CHATTERTON.
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
Prize winning authors
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
CURIOUS PURSUITS.
Occasional writing 1970-2005. Pp. xvi+434(last blank), bibliography, index; demy 8vo; red papered boards, spine lettered in cream; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; Chatto & Windus, London, 2005. First U.K. edition. More
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
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
THE SARI SHOP.
Pp. [vi]+242; dust wrapper; Viking Press, London, 2004. First edition. *Author's first novel. More
BOOKER 30.
A celebration of 30 years of the Booker prize for fiction, 1969-1998. Pp. 64, black & white text illustrations, coloured pictorial endpapers; med. 8vo; pictorial papered boards; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpaper, a couple of pages slightly soiled; Booker plc, London, 1998. First..... More
AN ICE-CREAM WAR.
Pp. [xii]+370, full page map; demy 8vo; dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly canted and with a couple of small edge bruises; dust wrapper, browned on reverse, edges a trifle creased, the back panel slightly soiled, backstrip lightly faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on..... More
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
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
JACK MAGGS.
Pp. [viii]+392; med. 8vo; boards lightly worn, the spine cloth creased; dust wrapper; text block browned, the endpapers a trifle soiled; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1997. First Australian edition. *Winner of the 1997 The Age Book of the Year Fiction Prize, the 1988 Commonwealth Writer's Prize, and the..... More
JACK MAGGS.
Pp. [viii]+392; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned, the endpapers a trifle marked; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1997. First Australian edition. *Winner of the 1997 Age Book of the Year Fiction Prize, the 1988 Commonwealth Writer's Prize, and the 1988 Miles Franklin Award. More
PARROT AND OLIVIER IN AMERICA.
Pp. [viii]+456(last blank), a few black & white text illustrations, coloured pictorial endpapers; med. 8vo; pictorial papered boards; dust wrapper; Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2009. First edition. More
THE TAX INSPECTOR.
Pp. [viii]+280(last blank); qr. red cloth over grey papered boards, spine and upper board lettered in silver, edges of boards faintly faded, a couple of tiny indentations near top fore-corner of lower board; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, edges slightly creased, the back panel faintly soiled and with a few tiny..... More
THEFT.
A Love Story. Pp. [iv]+272(last blank); cream papered boards, spine and upper board stamped in blind, a trifle bruised at foot of spine; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper; ribbon marker; Knopf, Sydney, 2006. First edition, deckle edged issue. *Signed by the author on the title page. The first edition was simultaneously..... More
THE UNUSUAL LIFE OF TRISTAN SMITH.
Pp. [viii]+422+[10](advertisements, last blank), full page map, glossary; dust wrapper; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1994. First Australian edition, first issue dust wrapper. *Signed by the author on the title page. The dust wrapper was designed by Michael Ward and includes four review quotes on the front flap. (The..... More
THE UNUSUAL LIFE OF TRISTAN SMITH.
Pp. [viii]+422+[10](advertisements, last blank), full page map, glossary; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly foxed; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1994. First Australian edition, second issue dust wrapper. *The design for the second issue dust wrapper is based on Seurat's Le Cirque, and the front flap includes different reviews..... More
BLOOD JUNCTION.
Pp. [viii]+280; med. 8vo; top fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; a couple of spots of foxing; Orion, London, 2001. First edition. *Author's first novel, set in Australia, and signed by her on the title page. Winner of the Crime Writers' Association New Writers Award. More
LOOKING FOR ESTRELLITA.
[Photographs by Peter Lyssiotis]. Pp. viii+264, numerous photographic illustrations, notes; pictorial red papered boards, lettered in white; dust wrapper with rectangular die-cut at centre of front panel, revealing the illustration on the upper board below; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1999. First edition. *Essays. Signed by the author on..... More
SHANGHAI DANCING.
Pp. xii+450, text illustrations (2 full page), 2 full page genealogical tables; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, faintly scuffed, fore-corners a trifle creased; Giramondo, Sydney, 2003. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Described by the author as 'a fictional autobiography ... loosely based on my..... More
STEPPER.
Pp. [x]+310(last blank); pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, the lower wrapper lightly creased; text block faintly browned; Random House Australia, Sydney, 1997. First edition. Hubin 2; not listed in Loder. *Signed by the author on the title page. Thriller, based on real exploits of pre-war Russian spies..... More
IN PATAGONIA.
Pp. [iv]+204, 8 plates, frontispiece map, plus endpaper map (printed in blue), sources; demy 8vo; dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards slightly rubbed, tiny bruise and faint damp stain to top edge of upper board, the top fore-corner of lower board lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper..... More
TANGARA.
'Let us set off again'. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith. Pp. [x]+180, title page vignette, text illustrations (one double page), pictorial head & tailpieces; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in silver, boards a trifle sprung, edges slightly rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges chipped and split, with small pieces..... More
DRAGONS AT THE PARTY.
Pp. 286(last blank); med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corner of upper board faintly bruised; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Collins, London, 1987. First edition. Loder p. 56; Hubin p. 169. *The 4th Scobie Malone novel. The author received the 1996 Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award..... More