Australian Literature from Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
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The Sow's Ear
de Cronin, Bernard
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 1933
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 77.85
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Descripción:
Octavo, tipped-in contemporary bookplate, original Percy Lindsay wrappers (bit worn on spine).
First edition ‒ issue in wrappers.
Very scarce. Precio
EUR 77.85
The House of Cain
de Upfield, Arthur W.
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- 1929
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 1,089.90
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Descripción:
Octavo, contemporary name and date on front free endpaper, some spotting to early leaves but very good in original black cloth lettered in gilt (slight wear at head & foot of spine), publisher's orange top stain.
First US edition of Upfield's first novel.
Scarce. Precio
EUR 1,089.90
Rhymes of Sydney
de Wills, Colin, and 'Wep' [William Edwin Pidgeon]
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Published
- 1933
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 467.10
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Descripción:
Quarto, 48pp., illustrations, neat modern inscription on half-title page, bright original coloured pictorial wrappers.
First edition.
Very scarce and ephemeral Frank Johnson publication in uncommonly good condition.
Wills & Wep's Sydney of the early 1930s, flappers, six-o'clock closing, and the Harbour Bridge &c. Pidgeon's striking illustrations include his useful & important drinking map of Sydney 'With Wep Where it's Wet'. Precio
EUR 467.10
Legend For Sanderson
de Palmer, Vance
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Bit worn
- Published
- 1937
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 77.85
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Descripción:
Octavo, original red cloth with chipped Deco dustwrapper (bit distressed and with some old tape repairs).
First edition.
Novel set on the coast and cane-fields of northern Queensland. Precio
EUR 77.85
The Sedan Murder Mystery
de Wallace, John
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- Australasian Edition
- Published
- 1938
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 108.99
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Descripción:
Octavo, one page advertisements, discreet owner's stamp on endpapers, leaves slightly tanned, but very good in bright original teal blue cloth.
First edition. Wallace's second novel. Very scarce.
Wallace subsequently published his books in Melbourne under his own imprints, Crime Book Publishing Co. and Popular Publications, also writing as 'Aintree', 'Texas Ranger', and 'Gerald Grantham'. Precio
EUR 108.99
Human Drift
de Mann, Leonard
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- 1935
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 137.02
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Descripción:
Octavo, pale foxing on endpapers and preliminaries, very good in original green cloth (sunned on spine).
First edition. Signed by the author for the novelist Marjorie Barnard.
While the novel was published by A. & R., Mann offered the manuscript first to the short-lived Endeavour Press (1933-35).
Out of print and decidedly scarce. Precio
EUR 137.02
The Sow's Ear
de Cronin, Bernard
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- 1933
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 46.71
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Descripción:
Octavo, original plum cloth (bit faded on spine).
First edition ‒ cloth issue. Inscribed & signed by the author. Scarce. Precio
EUR 46.71
Landtakers
de Penton, Brian
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Published
- 1934
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 34.25
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Descripción:
Octavo, foxing on edges and preliminaries, Angus & Robertson bookseller's label on front paste-down, original burgundy cloth lettered in black on spine.
Third Impression.
A critical & popular success, the novel ran to three impressions in the second half of 1934. Modelled on Henry Handel Richardson's Fortunes of Richard Mahony trilogy, Landtakers was folowed by Inheritors in 1936, but the third volume… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 34.25
Invasion
de Wallace, John
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- [1942]
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 205.52
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Descripción:
Octavo, [4]pp. publisher's advertisements, very good in bright original green cloth with pictorial dustwrapper (few blemishes including a minor repair on verso of spine) priced at 6/-.
First edition.
Very scarce especially with dustwrapper.
John Wallace was a Melbourne writer and publisher. He also wrote as 'Aintree', 'Texas Ranger', and 'Gerald Grantham', mostly publishing his novels under his own imprints Crime Book Publishing… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 205.52
The Myth is Murder
de Johnston, George H. writing as 'Shane Martin'
- Estado
- Usado
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- 1959
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 205.52
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Descripción:
Octavo, edges tanned and some pale staining to early leaves, original plum boards lettered in silver on spine with bright William Randell dustwrapper priced at 10s.6d.
First UK edition.
Scarce pseudonymous George Johnston novel. Out of print. Precio
EUR 205.52
Gold in the Streets
de Niland, D'Arcy
- Estado
- Usado
- Published
- 1959
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 21.80
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Descripción:
Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, edges browned.
First edition. Horwitz NA 4. Precio
EUR 21.80
The Actors
de Porter, Hal
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- 1968
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
-
EUR 46.71
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Descripción:
Octavo, pen drawings by Porter, light blue endpapers, original black cloth with pictorial dustwrapper, the cartoonist Les Tanner's copy with his signature.
First edition. Inscribed and signed by Porter for Tanner: 'Les — I loveya. HP.' Precio
EUR 46.71
The Hexagon
de Porter, Hal
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- 1956
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 205.52
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Descripción:
Demy octavo, original oatmeal cloth with crisp colour silk-screen printed dustwrapper, John Gawsworth's copy with his 'Realm of Redonda' bookplate.
First edition. An excellent association copy of Porter's first volume of poetry, inscribed by Porter in the Surrey Hotel (London) for the poet John Gawsworth. Porter writes about drinking at the Surrey and Gawsworth in his third volume of autobiography The… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 205.52
How Beautiful Are Thy Feet
de Marshall, Alan
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Published
- 1950
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 34.25
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Descripción:
Octavo, very good in bright original royal blue cloth.
January 1950 reprint (first published in December 1949). Novel set in a boot factory in Collingwood during the Depression.
Inscribed and signed by Marshall. Scarce. Precio
EUR 34.25
Dragonfly
de Cronin, Bernard
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- [1928]
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 77.85
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Descripción:
Crown octavo, [8]pp. publisher's advertisements, contemporary name in ink on front free endpaper, small bookseller's label on front paste-down, very good in original blue cloth lettered in black.
First edition. Novel set in western Queensland. Very scarce. Precio
EUR 77.85
The Barrier Rat
de Walford, Frank
- Estado
- Usado
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- [1943]
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
-
EUR 77.85
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Descripción:
Octavo, [5]pp. publisher's advertisements, small bookseller's label on front paste-down, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, very good in original orange cloth (bit used) lettered in black on spine .
First edition. Scarce adventure novel set in Queensland. Precio
EUR 77.85
Salvage
de Cronin, Bernard
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Published
- circa 1926
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
-
EUR 46.71
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Descripción:
F'cap octavo, text a little toned but very good in bright original red cloth (slightly flecked) with pictorial dustwrapper (bit chipped).
Small format 2/- reprint.
'Two parties went a-hunting sunken treasure on the coasts of Tasmania. In one was Peter Dale, young, innocent, out of a job; in the other, sweet Barbara. They met, and it was love at first sight— love… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 46.71
The Bridle Track
de Hardie, J.J.
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- 1936
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
-
EUR 46.71
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Descripción:
Octavo, minor foxing on edges and preliminaries, bookseller's stamp on front free endpaper, very good in original green cloth with bright house style typographical dustwrapper (bit chipped).
First edition. Precio
EUR 46.71
Tantalego
de Rivers, Georgia [Marjorie Clark].
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- [1928]
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 108.99
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Descripción:
Octavo, minor foxing on edges, very good in bright original blue cloth lettered in black.
First edition. Very scarce Melbourne novel. Precio
EUR 108.99
The Secret of Hanging Rock
de Lindsay, Joan
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- 1987
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, AUS
- Precio
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EUR 24.91
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Descripción:
Octavo, very good in original pictorial wrappers.
First UK edition (priced at £1.95).
Lindsay's manuscript final chapter of Picnic At Hanging Rock, posthumously published twenty years after the novel. Precio
EUR 24.91