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Corteen, Johnstone H R - 76 ACTIVE YEARS(Self published at Wordswork Express, Welshpool , 1989)
pp. 232 Pages
West Australian memoirs. Signed by author. Illustrated. Interesting information on Muresk Agricultural College and several WA country towns.
Fine cloth brds, no d/w (as published)
Price: $11.00

Laroombe, Frederick - A HISTORY OF BOTANY BAY 1788-1963(Council of Municipality of Botany, n.d. (1963) , )
pp.232 Pages
Illustrations. 19x25cms.
VG Cloth brds. light foxing to edges; no d/w.
Price: $19.80

Menzies, Sir Robert - AFTERNOON LIGHT : Some Memories of Men and Events(Cassell , 1967)
pp. 384 Pages
Prime Minister of Australia, 1939 -41, 1949 - 66 and father of the Australian Liberal Party.
Fine cloth brds in VG edgeworn d/w; bookseller`s label on fpd
Price: $13.20

O`Grady, John - AUSSIE ENGLISH(Lansdowne Press, Sydney , 1984)
104 Pages
An explanation of the Australian idiom.
V/G No D/W
Price: $13.20

Pownall, Eve - AUSTRALIAN PIONEER WOMEN(Viking O`Neil , 1986 Reprint)
pp. 296 Pages
This account of Australia`s early settlement effectively demolishes the myth that pioneering was exclusively a masculine trait. 18x25cm with b/w illustrations.
Textured brds. in Pict. d/w. Mint
Price: $13.20

McGuire, Paul; Arnott, B.; McGuire, F. - AUSTRALIAN THEATRE, THE(Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press , 1948)
pp 183 Pages
An Abstract and Brief Chronicle in Twelve Parts with Characteristic Illustrations. Australian theatre history 1789-1948. Illustrated. 13.5x21.5cms (View image of Title and Frontis)
Very Good+ Cloth paper covers.
Price: $16.50

Idriess, Ion L. - BACK O` CAIRNS(Angus & Robertson , 1958)
pp. 310 Pages
Hardcover First Edition of Idriess Collectable. ATTACHED IMAGE SHOWS EDGEWEAR ON D/W BUT NOT TEAR IN REAR D/W
Hardcover First Edition VG cloth brds, inscr on fly illust and inside d/w; d/w is torn
Price: $24.20

Barcs, Emery - BACKYARD OF MARS Memoirs of the `Reffo` Period in Australia(Wildcat Press, Sydney , 1980, 1st edition)
pp. 227 Pages
Vivid and accurate account of the refugee period in Australian history. Photographs, 16.5x23.5cms. (View image)
Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w showing light edgewear
Price: $11.00

Cantrell, Leon (ed) - BARDS, BOHEMIANS & BOOKMEN Essays in Australian Literature(Uni of Queensland Press , 1976)
pp. 350 Pages
Includes essays on Marcus Clarke, Christopher Brennan, Vance Palmer, Norman Lindsay, Patrick White, Jack Hibberd and lesser literary lions.
VG in d/w but Ex-library and marked accordingly
Price: $11.00

Dash, Mike - BATAVIA`S GRAVEYARD : The True Story of the Mad Heretic who led History`s Bloodiest Mutiny.(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London , 2002)
pp.398 Pages
The Batavia shipwreck on the Western Australian coast, 1629. Marine archaeology. Abrolhos Islands.
Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in sl edgeworn d/w
Price: $26.40

Brodsky, Isadore - BENNELONG PROFILE. Dreamtime Reveries of a Native of Sydney Cove(Sydney: University Co-op Bookshop Ltd. , 1973 1st.ed.)
pp. 95 Pages
SIGNED by author on title page. Numbered ed. no. 203.
Fine/Fine, H/V 8 vo. rough trimmed. Original covers, gilt embossed
Price: $27.50

Hamilton, John - BURKIE A Biography of Brian BurkeOn Special( , 1988 First Edition)
pp. 222 Pages
SIGNED dedication and enclosures: Fully signed 5 page handwritten letter on Dublin Embassy notepaper dated 12/12/88 from BB to` David` [ Parker?] mentioning Connell, Dempster, Alan Bond, ALP et al, and 7 erotic photographs dated 29/11/91 [Lacks definitive provenance as to origin of photographs, but ...](Viewable image)
Very fine in d/w
Price: $66.00

Porter, Hal - CATS OF VENICE, THE(Angus & Robertson Australia , 1965, 1st edition)
pp.232 Pages
Cosmopolitan as always, Hal Porter ranges from Victoria to Venice.
Fine red cloth brds in d/w with minor tears, price clipped and price sticker to front
Price: $11.00

Johnston, George - CLEAN STRAW FOR NOTHING(Collins , 1969, 1st ed)
pp.318 Pages
Essential in any collection of Australian Modern First Editions. (View image)
VG+ cloth brds in VG+ d/w
Price: $ 8.80

Dutton, Geoffrey and David Elder - COLONEL WILLIAM LIGHT : Founder of a City(Melbourne University Press , 1991, `New Edition`)
pp.313 Pages
Founder of Adelaide. New edition with additional material. 16x24cms, illustrations. (View image)
Mint blue cloth brds in Mint pict d/w
Price: $26.40

Nairn, John - COME IN BILLY NAIRN(North Stirling Press , 1980)
pp.251 Pages
The Nairn Family`s early years in New Zealand and Western Australia.
Very Fine (unused) hardcover in VF d/w
Price: $11.00

Faulkner, C. C. - COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA, THE : A Brief History of its Establishment. Development and Service to the People of Australia and the British Empire under Sir Denison Miller KCMG, Governor....(Comminwealth Bank, Sydney , 1923)
xx, 367 Pages
Photographs, colour map, tables. Very attractive item.
Very Good firm copy, hardcover full leather (sl rubbed), gold embossing
Price: $82.50

Pybus, Cassandra - DEVIL AND JAMES McAULEY, THE(University of Queensland Press , 1999)
pp.xiii, 321 Pages
McAuley was Australia`s most prominent intellectual of the right during the Cold War. Involved in Ern Malley hoax, editor of Quadrant; ASIO and CIA connections and a poet as well! Australian Biography
Very Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w
Price: $16.50

Rintoul, John (compiler) - ESPERANCE, HISTORY OF( , c.1948)
pp.64 Pages
The Port of the Goldfields 1792 -1946. Illustrations and fold. map. Only a booklet, but not many have survived.
Paper covers, worn at spine but intact and complete. Inscr on inside cover
Price: $11.00

Rintoul, John - ESPERANCE: Yesterday and Today(Esperance Shire Council , 1963(?) 1964)
pp.v, 202 Pages
Illustrated. 14x22cms, Folding map (View image)
VG cloth brds foxing to edges; edge worn d/w lacks fragment at back
Price: $15.40