Adams, George Martin

Foliage Birds; Australian Birds and Their Favoured Plants

Reed, Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, 1981. First Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: George Adams and Photography. Very Good Condition/Good. 9780589503055 introduction by author, note on common names, the plants illustrated in this book, references and index. Green coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with colour photographs of birds and beside each colour photograph is a black-and-white illustration by the author. Also included with each bird described is a map of Australia with the bird photograph/Illustrated range illustrated in green. Green coloured boards with white coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated front dustwrapper panel by author and colour photograph on the rear dustwrapper panel with a green background. Green and black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. A book about Australian birds and the plants that they prefer. Each colour photograph is accompanied by a wonderful black-and-white illustration by the author. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip corners.Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Some creasing of the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the panels. Some foxing and remnants of a price sticker can be seen to the front panel, lower right-hand corner. Foxing to the verso. Size: Folio (over 12" tall ). V, 112 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: George Adams and Photography. Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0288695

Catalogue: Natural History & Resources

Keywords: BZDB2 Birds -- Australian -- Habitat -- Illustrated Natural History & Resources; Illustration; Animals & Birds. Foliage Birds Australian Birds and Their Favoured Plants Illustration Animals & Birds

Baglin, Douglass & Mullins, Barbara

Islands of Australia

Ure Smith, Sydney, 1972. Reprint, Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards), Illustrated by: Douglass Baglin -- Photographer. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780725400842 144 pp. foreword by Elizabeth C. Pope -- Curator of Worms and Echinoderms, The Australian Museum, acknowledgements and index. Illustrated endpapers, by map -- showing Islands visited. The text is illustrated with numerous coloured photographs -- taken by Douglass Baglin and numerous maps. A Photographic survey of the Islands of Australia. In very good order. Size: Quarto - up to 12" tall - Quarto. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Douglass Baglin -- Photographer. Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0273042

Catalogue: Genealogy & Local History

Keywords: BZDB2 Islands -- Australian Coastline -- Photography Genealogy & Local History; Australia; Islands of Australia

Bradford, Ernle

The Year of Thermopylae

Macmillan, London, 1980. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780333232712 indexed, and illustrated with 6 maps and a selected bibliography and index. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Decorated dustjacket with gilt coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The author has provided an extraordinary account of how an onslaught designed to overrun the Western world (as it was then) came to be defeated. The only damage of the book suffers is the previous owner's full name at the top of the title page and at the bottom of the last page of the index. No other damage is apparent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0229971

Catalogue: History

Keywords: BZDB2 history, Xerxes, Greece, 480 BC Spartan History; Persia; The Year of Thermopylae Persia

Carroll, Brian

Australia's Mines and Miners: An Illustrated History of Australian Mining

Macmillan, South Melbourne, Victoria, 1977. First Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Photographic & Illustrations. Very Good Condition/Good. 9780333229781 Acknowledgements, introduction by author, further reading, picture sources and index. Photographic end pages, showing goldminers from the 19th / early 20th century. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white photographs and the occasional black-and-white illustration. Black coloured boards with white coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Title says it all. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. There is a nasty 5 inch tear to the right hand edge of the rear dustwrapper panel which a previous owner has held together with a the front side of the dustwrapper. Foxing to the verso. Size: Landscape Octavo. [7], 8 - 112 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0288631

Catalogue: Natural History & Resources

Keywords: BZDB2 Mining, history, Australia, illustrated, miners Natural History & Resources; Mining; Australia; History. Australias Mines and Miners An Illustrated History of Australian Mining Mining History

Clune, Frank 1893 - 1971

Land of Australia " Roaming in a Holden "

The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1953. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Map on endpapers of route taken. Foreword by author and list of illustrations. The text is illustrated with thirty-two black and white photographs. Rose coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the back strip. The author, comes out of hospital after a serious operation, and decides to take a motoring holiday in the vast open spaces. In three months, he travels 16,822 miles around Australia, in a quest of adventure and information. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. Light tanning and a few foxing spots to the text block edges with age toning of the pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi, 263 pp.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0288613

Catalogue: Genealogy & Local History

Keywords: BZDB2 Travel, Australia, Aborigines, Namatjira Genealogy & Local History; Travel; Australia; Land of Australia Roaming in a Holden Travel

