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Hadwen Ian; Hogan Janet; and Nolan Carolyn
Brisbane's Historic North Bank 1825-2005
Brisbane: Royal Historical Society of Queensland 2005. vi 90 pages illustrated throughout with photographs some in colour bibliography references index. Or card covers. Bottom rear corner creased. An illustrated history of the precinct of William Street and neighbouring areas an important part of the CBD. The book covers the early settlement including the convict period until recent times. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. Royal Historical Society of Queensland Paperback
Référence libraire : 037100
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Donovan PF. P. F.
A Land Full of Possibilities. A History of South Australia's Northern Territory.
St. Lucia Qld: University of Queensland Press 1981. xxii 267pp index bibliography notes/references bw ills tables. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket spine faded. Some foxing to endpapers and edges. History of the Northern Territory from 1863 to 1911 when South Australia ceded control to the Commonwealth. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 037101 ISBN : 0702216062 9780702216060
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Warung Price William Astley
Tales of the Convict System: Selected Stories of Price Warung. Edited by B G Andrews
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 1975. xxxvi 300 pages appendix: background to the stories notes. Or green cloth in jacket. Spine sunned shadow on front from original price sticker light foxing to top edge. Obsessed with the inhuman monstrosities of the convict system Astley took the outlines of history and coloured them with melodrama and farce to shock delight and sometimes disgust the reader. These seventeen stories reflect an attitude of the time -- that the convict was more sinned against than sinning. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 037111 ISBN : 0702209295 9780702209291
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Evans L.; Nicholls P. editors
Convicts and Colonial Society 1788-1868.
Melbourne: Macmillan 1984. viii 301pp index bibliography appendices glossary. Or card covers. NArrow faded band across bottom. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Macmillan Paperback
Référence libraire : 037113 ISBN : 0333381114 9780333381113
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Meadows Jane.
Brisbane's Western Suburbs. Our Heritage in Focus.
Brisbane: State Library of Queensland 1994. 96pp approx 90 bw photographs notes/references. Or pictorial card covers. Prev owners stamp on title page. Collection of vintage photographs of aspects of Brisbane's western suburbs with explanatory captions. Includes Brookfield Toowong Taringa St Lucia Moggill Kenmore Indoorapilly and more. One of a series of such books exploring Brisbane's suburbs. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. State Library of Queensland Paperback
Référence libraire : 037026 ISBN : 0724260773 9780724260775
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Boldrewood Rolf.
Old Melbourne Memories.
Melbourne: William Heinemann 1969. xviii 210pp index. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Minor edge wear and some foxing to jacket. Originally published in 1884 this was Boldrewood's first series of prose sketches to be published in book form. This edition with an introduction and editiorial commentary by CE Sayers. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. William Heinemann Hardcover
Référence libraire : 037041
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Wooley Charles; Tatlow Michael.
A Walk in Old Hobart. Your Guide to Two Wondrous Hours.
Place Not Stated: Walk Guides Australia 2007. 86pp further reading col ills foldiong map. Or pictorial card. Sticker mark on half-title page otherwise near new. Exploring Hobart's waterfront and Battery Point coloial horrors heroism and splendour whalers convicts bawdy pubs fine architecture rogues and ghosts. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Walk Guides Australia Paperback
Référence libraire : 037053
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Hogan Janet.
Building Queensland's Heritage.
Melbourne: Richmond Hill Press 1978. 157pp num bw ills. Or black boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket foxing to top edge. Historic buildings and architecture of Queensland arranged by region including Brisbane South East Queensland Darling Downs Central Queensland The West and The North. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to. Richmond Hill Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 037054 ISBN : 0908157029 9780908157020
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Ingram CWN. C. W.
New Zealand Shipwrecks 1795-1970.
Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1972. 448pp index num bw ills. or blue cloth in jacket. Moderate edge wear to jacket with several very short tears some fading to spine and front flap creased a few spots on page egdes. This edition updated to include wrecks from 1961-70 and includes records of about 1900 shipwrecks over a period of 175 years. Fourth Edition Revised & Enlarged. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. A.H. & A.W. Reed Hardcover
Référence libraire : 037062 ISBN : 0589007157 9780589007157
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Lock ACC. A. C.
Tropical Tapestry from Capricorn to Cape York.
Melbourne: Georgian House 1956. xii 307pp bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Light edge wear and one short tear to jacket. The authro draws on his own travels to take us into all corners of North Queensland from the Tropic of Capricorn to Cape York and west to the Northern Territory border. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Georgian House Hardcover
Référence libraire : 037061
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Hill Richard S.
Policing the Colonial Frontier. The Theory and Practice of Coercive Social and Racial Control in New Zealand 1767-1867. Part 1. The History of Policing in New Zealand Volume One.
Wellington: Historical Publications Branch Department of Internal Affairs. 1986. xxi 409pp index bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Minor rubbing to jacket tiny tear at top of front panel. Part 1 only of the first volume of the History of Policing in New Zealand. This part covers the time before the introduction of provincial policing when colonial and British policing methods were transpanted to the New Zealand colonial frontier. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Historical Publications Branch, Department of Internal Affairs. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 037081 ISBN : 0477013473 9780477013475
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Nicholson Heather.
The Loving Stitch. A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand.
Auckland: Auckland University Press 1999. viii 308pp index notes bibliography glossary num bw & col ills. Or card covers. Minor edge wear prev owners anme on title page. A chronological picture of antipodean knitting which is also a history of the domestic lives of women their resourcefulness their talent and their sociability. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Auckland University Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 037082 ISBN : 1869401883 9781869401887
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Hill Richard S.
The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove. The Modernisation of Policing in New Zealand 1886-1917. The History of Policing in New Zealand Volume Three.
Palmerston North NZ: Dunmore Press 1999. xiv 386pppp index maps bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or tan cloth in jacket. Near new with extremely light edgewear to jacket. The third volume of the History of Policing in New Zealand covering the period 1886-1917. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Dunmore Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 037002 ISBN : 0864692447 9780864692443
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Bates Arthur P.; Thomsen Phil editors
Whanganui River Memories.
Auckland: Heritage Press 1999. 184pp index num bw ills map. Or laminated pictorial boards. A little foxing to first/last few pages. Selection of true stories from the Whanganui River area from the archives of The Friends of the Whanganui River. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. Heritage Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036995 ISBN : 0908708475 9780908708475
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Brisbane History Group.
Brisbane Town News from the Sydney Morning Herald 1842-46. Brisbane History Grouo Sources No. 3.
Brisbane: Brisbane History Group 1989. v 177pp index few bw ills map. Or yellow card with red tape spine. Light edge wear. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Brisbane History Group Paperback
Référence libraire : 037010 ISBN : 0958782636 9780958782630
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Begley Neil.
An Australian's Childhood in China under the Japanese.
Sydney: Kangaroo Press 1995. ix 160pp index bw ills map. Or card covers. Spine a bit faded page edges evenly toned. SIGNED and inscribed to Bill by author on half-title page. In July 1941 the author who had grown up in China with his Australian parents was interned by the ocupying Japanese forces. This is an account of his childhood in Peking and Shanghai and his three and a half years internment with 650 other civilians. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Paperback. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Kangaroo Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 036841 ISBN : 0864177399 9780864177391
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St. Leon Mark.
Spangles and Sawdust. The Circus in Australia.
Melbourne: Greenhouse Publications 1983. 184pp index bibliography num bw & few col ills pictorial endpaper. Or red cloth in jacket. Jacket shows some edge wear fading on spine and short tear to rear panel. Si=ome rubbing to board edges.The history of the circus in Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Greenhouse Publications Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036863
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Hill David.
The Great Race. The Race Between the English and the French to Complete the Map of Australia.
