Search Results: Titles starting with E from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

London, Chalcellor first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Two book in one! Jack Higgins' world wide best seller 'The Eagle Has Landed' together with 'Luciano's Luck' a story of the Mafia with the main character Antonio Luca who has a deep rooted hate for America. 228 x 150mm., pp. 605. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, dust jacket, light rubbing - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0907486576

Sydney, Hale & Iremonger first edition - h/c in d.j. This bibliography lists the original poems printed in all surviving issues of the 130 newspapers, 32 magazines and 2 almanacks published in Australia before 1850, which are listed chronologically, within present state boundaries. Each entry consists of poem's title, or first line if untitled, author, date and place of composition where given, date of publication and page reference. 250 x 182mm., pp. x, 333, index of Newspapers/Magazines/Almanacks & Identifiable Poets. Contents & d.j. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0908094914

London, Michael Joseph first edition - hard cover in dust jacket From this book you will learn of cyclecars and steam wagons, ambulances and taxicabs, road surfaces, cycling dress, and countless other facets of the evolution of transport over 150 years, including Lessep's airscrew-driven car, pioneer motor scooters of the 1920s and an amphibious tricycle. 248 x 218mm., pp. 220, b/w plates throughout, abbrev., Illustration sources, index of Names. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket, no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0718113101

Sydney, ABC Enterprises/ABC first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This book describes why rainforests have become such an important issue in Australia and how people have struggled to save those areas at risk. About three quarters of the rainforests in Australia have already been cleared, so every effort must be made to protect areas of rainforests which are under constant threat from development. 227 x 217mm., pp. 167, b/w & col. plates t/out, resources. H/cover in d.j. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket, slight rubbing on back - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0642527326

Boston, Houghton Mifflin reprint edition - hard cover WITHOUT dust jacket This history covers languages, early Chinese traditions, growth of the political and cultural unit, The first Chinese Empire, The 'Barbarian' challenge, The Mogul Empire, founding of the Ming, traditional Korea, early Japan and much more. 242 x 162mm., pp. xiv, 739, b/w plates, maps, biblio., index. Hard cover WITHOUT dust jacket. Orig. blue cloth cov. bds, gold blocked front & spine - binding excellent. Contents - p.o. name (2 lines) half title page, old tape marks (two) front & back map endpapers. VG+

London, Hodder & Stoughton first U.K. edition - h/c in d.j. The Naval Service of the East India Company operated from the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea, from Calcutta to Canton; and the Company ships were famous for their speed and daring. This book follows the career of Percival Merewether, a junior Captain in the Service whose decisions are sometimes mistaken, often hasty and always subject to the imponderables of fate. 222 x 148mm., pp. 6, 337, biblio. Contents - no inscriptions or foxing, d.j. medium rub/wear top/bot. spine & corners. NEAR FINE/VG+

London, Aldus/Jupiter Books reprint - hard cover in dust jacket This book tells the story of the East Indies and the Pacific, of the discovery of Australia, and of how it was explored. It tells of the adventurous merchants who made these first exciting voyages, and by whose efforts European knowledge of the East was won. 265 x 195mm., pp. 488, b/w & col. plates t/out, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, dust jacket - closed tear bottom front, medium creasing along front top edge. NEAR FINE/VG ISBN: 0490002927

East Kew, Windy Hollow Books first edition - hard cover, illust. board covers Ebi loves everything about boats. If only he could find someone who shares his passion! 285 x 215mm., pp. 24, colour illustrations throughout. Large hard cover, illustrated pictorial boards (without dust jacket as issued). Contents, no inscriptions. FINE. ISBN: 0921136952

New York, St. Martins Press first edition - h/c in d.j. The author introduces a new hero in this book - one Rip Deston, newspaper reporter, retired baseball player, WWII vet, confirmed bachelor, and natural wit. 215 x 143mm., pp. 6 (prelim.) + 175, p.o.i. (one line) ffep, very slight foxing outside page edges, d.j. has closed tears with sl. rubbing & loss on corners, bright & clean, VG/VG. ISBN: 0312225520

Annandale, Pluto first edition - paperback, stiff card covers ""The Ellis-Leak Almanac"" brings together the much talked-about 'month-that-was' poems penned by Ellis for the 'Sydney Morning Herald', the 'Age' and ABC Radio, and the best of Leake's explosive cartoons from the 'Australian' and 'Weekend Australian'. 175 x 138mm. (oblong), pp. 124, black & white drawings. Paperback, illustrated card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, card covers, slight rubbing on corners - no creases. FINE ISBN: 1864031271

