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White Coolies
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerOne of the most harrowing and ultimately triumphant accounts of survival to emerge from the Second World War, White Coolies is the...
Feminine Singular: A History Of The Association Of Heads Of Independent Girls' Schools Of Australia
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the intersection of gender, education, and Australian social history stands a compelling institutional chronicle — Feminine Singular: a history...
The Songlines
$80.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedCondition remarks: unclipped dj. What if the entire Australian continent were criss-crossed by an invisible web of music, ancient paths sung into...
Miles Franklin In America: Her Unknown Brilliant Career
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the legendary Australian author of My Brilliant Career lies a decade of American life largely hidden from public view — Verna Coleman's Miles...
Frank Hardy And The Making Of Power Without Glory
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind one of Australia's most explosive and controversial novels lies a story just as gripping as the fiction itself. Frank Hardy and the Making...
The Shepherd's Hut (SIGNED)
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionIn the scorched and unforgiving Australian outback, a desperate teenage boy runs for his life — and The Shepherd's Hut is...
The Spy Catchers: The Official History Of Asio 1949–1963, Volume I
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Minor tear on dj. Behind the closed doors of Australia's most secretive intelligence agency, a hidden war was being...
The Naked Country
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the vast, unforgiving wilderness of the Australian outback, The Naked Country by Michael East — the pen...
A River Town (SIGNED)
$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedSet against the raw, unforgiving landscape of turn-of-the-century rural Australia, A River Town chronicles the life of Tim Shea, an...
Jacko (SIGNED)
$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Signed,Remainder markFrom one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes Jacko, a bold and irreverent novel that thrusts readers into the...
Woman Of The Inner Sea (SIGNED)
$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedIn the vast, sunburned heart of Australia, a woman flees the wreckage of her privileged Sydney life and disappears into the...
Bettany's Book (SIGNED)
$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedTwo centuries apart, two women share a name, a bloodline, and an unbreakable hunger for justice — and Tom...
The Playmaker (SIGNED)
$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: unclipped dj in mylar.In the harsh, unforgiving wilderness of 1788 New South Wales, a young British officer...
The Chosen
$20.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed, 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedWhat does it mean to be truly chosen — by fate, by society, or by one's own desperate will? David...
Bloodfather
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFrom one of Australia's most celebrated and uncompromising literary voices comes Bloodfather, a darkly compelling novel that plunges into the heart of identity, power,...
Archimedes And The Seagle
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat happens when a seagull named Archimedes becomes the unlikely lens through which an entire human world is refracted? David Ireland's Archimedes and the...
City Of Women
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCity of Women is a bold and disquieting novel set in a near-future Australia where men have vanished from existence, leaving a society composed...
John Monash: A Biography
$100.00 AUD
Edition: Leatherbound special EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew figures in Australian history command as much admiration and complexity as Sir John Monash...
Time Enough Later
$35.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: price clipped dj. In the turbulent landscape of mid-twentieth century Australia, Kylie Tennant's Time Enough Later presents a...
The Half-Open Door: Sixteen Modern Australian Women Look At Professional Life And Achievement (SIGNED)
$25.00 AUD
Edition: 3rd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed,Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Signed by Grimshaw. Light stains on spine, internally sound. What does it truly...
Wild Weeds And Windflowers: The Life And Letters Of Katharine Susannah Prichard
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Appears unread.Few figures in Australian literary history burned as fiercely and as controversially as Katharine Susannah...
Call Me When The Cross Turns Over
$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerSet against the vast, sun-scorched Australian outback, Call Me When the Cross Turns Over is a...
Bush Life In Tasmania: Fifty Years Ago
$45.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerStep back into the rugged wilderness of colonial Tasmania with James Fenton's vivid and authoritative memoir, Bush Life in Tasmania: Fifty Years Ago —...
Australia's Colonial Culture: Ideas, Men And Institutions In Mid-Nineteenth Century Eastern Australia
$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of colonial ambition and intellectual awakening, Australia's Colonial Culture: Ideas, Men and Institutions...