Sydney: William Heinemann Australia 2012. xiv 386pp index bibliography notes col plates maps. Or card covers. Some minor edge wear and toning to page edges. The competition between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin to be the first to complete a map of Australia's coastline. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. William Heinemann Australia Paperback
Référence libraire : 036856 ISBN : 1742751091 9781742751092
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Edited By Hislop; Booth; Howlett; Myers
Sweet Settlement. The Making of Mackay and the Pioneer Valley 1860-1918
Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press 1995. xii 195pp index num bw ills map. Or pictorial laminated boards in matching dust jacket. Short tear and associated crease at bottom of front flap fold. Superb and important local history covering the early years of Mackay and the Pioneer Valley in North Queensland. Contents include: White Discovery of the pioneer valley-1860 The Journals of Captain John Mackay and Andrew Murray; Abijou Sails for Queensland in 1863; The parlaimentary Debate. Refusing a Land Grant to John Mackay-1967; The Views of White Settlers on the War with Aborigines- 1860-1880s; Daily Lifestyle in the Period 1870s-1900s; Malays Javanese and South Sea Islanders in Mackay 1885-1900; The First Railway Mackay-Mirani 1883; Opening Up the Eungella Range-1908; Call to Arms 1899-1914; and the Cyclone and Tidal Wave of 1918. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Central Queensland University Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036868 ISBN : 0908140983 9780908140985
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Haagen Claudia
Bush Toys. Aboriginal Children at Play.
Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. 1994. 165pp appendix bibliography num col & bw photographs. As new. Or pictorial card covers. Begun as a catalogue of the collections of the National Museum of Australia this volume grew into a fascinating account of a little-known aspect of Australian social history surveying material from all over Australia. From spears shields and throwing sticks to hockey. marbles and fireworks this books builds a composite picture of the lives of Aboriginal children in the past and in the present. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Aboriginal Studies Press. Paperback
Référence libraire : 036866 ISBN : 0855752459 9780855752453
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Holthouse Hector.
Illustrated History of Brisbane.
Sydney: A H & A W Reed 1982. 64 pages illustrated throughout with photos index. Illustrated light card cover with some fading to spine and rear. From the days of Aborigines huntin g in the bush to the sprouting of high-rise buildings this book presents an informal history of the city of Brisbane. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. A H & A W Reed Paperback
Référence libraire : 036879 ISBN : 0589503227 9780589503222
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Heritage Office and Department of Urban Affairs and Planning NSW
Regional Histories. Regional Histories of New South Wales.
Sydney: Heritage Office and Department of Urban Affairs and Planning NSW 1996. xii 228pp appendices maps. Or spiral bound card covers. Sticker shadow on front cover. Survey covering 17 regions of NSW: Sydney Lower Hunter Upper Hunter Manning River North Coast New England Darling Plains Central Tableland Lachlan Southern Tableland; Monaro; Murrumbidgee Murray; South Coast; Illawarra; Western Plains; and Lord Howe Island. A unique overview of the history of NSW from a heritage perspective. Each section includes such subjects as the Aboriginal people European settlement agriculture mining tourism and more as well as subjects specific to the region such as fishing for the Monaro or the Snowy Mountains Scheme for the Murrumbidgee. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Heritage Office and Department of Urban Affairs and Planning (NSW) Paperback
Référence libraire : 036876 ISBN : 0731062213 9780731062218
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Mackaness George.
The Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1951. xvi 575pp index bibliography bw ills col frontis portrait. Or blue cloth in jacket. Some toning to endpapers brief gift note on front free endpaper small bookseller label on front pastedown. Jacket chipped with several short tears and small holes spine sunned.Mackaness's classic biography of Bligh revised and updated from its original publication in 1931. New and Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036881
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Garden Don.
Victoria. A History.
Melbourne: Nelson 1984. HEAVY. xii 468pp index bibliography notes num bw ills map pictorial endpapers. Or blue cloth in jacket. Some rubbing to bottom edge of boards slight edge wear to jacket top edge toned. History of the state of Victoria published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Garden State. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Nelson Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036894 ISBN : 0170058735 9780170058735
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Hamilton Judith.
Valley of Gold. Relics of the Manuherikia Valley. Clyde. Alexandra. Fruitlands. Ophir. St. Bathans.
