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1993032835Lismore: The Author 1993. 254pp index bw ills maps. Or pictorial boards. Excellent example . SIGNED opposite title page- With the Compliments of Victor G Alcorn. Well researched local history of the northern NSW shire and town of Kyogle. Material of aborigines settlers cattle stations dairy farms as well as civic matters. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. The Author Hardcover
1996022457Canberra: 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
1995HISNAT23Terrey Hills NSW Australia: Australian Geographic P/L 1995. Book. Illus. by Bell Chris. Very Good. Soft Card Cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft card cover first edition 560g 96pgs. This book introduces the reader to some of the hidden aspects of the dramatic Carnarvon National Park through stunning photographs and emotive text. Book is in very good condition with mild general wear and tear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Australian Geographic P/L Paperback
1993013509Australia: Industrial Printing 1993. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Authors. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good condition trivial bump right rear lower corner. Signed by the author. A detailed history of Australian coal mines in New South Wales focusing on social aspects and technological aspects dealing with major centres chapter by chapter from the 1880s to circa 1940. Industrial Printing Paperback
1884048581London: The Religious Tract Society 1884. 288pp publishers catalogue at rear; bw engravings map. Or pictorial brown cloth. Cloth chipped at top of spine cloth flecked new endpapers some toning and foxing prev owner name at start of introduction a bit shaken. States Special Presentation Volume on title page and London Missionary Society Presentation Copy at top of front cover. An excellent copy. Special Presentation Volume. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover
1987BIB327637Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 1987. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Near Fine in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ spine very slightly sunned. Signed by the author. 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
1978145944Hampstead Gardens: Austaprint 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. Hampstead Gardens Austaprint 1978 facsimile edition/ 1846. Octavo ii x 361 pages with a few illustrations plus 5 tinted plates and a colour map. Foil-blocked black cloth; covers slightly rubbed with tiny wear on the rear board; an excellent copy. Not identified as such but limited to 500 copies and issued without the large Arrowsmith map found in an endpocket in the original edition. Austaprint hardcover
2004033673Sydney: Lonsdale Gallery Press 2004. 206pp num col ills. Or grey cloth in jacket. Near new. In 1998 Vivian Dwyer went to Duntroon to produce one painting of an historic house and emerged five years later contemplating the nature and purpose of war peace and ultimate sacrifice. This book turns out to be not only about the military and other challenges in wider society but about art light and atmosphere. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Oblong 8vo. Lonsdale Gallery Press Hardcover
1998049424Carlton South: The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University Press 1998. Foreword by Sir Rabbie L Namaliu. xx 292pp b/w illustrations maps one folding glossary index. Papered boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. The story of a journey of exploration 3000 km by foot from March 1938 to June 1939 through the mountains of the western highlands of Papua New Guinea. The Hagen-Sepik Patrol was Australia's last great exploring expedition. It mapped and described unknown country made first contact with many Highland peoples established outposts including Mount Hagen and found a major goldfield. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University Press Hardcover
1987054880Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1987. xvii 461pp index bibliography notes appendices bw ills maps. Maroon cloth in jacket. Light foxing to page edges. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
194296423Sydney: Science House. 1942. 1st ed. large quarto 12 Volumes bound as one incl Index from the library of 'Chief Civil Engineer Perth Western Australia' with his stamp to cover of each vol and dated 1943 bookplate of 'W.A. Railways and Tramways Institute profusely illus with b&w plates illus and adverts dark blue plain worn library binding contents very good condn 1st edition. Boards. Science House hardcover
2005BIB329174Mount Compass South Australia: Published by Author. 2005. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition - some light rubbing to covers. Signed by the author. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 412 pages. A delightful potted history of Mount Compass and surrounds. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover. Published by Author paperback
1999042679Portland Vic.: Mainsail Books 1999. HEAVY. 299pp index glossary appendices endnotes num bw & col ills endpaper maps. Or black boards in pictorial jacket. Spine slightly cocked leaning. SIGNED by author on title page. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Mainsail Books Hardcover
2011BIB272092Adelaide: Barr Smith Press. 2011. 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. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 177 pages. Describes the influence of architects and planners and the academics administrators and students whose lives were centred at the University of Adelaide. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Barr Smith Press hardcover
2009051257Brisbane: Brisbane City Council 2009. HEAVY. ix 342ppindexbibliographynum bw & col ills. Or blue boards in jacket. Crease to bottom of rear jacket panel otherwise excellent. 150 stories covering the first 150 years of Brisbane. The stories of local icons the impacts of war and depression individual and collective achievements and struggles for freedoms and rights document the city through the nineteenth twentieth and twenty-first centuries. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Brisbane City Council Hardcover
2007BIB303912Strathfield: Published by Author. 2007. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. Signed by both authors. Illustrated with Colour and Sepia-toned Photographs. Maps to endpapers. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 338 pages. A history of the pearling industry and northwest Australia. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Published by Author hardcover
1995037858Sydney: Currency Press 1995. HEAVY. 704pp index bw ills references pictorial endpapers. Or blue cloth in jacket. Tiny tear <1cm at bottom of front flap fold minor edge wear to jacket. Very slight thumb soiling to bottom corner. Many hundreds of articles ranging from 100-10000 words from 200 contributors covering all aspects of theatrical activity in Australia except opera and dance. Theatrical arts include revue drama vaudeville pantomime musical theatre minstrelsy puppetry and circus. People include actors dramatists entrepreneurs comedians designers directors singers and critics. From the first play performed by convicts in 1789 to the present. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Currency Press Hardcover
1967146954Carlton: Melbourne University Press 1967. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Carlton Melbourne University Press 1967 second edition/ 1957. Octavo xii 580 pages with a number of tables plus endpaper maps. Cloth lightly rubbed at the extremities; edges a little marked; a very good copy with the very good dustwrapper slightly rubbed and chipped. The 'growth of South Australia from 1829 when it was born in the imagination of liberal theorists in England to 1857 when the colony became self-governing'. The preferred second edition with 'the correction of some obvious errors' and the 'greatly enlarged and improved' index. Melbourne University Press hardcover
1866BIB276427Adelaide: Government Printer. 1866. Large Quarto size 21x35cm approx. Very Good condition - a series of small holes to left side where once bound now disbound. South Australian Parliamentary Paper No 18. 8 pages. The letter starts "Satisfied of the importance and advantage to be derived both for Java and Australia from a closer connection between the two countries we endeavoured at the commencement of last year to establish a regular steam packet service between the same and limited the project at that time to a monthly service between Java Brisbane and Sydney vice versa by way of Torres Straits……." The paper goes on to give full details of the project etc. . Very Good. Government Printer unknown
1992BIB323911Adelaide: Branch Inc. 1992. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Signed by the author. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Colour maps. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 174pages. An essential natural history guide for any traveller to the region. . Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. Branch] Inc. hardcover
2009051928Melbourne: Macmillan Art Publishing 2009. VERY HEAVY. 332pp num col plates. Or cloth in pictorial jacket. Brand new still in publishers shrinkwrap. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Storrier Tim. 4to. Macmillan Art Publishing Hardcover
2009BIB263924Adelaide: South Australian Museum. 2009. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Contributors include Rebekah Candy Eric Cook Bob Inns Helen Tolcher & Vern Tolcher. Inscribed by editor to previous owner and signed by Helen Tolcher. 335 pages. Aboriginal skeletal remains and artefacts had been eroding out from a dune north of Blanchetown on the River Murray in South Australia for many years. In 1969 SA Museum archaeologist Graeme Pretty implemented a rigorous program to prevent further loss from souvenir hunters or from natural elements. Roonka still stands as the largest investigation ever undertaken on an Aboriginal burial site in Australia. This is the story of the excavation and the how it has revealed the mysteries of the Ngaiawang. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. South Australian Museum paperback
2005BIB324968Sydney: Hodder. 2005. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with more than 150 Black & White Photographs many not previously published and Map. Inscribed by Tom Kruse to previous owner. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 285 pages. The Birdsville Track is one of the best known - and loneliest - tracks in Australia and for 20 years Tom Kruze was the mailman battling searing heat floods and mechanical breakdowns. He made the run every fortnight and was a lifeline to the isolated settlements and stations along the way - delivering everything from letters to essential supplies. A classic Australian story. . Near Fine. Illustrated Edition. Hardback. Hodder hardcover
1966046832Brisbane: Jacaranda Press 1966. ix 200pp bw ills endpaper maps. Or gray cloth in jacket. Jacket spine title somewhat faded price clipped-otherwise excellent. An account of the author's time hunting estuarine/saltwater crocodiles on the Alligator River in Arnhem Land as well as encounters with water buffalo. One of the best books on hunting in Australia and quite scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Jacaranda Press Hardcover
0365813923.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback