Fiction from Whitle's Rare Books
New Arrivals
Hidden Faces
by Salvador Dali
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780330243544
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$32.25
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London: Picador, 1975. Dali's only novel. Very yellowed on page edges and to a much lesser degree, pages. O/wise would be fine. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$32.25
The Sentimental Agents - In the Volyen Empire
by Doris Lessing
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780934529686
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$38.93
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New York: Knopf, 1983. The fifth book in her cycle of visionary novels; Canopus in Argos: Archives. Unclipped DJ good but some slight edge wear.179 pgs. Very minor pale foxing to front and rear ENPS. Overall great condition. Internally crisp and clear.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$38.93
The Outsider
by Richard Wright
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1954
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$32.25
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London: Angus and Robertson, 1954. Believe First Australian Ed. 1954. 344 pgs. Great Clipped illustrated DJ with some tears but intact. Book has spine bump and some foxing first and last few pages. O/wise good copy with stunning DJ.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$32.25
Selected Writings of De Sade
by Marquis De Sade
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Revised Ed 1964
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$50.05
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London: Peter Owen LTD, 1964. Selected writings edited and translated by Margret Crosland. Bookshop stamp and slight foxing on first and back pages. O/w very good indeed. DJ minor tears and some spots. Very clean inside. 306 pgs Rare.. Revised Ed 1964. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$50.05
Bony and the Black Virgin
by Arthur Upfield
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$80.08
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Melbourne: Heinemann, 1959. Some edge wear to pictorial DJ and a few foxing spots to top edge of pages. O/wise a very good copy. Internally excellent and front of DJ very good. B/W line drawing map. 246 pgs. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by B/W Line Drawings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$80.08
The Horse and His Boy
by C S Lewis
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$80.08
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London: Geoffrey Bles, 1961. 1961 Reprint of the 1954 first Ed. Slight lean, fading and rubs to spine. Owners inscription, small B/shop stamp. Otherwise FINE, no foxing..clean and as new pages and drawings..beautifully illustrated and very rare. 199 pgs. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Pauline Baynes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$80.08
MEN A Dialogue Between Women
by Allegra Sander
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$27.81
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London: The Cresset Press, 1955. First UK Edition. Unpaginated. Trans. from french by Vyvan Holland. Prefatory letter by Graham Greene, Line drawings by Mervyn Peake. A discussion about love between two women. Cloth boards are faded, Gilded title is good. Foxing to some pages.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$27.81
The Happy Warrior
by Patrick Hore-Ruthven
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1943
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$22.24
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Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1943. Poetry by an SAS captain killed in North Africa. Photo of author on first pg. Foxing, small tear and some creasing on unclipped DJ. Bumps to spine ends. Prev owners inscription. O/wise VG copy 18 pgs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$22.24
The City of Yes & The City of No and Other New Poems
by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780725101114
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$27.81
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Melbourne: Sun, 1970. Some slight tanning to page ends and some wear to cover ends, but book itself is tight and clean. 214 pgs.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$27.81
Grenadine Etching Her Life and Loves
by Robert C Ruark
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1954
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$94.54
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London: Muller, 1954. First UK Ed 256 pgs The adventures of our herione Grenadine, "a hilarious and riotous lampoon of the Novel Historical" Very Rare. DJ has outer tears and scuffing , but is intact. Book slight spine crease and some foxing page ends and endpapers and first and rear few pages. No inscript. A Gem. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$94.54
The Possessed
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$68.96
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London: William Heinemann, 1951. Beautiful book in Near Fine Condition, but some foxing on outer pgs and some rubbing on page ends. U/clipped DJ browned and 2 tears but intact. Red cloth bound with stunning gilded decor in black & gold on spine and gold design on cover. Small B/shop stamp. Translated by Constance Garnett. 617pgs . Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$68.96
The Gold of Their Bodies
by Charles Gorham
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$33.37
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London: Collins, 1955. A novel based on the life of Paul Gauguin. Foxing on e/papers, first few pages and page ends. Beautiful unclipped DJ of two islander women, with small tear and some edgewear. 318 pgs. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$33.37
Letter to a Hostage
by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$695.12
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London: William Heinemann, 1950. Very Rare first Ed.. Unclipped DJ some foxing and creased but intact. Book has foxing mainly on page ends and enpapers. Straight clean boards and spine. Discolouration on cloth board 32pgs . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$695.12
Man of Letters A Romance
by Glen Tomasetti
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780896140165
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$38.93
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Melbourne: McPhee Gribble, 1981. Great book by Glen Tomasetti, who was prominent in the anti war movement in Australia in the 60's and also a musician and songwriter. This would be near fine but has light foxing to the top page ends and on the underside of the top of the DJ. Signed by her on the title page and… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$38.93
Confessions of a European in England
by J H Huizinga
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$27.81
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London: William Heinemann, 1958. Facinating book about a Dutchman's perception of the British People. Inside VG. Some minor shelf wear to boards and prev. owner's name. Overall VG .296 pgs. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$27.81
Nannygoats of Eulobah
by John L Callaghan
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780949414199
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$33.37
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Queensland: Darling Downs Institute Press, 1987. This novel was inspired by events that occured in a small Queensland country town at the end of the 19th century. A colourful view of pioneering life and the history of the Darling Downs region in Queensland, Australia in the late 19th century. A couple of very minor spots on page ends. O/wise fine.152… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$33.37
A Nobleman's Nest
by Ivan Turgenev
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1947
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$25.58
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London: Hutchinson, 1947. !947 Hutchinson International Authors Ltd. Book itself G to VG with a spine and corner bump. Blue unclipped DJ wear and some small open tears. good binding and boards. 174 pgs. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$25.58
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1942
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$56.72
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London: The Reprint Society, 1942. Published by arrangement with Jonathan Cape a year after 1st Ed. Photo of Hemingway on back DJ which is unclipped with some minor edge wear.Great DJ design in orange. Book line foxing on endpapers from DJ, some minor spots on page ends. Overall very good copy 462 pgs. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$56.72
The Spy Who Loved Me
by Ian Fleming
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1962
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$628.39
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Great Britian: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First Ed, first impression. Gilding on spine and front with dagger in VG condition, Boards VG. Small tear on lower back board. Discolouration on top pages and very minor Foxing on page ends. Small bookshop stamp on front red endpaper. DJ has scuffs and some holes on the back. 221 pgs Overall very good condition.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$628.39
Pal Joey
by John O'Hara
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1952
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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doonan, Queensland, AUS
- Item Price
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NZ$42.26
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London: The Cresset Press, 1952. Foxing to eps and some pages. Bit of a spine lean. Stunning B/W design on clipped DJ. 125 pgs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$42.26