Alexandra NZ: Judith Hamilton 1999. 76pp bw ills. Or card covers. Very light edge wear prev owners ame and date on title pgae. Drawings of historic buildings in the Manuherikia Valley New Zealand with a brief descrptive/historic text for each. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Hamilton Judith. Oblong 8vo. Judith Hamilton Paperback
Référence libraire : 036887 ISBN : 0473063301 9780473063306
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Royle Mervyn.
Perry's Past. A Centenary History of Perry Shire.
Mount Perry Qld.: Perry Shire Council 1980. 110ppbw ills maps. Or card covers. Cover spotted and rubbed name written at bottom of front cover. A well researched local history of Perry Shire west of Bundaberg from the pioneering days of squatters and settlers through the copper mining days and on to the presenr. Produced on the occasion of the centennial of Mount Perry. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 4to. Perry Shire Council Paperback
Référence libraire : 036891
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Dansie Robert
Morass to Municipality -- Celebrating Toowoomba's 25th Year as a Municipality
Toowoomba Qld.: Darling Downs Institute Press 1985. 116 pp folding maps of Toowoomba Drayton Swampand the Darling Downs showing squattersand owners from a map published in 1864 b/w ills throughout. Near new. The book's sections cover: The First Seven Years; History Shapers; A Transport Centre; Industry and Commerce; A Place for Recreation; Religion Education Welfare. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Darling Downs Institute Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 036915 ISBN : 0949414085 9780949414083
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Curtis Eve.
The Turning Years. A Tambourine Mountain History.
Nth. Tambourine Qld.: Eve Curtis 1988. x 166pp index bw ills. Or card covers. Some edge wear to covers scratch on front cover Excellent local history of Mount Tambourine on Queensland's Gold Coast hinterland with lots of family history and military honour roll. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Aagaard Glynn. 8vo. Eve Curtis Paperback
Référence libraire : 036925 ISBN : 0731644441 9780731644445
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Doran Christine.
Separatism in Townsville 1884-1894. We Should Govern Ourselves. Studies in North Queenslnd History No. 4.
Townsville: History Department James Cook University 1981. xx 144pp index bibliography appendices endnotes few bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. North Queensland separatist movements in Townsville in the latter part of the 19th century in a bid for self-governance. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large 8vo. History Department James Cook University Paperback
Référence libraire : 036930 ISBN : 0864430302 9780864430304
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Ross Hutchinson and Associates.
Getting Around. Travel in Old Australia. The Centenary Collection.
Melbourne: Five Mile Press 2000. 96pp approx 45 sepia photographs full page. Or pictorial laminated boards. Near new. Approx 45 evocative photographs of how Australian travelled in the past. Includes cycling camels trams paddle steamers all manner of veteran cars and the early years of Qantas. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Oblong 4to. Five Mile Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036923 ISBN : 1865032964 9781865032962
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Shann EOG. E. O.
Cattle Chosen. the Story of the First group Settlement on Western Australia 1829-1841.
Nedlands WA: University of Wisconsin Press 1978. xi 186pp appendix 2 bw ills folding map. Or red boards in jacket. Near new. Facsimile edition of the 1926 edition. . Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. University of Wisconsin Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036927 ISBN : 085564138x 9780855641382
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Crump Barry.
Hang on a Minute Mate
Wellington: AH & AW Reed 1962. 192pp b/w ills. Or red boards in dust-jacket. Spine faded minor edge wear. Brief gift note on front free endpaper. Semi-autobiographical humorous stories set in the New Zealand back-country involving timber-felling horse-breaking fencing mustering and farming. Eighth Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. Illus. by Dennis Turner. 8vo. AH & AW Reed Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036922
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Foley Capt. John C. H.
Timeless Isle. An Illustrated History of Thursday Island includes 2nd edition photographic supplement.
Thursday Island: Torres Strait Historical Society. 1982. 78pp photographic supplement num bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Bump near top of spine. Copiously illustrated history of Thursday island in the Torres Strait. Much on indigenous people fisheries pearling maritime history. Signed by Author. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Torres Strait Historical Society. Paperback
Référence libraire : 036920 ISBN : 0959266003 9780959266009
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Hawkings David T.
