345 Results: New & Used in Fiction Books in Perth 6000, WA (Page 8 of 15)

Maroon hardcover with gold imprinting to spine, retired library copy with record sheet and stamps, three tiny brown marks, pages are otherwise unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket is now protected with a library quality clear cover. 203 pages, 24.5 x 17 cms, Chivers Press (Simon & Schuster), LARGE PRINT first edition 2002. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-10: ******8482 It is a few days before Christmas. For forty-six years Sterling has lingered in the celestial waiting room outside

Softcover, light crease to spine edge, cover and pages are otherwise unmarked. 301 pages, 21.5 x 13.5 cms, ONE (Pushkin Press), first edition 2015. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780992918248 Told by nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of a childhood in Nigeria, in the small town of Akure. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his absence to skip school

Glossy softcover, creases to spine edge, light wear, gift inscription, pages are otherwise unmarked. Now a Motion Picture starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. 206 pages, 18 x 11 cms, Headline Publishing, first edition 1994. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-10: ******4375. Why do we allow ourselves to love if losing hurts so much? Published to tie-in with the film of the same name starring Anthony Hopkins, a novel based on the screenplay and stage play recounting the live

Softcover, creases to spine edge and corner of cover, previous owner's name, pages are otherwise unmarked. 461 pages, 20 x 12.5 cms, Penguin Books 2013. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780143568438 Lavender farmer Luc Bonet is raised by a wealthy Jewish family in the foothills of the French Alps. When the Second World War breaks out he joins the French Resistance, leaving behind his family's fortune, their home overrun by soldiers, their lavender fields in disarray. Lise

Softcover, crease to spine edge, previous owner's name, pages are otherwise unmarked. 529 pages, 20 x 13 cms, Bloomsbury 2003. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780747561620 In the spring of 1974, Calliope Stephanides, a student at a girls' school in Grosse Pointe, finds herself drawn to a chain-smoking, strawberry-blond classmate with a gift for acting. The passion that furtively develops between them leads Callie to suspect that she is not like other girls. In fact, Cal

Like-new softcover, cover and lightly toned pages are unmarked. 364 pages, 23 x 15 cms, Allen & Unwin, first edition 2009. The photographs form part of the description. ISBN-13: 9781741757415 Newly promoted to Detective Inspector, Kathy Kolla of the Serious Crimes Unit is called in by the forensic pathologist regarding the recent sudden death of a London student from what he's determined to be arsenic poisoning. Marion Summers had no reason to be in contact with arsenic and, though once common,

The Sittaford Mystery – very good condition, cover and lightly toned pages are unmarked. 203 pages, Pan Books Ltd., 1980. ISBN-10: ******4012 Poirot #20: Hercule Poirot's Christmas – crease to spine edge, bookshop stamp, lightly toned pages are unmarked. 189 pages, Fontana Books, eleventh impression November 1975. ISBN-10: 0006141269 Destination Unknown – creases and small scuff to cover, foxing to endpapers and rear cover, lightly toned pages are unmarked. 192 pages, Fontana Books, third impre

2 copies available (please read carefully and SPECIFY which copy you prefer, otherwise first available copy will automatically be sent): Photo #1: Vintage glossy softcover, creases to spine edge and corner of cover, lightly toned pages are unmarked. Includes a glossary. 272 pages, 18 x 11 cms, Corgi Books, 1995. The attached photographs of the actual item form part of the description. ISBN-10: 0552122424 Photo #2: Vintage glossy softcover, light crease to spine edge, tiny scuff to rear cover, c

11 Stories, 7 softcovers, 2 hardcovers with dustjackets, 5 are NEW, 6 are first editions, pages are unmarked, age-related light wear. Please see individual descriptions below for PRICING and any variations. The attached photographs of the actual items form part of the description. A TWIST IN THE TALE Volume 1: Echo Park (Harry Bosch #12) / Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch #14) – NEW hardcover with matching unclipped dustjacket. 328 pages, 328 pages, 23.5 x 16 cms, Reader's Digest (Australia), copyrig

Softcover, small scuff to cover, thin black line on lower compressed page edges, cover and pages are otherwise unmarked. Includes Author's Note and Source List. 406 pages, 23 x 15 cms, HarperCollins, first edition 2015. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780062403469 A vivid novel full of drama, passion, tragedy, and beauty that stunningly imagines the life of iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel the ambitious, gifted laundrywoman's daughter who revolutionized fashion, built

Winner Man Booker Prize 2011. Softcover, light crease to corner of cover, cover and pages are otherwise unmarked. 150 pages, 20 x 13 cms, Vintage Books, 2012. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780099564973 Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intel

