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| Maritime |
| *a396 Kent, Raymond K (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Early Kingdoms in Madagascar 1500-1700 |
| (NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 336. Illust. Maps. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a400 Weeks, Rev. John H (Baptist Missionary Society) |
| Congo Life and Jungle Stories: Part I - LIfe on the Congo as described by A Brass Rod Part II - Thirty-three Native Stories as told round the Evening Fire |
| (London: The Religious Tract Society: n.d.) Second Edition. Pict. cl. pp. xxiv, 468 and a publisher's advert. Illust. Index. Prize Label inscription dated May 9th, 1926. Near fine |
| $60 |
| *a404 Schapera, I |
| Married Life in an African Tribe |
| (London: FF: 1966) Second Impression. Cl. pp. 364. Illust. Map. Index. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a405 Belloc, H |
| Esto Perpetua: Algerian Studies and Impressions |
| (London: Duckworth: 1906) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. viii, 191. Illustrated with tipped-in coloured frontispiece and black and white text drawings. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Fine bright copy. |
| $80 |
| *a411 Fuller, W. Harold |
| Run While the Sun is Hot |
| (Published by Sudan Interior Mission - Printed in England: n.d.) Pict. bds pp. viii, 256. Illust. Maps, and maps on endpapers. A Short Bibliography. Index. Small excision from free front endpaper otherwise fine in clear dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a413 Dickson, Mora |
| New Nigerians |
| (London: Dobson: 1960) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 256. Illust. by the author. Maps on endpapers. Stamp of a defunct staff library twice (one cancelled). Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a416 Kantor, Cyril |
| The Big Thirst |
| (London: Robert Hale: 1958) First Edition Bds pp. 181. Illust. Glossary. The Kalahari Desert. Includes several hunting episodes. About fine in like dust-jacket. An owner's name. |
| $45 |
| *a419 Grzimek, Bernhard and Michael |
| Serengeti Shall Not Die |
| (London: Hamish Hamilton: 1960) First British Edition. Translated from the German by EL and D. Rewald. Introduction by Alan Moorehead. Dec. bds pp. 344. Illust. Map. Index. Maps on endpapers. About fine in very good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a422 Hamilton, Elizabeth |
| The Desert My Dwelling Place: A Study of Charles de Foucauld 1858-1916 |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1968) First Edition Cl. pp. 256. Illust. Maps. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Near fine in very good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a427 Jilek-Aall, Louise, MD |
| Call Mama Doctor: African notes of a young woman doctor |
| (London: Allen and Unwin: 1980) First British Edition. Bds pp. 219. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a428 Kay, June |
| The Thirteenth Moon |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Illust. Maps on endpaper. Life on board the amphibious DUKW in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. Very good in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a406 Holy, Ladislav |
| Masks and Figures from Eastern and Southern Africa |
| (London: Hamlyn: copyright 1967 by Artia, Prague) Edited by Margaret Carey from the translation by Till Gottheiner. Cl. pp. 68 (text) and i, 162 (plates) (278 x 242 mm) Photographed by Dominique Darbois. The Art of Africa (series). Very good in very good dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a580 FW Eggleston and others (Editorial committee) |
| The Peopling of Australia (Further Studies) |
| MUP: 1933) First Edition Cl. pp. 327. Indexes. Pacific Relations Series, No. 4. Contributions by KH Bailey, JB Brigden, etc. Fine |
| $50 |
| *a589 Torre, Stephen (Editor) |
| The Macquarie Dictionary of Australian Quotations |
| (Sydney: The Macquarie Library: 1990) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 432. Index. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a591 King, Jonathan |
| 'In the Beginning...': The Story of the Creation of Australia From the Original Writings |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1985) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 259 (295 x 220 mm) Illust. Index. About fine in very good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a594 Schubert, Helen (Compiled by) |
| A Pictorial History of the Luthern Church in Australia |
| (Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House: 1988) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 96 (255 x 210 mm) Profusely illustrated. Maps. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a596 Stone, Derrick I and Mackinnon, Sue |
| Life on the Australian Goldfields |
| (Frenchs Forest, NSW: Reed: this edition published 1982) Bds pp. 224 (295 x 215 mm) Profusely illustrated. Bibliography. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a597 Walker, Murray |
| Pioneer Crafts of Early Australia |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 172 (295 x 275 mm) Illust. Notes. Bibliography. Index. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a350 Nalty, Bernard C and Berger, Carl |
| The Men Who Bombed the Reich |
| (NY: Elsevier-Dutton: Copyright 1978 by Talisman-Parrish Books, Inc.) Printed in the USA - First Edition. Bds pp. viii, 184. Illust. List for Further Reading. Index. Men and Battle series. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a557 Robins, James G |
| The Wooden Wonder: A Short History of the Wooden Aeroplane |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1975) First Australian Edition. Bds pp. viii, 56 (inclusive of boards) (236 x 195 mm) Illust. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a559 Archbold, Rick |
| Hindenburg: An Illustrated History |
