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Paul Theroux
The Happy Isles of Oceania:
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1992 . First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo 528 pages clothbacked boards <br/><br/>With Theroux's signature on the title-page. Map endpapers. "An essential addition to the library of anyone interested in the South Pacific . the world's most perceptive travel writer - The Daily Mail." G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4652 ISBN : 0399137262 9780399137266
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Jensen Sister Anne Maree and Rychmans Jeanne
The Flying Nun And the women of the West
Sydney: Random House Australia. 2005. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Crease to front cover. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 248 pages . Reprint. Softcover. Random House Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB291647 ISBN : 1740513924 9781740513920
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Fletcher Peter
Metarch Papers No. 9 December 1996 Seventy-Five Years at Willis Island
Melbourne: Bureau of Meteorology. 1996. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition. Staple-bound. Spine lightly faded. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 49 pages Prepared to commemorate 75 years of continuous observations from Willis Island. This paper is an attempt to collect reminiscences of life on the island at various stages if its development and present these in chronological order. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Bureau of Meteorology paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB270690
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Chapman Jean
Some Australian Houses
Sydney: Wentworth Books. 1969. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Good condition. Staple bound. Some light rubbing to spine edges and a small blank price sticker to face. Black & white illustrations by Noela Young. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 31 pages Part of the Australia Past and Present Series. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Wentworth Books paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB269401
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South Australia National Gallery of.
English Furniture Picture Book of Furniture.
Adelaide: National Gallery of South Australia 1949. 1st ed. Paperback trade stapled pamphlet staples rusted good plus condition black & white photos light rubbing covers minimal foxing title page minor edgewear. 21 pp. The National Gallery had acquired a small collection of English furniture representing some of the finest styles. The pieces selected represent the evolution and different phases of the furniture of England. There are 20 black & white illustrations. Cover title: "Picture book of furniture". National Gallery of South Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : 22071
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Stell Marion editor
Eternity: Stories from the Emotional Heart of Australia
Canberra: National Museum of Australia. 2001. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs and drawings. xi 123 pages This presents the first group of people selected for the opening of the Eternity Gallery in the National Museum in Canberra. . 1st Edition. Softcover. National Museum of Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB264129
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No Author Noted
Commonwealth Grants Commission Twentieth Report 1953 Report on the Applications made by the States of South Australia Western Australia and Tasmania for Financial Assistance in 1953-54 from the Commonwealth under Section 96 of the Constitution.
Melbourne Melbourne: Commonwealth of Australia. 1953. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Good Condition. Staple-bound - pamphlet style. Some age-toning to covers. 113 pages . Softcover. Commonwealth of Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB234548
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Etscheid Connie
Marnie's Memories. Memories of Margaret Lang
Adelaide: Virginia & Warwick Mehrtens. 1997. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Bookplate to inside of front cover. 103 pages . 1st Edition. Softcover. Virginia & Warwick Mehrtens paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB291569 ISBN : 064634854X 9780646348544
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Wildflower Guide Western Australia.
A Guide to 101 Wildflowers of Western Australia.
Perth: Western Australia Wildflower Guide / Printed by Advance Press 1994. Revised ed. Paperback small quarto stapled pamphlet very good condition colour text-photos minor edgewear light creasing along spine. Unnum 28 pp. Revised edition originally published 1980s. This pamphlet shows 101 wildflowers which are found in Western Australia. Many of the plants are found over a wide area of the state and where localities have been given it is only as a guide to a specific area where they may be found. The best time for the wildflowers is from August to November which this book has concentrated on. Western Australia Wildflower Guide / Printed by Advance Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 26657
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Nelson Brian
Major Mitchell's Cocky Chaff
Adelaide: Rigby 1983. 240 pages. Line drawings by Waller. Pictorial card wrappers. Scarce. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Rod Waller. Rigby Paperback
Bookseller reference : 7792 ISBN : 0727017713 9780727017710
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Flynn Father Frank
Rebuilding the Beacon: Point Smith Port Essington Occasional Papers No. 27
Darwin: State Library of the Northern Territory. 1992. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition - staplebound. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 11 pages . 1st thus. Softcover. State Library of the Northern Territory paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB291501 ISBN : 0724506616 9780724506613
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Hargrave John C.
