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  1. IDRIESS ION L. The Red Chief. As told by the last of  his tribe. illus. with frontis. & 21 plates pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1953 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.226. The story of the Aboriginal warrior who once ruled the Gunnedah district, as it was told by "King" Bungaree, the last of his tribe, two centuries later. Very sl. chip top d/w. minimal crease lower rear d/w. else near fine.   Price: $120.00
     
  2. IDRIESS ION L. The Red Chief As told by the last of  his tribe. illus. with frontis. & 21 plates pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1953 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.226. The story of the Aboriginal warrior who once ruled the Gunnedah district, as it was told by "King" Bungaree, the last of his tribe, two centuries later. Small neat inscription to front pastedown e/paper under d/w. return flap, cannot be seen when flap is in place. Minimal chip to top of spine edge and rear of d/w. v/good.   Price: $65.00
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  3. IDRIESS ION L. The Red Chief. As told by the last of  his tribe. illus. with frontis. & 21 plates pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1953 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.226. The wrapper has a small deficiency at top of the spine, chip (lacks small piece) at rear, sl. crease to rear of d/w. Minor damp stain, to front board else v/good clean inside.   Price: $45.00
     
  4. IDRIESS ION L. The Red Chief. As told by the last of  his tribe. illus. with frontis. & 21 plates pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1953 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.226. The wrapper has a small deficiency at top of the spine, chip to fore-edges. Tape across d/w. at "The" in title, d/w. flaps adhered to pastedown e/papers else v/good clean inside.   Price: $40.00
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  5. IDRIESS ION L. The Tin Scratchers. illus. with e/paper maps frontis. & 30 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1959 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.260.XXXVII. sl. chip to d/w. (lacks small piece to rear of wrapper) front board has sl. mark, otherwise fine copy.    Price: $75.00
     
  6. IDRIESS  ION L. Flynn Of The Inland. illus. with  e/paper maps, frontis. & 30 plates. pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1955 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.244. sl. worn d/w.    Price: $30.00
     
  7. IDRIESS  ION L.   Flynn Of The Inland. illus. with  e/paper maps, frontis. & 30 plates. pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1942 22nd ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.244.  closed tear to d/w., lower spine. Boards have very slight damp stain lower fore-edge both front and rear  as arrowed, almost fine d/w.   Price: $55.00   (See picture-press   )
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  8. IDRIESS ION L.  The Silver City. The Story of Broken Hill,  illus. with e/paper maps, frontis. 34 plates & 5 maps. pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1956 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.214. d/w. chipped, torn, boards sl. marked, good and clean otherwise.    Price: $50.00   Convert Currency
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  9. IDRIESS ION L. The Yellow Joss. illus. with frontis. & 18 plates. pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1948 or. orange cl. cr.8vo. pp.256.  Almost fine copy.    Price: $35.00
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  10. IDRIESS ION L. Isles Of Despair. illus with e/paper maps, text illus. throughout. pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1947 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.290 very good copy in the torn d/w.    Price: $45.00
     
  11. IDRIESS ION L. The Great Trek. One of the greatest  feats in Australian exploration. pub. Sydney, Angus &  Robertson 1947 or.cl. 8vo. pp.222. a good copy.    Price: $30.00
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  12. IDRIESS  ION L. The Wild White Man Of Badu. The story  of the  Coral  Sea. illus. with e/paper maps, frontis.  &  18 plates 2 maps. pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1950  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. tape marks to rear of d/w. little chipped, tear along d/w. at rear board pp.232 very good copy otherwise.  Price: $50.00   Convert Currency
     
  13. IDRIESS ION L. One Wet Season. illus. with e/paper  maps, frontis.  14  full  page  plates.  pub.  Sydney,  Angus  & Robertson  1951 or.cl. 8vo. pp.272.   Price:$30.00
     
  14. IDRIESS ION L. One Wet Season. with e/paper maps frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1949 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.272. fine copy  in  the  sl. chipped d/w.   Price: $50.00
     
  15. IDRIESS  ION  L. "Man Tracks." With the mounted  police  in Australian  wilds. illus. with e/paper maps frontis.  &  16 full  page  plates.  pub. Sydney, Angus  &  Robertson  1943 Fifteenth ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.272. v/good clean, bright copy.    Price: $40.00
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  16. IDRIESS ION L Lightening Ridge. The land of Black Opals. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1947 or.cl. 12mo. pp.VIII.234. e/paper cut else fine.    Price:A$35.00   Convert Currency
     
  17. IDRIESS  ION L. Forty Fathoms Deep. Pearl Divers  and  Sea Rovers  in Australian seas. illus. with frontis. & 16  full page  plates  t/out. e/paper maps,    pub.  Syd.  Angus  &  Robertson  1937 5th ed. or. green cl. cr.8vo. pp.344,10 advts. cloth bright, neat inscription to 2nd f/free e/paper, sl. spotted otherwise v/good copy.    Price: $45.00
     
