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Harold Hunt
The Master Printers of Sydney : The Story of The Printing and Allied Trades Employers' Association of New South Wales 1887 - 1971
Sydney Australia: P.A.T.E.A. N.S.W. 1976. 205 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. P.A.T.E.A. N.S.W. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015223 ISBN : 0909801037 9780909801038
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Vicki Epstein
Step By Step We Conquer : The Story of Queensland's Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association
Southport Queensland Australia: Keeaira Press 2002. 144 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Keeaira Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012604 ISBN : 0958529191 9780958529198
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Campbell Andrew
LANDCARE: Communities Shaping the Land and the Future Signed Copy
St Leonards N.S.W. Australia: Allen & Unwin et al 1994. xii 344pp. eight unpaginated colour-plate sections. Intext figures and tables. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-art illustrated Sue Marriott and Dale Mann card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. Signed by author on title page else textblock unmarked. With case studies by Greg Siepen this book showcases the lead taken by Landcare in Australia to encourage and assist farmers greenies government and community to work together to change the ways we use our land for environmental sustainability . . . Contents include: Prelims. Introduction 10 chapters Afterword Notes Bibliography more. Index. Book weight approx. 515g. . Signed by Author. First Edition First Impression. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Allen & Unwin, et al Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012482 ISBN : 1863735550 9781863735551
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Crowley FK. F. K.
Forrest 1847-1918. Volume One 1847-91. Apprenticeship to Premiership
Queensland Australia: University of Queensland Press. 1971 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 323 pp. Photographs including hand-tipped frontispiece maps footnotes sources index. Light spine lean tiny bump to the bottom of the front board very minor corner wear. Jacket has moderate rubbing and soiling small chips. Very Good/Good only. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. BW11-8. University of Queensland Press. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 250099 ISBN : 0702206989 9780702206986
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Friedlaender Jonathan Scott
PATTERNS OF HUMAN VARIATION The Demgraphy Genetics and Phenetics of Bougainville Islanders
Harvard 1975. 252pp. Olive green cloth hardback dust jacket has a large chip missing in back along top edge slight wear and short tears along edges bibliography appendix index figures and tables Analysis of genetic and cultural variation in human population of Bougainville Islanders . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Harvard Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5080946 ISBN : 0674658558 9780674658554
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Bartrop Edgar
'50 YEARS ON.' The Golden Jubilee Story of Victoria's Real Estate Institute
East Melbourne: The Real Estate Institute of Victoria Inc. No publication date c. 1986. viii 192pp. B/white halftone plate illustrations throughout several unpaginated mostly intext and of a candid nature. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Sketch-art illustrated no ack. card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. With interesting references to its pre-history prior to incorporation on 15 July 1936 the 'Golden Jubilee' of the Real Estate and Stock Institute of Victoria is told in 45 chapters plus Prelims. Intro. and Appendices. Book weight approx. 350g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Softcover. Very Good . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Real Estate Institute of Victoria [Inc.] Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012454
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Leunig Michael
THE LOT : In Words
Melbourne VIC Australia: Viking/Penguin 2008. 318pp. Book clean square. Spine firm. Leaves clean slightly tanned. . Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edge-rubbed only. From the rear panel: "Musings from a truly original thinker on everything under the sun and many things over the moon . . . In even the smallest simplest things Leunig finds the eternal key. And no matter how confronting the topic he awakens and upholds the funny side. The uplifting side. The side you'd forgotten about - or didn't realise was there." Book weight approx. 395g. . 3rd Impression. Softcover. Very Good . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Viking/Penguin Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012468 ISBN : 0670073024 9780670073023
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AB. Walkom A. B.
The Linnean Society of New South Wales : Historical Notes of Its First Fifty Years
Sydney Australia: The Australasian Medical Publishing Company Ltd 1925. Outer edges of covers tatty contents very good. 46 pages with b/w illustrations. Jubilee publication covering 1874 to 1925. . Stapled Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Australasian Medical Publishing Company Ltd Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020965
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Jim Angel and Brian Fletcher
The Australian Club 1838 - 2013
Sydney Australia: Allen & Unwin 2013. 478 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Allen & Unwin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020963 ISBN : 1743316569 9781743316566
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The Mitchell Library Sydney : Historical and Descriptive Notes
Trustees of the Public Library of NSW 1936. General wear to boards. Foxing to endpapers. 122 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Limited Edition of 1000 Copies. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Trustees of the Public Library of NSW Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020970
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Winter Gillian Editor.
