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  • The Mystery of Swordfish Reef – Arthur Upfield – First UK Edition 1960

    The Mystery of Swordfish Reef – Arthur Upfield – First UK Edition 1960

    Published by Heinemann, Lonon in 1960, a first UK edition. Octavo, 247 pages. Jacket a bit rubbed still a nice copy of perhaps our favourite Upfield / Bonaparte book. Dust jacket design by Bill Morden.

    A fishing boat disappears along with its four occupants. It all happens in the New South Wales game fishing grounds – something the author was familiar with.

    A skull is found by a passing trawler. Our Favourite police inspector, “Bony” Bonaparte is called in, and the “mystery” is unravelled.

    Based on a true story the disappearance of geologist Lamont Younger at Mystery Bay, NSW in 1880

    True mystery behind this entertaining Upfield “fishy” mystery.

    $80.00

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  • Man of Two Tribes – Arthur Upfield – First Edition 1956

    Man of Two Tribes – Arthur Upfield – First Edition 1956

    A scarce first edition published by Heinemann in 1956. Octavo, 214 pages.

    Despite the title the book starts with an acquitted murderess walking off a train in the Nullarbor Plain. Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte sets out on camel etc to find her. What he finds is even more strange than this strange beginning.

    Upfield challenges Bony’s talents in the dreaded Nullabor Plain

    $80.00

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  • Flying Doctor and The secret of the Pearls – Mchael Noonan

    Flying Doctor and The secret of the Pearls – Mchael Noonan

    We cannot help to see the similarity between Noonan’s series of books about Dr Jeremy James an Australian Flying Doctor and Biggles.

    Interestingly both published by the Brockhamption press. This edition 1967, octavo, 160 pages and “Biggles like” illustrations and dust jacket – we love it. very good condition.

    In this medical adventure our Doc flies North to help a trapped pearl diver and has to don the necessary gear himself .. all in a days work for our medical hero.

    No medical emergency too bizarre … and lots of adventure with it.

    $30.00

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  • Beyond the Black Stump – Nevil Shute – First Edition 1956

    Beyond the Black Stump – Nevil Shute – First Edition 1956

    Published by Heinemann, Melbourne etc a First Australian edition in very good condition.

    Octavo, 289 pages, dust wrapper in period style slightly chipped.

    An American geologist travels to out back Australia in search of oil. Near the end of the book the exact location is identified which turns out to be in the Pilbara, Western Australia.

    Here he meets Mollie and her family who live on a successful station but in unusual family circumstances. They fall in love and intend to marry. Mollie’s mother suggest she visits her beau’s family home in America to better understand his “position” – she does and it turns out to be rather murky. They both go their own ways.

    Sound like a heartthrob but its much deeper than that and for those that follow Shute really nicely written.

    Shute first edition can’t believe it’s seventy years old

    $35.00

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  • The Martian – George du Maurier – First edition 1898

    The Martian – George du Maurier – First edition 1898

    First edition published by Harper & Brothers in 1898.

    A substantial book, large squarish octavo, 471 pages, dark black end papers which show signs of paper label removal. Striking deep blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles, design, and faux signature to front, gilt title to spine, extraordinarily clean. Someone has assembled poetry to the early preliminaries, which we find quite charming.

    Considered the be quasi autobiographical with a strange surreal Martian twist. The life of Barty Josselin as told by a friend Robert Maurice from early days at the Institution Brossard in Paris. Josselin a good looker and thoroughly talented and extrovert. Later back in England Barty has a spell in the army.

    Later his eyesight starts to fail which makes him think of taking his own life. In a dream a spirit guardian in the form of Martia from Mars comes to him. From then Martia inspires him and provides advice which secures his career as an author. Martia has other influences and wishes him to marry Julia … and all gets a little complicated from there ..

    George du Maurier Channelling a Martian Spirit Guide

    $90.00

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  • The Faerie Queene – Edmund Spenser – Full Calf 1860′s Copy

    The Faerie Queene – Edmund Spenser – Full Calf 1860′s Copy

    Spenser’s Faerie Queene disposed in twelve bookes fashioning XII moral virtues to which is added his Epithalamion a new edition, with a glossary; illustrated by Edward Corbould.

    Published by George Routledge & Sons, no date but 1860’s. Octavo, 820 pages.

    A beautiful book bound in full polished rich green calf with six compartments to the spine with bright gilt devices and red leather title label lavish marbled endpaper continuing to page edges, gilt lines to boards … a few marks but still a superb copy.

    Spenser one of the greatest English poets; and here his longest work originally written in 1590. Allegorical, with references to Queen Elizabeth I. the illustrator Edward Corbould (1815-1905) was active in the Victorian era.

    Deliciously bound Faerie Queene

    $140.00

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