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White, Jill
Dupain's Sydney
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked white cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with the faintest traces of storage. 112pp. Sydney in Australia from the 1930s to the 1950s from the camera of Max Dupain as this era is brought to life again in his superb photographs.
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Konemann Staff
Gwion Gwion : Secret and Sacred Pathways of the Ngarinyin Aboriginal People of Australia
Book in brand new condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor traces of storage such as slight creasing to edges. 333pp. The meaning of the oldest figurative paintings in the bush in North Western Australia revealed by four old lawmen. They show a distinct society with elaborate dress and ceremony and dance. The words of the 'translators' accompany the photographs of the paintings.
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Keen, Ian (editor)
Being Black : Aboriginal Cultures in 'Settled' Australia
Number inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, sunning to spine and adjacent edges and no bumping to corners. 273pp. The results of recent anthropological studies which, contrary to common perceptuon, show that Aboriginal culture is still very much alive in Aboriginal communities and Australian towns and cities.
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Phillips, Valmai
Bridges and Ferries of Australia
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nicks to upper rear edge, slight rubbing to upper edge and traces of storage. 160pp. A history of bridges and ferries in Australia from the earliest days of punts and log crossings up to modern times. Includes technical details of major projects, bridge design and planning. Very well illustrated. Very scarce in the UK.
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Botham, Ian
The Incredible Tests 1981
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 160pp. The story of the 1981 Cornhill Test when Ian Botham came back from a bad period in his career to receive the accolade of 'The Greatest Test Innings Ever' for his staggering second century at Old Trafford.
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Leach, J. A. and Barrett, Charles
An Australian Bird Book
Inscription on front end paper. No other marks and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty top of page edges, slightly rubbed spine ends and no bumping to corners. Incomplete dust jacket with major repair down spine. 200pp. A complete guide to identification of Australian bird species. revised and edited by Charles Barrett. Eighth Edition. Well illustrated.
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Ren Lexander
The Complete Guide to Translating Australian Bullshit
Name/number inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, and slight rubbing to corners. 88pp. Humorous book showing how Australians say one thing but mean another with all the examples you could ask for. Scarce.
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Wilson, Geoff
Fishing Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula
No marks or inscriptions. Minor crease adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 88pp. Fishing around Melbourne from a very experienced expert on the area and its fish. A must for anyone planning a fishing trip to Australia or just with an interest in reading about fishing exploits. Very scarce in the UK.
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Knox, Ken
Fishing the Victoria Coastline
Inscription on title page. No other marks. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 216pp. A result of over 25 years of practical fishing experience along Australia's Victorian coastine by the author with details of 100s of places to fish. A must for the fishing enthusiast visiting Australia's southern coast around Melbourne.
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Adrian Ball
Is Yours an SS Great Britain Family?
No marks or inscriptions. Very slight small crease to rear cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly indented front board and no bumping to corners. 96pp. The story of the famous liner SS Great Britain's 32 round trips to Australia between 1852 and 1875 - with the names and personal details of 14,000 passengers.
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Clune, Frank & Stephensen, P. R.
The Pirates of the Brig Cyprus
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Slightly foxed dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with tiny nicks to lower front edge and top of spine. 205pp. A fascinating true story from 1829 when a group of convicts being transported to the penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania) mutinied and managed to sail the ship all the way to Japan and the South China Sea. They were later re-captured, some were hanged and some did eventually end up in Van Diemen's Land.
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John Bryson
Evil Angels
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with very slightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to upper edge and minor traces of storage. 550pp. The case of Lindy Chamberlain whose 9 week old daughter disappeared in Australia in the 1980s. A dingo was initially blamed. There was no body, no weapon and no motive, Then the mother was indicted and imprisoned for the murder. Finally with new evidence avaiable, she was released and pardoned. This study describes the events and the case in full.
