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No publishing date or place, A celebration of David Bowie's entire otput from 1967 - 2013. An essential companion to legendary acheivements. 287 pages with around 200 illustrations and endpaper illustration. Book in very good condition and would have been near fine but for the publishing, price, barcode table removed from back cover without affecting inside the cover. This is… Read more about this item

The story behind every album track expanded to include 16 non album gems. Originaly published on the occassion of the band's 50th anniversary. 288 pages with numerous illustrations throughout and endpaper illustrations. Book in near fine condition.

The recording of history was made much easier with the invention and development of the camera. This book draws on the skills of those early photograhers and brings together a collection of scenes from early Sydney and Melbourne, of the goldfields, and of aspects of life generally including working, recreational and family life. 204 pahes with numerous illustrations throughout. Book… Read more about this item

Every culture throughout history has tried to find answers to the mysteries of life: how the world began, how humans were created and where they go when they die, how the world will end and what happens after that. The Viking Age Scandinavians answered these questions in their myths and legends. 448 pages with 64 illustrations and endpaper illustration. Book… Read more about this item

No publishing date. Inscription to previous owner dated 1935. The rousing fictional tale of Robin Hood who battled injustice in England in the time of King Richard and his brother John. 338 pages with 48 colour plates and endpaper colour pictures. Book in very good+ condition.

A classic tale from the Crusades, 92 pages with 19 illustrations. Book in very good condition.

The continuation of the classic Jungle Book. 299 pages with illustrations throughout. Book in very good condition with booksellers sticker inside back cover and previous owners name on front endpaper.

No publishing date. A collection of practical recipes arranged in alphabetical order and fully illustrated. 371 pages. Book in good- condion readable copy. Cover just holding to spine. First four pages loose. Front paper has previous owners details, some tanning.

A Latin Reader for students. 176 pages. Book in very good condion with previous owners name and address on front end paper and name on Note page and light tanning.

No publishing date, presented in 1911, The book is a good reading copy. 96 pages with black and white illustrations. The cover is just held by the binding. The spine of the cover is loose in two pieces inside the book. Two pages 47/50 and the last page are loose.

The book documents the great changes that took place in garden design during the nineteenth century and traces the emergence and subsequent popularity of flower gardens. 160 pages with contemporary watercolours of over 120 different gardens. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with small tear bottom spine.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia 1994. The largest collection of Morris & Company textiles and other furnishings outside Britain along with acquired South Australian decorative Arts and some loans formed the exhibition. 143 pages with over 70 colour and many black and white illustrations. Book in near fine condition. A larger… Read more about this item

Booklet to accompany an Exhibition of May Gibbs work. No page numbers but 24 pages with 6 colour and four black and white illustrations from her books. Booklet in near fine condition.

Over 150 years of decorative crafts, furniture, jewellery, pottery, coins and bottles. Shows have been the decorative trends and designs of a developing nation with a passion for all things Australian. A reference book for collectors but also an unusual and vivid pictorial guide to the furniture and objects that in their way are all part of Australia's cultural heritage.… Read more about this item

Part of the Sunshine series (? first edition), no publishing date. Nine of Shakespeare's plays rewritten for younger readers, without altering the stories but retelling the plays as easily read tales. 128 pages with 15 colour plates. Book in very good+ condition with light tanning. Dust jacket in good+ condition price clipped, with some tears, knocks and wear (see photo).

Part of Men of Wisdom series translated by Patrick Hepburne-Scott. The place of Socrates in the history of Western European thought is unique as he left no writings, founded no school - he merely taught men to know themselves and to think as independent individuals. The author traces his story as seen by contemporaries and by the European philosophers who… Read more about this item

Twenty six exquisite watercolour portraits of birds both rare and familiar, accompanied by a brief descriptive text, a beautiful calligraphy letter and a detailed wood engraving. Pages not numbered but 56 pages. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with minor wear.

In a slipcase not dust jacket. What the great raconteurs wrote or what was written about them - humorous anecdotes. 288 pages with drawings throughout. Book and slip case in as new condition.

Catalogue of auction August 1996 Lots 1-459 of fine Australian paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints and books, European and American works of art. No page numbers but every piece described and illustrated in colour. Book in very good+ condition with small knock bottom left (see photo).

The author travels Australia seeking interesting characters and their dogs. 150 pages with numerous colour illustrations throughout. Book in near fine condition.