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Excerpts from several of Steinbeck's novels as well as the complete "Of Mice and Men" and "The Red Pony". 408 pages. Cover corners and spine ends are bumped, eps are mottled with a price marked on front ep, and there is spot staining to the book block edge.

First edition (Pan Macmillan Australia, Sydney 1997), slight shelfwear to foot of boards o/w vg+ condition 274 pp. Fifth book in The Tomorrow Series. "Now it's time to hit back. Now It's time to come out fighting. Now they really are burning for revenge." (quote from dustjacket)

First edition (Michael Joseph, London, 1981) vg condition, not price clipped, has bookseller stamp to front endpaper and price erasure to ffep, 249 pp. Two brothers in danger...

A tragic quest for Klondike gold. First edition, Secker & Warburg publishers (1989) vg condition (no markings, unclipped dj) but, age toned. Pictorial endpapers, 240pp

"...the madness - literally - of family life proves rich comic fodder for Haddon..." First edition, first printing, Doubleday (NY) 2006. Published simultaneously in UK and Canada. Unclipped dust jacket, no markings, 354 pages in near fine condition.

Three novellas illuminating the "...carnal and spiritual desires in all lives." First edition, first printing, Bloomsbury Publishing 1994. Unclipped dust jacket, no markings, 257 pp in near fine condition.

Adventures of a hero dog kidnapped to the Klondike during the Gold Rush. Vg condition 1961 reprint from Heinemann / The Windmill Press. There is some loss to front endpaper where (a pon?) ink has been roughly removed.

Short stories by prominent Dutch authors, who, since 1988 have appeared at Adelaide's Writer's Week. First edition in near fine condition. Bright, unmarked, tight, with uncreased spine. 216 pages

This book "...will raise your spirits and break your heart." Compassionate and captivating. Clean, tight and square. No markings, uncreased spine, 291 pages.

First edition published by William Heinemann in 1966. Book is missing ffep and a blank page from end of book. It has child's printing in the margins of pages 115 and 82 and child's drawing on page 83. Covers have stains and worn corners (see photo)

Based on a true story, set in London in 1782, a library stamp on rfep, book and dj in vg condition, dj not clipped, 211 pp

19th Century Japan - chaos and the arrival of foreigners in 1019 pages. Slight grubbiness to book block edge and shelf wear to head and foot of spine. Book is unmarked and clean and square. Dust wrapper is unclipped and vg+ condition.

The changing Texas / Oaklahoma panhandles through the eyes of irresistible character Bob Dollar. No markings, tight, square, 359 + 2 pp. Small tear to btm corner of front dj (see photo).

A British nuclear submarine and her inventor in the sights of Russia and the KGB. Compulsive, enthralling drama. First edition, published by Michael Joseph in 1981, 316 pp. Some age toning to map endpapers, spotting to top of book block and small inked date to rear endpaper.

"...Jolley's finest novel, full of alarming perceptions, black irony and tenderness." No markings, some age toning to pages and age spotting to inside of dust jacket, unclipped dj, foot and head of spine rubbed, 171 pp

One in the Collected Works series published by Heron Books. This book contains Spring Fever and Pigs Have Wings by P.G. Wodehouse. Very good + condition, no markings, tight binding, 468 pp, gilt decoration.

A playful and insightful satire of University life by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Smiley. A First printing of the First (GB) edition in vg condition. Remainder star on bottom of book block and page edges are age-toned.

"From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill A Mockingbird " Some controversy surrounds the posthumous publication of this work which was written in the mid-1950's. Some read it as a companion piece to her previous novel. The edges of the cloth cover are showing some signs… Read more about this item

First American edition of Australian author Jolley has a remainder mark to the book block edge but is o/w vg+. Dj is not price clipped. 116 pp

The personal side of those scientists who developed the atomic bomb. Told through fictional characters but set accurately in the actual course of events from early in the Second World War. Book is free of markings, dj is not price clipped but has many chips and creases. 317 + 2 pp