  18. IDRIESS  ION L.    Forty Fathoms Deep.  Pearl Divers  and  Sea Rovers  in Australian seas. illus. with frontis. & 16  full page  plates  t/out. e/paper maps,  pub.  Syd.  Angus  &  Robertson  1950 ‘New Edition’ or. beige and grey patterned cl. grey cl. to spine, as published, cr.8vo. pp.278. Signed by Ion L. Idriess on the title Page "Wishing you the best Ion Idriess" v/good copy.  Cloth slightly rubbed at edges, shelf wear, faint w/mark on edges of pages, shelf edge, not into the pages themselves, hardly noticeable. A very good copy.    Price: $75.00
     
  19. IDRIESS  ION L. Forty Fathoms Deep. Pearl divers  and  Sea Rovers  in Australian seas. illus. with frontis. & 16  full page  plates  t/out.  pub.  Syd.  Angus  &  Robertson  1952 or. orange cl. 8vo. pp.278. v/good copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  20. IDRIESS ION L. The Nor'Westers. with illus. e/paper  maps &  14 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus  &  Robertson 1954  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.241. fine in  the  sl. torn d/w.   Price: $75.00
     
  21. IDRIESS ION L.   Madman's Island. with frontis. & text illus. t/out  pub.  Syd.  Angus & Robertson  1938 or. orange cl. 8vo. pp.VII.254.2 advts. very sl. faded at spine else very good copy.    Price: $45.00
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  22. IDRIESS ION L. Madman's Island. with frontis. & text illus. t/out pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1954 or.cl. 8vo. pp.VII.254. good copy, almost fine.   Price: $35.00    Convert Currency
     
  23. IDRIESS  ION L.  In Crocodile Land. Wanderings in  Northern Australia.  illus.  with  frontis. & 12  full  page  plates t/out.  pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1947 or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.X.242. Closed tear to d/w. short inscription to f/free e/paper, ink spot to rear of d/w. else fine.    Price: $35.00
     
  24. IDRIESS  ION  L. Across The Nullarbor.  A  Modern  Argosy. illus.  with  e/paper maps frontis. & 16 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1953 or. beige cl. 8vo. pp.VIII.248. Idriess tells his story of a trip by car across the Nullarbor, near fine.    Price: $35.00
     
  25. IDRIESS  ION  L. Across The Nullarbor  A  Modern  Argosy. illus.  with  e/paper maps frontis. & 16 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1957 or. red cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.VIII.248. Idriess tells his story of a trip by car across the Nullarbor, d/w. chipped, front flap detached, back flap partly torn, cloth very fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  26. IDRIESS  ION  L. Across The Nullarbor  A  Modern  Argosy. illus.  with  e/paper maps frontis. & 16 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1957 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.VIII.248. name to f/free e/paper else fine in the chipped d/w.    Price: $45.00
     
  27. IDRIESS ION L. Tracks Of Destiny. illus. with frontis. & 14 full  page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus &  Robertson  1961 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.228. lacks f/free e/paper sl. chipped d/w.    Price: $65.00
     
  28. IDRIESS ION L.   Tracks Of Destiny. illus. with frontis. & 14 full  page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus &  Robertson  1961 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.228. neat name to f/free e/paper else very fine.    Price: $150.00    (See picture-press   )
     
  29. IDRIESS  ION L. The Cattle King. The story of  Sir  Sidney Kidman.  illus. with e/paper maps frontis. & 24  full  page plates t/out. pub. Syd Angus & Robertson 1947 or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.X356-X  advts. v/good copy.    Price: $30.00
     
  30. IDRIESS  ION  L. Nemarluk. King of the Wild.  illus.  with frontis. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1946 or. red cl. 12mo. pp.222. Neat and small prior owner’s name stamp in purple ink to title page, else fine.   Price: $35.00
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  31. IDRIESS  ION  L. The Wild North. illus.  with  frontis.  & illus. with frontis. & 12 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus  &  Robertson 1960 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  8vo.  pp.230. sl. chipped d/w. to top of front panel otherwise fine copy.    Price: $65.00
     
  32. IDRIESS  ION  L.  My Mate Dick. illus. with frontis.  &  14 full  page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus &  Robertson  1962 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.244. dustwrapper price/clipped, slightly rubbed, chipped, top of spine 4mm lacking otherwise almost fine copy.    Price: $150.00
     
  33. IDRIESS  ION L.    Lasseter's Last Ride. An epic  in  Central Australian  gold discovery. illus. with frontis. & 14  full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1932 11th ed. or. orange cl. fine & bright, d/w. 8vo. pp.262. 2 small chips to d/w. closed tears, sl. foxing.   Price: $60.00
     
  34. IDRIESS ION L.  Lasseter's Last Ride. illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1935 or. orange cl. cr.8vo. 12mo. pp.252.    Price:$35.00
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  35. IDRIESS ION L. Ion Idriess's Greatest Stories. The  Silver City  -  Lightning Ridge - The Desert Column -  The  Cattle King - Flynn Of The Inland - Lasseter's Last Ride. 2  Vols. with  several  plates,  dwgs.  t/out.  pub.  Syd.  Angus  & Robertson  1986  or.cl.  roy.8vo.  pp.XV.582  -   XXIV.616. v/fine.    Price:$65.00
     
