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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
书商的参考编号 : 018317 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 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
书商的参考编号 : 017966 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 017947 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 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
书商的参考编号 : 017943 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 017945 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 017988 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 017987 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 017965 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 018012 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 018000 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 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
书商的参考编号 : 018024 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 018008 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 018059 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 018067 ???????? : 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
书商的参考编号 : 018102 ???????? : 1864366087 9781864366082
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Sexton Michael
Uncertain Justice: Inside Australia's legal System
Sydney: New Holland 2000. 285pp 12pp b/w photos index. Remainder line on the lower page edge by the spine foot. Paperback.The book shows not only how Australia's legal system works in 2000 but how it could work better. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. New Holland Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 018112 ???????? : 1864366729 9781864366723
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Mcvey Trent editor
Carter's Price Guide to Antiques in Australasia 2005. 21st Edition
Sydney: John Furphy 2005. HEAVY. 736pp illustrated throughout in full colour index. Illustrated laminated boards. A new copy. The 21st annual edition of Australasia's premier antiques price guide. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. John Furphy Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 018130 ???????? : 1876079134 9781876079130
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Brown Ian
Extreme South. Struggles and triumph of the First Australian Team to the Pole
Sydney: Australian Geographic 1999. 255pp illustrated with colour photos appendices index. Cloth boards in dustjacket. The book relates the experiences of the first all-Australian team to reach the South Pole. Extracts from the expeditioners' journals and the author's photographic record combine to make this a classic of modern-day adventure. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Australian Geographic Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 018176 ???????? : 1862760314 9781862760318
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Triebel L. A.; Batt J. C
French Exploration of Australia with Special Reference to Tasmania
Hobart: University of Tasmania 1957. 94pp bibliography appendix bw ills maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Prev owners name stamp and number at rear. Several tears to jacket which is otherwise fresh and bright. Translated with additions from a 1943 article. Includes Baudin d'Entrcasteaux d'Urville Bouganville du fresne and more. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo. University of Tasmania Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017561
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Page Michael
Colonial South Australia. Its People and Buildings
Melbourne: J. M. Dent. 1985. 88pp bibliography map 40 col plates. Or greenish cloth boards with pictorial cover. Very light wear to jacket prev owners name stamp and number at rear slight rippling of pages no stains etc. Beatiful plates of South Australia's colonial buildings complimented by an informative and lively text. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ingpen Robert. Oblong 4to. J. M. Dent. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017593
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Clark Alan
The Waratahs. South Coast Recruiting March 1915
Nowra NSW: Alan Clark 1994. 60pp name index bw ills map. Or red pictorial card covers. Slightest of rubbing to covers. An account of the South Coast Recruiting march on New South Wales' south coast in 1915. The march started at Nowra and went through Berry Jamberoo Unanderra Kiama Dapto Port Kembla Wollongong and many other centers before ending at Sydney after 18 days. Includes the contents of the only known diary of a Waratah an account of the Waratahs at Pozieres details of 84 men who were almost certainly among the marchers and a selection of letters from Bert Rauch at the front. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Alan Clark Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017587 ???????? : 0959607242 9780959607246
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Harris Alexander
The Secrets of Alexander Harris. A Frank Autobiography By the Author of Settlers and Convicts
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1961. 245pp appendices bw ills col plate. Or blue cloth boards in jacket. Prev owners name on front free endpaper. Slight toning of jacket spine. Autobiography of the author of an important colonial Australian book Settlers and Convicts whose identity remained a mystery for many years. Includes an introduction by Harris' grandson Grant Carr-Harris and a preface by Alec Chisholm. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017680
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Fowler Michael
Buildings of New Zealanders
