THE GAMES.
Research and background by Phillip Knightley. Pp. [iv]+442; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; Cassell, London, 1967. *Novel with an Olympic Games setting. More about THE GAMES
Literature
COWANDA.
The veteran's grant. Edited by Elizabeth Lawson. Pp. xvi+112(last blank)+[12](advertisements), frontispiece; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle creased and rubbed; top fore-corner of last few leaves slightly creased, small stain at foot of last page; Mulini Press, Canberra, 1995. Australian Books on Demand No. 11. *Louisa Atkinson's... More about COWANDA
EXCURSIONS FROM BERRIMA and a trip to Manaro and Molonglo in the 1870's.
Foreword by Janet Cosh. Pp. 40(last colophon), frontispiece, title page vignette, text decorations; small cr. 4to; pictorial textured paper wrappers with flap folds, stapled, faintly soiled, corners a trifle creased, bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; corners of a few leaves slightly creased; Mulini Press, Canberra, 1980. Edition limited... More about EXCURSIONS FROM BERRIMA and a trip to Manaro and Molonglo in the 1870's
MYRA.
Pp. xii+64(last blank), half-title and title page vignettes, head & tailpiece decorations; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Mulini Press, Canberra, 1988. First edition in book form. *Originally published as a serial in the Sydney Mail, in 1864. Caroline Louisa Waring Atkinson (1834-1872), naturalist, journalist and fiction writer, is regarded as the... More about MYRA
A VOICE FROM THE COUNTRY.
Introduction by Victor Crittenden. Pp. 32(last blank), frontispiece, title page decoration, decorative tailpieces; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds, stapled, slightly soiled, backstrip faded; Mulini Press, Canberra, 1978. First edition thus. *Selections from Atkinson's writings, 'all related to the beautiful well-watered areas of coastal and tableland... More about A VOICE FROM THE COUNTRY
LOUISA ATKINSON OF THE KURRAJONG.
Pp.20, illustrated; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled, backstrip faded; inked ownership inscription (dated 1979) on half-title page; occasional slight creasing; The Kurrajong Heights Garden Club, Sydney, 1979. First edition. *Caroline Louisa Waring Atkinson (1834-1872), botanist, journalist and fiction writer, is regarded as the first... More about LOUISA ATKINSON OF THE KURRAJONG
LE VIOLIN MAGIQUE et autres legendes du Canada Francais.
Texte de Claude Aubry. Gravures de Saul Field. [Text in French]. Pp. 102, 10 full page coloured illustrations, patterned endpapers; med. 4to; pictorial beige cloth, lettered and decorated in maroon, the boards slightly foxed; text block faintly browned; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Les Editions des Deux Rives, Ottawa... More about LE VIOLIN MAGIQUE et autres legendes du Canada Francais
PROBLEMS OF NINETEENTH CENTURY BIOGRAPHY:
Wyse-Acton-Lecky. The annual lecture delivered to the Australian Humanities Research Council at its eighth annual general meeting at Canberra on 4 November 1953. Pp. [ii]+33-44(last blank); small cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; The Australian Humanities Research Council, Melbourne, 1964. More about PROBLEMS OF NINETEENTH CENTURY BIOGRAPHY:
ON THE FRONTIER.
A melodrama in three acts. Pp. 124(last blank); fore and bottom edges uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly silverfished, the backstrip lightly soiled, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the upper free endpaper lightly creased, top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Faber & Faber, London, 1938. First edition. *With... More about ON THE FRONTIER
PATCHWORK QUILT.
Poems. Done into English by Jack Lindsay. With decorations by Edward Bawden. Pp. [72](last blank), pictorial title page, text illustrations (one full page); blue buckram, decorated in blind in a patchwork design, edges a trifle rubbed, spine faded; t.e.g., others uncut; bookplate of [Robert] Foster Kennedy on upper pastedown, plus..... More about PATCHWORK QUILT
THE NOVELS AND LETTERS OF JANE AUSTEN.
