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Sydney: Currency Press, 2017. Paperback thin trade, very good condition, few black & white photos at front, bottom corner inside rear cover little rubbed, minor edgewear. 80 pp. This book is a collection of short stories playing out across the same town. Each year ATYP (a Sydney theatre company for young people) brings together 20 young writers from across the country, and challenges them to create stories that speak to the experience of being a young person in modern Australia. 'Intersection' has heartbreaking, funny and powerful interactions between characters coupled with complex and beautiful monologues to create a compelling snapshot of life at 17 years.

Melbourne, Brunswick: Globe Press, 1986. Paperback large trade, very good condition, black & white photos & drawings, programs, pages lightly toned, faint foxing edges & few pages, minor bump top edge rear cover, minor edgewear. 216 pp. Valantyne Napier documents the fascinating lives of Australian vaudeville and variety acts. It is about the theatres, the agents, the special theatrical accommodation, the travel and the institutions which once served this very large commercial enterprise. Many of the best speciality acts were Australian and they toured the world taking their special skills to the beautiful theatres which were once found in every city. The author herself performed on the world circuits and her parents also toured the world with their very successful acts "Napier and Yvonne" and "The Spider and the Butterfly". A wonderful book about Australia's entertainment sector.

Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), 1966. Paperback small trade, good condition, black & white drawings & text-photos, colour background most pages, music scores inside covers, small closed tears spine, light foxing rear cover, name in pencil front cover, corners front cover little creased, minor edgewear, written name in pencil front cover. 48 pp. This little book is not intended to be a text book, but may be used in conjunction with the broadcasts of music by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). An introduction to the instruments that are used in orchestral music, and to make the instruments familiar friends. There is a page of history about the ABC orchestras and how they have grown over the years. (No date, but 1966, or perhaps an earlier issue of this booklet.).

Sydney: Albert J. & Son, 1965. Paperback very small, very good condition, stapled pamphlet (staples rusted), pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 24 pp. The words of about 48 hit songs made famous in the 1950s and 1960s. Includes: Sugar shack - Surfin' hootenanny - Gypsy woman - Walk like a man Surfer girl. (No date, but 1963, latest copyright data.).

Sydney: Albert J. & Son, 1965. Paperback very small, very good condition, stapled pamphlet (staples little rusted), pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 16 pp. The words to about 40 hit songs made famous in the Sixties, and a few from earlier years. Includes: Shakin' all over - Que sera, sera - Old oak tree - Zip a dee doo dah - Red roses for a blue lady. (No date, but 1965, latest copyright data.).

Sydney: Albert J. & Son, 1968. Paperback very small, stapled pamphlet (staples rusted), very good condition, top corner rear cover creased, minor edgewear. 34 pp. Estimated date, late 1960s: decimal transition sticker (original publication, 1947 - Age newspaper advert). The words and music of hillbilly hits. Some of the songs are: When The Cactus is Blooming At Home; Yippee Yadee Yi Yay; When The Tumble Weeds Come Tumbling Down Again; Gim-Me Crack Corn; I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen.

Sydney: Albert J. & Son, 1968. Paperback very small, stapled pamphlet (staples rusted), very good condition, page corner tips little creased, pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. 26 pp. Estimated date, late 1960s (decimal transition sticker). The words of about 70 hillbilly hits. For example: Pine Tree, Pine Over Me; A Dear John Letter; The Little green Valley; Makin' Whoopee; My Blue Ridge Mountain Home; Roo Roo Kangaroo.

Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington: J. Albert & Son, 1960. Paperback very small, good plus condition, stapled pamphlet (staples rusted), top corner creased front cover (repaired), top corner tips pages pages & rear cover little creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear & edge tears. 26 pp. Consists of the words of popular hillbilly hits (no music). Most of the songs were written perhaps during the 1930s and 40s (but no copyright dates stated). Some of the songs are: When It’s Lamplightin' Time in the Valley, Roll Along Prairie Moon, Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle, Letter Edged in Black, Carolina Moon, Beautiful Queensland. (Price, 1/-. No date, but about 1960. First four songsters in this series listed on inside rear cover.).

Sydney: Albert J. & Son, 1968. Paperback very small, stapled pamphlet (staples lightly rusted), very good condition, minor edgewear. 26 pp. Estimated date, late 1960s (song copyright, 1959, printer's mark 1964, decimal transition sticker). The words and music of hillbilly hits. Most of the songs have been written during the 30s and 40s. Some of the songs are: Yellow Rose of Texas; Wagon Wheels; Old Shep; South of The Border.

Sydney: Albert J. & Son, 1968. Paperback very small, stapled pamphlet (staples rusted), very good condition, bottom corner front cover creased, minor edgewear. 34 pp. (Estimated date, late 1960s, decimal transition sticker.) The words of hillbilly. Some of the songs are: Frankie And Johnny; Shine On Harvest Moon; Carolina in the Morning; When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along; Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.

Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington: J. Albert & Son, 1960. Paperback very small, stapled pamphlet (staples lightly rusted), fair condition, some creasing rear pages (possible water damage, now dry), otherwise good condition, pages lightly toned, top corner tip covers & few pages creased, some spinewear & edgewear. 28 pp. No 58 in this series. Some of the songs in this well-loved songster are: Cry, Vanity, Broken Hearted, Sweetheart of Yesterday, Little White Cloud that Cried, Let Me In, Singin' In The Rain, Tell Me Truly, The Blacksmith Blues. Includes some jokes and riddles as fillers. (Price, 1/-. No date, and copyright date of songs not stated, but about 1960.).

Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington: J. Albert & Son, 1957. Paperback very small, good condition, stapled pamphlet (staples rusted), spine wear (few tiny holes), pages lightly toned, minor creasing, some edgewear corner tips. 28 pp. Some of the songs in this well-loved songster are: My Foolish Heart, French Can-can Polka, Cry of the Wild Goose, The Scottish Samba, Rolling 'Round the World, Hollywood Square Dance, Let's Choo Choo Choo to Idaho. some jokes and riddles as space fillers. (Price: 9d. No date, and copyright date of songs not stated, but about 1957.).

Moorooka, QLD: Music Store Books, 1988. Hardback large quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white drawings, music scores, minor edgewear. 142 pp. A strong collection of significant Australian songs, from the First Fleet to the present, edited by Dale Coulthard, with text by Elsie Young. Each song was chosen for its relevance to Australia's unique history and culture. Each song includes a brief history, plus adjacent sheet music for piano, organ, guitar and recorder. Includes all the classics: Waltzing Matilda, Old Man Emu, Click Go the Shears, Home Among the Gumtrees, Our Don Bradman, The Carnival is Over (The Seekers), Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport, Shaddup Your Face, C'mon Aussie C'Mon.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1997. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minimal foxing top edge, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear & rubbing. 250 pp. Graeme Blundell, the Australian actor, selects 300 anecdotes about Australian theatre from its origins in the 1790s, to the celebrated recent age of John Bell, Bryan Brown, Wendy Harmer, and Barry Humphries. The anecdotes are all drawn from public sources, including newspapers and published biographies, and include all the great figures of the Australian theatre, both actors and playwrights.

London: Wise Publications, 1993. 1st ed.. Paperback small folio, very good condition, full-page black & white portrait last page, spine ends & bottom edge little rubbed, few light creases covers, minor edgewear, sticker mark rear cover. 80 pp. Twenty classic songs (sheet music) associated with Billie Holiday's incredible career as an American jazz musician, compiled by Peter Evans. Arranged for piano, voice and guitar, complete with lyrics and chord symbols. The songs are: A fine romance. Can't help lovin' dat man. East of the sun (and west of the moon). Embraceable you. Georgia on my mind. I can't give you anything but love. I'll be around. I'll get by. Lover man. Mean to me. P.S. I love you. Stars fell on Alabama. Stormy weather. Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do. That ole devil called love. The lady sings the blues. The very thought of you. Time on my hands. Violets for your furs. You've changed.

Melbourne, Montmorency: Yackandandah Playscripts, 1982. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet (staples rusted), bottom edge untrimmed & lightly foxed, minor edgewear. 69 pp. A play by Angela Fewster set in a fictional deserted Victorian gold mining town in the year 1860.

Sydney: Albert J. & Son, 1968. Paperback quarto, stapled, very good condition, tiny dent front cover, minor edgewear. 40 pp. (Publication date, printer's mark, foot of last page.) Sheet music for about 60 popular songs, including (as listed on front cover): Breezin' along with the breeze - Dancing with tears in my eyes - After the ball - When I grow too old to dream - Bye, bye blackbird - The Yankee doodle boy - My melancholy baby - That's an Irish lullaby - Give my regards to Broadway - Baby face - California here I come - That's my weakness now - The man on the flying trapeze - Side by side - Meet me in St. Louis, Louis - Singin' in the rain - Ida, sweet as apple cider - You were meant for me - Peg o' my heart - Moonlight bay - Poor butterfly - Heart of my heart - Anniversary song.

Sydney: Sydney University Dramatic Society / Distributed by Hicks Smith & Sons, 1955. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, thick beige card covers, good condition, light foxing edges, top corner tips front cover & some pages little creased, rubber stamp, spine lightly rubbed, covers lightly marked, edges & pages lightly toned. 64 pp. This book is a series of lectures delivered during August, 1954, at Sydney University, at the invitation of the Director and the Organising Committee of the 1954 Inter-Varsity Drama Festival. (Tyrrells bookshop stamp.).

[Montreal]: Cirque Du Soleil, 2009. Paperback oblong quarto, very good plus condition, colour text-photos, minimal edgewear. Unnum pp. (Estimated date, 2009.) OVO is a circus performance being a non-stop riot of energy and movement. It is about a day in the life of insects who work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love. OVO is a mysterious egg that appears in the insects midst. It is also the story of a gawky, quirky insect who arrives in this bustling community and a beautiful ladybug who catches his eye. The crickets, dragonflies and other creatures are larger-than-life and bring the amazing drama of OVO to life. OVO was created and directed by Deborah Colker, and premiered in Montreal, Canada, in 2009.

Melbourne, Adelaide, Bendigo: Allan & Co., 1949. Paperback very small, very good condition, stapled pamphlet (staples slightly rusted), spine little worn, pages toned, some edgewear. 32 pp. The words to popular songs of the 1940s. Words only without music. Some of the songs are: Far Away Places, A Little Bird Told Me, Four Leaf Clover, Rambling Rose, Tennessee Waltz, I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover, Just Like Darby And Joan, My Bel Ami. Price 9d. (Latest copyright date of songs, 1949.).