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Moss E. G. B
The Beautiful Shells of New Zealand. An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning Them
Auckland: Collins Bros & Co. 1908. 46pp 10 bw plates at rear. Or pictorial card featuring paper nautilus. 2mm damp stain at top edge otherwise only very light edge wea and tiny bump at top front corner. Extremely scarce early work on the shells of New Zealand. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Spencer C. photographer. 8vo. Collins Bros & Co. Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020978
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Birmingham Judy; Jack Ian; Jeans Dennis
Industrial Archaeology in Australia. Rural Industry
Melbourne: Heinemann 1983. 191pp sources num bw & col ills. Or brown cloth in pictorial jacket. Some small worn areas on edge of cloth boards slight edge wear to jacket spine slightly faded. Describes and analyses remains of frontier industries and examines a whole range of techniques for investigating and interpreting evidence to place industries in their wider social and technological context. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Heinemann Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021047 ISBN : 085859319x 9780858593190
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Leonard Major W. assitance & compilation
The Corps of Royal Australian Engineers in the Second World War 1939-45
Melbourne: The Specialty Press 1946. 54pp 14pp col plates bw ills. Or papered boards. Occasional moderate toning binding starting to split at start of colour plates section. Includes the loosely inserted supplement to Decorations and Awards section. Compiled by 'some who were there' and foreword by Blamey. Includes quite a bit on New Guinea and Borneo photos from Middle East sketches of Darwin and 16 col plates by Salt RAE during the last few months of the war. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to. The Specialty Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021075
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McLaren Glen
Big Mobs. The Story of Australian Cattlemen
Fremantle WA: Fremantle Arts Centre Press 2000. 391pp index glossary notes bw ills/diagrams. Or card covers. Light foxing to page edge. Gives Australian stockmen the place they deserve in pastoral and Australian history. From the long months on cattle drives to the boots they wore and places they lived this comprehensive work gives an insight into a unique way of life. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Fremantle Arts Centre Press Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 021071 ISBN : 1863682473 9781863682473
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Gregory Augustus Charles & Gregory Francis Thomas
Journals of Australian Explorations
Brisbane: James C. Beal Government Printer. 1884. 210 pages. Or half leather marbled boards with leather spine and corners titled in gilt to spine. Some foxing to endpapers as well as offsetting/toning from leather very occasional slight foxing within toning/foxing to page edges. Small stain on foredge showing on face of front free endpaper approx 1cm long and 2mm wide. Corners show some rubbing. Rubbing to spine joints with split at front board extending approx 4cm from bottom and 1 1/2cm from top holding firmly; 1/2-1mm 'nibbled' from top and bottom of spine. The Journals of the Explorations by Messrs Gregory in the Western Northern and Central portions of Australia had previously only been partially published in a fragmentary form. This was their first appearance in toto and is scarce as such. Includes explorations in Western Australia what is now Queensland Victoria and New South Wales. Of note is the inclusion of papers concerning the expedition to determine the fate of Leichhardt. Ferguson 10075 listed in error as having illustrations Wantrup 190a correcting Ferguson's error. An attractive clean complete and entirely original copy that would grace any collection. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. James C. Beal, Government Printer. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021092
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Waters J. C.
Valiant Youth. The Men of the R.A.A.F.
Sydney: F. H. Johnston Publishing 1945. 103pp bw drawings Douglas Annand bw photographs tipped in col frontis William Dobell. Or decorated blue cloth in jacket. Prev owners nam eon front free endpaper bookseller label on front pastedown some moderate foxing. Moderate edge wear to jacket with some discoloration and very small hole to rear panel. 21 stories of RAAF heroes some awarded the Victoria Cross DFC and DSO among other decorations. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. Illus. by Annand Douglas. 4to. F. H. Johnston Publishing Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021106
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Horner David editor
Duty First. The Royal Australian Regiment in War and Peace.
Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1990. HEAVY. xxviii 525pp index bibliography notes appendices bw ills 9 maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Very slight rubbing to bottom of spine light foxing to page edges. Minor stain on bottom edge of front jacket panel. Born out of the BCOF the Royal Australian Regiment had a baptism of fire in the Korean War and went on to guerrilla service in Malaya action in Borneo during Confrontation top secret 'Claret' operations into Indonesian territory Vietnam and peacekeeping actions such as that after the 1987 Fiji coup. Inlcudes POW lists awards and decorations to members commanding officers RSMs outlines of actions earning Regimental battle homours and unit citations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Allen & Unwin Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021100 ISBN : 004442227x 9780044422273
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Campbell Maurice; Hosken Graeme.
Four Australians at War. Letters to Argyle 1914-1919.
Sydney: Kangaroo Press 1996. 216pp index chronology notes bw ills map. Or card covers. Near new with some very light toning to page edges. Four young men tell their remarkable story of WWII battlefields through an extensive collection of letters and photographs. The material they left behind together with detailed background research makes a moving and immediate account of a war which cost Australia and the boys from Argyle dearly. Includes Gallipoli. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Kangaroo Press Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 021119 ISBN : 0864177895 9780864177896
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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 minimal edge wear to jacket which has 4cm tear on rear panel 'this book belongs to' completed in black marker bleeding through to half-title. 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. Near Very Good/Good. Illus. by Outhwaite Ida Rentoul. 4to. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021122 ISBN : 0207148287 9780207148286
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Macfarlan Graeme
Etched in Green. The History of the 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1946.
Melbourne: 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion Association 1961. xiv 262pp index appendices bw ills maps honour roll endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Occasional light foxing. Approx 3cm tear from top edge of front jacket panel slightly rubbed/worn at bottom of spine. Very scarce Australian unit history of the 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion South Gippsland Regiment which trained in north Queensland and served in Papua New Guinea and New Britain. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion Association Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021121
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Gilmore D. H
Christopher Cricket's Favourite Tales
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1950. 185pp num bw plates several colour plates. Or illustrated papered boards with brown cloth spine. Boards worn at corners with some toning prev owners name on first page lacking front free endpaper page edges tones. Delightful collection of Australian children's stories. First Omnibus Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gilmore D. H. 4to. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021129
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Stretton Alan
Soldier in a Storm. An Autobiography
Sydney: Collins 1978. 320pp. Or blue cloth in jacket. Top and fore-edge foxed endpapers lightly foxed. Spine somewhat faded. SIGNED and iscribed To xxx with best wishes Alan Stretton on front free endpaper. Autobiography of an Australian soldier who rose through the ranks from Private to Major-General training at Duntroon serving in Balikpan Borneo Koreaa and Vietnam and leading the relief operations in Darwin after Cyclone Tracy. Signed & Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Collins Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021139 ISBN : 000216406x 9780002164061
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Mitchell Lt. Col. Sir T. L
Journal of an Expedition Into the Interior of Tropical Australia in Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1999. xiv 437pp index appendix plates 2 folding maps. Or red cloth with black leather spine quarter leather. Tiny spot of thumb soiling to bottom page corner. Ltd edition of 600 copies of which 99 copies are numbered and bound in quarter leather. This copy being #41 of the 99 deluxe copies. . Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021143 ISBN : 1876154284 9781876154288
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McHugh Siobhan
Minefields and Miniskirts: Australian Women and the Vietnam War
Sydney: Doubleday 1993. xii295pp index bibliography bw ills. Moderate edge wear to covers creased bottom front corner some minor edge toning to pages. Up to 1000 Australian women were in wartime Vietnam during the 60's and early 70's- as entertainers army and civilian nurses secretaries consular staff etc. They were feted and pampered patronised and harassed and a few were assaulted. This book presents funny tragic and intensely personal stories of over 50 women who were deeply involved in the war whether in the combat zone or on the homefront. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Doubleday Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 021149 ISBN : 0868244902 9780868244907
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Gilligan J. attributed
Queensland. Vice-Regal Trip Through Gayndah District. January 1899
Mawson ACT: D. A. Spalding. 1989. vii 39pp bibliography maps. Or maroon cloth with title in gilt. Limited edition of 200 copies of which this #149. First hand account of the country tour thrugh Gayndah District of Queensland by Queensland Governor Lord Lamington in 1899. Facsimile of original issue of 1899 printed on recto only as was the original. introductory pages printed both sides. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. D. A. Spalding. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021147 ISBN : 0959399216 9780959399219
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O'Brien Michael.
