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McNamara Frank
Landscape in Watercolour: Australian Artist Editions
Sydney: Legend Press No date 1950. Introduction by Hal Missingham. 36pp with 9 full-page colour plates on page rectos facing captions on page versos. Following the Introduction SIGNED and dated by the author beneath the first page of the text beneath the title on page 8. Cloth boards. Australian Artist Editions series. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. Legend Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016295
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The Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau
The Bowen District and Whitsunday Passage Queensland. Agricultural and Pastoral Activities and Possibilities. Entrancing Seascape Splendours
Brisbane: The Queensland Intelligence and Tourist Bureau 1924. 76pp bw ills folding colour map. Pictorial card covers. Some minor toning and stains to covers small chip from bottom corner rear cover. A very nice copy of this scarce early book encouraging new settlers to the Bowen and Whitsunday Passage region of North Queensland extolling the agricultural and pastoral possibilities as well as tourism potential. Region includes Proserpine Airlie Beach Ayr as well as the Whitsunday islands and access to the Great Barrier Reef. New Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. The Queensland Intelligence and Tourist Bureau Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016327
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Brassel Tom
Tom Brassel's 1996 Australasian Racing Annual Featuring the Highlights of 1995
Sydney: George K Special Projects 149pp illustrated throughout in full colour. Illustrated light card cover. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. George K Special Projects Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016381
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Hoskin Aaron
With Other Races
London: Watts & Co. 1913. xv 335pp bw ills. Or maroon cloth. Corners bumped some minor damp stains to cloth endpapers toned moderate to heavy foxing throughout prev owners name torn from front free endpaper. 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 : 016336
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Lazen Alec and Matheson E M editors
Australian Field Crops 1: Wheat and Other Temperate Cereals
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1987. HEAVY. xx 570pp plates text-ills tables index. Page edges lightly soiled. Or cl boards in dust-jacket. The book has four sections: the evolution of temperate cereals; the history of wheat production quality genetic variation effects of climate on yield and quality soils of the wheat-growing areas wheat nutrition ecology of the crop diseases of wheat frost injury bulk handling and price and marketing policies; Barley oast and rye; and data on the temperate cereals together with information on developments in the fields addressed by the original volume. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015600 ISBN : 0207153906 9780207153907
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Carroll Brian compiled by
The Making of A Fortunate Life
Sydney: Fontana 1985. 160pp stills photography by Grahame Monro and Roger Garwood. Illustrated light card cover. The extraordinary life of an ordinary bloke. The book will enhance any viewer's enjoyment of the television mini-series and give valuable insights into the Australia of the period it covers fro 1895 to 1916. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Fontana Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015661 ISBN : 0006368948 9780006368946
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McKenzie Valerie and Allen Joyce
A Look at Yesteryear: Early Australian Cooking
Sydney: Centennial Publications 1980. 136pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos line drawings index of recipes. Illustrated light card cover lightly rubbed at edges and spine. The authors venture all around early Australia to look at the ways the women of yesteryear created the Australian food traditions with whatever food was available to them with adaptations in deference to the climate. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. Centennial Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015708 ISBN : 0959498206 9780959498202
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Wright Graeme editor
Wisden on Bradman. 90th Birthday Edition
South Yarra: Hardie Grant Books 1998. xvi 301pp b/w photo ills. The upper page edges are very lightly foxed. Or black cl boards in dust-jacket. The scores of Sir Donald's 234 first-class games his 52 Test Matches for Australia and minor matches played on four tours of England. Essays and match reports bring to life his many triumphs as a cricketer a captain and a great sportsman. Limited First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. Hardie Grant Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015697 ISBN : 1864980117 9781864980110
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Keneally Thomas
The Great Shame and the Triumph of the Irish in the English-speaking World
New York: Nan A Talese/Doubleday 1999. HEAVY. xix 712pp maps 32pp b/w illustrations bibliography index. Or cl boards in dust-jacket. 'An astonishing monumental work that tells the full story of the Irish diaspora. This masterly book surveys 80 years of Irish history through the eyes of political prisoners who left Ireland in chains and eventually found glory in one way or another in Australia and America.'. Reprint of First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Nan A Talese/Doubleday Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015717 ISBN : 0385476973 9780385476973
