RUMOURS OF A HURRICANE.
Pp. [vi]+378; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Viking, London, 2002. First edition. *Signed by the author on title page. Shortlisted in the 'Best Novel' category of the 2002 Whitbread Awards. More
Pp. [vi]+378; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Viking, London, 2002. First edition. *Signed by the author on title page. Shortlisted in the 'Best Novel' category of the 2002 Whitbread Awards. More
Pp. vi+58; qr. cream cloth, spine lettered in gilt, green papered boards, the cloth slightly silverfished; dust wrapper with Newbery Medal sticker on front panel, a trifle foxed and soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; endpapers slightly offset, a couple of spots of foxing; Harper & Row, New York, 1985..... More
Pp. [viii]+280; navy papered boards, spine lettered in white, pictorial onlay at centre of upper boards; dust wrapper with rectangular die-cut at centre of front panel and National Book Award sticker at top fore-corner of same; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1998. Third printing..... More
Pp. [x]+638, headpiece decorations, printed endpapers; thick med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; Knopf, Sydney, 2005. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Winner of the 2006 Miles Franklin Award. More
Pp. [x]+246; qr. cream cloth, spine lettered in gilt, green papered boards, upper board decorated in blind; price-clipped dust wrapper with Newbery Medal sticker on front panel; Greenwillow Books, New York, 1984. Second impression. *Winner of the Newbery Medal for 1985. A prequel to Robin McKinley's 1983 Newbery Honor book..... More
Pp. 256(last blank); post 8vo; dark blue boards, spine lettered in silver, the boards a trifle sprung, edges slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a few tape repairs on reverse, the backstrip faded; free endpapers slightly offset, endpapers and edges lightly foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1975. First..... More
Pp. [viii]+132+[2](advertisements); post 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds, printed on both sides (illustrations by Joy Hester); Viking, Melbourne, 1995. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. More
Pp. [vi]+154; cr. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; text block slightly browned; Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1993. First Australian edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Originally published by Robert Hale, London, in 1989; this first Australian edition was published after Alex Miller won the 1993 Miles Franklin Award..... More
Pp. 338(last blank); dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Sceptre, London, 1997. First edition. *Author's acclaimed first novel; winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Award for Fiction, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Grinzane Cavour prize in Italy. More
Pp. [viii]+394, endpaper map; two-tone papered boards; dust wrapper; G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 2004. First U.S. edition. *Winner of the 2004 Crime Writers' Association John Creasey Memorial Dagger for the Best Novel by a Debut Author'; signed by the author on the first page. Later reissued under the..... More
An Islamic Journey. Pp. [ii]+viii+430+[4](blank, colophon); qr. black cloth over beige papered boards, lettered in gilt, boards a trifle sprung and with a couple of tiny bruises to edges; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, slightly creased, edges lightly rubbed and split, with neat tape repair at foot of backstrip on reverse;..... More
Translated by Giovanni Pontiero. Pp. [vi]+86(last blank), pictorial headpieces; qr. cerulean cloth, spine lettered in gilt, papered boards; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, New York, 1991. First U.S. edition. *Originally published in Brazil in 1987; a theatre adaption of My Priend the Painter was awarded the prestigious Moliere..... More
Pp. [viii]+328; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves very faintly foxed; Faber & Faber, London, 2003. First edition. *Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. More
Pp. [x]+310(last blank); med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; ribbon marker; dust wrapper, lightly foxed; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Bloomsbury, London, 1992. First U.K. edition. *Winner of the Booker Prize for 1992. The basis for the 1996 Oscar winning film starring Ralph Fiennes. More
A work for image, word and music. Pp. [vi]+90, illustrated in colour throughout, with music CD in clear plastic pocket on lower free endpaper; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dLothian Children's Books, Sydney, 2008. Third printing. *Winner of the CBCA Picture Book of the Year, 2008. The CD contains..... More
Illustrated by Margaret Horder. Pp. 188, title page vignette, text illustrations; demy 8vo; orange cloth, lettered and decorated in brown, bottom fore-corner of upper board bruised; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse and flaps, edges slightly rubbed and split, the backstrip faintly faded; partial remains of bookseller's sticker at foot..... More
Pp. [iv]+156; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, top edge of front panel faintly creased; Methuen, Sydney, 1981. First edition. White (Volume 2) 6953. *Inscribed and signed by the author [to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 22.1.82] on the upper free endpaper: 'Signed for Albert under very happy circumstances & after..... More
[Revised edition]. Pp. [viii]+182; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, lower wrapper faintly soiled, both wrappers browned on reverse; text block slightly browned; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1994. First Australian edition. *Signed by the author on title page. More
Pp. xvi+264(last blank); med. 8vo; tiny mark near top edge of lower board; dust wrapper; text block lightly browned; Fourth Estate, London, 2002. First Australian edition. *Signed by the author on title page. More
Written and illustrated by Hugh Scott. Pp. 104(last blank), text illustrations; dust wrapper, slightly rubbed; Walker Books, London, 1989. First edition. *Whitbread Children's Category Winner in 1989. More
Pp. [ii]+x+340(last blank), title page vignette, text decorations; qr. black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, black papered boards, upper board decorated in blind, top fore-corners a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; fore-edges uncut; a little light foxing; Viking, New York, 1997. First U.S. edition. *Carol Shields won the 1995..... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial endpapers; med. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1991. First edition. *The story of Christopher Columbus. More
Pp. [40], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, faintly soiled, the fore-corners a trifle rubbed; Dragonfly Books/Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1987. First Dragonfly edition. *First published in 1987. Winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book Award. More
Pp. 56, illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial endpapers; square 4to; cream cloth, coloured pictorial onlay at centre of upper board; pictorial see-through dust wrapper with Caldecott Honor sticker on front panel, edges slightly rubbed and split; Frances Foster Books/ Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1999. Third printing. *Inscribed and..... More