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Webster A H H
Teviot Tapestry: A History of the Roxburgh-Millers Flat District
Christchurch NZ: Capper Press 1977. 179pp frontis: folding map of Teviot district b/w ills index. Errata slip laid down on the Contents page verso. Or boards in jacket. The book was first published in 1948 to celebrate the centenary of Otago. The tapestry portrays the colourful history of the district from 1853. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Capper Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028142
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Bottrill Graeme et al compiled and edited by
The Kosciusko Alpine Club 1909-1984
Sydney: Dinkum Press 1984. Foreword by Bob Ward. 144pp area map illustrated throughout with photos many in colour appendix pictorial eps. Blue boards gilt titles in jacket. The book was published on the 75th anniversary of the Club's inauguration. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Dinkum Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028167 ISBN : 0949369012 9780949369017
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Blacket John
History of South Australia: a Romantic and Successful Experiment in Colonization
Adelaide: Hussey & Gillingham 1911. Foreword by Sir Samuel J Way. xxiii 480pp frontis and b/w ills maps index. Spine slightly cocked. Front hinge slackening. Five-line personal greeting on the front flyleaf. Prelims endpages and page edges lightly foxed. Or cloth bds gilt. Cloth flecked with some wear at the corners and the spine head and foot. The history covers the period from 1802 to 1910. This second edition is continued to a later period than the first edition. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Hussey & Gillingham Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028154
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Myers K editor
No Lives Lost: The History of Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club 1908-1983
Harbord N.S.W.: Freshwater Surf Life Saving Clu 1983. vi 121pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Or dec cl boards lightly flecked in places silver titles and decoration. From p 3 "The history of the Club's first 50 years was compiled by Walter Forbes deceased 1981 and published in 1958 for the 50th year celebrations. To mark the 75th year of operation . Walter's publication has been expanded and brought up to date." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Freshwater Surf Life Saving Clu Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028169
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Tolcher H M
Drought or Deluge: Man in the Cooper Creek Region
Carlton: Melbourne University Press 1986. xi 267pp b/w plates four maps two appendices index. Prev owner's name by the upper edge of the front flyleaf. Red boards in jacket. The patterns of human settlement in the remote unyielding volatile yet fragile region. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028064 ISBN : 0522843050 9780522843057
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A Young Queenslander Allan R Marshall
Mesopotamia and India: A Continuation of "Letters from a Young Queenslander"
Brisbane: Watson Ferguson & Co 1916. Editor's Preface. 187pp portrait frontis map of Mesopotamia and 15 leaves of b/w plates. Book shop stamp by the lower edge of the front flyleaf. Eps toned. Prelims endpages and page edges foxed. Erratum slip laid down on dedication page verso. There is some wear at the hinge first and last few pages only affected. Or cloth boards flecked with a tear from the spine head. Spine titles heavily faded. This is a continuation of "Letters from a Young Queenslander" published in December 1915 for private circulation. Private letters between father and son and dedicated to Captain T J Mitchell. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. Watson, Ferguson & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028058
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Williams F E
Papuans of the Trans-Fly
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1936. xxxvi 452pp frontis 19 leaves of bw plates one detached text-figures appendix by Dr L H Dudley Buxton. Lacks sketch map at rear. There are a few nibbles by the spine at the centre of the front endpapers. Eps toned. There is a little insect damage to the fore-edge. Prev owner's stamp on the flyleaves. Maroon cloth boards in paper jacket which is worn and torn heavily toned at the spine with loss in several places. The book gives an all-round account of a primitive people in the far west of Papua. The fifteenth in a series of anthropological reports published by the Papuan Government. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Fair to Good. 8vo. Clarendon Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028053
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Welsby Thos Thomas
Sport and Pastime in Moreton Bay
Brisbane: Simpson Halligan & Co 1931. xiv 294 2 plates. Prev owner's signature on the ffep and at the centre of the title page. Prelims endpages and page edges heavily foxed. Occasional foxing in margins. Or blue cloth edge-worn with three tears in the cloth at the spine frayed at the spine head. Gilt titles on the spine faded and on the front board not faded. Number 119 of an edition of 300 copies signed by Thos Welsby. Scarce. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Simpson, Halligan & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028052
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Hoskin Aaron
With Other Races
London: Watts & Co. 1913. xv 335pp bw ills. Prev owner's three-line details on the front flyleaf and half-title page. Endpapers toned. Prelims endpages and page edges lightly foxed with scattered foxing throughout. Or maroon cloth lightly worn at the edges with flecking and wrinkling in two places on the front board. An Australian author's account of travel around the world including Canada Hawaii most of Europe a great deal on Egypt and the Holy Land and a section on Australian aborigines and his return to his native soil. Particular emphasis on the peoples of the regions visited. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Watts & Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028071
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Jordan Paul
The Easy Day Was Yesterday. The Extreme Life of an SAS Soldier
Sydney: Big Sky Publishing 2012. 310pp col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Small corner crease on rear cover. Review copy with review sticker on half-title page. The experiences of an Australian SAS soldier including time in Rwanda PNG Solomon Islands Iraq and post-tsunami Banda Aceh Indonesia. First Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Big Sky Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 028098 ISBN : 192194188x 9781921941887
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Tonkinson Robert.
