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2000réf. 039151France: Imprimerie Nationale 2000. 464pp glossary bibliography index num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers with integral flaps. Minor damp rippling at top right corner of first few pages otherwise very nice. The personal journal Of Baudin's voyage to Australia. Text in French/en Francais. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Imprimerie Nationale Paperback
1929réf. 040065Sydney: Cornstalk Publishing. 1929. xix 203pp index bw ills pidgin glossary. Or patterned blue cloth lacking jacket. Spine faded endpapers and edges toned bookseller label on front pastedown. A woman's recollections of time spent in the New Guinea highlands particularly the goldfields at Bulolo and surrounds. Accounts of primitive peoples and cannibals are among the fascinating events recounted among the more mundane day-to-day events. Second Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Cornstalk Publishing. Hardcover
2008réf. 052902Canberra: Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation 2008. 6 booklets in slipcase. 4 boklets 24pp the other 2 slightly fewer pages; references ills plus several pages of printed correspondence relating to research for the booklets and a letter from the publisher to Keith Keith Vincent Smith noted academic in the field of Aboriginal studies. The booklets are all near new the flimsy slipcase shows some very minor wear. The booklets ar as follows: Book 1 Aims and ideas; Book 2 First Taste of Alcohol; Book 3 Strong spirits from Southeast Asia; Book 4 The story of the bottle; Book 5 Learning to drink from the English; Book 6 Struggles over drinking rights. Covers traditional Aboriginal alcoholic drinks; spirits such as arrack and tuba from Asia; the use of bottle glass by indigenous Australians; early settlers and how they drank and the effects of prohibition laws. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation Paperback
1924réf. 040355Auckland: The Brett Printing Company 1924. 368pp index bw ills. Or blue cloth lacking jacket. Minor edge wear to covers white marking to rear cover probably from paper adhesion toning to endpapers and edges prev owner Capt J Cowper on front free endpaper dated 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. The Brett Printing Company Hardcover
2019réf. 145868Adelaide: Wakefield Press 2019. Paperback. Near fine. Adelaide Wakefield Press 2019 revised and updated edition/ 1985. Octavo xvi 110 pages with numerous illustrations many from photographs. Colour-pictorial card covers; a near-fine copy. A presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author 'For Bob & Julie Ellis Thanks for your advice & conversation Peggy'. Bob Ellis is mentioned on page 9. Wakefield Press paperback
1986réf. 145858Hawthorndene: Investigator Press 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Hawthorndene Investigator Press 1986. Octavo 349 pages with numerous illustrations. Gilt-pictorial cloth lightly marked; a near-fine copy as issued without a dustwrapper. Investigator Press hardcover
1908réf. 024166Adelaide: By Authority: C E Bristow Government Printer 1908. 382 pages tables index. There are a few stains on the fore-edge. Cloth-backed textured papered boards foxed with minor staining to the rear board. Note: the map of the State and the statement of mineral production from 1840 to 1907 mentioned in the Preface to this edition are not present. The book includes an account of the chief geological features of South Australia early history of Australian mining reports on mines. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. By Authority: C E Bristow, Government Printer Hardcover
2005réf. 109553Leabrook: Bob and Peter Brummitt 2005. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Leabrook Bob and Peter Brummitt 2005. Small quarto 351 pages. Card covers a little marked and rubbed; a very good copy. 'Extracts of letters written by members of the Brummitt family mainly Dr. Robert Brummitt 1851-1927 and his wife Jane 1853-1942 to family in Banbury England between 1880 and 1900. They form a detailed account of the childhood and youth of their son Elliott Arthur Brummitt 1880-1934. The letters were transcribed in England by Agnes Brummitt'; this transcription has been photocopied and published as an apparently handwritten book. Companion volume to Jane Brummitt's 'The diary of Jane Roach'. Bob and Peter Brummitt paperback
1984réf. 100865Adelaide: The Author 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide The Author 1984. Quarto 240 pages with illustrations plus endpaper maps. Colour decorated papered boards lightly rubbed; an excellent copy. Presentation copy inscribed to Colin Horne and signed by the author. Loosely inserted is the handwritten draft of the Foreword signed by Colin Horne; also inserted are two signed handwritten letters from the author to Horne. The Author hardcover
1987réf. BIB311324Broadway NSW: Fairfax Syme and Weldon. 1987. Folio Size 38x28cm approx. Near Fine condition in matt cream boards with faux-leather spine and pictorial inlay to front cover. Illustrated with colour photographs and maps. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. This is a heavy book the parcel will be over 3kg and will cost more to ship. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. 290 pages. . Near Fine. 1st thus. Hardback. Fairfax, Syme and Weldon hardcover
1965réf. 052414Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1965. xiii 184pp index appendix few bw ills 2 related clippings loose at rear. Gray cloth in jacket. Spine faded. Small bookseller label on front pastedown tape stains to endpapers rear free endpaper covered in notes. The story of the New Guard poltical movement in Australia told by its virtual founder. The New Guard was a right wing movement described by its supporters as a force for constitutional alw and against communism it was denounced by detractors for its allegedly fascist tendencies. Best remembered for the spectacular 'opening' of the Sydney Harbour Bridge by New Guardsman de Groot. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
