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Australian Books
Australian Books
A1. Three Australian Plays, "Khaki Bush and Bigotry" Three Australian Plays, University of Queensland Press, 1968. Softcover in good condition, 274 pages. Contents: RUSTY BUGLES by Sumner Locke Elliott, WE FIND THE BUNYIP by Ray Mathew, THE WELL by Jack McKinney.
$11.00
A2. America's Cup "Winning and Defending The Cup" Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1986. Pp90, 28cm x 21cm, glossy pages, contents include: the history, the cup comes down under, the 12-metre formula, the crew, the challengers, the defenders, the elimination series, the course, cup personalities, Fremantle - host city, the boxing kangaroo. Many large colour illustrations, maps and diagrams. In very good condition.
$18.00
A3. "Australian Nature Magazine" Monthly Magazine. October 1939. Quarto. 40 pages. Very Good. Contents: Nurseries For Nestlings; Gardens Of The Grampians; Teddy Koala Takes To The Air; Skinklings For Pets; Death's Hollow; Proteus Among The Flowers; Fantails, Spring Wildflowers; Oddities; Ibacus - Elbows To Bend; Shooting Starts with a Camera; Have You Any Bees? Cockatoos; Classify your Collection; Plus Pictorial etc.
$15.00
A4. Australian Publicity Council "State of the Golden Future, Victoria, Australia" Melbourne, 1951. A pictorial record of Victoria's resources and development, spiral bound., first in series highlighting 1956 Olympics, introduction by PM Rt. Hon Robert G Menzies, pictorial covers. pp81, numerous colour and black and white illustrations. Very good condition.
$25.00
A5. Applied Journalism "The Gap of the Years Between", produced by Applied Journalism at the South Australian Suite, c1950's. This book is a document designed to counteract, in some measure, the "juvenile problem" . The writers in it are people whose daily work takes them into the field of the problem or folk whose own lives are an example for youth to follow. Some interesting articles: My Mother and the Olympic Gold Medal by Marjory Jackson, The case of the migrant child, Born into Anger, Where anti-social behaviours began by FJ McNally, When you hand your son the key of the car, ons and offs of television, why the anti-larrikin squad was formed, don't blame poor Elvis Presley, the art of punishment, books are the soap of the mind, and many more. Softcover book, 96 pages in good condition, worn at top and bottom of spine, some pages a bit creased.
$15.00
A6. Beatty, Bill "Here in Australia" Cassell and Company, 1959. Hardcover in very good condition, dust jacket in very good condition, black and white photographs throughout, 200 pages. An astonishing array of little known and absorbing information that captures the spirit, humour, warmth and feel of Australia. The author discloses colourful material about famous, infamous, and preposterous personalities in Australia's folklore; tells dramatic tales of the buccaneers of Bass Strait; discusses the tribal customs, methods of hunting and way of living of our native peoples, and the almost unbelievable characteristics of our birds and animals. We meet migratory bee keeperds, gem buyers, missionaries, ghost towns.Contents include: the Golden West, Rottnest and New Norcia, a day at Derby, Marsupials, Dire Strait, King Island, Tasmania, Printer's Pie, Ghost Towns, Aboriginals, Pearl Fishers, Birds of Australia, Fauna at Their last frontier, honey and bees, Islands of Sydney, water life, collector's pieces, Sailing, paddle wheeler cruise.
$18.00
A7. Beatty, Bill "Unique to Australia" Ure Smith, Sydney, 1962. Hardcover in very good condition, maps on front and back endpapers, colour photographs and black and white photographs, 224 pages. Contents: Unknown Australia, The Aborigines, Legends of the Aborigines, Animals, Bird, Lizards and Snakes, Earthworms, Snakes, Butterflies and Bees, Termites, Water Life, The Great Barrier Reef, Trees, Wildflowers and Strange Plants, Strange Natural Features, The Bountiful Earth, The Australian Alps, Here and There, Index.