VINTAGE 60 year old softcover, creases to spine edge, two tiny nicks to edge of rear cover, toned pages are otherwise unmarked. 225 pages, 18 x 11 cms, Horwitz Publications, third edition 1963. The photograph forms part of the description. A raw, realistic novel set in the battlers’ end of Sydney. It traces the experiences of an Irish family who migrate to Australia, their struggles and emotional conflicts in a strange country. All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your p

NEW softcover, cover and pages are unmarked. Includes illustrations by Keith Scaife, an afterword, black and white photographs and a interview with the author. 276 pages, 20 x 13 cms, Puffin Books, 2018. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780241331163 Now a Major Motion Picture. Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown

Winner 1999 NSW Premier's Literary Award. Like-new glossy softcover, cover and very lightly toned pages are unmarked. 151 pages, 20x 13 cms, Hachette Australia, 2008. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780733615900 In 1946, in the northern West Australian fishing town of Broome, Hart Penrose remembers. He remembers his parents - his silent English mother and bluff Australian father. He remembers the storm that tore open is leg, and his sister Alice, whose exuberance and str

Softcover, minimal edge wear, pages are unmarked. Includes discussion questions and an interview with the author. 426 pages, 19.5 x 13 cms, Phoenix (Orion Books), 2014. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9781780222745 At the turn of the twentieth century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a reclusive orchardist, William Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were loved ones. A gentle man, he's found solace in the sweetness of the fruit he grows and the

Softcover, tiny crease to bottom corner of rear cover, cover and pages are otherwise unmarked. 179 pages, 19.5 x 13 cms, Picador, 2016. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9781447299370 A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbour, Loui

Softcover, small name inside front cover, cover and pages are otherwise unmarked. Includes a bibliography and Afterword by the translator Brian Murdoch. 208 pages, 20 x 13 cms, first Vintage Classic edition 1996. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780099532811 The most famous anti-war novel ever written. One by one the boys begin to fall... In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious wa

Daughters Of Fire - glossy softcover, creases to cover and spine edge, lightly toned pages are unmarked. Includes Chronology and Author's Notes. 562 pages, 17.5 x 11 cms, Harper, 2007. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780007825547 Switches between Roman Britain and the present day where history dramatically impacts on the lives of three women. The Romans are landing in Britannia. Cartimandua, the young woman destined to rule the great Brigantes tribe, watches the invaders

Blue hardcover with white imprinting to spine, light shelf wear, first blank page has been neatly removed (see scan), lightly toned pages are unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket has minimal edge wear. 316 pages, 24 x 16 cms, William Heinemann Australia, first edition 1993. The photographs form part of the description. ISBN-10: 085561529X Is America ready for Jacko Emptor? Jacko Emptor, Northern Territory born, brings Australian wilderness to the television screens of America. Is American ready for h

Black hardcover with white imprinting to spine, light shelf wear, lightly toned pages are unmarked. Unclipped glossy dustjacket has a tiny nick to the top of the rear panel. Includes a cast of characters. 590 pages, 21 x 14 cms, Doubleday Book Clubs Australia and NZ, first edition 1999. The photographs form part of the description. ISBN-10: 1876590068 A story about loneliness in high places, and heroism and passionate love triumphing against the odds. Sir Robert Rannaldini has two ambitions: fi

Glossy softcover, crease to corner of cover and spine edge, light foxing to compressed page edges, pages are otherwise unmarked. 343 pages, 19.5 x 13 cms, Bloomsbury Publishing, first edition 2002. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780747561507 What is the moment, that exact moment, when everything in a friendship changes? Soul mates from birth, Karim and Raheen finish one another's sentences, speak in anagrams and lie spine to spine. They are irrevocably bound to one anot

Like-new softcover, cover and pages are unmarked. 406 pages, 19.5 x 13 cms, Pocket Books, first edition 2004. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-10: 074344972X 1947. In the remote village of Ballygurry in western Ireland, middle-aged Solly Benjamin is roused at midnight to find a small child on his doorstep, carrying a battered suitcase, a length of cord loosely tied round her neck. On the attached name tag is written his own name and address. The child is Dancey Amati, abandone

Softcover, crease to spine edge, retired library copy with record sheet and one stamp, lightly toned pages are otherwise unmarked. Includes a Reference List. 239 pages, 19.5 x 13 cms, Simon & Schuster, first edition 2007. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9781847380890 In the middle of the night Garrett is taken from his home to Harmony Lake, a boot camp for troubled teens. Maybe some kids deserve to be sent there, but Garrett knows he doesn't. Subjected to brutal physical

New softcover. Includes Reading Group notes, questions for discussion, and suggested reading list. 357 pages, 19.5 x 13 cms, Phoenix (Orion Books), first edition 2010. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780753826973 Kingsley is fresh out of university, eager to find an engineering job so he can support his family and marry the girl of his dreams. Being the opara of the family, he is entitled to certain privileges - a piece of meat in his egusi soup, a party to celebrate his