Australasia
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Over the Range
by Ion L Idriess
Over the Range is a 1937 book by Australian author Ion L. Idriess. It tells the story of a police patrol in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1933. The patrol, led by Constable Laurie O'Neill, is tasked with tracking down a group of cattle spearers who have been terrorizing the region.The patrol travels through some of the most remote and rugged terrain in Australia. They face heat, thirst, and danger at every turn. Along the way, they encounter Aboriginal people, wild animals, and the harsh...
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Tracks
by Robyn Davidson
Robyn Davidson was born in Queensland, Australia, and is the author of Tracks, the extraordinary account of her 1,700-mile journey across Australia with four camels, which won the 1980 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and became a film in 2013. She has written extensively for National Geographic and other magazines, and is also the author of Desert Places, the novel Ancestors, and the essay collection Travelling Light. Ms. Davidson lives in London, India, and Australia.
Australasia Books & Ephemera
Crombie to Burton: Early New Zealand Photography
by Michael Graham-Stewart; John Gow; John Leech Gallery
Auckland: John Leech Gallery, 2010. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Oblong. 79 pages, b/w photos. Catalogue to accompany the exhibition "Crombie to Burton : early New Zealand photography" held at the John Leech Gallery in 2010. Photographers include John Crombie, George Valentine, Burton Brothers, John Kinder, Elisabeth Pulman, Daniel Mundy, James Bragge and Herbert Deveril. This exhibition focused on the main nineteenth century New Zealand photographers who traversed the country in difficult...
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NZ$65.15
Australia's Wild Places
by Roger McDonald
National Library of Australia, 2010. Reprint. Hardcover (Printed Boards). As New. Australia's Wild Places celebrates the Australian landscape photographers whose works capture and encapsulate the essence of their country. From the drama of bush scapes to the untouched rocky crags of Western Australia and the serenity of the Tasmanian rainforest, the works collected here trace the development of photogrpahy and a nation's environmental awareness from the early 1800s to the present day....
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NZ$27.54
Victims of Justice: The Australian Convicts
by Donley, R.J.R
Adelaide: Rigby Limited. 1978. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Light age-toing to covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 88pages. . Softcover.
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NZ$13.22
The Colonial Magazine and Commercial-Maritime Journal
by Martin, Robert M., edit
London: Fisher Son, 1841. Hardcover. Very good. Articles include one on Western Australia, with great detail for emigration, giving land grants, prices per acre, outputs (p22-36) ; two on aborigines of Western Australia by George Fletcher Moore, one on California & Oregon, one on Van Diemen's land, one on Washington DC & Baltimore, Madagascar, Jamaica, India & the China Company. Nd. (August 1841) Vol. 5 only. 8vo, 512pp, woodblock ills. in text. Half green calf & marbled board, raised bands, gilt title...
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NZ$600.11
What Australia is doing for her returned Soldiers. Pamphlet
by MIllen, E.D
Melbourne: H.J. Green, Govt. Printer, 1918. Staplebound. Good + overall. A pamphlet outlining what is available to WWI returned servicemen. Millen was the Minister for Repatriation. "Sailors and Soldiers of Australia ... the nation clearly recognizes its obligation to you who have fought in defence of the Empire..." Lg 8vo, 8pp, pamphlet, published in green and black, with title and map of Australia on front cover, picture of golden wattle on back cover. Some fox spotting on exterior, horizontal fold...
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NZ$154.31
THEN AND NOW. Celebrating 150 years of Mackay's History 1862 - 2012
Published by Mackay Regional Council, 2012. Oblong 8vo. pp.138 with colour and black & white photographs. small crease in rear wrapper else very good in original softcover.
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NZ$40.76
The Moods of Ginger Mick
by Dennis, C.J
Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1982. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket in a Very Good slipcase. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Illustrated with full page colour and black & white illustrations by Hal Gye. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 151 pages. First published in 1916. . Revised Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$22.03
FIFTY YEARS OF ROTARY IN WARRAGUL 1938-1988
by Randall, Alan
Warragul, Victoria, Australia: Rotary Club of Warragul, 1987. x, + 94pp. Intext, b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm backstrip. Plain, original blue cloth boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour-art illustrated ('Gippsland Rural Scene', Tom Bishop, no date) dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. This book tells the story of a proud service club, Rotary Club of Warragul, from its beginnings in 1938 . . . Contents include: Prelims.,...
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NZ$24.24
Photograph of woman, early 20th century.
by Parer, Damien
Melbourne: Damien Parer, nd. photograph. G. Good condition, backing foxed, small chips to photograph./No Jacket. Photograph 15 cm x 21 cm.
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NZ$165.24
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Ink from the Bottlebrush: Writings from Sutherland Shire [The Australian Bicentenary]
by Laurel Dumbrell [Editor]
Sutherland Shire Council , Australia, 1987. Softcover. Good Condition. A collection of short stories, poems, articles and pictures, edited by Lauren Dumbrell. This book offers glimpses into the unique growth of Sutherland Shire, a southern Sydney shire, as seen through the eyes of its writer-residents. Celebrates the Australian bicentenary in 1988. 144 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Australian; Essays & Literary Criticism; ISBN: 0959005668. ISBN/EAN:...
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NZ$16.52
Poems of Banjo Paterson
by Banjo Paterson
Banjo Paterson is a symbol of the outback for most Australians - his 41 poems capture the spirit of the bush people, celebrate the vast distances and the harsh and beautiful places. Pro Hart's paintings reflect the moods of the poems. 136 pages with 50 colour illustrations. Book in near fine condition with previous owners name on front endpaper. Dust jacket in very good condition with chips and dents top and bottom spine and minor wear.
