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Hail, Marshall
Knight in the Sun. Harper B. Lee First Yankee Matador.
Boston: Little Brown 1962. xviii 234pp bibliography appendix. Or red cloth in jacket. Chip at bottom of front flap fold very short 8mm tear at top of front spine fold very slightly sunned spine. From 1909-1911 an American named Harper B Lee was one of the leading matadors in Mexico. He was the first American citizen to win professional status as a matador. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Lea Tom. 8vo. Little, Brown Hardcover
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: 044883
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Naess, Erling D
Erling D. Naess. Autobiography of a Shipping Man.
Colchester Essex: Seatrade Publications 1977. 266pp tables bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Some wear to jacket which is faded on spine some foxing to page edges. Biography of an innovative shipowner. One time president of Intertanko the independent taker owners association he also had along relationship with the whaling industry. He was among the first to place orders with Japan's shipyards after WWII and he was a trailblazer in the development of the combination carrier for dry and liquid cargo . Best known for his pioneering association with the use of convenience flag ships. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Seatrade Publications Hardcover
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: 045241 ISBN : 0905597079 9780905597072
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Slochower, Harry
Richard Dehmel. Der Mensch Und Der Denker. Eine Biographie Seines Geistes Im Spielbild Der Zeit.
Dresden: Carl Reissner Verlag 1928. 289pp index endnotes tipped in bw frontis portrait. Or blue cloth no jacket. Spine somewhat faded sticker remnant to front free endpaper small piece cut from top corner of front free endpaper. Presentation copy SIGNED and inscribed to Prof Frank Herman Reinsch by the author on reverse of frontis. Biography of famous German poet many of whose works were set to jusic. He was heavily influenced by Nietzsche. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Carl Reissner Verlag Hardcover
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: 045658
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Harrisville & District Historical Society
World War One Soldiers of the Normanby Shire.
Harrisville Qld.: Harrisville & District Historical Society. 2013. 132pp bw ills. Or pictorial card. Very slight edge wear to covers. Takes 160 surnames and initials from the Honour Boards of Harrisville and Peaks Crossing and where possible turns them into real people whose stories experiences and fates shaped the Normanby Shire and beyond. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Harrisville & District Historical Society. Paperback
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: 045751
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Forbes, William J
Bow Bells to Burrowa Street
Leura NSW: D W Forbes 2003. 341 pp b&w illustrations index. LIMITED EDITION 103 of 500 copies. Red boards gilt titles in dust-wrapper. Minor edge wear to jacket small scuff to front free endpaper. SIGNED by author on limitation page. The author writes of his grandfather in 1873 as a 17-year old Londoner arriving in the colony of New South Wales. 'In 1875 George Cranfield arrives in Young after the Lambing Flat gold rush of 1860. Within a few years he has established a brewery is elected to the first council in 1882 and 'the boy alderman' is elected mayor in 1888. The book covers debates about politics unionism the effects of the 1890s depress and discussion of federation the coming of electricity and the daily experiences of flood fire and drought.'. Signed by Author. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. D W Forbes
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: 045947 ISBN : 0646427563 9780646427560
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Dunlop, E E Weary
The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop. Java and the Burma-Thailand Railway 1942-1945.
Melbourne: Nelson 1986. xxiii 401pp index glossary appendices bw ills maps. Or red cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket slight fading to spine. SIGNED and inscribed to a Chevalier of the Knights of St John to which organisation Weary also belonged by Weary Dunlop on half-title With every good wish Weary EE Dunlop 19 July 1988. Weary Dunlop is one of if not the most revered and respected Australian war heroes. He suffered years of mistreatment at the hands of the Japanese as a POW on the notorious Burma-Thailand Railway but helped many hundreds to survive the brutal treatment of the Japanese. He was much beloved by British and US soldiers in captivity as well as his Australian compatriots. A truly great man who here presents his diaries of those terrible years. He will be greatly missed. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Nelson Hardcover
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: 047210 ISBN : 0170066673 9780170066679
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Rolleston, Frank
Not a Conquering Hero. The Siege of Tobruk. Battles of Milne Bay - Buna - Shaggy Ridge.
