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BOUCAUT, The Honorable Sir James Penn
The Arab. The Horse of the Future. Preface by Sir Walter Gilbey .
London: Gay and Bird 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Gay and Bird 1905. Octavo xx 249 pages with an illustration plus 8 plates the frontispiece with a tissue-guard. Red cloth lettered in gilt; covers lightly sunned and rubbed; some light tanning internally heaviest on the half-title page; bottom corner of the last few leaves a little creased; an excellent copy. Sir James Penn Boucaut 1831-1916 besides being an Arab horse breeder was also a Supreme Court Judge and three-times Premier of South Australia. Gay and Bird hardcover
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Boud, David (Edited by)/ Cohen, Ruth (Edited by)/ Sampson, Jane (all of the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia) (Edited
Peer Learning in Higher Education: Learning from and with Each Other
Kogan Page Ltd 2001. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. Kogan Page Ltd paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : x-0749436123 ISBN : 0749436123 9780749436124
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BOUD, DAVID, ; COHEN, RUTH; SAMPSON, JANE (ALL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA),
Peer Learning in Higher Education: Learning from and with Each Other
new. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 26083492-n ISBN : 1138172421 9781138172425
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BOUD, DAVID, ; COHEN, RUTH; SAMPSON, JANE (ALL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA),
Peer Learning in Higher Education: Learning from and with Each Other
like new. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 26083492 ISBN : 1138172421 9781138172425
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BOUGAINVILLE (Hyacinthe-Yves de)
Journal de la navigation autour du globe de la frégate La Thétis et de la corvette L'Espérance pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826. Publié par ordre du Roi sous les auspices du Département de la Marine. Tome 1 Seul
Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1837, 1 volume (3) grand in-4° (30x24,5cm), VIII pp., 742 pp., demi basane époque, dos lisse avec auteur, titre et tomaison, frottements au dos, quelques rousseurs, défaut à la coiffe sup., de la bibliothèque de Cayrol avec son cachet et signature manuscrite.
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BOUGAINVILLE (Hyacinthe-Yves de)
Journal de la navigation autour du globe de la frégate La Thétis et de la corvette L'Espérance pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826. Publié par ordre du Roi sous les auspices du Département de la Marine.
Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1837, 2 volumes (3) grand in-4° (30x24,5cm), VIII pp., 742 pp., demi chagrin et coins époque, dos lisse avec auteur, titre et tomaison, frottements au dos, quelques rousseurs, défaut à la coiffe supérieure. Édition originale du texte du voyage du Bougainville autour du monde, manque l’atlas.
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BOUGAINVILLE (Hyacinthe-Yves-Philippe-Potentien, baron de) & LA TOUANNE (Edmond Bigot, vicomte de).
[AUSTRALIE] Vue prise sur le cours de la rivière Nepean, au dessus de l'habitation de M.r Macarthur, dans le Camdenshire. (Nouvelle Galles méridionale).
[Paris, Bulla, 1828]. 245 x 294 mm ; cachet à froid de l'éditeur François Bulla dans la marge inférieure.
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BOUGAINVILLE , Louis Antoine de
Voyage autour du Monde par la frégate du Roi «La Boudeuse» et le «Flûte et l’Étoile» en 1766,1767,1768,1769.
Paris , Saillant & Nyon, 1772 , 2 volumes in-8 (195x130) relié demi toile moderne sous emboîtages , dos lisse avec pièces de titre , auteur et tomaison , initiale en pied , 2ff. xliii , 336pp-2ff.453pp,1ff-1ff. , sans les cartes et planches, ex-libris (famille Kerchove).
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BOUGAINVILLE, Louis Antoine de
Voyage autour du Monde par la frégate du Roi « La Boudeuse » et la Flûte « l’Étoile » en 1766,1767,1768,1769.
Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1772, 2 volumes in-8 (200x130), relié plein veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre et tomaison, tranches rouges 2ff. xliii , 336pp-2ff.453pp,1ff-1ff. , illustré de 3 planches et 20 cartes dépliantes ( sur 21, manque la carte n°3), 2 cartes détachées, déchirures et léger manque en marge à 3 cartes , coins et coupes usés, coiffes absentes tome 2, petit manque au plat, charnière fendillée tome 2.
