69664
Atkinson, Jeff.

MARY PROCTOR: Convict, Pioneer and Settler.
Sydney: Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd. 2005. Frontis & 16 b/w plates with text drawings, (212pp) Lge.8vo. Stiff fawn pict wrapps.
The biography of a woman transported to Australia in the 1820s. She was personally involved in two of the most important episodes in Australia's history - the convict era and the gold rushes. In tracing her life the Author gives a unique insight into what life was like for ordinary people in those times
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$30

69946
Cardwell, Ronald.

THE FIFTY BEST AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOOKS OF ALL TIME.
Cherrybrook: The Cricket Publishing Company, 2006.
Compiled with the assistance of Roger Page, the listing details the best of Australian Cricket Books published since the first known in 1857. Printed by letterpress on heavy Mowhawk superfine paper, in a signed, numbered edition of 60 copies of which only 50 are available for sale
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$50

69853
(Edgeworth, David) -

T.W. EDGEWORTH DAVID - A LIFE: Geologist, adventurer, soldier, and 'Knight in the old brown hat' by David Branagan and edited by Paul Cliff.
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2005. Has num half-tone illusts with facsimiles and text & endpaper maps, (xx,648pp) Lge.8vo. Stiff pict wrapps.
The full life of Sir T.W.Edgeworth David (1858-1934), the renowned Australian, set against the background of international scientific and intellectual culture from the 1880s to the 1930s
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$38

69947
Favelle, Kathryn (Comp.by)

LITTLE BOOK OF AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S RHYMES.
Canberra: National Library, 2004. Title vingette, num full-page, 2 are double-page, color & b/w illusts, (48pp) sm.8vo. color pict wrapps with cover illust by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
From 'Ten Little Gumnuts' by May Gibbs, 'A Moral Song' by Ethel Turner, the 18 rhymes also include Norman Lindsay's 'Puddin' Song' and Spike Milligan's 'Alligator'
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$18

69660
Heath, Byron.

DISCOVERING THE GREAT SOUTH LAND.
Sydney: Rosenberg Publishing Pty.Ltd. 2005. Has 10 color plates with many figs & maps, (192pp) Sm.4to Stiff brown pict wrapps.
A history of the evolution of sailing ships that gradually linked Australia to Europe
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$30

69951
Holden, Robert.

BUNYIPS: Australia's folklore of fear.
Canberra: National Library, 2001. Title vignette, num full-page & text mono and b/w illusts (vi,226pp) Large 8vo. stiff color pict wrapps.
Combines historical fact and entertaining fiction with some wonderful illustrations of this 'lurking presence in the depths of the billabong'. Artists include B.E.Minns, Ida Rentoul, May Gibbs, Lionel and Norman Lindsay and a frightening one from an early Botany Bay handbill c1790!
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$30

69661
Pfennigwerth, Ian.

A MAN OF INTELLIGENCE: The Life of Captain Theodore Eric Nave - Australian Codebreaker Extraordinary.
Sydney: Rosenberg Publishing Pty.Ltd. 2006. With 16 b/w plates, (304pp) Lge.8vo. Stiff pict wrapps.
Between 1940 and 1942, Eric Nave, almost single-handedly, constructed Australia's first signals intelligence bureau, making her as aware of the Japanese intentions as the British and United States Governments. He was the first to unravel Japanese Naval telegraphy and break the Imperial Japanese Navy Codes and consequently allow the allies to attack the enemy where and when it would cause most harm
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$30

69667
Plowman, Peter.

AUSTRALIAN MIGRANT SHIPS 1946-1977.
Sydney: Rosenberg Publishing, 2006. Title vignette & many color illusts in text, (144pp) 4to. Stiff yellow pict wrapps
The book covers nearly 150 vessels most of which are illustrated with at least one color or black & white photograph
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$30

69666
Plowman, Peter.

MURRAY DARLING PADDLEBOATS.
Sydney: Rosenberg Publishing, 2005. Title vignette & many color illusts, (80pp) 4to. Stiff brown pict wrapps
The book covers the paddleboats the Author has seen and photographed in recent years on these great Australian waterways. It gives a brief history of the paddleboats each of which is illustrated with at least one color photograph
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$25

69665
Quick, Graeme R.

AUSTRALIAN TRACTORS: Indigenous Tractors and Self-Propelled Machines in Rural Australia.
Sydney: Rosenberg Publishing Pty.Ltd. 2006. Frontis, title vignette & 16 color plates with half-tone illusts, drawings & facsimilies in text, (176pp) 4to. Stiff green pict wrapps.
The Author documents the development of the indigenous tractor industry from the McDonald Imperial of 1909 to more recent cane, olive and grape harvesters
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$30