Conscripts and Regulars. With the Seventh Battalion in Vietnam.
Sydney: Allen & Unwin in Association with Seventh Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Association 1995. xxi 311pp index bibliography glossary appendices bw ills maps. Or purple cloth in pictorial jacket. Slightest of edge wear to jacket. Small scuff on lower edge of front boards toning to page edges and margins frequent toning spots pretty much unavoidable with the paper used. Very scarce Australian unit history covering the Seventh Battalion Royal Australian Regiment's two tours in Vietnam. Includes Honour Roll. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Allen & Unwin in Association with Seventh Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Association Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021136 ISBN : 186373967x 9781863739672
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Kinloch Arthur
The Murray River Being a Journal of the Voyage of the 'Lady Augusta' Steamer From the Goolwa in South Australia to Gannewarra Above Swan Hill Victoria; a Distance from the Sea Mouth of 1400 Miles
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1997. 46pp large folding map frontis. Or grey cloth with blindstamped vignette red leather spine quarter leather. Faint toned spot on front cover. Edition limited to 500 copies of which 99 were numbered and bound in quarter leather- this copy #41 of the deluxe edition of 99 copies. Facsimile of 1853 original edition. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021145 ISBN : 1876154098 9781876154097
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Matthews Tony
Crosses. Australian Soldiers in the Great War 1914-18
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1987. xi 139pp bibliography bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or laminated boards. Spine very slightly cocked leaning light rubs to front cover. light foxing/toning to page edges. Based on the ABC Television documentary. Anecdotes collected from surviving veterans of the First World war who remember in great detail the years they fought at Gallipoli in the Middle East across France and Belgium. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Boolarong Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021142 ISBN : 0864390270 9780864390271
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Hooper J. M
Youanmi. A Story of Murchison Gold
Carlisle WA: Hesperian Press 1987. ix 178pp num bw ills maps. Or pictorial laminated boards. Spine somewhat faded. The story of the gold mining town of Youanmi in the remote Murchison region of Western Australia. From the early discovery of gold the 1907 gold rush through the war yeas and the new lease on mining life with the technological advances applied by Eastmet. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Hesperian Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021140 ISBN : 0859051048 9780859051040
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Brock Daniel George
To the Desert with Sturt. A Diary of the 1844 Expedition
Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society of Australasia 1975. xxi 222pp col frontis endpaper maps. Or tan cloth in jacket. Two bug spots on fore-edge slightest of edge wear to jacket. An account of Sturt's 18 month expedition in search of the inland sea written by a member of the party. Sent to England as a day to day record for the author's mother in came to light in 1938 when it was presented to the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia by a descendant and here published for the first time. Factually agreeing with Sturt's account it differs considerably in tone presenting a less agreeable view of the expedition leader than formerly accepted. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Royal Geographical Society of Australasia Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021138 ISBN : 0909112002 9780909112004
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Wither William Bramwell.
The History of Ballarat from the First Pastoral Settlement to the Present Time.