Eton Qld.: Frank Rolleston. 1984. 207pp bw ills. Or gray cloth in jacket. Jacket worn with several tears small hole at each flap fold. After only 6 weeks in the army the author was sent overseas for active duty. He took part in the siege of Tobruk and the book goes on to describe his experiences in 2 campaigns through New Guinea including Milne Bay Buna and Shaggy Ridge. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to. Frank Rolleston. Hardcover
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: 047553 ISBN : 0959140506 9780959140507
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Penzig, Edgar F
Ben Hall. The Definitive Illustrated History signed/numbered
Katoomba NSW: Tranter Enterprises 1996. xx 536pp corrections to prev works index references num bw ills. Tiny bump to top front corner. First edition limited to 2000 copies SIGNED by the author and numbered this #1799. This copy further personally inscribed to an 'ex-trooper' with 'Sincere best wishes from the author to a true "colonial". . Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Small 4to. Tranter Enterprises Hardcover
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: 047652 ISBN : 0646137972 9780646137971
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Stacy, Florence
Hamlyn Lavicount Harris of Wermatong 1845-1925.
Sydney: The Author 1951. 117pp bw ills. Or blue cloth no jacket. Cloth on spine a little flecked minor foxing to prelims prev owner name on front free endpaper. SIGNED by author subject's daughter on dedication page. Includes youth in England military service in India and the Boer War time at/near Tumut Wermatong Station etc. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. The Author Hardcover
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: 048190
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Burns, Corporal JD (Jim); Littlejohn, WS Et al J D W S
In the Dawning of the Day. In Memorium J.D. Burns Late Corporal 21st Battalion 6th Brigade A.I.F. Born 18th June 1895. Killed in Action 18th September 1915.
Melbourne: Brown Prior & Co printers 1916. 34pp 2 bw ills. Or cream stapled card with border in the colours of unit colour patch. Some toning of covers tiny marginal 'nibble' to fore-edge of rear few pages. Corporal Jim Burns was killed at Gallipoli. A student at Scotch College when he enlisted he penned For England which became famed throughout the empire and is now commemorated by a plaque at the War Memorial. This poem along with others he wrote are included in the book as is his account of his transport ship HMT Southland being torpedoes by a German submarine. The book also contains a number of tributes among which is one from the Headmaster of Scotch College an extract from a letter from Captain-Chaplain D Macrae Stewart and a tribute froma fellow soldier. First & Only Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Brown, Prior & Co (printers) Paperback
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: 048215
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Fisher, Fedora Gould
Raphael Cilento. A Biography.
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 1994. xiii 356pp index bibliography notes bw ills. Or card. Crease to front cover. SIGNED with personalised inscription by author on first page 2 staple holes at top of first page. Raphael Cilento 1893-1985 was a pioneer in tropical medicine and an early exponent of the concept of public health. His discoveries in nutrition earned him a knighthood and was appointed Queensland's first Director General of Health and Medical Services in 1934. After WWII he worked with the UN dealing with the large scale legacy of concentration camps epidemic disease refugees and repatriation. A key figure in Australian and international medical history. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Paperback
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: 048244 ISBN : 0702224383 9780702224386
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Sinclair, James
Mr. B. The Life and Times of Sir Brian Bell. leather bound.
Palm Cove Qld.: Alan Caudell & Associates. 2010. HEAVY. 448pp index bw & col ills. Or blue leather As new in publishers mailing box. Deluxe leather bound edition with an unspecified limitation. Biography of Queensland born Papua New Guinea businessman and philanthropist Sir Brian Bell. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None as Issued. 4to. Alan Caudell & Associates. Hardcover
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: 048633 ISBN : 0646541617 9780646541617
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Cammack, William FJ F J
Albert John Sherman. Cornish Australian Artist.
