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By: Agostini, Mike (Compiled/Edited by)
Price: $16.15
Publisher: Sydney, Australia, Australian Broadcasting Commission: 1982
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 007118
ISBN: 0642975426
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. View more info
By: Christison, Darren (Edited by)
Price: $23.75
Publisher: Sydney, NSW, Australia, Ironbark: 1997
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 008842
ISBN: 0330360310
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... View more info
By: Drane, Robert
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ABC Books: 2008
Edition: First Edition, First Impression.
Seller ID: 009598
ISBN: 0733324010
Condition: Very Good +
vi, + 358pp., b/white photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a tiny corner crease, else excellent condition. "This knockout combination of history and true life stories of some of the Australian and international greats such as Les Darcy, Vic Patrick, Lionel Rose, Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tszyu, Young Griffo and Johnny Famechon illuminates boxing in all its literal and symbolic glory." Contents include: Author's Note, 16 chapters over two 'parts', Part III-Epilogue, Acks., Picture Credits. Book weight approx. 500g. Size: 8vo - ... View more info
By: Dwyer, Bob, with Jameson, Neil
Price: $14.25
Publisher: Sydney, NSW, Australia, Macmillan: 2004
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 005722
ISBN: 1405036087
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. View more info
By: Hansen, Brian
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia, Brian Hansen Publications: 1995
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 009295
ISBN: 0646261932
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 View more info
By: Hansen, Brian
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia, Brian Hansen Publications: 1994
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 009305
ISBN: 0646164953
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 View more info
By: Hansen, Brian
Price: $20.90
Publisher: Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia, Brian Hansen Publications: 1993
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 009306
ISBN: 0646164953
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 View more info
By: Hansen, Brian
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia, Brian Hansen Publications: 1995
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 012457
ISBN: 0646261932
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 View more info
By: Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim
Price: $17.10
Publisher: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Wilkinson Books: 1996
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 009095
ISBN: 186350222X
Condition: Very Good +
258pp., b/white archival photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, with the slightest hint of tanning to edges. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper has a small, soft crease to lower front and rear panel, light bump to head of spine. " . . . tells how the VFL/AFL spawned at a humble meeting in a Melbourne art gallery in 1896, grew to become a national obsession. The VFL/AFL survived two world wars without interruption and, in the process, spawned generation after generation of football heroes . . . " Contents include: Introduction, 1890s-1996.... View more info
By: Jim Main and Russell Holmesby
Price: $17.10
Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Wilkinson Books (Imprint): 1994
Edition: First Thus.
Seller ID: 007463
ISBN: 1863501754
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. View more info
By: Johnson, Joseph
Price: $20.90
Publisher: East Kew, Victoria, Australia, The Kew Golf Club: 1994
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 008441
ISBN: 0646181726
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... View more info
By: Kirkwood, Rhett and Meldrum, Brian
Price: $45.60
Publisher: Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia, Equus Marketing: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013361
ISBN: 0957797303
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 ... View more info
By: Lovett, Michael (Edited by)
Price: $20.90
Publisher: Australian Football League: 2012
Seller ID: 011214
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... View more info
By: Massy, Robert
Price: $28.50
Publisher: Terrey Hills, N.S.W., Australia, A.H. & A.W.Reed: 1976
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 008763
ISBN: 0589071831
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... View more info
By: Mensforth, Shane
Price: $12.35
Publisher: Croydon, Victoria, Australia, Australian Fishing Network (AFN): 1997
Edition: First Thus.
Seller ID: 006543
ISBN: 0958714320
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... View more info
By: Perry, John
Price: $17.10
Publisher: Sydney, Australia, University of New South Wales Press: 2002
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 008915
ISBN: 0868407240
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 ... View more info
By: Prokop, Frank
Price: $17.10
Publisher: Croydon, VIC, Australia, Australian Fishing Network: 2002
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 009634
ISBN: 1865130087
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 ... View more info
By: Pyke, Frank
Price: $24.70
Publisher: South Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Victorian Institute of Sport: 2000
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 008558
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... View more info
By: Roberts, Michael, and McFarlane, Glenn
Price: $33.25
Publisher: Docklands, VIC, Australia, Geoff Slattery Publishing: 2004
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 011488
ISBN: 0734407165
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... View more info
By: Rose, Lionel
Price: $61.75
Publisher: Sydney, NSW, Australia, Angus and Robertson: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013504
Condition: Very Good +
(vii), + 150pp., two unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly edgeworn along head, with two short closed tears, else very good. Lionel Edmund Rose, MBE, was Australia's first indigenous World Bantamweight Boxing champion, beating 'Fighting' Harada in Japan in February 1968 at the age of nineteen. Born in Warragul, Victoria, on 21 June, 1948, Lionel Rose had 53 fights for 42 wins during his career. He died in May, 2011 . . ... View more info
