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Wakeling Peter editor
A Century of Service. The Story of the Queensland Government Railways 1865-1965
Brisbane: Consolidated Printing 1965. Unpaginated approx 128pp. Pictorial stapled card covers. Some light rubbing externally and light toning internally. A nice example of this centennial history of the Queensland railways. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Consolidated Printing Paperback
Referencia librero : 012738
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Chambers Joe & Lyn
Out to the Wreck
Wonthaggi Vic: Wonthaggi & District Historical Society. 36pp map bw ills. Or blue pictorial stapled card wraps. Some minor rubbing to covers. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Chapman Marion. 4to. Wonthaggi & District Historical Society. Paperback
Referencia librero : 012744
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Not Stated
Natural Bridge State School. 1939-1989. 50th Anniversary
1987. Approx 50pp num bw ills map. No publisher or date details. Pictorial wraps with brown cloth tape spine. Some edge wear and creasing to covers. Bottom corner of most pages creased occasional light foxing. Stencilled booklet celebrating the 50th anniversary of Natural Bridge State School at the head of the Numinbah Valley west of Queensland's Gold Coast. Excellent historical detail photographs list of principals and more. Wraps. Good. 4to. Paperback
Referencia librero : 012870
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Smytheman F.; Tonson Albert E
Our First Hundred Years. An Historical Record of Papatoetoe
Papatoetoe NZ: Papatoetoe Burough Council 1962. 169pp chronology index num bw ills col folding map at rear. Or red cloth in jacket. Endpapers only quite heavily foxed. Jacket has several short tears and a chip at bottom of front panel. Excellent local history of the first 100 years of the burough of Papatoetoe in New Zealand from earliest times to the time of publishing. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to. Papatoetoe Burough Council Hardcover
Referencia librero : 012501
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Metcalfe J. W
Governor Burke - or the Lion and the Wolves. A Study in Political Necessity
Sydney: D. S. Ford printers 1944. 36pp bibliography. Or brown wraps. Contents detached from cover which is itself taped along spine fold Damp stain to right edge of front cover and margins of first 4 pages. SIGNED by author and inscribed to Sam McCulloch well respected US professor in Australian history. Contents reprinted from the Royal Australian Historical Society's Journal and Proceedings Vol XXX Part I 1944. Signed by Author. Extract. Wraps. Fair. 8vo. D. S. Ford (printers) Paperback
Referencia librero : 012525
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Illawarra Mutual Building Society
Illawarra Mutual Building Society Centenary 1880-1980. A Tribute to Illawarra
Wollongong.: Illawarra Mutual Building Society 1980. 64pp bw & col ills pictorial endpapers. Or blue cloth with jacket. Some slight edge wear to jacket and spine faded. Presentation certificate tipped in on verso on front free endpaper. Looks at the history of Wollongong in NSW's Illawarra district. Numerous vintage photographs as well as contemporary photos are accompanied by an informative text. Surprisingly little company propaganda. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Illawarra Mutual Building Society Hardcover
Referencia librero : 012567 ISBN : 0959513906 9780959513905
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Fearnside G. H
All Stations West. The Story of the Sydney-Perth Standard Gauge Railway
Sydney: Haldane Publishing 1975. 172pp index appendices chronology num bw ills. Or light blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Haldane Publishing Hardcover
Referencia librero : 012586 ISBN : 090991804x 9780909918040
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Bartier W. J. compiled by
A History of Casino Hospital and Associated Health Facilities
Casino NSW: Casino & District Historical Society 1981. 288pp appendices num bw ills.Or dark blue cloth in jacket. Small bump to bottom front corner page edges foxed. Jacket shows light edge wear minor soiling and one very short tear. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. A history of health care in the casino district of NSW with sections on obstetrics nursing Red Cross ambulance and much more. Published on the occasion of the opening of the new hospital in 1981. Loosely inserted programme and welcome for the official opening. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Casino & District Historical Society Hardcover
Referencia librero : 012229
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McKinlay Brian
School Days : Looking Back on Education in Victoria
Melbourne: Robert Andersen & Associates 1985. 187pp num ills. Or lemon cloth in jacket. Endpapers foxed. Jacket faded at and adjacent to. spine and along top edge slight edge wear to jacket. A nostalgic collection of extracts from Readers School papers and other historic publications to inform amuse surprise and delight the reader. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Robert Andersen & Associates Hardcover