The Jigalong Mob. Aboriginal Victors of the Desert Crusade.
Menlo Park CA: Cummings Publishing 1974. 166pp index bibliography bw ills maps. Or card covers. Rear cover and several pages creased at top corner light rubbing. The Jigalong aborigines of the Western Desert and their rejection of the Protestant Mission and Christianity. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Cummings Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027672 ISBN : 0846575493 9780846575498
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Halls F W
Bushwalking in the Victorian Ranges
Rigby: Adelaide 1978. 191pp maps end-paper maps. Two-line personal greeting by the upper edge of the front flyleaf map not affected. Page edges lightly foxed. Papered boards in jacket. The book's sections cover From Buchan to the Cobberas; Across the High Plains; and Western Walks. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Adelaide Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027739 ISBN : 0727007181 9780727007186
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Buchanan Ross and Heather
Fraser Island and Cooloola: Visitors Guide
Logan City: Hema Maps 1996. 256pp illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photos including folding panoramic view map at the inside front cover. Pictorial card covers with a central crease to the front cover. The book covers bushwalking scenic attractions four-wheel driving accommodation and camping; and Hervey Bay whale watching. Second Edition revised. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Hema Maps Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027740 ISBN : 1875992227 9781875992225
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Leach Jones Alun
Painting and Sculpture
Chippendale: Marnling Press 2009. HEAVY. 239pp illustrated throughout in full colour chronology exhibitions commissions selected bibliography pictorial endpapers. Textured papered boards in dust-jacket. Essays: Alun Leach-Jones: Shadows Essences and Distillations by Jonathan Goodman and Allegories of Feeling by Rex Butler. Interview with the artist by Brett Ballard. A monograph. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Square 4to. Marnling Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027818 ISBN : 0980707102 9780980707106
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Sekuless Peter
A Handful of Hacks
Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1999. xi 143pp 8pp b/w photos index. A three-line rubber stamp on the half-title page has been crossed with with strong lines of black marker. The author introduces seven comples and charismatic Australians who generated some of the most exciting frontline coverage of World War II. The hacks covered are Chester Wilmot Lorriane Stumm Kenneth Slessor Alan Moorehead George Johnston Richard Hughes and Wilfred Burchett. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Allen & Unwin Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027846 ISBN : 1864487887 9781864487886
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Beed Davey Gwenda and Seal Graham editors
The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore
Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1993. xvii 381pp b/w ills appendix. Page edges very lightly foxed. Or green boards in jacket. From Aboriginal folklife in central Australia to Zouganelis Kostas. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027854 ISBN : 0195530578 9780195530575
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Niall Brenda
Georgiana: A Biography of Georgiana McCrae Painter Diarist Pioneer. With a Catalogue of the Plates by Caroline Clemente
Carlton: Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press 1994. xvii 344pp 16pp colour and 8pp b/w plates bibliography index. Green boards in jacket. The full story of Georgiana Huntly McCrae a professional portrait painter in 1820s Edinburgh and a settler's wife in early Melbourne is told here for the first time. Number 18 in the Miegunyah Press Series. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027862 ISBN : 0522845134 9780522845136
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Millar D D editor
The Messel Era: The Story of the School of Physics and Its Science Foundation Within The University of Sydney Australia 1952-1987
Sydney: Pergamon Press 1987. vii 157pp b/w ills throughout. Pictorial card covers. This history of the Messel era commissioned by the Science Foundation for Physics was published to mark the occasion of Professor Harry Messel's retirement of 1987 both as Head of the School of Physics in the University of Sydney and as Chairman of the Science Foundation for Physics within that University. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Pergamon Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027913 ISBN : 0080344313 9780080344317
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Longhurst Robert
The Heart of Paradise. The History of Burleigh Heads
