ORCHARD BOOKSHOP
Member of ANZAAB - Australia
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Classics
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
Slouching Towards Bethlehem [1st UK]
$1750
Didion's second book & first collection of essays established her at the forefront of New Journalism.
The book takes its title from a line in the Yeats poem "The Second Coming" and is also the title of an essay in the collection [labelled "...by far the best account of the hippies yet written..."]
First UK Edition [Andre Deutsch, London, 1969]; xviii, 238 pages; red cloth, gold titling to spine, a near-fine copy; in unclipped, illustrated dustjacket
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We Love You Beatles [1st Ed]
$700
Written / illustrated by Margaret SUTTON.
Delightful visual homage to the Fab Four - pure seventies!
The story of The Beatles from their humble beginnings to stardom told through a bold explosion of fun colour-saturated graphics.
NY, Doubleday, 1971 [1st Ed], 20 x 26cm, [48 pages], illustrated papered board cover, discolouration of inner hinges, else fine, in the like illustrated jacket [small bump withe creasing & 5mm tear to top edge]
Drug Poems [1st Ed]
$450
First printing of the third book from this tragic Australian counter-culture poet who died, aged just 24, shortly after publication. Scarce book rarely found this well-preserved. "If he (or any of us) has the luck to be spared, he will still be writing poetry when some of his bright contemporaries are shining less brightly or writing nothing at all..." [from blurb]
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Collected Lyrics: 1970-2015 [Signed]
$700
Flat signed by Patti Smith to title page. Released in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the release of her seminal album "Horses". Illustrated with manuscripts of lyrics from Smith's personal archive
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Camus' The Stranger [Illustrated Ltd Ed]
$550
Handsome leatherbound edition of the Stuart Gilbert translation, with ten full-colour illustrations by Daniel Maffia. Printed in 1971 and limited to 1,500 copies distributed for members of The Limited Editions Club [this is #548]
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Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban [1st Ed, 1st state issue]
$6500
The most collectible standard issue Harry Potter book [aside from the "Philosopher’s Stone" first printings], Errington states only 5,150 copies of the First Edition of "Azkaban" were printed, with an estimated 2,500 of these being this First State issue [with significant printing error present]. An excellent copy with the only significant fault being a faded spine on the jacket. We will also be bringing a copy of the third state issue [for comparison and/or purchase]
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Comet In Moominland [1st Ed, 1951]
$3750
Beautiful copy of the first English translation of Tove Jansson's classic Moomin book. Keenly sought, this edition rarely comes on to the open market, even less commonly with complete original dustjacket
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