Resultados de búsqueda: Fiction -- Australian from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Angus & Robertson, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Dark red coloured end pages. Black coloured cloth covered boards with silver coloured embossed design to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Black coloured tint to the top text edge. Illustrated dust wrapper with silver and dark red coloured titles to the front panel and to the back strip. "A Dutiful Daughter explores the ambivalent relationship between children and their parents by the means of a fable charged with poetry, compassion, and shocking comedy." – from front fold over panel blurb. Some rubbing of the back strip edges and book corners with softening of the back strip edges. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing of the dust wrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VI, 184 pages, last page blank,. Dust Jacket… Leer más

Cassell Australia, North Melbourne, Victoria, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Lee Walsh. By Author on Half Title Page. (4) 100 pages, last page blank. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations by Lee Walsh. Colour illustrated front cover, again by Lee Walsh, with white titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. A little creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges and book panels. Some browning to the text block edges. The story of a alien falling to earth and going back home, told in verse. The author has signed the book on the half title page. This is the first Australian edition. Size: Standard Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Lee Walsh. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Australian; Signed; By Author on Half Title Page. Inventory No: 0111083. .

Koala Books, Mascot, New South Wales, 2001. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Matt Cosgrove. Signed by Author on Title Page. II, 108 pages. The text is illustrated with small black-and-white vignettes by Matt Cosgrove. Illustrated front cover, with yellow and white titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. Darcy Moran is finding the summer very hot. Not only is he the new kid on the block but he's being harassed by bully named Wayne Grinter. But all is not lost! His job of walking dogs turns out to be a lifesaver. A little rubbing and scuffing to the book corners. A few marks to the laminate of the book panels. A little browning of the text block edges and internal pages. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Matt Cosgrove. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Fiction -- Australian; Illustrated -- Childrens Books; fiction -- adolescent; Signed by Author on… Leer más

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 350 g; 151 pp. Within the text there are 5 hand drawn maps.. Blue coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a ship under sail and Fraser Island. Slight canting of the spine, and softening of the tail of the spine. The dustjacket has a split at the top of the rear fold over, of approximately 1.5 inches, rubbing of the fold over crease , top and bottom edges, and chipping and short tears at the top and bottom of the spine section, the top having been held together with sticky tape placed on the underside. This is the story of mystery set on Queensland's Fraser Island. A novel for teenagers, it deals with spying, skulduggery, murder and mayhem set amongst the beautiful but treacherous waters and sand dunes of Fraser Island. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Leer más

Angus & Robertson, London, 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 800 g; XVI, 384 pages, in original hardcover binding which is slightly rubbed on the bottom edges of the boards. a specially CONDENSED deluxe edition, with illustrations by Robynne Allen based on the costume designs of Anna Senior and the set designs of Leslie Binns; the illustrations are based on those of the television series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Australian; 19th Century; ISBN: 0207144524. ISBN/EAN: 9780207144523. Inventory No: 0266490. . 9780207144523

Bowker & Bertram, London, 1980. Modern Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. in original dark green hardcover binding . Colour illustrated dustjacket slightly faded on the left-hand margin of the front panel; previous owner's name and date of purchase at the bottom right-hand corner of the title page. No other damage to describe. End page maps -- both different. Reproduction of a painting at the 14th page, no other illustrations. "Now the book is offered anew -- a wonderful, tragic, pointman, human story set against a background of dreadful reality; and reality of profound interests, made even more immediate by the addition of illustrations." -- The editor page IV. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XIV, 449 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Australian; 19th Century; Inventory No: 0231510. .

