Search Results: Authors starting with W from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

Sydney, New South Publishing first edition - hard cover, illustrated boards For over 70 years, the operation of civil liberties has been subject to the vagaries of national and international politics. The United Nations' ratification of human rights was accompanied by Cold War paranoia, and efforts to safeguard freedoms has been dogged by new threats to privacy and further constraints on the parliamentary process. (edit.) 240 x 160mm., pp. viii, 230, Guide to sources, notes, index. Hard cover, illustrated cloth covered boards (without dust jacket as issued). NEW. ISBN: 9781742232652

Wyndham, the author first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers A diary of events surrounding the lives of her family (Norma Wainwright) spanning sixty years, forty of them in the Kimberleys. A personal glimpse of their lives from 1930 to 1990, moving from Harvey in the West's south to Turkey Creek, Wyndham, Derby, Carlton Reach ( now Kununurra) in the north. 210 x 150mm., pp. 4, 155, b/w plates, Family trees. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions; card covers, slightly rubbed corners. VG+ ISBN: 0646024337

Toorak, Garry Sparke & Associates First edition - hard cover in dust jacket A man who became a champion in two entirely different fields. Born in Hobart Tasmania, it was football that took him to Melbourne, but it was cricket in which he made his international reputation. This is a fascinating book about a fascinating sportsman whose sense of perspective is reinforced by a great, native Australian humour. 210 x 140mm., pp.204, black & white plates, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; d.j., slight rubbing top/bot. spine. Fine/near fine

Burnley, Tangle Press First edition, A4 p/b, pictorial covers Max Walker (born September 1948, West Hobart - died 28 September 2016), was selected as the 263rd player to wear the 'Baggy Green'. Max Walker played from 1973 to 1981. He is best known for his bowling action which earned him the name 'Tangles'. 234 x 165mm., pp. ix, 229, b/w plates. A4 p/back, pictorial card covers. Contents, SIGNED by MAX WALKER with NUMBER 263 (his selection number to play for Australia) - no other inscriptions, card covers, small crease front corner, few surface marks. NEAR FINE. ISBN: 0975791109

Sydney, Hale & Iremonger first edition - hard cover in dust jacket 'When Robert Walker, himself as artist of high order, takes us into the privacy of the artist's studio to present fourteen artists at work, he makes no pretense that he can show us the real mystery; only the man himself (and in one case a woman) moving mysteriously among the articles of his craft'. Blackman, Boyd, Daws, Juniper, Olsen, Storrier and Whiteley are just a few of the artists at work. 282 x 222mm., pp. 6, 165, b/w & col. plates t/out, Catalogue of Paintings. No inscriptions. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 086806211

London, S.W. Partridge reprint edition - h/c WITHOUT d.j. 190 x 127mm., pp. frontis, 192, orig. red cloth covered boards, black ptd. illus and title on front, spine faded few stained areas on front & spine, binding very sound, contents light scattered foxing on page edges, back ffep very slightly nibbled on one edge. No date but probably mid 1930s edition. Sound copy. G++

London, S. W. Partridge first edition - hard cover WITHOUT dust jacket On the news that the Liner 'St Andrew' had been held up by a submarine raider with the captain wounded and a passenger killed McBlaid decided to seek out the raiders in his flying boat the 'Albatross'. 193 x 130mm., pp. col. frontis., viii, 246. H/cover WITHOUT dust jacket. Grey cloth covered bds, printed black (title & illust.) front & spine, stain spot front board. Contents, p.o. name & rubber stamp (neat) ffep, early pages have medium 'spotting' (foxing), edges scattered foxing & staining. near VG

Malden, Almark first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers The proliferation of flags, uniforms, insignia and similar paraphanalia during the relatively short-lived period of the Third Reich (1933-45) provides an area of study of great complexity. This book aims to provide a general guide to the more important and frequently encountered Colours. 210 x 148mm., pp. 136, b/w plates t/out. Trade paperback (booklet), stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, card covers, medium rubbed on corners - no creases. VG+ ISBN: 0855241527

Georges Hall, Quasar first edition - large soft cover booklet Have you ever gazed at the night sky and wondered: What is a bright star? Which constellation is that? Why do some 'stars' move from night to night? Which planet is that? Where is the moon? Then this book is for you. No knowledge of Astronomy is needed. Easy to use maps, designed for Auatralian stargazers, Drawings to easily identify the planets from stars and more� 275 x 210mm., pp. 153, col. plates & sky charts, append., glossary, index. Large booklet, card covers. VG+/VG ISBN: 0975607030

London, Staples first edition - h/c in d.j. Life within the Arctic Circle is harsh and hazardous. Men must fight unceasingly for existence. Only the strong and the resolute will survive the grim battle. Wallenius enters into the thoughts and feelings of these people, the terror of the Arctic storm, the fogs, the floes, the relentless grinding of the ice pack and the warmth of the turf hut. 190 x 130mm., pp. 262, d.j. worn/rubbed top spine, slightly rubbed on corners, medium grubby on back, price clipped - front very bright & clean, VG+/VG.

