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Lawlor Pat
Pat Lawlor's Wellington
Wellington: Millwood Press 1976. 208pp index hundreds bw photos & drawings pictorial endpapers. Or blue cloth in jacket. Some minor foxing to verso of jacket slight fading to spine and very light edge wear. Excellent historical photographs and text on Wellington New Zealand. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Millwood Press Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018999
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Price A. Grenfell
White Settlers in the Tropics. American Geographic Special Publication No. 23
New York: American Geographic Society 1939. xiii 311pp index references appendices bw ills maps graphs. Or gray cloth. Endpapers lightly toned minor bump to bottom corners. Looks at problems faced by white setlers in tropical regions. In three parts- Part 1: Nature and History of the Problem of White Settlement in the Tropics; Part 2: Some White Settlements in the Tropics-Regional Studies; and Part 3: Some factors Governing White Settlement in the Tropics. Areas specifically dealt with include the West Indies Florida Queensland Tropical Australia Costa Rica and South America Africa and Panama. Also examines racial problems environmental factors acclimatization and health diet clothing exercise administration and economic problems and more. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. American Geographic Society Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 019015
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Chapman Ivan
Tokyo Calling. The Charles Cousens Case
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger 1990. 388pp index bibliography appendices bw ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Some minor edge wear. Was Cousens a traitor who collaborated with the Japanese broadcasting and writing treasonable scripts for Radio Tokyo or as he claimed simply a POW forced to cooperate with his captors The Prosecution argued he had been a willing tool of the Japanese and led an easy life in Tokyo. Others saw no difference between his actions and those of the thousands who helped the Japanese build railways and roads. Cousens always maintained that wherever possible he saboutaged Japanese propaganda and intruded information useful to the Allies. The first critical examination of the case. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Hale & Iremonger Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 019052 ISBN : 0868063665 9780868063669
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Eldred Grigg Stevan
A New History of Canterbury
Dunedin New Zealand: John McIndoe 1982. HEAVY. 252pp index notes bibliography 8 col plates num bw ills. Or red cloth in ajcket. Jacket shows light edge wear slight fading to spine and some minor foxing. Impressive local history of Canterbury New Zealand from colonial times to the time of publication. Origianlly regarded as a very 'aristocratic' province it was also a focus for radicalism socialism and faddish religion. Changes in frtune of the area are discussed in relation to migration domestic life class politics crime religion education sexuality and pleasure. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. John McIndoe Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 019096 ISBN : 0868680397 9780868680392
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Levers Craig
PhotoCPL. New Zealand Surfing Photography 1991-2008
Waitakere New Zealand.: PhotoCPLMedia 2008. HEAVY. Unpaginated approx 150pp numerous colour photographs. Or pictorial boards. Some light rubbing to covers-near new. Stunning surf photography from the head photographer and later editor of New Zealand Surfing magazine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. PhotoCPLMedia Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 019174 ISBN : 047313554x 9780473135546
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McGrath Sandra and Olsen John
The Artist and the Desert
Sydney: Bay Books 1981. 192 pages illustrated throughout in full colour biographies tinted end-papers. One-line personal greeting by the upper edge of the front flyleaf. Pages 7-18 have a small crease at the lower page edges. There are a few spots on the fore-edge. Cloth boards in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket which has a closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel. From the Preface this book 'focuses on the desert through the eyes of the artists who have painted it. The authors are presenting chronologically the changing visual and psychological attitudes to the desert as European-Australian artists confronted and familiarised themselves with a landscape that was completely alien'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Bay Books Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 019209 ISBN : 0858354977 9780858354975
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Tsaloumas Dimitris translator
Contemporary Australian Poetry English & Greek
