Search Results: Titles starting with U from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

London, Hermes/Anness reprint - large paperback, stiff w/r. covers **The ultimate reference book on the most revered motorcycle in the world ** The complete history and evolution of Harley Davidson, from its humble beginnings to its role as a cultural icon ** A visual catalogue presenting every model ever produced ** Colour photographs and informative text capture the spirit of this legendary motorcycle ** 297 x 230mm., pp. 256, b/w & col. plates t/out, Model Codes, index. Large paperback (booklet), stiff illustrated card covers. Contents, no inscriptions. FINE ISBN: 1843091690

Sydney, Hale & Iremonger first edition - h/c in d.j. As Australia's first woman novelist, as a teacher, a journalist, a philanthropic worker, a preacher, and a public campaigner for electoral reform and for the rights of women, she sought to overcome patriarchal conventions. As a 'Pioneer Woman… opening new paths for her sisters to tread' she was one of the earlists 'new women' of Australia. 225 x 145mm., pp. 240, b/w plates, endnotes, biblio., index. Contents near fine - no inscriptions, d.j. - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0868061492

Carlisle, Hesperian first edition - paperback, stiff card covers A graphic story of Boxhal's eighteen months of hard labour he spent on the rotting hulk, the 'Defence', on the Thames. His transportation to the Swan River Colony on the 'William Hammond' with 250 other convicts, and his survival of incarceration is vividly depicted. 215 x 150mm., pp. viii, 143, b//w plates, Genealogy (family lines), biblio., index. Paperback, stiff card covers. Contents - very nice AUTHOR SIGNED copy, card covers - light crease on lower back corner, sl. rubbed corners. NEAR FINE/VG ISBN: 0859052753

Canberra, National Library of Australia first edition - large paperback, stiff card covers The place of the underground in Australia is complex and varied. This publication is both an exploration of, and a journey through, the various sites that the underground occupies in Australian life, from caves, dams and bunkers to drains, mines, prisons and transport tunnels. 260 x 250mm., pp. 142, b/w & colour plates throughout. Large paperback (booklet) stiff illustrated card covers with French folds. NEW. ISBN: 9780642278081

Thornbury, Desbooks first edition - paperback wrap around board In 2002 people gathered in Melbourne to honour the memory of Eddie Mabo and to consider the 'unfinished business' that continues years after the Mabo decision. This record of the Conference contains the addresses and contributions of key speakers and commentators as they reflected on the objectives of the Conference. 220 x 220mm., pp. 204, b/w plates. Large paperback (booklet), stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, card covers slightly rubbed on corners, no creases. VG+ ISBN: 0949824364

Sydney, Ure Smith first edition - h/c in d.j. Do you know? That Australia has an earth-worm six feet long? Has a spider that barks and a fish that can climb trees - that the world's largest rock is in Australia - and the mightiest artesian storage? How the Aborigines detect a murderer - what are Australites? Bill Beatty answers these questions and tells many other fascinating stories. 190 x 130mm., pp. 112, b/w plates,contents v.g., d.j. G+ ( worn/closed tear top/bottom spine, chip on back - bottom edge - interesting Aboriginal cover design.

London, Hutchinson first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Here in words and in pictures, are two views of the United Nations. O'Brien argues the case, with his customery wit, eloquence and mastery. The UN, he says was an imaginative creation deliberately designed to appeal to the imagination. With a wealth of example he explores the ritual and symbols of the United Nations, while Topolski's drawings explicit in everything he depicts, form a happy partnership with O'Brien's text. 170 x 210mm., pp. 320, biblio., b/w & col. plates. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 090857909

London, Jonathan Cape revised edition - h/c in d.j. This revision of a standard one-volume survey of American history is one of the most readable. It covers a period of nearly 350 years, from the founding of the English colonies in North America to the outcome of the Presendential election of 1952. 240 x 165mm., pp. viii + 902, b/w plates & maps, selected reading, append. (I-III), index, contents are VG except has bumped bottom right corner, d.j. has sl. rubbing & tears/minor chips back & corners - still bright & clean - v.g.

Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office second edition - large format, wraparound covers 'Goals for the future are solidly based upon achievements. This Chronology, a second edition of one originally published in connection with Naval Aviation's golden anniversary, records significant events in Naval Aviation's growth and development and thus serves as a prologue to its future.' T.R. McClellan, RADM, USN and Thomas F. Connolly, VADM, USN. 270 x 210 mm., pp. 440, b/w plates, indices, append., index, large format paperback, soft covers, sun bleached spine, v.g.

