1991réf. 016486Lismore N.S.W.: The Author 1991. xv 288pp map colour plate: Guidon and Colour Patches illustrated throughout with b/w photos bibliography list of subscribers index. SIGNED by the author and inscribed 'with good wishes dated June 2000 on page ix Author's Preface. The story of the Northern Rivers men who were members of the 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment the 4th and 15th Light Horse Regiments; and the 15th Australian Motor Regiment AIF with emphasis on the 'part-time soldiers and their training camps and social activities as part of their local community'. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. The Author Hardcover
1983réf. BIB332838Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 1983. Small Quarto Size approx 19x26cm. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket has a sunned spine and is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Small ink name to top corner of front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 224 pages. This splendid book is a visual memorial to the many gracious buildings which were demolished during the rapid period of Adelaide's growth in the post World War II era. Dozens of mansions townhouses banks shops churches places of entertainment and even whole areas of the city were razed. The book traces in photographs the lost architectural heritage of Adelaide and serves as a reminder of the importance of preserving architecturally important sites in all cities of the world. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Oxford University Press hardcover
1968réf. BIB322018Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia. 1968. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. Cream cloth boards green title patch to spine. Australiana Facsimile Editions No 188. Black & white plates and facsimile documents 2 & fold-out maps and charts. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 400 pages. The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour from 1768 to 1771. It was the first of three Pacific voyages of which Cook was the commander. The aims of this first expedition were to observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun 3 - 4 June of that year and to seek evidence of the postulated Terra Australis Incognita or "unknown southern land". Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Near Fine. Facsimile Edition. Hardback. Libraries Board of South Australia hardcover
1935réf. 034518Melbourne: The Specialty Press 1935. xii 268pp index appendix bw ills. Or brown cloth with gilt seal of City of Malvern to front. With Compliments slip from Mayor and Councillors of Malvern on front pastedown bookseller label on front pastedown. Some paper stuck to outside of covers. Ex- Oxley Library with a very few unobtrusive stamps. Scarce history of Malvern. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Specialty Press Hardcover
1945réf. 24928Australia 1945-1965. paperback. Good. 15 x 16mo. Collection of 15 Australian Turf Club programmes including 2 Trotting Clubs for race meets between the years 1945-1965; Brisbane Amateur Turf Club 1965 3 x The Queensland Turf Club 1963-1965 Red Cross Race Meeting Randwick Racecourse 1945 Sydney Turf Club 1945 2 x Northern Tasmania Trotting Club 1946 Tasmania Turf Club 1946 3 x Victoria Amateur Turf Club 1945-1946 Warwick Farm at Randwick Racecourse 1946 2 x Williamstown Racing Club 1945; all programmes generally good with occasional ink annotations and ink and pencil entries in Settling Sheets; wraps rubbed scuffed and foxed. paperback
1939réf. 024451Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1939. viii 266pp bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth with circled kangaroo in gilt to front. Very light foxing to page edges endpapers toned. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page- "To Beryl. May your dearest hopes come true. Ion L Idriess. April 1941." . Signed & Inscribed By the Author. National Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1939réf. 024450Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1939. vi 266pp bw ills. Or green cloth with circled kangaroo in gilt to front. Very light foxing to page edges endpapers toned. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page- "To Beryl. May all your friends be true ones. Ion L Idriess. April 1941." . Signed & Inscribed By the Author. National Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1976réf. 665Lipscomb County Historical Committee 1976. 676 pages. Quarto. Maps on endpapers. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Original pictorial cloth showing the Lipscomb County flag with titling on spine and front cover. Chapters include General History Ranch History Cities of the County Early Pioneers and Early Settlers. Hard Cover. Very Good. Lipscomb County Historical Committee Hardcover
1981réf. 7999Wangaratta: Shoestring Bookshop 1981. x 267 pages. Illustrated by Ian R. Cole. Maps on endpapers. Many b/w photos. Bibliography and index. The lightly worn dustwrapper has a long closed tear along the front flap fold. Scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. Shoestring Bookshop Hardcover
1921réf. BIB330805Melbourne: MacRobertson. 1921. Oblong Small Quarto Size. Quarter leather. Gilt title to cloth front board. Corners bumped and covers rubbed. Leather spine rubbed at edges and ends. Some rubbing to first page and the faint stamp to this page. It is possible that a flyleaf has been removed. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Colour Plates/Photographs most with tissue guards intact give vivid examples of the products and their packaging as well as the transport fleet and the interior of the factory. . A history of the Australian company MacRobertson's Chocolates. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. MacRobertson hardcover
1858réf. 041118London: Smith Elder & Co 1858. ii 417pp. Contemporary leather with spine rebacked in cloth. Stain on right side of approx 15pp prev owners name and stamp on front free endpaper red spalsh stain on title page and some toning to papges. Early edition of this fictionalised account of life in Australia in the 1820s intended to be of use to immigrants. New Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Smith, Elder & Co Hardcover
2010réf. 048633Palm Cove Qld.: Alan Caudell & Associates. 2010. HEAVY. 448pp index bw & col ills. Or blue leather As new in publishers mailing box. Deluxe leather bound edition with an unspecified limitation. Biography of Queensland born Papua New Guinea businessman and philanthropist Sir Brian Bell. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None as Issued. 4to. Alan Caudell & Associates. Hardcover
