Biografia

To the River Kwai Two Journeys 1943, 1979

STEWART, JOHN · 1988 · Little Lane Books

A$28.00 (€17.21 | $18.97 | £14.36 | ¥3,028)

UK, Bloomsbury. 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Book, This book exemplifies the debt we owe to our dads & grandads. In this memoir, John Stewart explores the truth and myth of "The Bridge on the River Kwai".;Taken prisoner in Singapore in 1942, John Stewart learned Ja...

Max Perkins, Portrait of an Editor of Genius & of the Literary Giants He Assembled

BERG, A. SCOTT · 1981 · Little Lane Books

A$10.00 (€6.15 | $6.78 | £5.13 | ¥1,082)

Macdonald Futura Publishers. 1981. Paperback with dust jacket, 17.5cm. Book, 640 well bound pages. Biography of Max Perkins, a genius without parallel. A finder of authors, a spotter of talent, who discovered the great American literary giants of the 1930s and 1940s. Perkins w...

Travels with Cole Porter

HOWARD, JEAN · 1991 · Little Lane Books

A$39.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | £20.00 | ¥4,218)

Boston, Harry N Abrams. 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket, 30.5cm. Book, Small sticker on front,over 9¾" - 12" tall. A fabulous gift for music lovers. This gorgeous, oversized volume is profusely illustrated in b/w. It tells the story in pictures of Porter's two "Grand Tours" i...

Messer Marco Polo

DONN BYRNE · 0 · Little Lane Books

A$16.00 (€9.84 | $10.84 | £8.21 | ¥1,731)

UK, Sampson Low, Marston & Co, Ltd. Hardcover , 17.5cm. Book, Novel concerning Marco Polo's trip to China. Donn Byrne has put his story into the mouth of an old Irishman called Malachi, who tells of a gay, handsome.. that young blade Messer Marco Polo' '-for, assuredly, a most...

Fast Works

PAT WOOLLEY · 1996 · Little Lane Books

A$24.00 (€14.75 | $16.26 | £12.31 | ¥2,596)

Australia, Wild & Woolley. 1996. Soft cover with dust jacket, 25cm. Book, The 1996 sampler of 'Fast Books' writing, drawing and photography by Mona Brand, Harold Cazneaux, Beverley Farnshaw, Zeny Edwards, Hudson Fish, george Gittoes, Clive kain, Patrick O'Tarpaig, Alec Preda &...

Black and White Photography : A Basic Manual

HORENSTEIN, HENRY · 1983 · Little Lane Books

A$24.00 (€14.75 | $16.26 | £12.31 | ¥2,596)

USA, Little Brown & Company. 1983. Soft cover with dust jacket, 23.5cm. Ill.: Keller, Carol (Illustrator). Book, 229 clean white well bound pp, previous owner name clipped, plastic cover, BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY is a comprehensive instructional book that covers every element...

True Stories of the Second World War

DOWSWELL, PAUL · 2009 · Little Lane Books

A$16.00 (€9.84 | $10.84 | £8.21 | ¥1,731)

USBORNE PUBLISHING LTD. 2009. Paperback with dust jacket, 20cm. Book, Epic naval encounters between titanic warships, monumental battles involving hundreds of thousands of men, and suspenseful duels between lone snipers--these are just some of the dramatic tales in this collec...

Down Home Revisiting Tasmania

CONRAD, PETER · 1988 · Little Lane Books

A$20.00 (€12.29 | $13.55 | £10.26 | ¥2,163)

UK, Chatto & Windus. 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Book, Down Home - Revisiting Tasmania, by Peter Conrad, published by Chatto and Windus (London) in 1988, is an evocative and beautifully written autobiography. Every generation since 1804 has produced autobiographic...

The Military Life of George Washington: American Soldier

TREVOR N. DUPUY · 1969 · Little Lane Books

A$21.00 (€12.91 | $14.23 | £10.77 | ¥2,271)

USA, Franklin Watts. 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 22.5cm. Book, Traces the military career of George Washington from his first commission at the age of twenty-one to Commander of the Continental Army. ex-lib so stamps etc, info tag clipped from 1st blank page. 196pp with ...

The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas

STEIN, GERTRUDE · 1981 · Little Lane Books

A$12.00 (€7.38 | $8.13 | £6.15 | ¥1,298)

UK, Penguin. 1981. Paperback with dust jacket. Book, sticker removal mark at rear, o/wise 272 clean well bound pp, For Gertrude Stein and her companion Alice B. Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope sl...

Representative Men: The Biographical Essays Selected Essays By John Clellon Holmes Volume 2

JOHN CLELLON HOLMES · 1988 · Little Lane Books

A$24.00 (€14.75 | $16.26 | £12.31 | ¥2,596)

USA, University of Arkansas Press. 1988. Paperback with dust jacket, 22cm. Book, 277 clean white well bound pp, John Clellon Holmes lived in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. He remained close friends with Kerouac until Jack's death in 1969. John Clellon Holmes died in Middleton, Con...

My Life and Times

MILLER, HENRY · 1971 · Little Lane Books

A$59.00 (€36.27 | $39.97 | £30.26 | ¥6,381)

USA, Gemini Smith / Playboy Press. 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket, 31cm. Book, In this candid reflection on his well-spent life Miller speaks out frankly, fearlessly--and with a high sense of the human comedy. Here are scenes from his true life escapades in Brooklyn, Paris a...

Casper the Commuting Cat

FINDEN, SUSAN · 0 · Little Lane Books

A$17.00 (€10.45 | $11.52 | £8.72 | ¥1,839)

UK, Simon & Schuster. Soft cover with dust jacket, 19.5cm. Book, Casper the Commuting Cat is the touching story of a very special black-and-white cat who rode the bus and stole our hearts. The full true story of Casper, the extraordinary cat, who rode the bus in Plymouth, Devo...

No-One\S Indestructible: Surviving Strokes and Avoiding Them

NEWCOMBE JOHN · 2005 · Little Lane Books

A$14.00 (€8.61 | $9.49 | £7.18 | ¥1,514)

Pan MacMillan Australia. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0330421948) Paperback , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Very Good condition. Very Good.

Erotic Art of China

ABRAHAM FRANZBLAU (INTRO) PS BY PROF. ETIEMBLE · 1977 · Little Lane Books

A$55.00 (€33.81 | $37.26 | £28.21 | ¥5,949)

NY, Crown Publishers Inc. 1977. Hardcover with dust jacket, 28cm. Book, 160pp clean white well-bound pp review > This book collects over fifty erotic images from the time of China's Ming dynasty. Although stylistically similar, they cover many moments between man and woman (or...

Handling Edna the Unauthorised Biography

HUMPHRIES, BARRY · 2009 · Little Lane Books

A$21.00 (€12.91 | $14.23 | £10.77 | ¥2,271)

Australia, Hatchette. 2009. Hardcover with dust jacket, 25cm. Book, 260+ pp in great order - all pp clean white & tightly bound as a possum could be. contents/review > This is a difficult book to categorise - is it an autobiography? A memoir? Fictionalised truth? Here, Barry H...

The Why and How of Child Art

MACKENZIE, ISABEL · 1955 · Little Lane Books

A$19.00 (€11.68 | $12.87 | £9.74 | ¥2,055)

Australia, Angus & Robertson. 1955. Hardcover , 20cm. Book, The author has extensive experience in child art education in Aust & Europe & sets out ideas & techniques to nuture child art (not to create mini-DaVinci replicas). 55pp with many illus & some photos too. Good/No Jacket.

The Summer of My Greek Taverna : A Memoir

STONE, TOM · 2002 · Little Lane Books

A$20.00 (€12.29 | $13.55 | £10.26 | ¥2,163)

USA, Simon & Schuster. 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket, 22.5cm. Book, review > Stone's love story of running a Greek Taverna over the course of one summer is a gem. Rarely have I read a book that has engulfed me in its essence and put me in the middle of the narrative. I part...

The Compassionate Satirist: Ben Jonson and His Imperfect World

JOSEPH ALLEN BRYANT · 1972 · Little Lane Books

A$24.00 (€14.75 | $16.26 | £12.31 | ¥2,596)

USA, University of Georgia Press. 1972. Hardcover with dust jacket, 24 Cm. Book, The book ooks at Johnston's career & in particular 8 plays. 196 clean white well bound pp, plastic over dj. Excellent/Excellent.

The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright a Complete Catalog

STORRER, WILLIAM · 0 · Little Lane Books

A$47.00 (€28.89 | $31.84 | £24.10 | ¥5,083)

USA, MIT Press. 2nd Edition. Soft cover with dust jacket, 21cm. Book, Arranged chronologically, provides a revised and updated edition of the authoritative guide to all of Wright's architecture. will be indispensable for anyone fascinated with Wright's unique architectural gen...