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
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. 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
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
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
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
Pp. [vi]+242; dust wrapper; Viking Press, London, 2004. First edition. *Author's first novel. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
'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
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