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Vondra Josef
A Guide to Cheese in Australia: a Complete Guide
Richmond Vic: Cavalier Press 1985. 206pp 4pp of Notes illustrated with colour and b/w photos diagrams drawings. Or red cl boards in dust-jacket. The book gives detailed information on all cheese available on the Australian market a detailed survey on all cheese made in Australia on a State by State basis; provides up-to-date 1980s information on the latest cheese technology; contains a glossary of more than 200 major entries of cheese varieties available on the Australian market. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Cavalier Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015699 ISBN : 0949743011 9780949743015
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Burroughs Peter
Britain and Australia 1831-1855: a Study in Imperial Relations and Crown Lands Administration
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1967. xi 419pp 7 maps three appendices bibliography index. Front and rear free-endpapers have tape stains at the corners. Page edge lightly foxed. Prelims foxed. Small shop sticker by the lower edge of the front paste-down. Or blue cloth boards in dust-jacket. 'This study of Britain's relations with the Australian colonies examines the fluctuating demands of imperial policy and the colonial response to them within the context of crown lands administration.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Clarendon Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015728
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Flett Josie
The Book of One Hundred and One Teas
Tyalgum NSW: Free Spirit Press 1990. 134pp index. Illustrated light card cover. The book is a compendium of popular aromatic and medicinal teas cross-indexed for easy reference and containing additional facts of interest. Alphabetically listed teas range from the rare to the sublime; from Acacia to Yerba Santa. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Free Spirit Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015703 ISBN : 0646375172 9780646375175
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Blainey Geoffrey
Jumping Over the Wheel
Sydney: Rathdown / Allen & Unwin 1993. viii 336pp 32pp colour plates b/w ills throughout index illustrated end-papers. Or cl boards in edge-worn dust-jacket. The story of Pacific Dunlop from its Melbourne origin in 1893 covers inventions in the workplace dramatic changes in transport and sport the contest for world markets the crises caused by wars and depression changes in the way people work and live high finance triumphs and dissension in the boardrooms and the little-known careers of captains of industry and finance. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Rathdown / Allen & Unwin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015755 ISBN : 186373564X 9781863735643
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Byrnes Paul
Qantas By George! The Remarkable Story of George Roberts
Sydney: The Watermark Press 2000. 196pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos index. Illustrated light card cover. This is the story of Ipswich-born George Roberts an Aussie larrikin with a passion for engines aeroplanes and speed a man who took part in many of the great events of the first century of Australian aviation. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. The Watermark Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015763 ISBN : 0949284512 9780949284518
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Buckland Jill
Mort's Cottage: Impressions of Sydney People and Their Times 1838-1988
Sydney: Kangaroo Press 1988. 160pp 8pp of coloured plates b/w ills throughout index. Or cl boards with slightly faded spine in dust-jacket which is slightly faded at the spine and by the upper edge. The book covers the careers of the owners of Mort Cottage in Double Bay and traces the development in the history of Double Bay and of Sydney from a town of convicts emancipists and administrators into a major city. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Kangaroo Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015751 ISBN : 0864172214 9780864172211
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Radmanovich M and Woodcock J T
Broken Hill Mines -- 1968. Monograph Series No 3
Melbourne: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1968. Foreword by M A Mawby. xii 619pp illustrated throughout with figures b/w photos index of authors. Prev owner's three-line stamp by the upper corner of the front flyleaf. Upper page edges lightly soiled. Or blue cl boards in dust-jacket which is rubbed at the edges spine and flap folds. A volume of technical papers produced for the 1968 Annual Conference of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy which was held at Broken Hill. The papers range through the whole field of regional mapping geological exploration mining practices primary metallurgy industrial hygiene to computer techniques. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015748
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Hazelhurst Cameron
Gordon Chalk: a Political Life
Toowoomba Qld.: Darling Downs Institute Press 1987. 318pp b/w ills index. Illustrated laminated boards. A biography of the Queensland Liberal politician. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Darling Downs Institute Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015749 ISBN : 0949414204 9780949414205