Sydney: Mini-Publishing 2005. iv 178pp index bibliography num col plates. Or blue cloth in jacket. Near new. Well illustrated biography of Cornish Australian artist Albert Sherman. Best known for his exquisite flower paintings he also painted landscapes. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Mini-Publishing Hardcover
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: 048649 ISBN : 0646454153 9780646454153
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Clark, George T
Leland Stanford. War Governor of California Railroad Builder and Founder of Stanford University.
Stanford University: Stanford University Press 1931. xv 491pp index bibliography bw ills. Or maroon boards no jacket. Light even toning to page edges minimal occasional foxing. Biography of California politician railroad mogul and founder of Stanford University. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Stanford University Press Hardcover
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: 049001
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Eden, Charles H
Australia's Heroes; Being a Slight Sketch of the Most Prominent Aongst the Band of Gallant Men who Devoted Their lives and Energies to the Cause of Science and the Development of the Fifth Continent.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1882. viii 328pp publisher catalogue at rear folding map in front pocket. Or pictorial brown cloth. Bookseller label on front pastedown front free endpaper partially detached gift note opposite title page dated 1884 page edges toned minor foxing to prelims. Mainly devoted to the early Australia explorers with chapters devoted to Sturt Grey & Lushington; Eyre; Leichhardt as well as content on Stuart Gregory Burke & Wills and others. Fourth Edition Revised & Updated. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hardcover
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: 049126
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Hardin, GW G W
A World Beyond Belief. Tales of a Real Estate Shaman.
Denver CO: DreamSpeaker Creations Inc 2011. 202pp few bw diagrams. Trade paperback. A few light pencilled lines in margins otherwise excellent. Otherworldly phenomena and how they can influence your home business or job. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. DreamSpeaker Creations Inc Paperback
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: 049481 ISBN : 1893641155 9781893641150
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Tynan, Patrick J
Johnny Cassim. Coolie Convict Catechumen Colonial Entrepreneur. 1814-1884.
Toowoomba: Church Archivists Press 2005. iv 102pp index appendix bw ills WITH compliments slip from Archbishop of Brisbane with handwritten signed note. Pictorial card. Near new.Biography of an Indian born convict sent to Mauritius and then on to Van Diemens Land. He later moved to Queensland and died at Clevelend. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. Church Archivists Press Paperback
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: 050005 ISBN : 1920855920 9781920855925
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Kennedy, KH K H
Mining Tsar. The Life and Times of Leslie Urquhart.
Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1986. xiv 363pp index bibliography endnotes bw ills maps. Burgundy boards in jacket. Minor foxing to page edges and prelims. Light edge wear to jacket. The creation operation and loss of the empires of John Leslie Urquhart one of the outstanding charaters on the international mining scene in the three decades leading up to the Great depression. First making his mark in Tsarist Russia initially in the petroleum industry at Baku and later in base metal mining in the Urals and Central Siberia. Late in life he was the architect of a third business enterprise- Mount Isa. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Allen & Unwin Hardcover
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: 050097 ISBN : 0868618985 9780868618982
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Melloy, RS as told to Melloy, Diane R S
Time Will Tell. Memoirs of a Kangaroo Point Kid. with Related inserts
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1993. xv 398pp index endnotes bw ills family tree chronology. Pictorial glossy boards with place marker ribbons. PLUS book launch invitation book launch program author's funeral program and letter from his wife. SIGNED by author opposite title page. Occasional foxing ends of palce marker ribbons a bit frayed. Autobiography from birth in 1897 to publication in 1993 including military service. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Small 4to. Boolarong Press Hardcover
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: 050132 ISBN : 0864391706 9780864391704
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Lehane, Robert
The Pearl King.