Riferimento per il libraio : PHO-1925
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BOUGAINVILLE, MAGRA, BANKS, SOLANDER
Voyage autour du monde, par la frégate du roi la Boudeuse et la flûte l'Étoile, en 1766, 1767, 1768 et 1769. Seconde édition augmentée. Suivi de Journal d'un Voyage autour du Monde, Fait par MM. Banks & Solander, Anglois, en 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771
Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1772. 3 vol. in-8 (20x12,5cm), veau brun, dos à nerfs ornés, pièces de titre et de tomaison, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque), pdt en maroquin rouge et tomaison verte pour le tome3. Coins usés, 1 coiffe arasée, 1 carte déchirée sans manque, déchirure en marge page 267, taches au titre (tome3), qlqs brunissures. Illustrée de 21 cartes dépliantes (îles Malouines, détroit de Magellan, etc…) et de 3 planches.
Riferimento per il libraio : PHO-2297
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Bowen, Patrick; Olden, C.; Woollacott, A.; Tench, C.; Torday, E.; Cassels, G.; Et al
The Wide World - True Stories of Adventure, September (Sept.) 1927, No. 353, Vol. LIX - The Alligators of Cambridge Gulf / Kwis-Kwis the Killer
Pages 338-420 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: By Water in the Desert - an African witch doctor puts a curse on three white men; "Highclimbing" in the Tall Timbers - photo-illustrated article on high-climbers (high-riggers) of the Pacific Northwest which provides a vivid account of their work and its perils; Kwis-Kwis The Killer - British Columbia police sergeant Letherdale brings to book a most cunning and dangerous murderer in the vicinity of Queen Charlotte Sound; "Within the Law" - an unscrupulous Winnipeg estate agent tries to bring off an extra-smart deal; An African No Man's Land - the first crossing by white men of a queer region in the heart of the Belgian Congo - with photos; My Grandfather's Watch - after a watch is stolen in India, a servant suggests an unusual - and successful - method of retrieving it; Shark Catching Extraordinary - a local fisherman devises a novel method to take care of a shark which is threatening swimmers at a New Zealand resort; Through Spain in Disguise (part II) - Count and Countess Malmignati travel through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars; The Guru's Message - Journalist Colonel Charles Harrison Gibbons lay at death's door near the Khyber Pass but was relieved by a friend from a thousand miles away who was somehow contacted by an old native priest; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" (part IV) - the adventures of six young men sailing from Shanghai to Copenhagen; "On Construction" - the adventures of trying to build a new railway through the wilds of Africa; Experiences with the Alligators of Cambridge Gulf in Australia, with illustration of a Carl Jacobs alligator trap and photo of a massive 'gator caught at Wyndham; A Night with Lions - the appalling experience of corporal Fairweather of the B.S.A. Police on the banks of the Zambezi; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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Bowly, CW (editors Smith, Anne; Dalton, BJ) C W B J
The Bowly Papers. Letters 1873-78 Reminiscences & Photographs 1873-91 of C.W. Bowly in North Queensland. Records of North Queensland History No. 7
Townsville: James Cook University 1995. vi 338 folding map at rear index bibliography footnotes 44 full page bw photographic ills. White pictorial card. Foxing to covers. SIGNED by both editors on half title page with personalised inscription by Dalton. Bowly's letter and photographs concern cattle grazing in North Queensland as well as other aspects of 19th century life in the region. Signed by Editors. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. James Cook University Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 055633 ISBN : 0864435622 9780864435620
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Boyaval, Paul
La Lutte Contre Le Sweating-System. Le Minimum Légal De Salaire. L'exemple De l'Australasie et De l'Angleterre
Mm 165x250 Préface de Le Comte Albert de Mun. Deuxième édition. Brossura editoriale di 718 pagine. Timbri di biblioteca estinta al piatto anteriore al frontespizio e ad alcune carte, etichetta di biblioteca privata al dorso, lievi gore al dorso, per il resto buona copia, a fogli chiusi. Testo in lingua francese - french text. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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Boyd, AJ (editor) A J
Queensland.
