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WS. HILL REID W. S.
John Grant's Journey. A Convict's Story 1803-1811.
Heinemann 1957. 8vo. First Edition with a facsimile as frontispiece and 7 plates; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Based on Grant's own journal. Includes his conviction transportation to Australia pardon and return. Heinemann, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16280
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S. GORE
Overlanding with Annabel.
Angus & Robertson 1955. 8vo. First Edition with a portrait frontispiece and plates free endpapers browned; cloth gilt back backstrip sunned else a very good clean copy. Gore's classic account of a trans-Australian expedition in an ancient Chrysler. Angus & Robertson, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14005
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Eugene GRAYLAND
Coasts of Treachery. Illustrated by W. Jenks.
AH & AW Reed Wellington New Zealand 1963. 8vo. First Edition with illustrations a number full-page in the text small signature erased from front free endpaper; cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Scarce especially in the dustwrapper. AH & AW Reed, Wellington, [New Zealand, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13241
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Aviation Historical Society of Australia
RAAF Aircraft 1921-1971
Sydney: A. H. S. A. 1971. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Near Fine. quarto. 24pp. b/w pls. Short account of the 114 Aircraft types used by the RAAF over 50 years. Well-illustrated A. H. S. A. unknown
Bookseller reference : 22077
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Trans Australia Airlines
Basic Engineering Training Manual
np.: Trans-Australia Airlines c.1970. orig. binder. Very Good. lge. 8vo. c.200pp. text ills. diags. Lecture notes on Gas Turbine engines Airconditioning & Pressurisation Instruments & Radio aids. Annotations & drawings in text Trans-Australia Airlines unknown
Bookseller reference : 46706
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Western Australia
The Statutes Of Western Australia. By Authority. 2 volumes
1883. Western Australian Statutes 1883 Australia. The Statutes Of Western Australia. By Authority. Melbourne: M'Carron Bird & Co. 1883. Two volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Contemporary calf rebacked lettering pieces to spine. Moderate rubbing with some wear to extremities internally clean. Ex-library. Location labels to spines small stamps to title pages. $750. Contents digested alphabetically. Topics include Aborigines administration of justice admiralty lands aliens hawking immigrants industrial schools intestates' estates jetties and bridges juries joint stock companies justices of the peace wild horses and wrecks. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:91. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51322
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South Australia
Acts of the Parliament of South Australia 1867 1869-70 1874.
1867. South Australia. Acts of the Parliament of South Australia 1867 1869-70 1874 1876-81. Adelaide: Nine volumes in all. 1881 volume: later three quarter cloth over paper boards typewritten paper title label to spine. Some shelfwear internally clean; other volumes: Quarter cloth over stiff printed wrappers. Moderate shelfwear spine ends worn internally clean. All 9 volumes: ex-library. Location labels to spines stamps to front covers and preliminaries. $750. South Australia's origin is unique. Established by an act of Parliament in 1834 it was a planned British province rather than a convict settlement. It was the first place in the world to grant universal suffrage and to allow women to run for parliament. It was one of the states that formed the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. These volumes are from a series that ran from 1837 to 1957. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:81. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51875
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Australia; Victoria
The Victorian Statutes. Published by Authority. 4 Volumes. 1866
1866. 4 Vols. 1866. 4 Vols. 1866. Victorian Acts in Force in 1866 Australia. Victoria. The Victorian Statutes. Published by Authority. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. Four volumes Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Recent cloth gilt titles to spines endpapers renewed internally clean. Ex-library. Small stamps to title pages. $1500. Only edition. A companion volume of imperial statutes in force in Victoria was published in 1868. The first three volumes contain general acts. Volume IV contains acts that relate to particular persons or localities or have a "special or limited operation." Both volumes are indexed have chronological tables and are digested alphabetically. OCLC locates 6 copies. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:88. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51317
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Australia; Cooper Frederick Augustus Editor
Statutes in Force in the Colony of Queensland. Edited by Frederick.
