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Clochemerle by Gabriel Chevallier
In a district famed for its Beaujolais wine, what could be more apt, more progressive than the decision of the Mayor of Clochmerle to provide a public convenience at the town's expense? And what could be more Gallic, more Rabelaisian, more evocative of the France of Rene Clair or Jacques Tati than the little classic of provincial feuds and jealousies which Gabriel Chevallier has constructed around this good and simple intention? Standard sized Penguin paperback Dated 1974. Has minor wear around edges, pages are clean and crisp and binding is nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 300gms AU$10.00
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 Clochemerle-les-Bains by Gabriel Chevallier
In a district famed for its Beaujolais wine, what could be more apt. At first the spring was just a tiny jet of water; soon it became like an arm, a thigh, then a great foaming, bubbling torrent...and the little Beaujolais village of Clochemerle was on the way to being Europe's top watering-place. Standard sized Penguin paperback Dated 1969. Cover on this one is quite worn, page 46 has a closed tear from bottom edge measuring 5cm but still fully readable, but all other pages are clean and crisp and binding is nice and tight. I offer it for sale it is such a rare title.
Weighs approx:300gms
AU$5.00
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The Diary
of a Madman
and Other
Tales of
horror by
Guy de
Maupassant.
Selected and
translated
by Arnold
Kellett.
Standard
sized PAN
p/b
dated1976.
16 tales of
horror. In
very good,
clean, crisp
condition,
cover shows
minor wear.
Weighs
approx
130gms
AU$4.00
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The Hesitant Hostess by Erle Stanley Gardner.
A Perry Mason Mystery in Collectible PAN series
Great PAN # G49a. Perry chases a beautiful but
reluctant witness - and puts himself on the spot.
Standard sized vintage PAN paperback dated 1962.
Pages are mellowing with age but clean and still
quite crisp, binding nice and tight. In nice
condition. Weighs approx; 180gms AU$8.50
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Licence Renewed by John Gardner. A
James Bond 007 novel. This is an exact replica of
the first edition by Jonathan Cape. It is a vintage
1981 first Book Club Edition and in lovely
condition. Has fawn boards with gold decoration.
Comes in archiveable bag for protection, it is in
near mint condition. Lovely. Weighs approx:
400gms. AU$25.00
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 Party in Catland Artwork of Alice Goyder Lovely
Alice Goyder wrote and illustrated the "catland" books in 1893 when she was a young girl. Although she became a professional painter, wood carver and illustrator, for some reason she never published her first three books which lay forgotten, for nearly a century, coming to light only after her death in 1960. Luckily these masterpieces were worked on hand-made paper. The delicate water-colour pictures are perfectly preserved and, with a revised and abridged text, offer an original and absolutely genuine view of an enchanting Victorian world. Small hardcover measures 16cm x16.5cm. Cover shows minor wear at edges, and has some impressed dents and a small stain from price tag, (please view photo) and book itself in excellent condition. Pages are clean, crisp and almost as new, except for title page which I notice has an inked out name at top outer edge which has 'bled' through to the other side, (it measures approx 3.8cm long by 0.5cm deep) and binding nice and tight. It is dated 1979 first American edition, but was edited and printed in England. Was originally first published in England in 1978.
Weighs approx:200gms AU$9.00
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Stephen King Omnibus 3 Novels in One book. The
Shining; 'Salems Lot; Carrie. Three of his classics.
Large Hardcover with leather look boards and gold
title dated 1986 by Guild Publishing and in
excellent condition. Weighs approx: 850gms. AU$14.00
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Clotilde by Cecil Saint Laurent. The
candid story of a ravishing young girl's war-time
life...and loves. Standard sized vintage PAN MAJOR
series#M7 collectible dated 1962. Has texta mark on
front text edge, pages are mellowing with age, clean
and binding nice and tight. Weighs approx: 350gms
AU$3.99
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Operational Immediate J.E. MacDonnell
Australia's Greatest Novelist of the Sea. Highly collectable series. Horwitz # 138.
High speed in the murk had all the potentialities of a disaster. To try and lessen the dangers Captain Bentley steamed in line-abreast formation, with SWIFT on his starboard beam and WITCH to port... Standard sized vintage Horwitz paperback in very good used condition, dated 1975. Pages are clean and still quite crisp and mellowing nicely, binding nice and tight.Has usual minor creasing along spine which is slightly cocked forward. A very nice copy. This lovely book comes in free, genuine ultra pro archiveable bag.
Weighs approx:200gms AU$15.00
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Tokoloshi by Diana Pitcher - African Tales
Retold. Illustrated by Meg Rutherford.
Large Hard cover with DW. Ex library copy. Has
protective tape on corners of DW. DW price clipped.
Has library stamp inside front cover. Has cancelled
stamp and residue of library pocket inside back
cover (on fbep). Has stamp and sticker on copyright
page. This is a first US edition dated 1981. Has
printed laminated boards and in very good condition.
