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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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 028867
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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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 028485
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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
Bookseller reference : 028379 ISBN : 0909703167 9780909703165
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Reid J F F editor
Queensland Agricultural Journal. Vol XXVII. Part 1. 1 January 1927
Brisbane: Department of Agriculture and Stock 1927. vi pp 1-78 vii-xiv b/w photos text-ills 2pp advertisements on tinted stock additonal to pagination there are also ads on the prelims endpages and in the body of the publication. Wrappers unevenly toned with wear and some loss at the spine and the loss of the lower rear corner. Leading features: agricultural organisation dairying cotton growing and fruit growing in Queensland pure seeds and the Large Yorkshire Pig. First Edition. Wrappers. Near Very Good. 4to. Department of Agriculture and Stock Paperback
Bookseller reference : 028403
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Reid J F F editor
Queensland Agricultural Journal. Vol XXVII. Part 4. 1 April 1927
Brisbane: Department of Agriculture and Stock 1927. vi pp 267-376 vii-xiv b/w photos text-ills 4pp advertisements on tinted stock additonal to pagination there are also ads on the prelims endpages and in the body of the publication. There are several ink spots by the lower corner affecting fore- and lower-edges and the margins. Wrappers toned in places with nicks at the spine head and foot. Leading features: canegrowers in conference the Rutherglen Bug dairy fodder plots Merino Wood classing poultry postmortems the Middle Yorkshire Pig stock malnutrition notes on sheep. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. 4to. Department of Agriculture and Stock Paperback
Bookseller reference : 028404
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Reid J F F editor
Queensland Agricultural Journal. Vol XXVII. Part 6. 1 June 1927
Brisbane: Department of Agriculture and Stock 1927. vi pp 495-566 vii-xiv b/w photos text-ills 6pp advertisements on tinted stock additonal to pagination there are also ads on the prelims endpages and in the body of the publication. Wrappers toned in places with the loss of a triangular section from the front panel by the spine head. Leading features: incubation the Large Black Pig cotton classing in Queensland San Jose Scale salt works at Bowen and farm tractors. First Edition. Wrappers. Near Very Good. 4to. Department of Agriculture and Stock Paperback
Bookseller reference : 028405
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Reid J F F editor
Queensland Agricultural Journal. Vol XXIV. Part 3. 1 September 1925
Brisbane: Department of Agriculture and Stock 1925. vi pp 217-322 vii-xiv b/w photos text-ills 4pp advertisements on tinted stock additonal to pagination as well as on the prelims endpages and in the body of the publication. Wrappers with a short tear at the spine head. Leading features: pig clubs tomato blight cheese making fruit fly investigation Royal National Exhibition and marketing pigs in Queensland. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. 4to. Department of Agriculture and Stock Paperback
Bookseller reference : 028402
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Irving Nell
They Change Their Sky
Brisbane: Grevillea Press 1969. No 21 of limited edition of 100 copies signed by the author. 293pp 12 illustrations of the Irving Family. This is a family memoir which is divided into three parts depicting the early life of William Howe Irving from 1845 to 1885.Other historical characters represented are members or connnections of the families Howe Armstrong Scotland Irving Corser King and Armstrong Ireland. The book is in three parts: One: Ausralian Sons and Daughters 1854; Two: The English Arrivals 1865; and Three: The Irish Settlers 1852. . Signed by Author. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Grevillea Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028376
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Loftie WJ
Orient Line Guide. Chapters for Travellers by Sea and By Land
London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. 1890. xl 439pp ads maps bw ills. Or blue cloth with title and corwn in gilt to front and spine. Front hinge broken with several pages partially detached Child's pencil drawings on blank reverse of many of the illustrations. Complete guide for the Orient Line traveller including much on Australia. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028243
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Blackwell Doris and Lockwood Douglas
Alice on the Line
Adelaide: Rigby 1965. 204pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Small book shop stamp by the lower corner of the front paste-down. Papered boards in jacket. The personal story of life at The Alice at the turn of the century. Doris Bradshaw Blackwell 's father was officer-in-charge of Alice Springs telegraph station from 1899 to 1908. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028271
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Berndt R. M. & C. H.
