Arthur Ide
Royal Canberra Hospital - An Account of Its Origins and Development The First 40 Years - 1914 - 1954 With Details of Early Canberra
Self Published 1994. b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Self Published Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021874 ISBN : 0646188909 9780646188904
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Betty Meehan and Rhys Jones editors
Archaeology with Ethnography : An Australian Perspective
Canberra ACT Australia: Dept. of Prehistory Research School of Pacific Studies The Australian National University 1988. Covers have light general wear and fading to spine. Previous owners name to top of title page. Contents very good. 285 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Dept. of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021500 ISBN : 0731502833 9780731502837
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Gibbs RM. R. M.
A History of Prince Alfred College
Adelaide: Peacock Publications. 1984. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. 393 pages The story of one of Adelaide's major private schools Prince Alfred College from its Wesleyan origins in 1869 to the early 1980s. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Peacock Publications hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB283491 ISBN : 090920988X 9780909209889
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Reps John W.
Canberra 1912 : Plans and Planners of the Australian Capital Competition
Carlton South Victoria Australia: Melbourne University Press 1997. 494 pages with b/w illustrations. Most of the 137 entries were discarded but the book reproduces the 46 preserved in Australian archives. Heavy book 2Kg. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019643 ISBN : 0522847552 9780522847550
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Lampert R. J
Burrill Lake and Currarong : Coastal sites in southern New South Wales
Canberra ACT Australia: Dept. of Prehistory Research School of Pacific Studies Australian National University 1971. General wear to covers. 86 pages with b/w illustrations. No 1 in the Terra Australis series. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Dept. of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University Paperback
Bookseller reference : 019576 ISBN : 0909846006 9780909846008
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Andree Rosenfeld David Horton John Winter
Early man in North Queensland : Art and Archaeology in the Laura area
Canberra ACT Australia: Dept. of Prehistory Research School of Pacific Studies Australian National University 1981. General wear and some fading to covers. 95 pages with b/w illustrations. No 6 in the Terra Australis series. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Dept. of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University Paperback
Bookseller reference : 019575 ISBN : 086784065x 9780867840650
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Christine Comans
La Boite : The Story of an Australian Theatre Company
Brisbane QLD Australia: Playlab Press 2009. Usual library marks. 348 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Playlab Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 018827 ISBN : 0908156715 9780908156719
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Errol Lea Scarlett
Queanbeyan : District and People
Queanbeyan Municipal Council 1968. Jacket has general wear and minor tears. Small previous owners name to top of front free endpaper. 296 pages with black and white illustrations and fold out map at rear. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Queanbeyan Municipal Council Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000438
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Helon George William
Aboriginal Australia : Register of Tribe Clan Horde Linguistic Group Language Names and Aiatsis Language Codes Including Synonyms Misnomers and Approximate Locations
Bundaberg QLD Australia: Centre for Historical Aboriginal & International Research 1998. 116 pages. . SIGNED. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Centre for Historical, Aboriginal & International Research Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014022 ISBN : 0646352121 9780646352121
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Hall Humphrey; Cripps John; Osric
The Romance of the Sydney Stage
Sydney Australia: Currency Press 1996. Usual library marks. 323 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Currency Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013070 ISBN : 0868194506 9780868194509
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Br. Valerian Braniff
The Quest for Higher Things
Kilmore Victoria: Assumption College 1992. Usual library marks. 312 pages with b/w illustrations. A history of the Marist Brothers' hundred years in Kilmore with special attention to the foundation and development of Assumption College. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Assumption College Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009376 ISBN : 0646119168 9780646119168
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John West
Theatre in Australia
StanmoreNSW: Cassell Australia 1978. 260 pages with over 30 colour and over 200 b/w illustrations. Previous owners name on front free endpaper. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Cassell Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001272 ISBN : 0726992666 9780726992667
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Jill Waterhouse
A Light in the Bush : The Canberra Church of England Girls' Grammar School and the Capital City of Australia 1926 - 1977
Canberra ACT Australia: The Canberra Church of England Girls' Grammar School Old Grammarians Association 1978. General wear to covers. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. 209 pages with b/w illustrations. . SIGNED. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. The Canberra Church of England Girls' Grammar School Old Grammarians Association Paperback
Bookseller reference : 003903 ISBN : 0959907211 9780959907216
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Alexander McRobbie
20th Century Gold Coast People
