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Royal Heritage: The Story Of Britain's Royal Builders And Collectors

Royal Heritage: The Story Of Britain's Royal Builders And Collectors

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Author: J.H. Plumb And Huw WheldonBinding: HardbackPublished: British Broadcasting Corporation., 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical non-fiction work, "Royal Heritage: The Story Of Britain's Royal Builders...
Shadow Warrior: The Cia Hero Of A Hundred Unknown Battles

Shadow Warrior: The Cia Hero Of A Hundred Unknown Battles

$20.00 AUD
Author: Felix I. Rodriguez And John WeismanBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Stained DJ. This gripping non-fiction account, "Shadow Warrior: The CIA...
Australians At War: Modern Military Towards 2000

Australians At War: Modern Military Towards 2000

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Author: Peter Badman, Alun Evans, Doug Hurst, Bede JordanBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, Sydney, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight binding separation beginning at title...
White Heat: The New Warfare 1914-18

White Heat: The New Warfare 1914-18

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Author: John TerraineBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine has slight lean. John Terraine's "White Heat: The New Warfare 1914-18" is a...
The Crippled Tanker

The Crippled Tanker

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Author: D.A. RaynerBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsD.A. Rayner's "The Crippled Tanker" is a gripping work of naval fiction that plunges...
Modern France

Modern France

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Author: F.C. RoeBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Stained endpapers. This academic text, "Modern France" by F.C. Roe, offers a comprehensive historical...
Principles And Pragmatism: A History Of Girton, King's College, And Pembroke School

Principles And Pragmatism: A History Of Girton, King's College, And Pembroke School

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Author: J. R. DavisBinding: HardbackPublished: Pembroke School Council, [Adelaide], 1991Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Minor tears in dust jacket...
Golden Fleeces: The Falkiners of Boonoke

Golden Fleeces: The Falkiners of Boonoke

$60.00 AUD
Author: Tim HewatBinding: HardbackPublished: Bay Books, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded and dull spine. Golden Fleeces: The Falkiners of Boonoke by Tim Hewat is a richly...
The Ascent Of Man

The Ascent Of Man

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Author: J. BronowskiBinding: PaperbackPublished: British Broadcasting Corporation., 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight dent in spine and yellowed cover.In this seminal work of non-fiction, "The Ascent...
The Jews In Victoria In The Nineteenth Century

The Jews In Victoria In The Nineteenth Century

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Author: Lazarus Morris GoldmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Published by the Author, 1954Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Frayed and foxed blue cloth....
The Life Of William Robertson Smith

The Life Of William Robertson Smith

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Author: John Sutherland Black And George ChrystalBinding: HardbackPublished: Adam and Charles Black, 1912Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks:...
Brian Fitzpatrick: A Radical Life

Brian Fitzpatrick: A Radical Life

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Author: Don WatsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Hale & Iremonger, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor nick/tear on FEPDon Watson’s "Brian Fitzpatrick: A Radical...
A Short Account Of The History Of Mathematics

A Short Account Of The History Of Mathematics

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Author: W. W. Rouse BallBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dover Publications, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight chipping on cover and minor yellowing to page edges.This academic text, "A...
Liber Melburniensis; Centenary Edition

Liber Melburniensis; Centenary Edition

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Author: R. M. JUKES (editorial)Binding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis academic text, "Liber...
A True-Born Englishman: Being The Life Of Henry Fielding

A True-Born Englishman: Being The Life Of Henry Fielding

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Author: M. P. WillcocksBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.This compelling biography, "A Born English-Man," meticulously chronicles...
The Story Of My Life

The Story Of My Life

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Author: Sir Edward ClarkeBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, 1918Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded and stained cloth. Front hinges slightly crack. Worn and yellowed spine. Bumping on corners.This autobiography...
The Life And Letters Of Sir Edmund Gosse

The Life And Letters Of Sir Edmund Gosse

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Author: The Hon. Evan Charteris, K.C.Binding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Ltd, 1931Condition:Book: Fair, ex-libraryJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Small stamps on prelims, otherwise internally sound. This...
After The Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew

After The Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew

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Follow-up to the bestselling The Victorians in which A. N. Wilson tells the story of the 'Decline and Fall' of Britain. When this book begins, in the reign of Edward...
West Wall: The Battle for Hitler's Siegfried Line: The Spellmount

West Wall: The Battle for Hitler's Siegfried Line: The Spellmount

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An account of the battle for the Siegfried Line in the final year of World War II, which raged for six, long, bloody months along a front of 350 miles...
Ben Franklin Stilled the Waves: An Informal History of Pouring Oil on

Ben Franklin Stilled the Waves: An Informal History of Pouring Oil on

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When Benjamin Franklin, the 18th-century American statesman and scientist, watched the calming effect of a drop of oil on the waves and ripples of a London pond, he was observing...
Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of

Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of

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A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022 This is a biography of the Queen Mother with all the dull bits stripped out. When told that...
Hitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership

Hitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership

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What is leadership? What are the secrets of the phenomenon by which one person can lead millions - sometimes to salvation, sometimes to destruction? Is leadership innate, or can it...

