Biography

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAnthony Burgess's Shakespeare stands as one of the most audacious and brilliantly conceived biographical studies of the English language's greatest...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Dear Robertson: Letters to an Australian Publisher opens a remarkable window...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures shaped the Victorian understanding of art and beauty as profoundly as John Ruskin, and John Ruskin and the Victorian Eye presents a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFew civilisations have produced a tradition of painting as rich, disciplined, and philosophically profound as that of China — and The Great...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: Small stain on top of block - does not extend internally.In an age of powdered wigs and cannon fire, one man rose...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerLong before the age of satellites and supersonic travel, a handful of extraordinary men dared to venture into the vast, mysterious lands...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWhat does it take to build one of Australia's most beloved and recognisable retail empires from the ground up? Remarkable: The Good...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew literary figures of the twentieth century embody the collision between artistic genius and political tyranny as profoundly as Boris Pasternak — poet, novelist,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsAgainst the dramatic backdrop of the Scottish Highlands, The Scottish Ospreys: From Extinction to Survival chronicles one of the most...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Some damage to mylar sleeve. Creased jacket.One of the twentieth century's most revolutionary...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched deserts of North Africa to the frozen skies over the Eastern Front, Air Aces chronicles the extraordinary lives of the most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodOne of the most explosive political trials of the twentieth century — the Hiss-Chambers affair — tore through American public life like a thunderbolt, leaving behind...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingLong before the Broadway spotlight and the Las Vegas showroom defined an era of glittering spectacle, the chorus girl was already a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMelbourne's most storied technical institution comes to life in The Tech: A Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, a richly detailed...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodNestled in the heart of Melbourne's northern suburbs, Yarra Yarra Golf Club stands as one of Australia's most storied and prestigious golfing institutions —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerBehind the grand façade of Melbourne's Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital lies more than a century of medical innovation, human resilience,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew institutions are built from sheer force of will alone — yet What Matter I: The Founding of a School...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhen Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith boldly seized control of their own destinies in 1919, they founded United Artists —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerNestled on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, Williamstown's storied community hospital stands as a testament to the enduring spirit of one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the heart of Johannesburg, where gold-rush ambition gave way to intellectual endeavour, the University of the Witwatersrand rose from modest colonial origins to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew mountain ranges on Earth carry the weight of history, myth, and raw natural grandeur quite like South Africa's Drakensberg — and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Long before the world's gaze turned to South Africa's political upheavals,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom a single office in post-war Chicago, Baker & McKenzie grew into one of the most powerful and far-reaching law firms the world has ever...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA century of intellectual life, scholarly endeavour, and institutional pride unfolds in Perspective of a Century, a commemorative volume assembled to mark one hundred...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew figures in Australian commercial and civic life commanded as much respect as Arthur William Coles — businessman, retailer, and public servant — whose remarkable career...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFor one hundred years, Riversdale Golf Club has stood as a pillar of Australian sporting heritage, and Riversdale Golf Club 1892–1992: A...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew institutions have shaped the character of a nation's armed forces quite like the Royal Military College at...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind every great painter lies a hidden eye — and in Albert Tucker's case, that eye was trained...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the shadow of a shattered Weimar Republic, Storming to Power chronicles the terrifying and methodical rise of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers'...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the edge of the world, where ice meets ocean and silence is broken only by the cry of seabirds, a remarkable story of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew artists have captured the raw vitality of peasant life and the sweeping drama of the natural world quite like Pieter Bruegel...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodNestled in the heart of South Australia, the town of Gawler stands as one of the most historically significant regional...

Edition: Limited signed & numbered edition. Number 27 of 1000 copies. Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Binding slightly shaky. In the...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedA compelling portrait of a life shaped by duty and service, Day's Work Done chronicles the remarkable story of an Australian soldier whose...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodA century of sacrifice, community, and resilience is brought to vivid life in this landmark commemorative volume charting the full arc of the Box...

Edition: Limited Numbered Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Minor yellowing to fore-edge.For a century, Melbourne's most colourful artists, writers, musicians, and wits gathered under one roof to celebrate...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedFrom the blood-soaked battlefields of the ancient world to the infamous stone walls of Colditz Castle, Prisoner of War: The Inside Story of the POW...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the ancient Celtic tribes who carved their myths into the landscape to the modern communities shaped by centuries of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodOne hundred years of struggle, resilience, and human determination unfold in No Sight – Great Vision: A Centenary History of the Association for the...