The Best of Both Worlds: Aboriginal Health Then and Now Occasional Papers No 36
Darwin: State Library of the Northern Territory. 1993. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition - staplebound 9 pages Occasional Papers No. 36 State Library of the Northern Territory. The seventh Eric Johnson Lecture delivered in 1992. . 1st thus. Softcover. State Library of the Northern Territory paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB291505 ISBN : 0724507892 9780724507894
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Rolls Eric
The Erratic Communication Between Australia and China Occasional Papers No. 14
Darwin: State Library of the Northern Territory. 1990. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition - staplebound. Number 14 inked to front cover. 10 pages A speech given by author Eric Rolls in 1986 . 1st thus. Softcover. State Library of the Northern Territory paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB291503 ISBN : 0724504931 9780724504930
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Barrett Charles
Australia: My Country
Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 1942. 12mo approx 12.7x18.7cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 136pages. . Reprint. Hardback. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB5876
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Sams Joseph Edited by Simon Braydon and Robert Songhurst
The Diary of Joseph Sams an Emigrant in the "Northumberland" 1874
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1982. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. B/W map. 102 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Her Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB212311 ISBN : 011290341x 9780112903413
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Webb LJ. Whitelock D. & Le Gay Brereton J. Editors L. J.
The Last of Lands
Brisbane: Jacaranda Press. 1969. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket colour & b/w photos large separate folding map 203 pages. This book evolved from a symposium held at the University of New South Wales in 1964 it addresses the issue of conservation of our native flora and fauna. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Jacaranda Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB14943 ISBN : 0701600055 9780701600051
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Finch Alan & Valrie
Lord Howe Island
Adelaide: Rigby. 1967. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. A couple of stains to front cover Maps to endpapers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 160 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Rigby hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB291431
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Estensen Miriam
Discovery: The Quest for the Great South Land
New York: St. Martin's Press 1999. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. x 286 pp. First American Edition; first printing thus St. Martin's Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021464 ISBN : 0312217560 9780312217563
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Baird David
The Incredible Gulf
Adelaide Australia: Rigby. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards worn jacket scuffed. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 0851790178 . Index many photos. The vagabonding journalist author writes about the land people and animals around northern Australia's Gulf of Carpenteria. Map endpapers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 196 pages . Rigby hardcover
Bookseller reference : 27219 ISBN : 0851790178 9780851790176
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International Cultural Corporation of Australia
Commonwealth In Focus: 130 Years Of Photographic History
International Cultural Corporation of Australia. A crisp and tight copy. Lightly marked cover. Exhibition catalogue. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1982. International Cultural Corporation of Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18977 ISBN : 0959412255 9780959412253
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Errol Braithwaite
New Zealand
Christchurch Auckland: Kowhai Publishing Ltd. Full colour photography throughout of the scenery of New Zealand. Minimal wear. Light edge-sunning. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1980. Kowhai Publishing Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : H1437 ISBN : 0908598025 9780908598021
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Carter Jeff
The New Frontier Australia's Rising Northwest
Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1971. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs as well as black and whitemaps. Previous owner's name to the title page. 90 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Angus & Robertson hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB254274 ISBN : 020712146X 9780207121463
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Heyward Michael.
ERN MALLEY AFFAIR The. The Literary Hoax of the Twentieth Century.
University of Qld Press octavo hardcover 1993 284 pages illustrated. Introduction by Robert Hughes. Good solid copy with fairly good off-white cloth and clean spine lettering. Dust-jacket good. ISBN 0702225622. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24512 ISBN : 0702225622 9780702225628
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Sheehan Danny
Heads and Tails : The Story of the Kalgoorlie Two-Up School
Self Published 1985. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Includes loose postcard and two-up money. . SIGNED. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Self Published Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020153 ISBN : 095894430x 9780958944304
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Sherington Geoffrey
A Century of Caring : The Royal North Shore Hospital 1888 - 1988
Sydney NSW Australia: Horwitz Grahame Pty Ltd 1988. Bottom corner of front free endpaper has been cut off. Inscription to top of first blank page. 189 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Horwitz Grahame Pty Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014373 ISBN : 072552104x 9780725521042
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Norman King
The Hannans Club : The First 100 Years
Kalgoorlie Western Australia : The Hannans Club 1996. 278 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Hannans Club Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012428 ISBN : 0646279092 9780646279091
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Richard Devereaux
Small Beginnings - 1883 : The Story of Balmain its People and Hospital
Sydney Australia: The Balmain Hospital 1979. General wear to jacket. 240 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Balmain Hospital Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004631 ISBN : 0959608508 9780959608502
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AG. Puttock A. G.
Heraldry in Australia
Sydney Australia: Child & Associates 1988. Jacket has general wear plus 5cm cut in rear. 158 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Child & Associates Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003350 ISBN : 086777388x 9780867773880
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Hocking Geoff
Bail Up! A Pictorial History of Australia's Most Notorious Bushrangers
Noble Park Victoria: The Five Mile Press. 2002. Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Colour and black & white illustrations. Includes a complete transcript of Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter. 192 pages . Softcover. The Five Mile Press paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB290928 ISBN : 1865039136 9781865039138
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Nixon Alan
Beaut Utes 3
Melbourne: Penguin Books. 2001. Oblong Octavo Size approx 22.8 x 15.3cm Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 160 pages From the Best Sellling Author of Beaut Utes and More Beaut Utes. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Penguin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB290397 ISBN : 0141007788 9780141007786
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Ingamells Rex
Aranda Boy. An Aboriginal Story
London: Longmans Green & Co. Ltd. 1952. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Interior lightly tanned. Black & white illustrations by Leong Pak Hong. 159 pages The story of Gurra a boy of the Northern Arandas and his family during the time of his boyhood and up to the time of his manhood at the end of the nineteenth century. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB289153
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Clark Mavis Thorpe
No Mean Destiny: The Story of the War Widows' Guild of Australia 1945-85
Melbourne: Hyland House. 1986. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 288pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Hyland House hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB201591 ISBN : 0908090935 9780908090938
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Bayley William A.
Shoalhaven. History of the Shire of Shoalhaven New South Wales
Nowra: Shoalhaven Shire Council. 1987. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Gift inscription to half title page. 271 pages History of the Shire of Shoalhaven. . Reprint. Hardcover. Shoalhaven Shire Council hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB216389 ISBN : 0959993223 9780959993226
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Simpson Moxon
Samuel Grau Hubbe A Minor Explorer contained in South Australian Geographical Journal Volume 92 1992
Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society South Australian Branch. 1992. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition - Stiff Card Covers. Article illustrated with a black & white photograph and map. Pp 37- 48 86 pages Other articles include: Leichhardt's first attempt to the Swan River 1846-47 Sprod; Vegetation Changes on Bird Island Caruthers; Flood Hazard in South Australia Wright; The Big Run: Victoria River Downs Makin; Road Access Tunnel under Mt Lofty Ranges Sprigg; In Search of the Elder Expedition Streich . 1st Edition. Softcover. Royal Geographical Society , South Australian Branch paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB288475
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Powell JM. J. M.
The Public Lands of Australia Felix. Settlement and Land Appraisal in Victoria 1834-91 With Special Reference To The Western Plains
Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 1970. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owner's details neatly inscribed to the Publications Page. Bookseller label to lower edge of front free endpaper. Black and White maps. xvii 328 pages An eminently readable text about the disposal on public lands in Victoria duringhte nineteenth century which clarifies and illuminates the obscure and complicated processes of land settlement which have dominated so much of Australia's development. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB287595 ISBN : 0195503406 9780195503401
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Unwin MJ. M. J.