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Eagar, Patrick
Summer of Speed: Fight for the Ashes, 1982-83
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. The story of the fight for the Ashes in Australia in 1982/1983. Well illustrated. With commentary by Alan Ross
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Brodsky, Isadore
Sydneys Phantom Book Shops
Neat inscription on reverse of front end paper. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, very slight rubbing to upper and lower page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small tear to spine foot and rubbing to upper edge. 144pp. An account of the romance and history of bookshops in Sydney in Australia from Castlereagh Street and others. Very scarce in the UK.
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Owen, David
Thylacine : The Tragic Tale of the Tasmanian Tiger
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 228pp. The story of the world's largest marsupial predator which was hunted to extinction. Yet many people including serious scientists claim to keep seeing it still. Does it still exist or could it be brought back by cloning.
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Hogan, Janet
Historic Homes of Brisbane
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight traces of storage. 119pp. Australian properties created under the influence of a sub-tropical climate which show the life style of the earliest residents of the city of Brisbane.
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Sumner, Ray
Historic Homes of Brisbane
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a few minor indents. 120pp. Descripions and photographs of forty-seven historic Australian properties in the city of Brisbane ranging from simple rural dwellings to grand city residences.
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Messent, David & McGonigal, David
The Complete Guide to Sydney Harbour
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. The history of Sydney and its harbour and everything you would want to know about it in modern times. Very well illustrated.
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Parish, Steve
A Souvenir of Sydney : New South Wales Australia
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 57pp. A mainly illustrated tribute to the beauty and diversity of the Australian city of Sydney.
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Cook, Judith
To Brave Every Danger : The Epic Life of Mary Bryant of Fowey
Book in as new unread condition. . 256pp. True life account of Mary Broad, sentenced to hang for minor theft and then transportation to Australia. She and her new convist husband escaped and sailed 3254 miles over 69 days to the Dutch Easy Indiies, sent back caged to Britain where her cause was championed by James Boswell who achieved a full reprieve for her.
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Lawson, Henry; Paterson, Banjo
A Literary Heritage: Henry Lawson. Banjo Paterson. (2 Volume Set)
No marks or inscriptions. Two very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jackets not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunned and slightly foxed spines and chip/nick to top of spine of Henry Lawson volume. The two volumes in excellent condition slipcase. 304 + 304pp. Volume one contains the selected works of A.B. Banjo Paterson including his best-loved stories and poems such as 'Waltzing Matilda'. Volume two contains the sketches and poems of Henry Lawson which are an essential part of the Australian literary tradition. Illustrated with period photographs throughout both volumes. A heavy set.
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CAMENA D'ALMEIDA, Paul y BLÁZQUEZ Y DELGADO - AGUILERA, Antonio.
Curso de Geografía: América Meridional y Oceanía.
Barcelona, Herederos de Juan Gili, Editores, 1916. 4to. mayor; 2 hs., 660 pp. Con 379 ilustraciones fotográficas y mapas entre el texto. Encuadernación original en tela estampada. La parte correspondiente a América Meridional es enteramente obra de Blázquez, Bibliotecario Perpetuo de la Real Sociedad Geográfica.
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DESCHAMPS, Hubert.
Historia de las Exploraciones.
Madrid, Oikos-Tau, 1971. 8vo.; 126 pp., 1 h. Cubiertas originales.
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ELTON, Lord.
Imperial Commonwealth.
London, Collins, 1945. 4to.; 544 pp. Encuadernación original en tela.
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MANSFIELD, Katherine.
En una pensión alemana.
Barcelona, Plaza Janes S.A. Editores, 1982. 4to. menor, 252 pp., 2 hs. Cubiertas originales.
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Royal Dutch Petroleum Company.
Diamond Jubilee Book of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company [N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij] 1890-1950.
The Hague, Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 1950. 4to.mayor; 204 pp., más 106 ilustraciones fotográficas en láminas fuera de texto, más un gran mapa plegado conteniendo "The spheres of operation of the Royal Dutch / Shell Group of Companies". Enc. original en tela roja estampada.
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SKOTTSBERG, Karl.
Las Islas Hawaii. Versión del sueco por Jaime Ruiz Manent.
Barcelona, I. G. Seix Barral, 1941. 4to. menor; 71 pp., 1 h. Con 30 ilustraciones fotográficas y un mapa. Cubiertas originales.
