THE TRUE STORY OF LILLI STUBECK.
Pp. [vi]+182; dust wrapper; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. More about THE TRUE STORY OF LILLI STUBECK
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 about INTIMATE CARTOGRAPHIES
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 about THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
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 about POPPY SHAKESPEARE
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 about KIT, THE COURIER
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 about THE LOWER SLOPES
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 about ANTHONY ADVERSE
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, in 1984. More about BERTIE AND THE BEAR
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 about A LION IN THE NIGHT
WATCH ME.
Pp. [24], illustrated in colour throughout, with no text; impl. 24mo; pictorial glazed papered boards, faintly soiled, with tiny bruise to upper board; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. White (Volume 2) 170. More about WATCH ME
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 about AS I WALKED DOWN NEW GRUB STREET
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 about THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE
SIXTEEN POEMS.
Pp. [iv]+36(last blank), the colophon printed in red; qr. natural linen with printed paper title label on spine, light blue/grey papered boards, faintly soiled, with small damp stain near centre of spine, fore-corners of boards slightly worn; uncut; bookplate of Leonard James Shrubsall on upper pastedown, the free endpapers lightly..... More about SIXTEEN POEMS
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 about THE FIRE-EATERS
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 about REMARKS
MOTHER OF GOD.
Pp. [vi]+344; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned, edges foxed; Macmillan, London, 1995. First edition. More about MOTHER OF GOD
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 about GRANDMA, FELIX AND MUSTAPHA BISCUIT
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 about MISHKA
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 about BULLETIN No. 12 October 1, 1945
THE ALTERATION.
Pp. 208; bottom fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; top edges green; price-clipped dust wrapper; text block slightly browned, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1976. First edition. *'Due to a slight alteration in history involving Catherine of Aragon, Martin Luther, Thomas More and others, a Holy Victory was... More about THE ALTERATION
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 about THE ANTI-DEATH LEAGUE
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 about ENDING UP
THE GREEN MAN.
Pp. 254; boards a trifle canted and bowed, the top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; top edges navy; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; inked gift inscription (dated 1969) on upper free endpaper, a couple of spots of foxing; Jonathan Cape, London, 1969. First edition. *Ghost story; the basis for... More about THE GREEN MAN
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 about I WANT IT NOW
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 about JAKE'S THING