BAYLEY WILLIAM A.

Blue Haven, Centenary History of Kiama Municipality New South Wales

Kiama, Kiama Municipal County. 1960, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) lacks dust jacket, fep has presentation inscription with signatures from the current Mayor (1966) and the President of the AFSC club of Kiama (hard to decipher but I think it says AFSC), I think the names are Jim Pierce and J Fry, plus two other signatures but I cannot decipher these, 192pp +plates. Very Good/No Jacket. association copy.

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Book number: 005609

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Australia New South Wales Kiama History Regional Association Copy Presentation Copy

BAYLEY WILLIAM A.

Blue Haven, History of Kiama Municipality New South Wales

Kiama, Kiama Municipal Council. 1976, Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. gift inscription to half title, DW light wear and edge rubbing. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009458

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Australian Regional History New South Wales Revised Edition

MICHENER JAMES A & DAY A GROVE

Rascals in Paradise true tales of high adventure in the South Pacific

London, Secker. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. map end papers, 384pp scattered foxing to closed edges, DW under protection has minor rubbing to spine ends and the folds, small chip from foot of spine at the upper fold, VG. contents; The GLOBE mutineers / Charles I / Coxinga / Gibson / Bligh / Dona~ Isabel / Bully Hayes the blackbirder / Louis Becke / Will Mariner boy chief of Tonga / Leeteg. biblio + index. The true life stories of nine men and one woman who in the last four centuries sought fame and fortune, and pursued their dreams, in the most romantic of all the world's oceans. Rascals all, they operated on so bizarre a scale that their lives assumed epic proportions, and their stories amaze us as much as they thrill or horrify us. A book for anyone who loves excitement, romance and the pleasure of good stories well told. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000758

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: South Pacific Michener Polynesia Travel History Anthropology

AUSTIN K. A.

The Voyage of the Investigator 1801-1803 Commander Matthew Flinders, R. N.

Adelaide, Rigby. 1964, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. would be a beaut copy but has an inscription to fep and some occasional instances of neat underlining , mostly pencil but a few in red pen, still a tidy copy in a tidy, price clipped dust jacket with minor edge tears at head of rear panel, 223pp + plates, maps, colour frontis portrait of Flinders. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006392

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Australian Colonial History Exploration Pacific Navigators British Exploration Seamen Captain Matthew Flinders

BURNS ALAN

Fiji

London, Her Majestys Stationery Office. 1963, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. bright scarlet cloth, tapa cloth design endpapers, nice DW with a little rubbing / chipping at head, 255pp + plates + folding map at rear. colour frontis. a full survey from discovery to the present. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012592

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Fiji Pacific Islands Polynesia History Non Fiction

GILCHRIST ALEXANDER

From the Middle Temple to the South Seas

London, John Murray. 1927, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library, large blue cloth, binding loosened, boards rubbed to corners and spine ends, spine ends frayed, lower board creased to outside cloth only. Ex working mens circulating library with plate to front paste down and stamps to endpapers and some in text, one has offset onto plate of Culebra Cut, Panama canal. Lacks two plates (at pp 158 and 162). 287pp + plates +2 pp adverts at rear, Autobiography by former Chief Police Magistrate, Fiji and Senior Puisne Judge of the High Court of Tanganyika. Much history of the South Sea Islands including piracy and blackbirding as well as occurences during the Great War. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012702

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Fiji New Hebrides Solomon Islands Blackbirding Piracy South Pacific World War One Naval Law Justice Policing

DUPEYRAT ANDRE

Mitsinari: Twenty-One Years Among the Papuans

London, Staples Press. 1954, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. one small short tear to fold of dust jacket, 256pp+ photos, translated from the French, Twenty years of missionary work by Father Dupeyrat in Papua. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011648

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Papua, New Guinea, Missionary, Missions, Melanesia,

SHARP ANDREW

Ancient Voyagers in Polynesia

Auckland, Longman Paul. 1969, reprint. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. dust jacket with minor edgewear, short tear head of spine fold, name to fep in pen 159pp + plates, map end papers. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012318

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Polynesia Pacific Islands Polynesia Navigation Ancient Voyage

ANON

Green Gold ; the Story of the Gloucester Dairy Industry 50th Anniversary 1905-1955

Gloucester, Gloucester Co-Operative Dairy Company Limited. 1955, First Edition. Pictorial Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (500 gram rate) very tidy, small inscription to front paste down "Bill Atkins (Pres.) Gloucester", 32pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005540

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Australian Agricutlural Heritage Farm Farming History Dairy Dairying Newcastle

GROOM ARTHUR

Wealth in the Wilderness

Sydney, Angus & Robertson. 1955, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. blue cloth lightly rubbed, faint pencil inscription to reverse of frontis, 198pp + plates, map endpapers, Australian Mining and Mineral Wealth. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007466

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Australia Australian Mining Mineral Wealth Northern Territories Alice Springs Cooper's Creek

HARE FRANCIS AUGUSTUS

The Last of the Bushrangers, an Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang

London, Hurst and Blackett. 1895, Fifth. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. rebound in fine new cloth, minor soiling to some pages, 326+2pp adverts + plates, lacks two plates (Steve Hart and Night Attack on the Glenrowan Hotel) fifth edition (1895). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008803

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Australia Australian History Crimr Ned Kelly Kelly Gang Outlaws Bushrangers Highwaymen True Crime

PARLIAMENT HOUSE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY

Australia's New Parliament House

Canberra, Parliament House Construction Authority. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0642099995) Soft Cover, landscape 4to. official book to accompany the new building, 85pp colur photos and diagrams showing the planning and architecture etc. covers a little curled through reading otherwise VG. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001108

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Keywords: Australia Architecture Act Canberra Parliament House 0642099995

PATERSON A B & ROLF BOLDREWOOD

The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses

Sydney, Angus & Robertson. 1901, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Frank Mahony. frontis portrait with facsimile 'A B Paterson' signature, tissue guard, red cloth slightly rubbed to joints and spine ends, gilt titled spine, slightly foxed endpapers, top edge gilt, xvi 184pp +32pp adverts (dated Feb 1902), VG copy, preface by Rolf Boldrewood, 25th thousand. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009603

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Australian Colonial Bush Ballads Fiction Poetry Verse Banjo Paterson Early Edition Collectable Frank Mahony

MCCANN F. B.

Medicine Man

Melbourne, Angus & Robertson. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Phil Taylor. unclipped DW, 208pp, memoirs of a Bush Doctor in the NorthernTerritory, aboriginals etc. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009136

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Australia Australian History Northern Territory Medical Officer Medicine Doctor Biography Memoir Bush Doctor Phil Taylor

MCCANN F. B.

Medicine Man

Melbourne, Angus & Robertson. 1959, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Phil Taylor. unclipped DW with sunned spine, 208pp, memoirs of a Bush Doctor in the NorthernTerritory, aboriginals etc. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009519

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Australia Australian History Northern Territory Medical Officer Medicine Doctor Biography Memoir Bush Doctor Phil Taylor