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WHITE Dr. Peter J editor
Archaeology & Physical Anthropology in Oceania. Volume 15 #3
University of Sydney 1980. Archaeology of Raoul Island Pleistocene Human Occupation at Beginners Luck Cave Florentine Valley Tasmania Aboriginal Technology Aboriginal Grinding Grooves Making Ground Stone Tools Bone points and Spatulae Salvage ethnography in Southwest Australia Reviews Illustrated. 58pp. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. University of Sydney Paperback
Bookseller reference : 006555
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White Gilbert
Thirty Years In Tropical Australia
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1918. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Previous owner's signature to preliminary pages and top corner of front pastedown - both neat. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Two maps. 264 pages Observations of life in Northern Australia during the late nineteenth and early 20th century by the first Bishop of Diocese of Carpentaria. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB235319
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White Isobel; Barwick Diane; Meehan Betty
Fighters and Singers: The Lives of Some Australian Aboriginal Women
Sydney: George Allen & Unwin 1985. xxi 226pp bw ills maps. Appears to have very light damp rippling to last few pages- no stain visible. Collection of stories of the eventful lives of aboriginal women spanning more than a century of history in 15 communities scattered all over the country. One is an autobiography and the others contain transcriptions or translations of a woman's reminiscences with additional details given by the author. Some recall the first time they saw a European in their land others tell how Europeans had influenced their community generations before they were born. While the authors lived in aboriginal communities in order to study some particular aspect of the society the women they describe here became close friends companions and helpers and this book is a record of friendships formed against differences of background experience and age. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. George Allen & Unwin Paperback
Bookseller reference : 008750 ISBN : 0868616206 9780868616209
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White Jill; Dupain Max; Cawood Matthew
Dupain's Beaches
Sydney NSW Australia: Chapter & Verse 2000. 112 pages with b/w illustrations. In this book we see Dupain's fascination with shadows with sand patterns with the arcs of seascape - and above all with the people who indulged themselves on Australia's urban and country beaches over a period of 60 years. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Chapter & Verse Paperback
Bookseller reference : 011512 ISBN : 0947322191 9780947322199
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White John; Rienits Rex biographical introduction
Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales. with Sixty-Five Plates of Non-descript Animals Birds Lizards Serpents Curious Cones of Trees and Other Natural Productions.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson Eden 1962. xiii 282pp index reference notes appendices bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. JAcket rubbed at folds price clipped. Reissue of one of the foundation books of Australia by the First Fleet surgeon and Surgeon-General to the Colony John White Esq. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson (Eden) Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038613
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White Kate
Barney; The Story of Rees D. Williams Architect of the White-Collar Union Movement
Hargreen Publishing Company North Melbourne Victoria 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. list of abbreviations foreword by Author author's note bibliography and index. Yellow coloured endpapers. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece of Barney Williams by Angus Cummings. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography black-and-white cartoons and the occasional table. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. Illustrated dust wrapper same illustration as for frontispiece with blue coloured background and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and spine. Biography of Rees D. Williams -- Barney as he was universally known lived up to his name. He was not somebody to avoid a fight. He led the Australian bank employees union in its first industrial action. He presided over a period when the organisations representing white-collar workers ceased to be "gentlemen's clubs" and became unions. He was active in the Australian Labor Party and sought to build bridges between the ALP and the white-collar unions. Kate White gives the reader a behind the scenes glimpse of the postwar development of the union movement and of the evolution of the modern ALP. Digital and available upon request. A little rubbing to the head and heel of spine with some shelfwear to the lower book edges. Lower book corners are bumped. A little rubbing to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. XII 244 pages . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Trade Unions; Unions -- Australia ; Australia; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0949905429. ISBN/EAN: 9780949905420. Inventory No: 0104460. . 9780949905420 Hargreen Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0104460 ISBN : 0949905429 9780949905420
