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Carter Bros. And Dad

By: Carter, Alan

Price: $10.00

Publisher: St Leonards, Australia, Australian Antinque Trader, The: 1985

Seller ID: BIOAUS127

Binding: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover with white boards and pictorial dust jacket, First Edition, 300gms, 126 pages. This is a book of fun and anecdotes about the people, (characters one and all), to be found within, and on the fringes of, the second hand and antique business during the period 1950 to 1966. Book is in very good condition with mild general wear and tear. Dust Jacket is in good condition with mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Carter and Stuff: Alan Carter Deals His Best Hand Yet!

By: Carter, Alan

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Belrose, NSW, AAC Specialist Antique Books: 2005

Seller ID: BIOAUS256

ISBN: 0975212273

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fair to Good

Soft cover, first edition, 390g, 293pgs. The true story of the life of the Carter family in Australia, revealing the fun, enjoyment, characters, and the good side of the antiques business. Book is in fair to good condition with moderate general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Stout Hearts and Leathery Hands

By: Carter, Jeff

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Adelaide, Australia, Rigby Limited: 1968

Seller ID: BIOAUS108

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with brown boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 460gms, 181 pages, map endpapers. Here is a robust picture of an Australian which few people know. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with only light shelf wear. Dust jacket is in fair condition. It show some sun fading, has been price clipped on inside flap at top and bottom, and has a large 1-inch tear to front top right corner, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Hour Before Daylight, An: Memoies of a Rural Boyhood

By: Carter, Jimmy

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, USA, Touchstone: 2001

Seller ID: BIOUSA59

ISBN: 0743211995

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback, First Edition, 375gms, 284 pages. In An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Don't Tell Mum I Work On the Rigs She Thinks I'm A Piano Player In a Whorehouse

By: Carter, Paul

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Crows Nest, Australia, Allen & Unwin: 2005

Seller ID: BIOAUS132

ISBN: 1741146984

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 228gms, 204 pages. Strap yourself in for an exhilarating, crazed, sometimes terrifying, usually bloody funny ride through one man's adventures in the oil trade. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Uncovered

By: Cash, Pat

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Pinhoe, Exeter, Greenwater Publishing: 2002

Seller ID: BIOAUS79

ISBN: 1903267129

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback, First Edition, 500gms, 333 pages. Pat Cash gives a fascinating insight into the pressures of modern, high-profile, multi-million-dollar sport, the rewards, pitfalls and social distractions, its characters- John Newcombe, John McEnroe, Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi, Mark Philipoussis, Greg Resedski and Boris Becker- and the tempestuous journey of one of its great champions. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and mild page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Emperor of the United States of America and Other Magnificent British Eccentrics, The

By: Caufield, Catherine

Price: $11.00

Publisher: London, England, Routledge: 1981

Seller ID: BIOUK243

ISBN: 0710009577

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dustjacket, first edition, 578gms, 223 pages. This book features short biographies of 104 of the greatest British eccentrics. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear, previous owner's stamp is found on inside front blank enpaper. Dust jacket shows only light shelf wear but has been price clipped, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Winners' Enclosure, The

By: Caulfield, Annie

Price: $9.50

Publisher: London, England, Simon & Schuster UK Limited: 1999

Seller ID: TRAAUS27

ISBN: 0671018019

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback, First Edition, 225gms, 338 pages. Annie Caulfield's Irish family frequently told her a tall tale of an uncle who'd been banished to Australia, found fame and fortune as a jockey and even had a championship cup and a race course named after him. This is her journey to the fact and fiction of this family tale. Book is in very good condition with minor general wear and tear, mild page discolorations throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title you're...
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Portrait of Jane Austen, A

By: Cecil, David

Price: $17.00

Publisher: London, England, Constable & Company Limited: 1978

Seller ID: BIOUK38

ISBN: 0094624003

Binding: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with bottle green boards and pictorial dust jacket, First Edition, 800gms 208 pages, black coloured endpapers. This book is intended neither as a straight-forward biographical narrative of Jane Austen's life, nor as a critical study of her as an author, but rather, as Lord David writes, 'an attempt with the aid of material drawn from her letters, her novels and other people's memories of her, to reconstruct and depict her living personality and to explore its relation to her art. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear. Dust jacket is in good condition with mild sh...
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

