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McMahon's Point, N.S.W., Australia: Goko Management, 1997. 89pp., book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed card wrapper lightly creased and edgeworn, otherwise good. Business wisdom from noted economist, thinker and advisor: Will Buttrose. Contents include: Intro., 6 chapters, Postscript. Book weight approx. 150g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

London: Faber & Faber, 1989. ix, + 68pp., b/w film still illustrations throughout. Book slightly cocked. Clear acetate adhesive film applied to illustrated card wrapper, which has light creases and edgewear. White deletion fluid applied over name on half-title page, light pencil annotations on several pages. 'My Left Foot' was first shown at the Curzon Mayfair Theatre on August 18, 1989, and starred Daniel Day Lewis as Christy Brown. Book weight approx. 150g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . 4th Impression.. Softcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

U.K.: Sceptre, 1991. 205pp., b/w locality map frontispiece. Book clean, square. Leaves mildly tanned. Art illustrated card wrapper has negligible corner bumps, else good. Author's debut novel, well received. "Under the open skies of North Norfolk, the Dobell family seems to lead an idyllic life . . . " Book weight approx. 190g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Good.

New York: The American Alpine Club, 1983. 75pp., one intext illustration. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Original price sticker affixed to foot of half-title page, otherwise leaves clean. Gilt-titled card wrapper undamaged. "Good wilderness medical information is available, especially on frostbite, hypothermia and general first aid. This book is designed to fill the existing gap in specific and detailed information on acute mountain sickness . . . " Contents include: Intro., What is mountain sickness?, Recognition and treatment, Edema[s], Classification, Fluid balance at high altitude, Prevention of mountain sickness, Retinal hemorrhage, Refs., Appendix. Book weight approx. 110g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Softcover. Very Good +. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Honolulu, Hawaii: Aloha Graphics, 1977. 35pp., b/w and duo-tone halftone illustrations throughout. Book square. Staples firm. Leaves clean. Mystically illustrated [Paul Martin] card wrapper slightly edgeworn, abraded spots, colour faded on spine and a few blind indentations. Original price sticker affixed inside front wrap. Pele is the Volcano Goddess of Hawaii. Book weight approx. 102g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staplebound Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

South Yarra, Melbourne: Author, 1975. 91pp. B/White illustrations throughout by Jeff Lawes. Book square, spine firm. Leaves clean. Pictorial card wrapper slightly edgeworn, small spots of abrading. Stories of life as a jackaroo. Contents include: Prelims., It's What You Want To Make It, The Colonial Experiencers, It's A Jackaroo's Life, He Came From The City And Went Back A Bushman, Bush Comedians, The Day Auburndale Got Burnt, They Don't Ride Horses Up Our Way Anymore, Glossary. Book weight approx. 150g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Card Softcover. Fair+,.

Tampa, FL: Inti Publishing, 2001. xiii, + 110pp., book clean, square. Spine firm. Several formerly dog-eared pages, otherwise leaves clean. Printed card wrapper nominally creased on foredge corners, else very good. Inspirational, with strategies for business people, contents include: Prelims., 10 chapters-The Ten Basics Of Business. Book weight approx. 200g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Columbus, Nebraska: Saunders Archery Company No publication date [c.1970]. 16pp., sepia, demonstrative half-tone plates and text throughout. Book clean, 'square'. Staples firm. Leaves and selfcover clean. Concise and instructional, contents include: How to practice for a successful deer hunt, Hunter's equipment, Care of equipment, How to fine tune a bow, How to hone broadheads sharp as a razor, Checklist. Booklet weight approx. 50g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staplebound Selfcover Booklet. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Buffalo, New York: Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, 1982. 80pp., b/w halftone, graph, cartoon illustrations throughout. Staples firm. Book noticeably canted. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper slightly edgeworn and canted [as noted]. Key feature article: Remote viewing revisited. Booklet weight approx. 140g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Stapled Softcover. Fair+,. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

St Leonards, N.S.W., Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1991. viii, + 165pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper very good+, minor bump to head. Are you too fat? Australia's leading nutritionist examines the great diet hoaxes and explains the only sure way to lose weight. Book weight approx. 310g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good +.

