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Acton, Viv & Carter, Derek Operation Cornwall 1940-1944 & Cornish War & Peace 1st Edition & Second Edition. Landfall Publications. Truro, Cornwall. 1994. & 1998 Softcover .166, 167 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Two [2] volumes. Near Fine copies. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .Operation Cornwall - The Fal, The Helford and D-Day. Cornish War & Peace - The Road to Victory and Beyond. Both published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of D-Day. .Military-WW2 [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263496], AU$30.00 |
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Amadio, Nadine Albert Namatjira. The life and work of an Australian painter Reprint. Macmillan. Melbourne. 1990. Hardback .102 pages .Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 29x22cm]. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Illustrated with colour reproductions. .In 1936, Albert Namatjira, an Aranda Aboriginal, had eight weeks tuition on watercolour painting from Rex Battarbee during one of Rex's expeditions into Central Australia. With this meagre knowledge Albert Namatjira was able to make an extraordinary cultural transition to master the techniques of western landscape painting, The rest, as they say, is history. .Aboriginal Art [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #142093], AU$35.00 |
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Amiet, Pierre Art of The Ancient Near East 1st US Edition. Harry N Abrams, Inc. New York. 1980. Hardback .618 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. .The myriad of wonders of the ancient art of the near east have been gathered into this magnificent volume and abundantly portrayed in over 1000 superb illustrations. .Art-Reference [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #163640], AU$100.00 |
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Angas, George French South Australia Illustrated Facsimile Edition. A. H. & A. W. Reed. Sydney. 1967. Hardback . .Elephant Folio size [55x37cm approx]. Facsimile reprint of 1847 edition. A fine copy bound in half-morocco gilt, with heavy marbled paper-covered boards and marbled endpapers, top-edge gilt and raised bands on spine. Printing limited to 1000 numbered copies - this is copy No. 88. .Without question Angas's greatest and most accomplished work. His views of South Australian towns and scenery, of the Aborigines and of the flora and fauna offer an outstanding, albeit romantic, interpretation of the Australian landscape. Featuring sixty full-page plates, printed by offset lithography in seven colours on specially made paper designed to simulate that used in the original [which was issued in ten parts, each with six plates]. A truly handsome volume, in exceptional condition - a fine example of book-binding craftsmanship. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #181293], AU$650.00 |
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Beard, Geoffrey Stucco and Decorative Plasterwork in Europe 1st Edition. Thames & Hudson. London. 1983. Hardback .224 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Colour and Black & White Photographs. B/W drawings. .The author traces stucco decoration from its classical beginnings to its rediscovery in the Renaissance, from miraculous flowering in Baroque and Rocco forms to its harmonious application in the Adam style, and from its use for soaring Gothic-Revival ornament to its last flickers of vitality in Art Nouveau. .Architecture [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263747], AU$100.00 |
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Beasley, A.W. The Mantle of Surgery. The First Seventy-five Years of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1st Edition. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Melbourne. 2002. Hardback .310 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. .This commemorative history traces the development of what is now the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and it tells of those who helped make the college what it is today. .Aust-History [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263476], AU$50.00 |
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Benko, Nancy Art and Artists of South Australia 1st Edition. Lidums Family. Adelaide. 1969. Hardback .164 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Inscribed "With our Compliments, Andrew Lidums". Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. .An encyclopedic survey of the art scene in South Australia starting from the primitive art of the aborigines and going on to the 19th century art of the early colonists and thence to the 20th century art and modern movements. .Art-Australian [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #145751], AU$100.00 |
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Bloomfield, Lin The Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay 1st Edition. Odana Editions. Sydney. 1998. Hardback .480 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine copy in Fine Dustjacket. Like new and appears unread. Black & White etchings. .Norman Lindsay created some of the finest intaglio prints of the 20th century. This book offers, for the first time, a panoramic view of Lindsay's work in this field and fills a significant gap in the bibliography of his work. The book traces his etching work from 1897 until the 1930's and includes insight into his techniques. .Art-Australian [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #262459], AU$500.00 |
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Boxer, C.R. Seventeenth Century Macau in Contemporary Documents and Illustrations 1st Edition. Heinemann Educational Books. Hong Kong. 1984. Hardback .214 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. .This collection of seventeenth century documents and descriptions of Macau at the time of the restoration of the Portuguese monarchy makes available several rare historical works. Originally translated by Professor Boxer in a bi-lingual limited edition of only 500 copies but this english reprint omits the Portuguese text. .History-Asia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263314], AU$75.00 |
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Brown, Robert Darwin and The Martin/Clark Book Committee The Hatbox Letters. The Story of the Migration to South Australia of the families of Edward Montgomrey Martin and Francis Clark 1850/51 1st Edition. The Martin/Clark Book Committee. Adelaide. 1999. Hardback .280 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine condition. Navy blue boards with gilt titles. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .The story of migrating and settling in South Australia, as seen through the eyes of the migrant themselves, and expressed in their letters. Includes a number of appendices including the Martin Family Tree. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263460], AU$50.00 |
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Burley, Stephanie & Teague, Katherine Chapel, Cloister and Classroom. Reflections on the Dominican Sisters at North Adelaide 1st Edition. St Dominic's Priory College. Adelaide. 1993. Hardback .179 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Signed by author. Inscribed to Ian George, Archbishop of Adelaide. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Student & staff lists. .The book draws upon written, oral, and visual material, ranging from highly celebratory to whimsical to give a fresh and lively look at Convent and school life. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263527], AU$40.00 |
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Butler, Graeme Buln Buln. A history of the Buln Buln Shire 1st Edition. Shire of Buln Buln. Drouin, Victoria. 1979. Hardback .794 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Presentation plate to ffep. .The pages of this book are filled with stories of incidents which would make an exciting novel or film. Tales of ingenuity, dedication, sacrifice and conquest of unbelievable and insurmountable difficulties especially in the early days. .Aust-Victoria [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263493], AU$120.00 |
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Cameron, B.L. & McLennan, J.A. [Compiled by] "Scots' Corner" A Local History 1st Edition. B.L. Cameron. Wollomombi, NSW. 1971. Hardback .160 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .Essentially a local history of the Wollomombi area and the emigrants from Scotland who settled there. .Aust-NSW/ACT [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263462], AU$85.00 |
