Catterick Kay
On the Trail of Cobb & Co. A Selection of Short Stories
Corinda Qld.: Wren Print printer 1993. 57pp. Or tan pictorial stapled card covers. As new. A selection of short stories by Kay Catterick bringing to life heroes and legends of early Australia. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Wren Print (printer) Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029211 ISBN : 0646140612 9780646140612
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From the Australian Front. Xmas. 1917
London: Cassell and Company 1917. Introduction by General Birdwood. 128 pages frontispiece: "Cook" by Will Dyson illustrated throughout with photographs by Capt F Hurley Lieut E Brooks Lieut H F Baldwin and Lieut G H Wilkins drawings cartoons. Pictorial heavy paper cover detached but present with several tears at spine and covers general edge wear tear at spine side of first 8 pages. Prev owners gift note on half-title. The book was prepared as the troops prepared to face their fourth Christmas of the Great War. Quite ugly but scarce. First Edition. Soft Cover. Poor. 4to. Cassell and Company Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029195
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Queensland Museum
Centenary of Queensland Historical Exhibition Queensland Museum Brisbane 1959.
Brisbane: Queensland Museum 1959. 40pp bw ills. Or stapled card covers. Small crease at bottom corner of rear cover prev owners name at top of front cover small area of bug staining at bottom of front cover. Scarce pamphlet produced to accompany the Queensland Centenary historical exhibition of 1959. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Queensland Museum Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029212
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Gilbert Lionel
Images of Armidale
Sydney: Barbara Beckett Publishing 1992. 88pp endpaper maps col photographs bw sketches. Or pictorial card covers. Near new. Guide to prominent buildings of Armidale NSW which provides a picture of the city's history and character and the aspirations of the people who have built Armidale over 150 years. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Hope Dennis sketches; Mulquinney Colin photography. Oblong 4to. Barbara Beckett Publishing Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029219 ISBN : 0646098020 9780646098029
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Lucas Ian F
The Royal Embassy. The Duke and Duchess of York's Tour in Australasia
London: Methuen & Co 1927. xii 251pp publisher catalogue at rear bw ills endpaper maps. Or blue cloth. Endpapers toned quite heavily foxed some pale marks to cloth on front cover. The 1927 Royal Tour of Australasia by the Duke and Duchess of York. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Methuen & Co Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029226
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Goodheart David.
The History of the 2/7 Australian Field Regiment.
Adelaide: Rigby 1952. xix 380pp index glossary 22 bw ills 16 maps endpaper maps. Or green cloth lacking jacket. Well worn with cloth frayed along rear spine edge short tear in cloth at head of spine bookstore stamp with blacked out price on front free endpaper hinge split at frontis plate XI-XII detached and damaged at edge but present and image not affected some foxing. Scarce Australian regimental history covering Palestine Syria El Alamein Western Desert Almaza Kairi Ravenshoe Morotai and Tarakan. Would benefit from rebinding but a complete example. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029237
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Wilson Graham J
Pilbara Bushman. The Life Experience of W. Dunn
Perth: Hesperian Press 1989. 89pp index bw ills map. Or pictorial laminated boards. Old price blacked out on front free endpaper. The story of part-Abroriginal pastoralist W. Bill Dunn born in 1911 at a tiny minign sttlement near Nullagine. Working side-by-side with Pilbara pioneers he developed a variety of skills ultimately fulfilling his dream to manage stock and stations of his own. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Hesperian Press Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029240 ISBN : 0859051307 9780859051309
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Middleton Ron; Figtree Allen S
Surfing in Illawarra 1900-1962. The History of the Growth of Surf Life-Saving Clubs on the Illawarra Coast of New South Wales and the Development & Official History of the Illawarra Branch SLSA of Australia. 1900-1962'3
Illawarra NSW: Surf life Saving Association of Australia Illawarra Branch 1963. 64pp bw ills pictorial endpapers incorporatong maps. Or blue cloth titled in gold. Very minor rubbing to cloth. SIGNED by both authors at top of title page. History of the Illawarra Branch of the Surf Life-Saving Association of Australia. Little actual surfing though that is the cover title. After 1929 branch records were detailed but for prior information it was necessary to check newspapers-over 114000 newspaper pages from 1900-1920 were checked in that cause. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Surf life Saving Association of Australia, Illawarra Branch Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029232
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Johnson Frank editor
R.A.A.F. Over Europe
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946. ix189pp 54 bw plates at rear bw frontis. Or blue cloth with RAAF insignia in gilt to front. Cloth flecked on front board endpapers foxed bookseller label on front pastedown prev owners name on front free endpaper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Eyre & Spottiswoode Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029247
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Fourth Division AMC. Association A. M.
With The Diggers 1914-1918
Melb: Fourth Division A.M.C. Association 1933. 174pp index Honour Roll margin decoration bw ills. Or tan papered boards with cloth spine laid on illustration of painting of soldier by Leyshon White to front. Printed in brown throughout. Board edges lightly worn with small scuff to top of front board. Front end paper torn at staples light even toning throughout faint narroow marginal damp stain to several pages not affecting text. An 'acknowledgement by those who returned of their pride in the brave an faithful un-returned'. Rolls of Honour containing the names of 118 members of the Fourth Twelfth and Thirteenth Field Ambulance AIF who made the supreme sacrifice. Main content in verse with numerous illustrations mainly drawings by Digegrs. Border of most pages decorated with numerous faint vignettes of soldiers vehicles rising sun badge etc. Scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 4to. Fourth Division A.M.C. Association Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029257
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Bell Betty
A Town Like Gundy Revisited
Goondiwindi: Goondiwindi Newspaper P/L 1988. 24pp. Stapled pictorial card covers. Represents selections from the long out of print A Town Like Gundy originally published in 1957. Goondiwindi local history. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Goondiwindi Newspaper P/L Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028939
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Yandina State School Centenary Committee
Yandina School Centenary 14 November 1889-14 November 1989
Yandina: Yandina state School Centenary Committee 1989. 144ppnum bw ills map. Or yellow pictorial card covers. Light toning at edges of rear cover. Covers the first 100 years of Yandina State School- Maroochy 1879-1890; Fairhill 1885-1915; Maroochy River 1911-1972; Yandina Creek 1914-1920 1932-1941 1949-1964; Cooloolabin 1915-1962; Poona 1915-1933; Brown's Creek 1918-1936; Golden Valley/Valdora 1918-1942; Kiamba 1927-1964; Yandina Pre-School 1974. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Yandina state School Centenary Committee Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028949
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Hearn DA
Trees for Darwin and Northern Australia
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service 1875. 130pp text 36 bw plates 8 col plates bibliography tables. Or green cloth in pictorial jacket. Very light edge wear and rubbing to jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Rance S.J. photographer. 4to. Australian Government Publishing Service Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028935 ISBN : 0642006962 9780642006967
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Slaughter Leslie E
Redcliffe's 160 Years
Brisbane: Leslie E. Slaughter 1959. 104pp num bw photos. Or red paper covers with gold title square. Light toning on title page light crease to front cover. Slight rub at bottom of spine several small white marks on rear cover. An excellent local history of Redcliffe in Queensland. Spans period from the discovery of Moreton Bay by James Cook through white settlement in1824 and on to 1959. Included is the loose corrigenda slip. This book was published in the year of Queensland's centennial as a seperate colony and the final page lists the Redcliffe Program for Queensland's centennial year. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. Large 8vo. Leslie E. Slaughter Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028940
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Bolton GK
The North Queensland Annual 1968
Cairns: G.K. Bolton 1968. Unpaginated appx 60pp num bw & col ills mostly colour. Or stapled pictorial covers in periodical format. Mainly photographic showcase of north Queensland from Townsville north including Cairns Atherton Tablelands Innisfail Port Douglas Weipa and more. Tourism tobacco sugar fishing etc. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. G.K. Bolton Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028944
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Hurley Frank
The Snowy Mountains: A Camera Study by Frank Hurley
Sydney: John Sands Pty Ltd 1960. No date 1960. Unpaginated 24 pages photographs in colour and b/w with captions follow a one-page introduction. Lightest of rubbing on cover. Illustrated stapled light card cover. Scarce photographic booklet by eminent Australian photographer. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Oblong 4to. John Sands Pty Ltd Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028934
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Spencer Sir Baldwin
Wanderings in Wild Australia
London: Macmillan 1928. 2 volumes. xxviii xiv 930pp; indexes num bw ills folding maps. Or olive cloth with title in gold to spine top edge gilt. Ex-Queensland Museum library withstamp to each front free endpaper and title page card pocket at front otherwise free of library impedimentia. Light to moderate occasional foxing some flecking and marks to cloth at edges. An attractive complete set of this important early work which concentrates on the Arunta aboriginal people of Australia with much material on other tribes also. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Macmillan Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028932
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Nolan Carolyn.
