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  • Six Not-So-Easy Pieces [1st Ed]

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  • By Richard P. Feynman First Edition of this collection of high physics lectures
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  • Melbourne's finest concrete buildings
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  • Wanderings In Wild Australia [Signed 1st Ed]

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  • By W Baldwin Spencer Presentation copy from Spencer to the widow of a dear friend
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  • Across Australia [Signed, 1912]

  • $650
  • By W Baldwin Spencer & F J Gillen Wonderful presentation volumes of this classic anthropological work
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  • Only Sound Remains [New Book]

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  • By Hossein Asgari The Miles Franklin Shortlisted debut novel by this humble Orchardist!
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  • Biographies, FIRST EDITIONS, Philosophy, VINTAGE BOOKS

  • Sartre: Romantic Rationalist [Iris Murdoch]

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  • By Iris Murdoch This study of Sartre was Murdoch's first published book
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  • Native Tribes Of The Northern Territory Of Australia [1st Ed]

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  • By W Baldwin Spencer First Edition of this classic anthropological work
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  • ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS, Australia, FIRST EDITIONS, Food & Drink, VINTAGE BOOKS

  • Cocktails [Usher’s Hotel, 1931]

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  • By Usher's Hotel First Printing of Australia's first cocktail list book
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  • Three Kingdoms [Folio Society]

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  • By Luo Guanzhong Beautiful production of this classic Chinese historic novel
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  • Les Misérables [Easton Press]

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  • By Victor Hugo Beautiful full-leather Collector's Edition with illustrations by Lynd Ward
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  • The Songlines [Signed Ltd 1st Ed]

  • $450
  • By Bruce Chatwin The uncommon first printing, signed by Chatwin & specially bound
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  • The Art Of Pastry Making [1895]

  • $750
  • By Emile Hérissé Gorgeous & rare pastry & confectionery handbook
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  • Art / Craft / Design, Australia

  • Clarice Beckett: Politically Incorrect

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  • Compiled by Rosalind Hollinrake [curator] Exhibition catalogue for touring retrospective held in 1999-2000
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  • The Moon Is Down [Great Pan]

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  • By John Steinbeck A cracking pulp copy of Steinbeck's famous war novel
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  • History & Politics

  • The History Of The Decline & Fall Of The Roman Empire [Folio Society]

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  • By Edward Gibbon An excellent Folio set of this landmark history work
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  • Easy And Not-So-Easy Pieces [Folio Society]

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  • By Richard Feynman Folio edition of these famous science essays
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  • A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman

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  • By Mary Wollstonecraft Beautiful copy of this landmark work
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  • ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS

  • The ABC Of Chess

  • $110
  • By A Lady [H.I. Cooke] A rare copy of the first book about chess written by a woman
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  • Nature & Environment, SIGNED BOOKS

  • The Trials Of Life [Signed]

  • $300
  • By David Attenborough First Edition signed by the world's foremost naturalist
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  • Art / Craft / Design, Australia, Biographies, SIGNED BOOKS, South Australia

  • Jeffrey Smart [Pam Cleland]

  • $350
  • By Barry Pearce Significant association copy of this wonderful monograph
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  • Australia, Biographies, FIRST EDITIONS, Travel

  • Tracks [1st Ed]

  • $175
  • By Robyn Davidson Personal account of one of the great solo treks
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  • Art / Craft / Design, FIRST EDITIONS, History & Politics

  • The Pot Book [1st Ed]

  • $250
  • By Edmund De Waal Highly-sought A-Z guide to over 300 significant pottery makers, styles & schools
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  • The Australian Victories In France in 1918 [1st Ed]

  • $450 Original price was: $450.$250Current price is: $250.
  • By Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash Scarce First Australian Printing of this account by this extraordinary military commander
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  • Seeds Of Change: An Illustrated History of Adelaide Botanic Garden

  • $125
  • By Richard Aitken Lavish pictorial history of Adelaide's Botanic Garden
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  • Australia, Indigenous, Short Stories, SIGNED BOOKS, South Australia

  • Flinders Ranges Dreaming [Signed]

  • $175
  • By Dorothy Tunbridge Scarce collection of Adnyamathanha Dreamtime stories
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  • Nature & Environment, NEW BOOKS, Science

  • Entangled Life [Illustrated Edition]

  • $65
  • By Merlin Sheldrake Gorgeous illustrated edition of this prize-winning science book
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  • Classic Fiction (Modern), FIRST EDITIONS, VINTAGE BOOKS

  • Maggie Cassidy [1st UK Ed]

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  • By Jack Kerouac First appearance of this Beat novel in the UK
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  • Classic Fiction (Modern), NEW BOOKS

  • Brideshead Revisited [Penguin Classics]

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  • By Evelyn Waugh Beautiful copy of the classic between-wars English novel
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  • Anna Karenina [Clothbound Classics]

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  • By Leo Tolstoy Handsome Penguin hardcover of this Russian classic
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  • Art / Craft / Design, Australia, FIRST EDITIONS, History & Politics

