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Bogey's Baby
A biography of Lauren Bacall
by Howard Greenberger
All the world watched the famous love affair - on screen and off. Bogart and Bacall - an inseparable couple who shared an intense, dynamic love. This is the story Bacall lived but couldn't tell. It's her life as a star...and as the wife of the world's most captivating man, and when Bacall lost her Bogey the story didn't end.
Laminated Illustrated Paperback measures 21cm x 13.5cm and in good used condition. Published 1976 by Simon & Schuster. Cover shows some wear around edges, has remainder clip on front cover. Pages clean and still quite crisp and mellowing with age, and binding still tight.
Weighs approx:499gms AU$6.50
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Berlin Diary by William
L. Shirer. The journal of a Foreign
Correspondent from 1934 to 1941. Dated 1942
a rare hardcover with red cloth boards and gold title.
Cover is worn around edges with small tears in
cloth, but internally pages are clean and still
quite crisp and mellowing with age. A
fascinating diary of some very tumultuous German
years. Weighs approx:700gms AU$9.99
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Cry
Freedom by John Briley. It is the
story of Steve Biko a young black political
leader, and it is the story of Donald Woods,
editor and passionate anti apartheid figure, who
fled his country to tell the world about Biko
and the manner of his death. Standard sized
Penguin paperback dated 1987 and in excellent
almost as new condition Illustrated with photos. Weighs
approx: 240gms AU$6.50
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Billy, by Pamela
Stephenson. Large format p/b in
excellent condition illustrated biography.
Weighs approx: 500gms AU$6.50
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Caddie.
The autobiography of a Sydney barmaid. In her
affectionate introduction Dympha Cusack tells
the story of the book, and what little is known
of Caddie herself, her struggles to write it and
of her refusal to come into the limelight of its
success, except for one moving occasion at a
gathering of Sydney writers. Cover shows wear
around edges with some small chipping. Text
block in very good condition, mellowing nicely.
A SUN p/b dated 1966. Weighs approx: 170gms
AUD$3.50
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Three
Against The Wilderness by Eric Collier.
An epic real life adventure in the wilderness of
Canada. With his quarter Indian wife and baby
son Eric headed into a dangerous desolation. He
re built beaver dams, fought bears, wolves,
moose and the cruelties of Nature to revive and
then farm the wilderness. Dated 1962 hardcover
with Dust wrapper published by The Reader's
Bookclub and in lovely condition.
Weighs approx: 350gms AU$5.00
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Eliza Fraser by Kenneth
Cook, although also a true story it
is also an Aussie classic. About the ill fated
Stirling Castle wrecked and lost in the year
1836 and the fate of Captain Fraser and his wife
and other survivors of the wreck, their
subsequent capture by aborigines and what
follows. Standard sized Sun paperback dated 1976
and in very good condition. Weighs approx:
165gms AU$5.50
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Gehlen - spy of the century E.H. COOKRIDGE Illustrated
From an obscure officer he rose to become Hitler's Chief of Intelligence against the Soviet Union. He infiltrated spies into Stalin's War Council, and he trained and dispatched spies by parachute into the Soviet Union. He saved Tito from assassins and helped expose Blake, Lonsdale and Vassall. For a quarter of a century he was involved in every major espionage scandal. Standard sized vintage Corgi paperback, illustrated with numerous photos. Spine has some wrinkling at top edge. Dated 1972 it is in very good used condition, pages are clean and crisp.
Weighs approx: 400gms AU$6.50
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Great Air Stories All true life stories
A tremendous collection of true life stories that covers a wide range of adventures concerned with men, machines and flying. Standard sized Paperback in good used condition. Published 1974 by Angus & Robertson. Cover shows wear at edges and has creasing at spine. Pages are clean and mellowing with age and binding is tight. Weighs
approx:200gms
AU$4.00
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Crossing The Threshold Pope John Paul 11
Crossing the Threshold by His Holiness Pope John Paul 11.
Sixteen years into his Papacy and on the eve of his millenium, John Paul 11 wrote about the great theological concerns of our lives, and goes to the heart of his personal beliefs and speaks about the existence of God, the dignity of man, pain, suffering and evil. Hardcover with dust jacket. Purple boards with gold decoration. This book is in excellent condition. Weighs
approx:350gms
AU$16.00
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Hollywood in a Suitcase by Sammy Davis Jnr.
The most dazzling Hollywood memoir since
The Moon's a Balloon. It is the story of Sammy's
life-long love affair with the silver screen and
its idols. Standard sized 1981 Star Paperback.
Front cover has a crease running across from top
to bottom. Pages are clean and still quite crisp
and binding nice and tight. Illustrated with
photos. Weighs approx: 200gms AU$6.50
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Life
and Times of Delacroix. Hardcover with
laminated decorated boards, with dust wrapper. A
1968 Paul Hamlyn Publication and in lovely
condition. Glossy pages are clean, crisp and fresh,
and has sewn binding in tight, as new condition.
Measures 23cm x 29cm and 75 illustrated pages. A
lovely book Weighs approx: 650gms.
$AU28.95
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The
War Diaries of Weary Dunlop By E.E. Dunlop
This is the fascinating account of Sir Edward Weary Dunlop's experiences as senior medical officer in Prisoner of war camps in Java and on the Burma-Thailand Railway.
"There were a lot of marvellous people in the prison camps, but only one Weary Dunlop."
Larger sized Penguin Paperback in as new used condition, with laminated soft covers, measures 13cm x 20cm. Dated 1990. Fully illustrated with many historical photos ,
including makeshift apparatus used. Weighs approx: 500gms AU$10.00
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Legend
The Secret world of Lee Harvey Oswald by Edward
Jay Epstein.
Are the accepted facts about Oswald's life an
elaborate lie? Was this the greatest cover-up of
all times? Standard sized paperback in good used
condition. Front Cover has small nick at top
edge. Arrow paperback dated 1978. Pages are
clean and binding tight. Weighs approx:
230gms AU$4.50
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The writings of the Earl of Clarendon -Edward
Hyde.