Buffalo, New York: Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, 1984. 96pp., b/w halftone and cartoon illustrations throughout. Staples firm. Book slightly askew. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper slightly edgeworn and abraded, light surface cracks on spine. Key feature article: Quantum theory and PSI; The misuse of science. Booklet weight approx. 150g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Stapled Softcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan, 1979. 120pp., book clean, square. Miniscule bump to head and foot of backstrip. Several tiny dogears, else leaves clean. B/w intext illustrations by Lisa Jensen. Art illustrated [Jensen] dustjacket edgeworn, with nips and chips, several short closed tears, one with old tape stain. Juvenile fantasy fiction set in Medieval Japan . . . Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Fair +. Illus. by Lisa Jensen. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1995. xxxii, + 102pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed limp warapper lightly scuffed and abraded. In this book, "the author attempts to summarise the customs in order that a state of uniformity might be brought about through Maasailand as far as customs are concerned .primarily addressed to the younger generations of Maasai children who, due to schooling and other 'corrupting' influences, might not grow up in typical Maasai tradition.Contents include: Prelims., Intro., 15 chapters. Book weight approx. 180g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Reprint. Softcover. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Prague: Vitalia, 1999. 96pp., b/white, art-illustrated frontispiece, and sketch illustrations throughout by Karl Hruska. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped and edgeworn. Jan Neruda's 'Mala Strana Stories' was first published in 1878 with the original Czech title: Povidky Malostranske. English translation by Peter Kopet. It takes the reader back to a time when Prague's Mala Strana was a dreamy part of the city, with its narrow, winding streets, with its historic palaces, churches and houses, and characters within . . . Book weight approx. 170g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sydney: ABC Books, 1995. 171pp. Intext, b/white sketch illustrations by Colin Cameron. Book clean, square. Leaves clean. illustrated [Cameron] card wrapper edgeworn,several soft creases, security sticker affixed to inside rear cover. Australian yarns and tall tales from writer, broadcaster and former World Yarn-Spinning Champion: Mike Hayes. Contents include: Warning!, What's the difference between., 8 chapters, viz: Signs of a misspent youth, Hold the Presses; Yarns from the big smoke, Beating about the bush,Getting what we deserve, Before you go, More. Book weight approx. 250gms. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 3rd Edition. Softcover. Very Good.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Nelson, 1986. 147pp., plus eight pages of colour art plates, b/white line-drawings throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Previous owner's name to half-title page, else leaves clean, albeit mildly tanned. Illustrated card wrapper minimally indented only. "Your garden and the surrounding countryside are bountiful sources of material from which to make presents . . . Ninette Dutton has included sections on preserving and drying plants and what you can make with them; herbs and cookery . . . Presents to make include toys, baskets, decorative trees, rubbings, bridal wear, potpourri, soaps, recipes, cards, lampshades, cosmetics and hundreds of ideas which can turn ordinary garden material into treasured presents." Book weight approx. 470g. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Phoenix Sports Books, 1956. 127pp., b/w action-illustrated frontispiece, and unpaginated halftone plates throughout. Intext, line-drawn examples. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Minor flecks throughout text-block, otherwise leaves clean. Printed dustjacket edgeworn, several jagged tears, scuffed on rear panel. Instructional in the use of 'tactics' . . .The aim?-Score goals . . . Contents include: Purpose of tactics, Tools for the job, Hungarians bring a new conception, Early development of tactical ideas, Arsenal lead the way, Spurs'-Push and run, Lessons from the rest of the world, Attacking centre-half, Classical Scottish style, Defensive wingers, Needs of amateurs and schoolboys, Crowd's part in tactics. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good+/Fair +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dingley, Victoria, Australia: Mammoth [Reed For Kids], 1996. 115pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Signed by author on half-title page, otherwise leaves mildly tanned. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped on lower foredge corner. A stand-alone, Volume 13, in the 'Mammoth Mystery' series, finds a confused Grace, uncertain who to trust or believe; is rock & roll icon Johnny Savage really dead? Or is he the mysterious Karl in disguise? With Gino, who is sure he knows, is Grace able to solve this mystery.?" Contents include: 22 compelling chapters. Book weight approx. 140g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Glebe, NSW: Walter McVitty Books, 1991. 151pp. Book clean, nominally askew. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Trivial bump on heel of backstrip. Art-illustrated [Arthur Boothroyd] dustjacket negligibly edgeworn only. An 'adventure' story, with a lesson to be learnt, finds 'Tam growing up believing the magnificent ships that sailed the searoads, beyond the wild and untamed shore on which he lived with his father, were like the seed heads of rushes, ready to burst open and strew the beaches-not with rush seeds, but with riches beyond their wildest dreams. He and his father only had to bring one vessel to wreck upon their shore to reap a fortune.' However.Book weight approx. 400g. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Sportsmans Book Club, 1966. 275pp., unpaginated [8 page], candid and action-illustrated, b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Boards lighty bumped on foredge corners, plus head and heel of backstrip. Leaves clean, but noticeably tanned. Illustrated dustjacket has nipped jagged tears, and light soiling. Originally published by the Epworth Press Ltd., 1963. Contains 21 chapters of unabashed lauding of a pair of great English cricketers (would the M.C.C. have swapped both for Don Bradman?), Statistics, and Index. Book weight approx. 420g. . 1st Thus.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.