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Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 383 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. The sequel to S.P. Somtow's groundbreaking novel "Vampire Juniction" - voted one of the top 40 horror books of all time - called by Robert Bloch, author of "Psycho", "the closest thing to a nightmare ever put on paper." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Horror; ISBN: 0575050187. ISBN/EAN: 9780575050181. Pictures… Leer más

Bantam Books, New York, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library). First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 181 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust jacket has been protected by its library plastic cover. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Endpapers marked with Library stamps, but very discretely, spine unmarked, in all other respects in very good condition throughout. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Cattlemen ride alone across the open range under the deadly aim of roving desperadoes--. Gamblers stake their fortunes and their lives on a deck of cards--. Strong-willed senoritas seek independence through an enticing combination of beauty, audacity, and spirit--. Lawmen and outlaws walk the same dusty streets and speak… Leer más

CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 2012. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 242 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. A clear plastic contact wrapper is present. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Disputes over water allocations are, second to climate change, the dominant environmental and public policy issues of the present era. An expert team of ecologists, economists and sustainability experts spent three years interviewing people in the Little Swanport catchment, seeking answers to the optimal allocation of water on the Tasmanian East Coast. The hinterland of this area produces some of the most valuable merino wool in the world, the estuary grows mouth-watering oysters, and much of the… Leer más

Faber & Faber, London, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Inscribed by Author. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 320 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Mild age tanning throughout. The dust wrapper is not price clipped and shows only minor shelf-wear.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. One of the few survivors of a destroyed human race, Will Santley of the newly emerging Ethical Culture is caught up in the mysterious biopolitical affairs of radioactive immortals and must remember his frightening past in order to survive. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0571116647. ISBN/EAN: 9780571116645. Pictures of this item… Leer más

Walker Books Ltd, London, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Small Octavo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. A small nick on top foredge of cover. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. In a world between wars, a young man on the cusp of taking priestly vows is suddenly made a fugitive. Fleeing the accusations of police who blame him for a murder, as well as more sinister forces with darker intentions, Vango attempts to trace the secrets of his shrouded past and prove his innocence before all is lost. As he crisscrosses the continent via train, boat, and even the Graf Zeppelin airship, his adventures take him from Parisian rooftops to Mediterranean islands to Scottish forests. A mysterious, unforgettable, and… Leer más

The Country Book Club, London, United Kingdom, 1970. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 159 pages. The boards and text block are in excellent condition. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. The dust jacket is in good condition with a closed tear on the tail edge. All edges are clean, neat and free of foxing. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: Quantity Available: 1. Category: Environmental Conservation & Protection, Wildlife; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0002452. .

W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1981. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition (ex-library). Fifth Impression or later. Size: Small Octavo. 208 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. The groundbreaking book that launched America's urban legend obsession! Folklore scholar Jan Harold Brunvand assembles the best-known urban legends ??including "The Hook," "The Spider in the Hairdo," and "The Baby-Sitter and the Man Upstairs" and provides an enlightening and entertaining analysis of their variants and evolution. The Vanishing Hitchhiker was Professor Brunvand's first popular book on urban legends, and it remains a classic. The culmination of twenty years of collection and… Leer más

4th Estate, London, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 12mo (small). 243 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. A collection of short stories by the author of "The Stone Diaries", runner-up for the Booker Prize in 1993. The stories are all concerned with moments when ordinary people face extraordinary wild coincidences, declarations of love, and startling revelations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Canada; 20th century; ISBN: 1857023307. ISBN/EAN: 9781857023305. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Leer más

Carol Publishing Group, New York, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 372 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. The dust wrapper is not price clipped and shows only minor shelf-wear. It is protected by removeable plastic sleeve.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Edges of boards are chipped and rubbed. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. Nijinsky (1890-1950) remains, by reputation, the outstanding male dancer of at least one century, and a pathbreaking choreographer as well. Yet his life dramatically demonstrates the uncertain line dividing genius and madness, as psychiatrist Ostwald ( Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius ) here shows. The "god of… Leer más

Souther Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 464 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. In fine unread condition. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry contains vaudeville jokes, skits, and routines from the first three decades of the twentieth century originally compiled by comedian Ed Lowry (1896-1983). Although occasionally found in bits and pieces in anthologies and in some period dramatic comedies, vaudeville humor has never before been available in one collection--performers rarely if ever kept a record of their jokes and routines. Fortunately, Ed Lowry was an inveterate collector. He kept copious notebooks… Leer más

