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1. Ackland, Michael (2005). Henry Handel Richardson: A Life (1st p/b ed). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 326 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread & text-photos, bottom corner tip rear corner little creased, minor edgewear. Michael Ackland has written the first complete biography of the famous Australian novelist Henry Handel Richardson (pseudonym of Ethel Florence Richardson), who wrote 'The Getting of Wisdom' and 'The Fortunes of Richard Mahony'. Draws on previously unavailable records to examine this unconventional author. ISBN/ASIN: 0521678641. Our Book No: 20823. $25 AUD.

2. Ackroyd, Peter (2010). The Death of King Arthur: Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, a Retelling (Reprint ed). London: Penguin Group. 316 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. A retelling of the famous book written by Sir Thomas Malory and published in 1485 by Caxton's Press. The author's new retelling transforms this richly inventive medieval epic into a dramatic modern story brought to new life for our times, but still full of love, magic, adventure, heroism and betrayal. ISBN/ASIN: 9781846141935. Our Book No: 29021. $20 AUD.

3. Adams, Paul (1999). The Stranger from Melbourne: Frank Hardy - A Literary Biography 1944 - 1975. Perth, Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press (UWAP). 212 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear. Frank Hardy escaped Bacchus Marsh for Melbourne, and became Australia's most famous communist writer, political activist and supporter of workers and indigenous rights. His best-known novel 'Power without Glory' was about a gambling kingpin John West, but he was sued for libel by the real John Wren. Paul Adams traces the relationship between Frank Hardy's writings, his political activism, and the Australian (notably Victorian) historical events that shaped his diverse experimental literary works in the heydays of 1944 to 1975. ISBN/ASIN: 1876268239. Our Book No: 24823. $18 AUD.

4. Adamson, Jane (editor); Freadman, Richard (editor); Parker, David (editor) (1998). Renegotiating Ethics in Literature, Philosophy, and Theory [Literature, Culture, Theory]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 294 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear corners, minor pencil annotation. An international group of literary scholars and philosophers, edited by Jane Adamson and two colleagues, address some of the major reconceptualisations involved in the so called 'turn towards ethics'. An important feature of this has been a renewed interest in the literary text as a focus for the exploration of ethics, for example, by Charles Taylor, Bernard Williams, Iris Murdoch, Cora Diamond, Richard Rorty and Martha Nussbaum. These essays assess the significance of this development for ethical and literary theory, and articulate an alternative postmodern account of ethics which does not rely on earlier appeals to universal truths. ISBN/ASIN: 0521629381. Our Book No: 28825. $25 AUD.

5. Adey, Lionel (1998). C. S. Lewis: Writer Dreamer and Mentor (1st ed). Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing. 307 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, small mark bottom edge, faint foxing top edge, top corner rear cover & last few pages little creased, minor edgewear. This new study is unique in its attempt to trace the development of British author C. S. Lewis as a maker and reader of books. The author shows how the two sides of Lewis's personality - the Dreamer and the Mentor - affected his writing in its various modes: literary history and criticism, fiction for adults and for children, poetry, essays and addresses, and letters. The formative biographical events in Lewis's life are discussed, and an estimate of Lewis's achievement and legacy as a writer is made. ISBN/ASIN: 0802842038. Our Book No: 40437. $25 AUD.

6. Aeschylus; Postgate, Raymond (editor) (1969). The Agamemnon of Aeschylus: Text Edited by Raymond Postgate: With an Introduction, a Commentary and a Translation into Modern English Prose. Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press. 141 pp. Hardback large octavo, no jacket (glassine jacket missing), very good condition, brown cloth cover, gilt spine lettering on black label (black background little faded), bookplate, autograph (author's written name). The first of a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC. King Agamemnon returns from the Trojan War and is murdered by his wife. A private press book. Text edited by Raymond Postgate, with an introduction, a commentary and a translation into modern English prose. Text in Greek and English. Limited edition of 500 unnumbered copies, of which 250 are autographed by the editor. (This copy: Autographed by editor. Also, personal bookplate of Geoffrey Farmer, Australian librarian and researcher of private press books.). ISBN/ASIN: B000VE724C. Our Book No: 15658. $40 AUD.

7. Alexander, Pacita; Perkins, Elizabeth (2004). A Love Affair with Australian Literature: The Story of Tom Inglis Moore. Canberra, Charnwood: Ginninderra Press. 286 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, black & white photos, family tree, bottom corner front cover creased, minor edgewear, sticker marks rear cover, autograph (written dedication title page). Pacita Alexander and Elizabeth Perkins tell the story of Tom Inglis Moore (1901 - 1978), controversial crusader for Australian writers, himself a poet, journalist, academic and scholar. They trace Moore's life and influence from the farming country of Camden south of Sydney, then to England and the United States, and via the Philippines and New Guinea to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. Includes a family tree chart. ISBN/ASIN: 1740272552. Our Book No: 29379. $20 AUD.

8. Alexandra, Belinda (2010). Tuscan Rose (Reprint ed). Sydney: HarperCollins. 563 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, bottom corner tip little creased covers, spine little creased, top edge little foxed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. The bestselling Australian author Belinda Alexandra has written an historical novel based in Italy. It is the story of a girl named Rosa who was left as an infant with the sisters of Santo Spirito. The story is one of sacrifice and reward, of beauty and horror, and redemption. A story of tragedy, romance, mystery and redemption, set against the beauty of Florence in the terrifying years of Mussolini. ISBN/ASIN: 9780732281328. Our Book No: 30918. $20 AUD.

9. Alexandra, Belinda (2020). The Divine Feline: A Chic Cat Lady's Guide to Woman's Best Friend (1st ed). Sydney: Murdoch Books / Allen & Unwin. 271 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, black velvet spine, blue boards, decorative gilt border front cover, illustrated endpapers, minimal edgewear. Belinda Alexandra, a popular Australian writer of historical novels, is also an ardent cat lover. In this beautiful book she shares the bond between women and their cats. Belinda shares her own experiences, looks at the relationship between women and cats throughout history, and solves behavioural questions in a whimsical and practical way. A very special book for any cat lover. Illustrated by Murdoch Books. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760525750. Our Book No: 40939. $26 AUD.

10. Andersen, Hans Christian; Ingpen, Robert (Illustrator) (2005). The Ugly Duckling (1st this ed). New York: Penguin Young Readers Group. 34 pp. Hardback small wide quarto, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), pictorial cover, colour drawings, slight edgewear jacket. This children's picture story by Hans Christian Andersen has been beautifully translated here from the Danish tale. The illustrations by Robert Ingpen bring his spectacular adaptation to a new generation of readers. The story is about an awkward bird and his search for acceptance, only to find that the beauty he was looking for was inside him all of the time. ISBN/ASIN: 0698400100. Our Book No: 40884. $25 AUD.

11. Anderson, Chester G. (1986). James Joyce, with 124 illustrations (1st p/b ed) [Literary Lives]. London: Thames & Hudson. 144 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, top corner front cover little creased, edges lightly foxed, top edge foxed, minor edgewear. Chester Anderson has visited all the places where James Joyce lived and worked, and shows here how closely all these biographical details are related to the substance of his novels. ISBN/ASIN: 0500260184. Our Book No: 28448. $12 AUD.

12. Anderson, Hugh (1972). The Singing Roads: A Guide to Australian Children's Authors and Illustrators (2 Parts in 1). Sydney: Wentworth Books. 205 pp. Hardback quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, blue cloth cover (gilt spine bands & lettering), black & white photos (portraits), stencilled pages, minor edgewear. Hugh Anderson provides innovative brief biographies of Australian children's books authors and illustrators (some written by the writers themselves). The two parts bound as one hardback volume, retaining original card covers: Part 1 (4th edition, 1972, 128 pages), and Part 2 (1970, 77 pages). ISBN/ASIN: 0855870311. Our Book No: 17449. $40 AUD.

13. Arnold, Elliott (1943). First Comes Courage: The Commandos (Reprint ed). New York: Triangle Books. 300 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition, pages toned, rear cover jacket little marked & foxed (few chips, edgewear), scuff mark free flyleaf (sticker mark), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). Elliott Arnold writes a novel about commandos in action in Norway during WW2 from both the Allied and Nazi side. Every single large incident is entirely authentic. The Commandos are British, Americans, Free French, escaped Norwegians, and Poles. The author has travelled a lot in Europe and had the unusual opportunity to get material about the Commandos and the Underground. The novel has factual background, excitement, suspense, quick stabbing action, and a deep, passionate love affair. The photo on the cover of the jacket is from the movie "First Comes Courage”. ISBN/ASIN: B000R9A4Y6. Our Book No: 29324. $15 AUD.

14. Aroney, Ellie; Feain, Paul (2016). Ion Idriess: An Annotated and Illustrated Bibliography. Sydney: The Cornstalk Bookshop / Sydney Rare Book Auctions. 145 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, as new condition (in as new dustjacket), colour photos, endpaper map, glossy paper. An illustrated bibliography of all 56 bestselling books by the popular Australian writer Ion Idriess, by Ellie Aroney and Paul Feain (2016). Each book (arranged alphabetically by title) covers 2 to 4 pages, and consists of photos of the dustjacket and cloth covers, plus a list of each edition and reprint, including publisher, month and year published, and print run (where known). There are separate sections on the illustrators and photographers. A unique beautifully illustrated guide. (126 + 19 pages. No 19 of a limited edition of 200 autographed copies. 1 of 2 available copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 9780994522801. Our Book No: 16795. $140 AUD.

15. Athill, Diana (2000). Stet: A Memoir: An Editor's Life (1st U.S. ed). New York: Grove Press. 250 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), edges little foxed, minor edgewear jacket, old price marks. This very special book is a memoir by Diana Athill who for nearly five decades edited some of the most celebrated writers in the English language, including V. S. Naipaul, Philip Roth, Mordecai Richler, and Norman Mailer.. Diana was a founding editor of the innovative Andre Deutsch in London, and she critically assesses Andre Deutsch himself. She takes us on a guided tour through the corridors of literary London. It is a compassionate insider's look at the glories and pitfalls of making books. The book is full of delights about the world of books, people who write them, and the production process. An invaluable contribution to the literature of literature. First U.S. edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0802116833. Our Book No: 41308. $30 AUD.

16. Barkley, Glenn; Contemporary Art, Museum of (2009). Avoiding Myth and Message: Australian Artists and the Literary World: Includes "The Reader". Sydney, The Rocks: Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). 98 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, colour & black & white & sepia (brown-tinted) photos & drawings, minor edgewear. Published for the exhibition "Avoiding Myth & Message: Australian Artists and the Literary World", Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 7 April - 12 July 2009, curated by Glenn Barkley. Also includes "The Reader", which reproduces a number of works by both artists and writers. All of these texts have in some way influenced the research and development of the exhibition. The Reader allows an insight into the curatorial process and features texts reproduced within the exhibition. (No 147 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. Contains 69 pages + 29 pages of The Reader, starting at the rear and printed upside down.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781921034336. Our Book No: 28443. $30 AUD.

17. Barnard, Rita (2008). The Great Depression and the Culture of Abundance: Kenneth Fearing, Nathanael West, and the Mass Culture in the 1930s (POD ed) [Cambridge Studies: Literature and Culture]. New York: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 271 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, frontispiece, covers & spine little creased, few faint marks fore-edge, minor edgewear corners. Examines the relationship between two contradictory, or apparently contradictory, pairs of terms: "Depression and abundance" and "literature and mass culture". The study suggests, firstly, that one can find in the culture of the American 1930s - despite the national experience of scarcity and poverty - the now-familiar outlines of an image and consumer society. Secondly, the opposition between "high art" and "mass culture" was contested and challenged in the cultural production decade where book clubs, radio, popular exhibitions and star conductors were available to millions of people. (Printed copy of a POD book.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780521102223. Our Book No: 29888. $30 AUD.

18. Barnes, Julian (2000). Love, etc. (1st ed). London: Jonathan Cape. 249 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket. First edition. In this novel the author revisits Stuart, Oliver, and Gillian from "Talking It Over". Darker and deeper than his previous novel, it is a compelling look at contemporary love and its betrayals. The author later won the Booker Prize in 2011 for a future novel. ISBN/ASIN: 0224061097. Our Book No: 28091. $15 AUD.

19. Barnum, Priscilla Heath (editor) (1976). Dives and Pauper: Volume I: Part I [Early English Text Society, No 275]. London: Oxford University Press / Early English Text Society. 359 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos (frontispiece & three foldouts), minor foxing (top edge, rear pastedown, reverse side jacket), jacket scuffed (edgewear, flap price-clipped). 'Dives and Pauper' is an encyclopaedic prose commentary on the Biblical Ten Commandments, cast as a dialogue between a rich layman (Dives) and his instructor, a poor mendicant friar (Pauper). It was composed about 1405 - 1410 by an unknown author, and addresses theological debates of the turbulent period of English church history with unusual directness and complexity. This copy is the first volume of a 3-volume set, containing the first half of the text of this classic document (that is, Volume 1, Part 1, not Part 2). (No 275 in the Early English Text Society series.). ISBN/ASIN: 019722282X. Our Book No: 14428. $25 AUD.

20. Barroso, Gustavo; Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (translator) (1924). Mapirunga. London: Heinemann. 39 pp. Hardback small, no jacket (missing as common), good condition, quarter-bound (white vellum spine, cream paper-covered board covers), gilt title front cover & spine, covers & pages lightly toned, some edgewear. Brazilian fiction - a short tale of revenge and honor defended in the Sertao region of Brazil. Originally written in the Spanish language by Gustavo Barroso, and here translated, with an extended preface by R. B. Cunninghame Graham. (No 190 of a limited edition of 350 copies, autographed by the translator.). Our Book No: 16072. $25 AUD.

21. Bassett, Jan (editor) (1995). Great Southern Landings: An Anthology of Antipodean Travel (1st ed). Melbourne: Oxford University Press (OUP). 328 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, base spine lightly rubbed, few small dents. The term Antipodes was originally used to refer to 'places on the surface of the earth directly opposite each other', and later came to mean Australasia. Thousands of travellers from the northern hemisphere - from Francois Pelsaert, commander of the ill-fated Batavia, to Eric Newby and Jan Morris - have left records of their impressions of the Antipodes; some voyagers - Jonathan Swift, Samuel Butler and Jules Verne, for instance, travelled only in their minds, writing about imaginary voyages. Jan Bassett has collected and edited a delightful selection of 90 extracts from the writings of notable visitors to, and imaginers of, the Antipodes. These date from about 1605 to the 1990s. Included are dreamers, sailors, adventurers, political commentators and sporting figures. ISBN/ASIN: 0195535820. Our Book No: 24836. $20 AUD.

22. Bayeh, Jumana (2015). The Literature of the Lebanese Diaspora: Representations of Place and Transnational Identity (1st ed). London: I. B. Tauris. 277 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket (tiny closed tear top spine, corners front flap creased). The Lebanese civil war, from 1975 to 1990, saw the migration of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese citizens, many of whom are still writing of their experiences. This important book presents a major study of the literature of the Lebanese diaspora. Focusing on novels produced in the aftermath of Lebanon's protracted civil war, the author looks at the complex relationships between place, displacement and belonging, and illuminates the ways in which these writings have shaped a global Lebanese identity.The book combines literature with history and sociology. This book is important for researchers of migration studies, diaspora studies, and Middle Eastern literature, and anyone with an interest in the cultures, history and politics of the Middle East. the author is an Early Career Fellow in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 9781780769981. Our Book No: 30144. $50 AUD.

23. Behrendt, Larissa (2016). Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling (1st ed). Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP). 211 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, few black & white text photos, minor edgewear. Larissa Behrendt writes about Eliza Fraser who was captured by the Butchulla people after she was shipwrecked on Fraser Island in 1836. The author uses this story as a starting point to interrogate how Aboriginal people - and indigenous people of other countries - have been portrayed in coloniser stories. She shows how these stories not only reflect the values of their storytellers but also reinforce those values - and how, in Australia, this has contributed to a complex racial divide. The author is professor of indigenous research at the University of Technology Sydney. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780702253904. Our Book No: 29726. $25 AUD.

24. Bennett, Charles H. (1982). Old Nurse's Book of Rhymes, Jingles and Ditties (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 64 pp. Hardback wide octavo, very good condition, blind stamped red cloth covers, gilt title front cover & spine, gilt decoration front cover, colour engravings. In cardboard slipcase, slight crease base spine. Facsimile edition. Classic book of jingles and rhymes edited and illustrated by Charles H. Bennett. Engraved by Edmund Evans and then hand-coloured and printed by Griffith and Farran. In 1858, Bennett selected and whimsically illustrated, with a wealth of comic detail, the traditional nursery rhymes. The beautiful drawings and poems would appeal to older children. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30586. $35 AUD.

25. Bertens, Hans (1995). The Idea of the Postmodern: A History (1st ed). London: Routledge. 284 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear, minor pencil annotation. This is the first introductory overview of postmodernism to succeed in giving a witty and accessible guide that is is easy to understand. The author sets out the interdisciplinary aspects, the critical debates and the key theorists of modernism in a clear way, using elegant prose. He also explains the relationship between postmodernism and poststructuralism, and that between modernism and postmodernism. ISBN/ASIN: 0415060125. Our Book No: 29482. $25 AUD.

26. Biggs, John (2003). The Girl in the Golden House. Canberra: Pandanus Books. 287 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minor foxing top edge, bottom edge lightly rubbed, minor edgewear. A novel by Australian writer John Biggs about a young man named Chris Wong who is searching for the right girl to share his golden house with him. The characters are interwoven with the real story of the handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. The characters are fictional, but the political events are real, as are the players involved in those events. The two court cases are based on real cases although the participants and the details are fictional. ISBN/ASIN: 1740760336. Our Book No: 23594. $20 AUD.

27. Binyon, T. J. (1989). Murder Will Out: The Detective in Fiction (1st ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP). 166 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, protected by removable paper lined semiarchival plastic sleeve. Follows the trail of the detective in fiction from Edgar Allan Poe's chevalier Dupin to the present day. This book is not a history of a type of fiction, but a type of character - the fictional detective in all his guises, ranging from the brilliant eccentric amateur, to plodding policemen. This is an indispensable guide to who did what to whom, and how. ISBN/ASIN: 019219223X. Our Book No: 27484. $15 AUD.

28. Birkin, Andrew (2003). J. M. Barrie and the Lost Boys (The Real Story Behind Peter Pan) (Updated ed). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 324 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, owner's sticker, cover photo differs from stock photo. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. . J. M. Barrie, novelist, playwright, and author of Peter Pan, led a life as magical as his famous creation. Childless in his marriage, Barrie grew obsessively close to the five young boys of the Davies family, becoming their guardian when they were orphaned. Draws extensively on a vast range of notebooks, memoirs, and recorded interviews with the Davies family. Originally published in 1979, this illustrated reissue has a new preface to mark the release of "Neverland", the film of Barrie's life, and the upcoming centenary of "Peter Pan". ISBN/ASIN: 0300098227. Our Book No: 13240. $30 AUD.

29. Black, Anne (2020). Pendragon: The Life of George Isaacs, Colonial Wordsmith (1st ed). Adelaide, Mile End: Wakefield Press. 255 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. The biography of the writer George Isaacs, a colonial wordsmith who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym 'A. Pendragon'. He was born in London and later immigrated to Australia. He died in Adelaide on Valentine's Day 1876, and was buried in the West Terrace Cemetery. His grave was unmarked by a stone, his memory damned for posterity by a newspaper obituary that labelled him 'a thorough Bohemian'. He wrote the first novel published in South Australia. He captured the dynamic atmosphere of his era in his plays, prose and poetry, but he did not fit in to society. Set apart by an unconventional private life, his Jewish heritage, his fierce intelligence and his willingness to speak and write his mind. He was the creative force behind the Humbug Society, 'The Song of Australia', a museum, a library, the Bunyip newspaper - and Australia’s first science fiction. This preliminary biography contributes a valuable strand to the knowledge of Australian literature. On an intimate level, it is a case study of the struggles of one immigrant to live as a writer in colonial Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 9781743057094. Our Book No: 41666. $30 AUD.

30. Blanchard, Tania (2017). The Girl From Munich: Inspired by a True Story (Australian, reprint ed). Sydney: Simon & Schuster Australia. 420 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, top corner tip front cover little creased, laminate coating lifting slightly fore-edge cover, minor edgewear. This novel by Australian author Tania Blanchard is based on a true story. It is 1943 and the choices that Charlotte von Klein has to make will change her life forever. Lotte is planning her wedding to her childhood sweetheart Heinrich while she works for the Luftwaffe. The tide of the war is turning against Germany, and Lotte's life of privilege and comfort falls apart. She is forced to flee from the unfolding chaos with the darkly attractive Erich Drescher, her Luftwaffe superior. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925596144. Our Book No: 41115. $20 AUD.

31. Blanchard, Tania (2021). Echoes of War (1st ed). Sydney: Simon & Schuster (Australia). 472 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good plus condition, minor edgewear. This novel by Tania Blanchard is inspired by a true story. It is 1936, Calabria, Italy. Set in Mussolini's Italy amid great upheaval, this is the story of one woman's determination to find her place in a world that men are threatening to tear apart. A young spirited Giulia Tallariti wants something more than she has from life at this present time. Giulia loves her family, but would rather follow in her Nonna's footsteps as a healer. Can she find a way to fulfill her dreams, or will the echoes of war drown out her voice. By the Australian author of the bestselling 'Girl from Munich’. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760852085. Our Book No: 41181. $25 AUD.

32. Bohny, Nicholas (1982). The New Picture Book, being Pictorial Lessons on Form, Comparison, and Number, for Children Under Seven Years of Age, with Explanations [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 36 pp. Hardback oblong folio, very good plus condition, colour plates, pictorial board cover (red cloth spine), in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. The 36 single-sided pages of colour drawings, two or three per page, each picture of familiar things, has a caption underneath asking questions about the picture. Originally published in Germany, 1850, then (English translation) in Edinburgh by Edmonston & Douglas, 1858. By German educator, who believed that children initially learn by doing and visualising pictures. Inspired by Froebel's Kindergarten movement, involving creative play. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16943. $50 AUD.

33. Bolker, Joan (1997). The Writer's Home Companion: An Anthology of the World's Best Writing Advice, from Keats to Kunitz (Reprint ed). New York: Henry Holt & Company. 269 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. An inspiring collection of the most useful essays and exercises ever produced on the craft of writing, edited with introduction by Bolker. These 29 pieces, more than half of which have never been published in book form, include selections as unusual and diverse as behaviorist B. F. Skinner's "How to Discover What You Have to Say" - Ursula Le Guin's "Where Do Your Get Your Ideas From" - and Anne Eisenberg's "E-Mail and the New Epistolary Age". ISBN/ASIN: 0805048936. Our Book No: 40328. $20 AUD.

34. Bowlby, Rachel (1993). Shopping with Freud. London: Routledge. 134 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as common, small mark fore-edge, minor edgewear, minimal pencil annotation few pages. Rachel Bowlby examines some of the surprising ways in which consumers appear in a range of writings - from literature to marketing psychology to psychoanalysis. Shows how ideas about consumption are brought to bear on contemporary questions of choice in areas that seem far removed from a straightforward matter of advertising and shopping. (The author is reader in English at Sussex University.). ISBN/ASIN: 0415060079. Our Book No: 24154. $15 AUD.

35. Brady, Veronica (1994). Caught in the Draught: On Contemporary Australian Culture and Society. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 310 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, corners faintly creased few pages, minor edgewear & rubbing. In these essays, the author tackles challenging contemporary and perennial issues facing all Australians, including racism, Aboriginal rights, social justice. Plus essays on understanding Patrick White. She is a member of the Loreto Order, and also Associate Professor of English, University of Western Australia. SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 0207179433. Our Book No: 21834. $12 AUD.

36. Brams, Steven J. (2011). Game Theory and the Humanities: Bridging Two Worlds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 319 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket). Game theory models are ubiquitous in economics, common in political science, and increasingly used in psychology and sociology. In evolutionary biology, they offer compelling explanations for competition in nature. But game theory has been only sporadically applied to the humanities: literature, history, and philosophy. It can illuminate the rational choices made by characters in texts ranging from the Bible to Joseph Heller's Catch-22, and can explicate strategic questions in law, history, and philosophy. Much of Brams's analysis is based on the theory of moves (TOM), which is grounded in game theory, and which he develops gradually and applies systematically throughout. ISBN/ASIN: 9780262015226. Our Book No: 15442. $25 AUD.

37. Brandard, T. (printer); Rusher, John Golby (publisher) (1982). Diamonds and Toads and Two Other Stories: Diamonds and Toads, Scripture Histories, Jack and Jill and Old Dame Gill (Three Chapbooks in Envelopes and Slipcase) (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 14 + 21 + 16 pp. Each book: Paperback small, very good condition, frontispiece, black & white plates. Three books (each in envelope) & single slipcase. Facsimile edition. Diamonds and Toads is a translation of Les Fees, a little-known story that first appeared in Perrault's Histoires 1697, but the edition reproduced here was originally printed by T. Brandard, Birmingham. The second booklet Scripture Histories retells eight stories from both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. This booklet was printed by F. Houlston and Son, Wellington. The woodcuts in this booklet are appropriate to the texts. The third chapbook was published by John Golby Rusher, Banbury, who opened a printing office in 1808. Jack and Jill, and Old Dame Gill begins with a traditional English rhyme, dating perhaps from the early 17th century. The second verse is more recent, and the further 13 stanzas, found in many early 19th-century chapbooks, were added by an anonymous hand. The woodcuts were designed by George Cruikshank and then engraved by A. R. Branston. Jack and Jill is folded uncut, as originally printed. The card envelopes that wrap around each individual booklet add a special touch. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30588. $30 AUD.

38. Brasch, R. (Rabbi Rudolph) (1998). Reminiscences of a Roving Rabbi. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 272 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), front cover jacket little scratched (reverse side little foxed), top edge minimally foxed, minor edgewear. The fascinating autobiography of Rudolph Brasch, the much-travelled Australian rabbi and writer. He worked as a padre during the Blitz in London, through to leading congregations in Berlin, London, Dublin, Johannesburg, Alabama and Sydney. He has also published numerous popular books. ISBN/ASIN: 020718979X. Our Book No: 20055. $25 AUD.

39. Bronte, Charlotte; Bentley, Phyllis (introduction) (1971). Shirley: A Tale (Reprint ed). London: Collins. 510 pp. Hardback small, no jacket, very good condition, leatherette flexible dark red card covers, gilt top edge, black & white drawing frontispiece, minor edgewear, ribbon bookmark. This is the classic story of Shirley and her family first published in 1849 (this edition, 1953, here reprinted in 1971 in red flexible covers by Collins). This is second novel by Charlotte Bronte after 'Jane Eyre', and is the most Yorkshire of her novels, and set during the depression from the Napoleonic wars in 1811 - 1812. It is a robust, racy, daylight story, crowded with characters and displaying many lively incidents. Introduction by Phyllis Bentley. . Our Book No: 25723. $12 AUD.

40. Brooks, David (2019). The Grass Library (1st ed). [Sydney, Blackheath]: Brandl & Schlesinger. 221 pp. Paperback trade, good plus condition, laminate coating lifting bottom corner tips front & rear covers, corner tips some pages & first few pages little creased, some edgewear. David Brooks provides short essays that are a philosophical and poetic journey regarding his relationship with his four sheep and other animals in his home in the Blue Mountains. This very special book is both a memoir and a eloquent testament to animal rights. The author is a versatile poet, novelist and short-fiction writer who is an Honorary Associate in Australian Literature at the University of Sydney. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780648202646. Our Book No: 41623. $20 AUD.

41. Brooks, Geraldine (2006). March (Reprint ed). New York: Penguin Books. 273 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, faint toning edges, tiny bump & rubbing top spine, minor edgewear. Historical novel, by Australian-American writer, set in the American Civil War. In a story inspired by the father character in Little Women and drawn from the journals and letters of Louisa May Alcott's father Bronson, a man leaves behind his family to serve in the Civil War and finds his marriage and beliefs profoundly challenged by his experiences. The book is a lushly written, original tale steeped in the details of another time. This novel was winner of 2006 Pulitzer Prize. ISBN/ASIN: 0143036661. Our Book No: 27314. $12 AUD.

42. Brooks, Geraldine (2011). Caleb's Crossing (1st ed). New York: Viking / Penguin Group. 306 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minimal foxing edges, minor edgewear, owner's name & address label front endpaper. Geraldine Brooks takes a remarkable shard of history and brings it to vivid life. In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from the drafty corridors of the new Harvard University. Upon this slender factual scaffold, the Australian-born bestselling author has created a luminous historical novel of love and faith, magic and adventure, blended with fascinating detail about native American culture. ISBN/ASIN: 9780670021048. Our Book No: 29267. $25 AUD.

43. Brown, Professor Gavin; North, Richard (introduction) (2008). Obiter Dicta: A Collection of Editorials Written by Professor Gavin Brown. Sydney: University of Sydney. 71 pp. Paperback square octavo, very good condition, black card cover, colour photos, glossy paper, minor edgewear. A collection of editorials about education and universities written by Professor Gavin Brown, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Sydney, 1996 - 2008. ('Obiter Dicta' means incidental statements in passing.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781742100586. Our Book No: 24808. $20 AUD.

44. Burbidge, John; Dessaix, Robert (foreword) (2014). Dare Me! The Life and Work of Gerald Glaskin. Melbourne: Monash University Publishing. 329 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, some faint scratching front cover, minor edgewear. John Burbidge has written a long overdue biography of Gerald Glaskin, a neglected Western Australian novelist. He bravely tackled taboo subjects such as homosexuality and parapsychology (The Christos Experience). He is far better known overseas than in Australia. Foreword by Robert Dessaix. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921867743. Our Book No: 18180. $30 AUD.

45. Butland, Stephanie (2017). Lost For Words: A Bookshop Keeps Many Secrets (1st ed). London: Zaffre Publishing. 352 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, spine little creased, minor edgewear. Stephanie Butland has written a novel about a lady named Cardew Loveday who works in the York Book Emporium. Everything is about to change for Loveday. Somebody knows about her past and she can't hide any longer. A poet, a lover, a friend, and three mysterious deliveries, each of which stirs unsettling memories. Perfect for fans of 'The Little Paris Bookshop' and '84 Charing Cross Road’. ISBN/ASIN: 9781785763250. Our Book No: 41119. $18 AUD.

46. Cabrera, Jane (2013). Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (1st this ed). Bath, UK: Parragon Books Ltd / Gullane Books. 28 pp. Paperback small square quarto, very good condition, full-page colour drawings, top corner tips few pages little creased, minor edgewear. This beautiful children's picture story in verse is based on an original poem by Jane Taylor, starring an owl. This is an enchanting version of a favourite nursery rhyme. The text and large colourful drawings by Jane Cabrera will delight all ages. Scarce U.K. edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9781472332011. Our Book No: 41091. $15 AUD.

47. Cadecott, Randolph (illustrator); Cowper, William (1982). The Diverting History of John Gilpin + The Babes in the Woods (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 30 + 31 pp. Each book: Paperback small square quarto, very good plus condition, colour plates (drawings), sepia (brown-tinted) drawings. Both in same cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Two classic children's picture books in verse. 'The Diverting History of John Gilpin' was written in 1878 by William Cowper. 'The Babes In the Wood' was written in 1879. Both books have been beautifully illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. The two books share a cardboard slipcase. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.) Our Book No: 30581. $35 AUD.

48. Calvino, Italo; Weaver, William (translator) (1998). If On a Winter's Night a Traveller (Recent reprint ed). London: Vintage. 259 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. This remarkable novel by Italo Calvino leads you through many different books including a detective adventure, a romance, a satire, an erotic story, a diary, and a quest. But the real hero is you, the reader.You go into a bookshop and buy this novel. You like it. But there is a printer's error in your copy. You take it back and get a replacement. But the replacement seems to be a totally different story. You try to track down the original book you were reading but end up with a different narrative again. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. ISBN/ASIN: 9780099430896. Our Book No: 16692. $12 AUD.

49. Cambridge, Ada; Barton, Patricia (notes) (1988). Unspoken Thoughts (New ed) [Occasional Paper]. Canberra, Campbell: English Department, Australian Defence Force Academy, University of New South Wales. 184 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear, errata sheet loosely inserted. This book of poems, ’Unspoken Thoughts' by Ada Cambridge, was originally published anonymously in 1887 by the novelist and serial writer for Australian newspapers. This re-publication by the Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW Canberra, together with a brief contextual history, will stimulate fresh interest in Cambridge's poetry and its relation to Australian literary history and women's writing. These poems have an extreme focus on biographical and critical speculation (though much of it erroneous). (1 of 2 available copies. The errata sheet corrects Text Note 3 on p144: The cited book does contain the quote.). ISBN/ASIN: 0731700481. Our Book No: 22683. $28 AUD.

50. Cameron, Bruce W. (2017). A Dog's Purpose (Reprint ed). Sydney: Pan Macmillan. 319 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, corner tips on covers little bent, edges & pages lightly toned, crease in flyleaf. Delightful American novel about a dog's many lives, with a dog's-eye commentary on human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend. This charming story now has a movie of the same title. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760551452. Our Book No: 30018. $12 AUD.

