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Paynting H. H.; Flood James.
The Third James Flood Book of Early Motoring.
Melbourne: James Flood Charity Trust. 1976. HEAVY. iv 400pp subscriber list index hundreds bw & col ills. Or brown cloth in jacket with slipcase. A few light rubs marks to slipcase. Edition limited to 4000 copies of which this #3505. The third of this sought after series showcasing early motoring in Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. James Flood Charity Trust. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034479
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Paynting H. H.; Flood James.
The first James Flood Book of Early Motoring.
Melbourne: James Flood Charity Trust. 1968. HEAVY. 3190pp subscriber list index hundreds bw & col ills. Or blue cloth in jacket with slipcase. A few light rubs marks to slipcase. Endpapers heavily foxed as usual pages 109-111 have bump/scuff on surface light tidemark in upper margin not exceeding 5mm. Jacket heavily edgeworn with tears and creased crudely repaired with tape now browned and then laminated to prevent further deterioration. Numbered limited edition of which this #1379. The first of this sought after series showcasing early motoring in Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Fair. Folio. James Flood Charity Trust. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034480
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Paynting H. H.; Flood James.
The Fourth James Flood Book of Early Motoring.
Melbourne: James Flood Charity Trust. 1980. HEAVY. 274pp subscriber list index hundreds bw & col ills. Or beige cloth in matching slipcase. Slipcase with 4 toned spots on one panel. Some foxing to first/last few pages rear endpaper starting to lift from cover. Edition limited to 3500 copies of which this #1754. The fourth of this sought after series showcasing early motoring in Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Folio. James Flood Charity Trust. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034483 ISBN : 0950095354 9780950095356
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Horner D M editor
The Commanders: Australian Military Leadership in the Twentieth Century
Sydney: George Allen & Unwin 1984. HEAVY. xix 355 pages 44 b/w illustrations 27 maps notes index pictorial end-papers. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. Jacket has light edge wear and stain at bottom of front panel mainly visible from back. Prev owners name etc on half-title page. The book tells the story of 16 of Australia's most eminent military men as they performed under the stress of strategy-making and in the heat of battle. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to. George Allen & Unwin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034491 ISBN : 0868614963 9780868614960
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The Vintage Motor Cycle Club of australia nNSW
A History of the Vintage Motorcycle Club of Australia NSW
Sydney: The Vintage Motor Cycle Club of australia nNSW 1978. 128pp num bw ills. Or blue boards in jacket. Jacket rubbed. Endpapers foxed some rippling to bottom edge bookshop label inside front cover. Somewhat musty. Hitroy of vinatge motorcycle founded in 1954. Heaps of photos of old motorcycles. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Good. Oblong 4to. The Vintage Motor Cycle Club of australia n(NSW) Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034495
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Lason Will & The Shiplovers' Society of Tasmania.
Blue Gum Clippers and Whaleships of Tasmania.
Launceston Tasmania: D. & L. Book Distributors 1986. 261pp index appendices31 bw ills. Or card covers. Prev owners anme on front blank. Record of whaling trading and shipbuilding in Tasmania from the eary days to time of writing. Begins with the ealriest days of Tasmanian whaling and shipbuilding covering activities in all ports around the cfoast of Tasmania.Originally published in 1949. Facsimile Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. D. & L. Book Distributors Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034501
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Slim Field Marshal Sir William.
Unofficial History.
London: Cassell 1960. ix 242pp. Or black cloth in jacket. Page edges endpapers and prelims foxed Silverfishing to edges of boards. Jacket spine faded. Slim turns his pen to the smaller battles and campaigns which punctuated his career in and between the World Wars including as a subaltern in Mesopotamia in WWI captain in India brigadier in the Middle East and more. Fourth Revised Edition Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo. Cassell Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034503
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Wallace Lennie.
Nomads of the 19th Century Queensland Goldfields.
Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press 2000. xiv 168ppbibliography bw ills map. Or pictorial card covers. Near new. From Gympie in the south through Mount Morgan and Canoona on the central coast to Palmer River and Hodgkinson in the tropical north the 19th century Queensland goldfields were a magnet for swarms of nomadic fossickers. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Small 4to. Central Queensland University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034528 ISBN : 1875998896 9781875998890
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Ward Lindsay and Rickman Joe
Tillage Equipment: selection and Use
Toowoomba Qld.: USQ Press 1992. 91pp illustrated with b/w photos text-figures bibliography index. Or card covers. Lightly edge-worn with covers unevenly sunned. 'As well as containing implement selection critera the book also considers more specific attributes within each group of implements. Coupled with these groups are basic set-up and oprating tips as well as a trouble-shooting section. A separate chapter covers tractor/implement matching'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. USQ Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034511 ISBN : 0949414220 9780949414229
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Halliday Ken
Call of the Highlands: The Tenterfield Story
Tenterfield: Tenterfield Shire Council in assoc with the Tenterfield and District Historical Society 1988. vi150 pages illustrated throughout with b/w photos chronology. Pictorial card cover. Faded at and by the spine some rubbing prev owners name on title page. A local history produced to celebrate Australia's Bicentenary. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Tenterfield Shire Council in assoc with the Tenterfield and District Historical Society Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034515 ISBN : 0731602366 9780731602360
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Cooper John Butler.
The History of Malvern from Its first Settlement to a City.
Melbourne: The Specialty Press 1935. xii 268pp index appendix bw ills. Or brown cloth with gilt seal of City of Malvern to front. With Compliments slip from Mayor and Councillors of Malvern on front pastedown bookseller label on front pastedown. Some paper stuck to outside of covers. Ex- Oxley Library with a very few unobtrusive stamps. Scarce history of Malvern. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Specialty Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034518
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Stephens Alan.
The Royal Australian Air Force. The Australian Centenary History of Defence Volume II.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press 2001. xi 340pp index notes bibliography bwills maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Very slight foxing to top of pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 4to. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033668 ISBN : 0195541154 9780195541151
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Dwyer Vivien.
Duntroon. An Artist's Impression.
Sydney: Lonsdale Gallery Press 2004. 206pp num col ills. Or grey cloth in jacket. Near new. In 1998 Vivian Dwyer went to Duntroon to produce one painting of an historic house and emerged five years later contemplating the nature and purpose of war peace and ultimate sacrifice. This book turns out to be not only about the military and other challenges in wider society but about art light and atmosphere. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Oblong 8vo. Lonsdale Gallery Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033673 ISBN : 0975197800 9780975197806
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Grey Jeffrey.
The Australian Army. The Australian Centenary History of Defence Volume I.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press 2001. xii 300pp index notes bibliographic note bw ills maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Very slight foxing to top edge. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 4to. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033667 ISBN : 0195541146 9780195541144
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Jones Lisa editor
Policing Queensland 1864-2014. 150 Years.
Brisbane: Queensland Police Service 2014. HEAVY. 172pp num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers with integral French flaps. Near new. 150 years of police in Queensland. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Queensland Police Service Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033702 ISBN : 0646910574 9780646910574
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Laver Betty.
Ancestral Pioneers of the Gladstone District. Book One.
Gladstone Qld.: Betty Laver 2006. 104ppbw ills Or cloth backed card covers.Printed by Capcopy. SIGNED by author on title page. First volume of three covering the pioneer families of Gladstone Qld. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Betty Laver Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033713 ISBN : 0957993226 9780957993228
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Hasthorpe Monty.
Kyogle. Ninety-Five Years of Commerce. 1902 to 1997. A History of the Kyogle Commercial Precinct.
Kyogle: Kyogle & District Historical Society Inc. 2007. 308ppindexnum bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. Important history of businesses in Kyogle NSW over almost a century. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Kyogle & District Historical Society Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033720 ISBN : 0646473891 9780646473895
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Laver Betty.
Gladstone Shops & Businesses.
Gladstone Qld.: Betty Laver 2010. 108ppbw ills Or cloth backed card covers.Printed by Capcopy. SIGNED by author on title page. Stories of Gladstone business from the early 1900s to the present. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Betty Laver Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033716 ISBN : 0980451434 9780980451436
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Albrecht Kurt.
