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Stone, Jean:  The Passionate Bibliophile. The story of Walter Stone, Australian bookman extraordinaire.
Book Number: 4530
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1988 8vo. Hardcover. 380pp. Index. B/w illus. Very good , small bookseller pastedown inside front cover. Minor bottom of spine. / very good d/w.
Keywords: books Bibliophile collector collecting Walter Stone biography editor publisher printer australian literature
Price: $25.00
Watts, Barry:  The World of the Sentimental Bloke (C.J. Dennis)
Book Number: 4596
Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1976 Laminated Boards.  Very Good First Edition. Long 4to. ISBN: 0 207 13366 Z. 128pp Introduction by George Reid, Chairman of the Victorian C J Dennis Centenary Committee. A detailed, informative and interesting picture of a man who left his mark on Australian literature. Illustrated throughout contemporary photos and also illustrations in colour an b&W from his works.
Keywords: Ginger Mick, Den's Gadfly days, Idylls of Toolangi, the Illustrators, Blanky Austra-laise, Sunnyside, Glugs of Gosh
Price: $30.00
Robert Phelps / Collette:  Earthly Paradise - Colette's Autobigraphy, drawn from the writings of her lifetime.
Book Number: 4606
1966 Farrar, Straus and Giroux Inc First Printing Rough cut page ends, brown cloth in d/w - uncliped with shelf wear chips. Little yellowing on fep otherwise fine. Literary achivement - a personal myth whose image incarnates a point of view in human culture.
Keywords: Cheri, Gigi, Claudine, France, autobiography publisher, memoirs, portrait, notebooks, letter,
Price: $45.00
Della Femina Jerry, Edited By Charles Sopkin:  From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor - Front-Line Dispatches from the Advertising War
Book Number: 4618
London: Pitman Publishing, 1971 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 253pp. Po name on ffl.
Keywords: inside view of the advertising world of Madison Avenue in New York.
Price: $25.00
Paul Eddington:  So Far So Good
Book Number: 4637
Hodder and Staughton 1995 first edition Good copy in same d/w, Illustrated, index, 246pp. Story of comedy great, including his battle against skin cancer.
Keywords: Yes, Minister, Yes Priminister, The Good Life
Price: $25.00
Kiernan, Ian and Jarratt, Phil:  Coming Clean
Book Number: 4693
Syandy, Macmillan, 1995. First edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. 237pp. + colour & b/w plates. Very good, minor wear to cornwers, small previous owner's inscription on fep. / very good d/w.
Keywords: australian biography Ian Kiernan clean up australia campaing litter prevention care environment
Price: $18.00
Basso, Lelio Rosa:  Rosa Luxemburg: A Reappraisal
Book Number: 4770
London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1975 8vo. Hardback. 183pp. Index. Very good / very good d/w.
Keywords: socialist movement german polish 1917 1919 Rosa Luxemburg lenin trotsky gramsci biography
Price: $33.00
Rowley, Hazel:  Chrstina Stead A Biography
Book Number: 4871
Sydney. William Heinemann. 1993.  8vo. Hardcover. 646pp.+ b/w plates. Very good, minor wear to corners. / very good d/w.
Keywords: Chrstina Stead A Biography writer author australian
Price: $25.00
Shnayerson, Michael:  Irwin Shaw. A Biography.
Book Number: 4872
G P Putmam's Sons New York 1st US edition 1989 large 8vo. Hardcover. 447pp. + b/w plates. Index. Very good / good+ chipped d/w.
Keywords: Irwin Shaw. A Biography writer author american
Price: $25.00
Sheridan, Lisa:  From Cabbages to Kings: The Autobiography of Lisa Sheridan
Book Number: 4928
London Odhams Press 1955. 4to. Hardcover. 190pp.+ b/w plates. Index. Very good, small bookshop stamps and previous owner's inscription on fep. fair, chipped d/w with small piece missing from spine.
Keywords: british royalty royal family britian commercial photography biography lisa sheridan
Price: $25.00

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