$15.00
A8. Bennett, Jack "Gallipoli" Arkon paperback, 1981. Softcover in as new condition, 280 pages, based on screenplay. The tremendous epic of two young sons of Western Australia who left their homes for the heady adventure of war and the dream of pushing the Turks from the Dardanelles back to Constantinople, who joined the heroic 10th Light Horse and participated in the tragic events that overtook that Brigade on the night of August 7, 1915.
$11.00
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A10. Bird, C (ed) "Australian Short Stories" Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. Softcover in very good condition, 235 pages. The rich and diverse literary culture of Australia is a new territory for American readers, who will find this collection an enthralling introduction to the landscape and people of a world 'down under'. Here are twenty-six stories by Australia's best writers, including Nobel prizewinner Patrick White, Booker prizewinner Peter Carey, Elizabeth Jolley, Frank Moorhouse, Thea Astley, David Malouf, and Christina Stead. Ranging in tone from the chilling to the clever, more than half the stories are by women, this book provides vibrant testimony to the originality and vigor of the Australian literary tradition. Authors included: Papaellinas, Brooks, Goldsworthy, London, Carey, Garner, Farmer, Bail, Moorhouse, Matthews, Malouf, Astley, Jolley, Masters, Anderson, White, Tennant, Waten, Morrison, Stead, Barnard, Anderson, Fichardson, Lawson, Baynton, Fortune.
$15.00
A11. Betts, K "Ideology and Immigation", Australia 1976 to 1987, Melbourne University Press, 1988. Softcover in very good condition, 234 pages. Contents: Immigration, Recession and Silence, The Case for Growth, The Social Location of Intellectuals, Population and Immigration - Public Knowledge, Population and Immigration - Public Opinion, The Question of Defence, Australian Intellectuals and the Immigration Question, The evolution of Bipartisanship - 1976 - 1981, Refugees and Family Reunion, Race, Racism and Growth, plus Appendices and Epilogue, Bibliography and Index.
$15.00
A12. Bowes, J "The Jackaroos" Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1926. Hardcover in reasonable condition, outer part of spine is missing, front hinge is cracked, front cover as shown is grubby, wear around corners, 287 pages. Australian story of Jackaroos on the trail, camping out, adventures, Aboriginals, droughts, bush fires, cattle thieves, night scouting.
$15.00
A13. Bunker, A "Millingi" Blackie, 1st edition, 1973. Hardcover in very good condition, dust jacket in very good condition, ex library book in plastic protected jacket. Millingi is an aboriginal girl living in early 19th century Australia. Ten years old at the start of this colourful story, she is something of a rebel and a dreamer, and often finds herself in half-fearful conflict with the ancient beliefs and traditions of her nomadic tribe. Millingi's first sight of the white man's great sailing ship signals the beginning of a new era. The ancient way of life goes on, but its pattern is disturbed and threaten by change. This is a heart warming story of early adolescence in a fascinating setting. Many details of the Aboriginal way of life in the past.
$15.00
A14. Burden, Rosemary. "A Family Tradition in Fine Winemaking" One hundred and twenty five years of Thomas Hardy and Sons, 1853-1978. Published by the Board of Directors 1978. pp100, illustrated endpapers, illustrated covers, black and white illustrations throughout. In very good condition.
$25.00
A15.
A16. "Cairns-Kuranda Rail Centenary 1891-1991" Booklet (21 x 12cms) detailing history of this famous railway. 20 pages, illustration on every other page. Tells the story of the incredible engineering feat that created this railway, the ascent was extremely arduous and dangerous due to steep grades, dense jungle and aboriginals defending their territory.
$15.00
A17. Carter, Jeff. "Bush Battlers" Rigby Ltd, 1977. Paperback in very good condition. Here is a robust picture of an Australia which few people know, Jeff Carter writes about the people he met when he turned his back on the cities. Black and white photographs. pp181, bookplate on front endpaper.
