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1988réf. 050648Nedlands WA: University of Western Australia 1988. xvi 464pp few bw ills maps endpaper maps glossaries. Or red glossy boards titled in gold. As new. Includes sections on Chinese Japanese Afghan and Indian Filipino and Malay immigrants to colonial Western Australia as well as South Sea Islanders and West Indians. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo. University of Western Australia Hardcover
2003réf. 050668Perth: Golden Quest Trails Association Inc 2003. 161pp 2 CDs bibliography maps num col & bw ills. Pictorial spiral bound card. Very slight edge wear to cover. Extensive guide to a 965km adventure drive in Western Australia's Goldfields. . First Edition. Spiral Bound. Very Good. 4to. Golden Quest Trails Association Inc Paperback
2013réf. 050767Brisbane: The Author 2013. HEAVY. 521pp index bibliography nominal roll bw & col ills 2 col maps loosely inserted. Moderate edge wear to covers first approx 100 pages water affected at top corner. A comprehensive history of the 7th Australian Infantry Brigade in New Guinea. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. The Author Paperback
1947réf. 050810Canberra: Department of External Territories 1947. 42pp. Later red cloth. Bound without original wraps/cover. Small bookseller label inside front cover light foxing to endpapers. Stencilled on one side of each page. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Folio. Department of External Territories Hardcover
1981réf. 050939Petford: The Author 1981. No date c1981. 274pp b/w ills. Light card cover illustrated by Glen Hutton. Some foxing to cover endpapers and edges. SIGNED by author on title page. The author was born and reared amonst the Lime Buffs where she conducted a store for 20 years and then a Post Office beside the road to Chillagoe. She writes of her family and the characters of the region. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
1909réf. 050978Wellington NZ: Government Printer 1909. iv 890pp index appendix tables maps. Brown cloth titled in gilt black decoration. Ex-parliamentary library with few stamps otherwise a lovely copy. New Zealand statistics over a wide range of subjects. 18th year of issue. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Government Printer Hardcover
1910réf. 050977Wellington NZ: Government Printer 1910. viii 947pp index appendix tables maps. Brown cloth titled in gilt black decoration. Ex-parliamentary library with few stamps otherwise a lovely copy. New Zealand statistics over a wide range of subjects. 19th year of issue. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Government Printer Hardcover
1911réf. 050976Wellington NZ: Government Printer 1911. viii 1003pp index appendix tables maps. Brown cloth titled in gilt black decoration. Some pages towards rear bumped/creased at top corner. Ex-parliamentary library with few stamps. New Zealand statistics over a wide range of subjects. 20th year of issue. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Government Printer Hardcover
1908réf. 050979Wellington NZ: Government Printer 1908. vi 892pp index appendix tables maps. Brown cloth titled in gilt black decoration. Minor flecking to cloth front hinge just starting small srinkle to cloth on front cover some foxing to prelims/edges small bump to top edge front cover. Ex-parliamentary library with few stamps otherwise a lovely copy. New Zealand statistics over a wide range of subjects. 17th year of issue. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Government Printer Hardcover
2001réf. 049884Brisbane: Department of Primary Industries Queensland 2001. vii 170pp index glossary bibliography bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Very slight edge wear to covers. SIGNED with personalised inscription to Trish on title page. Tells the story of Queensland aspects of Australia's oldest and in many respects most colourful industry- fisheries. Covers from very early times pre 1840 to 1988 with chapters on pearling prawns whaling and much more. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Paperback
2005réf. 050005Toowoomba: Church Archivists Press 2005. iv 102pp index appendix bw ills WITH compliments slip from Archbishop of Brisbane with handwritten signed note. Pictorial card. Near new.Biography of an Indian born convict sent to Mauritius and then on to Van Diemens Land. He later moved to Queensland and died at Clevelend. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. Church Archivists Press Paperback
1990réf. 050257Burnie Tas.: Advocate Marketing Services 1990. HEAVY. xii 387pp bibliography index addendum notes/references num bw & col ills maps. Maroon cloth in jacket. Minor foxing to top edge otherwise near new. The wilderness of north-west and western Tasmania made it unattractive to early settlers despite its beauty. The Mersey-Lyell region was one of the last areas of Tasmania to be settled. This volume traces the early rural settlement of the now highly productive north-west coast and the mining communities of the west coast. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Advocate Marketing Services Hardcover
2013réf. 050314Brisbane: CopyRight Publishing 2013. xiii 300pp index bibliography appendices bw ills tables. Pictorial boards no jacket as issued. Slight lean to spine otherwise excellent. Over 160000 convicts were transported to the Australian colonies before 1868- each ship had its own surgeon responsible for all on board. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo. CopyRight Publishing Hardcover
2002réf. 050424New South WAles: Rangeland Management Action Plan 2002. HEAVY. xvi 448pp references sources tables bw ills maps. Pictorial card. Very light edge wear to covers. Content includes The Original Australians; Explorers Overlanders and Others; Early Land Settlement to 1900; The Early Pastoral Industry to 1900; Water Use Conservation and Irrigation in the Nineteenth Century; Low Rainfall Farming in the Nineteenth Century; Land Condition- Devastation in the Period to 1900; Wild Dogs and Dingos. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Rangeland Management Action Plan Paperback