Referencia librero : 012242 ISBN : 0949133043 9780949133045
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Woldendorp Richard
Looking West: Western Australia
Perth: Day Dawn Press 1977. 223pp hundreds col ills Or black cloth in jacket. Boards slightly rubbed minor edge wear to jacket. Prev owners gift note on front free endpaper. SIGNED by author on title page. Photographs of Western Australia accompanied by text as follows- History by Geoffrey Bolton; Social by Kirwan Ward; Economy by Don Lipscombe and Nature by Philip Bodeker. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Day Dawn Press Hardcover
Referencia librero : 012257 ISBN : 0959693408 9780959693409
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Riddle Janet I
Violet. Marian Campbell Riddle 1852-1922
Whitianga NZ: Janet I. Riddle 1990. 337pp appendix bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or purple cloth in jacket. Last few pages creased at bottom corner otherwise a very nice copy. Brief biography and collection of writings of pioner New Zealand woman Marion Riddle. Most of the writings in the book were originally published in the Otago Witness between 1895 and 1911 in the women's section of the paper. As the daughter of a pioneer clergymen she saw both the joy and misery of New Zealnd life and wrote eloquently from her experiences. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Janet I. Riddle Hardcover
Referencia librero : 012303
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Sutch W. B
Colony or Nation Economic Crises in New Zealand from the 1860s to the 1960s
Sydney: Sydney University Press 1966. xiii 192pp index 52 tables 7 diagrams. Or red cloth in jacket. Light toning to ndpapers minor foxing to page edges. Jacket shipped and torn with faded spine. Looks at the economic crises to have struck New Zealand over a hundred year perios. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Sydney University Press Hardcover
Referencia librero : 012301
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Martin John E
Holding the Balance: A History of New Zealand's Department of Labour 1891-1995
Christchurch NZ: Canterbury University Press. 1996. HEAVY. 478pp index bibliography notes tables charts appendices bw ills. Or card covers. Spine faded slight edge wear to covers. Comprehensive work on the history and development of the Department of Labour in NZ. First Paperback. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Canterbury University Press. Paperback
Referencia librero : 012340 ISBN : 0908812612 9780908812615
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Smedley Beryl
Homewood and Its Families. A Story of Wellington
Wellington: Mallinson Rendel 1980. xii 163pp index bibliography references appendices family trees bw ills endpaper maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Lengthy gift note on 1/2 title page. Jacket spine faded very light edge wear to jacket. Documents the history of Homewood one of Wellington's oldest homes located in the Karori Valley and the families who have resided there. Includes Johnston Chapman and Sutherland families with family trees. Homewood is now the residence of the governor general. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Mallinson Rendel Hardcover
Referencia librero : 012346 ISBN : 0908606001 9780908606009
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Woodhouse A. L. collected by
New Zealand Farm and Station Verse. 1850-1950
Christchurch NZ: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1950. 202pp index bw ills. Or blue cloth lacking jacket. Prev owners gift label pasted to front free endpaper some light foxing to endpapers. Spine faded light shelf wear. 2 fragment of jacket loosely inserted. A representative collection verse by writers whose theme is the life of the New Zealand countryside. Copiously illustrated with full page plates and bw drawings in the text. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. Hardcover
Referencia librero : 012341
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Collins Tom
Such is Life
Melbourne: Currey O'Neil. 1984. vii 371pp bw frontis. Or brown faux-leather with gilt decoration bookmark ribbon top edge gilt. Fore-edge slightly bug marked. Reprint of the 1905 Australian Classic. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Currey O'Neil. Hardcover
Referencia librero : 012011 ISBN : 0855505648 9780855505646
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Kiernan T. J
The Irish Exiles in Australia
Dublin: Clonmore & Reynolds 1954. 196pp index bibliography appendix bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Toned band on both free endpapers jacket evenly faded. Examines the hidden years of the 1848 Irish felons in Van Diemen's Land. As the last of them left the first wave of post-famine emigration was beginning and the Eureka Stockade seems almost like a continuation of Irish history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Clonmore & Reynolds Hardcover
Referencia librero : 012018
