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La Stupenda: A Biography Of Joan Sutherland (SIGNED)

La Stupenda: A Biography Of Joan Sutherland (SIGNED)

$50.00 AUD
Author: Brian AdamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson of Australia, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedBrian Adams chronicles the extraordinary life and career of one of opera's most revered figures in La...
The Borgias

The Borgias

$15.00 AUD
Author: Marion JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, London, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, The Borgias, chronicles the infamous Renaissance family, detailing their ascent to...
Gallipoli Correspondent: The Frontline Diary Of C.E.W. Bean

Gallipoli Correspondent: The Frontline Diary Of C.E.W. Bean

$20.00 AUD
Author: Kevin FewsterBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling work presents the unvarnished observations of C.E.W. Bean, Australia's official war correspondent, as...
Tasmanian Photographer: From The John Watt Beattie Collection

Tasmanian Photographer: From The John Watt Beattie Collection

$30.00 AUD
Author: Margaret Tassell And David WoodBinding: HardbackPublished: MacMillan, Melbourne, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling volume chronicles the significant photographic contributions of John Watt Beattie, a pivotal...
The Divine Garbo

The Divine Garbo

$20.00 AUD
Author: Frederick Sands And Sven BromanBinding: HardbackPublished: Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the enigmatic life and enduring...
A Century Of The Best: The Stories Of Collingwood's Favourite Sons

A Century Of The Best: The Stories Of Collingwood's Favourite Sons

$25.00 AUD
Author: Michael RobertsBinding: HardbackPublished: Collingwood Football Club, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account presents the legendary figures who shaped a prominent Australian Rules Football club....
Explorers

Explorers

$15.00 AUD
Author: Desmond WilcoxBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, London, 1975Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Some moisture damageMarkings: No markingsDesmond Wilcox's Explorers presents a compelling collection of narratives detailing humanity's most daring...
Dismissal Of A Premier: The Philip Game Papers

Dismissal Of A Premier: The Philip Game Papers

$15.00 AUD
Author: Bethia FoottBinding: HardbackPublished: Morgan Publications Sydney, 1968Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Author's and subject's photographs glued on pastedown.This...
Ralph Darling: A Governor Maligned

Ralph Darling: A Governor Maligned

$30.00 AUD
Author: Brian H. FletcherBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markings'Ralph Darling: A Governor Maligned chronicles the controversial tenure of one of Australia's early colonial...
Then And Now: American Portraits Of The Past Century From The National Portrait Gallery

Then And Now: American Portraits Of The Past Century From The National Portrait Gallery

$20.00 AUD
Author: Carolyn Kinder CarrBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThen And Now: American Portraits Of The...
John Monash: A Biography

John Monash: A Biography

$40.00 AUD
Author: Geoffrey SerleBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne U. P. Melbourne, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis biographical work chronicles the extraordinary life and career of Sir John Monash, a pivotal...
Adrienne Lecouvreur: The Actress And The Age

Adrienne Lecouvreur: The Actress And The Age

$45.00 AUD
Author: Jack RichtmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Prentice-Hall, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography chronicles the extraordinary life of Adrienne Lecouvreur, a celebrated figure who redefined acting in...
An Historian's Conscience: The Correspondence Of Arnold J. Toynbee And Columba Cary-Elwes, Monk Of Ampleforth

An Historian's Conscience: The Correspondence Of Arnold J. Toynbee And Columba Cary-Elwes, Monk Of Ampleforth

$60.00 AUD
Author: Christian B. PeperBinding: HardbackPublished: Beacon Press, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAn illuminating work of intellectual history, An Historian's Conscience chronicles the profound...
All The Queen's Men: Elizabeth I And Her Courtiers

All The Queen's Men: Elizabeth I And Her Courtiers

$15.00 AUD
Author: Neville WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsAll The Queen's Men: Elizabeth I And Her Courtiers chronicles the intricate web of...
King George VI: His Life & Reign

King George VI: His Life & Reign

$35.00 AUD
Author: John W. Wheeler-BennettBinding: HardbackPublished: The Reprint Society, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Fold-out chart intact. This authoritative biography, King George VI: His Life And Reign,...
Thomas Howard Fourth Duke Of Norfolk

