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1996015183<p>Redbank Queensland Australia: Author Rodney Liddell 1996. viii 276pp. plus iii. Illustrated throughout: colour-plate sections numerous b/white halftone plates archival and private sources plus facsimiles and line-drawn maps. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-illustrated gloss boards have several surface indentations. Leaves clean and unmarked. After a decade of original documentation research the author formed the opinion that anthropologists and sociologists were promoting what they personally believed the public would accept of the happenings at Cape York and The Torres Strait rather that the accurate historic record. In this confronting and informative book the author Rodney Liddell reveals the savagery and brutality of the early days of North Queensland's Cape York and Torres Strait region . . . Contents include: Prelims. Acks. Introduction. Islands of Western Torres Strait. The 6 Aboriginal Tribes North of the Jardine River. 28 chapters more. Book weight approx. 610g. . First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good-. 8vo - approx. 23cm x 16cm.</p> Author (Rodney Liddell) hardcover
2008034531Hay NSW: Hay Historical Society 2008. 231pp index bw ills maps. Or pictorial card with integral flaps. Near new. The full collection of articles written by Harold MMackenzie as he visited the propertiesof the Hay district. These essays were originally published in The Riverine Grazier during 1893 and 1894. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Hay Historical Society Paperback
1982036804Townsville: The North Queensland Newspaper Company 1982. xiv. 294pp index notes bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or blue cloth in jacket. Very slight rubbing to bottom edge of boards. SIGNED by author on title page. Scarce history of the newspapers and journalists of North Queensland produced in an edition of only 1000 copies. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The North Queensland Newspaper Company Hardcover
2001032532Brisbane: Church Archivists' Press 2001. 108pp b/w ills 3 appendices index. Illustrated light card cover. Near new. 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. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Church Archivists' Press Paperback
1925133149Adelaide: Hassell Press 1925. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Hassell Press 1925. Octavo ii 30 pages. Printed wrappers with full title-page details on the front cover discoloured around the edges with a crease to the front top corner; a very good copy. The 1925 University of Adelaide Commemoration Address. Hassell Press paperback
1987012526Bay Books 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 32cm. 384 well illustrated pp & under 3kg for posting. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt design on front board. Repaired small tear at base of dj spine. This scholarly and highly illustrated study of Fred Williams was originally published in 1980 and was the first comprehensive and fully researched attempt to inform a wider public of the significance of Williams' work. Patrick McCaughey traces Fred Williams' career from his student days through his years of mature achievement to the flowering of his art in the last years of his life. A weighty tome indeed with a wealth of artistic inspiration. Bay Books Hardcover
1999029042Sydney: AGSO / Mineral Resources New South Wales 1999. VERY HEAVY. xvi 504pp index references appendices num bw & col ills maps. Or card covers. Near new with very light edge wear to covers. Exhaustive explanatory notes for the Dubbo 1:250000 geological sheet. Details by geologic period and includes section on mineral deposits. Part of the Geological Survey of New South Wales. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Folio. AGSO / Mineral Resources New South Wales Paperback
1993134082Adelaide: The Book Collectors Society of South Australia 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide The Book Collectors Society of South Australia 1993. Octavo vi 18 pages. Card covers; a fine copy. Number 54 of 250 copies 200 for sale signed by Marcie Muir. This copy is additionally inscribed and signed by Muir to Flinders University librarian Noel Stockdale and by Michael Treloar who compiled the checklist of the eleven publications of Harry Muir's private press pages 16-17. <p>This is the second publication of the Book Collectors Society of South Australia. The Book Collectors Society of South Australia paperback
1990051228Melbourne: Boroondara Press 1990. 64pp references bw ill. Light card in light blue jacket. Minor foxing and light edge wear to jacket. SIGNED by Wantrup on limitation page. Edition limited to 200 copies of which this #29. First printing in English of this account of early colonial New South Wales originally published in French in 1798. Signed by Translator . Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Boroondara Press Paperback
1960133388Melbourne: The Society 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Melbourne The Society 1960. Quarto 53-86 pages with a table and 8 illustrations plus 3 plates. Binder's cloth retaining the original wrappers; wrappers to the second volume slightly marked; essentially a fine copy. Bound together with: D.J. MULVANEY G.H. LAWTON and C.R. TWIDALE and others: 'Archaeological Excavation of Rock Shelter No. 6 Fromm's Landing South Australia'. Reprinted from: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series Volume 77 Part 2. Melbourne The Society 1964. Quarto 479-516 pages with 5 tables 4 figures plus 7 plates. With the colour pictorial bookplate of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM 1955-2022. The Society paperback
1917024068London: Cassell and Company 1917. xvi 180 pages coloured frontispiece and 6 coloured plates b/w illustrations throughout. Prelims endpages lightly foxed in places. Final two pages one is a plate have loss at the lower corners. The final coloured plate has a creased tear. Previous owner's name and date at the centre of the front cover illustration with similar details on the half-title. Renewed end-papers. Rebound brown cloth boards with original illustrated coloured plate on original plain wrapper laid down on the front board gilt spine title. An attractive copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to. Cassell and Company Hardcover
1939BIB252932Adelaide: The Advertiser Printing Office. 1939. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition. Burgundy leather spine is lightly rubbed at extremities. Some minor marks to boards. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to reverse of front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs . Black and white chapter decorations. Black & white map. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 82 pages. The story of this great Pastoral Company from its beginnings as a modest mercantile enterprise sponsored by a Scottish merchant captain and his captain. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. The Advertiser Printing Office hardcover
1999019691Sydney: The Beagle Press 1999. 160 pages illustrated throughout in colour and b/w biographical essay by the artist list of exhibitions bibliography catalogue raisonne of the artist's sculpture. Stamp with ref no on the rear paste-down. Cloth boards in slightly soiled dust-jacket. The book examines evolution of the work of the Australian sculptor. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. The Beagle Press Hardcover
2014019306Dural Delivery Centre NSW Australia: Rosenberg Publishing 2014. 192 pages with colour illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Rosenberg Publishing Hardcover
1935145866Sydney: Angus and Robertson Limited 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sydney Angus and Robertson Limited 1935 first edition. Octavo x 278 pages plus 9 pages of plates from photographs and front endpaper maps. Red cloth; lightly bumped and a little rubbed and marked; early ink ownership inscription to the recto of the frontispiece; some slight tanning and other minor signs of age and handling internally; a very good copy. The final volume in R.B. Plowman's fine 'Inland trilogy'. He was an Australian Inland Mission missionary in the region from Hawker to Birdsville; when the events recorded here took place 'Motor cars aeroplanes and wireless sets had not made their appearance in Central Australia' from the Author's Note. Angus and Robertson Limited hardcover
1988141109Berri: The Bonum Research Centre Pty. Ltd 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Berri The Bonum Research Centre Pty. Ltd. 1988. Quarto 127 pages with numerous illustrations mostly in colour from artworks by Robert Pope and Robert Todonai plus pictorial endpapers. Quarter contrasting gilt-decorated cloth; spine very slightly sunned; a near-fine copy. The Bonum Research Centre Pty. Ltd hardcover
1934BIB330269Melbourne: The Specialty Press Pty Ltd. 1934. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition. Mild rubbing to spine edges upper rear edge and corners. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 671. Published to facilitate the organised marketing of Australian goods and services and promote the expansion of internal and external Trade and Commerce. Forewords by the J.A. Lyons Prime Minister and J. H. Cullin Leader of the Opposition to the section 'The Commonwealth of Australia'. Each of the state sections have forewords by that state's Premier. 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. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. The Specialty Press Pty Ltd hardcover
1954029059Brisbane: Government Printer 1954. 144 pp maps of routes 9 appendices including routes of Royal progress Brisbane and Country; plans of arrangements in Brisbane and other centres to be visited; location of First Aid posts established by QATB with maps; movements of senior State officials; instructions for operating AWA FM carphone radio; and telephone numbers. Or blue boards gilt titles and decoration on the front board which has flecked cloth by its upper edge a small rectangular stain in the same area and a few spots. Cover title: Royal visit to Queensland: 1954: working programme. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Government Printer Hardcover
2010BIB316449Mile End SA: Wakefield Press. 2010. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Mint copy in a Mint Dustjacket. A New Copy. Dustjacket protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 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. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 367 pages. This book provides a comprehensive account of Scotch's journey from a boys' college of about 100 students to a coeducational institution of almost 1000. Heroic figures such as Norman Gratton the first headmaster to agents of radical change such as Philip Roff the headmaster who introduced coeducation emerge from the archives to stand beside the other headmasters principals teachers and students who populate the Scotch College story. . New. 1st Edition. Hardback. Wakefield Press hardcover
19440022671Sydney: The Market Print 1944. First Edition. Softcover Paperback. Very Good Condition. 24.5cm x 19cm. 8 pages black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers. Programme for a beauty pageant at the Royal Agricultural Society's Ground Saturday 9th September 1944 organised by the RSL to raise funds for development of Anzac House Sydney. Contains a brief pitch for the development programme of events and portraits of the competitors most representing different government departments and ministries. Minor foxing and soiling. 1.5cm split to spine tail. Category: Fashion Fabrics & Style; Countries::Australia::New South Wales; Inventory No: 0022671. BZDB407 Fashion Fabrics & Style; Countries::Australia::New South Wales; Unbranded Returned Sailors Soldiers & Airmens Imperial Australia League Souvenir Programme: Crowning Ceremony: Miss Sydney Competition Anzac House Appeal The Market Print paperback
1974106073Perth: CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research. 1974. Quarto red cloth boards with title gilt-stamped title to spine var. pag. Bookplate of Norman Robinson illustrated with owls. Near-fine condition. Norman Robinson's own copy. This field guide has been prepared for the 16th International Ornithological Congress . includes bird song of 300 species . the catalogue was compiled and prepared by Mrs. Sybil Smith of the CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research in Perth."--Foreword by Norman Robinson. Field guide to the bird songs of Australia including index of species and Australian bird songs from the Ray Swaby collection. Also includes a brief appendix on New Zealand birdsong. 1st Edition. Boards. CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research hardcover
1932049303Sydney: Pacific Publications. 1932. 334pp b/w ills maps index directory. Pictorial wraps. Spine darkened lacks title page and contents paged taped to cover at gutter. Includes list and description of missions. Still a nice example of the scarce first issue. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo. Pacific Publications. Paperback
1991040672Melbourne: William Heinemann 1991. HEAVY. xii 16pp index glossary appendices notes few bw ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Near new. Traces the evolution of the Jewish community in Australia sine the end of WWII. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to. William Heinemann Hardcover
1933139205Adelaide: The Hassell Press 1933. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Hassell Press 1933. Octavo iv 206 pages. Overlapping wrappers; bottom edge uncut; covers a little rubbed and creased; a few slight marks; an excellent copy housed in a custom-made clamshell box with a gilt-lettered leather spine label. James Sadler 1860-1935: 'After working as a clerk in the Education Department and as an inspector for the Savings Bank of SA he was involved in recruiting for the Adelaide Literary Society. He was also the London Correspondent for the SA "Register''' State Library of South Australia website. The Hassell Press paperback
1933146586Adelaide: The Hassell Press 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Adelaide The Hassell Press 1933. Octavo iv 206 pages. Cloth lightly rubbed and sunned on the spine; pictorial bookplate of A.K. Newbery on the front pastedown; free endpapers a little tanned; an excellent copy with the very good dustwrapper slightly chipped and sunned and with a few short tears. James Sadler 1860-1935: 'After working as a clerk in the Education Department and as an inspector for the Savings Bank of SA he was involved in recruiting for the Adelaide Literary Society. He was also the London Correspondent for the SA "Register''' State Library of South Australia website. The Hassell Press hardcover