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Erskine John Elphinstone
Journal of a cruise among the islands of the Western Pacific including the Feejees and others inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races in Her Majesty’s Ship Havannah
<p><i>First edition. John Murray. London. 1853. 8vo. vi 1 errata slip 488pp. Chromolitho frontispiece 3 further chromolitho plates all with tissue guards 3 uncoloured plates folding map text illus. Later half calf marbled boards Spine in six compartments with raised bands gilt lettering rules and motifs leather label to spine. All edges marbled. New endpapers. Occasional marginal light foxing to plates. Short closed tear to attachment of map. A handsome volume.</i><br /></p><p><i><b>John Elphinstone Erskine</b> 1806 - 1887 British Naval Officer and Liberal MP. </i><i> "In February 1848 Erskine was appointed to the Havannah as senior officer on the Australian station. Soon after his arrival Erskine made a tour of Samoa Tonga Fiji the New Hebrides the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia between 25 June and 7 October 1849. With experience of naval anti-slavery operations in the West Indies and the effects of European penetration in the Pacific he joined the Aborigines Protection Society and became a parliamentary leader of the influential lobby working for the Pacific Islanders Protection Act of 1872." Australian Dictionary of Biography.</i></p> John Murray hardcover
Référence libraire : biblio249
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Andison Lochee
In the Wake of St Jude 1854-1985
Adelaide: St Judes Parish. 1985. Octavo Size. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Some rubbing to edges. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 108pages A well researched local church history which covers 130 years in the life of the Diocese of Adelaide . Hardcover. St Judes Parish hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB251368 ISBN : 0958876509 9780958876506
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POIDEVIN Leslie
Doctor Goes Farming
Adelaide: The author. 1987. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Faint age-toning to spine. 152 pages. Humorous annecdotes about a doctor who becomes a hobby farmer in the Adelaide hills . 1st Edition. Softcover. The author paperback
Référence libraire : BIB8040 ISBN : 0958836116 9780958836111
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Larkins John & Parish Steve.
Australia's Greatest River.
Adelaide: Rigby. 1982. Folio Size 38x28cm approx. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light rubbing to edges of book and dustjacket. Illustrated with Colour photographs by Steve Parish. Maps to endpapers. 231 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Rigby hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB308663 ISBN : 0727017500 9780727017505
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Blombery Alec M.
THE FLOWERS OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
Kenthurst N.S.W. Australia: Kangaroo Press 1989. 64pp. intext photographic colour plate illustrations many of detail throughout. Oblong landscape format booklet. Spine firm and square. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn and bumped. With clearly and simply written text "this book describes and illustrates the common plants and flowers of Central Australia. Using 155 colour plates it is arranged in a way to enable you to recognise all the plants and flowers you are likely to see in Central Australia." Includes: Intro. and Index. Book weight approx. 170g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First Edition. Oblong Softcover Booklet. Very Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Kangaroo Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 004054 ISBN : 0864172443 9780864172440
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Summers Anne
Damned Whores and God's Police Updated Edition of the Classic Study of Women in Australian Society
Penguin Books Australia. Very Good; Paper yellowing. 1994. Revised Edition. Paperback. 0140231870 . Index. No crease to spine. 680gms weight; 9.10 X 6 X 1.30 inches; 549 pages . Penguin Books Australia paperback
Référence libraire : 33371 ISBN : 0140231870 9780140231878
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Celebrate Australia Contemporary Art Exhibition Executive Committee
Inner-land : exhibition of Australian contemporary art.
Celebrate Australia Contemporary 1993-01-01. Paperback. VeryGood. . Celebrate Australia Contemporary paperback
Référence libraire : mon0001472439
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Awekotuku Ngahuia
Mana Wahine Maori: Selected Writings on Maori Women's Art Culture and Politics
Auckland NZ: New Women's Press Ltd. Very Good; Covers mildly soiled and rubbed. 1991. First Printing. Softcover. 9780908652631 . Acknowledgements black and white photos notes and glossary. Autobiographical essays on the dance traditions of Maori women and the role of Maori women in traditional society tourism and activism. ; 174 pages . New Women's Press Ltd paperback
Référence libraire : 43455 ISBN : 0908652631 9780908652631
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Wilkes Charles
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842
New York: G.P. Putnam & Co 1856. Hardcover. Very good. Complete set of five large octavo volumes pp lx 434; xv 476; xv 438; xvi 539; xv 558 with all 13 maps and 64 engraved plates. Original blind-stamped cloth with eagle emblem in gilt on upper boards. Spines toned some edgewear and small tears to cloth one volume skillfully rebacked. Internally all volumes very clean no foxing and sound. Early ownership signature of F.A. Wentworth Philadelphia in each volume; otherwise unmarked. The first American naval exploring expedition to the South Seas. Hill 1866: "The aims of the expedition were to survey unfamiliar ocean regions and make scientific discoveries.Aboard the six vessels were naturalists botanists artists and others with specialized training in scientific exploration in addition to the officers and sailors. The chief fields of exploation were the coast of the Antarctic continent the islands of the Pacific Ocean and the American northwest coast. In total some 280 islands in the Pacific and adjacent waters and 800 miled of streams and coasts in the Oregon country were charted." G.P. Putnam & Co hardcover
Référence libraire : 18215
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No Author Noted
The Ports of New South Wales Australia
Sydney: Maritime Services Board NSW. 1969. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Colour maps. 36 pages maps. . 1st thus. Hardback. Maritime Services Board NSW hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB308522
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Haseloff WJ. W. J.
