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John Batman And The Founding Of Melbourne: The First Biography This Century

John Batman And The Founding Of Melbourne: The First Biography This Century

$30.00 AUD
Author: C.P. BillotBinding: HardbackPublished: Hyland House., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Inscription to previous owner in FEP, minorly foxed page...
Whirlwinds In The Plain; Ludwig Leichhardt: Friends Foes & History

Whirlwinds In The Plain; Ludwig Leichhardt: Friends Foes & History

$30.00 AUD
Author: E. M. WebsterBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor tears to DJ, sun-fading to spine,...
The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, And The Battle For The Supreme Court

The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, And The Battle For The Supreme Court

$90.00 AUD
Author: Cliff Sloan And David MckeanBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2017Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the pivotal...
Noel Mcgrath's Australian Encyclopaedia Of Rock & Pop

Noel Mcgrath's Australian Encyclopaedia Of Rock & Pop

$15.00 AUD
Author: Noel McgrathBinding: PaperbackPublished: Outback Press, Collingwood, 1984Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive reference work chronicles the vibrant history of Australian...
Gipps- La Trobe Correspondence: 1839-1846

Gipps- La Trobe Correspondence: 1839-1846

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Author: A. G. L. ShawBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press., 1989Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical collection presents the vital exchange of letters between two pivotal figures in...
Letters Of Mary Gilmore

Letters Of Mary Gilmore

$30.00 AUD
Author: Mary Gilmore, W.H. Wilde/T.Inglis MooreBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne U. P. Melbourne, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Slight sun-fading and minor...
Courage A Grace: A Biography Of Dame Mary Gilmore

Courage A Grace: A Biography Of Dame Mary Gilmore

$30.00 AUD
Author: W. H. WildeBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press., 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun-faded spine. This compelling biography, Courage A Grace, chronicles the extraordinary life of...
The Shady Tree

The Shady Tree

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Author: W. E. (Bill) Harney And Douglas LockwoodBinding: HardbackPublished: RIGBY LIMITED, 1966Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThe Shady Tree presents a compelling ethnographic...
Australian Pioneer Women

Australian Pioneer Women

$30.00 AUD
Author: Eve PownallBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun-faded DJ with minor peeling, foxed edges.Australian Pioneer Women chronicles the extraordinary lives and...
The Weaver From Meltham: The True Story Of An Old Colonial

The Weaver From Meltham: The True Story Of An Old Colonial

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Author: Ivan SouthallBinding: HardbackPublished: Whitcombe & Tombs., 1950Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanned pages, rubbing to edges and spine of DJ. 'The Weaver From...
Grafton Elliot Smith: The Man And His Work

Grafton Elliot Smith: The Man And His Work

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Author: A.P. Elkin & N.W.G. MacintoshBinding: HardbackPublished: Sydney University Press., 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some minor tears to edges...
I See No End To Travelling: Fascinating Accounts From The Personal Journals Of The Early Australian Explorers And Pioneers

I See No End To Travelling: Fascinating Accounts From The Personal Journals Of The Early Australian Explorers And Pioneers

$30.00 AUD
Author: Ann MillarBinding: HardbackPublished: Bay Books., 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Chips to board under DJ, sun-fading to spine, foxed pages.I See No End To...
Patriarch And Patriot: William Grant Broughton 1788-1853 Colonial Statesman And Ecclesiastic

Patriarch And Patriot: William Grant Broughton 1788-1853 Colonial Statesman And Ecclesiastic

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Author: G. P. ShawBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press., 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tears and rubs to DJ, minor...
The Complete Who's Who Of Test Cricketers

The Complete Who's Who Of Test Cricketers

$20.00 AUD
Author: Christopher Martin-JenkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive reference work chronicles the careers and statistics of every individual to have played Test cricket. It...
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

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Author: Maurice E. KellyBinding: HardbackPublished: Universal Books Ltd, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography Adolf Hitler chronicles the rise and fall of one of the 20th...
The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal That Unmade the Bourbon

The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal That Unmade the Bourbon

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Fighting to reclaim the French crown for the Bourbons, the duchesse de Berry faces betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors in this dramatic history of power...
Happy As: a memoir of the magic of family from one of Australia's most

Happy As: a memoir of the magic of family from one of Australia's most

$34.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Larry Emdur is one of Australia's most popular and enduring TV personalities. Happy As is a memoir of becoming Larry. Gold Logie Winner for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television...
Dogs and Their Humans: Stories of Healing and Hope from the Supervet's

Dogs and Their Humans: Stories of Healing and Hope from the Supervet's

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CHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST NATURE WRITING BOOKS OF 2024 'A beautiful book' Greg James There's no love quite like that between a dog and their human....
A Raffish Experiment: Collected Writings of Rex Cramphorn

A Raffish Experiment: Collected Writings of Rex Cramphorn

$32.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
The late Nick Enright described Rex Cramphorn as "that rare and important figure, a philosopher and visionary of the arts." When Cramphorn died in 1991, at the age of 50,...
Boyhoodlum: Memoirs of a devious childhood

Boyhoodlum: Memoirs of a devious childhood

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A hilarious memoir and a crash-investigator's report into how not to be a boy. You know those childhood memoirs that tell of the innocence of youth, of a gentle past...
David Garrick and the Birth of Modern Theatre

David Garrick and the Birth of Modern Theatre

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Actor, director, impresario, author, David Garrick is the most legendary man of the theatre of modern times. He reformed English theatre practice, established a 'natural' style of acting, and made...
Master Minds Of Modern Science

Master Minds Of Modern Science

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Author: T.C. Bridges & H.H. TiltmanBinding: HardbackPublished: George G. Harrap & Co., 1934Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tanning and foxing to pages,...
I Can Take It!: The Autobiography Of A Photographer

I Can Take It!: The Autobiography Of A Photographer

$20.00 AUD
Author: Jack CatoBinding: HardbackPublished: Georgian House, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner sticker to FEP, tanned pages and foxing...
Dr Barnardo

Dr Barnardo

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Author: Norman WymerBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans., 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis book tells the remarkable story of how he saved...
Darwin And The Beagle

Darwin And The Beagle

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Author: Alan MooreheadBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account chronicles the transformative voyage of Charles Darwin aboard...
William Grant Broughton: Bishop Of Australia, With Some Account Of The Earliest Australian Clergy

William Grant Broughton: Bishop Of Australia, With Some Account Of The Earliest Australian Clergy

$25.00 AUD
Author: F. T. Whittington, Ll.B.Binding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson Limited, 1936Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles...
The Earl Of Halsbury: Lord High Chancellor (1823-1921)

The Earl Of Halsbury: Lord High Chancellor (1823-1921)

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Author: A. Wilson FoxBinding: HardbackPublished: Chapman & Hall, 1929Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis comprehensive biography, The Earl Of...
Anything For A Quiet Life

Anything For A Quiet Life

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Author: Jack Hawkins; With a postscript by Doreen HawkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Elm Tree Books, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsAnything For A Quiet Life: The Autobiography Of...
Kings & Queens Of England

Kings & Queens Of England

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Author: Alan PalmerBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books, 1976Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account chronicles the fascinating lineage of England's rulers, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon kings to...
John Marshall: In Diplomacy And In Law

John Marshall: In Diplomacy And In Law

$105.00 AUD
Author: The Lord Craigmyle; Introduction by Nicholas Murray ButlerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2001Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly biography...
Travels & Adventures Of Ben Bridge Throughout Western Australia And Northern Territory

Travels & Adventures Of Ben Bridge Throughout Western Australia And Northern Territory

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Author: Ben BridgeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hesperian Press., 2012Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis travelogue Travels & Adventures Of Ben Bridge Throughout Western...
Ivan Durrant: Barrier Draw

Ivan Durrant: Barrier Draw

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Author: Ivan DurrantBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria., 2020Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor chip to front of cover.This compelling volume chronicles the impactful career and...
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary - SIGNED - LEATHER BOUND

Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary - SIGNED - LEATHER BOUND

$150.00 AUD
Author: Juan WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2016Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis compelling biography, Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary, chronicles the extraordinary...
The Work And Life Of Solon: With A Translation Of His Poems

The Work And Life Of Solon: With A Translation Of His Poems

$80.00 AUD
Author: Kathleen FreemanBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2014Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a comprehensive account of the...
Russell Grimwade

Russell Grimwade

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Author: J.R. PoynterBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press., 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor sun-fading to spine, some slight tears to DJ. The...
The Queen V Louis Riel

The Queen V Louis Riel

$70.00 AUD
Author: Desmond Morton (Intro)Binding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 1992Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Queen v Louis Riel, published by Gryphon...
A Servant Of Many Masters: The Life And Times Of Carlo Goldoni

A Servant Of Many Masters: The Life And Times Of Carlo Goldoni

$15.00 AUD
Author: Timothy HolmeBinding: HardbackPublished: Jupiter, Books., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some slight bumps to edges of DJ.Timothy Holme's A Servant Of Many Masters: The...
Shackleton's Argonauts: The Epic Tale Of Shackleton's Voyage To Antarctica In 1915

Shackleton's Argonauts: The Epic Tale Of Shackleton's Voyage To Antarctica In 1915

$35.00 AUD
Author: Frank HurleyBinding: HardbackPublished: McGraw-Hill Book , 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping historical account chronicles the harrowing 1915 Antarctic expedition led by Ernest Shackleton, as seen...
Bards, Bohemians & Bookmen

Bards, Bohemians & Bookmen

$20.00 AUD
Author: Louis GassinBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: FEP slightly detaching from binding.This book is a collection of previously unpublished essays...
Christopher Brennan: A Critical Biography

Christopher Brennan: A Critical Biography

$20.00 AUD
Author: Axel ClarkBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerChristopher Brennan: A Critical Biography by Axel Clark presents a comprehensive examination...
From Odessa To Odessa

From Odessa To Odessa

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Author: Judah WatenBinding: HardbackPublished: Cheshire Melbourne., 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsFrom Odessa To Odessa chronicles the intricate lives of individuals whose...
George S. Kaufman: His Life, His Theater

George S. Kaufman: His Life, His Theater

$20.00 AUD
Author: Malcolm GoldsteinBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageMalcolm Goldstein's George S. Kaufman: His...