Recent Arrivals from Eucalyption Fine Books

Recent Arrivals from Eucalyption Fine Books

Free to Choose. A Personal Statement
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Free to Choose. A Personal Statement

by Milton & Rose Friedman

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Published
1980
Binding
Black Boards
ISBN
9780333299395
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$22.48

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"This book explores the relationship between economics and freedom. Written by the author in collaboration with his wife, it is a vital contribution to the current economic and political debate." Nice copy of Australian edition. This copy in really nice condition. Dust jacket with slight fading to spine, very minor evidence of creasing, and original price sticker (from David Jones!) on… Read more about this item
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$22.48
Electricity and Magnetism for Defence Trainees
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Electricity and Magnetism for Defence Trainees

Condition
Used - Good-
Edition
Fifth Edition
Published
July, 1942
Binding
Stapled Paperback
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$12.94

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An interesting piece of history. Published in Australia's darkest hour, this workbook explains to, and tests student's knowledge of, basic electronics and magentism. This copy has it's former owner's workings through it... I wonder did they go on to work on 'planes, tanks, or were they at HQ running the radios.... This copy in good condition. Cover has bumps, marks and… Read more about this item
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$12.94
Handbook of Methods of Testing Soils as practised in The Soil Mechanics Laboratory of The Engineering Research Branch
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Handbook of Methods of Testing Soils as practised in The Soil Mechanics Laboratory of The Engineering Research Branch

by J. MacNeil Turnbull

Condition
Used - Good
Published
September, 1945
Binding
Red card covers, sewed pages
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$12.26

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Interesting piece of history in good condition. This copy in good condition. Covers bumped and marked. Pages slightly age-coloured, but text clean and tight. Photographs show actual book for sale.
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$12.26
Bill Ferguson: Fighter for Aboriginal Freedom. A biography
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Bill Ferguson: Fighter for Aboriginal Freedom. A biography

by Jack Horner

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1994
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780646171609
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$17.71

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A biography of the man who formed the Aborigine's Progressive Association, and first publicised Australia Day as a "Day of Mourning". This is a good copy. This copy in very good condition. Minimal bumping and rubbing to covers, text clean and tight. Photographs show actual book for sale.
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$17.71
Traditional Aboriginal society: A reader
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Traditional Aboriginal society: A reader

by W. H. Edwards

Condition
Used - Good
Published
1987
Binding
Glued Paperback
ISBN
9780333430330
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$22.48

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"The sixteen articles in this collection have been selected to meet the needs of undergraduate students in Aboriginal studies... They cover the main themes related to the study of traditional Aboriginal society - systems of etiquette, art, economic life, kinship and marriage, politics and leadership, law, religion, and social change." This copy in good condition. Some bumping and rubbing to covers,… Read more about this item
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$22.48
Fighting Women: Anger and Aggression in Aboriginal Australia
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Fighting Women: Anger and Aggression in Aboriginal Australia

by Victoria Katherine Burbank

Condition
Used - Very Good-
Published
1994
Binding
Glued Paperback
ISBN
9780520083080
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$20.44

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This book looks at how Aboriginal women express anger and aggression, using a study done at Mangrove in Arnhem Land. This copy in good condition. Slight staining and bumping at top of text block, rub marks and previous price sticker on covers. Text is clean and tight. Photographs show actual book for sale.
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$20.44
Songs of a Sourdough
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Songs of a Sourdough

by Robert W. Service

Condition
Used - Good+
Edition
Fifth Edition
Published
1907
Binding
Green Cloth, gilt spine
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$28.61

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Nice copy of poems from the "Bard of the Yukon" This copy in good condition. Covers show some bumping and wearing on corners and top and bottom of spine. Gold leaf in good condition. Front page shows evidence of previous owners - name in pen, and bookplate. Two lines of contents page underlined in pen, otherwise clean and tight text. Photographs… Read more about this item
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$28.61
The Life and Death of Ned Stringer, Discoverer of Gold at Walhalla
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The Life and Death of Ned Stringer, Discoverer of Gold at Walhalla

Condition
Used - Good
Binding
Stapled pamphlet
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$10.22

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Interesting pamphlet dicussing the life of Stringer, a convict who with colleagues made the first discovery of gold at Walhalla in Gippsland. Scarce. This copy in good condition. Some creasing, folding and marking to front sheet, old price in pen on front sheet. Text clear and sharp, staples tight with minimal rust. Photographs show actual item for sale.
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$10.22
Bibliography of the Mining History of Australia, New Zealand & Papua New Guinea
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Bibliography of the Mining History of Australia, New Zealand & Papua New Guinea

by Mel Davies

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
2002
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9781740520768
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$30.66

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Complied by Mel Davies, a comprehensive bibliography up to the turn of the 21st century. This copy in very good condition, minimal bumps and marks. Annotation in pen on back of front cover, and two pen marks on p.303. Photographs show actual book for sale
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$30.66
Peasants, Subsistence Ecology, and Development in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea
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Peasants, Subsistence Ecology, and Development in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea

by Lawrence S. Grossman

Condition
Used - Good+
Jacket Condition
Good
Published
1984
Binding
Orange boards
ISBN
9780691094069
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$29.98

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A book showing how the shift from subsistance production to commodity production harms peasants, using the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea as an example. This copy in good used condition. Some foxing to endpapers (previous owner's name in pen on flyleaf), the occasional pencil annotation throughout the text, otherwise clean and tight. Boards in good condition, some bumping to spine. Dustjacket… Read more about this item
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$29.98
Gilpin County Gold: Peter McFarlane 1848-1929 Mining Entrepeneur in Central City, Colorado
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Gilpin County Gold: Peter McFarlane 1848-1929 Mining Entrepeneur in Central City, Colorado

by H. William Axford

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Published
1976
Binding
Buff Boards
ISBN
9780804005500
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$19.08