$10.00
A18. Carter, Jeff. "Outback in Focus" Rigby Ltd, 1968. Large hardcover book has some stains and markings on cover, but is in very good condition. Full of illustrations both colour and black and white. From beautiful waterholes to dusty sheep stations, opals to Aboriginal paintings, crocodiles to a shag on a rock, it is all here. pp181.
$25.00
A19. Courtenay, Bryce "April Fool's Day" Mandarin, 1994. Softcover in very good condition, 8 pages of black and white photographs, 666 pages. This incredibly readable book is about Bryce Courtenay's third son, who was a haemophiliac. Damon ultimately contracted AIDS after being given a blood transfusion that had the virus. This is controversial, painful and heartbreaking, yet has a gentle humour. Courtenay has managed to put his feelings onto paper with little reserve. A very difficult book to put down.
$12.00
A20. Culotta, Nino "Cop This Lot" Ure Smith, Sydney, 1st edition, 1960. Hardcover book in good condition, no dust jacket, black and white illustrations by 'WEP', 220 pages. Another great book from the author of "They're a Weird Mob".
$12.00
A21. Dakin, W.J. "The Great Barrier Reef" Walkabout Pocketbooks, 1970. Colour and black and white photographs, this edition has been revised in detail by Isobel Bennett. Describes how coral reefs are formed, explains the nature of coral and other reef creatures. pp176, soft cover, in very good condition.
$10.00
A22. Deery, SJ & Plowman, DH "Australian Industrial Relations" 3rd edition, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1991. Softcover in very good condition, 512 pages. In depth study of industrial relations within Australia. Contents: The study of industrial relations, Industrial conflict, Governments, The federal tribunal system, the state tribunal systems, management , employer associations, trade unions: origins growth and structure,- objectives and activities, The development of industrial arbitration, national arbitration, industry award determination, award restructuring, workplace industrial relations, the democratisation of work, women and employment equality. Many figures and tables.
$15.00
A23. Dutton, Geoffrey. "Founder of a City" Rigby 1984. Book and dust wrapper in excellent condition, pp323, black and white photographs. Cover illustration-Self portrait by Colonel William Light. Front endpaper, the Port and Town of Adelaide from a drawing by Colonel W Light. Back endpaper, Plan of the city of Adelaide. In this vivid biography, Dutton reveals Colonel Light and his time.
$25.00
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A25. Fiddian, Marc. "Through the Field Glasses" A history of the Pakenham Racing Club, 1876-1976, p111. Well illustrated in black and white, in good condition.
$15.00
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A27. Gilles, William & Hall, Robert "Nature Studies in Australia" Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1903. Contents include: The return of the birds, migration of birds, Balance of Nature, How birds talk and sing, How birds feed, how birds fly, birds nests, story of Bright-eye, partnership between birds and trees, birds of the town, sea birds, the earth worm, a word for the snail, what we saw at the beach, the rose green fly, what we saw in the pond, the mosquito, the story of a moth, ants, bees, and wasps, partnership between plants and insects, the spider, fish, the frog, snakes and lizards, method in nature study. Some pages have pencil scribbles on them. Hardcover very stained and worn. All pages are present, book is loose in cover but not apart, frontispiece - recognition marks of Robins is apart from rest of book.
$40.00
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A29. Gordon, AL "Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon" edited with introduction, notes and appendixes by Frank Maldon Robb, Oxford University Press, 1946. Hardcover with red cloth in good condition, no dust jacket, 383 pages.
$15.00
A30. "Guide to Favourite Australian Fish 1993/94" Softcover magazine style book, in very good condition, 168 pages. Over 60 of Australia's most popular fish, where to find them, how to catch them, how to cook them, techniques, knives, nets and gaffs,tackle guide, swivels, floats and accessories. Saltwater fish, freshwater fish, crustaceans, sharks. From Albacore to Yellowtail.