Melbourne: Queensberry Hill Press 1980. xx 395pp index bw & duotone plates large folding map folding col plate. Or green cloth in decorative jacket. Folding colour plate slightly misfolded with minor foxing to verso light foxing to page edges. Jacket shows some foxing particularly to the rear panel. Facsimile of the second edition of 1887 with the jacket recreating the decorative cloth of the original. Covers the early history of Ballarat including the aboriginal inhabitants early wheat and pastoral farming with the majority of the book dealing with the times of the gold rushes and gold mining including the Eureka Stockade. The final section is on the town of Ballarat itself with details of cultural industiral commercial and social aspects. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Queensberry Hill Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021160 ISBN : 0909174199 9780909174194
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Smyth R. Brough
Geological Survey of Victoria. Report of Progress. Reports on the Geology Mineralogy and Physical Structure of Various Parts of the Colony. No. II
Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1874. vi 141pp index 6 lithographs 3 folding 37 bw ills. Or buff paper wraps with reinforcemtn at top and bottom of spine. Rear cover and last page creased at bottm corner some toning spots at bottom of front cover- a particularly nice example of a scarce report. Deals with the various gold mining localities with other mineral including granite lead etc content and many geological articles plus palaeontology vegetation. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. John Ferres (Government Printer) Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 021166
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Auhl Ian; Marfleet Denis
Australia's Earliest Mining Era. South Australia 1841-1851
Adelaide: Rigby 1975. 108pp bibliography 31 col plates bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Minor foxing to preliminary pages. Jacket spine faded and 2cm tear at bottom of front panel. From 1841 when the first copper lodes were discovered and 1851 when miners left in droves for the gold fields South Australia was the centre of Australia's mining industry. This account of that period in Australia's mining history is augmented by 31 paintings by ST Gill several of which are reproduced here for the first time. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Gill S.T. Oblong 4to. Rigby Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021168 ISBN : 0851798861 9780851798868
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Robertson John
ANZAC and Empire. The Tragedy & Glory of Gallipoli
Melbourne: Hamlyn 1990. HEAVY.318pp index biographical notes notes appendix sources num bw & col ills maps endpaper maps. Or light blue cloth in pictorial jacket. Jacket somewhat edgeworn along top edge. Light offset tonign to endpapers. The stroy of the Gallipoli campaign- from its contentious origin and conduct to its far-reaching repercussions- told largely through the words of its participants and observers. Also an examination of the changing attitudes of Australians toward Britain and their place in Empire. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Small 4to. Hamlyn Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021169 ISBN : 094733419x 9780947334192
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Jenkin Graham
Two Years on Bardunyah Station. Being an Account of the Experiences of a Jackeroo Together with Some Poems Etc
Adelaide: Pitjantjara 1967. 74pp glossary bw drawings. Or black cloth in jacket. Some edge wear and toning to jacket. Endpapers toned and foxed with prev owners anme on front free endpaper. Stories of 2 years on Bardunyah Station with some poems and drawings by the author.Includes 9 of hsi most famous bush ballads. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Pitjantjara Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 021172
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Sharkey L
Australia Marches On
Sydney: Communist Party of Australia 1984. 56 pages. Stapled light card wrapper with wear by the staples. Documents: Marx Eureka Stockade; Lenin The Labor Government in Australia; The Statute of Westminster; and Extracts from the Soviet Constitution. Fourth Impression. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Communist Party of Australia Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020531
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Salmon Malcolm; Brown Ron; Ross Edgar; Schaff Adam; Wood W A; and Hewitt Dorothy
Australian Left Review August-September 1967
Sydney: Australian Left Review 1967. 80 pages. Some light foxing. Stapled wrapper soiled in places. In this issue: Vietnam The Prospects: by Malcolm Salmon; New Wage Structure: the challenge by Ron Brown; Moore and Modern Sculpture Lucius; Australia and 1917 Edgar Ross; The Science of Man Adam Schaff; Sex and Morality W A Wood; The Journey of Henry Lawson Dorothy Hewitt; and France towards a Left coalition Henri Martin. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Australian Left Review Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020532
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Kalokerinos Archie
Australian Precious Opal
Melbourne: Nelson 1971. 51pp index num col ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Small crease on rear jacket panel minor edge wear. Prev owners name on half-title page. The author became an opal miner for a holiday and in 1965 struck it rich at Coober Pedy thus beginning his love affair with opal. He bacame obsessed with the problems of description classification terminology and evaluation. In his research into photographing opals he took over 10000 photos of which a small percentage can be shown in this book. The first serious study of Australian precious opal and describes some simple but important geological features. Wonderful photographs of opals and opal mines/miners. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Nelson Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020541 ISBN : 0170019608 9780170019606
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Coombes Irene M editor
Australia Remembers 1945-1995
Canberra: Department of Defence 1995. VERY HEAVY. Foreword by J S Baker. 393 pages illustrated with colour and b/w photos illustrations cemeteries in which Australian Service personnel are commemorated. Cloth boards gilt in dust-jacket. The book records many of the activities of Australian Service men and women who served during World War II. An Australian Defence Force Journal Publication. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jeff Isaacs. Folio. Department of Defence Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020557 ISBN : 0642235813 9780642235817
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Jack Ian editor
Granta 70: Australia
London: Granta Publications 2000. 352 pages glossary. Paperback. New fiction reportage memoir and photograpy. Special issue of Granta devoted to Australia. First Editoin. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Granta Publications Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020568 ISBN : 1929001002 9781929001002
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Hamilton D G
Trout Fishing and Sport in Maoriland
Lyon: Derrydate Press 1994. Unnumbered copy of limited edition of 2500. Foreword by Bryn Hammond. xix 428 pages map b/w ills. All edges gilt. Loosely inserted is a bookplate not completed. Bound in full brown leather gilt with decorated front board. In original shipping carton. In the series Fly Fisherman's Gold Library. From the Foreword Fly fishing in the days when New Zealand was known as the Angler's Eldorado 'with introduced acclimatized trout species browns and rainbows dominated every freshwater river system throughout the country'. . New Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. Derrydate Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020570
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Senior William
Travel and Trout in the Antipodes: An Angler's Sketches in Tasmania and New Zealand
Lyon: Derrydate Press 1994. Unnumbered copy of limited edition of 2500. Foreword by Bryn Hammond. xiii 315 pages b/w ills. All edges gilt. Loosely inserted is a bookplate not completed. Bound in full brown leather gilt with decorated front board. In original shipping carton. In the series Fly Fisherman's Gold Library. Written by the man who was probably the first angling tourist to visit New Zealand and Tasmania. From the Foreword The book tells of 'aldermanic trout of the trout of the Cust stocked by an archdeacon as well as the one-eyed trout of the Avon at Christchurch'. New Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. Derrydate Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020571
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Chadban John
Stroud and the A.A. Co
Stroud: Stroud Shire Council 1970. 24 pages b/w photos. Stapled textured paper wrappers lightly foxed. The early history of Stroud NSW and the Australian Agricultural Coy. Sesqui Centenary Issue. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Stroud Shire Council Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020646
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Ross Bruce W editor
Sailing on . A History of The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania 1880-1980
Hobart: Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania 1980. Foreword by Sir STanley Burbury. xii 256pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos maps two appendices. Prelims and endpapges lightly foxed. Blue cloth boards gilt in dust-jacket which has a soiled section with some loss of colour on its rear panel. The book was produced by the Centenary Book Committe of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania to give a broad outline of the Club's activities during its first 100 years. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020670 ISBN : 0959621415 9780959621419
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Owens William
Northland Coast: a Boatman's Guide. New Edition