1881. The First Compilation of Queensland Statutes Australia. Cooper Frederick Augustus Editor. Statutes in Force in the Colony of Queensland. Brisbane: James C. Beal Government Printer 1881. Four volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 11". Recent cloth gilt titles to spine endpapers renewed internally clean. Ex-library. Small stamps to title pages. $1250. Only edition. With a chronological table of acts. Volume IV is an index. "The object in view has been simply the compilation and revision of the existing Statute Law of the Colony of Queensland in such a manner as to facilitate the search of all whose avocations render reference to it necessary and not in any way to furnish the profession with the very large number of Imperial Acts applicable or apparently applicable to this colony.": Preface. OCLC locates 6 copies. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:77. unknown
Bookseller reference : 51281
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AUSTRALIA. LANG John Dunmore
Emigration; Considered Chiefly in Reference to the Practicability and Expediency of Importing and of Settling Throughout the Territory of New South Wales A Numerous Industrious and Virtuous Agricultural Population; Being A Lecture Delivered in the Temp
Sydney. Printed by E.S. Hall. 1833. 1833. Soft cover. Book 12mo 20.5cm 18p. original plain blue wraps upper cover chipped along fore edge some expert repairs along the gutter edge string tied else a fine copy n12 Fergusson 1667. - An early Australian emigration guide and an early Sydney imprint. John Dunmore Lang 1799-1878 a Scottish Presbyterian minister emigrated to New South Wales in 1823 and formed the Scots Church in Sydney. He was a prolific writer on Australia and a major advocate of encouraging immigration from Britain. ". His continual theme. in books pamphlets lectures and newspaper articles was that the grinding poverty of Britain could be relieved by the boundless opportunities in Australia". ODNB. . Sydney. Printed by E.S. Hall. 1833. paperback
Bookseller reference : 26804
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Arthur GRIMBLE
A Pattern of Islands with Return to the Islands. THE 'ISLANDS' IN FULL MOROCCO
John Murray 1952-57. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition with title-vignettes several illustrations in the text and 2 maps one double-page on green stock; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco sides framed in gilt backs gilt with raised bands second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt white blocking from original upper boards preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves at front a lovely set ideal as a gift or for presentation. Lovely set of Grimble's classic travel-autobiography set in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands of the Central Pacific John Murray, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11532
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Australia Soviet Friendship League
Russia and the World
Melbourne: Australia-Soviet Friendship League c.1942. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Fine. small octavo. 41pp. Australia-Soviet Friendship League unknown
Bookseller reference : R65679
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Australia Army
The Australian Army in Profile 2002
Canberra: Army Headquarters 2002. 1st edition. pictorial boards. Fine. lge. 8vo. 160pp. col. pls. Uncommon Defence Department publication. Inc. interesting photos of Australian troops in service Army Headquarters hardcover
Bookseller reference : 44538
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Geological Survey Of Western Australia
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSTIS OF KALGOORLIE EAST COOLGARDIE GOLDFIELD. PT. III ONLY
Perth: Government Printer. Very Good with no dust jacket; Ex- Library with small embossed stamp on . title page. Stapled reinforced stiff front wrapper. Original rear wrapper . with library pocket. No other markings. 1916. Wrappers. Excessively scarce! ; Bulletin Geological Survey of Western Australia ; No. 69; 12mo 7" - 7�" tall; 152p. pages; Also listed Under Feldtmann Francis Rudolf . Government Printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 2016
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Australia Post Philatelic Group
Golden Days of Radio
Australia Post Australia 1991. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Jacket. Golden Days of Radio is a must for those withy fond memories of early wireless in Australia. For someone with a special interest in this area it would make a delightful gift. Equally it would make a fascinating addition to your own library." Australia's heritage in stamps. Contains a pack of four new stamps in a presentation pack. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as a few marks and some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Film Radio & Television; Australia; ISBN: 0642160252. ISBN/EAN: 9780642160256. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 005799. . 9780642160256 Australia Post hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005799 ISBN : 0642160252 9780642160256
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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Report of the British Economic Mission nominated by His Majesty's Government in Great Britain at the request of His Majesty's Government in the Commonwealth of Australia.
