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| *a1400 Leach, Barbara (Edited by) |
| The Aborigine Today |
| (London: Hamlyn: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. 160 (285 x 208 mm) Illustrated (Photography by Roderick Hulsbergen). Notes. Bibliography Notes on the writers (who include Lorna Lippmann, Colin Tatz, Frank Hardy etc.) About fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1397 Finey, George |
| The Mangle Wheel: My Life |
| (Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. x, 182 (245 x 182 mm) Illust. Index. Autobiography of Australian artist most noted as a caricaturist. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1656 Newton, Douglas |
| The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection - Masterpieces of Primitive Art |
| (London: Thames and Hudson: 1980) First British Edition Dec. cl. pp. 264 (300 x 225 mm) With 254 colour Plates from Photography by Lee Boltin. Foreword by Andre Malraux. Introduction by Nelson A. Rockefeller. Catalog. Bibliography Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a1402 Mobbs, CL |
| Commonwealth Bank of Australia in the Second World War: An outline of the Bank's principal wartime activities from the outbreak of war in September 1939, to the termination of hostilities in September, 1945 |
| (Sydney: John Sands: 1947) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 330. Frontispiece. Roll of Honour. Index. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a1404 Gunther, John |
| Inside Australia and New Zealand. Completed and Edited by William H. Forbis |
| (London: HH: 1972) First Edition Bs pp. xiv, 370. Illust. Maps. Bibliography Index. Jacket says 'Completed and revised by William Forbis'. Maps on endpapers. Index. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1405 Gunther, John |
| Inside Australia and New Zealand. Completed and Edited by William H. Forbis |
| (London: HH: 1972) First Edition Bs pp. xiv, 370. Illust. Maps. Bibliography Index. Jacket says 'Completed and revised by William Forbis'. Maps on endpapers. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1408 Pringle, John Douglas |
| Australian Accent |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1958) First Edition Cl. pp. 204. Illust. by George Molnar. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a1419 Beadell, Len |
| Beating about the Bush |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Ownership inscription lightly whited over on half-title page. About fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1420 Beadell, Len |
| Still in the Bush |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. x, 175. Illust. maps on endpapers. Inscription on verso of free front endpaper and Ownership inscription on half-title page both whited over. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1443 Ford, Margaret |
| End of a Beginning |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1963) First Edition Bds pp. 191. Illust. map. Foreword by Rev. Fred McKay, Superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission. About fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a1446 Trezise, Percy |
| Last Days of a Wilderness |
| (Sydney: Collins: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. 216. Illust. Fine in fine dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a1451 Franklin, Miles |
| My Career Goes Bung: Purporting to be the Autobiography of Sybylla Penelope Melvyn |
| (Melbourne: Georgian House: 1946) First Edition Cl. pp. 234. Near fine in fair dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1456 Scott, Ernest |
| Laperouse |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1912) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 104. Illust. Maps. A library number at foot of spine; a cancelled 'Due Date' form on free rear endpaper and a corner sleeve to fixed rear endpaper; o/w near fine |
| $40 |
| *a1459 Winter-Irving, WA |
| Beyond the Bitumen |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 200. Illust. The author's 'early life in the Victorian countryside and on huge cattle and sheep properties in Queensland'. Fine in about fine dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1461 Blakeley, Fred |
| Dream Millions: New Light on Lasseter's Lost Reef |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1972) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 187. Maps on endpapers. Some flecking to covers; internally fine or near. |
| $30 |
| *a1464 Herman, Morton (Edited with an Introduction by) |
| Annabella Boswell's Journal |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1965) First Edition Cl. pp. xx, 185. Frontispiece. Folding Plans. Maps on endpapers. An owner's name. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1470 Melville, Henry |
| The History of Van Diemen's Land From the Year 1824 to 1835, inclusive During the Administration of Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur |
| (Sydney: Horwitz-Grahame: 1965) First Edition Edited with an Introduction, Notes and Commentary by George Mackaness. Bds pp. 199. Illust. Notes. Index. Fine |
| $45 |
| *a1478 Holthouse, Hector |
