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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

214073 Astley, Thea Two by Astley - signed "A Kindness Cup" & "The Acolyte" G.P. Putnam's, New York NY, 1988. First edition thus: octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in cloth with gilt spine titling; 287pp. Mild wear; slightly cocked; browned text block and page edges; inscribed in ink to the owner. Dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $40

200327 Banning, Lex Every Man His Own Hamlet - signed Futurian Press, Coogee NSW, 1951. Octavo; stapled pamphlet; 32pp. Minor wear; wrappers rubbed and sunned; some light spotting to the text block edges; previous owner's name in ink to the first page; signed and numbered by the author on the limitations page. Very good. Limited edition run of only 200 copies, this is No. 104. Click here to order $100

200326 Banning, Lex The Instant's Clarity - signed Futurian Press, Coogee NSW, 1952. Octavo; stapled pamphlet in yapp covers; 30pp., with a monochrome portrait frontispiece. Moderate wear; wrappers rubbed and spotted; foxing to the preliminaries; light scattered foxing throughout; previous owner's name in ink to the first page; signed and numbered by the author on the limitations page. Very good. Limited edition run of only 200 copies, this is No. 108. Click here to order $100

43740 Banville, John The Untouchable - signed copy Picador/Pan Macmillan, London, 1997. Signed first edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titling; 405pp. Minor wear; text block edges spotted and top edge dusted; previous owner's name in ink to the flyleaf; signed by the author in ink to the title page. Dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good to near fine. The main character closely based on Anthony Blunt. Click here to order $35

204118 Bell, John The Time of my Life - signed by the author Allen & Unwin Pty. Ltd., Crows Nest NSW, 2002. Octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles and decorative endpapers; 288pp., with 32pp. of full-colour and monochrome plates. Minor wear; text block and page edges toned; signed in gold ink to the title page. Dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Near fine. Click here to order $25

50762 Bramah, Ernest The Wallet of Kai Lung: signed copy Grant Richards Ltd, London, 1923. Square octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in cloth, with gilt spine titles on a black label; 260pp. [xipp. + 249pp.]. Mild wear; some light scattered foxing; previous owner's bookplate: "Edward Ford, MD to Nell McKenzie with best wishes, 1965". No dustwrapper. Very good in non-adhesive vinyl wrapper. First published in 1900, this edition is limited to 200 copies signed in ink by the author, of which this is number 114. Click here to order $150

95644 Buckley, Vincent The Pattern - signed Oxford University Press/The Dolmen Press, Dublin Eire, 1979. Octavo; gatefold paperback; 64pp. Mild wear; some sunning to the wrappers; author's ink inscription to the title page. Very good. Click here to order $20

88414 Burroughs, William S. The Naked Lunch - signed copy John Calder (Publishers) Ltd. in association with Olympia Press, London, 1964. First UK edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling; 251pp. Mild wear; somewhat rolled; text block edges lightly toned with some spotting and very slight insect damage; board top edges very faintly sunned and spotted; top corner of the half-title page clipped; signed in ink on the half-title. Dustwrapper is very lightly sunned along the spine panel and top edges; a small hole on the hinge near the spine panel head; minor edgewear; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive film. Very good. Inscription on the half-title page reads: "With love to Jasper [Johns?] in The Round House Chalk Farm, love for ever, Bill." Click here to order $500

49529 Campbell, David Deaths and Pretty Cousins - signed Australian National University Press, Canberra ACT, 1975. Octavo; paperback; 68pp. Moderate wear; covers rubbed and sunned; spine sunned; signed in ink to the half-title page; text block edges lightly toned. Very good. Click here to order $30

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

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

43491 Dunne, John Gregory The Studio: signed copy Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1969. Signed first edition. Hardcover, octavo, 255pp. Binding slightly rolled. Worn price-clipped dustwrapper with scuffing, discolouration to rear panel, edge wear and tears on lower edge. Otherwise good to very good. The author's signature was commenced and not concluded on the dark coloured front endpaper before being repeated on title page. Wrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $50

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

95544 Flanagan, Richard The Sound of One Hand Clapping: signed copy Macmillan/Pan MacMillan Australia Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1997. First edition: octavo; hardcover; blue boards with gilt spine-titling and dark red endpapers; 425pp., untrimmed. Inscribed in ink to owner on title page. Mild wear; lower board edges slightly worn; text block and page edges browned. Very good in like dustwrapper (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film.) Click here to order $50

84275 Fowles, John The Ebony Tower - signed by the author Jonathan Cape Ltd., London, 1974. Reprint: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling; 300pp. Slightly rolled; text block edges lightly toned; signed in ink by the author on the title page. Price-clipped dustwrapper is well-rubbed and spotted on the verso, with mild edgewear and tears along the top edge with associated creasing; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive film. Very good. Click here to order $27

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

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

80063 Humphries, Barry Neglected Poems - signed copy and Other Creatures Angus & Robertson/HarperCollins Publishers, Pymble NSW, 1991. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with endpaper maps; 187pp. Mild wear; very slightly rolled; text block and page edges toned; previous owner's ink inscription to the verso of the flyleaf; signed bookplate tipped-in to the title page. Dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $30

213281 James, Clive (Marc, illus.) Charles Charming's Challenges on the Pathway to the Throne - signed A Royal Poem in Rhyming Couplets Jonathan Cape Ltd., London, 1981. First edition: octavo; hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine titling; 104pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; boards lightly rubbed; text block top edge lightly dusted; mild offset to the endpapers; signed in ink by the author to the title page. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed and edgeworn with sunning to the spine panel; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good to near fine. Click here to order $25

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

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

216456 Lawrence, Anthony New and Selected Poems: signed association copy University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1998. Octavo paperback; 335pp. Inscribed to Dorothy (Hewett) and Merve (Lilley). One or two marks and smudges on title page; some spotting and marks on text block; mild edgewear to covers. Very good. Click here to order $40

97646 Leavitt, David Equal Affections - inscribed to David Malouf Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York NY, 1989. First American edition: hardcover octavo; quarter bound with beige papered boards and blue cloth spine, silver gilt spine titling; 268pp., untrimmed page edges. Inscribed to David Malouf on title page. Moderate wear; binding rolled; spotting to text block edges and mild offsetting to endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper. Very good with wrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $30

201464 McGahan, Andrew Wonders of a Godless World: signed limited edition Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, 2009. Octavo; hardcover, with white upper board white decoration, decorated endpapers and a black ribbon marker; 327pp. Minor wear; toned text block edges. Illustrated dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Near fine. Signed limited edition of 500, this is no. 200. Click here to order $65

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

95551 Miller, Alex Autumn Laing - signed, limited edition Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2011. Octavo; hardcover, with gilt upper board and spine titling; 448pp. Mild wear; toned text block and page edges and a few small marks and faint scratches to boards; signed glassine preliminaries. No dustwrapper as issued. Near fine. Limited, signed and numbered uncorrected proof edition, this is no. 32 of 120 copies. Click here to order $65

99357 Miller, Alex Journey to the Stone Country - signed Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2010. Octavo hardcover; decorated white cloth boards with dark red/ brown spine titling, red endpapers; 364pp. and all edges dyed brown; ribbon marker. Signed in ink by the author. Discolouration to upper front edge. Else very good to near fine. No dustwrapper as issued. Click here to order $50

214048 Miller, Arthur Echoes Down the Corridor - signed Collected Essays, 1944-2000 Methuen Ltd., London, 2000. Octavo; hardcover, with silver-gilt spine titling; 332pp. Minor wear; binding rolled; well-toned text block and page edges with one or two spots; signed in ink by the author. Very mild toning to the dustwrapper edges; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $50

99664 Mitchell, David Ghostwritten - signed A Novel Random House Inc., New York NY, 2000. First US edition: octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in cloth with a blindstamped upper board decoration; 429pp. Minor wear; signed by the author in ink on the title page. Dustwrapper very lightly rubbed; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Near fine. Click here to order $130

95556 Moore, Marianne The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore - signed and with correspondence and a collection of newspaper clippings With selected translations from the Fables of La Fontaine The Macmillan Company/Viking Press Inc., New York NY, 1967. First edition: octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in cloth, with gilt spine titles and blind-stamped upper board decorations; 305pp., on laid paper, top edge dyed light blue. Mild wear; spine extremities softened and corners lightly bumped; offset to the front endpapers; author's ink signature and inscription to the flyleaf. There are also two textual corrections made in ink and referred to in the inscription. Dustwrapper is rubbed with some marks and sunned along the spine panel; some small tears to the top and bottom edges with light associated creasing; protected by a mylar cover. Good to very good in a specially-made solander box with small tear to pocket (now repaired with acid-free tape). Laid in: 1967-1968 correspondence with erstwhile neighbours of the poet comprising four postcards, one folding greeting card, one plain card and one single page letter; and various newspaper clippings (principally from the New York Times), being reviews of the book - one annotated - and articles when she was engaged in social and public occasions. Finally there is typewritten poem by a certain Margaret Lam which was judged by Moore. Click here to order $1800

95641 Mudd, Harvey A European Education - signed Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara CA, 1986. Octavo; paperback; 94pp., with monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; author's ink inscription to the first page; minor creasing to the covers. Very good. Click here to order $20

95642 Mudd, Harvey (Ken Price, illus.) The Plain of Smokes - signed copy Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara CA, 1982. Octavo; paperback; 97pp., with monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; author's ink inscription to the front free endpaper; some stains to the fore-edge. Very good. Click here to order $20

45225 Murdoch, Iris Jackson's Dilemma - signed Chatto & Windus Ltd./Random House, London, 1995. First page. Octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles and black endpapers; 249pp. Moderate wear; somewhat cocked; spine extremities softened; text block edges well toned; some pencilled marginalia to the last few pages; signed in ink by the author to the title page. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and edgeworn with some mild creasing; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $250