1905réf. 051165Wellington: Tanner Bros. 1905. 12pp 20 tipped in bw ills ovel bw ill applied to front cover. String and staple bound grey card with applied oval image. Covers foxed small bookseller label inside front cover some tissue guards creased but otherwise very nice internally. BW photos tipped onto dark grey light cardstock pages. No date but very early c1905- the view down Queen St shows many people and horse drawn vehicles but nary a motor vehicle in sight. Apparent First. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Tanner Bros. Paperback
1985réf. 039911Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1985. xxvi 598pp indexglossaryendnotes appendicesmaps bw ills. Or bright blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket and light foxing to edges endpapers moderately foxed. The 9th Battalion was one of the 12 battalions of the 1st Australian Division the first to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. The battalion also served on the Somme and Western Front including 3rd Ypres Amiens Paschendaele Poziers etc. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. Boolarong Press Hardcover
1985réf. 032531Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1985. xxvi 598pp indexglossaryendnotes appendicesmaps bw ills. Or bright blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket and very light foxing to top edge. Presentation certificate for Most Improved Cadet from OCTU Training Group 1990 on front free endpaper. The 9th Battalion was one of the 12 battalions of the 1st Australian Division the first to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. The battalion also served on the Somme and Western Front including 3rd Ypres Amiens Paschendaele Poziers etc. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Boolarong Press Hardcover
réf. 53735326like new. unknown
réf. 1437843638.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0642542015.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1878réf. 18730Germany 1878. Very good condition. Printed document with hand inscribed information on the emigrant dated 3rd January 1878 allowing a Prussian citizen to emigrate to Australia. With a red German tax stamp at the upper left and circular Arnsberg government stamp. A few splits at old folds "denationalization" noted in ink on verso otherwise very good condition. 8 1/4 x 13" unknown
1852réf. 23519London 1852. Ephemera. Very good condition. The emigrant ship 'Roman Emperor' brought migrants to Sydney Australia and Lyttleton New Zealand and sailed a number of times in the 1850s and 1860s under Captain Champion who signed this document. The ship is recorded as sailing to the Australian Colonies in 1850 dispatched by ship brokers Marshall and Edridge and weighing 793 tons. This is a single half sheet letter of recommendation for a William Struthers who sailed as second officer on one of these voyages from London to Sydney via India and back. The National Library of Australia holds the diary of a Mr. Harry Woolley who was a passenger on that voyage. 7 5/8 x 6 1/4". Blue laid paper contemporary folds. unknown
réf. 29379Melbourne: McPherson's Proprietary Limited 1935. Paper wrappers pamphlet. Very good condition. 1935 hardware catalogue this edition not recorded on Trove which records only a 1933 edition. The Australian firm specialized in farming machinery. This edition shows locations in Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Perth with an ad for the Adelaide location on back cover. 8vo printed orange paper wrappers 248pp with illustrations and diagrams throughout. Cover illustration by Percy Trompf. A small deliberate hole in top left for attaching the catalogue by chain or string to the counter. Slt wear to cover but overall vgc. Aus library call #: NL338-4762190294M172 for 1933 edition. McPherson's Proprietary Limited unknown
1962réf. 64329Sydney Australia: Angus & Robertson Ltd. 1962. 8vo. xii 244 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous plates photo plates. Red tweed boards gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear w/ d.j. wraparound cover art by Dr. Logan Jack minor shelfwear price-clipped still a NF/NF copy inscribed by author on title and ownership markings dated Christmas 1962 on ffep. First edition inscribed of this Idriess autobiographical memoir recounting his mining prospecting days around the Cape York Peninsula with his best friend the prospector and explorer Dick Welsh and their frequent experiences with local Indigenous Australian Aborigines before World War I. Angus & Robertson, Ltd., hardcover
1944réf. 22026Barcelona 1944. Ephemera. Very good condition. 'Captain Fury' was an adventure film concerning the colonization of Australia one of the few Hollywood movies on the topic. Advertising flyer in Spanish for a December 25 1944 show in Barcelona. Color printed photographic image at front of Brian Aherne and Victor MacLaglen dressed in frontier clothing a map of Australia superimposed behind them and a b&w image at the right with the title "Epopeya de la Colonizacion de Australia". Flyer opens to reveal a collage of 6 b&w printed photographic images from the movie. Details of the show printed in Spanish on verso with lariat and crossed pistols in the border. 4 1/2 x 3 3/4" unknown
1935réf. 63681Sydney Australia: Angus & Robertson Ltd. 1935. Thick 8vo. xiv 262 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Light blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering & ruling on spine route maps illustrated on endpapers slight shelfwear very minor foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. cover art of Lady Southern Cross minor edgewear creasing slight sunning to spine old paper repairs on verso still a VG/VG- copy. Second edition of this rousing first-hand memoir of one of Sir Taylor’s flights with Kingsford Smith flying the Lady Southern Cross in their Lockheed Altair monoplane making the first eastward trans-Pacific flight from Australia to the United States in October-November 1934. They experienced bad weather over Fiji struggled through repairs to the fuel and oil systems in Hawaii but arrived safely in Oakland Nov. 4 1934. The pair later disappeared during an overnight flight from Allahabad India to Singapore over the Andaman Sea a year later. Angus & Robertson, Ltd., hardcover