Gold Coast Qld.: Gold Coast City Council 1991. 96pp num bw ills map.SIGNED and dated by the author on the front flyleaf. Or pictorial laminated boards with a surface scratch on the front board. Commissioned by the Gold Coast City Council and prepared by the John Oxley Library this is an account of Burleigh Heads one of the older areas of Queensland's Gold Coast. Burleigh Heads is also one of the premier surfing beaches in Australia and has been for many many years. Includes first settlers the arrival of rail surfing Burleigh at war and Burleigh today as well as many other topics. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Gold Coast City Council Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027478 ISBN : 0646067109 9780646067100
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Shaw Geo M compiled by
Concord Jubilee 1883-1933: A History of the Municipality of Concord. With Illustrations
Sydney: Canberra Press 1933. No date. 192pp b/w portraits ills advertisements. Cloth boards gilt titles. The history of a community and a record of achievement giving a record of the growth of Concord Municipality. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Canberra Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027581 ISBN : 0959226818 9780959226812
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Griffith John
A History of Kangaroo Valley Australia
Kangaroo Valley: Kangaroo Valley Historical Society 1980. 104pp b/w ills maps. A damp stain affects a section of the lower spine and the front and rear covers approx 5x5cm. Pictorial covers. SIGNED by the author on the front cover. The book tells the story of the people and development of Kangaroo Valley. Signed by Author. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Kangaroo Valley Historical Society Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027584 ISBN : 095960670X 9780959606706
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Jackson Patricia M and Jackson Arthur J editors
"A Lot to Fight For" The War Diaries and Letters of S/Ldr J F Jackson DFC
Beaudesert Qld: Church Archivists' Press P & A Jackson 2001. xiii 256pp b/w photos facsimiles three appendices indexes of people and places. On the Copyright page a sticker giving the editors' details covers the publication details. SIGNED by the editors on the title page with an inscription from the editors dated 2001 on the dedication page. This is a collection of diaries and letters written by an Australian pilot and edited by his two children. John F Jackson was a Queensland grazier and businessman who joined the RAAF in 1939. He served with 3 Squadron in the Middle East. Returning to Australia he was given command of 75 Squadron. He met his death leading that squadron in its heroic defence of Port Moresby early in 1942. Signed. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Church Archivists' Press (P & A Jackson) Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027587 ISBN : 1876194243 9781876194246
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Page Michael and Ingpen Robert
The Making of Australians
Knoxfield Vic: J M Dent 1987. HEAVY. 304pp full-colour illustrations throughout bibliography index pictorial end-papers. Papered boards in dust-jacket. Michael Page provides a multidimensional portrait of Australians over two centuries from the arrival of the First Fleet. The text is complemented by the evocative illustrations of Robert Ingpen. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. J M Dent Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027640 ISBN : 0867700513 9780867700510
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Hewat Tim
The Elders Explosion: One Hundred and fifty Years of Progress from Elder to Elliott
Sydney: Bay Books 1988. 168pp colour and b/w ills appendix index decorative end-papers. Papered boards in dust-jacket. This is the history of three Australian companies: Elders; Henry Jones IXL; and Carlton and United Breweries. It is also the story of how John Elliott acquired those companies and melded them into a huge international enterprise. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Bay Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027639 ISBN : 1862563306 9781862563308
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Ashton Chris
Geebung: The Story of Australian Polo
Sydney: Hamilton Publishing 1993. 236pp illustrated throughout with colour and sepia photos appendices bibliography. Pictorial papered boards with a very lightly bumped upper front corner. There is a silver disc onlay towards the centre of the front board. The book covers the polo community in all states of Australia and was published in the centenary year of the publication of Banjo Paterson's poem The Geebung Polo Club. VERY HEAVY additional shipping may be required. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Folio. Hamilton Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027059 ISBN : 0646148680 9780646148687
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Haigh Gordon editor
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia 2000-01
South Yarra: Hardie Grant Books 2000. xiv 850pp col plates index of fillers and inserts. Page edges lighlty foxed. Green cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book's sections cover comment the players records Australian cricket 1999-2000 Australians overseas in 1999-2000 administration and laws miscellaneous. The third year of the Australian edition of Wisden. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Hardie Grant Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027099
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Palm Beach Q SLSC S. L.
