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Sydney: Book Club Associates, 1975. 240pp, index, bibliography, col ills. Pictorial boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacketwith very small chip and a couple of very short tears. Details hundreds of edible wild plants in Australia, with distribution, habitat, identification and preparation. Becoming scarce in hardcover.. Book Club. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by McCubbin, Charles.. 8vo.

New York: Scribner, 2010. viii, 468pp, index, sources, notes, bw ills. Or cloth backed boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket, prev owner bookplate on front pastdown. Explores the prohibition era from 1920-1933 when the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution restricted the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Singapore: Asia Pacific Press, 1974. xi, 127pp, glossary, notes. Red cloth in jacket. 3-line gift note on front free endpaper, foxing to page edges and prelims. Jacket rubbed with several tears and small chips. Sections include rice, fish/seafood, fowl, meat, kebab (sate), vegetables, eggs, condiments, relishes and deserts.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

London: The Epworth Press, 1933. 269pp, index, appendices, frontis portrait. Blue cloth in jacket. Jacket price-clipped with minor edge wear, spine sunned. Prev owner name on front free endpaper, pencil underlinging and notes throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Toowoomba: Tabletop Publishing, 2022. VERY HEAVY-WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE TO MOST DESTINATIONS. 2 volume set-complete. x, 428pp, bibliography, num bw & some col ills.; x, 670pp, bibliography, bw & col ills. Pictorial glossy boards. Small bump at top of Vol 1 spine, tiny bump to bottom edge of Vol 2. SIGNED with personalised inscription by BOTH authors on half-title page.… Read more about this item

Sydney: George Coffey, 1884. 656pp, index, bw ills, col diagrams (1 folding). Pictorial brown cloth. Ex-Queensland Temperance League with their stampsBoards edges and top of spine worn, hinges cracked, folding diagram torn without loss, bookseller stamp to title page, round paper label and number in white to spine. Australian printing of a 19th century temperance volume... First Australian Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

Milwaukee: Independent Order Good Templars, 1890. vi, 308pp, index. Purple cloth. Ex-Queensland Temperance League with their stamps. Rear cover water stained, spine and edge of front cover faded, occasional minor foxing. No date but c1890. 19th century temperance.. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Good/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Mauston, WI: Independent Order Good Templars, 1889. 481pp, index. Brown cloth. Ex-Queensland Temperance League with their stamps. Covers and first few pages water stained. 19th century temperance.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Mackay: Mackay Historical society & Museum, 2014. 152pp, bibliography, num bw & some col ills, maps. Pictorial card. Very light edge wear to covers. From the grog shanties that opened on settlement in 1862 through to the early 1960s the book presents the history of dozens of pubs in Mackay and district.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to.

U.S.A.: Benacquista Publishing, 2005. VERY HEAVY (approx 6kg/over 13lbs when packed)-will require additional postage to most destinations. 2 volumes-complete. 641, 938pp, num col ills. Or glossy pictorial boards in slipcase. SIGNED and inscribed (to Val) on front free endpaper of Volume I. Near new. . Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. 4to.

Australia: Thom & PQ Blackwell, 2015. HEAVY. 437pp, index, recipes, col ills, pictorial endpapers. White decorative cloth with place marker ribbon. As new. Cover/title and endpaper art by Rg Mombassa of Mambo fame. Australian recipes of all types from some of Australia's greatest cooks.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None, as Issued.. Illus. by Hedley, Lottie (photography), Mombassa, Reg (cover/title/ebdpaper art).… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1934. 13pp. White stapled wraps. Faint prev owner name stamp to front, small crease to bottom corner. Older booklet on bananas in Australia.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Westerville, OH: The American Issue Press, 1920. 384pp. Dark blue cloth, no jacket. Ex- library of the QueenslandTemperance League with their stamps to front free endpaper and title page. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: The Epworth Press, 1930. 276pp, index, tables, bw ills. Blue cloth, no jacket. Ex- library of the QueenslandTemperance League with their stamps to front endpaper and title page, very light rubbing to cloth, minor foxing . . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Washington D.C.: New Trends Publishing, 2003. xx, 455pp, index, references, appendices, col ills. Pictorial card. Near new. Chronicles the role of milk in civilization and in early America, the distillery dairies, compulsory pasteurization, politics of milk, traditional dairying cultures and the modern dairy industry. Champions the use of raw milk and its health benefits.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.… Read more about this item

Westerville, OH: The American Issue Press, 1913. 161pp. Green cloth, no jacket. Ex-Queensland Temperance League library with their stamps to front free endpaper and title page, occasional light pencilling to margins, slightly shaken, minor rubbing to cloth. Early 20th century temperance/prohibition volume.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Nicholson and Watson, 1940. xii, 456pp, index, appendices/tables, 2 maps (one folding). Green cloth, no jacket. Corners a bit rounded, lacks front free endpaper, some fading to edges of boards. Mid-20th century temperance/prohibition volume.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

New York: National Temperance Society & Publication House, 1886. 411pp, index. Brown cloth, no jacket. Ex- library of the QueenslandTemperance League with their stamps to front endpaper and title page, round paper label to spine. Lacks front free endpaper. . . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Toronto: The Ontario Branch of the Dominion Alliance., 1919. xvi, 621pp, index, appendices, frontis portrait. Maroon cloth, no jacket. Ex-Queensland Temperance League library with their stamps to front free endpaper and title page, prev owner name to front free endpaper and edges, spine a bit faded, very small ink blot to fore-edge. Early 20th century temperance/prohibition volume.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: National Temperance League Publication Depot., 1893. vii, 324pp, index, tables. Maroon cloth, no jacket. Ex-Queensland Temperance League library with their stamps to front free endpaper and title page, slightly shaken, minor rubbing to cloth. Late 19th century temperance/prohibition volume.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.