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10744 Clifton, Emily K. Alverstoke Self published Good. The covers have been wraped in a clear covering-tape. The previous owner , a relative of the author, has an ink notation on the title page, in the margin of another page and one page has ink underlining. 1981 paperback with 145 pages and b&w photos. Australia, history. ISBN 0864450249 Australia, history. $20

10041 Eames, Jim Reshaping Australia's Aviation Landscape The Federal Airports Corporation 1986-1998 Federal Airports Corporation Very good to fine with faint shelf wear. In a very good lightly shelfworn dust wrapper. 1998 hardback, with 143 pages, b&w photos, bibliography and reference. ISBN 1-875359-47-8 Australia, aviation. $14

2457 Chatwin, Bruce The Songlines Franklin Library !987 first edition with 293 pages, full leather binding , signed by Chatwin Fine with one folded page corner. Australia, Aborigines, Songlines. $60

8616 Mountford, Charles P. Records Of The American-Australian Scientific Expedition To Arnhem Land 3 Botany And Plant Ecology Melbourne University Press 1956 7X9.5 inches with 522 pages, illustrations, index. Fair. Worn, Ex-Library. Spine Library #'s in gilt, label inside, no pocket, large stamp on bottom edges of pages, covers soiled. Contents good. No dust wrapper. Australia, Arnhem Land, Aborigine, History. Botany, Plant Ecology. $50

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6184 Anon The Australian Lapidary Magazine Volume 2, Number 5. November, 1965 The Australian Lapidary Magazine 1965 Good with light shelf wear and soiling. A small piece missing from the back cover. Australia, Lapidary.... $5

9799 Armstrong, Louise B. Christmas In Summer Vantage Press 1974 with 201 pages with a 5 line inscription by the author. Very good with light shelf wear. Autobiography, Louise B. Armstrong, Travel, Australia, New Zealand. Autobiography, Louise B. Armstrong, Travel, Australia, New Zealand. ISBN 533-00828-X $18

1319 Australian Universities Press Australia the Island Continent Australian Universities Press 1970 with 56 pages of mostly color photos. 8 by 11 inches. Fair to good, spine worn, corners bumped, musty, in a fair dust wrapper. Australia $7

8372 Baker, Sidney J. The Drum Australian Character And Slang Currawong Publishing 1961 2nd edition with 158 pages. Very good. In a worn dust wrapper. Australia, Slang, dictionary. $10

3927 Barrett, Charles Isle of Mountains Roaming Through Tasmania Cassell & Company Circa 1946 with 263 pages, mostly b&w photos and an index. Fair. Spine faded, top of back cover faded, shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Tasmania, Australia $12

5124 Bayley, William A. Border City History of Albury New South Wales Albury City Council 1976 revised edition with b&w photos, 239 pages and an index. Good to very good with light shelf wear, in a good dust wrapper. Australia $14

4339 Berndt, Ronald M. and Catherine H. Berndt The World of the First Australians An Introduction to the traditional Life of the Australian Aborigines Ure Smith 1968 first paperback edition with 509 pages, b&w photos, bibliography and index. Fair. Shelf wear, back cover very soiled, some pages have stains and 5 pages have orange hylighter. Australia, Aborigines, Anthropology. $20

8991 Birman, Wendy Gregory Of Rainworth An Man In His Time University of Western Australia Press 1979 with 296 pages, endpaper maps, illustrations and an index. Very Good. In a good lightly worn dust wrapper. Australia, Biography, Sir Augustus Gregory, Explorer, History. ISBN 0-85564-165-7 $18

1055 Birtles, Dora North-West by North Beacon Press 1985 paper back reprint of 1935 with 433 pages, b&w photos, maps. Fine. Travel, Australia, New Guinea, Singapore $12

1318 Burt, Jocelyn, and Eric Jensen Melbourne in Colour Rigby 1972 with 32 pages of mostly color photos. 7 by 10 inches Very good in a good dust wrapper. Australia, Melbourne $8