51. Cameron, Bruce W. (2017). A Dog's Way Home (Reprint ed). London: Pan Books / Pan Macmillan. 324 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, minor edgewear cover corner tips. This novel by W. Bruce Cameron is the story of Lucas Ray and his rescued puppy Bella, a pit bull terrier. The story has a dog's-eye commentary on human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend. After being forcefully separated as an illegal dog, Bella escapes and tracks through the wilderness to find her human. A charming story from the author of 'A Dog's Purpose'. ISBN/ASIN: 9781509855940. Our Book No: 30532. $12 AUD.

52. Campbell, Roderic (2014). Fugitive Books: The U Committee's Book Fair 1968 - 2012 and Women's Voluntary Work at UNSW. Sydney, Kensington: UNSW Archives. 189 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition. Roderic Campbell has researched the history of the largest secondhand bookfair in Sydney, held at the University of New South Wales biannually (later annually) from 1968 to 2012. It was modelled on similar large charity bookfairs in Melbourne. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733434679. Our Book No: 15961. $35 AUD.

53. Carey, Peter (2001). 30 Days in Sydney: A Wildly Distorted Account (1st ed). London: Bloomsbury. 250 pp. Hardcover small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good condition), pictorial cover, endpaper map, minor edgewear, old price marks. Peter Carey, the Australian author, returns home to Sydney after living abroad for years, and he attempts to capture its character with the help of his old friends. Famous sights such as Bondi Beach, the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and the Blue Mountains are looked at with new eyes. ISBN/ASIN: 0747555001. Our Book No: 18218. $20 AUD.

54. Carroll, Lewis; Glue, Donald (illustrator) (1945). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Melbourne: Colorgravure / Herald & Weekly Times. 222 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, fair condition only, cloth covered boards, black & white drawings, full-page colour drawings, illustrated endpapers, line drawings on covers, frontispiece, some creasing spine, pages toned, corners little bumped covers, boards & spine slightly faded, some edgewear, non-author written dedication front flyleaf, sticker mark top corner front cover. This classic story for young adults is about a girl named Alice who had many adventures during her journey through Wonderland and into the Looking Glass. The end of the book has a poem which has the first letter of each line when read downwards spell the name of Alice Pleasance Liddell, the little girl for whom this story was originally told. Line drawings of Cheshire Cat and the Queen of Hearts on covers. (Two books in one: 105 + 117 pages. An Australian edition. No date, but Trove states 1949 and about 1942, for this illustrator.). Our Book No: 30898. $30 AUD.

55. Carroll, Lewis ; Tenniel, John (illustrator) (1982). The Nursery Alice Containing Twenty Coloured Enlargements from Tenniel's Illustrations to "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" with Text Adapted to Nursery Readers (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 56 pp. Hardback small quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, tissue guide title page, frontispiece, papered boards (olive green cloth spine), colour drawings. In cardboard slipcase, small bump fore-edge, small creases spine. Facsimile edition. A classic children's picture book, written by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by John Tenniel. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Originally published in 1889 by Macmillan, London. The beautiful drawings would appeal to most ages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30577. $30 AUD.

56. Cato, Nancy (1950). The Darkened Window (1st ed). Sydney: Lyre Bird Writers / Designed & Printed by Edwards & Shaw. 24 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, drawing on front cover, edges lightly foxed, spine edges rubbed (ends chipped, some loss at base), cover corners little worn, small white mark rear cover, few tiny faded ink lines front cover, cover edges little rubbed, pages lightly toned, some edgewear. This is Nancy Cato's scarce first work: a poetry book. Most of the poems were previously published in 'The Bulletin' and 'Poetry'. The Australian novelist was a founding member of Lyre Bird (Lyrebird) Writers, Sydney, and of the Jindyworobak Movement. This book has some very intense poems that look at society, the environment and nature. (Aboriginal design on front cover.). Our Book No: 30873. $50 AUD.

57. Chapman, Jean; Laroche, Sandra (illustrator) (1993). A Day with May Gibbs at Nutcote. Sydney: Margaret Hamilton Books. 30 pp. Paperback oblong wide octavo, very good condition, colour drawings, glossy paper, minor edgewear. A delightful children’s picture story by Jean Chapman about a day in the life of May Gibbs, the Australian author and illustrator of children's stories, most notably her famous Snugglepot and Cuddlepie series. May Gibbs lived at Nutcote, her house overlooking Sydney Harbour at Neutral Bay, which is now a National Trust property. Illustrated by Sandra Laroche. ISBN/ASIN: 0947241469. Our Book No: 4350. $30 AUD.

58. Chick, Suzanne; Chick, Gina (foreword) (2025). Searching for Charmian: The Daughter Charmian Clift Gave Away Discovers the Mother She Never Knew (3rd ed). Sydney: Summit Books / Simon & Schuster. 349 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, colour photos centre spread, minimal edgewear. Suzanne Chick, a 48-year-old adopted child, is surprised to discover that her biological mother is the well-known Australian novelist, Charmian Clift: a beloved but troubled columnist, novelist and essayist, married to novelist George Johnston. More than just a fascinating piece of literary history, this is a moving account of the consequences of adoption and Suzanne's search for her identity. As Suzanne learns about the mother she will never meet, she finds herself re-examining the course her own life has taken, gaining insight into the woman who brought her up as her adoptive mother, Originally published, 1994. This new edition in 2025 has a foreword by daughter Gina Chick (and granddaughter of Charmian), and an epilogue by Suzanne. ISBN/ASIN: 9781761631856. Our Book No: 18599. $28 AUD.

59. Chitty, Susan (2007). Anna Sewell: The Woman who Wrote Black Beauty. Gloucestershire: Tempus Publishing. 287 pp. Paperback large\ trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, top edge little foxed, minor edgewear. Susan Chitty documents Anna Sewell's strict Quaker upbringing and typically Victorian relationship with her dominating mother. She wrote the children's novel 'Black Beauty' in her fifties on her deathbed, and sold it outright for GBP20. She did not live to know its success. This biography chronicles her tragic life from the accident that left her lame at the age of 14. All lovers of Black Beauty, and horses generally, will enjoy this book about one of the best known and loved authors. (Tempus publishing, 2007.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780752442822. Our Book No: 25050. $15 AUD.

60. Chopra, Deepak (2011). Muhammad: A Story of God's Messenger and the Revelation That Changed the World (1st ed). New York: HarperCollins. 267 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This novel by Deepak Chopra is not an official biography of the prophet Muhammad. The aim is to use storytelling to explain the life and teachings of the Prophet in its historical complexity and contradictions. A few events are told out of order. The characters drop in and out of sight so as to keep the story moving. Includes a chronology of the most prominent events in the story. There is also a family tree showing Muhammad's ancestry and extended family. First edition stated. The author has also written similar books about Jesus and Buddha. ISBN/ASIN: 9780061782435. Our Book No: 29193. $15 AUD.

61. Clark, Axel (editor); Fletcher, John (editor); Marsden, Robin (editor) (1979). Between Two Worlds: Loss of Faith and Late Nineteenth Century Australian Literature. Sydney: Wentworth Books. 122 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, flexible card cover, typewritten text, minor edgewear. A collection of seven essays by Vincent Buckley, Manning Clark, Dorothy Green, A. D. Hope, Patrick Morgan, Elizabeth Perkins and Fay Zwicky. These papers were originally presented at a seminar by the Christopher Brennan Society at the University of Sydney in 1978. These essays aim to promote study of troubled academic Christopher Brennan (Associate Professor of German and comparative languages, University of Sydney). Some essays cover the various fields where he made significant contributions: poetry, Australian literature, European languages and literature, and notably religious thought and sentiment - perhaps as a substitute for his Catholic faith he lost as an undergraduate. Introduction by Axel Clark. Edited by Axel Clark, John Fletcher and Robin Marsden. ISBN/ASIN: 0855871474. Our Book No: 18181. $40 AUD.

62. Clark, Samuel (1982). The Ocean and Its Inhabitants, with Their Uses to Man (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 18 + 8 leaves of plates pp. Hardback wide octavo, very good condition, blind stamped red decorations covers, gilt title cover & spine, illustrated cover, full-page colour drawings (8 leaves of plates). In cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. This book was the first of a series of instructive reading books for young children that publisher Darton and Clark initiated in 1844. Samuel Clark had an interest in the physical sciences, and he may have promoted, if not written and illustrated, this fine book. The beautiful drawings would appeal to most ages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30578. $30 AUD.

63. Clarke, Marcus (1996). About Gardens and Flowers [Commemoration Series]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 34 pp. Paperback thin trade, stapled pamphlet, very good plus condition, black & white text drawings, minimal edgewear. This pamphlet was published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Marcus Clarke on 24 April 1846. The novelist is best known for his "For the Term of His Natural Life". He also wrote articles and essays. Among the latter is this essay about Gardens and Flowers. The main part of the essay is about the Botanic Gardens of Melbourne as they were in the 1870s just after they had been taken over from Ferdinand von Mueller by William Guilfoyle. He also mentions Francis Bacon and John Evelyn and some of the well-known and loved flower painters. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 094991066X. Our Book No: 28444. $25 AUD.

64. Clarke, Patricia (1994). Tasma: The Life of Jessie Couvreur. Sydney, St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. 213 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear. Patricia Clarke has written a biography of a well-travelled Australian novelist, lecturer and foreign correspondent, Jessie Couvreur (1848 - 1897), who wrote as 'Tasma'. This is the first biography of this remarkable independent woman, who divorced her first husband, an Australian farmer, and married a Belgian statesman. The author relates Tasma's story from her early life in Hobart and ending with her death in Brussels. Tasma took her name from Tasmania where she spent her early years. ISBN/ASIN: 1863735194. Our Book No: 20822. $25 AUD.

65. Cleeve, Brian (1969). Dictionary of Irish Writers ( 1: Fiction, 2: Non-fiction: 2 volumes). Cork: Mercier Press. 143 + 111 pp. Each volume: Paperback small, fair to good condition, pages & inside covers toned as usual, front cover tips creased & covers marked with sticker (v2), minor edgewear. A biographical dictionary of Irish writers in English in two volumes. Volume 1: Fiction (1967). Volume 2: Non-fiction. Mainly brief summaries, but important writers such as James Joyce get a longer entry. (These copies: Two volumes of a 3-volume set. No ISBN in books. Volume 2 only in fair condition, but complete and intact.). ISBN/ASIN: B000NWYV6Y. Our Book No: 18466. $20 AUD.

66. Clendinnen, Inga (2000). Tiger's Eye: A Memoir. Melbourne: Text Publishing. 289 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages faintly toned, corner tip few pages & rear cover little creased, minor edgewear. Tiger's Eye, by Inga Glendinned (Text Publishing, 2000). In this very personal memoir, the Australian author and cultural historian writes about how her illness (hepatitis) challenges the self, and how the disabling of the body can liberate the imagination. By the author of Reading the Holocaust, and of Dancing With Strangers. ISBN/ASIN: 1876485264. Our Book No: 29309. $14 AUD.

67. Clift, Charmian; Wheatley, Nadia (editor) (2024). The End of the Morning. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing. 229 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. This book is the final and unfinished autobiographical novel by Charmian Clift. Published here for the first time, it is the book that Clift herself regarded as her most significant work. The author did not live to complete it, and the typescript was left among her papers. Nadia Wheatley has fully revised it as a stand-alone novella. It is published here alongside a new selection of Clift's essays, and an afterword from her biographer Nadia Wheatley. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742238166. Our Book No: 41526. $27 AUD.

68. Coetzee, J. M. (2009). Disgrace: What Is a Mad Heart? (New ed). London: Vintage. 219 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. A novel by J. M. Coetzee about David Lurie who has spent years teaching romantic poetry at the technical University of Cape Town. Middle aged and twice divorced, he has an affair with a student. The affair turns sour - he is denounced and summoned before a committee of inquiry. He refuses to repent publicly, and resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy's isolated farm. He and Lucy become victims of a savage and disturbing attack which brings into relief all the faultlines in their relationship. ISBN/ASIN: 9780099526834. Our Book No: 40203. $12 AUD.

69. Cohen, Morton (1995). Lewis Carroll: A Biography (New ed). London: Papermac / Macmillan. 577 pp. Paperback small thick octavo, very good condition, frontispiece, black & white text-photos & drawings, slight foxing top edge, minor edgewear. Morton Cohen has written a biography of the author of the children's classic 'Alice in Wonderland'. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was the real name of Lewis Carroll. His imagination created wild and funny characters who became famous through his stories. ISBN/ASIN: 0333660331. Our Book No: 41209. $25 AUD.

70. Colbert, David (2005). The Magical Worlds of Narnia: A Treasury of Myths, Legends, and Fascinating Facts. New York: Berkley Books. 186 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, single-colour drawings, minor edgewear, remainder stripe, tiny mark bottom edge. An unauthorised but special exploration by David Colbert of the fascinating and revealing myths, legends, and history behind C. S. Lewis's beloved Narnia stories, starting with 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe', and its six sequels.For example: Why a wardrobe? What did C. S. Lewis mean by 'Shadowlands'? How did Tolkien ('Lord of the Rings'), a friend of Lewis, influence the writing of the Narnia stories? Who and what inspired the 'White Witch'? ISBN/ASIN: 0425205630. Our Book No: 23530. $12 AUD.

71. Cole, E. W. (Edward William) (editor) (1915). Happiness [The Cream of Human Thought Library]. Melbourne: E. W. Cole. 443 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, black & white drawings, frontispiece, foxing first several pages, light foxing edges & inside covers, pages lightly toned, prelim page & spine ends creased, top & bottom edges lightly stained, corners covers little bumped, some edgewear. This book is the fifth volume of The Cream of Human Thought Library. It has 1000 of the best quotations in prose and verse on happiness, gathered from universal, ancient and modern literature. (No date, about 1910s this series, Trove.). Our Book No: 29936. $40 AUD.

72. Coleman, Verna (1981). Miles Franklin in America: Her Unknown (Brilliant) Career. London & Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 219 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, small mark fore-edge, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication front free flyleaf). After the initial success of "My Brilliant Career " in 1901, the author Miles Franklin left for America five years after its publication, and then stayed for over 20 years. She became involved with the Chicago Labour movement. Utilises Miles Franklin's own diaries and letters from that period to contend that she was neither particularly successful as a Labour union agitator for women, nor as a writer. Her writing was mediocre at best until she came back to reconnect with her homeland. ISBN/ASIN: 0207145369. Our Book No: 3393. $25 AUD.

73. Collins, Jeff; Mayblin, Bill (illustrator) (2000). Introducing Derrida (Reprint ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin / Icon Books. 171 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white cartoons, minor edgewear. Jeff Collins describes with wit and clarity the key strategies of Derrida's writings ('deconstruction'), explains their controversial effects in philosophy, and shows how this French philosopher has put them to work in literary texts, art, architecture and politics. The cartoons of Bill Hayblin enrich a starting point for an intellectual adventure that threatens to disturb the comfortable habits of contemporary thought. (Australian edition. 1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 1840461187. Our Book No: 24843. $12 AUD.

74. Conrad, Joseph (2011). Heart of Darkness (Australian, reprint ed). Melbourne: Penguin Group (Australia). 132 pp. Paperback thin trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. This classic novel by Jospeh Conrad is of hallucinatory violence and strangeness. It is the story of a sailor Marlow and his involvement in the horrors of colonialism in Africa. He travels up the Congo on a steamer in search of the great ivory trader, Kurtz, who rules his lands through terror, and has made himself into a god. This masterpiece is a harrowing, gripping portrait of a man's potential for evil. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143566441. Our Book No: 4773. $12 AUD.

75. Corris, Peter (2000). Sweet and Sour: A Diabetic Life. Lismore, NSW: Southern Cross University Press. 163 pp. Paperback small octavo, good condition only, edges little foxed, pages lightly toned, some edgewear. Peter Corris, the noted Australian crime fiction writer, describes his life as a diabetic. In this candid and engaging account, he acknowledges the potentially fatal consequences of his denial and ignorance, and describes how he came to terms with a chronic condition. He dedicates the book to Professor Fred Hollows for lifesaving advice. ISBN/ASIN: 1875855467. Our Book No: 19125. $16 AUD.

76. Cotter, Jason (editor); Williams, Michael (editor); Hancock, James Gulliver (illustrator) (2009). Readings and Writings: Forty Years in Books. Melbourne, Carlton: Readings Books, Music and Film. 264 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, few black & white drawings, pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. The 'Readings' bookshop opened in 1969, and has grown to become one of the most renowned and beloved bookshops in Melbourne and a landmark on the local library scene. This book celebrates the 40th birthday of 'Readings'. It consists of a collection of new Australian short stories from writers who have been involved with the bookshop over the years. Edited by Jason Cotter and Michael Williams. ISBN/ASIN: 9781740668217. Our Book No: 29567. $20 AUD.

77. Courtney, Margo (1955). The Painted Mask. Melbourne: Surrey Press. 288 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (small edge tears), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. An absorbing novel by Margo Courtney of powerful drama, intrigue and tender romance - involving a paleontologist and a Chinese mandarin - with a background of strange primitive people, weird rites, brilliant ceremonies, glittering pagan temples - in remote, hostile Katmandu, capital of Nepal. (Australian author.). Our Book No: 24952. $20 AUD.

78. Crane, Walter (1980). Flower's from Shakespeare's Garden: A Posy from the Plays, Pictured by Walter Crane. London: Cassell Ltd. 40 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition, silver drawing front board, colour drawings, bottom edge & spine ends rubbed, minor edgewear jacket (lightly faded). This book was first published in 1906, and this classic reissue is as charming as it was then. One of a series of 'flower fantasies' produced by Crane towards the end of his life, it combines the originality of his earlier illustrative work with haunting fragments of quotations from Shakespeare. ISBN/ASIN: 0289709105. Our Book No: 29653. $15 AUD.

79. Crane, Walter (1982). The Alphabet of Old Friends / Puss in Boots (2 books) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 16 + Unnum 20 pp. Each book: Paperback large quarto, very good plus condition, colour plates (drawings), both in the same cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Two classic children's picture books in verse, with interleaved blank pages (Walter Crane's artistic "toy books"). Crane's Puss in Boots was published in 1897, and his alphabet book was published in 1875. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16955. $50 AUD.

80. Crane, Walter (1982). Baby's Own Aesop [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 56 pp. Hardback small square octavo, very good plus condition, pictorial cover, papered boards (green cloth spine), colour drawings, in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. A classic children's picture book, fabulously illustrated, one of three similar books that followed Walter Crane's successful "toy books". Subtitle: Being the fables condensed in rhyme with portable morals pictorially pointed, engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Originally published by George Routledge, London, in 1887. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 17048. $40 AUD.

81. Crittenden, Victor (2002). Yesterday's Gardens: A History and Bibliography of Australian Gardening Books (2nd ed). Canberra: Mulini Press. 276 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, pictorial cover, very good condition, black & white drawings, frontispiece, tiny dent spine edge. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Second (revised and enlarged) edition. Victor Crittenden provides a fascinating history of gardening books in Australia. The first part outlines the story of gardening books in Australia and the people who wrote them. Many of the introduced plants and flowers are identified, and the growing of native plants from the earliest times is referred to in this part. This enlarged edition now lists 206 Australian gardening books published before 1950. The second part of the book lists in detail all Australian gardening books from the first Gardening Guide in 1806 up until 1950, and gives a brief description of the contents of each book. ISBN/ASIN: 0949910902. Our Book No: 29723. $50 AUD.

82. Cross, Mary Talbot (2010). Resurgence. Burra, SA: Shalimar Press. 236 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, bookplate tipped in. The latest novel by Mary Talbot Cross unfolds in one of the most beautiful and little-known areas of southwest France (Quercy), where the author has lived. The aftermath of war and the challenges of peace confront the inhabitants of a sleepy village, against a background of murder and betrayal. (Bookplate: publisher review copy.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780958646659. Our Book No: 14922. $15 AUD.

83. Cruikshank, George (1982). Hop-o' My-thumb and the Seven League Boots [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 34 pp. Paperback small, very good plus condition, card cover, full-page black & white drawings, in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Facsimile of a children's story of a drunken father abandoning his children who then encounter an ogre: being an adaptation of an old fairy tale, but here rewritten to support the temperance movement. Charles Dickens severely criticised changing the words of old fairy tales. Originally published by David Bogue, London, in 1853, as part of George Cruikshank's Fairy Library. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 17011. $20 AUD.

84. Curtis, Tony (editor) (2001). The Art of Seamus Heaney (4th ed). Dublin: Wolfhound Press. 295 pp. Paperback thick trade, very good condition, minimal edgewear. This fourth edition is the latest in an ongoing critical response to Seamus Heaney's work. It includes new essays on Heaney's three most recent books. This famous Irish poet won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. ISBN/ASIN: 0863278620. Our Book No: 25758. $15 AUD.

85. Dahl, Roald (1987). Going Solo: Continuing the Story Begun in Boy (Reprint ed). London: Penguin Books. 210 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, map, frontispiece, light crease spine, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. The English author continues his autobiography which began in "Boy". He goes to East Africa on his first job in the first part of the book, and in the second part he writes about the time he went flying with the RAF in the Second World War. ISBN/ASIN: 9780140103069. Our Book No: 28344. $12 AUD.

86. Dale, Rodney (1997). Cats in Books: A Celebration of Cat Illustration Through the Ages (1st ed). New York: Harry N. Abrams. 112 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour & black & white drawings, illustrated endpapers, minor edgewear jacket. This delightful book has 100 illustrations (75 in colour), drawn from 1000 years of manuscripts and books. Selected and introduced by Rodney Dale. Includes the creations of Edward Lear, Beatrix Potter, Dr. Seuss, Bernard Kliban, and Jim Davis. Cat lovers and book lovers alike will be enchanted by the cats shown in this distinctive book. The author puts the cats and the illustrations into historical and literary context. ISBN/ASIN: 0810940450. Our Book No: 31036. $30 AUD.

87. Daniels, Paul Raimond (2013). Nietzsche and the Birth of Tragedy (1st ed). Durham: Acumen Publishing. 240 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, top spine lightly bumped, minor edgewear. An analysis of the meaning of Greek tragedy (Ancient Greek theatre) by the German philosopher Nietzsche. A clear account of the text and its philosophical, literary and historical influences. Each chapter examines part of the text, explaining the ideas presented and assessing relevant points of interpretation. The book will interest readers in philosophy, literary studies and classics. ISBN/ASIN: 9781844652433. Our Book No: 29455. $30 AUD.

88. Darton, William (1982). The Death and Burial of Cock Robin and the Moving Adventures of Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat (2 books) (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 16 + 16 pp. Each book: Paperback small square, very good condition, frontispiece, black & white plates (1), colour plates (1), in thin card envelope. Both books in same slipcase. Facsimile edition. The Death and Burial of Cock Robin is a nursery rhyme of ancient origin. William Darton expanded the traditional rhyme with four new verses. This booklet has hand-coloured copperplate illustrations. The Moving Adventures of Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat has black and white engraved plates. This rhyme has been known since 1706 and appeared in a chapbook edition published in 1803 by T. Evans. The card envelopes that wrap around each individual booklet add a special touch. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30587. $30 AUD.

89. Davies, Kerrie (2025). Miles Franklin Undercover: The Little-known Years When She Created Her Own Brilliant Career (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 304 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, bottom corner front cover little creased, minor edgewear. Kerrie Davies records a little-known part of the life of Miles Franklin that followed her success with 'My Brilliant Career’: her stay in the United Statnes. The author draws on a never-before-published manuscript and diary extracts from the year that Miles worked undercover as a servant, letters to Banjo Patterson, and archival sources from Australia and Chicago. This is the story of resilience and a determination by Miles to be her own heroine. ISBN/ASIN: 9781761470936. Our Book No: 41795. $26 AUD.

90. Davis, Lindsey (2006). See Delphi and Die. London: Arrow Books. 354 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, rubber stamp. Historical crime fiction novel by Lindsey Davis set in Ancient Rome and the Roman province of Achaea (modern Greece). Two Roman women visitors to Olympia are murdered, and somehow a Seven Sights tour guide is involved. Falco and Helena struggle with a case that may contain worse features than any they have dealt with yet. ISBN/ASIN: 009944528X. Our Book No: 24779. $12 AUD.

91. Day, A. Grove; Chisholm, A. H. (foreword) (1967). Louis Becke (1st Australian ed). Melbourne: Hill of Content. 176 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), front flap jacket price-clipped, minor toning front free flyleaf, minor edgewear, bookplate, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). A pioneer biography by A. Grove Day of Australian novelist and storyteller Louis Becke, often described as 'The Rudyard Kipling of the Pacific'. Until age 40, Becke frequently worked and gravelled the Pacific, including as an accomplice of the pirate and blackbirder Captain 'Bully' Hayes. He then started writing stories to support is family. A focus is on his writings, including the first complete bibliography and critical comments as a very uneven writer. (Published simultaneously with the University of Hawaii Press edition. Small oblong personal bookplate: 'From the Library of Terence Scott Paul', words only, no picture.). Our Book No: 3244. $30 AUD.

92. de Alarcon, Pedro Antonio; Bush, Peter (translator) (2004). The Three-cornered Hat. London: Hesperus Classics. 100 pp. Paperback trade (with flaps), very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. A best-loved Spanish novel by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon, based on a traditional ballad. A hilarious tale of lust, intrigue and corruption set in 19th-century Andalusia. Translated from the Spanish by Peter Bush. ISBN/ASIN: 1843910802. Our Book No: 15785. $12 AUD.

93. de Botton, Alain (1998). How Proust Can Change Your Life (Reprint ed). London: Picador / Pan Macmillan. 215 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, spine little faded, minor edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. In this bestselling self-help book, Alain de Botton, a Swiss-British philosopher, offers wise and amusing lifeskills advice based on life and writings of Marcel Proust, the famous French novelist, essayist and literary critic. The advice covers friendship, reading, looking carefully, paying attention, taking your time, and being alive. (This copy: 32nd reprint.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780330354912. Our Book No: 18554. $12 AUD.

94. De Ferdkin, S. W. (editor); Guiraldes, Alberto (illustrator) (1948). Argentine Anthology (1st ed). London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press (OUP). 91 pp. Paperback small, dustjacket, card covers, very good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white drawings, minor edgewear jacket (closed edge tears, edges little chipped, lightly marked, reverse side lightly toned, slight loss top spine), top edge lightly foxed, tiny mark front flyleaf, pages lightly toned, bookshop sticker. This little book is an anthology of writings in English about Argentina, including folklore, portraits, essays, fables and sketches. The introduction and the preface are written in Spanish by the editor. (Bookshop sticker Mitchell's English Book Store, Buenos Aires.). Our Book No: 16090. $15 AUD.

95. De Groen, Francis (1998). Xavier Herbert: A Biography (1st ed). Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP). 349 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket, pages little toned as common. This is the first biography of Queensland novelist Xavier Herbert (1901 - 1984), author of the award-winning "Capricornia". Examines the contradictions at the core of his turbulent life and career. It charts his lifelong quest to discover the reality of his existence and to forge a larger-than-life identity. The book highlights his compulsion to write and shows his abiding themes, including those relating to sex and women. There are many photos, some of which have never been published before. ISBN/ASIN: 0702230219. Our Book No: 29760. $25 AUD.

96. de Musset, Alfred (1878). La Confession d'un Enfant du Siecle (New ed). Paris: G. Charpentier. 355 pp. Hardback small, no jacket, very good condition, quarter-bound (blue leather over marbles boards), spine raised bands & gilt lettering and decoration, top edge gilt, cover corners little bumped, pages faintly toned, scattered foxing & toning (mainly endpapers), string bookmark, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. (No 88 of limited edition of 100 copies.) Autobiographical novel about the French novelist (1810 - 1857), and his celebrated love affair with George Sand. Originally published, 1836. Our Book No: 16927. $100 AUD.

97. della Dora, Veronica (2016). Mountain (Nature and Culture) [The Earth Series]. London: Reaktion Books. 264 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, thick card covers (with flaps), black & white & colour photos & drawings, glossy paper, minor edgewear. Veronica della Dora, professor of human geography at the University of London, records a fascinating journey through mountain peaks, both real and imaginary. Shows how the history of mountains is deeply interlaced with cultural values and aesthetic tastes, with religious beliefs and scientific practices. This lavish book has 137 illustrations, 99 in colour, which explore these giants of nature, as found in art, literature, science, sport, religion and myth. ISBN/ASIN: 9781780236476. Our Book No: 29995. $20 AUD.

98. Departments of English, Members of (1940). Some Modern Writers: Two Courses of Sydney University Extension Lectures on Ezra Pound, Charles Morgan, A. E. Houseman, James Joyce, Edith Sitwell, T. S. Eliot. Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company. 119 pp. Paperback small quarto, card covers, good condition, pages lightly toned, top corner tips pages little creased, top corner few pages creased, covers lightly toned & little marked, few small stains spine & front cover, minor foxing edges & the first few pages, little loss top spine, spine lightly worn, minor pencil annotation, owner's written name title page. From Preparatory Note: The lectures on Pound, Morgan, and Houseman, delivered for the Sydney University Extension Board in September, 1938, have not been printed before. The other three appeared together, in 1935, as Some Recent Developments in English Literature, and are here reprinted with the original preface and a few additional notes. Our Book No: 40090. $30 AUD.

99. Depasquale, Paul (1979). The Life and Work of Vernon Knowles: A Memorial Volume with a Reprint of 'Eternity In An Hour' [Pioneer Book Monographs Literary Series]. Warradale, SA: Pioneer Books. 77 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), frontispiece, light foxing top edge, minor edgewear jacket, small red texta line top front flyleaf, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). In this memorial volume, South Australian literary historian Paul Depasquale (Pioneer Books) gives an account of the life and work of Vernon Knowles, and re-issues his 'Eternity in an Hour'. From the authors preface: This book seeks to perpetuate the memory of one who aspired to greatness as a writer and as a son of the city of his birth, Adelaide, South Australia; and who, though he did not achieve the greatness to which he aspired, left behind him Eternity in an Hour, a masterpiece, which is reprinted in this Memorial Volume. (No 3 in the Pioneer Books Literary series. This copy is no. 90 of a limited edition of 100 copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0908065035. Our Book No: 41669. $30 AUD.

100. Derrida, Jacques; Bennington, Geoffrey (translator); Bowlby, Rachel (translator) (1991). Of Spirit: Heidegger and the Question (Reprint ed). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 139 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, small mark top edge, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. From translator's note: The text translated here is that of a lecture on spirituality given 14 March 1987, at the end of a conference organized by the College International de Philosophie in Paris, entitled "Heidegger: Open Questions". The notes were naturally added later. The translators give references wherever possible to English versions of the texts by Heidegger cited by Jacques Derrida. The translator's have retranslated throughout in the interests of consistency and proximity to the versions used by Derrida. ISBN/ASIN: 0226143198. Our Book No: 29678. $25 AUD.

101. Desai, Meghnad (2014). Who Wrote the Bhagavadgita? A Secular Inquiry into a Sacred Text. India: Harper Element. 192 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, top edge little foxed, few tiny toned spots, minor edgewear. Meghnad Desai is an Indian economist and public intellectual who has written a humanist critique of the Bhagavadgita. The book is provocative and scholarly, and it challenges all of the popular notions of the Gita. The Gita is an evolving response which deals with the conflicts between Veda and Vedanta, and with the challenge posed to Vedanta by Buddhism. Its shift to Bhakti is the climax of the battle between Brahmanism and Buddhism. There are probably multiple authors, as shown by stylistic changes and the frequent shift of subject matter. ISBN/ASIN: 9789351361657. Our Book No: 30002. $20 AUD.

102. Dessaix, Robert (2004). Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev. Sydney: Pan Macmillan. 275 pp. Hardback small, no jacket, pictorial cover, very good condition, illustrated endpapers, covers a little rubbed (mostly black background), ribbon bookmark. The Australian author has written a fascinating memoir, literary biography and travel book. He travelled in the footsteps of the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, after having his own 40-year relationship with Turgenev, first as a student of the Russian language in both Australia and Russia, then as a teacher. Because of his journey through Germany, France and finally Russia, he now regards Turgenev as a friend. ISBN/ASIN: 0330364995. Our Book No: 28820. $15 AUD.

103. Dessaix, Robert (2014). What Days Are For (1st ed). Sydney: Random House. 231 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), bottom edge covers little rubbed, top corner front cover lightly bumped, minor edgewear jacket. Autobiography of the Australian author who is reflecting on his life after suffering a near fatal heart attack in Sydney. These surprisingly funny recollections are about intimacy, travel, spirituality, enchantment, language and childhood, all combined with his heightened sense of mortality. ISBN/ASIN: 9780857985767. Our Book No: 29249. $20 AUD.

104. Dexter, Walter (editor) (1931). The Dickensian: A Quarterly Magazine for Dickens Lovers (1 issue) (1st ed). London: Dickens Fellowship at The Dickens House. 246 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, black & white drawings, few music scores, few adverts, spine ends little chipped, pages lightly toned, bottom corner tips front cover & pages little creased, small mark front cover, minor edgewear. This issue of The Dickensian journal is Volume XXVII [27], Summer Number, no. 219. The stories are: The Drink Question According to Dickens, The Songs of Dick Swiveller, The Waiters of Dickens, Dickens Notes for Edward Drood, The London of David Copperfield, and other Dickens related articles. A real treasure trove of things Dickens related. Our Book No: 40685. $15 AUD.

105. Dickens, Charles; Rowland, Peter (editor) (1997). My Early Times (Revised ed). London: Aurum Press. 210 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few full-page drawings & portraits, edges lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (top edge reverse side little toned). Peter Rowlands presents a masterly literary reconstruction of the early life of Charles Dickens, written in his own words, and based on numerous sources, including autobiographical fragments, speeches, letters, as well as autobiographical passages from his novel 'David Copperfield' (note the reverse of his initials CD). ISBN/ASIN: 1854105183. Our Book No: 17191. $20 AUD.

106. Doyle, Richard (1982). In Fairy-land: Pictures From the Elf-world, with a Poem by William Allingham [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 31 pp. Hardback very large folio (390 x 275 mm), very good plus condition, colour plates (including drawings), pictorial embossed dark green cloth cover (gilt decoration & borders & lettering), gilt edges, in cardboard slipcase. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Facsimile edition. Originally published by Longmans, Green in 1870. The 31 single-sided pages contain 16 colour plates interleaved with poetic text. The illustrator was the uncle of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was a lifetime believer in fairies. Allingham was an Irish poet associated with the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16942. $90 AUD.

107. Dudgeon, Piers (2014). Maeve Binchy: The Biography (1st U.S. ed). New York: Thomas Dunne / St Martin's Press. 335 pp. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, pages lightly toned, sticker mark front cover jacket. Piers Dudgeon has drawn on extensive research and many humorous personal anecdotes to write this biography of Maeve Binchy, the Irish romance novelist. The biography celebrates the life of a down-to-earth, compassionate and charming woman who touched hearts around the world and left behind an amazing legacy. Many of her stories were based on her own hard-won experience growing up in Ireland. ISBN/ASIN: 9781250047144. Our Book No: 30958. $30 AUD.

108. Dunning, John (2005). The Bookman's Promise: A Cliff Janeway Novel (1st Australian printing ed). New York: Pocket Star / Pocket Books. 469 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages faintly toned as common, minor edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. Crime fiction novel by John Dunning about a Denver policeman named Cliff Janeway who is now a bookseller. He buys a signed first edition of a rare book by a 19th century explorer and man of letters, Sir Richard Francis Burton, and then becomes involved in a new mystery. Book 3 of the Janeway novels. Australian edition, first printing (1 in number line). ISBN/ASIN: 0731813022. Our Book No: 28038. $15 AUD.

109. Durack, Mary (1998). Sons in the Saddle (Reprint ed). Sydney: Bantam. 448 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos centre spread. A sequel to "Kings in Grass Castles", about the pioneering Durack family in the Kimberleys, Western Australia (written by the novelist family member). ISBN/ASIN: 0733801579. Our Book No: 10214. $15 AUD.

110. Durack, Mary; Millett, Patsy (editor); Millett, Naomi (editor) (2000). Pilgrimage: A Journey Through the Life and Writings of Mary Durack. Sydney: Bantam Books. 310 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos centre spread, minimal edgewear. A selection of the works of the Australian writer Mary Durack from the 1930s to 1980s. Includes short stories, poems, and extracts from her books (both fiction and family history). Her grandfather was an Irish immigrant who set up a cattle empire in the Kimberleys, far north Western Australia. This long-awaited collection of her favourite works, including some never before published, provides a rare glimpse into Mary's extraordinary experiences, from her Kimberley days on the family properties, her time with her own family in Broome, to her city home in Perth. Introduction by Mary Durack. Selected and edited by her daughters Patsy and Naomi Millett. ISBN/ASIN: 1863252436. Our Book No: 1115. $25 AUD.

111. Durrell, Lawrence (2021). White Eagles Over Serbia (New ed). London: Faber & Faber. 200 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, corner tips covers little scuffed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This classic Cold War espionage thriller by Lawrence Durrell was inspired by his experiences in the British Foreign Office. Colonel Methuen is a seasoned British secret agent, he is weary of espionage missions and desperately in need of a break, but he cannot resist an assignment to investigate dirty dealings in the Balkans. He arrives to find himself in a life-and-death struggle, followed by royalists and communists alike. ISBN/ASIN: 9780571362431. Our Book No: 41480. $18 AUD.

112. Dymock's (1942). Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd and Circulating Library: Monthly List. Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade / Printed by The Snelling Printing Works Pty Ltd. 20 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, stapled pamphlet, some foxing covers & some pages, pages toned, staples slightly rusted, covers & pages creased (folded in half), minor edgewear. This pamphlet provides the monthly list of the books available from Dymock's Book Arcade for January, 1942, during World War 2. The pamphlet includes a stationery list at the back, and a loosely inserted order form. The first Saint Omnibus by Leslie Charteris, which has 13 of ‘The Saint' adventures collected into one volume of over 1000 pages, is listed for 10/6. This is a wonderful addition to any heritage of literature collection. Our Book No: 41594. $25 AUD.

113. Eastman, P. D. (1999). The Best Nest (Reprint ed) [I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books]. London: Collins. 63 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, colour drawings, minor edgewear. In this Beginner Book by P. D. Eastman, two birds search for the perfect nest. Mrs Bird cannot be found when Mr Bird searches for her, and after a few adventures himself, he discovers she has gone back to their first nest, and wants to stay there. (No date, but about 1999.). ISBN/ASIN: 0001713140. Our Book No: 40886. $12 AUD.

114. Ellis, Bob; Brooksbank, Anne (compiler); Ellis, Jack (introduction); Murray, Les (reflection) (2016). Bob Ellis in His Own Words. Melbourne, Carlton: Black Inc. 374 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour & sepia (brown-tinted) & few black & white photos, front cover corner tip creased & little scuffed, minor edgewear. Compiled from Bob Ellis's many diaries, subsequent yo his death in 2016. Partly about the man himself, and about the compiler Anne Brooksbank, who married Bob in December 1977. It has a selection from some of his best writing on life and current affairs. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863958912. Our Book No: 29441. $20 AUD.

115. Ellsworth, E. E. (1961). Doctor Noreen (Reprint ed) [Crown Library]. London: Lutterworth Press. 120 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in good plus dustjacket), frontispiece, scuff marks & slight loss front pastedown (label removed), minor foxing rear pastedown, light brown strip free flyleaves, tiny scuff mark front free flyleaf, little loss corners & spine ends jacket (small edge tears, light stains reverse side, flap price-clipped), presentation bookplate, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Classic novel for young adults by E. E. Ellsworth. What does the wisp of smoke coming from the large house next door to their school mean? Share in the adventures of Doreen and her friend Sylvia as they find out. (Originally published, 1949. This is the 1961 reprint. No 5 in the Crown Library series.). ISBN/ASIN: B001OY1KUU. Our Book No: 23561. $20 AUD.

116. Epstein, E. L. (editor); Joyce, James (1982). A Starchamber Quiry: A James Joyce Centennial Volume 1882 - 1982. New York: Methuen. 164 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), pages lightly toned, top edge lightly foxed, corner tips few pages little worn, minor edgewear jacket (light foxing reverse side, light foxing top edge flaps, spine little faded, light stain bottom edge), bottom corners little bumped. This book celebrates the centenary of Joyce's birth, and contains five essays that are cover most aspects of James Joyce's work: by Hugh Kenner, Fritz Senn, E.L. Epstein, Robert Boyle and Clive Hart. ISBN/ASIN: 0416315607. Our Book No: 28455. $20 AUD.

117. Ferranti, Marie; Brown, Andrew (translator) (2005). The Princess of Mantua (1st translated ed). London: Hesperus Press. 116 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, top edge lightly toned. Marie Ferranti has used historical facts and documentary references, to write this docufiction historical novel (faction). It is set in France in 1433. The ten-year-old Barbara von Brandenburg leaves her native Germany to marry the Prince of Mantua, Ludovico Gonzaga. Translated from French. ISBN/ASIN: 1843917025. Our Book No: 29068. $15 AUD.

118. Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1982). The Great Gatsby (Reprint ed). London: Penguin Books. 171 pp. Paperback small trade, good condition, little crease fore-edge rear cover, minor edgewear. This classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the great love stories of our time. The author distilled the essences of glamour and illusion so powerfully that his book has haunted and fascinated generations of readers. (No date, but about 1982, being 64th reprint. Originally published in Penguin, 1950.). ISBN/ASIN: 0140007466. Our Book No: 31012. $12 AUD.

119. Flint, Valerie I. J. (1992). The Imaginative Landscape of Christopher Columbus (1st ed). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 233 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few colour & black & white plates, faint foxing top edge, minor edgewear. A fantasy novel, but loosely based on facts. The author attempts to reconstruct, and understand, not the New World (America) that Columbus found, but the Old World (Europe) which he carried with him in his head. ISBN/ASIN: 0691056811. Our Book No: 27756. $25 AUD.

120. Forbes, Derek (2002). Illustrated Playbills: A Study Together With a Reprint of "A Descriptive Catalogue of Theatrical Wood Engravings" (1865). Covent Garden, London: Society for Theatre Research. 134 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, drawings (playbills), corner tips few pages creased, minor edgewear. Derek Forbes has written a detailed study of some of the thousands of old playbills that have survived, thus contributing to our understanding of early theatrical practices. The book has chapters on definitions and early examples, playbills featuring animal subjects, and those featuring human subjects. Plus an introduction to the 1865 catalogue prepared by E. J. Bath, and case-studies of selected plays and their illustrations. Part II is a facsimile of the Bath catalogue of theatrical wood engravings. ISBN/ASIN: 0854300724. Our Book No: 15378. $20 AUD.

121. Francis of Assisi, Saint; Brown, Raphael (1958). The Little Flowers of St Francis of Assisi: An Entirely New Version, with 20 Additional Chapters, of the Christian Classic of the Ages (28th reprint ed). New York: Doubleday. 357 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, chart, map, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. St. Francis of Assisi's ecstatic embrace of a life of poverty revolutionized Christianity even as it transformed the ethics of the West. This edition is the only complete version of this Christian spiritual classic that has been translated into modern English from the original Latin and Italian, and includes 20 additional chapters. It has an introduction, notes, and biographical sketches by Raphael Brown, the well-known Franciscan scholar, whose deep feeling for St. Francis has helped him capture the spirit and flavor that give these writings their indescribable charm. Includes: The Considerations on the Holy Stigma, The Life and Sayings of Brother Giles, and The Life of Brother Juniper. (Copyright, 1958. This copy with ISBN: 28th reprint.). ISBN/ASIN: 0385075448. Our Book No: 31205. $22 AUD.

122. Fraser, Emma (2017). The Shipbuilder's Daughter (1st ed). London: Sphere Books. 426 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few tiny dents front cover jacket (faint sticker mark), tiny dent front board, minor edgewear. Set partly in Glasgow and partly in the Western Isles in 1928, this historical novel by Emma Fraser is about Margaret Bannatyne, whose father owns a shipping yard, and she is expected to take over the family business. However, she wants to become a doctor. Margaret falls in love with a man named Alisdair Morrison who works at the shipping yard, but her father does not approve. Alisdair is wrongly arrested for the murder of a young man at the shipping yard, and finally can resume his life with his family when he is found not guilty. ISBN/ASIN: 9780751566109. Our Book No: 40891. $25 AUD.

123. Fulop Kepner, Susan (1996). The Lioness in Bloom: Modern Thai Fiction About Women [Voices From Asia Series]. Berkeley: University of California / Publisher's Inc. 310 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. Translations of fiction by Thailand's foremost 20th-century writers. Included are stories of the young and the aged, the rural and the cosmopolitan, the joyous and the despairing. The editor provides a detailed introduction, biographical notes on the writers, and a list of further readings. This anthology of short stories and novel excerpts presents a compelling portrayal of the many differing realities of Thai women's lives in the 20th century. ISBN/ASIN: 0520089030. Our Book No: 27896. $15 AUD.

124. Galassi, Jonathan (2015). Muse (1st Australian ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 253 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. This novel is about writer's secrets, publisher's obsessions, manuscripts, love, loyalty and betrayal and the most gifted, glamorous and elusive writer of her generation. The author is a poet, president & publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922182821. Our Book No: 30117. $20 AUD.

125. Gallico, Paul; Burton, Jane (photographer); Gallico, Virginia (photographer) (1982). Honorable Cat (Reprint ed) [Honourable Cat]. New York: Crown Publishers. 158 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, colour photos, minor edgewear. Paul Gallico has written a delightful classic of verse written by a cat about the feline character, embedded in a sumptuous picture gallery of cat photos. ISBN/ASIN: 0517548879. Our Book No: 10762A. $15 AUD.

126. Gallico, Paul (2011). Jennie (New ed) [Essential Modern Classics]. London: HarperCollins Children's Books. 347 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. Young adults fiction novel about Peter, a boy who wakes from a serious accident to find himself transformed into a cat. The world is a dangerous place for him, until he is befriended by the kindly cat Jennie. This beautiful story is as special as the first time it was published in 1950. ISBN/ASIN: 9780007395194. Our Book No: 28821. $12 AUD.

127. Gandhi, M. K. (1972). Satyagraha in South Africa (Translated from the Gujarati by Valji Govindji Desai) (2nd, reprint ed). Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House. 317 pp. Paperback large trade, good condition, card cover (with flaps), endpapers & rear cover lightly foxed, spine repaired archival tape, pages lightly toned, some edgewear. In this classic text, M. K. (Mahatma) Gandhi describes his 8-year struggle for Indian rights in South Africa, using non-violence civil resistance (satyagraha). He later applied the same techniques when he returned to India to promote freedom from British rule. Originally published, 1928, revised in 1950, later reprinted. (This copy is the 1972 reprint.) ISBN/ASIN: B00089TX1K. Our Book No: 4716. $20 AUD.

128. Gaskell, Philip (1999). From Writer to Reader: Studies in Editorial Method (Reprint ed). New Castle, DE / Winchester: Oak Knoll Press / St Paul's Bibliographies. 268 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, front cover fore-edge & first few pages faintly creased, minor edgewear. The author presents extracts from the early texts of 12 works of literature, chosen because of their importance as works of art, and on account of the quality of surviving textual evidence. Follows the texts through all the editorial stages from writer to reader, giving the reader an insight into the editorial method of shaping composition. This exposition will help all students of literature. Originally published in 1978. SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 1584560010. Our Book No: 21987. $15 AUD.

129. Geda, Fabio; Curtis, Howard (translator) (2011). In the Sea There are Crocodiles: The Story of Enaiatollah Akbari. Oxford: David Fickling Books. 211 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, map, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket. One day, a 10-year-old boy named Enaiatollah wakes up to find his mother gone. He is on the border of Pakistan, and he is alone. In this amazing true story, Fabio Geda describes Enaiatollah's five-year journey from Afghanistan to Italy. His ordeal takes him through Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Greece, enduring unimaginable hardships and challenges. The book is based on a true story, but because Enaiatollah did not remember it all, the author and Enaiatollah reconstructed his journey to recreate a chronology for his fragmented memories. Thus a work of fiction, but based on Enaiatollah's true experience. (Translated from the Italian.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780857560087. Our Book No: 29052. $15 AUD.

130. Glover, Dennis (2023). Thaw: Some Secrets Won’t Stay Buried. Melbourne, Collingwood: Black Inc. 307 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. In this historical novel, Dennis Glover relates the story of five members of Robert Falcon Scot’s British Antarctic Expedition who in the Summer of 1911-12, attempted to become the first humans to reach the South Pole, but were beaten by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, and perished of exposure and hunger midway across the Ross Ice Shelf (then known as the Great Ice Barrier). The events and characters in the present-day sections are entirely fictitious, but those portrayed in the historical sections are based on actual happenings and real people, reimagined for the purposes of a dramatic historical novel. There is a list of historical characters and the author's note at the rear. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760644451. Our Book No: 41476. $20 AUD.

131. Godwin, Joscelyn (2005). The Real Rule of Four (The Unauthorised Guide to the International Bestseller). London: Arrow Books. 182 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Joscelyn Godwin relates the scholarly true story of a fascinating elaborately-illustrated 15th century Venetian pamphlet: the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. This mysterious document was the basis of the bestselling but controversial novel "The Rule of Four" by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. Godwin has provided the first complete English translation of this mysterious document, the meaning of which is unknown. ISBN/ASIN: 0099492490. Our Book No: 13106. $12 AUD.

132. Godwin, William (2008). The Enquirer (1823) (New, facsimile ed) [Legacy Reprint Series]. Edinburgh: John Anderson. 411 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, corner tips covers little creased, minor edgewear. A facsimile classic of the new edition originally published in 1823. A series of essays which reflect on literature, manners and education in 18th-century English society, with its rapid expansion of knowledge and technology, including the printing press. Godwin was an English novelist and radical utilitarian social reformer, who was married to feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, and father of Mary Shelley (who wrote Frankenstein). The 26 essays, in two series, cover weighty topics such as the English style, acquiring an early taste for reading, fosterising talent and genius, and how to understand and interact with servants and beggars. (A secondhand printed copy of a Kessinger facsimile print-on-demand book.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781437328363. Our Book No: 30011. $40 AUD.

133. Gogol, Nikolai; Rayfield, Donald (translator) (2017). Dead Souls (New ed) [Alma Classics Evergreens]. Surrey: Alma Books. 359 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. First published in 1842 in Russia. The classic novel is set in a small provincial Russian town. A mysterious stranger named Chichikov, makes a group of landowners a macabre proposition. He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs who are still registered on the landowner’s estate, to reduce their liability for taxes. This is a biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity which has been revered since its original publication as one of the funniest novels of 19-century Russia. ISBN/ASIN: 9781847496287. Our Book No: 30728. $18 AUD.

134. Goldstone, Lawrence; Goldstone, Nancy (2003). Out of the Flames: The Story of One of the Rarest Books in the World, And How It Changed the Course of History (1st ed). London: Century. 353 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in very good dustjacket), frontispiece, covers top corner tips little bumped, edges lightly foxed, rear hinge slightly split (all pages firm), minor edgewear jacket. This is the story of the Christianismi Restitutio (The Restoration of Christianity), a landmark theological treatise published anonymously in 1553 by the Spanish physician Michael Servetus. It is one of the rarest books in the world, and the authorities tried to burn every single copy in existence, as it rejected the orthodox Trinity as well as state control of religion. However, three survived to inspire the leaders of the French Revolution. Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone follow the journey of the three copies through the subsequent centuries, and look at its author's legacy and influence over the thinkers that shared his spirit and genius. This book tracks the history of this special work, looking at the author's life and times and the politics of the first information revolution during the 16th century. ISBN/ASIN: 0712676988. Our Book No: 41856. $20 AUD.

135. Goldsworthy, Peter (editor) (2008). True Blue? On Being Australian. Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. 224 pp. Paperback wide small octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, few colour photos, minimal edgewear. This book brings together novelists, poets, journalists, cultural icons, historians, commentators, photographers and painters, old voices and new voices - all of who reflect on the stories Australians tell about themselves and the myths Australians cultivate. The book is funny, ironic, provocative and inspiring. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741750591. Our Book No: 26830. $18 AUD.

136. Gordon, Lyndall (2008). Charlotte Bronte: A Passionate Life (Revised, updated ed). London: Virago Press. 467 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos, corner rear cover minimally creased. A groundbreaking and unconventional portrait of Charlotte Bronte's life. Lyndall Gordom reveals that the novelist was a fiery woman who shaped her own life and transformed it into literary art. ISBN/ASIN: 9781844084722. Our Book No: 26181. $20 AUD.

137. Gould, Alan (1981). Astral Sea. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 72 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, covers faintly faded, top edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear. Astral Sea, by Alan Gould. Presents the poems of Alan Gould, the Australian novelist, poet and essayist. Mostly previously published in Quadrant magazine and various literary magazines. His second poetry collection and winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Award. . ISBN/ASIN: 0207143560. Our Book No: 28298. $12 AUD.

138. Grass, Gunter; Winston, Krishna (translator) (2010). The Box: Tales from the Darkroom (1st English ed). London: Harvill Secker / Random House. 194 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), black & white photo rear jacket flap, minimal edgewear jacket. By winner of Nobel Prize for Literature, 1999. Translated from the German. This is a sequel to "Peeling the Onion". The German author writes in the voices of his eight children as they record the memories of their childhoods, of growing up, of their father, who was always at work on a new book, always at the margins of their lives. This book is an inspired and daring work of fiction (faction). ISBN/ASIN: 9781846553073. Our Book No: 26269. $15 AUD.

139. Gray, James (1972). Johnson's Sermons: A Study [Samuel Johnson]. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 263 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photo portrait, top edge little foxed, flap price-clipped jacket, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Samuel Johnson, the distinguished English man of letters, and publisher the first detailed dictionary of English words, also wrote over 40 sermons (26 extant) to clergymen of his acquaintance. He regarded the sermon as an important branch of literature. These neglected sermons are analysed here in detail for the first time. Of particular interest is the close collaboration between Samuel Johnson and Reverend John Taylor. ISBN/ASIN: 0198120338. Our Book No: 13216. $25 AUD.

140. Greenaway, Kate; Thorpe, James (introduction) (1974). Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes (Facsimile ed). USA: Grant Dahlstrom / Castle Press. 28 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, stiffened card covers, stapled (lightly rusted), colour drawings, minimal foxing, owner's written name title page. A small booklet of Kate Greenaway's wonderful children's illustrations and rhymes about Mother Goose which will delight children of any age. Originally published in London in 1881. A facsimile edition, dated 1974, reproduced from the copy in the Huntington Library. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway, and engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Our Book No: 22280. $15 AUD.

141. Greenaway, Kate (1982). Under the Window: Pictures and Rhymes for Children (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 64 pp. Hardback small quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, papered boards (dark green cloth spine), colour drawings. In cardboard slipcase, minimal rubbing edges & corners. Facsimile edition. A classic children's picture book, written and illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Originally published in 1878 by George Routledge & Sons, London. The beautiful drawings and poems would appeal to most ages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30576. $30 AUD.

142. Greenaway, Kate (1985). Marigold Garden: Pictures and Rhymes by Kate Greenaway (Facsimile ed). Sydney: View Productions. 60 pp. Hardback large quarto (28.0 x 22.2 cm), dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), glossy paper, colour & black & white drawings, flap jacket unclipped (reverse side lightly foxed), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. A scarce Australian facsimile edition of a classic book of Kate Greenaway's rhymes and artistic drawings, originally published in 1885. (Note: This book the same ISBN as the Universal Books hardcover edition, London.). ISBN/ASIN: 0908240929. Our Book No: 14966. $20 AUD.

143. Greenaway, Kate (2003). A Treasury of Kate Greenaway Stories (1st ed). Bath: Robert Frederick Publishers. 265 pp. Hardback large quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings, minor foxing title page. Heavy (1.4 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A collection of illustrated extracts from seven children's favourites by Kate Greenaway: Apple Pie, Book of Games, Mother Goose, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Under the Window, Birthday Book (with calendar for each month of the year, for notes), Book of Tunes. Many delightful period illustrations in the distinct style of Kate Greenaway. ISBN/ASIN: 0907789137. Our Book No: 24048. $35 AUD.

144. Greenaway, Kate (illustrator) (1982). CALENDAR: Kate Greenaway's CALENDAR for 1884 (4 calendars) (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 4 pp. Each calendar: Hardback small oblong, very good condition, stiff paper (thin card), colour drawings, in mailing envelope. All in single slipcase. Facsimile edition. A set of four thin oblong card calendars illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Each calendar comes in its own own mailing envelope, and all four fit into a single slipcase. Few of the original calendars have survived to the present day. Originally published in 1884 by George Routledge, London. The beautiful drawings would appeal to most ages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30580. $30 AUD.

145. Greene, Graham (1971). A Sort of Life (1st stated ed). London: Bodley Head. 215 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), top edge coloured light grey, minor edgewear jacket (crease bottom edge), faint foxing edges, faint toning edges & pages, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. First edition. This is the autobiography of Graham Greene, the famous English novelist, writer and literary critic. ISBN/ASIN: 0370003276. Our Book No: 27145. $15 AUD.

146. Greive, Bradley Trevor (2007). Every Day is Christmas (Australian ed). Sydney, North Sydney: Random House Australia. 112 pp. Paperback small square, very good condition, black & white photos, top corner front cover little creased, minor edgewear. From front cover: "Living the holiday spirit throughout the year without damaging your liver or driving everyone crazy." A lot of tips from some very clever animals on how to deal (or not) with the up and downs of life. Bradley Trevor Grieve also wrote the bestselling 'The Blue Day Book'. Scarce Australian edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741665253. Our Book No: 30640. $15 AUD.

147. Gros, Jules (1892). L'Homme Fossile: Aventures d'une Expedition Scientifique dans les Mers Australes. Paris: Librairie Marpon et Flammarion. 256 pp. Hardback very small, very good condition, black cloth cover (gilt spine lettering), marbled endpapers, pages toned as usual, staple marks front free flyleaf, string bookmark, minimal EX-LIBRARY (hospice library, rubber stamps, small spine sticker remnants), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (acetate). A novel that is an obscure example of the "lost race" theme in adventure fiction. The story is set in the sealing grounds off southeastern Australia, with the imaginary expedition of geologists and paleontologists on board the ship "Le Glorieux" using Melbourne as its base. French language text. ISBN/ASIN: 0521275938. Our Book No: 17027. $40 AUD.

148. Gross, Paul R.; Levitt, Norman (1998). Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and its Quarrels with Science (Reprint ed). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 316 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, spine minimally faded, top edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear & rubbing. American academics Paul R. Gross and Norman Levitt provide a detailed critique of the left-wing scholars of 'cultural studies' who turn to subjects far outside their areas of expertise. Fashionable viewpoints include postmodernism, feminism, radical environmentalism, multiculturalism and AIDS activism. They find the origins of their anti-science attitudes not only in modern discontents, but also in a long tradition of Romantic unhappiness with rationalism. This paperback edition has an afterword (Supplementary Notes) responding to critiques of the hardback edition of 1994. ISBN/ASIN: 0801857074. Our Book No: 16609. $20 AUD.

149. Gruen, Sara (2006). Water for Elephants (1st Australian ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 331 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned, corners front cover little creased, minor edgewear, sticker on cover. Bestselling novel, set in the backblocks of America in the 1930s, about a circus and a very special elephant named Rosie. This is a warm, funny novel full of energy and spirit. ISBN/ASIN: 1741149819. Our Book No: 30360. $18 AUD.

150. Halse Anderson, Laurie (2014). The Impossible Knife of Memory (New ed). London: Scholastic Children's Books. 374 pp. Paperback, very good condition, minor edgewear. This story for young adults is about a girl named Hayley, her dad, her stepmother, and a boy named Finn. Hayley is fighting to forget the past, and finding some memories are too deep. ISBN/ASIN: 9781407147666. Our Book No: 29100. $15 AUD.

151. Hanff, Helene (1986). Q's Legacy. London: Futura Publications. 138 pp. Paperback, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, faint sticker mark, bookshop sticker rear cover. By the author of a book (84 Charing Cross Road) about her love affair with this London bookshop. Records how the book The Art of Writing, by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's (Q), influenced her youth, her love of literature and writing, and above all, of England. ISBN/ASIN: 0708830021. Our Book No: 8309. $12 AUD.

152. Harari, Robert; Filc, Judith (translator) (2004). Lacan's Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis: An Introduction (1st ed). New York: Other Press. 296 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-figures, minor edgewear, front cover corner tip little scuffed, light crease in spine, top corner front cover creased, base of spine slightly rubbed. An introduction to the work of the French structuralist Jacques Lacan. The ten lectures in this book were held as classes in the Center for Psychoanalytic Education (CPE) of the General San Martin Cultural Center, San Martin, Buenos Aires. The author gives an introductory display of essential themes developed, and offers his own insightful reading of the text's central ideas. The ten classes reframe a wide range of questions in psychoanalysis for the professional in the field, students, and interested lay readers. ISBN/ASIN: 1590510828. Our Book No: 29806. $35 AUD.

153. Harris, John (1982). A Visit to the Bazaar (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 92 pp. Hardback small, very good condition, beige boards with black drawings covers, red cloth spine with gilt bands, colour plates, in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. A classic children's picture book published in 1818 by printer John Harris. He used a new method in book production by using metal engraving for illustrations. This book, by an unidentified author, has 32 hand-coloured stipple engravings showing the stalls and activities of the merchants of the Soho Bazaar. The book is about four children who visit the bazaar in Soho Square, London with their parents. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30584. $30 AUD.

154. Harris, Joel Chandler (1905). Nights with Uncle Remus, by the Author of "Uncle Remus", with Illustrations [Cole's Special Edition]. Melbourne: E. W. Cole. 312 pp. Paperback, very good condition, black & white drawings (including frontispiece), pages toned (cover lightly toned), spine repaired (black cloth, original spine laid down), some edgewear. (Estimated date, 1900s, Trove catalogue.) Classic tales told by the old Georgian African-American slave, featuring Brer Rabbit, Brer Bar, Brer Fox and and their animal friends. (Scarce Australian reprint, by the eccentric Melbourne bookseller, E. W. Cole, with two extra shops in Sydney, and one in Adelaide.). Our Book No: 17167. $80 AUD.

155. Harrison-Ford, Carl; White, Osmar (foreword) (1986). Fighting Words: Australian War Writing. Melbourne: Lothian Publishing. 362 pp. Hardback large wide octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, maps, minor edgewear jacket (light foxing reverse side), light foxing endpapers & title page & edges, two small marks front board. This book is a rich collection of Australian war stories, selected and introduced by Carl Harrison-Ford. The main names are: Banjo Paterson, C. E. W. Bean, Albert Facey, Breaker Morant, Martin Boyd, Frank Dalby Davison, David Campbell, Osmar White and George Johnston. There are many unknowns - Boson, Xav, Aileron, or simply Anon - who created equally vivid pictures of war, or life at war. The styles change through the five wars covered, (Boer, World War 1 and 2, Korean and Vietnam). The book will take the men and women who have experienced war on a long journey into memory, and will give those who have not an unpolished idea of war. ISBN/ASIN: 0850912482. Our Book No: 30908. $25 AUD.

156. Hart, Kevin (1999). Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 244 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages faintly toned, minor edgewear, review copy (large sticker front free flyleaf). Traces the vast literary legacy and reputation of Samuel Johnson, English man of letters and writer of the first complete English dictionary. Through detailed analyses of the biographers, critics and epigones who carefully crafted and preserved Johnson's life for posterity, Hart explores the emergence of what came to be called "The Age of Johnson". He shows how late 17th and early 18th-century Britain experienced the emergence and consolidation of a rich and diverse culture of property. James Boswell turned his friend into a monument, a piece of public property. Through subtle analyses of copyright, forgery and heritage in 18th-century life, this study traces the emergence of competing forms of cultural property: a Hanoverian politics of property engages a Jacobite politics of land. (Publisher bookplate: Cambridge University Press.). ISBN/ASIN: 0521651824. Our Book No: 17105. $30 AUD.

157. Hasler, Julie S.; Greenaway, Kate; Lewis, Di (photographer) (1989). Kate Greenaway Cross Stitch Designs (Australian ed). Sydney: Greenhouse Publications. 120 pp. Hardback large quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, full-page black & white & colour drawings & photos, colour frontispiece, reverse side rear free endpaper foxed, minor edgewear, sticker on margins one page. The designs illustrated in this book by Julie S. Hasler, based on Kate Greenaway's classic children's tales, show many ways in which embroidery cross-stitch can be used to decorate the home, or to make children's clothes or unusual gifts. Chapters: lace-trimmed cushions, cot quilt, framed pictures, lavender bags, greeting cards, miniatures, tablecloth, jam-pot covers, trinket boxes, paperweights, nightdress bag, child's skirt. (Australian edition, Greenhouse, 1989. Originally published by David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1989.). ISBN/ASIN: 0864362927. Our Book No: 24987. $20 AUD.

158. Hasson, Dr James; Cammell, Charles Richard (introduction) (1948). The Banquet of the Immortals. Edinburgh: Poseidon Press. 212 pp. Hardback quarto, no jacket, very good condition, quarter-bound (paper-covered boards, cloth spine, spine label), black & white & colour plates (including frontispiece, some with tissue guards), extra spine label bound in at rear, page edges untrimmed, corners worn, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name). Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (No 67 of a limited edition of 300 autographed copies.) A private press book of art criticism. Contains 22 illustrations, 11 of which are in colour. Printed at the Westminster Press on mould-made paper. Cammell was associate editor, The Connoisseur, 1935 - 1940. Our Book No: 15640. $50 AUD.

159. Hayek, Prof. F. A.; Caldwell, Bruce (editor) (2007). The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents: The Definitive Edition (Reprint ed) [The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Volume 2]. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 283 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. 'The Road to Serfdom' by Austrian economist Professor F. A. Hayek has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars and general readers for over 70 years. Originally published in 1944 - when Eleanor Roosevelt supported Stalin, and Albert Einstein supported socialism - his heretical book offered strong support for individualism and private enterprise, as well as a passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. The collectivist idea of empowering government with increasing economic control would lead not to a utopia but to the horrors of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. This bestselling classic has become one of the most important and influential books that cover political philosophy, economics and intellectual and cultural history. ISBN/ASIN: 0226320553. Our Book No: 18482. $35 AUD.

160. Hazlitt, William (Wm); Archer, William (editor); Lowe, Robert W. (Robt) (editor) (1895). Dramatic Essays. London: Walter Scott Ltd. 231 pp. Hardback small, very good condition, burgundy cloth cover, frontispiece portrait (tissue guard), top edge gilt (little marked), endpapers toned & lightly foxed, minor edgewear. These critical essays about the British theatre were originally collected and published in 1854. Here, the editors have selected the best ones, edited, with notes and an introduction. William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830), of Irish Protestant descent, was one of the best-known literary critics and essayists. Publishers catalogue at rear (8p). Our Book No: 16854. $35 AUD.

161. Heiss, Anita (editor) (2018). Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (1st ed). Melbourne: Black Inc. 311 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, base spine little scuffed, minor edgewear. This anthology showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories about family, country and belonging. Stories from well-known authors and high-profile identities sit alongside those from newly discovered writers of all ages. This collection will enlighten, inspire and educate about the lives of Aboriginal people in Australia today. The editor, Anita Heiss, is a passionate campaigner for Aboriginal literacy. She was born a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central New South Wales (NSW), but raised in the suburbs of Sydney and educated at the local Catholic school. . ISBN/ASIN: 9781863959810. Our Book No: 41090. $20 AUD.

162. Heiss, Anita (editor); Minter, Peter (editor) (2008). Macquarie Pen Anthology of Aboriginal Literature (1st ed). Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. 260 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, light crease rear cover, minimal edgewear. This book is a collection of work from some of the great Australian Aboriginal writers. The work covers over 200 years of Aboriginal history, culture and life. The editors have selected work that represents the range and depth of Aboriginal writing in English. The anthology includes journalism, petitions and political letters from both the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as major works that reflect the start of Aboriginal poetry, prose and drama from the mid-20th century onwards. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741754384. Our Book No: 30704. $30 AUD.

163. Hellyer, Jill (2013). Letters to Huldah. Sydney, Glebe: Puncher & Wattmann. 196 pp. Paperback octavo, flexicover with decorated boards (photo of author on cover), very good condition, black & white photos, edges & pages lightly toned, top of spine slightly bumped, tiny bump spine edge. This is a collection of letters between the poet Jill Hellyer and her English teacher at North Sydney Girls School. From the author's note: Huldah Mary Turner (nee Snedden) was born in 1906 in Tamworth and was one of the few women to gain a master's degree from Sydney University in the early twenties. Huldah was the first women in NSW to become Vice Principal and Acting Principal of the University of Newcastle. In later travels around Australia she was inspired to write poetry. Dated from 1988 to 1994 the author's letters to Huldah gradually reveal the details of her own life. The author (1925 - 2012) was a poet, founding executive secretary of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), and corresponded and was friends with many outstanding Australian and International writers. She was awarded an OAM in 2006 for her contribution to Australian poetry and her work for the ASA. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921450938. Our Book No: 29537. $25 AUD.

164. Henderson, Jeffrey (2002). Aristophanes Lysistrata (Reprint ed) [Clarendon Paperbacks]. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 236 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear corner tips. A new edition of the classic Athenian play for comedy, 'Aristophanes Lysistrata’, edited with commentary by Jeffrey Henderson in 1987. This edition, the first for 60 years, provides much new evidence for those working on anthropological and sociological aspects of Athens, as well as those working in traditional philological fields. It also brings the play up to date in terms of the advances made in Aristohanic scholarship in the past 60 years. In particular, it is the first edition to report all the manuscripts, papyri and testimonial sources of the text, offering a new account of its history and a detailed review of the transmission of the Aristophanic corpus as a whole. Attic comedy draws its characters and plots from everyday Athenian social, political and religious life and so provides a unique glimpse everyday life in Ancient Athens. (Copyright, 1987. This copy is a printed copy of a POD book, dated 2002. The editor is professor of classics, University of Southern California.). ISBN/ASIN: 0198144962. Our Book No: 31119. $20 AUD.

165. Henty, G. A. (George Alfred); Pearse, Alfred (illustrator) (1889). Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War (1st U.S. ed) [A Tale of the New Zealand War]. New York: Scribner & Welford. 352 + 32 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, original maroon pictorial cloth cover & spine (gilt lettering), original maroon endpapers, full-page black & white drawings (plates), map, all edges gilt, adverts at rear, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear, owner's written name, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (acetate). Possible first U.S. edition (no date, but 1889 or 1890, but variants exist). Eight full-page illustrations (including frontispiece). An historical novel based on true events during the Maori wars in New Zealand during the 1870s, with a focus on the fanatical Hau-Hau Maoris who massacred white settlers. (32-page Scribner & Welford catalogue at rear, including many Henty books.). Our Book No: 17404. $200 AUD.

166. Henwood, Belinda; Martin, Shona (foreword) (2007). Publishing: Book Yourself a Brilliant Career [Career FAQs]. Sydney: Career FAQs Pty Ltd. 188 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, colour text-photos, black & white drawings, corner tips covers little creased. crease fore-edge title page, minor edgewear. This book looks at a career in the publishing industry. Current trends are discussed, and ways to get into the industry. Includes how to prepare top resumes and cover letters. This book will interest arts industry professionals, people in the publishing industry, and scholars of book history or publishing studies. ISBN/ASIN: 1921106433. Our Book No: 40460. $25 AUD.

167. Herbert, Xavier; Lindesay, Vane (jacket design) (1963). Disturbing Element (1st ed). Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire. 271 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), reverse side jacket & top edge flaps minimally foxed (flap not clipped), vertical faint crease front & rear free flyleaves, edges little foxed, minor edgewear, non-author written name. First edition. An autobiographical account of the first 24 years of the life of Xavier Herbert, the controversial Australian novelist. He recounts his birth on the northwest coast of Western Australia, the son of a prospector turned horse-breaker turned railway engine driver, and his unlikely career as a pharmaceutical chemist, and conversion to Catholicism. Our Book No: 30950. $25 AUD.

168. Herodotus; de Selincourt, Aubrey (translator); Burn, A. R. (revisions, notes) (1996). The Histories (Revised, reprint ed). London: Penguin Classics / Penguin Books. 653 pp. Paperback trade, good condition only (reading copy), spine & covers creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, small sticker front flyleaf. This literature classic by Herodotus is a colourful narrative of the successful struggle of a divided Greece against the Persian Empire in the 5th century B.C. Herodotus has been called the Father of History, but also has been criticised for using popular beliefs when evidence was lacking. The first great prose work in European literature. (This Penguin translation was first published in 1954. This copy: 20th reprint of the 1972 revised edition.). ISBN/ASIN: 0140440348. Our Book No: 4081. $12 AUD.

169. Herrmann, Douglas J. (editor); Chaffin, Roger (editor) (1988). Memory in Historical Perspective: The Literature Before Ebbinghaus [Recent Research in Psychology]. New York: Springer-Verlag. 254 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, figures, light foxing top edge, minor edgewear, sticker inside front cover. A collection of reprinted research papers and commentary that provides researchers, teachers and students with ready access to the major classic works on memory published prior to the first scientific studies by Herrmann Ebbinghaus in 1885. The reprinted articles range from Hesiod (8th Century BC) to the 19th Century, and include Plato, Aristotle, Pliny, Leonardo da Vinci, Francis Bacon, David Hume and Immanuel Kant. Edited by D. J. Herrmann and R. Chaffin. ISBN/ASIN: 0387967052. Our Book No: 24094. $25 AUD.

170. Hewett, Dorothy (1990). Wild Card: An Autobiography 1923 - 1958. Melbourne: McPhee Gribble / Penguin Books. 278 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name). Autobiographical account of the first 35 years of the life of one of Australia's more famous playwrights and poets. The author has combined the passions of her life with her power as a writer to create this classic sketch of people, place and political history. ISBN/ASIN: 086914197X. Our Book No: 17332. $20 AUD.

171. Hirst, J. B.; Facey, A. B. (Albert) (1992). The World of Albert Facey. Sydney: Allen & Unwin / History Institute of Victoria. 167 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos, spine faintly faded, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear. A. B. (Albert) Facey wrote the bestselling 'A Fortunate Life'. J. B. (John) Hirst discusses Facey's world, starting from what he tells us in his book. He uncovers the (unrevealed) Facey family history. The world in which Facey grew up - among farmers, workers and miners in Victoria, the Kalgoorlie Goldfields and West Australian wheatbelt - is the same world described in Henry Lawson's stories. This book brings these two famous authors together in a novel way. After each chapter on Facey and his times there is a Lawson story on the same theme. It is an evocative exploration of Australia's social history. ISBN/ASIN: 186373161X. Our Book No: 23746. $20 AUD.

172. Hitchman, Janet (1988). Such a Strange Lady: An Introduction to Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 - 1957) (Reprint ed) [A Biography of Dorothy L. Sayers: The Creator of Lord Peter Wimsey]. Sevenoaks, Kent: New English Library / Hodder & Stoughton. 203 pp. Paperback small,, good condition only (reading copy), top edge foxed, spine creased (little worn), pages toned as usual, some edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. The first-ever biography of Dorothy Sayers, creator of the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey. Janet Hitchman employs Wimseyan methods to discover the unknown facts of her private but extraordinary life. She was a rebel and eccentric, unhappily married to a work-shy compulsive fantasist. After the success of Wimsey, she devoted herself to dramatising the life of Christ and translating Dante. (Stock photo shows incorrect edition.). ISBN/ASIN: 0450044777. Our Book No: 18381. $12 AUD.

173. Hodge, Jane Aiken (2006). The Private World of Georgette Heyer. London: Arrow Books. 223 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white drawings & text-photos, pages lightly toned as common, minor creasing spine, minor edgewear. A classic biography by Jane Aiken Hodge of bestselling English crime fiction and historical romance novelist, known as the queen of Regency romance. Although she wrote 50 novels, her private life until now has been accessible only to her nearest friends and relatives. (Originally published in 1984.). ISBN/ASIN: 0099493497. Our Book No: 17982. $15 AUD.

174. Holden, Robert (1992). Twinkle, Twinkle, Southern Cross: The Forgotten Folklore of Australian Nursery Rhymes. Canberra: National Library of Australia (NLA). 99 pp. Paperback oblong large quarto, very good condition, black & white drawings, colour plates, spine minimally faded as common, minor edgewear. Robert Holden provides a combination of scholarship and entertainment as he wanders many a crooked mile through the made-to-order folklore of Australia's own nursery rhymes. There is a new constellation of nursery characters to add to the more traditional figures. Examples from as early as 1854 and extending to the present day are looked at in a wide-ranging context of Australian literary and publishing history, the growth of nationalism, and the welfare and education of young Australians. Published with the assistance of the Morris West Trust Fund. ISBN/ASIN: 064210560X. Our Book No: 29424. $35 AUD.

175. Holden, Robert (1992). A Golden Age: A Treasury of Children's Fantasy Classics (2 volumes) [Visions of Fantasy: Australia's Fantasy Illustrators: Their Lives and Works [and] Through the Magic Door: A Collection of Australia's Classic Fantasy Writing]. Sydney: Angus & Robertson / HarperCollins. 192 + 456 pp. Each volume: Hardback folio, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), pictorial cover, full-page colour drawings, black & white & single-colour drawings, string bookmark, corner one page creased (v1). In pictorial slipcase (very good plus condition). Very heavy (3.5 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. A handsome two-volume set containing the very best classic Australian children's literature. Volume 1 introduces the illustrators, such as Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, May Gibbs, Pixie O'Harris, Peg Maltby, Dorothy Wall and D. H. Souter. Volume 2 is an anthology of classic children's stories from Blinky Bill to Chucklebud. ISBN/ASIN: 0207178178. Our Book No: 17485. $100 AUD.

176. Holloway, Richard (2009). Between the Monster and the Saint: Reflections on the Human Condition (Australian ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 200 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, bottom corner front cover creased, fore-edge faintly foxed, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Richard Holloway looks at the human condition, which can inflict cruelty on each other, but can also be capable of being tender, empathic, and to show warmth and feeling. He draws on a selection of writings from history, philosophy, anthropology, science, poetry, theology and literature, to show how humans can stand up to the seductive power of the monster and draw closer to the challenge of the saint. The prolific Scottish author is a former Bishop of Edinburgh and a former Professor of Divinity. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921520112. Our Book No: 29492. $12 AUD.

177. Holme, Bryan (1977). The Kate Greenaway Book: A Collection of Illustration, Verse and Text. London: Penguin Books. 138 pp. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, colour & black & white text-drawings, corner tips front & rear cover little scuffed, top corner front cover creased, minor edgewear. A beautiful book by Bryan Holme that relates the life of Kate Greenaway, as well as a selection from her famous children’s works, including best-known and little known. Both words and pictures of the famous British children's writer and artist, some never before published, are charmingly arranged for readers of today of all ages to enjoy. ISBN/ASIN: 0140045198. Our Book No: 30243. $15 AUD.

178. Holme, Bryan (1983). The Kate Greenaway Book: A Collection of Illustration, Verse and Text (1st U.S., reprint ed). New York: Gallery Books. 140 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour & black & white text-drawings, reverse side jacket little foxed, minor edgewear. A beautiful book, compiled by Bryan Holme, that relates the life of Kate Greenaway, as well as a selection from her famous children’s works, including best-known and little known. Both words and pictures of the famous British children's writer and artist, some never before published, are charmingly arranged for readers of today of all ages to enjoy. Bryan Holme is the grandfather of Charles Holme, who was first to publish Kate Greenaway in 1894. ISBN/ASIN: 0831753005. Our Book No: 18224. $25 AUD.

179. Holt, Patricia (editor) (1983). A City in the Mind: Sydney - Imagined by Its Writers. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 131 pp. Hardback oblong small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, single colour illustrations, some edgewear jacket (small closed tear, light foxing reverse side & white background covers), spine ends little rubbed. In this fascinating look at Sydney, 28 writers reveal how they have written about Sydney in their fiction and autobiographies. Each extract is accompanied by a contemporary illustration. A brief biography of each writer places their fiction in its social and temporal context, and is accompanied by a portrait that shows the writer at the time of writing. Edited by Patricia Holt. (This copy is hardcover.). ISBN/ASIN: 0868611271. Our Book No: 41108. $20 AUD.

180. Hubber, Brian; Smith, Vivian (2004). Patrick White. A Bibliography. Melbourne, Auburn / New Castle, DE: Quiddlers Press / Oak Knoll Press. 304 pp. Hardback small thick quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), frontispiece portrait drawing, top corner black cloth covers bumped, minor edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. The first detailed bibliography of the novels and other works of Patrick White, Australia's only recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. This updates a booklet by Alan Lawson, 1974. The books are listed chronologically. For each book, there is a description of publication details, format, editions, translations, reviews, location of copies, etc. Compiled by Brian Hubber (former Rare Book Librarian, State Library of Victoria) and Vivian Smith (poet and art critic). . ISBN/ASIN: 0958194920. Our Book No: 18232. $80 AUD.

181. Hughes, Annette (2008). Art Life Chooks: Learning to Leave the City and Love the Country (1st ed). Sydney: Fourth Estate. 291 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. The author gave up her life as a literary agent and headed back to the state of her birth, Queensland, and a farm in the hinterland with her partner, Geoffrey. This book is refreshing, funny, opinionated and surprising. ISBN/ASIN: 9780732286897. Our Book No: 25695. $16 AUD.

182. Hughes, Ted (1998). Birthday Letters (Reprint ed). London: Faber & Faber. 197 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned, top corner rear jacket little rubbed (minor edgewear), top corners covers little bumped. These letters by Ted Hughes are addressed, with two exceptions, to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom he had been married. They were written over a period of more than 25 years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963. Many books have discussed the subject from a necessary distance, but this is the first time that Ted Hughes has given his personal account. ISBN/ASIN: 0571194729. Our Book No: 29733. $15 AUD.

183. Hume, Fergus (1971). The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. Melbourne: Sun Books. 224 pp. Paperback, good condition only (reading copy), light foxing edges, covers lightly creased, light rubbing rear cover, fore-edge lightly marked, tiny tear cover near spine, minor edgewear. This historical crime fiction novel by Fergus Hume is an exciting and fascinating murder story - a forerunner of today's detective fiction. Originally published in 1887, the story is set in an era of flickering gaslights in Melbourne. The assassin leads detectives from the squalid slums of Little Bourke Street to the town house of a millionaire, and reveals blackmail and intrigue in the high social circles. ISBN/ASIN: 0725101172. Our Book No: 26711. $15 AUD.

184. Hume, Fergus (1999). The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 309 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This book is an exciting and fascinating murder story - a forerunner of today's detective fiction. Originally published in 1887, the story is set in an era of flickering gaslights in Melbourne. The assassin leads detectives from the squalid slums of Little Bourke Street to the town house of a millionaire, and reveals blackmail and intrigue in the high social circles. ISBN/ASIN: 1876485035. Our Book No: 27463. $15 AUD.

185. Hume, Fergus; Caterson, Simon (introduction) (1999). Madame Midas (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 332 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, edges & pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, tiny tear top spine. This crime fiction novel is based on Alice Cornwell, a woman whose life was as strange as the fiction she inspired. In this thrilling mystery the author dramatises the story of an enigmatic woman in a society enslaved by wealth. First published in 1888, this book is the companion-piece to "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab". ISBN/ASIN: 1876485132. Our Book No: 27462. $15 AUD.

186. Huxley, Aldous; Attwood, Margaret (introduction); Bradshaw, David (introduction) (2014). Brave New World: Special 3D Edition (3-D cover, reprint ed) [Vintage Huxley]. London: Vintage Classics. 229 pp. Paperback trade, good plus condition, 3-D cover design, spine little creased, minor edgewear, 3-D glasses MISSING (small sticker mark). An ingenious classic fantasy novel by Aldous Huxley of the far future in which the World Controllers have created an ideal society - but not everyone is contented. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress. His most enduring masterpiece. (This copy: missing the 3-D glasses, used for viewing the 3-D cover design.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781784870140. Our Book No: 4769. $12 AUD.

187. Hyland, M. J.; Coetzee, J . M. (afterword) (2016). Carry Me Down (New ed) [Text Classics]. Melbourne: Text Publishing. 321 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, minor scratching front cover, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This novel by M. J. Hyland is of 11-year-old John Egan who lives with his mother, father and grandmother in rural Ireland. John believes he has a gift for lie detection - and his obsession with uncovering the truth carries the cost of a peculiar kind of pain. This is a compelling story of disturbed love and John's quest for the truth while his family begins to fall apart. Afterword by J. M. Coetzee. (The Irish-born author was educated in, and lived in Australia for some years, and published novels here.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781925355338. Our Book No: 31061. $15 AUD.

188. Ingoldsby, Thomas (1889). The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels: Second Series [Routledge's Pocket Library]. London: George Routledge & Sons. 319 pp. Hardback very small, quarter-bound cloth cover (gilt spine lettering), good condition, black & white engravings including frontispiece, top edge gilt, endpapers & edges toned, untrimmed (pages edges very untrimmed), edgewear, owner's written name front pastedown. (Originally published, Richard Bentley, 1842: facsimile of original title page bound in.) A collection of legends, mostly in verse, including ghosts, spectres, witches, demons, babes in the wood, smugglers and buccaneers. Our Book No: 14650. $13 AUD.

189. James, Clive (1996). The Silver Castle (1st ed). London / Sydney: Jonathan Cape / Random House. 263 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages faintly toned as usual, minor edgewear, remainder mark (spot) bottom edge. First edition. Novel of India by the Australian-born writer and critic. Sanjay is a pavement child who from dire necessity learns to cajole, charm and outwit the tourists and turns his sex appeal, sartorial awareness and hard-won ability to speak English towards guiding film-crews on the 'poverty trail'. A brilliant celebration of the Indian film world and a most moving story of one young man's striving for fame and fortune. ISBN/ASIN: 0224043846. Our Book No: 6919. $20 AUD.

190. James, P. D. (1999). Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography (1st ed). London: Faber & Faber. 281 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear jacket (top rear flap creased). A fragment of autobiography by the famous British crime fiction novelist. In this part diary, part memoir, the author considers the 12 months of her life between her 77th and 78th birthdays, a 'time to be earnest'. In writing it, she simultaneously remembers her long and remarkable career, from 1920s Cambridge schoolgirl, to Governor of the BBC, to best-selling author. Her autobiography will appeal to readers of her many novels, and those who have themselves lived through the turbulent years of the 20th century. ISBN/ASIN: 057120094X. Our Book No: 28328. $20 AUD.

191. Jennings, Kate (2010). Trouble: Evolution of a Radical: Selected Writings 1970 - 2010. Melbourne: Black Inc. 319 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, minor edgewear. In 1970, Kate Jennings stunned a Sydney anti-war rally with a stirring speech that put 'woman's lib' on the map. She later moved to New York and became a noted writer. This book collects her essays over four decades. With a polemical anger tempered by a keen sense of the absurd, and a fiercely independent streak, she writes incisively about American politics, morality, finance. feminism, and the writing life. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863954679. Our Book No: 15427. $30 AUD.

192. Jensen, Erik; Jennings, Kate (2017). Erik Jensen on Kate Jennings [Writers on Writers]. Melbourne: Black Inc. / University of Melbourne / State Library of Victoria. 103 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket (few light scratches front cover). Award-winning writer Erik Jensen writes about novelist, poet and pioneering feminist Kate Jennings. He interviews her in New York. This is a biography of a book and the life that made it. In 1970, Kate Jennings stunned a Sydney anti-war rally with a stirring speech that put "woman's lib" on the map. She later moved to New York and became a noted writer. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863959834. Our Book No: 30969. $15 AUD.

193. Jin, Ha (2008). The Writer as Migrant (1st ed) [Rice University Campbell Lecture Series]. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 96 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket. This fascinating book simultaneously reflects on a crucial theme, and also examines the writers who compose the author's mental library. The book is a work of passionately engaged criticism, which has deep roots in departures but feels like a new arrival. ISBN/ASIN: 9780226399881. Our Book No: 30004. $30 AUD.

194. Johnson, N. R. (1996). Johnson's Official Phantom Price Guide (2nd ed). Queensland: N. R. Johnson. 105 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white illustrations, corners covers little creased, small closed tear spine, spine ends rubbed, white background rear cover little marked, edges lightly foxed, small mark two pages, minor edgewear. Stated as an official and authorized research volume for the purpose of criticism and review. This year (1996) is the 60th anniversary of the Phantom comic strip. In this reference guide, the author has tried to obtain a collection of all Australian, United States, British, and New Zealand comics, as well as rings, games, toys, cards, books, dolls, and Phantom collectibles. Our Book No: 40559. $30 AUD.

195. Johnson-Woods, Toni (2001). Index to Serials In Australian Periodicals and Newspapers: Nineteenth Century. Canberra: Mulini Press. 153 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, black & white tables, edges of cover join to spine rubbed, bottom corner front cover little creased, minor edgewear. This index lists all the longer serials (serialised novels) in the publications of the all the Australian colonies in the 19th century. There is also a general description of the important newspapers and periodicals that published the serials. The index also unlocks many Australian 19th century novels, and reveals that a large quantity of long fiction was written and published in the colonies. ISBN/ASIN: 0949910686. Our Book No: 29944. $35 AUD.

196. Jolley, Elizabeth; Kotai, Evelyn (paintings) (1993). Diary of a Weekend Farmer (1st ed). Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press (FACP). 95 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), full-page colour paintings (including frontispiece), small dent bottom edge rear cover, minor edgewear. Australian novelist Elizabeth Jolley provides a humorous and moving mixture of personal observation and poetry, based upon her own experiences of life on the land. She and her husband became 'weekend farmers' when they purchased a five-acre rural property in the hills outside Perth. Art work by Evelyn Kotai. First state jacket design (full-page illustration). ISBN/ASIN: 1863680438. Our Book No: 28296. $15 AUD.

197. Jolley, Elizabeth; Lurie, Caroline (compiler, introduction) (2006). Learning to Dance: Elizabeth Jolley - Her Life and Work (1st ed). Melbourne: Penguin Books. 305 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), top edge lightly foxed, base spine lightly rubbed. This book collects some of the best works of the Australian writer Elizabeth Jolley. Editor Caroline Lurie has selected the most poignant short stories, essays and poems, and includes two formerly unpublished pieces. Together, these writings comprise close to an autobiography, enhanced by commentary by the editor. Above all, they are a celebration of Elizabeth Jolley’s rich life and work. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0670029742. Our Book No: 24821. $25 AUD.

198. Jones, David J. (1988). A Source of Inspiration and Delight: The Buildings of the State Library of New South Wales since 1826. Sydney: Library Council of New South Wales. 176 pp. Paperback square quarto, very good condition, black & white & colour text-photos, minor edgewear corners. David Jones provides a lively and entertaining account of the State Library of New South Wales from its earliest days - in warehouses, 'dingy caverns' and 'awful dungeons' - to its latest buildings in Macquarie Street. The author tells of the battles for buildings which were never built, and the stories behind those which were. This delightful book also takes the reader on a tour, in words and pictures, through the new complex, fully documenting each feature of this most intriguing library. ISBN/ASIN: 0908449240. Our Book No: 22895. $20 AUD.

199. Jones, Gail (2022). Salonika Burning (1st ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 249 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear A novel by Australian writer Gail Jones about the war in Europe, set in Macedonia, in the great city of Salonika, in 1917. Surgeons, ambulance drivers, nurses, orderlies and other volunteers have come to the frontlines to heal. Stella, Olive, Grace and Stanley are the main characters. The inspiration for the novel comes from the wartime experiences of two Australians, Miles Franklin and Olive King, and British painters Grace Pailthorpe and Stanley Spencer. This gripping historical novel shows not only the devastation of war but also the vast social upheaval of the times. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922458834. Our Book No: 41191. $22 AUD.

200. Joyce, James; Ellmann, Richard (introduction & notes) (1968). Giacomo Joyce (Revised ed). New York: Viking Press. 64 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), red boards (grey cloth spine), frontispiece, pages lightly toned, edges little foxed, reverse side jacket lightly toned (spine faded, small edge tears, tiny hole spine, flap price-clipped, light loss spine ends), written price front cover jacket. Originally prepared for publication 1959, this fragmented autobiographical love story, written by James Joyce in Trieste, thought to be in 1914 at age 32 (the year he started writing 'Ulysses'). The introduction by his biographer Richard Ellmann - a fascinating piece of literary detection - dates the work from internal evidence. The title is explained, as are the circumstances behind the story, and a possible reason is given why, after the copy was prepared for the printer, it was never published. This reissue of the first Viking Press limited edition retains the introduction and notes, with some revisions. The book includes four manuscript pages in reduced facsimile, as well as a frontispiece portrait. (Unnumbered pages. This revised edition was published in the same year, 1968, as the first limited edition.). ISBN/ASIN: B089KLXMPB. Our Book No: 28890. $25 AUD.

201. Joyce, James; Berrone, Louis (editor) (1977). James Joyce in Padua. New York: Random House. 146 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos & reproductions, frontispiece, edges & pages lightly toned, light foxing & texta mark top edge, minor edgewear jacket (light toning reverse side), light stain spine ends & bottom edge, minor insect damage. In April 1912 in Padua, James Joyce wrote two essays as part of an examination to qualify for a teaching position in the Italian public school system. These essays were only recently recovered from the archives of the University of Padua by Louis Perrone of Fairfield University. Prof. Berrone translated and edited the essays, and provides a detailed introduction showing the particular circumstances of Joyce's life during the time he wrote these essays, and reveals how many of the ideas in these two Paduan essays were an essential part of Joyce's critical apparatus, influencing his work in both fiction and nonfiction. ISBN/ASIN: 0394409906. Our Book No: 28462. $20 AUD.

202. Katsoulis, Melissa (2010). Telling Tales: A History of Literary Hoaxes (Australian ed). Melbourne, Prahran: Hardie Grant Books. 328 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear. Melissa Katsoulis records the books that fooled publishers, readers and critics worldwide. This is the first time the history of this fascinating sub-genre of world literature is revealed. In her introduction, the English author states that this history does not claim to be comprehensive and gives the reasons why some tricksters have been left out. One chapter covers Australian hoaxes: Ern Malley, Nino Culotta, Marlo Morgan [Mutant Message Down Under], Helen Demidenko, Norma Khouri and Wanda Koolmatrie. (The publisher apologises to Sir Allen Lane for the fake tattered Penguin covers of this book. Australian edition.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781740668781. Our Book No: 41278. $35 AUD.

203. Kawamura, Genki; (translator), Eric Selland (2018). If Cats Disappeared from the World (1st U.K p/b ed). London: Picador / Pan Macmillan. 201 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, thick card covers with flaps, edges lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. A remarkable million-copy bestselling Japanese novel by Genki Kawamura. This is the story of a young postman who is estranged from his family, living alone with his cat Cabbage for company. His doctor tells him he has only months to live. The Devil appears with an offer: in exchange for making one thing disappear, he can have one extra day of life. In dealing with the Devil, the narrator takes himself and his beloved cat to the brink. This is a moving tale of loss and reconciliation, of one man's journey to discover what really matters in modern life, including reconciliation with his father. (Translated from Japanese.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781509889174. Our Book No: 31468. $16 AUD.

204. Keesing, Nancy (1988). Riding the Elephant (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 233 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition, (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings & photos, illustrated endpapers, rear cover corner slightly bumped, minor edgewear jacket (rear cover little rubbed), pages lightly toned, faint foxing top edge, base spine & bottom corners rubbed, non-author written name front pastedown. This memoir by Nancy Keesing, the Australian author and poet, is her latest contribution to Australian literature, or in her words 'the kind of autobiography I write when I'm not writing an autobiography'. The photos include her parents. As a writer, critic - and through her lifelong friendships with writers, journalists and people in the book world - she tells a story with wit and compassion which gives a rare look at Australian cultural life. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0041500873. Our Book No: 41297. $30 AUD.

205. Keilson, Hans; Searls, Damion (translation) (2011). Comedy in a Minor Key (1st English ed). Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 104 pp. Paperback small thin trade, very good condition, edges & pages little toned, minor creases covers. This book is the story of Wim and Marie, a Dutch couple who first hide a Jew they know as Nico, and must then dispose of his body when he dies of pneumonia. This novella, first published in 1947 and now translated into English for the first time, shows the author at his best. Published to celebrate Keilson's 102nd birthday, and introduces Australian readers to a forgotten author who was a witness to World War 2. Published 1947 as "Komodie in Moll". ISBN/ASIN: 9781921844072. Our Book No: 27726. $15 AUD.

206. Kelly, Mary Pat (2015). Of Irish Blood (Reprint ed) [Of Irish Blood Series]. New York: Forge / Tom Doherty Associates. 512 pp. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), small mark bottom edge, slight bump bottom edge few pages near base spine, closed tear top spine jacket, minor edgewear. This historical novel by Mary Pat Kelly, set in 1903, is the story of Nora Kelly, 24, who is the beloved daughter of the Chicago-Irish Kelly clan. Nora is talented and forward-looking but poor, but she climbs the ladder of Chicago's fashion industry. Nora goes to Paris where she meets a group of Ireland's revolutionry women. They challenge Nora to honor her Irish blood and join the movement to free Ireland. The author weaves historical characters such as William Butler Yeats, Gabrielle Coco Chanel, and James Joyce into a vivid and compelling story filled with wit and authenticity. (The first novel of 4 in the Of Irish Blood series.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780765329134. Our Book No: 40890. $25 AUD.

207. Kenney, Cyril Ernest (C. E.); Weissenborn, Hellmuth (woodcuts) (1944). The Quadrant and the Quill: A Book Written in Honour of Captain Samuel Sturmy, a Tried and Trusty Sea-Man and Author of The Mariner's Magazine, 1669. London: C. E. Kenney / Metchim and Son. 166 pp. Hardback folio, no jacket as issued, good condition, black & white photos (some full-page, including frontispiece), papered board cover (light live grey cloth spine), endpapers & edges foxed, some edgewear cover corner tips (boards exposed), base spine chipped, autograph (author's written dedication). Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A biographical tribute by C. E. Kenney of the life and work of the 17th-century British seaman and author Samuel Sturmy, who wrote a brilliant book on contemporary mariner's skills. Profusely illustrated with 97 facsimiles of title pages, portraits and instruments. The text consists of five 'books': The Seventeenth Century Background; Notes on the Life of Captain Samuel Sturmy; General Description of his Book, 'The Mariner's Magazine - 1669'; The Library of Captain Sturmy; and Conclusion. The five books are separated by title pages illustrated with woodcuts by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Sturmy died in 1669 in the year after he published this - his only - book, which, based on his contributions to 'The Mariner's Magazine’, were of upmost importance to the accuracy of maritime navigation. (First Metchim and Son edition, 1944. Unstated limited edition, 660 copies.). ISBN/ASIN: B000WWEODA. Our Book No: 15857. $40 AUD.

208. Kerouac, Jack (1992). Tristessa (Reprint ed). London: Penguin Books. 96 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, cover design differs from stock photo. A short exotic novel by Jack Kerouac, being a narrative meditation on a hen, a rooster, a dove, a cat, and a ravished junky lady. Based on Jack Kerouac's own real-life love affair in Mexico City, this is the story of a man's ill-fated relationship with a woman he portrays with tenderness and dignity, even as her life spirals out of control. ISBN/ASIN: 0140168117. Our Book No: 3994. $12 AUD.

209. Kerouac, Jack (2000). Maggie Cassidy (1st Classic ed) [Penguin Classics]. London: Penguin Books. 194 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear. Poignant novel by Jack Kerouac of teenage romance in a New England mill town. The story of Jean and Maggie, in love with the idea of being in love, looking ahead to marriage with hope and trepidation. Told with touching simplicity, and is a beautiful evocation of growing up in America. One of his earliest books, but was published after he had achieved overnight fame with 'On the Road'. ISBN/ASIN: 0141184914. Our Book No: 28520. $15 AUD.

