Search Results: Australiana & NZ from Lawrence Jones

Sydney: The Macleay Museum/The University of Sydney, 1980. 123pp, references, num bw ills. Or pictorial boards. Light toning at spine. Archaeological discovery in Sydney presented as before and after 1788.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Melbourne: Lawrence & Hanson, 1986. viii, 200pp, index, num bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or blue cloth iun jacket. Nearnew. Centenary history of the well-known Australian electrical supply company.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1988. 240pp, bw ills, maps. Or card covers. Prev owners name on half title, rear cover rubbed. 101 bush walks in New Zealand.. Revised & Expanded Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 1989. xii, 340pp, index, references, num bw ills, maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Light edge wear, light sticker mark on rear panel, light foxing to top edge. Covers all forms of public works in all areas of Queensland- includes ports and harbours, railways, roads, bridges, electricity supply, water supply, public buildings, sewerage, tramways, wartime works, and more. Among the areas covered are Brisbane, Townsville, Gladstone, Weipa, Cairns, Lucinda, Bowen, Mackay, Hay Point, Rockhampton and Bundaberg.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Brisbane: United Grand Lodge of Queensland, 2009. 184pp, appendix, num bw & col ills. Or pictorial laminated boards. Near new. The history of Freemasonry in Queensland from 1859-2009.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 4to.

Sydney: The 36th Battalion (St George's English Rifle Regt.) Assocoaition, 1967. xvi, 210pp, roll of honour, maps, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Very light even toning to page egdes. The story of the battalion from its formation in pre-war days to the end of WWII. The battalio, known as Ike's Marines, took part in numerous actions in Papua New Guinea and New Britain including Sanananda-Gona, Wau, Lae, Buna-Oro Bay and more.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Canberra: The Corps Committee of the Royal Australian Engineers., 2002. HEAVY (over 4kg) 4 volume set-complete. xviii, 203pp; xix, 232pp + maps; xix, 432pp + maps; xxi, 978pp; indexes, references, maps, bw ills. 1cm tear to bottom of rear jacket panel of Vol 4, otherwise very nice indeed. Scarce as a complete set. Vol 1 3rd Impression 2001 (1977); Volume 2 2nd Impression 2001 (1979); Vol 3 2nd Impression 2001 (1982) and Vol 4 1st edition 2002. . Various Editions . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Adelaide: Rigby, 1967. x, 266pp, bw ills. Or maroon cloth in jacket which is lightly edge-worn, with a closed tear from from the spine head with minor loss at the spine head and foot. The history of Pentridge gaol in the fifty years preceeding the 20th century.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute / US Army Command and General Staff College., 1986. v, 70pp, bibliography, notes, bw ills, maps. Or stapled card covers. Covers moderately foxed, light internal foxing. US Army Command and General Staff College book on the confrontation between the 9th Australian Division and tanks of the Afrika Korps at Tobruk. A valuable historical context for evaluating how light infantry forces can confront armoured attacks. Also reveals how light forces operated and were supported and sustained in a desert environment.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Kingscliff, NSW: 9RAR Association, 2006. xvi, 292pp, index, endnotes, sources, annexesbw ills. Or card covers. Small crease to top front corner, bumped/creased at top edge of rear cover and slightly faded at spine. 9th Battalion RAR joined the 1st Australian Task Force in Vietnam in November 1968. This volume provides an historical sketch of the Battalion after its return from Vietnam at the end of 1969 until its colours were laid up and its name removed from the Order of Battle. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Collins, 1986. 192pp, profusely illustrated in colour and b/w, bibliography, index. Remainder star on the lower page edges. Shop stamp with ref no on the rear paste-down. Papered boards in dust-jacket. From the blurb, The book describes the work and characters of the 19th-century pioneer 'amateur and gentlemen scientists, colonial doctors, clergymen, public servants, European travellers and British and American naturalists on the brink of distinguished careers. Many of the early naturalists were also illustraters or they were accompanied by aritists who left beautifully executed pictures of Australia's early scientific endeavour. They brought rich information and depictions of the flora and fauna, the Aboriginal people and the landscape before the world'.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Beaudesert, Qld: Church Archivists' Press (P & A Jackson), 2001. xiii, 256pp, b/w photos, facsimiles, three appendices, indexes of people and places. On the Copyright page a sticker giving the editors' details covers the publication details. SIGNED by the editors on the title page with an inscription from the editors dated 2001 on the dedication page. This is a collection of diaries and letters written by an Australian pilot and edited by his two children. John F Jackson was a Queensland grazier and businessman who joined the RAAF in 1939. He served with 3 Squadron in the Middle East. Returning to Australia, he was given command of 75 Squadron. He met his death leading that squadron in its heroic defence of Port Moresby early in 1942.. Signed. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback.

Richmond, Vic: William Heinemann Australia, 1989. 268 pages. Prev owner's three-line details at the centre left of the title page. Pictorial card covers. A handbook for the family researcher.. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Good to Very Good. 4to.

Melbourne: Hamlyn, 1990. HEAVY.318pp, index, biographical notes, notes, appendix, sources, num bw & col ills, maps, endpaper maps. Or light blue cloth in pictorial jacket. Jacket somewhat edgeworn along top edge. Light offset tonign to endpapers. The stroy of the Gallipoli campaign- from its contentious origin and conduct to its far-reaching repercussions- told largely through the words of its participants and observers. Also an examination of the changing attitudes of Australians toward Britain and their place in Empire.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Small 4to.

Melbourne: Methuen, 1982. 176pp, index, bibliography, 150+ col & bw ills, maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Slight edgewear to jacket which has toned sticker mark on rear panel. Small triangle excised from fronnt free endpaper and half-title page. An authoritative consideration of the place of Aboriginal art within its own traditional settings, and the contribution of such art, not only to Aboriginal heritage, but also to the cultural heritage of wider Australian society. Not only illustrating the diversity of paintings, drawings and carvings the book encourages a greater understanding and appreciation of what the Aborigines have achieved.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Bendigo: Keith Cole Publications, 1981. 52pp, b/w photos. Illustrated stapled light card cover lightly worn. A concluding section suggests some discussion topics. The book was written to that other white Australians mgiht have a better unerstanding of the black Australians in Victoria. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Oblong 8vo.

London: Macdonald Educational, 1984. 48pp, illustrated in colour and b/w with photos, drawings and diagrams, reference, index. Illustrated laminated boards. The book looks at how the Aborigines once lived and how their lives have changed since the Europeans arrived. It includes Legends of the Dreamtime; Life int he forest; Food from the waters; Desert survival; Aborigine art; Myths and totems; Feud and revenge; The present and the future.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies., 1970. xiv, 188pp, references,bw ills, maps. Or card covers. Prev owners name at top of front blank page. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Adelaide: W.L. Hawes, Government printer., 1966. 220pp,references, glossary, bw ills, col frontis. Or green stiff card with green cloth spine. Some toning to covers, prev owners anme on title page. Articles include Physical Characteristics; Mental Capacity; Antiquity of Man in Australia; Population and Tribal Distribution; Ecology, Environment and Disease; Stone Implements and Cinema Films.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales No date (1960). Foreword by Hal Missingham. Introduction by Frederick D McCarthy (pp7-17, incl). 36pp, coloured frontispiece, 10pp b/w plates, catalogue. There is a stain by the upper corner of the inside front cover and on half-title page, and another by the lower edge of the first b/w plate (illustration not affected). Illustrated stapled light card cover rubbed and worn, soiled on the (plain) rear cover. The catalogue for an exhibition arranged by the State Art Galleries of Australia 1960-1961.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo.