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1996Best.-Nr. 047652Katoomba NSW: Tranter Enterprises 1996. xx 536pp corrections to prev works index references num bw ills. Tiny bump to top front corner. First edition limited to 2000 copies SIGNED by the author and numbered this #1799. This copy further personally inscribed to an 'ex-trooper' with 'Sincere best wishes from the author to a true "colonial". . Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Small 4to. Tranter Enterprises Hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. 047933Canberra: Australian National University 1982. xviii 325pp index bibliography notes appendices bw ills maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Spine faded otherwise excellent. Studies Aboriginal-European relations on four frontiers of conflict- pastoral mining rainforest and sea. A challenging look at the frontier war in North Queensland. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Australian National University Hardcover
1975Best.-Nr. 048077New Zealand: Cambridge Independent 1975. ix 359pp index bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Very slight rubbing and slight edge wear to jacket brief gift note at top of half-title page. SIGNED by both authors on half-title page. An excellent New Zealand local history. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Cambridge Independent Hardcover
1934Best.-Nr. 048073Sydney: H.E.C. Robinson 1934. 40pp maps bw ills. Or pictorial wraps with blue cloth tape spine. Minor creases at corners small marginal stain to a few pages. Attractive atlas with maps facts and num small bw ills. No date but c1934. Quite scarce. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. H.E.C. Robinson Paperback
1995Best.-Nr. 048370Honolulu: Editions Ltd 1995. 119pp index bibliography notes num maps endpaper maps. Or browncloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket jacket lightly foxed on reverse faded at spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Editions Ltd Hardcover
1996Best.-Nr. 048362New Zealand: New Century Press. 1996. x 110pp num bw ills. Or pictorial cloth. Tiny bump to top corner. Edition limited to 1000 copies of which this #98. SIGNED by author. An exceptional reference to NZ commemorative medals. . Signed by Author. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None as Issued. 4to. New Century Press. Hardcover
1837Best.-Nr. 048412London: D. Walther 1837. viii 344pp index appendices tables 1 folding. Rebound in modern green cloth titled and decorated in gilt with new endpapers. Lacks map. Folding table with tear gift note at front pencilled lines in some margins some toning/foxing small bookseller label inside front cover. Ex-NSW public library with stamps inc cancelled stamp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. D. Walther Hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 048405Sydney: Cornstalk Publishing. 1925. 248pp glossary map bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Endpapers tonedprev owner name on front free endpaper page edges toned sporadic moderate foxing. Rear panel of jacket stained taped on reverse at folds chip from bottom of jacket spine. Extremely scarce in jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Cornstalk Publishing. Hardcover
1858Best.-Nr. 048475London: Warren Hall & Co 1858. 16pp opinions of press 416pp tables. Or red cloth. Spine faded new endpapers-internally excellent. TITLE CONTINUES: in which will be found increase and habits of population; tables of revenue and expenditure ;commercial growth and present position of each dependency; intellectual social and moral condition of the people &c. gathered from authentic sources official documents and personal observation in each of the colonies cities and provinces enumerated. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Warren Hall & Co Hardcover
1914Best.-Nr. 048471London: Methuen & Co 1914. viii 374pp 29pp publishers catalogue at rear; bw ills 3 maps. Or red cloth no jacket. Spine a bit faded prev owner stamp and name on front free endpaper bookseller label on front pastedown page edges toned. A woman's travels and observations in Australia New Zealand New Guinea Philippines China and on the Trans Siberian Railway in the early 19th century. Scarce title. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Methuen & Co Hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. 048440Brisbane: Edmund Gregory Government Printer. 1895. vi 228pp historical events. Or brown cloth. Lacks spine strip corners rubbed minor foxing. Oarticularly of interest for material on the indigenous inhabitants. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. Edmund Gregory, Government Printer. Hardcover
1888Best.-Nr. 048556Wanganui NZ: A.D. Willis 1888. 47pp. Rebound in cream boards with original chipped and frayed illustrated The Great Wairakei front wrapper laid on rear cover apparently lacking. Ink doodles on title page faint doodles on a couple of pages at rear title page chipped at bottom corner. A small contemporary clipping regarding Maori wars loosely inserted. Contents good complete and without loss of text. Extremely scarce. Reprinted articles attributed to the Wanganui Herald. First in Book Form. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo. A.D. Willis Hardcover
1927Best.-Nr. 048579Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1927. 242pp appendix graphs. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket with several white spots to front page edges foxed minor offset toning to endpapers bookseller label on front pastedown. Awarded the Harbison-Higinbotham Scholarship for 1927. The first edition is scarce and rarely seen with its dust-jacket. A breezy record of the coming to Australia of Germans Scandinavians Italians Jews and other non-British people "right down to the lowly South Sea Islanders"; what caused them to come here and in some cases to disappear again; their contribution to the development of the Commonwealth and the role they are likely to play in the future. University of Melbourne Publications No. 10. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