Tasmanian Insights : Essays in honour of Geoffrey Thomas Stilwell
Hobart TAS Australia: State Library of Tasmania 1992. 245 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. State Library of Tasmania Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020938 ISBN : 072463892x 9780724638925
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Tasmania Department of Mines
A Century of Tin Mining at Mount Bischoff 1871 - 1971
Hobart TAS Australia: Government Printer 1972. General wear to covers plus previous owners name to top of front cover. 310 pages with b/w illustrations and 6 loose fold out illustrations in rear pocket. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 54. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Government Printer Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020936
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Latham Mark
NOT DEAD YET : Labor's Post-Left Future Quarterly Essay Issue 49
Melbourne VIC Australia: Black Inc. 2013. 101pp. Book clean square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed small front cover image; author photo to rear card wrapper creased on upper front panel. In this 'Quarterly Essay' Issue 49 2013 former leader of the Australian Party Mark Latham "considers the future for Labor. The nation has changed but can the party With wit and insight Latham reveals an organisation top-heavy with factional bosses protecting their turf . . . " Plus: Correspondence- 'After the Future' Peter Garrett John Woinarski Tim Low Adam Kerezsy Bob Debus Tim Flannery. Book weight approx. 250g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Black Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 011916 ISBN : 1863951970 9781863951975
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Wannan Bill
CHRONICLES OF BOOBYALLA
Australia: Rigby 1979. 72pp. b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean square. Spine firm white title there-on. Plain green boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly surface scuffed. From the jacket flap: "This lively and entertaining excursion into a mock-heroic Australian past blends modern wit with fictionalised history. The familiar elements of exploration and colonisation have been reworked into the story of Boobyalla - a small town distinguished by a pageant of minor eccentrics and very little else . . . No pebble is left unturned in this tribute to Boobyalla's sons and daughters warts and all . . . " Book weight approx. 385g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good /Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011865 ISBN : 0727010913 9780727010919
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Megalogenis George
TRIVIAL PURSUIT : Leadership and the End of the Reform Era Quarterly Essay Issue 40
Melbourne VIC Australia: Black Inc Schwartz Publishing 2010. 120pp. Book clean square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed small front cover image; author photo to rear card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. In this the last issue for 2010 'Quarterly Essay' author and commentator George Megalogenis "dissects the cycle of polls focus groups and presidential politics and what it has done to the prospect of serious difficult reform. He argues that politics-as-usual has become a self-defeating game and mounts a persuasive case for a different style of leadership . . . " Plus: Correspondence- 'Power Shift' Gareth Evans Bruce Grant Michael Wesley Lyric Hughes Hale Robert D. Kaplan Harry Gelber David Uren Hugh White. Book weight approx. 210g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Softcover. Very Good . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Black Inc, Schwartz Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 011724 ISBN : 1863954988 9781863954983
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Howcroft Wilbur G.
HELLO COCKY
Cheltenham Victoria Australia: Kingfisher Books 1984. 111pp. b/white line-drawn illustrations intext. Book clean square. Spine firm. A hint of tanning to endpapers and text-block edges otherwise leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed. "More Australian Bush Ballads and Bulldust . . . This sequel to the much acclaimed 'Australian Bush Ballads and Bulldust' continues a tradition of writing unique in its Australian brand of yarn-spinning . . . The bard of the Mallee here-in offers a medley of verse limericks four-liners and prose . . . " Book weight approx. 110g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" Tall Oblong. Kingfisher Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 008464 ISBN : 095939995x 9780959399950
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Kirkby S. J. et al Contributors
FROM THE REAL AUSTRALIAN 1921-1926
Sydney NSW Australia: The Bush Church Aid Society No publication date c. 1980s. 39pp. b/white halftone plate frontispiece plus like and sketch-art drawings throughout. Saddle-stitch staple-bound format. Staples clean and firm. Leaves clean. Limp art-illustrated wrapper lightly bumped. 'The Real Australian' is the quarterly magazine of the Bush Church Aid Society. The selected articles produced in this booklet were published in that magazine between 1921 and 1926. Some were written by the first organizing missioner the Rev. S.J. Kirkby. Item weight approx. 70g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First Thus. Staplebound Limp Wrap Booklet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Bush Church Aid Society Paperback
Bookseller reference : 007665
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James Francis Hogan
The Gladstone Colony : An unwritten chapter of Australian history
Sydney Australia: William Brooks & Co 1898. General wear to boards plus ding to spine and rear. Gilt top edge rough cut bottom edge. 277 pages. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. William Brooks & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020926
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Special Journal to Mark the Centenary of Queensland 1859 - 1959