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Fauchery Antoine
Letters from a Miner in Australia
Melbourne: Georgian House 1965. Translated from the French by A R Chisholm. xxv 105pp portrait frontis 2 b/w photo plates drawings. Prev owner's name stamp on the front paste-down and on the title page. Or dec cl boards gilt in price-clipped dust jacket which has a few marks on the front panel and a slightly faded spine. The book includes prefaces by the translator and to the original French edition of 1857 followed by eight letters which give an account of Melbourne and the goldfields at the height of the gold rush in the 1850s. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ron Edwards. 8vo. Georgian House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015868
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Edwards Hugh
Gods & Little Fishes
London: Peter Davies. 1962. 238pp bw ills. Or dark blue cloth in jacket. Some foxing to page edges and endpapers/prelims. tape marks on front free endpaper from removed bookplate. Jacket price-clipped with several tears and 3cm piece lacking from top front corner. Interesting vintage skin-diving book relating spear fishing and shipwreck diving off Western Australia as well as in the Meditteranean. Signed and dated by author on front free endpaper. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Good. 8vo. Peter Davies. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015819
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White Les
Wool in Wartime: a Study in Colonialism
Sydney: Alternative Publishing Co-Operative Ltd APCOL 1981. Foreword by Manning Clark. x 161pp appendix: 6 tables bibliography index. Page edges lightly tanned. Or cl boards in dust-jacket which has a heavily faded spine titles legible. The book is in two sections: Enforced Colonialism; and Self-imposed Colonialism. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Alternative Publishing Co-Operative Ltd (APCOL) Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015858 ISBN : 0909188521 9780909188528
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Thompson Warren S
Danger Spots in World Population
New York: Alfred A Knopf 1929. xi 343 x index pp folding map showing world population 11 tables bibliography index. There is some underlining in red crayon on the Contents pages and occasionally in the body of the book including the marking of a few paragraphs. Prev owner's name stamp below the publication details on the title page and on the upper page edges. Prev owner's name and address on the front flyleaf. Fore-edge uncut. Front hinge tender. Or cl boards with some flecking at the spine gilt spine titles. Population and the pressure on land and resources. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Alfred A Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015862
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Denmead Doug
Skindivers & Shipwrecks
Australia: Not Known 1973. 96pp num bw ills map. Or pictorial card covers. Spine quite rubbed and worn slight edge wear to covers light damp stain on contents page. Somewhat scarce title on diving shipwrecks in Australian waters -Victorian wrecks in particular- including amongst others Barwon Heads the Cave Country SS Casino Ingoldsby Reefs and more. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo. Not Known Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015820 ISBN : 0909853401 9780909853402
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Rippingale O. H.; McMichael D. F
Queensland and Great Barrier Reef Shells
Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press. 1961. 209pp index 29 col plates map. Limited edition of 200 copies signed and numbered by the authors or which this is #15. Or padded red hardcover with large gilt murex to front quality marbled endpapers. All edges stained red as issued. The fore-edge has been very slightly damp at some time and this has caused soem mottling of the red edge stain which has bled on to the page margins- approx 4mm at worst. Unfortunately this has affected about half the plates. The red on the top edge is also somewhat mottled but does not affect the faces of the pages. The spine and covers are in superb condition. A classic volume in the field of Queensland conchology and seldom seen in its limited edition. Signed by Authors. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/None as Issued. 4to. The Jacaranda Press. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015884
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De Vries Evans Susanna
Conrad Martens on the Beagle and in Australia
Brisbane: Pandanus Press 1993. 208pp illustrated with colour plates text-ills maps chronology index. Illustrated light card cover lightly edge-worn with a 5 cm line drawn by the spine towards the centre of the front cover. This biography covers Conrad Martens' early years in England his period as official artist on the 'Beagle' his visits to Tahiti and New Zealand and his painting tours in the Blue Mountains the Illawarra Brisbane the Darling Downs New England and the Hunter Valley as well as his life and work in Sydney. The book also covers the problems of forgeries of hs work. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Pandanus Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015896 ISBN : 0646141295 9780646141299
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Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club--50