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TREUE, Wilhelm.
La conquista de la tierra. Tras las huellas de los grandes descubridores. Traducción de Francisco Payarols.
Barcelona, Editorial Labor, s.a. (hacia 1950). 4to. mayor; 548 pp., con 50 mapas y figuras entre el texto y 32 láminas con fotografías Encuadernación original en media tela.
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CABAL, Juan [seudónmo de José Escofet Vilamasana].
Balboa, descubridor del Pacífico.
Barcelona, Juventud, 1943. 4to.; 220 pp., 1 h. Cubiertas originales.
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HIERSEMANN, Karl W.
Katalog 518. Deutsche Geschichte. [Junto con:] Katalog 519. Der Orient unter einschluss seiner Kunst. [Junto con:] Katalog 520. Afrika, Australien. Polarländer. [Junto con:] Katalog 522. Osteuropa. Russland, Polen, Böhmen, Balkan. [Junto con:] Katalog 528. Nationalökonomie Rechtswissenschaft. [Junto con:] Katalog 530. Alte Naturwissenschaften Medizin. Enthaltend zum Teil die Bibliotek des Prof. S.O. Woitinski.
Leipzig, 1923. Seis tomos en un volúmen en 4to.; 89 pp. + 75 pp. y 12 láminas + 62 pp. + 70 pp. + 75 pp. + 76 pp. Cubiertas originales para cada tomo. Encuadernación moderna en media tela.
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TURNER, Walter James Redfern.
La Música y la Vida. Versión española de José María Borrás.
Barcelona, Editorial Juventud, s.a. (1930). 4to. menor; 202 pp. Cubiertas originales.
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TURNER, Walter James Redfern.
La Música. Manual de iniciación musical. Con un capítulo adicional sobre la música contemporánea, de R. Crespo Crespo, traductor de la obra.
Barcelona, Editorial Apolo, 1936. 4to.; 112 pp. y 8 láminas aparte. Enc. original en tela.
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PARRY, John H.
Europa y la Expansión del Mundo (1415-1715). Traducción de María Teresa Fernández.
México, FCE, 1968. 4to. menor; 230 pp. Encuadernación en tela.
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DAY, R.H.
Psicología de la Percepción Humana. Verrsión española de Marcelino Llanos Braña.
México, Editorial Limusa-Wiley, 1973. 4to.; 227 pp. Ilustraciones entre el texto. Cubiertas originales.
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REVESZ, Andrés.
La Conferencia de Washington y el problema del Pacífico.
Madrid, Imprenta de J. Pueyo, 1922 [Biblioteca Internacional]. 4to. menor; 158 pp. Cubiertas originales.
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VIDART, Luis.
La partida de Vasco de Gama para el descubrimiento de la India. Carta dirigida al Señor Don Luciano Cordeiro.
Madrid, Imprenta del Cuerpo de Artillería, 1896. 4to. alargado; 16 pp. Cubiertas originales.
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ZIEGLER, Oswald Leopold.
The Soul of a City. Sidney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sidney, W.E. Smith Limited, s. a. (1974). Folio cuadrado; 95 pp. sin numerar, con gran cantidad de fotografías de Max Dupain, editado en la Navidad de 1974 por el Council of the City of Sidney. Ejemplar dedicado por un miembro de dicho Consejo a un visitante. Encuadernación original en cartoné impreso, fatigada.
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[NEW SOUTH WALES].
Nova Galles do Sul. Estudos Coloniaes. [Editado con motivo de la Exposición Internacional de Sidney de 1879].
Lisboa, Imprenta Nacional, 1879. 4to.; 39 pp. Cubiertas originales en papel impresas.
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VAN PRAAGH, Peggy (1910-1990).
How I became a Ballet Dancer.
London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1954. 4to. menor; XI-97 pp. y 8 ilustraciones fotográficas en láminas aparte. Encuadernación original en tela con sobrecubierta.
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VARIGNY, Charles Victor Crosnier de (1829-1899).
