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Amie: Memories of an Australian Childhood
by Amie Livingstone Stirling
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 2002-01-01
- ISBN
- 9781863952675
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€12.41
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Pale green board, illust. unclipped jacket; Numerous illustrations and photographs.
Written by the author (1880-1945) Stirling writes about her childhood at Omeo, where James Stirling, her father, was a renowned miner and geologist and Elizabeth Stirling, her mother, was a botanist and botannical illustrator. This book outlines the progressive values a middle-class… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cook's Voyages of Discovery 1768-1780
by Barrow, J
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1899 edition
- Published
- 1899
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€18.62
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Cloth boards with black lettering on spine and black lettering and image front cover with pages clean and tight. Light foxing due to age. Overall a very nice copy. Item Price
€18.62
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Blanche: an Australian Diary 1858-1861
by Blanche Mitchell
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
- ISBN
- 9780909134211
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€12.41
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Hardcover. 1st Edition. Condition: NF. Unclipped Dust Jacket Condition: NF. D/J a clear removable sleeve. Cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Overall a fine copy.
Blanche was the youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor-General of NSW, a wealthy middle class colonial official who garnered fame and admiration as an explorer, map-maker, artist, scholar, and eminent public figure.
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Who's Who In The World Of Women. Victoria, Australia.
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Centenary Edition Vol. IIus
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- 1943
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€49.64
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Centenary Edition; profusely illustrated with b/w photographic illustrations throughout; A Representation of Every Sphere Showing Activities and Interests Social, Philanthropic, Historic, Scholastic, Sport and Travel.
Original maroon cloth, title lettered on spine and front. Well-preserved with pages clean and tight. Overall a fine copy.
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Bush bred and bold: 100th anniversary of the death of Ned Kelly and his gang : an illustrated record of their life and times
by Harding, Frank, Smith, James
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
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- First Edition First Impression
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- 1980
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€18.62
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Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Impression, Condition: NF. Unclipped Dust Jacket Condition: NF. D/J protected by a clear removable sleeve. Cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Overall a very nice copy. Signed limited edition of 1000 of which this is number 215. Illustrated with full-page sepia-toned plates by Frank Harding. Item Price
€18.62
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The Exploration of Australia
by Calvert, Albert F.
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- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1895
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€43.44
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Original publisher's cream cloth hardback, dark-blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering spine and front cover, coat of arms in gilt to front cover. Top edge of pages gilt, others uncut, pages clean and tight, some wear to bottom spine, frontispiece portrait William Dampier, 16 black and white plate illustrations, table of contents, appendix, lacks the folding map. Text complete.… Read more about this item Item Price
€43.44
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Melbourne, John Batman's Village
by Paton Bell, (Agnes)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1965
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€18.62
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Cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover with pages clean and tight. Unclipped DJ slight rubbing to top edge now protected in our mylar sleeve. Overall a very nice copy.
This fascinating exploration accounts the development of the riverside village that John Batman founded in 1835, through to the present-day metropolis it has become.… Read more about this item Item Price
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A History of Australia
by Manning Clark
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1993
- ISBN
- 9780522845235
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€12.41
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Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Textured Boards with pages clean and tight. Indexed Overall a very nice copy. A heavy item and may require additional postage. Collection is available. Item Price
€12.41
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PEPITA'S PARTY
by MALTBY , Peg
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- Used - Good+
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- n.d.[1948]
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€9.31
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8 full page colour plates plus the paper covers, with a colour illustrations on boards. Other illustrations in text. Original papered hardcover boards with some wear, linen spine, pages are tight with some light markings. No tears. No dust jacket issued. Pepita & Pip the Mice and their family through an elegant Christmas Party.
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Historical Sketch of Victoria
by Smith, James
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1974
- ISBN
- 9780701813468
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€12.41
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1st edition. Near fine cloth boards in D/J now mylar-sleeved. Not price clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall with pages clean and tight. Item Price
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THE LAND THAT WAITED
by HARRIS, MAX & FORBES, ALISON
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1967
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€12.41
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Hardback. 1st Edition. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dust jacket edges and corners. Illustrated with Black and White plates.
