‎Australia‎

‎WHITINGTON Frederick Taylor editor‎

‎Augustus Short First Bishop of Adelaide. A Chapter of Colonial Church History‎

‎Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1887 this Adelaide edition is the first edition. Octavo xxiv 301 2 blank colophon pages plus a Woodburytype portrait frontispiece of Bishop Short image size 145 � 98 mm mounted on card printed with his facsimile signature. Gilt-pictorial cloth a little flecked marked bumped and rubbed; four-digit number written in ink along the spine with a small inkspot near a nick to the rear cover; two contemporary Magill Institute stamps on early blank pages one with a cancellation stamp; trifling signs of use and age; a very good copy. A London edition of this book was published in 1888 with pages ix-304 from the table of contents onwards being the sheets of this Adelaide edition. The first eight pages the cloth colour lettering and decoration differ and it invariably contains the Woodburytype frontispiece portrait. The Woodburytype is derived from the original albumen paper photograph occasionally but not invariably found as the frontispiece in the Adelaide edition. Ferguson 18499 not noting the last point. Provenance: Alexander John Morison Town Clerk of Adelaide 1937-46 with his pencilled ownership signature and note 'Purchased at Coles Secondhand Department on 3rd February 1925'. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 108964

‎WHITINGTON Ernest‎

‎The South Australian Vintage 1903‎

‎Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1997. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1997 facsimile edition/ 1903. Quarto x 74 pages with numerous illustrations. Gilt-decorated quarter calf and cloth; a fine copy. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 214; number 96 of only 99 copies of the deluxe issue in a total edition of 600 copies. The five-page introduction by Valmai Hankel is new to this edition. Friends of the State Library of South Australia hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 105542

‎Whitlam Gough‎

‎The truth of the matter‎

‎Harmondsworth: Penguin. Good; Surface crease to bottom corner of front cover. 1979. First Edition. Paperback. 014070079x . Background to the Whitlam Dismissal of November 11 1975 by central figure. 150gms weight mulitple copies available. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7�" tall; 191 pages . Penguin paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 15847 ISBN : 014070079x 9780140700794

‎Whitmore R. L.‎

‎Coal in Queensland : From Federation to the Twenties 1900 to 1925‎

‎Brisbane QLD Australia: University of Queensland Press 1991. Usual library marks and wear. 505 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good minus. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. University of Queensland Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 020583 ISBN : 0702222623 9780702222627

‎Whitmore Raymond L.‎

‎Queensland's Early Waterworks.‎

‎Brisbane: Department of Natural Resources Queensland. 1997. xvi 190pp index bibliography references/notes appendices bw ills maps. Or card covers. Ex-private library with card pocket and spine label otherwise free of library impedimentia. Spine faded. The story of bringing clean water to the communities of Brisbane Warwick Ipswich Toowoomba Maryborough and Rockhampton. A definitive study not only highlighting the importance of Government public works but also bringing to life the human stories behind the engineering. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. Department of Natural Resources, Queensland. Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 037431 ISBN : 0724259864 9780724259861

‎Whittaker Paul; and Willesee Amy‎

‎Road to Mount Buggery The: A Journey Through the Curiously Named Places of Australia‎

‎Sydney Australia: Pan Macmillan Australia 2003. Softcover reprint 312pp 478gms. This is a travel book through the peculiarly miserable placenames dotted throughout Australia's heartland. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Spine of book is slightly pushed over otherwise no other pre-loved markings. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Reprint. Softcover. Good/Not Applicable. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Pan Macmillan Australia Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : TRAAUS120 ISBN : 0732911117 9780732911119

‎Who's Who in Australia. HOWIE Ann C. editor‎

‎Who's Who in Australia. XXVIIth Edition 1991. An Australian Biographical Dictionary and Register of Prominent People with which is Incorporated John's Notable Australians first issued 1906‎

‎Melbourne: Information Australia 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Melbourne Information Australia 1991. Octavo viii 1267 pages. Papered boards with the dustwrapper; a fine copy. Information Australia hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 60427

‎Wickens, Chas. H. (prep.) / Stonham, John (ed.)‎

‎Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia. No. 23, 1930.‎

‎Canberra, Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, 1930. 8vo. Includes several maps, graphs and diagrams. XXXII, 805 p., half-cloth binding of a library. - Contains statistical data on several topics such as land tenure, population, forestry, roads and railways, ommerce, shipping, state finance, defence, public hygiene etc. The maps depict for example Geology, Rainfall Distribution, Railways systems, orography etc 3 stamps of a library and 1 label of a library on the title page and the preliminaries. Apart from that in good condition.‎

Bookseller reference : 21464

‎Wicksteed M R compiled by‎

‎The New Zealand Army: A History from the 1840s to the 1980s‎

‎Wellington: RNZA 1982. x 101 pages illustrated throughout with b/w photos maps chronology. Prev owner's name by the upper edge of the first otherwise blank page. Paperback with lightly worn edges. A short history covering some of the more important events that have had a bearing on the New Zealand Army. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. RNZA Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 020472

