The Book Firm

Fred Astaire. A Wonderful Life.

ADLER, Bill. · 1987

A$23.00 (€14.14 | $15.58 | £11.79 | ¥2,488)

Carroll & Graf, 1987. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. B/W plates. Explores the life & work of the great artist & entertainer. 191pp.

The Lyre. A Cantata for Four Solo Voices, Chorus & Orchestra, The Words selected from Gray's Ode The Progress of Poesy. Op. 7.

PERCIVAL, S. · 1850

A$234.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | £120.00 | ¥25,316)

London, Ewer & Co. c.1850s? - 1867. 4to. Engraved music. Spine worn, disbound. Includes a list of subscribers. All edges gilt. Some wear to bottom RH corners of first few pages. States "Respectfully dedicated to the Liverpool Philharmonic Society". 105pp.

The Weyward Sisters. Shakespeare and Feminist Politics.

SHAKESPEARE. CALLAGHAN, Dympna, HELMS, Lorraine, & SINGH, Jyotsna. · 1994

A$21.00 (€12.91 | $14.23 | £10.77 | ¥2,272)

Blackwell, 1994. Wrappers. Condition vg. Examines Shakespeare's work in light of "...the feminist history of sexuality, the ideology of romantic love, ...feminist interventions in performance..." etc. providing a materialist feminist account. 164pp.

The Frenzied Poets. Andrey Biely and the Russian Symbolists.

MASLENIKOV, Oleg. · 1952

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University of California Press, 1952. Hardcover. Good condition in worn dj. 234pp.

Antic Fables. Patterns of Evasion in Shakespeare's Comedies.

SHAKESPEARE. RIEMER, A.P. · 1980

A$21.00 (€12.91 | $14.23 | £10.77 | ¥2,272)

Sydney University Press, 1980. Hardcover. Fine in dj. Focuses on The Winter's Tale, drawing out Shakespeare's comedic treatment of moral, philosophical, religious etc. issues. 229pp. ISBN 042400075X.

Cold War Two and Australia.

PHILLIPS, Dennis H. · 1983

A$27.00 (€16.60 | $18.29 | £13.85 | ¥2,921)

Allen & Unwin, 1983. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Examines the attitudes & politics that led Australia to become a client country of the United States of America during the Cold War. 122pp.

Walking Into the River.

HEMINGWAY, Lorian. · 1992

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Simon & Schuster, 1992. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Review copy. 282pp.

Stratification in Grenada.

SMITH, M.G. · 1965

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University of California Press, 1965. Hardcover. Some wear to dj, o/wise good condition. A detailed analysis of the social stratification of Grenada. 271pp.

The Battle for Manila.

CONNAUGHTON, Richard, PIMLOTT, John, & ANDERSON, Duncan. · 1995

A$21.00 (€12.91 | $14.23 | £10.77 | ¥2,272)

Bloomsbury, 1995. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. B/W plates. A detailed history of the re-taking of the city by American forces led by Macarthur. 224pp.

These Golden Days.

BRAINE, John. · 1985

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Methuen, 1985. 1st (true) UK edition. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Continues the story of One and Last Love. 187pp.

Feminism and the Postmodern Impulse. Post-World War II Fiction.

MICHAEL, Magali Cornier. · 1996

A$21.00 (€12.91 | $14.23 | £10.77 | ¥2,272)

State University of New York Press, 1996. Wrappers. Condition vg. Examines recent Anglo-American fiction in the light of intersections between feminist politics & postmodern aesthetics. 275pp.

Approaches to Sir Thomas Browne. The Ann Arbor Tercentenary Lectures and Essays.

PATRIDES, C.A. ed. · 1982

A$22.00 (€13.52 | $14.91 | £11.28 | ¥2,380)

University of Missouri Press, 1982. Hardcover. Ex-library, o/wise good. No dj. A collection of 15 essays on the 300th anniversary of the death of Sir Thomas Browne. 187pp.

The Gospel According to St. Matthew. Chapters I to VIII.

MACLAREN, Alexander. · 1905

A$20.00 (€12.29 | $13.55 | £10.26 | ¥2,164)

Hodder & Stoughton, 1905. 1st edition. Hardcover. Spine lightly sunned, a few marks to covers, feps foxed, o/wise good. viii, 422pp.

The Wreath of Wild Olive. Play, Liminality, and the Study of Literature.

SPARIOUSU, Mihai I. · 1997

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State University of New York Press, 1997. Wrappers. Condition vg. 350pp.

Society in India. Volume One: Continuity and Change.

MANDELBAUM, David G. · 1970

A$19.00 (€11.68 | $12.87 | £9.74 | ¥2,056)

University of California Press, 1970. Hardcover. Condition vg in price-clipped dj. An in-depth examination of "...the regular patterns that underlie social relations throughout the country...[also outlining] some of the principal social and regional variations". 374pp.

Ancient China. From the Beginnings to the Empire.

GERNET, Jacques. RUDORFF, Raymond trans. · 1500

A$23.00 (€14.14 | $15.58 | £11.79 | ¥2,488)

Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Examines over 1500 years of Chinese history from the neolithic period to the foundation of the Empire in 221 BC. 157pp.

Australian Motor Racing Year 1984/85.

BERGHOUSE, Ray ed. · 1985

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Berghouse Publishing, 1985. Hardcover. 4to. Good condition in dj. Col. photos. Covers all the racing events in the Australian year. 320pp.

The British Racing Hero. From Moss to Mansell.

ALLSOP, Derek. · 1990

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Stanley Paul, 1990. Hardcover. 4to. Good condition in dj. B/W & col. photos. Fwd by Alain Prost. Examines the records, triumphs & backgrounds of Britain's great Formula One drivers. 176pp.

A Vision of Eden. The Life and Work of Marianne North.

NORTH, Marianne. · 1980

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Holt, Rheinhart & Winston, 1980. Hardcover. 4to. Condition vg in dj. Gilt to decorated cover. Col. reproductions. Excerpts from North's autobiography & travel memoirs with reproductions of her exotic botanical paintings. 240pp.

The Sociology of Black Africa. Social Dynamics in Central Africa.

BALANDIER, Georges. · 1970

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Andre Deutsch, 1970. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. An in-depth study of two African peoples, the Fang of Gabon and the Ba-Kongo of the Congo, examining how their societies are coping with the aftermath of colonialism. 540pp.