HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand Books

Hahndorf, South Australia: Fox Publishing Pty. Ltd., 1979. 150 g.; 96 pages, introduction by compiler and bibliography. The card covers have french flaps and on those French flaps is a list of the first 52 families who settled in Hahndorf on the verso so side of the front cover is a guide to Hahndorf, and on the rear cover is a list of the first owners of selections in Hahndorf. The text is illustrated with contemporary black-and-white photographs, contemporary black-and-white illustrations and illustrat... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin, 1977. 225g; 248 pp, 4 pages of advertisements, editor's note, introduction by author. Illustrated front cover, showing 'Intercolonial Exhibition', Melbourne -- 1866, with beige background and black and white right on front panel & spine. Corners of the book slightly scuffed and there are some rubbing marks to the front and back panels. The paper edges are brown. "....Town Life in Australia gives us a fascinating and unusually frank picture of daily lif... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

Adelaide: Rigby, 1966. 500 g; XII, 248 pages, and illustrated with 12 pages of black-and-white photography. Double page end page maps, showing the locations of the towns spoken of, the front map having the original bookseller's sticker at the lower right-hand corner of the front pastedown. Photographic illustrated dustwrapper. The dustwrapper is lightly rubbed across the bottom edge, with splits at both fold over creases. There is a 0.25 inch tear at the top left of the front panel. Despite its com... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press., 1994 165pp, appendix, bibliography, num col & bw photographs. As new copy. Begun as a catalogue of the collections of the National Museum of Australia, this volume grew into a fascinating account of a little-known aspect of Australian social history, surveying material from all over Australia. From spears, shields and throwing sticks, to hockey. marbles and fireworks this books builds a composite picture of the lives of Aboriginal children in the past and in the pres... more information

Offered by Lawrence Jones (Australia) +/-

Menthuen and Co. Ltd, 1985. Very Good condition.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Little Lane Books (Australia) +/-

Canberra, ACT, Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press, 1991. Usual library marks and wear. 360 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ... more information

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

Melbourne.: Lansdowne Press., 1962. 211pp. 8vo. B/w plates, maps. VG green boards lettered in gilt, contents VG. Dustjacket rubbed, edgeworn, fragments missing but attractive, G++. [How the Bush Brotherhood, a bachelor order of Anglican priests took Christianity to the Outback.]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good to Very Good. ... more information

Offered by Lost for Words: Books & Ephemera (New Zealand) +/-

London.: Jonathan Cape., 1980. B/w photographs, maps on endpapers. 256pp. Octavo. VG brown boards lettered in gilt, very lightly marked; internally VG. A VERY NICE COPY.. First Australian Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

Offered by Lost for Words: Books & Ephemera (New Zealand) +/-

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1998. ex-lib w/usual markings, VERY GOOD+ hardcover, no marks in text, tight square spine; an exceptionally clean copy, appears unread. Hard Cover. Very Good. Ex-Library. ... more information

Offered by Book Dispensary (Ontario, Canada) +/-

New Zealand: West Auckland Historical Society Inc., 1998. Signed by Author on Title Page. Illustrated Wraps, staple bound. 64 pages. B/w photos & illustrations. A crisp, clean copy. A "Folk History" of life in New Lynn, Auckland, between about 1940 to 1954. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Sikabooks (New Zealand) +/-

Illawara Alpine Club, 1986. 1st edition. Hardcover With Dust Jacket - Large. Very Good Condition, neat tight copy, very good Dust Jacket. The book reveals the story of a dedicated band of people who dared to dream and who had the fortitude to build that dream on a gentle slope of the Smiggins Bowl. Interwoven in the text is a fascinating historical account of the development of Australia's central skiing resorts, of Perisher Valley and Srniggin Holes and the people who foresaw the enormous potential o... more information

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

Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1962. 525 grammes; 216 pages., last two blank, acknowledgements, appendices. Endpapers illustrated by map, showing areas visited by the Bush Brotherhood. Black and white map frontispiece, showing the area where Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd worked. Within the text there are black and white photographs. In color boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners of book are slightly rubbed and the head and the heel of spine are soft and bumped. There are foxing marks to the ... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1962. 525 grammes; 216 pages., last two blank, acknowledgements, appendices. Endpapers illustrated by map, showing areas visited by the Bush Brotherhood. Black and white map frontispiece, showing the area where Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd worked. Within the text there are black and white photographs. Green coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners of book are slightly rubbed and the head and the heel of spine are soft and bumped. The spine is cocked. Lig... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

Australia: Viking O'Neil., 1987. A VERY NICE COPY. 582pp. Qto. B/w photographs, illustrations. Top right corner of front free endpaper clipped otherwise fine in VG+ (spine sunned) dustjacket. Heavy item, extra postage may be required - please enquire before ordering. . Reprint.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. ... more information

Offered by Lost for Words: Books & Ephemera (New Zealand) +/-

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press., 1997. First printing in trade paperback. 343 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Minor rubbing to covers, scrape/bump to top edge has caused creasing in text, text is clean and unmarked. Very Good.. ... more information

Offered by Ken Jackson (Alberta, Canada) +/-

Auckland, New Zealand: HarperCollins, 1997. Pictorial Card Covers. 127 pages includes Glossary & Notes.B/w illustrations. Gift inscription inside front cover otherwise in pristine condition. Authentic re-tellings. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +. Illus. by Jamie Boynton . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Sikabooks (New Zealand) +/-

Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire for Australian Book Society, 1958. VI, 138 pp., preface by author. Grey coloured boards with ochre coloured illustration on front panel and ochre coloured writing on spine. The corners are slightly rubbed and shelf wear is evident to the bottom edges of the book. The head and heel of the spine are bumped. The internal pages are brown. Illustrated dustwrapper, with grey background and black and white writing on front panel and on spine. The corners are slightly rubbed that t... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

St Leonards, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin, 1999. 370 g.; II, 3-40 pages acknowledgements, introduction by author, glossary and index. Green coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with colour drawings, maps and sketches by John Nicholson. Colour illustrated the front cover, by John Nicholson, with green and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. To the top right-hand corner of the front panel is a metallic copper sticker stating "The Children's Book Council of Australia -- Sho... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1978. 800 g; X, 214 pages, last three pages blank (intentionally), indexed, includes sources and notes. Illustrated throughout with contemporary reproductions of drawings advertisements and photographs, and facsimiles of documents. Colour illustrated dust jacket, has faded on the spine section from exposure to light. Slight rubbing to the top of the dust jacket at the fold over tips and head of the spine, and slight loss of colour through rubbing to the bot... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1957. 110pp, index, ills.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 8vo. Melbourne. ... more information

Offered by Global Village Books (Queensland, Australia) +/-