London, Fig Tree/Penguin first U.K. edition - hard cover in dust jacket During the glittering decades of the 1920's and 30's Schaparelli was the undisputed queen of fashion. She was unique, and in her day more famous than Chanel. She married a Polish Count who later abandoned her in New York with their infant daughter, so she moved to Paris, and launched her meteoric career, surviving World War II, despite being under suspicion of spying. 240 x 160mm., pp. xx, 377, black & white & colour plates notes, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions. FINE/FINE ISBN: 9780241146347

St Leonards, Craftsman House first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Recognised as this country's most distinguished texture painter, Lynn was also an art critic of national importance. Involved in so many visual arts activities - from painting to criticism to arts administration - this account of his work and life ranges broadly across many of the art debates, controversies and achievments of the second half of the twentieth century. 300 x 270mm., pp. 174, b/w & col. plates t/out, endnotes, Artist biography, List of colour plates, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. NEW. ISBN: 1877004170

Rushcutters Bay, Halstead first edition - paperback, stiff card covers The conflagration which destroyed the 'Empire Patrol' after WWII took with it more than just the lives of many Greek refugees. Tracing the historical background since the turn of the 20th century, they explain how it is that a single shipwreck spelt the end of a Mediterranean town and set off a wave of migration to Australia. 210 x 137mm., pp. 128, b/w plates, Refugees Whose Lives Were Lost, index. Paperback, stiff card covers. Contents - no inscriptions, card covers - no creases. VG+/VG+ ISBN: 1875684123

London, Bloomsbury Publishing True First edition - hard cover in dust jacket Joe and Eileen O'Kane experience a terrible tragedy which leaves them bereft. Eileen turns to her parents for comfort and Joe finds himself caught up in his widowed father Patsy's jaunts around Ireland Set in contemporary Ireland, a heartbreaking and compelling novel about grief and its aftermath. 223 x 143mm., pp. 8 (preliminaries), 312. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, SIGNED by LIAM BROWNE (Title page) - no other inscriptions; dust jacket, slight rubbing top/bottom spine. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 9780747580225

New York, Harcourt Brace hard cover in dust jacket To the book's recurring question - how can anthropology find its way - Fox has a seemingly startling answer: anthropology should be a branch of evolutionary biology, which itself should be a branch of ethics. Indeed, he calls for nothing less than a new anthropology that will return Man to Nature before it is too late. 220 x 145mm., pp., viii, 370, refer., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, d.j., medium rubbing on blue background colour - no tears or chips. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0151287937

London, Marshall Cavendish reprint edition - hard cover in dust jacket This is not only a traditional book with exciting recipes and detailed information of spices throughout the world; but also how to create soft, natural hues to dye your clothes and how to make sweet-smelling incense and soap; and for the gardener, how to grow and cultivate all these wonderful herbs and spices. 292 x 222mm., pp. 152, map endpapers, col. plates t/out, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket, no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0856855731

Port Melbourne, Lothian Reprint with corrrections - h/c in d.j. This fourth volume of the Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants suitable for cultivation genera beginning with the letters Eu to Go. Included are 1020 species from 100 genera. Each genus and species has an accurate, but simiplified, botanical description. This volume in particular covers the EUCALYPTUS (with the most comprehensive cultivation details available). 255 x 195mm., map end/p., pp. frontis, xvi, 447, b/w illust. & col. plates t/out, maps, Glossary of Technical Terms, Common Name index. FINE/FINE ISBN: 085091213x

Koln, Taschen trade edition - paperback, stiff card covers For many years Zumbo's masterpieces were misread as the diseased caprices of an artist revelling in macabre and repellent details. It was not until the mid-20th century that they began to be seen in a more appropriate historical perspective: as realistic documentations of an era when death was omnipresent and human life was fragile. 195 x 142mm., pp. 576, col plates t/out. Soft cover edition (small format) of the original published in 1999. Contents, no inscriptions, card covers, no creases. NEAR FINE. ISBN: 978382285039x

New York, W.W. Norton first edition - hard cover in dust jacket From the Affair at Apache Pass to the Battles of Zeim and Zulu, here is the encyclopedia that defined modern warfare. Its entries include information on wars, revolutions, battles, sieges, soldiers, weapons, armies, military awards. Attention is also paid to the worst diseases affecting soldiers, available medicines, and essays relate events, people and developments. 288 x 223mm., pp. xii, b/w plates, biblio. Contents, no inscriptions, d.j. no tears or chips. HEAVY BOOK, EXTRA POSTAGE. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0393047709

Sydney, Reed Books first edition - h/c in d.j. Includes over 1,000 entries, mostly biographies of key Australian film-makers. You will find lists of all American and British actors and technicians who came to Australia to film; a comprehensive list of title changes, and an interesting appendix on novelists who were filmed in Australia. Finally a chronological list of all major feature films made from 1900-1984 complete with cast list. 27 x 19.5cm., pp. 304, b/w plates t/out, index, v.g. in d.j. ISBN: 0730100596