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82198 Anderson, Jessica The Impersonators - signed copy Macmillan, South Melbourne Vic., 1980. First edition: octavo; hardcover; 252pp. Minor wear; a few tiny scrapes on board edges and corners; spotting to text block edges; signed in ink by the author to the title page. Very good to near fine in like dustwrapper. Click here to order $100

206069 Astley, Thea Girl with a Monkey Angus and Robertson, Sydney NSW, 1958. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with silver-gilt spine titles; 144pp. Mild wear; boards lightly sunned; text block edges toned; a small stain to the first page. Dustwrapper is mildly rubbed and edgeworn; sunned along the spine panel; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $45

73662 Bail, Murray Eucalyptus Text, Melbourne, 1998. First edition. Hardcover, octavo, 255pp. Toned text block edges. Minimal wear; fine in like dustwrapper (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film). Click here to order $65

216445 Bail, Murray Holden's Performance Faber & Faber, London, 1987. First UK edition: octavo; hardcover; blue boards with white spine titling; 353pp. Text block and page edges browned with a few spots; well-rubbed lower board edges with softening to the spine heel. Dustwrapper sunned and lightly worn at edges; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $30

14296 Brett, Lily (David Rankin, illus.) Things Could Be Worse Meanjin/Melbourne University Press, Carlton Vic., 1990. First edition: octavo; hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine titles; 191pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; slightly cocked; mildly toned text block edges. Dustwrapper lightly edgeworn; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $30

42191 Carey, Peter Bliss University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1981. First edition. Hardcover, octavo; black boards with silver gilt spine titling; 296pp. Moderate wear; scattered spotting to endpapers and prelims; spotted text block edges. Rubbed silver dustwrapper with creasing and wear to edges and corners; a few superficial scratches. Very good with wrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $75

62184 Carey, Peter The Fat Man in History Faber and Faber, London, 1980. First edition. Hardcover, octavo; blue boards with silver gilt spine titling; 186pp. Minor wear; upper text block edges spotted and a few superficial marks on dustwrapper. Near fine and wrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $130

43696 Carey, Peter Oscar and Lucinda University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Qld., Australia, 1988. First edition: octavo; hardcover; green boards with gilt spine titling; 511pp. Minor wear; offsetting to endpapers; text block and page edges browned as is usual with this edition: some wear to the spine tail and corners with mild rubbing to lower edges. Green illustrated dustwrapper mildly worn along the spine panel extremities; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Else very good. Click here to order $65

72863 Carey, Peter Oscar and Lucinda - signed copy University of Queensland, St Lucia Qld., 1988. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles; 511pp. Mild wear; board bottom edges and corners lightly worn; text block and page edges browned and spotted (typically for Queensland University's output); previous owner's ink inscription to the flyleaf; signed in ink by the author to the title page. Minor scuffing and edgewear to dustwrapper; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $175

71408 Carey, Peter The Tax Inspector: signed copy Borzoi Books / Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York NY, USA, 1991. First US edition, signed in ink by author on title page: octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in papered boards, silver-gilt spine-titling and upper board decoration; 279pp., untrimmed. Boards sunned along the top and bottom edges; lower corner of top board slightly bumped; some insect damage to the paper of the upper and lower board edges, near the cloth spine binding; top edge of the text block slightly dusted. Dustwrapper is undamaged and now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $70

10730 Carey, Peter War Crimes University of Queensland, St. Lucia Qld., 1979. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles; 282pp. Mild wear; spine extremities softened; text block edges toned. Dustwrapper light edgeworn with sunning to the spine panel; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $100

63757 Carey, Peter War Crimes: signed copy University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1979. Signed first edition. Hardcover, octavo, 282pp. Minor wear; text block edges browned; slight edge and corner wear to dustwrapper edges with some chipping on head of spine; rear panel slightly discoloured. Very good to near fine and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. In the dark recesses of the lost property office, strange atrocities are being committed. A luxurious train thunders north carrying a clerk who must pay dearly for his indulgence. Roses betray the secret of an old man, and a young unemployed couple explore the mysteries of exotic pleasures. Bizarre, funny and chilling, the stories in this collection are all in one way or another, about power - about those who wield it, those who want it, and those who recall only its dazzling exhilaration and degradation. Click here to order $120