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Hammond J. E
Winjan's People. The Story of the South West Australian Aborigines
Perth: Hesperian Press 1980. 74pp bw ills. Or pictorial card. Some toning to covers slight crease to front cover occasional very light toning inside. Facsimile reprint of the 1933 original covering all aspects of aboriginal life in south western Australia including hunting and fishing weapons corroborees rites and beliefs and a list of native words. Facsimile Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Hesperian Press Paperback
Referencia librero : 012179 ISBN : 0859050165 9780859050166
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Ipswich Grammar School
Ipswich Grammar School 1978
Ipswich Qld: Ipswich Grammar School 1978. 110pp num bw photographs. Or pictorial card covers. Slight edge wear small chip at base of spine. Publsihed to record the school's acvtivitiies during 1978 and to further the interests of present students Old Boys and well-wuishers of Ipswich Grammar School. Numerous student autographs at rear on page provided for that purpose. Periodical. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. Ipswich Grammar School Paperback
Referencia librero : 012193
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Cowan William C. F.; Borungi
The Silent World of Bal-Bal: As Told by Borungi
Brisbane: Amphion Press 1989. viii 156pp num small bw ills. Faint damp stain in top margin of last few pages small bump and associated creasing at bottom front corner. The legend of Bal Bal as recounted to the author by Borungi a member of the Nogoboringi people of Queensland's remote Camooweal district. This account encompasses the universal life cycle of creation birth life and death. SIGNED and inscribed inside rear cover "To Dr. Farmer Best Wishes Bill Cowan 28-2-96". Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Amphion Press Paperback
Referencia librero : 012197 ISBN : 0867763493 9780867763492
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Middleton Hannah
But Now We Want the Land Back. A History of the Australian Aboriginal People
Sydney: New Age Publishers 1977. 202pp index bibliography appendices bw ills maps. Or card covers. Prev owners name on half-title page. Slight edge wear to covers rubbed on spine edge crease to front cover light toning to page edges. Aboriginal history presented in 4 sections: The First Australians; White Colonization; The Beginnings of Unity and Progress; and Strategy and Tactics. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. New Age Publishers Paperback
Referencia librero : 012225
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Boyde Karen compiled by
Nyngan in the Bogan. 1990. Our Stories
Nyngan NSW: Karen Boyde 1990. 128pp num ills. Or pictorial card covers. Some rubbing light edge wear and fading to covers. Scarce collection of reminiscences short stories poems and artists impressions of the Great Flood in Nyngan in 1990. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Karen Boyde Paperback
Referencia librero : 011801 ISBN : 0646015559 9780646015552
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Forrest Peter
Springvale's Story: And Early Years at the Katherine
Darwin: Murranji Press 1985. iv 73pp bibliography glossarybw ills maps. Some minor surface marking to covers. A nice local history of Springvale in the Northern Territory as well as the early years of Katherine from 1879. A little information of use to genealogists including the Voller & Morris families. Also cattle and sheep industries mining near Pine Creek railways the Chinese workers and early explorers. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Murranji Press Paperback
Referencia librero : 011794 ISBN : 0958971005 9780958971003
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Nesdale Iris
The Fettered and the Free. They Launched a Colony
Adelaide: Orchid Publication 1987. xi 241pp bibliography index appendices num bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or red-brown cloth in pictorial jacket. Some slight fading to jacket. light edge wear. A history of the first and early settlers in and around Sydney under the first 20 men in authority ie up to c1855. Essentially a collection of interesting stories of events and peiople of the time. Very enjoyable reading. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Orchid Publication Hardcover
Referencia librero : 011813 ISBN : 0949552070 9780949552075
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Dunlop Eric
Harvest of the Years. The Story of Burwood. 1794-1974
Sydney: Municipality of Burwood 1974. 194pp index appendices bw ills endpaper maps maps. Or burgundy cloth in jacket. A few small chips and short tears to jacket. The story of Burwood goes back to the very first years of the convict colony. Initially almost completely comprised of farms the early harvest was a little wheat for the colony. The true Harvest of the years is the Municipality of Burwood. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Municipality of Burwood Hardcover
Referencia librero : 011923 ISBN : 085587063x 9780855870638
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Johansen Grace
