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Lillie Langtry: Her Life In Words And Pictures
$20.00 AUD
Author: Jeremy Birkett, John RichardsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Blandford Press, 1979Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling biography, Lillie Langtry: Her Life In...
Beijing Spring
$25.00 AUD
Author: David and Peter Turnley, Melinda Liu, Orville SchellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1989Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeijing Spring...
Art, Society, Revolution: Russia 1917-1921
$30.00 AUD
Author: Nils Ake (ed.) NilssonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Red marks on rear cover as shown in photo. Small crease on top...
Albany: Port With A Past And Future
$30.00 AUD
Author: Les JohnsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Albany Port Authority., 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Slight bumping to spine and some minor...
Almost Hmnzs Neptune
$35.00 AUD
Author: Jack HarkerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Moana Press., 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor tanning and foxing to pages, previous owner details in FEP.The story of...
The Warramunga Story
$65.00 AUD
Author: HMAS Warramunga Veterans Association of AustraliaBinding: PaperbackPublished: HMAS Warramunga Veterans Association of Australia., 2010Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight chip to spine, minor bumps to...
A Lucky Ship: The Nine Lives Of The Australian Coaster 'Tambar' 1912-1960
$50.00 AUD
Author: Craig MairBinding: PaperbackPublished: Nautical Association of Australia Inc., 2013Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account chronicles the remarkable...
The Victorians: Arriving
$15.00 AUD
Author: Richard BroomeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Sydney, Fairfax Syme & Weldon, (), 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Faded and creased cover.This compelling historical...
The Bulletin: Centenary 1880-1980 Souvenir Edition
$20.00 AUD
Author: The Editor Trevor Kennedy. BulletinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Trevor Kennedy, 1980Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Bulletin: Centenary 1880-1980 Souvenir Edition chronicles a hundred years of influential Australian journalism, presenting a...
Changi Photographer: George Aspinall's Record Of Captivity
$12.00 AUD
Author: Tim BowdenBinding: PaperbackPublished: Times Editions., 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account,...
My Wife, My Daughter And Poor Mary Ann
$20.00 AUD
Author: Beverley KingstonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Nelson., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner's name in FEP, some tanning to pages.This compelling work chronicles the intricate lives of...
Women In Europe Since 1750
$12.00 AUD
Author: Patricia BrancaBinding: PaperbackPublished: Croom Helm., 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWomen In Europe Since 1750 by Patricia Branca chronicles the evolving...
The Colonial Australians
$75.00 AUD
Author: David DenholmBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor bumps to edges of cover, yellowed pages.This historical account, The Colonial Australians, meticulously chronicles...
Trespassers And Intruders
$12.00 AUD
Author: Norman LacyBinding: PaperbackPublished: LIBRARY COUNCIL OF VICTORIA., 1982Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageRichard Broome's Trespassers And Intruders: The Port Phillip...
Truth Telling: From Colonising To Covenanting
$15.00 AUD
Author: Stephan J. Orme Binding: PaperbackPublished: Uniting Church National History Society., 2024Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly volume presents the significant...
A History Of Hallmarks
$20.00 AUD
Author: Wynyard R. T. WilkinsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Queen Anne Press., 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA History Of Hallmarks chronicles the intricate world...
The Victoria Market
$30.00 AUD
Author: Ellen Mccaughey And Mary HobanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Time and Place Publications., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Discolouration to cover due to sun-fading.This compelling historical account, The...
Ubiquitous And Necessary: Australia's Mechanics' Institutes And Schools Of Arts Etc: A Research Guide (SIGNED)
$80.00 AUD
Author: Pam Baragwanath And Ken JamesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Pam Baragwanath And Ken James., 2016Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageUbiquitous And Necessary:...
William Philpott: Pioneer Victorian First Class Cricketer
$35.00 AUD
Author: Anne JacksonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Malvern Historical Society Inc., 2011Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAnne Jackson's William Philpott: Pioneer Victorian First Class...
Blood & Laughter: Caricatures From The 1905 Revolution
$50.00 AUD
Author: David King & Cathy PorterBinding: PaperbackPublished: Jonathan Cape., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor chips to back of cover, slight yellowing to cover.Blood & Laughter:...