Attempts to capture the changing historical mood of the Australian colonial experience illustrated by art and engravings of the time. Item Price
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Cinty and The Laughing Jackasses and other Children's Stories
by Daly, Dame Mary
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1961
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€21.72
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Four stories with numerous coloured illustrations, bound in stiff illustrated boards. A very good copy printed on quality paper. Cover shows signs of wear but pages are very clean and tight. Illustrated by Hans Heysen and sixteen other Australian artists. First Edition First Impression Item Price
€21.72
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet
by McCulloch Colleen
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2008
- ISBN
- 9780732287221
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€12.41
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Pages clean and tight in original purple boards. First Edition First printing with both the book and jacket in flawless condition.
Master storyteller Colleen McCullough rescues Mary from her dreary fate with "The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet," a page-turning sequel set twenty years after Austen's novel closes. Item Price
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Melba: a Biography by John Hetherington
by Hetherington, John Aikman
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1967
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€24.82
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1st Edition. Near fine hardback purple cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.Dust jacket in protective mylar. Physical description: . Subjects: Melba, Nellie Dame 1861-1931. Melba, Nellie Dame. Opera Singing Melba, Dame Nellie Biographies. Opera - Singers. Singers - Biography. Singers Australia; Biography. 1 Kg.
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All the Rivers Run: A Novel Cato, Nancy
by Cato, Nancy
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1978
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€12.41
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Original black boards, gilt lettering to spine, endpaper maps. Pages slightly yellow at margins else a fine and tight first printing. Item Price
€12.41
The Heart of the Continent
by Cato, Nancy
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- FiRST EDITION
- Published
- 1989
- ISBN
- 9780450406621
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Bound in dark blue paper covered boards, with a colour illustrated dust jacket. Original blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, endpaper maps. A superb first printing in like jacket.
A novel of the bringing of medical care to the Sturt Stony Desert when the leading character becomes a pilot and nurse in the newly formed flying Doctor service . May require… Read more about this item Item Price
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Australian Explorers [from 1818 to 1876] in Rhyme
by Berry, Eliza 1842-1909
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- Used - Very Good
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- FIRST EDITION
- Published
- 1892
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€37.23
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Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering. In very good condition for age with some yellowing of pages. Some bumping to spine but otherwise a tight copy. A very rare copy and delightful read for poetry recitation. Item Price
€37.23
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The Great Gardens of Australia
by Howard Tanner; Jane Begg
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1976
- ISBN
- 9780333210529
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- 1
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€34.13
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Green Boards with gilt lettering to spine. As New Dust Jacket unclipped and in Mylar protective covering. 198 pages : numerous illustrations (some color), plans ; 27 x 30 cm. A clean and tight copy.
Gardens include:
Beaufront' Ross, Tas. 'Woolmers' Longford, Tas. 'Lindsay Park' Angaston, S.A. 'Delatite' Mansfield, Vic. 'Springfield' Goulburn, N.S.W. 'Beleura' Mornington, Vic. 'Government House' Perth "Rippon… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dawn of Time: Australian Aboriginal Myths
by Charles Mountford
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1969
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€24.82
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First Edition Hardcover. New/Near Fine. Ainsle Roberts (Artist). Illustrated brown boards/Fine. DJ/NF in protective mylar. previous owners inscription. 32 colour plates
Full-color companion volume to The Dreamtime (1965) and predecessor to The First Sunrise (1971) Anthropologist and photographer Charles Pearcy Mountford (1890 - 1976) and artist and photographer Ainslie Roberts (1911 - 1993).
Superb record of Aboriginal mythology with… Read more about this item Item Price
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The First Sunrise
by MOUNTFORD, Charles P.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1971
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Port Fairy, Victoria, AUS
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€24.82
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine in protective Mylar. Ainslie Roberts (illustrator). 1st Edition. 2nd. Printing. Previous owners inscription.
This was the third of the Roberts/Mountford trilogy of myths of the Aboriginal First Nation people. It began in 1963 with an exhbition of Ainslie Roberts' remarkable paintings of central Australia, its people and stories. Part of the co-authorship… Read more about this item Item Price
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