Rare and Hard to find books

La Batarde by Violette Leduc. You will be shocked and thrilled by her candour in this autobiographical novel as she reveals the anguish of her illegitimate, poverty stricken childhood, and the agony of her discovery of her physical unattractiveness to men; and overwhelmed by the lyrical intensity of her affaires. Standard sized vintage Panter dated 1967, with preface by Simone de Beauvoir. Cover is creased and spine has been repaired. Pages are mellow and clean and binding nice and tight. Weighs approx: 300gms AU$3.00

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

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 rubbing 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

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

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

A Dustbin of Milligan or Concentrated Rubbish by SPIKE MILLIGAN signed 1976 9th Impression A rare find indeed, Hardcover with dustwrapper, please email me for photos of signature and inscription and any other pages. Comes in a free ultra pro archiveable bag for protection. Is price clipped. Has minimal fox spots on text edges. DW has some creasing and closed tears at spine edges and wrap around edges, also some small chips at spine top and bottom. Illustrated by the author. Contains Poems, stories, fairy tales, politics and other nonsense and some letters to Harry Secombe. This copy requires insurance/registration for post, please email me with area code for quote. (Will be $3.50 within Australia) Weighs approx:300gms AU$48.00

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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

Mariners of Space by Erroll Collins. A second Impression, 1st Edition 1952. Pale blue mottled boards with navy title. Blurb reads: "Imagine it is the year 2000, man has solved many mysteries, inter stellar space has been conquered". Lovely coloured frontis piece. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Has large closed tear along back edge bottom spine and small closed tears around edges. Printed by Lutterworth Press. Comes in FREE archiveable bag. Weighs approx: 450gms AU$19.00

Condominium JOHN D. MAC DONALD author of Travis McGee novels In the grip of a business mafia that has saddled them with soaring leases, the residents of the plush, jerry-built apartment block on the polluted Florida coast can despair of their hopes of a happy and secure retirement; the concrete is cracking, and hurricane Ella is brewing up... Standard sized vintage paperback by PAN dated 1979. Pages are clean and mellowing with age and binding is nice and tight.Has some creasing along spine. Weighs approx: 300gms AU$6.99

The Inheritors by William Golding ( Lord of The Flies ).
A beautifully written psychological novel about very unusual people-both complex and simple. The death of Lok is a very moving scene. Golding's Neanderthals have real character, and this is the story of their clash with man - which leaves only one little hairy infant to mingle its genes with the future race. Softcover measures 18.5cm x 12cm and in very good used condition. Cover has residue of price tag (visible on photo top right edge). Cover and pages are clean and still fresh, binding nice and tight, mellowing nicely with age. No inscriptions. Dated 1977 and published by Faber & Faber. A remarkable book by the author of Lord of the Flies, and in very nice condition. Weighs approx: 220gms AU$7.99

The Eagles Gather by Taylor Caldwell RARE TITLE

Nourished by evil, haunted by love. The Bouchard children had inherited massive wealth and power, a dynasty forged in the flames of war. Now a rapacious private war was raging - for control of their world wide munitions empire. This book is in good condition. Standard sized paperback. Pages are clean and mellow and binding is tight. Cover shows wear and inside cover has discoloured to yellow. Overall a good reading copy of a rare title. Weighs approx:280gms AU$3.50

3 Novels in one The Nigger of the Narcissus Typhoon and The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad 3 magnificent yarns giving you the opportunity to sample the greatest of all maritime writers Book is a Everyman paperback in fair used condition. Dated 1972 by Dent & Sons. Cover colour is rubbed on this one. A few pages have been underlined in Typhoon (I have photographed every underlining). Other 2 novels pages are clean and fresh. Binding nice and tight. I offer this for sale as it contains 3 titles difficult to obtain and it is a good reading copy. Weighs approx: 250gms AU$2.00

A History of Flower Arrangement by Julia S. Berrall. Widely regarded as the standard work on its subject and as essential reading for every serious student of the art of flower arrangement, this fully illustrated survey not only provides flower arrangers with an invaluable source of inspiration and reference; it also allows them to study the different principles of design which have prevailed in the East and West down the ages, from the time of ancient Egypt until the present day. It has 176 pages. A comprehensive Study from Ancient Egyptian times to the Victorian Era to contemporary arrangements. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color reproductions of paintings and photographs. With frontispiece, and 194 illustrations in text (7 in colour of which 1 double-page). A history of the significance and development of flower arrangements in vases and urns, depicted in paintings, engravings and in the home. From classical times to the present, & including the east and the west. Useful source lists of plants and flowers - Dutch & Flemish, French 17th & 18th century; English, American 18th c.; early & late Victorian; Chinese; Japanese. In very good condition Widely regarded as the standard work on its subject and as essential reading for every serious student of the art of flower arranging. Contents: INTRODUCTION The Bouquet Art of the West In The Time of the Ancients Medieval Europe & The Italian Renaissance Dutch & Flemish Flower Paintings France - le Grand Siecle, The 18th & Early 19th Centuries The English Tradition Colonial & 18th-Century America The Victorian Era The Restrained Art of The Far East China, Mother Of Gardens Ikebana: Japanese Flower Arrangement Where East Meets West Contemporary Arrangements A Source List Of Garden Flowers Originally published in 1953, this is a revised and enlarged 1978 reprint. Printed by Thames & Hudson of London. Weighs approx: 800gms. AU$39.95

The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett Nick Charles Private Eye is back in business. Vintage Penguin Crime dated 1977. In excellent condition. Comes in free archiveable bag for protection. A Gem. Weighs approx: 125gms AU$8.00

Terror on Broadway by David Alexander American Bloodhound mystery # 125 American Bloodhound mystery # 125 'Compliments of Waldo' read the ominous little calling cards that the police found on the mutilated bodies of each of the four women victims that turned up in the times square district. And the headlines screamed 'Terror Hits Big Street Again'; all Broadway was pale with fear. Hardcover measures 19cm x 13cm and in good used condition. Published 1956 by T.V. Boardman & Company Limited, 14 Cockspur Street, London, S.W. 1. The free back endpaper has library date stamps on it and has been cut in half vertically. Has foxing around text edges, has occasional finger stains on some pages. Cover has been cut and glued to front board. Red boards are rubbed at edges. Otherwise pages are still quite clean and crisp and mellowing with age. Weighs approx:450gms AU$8.95

The Saint and Mr Teal by Leslie Charteris. Dated 1957 by PAN # 403. Has some minor pink stains on first and title page and on text edge of first couple of pages. Pages are mellowing, spine slightly foreward, with creasing. Cover illustration still vibrant. Pages are clean and still crisp and binding tight. Lovely vintage collectible. Comes in FREE Ultra Pro archive bag for protection. Weighs approx: 180gms AU$8.99

Marx Engels Marxism by V.I. Lenin 1st Edition from Peking Press, printed in English. Cover is made from card board, has a Chinese inscription on front cover. Has some fading of cover, pages are crisp and clean and binding tight. Has portrait of Lenin as frontis. Very rare book. Weighs approx: 400gms AU$45.00

Comes in archiveable bag for protection.