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White Les
Wool in Wartime: a Study in Colonialism
Sydney: Alternative Publishing Co-Operative Ltd APCOL 1981. Foreword by Manning Clark. x 161pp appendix: 6 tables bibliography index. Near new. Or boards in jacket. The book is in two sections: Enforced Colonialism; and Self-imposed Colonialism. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Alternative Publishing Co-Operative Ltd (APCOL) Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038101 ISBN : 0909188521 9780909188528
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White Les
Wool in Wartime: a Study in Colonialism
Sydney: Alternative Publishing Co-Operative Ltd APCOL 1981. Foreword by Manning Clark. x 161pp appendix: 6 tables bibliography index. Page edges lightly tanned. Or cl boards in dust-jacket which has a heavily faded spine titles legible. The book is in two sections: Enforced Colonialism; and Self-imposed Colonialism. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Alternative Publishing Co-Operative Ltd (APCOL) Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015858 ISBN : 0909188521 9780909188528
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White M W D
An Early Settler: The Duckett White Family in Australia
Ashgrove Qld: Hennessy Investments 1990. vii 266pp illustrated with contemporary photographs and many previously unpublished maps and letters of historical interest genealogical tables one folding index. EX-LIBRARY copy with stamps on first three and final two pages and on page edges. Errata slip attached at the spine edge over the frontispiece portrait of the Hon W D White. There is a trace of damp with minor staining by the heavily bumped upper edge. Pp 128 to the end are affected with quite a number of pages stuck together near the upper edge. It looks as if these could be separated without loss of text given time and care. Clear Contact has been attached to the covers with two presumably library stickers on the front and one by the spine foot. The book brings to life the story of one of Queensland's pioneering families with details of the Hon William Duckett White's family and vast cattle runs in South East Queensland and later at Bluff Downs and the building of Lota House at Manly. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo. Ex-Library. Hennessy Investments Paperback
Bookseller reference : 025968 ISBN : 0646018167 9780646018164
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White M. W. D.; Rahemtula Aladin
Queensland Judges on the High Court
Brisbane QLD Australia: Supreme Court of Queensland Library 2003. Minor chip to rear of jacket. Usual library stamps. 286 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Supreme Court of Queensland Library Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014875 ISBN : 0975123009 9780975123003
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White Mary E.
Reading the Rocks : Animals and Plants in Prehistoric Australia and New Zealand
Sydney NSW Australia: Kangaroo Press 1999. Jacket has general wear to edges plus some fading to spine. 256 pages with colour illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Kangaroo Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011381 ISBN : 0731808061 9780731808069
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White Michael QC; Rahemtula Aladin.
Queensland Judges on the High Court.
Brisbane: Supreme Court of Queensland Library 2003. xxxiii 286pp index bibliography appendices few bw ills. Or black boards in jacket. Ex-State Library with usual impedimentia labels stamps etc inc cancelled stamp. Apart from these the book appears to have seen little or no use. Queensland Justices appointed to the High Court of Australia. Includes Constitutional Interpretation. Justices include Samuel Griffith HArry Gibbs Gerard brennan William Webb Charles Powers. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. Supreme Court of Queensland Library Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037782 ISBN : 0975123009 9780975123003
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White Osmar
Guide To Australia
Melbourne Australia: William Heinemann LTD 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Jacket. A concise digest of basic information about the Australian continent and its diverse regions and communities. Information about travel tours cruises restaurants etc. is out-dated but for those with a historical bent this may be of interest. Pictorial cloth binding with scenes of Australia; clean and unmarked; tight and solid. Former owner name on endpaper. Mostly with text in double columns. Pages clean and unmarked; toned more so on edges. Maps and illustrations-color and b/w. Jacket is clean with same illustration as book; edgewear with tears along upper edge and one on lower edge. Archival protective jacket cover. 387 pages with index. 10 x 6.25 inches. 1968 William Heinemann LTD Melbourne Australia William Heinemann LTD hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010899
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White Osmar
Under the Iron Rainbow: Northwest Australia Today
