Carey, Peter

My Life As a Fake

CAREY, PETER · 2003 · The Wild Muse

$25.00 (€22.57 | £18.85 | ¥3,995)

NY: Knopf, 2003. 1st. Soft cover. 8vo.. Advance Reader's Edition of the First American Edition. Softcover 8 vo. wrappers, with publisher's comment postcard laid in. Published NY: Knopf, 2003. Near very fine.. Near Very Fine .

Generations of Resistance. East Timor. Photographs by Steve Cox [Historical Introduction]

Carey, Peter; Pilger, John; Cox, Steve · 1995 · Pallas Books - Antiquarian Booksellers

€5.00 ($5.54 | £4.18 | ¥885)

London, Cassell, 1995, paperbound, 4to, 120 pp., ca. 100 ills., photo-journalism during the bloodshed on East Timor; good condition

The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith

Carey, Peter · 1995 · Clayton Fine Books

$10.00 (€9.03 | £7.54 | ¥1,598)

Near Fine Fine 1st Edition Knopf 422 Near fine (one small light spot to top edge) in fine dust jacket.

From Jack Maggs, beginning "Then he crept up the stairs. . . ." (Signed)

Carey, Peter · 1998 · Clayton Fine Books

$35.00 (€31.60 | £26.39 | ¥5,593)

Fine First Edition Burke's Book Store Memphis 0 Broadside excerpt from Jack Maggs, Carey's novel. #29 of 100 numbered copies signed by Carey. Printed on the occasion of Carey's reading on February 23, 1998 at Burke's Bookstore, Memphis. Fine condition. Uncommon signed Carey item.

Parrot and Olivier in America

Carey, Peter · 2010 · Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA ILAB

$20.00 (€18.05 | £15.08 | ¥3,196)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. 3d Printing. 379 [8]p. dj, deckle edges, sticker "National Book Award Finalist" on the front dj. .

War crimes: Short stories

Carey, Peter · 1979 · Ariel Books

$30.00 (€27.08 | £22.62 | ¥4,794)

University of Queensland Press Authors second collection of short stories. CONDITION Black bds (clean with sharp cnrs) Pp 282. Copy is bright and crisp with lightly toned edges. DJ has 3 short tears, one with an internal tape repair, not price clipped or scuffed. H First Editi...

Bliss

Carey, Peter · 1981 · Ariel Books

$30.00 (€27.08 | £22.62 | ¥4,794)

Faber & Faber. Authors first Novel it won the Mile Franklin Award for 1981. A man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell. For the first time in his life, Harry Joy sees the world as it really is, and takes up a notebook to explore and note down the true na...

Oscar & Lucinda

Carey, Peter · 2009 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.11 | £30.16 | ¥6,392)

London, Folio Society, 2009. Hardcover. Red illustrated boards with black and white lettering; black slipcase; xvii, 414 pp.; richly illustrated. This gorgeous book would make an incredible gift! Preface by Peter Kemp. Illustrations by Katherine Streeter. Ill.: Streeter, Kathe...

An Education. Dvd

(Nick Hornby) starring Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Lone Scherfig (Director) · 2010 · Marijana Dworski Books

£6.00 (€7.18 | $7.96 | ¥1,272)

E1 Entertainment, 2010. DVD in original box. Watched once. As new. Used; Like New 96 minutes. 12. Watched once. "From Nick Hornby comes this captivating, funny and moving coming-of-age drama basd on Lynn Barber's memoir. Starring Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina,...

His Illegal Self

Carey, Peter · 2008 · Philip Emery

£2.66 (€3.19 | $3.53 | ¥564)

Knopf 1st United States edition, 272 pages, small remainder mark along bottom edge. Very Good Fine 1st Edition. U.S.A.

The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith

Carey, Peter · 1994 · Philip Emery

£3.37 (€4.04 | $4.47 | ¥714)

Faber & Faber 8vo, 422 pages, not illustrated. Fine Fine First Edition. London

Under Twenty-Five: An Anthology

O'DONOVAN, ANNE, JAYNE SANDERSON AND SHANE PORTEUS, EDS, CAREY, PETER · 1966 · Little Lane Books

A$50.00 (€30.84 | $34.16 | £25.76 | ¥5,459)

Australia, The Jacaranda Press. 1966, 1st. Hardcover with dust jacket, 25cm. Book, Under Twenty-Five: An Anthology, 199pp, over 500g to post, dj has appropriate wear at he upper corners (hence low price). Book has a small pastoral company stamp on 1st page. This is a collation...

Illywhacker

CAREY PETER · 1985 · Little Lane Books

A$16.00 (€9.87 | $10.93 | £8.24 | ¥1,747)

University of Queensland Press. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0702218782) Hardcover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Very Good condition. Clean pages and tight binding. Inscription on first page. Clean and unmarked boards. Unclipped dustjacket. Very Good/Very G...

The unusual life of Tristan Smith.

Carey, Peter · 1995 · Inktswart

€8.50 ($9.42 | £7.10 | ¥1,505)

Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. gebonden met stofomslag; als nieuw; rug verkleurd.

The Fat Man In History: Short Stories

Peter Carey · 1974 · Book Haven

$17.50 (€15.80 | £13.19 | ¥2,796)

University of Queensland Press 1974 Paperback 152 The stories in Peter Carey’s collection are bizarre, funny and chilling. Their landscape is exotic and surreal, an ominous near-future that has the distinct feel of contemporary life. Carey’s narratives are an exhilarating blen...

My Life As A Fake

Peter Carey · 2005 · Book Haven

NZ$12.50 (€6.27 | $6.94 | £5.24 | ¥1,110)

Vintage 2005 Paperback, 308pp. "" My Life As A Fake is a fantastical gothic tale, in part inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein , about a hoax poet who mysteriously materialises and then pursues, taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker. Two-time Booker prize winning ...

Amnesia

Peter Carey · 2014 · Book Haven

$10.50 (€9.48 | £7.92 | ¥1,678)

Hamish Hamilton 2014 Paperback 378 How does a young woman from suburban Melbourne become America's public enemy number one? When Gaby Baillieux releases the Angel Worm into the computers of Australia's prison system, freeing hundreds of asylum seekers, she sets off a chain rea...

Theft

Peter Carey · 2007 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.77 | $6.39 | £4.82 | ¥1,021)

Random House Australia 2007 Paperback, 269pp. ''洗I don't know if my story is grand enough to be a tragedy, although a lot of shitty stuff did happen. It is certainly a love story but that did not begin until midway through the shitty stuff, by which time I had not only lost m...

His Illegal Self

Peter Carey · 2008 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.50 | £5.65 | ¥1,198)

Alfred A. Knopf 2008 Hardback, 292pp. 'When the boy was almost eight, a woman stepped out of the elevator into the apartment on East Sixty-second Street and he recognised her straightaway. No one had told him to expect it. That was pretty typical of growing up with Grandma Sel...

The Tax Inspector

Peter Carey · 1991 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.50 | £5.65 | ¥1,198)

University of Queensland Press 1991 Hardback, 279pp. The Catchprices may be the most spectacularly contentious family since Dostoevsky's Karamozovs. Granny Catchprice runs her family business, and her family, with senility, cunning, and a handbag full of explosives. Sixteen-ye...