Brisbane QLD Australia: The Royal Historical Society of Quensland 1959. General wear to boards. 293 pages. Volume VI No 1 - September 1959. . Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Royal Historical Society of Quensland hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020924
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Historic Houses of Australia
North Melbourne: Cassell Australia Limited 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very sound attractive copy - near fine. Folio bound in beige linen with maroon titles to spine photographic illustrations to endpapers 302 pages. The book features essays and accompanying photographs of 37 Australian homesteads of outstanding heritage value. The standard text on the subject excellent production values - a very nice volume. Heavy item - may attract additional postage charges. <br/><br/> Cassell Australia Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1709290
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Playford Phillip E.; Vlamingh Willem Hesselsz. De
Voyage of Discovery to Terra Australis by Willem De Vlamingh in 1696 - 97
Perth W.A. Australia: Western Australian Museum 1999. 113 pages with colour frontispiece and b/w illustrations. The expedition to Terra Australis for the Dutch East India Company. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Western Australian Museum Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020467 ISBN : 0730726029 9780730726029
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Elizabeth Ellis
Rare & Curious : The Secret History of Governor MacQuarie's collectors' Chest
Melbourne VIC Australia: The Miegunyah Press in Association with The State Library of New South Wales 2010. Illustrated boards. 275 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. The Miegunyah Press in Association with The State Library of New South Wales Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018839 ISBN : 052285379x 9780522853797
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CUNNINGHAM CA EDITOR
History of Fort Queenscliffe and The Australian Staff College
1971. Second revised. Paperback. Very Good. A neat tight copy. Slim quarto in card covers; unpaginated - includes frontispiece map of Fort Queenscliffe six pages of photographic illustrations. The editor states 'The aim of this booklet is to provide the student or visitor with a brief history of Fort Queenscliffe and the Australian Staff College.' In this edition a brief history of the Staff College Crest has been included. Annex G-Graduates has been changed from an alphabetical list of all graduates to a listing by courses. Loosely inserted a card' With the compliments of Brigadier W.J. Morrow CBE Commandant Australian Staff College.' <br/><br/> paperback
Bookseller reference : 1709264
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BEAN C E W
Anzac to Amiens
Canberra: Australian War Memorial 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A quite neat very sound copy. Fourth edition. Octavo in maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 565 pages including 150 black & white photographic plates and maps index. Cloth is slightly blotchy gilt lettering is faded dustjacket only slightly chipped creased at the head of the spine otherwise bright and clean. An attractive copy of Bean's condensation of his twelve volume Australian Official History of the 1914 - 18 war. <br/><br/> Australian War Memorial hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1709195
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KINGSMILL Hugh
Queenslanders
University of Queensland Press 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. A very neat bright copy. First impression. Octavo in original black boards with white title and credit to spine. 224 pages with black & white illustrations. Light spotting to top edge. Queensland-born journalist Hugh Lunn has assembled a highly readable collection of biographical sketches of 28 Queenslanders -a light-hearted look at a group of Australians who are 'somehow different'. <br/><br/> University of Queensland Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1709085 ISBN : 0702218162 9780702218163
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WILLIAMS Glyndwr
Voyages of Delusion
Harpercollins 2002. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. A very neat tight copy. Octavo in original bleu cloth boards with silver title and credits to spine 467 pages including black & white frontispiece of James Cook map endpapers appendices index numerous black & white charts and illustrations. Paper stock slightly toned. The book recounts the adventures and mishaps of the successive voyages to discover the elusive 'maritime philospher's stone' - a navigable passage through the icy seas of the Atlantic from Hudson Bay to the wealth of the Pacific Ocean <br/><br/> Harpercollins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1709087 ISBN : 0002571811 9780002571814
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TUCKEY J. H. Esq. First Lieutenant of the Calcutta
An Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait on the South Coast of New South Wales in His Majesty's Ship Calcutta in the years 1802-3-4
North Melbourne: Marsh Taylor & Walsh 1974. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. A very neat copy. This first facsimile handset as the original and hand-crafted in superb calf leather was the first volume from the press of Marsh Taylor & Walsh and was issued in a limited edition of 500 copies of which this is copy number 35. An exact copy of the exceedingly rare 1805 original printed in London. Octavo in full calf with raised bands darker brown leather label to spine blind stamped decoration to front and rear boards xvi - 240 pages. Together with spare spine label and the original rather spotty white card slipcase. The only contemporary account of the abandoned 1803 settlement of Port Phillip and of the foundation of Hobart. <br/><br/> Marsh, Taylor & Walsh hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1709090
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GOULD John; DIXON Joan M.
