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Lond. Sampson, Low, Marston &c., 1880. Rebound in half leather. x,424;x,406pp. Four fine colour plates of New Guinea birds, numerous b/w plates and b/w.ills. in the text. Large folding map at the end of vol.2. Some foxing else a very good copy. 1st ed. Very Scarce. The set. D'Albertis was an Italian naturalist and explorer who in 1875, charted the Fly River in Papua New Guinea. During this, he was involved in skirmishes with the various

Lond. Allen Lane., 1967.. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. (spine yellowed) 226pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Very Good copy. 1st ed. A tribute to Spain, its bulls & bullfighting.

Vienna., 1991.. Folio. Or.cl. Dustjacket. unpag. (c.120pp.) Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Very Good copy. 1st ed. An international exhibition of the work of the artist.

Melb. Heinemann., 1986.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 269pp. Fine. 1st ed.

Lond. T & H., 1981.. Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 191pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Fine. 1st UK ed. A definitive book on the band, containing hundreds of rare photographs.

Melb. Thomas Nelson Australia., 1987.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 154pp. Col plates & b/w ills. Dj a little torn else a good copy. 1st ed. Leadlighting, or stained glass, has been used as a decorative fature in houses since Victorian times, & has enjoyed a modern revival. This book contains design templates & examples.

Lond. Phaidon., 1995.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 239pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Fine. 1st ed. Examines the Moorish style in architecture & design from its origins in the Islamic world to its contemporary manifestation in Western architecture.

Syd. Vintage., 2011.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 363pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed.

Lond. Constable., 1972.. (new ed.) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 345pp. b/w frontispiece. Very good copy. Edward VII's accession to the throne of England came so late in his life that he was always remembered as The Prince of Wales. His corronation marked the end of the Victorian era & its puritanism.

n.p. The Author., 1989.. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 225pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.

Chippendale. The Melaleuca Press., 1985.. 4to. Col.ill.bds. 366pp. (sl foxing) pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. Inscribed by the author. Mike Darlow makes his living out of woodturning, & presents a how & why guide to woodturning in a simple style that a novice will be able to understand. A how to guide to working with wood lathes.

N.Y. Coward, McCann & Georghegan., 1975.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 288pp. (some foxing) to top, foredge & endpapers. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Lady Ottoline Morrell was model for D. H. Lawrence, confidante of Lytton Strachey, & mistress to Bertrand Russell, Augustus John & Henry Lamb.

Lond. John Murray., 1880.. Or.cl. xxi,458pp. Fold-out chart. Cloth sl.worn on the corners & at head and tail of spine else a very good copy. Very Scarce. Freeman 117. This is a later impression of the first printing of what is the last edition of this famous work to which Darwin made changes. The word "evolution" occurs here (p.201 & p.424) for the first time in the work. Very Scarce.

N.Y. Prometheus Books., 1998.. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 698pp. Very good copy. b/w ills. In The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin focused special attention on the origin & history of our own species, a subject he had avoided in his previous writings on evolution.

Bendigo. Crown Castleton Publ., 1998.. 4to. Or.Col.Ill.wrapps. 56pp. Some col & many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Very Scarce. The history of Pates Potteries Sydney, a company that produced a wide range of colourful artware in the late 1940's through to the 1960s.

Galesburg,ILL. John S. Davenport., 1972.. Or.cl. 186pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. The large-size silver coins issued by the Dukes of Brunswick enjoyed great popularity among coin collectors as early as the beginning of the 18th century when coin colecting was still in its infancy.

Syd. UNSW Press., 2008.. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 402pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author and also signed by Doug Anthony and Larry Anthony. Paul Davey traces the evolution of the National Party of Australia, from the unique perspective of the Anthony dynasty. Hubert, Doug, & Larry Anthony were all elected to the House of Representatives.

Leichhardt. The Federation Press., 2006.. Or.vinyl. Dustjacket. 530pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the author. An insider's account of the NSW National Party, from its foundation in 1919, as a Progressive Party, to the contemporary era under the leadership of Andrew Stoner.

Syd. Doubleday Books., 1991.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 240pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. 1st ed. The Cook's Room presents an eclectic look at the many & varied traditional kitchens from around the world. From Bavaria to Provence, Russia to Australia, from the first kitches to more modern ones.

Lond. Putnam., 1982.. (Revised) Or.cl. Dustjacket. (price-clipped) 746pp. b/w ills. Near Fine.