Biography

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat secrets lie behind the timeless brushstrokes of history's most celebrated painters? Techniques of the Great Masters of Art is a richly illustrated compendium...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the grand amphitheatres of Rome to the blood-soaked corridors of imperial power, The Twelve Caesars stands as one of antiquity's most vivid and unsparing...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingAt the hinge of history, when the British Empire released its grip on the Indian subcontinent, one man stood at the very centre of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodA century and a half of Australian pharmaceutical history comes to life in Pharmacy Families: Henry Francis in Australia 1849–1999, a richly detailed chronicle tracing...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the storm-lashed shores of King Island in August 1845, the immigrant vessel *Cataraqui* was torn...

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Edition: Second Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Minor foxing to page edge.At the heart of Australia's cultural awakening lies a story of radical vision, fierce...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBeneath the towering legacy of the Renaissance's most celebrated polymath lies a trove of discoveries that have long eluded the wider world — and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew names in the history of Western art carry the seismic weight of Pablo Picasso, and this landmark exhibition catalogue — produced for the 1984...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodThe nineteenth century was an era of breathtaking transformation — a time when empires rose and fell, technology reshaped the world, and humanity dared...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerLong before the age of social media, the English kept diaries — and in doing so,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWhen the roar of aircraft engines became the sound of royal ceremony, the story of British monarchy took to the skies —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the intersection of art and conflict, A. Henry Fullwood: War Paintings stands as a definitive chronicle of one of Australia's most gifted war...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the blazing skies above Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific, a remarkable breed of warrior was forged — the Australian fighter ace — and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the summer of 1940, as Nazi Germany hurled the full force of the Luftwaffe against a beleaguered Britain, a small band of Australians...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the helm of one of history's most audacious maritime undertakings, Arthur Phillip — naval officer, visionary administrator, and reluctant empire-builder — charted a...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the age when monarchs commanded empires and dynasties shaped the destiny of nations, Milestones of History 7: Twilight of Princes chronicles the turbulent...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMalaysia is like a flower blossoming — a sentiment inscribed on the cover that perfectly encapsulates Victoria Bowater-Wright's heartfelt tribute to one of Southeast Asia's most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the rugged and culturally rich landscape of New Zealand's Bay of Plenty, law and order was never a simple matter of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Tear on back of jacket repaired with non-acidic tape.Few epochs in human history have produced a flowering of...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn the jungles of Burma during the darkest years of World War II, one of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the blood-soaked waters of the Pacific during World War II, the men of the Australian Navy faced death not in glorious battle, but in the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the smoky back rooms of New Orleans to the glittering concert halls of New York, The World of Jazz is a sweeping, authoritative...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the golden age of aviation, few figures burned as brightly — or as briefly — as Jimmy Melrose, the young Australian who captured the world's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodLong before satellites mapped the skies and autopilots ruled the cockpit, a generation of daring aviators threw themselves into the unknown — and The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodShe was called La Stupenda for a reason — Dame Joan Sutherland stands as one of the greatest operatic sopranos the world has ever witnessed,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind the locked doors of Scotland Yard's infamous Black Museum lies a century of Britain's most chilling and consequential criminal cases — and Gordon Honeycombe's...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew family sagas span the full sweep of a nation's soul, but The Tolstoys: Twenty-Four Generations of Russian History 1353–1983 achieves precisely...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBeneath the smoke-stained rooftops and along the teeming pavements of London's East End, an entire world once thrived — one of poverty, resilience, community, and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom its founding as a utopian social experiment in 1836 to its centenary and beyond, Adelaide has always stood apart from other Australian cities...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind the locked gates of a vast textile fortune lay one of the most extraordinary automotive collections the world had ever seen — and The...