St. George's Bridge. A Sesquicentennial History.
St. George: Balonne Shire Council 1996. viii 112pp endnotes num bw ills. Or pictorial laminated boards. Some minor foxing to endpapers. Excellent local history of St George in Queensland. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. Balonne Shire Council Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028951 ISBN : 0646278592 9780646278599
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A Young Queenslander Allan Robert Marchall
Mesopotamia and India: A Continuation of "Letters from a Young Queenslander"
Brisbane: Watson Ferguson & Co 1916. Editor's Preface. 187pp portrait frontis map of Mesopotamia and 15 leaves of b/w plates. Endpapers toned. Some light foxing. Spine rubbed and title faded. Or brown cloth boardswith a few minor marks. Loosely inserted is a rare bookmark with RAMC colours at top and the following wording: In dispatches from Lt-Gen Sir Percy lake dated August 12th from Basra published by the War Office Oct 19th 1916 the name of Captain RM Allan RAMC is 'mentioned'. This is a continuation of "Letters from a Young Queenslander" published in December 1915 for private circulation. Private letters between father and son and dedicated to Captain T J Mitchell. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. Watson, Ferguson & Co Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028933
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Talbot Don
Toowoomba. More Strange and . Unusual Tales. Volume 7
Toowoomba Qld.: The Author 2009. viii 196 pages illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Author's 'enjoy the read' plate laid down on the inside front cover not signed. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028973 ISBN : 098033294x 9780980332940
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Edwards Hugh
Kimberley. Dreaming to Diamonds
Perth: Hugh Edwards 1991. 251pp endpaper maps bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers. The Kimberley as it was and as it is. Includes gold at Hall's Creek aviation crocodiles/conservation aboriginal inhabitants and much more. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Hugh Edwards Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028967 ISBN : 0646050303 9780646050300
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Walker Murray
Colonial Crafts of Victoria. Early Settlement to 1921
Melbourne: Arts Victoria 1978. 187pp pictorial endpapers index num bw & some col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Light edge wear to covers prev owners name at top of title page light foxing to page edges. Catalogue to accompany a major exhibition of Victorian colonial craftsmanship in all its forms. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Arts Victoria Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028969 ISBN : 0724116621 9780724116621
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Smytheman F.; Tonson Albert E
Our First Hundred Years. An Historical Record of Papatoetoe
Papatoetoe NZ: Papatoetoe Burough Council 1962. 169pp chronology index num bw ills col folding map at rear. Or pictorial card. Light foxing to covers. Excellent local history of the first 100 years of the burough of Papatoetoe in New Zealand from earliest times to the time of publishing. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Papatoetoe Burough Council Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028982
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Lowah Thomas
Eded Mer My Life
Kuranda Qld.: Rams Skull Press 1988. 148pp bw ills. Or pictorial orange card covers. Near new. One of the first autobiographies of aTorres Strait Islander. The author recounts his life as a diver on pearl luggers in the Torres Straight and along the Great Barrier Reef; his time in the army during WWII and various jobs on his return including on the railways and at an Abroiginal mission in the Gulf country finally retiring to Cairns. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Crooke Ray. 8vo. Rams Skull Press Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028979 ISBN : 0909901708 9780909901707
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Burrell Harry
The Platypus. Its Discovery Zoological Position Form and Characteristics Habits Life History Etc
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1927. xii 227pp index bibliography col frontis bw ills. Or burgundy cloth in jacket. Moderate foxing throughout. Jacket lacking much of the spine strip seperating along flap folds front flap almost entirely seperated spine darkened and brittle. Cloth very fresh and bright. The first printing of this detailed look at the hisotry zoology and behaviour of the platypus Ornithorhynchus sp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028994
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Bretts Pty Ltd
Bretts. The Family Tree
Brisbane: Bretts Pty. Ltd 2000. Unpaginated approx 80pp num bw & col ills. Or pictorial laminated boards. A history of iconic Queensland timber and hardware company Bretts and the family that founded it. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. Bretts Pty. Ltd Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028996 ISBN : 0646394398 9780646394398
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Liehne Peter FS
