Del Mar: CA: The Mystery Library/ University of Cakifornia 1976. 2nd printing first edition thus number line begins with 2 originally issued by Doubleday in 1951. Page edges beginning to spot else a fine copy. The first volume published by The Mystery Library. It is unclear if dust jacket was issued with this edition I believe jackets were issued for later printings. Includes a wonderful 11 page introduction/biography by John Ball editor-in-chief of the Library. Also an appended bibliography of Upfield's works along with a brief commentary on each one by Betty Donaldson and illustrtions by Dick Connor. Finally the publishers have included an enlightening map of Australia which indicates the location of each of the Upfield mysteries. A Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte title. . 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Connor Dick. Book. The Mystery Library/ University of Cakifornia Hardcover
N.Y.: Simon and Schuster: An Inner Sanctum Mystery 1953. 1st ed. bright yellow boards show some minor discoloration and the cheap paper tanning else near fine in unclipped dust jacket $2.50 price intact at lower corner of front flap. the jacket has small piece out at front and rubbed and nicked at spine edges else very good with protective mylar cover. "A Chinese mandarin's bed lives up to its tradition of a murdered bride when it is brought to Australia where a newly wed is killed. The bed is used by a barker from a carnival and when another woman dies in its display- the suspicion centers on an unattractive entourage of freaks and frauds and provides a grotesque of misshapen bodies and misguided minds. " --Kirkus Review. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book. Simon and Schuster: An Inner Sanctum Mystery Hardcover
N.Y.: Soho Crime 2012. 1st ed. A fine copy of the Advance Uncopyeditied Edition. Wyatt the cool ever-evasive thief snatches the cash easily enough. He bypasses the alarm system eludes the cops makes it safely back to his hideout in Hobart. It's the diamond-studded Tiffany brooch--and perhaps the girl--that undoes him. Now some very hard people want to put Wyatt and that brooch out of circulation. But this is Wyatt's game and Wyatt sets the rules--even if it means a reckoning somewhere far from home. In a murky world where the cops are robbers old-style criminal Wyatt positively shines. 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Soho Crime Paperback
N.Y.: Soho Crime 2014. 1st ed. A fine unread copy of the Advance Uncopyedited Edition due out June 2014. 309 pages. Constable Paul Hirschhausen "Hirsch" is a recently demoted detective sent from Adelaide Australia�s southernmost booming metropolis to Tiverton a one-road town in rustic backwater "wool and wheat" country three hours north. Hirsch is more than just a disgraced cop a rumored whistle-blower; the internal investigations bureau is still trying to convict him of something even if it means planting evidence and someone has a bullet they�d like to put in his head -- as has been made clear by the pistol cartridge left in his mailbox. Hirsch is just trying to keep his job but the tiny town of Tiverton has more crime than one lone cop should have to handle. The stagnant economy rural isolation and entrenched racism and misogyny mean every case Hirsch investigates is a new basket of snakes. When the body of a 16-year-old local girl is found on the side of the highway the situation in Tiverton gets even more sinister and whether or not he finds her killer there�s going to be hell to pay. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Soho Crime Paperback
Naiad Press Tallahassee: FL 1988 1st ed. PBO large oversize trade pbk. Rubbed along edges else near fine. Set in Sydney. First Carol Ashton title. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Trade Paperback. Naiad Press Tallahassee: FL 1988 Hardcover
Boulder: CO: Rue Morgue Press 1999. Fine in decorated wraps. Oversize trade paperback. orig. 1938. Murder mystery with comic interludes set on board a cruise ship in the South Pacific. The 1st book by the Littles and the only one without black in the title. 1st prtg. 1st Prtg. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book. Rue Morgue Press Paperback
London: Gollancz 1984. 1st ed. fine in unclipped dust jacket �7.95 price intact . Mantell's fifth offering to feature New Zealand Detective Sergeant Steve Arrow. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Gollancz Hardcover
N.Y.: Walker 1980. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. New Zealand author's third book featuring Detective Sergeant Steven Arrow. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Walker Hardcover
Queensland Australia: Univ of Queensland Press 1985. Reissue; initially published 1933. Introduction by Bronwen Levy. Two adventurous Australian women are invited to a houseparty in an English country house and are soon caught up in a frantic search for the guest's missing jewels and later in a murder mystery. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Univ of Queensland Press Hardcover
