More
MY LIFE.
Edited and with an introduction by Iain Bain. With numerous wood-engravings and watercolours by the author. Pp. 192, 16 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece portrait, title page vignette and text illustrations, glossary; qr. dark brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, yellow papered boards, upper board with vignette..... More