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H. Lob. 1908-1941
H. Rawson & Co. Ltd - Printers Manchester, UK First Edition Soft Cover Good Issued Without Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Circa 1942, 22 page, No publisher noted, Light brown paperback. Some wear and creasing with some rusting along staples in centre of book but otherwise very good. "Some men are remembered for what they have done: Hyman Lob will be recalled mainly for what he was. . an essence that shall recall Lob truly to those who knew him, and convey his likeness adequately to those who did not, has been the atttempt of this memoir." Loose leaf b/w photo of Alfred William Dennis in book. 000006
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Goodbye Girlie
Adam-Smith, Patsy Viking 1994 Victoria, Australia First Edition 067085395X / 9780670853953 Hard Cover Good Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
265 page, b/w photographs. Brown-cloth cover, some denting and pushing to edges, some edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, lots of small closed tears and chipping, otherwise clean & straight. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Binding slightly coming away at front fly-leaf, otherwise tight. ". the long-awaited sequel to 'Hear the Train Blow' . recounts a rich but often troubled life . writes with wit and insight of her illegitimacy, her family ('our conundrum'), her short-lived war-time marriage (which left her with two young children to raise alone), her years at sea and her loves . the remarkable account of a remarkable life." 000416
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Outback Heroes
Adam-Smith, Patsy Lansdowne Press 1981 Sydney, Australia 0701815620 / 9780701815622 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
255 page, colour & b/w illustrated, colour illustrated end papers. Brown-cloth cover, slight edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, one small chip on front, otherwise clean & straight. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "Bushwomen and children, drovers, missionaries, rogues, miners, navvies, stockmen, trackers, mailmen, postmistresses, teachers and seamen - the heroes of our Outback come in all guises, from all parts of the continent, from the past and the present." 000279
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Madder Music, Stronger Wine; The Life of Ernest Dowson, Poet and Decadent
Adams, Jad I.B. Tauris Publishers 2000 London, England First Edition 1860644708 / 9781860644702 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
210 page, b/w photographs. Maroon-cloth cover, minor edge-wear, slight pushing to bottom corner. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". examines Dowson's obsessions and explores his life and work in the context of the social mores and attitudes of his era . the poet's strange delights and sexual excesses were worked into his lyrical verse . provides fascinating insights into the bohemian circles of London and Paris in the 'fin de siecle' period and the bizarre and outrageous characters who made up ;the Decadents'." 000507
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Toulouse-Lautrec; Das Gesamte Graphische Werk
Adriani, Gotz Dumont 2002 3832171649 / 9783832171643 Soft Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
435 pages, b/w & colour illustrations thr/out. Illustrated card cover, very slight bend to bottom corner, covered in clear plastic, excellent condition. Pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. 001378
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Elvis; 20th Anniversary Edition
Allen, William Ken Fin Books 1997 Victoria, Australia First Edition 1875973826 / 9781875973828 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
192 pages, b/w & colour photos thr/out. Illustrated cover, very minor pushing to spine edges. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear, small spot of peeling to top spine edge. Pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. "Written with the benefit of hindsight, and presenting information not known during the great performer's lifetime, 'Elvis' is one of the most complete works so far published on this remarkable personality. It covers his humble origins in the Deep South, childhood in Tupelo, adolescence in Memphis, fame and fortune as a rock-and-roll singer, the army years, Hollywood, Graceland and the 'Memphis Mafia'. It also includes Elvis' marriage and divorce, death, and the 'Elvis Industry' spawned by his passing." 001413
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Kanak Chanpa Chakma
Anisuzzaman (ed) Duncan Brothers 2005 Dhaka First Edition Soft Cover Fine No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
112 pages, colour illustrated. Illustrated card cover. Pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "Kanak Chanpa Chakma is one of the most distinguished artists of Bangladesh. At an early age she has gained a reputation at home and abroad. She has earned every bit of it . contains reproductions of her works of different periods starting from the early times. This clearly shows the various stages of her development as an artist." 001264
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The Afterlife; A Tangled True story of Heartbreak, Hysteria and Relative Insanity
Antrim, Donald Little, Brown 2007 Great Britain First Edition 0316729795 / 9780316729796 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
216 pages. Grey cover, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, very minor edge-wear. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "A series of tragic-comic adventures in psychological dysfunction, Antrim's personal journey takes him wandering across the Southern states of America, tracing the bust-ups, reconciliations, and migrations of his warring parents. Gradually he unpicks the stories of his childhood, the tall tales and adventures, of old masters discovered in backstreet bars and men with guns in the kitchen late at night. Curious, clever and touching, this is a vivid, unmissable Technicolor slideshow of a memoir." 001127
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Five Against the Sea; A True Story of Courage and Survival
Arias, Ron Viking 1989 London, England First Edition 0670830925 / 9780670830923 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
226 pages, b/w photos. Blue-cloth cover, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, few small spots of oil on front, minor edge-wear. Pages clean, straight & unmarked.Tight binding. "Adrift in the immensity of the Pacific Ocean, five fishermen from Costa Rica struggled against thirst, hunger and despair for incredible 142 days, the longest such endurance on record. When finally rescued, the men had drifted 4,500 miles from their home shores, crossing four time-zones, and had survived on a diet of rainwater, fish and turtles . journalist Ron Arias relates their courageous, tenacious battle with the implacable forces of nature." 000925
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The King in Love; Edward VII's Mistresses
Aronson, Theo Guild Publishing 1988 London First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
301pages, b/w illustrated. Black cloth boards, very light rubbing to edges. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, very minor stretching to edges. Pages clean. straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". an all embracing account of the loves of that celebrated royal womaniser, Edward VII, as Prince of Wales and King . a study of three women with whom the King was most deeply in love - his 'official' mistresses, Lillie Langtry, Daisy Warwick and Alice Keppel . draws on much new and unfamiliar material . challenges long-established myths and reveals much that was hitherto unknown: not least the extraordinary scene that took place at the deathbed of King Edward VII." 001299
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The Life of Alexander The Great
Arrianus, Flavius The Folio Society 1971 London, England Second Impression Hard Cover Very Good Slip-Case 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Translated by Aubrey de Selincourt. 265 page, b/w & colour illustrated. Blue-cloth cover, very minor edge-wear, slight rubbing to silver insignia. Brown slip-case has one small liquid drop on front. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. 000465
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The Correspondence of George Prince of Wales 1770-1812; Volume VII - 1810-1811
Aspinall, A. (ed) Cassell & Co. Ltd 1970 London First Edition 0304936219 / 9780304936212 Hard Cover Very Good Fair 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
444 pages, b/w photos, 2 family tree fold-outs intact. Illustrated, clipped jacket, rubbing marks, edge-wear, 2" tear to rear, water stain to spine, is however wholy intact. Tan, cloth boards, light pushing to spine ends, some light rubbing to edges. Old pencil marks and small texta mark to front fly-leaf, light foxing to closed page edges, otherwise pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". covers the period between January 1810 and the end of May 1811. The main event of those seventeen months was the establishment of the Regency in February 1811 following the King's lapse into complete insanity in October 1810. Whether he was a victim of the hereditary disorder of porphyria is even now a matter of controversy . There are many references in the correspondence to the attempted murder of the Duke of Cumberland by his Italian valet, Sellis, as he lay fast asleep in his apartments . the controversy over the Regency Bill . fully explained in these letters and memoranda." 001451
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Women
Attallah, Naim Quartet Books Limited 1987 London, England 0704326256 / 9780704326255 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
1155 page. Blue-cloth cover, minor edge-wear. Unclipped jacket, slight edge-wear. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. " . the assembled voices of women make up its central core. They speak their minds with a directness and honesty that throw a unique light on how women perceive their place and aspirations in the 1980's . 289 women . provides a forum in which women express their dilemmas and fears at a time when they are actively seeking more of a choice in their destinies . placed in a historical context ." 000338
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The Pastons; A Family in the Wars of the Roses
Barber, Richard (ed) The Folio Society 1981 London, England Hard Cover Very Good Slip Case - Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