Palm Beach Queensland.: Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club 1971. 76pp 6pp of colour photos b/w photos throughout illustrated end-papers. Or blue cl boards no dust-jacket. INSCRIBED 'Jim Thanks for the pleasure of your company' and SIGNED by administrator Maurie Webb and dated May 1985. WITH loosely inserted Program: 55th Annual Dinner and Presentation of Trophies season 1984-85 on Sunday 5 May 1985. The Club's history from its early days as the City of Brisbane Surf Life Saving Club in 1930 to 1980 with Club Champions Club Officials List of Members and World War II Honour Roll. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015916
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French Maurice
A Century of Homemaking: A History of the Toowoomba Permanent Building Society 1875-1975
Toowoomba Qld.: Darling Downs Institute Press 1979. xvii 195pp illustrated with b/w photos tables appendices bibliography index. Or cl boards in dust-jacket. From the blurb 'The book outlines the self-help philosophy of the Society explores its inner workings and portrays its key personalities. It depicts the company's rise to a position of pre-eminence in Queensland and links its continuing success with the prosperity and stability of the Darling Downs one of Australia's richest regions'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Darling Downs Institute Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015917 ISBN : 0909306192 9780909306199
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Mason Peter
Building & Renvating on Time & on Budget. A Choice Book
Marrickville NSW: Choice Books 1999. viii 136pp illustrated with diagrams glossary of building terms. Illustrated light card cover. The book is in five parts: Working with the building industry; Maintenance and improvements; Small projects; Subcontracting; and Useful information. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Choice Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015913 ISBN : 0947277501 9780947277505
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Speirs Hugh
Landscape Art and The Blue Mountains
Sydney: Alternative Publishing Co-Operative 1981. Foreword by Manning Clark. Preface by John Olsen. xx 203pp 150 illustrations in both colour and b/w diagram two maps bibliography index end-paper illustrations. Or blue cl boards in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket in worn protective plastic cover. The text 'describes The Blue Mountains their geography and geology their history and significance to the early development of the country and the environmental changes they have seen from the times of Aboriginal habitation to the 1980s. Examples of the landscape art of the Blue Mountains are finely presented. Before discussing the impact ofthe various influences the author includes an introduction to the nature of art the ways in which art differs from nature and how the two may come together in landscape art'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Alternative Publishing Co-Operative Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015904 ISBN : 0909188513 9780909188511
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Wynn Moylan Karen
Byron Portfolio
Byron Bay NSW: Byron Shire Council 1989. Foreword by Oliver Dunne President Byron Shire Council June 1989. Unpaginated 56pp illustrated throughout with the artist's watercolour pastel alkyd and mixed media drawings many full-page with b/w text-ills map of Byron Shire. Illustrated light card cover. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. Byron Shire Council Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015914 ISBN : 0958829454 9780958829458
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Maxwell John
H.M.S. Bounty
London: Jonathan Cape 1977. 287pp bibliography. Lower page edges stained with some marks on the fore-edge. Upper page edges tinted. Or blue cl boards in dust-jacket with wrap-around illustration designed by Bill Botten. This is a work of fiction based on historical records of the mutiny on the Bounty and its aftermath. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015400 ISBN : 0224014145 9780224014144
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Keneally Tom
The Tyrant's Novel
Sydney: Doubleday 2003. 292pp tinted eps. Or cloth boards in lightly rubbed dust-jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Doubleday Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015401 ISBN : 1864710713 9781864710717
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Graves Adrian
Cane and Labour: The Political Economy of the Queensland Sugar Industry 1862-1906
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 1993. xxi 282pp map figures tables bibliography index. Or cl boards in dust-jacket. The book 'is an analysis of the economic and social history of indentured Pacific Island labour migrants in the Queensland sugar industry and of the rise and fall of the extensive system of plantations with which the labour trade was associated'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Edinburgh University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015487 ISBN : 0748601171 9780748601172
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Fort George Seymour
Chance or Design A Pioneer Looks Back
