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$12.50
xxhxf199874

The Mystery-Maker


SEAMARK

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1951

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Seamark crime thrillers

$10.00
xxhxf199875

Central Mischief


JOLLEY, ELIZABETH & LURIE, CAROLINE (Intro & Ed)

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1993

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian literature literary autobiography autobiographies memoir Elizabeth Jolly essays prose

$9.00
xxhxf199877

The Road Back


MORRISSEY, DI

Octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pan Macmillan 2020

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Di Morrissey

$8.50
xxcab199896

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Gentleman


STERNE, LAURENCE & PETRIE, GRAHAM (Ed) & RICKS, CHRISTOPHER (Intro)

Paperback (VG-) occasional underlining in pencil; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1970

KEYWORDS: literature Laurence Sterne

$8.50
xxcab199899

The Aunt's Story


WHITE, PATRICK

Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1974

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Patrick White

$15.00
xxcad199904

Laden Choirs: The Fiction of Patrick White


WOLFE, PETER

Ex-library, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Kentucky Press 1983

KEYWORDS: literary criticism Patrick White novels literature Peter Wolfe

$20.00
xxcad199906

The State Under Contract


BOSTON, JONATHAN (Ed)

FOXED COPY, super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics political government essays prose literature

$8.50
xxcaf199920

Commando Brigade 3000


GREENBERG, MARTIN HARRY (Ed) & WAUGH, CHARLES (Ed)

Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ace Books 1994

KEYWORDS: scifi science fiction short stories literature collection anthologies

$8.50
xxcaf199922

The Military Dimension: Mark II


DRAKE, DAVID

Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Baen Publishing 1995

KEYWORDS: war novels fiction literature David Drake

$10.00
xxcaf199923

A Wild Justice


FYTTON, FRANCIS

Slim paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Alan Ross 1966

KEYWORDS: novellas fiction literature Francis Fytton

$10.00
xxcaf199925

La Bete Humaine


ZOLA, EMILE & LANOUX, D'ARMAND (Preface)

TEXT IN FRENCH, sm octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Fasquelle 1978

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Emile Zola literature

$16.50
xxcaf199926

Lyrics for the Bride of God


TARN, NATHANIEL

Octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1975

KEYWORDS: poetry poems verse literature Nathaniel Tarn

$75.00
1y71a/2

Death in a Strange Country


LEON, DONNA

FIRST UK EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 268pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chapmans Publishers 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions literature fiction novels Donna Leon

$55.00
1y71a/3

The Painter of Modern Life, and Other Essays


BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES & MAYNE, JONATHAN (Trans)

Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait/illus to front board, frontispiece, xx + 224pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor wrinkling to half title page) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- yellowing tape repairs to internal sides, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling/staining)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1964

KEYWORDS: art criticism essays prose literature Charles Baudelaire history

$45.00
1y71a/6

Eve Tempted: Writing and Sexuality in Hawthorne's Fiction


SMITH, ALLAN GARDNER LLOYD

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 182pp, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges with minor fading also, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Croom Helm / Barnes and Noble 1984

KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism sex sexuality Nathaniel Hawthorne interpretation

$100.00
1y71a/9

In the High Himalayas


WHISTLER, HUGH

LACKS D/W & FEP, scruffy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 223pp, illus/plates- some loose and/or missing, G (heavy rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, heavy wrinkling to spine, usual library labels/markings, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters- boads sl shaky, prelim pgs clipped at lower corner, moderate foxing to prelims & throughout, numerous pgs detached with some plates missing)

PUBLISHER: H F & G Witherby 1924

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Himalayas natural history Hugh Whistler

$60.00
1y71a/25

The Lake Frome Monster


UPFIELD, ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 184pp, VG (light rubbing/bruising & fading to extrems, light staining to board edges, spine sl cocked, light tanning with light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (obvious tape reinforcement to edges, moderate to heavy scuffing & light fading to spine & flaps with some surface loss, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Arthur Upfield

$70.00
1y71a/27

The Bone is Pointed


UPFIELD, ARTHUR W

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 288pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light rubbing & bruising to board edges/extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (obvious tape reinforcement to spine & edges, heavy scuffing & loss to spine with moderate fading also, moderate chafing)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first edtion THUS fiction novels literature Arthur W Upfield

$40.00
1y71a/31

When in Rome


MARSH, NGAIO

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, 224pp, VG- (moderate curling/creasing & fading/soiling to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sizeable ink stamps to ffep & full title page, varying degrees of tanning & foxing throughout- mostly light to moderate)

PUBLISHER: Fontana 1973

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand writers authors literature crime thrillers novels fiction Ngaio Marsh

$30.00
1y71a/35

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie


SPARK, MURIEL & COOK, BERYL (Illus)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 152pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1998

KEYWORDS: folio society literature classic Muriel Spark fiction novels illustrated

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