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The Fatal Shore
by Robert Hughes
An extraordinary vivid yet authentic account of the birthpangs of a nation. A work of real distinction' Philip ZieglerIn 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British Government sent a fleet to colonize Australia-An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia. The Fatal Shore is the prize-winning, scholarly, brilliantly...
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Jewish History Books & Ephemera
The Pictorial History of Australian Horse Racing
by Pollard, Jack
Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton. 1989. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 430 pages. . Revised Edition. Hardback.
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£7.94
Cooper's Creek
by Alan Moorhead
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. In 1860, an expedition set out from Melbourne, Australia, into the interior of the country, with the mission to find a route to the northern coast. Headed by Robert O Hara Burke and William John Wills, the party of adventurers, scientists, and camels set out into the outback hoping to find enough water and to keep adequate food stores for their trek into the bush. Almost one year later, Burke, Wills, and two...
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£13.23
Coffee with Roses - Miss Brown's Story
by Bud Brown
Kangaroo Press, Australia, 1983. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Diana Klima and Harrison Fisher. This is the story of Bud Brown, born in Glen Innes, in the New England District of New South Wales, Australia. Miss Brown realised a lifelong dream when she opened a coffee shop in Sydney... which was an instant success. Anyone who is from the New England area or has enjoyed coffee in Miss Brown's Coffee shop, will enjoy this book. 192 pages. Dust jacket has light fading to spine edge....
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A Bastard of a Place
by Peter Brune
Crows Nest, N.S.W: Allen & Unwin, 2004. large size paperback. Used. '. . . Brune's book is a timely reminder that despite the warmest alliances, nations sometimes have to stand up and save themselves.' - The Weekend Australian Financial Review'. . . A Bastard of a Place undeniably ranks as the best book ever written about the Aussie battles in Papua . . . Very highly recommended, and certainly one of the best books of the year.' - Bill Stone, Stone + Stone Second World War Books websiteIn 1942 and...
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£15.79
Oceania, or the Tempestuous Voyage of J. A. Froude (edited by Geoffrey Blainey)
by Froude, James Anthony
Methuen Haynes, North Ryde, New South Wales, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 500 g; XX, 212 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, and several other reproductions of drawings. Illustrated dustjacket. The dustjacket is somewhat rubbed across the top edge with a small split at the top of the rear fold over crease, bumping to the tail of the blue papered spine, with slight rubbing it to the bottom edge of the front board, previous owner's...
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£10.59
Blokes & Sheds
by Thompson, Mark
Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1995. Oblong octavo size [approx 24x16cm]. Near Fine condition in pictorial laminated boards as issued. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 121 pages. Behind the corrugated iron curtain of Australia's sheds. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£10.58
Burra and District. A Pictorial Memoir
by Auhl, Ian
Adelaide: Investigator Press. 1992. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Spine lightly sunned. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 216 pages = Errata. . Reprint. Hardback.
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£11.64
Ever Yours, C.H. Spence (Signed by Susan Magarey)
by Magarey, Susan with Barbara Wall (Edited by)
Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 2005. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. Excellent condition. DJ protected in our purpose made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed by Susan Magarey on the title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 392 pages. Includes Catherine Helen Spence's An Autobiography (1825-1910); Diary(1894) and Some Correspondence (1894-1910). Catherine...
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£18.52
Gona's Gone!: The Battle of the Beach-head, 1942
by Peter Brune
Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1994 The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly foxed. 129 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paperback. Very Good.
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£14.81
The Floating Brothel: The extraordinary true story of an 18th-century ship and its cargo of female convicts
by Rees, Sian
Headline Review, 2002-01-07. Paperback. Good. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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£3.99
The New Frontier Australia's Rising Northwest
by Carter, Jeff
Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1971. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs as well as black and white maps. Previous owner's name to the title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 90 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£7.41
Elsie Bohning The Little Bush Maid (Occasional Papers No 13)
by James, Barbara (Compiled by)
Darwin: Northern Territory Library Service. 1990. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Staple-bound. One black & white photograph. Sticker 'ghost' to front cover. v, 50 pages. Elsie Bohning lived in the Northern Territory outback. Between 1921 to 1932 she provided articles about her life for the Northern Territory Times. This is a compilation of these articles. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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£10.58
Ku-Ring-Gai: A Collection of early Photographs in the Possession of the Society
by The Ku-Ring-Gai Historical Society
The Ku-Ring-Gai Historical Society, NSW, 1973. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 52 pages. Oblong.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Australian::Australian History; Australia; Australian::Australia - NSW. Inventory No: 266604..
