Search Results: Australasia from JimsOldBooks

St Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 1994. Paperback edition. A bookseller's ink stamp (from Alice Springs) on title page, also some numbers in ink. Otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book dealing with the treatment of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia from the arrival of the First Fleet to the mid 1990s. 275pp, some b&w illustrations.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1985. Some fading to spine, minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, a fold to first two pages, a handwritten note re one of the contributors on page vii, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Contains papers originally given at the First National Conference of Aboriginal Writers which was held in Perth in 1983, namely "Aboriginal Writing: a Personal View" by Jack Davis, "White Forms, Aboriginal Content" by Colin Johnson, "Black Policies" by Kevin Gilbert, "The Politics of Aboriginal Literature" by Bruce McGuinness and Dennis Walker, "The Role of Research" by Faith Bandler, "Black Theatre" by Gerry Bostock, "Aboriginal Poetry and White Criticism" by Cliff Watego, and "Traditional Aboriginal Oral Literature" by Catherine Berndt. 112pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. No dustwrapper, bumping to spine ends and corners of red-and-black cloth-covered boards, original owner's name and date (July 1929) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Based on a manuscript written in the 1840s by a James Tucker, the book deals with convict life in Australia in the early nineteenth century. 349pp, 5 b&w illustrations of original manuscript.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sydney, Australia: Collins, 1984. Slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the settlement of the Gippsland area of Victoria in the mid nineteenth century, mainly by emigrants from the Scottish highlands. 214pp, b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing, 2004. Some creasing to the corners but none to the spine, some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover novel. The story, set in Australia, involves a man writing his family history and discovering the secrets about his grandparents, a pair of eccentric artists living with their children in a remote valley. 281pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press, 2002. A good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book in which the author looks at the lives of the Aboriginal MakMak clan who live in the Wagait area to the south of Darwin. Traditional practises, Dreamings, Hunting and Gathering and suchlike. 203pp, colour illustration throughout.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by D'Amico, Sharon (Photographer). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin Books, 1992. A crease to the spine and some fading to same, some yellowing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this paperback book. The author's account of her childhood in remote rural Victoria (Australia) in the years before WW2. 191pp, 8pp b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson Ltd, 1950. Ex library copy with paper label inside front board and on facing page, ink stamp on f/ep, title page and on top edge of pages, number label on spine of unclipped dustwrapper, gilt library emblem on front board, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at Australian fiction from the first pieces in the 1850s up to 1949. 184pp. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1963. Creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also some small bits missing along top edge, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, original owner's name on f/ep, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's impressions of the south Pacific (New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji and Tahiti) where he sailed as a deck officer in the ships Sisiphus and Donnybrook (false names according to one website, which them as a British Phosphate Commission ship, and Bololo). Also looks at Queensland. 198pp, endpaper map (printed upside-down at the front but right way up at the back).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Readers Union, 1964. Readers Union edition from 1964. Minor creasing to edges of dustwrapper, some red marks on front and back panels: this would be due to the next book on previous owner's bookshelf rubbing againt it. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Slightly misleading title: the book deals with the author's two and a half years working in Australia, including working as a governess on a Queensland sheep station, sapphire mining, and as a cook on a cattle station. Originally published in 1963, this is the Readers Union edition from the next year. 224pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing, 2007. A crease to the lower corner of the back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A collection of twenty short stories by the author, mostly set in Australia. Signed by the author on title page ''Barbara Yates Rothwell, Yanchep 2008''. 221pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kilmarnock: Dunlop & Drennan, 1896. No dustwrapper, some wear to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-covered boards, a crack to the lower corner of back cover, old damp-staining to outer edges of both front and back covers, otherwise still a not too bad, tight copy, with black titles on front and spine still clear. The author's account of his round-the-World trip between February and July 1895 which was originally printed in his local newspaper, the "Kilmarnock Standard". He travelled from London to Naples, then on to Bombay and Ceylon before spending time in Australia and New Zealand; then across the Pacific via Hawaii to San Francisco, across America to New York, then Home. The author owned a large Drapery shop in Kilmarnock. 124pp, 9 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sydney, Australia: Angus and Robertson, 1967. Ex library copy with mark on rev of dustwrapper were a paper label has been, paper label inside front board and mark on facing page where another one has been, in stamp on f/ep, title page and rev. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, spine has faded from orange to a greyish colour, but white titles thereon are still readable. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, some yellowing to outer pages, but otherwise a not too bad copy of this hard-cover book. A story for children aged 9 to 13, according to information on dustwrapper flap, set in the 1830s dealing with four Quaker children who travel from England to South Australia to join their father. 155pp, b&w drawings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by Hargrave, Sandra . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Wellington, NZ: Victoria University Press, 1979. Some small tears and creasing to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, some foxing to outer pages, previous owner's label on title page, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Maori leader Rua Kenana who, in the early 1900s founded a community at Maungapohatu in the Urewera Native Reserve in the north-west of North Island where he and his followers tried to escape the influence of European customs. 328pp, 31 b&w illustrations and 3 maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Wendouree: Ballarat and Queens Grammar School Parents and Friends Association, 1974. Minor creasing to the eges of the unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with the public, commercial and domestic buildings of interest in Ballarat, western Victoria. Signed by the authors on rev of front endpaper ''To ... / With Best Wishes / Margaret & Jan''. 80pp. b&w drawings throughout.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Heffernan, Edward. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Warrnambool, Victoria: Christ Church Vestry, 1987. A good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book dealing with the history of the Anglican ''Christ Church'' at Warrnambool, Victoria from the mid nineteenth century to the 1980s. 132pp, some b&w illustrations.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1963. Ex library copy. Some creasing and small tears to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, also a mark on the back of same where paper label has been removed, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover novel set in New Zealand in the early 1960s. The story involves a group of people trying to find gold in the spoil heaps left by earlier miners in the Crail Valley area in the north of South Island. 190pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.