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THE WHISPERING WALL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: SOHO Press, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery originally published in 1969 by this Australian writer - who has been compared to Ruth Rendell and Patricia Highsmith - but not published in the US until this edition. 265 pp. ISBN: 1-56947-0669.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 12638More details Price: $15.00 -
WINTER IN JERUSALEM.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Australian writer. Thomas Keneally said 'this brilliant story of a young woman's odyssey in the tormented and self-doubting Isreal of the present is continuously engaging and full of fascinating detail, deftly related.' Winner of the Australian prize in the Commonwealth Literature Award in 1987. ISBN: 0-671-498088.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 21629More details Price: $16.00 -
WINTER IN JERUSALEM.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Australian writer. Thomas Keneally said 'this brilliant story of a young woman's odyssey in the tormented and self-doubting Isreal of the present is continuously engaging and full of fascinating detail, deftly related.' Winner of the Australian prize in the Commonwealth Literature Award in 1987. ISBN: 0-671-498088.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line, price clipped.)
Book ID: 21630More details Price: $14.00 -
NEW POEMS: 1965-1969.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (1970.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A substantial and varied collection - lyrics, sonnets, satire and more - by this Australian poet. Dust jacket praise from Allen Tate and Richard Eberhardt, among others. 76 pp. ISBN: 0-670-507822.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (line on bottom edge, edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 33157More details Price: $15.00 -
TO ASMARA.
Edition: First Canadian edition.
Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in the war torn horn of Africa by this Australian writer. A Western journalist, along with several others, makes a trip into the mountains of Eritrea to the rebel base there 290 pp. ISBN: 0-88619-2382.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 57616More details Price: $16.50 -
TO ASMARA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Warner, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in the war torn horn of Africa by this Australian writer. A Western journalist, along with several others, makes a trip into the mountains of Eritrea to the rebel base there SIGNED on the title page and dated in 1995. Map., 290 pp. ISBN: 0-88619-2382.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 58804More details Price: $35.00 -
VICTIM OF THE AURORA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1978.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in 1910 in the Antarctic, this novel is a combination of polar adventure, murder mystery and an exploration of what men are capable of when faced with intense cold and hunger. SIGNED on the title page with a small doodle. 219 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-15-1936315.
Condition: Good only in a near fine like dustjacket (bookstore stamp, some crinkling to several pages from dampness).
Book ID: 58806More details Price: $24.00 -
SEASON IN PURGATORY
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a young doctor who volunteers for battle surgery during WWII and is parachuted into Yugoslavia to set up a hospital on a small island off the Dalmatian coast. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1799229.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (slight spine slant).
Book ID: 58807More details Price: $18.00 -
VICTIM OF THE AURORA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1910 in the Antarctic, this novel is a combination of polar adventure, murder mystery and an exploration of what men are capable of when faced with intense cold and hunger. 219 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-15-1936315.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 76350More details Price: $17.50 -
THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Crown, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this young Australian writer now living in the US - a continuation of Mark Twain's classic novel with Huck and Jim taking off for the gold rush in California. 500 pp. ISBN: 0-517-550571.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (crease to front flap of dj).
Book ID: 73491More details Price: $17.50 -
THE WINDOW.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Minton, Balch and Co., 1928. Hardcover first edition - This novel of a young man returning from World War I with a gift of diamonds from a dead soldier was the first one by this Australian author to be a best-seller in the US, going through 10 printings by Minton, and more by Burt. Suzanne Edgar sums up Rosman's appeal: '[she] provided the frisson of romance, laced with malice, for those many women between the wars who lacked fulfilment.' 297 pp.
Condition: Fair condition in blue cloth with orange lettering (some fraying and wear to covers.)
Book ID: 50858More details Price: $18.00 -
ANTIPODES JANE: A Novel of Jane Austen in Australia.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: The Viking Press, (1985.). First edition - Interesting premise that Jane Austen might have accompanied her aunt (who really was arrested for shoplifting some lace) when she was deported to Australia. First adult novel by this Australian author. Notes on the real-life characters. 330 pp.
Condition: Fine in pale blue printed wrappers.
Book ID: 55303More details Price: $18.00