$8.00
A31. Hall, H "Our Back Yard" Angus & Robertson Limited, Sydney and London, 1st edition, 1938. Hardcover in very good condition, dust jacket is quite ragged around the edges, map on front endpaper, black and white photographs, 165 pages. How to make Northern Australia an Asset instead of a Liability. This book should receive the earnest consideration of all interested in the vital question: what is to be done with our "empty north"? For, unless something far reaching and statesmanlike is done soon, the initiative may pass from us for ever. NORTHERN TERRITORY, DARWIN, KATHERINE, TENNANT CREEK, ALICE SPRINGS.
$45.00
A32. Halliday, J. "An Introduction to Australian Wine" Harper Collins Publishers 1992. Many colour illustrations, pp135. 21cm x 28cm softcover, in very good condition. Contents include: introduction, how the vine grow - climate, grape varieties, the winemaking process, terminology and wine faults, the taste of wine, Australian Wine Regions, Wine Shows and Medals, Dry White Table Wines, Sweet White Table Wines, Dry Red Table Wines, Dry Red Table Wines, Sparkling and Fortified Wines, Reading the Label, Purchasing Wines, Starting a Cellar, How and Why a Wine Ages, Serving Wine, Wine and Food, Wine and Health.
$15.00
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A35. Henderson, WG "Nelligang" Lothian Publishing Co Pty Ltd, 1st edition, 1945. Hardcover in blue cloth in very good condition, pages are yellowing with age, no dust jacket, 184 pages. This is the story of Tom Hope, the baby who was mothered by Mrs Danne, when the coach bearing his sick and aged grandfather and nurse literally dropped them at her door. Nelligang was the small village, surrounded by large stations, where Tom spent his school and boyhood days. Romance, sheep-stealing, love and much adventure carry the reader along. The story of young Tom's birth, when unfolded, is a story of true understanding and romance.
$18.00
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A37. Hoole, Owen W. "Australia, the Continent 'down-under'" Australian Universities Press Pty Ltd 1973. pp95, large hardcover illustrated on front and back cover, very good condition. A photographic study of Australia, sectionalised into individual States, beautifully illustrated in full natural colour.
$15.00
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A39. Hungerford, TAG "The Ridge and the River" Angus & Robertson, 1952. Hardcover in green cloth in good condition, dust jacket, 220 pages. A vigorous, straightforward story of an Australian Commando patrol. It is one of the first Australian novels to take the war in the Islands for its setting.
$25.00
A40. Huxley, J (editor) "Border's Heroes, Australia's Ashes Triumph of 1989" Foreword by Bob Simpson, Lester-Townsend Publishing Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1st edition, 1989. Hardcover in very good condition, one name and phone number are written on front endpaper, colour photographs throughout, 21 x 30 cms, 176 pages. A special tribute to the men of '89, a team discarded and derided as ill-prepared for an Ashes assault, yet who strode triumphantly to one of the great series victories in Test cricket history. Covers the tour from beginning to end, recording every county and non-first class game, as well as the Tests. Also looks at the deeds of the team of '34, Bill Woodfull's mighty side that included the incomparable Bradman. With Bill Lawry, Alan McGilvray and Neil Harvey.
$18.00
A41. Idriess, Ion. "Flynn of the Inland" Angus & Robertson Ltd, Sydney 1959. Forewards by Sir Sidney Kidman and Ronald G Macintyre. Maps on front and back endpapers. Hardcover, yellow cloth with some minor staining. Bookplate on page opposite title page. Black and white illustrations. pp244.
$30.00
A42. Idriess, IL "Across the Nullarbor" A Modern Argosy, Angus & Robertson, 1953. Hardcover in good condition, dust jacket is ragged and has a piece missing, pictorial endpapers, black and white photographs, pages are starting to yellow with age, 248 pages. "...mile after mile unfolded scenes rich in variety and interest as the author and his cheerful companions progressed through western NSW into South Australia, and across the Nullarbor to Perth. On their return journey they varied their route by passing through Victoria." The reader who accompanies them will discover a new Australia.
