Search Results: HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand from Lawrence Jones

Sydney: Newsouth / Australian Maritime Museum, 2012. HEAVY. xiii, 258pp, index, notes, num bw & col ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Near new. The museum's curators reveal the fascinating stories behind many fascinating and diverse objects in their collection.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Perth: Rio Bay Enterprises, 1999. x, 142pp + 4pp maps at rear, index, bibliography, mapsbw ills, adendum. Or card covers. Very light edge wear. The first discovery of Australia in 1606 and life of its discoverer, Willem Janszoon. Also explores the possible Dutch exploration of the East Coast of Australia, and of the Batavia being part of a fleet sent to take possession of the continent.. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Perth: Rio Bay Enterprises, 1997. 111, 139pp + epilogue at rear, index, bibliography, maps, bw ills, adendum. Or card covers. Heavily foxed at bottom edge extending to lower portion of pages, underlining in foreword. The first discovery of Australia in 1606 and life of its discoverer, Willem Janszoon. Also explores the possible Dutch exploration of the East Coast of Australia, and of the Batavia being part of a fleet sent to take possession of the continent.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1925. HEAVY. 2 volumes-complete. x, 768, 748pp, num bw & col ills, maps. Or green cloth titled in gilt to spine, map of Australia in blind to front of each volume. Minor toning/foxing to page edges. Spine of Volume I slightly concave, minor bump to top front corner of Volume II. Angus & Robertson were proud that this set was entirely written and produced in Australia. Along with expected history, geography, nature and other usual subjects there is considerable content on the Aborigines and their languages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Sydney: D.S. Ford (printers), 1961. 2 parts-complete. 76, 56pp, notes, bw ills. Yellow textured card. Very slight edge wear to yapped (overhanging) edges Edition limited to 135 copies signed and numbered by Mackaness (both parts #16. Gates was one of the Canadian Patriots (Exiles) who as a result of a series of abortive uprisings against the authorities in Canada were deported in 1839 to Tasmania and New South Wales. . Signed by Editor. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: D.S. Ford (printers), 1959. 3 parts-complete. 59, 59, 60pp, notes, bw ills. Brown textured card. Slight edge wear to yapped (overhanging) edgesEdition limited to 135 copies signed and numbered by Mackaness (Part I #94, Part II #88, Part III #80).. Signed by Editor. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: UNSW Press, 2012. xxii, 298pp, index, notes, col ills, map. Pictorial card. Light edge wear, light even toning to page edges. The stories of three aboriginal convicts among the 130 transported to or within the Australian penal colonies. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2009. viii, 400pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills, map. Pictorial card. Near new. The history of Australia from European settlement from the standpoint of the original inhabitants.. Revised Fourth Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1961. xviii, 262pp, bw ills, endpaper maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Slight wear to flap folds, light edge wear to jacket, icm tear to rear panel, s small holes on rear panel adjacent to spine. Presents much nice rthan it sounds. Travel and history from Goulburn to the Snowy Mountains.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: Queensberry Hill Press, 1978. 290pp, index, frontis portrait. Or cloth with black leather spine and corners (half-leather), in slipcase. Top edge gilt. Near new. Deluxe issue in half black Morrocco by Dove Bindery. #5 of only 7 copies. The experiences of a Victorian pioneer from 1842 originally published in 20 parts during the 1880s.. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Slipcase. 8vo.

Adelaide: Rigby, 1973. 171pp, bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Some foxing to page edges. Experiences of a free emigrant to Tasmania from 1817.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Newsouth Publishing, 2013. x, 309pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills. Or red boards in jacket. Near new. In August 1940 a Hudson bomber carrying three cabinet ministers crashes into a ridge near Canberra. The nation loses its key war leaders- and Robert Menzies' closest supporters- Geoffrey Smart, Sir Henry Gullert and James Fairbairn. The author recreates one of the most tense moments in Australian history.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Hobart: Cat & Fiddle Press, 1977. xv, 173pp, index, bibliography, notes/references, appendices, endpaper maps. red cloth in jacket. Near new. Edition limited to 750 signed and numbered copies of which this #376. . Signed by Author. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1979. xiv, 714pp, index, bibliography, references, appendices, bw ills. Or card. Slight bend at bottom front corner, some fading to spine, some light tonong/marks to page edges. Biography of 3-time Prime Minister of Australia.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Armidale: Armidale and District Historical Society, 1978. xiii, 190pp, bw ills, foornotes, references. Or olive card. Very slight edge wear. Collection of articles, mainly on the history of the New England region of New South Wales. Includes railways, Armidale, Tenterfield, Tamworth and more.. Periodical. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Brisbane: Amphion Press, 1996. xviii, 245pp, index, appendices, notes/references, bw ills. Or glossy boards in jacket. Some foxing to page edges otherwise excellent. Military medicine in Queensland prior to 1901.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1979. xii, 290pp, index, bibliography, appendices, few bw ills, maps. Or red cloth in jacket. Prev owners anme on front free endpaper. Jacket damp stained, torn and chipped at base of spine, short tear to front flap fold. The army in colonial Australia from 1840-1850.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

Sydney: Woodslane, 2009. xv, 296pp, index, notes, bw & col ills. Or boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket. Biography of Phillip covering his whole life but with particular focus on his surprising selection for the role of Governor, the preparation for the First Fleet, the journey from England, the establishment of the colony and Phillip's governorship.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Nedlands, WA: University of Western Australia, 1988. xvi, 464pp, few bw ills, maps, endpaper maps, glossaries. Or red glossy boards titled in gold. As new. Includes sections on Chinese, Japanese, Afghan and Indian, Filipino and Malay immigrants to colonial Western Australia as well as South Sea Islanders and West Indians.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Sydney: New Holland, 2010. 224pp, endnotes, few bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or cloth in jacket. Near new. For five long years Eileen and Ken MacFarlane wrote to each other at least one-sometimes seven times- a weekEileen's letters bring to life the Australian Home Front. Ken's describe hard work occasionally punctuated by weekend leave spent in Middle Eastern cities. Underlying is a deep love and longing to be reunited. The best of their letters are here reproduced.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.