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Western Australia
Springtime in Western Australia
Perth: Government Tourist Bureau 1944. Very good overall. Contents include: Spring Glory of Bushland and Hills; Perth's Spring Mantle with photographs of St. George's Terrace Forrest Place and University of Western Australia among others; Hikers to the Hills; Bushland Beckons; Natures Loveliest Sanctuaries including photos of Bunbury and Albany; Jarrah and Karri Forests; the Swan River; Ocean Beaches; Spring Motoring the Darling Ranges the Kalgan River; Caves Crystal Cave at Yanchep Lake Cave at Margaret River. Tourist brochure with color illustration of smiling young girl holding bouquet of flowers with blue sky behind at front cover with title in black and white below. 8vo unpaginated 27 pages. B&w photographs two color plates: "Blue Leschenaultia and White Spider Orchid" and "Kangaroo Paws" reproduced from paintings by Emily Pellor. Covers slightly rubbed dusty; internally very good. Trove 11758097 locates 2 copies at Monash University and State Library of Western Australia. <br/><br/> Government Tourist Bureau unknown
Bookseller reference : 16687
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Australia Bayliss Charles
Album page of albumen photographs by one of Australia's leading landscape photographers: Sydney Harbour Sydney Observatory Botanical Gardens Nepean River
1880. Four albumen photographs of Sydney all with the Charles Bayliss blind stamp. Charles Bayliss 1850 - 1897 one of Australia's preeminent landscape photographers who worked for years with Merlin and Holtermann before setting up his own shop in Sydney in 1879. He established his studio at 348 George Street; then moved to 335a George Street advertising himself as a photographer of city and country views often with people and making views to be sold individually while also contributing images for albums. He also made remarkable 360 degree panoramas of the city of Sydney around this time. These four images are mounted on a page from an album with handwritten captions in black ink. The first photograph "Sydney Harbor NSW" is a view looking over rooftops toward the harbor and tall masted ships moored and docked; and "Sydney Observatory" looking up toward the building from a lower vantage point; both with handwritten labels laid down and with the C. Bayliss stamp at the lower left. On the verso are "Botanical Gardens Sydney" which shows an entrance gate with an open doorway and view into the garden at the right and "Nepean River NSW" with a view across the river to cliffs on the far side are blind stamped at the lower right "C. Bayliss Photo Copyright". Album page 9 x 11 1/2"; each photograph 7 x 4 1/2". Album page chipped at corners; photographs very good condition. <br/><br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 16676
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Black Swan Western Australia
Western Australia Black Swan postcard with Black Swan shield and two Black Swan flags
Chemnitz Germany: Kunstverlag Paul Kohl. Ca World War I. German postcard with shield depicting black swan on a gold field floating on a base of pale blue at the lower half; with two Western Australia flags flying above it. With the state flag to the right and an imaginary Western Australia flag to the left. With a red banner and the text 'Western Australia' below the shield and with a stylized floral border of yellow and white circles in an Art Noveau style. Below the illustration German text "No. 77 Gesetz gesch. Kunstverlag Paul Kohl Chemnitz". Unposted card with postcard text in German and French on the verso. Small red mark at lower left corner o/w Very good. <br/><br/> Kunstverlag Paul Kohl unknown
Bookseller reference : 14825
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Australia Canadian Patriots
Albany Argus November 23 1838 newspaper article on the Canada War the Battle at Wind Mill Point and the Canadians exiled to Australia
Albany NY 1838. Single issue of a New York newspaper with a long article entitled 'The Canada War' the Canadian Rebellion of 1837-1838 on the outcome of the Battle of Wind Mill Point which was fought by the Hunter Patriots to liberate the colony of Upper Canada from British rule. Many of the Patriots led by "a Pole Von Shulz" were captured and sentenced to be transported to Van Diemen's Land apparently 60 in all were convicted and transported to a penal colony. The names of the captured mentioned are William Johnson Johnston Gen. Birge and Capt. Sprague. Thos. J. Sutherland's capture is mentioned at the first page of the article. The article begins at page 2 declaring the "utter failure of the revolutionary expedition against Prescott" and measures 17.5 column inches. It continues on to page 3 in 2 columns for another 29 column inches. Also with an article on the Mormon War with action in Missouri described ". the instructions to Gen. Clark are to extirpate the whole fraternity of Mormons and drive them beyond the states". Slt. toned and ruffled at right edges; folded horizontally at center and vertically with slt. rubbing at folds; sml damp stain at lower left corner o/w very good. <br/><br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 14492
