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Carlton. Melbourne University Press, 1965.. Or.cl. 346,350pp. b/w plates. Very good set. 1st ed. Alfred Deakin was Australia's second Prime Minister, & from 1890 onwards devoted his attention to the federation movement. A intercolonial convention was held to draft a federal constitution in 1891.

Shrewsbury. Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1991.. Or.colth. Dustjacket. 276pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. One of the major contributions to the success of Operation 'Overlord' in 1944 was the extensive allied bombin of the German Army's supply system in Northern France & Belgium between March & November.

Syd. Sally Milner., 1994.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 117pp. Col.& b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. An appreciation of the artform during the 18th Century & how to achieve similar results in your own decoupage work.

Lond. Salamander Books Ltd., 2002.. 4to. Col.ill.bds. 512pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. A pictorial history of the most significant bomber aircraft that have evern flown from WWI to the Cold War. As early as 1815 Napoleon had favoured the idea of using baloons to drop bombs on the enemy.2

Syd. Federation Press., 2007.. Or.wrapps. 332pp. Very good copy. 1st ed. A wide-ranging and detailed examination of the legal profession in Australia.

Letchworth. (UK) Harleyford Pubs., 1960.. Folio. Or.bds. 224pp. Name on ffe. Bumps to top corners. Many b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Includes many drawings by J.D. Carrick and F. Yeoman.

Lond. The Folio Society., 1963.. 4to. Or.cl. 70pp. (sl foxing) Col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st Folio Society ed. With glassine dustjacket. Rembrandt was an innovative & prolific master in three media, oil painting, printmaking and as a draughtsman. Rembrandt never travelled & was influenced by the work of the Italian Old Masters.

Lond. The Folio Society., 1965.. 4to. Or.bds. Qtr.cloth. 72pp. Col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st Folio Society ed. With sl.torn glassine dustjacket. Auguste Renoir was a leading painter in the Impressionist style & captured feminine sensuality in a tradition which runs from Rubens to Watteau.

Lond. Jonathan Cape., 1985.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 192pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Sl. foxing on endpapers else Fine. 1st ed. Architects have enjoyed the wildest flights of fancy when designing building for animals over the centuries. The author has photographed some 200 flamboyant examples of English eccentricity.

Lond. Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1955.. 8vo. Or.bds. 270pp. b/w plates. Cloth sl.rubbed else a good copy. 1st ed. The story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C.

Surry Hills. Mirror Newspaper Ltd., 1969.. Broadsheet newspaper. 2pp. First Page of Newspaper. b/w ills. Very good copy. Bullseye! The first men on the moon splashed down on target, but upside-down, in the Pacific Ocean at 2.50am today after man's most incredible adventure. Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin & Michael Collins.

Surry Hills. Mirror Newspapers Ltd., 1969.. Broadsheet newspaper. 16pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. Daily Mirror Newspaper from July 1969, a Moon Special edition that tracked the progress of NASA's Apollo 11 Moon Mission.

Surry Hills. Mirror Newspaper Ltd., 1969.. Broadsheet Newspaper. 40pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. Dancing On The Moon. Historic Photo. America's Apollo 11. Two Astronauts hopped, jumped & danced for two hours on the surface of the Moon today, Monday 21st of July, 1969.

Verona., 1938.. Or.decorated linen with leather tiling label on spine. Dustjacket. xiii,304pp. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the printer Hans Marderstieg. Pristine copy in the slip case. Very Scarce.

Canberra. National Gallery of Aust., 2012.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 160pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. 1st ed. Undisclosed is a Triennial contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art exhibition held at the National Gallery in Canberra, & tours through Queensland, South Australia, & NSW.

Syd. Macmillan., 2022.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 333pp. col & b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Reg Chard endured the infamous Kokoda Trail as an 18 year old in WWI, & after his wife of 66 years, Betty, passed away, Reg returned to Kokoda to find new purpose & a renewed will to live.

N.Y. Thunder's Mouth Press., 1991.. Or.bds. Qtr.cloth. Dustjacket. 393pp. (sl foxing) to top & foredge. Dustjacket covered in plastic. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. The assassination of President Kennedy in 1963 continues to be shrouded in mystery & controversy. Mark Lane uncovers new evidence that the CIA were involved in a plot to murder the President.

Syd. Printed by F.Cunninghame., 1854.. Wrapps sewn. 24pp. Very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. F.11339. Delivered in the "Royal Australian Circus" York Street, Sydney, on Tuesday 17th January, 1854.

Lond. Cassell., 1959.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. (edges chipped) 268pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed. The colourful history of the "earthly paradise" of Tahiti.

Brunswick. Orion Books., 1990.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 47pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the cartoonist. Cartoonist for the Perth Daily News, Allan Langoulant, presents a selection of 47 of Australia's Political & Business personalities reimagined as bird charicatures presented with a humorous description.