Broadcast Wars: The money, the ego, the power behind your remote

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BROADCAST WARS is an explosive look at a tumultuous period (2003-2011) in Australian television as the Nine and Seven networks traded blows, new technologies emerged and old personalities and management...
Francis de Groot: Irish Fascist Australian Legend

Francis de Groot: Irish Fascist Australian Legend

$30.00 AUD
Saturday, 19 March 1932, the day of the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, one of the most significant occasions in the history of the city of Sydney. The public...
Telling Lies About Hitler: The Holocaust, History and the David Irving

Telling Lies About Hitler: The Holocaust, History and the David Irving

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Evans describes how he came to be involved in the case, and reflects on the interaction of historical and legal rules of evidence. He recounts his discovery of how Irving...
The Bush

The Bush

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Why do we have such a profound attachment to the bush? Perhaps it is because the harsh, mysterious and utterly foreign outback provided the unforgiving crucible that created distinctly Australian...
A Queen for All Seasons: A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II

A Queen for All Seasons: A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II

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'Lovely... delivers the warmest of glows' - Telegraph 'Who wouldn't love this chocolate-box delight of insights and snapshots of The Queen...A treasure chest' - Good Housekeeping A sparkling celebration of...
Forgotten Tragedy: The Sinking of HMT "Rohna"

Forgotten Tragedy: The Sinking of HMT "Rohna"

$80.00 AUD
This book recounts for the first time the tragic loss of more than 1,000 American soldiers in 1943 when their troopship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean.
City of Revolution: Restructuring Manchester

City of Revolution: Restructuring Manchester

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Confronted with a declining jobs base, deepening social problems and apparent indifference on the part of central government, many British cities made an "entrepreneurial turn" during the 1980s and 1990s....
Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

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Mindstorms has two central themes: that children can learn to use computers in a masterful way and that learning to use computers can change the way they learn everything else....
The World Since 1945

The World Since 1945

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THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF GLOBAL CHANGE FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT DAY The world since 1945 has witnessed fundamental changes, notably the increasing influence of the West - particularly the...
On the Road

On the Road

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On The Road: The NRMA'S First 75 Years tells the story of how an idea became a great Australian institution. A little over three quarters of a century ago, a...
Imperial Warriors: Britain and the Gurkhas

Imperial Warriors: Britain and the Gurkhas

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Gurkhas have been recruited into the British and Indian armies since 1814-15 - the year the East India Company went to war with Nepal. Over nearly 200 years these stocky...
Perils of the Studio: Inside the Artistic Affairs of Bohemian

Perils of the Studio: Inside the Artistic Affairs of Bohemian

$70.00 AUD
In the early twentieth century, there was much speculation about what was going on behind the curtains of bohemia. Perils of the Studio reveals how the romance and mythology of...
Aldous Huxley: A Biography (Two-Volume Set)

Aldous Huxley: A Biography (Two-Volume Set)

$45.00 AUD
Author: Sybille BedfordBinding: PaperbackPublished: Quartet Books, London, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive biography explores the life and works of Aldous Huxley, delving...
Great Regiments

Great Regiments

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Author: Vezio MelegariBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson London, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has slight peel to spine...
Man Upon His Mountain; Murders At Wonnangatta (SIGNED)

Man Upon His Mountain; Murders At Wonnangatta (SIGNED)

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Author: Niall BrennanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Alella Books, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Inscribed by the author on half title-page. Signed on title page....
Australia

Australia

$15.00 AUD
Author: Clarrie CoxBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil, Melbourne, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tear on spine of dust jacket and some edges.This book provides an insightful...
Patterns Of Australia

Patterns Of Australia

$20.00 AUD
Author: Geoffrey DuttonBinding: HardbackPublished: Mobil Australia, Australia, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight stain on back of dust jacket. Geoffrey Dutton's "Patterns of Australia" is a compelling...
The Taste Of Fear: A Polish Childhood In Germany 1939-46

The Taste Of Fear: A Polish Childhood In Germany 1939-46

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Author: Zofia KrukBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson London, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Inscription to previous owner on front end-page and minor...