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XIIth COMMONWEALTH GAMES. Brisbane 1982

By: Agostini, Mike (Compiled/Edited by)

Price: $16.15

Publisher: Sydney, Australia, Australian Broadcasting Commission: 1982

Seller ID: 007118

ISBN: 0642975426

Binding: Softcover Booklet, Staplebound

Condition: Very Good

96pp., unpaginated 16 page colour plate section, plus b/white halftone plates throughout. Saddle-stitch, staple-bound format. Staples firm. Pictorially-illustrated (colour and b/white) limp wrapper mildly scuffed and edgeworn. Published for the (then) forthcoming XIIth Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane, Australia, Sept 30-Oct 9, 1982. It includes highlights and stats from previous games, the Broadcast Team, Games, Schedule, Australian Medal Tally 1911-1978, more. Booklet weight approx. 120g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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TALKING FOOTBALL : The 1997 Club 10 Diaries of Wayne Carey, Glen Jakovich, Tony Lockett, Michael Voss and Gavin Wanganeen

By: Christison, Darren (Edited by)

Price: $23.75

Publisher: Sydney, NSW, Australia, Ironbark: 1997

Seller ID: 008842

ISBN: 0330360310

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

248pp., plus 2 x 16 page, b/white, photographically illustrated sections, b/w illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly scuffed only. "Five club champions from five different capital cities tell the story of their very different 1997 seasons. With dramatic inside coverage of all the triumphs and heartaches of the closest fought and most competitive season in memory, 'Talking Football' takes you behind the scenes and inside the lives of five of AFL's superstars. Each week - from pre-season training to the Grand Final itself - is cove...
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FULL TIME : A Coach's Memoirs

By: Dwyer, Bob, with Jameson, Neil

Price: $14.25

Publisher: Sydney, NSW, Australia, Macmillan: 2004

Seller ID: 005722

ISBN: 1405036087

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Near Fine

vii, + 296pp., unpaginated, candidly-illustrated, colour, duo-tone, and b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Pictorial-portrait illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. Football professor, rugby revolutionary, and architect . . . these and other accolades are directed at Bob Dwyer, legendary coach of the Wallabies Australian World Cup victory in 1991. This is his story . . . Contents include: Prelims., 5 'parts', Epilogue, Appendices: Awards, Wallabies' coaching record, Rugby career 1984-2001. Book weight approx. 690g.
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THE MAGPIE YEARS '95 : The Continuing Story of the Collingwood Football Club (Volume 3)

By: Hansen, Brian

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia, Brian Hansen Publications: 1995

Seller ID: 009295

ISBN: 0646261932

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

208pp., 16 page colour photographically-illustrated section, plus b/white photographic illustrations throughout (Ken Rainsbury). Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated (team photo to rear cover)card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. An intended annual publication, 'The Magpie Years' was first published in 1993 to complement 'The Centenary History of the Collingwood Football Club', 1992. Numerous contents, including The Year, Match-by-Match. Book weight approx. 600g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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THE MAGPIE YEARS '94

By: Hansen, Brian

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia, Brian Hansen Publications: 1994

Seller ID: 009305

ISBN: 0646164953

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

240pp., 16 page colour, photographically-ilustrated section (includes team photo), plus b/white photographic illustrations throughout (Ken Rainsbury). Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. An intended annual publication, 'The Magpie Years' was first published in 1993 to complement 'The Centenary History of the Collingwood Football Club', 1992. Numerous contents, including The Year, Match-by-Match. Book weight approx. 580g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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THE MAGPIE YEARS '93

By: Hansen, Brian

Price: $20.90

Publisher: Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia, Brian Hansen Publications: 1993

Seller ID: 009306

ISBN: 0646164953

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

224pp., 16 page colour, photographically-illustrated section (includes team photo), plus b/white photographic illustrations throughout (Ken Rainsbury). Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper (team photo to rear panel) has soft corner crease, and is negligibly scuffed only. An intended annual publication, 'The Magpie Years' was first published in 1993 to complement 'The Centenary History of the Collingwood Football Club', 1992. Numerous contents, including The Year, Match-by-Match. Book weight approx. 580g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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THE MAGPIE YEARS '95 : The Continuing Story of the Collingwood Football Club (Volume 3)

By: Hansen, Brian

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia, Brian Hansen Publications: 1995

Seller ID: 012457

ISBN: 0646261932

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

208pp., 16 page colour photographically-illustrated section, plus b/white photographic illustrations throughout (Ken Rainsbury). Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated (team photo to rear cover)card wrapper has a small pressure mark to rear panel. An intended annual publication, 'The Magpie Years' was first published in 1993 to complement 'The Centenary History of the Collingwood Football Club', 1992. Numerous contents, including The Year, Match-by-Match. Book weight approx. 600g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS

By: Jim Main and Russell Holmesby

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Wilkinson Books (Imprint): 1994

Seller ID: 007463

ISBN: 1863501754

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

(vi) + 520pp., alphabet, chapter-heading halftone plate illustrations of noted player whose surname begins with the appropriate letter. Book clean and square. Spine firm, with just a hint of a reading crease. Leaves tanned. Illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn, and creased on rear wrap. Revised to take the reader up to 1993, this biographical list of Australian Rules footballers who have played at VFL level . . . Contents include: Prelims., Intro., Alphabetical List. Book weight approx. 450g.
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BIRDIES AND BILLABONGS : A History of the Kew Golf Club 1894-1994

By: Johnson, Joseph

Price: $20.90

Publisher: East Kew, Victoria, Australia, The Kew Golf Club: 1994

Seller ID: 008441

ISBN: 0646181726

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

x, + 206pp., facsimile 'Survey of Allotments-Parish of Boroondara, County of Bourke, Robert Hoddle, Surveyor, April 1844', illustrated endpapers. Intext colour plates, translucent fold-out overlay, plus b/white halftone plates throughout. Oblong format. Bright gilt title over mildly bumped and cocked spine. Plain blue boards very good. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. "The Kew Golf Club, Melbourne's third oldest, was formed in 1894 at the instigation of two prominent local citizens, James Anderson and Fred Fitts . . . author J...
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VALLEY OF THE KINGS: A History of the W.S. Cox Plate

By: Kirkwood, Rhett and Meldrum, Brian

Price: $45.60

Publisher: Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia, Equus Marketing: 2000

Seller ID: 013361

ISBN: 0957797303

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

212pp., plus (iii). Printed endpapers. Intext, b/white halftone plates throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped head and heel. Bright gilt titles. Minor bumps on lower foredge corners. Textblock pristine. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn and bumped on spine. A most fascinating book for anyone interested in the history of horse-racing in Victoria/Australia - it tells the story of Australia's premier weight-for-age race - The W. (William) S. (Samuel) Cox Plate . . . Contents include: Prelims., Acks., Author Bio's. A Farm Transformed. A Club is ...
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AFL RECORD SEASON GUIDE 2012 : The Official Statistical History of the AFL

By: Lovett, Michael (Edited by)

Price: $20.90

Publisher: Australian Football League: 2012

Seller ID: 011214

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

1088pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly surface scuffed only. "The AFL Record Season Guide 2012 is the 17th edition of what has become the statistical bible of the AFL. The 2012 Season Guide contains more than 1000 pages crammed with statistics, history and information as well as a thorough review of the 2011 season and a comprehensive preview of the 2012 season. It also includes full details on the draft, profiles on every player in the competition - from rookies to superstars - and a history of all finals and award winners. The cover feat...
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FLY FISHING FOR TROUT

By: Massy, Robert

Price: $28.50

Publisher: Terrey Hills, N.S.W., Australia, A.H. & A.W.Reed: 1976

Seller ID: 008763

ISBN: 0589071831

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

174pp., two-colour line-drawn map endpapers. B/white halftone plate (author netting a fine specimen) frontispiece, plus intext (mostly) instructional b/white half-tone plates, sketch-art, and line-drawings, throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, lightly bumped on head and heel. Plain blue boards very good. Text-block unmarked. Pictorially-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn and nipped, with a significant, tape-repaired tear diagonally from the middle of the front fold to the top of the spine (no paper loss). The author has spent a lifetime fly fishing the trout waters of sout...
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HOW TO CATCH AUSTRALIA'S MOST POPULAR FISH

By: Mensforth, Shane

Price: $12.35

Publisher: Croydon, Victoria, Australia, Australian Fishing Network (AFN): 1997

Seller ID: 006543

ISBN: 0958714320

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

96pp., b/white halftone and line-drawn illustrations (floats and rigs) throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn, plus soft corner crease to front. A down-to-earth fishing guide for kids to adults who are seeking to expand their angling knowledge. Includes general information, fishing techniques, bait and berley, tackle, preparation and eating qualities, and rigs for each included variety of fish (28 in total), plus Lure Chart at rear. Book weight approx. 160g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed w...
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THE QUICK & THE DEAD : Stawell & Its Race Through Time

By: Perry, John

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Sydney, Australia, University of New South Wales Press: 2002