Bound for Australia.
Chichester UK: Phillimore 1987. xvi 269pp index of ships index appendices bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Gift note of several lines on front free endpaper. The first guide for families wishing to follow the movements and destiny of an ancestor who was transported to Australia.The author an authority on criminal records had recently uncovered several rich documentary sources. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Phillimore Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036933 ISBN : 0850335930 9780850335934
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Queensland Environmental Protection Agency.
Heritage Trails of the Great south East.
Brisbane: Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. 2000. 168pp bibliography num bw & col ills maps. Or pictorial card. Ligh edge wear. Eight trails showing the natural and historic heritage of souh east Queensland- Gold Coast Fassifern Valley Brisbane River Valley Toowoomba Southern Downs Granite Belt Sunshine Coast and Forestry Ranges. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Oblong 4to. Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. Paperback
Référence libraire : 036935 ISBN : 073451008x 9780734510082
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Sayers CE.; Yule PL. C. E. P. L.
By These We Flourish. A History of Warrnambool.
Melbourne: Warrnambool Institute Press 1987. xviii 359pp index appendices bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Slightest of edge wear numerous signatures of unknown significance on title page. Detailed local history of Warrnambool in Victoria considerably expanded from the first edition. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Warrnambool Institute Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036949 ISBN : 0949759074 9780949759078
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Bonython Eric.
Where the Seasons Come & Go.
Adelaide: Illawong Pty. Ltd. 1985. iii 242pp index bw ills endpaper maps. Slight lean to spine. Signed at preface by Charlotte Morley the author's daughter who performed the new photo selection and layout for this edition. Local history about the Cooper and Lake Eyre districts of South Australia from the aboriginals through the early explorers and settlers. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Illawong Pty. Ltd. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036959 ISBN : 0958938806 9780958938808
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Keane Eve
Gold Coast: The Story of the Gold Coast of Queensland and the Hinterland
Sydney: Oswald Ziegler Publications 1958. 104pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos map pictorial endpapers. . Cloth-backed gold-coloured papered boards with image of surfer in red to front. Occasional light foxing. Gold on front rubbed/spotted. Published for the Councils of the Town of the Gold Coast the Albert Shire and the Beaudesert Shire. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 4to. Oswald Ziegler Publications Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036967
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Sturt Charles; Davis Richard C. editor
The Central Australian Expedition 1844-46. The Journals of Charles Sturt. Hakluyt Society Series III. Volume 10.
London: The Hakluyt Society 2002. lxxi 366pp index bibliography appendices bw ills col frontis portrait. Or blue cloth in jacket. Near new. Sturt's expedition journal of his attempt to find an Inland sea in Australia- whila failing in that objective it revealed the nature of the interior of the continent. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Small 4to. The Hakluyt Society Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036977 ISBN : 0904180808 9780904180800
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Dalton BJ. editor. B. J.
Lectures in North Queensland History No. 4.
Townsville: James Cook University 1984. vii 256pp references bw ills. Or orange card covers. Near new. Includes a memoir of the Reid family; Catholic missions to the Aborigines; Pacific Island labour trade; Charters Towers and the Boer War; North Queensland beef cattle industry; the Ravenswood strike; Bowen industrial trouble; Moslem Albanians in NQ; internments; Hinchinbrook Island in WWII and the Civil Liberties Movement in Townsville 1977-79. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. James Cook University Paperback
Référence libraire : 036987 ISBN : 086443118x 9780864431189
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Harslett Jean and Royle Mervyn
They Came to a Plateau The Stanthorpe Saga
Stanthorpe: Girraween Publications 1973. 180pp b/w photos index. Or yellow cloth boards in dust-jacket. Some foxing to page edges. Jacket foxedwith minor edge wear. A nice local history of Stanthorpe. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to. Girraween Publications Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036525
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Gilleland Ray as told to Jackson Col.
My Way on the Highway. Ray Gilleland's Life on the Post-War Roads of Australia.