Paperback. 1929. 42pp f'cap card covers Canberra 1929. Ex library copy sl. marked. . paperback
Bookseller reference : HALL500766
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Commonwealth of Australia
Railway Systems
Canberra: Government Printer 1981. revised edition. hardback with dust jacket. Very Good. octavo. Colour folded map 700mm x 820mm Government Printer hardcover
Bookseller reference : A111593
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Media Club Australia Inc Food
Yesterday Today and Tomorrow - The Best of Australian Food
Lothian Victoria 2003. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographs By Alan Benson Mil Truscott and Brett Stevens. Providing a snapshot of Australia's culinary diversity this book is a legacy of the Food Media Club Australia's contribution to our thriving Australian food culture as well as a celebration of the Club's 20th birthday. Organised thematically it compromises over 80 mouth-watering recipes contributed by leading Australian food writers including Stephanie Alexander Maggie Beer Margaret Fulton Dorinda Haffner Luke Mangan Ian Parmenter Neil Perry Barbara Santich Charmaine Solomon Neale Whitaker etc." Size: 250mm - 320mm. 176 pages. Text is in multiple languages. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear and bumping to corners and extremities. Illustrator: Photographs By Alan Benson Mil Truscott and Brett Stevens. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Australia; ISBN: 0734405413. ISBN/EAN: 9780734405418. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 005341. . 9780734405418 Lothian hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005341 ISBN : 0734405413 9780734405418
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Library Asociation of Australia
An Exhibition in Honour of Sir John Ferguson
Canberra: National Library of Australia 1965. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Near Fine. large octavo. viii 23 8pp. col. & b/w pls. frontis Arranged by the National Library of Australia for the Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Library Asociation of Australia August 1965 National Library of Australia unknown
Bookseller reference : K314975
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Cairns Jim Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
On the Horizon A Cultural Transformation to a New Consciousness
Melbourne: The Author 1999. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Near Fine. octavo. 187pp. b/w ills. tables Ownership signature o/w nice copy The Author unknown
Bookseller reference : K315024
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Commonwealth of Australia
Asylum Border Control and Detention
Canberra: AGPS 1994. 1st edition. softback with stiff wrappers. Near Fine. large octavo. xvii 246pp. appends. Joint Standing Committee on Migration AGPS unknown
Bookseller reference : A110904
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Commonwealth of Australia
Report of the Royal Commission on Espionage 22nd August 1955
Sydney: Commonwealth of Australia 1955. 1st edition. worn wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. iii 483pp. appends. index ‘The Petrov Commission’. Damage to wrappers at spine but not affecting text. VG reading copy only Commonwealth of Australia unknown
Bookseller reference : 42263
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Trans Australia Arlines
Route Maps and Flight Information
np: T.A.A. c.1962. pictorial wrappers. Fine. lge. 8vo. 24pp. col. illusts. maps Nice Information booklet with pamphlets in rear pocket inc. quarantine T.A.A. unknown
Bookseller reference : 41794
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Richard TANGYE
For Private Circulation. Notes of my Fourth Voyage to the Australian Colonies including Australia Tasmania and New Zealand 1886. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM AUTHOR'S WIFE
White and Pike Birmingham 1886. Roy. 8vo. First and Sole Edition small relatively unobtrusive damp-mark at lower outer blank margin nowhere affecting text; strongly bound in modern grey boards paper label lettered and ruled in black on upper board original printed wrappers preserved uncut a good sound copy of a scarce work. A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR'S WIFE WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With publisher's advertisement leaf bound in at end. Scarce. Ferguson 16696. White and Pike, Birmingham, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9478
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AUSTRALIA.
People in the Cities. The Report of a Task Force of the Australian Institute of Urban Studies. AIUS Publication No. 53.
