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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerActive Service: With Australia in the Middle East is a vivid and compelling wartime chronicle published during the height of the Second World War,...

Edition: Limited Edition # 1679Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodPurvis for Survis chronicles the remarkable rise of one of regional Victoria's most beloved retail dynasties, tracing the Purvis family's enduring legacy...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the feverish decades of Melbourne's great land boom of the 1880s, a cast of audacious speculators, crooked financiers, and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. French text.At the crossroads of 19th-century European ambition and the ancient grandeur of the Nile, L'Égypte d'un...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFor a century, Melbourne High School has stood as a towering institution in the educational landscape of Victoria, and Strong Like Its Pillars: Melbourne High...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the turbulent crossroads of German postwar culture and the international avant-garde, Georg Baselitz emerged in the 1960s...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageCarved from the rugged southeastern corner of Victoria, Gippsland has long been one of Australia's most storied yet...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Jacket in mylar sleeve. Few names in the history of art criticism carry as much weight as Bernard Berenson, whose...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFrom the cultural heart of Australia's southern capital, The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: An Introduction and Appreciation chronicles the remarkable journey of one of the nation's most...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: small bruise on spine. From the earliest colonial patrols to the fleet actions of the Second World War and beyond,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind every great painter lies a second, quieter eye — and in The Eye of the Beholder: Albert...

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Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor over a century, the name Hardy Brothers has been synonymous with the finest traditions of Australian jewellery craftsmanship — and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFrom the heart of the Holy See comes one of the most extraordinary musical recordings ever produced under papal authority — Music from the Vatican: Alma...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA remarkable life in Australian education is brought vividly to light in this authoritative biography...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the shadow of one of history's most destructive regimes, Hitler's Henchmen presents a chilling and meticulously researched account of the men who made the...

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Edition: limited to 500 copiesCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodA landmark publication in contemporary Australasian art, Mutlu Çerkez: 1988–2065 presents a sweeping retrospective...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. March 1998 Vol IX No 1 to December 2000 Vol IX No12A collection of issues spanning from...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: vol iv missing. vol ii - moderate annotations in grey lead. Few lives in the annals of European history have matched...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Bundle of 5 booklets - vol.14 part 3 and 4. vol.15 part 2, 3 and 4. For...

Edition: rev ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: SignedA compelling sports memoir, this work chronicles the remarkable life of Colin McDonald, the legendary Australian opening batsman whose stoic...

There is a war on truth. And the liars are winning. There is an increasingly large number of weapons in the arsenal of the rich, the powerful and the elected...

"This is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me." With these words, Elena Ferrante, the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, bid farewell to her...

"A story of searing clarity from Ukraine's frontlines of an unfathomably resilient, freedom loving people who refuse to bend to Putin's assault on truth and human life." - Nicole Perlroth...

"An intellectually vivid and curious collection that refuses to find simple answers to its complex questions."-NPR Books We Love "T his book is a rare comfort, a companion . ....

Winner of the Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's definitive memoir is an evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. 'Sharp, elegiac...

The classic bestseller from the star of Parts Unknown and No Reservations : 25th Anniversary edition, with a new introduction by Irvine Welsh. BEFORE THERE WAS THE BEAR , THERE...