Cochrane, G. R & Fuhrer, B. A & Rotherham, E. R. +& Willis, J. H

Australian Flora in Colour: Flowers and Plants of Victoria

A.H & A. W. Reed, Sydney, 1968. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. preface, introduction, explanation of botanical terms, protected plants, index, illustration credits, list of selected reference works and biographical. 543 color plates illustrate the text. Illustrated endpapers, with guide map of Victoria of flowers and plants. Cream coloured boards with red coloured titles on the spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing Victorias' floral emblem, pink common heath. White coloured titles on the front panel with black coloured titles on the spine. In this book almost 1/5 of Victorias' native plants life is illustrated in full colour. The plants and flowers "captions give the common & scientific names, the flowering time and the characteristics of the plants. These captions are further supported in the chapters that describes the general grouping of the plants and the environment in which they live. Cross-references from the text to the plates, an extensive index make the book an invaluable field guide." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Rubbing of the book edges with age toning and a few marks to the text block edges. Some creasing and rubbing of the book edges with marks also present. Fading to the back strip. There is a piece missing from the lower left hand corner of the rear panel with a large tear accompanying. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 216 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0288619

Catalogue: Natural History & Resources

Keywords: BZDB2 Plant, Flowers, Victoria, Botanical, Australia Natural History & Resources; Botany; Australian Flora in Colour Flowers and Plants of Victoria Botany

Eddy, W. H. C.

ORR (Professor Sydney Sparkes Orr)

Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1951. First Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Photographic. Very Good Condition/Very Good. with frontispiece photograph, and black-and-white photographs throughout the book, with a preface by Professor Stout and a prologue by Professor Wright.Pale yellow coloured boards with black coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The Orr Case was Australia's cause celebre of the 1950s and 1960s. Did Professor Sydney Sparkes Orr seduce his eighteen-year-old student as she claimed or was he framed by a sinister cabal who disliked his politics as he and his supporters insisted? Was this a case of sexual exploitation or an example of McCarthyism down under? The book itself is in the fine condition, the dustjacket is slightly darkened on the spine section and has a little rubbing to the top edge. Offset tanning to front and rear free end pages. Spot of foxing to the verso of the frontispiece. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XXXIV, 764 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0229745

Catalogue: Genealogy & Local History

Keywords: BZDB2 academic, Tasmania, Scandal Genealogy & Local History; Legal; Tasmania; ORR Professor Sydney Sparkes Orr Legal

Gabrieli, Francesco (Selector and Translator)

Arab Historians of the Crusades (The Islamic World Series)

University of California Press, Berkely, California, 1984. First Edition, Softcover (Illustrated). Very Good Condition. 9780520052246 Introduction by Francesco Gabrieli, translator's note, bibliographical note, the authors and works, and index. Illustrated paperback binding with gilt and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A history of two centuries of The Crusades as seen by Arab historians. Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Fading of the back strip stop previous owners name to the top edge of the verso of the front panel (has been scrubbed out with a black marker and then a white sticker has been placed over same) and to the top edge of the verso of the rear panel. First Paperback Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], VI - XXXVI, [3], 4 - 362, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0288557

Catalogue: History

Keywords: BZDB2 The Crusades, Arab perspective, contemporary sources History; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Military & Warfare. Arab Historians of the Crusades The Islamic World Series Military & Warfare

Jones, G. Lloyd

The Discovery of Hebrew in Tudor England: A Third Language

Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1983. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780719008757 Preface by author, acknowledgements and abbreviations, introduction by author, appendices, select bibliography and index. Bottle green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A study on whether or not in 16th century Britain that children of privilege learnt three languages – Latin, Greek and Hebrew; and, what intellectual and societal influences allowed this to happen. This rubbing of the book edges with bumping the lower book corners. Age toning and some foxing spots to the text block edges; age toning of the pages. Previous owners name has been written twice to the top edge of the front paste-down, with one being covered over in "white out" and the other being in a black coloured. A little creasing of the top dustwrapper edge and rubbing of the panels. Fading of the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], VI, [3], 2 - 311, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0288568

Catalogue: History

Keywords: BZDB2 Hebrew language, study and teaching, Great Britain, 16th century, Judaism History; Judaica; Language; Britain; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Religion & Theology. The Discovery of Hebrew in Tudor England A Third Language Judaica Language Religion & T