Against The Tide
$25.00 AUD
Author: SantamariaBinding: PaperbackPublished: Oxford University Press Melbourne, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cover has signs of fading.This compelling memoir chronicles the life and convictions of a...
Women, Class And History: Feminist Perspectives On Australia 1788-1978
$50.00 AUD
Author: Elizabeth WindschuttleBinding: PaperbackPublished: Fontana., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Tanning throughout pages, spine is sun-faded, chips, bumps and...
A Woman's Friendship
$20.00 AUD
Author: Ada CambridgeBinding: PaperbackPublished: New South Wales University Press., 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Slight bumps to corners of...
The National Trust Research Manual
This guide to researching Australian history, designed to be easy to follow and informative, shows the beginner how to research and trace the history of houses, public buildings, industrial sites,...
Courage in a Hostile World: The Story of FamilyVoice Australia
David Phillips' account of the rise and reach of FamilyVoice Australia is a compelling history of a 40 year-long battle for the heart and soul of Australian society. "Courage in...
Sound Tracks: A Musical Detective Story
A History of the World in 100 Objects meets Sapiens- the first archaeological history of humanity's musical heritage Wonderfully engaging, expansive and ambitious, Sound Tracks tells the history of our...
Women to the Front
Australian Women Doctors of the First World War At the outbreak of World War I, 129 women were registered as medical practitioners in Australia, and many of them were eager...
A Short History of Australia
On 26 January the convict transports moved into their new home as a handful of Aborigines on the shore set up a horrid howl and indicated by angry gestures with...
NELSON LIFE & LETTERS OF HERO
Roger Morriss interweaves the story of Nelso n''s heroism at sea with the colourful and controversial even ts of his personal life, in particular his relations with Em ma Hamilton...
What the Grown-ups Were Doing: An odyssey through 1950s suburbia
$12.00 AUD
Michele Hanson grew up an 'oddball tomboy disappointment' in a Jewish family in Ruislip in the 1950s - a suburban Metroland idyll of neat lawns, bridge parties and Martini socials....
Fighting on the Home Front: The Legacy of Women in World War One
In 1914 the world changed forever. When World War One broke out and a generation of men went off to fight, bestselling author Kate Adie shows how women emerged from...
Unmasked: A History of the Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group: the
The history of the Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group over the first fifty years has demonstrated the Group's commitment to the education of perioperative nurses and the development of the professional...
A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two
A Times History Book of the Year 2022A TLS Book of the Year 2022'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMES From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical...
Fallen: Everest and the Enigma of George Mallory
On 6 June, 1924 George Mallory donned an oxygen set and set off for the summit of Everest with his young partner Andrew Irvine. Next day they were glimpsed through...
A Brief History of Thailand: Monarchy, War and Resilience: The
Thailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there's much more to this popular holiday destination than many realise. A Brief History of Thailand offers an engaging...
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Two Volumes in One
Two volumes in one! This is a complete, two-volume set of one of the greatest books on 19th century Japanese history and culture. Though Lafcadio Hearn went on to write...
A Brief History Of Bali: Piracy, Slavery, Opium and Guns: The Story of
This book tells the story of Bali the "paradise island of the Pacific" its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the Western world. Bali is a perennially popular...
Korea: The Impossible Country: South Korea's Amazing Rise from the
In just fifty years, South Korea has transformed itself from a failed state, ruined and partitioned by war and decades of colonial rule, into an economic powerhouse and a democracy...
A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest Archipelago Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and one of the largest countries in the...
The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World
The Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least in the material vestiges left behind in its turbulent wake. What was it really like to live in...
The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe
A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age. In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its...
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient
Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and...
50 Leaders Who Changed History
What qualities enabled George Washington-celebrated as the 'father of his country'-to lead a sometimes ramshackle army to victory in the American Revolutionary War and then serve with distinction as the...
The Atlas of Microstates
An ideal gift for anyone with an intrigue for geographical curiosities. Defined as sovereign states with a very small population, land area, or both, microstates serve as fascinating case studies...