Search Results: Australia from Rose's Books, IOBA

Philadelphia, PA: Chilton, 1967. Book. New. Cloth. Early Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Philadelphia, PA, Chilton, 1967. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Taupe cloth with black lettering on spine, illustrated in black and white, 193 pp. This is the story of the big continent Down Under as seen through the eyes of one of its most prominent journalists. While not slighting geological and historical facts, the author manages to make his country infinitely more vivid through close-ups with some of its more important characters, and characters many of them are! Also highlighted are many of those phenomena of Australian life that make that part of the world truly unique. Dust jacket is slightly sunned on spine, has minor shelf-wear and a ½" flat tear on back cover. New, unread condition in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1959. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo.. Sydney: Angust & Robertson, 1959. First edition. 12mo. Cloth binding, 96 pp. Poets from every Australian state are represented. Includes four longer works by R.D. FitzGerald, A.D. Hope, James McAuley and Ronald McCuaig. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

Sydney: T&G Publishing, 2011. Book. Illus. by Manietta, Siegfried. New. Cloth. First Edition. 4to.. Sydney: T&G Publishing, 2011. First edition. 4to. Brown linen binding, 120 pp. Full-page color plates of Australia. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

Melbourne: Melbourne Unversity Press, 1951. Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1951. Second edition. Ex-library. Cloth binding, 257 pp., fold-out table. Front hinge cracked. Good reading copy in good condition..

New York: Praeger, 1968. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Praeger, 1968. First edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 328 pp. illustrated with 3 maps, including a large fold-out map in black and white. 38 black and white photographs. Dated but useful geography and history of Australia. Overenthusiastic ex-library discard marks. Good in very good dustjacket, library-issued plastic cover..

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1947. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1947. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 444 pp. Two-color title. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Index. A good introduction to Australian history and culture. Ex-library with stampings, pocket and due date slip. Overenthusiastic discard marks. Solid book in good condition..

Chicago, IL: Rand McNally, 1922. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chicago, IL, Rand McNally, 1922. First edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM D. BOYCE TO SENATOR JAMES A. REED. 8vo. Lush green silk with gilt lettering embossed on spine and front board, endpapers decorated with a map of Australia and New Zealand, text block top edge gilt, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout, advertisements for other books by W.D. Boyce in rear of book, 381 pp. A fascinating look at Australia and New Zealand by famed American entrepreneur/newspaper man/ founder of the Boy Scouts of America, W. D. Boyce. Corners bumped but bindings but bindings and pages are clean and bright! A great find and a real gem! Very good condition..

New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House Publishers, 1975. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Rochelle, NY, 1975. First edition. 8vo. Copper-brown cloth with maroon lettering embossed on spine, blind stamp on front board, illustrated with map and two black and white photographs, 184 pp. The first candid book about moving to Australia; the Faulks reveal the good and the bad and refrain from painting the continent as the Promised Land. They find that it is indeed a place to get away from it all, for the newspapers and TV commentators concentrate almost exclusively on internal affairs. People wear out their cloths, take care of their automobiles and do not allow houses to go to ruin. Natural resources are conserved because people, by and large, do not have that stage of affluence that allows planned obsolescence to become a way of life. Yet our problems are their problems and the problems are growing there, too. Minor soiling and ¼" flat… Read More

New York: W.W. Norton Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo. NY: Norton, no publication date, (1917). 8vo. Cloth binding, 466 pp. The earlier lives of Richard and Mary Mahony, in a superb story of the Australian gold rush. Light soiling to endpapers. Dust jacket has a few small chips, wear top and bottom of spine. Very good in very good dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New South Wales: Nan & Hugh Nicholson, Australian National Library, 1990. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New South Wales: Nan & Hugh Nicholson, 1990. Reprint. Australian Rainforest Plants. In the forest and in the garden. Reprint. 8vo. Wrappers. 72 pages. Heavily illustrated with photographs. Alphabetical listing of plants, gardening with rainforest plants, bibliography, index of common names, map of Australia's Rainforest Distribution. Very good..

Boston: Little, Brown, 1941. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Blue cloth decorated with silver ship and titles. Map endpapers. 374 pp. Fading to spine and folding to spine cloth, beginings of wear top and bottom. Very light foxing to endpapers. Very good condition..