London: Robert Hale Limited 1942. 180pp portrait frontis 6pp b/w plates index. Page edges slightly soiled. Or blue cl boards in dust-jacket which has a triangular section missing at the lower edge of the front panel a faded spine with some loss at head and foot and a slightly soiled rear panel. Experiences in New Zealand Australia New Guinea and Africa. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Robert Hale Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015486
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Horsfield Dorothy editor
Paul Lyneham: A Memoir
Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2002. vii 251pp b/w photos. Paperback front cover lightly creased. Recollections of the journalist's family friends and colleagues. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Australian Broadcasting Corporation Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015565 ISBN : 0733310672 9780733310676
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Blainey Geoffrey editor
Travellers' Tales of Early Australia & New Zealand: Oceana the Tempestuous Voyage of J A Froude 1884 & 1885
Sydney: Methuen Hayes 1985. Abridged edition. The book was originally published as Oceana or England and her Colonies in 1886. xix 211pp b/w photos. Or blue cl boards in dust-jacket. New Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Methuen Hayes Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015563 ISBN : 0454007329 9780454007329
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Fox Frank
Australia
Cheltenham Vic: Vantage House 1982. Reproduced from the 1910 edition. xii 219pp 75 full-colour paintings index end-paper maps. Page edges lightly soiled. Or cl boards in dust-jacket which has a slightly faded spine. An artist and a writer give their views of Australia as they found it in 1910. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Painted By Percy F S Spence. 8vo. Vantage House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015561 ISBN : 0868980285 9780868980287
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Clune Frank
Free and Easy Land
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1945. x 341pp portrait frontispiece bibliography front end-paper map: Free and Easy Land: discovered and explored by Clune during the years 1917 to 1937. Travels and adventures in Queensland. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015556
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Griffiths Max
The Silent Heart: Flynn of the Inland
Sydney: Kangaroo Press 1993. 176pp illustrated with b/w photos index. Or cl boards in dust-jacket with nicks at the spine head and foot. The story of John Flynn who founded the Australian Inland Mission AIM a number of outback hospitals and the Royal Flying Doctor Service as well as being the founding editor of the Inlander magazine and its chief contributor. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Kangaroo Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015562 ISBN : 0864175213 9780864175212
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McMahon Brother Frederick
Strong Mind Gentle Heart: A Life of Joseph Benedict Marcellin Champagnat 1789-1840 Founder of the Marist Brothers of the Schools
Drummoyne NSW: Marist Brothers 1988. xv 160pp ills in col and b/w map references. Prev owner's signature by the lower corner of the ffep. Or cloth boards in dust-jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Marist Brothers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015111 ISBN : 0949807559 9780949807557
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Blaikie Norman W H
The Plight of the Australian Clergy: To Convert Care or Challenge
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 1979. xii 253pp two appendices index. Or cl boards in dust-jacket. This sociological investigation into a unique professional group outlines the problems faced by the clery as they endeavour to meet the expectations and demands of both their parishoners and the community while at the same time remaining faithful to their own conception of what their role should be'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015109 ISBN : 0702213977 9780702213977
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Hill Anthony
Antique Furniture in Australia. Finding Identifying Restoring and Caring for it
Melbourne: Penguin Books 1988. xii 255pp index bibliography num bw photographs & drawings. Pencil notation on title page few pen marks in bibliography. Indispensable guide to finding buying identifying restoring and maintaining your furniture. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Penguin Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015215 ISBN : 0140075879 9780140075878
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Lynch John; Robinson John
The Rough and the Smooth. Holbrook Pastoral Agricultural and Horticultural Society: The First One Hundred Shows 1882-1982
Tumut: Wilkie Watson Publications 1982. No date 1982. 52pp b/w photos throughout centre spread: 1941 Show Concert programme. Illustrated stapled wrapper. From Germanton to Holbrook. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Wilkie Watson Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015246
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The New Zealand Radio News. Vol 1 No 3
Wellington: NZ Radio News Co 1934. 32pp b/w ills throughout many ads. Some wear at the lower page and rear cover corners. Illustrated stapled wrapper. Articles: Television: its basic principles in simple language; Soldering as it should be done; The 1934 6-valve independent AVC Superhet; How to use 2A3s to advantage; The photo-electric cell its operation and possibilities; The meaning of decibels; The CW.Twin; Efficiency and economy applied to the amateur station Part 3. Front coveer: Radiotron; inside front cover: T.C.C; inside rear cover: Te Aro Book Dept catalogue; rear cover: International Radio Co; full page ads: International Radio Co Electric Lamp House AWA Rotovisor Radiola Raytheon 4-pillar radio tubes STC Radiokes Money Saver centre spread: Radiokes International. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. NZ Radio News Co Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015248
