Search Results: Authors starting with B from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

Sydney, NewSouth Publishing First edition - Trade paperback, stiff pict. cover The Armenian Genocide began on 24 April 1915, Australian troops witnessed the Armenians ordeal and rescued victims in Palestine and Mesopotania, and as they learned of the massacres became involved in alleviating their distress. Stanley Savige, Isobel Hutton, James Cresswell among others, became the first Aiustralian humanitarian heroes. 235 x 153mm., pp. xii, 323, b/w plates, biblio., notes, index. Trade paperback, stiff pictorial card covers. NEW. ISBN: 9781742233994

Canberra, Australian National University first edition - h/c in d.j. Cook was a formidable man. The considerable legacy of scientific accomplishments his voyages produced were the subjects of the 1969 Symposium sponsored by the Australian Academy of Science. Six distinguished scientists and historians delivered addresses on Cook and his scientific companions, observations on Tahiti, botany of the South Pacific region and the Great Barrier Reef. 245 x 155mm., pp. ix, 143, b/w plates & col., map end/ps., ref. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. slightly rubbed. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0708100783

Hornsby, Child and Henry first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Museums the world over offer a window into the past, and Australia's museums are no exception. There are many interesting objects - household goods, farm machinery, transport vehicles, clothing and more personal possessions - which also deserve to be kept and treasured. Australia's museums are doing just that, and much more, to protect our heritage. 28.5 x 22cm., pp. 176, col. plates t/out, Museum Register (4 pp.), index. VG/VG ISBN: 0867770481

New York, HarperOne true first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The author exposes religious extremists' efforts to hasten the world's end in an apocalyptic event in Jerusalem. The stealth actions they have taken for decades, the devastating effect upon the social, cultural and spiritual fabric of society and asks : Can we afford to remain oblivious much longer? (edit) 240 x 160 mm., pp. xv, 276, notes, biblio., index. hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, slight edge creasing - no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 978006136384

Sydney, Angus & Robertson first edition - h/c in d.j. Many feel the attraction of the world's wild places, but few have the chance to follow their desires. Jean Bailey has, with this book, given the armchair traveller a magnificent opportunity to experience, through her words, one of the least accessible and most beautiful places on earth. 242 x 157mm., pp. 8 (prelim.), 182, col. plates & charcoal drawings t/out. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0207138214

n.p., the author First edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers A family's journey through the outback of Queensland is recorded by the author in verse and photographs. Of old days and sad days, hot days and days when the world would embrace them and give them courage to continue their journey through life. 210 x 148mm., pp. 119, b/w plates & illustrations. Trade paperback (booklet), illustrated card covers. Contents, ""personal inscription"" and HAND SIGNED by JOY BAILLIE; old price in Biro on last page (blank), card covers - no creases or tears. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0646315358

Loftus, Australian Military History Publications 3rd EDITION - trade paperback, stiff card covers Dedicated to the memory of all those who died in the rainforest of the Kokoda Track. Then it was horrific - a place of killing and hardship. Now it is a paradise - a living memorial to those whose spirit still dwell there. This is a guide book for those who wish to take the trek, with information on safety, to assist you to interact with villagers, and how to enjoy the sights and sounds along the way. 210 x 150mm., pp., 195, append., maps, index. Trade paperback, stiff illust. card covers. As NEW ISBN: 9781876439163

New York, Scholastic first edition - h/c in d.j. When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra Andalee and Calder Pilay together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect, an eccentric old woman seeks their company, and an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Blue Balliett's bewitching first novel is a puzzle, wrapped in a mystery, disguised as an adventure, and delivered as a work of art. 220 x 145 mm., pp. 254, b/w plates. Contents - no inscriptions, in d.j. FINE/FINE ISBN: 0439372941

Mt Crosby, Interactive Presentations Limited Edition - p/back, stiff card covers Scott Balson's ""Enemy of the State"" is a damning indictment of the controlled media in Australia, the loss of fair-minded journalism, and the emergence of a type of journalistic terrorism which has turned objective reporting into trial-by-media. (edit.) 220 x 155mm., pp., v, 282, append. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, AUTHOR SIGNED and NUMBERED No. 051 of 200 (on title page) DATED 13TH April, 2000; card covers, no creases. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0957741510

London, Victor Gollancz first edition - h/c in d.j. In the long struggle for land and power in South Africa, the Dutch settlers finally yielded to British pressure and, in 1835 began the Great Trek northwards to resettle in the Transvaalt, Orange Free State and Natal. By 1899, however, it was clear the Boers were destined to war, and the machinations of diamond king Cecil Rhodes lit the match under the powder keg. 203 x 135mm., pp. 160, maps, b/w plates, contents near fine - no inscriptions, d.j. slight stain back top edge, sl. wear top spine, VG+/VG. ISBN: 0575006048

London, Readers Union/William Collins first edition - h/c in d.j. The 'Black Hole of Calcutta' has become a casual expression for any stuffy, over-crowed place. It is the perfect example of the distortion inflicted by Time on History, and the reduction of the tragic to the trivial. Yet the Black Hole of Calcutta, which occurred in 1756 as the climax to a siege by 50,000 Indians on the East India Company's fort, defended by a handful of men, is one of the most dramatic episodes of British Imperial history. 210 x 135mm., pp. 254. Contents fine, d.j. sl. rubbed. FINE/VG

Nedlands, University of Western Australia Press first edition - large format p/b stiff covers Arriving in early 1942, American servicemen were greeted by Western Australians as handsome heroes from a Hollywood dream-world, offering protection from invasion as the Japanese bombed the state's northern outposts. Over the next three years thousands of navel personnel in Perth and coastal ports continued to have an impact that was more intense and more welcome than it was in other parts of Australia. 230 x 155mm., pp. xiii, 296, b/w plates, notes, biblio., index. Large paperback, stiff card covers. FINE ISBN: 1875560742

Queensland, University of Queensland Press reprint edition - hard cover in dust jacket 'Dear Sir, your stories are quite hopeless' wrote the pub-lisher George Robertson to a hopeful author. 'Give it up, and take to gardening'. In his celebrated career spanning half a century Robertson also encouraged and published many literary legends - from 'Banjo' Paterson and Henry Lawson to May Gibbs, and the bestselling poets and authors C. J. Dennis to Ion Idriess. 24 x 16cm., pp. xi, 225, b/w plates, sources, index of Correspondents, general index. Hard cover in dust jacket. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0702225126

Avondale, Golden Press reprint edition - h/c in d.j. Lady Barker's sparkling narrative describes her life on a Canterbury sheep station in the 1850s. No prim Victorian lady content with domestic activities, the young and vivacious Lady Barker insisted on being included in every adventure. 220 x 145mm., pp. 10, 238, previous owners name ffep. (one line - neat), contents v.g.+, d.j. very slight rubbing top spine - no tears or chips, VG. ISBN: 0855582537

London, Virago Press first edition - h/c in d.j. Twelve-year-old Colin, brought up entirely by women, knows little about his father except that he must have fought in the war. His mother says nothing about him and Colin turns to films for images of what his father might have been - his confusion grows and his imagination takes over, but when reality appears, only by finding and confronting the 'thing' he has created can Colin grow up. (edit.) Award winning author's early book. 225 x 140mm., p.p. 158, contents, no inscriptions, d.j. - no tears. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0860688917

London, Jonathan Cape first edition - h/c in d.j. A fighter pilot high above the English Channel in 1941, watches the sun rise; he descends 10,000 feet and then, to his amazement finds the sun beginning to rise again. With this haunting image the author begins to chart the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginnings as a naïve country girl to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020. 222 x 143mm., pp. 6, 195, contents fine, d.j. price clipped, light rub. on front, med. rub. on back, dusty edges inside back flap, sl. edge curl - no tears or chips, VG. ISBN: 0224024140

n.p., Assassin Publishing First Australian edit. - trade p/back, card covers Trinity Blue is an assassin. Hunted by her own kind. She wants to live a normal life. But somebody has to die first. Following a string of failed missions Trinity - beautiful, deadly - has spent three years running from hit-men. The Russian wants her dead dead. 230 x 153mm., pp. xxii, 367, b/w plates. Trade paperback, card covers. Contents, Warmly Inscribed & SIGNED by the AUTHOR (Carol, Thanks for the support. Hope you enjoy the read. Michael John Barnes) No reading creases, sl. rubbed corners. NEAR FINE ISBN: 9780994323804

Melbourne, Oxford University Press first edition - h/c in d.j. In this small gem are passages that tell of the early voyages, pioneer missionaries, naturalists, traders and travellers. Others describe coral islands, tropic scenery and the wild life of the jungles. 192 x 128mm., pp. col. plate (frontis.) + 10 + 185, b/w plates & line illust. t/out, content pages v.g.+, d.j. has a little creasing & closed tears (repaired) across top & spine - bright & clean, v.g.

Adelaide, the author first edition - paperback, w/r. card covers An autobiography on early country farm life on Yorke Peninsula, with its traumatic as well as humorous episodes. Covering the period 1920 - 1960, there are dramatic changes in many fields of life - especially transport. The authors knowledge of breeding and showing pigeons is remarkable. 235 x 160mm., pp. 6, 454, duo tone plates. Large format paperback, stiff w/r. card covers. Contents, p.o. name ffep (one line - neat), card covers, slight rubbing on edges, no reading creases on spine. AUTHOR SIGNED. VG+

Sydney, Power Institute first edition - paperback, stiff illus. covers Both political history and cultural analysis, this book traces the events surrounding the notorious purchase of 'Blue Poles' and the life of the ll-fated Whitlam Government. It provides a fascinating glimpse into Australia's social, cultural and economic history, its changing class dynamics and its shiftingg geo-political status.212 x 140mm., pp. 6, 264, notes, paperback with stiff illus. covers, book is in NEAR FINE condition. ISBN: 1864872756