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Alfred A. Knopf New York 1988 1st edition. 0. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 279pp. very good+. / very good+ d/w. .

Adelaide. 1975. Rigby.. 0. Hardcover. 4to. hardcover. 207pp. with 214 b/w photos. Very good+. / very good+ d/w. A selection from the A.D. Edwardes collection of shipping photographs in the state library of South Australia .

Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1996.. 1996. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 276pp. index, b/w illus. Very good=+. / Very good+ d/w. .

Hachette Australia 2010. 2010. Softcover. 8vo softcover 328pp. Very good, light toning to page edges. As one of Australia's most highly trained and successful combat marksmen, he saw action in East Timor, Iraq and most recently in Afghanistan where he won medals for gallantry in some of the heaviest fighting in the conflict. He tells of his near-death experience in the Blackhawk helicopter that crashed off Fiji, killing two of his mates. He was also in the personal security detail of the East Timorese President, Xanana Gusmao and the Chief of the Australian Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston. .

Virgin 1996. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. hardcover. 224pp. colour & b/w illus. nVery good. / Very good d/w. .

New York, G. P. Putnam''s Sons 1973.. 1973. Hardcover. Large 4to. hardcover. 215pp. b/w illus. near fine. / near fine d/w. .

Hodder And Stoughton 2000. 2000. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 384pp index, b/w illus. very good, remainder mark on top edge. / very good d/w. .

Hachette Australia 2009. 2009. Softcover. 8vo softcover 243pp very good. Set against the backdrop of the war in Afghanistan, Saving Cinnamon chronicles the love story of Navy Reservist Mark Feffer and a stray puppy he bonded with while stationed outside of Kandahar. When Mark is about to return stateside, he decides to adopt Cinnamon and sets up her transport back to the U.S. But the unthinkable happens and Cinnamon is abandoned by the dog handler who was supposed to bring her home, and disappears with out a trace. Mark and his family start a desperate search for the puppy which lasts 44 days and ends dramatically when Mark and Cinnamon are finally reunited. This is a touching memoir told by Mark’s sister, who initiated the rescue efforts. .

Bounty Books, London, 2005. 2005. Hardcover. 8vo. laminated boards, hardcover. 350pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, light foxing to outer page edges. .

Melbourne, Lansdowne 1973.. 1973. Hardcover. 4to. hardcover. 144pp. index. colour & b/w illus. very good, light foxing to endpapers. / very good d/w. .

0. London, Allen, 1966. Cloth. 8to. 293pp. +34pp b/w plates. Endmaps. Good in a good price clipped d/w. .

Center of Military History United States Army. Washington, DC 1995.. 1995. Hardcover. Large 8vo. illustrated boards, hardcover. 414pp. index, b/w illus. Fine. .

London Harrap, 1976. 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 269pp. index. Newly edited by Tim Beaumont. very good. / very good d/w. .

Weidenfeld and Nicholson 2001. 2001. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 246pp index, b/w illus. very good, owner's inscription on fep / very good+ d/w. Selkirk was a pirate and a buccaneer who sailed on the South Seas on looting expeditions for gold and treasure. In 1703 he joined an expedition whose object was to plunder French and Spanish ships. Conditions on the ship were appalling; scurvy, dysentery and typhus flourished and most of the crew died or went mad. Eventually they reached the island of Juan Fernandez 400 miles off the coast of Chile where Selkirk opted to maroon himself. Suddenly solitude and silence were imposed and his only relationship was to the island and to himself. He learnt to kill goats with cudgels and use their skins for coats and shoes. He hollowed out a canoe and circumnavigated the island. He wished there were a woman on the island, but perhaps he used the goats he had tamed for his sexual satisfaction. Gradually he found that company was not essential and that he was the… Leer más

Weidenfeld and Nicholson 2001. 2001. Softcover. 8vo softcover 239pp index, b/w illus. very good . Selkirk was a pirate and a buccaneer who sailed on the South Seas on looting expeditions for gold and treasure. In 1703 he joined an expedition whose object was to plunder French and Spanish ships. Conditions on the ship were appalling; scurvy, dysentery and typhus flourished and most of the crew died or went mad. Eventually they reached the island of Juan Fernandez 400 miles off the coast of Chile where Selkirk opted to maroon himself. Suddenly solitude and silence were imposed and his only relationship was to the island and to himself. He learnt to kill goats with cudgels and use their skins for coats and shoes. He hollowed out a canoe and circumnavigated the island. He wished there were a woman on the island, but perhaps he used the goats he had tamed for his sexual satisfaction. Gradually he found that company was not essential and that he was the Governor of this island, afraid of nothing it contained. .

Faber and Faber 1987. 1987. Softcover. Trade sized paperback with d/w - both ver good. Signed by Simon Bell, with his own 'lay line'. Illustrated throughout with pictures. .

Birlinn, UK 2002. 2002. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 381pp. + 277pp. + maps. b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w. .

Harper Press 2007. 2007. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 200pp Very good. / Very good d/w. Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bryson tries to make sense of the man behind the masterpieces. In a journey through the streets of Shakespeare's time, he brings to life the hubbub of Elizabethan England and a host of characters along the way. Bryson celebrates the glory of Shakespeare's language, his inventiveness gave us hundreds of now indispensable phrases, images and words. .

Auckland. 1975. Hodder & Stoughton.. 0. First Edition. with 2 survival plans, plus 16 pages with 60 colour photos. Eps: map between New Zealand and Solomon Islands. Hard cover, Very good. / Very good d/w.. 22 x 14.5. Voyage on the Underwater Research Vessel "El Torito" and dives amongst sharks off New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, New Hebrides (Vanuatu) and the Solomon Islands. .

Shell Company of Australia 1928.. 1928. Hardcover. 4to. padded cloth, hardcover. 52pp. b/w illus. Very good, light foxing. Rubbing to cover corners. / no d/w. .