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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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Bolton, G. C. A Fine Country to Starve In
University of Western Australia Press 1972 0855640618 / 9780855640613 First Hard Cover Very Good Fair Octavo
278 pp. General and edgewear including chips, tears, and stains to unclipped dustjacket. Maroon cloth boards are clean and square. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. Railways Map of Western Australia to endpapers. Sepia photos in plates. Bibliography, Index, list of illustrations. "Describes the impact of the Depression of the early 1930s on Perth and the Western Australian hinterland."
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16.00 AUD
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Byard, Trevor The Pains and Pleasures of Our Pioneers: One Tasmanian Family 1856-1934
Launceston, Tasmania Regal Publications 1990 0949457388 / 9780949457387 First Paperback Very Good Octavo Signed by Author
224 pp. Very light edgewear to illustrated covers. All else as new. Signed by author on title page. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. "One of those rare social histories that by the use of diaries and letters brings back to life in a delightful way the hard but spiritually rewarding life of a pioneer family as they pioneered the fertile plains under the spectacularly beautiful backdrop of the Western Tiers."
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16.00 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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Dyer, Max Yarns & Characters from the Mountains
Bairnsdale Max Dyer 1997 0646346121 / 9780646346120 First Paperback Good Octavo Inscribed by Author
192 pp. Light general and edgewear to illustrated covers; upper front corner creased. Faint warping to upper margins of last few pages; otherwise internally unmarked; solidly bound. Black-and-white drawings and photos in the text. Inscribed by author on title page.
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25.00 AUD
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Emerald Museum Emerald in Focus: A Photographic History
Emerald, Victoria, Australia Emerald Museum 2006 095802152X / 9780958021524 First Paperback Very Good Quarto
96 pp. Light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Faint yellowing to edges of text block and outer page margins. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. Maps, line drawings, captioned black-and-white photos throughout.
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35.00 AUD
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Fenton, James Bush Life in Tasmania
Launceston, Tasmania Regal Publications 1990 0949457280 / 9780949457288 Reprint Paperback Very Good Octavo
203 pp. Light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. Originally published 1891. Black-and-white illustrations (including map of N.W. Tasmania) in the text.
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18.00 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 Hotel
South Melbourne Hyland House Publishing 1993 1875657274 / 9781875657278 First Hard Cover Fine Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
137pp. B&W plates. "...reveals the history of the Homecraft Hostel, [and] sheds light on the sociological changes which contributed to its closure." Book itself in fine condition, dustjacket with very minor edgewear.
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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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