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U.S. Warships of World War 2

U.S. Warships of World War 2

$35.00 AUD
Author: Paul H. SilverstoneBinding: HardbackPublished: Ian Allen Ltd., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor fading to spine.Us Warships Of World War 2 presents a comprehensive catalog of...
Island "X" Okinawa

Island "X" Okinawa

$90.00 AUD
Author: William P. SimpsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Christopher Publishing House., 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Chipped spine, minor bumps...
"Down Ramps!": The Saga Of The Eighth Armada

"Down Ramps!": The Saga Of The Eighth Armada

$65.00 AUD
Author: Lambton BurnBinding: HardbackPublished: Carroll & Nicholson., 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor tear and some slight markings to DJ, tanned edges.This...
The B&I Line

The B&I Line

$60.00 AUD
Author: Hazel P. SmythBinding: HardbackPublished: Gill & Macmillan Ltd., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor fading to spine. A History of the British and Irish Steam...
The Fighting Liberty Ships

The Fighting Liberty Ships

$85.00 AUD
Author: A.A. HoehlingBinding: HardbackPublished: Kent State Univ Press., 1990Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some minor fading to spine.A compelling work of historical non-fiction, The Fighting Liberty...
Flagship Hood: The Fate Of Britain's Mightiest Warship

Flagship Hood: The Fate Of Britain's Mightiest Warship

$95.00 AUD
Author: Alan Coles & Ted BriggsBinding: HardbackPublished: Robert Hale., 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tear to front of DJ.This historical account...
Narvik

Narvik

$70.00 AUD
Author: Captain Donald MacintyreBinding: HardbackPublished: Evans Brothers London., 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor discolouration to DJ, slight chips and...
Notable Service To The Empire: Australian Corvettes And The British Pacific Fleet 1944-45

Notable Service To The Empire: Australian Corvettes And The British Pacific Fleet 1944-45

$50.00 AUD
Author: Hugh CampbellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Naval Historical Society of Australia Inc., 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Slight wear to cover...
Gateway To Progress

Gateway To Progress

$25.00 AUD
Author: Peter G MercerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Marine Board of Burnie., 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe story of the first hundred years of the Marine Board of Burnie....
Reardon Smith Line: The History Of A South Wales Shipping Venture (SIGNED)

Reardon Smith Line: The History Of A South Wales Shipping Venture (SIGNED)

$40.00 AUD
Author: P. M. HeatonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Starling Press, 1984Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedReardon Smith Line: The History Of A South Wales Shipping Venture chronicles the fascinating rise and...
Reef Pilots: The History Of The Queensland Coast And Torres Strait Pilot Service

Reef Pilots: The History Of The Queensland Coast And Torres Strait Pilot Service

$50.00 AUD
Author: Capt. John C. H. FoleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Banks Brothers & Street Sydney., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor scuff marks to front of DJ.Reef Pilots: The History...
The Corvettes

The Corvettes

$90.00 AUD
Author: Iris NesdaleBinding: HardbackPublished: Iris Nesdale., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some bumps to edges of DJ and slight yellowing to spine.The book The Corvettes chronicles...
The Beachhead Commandos

The Beachhead Commandos

$25.00 AUD
Author: A. Cecil HampshireBinding: HardbackPublished: William Kimber., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some slight bumps to DJ edges and spine...
76 Hours: The Invasion Of Tarawa

76 Hours: The Invasion Of Tarawa

$60.00 AUD
Author: Eric Hammel, John E. LaneBinding: HardbackPublished: Pacifica Press., 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight chips to spine and some rubs and...
Verini's Stenographic Telegraph Code: Part I, 1 To 100,000

Verini's Stenographic Telegraph Code: Part I, 1 To 100,000

$250.00 AUD
Author: R. G. M. CreaseyBinding: HardbackPublished: Maclaren and Co., 1884Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: 11 pp. Worn boards with...
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf

The Battle Of Leyte Gulf

$30.00 AUD
Author: Adrian StewartBinding: HardbackPublished: Robert Hale., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed DJ, some slight foxing to page edges.Adrian Stewart's The Battle Of Leyte Gulf chronicles...
The Positive Background Of Hindu Sociology

The Positive Background Of Hindu Sociology

$30.00 AUD
Author: Benoy Kumar SarkarBinding: HardbackPublished: Motilal Banarsidass., 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor yellowing to back of DJ and page edges. Benoy Kumar Sarkar's The Positive...
Caste, Feudalism And Peasantry: The Social Formation Of Shekhawati

Caste, Feudalism And Peasantry: The Social Formation Of Shekhawati

$25.00 AUD
Author: K.L. SharmaBinding: HardbackPublished: Manohar Publishers & Distributors., 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor bumps to DJ.This scholarly work meticulously chronicles the intricate social structures of a...
Sail Ho!: My Early Years At Sea (SIGNED)

Sail Ho!: My Early Years At Sea (SIGNED)

$200.00 AUD
Author: Sir James BissetBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson , 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Blue cloth with minor marks....
Tramps And Ladies: My Early Years In Steamers (SIGNED)

Tramps And Ladies: My Early Years In Steamers (SIGNED)

$180.00 AUD
Author: Sir James BissetBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Blue cloth with silver lettering. Map endpapers. Colour frontis. This compelling maritime memoir, Tramps...
Spy Counter Spy

Spy Counter Spy

$200.00 AUD
Author: Dusko PopovBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition with slightly faded spine. Light...
The Sister's Faithful Companions Of Jesus In Australia

The Sister's Faithful Companions Of Jesus In Australia

$25.00 AUD
Author: M. Clare. O'CONNOR,Binding: HardbackPublished: The Sisters, Faithful Companions of Jesus, 1982Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Foxing on title page and rear end papers.A...
Man & Work: Literature And Culture In Industrial Society

Man & Work: Literature And Culture In Industrial Society

$30.00 AUD
Author: David MeakinBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly work examines the profound interplay between human labor and the cultural landscape...
Freud's Wizard: The Enigma of Ernest Jones

Freud's Wizard: The Enigma of Ernest Jones

$31.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Ernest Jones was a born empire builder, who imported the intellectual ferment of early twentieth-century European analysis to our shores. In 1938 he daringly flew to Vienna to rescue Freud...
Exit Through the Fireplace: Great Days of the Rep

Exit Through the Fireplace: Great Days of the Rep

$38.95 AUD$15.00 AUD
A nostalgic and humorous evocation of the days of local rep through the memories of those who worked in it. Many of today's best known actors pay tribute to rep...
Wagner Nights: An American History

Wagner Nights: An American History

$20.00 AUD
As never before or since, Richard Wagner's name dominated American music-making at the close of the nineteenth century. Europe, too, was obsessed with Wagner, but - as Joseph Horowitz shows...
A Method to Their Madness: History of the Actors Studio

A Method to Their Madness: History of the Actors Studio

$33.95 AUD$15.00 AUD
For decades, in one small room on West Forty-fourth Street in Manhattan, Lee Strasberg ran the Actors Studio, where dozens of acclaimed actors absorbed a technique that became known as...
History'S Worst Crimes: And the People Who Solved Them

History'S Worst Crimes: And the People Who Solved Them

$29.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
From the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Watergate burglary, the most infamous crimes continue to hold public attention long after they were committed. History's Worst Crimes takes you...
Ring of Ice: Adventure, Exploration and Life in the Arctic

Ring of Ice: Adventure, Exploration and Life in the Arctic

$46.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
Well into the nineteenth century, Arctic explorers believed that they need only their ships through a ring of ice circling the top of the globe, and from there they would...
Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume Two

Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume Two

$36.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the post-war Establishment. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft....
Unsettled: Cambodian Refugees in the New York City Hyperghetto