Brisbane: Publishing Services Australia 2005. 224pp bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Near new. One man's journey through Australia's post-war trucking including stories on the first car carrier the fastest truck between Sydney and Melbourne in the 1950s travelling the Nullarbor when it was dirt and various escapades with the authorities. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Publishing Services Australia Paperback
Référence libraire : 036530 ISBN : 0958019738 9780958019736
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L'Estrange Jan L.
Belle of the Barcoo. Tambo - Genesis of Queensland's central West.
Tambo: Jan L'Estrange 1996. viii 575pp index honour roll bw ills map. Or pictorial laminated boards. Near new. SIGNED by mayor Jan Ross on appreciation/presentation label on front free endpaper. Superbly produced local history of Tambo in western central Queensland from the original aboriginal inhabitants through exploration and settlement to the present. Signed by Mayor. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Jan L'Estrange Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036535 ISBN : 0646288938 9780646288932
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Williams Raye.
An Electric Beginning. A History of Electricity Supply in the Mackay Region 1924-1983.
Mackay Qld.: Mackay Electricity Board 1983. 140pp appendixbw ills chronology. Or pictorial laminated boards. Prev owners name inside front cover otherwise very nice. Includes material on the change from gas to electric lighting 1948 rail strike power stations the sugar industry Eungella Nebo Collinsville and Mackay. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Mackay Electricity Board Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036537
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Graeme Evans A. L. Alex
Of Storms and Rainbows. The Story of the Men of the 2/12th Battalion A.I.F. Volume One: October 1939 - March 1942.
Hobart: Southern Holdings for the 12th Battalion Association 1989. v 258pp appendices bw ills maps. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Near new. The first volume only of the history of the 2/12 Battalion AIF raised in Brighton Tasmania and Redbank Queensland in 1939. The volume covers training travel to Egypt service in Egypt Syria and Turkey and lists of wounded and killed to March 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Southern Holdings for the 12th Battalion Association Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036543 ISBN : 0949089117 9780949089113
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Idriess Ion L
Back O'Cairns.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1958. x 310pp bw ills endpaper maps. Or red cloth in jacket.Jacket with several short tears and small chips slight foxing at top edge North Queensland and its inhabitants as experienced by Idriess when he went there prospecting. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036560
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Ellis M H
The Long Lead. Across Australia By Motor Car.
London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd 1927. xii 280pp bw photographs. Or blue cloth lacking jacket. Prev owners name and stamp on front free endpaper page edges and endpapers toned. frontis creased. A few minor speckles and spots to cloth spine sunned. The first motor-car jorney across Australia from Sydney to Darwin and back. The car used was a standard 14ho 1924 Bean with reinforced springs. The expedition was entirely equipped with Australian and British made instruments and outfit. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036569
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Idriess Ion L.; Jones TM. T. M.
The Silent Service. Action Stories of the Anzac Navy.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1944. xii 338pp endpaper maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Page edges toned some minor foxing bottom edges of boards worn through cloth. Jacket rubbed at folds with chips tears and creases spine somewhat faded. Contributions of the Australian and New Zealand navies to the war effort. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036566
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Idriess Ion L
Stone of Destiny.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1948. viii 344pp bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Prev owners name and bookseller stamp on front free endpaper some foxing particularly to edges. Jacket price clipped rubbed at front flap fold rear flap detached but present several chips and tears some with tape repair. The story of the diamond particulary in Australia at Inverell Copeton and Moonbi Ranges. Mainly concerned with industrial diamonds. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036565
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Idriess Ion.
The Wild North
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1960. 229pp bw ills map. Or red cloth in jacket. Jacket very fresh and bright but with some tiny tape repairs at fold corners price clipped. Idriess uses his usual style to bring together stories of the wilds of Australia's north and the islands beyond. Stories of Cape York Peninsula and of the islands of the Coral Sea. Stories of gold pearls cattle land sandalwood getters untamed men and women-white brown and black- of primitive passions law and order bravery and hope and grim determination. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036561
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