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Archibald Liversidge, Frs: Imperial Science Under The Southern Cross (SIGNED)
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of Victorian science and the burgeoning intellectual life of colonial Australia...
A Regional Geography Of Southeast Australia
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodSoutheast Australia — a land of sweeping plains, rugged mountain ranges, fertile river valleys, and dynamic coastal environments — is brought into sharp academic focus in...
The Merri Creek Study: A Review Of Urban Creek Management - Past, Present, Future
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageMerri Creek, a vital urban waterway winding through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, becomes the subject of rigorous...
The Story Of Gliding: Second Edition
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the wind-swept hills of nineteenth-century pioneers to the sleek, silent giants of modern competition soaring, The Story of Gliding chronicles one...
Let's Learn To Fly
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: dj price clippedFor the aspiring aviator who dreams of conquering the skies, Let's Learn to Fly...
The Prof In Two Worlds: The Official Life Of Professor F. A. Lindemann, Viscount Cherwell
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew men straddled the worlds of science and power with such...
Unravelling Piltdown: The Science Fraud Of The Century And Its Solution
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of history's most audacious acts of scientific deception, a carefully constructed forgery fooled the world's leading...
Historic Sites And Scenes Of England
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEngland is a land where...
Darwin
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in the history of science have so radically reshaped our understanding of life on Earth as Charles Darwin, and Jonathan Howard's Darwin —...
The Marks Of Cain
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBefore forensic science became a household term, the story of how investigators learned to read the hidden language of physical evidence is one of the...
Dead Men Tell Tales
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhen a corpse becomes the most eloquent witness in the courtroom, science becomes the great equaliser of justice — this...
Scientists And War
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the volatile intersection of laboratory and battlefield, Scientists and War presents a penetrating examination of the role...
Marie Curie
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew lives in the history of science burn as brightly — or as controversially — as that of...
The Pioneers 1825-1900: The Early British Tea And Coffee Planters And Their Way Of Life
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the age of empire, a bold cadre of British men ventured into the untamed highlands of India, Ceylon, and East Africa to carve...
Down Under: Mineral Heritage In Australasia
$65.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodDown Under: Mineral Heritage in Australasia is a richly illustrated chronicle of the mining and metallurgical industries that shaped the landscapes and economies of...
Out Of The Fiery Furnace: The Impact Of Metals On The History Of Mankind
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the first glowing ember of a prehistoric forge to the towering steel frameworks of the modern city, Out of the Fiery Furnace:...
The Smithsonian Book Of Flight
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the windswept dunes of Kitty Hawk to the vast silence of outer space, The Smithsonian Book of Flight chronicles humanity's relentless...
Cherish The Earth: The Story Of Gardening In Australia
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the first tentative colonial plots scratched into unfamiliar soil to the magnificent heritage gardens that now define the Australian landscape, Cherish...
Footprints: Life And Times Of Charles Thelander
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA life fully lived leaves its mark on history, and Footprints: Life and Times of...
Fiordland Explored: An Illustrated History
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew corners of the world have resisted human discovery as stubbornly as Fiordland — a vast, rain-drenched wilderness of sheer granite peaks, ancient rainforest,...
Shark Bay Through Four Centuries: 1616 To 2000
$50.00 AUD
Edition: First Ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the first European ships ghosted along the remote coastline of Western Australia, Shark Bay...
Sail In The South: The Great Days Of Sail Around Australia And New Zealand
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the height of the age of sail, the Southern Ocean roared with the white canvas of magnificent tall ships threading their way through the...
Darwin On Man: A Psychological Study Of Scientific Creativity
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat drives a scientific genius to overturn centuries of accepted wisdom, and what does the inner life of...
The Sleepwalkers
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsWhat happens when the greatest scientific revolutions in human history are driven not by cold logic, but by mysticism, obsession,...
Science And The Criminal
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingAt the crossroads of forensic science and criminal justice stands Science and the Criminal, a...
An Autobiographical Study
$25.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in modern intellectual history have reshaped our understanding of the human mind as...
