Search Results: Australiana from Tapsell's Books and Music

London: Allen and Unwin, 1928. 253 pages. B/w portrait frontispiece. Limited Autographed Edition (for subscribers), this being No. 41 and signed by the author. School library bookplate on front free endpaper. Original blue cloth with very slight signs of wear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Unley, SA: Courier Press. Not dated (about 1952). 18.2cm x 11.5cm. 145 pages plus indices. Many b/w photos. Original pictorial papered boards (very slightly marked); cloth spine. Flyleaf re-glued and slightly damaged. Front hinge tender. Rare. *A wealth of information on great Australian and international cyclists from the 1890s to the early 1950s.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, 2006. xi, 231 pages. Many photos in colour and b/w. Bibliography and index. *This title is No. 78 in the second numbered series of the Miegunyah Volumes.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.

London: The Richards Press, 1928. 260pp. Quarto. Six coloured plates (from paintings by the author) and 276 b/w illusts. Appendix and index. Top edge gilt. Original blue cloth with gilt titling on the spine and gilt titling and gilt steamship decoration on upper board. Spine very slightly sunned. Rare. *"In 1831 the Sophia Jane, 256 gross tonnage and 50h.p., created great excitement as the first steamship to enter Sydney Harbour. From this it is a far cry to the present epoch of great floating palaces, with wondrous engines, measuring their tonnage and horse-power by scores of thousands, and able, through the marvel of Wireless, to keep in touch with the world on the most distant courses" (from the foreword by Sir Granville Ryrie, High Commissioner for Australia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 2011. xxii, 202 pages. Many b/w photos, maps, plans and diagrams. Appendices and index. Pictorial card wrappers. *This book explores the built heritage used for defence of the State of Victoria since 1856 and includes chapters on: Norris Park, Portsea; Victoria Barracks, South Melbourne; Alfred Graving Dock, Williamstown; HMVS Cerberus, Black Rock; Port Phillip Bay defence network; orderly rooms and drill halls; defence industries in Melbourne; RAAF Williams, Point Cook; J Class submarines and Osborne House; Flinders Naval Base and HMAS Cerberus; the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne; Victoria's wartime airfields; HMAS Castlemaine, Williamstown; Liberator project; Bristol/DAP Beaufighters, Moorabin; defence heritage buildings and sites. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

London: Oxford University Press, 1936. 175 pages. Three b/w photo plates. Original green cloth with gilt titling on the spine. Gift inscription on flyleaf. Edges slightly spotted. The price-clipped dustwrapper is lightly worn.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Brisbane: Owen Edwards Publications, 1990. Folio. 480 pages. Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w. Location map for each of the featured properties. Scarce. *"Beef Australia tells the stories of almost 100 of Australia's most prominent beef-producing properties. For the beef producer, it is a manual of success, outlining the philosophies and strategies of some of the greatest cattle breeders in the world; for the student of breeding, it is a modern history of an industry of which all Australians can be justly proud" (dustwrapper blurb).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Fortitude Valley: The Author, 1968. 56 pages. Half-tone illustrations. Original stapled pictorial wrappers. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Bendigo: The German Heritage Society, 1998. 275 pages. Many b/w photos and text illustrations. Appendix and index. Pictorial card wrappers (slightly worn). Limited edition of 700 copies.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1956. xii. 209 pages. B/w frontispiece and many other b/w photos. Slight foxing on endpapers and fore-edge. Inscribed to Harry Magney, a police superintendent in Sydney. Signed and dated by the author and C.J. Chuck. Scarce with these signatures. *"Engaged in the suppression of vice, illegal gambling, drug-running and sly-grog selling, he (Chuck) became a bogeyman to the racketeers and addicts because of methods of detection peculiarly his own" (from the foreword by the then NSW Attorney-General, W.F. Sheahan).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Melbourne: McPhee Gribble, 1995. xi, 231 pages. Many b/w photos. Bibliography. Pictorial card wrappers. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Carrathool: Carrathool Centenary Committee, 1983. 88 pages. Line drawings and many b/w photos. Bibliography. Pictorial card wrappers. Staple bound.. Soft Cover. Fine.

Milewa: The Author, 2008. xx, 312 pages plus extensive (not paginated) appendices and index. Twelve pages of b/w photos. "Action bookmark" loosely inserted. Gift inscription to previous owners. Signed and inscribed by the author on dedication page.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Katoomba: Tranter Enterprises, 1994. xivxiv, 165 pages. Small quarto. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Bibliography and index. Signed limited edition of 1500 copies. Pictorial laminated boards. Scarce. . Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

Melbourne: Thames and Hudson, 1977. 336pp. Quarto. 506 b/w plates. Many text illustrations. Glossary, bibliography and index. Full red leather binding (gilt on spine). Near fine in a very good slipcase (slightly worn). This is No. 161 of the limited edition of 200 copies.. First Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine.

Melbourne: Histec Publications, 2007. Quarto. x, 75 pages. Many charts and tables. Appendices and references. Pictorial card wrappers. *This is version 5 of this title, revised in February 2007 following the release of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. New.

Melbourne: Histec Publications, 2007. Quarto. x, 75 pages. Many charts and tables. Appendices and references. Pictorial card wrappers. *This is version 5 of this title, revised in February 2007 following the release of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. New.

Adelaide: Rigby, 1967. 214 pages. Illustrated by Paul Rigby. Previous owner's details on flyleaf. The dustwrapper is lightly worn at the head of the spine. *The scarce first edition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Sydney: Currency Press, 2006. Small quarto. ix, 245 pages. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Index. Pictorial card wrappers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Corowa: Corowa District Historical Society, 2009. xii, 231 pages (with pagination errors from pages 20-21). Profusely illustrated in b/w. Index. Pictorial card wrappers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.