Auckland: Lansdowne Press 1984. 192pp illustrated throughout with full colour photographs b/w plans illustrated end-papers. Prelims and endpages foxed. Illustrated laminated boards with lightly bumped lower front corner in unevenly faded dust-jacket which has a 6cm tear fromthe spine head to the front cover title not affected. New Zealand's public buildings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Photographs By Robert Van De Voort and Conrad Sims. Folio. Lansdowne Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017778 ???????? : 0868660868 9780868660868
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Walliss R J compiled by
Greenwell Point: An Early Shoalhaven Port
No Place: Greenwell Point Bi-Centennial Sub-Committee 1988. 136pp illustrated with b/w photos line drawings map of the region dateline bibliography. Illustrated stapled light card cover. Greenwell Point from 1797 to 1988. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Greenwell Point Bi-Centennial Sub-Committee Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017766 ???????? : 0731602129 9780731602124
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Kerle Anne
Uluru Kata Tjuta & Watarrka. Ayers Rock/The Olgas & King's Canyon Northern Territory
Sydney: UNSW Press 1998. 202pp index bibliography 200 col ills 10 maps. Or pictoral card. Slight wear at top edge. National Parks Field Guide to these iconic central Australian landmarks. Includes 10 maps colour photographs aboriginal stories geological history exploration and travel and much more. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. UNSW Press Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017785 ???????? : 0868400556 9780868400556
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Thiele Colin
Selected Verse
Adelaide: Rigby 1970. 178pp. Six-line personal note not by the poet on the ffep. Cloth boards in price-clipped dust-jacket with a wrap-around illustration and a slightly faded spine. This was the first general collection of his work to be published and presents a wide selection of Colin Thiele's work from1940 to 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017825 ???????? : 0851790070 9780851790077
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Buckley M J
We Also Served: Recollections of Far North Coast N.S.W. Ex-servicewomen 1939-1945
Goonellabah: M J Buckley 1995. ix 154pp illustrated throughout with b/w photos roll call. Personal presentation note not by the author in black marker by the spine at the lower edge of the half title page.There are small spots on the fore-edge page margins not affected. SIGNED by the author on the half title page. Illustrated light card covers lightly soiled with a tear at the spine head and a slightly creased front cover. The book records fact about and personal thoughts of some of the women from the Tweed Richmond and Clarence Valleys who enlisted and served in one of the women's services during World War II. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 4to. M J Buckley Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017839 ???????? : 0646246038 9780646246031
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Stokes James F
Earning a living in the Visual Arts & Crafts in Australia
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger 1984. 251pp b/w ills index. Prelims endpages and edges foxed. Paperback. The book contains a wealth of information available in 1984 to aid both the new and established practioner. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo. Hale & Iremonger Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017824 ???????? : 0868061239 9780868061238
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Austin K A
The Voyage of the Investigator 1801-1803 Commander Matthew Flinders RN
Adelaide: Rigby 1964. 223pp cold frontis b/w plates maps bibliography index. Quiz prize label laid down on the half title page now it and the frontispiece are wrinkled. Upper corner of the ffep has been cut away prev owner's name. Cloth boards flecked in places in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket. The book covers the explorations and adventures of 'The Great Denominator' his imprisonment by the French his disappointments his triumph and his death. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good Plus. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017894
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Shirley George
The Fertiliser. Vol I Numbers 1-4 Bound as One volume all issues for the Year 1913
Sydney: GEO Shirley Ltd 1913. Vol 1 No 1 January to March Quarter 1913: 120pp index. With articles on Fallowing The stiff soil problem; Value of superphosphate; The current wheat harvest; Potash on the farm; An agricultural expert in other lands; Fixing the F.A.Q.; Vol 1 No 2 April-June Quarter: 120pp. With articles on The railway transport problem; Fruit growing in NSW; Motor traction in the country; Some impressions of the RAS Show; An agricultural expert in other lands II; Maize growing; Review of the wool season. Vol 1 No 3 July-September Quarter: 120pp. Features: Impressions of the Farmers and Settlers Conference; Shirley's Entertain the Conference Delegates; The State Governor at Shirley's works; Lessons from the sheep show; A new Fertiliser Act; Opening up new wheat lands: Wyalong to Cudgellico; Pure seed legislation. Vol 1 No 4. October-December Quarter: 120pp. With articles on Bulk handling; The story of phosphoric acid; Harvesting of hay and grain; Feeding of farm horses; Summer fruits; An agricultural expert in other lands III. Each volume is illustrated with b/w photos and has a Woman's Sphere section. Library pocket on the rear flyleaf some slackening at the hinges. Internally Near Fine. All edges red speckled. Half blue learther rubbed and worn at the spine and at the corners cloth boards rubbed and somewhat faded. Spine title and Vol 1 gilt. Each issue retains its original cover and all advertising. Library reference sticker by the spine foot. The Fertiliser was established as Shirley's house journal. Five thousand 5000 copies of the quarterly magazine were distributed at the outset. Mainly devoted to agricultural topics each issue has a section called Women's Sphere with cooking handicraft and fashion information and a children's page. Not in Dillon & McFarlane's bibliography of Australian Agriculture Not in Australian National Library. Extremely scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. GEO Shirley Ltd Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017887
