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1. ABBATE, Francesco.
(General editor). Roman Art. London, 1972. Illusts.
profusely in colour. 8vo. or.cl. (160pages). Art and architecture in Pagan and
Early Christian Rome. In dust jacket. AU$10.
2. ABBIE, A.A. The
Principles of Anatomy: An Introduction to Human Biology. Sydney, Angus and
Robertson, 1940. Illusts. by the author. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (144pages). The
author was Senior Lecturer in Anatomy in the University of Sydney. Covers sl. worn. AU$10.
3. The Aboriginal
Children's History of Australia: Written and Illustrated
by Australia's Aboriginal Children. Adelaide, 1977. Illusts. in
colour. Square 4to.or.cl. (150pages). In sl. chipped dust jacket, inscription
on front loose endpaper. AU$12.50.
4. ACHENBACH, Joel.
Captured by Aliens: The Search for Life and Truth in a Very Large Universe. New York, 1999. Illusts. Royal
8vo. or.cl. (416pages). The author was Staff Writer for the Washington Post. In dust jacket.
AU$10.
5. ACIER, Marcel.
(Editor). From Spanish Trenches: Recent letters from Spain. New York, 1937. 8vo. or.cl. (204pages). Irish, English,
German Emigres, Abraham Lincoln Battalion Brigade, Americans in Spanish Skies,
etc. Covers rubbed. AU$15.
6. ACKROYD, Peter. T.S.
Eliot. London, Sphere Books, 1988. Illusts.
Thick 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (400pages). Literary biography. AU$9.50.
7. ADAM, L. Primitive
Art. England, Allen Lane / Pelican Books, 1940.
Illusts. with photogravures and drawings. Small 8vo. or.wrap. (160pages).
Includes Australian Aboriginal art. #A67. First edition. Nice fresh copy, bar
small signature on first page. AU$8.
8. ADAMSON, Joy. Forever
Free: Elsa's Pride. London, Collins, 1962. Illusts.
Small 4to. or.cl. (192pages). Third and final volume in the author's trilogy
regarding a Kenyan lioness. First edition. In edge-worn dust jacket. AU$12.50.
9. ADLER, Mortimer J.
and, William Gorman. (Editors). The Great Ideas: A Syntopicon of Great Books of
the Western World. Chicago, 1952/1982. Both volumes thick royal 8vo. or. brown
faux-leather bindings, black spine labels, gilt lettering. (1082,1346pages). Volumes 2 and 3, Great
Books of the Western World. A condensation and outline guide to the other
fifty-two volumes of the series. COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET. Lovely fresh clean copies
- almost as-new. AU$150.
10. ADLER, Bill. and,
Jeffrey Feinman. Woody Allen: Clown Prince of American Humor. New York, Pinnacle, 1976. Illust.
with photos. Small 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (178pages). Biography of filmographer
Woody Allen. Sl. worn. AU$6.50.
11. AHERN, John. A
Taxing Time. Brisbane, 1990. Frontis. 8vo.
or.wrap. (246pages). Queensland public accountant's
memoirs of the tax avoidance industry in the 1970's and 1980's. Includes a
damning indictment of the Australian legal and judical system. Signed and
inscribed by the author. AU$25.
12. AKST, Daniel. St
Burl's Obituary. Colorado, MacMurry
& Beck Inc, 1996. Thick 8vo or.cl.
(372pages). Novel, dark comedy. In dust jacket. AU$9.50.
13. ALBINSKI, Henry S.
Politics and Foreign Policy in Australia: The impact of Vietnam and conscription. Durham, North Carolina, Duke University Press,
1970. 8vo. or.cl. (242pages). Sound
ex-lib. copy, in dust jacket. AU$12.50.
14. Alcoholics
Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from
Alcoholism. New York / Hong Kong, Alcoholics Anonymous
World Services, Inc., 1996. Thick 8vo.
or.blue cl., blue/turquoise lettering, blind stamped title on front cover.
(578pages). SIXTH AUSTRALIAN EDITION. Nice fresh copy in dust jacket. AU$40.
15. ALEXANDER, Charles
M. (Editor). Alexander's Hymns: No. 3. With Standard Hymns. Supplement with 63
New Pieces. London, n.d. (1960's). 8vo. or.cl. (unnum.pages). Contains words and
music to 439 hymns. Nice fresh copy. AU$15.
16. ALEXANDER, Bevin. Korea: The Lost War. London, 1989. Illusts. Thick
royal 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (560pages). Comprehensive study of the Korean War,
based on recently declassified information. AU$12.
17. ALEXANDER, John. The
Directing of Archaeological Excavations.
London, John Baker Publishers Ltd, 1970. Illusts. with plates, drawings,
maps and photographs. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (304pages). Practical guide (vade
mecum) for directors and field worker archaeologists. In price-clipped dust
jacket. AU$15.
18. ALIGHIERI, Dante.
The Divine Comedy: The John Ciardi Translation. New York, 1970. Thick 8vo. or.cl. (606pages). John Ciardi's
noted and standard translation of the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso into
English verse. Sound ex-lib. copy, in dust jacket. AU$25.
19. ALLAN, Robin. Walt
Disney and Europe: European Influences on the Animated Feature Films of Walt
Disney. London, 1999. Illusts. profusely. 4to.or.pict. wrap. (304pages). AU$20.
20. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. An Address upon 'Union', to the Ministers,
Deacons, and Members of the Particular Baptist Association of New South Wales. Sydney, Lee & Ross,
'Excelsior' Steam Printing Works, n.d. (1870's). 8vo. wrap. (16pages). Nineteenth-century
Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$15.
21. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. Apostacy from the Reformation; or, The Way England is taken back to Rome: Parts 1 and 2. Sydney, S. Glassop, West City Machine Printing Office,
1877. Both volumes 8vo. wrap.
(16,12pages). Nineteenth-century Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. TWO BOOKS IN TOTAL. AU$25.
22. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. Baptismal Regeneration, Not Intended by the Compilers of the
Prayer-Book, as Proved by their Writings: A Lecture Delivered in the Temperance
Hall, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1873. Sydney, Lee & Ross,
'Excelsior' Steam Printing Works, 1873.
8vo. wrap. (24pages). Nineteenth-century Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$25.
23. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. The Bible and the Throne of England: Lecture. From the Newcastle Herald, October 21, 1876. Sydney, S. Glassop, West City Machine Printing Office,
1877. 8vo. wrap. (16pages).
Nineteenth-century Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$20.
24. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. Close Communion: or, the Necessity for Baptism, Before the Ordinance of
the Lord's Supper. No Place, (Sydney), n.d.
(1870's). 8vo. wrap. (4pages).
Nineteenth-century Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$10.
25. ALLEN, David R.
(Compiler). Cricket's Silver Lining, 1864-1914: The 50 Years from the Birth of
Wisden to the Beginning of the Great War. London, 1987. Illusts. Royal
8vo. or.cl. (436pages). Anthology of cricket writings. First edition. Nice copy
in dust jacket. AU$18.
26. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. The History of the Convent. Sydney, Lee & Ross,
'Excelsior' Steam Printing Works, 1878. Frontis. 8vo. wrap. (138pages). Nuns
and nunneries. Nineteenth-century Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$75.
27. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. Lecture upon the Inquisition. Sydney, n.d. (1870's). 8vo. wrap. (24pages). Nineteenth-century
Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$25.
28. ALLEN, Pastor Daniel. Lecture. Sydney, S. Glassop, West City Machine Printing Office,
n.d. (1870's). 8vo. wrap. (16pages).
Lecture on sin, women, prostitution and syphilis in central Sydney, Glebe and
Redfern. Nineteenth-century Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$25.
29. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. Oliver Cromwell and His Slanderers: Being Pastor D. Allen's Reply to
Mr. Walter H. Cooper, Barrister-at-Law. Sydney, S. Glassop, West City Machine Printing Office,
1877. 8vo. wrap. (22pages).
Nineteenth-century Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$35.
30. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. Rev. Dr. John Dunmore Lang in the Chair. The Pope v. The Queen in the Vatican Decrees. Being an answer
to the lecture of the Roman Catholic Clergy-Man of St. Joseph's, Woollahra, upon
'Allegiance and the Vatican Decrees': A Lecture Delivered in the Old Temperance Hall, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1875. Sydney, Lee & Ross,
'Excelsior' Steam Printing Works, 1875.
8vo. wrap. (24pages). Nineteenth-century Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$30.
31. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. The Second Report of the Particular Baptist Association of New South
Wales: With an address to the pastors, deacons and members of the churches in
the association by Pastor D. Allen, upon the History of the Particular Baptist
Denomination. Sydney, Lee & Ross,
'Excelsior' Steam Printing Works, 1874.
8vo. wrap. (44pages). Nineteenth-century Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$40.
32. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. Short Defence of the Scriptural Worship of the Holy Spirit; and of the
ancient sonship, incarnation, humiliation, resurrection, and exaltation of the
Lord Jesus Christ and of his people in him.
Melbourne, Clarson, Shallard, & Co., 1865. 8vo. wrap. (32pages). Nineteenth-century
Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$40.
33. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. Spiritualism alias Witchcraft. Sydney, Lee & Ross,
'Excelsior' Steam Printing Works, n.d. (1870's). 8vo. wrap. (4pages). Nineteenth-century
Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the
Sydney Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$20.
34. ALLEN, Charles.
(Editor). Tales from the South China Seas: Images of the British
in South-East Asia in the Twentieth Century. London, 1983. Illusts. with
map, photographs and contemporary plates. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (240pages). By the
author of 'Plain Tales from the Raj' and 'Tales from the Dark Continent'. The present volume
concludes the 'Tales of Empire' series. First edition. In little marked dust
jacket, small name on front loose endpaper. AU$12.50.
35. ALLEN, Pastor
Daniel. The Total Depravity of Man. Sydney, Lee & Ross,
'Excelsior' Steam Printing Works, n.d. (1870's). 8vo. wrap. (4pages). Nineteenth-century
Baptist Minister in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Free speech in the Sydney
Domain was established by the author in 1878. AU$10.
36. ALLENDE, Isabel.
Collection of four various books by Isabel Allende, all in English - translated
from the Spanish, comprising the following titles: <p><p> DAUGHTER
OF FORTUNE. <p> THE HOUSE OF SPIRITS. <p> PAULA. <p> PORTRAIT
IN SEPIA. <p><p><p>. London, Flamingo / Black Swan,
1993-2003. All volumes 8vo. or.pict.
wrap. (406,492,342,310pages). FOUR BOOKS
IN TOTAL. All in very good to excellent condition. AU$28.
37. ALLES, A.C. Insurgency
- 1971: An account of the April insurrection in Sri Lanka. Colombo, 1979. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (324pages). Comprehensive study by a Member of the Criminal Justice
Commission and Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Revised third edition.
In dust jacket. AU$55.
38. ALLIEZ, Eric. The
Signature of the World, Or, What is Deleuze and Guattari's Philosophy?. London, Continuum, 2004. 8vo. or.cl. (130pages). Gilles Deleuze and
Felix Guattari. First edition. Nice copy. AU$90.
39. Amateur Work,
Illustrated. Volume VI: Edited by the author of 'Every Man His Own Mechanic'.
With supplements, containing designs and working drawings to scale, for various
pieces of work, useful and ornamental, and several hundred diagrams and
engravings on wood. London, Ward, Lock, n.d.
(1880's). Illusts. profusely, some folding. Thick 4to. or.dec. brown cl.
(576pages). Includes sections on the praxinoscope, magic lantern and slides,
smithing and forging, fretwork, marionnette theatre, reflecting telescope,
relief stamping, pattern making, bee-hives and bee-furniture, upholstery,
Elizabethan furniture, repousse work, dry plate photography, and others. Little
worn. AU$75.
40. American Cooking:
Recipes. Nederland, 1969. Illusts. with
drawings. 8vo. or.pict. bds. (128pages). Recipe booklet to accompany the
Time-Life Foods of the World series. AU$7.50.
41. The American
Miscellanies of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge. Boston, 1852. Illusts. with
wood-engravings. 8vo. or.cl. (120,120,118pages). Includes 'Australia and Van Diemen's Land', 40page anonymous
article. Contains three books, complete in one volume. Little worn, ex-lib.
copy. AU$50.
42. AMORY, Cleveland.
The Cat and the Curmudgeon. London, Bantam, 1990. Illusts.
8vo. or.cl. (256pages). A continuation of
'The Cat Who Came for Christmas' - American satirical columnist's
memoirs of being owned by his cat. First edition. In dust jacket. AU$9.50.
43. ANDERSEN, Hans
Christian. Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales. London, 1987. Illusts. by Jenny
Thorne. 8vo. or.red gilt dec. faux-leather binding. (188pages). Nice
presentation edition. AU$12.50.
44. ANDERSON, Bernhard
W. The Living World of the Old Testament.
London, 1974. Illusts. Thick royal 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (586pages). Commentary
drawing on history and archaeology. The author was Professor of Biblical
Theology, The Theological School, Drew University. Revised second edition.
Little stained on bottom page edges. AU$9.
45. ANDERSON, Hugh. and,
L.J. Blake. John Shaw Neilson. Adelaide, 1972. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (232pages). Literary biography of noted nineteenth-century Australian
poet. AU$12.50.
46. ANDREWS, Allen. The
King Who Lost America: King George III and Independence. London, 1976. Illusts.
profusely with contemporary prints, plates and engravings. 4to.or.cl.
(184pages). In dust jacket. AU$12.50.
47. ANDREWS, Richard.
and, Paul Schellenberger. The Tomb of God: The body of Jesus and the solution
to a 2,000 year old mystery. London, 1996. Illusts. Thick
royal 8vo. or.cl. (516pages). Little used copy in like dust jacket. AU$15.
48. ANDREWS, Lynn V. Woman at the Edge of
Two Worlds, Workbook: Menopause and the Feminine Rites of Passage. Exercises,
meditations, and ceremonies for transformation and joy. New York, Harper Collins, 1994.
Illusts. by Ginny Joyner. Small 4to.or.pict. wrap. (194pages). A spiritual
approach to menopause. AU$10.
49. ANGEL, J.R. The
Australian Club, 1838 to 1988: The First 150 Years. Sydney, John Ferguson with
The Australian Club, 1988. Illusts. Thick small 4to. or.red faux-leather
binding, gilt lettering. (404pages). Includes the New South Wales Gentleman's Club. First
edition. Nice fresh copy in dust jacket, small name on front loose endpaper.
AU$35.
50. ANGELL, Barbara. A
Woman's War: The Exceptional Life of Wilma Oram Young, AM. Sydney, 2003. Illusts. Royal
8vo. or.pict. wrap. (328pages). Australian nursing sister, includes her
internment as a P.O.W. by the Japanese during World War Two and her later work
with the R.S.L. AU$15.
