Search Results: Titles starting with F from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

Lausanne, Swiss Office for the Development of Trade first edition, h/c WITHOUT d.j. as issued This volume is one of a series published by the Swiss Office for the Development of Trade on the occasion of the Japan World Exposition, Osaka, 1970. 217 x 215 (oblong), pp. 112, b/w & col. plates t/out, laminated boards (without d.j. as issued). Contents - NO INSCRIPTIONS, white laminated boards (without d.j. as issued), white laminated boards medium discoloured near spine. VG

Kelmscott, Ritter first edition - paperback stiff illus card covers Paul Ritter was the City Planner and Architect for several controversial years. In this book he writes on many topics close to his heart. These include: The trees of Perth, Perth old and new, Perth mass media, Planning in Perth, The people of Perth and Perth old and new. 180 x 240mm (oblong), pp. 104, b/w & col. plates, paperback with stiff illus. card covers. VG+

Melb., Cassell and Company Ltd. first edition - h/c in d.j. 'Fair Dinkum stories about fair dinkum Aussies'. Here is a collection of not-so-tall stories collected in the course of eighteen years in the rugged outback of the Northern Territory, where distances are measured in litres of water and time is hardly noticed. In this book the accent is on the people of the region rather than animals. 22.5 x 14.5cm., pp. 188, b/w plates, v.g. in d.j.

New York, Paddington first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This self-portrait gives ample evidence of Anderson's extraordinary gifts as a story-teller and scene painter. His prose depicts, with unfailing sensitivity and skill, the poverty of his provincial childhood and the international celebrity of his later days. (edit.) 220 x 150mm., pp. 16 (prelim.), 569. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, two light stains top edge, d.j., med. rubbed bottom edge of back flap, small tear in cloth of top spine. VG+/VG ISBN: 0846700743

North Ryde, Methuen first edition - h/c in d.j. In 1941, whilst Europe was being torn by bloody war, those Europeans living in Singapore were still enjoying a lifestyle long forgotten back home. As yet untouched by the war, the inhabitants believed the island was an invincible fortress and an attack would come only from the sea, but the eventual fall of the island came in February 1942. Was the loss of Singapore a gigantic blunder or the result of a miscalculated gamble? 225 x 145mm., pp. 223, b/w plates, map end/p., index. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0454004338

Canada, Lester & Orpen Dennys First Canadian edition - hard cover in dust jacket Here is a powerful and disturbing love story about two families and the madness that invades not only their dreams, but their lives. The novel stretches from the fatal and desparate politics of Eastern Europe to the comparative innocence of Australian suburban life. 243 x 160mm., pp. 336. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket, light rubbing - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0886191025

London, Barrie & Jenkins first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This volume contains the following pistols and revolvers; The Luger; The Mauser; Walther Automatic and Flare Pistols; Colt 45 Automatic and its Development; Browning Automatic Pistols and the Hi Power; Webley and Scott Automatic pistols; The Beretta and Astra, all described with numerous diagrams and photographs. 268 x 188mm., pp. 8, 160, Gun index, b/w & col. plates t/out. H/cover in d.j. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket, no tears or chips - sl. rub. top spine. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0214203204

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

Auckland, Collins first edition - h/c in d.j. The comparison between the land as the discoverers saw it and as it is two hundred years later is the basis of this unique book. As one would expect, there is wit and shrewd observation in Shirley Maddock's writing and an almost poetical appreciation of the beauty which Don Whyte has so brilliantly captured with his camers (edit.) 160mm. x 220mm., pp. frontis, xvi, 284, map end/p., b/w & col. plates. Contents - old tape marks (light) on endpapers, content page edges slightly tanned, d.j. no tears. VG/VG

London, Hamish Hamilton first edition - h/c in d.j. This novel is about families. Laced with humour, sex and irony, it is rich with the complexities of family ties: the compassion that can scarcely be spoken, the hurt that can scarcely be eased. As Ed McBain he is the author of the immensely successful series of novels about the police laid in the 87th Precinct. 222 x 145mm., pp. 8 (prelim.) + 248, contents pages evenly lightly discoloured due to the paper used, in d.j. - no tears or chips, NEAR FINE condition ISBN: 0241109256

London, Collins first edition - h/c in d.j. This is the story of two foreign correspondents on assignment in China. One, a twenty-four year old American, is tough, intelligent, ambitious and brave; the other, an Australian, is older, more experienced, disillusioned and battered. The different reactions of two men, to the devastation, death and desperation that they encounter, and their conflicting assessments, are the subject of this story. 200 x 140mm., pp. 256, p.o.i. (5 lines - neat) ffep, d.j. sl. wear bot. spine, price clipped. VG+/VG+

