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Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, tight copy. Slim octavo in publisher's green boards, gilt lettering to spine, 46 pages. Previous owner's name on title page.
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Alive: Poems 1971 - 72
by Wright, Judith
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The Amen Corner: A Play
by BALDWIN, James
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London: Michael Joseph, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A quite neat, very sound copy of the first U.K edition. Brown cloth with silver lettering to spine, as issued, 132 pages. Top corners lightly bumped, small area of offsetting to front free endpaper from bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Dustjacket has slight wear, creasing and a few small chips to edges. Written in Paris in the fifties, this early play is a fruitful hunting-ground for those interested in Baldwin's literary development. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Antiheroine's Voice: Narrative Discourse and Transformations of the Picaresque
by Friedman, Edward.
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Columbia: Univ of Missouri , 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. An excellent tight, clean copy. 261 pages, notes, selected bibliography, index. Friedman details transformations of the relation between authors and narrators reflecting the fortunes and ironies of women in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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Author! Author! A selection from The Author, the Journal of the Society of Authors since 1890
by Findlater, Richard
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London: Faber & Faber, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Collection of short stories and essays by Malcolm Bradbury, E.M. Forster, V.S.Pritchett, Doris Lessing, Anthony Burgess, William Golding, Tom Stoppard, etc. Near fine - a tight, clean copy.
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C G Jung and Hermann Hesse: A Record of Two Friendships
by SERRANO, Miguel
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London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good,. Octavo in charcoal boards, gilt lettering to spine, 111 page, black and white photographic illustrations. Reprint. Three closed tears to dustjacket, previous owner's stamp to free front endpaper. The author had a close friendship with Jung and Hesse, and this book is the outcome of meetings and corresponence with them. A neat, sound copy.
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Caravan: The Assembled Tales of John Galsworthy
by Galsworthy, John
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London: William Heinemann, 1929. Full-Leather. Very Good. A most attractive, desirable volume. A new impression. A highly attractive production with embossed and coloured titles and crest on cover and spine, 950 pages. Slight scuffs and hingewear. A collection of all of Galsworthy's tales written between 1900 and 1923.
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The Critical Review
by Goldberg, S. L (ed.)
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Department of English, University of Melbourne., 1970. Soft Cover. Very Good. No 13, 1970. Essays by Anne Sedgley, Robin Grove, Rodney Mather, Morag Hollway, Graham Burns, T.B Tomlinson, T.J Kelly, A.L French. Previous owner's name on title page, top edge stamped 'no return', otherwise in very good crisp condition.
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Cupid and the Jacaranda
by SITWELL, Sacheverell
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London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good,. A very sound, attractive copy. Octavo in publisher's original red boards with gilt titles to spine, 317 pages. Price-clipped dustjacket has a lightly faded spine, and very slight creasing / chips / soiling - very attractive nonetheless. Front flap of dustjacket stamped 'Macmillan\'s Overseas Library. This Library must not be circulated in the British Isles, the United States of America or Canada' i.e. Colonial Edition, but printed in Britain. Endpapers lightly bubbled at hinges during production. The book is a continuation of Sitwell's autobiographical excursions into the worlds of architecture, the arts and in this volume some particularly beautiful passages on dancing. The good deal of the last part of the book is taken up with flower descriptions. A very nice copy of this scarce item. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.
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A Darkness that Murmured: Essays on Malcolm Lowry and the Twentieth Century
by Asals, Frederic and Tiessen, Paul (Eds.)
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Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A tight, Bright copy. Original grey cloth with black lettering to spine 277 pages including list of works cited, index, black & white photographic illustrations. A fascinating collection of essays exploring the life of the man who became a cult hero of literary circles on both sides of the Atlantic. It includes memoirs of people Lowry knew at critical junctures of his life, and offers critical insights into his writings. Of particular interest are the reminiscences of his wife, Jan, of their time in Mexico on 1936. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.
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The Davidson Collection: Australian and Pacific Voyages (Limited Edition): From the Library of Mr Rodney D. Davidson, A.O., O.B.E.
by WANTRUP, Jonathon
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Melbourne: Australian Book Auctions, 2005 - 2007. All three volumes with matching numbers (#28) from limited hardcover issue of 150 copies only, signed by Jonathon Wantrup and Rodney Davidson. All in fine condition. A superb production. TOGETHER WITH an additional Australian Book Auctions Catalogue, August 2008 'The Davidson Collection', which lists 371 items supplementary to the main auction. TOGETHER WITH 'A Book Collector's notes on items relating to the Discovery of Australia, The First Settlement and the Early Coastal Development of the Continent.' by Rodney Davidson. A sound clean hardcover, faded dustjacket spine. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.
