CHATTERTON.
Pp. [vi]+234; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block browned, a little light foxing; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987. First trade edition. *Shortlisted for the 1987 Man Booker Prize. More about CHATTERTON
Prize winning authors
LONGLEG.
Pp. [iv]+340(last blank); head and foot of spine lightly bruised; dust wrapper; endpapers faintly offset, top edges of leaves a trifle soiled, tiny graze at foot of upper hinge; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1990.First edition. *Winner of the 1990 Age Book of the Year Award and the National Book Council's... More about LONGLEG
THE WHITE TIGER.
Pp. [vi]+522(last blank); dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; slight signs of sticker removal from head of lower free endpaper; HarperCollins Publishers/India Today Group, Uttar Pradesh, 2008. First Indian edition. *Author's first novel; winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize. More about THE WHITE TIGER
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
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
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
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 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 about THE OLD DEVILS
A KINDNESS CUP.
Pp. [vi]+154; boards a trifle sprung, corners lightly rubbed, tiny bruise to bottom edge centre of upper board; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed, short closed tear to bottom edge of back panel tape repaired on reverse, the front flap lightly creased; top edges of leaves slightly foxed; Nelson... More about A KINDNESS CUP
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
EUCALYPTUS.
Pp. [vi]+256(last blank); two-tone cloth, spine lettered in silver, upper board in blind; dust wrapper; text block browned, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Text Publishing, Melbourne, 1998. First edition. *Winner of the Miles Franklin Award for 1999. More about EUCALYPTUS
HOMESICKNESS.
Pp. 318(last blank); corners of boards lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, National Book Council award winner sticker on front panel; edges of leaves slightly soiled; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1980. First Australian edition. *Author's first novel; joint winner of The AgeBook of the Year for 1980. More about HOMESICKNESS
THE SARI SHOP.
Pp. [vi]+242; dust wrapper; Viking Press, London, 2004. First edition. *Author's first novel. More about THE SARI SHOP
ECLIPSE.
Pp. [vi]+214; spine a trifle bruised at extremities; dust wrapper, slightly damp stained on reverse; Picador, London, 2000. First edition. *Banville's fourteenth novel, The Sea, won the Booker Prize in 2005. More about ECLIPSE
THE UNTOUCHABLE.
Pp. [vi]+408(last blank); dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Picador, London, 1997. First edition. *Banville's fourteenth novel, The Sea, won the Booker Prize in 2005. More about THE UNTOUCHABLE
THE SENSE OF AN ENDING.
Pp. [vi]+150; fore-edges black; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; Jonathan Cape, London, 2011. First edition. *Winner of the Booker prize in 2011. The basis for a 2017 film starring Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling. More about THE SENSE OF AN ENDING
IF THE INVADER COMES.
Pp. [viii]+374; dust wrapper, edges lightly creased; Fourth Estate, London, 2001.First edition. *A novel set in wartime Britain. More about IF THE INVADER COMES
TURN AGAIN HOME.
Pp. [x]+406(last blank); dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Virago Press, London, 2003. First edition. More about TURN AGAIN HOME
THE LEOPARD.
Translated by Gunnar Poulsen. Pp. [vi]+186; bottom fore-corner of upper board bumped; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper, the front flap vertically creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper; Anthoensen Press, New York, 1975. First U.S. edition. *Originally written for Ethiopian children and first published in East Africa. Cecil... More about THE LEOPARD
THE TORTILLA CURTAIN.
Pp. [xii]+356, text decorations; med. 8vo; qr. orange cloth, spine lettered in purple, yellow papered boards, corners a trifle worn; dust wrapper; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Viking Press, New York, 1995. First edition. *Winner of the Prix Medicis etranger. More about THE TORTILLA CURTAIN
RATES OF EXCHANGE.
Pp. [x]+310; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly browned on flaps and reverse side; edges of leaves slightly marked; Secker & Warburg, London, 1983. First edition. *Shortlisted for the 1983 Man Booker Prize. More about RATES OF EXCHANGE
THE COURT OF THE STONE CHILDREN.
Pp. [x]+194(last blank), title and headpiece decorations; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper (illustration by Trina Schart Hyman), slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves lightly foxed; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1973. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on... More about THE COURT OF THE STONE CHILDREN