The Kangaroo Hunters; or, Adventures in the Bush (1858, Woolworth, Ainsworth 1st Ed.) by Bowman, Anne - 1858

Publisher's decorated green boards with gilt spine title, octavo, pp. xii, 463, [1], pp. 4 of ads. Frontis illustration. Rubbing to board tips and spine ends. Color has dulled over the decades. Some light foxing. Withal, weary but still dignified and serviceable.

Porter & Coates, 1858. Hardcover. Good. . Dark red boards with gilt lettering on spine, black embellishments. General shelf wear. Some foxing/staining to textblock, a few page edges throughout, most pages clean. Boards clean, binding sturdy.

PA: Porter, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good minus-/Hardcover no dustwrapper Browning, some staining, stamp. Cover rubbed and faded, corner bent with fraying on spine, some wear. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Porter & Coates. Good with no dust jacket. 1880. hardback.

Porter & Coates, Phila., no date, ca.1880s?., 8vo., decorated cloth, 463pp. + catalogue, a bit yellowed, some foxing, G $

Porter & Coates, [1883]. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 463pp, 5 x 7 inches, black-stamped brown binding, page marker, p.o.n. ('1883'). b/w frontispiece

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1858. xii, 462pp + 3pp ads; bw frontis. Or blue cloth with ornate decoration in black, gilt title block on spine. Covers slightly rubbed with shelf wear at head and foot of spine, pages browned as usual and short tear at bottom of title page. Muir #862. 19th century novel of the Australian bush. No date but preface dated 1858- this edition c1870.. ALTA Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1858. 403pp. Green and gilt decorative boards, (A native on horse hunting a bull. Spine is gilt decorated, lettered with a gilt drawing of a fierce animal in the brush. illustrated. There is a previous owner signature on the blank preliminary page "Grace and Ellie Roosevelt". Grace Roosevelt was a tennis player, as well as her sister Ellen , who both won U.S. singles Championships in the late 19th century. The hinges are exposed, there is a 1" vertical slit along the lower spine. An adventure story about a family traveling to Australia for missionary work. . Signed by Grace Roosevelt. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo.

NP: Pennwick/Crown, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Oblong 4to. Pp. 151. Introduction by Harrison Salisbury. Frontispiece photo of bridge on K'un Ming Lake, at the Summer Palace. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions of photographs throughout. Index of commercial and amateur photographers in China, 1846 - 1912. Bound in Chinese red paper-covered boards with gilt characters on cover, gilt lettering stamped on spine. Very slight nick to fore-edge of front cover. Else Fine. Dust jacket now covered in a clear, removable archival cover. A seemingly comprehensive survey showing all manner of life in China. Commentary and historical context by top-flight China scholars.

University of Queensland Press, 1981, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 278 pages, 5.5" x 8.5", author inscription on ffep.

Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone People is an unusual story of love. It is unusual in the telling, the subject matter, and the form of love that the story depicts. This is in no way a romance; it is filled with violence, fear, and twisted emotions. At the story's core, however, are three people who struggle very hard to figure out what love is and how to find it. Hulme won New Zealand's Pegasus Prize for Literature (1984) for The Bone People. Then the book went on to win the prestigious Booker Prize (1985).

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Wilfred Jones. 8vo. Pp. 269. Color frontis. Illustrated after b&w block prints by Wilfred Jones. Pictorial dust jacket by Wilfred Jones. Bound in blue cloth with black lettering stamped on cover and spine. A bright copy with remnant of old bookseller's tag on rear pastedown, and with very slight edge-wear to dust jacket. In addition to writing novels, Kempton was a Harvard lecturer on creative writing. Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival protector.

Monbulk, Victoria, Australia: Monbulk R.S.L. Sub-Branch, 2000. Usual library marks. 218 pages with b/w illustrations. Records the service details of every volunteer from Monbulk who served their country in the Anglo-Boer war, the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War. . Limited Edition of 1000 Copies. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Read More

Original Australian publication Pals. Boys Paper. Vol.1 No.11, January 15th, 1921. Cover illust by M.C.Tindall. Pages (iv) + 267-292 + (vi), Stories & articles, adverts, cartoons etc. Condition light marks front cover & text, pin hole lower left.O/W Clean, complete (no enclosures) NOT from dismembered annual. Early single copies scarce.Size 25 x 17cm Please note: Due to International mail delivery problems, we currently ship items only to Australian addresses.

Sydney: The Australian Jockey Club and Victoria Racing Club, 1960. cxiii, 1248 pages. General index. Black half leather with cloth boards. Gilt titling on the spine. This set includes the first and second supplements which are both bound in black cloth (380 and 378 pages).. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Beckenham,U.K: Croom Helm, Limited, 1987. Usual library marks. 220 pages. This study covers a number of topics that are prominent in the grammars of Australian Aboriginal languages, especially ergativity and manifestations of the hierarchy that runs from the speech-act participants down to inanimates. This hierarchy shows up in case marking, number marking and agreement, advancemant and cross referencing. . Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Victoria, Australia, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 251 pp. Pages are tight and clean. Dust Jacket has no significant flaws. Cover has no significant flaws. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 - 3 pounds. Category: Engineering, Industrial, Trade; History::Australian History; ISBN: 0949106909. ISBN/EAN: 9780949106902. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 104375. . 9780949106902 Additional shipping charges may apply.