‎Australia‎

‎Explore Australia‎

‎1000 Great Places to Explore in Australia Explore Australia‎

‎Explore Australia 2010. illustrated edition. Paperback. Used; Good. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #3214724</p> Explore Australia paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3214724 ISBN : 1741172497 9781741172492

‎Australia. Australian Army. AIF. 1939 Middle East. Military history and information section. Australian War Memorial A. I.‎

‎Active service : with Australia in the Middle East‎

‎Canberra : Pub. for the Military history and information section A.I.F. Middle East by the Board of management of the Australian war memorial 1941. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. . Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin University of Manchester. Physical description; 7 p.l. 128 2 p. : col. front. illus. incl. maps plates part col. col. port. ; 28x22 cm. Notes; Maps on lining-papers. Subjects; World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Middle East. World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Africa. World War 1939-1945 - Australia. Canberra : Pub. for the Military history and information section, A.I.F. (Middle East) by the Board of management of the Austral hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 236602

‎Wainwright Robert; and Totaro Paola‎

‎Born or Bred Martin Bryant - The Making of a Mass Murderer‎

‎Pyrmont NSW Australia: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited 2009. Large softcover first edition 472gms 288 pages. From Bryant's shocking behind-the-scenes confessions to his own 11th hour attempt to turn back from his murderous destiny this book asks if the Port Arthur massacre could have been prevent and explains why it could happen again. Book is in ood condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First Edition. Softcover. Good/Not Applicable. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : TRU6 ISBN : 1921486090 9781921486098

‎Australia. Royal Australian Air Force.; Australian War Memorial‎

‎RAAF saga‎

‎Canberra A.C.T. Pub. for the Royal Australian Air Force by Australian War Memorial 1944. First Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age with tear to spine. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; internally tight bright clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 200 pages; Description: 200 p. incl. front. illus part col. plates part col.; 2 double 28 cm. Subject: World War 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations. Canberra, A.C.T., Pub. for the Royal Australian Air Force by Australian War Memorial hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 219204

‎Australia. Australian Army.; Australian War Memorial‎

‎Stand easy‎

‎Canberra Pub. for the Australian military forces by Australian war memorial 1945. First Edition. Very good copy in a good very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 208 pages; Description: 208 p. illus. part col. ports. 28 cm. ubject: World War 1939-1945 -- Australia. Notes: Colored maps inserted. Canberra, Pub. for the Australian military forces by Australian war memorial unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 219253

‎Grigg Gordon; Jarman Peter; Hume. Ian‎

‎Kangaroos Wallabies and Rat-Kangaroos Two-Volume Set‎

‎Chipping Norton NSW: Surrey Beatty & Sons 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Two volumes 8.5 x 12 inches 835 pp in total. Indexed illustrated with color photographs. Both volumes clean tightly bound and unmarked. Dust jackets have mild edgewear. "The first comprehensive review of the biology of kangaroos wallabies and rat-kangaroos of which about 50 species are known from Australia and a further 13 or so from Papua New Guinea" based on a symposium on the biology of macropods held in Sydney in May 1988. Includes 43 review papers and 16 research reports. Due to size/weight shipping charges will be more than standard for priority or international orders. Surrey Beatty & Sons hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 14024

‎Communist Party of Australia. Central Committee‎

‎Differences in the Communist movement : views of the Communist Part of Australia‎

‎Sydney : Current Book Distributors 1963. First Edition. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Errata slip pasted down. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 47 pages; Description: 47 p. ; 18 cm. Subjects: Communist Party of Australia. Sydney : Current Book Distributors unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 210083

‎University of Western Australia Law School‎

‎Law under stress : future challenges for the legal system. A series of lectures to mark the jubilee year of the University of Western Australia Law School‎

‎Nedlands Australia : Forest Grove Or : University of Western Australia Law School 1979. First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 136 pages; Physical description: 136p. : ill ; 25 cm. Subjects: Law - Australia - Addresses essays lectures. Law - Addresses essays lectures. Nedlands [Australia] : Forest Grove, Or : University of Western Australia Law School hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 198846 ISBN : 0855641444 9780855641443

‎Workers Literature Bureau Australia‎

‎Socialism and war : the Marxist attitude to Nazism ; the state‎

‎Melbourne : Workers Literature Bureau ca.1943 1943. First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 80 pages; Physical desc.: 80p. ; 19cm. Subjects: political theory -- political ideology -- socialism -- fabianism --international diplomacy -- ideologies. Melbourne : Workers Literature Bureau, [ca.1943] paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 175735