An Atlas of the Mosquitoes of Western Australia
Perth: Health Department of Western Australia 1991. v 284pp index glossary appendicesnum bw ills. Or card covers. Front cover creased light creasing to first few pages light toning to page edges. Signed and inscribed Pete by author. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Morris Sandra A. 4to. Health Department of Western Australia Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029003 ISBN : 0730948355 9780730948353
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Powell Greg
Bushwalking Through History - the Blue Mountains
Melbourne: Macstyle 1989. 191pp index maps few bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Minor mark to front cover from original price sticker. Describes the routes of the first explorers who tried to find a path over the Blue Mountains. Sketch maps and photographs highlight the difficulties faced. Includes short scenic walks near Katoomba longer treks into less accessible areas walks in the upper reaches of the Kowmung River cliff climbing and abseiling in gorge and canyon systems. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Macstyle Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029016 ISBN : 1875293000 9781875293001
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Mosely Martin E.; Kimmins DE
The Trichoptera Caddis-Flies of Australia and New Zealand
London: British Museum Natural History 1953. HEAVY. 550pp index appendix check list 364 bw ills photographs and line drawings. Or green cloth lacking jacket. Ex-Queensland Museum library with several stamps card pocket and label to spine. Spine slightly darkened very light bump to top frotn cover minor shelf wear. Exhaustive study of the Trichoptera caddis fly species to be found in Australia and New Zealand. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. Ex-Library. British Museum (Natural History) Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029030
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City West Development Corporation; Park Margaret
Doors Were Always Open. Recollections of Pyrmont and Ultimo
Sydney: City west Development Corporation 1997. 104pp num bw photographs. Or pictorial card covers. Small cscuff at bottom front corner. Wonderful collection of photographs and stories of Sydney suburbs Pyrmont and Ultimo. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. City west Development Corporation Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029023
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Kerr John
Crystal Century. The History of Proserpine's Sugar Mill Its Farms & Its People
Proserpine: Proserpine Co-operative Sugar Milling Association Ltd. 1997. 190pp index chronology num bw & col ills pictorial endpapers. Bump to centre of bottom edge front cover. Ex-parliamentary library with labels on front free endpaper and spine. An excellent history of both the Proserpine region and its sugar mill. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Ex-Library. Proserpine Co-operative Sugar Milling Association Ltd. Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 029022 ISBN : 0646312251 9780646312255
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Quin Tarella
The Other Side of Nowhere. Fairy Stories of the Never-Never
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1983. 149pp num bw plates many full page. Or pink cloth in jacket. Jacket sunned on spine and adjacent areas of jacket slight edge wear to jacket 'this book belongs to' completed with name then crossed out with biro. Boards slightly bowed. A new edition of this collection of Australian fairy stories illustrated by the mistress of Australian children's illustration Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. Illus. by Outhwaite Ida Rentoul. 4to. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028868 ISBN : 0207148287 9780207148286
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Keesing Nancy editor
Gold Fever: The Australian Goldfields 1851 to the 1890s
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1967. 412 pages illustrated with drawings prints and paintings of the period map indexes. Page edges lightly foxed. Black cloth boards in dust-jacket with tear at top of front spine fold. Minor bug soiling to bottom edge very slight silverfishing to bottom edge of boards. The book contains a collection of descriptions of life on the Australian goldfields written by men and women who worked on or visited them between 1851 and the 1890s. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028865
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Pike Glenville
Queen of the North. A Pictorial History of Cooktown and Cape York Peninsula
Mareeba North Queensland.: Pinevale Publications. 1984. 154pp maps num bw & some col ills. A few small bug stains on front cover and fore-edge small bump and crease to bottom front corner. An overview of Cooktown and the Cape York Peninsula areas of North Queensland with many accounts of historical incidents people of the area and many vintage photographs of this remote area. Fourth Printing. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. Pinevale Publications. Paperback
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Williams F E
Papuans of the Trans-Fly
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1936. xxxvi 452pp frontis 19 leaves of bw plates one detached text-figures appendix by Dr L H Dudley Buxton folding sketch map at rear. Prev owner's stamp on the flyleaves. Rebound in green cloth which has a narrow strip of silverfishing at bottom of front board. The book gives an all-round account of a primitive people in the far west of Papua. The fifteenth in a series of anthropological reports published by the Papuan Government. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Clarendon Press Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028874
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Paull Raymond
Retreat from Kokoda: The Australian Campaign in New Guinea 1942
Melbourne: William Heinemann Australia 1983. The book was first published in 1958. xvii 319pp index bw ills maps frontis endpaper maps. Or brown cloth boards very slightly shelf worn at the lower edge in jacket with again very slight edge wear. This account of the Kokoda Trail includes the hardships and suffering of the defeated Japanese as well as that of the victorious Australian troops. New Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. William Heinemann Australia Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028914 ISBN : 0855610492 9780855610494
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Jacobs J W
Let Them be Admitted: Being a History of the Royal Freemasons' Homes of Victoria
Melbourne: The Royal Freemasons' Homes of Victoria 1967. 232pp illustrated with b/w plates 14 appendices index. There is a short line of black marker by the upper edge of the front flyleaf. Page edges insect stained. Or red boards in jacket which has lost a 4 cm section from the lower edge of its front panel is heavily faded at the spine title no longer legible and has a stained rear panel. The history of the Royal Freemasons' Homes of Victoria from the birth of an idea in 1858 and a record of events from the laying of the foundation stone of the first cottages in June 1867 until the completion of one hundred years of service to the aged in June 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo. The Royal Freemasons' Homes of Victoria Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028898
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Doctrine Branch
Production of Australian Army Doctrine Publications: Guidelines for Sponsors and Authors
Commonweath of Australia Australian Army 1994. xiv paginated in sections distribution list. Pictorial card cover. The pamphlet provides guidelines for the preparation of doctrine publications by both sponsors and authors. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Commonweath of Australia (Australian Army) Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028911
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Gillett Ross
Australian Air Power Celebrating 75 Years of the RAAF
Sydney: The Book Company. 1996. 214pp illustrated with more than 250 photographs including three sections in colour bibliography index of aircraft. Pictorial laminated boards in jacket. The book's three sections each cover the aircraft of the RAAF over 25-year periods: 1921 to 1945; 1946 to 1970; and 1971 to 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. The Book Company. Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028894 ISBN : 1863091858 9781863091855
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Ollif Lorna and Crosthwaite Walter
Early Australian Crafts & Tools
Adelaide: Rigby 1977. 63pp b/w photos throughout. Or blue boards in jacket. Front board and front jacket panel have multiple small circular indentations paper not pierced. Internally the book is in very good conditon. The book describes and illustrate the tools available and the ways in which they were used by the first Australian settlers. Chapters cover homes farmers clothing trades transport furniture fishing whaling and sealing. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Good Plus. Large 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028907 ISBN : 0727005235 9780727005236
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Rolfe John
Emerald and the Gemfields Centenary 1879-1979
Emerald Shire 1978. 177pp b/w photos throughout pictorial endpapers. Pictorial card covers with a scuffed section by the lower edge of the front cover. The history covers the Emerald and the gemfields. Soft Cover. Good Plus. Trade Paperback. Emerald Shire Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028912
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Bottrell Padre A
Cameos of Commandos. Memories of Eight Australian Commando Squadrons in New Guinea and Queensland
Adelaide: Printed by Specialty Printers 1971. xxiii 309pp bw photos maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Very light toning to endpapers and page edges. Jacket worn at head and foot of spine which is very faded. Stories of Australian Commandos in New Guinea and Australia. Scarce title originally published to benefit Legacy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Printed by Specialty Printers Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028812 ISBN : 0959954007 9780959954005
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Durrant Lawrence
