Search Results: LITERARY COLLECTIONS - Australian and Oceanian Books

New York: W W Norton, 1990. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First American Edition. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Olga Masters (1919-1986) was an Australian journalist, novelist and short story writer."The Home Girls" is her first book, first published in Australia in 1982 by The University of Queensland Press. It won the national Book Council Award. This collection of haunting stories by one of Australia's most important writers concern families and family tensions, violence and power. Many stories are set in the small-town Australia of the Depression. Bound in green half cloth over spine with red titles, light tan paper-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked; lower edges slightly rubbed, else Fine. Bright and clean illustrated jacket with wrinkling to rear upper edge, not price clipped. 194 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. W W Norton, New York, 1990.

New York: William Morrow., 1957 Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. "if you are among those who shares a classical persuasion you will find a special pleasure in the author's colorful picture of Greece, both modern and ancient, and his pertinent observations on the world of art." 216p. Name of previous owner, else fine..

New York: William Morrow., 1957 Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. "if you are among those who shares a classical persuasion you will find a special pleasure in the author's colorful picture of Greece, both modern and ancient, and his pertinent observations on the world of art." 216p. ." .

Australia: Penguin, 1986 Book. Near Fine. Pbk.. First Thus. "Even after thirty years the Mavromatis family cannot understand their life in Australia. Until Peter Mavromatis's first exhibition as an "ethnic" photographer clarifies everything. In this collection of stories we follow the family fortunes. Old YiaYia had already lived her life in the old country. Christois and Elli wage a private war as confused as the motives which brought them from Cyprus. For Peter, their Austalian born son and proud hope for the future, life is a contest of shallow cultural identities and allegiances. Ikons is a vivid and contentious portrayal of a family united only by society's view of them as outsiders" 198p. Remainder mark,else near fine..

Published by Author. 1987. Octavo Size, Very Good condition. Card covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 189 pages. History of the Penguin Club of Australia and Papua New Guinea to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 1987. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

St Lucia: University of Queensland Press. 1991. 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 with some light fading to covers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 279pages.. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne: Text Publishing. 1999. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 212 pages. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

Melbourne: Lloyd O'Neil. 1970. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ Spine a touch faded. 475 pages. Australian Classics series. Originally published in 1859. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1985. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. 185 pages.. Noted Australian playwright's first novel - a romantic satire. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Adelaide: Rigby Limited. 1980. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ spine lightly sun-faded. Black & white illustrations. 160pages. Ranges over most aspects of Australian folk history from Aborigines, settlement, sporting achievements and war stories. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Macmillan. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ spine lightly faded. 221 pages. A novel of the Cyclone Tracy disaster. A gripping story of drug smuggling, murder and sex. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton. 1988. Small Octavo Size. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Gift inscription to front free endpaper (flyleaf). Black & white illustrations. 105 pages. Biographical anecdotes about Henry Lawson from his birth to his death. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne: Currey O'Neil. 1970. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 474pages. . Reprint. Hardback.

London: William Collins. 1977. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good [price-clipped] Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 222 pages.. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Dingley, Victoria: Redwood Editions. 2000. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Colour and black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 130 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.

Brisbane: Jacaranda Press. 1968. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 49 pages.. Ronald Simpson was an Australian poet and poetry editor, artist and art lecturer. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne: Georgian House. 1947. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Decorations by Esmond George. Previous owner's details to front pastedown. 202 pages. The story of a family of vagrants who wander in a van drawn by two donkeys up and down South Australia. A story full of outback characters, country shows, wayside camps and remote farms and stations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne Melbourne: Crawford & Crawford. 1993. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Spine a little faded. Black & white illustrations by the author. 168 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Sydney: Macmillan. 1997. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 371pages. Contains: 'Ripe to Tell' by Modjeska, 'The Clear Voice Suddenly Singing' by Lohrey, and 'At Last the Secret' by Dessaix. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1991. 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. 224pages.. . 1st Edition. Hardback.