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Stones of Fire: A Woman's Experiences in Search of Opal
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Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens Ltd., 1958. 189 pgs. Dustwrapper, now protected, is price clipped and has edgewear (chips, wrinkles and discolouration) and nibbling along the spine. Pale olive boards are worn and stained. page edges are foxed and discoloured. Aside from a little foxing, interior is clean, bright and tightly bound. Black-and-white photos. Memoirs of a London woman in the opal fields of Coober Pedy and Andamooka.. First. Hard Cover. Good-/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Broometime
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Sydney: Sceptre / Hodder Headline Australia, 2001. 294 pp. Vertical creases to front and back covers (pages are not creased) some edgewear, including small dent on top edge and slight wrinkling under the dent to two pages. Light uniform yellowing to page edges. Interior is bright, clean and tightly bound. The first edition of this book was recalled because of protests from some members of the Broome community.. Revised Edition. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Huts of the High Country
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Canberra A.C.T: Australian National University Press, 1986. xix, 251 pp. Boards are slightly worn and have two or three deep creases. Light creases to corners of first few pages. Otherwise internally clean, bright and tightly bound. Black-and-white photos throughout.. Fourth Edition. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Mayhem and Murder in Pioneering Queensland: True Stories of Real Mysteries
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Rockhampton, Qlueensland, Australia: Central Queensland University Press, 2000. viii, 248 pp. Covers have dents and edgewear. A 3" crease, extremely light, is noticeable (sometimes barely) on the covers and every page, as if the book has been tightly pinched with a tong-like object. Spine uncreased. Internally clean and solidly bound.. First. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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A Different Drummer
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St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1986. xii, 292 pp. Edgewear, spine creased (but binding is solid), yellowing to top and fore-edges of text block. Internally clean and bright. Includes plates of black-and-white photos.. Signed by Author. First Paperback. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Desert Sea
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South Melbourne: Macmillan Australia, 1985. ix, 173 pp. Dustjacket, now protected in archival mylar, is not price clipped but is a little chipped at the front corners. Red cloth boards have a little edgewear and a few light stains. Internally bright, clean and solidly bound.. First. Hard Cover. Good+/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Opal Men
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Australia: Reed Australia, 1969. x, 165 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in archival Mylar, is unclipped but has a 1 cm tear near the base of the spine, along with minor edgewear including chipping and wrinkling. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Very slight cant to spine, and light edgewear to text block. Internally clean and solidly bound. Line drawings (including maps) and black-and-white photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Send 'er Down, Hughie: Stories from the Wheatbelt
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Richmond, Victoria (Australia): Greenhouse, 1987. 136 pp. Slight edgewear. Spine uncreased. Owner's blacked-out inscription to inside front cover. Black-and-white line drawings. List of contributors.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Andamooka
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Melbourne: Gold Star Publications, 1972. 192 pp. Cover a little worn, sticker ghost to front cover. Spine slightly canted. Pages clean, unwrinkled, tightly bound. . First Paperback. Paperback. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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