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1)	FitzRoy of the Beagle H.E.L. Mellersh [ISBN: 0884050173] Condition: Very Good
	Mason & Lipscomb Publishers , 1968. Jacket has fading to area around the spine. Inscription to front free endpaper. 308 pages with b/w illustrations. Biography of Captain Robert Fitzroy. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $20.00

2)	A Man Who Matched a Mountain : The Story of Tom Price H.H. Cunningham Condition: Good+
	Foxing to endpapers.22 pages with b/w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $20.00

3)	Remembered with Pride : The Recollections of an Australian Gold-digger Hammond, Mark J [ISBN: 0959657320] Condition: Very Good
	Hill End, NSW, Australia: Cambaroora Star Publications, 1988. Jacket has general wear plus fading to spine. 287 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Edited, introduced and annotated by Brian Hodge. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $20.00

4)	Mel. B. Spurr : His Life, Work, Writings, and Recitations Harry A. Spurr Condition: Good
	London, United Kingdom: A. Brown & Sons. 235 pages with b/w illustrations. No date.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $15.00

5)	Hayden: An Autobiography Hayden, Bill [ISBN: 020718769X] Condition: Very Good
	Sydney, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1996. 610 pages with b/w illustrations. Signed by Bill Hayden. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $18.00

6)	Australia's Brillant Daughter : Ellis Rowan - Artist, Naturalist, Explorer, 1848 - 1922 Hazzard, Margaret [ISBN: 0909104735] Condition: Very Good
	Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Greenhouse Publications, 1984. 160 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. The biography of a remarkable woman who was both a botanical and wildlife artist and an intrepid explorer. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $35.00

7)	In the Footsteps of Adam: An Autobiography Heyerdahl, Thor [ISBN: 0316853208] Condition: Good
	London, United Kingdom: Little, Brown & Company, 2000. 313 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $20.00

8)	Orson Welles: The Rise and Fall of an American Genius Higham, Charles [ISBN: 0312589298] Condition: Very Good
	New York, NY, U.S.A.: St Martins Press, 1985. 373 pages with b/w illustrations. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $18.00

9)	Brett Whiteley : An Unauthorised Life Hilton, Margot; Blundell, Graeme [ISBN: 073290918X] Condition: Good+
	Sydney, NSW, Australia: MacMillan, 1996. Some creases to covers, contents very good. 321 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $12.00

10)	Fred Hollows : An Autobiography Hollows, Fred; Corris, Peter [ISBN: 0958800464] Condition: Good
	Melbourne, VIC, Australia: John Kerr Pty Ltd, 1991. 240 pages with b/w illustrations. Inscribed and signed by Fred Hollows on the title page. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $28.00

11)	Strategic Command : General Sir John Wilton and Australia's Asian Wars Horner, David [ISBN: 0195552822] Condition: Near Fine
	Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Oxford University Press, 2006. 452 pages with b/w illustrations. The story of the most important and influential Australian Army officer in the second half of the twentieth century.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $55.00

12)	Captain James Cook Hough, Richard [ISBN: 0340585986] Condition: Very Good
	London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994. 398 pages with b/w illustrations. A biography of one of the worlds greatest mariners. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $22.00

13)	Warlord: Tojo Against the World Hoyt, Edwin P [ISBN: 0812840178] Condition: Good (minus)
	Chelsea, Michigan, U.S.A.: Scarborough House, 1993. Minimal library marks. Water marks to later pages. 254 pages with b/w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good (minus)/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $18.00

14)	Picasso: Creator and Destroyer Huffington Stassinopoulos, Arianna [ISBN: 0671454463] Condition: Very Good
	New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1988. 558 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $15.00

15)	Clunies Ross : Australian Visionary Humphreys, L.R [ISBN: 052284796X] Condition: Good+
	Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Miegunyah Press, 1998. Usual library marks. 250 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $22.00

16)	Architect Extraordinary : The Life and Work of John Horbury Hunt: 1838 - 1904 J.M. Freeland [ISBN: 0304939900] Condition: Very Good
	Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Cassell Australia, 1970. 246 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $38.00

17)	White of Carpentaria J.W.C. Wand Condition: Good+
	London, United Kingdom: Skeffington and Son Ltd. Jacket has general wear small chips and old repaired tears. 112 pages with b/w illustrations. The life of Australian Bishop Gilbert White who became Bishop of Carpentaria in 1900 and Bishop of Willochra in 1915. . Hard Cover. Good+/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $20.00

18)	Once I Was a Princess Jacqueline Gillespie [ISBN: 0732908159] Condition: Good
	Sydney: MacMillan, 1995. 433 pages with b/w illustrations.Jacket has wear and a 3cm tear.Some pictures have marks at bottom of pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $20.00