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 1986. xxvii 265pp bibliography. Or light blue cloth in jacket. Very light toning to pages front flap of jacket creased jacket spine somewhat faded. A selection of Australian poetry presented in parallel English and Greek text. Poets include Kenneth Slessor Judith Wright David Malouf among dozens of other significant poets. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018724 ISBN : 0702219479 9780702219474
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Dunn Michael
The Drawings of Russell Clark New Zealnd Artist and Illustrator
Auckland: Collins 1976. 88pp bibliography 87 ills most bw. Or blue cloth in jacket. Jacket slightly faded at spinewith some edge wear. Some light to moderate foxing within.A selection of the drawings of one of New Zealand's most interesting and prolific artist/illustrators rounded out with some finished paintings and sculpture. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Clark Russell. Oblong Folio. Collins Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018755
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Lee Johnson Eric
As I See it. Drawings from North New Zealand
Auckland: Collins 1969. Unpaginated approx 96pp; 44 bw & col plates col frontis. Or cream cloth in jacket. Spine somewhat faded jacket slightly edge worn. Light to moderate foxing within slight rippling along top edge. A sample range of the drawings of Eric Lee-Johnson - both colour and bw- of the landscape and buildings of New Zealand's North Island accompanied by a short text. Related newspaper article loosely inserted at rear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong Folio. Collins Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018756
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Grigg Stevan Eldred
A Southern Gentry. New Zealanders Who Inherited the Earth
Wellington: Reed 1981. x 192pp index notes bw ills. Or ;ight grey boards in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket tiny bump to top front corner. An in depth look at New Zealand's landed gentry- those who made their fortunes in the wool trade in the 19th cnetury became an ersatz aristocracy and built mansions carrying on the snobbish and luxurious tradiitons of their British counterparts. A colourful and often humorous study of an elite that stamped its image on South Island life of New Zealand and a challenging new step in New Zealand social history. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to. Reed Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018757 ISBN : 0589013181 9780589013189
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Clifford Graham
Notes from a Skipper's Log Book. An Acount of New Zealand's Bay of Islands
Not Stated: Jennifer & Graham Clifford 1986. 139pp bibliography bw ills map. Or pictorial card covers. Minor edge wear to covers light crease to rear cover. Signed and inscribed by author signed by ilustrator. The author was skipper of one of the Bay of Island's largest excursion launches being based in the area for over 20 years. He he shares his knowledge and insights into whales and dolphins sea and shore birds fish and fishing coastal plants and geology of the region as well as sharing anecdotes. Signed by Author & Illustrator. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Nettmann Michael. 8vo. Jennifer & Graham Clifford Paperback
Referência livreiro : 018767
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Heberley Heather
Riding with Whales. Stories of Great Sounds Women
Whatamongo Bay NZ: Cape Catley Ltd 1999. xiv 259pp bw ills. Or card covers. Small scrape on rear cover very slight edge wear. The stories of 13 women from Queen Charlotte Sound in New Zealand- 2 maori 11 pakeha. They have great stories to tell of a way of life now mainly gone- the impact of whaling on every family the responsibility for their children's futures when the women were the only teachers the incredibl;e change electricity made to their lives and more. Their stories cover most of the 20th century and leaves the reader wondering whether they could have coped with life the way it was. Includes a small section of recipes at rear. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Cape Catley Ltd Paperback
Referência livreiro : 018830 ISBN : 090856175x 9780908561759
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Easterby Harry T
The Queensland Sugar Industry. An Historical Review
Brisbane: Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations. 1933. xiii 226pp 45 bw plates. Or pictorial wraps laid onto gray cloth boards with tan cloth spine. Ex-Board of Adult Education library with one stamp at front date stamps inside rear cover and library label on rear board. No date but published 1933. Scarce wok on Queensland's sugar industry with sections on history of the industry in Queensland prior to federation; a review of the industry after federation including kanakas floods introduction of motor tractors etc; mills and milling works; employment of coloured labour; health in the tropics; sugar prices; alien penetration; field machinery; and sugar experiment stations in Queensland. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Ex-Library. Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations. Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018833
