Search Results: Authors starting with R from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

Claremont, the Author first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers Part I deals with the involvement of various individuals and organisations (Girls Guides, Red Cross, YWCA, missionaries etc) in laying the foundations for the successful transition from grass roots to Independence. Part II details the remarkable abilities of mant notable National women in post-independent PNG. 235 x 160mm., pp. xviii, 406, maps, endnotes, index. Trade paperback (booklet), stiff illustrated card covers. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; card covers, no reading creases on spine. FINE

Brunswick, Scribe first edition - large paperback, stiff card covers The year in politics as seen by Australia's funniest and most perceptive political cartoonists. With Dean Alston, Bill Leak, Bruce Petty, John Spooner Ron Tandberg Cathy Wilcox, Paul Zanetti, and many more. 200 x 180mm., pp. vi, 186, b/w & colour illustrations throughout, Cartoonists index. Trade paperback (booklet), stiff illustrated card covers. Contents, no inscriptions; card covers, no creases. FINE. ISBN: 9781922070104

Canberra, National Gallery of Australia firs edition - paperback, stiff card coverst The exhibition along with this publication were undertaken as part of the twenty-fifth anniversary celebrarions of the National Gallery of Australia. All the paintings date from the great century of Australian landscape art, 1850 to 1950, and include Martens, Gill, Hilder, Young, Han Heyson, Boyd and Nolan. 230 x 270mm., pp. 120, col. plates t/out, map, Timeline, index. Large paperback, stiff card covers with folds. Contents and card covers are in fine condition with no inscriptions or creases. FINE ISBN: 9780642541451

Luton, Lennard first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Is New Age science proving the existence of the Paranormal by exposing the scientific prejudices of the past and the present? The author holds that experimentors and critics could have the wrong perspective on the whole area, leaving the public confused. He also claims that many of the beliefs in PSI may have been inherited from the beginning of Man's development. Does this mean experiences of PSI are natural and part of Man's inheritance. 240 x 160mm., pp. xx, 188, biblio., index, FINE/VG+. ISBN: 1852910143

St Leonards, Allen & Unwin first edition - h/c in d.j. This sensational and revelatory biography is the first to draw upon contemporary sources and interviews only recently rediscovered and unavailable to previous historians. His drunkeness, sexual excesses and nepotism - not to mention that he was a German agent - led to his murder by a group of Russian noblemen in December 1916. 243 x 164mm., pp. xvi, 524, maps, b/w plates, sources, biblio., index. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. very small closed tear top front flap fold. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 1865081930

Perth, Artlook first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The story of the life of an Italian fisherman and his family in pre-war Fremantle. Joseph Raffa vividly details the closeness of migrant families, their warmth and courage, their integration into the commimnity through their Australian born children and demonstrates the valuable contribution these families have made to our culture. 224 x 156mm., pp. 152, 2, b/w plates, bi-lingual text. H/cover in d.j. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket, light rubbing, small damage to bottom spine (back). NEAR FINE/VG ISBN: 0864450346

Godalming, CLB In ternational first edition - hard cover in dust jacket A unique colour directory of all the motorcycle models built by the legendary Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Arranged chronologically, this superb reference work features colour photographs of immaculately restored vintage and period Harleys and the current inventory (up to 1997). 372 x 278mm., pp. 159, colour plates t/out, Model Chart 1903-1997, index, biblio. H/cover in d.j. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; dust jacket, two ""indentations"" on front, also noticeable on front board - no tears. VG+ ISBN: 1858335930

Kent Town, Wakefield first edition - paperback, stiff card covers The author provides a detailed account of the impact of a colonial and post-colonial history of inequality and marginalisation on the well-being of indigeneous South Australians. She argues that there is little chance of them enjoying better health until this history is understood and responded to by the building of a more equal, inclusive society. 230 x 166mm., pp. xi, 333, maps, append., biblio., index. Large paperback, stiff card covers. Contents - no inscriptions, card covers - no creases. NEAR FINE ISBN: 1862547092

Carlton North, Scribe Publications First edition - hard ciover in dust jacket Marking almost 150 years since the founding of Melbourne's first public museum, it maps the triumphs and trevails of Victoria's state museums. It offers insights into the collections, from Aboriginal artefacts, Australian innovations, to rare butterflies and racehorse Phar Lap. 290 x 217mm., pp. xvi, 423, b/w & col. plates t/out, Significant Dates 1853-2000, List of Contributors, append., select biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; d.j., no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE. ISBN: 0908011695

Sydney, Croom Helm first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This is the only publication which attempts to list all Auatralian unions. In addition, it provides information as to their membership, their registration under federal and state legislation and their affiliations with trade union peak councils and the the Australian Labor Party. 223 x 150mm., pp. 6 (prelim.), 123, append. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, d.j. med. rub/wear top spine & slightly rubbed on back. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0949614130