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 2014. xix 410pp index endnotes bibliography bw & few col ills. Pictorial card. Near new. SIGNED by author on dedication page. Biography of James Clark. Born in 1857 and orphaned at 2 he arrived penniless in Brisbane ten years later. Starting out in the Torres Strait at 23 he became a dominant figure in Australia's pearl shelling indistry. With a yonger brother he built one of the nation's largest pastoral companies and ran an oyster business in Moreton Bay that supplied markets across Australia. He was prominent in horseracing and yachting in Queensland. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Boolarong Press Paperback
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: 050163 ISBN : 1925046370 9781925046373
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Gordon, Douglas MB BS
Douglas Gordon: Bush Child Student Priest Grazier RAAF Medical Officer. Autobiographical Notes and Reflections on the Formative Years.
Brisbane: Meg Gordon 2020. 300pp bw ills map. Pictorial card. As new. An open and reflective account of the various influences chance factors and emergent opportunities that led to his subsequent career foci: occupational health public health medical epidemiology and preventive medicine. Subject matter includes life on and management of a Queensland coastal grazing property in the early years of the 20th century and again in theDepression and post-Depression years of the 1930s Tiaro; Catholic boarding schools for boys in the second and thrid decades of the 20th century; medical education in the early War years; management of a provincial hospital Ipswich during WWII; and the work of the RAAF medical service particularly in the Pacific Region. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Meg Gordon Paperback
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: 050343
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Habben, Edwin; Williams, Vanessa (compiled/researched by)
Ipswich & District Roll of Honour world War 2. The Family and Military History of the Men and Women Whose names are Recorded in Ipswich as Having Sacrificed Their Lives During World War 2. Volume 1 & Volume 2.
Ipswich: Ipswich City Council 2016. HEAVY. 2 VOLUME SET. 966pp in total index of casualties num bw & col ills. Full Faux lbrown leather with metal corners. As new. An exceptional and comprehensive reference for military local and family historians. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None as Issued. 4to. Ipswich City Council Hardcover
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: 050378 ISBN : 0646946838 9780646946832
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Idriess, Ion L
Nemarluk: King of the Wilds.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1947. 221pp. Or cloth backed decorated boards in jacket. Moderate to heavy foxing and toning throughout. Jacket worn at folds with shorts tears and creases small chip at top of spine which is faded. NOT price-clipped. The story of Nemarluk- chief of the Cahn-ma Aboriginal people who Idriess introduced in his earlier book Man Tracks. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
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: 050727
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Lawrence, T E
Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. De Luxe edition
Garden City: Garden City Publishing 1938. HEAVY. 672pp index appendices bw ills. Cream cloth with gilt decoration to spine embossed swords to front; in jacket. Jacket price clipped minor edge wear heavier at top and bottom of spine a couple of very small chips and very short tears. Light even tning to page edges. First US De Luxe Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Garden City Publishing Hardcover
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: 050756
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Lawrence, T E
Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape 1935. HEAVY. 672pp index appendices bw ills. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine gilt swords to front; no jacket. Light even tning to page edges page edges untrimmed. Small bookseller label inside front cover anotherbooksellers stamp on front free endpaper prev owner name inside front cover. Slight fading to spine slight rounding of board corners. Fourth Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
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: 050757
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Howard, John [SIGNED]
Lazarus Rising. A Personal and Political Autobiography.
Sydney: HarperCollins 2010. 711pp index appendix col photos. Or black boards in jacket with page marker ribbon. Light edge wear to edge of jacket. SIGNED by the author Australia's longest serving Prime Minister on title page. . Signed by Author. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. HarperCollins Hardcover
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: 050779 ISBN : 0732289955 9780732289959
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Curotta, ivan
The Wizard of the Hempen Square. The Story of Hughie Dwyer. Undefeated Lightweight Welterweight and Middleweight Boxing Champion of Australia in the 1920s.
Australia: The Author 2005. xii 356pp index bibliography glossary bw ills. Pictorial card. Minor wear to bottom edge which also has some small faint blue spotting light crease to front. SIGNED by author and John Dwyer subject's son on title page. A comprehensive biography of an Australian boxing great of the 1920s. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. The Author Paperback
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: 050796 ISBN : 0646451138 9780646451138
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Townsend, Peter
The Postman of Nagasaki. The true Story of a Nuclear Survivor.