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Carleton, Paul The Jersey Central Story 1st Edition. D. Carleton Rail Books. River Vale, NJ. 1976. Hardback .416 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket. DJ is complete but a little foxed - now protected in a purpose-made archival cover. Extensively illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .A photographic history of the CNJ [Central Railroad of New Jersey] and its locomotives. Contents include the early days, CNJ steam power, steam power at Communipaw, CNJ diesel power, diesel power at Communipaw, the CNJ of better days - and more. .Railways [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263175], AU$45.00 |
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Cato, Frederick John & Bethune, Frances (Edited by Una B. Porter) Growing Together. Letters between Frederick John Cato and Frances Bethune 1881-1884 1st Edition. Privately published. Melbourne Melbourne. 1981. Hardback .516 pages .Quarto Size. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. Tipped in colour plates and Black & White Photographs. Fold-out family tree to rear. The author/editor is the youngest daughter of Frederick Cato. Limited edition fo 1000 copies - this is No 859. Inscribed by Dame Una Porter on prelims. .The letters give a vivid insight into the social life of the small provincial town on Invercargill (NZ) and Melbourne (Australia) between 1881 & 1884. The letters also record the beginnings of the grocery empire Moran & Cato Pty Ltd. Frederick Cato was also a founder of Rosella Preserving Company. .Biography [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #232157], AU$110.00 |
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Chancellor, John The Maritime Paintings of John Chancellor 1st Edition. David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1984. Hardback .809 pages .Oblong Quarto Size [approx 37x29cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Colour and black & white illustrations. A beautiful collection of wonderful maritime art. .John Chancellor died suddenly just a few hours after reading the proofs of this book. His wife Rita, with help from Austin Hawkins, ensured the book was published exactly as John would have wanted. .Art-Artists [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263179], AU$150.00 |
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Conly, Geoff Piet's Eye in the Sky. The story of New Zealand Aerial Mapping 1st Edition. Grantham House Publishing. Wellingborough, UK. 1986. Hardback .188 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. .Piet van Asch was ahead of his time in 1936 when he established NZ Aerial Mapping Limited as the first private enterprise "eye in the sky" to map New Zealand from the air. NZAM is now the oldest aviation company in New Zealand to boast a record of continuous operation under its one name. .Aviation [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263701], AU$35.00 |
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Creaghe, Emily Caroline The Diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe: Explorer 1st Edition. Corkwood Press. Adelaide. 2004. Hardback .117 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Coloured maps. .Creaghe's diary, published here in full for the first time, is one of the most remarkable documents of Australian exploration, written by one of the rarest of explorers - a woman. .Aust-History [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #199361], AU$30.00 |
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Cuffley, Peter Chandeliers and Billy Tea A Catalogue of Australian Life 1880-1940 1st Edition. Five Mile Press. Melbourne. 1984. Hardback .224 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Black & white illustrations. .The catalogues in this book reflect the life, tastes, aspirations and dreams of Australia and Australians from 1880-1940. .Antiques&Collect [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263182], AU$35.00 |
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Cunneen, Christopher Kings' Men. Australia's Governors-General from Hopetoun to Isaacs 1st Edition. Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1983. Hardbound .237 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine in Very Good Dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .The story of how nine men carried-out their roles as governor-general of Australia, from John Adrian Louis Hope, seventh Earl of Hopetoun, to the first Australian-born governor-general, Sir Isaac Isaacs. .Aust-History [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #174900], AU$25.00 |
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Currey, C.H. The Irish at Eureka 1st Edition. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1954. Hardback .102 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations. .While much has been written about the Eureka Stockade many Australians are unclear on what actually happened and why it happened. The author is convinced that a vital factor was the strong Irish element among the diggers and the influence of the so called "Tipperary Boys". .Aust-History [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263308], AU$35.00 |
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Dark, Philip J.C. Kilenge Life and Art. A Look at a New Guinea People 1st Edition. Academy Editions. London. 1974. Hardback .132 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .The author records his first impressions of the little known Kilenge people for whom the western world had only peripherally intruded. He looks at how aesthetic expressionism finds many outlets among the Kilenge - from masks to the planting of decorative shrubs. .Anthropology [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263180], AU$30.00 |
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Dowd, Christopher The Adelaide Kindergarten Teachers College A History 1907-1974 1st Edition. South Australian College of Advanced Education. Adelaide. 1983. Hardback .316 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ spine just a little sunned. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .A fascinating account of a small but significant educational institution over a span of almost seventy years. The author looks at both local and contextural issues. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263479], AU$55.00 |
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Dowling, Joshua Monaro Rebirth of a Legend 1st Edition. Bookworks. Sydney. 2003. Hardback .207 pages .Oblong Small Quarto Size, Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. .Few cars in Australia's automotive history has captured our imagination, and curiosity, as much as the [new] Holden Monaro. This book documents an amazing era for Holden and is a fascinating look at the car's unconventional beginnings in a heavily regimented industry. .Road Transport [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263461], AU$75.00 |
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Dutton, Geoffrey Findings and Keepings. Selected Poems 1939-1969 1st Edition. Australian Letters. Adelaide. 1970. Hardback .174 pages .Octavo Size. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. DJ is lightly rubbed.Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Limited edition of 1000 of which this is Number 345. Signed by the author on rear of title page and "Best Wishes Geoffrey Dutton" on front free endpaper. .Some of Geoffrey Dutton's best poetry. .Poetry [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #239623], AU$30.00 |
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Eadie, Barry Streamlined Thoroughbreds. A photographic history depicting the working careers of the GM, S, 42 and 421 class of locomotives from the early 1950's to the mid-1980's and beyond 1st Edition. Australian Railway Historical Society [Vic]. Melbourne. 2004. Hardback .108 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. .Introduced in 1951 the GM Diesel-Electric locomotives were made by Clyde Engineering at Granville, NSW for the Commonwealth Railways with a South Australian, Fred Shea, overseeing their production. The success of the GM's led to orders from other railway operators. A favourite with crews for their ease in handling, cleanliness and comfort. .Railways [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263350], AU$50.00 |
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Epps, Janet Marion The Chambers Letters A Family's Letters from the Victorian Goldfields, South Australia's Pioneers and Tasmania's Early Mining Days 1st Edition. Quadcolour Publishing. Sydney. 1997. Card Covers .337 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition card covers with paper wrapswhich are slightly sun-faded at spine. Faint scattered foxing to fore edge. Inscribed by the author on title page. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. .The story of the Chambers family told many through the letters of three main correspondents, a brother, sister and nephew who wrote lucidly of life in early Australia. .Aust-History [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263320], AU$40.00 |