Pages are crisp and fresh and clean and binding nice
and tight. Weighs approx: 500gms AU$7.50
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Gormenghast MERVYN PEAKE
Penguin Modern Classics
The second book in the Titus Trilogy; Titus, 77th Lord Groan of Gormenghast, is restless in his cobwebbed kingdom of crumbling towers and ivied quadrangles, dank passages and battlements elbow-deep in moss. The castle is instinct with spreading evil: Titus's father, his twin sisters and several castle officials have met terrible and secret ends and Titus feels that, if he isn't destined for a similar fate, his life can only ever be an endless round of pre-ordained ritual. Somehow he must cut off the evil at source - or escape into the unknown world beyond Gormenghast. Standard sized Vintage 1969 Penguin paperback. Spine looks creased but binding nice and tight, cover is a little worn on this one, but pages are clean and still crisp and illustrated by author. A hard to find copy.
Weighs approx:300gms
AU$4.00
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 Dreams Die First by Harold
Robbins.
Young and powerful Gareth Brendan dreams of
expressing his personal vision of liberated
sexuality in a magazine that will deal openly and
honestly with sex. But his flamboyant empire becomes
almost too enormous for Gareth to control. Standard
sized NEL paperback dated 1978 and in good used
condition. Weighs approx: 240gms AU$4.50
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Park Avenue by Harold Robbins. Lifts the
lid on the Call-Girl racket. A prostitute who gave
her body to anyone, but her heart to only one man.
Standard sized paperback dated 1981 and in excellent
condition, crisp, clean and binding tight. Weighs
approx: 200gms AU$5.50
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The Lonely Lady by
Harold Robbins. JeriLee Randall wanted success - the
kind that came from breaking free from her husband
and family and making a career for herself as an
author. But the sex, drink and drugs in the lonely
lady's jet set life in Hollywood and New York only
gave her a harder loneliness and a harder truth -
that fame can fade, and friends disappear when you
need them most. Standard sized NEL p/b dated 1977
and in very good condition. Pages clean and crisp
and binding tight. Weighs approx: 260gms AU$5.00
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The Haunting of Toby Jugg DENNIS WHEATLEY. A Black Magic Story
The devastation of the Second World War continues. In a castle in Wales crippled fighter pilot struggles to regain his strength, and to preserve his sanity. Toby Jugg's courage has won him a D.F.C. But now he faces the most terrifying challenge of his life. A conspiracy planned and executed by an enemy as old as chaos itself... Vintage Arrow paperback dated 1982 reprint (original in this edition dated 1949). Cover shows minimal creasing along spine. Pages are clean and still quite crisp and mellowing with age. Binding nice and tight. In very good used condition.
Weighs approx: 200gms AU$8.50
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Dennis Wheatley Library of Occult CARNACKI THE GHOST-FINDER by W.H. Hodgson
Volume #5 in The Dennis Wheatley Library of The Occult. Ghost finder, a psychic sleuth fighting against sinister forces from the Outside. Nine spine chilling tales. Includes such classics as The Gateway of the Monster, The Thing Invisible and The Searcher of the End House. Vintage SPHERE paperback dated 1974. Pages are clean and mellowing with age, cover shows usual wear, pages 15 to 20 have been turned back at some stage and still have the crease mark, binding tight, comes in archiveable bag for protection. A collector's copy.
Weighs approx: 280gms AU$5.00
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Ada Dallas by Wirt Williams. She
started work as a call-girl. The daughter of a
prostitute in the New Orleans Slums, she grew up
into a beautiful, and voluptuous woman with a sharp,
rapacious mind and relentless ambition. She knew
what she wanted... and she set out to get it,
although it meant stopping at nothing - even murder
- to achieve her place in the sun. Standard sized
vintage first Edition Panther dated 1961. Cover has
some rubing along back spine edge, Pages are
mellowing with age, has a texta mark on front text
edge, pages are clean and still quite crisp and
binding nice and tight. This is a good read.
Weighs approx: 230gm AU$4.95
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Mork and Mindy by Ralph Church
Shazbot! There's an alien in the attic! It didn't take long for Mork from Ork to convince Mindy McConnell that he was not of this earth - and only a little while longer to become her permanent house guest. But when Mindy's dad gets wind of her new housekeeping arrangement, he suspects a close encounter of the worst kind. It takes a super-human effort for Mork to win over Mindy's parental unit. Now both McConnells have a problem: How to keep a noisy rubber faced refugee from outer space a secret... when everything he does is outrageous, insane or absolutely impossible.... Mindy's got the biggest heart in the solar system...and Mork's got the biggest mouth in the universe. Standard sized paperback in very good used condition. Vintage 1979 Angus & Robertson. Pages clean and still crisp, binding nice and tight. Illustrated with photos from the original TV series.
Weighs approx: 200gms
AU$7.99 
Hercules The Legendary Journeys
By The Sword - book #5 Half Man Half God - all Hero... Standard sized Puffin paperback in very good used condition Dated 1997. Pages are clean and crisp and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 160gms AU$6.00