Australasia from JimsOldBooks

London: William Heinemann, 1948. Some creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping and shelf-wear to spine ends and corners of red boards, original owner's gift message (Xmas 1948) on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A childrens story dealing with an English boy travelling in the Bush country of… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney, Australia: Angus and Robertson, 1967. Ex library copy with mark on rev of dustwrapper were a paper label has been, paper label inside front board and mark on facing page where another one has been, in stamp on f/ep, title page and rev. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, spine has faded from orange to a greyish… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1963. Creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also some small bits missing along top edge, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, original owner's name on f/ep, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's impressions of the south… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney, Australia: Collins, 1984. Slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the settlement of the Gippsland area of Victoria in the mid nineteenth century, mainly by emigrants from the Scottish highlands. 214pp, b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over… Ler mais sobre este item

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1985. Some fading to spine, minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, a fold to first two pages, a handwritten note re one of the contributors on page vii, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Contains papers originally given at the First… Ler mais sobre este item

Kilmarnock: Dunlop & Drennan, 1896. No dustwrapper, some wear to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-covered boards, a crack to the lower corner of back cover, old damp-staining to outer edges of both front and back covers, otherwise still a not too bad, tight copy, with black titles on front and spine still clear. The author's account of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Readers Union, 1964. Readers Union edition from 1964. Minor creasing to edges of dustwrapper, some red marks on front and back panels: this would be due to the next book on previous owner's bookshelf rubbing againt it. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Slightly misleading title: the book deals with the author's… Ler mais sobre este item

Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin Books, 1992. A crease to the spine and some fading to same, some yellowing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this paperback book. The author's account of her childhood in remote rural Victoria (Australia) in the years before WW2. 191pp, 8pp b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" -… Ler mais sobre este item

Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing, 2007. A crease to the lower corner of the back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A collection of twenty short stories by the author, mostly set in Australia. Signed by the author on title page ''Barbara Yates Rothwell, Yanchep 2008''. … Ler mais sobre este item

Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing, 2004. Some creasing to the corners but none to the spine, some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover novel. The story, set in Australia, involves a man writing his family history and discovering the secrets about his grandparents, a pair of eccentric artists living with their… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson Ltd, 1950. Ex library copy with paper label inside front board and on facing page, ink stamp on f/ep, title page and on top edge of pages, number label on spine of unclipped dustwrapper, gilt library emblem on front board, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at Australian fiction from… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. No dustwrapper, bumping to spine ends and corners of red-and-black cloth-covered boards, original owner's name and date (July 1929) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Based on a manuscript written in the 1840s by a James Tucker, the book deals with convict life in Australia in the early nineteenth… Ler mais sobre este item

Wellington, NZ: Victoria University Press, 1979. Some small tears and creasing to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, some foxing to outer pages, previous owner's label on title page, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the Maori leader Rua Kenana who, in the early 1900s founded a community at Maungapohatu in the… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1963. Ex library copy. Some creasing and small tears to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, also a mark on the back of same where paper label has been removed, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover novel set in New Zealand in the… Ler mais sobre este item

St Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 1994. Paperback edition. A bookseller's ink stamp (from Alice Springs) on title page, also some numbers in ink. Otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book dealing with the treatment of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia from the arrival of the First… Ler mais sobre este item

Warrnambool, Victoria: Christ Church Vestry, 1987. A good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book dealing with the history of the Anglican ''Christ Church'' at Warrnambool, Victoria from the mid nineteenth century to the 1980s. 132pp, some b&w illustrations.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Ler mais sobre este item

Wendouree: Ballarat and Queens Grammar School Parents and Friends Association, 1974. Minor creasing to the eges of the unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with the public, commercial and domestic buildings of interest in Ballarat, western Victoria. Signed by the authors on rev of front endpaper ''To ... / With Best Wishes… Ler mais sobre este item