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19879017Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1987. First edition. Signed by Chatwin as issued. Illustrated by Martha Phillips. "Special Message" by Chatwin not found in other editions. Publisher's letter to Signed First Edition Society members laid-in as issued. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards all edges gilt satin pagemarker. In publisher's unopened shrinkwrap with all inserts included. Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.<br />The image is of the book described and not a stock photo. Franklin Library hardcover books
196111971London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Translated from the French by James Hogarth. 187 pp extensively illustrated with photographs some color. Previous owner's name on front pastedown else a fine copy in a clean slightly rubbed dust jacket with a few ink marks on the rear panel. Account of an expedition in search of the elusive shell of the golden cowrie--the larges of the world's 250 known cowrie species--with much on the people and culture of the island's native villages. Oliver and Boyd hardcover books
1988230832Topsfield: Salem House 1988. hardcover. very good-/very good-. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. 528 pages 4to gilt-stamped black cloth corners bumped and rubbed dust wrapper rubbed. Topsfield: Salem House 1988. Very good-.<br/><br/> Salem House unknown books
197214185Apia Samoa 1972. Softcover. Very good. 8.5 x 11 in 138 pp printed wrappers. Yearbook of the Western Samoa Teachers' Training College illustrated with many b/w photographs. Light soiling to covers title handwritten in pen on spine; otherwise unmarked clean and sound. Includes staff photos and bios list and photos of all graduates list of trophies and awards messages from various school dignitaties letters to the editor student writing most describing what their school experience has meant to them poetry in both English and Samoan and typical yearbook photos of campus life sports clubs and other activities identifying students who participated in each. An interesting and scarce record of this educational institution which was merged into the National University of Samoa in 1997. paperback books
193714346Melbourne: Printed and Published by the Mining Standard for the Tasmanian Government 1937. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. 148 pp with b/w illustrations maps and ads. A scarce promotional work with text offering descriptive and statistical information on tourist attractions hydro-electric development mining timber resources agriculture fruit sheep hops dairy honey tobacco shipping and ports fisheries shipbuilding and whaling railways and scenery recreational opportunities etc. Spine has been covered with clear tape which extends about two inches onto each cover and covers are somewhat edgeworn. Binding is sound and text clean. Printed and Published by the Mining Standard for the Tasmanian Government paperback books
1985WRCLIT50964Five Docks N.S.W.: South Head Press 1985. Whole numbers 121416-29 33 35 39 41 42 44-54 59 74/5 92 94/5 96 100-102. Thirty-eight issues three of them double numbers. Octavo and large octavo. Printed and pictorial wrappers. Some scattered rubbing or extremity wear one issue has small scrape at corner but very good to about fine. Edited by Grace Perry. Since its founding in 1964 POETRY AUSTRALIA has been the mainstream periodical of Australian poetry. After her death in 1987 Dr. Perry was succeeded by Les Murray. Extra shipping charges. South Head Press unknown books
199814078Canberra / Hartford: National Gallery of Australia / Wadsworth Atheneum 1998. Hardcover. VG. Green cloth with color illustrated dj with french folds and red spine lettering. 271 pp. 59 bw 128 color plates. Illustrated and annotated catalogue of 123 works with essays and literature. Includes four essays on the Australian and American experience as portrayed by landscape artists biographies and three appendices: "Index of Works in the Exhibition "Cultural Social and Historical Events 1770-1901" and "Maps: Australia and United States of America". Gorgeous illustrations are scattered throughout the catalogue. A stunning exhibiton. This is a HARDCOVER EDITION of this book. National Gallery of Australia / Wadsworth Atheneum hardcover books
1981236959n.p.: British Anti-Zionist Organisation and AZAN 1981. xiii 104 pages; old price penned in corner under the crossed-out original price otherwise very good. Discusses the case of Rudolf Kastner and others. A mixture of fact and conspiracy theory. British Anti-Zionist Organisation and AZAN unknown books
199816984Canberra: National Gallery of Australia 1998. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 74 pages. 11 1/2 x 9 1/2". Copiously illustrated in color. National Gallery of Australia paperback books
198314404Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1983. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 426 pp with index notes illustrations maps. Mild rubbing to extremities else a fine copy. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Second volume in this sweeping and well written series. University of Minnesota Press hardcover books
199841501New Haven:: Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0300073925 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Yale University Press, hardcover books
198914024Chipping Norton NSW: Surrey Beatty & Sons 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Two volumes 8.5 x 12 inches 835 pp in total. Indexed illustrated with color photographs. Both volumes clean tightly bound and unmarked. Dust jackets have mild edgewear. "The first comprehensive review of the biology of kangaroos wallabies and rat-kangaroos of which about 50 species are known from Australia and a further 13 or so from Papua New Guinea" based on a symposium on the biology of macropods held in Sydney in May 1988. Includes 43 review papers and 16 research reports. Due to size/weight shipping charges will be more than standard for priority or international orders. Surrey Beatty & Sons hardcover books
