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1 (FINLAY, Peter Warren) PIERRE, DBC Vernon God Little.
London Faber 2003 (first edition) 
Paperback; a fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH HIS REAL NAME ON A LOOSELY INSERTED BOOKPLATE. Winner of the 2003 Man Booker Prize. 
Price: 24.00 AUD
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2 (LAWRENCE, D.H.) MAGNUS, Maurice Memoirs of the Foreign Legion by M.M. With an 84 page introduction by D.H. Lawrence.
New York Knopf 1925 (first edition) 
Fine copy in the very slightly chipped (missing very small portion from a top corner) and sunned dustwrapper; an excellent copy. WR B14. 
Price: 82.00 AUD
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3 (SAINT, Dora) 'Miss Read' Village Diary. Illustrated by J.S. Goodall.
London Michael Joseph 1957 (first edition) 
Fine copy in the chipped (a trifle), marked (a trifle), sunned (the spine slightly) and price-clipped dustwrapper; an excellent copy. LOOSELY INSERTED IS A SIGNED LETTER (ALS ON LETTERHEAD, DATED 1993 AND WRITTEN ON TWO SIDES OF ONE LEAF) FROM DORA SAINT (with 'Miss Read' written in brackets) TO ONE OF HER READERS. The author writes about the books she has liked best and a little of her early writings. Lovely content and a scarce piece of ephemera. Creased where folded twice, else in fine condition. 
Price: 138.00 AUD
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4 (Science Fiction), Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World. Edited by Kathleen Moloney and Shawna McCarthy.
London Robert Hale 1983 (first edition) 
Fine copy in the fine dustwrapper. 
Price: 11.00 AUD
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5 ADAMS, Douglas Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
London Heinemann 1987 (first edition) 
Fine copy (the edges of the pages faintly browned) in the fine dustwrapper (a top corner a little worn). 
Price: 16.00 AUD
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6 ADAMS, Glenda The Tempest of Clemenza.
Boston Faber 1996 (first American edition) 
Fine copy in the fine dustwrapper. 
Price: 16.00 AUD
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7 ADAMS, Richard The Day Gone By. An Autobiography.
London Hutchinson 1990 (first edition) 
Fine copy in the fine dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON A BOOKPLATE ATTACHED TO THE FLYLEAF. 
Price: 28.00 AUD
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8 ADLER, Renata Pitch Dark.
New York Knopf 1983 (first edition) 
Fine copy in the fine dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 
Price: 16.00 AUD
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9 ALBEE, Edward Stretching My Mind. Essays and Interviews.
New York Carroll and Graf 2005 (first edition) 
Fine copy in the fine dustwrapper. Includes unpublished material. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON A BOOKPLATE ATTACHED TO THE FLYLEAF. 
Price: 33.00 AUD
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10 ALCOTT, Louisa May Behind a Mask. The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott. Edited with an introduction by Madeleine Stern.
London W.H. Allen 1976 (first edition) 
Fine copy (the edges of the pages faintly browned) in the fine dustwrapper. 
Price: 22.00 AUD
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11 ALDISS, Brian W. A Soldier Erect or Further Adventures of the Hand-Reared Boy.
London Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1971 (first edition) 
Fine copy (slightly spotted on the pastedowns) in the chipped (the foldovers a trifle) and price-clipped dustwrapper; an excellent copy. 
Price: 28.00 AUD
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12 ALDISS, Brian W. Billion Year Spree. The History of Science Fiction.
London Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1973 (first edition) 
Fine copy (trifling offsetting to the endpapers) in the fine dustwrapper. SIGNED AND DATED ('88) BY THE AUTHOR. 
Price: 55.00 AUD
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13 ALDISS, Brian W. Brightfount Diaries. Illustrated by Pearl Falconer.
London Faber 1955 (first edition) 
Fine copy (slight offsetting to the endpapers) in the fine dustwrapper; the author's scarce first book. 
Price: 193.00 AUD
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14 ALDISS, Brian W. Forgotten Life.
London Gollancz 1988 (first edition) 
Fine copy in the fine dustwrapper. 
Price: 16.00 AUD
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15 ALDISS, Brian W. Helliconia Spring; Helliconia Summer; Helliconia Winter.
London Cape 1982, 1983 and 1985 (first editions) 
Three volumes. Fine copies in the fine dustwrappers (the edges of the pages of the last volume faintly browned). The set. 
Price: 82.00 AUD
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16 ALDISS, Brian W. Moreau's Other Island. A Novel.
London Cape 1980 (first edition) 
Fine copy in the fine price-clipped dustwrapper. 
Price: 28.00 AUD
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17 ALDISS, Brian W. Report on Probability A.
London Faber 1968 (first edition) 
Fine copy (slight offsetting to the endpapers) in the slightly rubbed dustwrapper with a small closed puncture to the spine; an excellent copy. 
Price: 33.00 AUD
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18 ALDISS, Brian W. Ruins. Illustrated by Salim Patell.
London Hutchinson 1987 (first edition) 
Fine copy in the fine dustwrapper. 
Price: 16.00 AUD
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19 ALDISS, Brian W. Seasons in Flight. Stories.
London Cape 1984 (first edition) 
Fine copy in the fine dustwrapper (the spine very faintly sunned). 
Price: 26.00 AUD
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20 ALDISS, Brian W. Space, Time and Nathaniel (presciences).
London Faber 1957 (first edition) 
Trifling tape marks to the endpapers, light rubbing to portions of the edge of the boards and a small bookseller label on the pastedown, else a fine copy in the slightly chipped and rubbed dustwrapper with some tape marks on verso and on foldovers; a presentable copy of the author's first science fiction book. 
Price: 165.00 AUD
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