Search Results: Australian History from Turtleman Used Books

A large trade paperback. Set of maps at the front of the book, and two sets of black and white photographs within. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked and the spine has only a couple very shallow creases. Little wear otherwise.

Book shows a little wear, primarily in the bent upper right front corner of the cover and the first few pages. The spine is square and creaseless, and the pages are clean tight and bright. This is the story of the last sailing ship fleet to make the arduous round trip between the markets of Europe and the grain producing lands of Australia (1938). This is the author's own account of that voyage. A scarce book.

Book shows very little wear. Dust jacket has a few tears, the most significant being a 4 cm tear at the lower right edge of the front cover. Pages are clean, tight and unblemished. Contains many photographs, some in color as well as information about the history and geography of the Australian Outback.

Little wear to book or dust jacket. An accounting of the artist and his work, as well as discussion of the life of the Australian Aborigines in the 1970s and before. Brown fabric covered boards with an example of the artist's work in black printed on the front and back, and gilt print on the spine. The art from the cover is repeated on the endpapers. The dust jacket shows minor edge-wear and two more pieces of artwork. Illustrated throughout, much of it in color. A rare book.