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| David Messent: Sydney's Northern Beaches
Book Number: 48808
David Messent Photogarphy 1999 4to. Pictorial wraps. 160pp. Illustrated with ground and air colour photo's. Manly, Harboard, Long Reef, Collaroy, Turimetta, Warriewood, Bungan, Pittwater, Newport, Avalon, Whale Beach, Palm Beach, Index, Map. very good+.
Keywords: Manly, Harboard, Long Reef, Collaroy, Turimetta, Warriewood, Bungan, Pittwater, Newport, Avalon, Whale Beach, Palm Beach, Index, Map
Price: $22.00 |
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| Morrison, Maggie and Reg: The Voyage of the Great Southern Ark - The 4 Billion Year Journey of the Australian Continent
Book Number: 48975
Australia in Print December 1988 4to Pictorial Laminated Boards. 334pp. Illustrated throughout with amazing colour photographs. Index. near fine. / Very good d/w.
Keywords: The Voyage of the Great Southern Ark Morrison Maggie Red
Price: $35.00 |
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| Tim The Yowie Man: Haunted and Mysterious Australia : Bunyips, Yowies, Phantoms and Other Strange Phenomena
Book Number: 49010
New Holland Publishers 2006 4to. hardcover. 176pp. colour illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.
Keywords: Bunyips Yowies Phantoms Strange Phenomena australian mystery
Price: $22.00 |
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| CLUNE, Frank:: JOURNEY TO PITCAIRN
Book Number: 49092
Sydney 1966 8vo. or. cl. decorative e/ps, illustrated in b/w with photographs, reproductions of sketches on plates & a page from Bligh's log, & many maps, Very good. / Very good d/w.
Keywords: Australia Australian Australiana Australasia Australasian History Historical Bounty Mutiny William Bligh Frank Clune Islands Island Norfolk Island Pitcairn Island Voyages Voyage
Price: $28.00 |
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| Horne, Donald: Into the Open Memoirs 1958-1999
Book Number: 49069
Angus & Robertson 2000 8vo softcover 358pp index, b/w illus. very good, page edges slightly browned. Between 1964 and 1998, Donald Horne had 24 books published. This is an intimate and thematic account of these years. As opposed to "An Interrupted Life" which was about Horne's childhood, this is the autobiography of the adult/public figure. Horne talks about people such as Holt, Gorton, McMahon, Whitlam and the Packers.
Keywords: Donald Horne Memoirs Horne Donald
Price: $12.00 |
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| Thompson, Peter: The Man Who Died Twice: The Life and Adventures of Morrison of Peking
Book Number: 49077
Allen & Unwin 2004 Large 8vo softcover 380pp index, b/w illus. very good. This biography tells the story of George Morrison, an Australian journalist who reported on China for the London Times during the era of the Boxer Rebellion. This is both the personal story of an intrepid journalist who became a national hero and the broader story of the emergence of China onto the world stage. Morrison's involvement in the behind-the-scenes power struggles and his role as advisor to the fledgling government are covered in detail.nAbout the AuthornPeter Thompson has served as deputy editor of the Daily Mirror, editor of the Sunday Mirror, and a director of Mirror Group Newspapers. He has written biographies of the Princess of Wales, the Duchess of York, Robert Maxwell, Elvis Presley, Aristotle Onassis, and Jack Nicholson. Robert Macklin has written for numerous Australian newspapers. He is the author of 100 Great Australians, Juryman, The Paper Castle, The Queenslander, and The Secret Life of Jesus.
Keywords: Morrison of Peking Thompson Peter
Price: $22.00 |
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| Courtenay, Bryce: The Australian Trilogy - The Potato Factory, Tommo and Hawk, Solomon's Song
Book Number: 49100
Penguin Books Ltd July 12, 2000 8vo Pictorial laminated boards with red cloth spine, gilt title to spine. 1696pp Very good +. Po inscription on fep. Ribbon place marker.
Keywords: The Australian Trilogy Courtenay Bryce
Price: $45.00 |
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| Farwell, George.: GHOST TOWNS OF AUSTRALIA
Book Number: 49136
Adelaide, Rigby, 1966 8vo. hardcover. 247pp. b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Keywords: australia towns settlements society architecture buildings history
Price: $15.00 |
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| Drewe, Robert: The Shark Net: Memories and Murder
Book Number: 49161
Viking Australia June 1, 1919 8vo Hardcover in d/w. 358pp Very good. Signed by author on title page. A vibrant and haunting memoir that reaches beyond the dark recesses of murder, where as a boy, a man the author knew, killed a boy the author knew, then randomly killed 8 other people.
Keywords: The Shark Net Memories and Murder Drewe Robert
Price: $18.00 |
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| Hirst, Warwick: Great Escapes by Convicts in Colonial Australia
Book Number: 49162
Simon & Schuster Australia 1999 8vo softcover 176pp near fine. Index. Illustrated with plates and maps. Six convict escape stories with comments on others. Includes Mary Bryant, James Porter, Jack Donahue, The Cyprus Pirates, The Cannibal of Van Diemen's Land.
Keywords: Great Escapes by Convicts in Colonial Australia Hirst Warwick
Price: $18.00 |
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