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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
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
1863réf. 021960Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1863. x 23pp report 40pp appendix. Or thread bound blue paper. One sheet 4 pages protruding slight at bottom and toned along bottom edge some minor foxing and 1cm hole in title page. Scarce report on claims for discovery of major gold fields in Vicotria and the attendant rewards offered by the governemnt of the day. A particularly clean fresh copy. First Edition. Near Fine. Folio. John Ferres (Government Printer) unknown
1996réf. 022457Canberra: ANZECC 1996. HEAVY. Three volumes: Vol 1: Strategy and Action Plan. 73pp with folding coloured map tables; Vol 2: Technical Analysis. 80pp attachment 26pp; and Vol 3: Analysis and Evaluation of Industry and Community Comments. 248pp. All with illustrated light card covers. The set in light cardboard slipcase. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. ANZECC Paperback
1999réf. 022555Sydney: Neville Adcock 1999. 56pp appendix bw ills. Or card covers. Ex-library with usual stamps barcode labels etc inc cancel stamp covered in clear contact plastic. Slim but scarce Australian unit history of the 309 RAR Radar Station from its inception in 1942 to the end of WWII. Includes Darwin Goulburn Island Morotai and Tarakan. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Neville Adcock Paperback
1927réf. 022941Berlin: Schliessen Verlag 1927. 239pp appendices 28 bw ills 2 folding maps. Or light brown cloth. Place/year written on front free endpaper bookplate on front pastedown-otherwise excellent. Extremely scarce first edition of this account of the Gallipoli camapign from the 'other side of the hill' by the Prussian and Turkish Major-General. Text in German/auf Deutsch. Printed in Gothic type. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Schliessen Verlag Hardcover
1995réf. 021211Belconnen ACT: Banner Books 1995. x 244pp index bibliography notes 6 appendices num bw ills maps pictorial endpapers. Or blue cloth in pictorial jacket. Slightest of edge wear to jacket extremely light foxing to half-title page and page edges. 455 Squadron RAAF was the only Australian strike squadron in RAF Coastal Command and flew the Bristol Beaufighter. They attacked German shipping off Holland and Denmark and in the Norwegian Fjords diving into concentrated flak among defending Focke-Wulfs over freezing waters. The 'Viking Boys' mastered some of the most demanding and perilous flying of the war. This history describes the men who flew their groundcrews and includes full appendices of personnel aircraft on strength and operations as well as honours and awards. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Banner Books Hardcover
1996réf. 021232Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1996. 97pp ads large folding map. Or maroon cloth with black leather spine quarter leather. Foxing to page edges and title page. Edition limited to 500 copies of which 99 copies were a numbered deluxe edition in quarter leather- this #41 of those 99 copies. Facsimile of the original edition of 1863. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 210. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
2001réf. 021675Brisbane: Church Archivists' Press 2001. 108pp b/w ills 3 appendices index. Two-line personal note by the upper edge of the front flyleaf. There are five words in blue biro added to a caption on p28 and there is a short biro addition to an endnote on p46. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Illustrated light card cover. The book covering the period 1895-1910 was produced to mark the centenary of the landing of the first motor car in Brisbane during the Federation celebrations. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Church Archivists' Press Paperback
1998réf. 021670Brisbane: Industrial Registrar 1998. x 435pp bibliography index. Illustrated light card cover. The Contents: Employers and employees to the 1890s; Prelude to industrial arbitration 1890s-1912; Industrial conciliation and arbitration first steps 1912-1917; The shaping of an Arbitration Court 1917-1920; The progress of arbitration falters 1921-1925; The years of confusion 1925-1932; Depression and war 1932-1945; Recovery and wage increases 1945-1960; and the Epilogue 1961-1998. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Industrial Registrar Paperback
2007réf. 021733Melbourne: ARHS Victorian Division 2007. HEAVY. 320pp colour plates illustrated throughout with b/w photos maps diagrams six appendices bibliography index. Illustrated laminated boards. The book's sections cover Early railway history; the Southern Tramway 1854-1885; The Port and Gawler Railways; locomotives and rolling stock; and the electric telegraph and the end ofthe decade. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. ARHS (Victorian Division) Hardcover
1991réf. 021804Brisbane: Boolarong Press 1991. HEAVY. vii 377pp appendices num bw ills col frontis portrait. Or blue cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket. Stain on top edge extending approx 1mm into margin on a few pages. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper from Nudgee College students and staff. A massive comprehensive history of one of Queensland's leading private schools. Includes a comprehensive list of Alumni over a 100 year period. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Boolarong Press Hardcover
2003réf. 021805Brisbane: Amphion Press 2003. HEAVY. xxii 248pp index notes references num bw ills maps. Or green laminated boards in matching jacket. As new. The 19th century saw much Scottish immigration to Australia. Many highland Scots made the four month voyage to start new lives. This detailed and comprehensive accoutn gives the detail of one such immigration- that of a sole mother Margaret Shaw 1841-1896 who with her 5 children arrived in Townsville in 1883. It describes the adventures she experienced and the dynasty she established in Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Amphion Press Hardcover