Melbourne: William Heinemann Ltd. 1969. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 169pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback. William Heinemann Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB243979
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White Robert
Courses for Horses: The Story of Victoria and and Riverina Racecourses
The Five Mile Press Hawthorne Victoria 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 800 g; 144 pp. acknowledgements authors notes introduction. Bottle green coloured endpapers. Photographic title page. Text illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and line drawings showing the various racing courses layouts. There are some colour photographs also. Colour illustrated dust jacket matches the laminated colour illustrated boards beneath. The top left-hand corner of the dust jacket has a 0.5 inch tear otherwise the book is in very good condition "Courses for horses tells the stories of horse racing clubs in Victoria and the Riverina: their history special events personalities and amusing happenings. Location of each course nearby accommodation course layout and lots of other useful information makes this book an invaluable guide to planters jockeys trainers -- in fact anyone interested in this exciting sport.". Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Local History -- New South Wales; Local History -- Victoria; ISBN: 0867880678. ISBN/EAN: 9780867880670. Inventory No: 0215348. . 9780867880670 The Five Mile Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0215348 ISBN : 0867880678 9780867880670
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White Sally
A Patchwork Heritage Thirteen Australian Families
Melbourne: Collins Dove. 1986. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Spine a little faded. Top corner of front free end paper clipped. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 152 pages Loks at thirteen families who have contributed through the generations to law medicine agriculture communication entertainment and the arts manufacturing retailing fishing and transport sports. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Collins Dove paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB177928 ISBN : 0859243915 9780859243919
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White O.
Bellezze d'Australia. Fotografie: Robin Smith.
Victoria, Lloyd o'Neil & Rigby, 1977, in-4, cartone editoriale con sovraccoperta, pp. 110. Con belle illustrazioni a colori.
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White Patrick
L'esploratore
tela edit. con sovrac. ill., piccole rotture e mancanze in sovrac.
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White Patrick
L'occhio dell'uragano Nota biografica di Itala Vivan Postfazione di Mario Fortunato
trad. di Paola Bottalla Nordio, Loredana De Schio, Rodolfo Delmonte bross. edit. con sovrac. ill.
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White, Jill
Dupain's Sydney
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked white cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with the faintest traces of storage. 112pp. Sydney in Australia from the 1930s to the 1950s from the camera of Max Dupain as this era is brought to life again in his superb photographs.
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White, Mary E
L' Odyssée des Plantes. Photographies des Fossiles par Jim Frazier. Traduit de l'Anglais par Yvonne Rosso. ERSTAUSGABE.
Paris, Flammarion, 1988. 256 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen. 30 cm. Originalpappband mit Original-Schutzumschlag.
Bookseller reference : 140209
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WHITE, Patrick.
EL CARRO DE LOS ELEGIDOS.
20x14. 544p. Pequeña falta en sobrecubierta. Trad. C. Puerto. Enc. cart. ed.
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Whitehead Georgina editor
Planting the Nation
Melbourne: Australian Garden History Society 2001. x 196pp illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photos paintings drawings and garden plans index textured end-papers. Cloth boards upper front corner lightly bumped in dust-jacket. The book explores Australia's gardens and landscapes between 1890 and 1914 offering perspectives on garden design horticultural developments city planning and architectural and social history during the remarkable period leading up to and following the federation of the Australian colonies. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Australian Garden History Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021668 ISBN : 1876473444 9781876473440
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Whitehead Hal
Voyage to the Whales
Vermont USA: Chelsea Green Publishing Company 1990. Hardcover with blue boards and pictorial boards first edition 498g 195pgs blue endpapers. Between 1981 and 1984 Hal Whitehead led a research team studying whales in the Indian Ocean. This is the story of the team's expeditions and the important contribution to our understanding of the life and fragile nature of these giants of the sea. Book is in good condition with only minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only light shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Chelsea Green Publishing Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : TRASEA31 ISBN : 0930031253 9780930031251
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Whitehouse Eric B.
Australia in Old Maps 820-1770. The Northern Approaches.
