Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second collection of short stories by this prize-winning writer, set in her native Australia or in North America. ISBN: 0-8071-17102.

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second collection of short stories by this prize-winning writer, set in her native Australia or in North America. ISBN: 0-8071-17102.

New York: Henry Holt, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel about 'power and betrayal, about sexual obsession and social ostracism, about acts and their consequences, about silence, shame and guilt. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-20977.

New York: Henry Holt, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel about 'power and betrayal, about sexual obsession and social ostracism, about acts and their consequences, about silence, shame and guilt. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-20977.

New York: Bantam, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of a young woman's search for her father, set in Australia, Canada and at MIT in Cambridge. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-553-053469.

Sydney, Australia Rastar Press, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Detective novel by this retired police inspector, featuring the author's eponymous hero, vegetarian Police Sergeant Tom Howard. Reid also designed the wraparound dustjacket and took the photograph of The Old Church featured on the wraparound dust jacket. 158 pp plus advertisements. ISBN: 0-949149-047.

Sydney, Australia Rastar Press, (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Detective novel by this retired police inspector, based on an actual incident and featuring the author's eponymous hero, Police Sergeant Tom Howard. Reid also designed the wraparound dustjacket and took the photograph of Manly Island Beach featured on the jacket. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-949149-020.

New York & London: Faber & Faber, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised young Australian writer's second novel, the story of Billy Hayes, a variety tumbler in Australia and Britain in the 30's. ISBN: 0-571-169570.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - An epic new work by this writer who has been called the most original Australian poet of his generation - it consists of hree long poems inspired by Dante and set in Western Australia - "Each of the three works, made from dozens of separate poems, joins allusions to Dante with sights, events and memories from Kinsella's Australia, especially the farming region outside Perth, where he grew up. . . a motif of eco-protest dominates the Inferno (last blocks of bushland// cleared away to placate the hunger/ for the Australian Dream)" (Publishers Weekly) xvi, 409 pp. ISBN: 978-0393066555.

Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books, (1998). First edition - A collection of poems by this writer who has been called the most original Australian poet of his generation. "A wide range of styles, subjects and poetic challenges." 352 pp. ISBN: 1-852244534.

New York: Barse & Company, (1930.). Hardcover - The 7th book in a series inspired by the interest in aviation and the feats being performed by pilots - features Amos Green and his chum, Danny Cooper. "For boys from 8 to 80 (and girls too)" Illustrated by John M. Foster with a glossy frontispiece. 212 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ad.

Denver: Tendril Press, )2010). SIGNED first edition - "Pursuing the spirit of adventure and an altruistic goal of raising global awareness and funds for breast cancer, Polly Letofsky broke down barriers and walked across four continents, 22 countries, and covered over 14,000 miles in five years to be the first American woman to successfully walk around the world." INSCRIBED on the half title page. Illustrated with photographs. 423 pp plus 3 pp ads. ISBN: 978-0984154326.

New York: St Martin's, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mr G.D.H. Pringle and the irrepressible Mavis Bignell set off for Australia on a bargain-priced camping tour, to try and find any traces of a missing boy, only to find themselves in the middle of revenge by a drug smuggling ring. Enjoyable on many levels including its depiction of Australia and the cross-purposes of all the protaganists, 190 pp. ISBN: 0-312025653.

Sydney, Australia: Picador Pan Macmillan, (2001). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, preceded by two award-winning collections of short fiction, a story inspired by the ancient epic, which moves from Australia to London to the Middle East in the years from the end of the first World War to that of the second. Winner of The Age Book of the Year Fiction Award, and short listed for the Miles Franklin and other awards. In 2015 she received the Patrick White award for the body of her writing. The true first printing , issued as a trade paperback original in Australia. SIGNED on the title page. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-330362755.

New York: Scholastic, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Nine stories of the bizarre written for young adults by this award-winning writer, who was born in New Zealand and now lives and writes in Australia. ISBN: 0-590-460633.

Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, (2011.). First edition - Novel by this award winning Australian writer, 328 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in his Far Eastern trilogy, an epic saga of the Stafford family, stretching from the mid nineteenth to the mid twentieth century - This opens in Australia in 1850, a brutal country swept by gold fever. Neil Stafford, the older brother, has been convicted of robbery and shipped to Australia as a prisoner; his younger brother Ross follows, determined to help him escape. Their adventures take them thousand of miles, including to Hong Kong and embroil them in the Opium Wars. In addition to novels, Mather wrote many screen plays, including Fleming's Dr No, as well as television series and radio scripts. ISBN: 0-684163156.

New York: Scribner's, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's second novel, set in a small Australian sugar town in the 1920s. 252 pp. Dust jacket art by Patrick Hockney. ISBN: 0-684159198.

Lees Summit, Mo.: M.M. Co (1991.). A this self-published book, a story of an American woman who goes on a barefoot "walkabout" through the blazing outback, with a tribe of Australian aborigines. In her introduction, the author states that some will read this as fiction, while others will understand the message; this state has a slightly different introduction, and isbn codes added. The back covers states 'What you hold in your hand is an original, destined to become a classic' and in 1994 this went on to become a bestseller when it was published by Harper Collins. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Carri Garrison. 190 pp. ISBN: 1-883473-004.

New York: Viking, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The last book by this Trinidadian-born author, the younger brother of V. S. Naipual. Within months of his 40th birthday in 1985, Naipaul died suddenly, while writing a book on Australia. This book begins with a selection from that book, plus six essays all written in the last year of his life. Introduction by his father-in-law, Douglas Stuart. vii, 136 pp. ISBN: 0-670813680.

Garden City, NY: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1950. dj. Hardcover first edition - An early crime novel by these two Australian sisters who were first known for their short stories, plays and humorous novels, before they began writing a series of murder mysteries, featuring Inspector Grogan and Detective Sergeant Manning. Set in the small community of Come-hither Bend, the victim - the nymph of the title - is Enone McGrath who was a particularly unloved character, leaving a large number of suspects for Grogan to untangle. 223 pp.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1986. First edition - Winner of the Australian Vogel award, the first book in the Boomeroo trilogy.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1986. First edition - The second book in the author's award-winning Boomeroo trilogy - a "racy, rambunctious, coming of age story" set in New South Wales, Australia. 178 pp. ISBN: 0-899194729.

New York: Norton, (1929) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third and final and best- known novel (although it stands alone) in the 'Fortunes of Robert Mahoney trilogy by this Australian author. The first two volumes had very modest sales and the UK publisher balked at this one - but when it appeared, it very quickly became a best seller in the US - the dust jacket announces a first printing of 80,000 copies - and it was hailed as a masterpiece and one of the greatest novels in the English language. Winner of the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. 314 pp.

New York: Doubleday, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second book for children, winner of an award from the Children's Book Council in Australia. The story of a girl and her grandfather on a remote coast of Australia who rescue storm-injured mutton birds - and the night when the girl is able to understand the birds' language and enter into their world. Illustrated with black and white drawings by David Wong at the beginning of each chapter. Author's note. 65 pp. ISBN: 0-385-261918.

New York: Flatiron Books, (2022). First edition - Australian author's first novel, introducing Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels, still reeling from a break-up with her girlfriend, who is sent to a small town where a twelve year old girl disappeared on her way home from school. Told in numerous voices, which bring this dying town to life. 328 pp.

New York: Greenwillow Books, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical adventure novel for older children by this award-winning writer, set in the mid-nineteenth century in the Australian backwoods. Seth, his older brother, has gone to market leaving Cuthbert (called Custard), strange and slow-witted as the sole protector of their mother and disabled sister - but Cuthbert notices strangers in the woods, and realizes that they are in danger. 177 pp. ISBN: 0-688802249.

New York: Macmillan, (1988) dj. Hardcover - Fourteen year old Josh returns for a visit to his great aunt in the small town settled by his great-grandfather, Ryan Creek, but his encounters with young people move from mutual bewilderment to violence. One of Australia's foremost writers for children, Southall won many awards, including the Carnegie Medal in 1971 for this title when it was first published. An attractive reissue in a new edition "for the pleasure of today's young readers". 179 pp. ISBN: 0-027862801.

Hanover, NH: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - The love letters from Olaf Stapledon to his cousin and future wife, Agnes Miller, after the outbreak of World War I. Index.