Canberra City Australia. Australian Institute of Studies. 1975. Soft cover. Book 4to. 30cm iii75p. chapter notes appendices printed wraps fine ds11. - The Task Force approached five problems faced in cities in Australia: governance social quality inequality shelter and mobility. An interesting study in urban planning. . Canberra City, Australia. Australian Institute of Studies. 1975. paperback
Bookseller reference : 15977
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Life Magazine Australia 18 September 1967
Life Magazine Australia 18 September 1967
Melbourne: Time Life 1967. 1st edition. pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. quarto. 72pp. col & b/w pls. Cover Story: America�s Cup Zero Hour For Pattie Articles Include: Elke Sommer Former Star Returns to the Track. Beating the Bends by Liquid Breathing Leif Ericsson and his Relatives-The Discovery of a Viking Burial Ground. Some chipping Time Life unknown
Bookseller reference : K301568
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Libraries Board of South Australia
Ian Mudie A Bibliography
Adelaide: Liberaries Board of South Australia 1970. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Very Good. octavo. 91pp. frontis. index Bibliographies of Australian Writers Series Liberaries Board of South Australia unknown
Bookseller reference : K304611
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Shell Company of Australia
Diesel Engined Road Vehicles
Melbourne: Shell Australia c.1937. 1st edition. card covers. Fine. octavo. 56pp. b/w illus. appends A Booklet Dealing With the Operation of the Compression Ignition Engine as Used for Road Transport Shell Australia unknown
Bookseller reference : K300487
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Rolls Royce Owners Club of Australia
Inaugural Australian Wholly Ghost Tour Echuca Victoria 29th April-2nd May 1994 Tour Progarmme
Sydney: Rolls-Royce Owners Club of Australia 1994. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Fine. folio. 20pp. b/w pls. Rolls-Royce Owners Club of Australia unknown
Bookseller reference : K306086
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Life Magazine Australia 26 Jun 1967
Life Magazine Australia 26 Jun 1967
Melbourne: Time Life 1967. 1st edition. pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. quarto. 72pp. col & b/w pls. Cover Story: Middle East War; The Israeli Onslaught. Articles Include: Tale of Two Heroes: Francis Chichester and Gypsy Moth IV Time Life unknown
Bookseller reference : K301580
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Life Magazine Australia 19 February 1968
Life Magazine Australia 19 February 1968
Melbourne: Time Life 1968. 1st edition. pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. quarto. 72pp. col & b/w pls. Cover Story: The Tet Offensive: Suicide Raid on the Embassy. Articles Include: Those Sydney Sailors A Rare Private Interview with Alexei KosyginThe Corridors of the Heart Switzerland- A Profile Time Life unknown
Bookseller reference : K301577
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Department of Mines South Australia
Handbook on Uranium Prospecting in South Australia
Adelaide: Department of Mines South Australia 1954. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Very Good. small octavo. 51pp. col. & b/w pls. & ills. appendix map diagrs. tables Department of Mines, South Australia unknown
Bookseller reference : K309786
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Life Magazine Australia 4 September 1967
Life Magazine Australia 4 September 1967
Sydney: Time Life 1967. 1st edition. pictorial boards. Near Fine. quarto. 72pp. col & b/w pls. Cover Story: Veruschka. Articles Include: Pacification-Defending Vietnam Villages. Cooling US Ghettos Jerusalem: Holy City of Three Faiths Time Life hardcover
Bookseller reference : K301564
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Libraries Board of South Australia
Bibliography of Hal Porter
Adelaide: Liberaries Board of South Australia 1966. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Fine. octavo. 21 6pp. frontis. index Bibliographies of Australian Writers Series Liberaries Board of South Australia unknown
Bookseller reference : K304610
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The Parlament of the Commonwealth of Australia
Superconductivity and Related New Materials
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service 1988. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Very Good. large octavo. 90pp. tables ills. appends. Report by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry Science and Technology. Neat stamp & small spine label of ICI research library. Australian Government Publishing Service unknown
Bookseller reference : K306685
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Life Magazine Australia 27 November 1967
Life Magazine Australia 27 November 1967
Melbourne: Time Life 1967. 1st edition. pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. quarto. 88pp. col & b/w pls. Cover Story: The Coronation of the Shah of Iran Articles Include: Plain Talk on Korea by Matthew RidgwayThe Great New Zealand Heresy Trial Birth Control Part 1; The Pill Young singer-songwriter Janis Ian turns a grown up eye on life Time Life unknown
Bookseller reference : K301572
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Life Magazine Australia 11 Dec 1967
Life Magazine Australia 11 Dec 1967
Melbourne: Time Life 1967. 1st edition. pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. quarto. 72pp. col & b/w pls. Cover Story: The American Indian. Articles Include: Sweden Launches Rocket Mail System Expo 67 in Retrospect The New Look at Scotland Yard Malaria in Vietnam Birth Control Part II; Infertility Time Life unknown
Bookseller reference : K301579
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Australia Post
The City�s Centrepiece The History of the Sydney G. P. O.