Here are included some classics of English
historical writings, with a superb gallery of
portraits, and a vivid report on the period
1640-1667. Lovely little hardcover with
dust wrapper. Dated 1966 by Oxford University
Press, #544 in the World's Classics series.
Comes in FREE archiveable bag for protection. A
rare little find. Pages are clean and crisp and
binding nice and tight. A Lovely book. Weighs
approx:30gms .
AU$15.00
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Michael Caine
by Michael Friedman. Zulu, Alfie, Get Carter, The Italian Job, Educating Rita, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ... Michael Caine has starred in some great movies over the years.
Reconteur, writer, patron of the arts, and restauranteur, he is the South London boy made good.
He owns or part owns 6 London restaurants, produces films and still has time to act.
This book charts the fascinating story of Michael Caine's life.
Standard sized paperback in very good condition. Pages clean crisp and fresh, and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 230gms
AU$5.00
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 I Love Youse All by
Jeff Fenech with Terry Smith. Triple
World Boxing Champion, devoted father and patron
of the under priveleged, the boyhood brawler,
nicknamed the Marrickville Mauler, came from
humble beginnings to capture the imagination of
a nation. Large format laminated softcover in
excellent used condition. Weighs approx:
400gms AU$8.50
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Hemingway, a
novel by Christopher Cook Gilmore.
His writings changed the world and four women
changed his life. Standard sized p/b dated1988.
Weigh approx: 125gms, AU$2.50gms
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Fanshen
A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village
by William Hinton
In 1948 William Hinton spent 6 months in Long Bow Village to observe the effects of the Chinese Revolution on an agricultural community and its individual peasants.
This book is a unique and vivid historical documentation on the land redistribution phase of the revolution in China.
It is a Rare vintage 1966 Pelican paperback, it is in good used condition, pages are mellowing nicely, has some light foxing along text edges, pages are clean and still quite crisp. Has some feint tape stains inside covers and the binding is nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 400gms AU$6.00
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Believed by Douglas Hyde. This is an
interesting autobiography of a former British
Communist. Hardcover without DW. Boards appear
blue in photo but are actually black with some
light spatter (could be paint). Internally pages
are clean and crisp and mellowing with age and
binding tight. Dated 1950 1st edition by William
Heinemann. Illustrated with photos. Weighs
approx: 40gms AU$5.00
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100
Famous Australian Lives. A Paul
Hamlyn publication dated 1969 1st Edition
without DW. All our greats are listed here, great
historical biographies. Bligh;
Macquarie; Macarthur; Flinders Chisholm; Batman;
Leichhardt; Von Mueller; Burke; Gordon; Melba;
Mawson; Tom Roberts; Streeton;
Monash; Grainger; Chifley; Moncrieff; Menzies;
Dobell; Oliphant; Kingsford-Smith; Errol Flynn;
Helpmann; Finch; Sutherland; Fraser; Cuthbert;
Lionel Rose. They come from all walks of life,
the list goes on. Illustrated with photos and
images of these great Australians. Hard cover
without DW. Spine has been reglued at top edge.
Pages are clean and still quite crisp and sewn
binding in good but slightly loose condition.
Text edges have some fox spots and there is biro
writing on top text edge near spine. Boards are
a light fawn colour with embossed title.
Weighs approx: 1.1kg AU$9.00
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All
Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot.
Another installment in the life of a country
vet. This is the second omnibus edition.
Measures 13cm x 19.5cm. Large format paperback
by PAN dated 1976. It comprises the majority of
chapters from Let Sleeping Vets Lie and Vet in
Harness. In good used condition, pages are clean
and binding tight. Weighs approx: 350gms
AU$7.00
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Hard
Driving by William Haddad. His years
with John DeLorean. It is a story of corporate
blackmail and greed, the story of a hero gone
bad, who drove his dream too far. Standard sized
paperback in very good used condition. Weighs
approx: 200gms AU$3.50
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Let Sleeping Vets Lie
by James Herriot. The hilarious revelations of James Herriot, the now famous vet in the Yorkshire Dales, continue his happy story of everyday trials and tribulations with unwilling animal patients and their richly diverse owners.
Standard sized paperback in good used condition. Published 1976 by PAN. Pages clean and still crisp and mellowing with age, and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 200gms
AU$4.00
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The
Ra Expeditions by Thor Heyerdahl.
Fully illustrated two crossings of the Atlantic in a
reed boat as Theyerdahl sets out to see if the
ancient Egyptians could have primed the
pre-Columbian civilisations of Mexico and Peru
by making this amazing crossing; this is a
gripping sea story. Standard sized paperback by
Penguin dated 1972. Cover shows minimal wear at
edges, and book in very good used condition.
Pages are clean and crisp and binding tight.
Weighs approx: 310gms AU$5.50
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Confessions of a New Boy
by Donald Horne
Donald Horne was an enfant terrible at Sydney University in the early 1940s. Forty years later he continues to relish being controversial.
'Confessions of a New Boy' is a vivid look at the Australia of the 1940s that made him what he is.
He moves from the brutalizing environment of the Army to the bleak 'provincial inferiorities' of Canberra as one of the first Australian diplomatic cadets, and then into the lively world of Sydney journalism with its myths and legends and heroic figures.
This autobiography is both an ironic and affectionate account of growing up and, at the same time a portrait of a generation.
Larger format paperback 13.5cm X 21.5cm, This book is in very good condition , pages are clean and crisp though mellowing with age, and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 499gms AU$3.99
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The
Next Pope by Peter Hebblethwaite.
