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Melbourne, Argonaut Press First edition - hard cover, cloth covered boards The competition was won by Australian architect William Lucas, but both Hobbs and the head of the Imperial War Graves Commission, Sir Fabian Ware, disliked Lucas's design. Later, Lutyens was approached after work was halted to complete the Memorial. Orig. 'russet brown' cl. cov. bds, gold blocked front/printed spine (no d.j.). 290 x 230mm., pp. 95, b/w plates & architectural drawings t/out. SIGNED by 'WILLIAM LUCAS to Lieut.-Gen SIR TALBOLT HOBBS, May 1931'. Sl. insect 'nibbled' bot. edge page 5. VG+.

Cammeray, Richard Griffin first edition - hard cover in dust jacket On a visit to the Olgas in Central Australia, Driscoll 'discovered' Earnest Giles, and over a period of many months wrote a series of poems based on Giles' journeys. Whiteley, an old friend, read the poems and they then both travelled to Mt Olga where 'Native Rose' took shape. Whiteley's painting (The Olgas for Ernest Giles) which is featured in this book, fetched a record price of $3.48 million in June 2007. 397 x 325mm., pp. 64, b/w & col. plates. Orig. cloth lined boards in d.j. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0959303065

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office etc various editions - hard covers, cloth covered boards. Complete in Five volumes: Vol. I: 2nd Impression, 1971 with corrections; Vol. II: 2nd Impression, 1967; Vol. III: 1st 1962; Vol. IV: 1st 1965 (NOTE: front endpaper 'medium' splitting' at spine - still very sound); Vol. V: 1st 1969. All volumes green cloth covered boards, black labels on spine, gold blocked. (Volumes II, III & IV have map in pocket at back). All volumes have b/w plates & folded maps attached and in very good condition. Two volumes have correction slips. Contents, "p.o. bookplate" & written name on ffep. VG+. NOTE: HEAVY SET OF 5 VOLUMES - Postage/Pack AU$45.00 (within Aust.)

London, Berwick; printed by W. Lochhead, High-Street Fourth Edition WITH Additions - Hard cover Fourth Edition with Additions -1815. Bound in contemporary, full brown leather, spine gold blocked lettered direct, gold motifs between gold bands (not raised), with title in gold, front/back bds gold ruled edges. Corners med. ""bumped"", small ""split"" top front spine, med. rubbed. 215 x 138mm., Contents, papered end/ps, frontis., 6 (prelim.), 584, 8 folded maps, few fold tears, med. foxing blank prelim. & frontis. (bot. corner only), page edges med. 'toned', first/last blank pages heavily stained edges. VG

n.p., unknown first edit. - p/backs, three books in 2 slip cases Two slip cases with Retrospective Show catalogues of the WORK GRAPHICS of Luigi Spacal. (1) Special Edition of 99 copies printed,. SIGNED and Numbered to No. 99 From the Author. This is Copy No. 79. Folder with text and twenty-eight (I - XXVIII) folded screened/embossed black and and coloured plates - each titled and dated. Catalogue titled ""Spacal - 40 Years of Painting"" 1937-1977. black and white & coloured plates. Not numbered or signed. 245 x 230mm., pp. 94. Two folders & book in (2) slip cases. VG+

Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin First edition - hard cover in dust jacket This is a unique and powerful visual hiatory of the men who fought in the 9th Australian Division. Many never before published photographs, some from veteran's private collections, illustrate dramatic and confronting stories of Tobruk, El Alamein, New Guinea and Borneo. 238 x 187mm., pp. xvi, 272, black & white plates throughout, appendix, endnotes, bibliography, index. Hard cover in pictorial dust jacket. An outstanding copy. AS NEW ISBN: 1865086541