19)	Send the Boy to the Sea: The Memoirs of a Sailor on the Goldfields James Montagu Smith (edited By Peter cuffley) [ISBN: 1865035661] Condition: Good+
	Noble Park, Victoria, Australia: The Five Mile Press, 2001. 322 pages with b/w illustrations. This true life adventure includes details of shipboard life on a convict transport, Hobart town in the early 1850's, the Victorian goldfields in full swing and hardship in Melbourne, Sydney and the bush.. Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $14.00

20)	Henry James Letters : Volume I 1843-1875 James, Henry; Edel, Leon (editor) [ISBN: 0333172345] Condition: Good
	Basingstoke, Hants, United Kingdom: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1974. Usual library marks and wear. Front of dust Jacket has a 2 and 1 cm tears. some soiling to edges. 493 pages with some B/W photo's. In this edition Mr Edel, respecting James's view that only the best of a writer's letters deserve publication, skims the cream of the fifteen thousand letters collected or discovered, many by the biographer himself, since the novelist's death in 1916.. Hard Cover. Good/Good (minus). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $15.00

21)	Scholars and Gentlemen : A Biography of the Mackerras Family Joan Priest [ISBN: 0864390130] Condition: Near Fine
	Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Boolarong Publications, 1986. 328 pages with b/w illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $15.00

22)	Jayne Mansfield : A Bio-Bibliography Jocelyn Faris [ISBN: 0313285446] Condition: Very Good
	Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Greenwood Press, 1994. 284 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $100.00

23)	Of Heart and Mind: A Biography of James Owen Pearn 1904 - 1965 John Hemsley Pearn [ISBN: 1864990546] Condition: Near Fine
	Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Amphion Press, 1999. Front free endpaper missing. Signed by author on the title page. 202 pages with b/w illustrations. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $33.00

24)	In the Capacity of a Surgeon : A Biography of Walter Scott - Surgeon and Australian Colonist, and First Civilian of Queensland John Pearn [ISBN: 0959632123] Condition: Very Good
	Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Amphion Press, 1988. 226 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Illustrated laminated boards. Inscription on front free endpaper to the Lord Mayor of Brisbane and signed by the author.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $20.00

25)	The Highest Traditions : A Biography of Sydney Fancourt McDonald John Pearn [ISBN: 0867761342] Condition: Good+
	Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Department of Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, 1985. Signed by the author on the title page. 261 pages with b/w illustrations. A foundation Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, doctor-soldier, and the first paediatrician within the faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland. . Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $22.00

26)	The Bancroft Tradition John Pearn and Lawrie Powell (editors) [ISBN: 0867764252] Condition: Very Good
	Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Amphion Press, 1991. Illustrated laminated boards. 268 pages with b/w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $22.00

27)	Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 15 : 1940-1980 : Kem - Pie John Ritchie (General editor) [ISBN: 0522848435] Condition: Very Good
	Carlton South Vic, Austria: Melbourne University Press, 2000. Usual library marks. Jacket has been covered in clear contact and attached to endpapers. 611 pages. Includes loose corrigenda. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good (minus). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $70.00

28)	Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 16: 1940-1980 : Pik - Z John Ritchie (General editor) [ISBN: 0522849970] Condition: Very Good
	Carlton South Vic, Austria: Melbourne University Press, 2002. Usual library marks. Jacket has some fading and has been covered in clear contact and attached to endpapers. 611 pages. Includes loose corrigenda. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good (minus). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $70.00

29)	A Far Off Sunlit Place - The Life and Times of a Neurologist in Scotland and Australia John Sutherland [ISBN: 0867763302] Condition: Very Good
	Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Amphion Press, 1989. 229 pages with colour frontispiece and b/w illustrations. Inscription opposite title page (signed John) may be from author.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $25.00

30)	Ned Kelly : A Short Life Jones, Ian [ISBN: 0850916313] Condition: Good
	Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Lothian Publishing Co Pty.Ltd , 1995. Usual library marks and wear. 404 pages with b/w illustrations. Detailed history of the Australian bushranger. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $20.00

31)	Samuel Walker Griffith Joyce, Roger B [ISBN: 0702216887] Condition: Very Good
	Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Univerity of Queensland Press, 1984. 456 pages with b/w illustrations. The first chief justice of the High Court of Australia , premier of Queensland and the principle draftsman of the Australian Constitution.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $22.00

32)	Recollections and Reflections : The German-Australian Wilwarrel Saga Kath, Guenter [ISBN: 0975798103] Condition: Very Good
	Gympie, QLD, Australia: Self Published, 2005. 276 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $30.00

33)	Ned Kelly : The Authentic Illustrated Story Keith McMenomy [ISBN: 085902122X] Condition: Very Good
	Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Currey - O'Neil Ross , 1984. Jacket has wear to top of spine. 269 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Large, heavy book (2.3kg). . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $65.00

34)	George Johnston: A Biography Kinnane, Garry [ISBN: 0170065731] Condition: Very Good
	Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Nelson Publishers, 1986. Jacket has general wear plus fadiing to spine. 329 pages with b/w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good (minus). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $10.00