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Brune Peter
Those Ragged Bloody Heroes: From the Kokoda Trail to Gona Beach 1942
Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1992. Foreword by Ralph Honner. xv 309pp b/w photos maps notes bibliography index. The letter 'J' has been written near the author's name on the title page. Paperback. The story of the Australian soldiers who fought on the Kokoda Trail and in the Gona campaign in 1942. Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Allen & Unwin Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017893 ???????? : 1863732640 9781863732642
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Conrad Peter
Down Home. Revisiting Tasmania
London: Chatto & Windus 1988. 232pp illustrated end-papers. Blue cloth boards in dust-jacket which has the remainder of a price sticker by the upper edge of the front panel. The book combines travel autobiography and history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017889
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Jones Timothy G
The Chinese in the Northern Territory Revised Edition
Darwin: Northern Territory University Press 1997. xvi 131pp b/w illustrations map of Top End minging fields fold-out five appendices bibliography index. Illustrated light card cover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half title page. First published in 1990 this new edition takes the story of the Chinese to the mid 1990s and includes new material. From the Foreword 'In spite of many early difficulties including racial prejudice from Europeans the Chinese proved to be true pioneers of Territory development being particularly prominent in mining and commerce. The book describes the nature of Chinese contributions and how ultimately Chinese people became a highly respected group in the Territory's multi-cultural society'. . Signed & Inscribed By the Author. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Northern Territory University Press Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017219 ???????? : 1876248017 9781876248017
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Griffiths Lexie
Between Ourselves
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1945. 41pp b/w ills by Pixie O'Harris. Plain card covers in illustrated wrapper. The book is written about the everyday details of a child's life. First Edition. Flexible Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Pixie O'Harris. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017247
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Bradwell Cyril R
Fight the Good Fight: The Story of the Salvation Army in New Zealand 1883-1983
Wellington: A H & A W Reed 1982. 216pp illustrated with b/w photos appendices index. Two names by the upper edge of the tinted front flyleaf. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. One hundred years of Salvation Army work in New Zealand. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. A H & A W Reed Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017386
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Hughes Mary Kent
Pioneer Doctor: a Biography of John Singleton
Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege OUP 1950. 163pp frontispiece and 7pp b/w plates. Personal Christmas greeting rubber stamp on the front flyleaf. Cloth boards in creased and worn dust-jacket which has a long tear at the front flap fold. A biography in story form of John Singleton's life in Australia from the family's first landing in Melbourne in 1851 to his death. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Geoffrey Cumberlege OUP Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017389
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Moorehead Alan
Gallipli
London: Arrow Books 1959. 320pp16pp b/w photos index. Paperback. A re-creation of the drama at Gallipoli itself in 1915 with its 'tragic hesitations and missed opportunities -- the peninsula where the cheerful heroism of British and Anzac troops hemmed within a few terrible acres of beach ahd hillside and permanently under shell-fire alone brightens and ennobles a succession of appalling blunders'. Giant Arrow. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo. Arrow Books Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017365
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Hughes Mary Kent
Matilda Waltzes with the Tommies
Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1943. 176pp 32 b/w illustrations end-paper maps. Black marker lines covering an address on the verso of the front flyleaf. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book tells the story of an Australian woman doctor's travels while on active service with the British Army. The areas covered include England during the Battle for Britain Ireland the Middle East India the Dutch East Indies and Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017388
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Hoare M E
Boys Urchins Men: A History of the Boys' Brigade in Australia and Papua-New Guinea 1882-1976
Sydney: A H & A W Reed 1980. Foreword by Sir Paul Hasluck. 287pp b/w ills throughout bibliography index. Prev owner's name by the upper edge of the title page no text affected. Cloth boards in rubbed dust-jacket. The story of the migration and adaptation of the Boys' Brigade idea to late-colonial Australia its demise and later revival after 1920 to become a nationally viable movement within Australia and New Guinea. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. A H & A W Reed Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017390 ???????? : 0589500767 9780589500764