2011réf. 050456Toowoomba: Blue Flyer Publishing 2011. vii 200pp index bibliography Roll of Honour num bw & col ills map DVD in front pocket. Pictorial glossy boards. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page To John with many thanks for your help-again. Rob. Three of the Australian infantry battalions that served in Vietnam were ANZAC units incorporating companies of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. This is the story of one such unit: 6RAR/NZ ANZAC Battalion. Features hundreds of photographs taken during the 1969-70 tour of duty. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 4to. Blue Flyer Publishing Hardcover
2008réf. 050474Crows Nest Qld.: Progressive Community Crows Nest 2008. vi 178pp num col ills. Or pictorial laminated boards. Near new. Completes the story of Crows Nest Shire begun in From Tall Timbers the shire's history to 1988 covering the period from 1988-2008 at which date the Shire ceased to exist having been amalgamated into Toowoomba Shire. Tells of individuals busineses organisations churches and government of the Shire over the period. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. Progressive Community Crows Nest Hardcover
1984réf. 050506Bathurst: Robert Brown & Associates 1984. HEAVY. vi 193pp bibliography 100 bw plates map. Or black cloth in jacket. Some toning to endpapers light foxing to page edges moderate foxing to prelims. Presents 100 of Hurley's photographic plates from his 1920-23 expeditions along the Papuan coast and hinterland. In the Western Division he was the first to record on glass plates the tribal life and forbidding customs of the Lake Murray natives. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Hurley Frank photography. 4to. Robert Brown & Associates Hardcover
1942réf. 048867Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1942. xvi 412pp index bw photos line drawings maps. Or maroon cloth. Minor flecking to spine minor wear at top & bottom of spine light foxing to page edges toning to endpapers. A nice example of the tenth volume of this set commonly known as 'Bean'. . Eleventh Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1945réf. 048989Brisbane: W R Smith & Paterson 1945. 134pp index bw ills. Or brown cloth boards. Tiny bump to top front right corner. Limited edition of 500 copies signed by the author BUT the number and signature have been obscured by pasted in related clippings 1 from 1951 1 from 1968 and several others of undetermined date. The history of Cairns and district. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. W R Smith & Paterson Hardcover
1882réf. 049126London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1882. viii 328pp publisher catalogue at rear folding map in front pocket. Or pictorial brown cloth. Bookseller label on front pastedown front free endpaper partially detached gift note opposite title page dated 1884 page edges toned minor foxing to prelims. Mainly devoted to the early Australia explorers with chapters devoted to Sturt Grey & Lushington; Eyre; Leichhardt as well as content on Stuart Gregory Burke & Wills and others. Fourth Edition Revised & Updated. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hardcover
1940réf. 049258Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1940. 199pp col frontis 21 bw ills in text. Or pictorial papered boards with blue cloth spine. Pages toned/browned as usual with this edition small gift note dated 1942 on front blank Boards rubbed/worn at edges. Blue cloth spine replaced and it a bit wider than the original. Also the endpapers appear to have been replaced. Only the first printing was in this larger format. There is debate as to whether this edition had a dust jacket but to date none has been sighted. The story of the Jardine expedition from Rockhampton to reach the settlement of Somerset on Cape York Peninsular. In ten months they travelled 1800 miles the last half in appalling unexplored country the only inhabitants of which were hostile Aboriginals. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small 4to. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1951réf. 049584Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1951. HEAVY. xii 632pp b/w ills index. Red cloth boards in jacket. Jacket with light damp marks to front spine darkened. Foxing to endpeprs/prelims small bookseller label on front pastedown. Volume from the standard bibliographical reference for Australian books. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1969réf. 049583Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1969. HEAVY. xii 1075pp b/w ills. Red cloth boards in jacket. Jacket torn at bottom front near spine. Light foxing to title page small bookseller label on front pastedown. Volume from the standard bibliographical reference for Australian books. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1860réf. 047449London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1860. xiv 414pp publishers list bw ills maps folding facsimile document. Or brown cloth with gilt vignette of ship to front. Lacks spine front free endpaper detached but present small stain to folding facsimile. Otherwise internally very good. Twelfth Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hardcover
1925réf. 047530Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1925. HEAVY. 2 volumes-complete. x 768 748pp num bw & col ills maps. Or green cloth titled in gilt to spine map of Australia in blind to front of each volume. Minor toning/foxing to page edges. Spine of Volume I slightly concave minor bump to top front corner of Volume II. Angus & Robertson were proud that this set was entirely written and produced in Australia. Along with expected history geography nature and other usual subjects there is considerable content on the Aborigines and their languages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 4to. Angus & Robertson Hardcover