Australian Fiction

Adelaide Australia: Rigby Limited, 1976 Good hardcover with very good jacket, 212 pages. The red boards show light rubbing to edges, edges are now yellowed and has one small light stain like a tea spill (someone enjoyed it while havin' a cuppa) across side edge and extending onto endpapers one inch only , has an inscription in biro on half title page, slight forwards spine lean. Pictorial dust jacket is very good no longer glossy with inside edges curling and slightly stained with dust and yellowing. This is the famous if not fateful story of a group of schoolgirls from a fashionable college (since made into a film the pictorial dustjacket features images from the film.) Three girls and one teacher disappear and were never found again, the story is legend and whether it is fact or fiction is usually left to the reader to decide.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Glen Waverley, Victoria Australia: Sid Harta Publishers, 2008 This is a new book. Small book 92 pages, illustrated with colour drawings, pictorial cover. This is the first book of this upcoming young Australian author, who is already making a name for himself here in Australia. The book is a short and intense drama about a young teenage boy called Sam and his dreams. Sam’s dreams are somehow linked to reality. Although he cannot explain it, his dreams actually play out around him to the exact minute detail. Initially he cannot accept it; the things that are happening in his dreams are not just ordinary things, but deal with important life events such as the death of his father and stepfather. He feels like he is losing it. He turns to the police, but his only friend and confidant is his cousin, Rayland. Steve witnesses a brutal murder when he defiantly sneaks out of his home one night for an adventure that truly backfires. The killer follows him home, planning to take this witness out. Sam somehow dreams of the murder this boy has seen and from a television newscast realises it is horrifically accurate. But in his dream, he learns that the killer follows the witness home and enters through the roof. But there is one significant difference with this particular dream: Steve’s death hasn’t happened yet. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Illus. by Vermeeren, Fiona. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Rowville, Victoria Australia: The Five Mile Press, 2007 Fine reprint copy, glossy, sharp and clean, with only light corner bumping and very light edge rubbing, 288 pages. A compilation of Australian classic short stories written by famous Australian authors of note, including Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson. Drawn from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries, all the stories in this collection in some way capture the spirit of the young Australian nation. Show the development of the Australian lifestyle, character and culture.. 2007 Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Atlas Folio - over 23" - 25" tall. more information

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