Really an inquiry into who would succeed as the
next Pope, written when Pope John Paul's health
was failing and the year 200 was fast
approaching. Before it was realised how ill he
really was . Interesting to see how the current
Pope stands up besside this larger than life
Pontiff whose pontificate achieved most of his
aims. Weighs approx:400gms AU$9.99
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Saint Jude The Apostle
Pocket sized St Paul publication dated 1990. Cover has 2 phone number impressions on back, both partially erased. Has small biro marks on front (see photo please). Internally pages are clean and crisp and binding nice and tight. Contains: St Jude the Helper in Great Need; Letter of St Jude the Apostle to all Christians. Imploring the intercession of St Jude Novena prayers; Litany to St Jude; Mass of St Jude; Daily prayer to St Jude. Includes a section of prayers for special Occasions and those for the sick; the suffering; the dying and for vocations. A rare little book. Weighs
approx: 120gms
AU$9.50
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Hoover
versus the Kennedys. The second civil
war. Christopher Cook Gilmore. Controversial,
Scandalous, Sizzling. Not only the true story
but the whole story. Here are Kennedy's affairs
with mafia mistress Judith Campbell and
superstar Marilyn, and his friendships with
Lawson and Sinatra, Bobby's involvement with the
civil rights movement, and the growing power of
Martin Luther King...but above all hidden
homosexual J. Edgar Hoover's hatred of the men
he wanted to destroy. Why?? Weighs approx:
240gmsAU$4.50
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Horizon
Winter 1975
Volume 17 Number 1
Vintage hardcover art book. Has a wonderful fully illustrated biography on Mondrian, with many full colour plates of his works. Also an illustrated bio on that famous photographer Cartier-Bresson, and another on fine Dutch artist Jan de Witt.
All are fully and beautifully illustrated
with many full sized colour plates of the works of all the artists represented in the book.
Also stories on musicians (Verdi with photos), artists, photography, archaeology (The Valley of Mexico with photography of treasures found) and contemporary art, Also a great biography on Sarah Bernhardt.
Hard cover with blue boards, with print of Vermeer's Lady in a Red Hat pasted on the cover. Dated 1975 by American Heritage Publishing. Has silver title. Cover shows minor rubs at edges. It is in very nice condition, pages are clean, crisp and fresh and binding nice and tight.
Not just an art book, the bios. alone are
quite comprehensive, and rare to get something
so good on Mondrian and Cartier-Bresson. Just
wonderful. Weighs approx: 499gms AU$16.00
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All too Human by Edward
Klein. The love story of Jack and
Jackie with intimate family photos. Standard
sized p/b in very good condition. Weighs approx:
250gm AU$6.00
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The
Snake Has All The Lines by Jean Kerr
author of Please Don't Eat The Daisies. A
collection of her commentaries on suburbia,
marriage, children, the theatre and the state of
her world. Hard cover with dust wrapper DW
is price clipped. In very nice used condition.
Weighs approx: 300gms AU$5.00
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From Hiroshima to the Moon by Daniel Lang
The story of the men who made the first bomb, the men who launched the first rockets, the men who dig uranium and measure radioactive fall-out, and live with blasts and orbits...a book to savor today, and to read again 20 years from now.. Standard sized Vintage DELL Paperback and in good used condition. Published 1959. Pages are clean and crisp and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 300gms AU$5.50
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A Walk up 5th Avenue by Bernard Levin.
In what street could you encounter sword
swallowing unicyclists and Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis; a bag lady in Central Park one minute
and Donald Trump the next. With infectious
enthusiasms, Bernard Levin captures the
extraordinary variety, contrasts and excitement
of New York's 5th Avenue.Weighs approx:450gms AU$4.00
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 Louis
X1V by David Ogg. Shows us the reign
of the Sun King and the brilliant court
accompanying a stirring string of events and
great achievements with Bossuet, Cobert, Fenelon,
La Fontaine, Moliere, Racine, Madame de Sevigne
and many others representing a rich variety of
French genius at this time. Softcover dated 1969
by Camelot Press. In good used condition, pages
clean and binding tight. Front cover has light
foxing in white areas only. Weighs approx:
300gms AU$3.00
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A Year of Space by Eric
Linklater.
It has the subtitle
"A Chapter in Autobiography". Its framework is a
year of adventurous and arduous travel, during
which Linklater went to observe the war in Korea
and journeyed to Australia and New Zealand. It
was written in 1953 and offers an amazing
journey into our past. This is a lovely 1954
edition by The Reprint Society. In lovely
condition with hard green cloth boards and
dust wrapper in very nice condition, some fade
along spine. Weighs approx: 400gms AU$5.00
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A
London Diary by Quentin Reynolds.
1941 Angus & Robertson. Blue cloth boards are
showing wear. One of a series of books Quentin
Reynolds wrote . Internally pages are mellowing with age, but still nice
and clean. Weighs approx: 500gms AU$10.00
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La Batarde by Violette Leduc.
You will be shocked and thrilled by her candour in
this autobiographical novel as she reveals the
anguish of her illegitimate, poverty stricken
childhood, and the agony of her discovery of her
physical unattractiveness to men; and overwhelmed by
the lyrical intensity of her affaires. Standard
sized vintage Panther dated 1967, with preface by
Simone de Beauvoir. Cover is creased and spine has
been repaired. Pages are mellow and clean and
binding nice and tight. Weighs approx: 300gms
AU$3.00
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Children on The Oregon
Trail by A. Rutgers van der Loeff. This
is the true life story of thirteen-year-old
John Sager, who, with his family was part of a
covered-wagon band of settlers who set out for the
Far West of America in the summer of 1844. His
parents died on the journey and the other pioneers
decide to take the easier way to California and turn
off the trail. But John and his six younger brothers
and sisters left the safety of the wagon train to
keep faith with his father's dream of opening up the
West for American settlers. Together they make the
most unbelievable journey. Standard sized vintage
Puffin paperback dated 1977 and in good used
condition. Cover shows some wear along edges. Pages
are clean and binding nice and tight. Weighs
approx: 130gms AU$4.00
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This Fabulous Century PETER LUCK Illustrated
Literally the story of Australia since its birth as a nation on January 1st, 1901. Standard sized paperback dated 1981 fully illustrated with numerous historical photos, pages are clean and still crisp and mellowing with age. Has remainder mark on bottom text edge.