6388 Burton, Barbara The Koala Lansdowne Press No date oblong hardback with color photos. Good. Some shelf wear and soiling. No dust wrapper. Koala, Australia, Young Nature Library. $10

8649 Conigrave, C. Price Walk - About J. M. Dent 1938 with 250 pages, b&w photos by the author and an index. Good. Light shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Australia $25

2397 Dunning, Mary Parker Mrs. Marco Polo Remembers Houghton Mifflin Company 1968 first printing with 203 pages. Good with minor soiling and shelf wear. Travel, Japan, China, Singapore, Burma, India, Egypt, Middle East, Australia Africia, Thailand, Bali, Nepal, travels from 1908 till 1956. $15

981 Finkelstein , Dave and Jack London Greater Nowheres, a Journey Through the Australian Bush Harper and Row 1985 first with 313 pages and some illustrations and maps. Very good to fine in a very good dust wrapper. Travel, Australia, People, Places, Social Customs. $16

6530 Finkelstein , Dave and Jack London Greater Nowheres, a Journey Through the Australian Bush Harper and Row 1985 first with 313 pages and some illustrations and maps. Good in a very good dust wrapper. Travel, Australia, People, Places, Social Customs. $12

2384 Grattan, C. Hartley The Southwest Pacific Since 1900, A Modern History The University of Michigian Press 1963 with 759 pages, suggested reading, and an index. Very good. Southwest Pacific, South Seas, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica $10

2388 Grattan, C. Hartley The Southwest Pacific To 1900 The University of Michigan Press 1963 with 558 pages, suggested reading, index. Very good Southwest Pacific History, South Seas, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica $10

2255 Harris, Leila and Kilroy Australia Informative Classroom Picture Publishers 1944 paperback with 15 looseleaf plates, pictures, map. 8 by 10 inches. Good with shelf wear. Australia. $14

6488 Johnson, Howard A. Global Odyssey An Episcopalian's Encounter with the Anglican Communion in Eighty Countries Harper & Row Good in a good dust wrapper. 1963 first edition hardback with 448 pages, b&w photos, bibliography, index, endpaper maps. Religion, Episcopalian, Anglican, Africa, South America, Australia, Japan, Korea, China, India, etc. Religion, Episcopalian, Anglican, Africa, South America, Australia, Japan, Korea, China, India $14

566 Loving, Albert L. When I Put Out to Sea Herald Publishing House Very good in a fair dust wrapper. 1975 hardback with 216 pages. Autobiography, Australia, New Zealand, Sailing, Andes, South America. Australia, New Zealand, South America A member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, RLDS. Autobiography, Australia, New Zealand, Sailing, Andes, South America. Australia, New Zealand, South America, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, RLDS, missionary. $15

8123 Luck, Peter This Fabulous Century Lansdowne Press 1980, 8 X 11 inches with 399 pages, many illustrations and an index. Good to very good. Lightly bumped corners. Bottom of the spine shows slight wear. In a very good dust wrapper. Australia, History, etc. $15

466 McGregor, Craig The Great Barrier Reef Time-Life Books 1975, with 184 pages and excellent color photos. 9x10 inches. Good. One corner of cover worn. No dust wrapper. The Great Barrier Reef, Australia Australia $8

762 Moffitt, Ian The Australian Outback, Time Life Books Time Life Books Circa 1970? 184 pages with numerous photos, maps, 8 1/2 by 10 inches. Very good in a poor dust wrapper. Australian Outback Australia. $12

9470 Paterson, Banjo Banjo Paterson Selected Works Argus and Robertson/Bookworld 1992 7 X 10 inches with 216 pages. Very good in a very good dust wrapper. Print media, author, poet, Banjo Paterson, Australia. ISBN1-875481-24-9 Print media, author, poet, Banjo Paterson, Australia. ISBN1-875481-24-9 $15