Nineteenth Century Australian Gold & Silver Smiths.
Melbourne: Hutchinson 1969. 69pp appendices bw plates. Or black cloth in jacket. Light spotting and very slight scuff/tiny tear to jacket. A few small spots on top edge slight foxing to last few pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Hutchinson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033712
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Pearn John
To Teach the Sick. The Hospital Schools in Queensland.
Brisbane: Amphion Press 2009. HEAVY. xxviii 371pp indexnotes chronology bw & col ills. Or pictorial laminate dboards in jacket. Near new. SIGNED with personalised inscription on front free endpaper. Documents the hisotry of hospital schooling in Queensland. Changing societal views about the status of childhood of disability and of education- set against secular changes in medicine and health. The education of convalescent injured or disabled children. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Amphion Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033721 ISBN : 1864999411 9781864999419
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Laver Betty.
Ancestral Pioneers of the Gladstone District. Book Two.
Gladstone Qld.: Betty Laver 2007. 110ppbw ills Or cloth backed card covers.Printed by Capcopy. SIGNED by author on title page. Second volume of three covering the pioneer families of Gladstone Qld. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Betty Laver Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033714 ISBN : 0957993242 9780957993242
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French Maurice; Waterson Duncan.
The Darling Downs. A Pictorial History 1850-1950.
Toowoomba Qld.: Darling Downs Institute Press. 1980. HEAVY. 280pp index bibliography 629 bw ills 8 maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Foxing on reverse of jacke and top of pages. Wonderful collection of photographs of Toowoomba and the darling Downs from 1850-1950 with excellent accompanying text. Includes aborigines farming war years and much more. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Darling Downs Institute Press. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033728 ISBN : 0909306265 9780909306267
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McNicoll Maj. Gen. R. R.; Greville Brigadier PJ. P. J.
4 Volume Set. Ubique. The Royal Australian Engineers. Volume 1- 1835 to 1902. The Colonial Engineers. Volume 2- 1902 to 1919 Making and Breaking. Volume 3.1919-1945 Teeth & Tail. Volume 4-1945 to 1972. Paving the Way.
Canberra: The Corps Committee of the Royal Australian Engineers. 2002. HEAVY over 4kg 4 volume set-complete. xviii 203pp; xix 232pp maps; xix 432pp maps; xxi 978pp; indexes references maps bw ills. 1cm tear to bottom of rear jacket panel of Vol 4 otherwise very nice indeed. Scarce as a complete set. Vol 1 3rd Impression 2001 1977; Volume 2 2nd Impression 2001 1979; Vol 3 2nd Impression 2001 1982 and Vol 4 1st edition 2002. . Various Editions . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. The Corps Committee of the Royal Australian Engineers. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033729 ISBN : 0959687106 9780959687101
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Jolliffe Eric.
Jolliffe's Outback Calendar 1993
Sydney: Jolliffe Publications 1992. 24pp full page col cartoons. Or stapled card covers. Near new. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Jolliffe Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033735
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Jolliffe Eric.
Jolliffe's Outback Calendar 1989
Sydney: Jolliffe Studios 1988. 24pp full page col cartoons. Or stapled card covers. Near new. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Jolliffe Studios Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033734
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Jolliffe Eric.
Jolliffe's Outback Calendar 1988
Sydney: Jolliffe Studios 1987. 24pp full page col cartoons. Or stapled card covers. Near new. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Jolliffe Studios Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033733
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Indigenous Art Centre Alliance.
Kinship. A Celebration of Fine Art from Far North Queensland Indigenous Art Centres.
Cairns: Indigenous Art Centre Alliance. 2013. 40pp col ills. Or stapled card covers. Near new. Exhibition at the Tanks Art Centre CAirns 9-21 August 2013. Exhibiting artists from Badu Darnley Island Girringin Cardwell Hopevale Lockhart River Mornington Island Mua Island Pormpuraaw Weipa Wik & Kugu Aurukun Yalanjo Mossman Gorge Wujal Wujal Yarrabah. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Oblong 4to. Indigenous Art Centre Alliance. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033737
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Milledge Russel; O'connell rae; Grey John.
Blak Roots.
Cairns: KickArts Contemporary Arts 2008. 71pp num col ills. Or card covers. Near new. Published to coincide with an exhibition of indigenous painting weaving and artifacts of the same name commemorating 20 years of Wet Tropics World Heritage. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. KickArts Contemporary Arts Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033748
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Stockings Craig.
The Battle of Bardia. Australian Army Campaigns Series 9/
Canberra: Army History Unit Department of Defence 2011. 166pp indexbibliography num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card with integral French flaps. Brief gift note on title page otherwise excellent. On the morning of 3 January 1941 Australians of the 6th Division ledan assault against the Italian colonial fortress-villageof Bardia in Libya. The ensuing battlewasthe secondof the First Libyan Campaign but the first of the war to be planned and fought predominantlyby Australians. At a cost of 130 killed and 326 wounded the 6th Division captured around 40000 Italian prisoners and large quantities of military stores and equipment. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Army History Unit, Department of Defence Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033747 ISBN : 0987057456 9780987057457
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Pearson Arthur.
Brothers Batllers and Bastards.
Maroochydore: Boolarong Press 1995. vii226pp bw ills. Or pictorial laminated boards. Near new. The author migrated to Australia at 15 under the Big Brother Movement. He battled through the Great Depression working around the Victorian bush and then saw active service with the IAF in the Western Desert Greece Syria New Guinea and Borneo in WWII. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Boolarong Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033746 ISBN : 0646253891 9780646253893
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Hunter Marcella.
Timber By the Truckload. Neville Smith & Co - A Family Story.
Melbourne: Falcon Nominees 2009. 162ppbibliographyindex maps num bw & col ills. Very slight edge wear. The story of an Australian timber business operating in Victoria and Tasmania from its inception in 1924 to its integration with ITC in 2004. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. Falcon Nominees Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033744 ISBN : 0646496433 9780646496436
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Pickett Charles.
Refreshing. Art Off the Pub Wall.
Sydney: Powerhouse Publishing 1990. 64pp num bw & col ills many full page. Or pictorial card covers. Near new. Looks at pub paintings which adorned NSW hotels from the 1930s into the 1960s and the advertising campaigns and architecture which were part of creating anew image. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Powerhouse Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033749 ISBN : 1863170138 9781863170130
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Burke Kelly.
The Stamp of Australia. The Story of Our Mail from Second Fleet to Twenty-First Century.
Sydney: Allen & Unwin 2009. 250pp index bibliography bw plates. Or brown boards in jacket. Slight residue to front from original price sticker. The story of Australia's postal services over their 200 year history. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Allen & Unwin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033741 ISBN : 1741756456 9781741756456
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Lewism Stephen compiled by
Korea. The Undeclared War.
Adelaide: The Royal Australian Regiment Association. 2008. 172pp glossarybibliography endnotes bw ills. Or card covers with integral flaps. Near new. Limited 55th Anniversary edition of 1000 copies of which this #360. SIGNED by author on title page.Photographic homage to the service of Australians in the Korean conflict attempting to cover every aspect of a war fought in some of the most appalling conditions Australian troops have ever witnessed. Signed by Author. First Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Square 8vo. The Royal Australian Regiment Association. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033738 ISBN : 0646490133 9780646490137
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Seal Graham editor.
Echoes of ANZAC. The Voice of Australians at War.
Melbourne: Lothian 2005. 298ppindex bibliography notes. Or card covers. Near new. Songs verses and yarns that have been sung and spoken by Australian troops from the Boer War to Vietnam. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Lothian Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033773 ISBN : 0734408099 9780734408099
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Bevege Margaret.
Behind Barbed Wire. Internment in Australia During World War II.
