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Sydney: New Holland Publishers, 2006. Reprint. Trade paperback. Light shelfwear; anti-theft sticker present. Very good. 212 pp. [+ b/w photos, plus cartoons by the author]. When the time came to explore part of Australia's outback for a weapons testing programme, Len Beadell was the natural choice to select and help prepare the site for a historic detonation - the atomic bomb- in the lonely Australian back country.

Sydney: New Holland Publishers. Very Good. 2006. Reprint. Softcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages .

Angus & Robertson, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. First Edition Thus. 212 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing.

Rigby, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. First Edition. 212 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm.Pages & plates remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has light edge-wear with closed tears and creasing.

Chatswood, NSW : New Holland , 2006. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo. Binding is tight and spine intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean With his road building exploits behind him, Beadell was the perfect choice for the task of selecting and preparing the location for the weapons testing trials. With his characteristic humour and embellished with his own cartoons, Beadell tells the story of the people who worked on the project - in some cases it was as much a trial of them as it was of any weapon - and he recounts the sequence of events that led up to the gigantic explosion that was to BLAST THE BUSH. B & W photos and illustrations

Adelaide; Rigby; 1967. hardcover in very good condition, dustwrapper a little worn on edges. 212pp, b/w photos

The Rocks, NSW, Australia: Lansdowne Publishing. Very Good-. 1998. Reprint. Softcover. 1863026185 . 212 pp. Photos. Light edgewear, corners rubbed. The first hand account of the selection and site preparation for a nuclear bomb test site deep in the Australian bush. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Adelaide: Rigby, 1967. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket xi + 212pp., ep maps, b/w plates, text ills., Len Beadell was instrumental in preparing the site of the first nuclear bomb test

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Adelaide: Rigby, 1967. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo.. hardback with dust jacket vii + 212pp., b/w pls., ep maps, Beadell helped to select & prepare the location for the first atomic bomb test in Australia

Sydney: New Holland, 1998-06. reprints. Very Good. octavo.. softback with stiff wrappers 176, xi + 212, 163, 206pp., b/w pls., text ills., ep maps, Four classic accounts of road-building in outback Australia

Adelaide: Rigby. 1967. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has some light edgewear and is now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Bookplate to preliminary pages. Inscribed and signed by the author to previous owner on verso of half-title page. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and drawings. Maps to endpapers. xi, 212pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide, SA, Australia: Rigby Limited, 1976. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Softcover, reprint, 210g, 212pgs. An entertaining and characteristic account of the search for and preparation of a site for the explosion of the first atomic bomb in Australia. Book is signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads "To Joan & Bill, Best wishes from the author, Len Beadell, Mar 77". Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

Adelaide: Rigby, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Adelaide, Rigby, 1967. Octavo, [xvi], 212 pages with illustrations plus 22 plates. Papered boards; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper very slightly worn at the extremities. Inscribed, dated (February 1985) and signed by the author, who selected and helped prepare the location of the Maralinga atomic bomb tests.

Willoughby: Weldon Publishing. Very Good+. 1989. Reprint. Paperback. 0947116745 . A six volume boxed set limited to 1000 copies, this being number 604, all books are in very good condition as is the box although it has mild sun fading on the spine of the box. ; 215 x 135mm .

Sydney: Sydney: Weldon Publishing/New Holland Publishers; Lansdowne Publishing 1990-2000 Trade Paperback Reprint ISBN 1-86302-405-0, 1990 VG to Near Fine matching set, despite different imprints. The story of Len Beadell's Gunbarrel Road Construction Party as they surveyed and built their "highways" across the deserts of Central Australia.

Adelaide: Corkwood Press 1999-2003 Special Editions 6 vols 8vo, 1999 Very Fine leather-bound matching set of all six of Len Beadell's often humorous autobiographical writings detailing his pioneering road-building projects throughout the Central Australian deserts on behalf of the Woomera Rocket Range. Each volume is beautifully bound in kangaroo leather, with gilt titles, gilt maps to covers, map end-papers, and illustrated with b&w and colour photographs and Len's original line drawings. A special limited edition of 50 copies of each volume, each volume offered here being no.41 of the series. Blast the Bush is autographed by Len's widow Anne Beadell, and his children, Connie Sue Beadell and Gary Beadell, after whom two of the great outback highways are named. Too Long in the Bush is also signed & inscribed by Anne Beadell, and Bush Bashers is signed and inscribed by Connie Sue Beadell. A magnificent set that does justice to Len Beadell's writings, and looks great on the shelf.