210. Kerouac, Jack (2001). Doctor Sax: Faust Part Three (1st Modern Classic ed) [Flamingo Modern Classics]. London: Flamingo / HarperCollins. 207 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. This novel is told through the character of Jack Kerouac's fictional alter ego, Jack Duluoz. It is the story of his extraordinary childhood in Massachusetts and the imaginary world, full of strange new possibilities that he made for himself. ISBN/ASIN: 0586091564. Our Book No: 28521. $15 AUD.

211. Kheng-Hor, Khoo (2008). Taikor Valour, Honour, Suspense, Betrayal and Love - the Definitive Malaysian Saga (Reprint ed). Malaysia: Pelanduk Publications. 526 pp. Paperback small thick trade, very good condition, edges lightly marked, minor edgewear. This novel is an historical saga about the life of a boy growing up in prewar British-ruled Malaya. ISBN/ASIN: 9789679788785. Our Book No: 27221. $20 AUD.

212. Kieckhefer, Richard (2000). Magic in the Middle Ages [Cambridge Medieval Textbooks]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 219 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white drawings, minor edgewear, CANCELLED EX-LIBRARY, review label inside front cover. Surveys the growth and development of magic in medieval Europe. He examines its relation to religion, science, philosophy, art, literature, and politics before introducing the kinds of people who practiced magic, and the reasoning behind their beliefs. The book also looks at many other aspects of life in the Middle Ages. ISBN/ASIN: 0521785766. Our Book No: 29512. $25 AUD.

213. Kinnane, Garry (2008). Shadowed Days: Fragments of a Melbourne Boyhood. Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan. 237 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition. Garry Kinnane, the Australian novelist, provides a haunting evocation of his boyhood in Melbourne in the 1940s and 1950s, and brings to life a struggling family. Frank and Thelma and their two boys, Garry and Ray, are always on the move - from Richmond to Mount Macedon, to North Melbourne, among the homeless in 'Larundel', and finally to an uneasy life in Valentine Street. ISBN/ASIN: 9780980298369. Our Book No: 15809. $25 AUD.

214. Kloet, Christine (1977). After Alice: A Hundred Years of Children's Reading in Britain. London: Library Association. 63 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, glossy card covers (few minor scratches), colour plates (including frontispiece), black & white drawings, minor foxing top edge, minor edgewear corners. Accompanies an exhibition (Sept 1977 - Jan 1978) to celebrate the Centenary of the Library Association, jointly organised with the Museum of Childhood Cambridge, at Bethnal Green, London. Selected and catalogued by Christine Kloet. ISBN/ASIN: 0853657408. Our Book No: 22047. $12 AUD.

215. Knight, Stephen (1997). Continent of Mystery: A Thematic History of Australian Crime Fiction. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 226 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minimal edgewear. Stephen Knight, a professor of English, provides a long overdue thematic history of Australian crime fiction. surprising since so much of early Australian history has a crime basis. He reinstates many fine and forgotten Australian authors: Mary Fortune, doyen of the Victorian short story; Randolph Bedford, creator of Billy Pagan; Fergus Hume who set in Melbourne the first best selling detective novel; and Pat Flower, a recent Sydney writer. This ground-breaking book traces the clues and exposes the dark deeds of writers overlooked by less critical detective research. ISBN/ASIN: 0522846599. Our Book No: 27488. $30 AUD.

216. Knight, Stephen (2004). Crime Fiction 1800 - 2000: Detection, Death, Diversity (1st, p/b ed). Basingstoke, Hamps: Palgrave Macmillan. 272 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear, faint remainder mark bottom edge. Stephen Knight provides a comprehensive analytic survey of crime fiction from its origins in the 19th century to the most recent developments. He explains how and why the various forms of the genre have evolved, explores major authors and movements, and examines the work of many little-known writers of significance. The book has full references, and is written in a very readable style. First paperback edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0333791797. Our Book No: 27456. $15 AUD.

217. Knowles, Vernon (1980). Eternity in an Hour: A Study in Childhood (Reprint ed). Adelaide, Warradale: Pioneer Books. 77 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, few black & white text-photos, frontispiece portrait, top corner front cover slightly rubbed, colour patch rear cover little faded, some edgewear, small sticker front flyleaf. This is the story of a sensitive boy who grows up in Adelaide before the first World War. Vernon Frank Knowles was born at Phyllis Street, Maylands (Adelaide) on 17th April, 1899. He spent most of his adult life overseas and died in London on July 9th, 1968. He published verse, novels and short stories. His tales of fantasy are universal. (Originally published in 1932. The present book is reprinted from part of a book by Paul Depasquale (Pioneer Books): 'The Life and Work of Vernon Knowles’, 1979. No date, but 1980). ISBN/ASIN: 0908065108. Our Book No: 41008. $20 AUD.

218. Koestler, Mamaine; Goodman, Celia (editor) (1985). Living With Koestler: Mamaine Koestler's Letters 1945 - 51 [1945 - 1951]. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 204 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos centre spread, minor edgewear jacket. These spontaneous and engaging letters from Arthur Koestler's second wife, Mamaine Paget, to her twin sister, Celia, reflect the intensity of her life with him. Taken as a whole they convey a vivid picture of life in the intellectual world of the period and give a unique insight into Koestler's complex character. ISBN/ASIN: 0297785311. Our Book No: 23371. $20 AUD.

219. La Nauze, J. A. (editor); Nurser, Elizabeth (editor) (1974). Walter Murdoch and Alfred Deakin on Books and Men: Letters and Comments 1900 - 1918. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 108 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), frontispiece portraits, top edge foxed, pages faintly toned as usual, minor edgewear jacket, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. This book contributes to the biographies of two notable men who are remembered in Australian political history (Prime Minister Alfred Deakin) and cultural history (Walter Murdoch), It consists of letters exchanged between them that recall the literary atmosphere of Edwardian Melbourne. ISBN/ASIN: 0522840566. Our Book No: 26930. $20 AUD.

220. Lane, Elizabeth (1986). Hal Gye: The Man and His Work (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 353 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, colour reproductions, frontispiece, edges foxed, reverse side jacket little foxed (few tiny chips), base spine bumped, edgewear. This is the story of the creator of the naked, winged cupids that adorn C. J. Dennis's poem "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke". The author tells the story related to her over the 20 years they were neighbours and traces his life until his death in 1967. He was a cartoonist, illustrator of books by Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson and Will Ogilvie, and a painter of works held in several state art galleries. He also wrote short stories under the pseudonym of James Hackson. This book is a warm memoir of a multi-talented man, and also has a selection of his full-colour illustrations of works by C. J. Dennis, black & white line drawings, photos, his own account of his early years, and a selection of his short stories. ISBN/ASIN: 0207149003. Our Book No: 28018. $20 AUD.

221. Lang, John George; Crittenden, Victor (introduction) (2004). Mazarine [Australian Books on Demand]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 65 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, frontispiece, minor edgewear, owner's written note front flyleaf, owner's written comment. Historical novel by John George Lang about three friends at Cambridge University making a trip up the Rhine River to Heidelberg to practice the German language. Henry Mazarine falls in love with a young woman and marries her. The tale is centered around the marriage and her discontent or boredom. The story is told by a narrator in the first person. This story was first published as a serial in his Indian newspaper 'The Mofussilite' in 1845. The story appears here in book form for the first time.The author is Australian, but the story is set in Britain and Europe. (No 19 in the 'Australian Books on Demand' series from Mulini Press. Written comment by Canberra book collector Alan Ives: "From V.C 25/112004. A.I. I edited the introduction".). ISBN/ASIN: 0975178482. Our Book No: 29817. $40 AUD.

222. Laski, Marghanita; Stein, W. (illustrator) (1944). Love on the Supertax [Love on the Super-tax] (1st ed). London: Cresset Press. 127 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in fair dustjacket), small drawings (vignettes), pages faintly toned (wartime economy paper), inner hinge little split (all pages firm), edge tears jacket repaired (tape repairs & little foxing & staining reverse side, some loss spine ends, flap price-clipped), edges cloth cover little faded, some edgewear, bookshop rubber stamp, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. First edition. The first novel by Marghanita Laski is a social satire of English society that demonstrates a disturbing "two nations in one country" (as stated by Disraeli). Clarissa, an upper class girl falls in love with a Communist agitator, but it does not end well because of their very different social backgrounds. first edition. (This copy: Hardback small, dustjacket. Amazon incorrectly states paperback.) ISBN/ASIN: B002A8RHOC. Our Book No: 17832. $20 AUD.

223. Lawrence, D. H. (1983). The Trespasser (Reprint ed). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. 217 pp. Paperback mass market, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. The second novel by D. H. Lawrence, which foreshadows the passion of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'. ISBN/ASIN: 0140014802. Our Book No: 15935. $12 AUD.

224. Lawson, Henry; Gauvin, Dorothy (illustrator) (1991). Henry Lawson's Bush Ballads. Sydney: Angus & Robertson / HarperCollinsPublishers. 83 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings (mostly full-page), covers little faded, edges lightly foxed, spine little faded, minor edgewear. This very special book for children and young adults of classic poems by Henry Lawson has lifelike artwork to match the poems. The artist Dorothy Gauvin explains that the selection of poems was limited by the need to connect them with the paintings, which were chosen on the basis of the series or periods most often asked about. The poetry and art will appeal to any age, and anyone interested in Australian history and literature. ISBN/ASIN: 0207171165. Our Book No: 41705. $20 AUD.

225. Lawton, David (1993). Blasphemy. Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Harvester Wheatsheaf. 242 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket (spine little faded). David Lawton (Reader in English, University of Sydney) provides both a short history and a series of detailed readings about the concept of "blasphemy". Argues that blasphemy is literary in nature, as demonstrated by medieval charges against heretics, or by the intricate framework of blasphemies that structure much of Freud's writing. The book deals with popular and literary culture, religion and racism, law, social power and international relations. (Wrong ISBN printed on rear jacket: 0745005691.). ISBN/ASIN: 0745011136. Our Book No: 28467. $25 AUD.

226. Lear, Edward (1982). A Book of Nonsense [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. Unnum pp. Hardback quarto, very good plus condition, colour cartoons, pictorial embossed blue cloth cover (gilt decoration & lettering), gilt edges, in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Lear's famous book of nonsense verse was first published in 1846, and it was the first to popularize the format of limericks, a term however not commonly used until the 1890s. This facsimile is based on the Routledge colour edition of 1875. The cartoons are placed one or two per page, with one or two interleaved blank pages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16935. $45 AUD.

227. Leavis, F. R.; Collini, Stefan (introduction) (2013). Two Cultures? The Significance of C. P. Snow (1st ed) [Canto Classics]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 118 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. This book is an annotated edition of the influential argument by F. R. Leavis about the classic text on two cultures by C. P. Snow. The editor Stefan Collini reappraises both the literary tactics and its purpose as cultural criticism. In his comprehensive introduction Collini inserts the Leavis critique within the wider context of debates about 'modernity' and 'prosperity', not just about the 'two cultures' of science and literature / humanities. ISBN/ASIN: 9781107617353. Our Book No: 41113. $20 AUD.

228. Leete, Helen (2009). Mountains of the Dragon: An Australian Sculptor's Account of an Idyllic Surrealistic, Early Life in Africa. Sydney, Epping: Delphian Books. 218 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good plus condition, thick card covers (with flaps), minimal edgewear, autograph (author's written name). A surrealistic novel set in Africa by Helen Leete, a Sydney based sculptor. It is set in a world before refrigeration, television, mobile phones or computers, and features the thoughts and feelings of a teenage girl. The latter part of the novel, by contrast is set in a strict English school, reaffirms how timeless and universal the experience of being a teenager can be. ISBN/ASIN: 9780980466829. Our Book No: 27223. $20 AUD.

229. Lester, Natasha (2019). The French Photographer (1st ed). Sydney: Hachette Australia. 427 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. Paris, 1942. This novel by Australian writer Natasha Lester is the story of a young woman who is assigned to the war in Europe as a photojournalist for 'Vogue' magazine. Paratrooper Dan Hallworth takes her to the front to find the stories that matter, and an orphaned little girl, Victorine, shows her love. Fast forward to France, 2005. Australian curator D'Arcy Hallworth arrives at a beautiful chateau to manage a famous collection of photos. He finds out the true identity of the mysterious photographer - and realises that she is connected to his own mother, Victorine. This is a remarkable story of courage, heartbreak and forgiveness. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733643378. Our Book No: 31167. $18 AUD.

230. Lester, Natasha (2020). The Paris Secret (1st ed). Sydney: Hachette Australia. 452 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, top corner tip front cover slightly creased, minor edgewear. Bestselling Australian author Natasha Lester reveals the story of talented pilot Skye Penrose who joins the war effort where she meets her estranged sister, Liberty, and childhood soulmate, Nicholas Crawford (England, 1939). Paris, 1947: Fashion designer Christian Dior shows his extravagant first collection to a world tired of war and grief. Present day: Australian fashion conservator Kat Jourdan discovers secret wardrobes filled with priceless Dior gowns in her grandmothers vacant cottage. As she looks into the mystery, Kat begins to doubt everything she thought she knew about her beloved grandmother. From the front cover: A wartime legacy. A lost love. A friendship to last a lifetime. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733641886. Our Book No: 41499. $22 AUD.

231. Lester, Natasha (2022). The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre (1st ed). Sydney: Hachette Australia. 425 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. This novel by Australian writer Natasha Lester is the story of a young woman trying to forget her part in World War 2. It is 1943. After Alix works in advertising in New York, she finds herself recruited into a fledgling intelligence group. Enlisted as a spy, she is sent to Europe and asked to get close to a Nazi who might be willing to help the Allied forces. It is 1946. After the war, Alix moves to Paris to run the Service de la Presse for the yet-to-be-launched House of Christian Dior. A figure from her past reappears and threatens to destroy her future. Can she right the wrongs of the past and bring him to justice?. This story moves from the dangerous intrigue-filled rooms in Switzerland where elites from both sides mixed and schemed during the war, to the glamorous halls of the House of Dior in the golden age of French fashion and journalism. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733647222. Our Book No: 41190. $25 AUD.

232. Lester, Natasha (2022). The Riviera House: From Wartime Paris to the Sun-soaked French Riviera (Reprint ed). Sydney: Hachette Australia. 452 pp. Paperback thick trade, very good condition, laminate coating lifting slightly fore-edge & bottom edges, minor edgewear. This novel by Australian writer Narasha Leser is based on Nazis art thefts during WII in France. Rose Valland that helped to catalogue the art works so they can be returned to their rightful owners at the end of the war, and who was a true hero who spied on the Germans. She recorded the details of many stolen paintings and their destinations, and gave details to Jacques Jaujard. In the present day, Remy Lang leaves Sydney for the French Riviera. Remy is trying to escape her grief after losing her child and husband in an accident. This is a very involved story; in time Remy is able to discover a family from the past, and put names to a painting on her childhood bedroom wall. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733648656. Our Book No: 31457. $18 AUD.

233. Lester, Natasha (2023). The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard (1st ed). Sydney: Hachette Australia. 436 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. This novel by Australian writer Natasha Lester is the story of three generations. Mizza Bricard in Paris, 1917, creates a legend by taking her designs through the most exclusive couture houses in France. Designer Astrid Bricard is ready to change the fashion world in New York, 1970, then she disappears. French countryside, present day. Blythe Bricard is the daughter of the fashion's most infamous 1970s power couple, but she turned her back on that world years ago. Blythe will discover there is more to her iconic mother and grandmother - and herself than she ever knew. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733647246. Our Book No: 31185. $25 AUD.

234. Lester, Natasha (2025). The Mademoiselle Alliance: Inspired by a True Story (1st ed). Sydney: Hachette Australia. 407 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, map, minor edgewear. This novel by Australian writer Natasha Lester is based on a true story. It is set in Morocco 1928 and Paris 1936. The 18-year-old Frenchwoman Marie-Madeleine does not go through life sitting down, something her new husband does not like. The author passionately brings to life the true story of one of history’s unsung heroes: Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the only woman to lead a resistance network in WW2 France. Her story is one of epic love, tragic loss and magnificent leadership. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733651687. Our Book No: 31372. $26 AUD.

235. Lewis, Margaret (1998). Ngaio Marsh: A Life. Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press. 275 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, top edge little foxed, minor edgewear jacket. Ngaio Marsh, a died-in-the-wool New Zealander, wrote more than 30 polished, quintessentially English detective novels between 1934 and her death in 1982. Margaret Lewis explores the diverse worlds and the rich harvest of her long life. Lively, acute and sympathetic, she paints a well-balanced portrait of a woman leading a single life who was never alone nor lonely, an Edwardian who followed her muses in a thoroughly modern manner, and a writer who - while invincibly colonial - celebrated England's Golden Age of mystery as royally as its other Queens of Crime. Dr Lewis is a British publisher who was also selected to write a biography of Ellis Peters. ISBN/ASIN: 1890208051. Our Book No: 22712. $30 AUD.

236. Leys, Simon; Clancy, Patricia (translator) (2017). The Death of Napoleon (A Novella) (New ed). Melbourne, Carlton: Black Inc. 118 pp. Paperback small thin trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. An historical novella by Australian author Simon Leys about Napoleon Bonaparte, the legendary French Emperor. After escaping from prison in St Helena on an unlikely vessel, Napoleon returns to Europe, experiencing en route bizarre adventures, especially a guided tour of the battlefield of Waterloo in the company of English tourists. This modern bestselling classic is a parable on hero-worship, and is now a film. ISBN/ASIN: 1863953345. Our Book No: 31263. $18 AUD.

237. Lindsay, Jack; Counihan, Noel (illustrator) (1974). Death of a Spartan King and Two Other Stories of the Ancient World. London: Inca Books. 76 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket (as issued), very good condition, tan quarter leather with green cloth (spine minimally faded), full-page black & white full-page drawings, tiny mark rear endpaper, minor edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. A collectible book of three historical short stories by Jack LIndsay. The least story 'Death of a Spartan King’, has been revised from a version published as 'Come Home at Last' (1937). It focuses on the intense, rigid and brutal life in ancient Sparta, and explores the psychological and physical pressures placed upon individuals within Spartan society. The other two stories are here published for the first time. This edition is limited to 1000 copies, of which 175 copies numbered 26 to 200 are autographed and bound in quarter leather. This copy is no. 78, with green cloth. (The edition of 175 copies has at least two apparent states: green cloth [early issues] and patterned pale yellow brown cloth [late issues].). ISBN/ASIN: 0904381013. Our Book No: 40305. $50 AUD.

238. Lindsay, Jack (editor); Stephensen, P. R. (editor) (1928). The London Aphrodite: A Literary Journal (6 issues). London: Fanfrolico Press. Each issue: 100 pp. Each issue: Paperback octavo, good plus condition, card cover, single black & white plate, pages faintly toned, tide marks spine & adjacent rear cover (v5 only) (previous water contact now dry), rear cover stained (v6 only), minor edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Six issues (all published) of this controversial literary journal, containing short stories, poetry and essays. The content is written for "a point of view which equally outrages the modernist and the reactionary", as both perspectives are subject to criticism. Both editors and many contributors are Australian. Our Book No: 16499. $80 AUD.

239. Lindsay, Lionel (poems); Littlewood, Robert C. (compiler) (1980). A Ballad of Buccaneering: An Appreciation of the Circumstances Which Influenced the Production of Sir Lionel Lindsay's first Six Etchings, Accompanied by Six of the Artist's Poems from the Same Period (Limited ed). Melbourne: Jester Press. 28 pp. Hardback narrow quarto, very good plus condition, original quarter-bound (cloth cover, leather spine), black & white etchings, autograph (compiler's written name). The poems in this collectible book were first published in 'The Outpost' newspaper between 28 April and 1 December 1900. They have been printed as they originally appeared, without alteration to spelling or punctuation. Text by Robert Littlewood, etchings and poems by Lionel Lindsay (copyright, Peter Lindsay). Copies 11 to 100 were bound by W. Flattely and Sons, Carlton in one quarter morocco with matching cloth, endpapers and headbands. (Copy no 25 of a scarce limited edition of 100 autographed copies. Autograph of Robert Littlewood, the compiler and publisher. Pages unnumbered.). ISBN/ASIN: 0959638520. Our Book No: 28578. $85 AUD.

240. Lindsay, Norman; Lindsay, Norman (jacket illustrator) (1933). Saturdee (1st ed). Sydney: Endeavour Press. 260 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), tear to jacket top spine repaired (small edge tears & edge loss), front pastedown little creased along spine edge, cloth spine faintly faded, fore-edge faintly foxed, some edgewear, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. True classic of Australian literature. A comic novel by Norman Lindsay of small boys growing up in Redheap - the town that is the setting for Norman Lindsay's three novels about boyhood and adolescence in the Ballarat district of Victoria, where he himself grew up [Creswell, Victoria]. It is very much a book about boys - not at all a book for boys. (First edition stated. In the very scarce dustjacket, illustrated by Norman Lindsay !! Note: the first edition omits the internal Norman Lindsay illustrations found in the 1936 edition.). Our Book No: 17339. $175 AUD.

241. Lindsay, Philip (1938). Bride for a Buccaneer (1st ed). London: Hutchinson & Co. 352 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), spine ends little creased, top spine on jacket creased (few tiny edge tears, minor edgewear), few small marks covers, light foxing endpapers (minimally edges), light toning pages, bookshop label front pastedown. This historical adventure novel by Philip Lindsay (son of Norman Lindsay) is set in the West Indies and the Spanish Main in the 17th century, where the haunt of those full-blooded adventurers, the buccaneers, still existed in those sun-drenched waters, as brave and dangerous and heroic as ever. Miles Oliver, after a short but dazzling career of carefree marauding, was taking his bride to a new life in Jamaica. Gabriela was a girl of great spirit, and looking forward to her thrilling new life. Miles casually tells her about his buccaneering exploits. Gabriela found his past a barrier, but a great love overcame that barrier, and united - in the end - two loving hearts. The author brings to his story a dazzling power of description about a time when life was really lived to the full. (First edition. No date, but 1938, Trove.). Our Book No: 40997. $40 AUD.

242. Lindsay, Raymond; Arnold, John (editor) (1983). A Letter from Sydney, Being a Long Epistle from Ray Lindsay to his Brother Jack Relating Mainly to Their Lives in Sydney in the Nineteen-twenties. Melbourne: Jester Press. 60 pp. Paperback large quarto, dustjacket (fixed at spine, with flaps), very good condition (in very good dustjacket), tipped-in sepia (brown-coloured) photo frontispiece, autograph (publisher's written name & details). This 13,500-word letter, written by Raymond Lindsay (second son of Norman and Katie Lindsay), was a reply to queries from Jack Lindsay at the time he was writing the second volume of his autobiography ('The Roaring Twenties', 1962). The letter is about the life of the brothers in Sydney during the 1920s and early 1930s. The editor, bookseller John Arnold, has deleted some scandalous material and replaced some names by pseudonyms. The frontispiece photo is of Raymond Lindsay. Letterpress, bound into stiff overlapping covers with thin red card wraps. Introductory essay by John Arnold. (Out of series copy of a limited edition of 1000 copies, numbered 101 to 1100. This presentation copy is annotated: "For Stuart Sayers, with best wishes from the publisher, Robert Littlewood, 12.11.88, one year late !". A hardback in slipcase, with the same ISBN, is also available.). ISBN/ASIN: 095963858X. Our Book No: 13395. $40 AUD.

243. Lindsay, Raymond; Arnold, John (editor) (1983). A Letter from Sydney, Being a Long Epistle from Ray Lindsay to his Brother Jack Relating Mainly to Their Lives in Sydney in the Nineteen-Twenties. Melbourne: Jester Press. 60 pp. Hardback large quarto, no jacket, very good condition, maroon cloth cover (gilt lettering, in matching slipcase), tipped-in sepia (brown-coloured) photo frontispiece, minor fading spine, minimal foxing top edge, minor edgewear, autograph (editor's written name). In slipcase (little faded fore-edge). Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. This 13,500-word letter, written by Raymond Lindsay (second son of Norman and Katie Lindsay), was a reply to queries from Jack Lindsay at the time he was writing the second volume of his autobiography (The Roaring Twenties, 1962). Frontispiece photo is of Raymond Lindsay. Introductory essay by bookseller John Arnold. Printed on goatskin parchment, and case bound by Nick Doslov of Renaissance Bookbinding, Melbourne, in full buckram cloth with matching slipcase. (No 2 of a collectors hardback limited edition of 100 numbered copies in slipcase. Has same ISBN as standard paperback edition of 1000 copies [also available].) ISBN/ASIN: 095963858X. Our Book No: 16877. $80 AUD.

244. Love, H. H. R. ; Swift, Jonathan (about) (1969). The Monash Swift Collection: A talk Delivered to Friends of the Monash University Library on November 11, 1968 with a Short-catalogue of Early Editions of Swift and Swiftiana in the Monash University Library. Melbourne: Monash University. 40 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, thin card cover, staples little rusted, bottom corner tip one page creased, minor edgewear corner tips some pages. The Jonathan Swift (English satirist and poet) book collection was acquired in 1961 from a distinguished Australian musician, Mr David Woolley. Mr Woolley, a book collector, was for many years first oboe in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He left in 1967 to follow his career in England. The collection at this time consists of 700 volumes, the majority printed before 1800, of which about a half are editions of works by Swift, and the rest books relating to or indirectly to him, to people closely connected with him, or more generally to his milieu. Our Book No: 40712. $18 AUD.

245. Lowe, Virginia (2007). Stories, Pictures and Reality: Two Children Tell. Oxon: Routledge. 188 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, black & white drawings, tiny crease top corner fore-edge front cover & first few pages. Virginia Lowe provides a rich naturalistic study as a mother who documented her children's encounters with literature from their earliest months to adolescence and beyond. An appendix lists about 140 children's books cited in the text. This very special book will be of interest to students, researchers and academics involved in early literacy, and to anyone who has an interest in how children learn to read. She shows, for example, that her children can distinguish fantasy from reality even prior to the suggested age of 7 years. The author is an Honorary Associate of Monash University, Melbourne. ISBN/ASIN: 9780415397247. Our Book No: 23395. $30 AUD.

246. M’Donald, Charles; Crittenden, Victor (biographical note); Ostaus, Giovanni (vignettes) (1980). An Address on the Fiftieth Anniversary of New South Wales and Other Poems (1st this ed) [Colonial Poets Series]. Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 12 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, few black & white drawings, minor edgewear. The poem (named as an address) is supposed to be spoken by a young Australian at the 50th anniversary of the colonization of New South Wales. Victor Crittenden states that he could not find out any biographical details about the poet. (No 4 in this series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910015. Our Book No: 40005. $15 AUD.

247. Mackaness, George (1976). Robert Louis Stevenson: His Association with Australia [Australian Historical Monographs (New Series)]. Dubbo, NSW: Review Publications. 37 pp. Paperback trade, flexible cover, stapled pamphlet, very good plus condition, few black & white drawings (& text-photo). Our Book No: 15419. $12 AUD.

248. Mackenzie, Compton (1985). Carnival (Reissue ed). London: Penguin Books. 324 pp. Paperback mass market, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. A classic bestselling novel about a dancing girl called Jenny, written by Compton Mackenzie, author of 'Whisky Galore’. Jenny falls in love with a young dilettante who leaves her when she refuses to become his mistress. She falls into a loveless marriage with a Cornish farmer who becomes insanely jealous when the dilettante reappears on the scene. Originally published in 1912, and in Penguin Books in 1935. (This copy: a facsimile, being one of the first 10 Penguin Books issued as a boxed set in 1985.). Our Book No: 27389. $12 AUD.

249. Mackenzie, Norman; Mackenzie, Jeanne (1987). The Life of H. G. Wells: The Time Traveller (with a New Epilogue) (Revised ed) [Lives and Letters]. London: Hogarth Press. 500 pp. Paperback thick trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, top corner front flyleaf clipped, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This biography by Norman and Jeanne Mackenzie of the British novelist H. G. Wells is based extensively on his private papers, and is here revised to include recent revelations about his love life. It paints an outstanding picture of a man who wanted to be the world's best friend and was, in the end, his own worst enemy: brilliant, charming and self-destructive. (Revised edition, 1987. Initially published 1973.). ISBN/ASIN: 0701207493. Our Book No: 23367. $20 AUD.

250. Maltby, Peg (1950). Little Red Riding Hood. Melbourne: Murphett Pty Ltd. 16 pp. Paperback oblong octavo, very good condition, stapled (rusted), full-page colour drawings, black & white drawings, pages lightly toned, edge tear rear cover repaired, covers little creased, minor edgewear. A scarce children's classic tale retold by Australian writer and artist Peg Maltby, and illustrated with her delightful full-page colour drawings, which are interleaved with text. (Muir 4765. No date, but 1950, Trove.). Our Book No: 16188. $75 AUD.

251. Manuel, Lynn; Wilson, Janet (illustrator) (1997). Lucy Maud and the Cavendish Cat (1st ed). Toronto: Tundra Books. 28 pp. Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), full-page colour drawings, small sepia (brown-tinted) drawings, minor edgewear. This delightful children's picture book by Lynn Manuel is a true story, complied from the many references to Daffy the cat that appear in the 'Selected Journals of L. M. Montgomery', Volumes 1 and 2. The beautiful paintings by Janet Wilson will delight children and adults alike. This book is very special and will have appeal to cat lovers and lovers of the Anne of Green Gables stories of L. M. Montgomery. ISBN/ASIN: 0887763979. Our Book No: 22042. $20 AUD.

252. Marr, David (2008). Patrick White: A Life (New ed). Sydney: Vintage Classics / Random House Australia. 680 pp. Paperback small thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, pages little toned as usual, minimal edgewear. The brilliant biography of Patrick White by David Marr, in this scarce Vintage Classics paperback edition. This exploration of the extraordinary life of Patrick White offers deep insights into the Nobel Prize-winning Australian author's journey. This biography, based on exhaustive research and difficult interviews with the author himself, is sympathetic, objective, and where necessary, blunt (like Patrick White himself). ISBN/ASIN: 9781741667578. Our Book No: 18496. $30 AUD.

253. Marsh, Nicholas (2002). How to Begin Studying English Literature (3rd, revised ed) [Palgrave Study Guides]. Basingstoke, Hamps: Palgrave. 150 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. Peter Marsh offers practical help on how to approach the study of novels, plays and poems. It contains easy to read chapters on themes, characters, structure and style which explain how to analyse a text. This third edition is revised and expanded. ISBN/ASIN: 9780333968710. Our Book No: 24108. $15 AUD.

254. Martel, Yann (2010). Beatrice and Virgil (Australian ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 197 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), illustrated boards, edges lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket. This novel is about Henry, a writer struggling to finish a book about the Holocaust, and a note that arrives from a stranger. The note takes him into a taxidermist's workshop, filled with lovingly preserved animals from all corners of the globe. Among the hundreds of stuffed animals are Beatrice and Virgil, a monkey and a donkey; they are also the characters in a play the taxidermist is writing. This new novel by Yann Martel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. Along the way the author asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity. The Spanish-Canadian author won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for 'Life of Pi'. Australian edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921656255. Our Book No: 29624. $15 AUD.

255. Mass, Nuri; mass, Tess (illustrator) (1972). Don't Kill It - It's Me! (1st ed). Adelaide: Alpha Books. 144 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white drawings, illustrated endpapers, pages lightly toned, few chips jacket (reverse side lightly toned & foxed, base rubbed), foxing edges pages, light stain across top hinge most pages, some edgewear. Nuri Mass presents an autobiographical novel about a woman's life in the business and literary world of Australia today (in 1972). A well-educated, honest and sensitive woman copes with running a large business that becomes her burden. And she has to support for her young family as well, through an unforseeable accident. (The rear dustjacket flap has a blurb written by Nuri about writing, including her valuable personal thoughts about the process of writing.). Our Book No: 40921. $18 AUD.

256. Masson, Sophie (2011). Life, Literature, Legends: Collected Essays 1996 - 2011. Sydney, Balmain: Quadrant Books. 311 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), pages lightly toned, minimal edgewear. Collected essays by well-known writer of children's and young adults stories. These essays have been written over a period of 15 years, and showcase her adult non-fiction work. ISBN/ASIN: 9780980677850. Our Book No: 28190. $25 AUD.

257. McCall Smith, Alexander; McIntosh, Iain (illustrator) (2011). Unusual Uses for Olive Oil (1st ed) [A Professor Dr von Igelfeld Entertainment]. London: Little, Brown. 203 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good plus dustjacket), few black & white vignettes, lightly toned, small dent fore-edge front cloth cover, autograph (author's written name title page), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (acetate). In this maddening, idiotic and hugely entertaining novel by Alexander McCall Smith, Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld is finding life very trying. Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer is his rival (and owner of a one-legged dachshund), and along with the librarian Herr Huber, are proving to be major irritations. Not only that, but a friend tries to match-make his to a cheerful heiress. Autographed. ISBN/ASIN: 9780316027540. Our Book No: 40839. $35 AUD.

258. McCulloch, Ann (2005). Dance of the Nomad: A Study of the Selected Notebooks of A. D. Hope. Canberra: Pandanus Books. 366 pp. Paperback thick small quarto, very good condition, edges slightly foxed, bottom corner lightly creased rear cover & last few pages, minor edgewear. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. An analysis by Ann McCulloch of a thematic selection of the A. D. Hope's notebooks reveals him to be relentless in his experimentation with ideas. Revealing the originality of his thinking and the astonishing range of his reading and interests, this book is a testament to the intellect of one of Australia's towering poets and literary figures. ISBN/ASIN: 1740761685. Our Book No: 23135. $30 AUD.