The Best Days . Surfing Friends Dedication. A written and Pictorial History of Palm Beach Qld Surf Life Saving Club's First 75 Years 1930-2005
Palm Beach NSW: Palm Beach Qld Surf Life Saving Club 2005. 170pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos some colour. Pictorial laminated boards. 75 years at Palm Beach SLSC. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. Palm Beach (Qld) Surf Life Saving Club Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027058 ISBN : 0959401628 9780959401622
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Roebuck Peter et al
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia 1999
South Yarra: Hardie Grant Books 1998. xv 776pp col plates index of fillers and inserts. Page edges lightly foxed. Green cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book's sections cover comment the players records Australian cricket 1997-98 Australians overseas in 1997-98 administration and laws miscellaneous. The first year of the Australian edition of Wisden. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Hardie Grant Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027098 ISBN : 1864980028 9781864980028
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White Charles
History of Australian Bushranging. Volume I only
Hawthorn Vic: Lloyd O'Neil 1970. 385pp b/w ills. Papered boards gilt spine titles in dust-jacket which has a wrap-around illustration. 'Volume One of Charles White's classic account of Australian Bushranging recounts the deeds of the early 'bush bandits'. 'Attracted by the fast free life these native-born Australians plundered the gold escorts and crowded coaches fighting it out with the police -- heroes in the eyes of the public they robbed.'. Australian Classics. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Lloyd O'Neil Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027088
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Thomas W J
Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines
Melbourne: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1934. 75pp frontispiece and 5 b/w plates. Prev owner's name with refs on half-title page. Primary school library stamp on the frontis recto and by the upper corner of at least two pages. There are pencil marks on pp 8 9 and 11. Prelims endpages and page edges foxed with scattered foxing throughout. Attractive pictorial card covers with a tear by the spine head. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Ex-Bindery Copy. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027137
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Eastway Peter Coordinating Editor
Professional Photography Awards 1993
Blackwood: The Australian Institute of Professional Photography 1993. 192pp illustrated with more than 300 winning images alphabetical listing of photographers AIPP membership listing. Papered boards lightly worn at corners and at the spine head and foot in creased dust-jacket. The best photographs drawn from the AIPP's 1993 Awards. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. Square 4to. The Australian Institute of Professional Photography Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027150 ISBN : 0646182870 9780646182872
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Leslie P A and Britts MG
Motor Vehicle Law in New South Wales: Including a Survey of the Law of Negligence and Acts and Regulations Relating to Motor Vehicles Both Public and Private and Associated Matters together with Annotations Thereto
Sydney: The Law Book Company 1969. 739pp four appendices index. Includes Motor Traffic Act 1909-1968 pp 182-396. Cloth boards in paper dust-jacket which is toned at the spine. The book is in two parts the first deals with the principle of the law of negligence in relation to the use of motor vehicles Owner's Liability Damages Nuisance and Prosecutions and Appeals. The second part is concerned to set out and annotate the Motor Traffic Act 1909-1968 and Regulations. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The Law Book Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027213
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Heseltine Harry
Vance Palmer
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 1970. viii 216pp portrait frontis notes bibliography index. Pictorial boards in dust-jacket. A biography of the Australian writer of sketches verse drama novels and criticism. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027307 ISBN : 0702206156 9780702206153
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Cowan James
Balgo Hills Aboriginal Paintings Poster Book
Sydney: Craftsman House 1994. 32pp 12 posters on page rectos with biographical details and information about the paintings on facing page versos. Illustrated light card cover. Featured artists: Johnny Gordon Downs Wimmitji Tjapangarti Milliga Napaltjarri Rosie Nanyma Naparrula Milli Skeen Nampitjin Lucy Yukenbarri Napanangka Suzie Bootja Bootja Napangarti Eubena Nampitjin Boxer Milner Tjampitjin Ena Gimme Nungurayai Bridget Mudijidell Napanangka and Sunfly Tjampitjin. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Folio. Craftsman House Paperback
Bookseller reference : 022184 ISBN : 9768097876 9789768097873
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Cowan James
Balgo Hills Aboriginal Paintings Poster Book
Sydney: Craftsman House 1994. 32pp 12 posters on page rectos with biographical details and information about the paintings on facing page versos. Illustrated light card cover. Still in publisher's shrink-wrap. Featured artists: Johnny Gordon Downs Wimmitji Tjapangarti Milliga Napaltjarri Rosie Nanyma Naparrula Milli Skeen Nampitjin Lucy Yukenbarri Napanangka Suzie Bootja Bootja Napangarti Eubena Nampitjin Boxer Milner Tjampitjin Ena Gimme Nungurayai Bridget Mudijidell Napanangka and Sunfly Tjampitjin. NOTE: A sticker on the front cover reads: This poster book is designed to come apart easily so that each poster can be viewed and mounted separately. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Folio. Craftsman House Paperback
Bookseller reference : 022185 ISBN : 9768097876 9789768097873
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Zimmerman John Lee
Where the People Sing: Green Land of the Maoris
New York: Alfred A Knopf 1946. ix 234pp map showing part of the North Island b/w photos. One-line personal note in blue biro by the upper edge of the front flyleaf a few notes on the rear flyleaf. There is a little wear at the spine. Fore-edge uncut. Cloth boards slightly discolored in places in now-protected edge-worn dust-jacket. The author was invalided to New Zealand from Guadalcanal in 1942 and during his one-year convalescece he fell in love with the Maoris who provided the material for this book. First Borzoi Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Alfred A Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027434
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Villiers Alan
Captain James Cook
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1967. xii 307pp index bw ills endpaper maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. 2mm nick at top edge of front jacket panel. A tight clean example of this account of the life and explorations of Captain James Cook. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026925
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Mohr Andrea
Pixie
Melbourne: Hardie Grant Books 2009. 368pp col ills. Or card covers. Slight edgewear to covers. The author tells of her life as a dancer international drug smuggler prisoner in a gripping true story. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Hardie Grant Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 026933 ISBN : 1740667042 9781740667043
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Trevor Noel editor
And Why Broome
Broome WA: Noel Trevor Enterprises 2002. 196pp maps glossary Paperback. This sequel to 'Why Broome' contains the oral histories of 10 people from all over the world who have moved to Broome. The stories range from those who work closely with Aboriginal people to ex-pearl divers and pearling masters to outright larrikins. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Noel Trevor Enterprises Paperback
Bookseller reference : 022225 ISBN : 0646386492 9780646386492
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Trevor Noel editor
Why Not Broome
Broome WA: Noel Trevor Enterprises 2002. 226pp maps glossary Paperback. The book is about the people from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds who were born in Broome and its environs. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Noel Trevor Enterprises Paperback
Bookseller reference : 022226 ISBN : 0957961006 9780957961005
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Cunningham Chris.
The Blue Mountains Rediscoverd. Beyond the Myths of Early Australian Exploration.
Sydney: Kangaroo Press. 1999. 192pp index appendices maps bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Minor edge wear and minor crease to rear cover. Combines detailed analysis of the historical record with a geographers understanding of the landscape to recount some 20 journeys of exploration prior to Blaxland's expedition of 1813. Restored to rightful prominence are a host of remarkable early colonial explorers including governors escaped and emancipated convicts bushrangers visiting adventurers and aborigines who aided them all. Even the First Fleet's lost herd of cattle have a role to play. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Sml 4to. Kangaroo Press. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 026998 ISBN : 0864177682 9780864177681
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Shand Adam
Big Shots
Camberwell: Viking Penguin 2007. 406pp 16pp colour photos. Paperback. The chilling inside story of Carl Williams and the Gangland Wars. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Viking Penguin Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027025 ISBN : 0670040711 9780670040711
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Drury Nevill and Voigt Anna
Fire and Shadow: Spirituality in Contemporary Australian Art
Sydney: Craftsman House 1996. 184pp illustrated in full colour bibliography index. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The work focuses on a selection of established and mid-career Australian artists -- among them painters sculptors installation artists and practitioners of mixed media -- who are incorporating spiritual elements and themes in their work. Featured artists include James Gleeson Kate Briscoe Inga Hunter John Coburn William Ferguson Rover Thomas Mirlkitjunga Millie Skeen Gloria Temarre Petyarre Tom Johnson Marion Borgelt Anne Judell Wendy Stavrianos Lyn Plummer Sebastian de Mauro and Ted Snell. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine New/Fine New. 4to. Craftsman House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027008 ISBN : 9766410429 9789766410421
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Slater John
Through Artists' Eyes: Australian Suburbs and Their Cities 1919-1945
Carlton: Miegunyah Press 2004. Edition of one thousand copies. Foreword by Bernard Smith. xviii 237pp colour and b/w ills throughout selective bibliography index. Blue papered boards in dust-jacket which is lightly worn at its upper edge with nicks at the two upper corners. From the Foreword 'This book is illustrated with paintings photographs and prints whose content is drawn largely from the urban and suburban areas of Sydney and Melbourne during the years between the two World Wars'. This is number 52 in the second numbered series of the Miegunyah volumes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine New/Near Fine. 4to. Miegunyah Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027007 ISBN : 0522850928 9780522850925
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Batstone Kay
Outback Heroes: 75 Years of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
South Melbourne: Lothian Books 2003. xii 228pp 16pp photos some in colour bibliography index. The book commemorates the rise of the RFDS from the vision of its founder John Flynn and pays tribute to the outback heroes who have been involved with the service. 'An inspriational account of a unique Australian institution.'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Lothian Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027031 ISBN : 0734405758 9780734405753
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Dormer Marion
Dubbo to the Turn of the Century. 1818-1900
Dubbo NSW: Macquarie Publications. 1981. 192pp index bibliography hundreds bw & col ills map pictorial endpapers. Or brown leather-look boards in pictorial jacket. Slight fading to jacket spine. High quality presentation of the early history of the City of Dubbo on the western plains on New South Wales. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Macquarie Publications. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026544 ISBN : 0959520627 9780959520620
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Irvine R F Literary Editor
The New Australian School Series. Second Reader
Sydney: William Brooks & Co. No date. Previous owner's name with the date 1935 written on the front paste-down. 176 pp colour frontispiece b/w ills. There are some red marks on the second Contents page. The front flyleaf has been torn away exposing part of the binding at the hinge and the rear flyleaf has been completely removed leaving the spine exposed. Blind-stamped cloth boards worn with a darkened spine and some creasing. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo. William Brooks & Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026600
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Nolan Carolyn
Sawdust in Our Veins 1875-2000
Brisbane: Finlayson Timber & Hardware 2000. x 86pp b/w ills throughout illustrated end-papers. Pictorial laminated boards. The history of a Brisbane family company of timber industry pioneers. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Finlayson Timber & Hardware Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026581
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Goddard D E and Milne D K editors
Parkes: Thirty Years of Radio Astronomy
East Melbourne: CSIRO 1994. ix 162pp b/w photos text-figures the contributors name index. Pictorial laminated boards. 'This volume was produced as a permanenet record of a symposium held on 22 November 1991 . to celebrate the Parkes radio telescope's 30th birthday.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. CSIRO Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026579 ISBN : 0643055479 9780643055476
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Garden Donald S
Hamilton: A Western District History
North Melbourne: Hargreen Publishing Company 1984. x 278pp b/w ills maps bibliography index. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Cloth boards gilt spine titles in dust-jacket. The history of Hamilton and its surrounds begins with the exploration party of the New South Wales Surveyor-General Major Thomas Mitchell and examines the events character and people of the District to the 1980s. Signed & Inscribed by the Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large 8vo. Hargreen Publishing Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026578 ISBN : 0949905186 9780949905185
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