By: Chang, Jung

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, England, Flamingo: 1992

Seller ID: BIOASI311

ISBN: 0006374921

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, special overseas edition, 696gms, 582 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

By: Chang, Jung

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, England, Flamingo: 1993

Seller ID: BIOASI31

ISBN: 0006374921

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Medium softcover, reprint, 696gms, 582 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate to heavy age-related page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Bound Feet & Western Dress

By: Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha

Price: $5.50

Publisher: London, England, Bantam Books: 1997

Seller ID: BIOASI27

ISBN: 0553506501

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 188g, 215pgs. This is an exquisitely written dual memoir that tells the story of independent women struggling to emerge from centuries of custom and tradition, a deeply textured portrait which braid's a woman's life in China with the very Western story of a young woman's search for identity and belonging. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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My Autobiography

By: Chaplin, Charles

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Ringwood, Australia, Penguin Books Pty Ltd: 1966

Seller ID: BIOUK100

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Paperback, Second Edition, 275gms, 494 pages. From a destitute childhood in Victorian London to a fame without frontiers the greatest comedian of all vividly and unpretentiously recalls one of the success extravaganzas of the century. Book is in fair condition with general age-related wear and tear, heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout, creasing to the front cover and corners, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Choosing to See: A Journey of Struggle and Hope

By: Chapman, Mary Beth; and Vaughn, Ellen

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI, USA, Revell: 2010

Seller ID: BIOUSA182

ISBN: 0800719921

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover, reprint, 384g, 279pgs. In this book, the author unveils her struggle to allow God to write the story of her life after living through a loss she never imagined. Book is in very good, near new, condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Chanel

By: Charles-Roux, Edmonde

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, England, Collins Harvill: 1989

Seller ID: 001741

ISBN: 0002721287

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint edition, 582gms, 380 pages plus index. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Sheridan's Nightingale: The Story of Elizabeth Linley

By: Chedzoy, Alan

Price: $18.00

Publisher: London, England, Allison & Busby Ltd: 1998

Seller ID: BIOUK32

ISBN: 0749003413

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback, Second Edition, 550gms, 618 pages. In his second biography, Alan Chedzoy presents us with a rich, moving portrait of a woman, first admired then worshipped, but ultimately imprisoned by her beauty, talent and the prevailing mores of the time. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Over the Edge: A True Story of Kidnap and Escape in the Mountains of Central Asia

By: Child, Greg

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Milsons Point, NSW, Random House: 2002

Seller ID: TRAASI133

ISBN: 174051176X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fair

Over the Edge: A True Story of Kidnap and Escape in the Mountains of Central Asia

By: Child, Greg

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Milsons Point, NSW, Random House: 2002

Seller ID: TRAASI33

ISBN: 174051176X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fair

Soft cover, first edition, 370g, 284pgs. The dramatic story of four American climbers, held at gunpoint by fanatical militants. Book is in fair condition with moderate general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Photo featured is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title your looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30,000 books in stock we can't list them all!!.
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Ancestors: 900 Years in the Life of a Chinese Family

By: Ching, Frank

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, USA, Ballantine Books: 1988

Seller ID: BIOASI33

ISBN: 0449903532

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fair to Good

Softcover, first edition, 652g, 528 pgs. In a work of extraordinary drama and intensity, Frank Ching, formerly a correspondant for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, traces his origins back to the eleventh century. Book is in fair to good condition with mild general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Girl in the Picture, The: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War

By: Chong, Denise

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, England, Simon & Schuster: 2001

Seller ID: WARVIE17

ISBN: 0743207033

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 346gms, 372 pages. On June 8, 1972, nine year old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, was captured in an iconic photograph, one of the most unforgettable images of the 20th century. This is the story about the photograph, the photographer, Kim Phuc, and the impact on social history. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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