| (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson/Madison Press Book: 1994) First Edition Bds pp. 230 (287 x 305 mm) Illustrated from photographs and from paintings by Ken Marschall. Index. Handsome book of permanent interest. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a560 Shepherd, Christopher |
| German Aircraft of World War II |
| (Melbourne: Kookaburra: 1975) Australian Edition by arrangement with Sidgwick and Jackson. Bds pp. 144 (255 x 190 mm) Illustrated including a substantial section of colour photographs. Introduction by Adolf Galland. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a565 Brogden, Stanley |
| Sky Diggers: A Tribute to the RAAF |
| (Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs: n.d.) Pict. bds pp. 144. Illust. About fine |
| $30 |
| *a574 Lachambre, Henri and Machuron, Alexis |
| Andree and His Balloon |
| (Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co: 1898) First Edition Half leather bound cancelled Institute copy with label on fixed front endpaper and library number at foot of spine pp. 306. With coloured frontispiece and forty-four full-page illustrations from photographs. |
| $250 |
| *a575 Prepared for the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information |
| By Air to Battle: The Official Account of the British First and Sixth Airborne Divisions |
| (London: HM's Stationery Office: 1945) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 144 (228 x 145 mm) Seven maps. Very good |
| $30 |
| *a577 Prepared for the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information |
| The Air Battle of Malta: The Official Account of the RAF in Malta, June 1940 to November 1942 |
| (London: HM's Stationery Office: 1944) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 96 (228 x 176 mm) Illust. Maps. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a398 Smith, H. Maynard, DD, Canon of Gloucester |
| Frank Bishop of Zanzibar: Life of Frank Weston, DD 1871-1924 |
| (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: First published 1926) Tenth Thousand. Cl. pp. xvi, 326. Illust. Index. Lacks free front endpaper otherwise very good |
| $40 |
| *a379 Ravenscroft, BC |
| Carnation Culture for Amateurs: Containing Full Instructions for the Culture of Carnations of all classes in the open ground and in pots |
| (London: Gill: n.d.) (1898? - See advert. for 1899 book 'In Preparation'). Pict. wrs pp. iv, and iv, 94 and 2 and 16 publisher's adverts. Illust. Index. Price 1/-. Backstrip chipped and worn otherwise very good |
| $50 |
| *a385 Oldham, John and Ray |
| Gardens in Time |
| (Sydney: Lansdowne Press: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. 288 (295 x 220 mm) Illust. References. Bibliography. Index. 'This challenging book takes a revolutionary approach to the great gardens of the world'. Commercial bookplate. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a387 Yoch, James J |
| Landscaping the American Dream: The Gardens and Film Sets of Florence Yoch: 1890-1972 |
| (NY: Abrams/A Ngaere Macray Book: 1989) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 228 (275 x 225 mm) Illust. Maps. Endnotes. Selected Plant Lists. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a388 Chang, Hung Ta and Bartholomew, Bruce |
| Camellias |
| (London: Batsford: Copyright Timber Press 1984) First British Edition. Dec. cl. pp. viii, 211 (285 x 220 mm) Illust. Literature Cited. Index. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *a327 Nichols, Beverley |
| Powers that be |
| (London: Jonathan Cape: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 240. Illust. Nichols' account of people with gifts in phenomena 'which range from water-divining to telepathy, radiesthesia, clairvoyance, psychometry and spirit-healing', based on his personal experiences and observations. Fine in very good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a331 Evans-Wentz, WY, MA, DLitt, DSc, Jesus College, Oxford |
| Tibetan Yoga and secret doctrines or Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great Path, according to the late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering. |
| Arranged and Edited with Introductions and Annotations to serve as a Commentary by WY Evans-Wentz. (London: OUP: 1958) Second Edition. With Foreword by Dr. RR Marett and Yogic Commentary by Translator-Professor Chen-Chi Chang. Pict. cl. pp. xlii, 390. Illust. Index. Fore and lower edges uncut. Fine in very good dust-jacket. |
| $125 |
| *a333 Birdwood, Sir George CM, KCIE, CSI, etc. |
| SVA |
| (London: Warner/OUP, Bombay, Melbourne, Toronto: 1915) First Edition Edited by FH Brown. Dec. cl. pp. xxxii, 366. Good cancelled ex-Institute library copy with the usual labels, stamps and library number on spine. |
| $45 |
| *a353 Cornwell, Bernard |
| Sharpe's Eagle: Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign July 1809 |
| (NY: The Viking Press: 1981) First American Edition. Cl. backed bds pp. vi, 270. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $100 |
| *a579 Anderson, Ethel |
| Squatter's Luck and Other Poems |
| (MUP: 1942) First Edition Dec. bds pp. viii, 47. Introduction by the author. Fine in very good dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a581 Arthur, Henry |
| Disillusion, and Other Poems |
| (London: Stockwell: n.d.) Dec. clo. pp. 94 Errata Slip present. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a584 no author |
| Bulk Materials Storage, Blending and Sampling: Proceedings of the First Australian International Conference 15-17th March 1982, Sydney |
| (Sydney: IES Publications: 1982) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. xii, 444. Illust. Organised by International Exhibition Specialists, Sydney. 'Systems Design and Operation'. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a585 West, Morris |
| Vanishing Point |
| (NY: HarperCollins: July 1996) First printing. Cl. backed bds pp. x, 261. 'HarperPaperbacks' series though it is in fact in hard covers. This copy signed by Morris West on a bookplate pasted on free front endpaper. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a586 White, Patrick |
| The Twyborn Affair: A Novel |
