Australian Accent

by Pringle, John Douglas

Description: Good; Fair Jacket. 1959 Chatto and Windus, London. Sixth printing of 1958 edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white illustrations by George Molnar. 204 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Bottom edge faded. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Page edges foxed and lightly soiled. Pages clean and ... Read More

New Zealand's North Island

by Jacobs, Sally

Description: Very Good. Kowhai Publishing Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand. 8.25 x 11 inches. No date stated. Softcover, with stapled binding. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 32 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Light foxing to the fore edge and the bottom edge of the first page. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

For the Term of His Natural Life

by Clarke, Marcus

Description: Good+; No jacket. 1960 Hallcraft Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Melbourne. Reprint of 1949 edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red textured paper-covered boards with black spine lettering and black spine and cover decorations. Gray endpapers with repeating white floral pattern. 432 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Top page edges lightly foxed. Spine lightly sunned. Name in ink on front free endpaper. ... Read More

Swimming Australian Style

by Pollard, Jack (Editor)

Description: Very Good; Fair Jacket. 1963 Nicholas Kaye. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has navy paper-covered boards with white spine lettering. Black and white frontispiece. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Wrinkle in rear endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 143 pages. Jacket has tattered edges, with several pieces missing from edges. Most of inner front flap is missing. Jacket also has several edge tears. Carefully ... Read More

Christchurch in Colour

by Brittenden, W. J. A.

Description: Good. 1973 Bascands Ltd. Published in New Zealand. Microtone Colour Book Series. Softcover, with stapled binding. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 26 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Faint foxing on title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

Rotorua: Past & Present

by Ell, Gordon

Description: Fine. 1995 Bush Press, Auckland, New Zealand. First Edition. Series: New Zealand: Past and Present. Softcover, with stapled binding. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 32 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. "The hot lakes and geothermal wonders, including the Tarawera Eruption of 1886." Read More

Christchurch in Colour

by Brittenden, W. J. A.

Description: Good. 1973 Bascands Ltd. Published in New Zealand. Microtone Colour Book Series. Softcover, with stapled binding. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 26 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

Russ Tyson's Australian Christmas Book

by Tyson, Russ

Description: Good+; Good Jacket. 1965 Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, Australia. First Edition. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Decorative endpapers. 112 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. There is a small nick to the front cover near the fore edge. Pages clean and unmarked. Pages very lightly tanned at periphery but still ... Read More

Australian Democracy: an Introduction to the Political System

by Davies, A. F.

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1958 Longmans, Green and Co., Melbourne. First Edition. First printing. "First Published in 1958" appears on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green textured paper-covered boards with black spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Name in ink on front free endpaper. One page is dog-eared. One pair of pages has a darkened rectangle where something of low ... Read More

Aboriginal Words of Australia

by Reed, A. W.

Description: Good; No jacket. 1965 A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney. First edition. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5 inches, has tan textured paper-covered boards and black spine lettering. Front cover has black & tan illustrations on a brown background. Black and white illustrations by E. H. Papps. 144 pages. Word lists: English-Aboriginal and Aboriginal-English; Short list of English-Aboriginal phrases and sentence. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Back cover lightly ... Read More

Welcome to Waitomo Caves, New Zealand

by Kerr, David

Description: Fine. 1992 First Class Publications, Auckland, New Zealand. 8.5 x 11 inches. Softcover, with stapled binding. Color photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 24 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

The Maori People: New Zealand's Maori People in Song, Scene and Story

by Armstrong, Alan

Description: Good. A. H & A.W. Reed. No date in book. 1974 (date from record, no date in book). A Kiwi Musicolour Book. Softcover, with stiff color photo-illustrated cardstock covers and stapled binding. Includes a 45 rpm record in a sleeve at the back. 15 pages. Glossy pictorial cover. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Record has 9 tracks, with a total of approximately 12 minutes playing time total. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear, with rubbing and ... Read More

The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke

by Dennis, C. J.

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1961 Angus and Robertson, Sydney. Reprint. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has light blue textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering and gold cover illustration. Black and white illustrations and color jacket illustration by Hal Gye. Foreword by Henry Lawson. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Front cover slightly sunned along the very bottom edge. Top page edges lightly foxed. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. ... Read More

The Origins of Australia's Capital Cities

by Statham, Pamela (Editor)

Description: Very Good. 1990 Cambridge University Press. Studies in Australian History Series. Softcover. Oversized, 7 x 9.3 inches. Black and white photographs and illustrations. NOT ex-library. Small black dot remainder mark on bottom page edges. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Small crease on top corner of front cover. Small stain on top corner of first page from price sticker. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 364 pages. Read More

Sydney By the Sea

by Carnemolla, John

Description: Good. 1969 Horwitz Publications, North Sydney, Australia. First Edition, stated. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Oversized. Black and white photographs. Unpaginated. Binding loosening, but intact and undamaged. Spine creased. Corners and spine ends worn and rounded, with some small chips. Horizontal crease across the bottom of the front cover. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Imprinted bookplate inside front cover. Gift inscription inside ... Read More

The Wild Pilbara: Iron Country and Its Natural Wonders: Spinifex Slopes and Plains, Mulga and Desert, Water Courses, Ridges and Gorges, Coastline

by Wells, Bert; Wells, Babs; Foy, Sally; Morris, Cliff

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1982 Jaycees Community Foundation, Inc., West Perth, Western Australia. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 8.5 x 11 inches, has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Pictorial endpapers. Color photographs by Bert and Babs Wells. Text and captions by Sally Foy and Cliff Morris. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 96 ... Read More

Fish and Fisheries of Australia

by Roughley, T. C.

Description: Very Good; Fair Jacket. 1961 Angus and Robertson, Sydney. First published 1951; fourth reprint. Hardcover has green textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Map endpapers. Color frontispiece. 63 color plates, 21 black & white plates, 10 text illustrations. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Spine covering is very lightly wrinkled; no stains. First and last 2 or 3 pages lightly wrinkled at ... Read More

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia

by Simpson, Ken; Day, Nicolas; Trusler, Peter

Description: Very Good-; Good-Jacket. 1999 Viking. Sixth edition. Green flexible vinyl covers with white lettering. Color illustrations throughout. High-quality glossy paper. Corners lightly bumped. Vinyl cover is wrinkled at bottom front edge. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. 440 pages. Glossy color illustrated dust jacket has light edge and surface wear and has surface crinkling at corners and edges. Simpson & Day Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Includes dust jacket. Read More

New Zealand Through the Goalposts

by Looney, Fay

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 2011 New Holland Publishers. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on publication page. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oblong hardcover, 8.5 x 6.1 inches, has glossy color pictorial paper-covered boards. Color photographs throughout. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have very light surface and edge wear. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. First Edition. Read More

Christchurch: the Garden City of New Zealand

by Gower, S. W.

Description: Good. 1968 Christchurch Beautifying Association. Oblong softcover, with stapled binding. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Unpaginated (32 pages). NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear; cellophane covering on the front cover rubbed and peeling a the corners. Covers mildly curled. Light foxing to the back cover. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

The Dreamtime Book: Australian Aboriginal Myths in Paintings

by Roberts, Ainslie; Mountford, Charles P.

Description: Very Good; Good+ Jacket. 1973 Rigby, Adelaide, Australia. First Edition, stated. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 11.5 x 13.75 inches, has maroon cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Color and back & white illustrations by Ainslie Roberts. Text by Charles P. Mountford. High-quality glossy paper. 175 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Gift inscription on front free ... Read More

The Australian Century: Political Struggle in the Building of a Nation

by Manne, Robert (Editor)

Description: Very Good. 1999 Text Publishing, Melbourne, Australia. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Covers lightly curled at corners. Small chip at back corner of head of spine. Page edges have some shallow dents. Pages clean and unmarked. 333 pages. Edited and instrpduced by Robert Manne. Read More