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| BERNDT, RONALD M. Love Songs of Arnhem Land Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978. light foxing along page foredges (not effecting text or margins) otherwise very good+ hard cover book in fine dust jacket, Berndt examines Australian aboriginal culture through its music and poetry. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 103740 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller. | ||
| BLAINEY, GEOFFREY Mines in the Spinifex: The Story of Mount isa Mines Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1962. 2nd printing, slight darkening on front end paper otherwise near fine hard cover book/edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket, The commercialization of the great red ranges in northwest Queensland. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 66002 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller. | ||
| FLANNERY, TIM The Birth of Sydney NY: Grove Press, 1999. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). USD 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 | £UK 4 | JP¥ 574] Book number: 101781 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller. | ||
| HOLTHOUSE, HECTOR River of Gold: The Wild Days of the Palmer River Gold Rush Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1997. 3rd printing, faint impression of an earlier price on front end paper otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete near fine copy in decorative wrappers (soft cover book), The Palmer gold rush lasted about 7 years in the 1870s but with 35,000 diggers, it was the country's wildest. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 | £UK 5.5 | JP¥ 794] Book number: 103466 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller. | ||
| HUBBARD, TIMOTHY The History of Mandeville Hall St. Kilda: Timothy Hubbard Pty Ltd, 1994. edgewear otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete good copy in decorative wrappers (softcover), Inscribed & dated by author, "Jeff, Noting your corrections with the splendour of mandeville Hall, 1994. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 503 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller. | ||
| HUFFER, VIRGINIA The Sweetness of Figs: Aboriginal Women in Transition Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1980. 1st printing of 1st edition, light foxing on page foredges (not affecting text or page margins) otherwise very good+ hard cover book in fine dust jacket, The Chief Protector of the Queensland Aborigines first made contact with the inhabitants of Mornington Island in 1909. The author made extended stays in Mornington in 1970 & 1973 and describes their adaptation to contact with the Mainland through vignette. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 101288 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller. | ||
| NEWMAN, CHARLES The Spirit of Wharf House: Campbell Enterprises from Calcutta to Canberra: 1788-1930 Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1961. 1st printing of 1st edition, slight shelfwear otherwise near fine hard cover book/edgewear & a dust jacket closed corner tear otherwise very good dust jacket, Robert Campbell emigrated from Scotland to Calcutta in 1790 but after a cargo ship from Calcutta to New South Wales floundered, Campbell moved there in 1800 to found Campbell Enterprises. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 66005 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller. | ||
| PHOTOGRAPHED BY RICK SMOLAN WITH EXCERPTS FROM ROBYN DAVIDSON, TRACKS From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback Ringwood: Viking, 1992. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/slight edgewear otherwise near fine dust jacket, 27 year old Robyn Davidson trekked across the Australian outback with only her dog & four camels. Smolan then tracked her down to recreate the epic journey!. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 100160 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller. | ||
| ROWLEY, C.D. The Remote Aborigines Melbourne: Pelican, 1972. 1st paperback edition, pages beginning to darken otherwise a clean, unmarked very good copy in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | £UK 8.5 | JP¥ 1236] Book number: 101783 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller. | ||
| RYAN, JOE The Wild Landscape of Australia Melbourne: Gordon & Gotch/Colour Library Books, 1984. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket enclosed in original slipcase, An immense photographic journal through the vast diversity of sparesly populated Australia. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 102389 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller. | ||
| SERLE, GEOFFREY The Golden Age: A History of the Colony of Victoria, 1851-1861 MeLittle Brownourne: University of MeLittle Brownourne Press, 1977. 4th printing, covers rubbed otherwise a clean, unmarked very good copy in decorative wrappers (soft cover book), Victoria transformed itself in the 1850s from a minor pastoral settlement into the most celebrated British colony. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1545] Book number: 101656 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller. |
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