St. Lucia Qld: University of Queensland Press 1994. xxi 314pp index bibliography notes appendices bw ills. Or card covers. Light even toning to page edges tiny corner creases to covers. During WWII more than 7000 residents were interned and another 7500 sent from overseas to Australian internment camps. Censorship ensured that internment was always shrouded in secrecy and fear. The author describes life in the camps and eventual return of most internees to the community. Also discusses methods of selection for internment- NAzi PArty members criminals newly arrived immigrants those of Japanese German or Italian descent and active communists. A comprehensive picture of Australian internment not only explring the nationalities chosen but also arresting and holding procedures security services police media and general public. SCARCE. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033799 ISBN : 0702224928 9780702224928
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Harkness Chris with Harkness Louise. Camos Norm editor
New Guinea. The Wahgi Impact.
Brisbane: Robert Brown & Associates 1994. 383pp index bibliographybw ills. Or cardcovers. Foxing to page edges and first/lastfewpages minor edge wear and spine creasing. Factual account of life in Mount Hagen Western Highlands District of the Territory of Papua & New Guinea as derived from memories extracts from the author's letters and experiences while living in the Wahgi- a valley in the clouds. Set in the 1960s with references 20 years back and 25 years forward to show the different lifestyles in Papua New Guinea. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Robert Brown & Associates Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033809 ISBN : 1862730792 9781862730793
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Nicks Rowan.
Surgeons All. The Story of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Australia and New Zealand.
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger 1984. 256pp indexnotes bibliographyappendices bw ills.Or black cloth in jacket. Quite heavy foxing to page edges and first/last few pages. Traces development of surgery from the first white settlements in Australasia showing the impact of medical advances overseas and of surgical experience gained on the battlefields. Against this background exciting advances in modern cardiac surgery emerge. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Hale & Iremonger Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033803 ISBN : 0868061204 9780868061207
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Hall Timothy.
New Guinea 1942-44.
Sydney: Methuen Australia 1981. 224pp index bibliography bw ills endpaper maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Prev owners name Sgt in 11 Squadron RAAF Catalinas on half-title page. Foxing to jacket and page edges. From the landing of the Japanese at Rabaul in January 1942 through Kokoda and on to the retreat of the Japanese in 1944. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Methuen Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033802 ISBN : 0454003218 9780454003215
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Burrows Robyn
Bush Schools and Golden Rules: The Spirit of Mudgeeraba State School Incorporating a History of Bonogin Creek Austinville and Mudgeeraba Upper State Schools and Neranwood Provisional School
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications 1992. iv 108pp bw ills throughout index bibliography. Or card covers. Near new. The school story 1892 to 1992. Nice addition to SE Queensland local history. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Boolarong Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033806 ISBN : 064608626X 9780646086262
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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. Some edge wear to jacket. Foxing to endpapers and top edge- heavy foxing to last page of index and 2 blanks at rear. 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 Jhn 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
Bookseller reference : 033815 ISBN : 0908140983 9780908140985
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Walsh Verdun.
Cry Crucify. 8th Div. P.O.W. J
Sydney: Val Walsh & Associates 1991. vi 390pp bw ills. Or laminated boards. Some foxing to page edges but internally clean. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Top of front board faded. The stories of some 190 POWs from AIF 8th Division held by the Japanese during WWII. Includes Singapore Malaya Changi Havelock Road and River ValleyRoad POW camps. Much on G Force including at Osaka Iron Workss and Takefu in Japan. To date the first and only book to tell the story of G Force and their experiences in Changi Osaka Takefu and Akenobi. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Val Walsh & Associates Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033817 ISBN : 0731656806 9780731656806
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Ferguson Hector M.; Fitzgerald James revision & addendum
Tara Shire History 1840-1988.
Tara: Tara & District Historical Society. 1988. viii 260pp num bw ills maps. Or pictorial card covers. Slight edge wear narrow scuffed strip at top of front cover. An excellent history of Tara Shire with much of genealogical interest as well as material on the original aboriginal inhabitants timber and wool industries and all aspects of social activity in the region. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Fitzgerald Geraldine cover art. 4to. Tara & District Historical Society. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033825 ISBN : 0959424717 9780959424713
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Sinclair James
To Find a Path. The Life and Times of the Royal Pacific Islands Regiment. Volume 1 - Yesterday's Heroes 1885-1950.