69621
Richmond, Tom.

BAR ISLAND & LOWER HAWKESBURY RIVER SETTLEMENTS.
Sydney: Deerubbin Press/Hornsby Shire Council, 2005. Title vignette & half-tone illusts in text with 3 maps, (iv,60pp) Lge.8vo. Stiff pict wrapps, stapled as published.
One of four titles being published to commemorate the Centenary of the Shire 1906-2006. Signed by Author
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$20

69850
Samuel, Ray.

TAKE POST: A History of The 18 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Australian Artillery 1952-1974.
Sydney: Landers Publishing, 2005. Has 16 color plates & num half-tone illusts with maps, facsimiles, tables & pict endpapers, (204pp) Sm.4to. Laminated pict boards, dust jacket.
Has Nominal Roll. Fully signed by Author
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$40

69833
Sentance, Bryan.

CERAMICS - A WORLD GUIDE TO TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES.
London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. With 848 illusts incl.753 in color, (216pp) Lge.4to. Or. blue cloth, dust jacket.
A worldwide survey over four thousand years of traditional ceramics covering raw materials, the techniques used to make them, the ways they are decorated and their very varied uses
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$54

69527
Slater, Greg, Jonathan Brough et al.

COMPREHENSIVELY CLARICE CLIFF.
London: Thames & Hudson, 2005. Over 2000 illusts of which 1400 are in color, (448pp) Lge.4to. Or black cloth, dust jacket.
An atlas of over two thousand patterns, shapes and backstamps. A definitive reference of these dazzling ceramics for the dealer, connoisseur and collector of art deco pottery from this factory
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$150

69856
Stone, Richard.

FRAGMENTS OF THE EVERY DAY: A Book of Australian Ephemera.
Canberra: NLA, 2005. With num color & tinted illusts, (xiv,122pp) 4to. Stiff blue pict wrapps.
A fascinating visual journey through everyday life over one hundred years.
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$30

69524
Thornton, Caroline Rouse.

BUCHANANS IN AUSTRALIA.
Perth: Self Published, 2003. With b/w illusts, maps & family trees, (x,196pp) 8vo. Pict card wrapps
Fully signed by Author
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$28

69668
Twidale, C.R.& E.M. Campbell.

AUSTRALIAN LANDFORMS: Understanding a Low, Flat, Arid and Old Landscape.
Sydney: Rosenberg Publishing Pty.Ltd. 2005. Frontis, title vignette & num color & half-tone illusts with maps & figs, (336pp) 4to. Stiff blue pict wrapps.
The original version published in 1983 was written in response to appeals for a book that dealt with geomorphology. This book has been revised in the light of conceptual advances that have taken place since. A Standard Text
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$60

69620
Webb, Joan.

PROSPERITY AROUND THE CORNER: The Great Depression in Hornsby Shire.
Sydney: Deerubbin Press/Hornsby Shire Council, 2005. Title vignette & half-tone illusts in text with map, (vi,58pp) Lge.8vo. Stiff pict wrapps, stapled as published.
One of four titles being published to commemorate the Centenary of the Shire 1906-2006. Signed by Author
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$20

69860
Willsteed, Theresa.

NATIONAL TREASURES FROM AUSTRALIA'S GREAT LIBRARIES.
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2005. Has num Color & half-tone illusts incl. facsimiles, maps & ephemera, (xii,162pp) Lge.4to. Stiff pict wrapps.
Besides the National Library all State and Territory libraries are represented
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$35

69579
Winchester, Simon.

THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Oxford: OUP, 2003. Port frontis & half-tone illusts in text with map endpapers, (xxiv,260pp) 8vo. Or'.brown cloth, dust jacket.
The Oxford English Dictionary took nearly sixty years to complete. Fifty of these were spent under the editorship of James Murray who died shortly befor the last of the twelve volumes were published. It remains the standard work on the English Language and now runs to twenty folio sized volumes
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$22

69855
Young, Sally.

FROM BANNERS TO BROADCASTS: A collectors book of political memorabilia
Canberra: NLA, 2005. With num color, two-tone & b/w illusts, (xii,60pp) Lge.8vo. Stiff yellow pict wrapps
The Author plots the growth of political marketiing over one hundred years through memorabilia from the broadsides and handbills of the early 20th century to the pamphlets, posters, buttons, badges, rosettes, stickers and advertisements used in media campaigns
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$25