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2007021734Ararat Vic: Ararat 150th Committee Ararat Rural City Council 2007. HEAVY. ix 503pp b/w ills. Paperback. From the Foreword this book 'celebrates the people events businesses and organisations that have contributed to making Ararat what it is today'. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Ararat 150th Committee, Ararat Rural City Council Paperback
2008143515Virginia: David M. Welch 2008. Paperback. Very Good. Virginia David M. Welch 2008 first thus. Small quarto vi 154 pages with several maps and numerous illustrations some in colour. Colour pictorial card covers slightly rubbed and sunned; an excellent copy. Australian Aboriginal Culture Series Number 5. Edited and with a preface by David M. Welch. 'This book is a compilation of material recorded by Herbert Basedow during an expedition lasting from March to November 1903 from his anthropological notes his journal notes and previously unpublished photographs from his photo album' from the preface. David M. Welch paperback
2008052902Canberra: Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation 2008. 6 booklets in slipcase. 4 boklets 24pp the other 2 slightly fewer pages; references ills plus several pages of printed correspondence relating to research for the booklets and a letter from the publisher to Keith Keith Vincent Smith noted academic in the field of Aboriginal studies. The booklets are all near new the flimsy slipcase shows some very minor wear. The booklets ar as follows: Book 1 Aims and ideas; Book 2 First Taste of Alcohol; Book 3 Strong spirits from Southeast Asia; Book 4 The story of the bottle; Book 5 Learning to drink from the English; Book 6 Struggles over drinking rights. Covers traditional Aboriginal alcoholic drinks; spirits such as arrack and tuba from Asia; the use of bottle glass by indigenous Australians; early settlers and how they drank and the effects of prohibition laws. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation Paperback
2019145868Adelaide: Wakefield Press 2019. Paperback. Near fine. Adelaide Wakefield Press 2019 revised and updated edition/ 1985. Octavo xvi 110 pages with numerous illustrations many from photographs. Colour-pictorial card covers; a near-fine copy. A presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author 'For Bob & Julie Ellis Thanks for your advice & conversation Peggy'. Bob Ellis is mentioned on page 9. Wakefield Press paperback
2005109553Leabrook: Bob and Peter Brummitt 2005. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Leabrook Bob and Peter Brummitt 2005. Small quarto 351 pages. Card covers a little marked and rubbed; a very good copy. 'Extracts of letters written by members of the Brummitt family mainly Dr. Robert Brummitt 1851-1927 and his wife Jane 1853-1942 to family in Banbury England between 1880 and 1900. They form a detailed account of the childhood and youth of their son Elliott Arthur Brummitt 1880-1934. The letters were transcribed in England by Agnes Brummitt'; this transcription has been photocopied and published as an apparently handwritten book. Companion volume to Jane Brummitt's 'The diary of Jane Roach'. Bob and Peter Brummitt paperback
2005051283Hazelbrook NSW: Research in Evangelical Revivals 2005. xv 460pp index bibliography references. ictorial card. Light edge wear. The first volume of a history of evangelism and revival meetings in Australia covering the late 19th century to WWI. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Research in Evangelical Revivals Paperback
200898777Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2008. Large quarto x 262 pages with numerous illustrations and plates some in colour. Papered boards; a fine copy with the slightly rubbed dustwrapper. Dr William Wyatt 1804-1886 emigrated to South Australia in 1837. He became a 'notable pioneer of the town of Adelaide' with his 'major interests and influence . in the fields of cultural development medicine and education'. The trust he set up on his death 'has grown to become one of Australia's leading philanthropic institutions'. Wakefield Press hardcover
2017135551Sydney: Sydney University Press 2017. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Sydney Sydney University Press 2017. Small quarto xxvi 255 pages with numerous illustrations maps plans and figures. Colour-pictorial card covers; a near-fine copy. In the Tom Austen Brown Studies in Australasian Archaeology series. Sydney University Press paperback
2009119107Burra: Burra History Group Inc 2009. Hardcover. Fine. Burra Burra History Group Inc 2009 first reprint/ 2009. Quarto x 239 pages with 347 illustrations many in colour. Colour pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. Burra History Group Inc hardcover
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
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
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
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
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
2008050474Crows Nest Qld.: Progressive Community Crows Nest 2008. vi 178pp num col ills. Or pictorial laminated boards. Near new. Completes the story of Crows Nest Shire begun in From Tall Timbers the shire's history to 1988 covering the period from 1988-2008 at which date the Shire ceased to exist having been amalgamated into Toowoomba Shire. Tells of individuals busineses organisations churches and government of the Shire over the period. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. Progressive Community Crows Nest Hardcover