Auckland: David Bateman 1993. 272 pp maps 31 cruising maps b/w photos line drawings index end-paper maps: front The Bay of Islands; and rear Whangarei Harbour. Prev owner's three-line rubber stamp at the centre of the title page. Illustrated light card cover. 'The guide first published in 1984 was completely revised and updated for this edition and the 1990s. It deals with the popular New Zealand's cruising region the eastern coast which stretches from Cape Rodney to Cape Karikari in the far north. Chapters cover aspects of Maori and early Pakeha life as well as the fortunes of the commercial shipping which provided Northland with its lifeline to the rest of the country for more than a century. The marine environment is covered in detail including the East Auckland Current and the implications of exploitation and conservation for the area introducing the reef world and describing more than 100 of the marine inhabitants likely to be found along its shores.'. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. David Bateman Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020667 ISBN : 1869531574 9781869531577
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Stanton Susan
Boom to Bust and back Again: Captains Flat 1883-1983
Captains Flat NSW: The Captain's Flat Task Force 1993. No date 1993. v 88pp b/w photos map: original gold leases bibliography. Endpapers foxed. Illustrated light card covers foxed on the rear cover. A Captains Flat Centenary publication. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. The Captain's Flat Task Force Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020725 ISBN : 0959237119 9780959237115
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Goodman Rupert
VADs in Peace and War: The History of Voluntary Aid Detachments in Australia During the 20th Century
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications 1991. xii 231pp index bibliography num bw ills. Or pictorial laminated boards. Laminate starting to crack and lift at exterior hinges prev owners name crossed out in ink on ffep small ink notation on rear endpaper. illustrated throughout with b/w photos tables bibliography appendices index. Illustrated laminated boards. With Honour Roll VAD/AAMS World War II Honours and Awards World War II. The book covers the origins of the Voluntary Aid Movement VADs in WWI and between the Wars the Middle East contingents WWII VAD/AAMWS in the defence of Australia AAMWS in the South-West Pacific area 1943-1946 Civilian VADs in war-time Australia and VAD/AAMWS int eh post-War world. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Boolarong Publications Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020698 ISBN : 086439117X 9780864391179
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Spriggs P W
Our Blue Mountains Yesterdays
Leura NSW: P W Spriggs 1962. No date. Foreword by K C Bates Mayor 1962. 78pp 20 photos maps. End-papers tanned. SIGNED but the author on the front paste-down. Blue cloth boards gilt titles. No dust-jacket. The book contains 40 anecdotes and historically correct accounts covering the history of the Blue Mountains. WITH loosely inserted promotional flyer. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. P W Spriggs Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020721
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Growden Greg
Gold Mud 'n' Guts: The Incredible Tom Richards Footballer War Hero Olympian
Sydney: AbC Books 2001. 'drawn extensively from Tom 'Rusty' Richards' 1887-1935 war and other diaries and a wide range of contemporary sources. The result is a chronicle of a fascinating period int he country's social history as well as a portrait of an outstanding Australian'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. AbC Books Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020715 ISBN : 0733309763 9780733309762
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Finger Jarvis
True Tales of Old St Helena
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications 1986. 46pp b/w ills full page map of the island. Illustrated stapled light card covers. One of a series of booklets about colonial Queensland's island prison in Moreton Bay. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Boolarong Publications Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020723 ISBN : 086439019X 9780864390196
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Molloy Anthony
Thirty Pieces of Silver. a Big New Zealand Law Firm and Its Concept of Professional Responsibility: viewed through Its Words Its Works and Its Documents
Auckland: Howling at the Moon 1998. xvii 419pp. Paperback. One of New Zealand's most respected jurists examins the conduct of his own profession specifically the country's self-proclaimed top law firm. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Howling at the Moon Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020743 ISBN : 0958371717 9780958371711
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Cavanagh Michelle
Margaret Holmes: The Life and Times of an Australian Peace Campaigner
Sydney: New Holland Publishers 2006. 320pp 8pp b/w photos. Paperback.The story of an Australian peace legend. Speaking out against Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War apartheid in South Africa and chemical and biological weapons Margaret Holmes was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2001. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. New Holland Publishers Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020745
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Jenman Neil
Don't Sign Anything! How to Protect Yourself from the Tricks and Traps of Real Estate