49013 Drewe, Robert A Cry in the Jungle Bar - signed copy William Collins Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1979. Octavo; hardcover with gilt spine-titling; 244pp. Slightly rolled; some marks to the text block edges; mild offset to the endpapers; signed by the author in ink on the title page. Dustwrapper mildly edgeworn; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive film. Very good. Click here to order $40

44913 Drewe, Robert Fortune - signed Picador/Pan Books (Australia) Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1986. Octavo; hardcover; 253pp. Covers bound upside-down; text block edges toned with some heavy spots; minor scraping to the board edges; signed in ink on the title page. Dustwrapper is lightly sunned along the spine; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $40

74352 Drewe, Robert Grace - signed copy Viking/Penguin Group (Australia), Camberwell, Vic., Australia, 2005. Octavo; hardcover; 418pp. Minor wear: signed by the author in ink on the title page; very good to near fine in like dustwrapper (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film). Click here to order $35

55623 Flanagan, Richard Gould's Book of Fish A Novel in Twelve Fish Picador/Pan MacMillan, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2001. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with marbled endpapers; 404pp., printed in vari-coloured inks and with twelve colour illustrations as section markers. Minor wear; spine extremities and board corners lightly scuffed; light toning and some minor marks to the text block edges; previous owner's ink inscription to the verso of the half-title page. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed and edgeworn; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $30

10047 Flanagan, Richard Gould's Book of Fish - signed Picador/Pan Macmillan (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 2001. Signed first edition: octavo; hardcover, with marbled endpapers; 404pp., printed in vari-coloured inks and with twelve colour illustrations as section markers. Moderately worn board edges and corners with frayed fore-edges and spine edges; scuffed black dustwrapper with minimal edgewear. Good to very good and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $40

47669 Flanagan, Richard The Sound of One Hand Clapping Macmillan/Pan MacMillan Australia Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1997. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling; 425pp., untrimmed. Mild wear; lower board edges slightly worn; text block and edges browned. Very good in like dustwrapper (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film). Click here to order $30

82217 Frame, Janet The Adaptable Man George Braziller, New York, 1965. First US edition. Hardcover, octavo; blue cloth boards with pale blue and white spine titling; 277pp. Owner's comment on the book on pastedown. Densely spotted upper text block edges with some random spotting on side edges. Purple decorated dustwrapper with scraping and chipping to edges and corners especially at spine extremities. Good to very good and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $45

36474 Frame, Janet The Edge of the Alphabet George Braziller Inc., New York NY, 1962. First US edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine tiles and upper board decoration; 303pp. Mild wear; spine heel softened; text block top edge dusted; previous owner's ink inscription to the title page; some minor marginal notations in pencil to the rear free endpaper. Dustwrapper is rubbed and edgeworn with chipping to the spine panel extremities a scraping to the hinges; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $50

8732 Frame, Janet Intensive Care George Braziller, New York NY, 1970. First US edition: octavo; hardcover; 342pp. Moderate wear; slightly shaken; spine extremities softened; boards lightly sunned along the top edges; text block top edge dusted. Dustwrapper well rubbed and sunned, especially along the spine panel; light chipping to the flap-turns; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $35

90641 Frame, Janet The Reservoir & Other Stories W.H. Allen, London, 1966. First UK edition. Hardcover, octavo; brown boards with gilt spine titling; 240pp. Minor wear; browning to text block and page edges with spotting on top edges. Illustrated dustwrapper with browning along spine; scraping to spine panel extremities and corners; toned rear panel. Very good and wrapper now professionally protected by archival film with white paper backing. Click here to order $60

8745 Frame, Janet A State of Siege George Braziller, New York, 1966. First US edition. Hardcover, octavo; blue cloth boards with black spine titling; 246pp. Minor wear; a few scrapes on board edges; spotting to text block edges. Blue decorated dustwrapper with yellow upper board and spine titling; small missing segment on lower spine edge, two small scrapes on front cover and chipping to spine panel extremities and corners. Very good with wrapper now protected in archival film and white paper backing. Click here to order $40

209343 Gaita, Raimond Romulus, My Father - signed The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne Vic., 2008. Octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in cloth with illustrated boards and endpapers, gilt spine and upper board titles and a red ribbon; 207pp. Minor wear; signed in ink by the author to the title page. No dustwrapper as issued. Fine in a like full-leather, gilt titled slipcase. Click here to order $60

89059 Garner, Helen The Children's Bach McPhee Gribble Publishers, Melbourne Vic., 1984. First edition: octavo; hardcover; black boards with gilt spine-titling; 96pp. Minor wear; text block edges faintly spotted; very good to near fine in like dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $23

96381 Garner, Helen Postcards from Surfers Bloomsbury, London, 1989. First UK edition: hardcover, octavo; blue boards with gilt spine titling, blue endpapers and blue ribbon marker; 180pp. Minor wear; toned and mildly spotted text block edges; previous owner's ink inscription. Very good with dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $50

38478 Grenville, Kate Bearded Ladies University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1984. First edition. Hardcover, octavo; orange boards with blue spine titling and orange endpapers; 168pp. Owner's name. Minor wear; board upper edges and spine faded; text block edges browned; else very good in dustwrapper with sunned spine panel and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $25

89065 Grenville, Kate The Lieutenant: signed copy Text, Melbourne, Vic., Australia, 2008. Signed first edition: octavo; hardcover, with marbled endpapers; 307pp. Minor wear only; toned text block edges; small pen mark. Dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Near fine. Click here to order $35

47391 Hardy, Frank The Four-Legged Lottery A Novel T. Werner Laurie Ltd., London, 1958. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles; 224pp. Minor wear; a bump to the bottom edge of the upper board; text block top edge lightly dusted; mild offset to the endpapers; retailer's bookplate to the front pastedown. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and edgeworn with some light discolouration; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good to near fine and a notable copy. Click here to order $35

98310 Ireland, David The Unknown Industrial Prisoner Angus & Robertson (Publishers) Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1971. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with silver-gilt spine titles; 379pp. Minor wear; lightly shaken; spine extremities mildly softened; text block edges toned and top edge lightly dusted. Dustwrapper well rubbed with edgewear and associated creasing; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Author's second book. Click here to order $50

97645 Jolley, Elizabeth Foxybaby - inscribed to David Malouf University Of Queensland, St Lucia Qld., 1985. First edition. Hardcover, octavo; gray boards with white spine titling, yellow endpapers; 261pp. Inscribed on front endpaper to David Malouf by the author and signed again on title page. Minor wear; browned page and text block edges with some spotting and marks on upper edge. Very good in like dustwrapper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $35

207028 Keneally, Thomas The Fear Cassell & Co. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1965. First edition: octavo; hardcover; 229pp. Mild wear; offsetting to endpapers; toned text block edges; previous owner's name in ink. Dustwrapper with wear and chipping especially to spine panel extremities and corners; scraping along front fore-edge; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $60

208737 Koch, Christopher The Memory Room - signed Knopf Books/Random House (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., North Sydney NSW, 2007. Octavo; hardcover; 435pp., untrimmed. Mild wear; text block edges toned and spotted; light scattered foxing to the preliminaries; signed in ink to the title page. Dustwrapper lightly edgeworn; a promotional sticker to the upper panel. Very good. Click here to order $30

89096 Lindsay, Joan (Introduction by John Taylor; commentary by Yvonne Rousseau) The Secret of Hanging Rock Angus & Robertson, North Ryde NSW, 1987. Octavo stapled paperback; 58pp., monochrome decorations. Very minor wear only with tiny tiny tears at head and tail of spine and a few spots on upper text block edge. Owner's bookplate. Near fine copy in worn and foxed mailing envelope. Click here to order $80