51. ANGLUND, Joan Walsh.
Love Is A Special Way of Feeling. London, Collins, 1965. Illusts.
and in colour by the author. Small 8vo. or.cl. (32pages). N'th printing of the
1960 first edition. Nice copy in dust jacket bar small biro marks on front
loose endpaper. AU$7.
52. APOSTOLO, Giorgio.
and, Giorgio Begnozzi. Color Profiles of World War 1 Combat Planes. New York, 1974. Illusts. with
about 500 plates in colour and b/w. Large 4to.or.cl. (208pages). Introduction
by William Green. Every model is
pictured in all five classic views, with variants and history. Included are
structural and technical specifications, performance data and records held.
First edition. Nice copy in dust jacket. AU$30.
53. APPLETON II, Victor. Tom Swift
and His Megascope Space Prober. TOGETHER WITH: Tom Swift and The Asteroid
Pirates. London, Collins,
1969-1972. 8vo. or.pict. bds.
(160,160pages). Juvenile. TWO BOOKS. First English editions. Both nice copies.
AU$20.
54. ARCHER, William.
(Chairman). Report of the Committee of Privileges: ....the question of Mr. John
Crookes's qualification to sit as a Member of the House of Assembly. Hobart, 1860. Foolscap. wrap. (4pages). Tasmanian and Wesleyan Church local Preacher and
Minister of Religion. AU$18.
55. ARDEN, John.
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance: An un-historical parable. London, Methuen and Co
Ltd, 1982. Illust. with stage stills. 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (112pages). Student
Editions, annotated by publisher, includes chronology of playwright's works and
discussions of varous differing interperetations. With commentary and notes by
Glenda Leeming. First edition thus. AU$6.50.
56. ARGYRIOU, Ellen.
with, Tess Mallos. and others. The Two (200) Hundred Years History of
Australian Cooking. Sydney, Polly Book
Publishing, 1988. Illusts. profusely with colour photographs. Large 4to.or.
dual-colour faux-leather binding. (320pages). Includes large chapter 'The First
Fleet'. Recipes from around the world and history and study of the foods. First
edition. Nice copy in dust jacket. AU$20.
57. ARLOTT, Timothy.
John Arlott: A memoir. London, Pan Books, 1995.
Illusts. 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (230pages). Son of cricket commentator John Arlott
gives a revealing and sympathetic account of his father's life. AU$9.
58. ARON, Raymond. Main
Currents in Sociological Thought, volumes 1 & 2: Comte, Montesquieu, Marx,
Tocqueville; Pareto, Weber, Durkheim. England, Penguin,
1980-1981. Both volumes small 8vo.
or.wrap. (272,288pages). The author was a noted social theorist and Professor
of Sociology at the University of Paris. Complete two volume
set. AU$15.
59. ARTHUR, Robert.
with, William Arden. and, Nick West. Alfred Hitchcock and The Three
Investigators, collection of five various books in the Mystery series,
comprising the following titles: <p><p> THE MYSTERY OF THE DANCING
DEVIL. <p> THE MYSTERY OF THE LAUGHING SHADOW. <p> THE MYSTERY OF
THE NERVOUS LION. <p> THE MYSTERY OF THE SILVER SPIDER. <p> THE
MYSTERY OF THE TALKING SKULL. <p><p><p>. London, Collins / Armada,
1970's. Illusts. All books are small 8vo. or.pict. wrap. Each book contains about 150pages. Includes
first editions thus. FIVE BOOKS IN TOTAL. Mostly all nice clean and
firmly-bound, very good second-hand copies. AU$25.
60. ARTHUR, Ruth M. Requiem for a Princess. London, Victor Gollancz, 1967.
Illusts. with drawings by Margery Gill. 8vo. or.cl. (184pages). Juvenile story
set on the Cornish coast. By the author of 'A Candle in her Room'. TRUE FIRST
EDITION. Nice clean copy in price-clipped dust jacket which is marked on the
verso side spine part only of the dust jacket, prize label on front loose
endpaper, some foxing on edges and endpapers. AU$125.
61. ARTHUR, Ruth M.
Requiem for a Princess. America, Aladdin/Atheneum, 1967.
Illusts. with drawings by Margery Gill. 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (184pages).
Juvenile story set on the Cornish coast. By the author of 'A Candle in her
Room'. FIRST EDITION. Nice copy bar little chipping to spine tip. AU$30.
62. ASBURY, Herbert. Sucker's
Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America. New York, n.d. Illusts. Thick
8vo. or.pict. wrap. (496pages). Social history and study of gambling, gambler's
and the underworld in America from the
nineteenth-century to the 1930's. Includes chapter on Faro. First published in
1938. AU$15.
63. ASHER, Michael. The
Real Bravo Two Zero: The Truth Behind Bravo Two Zero. London, 2002. Illusts. Royal
8vo. or.pict. wrap. (236pages). Former SAS soldier's investigative account of
the famous SAS military operation in Iraq during the Gulf War.
AU$9.50.
64. ASHFORD, Daisy &
Angela. Love and Marriage. London, 1966. Illusts. with
drawings by Ralph Steadman. 8vo. or.cl. (96pages). Childhood short stories.
First published in 1920. In dust jacket. AU$12.50.
65. ASHFORD, Daisy. The
Young Visitors: or, Mr Salteenas Plan. London, 1955. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (64pages). Classic novel written in the nursery, by a nine-year old
girl. In chipped and price-clipped dust jacket. AU$9.50.
66. ASHLEY, Maurice. The
Greatness of Oliver Cromwell. New York, 1966. Illusts. with
maps and plans. Small 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (384pages). Military and political
biography. AU$7.
67. ASHTON, Paul. and,
Kate Blackmore. On the Land: A Photographic History of Farming in Australia. Sydney, Kangaroo Press,
1987. Illusts. profusely with contemporary photographs. Small 4to.or.cl.
(192pages). Pictorial and textual history from the eighteenth-century onwards.
In dust jacket. AU$20.
68. ASIMOV, Isaac.
Foundation and Earth. TOGETHER WITH: Forward the Foundation. TOGETHER WITH:
Prelude to Foundation. London, Grafton / Collins /
Doubleday, 1986-1988-1993. All volumes
thick royal 8vo. or.cl.
(464,420,462pages). THREE BOOKS IN TOTAL. All are first editions, and nice
copies in dust jackets. AU$50.
69. ATKINSON, Ann. What
Went Wrong?: Misdirections in Australian History. Sydney, The Fairfax Library, 1987. Illust.
with photographs. 8vo. or.cl. (240pages). Includes essays on Burke and Wills;
Edward Kennedy; Gallipoli; conscription; Lasseter; railway construction; Angry
Penguins; Petrov; HMAS Melbourne; and others. In dust jacket. AU$9.50.
70. ATTWELL, Mabel
Lucie. Lucie Attwell's Annual. London, Dean, 1974. Illusts. in
colour. 4to. or.pict. bds. (unnum.pages). First edition. Lovely copy bar the
two dot-to-dot pages filled-in. AU$20.
71. ATTWELL, Mabel
Lucie. Lucie Attwell's Bumper Book of Fun.
London, Dean, 1973. Illusts. by the author with three-tone drawings.
4to. or.pict. bds. (126pages). Includes stories of pixies and fairies. Some
plates nicely coloured-in, scribble on preliminaries. AU$15.
72. AUEL, Jean M. The
Shelters of Stone: Fifth volume in the Earth's Children series. Sydney / London, H&S, 2002. Illusts.
with endpaper maps. Thick royal 8vo. or.cl. (772pages). Fantasy novel by the
author of 'The Clan of the Cave Bear'. In dust jacket. AU$15.
73. Australasian
Federation: Amendments agreed to at a Conference of the Prime Ministers of NSW,
Victoria, Queensland, South And Western Australia and Tasmania, which sat at Melbourne in January and February,
1899. Hobart, 1899. Foolscap. wrap.
(6pages). AU$65.
74. Australasian
Federation: Copies of Telegrams that passed between the Premiers of the
Australasian Colonies in regard to a Conference after the result of the Federal
Referendum had been declared. Hobart Town, 1898. Foolscap. wrap. (8pages). AU$55.
75. AUSTRALIAN
CLASSICS COLLECTION. Comprising the following twenty-seven books:
<p><p> The Timeless Land by Eleanor Dark.
(448pages). <p> Australian Bush Ballads compiled by Douglas Stewart and
Nancy Keesing. (426pages). <p> The Breaker (Lieutenant Harry Morant) by
Kit Denton. (272pages). <p> On Our Selection and Our New Selection by
Steele Rudd. (196pages). <p> Such is Life by Tom Collins. (374pages).
<p> Kangaroo by D.H. Lawrence. (402pages). <p> The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses by A.B.
(Banjo) Paterson. (272pages). <p> My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin.
(238pages). <p> When Cobb and Co. Was King by Will Lawson.
(244pages). <p> We of the Never-Never by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn. (234pages).
<p> Robbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood. (448pages). <p> The
Sentimental Bloke and Other Verses by C.J. Dennis. (234pages). <p> Caddie
(a Sydney Barmaid) by Caddie. (200pages). <p> Wild Colonial Boys by Frank
Clune. (658pages). <p> Selected Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon. (360pages).
<p> Gallipoli by Jack Bennett. (282pages). <p> Selected Poems by
Henry Kendall. (212pages). <p> My Love Must Wait by Ernestine Hill.
(472pages). <p> Flynn of the Inland by Ion L. Idriess. (244pages).
<p> Coonardoo by Katharine Susannah Prichard. (210pages). <p> The
Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally. <p> More Dad and Dave
Stories by Steele Rudd. <p> The Battlers by Kylie Tennant. <p> My
Career Goes Bung by Miles Franklin. <p> Power Without Glory by Frank
Hardy. <p> Ned Kelly: Australian Son by Max Brown. <p> Best Stories
of Henry Lawson. <p><p><p>.
Sydney, Times House Publishing, 1980's-1990's. All volumes 8vo. or.red ornamental gilt faux-leather
bindings, gilt lettering and edge, silk bookmark ties. TWENTY-SEVEN BOOKS IN TOTAL. All books in
very good to excellent condition. Australia's greatest books by its most
notable authors, published originally between the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries.
These books will grace any bookshelf, will be the envy of your friends and some
great reading PIX. AU$750.
76. AUSTEN, Jane.
Collection of six various books by Jane Austen in a matching, uniformly-bound,
hardcover edition, comprising the following titles: <p><p> EMMA.
<p> MANSFIELD PARK. <p> NORTHANGER
ABBEY. <p> PERSUASION. <p> PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. <p> SENSE AND
SENSIBILITY. <p><p><p>.
London, Guild / Oxford University Press, 1979-1982. All volumes are 8vo. or.blue cl., gilt
lettering.
(440,458,240,254,282,282pages). Apart from some corrections,
reproductions of the original 1800's texts. SIX BOOKS IN TOTAL. AU$75.
77. AXELROD, Dr. Herbert
R. and Dr. Leonard P. Schultz. Handbook of Tropical Aquarium Fishes. New Jersey, T.F.H. Publications,
1983. Illusts. profusely with photographs. Thick 8vo. or.pict. bds. (722pages).
Comprehensive reference work covering every popular aquarium fish with many
drawings, photographs, and color reproductions of fishes available. Revised
edition. AU$20.
78. BACH, Richard. The
Ferret Chronicles - Rescue Ferrets at Sea.
Sydney / London, Allen & Unwin,
2002. 8vo. or.pict. bds. (132pages).
First edition. AU$9.50.
79. BACK, Gloria Guss.
Are You Still My Mother?: Are You Still My Family?. New York, Warner Books Inc,
1985. 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (242pages).
For the parents of a gay child, a guide to handling your feelings, dealing with
the world and accepting your child. AU$8.
80. BAGGS, Sydney A.
&Joan C. &David W. Australian Earth-Covered Building. Sydney, 1985. Illusts. with
drawings and photographs. Square 4to.or.pict. bds. (146pages). Pioneer
landscape architect's comprehensive guide, includes chapters on design and
construction, planning, heating, site selection, landscaping, and others. First
edition. Nice copy. AU$30.
81. BAHRO, Rudolf. From
Red to Green. London, Verso Editions,
1984. 8vo. or.cl. (240pages). Noted
German socialist's interviews with New Left Review, discussing his childhood
years in Nazi Germany, his political and intellectual development, the Ulbricht
regime, etc. First and only hardcover edition. In dust jacket. AU$25.
82. BAIRD, David. The
Incredible Gulf. Adelaide, 1970. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (202pages). Travels, study and history of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Includes motor travels
in an Austin 1800. In price-clipped dust jacket. AU$9.50.
83. BAIRSTOW, Damaris. A
Million Pounds, A Million Acres: The Pioneer Settlement of the Australian
Agricultural Company. Sydney, 2003. Illusts. and map.
Royal 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (418pages). First and only edition. Nice fresh ocpy.
AU$30.
84. BAKER, Richard T.
The Australian Flora in Applied Art. Sydney, 1915. Illusts. with 24
colour plates (lacks five colour illustrations) and 40 b/w plates (all complete).
4to.or.cl. (86pages). First and only edition. Nice fresh copy with all text
pages complete, but sold as a reading copy only as lacking five colour
illustrations and small inscription on one introductory page. AU$75.
85. BAKER, R. New and Improved:
Inventors and inventions that have changed the modern world. London, British Museum Publications, 1976.
Illusts. profusely with photographs and diagrams. Small 4to. or.cl. (168pages).
Sound ex-lib. copy, in dust jacket. AU$12.50.
86. BAKER, Dorothy.
Young Man with a Horn. London, 1978. 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (126pages). Classic novel
of the jazz scene, first published in 1938. AU$7.
87. BAKST, Leon. Text by Andre Levinson.
Leon Bakst. Berlin, Alexander Kogan
Publishing Company, 1922. Illusts. in colour and b/w. Folio. cl. (100pages).
INCOMPLETE COPY. Contains 100pages only of the 230+ original published pages,
this copy still has remaining within it 38 hand mounted illustrations in colour
and b/w and other drawings printed within the text, including nudes, portraits
of Jean Cocteau, costumes, posters, embroidery project, book covers, and
others. All pages are a heavy grade cloth weave and uncut. Limited edition of
250 copies only and a very difficult book to obtain in any edition. AU$400.
88. BALL, Murray.
Footrot Flats, 19. Melbourne, Orin,
1993. Illusts. Oblong 4to. or.wrap. (80pages). New Zealand cartoon strips featuring
the border collie known as 'dog'. First edition. Nice collectable copy. AU$20.
89. BALL, Murray. Footrot
Flats, 20. Melbourne, Orin, 1994.
Illusts. Oblong 4to. or.wrap. (80pages). New Zealand cartoon strips featuring
the border collie known as 'dog'. First edition. Nice collectable copy. AU$20.
90. BALL, Murray.
Footrot Flats, 21. Melbourne, Orin,
1994. Illusts. Oblong 4to. or.wrap. (80pages). New Zealand cartoon strips featuring
the border collie known as 'dog'. First edition. Nice collectable copy, bar
small texta mark on bottom page edges. AU$20.
91. BALL, Murray.
Footrot Flats, 22. Melbourne, Orin,
1995. Illusts. Oblong 4to. or.wrap. (80pages). New Zealand cartoon strips featuring
the border collie known as 'dog'. First edition. Nice collectable copy, bar
small texta mark on bottom page edges. AU$25.
92. BALMFORTH, Rev. H.
and others. The Story of the Bible: Told by Living Writers of Authority. London, n.d. (1920's). Illusts.
with 1200 plates in colour and monotone, and maps. Both volumes thick 4to.
or.black cl., gilt lettering. (796,796pages). Complete two volume set. AU$75.
93. BAMFORD, James. The
Puzzle Palace: A Report on NSA (No Such Agency), America's Most Secret Agency. Boston, Houghton Mifflin,
1982. Thick royal 8vo. or.cl.
(466pages). The first book-length study of America's largest, most valuable
and formerly most secret intelligence organisation. In dust jacket. AU$15.
94. BANGS, Lester.
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: Literature as Rock 'n' Roll, Rock 'n'
Roll as Literature. London, Minerva, 1990. 8vo. or.wrap. (392pages). Collection of the
writings of legendary rock journalist Lester Bangs in the 1970s. AU$12.
95. Baptist Church, Launceston: Petition
against additional Grants for Ecclesiastical Purposes. Hobart, 1860. Foolscap. wrap. (4pages). AU$7.50.
96. BARBER, Lynn. Demon
Barber: Interviews by Lynn Barber. London, Penguin Books Ltd, 1998. Royal 8vo or.cl. (288pages). Award winning
interviewer Lynn Barber writes about some of her interviews with people like
Jarvis Cocker, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Boy George, Julian Clary, Calvin Klein,
Lord Rees-Mogg and others. Sound ex-lib. copy, in dust jacket. AU$12.50.
97. BARBER, Malcolm. The
New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple. London, Cambridge University Press, 1995. Illusts.
Thick 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (442pages). The Order of the Temple, founded in 1119
to protect pilgrims around Jerusalem, developed into one of the most
influential corporations in the medieval world. Sound ex-lib. copy. AU$12.
98. BARING-GOULD, W.S.
The Lure of the Limerick: An Uninhibited History. London, 1968. Illusts. Royal
8vo. or.cl. (144pages). Includes scholarly and critical examination of the form
and structure of limericks, origins from Aristophanes to Auden, collection of
500 examples and extensive bibliography of published limericks. First edition.
AU$12.50.
99. BARKER, Ernest.
(Advisory editor). International University Reading Course: A
distinctive and independent library of reference. London, International University Society, 1930's.
Illusts. All volumes royal 8vo. or.half leather bindings and cl., gilt
lettering, gilt edges (nice and bright), marbled endpapers. Each book contains about 450pages. Contains
hundreds of writings by notable figures mainly from the eighteenth and nineteenth-centuries
but also others from ancient times onwards, includes biographical studies and
selections from their writings, focusing on oratory and eloquence in speech.
Writers include Charles Darwin, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Sigmund Freud, Sir Francis
Galton, Cardinal Newman, William Morris Hughes, Louis Pasteur, John Ruskin,
Bernard Shaw, Rudolf Steiner, Lord Chesterfield, John Flaxman, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, Charles Dickens, Alfred Deakin, Sir William Osler, Theodore Roosevelt,
Julius Caesar, George V., Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, John Wesley,
Cicero, and numerous others. COMPLETE EIGHT VOLUME SET. Leather rubbed,
internally excellent. AU$250.
100. BARKER, Juliet. The
Brontes. London, Phoenix, 1995. Illust. with
photos. Thick royal 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (1004pages). Literary biography of the
Bronte family. Sl. used copy. AU$9.50.
101. BARRETT, Robert G.
Collection of five various books by Robert G. Barrett, all are Les Norton
thrillers, comprising the following titles: <p><p> THE BOYS FROM
BINJIWUNYAWUNYA. <p> LEAVING BONDI. <p> THE REAL THING. <p>
ROSA-MARIE'S BABY. <p> YOU WOULDN'T BE DEAD FOR QUIDS.
<p><p><p>. Sydney, Pan, 1986-2003. All volumes small 8vo. or.pict. wrap. Les Norton stories set among the Sydney underworld and his
classics set in Sydney's Bondi Beach. (320,242,256,280,240pages). Includes some
first editions, all in very good to excellent condition. FIVE BOOKS IN TOTAL.
AU$45.
102. BARRETT, Robert G.
You Wouldn't be Dead for Quids. Sydney,
Waratah Press, 1985. 8vo. or.pict. wrap.
(232pages). Les Norton thriller set in Sydney's Kings Cross and Bondi Beach. True first edition of
the author's first book. Some page browning, but still a very nice copy. AU$40.
103. BARRY, Rev. E.
Barrymore: Records of the Barrys of County Cork from the Earliest to the
Present Time, with Pedigrees. Cork, 1902. Small 4to.or.green cl., gilt lettering and
gilt top edge. (216pages). Includes Barryroes and junior branches - the Barrys
of Rahanisky and Dundullerick. First and only edition of the very rare Irish
family history and genealogy book. Internally in very good to excellent
condition, covers little worn. AU$475.
104. BARWELL, Mike. The
Alternative Book of Records. London, W.H. Allen, 1984.
Illusts. 4to.or.pict. bds. (144pages). Compilation of wacky record breakers.
AU$12.50.
105. BASHAM, John.
Gregory's 4WD Survival Guide: Driving Skills, Troubleshooting and Vehicle
Maintenance. Sydney, Gregory's, 2000. Illusts. with photographs, maps and
diagrams. Small 4to. or.pict. wrap. (152pages). Instruction, technique,
explanations of terminology for off road driving in Australia. Nice copy. AU$15.
106. BATES, Marjorie.
Stratford-on-Avon and Broadway Village: A series of sixteen
views in colour after the original drawings by Marjorie C. Bates. London, The British Art
Company, 1932. Illusts. with coloured drawings. Small 4to. or.pict. wrap.
(40pages). First edition. AU$20.
107. BATTARBEE, Rex.
Modern Australian Aboriginal Art.
Sydney, A&R, 1951. Illusts. in colour. 4to. or.cl. (98pages). First
edition. In dust jacket which is little rubbed around the edges of the dust
jacket and also in the original clear acetate dust jacket. AU$55.
108. BAUDOUIN, Paul. The
Private Diaries (March 1940 - January 1941) of Paul Baudouin, Under-Secretary
of State and Secretary of the War Cabinet in M. Paul Reynaud's Administration,
1940, and Foreign Minister under Marshal Petain, 1940-1941. London, 1948. 8vo. or.cl. (308pages). Translated by Sir
Charles Petrie, foreword by Malcolm Muggeridge. First edition. In sl. chipped
dust jacket. AU$20.
109. BAUER, Margie. and,
Lib Rayner. Australian Smocking.
Melbourne, Nelson, 1985. Illusts. profusely. Large 4to.or.cl.
(152pages). By the editor of the noted magazine 'Australian Smocking and
Embroidery. The first Australian book to cover all aspects of the needlework
craft of smocking. Practical guide with step-by-step diagrams, includes designs
from gumnuts and koalas to elegant traditional. Nice copy, in dust jacket.
AU$75.
110. BAXTER, John. and,
Thomas Atkins. The Fire Came By: The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion. London, Futura, 1977. Illusts.
Small 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (162pages). The authors' theories that a UFO or alien
spacecraft caused 1200 square miles of Siberia to be destroyed in 1908. Signed
and dated by Australian crime novelist Peter Corris. AU$6.50.
111. The Beano Book
1999. London, D.C. Thomson & Co.,
1998. Illusts. in colour. 4to. or.pict. bds. (c.200pages). Includes strip
cartoons. Nice copy. AU$10.
112. BEASLEY, Jack. A
Gallop of Fire: Katharine Susannah Prichard: On Guard for Humanity. Sydney, 1993. 8vo. or.wrap. (190pages). Literary biography.
AU$12.
113. BEATON, Cecil. and,
Kenneth Tynan. Persona Grata. London, Wingate, 1953. Illusts.
with stunning b/w photographs by Cecil Beaton. 4to.or.cl. (102pages). First
edition. In dust jacket which is foxed on the verso of the dust jacket. Nice
copy, bar small name and date on front loose endpaper. AU$35.
114. BEATTIE, John.
Bunyoro: An African Kingdom. New York, Holt Reinhart and
Winston, 1960. Illust. with photographs and maps. Royal 8vo. or.pict. wrap.
(86pages). Case study in cultural anthropology - feudal East African kingdom,
with parallels to the England of William the
Conqueror. AU$9.
115. BEATTY, Bill. The
White Roof of Australia. Melbourne, 1958. Illusts. with
photographs. 4to. or.cl. (80pages). Study of Australian ski fields and skiing.
Includes chapters on early history of Australian skiing; Kosciusko Country;
Strzelecki; Tasmania; Ski Troops; and others.
Little marking to covers, internally excellent bar inscription on front loose
endpaper. AU$10.
116.
BEAUGRAND-CHAMPAGNE, Paule. Quebec. Canada, National Library of Canada, 1984. Illusts. with
colour photographs. Small folio or.cl. (204pages). Detailed and informative
guide to the attractions, geography. people and history of Quebec. In dust jacket. AU$15.
117. BECK, Simone. with,
Louisette Bertholle, and Julia Child. Mastering the Art of French Cooking:
Penguin Cooking Handbooks. England, 1976. Illusts. Small
8vo. or.pict. wrap. (768pages). Recipes, study of the foods, and comprehensive
cooking guide. AU$20.
118. BECKETT, Samuel.
More Pricks Than Kicks. London, Picador / Pan Books,
1979. 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (176pages).
Humourous Novel set in Dublin, Ireland by
Beckett, who won the Prix Formentor in 1961 for his outstanding
contribution to world literature, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969.
AU$8.
119. BECKHAM, Nancy. The
Family Library Guide to Natural Therapies. Melbourne, 1992. Illusts. Large
4to. or.pict. wrap. (168pages). Noted naturopath's clear and detailed guide to
a wide range of ailments with a complete list of herbs, their medicinal
properties and applications. AU$10.
120. BECKHAM, Victoria.
Learning to Fly: The Autobiography. London, Penguin, 2002. Illusts.
Small thick 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (518pages). Little used copy. AU$9.
121. BEETON, Mrs.
Isabella. Beeton's Book of Needlework: Consisting of Descriptions and
Instructions. New York, 1986. Illusts. with 600
plates. Thick 8vo. or.cl. (592pages). Facsimile of the 1870 first edition. Nice
copy in dust jacket. AU$25.
122. BEHR, Edward. The
Last Emperor. London, 1987. Illusts. 8vo.
or.pict. wrap. (336pages). Study of the last Emperor of the Forbidden City in Peking in 1908. First edition.
Nice fresh copy. AU$9.
123. BELCHER, Gary.
Kangaroo Confidential: The inside story of a sensational tour. Edited by Ian
Heads. Sydney, 1991. Illusts. 4to. or.pict. wrap. (156pages). Story of the Australian
football tests in England and France in 1990. Boldly and
fully SIGNED by the author to no-one on title-page. AU$35.
124. BELL, Ray. and others.
(Editors). Australian Motor Racing Yearbook: 1981/82. No. 11. Sydney, 1982. Illusts.
profusely with photographs. 4to. or.cl. (256pages). In dust jacket. AU$15.
125. BELL, Madison
Smartt. The Year of Silence. London, Chatto & Windus,
1987. 8vo. or.cl. (198pages). Thriller
set in Manhattan. First edition. In dust
jacket. AU$8.
126. BENDIX, Reinhard.
Force, Fate, and Freedom: On Historical Sociology. Berkeley, U.C.P., 1984. 8vo. or.cl. (148pages). Lectures, first
presented at the University of Heidelberg in 1981. In dust jacket.
AU$10.
127. BENEDICT, Jeff. Out
of Bounds: Inside the NBA's Culture of Rape, Violence, and Crime. New York, 2004. Illusts. 8vo.
or.wrap. (258pages). Little used copy. AU$9.
128. BENG, Hock Tan.
Tropische Architektur Und Interieurs: Traditionsbewusstes Design Aus Indonesien, Malaysia, Singapur, Thailand. Singapore, Page One, 1994.
Illustrated profusely with full colour photographs. Square 4to.or.cl.
(220pages). Nice copy in dust jacket. AU$20.
129. BEN-SASSON, H.H.
(Editor). A History of the Jewish People.
Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 2002. Illusts.
and maps. Small thick 4to.or.wrap. (1170pages). Contributions from six
distinguished scholars at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Little stained. AU$20.
130. BERG, A. Scott.
Kate Remembered. London/Sydney, 2003.
Illusts. with photographs and film stills. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (322pages). Hollywood and Broadway biography
of Katharine Hepburn by her close friend and biographer. First edition. Nice
copy in dust jacket. AU$12.50.
131. BERGAMINI, David. Japan's Imperial
Conspiracy. London, 1971. Illusts. Thick
royal 8vo. or.cl. (1242pages). Emperor Hirohito and the Japanese involvement in
World War Two. First edition. In little torn dust jacket. AU$22.
132. BERGERON, Leandre.
The Quebecois Dictionary. Ontario, James
Lorimer & Co, 1982. Royal 8vo.
or.pict. wrap. (208pages). Dictionary of words evolved from French in
French-speaking Quebec, Canada. Sl. worn. AU$15.
133. BERKELEY, George. A
New Theory of Vision and other Select Philosophical Writings. London, J.M. Dent, 1946. 8vo. or.cl. (308pages). AU$7.
134. BERNA, Paul. A
Hundred Million Francs. London, 1971. Illusts. by
Richard Kennedy. 8vo. or.cl. (176pages). Classic children's book and winner of
the 1955 Grand Prix Litteraire du Salon de l'Enfance. First published in 1957.
Translated from the French. Sound ex-lib. copy, in dust jacket. AU$6.50.
135. The Best Horror
Stories. London, 1984. Thick 8vo. or.cl. (752pages). Includes
stories by Edgar Allan Poe; Ernest Hemingway; Luigi Pirandello; Graham Greene;
Hilaire Belloc; Joseph Conrad; C.S. Forester; Dorothy L. Sayers; and others. In
sl. torn dust jacket. AU$15.
136. BETHELL, Nicholas.
The Last Secret: Forcible Repatriation to Russia, 1944-7. London, 1974. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (226pages). Introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper. First edition. Nice copy
in dust jacket. AU$18.
137. BEZYMENSKI, Lev.
The Death of Adolf Hitler: Unknown Documents From Soviet Archives. London, 1968. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (114pages). AU$15.
