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The Mountain

The Mountain

$15.00 AUD
Author: Peter ParnallBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPeter Parnall's "The Mountain" is a poignant work of children's literature that beautifully illustrates the...
Billabong's Author: The Life Of Mary Grant Bruce

Billabong's Author: The Life Of Mary Grant Bruce

$30.00 AUD
Author: Alison AlexanderBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the life of Mary Grant Bruce, the beloved Australian author behind the...
Ogf

Ogf

$25.00 AUD
Author: Keith SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Ure Smith Pty Limited, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerOGF is a satirical and whimsical novel presented as the private papers of George Cockburn,...
The Story Of Pippa Possum

The Story Of Pippa Possum

$15.00 AUD
Author: Dawn HoreBinding: HardbackPublished: Grayprint, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor marks and specks on pictorial board. This charming children's picture book introduces young readers to Pippa Possum,...
The Small Miracle

The Small Miracle

$15.00 AUD
Author: Paul GallicoBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1957Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsPaul Gallico's "The Small Miracle" is a heartwarming novella that transports readers to the picturesque Italian countryside,...
Our Uncle Charlie

Our Uncle Charlie

$25.00 AUD
Author: Elizabeth LaneBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby Limited, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsElizabeth Lane's "Our Uncle Charlie" is a charming children's story that introduces young...
The Unicorn' Leacock

The Unicorn' Leacock

$20.00 AUD
Author: James ReevesBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight foxing on edge of paper. Slight stain on bottom edge of paper. Small...
Barrenjoey

Barrenjoey

$20.00 AUD
Author: Esta de Fossard; John Mason (illustrator)Binding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press Pty Ltd, 1971Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical fiction novel...
Selections From The Little Black Princess

Selections From The Little Black Princess

$15.00 AUD
Author: Mrs Aeneas GunnBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis children's classic, "Selections From The Little Black Princess" by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, offers...
White-Ear And Peter: The Story Of A Fox And A Fox-Terrier

White-Ear And Peter: The Story Of A Fox And A Fox-Terrier

$55.00 AUD
Author: Neils HeibergBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1912Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded and dull spine....
The Jungle Book/The second Jungle Book/Just so stories/Puck of Pook's Hill/Stalky & Co./Kim

The Jungle Book/The second Jungle Book/Just so stories/Puck of Pook's Hill/Stalky & Co./Kim

$25.00 AUD
Author: Rudyard KiplingBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann/Octopus, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents a comprehensive look at Rudyard Kipling's masterful storytelling, encompassing his beloved animal fables, historical fantasy,...
Far from You

Far from You

$29.99 AUD$5.00 AUD
Lost and alone...down the rabbit hole. Alice thought she knew what solitude was: Her mother-gone Her father-remarried with a newborn daughter. Now... trapped in the icy embrace of a deadly...
Gone

Gone

$19.99 AUD$5.00 AUD
In the blink of an eye all the adults disappear in a small town in southern California and no one knows why. First a car crash; a house up in...
Food from Green Places: Country Cooking for Vegetarians

Food from Green Places: Country Cooking for Vegetarians

$55.00 AUD$7.50 AUD
These recipes strike a fine balance between old-fashioned goodness and modern trends. Traditional ideas have been adapted to today's techniques and equipment, to contemporary needs and eating habits, and there...
Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind

Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind

$172.95 AUD$7.50 AUD
Machines will attain human levels of intelligence by the year 2040, predicts robotics expert Hans Moravec. And by 2050, they will have far surpassed us. In this mind-bending new book,...
How Computers Really Work: A Guide for the Insanely Curious

How Computers Really Work: A Guide for the Insanely Curious

$54.40 AUD$6.00 AUD
For the truly curious or merely confused, here is an easily understood, yet detailed explanation of microcomputers. Suitable for everyone from senior school students to adults, the text is fundamental....
Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Christ

Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Christ

$19.95 AUD$5.00 AUD
"Only the church that manages to free itself from its sexist definition of women, anchored significantly in the Virgin Mary tradition, will survive", writes Bishop Spong. He challenges the doctrine...
Of Rolling Waters and Roaring Wind: A Celebration of the Woman Song

Of Rolling Waters and Roaring Wind: A Celebration of the Woman Song

$5.00 AUD
An enduring legacy of the Ecumenical Decade -- Churches in Solidarity with Women (1988-98), is the rich treasury of new liturgical, spiritual and artistic resources which it has generated. Through...
The Main Event: Training for Your Life

The Main Event: Training for Your Life

$6.00 AUD
My purpose is to encourage and help anyone who feels stuck, who is not sure where they're going on this journey called life. For most of my 75 years, like...
The Amazing Troll-man: Winding up the world...one comment at a time!

The Amazing Troll-man: Winding up the world...one comment at a time!