$35.00
A43. Idriess, Ion. "The Great Boomerang" Angus & Robertson Ltd, Sydney 1953. Hardcover beige cloth, red writing on spine. pp253. Black and white photographs. Good condition.
$20.00
A44. Idriess, Ion "Stone of Destiny" Angus and Robertson, Sydney and London, 1953. Hardcover in good condition, no dust jacket, black and white frontispiece, 344 pages. Diamond production in Australia. Diamond mining, mines, geology, stories of diamond finds, gem cutting, facetting, history of diamonds in Australia.
$45.00
A45. Johnston, George "Clean Straw for Nothing" Fontana Modern Novels, 1971. The sequel to My Brother Jack. Softcover in very good condition, 288 pages. After the Second World War, David Meredith, younger brother of the hero of George Johnston's best selling novel My Brother Jack, abandons his successful career as a journalist to write books, he abandons his first wife to marry the enchanting, mysterious Cressida; and he abandons Australia for what so many of his countrymen think of as the wider horizons of Europe.
$11.00
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A47. Leechman, Frank. (Fellow of the Gemnological Association) "The Opal Book A complete guide to the famous gemstone", 5th edition updated and with additional illustrations. Ure Smith. Sydney, 1974. Illustrated dust wrapper (slightly damaged on back), pp264, 32 colour plates, 21 black and white plates, 4 maps, 1 diagram, illustrated endpapers, 8vo, very good condition. Contents include: What is Opal, foreign opal fields, early days of the Australian Opal fields, opal mining, scientific considerations, opals in jewellery, myths and legends, famous opals, developments in opals, opal bearing localities, hints on opal polishing.
$70.00
A48. Leigh & Mulham, "Pastoral Plants of the Riverine Plain" (1965) Jacaranda Press. Hardback pp 154. Botanical guide to plants of south central New South Wales and northern Victoria, Riverina district. Detailed analysis of grasses, rushes and sedges, woody stems and rootstocks, legumes, thistles, small shrubs and ferns. Very well illustrated with colour photos and black and white drawings. Extensive index and bibliography. Excellent condition.
$30.00
A49. Lockwood, Douglas. "Up the Track" Rigby Ltd, 1964. Hardcover in very good condition, dust jacket good, but shows sings of wear and tear. A story of the Northern Territory, the privately owned stations and homesteads. Black and white photographs. pp230, front and back endpapers stamped with 'cancelled'.
$25.00
A50. Masterman, Mervinia "Flinders Chase, Kangaroo Island, South Australia" Georgian House, Melbourne, 1950. Place of Enchantment for Nature-Lovers. Hardcover book in good condition, dust jacket is showing its age, ragged at the top and starting to yellow, maps on endpapers, four colour plates showing wild flowers of Kangaroo Island, illustrations of native animals by author throughout this book, 62 pages. Contents: Introduction to Sanctuary, Rocky River Homestead, The Apiary and Bees, An Early Morning Exploration, Spiny Anteaters (Echidna), Wallabies, Koala Bears, The Sooty Kangaroo, Possums, Goanna, Monitor Lizards, Birds of the Chase, Wild Flowers and Trees, Cape Du Couedic and the Remarkable Rocks, The rivers and a tour of the chase.
$45.00
A51. McEnally, L & J "Fishing Australia, Barramundi and Tropical Pocket Guides" Bay Books, 1994. Softcover in excellent condition, 64 pages, colour illustrations. Contents include: Barramundi, the best spots for catching Barramundi, using bait, using lures, freshwater, Kakadu National Park, Cast net, mangroves, fishing the flats Aussie style, tropical freshwater, Mangrove Jack, Queenfish, Tropical trevally, coral trout, threadfin salmon.
$10.00
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A53. McGregor, C "Profile of Australia" Penguin Books, 1973. Softcover in very good condition, 416 pages. Contents include: the Great Australian Myths, The People, Morals and Manners, Class, Life in the City, Popular Cultures, Life in the Country, Politics, The Arts, Ideas Opinions Intellectuals, The Beach Generation, Black and white Australia, The Economics of Affluence, Patterns of Power, The Future.
