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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, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, The Banjo Of The Bush: The Work, Life And...
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

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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

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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...
Maus (Two-Volume Set); My Father Bleeds History; And Here My Troubles Began

Maus (Two-Volume Set); My Father Bleeds History; And Here My Troubles Began

$40.00 AUD
Author: Art SpiegelmanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin , 1992Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageArt Spiegelman’s Maus two-volume set, My Father Bleeds History and...
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

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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

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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 Best Film I Never Made: And Other Stories about a Life in the Arts

The Best Film I Never Made: And Other Stories about a Life in the Arts

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A collection of warm, droll and frank personal essays from one of Australia's greatest directors. This entertaining collection of pieces from the acclaimed director of Breaker Morant, Driving Miss Daisy...
Hello, Beautiful!: Scenes From a Life

Hello, Beautiful!: Scenes From a Life

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I realise that, despite all the references to my longing to be a writer, two things are apparent. The first is that I don't actually do much writing; the second...
An Outback Life

An Outback Life

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' Photography helped me view the bush differently. The flat, dry, barren landscape I first saw was replaced with a kaleidoscope of colour, magnificent light and texture from red dirt...
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

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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...
A Raffish Experiment: Collected Writings of Rex Cramphorn

A Raffish Experiment: Collected Writings of Rex Cramphorn

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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...
Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture (from the acclaimed author

Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture (from the acclaimed author

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Picardie's journey to uncover the secret life of Christian Dior's beloved sister Catherine takes the reader to the heart of Occupied Paris, where he mastered the art of couture while...
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

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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...
La Stupenda: A Biography Of Joan Sutherland

La Stupenda: A Biography Of Joan Sutherland

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Author: Brian AdamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson of Australia., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsBrian Adams chronicles the extraordinary life and career of one of opera's...
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...
Annapurna: The First 8,000 Metre Peak

Annapurna: The First 8,000 Metre Peak

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Author: Maurice HerzogBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1954Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis gripping narrative chronicles the monumental 1950 French expedition to Annapurna,...
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

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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 Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens

The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens

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Winner of the 1990 James Tate Memorial Prize for Biography, this work lays bare a literary mystery, the true story of the secret 13-year relationship between Charles Dickens and the...
Treasures Of The World: The Emperors Of China

Treasures Of The World: The Emperors Of China

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Author: Christopher HibbertBinding: HardbackPublished: Select Books, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsTreasures Of The World: The Emperors Of China presents a magnificent historical...
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

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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

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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...
Blanche: An Australian Diary 1858-1861

Blanche: An Australian Diary 1858-1861

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Author: Blanche MitchellBinding: HardbackPublished: John Ferguson., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical non-fiction work presents a unique window into colonial Australia. It chronicles the daily experiences and observations...