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1994. 96ppindex appendix num bw & col ills. Bump at spine causing crease to front cover. Explores the appearance of Australia in maps prior to the arrival of Captain Cook in 1770. Begins with apparent very early contact by the Chinese c592BC with the earliest map included dating from 820AD. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Boolarong Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034170 ISBN : 0646002775 9780646002774
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Whitehouse Eric B.
Australia in Old Maps 820-1770. The Northern Approaches.
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1994. 96ppindex appendix num bw & col ills. Very minor edge wear to covers. Explores the appearance of Australia in maps prior to the arrival of Captain Cook in 1770. Begins with apparent very early contact by the Chinese c592BC with the earliest map included dating from 820AD. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Boolarong Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033211 ISBN : 0646002775 9780646002774
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Whitehouse Eric B
Australia in old maps 820 to 1770 : The Northern Approaches
Brisbane QLD Australia: Boolarong Press 1994. Crease to bottom corner of front cover. 96 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Boolarong Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 019641 ISBN : 0864391773 9780864391773
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Whitehouse Eric B
Australia in old maps 820 to 1770 : The Northern Approaches
Brisbane QLD Australia: Boolarong Press 1994. Fading to covers. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. 96 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . SIGNED. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Boolarong Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 019495 ISBN : 0864391773 9780864391773
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Whiteley Brett; Art Gallery of Western Australia
Brett Whiteley's Graphics 1961-1982
Art Gallery of Western Australia 1986. Revised Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 72 pages. REVISED SECOND EDITION. This book is in very good condition generally. It is a little grubby has some foxing on the edges and a small insect damage. That said it is in very sound condition and all the illustrations are perfect. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is in very strong condition. The front cover has some very minor bumps and marks indicating previous use but overall is in really nice tight condition. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: This catalogue records the graphic works of Australian artist Brett Whiteley over the period 1961 to 1982. This second edition includes additional works that form part of the collection that were added after the intial first edition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Graphic Arts Individual Artist; ISBN: 0724467726. ISBN/EAN: 9780724467723. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0002342. . 9780724467723 Art Gallery of Western Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : 0002342 ISBN : 0724467726 9780724467723
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WHITELOCK Derek
Conquest to Conservation. History of Human Impact on the South Australian Environment
Adelaide: Wakefield Press 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Adelaide Wakefield Press 1985. Octavo xvi 271 pages with maps and plates. Deluxe edition. Half-gilt-decorated green leather and maroon calf with the original clear plastic dustwrapper; a mint copy. Wakefield Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 110019
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WHITELOCK Derek
Conquest to Conservation. History of Human Impact on the South Australian Environment
Adelaide: Wakefield Press 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Adelaide Wakefield Press 1985. Octavo xvi 271 pages with maps and plates. Papered boards; a fine copy with the very slightly creased dustwrapper. Wakefield Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 86983
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Whitelock Derek
Festival! The Story of the Adelaide Festival of Arts
Adelaide: Published by Author. 1980. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition. Issued without dustjacket. Laminated pictorial boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Preface by the Queen Mother Patron of the Adelaide Festival of the Arts. xvii 217 pages. Assisted by Doug Long. An excellent review of one of Australia's most enduring and pre-eminent festivals. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Published by Author hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB251367 ISBN : 0959598618 9780959598612
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WHITELOCK Derek and Doug LOAN
Festival. The Story of the Adelaide Festival of Arts
Adelaide: The Author 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide The Author 1980. Quarto; laminated pictorial papered boards very slightly rubbed; an excellent copy. Professor Colin Horne's presentation copy signed by both authors Adelaide Lord Mayor James Irwin and Festival Director Anthony Steel. The Author hardcover
Bookseller reference : 72091
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WHITELOCK Derek
Gawler. Colonel Light's Country Town. A History of Gawler and its Region - the Hills the Plains and the Barossa Valley
Gawler: Corporation of the Town of Gawler 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Gawler Corporation of the Town of Gawler 1989. Quarto; papered boards; an excellent copy with the slightly rubbed dustwrapper with a short closed tear. Corporation of the Town of Gawler hardcover
Bookseller reference : 119045
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WHITELOCK Derek
Gawler. Colonel Light's Country Town. A History of Gawler and its Region - the Hills the Plains and the Barossa Valley
Gawler: Corporation of the Town of Gawler 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Gawler Corporation of the Town of Gawler 1989. Small quarto; green morocco; a fine copy in the excellent laminated colour pictorial card slipcase slightly rubbed at the extremities. 200 numbered and signed presentation copies were issued; this copy is unnumbered unsigned and out of series. Corporation of the Town of Gawler hardcover
Bookseller reference : 106035
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Whitelock Derek A.