Weighs approx: 400gms
AU$6.00
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Defiant Patriot
by Peter Meyer
An in depth look at the man who captured the imagination of America- The life and exploits of Lt. Colonel Oliver North.
Family man, Annapolis graduate, Vietnam combat hero, and a most charismatic and controversial public figure.
This book is in good condition. Standard sized paperback.
Pages are clean and still crisp and binding is tight pages mellowing with age.
Has sticker residue on lower front cover, has remainder punch on upper outer front cover.
Dated 1987 St Martin's Press edition. Weighs approx:250gms AU$3.00
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Am I Too Loud by Gerald Moore.
This is the memoirs of a piano Accompanist.. He has accompanied most of the great names in the musical world, Chaliapin, Casals, Menuhin, Elisabeth Schumann and Kathleen Ferrier, as well as many others, knowing them on and off the stage. Vintage 1962 Penguin paperback in very good used condition, pages are clean and mellowing, still crisp and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx:200gms AU$5.50
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I
Can Jump
Puddles by Alan Marshall. The
classic story of Marshall's boyhood and his
triumph over a crippling disease. Standard sized
paperback in good used condition. Dated 1981 by
Longman Cheshire. Pages are clean and still
quite crisp and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 200gms
AU$4.99
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Marx
by Karl Marx. Selected writings of Marx edited by Bottomore and Rubel. Standard sized Pelican paperback dated 1974
and in good used condition. Comes in archiveable
bag, a rare copy. Cover has a small biro mark on
front cover and some small creases. Weighs
approx: 190gms AU$8.50
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Marx,
Engels and Marxism by V.I. Lenin.
This is a first edition Foreign Language Press
copy from Peking. Dated 1978 has a photo of
Lenin as frontis. Has some Chinese writing on
front cover. It is in written in English and in
very good condition. Quite rare I would say. Is
in the original cheap board cover which is
slightly discoloured at edges and has rubbing of
paper along back edges. Comes in archiveable bag
for protection, pages are fresh, clean and crisp
and binding tight. A formidable read and most
unusual find. I will not post without
insurance/registration, please email me for
details and costings. (roughly AU$3 within
Australia) Weighs approx: 420gms AU$42.00
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Merv by Rod Nicholson.
The career of Merve Hughes. Biography.
Laminated Hardcover 1st edition, dated 1990, it measures 15.5cm x 23cm and in excellent used condition. Published by Magenta Press, Pages clean and still crisp and fresh, and binding nice and tight. This would make a nice gift
for the cricket lover. Weighs approx: 400gms
AU$4.50
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Middle
East by H.V. Morton. a 1941 1st edition by
Methuen illustrated with photos by the author.
Hard cover without DW, red cloth boards with
gold title, spine is soiled. Internally pages
are clean and still crisp and mellowing nicely,
and binding tight. Weighs approx: 550gms
AU$19.50
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You Can Get There From Here
by Shirley MacLaine From the small screen to the Great Wall, here is Shirley MacLaine's candid and perceptive account of the rocky road that takes her from television to politics to China and back to center stage.
Pages are clean and still quite crisp and binding nice and tight. Has protective plastic cover insitu. 1976 Vintage Bantam, in good condition.
Weighs approx: 240gms AU$3.50
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Dancing
in the Light by Shirley MacLaine.
Here Shirley bares her innermost self and
explores the lives, past and present, which
touched and affected her own. She sheds new
light on her loves, her losses, her childhood,
her passions and her inner drive and ambition.
She takes us with her through a life altering
experience that provides a stunning new vision
of herself, her future and the fate of our
world. Standard sized vintage Bantam dated 1986,
and in good used condition. Weighs approx:
300gms AU$3.50.
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Don't
Fall off the Mountain by Shirley MacLaine.
An outspoken thinker and keen observer, Shirley
takes us on a remarkable journey into her life,
from her Virginia roots, to stardom, marriage,
motherhood and travels. Standard sized p/b in
very good condition. Weighs approx: 180gms
AU$3.50
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We Have no Dreaming by
Ronald McKie. Focuses in a
sympathetically critical way on Australia and
its lack of awareness and feeling for the
continent. Takes us on a personal walkabout
highlighting his years as a journalist and war
correspondent. Larger format p/b dated 1988In
very good, clean, crisp condition. Weighs
approx: 400gms AU$3.00
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Full Tilt by Dervla
Murphy Ireland to India with a
bicycle.. Dervla started off from Dunkirk in
January 1963, and travelled across a frozen
Europe, she travelled through (then known)
Persia, Afghanistan, over the Himalayas to
Pakistan and into India.. A Vintage 1966 Reprint
Society Hard cover with Dust wrapper. Grey cloth
boards with green DW. Illustrated with photos. I love
these vintage travel books as we can look at a
country in a way it doesn't really exist
anymore. Fascinating account and highly
readable. Weighs approx: 400gms AU$5.00
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Farley
Mowat People of the Deer. The desolate arctic
spaces of north-west Canada provide the setting
for this engrossing account of a vanishing
Eskimo people. Standard sized vintage Sphere
paperback dated 1968. Cover shows usual wear. In
very good used condition, pages clean and
mellowing and binding nice and tight. A
fascinating book on the history of the Eskimo.
Weighs approx: 200gms AU$4.95
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South
Seas Sailor by Cecil Northcote.
The story of John Williams
and his ships. The story of the
London boy who carried the gospel to
the South Seas Islands. Lovely
little hard cover with Dust wrapper.
Is an ex-library copy and has a small
library stamp on ffep. Is price
clipped. Has old library pocket
inside back cover and residue from
library sheet on fbep and stamp of
withdrawal on fbep and title pages..
Has some tape stains inside covers.
Pages themselves are lovely and
clean and crisp and binding nice and
tight. Dated First Edition
Lutterworth Press 1965.Weighs approx:
400gms AU$6.60
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Pope
John Paul 11, Gift and Mystery. Written by John
Paul on the 50th Anniversary of his ordination.
He talks of his life, the outbreak of war in his
homeland and his time at university. The loss of
his father, and how his life led him towards his
ordination. . A lovely hard copy with white
cloth boards and gold decoration. Dustwrapper
also in very good condition. A Lovely
collectible copy. Weighs approx: 300gms AU$20.00
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 Raphael The Life and Times. Hardcover with laminated decorated boards, with dust wrapper. A 1968 Paul Hamlyn Publication and in lovely condition. Glossy pages are clean, crisp and fresh, and has sewn binding in tight, as new condition. Measures 23cm x 29cm and 75 beautifully illustrated pages. A lovely book.Weighs
approx: 700gms $AU28.95
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Which
One's Cliff by Cliff Richards. Has an
inscription and signature on title page, dated
17.8.85. A Coronet paperback published in 1984.
The signature is not authenticated. Inscription
says: To Peter with thanks in everyway for your
cooperation and involvement in "Take Over Bid",
and the signature could be "Cliff" underlined
and then 17.8.85 but it runs over the word
autobiography and is partly lost in it. I am not
adding anything for the signature as it is
unauthenticated. Illustrated with lots of
photos, and in good used condition,
pages clean and still quite crisp and binding
nice and tight. Weighs approx: 230gms AU$7.50
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Revelations
Diaries of Women by Mary Jane Moffat & Charlotte
Painter. Here are assembled the full
range of passions, achievements and insights of
women. Some with very famous names. Such as
George Sand, Anne Frank Anna Dostoevsky and
Virginia Woolf and George Eliot to name a few.
Wonderful book and I have offered it because it
is so unusual. Cover has seen better days, but
internally , although mellowing with age, the
pages are still quite crisp and binding fairly
tight. Weighs approx: 320gms AU$3.00
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Life and Times of Rembrandt. Hardcover with laminated decorated boards, with dust wrapper. A 1968 Paul Hamlyn Publication and in lovely condition. Glossy pages are clean, crisp and fresh, and has sewn binding in tight, as new condition. Measures 23cm x 29cm and 75 illustrated pages. A lovely book.
Weighs approx: 650gms $AU25.00
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Sturt's Desert Drama by Ivan Rudolph.
Large Laminated soft cover in very good almost as new clean used condition. A comprehensive history of Captain Charles Sturt and his men as they thrust further into The Australian Desert than any previous explorers. Dated 2006 and printed by Watson Ferguson and Co., Published by University Press. Cover painting by Jack Absolom.
Weighs approx: 700gms
AU$12.00
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The
Rolling Stone Omnibus Press Rock 'n' Roll Reader
with bios. on numerous rock & roll stars such as
Jimi Hendrix; Elvis; The Doors; Rolling Stones;
The Smiths; Bob Dylan; Pink Floyd; Guns 'n'
Roses; Bruce Springsteen; Bob Marley; Beatles;
Queen; Led Zeppelin; Gram Parsons; This is a
collectible that came with Rolling Stone Mag #
506 in February 1995. It is in excellent
condition. Weighs approx: 125gms AU$4.99
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The Maiden Tribute A study of the White Slave Traffic of the 19th Century
by Charles Terrot.
Charles Terrot has written a frank and grimly fascinating documentary account of the White Slave traffic of the 19th Century. Basing a lot of the book on hitherto unpublished facts, he shows with vivid and often horrifying detail how the 'export trade' in young girls from Britain reached a peak which eventually shocked and rocked the whole nation.
Hard cover with dust wrapper and in very nice clean crisp condition. Has a name inside front cover (see photo please). Measures approx: 13.5cm x 20.5cm. Illustrated with photos and portraits.
This is a first edition by Frederick Muller Ltd dated 1959.
Weighs approx: 400gms
AU$8.99
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Sir
Francis Drake by George
Malcolm Thomson. European politics in
the 16th century were dominated by Elizabeth 1
and Phillip 11 of Spain. But there were certain
men who rose far above the rigidity of the
system imposed by the personalitiwes of the two
Monarchs; while being involved in the attempts
to gain sea-power and in the quest for gold, men
like Hawkins, Frobisher and Drake gained a
greater glory for themselves and their country
in a spirit of free enterprise and adventure
that still shines like a beacon through the
centuries. Lovely hardcover with DW and in very
nice condition. Starting to fox lightly at text
edges. Pages are clean and still crisp and
binding tight. Illustrated with photos from
British Museum and Maritime museums. Weighs
approx: AU$12.99
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The
Fraud by Martin Thomas. Behind the
mystery of John Friedrich, Australia's greatest
con man. With one savage pistol shot on a lonely
hill, John Friedrich's life came to an end. Who
was this man with two sides to his life?
Larger format 1991 paperback on intriguing life
of Friedrich. In good used condition, pages are
clean and still quite crisp, binding nice and
tight. Has remainder mark on bottom text edge.