Sydney, Macmillan first edition - hard cover in dust jacket In his lifetime, Sir Donald Bradman was, unquestionably, Australia's most revered and admired sportsman. And as the greatest batsman in cricket history, he is destined to remain a figure of world-wide awe and admiration for as long as the game is played. (edit.) 335 x 250mm., pp. 272, b/w & col. plates, Scoreboard, index. H/cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. no tears or chips BUT has a medium production crease across the front word 'Bradman' & front photo is slightly spotted. FINE/VG ISBN: 073291115x

Brunswick, Scribe First edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers Here are ten extended biographies of young men who exemplified Australia's gifted lost generation of World War I. Among them are accounts of an internationally acclaimed medical researcher; an engineer who excelled on Mawson's Antarctic mission; a visionary vigneron; a Western Australian Rhodes scholar and a Tasmanian footballer who dazzled at the highest level. (edit.) 235 x 154mm., pp. viii, 600, b/w plates, biblio., notes, index. Trade p/back, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions. FINE ISBN: 9781921844669

Adelaide, Rigby first edition - h/c in d.j. To produce this book, Anderson collected hundreds of broadsides - the printed songs that used to be hawked about the streets - and made a selection of the most interesting of them. To these he has added contemporary passages from diaries, letters, and other sources, creating a most readable story of the convicts, bushrangers, goldminers, and other colourful characters who were the subjects of the broadsides. 220 x 143mm., pp. 212, biblio., notes, index of songs. Hardcover in dust jacket. VG/VG

London, Jonathan Cape first edition - h/c in d.j. This book takes us into the lfe of a community for whom the annual massacre of piolot whales is the highlight of the year. Aided by two sympathetic trawlermen, they embark on a hazardous attempt to disrupt the slaughter. The authors outstanding ability to portray the sea and it creatures, and his meticulous research makes this novel a most moving plea for the conservation of the whale. 222 x 140mm., pp. 180, map end/ps. Contents, slight spotting top edge - no inscriptions, d.j. sl. rub. on edges. VG+/VG ISBN: 0224024582

Auckland, Century Hutchison New Zealand first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Higlighting the practical details of survival/endurance in the alien land include languages, the moa, greenstone, ships' logs, Maori pa, Russian explorers, scurvy and spruce beer, birds as food, triangulation, missionary rivalries and the Treaty of Waitangi. 268 x 193mm., pp. 14 (prelim.), 315, b/w plates, biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, small mark on back of ffep (blank page) - no inscriptions, dust jacket, small closed tear back top corner, light indentations on back. VG+/VG ISBN: 1869410114

West Melbourne, Thomas Nelson first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The author made this selection from his writings just before he died in 1976. The sources are diverse, as is the subject matter, as there have been many changes in the thirty years the collection spans. One thing stands out as unchanging through them all: George Farwell's immediate response to beauty and to the people who inhabit the landscapes he describes. The cover shows a detail from the painting 'Sunrise, Drought Country' by Kenneth Jack. 222 x 148mm., pp. xiii, 296. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0170051692

London, MacMillan first edition - h/c in d.j. In the 'Fatal Flaw' there is a double value because after the first - and 'perfect' - crime there arises the necessity to commit another one, and the suspense mounts even higher. Meanwhile the 'fatal flaw; itself lies like a ticking bomb in the background. 205 x 130mm., pp. 221, contents - one line top of title page, d.j. slight rubbing on corners - no tears or chips. VG+/VG+

Cape Town, Howard Timmins 4th edition - hard cover in dust jacket Barnett Potter launches a devasting counter-attack against Black African nationalism - its incompetence, corruption, bloodshed, cruelty, hysteria. Everything is annotated: the facts, the figures are irrefutable. (edit.) 217 x 145mm., pp. 244, append. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, medium to heavy stain on outside page edges, small ""previous owners initials"" ffep, d.j. rub./wear top/bot. spine, edges & corners. VG/VG

Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Cook - calm, detached, and decisive until his illness, shared with Hunter a methodological approach to scientific discovery. Banks without the disipline of financial constraints was able to indulge his dilettantism. All shared a zeal for knowledge, and each made a contribution to the lives of the others. 242 x 190mm., pp. 80, map endpapers, black & white plates, append., notes, biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; dust jacket, no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0864175426