259. McGuinness, Phillipa (editor) (2015). Copyfight. Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press. 294 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition. We expect to log on and read, watch or listen, to anything, anywhere anytime. Then copy it, share it, quote it, sample it. This leave writers, designers, filmmakers, musicians, photographers, artists, and software and game developers with no rights at all. We have forgotten how to pay for content. Are big corporations and copyright lawyers the only ones making money? Illegal downloading has become the biggest industry of all, and copyright violation a way of life. In this provocative book John Birmingham, Linda Jaivin, Marc Fennell, Clem Bastow, Lindy Morrison, Imogen Banks, Dan Hunter, Angela Bowne and others fire up the copyright debate like never before. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742231150. Our Book No: 16734. $18 AUD.

260. McInnes, Graham (1986). Humping My Bluey. London: Hogarth Press. 222 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, tiny bump bottom spine, top edge lightly toned, minor edgewear. The author was the son of novelist Angela Thirkell. He describes his youth in Australia in the 1920s and 1930s. This is a magical and very funny portrait of being young in Australia. It is also a touching farewell to a charmed way of life, for his brother Colin is to set sail for England, and Graham to embark on a search for his father and a new life in Canada. One of three volumes in his classic autobiography. ISBN/ASIN: 0701205946. Our Book No: 23900. $12 AUD.

261. McIntosh, Fiona (2014). Nightingale. Melbourne: Penguin Group Australia. 385 + 16 pp. Paperback thick small trade, very good condition, black & white photo, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear corners. A British nurse named Claire Nightingale meets and falls in love with Australian Light Horseman Jamie Wren at the carnage of Gallipoli. After the war is over, Clare’s desperate search to find James takes her to Istanbul, and deep into the heart of a Turkish family. A wonderful historical novel of love, heartbreak and heroism. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143572800. Our Book No: 40113. $18 AUD.

262. McIntosh, Fiona (2015). The Perfumer's Secret (1st ed). Melbourne: Penguin Group. 384 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear corners. First edition. This historical novel of passion and determination, by Australian writer, begins on the eve of the First World War. Fleurette is the only daughter of the wealthy Delacroix perfume dynasty, and she is being forced to marry a man she loathes. This is a very passionate and dramatic story of duty, deception and desire. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143799764. Our Book No: 29221. $20 AUD.

263. McIntosh, Fiona (2020). The Champagne War (1st ed). Melbourne: Michael Joseph / Penguin Group. 424 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear First edition. This novel, by Australian bestselling writer Fiona McIntosh, is about vigneron Jerome Mea who heads off to war in 1914, leaving behind his new bride, Sophie, a fifth generation and rebellious champenoise who is determined to keep their vineyard going. The years go by and he is believed to be dead. Sophie has set up an underground hospital to care for the wounded. In the dark ancient champagne cellars, she meets Charles Nash, and their emotions take them by surprise. This stirring story moves from the killing fields of Ypres to the sun-kissed vineyards of rural France. This novel is an adventure about the true power of love and hope to light the way during the war. ISBN/ASIN: 9781761347887. Our Book No: 41337. $22 AUD.

264. McIntosh, Fiona (2021). Fields of Gold (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Penguin Books. 562 pp. Paperback large thick trade, very good condition, laminate coating minimally lifting bottom corner rear cover, minor edgewear cover corners. This novel of high adventure, tragedy and enduring love, by well-known Australian writer Fiona McIntosh, moves from the windswept cliffs of the Cornish coast to the goldmines of southern India. Charismatic womaniser Jack Bryant has the world at his feet, but when trouble catches up with him he is forced to flee Penzance for good. ISBN/ASIN: 9781761042355. Our Book No: 41200. $18 AUD.

265. McIntosh, Fiona (2021). The Spy's Wife. Melbourne: Michael Joseph / Penguin Random House Australia. 417 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. This new spy thriller by bestselling Australian novelist Fiona McIntosh moves from the windswept moors of the Yorkshire dales to the noisy beer halls of Munich and grand country estates in the picture-book Bavarian mountains. A captivating journey of love, espionage, and treacherous alliances, as a widow's relentless pursuit for truth takes her from the untamed landscapes of northern England to the heart of 1930s Nazi Germany, where trust is scarce and loyalties are tested in the face of ultimate sacrifices. A lively and high-stakes spy thriller that will keep you second-guessing until the end.(This copy: Michael Joseph Australia Post edition, with book club notes: ISBN 9781761347863.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781760895006. Our Book No: 31384. $22 AUD.

266. McIntosh, Fiona (2022 ). The Perfumer's Secret (New, Australian ed). Melbourne: Penguin Books. 384 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear corner tips. This historical novel of passion and determination, by Australian writer Fiona McIntosh, begins on the eve of the First World War. Fleurette is the only daughter of the wealthy Delacroix perfume dynasty in France, and she is being forced to marry a man she loathes. This is a very passionate and dramatic story of duty, deception and desire. ISBN/ASIN: 9781761340659. Our Book No: 41309. $20 AUD.

267. McKee, Richard; Schrapnel, B. M. W. (pseudonym) (1997). The Clan of the Flapdragon and Other Adventures in Etymology, by B. M. W. Schrapnel, Ph.D. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. 183 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor foxing top edge, minor edgewear. Dr Shrapnel, the pseudonymous critic, satirises a variety of subjects in and out of academe. These adventurous essays include lampoons on writing, language, and literature. In his outrageously funny chapters and critical asides, Schrapnel returns us to the joy that language can still inspire. These satirical essays were originally published in his satirical column in 'Oasis, A Literary Magazine' from 1992 to 1996. Dr Shrapnel is the pen-name of Richard McKee, and American academic and teacher of writing and art design. ISBN/ASIN: 0817308814. Our Book No: 23331. $20 AUD.

268. Mclaren, Duncan (2007). Looking for Enid: The Mysterious and Inventive Life of Enid Blyton. London: Portobello Books. 319 pp. Hardback small thick octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), minor edgewear. A strikingly inventive and unusual portrait of the very successful English writer for children, Enid Blyton, who entertained millions worldwide with her adventure stories and mysteries, but was herself an adventure and a mystery. She gave us the Famous Five, the Enchanted Wood and the Wishing Chair. We are told today that her stories are tainted, but they deserve renewed attention. Accompany Duncan on his travels around Britain to investigate what made Enid Enid and endeavour to reach the source of her torrent of stories, those that came when she was 'letting her mind go free'. ISBN/ASIN: 9781846271151. Our Book No: 17954. $25 AUD.

269. McVitty, Walter (2004). A Life in Children's Books. Melbourne: Thomas C. Lothian. 226 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, card covers (with flaps), colour photos spreads, bsmall lack & white text-photos, crease fore-edge rear flap, minor edgewear. Autobiography of Water McVitty, the Australian children's book publisher. In the first part of the book, Walter records his earlier life. The author and his wife Lois write about their exciting lives as the publisher of children's books (Walter McVitty Books). ISBN/ASIN: 073440641X. Our Book No: 24924. $30 AUD.

270. Mead, Rebecca (2014). The Road to Middlemarch: My Life with George Eliot (Australian ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 293 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned (plus few toned patches), minor edgewear. Rebecca Mead read 'Middlemarch' for the first time at the age of 17, and she has read it again every five years since, interpreting and discovering it anew each time. She writes passionately about her relationship with this remarkable Victorian novel, and explores how its characters and their stories, along with George Eliot's own life experiences, make it so special. This book is a sensitive work of deep reading and biography about Victorian English provincial country life, an ill-fated marriage, and of Miss Brooke, who wishes to escape to a better life. Australian edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922079329. Our Book No: 30198. $18 AUD.

271. Meehan, Johanna (editor) (1995). Feminists Read Habermas: Gendering the Subject of Discourse (1st ed) [Thinking Gender]. New York: Routledge. 291 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, covers little rubbed, minor edgewear corners. This new collection considers Habermas's theory from a variety of feminist vantage points. While the contributors hold widely different political and philosophical views, they recognize that Habermas's work, critically appropriated, offers much that is valuable to feminist reflections on power, norms, and subjectivity. It will be of particular interest to students of women's studies, sociology, politics and literature. ISBN/ASIN: 0415907144. Our Book No: 29500. $30 AUD.

272. Mendelssohn, Joanna (1996). Letters and Liars: Norman Lindsay and the Lindsay Family. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 288 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, inside covers & pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. The Lindsay family of artists and writers, particularly artist and cartoonist Norman Lindsay, dominated Australian cultural life for much of the 20th century. His siblings Percy, Lionel, Daryl, Rose and Jack among them, reveal a very different story to the public myth. Their lives have been mythologised as authentic Australian artistic heroes. However, based on family letters, Joanna Mendelssohn unravels a very different story: an intriguing tale of personalities, lies, deceptions and some surprising revelations. (Now scarce.). ISBN/ASIN: 0207182728. Our Book No: 26139. $35 AUD.

273. Meneghelli, Pietro (1978). La Lettera di Joyce [James Joyce]. Roma (Rome): Editrice Lestoille. 160 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, spine lightly foxed, minor edgewear, owner's rubber stamp. A critical commentary of the James Joyce novel "Finnegan's Wake" as a journey in search of an imaginary golden age, through space and time, with the eventual hero's return to home and childhood. Also discusses "Another September" by Thomas Kinsella, and "The Hobby" by Flann O'Brien. Written in the Italian language. (No ISBN in book.). Our Book No: 16602. $15 AUD.

274. Menen, Aubrey (1963). The Fig Tree. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. 165 pp. Paperback, very good condition, orange cover design, pages lightly toned, top corner tip covers & few pages lightly creased, owner's written name & date. An unusual novel (classic orange Penguin) set in Italy. To revive human hope (in the face of a population explosion), Harry Wesley, a chapel-bred scientist of genius, uses a chemical process to convert a fig-tree into the tree of life. The Vatican supports the project. The fig leaves get the last laugh when the fruit reveals exceptional properties as an aphrodisiac. Our Book No: 22940. $12 AUD.

275. Merimee, Prosper (1923). Carmen, Arsene Guillot, L'Abbe Aubain, La Dame de Pique, Les Bohemiens, Le Hussard, Nicolas Gogol. Paris: Calmann-Levy, Editeurs. 359 pp. Hardback octavo, good plus condition, half-bound (red leather spine & corners, gilt lettering & raised bands spine), marbled endpapers, pages lightly toned (title page very toned), edges foxed (& parts of some pages). (No 866 of 1600 copies.) Short stories by the French writer, in the French language. The opera Carmen was based in part on the novella of the same title by Prosper Merimee. Our Book No: 15896. $20 AUD.

276. Mill, John Stuart (1991). Considerations on Representative Government [Great Books in Philosophy]. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. 365 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, old price marks. John Sturat Mill, the skeptical Scottish philosopher, explores government for the majority, combined with rights for minorities. (A classic book in the 'Great Books in Philosophy' series from Prometheus Books.). ISBN/ASIN: 0879756705. Our Book No: 12072. $18 AUD.

277. Mills, Carol (1999). The Native Companion: A 1907 Melbourne Literary Interlude: Indexes to Text, Illustrators, Advertisers, Book Notices and Subjects, and Brief Biographies and an Introduction [Bibliographica Historica Australiae]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 72 pp. Paperback octavo, as new condition, black & white drawings, frontispiece, minor edgewear. A bibliography of 'The Native Companion', an important but short-lived literary periodical published in Melbourne in the early 20th century (1907 only). The editor was E. J. Brady (Irish-Australian poet) and the pages contained the works of many of the important writers of the period. Carol Mills provides a complete indexed run of this periodical with the details of the text and the authors and illustrators whose drawings are in this publication. A special feature is a list of brief biographies which list a few details of some of the less well known contributors. (No 7 in the 'Bibliographica Historica Australiae' series from Mulini Press.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910821. Our Book No: 29957. $30 AUD.

278. Milner, Andrew (1984). The Road to St. Kilda Pier: George Orwell and the Politics of the Australian Left. Sydney, Westgate: Stained Wattle Press. 91 pp. Paperback large wide trade, very good condition, rear endpapers foxed (edges & front endpapers slightly), minor edgewear. Not a serious account of Orwell's political thought nor a detailed study of the Australian Left. An attempt to conjure up from the shadow of George Orwell, to ask him what he would have made of the Australian Left had he lived here now. Provocative and informative, Andrew Milner, an Australian socialist, provides a trenchant critique of the splintered Australian Left - its present crises, and its future prospects. ISBN/ASIN: 095904860X. Our Book No: 23571. $12 AUD.

279. Mitchell, Elyne (1990). Towong Hill: Fifty Years on an Upper Murray Cattle Station. Melbourne: Sun Books / Macmillan Company of Australia. 244 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, thick card covers with flaps, black & white photos centre spread, lightly toned strip title page, minor edgewear. The autobiography of Elyne Mitchell, the author of the popular Silver Brumby novels for young adults. She is the daughter of General Sir Harry Chauvel of the Light Horse. She moved to Towong Hill (in the Australian Alps, upper Murray) in 1936, with her husband Tom. There are memories of World War 1 (and her heroic father), and later memories of the Australian bush, snow-capped mountains, and the lonely years of World War 2 when she ran the property while her husband was a prisoner of the Japanese in Changi. A rich and warm story. Elyne kept the loneliness and exhaustion at bay by her passionate love of the natural world - the mountains, bright snow, animals and birds. ISBN/ASIN: 0725106212. Our Book No: 41418. $25 AUD.

280. Mitchell, Euan (2014). Your Book Publishing Options: How to Make and Market Ebooks and Print Books (1st ed). Melbourne, St Kilda South: Overdog Press. 324 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, technical diagrams, few photos & cartoons, faint foxing edges, minor edgewear. Euan Mitchell provides Australia’s guide for new and experienced writers to take charge of their creative and business choices (as of 2014). The book publishing process is explained step by step, with the aim of minimising costs and maximising profits. This is a very helpful book for someone wanting to write and publish their first book, or who wants to take advantage of the new developments in making and marketing ebooks and print books. ISBN/ASIN: 9780975797969. Our Book No: 41456. $30 AUD.

281. Molloy, Frank (2000). Victor J. Daley: A Comprehensive Bibliography: Poetry, Prose, Reviews and Manuscripts [Bibliographica Historica Australiae]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 182 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, frontispiece portrait, minor edgewear. Victor Daley was born in Ireland, County Meath in 1858 and came to Australia as a young man of 20 years. He travelled around the Southern part of Australia and wrote as a journalist. His poetical career began in 1882 when his poems wre published in the Bulletin, Punch and Freeman's Journal. He died in 1905. This bibliography by Frank Molloy lists all his work so far identified. The list of the available manuscript material, in addition to the reviews and the poems included in anthologies, is a valuable addition to this book. (No 9 in the 'Bibliographica Historica Australiae' series from Mulini Press.). ISBN/ASIN: 094991083X. Our Book No: 29948. $30 AUD.

282. Monahan, Sean (2003). A Long and Winding Road: Xavier Herbert's Literary Journey. Perth, Crawley: University of Western Australia Press (UWAP). 322 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, inside covers lightly toned, minor edgewear. Sean Monahan provides an engaging, accessible book that makes a substantial and original contribution to the understanding of Xavier Herbert's fiction, while at the same time also telling the human story of a writer's rocky road to creating a masterpiece. The book is part literary criticism, part literary detective story to reveal the true story about the noted Queensland writer. The author is a retired academic (English Literature) who has studied Xavier Herbert for 20 years. ISBN/ASIN: 187626893X. Our Book No: 26876. $20 AUD.

283. Monk, Paul (Paul M.); Schmeisser, Jorg (illustrator) (2009). The West in a Nutshell: Foundations, Fragilities, Futures. Geelong, VIC: Barrallier Books. 332 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), burgundy cloth cover (gilt lettering), few colour plates (including frontispiece), glossy paper, minor edgewear, string bookmark. This lavish book by Australian author Paul Monk consists of 30 reflective essays, influenced by the style of Plutarch, Montaigne and Emerson. The wide-ranging and diverse essays invite the reader to ponder the riches of Western civilisation and they present a distillation of those ideas that are most enduring and powerful in the Western intellectual tradition. He explores topics from history to religion, sport, poetry, Shakespeare, opera, philosophy and geopolitics, Paul beckons the reader into the halls of Western culture. (No 245 of a limited edition of 330 autographed copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780958583893. Our Book No: 18523. $65 AUD.

284. Morais, Richard C. (2014). The Hundred-foot Journey (Reprint ed) [Film-tie-in]. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 328 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned, tiny cut spine, front cover little creased, minor edgewear. This is a charming, readable and very funny novel set in India and France. Hassan Haji grew up in his grandfather’s restaurant in Mumbai, and enjoyed the visits to the local markets. The Hajis leave India on a journey around the world, eventually opening an Indian restaurant in Lumiere, a small town in the French mountains. The family takes the village by storm, provoking the ire of their neighbour - Madame Mallory, the proprietress of an esteemed French relais. This meeting leads young Hassan to Paris and a lot of new adventures. Now a major motion picture. ISBN/ASIN: 9781743319604. Our Book No: 31075. $12 AUD.

285. Morris, William; McGregor, H. E. (introduction & notes) (1930). Atalanta's Race (from "The Earthly Paradise"). Sydney: George B. Phillip & Son. 32 pp. Paperback small, stapled pamphlet (staples concealed), good condition, card cover, top corner tips worn covers, slight loss top of spine, bottom corners covers creased, few creases in covers, pages toned, minor edgewear, rubber stamp. (Estimated date, 1930, or perhaps earlier.) This little booklet consists of a number of separate stories, held together by a framework. The nature of this framework is told in the prologue. Retells the myth of the Greek princess, rejected by her father, raised by bears, won in marriage in a race by Melanion, and then changed into a lioness by an angry Aphrodite. Our Book No: 27659. $15 AUD.

286. Morris, William; Magnusson, Eirikr (1891). The Story of Howard The Halt. The Story of The Banded Men. The Story of Hen Thorir (1st ed). London: Bernard Quaritch. 227 pp. Hardback small octavo, good condition, dark green embossed pictorial boards, gilt lettering & border front cover, leather-like spine (gilt lettering), map, spine ends slightly worn, light foxing edges, pages lightly toned, cover corners slightly rubbed, covers little rubbed, slight loss top spine, EX-LIBRARY (embossed seal, pocket, bookplates, usual library markings), gilt top edge slightly faded, fore-edge & bottom edge untrimmed, some edgewear including corners, rubber stamp, minor pencil annotation. Three iconic Icelandic sagas. In the preface, some of the early history of the Icelandic people is presented. 'Howard the Halt' is a favourite of the Icelandic people. 'The Story of the Banded Men' is the last of the independent sagas (not part of a longer saga). 'The Story of Hen Thorir' is an old saga, belonging to the earliest group of the domestic tales of ancient Iceland. Translated from Icelandic by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson. (Ex-library from Public Lending Library of Victoria, now disbanded. Bookplate of the Council of Adult Education Library, with owl vignette.). ISBN/ASIN: B00DRHMARO. Our Book No: 40557. $60 AUD.

287. Morrison, Major Robert (2001). The Warrior Poets: An Anthology: Poetry of the Australian Army 1901 - 2001 (1st ed). Canberra / Loftus, NSW: Australian History Publications / Australian Army History Unit. 434 pp. Hardback large wide octavo, dustjacket, very good condition, (in very good dustjacket), colour & sepia (brown-tinted) photos, black & white drawings, minor edgewear jacket, few tiny foxed spots endpapers, compact disk attached to last page. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Major Robert Morrison has compiled a book of the poetry written by famous warrior poets such as A.B. (Banjo) Paterson as well as ordinary soldiers - often while on active service. The book looks at the history of Australians at arms, from 1901, through the many conflicts and peace-keeping tasks in which our Diggers have been involved. The on-going East Timor deployment completes 100 years of military involvement. The First and Second World Wars are the main feature in this book because of their large scale involvement. Some of the poems are not politically correct, but they do show the attitudes of society at that time. (Companion CD of poems at rear.). ISBN/ASIN: 1876439149. Our Book No: 30916. $40 AUD.

288. Mumey, Nolie (1930). A Study of Rare Books: With Special Reference to Colophones, Press Devices and Title Pages of Interest to the Bibliophile and the Student of Literature. Denver, CO: Clasen Publishing Company. 572 pp. Hardback thick quarto, no jacket as issued, original tan quarter-bound cloth with board covers, title label front cover & spine (defective), very good condition, black & white drawings (some full-page), page edges untrimmed, top edge tinted red, front inner hinge little split (pages firm), front cover scratched, front endpapers & edges lightly toned, moderate edgewear notably corners, internally excellent, autograph. Very heavy (2.3 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. Contains three major sections: History of Books, Printers, Colophons; Press Devices; and Aids to Identification of Rare Books. Includes: early printed books, horn books, incunabula, early English Bibles, medical books, English literature, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, identification of modern American first editions, printer's mottoes, Latinized place-names. Mumey is noted for producing fine limited edition books. (No 822 of a limited edition of 1000 autographed copies.) Our Book No: 14719. $150 AUD.

289. Murray, Valerie; Dunn, Irina (editor) (2016). Flight from the Brothers Grimm: A European-Australian memoir. Sydney: Books Unleashed. 184 pp. Paperback large wide trade, very good condition, light foxing edges, corner tips covers little scuffed, minor edgewear, owner's name title page, minor pencil annotation few pages. This special autobiography is about Valerie Murray's journey from Hungary to Australia. The story is a flight from the horror and violence of World War 2 in Europe, as reflected or mirrored in the stories of the Brothers Grimm. In Australia, Valerie meets new people, learns new customs and gains freedom. This is an inspirational story of hope after loss and dispossession. Valerie is the wife of the late and well-loved poet Les Murray: they were married for more than 50 years. ISBN/ASIN: 9780992592189. Our Book No: 31431. $30 AUD.

290. Mylrea, Norah; Moorsom, F. G. (illustrator) (1940). Lorrie's First Term (1st ed). London & Glasgow: Blackie & Son. 225 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white plates (including frontispiece), slight loss corners & bottom edge jacket (flap price-clipped, few edge tears, minor edgewear, sticker mark front cover), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve\. A classic novel for young adults (a story for girls) by Norah Mylrea. The story follows Lorrie's adventures at Devenham, and later her visit to Basseton. First edition. (No date, but 1940, WorldCat. Amazon states 1945.). ISBN/ASIN: B00RNDYBXY. Our Book No: 23599. $20 AUD.

291. Nafisi, Azar; Sis, Peter (illustrator) (2014). The Republic of Imagination: A Case for Fiction (1st ed). London: Windmill Books / Penguin Random House. 338 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, black & white drawings, minor edgewear. Azar Nafisi tells the story about her teaching 'The Great Gatsby' and other classics to her eager students in Iran. This book is the follow-up to her million-copy bestseller 'Reading Lolita in Tehran'. Azar has written an utterly original tribute to the importance of fiction in a democratic society. The book is a blend of memoir and polemic, with a close readings of her favourite novels. ISBN/ASIN: 9780099558934. Our Book No: 30997. $15 AUD.

292. Naremore, James (2000). Film Adaptation (1st ed) [Depth of Field Series]. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. 258 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, top edge & fore-edge lightly marked, some edgewear corners. The essays in this book, most of which have never been published, raise fundamental questions about cinema and adaptation. This book is a fresh look at art, theory, and cultural politics of movie adaptations. Edited and introduced by Naremore. ISBN/ASIN: 0813528143. Our Book No: 27099. $20 AUD.

293. Newton, T. (1982). The New Game of the Mansion of Bliss: In Verse [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 16 pp. Paperback very small, very good plus condition, folio (very large) folded colour game sheet (superior cloth) loosely inserted, pictorial cardboard sleeve, all in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Facsimile of a children's game and instruction booklet (both fitted into a facsimile pictorial cardboard sleeve), originally published by W. & T. Darton (map-seller), London, in 1810. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16939. $25 AUD.

294. Niall, Brenda (2007). Life Class: The Education of a Biographer. Melbourne, Carlton: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 290 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), frontispiece black & white portrait, minimal foxing reverse side jacket, minimal edgewear. Brenda Niall, an Australian academic (English literature) and author, describes her eventful rich and creative life journey. Her adventures include travels in England, Scotland, Italy, Austria and Hungary in search of material for her biographies of famous Australians. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522853438. Our Book No: 22277. $50 AUD.

295. Niall, Brenda (2012). True North: The Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack (1st ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 291 pp. Paperback octavo, good condition, sepia (brown-tinted) photos, few black & white & colour photos (few creased bottom edge), minor edgewear, corner tips rear cover little worn, top & bottom corners front cover creased, light creasing covers. Mary and Elizabeth, one a writer and the other a painter, spent their childhood in Perth looking forward to their father coming home with stories of station life. Their grandfather was an Irish immigrant who set up a cattle empire. This joint biography delves into the lives of Mary, author of the Australian classic "Kings in Grass Castles", and Elizabeth, the renowned artist. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921758928. Our Book No: 26686. $16 AUD.

296. Nile, Richard (2002). The Making of the Australian Literary Imagination. Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP). 315 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, corner tip front cover creased, pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. This controversial book by Richard Nile reveals the creativity and surprises of Australian literature. He moves from literary London to the fascinating Australian bookshops, looks in at Angus & Robertson, and interrogates the politics of reputation. Censorship and patronage, paperback heroes and the able-bodied writer, cinema and literature are also examined. The author is director of Australian Studies at Curtin University, Perth. ISBN/ASIN: 0702231657. Our Book No: 29380. $20 AUD.

297. Nitobe, Inazo; Griffis, William Elliott (introduction) (1998). Bushido: The Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought (Revised, enlarged ed). Rutland, VT & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company. 203 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, corner tip creased one page, minor edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. This classic text book by Inazo Nitobe explains simply and clearly why certain ideas and customs still prevail in Japan (honour, politeness, self-control), despite recent Westernization. Bushido is the unwritten code of laws governing the conduct of the nobles of feudal Japan, that is, the samurai or aristocratic warrior class. (Originally published, 1905, Putnam, New York. This ISBN is the revised Tuttle edition, 1969. This copy is the 13th reprint in 1998.). ISBN/ASIN: 0804819610. Our Book No: 18358. $20 AUD.

298. Norris, Christopher (1984). The Deconstructive Turn: Essays in the Rhetoric of Philosophy (1st p/b ed). London & New York: University Paperbacks / Methuen & Co. 201 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, spine & rear cover text faintly faded, minor edgewear. Christopher Norris provides a fresh and productive look at links between philosophy and literary theory. He examines the deconstructionist challenge in a series of closely-argued essays on philosophers Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, J. L. Austin, Gilbert Ryle and Saul Kripke. He also examines the interpretative strategies forced upon literary critics in the efforts to master the ambivalent rhetorics of fiction, poetry and philosophy. The author is lecturer in English, University of Wales. ISBN/ASIN: 0416361404. Our Book No: 30029. $15 AUD.

299. O'Grady, John (1970). So Sue Me (1st ed). Sydney: Ure Smith. 91 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, spine minimally creased, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. John O'Grady is the author of the bestselling humorous book on the Australian character: 'They're A Weird Mob'. These followup essays state his humorous thoughts and conclusions on life and people. "After about 60 years of kocking around and being knocked about, a man acquires a sort of philosophy." First edition stated. ISBN/ASIN: 0725400129. Our Book No: 24090. $12 AUD.

300. O'Grady, John; Culotta, Nino (pseudonym); Pidgeon, W. E. (WEP) (illustrator) (1980). Aussie English: An Explanation of the Australian Idiom (22nd imp ed). Sydney: Summit Books. 104 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, small black & white drawings (vignettes), pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. A humorous classic about the Australian language by John O'Grady, the author of the iconic bestselling ’They're a Weird Mob'. Illustrated by WEP (W. E. Pidgeon). Combined sales of all his books on Aussies and their language exceed 2 million copies. (The scarce Summit Books edition.). ISBN/ASIN: 0727105124. Our Book No: 4653. $20 AUD.

301. O'Neill, John (1982). Essaying Montaigne: A Study of the Renaissance Institution of Writing and Reading (1st ed) [International Library of Phenomenology and Moral Sciences]. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 244 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear, owner's written name. John O'Neill, a Canadian academic sociologist, assesses Michel de Montaigne's classic "Essays”, the best known work of this philosopher of the French Renaissance. He regards the "Essays" as an exercise of the literary body, funding the joy of reading and writing. The "Essays" are works of friendship and family, and he rejects theories of literary alienation fostered by Marx and Freud. ISBN/ASIN: 0710009372. Our Book No: 13806. $20 AUD.

302. Oddie, William (editor); Chesterton, G. K. (2010). The Holiness of G. K. Chesterton (1st ed). Leominster, Hereford: Gracewing Publishing. 140 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, sticker mark rear cover. A book of essays, edited by William Oddie, about the Christian and spiritual life of the famous English essayist and novelist, G. K. Chesterton. He was well known for his Father Brown mysteries. Six distinguished contributors explore his religious life, and contemplate introducing a cause for his ultimate canonisation. ISBN/ASIN: 9780852447253. Our Book No: 41148. $25 AUD.

303. Olson, Carl E.; Miesel, Sandra (2004). The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in the Da Vinci Code (1st ed). San Francisco: Ignatius Press. 329 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, pages faintly toned, spine edges little rubbed, minor edgewear. A well-researched critique by Carl Olson and Sandra Miesel of the bestselling novel 'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown. The novel states that it is based on facts and solid scholarship, but this book explodes these claims. They demonstrate that Brown uses unsubstantiated research to bolster his thesis about Jesus and Mary Magdalene being married, thus establishing a sacred bloodline, and that traditional Christianity has conspired throughout history to suppress this information. ISBN/ASIN: 1586170341. Our Book No: 31436. $15 AUD.

304. Olubas, Brigitta (editor); Wyndham, Susan (editor) (2024). Hazzard and Harrower: The Letters (1st ed). Sydney: NewSouth Publishing. 376 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. This is the story of an amazing friendship shared between two well known Australian authors, as recorded in a series of letters, edited by Brigitta Olubas and Susan Wyndham. Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower met in person for the first time in London in 1972. Their correspondence would span four decades. They exchanged letters, cards and telegrams, and the occasional phone call between Harrower's home in Sydney and Hazzard's apartments in New York, Naples and Capri. This is an extraordinary account of two literary luminaries, their complex relationship and their times. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742238180. Our Book No: 41433. $30 AUD.

305. Orwell, George (2004). Why I Write (Reprint ed) [Penguin Great Ideas]. London: Penguin Books. 120 pp. Paperback small, good condition, pages toned as common, some foxing top edge & rear cover near spine, minor edgewear. A classic collection of four essays by George Orwell, published between 1931 and 1946. 1. Why I write. 2. The lion and the unicorn. 3. A hanging. 4. Politics and the English language. Orwell says: "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." One of a Penguin Great Ideas series of books that have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. (Originally published in 2004. This copy is the 15th reprint.). ISBN/ASIN: 014101900X. Our Book No: 18657. $12 AUD.

306. Orwell, George (2008 ). Books v. Cigarettes (Reprint ed) [Penguin Great Ideas]. London: Penguin Books. 125 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, minimal foxing top edge & covers near spine, minimal edgewear. A classic collection of seven essays by George Orwell. He starts with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking. His entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from the freedom of the press, to what patriotism really means. (Originally published in 1948. One of a Penguin Great Ideas series of books that have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780141036618. Our Book No: 31401. $12 AUD.

307. Ousby, Ian (1997). The Crime and Mystery Book: A Reader's Companion. London: Thames & Hudson. 224 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white & single-colour illustrations (few sepia), top corner tip little worn rear cover, minor edgewear. Ian Ousby tells the story of the fascination with crime detective novels, accompanied by dozens of special features packed with information to surprise even the most avid fan. Classic puzzles like the locked-room mystery are analysed and the Ten Commandments for the detective novel 1930s-style defined. There is a world round-up of current crime novels, full lists of Edgars, Daggers and other prizes, a detailed chronology and ideas for further reading. (The stock picture titled Guilty Secrets is incorrect.). ISBN/ASIN: 0500279780. Our Book No: 27481. $20 AUD.

308. Palmer, Jerry (1994). Taking Humour Seriously (1st p/b ed). London: Routledge. 203 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, covers & spine little scratched, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear corners. Examines the role humour and comedy play in many different types of society, including written expression. Literary criticism, biology, anthropology, Freud are all discussed. The author argues that we must take humour seriously (as well as humorously) or fail to understand a fundamental part of culture. ISBN/ASIN: 0415102677. Our Book No: 29190. $18 AUD.

309. Park, Ruth (1993). Fishing in the Styx (The Second Volume of Autobiography) (1st ed). Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books Australia. 302 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos centre spread, top edge minimally foxed, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Second volume of the autobiography of Ruth Park, the famous Australian novelist who wrote 'Poor Man's Orange'. Mainly about her marriage with husband D'Arcy Niland. This partnership was between two talented but volatile people, who shared their dreams and disappointments, and rejoiced in each other's triumphs. It was cruelly cut short by D'Arcy's death. Ruth writes movingly about this dark time, which lead her to study Zen Buddhism and live for a time on tranquil Norfolk Island. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0670846805. Our Book No: 6709. $20 AUD.

310. Park, Ruth (2011). A Fence Around the Cuckoo (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Penguin Group (Australia). 294 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear, top edge spine scuffed, minor edgewear. The first volume of autobiography of Ruth Park, the famous Australian novelist who wrote 'Poor Man's Orange'. She records her boisterous Scottish-Irish-Scandinavian family in New Zealand during the Depression, and her correspondence with D'Arcy Niland (her later husband). Her convent education encouraged her love of words and writing, and the bitter years of the Depression exposed her to poverty and injustice. ISBN/ASIN: 9780140173338. Our Book No: 41461. $20 AUD.