Kangaroos
South Melbourne: Macmillan 1973. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. A quite neat very sound copy. Originally published as 'The Mammals Of Australia Volume II' 1863 this book retains Gould's text together with Dixon's additional observations. The slipcase is bumped and worn but the book itself is in very good order and all the plates are in excellent condition. Folio in original black illustrated boards with white title to spine in slipcase. 152 pages including indices references cited 70 full-page magnificent colour reproductions of plates by Gould accompanied by detailed descriptions of specific species habitat and habits. A classic. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1709101 ISBN : 0333139127 9780333139127
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MORTLOCK J. F WILKES GA: MITCHELL AG eds.
Experiences of a Convict
Sydney: Sydney University Press 1966. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Near fine - a bright very neat copy. Second edition. Octavo in original brown cloth with gilt title to spine 248 pages including table index illustrated endpapers. Originally published 1864-5 Mortlock's account of his experiences as Australia from 1844 - 1864 provides an unusually broad overview of the convict system. A very nice copy. <br/><br/> Sydney University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1709076
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AN OFFICER
AN AUTHENTIC JOURNAL OF THE EXPEDITION UNDER COMMODORE PHILLIPS TO BOTANY BAY. With an Account of the Settlement Made at Port Jackson and a Description of the Inhabitants &c. With a copy of a Letter from Captain Tench of the Marines:
Melbourne: Marsh Walsh Publishing 1975. Very Good. And a List of the Civil and Military Establishment. To Which is Added an Historical Narrative of the Discovery of New Holland or New South Wales. A very neat bright copy of the numbered limited edition of 350 copies. Facsimile of edition published in London 1789. Octavo bound in full calf raised bands gilt embossed ship device to front and rear panels leather title label to spine with spare in pocket at rear board 54 pages including folding chart. An important book; the earliest authentic eyewitness account of the first settlement of Australia. Attractive copy perfect gift. <br/><br/> Marsh Walsh Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1709079
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POLITZER LL ed. LEICHHARDT L
DR. LEICHHARDT'S LETTERS FROM AUSTRALIA During the Years March 23 1842 to April 3 1848.
Melbourne: Pan Publishers 1944. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Near fine - a very neat copy. Slim octavo in original illustrated wrapper 96 pages including a photographic frontispiece portrait of Ludwig Leichhardt a black & white line portait and a map. Introduction by Alec H. Chisholm F.R.Z.S and appendix by Dr. G. Neumayer formerly Director Flagstaff Observatory `Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt as Naturalist and Explorer'. A little discolouration to the back panel but in surprisingly nice condition for a softcover of this age. <br/><br/> Pan Publishers paperback
Bookseller reference : 1709033
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REED AW. Ed. A. W.
