Search Results: Literature from Adelaide Booksellers

London: The Folio Society. 2003. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good Condition in a Very Good Slipcase. A nice copy. Very light rubbing to spine edges. Black & white illustrations by Rod Waters. Introduced by Fred Chappell. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 651 pages. . 2nd Printing. Hardback.

New York: Henry Holt & Company. 2017. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 866 pages. A sweeping tale of the possibilities of love and life. Follows Archie Ferguson through 4 variations of his life. Shortlisted for the 2017 Booker Prize. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Flamingo. 1995. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. Light wear to edges and corners and small abrasion to rear cover (sticker removal?). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 172 pages. . Reprint. Softcover.

Lawrence, Kansas: The Regents Press of Kansas. 1980. Octavo Size. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ spine a little faded. 326 pages. A bibliography of some 1500 books and monographs that study trends in Americna and British literature. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Carlton Books. 1997. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards in a near fine dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made plastic sleeve. Excellent condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 400 pages. The world's leading authors and their works . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: Picador. 2001. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 435 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

London: The Folio Society. 1977. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good Slipcase. Slip case is slightly worn at opening and upper edge. Black & white wood-engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. Maps to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 130 pages. . 1st thus. Hardback.

St Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press. 2006. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. 330 pages. Winner of the Queensland Premier's Award for Best Manuscript and UTS Award for a First Novel, NSW Premier’s Award. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.

Melbourne: Viking. 1999. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 253pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: 4th Estate. 1996. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 381 pages. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

Atlanta: Minerva Press. 1999. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. 272 pages. The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy meets The Singing Detective. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Association. 1986. Octavo Size. Near Fine copy. Simulated Morocco with gilt decoration and lettering on front cover and Spine. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Illustrated by E. W. Kemble. Afterword by Brander Matthews. Reader's Digest brochure on the author and this book loosely inserted. 304 pages. Part of The World's Best Reading collection. Unabridged text from 1885 edition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.

New York: Macmillan. 1960. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Dustjacket design by Sidney Nolan. 376 pages. This is a story of miscarriage of justice - set in the college of the "The Masters" seventeen years later. The 8th novel in the 'Strangers and Brothers' sequence. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1979. 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. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. 325pages. Three novels about Africa and all published in France in the 1930s. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

London: Hutchinson. 2005. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Previous owner has neatly covered the dustjacket in clear plastic - not removeable but well done. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Very nice copy. xii, 609 pages. From the reign of Edward VII to the coronation of Elizabeth II, Wilson has painted a portrait of an age of momentous change for Great Britain. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: The Folio Society. 1994. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Very Good Slipcase. Decorated papered boards. Black & white plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 240 pages. Introduction by Reay Tannahill. An excursion into 18th century history which is outrageously partisan, appallingly opinionated, politically incorrect and highly entertaining from first to last. By the author of 'The Once and Future King'. . 2nd Printing. Hardback.

London: Little, Brown and Company. 1996. 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. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 248 pages. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

Briar Hill: Indra Publishing. 2002. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. A NEW copy with a hint of shelf wear. Signed by the author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 162 pages. A love story that reflects ' a never ending journey between the diverse cultures of the West and Japan'. Wendy Ella Wright is an Australian who graduated from Sophia University, Tokyo, where she has lived on and off for many years. Wendy was awarded her doctorate at the University of Adelaide. This is her first published novel . Like New. 1st Edition. Softcover.

London: The Folio Society. 2010. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Excellent copies in 'as new' condition. Full page sepia-toned photographs. Introduction by Peter Porter. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xix, 203pp; 198pp; 263pp; 241pp.. Justine includes the Author's Preface, Workpoints and Notes in the Text. Balthazar contains Consequential Data, Scobie's Common Usage, Workpoints, and Notes in the Text. Clea contains Workpoints, Some Notes for Claea (by Pursewarden), and Notes in the Text. This is a heavy item and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. . 2nd Printing. Hardback.

London: Flamingo. 1999. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 211 pages. A cautionary tale of labour and capital, of innocence and experience. . 1st thus. Softcover.