Marion Pitman

Big Red

HENRY G. LAMOND · 1953

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Faber & Faber. 1953, Second Impression. Hardcover. Ex-Library, Ex-library with labels and stamps; binding bit worn; text clean and sound. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

Lottery in Lives

J.M. COUPER · 1971

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin. 1971, First US Edition. (ISBN: 0395127548) Hardcover. Book, Dustwrapper a little scuffed. Australian novel about National Service. Very Good/Good Plus.

Cumner's Son, and Other South Sea Folk

GILBERT PARKER · 1910

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Mills and Boon. 1910. Hardcover. Ex-Library, Blue cloth worn, hinges cracked; ex Chelsea Hospital library and another, label and stamps. 32 page catalogue at back for 1910. Two pages of catalogue loose. 284 pages of text, complete. Cheap paper, brown and brittle on edg...

Child of Calvary, Myrtyr of Satan, a biography of Mother Marie-Therese Noblet

EDMUND E. R. ELLIOTT, O. CARM · 1960

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Melbourne, Australia, Carmelite Fathers. 1960, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Name on flyleaf, bookplate on half-title, slight tanning to endpapers, corners a little bruised, else very clean and bright. Blue cloth, gilt titles on spine. (Printed in Ireland). Very Good/No Jacket.

Prelude: The Early Life of Eileen Joyce

C. H. ABRAHALL · 1947

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Oxford University Press / Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1947, First ?. Hardcover. Ill.: Anna Zinkeisen. Book, Dustwrapper is in several pieces, rather brittle. Some foxing at ends; name on flyleaf covered with sticky labels. Fictionalised life of Australian pianist. Good/Poor.

Bottersnikes And Gumbles

S.A. WAKEFIELD · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Harmondsworth, Penguin / Puffin. 1972, First Puffin Edition. (ISBN: 0140305505) Soft cover. Ill.: Desmond Digby. Book, Some creasing to covers, small amount of writing inside front cover, page edges bit brown. Good/No Jacket.

Black Sheep's Gold

BEATRICE GRIMSHAW · 1870

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, Hurst & Blackett. Edition not known. Hardcover. Book, Library rebinding, labels and stamps; spine leaning; pages rather brown and thumbmarked; however text is complete, readable and mostly clean. "Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw (3 February 1870 - 30 June 1953) was a writer an...

Edward Barry ( South Sea Pearler )

LOUIS BECKE · 0

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London & Edinburgh, T. Nelson & Sons. 9999, Reprint. Hardcover. Ill.: E. F. Skinner (?). Book, Binding is damp stained, and the colour has affected the edges of the frontispiece and first few pages. Rear hinge cracked; piece missing from rear endpaper. Cardiff bookseller's lab...

Wattle Babies

MAY GIBBS · 1990

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New South Wales, Angus & Robertson. 1990, Facsimile Reprint. (ISBN: 0207145873) Soft cover. Ill.: May Gibbs. Book, Names on reverse of frontispiece. Good/No Jacket.

Gum-Blossom Babies

MAY GIBBS · 1985

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

New South Wales, Angus & Robertson. 1985, Facsimile Reprint. (ISBN: 0207150214) Soft cover. Ill.: May Gibbs. Book, Few marks on back cover, name and gift insc. on title page, frontispiece seems to be glued to front cover. Otherwise OK. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

A Day's March Nearer Home (autobiography )

J. GRAHAM MILLER, EDITED IAIN H. MURRAY · 2010

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Edinburgh, Banner of Truth Trust. 2010, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781848710641) Hardcover. Book, Life of a New Zealand minister and missionary. Couple of creases to dustwrapper. Very Good/Very Good.

He Rides in Triumph

PHILIP LINDSAY · 1953

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London, Hutchinson. 1953, Cheap Edn. Hardcover. Book, Cloth and dustwrapper bit dampstained lower edge; wrapper bit frayed; some foxing on fore-edge. Novel of a Lollard plot to assassinate Henry Vth after Agincourt. Dark blue cloth, 320 pages. Good/Good.

The Loves of Florizel

PHILIP LINDSAY · 1951

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, Hutchinson. 1951, First Edition ?. Hardcover. Book, Cloth somewhat marked and discoloured, slight staining page edges. Red cloth, 208 pages. Life of George IVth. Good/No Jacket.

Heart of a King

PHILIP LINDSAY · 0

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London, Hutchinson. 9999, First Edition ?. Hardcover. Book, Cloth faded, bit stained; slight spine lean, few small marks. No date or edition given, produced in conformity with authorised economy standards. Light green cloth, 256 pages. Henry VIIIth on his deathbed, thinking of...

Savages and Kings

KENNETH DUFFIELD · 1945

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Macdonald. 1945, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Various. Book, Black cloth rather faded, boards slightly warped, corners and spine ends frayed, rear joint and hinge split a bit, name on flyleaf. 35 b/w plates by various illustrators. Memoirs and reminiscences from the...

On Second Thoughts: Australian essays

JOHN DOUGLAS PRINGLE · 1971

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Sydney, Angus & Robertson. 1971, First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library, Ex-lib, stamps, remains of label, pierced marking on title page, dustwrapper wrapped in polythene and taped to boards; internally looks clean and sound. Good/Good.

The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke

C. J. DENNIS · 1918

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Sydney, Angus & Robertson. 1918, Sixteenth Impression. Hardcover, 5.5" x 7". Ill.: Hal Gye. Book, Australian vernacular verse, with 16 page glossary at end. Inscribed to previous owner "with best wishes for the 27th from a "Digger". Sticker of Times Book Club inside back cover...

Andy's Kangaroo

JOYCE NICHOLSON · 1964

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Melbourne & Sydney, Lansdowne. 1964, First. Pictorial Boards, 7.5" x 10". Ill.: Gordon De'Lisle. Book, Photographic illustrations; story of a boy and a kangaroo. Dustwrapper price clipped, bit frayed & torn top edge, bit worn ends of spine. Very Good/Good.