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Report of the Inquiry into the 2002-2003 Victorian Bushfires
Victoria (Australia) State Government of Victoria 2003 0731114884 / 9780731114887 First Paperback Very Good + 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
334 pp. Light wear to illustrated wraps. Corners a little curled. Spine uncreased. Internally unmarked, unwrinkled and solidly bound. Illustrated with maps, charts, diagrams, colour photos.
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30.00 AUD
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Barrow, Joy Making a Nest in the Hills
Otford NSW Otford Press 2002 1876928514 / 9781876928513 First Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Octavo
136 pp. Light general and edgewear to unclipped dustjacket. Very light wear to edges of purple boards. Internally as new. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and black-and-white illustrations.
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14.00 AUD
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Baxter, John Who Burned Australia?
London New English Library 1984 0450057496 / 9780450057496 First Paperback Good + 12mo
192 pp. Light general and edgewear to illustrated wraps. Page edges yellowed. Internally unmarked and solidly bound. Illustrated with b/w plates, maps. "The Ash Wednesday fires -- a terrifying account and a damning indictment."
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18.00 AUD
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Bowden, Basil Outback Planting: People and Places
Brighton, SA Basil Bowden 2003 Paperback Very Good Quarto Signed by Author and Subject
173 pp. Light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Corners a little curled; tiny creases to a few page corners. Previous owner's name inked to upper corner of first page. Internally clean, bright, solidly bound. Signed on the first page by Basil Bowden and Brian Powell. Includes large, coloured fold-out map of South Australia. Illustrated with colour photographs. "This is the story of some of the lesser known work of Greening Australia in the north and far north regions of South Australia, and of the man who made it all possible."
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25.00 AUD
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Carroll, Ray When Winter Comes... Football at Assumption
Kilmore Central Highlands Newspapers P/L 1990 0646002155 / 9780646002156 Paperback Very Good Octavo
175 pp. Very light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Faint stains to fore-edge. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. History of Australian Rules football at Assumption College, Victoria. Black-and-white photos throughout. Forewords by Allan Jeans and David Parkin
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15.00 AUD
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Daffey, Paul Local Rites : A Year in Grass Roots Football in Victoria and Beyond
Flemington, VIC, Australia Black Duck Publications 2001 0646412485 / 9780646412481 First Paperback Very Good Octavo Martin Tighe (cover) Inscribed by Author
316 pp. Light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Previous owner's name inked to first page. Lower corner a little scuffed and curled. Internally clean and solidly bound. Illustrated with map and black and white plates.
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12.00 AUD
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Doyle, Fiona Whispers of This Wik Woman
St Lucia University of Queensland Press 2004 0702234613 / 9780702234613 First Paperback Near Fine 12 mo
142 pp. Extremely light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Internally as new. Black-and-white photos and map in the text. Bibliography. "Invites us into the heart of Cape York's Wikwaya country."
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16.00 AUD
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Frost, Russell (text) Frankston and Mount Eliza Sketchbook
Main Ridge, Victoria Loch Haven Books 1989 1875308008 / 9781875308002 Reprint Hard Cover Very Good Slipcase Very Good Octavo Arno Roger-Genersh (drawings);
62 pp. Extremely light edgewear to unclipped dustjacket. Tiny nick to lower edge of front board. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. "Some of Australia's most famous citizens have played on the magnificent golf courses."
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25.00 AUD
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Fullerton, Mary E. Foreword by Frank Dalby Davison Bark House Days
Parkville Melbourne University Press 1964 Reprint Paperback Very Good 12 mo
157 pp. Very light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Foxing to edges of text block. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. Originally published 1911. "Nostalgic but not sentimental, it is one of the few books which preserve the rich experience of bush childhood (the Big Bush of Gippsland) for a generation of city dwellers."
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20.00 AUD
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Gardiner, Lyndsay A Woman's Place: A History of the Homecraft Hostel
South Melbourne Hyland House Publishing 1993 1875657274 / 9781875657278 First Hard Cover Near Fine Near Fine Octavo
137pp. Two or thrree small faint splotches to blue cloth boards, dustjacket with very minor edgewear. All else as new. Black-and-white plates. "Reveals the history of the Homecraft Hostel, [and] sheds light on the sociological changes which contributed to its closure."
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15.00 AUD
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Garnett, T. R. Man of Roses: Alister Clark of Glenara
Kenthurst, NSW Kangaroo Press 1990 0864173326 / 9780864173324 First Hard Cover Very Good + Very Good Large 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
128 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected in removable clear sleeve, is not price clipped but has very light edgewear (wrinkling, a little chipping at the extremities). Red cloth boards bumped at corners. Internally near fine. Illustrated with colour and b/w photos.
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75.00 AUD
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Geyer, Sandra Mornington Peninsula Images: A Photographic Essay
Mornington, Victoria, Australia Sandra Geyer 1996 0646287648 / 9780646287645 First Paperback Very Good Quarto
94 pp. Very light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Corners a little curled. Internally clean, bright, solidly bound. Colour photos. "This book's purpose is to describe pictorially the passion the author has for the natural beauty, the facilities and activities provided by the extent of land called the Mornington Peninsula."
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25.00 AUD
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Greenwood, Gordon, editor Brisbane 1859-1959: A History of Local Government
Queensland The Council of the City of Brisbane 1959 First Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket Ex-Library Quarto
695 pp. Light general and edgewear to boards. Scuffing and faint stains to edges of text block. Library marks limited to three pages in the front matter. Otherwise internally unmarked. Solidly bound. Colour frontis: "Brisbane's Royal Visitor 1959, The Princess Alexandra of Kent." Maps to endpapers. A very heavy book (just under 3 kg), probably not suitable for shipping overseas.
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36.00 AUD
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