Search Results: Australiana from Lems Bookshop

A unique record preserving the stories of Aboriginal people providing a vital and fascinating insight into Aboriginal lives and cultural traditions. 113 pages including 45 pages of colour photos. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.

Thirty pages of text on the background and life of Pro Hart followed reproductions of his paintings forming a valuable segment of art history. 143 pages with 91 colour illustrations. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker and stamp on first page, stamp on last page, stamp and references on back endpaper, borrowing sleeve remnants inside back cover. Dust jacket in good condition with sticker on spine, tear top back, some knocks and chips, and small fold to flaps.

The Australian seas marine fish south of 30 degrees south are identified, shown in their natural habitat with a distribution map. 302 pages with almost 300 colour photographs. Book in very good condition and would have been higher if not for wear and marks to cover (see photos). No dust jacket.

Signed by the author this book discusses Australian frogs in detail including tables cataloguing the form of frog spawn in each genus, their dietary studies, and the effect on frogs of herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and heavy metals. 220 pages with 48 colour plates, 21 tables and 64 figures. Book in as new condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition.

The Beauty of Australia by Australian Artists. The best known aspects of the Australian landscape are depicted by leading painters and explored by the author. 80 pages with 64 colour illustrations and endpaper picture. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition

Over 150 years of decorative crafts, furniture, jewellery, pottery, coins and bottles. Shows have been the decorative trends and designs of a developing nation with a passion for all things Australian. A reference book for collectors but also an unusual and vivid pictorial guide to the furniture and objects that in their way are all part of Australia's cultural heritage. 144 pages with over 200 photographs many in colour. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

27 plates in colour by notable Australian artists with descriptive article by Ernestine Hill. Book in good- condition with birthday greeting on first page, water staining and some rippling on all pages mainly top half. Plates are not overly affected except first and last plates stuck to adjoining page. Cover has water stains. Dust jacket in good- condition with parts missing from spine, some tears and wear to edges and folds to inside ends. This is a small book and postage reduced in Australia.

27 plates painted by Australian artists, edited by Sydney Ure Smith and text by Dora Birtles. Book in very good condition with minor foxing on first and last pages. Dust jacket in good- condition with front and back coming away from spine, Christmas greeting on inside front, one large and several small tears, damage bottom front, wear to edges, two fold lines on back and small green sticker on front 9see photo). This is a small book so postage reduced in Australia.

27 plates painted by Australian artists, edited by Sydney Ure Smith and text by Dora Birtles. Book in very good+ condition. Dust jacket in good condition with 2 pieces missing on front (see photo) and one small piece on back top, four small tears and wear to edges. This is a small book and postage reduced in Australia.

Thirty six poems and paintings of Australia selected by the author. 80 pages with 36 colour illustrations. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition.

55 Australian true crime stories. 329 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Book in near fine condition.

1st Birthday Souvenir. 182 pages with various articles including one by Max Harris, the Playmate of the month and the Playmate Roundup - a pictorial look at the first year's centrefolds. 32 pages of colour nudes. Magazine in near fine condition.

The first colour guide to the sea fishes of southern Australia describing one third of Australia's marine fish families which are shown in their natural habitat with identification as accurate as possible. 302 pages with almost 300 colour photographs. Book in very good condition ex library stamp and sticker on back endpaper together with remnants of lending sleave. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on back..

Poems of Banjo Paterson selected by Margaret Olds. Illustrated with Australian Landscape paintings. 52 pages with 15 colour and 7 black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition. This is a small book and postage reduced in Australia if tracking not needed.

The author tells of her adventures travelling Australia and the stories she heard along the way. 180 pages with 39 black and white photographs. Book in good+ condition ex library with sticker remnants on front and back endpapers, stamp on publishing page, minor foxing, some reader wear to edges and light tanning. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back and chips top and bottom spine.

An accurate and beautiful bird identification guide of every bird species in Australia. Nicolas Day's paintings are models of precision and detail and these are combined with Ken Simpson's edited field information and drawings and distribution maps. Also includes a 70 page Handbook on bird behaviour, feeding and breeding habits. 352 pages with over 2,000 painted colour images on 128 plates. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition. Birthday greeting to previous owner on first page. Small tear on bottom left front and bottom left back cover.This is a large book but no additional postage in Australia.

The author draws on the world's largest boomerang collection housed at the South Australian Museum to describe the boomerang's traditional uses and its more recent flight into western culture - a comprehensive survey of a traditional artefact. 134 pages with numerous colour illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition with faint mark on back cover.

$30 An Alexander Bunyip Book. Selfish Brother Bert comes to stay at the Billabong. 28 pages with colour illustrations on all. Book in very good condition with previous owners name top title pages and 12cm tear to title page against spine. Also have 2 other books in the series- $40 The Bush Fire - very good+ condition $25 The Birthday Party - good+ condition as last page torn but repaired Three for $75 posted together. No additional postage in Australia. Contact me if interested in only 1 or 2 books.

A work of fiction based on the story of William Buckley, a convict who ran away from a settlement on the shores of Port Philip in south-east Australia, in 1803. For nearly 32 years he lived among the tribes of the district. He survived to greet the founders of the city of Melbourne and to suffer savage disillusionment over his deliverance. 288 pages. Book in good+ condition with previous owners sticker on cover (see photo).

Celebrating the colourful, creative and amazing people who make Australia unique - 28 Australian Country Characters. 299 pages with black and white photographs throughout the text. Book in very good+ condition.