Search Results: Titles starting with K from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

Chicago, University of Chicago Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The author gives us a chance to share the experience (through their diaries and letters) of six conscripted university student 'tokkotai' (or kamikaze) pilots as they faced certain death in a situation of profound meaninglessness; to see them as remarkable human beings as they faced physical destruction - and what it meant to be chosen to die for the Emperor. 235 x 260mm., pp. 227, notes, ref., index. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0226619508

Northbridge, Access Press first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers Here is a tale of hope and hardship, of humour and despair, that typifies the lives of many brave women who helped to pioneer our wheatbelt and build our state of Western Australia. Mrs Schmidt was born in York in 1903. When she married her Husband Karl in 1923 they pioneered land at Mount Walker out from Narembeen. 210 x 145mm., pp. 167, b/w plates. Lovely AUTHOR SIGNED copy. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0949795283

Milton, John Wiley first edition - paperback, stiff w/r. card covers Ron Cashman had just turned 19 when he was pitched into the front line of the Korean War. Over the next two years he fought with the diggers and took part in desparate hand-to-hand combat, was wounded three times and won the Military Medal for saving the lives of three mates. The scars of this war lasted for more than 30 years until a retired army psychiatrist used the power of hypnosis to free him from his terrible burden. 230 x 155mm., pp. xv, 224, b/w plates, endnotes, index. Paperback. NEAR FINE ISBN: 1740310837

Pymble, Harper Collins first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Keith Murdoch was universally known within his profession - as a journalist of a rare distinction. Writer of the famed ""Gallipoli Letters"" that alerted governments to the disasters unfolding on the Turkish battlefields, he helped change the course of that ill-fated military campaign. 243 x 158mm., pp. 10, 421, b/w plates, Dramatis personae, append., endnotes, index. H/cover in d.j. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS, three small marks top edge; d.j, slightly rubbed corners - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. ISBN: 0732270286

Dee Why West, Summitt revised second impression - large format p/back 'Ned Kelly is the symbol epitomising 'the mad, lonely life and the lonely ending, one man against the world in the bush at Glenrowan' - but the folk of the time and of our time also know exactly what degree of sardonic brutality lies behind the ballad report of the shooting of Constable Lonigan: '� brave Kelly muttered sadly as he loaded up his gun: ""Oh what a bloody pity that the bugger had to run"".' 278 x 205mm., pp. 64, Nolan paintings of the 'Kelly Gang Series' end/ps, large format p/back, VG+. ISBN: 0727105159

London, Kelly's Directories Ltd. 79th edition - hard cover A huge tome on the Titled, Landed and Official Classes of the United Kingdon for 1953. Original red cloth covered boards, gold blocked & embossed, decorated front & spine, red tinted 'speckled' page edges. 210 x 155mm., pp. lviii, 2265. A very good plus copy, with binding very sound, and only minor staining or foxing. VG+

Sutherland, K & C Agencies Limited edition - hard cover, laminated boards This book presents works by many of Australia's most loved artists - Kevin Best, Gary Myers, John Vander, Max Mannix, Otto Kuster, Ian Hansen, Paul Margocsy, Bill Ambagtsheer, Brett 'Mon' Garling, Werner Filipich, Les Graham and John Dynon. 305 x 218mm., pp. 76, b/w & colour plates throughout. Hard cover, laminated pictorial silver boards, embossed author/title front. Limited Edition Certificate (front endpaper) Copy No. 308 of 1,000 copies and Signed & Inscribed by the Author. FINE. ISBN: 0957739818

n.p., Cornstalk/Angus & Robertson facsimile reprint - h/c in d.j. 'The Kia Ora Coo-ee' magazine was written and edited by Australian and New Zealand troops serving in Egypt, Palestine, Salonica and Mesopotamia. It was printed in Cairo and appeared in monthly issues between March and December 1918 (10 issues). These have now been reproduced from a set of the original magazines which are now extremely rare and sought after. 274 x 190mm., pp. xv, 244 (unpaginated), b/w plates. Contents fine - no inscriptions, d.j. sl. creasing on edges - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0207147531

Carlisle, Hesperian Press first edition - large paperback, stiff card covers This is a detailed and passionate account of the Squadron and its people spanning the first 20 years of its establishment in 1981. Characters abound as the author takes us informatively and interestingly through the myriad of specialised skill sets required of a NORFORCE soldier. It is the story of a special breed of soldier. 295 x 208mm., pp. xi, 193, b/w illustrations, glossary of terms and abbreviations. Large A4 paperback, illustrated card covers. NEW. ISBN: 9780859056182

