Australasia
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Over the Range
by Ion L Idriess
Over the Range is a 1937 book by Australian author Ion L. Idriess. It tells the story of a police patrol in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1933. The patrol, led by Constable Laurie O'Neill, is tasked with tracking down a group of cattle spearers who have been terrorizing the region.The patrol travels through some of the most remote and rugged terrain in Australia. They face heat, thirst, and danger at every turn. Along the way, they encounter Aboriginal people, wild animals, and the harsh...
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Tracks
by Robyn Davidson
Robyn Davidson was born in Queensland, Australia, and is the author of Tracks, the extraordinary account of her 1,700-mile journey across Australia with four camels, which won the 1980 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and became a film in 2013. She has written extensively for National Geographic and other magazines, and is also the author of Desert Places, the novel Ancestors, and the essay collection Travelling Light. Ms. Davidson lives in London, India, and Australia.
Australasia Books & Ephemera
John Shaw Neilson A Life in Letters
by Hewson, Helen
Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press. 2001. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 503 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$14.34
Essay D'Une Carte Reduite Contenant Les Parties Conneuees Du Globe Terrestre Dedie a M. Le Comte De Maurepas
by Bellin, Nicolas
Paris, 1748. From an Australian point of view, an important hand colored engraved French map of the world, with the hypothetical east coast of Australia. popularized by Bellin and showing Tasman's discoveries on the west coast of New Zealand. Mistakenly joining New Guinea with Terre du St. Esprit, a misunderstanding which was remedied with Cook's passage some twenty years later. North America shown with the Great Lakes connected by a large river to the west coast. Striking modern color with an elaborate...
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$1,250.00
The Desert Column. Leaves From The Diary Of An Australian Trooper In Gallipoli, Sinai, And Palestine.
by Idriess, Ion L
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1932. Book. Very Good. Beige Cloth. Third Impression. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. viii, 388 pages, endpaper maps. A little foxing on first and last few pages..
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$60.00
Tales of Two Hemispheres
by Peter Conrad
The author delivers the 2004 Boyer Lectures on re-discovering and appreciating anew the qualities that make Australia unique and an object of desire in an increasingly globalised world. 163 pages. Book in very good- condition ex library with stamps on front and back inside cover and last page. Cover in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.
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$7.82
Illalong Children
by A.B. Paterson; Robert Lovett [Illustrator]
Lansdowne Press, 1985. hardcover. Good+. //Good. . 0x0x0. GOOD+/GOOD. color illustrated jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Jacket shows light shelf wear with small chips to corners and edges, light rub wear to edges of boards, ink note on flyleaf, book is well bound, paper is very clean..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.
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$19.90
Australia
by Trollope, Anthony, (P.D. Edwards & R.B. Joyce, edit.)
St. Lucia, 1967. Hardcover. Very good condition. Reprint of 1873 ed. Meggitt copy. 4to, 792pp with illustrations, leatherette binding in the original pictorial boards slip case.
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$38.00
THEY ALL HAD A HEART OF GOLD. A Quilting Tribute to Conondale's Pioneer Women
by FLEITER, Mary
Maleny: Published by The Author, nd. Tall 4to. pp. 62. profusely illustrated in colour and sepia. Original decorated pictorial quality softcover.,Fine.
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$22.81
TRIASSIC FOSSILS OF QUEENSLAND
by HILL, D. & Others;
Brisbane: Published by The Palaeontographical Society, 1965. 8vo. pp. 32 with black & white illustrations and a table. Original printed wrappers. softcover.A very good copy.
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$29.98
Australia's Wild Places
by Roger McDonald
National Library of Australia, 2010. Reprint. Hardcover (Printed Boards). As New. Australia's Wild Places celebrates the Australian landscape photographers whose works capture and encapsulate the essence of their country. From the drama of bush scapes to the untouched rocky crags of Western Australia and the serenity of the Tasmanian rainforest, the works collected here trace the development of photogrpahy and a nation's environmental awareness from the early 1800s to the present day....
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$16.30
Victims of Justice: The Australian Convicts
by Donley, R.J.R
Adelaide: Rigby Limited. 1978. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Light age-toing to covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 88pages. . Softcover.
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$7.82
Australian Ambassador: International relations at first hand
by Crocker, W.R
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 1971. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ a little rubbed at edges. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 211 pages.. A personal account of international relations since World War Two. The author was an Australian diplomat of some note. . Reprint. Hardback.
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$13.04
Poems of Banjo Paterson
by Banjo Paterson
Banjo Paterson is a symbol of the outback for most Australians - his 41 poems capture the spirit of the bush people, celebrate the vast distances and the harsh and beautiful places. Pro Hart's paintings reflect the moods of the poems. 136 pages with 50 colour illustrations. Book in near fine condition with previous owners name on front endpaper. Dust jacket in very good condition with chips and dents top and bottom spine and minor wear.