311. Parv, Valerie (1993). The Art of Romance Writing: How to Create, Write and Sell Your Contemporary Romance Novel (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 138 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, few black & white cartoons, minor foxing top edge, minor edgewear, old price marks. Valerie Parv, an Australian author, has written over 30 romamce novels, mostly for Mills & Boon. Based on her experience of writing romance novels, she explains what works, what doesn't and why. There are chapters on creating believable characters, writing dialogue, choosing settings, identifying workable conflicts and constructing effective plots. ISBN/ASIN: 1863734244. Our Book No: 23705. $15 AUD.

312. Patchett Martin, A. (Arthur) (1998). The Beginnings of an Australian Literature [Bibliographica Historica Australia Series]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 48 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card cover, minimal edgewear, sticker mark front free flyleaf, copy 1. An essay on the beginnings of Australian literature, by Arthur Patchett Martin. A facsimile, originally published in London in 1898, and based on an address delivered at the South Place Institute, London. The author was the publicist who introduced Adam Lindsay Gordon to English readers. He had long advocated for a distinctive Australian literature criticism of Australian writers. (No 6 in the 'Bibliographica Historica Australia Series' from Mulini Press.) (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910775. Our Book No: 16546. $15 AUD.

313. Paterson, A. B. (Banjo); King, Jonathan (introduction) (2003). The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses: Commemorative Centennial Edition (Reprint ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 184 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minimal edgewear. A souvenir edition, reproduced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first publication by Angus & Robertson of "The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses" by Andrew Barton Paterson ('The Banjo'). It contains exactly the same 46 ballads selected by Banjo. Paterson and George Robertson for the October 1895 edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0207191735. Our Book No: 25432. $16 AUD.

314. Paterson, A. B. (Banjo); Hannay, Lorraine (illustrator) (1986). The Cat (1st ed). Sydney, Dee Why: Lansdowne Press. 31 pp. Hardback wide octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour drawings, minor edgewear jacket (spine faded), base spine little rubbed. ISBN/ASIN: 070181960X. Our Book No: 29331. $18 AUD.

315. Pease, Donald E. (2010). Theodor Seuss Geisel (Reprint ed) [Lives and Legacies Series]. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP). 178 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), cloth spine, black & white drawings (cartoons), minor edgewear jacket (top edge reverse side foxed). A biography and appraisal by Donald Pease of one of the most influential children's authors and artists of the 20th century: Theodor Seuss Geisel, best known as Dr. Seuss. The author looks at the American's poetry, politics, art, marketing, and place in the popular imagination. The book also contains many of Dr. Seuss's lesser-known illustrations, including college drawings, insecticide adverts, and wartime political cartoons. A wonderful book for everyone who knows and loves his wonderful children's stories. ISBN/ASIN: 9780195323023. Our Book No: 29306. $15 AUD.

316. Petch, Simon (1981). The Art of Philip Larkin (1st ed) [Sydney Studies in Literature]. Sydney: Sydney University Press. 108 pp. Hardback small thin, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned, edges little foxed, reverse side jacket lightly foxed. This book is a study of the well-known British poet, Philip Larkin. The bias is critical rather than historical or biographical. The main concern is with the poems - however detailed discussion of the novels is incorporated. ISBN/ASIN: 0424000903. Our Book No: 26977. $15 AUD.

317. Piper, Watty; Sanderson, Ruth (illustrator) (1981). The Little Engine that Could (Reprint ed). New York: Platt & Munk / Grosset & Dunlap. 39 pp. Hardback small folio, no jacket as issued, good plus condition, pictorial cover, full-page colour drawings, worn spine ends, few small dents bottom edge, edges little foxed, some edgewear corners. A beautiful classic bestselling children's picture story retold by Watty Piper. When other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine agrees to pull a stranded train full of toys and good food over the mountain for the boys and girls waiting over there. This well-loved book that encourages persistence will delight young and old. Initially published by Platt & Munk in 1930, and since in numerous editions. This copy is the large-format Platt & Munk edition (a Grosset & Dunlap company) issued in 1981, a reprint of the 1976 edition. Illustrated by Ruth Sanderson. (Adapted from 'The Pony Engine', by Mabel C. Bragg, published in 1917.). ISBN/ASIN: 0448473739. Our Book No: 24547. $20 AUD.

318. Pope, Mr [Alexander] (1925). The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-comical Poem in Five Canto's [Haslewood Books Series]. [England]: Chiswick Press / Frederick Etchells and Hugh Macdonald. 59 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket (missing as common), very good condition, red & black text on title page, board cover, cloth spine (little mottled, gilt spine lettering), black & white drawings (including frontispiece), untrimmed edges, minor edgewear & toning. A mock-epic poem by Alexander Pope in which a hideous crime is committed at a fashionable London society gathering. The victim is the beautiful, innocent Belinda, her attacker is the dastardly Baron, and his weapon of choice is a pair of scissors. A sharp and witty tale of the most famous bad hair day in the history of literature. This private press edition by Chiswick Press (Haslewood Books series) was set up from an octavo book of 1718, with a very few substitutions from later readings, and preserving the six-line illustrations. (No 590 of a limited edition of 725 copies.). ISBN/ASIN: B0FDCNFHP1. Our Book No: 15635. $20 AUD.

319. Prado, C. G.; Foucault, Paul-Michel (1995). Starting with Foucault: An Introduction to Genealogy. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 181 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned, crease one page (printing error), minor edgewear. C. G. Prado writes a straightforward introduction to the thought of French philosopher and literary critic Paul-Michel Foucault. The focus is on discipline and punishment, and the first volume of 'The History of Sexuality'. This sympathetic but critical introduction is especially suited for readers more familiar with Anglo-American rather than with European philosophy. ISBN/ASIN: 0813317916. Our Book No: 41048. $30 AUD.

320. Preston, John (2021). The Dig (New ed). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. 230 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, minor edgewear bottom corner tip front cover. A fictional account of the most famous archaeological dig in British history, now a motion picture. The author, John Preston, re-creates the Sutton Hoo dig - the greatest Anglo-Saxon discovery ever made in Britain: the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near Woodbridge, Suffolk, including a buried ship..Originally published in 2007, this book is the film tie-in edition, 2021. ISBN/ASIN: 9780241989630. Our Book No: 31240. $15 AUD.

321. Ramzy, Magda; Moneim, Abdul Hanan (2002). New Bibliotheca Alexandrina: A Beacon of Science, and Cultural Interaction [Alexandria Library]. City Not Stated: S.I.S. Press House. 90 pp. Hardback oblong quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour photos & drawings, metallic cover corners, minor edgewear jacket, edges & spine little rubbed. This book is about the rebuilding of a new library more than 2000 years after the old library with all its treasures of millions of books and manuscripts was burned down. The library has been rebuilt on the same site on a prestigious location on the waterfront of Alexandria, Egypt. This beautiful book with many photos will interest anyone with a passion for books, and buildings with a long history. Editing and cover design by Ramzy, artwork by Moneim. Our Book No: 28349. $40 AUD.

322. Rapaport, Herman (2011). The Literary Theory Toolkit: A Compendium of Concepts and Methods. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. 295 pp. Paperback octavo, good condition, figures, top corner rear cover creased, corner tips covers little creased, top spine bumped, small mark bottom corner last page & fore-edge, minor edgewear. This book is a compendium of key terms, concepts, and arguments necessary for the study of literature in a critical-theoretical context. A lucid overview of the field of literary study, and provides the intellectual tools necessary to construct an effective foundation for literary analysis and a richer appreciation of world literature. The topics that are looked at are narrative, poetic, and performance analysis, the study of textual systems, and key aspects of social theory relevant to literary study. There are examples from literary texts covering all periods and genres. ISBN/ASIN: 9781405170475. Our Book No: 40073. $20 AUD.

323. Rawcliffe, D. H.; Huxley, Julian (foreword) (1959). Occult and Supernatural Phenomena (Reprint ed). New York: Dover Publications. 551 pp. Paperback small octavo, good plus condition, few black & white text-photos (including frontispiece), covers little creased, top edge lightly foxed, bottom edge little rubbed, minor edgewear. This classic book by D. H. Rawcliffe applies the stern light of rational examination to hundreds of persistent 'illusions and delusions' of mankind, such as (as listed on the front cover): stigmata, poltergeists, seances, ESP and telepathy, hypnotism, firewalking, mystical experience, lycanthropy, peyotl visions, auras, levitation, and automatic writing. (Originally published 1952. This copy: Dover paperback,1959 or later reprint, but lacks the ISBN.). ISBN/ASIN: 0486205037. Our Book No: 18238. $16 AUD.

324. Reff, Daniel T. (2005). Plagues, Priests, Demons: Sacred Narratives and the Rise of Christianity in the Old World and the New. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 290 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, minor edgewear (mainly bottom corner tip front cover), remainder stripe top edge. Daniel T. Reff draws from anthropology, religious studies, history, and literary theory to show remarkable significant parallels in the rise of Christianity in the late Roman Empire and colonial Mexico. The book is simultaneously a comparative study of early Christian and later Spanish missionary texts. He reveals that epidemic disease undermined pre-Christian societies, contributing respectively to pagan interest in new forms of social and religious life. Christian clerics and monks in early medieval Europe and, later, Jesuit missionaries in colonial Mexico, reacted by introducing new beliefs and practices and accommodating indigenous religions as well. . ISBN/ASIN: 0521600502. Our Book No: 25203. $25 AUD.

325. Reid, T. (Thomas) (1934). Where White and Brown Meet. London: Trefoil Publishing Company. 328 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), cloth cover spine faded (lightly flecked), foxing prelim pages & fore-edge, edges toned, pages lightly toned, small edge & spine tears jacket (about 20% spine MISSING mainly top edge), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. An historical maritime novel of inter-racial relationships by Thomas Reid, considered bold for the time. From the blurb: 'On an Eastern liner, meet three white men, and two white girls married to a Sinhalese and Tamil respectively. Amid the clash of race in lovely Ceylon occur adventures of mind and body. The tragic, the ludicrous, the realism and imagination, the racial prejudice, the beauty and squalor: life as it is in the East emerges in a candid book that once read will not be forgotten'. (No date, but 1934, Trove.) ISBN/ASIN: B000896XRC. Our Book No: 18020. $50 AUD.

326. Renton, Ronald W. (editor); Osborne, Brian D. (editor) (2003). Exploring New Roads: Essays on Neil Munro. Isle of Colonsay, Scotland: House of Lochar. 245 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black text-photos & drawings (including frontispiece), minor edgewear. A collection of new essays on the life and work of Scottish journalist Neil Munro (1863 - 1930). Munro is increasingly recognised as a significant figure on the Scottish literary scene. This collection is the first to bring scholarly attention to the many aspects of his career, including journalism, historical novels, short stories and humour. Edited by Ronald Renton and Brian Osborne. ISBN/ASIN: 1899863761. Our Book No: 23319. $20 AUD.

327. Rice, Nathan P. (1995). Trials of a Public Benefactor, as Illustrated in the Discovery of Etherization (Facsimile ed). Sydney: Australian Society of Anaesthetists. 460 pp. Hardback small thick octavo, very good plus condition, black & white portrait frontispiece, minimal edgewear. A modern reproduction of a classic book on anaesthesia, originally published in 1858. A biography of William Morton who, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 1846, was the first to use ether for pain relief during surgery. (Facsimile reproduction of Morton's signature on flyleaf.) SALE PRICE. Our Book No: 20371. $20 AUD.

328. Richardson, Matthew (editor) (2001). The Halstead Treasury of Ancient Science Fiction. Sydney: Halstead Press. 191 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, covers lightly creased, minor edgewear. This collection consists of ancient historical science fiction stories written in Japan, Rome and other places worldwide, edited with commentary by Matthew Richardson. Authors such as Cicero and Plato (Atlantis) join forces with little known writers of the ancient Eastern world. The translations from five different languages are vivid. Each story is followed by a brief commentary relating it to the science and writing of the times, with notes to explain the less obvious meanings. ISBN/ASIN: 1875684646. Our Book No: 23373. $20 AUD.

329. Riemer, A. P. (Andrew) (1980). Antics Fables: Patterns of Evasion in Shakespeare's Comedies. Sydney: Sydney University Press (SUP). 229 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (little rubbed). A. P. (Andrew) Riemer examines Shakespeare's comedy plays and examines their curious, often teasing treatment of those moral, philosophical, and even religious issues that criticism has consistently isolated as representing Shakespeare's comic themes. Consists of series of chapters, each dealing with a characteristic aspect of the comedies. The focus of the study is an extended examination of "The Winter's Tale". Riemer is an academic at the University of Sydney known for his study of Shakespeare, and also for his popular books describing his migrant experiences (he was born in Hungary). ISBN/ASIN: 042400075X. Our Book No: 28817. $20 AUD.

330. Ringold, Francine (editor) (1993). Nimrod Poetry and Prose Australia [International Journal of Prose and Poetry Volume 36, No. 2 Spring Summer]. Tulsa, OK: Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa. 152 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, black & white drawings, spine faded, minor edgewear, top spine bumped, corner tips covers & some pages creased, pages lightly toned, covers slightly marked, old price marks top corner title page. This issue of the journal is an anthology of established and new poets and writers from Australia. It has modern stories of initiation, love, and submerged violence, meditative poems, and timeless Aboriginal images in contemporary media. There are interviews with Thomas Keneally, Janette Turner Hospital, Les Murray, Philip Martin, and David Malouf, and plenty of poetry and fictional stories to keep active minds busy. Our Book No: 40677. $15 AUD.

331. Roberts, Adam; Singh, Mahendra (illustrator) (2015). Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea (1st U.S. ed). New York: St. Martin's Griffin. 306 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white drawings, light toning pages, minor edgewear, non-author written name flyleaf. In 1958 France's first nuclear submarine 'Plongeur' leaves port for the first sea trials. On board and together for the first time are one of the Navy's most experienced captains and a tiny skeleton crew of sailors, engineers, and scientists. The submarine makes her first dive and goes down, and down and down. What will happen to the crew when the pressure crushes her hull? This whimsical, thrilling, and beautifully illustrated retelling of the Jules Verne classic will keep readers busy to the end of this nautical masterpiece. First U.S. edition stated. ISBN/ASIN: 9781250057792. Our Book No: 41055. $20 AUD.

332. Rodriguez, Deborah (2011). The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul (One Little Cafe, Five Extraordinary Women) (Australian ed). Sydney: Bantam. 319 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, faint edgewear. Novel by Deborah Rodriguez about five women whose lives all become interwoven in Kabul, Afghanistan. Also, Sunny, the proud proprietor, needs an ingenious plan - and fast - to keep her cafe and customers safe in one of the most dangerous places on the planet. This is the author's fiction debut. The book also includes at the rear tips and recipes for a Kabul bookclub party, and an interview with the author. Australian edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760898458. Our Book No: 17904. $18 AUD.

333. Rogak, Lisa (2005). The Man Behind the Da Vinci Code: The Unauthorized Biography of Dan Brown (Australian ed). Melbourne, Carlton North: Scribe Publications. 140 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white & colour photos centre spread, top edge little foxed, pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. Lisa Rogak provides an investigative biography of Dan Brown, author of the bestselling novel 'The Da Vinci Code'. She reveals how and why Brown became infatuated with secret societies. Why has he withdrawn from public life? A few years ago, he was an obscure author, with three novels in print that had sold fewer than 20,000 copies in total. Today, he is a mega-bestselling author, with more than 34 million copies of his fourth novel in print around the world. She reveals little-known details of Brown's unusual work habits - involving gravity boots, an antique hourglass, and voice-recognition technology. Why, in the face of a lawsuit for plagiarism, did Brown refuse to sign an affidavit unambiguously affirming he is the sole author of 'The Da Vinci Code'? What links Brown's early career as a mid-level pop singer with his status as a bestselling author? Australian edition from Scribe Publications. ISBN/ASIN: 1920769714. Our Book No: 14444. $15 AUD.

334. Rogers, Pat (1980). Hacks and Dunces: Pope, Swift and Grub Street (Abridged ed) [Grub Street: Studies in a Subculture]. London: Methuen Young Books. 239 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear corners. Abridged edition. A shorter and more concentrated text with focus on literary masterpieces that explored the Grub Street milieu (low-brow literary writing and book and pamphlet publishing). The author has written a tighter copy to show the presence and use of London imagery in Alexander Pope's and Jonathan Swift's essays and poetry. Discussion of London life, 17th and 18th-century urban development, as well as the period of Augustan literature, will interest students of social history. ISBN/ASIN: 0416742408. Our Book No: 29062. $20 AUD.

335. Roscoe, William; Dorset, Mrs; Mulready, William (illustrator) (1982). The Butterfly's Ball, and The Grasshopper's Feast + The Peacock At Home: A Sequel to The Butterfly's Ball (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 16 + 14 pp. Each book: Paperback small trade, very good plus condition, frontispiece, black & white plates, coloured engravings, card envelope. Both in same slipcase. The author of The Butterfly's Ball wrote this story for his young son Robert. John Harris published the poem anonymously in London in January 1807, with an engraved text and copperplate illustrations by the young William Mulready, the son of poor Irish immigrants. The Peacock at Home, a sequel, written by an anonymous lady, later identified as Catherine Ann (Turner) Dorset, was published in September 1807, by the Harris firm. This booklet was illustrated with copperplates engraved after William Mulready. The card envelopes that wrap around each individual booklet add a special touch. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30589. $40 AUD.

336. Rossetti, Christina G.; Hughes, Arthur (illustrator) (1982). Sing-song: A Nursey-Rhyme Book [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 132 pp. Hardback small, very good plus condition, blue cloth cover (gilt pictures & lettering), black & white drawings (including frontispiece), all edges gilt, tissue guards (loosely inserted), in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Facsimile of a classic children's nursery rhyme book, originally published by George Routledge, London, in 1872. A collection of 1 or 2-page nursery rhymes, each headed by a drawing. Both poet and illustrator belonged to the pre-Raphaelite art movement, which believed in realistic portrayal of nature. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16966. $35 AUD.

337. Routledge, George (1982). The Dog's Dinner Party [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. Unnum 22 pp. Paperback quarto, card cover, very good plus condition, full-page colour drawings, interleaved blank pages, in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Facsimile of a classic children's story from Routledge's Shilling Toy Books series (as listed on rear cover). Originally published by George Routledge, London, 1876. A story about dogs having a party. The story is in large simple text, and the colour illustrations are full-page (the centre one being spread over two pages). Interleaved are some blank pages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 17001. $35 AUD.

338. Rowe, Josephine (2019). Here Until August: Stories (1st ed). Melbourne, Carlton: Black Inc. 197 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, laminate lifting slightly bottom corner front cover, minor edgewear. Short travel stories by Australian author Josephine Rowe. This is a masterful collection of horizons and departures, heartbreak and seduction. These stories follow the fates of characters who, by choice or by force, are travelling beyond the boundaries of their known worlds. From the Catskills to the Snowy Mountains, the abandoned island outports of Newfoundland to the sprawl of an Australian Metropolis, this collection shows us how the places we inhabit shape us in ways both remote and intimate. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863959933. Our Book No: 30999. $20 AUD.

339. Russell, Gillian (2011). The Playbill And Its People: Australia's Earliest Printed Document. Canberra: Nation Library of Australia. 139 pp. Paperback wide square trade, good plus condition, stiffened covers, colour & sepia (brown-tinted) drawings (some full-page), small tear fore-edge front cover, some edge creases covers (during manufacture), corners covers little bumped), minor edgewear. In 2007, a playbill advertising an evening of entertainment at the 'Theatre, Sydney' on 30 July 1796 was presented as a gift to Australia by the Canadian Government. Since the 1850s the fragile sheet had lain unidentified in Canada's national collection, virtually lost until it drew the attention of a rare-books bibliographer. The playbill is the earliest known printed document in Australia's history. The Sydney playbill offers glimpses of the social and cultural life of the early colony. This book looks at the fascinating history of Georgian theatre and performance in Australia. A wonderful addition to any performing arts collection. ISBN/ASIN: 9780642277381. Our Book No: 41920. $30 AUD.

340. Russell, Roslyn (1997). Literary Links: Celebrating the Literary Relationship between Australia and Britain (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 249 pp. Paperback small quarto, good plus condition, black & white text-photos, few colour illustrations, minor edgewear corners, top spine little chipped, faint tape marks corners inside covers, small mark fore-edge. Roslyn Russell examines the evolution of the literary relationship between Australia and Britain over the last 200 years. Her book ranges broadly across 15 distinct themes and covers explorers and utopians, convicts and their gaolers, nation builders, travellers, university students, fledgling and established writers, migrants, expatriates, prize winners, publishers and satirists, and literary visitors. ISBN/ASIN: 1864485027. Our Book No: 26019. $20 AUD.

341. Sadi, of Shiraz; Lang, John (1992). The Rose Garden: Translations from the Persian of Sadi of Shiraz (New ed) [Colonial Poets Series]. Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 12 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, few black & white drawings, two small marks front cover (possible paper defect), minor edgewear. The poems in this booklet are translations of Persian poetry from the 'Gulistan' and the 'Bustan', by the court poet known as Sadi of Shiraz. These poems were first published in 'The Mofussilite' in 1845. Translated into English by the Australian writer John Lang. (No 9 in the Colonial Poets Series from Mulini Press.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910422. Our Book No: 40008. $15 AUD.

342. Sadi, of Shiraz; Lang, John (1992). The Rose Garden: Translations from the Persian of Sadi of Shiraz (New ed) [Colonial Poets Series]. Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 12 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, few black & white drawings, minor edgewear. The poems in this booklet are translations of Persian poetry from the 'Gulistan' and the 'Bustan', by the court poet known as Sadi of Shiraz. These poems were first published in 'The Mofussilite' in 1845. Translated into English by the Australian writer John Lang. (No 9 in the Colonial Poets Series from Mulini Press. Annotation by collector Alan Ives states that this copy is a silent re-issue in September 2006.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910422. Our Book No: 40008A. $25 AUD.

343. Said, Edward W. (1997). Beginnings: Intention and Method (1st U.K. ed). London: Granta Books. 416 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. Edward W. Said brings together history, philosophy, structuralism and critical theory in a stimulating work of literary criticism. The author argues that during the 18th and 19th centuries, the novel was the major attempt in Western literary culture to give beginnings an authorizing, institutional and specialized role in art, experience and knowledge. He traces this idea through the late 19th and early 20th centuries - to Freud's discoveries and the novels of modernist authors - and examines the question of beginnings in critical discourse, and the work of the French structuralists. He combines philosophy and belles-lettres, and does not separate literature from history, philosophy and social discourse, thereby broadening the role of criticism from celebration and orthodoxy to re-experiencing and questioning. ISBN/ASIN: 1862071608. Our Book No: 30296. $30 AUD.

344. Saki; Lambert, J. W. (editor) (1969). The Bodley Head Saki: Short Stories: The Unbearable Bassington (Reprint ed). London: Bodley Head. 489 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, small sticker mark front cover jacket, non-author written dedication front free flyleaf. Nearly 50 years after his death on the Western Front, Hector Hugh Munro, better known as Saki, still shines among the small group of English masters of the short story. His witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. This selection, edited by J. W. Lambert, contains 52 short stories, and 'The Unbearable Bassington' as a full story. . ISBN/ASIN: 0370005511. Our Book No: 24136. $20 AUD.

345. Sanders, Julie (2007). Adaptation and Appropriation (Reprint ed) [The New Critical Idiom]. London: Routledge. 184 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, faint foxing top edge, minor edgewear. Julie Sanders clarifies the complex debates around adaptation and appropriation. A much-needed resource for anyone studying literature, film or culture. Some of the concepts are from fields as diverse as musicology and the natural sciences. ISBN/ASIN: 9780415311724. Our Book No: 29928. $20 AUD.

346. Sansom, Ian (2012). Paper: An Elegy, a Celebration of the Age of Paper (1st ed). London: Fourth Estate. 230 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear jacket, remainder marks bottom edge. Ian Sansom, an English professor of English, provides a brief quotable history and appreciation of paper in all its forms and uses (not just for books). But also a cultural study, and a series of personal reflections, on the timeless meaning of paper. Looks at the paradoxes of this man-made material, and shows how some types of paper will always be with us. For example, although e-books are making inroads into physical books, we will always need paper to wrap Christmas presents. ISBN/ASIN: 9780007480265. Our Book No: 29238. $25 AUD.

347. Sassi, Carla (2005). Why Scottish Literature Matters. Edinburgh: Saltire Society. 202 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. This is the fourth book in the Saltire series examining the significance of Scottish history, philosophy and the Scots language. Carla Sassi examines Scotland's literature from the earliest times to the late 20th century, and offers new and fascinating insights into the nature of nationhood and identity, and the way in which these are reflected in, and the inspiration for, literary output at various periods. ISBN/ASIN: 0854110828. Our Book No: 23600. $20 AUD.

348. Sayers, Dorothy L. (1939). Strong Meat. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 44 pp. Paperback small (with flaps), good condition, spine frayed (pages firm), top edge lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, rear cover scratched, edgewear, errata slip tipped in. In this small booklet published in 1939, on the outbreak of war, the famous English crime-fiction novelist Dorothy Sayers (1893 - 1957) offers strong support for the divine drama of Christianity. She is best known for her crime fiction novels set between the First and Second World Wars that feature English aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. She was also a playwright and Christian humanist. ISBN/ASIN: B000WMKWJ0. Our Book No: 11918. $15 AUD.

349. Schimmelpfennig, Roland; Bulloch, Jamie (translator) (2018). One Clear, Ice-cold January Morning at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century (1st translated ed). London: Maclehose Press. 233 pp. Paperback trade (with flaps), very good condition, spine little creased, minor edgewear. A novel by by playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig, set in Germany. A wolf crosses the border between Poland and Germany. His trail leads all the way to Berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and diverge. Those who sight the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path. This first novel of Germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of great power and precision. (Translated from German.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780857057013. Our Book No: 30319. $20 AUD.

350. Schleiner, Louise; McQuillen, Connie (translator); Roller, Lynn E. (translator) (1994). Tudor and Stuart Women Writers [Women of Letters]. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 293 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear top edge. Examines British women writers of the Tudor and Stuart periods, and their culture from the perspectives of feminism, Marxism, sociology, and cultural semiotics. This book is a comprehensive study of those women who were more than translators or diarists and who found individual voices in texts for public or semi-public circulation. Contains verse translations from Greek and Latin. SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 0253208866. Our Book No: 27171. $15 AUD.

351. Scoullar, Jennifer (2006). Wasp Season (1st ed). Melbourne, Hartwell: Sid Harta Publishers. 298 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, base spine slightly bumped, tiny crease bottom corners first few pages, minor edgewear. This modern Australian crime fiction thriller is on one level a story of family disintegration and social alienation. It is about a woman named Beth, her estranged husband Mark, and his beautiful young girlfriend, Helen. Beth's peaceful world is turned upside down when she discovers that European wasps have invaded her garden, and her obsession with them and their queen creates a distorted mirror to the human drama. A unexpected wasp horror twist connects the natural world to the human world. (First edition, Sid Harta, 2006.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781921206597. Our Book No: 41719. $30 AUD.

352. Serle, Geoffrey; Rickard, John (introduction) (2014). From Deserts the Prophets Come: The Creative Spirit in Australia 1788 - 1972 (New ed). Melbourne, Clayton: Monash University Publishing. 258 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, tiny piece laminate coating loss top edge & corner rear cover, minor edgewear. Short history of Australia's literature, music, theatre, science and learning. This book was originally published in 1973. The author presented a series of lectures on Australian cultural history. This new edition contains an introduction by Serle's student and eminent Australian cultural historian John Rickard. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921867545. Our Book No: 29429. $35 AUD.

353. Serle, Percival; Serle, Geoffrey (editor) (1988). Percival Serle 1871 - 1951: Biographer, Bibliographer, Anthologist and Art Curator: A Memoir (1st ed). Canberra, Deakin: Officina Brindabella. 59 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, light brown paper covered boards (beige cloth spine), illustrated endpapers, paper title on spine, sepia (brown-tinted) frontispiece portrait, tiny scuff fore-edge front cover, edges & front flyleaf lightly foxed. Apart from his own recollections, this memoir by Percival Serle is based on the short unpublished autobiography that he wrote late in life, and on diaries which he occasionally kept, here edited by his son Geoffrey Serle. His broad career included biographer, bibliographer, anthologist and art curator. He is best known for his Dictionary of Australian Biography, 1949. More than 100 people - writers, artists, professors and others - are mentioned in this memoir, testimony to widespread network. (No 115 of a limited edition of 350 autographed copies, designed and printed by A.T. Bolton at the Officina Brindabella, 1988. Hand binding and paper decoration by Helen Wadlington. This book is a hardback: Amazon incorrectly states paperback.) ISBN/ASIN: 0909422168. Our Book No: 29515. $30 AUD.

354. Seuss, Dr (2010). Green Eggs and Ham (Reprint ed). London: HarperCollins. 58 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, colour drawings, minor edgewear. In this great classic children's picture story from Dr Seuss, Sam-I-am is determined to get grumpy grouch to eat green eggs and ham. Will he succeed? A large format edition that will appeal to all ages. ISBN/ASIN: 9780007922888. Our Book No: 28085. $12 AUD.

355. Shillingsburg, Peter (2001). William Makepeace Thackeray: A Literary Life [Literary Lives]. Basingstoke, Hamps: Palgrave Macmillan. 162 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, figures, small scratch front cover, minor edgewear, owner's details embossed title page. This biography of Thackeray by Peter Shillingsburg offers a new perspective on the relationship between his life and his novels. It combines an analysis of his philosophy and religion with his life's experiences with women, and acknowledgements of his dependence on writing for a livelihood to provide an explanation for his narrative strategies. Traces Thackeray's composition and revision of sample passages to demonstrate that his narrative strategies were conscious developments. Also demonstrates how his critique of the evils of society focused subtly on conventional domestic cruelties, and on the inequities of the world of women, but in a way that could be dismissed and would not necessarily alienate the public upon whose good will his livelihood depended. ISBN/ASIN: 033365093X. Our Book No: 22625. $20 AUD.

356. Shoemaker, Adam (editor) (1998). A Sea Change: Australian Writing and Photography. Sydney: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). 247 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos & cartoons, minor edgewear. This unique collection, edited by Adam Shoemaker, looks at the sea change in Australian life today. In this especially-commissioned anthology by the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG), 25 of Australia's finest writers and photographers (for example, David Malouf) take up the challenge of exploring the transformation that took place two years before the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. This unusual anthology counterpoints essays with photographic images, and short stories with the cartoons of Matthew Martin. ISBN/ASIN: 0958599602. Our Book No: 3440. $20 AUD.

357. Sibley, Brian (1998). Shadowlands: The True Story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman (New ed). London: Hodder & Stoughton. 174 pp. Paperback small trade, good condition, few black & white photos, few tiny tears spine ends & rear cover, minor edgewear. Brian Sibley reveals the unique story of the tragic love of C. S. Lewis. He found love with Joy Davidman, who brought the famous novelist out of his shell, but their love was brief because Joy died months after they married. The author looks at the childhood of Lewis, his literary legacy - and shows us how, in the end, despite grief and painful doubts, the Christian faith of Lewis shone through. New edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0340709774. Our Book No: 31225. $12 AUD.

358. Simpson, John (2017). The Word Detective: A Life in Words from Serendipity to Selfie (New ed). London: Abacus. 366 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, base spine little bumped, minor edgewear. John Simpson is the former chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), where he helped move the dictionary online in the 1980s, and led the editorial work on its Third Edition (from 2000). His main story concentrates on his life at the dictionary. But he also uses words that crop up in the narrative itself as jumping-off points for digressions into stories about word history and usage. He wants to tell the story of words from a historical perspective. . ISBN/ASIN: 9780349141008. Our Book No: 30998. $20 AUD.

359. Skeslien Charles, Janet (2022). The Paris Library: Heroism Can Be Found in the Quietest Places (Reprint ed). London: Two Roads. 421 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. This novel by Janet Skeslien Charles was inspired by the true story of the librarians at the American Library in Paris who risked their lives during the Nazis’ war on words: a story of courage, defiance and betrayal in Occupied Paris. ISBN/ASIN: 9781529335460. Our Book No: 41630. $15 AUD.

360. Skovron, Alex (editor); Gaita, Raimond (editor); Miller, Alex (editor) (2011). Singing for All He's Worth: Essays in Honour of Jacob G. Rosenberg. Sydney: Picador / Pan Macmillan. 255 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. In the early 1990s, after writing for most of his life in Yiddish, his mother tongue, Jacob Rosenberg decided to change to English. He died in 2008, at the age of 86. During those 15 years, he wrote and published three collections of poetry, a book of short stories, a novel, and two prize-winning memoirs that chart his journey from youth in the city of Lodz (now Poland), through the nightmare of the Holocaust and the loss of his entire family, to the rebuilding of a future in Australia. This edited book of essays brings together 12 men and women from Australian literary and intellectual life who knew Jacob Rosenberg and offer their responses to his writing. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742610436. Our Book No: 26981. $15 AUD.

