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The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the "Titanic" and the End of the

The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the "Titanic" and the End of the

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When the Titanic sank, so did the Edwardian age that created it. In this brilliantly original history, Gareth Russell recasts a tragedy we think we know to explore an era...
An Australian In America: First Impressions And Second Thoughts On The World's Strangest Nation

An Australian In America: First Impressions And Second Thoughts On The World's Strangest Nation

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Author: David DaleBinding: PaperbackPublished: COLLINS AUSTRALIA, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAn Australian In America: First Impressions And Second Thoughts On The...
I, The Aboriginal

I, The Aboriginal

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Author: Douglas LockwoodBinding: PaperbackPublished: Rigby / Seal Books, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles the extraordinary...
Rough As Guts

Rough As Guts

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Author: Douglass Baglin & Barbara MullinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Eclipse Books, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings'Rough As Guts presents a vivid portrait of Australia's pioneering spirit and the resilient...
Not By Bread Alone

Not By Bread Alone

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Author: Vladimir DudintsevBinding: HardbackPublished: London: Hutchinson, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsNot By Bread Alone is a seminal work of Soviet literature that chronicles...
No Mean Destiny: The Story Of The War Widows' Guild Of Australia 1945-85

No Mean Destiny: The Story Of The War Widows' Guild Of Australia 1945-85

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Author: Mavis Thorpe ClarkBinding: HardbackPublished: Hyland House Publishing Pty. Ltd., South Yarra, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsNo Mean Destiny: The Story Of The War Widows' Guild Of...
The Round Tower; The Fifteen Streets; A Grand Man; Feathers In The Fire; The Blind Miller

The Round Tower; The Fifteen Streets; A Grand Man; Feathers In The Fire; The Blind Miller

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Author: Catherine CooksonBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann Octopus, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive collection presents five compelling narratives from a beloved storyteller, immersing readers in the lives and...
Little Gloria... Happy At Last

Little Gloria... Happy At Last

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Author: Barbara GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight fading to spine of DJThis compelling biography chronicles the tumultuous life of a young heiress, detailing...
A Hundred More Things Japanese

A Hundred More Things Japanese

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Author: Hyoe Murakami, Donald RichieBinding: HardbackPublished: Japan Culture Institute, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Yellowed on blockMore A Hundred Things Japanese presents a fascinating compendium of...
The Course Of Empire: Neo-Classical Culture In New South Wales 1788-1860

The Course Of Empire: Neo-Classical Culture In New South Wales 1788-1860

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Author: Robert DixonBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ worn with some small rips. Light chipping...
We Call For A Treaty

We Call For A Treaty

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Author: Judith WrightBinding: PaperbackPublished: Collins / Fontana, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light wear and discolouration to cover and spine. Block and pages yellowed. All text...
The Journalistic Javelin: 1880 1980 An Illustrated History Of The Bulletin

The Journalistic Javelin: 1880 1980 An Illustrated History Of The Bulletin

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Author: Patricia RolfeBinding: HardbackPublished: Wildcat Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ protected under clear cover. Board chipped around perimeter with some discolouration. Light...
Essays In Labour History 1918-1939

Essays In Labour History 1918-1939

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Author: Asa Briggs and John SavilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Croom Helm, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light chipping to perimeter of DJ....
Caviar For Breakfast: A Russian Diary By Betty Roland

Caviar For Breakfast: A Russian Diary By Betty Roland

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Author: Betty RolandBinding: HardbackPublished: Quartet Books, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: DJ discoloured with light chipping to top. Black mark...
Film Censorship In Australia

Film Censorship In Australia

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Author: Ina BertrandBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ faded and worn. Light bubbling and...
The Punishment Of Death: A Selection Of Articles From The Morning Herald, With Notes

The Punishment Of Death: A Selection Of Articles From The Morning Herald, With Notes

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Author: VariousBinding: HardbackPublished: Hatchard & Son; Smith, Elder, & Co., 1836Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Damaged spine....
Broadcast And Be Damned: The ABC's First Two Decades

Broadcast And Be Damned: The ABC's First Two Decades

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Author: Alan ThomasBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ worn and faded with chipping and some...
Tylor

Tylor

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Author: Dr. R. R. MarettBinding: HardbackPublished: Chapman and Hall, 1936Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn and faded DJ....
Weevils In The Flour: An Oral Record Of The 1930's Depression In Australia

Weevils In The Flour: An Oral Record Of The 1930's Depression In Australia

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Author: Wendy LowensteinBinding: HardbackPublished: Hyland House , 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: DJ worn and faded. Light chipping and some rips to...
School Days: Looking Back On Education In Victoria

School Days: Looking Back On Education In Victoria

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Author: Brian McKinlayBinding: HardbackPublished: Robert Anderson & Associates, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ spine faded. Light denting to spine of board. Pages in good condition.This...
Cattlemen Of The High Country

Cattlemen Of The High Country

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Author: Tor Holth Binding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn, faded and chipped DJ with some rips. Light chipping to...
Women Of Strength Women Of Gentleness

Women Of Strength Women Of Gentleness

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Author: Morna SturrockBinding: HardbackPublished: David Lovell Publishing, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded DJ spine. Chipping to perimeter of same. Board spine...
A Richer Dust: Echoes From An Edwardian Album

A Richer Dust: Echoes From An Edwardian Album

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Author: Colin GordonBinding: HardbackPublished: Elm Tree Books London, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsA Richer Dust: Echoes From An Edwardian Album chronicles the lives and times of individuals...
The Great British Ghost Hunt