The Great Tradition: A History of Adult Education in Australia
Brisbane QLD Australia: University of Queensland Press 1974. Small bump at top of rear board. 327 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007421 ISBN : 070220871x 9780702208713
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Whitfield JM. Jessie Mary. J. M.
The Spirit of the Bush Fire Series. Part I.
Sydney: William Brooks & Co. 1911. 101pp bw ills. Or thick card covers with green cloth spine title label laid on to front. Covers toned light toning to page edges. No date c1911. Originally published in 1898 and reissued in four parts from 1911-1918. Very scarce Australian children's fairy stories. Muir 7973. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Lambert C.W. 12mo. William Brooks & Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033343
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Whitfield JM. Jessie Mary. J. M.
The Spirit of the Bush Fire Series. Part II.
Sydney: William Brooks & Co. 1912. 94pp bw ills. Or thick card covers with green cloth spine title label laid on to front. Covers lightly toned light toning to page edges. No date c1912. Originally published in 1898 and reissued in four parts from 1911-1918. Very scarce Australian children's fairy stories. Muir 7975. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Lambert C.W. 12mo. William Brooks & Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033344
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Whiticker Alan and Collis Ian
RUGBY LEAGUE TEST MATCHES IN AUSTRALIA
Sydney New South Wales Australia: ABC Books 1994. 275pp. plus 12 page colour illustrated section b/white photographic historic and contemporary photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper minimally scuffed only. " . . . a complete record of Tests in Australia between Australia and Great Britain New Zealand France South Africa and Papua New Guinea. But it is more than a record of these matches. It travels beyond the football events of each tour and captures the remarkable evolution of rugby league from 1908 to 1993. . . . unearthed are selection controversies unbelievably hard close exciting games detailed behind-the-scenes information which pieces the rugby league story together and a visual treat of photography and memorabilia from all eras." Includes Introduction by Reg Gasnier A.M. Book weight approx. 870g. . First Edition First Impression. Softcover. Very Good . 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. ABC Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 009496 ISBN : 0733303293 9780733303296
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Whiting Brendan
Victims of Tyranny : The Story of the Fitzgerald Convict Brothers
Sydney Australia: Harbour Publishing 2004. General wear to covers. Foxing to endpapers. 310 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good minus. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Harbour Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 017805 ISBN : 0646433458 9780646433455
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Whiting Michael
Augustus Short and the Founding of the University of Adelaide
Adelaide: The Barr Smith Press. 2014. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. As new condition. Colour and black & white illustrations. 100 pages Augustus Short was the first Anglican Bishop of Adelaide. He played a pivotal role in the establishment of the University of Adelaide. . 1st Edition. Hardback. The Barr Smith Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB281576 ISBN : 1922064777 9781922064776
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Whiting Neil
Wrecks and Reefs ; Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
Robert Brown & Associates Coorparoo DC QLD Australia 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Signed by Author. 1.4 kg.; 764 pages includes bibliography and illustrated with coloured maps colour photographs line drawings black-and-white photographs etc etc there is a gift inscription on the verso of the front free end page signed with best wishes by the author. This book documents for the 1st time the history of early shipwrecks and World War II wrecks that line the waters around Port Moresby the capital of Papua New Guinea. This book primarily a guide for scuba divers includes intriguing tales of bloodthirsty cannibals retribution for a ruthless Japanese submarine that took the lives of innocent citizens and the mystery of a lost airliner had disappeared along with 13 unfortunate souls. -- For the scuba enthusiast Wrecks and Reefs includes information on the history of diving in the area from the days of the early heart-Helmut pearl divers to the events of modern self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Apart from the author's inscription on the book shows no damage. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Maritime; Sailing; Local History -- Pacific; Papua New Guinea; history. Signed by Author. ISBN: 1862730849. ISBN/EAN: 9781862730847. Inventory No: 0231865. . 9781862730847 THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POST OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA BECAUSE IT IS OVER 1 Kg WITHOUT PACKAGING PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING. Robert Brown & Associates hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0231865 ISBN : 1862730849 9781862730847
