TRAVEL / Australia & Oceania Books

Sydney, NSW, Australia: ACP Publishing Pty, Limited, 2006. 240 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Australia's best known skindiver and underwater filmmaker. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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

Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1972. Large format hardcover, first printing, beautiful gift copy, book is flawless, dustjacket is n excellent condition, light rubbing on the rear panel is the only flaw, the original gold slipcase is also quite nice, it has light rubbing also and a small bump on the bottom corner, features six hundred of these marine gastropods on 106 colour plates and 32 black-and-white plates and diagrams, includes musch descriptive text, a glossary, and an index. ISBN: 080481015X. 1st ed.. Ha... more information

Offered by Mainly Books (Pennsylvania, United States) +/-

Adelaide: Rigby, 1975. Original Cloth. An outstanding collection of full colour illustrations (ills and photos) of all Australian water birds. Dj slightly edgre worn, but repaired and protected. 88pp.. ISBN: 0727017470. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to. AUSTRALIAN WATER BIRDS, BIRDS AUSTRALIANA NATURAL HISTORY. ... more information

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

Adelaide: Rigby, 1970, 1982. An outstanding collection of full colour illustrations (ills and photos) of all Australian water birds. Dj slightly edge worn, but repaired and protected. 88pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. AUSTRALIAN WATER BIRDS, BIRDS 072701747 AUSTRALIANA NATURAL HISTORY. ... more information

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

Sydney: Sydney Water Board, 1961. xviii,348pp, index, endpaper maps, fold out diagrams. photos. From first settlement to 1960 Owner name else ex. copy in red cloth covered boards.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Large 8vo. water sewerage. ... more information

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

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1981. viii,40pp + 130 photos of open boats and boatmen from 1880 to 1940. A very good coy. ISBN: 0207146411. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Landscape 4to. Sailing. ... more information

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

Adelaide: Rigby, 1978. 96pp Text and paintings of Melbourne's waterfront by Bill Brodie. Gift inscription else vg copy in like dj.. ISBN: 0727004735. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by W.A.D. Brodie. Landscape 4to. Melbourne. ... more information

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

Sydney: John Sands Pty. Ltd., 1951. 127 pp. Text illustrated by either full-page or vingrette black and white illustrations by Cedric Emanuel. Blue cloth boards with silver embossed illustration on the front cover, with silver writing on front panel and on the spine. Corners are badly bumped and the cloth has faded. There is a 3" spit in the cloth on the spine gutter of the front panel. The spine is badly sunned and there is softening of the head and heel of spine. Gift inscription is on the ffe... more information

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

Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1958. XIV, 294pp., foreword by The Right Hon. R. G. Menzies, author's foreword, acknowledgements, appendix and list of illustrations. Black and white photographic frontispiece and black and white photography illustrates the text. End of papers are illustrated by maps, both different, front endpaper illustrated by map of the Murray Valley, and back endpaper illustrated by a map of Australia. Tan coloured boards with black writing on the spine. Slight bumping to the ... more information

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

Adelaide: Rigby, 1978. 700g.; 96 pp., list of illustrations. Coloured endpapers. Illustrated title page. The text is illustrated with either coloured or black and white illustrations by the author. Dark blue coloured boards with white writing on the spine. Rubbing to the corners and to the head and heel of backstrip. Dust marks to the top paper edge. There are some minor marks to the front endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper, again by author: " The old Gellibrand Light in Hobson Bay", w... more information

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

Fremantle, Western Australia: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1978. 84pp., acknowledgements. Throughout the book there are black-and-white illustrations by Geoffrey Wake. Illustrated front cover, again by Geoffrey Wake, with white background and black writing on the front panel and spine. The white background has become dull, marked and quite faded. Creasing to the top rear corner of the book. Scuffing to the book panels as well. Marking to the internal pages. On the verso of the front cover the author ... more information

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

Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1958. XIV, 294pp., foreword by The Right Hon. R. G. Menzies, author's foreword, acknowledgements, appendix and list of illustrations. Black and white photographic frontispiece and black and white photography illustrates the text. End papers are illustrated by maps, both different, front endpaper illustrated by map of the Murray Valley, and back endpaper illustrated by a map of Australia. Tan coloured boards with black writing on the spine. Slight bumping to the hea... more information

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

Adelaide: Rigby, 1978. 700 g; 96 pp., list of illustrations. Coloured endpapers. Illustrated title page. The text is illustrated with black and white, and coloured illustrations by the author. Some of the illustrations are double paged. Dark blue boards with white writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing " The old Gellibrand Light in Hobson Bay", with white writing on front panel and blue and black on spine. The artist W. A. D. Brodie has painted impressions of ' Melbourne ... more information

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

Toorak: Australian Dental Association, 1962. 100 g; 24 pages, includes contents page, and a series of 71 questions with answers. E.g. question: is fluoridation "massa medication"? Answer: "Mass medication" is rather a meaningless term and considered in relation to the National Health Service in this country. It is an importation from North America and has emotional content in much the same way as does "socialised medicine". It issuance of fluoride is a drug and when introdu... more information

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

Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1958. 700 g; XIV, 294pp., foreword by Alex F Bell, acknowledgements, appendix and list of illustrations. Black and white photographic frontispiece and black and white photography illustrates the text. End papers are illustrated by maps, both different, rear endpaper illustrated by map of the Murray Valley, and front endpaper illustrated by a map of Australia. Olivegreen coloured boards with pale green writing on the spine. The illustrated dust jacket shows signs of wate... more information

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

Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1937. 700 g; XVI, 17 -- 328 pages, with a foreword by Alex F Bell, acknowledgements, appendix and list of illustrations. Black and white photographic frontispiece and black and white photography illustrates the text. End papers are illustrated by maps, both different, front endpaper illustrated by map of the Murray Valley, and back endpaper illustrated by a map of Australia. Written for the golden jubilee of Mildura and Renmark, Australia's first irrigation colonies ... more information

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

Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1973. 1.1 kg; 128 pages, includes a table of Australian shipping disasters from 1812 through to HMAS Voyager in 1964, and a further reading list. Illustrated throughout with part page and double page reproductions of artworks, and photographs and facsimiles of pages from books all reproduced in either black-and-white, or in colour. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. The dust jacket is missing a triangular piece at the bottom right-hand corner of the rear panel. Now protected. &... more information

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

Sydney: Ure Smith, 1973. 1.1 kg; 128 pages, includes a table of Australian shipping disasters from 1812 through to HMAS Voyager in 1964, and a further reading list. Illustrated throughout with part page and double page reproductions of artworks, and photographs and facsimiles of pages from books all reproduced in either black-and-white, or in colour. Colour illustrated dust jacket, with a 1.0 inch tear at the bottom of the rear fold over crease, and a 0.5 inch tear at the top right of the rear panel. Sli... more information

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

Auckland: Hodder, 1979 copy SIGNED BY AUTHOR to half title, some minor wear to edges of DW, 152pp + plates, memoirs of life in Fiordland, emphasis on wildlife etc.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Fortuna Books (New Zealand) +/-

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1985 HB, black boards w/grey lettering in pictorial DJ, VG+/VG, 331pp, bibliography, index, profuse col photos, Minor rubbing to edges and spine ends of unclipped DJ. Book has minor rubbing to edges & corners of covers, inside has light foxing to upper edge, else square, clean, tight and unmarked. Part of the National Photographic Index of Australia Wildlife. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by By Photographs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12&... more information

Offered by Grandmahawk's Eyrie (Australia) +/-