43434 O'Brien, Tim Speaking of Courage: signed copy Neville, Santa Barbara, 1980. Signed limited edition, this 94 of 300 copies. Hardcover, octavo, 20pp. Green cloth boards with minor spotting. Near fine. Click here to order $150

91933 O'Harris, Pixie The Pixie O. Harris Fairy Book - signed copy Stories and Verse by Lynette Yardley, Gwen M. Cock, Eva Lawton, Pixie O. Harris Rigby Ltd. Publishers, Adelaide SA, 1981. Small folio; staple-sewn gatefold paperback, with gilt titling to the front cover and a tipped-on full-colour illustration; 63pp., with a tipped-in full-colour frontispiece, another plate likewise, two duotone illustrations and many other monochrome illustrations and decorations. Minor wear; signed in ink on the dedication page along with a previous owner's ink inscription. Dustwrapper is mildly edgeworn with some light rubbing and some faint spotting along the spine. Very good. Click here to order $75

7256 Ondaatje, Michael Anil's Ghost: signed copy Bloomsbury, London, 2000. Reprint. Hardcover, octavo, 311pp. Signed bookplate. Pages a little toned; else near fine in like dustwrapper. Click here to order $40

214051 Oz, Amos (Nicholas de Lange, trans.) To Know a Woman - signed Chatto & Windus Ltd., London, 1991. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with silver-gilt spine titles; 265pp. Minor wear; slightly cocked; text block and page edges well toned and top edge dusted; inscribed in ink to owner. Dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $40

207340 Porter, Peter Fast Forward - signed Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic., 1984. First edition. Octavo; paperback; 62pp. Minor wear; covers lightly edgeworn; signed in ink by the author to the title page. Very good. Click here to order $25

99250 Powys, John Cowper Porius - signed by the author A Romance of the Dark Ages Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London, 1951. Octavo; hardcover, half-bound in green calf with gilt rules, gilt spine titles on black labels and gilt spine decorations between five raised bands and marbled endpapers; 682pp., top edges gilt, with a monochrome portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Minor wear; slightly cocked; text block edges lightly toned; light scattered foxing to the preliminaries; signed in ink on the limitations page; retailer's bookplate (with offset) to the verso of the flyleaf. Mylar dustwrapper. Very good to near fine. Number 77 of a limited edition print run of only 200 copies. Click here to order $400

99251 Powys, T.F. Unclay - signed by the author Chatto & Windus, London, 1931. Octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in marbled boards with gilt spine title and decoration; 343pp., top edges gilt, untrimmed and mostly opened. Mild wear; boards rubbed with some mild chipping to the corners and edges; spine sunned; text block edges toned; light scattered foxing throughout, mainly to the preliminaries; retailer's bookplate to the front pastedown; signed and numbered in ink to the limitations page. No dustwrapper. Very good. Number 123 of a limited edition print run of only 150 copies. Click here to order $350

77188 Proulx, Annie That Old Ace in the Hole - signed copy Fourth Estate, London, 2002. First UK edition. Signed hardcover, octavo, 359pp. Minor wear; slight rubbing to lower board edges. Near fine otherwise in like, unclipped dustwrapper (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film). Click here to order $60

43568 Quennell, Peter (Albert Rutherston, illus.) Inscription on a Fountainhead - signed, limited edition Ariel Poems series, Number 24 Faber and Faber Ltd., London, 1929. First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt upper board titling; 16pp., untrimmed handmade paper, with a decorated half-title page and a coloured illustration. Rebacked; boards very lightly rubbed with mildly bumped corners; signed in ink on the limitations page. No dustwrapper as issued. Very good. No 17 of a limited edition run of only 300 copies Click here to order $60

48234 Riddell, Elizabeth From the Midnight Courtyard - signed Angus & Robertson Publishers Pty. Ltd., North Ryde NSW, 1989. Octavo; paperback; 58pp. Minor wear; inscribed in ink by the author to the title page. Very good to near fine. Click here to order $25

66046 Rothenberg, Jerome The Notebooks - signed copy Membrane Press, Milwakee WI, 1976. Octavo; paperback; 50pp. Minimal wear. Fine. Significant association copy: this copy sent to Louis and Celia Zukofsky, then residing in Port Jefferson NY (envelope retained). Inscribed "for the Z's, with regard for their musicks, & warmly, ever, Jerry". A very small notation on the internal front cover gives a date of receival, is initialled "LZ" and notes "ans'd "A"/C." Click here to order $200

9975 Seth, Vikram A Suitable Boy - signed copy Phoenix House, London, 1973. Hardcover, octavo; red boards with gilt spine titling and pink endpapers; 1349pp. Signed bookplate. Minor wear; sharp cut across front dustwrapper penetrating to board underneath; a few marks and spots to text block edges and small black spot on title page; scrape to upper board edge; else very good in dustwrapper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Click here to order $75

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

206731 Taylor, Andrew Sandstone - signed copy University of Queensland Press, St Lucia Qld, 1995. Octavo; paperback; 85pp. Mild wear; lightly toned text block edges; lightly rubbed covers with mild edgewear; inked inscription by the author. Very good. Click here to order $17

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