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
Karski: How One Man Tried To Stop The Holocaust [Inscribed by Jan Karski to Dorothy Madden]
$1500
First definitive account of Jan Karski’s mission to alert the West to the emerging Holocaust. Published shortly after his wife [avant-garde dancer & holocaust survivor, Pola Nirenska] committed suicide in 1992, our copy contains a poignant message penned by Karski to his wife’s former dance colleague [choreographer & modern dance pioneer, Dorothy Madden] which carries a warmth still evident today.
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Various items of interest for the Tolkien fan, including an excellent set of The Lord Of The Rings [Second Edition, 1966]; all three De Luxe Editions of Tolkien works [LotR, The Hobbit, Poems & Stories]; and even a scale model of Gandalf from the Weta studio [New Zealand set creators for the epic movie franchise]!
The Waves [1931]; To The Lighthouse [1927]
Two uniformly bound copies of key works by Virginia Woolf. Our copy of The Waves is the 1931 First Edition and To The Lighthouse is the Secend Impression, published in June 1927 [the month following the first printing].
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A Winter Ship
$5750
Plath’s first independently published poem - one of only 60 copies. Depicting a desolate scene across an unnamed harbor, this beautifully produced booklet is a true literary treasure.
Post Office [1st UK]
$1000
Bukowski's alter-ego Henry Chinaski at his finest [read most disgusting, most hilarious, most obscene, etc]. Post Office was Bukowski's first novel and his best. "It began as a mistake. It was Christmas season and I learned from the drunk up the hill, who did the trick every Christmas, that they would hire damned near anybody..."