Rockhampton, Central Queensland University Press First edition - Trade p/back, illust. card covers This is social history of the outback at its best. There are entertaining and authoritative chapters on the surveyor-explorers, teamsters, selectors, bush hawkers, 'wild colonial boys', and pioneer inventors of the shearing machine, wool press and windmill. Another focuses on the bitter Vermont Merino controversy which ruined so many old Merino Studs. 235 x 175mm., pp. 8 (prelim.), 152, b/w & col. plates, glossary, chapter notes, index. Trade paperback, pictorial card covers. NEAR FINE ISBN: 1876780622

Sydney, Collins first edition - paperback, w/r. card covers To make tremendous decisions that might affect millions of lives, to learn the true facts about Nazi Germany, to discover information of incalulable value to their country, courageous men and women are constantly risking their lives. To find the truth, well known investigator 'O.K.' Keene, could not have been on a more dangerous mission. 177 x 115mm., pp. 192, paperback, contents - medium foxing/browning page edges only, card covers slightly rubbed on corners, very bright and clean. At least VG

Hawthorne, Omni Publications reprint edition - trade p/back, stiff card covers This book is a simple story of The Federal Reserve System, dealing principally with the un-constitutional creation of money and the control of credit by private corporations. The author suggests a concrete, simple solution, which Congress could employ, which would make the transition from private banking to the Treasury without injuring anyone. (edit.) 216 x 140mm., pp. xi, 252. Trade paperback (booklet), stiff card covers. Contents & card covers NEAR FINE

London, Jarrold's first edition - h/c in d.j. In this frank and vivid portrait of eighteenth century Bath, the John Walters brings to life Beau Nash and the fantastic people around him. The author is a student of the society and culture of the period, and the objective picture he presents shows Nash and his city in all their glamour - and immortality. (edit.) 216 x 145mm., pp. 208, b/w plates, biblio., index, contents near fine, d.j. rub./wear top/bot. spine, corners & edges - still bright and clean, VG/G++.

n.p., Stephen Walters first edition - hard cover in dust jacket 'An agitated Lillee responded by walking up behind Miandad who by then had completed the run, and kicking him in the thigh. An alarmed Miandad swung around and raised his bat above his head in readiness to strike Lillee, as if about to hack down a tree with an axe' (9th Test, WACA, Australia vs Pakistan, 1981). 255 x 180mm., pp. xxvii, 843, black & white and colour plates, append. (WACA - Test Match Records -Team Records - Test Bowling Records - Wicket-Keeping, etc. biblio., index of Players. FINE/FINE ISBN: 9780646500133

Sydney, Allen & Unwin first edition - h/c in d.j. The author's acute and shrewd perceptions make 'Glace Fruits' a work that will challenge and hold the reader at every stage - drawing its material, as it always does, directly from the day-to-day lives of ordinary modern Australians. (edit.) This selection of short stories won the Australian Vogel Prize for fiction. 222 x 147mm., pp. 6, 263, contents & d.j. near fine. ISBN: 0043001033

London, Virago first edition - h/c in d.j. 'Is not the soul a guest in the body?' In this intriguing and original collection, the author weaves together a sequence of stories around the Dybbuk, the restless, invading soul of Jewish mythology. 205 x 135mm., pp. 8, 147, slight toning to page edges, d.j. few light marks - no tears or chips, VG+. ISBN: 0860687112

Melbourne, Currey O'Neil first edition - h/c in d.j. The influence of the early Irish settlers looms large in Australia's heritage of legends, literature and ballads. The tradition of Irish humour and blarney can be detected in many of Australia's folk yarns and tall stories, and the Irish were outstanding balladists of colonial days. A special section of this book contains more than thirty of the most popular Irish songs and ballads of early Australia. 244 x 152mm., pp. 224, contents fine; d.j. very slight rubbing on back, no tears or chips. FINE/VG ISBN: 0859020967

Adelaide, Rigby first edition - h/c in d.j. This is the real story of Australian Bushranging and the men who made its legends. It spans an era: from the West Indies Negro nicknamed 'Black Caesar' who met a violent end in 1796, to a self-styled 'last of the bushrangers' Jack Bradshaw, who died in a Sydney hospital in tne 1930s. Many fascinating photographs compliment this thoroughly-researched work. 242 x 170mm., pp. 288, contents - slight spotting on outside page edges - no inscriptions, d.j. slight edge rubbing. VG+/VG ISBN: 0727005286

Adelaide, Rigby new edition - h/c in d.j This is the real story of Australian bushranging and the men who made its legends. It spans an err: from the West Indian Negro nicknamed 'Black Caesar' who met a violent end in 1796, to the self-styled 'last of the bushrangers' Jack Bradshaw, who died in a Sydney hospital in the 1930s. This is the thoroughly-researched work that fills the gaps between fact and faction in the wonderful Bill Wannan style. 243 x 170mm., pictorial end/ps., pp. 288, b/w plates t/out, contents & d.j. are in FINE condition. ISBN: 0727005286