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"Gilpin County, Colorado during the 1860's was called 'the richest square mile on earth'". This is the story of Peter McFarlane, who was many things to the town of Central City, who lived through the boom times and on into the decline of this once great gold field. This is a beaut copy. This copy in wonderful condition. Unmarked unbumped covers,… Read more about this item
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$19.08
Placer Mining for Gold in California (California Division of Mines Bulletin 135)
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Placer Mining for Gold in California (California Division of Mines Bulletin 135)

by Charles Volney Averill

Condition
Used - Very Good-
Published
1946
Binding
Brown boards
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$34.06

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This is a ripper copy! This copy in very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to spine and corners of cover. Previous pricing in pencil on flyleaf. Text is unmarked, binding strong. Includes all maps in rear pocket. Photographs show actual book for sale.
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$34.06
Yukon: The Last Frontier
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Yukon: The Last Frontier

by Melody Webb

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Published
1993
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780803297456
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$19.08

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Fascinating history of the Yukon region, exploring what the Yukon was like for not only miners, but missionaries, soldiers and all the other people that found their way there. Some good B&W photographs and great apparatus. This is a super copy! This copy in great condition - essentially unopened. Some very slight marking to edge of text block. Photographs show actual… Read more about this item
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$19.08
Food, Sex, and Pollution: A New Guinea Religion
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Food, Sex, and Pollution: A New Guinea Religion

by Anna S. Meigs

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Published
1984
Binding
Green Boards
ISBN
9780813509686
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$17.03

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"The Hua of New Guinea are a people preoccupied with food, having hundreds of rules and taboos governing what they eat...the food taboos are a way of symbolizing male and female relationships. In this lively book, Anna Meigs studies the tension between the sexes in Hua and the way this tension is expressed and resolved through rules about food." This copy… Read more about this item
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$17.03
Reflections on Monetarism: Britain's Vain Search for a Successful Economic Strategy
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Reflections on Monetarism: Britain's Vain Search for a Successful Economic Strategy

by Tim Congdon

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Published
1992
Binding
Glued Paperback
ISBN
9781852787660
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$19.08

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.... I think they are still looking.... this is a very nice copy. This copy in wonderful condition. Covers very slightly bumped on edges and slight creasing and marking. Text clean bright and tight. Photographs show actual book for sale.
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$19.08
Seven Iron Men
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Seven Iron Men

by Paul De Kruif

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1929
Binding
Black Boards
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$27.25

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Classic history of the seven members of the Merritt family who discovered iron in Minnesota and set up what eventually became the United States Steel Corporation. This is a nice copy. This copy in very good condition. Text clean and tight, two previous dedications on flyleaf. Cover shows some age marks and bumping, but in good condition for age. No dustjacket.… Read more about this item
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$27.25
Memoirs of an Unrepentant Field Geologist: a Candid Profile of Some Geologists and Their Science, 1921-81
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Memoirs of an Unrepentant Field Geologist: a Candid Profile of Some Geologists and Their Science, 1921-81

by F. J Pettijohn

Condition
Used - Good+
Jacket Condition
Poor
Published
1984
Binding
Maroon boards, Silver spine
ISBN
9780226664033
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$19.08

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An informal memoir of one of America's premier geologists, with tales of gold rushes and other adventures as well as academic manouverings... This copy in good condition. Text clean and tight, as are boards and binding. Dustjacket has a 2cm tear top front and some sun-fading, creases and chips. Photographs show actual book for sale.
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$19.08
Mining in Cornwall Volume Three: Penwith and South Kerrier
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Mining in Cornwall Volume Three: Penwith and South Kerrier

by L. J. Bullen (complier)

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
2000
Binding
Glued Paperback
ISBN
9780752417592
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$15.67

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Fascinating collection of captioned photographs showing the history of mining in one of the poorest areas of England (one of my ancestors was shipped out of there as a convict for stealing some cloth). This copy in nice condition. This copy in good condition. Slight marking and bumping to covers, text clean, tight and unmarked. Photographs show actual book for sale.
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$15.67
Your Own Pigs You May Not Eat: A Comparative Study of New Guinea Societies
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Your Own Pigs You May Not Eat: A Comparative Study of New Guinea Societies

by Paula G. Rubel and Abraham Rosman

Condition
Used - Good+
Jacket Condition
Good+
Published
1978
Binding
Brown boards, gilt spine
ISBN
9780708117538
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$13.63

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Ethnography on cultural exchange in NG. This book "provides a unique theoretical synthesis". This copy in good condition. Binding is tight. Previous owner's name and previous price on flyleaf. Pencil annotations on some pages of the book, but otherwise clean. Dustjacket in good condition, with slight bumps and creases. Photographs show actual book for sale.
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$13.63
Tamate, a King: James Chalmers in New Guinea, 1877-1901
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Tamate, a King: James Chalmers in New Guinea, 1877-1901

by Diane Langmore

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Published
1974
Binding
Green Cloth, gilt spine
ISBN
9780522840797
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1
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Smythes Creek, Victoria, AUS
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$12.26

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Biography of one of the significant white men of PNG's history. This is a nice copy. This book in good condition. Text clean and tight, covers with minimal bumping. Previous owner's name in pen on flyleaf. Dustjacket shows evidence of rubbing on both front and back, creasing and bumping on corners and spine. Photographs show actual book for sale.
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$12.26