Weighs approx:450gms AU$4.00
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Hagakure: The Book of Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo. Illustrated printable CD
This is an illustrated and printable (for personal use) version of Hagakure: Book of Samurai, the most famous of Samurai books, beautifully presented in a parchment look edition. It contains over 30 coloured illustrations, photos and prints, contains all 12 unabridged chapters, and fully hyperlinked for ease of reading. A beautiful edition. Yamamoto Tsunetomo was a samurai in the early 1700s. Forbidden by law from committing tsuifuku (suicide of a retainer after his master's death), he retired to live out his life in a monastery. Though he never fought in any battles, he nonetheless felt that the samurai of his time had become soft. A younger samurai that visited Yamamoto over the years wrote down his words in the Hagakure. It has been translated many times over the ensuing years. It was first published on September 10th in the year 1716. It is a compilation of philosophies of Yamamoto Tsunetomo, a close retainer of Nabeshima Mitsushige, the third ruler of what is now the Saga Prefecture, and covers everything it is to be samurai - from how to fight and die with honour to heterosexuality and homosexuality in relation to being a true samurai. Hagakure: The Book of Samurai is a fascinating read not so much for the philosophies, many of which are pertinent today, but rather for the historical context in which it was written. It offers a fascinating insight into the life in Japan at this time, and its unusual feudal structure which Westerners found so hard to understand, and which has had a continuing effect on the social structure of Japan today. By the time Mitsushige passed away in May 1700 Japan had been at peace almost exactly 100 years under the Tokugawa reign, and the samurai warriors were left facing the same problems that face modern day soldiers in peace time: how to remain proud and disciplined warriors in times of extended peace?
This recording does not infringe on any copyright or intellectual property law and is a fully authorised new copy. The individual components of this item currently resides in the public domain. This recording compiled specifically to provide a reasonably priced well presented & packaged hard copy at a lesser price than for an average digital download and burning (which includes your server charges to download these large files) of a comparable item. Compilation copyright to Librotechstudios
2007©. All photos are of actual discs which come well packaged in either standard CD or slimline DVD cases with lovely glossy printed covers for your library.
International postage will be AU$9.00 on this
item.
AU$12.99
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Dear Me
by Peter Ustinov.
This is a brilliant book and extremely funny: there are hilarious stories about Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir Laurence Olivier (both of whom he treats rather unkindly), and even more comic stories about Ernest Bevin and J.B. Priestly. His dialogues with himself in his amused and desperate search for absolute honesty puts to shame most theatrical histories and memoirs.Complete with many photos. A controversial autobiography at the time and bursting with funny stories.
Standard sized Penguin paperback dated 1979, and in good used condition. Cover shows usual wear, pages are clean and crisp and mellowing with age.Weighs
approx: 300gms AU$3.00
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Vivien Leigh by Hugo
Vickers. Superbly researched and
illustrated. It reveals a complex and driven
personality, and a versatile actress, whose
terrifying dips into manic depression were
little understood by those around her. Weighs
approx: 320gms AU$5.50
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 Almost
Human by Barbara Woodhouse. She
shares her stories of the dogs in her life.
Famous as a skilled dog trainer, she has also
shared her home with some very special dogs.
Standard sized Magnum paperback dated 1978.
Illustrated with photos. Back cover has some
small staining, front top edge cover has a
couple of dings (see photo), internally pages
are clean, crisp and fresh, mellowing nicely,
and binding nice and tight. Weighs approx:
190gms AU$3.95
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The Faith of Edward Wilson
of the Antarctic by George Seaver.
This is a 1948 First Edition and a gem in itself
regardless of content. But on top of that it is
the story of Edward Wilson, that reserved,
retiring, gentle, strong and large hearted man
who was the soul of Captain Scott's South Polar
Party, and whom Scott himself thought to be the
finest man he had ever known. Has pale green
cloth boards with red title, DW is price
clipped. Has inscription on ffep " R.
Herman, August 1948 Frontispiece is a photo of
Edward Wilson. Comes in an archiveable bag for
protection. A real gem. Weighs approx: 200gms
AU$29.00
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How
to Puzzle a Python Biography by Max
Walker.
Laminated Hardcover 1st edition, dated 1990, it measures 15.5cm x 23cm and in excellent used condition. Published by Magenta Press, Pages clean and still crisp and fresh, and binding nice and tight. This would make a nice gift
for the cricket lover.Weighs approx: 490gms AU$4.50
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How to Tame Lions and other Great Yarns by Max Walker Hard cover
Jottings of humorous anecdotes and happening from his cricketing life. Sequel to Hypnotise Chooks. Laminated pictorial Hardcover , 1st edition, dated 1988, it measures 15.5cm x 23cm and in very good used condition. Published by GS Press, but bound to match his other books. Pages clean and still crisp and fresh, and binding still tight.Cover lovely too, near perfect this one.Weighs
approx:400gms
AU$4.50
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The Best of Mr Walker by Max Walker
Jottings of humorous anecdotes and happening from his cricketing life.
Laminated pictorial Hardcover , 1st edition, dated 1992, it measures 15.5cm x 23cm and in very good used condition.Published by Hamlyn Press, but bound to match his other books. Pages clean and still crisp and fresh, and binding still tight. Cover lovely too, has minor bumps at corners. This would make a nice christmas gift. I have all his books (matching set) up for auction this week.
Weighs approx: 400gms AU$4.50
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Score
of Years by Simon Warrender. The
frank story of a man born into England's
aristocracy, who renounced his inherited
priveleges to make his own mark on life. His
life as an ordinary seaman and later as an
R.N.V.R. officer who served with distinction in
almost every naval battle during WW2, his
subsequent involvement in aviation and his
world news flight from England to Australia to
propose to his wife and how he adopted Australia
as his home. In excellent conditon.
Weighs approx: 420gms
AU$3.00
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 Whicker's
New World by Alan Whicker. America
through the eyes and lives of resident Brits.
Stanadard sized Coronet paperback dated 1986.
Illustrated with photos and in very good
condition. Weighs approx: 400gms AU$3.50
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Travel;
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Boxed 4 DVD set British Rail: Trainspotters Guide
West Midlands rail network- Worcester, Cheltenham' Spa, Gloucester, Hereford, Wolverhampton and many more locations along the way.
