Search Results: Authors starting with V from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

New York, Del Rey/Ballantine first edition - hard cover in dust jacket There are no living models for the characters and creatures or the exotic backgrounds Vallejo's art depicts. He has that rare talent to capture the essence of our dreams and fantasies and invest them with a sense of reality powerful enough not only to see but to feel. 305 x 235 mm., pp. 2, 14, 39 full page colour plates. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket, med. bumped on corners - no tears or chips. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0345275217

London, Victor Gollancz first edition - h/c in d.j. The author's Amsterdam Cop novels have attracted countless fans with their blend of wit, warmth, urbanity, Zen philosophy and touch of the macabre. The fourteen stories in 'The Sergeant's Cat' will be sure to delight his readers. 204 x 135mm., pp. 6, 218, contents v.g.+, d.j. few indentations on back - no tears or chips - VG. ISBN: 0575042486

London, Hogarth first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This book describes one of the longest journeys made in Soviet Russia by a writer without political bias. It is not an account of a serach for proof of any view or theory; it is a journey into the hearts of the Russians and into the hearts of places visited. (edit.) 220 x 145mm., pp. xii, 307, Folded Journey Map pasted in at rear. H/cover in dust jacket. Orig. Blue cloth covered boards. Contents, ""previous owners"" bookplate inside front cover endpaper, d.j., rub/wear top bot spine & corners. VG+/VG

Crawley, UWA Press first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers During Gallop's two terms in office he displayed a rare and particular interest in public administration that influenced his approach to reform. This book focuses on three high profile issues: the governments determination to end logging in old growth forests, its approach to water policy, and, response to a crisis in an Aboriginal community. 235 x 155mm., pp. 6 (preliminaries), 303, notes, abbreviations, appendix, biblio., index. Trade paperback, stiff illust. card covers. NEAR FINE ISBN: 9781742580692

Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers Throughout the 1930's Ernestine's popular stories about Australia's remotest regions appeared in newspapers nationally. This book provides a vivid portrait of Ernestine from her early brilliance as a child to her later life, evoking her larger than life personality, the exotic landscape she explored, and the characters met on her travels. 235 x 150mm., pp. xiv, 306. Trade p/back, illust. card covers. Contents, no inscriptions; card covers, sl. rubbed corners - no reading creases on spine. NEAR FINE ISBN: 9781760290597

New Delhi, Prestige first edition - h/c in d.j. Diaspora - with its subthemes, ' displacement, dispossession, seachange' - had the capacity to reach across disciplinary divides as the range of papers in this collection attest. The varied issues are probed with unusual depth and perspicity. This collection of writings from Australia, New Zealand, India and Singapore straddles disciplines from literature to computing. 224 x 148mm., pp. 544. contents fine - no inscriptions, d.j. med. rubbing top spine & edges - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 8175511761

Melbourne., Currey O'Neil illustrated edition - h/c in d.j. These reminiscences of an English girl 'in service' present a remarkably lively portrait of Australia in the 1880's-90's. The story is delightfully different, an evocation of a little documented side of life in the nineteenth century. 26 x 18.5cm., pp. prelim. (6) + 145, b/w & col. plates t/out, contents v.g.+ in d.j. with slightly sunned spine - no tears or chips - v.g. ISBN: 0859023362

Loftus, Australian Military History Publications first edition - hard cover, laminated boards After every dramatic aircrash or emergency landing in our desolate north, men had to retrieve what they could of the wreckage, mostly for spare parts. Units like the 4 Repair and Salvage Unit did their important part, behind the scens to ensure our airforce kept as many aircraft in action as they possibly could. 252 x 180mm., pp. xii, 147, b/w plates, append., Nominal Rolls, biblio., indexes - Names, Other Units, Aircraft. Hard cover in laminated pict. boards (without dust jacket as issued). NEW. ISBN: 1876439300

Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin REVISED 3rd edit. - trade p/back, stiff card cover Australia's leading bikie expert, reveals the true picture of the brotherhoods. Drawing on in-depth interviews, personal stories and years of meticulous research, he explains the rules and rituals of the clubs, tells of landmark incidents and profiles profiles some famous bikies. (edit.) 234 x 153mm., pp. 10 (prelim.), 278, glossary, sources, index. Trade paperback, stiff illust. Card covers. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; card covers, slightly rubbed - no reading creases. NEAR FINE. ISBN: 9781742371221

New York, Collier/Macmillan first edition - paperback, vinyl w/r. covers This book does not in any way pretend to be a detailed history of airships. However, what has been presented here is a detailed check-list of every type and class of airship ever built. This check-list takes the form of a series of tables in which the basic data relating to each craft or class, where known is given plus in many cases a photograph of the craft. 110 x 180mm. (oblong), 244, b/w plates t/out, biblio., index. Paperback, soft vinyl printed covers. Contents - no inscriptions. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0020803303

