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Frisch Colin foreword Chris Hill
Heroes Denied. The Malayan Harrier Conspiracy
Wheelers Hill: Marlin Publications 1990. xiii 176pp map bw ills. Or card covers. Slight fading to spine. The amazing story of fifteen Australian soldiers who refused to surrender to the Japanese when they steamrolled the Malayan Peninsula in 1942. They evaded capture and enduring starvation illness and hardship returned to Australia. Far from being greeted as heroes they were met with disbelief accused of deserting and given the title The Malayan Harriers. In 1990 with only nine of the original fifteen alive it was time for their story to be told. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Marlin Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021443 ISBN : 1875165177 9781875165179
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Clift Ken
The Soldier Who Never Grew Up
Syd: Haldane Publishing 1976. 199pp bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Light even toning to page edges light stain on bottom edge not extending to page face. SIGNED by the author winner of DCM on title page. Collection of true short stories depicting events of WWII in Palestine the Western Desert Alexandria Ceylon Australia and New Guinea showing not only the stark side of war but alosoa wide variety of interesting human experiences. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Haldane Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021448 ISBN : 0909918074 9780909918071
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Anderson Harold J
Men of the Milford Road
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1975. xi 215pp index bibliography bw ills endpaper maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. A couple of bug spots on front cover. A lively account of the men who built the Milford Road across New Zealand's Alps in the 1930s. Remote and beset by floods avalanches Antarctic snow and ice and other dangers the MIlford Road provided employment for hundreds in the dark days of the Great Depression. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. A. H. & A. W. Reed Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021465 ISBN : 0589009125 9780589009120
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Mudie Ian
River Boats
Adelaide: Rigby 1961. 239pp bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Prev owners name at bottom of title page light toning to pages. Jacket somewhat faded on spine with a couple of very short tears and attendant creasing. A vivid picture of life on the river boats and paddle steamers that plied the Murray-Darling River system for over 80 years bringing passengers and supplies to remote Victorian and South Australian communities. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021462
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Buckingham Alan J.; Hitchcock Margot F
Aspects of Early Blackwood- the Goldfield the Landmarks the Pioneers
Melbourne: J.G. Publishing 1981. vi 82pp 7pp index appendices bw ills map. Or pictorial card cover.SIGNED by Marot Hitchcock on title page with 1 1/2 page typed SIGNED letter on Blackwood Historical Society letterhead loosely inserted. Details the early years of Blackwood in Victoria with particular emphasis on the goldfields. Section on pioneers should be of some value to family historians. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. J.G. Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021471
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Osborn Betty; DuBorg Trenear.
Maryborough. A Social History 1854-1904.
Maryborough Vic.: Maryborough City Council 1985. xx 420pp index bibliography notes appendices bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Three small dark marks on bottom edge insect soiling otherwise an excellent copy. Superb local history covering the formative years of gold town in Victoria. Covers gold mining and related incidents bushrangers the coming of the railways and much more. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Maryborough City Council Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021461
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Morris Norval
Maconochie's Gentlemen. The Story of Norfolk Island and the Roots of Modern Prison Reform
New York: Oxford University Press 2002. xiv 213pp map. Or cloth backed boards in jacket. Very minor edge wear to jacket. In 1840 Captain Maconochie became at his own request the superintendant of more than 2000 twice-convicted convicts at Norfolk Island. In four years he tranformed what was one of the most brutal convict settlements in history into a controlled stable and productive environment that on release his prisoners became known as Maconochie's Gentlemen. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021474 ISBN : 0195146077 9780195146073
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Birmingham Judy; Jack Ian; Jeans Dennis
Australian Pioneer Technology. Sites and Relics. Towards an Industrial Archaeology of Australia
Melbourne: Heinemann Educational Australia 1979. HEAVY. 200pp index references maps num bw ills. Or brown boards in jacket. Small scuff marks on edges of boards. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Heinemann Educational Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021478 ISBN : 0858591855 9780858591851
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Nason Joseph G; Holt Robert Lawrence.
Horio You Next Die!
Carlsbad CA: Pacific Rim Press 1987. 264pp glossary bw ills map. Or red boards in jacket. Slight abrasion to front free endpaper. Joe Nason was shot down by the Japanese on his first mission in 1943 and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of the Japanese in Rabaul. Of the 63 Allied POWs in Nason's compound only 7 would survive. The story of how Yankee and Australian ingenuity and a fair amount of luck enabled these 7 to survive. Advance Reading Copy. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pacific Rim Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021480 ISBN : 0930926110 9780930926113
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Forrest John. introduction Hankel Valmai.
Explorations in Australia
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1998. vii 354pp appendix 4 folding maps 8 bw ills. Or green cloth with blind stamped coat-of-arms black leather spine quarter leather.Some slight foxing to page edges. Edition limited to 600 copies of which 99 were numbered and bound in quarter leather- this copy #41 of the deluxe edition of 99 copies. Facsimile of original 1875 edition. Account of the explorations of the first Western Australian born Australian explorer including the first 2 crossings of the continent from west to east in 1870 and 1874 as well as five years spent in exploration of the deserts of WA SA and NT. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Angas G. F. George French. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021199 ISBN : 1876154209 9781876154202
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McKinlay John. introduction Hankel Valmai.
