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1965052414Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1965. xiii 184pp index appendix few bw ills 2 related clippings loose at rear. Gray cloth in jacket. Spine faded. Small bookseller label on front pastedown tape stains to endpapers rear free endpaper covered in notes. The story of the New Guard poltical movement in Australia told by its virtual founder. The New Guard was a right wing movement described by its supporters as a force for constitutional alw and against communism it was denounced by detractors for its allegedly fascist tendencies. Best remembered for the spectacular 'opening' of the Sydney Harbour Bridge by New Guardsman de Groot. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
1946137876Adelaide: The Hassell Press for the South Australian Museum 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Hassell Press for the South Australian Museum 1946. Quarto pages 445-502 with a map and 3 full-page illustrations plus a page of plates. Printed wrappers slightly discoloured around the edges; an excellent copy. The Hassell Press [for the South Australian Museum] paperback
1894143884Adelaide: C.E. Bristow Government Printer 1894. Near fine. Adelaide C.E. Bristow Government Printer 1894. Foolscap folio 2 pages. Needle-holes and notches in the left-hand margin where previously bound now disbound; a couple of tiny spots; in near fine condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper number 126 of 1894; one of only 650 copies. The petitioner appeals an earlier rejection by the Chief Secretary arguing that laws outlawing the issuing of letters of naturalisation to 'Asiatics' do not apply to him as a native of the Ottoman-contolled Levant. C.E. Bristow, Government Printer unknown
1949128410Perth: The Author 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Perth The Author 1949. Octavo; cloth slightly rubbed and marked; extremities slightly bumped; spine lightly sunned; inner hinge starting; a very good copy. With the pencilled ownership signature of Malcolm Brooks of Buckland Park. The Author hardcover
1996137979Port Lincoln: The author 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Port Lincoln The author 1996. Quarto xii 211 pages with 38 illustrations some from photographs and 29 maps. Card covers lightly rubbed and a little sunned about the spine; an excellent copy. The author paperback
1962053027Christchurch NZ: The Author 1962. 158pp bw ills. White & pale green wraps titled in maroon. Wraps creased with several small chips and short tears prev owner name on title page minor tanning & foxing. New Zealand and Tasmania. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
189960069Adelaide: RSSA 1899. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1899. Octavo 9 pages. Original wrappers; a fine copy. The address concentrates on the Australian Aborigines with particular reference to the recent publications of Roth Spencer and Gillen. He concludes that the 'Australian is not degenerate but primordial . A consequence of this is that no longer protected by isolation he must shortly entirely disappear from the face of the earth for he is an anachronism and archaic'. This issue also contains HOWCHIN Walter: Notes on the Geology of Kangaroo Island with special reference to evidences of extinct glacial action 10 pages plus 2 plates. RSSA paperback
1987BIB144506Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 1987. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Near Fine in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ is lightly chipped at corners and spine ends with some rubbing to edges and spine. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 299 pages. The story of Australia's first and oldest organized police force. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. Wakefield Press hardcover
1981131048Adelaide: The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Adelaide The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd 1981. Large octavo xviii 369 pages with 40 illustrations. Papered boards a little rubbed; some ink and pencil annotations to the initial pages and front flap; a few small light stains to a couple of pages; a very good copy with the slightly rubbed and marked dustwrapper. Inscribed and signed in ink by Stewart Cockburn 'For David Robertson. A key figure in this story!'. David Robertson was an American engineer who worked with Oliphant on the development of radar see Index for more. The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd hardcover
1971051942Herberton: Hisine Technique Print printer 1971. 48pp maps bw & col ills. Green pictorial card. Slight fading at stapled edge and top edge minor crease at bottom front corner. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Hisine Technique Print (printer) Paperback
1939025388Brisbane: W R Smith & Paterson 1939. Foreword by F A Cooper. viii 157pp 7 maps index bibliographia. Page edges lightly soiled. Or brown cloth boards heavily flecked at the spine and at the edges. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is number 267 signed by the author. The history of Cairns and district. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. W R Smith & Paterson Hardcover
1946041123Brisbane: W R Smith & Paterson 1946. 84ppappendices. Or brown cloth boards. Tiny bump to top front right corner. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is number 408 signed by the author. The history of Cairns and district. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. W R Smith & Paterson Hardcover
1968BIB330629Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia. 1968. Octavo Size approx 14x22cm. Very Good condition - but with some pages corners creased mostly quite mild from "turning down" by previous owner. Blue boards with gilt to spine. Australiana Facsimile Series No 130. Fold-out map to front. Note: the boards are not 'mottled' as they appear in photo. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 452 pages. Contents include: Arrival in Melbourne Journey to Wolfscrag Prospects of Sheep Farming at Wolfscrag Troubles of a Beginner A Station Formed at Tongalla A Ride to the Muddy Creek Corroborees and giving in Marriage Steeles Creek and more! . Very Good. Facsimile Edition. Hardback. Libraries Board of South Australia hardcover
