Australiana & NZ from Lawrence Jones

Sydney: Library of Australian History in Association with Greater Taree City Council., 1987. xv, 336pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or maroon boards in jacket. Very light foxing to top edge. Comprehensive local history of the Manning Valley in New South Wales, centred on the city of Taree.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Goomeri, Qld.: Goomeri Heritage Writers Group, 2000. 334pp, index, references, map, num bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Very slight edge wear, minor foxing to edges and prelims, small crease to bottom rear corner. Stories about a small rural Queensland community's past. Tales about pioneers, settlers, shopkeepers, immigrants, soldiers, school children and sportspeople. Includes sections on the German community and… Read more about this item

Sydney: Sungravure Ltd., 1964. 40pp (inc covers), bw ills. Or pictorial stapled paper wraps. Slightly pulled at staples, light toning to pages. Very nice scarce older Jolliffe publication.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo.

Auckland: Reed Books, 2002. 208pp, index, footnotes, bw ills. Pictorial card. Very light edge wear to covers. The story of the 28 (Maori) Battalion of the New Zealand Army from its formation at the onset of WWII. The Battalion gained a reputation for fearless aggression in numerous encounters in Greece, Crete, the Western Desert and Italy.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very… Read more about this item

Tauranga, NZ: Moana Press, 1988. 151pp, bibliogaphy, nominal roll, bw & col ills. Pictorial card. Prev owner name on front blank, slight rippling to first few pages.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 12mo.

Hobart: J. Walch & Sons, 1909. 432pp + 40+pp advertisements; folding graph showing progress of Tasmania. Or red cloth titled and decorated in blind, gilt title to spine. Spine very slightly faded, offset toning to endpapers, front hinge starting, short tear to top margin of several pages not affecting text. Lacks the folding map but otherwise very nice… Read more about this item

New Zealand: New Century Press., 2000. x, 110pp, num bw ills; xii, 28pp. Or pictorial card. Minor edge wear to covers. Edition limited to 1000 & 500 copies respectively of which both #233. Both SIGNED by author. An exceptional reference to NZ commemorative medals. The content of the book is the same as that of the second edition, the supplement… Read more about this item

Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1960. 48pp, appendix, bw ills/diagrams. Pictorial wraps. Prev owner name etc inked out on front cover (3 lines), otherwise light wear. No date-c1960. The planning, construction and opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge. The bridge opened in 1959.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine in Slipcase. 4to.

Auckland: Beckett Publicating, 1989. HEAVY. Unpag (approx 180pp), 56 color plates, bw drawings. Or white/cream cloth in jacket. Light edge wear. One of New Zealand's premier artists, Peter McIntyre has produced a magnificent volume of his art originally published in 1963. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Peter McIntyre. Folio.

London: The Epworth Press, 1930. 276pp, index, tables, bw ills. Blue cloth, no jacket. Ex- library of the QueenslandTemperance League with their stamps to front endpaper and title page, very light rubbing to cloth, minor foxing . . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Christchurch, NZ: The Author, 1962. 158pp, bw ills. White & pale green wraps titled in maroon. Wraps creased with several small chips and short tears, prev owner name on title page, minor tanning & foxing. New Zealand and Tasmania.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo.

Townsville: History Department James Cook University of North Queensland, 1982. xi, 325pp, illustrated with b/w photos, maps, figures, tables. Light foxing to page edges, minor rubbing to front edge of spine. Pictorial card. Volume II only. This volume of papers on North Queensland mining history with the earlier volume together cover major aspects of mining history in North Queensland from… Read more about this item

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1986. 126pp, index, num bw photographs. Or brown cloth in jacket. Light foxing to jacket and prelims otherwise excellent. Burns Philp's trading viewed through photographs of the early 20th century. Includes reports by Frederick Wallin on the Gilbert Ellice and Marshall Island groups. Material on copra, trading, natives, vessels and crews, and repatriation of Kanakas.. First… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Rigby, 1978. 378pp, index, bibliography, bw ills. Or yellow cloth in jacket. Some foxing to top edge, foxing to prelims. The story of the exploration and pioneering settlement of Queensland's northern frontier.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo.

Melbourne: Macmillan, 1980. 140pp, index, num bw & few col ills, pictorial endpapers. Or crimson cloth in pictorial jacket. Very slight foxing to edges, 1cm tear at bottom of front jacket panel otherwise very slight edge wear to jacket. Before he was 30 Hurley defied the extreme Antarctic cold to capture on film what has become a classic in Antarctic… Read more about this item

Darwin: Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory., 2011. 261pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, num bw & col ills, errata/corrections loosely inserted at rear. Pictorial card covers. Slight edge wear, Light edge wear to covers. Vastly expanded over the first edition.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Nerang, Qld: Albert Shire Council, 1994. 246pp, index, bibliography, num bw ills, maps. Pictorial glossy boards. Near new. Well presented comprehensive history of Nerang in the Gold Coast hinterland of Queensland. Beginning with the Kombumerri aboriginal people the book explores the cedar timbergetters, cattle, attempts to grow cotton, and sugar farming. Goes on through the settlement and development of Nerang,… Read more about this item

Bathurst: Robert Brown & Associates, 1982. 80pp, num col ills, endpaper maps. Or pictorial laminated boards in jacket. As new. Provides the full story behind the designs of all PNG decimal stamps issued between 1966 and the end of 1982. Fully illustrated in colour throughout. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1926. vii, 63pp, index, bw ills, map. Orange pictorial stapled card. Minor edge wear to covers, prev owner name inside front cover. Volume in series Native Races of the British Empire intended for use in schools. The 4 chapters are: Native Tribes of Australia; Magical Ceremonies of Australian Tribes; The Story of the… Read more about this item

Netherton, NZ: Netherton School Centenary Committee, 1990. 104pp, lists of registrations, num bw ills. Pictorial card. Light wear to covers. Centenary history of Netherton school in New Zealand with many sections on individual families.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.