Australian History

Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1997. 689 pp. Very light scuffing and edgewear to cover. Lower front corner creased. Spine, lightly creased, is very slightly canted. Internally as new. Illustrated with b/w photos.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1972. 106pp. Numerous full-page b&w illustrations. Some light yellowing to page margins internally. Page edges moderately yellowed and foxed. Boards with light general and edgewear. Dustjacket with some light general wear and edgewear (no tears).. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by S.T. Gill. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Canberra: Australia Post Philatelic Group, 1993. 40 pp. Does not include stamps. In clear vinyl case, as issued. Case is a little worn; book is as new.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Melbourne: Text, 2002. 430 pgs. Very slight creasing, scratches and edgewear to cover. Black-and-white illustrations: photos, drawings, maps. Bibliography and index. History of the Wagga butcher, Tom Castro.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sydney: Random House, 1998. ix, 592 pp. Dustjacket, now protected in archival mylar, is not price clipped. but shows some edgewear. Edges of textblock uniformly yellowed. Previous owner's name to title page. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ashburton, Victoria (Australia): Riversdale Golf Club, 1977. Cover is slightly worn, sunned and nibbled. Book is excellent.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Melbourne: Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Victorian Office. 787 pp. Light general and edgewear to green cloth boards. Corners a little bumped; upper edge of text block a little foxed. Internally unmarked and solidly bound. Two fold-out maps tipped in (the production of each district and railway map of Victoria).. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. more information

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Canberra: Australian Government Publishing, 1993. xi, 191 pp. General and edgewear to illustrated wraps. First few pages lightly wrinkled, otherwise internally unmarked and solidly bound.. First. Paperback. Good. Quarto. more information

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Melbourne: Melbourne Univ Press, 1997. 213 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. B/w plates, line drawings, maps.. First. Paper. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Stanmore: Cassell Australia, 1976. Stains on dustjacket, back cover.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Payne, Michael. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Victoria: McPhee Gribble/Penguin Books, 1988. 78pp. "Australian Economic and Social History." Excellent internally, very minor edgewear to wraps.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Melbourne: McPhee Gribble Publishers Pty. Ltd., 1988. 78 pp. Tables, bibliography. Wraps with some general and edgewear.. First. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Melbourne: McPhee Gribble Publishers Pty. Ltd., 1988. 78 pp. Tables, bibliography. Wraps with some general and edgewear.. First. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: John Murray, 1944. xviii, 254 pp. Brown cloth covers worn and stained. Frayed and a little torn at top and bottom of backstrip. Corners very slightly bumped. Light foxing to endpapers. Gift inscription on ffep, along with signature of previous owner (prominent Australian author). Photos, map of Australia. Foreword by the Hon. Sir George Murray, introduction by Arthur Mee.. First Australian. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NSW Australia: Methuen Australia, 1984. 144 pp. Gift inscription to reverse of front flyleaf. Maps to endpapers, numerous colour and b&w illustrations throughout. Boards with light edgewear, dustjacket likewise. Dustjacket, now protected in archival mylar, is not clipped.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New South Wales: Allen&Unwin Australia, 1991. viii, 160 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in archival Mylar, is not price clipped. DW has slight edgewear (wrinkling) and very light scratches to the front panel. Boards have light wear (slightly bumped corners). Internally unmarked, unwrinkled and tightly bound.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Australia: Oxford Univ Pr, 1993. 334pp. "Covers the sweep of Australian history from the Fall of Singapore in 1942 to the Bicentennial celebrations of 1988." Internally excellent, binding very tight, no spine creases, apparently never read. Some light wear to covers. One flaw: laminate has lifted from lower corner of rear wrap, wrinkling across the diagonal to form a 2-inch triangle. Some sort of heat damage, but cover reverse and adjoining pages are completely unaffected.. First Paperback. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Tasmania: Jason Publications, 1978. 70 pp. Cover slightly worn, interior as new. Account of the largest successful excape from Port Arthur convict settlement in 1839. Includes maps, plans, reproductions of documents and paintings.. First. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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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

