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Murray Alan
Holding the Line. A Narrative History of Australian Coal Miners and Their Union in the 1980s
Brisbane: Alan Murray 2009. 340pp index endnotes biblioigraphy appendices bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Near new. SIGNED with personal inscription on front free endpaper. The first book in a trilogy that will progress the history of the coal industry. Identifies the dramatic developments in the coal mining industry through the 1980s the new challenges presented to miners and their union and how they responded in holding the line in the face of globalization and an expanding demand for coal for steel making and power generation. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Alan Murray Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031744 ISBN : 098032646x 9780980326468
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Hogarth Joan
Ironside State School 1870-1995. A Tradition of Excellence
St. Lucia Qld: Ironside State School Parents & Friends Assoc. 1995. x 62pp bibliography appendix bw ills. Or stapled card covers. Very light edge wear crease/crimp near top of spine. 125 years of Ironside State School at the neck of the St Lucia pocket of the Brisbane River. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Ironside State School Parents & Friends Assoc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031746
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Stringer Richard & Margaret compilers
A Shifting Town. Glass Plate Images of Clermont and Its People By G.C. Pullar.
St. Lucia Qld: University of Queensland Press 1986. HEAVY. Unpaginated approx 150pp 316 bw photographs town map bw text figures. Or grey cloth in jacket. Scratch on rear jacket panel. Remarkable collection of photographs documenting life in a remote Queensland town in the early 20th century. Sections include photographs of the Pullar family; life in town; the aborigines; and shifting a town the effects of the 1916 flood-during and after. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Pullar G.C. photographs. 4to. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031761 ISBN : 0702220124 9780702220128
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Butler Sally
Our Way. Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River
St. Lucia Qld: University of Queensland Press 2007. xxv 136pp appendices bibliography num col ills. Or purple cloth in jacket. Near new. Introduces the unique art of a group of young Aboriginal artists from far north Queensland's Lockhart River community. Their art is about 'Sandbeach' culture and community and its spectacular wilderness environemnt in Cape York Peninsula. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031777 ISBN : 0702236349 9780702236341
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Smith Geoffrey; Smith Damian
Sidney Nolan. Desert & Drought
Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria 2003. 160pp bibliography num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers with integral French flaps. Near new. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name- the first loan exhibition held at the Ian Potter Centre. Showcases Nolan's outback paintings which he credited as providing the real breakthorugh in his career. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. National Gallery of Victoria Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031779 ISBN : 0724102191 9780724102198
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Bean C .E. W
Official History of Australian in the War of 1914-18 Volume IV 4. The Australian Imperial Force in France 1917
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1933. xii 1030pp index bw photos line drawings maps errata slip. Or maroon cloth. Some toning to page edges and prelims some foxing. A very nice example of the scarce first edition of the fourth volume of this set commonly known as 'Bean'. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031826
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Bean C .E. W. Gullett HS. H. S.
Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 Volume VII 7. The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine 1914-1918.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1923. xvi 844 pp index bw photos line drawings maps. Or maroon cloth. Toning to page edges end papers toned minor foxing to half-title. A very nice example of the scarce first edition of the seventh volume of this set commonly known as 'Bean'. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031830
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Bean C .E. W. Jose Arthur W.
Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 Volume IX 9. The Royal Australian Navy 1914-1918.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1928. xli 649 pp index bw photos line drawings maps. Or maroon cloth. Toning to page edges end papers toned hinge starting to crack at title page but holding well. A nice example of the scarce first edition of the ninth volume of this set commonly known as 'Bean'. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031831
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Ewers John K
With the Sun at My Back
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1953. xii 244ppbw ills endpaper maps. Or orange cloth in jacket. Rear jacket flap detached but present short tears and creases to jacket. Small bookseller stamp and prize label on front free endpaper. Travels in northern Australia north of the Tropic of Capricorn from Yampi Sound in the west to Cairns and the Atherton Tablelands in the east. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031849
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Lockwood Kim
Darwin Sketchbook
Adelaide: Rigby 1974. 64pp bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with circular sticker mark on front panel. One of the harder to get titles in the Sketchbook series. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Roberts Ainslie. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031851 ISBN : 085179128x 9780851791289
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Thomas Pete
The Coalminers of Queensland. A Narrative History of the Queensland Colliery Employees Union. Volume 1: Creating the Traditions.
Ipswich Qld: Queensland Colliery Employees Union. 1986. xvi 679pp index bw ills. Or red cloth lacking jacket. Page edges toned a couple of toned spots on front free endpaper bottom corners a bit rounded. SIGNED by several union executives with mentions in the book Andrew Vickers-President; Peter Neilson-secretary; Jim Lambley-vice president with unnamed presentation inscription. Signed by Several People Mentioned in the Book. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Queensland Colliery Employees Union. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031870 ISBN : 0958907609 9780958907606
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Rawson Geoffrey
The Count. A Life of Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki K.C.M.G. Adventurer and Scientist
Melbourne: William Heinemann 1953. xix 214pp index appendices bw ills maps bibliography. Or card covers with jacket. A little minor toning to page edges. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. William Heinemann Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031871
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Atkinson Anne & Vernon
Undara Volcano and Its Lava Tubes. A Geological Wonder of Australia in Undara National Park North Queensland
Brisbane: Vernon and Anne Atkinson 1995. x 86pp appendices num col photographs maps. Or pictorial card covers with integral French flaps. Near new. Undara Volcano erupted about 1500 years ago with one flow extending 160km to become the world's longest froma single volcano. In this flow are many lava caves including Australia's largest. This book is the first pictorial record of Undara. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Vernon and Anne Atkinson Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031868 ISBN : 0646201239 9780646201238
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Foley Capt. John C. H.
Timeless Isle. An Illustrated History of Thursday Island.
Thursday Island: Torres Strait Historical Society. 1982. 94pp 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. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Torres Strait Historical Society. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031535 ISBN : 0959266003 9780959266009
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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. Crease at top of front cover. 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 : 031541 ISBN : 064608626X 9780646086262
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Baker Tony; Lloyd Megan; Gibb David; Goldsworthy Peter foreword
South Australia. Horizons Beyond
Adelaide: Wakefield Press 1998. 227pp num bw & col ills pictorial endpapers. Or black cloth in jacket. Slight edge wear with tiny tears at top of flap folds. Includes essays about South Australia's historical strengths and contemporary endeavours; interviews with people working for the state's future; and snap-shot fiction that gives an idea of how South Australian think of themselves. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Wakefield Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031557 ISBN : 1862544255 9781862544253
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Holman Robert
On Paths of Ash. the Extraordinary Story of an Australian Prisoner of War
Sydney: Pier 9 / Murdoch Books Australa 2009. 301pp index maps bibliography notes. Or card covers with integral French flaps. slightest of edge wear. A survivor's account of Chagi the Burma Railway and Japan. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Pier 9 / Murdoch Books Australa Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031562 ISBN : 1741962315 9781741962314
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Thiele Colin
South Australia Revisited
Adelaide: Rigby 1986. 80pp index 32 col plates pictorial endpapers. Or laminated boards in jacket. Jacket shows minor edge wear with crease to front panel. Tribute in paintings and prose to the buildings of South Australia- both well known and personal favourites of the author and artist. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Balfour Charlotte. 4to. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031558 ISBN : 0727020692 9780727020697
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Jacobs SWL.; Picjard J S. W.
Plants of New South Wales. A Census of the Cycads Conifers and Angiosperms
Sydney: National Herbarium of New South Wales. 1981. 226pp index endpaper maps. Or pictorial boards in jacket. Very short tears to jacket edges and chipped at ehad/foot of spine minor edge wear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to. National Herbarium of New South Wales. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031608 ISBN : 0724019782 9780724019786
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Knowles J. W
The Cooktown Railway. Australia's Most Unusual Railway
Brisbane: The Australian Railway Historical Society Queensland Division. 1966. x 84pp appendices bw ills map. Or dark gray cloth in jacket. Occasional foxing and minor toning to endpapers. Jacket with silverfish damage including hole along front flap fold a few small stains on front panel. The unusual history of the Cooktown Railway- 67 miles of line that operated from 1885-1961 as a seperate railway not connected to the Queensland system. It had its origin in the riches of the Palmer Goldfield but never shared in the wealth of the field. For the last 34 years of its existence it was operated entirely by tiny rail motors it terminated at a bridge that was only used once. A fascinating part of the history of Cooktown in Far North Queensland. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. The Australian Railway Historical Society, Queensland Division. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031617
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Emanuel Cedric
The Historic Rocks Area of Sydney
Adelaide: Rigby 1974. 60pp num bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or black boards lacking jacket. Small dimple in front cover one page toned/foxed probably from a now absent clipping small yellow smeat at bottom of front cover prev owners bookplate on verso of front free endpaper. Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this #815 SIGNED by author/artist on limitation page. A collection of drawings displaying the charm of the Rocks area in Sydney. Signed by Artist. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong 4to. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031620 ISBN : 0851798411 9780851798417
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Burrell Steve; Stutchbury Michael
Australia Rebuilds. The Recovery We Had to Have. Economics Extra 3
Melbourne: Financial Review Library 1995. ix 324pp index diagrams/charts. Or card covers. Near new. Australia's exit from the recession of the early 1990s- an accessible guide to this period of economic change. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Financial Review Library Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031651 ISBN : 186290085x 9781862900851
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Archer John
The Great Australian Dream. The History of the Australian House
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1996. 240pp index bibliography references num bw ills. Or pictorial card. Bump at bottom corner 5mm tear to right edge of front cover. Originally publiched in 1987 as Building a Nation. A history of Australian domestic architecture. First Paperback Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Angus & Robertson Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031662 ISBN : 0207190038 9780207190032
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Harcourt Edgar
Taming the Tyrant. The First 100 Years of Australia's International telecommunication Services
Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1987. xv 405pp index sources bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Short tear at top of front flap fold. The story of international telecommunication in Australia and how it conquered the 'tyranny of distance'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Allen & Unwin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031660 ISBN : 0049940112 9780049940116
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Webster Rob; Griffin JJ. appendix J. J.
Bygoo and Beyond
Bygoo Ardlethan New South Wales.: Rob Webster 1957. xii 180pp bw ills maps. Or grey coth lacking jacket. Privately printed. Some fading to spine even toning to page egdes brief presentation note opposite half-title. Local history of Bygoo Station and surrounds.Includes the tin boom at Ardlethan sheep wheat the railways and more. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Rob Webster Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031401
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Alexander Alison
The Zinc Works. Producing Zinc at Risdon 1916-1991
Hobart: Pasminco Metals EZ 1992. vi 360pp index glossary bibliography references bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Some edge wear and creases to covers. 75th anniversary history of the Zinc Works and Pasminco in Tasmania from a beginning fraught with difficulties to a huge industry employing over 3000 people. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. Pasminco Metals EZ Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031409 ISBN : 0646124501 9780646124506
