HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand Books

West Melbourne Victoria Australia: Thomas Nelson (Australia) Limited, 1978 This is a first edition ex library copy of this book on the history and culture of the Australian Aboriginal. The aboriginal lifestyle concepts of living as a part of nature rather than against nature and destroying it are explained and the tragic clashes between the white man and the original owners since colonisation. This book and jacket are in a good solid shape. Jacket is enclosed in the library plastic sleeve and is very good e... more information

Offered by ReadBeFore Books (Victoria, Australia) +/-

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1987. Usual library marksClear contact over covers.90 pages with b/w illustrations.Creatures from prehistoric Australia.. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Peter Schouten. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. ... more information

Offered by Terra Australis Books (Queensland, Australia) +/-

Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2003 Standard shipping for US, Europe, Australia, Middle East, USD6.50, 2 or 3 weeks. Paperback. As New. vii, 248 p.; 23cm. ... more information

Offered by Humanica (Japan) +/-

Sydney, Australia: Ambascol Press Pty Ltd, 1976. FINE book condition/VERY GOOD dust jacket. Dark turquoise hard cover with bright gilt design on lower front corner & bright gilt lettering on spine. Very tiny trace of rub to bottom front corner & bottom of spine. Otherwise this book is pristine. Glossy dust jacket with minor corner, edge & spine end rubs & som small surface scratches & light shelf scuff. Includes an Addendum page. Profusely illustrated in full color. "This book tells an engrossing s... more information

Offered by Denney Book Shelf (Kansas, United States) +/-

Australia: Oxford University Press. 1998. Reprint. S Soft Cover. Very Good ++. 248pp. Figure and number written on corner of title page, some underlinings and highlighting throughout. Laminating lifting a little at corners. ... more information

Offered by Isabella Booksellers (New South Wales, Australia) +/-

Australia: Melbourne University Press. 1999. First Edition. S Card Covers. Near Fine. 114pp. No markings or inscriptions. ... more information

Offered by Isabella Booksellers (New South Wales, Australia) +/-

HB, VG, 263 PAGES, APPROX 10" BY 7", 750 GRAMS.... more information

Offered by Best Used Books (Australia) +/-

Routledge, 2007-12-11. Paperback. New. Brand New. In Stock. Order Now. Over 900,000 CD/DVD. Ship out within 1 business day. International Shipping is available. ... more information

Offered by www.HarvardBooksellers.com (Illinois, United States) +/-

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-01. Paperback. New. Brand New. In Stock. Order Now. Over 900,000 CD/DVD. Ship out within 1 business day. International Shipping is available. ... more information

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Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks. 1988. 0671662392 Paperback, good. Some shelf wear.. ISBN: 0671662392. ... more information

Offered by Safe Harbor (California, United States) +/-

Melbourne University Publishing, 2007. 1st edition. Paperback. Very Good to Fine Condition. Maxine was wearing one of her favourite looks, a cardigan or jacket draped over her shoulders like a small cape. It makes her look like an So-year-old North Shore matron. I long to say, 'For Christ's sake, woman, just put your arms through your bloody sleeves!' Maybe it's a Brisbane thing. journalist Margot Saville shadowed Maxine McKew for six months to write the inside story of the 2007 election ... more information

Offered by 3rdHouseBooks (New South Wales, Australia) +/-

Melbourne University Press, 2000. Read once, gently. Clean, unmarked, tight copy. Spine not creased. "This very important work is a fundamental rewriting of Australian history from 1943 to 1968. It argues that after World War II, Australian defence policy was premised on Joint nuclear weapons development with the United Kingdom; and that while this endeavour failed, it shaped domestic and foreign policy until the end of the 1950s. Nuclear weapons have traditionally been seen as American and British con... more information

Offered by Chris Oliwa (Ontario, Canada) +/-

South Melbourne: Bill Coffey, 1990. 179 pp. Covers a little creased and worn. Spine uncreased. Apart from some severe abrasion on the half title page, pages are clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Family history of the Irish-Australian Brackens, with emphasis on the part played by Mounted Constable Hugh Bracken in the story of Ned Kelly, Australia's most notorious bushranger.. First. Paperback. Good+. Illus. by Bridge, Claire. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Wormhole Books (Victoria, Australia) +/-

Angus Robertson, 1978. Revised Edition. Paperback. Very Good Condition - neat clean copy. this study of political life in a small country community goes to the seat of the problem of social inequality , the,attitudes, and behaviour of the townspeople themselves. Written after two years of participant observation it is at once an absorbing factual account of everyday relations between people.and groups of people and a significant, refreshing contribution to Australian sociology and community studies.<L... more information

Offered by 3rdHouseBooks (New South Wales, Australia) +/-

Australia: Angus & Robertson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Boards and spine excellent. Yellowing and spotting to page edges. ; Owner inscription to top end page. Private library stamp at bottom. A superb copy: JACKET: Spine sunned; slight bruising to spine. . ... more information

Offered by Retriever Books (New South Wales, Australia) +/-

Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1980 Firsr Ed ..History of the bicycle in Australia. Missing front map endpaper. crease on DJ Marks on cloth hardcover O/W very good copy, 248 pgs. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

Offered by Whitle's Rare Books (Queensland, Australia) +/-

Australian Govt. Publishing Service, 1978. Reprint with corrections.. Softcover - Stiff Card Boards - Large. Good Condition - ex lib, minimal markings, neat clean text pages. Contents: Fire in the natural Enviroment. The Australian Scene. Combustion and heat Transfer. Fuel. Fire Weather. Fire Behaviour. Fire Effects.. Firebreaks, access and Fuel Reduction. Fire prevention. Detection. Communications. equipment. Fighting Fires with water and Chemicals. Air Operations. Fire Suppression. Safety and Survival. ... more information

Offered by 3rdHouseBooks (New South Wales, Australia) +/-

Melbourne University Press, 1983. 1st edition. Hardcover With Dust Jacket (Plastic Covered). Very Good Condition, ex lib. 'As the bells in the tower of Sydney's General Post Office chimed eight o'clock on the evening of Friday 1 July 1932, the peals were picked up by a microphone and carried to every State of the Federation. This is the Australian Broadcasting Commission, said the announcer, Conrad Charlton.' The event so described marked the inauguration of a great Australian institution ... more information

Offered by 3rdHouseBooks (New South Wales, Australia) +/-

Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire, 1961. 171 pp. Anthology. Pieces by William Dampier, Henry Savery, Samuel Sidney, R.E.N. Twopeny, Emily Soldene, Mark Twain, D.H. Lawrence, Thomas Wood, Egon Kisch, Francis Ratcliffe, Alan Ross, Roderick Cameron, Malcolm Muggeridge, Arnold Toynbee, John Douglas Pringle, . First. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Wormhole Books (Victoria, Australia) +/-

Adelaide: Rigby Ltd., 1969. 233 pp. B&W plates, illustrations, maps to endpapers. Top page edge with some foxing. Boards with light edgewear, particularly at corners and spine. Dustjacket with some light edgewear, and a faded spine.. First. Hard Cover. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Wormhole Books (Victoria, Australia) +/-