Pioneers to Prosperity : A History of Fitzroy Shire 1853-2003
Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press 2003. 185pp index bibliography endnotes bw ills map. Or pictorial card covers. Very slight edge wear very slight spotting to page edges. Excellent local history of the Fitzroy Shire in Central Queensland. Located just south of Rockhampton and bordered by the Shires of Livingstone Duaninga Banana Mt Morgan and Calliope. Comprehensive coverage including dairy industry early years cattle industry beef brigalow and softwood scrubs cotton hemp peanuts tobacco horticulture secondary industry railways and historical figures. Of some use as a genealogical research resource. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Central Queensland University Press Paperback
Referencia librero : 011569 ISBN : 1876780282 9781876780289
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Scott Ernest
The Life of Matthew Flinders
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 2001. xix 371pp index bibliography maps colour ills chronology. Or pictorial card covers. Very slight edge wear and extremely light spine crease. Excellent biography of explorer Matthew Flinders. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Paperback
Referencia librero : 011671 ISBN : 0207197172 9780207197178
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Salmond Anne; Stirling Amiria Manutahi
Amiria: The Life Story of a Maori Woman
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1976. xi 184pp index glossary bw ills maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by Amiria Stirling on front paste down. The story of eighty years of the life of an influential Maori woman from her childhood in Tuparoa to her later days in Auckland where the Stirlings are still prominent elders. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. A. H. & A. W. Reed Hardcover
Referencia librero : 011674 ISBN : 0589009788 9780589009786
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Reed A. W
A Dictionary of Maori Place Names
Wellesley Hills MA: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1963. 144pp appendix num bw text ills. Or yellow cloth with pictorial decoration in black. Minor discoloration of cloth occasional minor foxing. Excellent guide to the meaning of Maori place names in New Zealand with guide to pronunciation and an appendix of European place names. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. A. H. & A. W. Reed Hardcover
Referencia librero : 011706
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Stewart Douglas
Springtime in Taranaki. An Autobiography of Youth
Sydney: Hale & Ironmonger 1983. 256pp bw ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Prev owners name on front free endpaper occasional light foxing. Jacket slightly faded on spine and with very light edge wear. Autobiography of the New Zealand youth and coming of age by the author of some 20 books of poems verse-plays stories essays and reminiscences in Sydney. Telling of the authors first 25 years mainly spent in the small Taranaki town of Eltham including time spent with Maoris in North Auckland trout fishing pig hunting and more- before he left for a new life in Sydney. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Hale & Ironmonger Hardcover
Referencia librero : 011708 ISBN : 0868060968 9780868060965
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McClure Margaret
The Story of Birkenhead
Birkenhead NZ: Birkenhead City Council 1987. 223pp index bibliography num bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Very slight edge wear. Exceptional local history of this maritime suburb of Auckland on the North Shore. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. Oblong 4to. Birkenhead City Council Paperback
Referencia librero : 011710 ISBN : 0908704046 9780908704040
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Filer David
Home and Away. Images of New Zealanders in World War II
Auckland: David Bateman 1990. 144pp 230 bw photographs endpaper maps. Or purple cloth in jacket. Light rubbing to bottom edge. Jacket has some minor rubbing and light edge wear faded along bottom edge of rear panel with several very short tears. Photographic images of New Zealanders that tell the story of the sailors soldiers airmen prisoners of war women in uniform and the home front in World War II. Many of the images never before published. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Oblong 4to. David Bateman Hardcover
Referencia librero : 011711 ISBN : 1869530306 9781869530303
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Kelly Henry D
As High as the Hills. The Centennial History of Picton
Whatamongo Bay NZ: Cape Catley Ltd 1976. .x 262pp index 80 bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Slight toning to endpapers. Short tear and small chip to lightly rubbed jacket. Excellent local history of the New Zealand town of Picton. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Cape Catley Ltd Hardcover
Referencia librero : 011743 ISBN : 0908561008 9780908561001
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Pascoe John
