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1922rif. 008167Glen Innes: Municipality of Glan Innes 1922. 221pp folding panorama; bw ills. Wraps have some surface insect damage. Rear cover and panorama 'repaired' and reinforced by backing with what appears to be part of a plastic shower curtain! Complete. Scarce local history published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of European settlement of the Glen Innes District. Includes much on pioneers aborigines and bushrangers. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Oblong 8vo. Municipality of Glan Innes Paperback
1955rif. 009468Sussex: W. E. Banter printer 1955. 39pp frontis portrait. Original orange card with title in blue. Bump and crease to card at top left corner. Scarce account of Leichhardt's exploration in verse by noted Australian poet William Beard. SIGNED by poet on verso of title page. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. W. E. Banter (printer) Paperback
1913rif. 007827London: Constable & Co 1913. xi 271pp index 8 bw ills folding map at rear. Or maroon cloth. Narrow strip of insect damage front cover top right plus few other small spots; moderate foxing throughout prev owners bookplate inside front cover WP Hurst. Very scarce title dealing with the early days of North Queensland especially in the 1860s. First 2 chapters deal with experiences in India including the seige of Lucknow. The balance of the book deals chiefly with various aspects of pioneering life in North Queensland including the aborigines gold and the goldfields at Palmer River sheep and cattle 'ranching' various natural disasters including bushfires and tornadoes and general remarks on the life laws climate etc of Queensland. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Constable & Co Hardcover
1984rif. 009799Melbourne: Hyland House 1984. xvii 174pp index bibliography appendices num bw ills. Or brown textured leather or imitation leather with jacket. Jacket quite heavily chipped with pieces missing from top & bottom of spine. One of a limited edition of only 50 copies this #14 numbered and signed by the author. History of prestigious Melbourne Girl's Grammar School. Signed by Author. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. Sml 4to. Hyland House Hardcover
1879rif. 009859London: Macmillan 1879. HEAVY. xvi 520pp; index; bibliography; 1 col folding chart; 2 colour plates; num bw woodcut ills. Rebound in modern burgundy textured cloth gilt title to spine edges red speckled. Single faint YMCA stamp at head of contents page prev owners name in pencil on ffep stain affecting first 14 pages to varying degrees- margin only on most pages including frontis. Ferguson 12883. Spence 820. British Museum Natural History Catalogue 1359. Wood 473. The Challenger expedition was one of the largest and most important natural history projects of the 19th century and traveled extensively in the Atlantic and the Pacific. The ship visited Antarctica and Austraia. Mosely's account is far more accessible to the reader than Wyville Thompson's far drier account of the same expedition. An important and lively account of the Challenger voyage. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. Macmillan Hardcover
1920rif. 009863London: Longmans Green & Co 1920. xix 290pp index folding map 16 bw plates. Or blue cloth. Spine sunned corners rubbed/bumped covers rubbed endpapers toned occasional moderate foxing. Folding map foxed. Frontis slightly loose. Scarce volume on Bligh's second South Sea voyage with the ships Providence and Assitant. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Longmans, Green & Co Hardcover
1907rif. 6614Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons 1907. 19cm x 25cm. 255 pages. Original pictorial cloth with red titling on the spine and upper board. Minor pale foxing on several pages. Minor wear at head and tail of spine. Scarce. Contributors include Bert Mudge Albert Dorrington E.J. Braithwaite Mary Leith E.C. Morrice and many others. Hard Cover. Good. John Fairfax and Sons Hardcover
1975rif. 2090502113718234Not Available 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2001rif. Star-9783540671107Springer 2001. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
1998rif. Star-9783790810448Springer 1998. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
1998rif. Star-9783790810448Springer 1998. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
2001rif. Star-9783540671107Springer 2001. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
rif. 2080302106806748Published by Melbourne N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Published by Melbourne paperback
1975rif. 1709079Melbourne: Marsh Walsh Publishing 1975. Very Good. And a List of the Civil and Military Establishment. To Which is Added an Historical Narrative of the Discovery of New Holland or New South Wales. A very neat bright copy of the numbered limited edition of 350 copies. Facsimile of edition published in London 1789. Octavo bound in full calf raised bands gilt embossed ship device to front and rear panels leather title label to spine with spare in pocket at rear board 54 pages including folding chart. An important book; the earliest authentic eyewitness account of the first settlement of Australia. Attractive copy perfect gift. Marsh Walsh Publishing hardcover