London, William Collins/HarperCollins First edition - hard cover in dust jacket Altruist, Boy Prodigy, Official, Public Man, Lover, Connoisseur and Envoy - Keynes is revealed as the supreme example of the scholar as a man of action. We discover the passions that drove somebody who moved with equal ease and confidence in the corridors of power in Whitehall and Washington, among bankers of Threadneedle street, or at high table in Cambridge. 243 x 160mm., pp. xi, 418, notes, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, no tears or chips. FINE. ISBN: 9780007519804

Sydney, New South Publishing first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers Australia lost 600 men in the Boer War, fought in the heart of Africa, that had ostensibly nothing to do with Australia. Coinciding with federation, the war kickstarted Australia's commitment to fighting in Britain's wars overseas. By 1902, when the Boer War ended, a mythology about our colonial soldiers had been crafted and a dangerous precedent established. 208 x 135mm., pp. xiv, 266, notes, index . Trade paperback, illust. card covers. Covers, slight bump top back corner near spine. NEAR FINE ISBN: 9781742234809

South Melbourne, Macmillan first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The last year of the Pacific war cost more than a thousand Australian lives in campaigns that are today almost impossible to justify either militarily or politically. The soldiers doing the fighting and the dying thought they were participating in a 'politicians' war'. They were not. They were fighting a general's war. 225 x 150mm., pp. 6 (prelim.), 188, b/w plates, maps, biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, medium creasing on top back. NEAR FINE/VG ISBN: 0333356284

Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers Judith and Clifton Pugh's life together was a heady mix of painting, policy and pleasure where the boundaries between political, social and art worlds were blurred. This is a behind the scenes look at Australia's most radical government, the days when Whitlam, Stead, Dunstan and Tucker were among their closest friends. 230 x 150mm., pp. viii, 360, b/w plates & illust., sources, index. Trade paperback. Contents, no inscriptions; card covers, light crease top front edge, no reading creases. NEAR FINE ISBN: 9781741754773

Docklands, Jojo 2nd edition - trade paperback, pict. card covers This is Pauline's story - the good the bad and the ugly - because she is determined to let the Australian public know the truth about those heady years and why she kept fighting for what she genuinely believes in. She writes about her detractors, mostly the media who, under specific instructions set out to ruin her credibility. 230 x 154mm., pp. xi, 272, b/w & col. plates. Trade p/back pict. card covers. Contents, no inscriptions; card covers, med. rubbed on back, NO reading creases on spine. NEAR FINE ISBN: 9780980283624

South Yarra, Macmillan Art/Palgrave Macmillan first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Like a modern day Vasari, Sonia Payes' photographs provide us with new insights into the role of the studio in the practice of a significant cohort of contemporary Australian artists. (Professor Ted Snell) A magnificent book. 316 x 308mm., pp. 399, full colour plates throughout. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; dust jacket, light rubbing in a few areas, mainly on back. POSTAGE WITHIN AUSTRALIA AU$24. FINE/FINE ISBN: 9781876832285

St Lucia, University of Queensland Press Publishers Advance Copy - paperback Trade size paperback with gold coloured stiff wraparound cover. Notice on back ""ACCEPTANCE OF THIS ADVANCE COPY IS CONDITIONAL ON STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE REVIEW EMBARGO DATE OF SATURDAY AUGUST 20, 1994"", 216 x 137mm., pp. 8 (prelim.), 422, 10 pages of adverts, map. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, spine NOT broken, minor blemishes. VG+ ISBN: 0702226262

Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press first edition - hard cover WITHOUT d.j. as issued Outbursts of cultural anxiety like the one inspired by the urban crisis of the 80's and 90's are a common feature of the cultures of advanced industrialized nations. Macek argues and assesses the future of urban paranoia for the cities and suburbs alike. 235 x 156mm., pp. xx, 372, b/w plates, append., notes, biblio., index. Hard cover (without dust jacket as issued). Orig. gray resin, blocked on front & spine. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR UNDERLINING; boards/binding in excellent condition. FINE ISBN: 0816643601

Broome, Magabala Books first edition - mass market p/b, stiff card covers Central Australia 1960's. Ruby lives on a cattle station and goes to the 'silver bullet' school where she comes across Mr Duncan, her well meaning teacher. With curiosity and wry humour, Ruby begins to question Mr Duncan's unusual ways. In doing so she unintentionally triggers her own awakening as she seeks to understand why two cultures are so at odds with each other. The more Ruby learns the harder the journey becomes. 200 x 130mm., pp. 166, Mass market paperback, stiff illust. card covers. FINE ISBN: 1875641874