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WHITINGTON Frederick Taylor editor
Augustus Short First Bishop of Adelaide. A Chapter of Colonial Church History
Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1887 this Adelaide edition is the first edition. Octavo xxiv 301 2 blank colophon pages plus a Woodburytype portrait frontispiece of Bishop Short image size 145 � 98 mm mounted on card printed with his facsimile signature. Gilt-pictorial cloth a little flecked marked bumped and rubbed; four-digit number written in ink along the spine with a small inkspot near a nick to the rear cover; two contemporary Magill Institute stamps on early blank pages one with a cancellation stamp; trifling signs of use and age; a very good copy. A London edition of this book was published in 1888 with pages ix-304 from the table of contents onwards being the sheets of this Adelaide edition. The first eight pages the cloth colour lettering and decoration differ and it invariably contains the Woodburytype frontispiece portrait. The Woodburytype is derived from the original albumen paper photograph occasionally but not invariably found as the frontispiece in the Adelaide edition. Ferguson 18499 not noting the last point. Provenance: Alexander John Morison Town Clerk of Adelaide 1937-46 with his pencilled ownership signature and note 'Purchased at Coles Secondhand Department on 3rd February 1925'. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
Bookseller reference : 108964
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Whitington Ernest
The South Australian Vintage 1903
Adelaide: 1903. 1997. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Near Fine Condition. Blindstamped burgundy cloth boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. x 74 pages Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 214. Introduction by Valmai Hankel. . Facsimile. Hardback. 1903] hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB295374 ISBN : 1876154128 9781876154127
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WHITINGTON Ernest
The South Australian Vintage 1903
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1997. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1997 facsimile edition/ 1903. Quarto x 74 pages with numerous illustrations. Gilt-decorated quarter calf and cloth; a fine copy. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 214; number 96 of only 99 copies of the deluxe issue in a total edition of 600 copies. The five-page introduction by Valmai Hankel is new to this edition. Friends of the State Library of South Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 105542
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Whitington, Don
The rulers : fifteen years of the Liberals
1st edition. Hardback in dustjacket. VG/G++. 15902. eng
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Whitlam Gough
The truth of the matter
Harmondsworth: Penguin. Good; Surface crease to bottom corner of front cover. 1979. First Edition. Paperback. 014070079x . Background to the Whitlam Dismissal of November 11 1975 by central figure. 150gms weight mulitple copies available. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7�" tall; 191 pages . Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : 15847 ISBN : 014070079x 9780140700794
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Whitmont Debbie
An Extreme Event: The Compelling True Story of the Tragic 1998 Sydney- Hobert Race
Sydney: Random House 1999. 238pp 8pp colour photos sources. Paperback. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Random House Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016449 ISBN : 0091840570 9780091840570
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Whitmore R. L.
Coal in Queensland : From Federation to the Twenties 1900 to 1925
Brisbane QLD Australia: University of Queensland Press 1991. Usual library marks and wear. 505 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good minus. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020583 ISBN : 0702222623 9780702222627
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Whitmore R. L.
Coal in Queensland : The First Fifty Years
Saint Lucia QLD Australia: University of Queensland Press 1981. Usual library marks. 185 pages with b/w illustrations. A history of early coal mining in Queensland. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019772 ISBN : 0702216194 9780702216190
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