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London: Viking, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. pp456, black and white plates, map, index. Our perceptions of Vietnam are often heavily influenced by American cinema. Fifteen years after the fall of Saigon, Wintle travels to Vietnam. This is the journal of Wintle's adventures - sad, shocking, and achingly funny. A clean, bright copy.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2008. Paperback. Very Good +. A very neat, clean copy of the first printing. Colour illustrated wrapper, 356 pages.

Devon: David and Charles, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine,. A bright, tight copy - new. First printing. Octavo in publisher's original red books with gilt lettering to spine, 286 pages including monochrome and colour photographic plates, a chronology, sources and index. Drawing on Pepys' famous diary as its central resource, the book is a fascinating and vivid account of life in seventeenth century London at a critical point in history - poised to become a major centre of international commerce and culture. Lovely copy.

London: Hutchinson, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good,. A neat, very sound copy. First impression. Octavo in publisher's black boards, gilt lettering to spine, 339 pages. Some small spots to endpapers, inside of dustjacket and edges. A comic journey through the major disasters of the 20th century, beginning with the Titanic and concluding with birth of the state of Israel. All this through the eyes through the eyes of two interconnected families: a family of Manchester Jews and the half Welsh, half Russian Jones family.

London: Hogarth Press, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good,. Clean, tight copy, sixth impression. Octavo in publisher's boards, gilt lettering to spine, black & white plates, index, map endpapers, 300 pages.

Sydney: The Coral Press, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 194 pages, appendices, glossary, index, charts, figures, numerous superb black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, corners very lightly bumped, a few insect nibbles to flyleaf. A classic study on the structure and extent of the Great Barrier Reef and its extraordinary inhabitants lavishly illustrated. A clean, sound copy.

London: Faber and Faber, 2017. Paperback. Near Fine,. Bright, neat - unread. Illustrated stiff wrapper, 616 pages including bibliography. Small unobtrusive mark to front edge. The story is told by the wife and four daughters of a fierce evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959

London: Faber and Faber, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good,. A sound, quite neat copy. First impression. Octavo in black boards, silver lettering to spine, 278 pages. Dustjacket edges have creases and chips, paper stock tanning. By the author of 'The New York Trilogy.' 'When the Master takes little Walt to his mysterious house on the great plains, he initiates the tutorial process that will culminate in Walt learning to fly.

Crows Nest NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2014. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good,. A neat, very sound copy of the first impression in publisher's cream boards, gilt lettering to spine, colour photographic plates by Torkil Gudnason, 85 pages. Gift inscription to free front endpaper, two small closed tears to top of dustjacket spine. A rare, beguiling and brilliant ghost story from the two-time Miles Franklin Award-winning author.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986. First edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good,Fine. A very neat, bright copy of the first US edition. Octavo in publisher's original binding of black boards, quarter bound with navy cloth. Gilt credits to spine and facsimile author's signature to front panel,326 pages. Dustjacket has small closed tear, light creasing at top of spine. A novel by the author of 'The Year of Living Dangerously'.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Fine. A very tight bright copy of the first softcover edition. Octavo illustrated stiff card binding, 213 pages including tables, charts, appendixes, notes, index. The standard work on the subject; the first book-length examination of Balinese kinship in English and an important theoretical analysis of the central ethnographic concept of 'kinship system'. A lovely copy. .

Paris : Institut National De La Langue Francais, 1988. Soft Cover. Good. 140pp. Etudes and documents. Wrappers slightly stained and discoloured. A 'no return' stamp on flyleaf. A scarce and a most valuable bibliography and collection of resources on the topic. (In French). A sound copy

London: Andre Deutsch, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Very Good,. A very neat, bright copy. First impression. Octavo in original red cloth with gilt title and credits to spine. 317 pages. Light rubbing, scuffs to dustjacket edges. Originally published in French. Emily's struggles with a serious moral dilemma are explored with a light touch, and a mountain village in the Lebanon is brought to light with charm and authenticity.

London: Vintage, 2003. Tight, bright copy appears to be unread in colour illustrated wrappers, 250 pages. In an ever divided Britain, this wryly observed novel is a timely and thought-provoking read from the Booker-winning author of The Finkler Question. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.

London: Harper Collins, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. Foreword by Erica Jong . Missing flyleaf. A bright sound copy

London: Heinemann, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original red boards, gilt title to spine, 310 pages. Appendix, bibliography, index, illustrated endpapers, black and white photographic plates, maps. Previous owner's stamp to flyleaf, very slight chipping, creasing to top edge of dustjacket. A short but comprehensive history of China, Japan and South-East Asia by the Professor of Far Eastern History at Australian National University. A tight, bright copy of a classic work on this subject.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good,. A quite neat, very sound copy of the first impression. Octavo in publisher's original tangerine boards with metallic blue lettering to spine. 192 pages including line illustrations by Brian Windsmith. Top edge spotty, light foxing to paste downs. An adventure for young readers set in the wild landscape of the imaginary landscape of Shalandria. A young man must decide whether to fight for the future of his country.

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good,. Near fine - a very neat, bright copy. First impression. Octavo in publisher's original black boards with gilt credits to spine, 305 pages. Paper stock slightly age-toned. Debut novel exploring three generations of a southern US family from World War 2 to the Vietnam War.

London: Collins, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A bright, neat copy. Original brown boards with gilt title to spine, 150 pages. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by Jamlong Busadee. Previous owner's name on front pastedown and flyleaf. A semi-autobiographical novel about village life in north-east Thailand told through the eyes of a young girl.

London: Bloomsbury, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine,. A neat tight copy. First printing on publisher's black boards with bronze lettering to spine, 273 pages. Ribbon place marker. Paper stock lightly tanned, a few of tiny spots to title pages, all else near fine.