The First Australians. new revised & enlarged edition
Sydney: Ure Smith 1974. xviii 152pp references notes col plates. Or green cloth in jacket. Rear free endpaper with short tear. Spine somewhat faded. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Ure Smith Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028311 ISBN : 0725401699 9780725401696
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Harney W E Bill
Tales from the Aborigines
London: Robert Hale 1961. xvii 189pp bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Small bookstore stamp on front free endpaper light toning to page edges. Wide strip torn from top of rear jacket panel. From the Dreamtime to contact with the white man here are stories from around the campfires of aborigines of remote Australia. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Robert Hale Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028301
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McKie Ronald
Proud Echo
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1953. xvii 158pp roll of honour appendix bw ills pictorial andpapers. Or green cloth in jacket. Cloth spotted moderate foxing gift note on front free endpaper prev owners name on front pastedown. Jacket edgeworn with several tearsand piece torn from top of spine strip. Account of the Australian cruiser Perth's last action against the Japanese in the Sunda Strait. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. Illus. by Norton Frank. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028300
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Leyland Australia
Leyland P-76 Workshop Manual
Leyland Motor Corporation of Australia 1973. HEAVY. Paginated in sections A to Z illustrated throughout with text-figures diagrams. Front flyleaf has been removed and there is some wear at the front hinge. The title page has been removed. Fore- and lower-edges soiled. Blue boards heavily rubbed and worn at the edges and at the spine with some loss of surface colour by the spine head. A Leyland Australia service publication. Hard Cover. Fair to Good. 4to. Leyland Motor Corporation of Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028338
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Webster A H H
Teviot Tapestry: A History of the Roxburgh-Millers Flat District
Christchurch NZ: Capper Press 1977. 179pp frontis: folding map of Teviot district b/w ills index. Errata slip laid down on the Contents page verso. Or boards in jacket. The book was first published in 1948 to celebrate the centenary of Otago. The tapestry portrays the colourful history of the district from 1853. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Capper Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028142
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Bottrill Graeme et al compiled and edited by
The Kosciusko Alpine Club 1909-1984
Sydney: Dinkum Press 1984. Foreword by Bob Ward. 144pp area map illustrated throughout with photos many in colour appendix pictorial eps. Blue boards gilt titles in jacket. The book was published on the 75th anniversary of the Club's inauguration. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Dinkum Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028167 ISBN : 0949369012 9780949369017
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Blacket John
History of South Australia: a Romantic and Successful Experiment in Colonization
Adelaide: Hussey & Gillingham 1911. Foreword by Sir Samuel J Way. xxiii 480pp frontis and b/w ills maps index. Spine slightly cocked. Front hinge slackening. Five-line personal greeting on the front flyleaf. Prelims endpages and page edges lightly foxed. Or cloth bds gilt. Cloth flecked with some wear at the corners and the spine head and foot. The history covers the period from 1802 to 1910. This second edition is continued to a later period than the first edition. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Hussey & Gillingham Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028154
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Myers K editor
No Lives Lost: The History of Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club 1908-1983
Harbord N.S.W.: Freshwater Surf Life Saving Clu 1983. vi 121pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Or dec cl boards lightly flecked in places silver titles and decoration. From p 3 "The history of the Club's first 50 years was compiled by Walter Forbes deceased 1981 and published in 1958 for the 50th year celebrations. To mark the 75th year of operation . Walter's publication has been expanded and brought up to date." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Freshwater Surf Life Saving Clu Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028169
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Tolcher H M
Drought or Deluge: Man in the Cooper Creek Region
Carlton: Melbourne University Press 1986. xi 267pp b/w plates four maps two appendices index. Prev owner's name by the upper edge of the front flyleaf. Red boards in jacket. The patterns of human settlement in the remote unyielding volatile yet fragile region. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028064 ISBN : 0522843050 9780522843057