$27.99 AUD$6.00 AUD
The Amazing Troll-Man is a collection of hilarious exchanges between one man with a mission to make us laugh and unsuspecting Facebook users with petty complaints to air. After a...
Virgin on Insanity

Virgin on Insanity

$6.00 AUD
Outwardly, 'Britain's most experienced teenage Alpinist' is a brave young mountaineer. But he's not experienced at all, at least not in the way he really wants to be. Behind his...
Thinking Drinkers: The Enlightened ImbiberaEURO (TM)s Guide to Alcohol

Thinking Drinkers: The Enlightened ImbiberaEURO (TM)s Guide to Alcohol

$39.99 AUD$6.00 AUD
Exploring their mantra of 'Drink Less but Drink Better', the Thinking Drinkers, celebrated drinks journalists Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham, have performed sold-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and the...
Love From Elizabeth

Love From Elizabeth

$5.00 AUD
On the eve of her adored adopted daughter Augusta's twenty-first birthday, and after bullying her harpist Tenella, and telling her great nephew Palin a family secret so dreadful he leaves...
The Samurai Warriors

The Samurai Warriors

$19.95 AUD$5.00 AUD
This is one of a series which has a storybook approach to non-fiction. Information introduced in the narrative is extended under fold-out flaps, where cartoons illustrate more quirky facts or...
A Very Private Grave

A Very Private Grave

$16.99 AUD$6.00 AUD
Felicity Howard, a young American studying at the College of the Transfiguration in Yorkshire, is devastated when she finds her beloved Fr. Dominic bludgeoned to death and Fr. Antony, her...
A Brief History of Britain 1660 - 1851: The Making of the Nation

A Brief History of Britain 1660 - 1851: The Making of the Nation

$26.99 AUD$5.00 AUD
Praise for the author: 'Gibson's well written and well-documented account of James and the bishops will surely become the new standard authority on these "implausible revolutionaries" for many decades.' Barbara...
Girl in Paris: A Persian Encounter with the West

Girl in Paris: A Persian Encounter with the West

$28.99 AUD$5.00 AUD
At the age of 17, Shusha Guppy left Iran and her family to study at the Sorbonne in Paris. Diving into the unknown - a world of unimagined freedoms and...
The Shackle

The Shackle

$12.50 AUD
Author: D. E. Kelsey Binding: HardbackPublished: Lynton Publications, South Australia, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight sun damage to the spine with some foxing...
Cargoes: Matson's First Century In The Pacific

Cargoes: Matson's First Century In The Pacific

$12.50 AUD
Author: William L. WordenBinding: HardbackPublished: The University Press of Hawaii, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the remarkable journey of Matson Navigation Company, detailing its pivotal...
The Admiralty Regrets...

The Admiralty Regrets...

$7.50 AUD
Author: C.E.T Warren & James BensonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Popular Book Club, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Page: Tanning and...
Steam Coasters And Short Sea Traders

Steam Coasters And Short Sea Traders

$15.00 AUD
Author: Charles V Waine, Ph.D.Binding: HardbackPublished: WAINE Research Publications, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive maritime history details the evolution and operation of...
Play Together, Dark Blue Twenty: A Boy's-Eye View Of An Élite Australian School

Play Together, Dark Blue Twenty: A Boy's-Eye View Of An Élite Australian School

$7.50 AUD
Author: Chester EagleBinding: HardbackPublished: McPhee Gribble, Melbourne, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling memoir, "Play Together, Dark Blue Twenty: A Boy's-Eye View Of An Élite Australian School"...
Blessington-D'Orsay: A Masquerade

Blessington-D'Orsay: A Masquerade

$12.50 AUD
Author: Michael SadleirBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable & Co Ltd, 1933Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis biographical account illuminates the lives of Blessington and D'Orsay, portraying their public...
The Pilot's House; Or, The Five Little Partridges.

The Pilot's House; Or, The Five Little Partridges.

$40.00 AUD
Author: BrendaBinding: HardbackPublished: John F. Shaw & Co., Ltd., 1111Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe story centers on the lives of children, possibly siblings, as they navigate their...
Memories Of A Country Childhood

Memories Of A Country Childhood

$15.00 AUD
Author: Judith WallaceBinding: SoftbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a collection of personal recollections from a childhood spent in a rural...
The Eloise Series (Four-Volume Set)

The Eloise Series (Four-Volume Set)

$250.00 AUD
Author: Kay ThompsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Max Reinhardt, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: See below.The Eloise series by Kay Thompson, originally published between 1955 and 1959,...
What Time is Noon?

What Time is Noon?

$24.95 AUD$5.00 AUD
Using an historical Middle Eastern conflict as the catalyst, a part of the world which is still in turmoil today, this mystery thriller combines action, with unforseen sequences of events...
Mastering Flash Photography: A Course in Basic to Advanced Lighting

Mastering Flash Photography: A Course in Basic to Advanced Lighting

$36.99 AUD$7.50 AUD
This guide opens with in-camera flash basics, then moves to topics such as exposure flash readings, detachable units, flash guide numbers, bounce flash, and fill flash, then covers advanced methods...
The Killings on Jubilee Terrace

The Killings on Jubilee Terrace

$39.95 AUD$6.00 AUD
Meet the cast of Jubilee Terrace, one of the most popular soap operas on British television. When one of the cast members dies suddenly of a heart attack, those in...