Great Days in New Zealand Exploration. The Bush and the Rain
Auckland: Collins 1959. 192pp index appendix bw ills maps. Card covers have some edge wear and slightly faded to spine crease to top of front cover and first several pages. Each chapter tells a notable story in NZ exploration and relates the lives of the explorers to the wide context of their work and times explains the topographical problems. Among those included are missionaries scientists surveyors sheep farmers gold prospectors naturalists and mountaineers. First Paperback. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collins Paperback
Referencia librero : 011748
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Macgregor Miriam
Etiquette & Elbowgrease. Housekeeping in Victorian New Zealand
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1976. 78pp bibliography bw ills. Pictorial card covers. Slight edge wear and rubbing gift inscription inside front cover. some minor foxing. Fascinating look at the housekeeping skills and customs of New Zealand in the 19th century. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. A. H. & A. W. Reed Paperback
Referencia librero : 011739 ISBN : 0589009753 9780589009755
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Mass Owen
Dangerous Waters
Adelaide: Rigby 1975. 237pp bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Slight rubbing to bottom edge slight edge wear to jacket. SIGNED by author on rear free endpaper. Account of time spent collecting trochus shell on the Great Barrier Reef. Includes harrowing tales of sharks stingrays and stonefish as well as relaxing while hunting visiting aboriginal missions and time on uninhabited islands. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
Referencia librero : 011751 ISBN : 0851799132 9780851799131
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Tullett J. S
The Industrious Heart. A History of New Plymoputh
Christchurch NZ: New Plymouth City Council 1981. xxii 350pp index appendices bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Prev owners name on title page slight edge wear to jacket one tiny tear to jacket edge. Detailed local history of the New Plymouth region of New Zealand. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. New Plymouth City Council Hardcover
Referencia librero : 011741
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Tudor Judith editor
The Handbook of Papua and New Guinea Sixth Edition.
Sydney: Pacific Publications. 1969. 432pp index gazetteer advertisements bw ills maps folding map. Or card covers. Faded at spine and rubbed on covers prev owners name inside front cover. Includes geography history people government law and justice finance and taxation commerce industries communications transport land policy agriculture leath and medical services tourism education public service religion and missions along with numerous district maps and one large folding map at front. Useful reference to pre-Independence Papua New Guinea. Sixth Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo. Pacific Publications. Paperback
Referencia librero : 011757
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Ansell L. J
Joseph McKey. Priest - Scientist - Historian
Toowoomba Qld.: Dioces of Toowoomba 1983. xiv 170pp index notes bibliography appendices bw ills. Or blue papered boards in jacket. Jacket rubbed with several tears and creases. Boards show some marking/staining. SIGNED and dated by author opposite title page. Joseph McKey was well known as a priest in Warwick and Toowoomba- he was also well versed in optometry and medicine an expert on the workings of clocks and watches a more than competent photographer musician astronomer and bushman. This is a fascinating biography of an extraordinary man. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Dioces of Toowoomba Hardcover
Referencia librero : 011767 ISBN : 0959314239 9780959314236
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Galde Jason
The Mad American Down Under
Nedlands WA: Rio Bay Publishing 1998. vi 134pp num bw cartoon illustrations. Very slight edge wear to covers. SIGNED and inscribed by author on acknowledgements page. Contains some of one mad Americans thoughts struggles and feelings while making his way through Australia as an illegal immigrant. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Rio Bay Publishing Paperback
Referencia librero : 011176 ISBN : 0958566429 9780958566421
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Cartledge I. V
A History of the Coffee Industry in Papua New Guinea from Inception to the End of 1975
Canberra: Papua New Guinea Coffee Marketing Board 1978. 324pp appendices. Or green cloth in jacket. Jacket has several short tears and associated creasing slightly faded. Corners bumped. SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper. History of the Papua New Guinea coffee industry prepared for the PNG Coffee Marketing Board. With some information on the very early years of PNG coffee production the focus is on the 25 years from 1950 to independence in 1975. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Good. 4to. Papua New Guinea Coffee Marketing Board Hardcover