Kent Town SA Australia: Wakefield Press 1992. 1st prtg. A fine unread copy of this trade paperback originally published 1971. Bibliomystery set in Australia. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by McLachlan Stuart. Trade Paperback. Wakefield Press Paperback
New York New York U.S.A.: Arcade Pub 2000. 1st. Ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. A Murray Whelan mystery. Murray is back on the mean streets of Melbourne and this time the occasion is the international competition to host the Summer Olymics. 1st Ed. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Arcade Pub Hardcover
Australia: Allen & Unwin 1995. 1st ed. Near fine copy of this trade paperback. Thirteen stories from Australia. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original. Allen & Unwin Paperback
San Diego CA U.S.A.: Harcourt Trade Publishers 2004. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Growing up in a small australian town Gerard loves to hear mom talk about her idyllic childhood in an English country manor. But she swears she will never return to England and refuses to tell him what happened to her family. When shes napping one day he breaks open her drawer the one that's always locked the one that has his great-grandmothers ghost story in it. Twenty years later librarian Gerard has not left home but is in search of the terrible crime that haunted his mother. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Harcourt Trade Publishers Hardcover
Adelaide: Peacock Publications. 1984. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 183 pages. Two stories in one book - the story of South Australia's settlement and growth and the story of human health in the past 150 years. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Peacock Publications hardcover
Cengage Learning Australia 1994. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Cengage Learning Australia paperback
Canberra.: news bulletin. 1974. Black and white photographic illustrations 11pp stapled quarto leaves sound condition. Dated September 2 1974 Number 8 Special Issue marking the 29th anniversary of the country's independence. Contents: Vietnam: Glimpses of the Past and Present; The August 1945 Revolution in Vietnam; Health Service in the DRVN; The Way We Go. . news bulletin. unknown
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2017. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Mint condition in pictorial laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. A new copy. Black and white map and one other small black and white plate. Foreword by Father Frank Brennan 128 pages. James Morrill was shipwrecked on the Queensland coast in 1846 he lived with the Aboriginal people until he presented himself to the advancing colonists seventeen years later in 1863. Morrill concerned about the killing of his companions and the seizure of their lands took the initiative and appointed himself their emissary to the Queensland government. With his friend' approval he sought an end to the violence and requested recognition of Aboriginal land. Morrill's proposals were ignored and the war continued. This publication contains Morrill's own story exactly as it was written in 1863. . New. 1st Edition. Hardback. Australian Scholarly Publishing hardcover
Melbourne: The Five Mile Press 2007. HEAVY. 255pp index bibliography num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Light edge wear. Australians who have questioned authority and found it wanting. From Peter Lalor to Midnight Oil. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. The Five Mile Press Paperback
Saint Lucia Queensland AU: University of Queensland Press. Very Good. 1995. Paperback. 0702225649 . Light edgewear and scuffing of heavy card covers with french flaps. Gift notation to previous owner ; Colour photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 176 pages; "Autobiography of one of Australia's greatest indigenous statesmen artists religious leaders who died in 1987; also poet dreamer champion of land rights and all round magnificent ambassador for his people. As told to family member author Jennifer Isaacs Yolngu name Miwura." . University of Queensland Press paperback
South Melbourne: Lothian Books. 2006. Very Good condition. 213 pages. A collection of entertaining tales about some amazing Australian characters. . Reprint. Trade Paperback. Lothian Books paperback
Coolangatta Qld.: Razorback Investments 2005. 218pp appendix num bw photographs. Or card covers. Front corners creased rear cover creased. Narrative memoir of 6 years service with the RAAF during WWII- mainly on the home front but also service at Bouganville/Torokina. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Folio. Razorback Investments Paperback
Yaoi Press 2006. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Yaoi Press paperback
Heinemann 1997. Ring-bound. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Heinemann unknown
Sydney. Duodecimo wraps b&w illus pp 56. N.d. c. 1970s. Near-fine condition. History of the Ernabella mission in South Australia. Now the Pukatja community. paperback
