Andrezel, Pierre (a.k.a. Izak Dinesen, a.k.a. Karen Blixen)

The Angelic Avengers

Random House, New York, 1947. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Original light blue cloth with a gilded decoration on the front board. Set in 1840s in both Britain and France and tells the story of two young girls and of the horrors they must endure. Bumping to the head and tail of the backstrip, and to the top edge of the rear board, rubbing to both the top and bottom edges of the boards. Darkening of the edges of the textbook. Ownership inscription on front end page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X, 406 pages, last four pages blank. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0214459

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Audeguy, Stephane

The Only Son

Harcourt, Inc, Orlando, 2008. First Edition, Hard Cased. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780151013296 in original to tone hardcover binding, with illustrated dust jacket. There is no damage to describe, even though the book is second-hand. Untrimmed front edge of text block. THE ONLY SON is the fictional autobiography of François Rousseau, older brother of Jean-Jacques. Mention only once in Jean-Jacques' classic Confessions and dismissed as a libertine, François has been lost to history until now. Front fold over blurb. Translated from the original French by John Cullen. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 248 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0235990

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Barker, Victor

The Truth of Everything

Simon & Schuster, Sydney, 1993. First Edition, Softcover. Good Condition. 9780731803484 Colour illustrated card cover white and green coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book panels. Browning of the textblock edges and internal pages. Previous bookseller's sticker to the lower edge of the rear panel. A young English film director, Henry Clarke, sets out to make a documentary on Charles Rodriguez Malik Xavier, ex-con man and gunrunner, now Guru. Henry Clarke sets out to tell the truth of everything about Xavier, but a shocking event almost pushes Henry to the brink of discovering the truth about himself. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0113148

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Keywords: BZDB2 Fiction, celebrity Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; The Truth of Everything

Beaver, Bruce

you can't come back

Rigby, Adelaide, 1984. reprint, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780727020079 long in and out of print this 1st novel by one of Australia's greatest living poets present the graphic portrait of the Australian outback. A small party of railway labourers are assigned a week's work and stationed at a large New South Wales country town. Their daily lives and their experiences after working hours are laconically described by a member of the group. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 166 pages, in original hardcover binding with a colour illustrated dustjacket. The dustjacket is very slightly rubbed at the top of the spine. There is no other damage to detail.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0242181

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Keywords: BZDB2 Australia working relationship morality Indo-Australian Literature & Literary; you cant come back

El-Bisatie, Mohammed

Clamor of the Lake (translated by Hala Halim )

the American University in Cairo press, Cairo, 2004. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9789774248528 bound in original hardcover binding with a colour illustrated dustjacket by Adel El Siwi, the book and jacket show no damage. Clamor of the Lake begins with the appearance of an old fisherman of unknown origin sailing a black boat. Taciturn and enigmatic, he takes on a woman and her twin boys. While he gives away nothing about his past, his undemanding companionship prompts the woman to narrate her turbulent life. Meanwhile, in a nearby village by the lake, Gomaa and his wife have found respite from the dreariness of their existence in the fantastic objects the sea churns up during gales - a sword, alluring panties, a talisman. But when the waves cast up a chest that speaks in a language no one can comprehend, Gomaa is haunted by its voice. As the tumult of the lake drives a wedge between the couple, it turns two neighbors into close allies: Karawia, a cafà proprietor, and Afifi, a grocer. Eventually, they too will be haunted by the siren song of the lake. -- Front fold over blurb This is the first edition in the English language. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (6), 142, (4 )pages . Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0237924

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Keywords: BZDB2 literature Egyptian translated Literature & Literary; Clamor of the Lake translated by Hala Halim

van den Brink, H. M. Hans Maarten

On the Water

Grove Press, New York, 2001. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780802138958 secondhand copy, no damage to describe. A book about growing, it tells the potent story of Anton and David, 2 oarsmen trained by mysterious German coach in the Golden Amsterdam summer of 1939. – The menace of tragedy come is subtly woven into the story of the 2 boys whose only concerns are practices, races, and themselves. In the end, all that is left Anton is the memory of his supreme happiness that summer. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 160 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0273572

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Keywords: BZDB2 novel fiction Amsterdam growing sexuality rowing Literature & Literary; On the Water

Burke, Martyn

The Commisar's Report

Granada, London, 1984. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780246123831 384 pages in original red vinyl hardcover binding with silver writing on the spine, illustrated dust jacket has lost a little colour on the spine. no other damage to describe. Previous owner's name sticker on the front paste down, mostly hidden by the dust jacket flap. What Joseph Heller's Catch-22 did for the Second World War, this book does for the Cold War. – Thrilling, wickedly funny and darkly satirical Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0258161

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Keywords: BZDB2 Catch-22 Stalin America espionage stock market business corporations humour insider trading Literature & Literary; Humour. The Commisars Report Humour