474 Poignant, Axel Bush Walkabout Angus & Robertson 1972, with 60 pages, excellent b&w photos, end paper maps. 9x10 inches. Very good in a very good dust wrapper. A childrens book about aborigine children in Australia. Australia $15

478 Serventy, Vincent Southern Walkabout A.H. & A.W. Reed 1969 first with 160 pages, excellent color photos, end paper maps. 6x9 inches. Very good with light shelf wear. A poor dust wrapper. Caravan trip through southern Australia. Land Rover and trailer. Australia. Recreation Vehicle. Caravan trip through southern Australia. Land Rover and trailer. Australia. Recreation Vehicle. $15

1029 Sheed, Wilfrid Frank & Masie, A Memoir with Parents Simon & Schuster Very good in a good dust wrapper. 1985 hardback with 296 pages and b&w photos. "Biography of Sheed & Ward founders, Catholic, Authors, print media. Publishers. England, America, Australia. F.J. Sheed and Masie Ward. Biography, Sheed & Ward, Catholic, Authors, print media. Publishers, England, America, Australia. F.J. Sheed and Masie Ward. $16

9221 Smith, Patsy Adam There Was A Ship Rigby Limited 1967 hardback with 220 pages and photos. Good. Light soiling and shelfwear on the covers and spine. In a good, lightly worn dust wrapper. Sailing, Australia, Tasmania, Naracoopa, Yachting. Sailing, Australia, Tasmania, Naracoopa, Yachting. $14

1327 Smith, Robin The Splendour of Australia Rigby 1975 with 110 pages of mostly color photos. 8 by 10 inches. Good in a fair dust wrapper. Bottom of covers and spine worn. Australia $12

7097 Stott, Douglas Engineers In Company BHP Engineering's First 25 Years 1967 - 1992 Westonprint Marketing 1992 8 X 11.5 inches with 207 pages, b&w photos and an index. Fine in a very good dust wrapper. Owner's name in ink. Business history, BHP Engineering, Australia, Heavy construction. $20

7098 Tennent, George J., William O. Hay, Matt. J. Fox Displaying Australia and New Guinea Australia Story Trust 1945 WW2 with 256 pages and wonderful photos. 9 1/2 inches by 12 1/2. Good to very good with light wear top and bottom of the spine. No dust wrapper. Australia, NewGuinea, some WW2 photos. $30

5620 Tien, H.Y. Social Mobility and Controlled Fertility Family Origins and Structure of the Australian Academic Elite College & University Press 1965 with 224 pages, bibliography and an index. Very good in a fair to good dust wrapper. Austraila, Social Demography. $25

3704 Wantanabe, Takeshi Towards A New Asia Times Printers 1977 with 182 pages and two b&w photos. Good with light shelf wear and scratches. Memoirs of the First President of the Asian Development Bank". Business history, Philippines, Singapore, Australia, Korea, etc. $15

2548 Whitaker, Donald P. and others Area Handbook for Australia U.S. Government Printing Office 1974 first edition with 458 pages, fold out maps, bibliography and index. Good to very good. Australia $12

1647 White, Osmar Parliament of a Thousand Tribes, A Study of New Guinea Bobbs-Merrill 1965 first edition with 256 pages, b&w photos, bibliography, index, endpaper maps. Very good in a poor to fair dust wrapper. New Guinea, Australia, History . $16

5844 Wynd, Ian Geelong The Pivot A Short History of Geelong And District Cypress Books 1971 paperback with 67 pages, b&w photos, maps, index. Good with light shelf wear. Australia, Geelong, Cyypress Historical Backgrounds No 5. $10

8900 Young, John Atherton, Ann Jervie Sefton and Nina Webb, editors Centenary Book of the University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine Sydney University Press 1984 first edition with 548 pages, b&w photos and an index. Fine in a very good dust wrapper. Australia, Medicine, History, University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine ISBN 0-424-00103-9 $25