Harper Collins, New York, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 284 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. There is a small remainder mark. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. Veerappan: poacher, smuggler, killer -- a fugitive who for more than three decades has sustained a crime frenzy as action packed and outlandish as anything Hollywood (or evenBollywood) could conjure. The impenetrable Indian jungle provides him with shelter and refuge, while villagers, whether from fear or admiration, protect him from the police, so that year after year he has… Leer más

WA Department of Agriculture, Perth. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: Quarto. 128 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact after some repairs. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. A guide for home gardeners in Western Australia. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Gardening; Australia; ISBN: 0724488308. ISBN/EAN: 9780724488308. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8609. . 9780724488308

Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 283 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. A fine unread copy.. The book is available and ready to ship. "Like many Australians, journalist Christine Hogan viewed the Islamic world with a mix of fascination, bemusement and apprehension. But overcoming her trepidation, she decided the only way to gain any understanding of Islam - the religion, the culture and the people - was to see things first-hand. So began a journey of discovery through Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and the Gulf States." -- back cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Travel & Places; Australia; ISBN: 1405037016. ISBN/EAN: 9781405037013. Pictures of… Leer más

Faber and Faber Limited, London, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. First impression. Size: 12mo Small. 244 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription, lavish, in ink. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. At the end of the 14th century, Nicolo and Antonio Zen journeyed from Venice up the North Atlantic, encountering warrior princes, fighting savage natives and, just possibly, reaching the New World a full century before Columbus. The story of their adventure travelled throughout Europe." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Adventure, Survival, Exploration; European History; Italy; Medieval 10th to 15thc; History. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780571243785. Pictures of this item not already… Leer más

Shire of Yilgarn, Western Australia, 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 264 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Detailed account of the search for the pilot and navigator of a Vultee Vengeance dive bomber lost in the outback of Western Australia in 1944. The search for the missing airmen was one of the largest in Australian history. Includes photos, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Australia; 1940s; ISBN: 0646409727. ISBN/EAN: 9780646409726. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8990. .… Leer más

Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 268 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust jacket has been protected by it's library plastic cover.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page.. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. This book is a sweeping historical portrait of the floating city of Venice from its foundations to the present day. Joanne M. Ferraro considers Venice's unique construction within an amphibious environment and identifies the Asian, European, and North African exchange networks that made it a vibrant and ethnically diverse Mediterranean cultural center. Incorporating recent scholarly insights, the author discusses key themes related to the city's… Leer más

Harvill Press, London, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Small Octavo. 312 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. In 1917, five French soldiers were court-martialled for self-inflicted wounds and pushed, their hands bound, into "No-Man's Land". The youngest of the condemned men was the fiance of Mathilde, only daughter of a rich industrialist, who sets out to discover what really happended to him. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Historical Fiction; France; 1920s; ISBN: 1860463614. ISBN/EAN: 9781860463617. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9535. . 9781860463617

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2007. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine Condition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 320 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. In May of 1942, the war seemed very far away to most Sydneysiders - until the night the three Japanese midget submarines crept into the harbour and caused an unforgettable night of mayhem, high farce, chaos and courage. A ground-breaking new look at one of the most extraordinary stories of Australia at war. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australian History; Australia; 1940s; Military & Warfare. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781741752199. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7951. . 9781741752199

William Collins Publishers Pty Ltd, United Kingdom, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 222 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket price-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is currently IN STOCK and would be shipped directly from our Australian address.. The thrilling story of an ill-fated expedition to the South Pole by the bestselling and award-winning author of Schindler's List. In the waning years of the Edwardian era, a group of English gentleman- adventurers led by Sir Eugene Stewart launched an expedition to reach the South Pole. More than sixty years later, Anthony Piers, the official artist of the New British South Polar Expedition, finally unveils the sobering conditions of… Leer más

Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Third Impression. Size: 12mo Small. 212 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book has been read and carries some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Memoir of the internationally acclaimed heart surgeon Victor Chang (1936-1991), written by his daughter Vanessa. Inspired by letters she received from the general public after her father's death, the author recounts her father's life and work, from his birth in China, his move to Australia when he was 15, his career in heart surgery and the first heart-lung transplant, to his research into the development of an artificial heart. Includes photos and chronology of the subject's life. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category:… Leer más