Laser Books, Toronto, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Illustrator: Kelly Freas -- Cover Art. Colour illustrated cover by Kelly Freas (wraparound), with white and blue coloured titles to the front panel and black-and-white titles to the backstrip. Yellow coloured tint to text block edges. Creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the other book edges and book panels. Browning to the internal text. "At the depth of his despair, Howard finds Sanctuary. For the first time in his wretched existence he has no need to run from his relentless pursuers . His wants are provided for and he is safe. But still Howard Landry is tormented. Where and what is Sanctuary ? Before Howard can find a real peace he must know the truth. And until his pilgrimage uncovers the truth, this fantastic world is no Sanctuary by a land of challenges and peril." -- From the rear panel blurb. Part of the Laser Book series -- number 41. Size: Standard Paperback. [4], 5-189, [3] pages. Please refer to… Leer más

The Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Jayne Spurin -- Cover Art. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the spine. Bumping to the top spine edge. On the front panel the effects of moisture can be seen. Some marks to the endpapers along with previous owner's name on the free front endpaper. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Jayne Spurin, with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. Chipping to the top spine edge. Marks have occurred to the verso of the dustwrapper. Story of a relationship between a foster father and his foster daughter. The author's first book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 88 pages, last three pages blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Jayne Spurin -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category:… Leer más

Flamingo, Pymble, New South Wales, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 410 g.; VIII, 256 pages, acknowledgements. Plain card covers with black titles to the front panel. Creasing to the book corners rubbing and a few marks to the book panels. This book is an uncorrected proof. A novel about the Vietnam war, Australia's participation and one man's search of peace 30 years after he has returned from the war. This is the first Australian edition. Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Fiction -- Australian; ISBN: 0732277086. ISBN/EAN: 9780732277086. Inventory No: 0109808. . 9780732277086

Angus & Robertson & Rigby, London -- Adelaide, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. 216 pages, illustrated dust wrapper. Chipping and rubbing of the edges of the dust wrapper, minor foxing of the end pages, age toning of the edges of the pages. The characters in this book are people of Aboriginal blood living on the fringe of white settlement in northern New South Wales. Despite scenes of degradation, and the fumes of methylated spirits, the humanity of these oppressed people shines through a story that reaches a powerful symbolic climax and an ending that will leave few readers unmoved. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Fiction -- Australian; Aboriginal -- Australia; Australia; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 0205936. .

The Macmillan Company of Australia, South Melbourne, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. XX, 248 pages, preface by author, introduction, glossary. Red coloured boards with white writing on the spine. Illustrated dust wrapper, showing an Aboriginal man with scarring on his chest against a desert landscape, with red and white writing on the front panel and spine. A novel set around the atomic testing in South Australia in the 1950s and its effect on the indigenous population. NOTE: In 1981 Robert Drewe was able to identify this previously "mystery" Aboriginal author as Yugoslavian writer and anthropologist Sreten Bozic . Rubbing to the back strip edges and along the spine gutter edges. Shelfwear to the lower edges and rubbing to the book corners. Browning and light foxing to the top text block edge. A few handling marks to the end papers. Very light rubbing to the dust wrapper corners. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over… Leer más

Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. acknowledgements. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Minor bumping to the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners. Wear to the book edges and browning to the text block edges with dust marks to the top edge. Browning and faint foxing to the endpapers and age toning to the internal text. Previous owners details to the top edge of the free front end paper. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with white and black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and top backstrip edge. The lower 0.25 " of the backstrip is missing. There is a 0.25 " tear to the top edge of the front dustwrapper panel and a 1 inch tear to the top right-hand corner of the rear dustwrapper panel and a 1.25 " tear to the lower edge of the front dustwrapper panel, all tears have associated creasing. There is a 2 inch tear… Leer más

Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, New South Wales, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. By Author On the Title Page. 215 g.; VI, 7-240 pages, acknowledgements and dedication and author's note. Photographic front cover with yellow and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. A little rubbing to the book corners and to the rear book panel. Browning to the text block edges and to the internal text, commensurate with paper quality used in the book's production. " Things unravel so fast. One day Sam is a kid with a straightforward life, next moment he's sucked into a time warp and flung back a hundred years. Meeting Flea, Gertie and the gang is just the start of a crazy adventure with Sam on the run from the police, sleeping outside the morgue, laying bets on horse races, fighting thieves and larrikins. An accident in a shooting gallery confronts Sam with the hardest decision he's ever had to make. Can he change the past -- and his own future?" --… Leer más

