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A Poet in the Family - an Autobiography of Dannie Abse

By: Abse, Dannie

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson: 1974

Seller ID: 1628

ISBN: 009119430x

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

Abse has written a full-scale autobiography which explores in depth and with lyrical feeling his Welsh childhood in the thirties, his years as a student in London and the twin centres of his existence since that time, medicine and poetry.198p. Tear to top spine of jacket, scuffing to bottom edge. Shelf wear to book. Top corner of front page gone.; 8vo
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HENRY KENDALL The Man and the Myths

By: Ackland, Michael

Price: $18.50

Publisher: Melbourne, Miegunyah Press: 1995

Seller ID: 16212

ISBN: 0522846505

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Index, notes and bibliography. Unclipped jacket. "Long overdue assessment of a man who represents and abiding part of our cultural heritage. " 800gms weight ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 354 pages
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For Sylvia : an Honest Account

By: Ackland, Valentine

Price: $11.78

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1985

Seller ID: 2274

ISBN: 0701139412

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

"For over forty years, Valentine Ackland was Sylvia Townsend Warner's companion and closest friend". Cover sunned? ; 64mo
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Australian Women Writers : a Bibliographic Guide

By: Adelaide, Debra

Price: $10.50

Publisher: London, Pandora Press: 1988

Seller ID: 22580

ISBN: 0863581498

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

210p. Outlines the lives and works of over 450 Australian women writers and puts rare manuscript collections on the literary map for the first time. Arranged alphabetically. Almost new. 400gms weight; 8vo
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PORTRAIT OF A GENIUS BUT ...THE LIFE OF D.H. LAWRENCE 1885 TO 1930

By: Aldington, Richard

Price: $8.50

Publisher: London, Readers Union: 1951

Seller ID: 33355

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Gift inscription ffep. Scuffed top edge of spine jacket.

Index. 600gms weight ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 370 pages
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The Twinkling of an Eye : Or, My Life As an Englishman

By: Aldiss, Brian W

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New York, St Martin's Press: 1999

Seller ID: 1689

ISBN: 0312193467

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

484p, index, illustrated autobiography of Brian Aldiss, science fiction author. Versatile, prolific, and outspoken, Aldiss writes revealingly on many issues and experiences, from literary inspiration to childhood illness, from mental breakdown to the critical attitudes towards science fiction. ; 8vo
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The spinning of a dream the story of John Shaw Neilson

By: Anderson, Hugh and Blake, Les

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Ascot Vale, Vic., Red Rooster Press: 1986

Seller ID: 30819

ISBN: 0908247176

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Limited to 750 copies. First published by Rigby ltd in 1972 as John Shaw Neilson. As new, looks unread. 300gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Looking for Mr. Preston

By: Antoniou, Laura (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Ny, U. S. A., Masquerade Books, Incorporated: 1995

Seller ID: 6215

ISBN: 1563332884

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

298p. Interviews, essays and personal reminisccences of John Preston. A celebration of the writer'slife. First printing April 1995; 8vo
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THE CHRISTESEN ROMANCE

By: Armstrong, Judith

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Melbourne University Press: 1996

Seller ID: 24793

ISBN: 0522847315

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Index, looks unread. 400gms weight ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 226 pages
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A Diary without Dates

By: Bagnold, Enid

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Virago Press Ltd: 1978

Seller ID: 29108

ISBN: 0860680363

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good-; Yellowed paper, owners name whited out half title page

Diary of the author's experience as a VADnurse in World War 1, first published in 1918. 100gms weight ; 7.70 X 4.90 X 0.40 inches; 128 pages
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LONGHAND A Writer's Notebook

By: Bail, Murray

Price: $32.50

Publisher: Melbourne, Mcphee Gribble: 1989

Seller ID: 15417

ISBN: 0869141708

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+; Darkened paper, no creases

"Longhand records an expatriate's view of England and parts of Europe, with notes on landscape, dialogue overhead, people met, time spent in aTropical Diseases Hospital, fragments of books, reportage and, always, ideas for stories. " 200 grams weight. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 142 pages
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STIEG LARSSON, MY FRIEND Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson

By: Baksi, Kurdo

Price: $8.50

Publisher: London, MacLehose Press: 2010

Seller ID: 32407

ISBN: 0857050710

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

200gms weight; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages
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IRIS A Memoir of Iris Murdoch

By: Bayley, John

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, Abacus: 2002

Seller ID: 16547

ISBN: 0349114293

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good; Crease to bottom cornertip of front cover, no crease to spine.

Film tie-in edition with Judi Dench photo on front cover. B/w photos of Iris Murdoch and the author. No creases, yellowed paper. 300gms weight; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 296 pages
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IRIS AND THE FRIENDS A Year of Memories

By: Bayley, John

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, Abacus: 2000

Seller ID: 18355

ISBN: 0349113106

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A companion volume to Iris. 250gms weight ; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 282 pages
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ANN M MARTIN

By: Becker, Margot R with Martin, Ann M

Price: $11.50

Publisher: New York, Scholastic: 1993

Seller ID: 18500

ISBN: 0590458779

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Biography of the creator of the popular Baby-Sitters Club series. 230gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 184 pages
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Virginia Woolf : a Biography Volume One : Viriginia Stephen 1882-1912

By: Bell, Quentin

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Triad Granada: 1976

Seller ID: 358

ISBN: 0586083537

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+

228p, index. Faint crease to spine edge. 1982 reprint. B/w photos. Yellowed paper. ; B&W Photographs; 12mo
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Virginia Woolf : a Biography Volume Two - Mrs Woolf 1912-1941

By: Bell, Quentin

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, Triad Granada: 1976

Seller ID: 33161

ISBN: 0586083545

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good; Yellowed paper, creased spine. Wear to cover edges

Index and b/w photos 1982 reprint. 350gms weight; 12mo ; 308 pages
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Masks and Facades Sir John Vanbrugh, the Man in His Setting

By: Bingham, Madeleine

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Allen & Unwin: 1974

Seller ID: 28229

ISBN: 0049280295

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Unclipped jacket, index, 24 plates. A man of many talents, architect of Blenheim Palace. 680gms weight ; B&W Illustrations; 8.74 X 5.83 X 1.42 inches; 378 pages
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