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1990. viii310pp appendices index num bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Very light edgewear to jacket slight fading to spine. History of the Royal Pacific Islands Regiment from inception in 1885 to 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Boolarong Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033844 ISBN : 0731691202 9780731691203
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Trigellis Smith S.
The Purple Devils. The 2/6 Australian Commando Squadron.
Melbourne: 2/6 Commando squadron Association 1992. xvii 305pp index bibliography nominal roll appendices bw ills maps. Or purple cloth in jacket. Large tear to jacket from bottom of spine with associated crease bottom of boards rubbed. The 2/6 Commando Squadron saw numerous actions taking part in four major campaigns between 1942 and 1945. Patrols operated on the flanks of the Kokoda Track at Buna with the Americans in the Markham-Ramu Valleys with 7 Division and finally at Balikpapan in Borneo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo. 2/6 Commando squadron Association Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033863
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Trigellis Smith S.
The Purple Devils. The 2/6 Australian Commando Squadron.
Melbourne: 2/6 Commando squadron Association 1992. xvii 305pp index bibliography nominal roll appendices bw ills maps.Or purple cloth in jacket. Spine faded. Front endpapers SIGNED by numerous surviving members of 2/6 Independent Company; 3 names with service numbers written on half-title page. The 2/6 Commando Squadron saw numerous actions taking part in four major campaigns between 1942 and 1945. Patrols operated on the flanks of the Kokoda Track at Buna with the Americans in the Markham-Ramu Valleys with 7 Division and finally at Balikpapan in Borneo. Signed by Unit Members. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 2/6 Commando squadron Association Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033862
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Morley LJ. L. J.
Tasmania's Bygone Years of Road Transport 1900-1929.
Franklin Tasmania.: The Franklin Press 2012. HEAVY. 258pp num bw photographs vintage ads. Or card covers. Near new. A superb history of early Tasmanian motoring. Before 1910 the motor car was considered a millionaire's plaything. About that time the Tasmanian public accepted the car. In 1910 the average motorist travelled about 20 miles from home but by the 1920s he travelled as far as he could go for the motor carhad improved. The only thing that plagued him was the condition of the roads but as time went on these also improved and this was the real beginning of motoring in Tasmania. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. The Franklin Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033859 ISBN : 1921767081 9781921767081
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Fenton Paul compiled/edited by
James Fenton of Forth. A Tasmanian Pioneer 1820-1901. Acollection of Essays By and About James Fenton 1820-1901 His Family and Friends.
Melbourne: Educare 2001. HEAVY. xviii 454pp index appendices family trees bw ills maps pictorial endpapers.Or green cloth in jacket. 5mm tear at top left of front jacket panel. One of a limited edition of 800 copies- this one unnumbered.A tribute to James Fenton Tasmanian pioneer and author published to coincide with the centenary of his death. Includes not only writings by and about James but also his family friends and significant associates including TW Monds Charles Price and James 'Philosopher' Smith. An account of 19th century Tasmania particulary the north west coast with themes including migration agriculture religion mineral exploration colonial writing and publishing and family life. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Educare Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033864
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Pawson Eric; Brooking Tom editors
Making a New Land. Environmental Histories of New Zealand.
Dunedin New Zealand: Otago University Press 2013. 391pp index glossary notes bw ills maps. Or card covers. Crease to top rear corner tiny bump to top front corner. An interdisciplinary perspective on one of the most rapid and extensive transformations in human history- that which followed the Maori and European colonization of New Zealand. Originally publkished in 2002 this new edition has a lot of new content and fresh insights into the causes and nature of this transformation and the new landscapes and places that it produced. New Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Otago University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033874 ISBN : 1877578525 9781877578526
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Armstrong RM. Bob R. M.
Wheel Tracks 4 Eternity. The Fourth Wheel Tracks Album of Australian Gospel Vans and Waggons.
Mumbil NSW: RM & EL Armstrong 2003. 101pp references num bw ills. Or stapledcardcovers. Near new. Motor cans caravans and horsedrawn vehicles used in Australia by travelling evangelical preachers of many denominations. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. RM & EL Armstrong Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033866 ISBN : 0958162921 9780958162920
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