Childhood

Sydney: Reed Books. 1987. Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ spine faded with some mild wear to upper edge. llustrated with Black and White Photographs. 284 pages. A unique collection of autobiographical writings by Henry Lawson describing the nature and history of Australia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st... Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson. 1989. 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. Tiny black remainder dot to lower edge. Illustrated with Black and White Photographic Plates. Endpapers have Map of Earhart's Round the World Flight in 1937. xviii, 472 pages. A biography based on original documents, letters and logbooks of Earhart and her contemporaries along with recently declassified U.S.Navy... Read more about this item

London: Macgibbon & Kee. 1964. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. A nice copy. Very Good condition in a Good [price-clipped] Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. A few small closed tears to upper DJ edge. 208 pages. The autobiography of Brendan Behan's brother. A mixture of comedy, farce, emotion and a deep sense of failure but also a moving tribute to his brother. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1947), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. 1233 in this important series, recollections of his childhood, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI, this is in the very scarce upright/vertical format. Very good.

Melbourne Melbourne: Georgian House. 1946. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good condition in Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made plastic sleeve. DJ is chipped at spine ends and corners with some rubbing to edges. Book spine faded and rubbed at edges. Signed by author. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps of the agro-climatic regions of South Australia to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xii, 294 pages. Dr... Read more about this item

Adelaide: Published by Author. 1994. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 71 pages. A humorous story about a child of the Mallee who recalls tales of the farm in the nineteen forties. . Revised Edition. Softcover.

London: Bloomsbury. 2008. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations and map by Lulu Scott. Previous owner's details to half-title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 453 pages. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.

Tokyo ; New York: Kodansha International ; New York: Distributed by Kodansha International/USA through Harper & Row, 1982. First hardback edition; first English lang. ed. Hardcover. Fine copy with personal owner name and ate to front free endpaper, else fine./Near fine. 195 pages: illustrations ; 22 cm. Translation of: Madogiwa no Totto-chan. by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi ; translated by Dorothy Britton. "This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II... Read more about this item

London: Andre Deutsch. 1965. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in a Fair dustjacket [now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve]. The price clipped DJ is complete but with some edgewear and a large (home repaired) tear to the upper half to the spine and rear panel. 192 pages. The author, a prolific novelist in later years, recounts his life as a child in World war Two. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne Melbourne: Penguin. 2004. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs as well as black and white drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. x, 374 pages. Humphries revisits his childhood, adolescence and adventures in life and on the stage. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.