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Epstein, June Concert Pitch. The Story of the National Music Camp Association and the Australian Youth Orchestra 1st Edition. Hyland House. Melbourne. 1984. Hardcover .[xvi]176pages. .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ a little sunned on spine and surrounds. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Signed by author on title page. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .In this book the experiences & excitement of the Music Camp and Australian Youth Orchestra come alive for those who would like to relive their experiences. .Music & Dance [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #13489], AU$25.00 |
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Estensen, Miriam Terra Australis Incognita. The Spanish Quest for the Mysterious Great South Land 1st Edition. Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2006. Hardback .274 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine copy in Fine Dustjacket. Colour plates. .In 1606 the Spanish exploration voyage of Luis Baez de Torres sailed from South America into the then unknown south-western Pacific. The voyage resulted in the discovery of Vanuatu and the south coast of New Guinea and the first passage through what is now Torres Strait - it's likely that these explorers were the first Europeans to sight the north coast of Australia, .Aust-History [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263535], AU$35.00 |
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Feddersen, Jutta Soft Sculpture and Beyond. An International Perspective 1st Edition. Gordon & Breach/Craftsman House. Sydney. 1993. Hardback .192 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. .This unique book explores the use of a wide variety of materials in the creation of sculptures, installations, performances, constructions, collages and photographs. The author, who is a noted sculptor herself, conducted extensive interviews with artists and the book is lavishly illustrated with photographs of their work. .Art-Reference [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263322], AU$100.00 |
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Festberg, Alfred & Videon, Barry J. Uniforms of the Australian Colonies 1st Edition. Hill of Content. Melbourne. 1972. Hardback .58 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Colour illustrations. .The book contains reproductions of all of the paintings of Lt-Gen Sir Carl Jess and informed by the unpublished work of M K Peacock [one-time Librarian of Dept. of Defence, Melbourne]. Apart from the illustrations and explanations, the bok also includes a segment on dress regulations, .Military-General [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263634], AU$55.00 |
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Fox-Davies, Arthur The Art of Heraldry An Encyclopaedia of Armory Reprint. Arno Press. New York. 1976. [1904] Hardback .504 pages .Folio Size [approx 35x26cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Black & white illustrations. .The most comprehensive, most exciting, and most beautifully illustrated survey of the art and science of heraldry. .Reference [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263351], AU$100.00 |
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Fry, Gavin Golden Holden 50 Years of an Australian Icon 1st Edition. Fairfield Regional Heritage Centre. Smithfield, NSW. 1998. Card Covers .48 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine Condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .Residents of Western Sydney share their memories of the Holden Car. .Road Transport [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #225889], AU$25.00 |
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Gay, Peter My German Question. Growing up in Nazi Berlin 1st Edition. Yale University Press. New Haven. 1998. Hardback .208 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine copy in Fine Dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .In this poignant book, the author [a noted historian] tells of his youth as an assimilated, antireligious Jew in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1939. He describes his family, the life they lead, and the reasons they did not emigrate sooner, and he explores his own ambivalent feelings - then and now - toward Germany and the Germans. .Biography [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263716], AU$30.00 |
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Glass, Margaret Charles Cameron Kingston. Federation Father 1st Edition. The Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1997. Hardbound .247 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations. .Charles Cameron Kingston became premier of South Australia in 1893. Thanks to him South Australia led the world on the enfranchisement of women. He was also a leading player in Australia's Federation, a role for which he has never been adequately acknowledged. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #182881], AU$25.00 |
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Goodchild, W. Precious Stones with a Chapter on Artificial Stones by Robert Dykes 1st Edition. Archibald Constable & Co Ltd. London. 1908. Hardback .307 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Dark green boards have a couple of faint dark marks to front and spine. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated with black and white plates and drawings. .Includes chapters on physical properties of gems and the cutting gems. .Earth Science [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263503], AU$50.00 |
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Halprin, Lawrence Freeways 1st Edition. Reinhold Publishing. New York. 1966. Hardback .160 pages .Oblong Small Quarto Size [27x22cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. .The author is sensitive to the powerful form of the [American] freeway but he does not abandon its critical capacity. While critical of the destruction caused by freeways he is also aware of the benefits. An interesting look at what is now an everyday phenomenon. .Road Transport [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263345], AU$55.00 |
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Head, Michael Fire on the Hill. Aquinas College 1950-2000 1st Edition. Aquinas College. Adelaide. 2002. Softcover .208 pages .Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Inscribed by the author on inside of front cover. .A history of the college - includes resident student lists, sporting achievements, drama productions etc. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263472], AU$25.00 |
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Henley-Smith, Cynthia [Compiler] The Tucker Family in Australia. A History of the Descendants of John and Eliza Tucker (nee Kent) who migrated from Stratton near Swindon, Wiltshire, England in 1849 1st Edition. Tucker Family History Trust. Adelaide. 1992. Hardback .486 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. A Near Fine copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Burgundy boards with gilt to face and spine. .An extensive family history that took four years to complete. Covers, among others, the family names of Tiller, Clarke, Veitch, Hawkins, Holman, Smith and Marshman .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263532], AU$55.00 |
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Hetherington, Michelle James Northfield And The Art Of Selling Australia 1st Edition. National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2006. Softcover .96 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. A Near Fine copy. Colour illustrations. A lovely book in excellent condition. .Northfield's early career coincided with the boom in commercial advertising in Australia, and his skills were called on to promote a diverse range of products, from holidays in Australia, to Kiwi boot polish. This book is richly illustrated with examples of posters and promotions from the golden age of advertising. .Art-Australian [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263553], AU$30.00 |
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Hewat, Tim Golden Fleeces The Falkiners of Boonoke 1st Edition. Bay Books. Sydney. 1980. Hardback .220 pages .Large Quarto Size [approx 32cm x 26cm]. Near Fine condition in Slipcase. Brown decorated cloth boards [very slightly faded on spine] in beige cloth slipcase. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and property maps. An excellent copy. .The story of the famous NSW merino stud and the Falkiner pastoral family. .Aust-History [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263852], AU$75.00 |