$13.00
A54. McCristal, Vic. "Top End Safari" KG Murray Publishing Co Pty Ltd, 1968. Hardcover book in very good condition, dust jacket well illustrated, good with a few tears top and bottom. Black and white photographs. Real life adventure in the Northern Territory, stories of Aborigines, hunters, dugongs, buffaloes, barramundi and crocodiles.
$25.00
A55. McPheat, Scott W. "John Flynn, Apostle to the Inland" Hodder and Stoughton 1963, 1st edition. Endpapers, map of Australia, dust jacket - portrait of Flynn - worn but in reasonable condition. Hardcover book in good condition. Black and white photographs. A definitive biography of Flynn the man who transformed the face of Inland Australia, he was the genius behind flying doctors and the famous pedal radios.
$30.00
A56. Menzies, Helen "Favourite Runs" Thoughts Of A Parklands Runner photographed by Doug Luck published by Rigby, Australia, 1979. Hardcover. Dust jacket. 8vo. 47 pages. Very good condition. Contents: Runs 1 to Run 5. A Longer Run. Inner Adelaide is fringed by a greenbelt of gardens and parks on its four sides. Along its southern boundary , the south parklands are divided into five segments. Helen Menzies has run and observed around each of these segments, as well as around a longer run that incorporates them all. This book, then, is divided into five short runs and one longer run. Each section contains a map of her route, numbered according to the text to give living locations to her observations.
$20.00
A57. Morrison, C "Along the Track", Whitcombe and Tombs, Melbourne, no date. Hardcover in green cloth in good condition, no dust jacket, coloured frontispiece of Rhododendron Lochae, illustrations by Anne Lissenden, black and white photographs, 184 pages. A Selection from his nature talks. Contents: Living Fossils (Platypus and Echidna), Marsupial Ground-Dwellers, Flying Mice and Foxes, Tree Frequenting Animals, Birds and their ways, Birds and their nests, earthworms and snails, reptiles, fungi lichens and ferns, flowering plants, the sea's inhabitants, creatures of sea and shore, tiny architects, insects and their ways.
$16.00
A58. Mudrooroo "The Undying" Book II in the Master of the Ghost Dreaming series, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1998. Softcover in very good condition, 202 pages. A daring and thrilling fourney into a fantastical world of shamans, vampires and werebears where Aboriginal Dreaming and Gothic horror are woven together to create a powerful and seamless narrative. The stranger, George, tells a story of wonder and horror. Jangamuttuk, his father and Master of the Ghost Dreaming, is a shaman with ceremonies to send the white ghosts back to their own world. But the ghosts keep coming, settling on the land and destroying the local people.
$12.00
A59. National Geographic February 1979 "The Tragic Journey of Burke and Wills" pages 152 to 192. Seeking the unknown in 1860, the first men to cross Australia struggled through a vast wasteland to its northern edge, only to die during their return. Retracing an epic in the history of exploration. Also in the same magazine, Kangaroos! That marvellous Mob - spectacular photographs within the pouch, from the largest to the smallest kangaroos. Sydney - Big, Breezy and a Bloomin' Good Show.
Risk and Reward on Alaska's Violent Gulf, Kathmandu's Remarkable Newars, Rotifers - Nature's Water Purifiers
$4.00
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A61. Park, Ruth "One-a-Pecker, Two-a-Pecker" Reader's Book Club, 1959. Hardcover in very good condition, no dust jacket, 256 pages. Ruth Park describes this book as a loving attempt to recreate the atmosphere of a period, and the folk who lived then. The mysterious land of Otago, wounded and scarred by the diggers, has still its ancient undisturbed charm. A look at life on the goldfields in Victoria and New Zealand.
