Search Results: Authors starting with P from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

Adelaide, Rigby first edition - h/c in d.j. In Canberra, Adam Frankau translated an ancient document proving that China laid claim to Australia long before Captain Cook. He knew too much, and so was marked for death. Skilled saboteurs immobilised the country's navy and air force while urban guerillas destroyed Australia's resources. Awaiting the onslaught, he became prey to a hunting party of Aborigines - this was 'A Nasty Little War'. 220 x 140mm., pp. 286, contents - no inscriptions, d.j. sl. rub. on back - no tears or chips. VG+/VG+ ISBN: 0727011049

Woodbridge, The Boydell Press Second edition - hard cover in dust jacket The author, an expert in this field, examines the introduction of the runic alphabet (the futhorc) to England in the fifth and sixth centuries, the forms and values of its letters, and the ways in which it developed, until its decline at the end of the Anglo-Saxon period. 240 x 160mm., pp. xv, 249, black & white plates and illustrations, bibliography, indexes of Inscriptions and general. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, sl. rubbed corners. FINE/NEAR FINE. ISBN: 0851157688

London, Souvenir first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Volume four in the Magrath Saga. The family move into the 1920s. 242 x 160mm., pp. 6, 297, Family Tree. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscription; dust jacket, no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 028562931x

London, Souvenir first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This book is the second volume of Frances Paige's highly acclaimed Scottish family saga which began with ""The Sholite Burn', carries the story of the McGraths to the beginning of the twentieth century and the dark clouds of the Boer War in South Africa. 240 x 155mm., pp. 368. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0285628070

London, Souvenir first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Set in the latter half of the nineteenth century, Frances Paige's novel richly evokes the life of Scotland's industrial Lowlands during the great boom in coal and iron. A wonderful family saga in true Scottish tradition. The first book in the McGrath saga. 240 x 160mm., pp. 6, 337. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket, no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0285627503

Victoria Park/North Lake, Hesperian Press/Lap Industries first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers These timeless tracks to goldfields, hundreds of kilometres inland from Geraldton, started by the sheepmen, scored with the footprints of man and animal, deepened by the wheels of waggon and coach, made reundant by the rail, linger on as monuments to the stout hearts of the folks who travelled them in the golden years of the roaring nineties. 215 x 140mm., pp. x, 93, b/w plates, maps, indes, fold-out map (at rear). Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents & illustrated card covers. AS NEW. ISBN: 0859051838

North Lake, LAP Industries first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers Yalgoo was once a busy gold mining centre, the base for the Warden's office of the Yalgoo Gold Field and an important rail centre for the movement of wool, sheep and goods. Yalgoo lies 524 kilometres by road north of Perth and 218 kilometres inland east from Geraldton. 210 x 140mm., pp. viii, 184, b/w plates, maps, append., index. Trade p/back, stiff card covers. Contents, p.o. inscription (inside front cover) & several notations top of title page - otherwise clean copy, covers sl. rubbed on corners. VG ISBN: 0959058400

Canberra, Roebuck Society first edition - h/c in d.j. Palmer was infatuated with the sea, and although he grew up on a farm, we find him in 1916 serving as a cadet onboard a large sailing ship bound for Europe via Cape Horn. The voyage took 112 days. Stranded in England he joined the Royal Navy. On the outbreak of WWII his ship was bombed and he was later taken prisoner, where he spent two years as a guest of Hitler. He survived the war and went on to have many more adventures. 155 x 175mm., pp. 383, b/w plates, map end/ps., index. NEAR FINE/V+ ISBN: 0909434212

Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press first edition - large paperback, stiff card covers Ian Palmer's book examines administrative struggle and resistance surrounding the purchase of land for Aboriginal communities, from the late 1960s through to the mid 1980s. It deals in particular with the Aboriginal Land Fund Commission (ALFC) which was established as one Commonwealth response to the demand by Aborigines for land rights. 240 x 170mm., pp. xv, 173, charts, biblio, index. Large paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, card covers very slightly rubbed. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0855751789

London, Peter Davies first edition - h/c in d.j. In the state of New Essex, a witch was on trial. Or so she seemed to many of the jurors who would ultimately decide her fate, and to the people who thronged the crowded courtroom, many of them friends of the murdered woman. On trial for poisoning her former lover's wife, she would - if found guilty - be executed. 204 x 140mm., pp. 8 + 304, contents pages has very sl. fox. on edges, v.g.+, d.j. two closed tears, sl. discolouring on white background (almost impossible to see a clean copy), no chips VG+.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers This is the story of Palestine, a land inhabited by two peoples, with two national identities. It begins with the Ottomans in the early 1800s, through the British mandate at the beginning of the 20th century, with the establishment the State of Israel. 228 x 150mm., pp. xxi, 333, b/w plates, maps, notes, biblio., glossaries of Names and Terms, index. Trade p/back, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, small ""bookshop label"", card covers, slightly rubbed corners - no creases. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0521556325

