Australian Non Fiction Books at Dial a Book Sydney

Madman's Island
Idriess, Ion L.
Book Number: 68179
ISBN:
Publisher: Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1941
8vo. hardcover. 253pp. b/w illus. good+, spine slanted, price mark on fep., endpapers foxed. fep torn (repaired). / good+ d/w. The works of Ion L. Idriess National Edition Vol. XII.
Price: $25.00

Story of the Snowy Mountains: Its history and people
Larkins, John
Book Number: 68175
ISBN: 0589502018
Publisher: A H & A W Reed, Sydney 1980.
8vo. hardcover. 80pp. colour & b/w plates. very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $18.00

Cooma Country
Neal, Lauri
Book Number: 68174
ISBN: 0950090328
Publisher: Cooma - Monaro Historical Society, 1976.
8vo. hardcover. 315pp. b/w plates. Very good. / Very good d/w with wear on front panel corner.
Price: $25.00

A Life on Pittwater
Duncan, Susan
Book Number: 68100
ISBN: 9781741666694
Publisher: Random House, Sydney, 2009.
4to. hardcover. 240pp. colour illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $25.00

In Step with Sturt.
SWAN, Keith. and, Margaret Carnegie.
Book Number: 68157
ISBN: 0959636552
Publisher: Graphic Books, Armadale, Victoria, 1979.
Large 8vo. hardcover. 115pp. index, b/w illus., maps. Very good.
Price: $20.00

The Life and Death of John Price
Barry, John Vincent
Book Number: 68155
ISBN:
Publisher: 1964 Melbourne University Press.
8vo. 204pp. index. b/w illus. + b/w plates. very good/very good d/w.
Price: $25.00

To the Desert with Sturt: A Diary of the 1844 Expedition
Brock, Daniel George
Book Number: 68151
ISBN: 0909112002
Publisher: The Royal Geographical Society Of Australasia South Australian Branch, Adelaide1975.
8vo. hardcover. 222pp. colour frontis. Very good+. / Very good d/w with faded spine.
Price: $28.00

A History Of The Berrima District 1798-1961
JERVIS,JAMES
Book Number: 68164
ISBN: 0959971165
Publisher: Genealogical Publications of Australia / Berrima County Council, 1973.
8vo. hardcover., b/w ills. Very good, light foxing to endpapers. / Good, foxed d/w with small tear. A local history of the NSW town of Berrima and district over 163 years of European settlement.
Price: $15.00

The Cruise of H.M.S. Galatea, Captain H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, 1867-1868.
Milner, John, Brierly, Oswald W.
Book Number: 68163
ISBN:
Publisher: W. H. Allen, London 1869.
8vo. hardcover. 488pp. Colour & b/w plates, Folding map. Good, wear to cover corners, small tears on title page and map, small stain on top edge of frontis & title page & some of the colour plates. Some light foxing. Bottom cover corners bumped.
Price: $150.00

The Hoskins Saga
Hoskins,Sir Cecil
Book Number: 68156
ISBN:
Publisher: Sir Cecil Hoskins, Australia, 1969.
8vo. hardcover. 140pp. b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $28.00

The Inland Sea and the Great River: The Story of Australian Exploration
Cumpston J. H. L.
Book Number: 68165
ISBN:
Publisher: Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1964.
8vo. hardcover. 205pp. index, b/w maps. Very good. / Good+ rubbed d/w.
Price: $35.00

Hell West and Crooked
Cole, Tom
Book Number: 68154
ISBN: 0207168539
Publisher: Sydney Angus & Robertson 1990
4to hardcover 292pp index, colour & b/w illus, maps. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $25.00

A Jubilee History of the Municipality of Botany 1888 - 1938
Jervis, James & Flack, Leo
Book Number: 68149
ISBN:
Publisher: Botany Council 1938
4to. papered covered boards with green cloth spine and small colour illustrated pastedown on front board. 399pp. b/w illus. Good, cover edges repaired & re-inforced, owner's details on front pastedown, small hole on the edge of the first 19 pages. Scarce.
Price: $75.00

BUILDING AND ORNAMENTAL STONES OF AUSTRALIA
Sydney Tech
Book Number: 68143
ISBN:
Publisher: Gov. NSW 1915
Oblong 8vo. softcover. Technical Education Series No. 19. Technological Museum Sydney. Lots of B&W plates throughout, colour plates of examples and a map. Good, corners bumped, wear to cover corners, foxing to edges of text-block,
Price: $65.00

Tablets of memory: The Bendigo Cohns and their descendants, 1853-1989
Cohn
Book Number: 32217
ISBN: 0731646290
Publisher: Doncaster, Australia Antelope Press 1990
Large 8vo hardcover 270pp index, b/w illus. fine / very good+ d/w.
Price: $25.00

Eureka: Victorian Parliamentary Papers, Votes and Proceedings 1854-1867
Anderson, Hugh (collected by)
Book Number: 68139
ISBN:
Publisher: Hill of Content, Melbourne, 1969
4to. hardcover. Very good. / Very good d/w. includes colour poster of Eureka Stockade Riot 1854
Price: $18.00

Blue Gum Flat to Budewoi: The Story of Wyong Shire's Wonderful Valleys, Lakes and Beaches.
Swancott, Charles.
Book Number: 68141
ISBN:
Publisher: Brisbane Water Historical Society, 1963.
8vo. Stiff boards with cloth spine. 269pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Fair d/w with some tears(repaired).
Price: $35.00

Hubert Who? War Hero. Explorer. Spy: The Incredible Life of Unsung Adventurer Hubert Wilkins.
Andrews, Malcolm
Book Number: 68122
ISBN: 9780733323003
Publisher: ABC Books 2011
8vo. softcover. 289pp. b/w illus. Very good.
Price: $15.00

Port of pearls : a history of Broome
Edwards, Hugh
Book Number: 58739
ISBN: 0646193090
Publisher: Tangee Publishing 2009
8vo. softcover. 198pp. b/w & colour illus. very good+.
Price: $9.00

Driftwood: Escape and survival through art
De Jong-Duldig, Eva
Book Number: 68125
ISBN: 9781925588040
Publisher: Arcadia, North Melbourne, 2022.
8vo. softcover. 417pp. Index, b/w illus. Near Fine.
Price: $30.00

Tales of old Mosman
McLaren, Don.
Book Number: 68120
ISBN: 0959995625
Publisher: Dungog, N.S.W. Mosman Historical Society 1978
8vo softcover 104pp b/w illus. good, some wear and marking to cover, owners name on fep.
Price: $11.00

Trek Through The Back Country
John Blay
Book Number: 68136
ISBN: 0454012365
Publisher: Methuen Australia 1987
8vo. hardcover. 238pp. b/w plates. Very good. / Very good d/w with crease on spine. Inscribed & signed by author.
Price: $25.00

They Passed This Way. A Coverage of the History of the First 100 Years of Progress in the Parish of St. Mary's Concord N. S. W. 1870-1970.
Delaney W. J. and Dawes J.
Book Number: 68119
ISBN:
Publisher: Devonshire Press, Surry Hills, 1970
8vo. hardcover. 166pp. b/w plates. Good+, tape mark on rear endpaper, light marks on top edge of text-block. / Poor torn d/w.
Price: $12.00

Throsby Park : an account of the Throsby family in Australia 1802-1940
Roxburgh, Rachel
Book Number: 68110
ISBN: 0730522512
Publisher: Sydney NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 1989
Large 8vo softcover 176pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good, rear cover creased.
Price: $10.00

A monograph of the carboniferous and permo-carboniferous invertebvrata of New South Wales. Vol. II. - Pelecypoda. Part II. Eurydesma
R Etheridge and W. S. Dun
Book Number: 68114
ISBN:
Publisher: Sydney, William Applegate Gullick, Government Printers 1910.
4to. Or.printed boards. 75. With plates xvii to xxvi full-page, and accompanying leaves of descriptive text. (Dept. Mines. Mem. Geol. Surv. N.S.W. Paleontology No. 5). Good, covers foxed, label on spine, tape marks on endpapers.
Price: $20.00

Skiing the Western Faces - Kosciusko
Andrews, Alan
Book Number: 33825
ISBN: 0959084134
Publisher: O'Connor, A.C.T. Tabletop Press 1993
4to hardcover 155pp index, b/w illus, maps. New
Price: $25.00

The Cape To Cape Track Guidebook, Incorporating The Meelup Trail
Scott, Jane & Forma, Ray (Illustrated by Patricia Negus)
Book Number: 68087
ISBN: 9780980333718
Publisher: Cape to Cape Publishing, Fremantle 2008.
8vo. softcover. 108pp. index, colour illus., maps. Near Fine.
Price: $15.00

The Colony: A History of Early Sydney
Karskens, Grace
Book Number: 68064
ISBN: 9781741756371
Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Sydney 2009. First edition.
Large 8vo. hardcover. 678pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Good+ faded d/w, creased on front edge.
Price: $50.00