1884Best.-Nr. 048581London: The Religious Tract Society 1884. 288pp publishers catalogue at rear; bw engravings map. Or pictorial brown cloth. Cloth chipped at top of spine cloth flecked new endpapers some toning and foxing prev owner name at start of introduction a bit shaken. States Special Presentation Volume on title page and London Missionary Society Presentation Copy at top of front cover. An excellent copy. Special Presentation Volume. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover
2010Best.-Nr. 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
1847Best.-Nr. 048653London: T. & W. Boone 1847. xx 544pp frontispiece and 6 other b/w plates 1 folding 7 text illustrations 1 small advertisement bound in. Contempory marbled boards with leather spine. Spine rebacked retaining original spine several related clippings late 19th & early 20th century laid onto endpapers and rear blanks prev owner armorial bookplate on front pastedown name on verso of frontis narrow damp mark to margin of frontis not affecting image foxing to plates but text pages clean occasional pencilled notes. Minor rubbing to boards. Some black tape remains from old hinge repair but a proper repair has been performed. A nice copy of this scarce explorer's journal. The 3-sheet map issued separately is NOT present. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. T. & W. Boone Hardcover
1899Best.-Nr. 048678London: Sampson Low Marston & Co. Ltd. 1899. ix 328pp 7 of 8 folding maps bw ills. Recased with original cloth laid on to front and rear front with embossed image of man new endpapers. Some pages quite brittle with some loss to half-title page. Toning/foxing. Ex-college library with faint stamp to first page of text. Includes Grey Kennedy Leichhardt Oxley and may others; frontier wars with several battles with Aborigines described and much more. Scarce title. Note: the missing map is Leichhardt's route. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
2001Best.-Nr. 046036Australia: Diversion Gallery 2001. iv 102pp 22 col plates. Or red-brown textured card with internal spiral binding. Gift note on contents page otherwise very nice. A Queensland artist's account of her journey to the Bungle Bungle in Western Australia's Kimberley region. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Lovell Nadine. Oblong 4to. Diversion Gallery Paperback
1941Best.-Nr. 046627Cqanb: Australian War Memorial 1941. 104pp 150 bw tipped in photographs. Or green and yellow boards with coat-of-arms in gilt to front. Slightly shaken. Nice copy. Published under the auspicesof the Board of Management of the Australian War Memorial among whose members wereHarry Chauvel Colonel Sir Donald Cameron Sir Gilbert Dyett Sir David Ferguson C.E.W. Bean and others. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Oblong Elephant Folio. Australian War Memorial Hardcover
2019Best.-Nr. 046743Bristol: Channel View Publications 2019. xiii 290pp index bibliography notes bw ills. Or glossy boards. Near new. Roads and road tourism loom large in the Australian imagination but roads are more than simply transport routes; they embody multiple layers of history mythology and symbolism. Explores how Australians have experienced and imagined roads and road touring beyond urban settings: from Aboriginal songlines to modern road trips. Also tells the story of iconic roads such as the Birdsville Track Stuart Highway and Great Ocean Road. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. Channel View Publications Hardcover
2012Best.-Nr. 046842London: Palgrave 2012. ix 232pp index bibliography notes. Pictorial boards. Near new. Genders and Sexualities in History series. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Palgrave Hardcover
1966Best.-Nr. 046832Brisbane: Jacaranda Press 1966. ix 200pp bw ills endpaper maps. Or gray cloth in jacket. Jacket spine title somewhat faded price clipped-otherwise excellent. An account of the author's time hunting estuarine/saltwater crocodiles on the Alligator River in Arnhem Land as well as encounters with water buffalo. One of the best books on hunting in Australia and quite scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Jacaranda Press Hardcover
2014Best.-Nr. 046893Camden NSW: Belgenny Farm Trust 2014. vii 168pp glossary bw & col ills map. Or card. Slight edge wear to covers. Camden Park is Australia's oldest surviving farm founded by Governor Macarthur. Thsi book looks at the 20th century history of the farm and the community which has grown around it in the 20th century through interviews with workers and residents of the estate. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Belgenny Farm Trust Paperback
2007Best.-Nr. 047024Fort Lauderdale: The Authors 2007. HEAVY. 352pp bibliography num bw & col ills pictorial endpapers. Or green faux-leather titled in gilt with inset/laid on colour images of banknotes presented in pictorial card slipcase. As new. A sumptuous production which also includes almost 50 pages on pre-Federation colonial banknotes. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Slipcase. 4to. The Authors Hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. 047107Sydney: Marque Publishing Company 1991. 128pp num bw ills. Or pictorial card. Diagonal crease to front cover. Marque Spotlight Series No. 6. Includes specifications photographs and contemporary materials including roadtests for models 1971-1978. Aimed at owners potential owners and enthusiasts alike. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Marque Publishing Company Paperback