Thomas Howard Fourth Duke Of Norfolk

$50.00 AUD
Author: Neville WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Barrie & Rockliff, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical biography chronicles the tumultuous life of Thomas Howard Fourth Duke Of Norfolk,...
Elizabeth: Queen Of England

Elizabeth: Queen Of England

$25.00 AUD
Author: Neville WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsA compelling historical biography, Elizabeth: Queen Of England chronicles the remarkable life and reign of one...
John Anderson: Viscount Waverley

John Anderson: Viscount Waverley

$40.00 AUD
Author: John W. Wheeler-BennettBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, John Anderson: Viscount Waverley, chronicles the remarkable career of a...
The Gentle Barbarian: The Life And Work Of Turgenev

The Gentle Barbarian: The Life And Work Of Turgenev

$20.00 AUD
Author: V.S. PritchettBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto and Windus, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsV.S. Pritchett's The Gentle Barbarian: The Life And Work Of Turgenev presents a compelling...
The Great Explorers: Stories Of Men Who Discovered & Mapped The Unknown Areas Of The World

The Great Explorers: Stories Of Men Who Discovered & Mapped The Unknown Areas Of The World

$20.00 AUD
Author: Piers PENNINGTONBinding: HardbackPublished: Aldus Books, London , 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the daring expeditions of legendary figures who ventured into...
My Thirty-Three Years' Dream: The Autobiography Of Miyazaki Tōten

My Thirty-Three Years' Dream: The Autobiography Of Miyazaki Tōten

$50.00 AUD
Author: Miyazaki TōtenBinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ discoloured with some markings. Light denting to spine of board (cloth). Pages yellowing...
Henrik Ibsen  (Three-Volume Set)

Henrik Ibsen (Three-Volume Set)

$150.00 AUD
Author: Michael MeyerBinding: HardbackPublished: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe Making of a Dramatist 1828-1864; The Farewell to Poetry 1864-1882; The Top of A...
Australian Reminiscences & Papers Of L.E.Threlkeld Missionary To The Aborigines 1824-1859 (Two-Volume Set)

Australian Reminiscences & Papers Of L.E.Threlkeld Missionary To The Aborigines 1824-1859 (Two-Volume Set)

$200.00 AUD
Author: Niel GunsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis landmark two-volume ethnohistorical work presents...
The Life Of Captain James Cook

The Life Of Captain James Cook

$50.00 AUD
Author: J.C. BeagleholeBinding: HardbackPublished: Adam & Charles Black., 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Top-edge discoloured due to tanning....
Having A Go!: Bill Boyd's Mallee

Having A Go!: Bill Boyd's Mallee

$40.00 AUD
Author: Weston BateBinding: HardbackPublished: Museum of Victoria., 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tears to spine of DJ.This compelling biography chronicles the...
The Best of Idriess Series (Eight-Volume Set)

The Best of Idriess Series (Eight-Volume Set)

$350.00 AUD
Author: Ion L. IdriessBinding: HardbackPublished: Penrith, The Discovery Press, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Foxing on book...
Life Of Lord Lawrence (Two-Volume)

Life Of Lord Lawrence (Two-Volume)

$150.00 AUD
Author: R. Bosworth Smith, M.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1883Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dried, faded...
Holmes-Pollock Letters (Two-Volume Set)

Holmes-Pollock Letters (Two-Volume Set)

$140.00 AUD
Author: Mark Dewolfe HoweBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 1996Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis two-volume set presents a rich correspondence between...
Breadwinner: A Fresh Approach

Breadwinner: A Fresh Approach

$21.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
The man-behind-the-bakery, Tom O'Toole, has now put his reminiscences into a business autobiography. Behind this real Irish-Australian tale are many things: a philosophy, a message, a journey of self-discovery and...
Autobiography

Autobiography

$20.00 AUD
Author: Neville CardusBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling memoir, Autobiography, chronicles the remarkable life of Neville Cardus,...
Madame Curie

Madame Curie

$15.00 AUD
Author: Eve CurieBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Ltd., 1947Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Madame Curie, chronicles the extraordinary life and...
Forty-Two Faces: Profiles Of Living Australian Writers