| Cyclone |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 179. Illust. List of Some Notable Eastern Australian Cyclones 1867-1970. Index. Maps on endpapers. Fine in fine dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1485 Carboni, Raffaello |
| The Eureka Stockade |
| (Melbourne: Dolphin Publications: 1947) First publication of this edition - the only previous trade edition was the Author's own in 1855. Pict. wrs pp. 178 and two publisher's adverts. Introduction by Brian Fitzpatrick. A Dolphin Book (series). V.g. |
| $35 |
| *a1490 Stewart, Douglas |
| A Man of Sydney: An Appreciation of Kenneth Slessor |
| (West Melbourne: Nelson: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 191. Illust. Select Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1493 Portus, GV (Edited by) |
| Studies in the Australian Constitution |
| (Sydney: AR in conj. with The Australian Institute of Political Science: 1933) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 236. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a1496 Blacket, Wilfred, KC |
| May It Please Your Honour: Lawyers and Law Courts of the Olden Times in New South Wales |
| (Sydney: Cornstalk: 1927) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 276. Gift inscription About fine |
| $40 |
| *a1498 Biaggini, EG |
| You Can't Say That!: An Autobiographical Essay |
| (Adelaide: Pitjantjara: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. 240. An important teacher of English in Austrlia and 'the pioneer of adult education in South Australia'. Presentation copy with signed inscription by the Author. About fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1500 Clune, Frank |
| Overland Telegraph; The Story of a Great Australian Achievement and the Link Between Adelaide and Port Darwin |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1955) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xviii, 238. Illust. maps. Bibliography Maps on endpapers. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $80 |
| *a1502 McGuire, Paul |
| Inns of Australia |
| (London: Heinemann: 1952) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 284. Illust. Index. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $75 |
| *a1504 Uren, Malcolm |
| Land Looking West: The Story of Governor James Stirling in Western Australia |
| (London: OUP: 1948) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 316. Illust. Maps in text and folding map at rear. Bibliography Index. An owner's name on free front endpaper. Spine lightly sunned; generally v.g. and perhaps near fine copy. |
| $100 |
| *a1505 Madigan, CT |
| Crossing the Dead Heart |
| (Melbourne: Georgian House: 1948) Reprint. Cl. pp. xiv, 172. Illust. Folding map. Index. An Australiana Society Publication. Ownership inscription (Light) tape stains to endpapers o/w about fine in repaired dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a1506 Porter, George |
| Wanderings in Tasmania |
| (London: Selwyn and Blount: n.d.) (First Edition) Cl. pp. 288 and 32 being publisher's '1936 Spring List'. Map on fixed front endpaper. Some unrelated cuttings pasted on rear fixed endpaper. A couple of ownership inscriptions. Edges somewhat foxed; generally v.g. copy |
| $75 |
| *a1508 Collins, Dale |
| The Haven: A Chronicle |
| (London: Heinemann: 1925) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 320. Novel. Lettered 'Heinemann's Colonial Library' at foot of spine. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a1510 Casey, Gavin and Mayman, Ted |
| The Mile That Midas Touched |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. 236. Illust. Map. Bibliography Maps on endpapers. 'The Story of Kalgoorlie'. A couple of owners' names. V.g. in dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a1521 Abbott, CLA (Administrator of the Northern Teritory from 1937 to 1946) |
| Australia's Frontier Province |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1950) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 218. Illust. Index. Maps on endpapers. Gift inscription V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a1528 Clarke, G. Lindesay |
| Built on Gold: Recollections of Western Mining |
| (Melbourne: Hill of Content: 1983) First Edition Dec. bds pp. xii, 258. Illst. Maps on endpapers. Glossary of Technical Terms. Index. An owner's name. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1542 Southall, Ivan |
| Woomera |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 264. Illust. from photographs and with maps and drawings. Index. Fine or thereabouts in like dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a1665 Beadell, Len |
| Beating About the Bush |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1653 Marriott, Michael |
| Desert Taxi: The Story of an Achievement by a Veteran London Taxi-Cab |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1956) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 150. Illust. Map showing route from Tangier through Algiers, across Algeria and ending up in Kano, Nigeria. With A Foreword by Sir Leonard Lord, Chairman of the British Motor Corporation. The journey was made from London in a twenty-year-old Austin taxi. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1562 Graves, Charles |
| The Thin Blue Line |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) 19th Thousand. Cl. pp. 240. Account of seven youths of various backgrounds who joined the Royal Air Force in October 1939. Illust. with Official Air Ministry Photographs. An owner's name. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a1633 Palmer, Joan |
| Goggles and God Help You: Pioneer airwoman Freda Thompson OBE and some of her contemporaries |
| (Printed by The Dominion Press-Hedges and Bell, Maryborough, Victoria: 1986) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 200. Illust. Bibliography Index. Maps on endpapers. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a1635 Boyle, Andrew |
| No Passing Glory: The Full and Authentic Biography of Group Captain Cheshire VC, DSO, DFC |
| (London: Collins: 1955) First Edition Bds pp. 384. Frontispiece. List of Books Consulted. Index. Ownership inscription Good to v.g. copy |
| $25 |
| *a1638 Dwiggins, Don |
| Flying Daredevils of the Roaring Twenties |
| (London: Arthur Barker: 1969) First British Edition (published in America by Grosset and Dunlap under the title of 'The Barnstormers'). Bds pp. viii, 152 (240 x 185 mm) Illust. Books for Further Reading. Index. Adventures in Flight (series). An owner's name. Near fine in fair dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1640 Baxter, Raymond |
| Raymond Baxter's Farnborough Commentary |
| (Cambridge: Patrick Stephens: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. 112 (245 x 205 mm) Profusely illustrated. Foreword by John Cunningham. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1676 Bartz, Karl |
| Swastika in the Air: The Struggle and Defeat of the German Air Force 1939-1945 |
| (London: William Kimber: 1956) First British Edition Translated from the German by Edward Fitzgerald. Cl. pp. 204 and 4 publisher's adverts. Illust. Fine in good dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1409 Pullar, Philippa |
| Frank Harris A Biography |
| (NY: Simon and Schuster: 1976) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. 444. Illust. List of Published Works by Frank Harris. Select Bibliography Index. An owner's namestamp and a date on title-page; and namestamp twice more. About fine in good dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a1441 Ronan, tom |
| Deep of the Sky: An Essay in Ancestor Worship |
| (London: Cassell: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. xviii, 224. Frontispiece. Maps. About fine in fine price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a1460 Samuel, HJ |
| Wild Flower Hunter: The Story of Ellis Rowan |
| (London: Constable: 1961) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 152. Illust. by Maie Casey. Bibliography V.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a1469 Hasluck, Alexandra |
| Portrait with Background: A Life of Georgina Molloy |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1955) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 284. Illust. Maps. References. Bibliography Index. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a1471 Barnard, Marjorie |
| Miles Franklin |
| (Melbourne: Hill of Content: 1967) Revised and Enlarged Edition. Bs pp. xviii, 174. Illust. Chronology. Notes and References. Selected Bibliography Index. Fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $45 |
| *a1473 Lane, Elizabeth |
| Hal Gye: The Man and His Work |
| (North Ryde, NSW: Angus and Robertson: 1986) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 353. Illust. Fine in fine dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1489 Crisp, LF |
| Ben Chifley: A Biography |
| (London: Longmans: n.d.) (First Edition Preface dated August 15, 1960). Cl. pp. xii, 428. Illust. Index. V.g. in damaged dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1515 Hague, RM |
| Sir John Jeffcott: Portrait of a Colonial Judge |
| (Melbourne University Press: 1963) First Edition Cl. pp. vi, 132. Frontispiece. A Note as to Sources. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1525 Burchell, David |
| My World: An autobiography |
| (Adelaide: Printed by Gillingham/Published by the Author: November 1988) First Edition Cl. pp. vi, 253 (255 x 175 mm) Illust. Among other achievements, a pioneer of skin diving in Australia. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by David Burchell Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1533 Abbott, Edith S |
| Everybody's Friend: The Inspiring Career of Kate Cocks, MBE |
| (Adelaide: The Hassell Press: 1939) First Edition Wrs pp. x, 69. Frontispiece. 'School Teacher, Social Worker, Woman Police Officer, Philanthropist, Preacher, and Friend of the Needy'. She founded the Women Police in SA A little damage to spine o/w v.g. |
| $30 |
| *a1538 Chisholm, AR |
| Men were my milestones: Australian Portraits and Sketches |
| (MUP: 1958) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. viii, 146. Includes Christopher Brennan. Small scuff to free front endpaper o/w fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1539 Hoyle, AR |
| King O'Malley: 'The American Bounder' |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 186. Illust. Index. Astonishing figure in Australia's Parliamentary history. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1661 Watts, Barry (Compiled by) |
| The World of the Sentimental Bloke |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1976) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 128 (210 x 280 mm) Illust. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a1687 Downs, Ian |
| The Last Mountain: A Life in Papua New Guinea |
| (St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press: 1986) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 298. Illust. Maps. An old price at head of title-page. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1517 Chua, Cathy |
| Australian Chess at the Top |
| (Oaklands Park, SA: Pioneer Books: March 1998) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 195. Illust. Index. A history of the Australian Chess Championship, the Olympiad team and the beginnings of chess in Australia Fine |
| $20 |
| *a1454 O'Sullivan, John |
| Mounted Police in NSW |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. x, 150. Illust. 'A history of heroism and duty since 1821'. A couple of tape marks on free front endpapers and a bookplate on fixed front endpaper. Near fine in fine dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1467 Chamberlain, Sir Roderic |
| The Stuart Affair |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 312. Illust. Newspaper cutting tipped on to free front endpaper with tape. An owner's name stamp. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1481 Clune, Frank |
| Captain Melville |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1956) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 216. Illust. by Virgil Reilly. Bushranger. Tape stains on both free endpapers o/w fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1499 Clune, Frank |
| Murders on Maunga-Tapu: A history of the crimes committed on the lonely slopes of Maunga-tapu (the 'Sacred Mountain') in New Zealand in the year 1866 |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1959) First Edition Bds pp. xx, 181. Map. V.g. in good dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1522 Hall, VC |
| Dreamtime Justice |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1962) First Edition Dec. bds pp. 160. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Former Territorian police man's account of the Caledon Bay killings and their ramifications (Arnhem Land, NT) Gift inscription at head of title-page; v.g. in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1536 Brock, Daniel George |
| To the Desert With Sturt: A Diary of the 1844 Expedition |
| (Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, SA Branch: 1975) First Edition Edited with a Preface and Introduction by Kenneth Peake-Jones. Cl. pp. xxvi, 222. Frontispiece and facsimiles. Maps on endpapers. An owner's name. A bookshop's stamp on free front endpaper. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $75 |
| *a1395 McCaskill, LW |
| Molesworth |
| (Wellington: Reed: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. 292. Illust. Maps. Bibliography and Sources. Index. Maps on endpapers. History of Molesworth, then New Zealand's largest pastoral run, from the (white) explorers onwards. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1445 Davey, Jack |
| Hi, Ho! Everybody! |
| (Melbourne: The National Press: 1945) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 96. Illust. by Bob Mirams and Jack Davey. Backstrip chipped (about half missing) and a few chips to front wrapper; internally about fine. |
| $40 |
| *a1410 Stock, Noel |
| A Call to Order: Essays and Reviews 1954-1974 |
| (Five Dock, NSW: South Head Press: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. 1410. Includes pieces on EE Cummings, Poetry in Australia, James McAuley, Reflections on Eliot, Lowell and Larkin, etc. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a1421 Stewart, Mary |
| The Wicked Day |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1983) First Edition Bds pp. 350. Author's Note. Maps on endpapers. Gift inscription About fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1450 Keneally, Thomas |
| Three Cheers for the Paraclete |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1968) First Edition Cl. pp. vi, 240. Keneally's fourth novel. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1453 Herbert, Xavier |
| Disturbing Element |
| (London: Angus and Robertson: 1963) First British Edition Bds pp. viii, 271. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1518 Heyward, Michael |
| The Ern Malley Affair |
| (University of Queensland Press: 1993) First Edition Bds pp. xx, 284. Introduction by Robert Hughes. Illust. 'The literary hoax of the twentieth century'. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1526 Spence, Catherine Helen |
| A Week in the Future |
| (Sydney: Hale and Iremonger: 1987) First Edition thus. Bds pp. 136 (278 x 220 mm) Illust. Select Bibliography Index. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1679 Golding, William |
| The Pyramid |
| (London: Faber and Faber: 1967) First Edition Cl. pp. 217. Near fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a1680 Ginzburg, Ralph |
| An Unhurried View of Erotica |
| (London: Secker and Warburg: 1959) First Edition Pict. cl. (blocked in blind) pp. 128 (268 x 180 mm) Introduction by Dr. Theodor Reik. Preface by George Jean Nathan. Bibliography of One Hundred Titles. Index. About fine in good dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1681 Nichols, Beverley |
| Beverley Nichols' Cats' ABC |
| (London: Cape: 1960) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 124 (238 x 162 mm) Illust. by Derrick Sayer. About fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1685 Cleary, Jon |
| The Country of Marriage |
| (London: Collins: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. 320. Small Gift inscription About fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a1507 McLaughlin, WRD |
| Call to the South: A Story of British Whaling in Antarctica |
| (London: White Lion: 1976) First publication of White Lion edition. Bds pp. 188. Illust. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a1511 Lindsay, J. Murray |
| Sailor in Steam |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. x, 147. Illust. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a1567 Stenhouse, Commander JR, DSO, OBE, DSC |
| Cracker Hash: The Story of an Apprentice in Sail |
| (London: Percival Marshall: 1955) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 240. Frontispiece. About fine in fair (chipped) dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1609 Edwards, Hugh |
| The Wreck on the Half-Moon Reef |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 193. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Bibliography Index. Wreck of the 'Zeewyk' on the reefs around the Abrolhos Islands and aftermath. About fine in like dust-jacket |
| $50 |
| *a1611 no author |
| Devon: The Shire of the Sea Kings |
| (London: Issued by the Great Western Railway Company: March, 1926) Fifth Edition (Second Impression). Dec. wrs pp. 140. Illust. Folding maps. Fine in original rice paper jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1612 McGibbon, IC (Historical Publications Branch, Department of Internal Affairs) |
| Blue-Water Rationale: The Naval Defence of New Zealand 1914-1942 |
| (Wellington, NZ: PD Hasselberg print: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. xxii, 446. Illust. Maps. Bibliography Index. Some light stains to top edge; near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a1613 Winton, John |
| Sir Walter Ralegh |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. 352 (252 x 195 mm) Illust. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a1615 Ruhen, Olaf |
| Opening the Oceans |
| (Sydney: Nautical Press: n.d.) (First Edition) Bds pp. vi, 222 (266 x 195 mm) Illust. Folding chart in pocket at rear. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $50 |
| *a1619 Padfield, Peter |
| The Great Naval Race: The Anglo-German Rivalry, 1900-1914 |
| (London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon: 1974) First Edition Bds pp. 382. Illust. Bibliography References, Notes. Index. Some foxing to top edge; an owner's name; near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1671 Johnston, George H |
| Grey Galdiator: HMAS Sydney with the British Mediterranean Fleet |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1941) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 184. Illust. Appendixes: Brief Biographies of ships; Sea Power in the Mediterranean. Gift inscription About fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1543 Shirer, William L |
| 20th Century Journey: A Memoir of a Life and times - Volume II: The Nightmare Years 1930-1940 |
| (Boston: Little, Brown: 1984) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. xviii, 654. Illust. Index. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1544 McAulay, Lex |
| Blood and Iron: The Battle for Kokoda 1942 |
| (Milsons Point, NSW: Hutchinson Australia: 1991) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 432. Illust. Footnotes. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1545 Doyle, Arthur Conan |
| The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1915 |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1917) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 259. Maps including folding map. Index. Uniform with the same Author's 'The British campaign in France and Flanders 1914' which preceded it. Near fine |
| $75 |
| *a1547 Foot, MRD |
| SOE: An outline history of the Special Operations Executive 1940-46 |
| (London: BBC: 1984) First Edition Bds pp. 280. Illust. Map. References. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1548 Dean, Major General William F (as told to William L. Worden) |
| General Dean's Story |
| (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1954) First British Edition Bds pp. xiv, 238. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Korean War Chronology. Experiences of US general captured by the Communists in Korean War. Small suff to front cover. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a1551 Rusbridger, James and Nave, Eric |
| Betrayal at Pearl Harbor: How Churchill Lured Roosevelt into World War II |
| (NY: Summit Books: Copyright 1991) (Second Impression). Cl. backed bds pp. 303. Illust. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1553 Burgess, Pat |
| Warco: Australian Reporters at War |
| (Richmond, Victoria: William Heinemann Australia: 1986) First Edition Bds pp. x, 254. Illust. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1555 Clark, Mavis Thorpe |
| No Mean Destiny: The Story of the War Widows' Guild of Australia 1945-85 |
| (South Yarra, Victoria: Hyland House: 1986) First Edition Dec. bds pp. xii, 288. Illust. Bibliography Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1558 Hammel, Eric |
| Munda Trail: The New Georgia Campaign |
| (NY: Orion Books: 1989) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. xx, 252. Illust. Maps. Bibliography Index. List of US and Japanese forces on New Georgia. 'Turning the tide against Japan in the South Pacific'. An owner's name. Fine in fine dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1560 Buckley, K and Klugman, K |
| 'The Australian Presence in the Pacific': Burns Philp 1914-1946 |
| (North Sydney: Allen and Unwin: 983) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 392. Illust. Maps. Maps on endpapers. In three parts: 'War and imperialism'; 'The 1920s'; 'Depression and war'. Index. Fine |
| $45 |
| *a1564 no author |
| Royal Army Medical Corps Training 1911 |
| (London: HM's Stationery Office: Reprinted 1914 - 40/WO/1295) Cl. pp. x, 453 plus blanks at rear plus pp. 19 of publisher's adverts front and rear. Illust. Index. Good to v.g. copy |
| $35 |
| *a1570 McKie, Ronald |
| Echoes from Forgotten Wars |
| (Sydney: Collins: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. 269. Maps. Chronology as Appendix. Asia and Australia; India and Burma; Greece and Italy; Northern Europe. Memories of a war correspondent. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1573 Giap, General Vo Nguyen |
| People's War People's Army: the Viet Cong Insurrection Manual for Underdeveloped Countries |
| (NY: Praeger: 1967) Third Printing. Cl. pp. xl, 219. Illust. Maps. Foreword by Roger Hilsman. 'Vo Nguyen Giap - Man and Myth', by Bernard B. Fall (a Profile of Giap); Facsimile Edition of 'People's War, People's Army' by General Giap. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1575 McKay, Gary |
| Delta Four: Australian Riflemen in Vietnam |
| (St. Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin: 1996) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. xx, 313 and 3 publisher's adverts. Illust. Maps. Glossary. Endnotes. Index. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a1577 Cross, JP |
| 'A Face Like a Chicken's Backside': An Unconventional Soldier in South East Asia, 1948-1971 |
| (London: Greenhill Books/Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books: 1996) First Edition Bds pp. 238. Illust. Maps. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1579 Hooton, ER |
| The Greatest Tumult: The Chinese Civil War 1936-49 |
| (London: Brassey's: 1991) First Edition Bds pp. xl, 216. Illust. Maps. Notes. Bibliography Reading List. Map on front endpapers. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1581 Pickering, William, MM and Hart, Alan |
| The Bandits of Cisterna |
| (London: Leo Cooper: 1991) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 170. Illust. Map. Index. Pickering's role in assisting the Italian Resistance to defeat the Germans in Northern Italy and more significantly in preventing the collapse of Italy into civil war. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1582 Edwards, Roger |
| Panzer: A Revolution in Warfare, 1939-1945 |
| (London: Brockhampton Press: This edition 1998) Pict. bds p. 256 (250 x 195 mm) Profusely illust. Bibliography and Source Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1583 Bishop, Jim |
| FDR's Last Year: April 1944-April 1945 |
| (London: Hart-Davis, Mac Gibbon: 1975) First British Edition Bds pp. xiv, 690. Bibliography Index. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1586 Warner, Lavinia and Sandilands, John |
| Women Beyond the Wire: A Story of Prisoners of the Japanese 1942-45 |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1982) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 289. Illust. Map. Bibliography Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket |
| $50 |
| *a1589 Parkhurst, Hardy |
| Diary of a Soldier |
| (Edinburgh: The Pentland Press: 1993) First Edition Bds pp. xx, 272. Illust. Day by day account of Parkhurst's military experiences from 1941 to 1946 with the Second Battalion of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers including North Africa, Italy, Greece. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1592 Perrett, Bryan |
| A History of Blitzkrieg |
| (London: Robert Hale: 1983) First Edition Bds pp. 296. Illust. Maps. Select Bibliography General Index. Index of Military Formations. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a1639 Brickhill, Paul |
| Escape - Or Die: Authentic Stories of The RAF Escaping Society |
| (London: Evans Brothers: July 1953) Reprint. Cl. pp. 223. Illust. With a commentary by HE Bates and a foreword by Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a1655 Kenyon, John and Ohlmeyer, Jane (Edited by) |