East Roseville, Kangaroo Press/Simon & Schuster first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers this first volume (no second volume produced) covers John Laffin's life from 1922 to 1956. He was writing for publication before he was eight, and by the age of ten he was giving lessons to his class mates about the Great War. John lied about his age in order to join the 2nd AIF, and took part in fighting in Papua New Guinea. 224 x 150mm., pp. vi, 250, b/w plates, append., index. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; card covers, no creases. FINE. ISBN: 0864179723

London, Simpkin, Marshall first edition - hard cover WITHOUT dust jacket The barbarous methods of warfare and the cruelty towards the civil population of an invaded country practised by the German Army and imitated by her Austrian ally in Serbia surpassed the Prussians in bestiality. (edit.) 223 x 145mm., pp. xii, 192, 28 b/w plates plus three fold-out charts (total 31). Hard cover, no dust jacket. Original red cloth covered boards, title etc printed black on front & spine. ""Parliamentary EX LIBRARY"" copy with a few stamps & bookplate but no Library pockets etc. At least VG

Pymble, HarperCollins/ABC first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers In this acclaimed account, Ham describes both sides of the appalling struggle along the Kokoda Track in 1942 when a few badly trained Australian troops confronted the Imperial Japanese Army in the worst terrain imaginable. An historic account. 234 x 154mm., pp. xvii, 602, b/w plates, maps, biblio., notes, index. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, card covers, lightly creased on corners, no tears. VG+ ISBN: 9780733328275

Sydney, NewSouth Publishing First edition - trade paperback, pict. card covers This is the story of the early battles of the South West Pacific theatre - the Coral Sea, Kokoda, Milne Bay, Guadacanal - presented as a single air campaign that began with the Japanese conquest of Rabaul in 1942. A story of Australian and American airmen who flew and fought in the face of great adversity. 234 x 153mm., pp. xx, 507, maps, black & white plates, select bibliography, index. Trade paperbacj, pictorial card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, no reading creases on soine. FINE. ISBN: 9781742233833

Victoria Park, Hesperian large paperback, stiff card covers William Frank Cousens was born in Jarrahdale in 1916. He joined the army and served with the 2/16th in the Middle East and the hells of Kokoda and Gona, the subject of these remimisccenses, until his discharge in 1944. 297 x 208mm., pp. iv, 26. Stapled booklet, stiff illustrated covers. As new. FINE ISBN: 9780859054898

Loftus, Australian Military History Publications 3rd EDITION - trade paperback, stiff card covers Dedicated to the memory of all those who died in the rainforest of the Kokoda Track. Then it was horrific - a place of killing and hardship. Now it is a paradise - a living memorial to those whose spirit still dwell there. This is a guide book for those who wish to take the trek, with information on safety, to assist you to interact with villagers, and how to enjoy the sights and sounds along the way. 210 x 150mm., pp., 195, append., maps, index. Trade paperback, stiff illust. card covers. As NEW ISBN: 9781876439163

London, Allen and Unwin illustrated edition - hard cover in dust jacket In 1947 the balsa raft Kon-Tiki set out from Peru. Six men were on board, and the scientific background was to try to prove it was possible, by means of a primitive craft, to cross the seas from South America to the South Pacific Islands. This story recreates the lust for adventure, and dare devil courage of this expedition. 275 x 220mm., pp. 224, map, b/w and full colour illustrations t/out. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket, no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE

Sydney, Pan Macmillan/Macmillan first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers It was a war that shaped the Cold War, the great ideological conflict of the twentieth century, and where Australia won its key strategic alliance with America. Diggers paid a blood price for it. The pattern was set for our involvement in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. 238 x 148mm., pp. 534, b/w plates, maps, notes, biblio., index. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions; card covers, light rubbing on corners - no reading creases on spine. VG+ ISBN: 9781742610221

London, Michael O'Mara first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Just how has Kylie managed to survive in the fickle world of pop? Who has helped her to become the most popular female icon of the new millennium? Who or what are the true loves of her life? 'Kylie Confidential' looks at the many fascinating images of the star through the years - teen actress, pop puppet, creative musician, sex goddess, style queen, lover and gay icon. 240 x 155mm., pp. 224, b/w & col. plates, Discography & Videos, Chronology 1968-2002. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 1854794159