Search Results: Titles starting with Y from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

North Lake, LAP Industries first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers Yalgoo was once a busy gold mining centre, the base for the Warden's office of the Yalgoo Gold Field and an important rail centre for the movement of wool, sheep and goods. Yalgoo lies 524 kilometres by road north of Perth and 218 kilometres inland east from Geraldton. 210 x 140mm., pp. viii, 184, b/w plates, maps, append., index. Trade p/back, stiff card covers. Contents, p.o. inscription (inside front cover) & several notations top of title page - otherwise clean copy, covers sl. rubbed on corners. VG ISBN: 0959058400

London, Oxford first edition - hard cover in dust jacket So many things happened when the Kendall family moved to Currawong; a forest fire, making friends with village folk, helping Mr Lee the Chinese hermit solve the problem of his silver mine, taking part in a pageant... 222 x 145mm., pp. 6, (prelim.), 170, b/w illust. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, small stained area bottom edge & corner of ffep, scattered light stain (small) areas front & bottom page edges, boards rubbed/wear at bottom., d.j. in excellent condition.VG/VG+

Milsons Point, Random House first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers Over 12 months the Australian Cricket Team travelled to some exotic locations to play cricket that was sometimes outstanding, or ordinary, successful or catastrophic, away for 312 days out of 365. In 'A Year to Remember', Mark Waugh takes us back on tour and tells it like it was. 235 x 152mm., pp. 8 (prelim.) 250, col. plates. Trade paperback, pictorial card covers. Contents, AUTHOR SIGNED half title page, no other inscriptions, light browning to page edges; card cover medium rubbed on edges/corners. VG ISBN: 0091836379

Carlisle, Hesperian Press revised with additional material - trade paperback This authentic social history begins with the arrival of William and Martha Whitnell in the Swan River Colony, and covers the exploration of Francis T. Gregory in the North-West and the establishment of Roebourne, the first town in the North-West, in 1866. Emma Whitnell, who was the first white woman to settle in that distant region of Western Australia, became known as the 'Mother of the North-West'. 210 x 140 mm., pp. xii, 256, b/w plates, Withnell & Hancock family trees, index. Trade p/back. NEW ISBN: 0859050971

London, Harper Collins First edition - hard cover in dust jacket As always Jacks activities ashore undo the effects of his success at sea, with wealth suddenly reduced to a trickle, his family occupy much of his thoughts and with the War visibly approaching its end, it is still exacting in its demands and as dangerous. TRUE 1st, priced at Pound 15.99. 223 x 142mm, pp. 6, 262. H/c in d.j., red papered boards. Contents, scattered 'spotting' top page edges, top corner med. bumped, d.j., sl. creasing top edge, small closed tear (top spine), sl. creasing top/bot. spine. VG+ ISBN: 0002255618

North Sydney, Allen & Unwin first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers This is the first detailed study of the controversial modern settlement of mining families in Australia's Northern Territory Uranium Province. It reveals how the new mining community responds to the pressures and contradictions of its unique location. (edit.) 215 x 140mm., pp. xxiv, frontispiece, 200, b/w plates, diagrams, maps, appendix., biblio., index. Trade paperback, stiff illustrated card covers. Contents, SIGNED BY JOHN LEA with personal inscription; card covers, slightly rubbed. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0868618438

Annandale, Pluto first edition - paperback, stiff card covers The dismemberment of Czechoslovakia and the growing tension in Eastern Europe ruptured into World War II in 1939, unleashing a succession of disasters that would redefine the borders, ideologies and cultures of this region for years to come. Against this background, Jenny tells us a story of survival, - a child's experience of war, and the early days of Soviet control. 230 x 154mm., pp. xiv, 342, b/w plates, glossary. Paperback, stiff card covers. Contents - no inscriptions, card covers - no creases. FINE ISBN: 1864031492

Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria first edition - large booklet, stiff card covers Yosi Bergner was a central figure in the crucial years when modern Australian Art came of age in the late 1930s and during the war years. He was a vital spark in setting a new agenda for painting in Australia. This exhibition brought together many of his most significant works. 297 x 210mm., pp. 62, b/w & col. plates t/out, Selected Exhibitions. Large booklet, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, last fourteen pages has a medium creased area in top margins. VG+ ISBN: 072410111x

Carlton, Melbourne University Press first edition - h/c in d.j. James Balfour was a politician, prominent businessman, newspaper proprietor, pastoralist, philanthropist and Presbyterian layman. Some saw him as a model of worldly success, others called him the ""king pin of Victorian Prebyterianism� the keystone of the whole Wowseristic edifice"". The author has shown us a man who fits both stereotypes but is typical of neither. 225 x 140 mm., pp. 12 (prelim.), 184, b/w plates, notes, biblio., index. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. sl. faded spine. NEAR FINE/VG ISBN: 0522842380

Port Melbourne, Mandarin/Reed first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers Specifically written for Australian parents, this book has three easy-to-use sections: practicalities, everyday life and how to manage your childs health. Lists an A-Z of symptoms and treatments for childhood medical conditions. It also indicates when at-home care is appropriate, and when to seek medical advice. 235 x 150mm., pp. xvii, 381, index. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents - no inscription or underlining, card covers - light reading crease on spine. NEAR FINE ISBN: 1863301607

Carlton, Australian Civil Liberties Union first edition - stapled booklets Six issues: 1991, 94, 95, 97, 99, and 2001. This magazine is the ""voice"" of Australia's Civil Liberties Union. Advice on hundreds of topics, ranging from: You and your neighbours; Family law - divorce, childrens rights; Debts, credit and bankruptcy, Wills and estates; Compensation and pension payments,: Rights of victims of crime, and much more 210 x 140mm, pp. 104. Stapled booklet, stiff laminated card covers. All copies NEAR FINE.

Nedlands, University of Western Australia Press for the Royal Western Australian Historical Society first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This book, superbly researched and written by John Gabbedy, tells of the pioneering spirit of Western Australia during the period 1880s - 1950s and one of the legendary characters of that time. From gold prospecting to the Boer War to working for the Agricultural Bank, Charles Mitchell's story is the story of Western Australia. 247 x 160mm., pp. xiv, 294, b/w plates, index. Contents, ""AUTHOR SIGNED and inscribed with personal message""; dust jacket rubbed top/bot. spine & top corners. NEAR FINE/VG+