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NZ$16.52
The Empire's Strength poster series. "Do You Know That Australia is the world's greatest exporter of wool...These Are The Sinews of War"
by Henderson, Keith, artist
London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1940. Attractive poster promoting Australian wool during World War II. Handsome image of a row of shearers, the first of whom is looking up towards you while shearing, with wool scattered around. Keith Henderson worked as a graphic artist for the Empire Marketing Board, from the 1920's. This is a lovely example of his work, with a great Australian connection. Three light fold lines o/w fine, bright condition. Text reads "Do you know that Australia is the world's greatest...
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NZ$2,057.52
Tales of Two Hemispheres
by Peter Conrad
The author delivers the 2004 Boyer Lectures on re-discovering and appreciating anew the qualities that make Australia unique and an object of desire in an increasingly globalised world. 163 pages. Book in very good- condition ex library with stamps on front and back inside cover and last page. Cover in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.
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NZ$13.22
The Colonial Magazine and Commercial-Maritime Journal
by Martin, Robert M., edit
London: Fisher Son, 1841. Hardcover. Very good. Articles include one on Western Australia - The Dispersion System of Colonization, and Uniform Price of All Lands Examined, with great detail for emigration, giving land grants, prices per acre, outputs (p22-36) ; Australasian Islands (New Hebrides); The China Expedition - Extension of Commerce with China (Hong Kong); Present State of Sydney, NSW; two on aborigines of Western Australia by George Fletcher Moore, one on California & Oregon, one on Van...
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NZ$471.52
Tasmanian Photographers 1840-1940. A Directory
by Long, Chris; and Winter, Gillian
Hobart: Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 1995. Quarto. xx, 130 pages. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Minor waterstains. Pictorial card wrappers. Errata page loosely inserted. Scarce.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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NZ$82.62
My Feral Australians. Windy Tales from Down-Under
by Burry, J.Neil
Adelaide: Published by Author. 2010. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. 122 pages. Migrants from Britain to Australia in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries came with various forms of historical consciousness or accumulated historical memories, imparted by the education they had received. They also came with religious traditions. The original colonists in 1788 occupied a land that they considered belonged to nobody. The Aborigines who occupied this land had a civilisation based on...
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NZ$27.54
THEY ALL HAD A HEART OF GOLD. A Quilting Tribute to Conondale's Pioneer Women
by FLEITER, Mary
Maleny: Published by The Author, nd. Tall 4to. pp. 62. profusely illustrated in colour and sepia. Original decorated pictorial quality softcover.,Fine.
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NZ$38.56
Australia's National Collections
by Clem Lloyd & Peter Sekuless
Cassell Australia, Australia, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. This book examines the development of Australia's collections in museums of science, history and art. Illustrations have been carefully chosen to represent the character and history of the collections. Bottom of boards rubbed from shelf wear. 320 pages. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art; Art & Design; ISBN: 0726950319. ISBN/EAN: 9780726950315....
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NZ$22.03
DOUBTS AND CERTAINTIES. A Life of Alexander Leeper
by POYNTER, John
Royal 8vo. pp.xv + 505 with black & white illustrations, bibliography, index. Black cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. A fine copy. Irish born Alexander Leeper arrived in Melbourne in 1869. He fought against Home Rule, for conscription, he challenged Archbishop Mannix, thwarted Marshall-Hall, opposed a High-Church cabal, championed classical scholarship, established Melbourne University's Trinity College and presided over the National Gallery of Victoria.
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NZ$38.56
Castaway on the Auckland Isles: Narrative of the Wreck of the "Grafton"..
by Musgrave, Capt. Thomas
Hardcover. Edit. by John J. Shillinglaw. Lockwood & Co, London 1866, 1st UK edition. Sml. 8vo, 174pp, (2), 16pp ads, woodcut frontis portrait, folding map. Orig. blue gilt cloth. Bit rubbed & dusty, g+. Not in Spence, Ferguson 13031. Musgrave's ship ran aground in the Auckland Islands in 1864. After 20 months on the island, the author & some of his men sailed a 13 foot dinghy to New Zealand where they dispatched a ship for the rest of the crew. (Shades of Shackleton and "Endurance"!) A wonderful...
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NZ$248.62
Queenstown, New Zealand
by [Postcard] Willis, A. D., lithographer
Wanganui, New Zealand. Very good overall. Updated chromolithograph post card version of Willis' famous 1889 view of Queenstown. With a printed verso, "Issued by the New Zealand Government" and a scene 'Mt. Earnslaw, head of Lake Wakatipu". Stamped and posted 1904; the card printed ca. 1895.
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NZ$214.32
Australian Ambassador: International relations at first hand
by Crocker, W.R
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 1971. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ a little rubbed at edges. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 211 pages.. A personal account of international relations since World War Two. The author was an Australian diplomat of some note. . Reprint. Hardback.
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NZ$22.03
GIFT OF ORDE POYTON
by Kinsman, Jane
Canberra: National Gallery of Australia. Fine. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0642541590 . A Catalogue of an exhibition that pays tribute to the unprecedented bequest by Orde Poynton to the international prints, drawings and books department of the National Gallery of Australia. ; 270 x 190mm; 72 pages .
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NZ$27.54
The Tale of a Kangaroo - Sheet Music
by Pixley, Frank (words), music by Gustav Luders
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1900. Very good condition. Sheet music "Now Ready 'The Tale of a Kangaroo' Two-Step. Sung in the Successful Musical Comedy 'The Burgomaster'". 10 1/4 x 13", attractive graphic on cover of a kangaroo, with art nouveau style flourishes, printed in green & brown. Disbound from a volume, with two small perforations at left side.
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NZ$128.60
