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A Long Island Story by Rick Gekoski
$33.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
It is 1953, a heat wave is sweeping across America and the Grossmans - Ben, Addie and their two children -are moving their lives from the political heart of Washington DC to suburban Long Island. Benny was a successful lawyer in the Department of Justice, but all that has come tumbling down. With the Mc ...Show more
Darke by Rick Gekoski
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
'A wondrous book with two fathers, Kingsley Amis and Dante.' - Sebastian Barry'I was beguiled and charmed by the vivid personality being revealed. By that, and by the fact that I couldn't stop reading. Gekoski puts words together with a sure touch and deep craftsmanship.' - Philip Pullman'Stuffed with m ...Show more
Guarded by Dragons - Encounters with Rare Books and Rare People by Rick Gekoski
$33.00 AUD
Category: Literary
Rick Gekoski has been traversing the rocky terrain of the rare book trade for over fifty years. The treasure he seeks is scarce, carefully buried and often jealously guarded, knowledge of its hiding place shared through word of mouth like the myths of old.In Guarded by Dragons, Gekoski invites readers i ...Show more
Lost, Stolen or Shredded - Stories of Missing Works of Art and Literature by Rick Gekoski
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art
This book tells the stories behind the disappearances of some of our most famous works of art - and some that never existed at all. Like Sherlock Holmes' dog in the night time, sometimes the true significance of things lies in their absence. Rick Gekoski tells the very human stories that lie behind some ...Show more
Lost, Stolen or Shredded: Stories of Missing Works of Art and Literature by Rick Gekoski
$23.00 AUD
Category: Art
Like Sherlock Holmes' dog in the night time, sometimes the true significance of things lies in their absence. Rick Gekoski tells the very human stories that lie behind some of the greatest losses to artistic culture - and addresses the questions such disappearances raise. Some of the items are stolen (t ...Show more
Outside of a Dog - A Bibliomemoir by Rick Gekoski
$32.95 AUD
Category: Literary
This is the fascinating and whimsical account of the twenty-five books that have influenced the life of bibliophile Rick Gekoski. Drawing from the fields of literature, psychology and philosophy and including books by Descartes, Dahl, and Dr. Seuss, Rick Gekoski trains the same ironic and analytic eye o ...Show more
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