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Discretions: a Memoir By Ezra Pound's Daughter
by Rachewiltz, Mary De
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London, United Kingdom: Faber & Faber Limited, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 312 pages including index, black and white plates. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. This remarkable memoir by Pound's daughter recounts her strange upbringing and the close relationship that grew over the years between herself and her father. Many rare and previously unpublished photographs help create not only a moving autobiography, but a tribute to a great poet. A tight, bright copy.
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The Ern Malley Affair
by Heyward, Michael
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St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Original white cloth, green title to spine, 284 pages, notes, index, black & white photographic plates. Heywood recounts the fascinating story of hoax behind the strange and brilliant poems of 'Ern Malley'. Includes Malley's opus 'The Darkening Ecliptic'. A tight, bright and clean copy.
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The Expanded Voice: The Art of Thomas Traherne
by Stewart, Stanley
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San Marino California: Huntington Library, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine,. Octavo in publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to spine, 235 pages, notes, index. Stewart undertakes a thorough analysis of the prose and poetry of the seventeenth century author, Thomas Traherne. This perceptive study will interest both students of English literature and will be a delightful discovery for those not yet familiar with Traherne's work. A bright, tight copy.
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Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing Of Hunter S Thompson
by THOMPSON, HUNTER S.
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. A bright neat copy of the first edition. First printing. Edited with a foreword by Jann S. Wenner, introduction by Paul Scanlon. In publisher's original crimson boards, quarter bound in black cloth, title in red to spine, 872 pages. Small remainer mark to lower edge. The book showcases the roller-coaster of a career at the magazine that was his literary home as he pursued his lifetime obsession - the life and death of the American Dream.
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A Fence Around the Cuckoo : An Autobiography
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Melbourne: Viking, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine,/Fine. Near fine - a tight, clean copy. First impression. Octavo in publisher's blue board with white lettering to spine, black and white plates, 294 pages. A moving, passionate and often funny account of her curious early childhood, alone with her parents in the remote rainforests of New Zealand. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.
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Flashbacks: An Autobiography
by LEARY, Timothy
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London: Heinemann, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine,. A very neat, bright copy of the first impression of the UK edition. Octavo on publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, black & white photographic plates, maps / plans /tables, notes. 396 pages. Some offsetting to endpapers, light soiling to front edge, top right corner bumped, all else clean and white. Signed and inscribed by Leary on free front endpaper. A flashback of Who's Who in the 70's & 80's :John and Yoko, JFK, Burroughs, Charles Manson, Aldous Huxley all feature in this enthralling tale of Leary on the run from drug charges, all the while convinced of his cause for freedom. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.
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The French Connection: The Word's Most Crucial Narcotics Investigation
by MOORE, Robin
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Very Good,. A neat bright copy of this hard-to-find first UK edition, first printing in publisher's royal blue boards with metallic turquoise lettering to spine, 309 pages, map endpapers and black & white photographic illustrations throughout. Very light spotting to top edge, small chips to dust jacket corners, neat previous owner's name on free front endpaper. A gripping account of an extraordinary narcotics sting. Adapted for a film of the same name which earned eight nominations and won five Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor (Hackman), Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay, and was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Scheider), Best Cinematography, and Best Sound Mixing. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.
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The Imitation of Christ
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London: The Folio Society, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. A lovely bright copy. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering and designs to spine and front cover, 12 colour plates including frontispiece, 250 pages. Slip case.
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In Touch: The Letters of Paul Bowles
by Bowles, Paul
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London: HarperCollins, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A tight, clean example of the first UK edition. Octavo in publisher's teal boards with gilt lettering to spine: xx + 604 pp., glossary, index. Edited by Jeffrey Miller. Remainder mark on lower edge. Letters are organised into decades from the 1930's - 1980's and Later Letters.
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The Infirm Glory (SIGNED)
by WINN, Godfrey
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London: Michael Joseph, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good,. A sound, clean copy, signed, inscribed and dated by Godfrey Winn on the free front endpaper. Octavo in original publisher's blue boards with gilt title and credits to spine, 396 pages including index, black & white frontispiece photographic plate and an additional 22 pages of photographs. Dustjacket creased and slightly soiled, some shelfwear or insect nibbles to lower edges of boards, top edge lightly spotted. The first volume of a projected autobiography that deals with Winn's appearance as a boy actor in Dame Sybil Thorndyke's Company, the birth of his career as novelist; includes what is regarded as one of the most authentic portraits of his literary mentor Somerset Maugham. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.
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