Agriculture, Farming, Gardening from Lawrence Jones

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1993. HEAVY. xiii, 352pp, index, glossary, bibliography, hundreds col photos, maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket, Essential reference to plants of the Leptospermum alliance in Australia. All belonging to the Family Myrtaceae these include bottlebrushes, tea trees and paperbarks, this definitive guide covers 17 genera of the family in detail. Hundreds… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney: NSW University of Technology, 1955. 337pp,. Later green cloth library style binding. Title page provided in facsimile. Light toning to pages. A quite extensive socio-economic history of the pearling industry in Australia including Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Thursday Island and the Torres Strait. Considerable attention given to labour issues, Japanese involvement. Crudely produced with typed/stencilled text.. First Edition.… Ler mais sobre este item

Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2002. viii, 200pp, index, col ills, CD-ROM in pocket at rear. Pictorial card. Narrow faded band at front right of cover. SCARM Report 81. The campaign to eradicate the papaya fruit fly from north Queensland from the first discovery in 1995 to the 1999 declaration of complete eradication.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.

Brisbane: Queensland Beef Industry Institute, 1998. v, 228pp, index, tables. Pictorial card. Ex-government department library with usual stamps/labels/card pocket etc (inc cancelled stamp), otherwise excellent.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Ex-Library.

Melbourne: Inkata Press., 1973. xi, 300pp, index, glossary, num bw & col ills, maps. Or olive boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, small bookseller label on front pastedown. The book begins with the history of noxious weeds legislation in 1856, the Thistle Act of 1890 and continuing up to the current Act. Seperate chapters deal with the principles… Ler mais sobre este item

Brisbane: Department of Primary Industries, 1997. viii, 135pp, references, tables. Pictorial card. Ex-government department library with usual labels, stamps etc (inc cancelled stamp). . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 4to. Ex-Library.

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1949. 320pp, index, 8 col plates, 40 bw ills. Green cloth in textured jacket with laid on colour illustration. Slight wear to board edges, some foxing to page edges and prelims, small bookseller label on front pastedown. Jacket price clipped. A nice copy.. Third Edition, Second Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Leonard Hill [Books] Limited, 1965. xxiii, 419pp, index, glossary, appendices, bibliography, tables, bw & col ills, maps. Green cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with tape stains to flaps, light rubbing and 1cm tear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large 8vo.

Koln: Taschen, 1999. HEAVY. 237pp, references, notes, num col ills. Green boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, light foxing to top edge.. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Brisbane: Centenary Suburbs Historical Society, 2013. v, 103pp, index, bw ills, maps, chronology. Pictorial card. Near new. . Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1999. HEAVY. 208pp, index, gazetteer, appendices, num col ills. Blue cloth in jacket. Bookseller label on front pastedown, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims.. First UK Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 1994. v, 90pp, maps, bibliography, endnotes, bw drawings. Pictorial pale green laminated boards. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. SIGNED with non-personalised dated inscription on blank opposite title page. Local history of the small sugar town of Walkerston, about 15 miles from Mackay in Queensland.. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. Limited First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Ler mais sobre este item

Brisbane: Centenary Suburbs Historical Society, 2011. vi, 316pp, index, num bw ills, maps, charts, genealogical charts, chronologies.. Pictorial card. Minor stain on inside of front cover and title page (apparently from a bug being squished), otherwise very light edge wear to cover. A comprehensive study of pioneering farmers in the region with plenty of biographical detail.. Second Edition. Soft Cover.… Ler mais sobre este item

Melbourne: CSIRO, 1989. HEAVY. xvi, 687pp, colour plates, num b/w photos, line drawings, references, glossary, index, distribution maps. Minor edge wear to jacket, 3 letters written on front free endpaper. Brown cloth in jacket. In this fourth edition, 223 of the most important indigenous trees are described and illustrated from a wide range of forests including mangrove swamps,… Ler mais sobre este item

Winton: Winton Shire Council, 2005. HEAVY. xii, 308pp, index,6 appendices, timeline, num sepia photographs, pictorial endpapers. or pictorial laminated boards in jacket. Ex-government department with single stamp and handwritten office location on half-title. Very slight edge wear to jacket. Superbly produced local history of Winton, Western Queensland. A major sheep grazing area which includes the opal producing town of Opalton..… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney: Australasian Book Society, 1967. 167pp, bw ills. Green cloth in jacket. Jacket faded on spine, rubbed at folds and with several short tears. A presentation/gift note on front free endpaper, page edges and endpapers foxed. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Bundaberg: Bundaberg Sugar Company Limited, 1983. vii, 160pp, index, bibliography, num bw ills, map. Pictorial card. Bumped and creased at bottom front corner, otherwise moderate edge wear to cover, minor stain to edge of last few pages. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Jakarta: Balai Pustaka, 1987. VERY HEAVY. xvi, 716pp, index, glossary, line drawings, map. Green cloth in jacket. Jacket moderately edgewrorn with several tears, minor foxing to page edges. SIGNED with complimetns of the author (Kostemans) on front free endpapers. Describes 265 weeds of concern to the rice industry in Indonesia. Excursions undertaken in Java, Madura, South/West and East Sumatra, Toba… Ler mais sobre este item

Adelaide: The Author, 1986. 131pp, map, bw & col ills, pictorial endpapers. Pictorial glossy boards. Light foxing. Local history of Nor' West Bend on the Murray River in South Australia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. Small 4to.

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1977. xv, 368pp, index, maps, bibliography, appendices, line drawings throughout, endpaper maps + 8pp supplement loosely inserted. Blue boards in jacket. Jacket a little edgeworn with tear at bottom of rear spine fold with associated crease, spine toned, several short tears and small chips. Prev owner name on front pastedown. More than 200 species covered… Ler mais sobre este item