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Hill, David Robert [Paintings]; Turner, Dale & Kevans, Denis [and others] Gallimaufry A Galaxy of Paintings and Poetry 1st Edition. WriteLight Pty Ltd. Sydney. 2004. Hardback .192 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with colour reproductions. .This book invites the reader to participate in a serendipitous adventure through alternating visual and auditory realms. David Hill is a Blue Mountains painter who has exhibited in Sydney, Brisbane and London. .Art-Artists [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263433], AU$40.00 |
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Horner, David The Gunners. A History of Australian Artillery. 1st Edition. Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1995. Hardback .564 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Nice copy of this increasingly scarce title. .Gunners are a proud breed, This first complete history of the Australian artillery explains why. Gunners have been in more wars than any other element of the Army and the history of the Australian Army is truly a history of the artillery. .Military-General [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #238566], AU$100.00 |
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Jenes, Paul Fields of Green Lanes of Gold. The story of athletics in Australia 1st Edition. Playright Publishing. Sydney. 2001. Hardback .304 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Inscribed by the author on half-title page. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Uncommon. .This is the story of Australia's athletics history. From the great pedestrians [runners] of the 19th century and the deeds of Edwin Flack in the 1896 Olympics to the current stars of track and field. .Sport [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263495], AU$40.00 |
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Jensen, Elfrida & Rolf Colonial Architecture in South Australia. A Definitive Chronicle of Development 1836-1890 and the Social History of the Times 1st Edition. Rigby. Adelaide. 1980. Hardback .888 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine condition, half leather with clear glassine dustjacket. With numerous black & white photographs, and reproductions of drawings, etchings and engravings. A lovely book in excellent condition. 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. .An excellent reference work and probably the most important work on this topic. .Architecture [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #189994], AU$275.00 |
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Jones, Ian and Jones, Joyce Oceanography in the Days of Sail 1st Edition. Hale & Iremonger. Sydney. 1992. Hardcover .288pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations. .This book highlights the work of the sea captains, marine officers and scientists who made important contributions to our knowledge of the physical sciences of the seas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. .Nautical [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #186117], AU$40.00 |
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Keough, S.W. Around the Army and Other Nonsense 1st Edition. Dymocks Book Arcade. Sydney. 1943. Softcover .160 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Card covers. .A collection of cheerful nonsense that appeared originally in "The Bulletin". Divided into three sections - fanciful pictures of army life with a dash of truth; imaginary but diverting experiences as a legionnaire; and some skits on Australian rural life. .Military-WW2 [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #104910], AU$35.00 |
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Kieselback, Stewart No Battle Honours. A History of the 108 Tank Attack Regiment 1st Edition. Published by the Author. Adelaide. 1995. Hardcover .62 pages .Small Quarto Size. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Nominal Roll. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. An excellent copy in lovely condition. Scarce. .The 108 Tank Attack Regiment was raised in 1942, a critical time for Australia with the threat of invasion. However it was not a "priority unit" and so suffered shortages of everything including weapons, stores & ammunition. Not all its members served overseas with many "holding the fort" at home working hard to be among the best there were. This unit history seeks to give the unit the recognition it so richly deserves. .Military-WW2 [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263403], AU$80.00 |
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Kilner, David [Editor] Buried Treasures. Prospect People in North Road Cemetery 1st Edition. Prospect Local History Group. Adelaide. 2009. Softcover .131 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good+ condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .They were builders, shopkeepers, actors, artists, public servants, surveyors or whatever. Some eccentric, some strait-laced. Whatever they were, they contributed in some way to the building of modern Prospect and all are buried in North Road Anglican Cemetery, Nailsworth. This is their story and their contribution to Prospect. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #261236], AU$35.00 |
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Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia [ 7 Volumes: The Magician's Nephew, The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Last Battle, The Horse and His Boy] Reprint. Collins. London. . 1988-1990 Hardback . .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations by Pauline Baynes. .A very nice 'uniform' set of these C.S. Lewis classics with lovely pictorial dustjackets and the wonderful Pauline Baynes illustrations. .Children's Books [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #262971], AU$180.00 |
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Lindrum, Joy Lindrum's World. The Horace Lindrum Family Celebrates 150 Years - 1849-1999. 1st Edition. Published by Author. Sydney. 1999. Softcover .125 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good+ condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. .The history of the Lindrum family including champion billiards and snooker players Horace & Walter Lindrum. .Sport [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263343], AU$35.00 |
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Lindsay, Norman Norman Lindsay Selected Pen Drawings 1st thus. Bonanza Books. New York. 1968. Hardback .70 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good copy in Good+ (a little chipped and slightly rubbed) dustjacket. Illustrated with black & white reproductions. Bookplate to front pastedown. .Sixty reproductions of Norman Lindsay's most brilliant pen drawings - fifty never published before. Of the unpublished works fourteen drawings were made in 1967-68 with the other major works done between 1930 and the 1960's. .Art-Artists [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #170039], AU$110.00 |
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Lindsay, Norman [Edited by Peter Fullerton] Norman Lindsay War Cartoons 1914-1918 1st Edition. Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1983. Hardback .251 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is sunned on the spine. Neat previous owner sticker to ffep. Four colour plates. Black & white illustrations. .Norman Lindsay was the resident cartoonist at The Bulletin during WW1. His large output included more than 150 full page cartoons which appeared on the journal's title-page. Today these strident, even virulent, expressions of "Anti-Hun" nationalism may shock, or even offend. .Art-Australian [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263224], AU$120.00 |
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Low, Charles (Editor) A Roll of Australian Arms Corporate and Persona, Borne by Lawful Authority 1st Edition. Rigby. Adelaide. 1971. Hardback .184 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine in Very Good Dustjacket. Colour and black & white illustrations by Allan K. Chatto. .This book provides (for the first time) an authoritative record of persons and corporate bodies entitled to use Armorial Bearings in Australia. .Aust-History [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #211072], AU$55.00 |
