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Tracks
de 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.
Batavia's Graveyard
de Mike Dash
From the bestselling author of Tulipomania comes Batavia's Graveyard, the spellbinding true story of mutiny, shipwreck, murder, and survival.It was the autumn of 1628, and the Batavia, the Dutch East India Company's flagship, was loaded with a king's ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java. The Batavia was the pride of the Company's fleet, a tangible symbol of the world's richest and most powerful commercial monopoly. She set sail with great fanfare, but the Batavia and her gold...
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Blast the Bush
de Len Beadell
Rigby, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. First Edition. 212 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm.Pages & plates remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has light edge-wear with closed tears and creasing.
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EUR 13.48
Art and Land
de Philip Jones and Peter Sutton
The focus of the book is on those remarkable Aboriginal objects called toa - objects of art and information within the context of Diyari culture. Toa were used as directional markers or sign posts in traditional Aboriginal Australia - there shape, colour, design or appendages representing conspicuous topographic features which are linked to the mystic wanderings of the Dreaming beings. 144 pages including photographs of mainly objects on almost all pages. Book in very good+ condition ex library with...
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EUR 27.90
Australian Pubs
de John Larkins, Bruce Howard
Rigby, 1974 reprint. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. âAustralian Pubs is the result of a 25,000-mile pub crawl!â embarked upon by Melbourne columnist John Larkins and photographer Bruce Howard. Their journey began one warm Sunday afternoon at Silverton, near Broken Hill, and ended twelve months and many hangovers later at the new Wrest Point Casino in Hobart under the shadow of snow-capped Mount Wellington.They drank in all kinds of pubs, from the little tin shanty in the outback, where...
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EUR 12.40
A Pictorial History Of The Blue Mountains
de Jo Booker
No publisher, 1111. Paperback. Good. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. Signed by the author. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout by author. Flat signed by author to first page. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has moderate edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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EUR 23.50
The Birds of Australia A Book of Identification
de Ken Simpson and Nicolas Day
An accurate and beautiful bird identification guide of every bird species in Australia. Nicolas Day's paintings are models of precision and detail and these are combined with Ken Simpson's edited field information and drawings and distribution maps. Also includes a 70 page Handbook on bird behaviour, feeding and breeding habits. 352 pages with over 2,000 painted colour images on 128 plates. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition. Birthday greeting to previous owner on first page. Small tear on...
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EUR 17.36
The Beginner's Guide to Australian Aboriginal Art
de R Lewis
A book to easily and simply unravel the great mystery of the meaning of Aboriginal art. A 16 page booklet held by staples with numerous figures. Book in as new condition. This a small book for which postage can be reduced in Australia. Contact me to make arrangement.
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EUR 14.88
RAAF BASE WILLIAMTOWN THE FIRST 50 YEARS..A short history of Australia's premier tactical fighter base
de MULLER, Peter & HUTCHINSON, John
NSW: Published by The Aviation Society & RAAF Williamstown, 1991. First Edition. Royal 8vo.pp.iii + 111 + 4p.with black & white and colour photographs and Illustrations. Very good copy in original quality stiff wrappers softcover.
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EUR 17.98
James Grassie: Poet and Aboriginal Story Teller of Victoria
de Peake, Andrew
Adelaide: Published by Author. 2013. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Mint Condition. A New copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Signed by the author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 258 pages. James Grassie [1813-1904] was a Scottish poet and storyteller who moved to Australia in 1852 and claimed to have been at the Eureka Stockade in 1854. His first few poems published in Australia seem to have appeared in the Geelong...
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EUR 23.56
The People's Forest, A Living History of the Australian Bush
de Gregg Borschmann
The first national oral history collection of Australian landscape memory and folklore recorded as a crucial cultural heritage. 279 pages with numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Book in near fine condition with previous owners name and a date on first page and very minor marks to top leading edge. Dust jacket/ slipcase in near fine condition with very minor ?mark on front. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.
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EUR 18.60
Transport, An Australian History
de Robert Lee
With European settlement new technologies emerged for crossing Australia - the stories of heroic, groundbreaking and everyday enterprises in shipping, roads, rail and aviation - transport is the backbone of our nation. 372 pages with illustrations throughout, many in colour. Book in as new condition.
