Search Results: Authors starting with C from ORCHARD BOOKSHOP

Brisbane: University Of Queensland, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near-Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Smart, Jeffrey. First Printing of Carey's first published book [University Of Queensland, Brisbane, 1974]; burgundy cloth boards, titling on spine, a near-fine copy; in very good illustrated dustjacket, chipped & rubbed at extremities, spine a little faded. Collection of short stories from the author of Booker-Prize-winning novel "True History Of The Kelly Gang". Front jacket cover illustration of "Cahill Expressway" by Jeffrey Smart. ISBN: 0 7022 0899 X / 070220899X

Sydney: AH & AW Reed Pty Ltd, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blackman, Charles. First Printing [AH & AW Reed, Sydney, 1982]; 128 pages; plain orange boards, white titling to spine, marked & rubbed, illustrated endpapers, owner's name to front endpaper, water damage from base causing gentle rippling to bottom 4cm of pages [illustrations unaffected], a good copy only. Australian artist Charles Blackman's wonderful "Alice Series" of paintings are used to illustrate this famous children's story. ISBN: 0 589 50350 2 / 0589503502

London: Macmillan & Co, 1890. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Tenniel, John. Lewis Carroll's own adaptation of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland [Macmillan & Co, London, 1890] for a younger audience. Containing Twenty Coloured Enlargements From Tenniel's Illustrations. First run of 10,000 copies were rejected by Carroll [1889] with 4000 sent to the US to be bound as the 1st American Edition. This copy, with price Four Shillings on title page, is the First Edition as approved by the author; illustrated boards, bumped and chipped around edges with 3cm sq loss bottom rhs, spine with some minor splits, inner front hinge starting [top half], presentation inscription ffep [1891], water-affected at base with tide mark evident on half-title to 4cm from bottom, marked throughout but illustrations unaffected and bright [coloured by E. Gertrude Thomson]; a good + copy of a hard-to-find title. Note illustration of Alice fully facing the Cheshire Cat [no profile] on page… Read More

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001. Limited Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Excellent. Amor, Rick. Outstanding art biography on one of Australia's most distinguished contemporary artists. First Edition [Melbourne University Press, 2001] published under The Miegunyah Press imprint. Limited to 1500 copies. Black boards with gold titling on spine, a fine copy; in the excellent pictorial dustjacket, v. slightly bumped at extremities. The first full-length study of painter, printmaker & sculptor Rick Amor's work.ISBN: 0-522-84948-2 / 0522849482

Milan: Skira Editore, 2013. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Authoritative study on the sculpture of this Pop Art icon. First Edition [Skira Editore, Milan, 2013]; blue laminate boards, white titling to spine, a fine copy; in like illustrated dustjacket. Published to accompany 2013 exhibition in Venice. The first comprehensive study of Roy Lichtenstein's 3D output. English translation by Sylvia Notini. ISBN: 978-88-572-1889-2 / 9788857218892

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The uncommon Signed Limited First Edition [Jonathan Cape, 1987] printed & specially bound for the London Limited Editions series. Signed by Chatwin on LLE title page [followed by half-title & Cape title page]. #18 of only 150 copies printed. Quarter-cloth over marbled boards in original glassine jacket; red ink to block base; jacket bumped with small chips at spine ends; an excellent copy. ISBN: 0-224-02452-3 / 0224024523. A handsome edition of this enduring exploration of Indigenous Australian culture.

London: Omnibus Press, 1979. First Edition First Printing. Soft cover. Excellent/No Jacket. Early offering from this loveable "Punk Poet" [Omnibus Press, London, 1979]. First [& only] Edition. Pictorial card covers, light creasing around base of spine, extremities a little bumped, owner initials on first page; an excellent copy. English performance poet Clarke's first published collection. Features twelve poems, black and white photographs, and phone directory pages! Released as promotional addition to LP "Snap, Crackle & Bop" [1980].

London: Secker & Warburg, 1999. 1st Australian Edition Third Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Beautiful signed copy of this Booker Prize-winner [Secker & Warburg, London, 1999]; 220pp; black papered boards, gold titling to spine, a fine copy; in like illustrated dustjacket. Signed by Coetzee on title page [flat-signed at event celebrating 20th anniversary of Coetzee's Nobel Prize - Adelaide, 2023]. Disgrace won the 2000 Booker Prize. Third Impression, printed in Australia. ISBN: 0-436-20489-4 / 0436204894

New York: Viking, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition [Viking, NY,1966] of Cohen's second novel; Very good condition; original price [$5.75] on front flap; tape marks on endpapers; else excellent.

Melbourne: Echo Publishing, 1898. First Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rare First Edition [Echo Publishing, Melbourne, 1898] of this early Australian cookbook. Full title: "A Friend in the Kitchen: Or What to Cook and How to Cook it. Containing about 400 choice recipes carefully tested; Together with plain directions on healthful cookery; how to can fruit; a week's menu; proper food combinations; rules for dyspeptics; food for infants; simple dishes for the sick; wholesome drinks; useful tables on nutritive values of foods, time required to digest food, weights and measures for the Kitchen, etc."; 128pp; illustrated blue paper over card covers, some creasing, inner front hinge taped; a very good copy. Predates American edition printed the following year. An early Vegetarian cookbook including chapters on "Substitutes For Meats" & "How To Become A Vegetarian". Anna Colcord & her husband Willard were Seventh-day Adventists from the United States. During their… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. First single-volume Edition [Chatto & Windus, London, 1880]; [vii], 355pp, 32pp ads; green cloth boards with black decoration & titling, gold on spine, extremities rubbed & worn with card showing through cloth at outer corners, binding strong despite a couple loosening signatures, some pages of the publisher advertisements at rear are uncut, some have been cut poorly resulting in torn edges and first ad page is detached. Overall a sound copy, conservatively rated as "good". "Fallen Leaves" was originally released as a periodical before being published in three volumes by Chatto in 1879. It was also released in the same year by Tauchnitz in Europe. This is the first appearance as a single volume.

London: Macmillan & Co, 1886. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition [Macmillan & Co, London, 1886]; in two volumes; xi, erratum, 271pp & vii, 266pp; green papered boards, gold titling to spines, rough-cut edges, boards bumped at extremities, slight foxing to endpapers, vol 2 with significant [mouse] nibbling to front board & odour. A good set. Printed by Charles Dickens & Evans, Crystal Palace Press. Rare.

Canberra: Drill Hall Gallery Publishing, 2022. Limited Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Catalogue for exhibition of bark paintings [Drill Hall Gallery, ANU, Canberra, 2022]; 96pp; illustrated gate-fold card covers; fine condition; Limited to 500 copies. Drill Hall Gallery is situated in the Australian National University. ISBN: 978-0-6454883-0-2 / 9780645488302

Milano: Mondadori Electa, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Blue cloth boards, white titling to spine, a fine copy; in the like unclipped, illustrated dustjacke. Stretching down into their 4th generation, Marinella is one of Italy's finest family-operated fashion houses [renowned for their silk print ties]. In Italian.