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Lycett, J. Views in Australia or New South Wales & Van Diemen's Land Delineated, In Fifty Views, with Descriptive Letter Prefs Facsimile Edition. Thomas Nelson. Melbourne. 1977. Hardback .Unpaginated .Oblong Quarto Size [37x26cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good Slipcase. Illustrated with colour reproductions. Facsimile of the original 1825 edition. Faux leather boards. Papered slipcase. .Originally issued on a subscription basis by J. Souter of London in thirteen parts between 1824 and 1825 - and published in one volume in 1825. The plates were published in two states - coloured and uncoloured - and the copy from which this facsimile has been produced has been described as one of the finest copies in existence, having fresh and brilliant colours, wide margins to the plates and clean, unmarked pages. .Art-Australian [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #142166], AU$85.00 |
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MacDonald, James [Essay] & Holden, Robert [Introduction] The Art of F. McCubbin Reprint. Boolarong Publications. Brisbane. 1986. Hardback .97 pages plus Subscribers List at rear. .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Facsimile reprint of the 1916 edition. Burgundy faux leather binding with gilt to face and spine. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions made from original plates. An excellent copy. New introduction by Robert Holden. .Frederick McCubbin was an Australian painter prominent as part of the Heidelberg School. McCubbin was born in Melbourne, and worked for a time as solicitor's clerk, a coach painter and in his family's bakery business while studying art at the National Gallery of Victoria's School of Design, where he met Tom Roberts and studied under Eugene von Guerard. He sold his first painting in 1880 and by the early 1880s he had won a number of prizes from the National Gallery. .Art-Australian [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263623], AU$40.00 |
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McCormick-Goodhart, Henrietta L. Hands Across The Sea. Reminscences of an Anglo-American Marriage 1st Edition. Published by Author. Chillum, Maryland. 1921. Hardback .123 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt to face and spine. Top edge gilt but other page edges not trimmed. Inscibed on ffep "To Cousin Clare and Family with Warm Memories" by a family member in 1953. .The McCormick-Goodhart family had a long and very successful history in agricultural machinery and later real estate. The family funded the refracting telescope at the University of Virginia - the largest in the US and second largest in the world. .Biography [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263421], AU$250.00 |
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McLoughlin, Lorraine Barbara Robertson. An Australian Artist's Life 1st Edition. Published by Author. Yankalilla, SA. 2009. Card Covers .90 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. A Near Fine copy. Black and White Photographs. Illustrated with colour reproductions. .A member of the Adelaide Group [of artists] she exhibited with the Contemporary Arts Society locally, interstate and in London and was hung twice in both the Archibald and Sulman prizes in the early 1950's. .Art-Australian [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263507], AU$35.00 |
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Millar, Ronald John Brack 1st Edition. Lansdowne Press. Melbourne. 1971. Hardback .109 pages .Large Quarto Size [approx 26x31cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. DJ has a slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with 32 hand mounted colour reproductions of Brack's best work and black & white reproductions. .Brack's early conventional style evolved into one of simplified, almost stark, shapes and areas of deliberately drab colour, often featuring large areas of brown. He made an initial mark in the 1950s with works on the contemporary Australian culture, such as the iconic Collins St., 5 pm (1955), a view of rush hour in post-war Melbourne. Set in a bleak palette of browns and greys, it was a comment on the conformity of everyday life, with all figures looking almost identical. Most of his early paintings and drawings were unmistakably satirical comments against the Australian Dream, either being set in the newly expanding post-war suburbia or taking the life of those who lived there as their subject matter. In the 1970s Brack produced a long series of highly stylised works featuring objects such as pencils in complex patterns. These were intended as allegories of contemporary life. .Art-Australian [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #262462], AU$150.00 |
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Milln, Mike Wing Tips. The Story of The Royal Aero Club of South Australia Book 1: 1919-1941 1st Edition. Avonmore Books. Adelaide. 2011. Trade Paperback .250 pages .Mint - a new copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed by the author. .This book covers all the early trials and triumphs of the Royal Aero Club of South Australia as it emerged from the ashes of WW1 and is set against a background of record breaking flights and the birth of commercial aviation. At the forefront of Adelaide society, many of the club's members were from Adelaide's wealthiest and best-known families, as well as the record breakers from "Smithy" to Jimmy Melrose and Roy Gropler along with airline builders such as Joseph Larkin, Horrie Miller and Reg Ansett. The characters, the races, the crashes and even the scandals are all here in this enjoyable book. .Aviation [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #262424], AU$49.95 |
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Mollison, James & Bonham, Nicholas Albert Tucker 1st Edition. Macmillan. Melbourne. 1982. Hardback .144 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. Previous owner's name to preliminary pages. .Born in 1914, Tucker was a pioneer of expressionist art in Australia. He had no formal training and during the 1930's worked with various groups that allowed him to form valuable relationships with painters such as Boyd and Nolan. .Art-Australian [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263490], AU$40.00 |
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Neilson, Shaw Beauty Imposes. Some Recent Verse 1st thus. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1938. Softcover .34pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Paper covers with title patch to face. Some light wear to edges of covers but overall an excellent copy. Signed by Kenneth Slessor on prelim page indicating his ownership of this book. .Neilson was born in Penola, South Australia & in January 1893 he won the junior prize for a poem at the Australian Natives Association's competition. He was contributed to The Bulletin between 1901 and 1906. New Poems, was published in 1927, and in 1934 his Collected Poems appeared. Four years later [1938] this small volume was published. .Poetry [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263323], AU$125.00 |
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Neilson, Shaw New Poems 1st thus. The BookFellow in Australia. Sydney. 1927. Softcover .36 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Stitched paper covers. some light wear to edges of covers but overall an excellent copy. .Neilson was born in Penola, South Australia of purely Scottish ancestry. In January 1893 he won the junior prize for a poem at the Australian Natives Association's competition, in the same year that his father won the senior prize with a better poem. He was contributing to the Bulletin between 1901 and 1906, and about 1908 some of his verses, mostly of a light or popular kind, were accepted by Randolph Bedford for the Clarion. When the Bookfellow was revived in 1911 Neilson was a contributor, and Alfred George Stephens the editor, began collecting the best of his poems. New Poems, was published in 1927, and in 1934 his Collected Poems appeared. Four years later another small volume was published, Beauty Imposes. .Poetry [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263318], AU$165.00 |
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Neilson, Shaw (Edited by Judith Wright) Witnesses of Spring. Unpublished poems by Shaw Neilson 1st Edition. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1970. Hardback .146 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. DJ a little rubbed. Very faint foxing to top edge. Signed by Kenneth Slessor on front free end paper - indicating ownership by Slessor. .These sparkling poems and fragments will delight all lovers of Shaw Neilson who is considered to be Australia's finest lyric poet. .Poetry [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263324], AU$60.00 |
