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1902réf. 013606Hobart: Wise's Directories 1902. Contains Street Directories of Hobart & Launceston; Seperate Alphabetical Directories of All the Remaining Cities Towns Townships and Districts of Tasmania; an Alphabetical Directory for the Entire State; A trade Directory for the Whole State; together with Banking and Finance Public Companies Legal Ecclesiastical Insurance Educational Marine Mining Medical Municipal Agricultural Pastoral and Local and General Government Official Directories. vi xx xxi 630 iv pp. Or red cloth with title and crest in gilt to front and spine decorated in blind and printed on fore-edge. Spine faded and some very minor silverfish damage to cloth boards.Possibly lacking a final leaf of the red advertisement section at front. Toned oblong on title page approx 6.5 x 4.5cm. Otherwise a tight clean example of extremely scarce early Tasmanian Directory. Some wonderful advertisements throughout as well as a goldmine of genealogical information. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. Sml 4to. Wise's Directories Hardcover
1990réf. 014057Melbourne: Department of Water Resources Victoria 1990. iii 102pp appendix bibliography num col ills maps. Or pictorial card covers. Slightest of use. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fi. 4to. Department of Water Resources, Victoria Paperback
1877réf. 013399London: William Collins Sons & Company 1877. 15pp double page col map 1 bw illustration endpaper catalogues. Or green cloth decorated in blind. Some minor rubbing and marking to cloth front free endpaper and first page seperated for top 1/3 some toning to endpapers. Quite a nice example of this scarce 19th century Tasmanian primer. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo. William Collins, Sons, & Company Hardcover
1975réf. 013418Melbourne: Ministry for Conservation 1975. HEAVY. viii 30 581 73pp maps. Or cream card covers. Prev owners name on front cover covers slighly rippled near spine some minor soiling to covers occasional light foxing. Massive preliminary report on a far ranging environmental report on Westernport Bay. Covers everything from land studies toxicity chemical characteristics mangrove and seagrass avifauna population and community structure and much more. Scarce technical report. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Folio. Ministry for Conservation Paperback
1978réf. 011102Canberra: Papua New Guinea Coffee Marketing Board 1978. 324pp appendices. Or green cloth in jacket. Jacket has several short tears and associated creasing slightly faded. Corners bumped. SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper. History of the Papua New Guinea coffee industry prepared for the PNG Coffee Marketing Board. With some information on the very early years of PNG coffee production the focus is on the 25 years from 1950 to independence in 1975. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Good. 4to. Papua New Guinea Coffee Marketing Board Hardcover
1922réf. 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
1955réf. 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
1913réf. 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
1984réf. 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
1879réf. 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
1920réf. 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
1907réf. 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
1975réf. 2090502113718234Not Available 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2001réf. Star-9783540671107Springer 2001. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
1998réf. Star-9783790810448Springer 1998. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
1998réf. Star-9783790810448Springer 1998. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
2001réf. Star-9783540671107Springer 2001. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
réf. 2080302106806748Published by Melbourne N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Published by Melbourne paperback
1975réf. 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
1969réf. 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
2002réf. 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
1988réf. 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
1979réf. 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
1933réf. 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
1945réf. 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