Sydney: Rowley Publications 2002. 421pp appendices bibliography index. Paperback. From the rear cover the book 'exposes the real estate industry like never before and esxplains how to easily protect yourself from the dangers of real estate'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Rowley Publications Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020805 ISBN : 0958651744 9780958651745
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Ward Lindsay and Rickman Joe
Tillage Equipment: selection and Use
Toowoomba Qld.: USQ Press 1992. 91pp illustrated with b/w photos text-figures bibliography index. Paperback. lightly edge-worn with covers unevenly sunned and with prev owner's name written in black marker by the upper edge of the front cover. 'As well as containing implement selection critera the book also considers more specific attributes within each group of implements. Coupled with these groups are basic set-up and oprating tips as well as a trouble-shooting section. A separate chapter covers tractor/implement matching'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. USQ Press Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020797 ISBN : 0949414220 9780949414229
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Macdonald Donald
How We kept the Flag Flying. The Siege of Ladysmith Through Australian Eyes
London: Ward Lock & Co. 1900. xi 303pp 16pp publishers catalogue at rear 8 bw plates. Or blue pictorial cloth with Union Jack on front and flags on spine titles in gilt. Spine somewhat darkened but pictorial cloth fresher than normally found approx 3mm wide strip half the width of bottom of spine missing. Hinges starting frontis starting to come loose small name stamp at top of title page and moderate foxing. The war correspondent from the Melbourne Argus present at the Siege of Ladysmith gives an account of events as they unfolded. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Ward, Lock & Co. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020782
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South Bob
Trophy Trout: Stories from New Zealand's Top Trout Fishing Guides
Auckland: Viking Penguin 1994. 175pp b/w photos. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Paperback. The book looks at trout fishing in New Zealand through the eyes of some of its leading professional guides. It is also about the people they take fishing and their experiences people such as Jimmy Carter Billy Connolly Wilbur Smith and Kerry Packer. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Viking Penguin Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020799 ISBN : 0670855499 9780670855490
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Dunstan Keith
The Paddock That Greg: The Story of the Melbourne Cricket Club
Melbourne: Cassell & Company 1962. xv 304pp b/w plates three appendices: 1 MCC Club Cricket the XXIX Club football baseball tennis lacrosse bowls rifle shooting hockey the staff; 2 MCC batting averages; 3 list of MCC Presidents and Secretaries; index illustrated end-papers. Decorative green cloth boards flecked lightly silverfished in dust-jacket. The book tells the story of the first 125 years of the Melbourne Cricket Club which from 1853 had its Ground in the Richmond Paddock. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Cassell & Company Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020837
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Russell Jim
The White City Club Story from its beginnings in a little cottage in 1948 to its position today in 2001 as a world class tennis centre the full story can now be Told
Sydney: General Features on behalf of White City Club 2001. 121pp b/w ills appendices: Club Presidents Life Members. Four-line prsonal greeting on the half-title page. Paperback. The story of the club from its foundation in 1947 to 2001. The book covers the battle between the owners of the White City courts the NSW LTA and its tenants first in the form of Ground Members and for some 50-odd years members of a licensed Club the White City Club Ltd. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. General Features on behalf of White City Club Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 020838 ISBN : 0646414623 9780646414621
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Lucas Alan
Cruising the New South Wales Coast
Sydney: Horwitz Publications 1976. 271pp index num bw & col ills maps. Or tan cloth in jacket. Spine somewhat faded small sticker mark on front free endpaper. Everything the yachtsman needs to know about the coast of New South Wales including river bars navigational aids tides launching ramps approaches anchorages facilities and local history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo. Horwitz Publications Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020890 ISBN : 0725507896 9780725507893
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Lucas Alan
Cruising in Tropical Waters and Coral
Sydney: Horwitz Grahame 1986. 232pp num bw ills maps. Or pictorial laminated boards. Prev owners name stamp inside front cover. Everything the yachtsman needs to know about the realities of sailing in coral waters including the dangers and special problems of navigation and anchoring. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. Horwitz Grahame Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 020894 ISBN : 0725519673 9780725519674
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