19352262Claremont CA: Saunders Studio Press 1935. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 109 pp map. Very light wear to edges; else fine. Dust jacket shows very light toning and has a few small chips and tears. Number 329 of an edition of 700. Reprinted from THe American Register: Or General Repository of History Politics and Science Part I for 1808 Vol. III. Narrative of an expedition that sailed from Canton to the coasts of California Baja California the Hawaiian Islands the Marianas and Macao. Hill 1555. Saunders Studio Press hardcover books
198463868N.pl: the Parties 1984. Pamphlet. 11p. wraps 5.75x8.25 inches very good condition. the Parties unknown books
1971146514Australia: Socialist Workers Party 1971. 95p. wraps 7.5x9.75 inches pen notation on front cover. Collected executive reports and transcripts of recorded conversations. Much material on tensions with the US SWP. Socialist Workers Party unknown books
192113800London: William Heinemann 1921. First Edition. First UK edition. 380 pp illustrated with 48 black and white photographs. Signed "Lewis R. Freeman Grand Canyon 1923" on the front free endpaper. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. Lower corners rubbed some offsetting to endpapers otherwise minimal wear. Binding tight and square. Laid in are the front flap of the original dust jacket and a prospectus/order form for the book. Freeman who was raised in California traveled extensively all over the world and wrote a many engaging works about his adventures. His publisher touted the journey that forms the subject of this book as "the most successful from a yachtsman's standpoint of any of the South Sea pleasure voyages including those of Lord Brassey in the Sunbeam Stevenson in the Equator and Casco Lord Crawford in the Valhala and Jack London in the Snark." William Heinemann hardcover books
19372891London: Oxford University Press 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. viii 348 pp illustrations from photographs with index illustrated endpapers. Light shelf wear including lightly bumped upper corners; text clean binding sound. No dust jacket. Hatfield was born in Britain but decided to migrate to Australia at the age of 20 working his passage as a steward and landing at Port Adelaide in January 1912. "Hatfield soon became a first-rate bushman. For many years he worked in the north of South Australia Central Australia the Northern Territory and Queensland as a station-hand stockman drover cook horse-breaker kangaroo-shooter dingo-trapper book-keeper seaman miner fruit-picker painter and timber-worker. In 1915 he attempted to join the Light Horse but was rejected because of injuries. Over the years he sympathetically studied Aboriginal languages and customs" Dictionary of Australian Biography. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1998158025Sydney: Spartacist ANZ Publishing Company 1998. 23p. very good in wraps 8x11.5 inches. Spartacist ANZ Publishing Company unknown books
1973113401973. Softcover. VG. Green wraps. 156 pp. 126 bw plates. Five-page introduction by James Gleeson catalogue of 126 annotated works each illustrated by a fine plate. unknown books
198134978Pinnacle Creek Kimberley: S.i. 1981. Original photo-illustrated broadside xeroxed on a single sheet of white stock measuring 28cm x 21.5cm 11" x 8.5". Mild even toning with two small pinholes at upper corners; Very Good. Superb photographic broadside related to the struggle surrounding the Aboriginal Land Rights Act originating from the Walmajarri Tribe of Pinnacle Creek in Kimbereley Northwest Australia. The Act sought to grant Indigenous ownership and the right for Aboriginal tribes to claim royalties from the mining and farm companies to whom the Australian government had leased the land. While different states passed the Act as early as the late-1970's it was not passed in the Kimberlies until the mid-1980's. Not separately listed in OCLC. S.i. unknown books
196111984London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First English edition. Translated from the French by John and Patricia Russell. 178 pp of text plus approximately 50 photographs some color. Previous owner's name on front pastedown else a fine copy in a clean dust jacket with minimal wear. Reflections on two years' residence in the New Hebrides now Vanuatu with much on the people and culture of the island's native villages. Oliver and Boyd hardcover books
1999235676Surry Hills NSW: the Party 1999. Two issues of the staplebound journal no. 37 and 41; minor handling wear; 67 and 85 pages respectively. Includes discussion of racism in Australia. the Party unknown books
199458946Oxford & Santa Barbara: Clio Press 1994. Second revised edition. xx 260 pp w/index. Spine sunned else fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. World Bibliographical Series Volume 46. Oxford & Santa Barbara: Clio Press hardcover books
1986260736Melbourne Australia: Spartacist League of Australian and New Zeland 1986. A rare full run of issues 131-212. Issue 136 is a xerographic reproduction of the is tabloid. Various pagination from 8 or 12 pages. Includes a bonus pamphlet letter sized newsletter size "For a Worekrs Repubic in Australia Part of a Socailist Asia!" collection comes in a professional level black archive archive box. Shelf worn else in good condition. Focusing on areas of Australia and New Zealand some analysis and news from other Asian nations. Spartacist League of Australian and New Zeland unknown books
1986255361Melbourne Australia: Spartacist League of Australian and New Zeland 1986. A rare full run of issues 1-130. Nos. 1-5 were published as mimeographed copies on legal size paper. Nos. 6 through 130 were published on tabloid size newsprint. Various pagination from 8 or 12 pages. Comes in professional level archive box. Shelf worn else in good condition. Focusing on areas of Australia and New Zealand some analysis and news from other Asian nations. Spartacist League of Australian and New Zeland unknown books