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Wallace Crabbe Chris
Selected Poems. Chris Wallace -Crabbe
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1973. xii 115pp. Or green cloth boards with gilt title to spine in pictorial jacket. Jacket lightly soiled with 5cm tear on front flap fold and short tear at bottom of spine panel. Page edges lightly and evenly tone. Minor silverfishing to extreme bottom edge of front board. Signed dated and inscribed to 'Charles' by the poet. Extremely scarce first edition in hard cover of this selection from a noted Australian poet. Signed & Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018876 ISBN : 020712714x 9780207127144
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Franks Peter
Print & Politics. A History of Trade Unions in the New Zealand Printing Industry 1865-1995
Wellington: Victoria University Press 2001. 336pp index bibliography notes bw ills. Or card covers. Minor bump at bottom front corner affecting cover and several pages small crease at top corner of rear cover. Comprehensive history of trade unions in the New Zealand printing industry from the first typographical unions formed in Dunedin and Wellington in the 1860s. By 1996 printers and journalists had amalgamated with engineers to form the country's largest private sector trade union- The New Zealand Amalgamated Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union. In the intervening years the unions dealth with technological and social change improvement of worker's pay and divisions among groups of workers. This volume also looks at the increasing role played by Maoris and women in unionism. First Paperback. Paperback. Very Good. Large 8vo. Victoria University Press Paperback
Referência livreiro : 018921 ISBN : 0864734158 9780864734150
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Bowie Nan
Mick Bowie. The Hermitage Years
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1969. 196pp index bw ills endpaper map. Or light gray cloth in jacket. Small spot stain affecting first four pages very slight edge wear to jacket. Biography of Mick Bowie who starting in 1929 spent 40 years as a guide at the Hermitage on New Zealnd's Mount Cook. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. A. H. & A. W. Reed Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018468
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Thomas Pete
Miners in the 1970s: a Narrative History of the Miners Federation
Sydney: Miners Federation 1983. 552 pages b/w ills. Page edges lightly foxed. Papered boards in dust-jacket. 'This book continues the story of the Miners Federation of Australia from where earlier published histories ended. It gives a comprehensive account of the developments of the 1970s in the Australian coal and Broken Hill metalliferous mining industries and what made these happen.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Miners Federation Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018501 ISBN : 0959376160 9780959376166
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Fletcher Jim editor
River Road and Rail: A History of Kogarah Municipality
Kogarah: Kogarah Municiapl Council 1985. 186 pages b/w illustrations throughout index illustrated end-papers. Two page corners are dog-eared. Decorative green cloth boards gilt in edge-worn dust-jacket which has short tears at the corners and spine head. The book gives an account of how Kogarah Municipality came into being and of the forces that shaped its boundaries the boundaries that give the book its title: Georges River Princes Highway/Rocky Point Poad and the Illawarra railway line. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Kogarah Municiapl Council Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018508
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Various
Randwick. A Social History
Sydney: News South Wales University Press. 1985. 244pp index num bw photographs pictorial endpapers. Or green cloth in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket. Traces the history of Randwick in Sydney from the early 19th century onwards rich in recollection local knowledge and anecdote. Among other subjects the book covers the Mooroobra Speedway; Coogee Pier Shark Net and Aquarium; Moore Park Zoological Gardens; the Racecourse as well as events such as wars epidemics and the Great Depression. Of some value to genealogists as well as those interested in local history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. News South Wales University Press. Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018523
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Gordon Adam Lindsay.
