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Trevor Noel editor
Why Not Broome
Broome WA: Noel Trevor Enterprises 2002. 226pp maps glossary Paperback. The book is about the people from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds who were born in Broome and its environs. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Noel Trevor Enterprises Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 022226 ISBN : 0957961006 9780957961005
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Cunningham Chris.
The Blue Mountains Rediscoverd. Beyond the Myths of Early Australian Exploration.
Sydney: Kangaroo Press. 1999. 192pp index appendices maps bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Minor edge wear and minor crease to rear cover. Combines detailed analysis of the historical record with a geographers understanding of the landscape to recount some 20 journeys of exploration prior to Blaxland's expedition of 1813. Restored to rightful prominence are a host of remarkable early colonial explorers including governors escaped and emancipated convicts bushrangers visiting adventurers and aborigines who aided them all. Even the First Fleet's lost herd of cattle have a role to play. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Sml 4to. Kangaroo Press. Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026998 ISBN : 0864177682 9780864177681
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Shand Adam
Big Shots
Camberwell: Viking Penguin 2007. 406pp 16pp colour photos. Paperback. The chilling inside story of Carl Williams and the Gangland Wars. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Viking Penguin Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 027025 ISBN : 0670040711 9780670040711
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Drury Nevill and Voigt Anna
Fire and Shadow: Spirituality in Contemporary Australian Art
Sydney: Craftsman House 1996. 184pp illustrated in full colour bibliography index. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The work focuses on a selection of established and mid-career Australian artists -- among them painters sculptors installation artists and practitioners of mixed media -- who are incorporating spiritual elements and themes in their work. Featured artists include James Gleeson Kate Briscoe Inga Hunter John Coburn William Ferguson Rover Thomas Mirlkitjunga Millie Skeen Gloria Temarre Petyarre Tom Johnson Marion Borgelt Anne Judell Wendy Stavrianos Lyn Plummer Sebastian de Mauro and Ted Snell. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine New/Fine New. 4to. Craftsman House Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 027008 ISBN : 9766410429 9789766410421
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Slater John
Through Artists' Eyes: Australian Suburbs and Their Cities 1919-1945
Carlton: Miegunyah Press 2004. Edition of one thousand copies. Foreword by Bernard Smith. xviii 237pp colour and b/w ills throughout selective bibliography index. Blue papered boards in dust-jacket which is lightly worn at its upper edge with nicks at the two upper corners. From the Foreword 'This book is illustrated with paintings photographs and prints whose content is drawn largely from the urban and suburban areas of Sydney and Melbourne during the years between the two World Wars'. This is number 52 in the second numbered series of the Miegunyah volumes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine New/Near Fine. 4to. Miegunyah Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 027007 ISBN : 0522850928 9780522850925
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Batstone Kay
Outback Heroes: 75 Years of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
South Melbourne: Lothian Books 2003. xii 228pp 16pp photos some in colour bibliography index. The book commemorates the rise of the RFDS from the vision of its founder John Flynn and pays tribute to the outback heroes who have been involved with the service. 'An inspriational account of a unique Australian institution.'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Lothian Books Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 027031 ISBN : 0734405758 9780734405753
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Dormer Marion
Dubbo to the Turn of the Century. 1818-1900
Dubbo NSW: Macquarie Publications. 1981. 192pp index bibliography hundreds bw & col ills map pictorial endpapers. Or brown leather-look boards in pictorial jacket. Slight fading to jacket spine. High quality presentation of the early history of the City of Dubbo on the western plains on New South Wales. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Macquarie Publications. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026544 ISBN : 0959520627 9780959520620
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Irvine R F Literary Editor
The New Australian School Series. Second Reader
Sydney: William Brooks & Co. No date. Previous owner's name with the date 1935 written on the front paste-down. 176 pp colour frontispiece b/w ills. There are some red marks on the second Contents page. The front flyleaf has been torn away exposing part of the binding at the hinge and the rear flyleaf has been completely removed leaving the spine exposed. Blind-stamped cloth boards worn with a darkened spine and some creasing. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo. William Brooks & Co. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026600
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Nolan Carolyn
Sawdust in Our Veins 1875-2000
Brisbane: Finlayson Timber & Hardware 2000. x 86pp b/w ills throughout illustrated end-papers. Pictorial laminated boards. The history of a Brisbane family company of timber industry pioneers. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Finlayson Timber & Hardware Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026581
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Goddard D E and Milne D K editors
Parkes: Thirty Years of Radio Astronomy
East Melbourne: CSIRO 1994. ix 162pp b/w photos text-figures the contributors name index. Pictorial laminated boards. 'This volume was produced as a permanenet record of a symposium held on 22 November 1991 . to celebrate the Parkes radio telescope's 30th birthday.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. CSIRO Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026579 ISBN : 0643055479 9780643055476
