Richmond, Victoria: Viking, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [12] 239 [240] : title page signed and inscribed by author : pale blue cloth boards : white lettering to spine : colourful jacket artwork by Lisa Herriman. Tanned and lightly foxed block edges; some spotting to endpapers and jacket..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [6] 223 [224] : mustard brown paper boards over black cloth spine : bold gilt lettering to spine : jacket design by Joel Avirom : Brodart protective cover. Small bookseller's sticker to front endpaper; minor crease to..... More
Melbourne: Edward A. Vidler, n/d [1923]. First Edition. Soft cover. Softcover : pp. [5] 94 [96] : all edges uncut : not opened : address card for Mrs Rupert Anderson (Fairlie House, South Yarra) loosely inserted : pale blue wrappers with dark blue lettering : protective plastic cover. Block edges..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [iv] [1] 389 [397] 47 [48] pages of adverts : red cloth boards : gilt device to top boards : gilt lettering to spine. Spine stained dark; lean; block edge tanned; endpapers foxed; spine ends pushed and split; corners pressed..... More
Canberra: Pandanus Books, 2005. First Edition. Soft cover. Softcover : pp. [vi] [3] 175 [176] : cover photograph by Darren Boyd. Light handling wear. Author's second novel. More
Oxford: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1929. Savile Lumley. First Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo : 158pp. : colour frontispiece, 12 black and white illustrations : original orange and black patterned boards. Neat owner inscription on front free endpaper, tiny dent on top edge of front board: edges foxed. Illustrations by..... More
London: Henry Frowde Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. Cyrus Cuneo. First Edition. Hardcover. Med. octavo : pp. [xii], 308 : original blue cloth with pictorial onlays on front board and spine, gilt lettering, coloured frontispiece and five other coloured plates, all page edges dyed. Muir, 836. The coloured oval pictorial onlay..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [vi] [2] 439 [442] : green cloth boards with red lettering : jacket illustration by Barye Phillips : red dye to top edge : fore-edge untrimmed. Slight dip to spine; head and tail of spine pushed and tanned;..... More
Carlton South, Victoria: Melbourne University Presss, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [x] 214: original black boards with silver-blocked lettering on spine : 16 pages of black and white illustrations. First printing with both the book and dustjacket in mint condition. Biography of arguably Australia's finest science fiction writer..... More
London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, n.d. H. Coller. Hardcover. Octavo : pp. [4] 5-256 : frontispiece and three other black and white plates : original yellow cloth : illustrated dust jacket. Unclipped jacket lacking a small piece on front panel and a little grubby on lower cover. A..... More
[Copenhagen]: Samleren, 2002. First Edition. Soft cover. Softcover : pp. [6] 407 [408] : illustrated wrappers with French flaps : Greg Gatenby signature to sub-title page. Light handling wear. Original Danish edition of Carey's Booker Prize-winning novel. From the Greg Gatenby collection with his signature. Gatenby was the Canadian author..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Wolfgang Krüger, 1999. First German Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : [416]pp. : original red boards : endpaper maps : black ribbon marker. A few minor spots to bottom edge. First German printing in superb dustwrapper. Translated from the English by Regina Rawlinson. More
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Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1995. Soft cover. Softcover : [376]p., [7]pp publisher's adverts : original illustrated wrappers : inscribed and signed by Carey and with Greg Gatenby's ownership signature on the first leaf. Very minor creases to covers. German translation by Peter Torberg of The Tax Inspector. From the Greg Gatenby collection..... More
London: Belmont Press, 2002. Eileen Hogan. Limited Edition. Hardcover : pp. [iv] [1] 66 [67] : illustrated by Eileen Hogan : this edition consists of 26 de luxe copies lettered A to Z, 100 special copies numbered 1 to 100 and 100 standard copies numbered 101 to 200 of which..... More
Taibei shi (Taiwan): Huang guan wen hua chu ban, 1999. Soft cover. Softcover : pp. [4] 5-420 [4, advertisements] : original illustrated wrappers. Chinese translation of 'Jack Maggs'. Author's sixth novel and winner of the Commonwealth Writer's Prize and Carey's third Miles Franklin. From the Greg Gatenby collection with his..... More
[Copenhagen]: Samlerens Forlag, 2000. First Danish Edition. Soft cover. Softcover : 290pp. : original illustrated wrappers with French flaps. Chipping to the extremities, internally excellent. An about very good copy of the scarce first Danish translation. From the Greg Gatenby collection with his signature on front free endpaper. Gatenby was..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover : [viii] [3] 4-304 : original cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering and decorations to the spine : illustrated title page : fore-edge uncut. Slight bumping to the top and tail of the spine and associated slight creasing to the..... More
Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1998. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Softcover : 304pp. : original orange wrappers : SIGNED by Carey at title : related ephemera. Proof for the Canadian edition using the US sheets with Australian and UK review sheet, color facsimile of jacket and review sheet for 'The..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 2003. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [viii] [4] 265 [280] : brown boards : gilt lettering to spine : illustrated jacket Head of spine gently pressed. First UK printing. Shortlisted for a host of awards including the Miles Franklin. More
Milsons Point NSW: Knopf Random House Australia, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [viii] 280 : white ribbed boards : pink and red lettering to spine : ribbon marker : pictorial and bright pink endpapers :illustrated jacket designed by Jenny Grigg : untrimmed fore-edge : publisher's promotional postcard for..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 2003. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [viii] [4] 265 [280] : signed by Greg Gatenby (see below) : brown boards : gilt lettering to spine : illustrated jacket. Head of spine gently pressed; scratch line to back of jacket. From the Greg..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [viii] [2] 279 [280] : signed on title page by Carey : black cloth boards : white dust jacket illustrated by Pierre le Tan. Tanning to block edges and page margins; jacket spine ends a little creased. More
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1994. First Edition; Publisher's Advance Copy. Soft cover. Softcover : pp. [viii] [4] 422 [432] : signed by Peter Carey on the title page : gold cover. Head and tail of spine creased; light handling wear. Publisher's advance copy for the first edition of..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [viii] [4] 422 [424] :signed by Carey on the title page : publisher's media release included indicating a publishing date of 5 September 1994 charcoal boards : dust jacket illustration by Pierre le Tan. Light tanning to text block..... More
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [viii] [4] 422 [432] : maroon papered boards, gilt lettering to upper board and spine, maroon endpapers : jacket designed by Michael Ward : adverts. Light creasing to the jacket at the top and bottom of spine;..... More