The Sick Stockrider and Other Poems
Sydney: W H Honey Publishing 1943. No date 1940s. 16 pages illustrated. Foxed in places. Stapled light card cover with colour illustration on the front cover a plain lighty soiled and silver-fished rear cover and a double-page illustration on the inside covers. After The Sick Stockrider come Thora's Song A Dedication and A Song of Autumn. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Rhys Williams. 12mo. W H Honey Publishing Paperback
Referência livreiro : 018540
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Johnson David
Auckland City Life: A Celebration of Yesteryear
Auckland: David Bateman 1991. 128 pages illustrated with more than 200 b/w photographs index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. An illustrated history of Auckland from Victorian times until the Harbour Bridge joined the North Shore to the city. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. David Bateman Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018636 ISBN : 1869530780 9781869530785
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Read Sir Herbert Introduction
Australia. Aboriginal Paintings -- Arnhem Land
Paris: The New York Graphic Society by arrangement with UNESCO 1954. HEAVY. Preface by Charles P Mountford. 15 pages followed by 32 full page colour reproductions on page rectos with facing captions. The plates cover rock paintings and bark paintings. Cloth-backed papered boards worn at the corners in slightly tanned and edge-worn dust-jacket which has several tears and some loss at corners spine and at one place by the upper edge of the rear panel.This was the third of the Unesco World Art series devoted to the rare art masterpieces of the world. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Fair. Elephant Folio. The New York Graphic Society by arrangement with UNESCO Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018641
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McNeish James
Tavern in the Town
Wellington: A H & A W Reed 1984. 327 pages illustrated throughout in b/w and sepia index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The history of New Zealand public houses. This fifth edition contains seven new chapters and the first publication of many old photographs. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Original line drawings by Dennis Turner. 4to. A H & A W Reed Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018634 ISBN : 0589015265 9780589015268
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Brett Lily
Poems By Lily Brett: In her Strapless Dresses Mud in My Tears
Sydney: Picador 2001. 217 pages. Paperback. 'Lily Brett's fifth collection of poetry In Her Strapless Dresses brings to life Carlton laneways bicycles family New York and the author's relationship with her mother. In Mud in My Tears Lily explores her role as daughter mother wife and friend in a family full of love but haunted by the Holocaust.'. Picador Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Picador Paperback
Referência livreiro : 018604 ISBN : 0330362917 9780330362917
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Galer Lois
Bricks and Mortar
Dunedin New Zealand: Allied Press 1982. 72 pages illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Paperback. A selection of Otago buildings from the Otago Daily Times feature series Bricks and Mortar. This volume follows Houses and Homes and More Houses and Homes. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Allied Press Paperback
Referência livreiro : 018635 ISBN : 0864660030 9780864660039
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Lister R G Introduction and notes
Where Land Meets Sea
Dunedin New Zealand: John McIndoe 1969. Unpaginated c70 pages illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Slick white boards in dust-jacket. Following the introduction the book consists of captioned photographs of the magnificent Otago coastline. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Photographs of the Otago Pacific Coast by Reg Graham. 4tl. John McIndoe Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018639
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Victorian City of New Zealand
Dunedin New Zealand: John McIndoe 1969. Unpaginated b/w photographs. Slick white boards in dust-jacket. The book presents 100 captioned photographs of Dunedin buildings in the latter part of the 19th century. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Photographs by E J McCoy and J G Blackman. 4to. John McIndoe Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018640
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Greenaway Richard text
Oamaru
Dunedin New Zealand: John McIndoe 1979. Unpaginated c60 pages. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. Following the introduction the book presents captioned photogaphs of the architecture and buildings of Omaru on the South Island of New Zealand. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Photographs by Norris Brocklebank. 4to. John McIndoe Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018638 ISBN : 0868680168 9780868680163
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Gregory Helenand Kowald Margaret
Women on Course: The McLeod Country Golf Club 1968-1993