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$9.78
The Empire's Strength poster series. "Do You Know That Australia is the world's greatest exporter of wool...These Are The Sinews of War"
by Henderson, Keith, artist
London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1940. Attractive poster promoting Australian wool during World War II. Handsome image of a row of shearers, the first of whom is looking up towards you while shearing, with wool scattered around. Keith Henderson worked as a graphic artist for the Empire Marketing Board, from the 1920's. This is a lovely example of his work, with a great Australian connection. Three light fold lines o/w fine, bright condition. Text reads "Do you know that Australia is the world's greatest...
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$1,200.00
COLLECTING AUSTRALIAN GEMSTONES
by JAMES, Bill
The K.G. Murray Publishing Company, Sydney, n.d.. 8vo, pp. 192 incl. index. Illustrated profusely in black & white and colour photographs. Very good original cloth hardcover, Very good, clean, tight copy.in chipped now protected dust wrapper. This is a true romance of Australian gem collecting. One of the objects of this book is to help you collect gems. However, it is also to give the readers a glimpse of the happiness and satisfaction to be obtained from collecting and working with Australia's...
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$20.86
DOUBTS AND CERTAINTIES. A Life of Alexander Leeper
by POYNTER, John
Royal 8vo. pp.xv + 505 with black & white illustrations, bibliography, index. Black cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. A fine copy. Irish born Alexander Leeper arrived in Melbourne in 1869. He fought against Home Rule, for conscription, he challenged Archbishop Mannix, thwarted Marshall-Hall, opposed a High-Church cabal, championed classical scholarship, established Melbourne University's Trinity College and presided over the National Gallery of Victoria.
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$22.81
Australia's Kimberely: Vision of a Lasting Wilderness
by Col Roberts
Col and Karen Roberts, Australia, 1996. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 180 pages. Light foxing to endpapers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Australian; Travel & Places; ISBN: 0646256769. ISBN/EAN: 9780646256764. Inventory No: 262231. . 9780646256764
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$16.30
The Moods of Ginger Mick
by Dennis, C.J
Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1982. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket in a Very Good slipcase. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Illustrated with full page colour and black & white illustrations by Hal Gye. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 151 pages. First published in 1916. . Revised Edition. Hardback.
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$13.04
GIFT OF ORDE POYTON
by Kinsman, Jane
Canberra: National Gallery of Australia. Fine. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0642541590 . A Catalogue of an exhibition that pays tribute to the unprecedented bequest by Orde Poynton to the international prints, drawings and books department of the National Gallery of Australia. ; 270 x 190mm; 72 pages .
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$16.30
Journey to Mourilyan: A coastal pilgrimage
by Sidney, Neilma
Sydney: Kerr Publishing. 1992. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 208 pages.. Travels around the small ports of Australia from Port Lincoln to Port Hedland to Cooktown and the many ports between them. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Trade Paperback.
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$9.13
SEX AND THUGS AND ROCK 'N' ROLL: A Year in Kings Cross 1963-1964
by Thorpe, Billy
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Pan Macmillan, 1996. x, 390pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked, albeit moderately tanned. Colour-illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn. " . . a rollercoaster ride through that amazing year of Billy Thorpe's life. It's a true story of street life, music and mayhem. If you remember the 60s you'll love it. If you can't, you'll wish you could." Contents include: Introduction, 24 chapters. Epilogue. Poem - The...
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$11.73
Goodness Gracious Me: Pioneering Stories From Five Nzers
by Cowan, Valerie
Whatamango: Cape Catley Ltd., 1998. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Ediition, 3rd Impression. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 163 pages, photos, maps. Stories about Neville Dalton, Margaret Macnab, Jim Boswell, Dudley Carson..
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$17.50
The Age annual : a political & statistical register of the colony of Victoria : 1889.
by Windsor, Arthur
Melbourne: David Syme & Co., 1889. soft cover. FR. Reading copy, front cover loose, spine worn, several tears and corner wear, contents good./No Jacket. 21 cm.
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$55.40
Te Manukura ( Te Reo o Nga Morehu) The Maori People's Newspaper. He Nupepa Maori Motuhake. Vol. 1, No. 11. Maehe 15, 1923; March 15 1923.
Auckland: Free Press Printery, 1923. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 20 pages. Articles in te reo Maori with English translations alongside. In the original stapled binding. Staples a little rusty, rear cover slightly soiled. We also have Vol. 1. No. 9 in stock..
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$120.00
What Australia is doing for her returned Soldiers. Pamphlet
by MIllen, E.D
Melbourne: H.J. Green, Govt. Printer, 1918. Staplebound. Good + overall. A pamphlet outlining what is available to WWI returned servicemen. Millen was the Minister for Repatriation. "Sailors and Soldiers of Australia ... the nation clearly recognizes its obligation to you who have fought in defence of the Empire..." Lg 8vo, 8pp, pamphlet, published in green and black, with title and map of Australia on front cover, picture of golden wattle on back cover. Some fox spotting on exterior, horizontal fold...
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$90.00