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South Melboune: Macmillan Australia, 1967. xiii, 217 pp. Cover is a little worn top and bottom, otherwise book is very good. DW (now protected) has a piece (2 sq cm or so) torn from the top of the spine and is a little worn along top and bottom edges; price clipped.. Signed by Author and by Illustrator. First. Cloth. Good+/Good. Illus. by Harold Freedman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Bradford on Avon: Ex Libris Press, 1988. 223 pp. B&W photos and illustrations throughout. Investigates "the long association of the English West with the newest continent." Page edges very lightly yellowed. Top corner bumped, lightly creasing the first ~100 pages. Wraps with light edgewear, mostly at the corners.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1983. x, 258 pp. Very light general and edgewear to illustrated (detail from Sidney Nolan's 1946 "Ned Kelly") wraps. Prev. owner's inked name to inside front cover. Inscribed by author (to the same prev. owner), dated 1983, on title page. Map.. Inscribed by Author. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. more information

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Richmond, Victoria: Spectrum Publications, 1992. viii, 258 pp. Light general and edgewear to illustrated wraps. Spine uncreased. Internally clean, bright and solidly bound.. Inscribed by Author. First. Paperback. Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2001. xvii, 309 pp. Unobtrusive dents to cover, otherwise as new.. First. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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North Ryde: Cassell Australia, 1981. 148 pgs. Slight edgewear and some creased corners. A gash in the spine (~1cm) has resulted in wrinkling and loss of some of the lettering. Interior is bright and clean, with two or three wrinkled/dogeared pages. Hundreds of black-and-white illustrations: maps, photos, drawings. Index. Subjects include John Watts's Old Government House at Parramatta; William Cox; Francis Greenway; David Lennox; bluestone; Colonel Light and the site of Adelaide; George Barney and sandstone from the Argyle Cut for the Semi-Circular Quay; Dom Salvado and New Norcia; John Whitton and the NSW Railways; cast iron lace; William Wardell's cathedrals in sydney, Melbourne and Hobart; Cousin Jacks's Cornish style; Joseph Best; Joseph Reed; Charles Todd and the Overland Telegraph; Sir John Coode; Sunraysia and Riverland; Edmund Fitzgibbon and Melbourne's sewerage system; Guillaume Delprat; Coober Pedy; Sir John Forrest, Walter Burley Griffin; John Bradfield and Sydney Harbour Bridge; Bert Jennings; Sir William Hudson; Taffy Bowen; the Gladesville Bridge; Claude Horton; Whelan the Wrecker; Harry Seidler; and much more.. First. Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Melbourne: Oxford, 1992. viii, 256 pp. Very light wear to cover, interior as new. . Second Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1999. xiv, 279 pp. Black and white illustrations.. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Wollstonecraft, NSW, Australia: Pollard Publishing Company, 1971. xi, 421 pgs plus index. DW now protected, not price clipped, but has small wear and tear along the edges. Book covers are bright and clean. Edges have some light foxing and discolouration. Interior unmarked and tightly bound. Foreword by "Bart" Cummings. First Printed 1960 as "Cup Day". Enlarged and reprinted under this title in 1971. Charts and photos, colour and b/w.. First Thus. Cloth Over Boards. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1971. x, 122 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected, is not price clipped but has edgewear including discolouration, rubbing, chipping and small closed tears. Black cloth boards a little worn; gilt lettering is bright. Dust foxing to top edge. Interior bright, clean and tightly bound. Black-and-white plates.. First. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sydney: Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 2001. viii, 113 pp. Extremely slight edgewear. French flaps. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Herberton, Queensland, Australia: Hisine Technique. Unpaginated. Chapbook binding, stapled. Pages yellowed, possibly deliberately "antiqued" in the publishing process. "Captain Cook's First Voyage, Commenced in 1768, and finished in 1771. His first published account of landing in the Endeavour River.. Reprint/facsimile. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2001. 335 pp. Endnotes, select bibliography, index. B/w photos. "...a fascinating and engaging work of the history of a part of Australia where there has been contact by the Aboriginal people with many outsiders over the centuries. ...in the end the Aborigines remain, still in control of their land and culture.". First. Paper. As New. Small Octavo. more information

