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By: (None Noted)
Price: $35.15
Publisher: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Wm. Stewart, for the Grand Lodge: 1923
Edition: 6th Edition.
Seller ID: 005586
Condition: Good
142pp. Book clean and square. Blue cloth lightly faded on spine. Mildly shelfworn, and abraded on foredge corners. Minor splotching on several leaves, plus endpapers. Bright gilt title over patterned blue cloth, minimal chipping to date (1922). The first edition of this book of Victorian Constitutions was published in 1890. Contents of this sixth edition include: Sanction, Summary of Antient Charges and Regulations, Articles, Laws, Rules & Regulations, Regalia, Fees and c., Schedules, Rules of Debate, Index. Book weight approx. 160g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under ... View more info
Price: $20.90
Publisher: Victoria, Australia, The University of Melbourne: 1993
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 010877
ISBN: 0732505100
Condition: Very Good +
176pp., b/white and colour illustrations throughout. Book clean, square, Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated (etching by Victor Cobb, 'The Cloister', Melbourne University), loose-plastic protected dustjacket very good+. "The writers in Change and Tradition discuss many of the areas of operation that make the University work, but also dwell on the sights and sounds of the University and the human factors that are at the centre of its academic, student and corporate life . . . The University began in 1855 as a cluster of buildings set in... View more info
Price: $28.50
Publisher: New York, Orion Books: 1990
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 008316
ISBN: 051756677X
Condition: Very Good +
x, + 178pp., b/white photographic illustrations, and line-drawings, throughout. Book clean. Quarter-cloth spine firm, but canted, silver title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket has a short closed tear near upper spine fold at front panel, minor edgewear and indentations. "From flying wings to polar exploration, from air racers and air liners to the Chinese Air Force, here is the complete story of the single-engined airplanes designed and built by Jack Northrop during aviation's golden age . . . includes a unique series of appendixes - including the com... View more info
By: Andrews, Rod and Barnett, Alf (EDited by)
Price: $15.20
Publisher: South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, Hyland House: 1992
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 005770
ISBN: 1875657029
Condition: Very Good +
xii, + 188pp., pictorially-illustrated endpapers (different), two, unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections (mostly portraits and happy-snaps). Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly edgeworn and scuffed, plus a margin strip trimmed from rear flap. "This book is a major contribution to the history of the Baker Medical Research Institute and investigative medicine in Melbourne since the foundation of the Institute in 1926. The contributors (... View more info
By: Barron, C.J. [authorised by]
Price: $21.85
Publisher: Mill Place, Flinders Lane, Melbourne, C.J.Barrow/C.W.Burford, Printer: 1918
Seller ID: 003480
Condition: Very Good
143pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, mildly bumped on head and foot. Gilt title. Minor specks on cloth. Endpapers tanned, otherwise small splash stain on foot of text-block. Containing the General Charges, Laws and Regulations, & c., & c. 1918; The Constitutions are published under the authority of the Grand Lodge by C.J. Barrow, Grand Secretary. Includes Index. Book weight approx. 180g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall View more info
By: Baudinette, Neil
Price: $17.10
Publisher: North Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Nutshell Graphics: 2003
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Signed and Inscribed By Author
Seller ID: 006394
ISBN: 064642890X
Condition: Very Good +
153pp., oblong (landscape) format. Intext illustrations throughout in colour and monochrome. Book clean. Spine firm and square. An inscription, signed and dated 'Neil' on plain inner front wrap. Leaves clean and unmarked. Pictorially illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped only. The story of the creation, and subsequent growth and expansion, of 'Lionsville', a Lions Club of Essendon, Victoria, aged care project. Produced in the 50th Anniversary year of the chartering of the Lions Club of Essendon, the story is told by the author, connected with Lionsville for thirty years. Contents include: ... View more info
By: Becker, Vivienne
Price: $31.35
Publisher: New York, Harry Abrams Publishers: 1995
Edition: First U.S. Edition.
Seller ID: 007811
ISBN: 0810944545
Condition: Very Good +
158pp., illustrated throughout with exquisite colour plates, supported by b/white halftones and line-drawings. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over spine. Blindstamp decoration over lightly bumped original black cloth boards. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated, French-fold dustjacket mildly scuffed and shelfworn only. In celebration of the world-leading Swarovski company centenary, this is a broad-ranging history of a company that produces tens of millions of crystal gemstones every working day. The story begins with the birth of Damiel Swarovski on 24 October, 1862, in northern ... View more info
By: Branson, V.M.
Price: $12.35
Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Association of Apex Clubs of Australia: 1981
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 004144
ISBN: 0909854106
Condition: Very Good
135pp., intext, candid and archival, b/white halftone plates and sketch-art illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly edgeworn, with a small, closed tear. The story of the glory years of the Australian community service organization Apex, founded in Geelong, Victoria, in 1931. Open to people aged 18 up to 40, the clubs are non-political and non-sectarian.Contents include: Prelims., 15 chapters, Appendices x 6. Book weight approx. 380g. Postage charge will be reduced ... View more info
By: Brown, Antony
Price: $13.30
Publisher: London, Peter Davies: 1978
Edition: 2nd Edition, 2nd. Imp..
Seller ID: 002582
Condition: Very Good
xi, + 226pp., two unpaginated, b/w, graphic, candid and archive halftone plate illustrated sections. Book slightly cocked. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped and mildly edgeworn. "Once a seventeenth-century coffee-house with a sideline in marine insurance, Lloyd's today insure nuclear power stations, supertankers, jumbo jets and oil-rigs . . . " Contents, in chaptered 'parts', include: Part 1. The tradition. Part 2. The modern market. Glossary. Index. Book weight approx. 490g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"... View more info
By: Cameron, Alan
Price: $42.75
Publisher: Edinburgh, Scotland, Mainstream Publishing: 1995
Edition: First Edition, 2nd Impression.
Inscription: Signed and Inscribed By Author
Seller ID: 009770
ISBN: 1851586911
Condition: Near Fine
264pp., illustrated endpapers (Family Tree of the Bank of Scotland). Intext illustrations throughout: full colour, duo-tone, and b/white halftone plates (many in facsimile), plus several tables. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. A concise inscription, signed by author, on title page, else leaves unmarked. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn only. The story of the important Scottish institution: The Bank of Scotland, celebrating in the year of publication (1995) its tercentenary, having been created by an Act of Scottish Parliament i... View more info
By: Chambers, Don
Price: $19.00
Publisher: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Hyland House: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013086
ISBN: 1875657428
Condition: Very Good
xiv, + 202pp., illustrated endpapers. Several unpaginated colour plates. Intext, b/white halftone plates and facsimiles throughout (various sources). Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over lightly bumped spine. Ditto silver logo over undamaged black boards. A 'Le Pine' label affixed to half-title page, else textblock pristine. Colour, photographically-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, and bumped on heel. "This is the story of the development of Le Pine Funeral Services beginning with its historical roots in the small family undertaker's business of Jo... View more info
By: Chambers, Don
Price: $30.40
Publisher: Flemington, VIC, Australia, Hyland House: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013527
ISBN: 1864470208
Condition: Near Fine
298pp., colour-plate frontispiece, plus a like, unpaginated, 8 page colour section. Numerous intext b/white halftone plates and line-drawings throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain blue boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour, photographically-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. This book is a well-compiled history of the Necropolis Springvale, which conducted their first funeral in March, 1902 . . . Contents include: Prelims., 12 chapters. List of Trustees and Chairmen of the Necropolis Trust. Notes. Bibliography, I... View more info
By: Cole, Dr. Keith
Price: $17.10
Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, N.P. (The Mission). Printed By the Ruskin Press: 1969
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 009042
Condition: Very Good
xix, + 201pp., unpaginated b/white halftone plates throughout (all called-for plates extant and attached). Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped head and heel. Plain, blue, original cloth boards very good. Endpapers have lightly tanned strips, else text-block unmarked. Printed, loose-plastic protected dustjacket abraded, edgeworn, with short closed tears and colour-fading to spine (title clearly legible). " . . . the story of living and loving care. It is a story of progress and of growth in the practice of compassion. It is not merely the story of an organisation, but rather o... View more info
By: Crombie, Roger
Price: $14.25
Publisher: Bermuda, Walsingham Press: 1998
Edition: Stated First Edition.
Seller ID: 001453
ISBN: 9627762350
Condition: Very Good +
xviii + 349pp. illustrated endpapers. 2 unpaginated sections of plates, some b/white, others in colour. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Small spot on ffep, otherwise leaves are clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected d/jacket very slightly edgeworn, with a cracked bruise on rear panel corresponding to gutter. The history of a Bermuda legal firm, from small beginnings in 1928 to a modern international law firm, which today employs thousands of people and counts more than 10,000 international companies amongst their clients. Book weight approx. 1,040gms. [1.04kg.] * Buyers outside Australia ... View more info
By: Day, David
Price: $24.70
Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, MUP Custom/Bureau of Meteorology: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013060
ISBN: 0522852750
Condition: Very Good +
xiii, + 530pp., chronological rainfall map endpapers. Illustrated throughout: colour, duo-tone and monochrome halftone plates (various sources). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain grey/blue boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour, photographically-illustrated (Tropical Cyclone 'Ingrid', 7 March, 2005 - photo courtesy of NASA) loose-plastic protected dustjacket slightly bumped and edgeworn only. Written by multi-award winning biographer and historian David Day (1949- ), this book is part institutional history, part drama, and part natural history . . ... View more info
By: Dr R.H.Little (Compiled by)
Price: $17.10
Publisher: England,
Edition: 3rd Edition.
Seller ID: 005567
Condition: Very Good +
No publication date (1980). 42pp., b/white halftone illustrations. Booklet clean, square. Staples clean and firm. Leaves crisp and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has several light scuffs, small sticker ghost to rear. A shortened history of Ellingham Church, past to present, and including extracts of pertinent historical records, list of priors (1170-1397) and vicars (1447-1965), etc. Includes mention of the tragic story of Dame Alice Lisle, beheaded in 1685, whose tomb is sited 'to the east of the south porch'. Booklet weight approx. 100g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will p... View more info
By: Dummett, G. A.
Price: $14.25
Publisher: London, Hutchinson Benham: 1981
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 009945
ISBN: 009146370X
Condition: Very Good +
xiv, + 247pp., plus 4 x 4 page, b/white, photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain black boards have one short pressure indentation to rear panel. Sticker ghost to ffep., else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn and indented, with a surface scratch to spine. " . . . the history of the A.P.V. Company Limited, the unsung but highly successful manufacturer of process plant for the food and chemical industries and kingpin of an international group of some seventy companies located in ... View more info
By: Dunstan, Keith
Price: $47.50
Publisher: Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, Bundaberg Distilling Company Pty. Ltd.:
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013313
Condition: Very Good +
No date (S.L.V. suggests 1988). vii, + 95pp., colour and b/white illustrated sections: halftone plates and facsimile cartoons (various sources). Book clean and square. Backstrip firm, with just a hint of colour-fade. Illustrated gloss boards undamaged. Textblock pristine. Rum has been synonymous with Australian drinkers since the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, and in this most interesting company history, Keith Dunstan (1925-2013) tells of the centenary history of 'Bundy' - the quintessential 'Bundaberg Distilling Company Pty. Ltd.', Queensland, Australia. Contents include: Prelims., Illu... View more info
By: Dyer, David and Gross, Daniel
Price: $17.10
Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 2001
Edition: First Edition, First Impression.
Seller ID: 006494
ISBN: 0195140958
Condition: Near Fine
xx, + 507pp., three unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections. Book clean and square. White, quarter-cloth spine, with metallic red title. White boards undamaged. Leaves pristine. Montage-style, illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally bumped on head of spine only. The engrossing history of an extraordinary company, Corning Incorporated, a global leader in technology for over 150 years. Products as diverse as colored signal lights for railways, Pyrex, television tubes, fiber optics, and photonics have been developed by this multi-generational company. Contents include: Prel... View more info
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Westgarth, Victoria, Australia, Victoria Police Highland Pipe Band: 1986
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 012730
ISBN: 186252565X
Condition: Very Good +
vii, + 188pp, illustrated throughout: sepia, pictorial endpapers (different front and rear), plus intext colour and b/white halftone plates (various sources). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Vivid silver title over trivially bumped spine. Plain blue boards nominally bumped on upper foredge corners. Textblock unmarked. Colour, pictorially-illustrated French-fold dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. Presented in chronological order, released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its formation, 'Piping Through Time' is a most interesting history . . . Contents include: Prelims., From the Aut... View more info
