History

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...

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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...

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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...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhen the world plunged into its second catastrophic conflict in a generation, Australia answered the call with extraordinary resolve — Australia Goes to War:...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the gold rush era to the modern financial age, A Century of Change: The First Hundred Years of the Stock Exchange of Melbourne...

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: GoodFrom the rattling, smoke-belching horseless carriages of the late nineteenth century to the sleek, precision-engineered machines of the modern era, Anatomy of the Automobile...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersOne hundred years of automotive history unfolds in this sweeping celebration of mankind's most...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: mylar sleeve on jacket.From the earliest sketches of ancient anatomists to the microscopic revelations of modern...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A nation's story, told in the vivid language of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the shadowy corridors of ancient empires to the clandestine operations of the modern era, Spies and Spymasters: A Concise History of Intelligence presents...

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...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the summer of 1940, the skies over Britain became the theatre of one of history's most pivotal...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the first colonial conflicts of the late eighteenth century to the complex peacekeeping missions of the modern era, Australia: Two Centuries...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingBehind the footlights of colonial Australia lay a world of spectacle, scandal, and survival — and Australia on...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the sun-drenched harbours of Sydney to the wild southern swells of the Bass Strait, A Log of Great Australian...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the summer of 1940, with Europe fallen and invasion imminent, a few hundred Royal Air Force pilots stood as...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhen a nation sends its men and women to war, the obligations it incurs do not end when the fighting stops — More than...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFrom the first musket fire of the colonial era to the uneasy silences of the Cold War, Australia...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedLong before roads and railways stitched Australia together, a fleet of steam-powered paddleboats ruled the mighty Murray-Darling river system, and Riverboats and Rivermen chronicles this...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the earliest balloon post of 1793 to the jet-age networks of 1981, Air Mail: An Illustrated History 1793–1981 chronicles nearly two centuries...

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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...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedFrom the founding of a penal colony at Sydney Cove in 1788 to the eve of a newly federated nation, The Australian...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the rugged and unforgiving Australian Alps of the late 1940s and 1950s, thousands of workers from across...