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  • THE GODDESS AND THE MOON MAN. The Sacred Art of the Tiwi Aborigines. by Holmes, Sandra Le Brun (1924-2017)
    Holmes, Sandra Le Brun (1924-2017)
    THE GODDESS AND THE MOON MAN. The Sacred Art of the Tiwi Aborigines.

    Edition: First printing.

    NSW, Australia: Craftsman House, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful book which describes and illustrates aspects of the Tiwi culture that had virtually disappeared at the time of publication, by a controversial author who was known as an indigenous rights advocate/activist. "The story of how man became mortal unfolds in the beautiful and dramatic story of the Tiwi Pukamani ceremony. It is illustrated with the magnificent sculptures, grave posts and bark paintings that in the absence of a written language preserved and perpetuated the ancient customs and religion of the Tiwi people of Melville Island." The author was an anthropological researcher whose concern for the plight of tribal people has guided her life - she traveled for…

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    NSW, Australia: Craftsman House, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful book which describes and illustrates aspects of the Tiwi culture that had virtually disappeared at the time of publication, by a controversial author who was known as an indigenous rights advocate/activist. "The story of how man became mortal unfolds in the beautiful and dramatic story of the Tiwi Pukamani ceremony. It is illustrated with the magnificent sculptures, grave posts and bark paintings that in the absence of a written language preserved and perpetuated the ancient customs and religion of the Tiwi people of Melville Island." The author was an anthropological researcher whose concern for the plight of tribal people has guided her life - she traveled for years in the outback of Western Australia, recording messages between scattered families whose children had been taken from them so they could be "assimilated" and as a documentary filmmaker attempted to enable their voices to be heard. Illustrated throughout with both full color and black and white photographs. Glossary, index. Large square format, 152 pp. ISBN: 9-766410232.

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    Condition: Fine in brown cloth in a fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88960
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  • Hospital, Janette Turner.
    THE LAST MAGICIAN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards in a fine printed acetate dust jacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 50050
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  • OYSTER. by Hospital, Janette Turner.
    Hospital, Janette Turner.
    OYSTER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Norton, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 9th book of this award-winning Australian-born author, and one of her most powerful books, short-listed for the Miles Franklin and the National Book Award and Canada's Trillium award. From the dj flap: "Outer Maroo, a small opal mining town in the Australian outback, is stewing in heat, drought, and guilty anxiety... Until the day two strangers, on the trail of a missing son and daughter, refuse to succumb to accidents. The town 's repressed secrets begin to dislodge themselves... And at the heart of this mystery is the cult Messiah, Oyster, dressed in white, sexually compelling, and preaching the end of time." 400 pp. ISBN: 0-393-046184.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 35521
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  • THE LAST MAGICIAN. by Hospital, Janette Turner.
    Hospital, Janette Turner.
    THE LAST MAGICIAN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards in a near fine printed acetate dust jacket.

    Book ID: 42009
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  • TE KAIHAU, THE WINDEATER. by Hulme, Keri.
    Hulme, Keri.
    TE KAIHAU, THE WINDEATER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: George Braziller, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's first book of short stories. As an author of Maori descent, she brings the traditions of that culture to an international audience. Hulme was the first New Zealander to win the Booker Prize for her powerful debut novel 'The Bone People.' 240 pp,. ISBN: 0-807611689.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80070
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  • A BIG LIFE by Johnson, Susan
    Johnson, Susan
    A BIG LIFE

    Edition: First US printing.

    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.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (edgewear to dj.)