$15.00
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A63. Peach, Bill "Australia Wide with Bill Peach" from the second ABC television series Peach's Australia, The Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1974. Hardcover in very good condition, dust jacket in very good condition, colour photographs throughout, illustrated endpapers, 21 x 28 cms, 160 pages. Contents: Foreword, Botany Bay, The Hawkesbury River, Follies, Ben Boyd, The Darling River, The Birdsville Track, The Centre, Arnhem Land, The Flinders Ranges, Little Cornwall, The Wild West Coast of Tasmania, The Dandenongs, Fremantle, Checklist.
$15.00
A64. Pearman, P (compiled by) "Dear Australian" Lansdowne Press, 1st edition, 1982. Hardcover in very good condition, inscription on title page, dust jacket is good but a few brown marks at bottom corner (visible in scan), 216 pages. 18 x 25 cms, Australia's changing lifestyles over the last two decades through letters to The Australian. A unique social history, and a view of Australia unlike any other, has been compiled from a selection of the best letters written to The Australian. The book is dotted with familiar names for the worlds of show business, politics, sport, the arts and literature. Many interesting and controversial issues since 1964. Homosexuality, divorce, Aboriginals, celebrity, Vietnam, the pill, the dole, the Republic, it is all here in a well set out book reflecting out national attitude.
$18.00
A65. Phillips, C "Cry of the Dingo" Arthur Barker Ltd, London, 1956. Hardcover in green cloth, front hinge is cracked, very minor foxing on first few pages, 221 pages. Contents: Birth of the Bushranger, The King of the Ranges, Alexander Pierce, John Lynch, Jackey Jackey, The Audacious Captain Melville, The Strange Case of Captain Moonlite, The Kelly Gang.
$30.00
A66. Pollard, Jack (editor) "Golf The Australian Way" Lansdowne Press, 1970. Australia has consistently been among the leaders of world golf. In this book most of the golfers who have helped build this reputation apply themselves to a progressive instructional course, leading beginners and old hands alike through the difficulties and mental problems of the sport. 29cm x 21 cms, hardcover in good condition, dust jacket is worn and torn at corners. Many black and white illustrations. pp134. Contents include: teaching young golfers, golf equipment developments, the rookie pro, your grip and your stance, the backswing, the downswing, how to practise properly, the rules and you, the fairway woods, the right approach, bunker shots, trouble shots, iron play, around the green, points for good putting, how to read a course, judgement in winning, common faults, golf for seniors, yesterday.
$12.00
A67. Potter, Dora Joan "Margaret's Decision" Oxford University Press, 1947. Hardcover in very good condition, old selotape marks from a previous cover, no dust jacket, ex library book, 149 pages.
$15.00
A68. Preston, James. "St Kilda Road Sketchbook" Rigby 1979. Drawings by Bill Brodie. Preston has selected twenty six features of St Kilda Road and tells the interesting facts and stories associated with them. The test is illustrated by bold and imaginative drawings specially commissioned from the Melbourne artist, WAD Brodie. Hardcover in very good condition, dust jacket has some small tears and stains.
$15.00
A69. Robinson, Ray (Compiled by) "The Wit of Sir Robert Menzies" Leslie Frewin, 1967. Hardcover in good condition, except that the frontispiece has been removed, dust jacket in good condition, 127 pages. Contents: the quick comeback, around the world, after dinner, "pig-iron Bob", Across the floor, wit of the wig, off the cuff, Ming the merciless, concerning women, family Man, fame fashion and finance, meeting the press, the permanent backstop, Menzies in verse, viewpoints, acknowledgements.
$15.00
A70. Rorabacher, Louise E (editor) "Two Ways Meet" stories of migrants in Australia, F.W.Cheshire, 1969. Softcover in very good condition. Twenty two short stories about the problems surrounding the immigrant in Australia. Fiction has long been recognised as a useful source of social history. A very readable interesting book. 205 pages. This unique anthology demonstrates two things: it proves that statistics have their charm but that they cannot compete with fiction as an avenue of understanding. And it shows that Australian writers sensitively reflect the social changes around them. The authors include both new and old Australians - David Martin, Judah Waten, Mena Kashmiri Abdullah, EO Schlunke, Neilma Sidney, John Morrison and Desmond O'Grady are among the many well-known writers represented here.