Surfers Paradise Queensland Australia: The Gold Coast Arts Centre Press 2000. Illustrated laminated boards. Previous owners name to front free endpaper. 432 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Gold Coast Arts Centre Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002875 ISBN : 0646392395 9780646392394
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McKernan Michael
Drought The Red Marauder
Crows Nest NSW: Allen & Unwin. 2005. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 291 pages Tells a story told through the eyes of those who have lived through numerous droughts over the more than 200 years of European settlement. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Allen & Unwin paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB282484 ISBN : 1741142342 9781741142341
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Mudie Ian
River Boats
Adelaide: Rigby. 19622. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with black and white plates and drawings. Maps to endpapers 239 pages Gives a vivid picture of life on the river-boats which sailed the thousands of miles of the Murray-Darling basin . 2nd Impression. Hardback. Rigby hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB288759
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Langford Ruby
Don't Take Your Love to Town
Melbourne: Penguin. 1988. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Pages a little tanned. 269 pages . 1st Edition. Softcover. Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB246011 ISBN : 0140111735 9780140111736
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Hulm Neil
The Pub and The Scrub Signed by Author
Lavington NSW: Self published. 1987. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Signed by the author. 72 pages A brief history of the construction and opening of the real Ettamogah Pub in stories and poems. . Softcover. Self published paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB272531 ISBN : 0959003223 9780959003222
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Bailey John
The White Divers of Broome the True Story of a Fatal Experiment
Sydney: Macmillan. 2001. Very Good copy. Contains b/w illustrations and maps. 301 pages True story of British Royal Navy trained divers sent to Broome to try and master the perilous art of pearl shell diving and overcome the Asian stranglehold on the pearling industry. . Reprint. Trade Paperback. Macmillan paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB192114 ISBN : 0732910781 9780732910785
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McNally Ward
Aborigines Artefacts and Anguish
Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House. 1981. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 208 pages. Biography of distinguished anthropologist Professor T.G.H. Strehlow. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Lutheran Publishing House hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB197652 ISBN : 0859101703 9780859101707
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Wigmore Lionel
The Long View A History of Canberra Australia's Naational Capital
Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire. 1963. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. 240 pages . 1st Edition. Hardcover. F.W. Cheshire hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB217975
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Maddock John
Mail for the Back of Beyond
Sydney: Kangaroo Press. 1987. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 160 pages. . reprint. Softcover. Kangaroo Press paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB216733 ISBN : 0864170742 9780864170743
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Pasquarelli John
Pauline Hanson Story The by the Man Who Knows
Frenchs Forest Australia: New Holland Publishers 1998. Softcover first edition 600gms 334 pages. This is the story of how Pauline Hanson got into Federal politics how she developed her middle-class Australian appeal and the woman and her politics focusing on the issues of immigration and Aboriginal Australia. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First Edition. Softcover. Good/Not Applicable. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. New Holland Publishers Paperback
Bookseller reference : POLAUS41 ISBN : 186436341X 9781864363418
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Adam Smith Patsy
There Was a Ship: Patsy Adam-Smith's Story of Her Years at Sea
Melbourne Australia: Thomas Nelson Australia 1983. Hardcover with blue boards and pictorial dustjacket reprint 942gms 239 pages. This is Patsy Adam Smith's sequel to 'Hear the Train Blow' which covered her life up until she left for the war as a young girl. This book picks up where the first left off. We learn of Patsy's love affair with the sea and ships and particular with the small ketches that no longer trade around our Australian coastline. Book is in good condition with only minor age-related wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards and dust jacket are also in good condition with only light shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Thomas Nelson Australia Hardcover
Bookseller reference : TRAAUS64 ISBN : 0170062627 9780170062626
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Dean Lois
Historic Mount Gambier Signed by both Author and Artist
Mount Gambier: City of Mt. Gambier. 1986. Oblong Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Issued without DJ. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates by Bill Walls. Tiny abrasion to upper corner of front pastedown previous owner's removal of name. Signed by both Bill Walls and Lois Dean on the Title Page. Foreword by Sir Robert Helpmann. Landmarks of Mount Gambier drawn by Bill Walls with accompanying text by Lois Dean. . 1st Edition. Hardback. City of Mt. Gambier hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB296866 ISBN : 0959915443 9780959915440
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Hill David
The Forgotten Children: Fairbridge Farm School and its Betrayal of Australia's Child Migrants
Sydney: Random House. 2007. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 338 pages . Trade Paperback. Random House paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB242664 ISBN : 1741666848 9781741666847
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Aitchison D.