1969rif. 1709011Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1969. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Very neat clean copies. First impression. Two companion volumes in publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. 192 and 262 pages profusely illustrated with half-tone plates line drawings charts and a large foldout chart in each volume redrawn from Cook's original maps.Top edge on NZ volume spotty. The dustjackets have light rubbing and creasing to edges a few very small closed tears. These volumes bring together Cook's journals of his voyages to the east coast of New Holland Van Dieman's Land and New Zealand. These journals have been edited and annnoted to provide an interesting important reference. A.H. & A.W. Reed hardcover
2002rif. 1709020Milsons Point: Knopf 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A neat bright copy. First impression. Octavo in original charcoal boards with gilt title and credits to spine map endpapers. 818 pages including 32 black & white photographic plates bibliography and index. A highly engaging biography of the passionate controversial interpreter of Aboriginal culture. A major work of scholarship. A very nice copy of this scarce edition. Knopf hardcover
1988rif. 51238Canberra Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Printing. Hardcover. 0855751940 . Gray cloth. xxv 358pp. Foreword acknowledgements map black and white photographs further readings list and notes. Over 500 photographs and their accompanying text show Aborigines in a range of situations normally ignored by the media and therefore unknown to white Australia and invisible to the international audience from the front jacket flap. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Aboriginal Studies Press hardcover
1979rif. X 804Victoria : White Lotus Press 1979. Paperback. Good/no dj. 1.04. Hemisphere Vol. 23/5 September-October 1979 A Ruling Passion Polo in British India The Centre of the World and the City Mecca and Medina Science and Technology in China today White Lotus Press paperback
1933rif. 027514Washington DC: U.S. Navy 1933. A U.S. Navy WWII Emergency Reproduction of a Dutch chart; showing the coastline of New Guinea; with an added small red ink dot on a buoy marker in Humboldt Bay. Dutch language place-names and column of Netherlands and English terms & conversion of fathoms to meters; with the U.S. Navy stamp in the margin. Approx. 31 3/4" x 46 3/4" overall sheet size; good margins; printed on medium paper stock. Some edge tips wear and surface crinkling; small darkened area under the title; in very good condition overall. NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety. Map. Not Bound. Very Good. U.S. Navy paperback
1945rif. 027510Washington DC: U.S. Navy 1945. A U.S. Navy WWII Emergency Reproduction of a British Admiralty Chart; showing the coastline of Queensland Australia and New Guinea; red dots at dozens of areas on these landmasses as well as indicated among the coastal waters. With the U.S. Navy stamp in the margin. Approx. 30" x 41 3/4" overall sheet size; generous margins; printed on medium paper stock. Some edge tips wear and surface crinkling; in very good condition overall. NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety. Map. Not Bound. Very Good. U.S. Navy paperback
1934rif. 027511Washington DC: U.S. Navy 1934. A U.S. Navy WWII Emergency Reproduction of a British Admiralty Chart; showing the coastline of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea Manus Island Mussau and New Hanover New Ireland. With the U.S. Navy stamp in the margin. Approx. 30" x 50" overall sheet size; printed on medium paper stock. Some edge tips wear; in very good condition overall. NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety. Map. Not Bound. Very Good. U.S. Navy paperback
1932rif. 027513Washington DC: U.S. Navy 1932. A U.S. Navy WWII Emergency Reproduction of a Dutch chart; showing the coastline of New Guinea; with inset maps of Mond der Mamberamo River en Matabori and Ankerplaatsen Nabij Sarmi; these have been stamped 'Cancelled'; Dutch language place-names and column of Netherlands and English terms & conversion of fathoms to meters; with the U.S. Navy stamp in the margin. Approx. 30" x 50" overall sheet size; good margins; printed on medium paper stock. A little edge tips wear and surface crinkling; in very good condition overall. NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety. Map. Not Bound. Very Good. U.S. Navy paperback
1927rif. 027512Washington DC: Hydrographic Office 1927. 027512 World War II - Australia - United States - Cartography. Australia East Coast Cape Grafton to Double Point From British Surveys Between 1848 and 1924. Washington DC: Hydrographic Office 1927. A U.S. Hydrographic Office chart; showing the coastline of Queensland Australia and offshore; red dots at several coastal areas on these landmasses as well as among the coastal waters; with profile views of the Grafton and Flora passages. Noted as the 2nd Edition of June 1927; with the U.S. Navy stamp in the margin. Approx. 30 1/4" x 41 3/4" overall sheet size; good margins; printed on medium paper stock. A little edge tips wear and surface crinkling; in very good condition overall. NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety. Map. Not Bound. Very Good. Hydrographic Office paperback
1981rif. 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
1971rif. 78-1615Ottawa: Queen's Printer 1971 1971. About 100p. Photos. Illustrations. Blue wraps. Near Fine Copy. Paperback. Near Fine. Book. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1971 Paperback