‎Wieneke James‎

‎6th Div. Sketches. Aitape to Wewak‎

‎Sydney: Jon Sands Pty Ltd 1946. 60pp. Or. green card with green cloth spine. Slightly browned at bottom of covers. Internally very clean. Jacket present but in several pieces loosely inserted in book. Being a collection of sketches drawings and notes from the 6th Australian Division's last New Guinea campaign - through Aitape Maprik and Wewak 1944-1945. Numerous bw ills. map. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Poor. Illus. by Author. Oblong 4to. Jon Sands Pty Ltd Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 037491

‎WIGHT Russell‎

‎A Century of the Adelaide and Suburban Cricket Association Incorporated 1899 - 1999‎

‎Plympton: The Author for the Adelaide and Suburban Cricket Association Incorporated 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Plympton The Author for the Adelaide and Suburban Cricket Association Incorporated 1999. Quarto; cloth; a fine copy with the slightly rubbed creased and torn dustwrapper. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author. Also inscribed and signed by David Neil Cliff Keiley Joe Heptinstall and Ron Halliday. The Author for the Adelaide and Suburban Cricket Association Incorporated hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 90276

‎Wigley Harry‎

‎Ski-Plane Adventure : Flying in the New Zealand Alps‎

‎Wellington New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1977. Blue cloth titled in gilt on spine. Illus. endpapers. 222pp. B/w photo/illus. Light shelfwear small mark to front pastedown. Dustjacket has small mark to top front corner and one small tear to rear top edge. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A. H. & A. W. Reed Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 006942 ISBN : 0589003283 9780589003289

‎Wigmore Lionel editor in collaboration with Bruce Harding‎

‎They Dared Mightily‎

‎Canberra: Australian War Memorial 1963. xv 317pp coloured frontis and coloured plate of the Victoria Cross and the George Cross b/w portraits of recipients maps and sketch maps appendices index to Australian V.C. and G.C. winners pictorial end-papers. Title page foxed. Decorative cloth boards gilt in worn dust-jacket which has two tears one 6 cm one 2 cm from the upper edge and the loss of a triangular section from the lower edge of its front panel. The book contains accounts of the military careers of the Australian holders of the Victoria Cross and the George Cross and histories of the two decorations. The connecting narrative is a history of Australian participation in the South African War and the two World Wars and points to the influence of those wars upon the Australian defence system. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Poor. Large 8vo. Australian War Memorial Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 026347

‎WIGNEY Ian - BELL Kathrine -‎

‎Sidney.‎

‎Australia, Child & Henry, 1980, 8vo (cm. 26,5 x 19,5) cartonato editoriale con sovraccoperta illustrata a colori, pp. 48 completamente illustrate da fotografie e tavole fotografiche a colori. Dedica di precedente possessore al foglio di guardia.‎

‎WILLIAMS, Darren. (Traduit de l'anglais (Australie) par Fabrice Pointeau‎

‎Conséquences‎

‎2012 Sonatine, 2012, 1 volume in-8 de 391 pages, broché.‎

‎Bon état.‎

Bookseller reference : 71451

‎Wildflower Guide Western Australia.‎

‎A Guide to 101 Wildflowers of Western Australia.‎

‎Perth: Western Australia Wildflower Guide / Printed by Advance Press 1994. Revised ed. Paperback small quarto stapled pamphlet very good condition colour text-photos minor edgewear light creasing along spine. Unnum 28 pp. Revised edition originally published 1980s. This pamphlet shows 101 wildflowers which are found in Western Australia. Many of the plants are found over a wide area of the state and where localities have been given it is only as a guide to a specific area where they may be found. The best time for the wildflowers is from August to November which this book has concentrated on. Western Australia Wildflower Guide / Printed by Advance Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 26657

‎Wildlight Photo Agency‎

‎Sydney‎

‎South Yarra Australia: Hardie Grant Books 1998. Hardcover with laminated orange boards and pictorial dust jacket First Edition 825gms 115 pages. Wildlight Sydney also records the city beyond its landmarks- startling images of a city that reaches from its boisterous hub on the harbour weaves along a network of waterways and passes through the suburbs to the beach sea pools and to the Blue Mountains. Book is in very good condition with minor general wear and ear. Dust Jacket is in very good condition with mild shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. . First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Busch Jason; Fraham Lorrie; Hard Greg; Keating Tom; Lang Mark; Moore David; Quirk Philip; Rankin Andrew; Rice Jim; Turner Granville. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Hardie Grant Books Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : ARTPHO7 ISBN : 1864980079 9781864980073

‎Wiley Australia‎

‎The Wiley Trading Guide‎

‎Wrightbooks 2010-10-05. Hardcover. Good. Wrightbooks hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : SONG1742469876 ISBN : 1742469876 9781742469874