1992038191Melbourne: The Colony Press 1992. iv 37pp index. Or card. Near new. #75 of a limitation of 100cys. Transportation of convict to the colonies. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. The Colony Press Paperback
1992146569Oodnadatta: Oodnadatta Aboriginal School 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Oodnadatta Oodnadatta Aboriginal School 1992. Large octavo xii 132 pages with numerous illustrations. Pictorial papered boards very slightly rubbed; an excellent copy. With extensive lists of students and staff. Oodnadatta Aboriginal School hardcover
1978039184Townsville: James Cook University 1978. viii 265pp references bw ills. Or orange card covers. Slight bump to bottom corner. IncludesCloncurry copper field; mining unionism; Christie Palmerston; separation movements; literature; Chine_European relations in CAirns in the 1880s; Cinese on the Gilbert River goldfield; MAckay racecourse riot of 1883; Italians in Hinchinbrook Shire 1921-1939; Yarrabah foundation; Aboriginal resistance in NQ; and more. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. James Cook University Paperback
1984036987Townsville: James Cook University 1984. vii 256pp references bw ills. Or orange card covers. Near new. Includes a memoir of the Reid family; Catholic missions to the Aborigines; Pacific Island labour trade; Charters Towers and the Boer War; North Queensland beef cattle industry; the Ravenswood strike; Bowen industrial trouble; Moslem Albanians in NQ; internments; Hinchinbrook Island in WWII and the Civil Liberties Movement in Townsville 1977-79. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. James Cook University Paperback
1983146013Adelaide: South Australian Department of Environment and Planning 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide South Australian Department of Environment and Planning 1983. Quarto a substantial report containing numerous plates maps some folding and numerous microfiche in a rear endpocket. Pictorial card covers slightly creased and marked at the rear; an excellent copy. South Australian State Historic Preservation Plan Regional Heritage Survey Series: Region 6. South Australian Department of Environment and Planning paperback
1978105438Warradale: Pioneer Books 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Warradale Pioneer Books 1978. Octavo viii 328 pages. Papered boards; top edge slightly marked; an excellent copy with the excellent dustwrapper lightly sunned on the spine. Number 15 of 1000 copies; this copy is signed. Number 2 in the Pioneer Books Monographs. Loosely inserted is a contemporary newspaper review of the book by Brian Elliot well worth reading. Pioneer Books hardcover
1995037749Darwin: Historical Society of the Northern Territory 1995. vi 83pp appendix list of evacuees bibliography notes bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Slightest of edge wear. The story of the women and children evacuated from Darwin in 1941-42. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Historical Society of the Northern Territory Paperback
188659765Adelaide: RSSA 1886. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1886. Octavo 13 pages. Wrappers; a fine copy. This issue also contains WINNECKE Charles: Plants collected in Central Australia 4 pages; it is a revised and corrected version of the list published in his official report of his 1883 expedition see SA Parliamentary Paper Number 39 of 1884. RSSA paperback
1995145280Adelaide: Pastoral Management Branch of the South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Adelaide Pastoral Management Branch of the South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources 1995. Octavo xii 236 pages with numerous illustrations. Papered boards; contemporary ownership details on the front free endpaper and title page; essentially a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Pastoral Management Branch of the South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources hardcover
1986131739Netley: Wakefield Press 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Netley Wakefield Press 1986. Octavo xvi 366 pages with numerous illustrations most from photographs plus endpaper diagrams. Gilt-decorated full brown morocco; top and leading edge a trifle marked; essentially a fine copy with the lightly rubbed clear plastic dustwrapper. Wakefield Press hardcover
1953030948Dorrigo: Dorrigo Shire 1953. 42pp bw ills ads. Or staple card covers. Covers larger than pages resulting in wear and short tears to edges of covers. Dark stain/burn mark inside front cover pulled at bottom staple. Scarce souvenir of the Back to Dorrigo Celebrations of 1953 with some emphasis on the important local timber industry. Many ads for local businesses. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Dorrigo Shire Paperback
1923034796Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1923. xxii276pp appendix bw ills maps. Or tan cloth lacking jacket. Small crease to cloth at mid-spine bottom corner of last 2 pages creased. Presentation slip from Auckland Returned Soldiers Association as prize for a 1926 essay competition laid onto front free endppaer signed by the president of the association. Content includes supply of reinforcements; seizure and occupation of Samoa; Senussi Campaign; The Work of the Philomel; NZ Army Nurses; NZ hospitals at Salonika Egypt and in the UK; NZ Hospital ships; NZ Dental Corps; NZ Veterinary Corps; Repatriation; War relief and patriotic societies; the peace conference; education in the NZEF; war finance and the NZ camps in England. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. Hardcover