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Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 2001. 301 pp. Very light edgewear. Internally as new.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Melbourne, Australia: Heinemannn, 1970. 404 pp. Wraps a little creased and edgeworn (corners creased, curled). Edges of text block a little scuffed. Light crease to lower corner of last ten or so pages (all in index section). Internally unmarked and solidly bound.. Reprint. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1963. 62 pp. Dustwrapper, in library covering (glued to front and rear pastedowns), is price clipped, soiled and wrinkled, with library numbers glued to back panel. Book is internally unannotated and solidly bound, but has a little creasing, some library impedimenta and occasional foxing.. First. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Carlton South, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 2000. xxxi, 416 pp. Dustjacket, now protected in archival mylar, is not price clipped, but has light edgewear including some wrinkling and tiny chips at the points. Blue boards with gilt lettering are worn along the lower and upper edges, esp. at extremities of backstrip. Internally unmarked and solidly bound. Maps to endpapers, colour and b/w illustrations throughout.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 2001. xi, 191 pp. Very light wrinkling to lower edge of illustrated wraps. Upper and fore edges of text block yellowed; lower edge a little scuffed. Spine uncreased. Internally unmarked and solidly bound. Illustrated with b/w plates.. First. Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo. more information

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Sydney: Currency Press / Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1999. 128 pp. Corners a little curled, slight scuffing to base of fore-edge.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Australia: Alice House Publishing, 1975. 432pp. Some b&w illustrations, and a section of colour illustrations of flowers. Signed by the author on the rear endpaper "First Edition October 1975 / Presentation Book No 63". Internally excellent, some very light foxing to top page edge. Boards with light to moderate edgewear and general wear, boards beginning to feel a bit loose. Dustjacket complete but with moderate to heavy scuffing and edgewear, some small torn portions, a sunned and discoloured spine, and a tape repair to the top of the spine. . Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Good+/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire , 1970. 207pp. History. Some b&w and colour plates. Excellent internally, with some light yellowing to page edges. Boards have light edgewear. Dustjacket with light general wear and a ~3cm closed tear to the back cover portion.. First. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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St Lucia, Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1986. xviii, 354 pp. Covers a little worn but not creased, sticker shadow on back cover, dust foxing to top edge. Pages crisp, clean and tightly bound. Black-and-white illustrations, maps, notes, index.. Reprint. Paperback. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1988. 144 pp. Reverse of dustwrapper (now protected) is foxed and discoloured along upper edge. Brown cloth boards a little chipped along lower edges, esp. at base of spine. Page edges foxed, faint splotch to rear fep. Otherwise unmarked, bright and solidly bound. Black-and-white illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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South Australia: Wakefield Press, 2001. vii, 168 pp. Very light general and edgewear to illustrated wraps. Spine uncreased. Internally as new. Black-and-white illustrations. "...violence on the South Australian frontier and the ways in which it has been remembered in Anglo-Australian accounts of the past. The stories it tells take place in that fluid zone where history, memory and myth meet in popular consciousness.". First. Paperback. Very Good+. Octavo. more information

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Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2001. xi, 244 pp. Black and white illustrations. Slightest edgewear, else as new. . First. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cambridge, New York, and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1994. xi, 324 pp. Extremely light wrinkling to edges of illustrated dustwrapper, unclipped and now protected in removable clear sleeve. Book has light wear to corners and extremities of backstrip. Internally as new. Black-and -white illustrations.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Small Quarto. more information

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Dubbo: Review Publications, 1977. 76 pp. plus 4 pages listing 41 volumes in Australian Historical Monographs. Slight fraying to extremities of spine. Page edges very lightly yellowed. With six b/w illustrations.. Reprint. Paperback, stapled. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Carlton, Victoria: The Miegunyah Press, 1997. xii, 247 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in clear removable sleeve, is not price clipped. Green cloth boards with only the lightest wear, probably from the publishing process, at corners. Illustrated with b/w drawings and plates.. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1997. xx, 275 pp. "...a remarkable study of Russian images of Australia from 1770 to 1919." Corners of wraps with extremely light bumping.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1887. 278pp. B&W photos and illustrations throughout. "In exploring Australian responses to death, it contrubutes to the growing interest in what such responses reveal about our society - and how we might deal better with death as a part of life." Wraps with extremely light general wear.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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St Leonards NSW: Deakin University , 2000. xi, 193 pp. Very light edgewear to illustrated wraps. Originally published by Allen & Unwin, 1995.. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. Octavo. more information

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