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London: Secker & Warburg, 1966. First UK Edition . Hardcover. Excellent/Very Good. First UK Edition of the classic Japanese novel. First UK Edition [Secker & Warburg, London, 1966]; 150pp; purple boards, gold titling to spine, ffep with torn piece at base, else excellent; in very good unclipped [21s. net] dustjacket, a little rubbed & chipped, significant portion torn at front [repaired well]. One of Mishima's best-known & most accessible works. Translated by John Nathan. Originally published in Japanese as Gogo No Eiko [Kodansha, Tokyo, 1963]. A controversial figure, Mishima famously committed seppuku after leading a small militia into a military base in central Tokyo.

London: Penguin, 1985. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. Excellent. First English printing of his magnum opus tetralogy in a single volume. First Thus [Penguin Books, London, 1985]; 822pp; illustrated card covers, slight creasing to corners, very minor rubbing & marks, age-toning to pages, an excellent copy. Cover illustration by Chris Burke. Epic tetralogy comprising: "Spring Snow", "Runaway Horses", "The Temple Of Dawn" & "The Decay Of The Angel". Mishima completed "The Decay Of The Angel" in 1970 - later that year he would stage an unsuccessful coup & commit seppuku [ritual suicide]. ISBN: 0-14-006929-1 / 0140069291

London: Secker & Warburg, 1980. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. First UK printing of an intriguing title from this award-winning Japanese author. First UK Edition [Secker & Warburg, London, 1980]; [x], 182 pages; tan papered boards over black cloth, Japanese characters on front board, gold titling to spine [in English], slightly darkened top edge, an excellent copy; in like, unclipped [$8.95] illustrated dustjacket, Secker & Warburg sticker over ISBN at rear [jacket is the original US version, modified thus for the UK market], price sticker residue on front. Kafkaesque postmodernist novel where a man's wife is taken to hospital & disappears. Translated by Juliet W Carpenter. SBN: 436 00021 0 / 0436000210

Adelaide: Board of the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium, 2006. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Excellent. Lavish pictorial history of Adelaide's Botanic Garden. First Edition [Board of the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium, Adelaide, 2006]; x, 214 pages; blue cloth, white titling on spine, minor shelfwear at base of spine, a fine copy; in excellent illustrated dustjacket, light scratches on rear. Published to coincide with the 150 year anniversary of the Botanic Garden. Richly illustrated with beautiful botanical illustrations & archival photographs. "This is much more than just the story of a much-loved garden - it is a microcosm of plants & people in the Australian environment". ISBN: 9780646461373 / 0 646 46137 0

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. Genuine first printing of one of the most influential science books of the 20th Century. First Printing [Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1976]; xii, 224 pages; black cloth, gold titling to spine, corners slightly bumped, minor foxing to prelims, an excellent copy; in like illustrated dustjacket. Genuine First Edition [UK printing] of one of the most influential science books of the 20th Century. Jacket illustration from painting by Desmond Morris. ISBN: 0-19-857519-X / 019857519X

London: The Folio Society, 1993. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near-Fine. Mosley, Francis. First Printing of Folio's collection of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. First Thus [The Folio Society, London, 1993]; 5 volumes; brown cloth with Holmes & Watson shadow illustration, gold "A Conan Doyle" script to front boards & gold spine titling ["The Adventures", "The Memoirs", "The Return", "His Last Bow" & "The Case-book"], small white mark [rubbing] at top of two volumes, else fine; in like illustrated cardboard slipcase, lightly shelf-worn. A complete set of the short stories documenting the adventures of the world's most famous literary detective. Illustrated by Francis Mosley. Shadow illustration across the spines of the 5 vols forms the distinctive outline of Sherlock Holmes [Folio also published a second box of the Holmes novels, not present here, which continues the illustration with the shadow outline of Dr John Watson].

New York: Dell Publishing, 1959. First Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. First Edition of this great SF novel. First Printing [Dell Publishing Co, New York, 1959]; 319pp; illustrated card covers, green blockstain to all edges, impact creasing near base of front cover, two black texta marks to base, spine a little rubbed, curved & creased, an excellent copy. First Edition of Vonnegut's second novel [not published in hardcover until the 1961 Houghton Mifflin edition]. A Dell First Edition, code B138 & priced at 35c on front. One of the great science fiction novels.

London: The Folio Society, 2006. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Holder, John. First Thus [Folio Society, London, 2006]; xxii, 170 pages; illustrated cloth boards, a fine copy; in like plain cardboard slipcase. Seven suitably irreverant illustrations by John Holder. Introduction by John Sutherland. One of the great 20th Century novels... So it goes.

London: Gollancz, 1980. First UK Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. Handsome First Edition from the Russian brothers. First UK Edition [Victor Gollancz, London, 1980]; blue boards, gilt titling on spine, gift inscription on ffep, slight canting of spine; in excellent, unclipped dustjacket. An excellent copy overall. The English translation was first published as a Bantam paperback in the US - this book marks the novel's first appearance in hardcover. ISBN: 0 575 02795 9 / 0575027959.

London: Penguin, 1971. First Penguin Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Excellent. Beautiful vintage copy of this Japanese master's two best novels. First Thus [Penguin Books, London, 1971]; 206pp + 2 pages publisher's ads; illustrated card covers, spine a little rubbed along edges, creased & slightly faded, top rear corner creased, an excellent, bright copy. Kawabata's best known novels collected & published by Penguin for the first time. Winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Literature [first person from Japan to win]. ISBN: 0 14 00 3336 X / 014003336X

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001. Limited Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Excellent. Amor, Rick. Outstanding art biography on one of Australia's most distinguished contemporary artists. First Edition [Melbourne University Press, 2001] published under The Miegunyah Press imprint. Limited to 1500 copies. Black boards with gold titling on spine, a fine copy; in the excellent pictorial dustjacket, v. slightly bumped at extremities. The first full-length study of painter, printmaker & sculptor Rick Amor's work.ISBN: 0-522-84948-2 / 0522849482

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The uncommon Signed Limited First Edition [Jonathan Cape, 1987] printed & specially bound for the London Limited Editions series. Signed by Chatwin on LLE title page [followed by half-title & Cape title page]. #18 of only 150 copies printed. Quarter-cloth over marbled boards in original glassine jacket; red ink to block base; jacket bumped with small chips at spine ends; an excellent copy. ISBN: 0-224-02452-3 / 0224024523. A handsome edition of this enduring exploration of Indigenous Australian culture.

New York: Michael Halsband Studio, 2004. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Halsband, Michael. Wonderful surfing portraits by Michael Halsband. First Printing [Michael Halsband Studio, New York, 2004]; 240 pages; white cloth, title impressed on front board, a fine copy; in excellent illustrated dustjacket, a couple small unavoidable marks. Surfer portraits & scenes by tour photographer Michael Halsband. Text by Joel Tudor. ISBN: 0-9744029-4-X / 097440294X

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1983. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Excellent/Excellent. Liepke, Malcolm. Fine binding of this first book in Proust's epic meanderings. Deluxe Edition [The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1983]; xviii, 486 pages; dark red leather spine over cloth, gilt design on front & rear, titling on spine, 4 raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon marker, v. slight rubbing at corners, an excellent copy. The first volume in Proust's "Remembrance Of Things Past". Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrief. Illustrated by Malcolm Liepke.