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INTERNET CATALOGUE 102

General Interest and Australiana

February, 2007

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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: DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE. THE HOUSE OF SPIRITS. PAULA. PORTRAIT IN SEPIA. . 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: THE MYSTERY OF THE DANCING DEVIL. THE MYSTERY OF THE LAUGHING SHADOW. THE MYSTERY OF THE NERVOUS LION. THE MYSTERY OF THE SILVER SPIDER. THE MYSTERY OF THE TALKING SKULL. . 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. L