South Australian Year Book No. 7: 1972
Adelaide: Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. 1972. Octavo Size. VERY GOOD condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Colour frontispiece. Fold our map to rear. 647 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB267874
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Noble Paul
Noble Spirit Inscribed by Author
Published by Author. 2006. Octavo Size. A Near Fine copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Inscribed by the author on the inside of the front cover. 184 pages Biography of Paul Noble who grew up in children's institutions in South Australia and his adventures as a young man in "Oz". . 1st Edition. Softcover. Published by Author paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB253998 ISBN : 0646463799 9780646463797
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Jones Noreen
Number 2 Home A Story of Japanese Pioneers in Australia
Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press. 2002. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition - Card Covers. 224 pages An engaging account of the Japanese presence in Australia from the late colonial period until World War Two. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Fremantle Arts Centre Press paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB250809 ISBN : 1863683682 9781863683685
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Bleby Mary
Mare's Tales: Reflections and Recollections
Adelaide: The Mother's Union. 1998. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. 128 pages. A personal anthology of her life family and friends in South Australia. many of the stories derived from her close involvement with the Mothers Union in Adelaide. . 1st Edition. Softcover. The Mother's Union paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB247373 ISBN : 0958665222 9780958665223
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Linn Rob
Shifting Sands to Solid Rock Ninety Years of Frontier Services
Sydney: Frontier Services. 2002. Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Contains b/w and colour photographs and illustrations. 126 pages A great account of nine decades of outstanding service by the Uniting Church to the lives of those in the great Australian Outback. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Frontier Services paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB197394 ISBN : 0958545480 9780958545488
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Aitchison D.
South Australian Year Book No. 6: 1971
Adelaide: Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. Octavo Size. VERY GOOD condition. Lightly faded spine. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Colour frontispiece. Fold our map to rear. 647 pages . Hardback. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB228020
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Aitchison D.
South Australian Year Book No. 5: 1970
Adelaide: Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. Octavo Size. GOOD condition. No dustjacket. Some light foxing and a few spots to page edges Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Colour frontispiece. Fold our map to rear. 655 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB228021
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John Kerr
Top Mill in the Valley : Cattle Creek Sugar Mill Finch Hatton 1906-1990
Boolarong Publications with Mackay Sugar Co-operative Assoc 1991. Illustrated laminated boards. 120 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Boolarong Publications with Mackay Sugar Co-operative Assoc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008202 ISBN : 0646062980 9780646062983
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Captain F. Rhodes
Pageant of the Pacific Being the Maritime History of Australasia - Two Volume Set
Sydney NSW Australia: F.J. Thwaites 1934. General wear and minor marks to boards. Top edge tinted bottom and leading edges rough cut. Foxing to endpapers. Volume 1 = 411 pages volume 2 = 478 pages. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. F.J. Thwaites Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012328
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French Maurice
A History of the Darling Downs Frontier 3 : Pubs Ploughs & 'Peculiar People' : Towns Farms & Social Life
Toowoomba QLD Australia: University of Southern Queensland Press 1992. 327 pages with b/w illustrations. Volume 3 of 'A History of the Darling Downs Frontier'. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. University of Southern Queensland Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015815 ISBN : 0949414662 9780949414663
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PJ. Gribble P. J.