‎WILKES Charles USN. U. S.‎

‎NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION‎

‎Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman 1850. Popular Edition. Hardcover. Good. 64 excellent steel-plate engravings with 12 of 13 maps Samoa map apparently never inserted many vignettes and woodcuts. Octavos half brown calf blue marbled boards edges and endpapers; vol. 1 rebacked retaining original back and leather labels scuffing and wear to other spines corners worn. <br/><br/>Wilkes' expedition was the first American scientific exploring expedition by sea voyage. His six ships sailed south around South America along Antarctica causing Wilkes to decide that Antarctica was indeed a separate continent. Other stops were at the Pacific islands of Tahiti the Samoas Australia and New Zealand. Maps of Tahiti & Australia and New South Wales Along the way they charted the coasts of California Washington and Oregon. Howes W414; Palau 375505; Sabin 103994 note; see Cowan p.683; Taylor PACIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY p.13. "Wilkes' spectacular Antarctic and South Sea explorations - Goetzmann ARMY EXPLORATION IN THE . WEST p.61" 64 excellent steel-plate engravings many vignettes and woodcuts. Unlike the 1844 edition the following Sherman editions did not have a 6th volume - the Atlas but have 3 Tables and 11 maps Printed by C. Sherman hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : DEMO014460I

‎Wilkins Selma Compiled by‎

‎BACK TO NATYA 1986‎

‎Natya Victoria Australia : Back To Committee. Printed By Martins Printing Service Shepparton 1986. 56pp. saddle-stitched staplebound format booklet. Intext b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean. Staples firm and tight. Monochrome illustrated card wrapper has several minimal splash-stains on front wrap else very good. Textblock unmarked. Compiled and published for the 'Back to Natya' Reunion Sunday 23 March 1986 contents include: Education in the Country -Natya S.S. No. 4048. My Memories of Natya Mary L. Staley. Natya Settlers Mary L. Staley. Memories of Natya West S.S. No. 4453 and S.S. No. 4048 Thora Engstrom and Per O. Engstrom. Natya District - The Last 50 Years copied from Country Crafts. Compiled by Les G. Pratt. Early Days of Natya Mrs Olive Sinapius. Photographs of The Past. Booklet weight approx. 110g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel. . First Edition. Softcover Staplebound. Very Good . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. (Back To Committee). Printed By Martins Printing Service, Shepparton Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 013570

‎Wilkinson Rick and Others and Australia Petroleum Exploration Association APEA A. P. E. A.‎

‎Petroleum in Australia. The First Century‎

‎Australian Petroleum Exploration Association 1988 403 Pp. Separate Slipcase of Folded Plates. 1988. Softcovers text and separate folder of plates in cardboard slipcase; owner's stamps; in very good condition. This is a heavy book; extra shipping may be required for priority mail or international orders. . Very Good. Australian Petroleum Exploration Association, 1988, 403 Pp. + Separate Slipcase of Folded Plates. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : GI2-1 ISBN : 0908277148 9780908277148

‎WILKINSON George Blakiston‎

‎The Working Man's Handbook to South Australia. With Advice to the Farmer and Detailed Information for the Several Classes of Labourers and Artizans‎

‎London: John Murray 1849. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London John Murray 1849. Octavo xii 110 6 advertisements 16 'The South Australian Handbook Advertiser' pages but lacking the small folding map. Later binder's cloth retaining the original printed wrappers all edges uncut; a short sealed tear to one preliminary leaf with a few tiny closed marginal tears elsewhere; light marginal tidemark to the front wrapper and title leaf; trifling signs of use and age; an excellent copy. Provenance: Reverend Dr Leslie Bernhard Grope 1920-2018 Lutheran Church of Australia President Emeritus 'who served in the role now known as LCA bishop from 1972 until his retirement in 1987' LCA obituary; his signature in pencil appears on the front flyleaf. Ferguson 5248 not noting that the wrappers have the details and full catalogue of Murray's 'Colonial and Home Library' printed on the inside front and both rear surfaces. John Murray paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 115821

‎Wilksch Terry; Perry Robert.‎

‎Sawdust and Headaches or Stop Laughing This is Serious.‎

‎Sydney: Robert Perry and Terry Wilksch 2008. 203pp bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Near new. Apart from the relatively low quality reproduction of the illustrations this is a fascinating look inside the history of Perry Brothers Circus. Apparent First. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Robert Perry and Terry Wilksch Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 034166

‎Willey Keith‎

‎Ghosts of the Big Country‎

‎Adelaide Australia: Rigby Limited 1975. Hardcover with dark blue boards and pictorial dust jacket first edition 504pgs 243gms blank endpapers. This is an affectionate and nostalgic tribute to a way of life that is fast disappearing and to a race of people whom - they don't make them like they used to. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with only very mild shelf wear. Dust jacket is in good condition with light shelf wear chipping and a few small tears to the top spine area otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Rigby Limited Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : TRAAUS134 ISBN : 085179985X 9780851799858

‎William & Mary Webb‎

‎Exploring Hawaii Book One Oahu‎

‎Monterey CA: Webb Travel 1968. Light wear unmarked. Oversized booklet of 56 pages; 100 color photos. Soft Cover. Very Good. Webb Travel Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 008649