Surfing & The Beach from Lawrence Jones

Palm Beach, Queensland.: Weldons Pty Ltd, 1987. 112pp, member list, bw ills. Pictorial glossy boards. Some foxing and bookseller label on front endpapers. Comprehensive history of the Pacific Surf Life Saving Club, Palm Beach, Queensland with some nice early surfing content too. Membership listing for 1947-87 at rear, though not complete due to missing records for some years.. First… Saber más sobre este artículo

Noosa Heads: Tropicsurf, 2012. HEAVY. Unpaginated (approx 250pp), num col photographs, pictroial endpapers. Decorated white cloth in slipcase. Slipcase badly stained but book only has some foxing to cloth. Produced by Tropicsurf, an Australian company that provides luxury surf tours and vacations in various exotic locations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. 4to.

Canberra: Australian National University, 1977. xii, 268pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, bw ills, endpaper maps. Black cloth in jacket. Fading to spine, foxing to top edge. Examination of the political, economic and social developments of five small port towns in the Pacific - Honolulu, Papeete, Kororareka, Levuka and Apia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Dusseldorf: teNeues Publishing, 2006. HEAVY. 219pp, num col ills. Pictorial boards in jacket. 2 short (app 1cm) tear at bottom of reacket rear otherwise minor edge wear to jacket, front free endpaper stuck to inside of cover. Text in English, German, French and Italian.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2008. 192pp, num bw & col ills, decorative endpapers. Pictorial card. Slightest of edge wear to covers. Kelly Slater's story in his own words, and a visual tour of an unconventional and unparallelled life. . First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Breakers House of Publishing, 2006. 74 pages, b/w illustrations throughout. Illustrated wrapper with colour illustrations. Small crease to bottom front corner, otherwise as new. Hundreds of surf magazines are listed in the identification and value guide for the surf historian.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to.

Hanapepe, Hawaii: Surfing Collectibles Guide, 2000. 30pp, num col ills. Or colour stapled wraps. As new. Price guide to vintage surf magazines and surf movie posters. Excellent as a guide to relative scarcity and as a checklist.. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. 8vo.

Breakers House of Publishing, 2006. 74 pages, b/w illustrations throughout. Illustrated wrapper with colour illustrations. 953 surfboards are listed in the identification and value guide for the surf historian.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Waialua, HI: Peter Cannon, 1997. HEAVY. 227pp, num col photographs. Minor edge wear to jacket, board edges rubbed, gift note on front free endpaper, foxing to prelims. Surfing the giant waves at Maui's Jaws.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Blue Max. Folio.

Ventura, Ca: Pacific Publishing, 1995. 103pp, illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Or cloth boards in jacket. Front panel of jacket rubbed otherwise near new. The book's sections cover Padro Valley, Santa Cruz, Malibu, Venice, Hermosa Beach, Palos Verdes, Long Beach, Dana Point, San O'Nofre, and Windansea. From the Introduction, 'The book was written in 1946, in a jargon of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne: Hardie Grant Books, 2012. HEAVY. 352pp, index, notes, num bw & col ills, contest results. Or black boards in pictorial jacket. Near new. An excellent comprehensive history of the Australian surfing scene.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Honolulu: Editions Limited, 1998. 179pp, index, chronology, num bw & col photographs. Or blue cloth in pictorial jacket. Near new. The story of a surfer who wanted to become an oceanographer and did. From big-wave surfing to deep diving to oceanography his life is one of adventure. From the early days of surfing in California and Hawaii in the '40s,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Torquay: Mouvement Publications., 1994. 292 pp + iii pp, 12 pp of colour photographs, b&w illustrations throughout, glossary, two appendices. Pictorial card. Small area on title page with slight surface damafe, otherwise as new. Written for surfers, the book explains how to ride more waves and better understand how to improve skills in both free and competitive surfing. Written by… Saber más sobre este artículo

Southport, Qld.: Gold Coast and Hinterland Historical Society Museum Fund., 1980. 133pp, num bw ills, map. Or pictorial card. Bottom of spine lacking, bumped at bottom of spine, otherwise moderate edgewear. A comprehensive history of the Southport-Surfer's Paradise area of Queensland's Gold Coast. Includes much on the history of the Southport State School, but mainly local history... First Edition. Soft… Saber más sobre este artículo

Sydney: Surfing World, 2010. Unpaginated (approx 180pp), num full page colour ills. Pictorial boards, no jacket. No obvious flaws. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.

Minto, NSW: The Bible Society., 2002. 624pp, col photos. Very light edge wear to cover, front blank creased. The New Testament in contemporary English presented specifically with the surfing community in mind. Throughout the book there are color photos of individual Christian surfers with their views on Christianity. Designed by Christian Surfer's International - by surfers for surfers. An unusual… Saber más sobre este artículo

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1992. 178pp, index, chronology, col & bw ills. Or cloth in jacket. Light foxing to top edge. Brief note (To xxxx Hi, Best Wishes Mark Richards'92) loosely inserted at front. The authorized biography of surfing legend, and 4 times world champion, Mark Richards. As well as his own life and career Richards talks about the other… Saber más sobre este artículo

Santa Cruz, CA: O'Neill, 2012. 166pp, num bw & col ills. Black card titled and decorated in silver, with integral flaps. Slight edge wear at bottom of cover. 60 years of surfwear brand O'Neill, founded in Santa Cruz in 1952.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Square 4to.

Sydney: 3 Crown Media Group., 2011. 190pp + several pages if pics at rear, num bw & col ills, pictorial endpapers. Blue boards in jacket. Slightest of edge wear to jacket. In October 1980 Simon Anderson stuck three fins on a surfboard and changed surfing forever. Over the course of 1981 he won the three biggest events in surfing on… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Transworld Publishers, 2008. 276pp, index, glossary, num col ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Some minor foxing, old price reduction sticker to front.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.