Referencia librero : 011102
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Best Elsdon
Polynesian Voyagers. The Maori as a Deep-Sea Navigator Explorer and Colonizer. Dominion Museum Monograph No. 5
Wellington: A. R. Shearer 1975. 54pp map 2 bw ills. Pictorial card covers. Light crease to bottom corner of rear cover and last several pages. Monograph on the maritime exploits of the Maori people. Not Stated. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. A. R. Shearer Paperback
Referencia librero : 011131
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Slade Barry
Light on Australia. A Portrait of the Australian Landscape
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1993. 131pp num col photos. Original pictorial laminated boards in matching pictorial jacket. Slightest of edge wear to jacket. Stunning photographs capture the Australian landscape through an exploration of light. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Referencia librero : 010816 ISBN : 0207174830 9780207174834
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Gibson Jenny
A History of the Third Order of St. Francis in Australia. 1879-1979
Nambour: Jenny Gibson 1979. 78pp. Or yellow card covers printed in brown Slight edge wear. Centenary history of the Secular Franciscan Order in Australia from its inception at Waverley NSW through to 1979. The first section is a general overall history with appendices; section two is the history of the Regional Councils and the third section is a history of the first Fraternity in each state. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Jenny Gibson Paperback
Referencia librero : 010895
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Masterman G. G. editor
Poverty in Australia. Australian Institute of Political Science Proceedings of 35th Summer School
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1970. 171pp. Or card covers. Slight rubbing creased at spine and adjacent area. Contents include: Social Services & Poverty W.C. Wentworth; Perspectives on Poverty David donnison; The Dimensions of Poverty in Australia Ronald henderson; The Causes and Relief of Poverty Janet Paterson and The Politics of Poverty in Australia R.G. Brown. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Paperback
Referencia librero : 010918
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The Council of the Shire of Talbragar
The Council of the Shire of Talbragar 1906-1966
Dubbo NSW: The Shire of Talbragar 1966. 32pp bw ills. Or white card with gold title. Very slight rubbing. Brief history of the Shire of Talbragar in NSW. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. The Shire of Talbragar Paperback
Referencia librero : 010755
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Peters Merle
Sketchbook to the Rocks
Sydney: The Author 1965. 33pp bw ills. Very slight edge wear. An edition handmade and bound by the author. Two of the illustrations are signed in pencil by the artists. An account of the history and people of the Rocks area of Sydney. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Peters Ronald. 8vo. The Author Paperback
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Watson Norman
A Century of Witness. 1883-1983
Brisbane: Church of Christ 1983. 72pp num bw ills. Or maroon and gold wraps. Very slight edge wear. History of the city Church of Christ in Ann Street Brisbane from its inception in 1883. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Church of Christ Paperback
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Sherry Frank
Pacific Passions: The European Struggle for Power in the Great Ocean in the Age of Exploration
New York: William Morrow 1994. 431pp index bibliography bw ills maps. Or red and black cloth in pictorial jacket. Slightest of edge wear to jacket. Tells the story of the first 250 years of European exploration in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific represents 1/3 of the surface of the earth but was unknown to Europeans until 1513. From Magellan's effort to claim the Spice Islands on this is a fascinating look at the beginnings of European involvement in the Pacific region. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. William Morrow Hardcover
Referencia librero : 009963 ISBN : 0688075185 9780688075187
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Hanson Neil
The Custom of the Sea
New York: John Wiley & Sons 1999. 315pp bibliography bw ills. Original black cloth in pictorial jacket. Slightest signs of edge wear to jacket. A tale of shipwreck murder and cannibalism. In 1884 the yacht Mignonette set sail from England bound for Sydney. Halfway through the 12000 mile journey they were his by a huge storm off the coast of West Africa and the yacht was sunk by a 40 foot wave. Captain and crew were cast adrift a thousand miles from land in a leaky 13 foot boat. After 19 days they were all near death and they resorted to the 'custom of the sea' - cannibalism. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. John Wiley & Sons Hardcover
Referencia librero : 010048 ISBN : 0471383899 9780471383895
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