Captain Cook in Australia Captain Cook in New Zealand 2 volumes
Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1969. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Very neat clean copies. First impression. Two companion volumes in publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. 192 and 262 pages profusely illustrated with half-tone plates line drawings charts and a large foldout chart in each volume redrawn from Cook's original maps.Top edge on NZ volume spotty. The dustjackets have light rubbing and creasing to edges a few very small closed tears. These volumes bring together Cook's journals of his voyages to the east coast of New Holland Van Dieman's Land and New Zealand. These journals have been edited and annnoted to provide an interesting important reference. <br/><br/> A.H. & A.W. Reed hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1709011
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TURNER Henry Gyles
Our Own Little Rebellion: The Story of the Eureka Stockade
Melbourne: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A neat very sound copy. No date. 1912 - 1913 Small octavo in original red cloth with credits in black to spine in gilt with embossed decoration to front panel. 123 pages including frontispiece and an additional six black & white plates including a foldout plan of the action at the stockade foldout map index and appendix 'A New Constitution for Victoria'. Cloth slightly faded at spine slight soiling to front endpapers neat numeral stamped on titile page and rear pastedown previous owner's name neatly snipped from flyleaf. A highly readable balanced account of the Eureka uprising drawing upon eyewitness accounts. <br/><br/> Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1709015
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HILL Barry
Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession
Milsons Point: Knopf 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A neat bright copy. First impression. Octavo in original charcoal boards with gilt title and credits to spine map endpapers. 818 pages including 32 black & white photographic plates bibliography and index. A highly engaging biography of the passionate controversial interpreter of Aboriginal culture. A major work of scholarship. A very nice copy of this scarce edition. <br/><br/> Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1709020 ISBN : 1740510658 9781740510653
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Simon Andre
The Wines Vineyards and Vignerons of Australia
London: Paul Hamlyn 1969. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Near fine - a very neat bright copy. Reprint. Quarto in publisher's original red boards with gilt title and credits to spine illustrated endpapers. 194 pages including numerous black & white and colour illustrations maps and photographic plates appendices glossary bibliography and index. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper top edge very slightly spotted very slight creasing to top of dustjacket spine. A world wine legend Andre Simon toured all Australian wine-producing regions inspected vineyards talked to vignerons vintners and distillers. A classic on Australian wine. <br/><br/> Paul Hamlyn hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1708843
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Berndt Ronald and Catherine
From Black to White in South Australia
Melbourne: F. W Chesire 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Original grey cloth with tan titles to spine 313 pages including introduction by Professor A. P. Elkin appendices index black & white photographic plates. Small corner clip to free front endpaper. A field work classic in the study of the Australian aboriginal people. Near fine - a neat tight copy. <br/><br/> F. W Chesire hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1708784
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Colwell Max
The Journey of Burke and Wills
Sydney: Landsdowne Press 1985. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Reprint. pp152 map index black & white coloured illustrations and plates illustrated endpapers. Colwell's text is supported by over 180 pictures in all making this excellent production the most comprehensive pictorial record of the Burke and Wills expedition ever published. A tight clean copy. Great gift idea. <br/><br/> Landsdowne Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1708430 ISBN : 0701819138 9780701819132
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Cutlack F M
Breaker Morant: A Horseman Who Made History With a Selection of his Bush Ballads.
Sydney: Ure Smith 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 176 pages including tipped in black & white frontispiece maps. Spine faded some spotting to preliminary pages erasure scar on flyleaf. A boyhood encounter with 'The Breaker' led to Cutlack's continuing interest and research on this controversial figure. A very sound copy. <br/><br/> Ure Smith hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1707272
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Maclean Alistair
Captain Cook
London: Collins 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 192 pages endpaper maps black & white colour illustrations index. Previous owner's name / date on half-title price-clipped dustjacket. A lively and graphic account of the great explorer. Near fine - a bright tight copy. <br/><br/> Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1708202 ISBN : 0002111438 9780002111430
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Gillet Keith and McNeill Frank
The Great Barrier Reef and Adjacent Isles: A Comprehensive Survey for Visitor Naturalist and Photographer
Sydney: The Coral Press 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 194 pages appendices glossary index charts figures numerous superb black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name on flyleaf corners very lightly bumped a few insect nibbles to flyleaf. A classic study on the structure and extent of the Great Barrier Reef and its extraordinary inhabitants lavishly illustrated. A clean sound copy. <br/><br/> The Coral Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1707469
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Pearl Cyril
Always Morning: The Life of Richard Henry 'Orion' Horne