Syney, Angus & Robertson first edition - h/c in d.j. Firmly based in its place and period, Ruth Park's story of the Otago gold rush in 1863 offers splendid reading. For in re-creating this fabulous episode in New Zealand's history she tells a dramatic and fascinating tale of people who stir the heart and stay in the mind. 222 x 140mm., pp. 6, 232, map endpapers with old tape marks & p.o. names, content pages have light spotting & marks on edges, small repaired tear half title page, d.j. rubbed top/bot. spine & corners - still bright & clean. VG/VG

Cambridge, Patrick Stephens first edition - h/c in d.j. For 700 years the city of Cambridge has been at war with itself. Right up until the First World War major battles between undergraduates and town youths were common despite all the efforts of the authorities to stop them. The author examines the conflict between the priviiledged and the less privileged, an economic and class war between royalty, the aristocracy and the church, represented by the University, and the townspeople. 242 x 152mm., pp. 176, maps, glossary, index, contents & d.j. VG+. ISBN: 0850596394

London, Hodder & Stoughton reprint edition - hard cover in dust jacket Meet the man who has met everyone! This is an inspiring story. He began his career as a journalist, worked on current affair programmes and Cinema, joined BBC's 24 hours team, wrote a weekly sports column. His chat show 'Parkinson' ran for eleven years, and worked on radio from 1986. In 2008 he was awarded a knighthood for services to broadcasting. 240 x 160mm., pp. xii (preliminaries), 384, b/w & colour plates, index. H/cover in dust jacket. HAND SIGNED by MICHAEL PARKINSON on Title page, NO OTHER INSCRIPTIONS. FINE/NEAR FINE. ISBN: 9780340961667

New York, Random House First edition - hard cover in dust jacket Pearl has always dreamed of hunting whales, just like her father, taking to the sea in their eight man canoe. But her father was lost on the last hunt, and the whales hide from the steam powered ships carrying harpoons. Pearl's people, the Makah, struggle to survive as she searches for ways to preserve their skills. 217 x 148mm., pp. 8 (preliminaries), 197, map. Hard cover in d.j. True First Edition (correct numbering). Contents, AUTHOR SIGNED (Title page); d.j., no tears or chips. FINE/FINE. ISBN: 9780375869716

Noumea, NEFO first edition - hard cover in dust jacket 307 x 223mm., pp. 162, colour plates t/out, maps, graphs, plans, index, biblio. Descriptions and wonderful colour photographs of life in the oceans - seaweeds, sponges, coral, shell life, etc. This was volume 7 in a series of ten titles - French text. Hard cover with gold blocked decorations on front and spine, contents fine in d.j. - no tears or chips, very slight rubbing on back, v.g+. FINE/VG+

Murdoch, Centre for Irish Studies first edition - paperback, stiff w/r. card covers This book is the first attempt to collate what is currently a large and unwieldly assortment of books, papers, manuscripts, oral histories and other ephemera which, in terms of location, is every bit as scattered and diffuse as the Irish themselves. Many known gems; such as a letter from Alfred Deakin to John Kirwan, have simply disappeared - this is not good enough for our history to 'simply disappear'. 242 x 175mm., pp. viii, 299, Selected index. Large paperback, stiff illus. card covers. FINE/FINE ISBN: 0869058231

New York/ Checkmark/Facts On File revised & updated edition - h/c without D.J. Complete revised and expanded, this new edition is the definitive collection of notable quotations by women. It includes more than 18,000 quotations from more than 3,600 women throughout history, on subjects from friendship and love to politics, religion, art, letters and other media. 287 x 220mm., pp. xviii, 974, Biographical, Career & Occupational, Ethinicity & Nationality Subject Indexes. Contents - first 30 pages slightly creased top r.h. corner, laminated boads. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0816040125

London, Elel hard cover in dust jacket The four short etories which begin this book are all imbued with the highly personal impressionism which distinguishes Pasternak's work. In ""Safe Conduct"" he describes the process by which he became a poet, while his genius is shown against his rich back- ground of Russian culture. 198 x 140mm., pp. frontis, 304, b/w plates. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, small ""book shop label"" ffep, d.j. med. rub/wear top spine, slightly stained on spine - overall a very nice copy. VG+/VG

Cape Town, David Philip first edition - h/c with d.j. This novel is set in the 1950s, the time of the Passive Resistance campaign, the Sophiatown removals, the emergence of the South African Liberal Party, and the early stages of the Nationalists government in power. In a series of vivid and compelling episodes, Paton explores the day-to-day experiences of a group of sharply contrasted men and women involved in and overtaken by these political events. 218 x 145mm., pp. 8 (prelim.) + 271, contents and dust jacket NEAR FINE. ISBN: 0908396481