2006107964Palmerston North: School of People Environment and Planning Massey University 2006. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Palmerston North School of People Environment and Planning Massey University 2006. Foolscap folio xiv 530 pages with several illustrations including maps. Laminated colour pictorial card covers a little lightly rubbed at the extremities; a very good copy. Loosely inserted are two erratum slips. Not least Dr Alan Hutchings' 'The Woof and Weave of Planning Practice and Planning History: A Personal Reflection'; Dr Hutchings is a prominent South Australian town planner. School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University paperback
2012033859Franklin Tasmania.: The Franklin Press 2012. HEAVY. 258pp num bw photographs vintage ads. Or card covers. Near new. A superb history of early Tasmanian motoring. Before 1910 the motor car was considered a millionaire's plaything. About that time the Tasmanian public accepted the car. In 1910 the average motorist travelled about 20 miles from home but by the 1920s he travelled as far as he could go for the motor carhad improved. The only thing that plagued him was the condition of the roads but as time went on these also improved and this was the real beginning of motoring in Tasmania. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. The Franklin Press Paperback
2010030915Tweed Heads: Summit Press 2010. 200pp bw ills. Or card covers. Light rubbing slight surface abrasion to bottom corner of title page. Local hisotry of the northern New South Wales beachside town of Kingscliffe. Deals with numerous individual families as well as the general history of the town. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Summit Press Paperback
2022BIB327203Walkerville: Robert O'Shannassy. 2022. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. As new conditon. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Foreword by Gideon Haigh. Signed by the authors on the title page. 407 pages. A history of AUCC starting with its beginnings in 1881 its formal formation in 1907 and its invitation to join South Australian Cricket Association in 1908 through the highs and lows finishing with the triumphant 20-21 Premiership season. 395 illustrations including historic team photos and over 30 pages of appendices. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . As New. 1st Edition. Hardback. Robert O'Shannassy hardcover
2002102122Mitcham: Anglican Parish of Mitcham 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Mitcham Anglican Parish of Mitcham 2002. Quarto; papered boards; a fine copy with the very good dustwrapper a little unevenly sunned. Inscribed dated October 2002 and signed by the author to Dorothy Hamilton whose ownership signature is on the front flyleaf. Loosely inserted is some related ephemera including an invitation to the book launch at the Church signed by the author and the pamphlet 'The Church of St Michael Mitcham 1852-1977'. Anglican Parish of Mitcham hardcover
200294370Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2002. Quarto 88 pages with numerous illustrations many in colour. Laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. 'Nick Mount is an iconic figure in the hothouse of contemporary glass'. Signed by the artist 2002 on the half-title. Wakefield Press paperback
2015054905Darwin: Historical Society of the Northern Territory 2015. xi 242pp indexappendix endnotes tables bw ills. Pictorial card. Illustration pages loose but present due to publishers binding several pages with ink marking/notations and inked notes on rear blank. Narrative of the management of leprosy in Queensland. From the shock finding of the earliest presentations through the harshness of the isolationist policies and racism of the lazarets to the final humanising influences of modern antibiotics. Includes account by people who lived in the institutions and their carers. Whilst primarily a Queensland story practices and attitutudes were similar in the Top End and Kimberley. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Large 8vo. Historical Society of the Northern Territory Paperback
2007BIB296157Adelaide: Mount Lofty Golf Club Inc. 2007. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition. No dustjacket as issued. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 113 pages. The history of one of the most picturesque of South Australia's golf courses. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Mount Lofty Golf Club Inc hardcover
2001131507Hallett: Hallett Cricket Club 2001. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Hallett Hallett Cricket Club 2001. Folio ii 54 pages with numerous illustrations. Pictorial wrappers lightly cockled; a very good copy. Dated 15 September 2001 and signed in ink on the title page by the author. This copy bears the ownership signature twice of John Honan a key player. Loosely inserted are five original black and white snapshot-sized photographs of HCC teams only one of which is reproduced in the book with an inscribed note attached to four of them identifying the year and the players for the record those teams are: 1954 1964-1965 1965 1971-1972 and 1972-1973. Hallett Cricket Club] paperback