John McKinlay's Northern Territory Explorations 1866. South Australian Parliamentary Papers 1865-66
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1999. xxxv 196pp folding map folding facsimile document frontis. Or brown cloth with gilt vignette black leather spine quarter leather.Some minor foxing to page edges slight bump to top rear corner. Edition limited to 600 copies of which 99 were numbered and bound in quarter leather- this copy #41 of the deluxe edition of 99 copies. Facsimile of original SA Parliamentary papers reduced from folio to octavo. An account of McKinlay's exploration of the Northern Territory. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021196 ISBN : 1876154233 9781876154233
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Landsborough William. introduction Hankel Valmai.
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria in Search of Burke & Wills
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 2000. 128pp large folding map in rear pocket. Or blue cloth black leather spine quarter leather. 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 1862 original edition. An account of Landsborough's search for the ill-fated Burke and Wills Expedition. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021195 ISBN : 1876154322 9781876154325
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Slessor Kenneth
Earth Visitors
London: Fanfrolico Press 1926. 75pp collotype woodcut & copper engravings by Norman Lindsay. Or light tan boards with title frame and vignette in gilt to front frame in blind to rear title in gilt to spine. Spine darkened a few tiny spots of foxing to front endpaper minor toning to page edges. Edition limited to 425 copies of which this #112. Limited Edition of 425 Numbered Copies. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Lindsay Norman. 4to. Fanfrolico Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021194
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Gordon Ian.
Strike and Strike Again. 455 Squadron RAAF 1944-45.
Belconnen ACT: Banner Books 1995. x 244pp index bibliography notes 6 appendices num bw ills maps pictorial endpapers. Or blue cloth in pictorial jacket. Slightest of edge wear to jacket extremely light foxing to half-title page and page edges. 455 Squadron RAAF was the only Australian strike squadron in RAF Coastal Command and flew the Bristol Beaufighter. They attacked German shipping off Holland and Denmark and in the Norwegian Fjords diving into concentrated flak among defending Focke-Wulfs over freezing waters. The 'Viking Boys' mastered some of the most demanding and perilous flying of the war. This history describes the men who flew their groundcrews and includes full appendices of personnel aircraft on strength and operations as well as honours and awards. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Banner Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021211 ISBN : 1875593098 9781875593095
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Wallace Gordon
Those Air Force Days. Being the True Story of an Enlisted Man in the Royal Australian Air Force from 1942 to 1946. The Everyday Life of Its Airmen the Air War in Darwin and a Pre War and Post War Autobiography
Melbourne: Gordon Wallace 1986. 150pp bw ills col frontis. Or blue cloth in pictorial jacket. Large piece torn from bottom of front flap. Edition limited to 2000 copies. Story covers 1RD Shepparton; 10 EFTS Temora; 18 Squadron NEI Canberra; Pine Creek Batchelor and Darwin areas; 2ED Bradfield Park; 7AD Tocumwal; 3STT Ultimo; 1ES Ascot Vale; 20TU Mildura and also refers to the following planes: Mitchell B25 Tiger Moth Wirraway and Mustang. 2 leaflets loosely inserted order forms one signed by the author. Limited First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to. Gordon Wallace Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021237 ISBN : 0959125426 9780959125429
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Silver Lynette Ramsay
A Fool's Gold William Tipple Smith's Challenge to the Hargraves Myhth
Brisbane: Jacaranda Press 1986. xiv 170pp index references notes appendices bw ills maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Puts an end to the myth that Hargraves was the discoverer of gold in Australia. In 1847 mineralogist William Tipple Smith discovered payable gold in rugged hill country near Bathurst NSW and reported his find to the government. The government and Hargraves were so efficient in the destruction of Smith that the true story has remained untold for almost 140 years. Well illustrated and a valuable reference to early gold discoveries in NSW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Jacaranda Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021239 ISBN : 070161983x 9780701619831
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Stuart J. McDouall
J. McDouall Stuart's Explorations Across the Continent of Australai with Charts 1861-62
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1996. 97pp ads large folding map. Or maroon cloth with black leather spine quarter leather. Foxing to page edges and title page. Edition limited to 500 copies of which 99 copies were a numbered deluxe edition in quarter leather- this #41 of those 99 copies. Facsimile of the original edition of 1863. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 210. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021232 ISBN : 1876154055 9781876154059
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Hetherington John
Norman Lindsay. The Embattled Olympian
Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1973. xiv 272pp index bibliography appendices bw ills col frontis pictorial endpapers. Or black cloth in jacket. Some minor foxing to page edges and occasional minor foxing within. Penetrating account of the life of one of the most controversial Australians of his or any other time. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021277 ISBN : 0195503880 9780195503883
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Hawdon Joseph
The Journal of a Journey from New South Wales to Adelaide the Capital City of South Australia Performed in 1838
Melbourne: Georgian House 1952. ix 65pp folding map at rear several bw ills. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Offset toning to endpapers prev owners name/date on title page. Spine somewhat darkened. The story by the cheif participant of the first overlanding of cattle from NSW to Adelaide undertaken in the height of summer over unknown country and accomplished with the loss of only four cattle. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Georgian House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021285
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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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 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
Bookseller reference : 020570
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