London: Queensland Emigration Office 1882. 96pp printed in double column. Or blue cloth covered card. Prev owner bookplate inside front cover as well as initial in ink small bookseller stamp on front free endpaper. Minor crease and slight edge wear to covers. Rare early colonial gazetteer to inform potential emigrants to Queensland. Content includes agriculture railways steam navigation education and land laws. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Queensland Emigration Office Paperback
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Boyd, Mark.
REMINISCENCES OF FIFTY YEARS.
pp. 390, 6 [Publisher's catalogue]. XLib from the Anti-Monopoly Literary Society. Stamped "Larry's Book & Magazine Exchange, Pottsville". Large 4to. 21 cm. Original full green cloth binding, worn. Hardbound. Mark Boyd (1805-1879) was born in Surrey near the Thames, but spent his childhood on the family's Scotch estate, which was near the river Cree. He afterwards pursued an active business career, and became London director of a Scotch Insurance society. He was a lively promoter of the colonization of Australia and New Zealand, and of other useful public undertakings. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/7.
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Bradford-Grieve, J.M.
The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Megacalanidae, Calanidae, Paracalanidae, Mecynoceridae, Eucalanidae, Spinocalanidae, Clausocalanidae.
1994 160 p., 101 figs, 4to, paperbound.
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Bradford-Grieve, J.M.
The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Megacalanidae, Calanidae, Paracalanidae, Mecynoceridae, Eucalanidae, Spinocalanidae, Clausocalanidae.
1994 160 p., 101 figs, 4to, paperbound. With an inscription to Dr. W. Vervoort.
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Brady, Maggie
First Taste. How Indigenous Australians Learned Abouth Grog. A Set of Resources in Six Parts. Book 1 2 3 4 5 6. complete
Canberra: Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation 2008. 6 booklets in slipcase. 4 boklets 24pp the other 2 slightly fewer pages; references ills plus several pages of printed correspondence relating to research for the booklets and a letter from the publisher to Keith Keith Vincent Smith noted academic in the field of Aboriginal studies. The booklets are all near new the flimsy slipcase shows some very minor wear. The booklets ar as follows: Book 1 Aims and ideas; Book 2 First Taste of Alcohol; Book 3 Strong spirits from Southeast Asia; Book 4 The story of the bottle; Book 5 Learning to drink from the English; Book 6 Struggles over drinking rights. Covers traditional Aboriginal alcoholic drinks; spirits such as arrack and tuba from Asia; the use of bottle glass by indigenous Australians; early settlers and how they drank and the effects of prohibition laws. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 052902 ISBN : 0980379121 9780980379129
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Braithwaite, Errol
The Beauty of New Zealand
112 pages, photography by Robin Smith & Warren Jacobs. eng
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Branchi Giovanni
Tre mesi alle isole dei cannibali nell'arcipelago delle Figi.
(Viaggiatori italiani dell'Ottocento - Oceano Pacifico - Isole Fiji - Etnologia - Antropologia - Oceania - Australia) Un volume in 16° grande, legatura coeva in mezza percallina verde con titoli impressi in oro al dorso, carta marmorizzata monocroma ai piatti, pp. (4),340. Viaggi in Oceania del diplomatico toscano Giovanni Branchi (San Miniato 1846 - Firenze 1936). Le prime 156 pagine sono dedicate interamente all'esperienza dell'autore nei luoghi e tra le popolazioni delle Isole Fiji, la seconda parte del volume descrive il viaggio in nave da Suez a Melbourne , una visita in Tasmania, le colonie cinesi in Australia ed il sistema coloniale inglese nei territori del Pacifico. Prima ed unica edizione. Ottimo stato di conservazione.
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Brand, ian
The Convict Probation System: Van Diemen's Land 1839-1854.