Edited by R. Brimley Johnson. With an Introduction by William Lyon Phelps. With coloured illustrations by C. E. and H. M. Brock. Complete in twelve volumes, totalling approximately 4,000 pages. All volumes with coloured frontispiece, each of the major novels also with 5 coloured plates, Volume XI [juvenilia] with 3... More about THE NOVELS AND LETTERS OF JANE AUSTEN
THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN.
In twelve volumes, totalling approximately 4,000 pages; frontispiece portrait and tissue guard Volume I, all title pages printed in red & black, appendices Volume XII; rebound in half navy morocco, the spines lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, with gilt lettered red leather title labels, blue cloth boards;... More about THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN
THE NOVELS.
Sense and Sensibility; Emma; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion; Pride and Prejudice. Six volumes in five, totalling approximately 2,000 pages, with engraved frontispiece (dated 1833) and vignette title page to each volume; f'cap. 8vo; early half black calf, spines decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, with gilt lettered... More about THE NOVELS
JANE AUSTEN.
A life. Pp. xiv+578, 8 plates, endpaper genealogical chart, notes, index; thick med. 8vo; a couple of faint indentations to upper board; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; ribbon marker; slight damp stain to fore-edge of a couple of leaves; Fourth Estate, London, 1997. First edition. More about JANE AUSTEN
ALFRED AUSTIN VICTORIAN.
Pp. x+296, frontispiece, bibliography, index; bottom fore-corner of boards slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, back panel lightly foxed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1955. First edition. *Alfred Austin is remembered as the writer of some of the worst verse... More about ALFRED AUSTIN VICTORIAN
YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR THIS TIME, AVALON.
Foreword by Dulcie Meddows. Pp. 64; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, two small surface grazes to verso of upper wrapper; Galley Press, Sydney, 1994. Edition limited to 500 copies. More about YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR THIS TIME, AVALON
HOME REMEDIES.
New and Selected Poems, 1961-1981. Foreword by X. J. Kennedy. Designed and illustrated by Bebe Barkan. Pp. 174(last blank), full page illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers;Cross-Cultural Communications, New York, 1982. First edition. More about HOME REMEDIES
RESURRECTIONS.
Pp. 120, dual language text (English and an unidentified Slavic dialect); pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Cross-Cultural Communications, New York, 1989. More about RESURRECTIONS
THE MAN IN THE MIRROR.
A novel of espionage. Pp. 224; printed paper wrappers; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges slightly rubbed; Gollancz, London, 1965. Proof copy. *Publisher's With Compliments slip loosely inserted. More about THE MAN IN THE MIRROR
LAIR OF THE LIZARD.
Pp. [viii]+248; dust wrapper; St. Martin's Press, New York, 1998. First edition. *The fourth Tony Lowell mystery. More about LAIR OF THE LIZARD
THE MIDAS CONSEQUENCE.
Pp. [vi]+214; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split; Secker & Warburg, London, 1974. First edition. More about THE MIDAS CONSEQUENCE
THE HIDING PLACE.
Pp. [vi]+282; dust wrapper; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Picador, London, 2000. First edition. *Author's first novel, winner of The Guardian First Book Prize and shortlisted for the 2000 Man Booker Prize. More about THE HIDING PLACE
ANGEL OF HONOUR.
Pp. [vi]+360; med. 8vo; edges of boards slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; small tape mark near top edge of first page, name in ink on verso of title page, a couple of corners slightly creased; MacMillan Australia, Sydney, 1991. First edition. More about ANGEL OF HONOUR
THE SECRET PURPOSES.
Pp. [viii]+408, 4 full page maps; med. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of boards bumped; dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Little, Brown & Company, London, 2004. First edition. *Author's third novel; signed by him on the title page. More about THE SECRET PURPOSES
REMAINS SILENT.
Pp. [viii]+232(last colophon); med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in silver, red papered boards, bottom fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2005. First edition. *Signed by both authors on the title page. More about REMAINS SILENT