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger 1988. 1st edition. hardback with dust jacket. Fine. large octavo. 114pp. col. & b/w pls. & ills. Hale & Iremonger hardcover
Bookseller reference : K308440
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National Library of Australia
Genealogy and Heraldry in the National Library of Australia a Selected Guide and Bibliography
Canberra: National Library of Australia 1988. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Near Fine. large octavo. 298pp. indexes Spine of the wrappers faded o/w Fine National Library of Australia unknown
Bookseller reference : K307961
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Life Magazine Australia 17 April 1967
Life Magazine Australia 17 April 1967
Melbourne: Time Life 1967. 1st edition. pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. quarto. 72pp. col & b/w pls. Cover Story: North Vietnam Under Siege. Articles Include: Toys Now Real Guns Tomorrow �Peanuts� Comic Strip Becomes a World Wide Craze How to Avoid Sharks Time Life unknown
Bookseller reference : K301571
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ACIL Australia P/L
A Development Strategy for the Emu Industry
Perth: ACIL Australia P/L 1992. 1st edition. comb-binding. Fine. folio. c110pp. ACIL Australia P/L unknown
Bookseller reference : K300243
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Life Magazine Australia 2 September 1968
Life Magazine Australia 2 September 1968
Melbourne: Time Life 1968. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Near Fine. quarto. 72pp. col & b/w pls. Cover Story: The South Seas With A Holiday Guide Articles Include: Montgomery Versus Rommel An Appraisal by Field Marshall Montgomery. The Invasion of Czechslovkia. Boat People of Hong Kong Look To A New Life Time Life unknown
Bookseller reference : K301569
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State Electricity Commission of Australia
Wiring Regulations 1961 and Inspection of Electrical Installations Regulations 1961
Melbourne: State Electricity Commission 1961. hardback in decorated cloth. Near Fine. octavo. 302pp. Incorporating wiring amendment regulations 1963-64-65-66-67 State Electricity Commission hardcover
Bookseller reference : Nd103064
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Libraries Board of South Australia
The Bigge Reports Australiana Facsimile Editions No 68
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia 1966. 1st edition. hardback in original cloth. Very Good. oversize. 195pp. index Ex library copy with usual stamps & labels o/w VG Libraries Board of South Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : Nd103003
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Images Australia
Interior Designers of Australia
Melbourne: Images Australia 1987. 1st edition. hardback with dust jacket. Near Fine. folio. 128pp. col. & b/w pls. Scarce hardcover edition Images Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : A108256
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Commonwealth of Australia
Report of Royal Commissioners on Statement of Lt.-Commander Cabban and Matters Incidental Thereto WITH Papers 2 vols
Canberra: Commonwealth Parliament 1967-68. stiff wrappers. Fine. lge. 8vo. vii 231 39pp. appends. Inc. ‘Papers presented to Parliament which consists of : Record of Interview by Sergeant Turner with P. T. Cabban; Statement by P. T. Cabban; Statements 16 with reference to character & professional competence of Capt. D. H. Stevens iii 19pp. Scarce Commonwealth Parliament unknown
Bookseller reference : 27044
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Royal Aeronautical Society of Australia
Australian Aeronautics
Melbourne: R A S A 1977-96. 1st edition. wrappers. Very Good. Foolscap. 550pp. b/w pls. appends. bibliog. index Magazines of Royal Aeronautical Society of Australia 1977-1996 R A S A unknown
Bookseller reference : 22349
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Institution of Engineers Australia
The 1987 Aviation Symposium “Innovate or Enervate”
Canberra: I E Aust 1987. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Near Fine. lge. 8vo. 305pp. b/w pls. author’s index Preprints of Papers I E Aust unknown
Bookseller reference : 22399
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Commonwealth of Australia Navy Office
The Navy List July 1958
Melbourne: Navy Office 1943. 1st edition. card covers. Very Good. sm. 8vo. 216pp. Fascinating & valuable reference. Covers every Officer of the RAN & its various auxillieries. Navy Office unknown
Bookseller reference : 24016
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Inst. Engineers Australia
International Aerospace Congress 1995 Proceedings Volume 2
Melbourne: Aviation Book Company 1995. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Near Fine. folio. 982pp. b/w pls. text ills. diags. 2nd Pacific Conference on Aerospace/ 6th Australian Aeronautical Conference. Over 60 papers inc.many of Australian interest Aviation Book Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 37127
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