The Life Of Mendel
$40.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: price clipped dj. Behind every revolution in human understanding stands a solitary figure driven by curiosity — and few stories...
Conquest Of Mind
$40.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the intellectual ferment of nineteenth-century Britain, few movements captured the popular imagination quite so dramatically as phrenology — the...
The Voyage Of Charles Darwin: His Autobiographical Writings Selected And Arranged By Christopher Ralling
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew journeys in the history of science have altered the course of human understanding as profoundly as Charles Darwin's five-year expedition aboard HMS Beagle, and...
The Beak Of The Finch: A Story Of Evolution In Our Time
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn a remote volcanic island in the Galápagos archipelago, two Princeton scientists — Peter...
The Lure And Romance Of Alchemy
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodLong before the age of modern chemistry, a brotherhood of secretive scholars pursued the ultimate dream — to transmute base metals into gold and...
The Discoverers
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat does it truly mean to discover — to shatter the boundaries of the known world and reimagine the very fabric of human understanding?...
Mantle Of Safety: The Flying Doctor Service
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedIn the vast, sun-scorched outback of Australia, where the nearest neighbour might be hundreds of miles away and death can arrive swiftly...
The Melbourne Medical School 1862-1962
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodA landmark institution stands at the heart of Australian medicine, and The Melbourne Medical School 1862–1962 chronicles its first century with scholarly...
A Number For Your Thoughts: Facts And Speculations About Numbers From Euclid To The Latest Computers
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the elegant proofs of Euclid to the staggering computational power of modern computers, A Number...
Legends Of The Earth: How The New Science Of Geomythology Explains Them
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before modern science could articulate the mechanics of volcanic eruptions, floods, and earthquakes, human cultures around the...
Australian Nurses Since Nightingale 1860-1990
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the colonial wards of the 1860s to the modern hospitals of 1990, Australian Nurses since Nightingale 1860-1990...
Australian Nurses Since Nightingale: 1860 – 1990 (SIGNED)
$45.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the colonial wards of the 1860s to the modern hospitals of 1990, Australian Nurses Since Nightingale:...
The Ascent Of Everest
$20.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Mylar sleeve on jacketOn the 29th of...
All Care And Responsibility: A History Of Nursing In Victoria 1850-1934
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAll Care and Responsibility: A History of Nursing in Victoria 1850–1934 chronicles the remarkable evolution of professional nursing in colonial and early twentieth-century Victoria,...
Jane Bell, O.B.E. (1873–1959): Lady Superintendent The Royal Melbourne Hospital (1910–1934)
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the turn of the twentieth century, when nursing was still fighting for professional recognition, Jane Bell rose to become one of Australia's most...
A Century Of Compassion: A History Of The Austin Hospital
$30.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFounded in the late nineteenth century, the Austin Hospital has stood as one of Melbourne's most enduring pillars of medical excellence, and...
The Dame: The Life And Times Of Dame Jean Macnamara Medical Pioneer
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersBehind every era-defining medical breakthrough stands a figure of extraordinary will, and Dame...
The Goodwin Sands
$65.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew stretches of sea have claimed as many ships — and as many lives — as the treacherous Goodwin Sands, a ten-mile...
From Charity To Teaching Hospital: Ella Latham's Presidency 1933–1954
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the heart of Melbourne's medical history stands a remarkable story of transformation — From Charity to Teaching Hospital: Ella Latham's Presidency 1933–1954 chronicles...
The Ra Expeditions
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn 1969 and 1970, the legendary Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl set sail across...
The Hospital South Of The Yarra: A History Of Alfred Hospital Melbourne From Foundation To The Nineteen-Forties
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodSouth of the Yarra River, in the heart of Melbourne, one institution quietly transformed the landscape of Australian medicine — The Hospital South of...
The Origin Of Species: By Means Of Natural Selection Or The Preservation Of Favoured Races In The Struggle For Life
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew books have so profoundly altered humanity's understanding of life on Earth as Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. First published...