Russell Grimwade
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in Australian cultural and scientific life shone as brightly as Sir Frederick Russell Grimwade — industrialist, philanthropist, and passionate guardian of the...
Aborigines In Colonial Victoria 1835-86 (SIGNED)
$140.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionIn the shadow of colonial expansion, Aborigines in Colonial Victoria 1835–86 presents a rigorous and unflinching account...
Letting Fly: Deborah Wardley, Australia's Trail-Blazing Pilot (SIGNED)
$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscription,Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, inscribed by the subject and McKenna; minor stains on the book block. In...
The Ancestor Game (SIGNED)
$25.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Moderate crease on the front panel. A sweeping, luminous novel that bridges...
The Bystander
$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedIn the sun-scorched landscapes of mid-twentieth-century Australia, Randolph Stow's The Bystander presents a haunting portrait of alienation, moral ambiguity, and...
Jessie Street: Documents And Essays
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in Australian public life blazed a trail as boldly as Jessie Street — suffragist, peace activist,...
Getting The Numbers: Women In Local Government (SIGNED)
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the male-dominated corridors of local government, women have long fought for a seat at...
Goodbye Jerusalem: Night Thoughts Of A Labor Outsider
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the brutal arena of Australian politics, where idealism collides with cynicism and loyalty is always contingent,...
Charting A Continent: A Brief Memoir On The History Of Marine Exploration And Hydrographical Surveying In Australian Waters From The Discoveries Of Captain James Cook To The War Activities [...]
$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards: worn with some stains; light bumping on...
Sir Henry Parkes: His Life And Work (SIGNED)
$150.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Boards: faded spine, light bumping on corners. Binding: remains tight....
Port Phillip Gentlemen: And Good Society In Melbourne Before The Gold Rushes
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBefore the gold rush transformed Melbourne into a boomtown of fortune-seekers and frontier chaos, a remarkably refined society had already taken root on the...
The Life Of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N.
$150.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards: bumping and rubbing on corners and spine. Small...
A History Of Wagga Wagga
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedFew cities in Australia carry a name as evocative as Wagga Wagga, and Keith Swan's authoritative chronicle does full justice to the...
The Diaries Of Donald Friend: Volume 1
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew artistic voices in twentieth-century Australia were as vivid, irreverent, and richly observed as that of Donald Friend — and The Diaries of Donald...
The People's Force: A History Of The Victoria Police
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the gold rush lawlessness of the 1850s to the complex policing challenges of the modern era, The People's Force presents a...
Frank Tate: A Biography
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingAt the heart of Australian educational reform stands one man whose vision shaped a nation's classrooms — Frank Tate: A Biography by...
James Edward Neild: Victorian Virtuoso
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew figures in colonial Australia embodied the Renaissance ideal as completely as James Edward Neild — physician, drama critic, journalist, and cultural...
Harland's Half Acre
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedIn the sun-drenched landscapes of twentieth-century Queensland, Harland's Half Acre chronicles the turbulent life of Frank Harland, a visionary Australian painter whose obsessive dedication...
The Goldstein Story
$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerShe fought for the vote before most women dared to dream of it — and The Goldstein Story chronicles the remarkable life...
So We Take Comfort
$40.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFrom the pen of one of Australia's most pioneering women comes So We Take Comfort, a memoir of remarkable resilience, warmth,...
George Bass: 1771-1803: His Discoveries, Romantic Life And Tragic Disappearance
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in the annals of early Australian exploration burned as brightly — or vanished as mysteriously — as George...
Australia's Pearl Harbour: Darwin, 1942 (SIGNED)
$40.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Dj: edgeworn with glue residue. On the morning of 19 February 1942, the skies above Darwin erupted...
Wanderings In New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast Singapore, And China: Being The Journal Of A Naturalist In Those Countries, During 1832, 1833, And 1834 (Vol. Ii)
$50.00 AUD
Edition: facsimile ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedAt a time when the world's most remote corners were only beginning to yield their...
Among The Carrion Crows
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA titan of Australian political life finally tells her own story in Among the Carrion Crows, the candid and compelling memoir by Dame Enid...