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Garden Donald S
Hamilton: A Western District History
North Melbourne: Hargreen Publishing Company 1984. x 278pp b/w ills maps bibliography index. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Cloth boards gilt spine titles in dust-jacket. The history of Hamilton and its surrounds begins with the exploration party of the New South Wales Surveyor-General Major Thomas Mitchell and examines the events character and people of the District to the 1980s. Signed & Inscribed by the Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large 8vo. Hargreen Publishing Company Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026578 ISBN : 0949905186 9780949905185
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Sutherland Temple
Nothing to Sell but Service
Auckland: Hoddern and Stoughton 1980. 224pp 4pp colour and 12pp b/w plates pictorial end-papers. Papered boards lightly worn at the edges in dust-jacket which has a little damage by the spine head and a nick at the upper edge of the front flap fold. The history of the TNL Group's Transport Nelson Limited. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Hoddern and Stoughton Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026601 ISBN : 0340256885 9780340256886
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Shearer Rosemary
A Jubilee Pictorial History of Riverton and District 1986
Riverton SA: District Council of Riverton 1986. Unpaginated 138pp b/w photos portraits pictorial end-papers. Pictorial card cover. The book was produced as part of South Australian Jubilee 150 Celebrations. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. District Council of Riverton Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026596 ISBN : 0958870500 9780958870504
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Clifford Gayee and Glen
The Grass in Green: The Story of Yallum Park
Hawthorndene Vic: Investigator Press 1980. 64pp text-ills tinted end-papers with a spot on the front flyleaf. A few light foxing spots affect the prelims and endpages. Pictorial card cover. The history of the estate of Yallum Park and the lives of those who helped to mould it. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by A Jack Peake. 8vo. Investigator Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026625 ISBN : 0858640392 9780858640399
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Curby Pauline
Battlers' Boomtown: Coraki in the Early 1890s
Lismore: Northern Rivers Publishing 1992. vi 114pp b/w ills appendix bibliography index. Pictorial card cover. A social history of Coraki in the Richmond District of New South Wales. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Northern Rivers Publishing Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026624 ISBN : 0958910030 9780958910033
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Docker Edward Wybergh
Clear the Runway: a History of the Air Ambulance in New South Wales
Sydney: George Allen & Unwin 1984. 177pp b/w photos bibliography appendixes index. On the title page INSCRIBED to Nancy and Ray with a note of thans signed and dated by NANCY BIRD and signed by the author TED DOCKER. Blue papered boards in dust-jacket which has a wrap-around illustration. The book tells the story of the vision and determination which brought a vital service to the country people of New South Wales. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. George Allen & Unwin Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026632 ISBN : 0868615161 9780868615165
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Illingworth Simon
Filthy Rat
Sydney: ABC Boks 2006. 234pp 16pp colour plates glossary appendices. A first-hand account of courage in the face of police corruption in Melbourne. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. ABC Boks Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026641 ISBN : 0733316794 9780733316791
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Carthew Heather
Rivoli Bay: A story of Early Settlement at Rivoli Bay in the South East of South Australia 1845-1855
Rendelsham: The Author 1974. Foreword by R L Chewings. 80pp illustrated with b/w photos and a map end-paper maps on which three missing names have been added in biro on the front flyleaf. Blue papered boards in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The Author Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026633 ISBN : 0959819509 9780959819502
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Davidson Rodney
A Book Collector's Notes on Items Relating to the Discovery of Australia the First Settlement and the Early Coastal Exploration of the Continent
Broadway NSW: Cassell Australia 1970. 138pp 16pp b/w plates bibliography index. Cloth boards gilt spine titles in dust-jacket which is a little faded at and by the spine. A general introduction and guide to the early published works. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Large 8vo. Cassell Australia Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026631 ISBN : 0304939919 9780304939916
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Burra Laksar
Spirit of the Night Sky
Sydney: Starlight Press 1998. 67 5pp colour and b/w illustrations bibliography. SIGNED by Laksar Burra on the inside front cover. Pictorial card cover. The magnificent night skies in the Centre at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Luqman McKingley. Trade Paperback. Starlight Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026626
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Lee Stuart
Matthew Flinders and the Discovery of Shoal Bay Yamba
Yamba: The Port of Yamba Historical Society 1999. 81pp maps few bw ills bibliography notes/references: Or light blue stapled card covers. Near new. The early years of Yamba NSW. Includes sections on Flinders before discovery the discovery and exploration of Shoal Bay and Flinders after discovery. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. The Port of Yamba Historical Society Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026676 ISBN : 0957706804 9780957706804
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Bromby Robin compiled by
Early Trams of Sydney: Photographs from the Field Collection at the Mitchell Library
Sydney: Cromarty Press 1983. 64pp captioned b/w photos throughout following the introductory section. Stapled pictorial card cover. From the Pitt Street horse tram which ran between 1861 and 1866 to trams of the 1930s. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. Cromarty Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026756 ISBN : 0949675059 9780949675057
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The Beauties and Wonders of New Zealand. New Zealand Booklet Series No 6
Christchurch NZ: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited No date 191. 31pp b/w photos throughout on page rectos with text facing. Stapled wrapper with oval cut out at the centre of the front cover framing picture on the first page. The To . and From . lines on the first page have not been completed. An attractive copy. Soft Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026754
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Beitz Mervyn N
Mangroves to Moorings: Stories and Photographs of People and Events in and Around Manly Queensland 1882-1982
Manly Qld: Manly Centenary Committee 1982. 103pp b/w ills throughout with 8pp of colour photos maps. Trace of damp at the fore-edge most noticable on the first few pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to previous owner whose personal blind stamp is by the lower corner of the title page. Pictorial limp cloth covers. A centenial history. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. Manly Centenary Committee Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026763
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Orange Claudia
The Story of a Treaty
Wellington: Bridget Williams Books 2002. 80pp b/w ills throughout. Stapled pictorial light card cover. The book takes a fresh look at the Treaty of Waitangi's origins history and meanings. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Bridget Williams Books Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026757 ISBN : 0046410538 9780046410537
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Mackay Jessie editor
New Zealand Rhymes Old and New. New Zealand Booklet Series No 5
Christchurch NZ: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited No date 1907. 36pp pictorial title page: Lyttleton Harbour 1850 Charlotte Jane at anchor. Decorative stapled wrapper foxed. The To . and From . lines on the first the title page have not been completed. An attractive copy of verses. Soft Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026755
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McGavin TA. compiled by T. A.
Steam Locomotives of the New Zealand Government Railways 1872-1949
New Zealand: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. 1950. 32pp bw ills . Or orange stapled card covers. Black mark to left edge of front cover. Reprinted from Bulletin 81 Railway & Locomotive Historical Society Boston. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026753
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Hendry Carole
Ferguslei to Hawthorne. The Story of the Development of the North East Valley. The History of north East Valley. people and Places Involved in its Developemnt.
Dunedin New Zealand: The Author 1976. 32pp bw ills. Or stapled pale green card covers. Some minor marking to covers. Hisotry of the North East Valley in the Dunedin region of New Zealand. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026752
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Gardner Margaret
The History of The Glenelg Pony Club
Not Stated: Not Stated 1990. Foreword by Kay Irving.150pp b/w ills throughout with colour picture of Kay Irving: 1978 Rider Pesonality of the Year. Some foxing to page edges and to covers. Cloth-backed stapled pictorial card cover with a 2.5cm tear towards the centre of the rear cover fore-edge. Written by one of the foundation members of the Glenelg Pony Club which was started in 1956. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 4to. Not Stated Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026765
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Wigmore Lionel editor in collaboration with Bruce Harding
They Dared Mightily
Canberra: Australian War Memorial 1963. xv 317pp coloured frontis and coloured plate of the Victoria Cross and the George Cross b/w portraits of recipients maps and sketch maps appendices index to Australian V.C. and G.C. winners pictorial end-papers. Title page foxed. Decorative cloth boards gilt in worn dust-jacket which has two tears one 6 cm one 2 cm from the upper edge and the loss of a triangular section from the lower edge of its front panel. The book contains accounts of the military careers of the Australian holders of the Victoria Cross and the George Cross and histories of the two decorations. The connecting narrative is a history of Australian participation in the South African War and the two World Wars and points to the influence of those wars upon the Australian defence system. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Poor. Large 8vo. Australian War Memorial Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026347
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Darby Jim editor
Period Home Renovators Buyers Guide 1990
Port Melbourne VIC: Publicity Press 1990. HEAVY. 400pp b/w ills throughout with some colour advertisements. Pictorial card cover with some wear at the extremities. There are 325 illustrated pages -- products and services for renovators; heating and fireplaces -- styles for different period homes and tasts; with a special feature giving a checklist for would-be period home buyers and a home maintenance guide. Fourth Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Publicity Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026506
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Paterson A B Banjo
Happy Dispatches: Journalistic Pieces from Banjo Paterson's Days as a War Correspondent
