Modern 1st Editions from Adelaide Booksellers

London: Collins. 1960. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine ends & corners a little chipped. Maps to endpapers. 384 pages. A novel about Julius Caesar, recounted by Caesar. Winner of the 1960 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. … Read more about this item

London: Peter Davies. 1955. Octavo Size [approx 13x18cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is age-toned and a little grubby. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Dustjacket illustration by Michael Cummings. 223 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Michael Joseph. 1963. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good [price clipped] Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's neatly inscribed details to front free end paper. 221 pages. A story set in in a rest home for horses. The progenitor of the Follyfoot… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph. 1948. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in a Good [price clipped] Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. The DJ is rubbed at edges with some chipping to spine ends. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1967. 12mo [approx 13x19cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ is price-clipped & now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. From a company library - with stamp to front endpapers - no other markings. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Translated from the French by Jean Stewart. Originally… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1974. Octavo Size [approx 12x19cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Spine a little sunned. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. First english language edition. First published in France in 1961 as Le Train de Venise. Translated into English by Alistair… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1975. Octavo Size [approx 12x19cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Spine a little sunned. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. First english language edition. First published in France in 1971 as Maigret et L'Homme Tout Seul. Translated into English by… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1961. Octavo Size [approx 14x20cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ is price-clipped & now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Dustjacket by Sidney Nolan. 552 pages. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1978. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ spine a little sunned. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper and also a bookseller stamp. Translated from the French by Eileen Ellenbogen. 143 pages. First published in 1944 under the… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1977. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. Price clipped DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Translated from the French by Eileen Ellenbogan. Jacket design by Sally Davis. 123pages. First published in France in 1942.… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1977. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Translated from the French by Louise Varese. Jacket design by Sally Davis. 123pages. First published in France in 1949. … Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape. 1961. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good condition in Good dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An ex-library copy but with only one stamp to front free endpaper and some tape marks to book covers. Small amount of biro scribble and small stain to lower edge of front free endpaper. … Read more about this item

New York: Viking. 2009. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Translated from the Chinese by Martin Merz and Jan Weizhen Pan. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 313 pages. A bestselling novel in China -… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1968. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Price clipped DJ has some light chipping to corners and spine ends. 475 pages. A sequel to 'A Horseman Riding By'. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph. 1980. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 189 pages. Featuring Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

New York: Simon & Schuster. 1984. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ a little sunned at spine and upper edge. Remainder 'dot' to bottom edge. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 234 pages. Set… Read more about this item

Ringwood: Viking. 1988. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Page edges age-toned as is common. 175 pages. Failed writer turned diplomat re-asseses his life. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Flamingo. 2002. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Faint age-toning to page edges as is common. 222 pages. A selection of stories by the late feminist and chronicler of women's lives. Twenty stories grouped under the headings: Things That Go Bump… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow & Company. 1971. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. The DJ is NOT price clipped but is age-toned at spine and edges. Faint & small mark to front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape. 2022. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine copy in Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic cover. As new condition. 179 pages. The story of a remarkable teacher. "A former student unpacks her notebooks and remembers her uniquely inquisitive mind, her passion for reason resonates through the years. Her ideas unlock… Read more about this item