Orchard Bookshop
Member of ANZAAB - Australia
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Literature: Modern
Located in the elegant Adelaide Arcade, ORCHARD BOOKSHOP offers a premium boutique bookstore experience. Our curated, eclectic collection features classic works specialising in collectible copies of modern literature.
Contact Information
Email: hello@orchardbookshop.com.au
Phone: +0402344690
Website: https://orchardbookshop.com.au/
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Adelaide Arcade, Rundle Mall Shop 26 Adelaide, 5000 Australia Get Directions
Store Hours
TUESDAY 8:30am-4:30pm [Books Before Work]
WEDNESDAY 10am-5:30pm
THURSDAY 10am-5:30pm
FRIDAY 10am-7pm [Post-Work / Pre-Dinner Book Fix]
SATURDAY 10am-3pm [Go Crazy – It’s The Weekend]
SUN / MON CLOSED [Our Weekend]
OUT OF THESE HOURS BY APPOINTMENT*
Highlights
Patti Smith: Complete [Signed 1st Ed]
$500
First Printing [Doubleday, New York, 1998]; xxii, 250 pages; black papered boards over cloth spine, titling in white to spine, photographic images for endpapers, a fine copy; in like illustrated dustjacket.
Signed in full by Patti Smith in Philadelphia under image of typewriter.
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Dream / Life [Trent Parke]
$1500
First Printing [Hot Chilli Press, Sydney, 1999]; oblong quarto; 144 pages; black cloth, titling in black on spine, top edge sunned, 1cm spot stain on half-title, else fine; in excellent dustjacket, a bit rubbed, curling slightly at edges.
An excellent & scarce copy of brilliant photographer Trent Parke’s first book [photographs of the Sydney streets].
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Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland [Sangorsky & Sutcliffe]
$4750
81st Thousand [Macmillan, London, 1886]; two-thirds leather over decorative cloth boards, five raised bands, ornate gold decorations & titling on spine, leather a trifle rubbed at extremities, all edges gilt, decorative textured endpapers, very occasional light spotting, an excellent copy.
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Good Omens [1st Ed]
$850
Subtitled: "The Nice & Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witch".
First Printing [Victor Gollancz, London, 1990]; red boards, black titling to spine, a couple of spots on foredge, slightly canted, torn with 2cm loss to top corner of title page where [presumably] production flaw glued prelims together, an excellent copy; in like, unclipped [£12.95] dustjacket, a couple tiny nicks in extremities.
A scarce First Edition of one of modern fantasy’s best-loved books.
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The Remains Of The Day [1st Ed]
$600
First Printing [Faber & Faber, London, 1989]; black boards, white titling to spine, v. light foxing to block, a near-fine copy; in the excellent unclipped [£10.99 net], illustrated dustjacket, slight curling at top, pale stain mark rear foldover.
Winner of the 1989 Booker Prize.
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Jeffrey Smart [Signed]
$375
First Edition [The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2005]; 256 pages; red cloth, gold titling to front board & spine, slight lean, faint stain at base of front board, a very good copy; in like illustrated dustjacket, scratches on rear, a little bumped at extremities, v. slight sunfading.
Perhaps the most comprehensive volume on the life & art of one of Australia's finest artists.
With signed inscriptions from Lou Klepac, Barry Pearce & Jeffrey Smart [for my darling Pammers…] to Pam Cleland.
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Animal Farm [St James Park Press Ltd Ed]
$2500
Limited Edition [St James Park Press, London, 2022]; [vi], 124pp + limitation page; folded plain grey, textured card covers glued to string bound page block, illustrated card dustjacket; in perspex slipcase.
Ten colour plates with spectacular linocut illustrations by Hugh Ribbans.
Limited to only 140 copies [this being #124]
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