    Book ID: 9599
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  • FOXYBABY. by Jolley, Elizabeth
    Jolley, Elizabeth
    FOXYBABY.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Australian's author's third novel - funny, unsettling and provocative. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-670-80729-x.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (short tear at bottom of spine of dj)

    Book ID: 41057
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  • THE NEWSPAPER OF CLAREMONT STREET. by Jolley, Elizabeth.
    Jolley, Elizabeth.
    THE NEWSPAPER OF CLAREMONT STREET.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel which reintroduces one of Jolley's typical character's - a wiley survivor with hidden vulnerabilities, a woman named Weekly, who is known to those who rely on her for gossip and news, as 'Newspaper.' Jolley won the prestigious Autralian Miles Franklin Award for her previous novel, 'The Well.' 116 pp. ISBN: 0-670809462.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 49649
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  • Jolley, Elizabeth
    FOXYBABY.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York & London: Penguin, (1986.). Australian's author's third novel - funny, unsettling and provocative. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0083804.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 46977
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  • Jolley, Elizabeth
    MY FATHER'S MOON.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1990.). A novel of tender irony and of a disastrous discovery of the real world by a young girl. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-067-82267-1.

    Condition: Very good+ in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 37145
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  • THE NEWSPAPER OF CLAREMONT STREET. by Jolley, Elizabeth.
    Jolley, Elizabeth.
    THE NEWSPAPER OF CLAREMONT STREET.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel which reintroduces one of Jolley's typical character's - a wiley survivor with hidden vulnerabilities, a woman named Weekly, who is known to those who rely on her for gossip and news, as 'Newspaper.' Jolley won the prestigious Autralian Miles Franklin Award for her previous novel, 'The Well.' 116 pp. ISBN: 0-670809462.

    Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (remainder mark.)

    Book ID: 40838
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  • WOMAN OF THE INNER SEA. by Keneally, Thomas.
    Keneally, Thomas.
    WOMAN OF THE INNER SEA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a woman who endures a terrifying loss but confronts this tragedy and finds both vengeance and salvation; based on an actual story told to Keneally, but transmuted and set in Australia. 277 pp. ISBN: 0-385-467958.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 58805
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  • Keneally, Thomas.
    WOMAN OF THE INNER SEA.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - This story of a woman who endures a terrifying loss but confronts this tragedy and finds both vengeance and salvation was based on an actual story told to Keneally, but transmuted and set in Australia. SIGNED on the title page and dated 1995. ISBN: 0-340-531487.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 26767
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  • Keneally, Thomas.
    A RIVER TOWN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Doubleday, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel by this Booker-prize winning author, based on events in the life of his grandfather who came to Austratia at the turn of the 20th century as an immigrant from Ireland, and who struggled to make a living there as a shopkeeper. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 0-385-476965.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 26768
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  • FLYING HERO CLASS. by Keneally, Thomas
    Keneally, Thomas
    FLYING HERO CLASS.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel of a hijacking of a plane carrying an Australian Aborigine dance troupe. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1992. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-340-531479.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53395
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  • Keneally, Thomas.
    WOMAN OF THE INNER SEA.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Doubleday, (1993.). SIGNED first edition - This story of a woman who endures a terrifying loss but confronts this tragedy and finds both vengeance and salvation was based on an actual story told to Keneally, but transmuted and set in Australia. SIGNED on the title page.

    Condition: Near fine in matte illustrated wrappers. A rather uncommon advance issue, especially signed.

    Book ID: 26766
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  • Keneally, Thomas
    A FAMILY MADNESS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition -. ISBN: 0-671-611755.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (an unread copy , remainder mark.)

    Book ID: 24462
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  • Keneally, Thomas.
    A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1971,) dj. Hardcover first edition - Early novel by the author of Schindler's list, set on an isolated family farm in the remote outback of Australia. 147 pp. ISBN: 0-670286613.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. (short tear along the lower front flap fold of dj)

    Book ID: 38239
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  • Keneally, Thomas
    FLYING HERO CLASS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Warner, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel of a hijacking of a plane carrying an Australian Aborigine dance troupe. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-446-515825.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (remainder dot.)

    Book ID: 24852
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  • DARK ROOTS. by Kennedy, Cate.
    Kennedy, Cate.
    DARK ROOTS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Black Cat (Grove / Atlantic), (1980. First edition - First collection of short stories to be published in the US by this award-winning young Australian writer. Issued as a trade paperback original. 182 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 54386
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  • Kidman, Fiona.
    A BREED OF WOMEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Sydney, Australia: Harper & Row, (1979.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this New Zealand playwright, poet and critic. SIGNED on the title page. 345 pp. ISBN: 0-063120372.

    Condition: Near fine in dark teal boards with gilt lettering, lacking the dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

    Book ID: 41195
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  • Koch, Christopher J.
    HIGHWAYS TO A WAR.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Viking, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Story of an Australian combat photographer who disappears in Cambodia. By the author of 'The Year of Living Dangerously.' 469 pp. ISBN: 0-670-861553.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (rem line.)

    Book ID: 15312
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  • ABORIGINAL ART: Creativity and Assimilation. by Leslie, Donna.
    Leslie, Donna.
    ABORIGINAL ART: Creativity and Assimilation.

    Edition: First printing.

    Melbourne [Australia]: Macmillan, 2008. dj. Hardcover first edition - "This book is a rare presentation of aspects of the history of Aboriginal art from an Aboriginal perspective, and provides fresh ways of understanding Aboriginal experience. While the author acknowledges the challenges of histories relating to assimilation processes associated with the former policy, her message is positive since it encourages a deepening empathy with Aboriginal art, cultures andf peoples." Includes chapters on the history of aboriginal art, its renaissance and on Albert Namatjira, Les Griggs, and Lin Onus. A gorgeous book, illustrated in full color throughout. Notes, list of illustrations, suggestions for further reading and more. Index. Large format. 392 pp. ISBN: 978-1921394003.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64778
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  • THE ORCHARD ON FIRE. by Mackay, Shena.
    Mackay, Shena.
    THE ORCHARD ON FIRE.

    Edition: First edition, as stated

    Wakefield, Rhode Island & London: Moyer Bell, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in a small English village in the 1950s, this is the story of 8 year old April Harlency's coming of age, despite encountering prejudice, gossip and child abuse. The third novel by this New Zealand writer, 215 pp. ISBN: 155921-175X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 59497
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  • THE CONVERSATIONS AT CURLOW CREEK. by Malouf, David.
    Malouf, David.
    THE CONVERSATIONS AT CURLOW CREEK.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Vintage Books, (1998.). SIGNED - Novel set in 1827 Australia; two men talk through the night - one is a convict about to be hanged in the morning, the other the officer in charge of the hanging. INSCRIBED on the title page " For . . . with best wishes" and dated in 1998. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-679-79051.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 45421
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  • Malouf, David.
    THE GREAT WORLD

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: Pantheon, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition -. ISBN: 0-679-40176-8.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (rem line.)

    Book ID: 16738
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  • Malouf, David.
    THE CONVERSATIONS AT CURLOW CREEK.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Chatto & Windus, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1827 Australia by this award-winning author; two men talk through the night - one is a convict about to be hanged in the morning, the other the officer in charge of the hanging. Dustjacket praise from Michael Ondaatje, among others. ISBN: 0-7011-65715.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (some of the almost inevitable toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 31119
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  • THE CONVERSATIONS AT CURLOW CREEK. by Malouf, David.
    Malouf, David.
    THE CONVERSATIONS AT CURLOW CREEK.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Pantheon, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1827 Australia; two men talk through the night - one is a convict about to be hanged in the morning, the other the officer in charge of the hanging. ISBN: 0-679-442669.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (remainder dot.)

    Book ID: 75996
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  • SLIPPING INTO PARADISE: Why I Live In New Zealand. by Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff.
    Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff.
    SLIPPING INTO PARADISE: Why I Live In New Zealand.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ballantine, (2004). First edition - The author's ode to his adopted country - New Zealand. List of recommended readings, and glossaries of English phrases and Maori words. 252 pp.

    Condition: Very good in glossy printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 85893
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  • THE ROSE FANCIER. by Masters, Olga.
    Masters, Olga.
    THE ROSE FANCIER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Norton, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of 17 short stories by this award-winning Australian author, published posthumously - stories which give a picture of life in Australia from the impoverished 1890s to the comfortable 1980s. Publisher's note. 135 pp. ISBN: 0-393-030318.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74265
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