1946réf. 137876Adelaide: The Hassell Press for the South Australian Museum 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Hassell Press for the South Australian Museum 1946. Quarto pages 445-502 with a map and 3 full-page illustrations plus a page of plates. Printed wrappers slightly discoloured around the edges; an excellent copy. The Hassell Press [for the South Australian Museum] paperback
1894réf. 143884Adelaide: C.E. Bristow Government Printer 1894. Near fine. Adelaide C.E. Bristow Government Printer 1894. Foolscap folio 2 pages. Needle-holes and notches in the left-hand margin where previously bound now disbound; a couple of tiny spots; in near fine condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper number 126 of 1894; one of only 650 copies. The petitioner appeals an earlier rejection by the Chief Secretary arguing that laws outlawing the issuing of letters of naturalisation to 'Asiatics' do not apply to him as a native of the Ottoman-contolled Levant. C.E. Bristow, Government Printer unknown
1949réf. 128410Perth: The Author 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Perth The Author 1949. Octavo; cloth slightly rubbed and marked; extremities slightly bumped; spine lightly sunned; inner hinge starting; a very good copy. With the pencilled ownership signature of Malcolm Brooks of Buckland Park. The Author hardcover
1996réf. 137979Port Lincoln: The author 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Port Lincoln The author 1996. Quarto xii 211 pages with 38 illustrations some from photographs and 29 maps. Card covers lightly rubbed and a little sunned about the spine; an excellent copy. The author paperback
1962réf. 053027Christchurch NZ: The Author 1962. 158pp bw ills. White & pale green wraps titled in maroon. Wraps creased with several small chips and short tears prev owner name on title page minor tanning & foxing. New Zealand and Tasmania. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
1899réf. 60069Adelaide: RSSA 1899. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1899. Octavo 9 pages. Original wrappers; a fine copy. The address concentrates on the Australian Aborigines with particular reference to the recent publications of Roth Spencer and Gillen. He concludes that the 'Australian is not degenerate but primordial . A consequence of this is that no longer protected by isolation he must shortly entirely disappear from the face of the earth for he is an anachronism and archaic'. This issue also contains HOWCHIN Walter: Notes on the Geology of Kangaroo Island with special reference to evidences of extinct glacial action 10 pages plus 2 plates. RSSA paperback
1981réf. 131048Adelaide: The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Adelaide The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd 1981. Large octavo xviii 369 pages with 40 illustrations. Papered boards a little rubbed; some ink and pencil annotations to the initial pages and front flap; a few small light stains to a couple of pages; a very good copy with the slightly rubbed and marked dustwrapper. Inscribed and signed in ink by Stewart Cockburn 'For David Robertson. A key figure in this story!'. David Robertson was an American engineer who worked with Oliphant on the development of radar see Index for more. The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd hardcover
1971réf. 051942Herberton: Hisine Technique Print printer 1971. 48pp maps bw & col ills. Green pictorial card. Slight fading at stapled edge and top edge minor crease at bottom front corner. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Hisine Technique Print (printer) Paperback
1939réf. 025388Brisbane: W R Smith & Paterson 1939. Foreword by F A Cooper. viii 157pp 7 maps index bibliographia. Page edges lightly soiled. Or brown cloth boards heavily flecked at the spine and at the edges. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is number 267 signed by the author. The history of Cairns and district. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. W R Smith & Paterson Hardcover
1946réf. 041123Brisbane: W R Smith & Paterson 1946. 84ppappendices. Or brown cloth boards. Tiny bump to top front right corner. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is number 408 signed by the author. The history of Cairns and district. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. W R Smith & Paterson Hardcover
2021réf. 147743Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia in conjunction with Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art 2021. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Art Gallery of South Australia in conjunction with Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art 2021. Quarto 272 pages with numerous colour illustrations many full-page. Colour-pictorial card covers; a fine copy. The catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition held between October 2021 and January 2022. Art Gallery of South Australia in conjunction with Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art paperback
1968réf. BIB330629Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia. 1968. Octavo Size approx 14x22cm. Very Good condition - but with some pages corners creased mostly quite mild from "turning down" by previous owner. Blue boards with gilt to spine. Australiana Facsimile Series No 130. Fold-out map to front. Note: the boards are not 'mottled' as they appear in photo. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 452 pages. Contents include: Arrival in Melbourne Journey to Wolfscrag Prospects of Sheep Farming at Wolfscrag Troubles of a Beginner A Station Formed at Tongalla A Ride to the Muddy Creek Corroborees and giving in Marriage Steeles Creek and more! . Very Good. Facsimile Edition. Hardback. Libraries Board of South Australia hardcover
1992réf. 038191Melbourne: The Colony Press 1992. iv 37pp index. Or card. Near new. #75 of a limitation of 100cys. Transportation of convict to the colonies. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. The Colony Press Paperback
1992réf. 146569Oodnadatta: Oodnadatta Aboriginal School 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Oodnadatta Oodnadatta Aboriginal School 1992. Large octavo xii 132 pages with numerous illustrations. Pictorial papered boards very slightly rubbed; an excellent copy. With extensive lists of students and staff. Oodnadatta Aboriginal School hardcover