Corroboree. A Tale of Early Australia
London: Anthony Blond. 1959. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ covered in clear adhesive film by previous owner some of which is lifting. Previous owner's name to preliminary pages one covered with white-out and to rear free endpaper. 193 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Anthony Blond hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB287652
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McCann Frank
Medicine Man
Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1959. Octavo size. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ Spine faded. 208pages b/w illustrations. An account of a Doctor's life in the early days of the Northern Territory. . Reprint. Hardback. Angus & Robertson hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB286849
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Thompson Stephanie Lindsay
Australia Through Italian Eyes
Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 1980. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has some minor sun fading & is now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 271pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB287030 ISBN : 0195505700 9780195505702
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Skelton RA. R. A.
Captain James Cook after Two Hundred Years A Commemorative Address delivered before the Hakluyt Society
London: Trustees of the British Museum. 1969. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Near Fine condition. B/W plates to rear addtional to the 32 pages of text 32pages . 1st Edition. Softcover. Trustees of the British Museum paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB287078 ISBN : 0714102865 9780714102863
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Oldfield Audrey
Daughter of Two Worlds
Melbourne: Hutchinson of Australia. 1979. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 143 pages A novel about growing up as an Australian Aborigine. First published in 1970 . Reprint Edition. Hardback. Hutchinson of Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB287094 ISBN : 0091354102 9780091354107
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Rogers Jane
Promised Lands
London: Faber & Faber. 1995. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 375 pages Intertwines the first year of the Botany Bay Convict Colony with present day lives to make a rich and gripping novel . 1st Edition. Hardback. Faber & Faber hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB287087 ISBN : 0571175716 9780571175710
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Deane William George
The Meet and the Muster
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications. 1984. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's blind-stamp to first couple of prelim pages. 151 pages Foreword by R.M. Williams. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Boolarong Publications hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB287197 ISBN : 0959052208 9780959052206
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Yeomans John
The Scarce Australians
London: Longmans. 1967. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. 151pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Longmans hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB145196
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Foley John HC. Capt. H. C.
Reef Pilots. The History of the Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot Service
Sydney: Banks Bros. & Street. 1982. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Inscribed by Norman Rogers theJoint Secretary of the Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Islander Service at the time of publication and writer of the Foreword. Endpaper maps. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 202 pages This book traces the history of the pilot service from its beginnings to the present day. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Banks Bros. & Street hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB285950 ISBN : 0959335803 9780959335804
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Larcombe Frederick A.
The History of Botany 1788-1963
Sydney: Municipality of Botany. 1970. Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition. No glassine jacket. Illustrated with Black and White plates. xvi232pages. . 2nd Edition. Hardback. Municipality of Botany hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB286282
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Mouritz WC. W. C.
60 Years in Wave Rock Country
Shenton Park: Para-Quad Industries. 1985. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. approx 96 pages . 1st Edition. Softcover. Para-Quad Industries paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB285315
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Evans Margaret
Voices From the South Signed copy
Bega NSW: Published by Author. 1993. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Inscribed by the author. 185 pages Oral History - True Stories. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Published by Author paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB284510 ISBN : 0646152653 9780646152653
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Roberts Femmeke Design; Diaz Fiona Layout
Ord River Irrigation Area Kununurra Western Australia Fifth edition 1997 Bulletin 4335 Agriculture Western Australia
Agriculture Western Australia. 1997. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Colour photographs and charts. 47 pages . 5th Edition. Softcover. Agriculture Western Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB284568
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Dent Margaret Exhibition Curator
National Treasures from Australia's Great Libraries
Canberra: National Library of Australia. 2005. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition. Spine very lightly faded. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and drawings. xii 162 pages The catalogue for the touring exhibition which opened in the National Library Canberra in December 2005. . 1st Edition. Softcover. National Library of Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB284410 ISBN : 064227620X 9780642276209
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Barrett Charles
Australian Caves Cliffs and Waterfalls
Melbourne: Georgian House. 1944. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in a Fair dustjacket now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is chipped at spine ends and corners with sticky tape repairs to the interior. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 127 pages Covers the Jenolan Caves and Yarrangobilly; Buchan Caves and underground South Australia; Caves of the West; Wonders of the Nullabor; Nature as Sculptor; Mountain Peaks and Gorges; Mystery Lakes; Australian Waterfalls; and Cave Dwellers past and present. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Georgian House hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB283315
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