Leon, Abram

The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation

Pathfinder Press, Inc. New York, 1980. Reprint, Softcover. Good Condition. 9780873481342 Publisher's foreword, translator's foreword, a biographical sketch of Abram Leon by Ernest Germain and bibliography. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of author. Plaintext paperback binding with green and black coloured titles to the front panel and blue and black coloured titles to the back strip. The survival of the Jewish people has been ascribed to trust of their faith or national idea, but, the author rejects this superficial explanation stating " ... "We must not start with religion in order to explain Jewish history; on the contrary, preservation of the Jewish religion or nationality can be explained only by the 'real Jew', that is to say, by the Jew in his economic and social role. The preservation of the Jews contains nothing of the miraculous" " – from rear panel blurb. The author died in Auschwitz in 1944. A little creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Sunning to the back strip with age toning of the text block edges and pages. Previous owners name has been scrubbed out, along with stickers applied, to the top edge verso of the front panel and to the top edge of the verso of who rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 7 - 270, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0288639

Catalogue: History

Keywords: BZDB2 Judaism, history, Marxist interpretation History; Judaism. The Jewish Question A Marxist Interpretation Judaism

Pehle, Walter H. Hg.

Der Judenpogrom 1938: Von der "Reichskristallnacht" zum Volkermord (German Edition)

Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1988. Reprint, Softcover, Illustrated by: photographs. Very Good Condition. 9783596243860 Essays by Uwe Adam, Avraham Barkai, Wolfgang Benz et alia Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 246 pages. Text is in German. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs. Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0264878

Catalogue: History

Keywords: BZDB2 Kristallnacht, 1938, Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany History; Judaica – Holocaust; Germany; German Language; Der Judenpogrom 1938 Von der Reichskristallnacht zum Volkermord German Edition Judaica – Holocaus

Porush, Israel

The House of Israel; A Study of Sydney Jewry from Its Foundation (1788) and There History of the Great Synagogue of Sydney, the Mother Congregation of Australian Jewry, Compiled on the Occasion of its Centenary (1878-1978)

The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1977. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780725602055 (12) VII (3) 348 pages last page blank, foreword by Sir Israel Brodie, list of illustrations, introduction by author, acknowledgements, glossary, appendices and index. The text is illustrated with contemporary black and white photographs. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper, showing the great synagogue of Sydney, with pale blue coloured background with white and black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. The First Jews in Australia came with the First Fleet in 1788. the first organised religious ceremony was in 1828. Then in 1878 the magnificent Great Synagogue of Sydney was built, this book celebration of 100 years of the synagogue and a celebration of the history of Jews in Australia from Australia's birth. the dustjacket is slightly rubbed across both top and bottom edges, with tiny chips at the top of the spine section, the book itself is clean, without damage and without annotations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0283700

Catalogue: History

Keywords: BZDB2 Judaism-history-Australia, Religion, Sydney Judaism -- History, Centennial History-- Australian Jewry, Jewish Religion History; Judaica – Australia; Judaica; Australia; The House of Israel A Study of Sydney Jewry from Its Foundation 1788 and There

Strahan, Ronald ( Editor )

The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals; the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife

Angus & Robertson (UK), London, 1984. First Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Various. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780207144547 illustrated with many hundreds of distribution maps and colour plates. An excellent reference to Australia's wildlife. second-hand copy, no damage to describe.Matching dust jacket. Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). XXII, 530. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0276141

Catalogue: Natural History & Resources

Keywords: BZDB2 Australia, Mammals, Nature Natural History & Resources; Australia; The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife

Strahan, Ronald ( Editor )

The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals; the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife

Angus & Robertson (UK), London, 1984. First Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Various. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9780207144547 Editorial team, preface and introduction by editor, glossary and index. Green coloured end pages. The text is illustrated with colour photography and maps (showing mammal's distribution). Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Listed alphabetically, a pictorial compendium of Australian mammals. Will rubbing of the book corners with a little bumping to the front edge of the front cover. Some marks to the book panels with very light age toning of the text block edges along with some foxing. Minor creasing of the top dustwrapper edge with rubbing of the panels. Foxing to the verso. Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). XXII, 530. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0288618

Catalogue: Natural History & Resources

Keywords: BZDB2 Australia, Mammals, Nature Natural History & Resources; Australia; The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife

Wallace-Crabbe, Chris

Melbourne or the Bush; Essays on Australian Literature and Society

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1974. Reprint, Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 9780207130007 II, 140 pp. These essays, many of which have been published previously in Australian literary journals, examine past and present trends in Australian literature and the relationships between writers and their country. previous owner's name on first page Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. a clean secondhand copy, no damage to detail apart from age toning of the page edges and reading creases on the spine. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

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Book number: 0271904

Catalogue: History

Keywords: BZDB2 Australia, Literature, Society, History History; History -- Australia; Local History -- Victoria; Australia; 19th century; Sociology & Culture. Melbourne or the Bush Essays on Australian Literature and Society History -- Australia Local History --