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2001049884Brisbane: Department of Primary Industries Queensland 2001. vii 170pp index glossary bibliography bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Very slight edge wear to covers. SIGNED with personalised inscription to Trish on title page. Tells the story of Queensland aspects of Australia's oldest and in many respects most colourful industry- fisheries. Covers from very early times pre 1840 to 1988 with chapters on pearling prawns whaling and much more. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Paperback
2011135317Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2011. Quarto viii 152 pages with colour pictorial endpapers and numerous illustrations most in colour. Papered boards; foot of the spine a trifle bumped; a near-fine copy with the dustwrapper a trifle creased. Presentation copy dated October 2013 signed and warmly inscribed in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper by Christopher Legoe AO QC then Immediate Trust Chairperson of the Carrick Hill Foundation to prominent local home economics educator and sometime Carrick Hill guide Marietta Resek. Loosely inserted is a 32-page booklet 'Carrick Hill Guides 1984-2014. Thirty Years of Volunteer Guiding at Carrick Hill' Springfield Carrick Hill 2014. 2 items. Wakefield Press hardcover
1879053940Sydney: George Robertson 1879. 317pp 2pp corrections/addition 12pp ads at rear. Vintage burgundy boards rebound. A little toning and foxing cracking at gutters in several plaves but holding firm. An A-Z of Australian history to 1879. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. George Robertson Hardcover
1983BIB319291Adelaide: Hempel Reunion Committee. 1983. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition. No dustjacket as issued. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. The pamphlet is also in good condition with black & white photographs and a handwritten note by the compiler Ella Kuhlmann. 238 pages; 18 pages pamphlet. The family history Johann Christian Gottleib Hempel and Meta Adelaheid Hempel who arrived in South Australia in 1844. The pamphlet is a brief family history of the Fritsche family whose forebears arrived in 1848. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Hempel Reunion Committee hardcover
194030290Adelaide: The Author 1940. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Author 1940. Octavo 16 pages with 4 full-page plates. Pictorial wrappers a little foxed; an excellent copy. The front cover is inscribed by the author. The Author paperback
2012046842London: 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
1970056464Adelaide: Rigby 1970. 209pp index bw ills. Brown cloth in jacket. Light toning to page edges occasional very light foxing. The early settlement of western Queensalnd including the battles with Aborigines cattle duffers and the Kenniffs colonial characters discovery of gold and the writing of Waltzing Matilda. Scarce as hard cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
1998021670Brisbane: 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
192119729Adelaide: RSSA 1921. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1921. Octavo 25 pages plus 11 pages of plates. Original quarter cloth and wrappers; a fine copy. The implements were found in the vicinity of the Macumba Head Station 'about 34 miles to the northward of Oodnadatta'. This issue also contains a supplementary article by the same author: On the Methods adopted by the Aborigines of Australia in the making of Stone Implements based on actual observation 2 pages and WOOD JONES F.: The Status of the Dingo 10 pages. RSSA paperback
1904BIB323150Adelaide: W.C Rigby. 1904. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Good condition. Age-toning to covers and spine ends a little chipped. Colour and black & white plates Fold-out colour diagrams and a large fold-out diagram relating to the 'Geology of the Mount Lofty Ranges'. 365 pages 36 pages of plates. Contains 15 articles on natural history geology and Australian Aborigines. Of particular note are: 'Anthropological Notes made on the South Australian Government North-West Prospecting Expedition 1903' by Herbert Basedow including 17 black & white photographs and 'The Geology of the Mount Lofty Ranges Part I The Coastal District' by Howchin – includes fold-out colour diagrams. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover. W.C Rigby paperback
1992055114St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 1992. 313pp index bibliography notes. Cream card titled in maroon. Page edges and margind heavily toned with some foxing spine a little sunned. A social history of the evolution of sport in Queensland from Aboriginal times to Australian Federation in 1901. Begins with the varied and intricate games and pastimes of the Aborigines and explores the colony's major sports and pastimes as well as the adaptaions that were made to cope with the Queensland environment and climate. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Paperback
1955034274Sydney: John Sands Pty Ltd 1955. No date c1955. Unpaginated 24 pages photographs in colour and b/w with captions follow a one-page introduction. Light rub at top front corner. Illustrated stapled light card cover. Scarce photographic booklet by eminent Australian photographer. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. John Sands Pty Ltd Paperback
1960028934Sydney: John Sands Pty Ltd 1960. No date 1960. Unpaginated 24 pages photographs in colour and b/w with captions follow a one-page introduction. Lightest of rubbing on cover. Illustrated stapled light card cover. Scarce photographic booklet by eminent Australian photographer. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Oblong 4to. John Sands Pty Ltd Paperback
1960044981Sydney: John Sands Pty Ltd 1960. No date 1960. Unpaginated 24 pages photographs in colour and b/w with captions follow a one-page introduction. One page creased at bottom corner. Illustrated stapled light card cover. Scarce photographic booklet by eminent Australian photographer. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Oblong 4to. John Sands Pty Ltd Paperback
2000144562Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Art Gallery of South Australia 2000. Large quarto 144 pages with numerous colour illustrations. Colour-pictorial card covers a little rubbed; trifling surface blemish to the front endpaper a production flaw; top edge of the rear cover slightly cockled; a very good copy. A catalogue published to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the Art Gallery of South Australia November 2000 to February 2001. Art Gallery of South Australia paperback
1979BIB330134Adelaide: Rigby. 1979. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Signed by author on half-title page. Previous owner's embossed sticker to lower edge of half-title page. Colour illustrations by Robert Ingpen. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 128pages. A beautifully illustrated & informative book by the Australian artist. Ingpen won the 1986 Hans Christian Andersen Medal and was a founding member of the Australian Conservation Foundation. Rarely have our classic buildings been so aptly pictured. . Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. Rigby hardcover
2021BIB314771Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 2021. Square Quarto Size approx 26x27cm. Mint copy in a Mint Dustjacket. A New Copy. Dustjacket protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. 275 pages. What is the character of Australian folk creativity where does it spring from what are its artistic outcomes and what does it say about the diverse make-up of the nation and its history and culture Cultural historian Dr Noris Ioannou explores these queries in this the first comprehensive and richly illustrated cultural history text on Australian folk creativity its art and its stories. . New. 1st Edition. Hardback. Wakefield Press hardcover
239051Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Fremantle: Printed by Websdale Shoosmith Pty. Ltd. Printers for John Lysaght Australia Pty. Ltd.: no date Suggest about 1950. Cloth that is hard covers pp. 224 288 x 218 mm. Illustrated. Combining the latest ideas from overseas with the best of proven local designs this manual is intended to make available to the Primary Producer complete and comprehensive data sheets covering the construction of a wide range of modern farm buildings. Sections include Products Building Information Farm Buildings Sheep Dairy Piggery Silo Poultry and Tanks and Tankstands. A near fine copy on superior art paper. hardcover
2011119110Kingston: STOIC Editorial Committee 2011. 2nd Edition. Paperback. Fine. Kingston STOIC Editorial Committee 2011 second edition/ 2011. Quarto; laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. STOIC Editorial Committee paperback
192159736Adelaide: RSSA 1921. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1921. Octavo 10 pages. Quarter cloth and wrappers; a fine copy. This issue also contains HOWCHIN Professor Walter: On the Occurrence of Aboriginal Stone Implements of Unusual Types in the Tableland Regions of Central Australia 25 pages plus 11 pages of plates and a supplementary article by the same author: On the Methods adopted by the Aborigines of Australia in the making of Stone Implements based on actual observation 2 pages. The implements were found in the vicinity of the Macumba Head Station "about 34 miles to the northward of Oodnadatta RSSA paperback
2008055291Canberra: National Museum of Australia 2008. 218pp notes map bw ills full page. Cloth backed boards no jacket as issued. Slight rubbing to cover slight thumb soiling to bottom corner. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 4to. National Museum of Australia Hardcover
1997029022Proserpine: Proserpine Co-operative Sugar Milling Association Ltd. 1997. 190pp index chronology num bw & col ills pictorial endpapers. Bump to centre of bottom edge front cover. Ex-parliamentary library with labels on front free endpaper and spine. An excellent history of both the Proserpine region and its sugar mill. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Ex-Library. Proserpine Co-operative Sugar Milling Association Ltd. Hardcover
1991BIB324419Darwin: Australian National University North Australia Research Unit. 1991. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Two 2 Volumes complete. Overall Good Condition. Volume 1 is Very Good. Volume 2 has some mild moisture damage to last few pages - still very readable. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 338 361 pages. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Australian National University [North Australia Research Unit] paperback
1991145918Eden Hills: The Author 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Eden Hills The Author 1991 first edition. Octavo 368 pages with numerous maps and illustrations plus endpaper maps. Papered boards; a fine copy with the near-fine dustwrapper lightly scuffed. The Author hardcover
1960055068Brisbane: Government Printer 1960. xiv 842pp index bibliography appendices 100 bw ills col frontis. Silver cloth in pictorial jacket. Several chips and minor tears to jacket even toning to page edges. While by no means a scarce title this does seem to be a hard one to find in such nice condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Government Printer Hardcover