Search Results: Authors starting with A from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

Clayton South, CSIRO Publishing first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers This book is the first major study of Aboriginal associations with the Burke and Wills expedition (1860-61), and provides a history of Aboriginal cross-cultural exchanges with the expedition, with references to Aboriginal oral histories and social memory. It is the outcome of an Australian Research Council project. 246 x 170mm., pp. xix, 314, b/w, duo-tone & colour plates throughout, plus two double-page spread maps of Journeys, refer., index. Trade paperback, stiff illust card covers. NEW. ISBN: 9781486306275

Port Melbourne, Cambridge University Press first edition - h/c in d.j. Henry Handel Richardson is celebrated for her classic novels 'The Getting of Wisdom' and 'The Fortunes of Richard Mahony', yet her own life-story is still to be fully told. This enthralling book is the first complete biography of this enigmatic Australian literary icon. Beginning with her traumatic childhood, it then traces in detail the largely unknown story of the eleven formative years she spent on the continent. 236 x 158mm., pp. xx, 326, b/w plates, notes, index. Dust jacket sl. rubbed. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0521840554

Brisbane, CopyRight large format p/back, stiff covers This is the story of the horror unleased on the world by a small group of men, as seen through the eyes of one who endured more than most. Lawrens Adair served as a navigator in the RAAF in action during WWII� shot down over enemy territory on Christmas eve 1944, captured and interned, he was the only one of the Halifax crew who lived through the ordeal. 215 x 140mm., pp. 2, xii, 369, b/w plates, drawings, large format p/back stiff covers, sl. rubbed corners, book exchange stamp (light) page 3, VG. ISBN: 1875401121

Melbourne, Hutchinson first edition - hard cover in dust jacket In 1944, during the final years of the war, an extra-ordinary court case in Sydney focused attention on the sharp divisions between traditional and modern art in Australia. It was to make a middle-aged painter named Willian Dobell an overnight celebrity and set him on a career where fame and eventual fortune would go hand-in-hand with a personal conviction that he was a great artist. 265 x 215mm., pp. 332, b/w & col. plates t/out, Prizes & Exhibitions, biblio., index. No inscriptions. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 009148040x

Melbourne, Melbourne Books first edition - hard cover, illustrated boards Jumping racing has been in existence for over 150 years. It has a colourful history, and produced courageous champions and larrikins that are synonymous with the Australian way of life giving us Tommy Corrigan, Mosstrooper, and modern-day champions Sharp As, Black and Bent, and Eric Musgrove. 287 x 226mm., pp. 304, b/w & col. plates throughout, Honour Rolls. Hard cover, laminated pictoria boards. Contents, no inscriptions; illustrated boards, small ""mark"" top front r.h. corner. NEAR FINE ISBN: 9781877096327

Ringwood, Viking/Penguin first edition - hard cover in dust jacket In 'Goodbye Girlie', the long awaited sequel to 'Hear the Train Blow', Patsy recounts a rich but often troubled life. She writes with wit and insight of her illegitimacy, her family, her short-lived war-time marriage, her years at sea and her loves. 235 x 158, pp. 265, b/w plates. Hardcover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions - page edges are slightly toned; d.j., no tear or chips. VG+/VG+ ISBN: 067085395x

Adelaide, Rigby first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The characters in this book are people of Aboriginal blood living on the fringe of white settlement in northern New South Wales. Despite scenes of degradation, and the fumes of liquor, the humanity of these oppressed people shines through a story that reaches a powerful symbolic climax and an ending that will leave few readers unmoved. 205 x 135mm., pp. 216. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - small rubber stamp bottom ffep, d.j. rubbed edges, med. wear bot. spine. VG+/nearVG

London, Secker & Warburg first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The author brilliantly captures the mood of the 'lucky country', as it has been called, and at the same time buries forever the traditional concepts of Australia as the land 'down under', a British satellite populated by sheep-shearers and kangaroos. 223 x 143mm., pp. viii, 267, map endpapers. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - p.o name ffep. (neat one line), contents near fine, d.j. very slight rubbing - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE

Sydney, NewSouth Publishing First edition - hard cover in dust jacket The Author explores tne environmental and social influences that have helped produce our unique gardening culture - from Indigenous land management and the earliest Europeans gardens at Farm Cove, to the potted plants and besser-block screens of modernist design and beyond. This book showcases a stunning mix of paintings, photographs and prints. 287 x 236mm., pp. viii, 247, b/w & colour plates througout, notes, List of illustrations, biblio., index. H/cover in dust jacket, Contents & dust jacket NEAR NEW. ISBN: 9781742234649

Melbourne, Information Australia first edition - hard cover in dust jacket From Australia's first Prime Minister, Edward Barton, to John Howard 'The First Century' tells exactly what happened at each of the 39 elections since Australia was federated in 1901, and profiles each of the 25 Prime Ministers and important opposition leaders. It also examines election issues, controversies, debates and results of each election. 260 x 185mm., pp. 4, 164, b/w plates & line illustrations, sources, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. no tears. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 186350270x

