Rarified

Here's a rare bird. A hardback 1964 Biggles first edition in great condition with an intact dust jacket. Adventure, excitement and novelty for a very grounded $75.

Chirpy

Dostoevsky's last novel. Regularly proclaimed one of the great achievements of world literature, and actually readable! $20 in beautiful red hardback.

Not the explorer

The story of Maui in pictures, the pipeline not the demi-god. $15

Slow moving this morning?

Book of the day: a French literary and philosophical superstar explores what it is to be old. Hard to find. $16

Universally acknowledged

Surely one of the best known opening sentences in English literature. In delightful Penguin orange too. $8