1995réf. 021817Berrimah NT: Australian Institute of Agricultural Science northern Territory Zone 1995. xiv 305pp appendices references tables. Or pictorial card. Prev owners name on title page. Sections include ley pastures and their use; no-tillage planters and crop performance; constraints- soils weeds pests; and evaluation of ley farming systems in northern Australia. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, northern Territory Zone Paperback
1913réf. 020077Brisbane: The Intelligence & Tourist Bureau 1913. 172pp num bw phootgraphs folding map of Qld at rear. Or pictorial thick card covers with black cloth spine. Covers rubbed with crease to rear cover map torn along one fold with fairly crude tape repair. Bookplate of DH McInnes inside front cover. Comprehensive account of the Queensland sugar industry prior to the outbreak of the First World War. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Intelligence & Tourist Bureau Hardcover
1910réf. 020303Auckland: Auckland City Council 1910. Unpaginated 32 pages of b/w photographs plus reproductions of four lithographs from drawings by P J Hogan. End-papers foxed. Full decorative leather with some wear at corners spine head and foot gilt title and decoration on the front board. Auckland's development depicted pictorially. An attractive copy. Hard Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. Auckland City Council Hardcover
1991réf. 020386Nelson New Zealand: Nikau Press 1991. 344 pages profusely illustrated six appendices index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The story of the line that was meant to connect with the West Coast and Canterbury but which remained an isolated stretch of just 100 km. The book explains how this situation arose covering the hopes and disappointments of a community in the region's push for the vital link with the South Island rail network. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Nikau Press Hardcover
1908réf. 020978Auckland: Collins Bros & Co. 1908. 46pp 10 bw plates at rear. Or pictorial card featuring paper nautilus. 2mm damp stain at top edge otherwise only very light edge wea and tiny bump at top front corner. Extremely scarce early work on the shells of New Zealand. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Spencer C. photographer. 8vo. Collins Bros & Co. Paperback
1997réf. 021145Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1997. 46pp large folding map frontis. Or grey cloth with blindstamped vignette red leather spine quarter leather. Faint toned spot on front cover. Edition limited to 500 copies of which 99 were numbered and bound in quarter leather- this copy #41 of the deluxe edition of 99 copies. Facsimile of 1853 original edition. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
1989réf. 021147Mawson ACT: D. A. Spalding. 1989. vii 39pp bibliography maps. Or maroon cloth with title in gilt. Limited edition of 200 copies of which this #149. First hand account of the country tour thrugh Gayndah District of Queensland by Queensland Governor Lord Lamington in 1899. Facsimile of original issue of 1899 printed on recto only as was the original. introductory pages printed both sides. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. D. A. Spalding. Hardcover
1874réf. 021166Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1874. vi 141pp index 6 lithographs 3 folding 37 bw ills. Or buff paper wraps with reinforcemtn at top and bottom of spine. Rear cover and last page creased at bottm corner some toning spots at bottom of front cover- a particularly nice example of a scarce report. Deals with the various gold mining localities with other mineral including granite lead etc content and many geological articles plus palaeontology vegetation. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. John Ferres (Government Printer) Paperback
2000réf. 021195Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 2000. 128pp large folding map in rear pocket. Or blue cloth black leather spine quarter leather. Edition limited to 500 copies of which 99 were numbered and bound in quarter leather- this copy #41 of the deluxe edition of 99 copies. Facsimile of 1862 original edition. An account of Landsborough's search for the ill-fated Burke and Wills Expedition. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
1999réf. 021196Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1999. xxxv 196pp folding map folding facsimile document frontis. Or brown cloth with gilt vignette black leather spine quarter leather.Some minor foxing to page edges slight bump to top rear corner. Edition limited to 600 copies of which 99 were numbered and bound in quarter leather- this copy #41 of the deluxe edition of 99 copies. Facsimile of original SA Parliamentary papers reduced from folio to octavo. An account of McKinlay's exploration of the Northern Territory. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
1926réf. 021194London: Fanfrolico Press 1926. 75pp collotype woodcut & copper engravings by Norman Lindsay. Or light tan boards with title frame and vignette in gilt to front frame in blind to rear title in gilt to spine. Spine darkened a few tiny spots of foxing to front endpaper minor toning to page edges. Edition limited to 425 copies of which this #112. Limited Edition of 425 Numbered Copies. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Lindsay Norman. 4to. Fanfrolico Press Hardcover
1998réf. 021199Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1998. vii 354pp appendix 4 folding maps 8 bw ills. Or green cloth with blind stamped coat-of-arms black leather spine quarter leather.Some slight foxing to page edges. Edition limited to 600 copies of which 99 were numbered and bound in quarter leather- this copy #41 of the deluxe edition of 99 copies. Facsimile of original 1875 edition. Account of the explorations of the first Western Australian born Australian explorer including the first 2 crossings of the continent from west to east in 1870 and 1874 as well as five years spent in exploration of the deserts of WA SA and NT. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Angas G. F. George French. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover