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London: Panther Books, 1960. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Excellent. First appearance of this Beat novel in the UK. First UK Edition [Panther Books, London, 1960]; illustrated card covers, a trifle rubbed at extremities, lightly creased spine, slight age-toning, an excellent paperback copy. First published in the US in 1959, this is the true First UK Printing [a hardcover printing didn't appear in the UK until Andre Deutsch published one in 1974]. This copy with cover printed for Australian market [3/9 price]. Semi-autobiographical book of Kerouac's youth & teenage love Mary Carney.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Printing [J.B. Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1915]; xv, 422; dark blue cloth, titling in light blue with gilt design to front board & spine, top edge gilt, rough-cut foredge, a little rubbed & bumped at extremities, profusely illustrated with 8 full-colour plates & over 80 double-tone & line illustrations, dampstain at foredge affecting most pages [at worst, 10cm in length & encroaching 4cm into page from foredge, but most page text unaffected due to 3cm wide margins] ownership stamp of South Australian jewellery firm Wendts Limited on ffep. Kunz was an American mineralogist who published a number of books on precious stones & worked with numerous highly regarded institutions including New York's Museum of Natural History.

Adelaide: British Science Guild [SA Branch], 1969. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Photolithographic Reprint [British Science Guild, Adelaide, 1969]; 458 pages; illustrated card covers with green tape spine, a little rubbed but overall excellent. Reissue of Wood Jones' original three-part publication [1923-25] in one volume.

London: Penguin, 1965. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First UK printing of this classic dystopian novel from an SF master. First UK Printing [Penguin Books, London, 1965]; illustrated card covers, slight bump to block base [pictured]; essentially a fine copy. First published in the US in 1962, this was the first printing in the UK [first UK hardcover by Gollancz in 1975]. PKD's classic dystopian tale set in an occupied USA following the Allied Forces defeat in WWII. Winner of the Hugo Award for best novel [1963]. Penguin Science Fiction #2376 [priced 5/- on front].

London: Pan Books, 1976. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Excellent. Film tie-in edition [Pan Books, London, 1976]; illustrated card covers, v. slightly rubbed with light crease on spine front, an excellent copy. First published in the US in 1963, this is the First British Edition [stated] & was printed to coincide with the film of the same name, which was a British production starring David Bowie. Walter Tevis was also the author of "The Queen's Gambit". ISBN: 0 330 24679 8 / 0330246798.

Milano: Mondadori Electa, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Blue cloth boards, white titling to spine, a fine copy; in the like unclipped, illustrated dustjacke. Stretching down into their 4th generation, Marinella is one of Italy's finest family-operated fashion houses [renowned for their silk print ties]. In Italian.

London: Jonathon Cape, 1932. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A beautiful signed limited edition of Hall's last novel. Limited First Edition [Jonathan Cape, London, 1932]; vellum spine with gold titling over yellow boards, top edge gilt, rough-cut block, marbled endpapers, corners slightly bumped, discreetly embossed ownership stamp; a fine copy. #81 of only 172 copies signed by the author. Radclyffe Hall was a renegade lesbian best known for The Well Of Loneliness [1928], which openly considered lesbian themes, was banned in the UK & generally caused quite an uproar.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Spiegelman, Art. First Printing [Pantheon Books, New York, 1991]; 136 pages; papered boards over black cloth, white titling to spine & front board, a little rubbed with some fading at top & bottom, dustjacket missing. ISBN: 0-394-55655-0 / 0394556550

New York: Tor & Tom Doherty Assoc, 2019. First Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Beautiful hardcover of one of the great recent SF releases. Second Impression [Tor & Tom Doherty Associates, New York, 2019]; 462 pages; tan boards, gold titling to spine, a fine copy; in like illustrated dustjacket. Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for best novel [amongst a host of other accolades].ISBN: 978-1-250-18643-0 / 9781250186430

Adelaide: Andrews, Thomas, & Clark, 1865. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Very rare volume: "Essays & Miscellaneous Pieces" by the late Edward R[igby]. Stephenson With A Preface By His Friend C[harles]. Todd, Esq., F.R.A.S." (Andrews, Thomas, & Clark; Adelaide, 1865); vi, 118pp + 2 albumen photographs

Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia [AGSA], 2008. 1st Edition First Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Beckett, Clarice. Beautiful copy of this highly desirable exhibition catalogue. First Printing [Art Gallery of South Australia; Adelaide, 2008]; 144pp; illustrated card covers, a fine copy. Book of the touring exhibition of the same name. Featuring artists Clarice Beckett [inc front cover image], Colin Colahan, Max Meldrum, Roy de Maistre, Godfrey Miller & others. ISBN: 9780730830153

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1934. First Thus 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Third Impression [Kegan Paul, London, 1934]; ix, 282pp; blue boards, gold titling to spine, spine mottled, extremities a little bumped & rubbed, contemporary Adelaide book club list pasted to ffep, name of one of the club members in ink script; a very good copy of a scarce early printing. Includes chapter "Freud & Jung - Contrasts".