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Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass Pub., 2007.. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 320pp. Good copy. The Upanishads contain a large number of inspiring & instructive passages & verses. Although it has not been possible to include all of them in this book, Rohit Mehta has selected the core of the text

Cambridge Uni.Press., 1985.. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 544pp. Col.plates & b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. A comprehensive study of Western musical development from the earliest known examples of plainchant in the Middle Ages to the electronic complexities of more contemporary composers.

Cambridge. Cambridge Uni Press., 2004.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 540pp., 481pp., 562pp. (sl foxing) to top edges. Owners name on ffe. b/w ills. Very good set. 1st ed. The Cambridge History of British Theatre begins in Roman Britain & ends with Charles II's restoration to the throne. As British theatre evolved it became innovative, political & enterprising.

Devon. David & Charles., 1979.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 156pp. Liquid paper mark on ffe. Dustjacket covered in plastic. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Although camouflage has been used throughout history for hunting, it wasn't until 1914 that it was developed for military use. Guy Hartcup traces the development of camouflage in military science.

Syd. New Holland Publishers., 2004.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 448pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed.

Can. ACT Museums Unit., 1992.. (rep) Foolscap folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 160pp. Very good copy. In the early 1990s, Jill Waterhouse set out to find & interview some of the people who had help build Canberra, almost from scratch, who were still alive then. She gathered their stories for this volume

Canberra. Capital Airport Group., 2003.. 4to. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 249pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Plans for the Canberra Aerodrome were drawn up in 1926 & the newly established RAAF commander, Colonel Brinsmead was named as the Controller of Civil Aviation to oversee the construction & its operation

N.Y. Variety., 1997.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 96pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.

N.Y. Sheridan House Publishers., 1941.. Or.canvas. 308pp. b/w plates. Endpaper maps. Very good copy. 1st ed. A woman's perspective of an expedition to the south coast of Dutch New Guinea where her father-in-law had established an outpost to control cannibal raids across the border into Papua. She believed these people were best left alone. They brought her armloads of orchids while she was there.

N.Y. Lee Furman Inc., 1939.. Or.cl. 318pp. 34 b/w plates. Internal hinges a little loose and lacks rear ffe else a good copy. 1st ed.

Earlwood.Canterbury & Dist Hist Soc, 1993.. Foolscap. Col.Ill.wrapps. 23pp. Some creasing to corners. b/w ills & maps. Very good copy. The area of land known today as the Municipality of Canterbury was first granted to Rev. Richard Johnson, the Chaplain of the First Fleet. He named his land 'Canterbury Vale' after Canterbury in England

Syd. The Publicist., 1938.. Or.cl. 595pp. Pages browned as usual & the cloth sl.soiled else a good copy. The scarce 1st ed. Edition of 2000 copies.

Syd. The Wedgwood Press., 1982.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 39pp. b/w ills. Sl.foxing to wrappers else a very good copy. Number 102 of 250 signed & numbered editions. This study is offered to show the manner in which the Royal Society of London honoured the man who was arguably its most famous Fellow.

Herberton (Qld) Hisine Technique., n.d.. (c.1970s) Ill.wrapps. unpag. b/w ills. Facsimile. Very Good copy. A facsimile reproduced from the "Newcastle" edition of Cook's diaries.

Lond. Longman., 1977.. (3rd imp.) Ill.wrapps. 92pp. b/w ills. Very Good copy. Then & There Series.

Wellington. Millwood Press., 1975.. Oblong 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 215pp. Sl.foxing to top edges. col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. James Cook arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778 & this marked the first documented contact by a European explorer with Hawai'i. Artists on board the HMS Discovery recorded much of islander life.

Horsham. Caliban Books., 1982.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 158pp. col plates & b/w map. Very good copy. 1st ed. While Britain was at war with its rebellious North American colonies, James Cook was patiently charting America's western coast during his third & final voyage of 1776 & 1780.

Melb. Thomas Nelson Limited., 1968.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 174pp. Some wear to wrapps at edge. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st Australian ed. Captain Frank Knight tells the story of Captain Cook's voyage in the Endeavour through extracts from Cook's own journal. Knight also gives a sense of the political & scientific climate of the time.

Syd. Council of the Library of NSW., 1970. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 24pp. Very good copy. Facsimile Edition. Here in miniature are Captain Cook's own accounts of his first & second voyages in search of a southern continent written to John Walker, a Quaker ship owner in Cook's home town of Whitby.

Canberra. ANU Press., 1979.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 278pp. Some foxing to top edge. b/w ills & maps to endpapers. Very good copy. 1st ed. The essays in this volume are a selection from the proceedings of the conference titles 'Captain James Cook & His Times', held at the Simon Fraser university in the spring of 1978.