| (London: Cape: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. 432. An owner's name at foot of Dedication page. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a349 Kemp, Peter |
| Decision at Sea: The Convoy Escorts |
| (NY: Elsevier-Dutton: Copyright 1978 by Talisman-Parrish Books, Inc.) Printed in the USA - First Edition. Bds pp. viii, 184. Illust. List for Further Reading. Index. Men and Battle series. Fine in dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a497 Landstrom, Bjorn |
| Sailing Ships in words and pictures from papyrus boats to full-riggers |
| (London: Allen and Unwin: Reprinted and re-issued in this larger format 1978) Bds pp. 191 (240 x 135 mm) Well illustrated. Sources. Index. Fine in dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a503 Frame, Tom |
| HMAS Sydney: Loss and Controversy |
| (Sydney: Hodder and Stoughton: 1993) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 300. Illust. Notes and References. Bibliography. Index. Appendixes include list of Officers and Men Lost at Sea in 'HMAS Sydney'. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a504 Knox-Johnson, Robin |
| The Twilight of Sail |
| (London: Sidgwick and Jackson: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. 192 (253 x 190 mm) Profusely illustrated. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a506 Porteus, Stanley |
| The Restless Voyage being an account by Archibald Campbell, Seaman, of his wanderings in five oceans from 1806 to 1812 - Written and published in Edinburgh in 1816 and Supplemented and Re-indited 1948 from Documents dealing with his further history in Scotland and America by Stanley D. Porteus, DSc. |
| (Published in London and Sydney by Harrap and The Australasian Publishing Co: 1949) First Edition Cl. pp. 280. Fine in very good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a317 Richards, Eulalia S, LRCP and S, Edin |
| Ladies' Handbook of Home Treatment |
| (Warburton, Victoria, Australia: Signs Publishing Company: 1953 Edition) Dec. cl. pp. 1040. Illust. including Manikin of the Female Figure. 'Containing the best modern methods for treatment of women's and children's diseases, with a comprehensive index of symptoms'. General Index. Pamphlet 'Directions for Emergency Confinement in the Home' in pocket at rear as required. This 1953 edition Revised and Enlarged. Marbled edges. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a523 Charlton, Peter |
| The Unnecessary War: Island Campaigns of the South-West Pacific 1944-45 |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1983) First Edition Bds pp. 188. Illust. Maps. Bibliography. Index. A Note on Sources. Fine inn fine dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a347 Frank, Benis M |
| Okinawa: The Great Island Battle |
| (NY: Elsevier-Dutton: Copyright 1978 by Talisman-Parrish Books, Inc.) Printed in the USA - First Edition. Bds pp. viii, 184. Illust. Maps. List For Further Reading. Index. Men and Battle series. Very good in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a348 Allen, William Lusk |
| Anzio: Edge of Disaster |
| (NY: Elsevier-Dutton: Copyright 1978 by Talisman-Parrish Books, Inc.) Printed in the USA - First Edition. Bds pp. x, 181. Illust. Maps. List For Further Reading. Index. Men and Battle series. Very good in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a351 Mitcham, Samuel W, Jr |
| Hitler's Field Marshals and their Battles |
| (London: Leo Cooper Ltd: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. 432. Illust. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a354 Mant, Gilbert |
| Grim Glory |
| (Sydney: Currawong: September 1955) New and Expanded Edition. Bds pp. 95. Map. Foreword by Lieut.-Gen. H. Gordon Bennett. 'Epic of Malaya' ie 'an epic feat of arms by a small force of Australian troops against the Japanese in Malaya in 1942'. An owner's name stamp. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a358 Modley, Rudolf |
| A History of the War in Maps - in Pictographs - in Words |
| (Washington-NY: Infantry Journal-Penguin Books - Printed in the USA: February, 1944) Second printing. Dec. wrs pp. xii, 180 (109 x 178 mm) A History of the War. A Fighting Forces - Penguin Special S 216. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a359 Archer, Thomas FRHS |
| The War in Egypt and the Soudan: An Episode in the History of the British Empire; being a descriptive account of the scenes and events of that great drama, and sketches of the principal actors in it. |
| In Four Volumes (London: Blackie and Son: n.d.) [Preface to Volume 1 dated Feb. 1887.] All brown cloth, decorated in black and lettered and decorated in gilt, bevelled boards pp. iv and viii, 288 and 4 publisher's adverts; viii, 288; viii, 272 and 4 publisher's adverts; ii and viii, 272 and 4 publisher's adverts (255 x 180 mm) With portraits (all with tissue guards still present), plates (wood engravings) and maps additional to pagination. Index. Fine set |
| $250 |
| *a360 Lawson, Henry |
| Song of the Dardanelles and Other Verses |
| (London: Harrap: 1916) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. 138 and 6 publisher's adverts. Frontis. Fore and lower edges uncut. Back cover heavily stained, slightly affecting spine and front cover; internally very good |
| $100 |
| *a363 Warner, Denis |
| Out of the Gun |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1956) First Edition Bds pp. 239. Illust. Index. Maps on endpapers. Wars in Asia after World War Two (Korea, Indo-China etc) Very good in chipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a509 Maitland, Major General Gordon L |
| The Second World War and its Australian Army Honours |
| (East Roseville, NSW: Kangaroo Press: 1999) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 160 (245 x 185 mm) Illust. Maps. Concludes with Register of Battle Honours and Recipients. Bibliography. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a510 Pearl, Cyril |
| The Dunera Scandal |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1983) First publication in Australia. Bds pp. vi, 234. Illust. Index. Subtitled 'Deported by Mistake' ie German and Austrian refugees from Nazisim sent to Australia in circumstances of great deprivation. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a511 Hamilton, Nigel |
| Master of the Battlefield: Monty's War Years 1942-1944 |
| (NY: McGraw-Hill 1983) First (US?) Edition. Bds pp. xxxii, 863 (about 60 mm thick). Illust. maps. Sources and Bibliography. Index. Fine in very good dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a512 Finlay, Iain |
| Savage Jungle: An Epic Struggle for Survival |
| (East Roseville, NSW: Simon and Schuster Australia: 1991) First Edition Bds pp. x, 438 (242 x 165 mm) Illust. Maps. Bibliography. Glossary. Account of an Australian battlion's heroic resistance to Japanese advance in Malaya, and sequel. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a514 Clisby, Mark |
| Guilty or Innocent? The Gordon Bennett Case |
| (North Sydney: Allen and Unwin: 1992) Second Impression. Bds pp. xviii, 134. Illust. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a516 Charlton, Peter |
| The Thirty-Niners |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. xx, 279. Illust. Maps. Sources. Index. Near fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a518 McAulay, Lex |
| The Battle of Coral |
| (Hawthorn, Victoria: Hutchinson: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 361. Illust. Maps. Index. Maps on endpapers. 'Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral May 1968'. Account of the biggest unit level battle involving Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *a519 Brune, Peter |
| The Spell Broken: Exploding the myth of Japanese invincibility |
| (St. Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin: 1997) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 304. Illust. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a520 Brune, Peter |
| The Spell Broken: Exploding the myth of Japanese invincibility |
| (St Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin: 1997) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 304. Illust. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a521 Rusbridger, James and Nave, Eric |
| Betrayal at Pearl Harbour: How Churchill Lured Roosevelt into World War II |
| (NY: Summit Books: 1991) (Second Impression). Cl. backed bds pp. 303. Illust. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a529 Medcalf, Peter |
| War in the Shadows: Bougainville 1944-45 |
| (Sydney: Australian War Memorial/Collins: 1986) First Edition Bds pp. x, 115. Illust. Maps. Glossary. Very good in fine dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a538 Brune, Peter |
| Those Ragged Bloody Heroes: From the Kokoda Trail to Gona Beach 1942 |
| (St. Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin: 1992) First paperback edition. Pict. wrs pp. xvi, 309. Illust. maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Near fine |
| $25 |
| *a543 Laffin, John |
| 'Damn the Dardanelles!': The Agony of Gallipoli |
| (South Melbourne: SunPapermac: 1985) First publication of this paperback edition. Pict. wrs pp. 224 (233 x 155 mm) Illust. Maps. Bibliography. Index. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a544 Robertson, John |
| Australia at War 1939-1945 |
| (Melbourne: Heinemann: 1981) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 269. Maps. References. Select Bibliography. Index. Maps on endpapers. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a547 Nelson, Hank |
| POW Prisoners of War: Australians Under Nippon |
| (Sydney: ABC Enterprises: 1985) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 224 (245 x 170 mm) Illust. Maps. Bibliography. Index. From the ABC Radio series. About fine |
| $30 |
| *a548 Arneil, Stan |
| Black Jack: The Life and Times of Brigadier Sir Frederick Galleghan |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1983) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 178. Illust. List of Military Personnnel. Index. Foreword by Sir Roden Cutler. About fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a550 Musmanno, Michael A |
| Ten Days to Die |
| (London: Peter Davies: 1951) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 310. Illustrated (On-the-Scene Photographs by D'Addario and Bayless). Index. Cancelled ex-Institute copy with label on fixed front endpaper and a few stamps; one corner of the blank rear free endpaper torn away; lettering on spine faded and no longer legible; however a serviceable copy of what we are given to understand is the first serious examination of what happened in Hitler's bunker in the final days before his death, including information from numerous eye-witnesses. |
| $40 |
| *a551 Robertson, John |
| Australia Goes to War 1939-1945 |
| (Sydney: Doubleday: 1984) Previously published as 'Australia at War 1939-1945'. Bds pp. 224 (285 x 210 mm) Illust. Maps. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a554 Perrett, Bryan |
| The Battle Book: Crucial Conflicts in History from 1469 BC to the Present |
| (London: Arms and Armour Press: 1992) First Edition Bds pp. 349. Select Bibliography. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a555 Jones, J. Sydney |
| Hitler in Vienna 1907-1913 |
| (NY: Stein and Day: 1983) First publication in USA. Translation of 'Hitlers Weg begann in Wien, 1907-1913'. Cl. backed bds pp. xiv, 350. Illust. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Jacket subtitle 'Clues to the Future'. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a556 Horner, DM |
| Crisis of Command: Australian Generalship and the Japanese Threat, 1941-1943 |
| (Canberra: Australian National University Press: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. xxii, 395. Illust. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in very good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a370 Berkeley, Rev. MJ, MA, FLS |
| Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany |
| (London: H. Bailliere: 1857) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. x, 604. With 127 Illustrations on Wood, Drawn by the Author. A List of some of the most useful Works and Memoirs relating more or less to Cryptogamic Botany in General, and Its Several Branches. Index. Cancelled label of a defunct Institute library on fixed front endpaper; a few stamps; a library number in white at foot of spine; internal front hinge cracked; otherwise fine and overall a very good copy |
| $400 |
| *a371 Perry, Richard |
| Shetland Sanctuary; Birds on the Isle of Noss |
| (London: FF: 1948)First Edition Cl. pp. 300. Illust. Two folding maps. Index to Birds. Spine and in part top of front and back boards sunned, otherwise fine |
| $30 |
| *a372 Spawls, Stephen |
| Sun, Sand and Snakes |
| (NY: Morrow: 1979) First US Edition. Bds pp. 254. Illust. List of Scientific Names. About fine |
| $25 |
| *a373 Edlin, HL |
| The Living Forest: A History of Trees and Timbers |
| (London: Thames and Hudson: 1958) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 310. Concludes with 'The Gaelic Alphabet of Tree Names', 'The Trees of Music', 'Firewoods'. Index. An owner's name. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a374 Taylor, Nigel P |
| The Genus Echinocereus |
| (The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in assoc. with Collingridge, London: 1986) Second Impression. Bds pp. 160. Illust. Maps. Bibliography. Index to Specific and Infraspecific Epithets. A Kew Magazine Monograph. 'The definitive botanical and cultural guide, including a full taxonomic revision with a key to and descriptions of the 44 accepted species'. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a375 Bennett, Isobel |
| The Fringe of the Sea |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1974) Revised Edition. Bds pp. 261. Illust. (photography by FG Myers and Keith Gillett). Index. Signed by the Author. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a377 Greenoak, Francesca |
| All the Birds of the Air: The names, lore and literature of British Birds |
| (London: Andre Deutsch: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. 349. Illust. by Alastair Robertson. Index. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a378 Costin, AB: Gray, M; Totterdell, CJ and Wimbush, DJ |
| Kosciusko Alpine Flora |
| (Melbourne: CSIRO/Sydney: Collins: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. 408. Illust. Map. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a380 Bateman, Rev. Gregory C, AKC |
| Freshwater Aquaria: Their Construction, Arrangement and Management, With descriptions of the most suitable Water-plants and Live Stock, and How to Keep Them. |
| (London: 'The Bazaar, Exchange and Mart' Office: n.d.) Third Edition, Revised The First Ed. was 1890. This copy has neat gift inscription dated 'Xmas 1920'. Pict. cl. pp. viii, 352. Illust. Index. Near fine |
| $50 |
| *a381 Jenkins, Robert and Bartell, Roger |
| A Field Guide to Reptiles of the Australian High Country |
| (Melbourne: Inkata Press: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 278. Illust. Maps. Glossary. Further Reading. General Index. Index to scientific names. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a382 Strange, Ian |
| The Bird Man: An Autobiography |
| (London: Gordon Cremonesi: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. 182 (265 x 178 mm) Illust. Index. Maps on endpapers. 'The modern successor to Audubon'. Small gift inscription. Fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a383 Fairchild, David (Assisted by Elizabeth and Alfred Kay) |
| The World Was My Garden: Travels of a Plant Explorer |
| (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1944) Cl. pp. xvi, 494. Illust. Wide-ranging and includes Java, Egypt, Nova Scotia, Afghanistan, and numerous other countries and areas. Index. Spine sunned and as a result discoloured otherwise about fine |
| $75 |
| *a384 Macdonald, JD (with contribution by DL Serventy) |
| Birds of Australia: A Summary of Information |
| (Sydney: Reed: 1973) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 552 (255 x 190 mm) Illust. by Peter Slater. Analysis of Families. Species Distribution. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a391 Fitzpatrick, HM (Edited by) |
| The Forests of Ireland: An Account of The Forests of Ireland from Early Times Until the Present Day |
| (Published for the Society of Irish Foresters/Printed by The Record Press, Wicklow: n.d.) Editor's Acknowledgements dated April, 1965. Cl. pp. xii, 156 (252 x 190 mm) Illust. Bibliography. Index. Three maps and leaflet in pocket at rear. Signed by the Editor. Very good |
| $50 |
| *a392 Waite, (The late) Edgar R., FLS, CMZS |
| The Reptiles and Amphibians of South Australia |
| (Adelaide: Harrison Weir print: January 31st, 1929) Wrs pp. 272. Edited by Herbert M. Hale, Curator, SA Museum. With 192 illustrations. Index. Handbooks of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia (series). Fine |
| $150 |
| *a395 Fairchild, David |
| Garden Islands of the Great East: Collecting Seeds from the Philippines and Netherlands India in the Junk 'Cheng Ho' |
| (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1944) (First Edition? Copyright 1943) Cl. pp. xvi, 239. Illust. Index. Pictorial map on endpapers. About fine |
| $100 |
| *a414 Merfield, Fred G (with Harry Miller) |
| Gorillas Were My Neighbours |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1956) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 249. Illust. Map. Merfield's life among the gorillas of the West African forests. Chapter 4 'Big Game Hunters', and also other hunting references (Merfield 'has been described as the greatest white hunter in Africa). Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a590 Linn, Rob |
| Nature's Pilgrim: The life and journeys of Captain SA White, naturalist, author, and conservationist |
| (Netley, SA: Government Printer; 1989) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 172. Illust. maps. Select Bibliography. Index. A couple of neat stamps (one cancelled), scuff marks to rear endpapers, very light tape marks to cloth, otherwise about fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *a340 Spence, Lewis |
| The Occult Sciences in Atlantis |
| (London: The Aquarian Press: This impression March 1970) Bds pp. xiv, 11-136. References. Fine in damaged dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a341 Williamson, George Hunt |
| Other Tongues - Other Flesh |
| (London: Spearman: 1965) First British Edition. Bds pp. 448. Illust. Map. Bibliography. Fine in fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a315 no author |
| Friends' Library, Consisting Principally of Journals and Extracts from Journals and Other Writings of Members of the Society of Friends. Vol. III |
| (Lindfield: Printed at the Schools of Industry: 1837) Cl. with gilt lettered titling piece on spine pp. x, 342 (125 x 92 mm) Very good |
| $40 |
| *a316 no author |
| Early Days; or, The Wesleyan Scholar's guide, for the Year 1860. Volume XV |
| (London: John Mason) Dec. cl. pp. iv, 380 (131 x 82 mm) Illust. Index. Covers faded; stains to endpapers and to the coloured Kronheim frontispiece; otherwise good to very good copy |
| $35 |
| *a319 Hogg, Jabez, MRCS, FRMS |
| The Microscope: Its History, Construction, and Application being a familiar introduction to the use of the Instrument, and the Study of Microscopical Science |
| (London and NY: George Routledge and Sons: 1898) Fifteenth Edition - Reconstructed, Re-written, Revised, and Enlarged Throughout. Maroon cloth, lettered and pictorially gilt on spine pp. xxiv, 704. With upwards of Nine Hundred Engraved and Coloured Illustrations by Tuffen West and other Artists. Index. Fore and lower edges uncut. A little rubbing to lower edges of boards from being shelved and to the extremities of the boards. Near fine copy |
| $180 |
| *a320 South Australian Railways |
| A Continuous Run of 61 South Australian Railways Annual Reports from 1914-1915 to 1974-75 inclusive. |
| Two in red full leather (1916-17 and 1917-18) the rest in red cloth, lettered in gilt, 325 x 220 mm or thereabouts. Variously illustrated, folding maps, tables, charts, plates. These have not been collated exhaustively but they have been examined carefully. Fine |
| $1500 |
| *a433 Scott-Moncrieff, David (with St. John Nixon and Clarence Paget) |
| Three-Pointed Star: The Story of Mercedes-Benz Cars and their Racing Successes |
| (London: Cassell: 1955) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xvi, 360. With frontispiece and 40 pages of half-tone illustrations. Index. An owner's name. Fine |
| $50 |
| *a435 Monkhouse, George FRPS |
| Grand Prix Racing: Facts and Figures |
| (London: GT Foulis: May, 1953) Second Edition (Revised). Dec. cl. pp. xii, 296. Richly illustrated. Index to Tables. Covers period 1894 to 1952. An owner's name. Fine in very good dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a436 Garrett, Richard |
| Anatomy of a Grand Prix Driver |
| (London: Arthur Barker: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. 160. Illust. Index. An owner's name. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a437 Stewart, Jackie and Manso, Peter |
| Faster! |
| (London: William Kimber: 1972) First Edition Bds pp. 208. Illust. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a443 Nicholson, TR |
| The Wild Roads: The Story of Transcontinental Motoring |
| (London: Jarrolds: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. xviii, 302. Illust. Bibliography. Maps. Index. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a444 Gilltrap, Terry and Maree |
| Gilltraps' Australian Cars from 1879: A History of Cars Built in Australia |
| (Sydney: Golden Press: 1981) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 64 (285 x 215 mm) Illust. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a445 Wilson, Stewart (Managing Editor) |
| Australian Motor Racing Year 1985/86 |
| (Killara, NSW: Berghouse: 1986) Bds pp. 320 (290 x 220 mm) Illust. No. 15 in the series. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a446 Priestley, Susan |
| The Crown of the Road: The story of the RACV |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1983) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 170 (266 x 185 mm) Illust. Index. (Royal) Automobile Club of Victoria. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a447 Carroll, Brian |
| Hurry Back: An Illustrated Centenary History of Mayne Nickless |
| (Melbourne: Mayne Nickless: 1986) First Edition (paperback issue). Pict. wrs pp. 172 (296 x 208 mm) Illust. Index. Integral to history of motor transport in Australia. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a451 Aichele, Tobias (with Eberhard Kittler and Ursula von Hanstein) |
| Huschke Von Hanstein: The Racing Baron |
| (Koln: Konemann: Copyright 1999) This English edition translated by Peter L. Albrecht. Bds pp. 288 (260 x 222 mm) Illust. Maps. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a452 Dean, Frederick E (Edited by) |
| Power and Speed: The Story of the Internal Combustion Engine on Land, at Sea, and in the Air |
| (London: Temple Press: September 1938) First Edition Pict. bds pp. vi, 250 (285 x 210 mm) Illustrated including folding plates. A few tape marks to endpapers. About fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $150 |
| *a453 Wright, OD and White, ELD |
| London to Calcutta 1938 |
| (Bedford, UK: Little Hills Press: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. 128 (261 x 265 mm) Illust. Maps on endpapers. Three months spent driving Ted Wright's old Morris car from London to Calcutta. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a454 Easdown, Geoff |
| Ford: A History of the Ford Motor Company in Australia |
| (Sydney: Golden Press: 1987) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 160 (294 x 230 mm) Illust. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a399 Carson, JB |
| Sun, Sand and Safari: Some Leaves from a Kenya Notebook |