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Childrens Australia
Going Places
Cambridge: Brimax Books 1960. Hardcover. Good overall. Chunky children's travel board book with square die cut opening revealing a clue as to the next country the child will travel to with flags of the countries including Holland England France Switzerland Austria Italy Yugoslavia and Australia visible on the verso. Oblong 8vo unpaginated 18pp full color ills. Covers slt worn at edges. <br/><br/> Brimax Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14420
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Australia Folding map
World At A Glance. The Personal Map
New York: American Map Company 1940. Folding color map of the world with tabs across the bottom each with on a different topic so that one can choose a tab and open the map to the desired region. Including: Near East Europe North America Far East United States eastern portion United States western portion Statistical Data East Indies Western Australia South Pacific Eastern Australia Central and South America So. Africa and India. Heavy card stock with title in red on black at front cover and with a table of Air Line Distances between Important Cities on the rear cover. Folds into 3x6.35". With the original envelope. Folds out to 34.75 x 6.25". Color printed both sides. Printed at base of index: "Boundaries. .those recognized at the start of WW2 September 1939" very good condition. <br/><br/> American Map Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 14475
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Photography; Australia
Albumen cabinet card photographs of a shooting party ca. 1890
Australia 1890. Cabinet card views showing a group of men obviously enjoying their day out in the bush. The location is unknown but there is a rather large lake and the town has a goodly collection of stone buildings approximately sixteen properties with some two story homes and a couple of elongated buildings. There is a magnificent group shot of 4 men posing with their guns tent and dog. Their tucker bag is hanging in the tree and a lake with rowboat is behind them; the town view with a main street; a bush scene with a lake and a fellow standing beside his tent; a view of gum trees with a seated man taking aim a terrier & a lake behind him; a detailed view of the tent with two shotguns perched in front; two bush scenes and two beside the rather large lake. A bit of light scattered foxing otherwise quite bright. Nine cabinet cards images approx. 6 1/4 x 4 3/8" mounted on slightly larger stiff card no photographer listed. <br/><br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 13800
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Gold; Australia
"Gold In Australia" article in 1851 Edinburgh newspaper
Edinburgh: The Edinburgh Evening Courant 1851. With an article on the back page column 3 entitled "Gold In Australia" measuring 13 column inches which states "The discovery of the fact by Mr. Hargraves that the country from the Mountain Ranges to an indefinite extent in the interior is an immense gold field" which has ignited "a universal rush to the diggings". The article goes on to describe the rapid rise in the cost of provisions; a description of miners returning to town with gold nuggets; the government geologist's visit to the site; and the need to appoint a "Commissioner over the gold regions. in which Mr. Hargraves being the discoverer. points him out as the most suitable and worthy person for the appointment." An article picked up by the Edinburgh Courant from the Sydney Morning Herald of May 20 which took it from The Bathurst Free Press of May 17th. Small chips at top edges a little browned. Single issue of four page newspaper disbound measuring 19" X 25" Saturday September 6 1851 Number 22168with red newspaper tax stamp at upper right hand corner and black Edinburgh Evening Courant stamp. <br/><br/> The Edinburgh Evening Courant unknown
Bookseller reference : 13408
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Surf Life Saving Association of Australia
Australian Surf Life Saving Handbook
Sydney: NSW Sports Club Ltd 1932. Hardcover. Good . 8th edition revised 1932. Sml. 8vo 274pp ills. throughout. Orig. blue pictorial covers slt. rubbed at extremes good overall. <br/><br/> NSW Sports Club Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7037
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Hall James Norman; Nordhoff Charles Bernard
Faery Lands of the South Seas
NY: Harper and Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly rubbed bookseller's ticket on front free endpaper. 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Green decorative cloth binding by Decorative Designers. The authors of Mutiny on the Bounty offer a look at the Pacific Islands in the Paumotu Society and Hervey groups. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 355 pages . Harper and Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 44365
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KENEALLY THOMAS
A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia
New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2006. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book Club Edition in As New Condition with a Very Good Jacket. Jacket has a small chip to lower front corner else fine. A fine handsome solid volume. In 1786 Arthur Phillip of the Royal Nacy was assigned to organize an expedition to Australia to establish a penal colony. England had decided to ship its convicts off to the other end of the world. Using personal journals and documents kept of the time historian/novelist Thoma Keneally recreate the grueling suffocating overseas voyage that claimed many lives. His portrayal of the aborgines when the Englsish arrived setting up the colony and all that entailed the hardships struggles--the saga of the birth of Australia. 385 pages. 6.4 x 9.75 inches. 2006 Nan A Talese/Doubleday New York. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday hardcover
Bookseller reference : 025477 ISBN : 038551459X 9780385514590
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Reeves William Pember
The Long White Cloud: Ao Tea Roa
Middlesex UK: Senate/Tiger Books International 1998. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition gently used with slight wear to cover edges. Pages clean no markings toned. "Ao Tea Roa" is the Maori name for New Zealand. This is an account of the history of New Zealand from the time of the arrival of the Maori people from Eastern Polynesia to the beginning of the 20th century and the country's involvement in the Great War 1914-1918. Includes photographs and illustrations with a prose style that captures the inspiring and pioneering spirit of the inhabitants and the topography of New Zealand. Additional Material by Cecil J. Wray. 890 pages indexed. 5.25 x 8.5 inches. 1998 Senate/Tiger Books International Middlesex UK Senate/Tiger Books International paperback
Bookseller reference : 024543 ISBN : 1859585353 9781859585351
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Weidenbach Kristin
Mailman of the Birdsville Track: The Story of Tom Kruse
Australia and New Zealand: Hodder Australia 2006. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright and clean unmarked golden cover with photograph by Tom and the Badger in 1944 Ooroowillanie sandhill Birdsville Track. Two eight-page sections of b/w photographs on coated paper. Crease lines are beginning at the lower front corner and the rear lower corner is creased. No spine creases. Binding tight solid and square. Page edges and pages are clean white no markings of any kind. Tom Cruse loved and respected by a generation of Australians is a legend of the outback. The Birdsville Track is one of the best known and loneliest tracks in Australia and this track was the one used by Tom the Mailman where he delivered mail for twenty years often under the worst conditions--heat floods truck breakdowns. He always got the mail through! 313 pages. 5 x 8 inches. 2006 Hodder Australia Australia and New Zealand Hodder Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : 022671 ISBN : 0733619355 9780733619359
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Chatwin Bruce
The Songlines
U.S.A: Penguin Books 1988. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Pictorial wrappers designed by Melissa Jacoby; cover engraving by William Blake after a drawing by Philip Kidley King third governor of New South Wales. Chatwin's journey takes you into the Outback of Australia to learn the meaning of the Aboriginals ancient "Dreaming-tracks". Among fortune hunters redneck Australians racist policemen and mysterious Aboriginal holy men he finds a wondrous vision of man's place in the world. A blend of travelogue memoir history philosophy science and meditation. Clean and unmarked cover with a touch of wear to corners; soundly bound with all pages intact. Internals slightly toned quite clean no markings of any kind. 294 pages. 7.75 x 5 inches. Penguin Books USA 1988. Penguin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 021425 ISBN : 0140094296 9780140094299
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Harrell Mary Ann and Donald J Crump Editor
Surprising Lands Down Under
Anstey Leicestershire England: National Geographic Society 1989. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book AS NEW with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Lovely reddish-brown leatherette binding with sharp bright and bold gilt titles; square with sharp corners; tight and solid binding. Lavishly illustrated with full-color illustrations. Clean and unmarked jacket has light edgewear. Down Under means down home to the people of Australia and New Zealand. In this book you will meet people who startle and amuse you; you'll learn their common heritage as former British colonies still linked by allegiance to the Crown by legends of heroism and sacrifice in war and by stubborn democratic ways. The memorable text and photographs that range the breadth of Australia and the length of New Zealand the book underlines the profound differences beween two deeply individual countries. Traveling throughout both coountries you'll come to find why being Down Under can give you the feeling of being on top of the world. A beautiful interesting book. 196 pages with inches. 10.5 x 7.2 inches. National Geographic Society Washington DC 1989. National Geographic Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018620 ISBN : 0870447149 9780870447143
