Camberwell penguin (94 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Black and white photographic plates, 294pp, paperback, bookseller's label on lower cover, good copy. "Ling Wang's family endured persectuion and forced labour camps under the shadow of Mao's political campaigns while Ling herself battled chronic illness. But these hardships only steeled her fiery sense of justice, fuelling her determination to become a judge. Through resolute hard work she succeeded at the age of just 27, only to find herself resented by some male colleagues. Her conviction that everyone was equal before the law put her frequently at odds with her superiors. And in going aginst the belief that real women had a husband and family, not a career, she seemed set to remain single for life. Until something remarkable happened." (Publisher's description).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hardcover. Dust jacket is slightly grubby and faded. Noticeable tear to left side of jacket spine head. Jacket leading corners are slightly worn. Lower edges of boards and hardcover spine ends are quite worn and rubbed. Small surface mark on front board. Binding is sound; pages are tight and clean; contents are clear. AF. Used.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Australian Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. The usual faint age-toning to page edges. 340 pages. Published to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The next installment of the glactic wanderings of Arthur Dent.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 446 pages.

Hardback. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Oblong Quarto Size [approx 30.5m x 24cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Dust jacket colours as issued. Black & white illustrations by Leunig. unpaginated. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. …

Hardback. 1st Australian Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 209 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Hardback. Zustand: Near Fine. Reprint. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Maps to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xv, 592 pages. Illus. With Photos (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Some very light shelf wear only. In 1979, Nam Le's family left Vietnam for Australia, an experience that inspires the first and last stories in The Boat. In between, however, Le's imagination lays claim to the world. The Boat takes us from a tourist in Tehran to a teenage hit man in Colombia; from an ageing New York artist to a boy coming of age in a small Victorian fishing town; from the city of Hiroshima just before the bomb is dropped to the haunting waste of the South China Sea in the wake of another war. Each story uncovers a raw human truth. Each story is absorbing and fully realised as a novel. Together, they make up a collection of astonishing diversity and achievement.…

Hardback. 1st thus. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Includes Li's Family Tree. 447 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Soft Cover. Reprint. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (texter mark to tail edge, denoting one-time remaindered copy); pp. [iv], 264 (last blank). A fine copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very light shelf wear only. Appears unread.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2002). (2002) later reprint. 8vo (156 x 239mm). Ppviii,232. Sepia illustrations by Trevor Hawkins. Foreword by Steve Vizard. White titles to blue paper-covered boards, spine titled in white. Slight lean to spine, rubbing to board edges, ink mark to bottom edge. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. Essays on flyfishing in various parts of Australia, by one of Australia's most popular angling writers. Chapters include: Foreword by Steve Vizard; the high Snowys; The cooler months; Gum beetles; The swamp harrier; Land of the long brown trout; The backcountry; The evening rise; Eucumbene; Season's end; Jane's fish; Midges; Mackenzie country; Local lore; The wee lakes; The creek; Europe - Tuscany, Austrian Alps, Denmark. .…

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG+. Reprint. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (spine slanted & a little creased, corners a trifle rubbed); pp. 322, with illustrations. A very good copy.

416pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A fine copy.

325pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Colour plates. A very good copy.

245pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A near fine copy. . First edition.

viii+278pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper B/w plates & maps. A near fine copy. First edition.

271pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A near fine copy. First Australian edition. Signed.

xii+368pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. b/w illustrations on plates. A near fine copy.

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG+. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (rubbed & a little creased); pp. vi, 282 (last blank). A very good copy.

Soft Cover. First Australian. 8vo. original printed paper wraps; pp. [xii], 272, [4 (pubs. advts., last blank), with illustrations. A fine copy.

c[152]pp. Oblong 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Black and white illustrations throughout. A very good copy. . First edition.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Reprint. Octavo Size. Near fine condition. Signed by the author on the title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 249 pages. The first novel of the late, highly regarded Australian writer.

Softcover. Zustand: Gut. 209 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, some traces of use. w01424 9781846143427 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 330.

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG+. Reprint. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, prev. ownership label to title page); pp. xii (last blank), 390, [4 (blank, advt., last blank)], with illustrations. A very good copy.

Hard Cover. Second Printing. F/F. 8vo. original pale blue boards in unpriced dustwrapper (original 'Readings' price label to front cover); pp. [vi (last blank)], 216. A fine copy of the author's fourth Miles Franklin Literary Award winning novel.

Hard Cover. F-. First Edition. F/F-. 8vo. original pictorial grey boards (paperstock a trifle toned) in unpriced dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed, tiny discreet silverfish track to lower panel); pp. [vi (last blank)], 272 (last blank). A near fine copy.

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased); pp. [viii (last blank)], 240. A very good copy.