138. BICKEL, Lennard.
Florey: The Man Who Made Penicillin. Melbourne, 1983. Illusts. 8vo.
or.pict. wrap. (314pages). Biography of Howard Walter Florey. Small name on
half title-page. AU$9.
139. BIGGS, Ronald
Ronnie. His Own Story. London, 1981. Illusts. Small
8vo. or.pict. wrap. (240pages). Includes his account of the 'Great Train
Robbery', escape from his London jail and life in Australia. Signed and dated by
Australian crime novelist Peter Corris. AU$6.50.
140. BING, Li Ung.
Edited by Professor Joseph Whiteside. Outlines of Chinese History. Shanghai, The Commercial Press, Limited,
1914. Illusts. profusely with coloured maps (some folding) and others plates.
Thick royal 8vo. or.cl. (666pages). Comprehensive study. Covers worn. AU$30.
141. BINGHAM, John. The Paton Street Case. London, Gollancz, 1973. 8vo. or.cl. (192pages). Classic detective
novel, first published in 1955. Nice copy in dust jacket. AU$15.
142. BIRD, John. Percy
Grainger. Melbourne, 1982. Illusts. Royal
8vo. or.wrap. (320pages). Biographical. Australian concert pianist. Little used
copy. AU$12.50.
143. BIRD, Jon. and
others. (Editors). Mapping the Futures: Local cultures, global change. Futures:
New perspectives for cultural analysis series. London, Routledge, 1996.
Illusts. Royal 8vo. or.wrap. (288pages). Contributions from cultural theorists
from various disciplines to assess the implications of economic, political and
social change for intellectual inquiry and cultural practice. AU$20.
144. BIRKETT, Sir
Norman. (Editor). The Newgate Calendar. London, Folio Society, 1951.
Illusts. with contemporary engravings. 8vo. or.cl. and marbled bds. (260pages).
Eighteenth-century crimes and criminals. First edition. In little chipped dust
jacket, foxing on edges and endpapers. AU$30.
145. BIRMINGHAM, Stephen. Our Crowd: The
Great Jewish Families of New York. London, Futura Publications,
1985. Small 8vo. or.pict. wrap.
(476pages). Social history of the upper-class Jewish families of New York. AU$6.50.
146. BIRMINGHAM, Frederic A. The Girls
From Esquire. London, Arthur Barker Ltd,
1953. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (308pages). Anthology of short stories,
including John Steinbeck; James Jones; F. Scott Fitzgerald; Ilka Chase; Paul
Gallico; Brendan Gill; and others. Some rubbing and discolouration to covers.
AU$6.50.
147. BJELKE-PETERSEN,
Flo. Classic Country Cooking: Over 500 recipes and handy hints for classic and
traditional Australian fare. Melbourne, 1997. Illusts. with
drawings. Thick 4to.or.pict. wrap. (428pages). Includes Lady Flo's famous!
scone recipe. Second printing of the 1996 first edition. Nice fresh copy.
AU$35.
148. BLACK, R.M. The
History of Electric Wires and Cables. London, 1983. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (290pages). History of Technology Series 4. Study from the
eighteenth-century onwards, from early experiments in electrostatic telegraphy
to supertension power cables and optical fibre telecommunication cables. First
and only edition. In dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by William Branlow,
Chairman of BICC - British Insulated Callenders Cables Ltd. AU$110.
149. BLACKMORE, Megan E.
(Editor). The Centenary of the Parish Church of Roath: St German,
1884-1984. Cardiff, n.d. (1980's). Illusts. 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (72pages). AU$15.
150. BLACKWOOD,
Caroline. and, Anna Haycraft. Darling, you shouldn't have gone to so much
trouble. London, Cape, 1981. Illusts. with
drawings by Ze. 8vo. or.red faux-leather binding, gilt lettering. (224pages).
Recipes and guide for the discerning cook. Includes recipes by Bernard Shaw,
Francis Bacon, Beryl Bainbridge, Tallulah Bankhead, Roald Dahl, Quentin Crisp,
and others. Second printing of the 1980 first edition. In dust jacket, bar
inscription on front loose endpaper - a very good copy of this hard-to-find
book. AU$120.
151. BLACKWOOD,
Algernon. Tales of the Mysterious and Macabre.
London, 1968. Thick 8vo. or.cl.
(400pages). Nice copy in edge-worn dust jacket. AU$10.
152. BLIT, Lucjan. The
Eastern Pretender: Boleslaw Piasecki: His Life and Times. London, 1965. Frontis. 8vo.
or.cl. (224pages). Includes Piasecki's pre-war life as leader of the Polish
Falanga party and anti-semite to his later life founding PAX, the Catholic
front organisation which is used by Moscow to infiltrate and destroy the
international Roman Catholic church in Poland. Sound private ex-lib. copy. In
dust jacket. AU$9.50.
153. BLOMBERY, Alec M.
Wildflowers of Australia. Sydney, 1992. Illusts.
profusely with 100's of colour photographs. 4to. or.pict. bds. (304pages). Nice
copy bar large inscription on verso of front loose endpaper. AU$15.
154. BLOOM, Ursula. Rude
Forefathers. London, MacDonald & Co,
n.d. (1940's). 8vo. or.cl. (160pages).
Autobiographical - the Victorian and Edwardian middle classes at home. AU$9.
155. BLOXHAM, Anne &
Les. The Jet Boat: The Making of a New Zealand Legend. Wellington, A.H
& A.W. Reed Ltd, 1983. Illusts. 4to.or.cl. (242pages). The history of Sir
William Hamilton's Jet Boat from the 1950's onwards, written by two world
river-racing champions. Sound ex-lib. copy, nice unread copy, in dust jacket.
AU$25.
156. BLUNDEN, Edmund.
English Villages: Britain In Pictures series. London, Collins, 1943. Illusts.
with contemporary prints and paintings. Royal 8vo. or.bds. (48pages). Small
name on front loose endpaper, front dust jacket flap loosely inserted. AU$9.
157. BLYTON, Enid.
Adventures of the Wishing Chair. TOGETHER WITH: The Wishing-Chair Again. London, BB, 1988-1991. Illusts.
in colour by Georgina Hargreaves. 4to. or.pict.bds. (118,118pages). Includes stories
of gnomes, giants, wizards, magicians, goblins, witches, and others. Large
format deluxe editions. Little used copies. TWO BOOKS IN TOTAL. AU$50.
158. BLYTON, Enid.
Collection of five various first edition, hardcover books in dust jackets, by
Enid Blyton in the Secret Seven series, comprising the following titles:
<p><p> GO AHEAD SECRET SEVEN. #5. 1957. Fifth printing of the 1953
first edition. In price-clipped dust jacket, small name on front loose
endpaper. <p> GOOD WORK SECRET SEVEN. #6. 1954. True first edition. In
worn dust jacket - lacks front inside flap. <p> SECRET SEVEN FIREWORKS.
#11. 1967. Fifth printing of the 1959 first edition. Top spine tip damaged, in
chipped and price-clipped dust jacket. <p> SECRET SEVEN MYSTERY. #9.
1961. Third printing of the 1957 first edition. In price-clipped and little
marked dust jacket. <p> SECRET SEVEN WIN THROUGH. #7. 1957. Third
printing of the 1955 first edition. In little chipped and price-clipped dust
jacket. <p><p><p>.
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1950's-1960's. Illusts. All books are
8vo. or.cl. Includes one true first
edition, all books in dust jackets. Bar the usual page browning / foxing, and
unless noted next to the individual titles, all are internally in very good to
excellent condition. FIVE BOOKS IN TOTAL. AU$120.
159. BLYTON, Enid. The
Bright Story Book. Leicester, 1952. Illusts. by
Eileen Soper. 8vo. or.pict. cl. (160pages). First edition. Little worn copy.
AU$9.
160. BLYTON, Enid. The
Magic Faraway Tree. London, BB, 1994. Illusts. in
colour by Georgina Hargreaves. 4to. or.pict.bds. (118pages). Includes stories of
goblins, pixies, golliwogs, trolls, giants, Miss Muffet's Spider, the saucepan,
and other characters from various children's classics. Large format deluxe
edition. A nice clean copy bar some bumps on the outside cover and spine corner
edges. AU$25.
161. BLYTON, Enid. The
Man Who Stopped to Help. London, 1975. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (64pages). Third printing of the 1965 first edition. In price-clipped
dust jacket which is sl. chipped around the edges, prize label on half-title
page, a nice copy. AU$15.
162. BLYTON, Enid.
Secret Seven Mystery: The Ninth Adventure of the Secret Seven. Leicester,
Brockhampton Press, 1970. Illusts. with drawings by Burgess Sharrocks. 8vo.
or.blue pict. cl. (120pages). Seventh printing of the 1957 first edition. In
little rubbed dust jacket, name on front loose endpaper. AU$12.50.
163. BLYTON, Enid.
Secret Seven Fireworks: The Eleventh Adventure of the Secret Seven. Leicester,
Brockhampton Press, 1974. Illusts. with drawings by Burgess Sharrocks. 8vo.
or.blue pict. cl. (120pages). Eighth printing of the 1959 first edition. In
worn dust jacket. AU$12.50.
164. BOAR, Roger. and,
Nigel Blundell. The World's Most Infamous Murders. London, Octopus Books Ltd, 1983. Illust. with
photographs. 8vo. or.bds. (192pages). A look behind the headlines at the true
facts behind some of the most notorious crimes ever committed. AU$9.50.
165. BOOM, Corrie Ten.
Not Good if Detached. London, Christian Literature
Crusade, 1957. Illusts. 8vo. or.cl. (128pages). First edition. AU$9.50.
166. BOOTH, Pat. Sprint
from the Bell. London, 1966. 8vo. or.cl. (254pages). New Zealand
novelist's story of athletics, running and runners. First edition. In
price-clipped dust jacket. Signed by the author. AU$12.50.
167. BOOTHMAN, E.W.
Huon. Crown Lands: Return of the Number of Acres of Crown Land sold in the
Vicinity of the New Line of Road to the Huon River during the last Two Years
and the Amount of Purchase Money thereon. Hobart, 1860. Foolscap. wrap. (4pages). AU$7.50.
168. BORGES, Jorge Luis.
Labyrinths. London, Penguin, 1981. Illusts.
8vo. or.pict. wrap. (288pages). AU$9.
169. BORNEO, SUMATRA and JAVA. World War Two boldly-coloured and detailed
silk escape map, measuring about 24 3/4
inches x 38 1/4 inches, printed on parachute material? for pilots? covering
south Sumatra, extreme north west Java, south west Borneo, extreme south Sumatra and east and west
Java. London, 1940's. War-time serial number Sheet 44/G and 44/H.
Excellent condition. AU$75.
170. BOSWELL, James.
Life of (Samuel) Johnson. Oxford, O.U.P., 1980. Thick 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (1500pages).
Complete edition, contains two books in one volume. Edited by R.W. Chapman,
revised by J.D. Fleeman, new introduction by Pat Rogers. AU$8.
171. BOTTOM, Bob.
Connections: Crime Rackets and Networks of Influence Down-Under. Melbourne, 1985. Illusts. 8vo.
or.wrap. (122pages). First edition. Nice copy. AU$12.
172. BOULESTIN, X.
Marcel. Recipes of Boulestin: Selected from The Best of Boulestin, Simple
French Cooking for English Homes, The Evening Standard Book of Menus, What
Shall We Have Today?, and A Second Helping. London, Heinemann, 1971. 8vo. or.cl. (260pages). French restauranteur,
hotelier and writer on gastronomics, much praised by Elizabeth David. First
edition. AU$30.
173. BOULTER, Richard.
The Sydney Turf Club, Forty years on: A History of the First Forty years, 1943
to 1983. Sydney, 1984. Illusts. Ryal 8vo. or.cl. (274pages). First edition.
Nice fresh copy in dust jacket. AU$18.
174. BOURDAIN, Anthony.
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. London, 2000. Thick royal 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (310pages).
American chef's memoirs, described as 'Elizabeth David written by Quentin
Tarantino'. AU$15.
175. BOWDEN, Mark.
Finders Keepers: What Would You Do If You Found $1 Million in the Street?. London, 2002. Royal 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (212pages).
Biography of Joey Coyle and his finding and spending of 1.2 million dollars
that he found in the street. Proof copy. AU$10.
176. BOWDEN, Tim. One
Crowded Hour: Neil Davis, Combat Cameraman, 1934 to 1985. Sydney, 1987. Illusts. Thick
royal 8vo. or.cl. (436pages). Includes his motion-picture work in Saigon and during the Vietnam
War. First edition. In little worn dust jacket, lacks front blank loose
endpaper. SIGNED and with a lengthy inscription by the noted Australian
playwright Ray Lawler, author of 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll', on verso of
half-title page and dated and signed in Scarborough in 2001. AU$25.
177. BOWDEN, Tim. The
Silence Calling: Australians in Antarctica, 1947-97. The ANARE The
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition Jubilee History. Sydney, 1999. Illusts.
profusely with photographs. Thick 4to.or.pict. wrap. (594pages). Comprehensive
history and study. First edition thus. AU$30.
178. BOWMAN, John. Eamon
de Valera and the Ulster Question: 1917-1973. Oxford, O.U.P., 1989. 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (370pages). Irish
political leader. Scholarly study, winner of the Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize.
AU$12.
179. BOX, Thomas.
Practical Hydraulics: A series of rules and tables for the use of engineers.
London, E. & F,N, Spon Ltd, 1943. Illust with charts, diagrams. 8vo. or.cl.
(112pages). Collection of charts, formulae and rules regarding hydraulics from
an engineering perspective. Some marking. AU$9.
180. BOYLE, James.
Railroad to Burma. Sydney, 1991. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (200pages). Australian's diary of his imprisonment as an 'F' Force
P.O.W. on the Burma-Thailand Railway. Second printing of the 1980 first
edition. In dust jacket. AU$25.
181. BRADBURY, Ray. The
Illustrated Man. TOGETHER WITH: I Sing
the Body Electric (Blade Runner). London, Corgi, 1972-1975. Both volumes are small 8vo. or.pict.
wrap. (186,308pages). TWO BOOKS IN
TOTAL. AU$15.
182. BRAHMS, Caryl. and,
Ned Sherrin. Cindy-Ella: Or I Gotta Shoe. London, 1962. Illusts. by Tony
Walton. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (128pages). Satire of the Deep South. First edition. Nice
copy in like dust jacket. AU$15.
183. BRANDER, Michael.
The Making of the Highlands. London, Guild, 1980. Illusts.
profusely with photographs and contemporary plates and engravings. Royal 8vo.
or.cl. (240pages). Historical study, includes prehistory and geological
formations. Nice copy in dust jacket. AU$12.50.
184. BRASH, Nicholas. Sydney: A Pictorial Contrast. Sydney, 1986. Illusts. with 40
folding panoramic photographs. Large 4to.or.cl. (160pages). Series of forty
photographs (rare panoramic negatives) from the 1920's and 1930's with
comparison photographic shots from the 1980's. First edition. Nice copy in dust
jacket. AU$15.
185. BRAUND, Harold.
Distinctly I Remember: A Personal Story of Burma. Melbourne, Wren, 1972.
Illusts. 8vo. or.cl. (296pages). Australian soldier's memoirs of Burma,
includes military service during World War Two. Reading copy only. In dust
jacket. AU$9.
186. BRENT-DYER, Elinor
M. Excitements at the Chalet School. TOGETHER WITH: The Chalet School in Exile. London, Armada, 1981-1987. Both volumes small 8vo. or.pict. wrap.
(192,192pages). First editions thus. Nice copies. TWO BOOKS IN TOTAL. AU$20.
187. BRENT-DYER, Elinor
M. Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School: #17 in the Chalet School series. London, Chambers, 1963. 8vo. or.blue cl. (288pages). In price-clipped
dust jacket which is chipped around the outside edges, two names on front loose
endpaper, foxing on edges and endpapers, still a very nice clean and
firmly-bound copy. AU$75.
188. Bridgewater Railway Bridge: Report by the Engineer
of Existing Lines, John M. McCormick, Tasmanian Government Railways. Hobart, 1899. Foolscap. wrap. (4pages). Condition of the
bridge. AU$12.50.
189. Brisbane: A Picturesque City. Melbourne, Nucolorvue Productions,
n.d. (1950's). Illusts. with tinted colour photographs (photo-lithographs).
Oblong 4to.or.pict. wrap. (32pages). Pictorial captioned study. AU$12.50.
190. The British
Journal Photographic Almanac: 1955. London, 1955. Illusts. Thick
8vo. or.cl. (640pages). Some flecking to covers, but still a very nice copy.
AU$25.
191. The British
Journal Photographic Almanac: 1942. London, 1942. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (384pages). Some flecking to covers, but still a very nice copy. AU$25.
192. The British
Journal Photographic Almanac: 1956. London, 1956. Illusts. Thick
8vo. or.cl. (630pages). Flecking to covers, but still a very nice copy. AU$25.
193. BRIGGS, Asa. The
Age of Improvement. London, Longman
Greens and Co, 1959. 8vo. or.cl.
(548pages). Small name on front loose endpaper. AU$10.
194. BRIGHT, David.
Catching Monsters: The True Story of One Man's Battle against the Most Evil
Men in Britain. London, 2003. Illusts. 8vo.
or.pict. wrap. (316pages). Includes the author's conviction of Sidney Cooke and
his sadistic British paedophile ring. Rear cover worn. AU$7.
195. BRIGHT, Michael. and
others. Collection of fifteen various books in the Time-Life, The Earth, Its
Wonders, Its Secrets series, comprising the following titles, all books are in
very good+ to excellent condition, all are published in London in the 1990's,
all are large quarto size, pictorial hardcovers, each book contains about 150
pages, all are illustrated profusely with colour photographs and other plates:
<p><p> INTELLIGENCE IN ANIMALS. By Michael Bright. <p> LIFE
BEFORE MAN. By Douglas Palmer. <p> THE LIVING FOREST. By David Burnie.
<p> MAJESTIC MOUNTAINS. By Linda Gamlin.
<p> MAN CHANGES THE WORLD. By David Burnie. <p> MYSTERIES OF THE
RAIN FOREST. By Linda Gamlin and Anuschka de Rohan. <p> NATURAL
DISASTERS. By Dougal Dixon. <p> NATURE'S
MASTERPIECES. By Steve Cox. <p> THE SECRET LIFE OF ANIMALS. By Michael
Bright. <p> SECRETS OF THE SEA. By Linda Gamlin. <p> THE STORY OF
MANKIND. By Michael Bright. <p> STRANGE WORLDS, FANTASTIC PLACES. By Antony Mason. <p> THE
WEATHER AND ITS SECRETS. By Philip Eden. <p> WHERE LAND AND SEA MEET. By
Michael Bright. <p> THE WORLD'S MOST MYSTERIOUS PLACES. By Tim Healey.
<p><p><p>. London / Adelaide, Time-Life, 1990's. FIFTEEN BOOKS IN TOTAL. AU$175.
196. BRISLEY, Joyce
Lankester. The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook.
London, 1998. Illusts. by the author. 8vo. or.cl. (224pages). Juvenile
stories first published between the 1920's and 1940's. Nice copy in dust
jacket. AU$12.50.
197. The Brock Golden Gate Shares Enabling Bill,
1899, (Private): Report of Select Committee, with Minutes of Proceedings.
Address of Counsel, and Appendices. Sir Edward Braddon. Hobart, 1899. Foolscap. wrap. (24pages). AU$20.
198. BROADHURST,
William. and, Henry Welsh. The Flaming Truth: A History of the Belfast Fire Brigade. Belfast, 2001. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (276pages). A history from the 1600's onwards. First and only edition.
In dust jacket. Large presentation inscription on front loose endpaper, to the
crew of a Sydney fire station. AU$35.
199. BROEZE, Frank. Mr Brooks and the Australian
Trade: Imperial Business in the Nineteenth Century. Melbourne, M.U.P., 1993. Illusts.
Royal 8vo. or.cl. (376pages). Nice copy in dust jacket. AU$15.
200. BRONTE, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. England, Penguin, 1985. Small 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (496pages). Nice
copy. AU$5.
201. BRONTE, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Sydney, 2000. Illusts. with
original drawings. Thick royal 8vo. or.half brown faux-leather binding, green
cl., gilt lettering. (416pages). Original prospectus loosely inserted. A lovely
edition of this most-classic nineteenth-century literary work. AU$12.50.
202. BROOK, Stephen.
Honky Tonk Gelato: Travels through Texas. London, Picador / Pan Books,
1986. 8vo. or.wrap. (294pages). A
humourous adventure through Texas visiting major cities of Dallas and Houston
and small remote communities such as Rio Frio and Marfa, confirming the
stereotype Texan image. AU$7.
203. BROOK, Stephen.
Winner Takes All: A Season in Israel: An incisive portrait of
the deeply complex and divided society that is Israel. London, Hamish Hamilton,
1990. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (372pages). The
author's travels and study of Israel. In dust jacket. AU$9.
204. BROWN, W. Jethro.
The Electoral Bill of 1899: Brief Explanation of certain Clauses relating to
Voting under .... Hobart, 1899. Foolscap. wrap. (4pages). AU$12.50.
205. BROWN, James. The L.A. Diaries. London, 2004. Royal 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (210pages). Hollywood scriptwriter's account
of his decline and fall as a 'functioning alcoholic'. AU$15.
206. BROWN, Rosemary.
with, Sandra White. Look Beyond Today. London, 1986. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (224pages). Autobiography
of a Medium, with an inclination towards classical composers and noted literary
figures and her original channelled compositions. In dust jacket. AU$25.
207. BROWN, Peter. and,
Patte Barham. Marilyn: The Last Take: The Ultimate Monroe Biography. London, Mandarin, 1993.
Illustrated with photos. Small thick 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (500pages). The
definitive account of the world's most famous sex goddess and of her mysterious
death. AU$7.50.
208. BROWN, George.
Pinpoint. London, Random House,
1993. Thick royal 8vo or.cl. (438pages).
Story based on the author's experiences with the French counter-espionage
service (SDECE) in Paris. In dust jacket.
AU$9.50.
209. BROWN, Dee. The
Westerners. London, 1974. Illusts. with
contemporary prints and paintings. 4to. or.cl. (288pages). History of the
American West. First edition. In dust jacket. AU$12.50.
210. BROWN, Dee. The
Westerners. London, 1982. Illusts. with
contemporary prints and paintings. 4to. or.cl. (288pages). History of the
American West. In dust jacket. AU$10.
211. BRUCE, Dorita
Fairlie. Dimsie Intervenes. Melbourne, O.U.P., n.d.
(1940's). 8vo. or.cl. (252pages). First
Australian edition?. In dust jacket which is sl. chipped around the edges of
the dust jacket, pages browned as usual, mottling to covers, still a nice copy.
AU$45.
212. BRUCE, Mary Grant.
A Little Bush Maid. with, Mates at Billabong.
Sydney, 1981. Thick 8vo.
or.bone pict. faux-leather binding. (456pages). Contains two books, complete in
one volume. First edition. Nice copy. AU$10.
213. BRUCE, Dorita
Fairlie. The School on the Moor. Melbourne, O.U.P., 1948. 8vo. or.cl. (192pages). First Australian
edition. Juvenile story by the author of the Dimsie series. Nice copy bar the
usual page browning and prize label on front loose endpaper. AU$30.
214. BRUNVAND, Jan
Harold. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings. New York, 1981. 8vo. or.wrap. (208pages). Little used copy.
AU$8.
215. BRUSSEL, M.D, James
A. Casebook of a Crime Psychiatrist. London, 1970. Small 8vo. or.wrap. (192pages). Case studies
of The Boston Strangler, The Mad Bomber, The Christmas Eve Killer, and others.
Quoted extensively by Sirhan Sirhan at his trial for Robert Kennedy's assassin.
AU$6.50.
216. BRYANT, Arthur.
Samuel Pepys: The Years of Peril. London, 1952. 8vo. or.cl. (336pages). Book Club. Biography
of Pepys' work as Secretary of the Admiralty. AU$6.50.
217. BRYANT, Arthur.
Samuel Pepys: The Years of Peril. London, The Reprint Society,
1952. 8vo. or.cl. (336pages). Biography
of Pepys' work as Secretary of the Admiralty. In sl. chipped dust jacket.
AU$7.50.
218. BUGLIOSI, Vincent.
and, Curt Gentry. Helter Skelter: An Investigation into Motive - the true story
of the Charles Manson murders. England, Penguin, 1977. Illusts.
with photographs. Small thick 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (624pages). First edition
thus. AU$15.
219. BUIST, Robert. Food
Intolerance: What it is & how to cope with it. Sydney, Harper & Row,
1984. 8vo. or.wrap. (230pages). Details
on the food Intolerance condition and advice on how parents may handle the
condition in their children. AU$7.
220. BULFIN, William.
Rambles in Eirinn. Volume I. TOGETHER WITH: Volume 2:
The enthralling account of a bicycle journey through Ireland at the turn of the
century. Glasgow, Sphere Books, 1981.
Both volumes small 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (314pages). COMPLETE TWO VOLUME
SET. AU$12.
221. BULLINS, Ed.
(Editor). The Drama Review TDR: Volume 12, Number 4, Summer, 1968. The Black
Experience. New York, New York University, 1968.
Illusts. Small 4to.or.wrap. (194pages).
AU$8.
222. BULLOCK, Alan.
Hitler: A Study in Tyranny. England, Penguin, 1990. Illusts.
with maps. Thick 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (848pages). Comprehensive biography and
study of Adolf Hitler. Revised edition. AU$8.
223. BURGESS, Linda.
and, Rosamond Richardson. Country Harvest: Over 175 recipes for jams, chutneys,
breads and cakes, with ideas for drying and arranging flowers. London, Ebury Press, 1990.
Illusts. with colour photographs. Large 4to.or.cl. (168pages). In dust jacket.
AU$20.
224. BURGESS, Henry.
and, Ewing Stevens. A Likeable Rogue: The Henry Burgess Story. Auckland, 2003. Illusts. 8vo.
or.pict. wrap. (166pages). New Zealand serial criminal's memoirs, a recividist
who served 16 years in N.Z. and Australian jails. Front cover marked. AU$20.
225. BURGESS, Robert F. Secret Languages of the
Sea. New York, Doug Mead & Company,
1981. Illusts. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (244pages). Fascinating inquiry on the many
mysteries and bizarre methods used by marine creatures, including secrets of
sharks; how to meet a mermaid; mammals that see sound; communicating with
dolphins; and others. Sound ex-lib. copy, in dust jacket. AU$8.50.
226. BURKETT, Elinor.
and, Frank Bruni. A Gospel of Shame: Children, Sexual Abuse, and the Catholic
Church. New York, Viking / Penguin, 1993.
Illusts. with photos. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (292pages). Frank Bruni won the 1993
Wilbur Award, the top newspaper religion writing prize, for a series of stories
on homosexuality and American churches. Sound ex-lib. copy. In dust jacket.
AU$12.50.
227. BURNELL, Roy.
Sporting Dogs: An Australian Guide to Breeding, Showing and Field Training. Melbourne, 1983. Illusts. Thick
8vo. or.cl. (424pages). Comprehensive practical guide. Third revised edition.
In dust jacket. AU$15.
228. BURNETT, Frances
Hodgson. The Secret Garden. London, 1986. Illusts. 8vo.
or.blue faux-leather binding, gilt lettering and designs. (224pages). AU$12.50.
229. BURROWS, Geoff.
and, Clive Morton. The Canecutters. Melbourne, 1986. Illusts. Royal
8vo. or.cl. (288pages). History from the early Kanakas and Chinese in the
1860's to the 1980's. First and only edition. Nice copy in dust jacket. AU$40.
230. BURY, J.B. and,
Russell Meiggs. A History of Greece to the Death of
Alexander The Great. London, 1988. Illusts. and
maps. Thick 4to.or.wrap. (580pages). Revised fourth edition. Protective plastic
pasted-down on covers. AU$15.
231. BUTCHER, Benjamin
T. We Lived With Headhunters. London, 1963. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (288pages). Foreward by the Administrator of Papua, H. Leonard Murray.
Missionary in the Fly River district of Papua New Guinea. First edition. In little chipped
dust jacket. AU$18.
232. BUZO, Alexander.
Glancing Blows: Life and language in Australia. Melbourne, 1987. Illusts. by Ken Hall.
8vo. or.pict. wrap. (154pages). AU$8.
233. BUZO, Alexander.
Tautology Too: The latest revised updated edition. Melbourne, 1982. Illusts.,
including cartoons by Patrick Cook. Oblong 4to. or.pict. wrap. (62pages).
Revised edition. AU$15.
234. Cakes and
Pastries: The Good Cook series. Amsterdam, Time-Life, 1985.
Illusts. with drawings and colour photographs. 4to. or.pict. bds. (176pages).
Recipes and techniques. AU$20.
235. CALDER, J.E.
(Surveyor-General). Devon: Return of Crown Lands sold in the County of Devon during the Years 1858,
1859, and 1860, showing Localities, &c. Hobart, 1860. Foolscap. wrap. (4pages). Devon district. AU$10.
236. CALDER, J.E. Lands in the Vicinity of the
Pattersonia, Piper's and Ringarooma Rivers: Report of the
Surveyor-General. Hobart, 1860. Foolscap. wrap. (6pages). County of Dorset. AU$25.
237. CALDER, Nigel. The
Comet is Coming: The Feverish Legacy of Mr Halley. England, Penguin Books, 1982.
