Stories. Pp. [viii]+114; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle sprung, the edges lightly rubbed and with a couple of tiny bruises; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges slightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, minor production (trimming) fault to top..... More
Pp. x+390(last blank); med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Dutton, New York, 1989. First edition. More
A life of J. R. Ackerley. Pp. xiv+466(last blank), 24 plates, source notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in silver, tiny bruise above bottom fore-corner of upper board; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers faintly offset, edges..... More
Pp. [vi]+234; med. 8vo; tiny bruise to fore-edge of lower board; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987. First trade edition. *Shortlisted for the 1987 Man Booker Prize. More
Pp. viii+2154(last blank), headpiece decorations; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the text block slightly browned; Chatto & Windus, London, 2003. First edition. *A novel set in London in the last year of the fourteenth century, featuring..... More
Edited and with an Introduction by Thomas Wright. Pp. xxviii+466(last blank), index; med. 8vo; grey boards, spine lettered in silver, bottom fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Chatto & Windus, London, 2001. First edition. *Selected journalism, reviews, essays, short stories..... More
Pp. [viii]+400, frontispiece, plus headpiece illustrations and decorations; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in white, top fore-corner of upper board faintly bruised; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges foxed; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1992. First trade edition. *Signed by the author..... More
Pp. [vi]+278(last blank); med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1993. Third printing. More
Pp. [vi]+216 med. 8vo; grey boards, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, top fore-corners slightly creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Chatto & Windus, London, 2004. First edition. More
Pp. [vi]+278(last blank); demy 8vo; light brown boards, spine lettered in black; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the text block browned, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 1996. First edition. More
Pp. [xii]+140(last blank); demy 8vo; grey boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the upper endpapers and top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Chatto & Windus, London, 1999. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
Pp. [vi]+246; dust wrapper; Chatto & Windus, London, 2013. First edition. More
Pp. 72; printed glazed paper wrappers with flap folds; Red Deer College Press, Alberta, Canada, 1987. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Australian writer Thomas Shapcott) on title page. More
Pp. [16](last blank), frontispiece printed in green; roy. 8vo; printed green paper wrappers; Mandeville Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1987. Trade edition; one of 225 copies. More
Pp. [iv]+138(last blank); boards slightly sprung; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel slightly soiled; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1974. First edition, with second state [i.e. pictorial] dust wrapper. *American novelist and film writer's first Australian novel, set in war-torn Vietnam. More
Pp. 398(last blank); spine extremities and top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised, with short split at foot of spine; dust wrapper, the backstrip slightly creased at extremities, with small piece torn from foot, small surface chip to laminate at bottom fore-corner of back panel; edges of leaves faintly soiled..... More
Illustrated by Ul de Rico. Pp. 72(last blank), 9 double page coloured illustrations, plus numerous black & white text illustrations; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1986. First U.K. [and first trade] edition. *Poem based on the Polynesian legend of Te Tuna, the giant eel. More
Pp. [x]+306(last blank); med. 8vo; two-tone papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; edges of leaves lightly foxed, with black ink mark to top edges near spine; Donald I. Fine, Inc., New York, 1991. First edition. More
The First Selection. The Autobiography of James Agate. Pp. 230, frontispiece; cr. 8vo; olive green cloth, spine lettered in orange, the boards slightly canted, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, the front panel slightly silverfished, edges and backstrip lightly rubbed and browned; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper..... More
Stories of horror, suspense and fantasy. Pp. 220; printed grey paper wrappers, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed; Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1976. Uncorrected proof copy. *Short stories. More
Pp. 256; printed pink paper wrappers, lightly foxed and faintly creased, edges slightly faded and rubbed, the title added by hand on backstrip; outer leaves and edges foxed; Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1970. Uncorrected proof copy. *Fifth thriller by the prolific English novelist, best known for her children's books. More
Pp. viii+248(last blank); corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney, 1977. First edition. *Author's first novel. More
A Poetic Pilgrimage. Pp. x+214(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (several full page), select bibliography, reference notes, appendix, index; small med. 8v; red cloth, spine lettered in silver, upper board decorated in blind; dust wrapper, back panel faintly scuffed and slightly creased at top fore-corner; book label of David Levine..... More
Illustrated and decorated by Alastair. Pp. 36, frontispiece and 10 plates with lettered tissue guards, plus 2 extra folding plates functioning as free endpapers, 13 large decorative initials, all printed in teal & black, as is the title page; med. 4to; white buckram, spine lettered in gilt, the upper board..... More
A novel. Pp. [x]+366(last colophon); uncut; small med. 8vo; green cloth over bevelled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board with light mottled fading, spine cloth browned and slightly flecked; t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, with an earlier owner's inked..... More