35)	Figure Skating to Fancy Skating: Memoirs of the Life of Sonja Henie Kirby, Michael [ISBN: 157197220X] Condition: Very Good
	Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Pentland Press Inc, 2000. Usual library marks. 213 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $85.00

36)	Alice Henry: The Power of Pen and Voice The Life of an Australian-American Labor Reformer Kirkby, Diane [ISBN: 0521391024] Condition: Good+
	Cambridge U.K: Cambridge Univ Press, 1991. Usual library marks. Foxing to endpapers. 254 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $12.00

37)	Evatt, Politics and Justice Kylie Tennant [ISBN: 0207143463] Condition: Very Good
	Angus & Robertson, 1981. Small previous owners name stamp at top of front free endpaper. 418 pages with b/w illustrations.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $20.00

38)	Arthur Nutter Thomas, Bishop of Adelaide 1906 - 1940 L.E.W. Renfrey [ISBN: 0731650077] Condition: Near Fine
	South Australia: Self Published, 1988. 187 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $22.00

39)	A Lady at Sea : The Adventures of Agnes Grant Hay Laube, Anthony [ISBN: 0959282726] Condition: Very Good
	Glenelg, SA, Australia: Self Published, 2001. Illustrated laminated boards. Usual library marks. 187 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $30.00

40)	Man Who Invented the Third Reich Laurssyn, Stan [ISBN: 0750918667] Condition: Fine
	Thrupp,Stroud,Gloucestershire,UK: Sutton Publishing, 1999. 166 pages with b/w illustrations.A compelling insight into the life of Arthur Moeller Van Den Bruck.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $25.00

41)	Pavlova : Repertoire of a Legend Lazzarini, John; Lazzarini, Roberta [ISBN: 0028719700] Condition: Good
	New York, NY, U.S.A.: Schirmer Books, 1981. Jacket has general wear and curling to bottom edge.5cm x 14cm section has been torn from the top right of the minor title page.A 9cm sq news article has been glued to the rear free endpaper.224 pages with b/w illustrations. Hard Cover. Good/Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $22.00

42)	I'm the One That Knows This Country! : The Story of Jessie Lennon and Coober Pedy Lennon, Jessie [ISBN: 085575351X] Condition: Good
	Canberra, ACT, Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press, 2000. Usual library marks. 152 pages with b/w illustrations. Matutjara woman Jessie Lennon takes us on a journey through her life in the desert regions of South Australia. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $40.00

43)	No Easy Path : The Life and Times of Lillian Violet Cooper MD, FRACS (1861 - 1947) - Australia's First Woman Surgeon Lesley M. Williams [ISBN: 0867764376] Condition: Very Good
	Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Amphion Press, 1991. Illustrated laminated boards. 138 pages with b/w illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $22.00

44)	Jirrahlinga : The Story of an Australian Wildlife Refuge, Its Creator, Its Carers, and Its Inmates Levett, Robin [ISBN: 0949873853] Condition: Very Good
	Newstead, VIC, Australia: N. S. Hudson Publishing Services Pty Limited, 2002. Usual library marks. 216 pages with b/w illustrations. The story of Tehree Gordon and her Wildlife Sanctuary. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $35.00

45)	Stop Laughing, This Is Serious!: The Life and Work of Stan Cross 1888-1977 Lindesay, Vane [ISBN: 0522849806] Condition: Very Good
	Carlton South Vic, Austria: Melbourne University Press, 2001. Usual library marks. 108 pages with b/w illustrations. Stan Cross was one of the greatest Australian cartoonists. He created 'Wally and the Major' and 'The Potts' but his most famous work is the cartoon'For gorsake, stop laughing: this is serious'. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $21.00

46)	William Woolls, "A Most Useful Colonist" Lionel Gilbert [ISBN: 0949910155] Condition: Near Fine
	Canberra, ACT, Australia: Mulini Press, 1985. 138 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $24.00

47)	My Life Lockett, Tony [ISBN: 0330361708] Condition: Near Fine
	Sydney, NSW, Australia: Ironbark, 1999. 186 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $15.00

48)	Colonel Lionel Rose : Chief Veterinary Officer of the Northern Territory, 1946-1958 Lonsdale, Trish [ISBN: 1876780827] Condition: Good+
	Rockhampton, QLD, Australia: Central Queensland University Press, 2006. Usual library marks. 275 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $55.00

49)	Outback Trail : Autobiography of August Jules Luck Experiences in Western Australian Goldfields Luck, August Jules [ISBN: 0859050815] Condition: Good
	Victoria Park, W.A., Australia: Hesperian Press, 1988. Usual library marks. 142 pages. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $15.00

50)	Richard Siddins of Port Jackson Lyndon Rose [ISBN: 0909434026] Condition: Very Good
	Canberra: Roebuck Books, 1984. 152 pages with b/w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information Bookseller: Terra Australis Books (Australia)	Price: AUD $22.00

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