Prahran, Hardie Grant Books First edition - hard cover in dust jacket Jason Akermanis - legend, troublemaker, showman, show-off - there's no denying that he made an impression in his 16 years as an AFL star player. After more than 325 games, three premierships and a Brownlow Medal. Interwoven is his personal story of finding and reconciling with his biological father. 243 x 160mm., pp. viii, 296, colour plates, Career Statistics. H/cover in d.j. SIGNED by JASON AKERMANIS and Dated - no other inscriptions; d.j., rubbed on back panel - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE. ISBN: 9781740668248

Melbourne, CSIRO first edition - paperback, card covers with map 242 x 178mm., pp. 220, b/w plates, diagrams. Large paperback (booklet), stiff card covers PLUS large FOLDED MAP (separate) shows 'Land Systems', 'Pasture Lands', Soils' and 'Rainfall'. Booklet has a small 'Biro tick' on front cover, top right corner of content pages are 'bumped' (slightly creased), housed in a printed envelope in poor condition. Booklet and Map - VG

Melbourne, CSIRO first edition - paperback with map 242 x 178mm., pp. 152, diagrams, maps. Large booklet, stiff card covers PLUS large folded map detailing VEGETATION, SOILS and GEOLOGY housed in an envelope in poor condition. Booklet and Map. VG+

St Lucia, University of Queensland Press first edition - h/c in d.j. This book gives a penetrating and objective analysis of Australian external policy under the first Labor Party government elected to federal office in nearly a quarter of a century. The author places his subject in perspective by including an assessment of the inheritance of Australian external policy trends leading up to Labor's advent to office in 1972. 223 x 148mm., pp. xi, 373, notes, biblio., index. Contents fine - no inscriptions, d.j. no tears or chips -slight rubbing on back. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: ISBN 0702212121

London, J. M. Dent first edition - hard cover WITHOUT dust jacket Contents include: The Birth of the League; The Covenant and the Prevention of War; The Years of Doubt 1920-23; The Geneva Protocol of 1924 and its Rejection; Locarno and Limited Liability; The League Since Locarno 1926-28; Conclusion. 190 x 130mm., pp. 246, append. (A-E)., biblio. Hard cover WITHOUT dust jacket. Orig. blue cloth covered boards, tinted (blue) top edge, gold blocked spine (author/title). Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS, very clean copy. VG

Sydney, NewSouth Publishing FIRST edition - hard cover in dust jacket This is the story of eight Australian fighter pilots engaged in the Battle of Britain, the first major battle of World War II (or any war) fought entirely in the air. Jack Kennedy, Stuart Walch, Dick Glyde, Ken Holland, Pat Hughes, Bill Millington, John Crossman and Des Sheen - only one of them came home. 242 x 163mm., pp. xiii, 409, b/w plates, maps, notes, biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. As NEW. ISBN: 9781742234151

Darwin, Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory/Colemans Printing first edition - hard cover in dust jacket ""� They clashed right overhead. Dogfights ranged from about 25,000 feet down to almost ground level with some of the Spits going straight at the bombers. Planes wheeling, milling, machine guns, cannon fire, pilots bailing out, men dying - it's hard to imagine that this happened in Australia. I shall never forget the air battles."" Cliff Taylor, a gunner. 305 x 218mm., pp. 80, b/w plates t/out, maps, Major Operational Squadrons, Darwin Air Raids & Statistics, biblio. Hard cover in d.j. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0646041029

New Jersey, T.F.H. Publications first edition - hard cover, clear acteate d.j. It will surprise most readers to learn that the coastal fish fauna of Western Australia is possibly the richest on the continent, with approx. 1,539 recorded to date (1984). Species below 100 metres depth and those generally considered as deepsea and midwater oceanic dwellers are mostly excluded. 29 x 22cm., pp. 336, b/w line illus. & col. plates t/out, append., index. Hard cover, laminated pictorial boards in clear acetate dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions. NEAR FINE ISBN: 086622050x

Bowen Hills, Boolarong /Trustees of the Townsville Grammar School first edition - hard cover in dust jacket. From the first year, 1888, The Old Boy's Union, major sporting activities and School Songs, this is a wonderful, in depth history (including well in excess of one hundred photographs - old and new - sporting and class groups, etc) of Townsville Grammar School. 308 x 218mm., pp. xviii, 588, b/w plates & drawings, colour plates, append. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket, CREASED in several places (mainly on front). NEAR FINE/GOOD+ ISBN: 0731693787

New York, Bramhill House revised edition - hard cover in dust jacket These recipes for fish, meat, vegetable and other appetite sharpeners along with a general discussion of hors d'oeuvre and their preparation, comprehensive lists of ingredients, garnishes and flavoured butters, usher the hostess into the main delights of the recipes themselves of piquant canapes, unusual savories and tempting spreads. 210 x 145mm., pp. 141, b/w plates, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, d.j. slightly rubbed. NEAR FINE/VG+