208 pages, colour illustrated. Illustrated cover, very minor edge-wear. Black slip-case, very slight rubbing mark. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. "Within three generations (1426 to 1485), and through the dark and dangerous years of the Wars of the Roses, the Pastons established themselves as a family of consequence, both in their native Norfolk and within court circles. Ambitious and highly mobile - they kept in touch by correspondence . these letters, a rare survival, break upon us across the centuries with urgency, and sometimes the violence - defending property, fighting court cases, making the right alliances . managing their estates, conducting their courtships . selected and presented here with Barber's invaluable linking narrative, they bring the middle ages triumphantly to life." 000806
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Churchill and Eden at War
Barker, Elisabeth Macmillan London Limited 1978 London, England First Edition 0333234677 / 9780333234679 Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
346 page, red-cloth cover, gold titling to spine, minor rubbing and denting to edges. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor rubbing, denting, chipping and peeling along edges, several fixed tears, otherwise clean and straight. Very small denting to bottom of several pages, otherwise pages clean, straight and unmarked. Strong, intact binding. " . a study of British policy during the Second World War seen from the personal points of view of the two highly articulate men who made it. . Churchill . Eden has given the (author) a vivid day-to-day record of their continuous dialogue." 000107
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It Isn't Cricket
Barnes, Sid William Collins (Overseas) Ltd 1953 Sydney, Australia First Edition Hard Cover Good Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
222 pages, b/w photos thr/out. Blue-cloth cover, some edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, closed tears, some chipping, scratching and rubbing, several small marks. Some small age spots on pages, otherwise clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. " . the life story, true, of a very great Australian cricketer, and of how he graduated from the ranks of the small cricketing urchins in the back streets of a Sydney suburb to the top of the cricketing tree . the courageous story of his fight for justice . full of humour and humorous incidents . controversial as well as a critical book." 000636
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A Century of Darwin
Barnett, S. A. (ed) William Heinemann Ltd 1958 London, England First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
376 page, b/w line drawings throughout, b/w portait frontispiece. Black-cloth cover with gold titling to spine, very minor denting to edges and rubbing to spine. Pages clean, straight and unmarked with strong, intact binding. 000018
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We We There; Australian Soldiers of World War II Tell Their Stories
Barrett, John Viking 1987 Victoria, Australia First Edition 0670816272 / 9780670816279 Hard Cover Fair Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
470 pages, b/w photos thr/out. Blue-cloth cover, some edge-wear, board cracked at back. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, some edge-wear, small chips and closed tears, creasing to back. Pages age browned evenly, unmarked & straight. Strong, intact binding. "Ageing men in the 1980s, they filled in a long and searching questionnaire. They were encouraged to think back, feel back, search back - however painfully - to the days when they were young, and growing up in a world that, still retarded by economic depression, was nevertheless lurching on into a global conflict . weaves together a vivid account of the wide-ranging lives and attitudes of some ordinary Australians who went to war." 000874
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Man The Artist; His Creative Imagination
Barry, Sir Gerald; Bronowski, Dr. J.; Fisher, James; Huxley, Sir Julian Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd 1964 Long Hard Cover Very Good Fair 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
367 page, 800 + b/w & colour illustrations thr/out. Black-cloth cover, slight edge-wear and denting. line denting to front (may be manufacturer error). Illustrated, unclipped jacket, quite worn, chipping, tears and ageing has been covered well in contact for protection. Small price tag removed with mark left on front fly, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". shows how no artist ever works completely independently of society or of other artists . more than a conventional survey of the arts . 26-page appendix . each two-page spread is an independent unit of text and pictures that leads naturally into the next . comprehensive index ." 000254
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Big Rev Kev; Face to Face with Jim Shepherd
Bartlett, Kevin Lansdowne Press 1983 Sydney, Australia First Edition 0701817836 / 9780701817831 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
128 pages b/w photos thr/out. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated boards, some minor pushing to spine top. Pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "Kevin Bartlett - 'Big Rev Kev' to his legion of fans - has been an integral part of Australian motor racing for a quarter of a century. Twice national champion, his career record includes wins in the Macau Grand Prix, the James Hardie 1000, Tasman Championship races and many national touring car championship rounds. Profusely illlustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, 'Big Rev Kev' is the first inside driver report in the history of Australian motor racing." 001544
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