La Guerra del Pacífico. Prólogo de Sergio Aguirre Mac-Kay.
Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Editorial Francisco de Aguirre, 1971. 4to.; XV - 207 pp., Ilustraciones. Cubiertas originales. Charles de Varigny, que llegó a las Islas como Secretario del Consulado Francés de Honolulu, fue durante catorce años Ministro de Finanzas y de Asuntos Exteriores de Hawaii durante los reinados de Kamehameha IV y Kamehameha V, entre 1863 y 1872. En palabras de Mark Twain, Varigny fue "very popular, greatly respected and even beloved by the hawaiians".
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HIRSCH, Max (1852-1909).
Crítica del Socialismo. Páginas preliminares y traducción directa del inglés por Baldomero Argente.
Barcelona, Tipografía El Consultor Bibliográfico, s.a. (1930) ["Biblioteca Georgista"]. 4to.; 205 pp. Encuadernación original en tela estampada.
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PIMENTEL, Juan.
En el Panóptico del Mar del Sur. Orígenes y desarrollo de la visita australiana de la Expedición Malaspina (1793).
Madrid, 1992. 4to.; XVII pp., 188 pp. Cubiertas originales.
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SALVADO, Fray Rosendo (1814-1900).
Memorias Históricas sobre la Australia y la Misión benedictina de Nueva Nursia.
Madrid, La Editorial Católica, 1946. 4to.; XXIV-439 pp., las 17 últimas con un "Diccionario de los dos dialectos aborígenes de Nueva Nursia". Ilustraciones fotográficas entre el texto. Encuadernación original en tela.
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ROS, Eladio.
La Música en Nueva Nursia. (La abadía española de Nueva Nursia en Australia Occidental, 4). Introducción y Apéndices de Francisco Utray. Traducción y notas de Mercedes Utray.
Madrid, 1992. 4to.; 301 pp. Transcripciones musicales. Encuadernación original en tela.
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SANZ, Carlos.
Descubrimiento de Australia. Memorial Número Ocho presentado al Rey Felipe III, por el Capitán Pedro Fernández de Quirós, sobre la Población y Descubrimiento de la "Quarta Parte del Mundo". Reproducciones facsímiles de las ediciones de Pamplona 1610, Augspurg 1611, Amsterdam 1612 (versiónes latina y holandesa), Paris 1617, Londres 1617, Amsterdam 1643.
Madrid, 1964. Ocho folletos en 4to. Facsímiles. Cubiertas originales.
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SANZ, Carlos.
Cartografía histórica de los Descubrimientos Australes.
Madrid, Publicaciones de la Real Sociedad Geográfica, 1967. 4to. mayor; 96 pp., con 82 reproducciones de mapas a toda plana, tres de ellos plegados. Cubiertas originales
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SANZ, Carlos.
Australia: Su descubrimiento y denominación. Con la reproducción facsímil del Memorial Número Ocho de Quirós en español original y en las diversas traducciones contemporáneas.
Madrid, Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, 1973. 4to. mayor; 266 pp., con facsímiles de portadas entre el texto. Cubiertas originales.
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VICENS VIVES, Jaime (1910-1960).
Rumbos oceánicos. Los navegantes hispanos.
Barcelona, Editorial Barna, 1946. 4to.; 2 hs., 386 pp., con 16 láminas y seis mapas en láminas fuera de texto, dos de ellas plegadas. Encuadernación original en media tela.
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SANZ, Carlos.
Australia. Su descubrimiento y denominación. Con la reproducción facsimil del Memorial de Quirós e Índice cronológico de las ediciones del mismo en todas las lenguas, desde 1609 hasta 1964.
Madrid, 1963. 4to.; 14 pp. + 3 hs. y un mapa. Cubiertas originales.
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GOULART DA COSTA, Euclides (1883-1948).
Os Vulcões de Hawai.
Lisboa, Sociedade de Geografia, Tipografía Minerva, 1925. 4to. mayor; 53 pp., 1 h. y 4 reproducciones fotográficas en láminas aparte. Cubiertas originales.
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