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Nicol, Robert At The End of the Road 1st Edition. Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1994. Hardcover .464 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs as well as black and white drawings/diagrams. .Government, Society and the disposal of human remains in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with the focus on South Australia, but in an Australian and International context. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #227237], AU$40.00 |
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Norman, Philip [Coordinator] European Illustration The fourteenth annual of European editorial, book, poster, advertising, design, animation and unpublished illustration 1st Edition. Booth-Clibborn Editions. . 1987. Hardback .239 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good Card Slipcase. Light wear to edges and corners of slipcase. Text in English, German and French. Masses of colour reproductions. .A comprehensive reference work that brings together much of the best illustrative work being commissioned for the mass media. The illustrations are the work of some of the most imaginative minds in European art circles. .Art-General [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263504], AU$35.00 |
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Parker, K. Langloh; Muir, Marcie [Background & Biography] My Bush Book. K. Langloh Parker's 1890s Story Of Outback Station Life 1st Edition. Rigby. Adelaide. 1982. Hardback .183 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's details to front free end paper (verso]. .Katie Langloh Parker is famed for the three books on Aboriginal legends which she published between 1896 and 1930 (One of which, Woggheeguy, is featured in this catalogue). This book contains the complete text of her book about her life on Bangate Station in NSW together with a biography and literary appraisal by Marcie Muir. .Biography [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263466], AU$30.00 |
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Payne, G.B. & Cosh, E. History of Unley 1871-1971 1st Edition. The Corporation of the City of Unley. Adelaide. 1971. Hardbound .460 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Illustrated with 32 pages of Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. .Local history of the City of Unley for the hundred years to 1971. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263491], AU$40.00 |
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Penn, Geoffrey Infighting Admirals. Fisher's Feud with Beresford and the Reactionaries 1st Edition. Leo Cooper. London. 2000. Hardback .264 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White plates. .Lifts the veil on a clash of personalities and ideologies that went to the very root of naval development. .Military-Naval [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263352], AU$25.00 |
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Plant, Margaret John Perceval 1st Edition. Lansdowne Press. Melbourne. 1971. Hardback .112 pages .Large Quarto Size [approx 26x31cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. DJ has a slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with colour [tipped in] and black & white reproductions. .John Perceval AO was a well-known Australian artist and the last surviving member of a group known as the Angry Penguins who redefined Australian art in the 1940s. Other members included John and Sunday Reed, Joy Hester, Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Albert Tucker. Enlisting in the army in 1941 Perceval first met and befriended Arthur Boyd. After leaving the army and moving into the Boyd family home at Open Country, Murrumbeena, he married Boyd's younger sister Mary in 1944. Perceval held his first solo exhibition at the Melbourne Book Club in 1948 and showed regularly with the Contemporary Art Society. Between 1949 and 1955 he concentrated on producing earthenware ceramics and helped to establish the Arthur Merric Boyd Pottery in Murrumbeena. Returning to painting in 1956 Perceval produced a series of images of Williamstown and Gaffney's Creek. .Art-Australian [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #262463], AU$45.00 |
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Pointon, Bruce Morrell A People Called Pointon c. 1730-1988 The history and descendants of the brothers James, William and Jeremiah Pointon 1st Edition. Pointon Family History Project Committee. Adelaide. 1988. Hardback .786 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps and Charts. Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies - copy 595. Signed by the author. Foreword by Colin Thiele. .Jeremiah Pointon and his brothers emigrated to South Australia in the 1840's and this family history spans some 250 years of verified Pointon family history and heritage starting in 1730! .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263488], AU$50.00 |
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Pople, Kenneth Stanley Spencer A Biography 1st Edition. Collins. London. 1991. Hardback .576 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Illustrated with b/w and colour plates. .Recognised by art historians & a wide general public as one of the greatest English painters of the 20th century. .Art-Artists [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #243223], AU$40.00 |
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Quartermaine, Peter Brian Seidel Landscapes and Interiors 1st Edition. The Beagle Press. Sydney. 1993. Hardback .128 pages .Quarto Size. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Colour and black & white illustrations. Foreword by Jeffrey Smart. A lovely copy. .The author's text reveals an artist who is deeply involved with the sensuous qualities of paint and colour, passionate about light and landscape yet equally able to extract subtle poetic qualities of the figure in interiors. .Art-Australian [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #242327], AU$85.00 |
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Radok, Rainer Capes and Captains. A comprehensive study of the Australian Coast 1st Edition. Surrey Beatty & Sons. Chipping Norton, NSW. 1990. Hardback .296 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Includes a [loose] typed letter signed by the author, .Contents include The Challenge of the Unknown Southland; The South Coast 1627-1803; Along the East Coast 1770-1821; Along the North Coast 1605-1819; Along the North-West Coast 1644-1822; Along the West Coast 1616-1822; Around Tasmania 1642-1819 & Around Kangaroo Island 1802-1803. .Aust-Travel [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263555], AU$30.00 |
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Ralston, Kathleen A Man for Antarctica. The early life of Phillip Law 1st Edition. Hyland House. Melbourne. 1993. Hardback .236 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. An excellent copy in as new condition. .Law was in the right place at the right time when Australia became involved with Antarctic exploration - one of the most exciting and adventurous in our post-war history. With ANARE expeditions, Law would explore more of Antartica than any other person. .Travel [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263560], AU$25.00 |
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Randall, Eliza and the dog came too Being an account of a voyage from London to South Australia on the Ship Templar in 1845 Facsimile Edition. The Libraries Board of South Australia. Adelaide. 2001. Softcover .115 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good + condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and drawings. Introduction by Neil Thomas. .In 1845, Eliza Randall, aged 24, with her husband, two young sons, her parents, 1000 books, her pianoforte, a dog cart, a groom, a gardener, two maids and, of course the dog, set sail from London bound for South Australia. She wrote her journal nearly every day and describes daily happenings in detail. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263123], AU$25.00 |
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Ripley, Howard Buttons of the British Army 1855-1970 An Illustrated Reference Guide For Collectors Reprint [with Supplement]. Arms and Armour Press. London. 1979. Hardback .64 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in purpose made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Includes supplement of 1979/80 price guide. .Over 650 buttons are illustrated in this comprehensive guide to the buttons worn by regiments of the British Army from the Crimean War to 1970. .Military-General [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #233006], AU$35.00 |