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A Young Queenslander Allan R Marshall
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. Book shop stamp by the lower edge of the front flyleaf. Eps toned. Prelims endpages and page edges foxed. Erratum slip laid down on dedication page verso. There is some wear at the hinge first and last few pages only affected. Or cloth boards flecked with a tear from the spine head. Spine titles heavily faded. 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
Bookseller reference : 028058
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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. Lacks sketch map at rear. There are a few nibbles by the spine at the centre of the front endpapers. Eps toned. There is a little insect damage to the fore-edge. Prev owner's stamp on the flyleaves. Maroon cloth boards in paper jacket which is worn and torn heavily toned at the spine with loss in several places. 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. Near Very Good/Fair to Good. 8vo. Clarendon Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028053
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Welsby Thos Thomas
Sport and Pastime in Moreton Bay
Brisbane: Simpson Halligan & Co 1931. xiv 294 2 plates. Prev owner's signature on the ffep and at the centre of the title page. Prelims endpages and page edges heavily foxed. Occasional foxing in margins. Or blue cloth edge-worn with three tears in the cloth at the spine frayed at the spine head. Gilt titles on the spine faded and on the front board not faded. Number 119 of an edition of 300 copies signed by Thos Welsby. Scarce. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Simpson, Halligan & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028052
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Hoskin Aaron
With Other Races
London: Watts & Co. 1913. xv 335pp bw ills. Prev owner's three-line details on the front flyleaf and half-title page. Endpapers toned. Prelims endpages and page edges lightly foxed with scattered foxing throughout. Or maroon cloth lightly worn at the edges with flecking and wrinkling in two places on the front board. An Australian author's account of travel around the world including Canada Hawaii most of Europe a great deal on Egypt and the Holy Land and a section on Australian aborigines and his return to his native soil. Particular emphasis on the peoples of the regions visited. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Watts & Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028071
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Jordan Paul
The Easy Day Was Yesterday. The Extreme Life of an SAS Soldier
Sydney: Big Sky Publishing 2012. 310pp col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Small corner crease on rear cover. Review copy with review sticker on half-title page. The experiences of an Australian SAS soldier including time in Rwanda PNG Solomon Islands Iraq and post-tsunami Banda Aceh Indonesia. First Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Big Sky Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 028098 ISBN : 192194188x 9781921941887
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Tonkinson Robert.
The Jigalong Mob. Aboriginal Victors of the Desert Crusade.
Menlo Park CA: Cummings Publishing 1974. 166pp index bibliography bw ills maps. Or card covers. Rear cover and several pages creased at top corner light rubbing. The Jigalong aborigines of the Western Desert and their rejection of the Protestant Mission and Christianity. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Cummings Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027672 ISBN : 0846575493 9780846575498
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Halls F W
Bushwalking in the Victorian Ranges
Rigby: Adelaide 1978. 191pp maps end-paper maps. Two-line personal greeting by the upper edge of the front flyleaf map not affected. Page edges lightly foxed. Papered boards in jacket. The book's sections cover From Buchan to the Cobberas; Across the High Plains; and Western Walks. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Adelaide Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027739 ISBN : 0727007181 9780727007186
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Buchanan Ross and Heather
Fraser Island and Cooloola: Visitors Guide
Logan City: Hema Maps 1996. 256pp illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photos including folding panoramic view map at the inside front cover. Pictorial card covers with a central crease to the front cover. The book covers bushwalking scenic attractions four-wheel driving accommodation and camping; and Hervey Bay whale watching. Second Edition revised. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Hema Maps Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027740 ISBN : 1875992227 9781875992225
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Leach Jones Alun
Painting and Sculpture
Chippendale: Marnling Press 2009. HEAVY. 239pp illustrated throughout in full colour chronology exhibitions commissions selected bibliography pictorial endpapers. Textured papered boards in dust-jacket. Essays: Alun Leach-Jones: Shadows Essences and Distillations by Jonathan Goodman and Allegories of Feeling by Rex Butler. Interview with the artist by Brett Ballard. A monograph. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Square 4to. Marnling Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027818 ISBN : 0980707102 9780980707106
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Sekuless Peter
A Handful of Hacks
Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1999. xi 143pp 8pp b/w photos index. A three-line rubber stamp on the half-title page has been crossed with with strong lines of black marker. The author introduces seven comples and charismatic Australians who generated some of the most exciting frontline coverage of World War II. The hacks covered are Chester Wilmot Lorriane Stumm Kenneth Slessor Alan Moorehead George Johnston Richard Hughes and Wilfred Burchett. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Allen & Unwin Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027846 ISBN : 1864487887 9781864487886
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Beed Davey Gwenda and Seal Graham editors
The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore
Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1993. xvii 381pp b/w ills appendix. Page edges very lightly foxed. Or green boards in jacket. From Aboriginal folklife in central Australia to Zouganelis Kostas. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027854 ISBN : 0195530578 9780195530575
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Niall Brenda
Georgiana: A Biography of Georgiana McCrae Painter Diarist Pioneer. With a Catalogue of the Plates by Caroline Clemente
Carlton: Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press 1994. xvii 344pp 16pp colour and 8pp b/w plates bibliography index. Green boards in jacket. The full story of Georgiana Huntly McCrae a professional portrait painter in 1820s Edinburgh and a settler's wife in early Melbourne is told here for the first time. Number 18 in the Miegunyah Press Series. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027862 ISBN : 0522845134 9780522845136
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Millar D D editor
The Messel Era: The Story of the School of Physics and Its Science Foundation Within The University of Sydney Australia 1952-1987
Sydney: Pergamon Press 1987. vii 157pp b/w ills throughout. Pictorial card covers. This history of the Messel era commissioned by the Science Foundation for Physics was published to mark the occasion of Professor Harry Messel's retirement of 1987 both as Head of the School of Physics in the University of Sydney and as Chairman of the Science Foundation for Physics within that University. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Pergamon Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027913 ISBN : 0080344313 9780080344317
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Longhurst Robert
The Heart of Paradise. The History of Burleigh Heads
Gold Coast Qld.: Gold Coast City Council 1991. 96pp num bw ills map.SIGNED and dated by the author on the front flyleaf. Or pictorial laminated boards with a surface scratch on the front board. Commissioned by the Gold Coast City Council and prepared by the John Oxley Library this is an account of Burleigh Heads one of the older areas of Queensland's Gold Coast. Burleigh Heads is also one of the premier surfing beaches in Australia and has been for many many years. Includes first settlers the arrival of rail surfing Burleigh at war and Burleigh today as well as many other topics. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Gold Coast City Council Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027478 ISBN : 0646067109 9780646067100
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Shaw Geo M compiled by
Concord Jubilee 1883-1933: A History of the Municipality of Concord. With Illustrations
Sydney: Canberra Press 1933. No date. 192pp b/w portraits ills advertisements. Cloth boards gilt titles. The history of a community and a record of achievement giving a record of the growth of Concord Municipality. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Canberra Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027581 ISBN : 0959226818 9780959226812
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Griffith John
A History of Kangaroo Valley Australia
Kangaroo Valley: Kangaroo Valley Historical Society 1980. 104pp b/w ills maps. A damp stain affects a section of the lower spine and the front and rear covers approx 5x5cm. Pictorial covers. SIGNED by the author on the front cover. The book tells the story of the people and development of Kangaroo Valley. Signed by Author. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Kangaroo Valley Historical Society Paperback
Bookseller reference : 027584 ISBN : 095960670X 9780959606706
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