East Midlands rail network- Derby, Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Gainsborough and many more... North Midlands rail network- Crewe, Stone, Stoke on Trent, Blythe Bridge, Longport
and many more... South Midlands rail network-Birmingham Int., Coventry, Kettering, Oxford, Rugby, Didcot and many more... Dolby digital stereo, Runs approx:190 mins., Language English. Ratio 4:3 Pal
Weighs approx: 450gms AU$24.99
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Marvels of the Australian Mountains New
and still factory sealed VHS
This New/sealed VHS tape is titled: Wonders of Australia's National Parks This is a wild visuals production for Reader's Digest on VHS. Witness remote and exotic wonders as you explore the wild, timeless Australia seen by so few. Encounter dazzling wildlife and trek through glorious landscapes like no other on earth. Explore the stunning snow covered peaks and wooded valleys of Australia's Alps and glimpse marvels like the rare mountain pygmy possum. Discover the vast wildness of the Blur Mountains, where deep canyons harbour botanical secrets from millions of years ago. Encounter rich wildlife, and watch nature's miraculous recovery from bush fires. Visit the misty ancient rainforest of Lamington, and delight in the satin bower bird as it builds its colourful nest. See Jagged peaks and glacial lakes of Tasmania's wilderness and see one of the world's rarest birds and also the fierce Tasmanian Devil.
Weighs approx:450gms
AU$6.00
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Pocket
sized German -English; English - German dated
1988 dictionary by Collins.Obviously
an ex student copy as it has ink stains along
text edges. Internally pages are clean and
mellowing. Has Collins gem plastic cover
insitu.No inscriptions or writing internally.
Binding nice and tight. Weighs approx: 150gms
AU$ 1.00
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French-English;
English-French Dictionary. Ex student copy, has
tape stains inside front and back covers. Dated
1963. Shows it age externally but pages are
clean and binding tight. Includes pronunciation
guide and phonetic symbol guide, colloquial
expressions and technical terms. weighs approx:
300gms AU$1.00
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Dutch -English; English
- Dutch Dictionary. In good used
condition, pages clean and binding tight.
Weighs approx: 300gms. AU$4.00
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Now
I Remember by Ronald Hamilton.
Illustrated holiday history of Britain. Vintage
1966 PAN. Heavily illustrated with some great
tourist info. May be vintage but still a gem.
Weighs approx: 250gms AU$3.50
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Through
the Great Canadian Wilderness Travel
& Adventure by Reader's Digest. Lovely Hard
cover with decorated boards packed with some
beautiful photographic shots of wilderness
areas. In excellent condition. Weighs approx:
850gms AU$5.00
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Treasures
of the Australian Coast. Brand New VHS
by Reader's Digest still sealed. Documentary on
the coast's wildlife and glorious landscapes;
remote and exotic wonders, and wild lands seen
by few. Includes Daintree, Lord Howe Island and
Shark Bay plus more. Weighs approx: 450gms
AU$6.00
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Cassell's Compact
French Dictionary. French-English;
English-French Dated 1960. Hard cover with DW.
DW has light foxing and shows wear around edges.
Has inscription on ffep. Weighs approx:
500gms AU$5.00
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 Let's
Go Australia. Large Budget Travel
Guide Dated 1998 and in very good condition.
Weighs Approx: 500gms AU$6.00
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East
meets West Singapore by Dick Wilson.
Large hard cover with DW. Packed with history
and photos. Dated 1975 and in lovely condition.
Weighs approx: 1.3kg AU$10.00
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Key Guide to Australia's National Parks
by Leonard Cronin.
Includes World Heritage Listed Parks, with more than 300 parks described, most specific are featured with colour relief maps showing landforms, the roads and walking tracks, camping and picnic areas, and the park's major attractions- from the rainforests and rugged wilderness areas of the east, to wildflower parks in the west, sun drenched tropical islands, and mountain ranges at the heart of the continent.
It also lists what animals and plants to look for and the parks' Aboriginal Heritage.
Laminated softcover measures 23cm x 15cm and 304 pages and in excellent condition. Dated 1996.Weighs
approx: 450gms AU$6.00
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All
Guatemala a Central America
Publication. Large hardcover with DW. Measures
20.5cm x 25cm. Beautifully illustrated with
great photography and in very nice condition.
Dated 1st edition December, 1974. Weighs
approx: 750gms AU$12.00
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The Subterranean Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang
The Eighth Wonder of The World. The First Emperor of China, National Treasures, Battle Formations of the Terracotta Army, A Great Book of Ancient Military History, Statues, Sculpture, Weapons, Bronze Chariots and Horses, The Emperor's Chariot.
Large laminated soft cover measures 21cm x 28.5cm and in excellent condition. Pages clean, crisp and fresh, and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 450gms AU$28.00
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The
Chinese Exhibition of 1977. Contains photography of
excavation sites and the treasures found, the
architecture and relics ranging from the skull of
Peking Man some 500,000 years ago to 14th century
relics of the Yuan Dynasty. Has seen a bit of wear,
particularly on cover which has been badly covered
with clear plastic which is lifting in places
(visible on photo) pages have some discolouration
along front edges, look like fingerprints mostly,
but text and plates are still clean and fairly crisp
and sewn binding still tight. An unusual and
wonderful find for students of archaeology or art.
Weighs approx: 560gms $AU22.00
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The Uffizi by Luciani Berti. Beautifully illustrated collection from the Uffizi Palace and The Vasari Corridor, all the beautiful art works sculpture and architecture together in this beautiful book written in english. Measures approx: 21cm x 28cm Cover only shows minimal wear at corners, internally pages are crisp and clean. Lovely book.
Weighs approx: 700gms $AU32.00
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Thorn
Bird Country by Catherine Marshall,
Introduced by Colleen McCullough and photography
by Jo Daniell. A truly lovely book with gorgeous
photography. Dated 1983 Thames and Hudson.