McPhee Gribble Publishers, Melbourne, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. 450 g; 212 pp, illustrated end papers, front endpaper showing map of Melbourne and environs, rear endpaper showing map of Victoria covering area north to Canberra. Aearlessly clever romp and a pun-encrusted fantasia which punctures pretensions and slashes sacred cows. Slight dustiness to the top edge of the text block, otherwise in a very clean and neat and tidy condition. The dust jacket shows an illustration of Melbourne town as a map. The other part of the dust jacket illustration is a large number of small bunches of grapes. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Fiction -- Australian; ISBN: 0869140515. ISBN/EAN: 9780869140512. Inventory No: 0219394. . 9780869140512

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a middle-aged man with glasses, with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and spine. A man who has psychokinesis is being stalked by an Arab terrorist who wants him to kill the president of the United States. Frank Carmody has a job to stop the shadowy event happening. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear is evident to the lower book edges. Dust marks to the top paper edge and handling marks and noted to the endpapers. Dustwrapper is rubbed and somewhat faded and there is rubbing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges there is a 1" tear to the lower front dust wrapper edge with some loss of dustwrapper in integrity and there is also a similar size tear to the bottom front fold over edge with associated creasing. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo -… Leer más

Picador, Sydney, 1997. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrated cover, showing Lion of Saint Mark by Carpaccio,. Every night for twenty nights in a hotel room in Venice, an Australian man recently diagnosed with incurable disease writes a letter home to a friend. In these 20 letters he describes not only the kaleidoscopic journey he has just made from Switzerland across northern Italy to Venice, but reflects on questions of mortality, seduction and the search for paradise in a deeply life- enhancing ways." -- from the front fold over blurb. Age toning of the page edges, no other damage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: fiction; Fiction -- Australian; Europe; Australia; ISBN: 0330359916. ISBN/EAN: 9780330359917. Inventory No: 0269151. . 9780330359917

Knopf, Milsons Point, New South Wales, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Back coloured endpapers. Green coloured boards with white coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and back titles to the backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel . " Outer Maroo, population 87 . Here two opposing cultures -- the rough-diamond, boozing, fiercely individualistic Bush folk and the teetotaller, church-going fundamentalists -- used to co-exist. Until the arrival of the cult messiah Oyster ." -- from the front on the panel blurb. Softening and rubbing of the lower back strip edges and book corners. Tanning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with a little fading of the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (10) 400 pages (6).. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available:… Leer más

Wren Publishing Co, Melbourne, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: John Larkin -- Cover Art. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, by John Larkin (wraparound), with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and spine. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. In the near future overpopulation has been overcome by a orbiting space satellite. Or has it? Shelfwear to the lower book edges and dust marks to the top paper edge. Spine is ever so slightly cocked. A suspicion of crinkling to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 184 pages, last to blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: John Larkin -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Australian; ISBN: 0858851555. ISBN/EAN: 9780858851559. Inventory… Leer más

Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney - Auckland - London - Toronto, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Astra Lacis. Bright green coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with quarter page black-and-white illustrations by Astra Lacis. Olive coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, again by Astra Lacis, with bright green coloured background and dark red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The story of Lucy and a possum. Part of the Stoat Books a Fiction Series for Young Readers. Rubbing to the corners of the backstrip and to the lower book edges. Bumping to the lower book edges and light browning to the text block edges. On the title page and the verso of the content page is a printing fault looking like grubby marks. Rubbing and creasing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Sun fading to the backstrip and to the first half inch of the front dustwrapper panel. This is the first Australian edition.… Leer más

Macmillan & Company, South Melbourne, Victoria, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Leigh Murrell -- Cover Art. 170 pp., last 5 blank. Dark blue coloured endpapers. Blue coloured boards with white writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Leigh Murrell, with orange and blue writing on the front panel and spine. A man who thinks he is the only living human in a world of robots meets a woman who appears to flesh and blood, and together they seek the truth. Shelf wear to the lower book edges and a little to the top. The top book edges and the top paper edge are quite dusty and stained rubbing to the book corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. Browning to the other paper edges. On the free front endpaper there is and white mark. Dustwrapper is rubbed and quite grubby. Corners of the dustwrapper are slightly rubbed and there is some crinkling to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. The remains of a sticker can be seen on the top… Leer más