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By: N/A
Price: $26.32
Publisher: Melbourne & Sydney, Australia, Self Published: 1959
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 000744
12 X monthly volumes, professionally bound by Anderson's Printing and Publishing, South Melbourne, covering Jan. 1959 to Dec. 1959. Numbered consecutively [144pp.]. Book clean, square. Gilt title on spine, leaves have very mild uniform tanning, and annotations on one page, else clean. Volumes contain lots of interesting articles, relevent to the justice system and laws of the time, and include a few that would raise eyebrows today, including having 'insufficient means of... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $18.75
Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Centenary of Federation Victoria: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 007872
63pp., sepia and b/white halftone photographic illustrations, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket softly creased at edges. A limited edition published to coincide with the "Centenary Commemoration Ceremony on 9 May 2001, to mark 100 years of democracy and the centenary of the Commonwealth Parliament." Numerous contents include: Messages from: The Governor-General, Prime Minister, The Wurundjeri... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $14.10
Publisher: Noble Park, Victoria, Australia, The Five Mile Press: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011581
94pp., recto page sepia toned illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm. Previous owner's gift inscription to top corner of ffep., else leaves clean. Gloss Illustrated boards very good. A stand-alone title in The Centenary Collection. From the rear panel: "The luxuries of labour-saving devices, and the resulting leisure, were not for these people. They worked for long hours at their jobs, and then worked again at home. The telling photographs of these working ... View more info
By: Alexander, June
Price: $16.92
Publisher: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Crown Content: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011331
180pp., (mostly) b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper softly corner creased on lower front panel. From the rear panel: "The Weekly Times' Miranda column has encouraged, provoked and inspired country women since 1931. 'Heartbeat of The Country' captures their hopes and fears during 70 years of enormous social change." Book weight approx. 710g. View more info
Price: $15.51
Publisher: Victoria, Australia, State Library of Victoria Foundation: 2008
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 007231
120pp., colour and b/white illustrations, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated ('Aurora' in McMurdo Sound nearing C. Evans, c. 1914-17) card wrapper nominally scuffed only. The 'La Trobe Journal' is a highly-regarded scholarly journal, published twice-yearly, in Autumn and Spring. "This issue of the 'Journal' has three mini-themes: one on Antarctica, the second and third on two formidable Melbourne figures, Stephen Murray-Smith and Re... View more info
By: Aslin, Geoffrey
Price: $16.92
Publisher: Mt Gambier, South Australia, South East Book Promotions: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013185
vii, + 39pp., saddle-stitched, staplebound format booklet. Staples firm, clean and tight. B/white sketch-illustrations throughout, by the author. Book clean. Sketch-illustrated card wrapper bumped on head, and has a minor bump and very short closed tear on heel of spine. Textblock unmarked. A stand-alone Volume II in the 'Celebration South East' series. In this volume the author covers the wrecks and maritime graveyards from bark canoes to wooden sailing vessels and iron... View more info
Price: $15.04
Publisher: Victoria, Australia, (Author) (Printed By the Dominion Press - Hedges & Bell):
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012263
No date (1985). 174pp., unpaginated b/white halftone plate section (archival sources). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Monochrome, art-illustrated (Vi Barker) card wrapper slightly edgeworn only. Textblock unmarked. Published to coincide with Victoria's sesquicentenary, this history of Woodend and district is well compiled and features : Old Woodend, Early Transport, Buildings, Memoirs of Pioneering Families, Local Schools - Churches - Businesses - Families, Sport, Se... View more info
Price: $15.51
Publisher: Victoria, Australia, State Library of Victoria Foundation: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 007233
144pp., colour and b/white illustrations, throughout, plus one fold-out. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly scuffed only. Art-illustrated (S.T.Gill) fold-out has vertical crease to outer margin (does not affect illustration). The 'La Trobe Journal' is a highly-regarded scholarly journal, published twice-yearly, in Autumn and Spring. In this issue: " . . . Fortieth Anniversary, The Library and The Journal . . . an 1840 letter... View more info
By: Baxter, Carol
Price: $20.68
Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia, Allen & Unwin: 2011
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012952
(xi) + 364pp., several intext b/white halftone plates, and line-drawn locality maps. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped on foredge corners, else undamaged. Textblock unmarked. The time - Colonial Australia. The Setting - Northern New South Wales. He was the gentleman bushranger . . . she was the woman who rode with him. This is the true story of Captain Thunderbolt (Frederick Ward) and his lady, Mary Ann Bugg. Contents include: Pre... View more info
By: Beale, Bob
Price: $22.56
Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia, Allen & Unwin: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011213
245pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm, lightly bumped on foot. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn, small corner crease. From the rear cover: "Australia's trees have stood as silent witnesses to the colonisation of a harsh land, as living memorials to events we must never forget and as inspiration to generations of artists, writers and lovers of nature. Bob Beale gives voice to the amazing trees that ... View more info
By: Beatty, Bill
Price: $12.22
Publisher: Melbourne, Australia, Cassell & Co.: 1962
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 001715
xi, + 212pp., art illustrated endpapers. Unpaginated b/w halftone plates throughout. Intext b/w line drawings. Book square, spine firm. Tiny splash spots on lower edge of printed boards. Thumbnail size stain on backstrip. Leaves clean, very light flecks on edges of text block. Art illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, nipped, chipped, short closed tears and a thumbnail size piece missing, corresponding to stain on backstrip. "Many a cupboard skele... View more info
Price: $26.32
Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Georgian House: 1958
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013296
(xvi), + 430pp., line-drawn map front endpaper. Colour plates and numerous b/white halftone plates throughout (all called-for plates extant). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine, faded on head of same, plus similar on plain green, original cloth boards. A bank presentation label affixed to half-title page, else textblock unmarked. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly nipped and edgeworn, with several light indentations. " . . . ... View more info
By: Blee, Jill
Price: $18.80
Publisher: Wollombi, NSW, Australia, Exisle Publishing: 2007
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
Seller ID: 008926
96pp. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over firm spine. Plain red boards undamaged. Text-block pristine. Printed, loose-plastic protected dustjacket minimally shelfworn only. A stand-alone title in Exisle Publishing's 'Little Red Book' series, this concise history of aviation in Australia tells the story "from the barnstorming pioneers to the airlines of today." Contents include: Prelims., 9 chapters, Bibliography, Index. Book weight approx. 210g. Postag... View more info
By: Bradby, Doug
Price: $18.80
Publisher: West Lakes, South Australia, Seaview Press: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 011751
vii, + 110pp., b/white cartoon-style illustrations by Carson Ellis. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Author signature to dedication page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft corner crease to front panel. Bonus point: included with book, a 'Seriously Weird History of Australia' bookmark. From the rear panel: "This book isn't about trivializing or sensationalizing the Australian story. It is a lively narrative peppered with insightful and... View more info
By: Branson, V.M.
Price: $12.22
Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Association of Apex Clubs of Australia: 1981
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 004144
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... View more info
By: Bushby, John E P
Price: $23.50
Publisher: New South Wales, Australia, Privately (John E.P. Bushby, with the Assistance of the Deniliquin Historical Society ): 2009
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 013034
(viii), + 424pp., b/white, intext illustrations throughout: halftone plates (archives- Deniliquin Historical Society), plus line-drawn maps, and allotments. Book clean. Spine mildly concave, but firm. Illustrated card wrapper edgeworn and abraded. Textblock unmarked. The "Saltbush Country" was the name first given to to the area now known as the Riverine Plains in south-west Riverina, New South Wales - an area of some 26,000 square miles of which Deniliquin towns... View more info
By: Campion, Edmund
Price: $11.28
Publisher: Ringwood, VIC, Australia, Viking (Penguin Group): 1987
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011268
280pp., b/white halftone photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Plain boards negligibly bumped. Leaves clean, albeit slightly tanned. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edge-creased and abraded. From the jacket flap: " . . . explores the changing world of Australian Catholics and their contribution to national life. Based on religious magazines and pamphlets, it focuses on the everyday lives of lay men and women rather than th... View more info
By: Cawthorne, Nigel
Price: $15.04
Publisher: Collingwood, VIC, Australia, Ken Finn Books: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 009458
208pp., b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated, flapped card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. " . . . provides a concise yet detailed look at some of the most dangerous individuals who have ever lived in Australia. Author Nigel Cawthorne unflinchingly presents a carefully chosen cross-section of the country's most infamous criminals, making for a chilling yet engrossing read . . . " Introduction, numerous cont... View more info
By: Chua, Cathy
Price: $15.04
Publisher: Manuka, ACT, Australia, The Australian Bridge Federation: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011577
ii, + 290pp., b/white photographic illustrations and figures intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly surface indented, minor foredge crease. Contents include: Introduction, Chapter 1 -1930's: Is Bridge Killing the Art of Conversation?, Chapter 2 - 1930's: Melbourne for the Indoor Life, Chapter 3 - 1940 to 1959: Throwing Down the Gauntlet, Chapter 4 - 1960's: The World Accepts!, Chapter 5 - 1970 to 1990: Understanding the Pre... View more info
By: Clarke, Peter
Price: $16.92
Publisher: Norfolk Island, Shearwater Press: 1995
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 011461
189pp., colour and b/white historical art, plus contemporary colour photographic, illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain brown boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated, French-fold dustjacket mildly surface-scuffed only. From the jacket flap: "This book will have tremendous fascination to Australians as it explores the very fabric of their heritage. But its appeal is universal, as its story ranges from Captain Cook, to... View more info
