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London: Michael Joseph, 1960. Second Impression. 239pp. Ffep has p/o stamp and large signature. Foxing. Unclipped DJ is worn with tears, paper loss to spine and title on front panel is underlined in pen. . Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sydney, Australia: Lansdowne Press, 1983. Seventh Impression. Pictorial laminated boards. pp.80. Light shelfwear to lower edge. Gift inscription in on Ffep. Trace of foxing to front pastedown. DJ illustration repeats boards, and has light scratching to front panel.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press, 1994. 178pp. Moderate edgewear, spine creased. Light spotting on text block edges. Contents clean. This heart-warming, gently ironic novel takes you through the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties of middle-class New Zealand woman-hood.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Australia: HarperCollins , 1992. vii, 104pp. includes Index of Titles & Index of First Lines. Spine tips lightly rubbed, tiny mark on bottom edge of text block, contents clean and tight. Unclipped DJ is slightly sunned on spine.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Reprint. Landscape format booklet, staple bound. 44pp. Illustrated. Light wear to cover corner tips.

Australia: Ure Smith, 1979. Second Impression. Red boards, white lettering on spine and front. 64pp. B/w illustrations. Five pages have top corner crease. DJ unclipped, sunned spine with light wear to spine tips. In these poems John explores many facets of life and a wide range of emotions, from the joys of love, marriage and fatherhood, to the problems of divorce, loneliness and growing old. It is his ability to evoke such a broad spectrum of moods and his ability to communicate these common emotions that distinguishes John Laws as one of Australia's most popular poets. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: A A Davies, 1948. Cloth covered boards. 436pp. Moderate wear to edges and corner tips. Pages are age darkened on edges with light foxing. Lacks half-title page. . First New Zealand Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

England: Puffin Books, 1973. b/w Wood Engravings. Light wear to cover edges.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Diana Bloomfield . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

112 pages. Black and white illustrations. Gift inscription top edge of title page. Pages clean, binding tight.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. Won a Sunday Times Special Award for Literature in 1949. A South African Novel. Twenty-Second Impression. Light tan cloth. 256pp. includes 'A List of Words'. Cloth has edgewear and soiling. P/o details on Ffep. Foxing. Binding square and firm.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Blandford Press, 1965. By the authors of The New Morality. 166pp. includes Index. Little wear. Clean & tight throughout. In this book the authors are concerned with the brilliant, concerted and partially successful attempt which is being made to capture the mind and culture of Britain for secularism. They examine the progress of the cult of softness in education, social science, theology, literature, the theatre and television. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1983. 288pp. Creasing to spine. Edges & corners are scuffed. Small wite-out mark to Ffep. Light spotting to text block edge. A special reprint edition of the author's first anthology of collected columns. . First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Heinemann New Windmills , 2001. Glossy Illustrated covers. 199pp. B/w illustrations. Small mark on top edge of closed pages. Anthology of short stories especially selected to appeal to Key Stage 3 students.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Illus. by Various. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Robson Books, 1979. Blue covers, gilt title on spine. 123pp. B/w illustrations. Minimal library marks. Shelfworn on spine tips and lower edges. Unclipped DJ protected in library cover. The adventure of the century - told for young readers by the man who was there. . First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: The Reprint Society , 1962. Green boards, cream spine. 416 pp. includes Index. Very light foxing to fore edge of text block. Clean and firmly bound. DJ has light shelfwear. "Autobiography of a playwright, actor, film star and reader-aloud of Dickens and Dylan Thomas. This book is the author's first venture in literature in book form".. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

No date stated. Cream covers. Spine has Title blocked in blue, and gilt decorations. Top edge blue. 335 pages. 16 black and white illustrations. Faint trace of foxing to endpapers otherwise unmarked with tight binding. 16cm x 10.5cm.

London: Hutchinson, 1960. Black cloth, red and white text on spine. pp.232. Light shelfwear. Remainder marks to lower edge of text block. Lightly foxed eps and text block edge. New Zealand Fiction.. First Published. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1961. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 256pp. B/w illustrations. Ffep has small pen mark and top corner clipped.This book follows on from The Lost World of The Kalahari. On their way out of the Kalahari, the expedition party encountered a small group of Bushmen. This meeting stirred the author to set down on paper the legends and fables he had heard from the Bushmen - the primal unwritten literature of Africa. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Maurice Wilson. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Jewish Chronicle Press , 1982. Signed, Dated & Inscribed By Author to Previous Owner on First page. Card Covers. 81pp. Published when the author was Israel's Ambassador to New Zealand. Light wear to covers. Contents clean and tight.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Michael Fowler and Shirley Markham . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1998. Large Trade Size. 392pp. First page has bookstore stamp and light spotting to the fore edge. A tight, clean copy. . First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.