$20.00
A71. Serventy, Vincent "Wildlife of Australia" Nelson, 1971. Hardcover in excellent condition, dust jacket also in excellent condition except for a small tear on back cover at top corner, 60 pages, 16 full page colour illustrations, numerous black and white illustrations. Contents include: Mammals - monotremes, marsupials and placental, Birds - including cassowary, emu, penguins, petrels, herons, birds of prey, bird like fowl, parrots, owls, lyre birds, ducks and many more, Reptiles - turtles and tortoises, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, goannas, Amphibians - turtle frog, frogs and toads, tree frogs.
$25.00
A72. Simpson. C "The New Australia" 3rd edition extensively revised, Angus & Robertson, 1972. Hardcover in very good condition, dust jacket is damaged extensively at base of spine, 605 pages, colour illustrations. About Australia's rediscovery by the explorers for its wealth of minerals, oil and natural gas; it is also about what the continent has for tourists to discover. Every state is visited and explored in detail. Aboriginals, opals, wines, power, the arts, Gold Coast, Barrier Reef, and much, much more.
$18.00
A73. Smith, Coultman "Shadow Over Tasmania, The Whole Story of the Convicts" 17th edition, 1973. Original Pictures. Softcover book in good condition, black and white photographs and illustrations, 150 pages. Contents: Early cases of Transportation, Tasmania settled, Life on the transports, Macquarie Harbour, Port Arthur, Point Puer, The Tasman Out-Stations, Captain Maconochie, Probation System, Irish Exiles, Escapes, Bushrangers. Lots of old information.
$18.00
A74. "South Australia" Government of South Australia, 1980. Large softcover book, 23 x 32 cms, 80 pages. Produced by the government as an informative portrayal of South Australia, the state. Beautiful colour photographs throughout. Contents: introduction, South Australian profile, Mineral Resources, Energy Resources, South Australia for investors and industry, primary industry, transport, South Australians, Tourism.
$15.00
A75. "The South Australian Golfer" magazine, Jan-Feb, April, May and June 1976. 32 pages each, in very good condition, news and articles about golf around the state, international visitors, junior and women's golf, local identities.
$12.00
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A78. Taylor, Peter "A Taste of Australia in Food and in Pictures" Pan Books, 1980. Softcover book in very good condition, black and white photographs, 128 pages. Pioneer Australian cooking and photographs. Damper and billy tea, meat pies and lamingtons and Anzac biscuits, pavlova, beer, carpetbag steak, kangaroo tail soup, peanut butter, tomato sauce, barramundi and lots more. Each recipe is accompanied by a great photograph of old Australia, such as the one in the scan. A feast of Australia's favourite dishes with a rich sampling of nostalgic photographs. Fascinating sketches of our past delved from the diaries, recipe books and photographs of the early settlers accompany the recipes.
$13.00
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A82. Tomlinson, Philip "Australian Gardening with the experts - Orchids" Child & Associates, 1990. Small book in excellent condition, pp48, many colour illustrations. Contents include: what is an orchid, cultivation, temperatures, growing facilities, growing media, repotting, watering, light, fertiliser, pests and diseases, plant propagation, sources of plants and information, index. Lots of information.
$8.00
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A84. White, Patrick "The Vivisector" 1st edition, Jonathan Cape, 1970. Hardcover in good condition, ex library book, red cloth, slight cracking at bottom of spine, no dust jacket. An unusual story about the life and death of a great painter. He escapes a life of privilege by enlisting in the army during WW1. Hurtle Duffield loves only what he paints. He is the Vivisector, dissecting weaknesses with cruel precision.
$45.00
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