Cable, James – Translator

The Death of King Arthur (Penguin Classics)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1971. First Edition, Softcover. Good Condition. 9780140442557 Introduction by translator and Appendix. Illustrated paperback binding with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A translation of the French mediaeval romance La Mort le Roi Artu. The Arthurian world is in its twilight, the Round Table is depleted of numbers due to the Quest of the Holy Grail and is sick at heart. Lancelot is having an adulterous affair with Guinevere, and, the treacherous Mordred arrives with events culminating at the last Battle of Salisbury where Aurthur and Lancelot die and the kingdom of Logres is destroyed. Minor creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Age toning of the text block edges and pages with previous owners name to the top right hand corner of the half title page. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [8], 9 - 235, [5] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0125044

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Keywords: BZDB2 Penguin Classics, King Arthur, death, La Mort le Roi Artu, Mediaeval French tale Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; Early (0-1000 AD); The Death of King Arthur Penguin Classics

Corbet, Robert

Fifteen Love

Allen &? Unwin, Crows Nest, 2002. reprint, Softcover. Near Fine Condition. 9781865086057 Signed by Author. signed by the author on the first page, the book has no damage, and neither does the cover 2nd impression. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0277646

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Keywords: BZDB2 teenage fiction relationships signed Literature & Literary; Fifteen Love

Demosthenes (Kennedy, Charles Rann – Editor )

The Olynthiac and Other Public Orations of Demosthenes ( Bohn's Standard Library)

George Bell and Sons, London, 1885. Edition Unstated, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Preface to the translation, chronologic abstract and five appendices. The sections at the beginning and at the end of the book had been printed on a yellow coloured stop. Dark blue coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed decoration to the panels with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Title says it all. The book is in good order for it's age – please see photograph. Softening and some marks to the back strip with fading also present. A little bumping and rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. The covers shows stains and a few marks. Light tanning and some foxing of the text block edges with light tanning of the pages. Offset tanning to the end pages a previous owner has made some marginalia and underlining of the text – please see photograph. A previous owner has placed their name to the top edge of the free front end page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [20 – including 15 pages of further titles and publishing house – including the front and pages] II - XIX, [1], 21 - 312 good afternoon, [31 – including end pages comprising a Complete Catalogue of Bohn's Libraries] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0288600

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Keywords: BZDB2 Ancient Greece, Demosthenes, public orations, letters, Bohn's Standard Library Literature & Literary; Greece; Ancient (BC); The Olynthiac and Other Public Orations of Demosthenes Bohns Standard Library

Dickens, Charles John Huffam

Martin Chuzzlewit In two volumes

Heron Books, London, 1970. Reprint, Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Very Good Condition. one of a uniform set bound in imitation of green leather with gilt titles, and a yellow place marker ribbon. original engravings reproduced ( Phiz ) Charles Dickens died in 1870 and as this is a centennial edition, it must have been published in 1970! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean secondhand copy, with no damage to report. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0244058

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Dickens, Charles John Huffam

Reprinted Pieces

Heron Books, London, 1970. Reprint, Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. one of a uniform set bound in imitation of green leather with gilt titles, and a yellow place marker ribbon. Illustrations by F. Walker Charles Dickens died in 1870 and as this is a centennial edition, it must have been published in 1970! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean secondhand copy, with no damage to report. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0244066

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Keywords: BZDB2 Charles Dickens Centennial Literature & Literary; Reprinted Pieces

Dickens, Charles John Huffam

the uncommercial traveller

Heron Books, London, 1970. Reprint, Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Very Good Condition. one of a uniform set bound in imitation of green leather with gilt titles, and a yellow place marker ribbon. Illustrations by Harry Furniss Charles Dickens died in 1870 and as this is a centennial edition, it must have been published in 1970! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean secondhand copy, with no damage to report. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0244065

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Duras, Marguerite (Translated by Barbara Bray)

Emily L.

Pantheon Books, New York, 1989. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 9780394572338 1/4 blue coloured cloth covered back strip with metallic blue coloured titles. 3/4 white coloured boards with metallic embossed titles to the front panel. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with blue and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. At the end of a summer season in a French port, a French couple observe a British couple – he young and healthy, and his wife perhaps infirm, ageing or just dissolute – and wonder what kept them together or apart and what keeps them from their native land. " ... The French couple use the Englishman and his wife to examine their own lives, piecing together – or simply making up – a past for them that views the course of their own relationship. What has kept each couple impact? What are the rear feelings for each other? What, indeed, is love? Through these questions Marguerite duress produces an exquisitely poetic exploration of the themes of love and commitment, truth, art, beauty, is only she can." – from front fold over panel blurb. Rubbing of the book edges with discolouration to the lower book edges. Age toning of the text block edges and pages; with faint offset tanning to the end pages. Gift inscription to the top edge of the free front end page. Creasing, along with some small tears to the top dustwrapper edge; with marks rubs and staining to the rear panel. Fading of the back strip and there is a little sunning and marking of the front panel. Stains to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 3 - 112, [2] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0288705

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Keywords: BZDB2 literature, French, Translated, Relationships, love Literature & Literary; Emily L

Foster, David

the pure land

Vintage (Random House), Sydney, 1996. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780091832308 apart from Browning of the inside of front and rear cover, book is in very good condition with no other damage to detail. The author, better known for poetry, offers here his first novel intertwining images of the world's 2 great lands of opportunity – Australia and the United States Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0273683

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Keywords: BZDB2 age book of the year Literature & Literary; the pure land