Seller ID: 008915

ISBN: 0868407240

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good +

xiv, + 286pp., plus 1 x 8 page, and 1 x 4 page, b/white photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, reading crease there-on. Leaves clean, soft crease to first page, slight tanning to edges. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft vertical crease, plus corner crease, to front panel. " . . . a complete, rounded and stylish piece of writing that uses one traditional event in the life of one town to tell human stories - of individuals, their community, their experiences, their history - and by doing so recreates an image of rural life and rural Australia that is deeply ...
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AUSTRALIAN FISH GUIDE

By: Prokop, Frank

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Croydon, VIC, Australia, Australian Fishing Network: 2002

Seller ID: 009634

ISBN: 1865130087

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

224pp., colour art illustrations throughout by Trevor Hawkins. Rigs by Geoff Wilson. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. "Containing detailed descriptions, accurate illustrations and diagrams of the best rigs to catch each fish, this book is an invaluable reference for any fishers, fresh or saltwater, wanting to identify their catch . . . Easy to follow colour coded sections include Freshwater Sportfish, Freshwater Baitfish, Estuary/Surf species, Inshore Reef species, Offshore Reef species, Marlin species, Tuna species, Shark and ...
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GOLD RUSH : A Decade of Success

By: Pyke, Frank

Price: $24.70

Publisher: South Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Victorian Institute of Sport: 2000

Seller ID: 008558

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

74pp., plus (ii). Full-page, b/white, candid and action illustrated halftone plates. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated boards nominally bumped only. Leaves clean and unmarked. No dustjacket (as issued?). Produced by the Victorian Institute of Sport (V.I.S.) in celebration of their first decade, having begun in 1990. Featuring many of the Institute's successes, many of whom will (did) compete in the Sydney 2000 Olympics. In the decade since its inception, the V.I.S. has produced 48 World Champions, plus Junior, Youth, Olympic and Paralympic Gold Medallists . . . Contents include: P...
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THE OFFICIAL COLLINGWOOD ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA : Featuring the Champions of the Collingwood Hall of Fame and the Team of the Century

By: Roberts, Michael, and McFarlane, Glenn

Price: $33.25

Publisher: Docklands, VIC, Australia, Geoff Slattery Publishing: 2004

Seller ID: 011488

ISBN: 0734407165

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

208pp., colour and b/white illustrations throughout. Black and white montage illustrated endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on. White title to front panel of undamaged black boards. Leaves clean. Montage illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly surface indented only. Featuring the champions of the Collingwood Hall of Fame and the Team of The Century, and almost 300 photographs, 'The Official Collingwood Illustrated Encyclopedia' explains the club, blemishes and all. Contents include: Foreword, Introduction, Through the Decades, Magpie Icons, The Grea...
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THE 500 CLUB : Footy's Greatest Coaches

By: Sheedy, Kevin, with Hadfield, Warwick

Price: $32.30

Publisher: Southbank, Victoria, Australia, News Custom Publishing: 2004

Seller ID: 011224

ISBN: 1876176423

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

212pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Printed gloss white boards very mildly edge-bumped and indented only. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket noticeably edge-creased, corresponding surface indentation to rear panel. From the rear board: "David Parkin, Ron Barassi, Tom Hafey, Allan Jeans, Jock McHale and Kevin Sheedy. More than 550 men have coached VFL/AFL football, but only these six legends managed to lead their teams 500 times or more. Featuring previously unpublished player analysis, pre-grand final ...
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STEVE WAUGH'S SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR DIARY

By: Waugh, Steve

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Ironbark: 1994

Seller ID: 008843

ISBN: 0330356259

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

184pp., plus 4 x 8 page, colour, photographically-illustrated sections, b/white illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly creased and indented. "Waugh describes in detail the backdrop against which the drama of the series unfolds. He recalls the hardship of life in Soweto, the opulence of Sun City, the majesty of the game parks, the political turmoil, and the hopes and dreams of the people in what he found to be an exquisitely beautiful country. The diary concludes with tributes from the Australian players to the remarkable Alan Bor...
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VICTORIAN SELECTED THOROUGHBRED YEARLINGS 1977. 5th Annual Selected Sale

By: Wheeler, M.R.

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Wright, Stevenson & Co.: 1977

Seller ID: 005758

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

672pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Bright gilt titles over nominally bumped dark blue boards. Minor annotations (mainly auction hammer prices) throughout, otherwise leaves clean. No dustjacket (as issued). Invaluable reference material for thoroughbred horse breeding . . . Contents include Index of: Dams of Yearlings, Breeder's Consignment, Yearlings under their respective Sires, Lots, Pedigrees & Perfomances of Sires. Book weight approx. 560g.
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Category: Sport - Australia