  • Misty Moderns: Australian Tonalists 1915-1950

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  • By Tracey Lock-Weir Beautiful copy of this highly desirable exhibition catalogue
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  • What Is Cooking? [Signed]

  • $350 Original price was: $350.$225Current price is: $225.
  • By el Bulli Foundation Mammoth tome from the Sapiens range of Bullipedia books, signed by Ferran Adria
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  • Classic Fiction (Modern), NEW BOOKS, Young Adult

  • Circe [Anniversary Ed]

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  • By Madeline Miller Beautiful hardcover of this favourite retelling of Greek mythology
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  • Australia, History & Politics, Indigenous, Science

  • Australian Aboriginal Anthropology

  • $150 Original price was: $150.$110Current price is: $110.
  • Edited by Ronald Berndt Highly regarded collection of social anthropological studies
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  • Art / Craft / Design, VINTAGE BOOKS

  • Alice, Where Art Thou? [Guinness]

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  • Wonderfully illustrated promotional booklet for Guinness Brewing using Alice in Wonderland imagery
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  • Classic Fiction (Modern), Crime, NEW BOOKS, Young Adult

  • The Secret History [30th Anniversary Ed]

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  • By Donna Tartt Handsome Anniversary Edition of this much-loved novel
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  • South Australia & Its Mines [1846]

  • $625
  • By Francis Dutton Rare South Australian history book in beautiful Riviere binding
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  • Science

  • The Physiognomy Of Mental Diseases [Ltd Ed]

  • $225 Original price was: $225.$125Current price is: $125.
  • By Sir Alexander Morison, M.D. Deluxe leather copy of an early psychiatry work
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  • History & Politics, Music

  • Social Hymns [Gregynog Press]

  • $95
  • By Robert Owen Beautiful Gregynog Press printing of areligious songs from the Owenite Association
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  • Bibliotheca Gastronomica [Ltd Ed]

  • $300 Original price was: $300.$150Current price is: $150.
  • By Andre Simon Comprehensive resource for identifying early books relating to gastronomy
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  • ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS, Australia, Food & Drink

  • A Friend In The Kitchen [1st Ed]

  • $300 Original price was: $300.$200Current price is: $200.
  • By Mrs Anna L. Colcord First Printing of this early vegetarian cookery book
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  • Philosophy

  • The Anatomy Of Melancholy [Folio Society]

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  • By Richard Burton An extraordinary 17C work in a beautiful Folio edition
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  • Art / Craft / Design, Photography

  • Robert Capa: The Definitive Collection

  • $225 Original price was: $225.$175Current price is: $175.
  • Compiled by Richard Whelan Rigorous chronological overview of a great photographer's career
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  • Australia, History & Politics, SIGNED BOOKS, South Australia

  • The Broken Years [Signed 1st Ed]

  • $275 Original price was: $275.$175Current price is: $175.
  • By Bill Gammage Scarce First Edition with inscription from Gammage
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  • Alice Schille

  • $350 Original price was: $350.$250Current price is: $250.
  • By William H. Gerdts Immaculate copy of this comprehensive & beautiful monograph
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  • Tracks Of McKinlay & Party Across Australia [Facsimile]

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  • By John Davis Facsimile printing of Davis' Journal describing McKinlay's 1861-2 expedition across Australia
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  • The Horn Expedition [Facsimile]

  • $375 Original price was: $375.$275Current price is: $275.
  • By Baldwin Spencer [Ed] Scarce facsimile copy of report of a landmark scientific exploration
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  • Early Bicycles

  • $125
  • By Phillip Sumner Uncommon & delightful record of this most urbane form of transport
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  • Art / Craft / Design, Fashion, History & Politics

  • Marinella: Napoli

  • $90
  • By Maria Cucciniello The official company history of this renowned Italian family business
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  • Classic Fiction (Older)

  • Pride & Prejudice [1st Edition Facsimile]

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  • By Jane Austen Beautiful facsimile of the 1st Edition copy held in the British Library
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  • Classic Fiction (Modern), FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED BOOKS

  • The Master Of The House [Signed]

  • $400 Original price was: $400.$300Current price is: $300.
  • By Radclyffe Hall A beautiful signed limited edition of Hall's last novel
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  • History Of Glen Osmond [1905]

  • $275 Original price was: $275.$175Current price is: $175.
  • By Thomas Gill Rare first printing describing this region of the Adelaide foothills
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  • The Prospector’s Pocketbook [Goyder, 1888]

  • $350 Original price was: $350.$250Current price is: $250.
  • By G.A. Goyder Rare early educational handbook for mineral prospecting, especially gold.
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  • The Watch Tower [1st Ed]

  • $400 Original price was: $400.$225Current price is: $225.
  • By Elizabeth Harrower Uncommon First Edition of one of Australian Literature's great books
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  • Arcadian Adelaide pamphlets

  • $600 Original price was: $600.$450Current price is: $450.
  • By Thistle Anderson & Mrs F. Ellis Rare copies of original 1905 publications
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