Inasmuch: The Memorial Hospital Story
North Adelaide: The Memorial Hospital. 1976. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Good condition - Card Covers. Covers a bit rubbed. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 96 pages . 1st Edition. Softcover. The Memorial Hospital paperback
Référence libraire : BIB308521 ISBN : 0909834105 9780909834104
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Murdoch Books Australia
Scrapbooking Materials: stencils stickers and more
Bay Books 2005. Hardcover . Used - Good. chipped bottom corners. as is. Bay Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 77943 ISBN : 1740456645 9781740456647
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Brian H. Fletcher
Magnificent Obsession : The Story of the Mitchell Library Sydney
Sydney Australia: Allen & Unwin 2007. Minimal library marks. 512 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Allen & Unwin Hardcover
Référence libraire : 023134 ISBN : 1741752914 9781741752915
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John Showers
Return to Roxby Downs
South Australia: John Showers & Bookends Books 1999. Usual library marks. 197 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. John Showers & Bookends Books Paperback
Référence libraire : 023135 ISBN : 0646382187 9780646382180
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Lindy Salter
Reflections on a Lost Island : Jacobs Well Calypso Bay Norwell Cabbage Tree Point Steiglitz Woongoolba
Jacobs Well and District Progress Association 2014. 131 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Jacobs Well and District Progress Association Paperback
Référence libraire : 023136 ISBN : 0959116826 9780959116823
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Parramatta Pageant
Oswald Ziegler Publications for the Council of the City of Parramatta General wear to edges of jacket. Signed by the Mayor and Town Clerk 1960. 96 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Oswald Ziegler Publications for the Council of the City of Parramatta Hardcover
Référence libraire : 023151
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Maxwell N. Waugh
Soldier Boys : The Militarisation of Australian and New Zealand Schools for World War I
Melbourne Books 2014. Usual library marks. 270 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Melbourne Books Paperback
Référence libraire : 023142 ISBN : 1922129453 9781922129451
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John Kingsmill
Sydney : The Harbour City
Sydney Australia: Pierson & Co 1988. 159 pages with colour illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Paintings By Jeff Rigby . 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Pierson & Co Hardcover
Référence libraire : 023149 ISBN : 0947068074 9780947068073
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Lloyd Evans and Paul Nicholls
Convicts and Colonial Society 1788 - 1853
Melbourne VIC Australia: The Macmillan Company of Australia 1984. Fading to spine and covers. Pencil notes to a few pages. 301 pages. . SECOND EDITION. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Macmillan Company of Australia Paperback
Référence libraire : 023127 ISBN : 0333381114 9780333381113
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Murdoch Books Australia
Scrapbooking Materials: stencils stickers and more
Bay Books 2005. Hardcover . New. Type: Book Bay Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 32655 ISBN : 1740456645 9781740456647
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Craig Munro and Robyn Sheahan Bright editors
Paper Empires : A History of the Book in Australia 1946 - 2005
Brisbane QLD Australia: Univerity of Queensland Press 2006. Inscribed and signed by both authors on the title page. 433 pages with b/w illustrations. Includes editing design and production - booksellers and the retail trade - writers bestsellers magazines and pulp fiction - readers and reading - Indigenous writing and publishing - educational publishing - children's literature - awards and funding - the future of publishing. . SIGNED. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Univerity of Queensland Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 019126 ISBN : 0702235733 9780702235733
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Cracknell Ruth
A Biased Memoir
Ringwood Victoria: Penguin Books 1999. Previous owner's gift message on title page otherwise a very good clean tight copy with no creasing to the spine or covers of this soft-cover book. The autobiography of Australian actress Ruth Cracknell. 309pp 32pp b&w illustrations. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Penguin Books Paperback
Référence libraire : 007264 ISBN : 0140275886 9780140275889
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Martyn Lyons & John Arnold editors
A History of the Book in Australia 1891 - 1945 : A National Culture in a Colonised Market
Saint Lucia QLD Australia: University of Queensland Press 2001. 444 pages with b/w illustrations. Focuses on the crucial period from the 1890s to the Second World War when home-grown literary culture expanded along with pioneering publishers such as Angus & Robertson. Every aspect of print culture is explored from authorship editing design and printing to publication distribution bookselling libraries and reading habits. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. University of Queensland Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 015737 ISBN : 0702232343 9780702232343
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Harper BY. B. Y.
