Fiction

The Snows of Helicon – Tomlinson – First Edition 1933

First edition published by Harper & Brothers, New York and London in 1933. Thick octavo, 267 pages, a quality production on thick laid paper by Haddon Craftsman. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.

Triumphant work by Henry Major Tomlinson (1873-1958) author of “Gallion’s Reach” and “All Our Yesterdays” another epic novel. Described as, the English Conrad, Tomlinson was an official correspondent in WWI

The central character, Travers, is an artist who turns to architecture on a grand scale then begins to doubt the march of progress. The novel starts onboard the ship “Cambodia”, a maritime setting often found entwined in Tomlinson’s writing. Superb story, beautifully told.

Striking deco period art to jacket – great gift

$60.00

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Tasmanian Writers – 10 Short Stories – 1969

Soft cover published by Fullers Bookshop, Hobart in 1969. A nice copy – carries the bookplate of Tassie lover R. C. Hutchinson.

Octavo, perfect bound, 88 pages. Ten super stories by writers of the day including three by Hobart Jazz Legend Tom Pickering.

Sort Stories by Tasmanian Writers of the 1960’s

$25.00

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A Moveable Feast – Hemingway True First Edition -1964 Predates American Edition by one day

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast”.

Published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1964. Octavo, 192 pages.

A bit of age to the jacket, see image, and a previous owner has kindly spot pasted an article about the Shakespeare an Co bookshop in Paris which features in AMF being a favourite Hemingway haunt – as well as Joyce, Pound etc. otherwise very clean, top edge stained red as required. Still a very good example.

Collectable Hemingway First Edition – our favourite book.

SO SORRY SOLD – PUT YOUR NAME DOWN FRO THE NEXT ONE

$140.00

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The White Stone – The Story of a Boy From the Bush – Herbert MacIlwaine – Illustrated by Rowlandson – First Edition c1900

A very good copy of a scarce and impressive book but much published MacIlwaine. Published by Wells Gardner etc, London c1900. Large octavo, pictorial cloth cover, images to spine and rear. Top edge gilt. 408 pages, illustrated throughout by Gardner who was much known for his paintings of horse.

White Stone is a symbol for optimism and that underlined the contents, albeit given the period narrative there are a few tears, and hugs, along the way.

Australian Bush Stories from 1900 in a super presentation

$90.00

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The Pilgrim’s Progress – John Bunyan – Nister Edition, Illustrated by Walter Paget – c1900

The Pilgrim’s Progress; From This World to That Which is To Come; Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream.

This edition was published by Ernest Nister, London circa 1900. Large octavo, 348 pages, striking coloured images to front board and spine, gilt titles … rich colours. Illustrated by the great Walter Paget with 12 full page black and white and five full page coloured plates.

“As I walked through the Wilderness of this World, I lighted on a certain Place, where was a Den, and laid me down in that Place to sleep: And as I slept, I dreamed a Dream”

Bunyan’s Pilgrims Progress Beautifully Presented

$90.00

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Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood – First Edition 2003

A very nice copy of the first edition published by Bloomsbury in 2003.

Another complex and sometimes challenging narrative by Margaret Atwood. The story begins with the central character “Snowman” sleeping in a tree with only an old bedsheet. He has lost his beloved Oryx and his friend Crake and is slowly starving. He tries to piece together his haunting memories … the narrative moves decades earlier and takes a double journey back to Crake’s high-tech bubble dome where the Paradice Project unfolded.

Large thick octavo, 378 pages, a very good copy.

Atwood’s stunning narrative and the Paradice Project.

$35.00

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The Snows of Helicon – Tomlinson – First Edition 1933

Tasmanian Writers – 10 Short Stories – 1969

A Moveable Feast – Hemingway True First Edition -1964 Predates American Edition by one day

The White Stone – The Story of a Boy From the Bush – Herbert MacIlwaine – Illustrated by Rowlandson – First Edition c1900

The Pilgrim’s Progress – John Bunyan – Nister Edition, Illustrated by Walter Paget – c1900

Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood – First Edition 2003

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