‎Reconstruction In South Africa Conference 1994 Jun : Melbourne Australia‎

‎Reaction and Renewal in South Africa / Edited by Paul B. Rich‎

‎Houndmills Basinstoke Hampshire : MacMillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press 1996 1996. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 283 pages; Description: xxxiii 283 p ; 23 cm. Subjects: Democracy - Congresses - South Africa. South Africa - Politics and government - 1994- - Congresses. Democracy - South Africa - Congresses. Houndmills, Basinstoke, Hampshire : MacMillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996 hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 120688 ISBN : 0312161492 9780312161491

‎Australia. Director General Of Public Relations‎

‎The Australian Army At War : an Official Record of Service in Two Hemispheres 1939-1944‎

‎London : H. M. S. O. 1944. 1944 Edition. Near fine copy in the original printed stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 72 pages; Description: 72p : ill. ; map ; 21cm. Subjects: Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force. World War 1939-1945 - Australia. London : H. M. S. O. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 85632

‎Rosenberg Uwe‎

‎BOHNANZA CARD GAME‎

‎Australia. Box set cards. Good. Box is in very good condition all cards are included this has been checked. Description: The cards are colorful depictions of beans in various descriptive poses and the object is to make coins by planting fields sets of these beans and then harvesting them. To help players match their cards up the game features extensive trading and deal making. One of the most unique features of the game is that you cannot rearrange your hand as you need to play the cards in the order that you draw them. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 18566 ISBN : 1892081547 9781892081544

‎RENARD Gaston;‎

‎Catalogue of a Major Collection of Rare Australiana Pacific Voyages and Other Books‎

‎Melbourne Australia Leonard Joel 1988 First edition. . original printed paper heavy wraps with the original Prices Realized included loose fine clean and unmarked. . large 8vo 24 x 17 cm; xvi 220 iii pp illustrations including 8 colored plates references. . An important sale of 922 lots of travel as well as natural history ornithology books including Bank's Florilegium with detailed descriptions. A picture of this book is available on request by email. Melbourne, Australia, Leonard Joel, 1988, First edition. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : J13759

‎JUDD Bernice; enlarged & edited by Helen Yonge Lind;‎

‎Voyages to Hawaii before 1860; A Record Based on Historical Narratives in the Libraries of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society & the Hawaiian Historical Society Extended to March 1860‎

‎Honolulu University Press of Hawaii for Mission Children's Society 1974 second edition. . original pictorial cloth with gilt title lettering on front cover and spine a clean and fine copy unmarked. . 8vo 23 x 16 cm; xviii 108 pp bibliography. . A good reference that gives a chronological list of vessels an index of vessel and persons a list of important expeditions to Hawaii plus a bibliography of about 250 books which indicate the number of illustrations of Hawaii etc. The first edition of 1929 became a standard reference and this edition was enlarged and corrected by Lind. A picture of this book is available on request by email. Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii for Mission Children's Society, [1974], second edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J13618

‎MALASPINA Alejandro; edited by Andrew David Felipe Fernandez Armesto Carlos Novi Glyndwr Williams;‎

‎The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794; Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina; Volume III Manila to Cadiz‎

‎London Madrid The Hakluyt Society; The Museo Naval 2004 First edition. . original pictorial gilt cloth gilt spine title lettering dj fine clean unmarked as new. . 8vo 25 x 18 cm; xcviii 338 pp 39 plates including some in color some full-page colored frontis portrait of Malaspina 9 other illustrations maps colored portraits bibliography endpaper maps showing routes in color detailed index. . n important expedition sponsored by the Spanish government to map and survey much of the area around the Spanish possessions and to report on the political economic and defensive state of their colonies. This volume contains Malaspina's journal from November 1792 to September 1794 relates mostly to travels in the Pacific and includes descriptions of his visits to New Zealand Australia the Tonga Islands the Falklands etc. Appendices contain Bustamante's account of his survey of East Falkland Island his visit to Puerto de la Soledad and his search for Islas Auroras an account of Malaspina's arrest and the suppression of the report of the voyage technical details of the two corvettes and lists of their officers and supernumeraries details of the scientific instruments and books taken on the expedition. Nicely illustrated including from early sources and including of the scientific instruments used on the expedition. A picture of this book is available on request by email. London, Madrid, The Hakluyt Society; The Museo Naval, 2004, First edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J13583

‎PRIOR James;‎

‎Narrative of a Voyage in the Indian Seas in the Nisus Frigate to the Cape of Good Hope Isles of Bourbon France and Seychelles to Madras and the Isles of Java St. Paul and Amsterdam during the years 1810 and 1811‎

‎London Richard Phillips 1820 . . later brown cloth with title lettering on paper spine label interior is quite clean and near fine very minor foxing. . 8vo 22.5 x 14 cm; iv 112 pp folding engraved map frontis showing Indian Ocean Africa the routes; plan of that coast of Isle of France; plan of landing of British army in Mapou Bay Isle of France; engraved view of Cape of Good Hope. . National Maritime Museum 453. Royal Geographical Society Catalogue 572. The ship was commanded by Captain Philip Beaver. Much of the work describes the British attack on the Isle of France. 'Prior was born at Lisburn Ireland in 1790. He entered the navy as a surgeon served abroad and at home became Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals in 1843 and was knighted in 1858. He was the author of several popular works: Voyage to the Indian Seas in 1810-11; Memoirs of Edmund Burke 1824; Life of Oliver Goldsmith 1836; Life of Edmond Malone 1860. His Burke and Goldsmith have gone through many editions and are still looked upon as standard works. He died 14th November 1869'. A Compendium of Irish Biography A picture of this book is available on request by email. London, Richard Phillips, 1820, . hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J13531

‎TAYLOR Nancy M.;‎

‎Early Travellers in New Zealand‎

‎Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1959 First edition. . original cloth gilt spine title lettering library withdrawal stamp on title page but no other library markings interior clean and unmarked cover unmarked with minor wear overall very good sound copy. . 8vo 22 x 14 cm; xxx ii 594 pp 5 maps as called for including folding glossary of plants and birds bibliography index. . A detailed and scholarly work covering each explorer/traveller with separate chapters including Colenso Selwyn Charles Abraham John Johnson Heaphy Brunner Thomson Percy Smith A. J. Barrington Herbert Meade and others. A picture of this book is available on request by email. Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1959, First edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J13462

‎SOTHEBY'S ;‎

‎The Longueville Collection of Voyages and Travels to Australia and the South Seas‎

‎Sotheby's 1993 First edition. . original pictorial heavy paper wraps title lettering on spine and cover fine and clean with the loose leaf of prices realized and with the loose prospectus for the sale including colored illustrations. . 4to 27 x 21 cm; 159 xiii pp many illustrations including colored including many full-page maps bibliography index. . A beautifully illustrated Sotheby's sale of books on Australia and Pacific from a collection amassed over many years describing 278 items in detail very well-illustrated sale held in London 25 June 1993. A very useful reference covering a period of 400 years of exploration beginning with the first publication of Rotz's great atlas from 1542 and including Pacific voyages and discovery the first fleet and settlement of Australia first fleet association copies coastal surveying of Australia inland exploration etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email. , Sotheby's, 1993, First edition. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : J13370

‎ROWAN Mrs Ellis;‎

‎A Flower-Hunter in Queensland & New Zealand‎

‎London John Murray 1898 First edition. . original pictorial gilt cloth gilt lettering some light cover staining slight foxing on some leaves interior is clean and fine very good sound cover. . 8vo 21 x 14 cm; xv 272 pp frontis double page colored chromolithograph of the Queensland flowering cotton tree 15 other plates one illus folding colored map. . Rowan was both a fine botanical and wildlife artist and an explorer acclaimed internationally for her wildflower paintings. "Flower Hunter is a book of travel and adventure the type of book then fashionable because the world knew less of its far places than it does today. . . Ellis knew how to hold her audience her breathless adventures are tinged with fantasy. . ." Hazzard in Australia's Brilliant Daughter. This is Rowan's only book on her travels based on two journeys to Queensland in northern Australia and to New Zealand. Most of the plates in the book are from her paintings. A picture of this book is available on request by email. London, John Murray, 1898, First edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J13245

‎DEGENER Otto;‎

‎Naturalist's South Pacific Expedition: Fiji‎

‎Honolulu Paradise of the Pacific 1949 First Edition. . original decorated cloth light edge wear lightly foxed on margin of title page overall very good the interior is clean. . 8vo 24 x 15.5 cm; viii 303 pp many illustrations including full-page mostly photos a few from drawings endpaper maps. . Author was well-known botanist and includes lists of plants collected in appendix. Book describes native people social cultural cannibalism crafts etc and natural history. A picture of this book is available on request by email. Honolulu, Paradise of the Pacific, 1949, First Edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J13128

