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Hughes, Robert - FATAL SHORE, THE(Collins Harvill , 1987)
688 Pages
The Fatal Shore follows convict transportation from the squalor of Georgian Britain and its obsessive fear of mob violence to the grim prison hulks - Noah`s Arks of small-time criminality - that disgorged their human cargoes into the most elaborate penal system the world had ever seen .
Fine/Fine d/w
Price: $38.50

White, Patrick - FLAWS IN THE GLASS A Self Portrait(Jonathan Cape, London , 1981, 1st ed)
pp.260 Pages
14.5x22.5cms
Hardcover. Fine except name clipped fep in VG d/w with minor chipping
Price: $16.50

Anderson, Hugh - FLOWERS OF THE FIELD : A History of Ripon Shire(Hill of Content, Melbourne , 1969)
pp.240 Pages
Together with Mrs Kirkland`s `LIFE IN THE BUSH`, from `Chambers`s Miscellany`, 1845.
Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w
Price: $16.50

Jolley, Elizabeth - FOXYBABY(St, Lucia, UQP , 1985 1st ed. SIGNED)
pp.261 Pages
This copy SIGNED BY ELIZABETH JOLLEY on FEP.
H/C FINE/FINE
Price: $38.50

White, Patrick - FRINGE OF LEAVES, A(Jonathan Cape, London , 1976, 1st ed)
pp.405 Pages
13x20cms
Hardcover VG, name clipped fep, pencil scoring and notes. Lacks d/w
Price: $11.00

Idriess, Ion L. - GOLD-DUST AND ASHES : The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields(Angus & Robertson , 1935 (8th edition))
pp. x, 285 + Pages
Prev owner`s name on half-title. A nice copy. Goldfields of New Guinea endpp maps, illusts..
Or. cloth brds Sm. 8vo, some acceptable browning on edges, light foxing. Firm, tight copy with all illusts intact and present. No d/w.
Price: $27.50

Kramer, Leonie (Chosen with an intro by) - HAL PORTER: SELECTED STORIES(Angus & Robertson , 1971, 1st ed)
pp. 264 Pages
13.5x20cms View image for cond of d/w
Hardcover. Fine cloth brds but name crudely clipped from fep and fly in Good only d/w, clipped with tears and missing inside corner
Price: $11.00

Brodsky, Isadore - HEART OF THE ROCKS(Old Sydney Free Press , 1965)
pp.147 Pages
History of the Rocks area, Sydney. 18.5x25cms, illustrations.
Fine cloth brds in VG rubbed d/w.
Price: $16.50

Wannan, Bill (ed) - HEATHER IN THE SOUTH, THE : Lore, Literature and Balladry of the Scots in Australia(Lansdowne , 1966)
pp. xv, 189 Pages

Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w
Price: $16.50

Southall, Ivan - HILLS END(Angus & Robertson , 1962)
pp.174 Pages
Sothall First Edition
Vg cloth brds hardcover; d/e edgefrayed; inscr on fly
Price: $11.00

Dutton, Geoffrey - INNOVATORS, THE(Macmillan , 1986)
pp 266 Pages
The Sydney alternatives in the rise of modern art, literature and ideas, 1930s - 1960s. Illustrations. (View image)
Very fine, cloth brds in d/w
Price: $15.40

Edwards, Hugh - ISLAND OF ANGRY GHOSTS(Angus & Robertson , 1996)
207 Pages
The Batavia expedition: Australian divers uncover a grim tale of shipwreck, mutiny and massacre. This copy signed by author. Inscr. `With best wishes Hugh Edwards 1999`
P/b, fine/SIGNED COPY
Price: $16.50

Dennis, C. J. - JIM OF THE HILLS(Angus & Robertson, Sydney , 1919, 1st.ed.)
pp.93 Pages
D/w has some tears and possible s/fish damage. 2nd colored pict. d/w now in 4 pieces. Boards and internals have survived in in fine cond. Colored plates.
Green cloth ornamental brds.d/w x 2.
Price: $15.40

McClelland, James - James McClelland`s THE NEPEAN RIVER VALLEY; ITS HISTORY; ITS FLOODS; ITS PEOPLE(McClelland Research , 1979, 2nd ed)
pp.152 (single-sided) Pages
A history of the City of Penrith-St.Mary`s, the Towns and Villages of the Nepean River Valley and the Blue Mountains Foothills, Land Grants, Burials 1788-1940, and Honours List of People of Merit for Community Involvement 1977. 21x33cms (View image) Signed
VG+ Handbound cyclostyled pages; protect wrapper tape has marked fep
Price: $16.50

McClelland, James - James McClelland`s WHERE AUSTRALIANS FOUGHT and DIED Book No.4(McClelland Research, Silverdale , 1979)
pp.138 (single-sided) Pages
`An Authentic Historical Diary Tribute to the Men & Women of Australia`s Armed Forces`; The Mothers Who Gave; The Wives and Sweethearts Who Waited. Signed21x33cms (View image)
VG+ Cyclostyled sheets handbound; protect wrapper tape has marked fep
Price: $16.50

Harris, Capt. Kilroy Harris - KANGAROO-LAND Glimpses of Australia(`The Colonizer`, London , 1926)
pp.88 Pages
SIGNED. Autographed by the indomitable Captain (DSO, MC (Two Bars), FRGS, FRCI) blathering on about how Oz is the most wonderful place on earth. Cute 1920 photographs of sheep, possums and kangaroos `which make nice pets until they get too big`. Nice blue cloth copy with sl. bumped corners, sml tear in p.77 15.5x23cms (View image)
VG Cloth brds
Price: $15.40

Leatherbee, Mrs. Albert T. (ed) - KNOCKING ABOUT Being Some Adventures of Augustus Baker Peirce in Australia(Yale University Press , 1924)
pp.176 Pages
Illustrated by the Writer. Intro by Edwin H Brigham.16x24cms (View image)
VG+ red cloth brds, some wear on to and bottom edges, no d/w
Price: $13.20

Schouten, Peter - KOALAS BIZARRE(Angus & Roberston , 1985)
unpaginated, (pp. 14 full page illusts) Pages
Humorous cartoon illustrations showing Australia`s national icon animal in bizarre circumstances.
Very Fine softcover
Price: $11.00

Ewers, John K. - LONG ENOUGH FOR A JOKE An Autobiography(Fremantle Arts Centre Press , 1983)
pp.308 Pages
SIGNED by Jean Ewers. An important figure in West Australian writing as author, editor and Foundation President of the WA Branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers. He died in 1978, shortly after completing the first draft of this autobiography. 17x24cms (View image)
Softcover. Fine Paper Covers in d/w
Price: $16.50

Idriess, Ion - MAN TRACKS: With the Mounted Police in Australian Wilds(Jonathan Cape, London , 1937 1st edition)
pp.320 Pages

Hardcover, no d/w. VG sound copy with fold map intact; light speckling
Price: $27.50