Social Implications for the Structure and Form of New Living Areas
Adelaide: Published by the Author. 1975. 21x30 cms. Very Good condition issued without DJ. This is a thesis done for the University of Adelaide - Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning. 140 pages . Hardback. Published by the Author hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB183762
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Weidenhofer Maggie
Port Arthur : A Place of Misery
Port Arthur: Management Authority. 1990. Oblong Small Quarto Size approx 24cm x 17.5cm. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates and black & white drawings. 146 pages . 2nd Edition. Softcover. Management Authority paperback
Référence libraire : BIB308471 ISBN : 0646000039 9780646000039
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Dow Hume
More Memories of Melbourne University - Undergraduate Life in the Years Since 1919
Melbourne: Hutchinson of Australia. 1985. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ spine and upper edges lightly sun-faded. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 198 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Hutchinson of Australia hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB297568 ISBN : 0091570700 9780091570705
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Lindemann Sandra
to the beat of his own drum the Ben Yengi story
Prospect South Australia: Kadi Foundation. 2009. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 98 pages The story of Ben Yengi musician educator and community leader who arrived as a refugee from South Sudan in 1970 and founded Kajokeji Australian Development Initiative Kadi Australia to support the rebuilding of his village in South Sudan. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Kadi Foundation paperback
Référence libraire : BIB281772 ISBN : 1876609044 9781876609047
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National Gallery of Australia
Monet & Japan
Canberra: National Gallery of Australia. 2001. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition - Card wraps. Illustrated with colour plates. 216 pages Japanese art accompanied Monet throughout his life as an artist. In this book some of Monet's greatest paintings are discussed as well as the Japanese prints and paintings that were his inspiration. A beautiful book. . 1st Edition. Softcover. National Gallery of Australia paperback
Référence libraire : BIB179887 ISBN : 0642541299 9780642541291
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Johnson Rob
The Golden Age of the Argonauts
Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton. 1997. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. 270 pages A Celebration of Australia's best loved Radio program for Children. Foreword by Barry Humphries . 1st Edition. Softcover. Hodder & Stoughton paperback
Référence libraire : BIB254245 ISBN : 0733605281 9780733605284
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Australie
The Balance of Pain
BiblioLife 2009-09-20. Paperback. Good. BiblioLife paperback
Référence libraire : SONG1113957166 ISBN : 1113957166 9781113957160
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Fry A. S.
The Aunt Daisy Story
Wellington New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1957. Blue cloth gilt lettering to spine. 131pp. B/w illustrations. Small inscription to front pastedown pencil gift inscription to Ffep. Clean and firmly bound. DJ has price intact wear to spine tips and corners. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A. H. & A. W. Reed hardcover
Référence libraire : 003850
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Sharp Corporation of Australia
The Complete Microwave and Convection Cookbook
Sharp Corporation of Australia. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Sharp Corporation of Australia unknown
Référence libraire : GRP113972482 ISBN : 1875216251 9781875216253
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Kelly Margaret and Kelly Kealy Editors
Fodor's Australia 20th Edition
Fodor's Travel. 2010. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Light fading to spine and upper front edge. Illustrated with colour photographs and Maps. 754 pages . 20th Edition. Softcover. Fodor's Travel paperback
Référence libraire : BIB308449
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Edwin Barnard
Exiled : The Port Arthur Convict Photographs
Canberra ACT Australia: National Library of Australia 2010. Usual library marks and wear. 224 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. A remarkable record of the men who were sent from Britain to serve time in Australia between the 1820s and the 1850s. Showcases some of these portraits and combines them with biographies of the men - and their female partners - based on transportation records trial documents official correspondence prison files local and overseas newspaper reports and eyewitness accounts. . Soft Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. National Library of Australia Paperback
Référence libraire : 020294 ISBN : 0642277095 9780642277091
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Lea Scarlett Errol
Gundaroo
Canberra ACT Australia: Roebuck Society 1972. Slight lean to spine. Crease to title page. 224 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Roebuck Society Hardcover
Référence libraire : 014075 ISBN : 0950085863 9780950085869
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Johnson Chris
Australia's Mammal Extinctions : A 50 000 Year History
Melbourne VIC Australia: Cambridge University Press 2006. Usual library marks and wear. 278 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good minus. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Cambridge University Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 018050 ISBN : 0521686601 9780521686600
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Short Andrew D.