Sandy Bay Tasmania: Blubber Head Press. 1990. viii 284pp index bibliography notes/references appendices map bw ills. Brown cloth in jacket. Slight fading to spine otherwise excellent. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large 8vo. Blubber Head Press. Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 051248 ISBN : 0908528205 9780908528202
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Brand, Michael;National Gallery of Australia
Traditions of Asian Art
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 0642130310.G ISBN : 0642130310 9780642130310
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Brand, Simon
Picture Palaces and Flea-Pits: Eighty Years of Australians at the Pictures
Sydney Australia: Dreamweaver Books 1983. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover with white boards and pictorial dust jacket first edition 1415gms 271 pages. This book recreates the grand days of the picture palace. It remembers a world that has well and truly gone and a time of life that was simpler. It is a celebration of the days when the visit to the pictures was the event of the week. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only light shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Book weighs over 1kg and may incur additional postage. Dreamweaver Books Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : HISAUS595 ISBN : 0949825034 9780949825032
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Brander (Bruce)
L'australie
National geographic society / Flammarion 1977 In-8 cartonné. Bon état d’occasion.
Riferimento per il libraio : 46726 ISBN : 2082010031
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BRANDER B, HARRELL MA ET HOLTHOUSE H.
L AUSTRALIE.
ISBN : 2082010031. FLAMMARION. COLLECTION NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.. 1977. In-8 Carré. Relié toilé, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 218 pages. Nombreuses photos en couleurs dans le texte et hors texte.
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BRANDER BRUCE, HARRELL MARY ANN, HOLTHOUSE.
L'AUSTRALIE. COLLECTION : NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.
FLAMMARION .. 1977.. In-8 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 218 pages. 1ère de couverture illustrée en couleurs. Frontispice illustré d'une photographie en couleurs. Nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc et couleurs, dans le texte et hors texte. Avant-propos de Gilbert M. Grosvenor..
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BRANDER BRUCE, HARRELL MARY ANN, HOLTHOUSE.
L'AUSTRALIE. COLLECTION : NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.
FLAMMARION .. 1977.. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 218 pages. 1ère de couverture illustrée en couleurs. Frontispice illustré d'une photographie en couleurs. Nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc et couleurs, dans le texte et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 994-Australie
Riferimento per il libraio : R150074713
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Brander, Bruce
Australia, by Bruce Brander, Mary Ann Harrell, and Hector Holthouse
208p., illus., folded map in pocket at end Hardcover Very good condition good
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Brassey Lady Annie
The Last Voyage to India and Australia in the "Sunbeam"
New York and London: Longmans Green 1899. Hardcover. Very good. First edition American issue. 8vo. pp. xxiv 490; with two folding maps 20 full-page plates many other illustrations in the text. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt top edge gilt. Very mild spine slant rubbing to extremities; internals clean and sound. Lady Brassey was a skilled photographer and botanist and also had an interest in medicine. She and her husband a Member of Parliament and accomplished sailor traveled extensively on their yacht "Sunbeam" and Annie's lively books about their adventures found an eager audience. This book published after she died of malaria at age 48 recounts travels in India Sri Lanka Indonesia Malaysia and Australia. Longmans, Green hardcover books
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BRASSEY (Lady).
AUX INDES ET EN AUSTRALIE DANS LE YACHT LE "SUNBEAM". Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais avec l'autorisation de Lord Brassey par Gaston Bonnefont. Illustré de 200 dessins de R. T. Pritchett, gravés sur bois par E. Whymper, J. D. Cooper et G. Pearson.
1893 Tours, Mame, 1893. Grand in-quarto (215 X 300 mm) percaline rouge de l'éditeur, plaque polychrome d'après SOUZE sur le premier plat, dos lisse orné de même, tranches dorées ; 398 pages. Quelques rousseurs très éparses, plus marquées aux feuillets de faux-titre et d'appendice et de table in fine, quelques traces de décoloration au premier plat, tout à fait acceptables.
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Brassey Lady
"Aux Indes et en Australie dans le yacht le ""Sunbeam"""
Alfred Mame et fils, éditeurs, Tours Cartonnage d'éditeur 1893 In-4 (22 x 30 cm), cartonnage d'éditeur polychrome, tranches dorées, 398 pages, gravures en noir dans le texte ; mors partiellement fendus, coiffes et coins frottés, des rousseurs à l'intérieur, par ailleurs assez bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
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BRASSEY LADY
Aux Indes et en Australie dans le Yacht le "Sunbeam".Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais par Gaston Bonnefont. Illustré de 200 dessins de R.T. Pritchett, gravés sur bois par E. Whymper, J.D. Cooper et G. Pearson.