| The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1638-1660 |
| (Oxford: OUP: 1998) First Edition Bds pp. xxiv, 391. Illust. Maps. Notes. Select Bibliography Chronology. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1541 Glennon, James |
| Australian Music and Musicians |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1968) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 291. Illust. Index. An owner's name blotted out with blue ink o/w about fine |
| $30 |
| *a1501 Barrett, Sir James (Edited by) |
| Save Australia: A Plea for the Right Use of Our Flora and Fauna by Various Writers |
| (Melbourne: Macmillan: 1925) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 213. Illust. Maps. Index. Fine in good dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a1524 Galbraith, Jean |
| A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of South-East Australia |
| (Sydney-London: Collins: 1977) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 454. Illust. Bibliography Glossary. Index. Maps on endpapers. Includes the temperate regions of NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Queensland. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *1647 Dewar, James |
| The Unlocked Secret: Freemasonry Examined |
| (London: William Kimber: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. 272. Illust. Index. Diagrams setting out the Inter-relation of the various Masonic Orders and Degrees on endpapers. From a collection protected by mothballs and with residual scent of same. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1413 Morrison, Tony |
| Pathways to the Gods: The Mystery of the Andes Lines. |
| Incorporating the Work of Gerald S. Hawkins. (Salisbury, Wiltshire: Michael Russell: 1978) First (British) Edition. Bds pp. 208. (244 x 170 mm) Illust. Bibliography Index. Near fine in like d/j |
| $30 |
| *a1561 Robson, RW, FRGS (Compiler and Editor) |
| The Pacific Islands Year Book 1944 |
| (Sydney: Printed by Sydney and Melbourne Publishing Co: 1944) Fifth (Wartime) Edition. Published by Pacific Publications (Fiji) Ltd., Suva, Fiji. Bds pp. 384. Illust. Maps. Index. Ownership inscription Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a1396 Charlton, Bobby |
| Bobby Charlton's Book of European Football Number 3 |
| (London: Souvenir Press: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. 128 (235 x 185 mm) Illust. Foreword by Bill Shankly. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a1399 Williams, David (Editor) |
| Performing Arts Year Book of Australia Vol. 5 - 1980 |
| (Sydney: Showcast: 1981) Bds pp liv, 428 (260 x 195 mm) Illust. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1535 McGuire, Paul (With Betty Arnott and Frances Margaret McGuire) |
| The Australian Theatre: An Abstract and Brief Chronicle In Twelve Parts With Characteristic Illustrations |
| (London-Melbourne: OUP: 1948) First Edition Printed in Melbourne. Cl. pp. xiv, 184. Fine |
| $35 |
| *a1683 Bolitho, Hector |
| Marie Tempest |
| (London: Cobden-Sanderson: 1936) First Edition Cl. pp. 345. Illust. A Record of Marie Tempest's Appearances. Index. Fore and lower edges uncut. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a1455 Manuel, DL |
| Men and Machines: The Brambles Story |
| (Sydney: Ure Smith: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. xxiv, 147. Illust. Chronology. Who's Who. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1465 Fuller, Basil |
| Nullarbor Lifelines |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 214. Illust. Near fine in fine dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1432 Nuffield |
| Nuffield Motoring Atlas |
| (Cowley-Oxford: The Nuffield Organisation: August 1951) Dec. limp cl. pp. 63 (278 x 215 mm) Maps (England and Wales and Scotland); Town Plan of London; Town Plans - General; Steep Hills in Scotland; Mileage Chart; Early Closing and Market Days; Ferry Services in Scotland; Where Service Can Be Obtained (Nuffield Distributors, Dealers and Retail Dealers, pp. 47-63). V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a1439 no author |
| Rheinland, Germany |
| (Heidelberg: Badischer Fremdenverkehrsverbandk EV - US Zone: November 1951) Pict. wrs pp. 36 (208 x 198 mm) Illust. Maps. Text in English, German and French in parallel. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a1614 Heyerdahl, Thor |
| The Tigris Expedition: In Search of Our Beginnings |
| (London: Allen and Unwin: 1980) First Edition Cl. pp. 333. Illust. References. Index. Maps on endpapers. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a1654 Lohndorff, Ernst |
| The Forest of Fear |
| (London: Souvenir Press: 1956) First English Edition (Translated by Mervyn Savill from the German). Bds pp. 182. Illust. Orchid Hunting in the 'Green Hell' of the Amazon. An owner's name. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a1428 Burden, Rosemary |
| A Family Tradition in Fine Winemaking: One Hundred and Twenty Five Years of Thomas Hardy and Sons 1853-1978 |
| (Adelaide: The Board of Directors: August 1978) First Edition Pict. bds pp. viii, 103 (245 x 184 mm) Illust. Index. V.g. |
| $25 |