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Conway Jill Ker
The Road from Coorain
USA: Vintage Books 1990. Trade Paperback. Fine. Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Clean bright unmarked book-inside and out. The story of Conway's growing up on an isolated sheep-farm in the grasslands of Australia to her departure for America and her eventual presidency of Smith College. She was the first woman president of Smith College. 238 pages. 8 x 5.2 inches. Vintage Books New York 1990. Vintage Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 017912 ISBN : 0679724362 9780679724360
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TIME LIFE BOOK EDITORS
Australia Library of Nations
USA: Time-Life Books 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket as issued. One of a series of books describing countries of the world-their natural resources peoples customs and traditions histories economies and governments. Beautifully illustrated with full color and b/w photographs. Bound in blue leatherette w.silver titles with paper illustration affixed to front of an aged desert oak in the Northern Territory. Clean and unmarked tight and solid sewn binding square with a touch of edgewear. Interior is pristine. Front and back endpapers: A topographic map showing the major rivers plains deserts mountain ranges and other natural features; the states and territories cities and towns. A beautiful and informative book. 160 pages with bibliography and index. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Time-Life Books Alexandria VA 1986. Time-Life Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017698 ISBN : 0809451646 9780809451647
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Boyd Robin
The Australian Ugliness
FW Cheshire 1961. previous owners embossed stamp on ffep & next page. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. FW Cheshire Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 45491
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Duff Chris
Southern Exposure: A Solo Sea Kayaking Journey Around New Zealand's South Island
Helena Montana: Falcon Press Publishing Co 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback in NEAR FINE Condition. 16 pages of full color photographs of the journey. Looks new--has a few pale spots on the bottom edge of the text block. Interior is in Fine Condition. A first-hand account of a solo journey exploring 1700 miles of some of the most challenging coastline in the world. 264 pages. 6 x 9 inches. Falcon Press Publishing Co. Helena. MT 2003. Falcon Press Publishing Co paperback
Bookseller reference : 017225 ISBN : 0762725958 9780762725953
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Christmas Linda
The Ribbon and the Ragged Square: An Australian Journey
Middlesex England: Viking/Penguin Books 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Navy cloth w/gilt titles clean and unmarked; no edgewear; page block has very pale spotting. Rem Mk right up next to the spine heel. Tight and solid square with sharp corners. Front endpaper has light rectangular residue from something removed. Interior is Fine--very clean completely unmarked. Clean bright unclipped jacket is chipped at corners small split at spine heel and at spine head. Linda Christmas spent 9 months travelling round and across Australia to answer the questions: What is Australia and Who are the Australians--as they are breaking away from their ties with Britain coming to terms with their place in Asia and seeking a role in the contemporary world. She visited cities aboriginal settlements remote mining communities vast cattle stations the Barrier Reef Islands--travelling by bus road-train ore-freighter by air and by sea. This is her story and her answers to the questions. The best kind of travel writing. 407 pages with bibliography and index. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Viking/Penguin Books Middlesex England 1986. Viking/Penguin Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017232 ISBN : 0670801526 9780670801527
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READER'S DIGEST EDITORS
Discover AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND Discover the World Series
Pleasantville New Yorkand Montreal: Reader's Digest Association 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Type: Hardback Large Quarto Hard Cover Volume in Near Fine Condition. No jacket as issued. Fully illustrated in full color with illustrations on every page. Pictorial cloth binding very clean and unmarked. Slight rubbing on corner tips and two tiny chips on rear fore-edge. Tight and solid. Interior is in Fine Condition. Two pages with pull-out map of Sydney to create a four page map in the center of the book. Landscape Nature and Natural History Natural Resources Towns and Cities Customs and Traditions Australia's Cinema and Literature Maori Art--it's all here in this marvelous look at Australia and New Zealand. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. 160 pp with maps charts facts figures index. 2000 Reader's Digest Association Pleasantville New York and Montreal Reader's Digest Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017243 ISBN : 0762103108 9780762103102