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Kerr John
Northern Outpost. Mossman Central Mill
Moss: Mossman Central Mill Company 1995. ix 154pp index num bw ills. Or bright pictorial boards. History of Mossman Central sugar mill the northernmost sugar mill in Queensland. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. Mossman Central Mill Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031405 ISBN : 0959577912 9780959577914
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Groves John and Janice
Digging Deeper Into North Bribie Island During World War II
Caloundra: John And Janice Groves 2007. 52pp bw ills maps glossary. Or staples wraps. Pages wrinkled with small stain on front covers. Low budget production probably home printed looking at Bribie Island during WWII. Includes life at Fort Bribie mines in Moreton Bay artillery hospital recollections and infrastructure. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 4to. John And Janice Groves Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031455 ISBN : 0646471791 9780646471792
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Stringer Col
Discovering Australia's Christian Heritage. Australia Land of the Holty Spirit
Gold Coast Qld.: Col Stringer Ministries 2001. 224pp bibliography bw ills. Or card covers. Some edge wear one page corner creased. Looks at Australia's Christian heritage from the 1606 naming of Australia as La Australia del Espiritu Santo South Land of the Holy Spirit by Fernadez de Quiros. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Col Stringer Ministries Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031495 ISBN : 0957759800 9780957759800
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Vries_evans Susanna
Pioneer Women Pioneer Land. Yesterday's Tall Poppies
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1987. 280pp index chronology bibliography num bw & col ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Slightest of edge wear. A record of some women of early Australia- high achievers with high profiles who left behind a record of their endeavours. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031477 ISBN : 0949135127 9780949135124
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Lee Roger et al
The Australiam Army. A Brief History
Sydney: Big Sky Publishing 2011. 96ppnum bw & col ills maps. Slight curl to bottom corner of front cover else as new. A niceloy presented and much revised short history of the Australian Army beginning with pre-European / Aboriginal resistance; through colonial forces in the Sudan and Boer Wars; both World Wars Korea Vietnam and on to Afghanistan. Significant section on hisotry and traditions including patches badges the slouch hatRising Sun badge and more. Fourth Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Big Sky Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031469 ISBN : 1921941154 9781921941153
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Goodman Rupert
Voluntary Aid Detachments in Peace and War. VAD's in Peace and War. The Hisotry of Voluntary Aid Detachments in Australia during the 20th Century
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1991. xii 231pp index bibliography num bw ills. Or pictorial laminated boards. Several small dimples in boards. Illustrated throughout with b/w photos tables bibliography appendices index. Illustrated laminated boards. With Honour Roll VAD/AAMS World War II Honours and Awards World War II. The book covers the origins of the Voluntary Aid Movement VADs in WWI and between the Wars the Middle East contingents WWII VAD/AAMWS in the defence of Australia AAMWS in the South-West Pacific area 1943-1946 Civilian VADs in war-time Australia and VAD/AAMWS int eh post-War world. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Boolarong Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031306 ISBN : 086439117x 9780864391179
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Murphy Jack
Spring Hill Re-Sprung. Brisbane's Spring Hill in Watercolour
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1980. Unpaginated approx 96pp. col plates pictorial endpapers. Or gray boards in jacket. A few light marks to jacket light toning to page edges minor scuffing to bottom of boards. #1499 of a limitation of 1500 copies. SIGNED by author and artist on their respective introductory pages. Watercolours showcasing the inner city Brisbane suburb of Spring Hill. Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Glazebrook Clare. Oblong 4to. Boolarong Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031290 ISBN : 0908175124 9780908175123
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Bowker RM.; Bligh William R. M.
Mutiny!! Aboard H.M. Armed Transport Bounty in 1789
Sussex: Bowker & Bertram 1978. 387pp glossary bibliography bw ills pictorial/map endpapers. Or tan cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped rear panel creased. . Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Bowker & Bertram Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031320
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Sanker Ian G
Queensland in the 1860s. The Photography of Richard Daintree
Brisbane: Queensland Museum 1977. vii 120pp map bw ills. Or card covers. Some rubbing and fading to covers with crease to left of front cover some minor toning/foxing on edges. Life in the outback and northern Queensland in the 1860s as shown in the photographs of Richard Daintree. Presented by genre- mining pastoral and geologic/scenic; with a map showing localities mentioned. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. Oblong 4to. Queensland Museum Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031342
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Pearson Ross A
Australians at War in the Air 1939-1945. Volume One: Going to War. Training. Bomber Command. Prisoners of War
Sydney: Kangaroo Press 1995. 140pp b/w ills the aircraft bibliography index. In this the first of two volumes the author has assembled a collection of first-hand accounts of wartime aviation over Europe from basic training at home and overseas through strategic and bombing operations and the POW experience. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Kangaroo Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031354 ISBN : 0864177089 9780864177087
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Isaacs Jennifer
The Gentle Arts. 200 Years of Australian Women's Domestic and Decorative Arts
Sydney: Lansdowne Press 1988. 224pp numerous color and bw photos index bibliography. Or cream cloth in jacket. Jacket somewhat yellowed with minor edge wear. The Gentle Arts is a celebration of women's arts over the last 200 years.It traces the history of women's arts from the early settlers. Included is needlework wood- and metal- work done for home and family religious art works done by women during the wars and works made for exhibition at country shows. A delightful book. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Lansdowne Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031360 ISBN : 0701819758 9780701819750
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Pearson Ross A
Australians at War in the Air 1939-1945. Volume Two: Coastal Command Fleet Air Arm Middle East & Mediterranean South-East Asia South-West Pacific Ground Staff and Tactical Air Force
Sydney: Kangaroo Press 1995. 157pp b/w ills the aircraft bibliography index. Small faded square at bottom left of front cover. In this the second of two volumes the author has assembled a collection of first-hand accounts of wartime aviation over sea desert and jungle. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Kangaroo Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031353 ISBN : 0864177097 9780864177094
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Cuffley Peter.
Buggies & Horse Drawn Vehicles in Australia.
Melbourne: Pioneer Design Studio. 1983. 208pp index num bw & col ills. Or green/gray papered boards in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket; slight fading of jacket spine some foxing to prelims and page edges. Traces the development of road transport from the boom period of coachbuilding to its decline in the 1950s. Each vehicle style is fully described and illustrated showing the influences and construction variations and the restoration techniques are approached step by step. Finding collecting restoring makes models accessories origins uses and social history of buggies and horse drawn transport in Australia. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Pioneer Design Studio. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031208 ISBN : 0909674167 9780909674168
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Larmer Christine
A Measure of Papua New Guinea. The Arman Larmer Surveys Story
Sydney: Focus Publishing Interactive 2008. HEAVY. 416pp index bibliography bw & col photographs. Or blue boards in pictorial jacket. Full page inscription SIGNED by Graeme Arman one of the original partners in Arman Larmer on front free endpaper. The history of Arman Larmer- one of the longest and most successful private partnerships in PNG history. From humble beginnings in 1964 Michael Larmer Graeme Arman and dedicated crews battles jungles crocodile infested swamps tribal wars and socio-economic turmopil to become the leading private survey company in PNG. Includes sections on oil/petroleum the Kutubu Project and later surveys in Indonesia. Signed by Subject. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Focus Publishing Interactive Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031068
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Alexander Caroline
The Bounty. The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
New York: Viking 2003. 491pp index bibliography bw & col ills. Or green boards in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket a few small dimples in jacket. A radical new light on the Mutiny Bligh's character and a welter of family connections and special interests that play crucial roles at different moments in the story. Looks at the whole story from the time the Bounty left England to the death of the last participant. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Viking Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031114 ISBN : 067003133x 9780670031337
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Rogers Joyce
Toobrack. Pictorial Hisotry of a Queensland Sheep Station
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1992. 55pp num col photographs. Or stapled pictorial card covers. Some minor creasing to front cover faded sticker mark on front cover. Hisotry of a sheep station in the Longreah region of western Queensland. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Boolarong Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031029 ISBN : 0646088610 9780646088617
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Loney Jack
Wrecks on the Queensland Coast. 1791-1992. Includes Great Barrier Reef Coral Sea Torres Strait Gulf of Carpentaria
Melbourne: Lonestone Press 1993. 159pp index appendices bw ills maps. Or pictorial card covers. Very slight edge wear. First printing of this important reference on Queensland shipwrecks including information from 2 earlier volumes 1791-1900/1900-1986 and updates to 1992. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Lonestone Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031021 ISBN : 0646128795 9780646128795
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Storrie Ann; Morrison Sue; Morrison Peter
Beneath Busselton Jetty
Perth: Department of Conservation and Land Management. 2003. 146pp index bibliography num col photographs. Or pictorial card covers. Light edge wear. Busselton Jetty is the longest wooden jetty in the Southern hemisphere. Effectively a huge artificial reef the jetty has been colonised by an amazing diversity of corals sponges seastars shellfish fish and other forms of marine lfe. Here is a detailed look at the jetty and its inhabitants. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by The Authors. 8vo. Department of Conservation and Land Management. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031027 ISBN : 0730755312 9780730755319
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Sheedy Katherine with Reed Sarah
Home Away from Home. Celebrating 125 Years of the Victoria Hotel
Melbourne: CL Creations. 2007. xv 144pp bibliography map endnotes num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Near new. The 125 year history of the Victoria Hotel on Melbourne's Little Collins Street from its opening as The Victoria Coffee Palace Melbourne's first in 1880. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. CL Creations. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031038
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Bligh William; Bond John and Francis Godolphin; Mackaness George introduction & notes
Some Correspondence of Captain William Bligh R.N. With John and Francis Godolphin Bond 1776-1811
Sydney: D.S. Ford printers 1949. 40pp notes bw ills. Or brown card covers. Some minor edge wear to covers. Coour from covers rubbed off onto title and last pages. Several pages have tears to margins and/or creases. A limited edition of 140 copies 125 numbered for sale and 15 for presentation- this one a presentation copy signed by George Mackaness and inscribed to Dr Erasmus Bligh and again initialed by Mackaness. Signed. First Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. Small 4to. D.S. Ford (printers) Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031046
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Greaves Bernard editor
The Story of Bathurst
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1964. xi 249pp index bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Jacket spine somewhat faded some edge wear including several very small tears and tiny chips. The story of Bathurst New South WAles as told by Bathurstians. Includes origins industry and commerce churches and schools the war periods pastoral industry and much more. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031053
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Dansie RA. compiler R. A.
We'll Pack the West with Troopers. An Account of Toowoomba's Role in the Shearer's Strike of 1891.
Toowoomba Qld.: Toowoomba Education Centre 1991. 39pp bw ills. Or red card stapled covers. Pinkish stain to bottom fore-edge. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Dansie Robert. 4to. Toowoomba Education Centre Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031056 ISBN : 0908217315 9780908217311
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Carter Paddy; Durbridge Ellie; Cooke Bromley Jenny
Historic North Stradbroke Island
Dunwich Qld.: North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum Association 1994. 168pp bw ills map. Or card covers. Minor edge wear. The hisotry of North Stradbroke iIsland in pictures and text. Material on the original aboriginal inhabitants sand mining surf life saving Thamas Welsby tourism shipwrecks and more. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum Association Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031057 ISBN : 0646203959 9780646203959
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Wallis JPR J. P.
Thomas Baines. His Life and Explorations in South Africa Rhodesia and Australia 1820-1875
Cape Town: A.A. Balkema 1976. xx 235pp index bibliography bw & col ills. Or marbled boards with leather spine. Tape stains on endpapers from earleir protective cover being attached. One of alimited edition of 200 this #39 signed by the editior and bound in deluxe style. Text from the first edition of 1942 but illustrations newly selected.As well as several ambitious expeditions in Africa including the Orange and Vaal Rivers 1848-53; with Livingstone to the Zambezi in 1860; with James Chapman through SW Africa to Victoria Falls in 1861; and to Matabeleland in 1869-72; Baines made an important journey of discovery in Australia and the surrounding seas with A.C. Gregory. Illustration are taken from his legacy of more than 4000 pictures. Signed by Editor. Second Edition Limited to 200 Cys. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Baines Thomas. 4to. A.A. Balkema Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030860 ISBN : 0869610597 9780869610596
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