The Seawatchers: The Story of Australia's Coast Radio Service
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1986. xii 248pp illustrated with b/w photos maps six appendices index. Blue boards in jacket which is edge-worn with a wrap-around illustration. The book tells of the work of radio pioneers around the turn of the 20th century and traces the development of radio communications in Australia to the 1980s. It tells about many real-life adventures and disasters: the New Guinea gold rush the 1942 bombing of Darwin wartime escapes from the Japanese in the Pacirfic Islands devastating cyclones and volcanic eruptions as well as tales of life in remote South Pacific outposts and on a tiny island in the Coral Sea. Slight smell of mothballs. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 4to. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028829 ISBN : 0207151989 9780207151989
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Barrett Charles
Pacific Wonderland: A Book of Australia
London: Cassell & Co 1942. Foreword by Lieut-Gen George H Brett.194pp index coloured frontis and one coloured plate illustrated throughout with b/w photos index. Prev owner's details by the upper edge of the front flyealf; SIGNED by the author lower down on the same page. Hinges slackening. Pictorial papered boards with a 4.5 cm tear from the spine head and that section now loose. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Fair to Good. 4to. Cassell & Co Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028585
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Bronhill June
The Merry Bronhill
Sydney: Methuen Haynes 1987. viii 216pp b/w photos index. Black boards in jacket. A lighthearted humorous and intimate look at the public and personal life of the Australian opera singer. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Methuen Haynes Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028536 ISBN : 0454013434 9780454013436
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Bell Graeme
Graeme Bell Australian Jazzman: His Autobiography
Sydney: Child & Associates 1988. 447pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos discography by Jack Mitchell index. Five-line personal note not by the author on the tinted front flyleaf. Papered boards in jacket which is a little sunned at the spine. Graeme Bell and his life in the jazz world. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Child & Associates Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028528 ISBN : 0867771712 9780867771718
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Moorehead Alan
Gallipoli
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada 1989. 318pp illustrated in colour and b/w with photos and maps. Prev owner's circular blind stamp with date on the front flyleaf. Two-tone white boards in jacket. Alan Moorehead presents an overview and a personal view of the military campaign. From the first major naval assault on the Narrows in March 1915 until the final evacuation of the troops in January 1916 the campaign was a saga of appalling blunders mixed opportunities exhaustion and frustrations. Ann Moyal has enhanced Moorehead's text by presenting new and important information together with relevant biographical detail. These with maps and photographs drawings and paintings bring the characters the setting and the spirit of Gallipoli to life. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Small 4to. Macmillan of Canada Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028502 ISBN : 0771592396 9780771592393
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Barry E. Williams Editor Bromeliad Society of Australia Corporate Author
Growing Bromeliads Growing Series
Kangaroo Pr 1998-08-01. 2 Reprint. Paperback. Used:Good. Kangaroo Pr paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : DADAX0864173369 ISBN : 0864173369 9780864173362
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Macmillan David S
Newington College 1863-1963
Newington New South Wales: Newington College 1963. xvi 168pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos bibliography pictorial endpapers. Papered boards faded at and by the spine with a nick at the spine foot. The story of the school's and its development. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. Newington College Hardcover
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Leyland Australia
Comprehensive Workshop Manual. Mini 850 998 Deluxe 998 Mini Matic 1100 and K 850 Van 998 Van 110 Van 997 Cooper 998 Leyland with Emission Control 998 Cooper Cooper 'S' Clubman Clubman GT 850 Moke 998 Moke 1100 Moke 1275 Moke:
Sydney: Leyland Motor Corporation of Australia 1976. HEAVY. Paginated in sections text-figures throughout appendix xxxiv. The first page with publications details on its verso is creased. Page edges foxed in places with the upper corner of the last few pages soiled. Cardcover rubbed. The cover is detached. This workshop manual includes all body versions eg Traveller. Leyland Australia Service Publication Part No. TP832C. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. Leyland Motor Corporation of Australia Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028379 ISBN : 0909703167 9780909703165
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