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Bruce James Stuart
Beyond The Range
New York: Vantage Press 1991. Cloth. Very Good/Fine. Type: Hard Back First Edition Second Impression. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. 157 pages. Brown cloth w/gilt titles very clean and unmarked with light wear to corners and spine end edges. Tight and solid sewn binding. Interior is very clean and completely unmarked. Jacket not price-clipped. A brilliant mixture of history adventure and personal impressions about the people and customs of Papua New Guinea. Mr. Bruce was stationed in New Guinea during World War II and is now a cinematographer; he writes of a people and country he has come to love and understand. Here he tells us about a gentle people almost untouched by civilization about their customs rituals and politics. He describes a poor but noble people who live in poverty deprivation with sickness and superstitution. A comprehensive and scholarly approach. Vantage Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017335 ISBN : 0533090121 9780533090129
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Alexander Lamar
Six Months Off: An American Family's Australian Adventure
U.S.A: Quill/William Morrow and Company 1988. First Thus. Paperback. As New. First Quill Edition. Trade Paperback As New. Time off for Governor Lamar--now Senator--to spend time with his family and find out what's really important. Bright clean pictorial card cover pages immaculate. A vacation of a lifetime! 319 pages. 1988 Quill/William Morrow and Company USA Quill/William Morrow and Company paperback
Bookseller reference : 017041 ISBN : 0688095100 9780688095109
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Gosse W. C
The Discovery of Ayers Rock Explorations 1873
Gap Road Alice Springs N.T: Alice Springs Printing and Publishing 1976. Paperback. Very Good. Small Paperback Book: Report and Diary of Mr. W.C.Gosse's Central and Western Australia Exploring Expedition 1873. No publication date stated-The National Library of Australia states 1976 as the publication date. Map of the Central Australian Exploration routes 1862 1872 and 1873 on endpapers. In Very Good Condition Brown cover with black titles stapled binding. Clean no marks no edgewear--cover and pages. 24 pages. 5.25 x 7.5 inches. Alice Springs Printing and Publishing Gap Road Alice Springs N. T. Alice Springs Printing and Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 016810
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Hillier Fred; Drawings by Ronald Revitt
Down the Back : Era of the Outhouse
Wamberal NSW Australia: Anvil Press 1988. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Ronald Revitt. Type: Hardback Fifth Printing. Hardcover tall and narow book in pictorial cloth and in FINE Condition. Hole-punched through book in upper left corner with rawhide tie to hang in the appropriate spot. Australian outhouse lore presented by two Australian artists Fred Hillier and Ronald Revitt who have combined to bring for the first time the story behind the outhouse along with some of the finest examples of bush architecture. Rich in nostalgia and humor. 64 pages. 9 x 5 inches. 1988 Anvil Press Wamberal NSW Australia 1988. Anvil Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015901 ISBN : 0959590676 9780959590678
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Kerr Joan and Falkus Hugh
From Sydney Cove to Duntroon: A Family Album and Early Life in Australia
Lonodn England: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1982. Hardcover. Good/Good. Type: Hardback Large Hardcover Ex-Lib Book and Jacket in Good Condition. 128 pages.9 x 11" tall. A unique story of 19th cnetury Australiana based on the legacy of two remarkable women both married into the Campbell family. This is a valuable historical record of early life in Australia. Binding of deep red cloth very clean square tight and solid with rear inner hinge cracked. No markings except lib mks and a pocket and a green rem mk on top. Binding and pages clean and unmarked. Beautifully illustrated with full color illustrations. 30 Plates of Marriane Campbell's Flowers of Duntroon. A lovely and unique book. 1983 Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd. London England.1983. Victor Gollancz Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015638 ISBN : 0575030399 9780575030398
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McLean Donald
The Roaring Days