Middlesex UK: Penguin 1985. 173pp. Paperback. Front cover creased small <1cm tear at bottom front prev owner name inside front cover some toning to paper. 16 year old Sumiteru Taniguchi has just started his pot round when the Americans dropped the atom bomb on Nagasaki. Minutes later he lay hiseously wounded. This is the moving story of Sumiteru's fight to master his terrible disfiguring injuries to overcome his doubts and fears about the future and lead a normal life. First Penguin Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo. Penguin Paperback
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: 050910
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McGrath, Mrs D
From the Lime Bluffs Chillagoe Far North Queensland
Petford: The Author 1981. No date c1981. 274pp b/w ills. Light card cover illustrated by Glen Hutton. Some foxing to cover endpapers and edges. SIGNED by author on title page. The author was born and reared amonst the Lime Buffs where she conducted a store for 20 years and then a Post Office beside the road to Chillagoe. She writes of her family and the characters of the region. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
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: 050939 ISBN : 0959376208 9780959376203
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Fethers, Geoff
An Elephant in My Garden. Recollections of an Australian Vet. 2 copies- trade and Deluxe Limited Signed #2
Melbourne: Queensberrry Hill Press 1980. xii 164pp bw ills. One copy brown boards in jacket. Deluxe copy tan cloth with leather spine in publsihers clear plastic jacket. Both as new in slipcase. Deluxe edition SIGNED by author and #2 of a limitation of 175 copies. Signed by Author. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Slipcase. 8vo. Queensberrry Hill Press Hardcover
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: 038249 ISBN : 0909174261 9780909174262
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Grabs, Cyril G
Australian and a Hero. The Story of an extraordinary Adventurer Arnold Wienholt.
Toowoomba: Darling Downs Institute Press 1987. 191pp maps bibliography bw ills. Or laminated boards. Some fading to spine minor foxing to endpapers. Biography of Fassifern Boonah Shire Queensland pioneer Arnold Wienholt who served in the Boer War and First World War was a big game hunter and served in the defence of Khartoum in 1936 where he perished. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Darling Downs Institute Press Hardcover
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: 038442 ISBN : 0949414131 9780949414137
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Smith, Bertha Mac
Quench Not the Spirit. Merino Heritage.
Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press 1972. viii 245pp genealogical tables index appendices bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Prev owners name on front pastedown 5mm tear to edge of front free endpaper. JAcket rubbed at folds with tiny tear to rear panel. The Hon John Smith was an outstanding figure in early NSW history a pioneer pastoralist and Merino breeder on vast areas of land. This book tells how life was lived in the days when Australia was just beginning to clamber on the sheep's back. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The Hawthorn Press Hardcover
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: 038486
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Barton, Robert D
Reminiscences of an Australian Pioneer.
Sydney: Tyrrells Ltd 1917. viii 288pp frontis portrait. Or maroon cloth. Spine sunned front board surface faded a couple of small bits of white paper stuck to rear board. Page edges margins and endpapers toned. The author was born about 200 miles west of Sydney in 1842 and tells of life in colonial country New South Wales. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Tyrrells Ltd Hardcover
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: 039611
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Baldham, Col
Biscay to Balikpapan. Autobiography of a World War II Navigator.
Lismore: The Author 1996. 180pp appendices bibliography bw ills. Or card. Minor edge wear with slight crease to bottom front corner. SIGNED by author with non-personalised inscription and date inside front cover on day of book launch. The author served with the RAF in Europe and with the RAAF in the south-west Pacific receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. The Author Paperback
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: 039924 ISBN : 0646296329 9780646296326
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Anonymous
Rough Hewn. The Autobiography of a Modern Sinbad.
New York: D. Appleton & Co 1933. 383pp. Or green cloth lacking jacket. Cracking at title page spine dulled. Autobiography of a sailor. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. D. Appleton & Co Hardcover
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: 040055
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Ongka; Strathern, Andrew (translator)
Ongka. A Self-Account By a New Guinea Big-Man.