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1993. vi 126 pages 4 pages of colour photos b/w ills throughoutappendix index. Prelims and endpages foxed. SIGNED by the authors on the title page. Personal note written and signed by Margaret Kowald on the verso of the front flyleaf. Illustrated laminated boards with a bumped spine head and light wear at the upper edge of the front board. The book traces the story of a group of Brisbane women who established the then only golf club administered by women in the Southern Hemisphere. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Boolarong Press Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018631 ISBN : 0646154370 9780646154374
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Barber Laurie introduction
Sketches from Early New Zealand: Some Nineteenth Century Engravings
Auckland: David Bateman 1985. 112 pages illustrated with engravings. Personal six-line greeting by the upper corner of the tinted front flyleaf. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. A glimpse of early New Zealand as seen by the mother country -- and by contemporary papers and magazines such as the Illustrated London News The Saturday Magazine and The Graphic. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. David Bateman Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018637 ISBN : 0908610351 9780908610358
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Tauroa Hiwi
Healing the Breach: One Maori's Perspective on the Treaty of Waitangi
Auckland: William Collins 1989. 125 pages. Paperback. From the rear cover The author 'explains the legal aspects of the Treaty and subsequent legislation. Part 1 covers many of the questions that are often asked by New Zealanders about the Treaty of Waitangi offering reasoned and factual answers; Part 2 examines legislation that has nullified undertakings given in good faith by both parties to the Treaty; and Part 3 considers some of the steps that need to be taken by both Maori and Pakeha in order that multicultural nationhood can be achieved'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. William Collins Paperback
Referência livreiro : 018628 ISBN : 1869500075 9781869500078
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Masters Colin editor
Mind Games: a Biographical History of Bridge in Queensland
Brisbane: Queensland Bridge Association 1999. vii 279 pages brief chronology Club Presidents index of names. There is some wear at the spine by the title page. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book describes the evolution of bridge in Queensland by means of the biographical and anecdotal reminiscences of many of the State's outstanding players and characters. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Queensland Bridge Association Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018630 ISBN : 0646382500 9780646382500
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Luling Virginia
Aborigines. In the Series Surviving Peoples
London: Macdonald Educational 1984. 48pp illustrated in colour and b/w with photos drawings and diagrams reference index. Illustrated laminated boards. The book looks at how the Aborigines once lived and how their lives have changed since the Europeans arrived. It includes Legends of the Dreamtime; Life int he forest; Food from the waters; Desert survival; Aborigine art; Myths and totems; Feud and revenge; The present and the future. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Macdonald Educational Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018317 ISBN : 0356059529 9780356059525
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Wetzel Hans
A Guide to Hans Wetzel's Movie Museum
Buderim Qld.: The Movie Museum 1978. 48pp illustrated with b/w photos. There is a small stain by the title page fore-edge. Illustrated stapled wrappers slightly soiled. The booklet was produced as a guide to the Movie Museum and includes a brief outline of how pictures began to move the origin of the cinema and some technical information on the equipment on display. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Movie Museum Paperback
Referência livreiro : 018319
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Pears Maurie and Kirkland Fred compiled by
Korea Remembered: The RAN ARA and RAAF in the Korean War of 1950-1953
Sydney: Doctrine Wing Combined Arms Training and Development Centre 1998. xviii 394pp map b/w photos. Paperback. The recollections and reminiscences of some of the 17000 Australian military personnel Army 10500; Royal Australian Navy & Royal Australian Air RForce 6500 who served in the Korean War of 1950-1953. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Doctrine Wing, Combined Arms Training and Development Centre Paperback
Referência livreiro : 017966 ISBN : 0958658919 9780958658911
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Upfield Arthur
The Mystery of Swordfish Reef
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1985. 256pp. Very slight edgewear spine cocked and creased. Scribners US paperback reprint. One of Upfield's famous Inspector Bonaparte mysteries. The first aboriginal detective in print. . Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons Paperback
Referência livreiro : 017947 ISBN : 0684184125 9780684184128
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Goodale Jane C
Tiwi Wives: a Study of the Women of Melville Island North Australia