Melbourne: Cheshire 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 276 pages appendices frontispiece portrait black & white photographic plates. Pages slightly aged toned bookseller's sticker on front pastedown. Biography of a distinguished English poet and man of letters who spent seventeen years in Australia - "A combination of troubadour and prize fighter" says Edmund Gosse. Near fine - a bright tight copy. <br/><br/> Cheshire hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1708460
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Brodie Scott
Australia in the Vietnam War
Sydney: PR Books 1990. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Reprint pictorial laminated boards pp160 index black and white photographs. Boards covered in clear adhesive covering previous owner's name on front pastedown. Describes Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War from a few advisors in 1962 to a commitment of 8000 combat troops. A clean tight copy. <br/><br/> PR Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1707709 ISBN : 1875113363 9781875113361
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Heeres Doctor J E edited by John Reynolds
The Discovery of Tasmania 1642. Selections from Doctor J E Heeres' Translation of Tasman's Journal Aug-Dec 1642
Published under the authority and direction of the Honourable John Lewis Madden Minister in Charge of Tasmanian Tercentenary Celebrations 1942. Printed Wrapper. Very Good. 48 pages two fold out maps. Two inch tear to front cover at spine dog-ear to front panel. Laid in slip 'With the Compliments of the Premier of Tasmania and Ministers of State'. A clean sound copy. <br/><br/> Published under the authority and direction of the Honourable John Lewis Madden, Minister in Charge of Tasmanian Tercentenary Ce unknown
Bookseller reference : 1707803
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Edited by Davis Rex
MAGNA CARTA : Icon of Liberty
U.K.: Dean and Chapter of Lincoln jointly with Lincoln Magna Carta Trust 1988. 55pp. Intext colour illustrations plus several sketches by Sheila Sancha. Book clean square. Mildly sunned on spine and front very minor otherwise v/good. Produced in conjunction with an Australian Bi-Centennial visit of the historic Magna Carta.Contents include: Prelims. Habit of feudalism Magna Carta; Affirmation of Liberty Charter revived-Seventeenth century England The links with Australia Magna Carta Epilogue More. Book weight approx. 290gms. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Card Softcover. Very Good . 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, jointly with Lincoln Magna Carta Trust Paperback
Bookseller reference : 001886 ISBN : 0950269042 9780950269047
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Van Sommers Tess text by
Cedric Emanuel's Sydney Harbour Sketchbook
Australia: Rigby Limited 1976. Hardcover with red boards dust jacket missing first edition landscape format 62pp weighs 360gms red map endpapers. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Boards are in good condition with only mild shelf wear and scuffing otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Emanuel Cedric. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Rigby Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : HISAUS527 ISBN : 0727001884 9780727001887
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Van Sommers Tess text by
Cedric Emanuel's Parramatta Sketchbook
Australia: Rigby Limited 1977. Hardcover with orange boards and pictorial dust jacket first edition landscape format 64pp weighs 360gms orange endpapers. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only mild shelf wear. Dust jacket shows a two inch tear to the rear flap otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good/Good. Illus. by Emanuel Cedric. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Rigby Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : HISAUS526 ISBN : 0727002791 9780727002792
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Various
City's Centrepiece The: The History of the Sydney G.P.O.
Sydney Australia: Hale & Iremonger Pty Limited 1988. Hardcover with red boards and pictorial dust jacket first edition 640gms 114 pages illustrated endpapers. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Boards and dust jacket in good condition with only moderate shelf wear and scuffing otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Hale & Iremonger Pty Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : HISAUS532 ISBN : 0868063045 9780868063041
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Paterson AB. Banjo; and Semmler Clement intro by A. B.
Tribute to The Man From Snowy River A
North Ryde Australia: Angus & Robertson 1989. Hardcover with brown boards and pictorial dust jacket reprint 454gms no page numbers illustrated endpapers. David Parker's magnificent photography illustrates a Banjo Paterson selection including The Man From Snowy River. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear. There is a small pen mark on the inside front page from a previous owner. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only light shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good/Good. Illus. by Parker David. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : AUST18 ISBN : 0207147949 9780207147944
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Bingham Geoffrey C.
Laughing Gunner and Selected War Stories
Blackwood SA Australia: Troubadour Press Inc. 1993. Softcover reprint 376gms 319 pages. These short war stories mainly of action in the Malayan campaign of World War II and of the Japanese Prison Camps vividly depict the lives of soldiers under the stress of action and those those subjected to the remoreseless grindstone of captivity and lingering death. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration throughout otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Reprint. Softcover. Good/Not Applicable. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Troubadour Press Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : WARTWO186 ISBN : 1875653023 9781875653027
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Avondale School
Avondale School 2012 Yearbook
Avondale NSW Australia: Avondale School 2012. Laminated pictorial hardcover landscape format not issued with dust jacket first edition 776gms 119 pages blank endpapers. This is Avondale School's 2012 yearbook. Book is in very good condition with only very minor general wear and tear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Not Applicable. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Avondale School Hardcover
Bookseller reference : HISAUS529
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