The Great British Ghost Hunt

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Author: Hans HolzerBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerHans Holzer, a renowned parapsychologist, chronicles a series of chilling investigations into the...
Love, Sex, Marriage And Divorce

Love, Sex, Marriage And Divorce

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Author: Jonathan Gathorne-HardyBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis insightful non-fiction work chronicles the intricate evolution of human relationships, examining the societal constructs and personal...
The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas

The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas

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Author: Alice B. ToklasBinding: PaperbackPublished: ZEPHYR BOOKS, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling memoir, The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas, chronicles...
Man, Land & Myth: In North Australia The Gunwinggu People

Man, Land & Myth: In North Australia The Gunwinggu People

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Author: Ronald M. Berndt And Catherine H. BerndtBinding: HardbackPublished: Ure Smith, Sydney, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis anthropological study, Man, Land...
Religion In Aboriginal Australia: An Anthology

Religion In Aboriginal Australia: An Anthology

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Author: Max Charlesworth, Howard Morphy, Diane Bell And Kenneth MaddockBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsReligion In Aboriginal Australia: An Anthology presents a...
One Continuous Picnic: A History Of Eating In Australia

One Continuous Picnic: A History Of Eating In Australia

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Author: Michael SymonsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical work, One Continuous Picnic: A History Of Eating In...
The Death And Rebirth Of The Seneca

The Death And Rebirth Of The Seneca

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Author: Anthony F. C. WallaceBinding: PaperbackPublished: Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work of...
Vorkuta

Vorkuta

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Author: Joseph ScholmerBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsJoseph Scholmer's Vorkuta: The Story Of A Slave City In The Soviet Arctic chronicles...
My Childhood In Siberia

My Childhood In Siberia

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Author: Tatiana TchernavinBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, 1972Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Cut on title page. Clean text. This...
Momo

Momo

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Author: Emile Ajar; Translated by: Manheim, RalphBinding: HardbackPublished: London; Collins and Harvill Press, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMomo, a poignant and darkly humorous novel, chronicles the extraordinary...
Victoria With Love: Some Personal Views Of Life In Victoria, Australia

Victoria With Love: Some Personal Views Of Life In Victoria, Australia

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Author: Olivia Newton-John, Barry Humphries, Ron Clarke, Neil Douglas, Philip Adams, Sir Laurence Muir, Professor Ron Brown, Sir Gustav NossalBinding: HardbackPublished: Government of Victoria, Melbourn, 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn...
Wildbird Dreaming: Aboriginal Art From The Central Deserts Of Australia

Wildbird Dreaming: Aboriginal Art From The Central Deserts Of Australia

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Author: Nadine Amadio and Richard KimberBinding: HardbackPublished: Greenhouse Publications, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light fading to DJ. Minor denting to spine of board. Some tanning...
Bedlam

Bedlam

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Author: André SoubiranBinding: HardbackPublished: W.H. Allen, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsAndré Soubiran's Bedlam chronicles the harrowing realities within a notorious 18th-century Parisian asylum, vividly portraying...
Sunday Best: Selections From The Observer, With An Introduction By Clive James

Sunday Best: Selections From The Observer, With An Introduction By Clive James

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Author: Donald TrelfordBinding: HardbackPublished: The Observer / Victor Gollancz, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling non-fiction collection, Sunday Best: Selections From The Observer, With An Introduction...
Rebels & Radicals

Rebels & Radicals

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Author: Eric Foner (editor)Binding: PaperbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light discolouration to spine of cover. Tanning to block, half-title,...
"If Only I'D Listened To Grandpa": Recollections Of The Old Days In The Australian Bush

"If Only I'D Listened To Grandpa": Recollections Of The Old Days In The Australian Bush

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Author: Martin McadooBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsIf Only I'D Listened To Grandpa: Recollections Of The Old Days In The Australian Bush chronicles a...
Tales From A Sunburnt Country: Volume II

Tales From A Sunburnt Country: Volume II

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Author: Readers DigestBinding: HardbackPublished: Reader's Digest (Australia) Ltd, Sydney, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsTales From A Sunburnt Country: Volume II chronicles extraordinary episodes from Australia’s past and present,...
All Done From Memory

All Done From Memory

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Author: Osbert LancasterBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsAll Done From Memory presents a delightful collection of witty observations and nostalgic recollections from a master...
True Life Stories Of... Freaks, Fate & Fortune

True Life Stories Of... Freaks, Fate & Fortune

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Author: Castle BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Universal Books, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection, True Life Stories Of... Freaks, Fate & Fortune, chronicles extraordinary individuals whose...
Growing Up The Country: The Pitjantjatjara Struggle For Their Land

Growing Up The Country: The Pitjantjatjara Struggle For Their Land

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Author: Phillip Toyne & Daniel VachonBinding: PaperbackPublished: McPhee Gribble / Penguin Books, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe compelling historical...
The Sexual Life Of Savages In North-Western Melanesia

The Sexual Life Of Savages In North-Western Melanesia

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Author: Bronislaw MalinowskiBinding: PaperbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Binding cracking. All pages intact.This seminal work of anthropology presents a...
The New Sobriety: Art And Politics In The Weimar Period

The New Sobriety: Art And Politics In The Weimar Period

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Author: John WillettBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work chronicles the vibrant and tumultuous...
The Speakers

The Speakers

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Author: Heathcote WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Grove Press, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles the vibrant world of London's Speakers'...
Australian Aboriginal Concepts

Australian Aboriginal Concepts

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Author: L. R. HiattBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAustralian Aboriginal Concepts, edited...
Outcasts In White Australia

Outcasts In White Australia

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Author: C.D. RowleyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Pelican Book, 1973Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minimal markings in grey lead. Name penned on...