Seattle: University of Washington Press 1971. xxiv 368pp map showing the countries of Melville and Bathurst islands b/w photos figures tables glossary bibliography index. Decorative cloth boards in dust-jacket which has minor wear to the upper edge of the jacket flaps. American Ethnological Society Monograph 51. 'Both the descriptive and the analytical sections of the monogaph focus on the life cycle of a Tiwi woman from birth through death tracing the pattern of her everyday life as she grows up and takes on various rites and responsibilities. The author documents the cultural principles by which the Tiwi sort themselves into social groups'. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. University of Washington Press Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 017972
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Upfield Arthur
Death of a Lake
New York: Collier Books 1986. 188pp. Very slight edgewear. Scribners Crime Classic US paperback reprint. One of Upfield's famous Inspector Bonaparte mysteries. The first aboriginal detective in print. . Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. Collier Books Paperback
Referência livreiro : 017943 ISBN : 0684178869 9780684178868
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Upfield Arthur
The Bone is Pointed
New York: Collier Books 1986. 288pp. Very slight edgewear. Scribners Crime Classic US paperback reprint. One of Upfield's famous Inspector Bonaparte mysteries. The first aboriginal detective in print. . Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. Collier Books Paperback
Referência livreiro : 017945 ISBN : 0684182475 9780684182476
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Haigh Gordon editor
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia 1999
South Yarra: Hardie Grant Books 1999. xiv 850pp col plates index of fillers and inserts. Green cloth boards in dust-jacket. With loosely inserted card 'In celebration of the life of Sir Donald Bradman AC'. The book's sections cover comment the players records Australian cricket 1998-99 Australians overseas in 1998-99 administration and laws miscellaneous. The second year of the Australian edition of Wisden. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Hardie Grant Books Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 017988 ISBN : 1864980621 9781864980622
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Roskill: An Illustrated History of New Zealand's Largest Borough
Auckland: Mount Roskill Borough Council 1984. Preface by R N Fickling Mayor. 63pp illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photos bibliography. Decorative cloth boards in dust-jacket. An illustrated history of Mount Roskill from its earliest days to its present 1984 status as New Zealand's most populous borough. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Mount Roskill Borough Council Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 017987 ISBN : 0908570848 9780908570843
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Crumlin Rosemary
Images of Religion in Australian Art. Aboriginal Art Text by Judith Ryan
Sydney: Bay Books 1988. he book is in two sections: Images of religion paintings 1940 to 1988; and Islands of Reflection Arthur Boyd; Leonard French and the Seven Days; and Aboriginal artists. The book was written on the occasion of an exhibition Images of Religion at the National Gallery of Victoria 30 November 1988 to 30 January 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Bay Books Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 017965 ISBN : 1862562911 9781862562912
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Hutchinson Colin
The Art of Gardening. 'Australia's Finest Gardening Book'
Not Stated: Whitcoulls 2003. HEAVY. The book was first published in 1991. 448pp illustrated with more than 500 colour photographs plus garden plans and line drawings hardiness zone maps for New Zealand and Australia appendix index. Green cloth boards in dust-jacket. In this edition the plant nomenclature has been brought up to datenew plants identified and described both in words and pictorially changes in fashion accounted for and the flowering perennial section greatly expanded. The detailed text takes the gardener through the steps of garden design plant selection and plant cultivation and care. Included ios a plant register of more than 5000 plants from old favourites to recent introductions. The plant descriptions include information on their diverse ornamental abilities growth habitats cultural needs and gardenscape potential. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Whitcoulls Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018012 ISBN : 1877327174 9781877327179
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Battle Captain M R editor
The Year of the Tigers: The Second Tour 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam 1969-70