| (London: Robert Hale: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Illust. Map. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Covers a period of twenty years as a District Officer: 'Big game, birds, scenery, climbing Kilimanjaro, tribal life, and Kenya's history - all are here'. Gift inscription. About fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a402 Gatti, Ellen |
| Exploring We Would Go |
| (London: Robert Hale: 1950) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 302. Illust. Account of expedition into a tabu section of the Belgian Congo in search of the rare Okapi. Gift inscription. An owner's name stamp several times. Very good in dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a412 Balsan, Francois |
| Capricorn Road |
| (London: Arco: September 1954) First Edition Translated from the French by Pamela Search. Bds pp. 252. Illust The author led the first expedition across Southern Africa. Includes lion hunting. Very good in dust-jacket.d |
| $60 |
| *a421 Cowley, Clive |
| Fabled Tribe: A Journey to Discover the River Bushmen of the Okavango Swamps |
| (London: Longmans: This edition first published 1969) Bds pp. xx, 232. Illust. maps. Bibliography. Index. Very good in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a426 Hudson, Peter |
| A Leaf in the Wind: Travels in Africa |
| (London: Columbus Books: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. 267. Illust. map. Widely-travelled author's first book. An owner's name. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a429 Gordon-Brown, A, FRGS, FRHistS |
| Madeira and the Canary Islands: A Concise Guide for the Visitor |
| (London: Robert Hale: 1963) Third Edition. Issued for The Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company. Cl. pp. 162 and 38 advertisements. Illust. Maps. Indexes. Maps on endpapers. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a430 Hillaby, John |
| Journey to the Jade Sea |
| (London: Constable: 1964) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 234. Illust. Maps on endpapers. A foot safari with camels of eleven hundred miles across 'one of the most formidable deserts in the world' ie east of Lake Rudolf - the Jade Sea on the borders of Kenya and Ethiopia. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a458 Baedeker, Karl |
| Southern Germany (Wurtemberg and Bavaria): Handbook for Travellers |
| (Leipzig: 1907) Tenth Revised Edition. With 30 Maps and 23 Plans. Near fine |
| $70 |
| *a459 Baedeker, Karl |
| Central Italy and Rome: Handbook for Travellers |
| (Leipzig: 1909) Fifteenth Revised Edition. With 19 Maps, 55 Plans and Views, and the Arms of the Popes since 1417. Fine |
| $80 |
| *a460 Baedeker, Karl |
| Southern Italy and Sicily with excursions to Sardinia, Malta and Corfu |
| (Leipzig: 1912) Sixteenth Revised Edition. With 30 Maps and 34 Plans. Fine |
| $80 |
| *a461 Baedeker, Karl |
| Northern Germany as far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers |
| (Leipzig: 1910) Fifteenth Revised Edition. With 47 Maps and 81 Plans. Fine |
| $80 |
| *a462 Baedeker, Karl |
| Southern France from the Loire to the Spanish and Italian Frontiers including Corsica |
| (Leipsic: 1891) First Edition With 14 Maps and 19 Plans. Fine |
| $200 |
| *a464 Baedeker, Karl |
| Northern Italy including Ravenna, Florence, and Pisa: Handbook for Travellers |
| (Leipzig: 1930) Fifteenth Revised Edition. With 45 Maps, 59 Plans and Diagrams, and a Panorama. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a465 Baedeker, Karl |
| Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers |
| (Leipzig: 1907) Sixteenth Revised Edition. With 14 Maps and 38 Plans. Fine |
| $60 |
| *a470 Baedeker, Karl |
| Italy: Handbook for travellers. Third Part: Southern Italy and Sicily with excursions to the Lipari Islands, Malta, Sardinia, Tunis, and Corfu |
| (Leipsic: 1877) Sixteenth Edition, Remodelled and Augmented. With 8 Maps and 12 Plans. Good to very good copy |
| $200 |
| *a471 Baedeker, Karl |
| Switzerland, and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol Handbook for Travellers |
| (Leipsic: 1879) Eighth Remodelled Edition. With 24 Maps, 10 Plans, and 9 Panoramas. Lacks free front endpaper. Good copy |
| $60 |
| *a473 Baedeker, Karl |
| Italy: Handbook for Travellers. Second part: Central Italy and Rome |
| (Leipsic: 1900) Thirteenth revised Edition. With 11 Maps, 46 Plans, a Panorama of Rome, a View of the Forum Romanum, and the Arms of the Popes since 1417. Near fine |
| $80 |
| *a474 Baedeker, Karl |
| Italy: Handbook for Travellers. First Part: Northern Italy including Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna, and Routes through Switzerland and Austria |
| (Leipsic: 1899) Eleventh Remodelled Edition. With 25 Maps and 35 Plans. The Plans of Genoa and Florence have suffered from poor refolding with a little resultant loss, and the leaves of text adjacent to the map of Florence have been neatly repaired; otherwise very good |
| $45 |
| *a475 Baedeker, Karl |
| Italy: Handbook for Travellers. Second part: Central Italy and Rome |
| (Leipsic: 1879) Sixth Edition. With 1 Panorama, 7 Maps, and 27 Plans. Some loss to Section II of the folding Plans of Rome; a little marginal damage to some early leaves: still a good copy |
| $150 |
| *a476 Baedeker, Karl |
| Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers. |
| (Leipzig: 1927) Eighth Revised Edition. With 94 Maps and Plans, and a Panorama. Marginal fraying to one Plan otherwise very good copy |
| $45 |
| *a477 Baedeker, Karl |
| Paris and Environs with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers |
| (Leipsic: 1898) Thirteenth revised Edition. With 12 Maps and 33 Plans. Near fine |
| $60 |
| *a479 no author |
| A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Buxton, The Peak, Dovedale, Etc: With Special Chapter for Motorists |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Eighteenth Edition - Revised. Seventy Illustrations. Plan of Buxton, Two District Maps, and Map of Dovedale. Hotel and Boarding House Directory 1937-38. Very good |