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EUR 15.50
A Walk Through Black Hill Reserve. Flora and Fauna of Central Victoria
de Proctor, Lois [Editor]
Ballarat, Vic: The Friends of Black Hill. 1987. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs & Drawings. 60 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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EUR 12.40
A Bastard of a Place
de Peter Brune
Crows Nest, N.S.W: Allen & Unwin, 2004. large size paperback. Used. '. . . Brune's book is a timely reminder that despite the warmest alliances, nations sometimes have to stand up and save themselves.' - The Weekend Australian Financial Review'. . . A Bastard of a Place undeniably ranks as the best book ever written about the Aussie battles in Papua . . . Very highly recommended, and certainly one of the best books of the year.' - Bill Stone, Stone + Stone Second World War Books websiteIn 1942 and...
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EUR 18.38
Southern Exposure
de Donald Horne
Collins, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 143 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book...
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EUR 23.25
In Tasmania
de Shakespeare, Nicholas
The Harvill Press, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, bottom corners of boards gently bumped at tips o/w a very good tightly bound and clean copy in a very good pictorial dust jacket, maps to endpapers, b&w illustrations, 374pp.
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EUR 9.94
Beyond the Furthest Fences
de Margaret Ford
Hodder and Stoughton, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1966. First Edition. 190 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards. Contains black and white illustrations. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Moderate tape marks to pastedowns and free endpapers. Front free endpaper is missing. Pen markings to back free endpaper and pastedown. Binding remains...
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EUR 17.54
Major Mitchell's Map 1834 : the saga of the survey of the Nineteen Counties.
de ANDREWS, Alan E.J
Hobart: Blubber Head Press. 1992. 1000 copies. 402pp, illustrations, maps. Cloth with dustwrapper. A fine clean copy. ISBN 090852823X .
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EUR 21.70
A Short History of Australia
de Manning Clark
Mentor, 1980. Paperback. Acceptable. 1980. First Printing, Second Edition. 301 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout and mild cracking to front hinge. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Boards are slightly bowed.
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EUR 5.33
Beachport - a southern port (Signed)
de McCourt, Rosemary; Donalson, Elaine [Text] & Rogers, Debby[Sketches]
Mount Gambier: South East Book Promotions. 1994. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to inside of front cover. Signed by both authors and artist. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 36 pages. Celebration of South East Series Volume 12. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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EUR 15.50
Eastern Hemisphere, antique map with vignette views
de Rapkin, J. Tallis, John
London: John Tallis & Co., 1854. Maps. Steel engraved map from the famous Victorian publisher John Tallis, well-known for the attractive vignette views surrounding the maps, which illustrate the peoples & customs of that region. 10 x 13 1/2" plus margins. Attractive decorative border around edge, very good condition. HKD2710.
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EUR 259.19
Prehistoric Australia; 4000 million years of evolution in Australia
de Brian Mackness
Insight into the forces and processes responsible for sculpturing Australia's unique animals and plants from the earliest single-celled organisms to the recent lumbering giant marsupials. 191 pages with illustrations on nearly every pages many in colour. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.
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EUR 27.90
Man Tracks: With the Mounted Police in Australian Wilds
de Ion L. Idriess
Angus and Robertson, 1935. Hardcover. Good. 1935. 330 pages. No dust jacket. Red pictorial cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.
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EUR 25.19
The Art of Australia
de Hughes, Robert
Pelican Books / Penguin Books, 1971. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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EUR 6.86
The Royal Presence in Australia 1867-1986
de Philip W Pike
Since 1867 (to 1986) there have been over fifty official royal visits to Australia, prior to 1954 there had been only six royal tours. 262 pages with illustrations on nearly every page and front endpaper fold out House of Windsor family tree. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor knocks. tears and wear. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.
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EUR 15.50
Bush Bred and Bold
de Frank Harding
Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author - this copy numbered 667.The book tells the story in the form of 31 paintings, the story of Ned Kelly, one of Australia's folk heroes and in notes the author gives his interpretation of the outstanding incidents in the life of Ned Kelly. Book in near fine condition with some foxing to top edges. Dust jacket in near fine condition with minor dents to corners and some edges and a small tear front middle and small rub top right (see photo).
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EUR 37.21
Oceana: The Tempestuous Voyage of J.A.Froude, 1884-1885
de Blainey, Geoffrey (Editor)
Methuen Haynes. 1985. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. xix, 211 pages. Travellers' Tales of Early Australia and New Zealand, edited and abridged by Geoffrey Blainey and including a Foreword on Froude and his life with notes that illuminate his travels. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Abridged Edition....
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EUR 10.23
