Recent Arrivals from Bookhome Sydney

Hove, East Sussex: Routledge, 2005. 3rd, reprint ed.. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. 232 pp.

Eden, NSW: H. P. Wellings / Magnet-Voice (Printer), 1964. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card cover (staples rusted), black & white text-photos, spine little faded, minor edgewear, written price front cover, copy 2. 16 pp. This pamphlet by H. P. Wellings documents the whaling industry of Twofold Bay, south coast New South Wales (1845 to 1928). Unusually,… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1985. Paperback large trade, good condition only, pages toned, edges foxed, some edgewear. 252 pp. A detailed survey of what the New Testament says in regard to exorcism. He examines the attitudes and practice of the Early Church, and of Jesus in is ministry of exorcism and healing. Is exorcism a credible form of Christian… Read more about this item

Warrnambool, VIC: Warrnambool Institute Press, 1981. Facsimile ed.. Paperback small trade, good condition, thick card covers, few black & white drawings, frontispiece, light foxing edges, spine faded, covers slightly toned, pages lightly toned, few tiny chips top edge two pages 119 pp. (Facsimile edition, originally published 1860.) This handbook was written by Samuel Hannaford in 1860. He was born… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Hardie Grant Explore, 2023. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white cartoons, minor edgewear. 98 pp. This book is a clear guide for the millions of Australian who would like to support the Uluru Statement from the Heart, but want to understand what a Voice to Parliament and constitutional recognition actually mean. Written by Indigenous… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Sun Books, 1978. 1st ed.. Paperback small wide quarto, very good condition, black & white & colour photos (some full-page), maps endpapers & inside covers, pages lightly toned, edges lightly foxed, spine little creased & faded, base spine little bumped, minor edgewear. 112 pp. In this fascinating story of Australia’s Mounted Troops in the Middle East during World… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1975. Hardback trade, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos, som edgewear dustjacket (slight loss top corner, chipped on edges, fore-edge rubbed with a pinhead hole on edge, small dent rear cover, white background rear cover rubbed and slightly marked, few tiny dents along spine edge front cover, foxing reverese side), light foxing… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1985. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, light foxing edges, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 160 pp. The first collection of short stories by David Malouf. These short stories evoke compassion and awake the emotions, and the excitement of adolescence. The melancholy threads that tie… Read more about this item

New York: Causeway Books, 1974. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dudtjacket), some edgewear & small edge tears jacket (front flap clipped, reverse side little toned), pages lightly toned as usual, owner's small written name, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 400 pp. The… Read more about this item

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, top corner clipped front free flyleaf, few figures, examples of case studies, few tiny marks top edge, light foxing edges, minor edgewear. 175 pp. Robert Stake develops a revealing concept of case studies that draws from naturalistic, holistic, ethnographic, phenomenological, and biographic research methods. Some… Read more about this item

Sydney, Coogee: Allambie Press, 2016. 1st ed.. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, stiffened covers, black & white & sepia (brown-tinted) photos, full-page colour photos (paintings), few foxed spots edges, minor edgewear, faint sticker mark rear cover. 200 pp. Gae Anderson records the story of Esther Paterson who is regarded as one of Australia's finest women painters. Esther… Read more about this item

Canberra, Mawson: Self-Published: D. A. Spalding, 1989. Facsimile ed.. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, maroon cloth boards (gilt lettering front cover & spine), map, light foxing top edge, minimal edgewear. 39 pp. The book is a first-hand account of a country tour in 1899 by the Queensland Governor, Lord Lamington, and his state government minister… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1953. hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), red cloth cover (few small dark spots), sepia endpaper map, front flap clipped jacket (reverse side little foxed, small edge tears), pages lightly toned as usual, some edgewear. 320 pp. The literary couple Charmian Clift and George Johnston have written a compelling historical tale… Read more about this item

[Bega, NSW?]: Self-Published: M. Mitchell / Bega News Print, 1975. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card cover (staples rusted), black & white text-photos, spine little faded, glossy paper, minor edgewear, old price sticker front cover. 12 pp. This pamphlet by M. Mitchell documents a pod of 20 to 30 killer whales in Twofold Bay (south coast,… Read more about this item

Sydney: Hachette, 2007. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, good condition, black & white photos inside covers & beginning of chapters, some creasing covers, pages lightly toned, light foxing edges, top corner tips creased some pages, minor edgewear. 281 pp. The second travel book by Penelope Green about living in Italy. After three years living and working in Italy, the Australian… Read more about this item

Stroud, Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1992. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), light foxing reverse side jacket, light foxing edges, pages slightly toned, few tiny foxed spots endpapers. 188 pp. Peter Wilson Coldham reveals a largely untold until now. This groundbreaking study shows that the labour used for the American colonies was gained… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf Publishing Group, 2014. US, 3rd printing ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), untrimmed (rough-cut) edges, minor edgewear. 334 pp. A story by Richard Flanagan about the many types of love and death, of war and truth, as one man comes of age and prospers, only to discover all that he has… Read more about this item

Sydney: Hodder, 2006. Reprint ed.. Paperback small trade, good condition, black & white photos inside covers, crease front cover, few light creases rear cover, pages lightly toned, front hinge lightly split (pages firm), minor edgewear. 308 pp. The first book by Penelope Green about living in Italy. Penny had dreamed of an exotic life in Italy and with her… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Michael Joseph / Penguin Group, 2020. 1st ed.. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear 424 pp. First edition. This novel, by Australian bestselling writer Fiona McIntosh, is about vigneron Jerome Mea who heads off to war in 1914, leaving behind his new bride, Sophie, a fifth generation and rebellious champenoise who is determined to keep their… Read more about this item

Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2017. Paperback large wide octavo, very good plus condition, thick card covers (with wide flaps), black & white text-photos, colour photos (most full-page), sepia (brown-tinted) photos, minor edgewear, faint sticker mark rear cover. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 200 pp. This book by Jennifer Gall contains… Read more about this item