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Schama, Simon Rembrandt's Eyes 1st Edition. Allen Lane The Penguin Press. London. 1999. Hardcover .750pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. Colour and black & white illustrations. Publishers stamp to prelims. .With extraordinary imaginative sympathy, and based on his profound knowledge of Holland and the Dutch in the seventeenth century, the author conjures the world in which Rembrandt moved - its sounds, smells and tastes as well as its politics, and the influences on him of his surroundings including the wars of the Protestant United Provinces against Spain. .Art-Artists [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #179884], AU$60.00 |
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Sharpham, Peter Charlie Macartney Cricket's 'Governor-General' 1st Edition. Walla Walla Press. Sydney. 2004. Hardback .194 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine copy in Fine dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic cover. A new copy. Signed by the author. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .Charles George Macartney, small of stature but powerfully built, was dubbed the "Governor-General" because of his imperious bearing and magisterial play. He was a spectacular hitter who bludgeoned opposition attacked into submission. He was regarded as the best batsman in the world from 1920 to 1926 and Bradman declared he was the best number four batsman in history. .Cricket [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263080], AU$65.00 |
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Simpson, Rosemary Do It Now. The Life of Charles Richard Herschell Limited Edition. Published by Author. . 1995. Hardback .27 pages .Quarto Size. Near Fine condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Limited edition of 200 copies of which this number 74. Signed by author. .A tribute to an early Australian film maker. .Cinema & Theatre [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #260870], AU$50.00 |
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Sloane, Alexander & Sloane, Ann To Fly Like an Eagle. The vision, achievements and war service of Australian pioneer aviator Douglas Sloane 1890-1917. 1st Edition. Published by Author. Yarrawonga, Vic. 1996. Softcover .124 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. A Fine copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. .Douglas Sloane constructed a bi-plane based on his observations of powerful wedge-tailed eagles. The outbreak of WW1 interrupted the progress of his plane and he joined the Australian Flying Corps where his aviation skills and interests were trained to high levels of proficiency. Most of this biography deals with his military experiences up until his untimely death in a aviation accident. .Aviation [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263686], AU$30.00 |
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Smart, Jeffrey Not Quite Straight. A Memoir 1st Edition. William Heinemann Australia. Port Melbourne. 1996. Hardback .464 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed by Jeffrey Smart on title-page. .Jeffrey Smart writes with wit and wickedness of his family, friends, lovers, work, and travels. Few have lived as richly and none have written so honestly. .Art-Australian [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #219461], AU$60.00 |
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Smith, R.G. R.G. Smith The Man and his Art An Autobiography 1st Edition. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Atglen PA. 1999. Hardback .112 pages .Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 28x22cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. .R.G. Smith began his career as an engineer with Douglas Aircraft Company and along the way developed world-class skills as an aviation artist. This book features over 140 of his best paintings, drawings and sketches. .Art-Artists [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263178], AU$28.00 |
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Spencer, Baldwin Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia 1st Edition. Macmillan & Co.. London. 1914. .516 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Original green cloth boards with gilt decoration to face and spine. Gilt top edge, other edges uncut. Minor damage to a couple of pages at corners. Corners just a little bumped. Rear hinge just slightly cracked. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Drawings. 36 plates [8 in colour]. Folding map. A very nice original copy. . .Aborigines [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263809], AU$1100.00 |
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Statton, Jill (Editor) Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885 4 volumes 1st Edition. South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society. Adelaide. 1986. Hardback .1762 pages + 127 page cross reference listing .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition in original green cloth with gilt lettering. Still in the original box. .Published in South Australia's Sesquicentenary-Jubilee 150 Year, The Biographical Index of South Australians contains biographical information of all people who lived in South Australia during the first fifty years of colonisation. VERY SCARCE. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #190431], AU$500.00 |
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Stokes, Edward Across the Centre John McDouall Stuart's Expeditions 1860-1862 1st Edition. Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1996. Hardback .151 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Signed by the author. Uncommon. .The evocative photographs together with vivid extracts from Stuart's diaries allow us to share the achievements of this indomitable explorer "King of Australian Explorers". .Aust-Travel [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #199099], AU$120.00 |
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Storry, Elizabeth, Bennett, Heather et al Pictorial History of Renmark. Celebrating 100 Years 1887-1987 Incorporating the Renmark & Paringa Districts Reprint. Murray Pioneer Pty Ltd. Renmark, S.A.. 1987. Hardback .304 pages .Quarto Size. Very Good+ condition. Pictorial papered boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Uncommon. .Produced to commemorate 100 years in the Renmark District and told through the lens of many cameras with countless photographs [and associated stories] contributed by locals and not previously published. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #228003], AU$50.00 |
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Stow, Catherine [K. Langloh Parker] - Collected by Woggheeguy. Australian Aboriginal Legends 1st Edition. F.W. Preece. Adelaide. 1930. Hardback .98 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Good+ Dustjacket. DJ protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Scattered marks to light coloured DJ. Faint offset to end papers. Eight [8] wonderful full page black and white plates and many in-text illustrations by Nora Heysen. .Catherine Stow recorded and retold a number of Aboriginal legends under her first married name of K. Langloh Parker. These were published in the late 1890's. The group of legends in this book were gathered during her time at Bangate Station, NSW. As well as legends of the local tribes they also include 2 that were sent from the Moruya district and another from a drover from Northern Territory. Langloh Parker made one of the earliest attempts to bring Aboriginal culture to the attention of White Australians in a serious and sympathetic manner. .Aborigines [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #254309], AU$150.00 |
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Stubbs, Richard Hearts and Minds in Guerrilla Warfare. The Malayan Emergency 1948-1960 3rd Impression. Oxford University Press. Singapore. 1993. Softcover .286 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition. Scarce. .Provides an account of the origins, course, and outcome of the Malayan Emergency, which pitted the Malayan Government against the Malayan Communist Party, its rural based guerrilla army, and their supporters. .Military-General [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263302], AU$100.00 |
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Thane, Pat [Editor] The Long History of Old Age 1st Edition. Thames & Hudson. London. 2005. Hardback .320 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Previous owner's details to ffep. .An absorbing view of one of the great, and most neglected, themes in all history. Old age is a subject with huge contemporary resonance, given gloomy predictions of an aging population imposing enormous financial burdens on a shrinking population of younger workers. .History-General [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263489], AU$30.00 |
