THE TRUE STORY OF LILLI STUBECK.
Pp. [vi]+182; dust wrapper; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated Dec 14, 1985) on the upper free endpaper. More
Literature
INTIMATE CARTOGRAPHIES.
Pp. x+278, 8 coloured or part-coloured plates; dust wrapper; Duck Editions, London, 2000. First edition. *Author's first novel. More
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM.
Pp. [viii]+344(last blank), dark green endpapers; beige cloth, spine lettered and decorated in red & green, faintly soiled, the cloth a trifle bubbled near top edge of upper board; top edges green, fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, worn and torn, soiled, with several tape repairs on reverse; text block faintly browned..... More
POPPY SHAKESPEARE.
Pp. [viii]+344; ribbon marker; dust wrapper; Bloomsbury, London, 2006. First edition. *The author's first novel, signed by her on the title page. More
KIT, THE COURIER.
With an Introduction by Kenneth Hopkins. Pp. 12; printed paper wrappers, stapled; Warren House Press, Southrepps, Norfolk, 1969. First separate edition. *A Scottish ballad of the American Civil War; first published in 1899 in Northern Lights, William Allan's ninth collection of verse. More
THE LOWER SLOPES.
Reminiscences of excursions round the base of Helicon, undertaken for the most part in early manhood. Pp. viii+80(last colophon)+[16](publisher's catalogue), decorative title and half-title pages; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the lower board a trifle marked, spine cloth faintly faded; uncut, a couple of leaves carelessly opened; upper..... More
ANTHONY ADVERSE.
With a new Introduction by the author, and illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. In three volumes. Title page vignettes, 9 lithographic plates, numerous text illustrations; med. 8vo; full rust coloured linen, stamped in colours and gilt; top edges green; within slipcase, edges lightly worn, printed title label on spine; Limited..... More
BERTIE AND THE BEAR.
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; minor production (trimming) fault to bottom fore-corner pp. 31/2; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1983. First edition. White (Volume 2) 149. *Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year award..... More
BERTIE AND THE BEAR.
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, slightly sprung; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1983. First edition. White (Volume 2) 149. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Albert Ullin, dated 26/7/83) on the half-title page. Winner of the Children's Book Council..... More
A LION IN THE NIGHT.
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, edges slightly split, the backstrip faintly faded; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. White (Volume 2) 158. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 13/19/85) on the upper free endpaper. Pamela..... More
AS I WALKED DOWN NEW GRUB STREET.
Memoirs of a writing life. Pp. [vi]+278(last blank), text decorations, index; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; fore-edges of leaves a trifle marked; Heinemann, London, 1981. First edition. *Memoirs of various writers, including W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice, Henry Green, Desmond MacCarthy, Wyndham Lewis, Joyce Cary, a.o. More
THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE.
Introduced by Alexander McCall Smith. Illustrated by Finn Campbell-Notman. Pp. xvi+254, coloured frontispiece and 7 plates (one double page); pictorial papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; within brown card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 2013. First edition thus. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Folio Society..... More
THE FIRE-EATERS.
Pp. vi+250(last blank); top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Hodder Children's Books, London, 2003. First edition. *David Almond's first novel for children, Skellig, won both the 1998 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and the Carnegie Medal. More
REMARKS.
Pp. 24(last blank); narrow 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, edges and backstrip faded, corners a trifle rubbed; text block faintly browned; Sydney J. Endacott, Melbourne, n.d.[192-]. *Collection of apothegms, presumably written under a pseudonym, dedicated to "Elzevir" of The Argus [i.e., Walter Murdoch]. More
MOTHER OF GOD.
Pp. [vi]+344; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned, edges foxed; Macmillan, London, 1995. First edition. More
GRANDMA, FELIX AND MUSTAPHA BISCUIT.
Pp. [24], illustrated in colour throughout; cr. 4to; plain paper wrappers, stapled; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, corners a trifle creased; William Morrow, New York, 1982. First U.S. edition, proof copy? *Victor Ambrus has twice won the Kate Greenaway Medal, once in 1965 for The Three Poor Tailors, and again in..... More
MISHKA.
Pp. 24, illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial papered boards, edges faintly rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle marked; Oxford University Press, London, 1975. First edition. *Victor Ambrus has twice won the Kate Greenaway Medal, once in 1965 for The Three Poor Tailors, and again in 1975 for two..... More
BULLETIN No. 12 October 1, 1945.
16 page pamphlet, staples rusting; some browning and offsetting, paperclip impression at centre of leaves; Washington, D.C., 1945. *Contained in original printed paper envelope, stamped and addressed to Australian bookplate collector H. B. Muir. More
THE ANTI-DEATH LEAGUE.
A novel. Pp. 352; boards a trifle marked and worn; dust wrapper, damp stained on reverse, edges rubbed, with closed tear from head of backstrip into back panel near backstrip; the free endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1966. First edition. More
ENDING UP.
Pp. 176; qr. brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, black papered boards, the upper board initialled and decorated in gilt, faintly scuffed, top fore-corner slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel faintly soiled; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., New York, 1974. First..... More
I WANT IT NOW.
Pp. 256(last blank); corners of boards a trifle rubbed; top edges pale orange; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, with short closed tear to top edge of front panel nest to backstrip; a little light foxing; JonathanCape,London, 1965. First edition. More
JAKE'S THING.
Pp. 286(last blank); upper board faintly marked, the bottom fore-corner lightly bruised, dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle creased; edges of leaves slightly soiled; Hutchinson of London, London, 1978. First edition. *Shortlisted for the 1978 Man Booker Prize. More
THE OLD DEVILS.
Pp. [x]+294; boards slightly soiled, small bruise to fore-edge of lower board; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the back panel faintly soiled; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1986. First trade edition. *Winner of the 1986 Man Booker Prize. More
RUSSIAN HIDE-AND-SEEK.
A melodrama. Pp. 240; tiny surface chip to bottom edge of upper board near fore-corner; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges slightly rubbed and split; free endpapers faintly offset, minor production fault (ink stain) to bottom margin p. 231, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1980. First edition. More