Yokine, Energised Production first edition - paperback, stiff card covers Trish is determined to transcend the cycle of necessity that ties her parents to the land. Working two jobs, studying at night, she makes her place in the corporate world, where a meeting with her European roots makes her re-evaluate her goals and turn to more fully embrace community values - in her neighbourhood, at work and in the community at large. 197 x 128mm., pp. xii, b/w plates, 216. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, card covers, no creases. NEAR FINE ISBN: 9780980429114

Sydney, A.H. and A.W. Reed reprint - hard cover in dust jacket Few primitive peoples can claim as rich a heritage of myth and legend as the Aboriginals of Australia. As they observed the mysteries of sun and stars, bird and animal, man and woman, life and death, they wove a magic fabric in their expalanation 21 x 14 cm., pp. 256, b/w illus. t/out, glossary., biblio., Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, ""previous owner's inscription"" (lenghty) front end/p. VG/VG ISBN: 058907041x

Canberra, Roebuck Society Publication No. 17 first edition - large paperback, stiff card covers The 'Seventh' left Australia as a division in its own right; trained in Palestine - however, was broken up, and served with the Ninth Division which robbed it of its divisional identity; the ""silent seventh"" played their part without much fame or glory. As Rats of Tobruk they fought and died as you'll read in this story. 248 x 177mm., pp. viii, 72, 8 (b/w plates), 3 (maps), index. Large paperback, stiff illust. card covers. Contents, no inscriptions; card covers, slightly rubbed on corners. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0909434085

Sydney, New South Publishing first edition - hard cover in dust jacket For the first time , ""Inside the Vault"" uncovers the fascinating history and art of the nation's currency. The author traces significant events - the Rum Rebellion, the gold rushes, the opening of the Royal Australian Mint, and the 1966 introduction of decimal currency - and their effect on Australia's coinage. 293 x 250mm., pp. 192, b/w & colour plates t/out, notes, biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. NEW. ISBN: 9781742234304

Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin first edition - hard cover in dust jacket ""Desert Boys"" provides an intensely personal and gripping insight into the thoughts, feelings and experiences of two generations of Australian soldiers. In many cases these were fathers and sons going to successive wars, with all the tragedy, adventure and hardship that brought. (edit.) 230 x 145mm., pp. xvii, 712, maps, b/w plates, notes, biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 9781741142921

London, Angus and Robertson first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Rupert Murdoch one of the worlds greatest newspapermen talks about one of his favourite pastimes - the Australian gambling institution of two-up. This biography, written at the mid-point of his career analyses his battles, achievements, failures and tries to lay the finger on what makes Murdoch run. 22 x 14.5 cm., pp. viii, 246, b/w plates, index, v.g. but d.j. taped & stain marks flaps & end/p. ISBN: 0207955093

New York, Daw first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This final volume returns us to Midgard at a time when an uneasy peace has been attained between the mortal kingdoms because all are now caught up in a shared catastrophe, cursed with sterility by the magic of the dark elves. 236 x 160mm., pp. xii, 516, map, appendices. Hard cover in dust jacket. True first edition - numbering 1through to 9 - first printing 'June 1998'. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. no tears. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0886777852

Aukland, Blackwood & Janet Paul first edition - h/c in d.j. This book recalls the exciting days when the old paddle steamers plied treir way up the two hundred and thirty-nine named rapids between Wanganui and Taumarunui. In the years between 1912 and 1919 David Reid was an engineer on boats of the famous Hatrick Fleet. Alec Reid has made a vivid story of his uncle's recollections. 225 x 147mm., pp. xi, 118, map end/ps., b/w plates, contents fine, d.j. medium creased & closed tear top back edge, medium rubbed, no chips - front picture very bright & clean. FINE/VG

South Melbourne, Sun/Academy Series first edition - large paperback, stiff card covers As well as lesser-known artists and their work, more famous names of contemporary Australian art are represented, including William Dobell, Donald Friend and Sali Herman. As war artists they, and the other talented painters and sculptors reveal themselves as sensitive recorders of Australia at war. 287 x 210mm., pp. 79, b/w & col. plates t/out. Large format paperback (booklet), stiff illustrated card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, card covers slightly rubbed on corners - no creases. VG+ ISBN: 0725102551

Canberra, National Museum of Australia Press first edition - large paperback, stiff card covers This book takes the reader on a journey through the Irish experience in Australia. It seeks out places around the Nation that tell of Irish lawyers, farmers and publicans, and many others, and how central their stories are to any sense of what Australia was and is and how the echo of that Irish presence is everwhere - in a city street, a railway museum or in a stained glass window of a country church. 300 x 245mm., pp. 191, b/w & col. plates, refer., index. Large p/back (booklet), stiff card coves. FINE ISBN: 9781876944766