Laminated decorated soft board cover. It is in
excellent condition. Weighs approx: 500gms
AU$16.00
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Wilderness
U.S.A. by National Geographic
Society. Very large pictorial and history of the
USA wilderness areas. Dated 1973. The
photography is of course breathtaking. Large
hardcover with DW. DW is chipped around edged
particularly at spine. . Has green leather like
spine and tweed cloth for rest of boards,
decorated with green caribou deer.Measures22cm x
31cm and is 344 pages. It is in lovely
condition, DW shows the only wear. Weighs
approx: 1.8kg AU$15.00
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Australian
National Parks:The East by Michael
Morcombe. Periwinkle Colour Series dated 1971
first edition. It is in as new condition. Covers
flora and fauna as well as the beautiful rugged
land. Full of illustrations and maps etc. Still
pertinent today. Covers such areas as KuRingGai
NP; Blue Mountains NP; Warrambungle NP; Noosa
NP; Glasshouse Mountains NP; Tamborine Mountains
NP; Carnarvon NP and much more all down the east
of Australia. Weighs approx: 200gms AU$9.95
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Australian
National Parks:The Far North by Michael Morcombe. Periwinkle Colour Series dated 1971
first edition. It is in as new condition. Covers
flora and fauna as well as the beautiful rugged
land. Full of illustrations and maps etc. Still
pertinent today. Covers such areas as Windjana
NP; Tunnel Creek NP; Arnhem Land NP; Katherine
Gorge NP; Barron Falls NP; The Crater Np;
Eungella NP; Magnetic Island NP; Dunk Island NP;
Heron Island NP; The Great Barrier Reef NP and much more all
in the Far North of Australia. Weighs approx: 200gms AU$9.95
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Australian
National Parks: The West and Centre by Michael Morcombe. Periwinkle Colour Series dated 1971
first edition. It is in as new condition. Covers
flora and fauna as well as the beautiful rugged
land. Full of illustrations and maps etc. Still
pertinent today. Covers such areas as Hamersley
Range NP; Darling Ranges NP; Yanchep NP;
Stirling Ranges NP; Cape Le Grande NP; Lake
Magenta NP; Fitzgerald River NP; Ormiston NP;
Macdonnell Ranges NP; Devil's Marbles NP;
Simpson Desert NP; King's Canyon NP; Old
Telegraph Station NP; Ayer's Rock / Uluru NP and much more all
through The west and Red Centre. Weighs approx: 200gms AU$9.95
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Australian
National Parks:The South by Michael Morcombe. Periwinkle Colour Series dated 1971
first edition. It is in as new condition. Covers
flora and fauna as well as the beautiful rugged
land. Full of illustrations and maps etc. Still
pertinent today. Covers such areas asKoscciusko
NP; Mount Buffalo NP; Mallacoota Inlet NP;
Wilson's Promontory NP; Fraser NP; Ferntree
Gully NP; Wyperfeld NP; Little Desert NP; Hattah
Lakes NP; Wilpena Pound NP; Alligator Gorge NP;
Tasman Peninsula NP; Frenchman's Cap NP; Cradle
Mountain - Lake St Claire NP; Ben Lomond NP and much more all
through the south tip
of Australia. Weighs approx: 200gms AU$9.95
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Lonely
Planet Travel Survival Kit - New Zealand.
Dated 1994 edition. It is in very good
condition, has an inscription inside front
cover.Weighs approx: 620gms AU$10.00
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Blue
Guide for Florence. Measures 19.5cm x
10.5cm this is a great guide and I have used it
myself even though dated 1985, it is a guide to
actual artworks and areas such as the Pitti
Palace, and little changes in these great
cities. It has numerous maps and notes on art
works, museums, gardens etc. A great guide book
and in excellent condition. Written in English.
Weighs approx: 250gms AU$7.00
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Peru, a
traveller's guide. This one is dated
1990, but is packed with photos, maps, history,
accommodation of that year, practical info for
travellers, Sightseeing and favourite tourist
spots. These are great for school projects.
Measures 22cm x 11cm weighs approx: 30gms
AU$2.00
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Handy
Australian Atlas by Steve Parish.
Dated 2001. This atlas is in excellent
condition. Has laminated board cover. Measures
17cm x 24.5cm Weighs approx: 260gms AU$5.00
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Scenic
Wonders of Australia by Reader's Digest,
large hardcover with DW dated 1976, and with
beautiful photography, detail of flora and
fauna, maps etc. Great for a student. It is in
very good clean crisp condition and binding
tight. Weighs approx: 1.5kg AU$8.50
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Germany
. A beautiful pictorial and history
of the country. This book measures 24cm x 28.5cm
and is as new. 1993 by Tiger Publications.
Weighs approx: 1kg AU$12.00
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Canada
This Beautiful Land by Edmund Nagele.
Large pictorial and history of Canada with its
towns and wilderness areas.Photography is
marvellous. Measures approx: 23.5cm x 32cm Hard
cover with dustwrapper. DW has some chipping and
wear at edges. Has lovely red cloth boards with
gold title. Pages are crisp clean and
fresh and binding nice and tight. A lovely book.
Weighs approx: 1kg AU$14.00
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Australia's
Northern Territory by Douglass Baglin and
Barbara Mullins. Frontier lands of
contrasts and cattle, scenic grandeur, mineral
wealth, deserts and jungles. Beautiful
photography, dated 1974. Australia's
Territory. Weighs approx: 120gms AU$4.00
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Trip
to Italy for The Holy Year Tourism
publication dated 1974. Nice collectible and
packed with photos and history of all areas of
Italy. Measures 22.5cm x 14.5cm and is 81 pages.
Condition is excellent. Weighs approx: 155gms
AU$5.50
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Key Guide to Australia's National Parks
by Leonard Cronin
Includes World Heritage Listed Parks, with more than 300 parks described, most specific are featured with colour relief maps showing landforms, the roads and walking tracks, camping and picnic areas, and the park's major attractions- from the rainforests and rugged wilderness areas of the east, to wildflower parks in the west, sun drenched tropical islands, and mountain ranges at the heart of the continent.
It also lists what animals and plants to look for and the parks' Aboriginal Heritage.
Laminated soft cover measures 23cm x 15cm and 304 pages and in excellent condition. Dated 1996.
Weighs approx:650gms AU$5.50
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