361. Smythe, P. E. (1935). The Wind in the Willows: Notes, Appreciation and Exercises. Sydney: The College Press. 61 pp. Paperback small, card cover, stapled pamphlet (staples concealed), good condition, minor edgewear, front cover & title page corner creased, bottom corner front cover & pages creased, pages lightly toned, minor foxing few pages, tiny tear top spine, slight loss base spine, small tear on spine. Estimated date: 1930s (Trove catalogue). A little booklet published to aid the teaching of classic literature. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction to the chief characters in the book, and it also sets the general background. Our Book No: 27490. $12 AUD.

362. Smythe, P. E. (1950). Youth and Gaspar Ruiz: Critical Notes, Appreciation and Exercises. Sydney: The College Press. 24 pp. Paperback small, thin card cover, stapled pamphlet, good condition, covers & corners little creased, pages lightly toned, slight loss base of spine, tiny tear rear cover, light foxing covers, minor edgewear, rubber stamp. Estimated date, about 1950 (stated as 19--, Trove catalogue). A little booklet published to aid the teaching of two novels by Joseph Conrad: "Youth" and "Gaspar Ruiz". Rubber stamp of Dymock's Bookshop. Our Book No: 27492. $12 AUD.

363. Snow, C. P.; Collini, Stefan (introduction) (2017). The Two Cultures (21st ptg ed) [Canto Classics]. Cambridge: Canto / Cambridge University Press (CUP). 107 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, crease front cover along spine, minimal edgewear. The classic text by C. P. Snow about how the intellectual life of society is split between the sciences and the arts / humanities. This reissue has an introduction by Stefan Collini, charting the history and context of the subsequent debate, its implications and its afterlife. ISBN/ASIN: 9781107606142. Our Book No: 41112. $20 AUD.

364. Solzhenitsyn, Alexander; Parker, Ralph (translator) (1973). One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Reprint ed). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. 143 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minimal edgewear. Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist and outspoken critic of the Soviet Union and totalitarianism (and a later Nobel Prize winner). The story is set in a Soviet labor camp in the 1950s and describes a single day of an ordinary prisoner, Ivan Denisovich Shukhov. This was the first account of Stalinist repression openly published in the Soviet Union. He fled to the West to publish further books. Translated from the Russian language. ISBN/ASIN: 0140020535. Our Book No: 3960. $12 AUD.

365. Souter, Gavin (1996). A Torrent of Words: Leon Gellert: A Writer's Life. Canberra: Brindabella Press. 63 pp. Hardback small octavo, mylar dustjacket, very good condition (in very good plus dustjacket), grey cloth covers, black & white photos centre spread, minimal foxing endpapers & edges. This is a biography by Gavin Souter of Leon Gellert who was an Australian writer, poet, journalist, and an art critic. He was one of the poets who served in the Middle East in World War 1 (The Great War), and was best known for his collection of poems written as an Anzac. The author says in his Prelude that he had something in common with Leon Gellert because in May 1947 they both had debuts on the Saturday magazine pages of the 'Sydney Morning Herald', where Gellert was literary editor and columnist for many years. (This is copy 210 of a limited edition of 270 copies, handprinted by Alexander Bolton at the Brindabella Press. It is the 23rd and last book of the press. printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. Duotone photographs.). ISBN/ASIN: 0909422265. Our Book No: 40967. $85 AUD.

366. Spackman, Barbara (1989). Decadent Genealogies: The Rhetoric of Sickness from Baudelaire to D'Annunzio (1st ed). New York: Cornell University Press. 220 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), coloured endpapers, minor edgewear jacket, top edge lightly foxed. The author examines the ways in which decadent writers adopted the language of physiological illness and alteration as a figure for psychic otherness. Using an ideological and rhetorical analysis of scientific as well as literary texts, this book shows how the rhetoric of sickness provided the male decadent writer with an alibi for the occupation and appropriation of the female body. ISBN/ASIN: 0801422906. Our Book No: 25947. $20 AUD.

367. Spennemann, Dirk H. R. (2004). Fiction in Nineteenth Century Samoan Newspapers. Canberra: Mulini Press. 86 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, few tables, cover rubbed near spine, minor edgewear. Dirk H. R. Spennemann provides a general history of three Samoan newspapers, and an analysis of the origin of their fiction content, as well as an index to published poetry and short fiction. The newspapers are 'The Samoa Times' in its two incarnations (1877 - 1881 and 1888 - 1896), and the 'Samoa Weekly Herald' (1892 - 1900). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910996. Our Book No: 29841. $40 AUD.

368. Stead, Christina; Geering, R. G. (editor) (1992). Talking into the Typewriter: Selected Letters (1973 - 1983) (1st ed) [Imprint Lives]. Sydney: Angus & Robertson / HarperCollins. 402 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, front cover scratched, minor edgewear. Beginning in England in 1973, this second volume of Christina Stead's letters deal mainly with her life after returning to Australia in 1974 and ends just before her death in 1983. These years saw the growth of her literary reputation and the official recognition of her contribution to writing. Letter writing was a vital part of Christina Stead's creative life and it grew increasingly important in her last decade. It was how she engaged with the outside world ISBN/ASIN: 0207170762. Our Book No: 13799. $16 AUD.

369. Stoler Miller, Barbara (1984). The Gitagovinda of Jayadeva: Love Song of the Dark Lord (Reprint ed) [Indian Series of the Translations Collection of the United Nations (UNESCO)]. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. 225 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, small closed tear spine, minor edgewear. This dramatic lyrical poem, translated and edited here by Barbara Stoler Miller, is a unique work in Indian literature and a source of inspiration in both medieval and contemporary Vaisnavism. It describes the loves of Krsna and Radha in 12 cantos containing 24 songs. The poem is really a kind of drama, of the ragakavya type, since it is usually acted. Published in India by Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN/ASIN: 8120803671. Our Book No: 28374. $20 AUD.

370. Stonex, Emma (2021). The Lamplighters (1st ed). London: Picador. 366 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, as new condition (in as new dustjacket), tiny bump bottom corner tip rear cover, ribbon bookmark, autograph (author's written name title page). Autographed: First edition. This exciting novel is inspired by real events in 1900, and Emma Stonex's love of anything nautical. Three keepers vanish from a remote lighthouse, miles from the shore (Cornwall, 1972). The entrance door is locked from the inside. The clocks have stopped. The Principal Keeper's weather log describes a mighty storm, but the skies have been clear. What happened to those three men out on the tower? This is an unforgettable story of love and grief that explores the way our fears blur the line between the real and the imagined. (Independent Bookshop Numbered Limited Edition: This is No. 822 of 1500 autographed copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781529047318. Our Book No: 40831. $50 AUD.

371. Styron, William (1992). Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (Reprint ed). London: Picador. 84 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, remainder stripe. The novelist William Styron describes his descent into depression. This memoir is a bold and ultimately uplifting exploration of depression's dark reality. ISBN/ASIN: 0330317539. Our Book No: 4261. $12 AUD.

372. Summerly, Felix (editor); Webster, Thomas (illustrator); Horsley, J. C. (illustrator); Cope, C.W. (illustrator) (1982). The Traditional Faery Tales (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 32 pp. Hardback small wide trade, very good plus condition, colour plates, gilt title & edges, blue endpapers, frontispiece, laid-in tissue guides on plates (one loose tissue guide), blind stamped design on both boards. In cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Originally published by Joseph Cundall in 1845. Felix Summerly was the pseudonym of Sir Henry Cole who initiated the Home Treasury series in 1843 for the enjoyment of children. The collected edition reproduced in this facsimile series has delicately hand-coloured plates, engraved on wood. This book shows the trend from fact toward fancy in content and design that was to grow through the second half of the 19th century. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30583. $30 AUD.

373. Sutherland, Stewart R. (1977). Atheism and the Rejection of God: Contemporary Philosophy and The Brothers Karamazov. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 152 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, top edge lightly foxed, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear, owner's written name & date. Dostoyevsky was tormented by the question about the existence of God throughout his life. Stewart Sutherland discusses this from both philosophical and theological viewpoints, and with specific reference to the novel 'The Brothers Karamazov'. The author is professor of history and philosophy or religion at the University of London. (The correct ISBN 063112604X is on rear cover, ISBN 0631175008 on copyright page is actually for the hardback edition.). ISBN/ASIN: 063112604X. Our Book No: 12836. $30 AUD.

374. Swanson, Jean; James, Dean; Perry, Ann (foreword) (1998). Killer Books: A Reader's Guide to Exploring the Popular World of Mystery and Suspense (1st ed). New York: Berkley Prime Crime. 358 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, edges & pages & inside covers lightly toned, cover corner tips little creased, tiny spot top edge, light crease front cover, minor edgewear. The perfect guide for discovering favourite mystery writers based upon your own personal preferences. The best mystery writers (particularly USA & UK) cross-referenced by your favorite books, movies, and TV shows. The book is well organized and indexed, with complete descriptions, author profiles and awards. ISBN/ASIN: 0425162184. Our Book No: 27471. $14 AUD.

375. Swift, Graham (2012). Last Orders (Reissue ed). London: Picador. 323 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, light crease front cover, minor edgewear. This novel won the Booker Prize in 1996. This is a reissue by Picador to celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2012. They are reissuing a selection of classic fiction. This book is the author's most poignant exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary lives. (Plus 32 pages adverts at end.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781447202820. Our Book No: 29009. $12 AUD.

376. Swingler, Susan; Reimer, Andrew (afterword) (2012). The House of Fiction: Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley: A Memoir. Perth, Fremantle: Fremantle Press. 319 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, few black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. A biography of an Australian literary dynasty. A memoir about a daughter's quest for her absent father. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921888663. Our Book No: 28680. $17 AUD.

377. Teffi; Chandler, Robert (translator) (2016). Memories from Moscow to the Black Sea (1st ed). London: Puskin Press. 349 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket, minimal split front hinge (pages firm), sticker mark. The fascinating story of the Russian writer and satirist Teffi. This book is her blackly funny and heart breaking account of her final journey into exile across Russia. Published in English for the first time, it confirms the rediscovery of Teffi as one of the most humane, perceptive observers of her time. ISBN/ASIN: 9781782271697. Our Book No: 40345. $25 AUD.

378. Tegner, Esaias; Hamel, Leopold (translator) (1874). Frithiof's Saga: Translated from the Swedish, with Notes, Index, and a Short Abstract of the Northern Mythology (1st ed). London: Trubner & Co. 279 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, dark green embossed pictorial boards, gilt lettering front cover & spine, gilt border front cover, spine ends slightly worn, light foxing & rubbing edges, pages lightly toned, front hinge partly split (pages firm), covers little rubbed, flyleaves toned, some edgewear corners, errata slip tipped in, owner's name label inside front cover. Tegner's remarkable poem has been translated into almost every European language. The translator has produced an epic which is in the hearts of the Northern nations. He has written copious notes, although simple, and a brief abstract of the Northern Mythology, taken principally from the two Eddas. He hopes to succeed in introducing, to those unacquainted with the Northern lore, the hero-gods of the ancient Vikings. The glossary, at the end of the book, is worthy and useful. The abstract (p233), the preface to Canto XXIV (p208), may also be helpful to glance over before reading the poem, because some parts, which may seem obscure, will then be clearer to the mind. Our Book No: 40556. $60 AUD.

379. Tessa, Duder (2007). Night Race to Kawau (Reissue, reprint ed). New Zealand: Puffin Books / Penguin Group (NZ). 206 pp. Paperback, very good condition, pages faintly toned, faint foxing edges, top corner creased front cover, minor edgewear. This novel for young adults is about a 12-year-old girl named Sam who is excited to learn that her Dad has decided that their family will take part in the night race to Kawau Island in their boat Aratika. When a gale blows up, her father is knocked unconscious while trying to take the spinnaker down. Can Sam and her mother sail the Aratika through the gale and get the family to safe harbour? Winner of the Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143303459. Our Book No: 29626. $15 AUD.

380. Thoms, William John (editor); Tayler, Frederick (illustrator); Absolon, John (illustrator); Franklin, John (illustrator); Thomas, W. J. (1982). The Gallant History of Bevis of Southampton and Two Other Stories (3 books) (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 16 + 16 + 16 pp. Each book: Paperback small square trade, very good condition, frontispiece, black & white decorations edges of pages, thin coloured card covers (matching colour decorative covers), gilt edges. In single slipcase (tiny scuff top corner, tiny bump top spine). Facsimile edition. Three volumes in one slipcase: The Gallant History of Bevis of Southampton - The Sweet and Pleasant History of Patient Grissel - A Mournful Ditty of the Death of Fair Rosamond. The editor of the series Gammer Gurton's Story Books was hired at a young age as a clerk in the office of Chelsea Hospital for disabled soldiers until 1845. In 1863 he became deputy librarian and continued in that post until he retired in 1882. The titles in this series were published in separate booklets with gaily decorated and gilded stiff-paper covers with a coloured frontispiece. The books in the series were published by Joseph Cundall and printed by Charles Whittingham. Each book has been illustrated by a different artist. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30585. $30 AUD.

381. Thorp, Gary (2002). Caught in Fading Light: Mountain Lions, Zen Masters, and Wild Nature (1st ed). New York: Walker & Co. 187 pp. Hardback tall octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white illustrations, top edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear corners jacket. Describes his search for a mountain lion or cougar in the hills and mountains of Northern California where he lives. In spare, elegant prose, using the traditional form of Japanese writing known as nikki bungaku (literary diary), he writes about his meditations and adventures. ISBN/ASIN: 0802713971. Our Book No: 26966. $18 AUD.

382. Tillyard, E. M. W. (1962). Myth and the English Mind: From Piers Plowman to Edward Gibbon: Being the Clark Lectures 1959 - 60 (1st Collier ed). New York: Collier Books. 126 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, spine slightly faded, light foxing edges, pages lightly toned, spine ends slightly rubbed, cover design differs from stock photo. A study of epic myths that pervade English literature. In this unusual treatment of the subject, the author deals with English literature exemplifying such myths, and has selected his four principal examples from the period of the Middle Ages up to the 18th century. The main aim is to broaden our understanding of English literature and the English mentality. Originally published as: Some Mythical Elements in English Literature. ISBN/ASIN: B00156ANSC. Our Book No: 40505. $15 AUD.

383. Timms, E. V. (1955). Ten Wicked Men (Abridged ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 250 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), flap unclipped jacket, minor edgewear, owner's written name front free flyleaf, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. An abridged version, 1955, of the novel 'Maelstrom' originally published in 1938 by Australian author E. V. Timms. A powerful and fascinating historical novel of high drama and deep-chuckling mirth, about the maelstrom of events in New France surrounding the great Cardinal Richelieu and his clever successor Mazarin. Includes adventures in England (mentions Cromwell) and French Canada. ISBN/ASIN: B0007J0CDE. Our Book No: 14593. $15 AUD.

384. Timms, E. V. (1956). The Falcon. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 235 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), pages lightly toned as usual, flap jacket unclipped (small edge tears & minor loss, minor edgewear), endpapers toned. E. V. Timms, the author of Australian historical romances here produces an historical novel set in the 17th century England. During the reign of Charles II, Englishmen saw the power and ambition of Louis XIV of France a deadly threat to their nation. Plot and counter-plot simmered under the glittering surface of court life, ever ready to explode into violent action. (First edition, this title. Originally published in 1931 as 'Whitehall'.). Our Book No: 25069. $15 AUD.

385. Tomalin, Claire (2017). A Life of My Own (Reprint ed). London: Viking / Penguin Books. 331 pp. Hardcover octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket (small dent rear cover). This memoir by Claire Tomalin follows her through triumph and tragedy (in equal measure) from the bad marriage of her parents, the difficult wartime childhood that followed, to her own marriage to the young journalist Nicholas Tomalin. He was killed on assignment as a war correspondent leaving her on her own to bring up their four children and make her own career. Claire became one of the most successful literary editors in London, and went on to discover her true vocation as a biographer, alongside overwhelming grief at the loss of a child. She sets her life in a wider cultural and political context, vividly and honestly portraying the social pressures on a woman in the 1950s and 1960s, and showing 'how it was for a European girl growing up in mid-20th-century England carried along by conflicting desires to have children and a worthwhile working life'. ISBN/ASIN: 9780241239957. Our Book No: 41103. $30 AUD.

386. Tompkins, Allan J. (1967). The E. R. B. Digest Number One [Edgar Rice Burroughs Digest, no. 1]. Melbourne: Allan J. Tompkins. 56 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white drawings (including inside covers), black & white photos, staples little rusted, tiny scuff spine ends. This scarce booklet is an amateur Australian and non-profit fanzine dedicated to American pioneer science / fiction / fantasy writer Edgar Rice Burroughs (first and only issue published). There is an indexed guide to the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs at the end. Our Book No: 28545. $60 AUD.

387. Tompson Jnr, Charles; Wilkes, G. A. (introduction); Turnbull, G. A. (introduction) (1973). Wild Notes, from the Lyre of a Native Minstrel (Facsimile ed). Sydney: Sydney University Press (SUP). 68 pp. Hardback quarto, dustjacket (flaps all sides), very good condition (in very good dustjacket), cream-coloured pages, top edge minimally foxed, minor edgewear. The first book of verse by an Australian-born poet, Charles Tompson Jnr, to be published in the colony in 1826. This facsimile edition in 1973 makes it available again for the first time since the original edition, and contains an introductory essay by G. A. Wilkes and G. A. Turnbull about Tompson's life and commentary on the poems. Tompson was of convict descent, and aged only 19 when the book was published. The Australian nationalistic flavour of the poems drew criticism by traditionalists as being disrespectful to the British crown. ISBN/ASIN: 0424065606. Our Book No: 25260. $22 AUD.

388. Toohey, John (2002). Quiros. Sydney, Potts Point: Duffy & Snellgrove. 262 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, cover creased along spine, minor edgewear, remainder stripe. John Toohey has written an historic maritime adventure novel based on the life of the Spanish explorer and navigator Quiros (died 1615), who sailed across the Pacific from South America in search of the Great South Land, to tragic consequences. ISBN/ASIN: 1876631244. Our Book No: 25644. $25 AUD.

389. Trevelyan, R. C. (1931). Three Plays: Sulla, Fand, The Pearl-tree. London: L. & Virginia Woolf / Hogarth Press. 120 pp. Hardback small, no jacket, good condition, brown board cover (title label, little foxed), top edge foxed, some page edges foxed, pages lightly toned, some edgewear. A scarce collectible book of three verse plays from the press of Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Our Book No: 17774. $15 AUD.

390. Twain, Mark; Tuckey, John S. (foreword, notes); Gibson, William M. (text); Mark Twain Project, Staff (2003). No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger: The Authoritative Text from The Mark Twain Project: Being an Ancient Tale Found in a Jug, and Freely Translated from the Jug (New ed) [Mark Twain Library Series]. Berkeley: University of California Press. 202 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, bottom corner rear cover little creased, covers little scratched, minor edgewear. This Mark Twain Library text of this surprising and little-known novel (No. 44) is a photographic reproduction of the text published in Mark Twain's Mysterious Stranger Manuscripts. Based on boyhood memories of the Mississippi River Valley and the printshops of Hannibal, the story is set in medieval Austria at the dawn of the printing craft. It is a psychic adventure, full of phantasmagoric effects, in which a penniless printer's apprentice - a youthful mysterious stranger with the curious name 44 - gradually reveals his otherworldly powers and the hidden possibilities of the mind. Ending on a startling note, this surprisingly existential novel reveals a darker side to the author's genius. Presents for the first time the novel as Mark Twain wrote it. Features expert notes and commentary, and - for the first in the Mark Twain Library edition - a glossary of printer's terms. ISBN/ASIN: 0520242068. Our Book No: 30563. $20 AUD.

391. Twain, Mark; Blackman, Charles (illustrator) (1987). A Cat-tale (1st ed). Sydney: Ashton Scholastic. 47 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings (including frontispiece), minor spotted foxing reverse side jacket (minor edgewear, slight impression front side). This charming children's picture book was written by Mark Twain around 1880, and after 107 years of virtual neglect, this is the first ever full-scale presentation. The author wrote the story for his two children. It is about Catasauqua's beautiful family of catlings named Cattaraugus and Catiline and their adventures while their mother is trying to teach them about good living, music, books and education. The illustrations are by Charles Blackman, an internationally known artist who now lives in Australia. First edition stated. ISBN/ASIN: 0868966940. Our Book No: 27965. $25 AUD.

392. Twain, Mark; Neider, Charles (editor) (2000). The Travels of Mark Twain. New York: Cooper Square Press. 448 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, spine lettering little faded, laminate coating lightly creased top & bottom edges front cover, rear cover little creased (few tiny dents), minor edgewear, internally excellent, remainder spot bottom edge. This anthology is a generous selection from the best of Mark Twain's travel writings. The travels are from Virginia City to Venice, from New Orleans to Nazareth, from silver mining in Nevada to the Pyramids and Sphinx of Egypt. Twain's descriptions are filled with humor, shrewd commentary on the people, and the customs and mores of foreign lands. (An unabridged re-issue of a book originally published in New York in 1961. Edited by Charles Neider, a noted compiler of works by American writers.) ISBN/ASIN: 0815410395. Our Book No: 29414. $22 AUD.

393. Tyler, Peter J. (2011). State Records New South Wales 1788 to 2011. Sydney, Annandale: Desert Pea Press / Federation Press. 150 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos. A history of the State Records Authority of New South Wales, which is responsible for maintaining the archives of government departments in New South Wales (NSW). ISBN/ASIN: 9781876861117. Our Book No: 15648. $35 AUD.

394. Upton, Elizabeth (1982). The Birthday-day Gift or the Joy of a New Doll from Papers cut by Elizabeth Upton (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 7 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, seven tipped-in black on green plates, bound unlettered marbled paper covers, thin card spine. In cardboard slipcase, reprint of printer and stationery label inside front cover, small bump fore-edge. Facsimile edition. A classic children's picture book which is one of the earliest examples held by The Osborne Collection, and originally published in 1796. The pictures were engraved from free-hand paper cuttings made without preliminary sketches by Elizabeth (Boughton) Upton (Lady Templetown). The edition reproduced here bears mounted engravings on tinted paper. Peltro William Tompkins published the original editions. He was an artist whose print selling business is advertised on the label inside the front cover. The beautiful drawings would appeal to most ages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30579. $25 AUD.

395. Walcott, Derek (1999). What the Twilight Says: Essays (1st p/b ed). New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 244 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, small crease top edge last few pages, edges lightly marked, remainder mark top edge. A collection of essays published by Derek Walcott, the Nobel Laureate poet, in the New York Review of Books, New Republic and other publications. The collection includes his examination of the paradoxes of Caribbean culture, his Nobel Lecture, and his reckoning of the work of several poets. A volume of remarkable elegance, concision, and brilliance. Also about the work and significance of such poets as Robert Lowell, Joseph Brodsky, Robert Frost, Les Murray, and Ted Hughes, and of prose writers such as V. S. Naipaul and Patrick Chamoiseau. ISBN/ASIN: 0374526834. Our Book No: 25736. $15 AUD.

396. Walker, William (1996). Australian Literature 1864 (Facsimile ed) [Bibliographica Historica Australiae]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 32 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, minor edgewear. This booklet is the first study of Australian literature, originally published in 1864. It looks at writers of Australia’s early colonial period. In particular, the poets Harpur and Kendall are treated as important poets. (No 4 in this series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910589. Our Book No: 30090. $15 AUD.

397. Watson, Graham (1980). Book Society. London: Andre Deutsch. 164 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), grey background colour jacket, light foxing top edge book & reverse side jacket, minor edgewear, owner's written name & address. Graham Watson writes about his life as a literary agent. He joined Curtis Brown, the doyen of literary agents, in 1947, and later became head of the firm. In this delightful memoir, he tells stories about John Steinbeck, Victor Gollancz, Richard Gordon and a host of other members of the literary high life in London. ISBN/ASIN: 0233971602. Our Book No: 23543. $15 AUD.

398. Welsh, Charles; Newbery, John (printer) (1982). Goody Two-shoes (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 156 pp. Hardback small, very good condition, green cloth covers, gilt title on cover & spine, black cream woodcuts. In cardboard slipcase (small bump top spine). Facsimile edition. A classic children's picture book, illustrated with black & white text-woodcuts. This facsimile of the third edition of 1766 was selected for this reproduction because the two copies of the fourth edition of 1767 held by Osborne Collections are incomplete. Originally published by Griffith & Farran Successors to Newbery & Harris, London, in 1881. This is one of the earliest pieces of original fiction deliberately directed to the amusement of children. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30582. $30 AUD.

399. White, Michael (2005). Isaac Asimov: A Life of the Grand Master of Science Fiction. New York: Carroll & Graf. 257 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned as common. Revealing biography of Isaac Asimov, who dominated science fiction for over 50 years, and who wrote over 400 books, many of which were popular science writing. Includes details of his troubled childhood and first marriage. ISBN/ASIN: 0786715189. Our Book No: 15700. $12 AUD.

400. White, Patrick (2007). The Solid Mandala (Australian Vintage ed). Sydney: Vintage books / Random House Australia. 317 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, fore-edge front cover & few pages little creased, minor edgewear. A classic tragicomedy of two people living one life. Arthur and Waldo Brown were born twins and destined never to to grow away from each other. They spent their childhood, youth, middle-age and retirement together. They even shared the same girl. But their worldview differed. Waldo was a superior intelligent man of reason, who saw everything but understood little. Arthur was an innocent fool, but understood in his blundering way. Arthur finally murdered Waldo. Patrick White is the only Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for his intricate novels. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742759012. Our Book No: 18362. $18 AUD.

401. Wilde, W. H. (1988). Courage a Grace: A Biography of Dame Mary Gilmore. Melbourne: Melbourne Books. 490 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, bottom corner front cover creased, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear cover corner tips, sticker mark front free flyleaf. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A comprehensive authorized biography by W. H. Wilde of Dame Mary Gilmore (1865 - 1962), the widely respected Australian poet whose portrait appeared on the Australian $20 banknote for many years. She was also well known for her patriotic poems during World War 2 and as a feminist and radical social reformer, whose life spanned almost a century of Australia's history (1890 - 1962). She took part in William Lane's socialist experiment in Paraguay, and was for a long period editor of the Women's Page in the 'Australian Worker', and later the communist newspaper 'Tribune'. Truly the Grand Old Lady of Australian literature, who died at age 97. ISBN/ASIN: 0522844073. Our Book No: 18293. $50 AUD.

402. Wilding, Michael (2014). Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon, and Henry Kendall: A Documentary. Melbourne, North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing (ASP). 580 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, light crease spine, scuff mark top corner front flyleaf, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication title page). Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Michael Wilding reports on three troubled geniuses of Australian writing (Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall) and their world of poverty, poetry, alcohol, drugs, horse-racing, theatre, journalism and publishing. The author has used contemporary newspaper reports, court records, published memoirs, private letters and diaries to write this fascinating, complex and despairing story. (A printed copy of a print-on-demand digital book.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781925003802. Our Book No: 28762. $40 AUD.

403. Wiley, Rebecca; Watts, Barry (extra text); Lurkin, Judy (extra text) (1986). Rebecca Wiley's Visit to Norman Lindsay at Springwood 1918. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 130 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white & colour photos, frontispiece portrait, minor edgewear, remainder stripe. (Rebecca Wiley's Visit to Norman Lindsay at Springwood 1918, by Rebecca Wiley, Angus & Robertson, 1986.) In 1918 Rebecca Wiley was sent by her employer, publisher George Robertson, to visit Norman Lindsay at his home at Springwood in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. After nearly 70 years, this manuscript was discovered in the Angus & Robertson archives at the State Library of New South Wales, and is now published for the first time. This work is a fascinating look into the life of one of the most extraordinary and controversial figures in Australian art and literature. The text is enhanced with 90 black & white and colour photos and background information on the people, places and literary and artistic works mentioned in Rebecca's original manuscript. Extra text by Barry Watts and Judy Lurkin. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 020714995X. Our Book No: 28451. $25 AUD.

404. Williams, Margery; Nicholson, William (illustrator) (2004). The Original Velveteen Rabbit, or How Toys Became Real (Reprint ed). London: Egmont Books. 44 pp. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, thick card covers with flaps, colour drawings, minor edgewear. A beautiful children's picture story by Margery Williams about a toy rabbit who wanted to become real. He had to wait a long time before the magic happened that granted him his wish. This edition of the beloved children’s illustrated classic celebrates 100 years since first publication. The bright illustrations will delight all ages. ISBN/ASIN: 9781405210546. Our Book No: 41617. $20 AUD.

405. Williams, Pip (2023). The Dictionary of Lost Words (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Affirm Press. 423 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, spine little creased, minor edgewear. This book is based on original research in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) archives, and is the first novel by Pip Williams. In 1901, the word 'bondmaid' was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. There is a black & white photo of the staff of the Scriptorium at the end of the book. The author later wrote the bestselling 'The Bookbinder of Jericho'. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922400277. Our Book No: 31129. $20 AUD.

406. Winch, John (2007). The Old Man who Loved to Sing (New, p/b, reprint ed). Gosford, NSW: Scholastic Press / Scholastic Australia Pty Ltd. 32 pp. Paperback small square folio (25.5 x 25..8 cm), very good condition, colour drawings, rear cover scuffed & little scratched near barcode, minor edgewear cover corner tips. In this classic children's picture story, told and illustrated by John Winch, an old man lived in a remote valley, where he sang, whistled or played music on his wind-up gramophone. The animals in the valley came to love his music. As the years passed he became forgetful, and one day he forgot to sing. But the animals knew how to remind him. (Originally published in 1994. This copy is the 2007 reprint of the 2004 new edition.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781865048048. Our Book No: 18472. $20 AUD.

407. Wood, Charlotte (2021). The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life (Reprint ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 238 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, bottom corners last few pages little creased, minor edgewear. Bestselling Australian novelist Charlotte Wood shares the insights she has found over a career by paying close attention to her own mind, to the world around her, and to the way she and others work. Drawing on research and many years of observant conversation and immersive reading, Charlotte shares what artists can teach everyone about inspiration and hard work, how to follow truth in art and life, and finding the courage during difficult times by looking at what we fear and keeping going when things seem hopeless. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760879235. Our Book No: 41508. $27 AUD.

408. Woodcock, Bruce (2003). Peter Carey (2nd ed) [Contemporary World Writers]. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 223 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. Bruce Woodcock provides both the student and the general reader with detailed critical examinations of major works of prominent Australian novelist Peter Carey, as well as a survey of critical debates, in and accessible and involving account. This second (revised and expanded) edition now includes detailed readings of Carey's latest novels 'Jack Maggs' and 'The True History of the Kelly Gang' - seeing them as the finest productions of a writer who continues to surprise and delight his readers with his inventive creations and unique imagination. (A volume in the 'Contemporary World Writers' series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0719067987. Our Book No: 23713A. $20 AUD.

409. Woodcock, Dr Bruce; Coates, John (1995). Combative Styles: Romantic Writing and Ideology: Two Contrasting Interpretations. Hull: University of Hull Press. 151 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, minor edgewear corners. Bruce Woodcock and John Coates offer a new approach in the study of Paine, Burke, Blake and De Quincey and their relations to the French Revolution. The styles and idealogical assumptions of the two critics are part of the combat with regard to interpreting Romantic literature. Romanticism (about 1800 -1850) emphasized intense emotion as an authentic source of aesthetic experience, perhaps in response to the excesses of the Industrial Revolution. (No date, but 1995, Trove.) SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 0859586219. Our Book No: 21643. $12 AUD.

410. Wrangham, Francis; Bryan, Harrison; Donaghey, B.; Shapcott Press, The (1963). George Canning: A Contemporary Tribute to Him (1st ed). Brisbane: The Shapcott Press. 10 pp. Paperback large trade, good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, single black & white vignette, pages lightly toned, edges little foxed, minute foxing pages & covers, top corner covers & pages creased, few marks rear cover, staples rusted, minor edgewear, owner's name inside front cover. This pamphlet is about George Canning who was First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in March 1827. Francis Wrangham wrote this tribute in 1827. Based on a manuscript now in the Queensland University Library and Archives. This publication was set up by hand by Harrison Bryan and Brian Donaghey with the assistance of English Honours students in the University of Queensland, at the Shapcott Press. The pamphlet includes an envelope addressed to Professor Ian Stubbin at The University of Queensland with a return address to the Library University of North Carolina. Our Book No: 40803. $25 AUD.

411. Wright, Thomas (2008). Oscar's Books (1st ed) [Oscar Wilde]. London: Chatto & Windus. 370 pp. Hardback wide octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), illustrated endpapers, black & white & colour photos, black & white text-photos, minimal edgewear jacket. This biography by Thomas Wright explores the personality of Oscar Wilde through his reading. The story of Wilde's life in a fresh and engaging way, from his childhood in Dublin, where he was nurtured on Celtic myth, Romantic poetry and Irish folklore; through his undergraduate years in Oxford, where he built his intellect out of books; to prison, where books saved his sanity; and to his final days in Paris, where he consoled himself with old favourites such as Flaubert and Balzac. Draws on unpublished and little-known material to write this biography. ISBN/ASIN: 9780701180614. Our Book No: 27582. $25 AUD.

412. Wyndham, John (1958). The Chrysalids (Modern reprint ed). London: Penguin Group. 200 pp. Paperback mass market, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, cover photo differs from stock photo. A classic science fiction novel by John Wyndham about an anguished community in which the chances of breeding true are less than 50%, and where deviations are rooted our and destroyed as offences and abominations. The narrator is David, who communicates with a small group of other young people by means of 'thought shapes'. (Modern ISBN reprint.). ISBN/ASIN: 0140013083. Our Book No: 16085. $12 AUD.