44783 Malouf, David The Conversations at Curlow Creek - signed Chatto & Windus Ltd., London. 1996. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling; 217pp. Text block and page edges heavily toned; signed in ink by the author on the title page. Dustwrapper well sunned along the spine panel. Very good. Click here to order $35

89076 Malouf, David Harland's Half Acre: signed copy Vintage/Random House (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Milsons Point NSW, 2013. Signed octavo paperback; 276pp. Minor wear only; near fine. Click here to order $25

33601 Malouf, David An Imaginary Life Chatto & Windus, London, 1978. First edition. Hardcover, octavo; red boards with gilt spine titling; 154pp. Owner's name, Minor wear; mild offsetting to endpapers and half-title page; toning and spotting to text block edges. Illustrated dustwrapper toned at edges with mild wear and some crumpling to upper rear panel (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film). Good to very good. Not price-clipped. Click here to order $50

74062 Malouf, David Ransom: signed copy Knopf Books/Random House Australia Pty. Ltd., North Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2009. Signed octavo; hardcover; 224pp. Signed in ink on title page; insect damage to board edges and corners; toned text block edges. Scuffed dustwrapper. Very good and covered in archival film with white paper backing. Click here to order $35

86615 Malouf, David Untold Tales Fine Arts Press, North Ryde, 1999. First edition. Hardcover, octavo; mauve boards with silver gilt spine titling; 60pp. Inscription to owner. Minor wear only; fine in like dustwrapper. Click here to order $65

92867 Miller, Alex Conditions of Faith Allen & Unwin, St Leonards NSW, 2000. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titling; 406pp. Very minor wear only. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film). Very good. Click here to order $25

56586 Miller, Alex Landscape of Farewell Allen & Unwin, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2007. First edition: octavo; hardcover; dark red papered boards with gilt spine-titling; 279pp. Minor wear; mild wear to lower board corners; lightly toned text block edges. Near fine in like dustwrapper. Click here to order $24

95541 Moorhouse, Frank Forty-Seventeen Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, 1988. Ex-libris Angela Carter. First US edition: hardcover, octavo; quarter bound blue papered boards with dark gold cloth spine and dark blue spine titling; 175pp. Name sticker of Angela Carter on front paste-down. Faint spotting to text block edges; very tiny tear on lower corner of dustwrapper front panel; minimal rubbing and edgewear to dustwrapper and now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good to near fine. Click here to order $45

47421 Niland, D'Arcy Dead Men Running A Novel Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1969. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles; 350pp. Moderate wear; slightly rolled; softening to the spine heel; text block edges lightly toned. Dustwrapper mildly rubbed; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $30

74973 Roberts, Gregory David Shantaram Scribe Publications Pty. Ltd., Carlton North Vic., 2003. First edition: octavo; hardcover; red boards with silver-gilt spine-titling; 936pp. Front endpaper and half-title page slightly misbound; text block edges lightly toned; else near fine in like dustwrapper (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film). Click here to order $40

203702 Shearston, Trevor Game - signed Allen & Unwin, Crow's Nest NSW, 2013. Octavo; paperback; 329pp. Mild wear; covers rubbed and edgeworn; signed in ink to the title page by the author. Very good. Click here to order $20

38384 Stow, Randolph Tourmaline Macdonald, London, 1963. First edition. Hardcover, octavo; brown boards with gilt spine titling; 224pp. Owner's name. Minor wear; offsetting to front endpaper; mildly toned and spotted text block edges. Dustwrapper with Sidney Nolan illustration. Small missing segment on lower front edge; wear and chipping to edges and a few small scrapes. Very good otherwise and protected in archival film with white paper backing. Newspaper clipping laid in. Click here to order $50

85327 Tennant, Kylie Ma Jones and the Little White Cannibals: signed copy Macmillan, London, 1967. Signed first edition. Hardcover, octavo; green boards with gilt spine titling; 184pp. Minor wear; faint spotting on text block edges; illustrated dustwrapper with mild wear to edges. Near fine and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $45

85326 Tennant, Kylie Ma Jones and the Little White Cannibals: signed copy Macmillan, London, 1967. Inscribed in ink to the author Nancy Phelan. First edition. Hardcover, octavo; green boards with gilt spine titling; 184pp. Minor wear; faint spotting on upper text block edges with a few tiny marks and spots on side edges; illustrated dustwrapper with rubbed rear panel and mild wear to edges. Very good to near fine and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $45

39539 Tucker, James ("Giacomo di Rosenberg") [ed. Colin Roderick] Ralph Rashleigh: limited edition or The Life of an Exile Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1952. Quarto; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling on a black label and endpaper maps; 331pp., with 10 monochrome photographic plates. Mild offset to the endpapers; toned and spotted text block edges; some insect damage to the boards. Very good. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Click here to order $50

8750 White, Patrick The Aunt's Story Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1958. Reprint. Octavo hardcover; blue boards with ochre spine titling; 302pp. Browned and spotted text block edges; rear panel edges of dustwrapper slightly toned and tiny tear on lower spine panel edge. Very good with wrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $65

30178 White, Patrick The Eye of the Storm Jonathan Cape, London, 1973. First edition: octavo; hardcover; blue boards with gilt spine titling; 608pp., top edges dyed blue. Minor wear; a few faint spots to the text block edges. Dustwrapper mildly worn along edges with tiny chips at corners; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Near fine. Click here to order $35

38785 White, Patrick Flaws in the Glass Jonathan Cape, London, 1981. First edition. Hardcover, octavo; blue boards with gilt spine titling; 260pp., monochrome plates. Mild wear to board edges and faint spotting to upper text block edge; slight wear to blue dustwrapper edges. Near fine and wrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $25

11701 White, Patrick A Fringe of Leaves Viking, New York, 1977. First US edition. Hardcover, octavo; quarter bound with blue papered boards and olive green cloth spine with blue gilt and white spine titling, untrimmed page edges; 405pp. Minor wear; lightly toned and spotted text block edges; wear and scraping to edges and corners of dustwrapper, especially at spine panel extremities. Very good to near fine otherwise and professionally protected in archival film with white paper backing. Click here to order $30

89154 White, Patrick Memoirs of Many in One By Alex Xenophon Demirjian Viking, New York, 1986. First US edition: octavo; hardcover; quarter bound with blue papered boards and blue cloth spine with gilt spine-titling, blue endpapers; 192pp. Minor wear; text block edges spotted. Else near fine in like dustwrapper and covered in protective film with white paper backing. Click here to order $22

80193 White, Patrick Riders in the Chariot Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1961. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling; 552pp. Slightly shaken. Minor foxing and spotting to text block edges; pages toned. Dustwrapper mildly worn (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film). Very good to near fine. Click here to order $50

8723 White, Patrick The Twyborn Affair Jonathan Cape, London, 1979. First edition. Hardcover, octavo; brown boards with gilt spine titling, top edges dyed brown, beige endpapers; 432pp. Some very minor fading to upper text block edge; else near fine in dustwrapper with mild wear to edges and scraping at corners. Wrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $30

51322 Winton, Tim Breath Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Books (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Camberwell Vic., 2008. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with upper board title; 216pp. Mild wear; some light scraping to the spine extremities; spotting to the text block edges and preliminaries. Dustwrapper lightly edgeworn. Very good to near fine. Click here to order $23

90344 Winton, Tim Breath - signed limited edition Tuskar Rock Press/Hamish Hamilton, Dublin Ireland, 2008. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine title; 216pp. Very minor wear; signed and delimited on the publication page in ink by the author. No dustwrapper, as issued. Fine in a like slipcase. This is the true first edition of this book, limited to 100 copies, 30 of which were bound in full morocco and 70 in cloth. This is copy number 6 of the latter. Click here to order $400