New York: St. Martin's Press 1979. xxii 162pp indexes bw ills maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Jacket with slight edge wear and some fading to spine original price sticker to front. Ongka a leader of the Melpa society of Mount Hagen in the New Guinea highlands at the age of 60 looks back at his youth just before the white man came as explorers to his land and explains everyhting that made life meaningful-and dangerous- at this time: warfare marriage alliances sorcery stick fights rearing pigs for moka prestations speech making trading expeditions. He ends with an account of the 'big moka' of 1974 and his speculations on his country's independence. Spoken into a tape recorder in Melpa and translated by Andrew Srathern who has also added an introduction maps photographs ans explanatory footnotes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. St. Martin's Press Hardcover
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: 040425 ISBN : 0312585667 9780312585662
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Blacket, Wilfred, KC K C
May it Please Your Honour. lawyers and Law Courts of the Olden Times in New South Wales.
Sydney: Cornstalk Publishing. 1927. 275pp. Or grey cloth lacking jacket. Ex-Queensland Parliamentary Library reserve stack with appropriate stamps small bookseller label on front pastedown. Toning to page edges margins and endpapers. Slight fading and white numbers on spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Cornstalk Publishing. Hardcover
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: 040531
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Lubbock, Basil
Bully Hayes. South Sea Pirate.
London: Martin Hopkinson 1931. xi 322pp bw plates col frontis endpaper maps. Or black cloth lacking jacket. Prev owner name on front free endpaper and again on half-title page. Surface silverfishing to cloth. Biography of Bully Hayes notorious 19th century blackbirder and gun runner. He stole women looted copra but also transported missionaries. The South Seas in the 'bad old days'. . . First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to. Martin Hopkinson Hardcover
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: 040588
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Taylor, Mark
Time to Declare Signed Limited edition
Sydney: Macmillan 1999. 456pp index statistics bw & col ills page marker ribbon. Full padded green leather titled in gilt in pictorial slipcase. Special edition limited to 10334 copies the number of career runs by Taylor this #6166. Signed by Mark Taylor on limitation page. Autobiography of one of the greatest cricketers of the modern era. Signed by Author. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Slipcase. 8vo. Macmillan Hardcover
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: 040706 ISBN : 073291017x 9780732910174
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Collinson, J W (edited/arranged by); Eastwood, Josepg, Greetham
More About Cairns 3. Recollections of a Varied Life. The Autobiography of Joseph Gretham Eastwood with appendices
Brisbane: W R Smith & Paterson 1946. 84ppappendices. Or brown cloth boards. Tiny bump to top front right corner. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is number 408 signed by the author. The history of Cairns and district. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. W R Smith & Paterson Hardcover
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: 041123
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Gillard, Julia
Julia Gillard. My Story signed
Sydney: Random House Australia 2014. vii 504pp index notes col ills. Or black boards in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket a couple of tiny corner creases to pages light even toning to page edges. SIGNED by author on title page. Autobiography of Australia's first and so far only female Prime Minister. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Random House Australia Hardcover
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: 041265 ISBN : 0857983903 9780857983909
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Paine, RW R W
Recollections of a Pacific Entomologist 1925-1966.
Canberra: ACIAR Monograph Press 1994. 120pp bw & col ills. Or card. Near new. Experiences of an entomoloist in the Pacific over 40 years. Includes Fiji New Guinea Solomon Islands and more. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Square 8vo. ACIAR Monograph Press Paperback
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: 041444 ISBN : 1863201068 9781863201063
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Marks, Elizabeth N; Cummins, Kathleen C
Mosquitoes and Memories. Recollections of "Patricia" Marks.