‎WANTRUP Jonathan;‎

‎Australian Rare Books 1788-1900‎

‎Sydney Hordern House 1987 First edition. . original cloth gilt spine title lettering dj fine clean unmarked as new condition. . 8vo 25.5 x 18 cm; x 468 pp mounted colored frontis plate numerous illustrations from early sources including many title-pages reprinted endpaper maps index special index of artists and engravers. . The standard reference book includes an extensive bibliographic checklist detailing the 260 major printed sources discussed in the text together with a glossary of terms used in book collecting. Excellent chapters from the Founding Fathers to later explorations with an impressive chapter on the Wild Scenery of Australia: Fine Early Plate Books. The checklist includes a collation of each book with plate and map counts plus good descriptive material. A picture of this book is available on request by email. Sydney, Hordern House, [1987], First edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J13101

‎ANDREWS J. R. H.;‎

‎The Southern Ark; Zoological Discovery in New Zealand 1769 - 1900‎

‎Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 1986 First American Edition. . original cloth gilt title lettering on spine and front cover pictorial endpapers dj not price clipped fine and clean copy unused and unmarked. . folio 30 x 22 cm; xii 237 pp numerous illustrations and plates mostly in color from early sources detailed bibliog index. . A description of the discovery of the unique fauna such as the Kiwi Moa Takahe and the Tuatara beginning with the voyages of Captain Cook to the end of the Victorian era. Attractive illustrations include those of Parkinson Forster Lear Gould Wolf Martyn Keulemans and Donovan cover all aspects of animal bird marine and insect life. A picture of this book is available on request by email. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, [1986], First American Edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J13029

‎HAZZARD Margaret;‎

‎Australia's Brilliant Daughter: Ellis Rowan Artist Naturalist Explorer 1848-1922‎

‎Richmond Greenhouse Publications 1984 First edition. . original cloth gilt spine title lettering dj fine and clean unmarked. . 8vo 25 x 18.5 cm; vi 160 pp color plates from Rowan's paintings many other illustrations including full-page from drawings photos bibliog index. . The biography of Australia's finest botanical and wildlife artist who contributed to many publications and whose paintings are most desirable. She collaborated with Baron von Mueller and Alice Lounsberry on three of her US botanical works. She travelled widely especially in Pacific area Ceylon etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email. Richmond, Greenhouse Publications, [1984], First edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J12908

‎FORREST Captain Thomas;‎

‎A Voyage to New Guinea and the Moluccas from Balambangan: including An Account of Magindano Soloo and other Islands; performed in the Tartar Galley belonging to the Honourable East India Company During the Years 1774 1775 and 1776‎

‎London G. Scott 1779 First edition. . orig full tree calf rebacked with orig gilt decorated spine gilt title lettering on orig red spine leather label wear at corners & spine ends armorial bookplate of Robert Austen marbled endpapers interior clean crisp & fine with only slight foxing. 4to 29 x 24.5 cm; ii xxiii i errata 388 13 i directions pp engraved frontis portrait plus 32 engraved plates maps and charts including 20 folding. . Taylor 401. Cox i 301. Hill p. 108: 'Forrest sailed from Balembangan in the 'Tartar' a native prahu of about ten tons burden with two English officers and eighteen Malays towards the Moluccas. He pushed further east than any of his company predecessors eventually reaching Geelvink Bay in New Guinea. The voyage was one of examination and enquiry . . . the tact with which he conducted his intercourse with the natives and the amount of work done in a small boat deservedly won him credit as a navigator'. They explored the Gilolo Passage between New Guinea and the Moluccas then sailed to Mindanao examining the Sulu Archipelago Mandiolo Batchian and Waygiou and reaching the Malay peninsula A vocabulary of the Magindano tongue is added at the end of the book. There is much on the native people their customs manners activities. The book is famous for its fine engraved plates and maps. A picture of this book is available on request by email. London, G. Scott, 1779, First edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J12816

‎HOOD Thomas H.;‎

‎Notes of a Cruise in H. M. S. 'Fawn' in the Western Pacific in the Year 1862‎

‎Edinburgh Edmonston and Douglas 1863 First edition. . original pebbled cloth gilt spine title lettering edge lightly rubbed light wear of lower corner internal hinge cracked but firm interior clean frontis with tissue guard very good complete with all plates etc as per list. . 8vo 21.5 x 15 cm; xi 298 pp 14 plates including frontis including 9 tinted lithographed plates 5 engraved plates other engraved illus folding map showing route of ship plan of ruins at Ascension appendix. . Taylor 113. Ferguson 10528. The Fawn sailed from Sydney Australia and visited Niue Samoa Tutuila Pago-Pago Upolu Apia Savail Uea Moa Fiji Kunaie Norfolk Island Pitcairn etc and provides interesting information on the peoples geography conditions customs etc. The appendix is on fossils in New Zealand treatment of females in Niue cannibalism in Fiji Tokilau etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email. Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1863, First edition. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : J12674