Lausanne, Edita First edition - hard cover in dust jacket This is a full scale volume covering the history of tapestries from the Middle Ages to the present with full attention to the art, design and techniques of tapestry making. There are many lavish illustrations, many in full colour, which show most of the world's most famous tapestries. 338 x 300mm., pp. 278, b/w plates, tipped in colour plates, Signatures & Marks, biblio., indexes of Names of Painters & Weavers. H/cover in d.j. EX LIBRARY - few library stamps - nice copy. $24 Post in Australia. VG+/VG+

St Paul, MBI Publishing first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Combat Veterans of the World War II have contributed their stories to this book. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, the Normandy Beachhead to Tokyo Bay 'Battlestations' chronicles the U.S. Navy's fight to victory against the Axis. The outcome of many these intense naval battles are found within these pages. 262 x 263mm., pp. 168, b/w & colour plates throughout, , append., biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; dust jacket, slightly rubbed - no tears. FINE/NEAR FINE. ISBN: 076030954x

Melbourne, The Loyal Orange Institute of Victoria first edition - h/c in d.j. It was decided that if a record of the Orange Order's beginnings were not compiled, much material could be irrecoverably lost. Indeed, some early written records had already disappeared. Further, the passage of time had removed many of the older members who were the only links with the Institution's pioneering days. This narrative, then records the origins and many important events and achievements of those early days. 210 135mm., pp. 6, 121, b/w plates. Contents - no inscriptions. FINE/FINE ISBN: 0959954333

Canberra, Commonwealth Dept. of Veterans' Affairs first edition - large paperback, stiff card covers ""Our aim in due course is to make this Nominal Roll an accurate record of all those in the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force who served Australia in Korea or in the waters adjacent to Korea between 27 June 1950 and 19 April 1956."" No nominal roll of all thre services in Korea had been assembled before and this one is known to be incomplete. 250 x 180mm., pp. iv, 172, Nominal Roll of Korean War Veterans. Large paperback (booklet), stiff card covers medium rubbed. VG ISBN: 0642399492

London, Skeffington & Son first edition - h/c in d.j. This is perhaps one of the best narratives of the Far East campaign. It is a story of team work unsurpassed in any unit of the Allied forces, the story of men of the U. S. P.T. boats based in New Guinea. One sentence sums up some of the situations that faced this small isolated unit of the U.S. Navy in their fight with the Japanese invaders: 'We had to do the impossible to live'. 220 x 148mm., pp. 160, b/w plates, p.o.i. font end/p. (2 lines), d.j. has chips top/bottom spine, front bright & clean, VG/VG

London, Chaucer Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This book presents graphic new evidence from Hitler's inner circle, testimony from Germans and Russians who participated in the battle for the Reichstag and evidence from those sent to arrest the Fuhrer. A fascinating story. 245 x 160mm., pp. 400, b/w plates, documents, appendices, biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, EX LIBRARY, one Library stamp top of Imprint page - no library pockets or other rubbish; dust jacket, no tears or chips. VG+/NEAR FINE ISBN: 1904449131

Western Australia, Carina Hoany Communiations first edition - hard cover, laminated boards The names of many of the women depicted here will resonate deeply with Western Australians, respected for their outstanding achievements and struggles they have overcome. Fiona Wood, Lyn Beazley, Jade Lewis, Tenille Bentley, Angela Ryder and more. 305 x 218mm., pp. 234, colour portraits throughout. Hard cover, laminated pictorial boards (without dust jacket as issued). Contents, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST - no other inscriptions. FINE. ISBN: 9780987158420

London, HarperCollins first edition - hard cover in dust jacket In gaining unique access to unpublished Lenin documents held in the Communist Party Archives, in addition to other archival repositories in Russia, the author is free for the first time to assess Lenin's life and legacy. He shows conclusively that the violence and coercion that were the chief features of the Soviet system derived entirely from Lenin. 242 x 160mm., pp. xxxix, 529, b/w plates, notes, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, d.j., no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0002552701

London, Michael Joseph first edition - h/c in d.j. Here is another of Vulliamy's merrily macabre inventions. The University and the Country House provide most of the leading or mis-leading characters; the Police (though sometimes deceived) are genially astute and the Magistrates' Court, where the decisive action takes place. 192 x 130mm., pp. 224, contents v.g.+ in d.j. very slight rubbing spine & edges, closed tear back (top), price clipped, very bright & colourful front cover designed by Broom Lynne, v.g.+.