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Thomas, Nicholas Discoveries. The Voyages of Captain Cook 1st Edition. Allen Lane. London. 2003. Hardback .468 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Review stamp to half-title page. Black & white illustrations. .The author draws on 20 years research into Pacific art, culture and history to explore the drama of Cook's expeditions. Cook sailed into unknown waters and met local natives. This book re-imagines these encounters for a new audience, overturning familiar images of Cook as both hero and ruthless colonizer and explores the far more ambiguous figure beneath. .History-Pacific [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #201840], AU$35.00 |
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Thoroughgood, Anne; Bradley, Ellen & Hucker, Wendy [Compilers] Memories of my Mother. Recollections of Everyday Life of Rural Women in the Tumbarumba District 1850-1950 1st Edition. Pioneer Womens Hut. Wagga Wagga. 1990. Softcover .113 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. .The second book in a series relating to rural women's lives in the Tumbarumba district of southern NSW. .Aust-NSW/ACT [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263305], AU$25.00 |
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Wetzel, Johann Jakob [Artist] Voyage Pittoresque au Lac de Geneve ou Leman Limited Edition. Editions Slatkine. Geneva. 1978. Hardback .unpaginated .Folio Size. Near Fine condition. Blue marbled boards with half leather binding. Gilt titles to face with gilt decoration to face and spine. 10 stunning colour plates by Johann Jacob Wetzel. Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is number 572. Text in French with German text in loosely inserted pamphlet. .Originally published in 1820 by Chez Orell, Fussili et Compagnie, Zurich and part of a series of beautifully presented volumes celebrating the beauty of Switzerland. The high quality coloured plates in this volume were undertaken by Johann Jakob Wetzel [1781-1834] a well known Swiss landscape painter and draughtsman. The original plates were engraved by Swiss engraver, etcher and lithographer, Franz Hegi [1774-1850]. Plates as follows: Vue de Genève, Vue de Nyon, Vue de Morges, Vue de Lausanne, Vue de Glérolle et St. Saphorin, Vue de Vevey, Vue de Montreux, Vue du Château de Chillon vers Vevey, Vue de St. Gingoulph sur le grand-route du Simplon and Vue de Thonon vers Genève. 19 pages of general text about Lake Geneva and its surrounds with each plate then having specific information about the view shown and its surroundings. A sumptuous book of exceptional quality. .Travel [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263481], AU$175.00 |
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Wetzel, Johann Jakob [Artist] Voyage Pittoresque au Lac des Waldstettes ou des Quatre-Cantons. Limited Edition. Editions Slatkine. Geneva. 1978. Hardback .unpaginated .Folio Size. Near Fine condition. Blue marbled boards with half leather binding. Gilt titles to face with gilt decoration to face and spine. 10 stunning colour plates by Johann Jacob Wetzel. Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is number 572. Text in French with German text in loosely inserted pamphlet. .Originally published in 1820 by Chez Orell, Fussili et Compagnie, Zurich and part of a series of beautifully presented volumes celebrating the beauty of Switzerland. The high quality coloured plates in this volume are of the Lake of Lucerne and were undertaken by Johann Jakob Wetzel [1781-1834] a well known Swiss landscape painter and draughtsman. The original plates were engraved by Swiss engraver, etcher and lithographer, Franz Hegi [1774-1850]. Plates as follows: Vue de Lucerne, Vue prise du Meggenhorn, Vue prise du Winkel, Vue d'Alpnach, Vue de Standzstad, Vue prise de Beckenried vers Schwytz, Vue de Gersau, Vue de Brunnen vers le Canton d'Uri, Vue de Brunnen vers de Canton Unterwalden [modern Cantons of Obwalden & Nidwalden] and Vue de Fluelen. The text consists of a general introduction to the Lake and the city of Lucerne with each plate then having specific information about the view shown and its surroundings. A sumptuous book of exceptional quality. .Travel [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263478], AU$175.00 |
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Wetzel, Johann Jakob [Artist] Voyage Pittoresque au Lacs De Zurich, Zoug, Lowerz, Egeri et Wallenstadt Limited Edition. Editions Slatkine. Geneva. 1978. Hardback .unpaginated .Folio Size. Near Fine condition. Blue marbled boards with half leather binding. Gilt titles to face with gilt decoration to face and spine. 10 stunning colour plates by Johann Jacob Wetzel. Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is number 572. Text in French with German text in loosely inserted pamphlet. .Originally published in 1819 by Chez Orell, Fussili et Compagnie, Zurich and part of a series of beautifully presented volumes celebrating the beauty of Switzerland. The high quality coloured plates in this volume were undertaken by Johann Jakob Wetzel [1781-1834] a well known Swiss landscape painter and draughtsman. The original plates were engraved by Swiss engraver, etcher and lithographer, Franz Hegi [1774-1850]. Plates as follows: Vue du lac de Zurich prise du bastion de la Katze, Vue de Zurich prise du Zurich-Horn, Vue du Rapperschweil, Vue du Zoug vers le Rigi, Vue d'Ath au lac du Zoug, Vue du lac de Lowerz, Vue du lac d'Egeri, Vue du Wesen au lac de Wallenstadt and Vue de Wallenstadt. 17 pages of text about Zurich and its lake with each plate then having specific information about the view shown and its surroundings. A sumptuous book of exceptional quality. .Travel [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263480], AU$175.00 |
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Whitfield, Peter Cities of the World. A History in Maps 1st thus. The Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 2005. Hardback .208 pages .Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine copy in Fine Dustjacket. Like new copy. Colour and black & white illustrations. .A highly original book, which holds up a mirror to some of the world's greatest cities. It traces their historic structure and unique character through maps and panoramic viws produced over the centuries. .History-General [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263426], AU$50.00 |
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Williams, Elvet Arbeitskommando 1st Edition. Victor Gollancz Ltd. London. 1975. Hardback .256 pages .Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. .The author was captured on Crete in 1941 and after many adventures arrived at a small Arbeitskommando - a work camp - in the Austrian mountains. Here he describes the day to day life as it really was for POW's - the privations, frustrations and tensions, the comradeship with British, Australians and New Zealanders who were packed into the camp. .Military-WW2 [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #151262], AU$35.00 |
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Winter, Ivan Those Were the Days. My Life In South Australia: 1943-1970 1st Edition. Magpie Press. Seacliff Park, SA. 2010. Softcover .409 pages .Octavo Size. Mint - a New copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed by the author. .After growing up in the small township of Halbury in South Australia's Wakefield Plains, 102kms north of Adelaide, Ivan Winter made a crucial decision that affected the rest of his life. He entered an entirely different world of rockets and space research at Woomera. This is his story which will appeal to those interested in the mid north of South Australia and those fascinated by the work at Woomera. Ivan worked on both the Black Knight and Blue Streak rockets and in this book he describes the eccentricities and dedication of the engineers and scientists. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #260939], AU$39.95 |
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Wood, Nancy People of Port Pirie. Past and Present 1st Edition. Port Pirie Branch National Trust of SA. Port Pirie. 1988. Hardback .351 pages .Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Endpaper maps. Previous owner's name to preliminary pages. Scarce. .Anecdotes and recollections of life in Port Pirie and Districts, given to the Port Pirie Branch of the National Trust of South Australia by those who helped develop the area, or by their families. .South Australia [To order this item without using the shopping cart please quote ID #263699], AU$50.00 |
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