USA: St. Martin's Press 1961. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Type: Hardback First U.S.Printing. Hardcover in Very Good Condition with a Fair Dust Jacket in clear archival protective cover. A series of yarns about the Australian Outback at the turn of the 20th century--reminiscent of the American Frontier and Gold Rush stories of America written with humor and wild self-conscious exaggeration and easy charm reminiscent of the style of Mark Twain. Bright red-orange cloth binding with green titles very clean and unmarked; bottom edges of boards rubbed light wear to lower corners. Endpapers burnt orange; binding tight and solid square; interior very clean and unmarked. Very nice volume. Jacket is green with orange print clean rubbed and scuffed on edges oval piece missing from upper edge an inch long three-quarters inches deep and on rear lower edge the same but a litle smaller. 277 pages. 8.5 x 5.6 inches. St. Martin's Press New York 1961. St. Martin's Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014725
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Glaskin G. M
The Land That Sleeps: Travel and Adventure in the Virgin West of Australia
Garden City N. Y: Doubleday 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hard Back For arm-chair travelers for readers of adventure for nature lovers--a great book for you. Stated First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Photographic b/w illustrations and maps. Black cloth binding with gilt titles and red stripes on spine very clean and unmarked a faint small scuff to front bottom corner top edge of text block dust-dulled with three pale small reddish lines. Maps on endpapers. Prev owner name on back of endpaper.Tight and solid sewn binding. Pages very clean unmarked. Clean jacket with corner and spine head and heel light wear closed tear to spine head edge. 294 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Doubleday Garden City NY 1961. Doubleday hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014976
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Hughes Robert
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback Sixth Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. A history of the birth of Australia out of England's infamous convict transportation system which transported a whole unwanted class of people from the first ship in 1788 to the last in 1868 during which time Australia was a vast penal colony. Here we have an account of this system and how Australia slowly transformed itself into a flourishing nation. A fascinating and moving history. Book is bound in pearl-grey cloth with silver titles very clean and unmarked bottom edges of boards lightly rubbed. Tight & solid sewn binding square with sharp corners. The lower corner of the text block is slightly smudged. Rough cut. Insc ffrom prev owner on endpaper. 9 maps prior to text. Internals very clean and free from any markings no creases. Jacket is clean and unmarked unclipped with slight edgewear. A fine solid volume. 688 pages with Notes Bibliography and Index. 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.75 inches. Alfred A Knopf Inc New York 1987. Alfred A Knopf Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013498 ISBN : 0394506685 9780394506685
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Carter Paul
The Road to Botany Bay: An Exploration of Landscape and History
New York New York USA: Random House Inc 1988. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Type: Hard Back First US Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in FINE Condition. Archival protective jacket cover. A re-evaluation of the origins of Australia taking insights from many disciplines --philosophy city planning sociology linguistics psychoanalysis and art history bringing them to bear on the subject of travel exploration and the settlement of Australia. Australian history is a history of traveling--European newcomers were forever on the move. Carter has drawn on reports and diaries of these first colonists and explorers for the drama they record--escaping convicts pioneers wandering aborigines with their own authentic histories. It is an account of a nation founding itself an adventurous discipline of spatial history of the nature of emptiness place-names convict behavior-a remapping of the European settlement of Australia. 384 pages with Chapter Notes and index . 8.75 x 6 inches. 1988 Random House New York New York USA Random House Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013593 ISBN : 0394570359 9780394570358
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White Osmar
Guide To Australia
Melbourne Australia: William Heinemann LTD 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Jacket. A concise digest of basic information about the Australian continent and its diverse regions and communities. Information about travel tours cruises restaurants etc. is out-dated but for those with a historical bent this may be of interest. Pictorial cloth binding with scenes of Australia; clean and unmarked; tight and solid. Former owner name on endpaper. Mostly with text in double columns. Pages clean and unmarked; toned more so on edges. Maps and illustrations-color and b/w. Jacket is clean with same illustration as book; edgewear with tears along upper edge and one on lower edge. Archival protective jacket cover. 387 pages with index. 10 x 6.25 inches. 1968 William Heinemann LTD Melbourne Australia William Heinemann LTD hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010899
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Jolly VH. And Brown JM Editors V. H.
New Zealand Lakes
New Zealand: Auckland University Press 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Type: Hard Back First Edition. Hardcover in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Tan to browns cloth binding with lake/mountain pictorial cover w/green titles on spine and front. Clean with a one inch scratch up from the bottom corner two small pale spots on spine; with light corner and spine end wear. Tight and solid sewn binding. Prev owner name stamped on top edge. Illustrated with photos maps charts. Interior clean and unmarked no underlining or highlighting. The lakes of New Zealand are notable for both their number and for their variety. This book is a milestone in the scientific literature of New Zealand Lakes. The geological forms and classification of lakes are described with special chapters on glacial lakes and volcanic lakes.The distribution of light and heat chemical and biological conditions plankton plants small faunas fish and birds are among the topics covered. 388 pages including References Glossary and Index. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Auckland University Press New Zealand 1975. Auckland University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009867 ISBN : 0196479363 9780196479361
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GUNTHER JOHN
Inside Australia
USA: Harper & Row 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback First Printing. Completed and Edtied by William H. Forbis. Hardcover Book in Good Condition with a VG Dust Jacket. Binding of black cloth with gilt titles very clean and unmarked no edgewear but front has a large irregular shaped area that is slighter darker than the rest of the black boards. Solid square and tight binding. Rough cut. Endpapers with maps of Australia New Zealand and New Guinea. Prev. owner brief inscription on back of front endpaper. On the first few pages there is a small stain right on the fore edge of the pages close to the middle of the page edge otherwise pages are clean unmarked untorn. Blue price-clipped dust jacket with outline of Australia and burgundy white and blue lettering; light edgewear. John Gunther began writing this book after travelling throughout Australia New Zealand and New Guinea in 1969. He did not live to finish it and William H. Forbis a veteran editor and correspondent for Time magazine undertook the task of finishing it. He visited Australia and New Zealand then using Gunther's copious notes outline and documentation he finished this book. 370 pages with Bibliography and Index. 8.6 x 5.75 inches. New York. Harper & Row 1972. Harper & Row hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005115
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BREWSTER BARABRA MARIE
DOWN UNDER ALL OVER -- A Love Affair With Australia
Portland OR: Four Winds Publications 1991. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. TRADE PAPERBACK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. 223 pages. Clean tight unmarked. Very slight edgewear. Looking at Australia with new eyes--sheep farming opal mines penguins and monks kangaroos and middle-aged surfies--. The author's love for Australia and all things Australian enhances the Australian experience for the reader. Four Winds Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : 005502 ISBN : 0962860808 9780962860805
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Briggs Marie
Cocos Island Venture
Borden 1950. dj has a couple of tears and chips. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Borden Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 41559
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Madill James
Verses Various : The Serious and the Sunny Side of Life
Auckland New Zealand: The North Shore Gazette 1947. Remembrances in verse of pioneer life in NZ the Boer War and afterwards. CONDITION Burgundy bds with Gilt titles unworn spine sl faded small paint spot to front Portrait frontis is signed by the Author pp 78 with 3 half tone photo plates. Bright and clean with faintest toning to eps #New Zealand Literature#. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. The North Shore Gazette Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11440
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Sewell Bill 1951 2003
Wheels Within Wheels
New Zealand: University of Otago Press 1983. "Sewell was awarded the Robert Burns Fellowship for Literature in 1981 and 1982. He also acted as an editor for the University of Otago Press and John McIndoe Ltd. In his later years he completed a law degree and was a legal researcher for the Law Commission before becoming a self-employed writer and editor. He was President of the New Zealand Poetry Society 1991-93 and from 1998 until shortly before his death." pp 72 is tight and clean appears unread. #New Zealand Literature#. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. University of Otago Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 11491 ISBN : 0908569300 9780908569304
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Bisset Bruce
Beginnings
Auckland New Zealand: Self Published. 1979. Written by Green Politican and ecologist. unpaginated book of poetry. Slight age toning to card wraps else bright and clean. #New Zealand Literature#. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Self Published. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 11493
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Ireland Kevin
The Year of the Comet : Twentysix 1986 Sonnets
Auckland New Zealand: Islands 1986. "An exploration of the poet�s past through a humorous evocation of the cinema heroes of his childhood. He received a New Zealand 1990 Medal and an OBE for services to literature. He was writer-in-residence at Canterbury University in 1986 the Sargeson Fellow in 1987 the University of Auckland�s writing fellow in 1989 assistant editor of Quote Unquote and in 1990-91 president of PEN." Copy has personal letter to Dennis and Zoe "McEldowney a well known Author laid in stating this is an edition of 200 copies and initial K. Cover is designed by Vanya Lowry pp 26 with McEldowneys name to inside of front cover.#New Zealand Literature#. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Islands Paperback
Bookseller reference : 11489 ISBN : 0473003775 9780473003777
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Draper Keith
Mr Hundred Per Cent : Fred Fletcher�s Taupo Tales
Wellington New Zealand: A.H. & A.W.Reed 1969. Green bds with bright Gilt title fresh and unworn pp 148 very odd spot named to ffep. Original DJ has small tear to spine head else unworn #Kiwiana#. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A.H. & A.W.Reed Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11240
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Pinfold James Thomas
Fifty Years in Maoriland
London United Kingdom: The Epworth Press 1930. With forward by Elsdon Best. "An excellent account of Maori Folk their mode of life and character" also much information of early missionary life. CONDITION Blue bds with bright Gilt title small ink spot to spine head sl bruised cnrs pp 200 with 4 half tone photo illus showing maori and native birds one sl scuffed top cnr Internally clean and not inscribed. Some foxing to end pages and edges also pages opposing illus plates. Original DJ is rubbed to edges with bottom half of spine missing and tape reinforcing internally top of spine. #Maori#. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. The Epworth Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11255
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Fry Betty
Sweet and Sour : A Collection of Short Stories That Capture Life's Poignant and Surprising Moments
Rotorua New Zealand: Word Works 1992. English author now residing in New Zealand. Yellow card wraps with Green title sl label mark to spine pp 111 is tight and clean. Signed by Author to title page. Newpaper clipping laid in. #New Zealand Literature#. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Word Works Paperback
Bookseller reference : 11331 ISBN : 0908992025 9780908992027
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Parker Selwyn
Cutting Edge 100 Years of Innovation Leadership and Shear Grit : The Cater Holt Harvey Story
Auckland New Zealand: Viking 2000. History of New Zealand Forrestry giant. Condition is As New. Green bds with crisp Gilt title ribbon marker pp 248 illus through out with historical b/w photographs. Original DJ is fresh and unworn. Overweight. #New Zealand History#. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Viking Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10656 ISBN : 0670893161 9780670893164
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Wilkinson J D
Early New Zealand Steamers: Volume 1 The Pioneering Years 1840-1861
Wellington New Zealand: Macmillan 1966. Vol 2 never produced. Green bds with Black title unworn with faded spine pp x 230 with 88 illus of ships maps etc. Bright clean copy not inscribed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Berry H. C. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Macmillan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11104
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Tongue W M Curator
Acquisitions 1952-3 : Auckland City Art Gallery
Auckland New Zealand: Pelorus Press 1953. Catogue of Gallery purchases. 27 pages with some b/w illus showing various art and pottery puchases errata slip laid in. Mild wear name to inside front wrap. #New Zealand Art & Architecture#. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Pelorus Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 11222
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Tizard R
The Auckland Society of Arts 1870 - 1970 : A Centennial History
Auckland New Zealand: Auckland Society of Arts 1971. Introduction by Una Platt. 52 pages with some b/w illus. Unworn but card wraps have some browning to edges named by previous owner on title page. #New Zealand History#. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/N/A. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Auckland Society of Arts Paperback
Bookseller reference : 11221
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Muir Brian
A Guide to the Collections of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery Christchurch New Zealand
Christchurch New Zealand: Christchurch City Council 1973. Catalogue with biography of Robert E Mc Dougall. Illustrated card wraps pp 52 with b/w illus. Unworn with light age discolouration to edges of wraps not inscribed. #New Zealand Art & Architecture#. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/N/A. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Christchurch City Council Paperback
Bookseller reference : 11223
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Cumberland Kenneth B.
New Zealand Topical Geographies : 1f Social and Political Affairs
New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs 1965. 31 pages with graphs and photo illus. Bright and clean unworn. #New Zealand History#. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/N/A. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Whitcombe & Tombs Paperback
Bookseller reference : 10156
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Ward Gilbert Fowler
The Hermit at the Hermitage
Timaru NZ: G F Gilbert Not Dated. Published in mid 1940's. Humorous look romance tale from a typical kiwi block set on Mt Cook. pp 75 with cartoon style illus tight unread copy with bright clean interior. Self wrapper is sl age toned else unworn. #New Zealand Literature#. Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Fine/N/A. Illus. by Gypsy. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. G F Gilbert Paperback
Bookseller reference : 10240
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Various
The Life and Career of the Late Prime Minister Norman Kirk
Auckland New Zealand: Wilson & Horton 1974. Photo essay with text and political cartoons 64 pages. Bright and clean as new. #New Zealand Biography#. First Edition. Magazine. Fine/N/A. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Wilson & Horton Paperback
Bookseller reference : 10244
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