What Hath God Wrought : The Story of the Electric Telegraph - Queensland
Brisbane QLD Australia: Telecom Australia 1981. General wear to covers. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. 710 pages plus appendixes and index. b/w illustrations. A history of the Queensland Telegraph Service from 1861. Heavy book 2.2kg. . SIGNED. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Telecom Australia Paperback
Bookseller reference : 003553 ISBN : 0642896194 9780642896193
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From Tall Timbers.A Folk History of Crow's Nest Shire - 1988
Crow's Nest & District Tourist & Progress Association 1989. Illustrated laminated boards. 367 pages with b/w illustrations. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Crow's Nest & District Tourist & Progress Association Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017038 ISBN : 0731634020 9780731634026
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Baron Charles Von Hugel translated and Edited By Dymphna Clark
New Holland Journal: November 1833-October 1834
Carlton South Vic Austria: Melbourne University Press 1994. Usual library stamps. 539 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Baron Von Hugel spent most of 1834 in the young Australian colonies of Swan River Van Dieman's Land Norfolk Island and New South Wales observing the flora and collecting seeds for his gardens. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006861 ISBN : 052284474x 9780522844740
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Lauder Hugh
Notes of a Trip Round the World
Kilmarnock: Dunlop & Drennan 1896. No dustwrapper some wear to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-covered boards a crack to the lower corner of back cover old damp-staining to outer edges of both front and back covers otherwise still a not too bad tight copy with black titles on front and spine still clear. The author's account of his round-the-World trip between February and July 1895 which was originally printed in his local newspaper the "Kilmarnock Standard". He travelled from London to Naples then on to Bombay and Ceylon before spending time in Australia and New Zealand; then across the Pacific via Hawaii to San Francisco across America to New York then Home. The author owned a large Drapery shop in Kilmarnock. 124pp 9 b&w illustrations. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Dunlop & Drennan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009510
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Black Jenny
The Country's Finest Hour Fifty Years of Rural Broadcasting in Australia
Sydney: ABC Publishing House. 1995. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition. Spine a little faded. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 184 pages An informal history of ABC Rural radio and television from 1945-1995. . 1st Edition. Softcover. ABC Publishing House paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB259466 ISBN : 0733304842 9780733304842
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Gum Daphne
A Rich Tapestry of Lives. Celebrating the 90th Birthday of the Methodist Ladies College/Annesley College Old Scholars Association
Adelaide: Peacock Publications. 1995. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with numerous b/w photos. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 208 pages Includes more than 100 photographs of functions reunions reproductions of programs badges bookplates magazine covers entry tickets and name tags from events. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Peacock Publications hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB265820 ISBN : 0909209898 9780909209896
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Mathews Janet
Wurley and Wommera: Aboriginal Life and Craft
New York: Collins. 1978. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Previous owner's detailsneat stampto preliminary pages. Some faint foxing to endpapers. Black & white illustrations by Walter Stackpool 128pages. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB2039 ISBN : 0529055015 9780529055019
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Robert Dean Frisbie
My Tahiti
Boston: LIttle Brown 1937. Lime green cloth with illus of palm trees on the shore. Bumps to lower corners spine and edges very slightly faded clean and unmarked exceptional condition. Scarce jacket shows minor wear to corners and spine ends. The story of Ropati's first five years in Tahiti beginning in 1920. Additional photos on request. . First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by W. Alister MacDonald. LIttle Brown Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002076
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The Beechwordians
A BEECHWORTH POT-POURRI
Beechworth Victoria Australia : Beechworth Creative Writing Group 1991. Unpaginated 51 pages. Several b/white botanical sketch illustrations. Booklet clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper very good textblock unmarked. 'A Beechworth Pot-Pourri' is an anthology of short stories recollections and verse contributed by members of the Beechworth Creative Writing Group. Contents include: Prelims. In The Garden. Beechworth Past and Present. Odds and Ends. Book weight approx. 90g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First Edition. Softcover Booklet. Very Good . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�". Beechworth Creative Writing Group Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013349 ISBN : 0646072013 9780646072012
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Fowler Ltd.
Years to remember. A Record of the First Hundred Years of the Business of D. And J. Fowler Limited 1854-1954
Adelaide: D. And J. Fowler Limited. 1954. Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition in original navy-blue cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine. With black & white plates and text illustrations. Colour frontispiece. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 81 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback. D. And J. Fowler Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB224980
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Hall William
A Move to the Country: Back to a future lifestyle
Strathalbyn SA: Collectophile Books. 2000. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. - a nice copy. Black & white illustrations by Nancy Gemmell. 134 pages An amusing account of the author's move to live in the country. The author with his wife Dorothy is a well known Australian writer on antiques. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Collectophile Books paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB261661 ISBN : 0957780257 9780957780255
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Younger R. M
Australia and the Australians: A New Concise History
Sydney: Rigby. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Edgewear to book and d j. Protected in a removable archival cover. Green cloth with title and author in gold on spine. . 869 pages . Rigby hardcover
Bookseller reference : 603940 ISBN : 0851790380 9780851790381
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No Author Noted
The Mile End Railway Museum
Adelaide: Australian Railway Historical Society S.A. Division Inc. 1970. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Staple-bound. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 32 pages . 1st Edition. Softcover. Australian Railway Historical Society (S.A. Division) Inc. paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB305047 ISBN : 0909970092 9780909970093
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James G. Lergessner
Cloudland : Queen of the Dancehalls
Brisbane QLD Australia: Boolarong Press 2013. 254 pages with b/w illustrations. The history of Cloudland Ballroom in Brisbane from 1939 to 1982. . Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Boolarong Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 022233 ISBN : 1922109770 9781922109774
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