London, Jonathan Cape Proof edition - paperback, card covers with d.j. A very interesting ""PROOF ONLY - PROVISIONAL PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 8, 1970"". This is a PAPERBACK (soft cover) with pasted on label on the front (card) cover noting title, author and publisher. It also has a dust jacket of the published book wrapped around the card covers. 203 x 133mm., pp. 642. Contents, VG+, d.j. has closed tears and wear (rubbing) top spine due to the oversize of the dust jacket compared to the actual paperback book, but still VG+ - very bright and clean. VG+/VG+

London, Randon Century First U.K. Editions - H/covers without dust jacket Sensational erotic/romance novels by British author E.L. James. First three books, PRINTED SIGNATURE by E. L. JAMES. All First Editions. The 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has the wonderful wording ('Welcome to Christian and Ana's world. I hope you enjoy their journey. Lakers Baby. E.L. James X'), Book 2 & Book 3 have PRINTED SIGNATURE (E. L. JAMES X ), no other inscriptions. 223 x 140mm., pp. (1) 514, (2) 532 (3) 532. H/covers, without d.j. as issued. Black cloth cov. boards, silver/grey print. NEAR FINE. ISBN: 9781780891262

Adelaide, Rigby Limited First edition - hard cover WITHOUT dust jacket Engagements include: North Africa Campaign, Greece, Crete, Syrian Campaign, New Guinea Campaign,Aitape-Wewak Campaign. 242 x 155mm., pp. xx (prelim.), 380, xxii (b/w plates), maps (i-xvi), Lest We Forget (Honour Roll) Citations, glossary, index. H/cover (without dust jacket), green cloth covered boards (binding very sound), gold blocked spine (title/Author), map end/ps, (El Alamein, Tarakan Island). Contents, 2 small biro underlines; med./large 'spotting' on edges/margins. Extremely rare book. NEAR VG

Brisbane, 9th Battalion Assoc. first edition - hard cover in dust jacket One of the most important Battalion histories of WW I due to the way it was compiled. The author started the long process with oral (tape) interviews in 1977 with six other members of the Battalion. It grew into this publication over the next several years with many hundreds of interviews, extracts from diaries and other publications. 247 x 170mm., pp. xxvi, 598, b/w plates/maps, The Long Roll, indexes. H/cover in d.j. Contents, no inscriptions; d.j., slight rubbing - no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0958985502

London, Wright & Brown first edition - h/c in d.j. 190 x 130mm., pp. 220, 4 (adverts), orig. dark blue cloth covered boards, gold blocked spine, slight bump top r.h. corner, binding very sound & square, 3 x p.o. inscriptions (neat - 4 lines) plus oval shape library stamp ffep, NO other library pockets etc have been used, content pages few minor marks, d.j. chipping/wear top/bottom spine (only 'ranch' remains of title top spine), chips/wear corners, black marker pen 'x' near 'Ranch' front r.h. corner - still bright & clean, not price clipped. VG/VG

Hammersmith, Voyager/HarperCollins Publishers First Edition - hard cover in dust jacket True First Edition. 1st Printing. Correct numbering 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. This 1st Edition appears to have been released in 2010 to mark the Series 'VOYAGER 15th ANNIVERSARY' and has an additional page added to the First Edition, after the ffep. A paragraph reads 'The wealth and depth of the Voyager list is glorious. A lifetime's reading that can carry you from the fixed point stars of deep space to the forest, plains and mountains of Middle-earth.' 243 x 160mm., pp. 2, (Letter), 6 (prelim), 694. As NEW. ISBN: 9780007876440

London, Wiliam Heinemann Ltd. First Edition - Hard cover in dust jacket Wilbur Smith's twenty-first novel, 'A Time To Die', Warmly INSCRIBED and SIGNED - 'For Don, Best Wishes WILBUR SMITH', (Title Page,) as well as 'previous owners' details (Don Ballantyne, Perth, June '89) on ffep. 243 x 160mm., pp. 6 (preliminaries), 462, 6 (publisher's adverts.). Contents, above inscriptions, pages very clean, spine slightly 'slanted', binding very firm; dust jacket, small 'tear' and 'loss' bottom front right hand corner, few 'light' marks, not priced clipped, 12.95 net (Pounds) VG+/VG+ ISBN: 0434714208

Western Australia, Ministry of Education first edition - large booklet, illust. card covers This book describes some of the knowledge, skills and beliefs developed and shared among Aboriginal societies before 1788. An understanding of the past and its influence on the present is a critical first step in acknowledging and appreciating the value of cultural differences, dealing with racism and improving the quality of life for all Australians (edit.) 317 x 237mm., pp. vi, 378, b/w & col. plates, maps, timelines, biblio., index. Large bookle, stiff card covers. Contents & covers NEAR FINE ISBN: 0730941027

Melbourne, Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Academy of Humanities First edition - hard cover in dust jacket The full range of rare and beautiful illustrations offer a remarkable series of pictures of Aborigines in their natural habitats, views of early settlement at Port Jackson and drawings of land and sea animals (some now extinct). Lesueur and Petit were the only two artists to complete the voyage. 35 x 25.5cm., pp. 12 (prelim.), 347, decorated end/p., blue cl. boards, silver blocked, b/w & col. plates t/out, biblio., General index, Scientific index, FINE/VG++(very slight loss of gloss to d.j.) ISBN: 019554787x

Terrey Hills, Australian Geographic Pty Ltd 59 Issues - Magazine A CONTINUOUS run of the first Fifty-nine Issues of the 'Australian Geographic' Magazine starting from Number 1, January - March 1986 through to Number 59 July - September 2000. 278 x 210mm., pp. 128 (approx.) each issue, colour plates throughout. FINE or NEAR FINE condition. Extra postage required.

Perth, 2/28th Battalion/24th Anti-Tank Company Assoc. THIRD edition - hard cover in dust jacket This EXPANDED RARE THIRD edition of the 2/28 AIF & 24th Anti-Tank Company includes much new information and additional details since the book was first published in 1961. In the supplementary material, 24 Anti-Tank Company has been included with the battalion. The units were raised together, trained together, sailed together for the Middle East and mostly fought together. 220 x 155mm., pp. 20 (prelim.), 390, b/w plates, append., Honour & Nominal Rolls, Nominal indexes. H/cover in d.j. As NEW ISBN: 0646256181

Sydney, Angus & Robertson 9th & 12th editions - hard covers, maroon cloth Hard covers in orig. maroon cloth covered boards, gold blocked spines. 218 x 150mm., Vol. I: pp. xviii, 975, contents, ""previous owners"" name & date top of front endpaper; Vol. II: pp. xlviii, 662, three light ""school name"" rubber stamps (not library); boards are medium rubbed top/bottom spine & corners, spines very bright with no fading to gold blocking or spine cloth, light rubbing to a few areas on front & back cloth. Two very nice copies with light scattered foxing & little staining. At least VG.

Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia: Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 76 facsimile edition - hard cover Two volumes (complete), brown cloth covered boards, with large spine labels (green leather, gold embossed with title, author and volume), without dust jackets as issued. 277 x 225mm. Vol. 1: pp. [2], chart frontispiece, xx, xxxviii, 617, 23 b/w engraved plates plus one fold-out village plan. Vol. 2: [2], colour frontispiece, xvi, 335, plus 8 b/w & col. engraved plates. Boards slightly rubbed top/bottom spine & corners, contents pages of Vol. 1 has light dusting top edge - no foxing. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0724300031

Bristol, W. D. & H. O. Wills first edition - cards The aviation series of fifty cards was issued in early 1900. No. 1 - 25 featured Airships (lighter than air) and No. 26 - 50 Aeroplanes (heavier than air). 68mm x 36mm, full colour. Cards are housed in a 'Churchman's Cigarette Picture-Card Album - small size priced at one penny' with sloted pages, staples starting to pull through front card covers. Overall the 50 separate cards are in VG+ to Fine condition - one card has medium crease. VG+