Dubbo NSW: Review Publications. 1976. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Good condition. A couple of marks to covers and faint water mark to base - no impact on book. Black & white illustration. Originally prblished as "Australian Gold Discovery Guide to Emigrants to Australia". Australian Gold Discovery Monographs No 1. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 47 pages. This monograph was originally published privately by Dr Mackaness in a limited edition of 150 copies. This is Volume VII in this new series of Australian Historical Monographs and was Volume XXXIII in the original series. Originally published in 1853 or 1852 and annotated with notes by Mackaness in 1956. This unique publication was also subtitled ‘Guide to Emigrants to Australia’. The illustrations in this pamphlet are facsimiles of those in the original. Mackaness makes the point in his introduction that he believed that he had the only copy of this work as none existed in the major libraries of Australia or the United Kingdom. . Reprint. Softcover. Review Publications paperback
Canberra: Government Printer. 1963. 8vo original cloth boards with gilt title and Australian crest pp 184. Very faint mark to the edge of some pages o/w very good condn. Boards. Government Printer hardcover
Perth: Government Printer. 1897. Foolscap 16 pp folding plate near-fine condn. "Presented to both Houses of Parliament by His Excellency's Command." <br>"No. 5" Government Printer unknown
Perth: Government Printer. 1889. Foolscap 4 pp very good condn. "Transmitted to the Legislative Council 20th March 1889 as an enclosure to Message No. 1 from his Excellency the Governor." <br>"Ordered by the Coucil to be Printed." <br>"A. 2" Government Printer unknown
Perth: Government Printer. 1885. Foolscap 4 pp. Near-fine condn. "Presented to the Legislative Council His Excellency's Command." <br>"No. 30." Government Printer unknown
Perth: Government Printer. 1885. Foolscap 4 pp. Very good condn. "Presented to the Legislative Council by His Excellency's Command." <br>"No. 31." Government Printer unknown
Perth: Government Printer. 1885. Foolscap 4pp. Near-fine condn. "Ordered by the Council to be Printed 14th September 1885." <br>"A 20." Government Printer unknown
Adelaide: Department of Mines. 1954. 8vo wraps colour plates b&w text illus pp 51. Ex-library stamp front wrap o/w very good condn. Wraps. Department of Mines paperback
Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 1997. 4to wraps pp 92. Near-fine condn. Wraps. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies paperback
National Trust of Australia W.A. Oblong 8vo pictorial wraps unpag. 10 pp. N.d. 1974 n.p. Perth. Very good condn. History of Bridgedale in Bridgetown. Wraps. National Trust of Australia (W.A.) paperback
Perth: LISWA. 1992. Oblong 8vo pictorial wraps b&w illus pp 14. With loosely inserted invitation to the launch of the accompanying exhibition. Very good condn. Wraps. LISWA paperback
Perth: Paterson Brokensha. c.1954. 4to black cloth boards b&w photographs throughout 1 colour plate advert map pp 152. Boards rubbed text clean good condn. Includes advertising and information on: WA history development industries principal manufactures general conditions transportation finance mining and mineral resources and rural industries. A historical snapshot of WA in the early 1950s. Plate at page 75 "An Aerial View of the University of WA and Foreshore at Crawley" - a large photographic version is available for purchase from Muir Books please enquire. Boards. Paterson Brokensha hardcover
Perth: Government Printer. 1914. 8vo original red pictorial wraps b&w illus pp 191 pp xlvi advertisements. Chip to top of spine and rear wrap approx one inch loss edge of rear wrap reinforced with archival tape slight foxing to preliminary pages o/w clean and in good condn. Useful information mainly agricultural for the settler. Paper Wraps. Government Printer paperback
Perth: Library and Information Service of Western Australia. 1990. 4to pp. 86 Index b/w ills. wraps faint mark rear otherwise very good. Project aimed at preserving and storing Supreme Court Records Western Australia. Wraps. Library and Information Service of Western Australia paperback
Perth. 1978. Red stiff paper wrappers w/ b&w illus map. No marks or creases good condition. 24 Report on uranium exploration in WA written for the general public. 3rd edition. Paper Wraps. paperback
Sydney: Australia Post. 1991. 1st ed. 4to 40 p col ill new book in protective sleave accompanied by mint set of stamps which accompanied publication of the text to mark 50th anniversary of important WWII battles 40 1st edition. Boards. Australia Post hardcover
Art Gallery Board of South Australia with assistance from the Australian Dept. of Foreign Affairs an 1986 Paperback. Good. Art Gallery Board of South Australia with assistance from the Australian Dept. of Foreign Affairs an 1986 Paperback paperback
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