New York, NY: Pantheon Books Inc., 1997. New York, NY, Pantheon Books, 1987. First American edition. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 233 pp. Set in 1827 Australia, two men talk through the night: a convict waiting to be hanged at dawn and the officer in charge of the hanging. They reveal their pasts, discovering unlikely connections in their lives. These two dissimilar men go far beyond the details of their lives to express both the isolation of the individual and the experiences shared in silence that unites us all. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.. First American. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1997. Book. New. Quarter Cloth. First American. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Pantheon Books, 1987. First American edition. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 233 pp. Set in 1827 Australia, two men talk through the night: a convict waiting to be hanged at dawn and the officer in charge of the hanging. They reveal their pasts, discovering unlikely connections in their lives. These two dissimilar men go far beyond the details of their lives to express both the isolation of the individual and the experiences shared in silence that unites us all. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Sydney: Currawong Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1961. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Thus. 8vo. Sydney: Currawong, 1961. Second revised edition, first thus. 8vo. Cloth binding, 158 pp. The classic meditation on what it means to be an Australian followed by a colorful dictionary of slang. Wear to dust jacket extremities. Very good in very good dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York: Knopf, 1973. New York: Knopf, 1973. First American edition, stated. 8vo. Cloth binding, 331 pp. Green topstaining. Western Australian adventure story. Tape shadows to binding and endpapers (although not a library book, so no library markings). No ownership marks. Glue stain to front endpaper. Very good in fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1943. Ex-Library. Fair. Stapled Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian, 1943. 8vo. First edition. September 15, 1943. Publication 3737. 104 pp. Staped wrappers. Ex-library. Tear to front cover, library markings, name stamp. Fair condition..

New York: Pica, 1974. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition. Cloth binding, 200 pp. 8 illustrations, 4 pp. of black and white maps. Bibliography. Ex-library book with discard stamps, tape shadows, pocket remnants neatly covered over with plain white labels. Fresh mylar cover. Appears unread. Good in very good dustjacket. [British ISBN 0435322087 .].

Speers Point, Australia: Murray Child in association with Lake Macquarie Municipal Council, 1977. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First English. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Speers Point, Australia, Murray Child & Co., 1977. First edition. 4to. Gray cloth with white lettering on spine and front board, endpapers decorated with charming period scenes of Australia's early days (front) and a map of the lake (back), illustrated in color throughout, 64 pp. In 89 full color photographs, this book takes us on a guided tour through the mountain ranges, the coastal strip and the Lake in its many moods. The author and photographer have captured the scenic beauty of the area and shown how the shores of this magnificent stretch of water have grown into the thriving community of today. Plate: "With the compliments of Lake Maquarie Municipal Council" etc. Dust jacket slightly soiled on back, front board title slightly smeared, text block clean and bright. Very good in a very good dust… Read More

New York: Leonard Scott & Co., 1854. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. First American Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. American Edition, republication of the London, Edinburgh, North British, and Westminster Quarterly Reviews. No. CCCXXII. 4to. Original green wrappers, 140, iv pp. Advertising for Rowland's Macassar Oil, Rowlands' Kalydor, and Rowlands' Odonto on rear cover. 8 important articles. Reviews of: The House of Commons by Charles R. Dod, Esq. (manufactory of statute law, Lord Brougham, Sir Charles Barry, British Constitution, Derby administration, Baron Rothschild, Reform Bill, Sir Bulwer Lytton). History of Latin Christianity by Henry Hart Milman; Dramatic Register for 1853; A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology edited by W. Smith, LL.D., A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by same author, and A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, also by Smith. Article V is an 8-part review of pieces on the Electric Telegraph:… Read More

London: J. Long, 1909. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. London: J. Long, 1909. First edition. 8vo. Cloth binding with lettering to spine in gilt, front board in blind. 365 pp., frontispiece portrait with facsimile signature, protective tissue, two-color title page. 49 monochrome photographic plates. An autobiographical book about the author's experience on the horse racing scene in Australia. Light chipping top and bottom of spine, cloth cover bubbling in a couple of spots. spine faded. No writing whatever inside - clean and bright text block. Hinges good. Good..