| $30 |
| *a480 Mackie, JD, MC, MA (Historical Section) and Finlay, TM, MA, DSc, FRSE (Geology and Scenery) |
| The Complete Scotland: A Comprehensive Survey, Based on the Principal Motor, Walking, Railway and Steamer Routes |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Fourth Edition - Revised. Twenty-Eight Maps and Plans. Index. About fine in fair dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a481 Blair, Lyle (Edited by) |
| The Butlin Holiday Book 1949-50 |
| (London: Designed and Produced by Adprint exclusively for Butlin's Limited) Pict. bds pp. 256. Illust. The first Bulin annual. Very good |
| $80 |
| *a484 McMinnies, WG, AFC, BA (Oxon) (Invented by) |
| Twelfth Edition - Home, Air and Overseas - Signpost: An Independent Guide to Pleasant Ports of Call in Britain and the Channel Isles |
| (London: Trade Agent - Simpkin, Marshall [1951] Ltd.) Dec. cl. pp. 480 (245 x 153 mm) Illust. Maps. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a598 Tregonning, KG |
| North Borneo |
| (London: HM's Stationery Office: 1960) First Edition Cl. pp. xiv, 274. Illust. Further Reading. Glossary. Index. Folding map. Corona Library (series). Fine in very good dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a599 Trager, Helen G (Edited by) |
| We the Burmese: Voices from Burma |
| (NY: Praeger: 1969) First Edition Cl. pp. xx, 297. Illust. Chronology. Further Reading. List of Works by Burmese Authors. Index. Voices from the Nations (series). Fine in very good dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a600 Hudson, WH |
| Idle Days in Patagonia |
| (London: Dent: This edition 1923) Title first published in 1893. Dec. cl. pp. xii, 252 and 8 publisher's adverts. Illust. Index. Free front endpaper has been removed also scuffing part of fixed front endpaper; spine lightly sunned; otherwise very good |
| $40 |
| *a601 Conyers-Keynes, S |
| A White Man in Thailand |
| (London: Hale: 1950) First Edition Cl. pp. 253. Illust. Front panel of dust-jacket. pasted on free front endpaper and front flap of it pasted on fixed front endpaper. About fine |
| $50 |
| *a602 Mi Mi Khaing |
| Burmese Family |
| (London: Longmans, Green: November 1946) First Edition Cl. pp. vi, 138. Illust. by EGN Kinch. Glossary. About fine in damaged dust-jacket. (most of its spine is absent). |
| $45 |
| *a606 Johnston, Charles Hepburn |
| The View from Steamer Point: Being an Account of Three Years in Aden |
| (London: Collins: 1964) First Edition Cl. pp. 224. Illust. Index. Maps on endpapers. Near fine in good (chipped) dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a607 Fitze, Sir Kenneth KCIE |
| Twilight of the Maharajas |
| (London: John Murray: 1956) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 180. Illust. Index. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a610 Wright, Richard |
| Pagan Spain |
| (London: The Bodley Head: 1960) First British Ed. Bds pp. 191. 'A challenging and outspoken book on Spain and its people today by the author of Native Son' About fine in dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a611 Lee, Michael and Hanka |
| Cyprus |
| (Melbourne: Wren: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. 208. Illust. Chronology. Climatic Table. Bibliography. Index. The Islands Series. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a612 no author |
| Handbook to Paris and its Environs |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Eleventh Edition - Revised and Enlarged. Suggest 1920s publication. Cl. pp. 224. With Plan of the City, May of the Environs, Plans of the Bois de Boulogne, Versailles, the Louvre, the English Channel, Calais, Boulogne, and Map of the Battlefields. Seventy Illustrations. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a613 Pennell, Joseph and Elizabeth Robins |
| Our Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1888) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. xvi, 268. Illust. Folding map. All edges uncut. Remnants of a removed (bookplate) on fixed front endpaper. Fine |
| $75 |
| *a614 Mackenzie, WM (Described by) and Pisa, Alberto (Painted by) |
| Pompeii |
| (London: A and C Black: 1910) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xii, 180 (225 x 165 mm) Twenty colour plates and four black and white plates, all with captioned tissue guards, and all additional to pagination. Folding Map at rear. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Gift inscription. Fine |
| $75 |
| *a615 Uris, Leon |
| In the Steps of Exodus |
| (London: Heinemann: This edition 1962) Cl. pp. 283 (285 x 222 mm) Copiously illustrated from photographs by Dimitrios Harissiadis. Fine in good repaired dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a619 Reboux, Paul |
| Belle Neige Belle Glace |
| (Paris: Editions Alpina: n.d.) Gift inscription dated January 1932. Pict. wrs pp. 63 (230 x 180 mm) Avec 8 gravures hors-texte en couleurs d'apres les originaux d'Alfredo et de nombreuses vignettes dans le texte. Amusing book on snow sports, in French throughout, and with vivid illustrations. Spine chipped and faded otherwise very good copy |
| $60 |
| *a621 Thos, Cook and Son (Australasia) Pty. Ltd. (Incorporated in Victoria) |
| How to See Europe Season 1949 organised and managed by Cook's World Travel Service: England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark |
| (Melbourne: The Craftsman Press Pty Ltd) Pict. wrs (Eiffel Tower on front) pp. i, 8, i, (255 x 110 mm) Illust. Has been at some time folded across its middle. Very good |
| $25 |
| *a339 Thomas, Paul |
| Flying Saucers Through the Ages |
| Translated from the French by Gavin Gibbons. (London: Spearman: 1965) First English edition. Bds pp. 192. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a344 Williamson, George Hunt |
| Secret Places of the Lion |
| (London: Spearman: November 1966) Fifth Impression. Bds pp. x, 230. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
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