Unsettled: Cambodian Refugees in the New York City Hyperghetto

$45.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
After surviving the Khmer Rouge genocide, followed by years of confinement to international refugee camps, as many as 10,000 Southeast Asian refugees arrived in the Bronx during the 1980s and...
Living Indigenous Leadership: Native Narratives on Building Strong

Living Indigenous Leadership: Native Narratives on Building Strong

$74.95 AUD$40.00 AUD
Indigenous scholars strive to produce research to improve Native communities in meaningful ways. They also recognize that long-lasting change depends on effective leadership. Living Indigenous Leadership showcases innovative research and...
Amazing Tales for Making Men out of Boys

Amazing Tales for Making Men out of Boys

$45.00 AUD$6.00 AUD
Tales of brave and selfless deeds used to be part of every boy's education. We grew up sharing stories with our fathers, uncles and grandfathers of how other men had...
Detroit's Cold War: The Origins of Postwar Conservatism

Detroit's Cold War: The Origins of Postwar Conservatism

$54.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Detroit's Cold War locates the roots of American conservatism in a city that was a nexus of labor and industry in postwar America. Drawing on meticulous archival research focusing on...
The Prime Ministers: Winner of the PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS 2020

The Prime Ministers: Winner of the PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS 2020

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
**Winner of the 2020 PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS for Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian** A Times Political Book of the Year 'An entertaining, thorough and informative canter through the characters...
Elizabethans: A History of How Modern Britain Was Forged

Elizabethans: A History of How Modern Britain Was Forged

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
The Sunday Times bestsellerTHE STORY OF BRITAIN during the long reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Find out how Britain changed in this entrancing, lively portrait of Britain's Elizabethan Age by...
The Story of the World in 100 Moments: Discover the stories that

The Story of the World in 100 Moments: Discover the stories that

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Massmarket edition of the hardback bestseller- In The Story of the World in 100 Moments Oliver presents a remarkable journey through time, curating one hundred moments that shaped our world,...
Titans of History: The Giants Who Made Our World

Titans of History: The Giants Who Made Our World

$26.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
NEW EDITION - FEATURING UPDATED INTRODUCTION AND NEW CHAPTERS The giant characters of history - from Mozart to Michelangelo, Shakespeare to Einstein, Henry VIII to Hitler, Catherine the Great to...
The Story of the World Cup: The Essential Companion to Japan 2002

The Story of the World Cup: The Essential Companion to Japan 2002

$27.00 AUD$12.00 AUD
The only comprehensive history of the world's top football tournament, fully updated to include the 1998 competition in France. As well as vivid accounts of individual games (from the first...
Educating Australia: Government, Economy and Citizen since 1960

Educating Australia: Government, Economy and Citizen since 1960

$64.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
This book is the first comprehensive history of Australian education systems, programs and policies of the period since 1960. The narrative of changes in schooling, training and university life is...
Rethinking History

Rethinking History

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This introductory text is written for students faced with the question "what is history?' Polemical in tone, the book argues against a skills-based approach to history in favour of a...
Shake Puppies

Shake Puppies

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
The highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling book Shake, Shake Puppies also features 61 dogs caught mid-shake-only this time they're even more adorable and laughter inducing. Shake Puppies features two...
Grampian Battlefields

Grampian Battlefields

$39.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
Grampian Battlefields covers a time-span of 1,661 years. It forms an exercise in historical reasoning an d historical imagination. '
Full Astern!: An Illustrated History of New Zealand Shipwrecks

Full Astern!: An Illustrated History of New Zealand Shipwrecks

$39.95 AUD$25.00 AUD
The sea may be our highway, but it can charge appallingly high tolls. Our ancestors rightly feared death and destruction at sea. In the last 200 years over 2000 ships...
Domino Effect

Domino Effect

$86.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
Shows how Domino's Pizza has achieved success through its innovative delivery system and the personnel policies that support it.
Collection: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Collection: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

$75.00 AUD$30.00 AUD
A book about the permanent collection at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery