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Books etc - updated June, 2008.

All books listed below are for sale, prices as listed plus postage & packaging. Feel free to contact the store for any further details. ** NEW **See foot of page for links.

 

Recent arrivals...

Ingmar Bergman "The Magic Lantern"

Penguin, London, 1988. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AU$7.50

Irene Nemirovsky "David Golder "

Vintage, London, 2007. Paperback. Book Condition: Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AU$8.50

Umberto Eco "Misreadings"

Fifteen essays by semiotician and novelist Eco which originally appeared in the 1960s and early 1970s in an Italian literary magazine.

Macmillan, London, 1994. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AU$9.50

David Mitchell "Cloud Atlas"

Sceptre, London, 2004. Paperback. Book Condition: Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AU$8.50

Mikhail Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita"

Written during the Soviet crackdown of the 1930s, when Mikhail Bulgakov's works were effectively banned, it wraps its anti-Stalinist message in a complex allegory of good and evil. Or would that be the other way around? The book's chief character is Satan, who appears in the guise of a foreigner and self-proclaimed black magician named Woland.

Picador, London, 1999. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. AU$7.50

Donna Tartt "The Secret History "

Penguin, London, 2006. Paperback. Book Condition: Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. AU$7.50

Dave Eggers "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"

Picador, London, 2000. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AU$7.50

Tom Savini "Bizarro"

Harmony, New York, 1983. Paperback. Book Condition: Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Introduction by Stephen King, preface by George Romero. Learn-by-example guide to the art & technique of special make-up effects. A little worn but a good copy of a hard-to-find title. AU$55.00

Norman Lindsay "Norman Lindsay Pencil Drawings "

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1969. Paperback. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Previous owner's inscription to ffep., otherwise excellent condition in dustwrapper that has a couple of small closed tears and very slight creasing at heel of rear panel but is otherwise clean and bright.. AU$290.00

Edgar Penzig "Rogues, Vagabonds and Bloody Thieves. An Illustrated History of Colonial Crime 1850-1900 "

Tranter Enterprises, Katoomba, NSW, Australia, 1992. Illustrated Boards. Book Condition: Very Good ++. Numbered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition, signed and numbered by the author. Excellent clean condition. Signed by Author. AU$250.00

Not a book, obviously, although I'm sure there's one in there somewhere.

 

...and again, not a book, just a holiday snap.

 

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