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Adamson Bartlett
These Beautiful Women
Sydney: Sydneysider Company No date c 1932. 52pp 23 poems on the page rectos with illustrations by French Paris Salon exhibition artists facing on the page versos. The title and facing pages have been lightly attached in one place causing the loss of a small section of the the word 'Sonnets' in the details of author's other books beneath the author's name on the title page. One or two minor closed page edge tears. Illustrated textured wrappers ligthtly worn at the spine foot. Note: 'Under the title 'A thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever' these poems some over noms-de-plume all appeared in The Sydneysider together with the companion reproductions of the paintings which inspired them'. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Decorations by Roy Hodgkinson. 4to. Sydneysider Company Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015266
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Gardner JAA; Dunkin AC; and Lloyd LC editors
Pig Production in Australia
Sydney: Butterworths 1990. Foreword by C H Knowles. xii 358pp b/w photos figures tables four appendices index tinted end-papers. A one-line note has been written in pencil by the upper edge of the rear paste-down. Illustrated laminated boards. There are 52 contributors in the book's nine sections: Introduction; Product quality; Breeding and genetics; Feeding and nutrition; Buildings and environment; Health and disease; Management; Marketing; Personnel management and record keeping. Includes seven pages of piggery plans. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. Butterworths Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015272 ISBN : 0409325252 9780409325256
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Davis Rex editor
Magna Carta: Icon of Liberty
Lincoln. Printed in Australia: The Dean and Chapter of Lincoln 1988. 55pp illustrated in colour and b/w. Illustrated card cover with some wear at spine. Revised with new material including 'The Links with Australia' for the Brisbane World Expo '88 pavilion. New Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. The Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015335 ISBN : 0950269042 9780950269047
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Powell A W B
Native Animals of New Zealand: Auckland Museum Handbook of Zoology
Auckland: Auckland Institute and Museum 1975. Printed in double column. 96pp illustrated throughout with b/w drawings index to popular names. Attractive illustrated light card stapled wrapper staples visible. The handbook provides simple descriptions recognisable illustrations and brief essential information concerning the better known and most interesting of New Zealand's native animals. Sixth Impression. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Auckland Institute and Museum Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015372
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Peterley David
Peterley Harvest: The Private Diary of David Peterley
London: Secker & Warburg in Assoc with the Arts Council of Great Britain 1985. The book was first published in 1960. Preface by Michael Holroyd pp v-xvi. 286pp. Or cloth boards in dust jacket.The diary records some of the events in David Peterley's own life and in 'the literary and political world around him in the years between 1930 when he returned to England after four years of voluntary exile in Australia and 1939 when he went back fleeing from the disillusionment of his personal life and from an England he believed set on a course of self destruction'. New Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Secker & Warburg in Assoc with the Arts Council of Great Britain Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014654 ISBN : 0436367157 9780436367151
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Hungerford Roger editor
Freshwater Fishing in Australia & New Zealand with a Special Guide to Trout Angling
Jack Pollard Pty Ltd 1976. xi 522pp 12pp of colour plates illustrated throughout with b/w photos diagrams maps. Paperback. Previous owner's name crossed out in blue biro by the upper edge of the half title page. The book is in six parts: Popular freshwater species; Freshwater tackle and techniques; The joys of trout fishing; The art of tying and selecting flies; Finer points of trout angling; Where to fish in freshwater. Revised Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Jack Pollard Pty Ltd Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014690
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O'Brien D A as related by Stephen Kelly
The Thrilling Adventures of Stephen Kelly on Land and Sea
Brisbane: The "Graziers' Journal" 1934. 158pp portrait frontis. Or blue cl boards worn in tattered remnants of a dust jacket. Stephen Kelly travelled the world before settling in Queensland. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo. The "Graziers' Journal" Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014709
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