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NSW, Australia:: Craftsman House,, (1995). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in brown cloth in a fine dust jacket.. First printing. A beautiful book which describes and illustrates aspects of the Tiwi culture that had virtually disappeared at the time of publication, by a controversial author who was known as an indigenous rights advocate/activist. "The story… Read more about this item

Victoria, TX, Dublin & London:: Dalkey Archive Press,, (2016). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing. Australian author's first novel - "Eliza travels to Sydney to deal with the estate of her Aunt Dodge, and finds Maxine, a hitherto unknown cousin, occupying Dodge's apartment. When legal complications derail plans to live it up on… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2014.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in fine dust jacket (some toning to edges of textblock).. First US printing. The author's sixth novel, winner of the British Man Booker Prize for Best Novel in 2014. A gripping story, the story of an Australian surgeon in a Japanese prisoner of war camp… Read more about this item

New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, (2000). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Prize-winning Australian author's second novel, a story of war, migration and the search for beginnings in a new land. Winner of the Australian Booksellers Book of the Year Award. 425 pp.

Adelaide:: Rigby, Limited, , (1976). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in dark orange boards with white lettering on the spine in a like dustjacket - very minor shelfwear, but otherwise like new. . First printing. Described as a thoroughly researched account of the "brutal annihilation" of the traditional way of life of the thousands of… Read more about this item

New York:: Harper & Row,, (1985.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (embossed seal of prev owner on front endpaper). First US printing. Novel by this Australian author set in the near future in the United States - one which traces the progress of a good man from obscurity to fame - … Read more about this item

Saint Lucia: : University of Queensland Press,, (1982). First edition -. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A novel by one of Australia's most highly praised authors, a portrait of one woman from her portentous birth in the 1880s through to her thirties in the early years… Read more about this item

London:: Chatto & Windus / Hogarth Press, (1984). Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. 1st trade paperback printing. A novel which tells of one girl's childhood and adolescence in 1950s Australia. 156 pp. Cover art by the author/artist.

New York:: Ballantine,, (2004). First edition -. Very good in glossy printed wrappers.. Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) The author's ode to his adopted country - New Zealand. List of recommended readings, and glossaries of English phrases and Maori words. 252 pp.

New York:: Harper & Row,, (1972). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The third novel (fourth book) by this award-winning writer who was born in Australia, one which builds up an unexpected portrait of a man. 282 pp. Dust jacket design by Paul Bacon,

New York:: Norton,, (1993.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (hint of spine slant, creasing to front flap of dj). First US printing. The first novel of this Australian author, originally published in 1984, but not published in the US until after several later novels. 319 pp.

New York:: Taplinger Publishing Co, , (1987). Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.. 1st US trade paperback printing. Novel set on the island of Kailuana in Papua New Guinea in 1959 in the last days of Australian rule, which is centered on a government inquiry into an outbreak of native violence and horrific death of a young administrator,… Read more about this item

New York:: Viking,, (1980). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, some reading wear, but in a fine unmarked dust jacket... First US printing. A novel by this award-winning Australian writer, which is often considered to be the most closely linked to his life. After with a bout of malaria in Papua… Read more about this item

Fairfield, Australia:: Pascoe Publishing,, (1986). First edition -. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages, bookstore stamp on first page).. First printing, a trade paperback original. The second collection of stories, including many prize winners, by this Australian author. Themes in the 15 stories range from the fire-bombing of Dresden, to the struggles… Read more about this item

New York:: Coward-McCann,, (1981). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. An epic novel, set in the Australian Outback - the story of several generations of the Carlyon family, founders of Murranji Station, and also an account of the inexorable encroachment of civilization and of the destruction of… Read more about this item

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1998). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. The third and best known novel by this award winning Australian author, a modern fairy tale. One reviewer commented "There is so much to love about Bail's novel that it's difficult to identify exactly which of its qualities… Read more about this item

New York:: Viking,, (1987). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line). First US printing. Two collections of short stories by this award-winning writer - one of five stories, the other 3 stories - told from the viewpoint of a young girl growing up in Brisbane, Australia. Author's note, in which… Read more about this item

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, (1974). Near fine in illustrated wrappers (remainder line and toning to the pages, but a tight copy, appears unread). 1st trade paperback printing. A posthumous edition of Boyd's least-known novel and one of his most unusual stories - a group of eleven shipwrecked people, including 6 nuns, find themselves on an uninhabited… Read more about this item

London:: Faber & Faber,, (1994). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (light toning). First UK printing. A 'vaguely futuristic' post-modern picaresque novel by this Booker Prize winning writer. SIGNED on the title page. Glossary. 422 pp.

New York:: George Braziller,, (1987). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. Award-winning author's first book of short stories. As an author of Maori descent, she brings the traditions of that culture to an international audience. Hulme was the first New Zealander to win the Booker Prize for her powerful debut novel… Read more about this item