Place Not Stated: The Author 2004. 295pp family trees appendices bw ills. Or blue faux-leather boards. Near new. Privately published biography of noted Australian entomologist and dipterist Elizabeth Nesta Patricia Marks. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. The Author Hardcover
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: 042857 ISBN : 0646432966 9780646432960
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Xingjian, Gao
Soul Mountain
Sydney: Flamingo HarperCollins 2000. 510pp. FIRST PRINTING IN ENGLISH. Light even toning to page edges. This translation by noted Australian scholar Mabel Lee was the first English language edition of this winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for literature. At the time of winning the prize less than 500 copies had been sold worldwide in the English translation this from a tiny initial print run. The author preeminent playwright in China was misdiagnosed as having cancer in 1982 and decided to end his days having the best of everything he could afford. After a second test revealed he did not have cancer and facing time in a prison farm Xingjian fled Beijing. For 6 weeks he entered a transendental state of imminent death then received his reprieve from death. This is the story of his journey. Extremely rare as true first. First English Language Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Flamingo (HarperCollins) Paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 043221 ISBN : 0732266513 9780732266516
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Rose, Lionel (as told to Rod Humphries)
Lionel Rose: Australia. The Life Story of a Champion. signed
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1969. 150pp bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. 2cm tear and associated crease at top of front jacket panel a few corner creases to pages. SIGNED and inscribed to Danny by Lionel Rose & Jack Rennie trainer on front free endpaper. Lionel Rose fought his way from poverty and obscurity in an Aboriginal settlement to being Australian of the year and the bantamweight championship of the world. Scarce title and exceptionally so signed by Rose and his trainer and mentor. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 043540
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Purdon, Susan; Rahemthula, Aladin (editors)
A Woman's Place. 100 Years of Queensland Women Lawyers.
Brisbane: Supreme Court of Queensland Library 2005. HEAVY. xxix 833pp index appendices bw & col portraits. Or black boards in jacket. As new. Celebrates the progress and achievement of Queensland's women lawyers over 100 years with human interest historical and reference material with illustrated profiles of some of the state's foremost women lawyers. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Small 4to. Supreme Court of Queensland Library Hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 043666 ISBN : 0975123041 9780975123041
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Paterson, Jim
A King Island Settler's Tale.
Hobart: The Author 2001. xiv 302pp appendices bw ills. Minor edge wear to covers some creasing to front cover. SIGNED Jim with personalised inscription by author on title page. The author settled on King Island Tasmania in the 1950s and succesfully raised sheep and cattle there for many years. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 043954 ISBN : 0957896409 9780957896406
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Gilford, Phil; Knight, Lindsay; Lindenberg, Armin; Reid, Murray
The New Zealand Sportsman of the Year.
Auckland: J.M. Mcgregor 1982. VERY HEAVY. 335pp num bw & col ills. Full blue leather with silver image of statuette on front in sturdy slipcase. Slight rubbing to slipcase. Limited to 1500 copies of which this #85. Details winners from 1954 to 1981 plus the 1970-79 Sportsman of the Decade. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. Elephant Folio. J.M. Mcgregor Hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 035142 ISBN : 0859212025 9780859212021
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Hamilton, Adrian; Wilkes, john/
The Infamous Essay on Women or John Wilkes Seated Between Vice and Virtue 2 Volumes in slipcase.
London: Andre Deutsch 1972. 2 volumes. Each 256pp bw ills. One volume cloth backed marbled boards the other a duplication in soft cover. An edition limited to 2000 copies this one unnumbered. The soft cover is intended as a reading copy. Both volumes presented in a slipcase. A little rubbin gto the covers of the soft cover a couple of small scuff marks to slipcase. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. 4to. Andre Deutsch Hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 035368 ISBN : 0233963626 9780233963624
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Ellis, M H
Francis Greenway. His Life and Times. #10/350
Sydney: The Shepherd Press 1949. ix 292pp index notes bibliography bw ills col plates col pictorial endpapers. Full blue morocco leathertitled in gilt in slipcase. Slipcase slightly flecked. A little slight toning to page edges. De Luxe edition limited to 350 signed copies of which this is #10. Life and work of colonial architect Francis Greenway. Signed by Author. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. Small 4to. The Shepherd Press Hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 035413
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