Sydney: Lansdowne Press 1984. 127pp b/w ills. Papered boards lightly edge-worn in dust-jacket. The book chronicles the writer's days through the Boer War 1901 London the Boxer Rebellion and in war-torn Palestine. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Lansdowne Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026509 ISBN : 0701813318 9780701813314
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Millar Ann
I See No End to Travelling. Journals of Australian Explorers 1813-76
Sydney: Bay Books Foreword by John McQuilton. 287pp index bibliography 265 ills bw & col. Or brown cloth heavily worn at the lower edge with some wear at the upper edge in dust-jacket which is foxed on its blind side. Fascinating accounts from the personal journals of the early Australian explorers and pioneers. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Good Plus. Folio. Bay Books Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026514 ISBN : 0858358131 9780858358133
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Galer Lois
Houses and Homes. Edited by Robin L Charteris
Dunedin New Zealand: Allied Press 1985. 96pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Pictorial card cover lightly worn at the edges unevenly faded and with a creased lower front corner. The book contains a selection of 51 of the 100 homes in the first three series of the Otago Daily Times feature 'Houses and Homes' 1977-80. Fifth Impression. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 4to. Allied Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026484
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White M W D
An Early Settler: The Duckett White Family in Australia
Ashgrove Qld: Hennessy Investments 1990. vii 266pp illustrated with contemporary photographs and many previously unpublished maps and letters of historical interest genealogical tables one folding index. EX-LIBRARY copy with stamps on first three and final two pages and on page edges. Errata slip attached at the spine edge over the frontispiece portrait of the Hon W D White. There is a trace of damp with minor staining by the heavily bumped upper edge. Pp 128 to the end are affected with quite a number of pages stuck together near the upper edge. It looks as if these could be separated without loss of text given time and care. Clear Contact has been attached to the covers with two presumably library stickers on the front and one by the spine foot. The book brings to life the story of one of Queensland's pioneering families with details of the Hon William Duckett White's family and vast cattle runs in South East Queensland and later at Bluff Downs and the building of Lota House at Manly. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo. Ex-Library. Hennessy Investments Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 025968 ISBN : 0646018167 9780646018164
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Woodward Jack
Three Times Lucky
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications with J Woodward 1991. vi 230pp b/w ills index. Endpages and page edges lightly foxed. Pictorial boards in dust-jacket which has the remains of a sticker on its front panel. The book is based on the story of an airman who volunteered in the RAAF during World War II. He was mustered in Air Crew as an Observer and trained in Australia before being sent to Singapore with 27 Squadron. The name of the story is based on lucky escapes from two aircraft crashes and one near crash. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Boolarong Publications with J Woodward Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 025965 ISBN : 0646029703 9780646029702
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Fidlon Paul G and Ryan R J editors
The First Fleeters: A Comprehensive Listing of Convicts Marines Seamen Officers Wives Children and Ships
Sydney: Australian Documents Library 1981. ix 86pp. A stain affects the lower front corner from about page 40 to the end. Pictorial card cover lightly rubbed with creased lower corners. The book gives the names status and ships in which they sailed of the 1350 men women and children who left England on the First Fleet of 11 ships in 1787. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Australian Documents Library Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 025964 ISBN : 0908219032 9780908219032
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Grenfell Price A
Island Continent: Aspects of the Historical Geography of Australia and Its Territories
Sydney: Angus and Robertson 1972. xix 283pp 8pp b/w plates maps appendix index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book 'makes a fresh approach to the study of Australia seeing its history and geography as a whole filling in gaps and giving new insights into past and present'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus and Robertson Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026034 ISBN : 0207124124 9780207124129
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Gibb D M and Hannan A W editors
Debate & Decision: Political Issues in 20th Century Australia
South Yarra: Heinemann Educational Australia 1975. xii 316pp two appendices period and subject indexes. Paperback. The book's sections cover Economic Policy Industrial Relations Civil Liberties Education Aboriginal Policy Social Security International Relations and Political Power. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Heinemann Educational Australia Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026029 ISBN : 0858591049 9780858591042
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Darlington Robert
Sudan to Vietnam. Library Reference Series
Sydney: Shakespeare Head Press 1987. HEAVY. 232pp illustrated throughout in colour and b/w maps further reading. Prelims and endpages foxed. Illustrated laminated boards in dust-jacket which is unevenly faded. The Australian military in Colonial Wars the two World Wars Korea Malaya Borneo and Vietnam. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 4to. Shakespeare Head Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026062 ISBN : 073020202X 9780730202028
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Buddee Paul
Airways: The Call of the Skies. Australian Life Series No 4
Melbourne: Lothian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd. 1978. 117pp b/w photos maps important dates in aviation biographical index. Pictorial card cover with a nick at the spine head. The author trances the story of flight in Australia from the earliers days of Lawrence Hargrave's aerodynamic research in the late 19th century to the landing of Concorde in Australia. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Lothian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd. Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026069 ISBN : 0850910552 9780850910551
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Australian War Memorial
Journal of the Australian War Memorial No. 4
Canberra: Australian War Memorial 1984. 64pp colour and b/w ills. The upper edge of the pages from about p31 to the end have been damp and are lightly stained and wrinkled. Pictorial card cover. Articles recent acquisitions and book reviews. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. Australian War Memorial Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026058
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Price John E
They Proved to All the Earth: Listing of All Those Victorians Who Gave Their lives through Service to the British Empire During the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
Cheltenham Vic: The Author 1982. Foreword by Warren Perry. 119pp b/w ills appendixes glossary index of names. SIGNED by the author on the half title. Pictorial card cover. The book covers the 262 Victorians who died in the conflict with a record of memorials. Signed by Author. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026064 ISBN : 0959378103 9780959378108
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Sexton Michael
War for the Asking: How Australia Invited Itself to Vietnam
Sydney: New Holland 2002. 240pp 8pp b/w plates appendix index. Paperback. In this new edition the author goes behind the scenes of the high-level meetings of politicans and diplomats in Canberra and Washington depicting those who took their countries into Vietnam and demolishing the myths that have grown up around the Vietnam years. New Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. New Holland Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026063 ISBN : 1864367601 9781864367607
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Lewis Tom
Darwin Sayonara
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1991. 104pp b/w photos positional map showing extent of Boom Net and location of Japanese submarine I-124 sunk 20 January 1942 historical note maps on the inside covers: front Darwin 1942; rear location of ships in Darwin Harbour showing vessels damaged and sunk by Japanese bombs. Endpages foxed. Pictorial card cover. A novel based on the bombing of Darwin in February 1942 when 243 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the raids. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Boolarong Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026070 ISBN : 0864391331 9780864391339
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Odgers George
Pictorial History of the Royal Australian Air Force
Sydney: Ure Smith 1977. 160pp illustrated throughout in colour sepia and b/w index. Blue boards in dust-jacket. The book tells the story of the Australian military aviation from its beginnings at Point Cook in 1914. It covers the history RAAF and its predecessor the Australian Flying Corps as well as the RAAF as it was in the 1970s. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Ure Smith Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026057 ISBN : 0725403942 9780725403942
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Horner David editor
The Battles that Shaped Australia
Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1994. Foreword by Paul Kelly. xiv 293pp 16pp b/w photos index. A name has been blacked out with marker by the upper edge of the title page. Paperback. The book includes the best of the articles from The Australian's series of 50th anniversary special features on the battles of Pearl Harbor The Kokoda Track Guadalcanal The Battle of the Coral Sea The fall of Singapore Milne Bay and the Battle of El Alamein. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Allen & Unwin Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026051 ISBN : 1863737049 9781863737043
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Day David
Reluctant Nation: Australia and the Allied Defeat of Japan 1942-45
Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1992. x 366pp 8pp b/w photos bibliography index. Blue boards in dust-jacket. This is the second part of a two part study of Australian defence and foreign policy during the Second World War. It examines Australia's reaction to her plight in 1942 how she met the Japanese challenge. Based on extensive use of private diaries and confidential papers the author has written a wide-ranging re-intepretation of the Pacific war. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026112 ISBN : 0195532422 9780195532425
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Pate Michael
An Entertaining War
Sydney: Dreamweaver Books 1986. 189pp index illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The story of the concert parties and entertainment units of Australia's armed forces wherever they were around the world bewteen 1939 and 1946 as related by Australian actor and film-maker Michael Pate. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Dreamweaver Books Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026109 ISBN : 0949825131 9780949825131
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Lord Walter
Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons
New York: The Viking Press 1977. xii 322pp b/w photos maps index end-paper maps: Solomon Islands. Front eps lightly soiled foxed. Cloth-backed papered boards in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket. The story of the Coastwatchers of the Solomons who operated deep behind Japanese lines in 1942-1943. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The Viking Press Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 026086 ISBN : 0670437654 9780670437658
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