Beaches of the Western Australian Coast - Eucla to Roebuck Bay : A Guide to Their Nature Characteristics Surf and Safety
Sydney NSW Australia: Sydney University Press 2005. Usual library marks. 433 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Sydney University Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 016487 ISBN : 0958650438 9780958650434
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Susan Marsden
A History of Woodville
Adelaide SA Australia: Corporation of the City of Woodville 1977. Jacket has general wear small chips and tears and 1cm loss to bottom of spine. 333 pages plus index with colour and b/w illustrations and fold out map. . Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Corporation of the City of Woodville Hardcover
Référence libraire : 001031 ISBN : 0959982841 9780959982848
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Jack Brook
From Canton with Courage : Parramatta and Beyond Chinese Arrivals 1800 - 1900
Self Published 2010. Usual library marks and wear. Pages 5 to 20 loose. 227 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Self Published Paperback
Référence libraire : 020952 ISBN : 064654070x 9780646540702
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Chrysler Australia Limited
Service Manual Plymouth Dodge De Soto 1936-1942 Passenger Cars
Chrysler Australia Limited 1953-01-01. Paperback. Like New. my shelf location k-3-d Chrysler Australia Limited paperback
Référence libraire : 190919012
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KH. Kennedy editor K. H.
Readings in North Queensland Mining History Volume II Volume 2
History Dept. James Cook University of North Queensland 1982. Usual library marks plus up to page 40 there are pencil marks to the margins. 325 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. History Dept., James Cook University of North Queensland Paperback
Référence libraire : 022883 ISBN : 0864430612 9780864430618
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George Blaikie
Remember Smith's Weekly : A Biography of an Uninhibited National Australian Newspaper Born: 1 March 1919 - Died: 28 October 1950
Adelaide SA Australia: Rigby Limited 1967. Small previous owners name to top of front free endpaper. 258 pages with b/w illustrations. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Rigby Limited Hardcover
Référence libraire : 022954
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Lurline Stuart
Nineteenth Century Australian Periodicals : An Annotated Bibliography
Sydney Australia: Hale & Iremonger 1979. Signed by the author and publisher on the minor title page. 200 pages with b/w illustrations. . SIGNED. Limited Edition Number 691 of 750 . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hale & Iremonger Hardcover
Référence libraire : 022814 ISBN : 0908094531 9780908094530
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Toni Johnson Woods
Index to Serials in Australian Periodicals and Newspapers : Nineteenth Century
Canberra ACT Australia: Mulini Press 2001. Usual library marks. 153 pages. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Mulini Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 022907 ISBN : 0949910686 9780949910684
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Neumann Beryl
Salt Winds Across Barley Plains. A history of 100 years of local government in Central Yorke Peninsula
Maitland SA: District Council of Central Yorke Peninsula. 1983. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Black & white map. 167 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. District Council of Central Yorke Peninsula hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB307335
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Wegner Janice
The Etheridge Studies in North Queensland History No. 13
Townsville Qld Australia: Dept. of History and Politics James Cook University 1990. Minor marks to covers. Previous owners name to top of front free endpaper. 276 pages with b/w illustrations and 2 fold out maps at rear. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Dept. of History and Politics, James Cook University Paperback
Référence libraire : 021315 ISBN : 0864433689 9780864433688
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Colin Hooper
North Queensland Deserted Towns Volume 3 : Chillagoe - Hodgkinson
Self Published 2009. Illustrated laminated boards with minor marks and minor dings to corners. Signed by the author on the title page. 85 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Self Published Hardcover
Référence libraire : 021000 ISBN : 0975775030 9780975775035
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The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser Volumes I II III IV & V and VI & VII 5 books March 5 1803 to December 31 1809 Volumes One to Seven
Sydney Australia: The Public Library of New South Wales in Association with Angus and Robertson 1963. Usual library marks and wear. Five books published between 1963 and 1969. Heavy set 6.5kg please ask for postage quote. . FACSIMILE EDITION. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ex-Library. The Public Library of New South Wales in Association with Angus and Robertson Hardcover
Référence libraire : 020552
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Mountford Charles P
The Aborigines And Their Country
Adelaide: Rigby. 1975. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 143 pages . Reprint. Hardback. Rigby hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB285269 ISBN : 0727000276 9780727000279
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Loren Marisa G.
Court Houses in Adelaide 1837-1988
Adelaide: Published by Author. 1989. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. . Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 84pages. Foreword by Howard Zelling. Intended to illustrate the 'ambulatory' nature of many of South Australia's State Courts from 1837 until 1988. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Published by Author hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB238823 ISBN : 0731657888 9780731657889
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