5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment 1970. 207pp profusely illustrated with photos in colour and in b/w with map of South Vietnam showing 5 RAR operation area with legend followed by 16pp of folding operation maps at the rear with a location map of Phouc Tuy Province and surrounds to the east of Saigon inset in blue on each. Insription on the half title page: 'To Father John from Karl Richardson RMO 5 RAR 1971-3'. Decorated textured cloth boards gilt with 5 RAR crest on the front board. The upper corners and spine foot are bumped. With dust-jacket which is worn with creases in the laminate and wear at the edges with loss at the corners and at the spine head and foot. The book includes the Roll of Honour; Decorations and Awards: Citations; 5 RAR -- The Tigers: The Raising; Vietnam historically independent; Operations: 16 major oprations; Support: Armour Artillery Engineers and Air; The Enemy: The Vietcong and his supporters: A Pictorial Records: Peronalities how the war was really won pp122-200; The Nominal Roll. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to. 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018000 ISBN : 0855810009 9780855810009
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Beattie J W
Port Arthur: The British Penal Settlement in Tasmania. Glimpses of its Stirring History. Compiled from Authentic Sources By J W Beattie The Port Arthur Museum Hobart
Hobart: The Author 1913. 100pp illustrated with b/w photographs chart of Tasman Peninsula index advertisements. Pages 1 to 4 have been repeated. Illustrated stapled wrapper worn at spine. Covers detached. The first Page 1 is almost detached and the first few pages have tears by the staples. Internally the pages are clean and good. The chapters cover: Visit to Port Arthur in 1842; Extracts from the Notes of an Officer in the Convict Department Point Puer; Examples of Punishments Employed in the Early Days of Port Arthur; How Absconding was Punished under Captain Booth's Administration; Strength of the Penal Establishments on the Tasman Peninsula in 1844; Succession of Commandants at Port Arthur; Three Sorrow Songs from Point Puer; and Records from the Office of the Comptroller-General of Convicts. There are advertisements for Brownells Limited Lufra Hotel Government Railways of Tasmania Motor Hirers' Association Mount Royal Hote Tasmanian Cicer Co H C Heathorn and Co Highfield Hotel Huon Channel and Peninsular SS Co Pty Ltd Harris and Marsh Pty Ltd Taylor and Sharp Propsing and Morris Pty Ltd Beattie's Port Arthur Museum. First Edition. Soft Cover. Poor. 8vo. The Author Paperback
Referência livreiro : 018006
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Ferguson John Alexander
Bibliography of Australia. Volume I 1784-1830
Canberra: National Library of Australia 1986. Introduction to the Facsimile Edition by G Chandler. vii 540pp b/w ills index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket which has minor insect damage to the upper and lower edges of the rear flap. Facsimile Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. National Library of Australia Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018024 ISBN : 0642990441 9780642990440
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Walker Murray
Pioneer Crafts of Early Australia
Sydney: The Macmillan Company of Australia 1978. 172pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos bibliography index. SIGNED and with a sketch by Murray Walker on the front flyleaf. Prev owner's stamp with ref no at rear. Cloth boards with a bumped lower front corner in dust-jacket. The jacket has a nick at the lower front corner and a faded spine with a ref label taped by the spine foot. The book presents a survey of the exceptional range of craft skills which evolved in a country where the alternative to 'making do' was doing without. . Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 4to. The Macmillan Company of Australia Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018008 ISBN : 0333251911 9780333251911
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Walker Jonathan
The Blood Tub: General Gough and the Battle of Bullecourt 1917
Staplehurst: Spellmount 1998. xx 220pp 16pp b/w photos two appendices: Order of Battle British and Australian Divisions; Order of Battle German Divisions bibliography index. Spine slightly cocked. Blue cloth boards in dust-jacket. The author 're-examines the controversial role of General 'Thruster' Gough together with a study of Ango-Australian rivalry shattering the myth of a unified Anzac Command. Using unpublished documents and eye-witness accounts he confirms the terror rather than the thrill of a battle that must rank as one of the most savage contests of the Great War'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Spellmount Hardcover
Referência livreiro : 018059 ISBN : 1862270228 9781862270220
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Reiter David P
The Cave after Saltwater Tide
Ringwood Vic: Penguin 1994. x 182pp. Paperback. David Reiter's third collection of poetry. In the series 'Australian Poetry'. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Penguin Paperback
Referência livreiro : 018067 ISBN : 0140587373 9780140587371
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Miller Glenn
Backtrack: Australia's Twentieth Century
Sydney: New Holland 1999. 248pp more than 400 b/w photos index. Paperback. A survey of the world's major and lesser known events of the last 100 years to 1999 by the 'Backtrack' newspaper columnist. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. New Holland Paperback
Referência livreiro : 018102 ISBN : 1864366087 9781864366082
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