Forty-Two Faces: Profiles Of Living Australian Writers

$30.00 AUD
Author: John HetheringtonBinding: HardbackPublished: F. W. Cheshire, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerForty-Two Faces: Profiles Of Living Australian Writers chronicles the lives and literary contributions of a diverse...
The Portrait Of A General

The Portrait Of A General

$20.00 AUD
Author: John ColvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Russell Publishing Ltd, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe historical biography The Portrait Of A General by John Colville presents a compelling account...
R.G. Menzies: A Portrait

R.G. Menzies: A Portrait

$25.00 AUD
Author: Sir John BuntingBinding: HardbackPublished: A Susan Haynes Book, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, Wellington, London, Boston, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markings'R.G. Menzies: A Portrait presents a comprehensive...
With Lawrence In Arabia

With Lawrence In Arabia

$20.00 AUD
Author: Lowell ThomasBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd., 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical narrative chronicles...
Edmund Campion: Scholar, Priest, Hero, And Martyr

Edmund Campion: Scholar, Priest, Hero, And Martyr

$20.00 AUD
Author: Evelyn WaughBinding: PaperbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEvelyn Waugh’s masterful biography of Edmund Campion offers a penetrating...
Light Fantastic

Light Fantastic

$29.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
Included is a special collection on "Funny Men" which captures Joe Orton's laughter in the face of Halliwell's notorious scowl, pinpoints why the "outlaw stance" of Bill Hick's delights in...
Enough Blue Sky

Enough Blue Sky

$20.00 AUD
Author: Mona BrandBinding: PaperbackPublished: Tawny Pipit Press, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image-
D.H. Lawrence In Australia

D.H. Lawrence In Australia

$20.00 AUD
Author: Robert DarrochBinding: HardbackPublished: MacMillan, South Melbourne, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly work chronicles the significant period D.H. Lawrence spent in Australia, offering a...
Moments in Time: True Life Stories of Australian Men and Women

Moments in Time: True Life Stories of Australian Men and Women

$29.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
Moments in Timerevisits some of the now largely forgotten people, passions and events from Australia's past. Among others, are: the famous Antarctic and war photographer Frank Hurley; the Beach Girl...
A Year To Remember: A Reminiscence Of 1931

A Year To Remember: A Reminiscence Of 1931

$15.00 AUD
Author: Alec WaughBinding: HardbackPublished: RU, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA Year To Remember: A Reminiscence Of 1931 chronicles a pivotal year through the eyes of a keen...
Nicholas Bacon: The Making Of A Tudor Statesman

Nicholas Bacon: The Making Of A Tudor Statesman

$30.00 AUD
Author: Robert TittlerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNicholas Bacon: The Making Of A Tudor Statesman chronicles the remarkable ascent of a pivotal figure in...
Ronald Knox

Ronald Knox

$30.00 AUD
Author: Evelyn WaughBinding: HardbackPublished: Chapman and Hall, 1959Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsEvelyn Waugh's Ronald Knox presents a compelling biographical portrait of...
Letters Of A Grandmother 1732-1735: Being The Correspondence Of Sarah Duchess Of Marlborough With Her Granddaughter Diana Duchess Of Bedford

Letters Of A Grandmother 1732-1735: Being The Correspondence Of Sarah Duchess Of Marlborough With Her Granddaughter Diana Duchess Of Bedford

$20.00 AUD
Author: Gladys Scott ThomsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1946Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical work chronicles the intimate correspondence between Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and her granddaughter, Diana,...
The Banjo Of The Bush: The Work, Life And Times Of A. B. Paterson

The Banjo Of The Bush: The Work, Life And Times Of A. B. Paterson

$15.00 AUD
Author: Clement SemmlerBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, The Banjo Of The Bush: The Work, Life And Times Of A. B. Paterson,...
Papa's Shoes and other stories of life

Papa's Shoes and other stories of life

$17.59 AUD$10.00 AUD
Fourth in the Stories of Life series, Papa's Shoes is a collection of true stories of faith, written by ordinary people who encounter God somehow, somewhere. Some of these stories...