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Spaull Andrew; Sullivan Martin
A History of the Queensland Teachers Union
Sydney Australia: Allen & Unwin 1989. Small scrape to top of minor title page. 357 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Allen & Unwin Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 015711 ISBN : 0046100229 9780046100223
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Beever Edward Alan
Launceston Bank for Savings 1835 - 1970 : A History of Australia's Oldest Savings Bank
Melbourne VIC Australia: Melbourne University Press 1972. General wear to edges of jacket. 231pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 015083 ISBN : 0522840213 9780522840216
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Marriott R. S.; McLean Gus
Going with the Grain : A History of Queensland's State Wheat Board
Toowoomba QLD Australia: State Wheat Board 1991. Illustrated laminated boards. Usual library marks. 264 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. State Wheat Board Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 011231 ISBN : 0724243828 9780724243822
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Ellem Bradon
In Women's Hands : A History of Clothing Trades Unionism in Australia
Australia: New South Wales Univ Pr Ltd 1989. 333 pages with b/w photo's. This book which is the first history of a women's industrial union in Australia examines the role played by union structures in achieving the aims of the membership. How did it meet the challenges brought about by its own internal contradictions and conflicts . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. New South Wales Univ Pr Ltd Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 005963 ISBN : 0868403393 9780868403397
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Rubinstein W. D.; Rubinstein Hilary C.
Menders of the Mind : A History of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 1946-1996
Oxford University Press Australia 1996. 274 pages with b/w illustrations. Based on archival and oral sources this is a judicious balanced and lucid history. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Oxford University Press Australia Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 003538 ISBN : 0195539532 9780195539530
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Brian H. Fletcher
The Grand Parade : A History of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales
Sydney NSW Australia: The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales 328 pages with b/w illustrations. History of the society up to 1987. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 004706 ISBN : 1862562652 9781862562653
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Bessant Bob; Holbrook Allyson
Reflections on Educational Research in Australia : A History of the Australian Association for Research in Education
Australian Association for Research in Education 1995. Previous owners name at top of front free endpaper. 363 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Australian Association for Research in Education Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 007433 ISBN : 0646263277 9780646263274
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Lyndsay Gardiner
A Woman's Place : A History of the Homecraft Hostel
Melbourne VIC Australia: Hyland House 1993. 137 pages with b/w illustrations. Signed by the author on the title page. From 1929 the Invergowrie Homecraft Hostel taught home-making to generations of young women until its closure in 1973. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hyland House Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 007537 ISBN : 1875657274 9781875657278
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BJ. Cooper and DF. Branagan Compiled and Edited by B. J. D. F.
Rock Me Hard.Rock Me Soft. : A History of the Geological Society of Australia
Sydney Australia: Geological Society of Australia 1994. Light general wear to covers. 194 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Geological Society of Australia Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 003552 ISBN : 0909869898 9780909869892
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Coombs H. C.
Aborigines and Development in Northern Australia
Darwin: State Library of the Northern Territory. 1991. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition - staplebound 9 pages Occasional Papers No. 24 State Library of the Northern Territory. The text of a speech given by Dr Coombs in Darwin in 1990 . 1st thus. Softcover. State Library of the Northern Territory paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : BIB291216 ISBN : 0724506292 9780724506293
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Arden George
Latest information with regard to Australia Felix the finest province of the great territory of New South Wales ; including the history geography . population and advice to Immigrants
Melbourne VIC Australia: Queensberry Hill Press for Una B. Porter 1977. Raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. Facsimile copy of the 1840 edition with the addition of a List of Contents and Index. . Limited Edition Number 41 of 300 . Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Queensberry Hill Press for Una B. Porter Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 020922 ISBN : 0909174040 9780909174040
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Harry & Valda Cole
Mr. Bass's Western Port : The Whaleboat Voyage
Hastings-Western Port Historical Society 1997. Signed on the minor title page. 98 pages with b/w illustrations. George Bass's own record of a whaleboat journey along the coastline south from Sydney then west into the strait later named for him as far as the sheltered harbour of Western Port. . SIGNED. Limited Edition Number 91 of 750 . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hastings-Western Port Historical Society Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 020939 ISBN : 0959065210 9780959065213
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Paul Theroux
The Happy Isles of Oceania:
New York: Putnam Adult 1992. First edition. Paperback. As New. 8vo 528 pages blue wrappers <br/><br/> 035a . This is an Uncorrected Proof Copy. Putnam Adult paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 4547 ISBN : 0399137262 9780399137266
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John Ramsland
Brave and Bold : Manly Village Public School 1858 - 2008
Melbourne VIC Australia: Brolga Publishing 2008. Usual library marks. 282 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Brolga Publishing Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 018849 ISBN : 1921221445 9781921221446
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Tatz Colin
A Course of History : Monash Country Club 1931 - 2001
Sydney NSW Australia: Allen & Unwin 2002. 340 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Allen & Unwin Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 017397 ISBN : 1865084174 9781865084176
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Moorhead John
Cathedral on the Clarence : The First Hundred Years
Grafton NSW: Cathedral Restoration Committee 1984. Fading to jacket. 163 pages with b/w illustrations. Signed by the author the Bishop and the Dean. The history of Grafton Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Grafton. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Cathedral Restoration Committee Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 017329 ISBN : 0959202501 9780959202502
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Fiona Staun
100 Shows : History of the Gold Coast Show
The Gold Coast Show Society 2006. Usual library marks. 128 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. The Gold Coast Show Society Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 017138
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Norman Marshall
The Yooralla Story : A History of the Yooralla Hospital School for Crippled Children 1918 - 1977
1978. Jacket has general wear and minor tears. Presentation sticker to second blank page with authors signature below. There are a further 8 signatures at the bottom of the title page. 181 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 016878
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John Pacini
Windows on Collins Street : A History of the Athenaeum Club Melbourne
Melbourne VIC Australia: The Athenaeum Club 1991. Foxing to endpapers. Small previous owners sticker to front endpaper. 456 pages with b/w illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Athenaeum Club Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 016244 ISBN : 0646026925 9780646026923
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Kellett John
A Fighting Union : A History of the Queensland Branch of the Transport Workers' Union 1907 - 2000
Brisbane QLD Australia: Boolarong Press 2001. Previous owners inscription to minor title page last page and last blank page. 264 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Boolarong Press Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 016249 ISBN : 0646332562 9780646332567
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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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 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
Riferimento per il libraio : 1709079
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