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£10.58
Walford. A History of the School. A Memorial to Mabel Jewell Baker
by Jones, Helen and Morrison, Nina
Adelaide: Hyde Park Press. 1968. Small Quarto Size. Very Good in original blue cloth. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. 112 pages. The story of the first seventy-five years of South Australian, Anglican, Girls school, Walford from 1893 to 1968. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£10.58
Wines and Wineries of South Australia
by Potter, Mike
Adelaide: Rigby. 1978. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour plates, black and white photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 226 pages. A comprehensive survey of the wine industry in the principal wine producing State. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£15.87
The Boys Who Came Home: Recollections of Gallipoli
by Harvey Braodbent
ABC Books, Sydney, 1990. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Award-winning ABC TV documentary maker, writer and Gallipoli historian Harvey Broadbent presents the haunting and often harrowing memories of the survivors of Gallipoli. Real stories and photos of some of the men who survived the living hell that forged a nation. Light fading to side edge. 140 pages. Notation on front endpaper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category:...
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£7.41
Coral Sea Calling
by Idriess, Ion L
Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Good+ in Good dust jacket. (1957). First Edition. Hardcover. Heavy foxing to top page edges. Foxing and dampstain to dust-jacket. Previous owner's inscription. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; viii, 239 pages. Maroon boards with silver lettering on spine and small silver illustration in corner of front board. Page dimensions: 214mm x 134mm. Illustrated by Frank Norton. "The treacherouso and beautiful Coral Sea is the setting for the story of the...
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£21.05
The Last Islands (Inscribed by author)
by Bates, John
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications. 1993. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 120 pages. A History of The Whitsunday and Cumberland Islands . 2nd Edition. Hardback.
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£7.41
Kokoda
by Peter Fitzsimons
Hodder & Stoughton, Australia, 2006. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. For Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know the names of the men who fought on the track, or even the details of what happened. More Australians died in the months of fighting in Papua, than in any other campaign of World War II. Now bestselling author Peter FitzSimons tells the Kokoda story in a gripping, and moving, style for all Australians. Kokoda was a defining...
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£7.94
Ned Kelly A short Life A detailed and intimate portrait of the outlaw
by Ian Jones
Lothian , Australia , 1996. Edition Unstated. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Book Paperback, very good condition with little wear on cover, 1996 , 23.5 cm x 15.5 cm, 404 pages ,very good condition inside, see photos .... Please note this is the picture of the book you are buying as we do not use stock photos. All our books are shipped from Victoria, Australia. Further enquiries are welcome. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 404 pages. Item Type: Book. Text...
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£13.76
A History of the City of Springvale : Constellation of Communities
by G. M. Hibbins
Lothian, Australia, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Hardcover. 267 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Lothian, Australia, 1984. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. . Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for previous owner's name in...
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£34.39
The Pacemaker: The Playford Story
by Nicholas, David
Adelaide: Brolga Books. 1969. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 190 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£10.58
Sailing to South Australia 1859, 1864 & 1867 Four Months at Sea The Farndell Family Diaries
by Scroop, Garry
Adelaide: Published by Author. 2020. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Mint - a NEW copy. Colour and black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 191 pages. The diaries of Edward Farndell, Samuel Farndell and John Shaw and Martha Farndell. All of whom made voyages from Liverpool to Port Adelaide. Garry Scroop has faithfully transcribed them accompanied by lots of relevant illustrations. . New. 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£34.39
Terra Australis: Matthew Flinders' Great Adventures in the Circumnavigation of Australia
by Flinders, Matthew; Flannery, Tim (ed.)
Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2000. AUSTRALIANA MARITIMEÂ Introduction by Tim FlanneryFirst published in two-volumes in 1814, this is the enthralling account of the circumnavigation of Australia, by the man who gave our country its name.Edited and introduced by Tim Flannery, Terra Australis is a vital step toward a new understanding of our own history. Flinders tells of meeting and communicating with Aborigines, of the scrub and wilderness. His descriptions of the difficulties that he and his sailors...
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£14.81