Illust with photographs and diagrams. Royal 8vo. or.wrap. (160pages). A look
into the effect that Halley's comet has had on Earth and those that inhabit
earth throughout history and pre-history. AU$9.
238. CALDWELL, Taylor. Great Lion of God. London, Collins, 1970. Thick 8vo. or.cl. (608pages). Novel. First
edition. In edge-worn dust jacket. AU$9.
239. CALDWELL, Erskine.
Jackpot: Collected Short Stories. London, The Falcon Press,
1950. Thick 8vo. or.cl. (758pages).
First edition. Some rubbing to cover edges. AU$9.
240. CALLISON, Brian. A
Plague of Sailors. London, William
Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1971. 8vo.
or.wrap. (252pages). Novel, Adventure on the Mediterranean, modern day piracy
on the high seas. Proof copy of the author's second published book, first
edition, in dust jacket. AU$20.
241. CALLOW, P. and,
J.M. Cornford. (Editor). La Cotte De St. Brelade, 1961-1978: Excavations by
C.B.M. McBurney. Norwich, Geo Books, 1986. Illust
with photographs, maps, charts and diagrams. Thick 4to.or.pict. bds.
(436pages). Extremely detailed report on McBurney's archaeological excavation
of La Cotte De St. Brelade in the Jersey / Channel Islands, a famous cave where
many ancient human artifacts from the palaeolithic period have been found.
Includes micro-fiche insert at rear. First and only edition. Sl. worn copy.
AU$175.
242. CAMP, Anthony.
Everyone Has Roots: An Introduction to Genealogy. London, W.H. Allen, 1978. Small 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (192pages).
Practical guide to tracing family ancestry. AU$6.50.
243. CAMPBELL, Julie.
and, Kathryn Kenny. Complete collection of the first thirty-five books in the
Trixie Belden Mystery series, comprising the following numbers and titles:
<p><p> #1 - The Secret of the Mansion; <p> #2 - The Red
Trailer Mystery; <p> #3 - The Gatehouse Mystery; <p> #4 - The
Mysterious Visitor; <p> #5 - The Mystery Off Glen Road; <p> #6 -
The Mystery in Arizona; <p> #7 - The Mysterious Code; <p> #8 - The
Black Jacket Mystery; <p> #9 - The Happy Valley Mystery; <p> #10 -
The Marshland Mystery; <p> #11 - The Mystery at Bob-White Cave; <p>
#12 - The Mystery of the Blinking Eye; <p> #13 - The Mystery on Cobbett's
Island; <p> #14 - The Mystery of the Emeralds; <p> #15 - The
Mystery on the Mississippi; <p> #16 - The Mystery of the Missing Heiress;
<p> #17 - The Mystery of the Uninvited Guest; <p> #18 - The Mystery
of the Phantom Grasshopper; <p> #19 - The Secret of the Unseen Treasure;
<p> #20 - The Mystery Off Old Telegraph Road; <p> #21 - The Mystery
of the Castaway Children; <p> #22 - The Mystery at Mead's Mountain;
<p> #23 - The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace; <p> #24 - The
Mystery at Saratoga; <p> #25 - The Sasquatch Mystery; <p> #26 - The
Mystery of the Headless Horseman; <p> #27 - The Mystery of the Ghostly
Galleon; <p> #28 - The Hudson River Mystery; <p> #29 - The The
Mystery of the Velvet Gown; <p> #30 - The Mystery of the Midnight
Marauder; <p> #31 - The Mystery at Maypenny's; <p> #32 - The
Mystery of the Whispering Witch; <p> #33 - The Mystery of the Vanishing
Victim; <p> #34 - The Mystery of the Missing Millionaire. <p> #35 -
The Mystery of the Memorial Day Fire. <p><p><p>. Racine, Wisconsin, Golden Press, Western
Publishing, 1977-1984. 8vo. or.pict.
wrap., mostly oval cover pictures by Jack Wacker and Ben Otero (number 35 is in
the picture frame edition). Includes
first editions thus. THIRTY-SIX BOOKS IN TOTAL which includes a bonus copy of
the Trixie Belden Mystery-Quiz Book Number 2. Most in very good+ to excellent
condition, nice clean copies. AU$375.
244. CANNON, Michael.
Who Killed the Koories?. Melbourne, 1990. Illusts. Royal
8vo. or.cl. (296pages). The destruction of the Aborigines of the Port Phillip
district of New South Wales in the 1840's. First edition. In dust jacket.
AU$25.
245. CANTACUZINO,
Marina. On Equal Terms: The first disabled crew to sail round the world -
racing in the BT Global Challenge. London, Simon and Schushter
Ltd, 1997. Illusts. 4to.or.pict. wrap. (224pages). AU$10.
246. CAPLIN, Adam
&James. with, Sigrid Allan. Instant Gardening. Sydney, 1991. Illusts.
4to.or.pict. wrap. (192pages). Practical guide for Australian conditions.
Includes chapters on layout, landscaping, soil, lawns, plants, pots, tools,
etc. The author was a director of two garden centres. AU$10.
247. Carlton and United Breweries
Best Australian Sports Writing & Photography 1996. Melbourne, 1996. Illusts. Royal
8vo. or.wrap. (272pages). Includes two stories by Peter Corris. Little worn
copy. AU$8.
248. CARELL, Victor.
West Rides the Wind. Sydney, 1971. 8vo. or.cl. (160pages). Novel based on the
author's cinematographic travels around the world. Includes stories concerning
the Aborigines. Fully signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. In
dust jacket, sl. loose. AU$18.
249. CAREY, Peter. War
Crimes: Short Stories. St. Lucia, 1979. 8vo. or.cl. (284pages). First edition. In
dust jacket which is foxed on the verso, large piece clipped from front loose
endpaper. AU$25.
250. CARPENTER, Harry.
Boxing: A Pictorial History. London, Collins, 1977. Illusts.
profusely with photographs. 4to.or.cl. (192pages). Foreword by Muhammad Ali.
Pictorial and textual history of boxing from 1890 onwards by the BBC TV's
boxing commentator, also includes chapter on pre-eighteenth-century boxing and
boxers. In dust jacket. AU$25.
251. CARPENTER, David.
The Struggle for Mastery: The Penguin History of Britain, 1066-1284. England, Penguin, 2004. Illusts.
with maps. Thick 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (616pages). Nice fresh copy. AU$20.
252. CARR, Julie. The
Captive White Woman of Gipps Land: In Pursuit of the
Legend. Melbourne, M.U.P., 2001. Illusts.
with contemporary plates. 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (310pages). Colonial Australian
history case involving a white woman supposedly held captive the Aborigines in
the Gipps Land bush in the 1840's.
AU$18.
253. CARR, Johnny.
(Chief Whitecloud). The Cardman: BESTSELLER, A GREAT ROMANTIC NOVEL AND GUIDE
TO RICHES VIA CREDIT CARDS - DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT. Sydney, Eagle Crest Publishing,
1989. Royal 8vo. or.pict. wrap.
(272pages). Native American writer's story in the West Coast of America in the
1970's when a man decides to spend on all his credit cards to see the world
living like a millionaire. AU$20.
254. CARRE, John Le. The
Honourable Schoolboy. London, Hodder and Stoughton
Ltd, 1977. 8vo. or.cl. (532pages).
Fiction, Cold War Intrigue, set in North East Asia. Fore-edge marked, in
dust jacket. AU$7.
255. CARRIER, Robert.
The Robert Carrier Cookbook. London, Nelson, 1965. Illusts.
with colour photographs and drawings by Charles Pickard. Large thick 4to.or.cl.
(512pages). The author's second book after 'Great Dishes of the World' and a
modern classic of cookery. First and only edition. In dust jacket. AU$75.
256. CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(Alice in Wonderland). London, Macmillan, 1872.
Illusts. with 42 plates by John Tenniel (all complete). 8vo. or.red cl., gilt
lettering and design, gilt edges (nice and and bright). (194pages). Very early
reprint of the first edition (thirty-fifth thousand) of this most classic
children's book of all-time which was first published in 1865. Burn & Co.
bookbinder's label on rear paste-down endpaper. Spine detached, crudely
repaired with tape in the middle section of book (pages 104-105), neat name and
date on title-page, a very good copy for rebinding. AU$150.
257. CARROLL, Jonathan.
Bones of the Moon. London, Arrow / Legend,
1987. Small 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (great
colour cover art). (218pages). Supernatural fiction by the author of 'The Land of Laughs'. First edition thus.
Nice copy, bar foxing/discolouration on outside page edges and endpapers.
AU$10.
258. CARSON, Rachel. The
Sea: (Combined edition of) The Sea Around Us; Under the Sea-Wind; The Edge of
the Sea. London, 1964. Illusts. Thick 8vo. or.cl. (612pages). Contains three
books, complete in one volume. First edition. Nice copy in price-clipped dust
jacket. AU$25.
259. CARTER, Alan. Queer
Fish and Dirty Rotten Dealings. Sydney, 1996. Royal 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (308pages). Autobiographical
and memoirs of the secondhand and antique trade in Australia from the 1920's onwards.
First edition. AU$8.50.
260. CARTWRIGHT, Jim.
Plays I: Road, Bed, Two, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. London, Methuen, 1996. 8vo. or.wrap. (278pages). AU$12.
261. CARY, M. and, H.H. Scullard.
A History of Rome: Down to the Reign of Constantine. London, 1975. Illusts. and
maps. Thick 4to.or.cl. (696pages). The author's were Professors of Ancient
History in the University of London. Third revised edition.
In price-clipped dust jacket. AU$90.
262. CASH, J. Allan.
Living on my Camera: Ten Years of Free-Lancing. London, Focal Press Limited,
1946. Illusts. 8vo. or.cl. (272pages). Memoirs of a photographic journalist and
the experience of being a war photographer with the British Army in World War
II. AU$10.
263. CASSIDY, Graham.
Greats of Australian Surf. Sydney, 1989. Illusts. with
colour photographs by Paul Sargeant. Large 4to.or.cl. (124pages). Pictorial and
textual studies of notable Australian surfers including Barton Lynch, Mark
Richards, Farrelly and Young, Tom Carroll, and others. In dust jacket, little
loose. AU$10.
264. CASTANZA, Philip.
The Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. New Jersey, Citadel Press, 1981.
Illusts. with photos. Large 4to.or.pict. wrap. (224pages). Study of the films
of these famous actors. AU$15.
265. CASTLEMAN, Michael.
The Healing Herbs: The Ultimate Guide to the Curative Power of Nature's
Medicines, remedies for over 200 conditions and diseases. Melbourne, Bookman
Press, 1991. Illusts. with drawings. Small thick 4to.or.pict. bds. (436pages).
Detailed historical and contemporary uses of medicinal herbs. AU$12.50.
266. Catalogue of
Tasmanian Contributions to the International Exhibition of Sydney, 1879. Hobart Town, 1879. Foolscap. wrap. (20pages). AU$90.
267. CATTON, Bruce. This
Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of the American Civil War. London, 1957. Illusts. with
maps. 8vo. or.cl. (438pages). Covers little worn. AU$9.
268. CAVERO, Samuel.
Raul Mendez: Authorized biography of the poet. Biografia autorizada del poeta. Entrevistas y
escritura: Samuel Cavero. Coleccion Poetas de Hispanoamerica. Sydney, Terra
Austral Editors, 2005. 8vo. or.pict. wrap.
(326pages). Uruguayen writer. Includes 44page section of poems. Text in
Spanish. FULLY SIGNED and inscribed by Raul Mendez. AU$75.
269. CESERANI, Victor.
with, Ronald Kinton. and, David Foskett. Contemporary Cookery. London, 1988. Royal 8vo. or.pict. bds. (324pages). Sequel
to the author's book 'Practical Cookery'. Guide for catering students to bridge
the gap between classic cuisine and professional cookery. Includes chapters on
vegetarian cookery, ethnic dishes, British recipes contributed by leading
British head chefs, index of dishes in French, and others. AU$20.
270. Chalmers' Free
Church, Launceston: Petition against additional Grants for Ecclesiastical
Purposes. Hobart, 1860. Foolscap. wrap.
(4pages). AU$7.50.
271. Charges Made
against the Railway Department. Hobart, 1899. Foolscap. wrap. (4pages). Charges of
terrorism and espionage against the Tasmanian Government Railways Department.
AU$17.50.
272. Charitable Grants
Department: Report for 1898. Hobart, 1899. Foolscap. wrap. (8pages). Includes grants for
paupers, the destitute, deaf, dumb and blind people, the insane, and others,
and return of expenditure from 1889 to 1898. AU$20.
273. CHALMERS,
Rear-Admiral W.S. Max Horton and the Western Approaches: A Biography of Admiral
Sir Max Kennedy Horton. London, H&S, 1954. Illusts.
8vo. or.cl. (304pages). Account of Horton's naval career in the Submarine
Service during World War One and Two. Second printing of the 1954 first
edition. In torn dust jacket. AU$20.
274. CHANDLER, Raymond. Collection of
six various murder mystery books by Raymond Chandler, comprising the following
titles: <p><p> THE BIG SLEEP. <p> THE HIGH WINDOW. <p>
THE LADY IN THE LAKE. <p> THE LITTLE SISTER. <p> THE LONG GOOD-BYE.
<p> SMART-ALEC KILL. <p><p><p>. London, Penguin / Pan,
1963-1980. All volumes are small 8vo.
or.pict. wrap. Each book contains about
250pages. SIX BOOKS IN TOTAL. All in very good condition, bar The Long Good-Bye
- covers worn. Most are signed and dated by Australian crime novelist Peter
Corris. AU$35.
275. CHANDLER, Raymond. Raymond
Chandler's Unknown Thriller: The Screenplay of Playback. London, Harrap, 1985. 8vo. or.cl. (170pages). First edition.
AU$12.50.
276. CHANDLER, David Leon. The Criminal
Brotherhoods: The Garduna, the Camorra of Naples, the Sicilian Mafia, the
Stoppaglieri, the American Mafia, the Cosa Nostra, and the Unione Corse. London, 1976. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (248pages). History and study of various criminal and underground organizations
from the sixteenth-century onwards. In dust jacket. AU$25.
277. CHANDLER, Raymond. and, Robert B.
Parker. Poodle Springs. New York, 1989. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (272pages). Philip Marlowe
thriller written by Chandler in 1959 and completed by
Parker. First edition. In dust jacket. AU$10.
278. CHANDLER, A. Bertram. Rendezvous
on a Lost World. London, Priory Books, n.d.
(1970's). Small 8vo. or.pict. wrap.
(126pages). Science fiction. sl. worn. AU$4.
279. CHAPMAN, Graham.
Graham. with Douglas Adams, David Yallop, Alex Martin, Eric Idle, and, David
Sherlock. A Liar's Autobiography: Volume VI. London, Methuen, 1999. Illusts. 8vo.
or.pict. wrap. (244pages). Monty Python members. First edition thus. Nice copy.
AU$15.
280. CHAPMAN, William A.
The Story Without an End. South Holland, The World Home Bible
League, 1973. Illusts. 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (228pages). Religious publication on
the works of the World Home Bible League. AU$6.50.
281. CHARTERIS, Leslie.
Collection of eight books by Leslie Charteris featuring 'The Saint' - Simon
Templar thrillers, comprising the following titles: <p><p> THE
SAINT IN MIAMI. <p> THE HAPPY HIGHWAYMAN. <p> THE SAINT AND THE
HAPSBURG NECKLACE. <p> THE SAINT CLOSES THE CASE. <p> THE SAINT
MEETS HIS MATCH. <p> THE SAINT ON TV. <p> THE SAINT - ACE OF
KNAVES. <p> THE SAINT STEPS IN. <p><p><p>. London, Pan/Hodder &
Stoughton, 1960's-1970's. All volumes
are small 8vo. or.pict. wrap.
(192,192,192,208,256,160,192,192pages). EIGHT BOOKS IN TOTAL. Includes
two first editions thus. All in very good second-hand condition. AU$40.
282. CHARTERIS, Leslie.
The Holy Terror: A 'Saint' Book. London, H&S, 1938. 8vo. or.cl. (320pages). Ninth printing of the
1932 first edition. Little marked copy. AU$12.50.
283. CHARTERIS, Leslie.
Vendetta for the Saint. London, H&S, 1965. 8vo. or.cl. (192pages). First edition. In
dust jacket. AU$9.50.
284. CHAUNDLER,
Christine. and, Eric Wood. (Retold by). Famous Myths and Legends. (My Book of
Beautiful Legends): Children's Folklore from around the World. London, 1986. Illusts. in
colour by A.C. Michael. Thick royal 8vo. or.cl., gilt lettering. (364pages).
First published in 1917. In dust jacket. AU$15.
285. CHEE, Fong Sip. The
PAP Story: The Pioneering Years (November 1954 - April 1968). A Diary of Events
of the People's Action Party. Reminiscences of an Old Cadre. No Place, (Singapore), n.d. (1979). Illusts.
8vo. or.pict. wrap. (272pages). AU$75.
286. CHESTER, Lewis. and others.
Jeremy Thorpe: A Secret Life. London, 1979. Small 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (384pages). Account
of Thorpe's trial and acquittal at the Old Bailey on murder charges. AU$8.
287. Chinese
Acrobatics (L'Acrobatie Chinoise, Akrobati ya Kichina). Peking, 1974. Illusts. profusely
with colour and b/w photographs. Royal square 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (108pages).
Tri-language edition, including English. AU$15.
288. CHICHESTER, Francis. The Romantic
Challenge. London, 1971. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (196pages). Account of the author's single-handed 20,000-mile, twenty
day race in Gipsy Moth V. First edition. In price-clipped dust jacket. AU$15.
289. CHILDE, V. Gordon.
Man Makes Himself. London, C.A. Watts
and Co. Ltd, 1970. Illust. Small 8vo. or.wrap. (246pages). Classic introduction
to the history of early man, from pre-history to the rise of foreign trade and
urban evolution. AU$6.50.
290. CHORLTON, Windsor.
(series editor). Collection of twelve various books in the Time-Life The Good
Cook series, comprising the following titles, all in very good to excellent
condition, mostly nice copies, all are published in Amsterdam in the 1970's and
1980's, all are large quarto size, pictorial hardcovers, each book contains
about 200 pages, all are illustrated with colour photographs and drawings:
<p><p> BEEF AND VEAL. <p> BISCUITS. <p> CAKES AND
PASTRIES. <p> DESSERTS. <p> FISH AND SHELLFISH. <p> PORK.
<p> POULTRY. <p> PRESERVING. <p> SALADS AND COLD
HORS-d'OEUVRE. <p> TERRINES, PATES AND GALANTINES. <p>
VEGETABLES. <p> WINE.
<p><p><p>. Time-Life,
1970's-1980's. TWELVE BOOKS IN TOTAL.
AU$220.
291. CHRISTIE, Agatha.
Collection of twenty-nine various detective novels by Agatha Christie,
comprising the following titles: <p><p> The Adventures of the
Christmas Pudding. <p> After the Funeral. <p> Appointment with
Death. <p> At Bertram's Hotel. <p> The Big Four. <p> A
Caribbean Mystery. <p> Curtain: Poirot's Last Case. <p> Death in
the Clouds. <p> Elephants Can Remember. <p> Endless Night.
<p> Evil Under the Sun. <p> 4.50 from Paddington. <p> Hercule
Poirot's Christmas. <p> The Hound of Death. <p> The Listerdale
Mystery. <p> Lord Edgware Dies. <p> Miss Marple's Final Cases.
<p> The Mysterious Affair at Styles. <p> N or M?. <p> Ordeal
by Innocence. <p> The Pale Horse. <p> Parker Pyne Investigates.
<p> Passenger to Frankfurt. <p> Peril at End
House. <p> Postern of Fate. <p> Sad Cypress. <p> The Secret
Adversary. <p> The Sittaford Mystery. <p> Three Act Tragedy.
<p><p><p>. London, Pan / Fontana Collins,
1960's-1980's. Small 8vo. or.pict.
wrap., covers mostly illustrated by Tom Adams.
All in good to excellent second-hand condition, with only minor signs of
use, bar the usual page browning/discolouration, a great huge collection in one
lot. TWENTY-NINE BOOKS IN TOTAL. AU$110.
292. CHRISTIE, Agatha.
The Pale Horse. with, The Big Four. and, The Secret Adversary. Sydney, 1987. 8vo. or.cl. (512pages). Contains three
complete detective stories. In dust jacket, outside page edges marked. AU$7.
293. CHURCHILL, Winston
S. Compiled by Charles Eade. The End of the Beginning: War Speeches. Melbourne,
Cassell, 1943. Illusts. 8vo. or.cl. (258pages). First edition. Nice copy in
dust jacket which has some closed tears around the top outside edges of the
dust jacket. AU$25.
294. CHURCHILL, Winston
S. (Based on). History of the English Speaking Peoples: Edited by Mortimer
Wheeler, Hugh Trevor-Roper, and A.J.P. Taylor. London, Purnell, 1969. Illusts.
with thousands of contemporary prints, plates and engravings, mostly in colour.
All volumes 4to. black cl. (3218pages). TEN BOOKS IN TOTAL. Complete and
continuos set of parts 1-100 of the original 112 parts issued. Sound ex-lib.
copies, all in excellent condition, with the original covers bound-in and
complete with index. AU$175.
295. CHURCHILL, Sir
Winston S. Into Battle. London, Cassell and Company, 1941. Illusts.
with portrait frontispiece of Churchill, fully signed in facsimile? underneath
the Cecil Beaton photograph. 8vo. or.cl. (314pages). Speeches. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill, M.P. First
edition. Nice copy bar some foxing/discolouration on outside page edges and
endpapers. AU$450.
296. Claims of the
Colony on the Imperial Government for various items of expenditure connected
with Convicts or persons who have been convicts. Hobart Town, 1866. Foolscap. wrap. (28pages). Convicts, Port Arthur, Tasmania. AU$50.
297. Classic French
Cooking: Recipes. Nederland, 1971. Illusts. with
drawings. 8vo. or.bds. (160pages). Recipe booklet to accompany the Time-Life
Foods of the World series. AU$7.50.
298. CLAIRMONT, Leonard.
(Compiler). Tahitian-English, English-Tahitian Dictionary. California, 1958. Illusts. with
photographs by the author. Small 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (66pages). First edition.
AU$15.
299. CLAPP, Nicholas.
The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands. London, 1999. Illusts.
profusely with drawings and maps. 8vo. or.cl. (342pages). American documentary
film-maker's account of his archaeological expedition and find of Arabia's legendary lost city
'the Atlantis of the Sands'. Nice copy in dust jacket. AU$25.
300. CLARK, J Michael. A Place to Start: Toward and
Unapologetic Gay Liberation Theory. Dallas, Monument Press, 1989. Royal 8vo. or.wrap. (200pages). Gay
liberation theory with theological studies. The author developed Emory University's first doctorial
program in gay studies. AU$40.
301. CLARK, Evert. and,
Nicholas Horrock. Contrabandista: The Busting of a Heroin Empire. Sydney, 1973. 8vo. or.cl. (232pages). Newsweek journalists'
story of the arrest and breaking up the American heroin-smuggling-ring of
Auguste Joseph Ricord. In dust jacket. AU$9.
302. CLARK, Kenneth.
Landscape into Art. England, Allen Lane / Pelican Books, 1956.
Illusts. with 96 plates. Small 8vo. or.wrap. (158,96pages). Based on the
author's course of lectures on art as Slade Professor at Oxford University. #A369. First edition.
Nice copy. AU$9.
303. CLARK, David H. The
Quest for SS433. New York, Penguin, 1985. Illusts.
8vo. or.cl. (206pages). Account of the discovery in an Australian observatory
in 1978 of the star known as SS433. In dust jacket. AU$10.
304. CLARK, Ian. Reform
and Resistance in the International Order.
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1980. 8vo. or.wrap. (202pages). Study of
international politics from 1815 to 1980. AU$9.
305. CLARK, Michael.
and, Jill Thomas-Clark. The Stickley Brothers: The Quest for an American Voice.
Utah, 2002. Illusts. profusely with colour photographs. 4to.or.cl.
(176pages). Biography of the noted and foremost manufacturers of arts and
crafts furniture in America, from the
nineteenth-century onwards. In dust jacket, sl. rubbing to cover edges, small
tear in dust jacket. AU$30.
306. CLARK, Elmer T. The
Small Sects in America: Their Historical,
Theological, and Psychological Background. New York, Abingdon-Cokesbury
Press, 1949. Royal 8vo. or.cl.
(256pages). Author was Pastor in the Methodist Church and editor of World
Outlook. A study of almost 300 religious bodies in the USA, their doctrine and practice, and 'reasons for their divergence
from the main current of religious life'. In worn dust jacket. AU$12.50.
307. CLARKE, Patricia.
Pen Portraits: Women Writers and Journalists in Nineteenth Century Australia. Sydney, 1988. Illusts. Royal
8vo. or.cl. (292pages). Contains about one hundred biographical studies. Nice
copy in dust jacket. AU$15.
308. CLARKE, Ron. As
told to Alan Trengove. The Unforgiving Minute.
London, Pelham, 1966. Illusts. 8vo. or.cl. (192pages). Foreword by
John Landy. Memoirs by Australia's most noted world
record breaking champion - broke more official world records for running than
any other athlete in recorded history, includes Ron Clarke's philosophy on
athletics and running. TRUE FIRST EDITION. Nice collectable copy in dust
jacket. AU$175.
309. CLARY, Julian. and
others. How to be a Real Man. London, 1992. Illusts. 4to.
or.pict. wrap. (unnum.pages). Humour. First edition. Nice copy. AU$12.
310. (CLASSICS AND LITERATURE). Collection of thirty-six hardcover
faux-leather bound classics, comprising the following titles:
<p><p> JANE AUSTEN. Emma. Illustrated by C.E. Brock and Joan
Hassall. (392pages). <p> JANE AUSTEN. Pride and Prejudice. Illusts. by
Gene Sparkman. (336pages). <p> CHARLOTTE BRONTE. Jane Eyre. Illusts. by
Richard Lebenson. (416pages). <p> PEARL S. BUCK. The Good Earth.
Illusts. by James Barkley. (296pages). <p> MARCUS CLARKE. For the Term of
His Natural Life. Illusts. by Douglas Albion. (488pages). <p> JAMES
FENIMORE COOPER. The Last of the Mohicans. Illusts. (416pages). <p> PAUL
CRESWICK (retold by). The Adventures of Robin Hood. Illusts. with beautiful
colour paintings by N.C. Wyeth. (320pages). <p> FRANK DALBY DAVISON.
Dusty. and, Man-Shy. Illusts. by Tony Pyrzakowski. (304pages). <p>
CLARENCE DAY. Life With Father. Illusts. by Mick Ellison. (198pages). <p>
CHARLES DICKENS. A Christmas Carol and Other Stories. Illusts. by Arthur
Rackham. (288pages). <p> CHARLES DICKENS. The Old Curiosity Shop.
Illusts. by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz') and others. (528pages). <p> ARTHUR
CONAN DOYLE. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Illusts. by Richard Lebenson.
(272pages). <p> ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Illusts. by Sergio Martinez. (256pages). <p> SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. The
Return of Sherlock Holmes. Illusts. by David Johnson. (320pages). <p>
E.M. FORSTER. A Passage to India. Illusts. by Christopher
Magadini. (304pages). <p> KENNETH GRAHAME. The Wind in the Willows.
Illusts. with water-colour paintings by Paul Cox. (192pages). <p> HENRY
RIDER HAGGARD. King Solomon's Mines. Illusts, by Walter Paget. (224pages).
<p> NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. The House of the Seven Gables. Illusts. with
woodcuts by David Frampton. (288pages). <p> NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. The Scarlet
Letter. Illusts. by Robert Quackenbush. (224pages). <p> O. HENRY. Heart
of the West. Illusts. by Joseph Ciardiello. (246pages). <p> JAMES HILTON.
Lost Horizon. Illusts. by Robert Andrew Parker. (192pages). <p> HARPER
LEE. To Kill a Mockingbird. Illusts. by David Johnson. (310pages). <p>
JACK LONDON. The Call of the Wild. and, White Fang. Illusts. (304pages).
<p> HERMAN MELVILLE. Moby Dick. Illusts. by Joseph Ciardiello.
(496pages). <p> L.M. MONTGOMERY. Anne of Green Gables.
Illusts. with water-colour paintings by Mick Ellison. (262pages. <p>
MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS. The Yearling. Illusts. by Edward Shenton. (362pages).
<p> STEELE RUDD (A.H. DAVIS). On Our Selection. and,
Our New Selection. Illusts. and with drawings by Lionel and Norman Lindsay, and
includes a loose portfolio of pen drawings by Lionel Lindsay, containing six
plates designed for framing. (328pages). <p> ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. Treasure Island. Illusts. by Frank
Godwin. (224pages). <p> MARK TWAIN. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Illusts. (224pages). <p> MARK TWAIN. The Celebrated Jumping Frog and
Other Stories. Illusts. by Joseph Ciardiello. (230pages). <p> MARK TWAIN.
Life on the Mississippi. Illusts. (384pages).
<p> MARK TWAIN. The Prince and the Pauper. Illusts. by Frank T. Merrill
and others. (240pages). <p> JULES VERNE. Around the World in 80 Days.
Illusts. by Joseph Ciardiello. (208pages). LEW WALLACE. Ben-Hur. Illusts. by
Warren Chang and William M. Johnson. (560pages). <p> HERMAN WOUK. The
Caine Mutiny. Illusts. by John Thompson. (558pages). <p> P.C. (Percival
Christopher) WREN. Beau Geste. Illusts. by Helen McKie. (368pages).
<p><p><p>. New
York/Sydney, The Reader's Digest Association, 1980's/1990's. Illusts. All
volumes royal 8vo. (9.5 by 6.5 inches), or. quarter faux-leather spines
(various colours), gilt dec. cl., gilt lettering. Most include the original prospectus.
THIRTY-SIX BOOKS IN TOTAL, which are some of the greatest writings of the
nineteenth and twentieth-centuries. These books will grace any bookshelf or
some great reading in lovely bindings, non-glare paper, and large easy to read
typeface. All books in very good to excellent condition. PIX. AU$750.
311. (CLASSICS OF ROME AND GREECE). Collection of eight various books in the
black (Suetonius in purple) Penguin Classics series, comprising the following
items: <p><p> THE CIVIL WAR by Julius Caesar, together with The
Alexandrian War, The African War, and The Spanish War, by other hands.
Translated by Jane F. Gardner. <p> THE ANNALS OF IMPERIAL ROME by Tacitus. Translated
by Michael Grant. <p> ETHICS by Aristotle. Translated by J.A.K. Thomson,
revised with notes and appendices by Hugh Tredennick. <p> THE WAR WITH HANNIBAL by Livy. Translated by
Aubrey de Selincourt. <p> THE RISE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE by Polybius.
Translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert. <p> THE TWELVE CAESARS by Suetonius.
Translated by Robert Graves. <p> THE ODYSSEY by Homer. Translated by E.V.
Rieu, revised by C.H. Rieu and Dr. Peter V. Jones. <p> MURDER TRIALS by Cicero. Translated by Michael
Grant. <p><p><p>/. England, Penguin, 1957 and
1980-1996. All volumes are 8vo. or.pict.
wrap.
(368,462,384,712,576,368,396,320,368pages). EIGHT BOOKS IN TOTAL. All in
very good to excellent secondhand condition. AU$65.
312. CLEARY, Jon.
Collection of three various books by Jon Cleary, all featuring Detective Scobie
Malone, comprising the following titles: <p><p> DILEMMA. London, Doubleday Book Club,
1999. 8vo. or.cl. OCTAVO SIZE, HARDCOVER. (270pages). Nice copy in dust jacket.
<p> RANSOM. London, Collins, 1973. 8vo.
or.cl. OCTAVO SIZE, HARDCOVER. (256pages). First edition. In price-clipped dust
jacket, tape residue marks on endpapers. <p> YESTERDAY'S SHADOW.
London/Adelaide, HarperCollins, 2001. royal 8vo. or.pict. wrap. OCTAVO SIZE,
WRAPPERED EDITION. (282pages). First edition thus.
<p><p><p>. London, 1973-2001. 8vo. or.cl. and, 8vo. or.wrap. THREE BOOKS IN TOTAL. AU$25.
313. CLEARY, Frances. A Pocketful of Years:
Another Mrs Kingi Book (Story). Auckland, Collins, 1975. 8vo. or.cl. (166pages). Small tear in front
panel of dust jacket, inscription on front loose endpaper. AU$9.50.
314. CLEMENT, Clara
Erskine. A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting - Sculpture -
Architecture with Complete Indexes and Illustrations. New York, Stokes, 1891. Illusts.
profusely with wood-engravings. Thick 8vo. or.cl., gilt lettering.
(320,320,206pages). Art - ancient, prehistoric, mediaeval, renaissance,
sculpture, printing. Contains three
books, complete in one volume. Little worn. AU$50.
315. CLEMENTS, Julia. My
Roses. London, 1958. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (88pages). Notable British flower-arranger's guide to roses. Includes
chapters on arranging, show work, rose recipes - conserves and jellies,
pot-pourri and scent, wines and other drinks, the perfume, and others. Nice
copy, worn dust jacket loosely inserted. AU$10.
316. CLIFT, Charmian.
Walk to the Paradise Gardens. Sydney, 1989. 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (196pages). Novel set in
Kiama. Name and date on front loose endpaper. AU$9.
317. CLUNE, Frank.
Scallywags of Sydney Cove. Sydney, 1968. Illusts. with
contemporary prints, plates and engravings. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (184pages).
Studies of various political and criminal convicts including George Barrington,
Simeon Lord, Margaret Catchpole, James Hardy Vaux, and others from
nineteenth-century Australian history. First edition. In edge-worn dust jacket,
covers rubbed around outside edges. AU$15.
318. COBHAM, The Rt.
Hon. The Viscount. Compiled by O.S. Hintz. Lord Cobham's Speeches: A selection
from the Speeches made by the Rt. Hon. The Viscount Cobham, during his term of
office as Governor-General of New Zealand 1957-1962. Auckland, Wilson and Horton Limited, n.d.
(1950's). Illusts. with photographs. 8vo. or.cl. (216pages). Includes chapter
on sport and cricket. In dust jacket. AU$9.50.
319. COE, Sebastian
& Peter. Running for Fitness. London, Sphere, 1984. Illusts.
8vo. or.pict. wrap. (184pages). Noted Olympic medal-winning runner's practical
guide. AU$9.
320. COELHO, Paulo. The
Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream. New York, HarperSanFrancisco,
2002. 8vo. or.cl., edges uncut.
(178pages). Translated from the Portuguese into English. 10th Anniversary
Edition. First edition thus?. With a new introduction from the author. Nice
copy in like dust jacket. AU$30.
321. COHEN, Leonard.
Beautiful Losers. TOGETHER WITH: The Favourite Game. London, Panther,
1971-1975. Both volumes small 8vo.
or.wrap. (240,224pages). TWO BOOKS IN TOTAL. Excellent reading copies only. AU$12.
322. COLES, Robert. The
Moral Intelligence of Children: How to raise a moral child. New York, 1997. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (222pages). By the Pulitzer
prize-winning author of The Spiritual Life of Children. Sound ex-lib. copy, in
dust jacket. AU$9.50.
323. COLLENETTE, Peter. Woodworking School: A project-by-project
course for the creative woodworker. London, 1984. Illusts. with 380
plates. 4to. or.cl. (208pages). Nice copy in dust jacket bar name and details
on front paste-down endpaper. AU$20.
324. COLLIER, Peter.
Downriver DOWN RIVER: A Novel. New York, Holt Reinhart and
Winston, 1978. Royal 8vo or.cl.
(326pages). Novel, Americana, Psychological Murder-Revenge story. In dust
jacket. AU$9.50.
325. COLLINS, David.
Collection of eight original b/w engravings from the 1798 edition of David
Collins' An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, comprising the
following pictures: <p><p> Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang 1. <p>
Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang 2. <p> Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang 3. <p> Yoo-long
Erah-ba-diang 4. <p> Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang 5. <p> Yoo-long
Erah-ba-diang 6. <p> Yoo-long Erah-ba-diang 7. <p> Yoo-long
Erah-ba-diang 8. <p><p><p>.
London, T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. Depicting Australian Aboriginals in various
ceremonies. All plates are stained to various degrees and have been
strengthened on the verso margins, #1 is lacking about half the image, #5 has
been torn and repaired, #7 is missing a corner section (about 4x5cm), Eight
illustrations in total. AU$100.
326. COLLINS, Larry.
Fall From Grace. London, Granada, 1985. Royal 8vo. or.cl. (408pages). Story of the
D-Day invasion, Normandy landings during World
War Two. First edition. In dust jacket. AU$12.50.
327. COLLINS, C. Cody.
Love of a Glove: The romance, legends and fashion history of gloves, with an
appendix, How to Know Gloves and How They Are Made. New York, 1947. Illusts. 8vo.
or.cl. (132pages). Nice copy in edge-worn dust jacket. AU$30.
328. COLLINS, Wilkie.
The Moonstone. England, Penguin, 1955. Small thick 8vo. or.wrap. (464pages). #1072.
According to T.S. Eliot 'the first and greatest of English detective novels'.
Complete and unabridged edition. First edition thus. Nice copy bar
discolouration to the spine and two markings on the front loose endpaper. AU$7.
329. COLLINS, Wilkie.
The Moonstone. London, Elm, n.d.
(1930's). Small 8vo. or.cl. (480pages).
First published in 1868. Considered to be the best detective novel in the
English language. Very good copy, in edge-worn dust jacket. AU$6.50.
330. Commissioner of
Taxes: Report for 1898. By Chas. Mitchell. Hobart, 1899. Foolscap. wrap. (4pages). AU$7.50.
331. The Commonwealth
of Australia Constitution Bill, Australasian Federal Constitution: Final result
of the ballot taken on the 27th July, 1899, as to its acceptance. Hobart, 1899. Foolscap. wrap. (4pages). AU$20.
332. Concilium
Plenarium (1), Acta et Decreta, Concilii Plenarii, Australasiae, Habiti Apud
Sydney, A.D. 1885, A Sacta Sede Recognita.
Sydney, F. Cunninghame & Co., Steam Machine Printers, 1885. 8vo. or.cl. (184,8pages). Catholic text in
Latin. Includes Letters of the Archbishops and Bishops of the First Plenary
Council of Australia (and New Zealand), held in Sydney, 1885. Inserted in rear pages
is a separate 8page pamphlet titled 'Diocesan Synod', 1st May, 1889 - Diocesan Regulations and, Statistical Report on the Diocesan
Work, 1888 to 1889. AU$120.
333. Concilium
Plenarium (1), Acta et Decreta, Concilii Plenarii, Australasiae, Habiti Apud
Sydney, A.D. 1885, A Sacta Sede Recognita.
Sydney, F. Cunninghame & Co., Steam Machine Printers, 1885. 8vo. or.cl. (184,8pages). Catholic text in
Latin. Includes Letters of the Archbishops and Bishops of the First Plenary
Council of Australia (and New Zealand), held in Sydney, 1885. AU$75.
334. Concilium
Plenarium IV, Australiae et Novae Zelandiae, Habitum Apud Sydney, Anno Domini
1937, Editio Officialis. Sydney, 1937. 8vo. or.cl. (207pages). Catholic text in
Latin. Includes Joint Pastoral Letter of the Archbishops and Bishops of the
Fourth Plenary Council of Australia and New Zealand, Held in Sydney, September, 1937. Some
ink corrections in text, previous owner's stamp on front loose endpaper. AU$15.
335. Concilium
Plenarium IV, Australiae et Novae Zelandiae, Habitum Apud Sydney, Anno Domini
1937, Editio Officialis. Sydney, 1937. 8vo. or.cl. (207pages). Catholic text in
Latin. Includes Joint Pastoral Letter of the Archbishops and Bishops of the
Fourth Plenary Council of Australia and New Zealand, Held in Sydney, September, 1937. AU$25.
336. Congregational
Church, Tamar-Street, Launceston: Petition against additional Grants for
Ecclesiastical Purposes. Hobart, 1860. Foolscap. wrap. (4pages). AU$7.50.
337. Consolidated
Revenue for Years 1898, 1899, and 1900: Explanatory Statement. TOGETHER WITH:
Consolidated Revenue: Abstract Statement, etc. Hobart, 1899. Foolscap. wrap. (4,6pages). TWO ITEMS. AU$10.
338. Contagious Diseases Hospital, Launceston: Annual
Report of the Contagious Diseases Hospital, Launceston for 1898. Hobart, 1899. Foolscap. wrap. (4pages). AU$15.
339. Convictions,
1850-1859: Return of the number of persons convicted before the Supreme Court,
distinguishing those who appear to have been always Free. Hobart, 1860. Foolscap. wrap. (4pages). AU$15.
340. Convicts at Port
Arthur: Return showing the names of all Convicts at Port Arthur, which ship
they arrived on, distinguishing those who were born or arrived free in the
Colony from those transported hither, and of the latter, stating the Number who
arrived under a Sentence for life, and the Number who arrived under a Sentence
of shorter Duration. Hobart Town, 1861. Foolscap. wrap. (10pages). Listing over 500
persons. AU$150.
341. CONDON, Richard.
Winter Kills. London, Wiedenfield and
Nicolson, 1974. 8vo. or.cl. (310pages).
By the author of the Manchurian Candidate, conspiracy thriller about a
fictional American President. In sl. chipped dust jacket, foxing/discolouration
on outside page edges. AU$9.50.
342. CONNOLLY, James.
Edited by P. Berresford Ellis. Selected Writings. London, 1988. Royal 8vo. or.pict. wrap. (318pages).
Considered the founder of twentieth-century Irish nationalism. Protective
plastic pasted-down on covers. AU$8.
343. CONRADI, Peter. The
Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia's Most Brutal Serial
Killer. London, 1992. Illusts. 8vo. or.cl. (258pages). Biography of Andrei
Chikatilo. In dust jacket. AU$12.50.
344. The Cooking of Spain and Portugal: Recipes. Nederland, 1970. Illusts. with
drawings. 8vo. or.pict. bds. (112pages). Recipe booklet to accompany the
Time-Life Foods of the World series. AU$7.50.
345. The Cooking of
the Middle-East: Recipes. Nederland, 1970. Illusts. with
drawings. 8vo. or.pict. bds. (128pages). Recipe booklet to accompany the
Time-Life Foods of the World series. AU$7.50.
346. COOK, Captain
James. Edited by Christopher Lloyd. The Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the
World. London, The Cresset Press,
1949. Illusts. with maps. 8vo. or.blue buckram binding, gilt lettering.
(384pages). Selected from Cook's three voyages of discovery in Australia and New Zealand. In price-clipped dust
jacket. AU$22.
347. COOKE, C.E. and,
A.E. Van Vogt. Hypnotism Handbook. California, n.d. (1956). 8vo. or.cl. (252pages). Includes sections on
medical, dentistry and anaesthesia. Little worn copy, in dust jacket. AU$10.
348. COOKRIDGE, E.H.
Gehlen: Spy of the Century. London, 1972. Illusts. Thick
royal 8vo. or.cl. (402pages). German and American intelligence operations
during World War Two. Little worn copy. AU$9.
349. COOPER, Emmanuel.
The Complete Potter: Glazes. London, Batsford, 1992.
Illusts. with photographs. Oblong 4to.or.pict. bds. (96pages). The author was
editor of the journal Ceramic Review. Comprehensive guide to glazes -
formulations and effects, how potters can evolve their own glazes and prepare
them from recipes and the various ways of applying them, includes colouring glaze.
First and only edition. AU$75.
350. CORBETT, W.J.
Pentecost And The Chosen One: The Sequel to The Song of Pentecost - winner of the
Whitbread Award. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1984.
Illusts. 8vo. or.cl. (240pages). Fantasy about a young mouse who learns of
courage, duty, friendship and leadership after inheriting the leadership of the
mice on Lickey Top. Follow-up to Corbett's first book: THE SONG OF PENECOST,
which won England's prestigious Whitbread
Award and became an international best seller. First edition. In dust jacket.
AU$9.50.