1893 MAME Alfred et Fils. 1893. In-4 cartonnage toilé rouge defraichi un peu usé. Intérieur un peu defraichi,rousseurs eparses. 398 pages. Frontispice en noir et blanc. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte et hors-texte.
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Brassey, Thomas, 1st Earl Brassey; (1836-1918). Governor of Victoria (Australia), 1895-1900 He circumnavigated the world in his
LETTER IN AN UNKNOWN HAND REFERRING TO MARY SEWELL'S JUVENILE "DAVIE BLAKE THE SAILOR" SIGNED BY YACHTSMAN THOMAS BRASSEY.
Normanhurst Court Battle East Sussex U.K.: April 2 1888. 1888. Good. - Letter penned in black ink in an unknown hand & filling both sides of a sheet of black-bordered letterhead approximately 7 inches high by 4-3/8 widr with the address of his family seat printed in raised lettering at the top. Signed "Brassey". The black border most probably references the death of his wife Lady Anna Brassey seven months prior. There is a small light stain below the salutation with a glue mark down the right margin of the verso where the letter has been removed from an album. Folded once for mailing. Good. <p>Brassey writes to thank the Rev. J. R. Boyer for sending him the children's book "Davie Blake the Sailor": "It is as you say a work very much to the sailor's taste and is calculated to do much good by drawing attention to those vices and follies which we all deplore."<p>Thomas Brassey 1st Earl of Brassey 1836-1918 was a British Llberal Party politician Governor of Victoria Australia and enthusiastic yachtsman. His first experience of sailing was while he was still in school at Rugby. He owned a succession of yachts and between July 1876 and May 1877 circumnavigated the world in his steam-assisted three-masted topsail-yard schooner Sunbeam. In 1886 he founded "The Naval Annual" and edited it until 1891. Normanhurst Court, Battle, [East Sussex, U.K.]: April 2, 1888. unknown
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BRATRING, F.W.A.
Entdeckungsgeschichte Von Neu-Georgien oder Die Arsaciden-Inseln. New Georgia or the Arsacidian Islands and Their History of Discovery
8vo, 50 pages, with map and portrait bound in recent green paper boards. Text in German. This a monthly issue of an obscure and rare Geographical publication issued in Weimar/ Germany in the late 1700's and early 1800's named 'Geographische Ephemeriden.' It contains a large 50 page report about New Georgia which today is part of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. In this report the author explores the history, fauna, flora and people of the islands and draws on accounts by John Hunter, Bougainville, Carteret, Labillardiere and others who visited them. The report is accompanied by a portrait of Captain John Hunter as well a fold-out map measuring 250 mm x 190 mm. A very early report and map on the Solomon Islands and very rare.
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BRAY, John
Satura. Selected Poetry and Prose
Adelaide: Wakefield Press 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Adelaide Wakefield Press 1988. Quarto xii 179 pages. Papered boards; small ink mark on the front flyleaf; one leaf at the rear a little tanned by a newspaper review cutting now in Mylar; bottom corner creases to two leaves; an excellent copy with the fine dustwrapper. The title page is inscribed 'To my beloved friend Walter Crocker with regards John Bray 8/7/88'. The Honourable Dr John Jefferson Bray AC QC 1912-1995 was the South Australian Chief Justice and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. Sir Walter Russell Crocker 1902-2002 was a career diplomat: 'His first posting was as High Commissioner to India. Later he served as Ambassador to Indonesia 1955-56 High Commissioner to Canada 1956-58 and another stint as High Commissioner to India 1958-62. He retired in 1970 as Australian Ambassador to Italy having in the intervening years also served as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Belgium 1962-65 and Ethiopia Uganda and Kenya 1965-67' Obituaries Australia. Loosely inserted are rough drafts three pages quarto of a personal letter-cum-review of the book from Crocker to Bray. Wakefield Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 106913
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Brearley, Mike & Doust, Dudley
The Ashes retained
1st edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/VG. ISBN 0340241918.23149. eng
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Breen, Shayne; Sumemrs, Dyan
Aboriginal Connections with Launceston Places.
Launceston Tasmania: Launceston City Council 2006. 125pp num bw & col ills. Pictorial card. Prev owner name blacked out on half-title page otherwise excellent. Aboriginal connection with Launceston and the Tamar including pre-colonial dispossession and removal to Bass Strait islands and the return of many Aborigines from the islands to Launceston from the 1930s and 1940s. In the 1970s they created a political and cultural revival of Tasmanian Aboriginal culture and society. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Launceston City Council Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 055032 ISBN : 0959609040 9780959609042
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BRENCHLEY Julius L.
Jottings During the Cruise of H.M.S. Curacoa Among the South Sea Islands in 1865 with Numerous Illustrations and Natural History Notices
London ,Longmans, Green & Co, 1865. Première édition. 8vo - viii, 487 pp avec deux chromo-lithographies dépliantes. 44 gravures sur bois N&B et 50 gravures coloriées à la main d'« objets d'histoire naturelle », c'est-à-dire. oiseaux, reptiles, poissons, coquillages et insectes, sous serpentes. Une carte dépliante colorée des îles des mers du Sud reliée avant l'index , relié pleine percale éditeur avec canoë traditionnel sur le plat ,dos lisse avec titre , auteur et éditeur , accident sur le plat , couverture légèrement frottée , mouillure claire en fin d’ouvrage.Ex-dono , de la bibliothèque de monsieur de Quatrefages biologiste, zoologiste et anthropologue français, puis offert à l’explorateur français ,Joseph Montaro
Riferimento per il libraio : PHO-766
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Brennan, Sharon
Crossing the Seas to Build a Future. Twelve Generations of the Seabrook Family.
Brisbane: The Author 2005. 288pp indexbibliography bw ills loosely inserted errata/bookmark/addendum sheet. Pictorial card. Top corner bumped bump at lower front-otherwise light edge wear to cover. Willian Henry Seabrook and his family left England in 1832 to build a future in Van Diemen's Land. The family story is told against a background of 19th century Hobart. Overcoming bankruptcy during the economic depression of the 1840s Henry became an aldermen and he and his sons built many promnent buildings in the area. This is his story and that of 8 succeeding generations many of whom followed in Henry's footsteps in the building industry as carpenters builders architects engineers and cabinet makers. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. The Author Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 056486 ISBN : 1921054492 9781921054495
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Brenton, Francis
The Voyage Of The Sierra Sagrada:
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo 194 pages blue cloth front free endpaper removed <br/><br/>Brenton's account of his voyage in a canoe from Chicago via the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean across to West Africa to climb into a balloon and float across to South America. Inscribed twice on the flyleaf by Brenton. Henry Regnery Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : WA6798
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BRETON andré
L'Amour Fou
Paris Gallimard 1937 In-12 carré Collection "Métamophoses" - 176 pp - Reproductions photographiques comprises dans la pagination, édition originale état très correct mais pas impeccable
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BRETT Henry edited C R Bradwell
White Wings Immigrant ships to New Zealand 1840-19002
Wellington: Reed 1984 235pp b&w illustrations in the text age toning to page edges DW has short tears along the folds small water stain on REVERSE of DW at the head of spine light fading of spine condensed and edited from two works published in 1924 and 1928. Each chapter recounts a passage in time and the ships involved. Many chapters deal with the founding settlers of various New Zealand towns cities and districts as well as mutinies races and disasters. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Reed hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 000064 ISBN : 0589015176 9780589015176
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Brett, Henry
White Wings. Founding of the Provinces and Old-Time Shipping. Passenger Ships from 1840 to 1885. Volume II.
Auckland: The Brett Printing Company 1928. 259pp index bw ills. Or blue cloth lacking jacket. Toning to endpapers and edges small bookseller label on front pastedown. Second volume of the author's writings on New Zealand shipping published posthumously. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo. The Brett Printing Company Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 040356
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Brett, Henry
White Wings. Fifty Years of Sail in the New Zealand Trade 1850-1900. Volume I.
Auckland: The Brett Printing Company 1924. 368pp index bw ills. Or blue cloth lacking jacket. Minor edge wear to covers white marking to rear cover probably from paper adhesion toning to endpapers and edges prev owner Capt J Cowper on front free endpaper dated 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. The Brett Printing Company Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 040355
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BREWSTER, BREWSTER & CROUCH.
Life Stories of Australian Insects. Introduction by Mr. W.B. Gurney, F.E.S., Assistant Government Entomologist, Department of Agriculture.
Sydney, Dymocks Book Arcade, 1920 in-12, xii, 424 pp. Illustrated by A.A. and M.N. Brewster. Index., reliure éditeur. (B2)
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Brian Lloyd
Gold in the Ranges : Jamieson to Woods Point
Paoletti's Maps & Videos Australia 2024. Fifth Edition. Hardcover Printed Boards. New. Hardcover Printed Boards. 310 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Paoletti's Maps & Videos Australia 2024. Fifth Edition. CONDITION: This book is in new condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book about gold and people is a story of hard work great rewards for some and dogged persistence by many. In 140 years the mines from Jamieson to Woods Point produced 43 tonnes of gold worth about $760 million in the values of 2002. The first 3 years on Morning Star Hill produced over $100000000 worth of gold in the dollars of 2002. Special features of the book are stories of the harmonious mix of families from many places. They showed great ability in organising their mines local government and transport courts schools and churches mail telegraph and supplies. It is a story of devasting bush fires and of communities determined to survive. Quantity Available: 3. Category: Genealogy & Local History; ISBN/EAN: 9780957843042. Inventory No: 24120135. 9780957843042 Paoletti's Maps & Videos hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 24120135 ISBN : 0957843046 9780957843042
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BRIDGES (T.C.).
Les réserves de bêtes sauvages.
P., Payot, 1938, 1 vol. in-8 br. de 264 pp. couverture très légèrement défraîchies, bel exemplaire par ailleurs.
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Brigg, Stan & Les
The 36th Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1945. The Story of an Australian Infantry Battalion and Its Part in the War Against Japan
Sydney: The 36th Battalion St George's English Rifle Regt. Assocoaition 1967. xvi 210pp roll of honour maps bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Very light even toning to page egdes. The story of the battalion from its formation in pre-war days to the end of WWII. The battalio known as Ike's Marines took part in numerous actions in Papua New Guinea and New Britain including Sanananda-Gona Wau Lae Buna-Oro Bay and more. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The 36th Battalion (St George's English Rifle Regt.) Assocoaition Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 024154
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BROCK, Peggy
Yura and Udnyu. A History of the Adnyamathanha of the North Flinders Ranges
Adelaide: Wakefield Press 2019. Paperback. Near fine. Adelaide Wakefield Press 2019 revised and updated edition/ 1985. Octavo xvi 110 pages with numerous illustrations many from photographs. Colour-pictorial card covers; a near-fine copy. A presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author 'For Bob & Julie Ellis Thanks for your advice & conversation Peggy'. Bob Ellis is mentioned on page 9. Wakefield Press paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 145868
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Brockie, Constable W.; Tench, C.V.; Nyberg, Captain Charles E.R.; Martyn, T.; McMaines, F.M.; Samuel, EdwardTaylor, Carl N.; Easterbrook, W.H.; Thomason, Capt. Hugh; Robertson, Wilfrid; Andrew, B. Le M.; Berry, Mike
The Wide World Magazine, March 1944 - The Man Who Lost Face
Pages 291-348 plus several pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Killer Sleeman" - a Mountie's challenge handling a cop-killer; The Man Who Lost Face - a young ship's officer gets in the bad books of Chinese smugglers; The Inventor of the "Rugger" - William Webb Ellis; Amateur Bandit; A Paraguayan Dance - wild and wooly doings; "Humpie" - the unfortunate choice of a gold-seeking partner; Crocodiles in Northern Australia - article with great photos; The Clue of the Single Finger-Print - Part III of the robbery ofthe First National Bank at Lamar, Colorado and the bloody aftermath; "Bhang" - the smoking of this forbidden narcotic in Africa; My Elephant Drive - a tale from the Belgian Congo - with photos; Madui's Curse - a Rhodesian tale; Beachcombers' Luck - an amusing story from the British Columbia coast; Fish-Spearing in the South Seas; and more. Above-average external wear. Covers nearly loose. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
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