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Orange Claudia
The Treaty of Waitangi
Wellington: Allen & Unwin in Association with Port Nicholson Press 1989. x 312pp appendices glossary bibliography index. Paperback. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 by William Hobson representing the British Crown and over 500 Maori chiefs. The British considered that they had acquired sovereignty over New Zealand but to Maori people the treaty had a very different significance. Claudia Orange offers new interpretations of the treaty in New Zealand history from 1840 to the 1980s. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Allen & Unwin in Association with Port Nicholson Press Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017364 ???????? : 0868614270 9780868614274
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Lind Clive A
The Keys to Prosperity: The Centennial History of Southland Frozen Meat Limited
Invercargill: Southland Frozen Meat Ltd 1981. 448pp illustrated with colour and b/w photos maps three appendices index end-paper maps. Four-line personal greeting not written by the author on the lower half of the half title page. Cloth boards in rubbed and lightly edge-worn dust-jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Southland Frozen Meat Ltd Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017368 ???????? : 0473000725 9780473000721
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Llewellyn Kate
Trader Kate and the Elephants
Unley SA: Friendly Street Poets 1982. 91pp b/w illustrations. Paperback with most of the author's surname by the lower corner of the front cover has been lost probably sticker removal. Covers lightly rubbed and edge-worn. Author's first book. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo. Friendly Street Poets Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017470 ???????? : 0949880051 9780949880055
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Burke Colleen
Doherty's Corner: The Life and Work of Poet Marie E J Pitt
Sydney: Sirius 1985. xiv 154pp b/w ills notes index. Paperback with unevenly faded covers. The book provides a biography of the poet with a selection of more than 40 of her poems. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Sirius Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017485 ???????? : 0207150567 9780207150562
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Ashford Heather and Ashford MacDougall Margaret
Mac Bridge: The Man and His Recollections. Selections from His Work
Scone NSW: Scone and Upper Hunter Historical Society 1983. 136pp illustrated with b/w photos. Illustrated light card cover which has a pale section on the front cover. Prev owner's signature on front flyleaf. SIGNED on the title page by Heather Ashford. Selections from the biographical writing of Malcolm Henry Bridge 1883-1968 covering the Upper Hunter district from Singleton to Murrurundi. Bi-Centennial Publication No 2. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Scone and Upper Hunter Historical Society Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 017509 ???????? : 0959807187 9780959807189
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Harney W E Bill
To Ayers Rock and Beyond
London: Robert Hale 1964. 192pp 8pp b/w plates 6 maps. Prelims endpages and page edges foxed. Red cloth boards in edge-worn dust-jacket which has some insect damage to flap folds. This is the story of the Ayers Rock area in the heart of Australia 'the mythology customs and hunting pattern of the aborigines; the opening up of the Reserve; the gathering of the mythology from the tribal elders; the development of the area of 400 square miles into watering places containing lodges and camping sites with roads leading to the scenic attractions. To read this book is not only to understand the story of Ayers Rock/Uluru but also to travel with the author and see both aborigines and Europeans in a new light'. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo. Robert Hale Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 017498
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Marshall Sam
Luna Park: Just for Fun
Sydney: Luna Park Reserve Trust 1995. 152pp illustrated in colour and b/w index tinted end-papers. Errata strip laid down on the acknowledgements page. Illustrated card covers with lightly worn edges and corners. The book told by the people who worked there the general public who had fun there and the people who fought to save Luna Park celebrates 60 years of fun. From the opening of Luna Park at Milsons Point the book covers other Luna Parks: from the first one on Coney Island New York to Australia's first at St Kilda; to South Australia's first at Glenelg before concentrating on Sydney's own Luna Park at Milsons Point. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Square 8vo. Luna Park Reserve Trust Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 016888 ???????? : 064621621X 9780646216218
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McCarthy Frederick D Introduction
Aboriginal Australian Art: Bark Paintings Carved Figures Sacred and Secular Objects. An Exhibition. 1960-1961
Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales No date 1960. Foreword by Hal Missingham. Introduction by Frederick D McCarthy pp7-17 incl. 36pp coloured frontispiece 10pp b/w plates catalogue. There is a stain by the upper corner of the inside front cover and on half-title page and another by the lower edge of the first b/w plate illustration not affected. Illustrated stapled light card cover rubbed and worn soiled on the plain rear cover. The catalogue for an exhibition arranged by the State Art Galleries of Australia 1960-1961. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Art Gallery of New South Wales Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 016839
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