  36. IDRIESS  ION  L. The Selected Works Of.  Frontier  Edition. This being the subscription, signed edition of the works of Ion  L. Idriess and limited to 1000 sets of which  this  is No.772  each vol. illus. with frontis. & plates  pub.  Syd. Angus & Robertson nd.1951? or. red glt. tltd. buckram  8vo. pp.approx.275 per vol. 18 vols. in all.    Price:$900.00
     
  37. IMAGES  OF YESTERDAY. A Collection of  Australian Archives and  Artifacts.  Catalogue of exhibition held in  the  Myer Mural  Hall  and  Gallery Melb. 18-30  May  1981  profusely illus. with b/w. plates t/out. many full page, pub.  Melbourne or.pict. wps. 4to. pp.164. a very good copy.   Price: $25.00
     
  38. INGLETON GEOFFREY C. True Patriots All. Or News from Early Australia as told in a Collection of Broadsides. Murders & Executions, Piracies & Mutinies, Shipwreacks, Terrors of Transportation, Villainies of all Kinds. illus. with col. frontis. & many b/w. decorations t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1952 1st.ed. or. ornge. & white bds. cr.4to. pp.280. fine.    Price:$100.00
     
  39. INGLIS  K.S. The Australian Colonists. An  Exploration  of Social History 1788-1870. profusely with b/w. plates t/out. some  full page pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1974 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.XX.316.    Price:$35.00
     
  40. INGPEN  ROBERT Pioneers Of Wool. Many illus.  by  author. pub.  Melb. Pioneer Settlement Press 1972  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 4to. oblong pp.56.    Price:$40.00
     
  41. INGPEN  ROBERT Australia's Heritage Watch. An overview  of Australian conservation. with e/paper & col. illus.  t/out. by author. pub. Adel. Rigby 1981 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  4to. pp.120.     Price:$30.00
     
  42. INGPEN ROBERT    Australian Inventions And Innovations profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page; pub. Adelaide. Rigby. 1982. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.80 Informative account of some of the many valuable contributions Australians have made to their country and the rest of the world. Fine.     Price: $25.00
     
  43. INNES  H.S.  The  First Century The Story  Of  The  United Insurance  Company  Limited  1862-1962.  illus.  with  many plates  t/out.  pub.  Syd.  1962  or.cl.  cr.4to.   pp.120. frontis. repaired with Sellotape else v/good copy.     Price:$30.00
     
  44. JAMES  JOHN STANLEY The Vagabond Papers. Degradation  and brutality  of  low  life in slums  of  the  Victorian  era. illus.  with  frontis. & 43 illus. throughout.  pub.  Melb. M.U.P. 1969 or.cl. d/w. lge.8vo. pp.274. An abridged version of a 5 volume edition published by George Robertson in 1877-8. Very good copy.    Price: $35.00
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  45. JOHNSON  RAYNOR Nurslings Of Immortality. Thoughts on  the riddles of life. illus. with frontis. pub. London,  Hodder & Stoughton 1960 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.280.    Price: $25.00
     
  46. JOLLEY ROBERT - Publisher. From The Centre To The Sea. Panorama Pictures Of Selected Australian Scenery. illus. with 12 plates in mounts alternately dark green and brown, pub. Atlas Press, Melbourne, c.1905? limp covers with gilt lettering and art nouveau design, wide rectangle 16mo. oblong pp.28 Produced as a presentation folder, views in and around Brisbane. sl. tear at spine, else very good copy.    Price: $45.00
     
  47. JOSE  ARTHUR  WILBERFORCE  and  HERBERT  JAMES CARTER Illustrated  Australian Encyclopedia. 2 vols.  illus.  with drawings, maps, col. plates, throughout. pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1925 or.cl. gilt to spine. 4to. pp.vol.l.  768. vol.ll. 748. Vol.II . fine set.   Price: $95.00
     
  48. JOY  WILLIAM   The  Other Side Of The Hill.  200  years  of Australian  Exploration. illus. with e/paper maps  &  b/w. text plates t/out. pub. Syd. Doubleday 1984 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.252.    Price: $30.00
     
  49. JOY  WILLIAM and TOM PRIOR The Bushrangers.  with  e/paper illus.  & many plates throughout. pub. Sydney,  Shakespeare Head Press 1963 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.160.    Price: $35.00
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  50. JOY WILLIAM The Explorers. with e/paper illus. & many plates throughout. pub. Sydney, Shakespeare Head Press 1964 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.160.   Price: $35.00    Convert Currency
     
  51. KEESING NANCY (ED.) Gold Fever. The Australian goldfields 1851  to the 1890's. Collection of descriptions of life  on the Australian goldfields. pub. Sydney 1967 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.412. sl.torn d/w otherwise fine.   Price: $40.00
     
  52. KEESING NANCY The White Chrysanthemum. Changing images of Australian  motherhood.   profusely illus. with  b/w.  col. plates  &  drawings. pub. Sydney, Angus  &  Robertson  1977 1st.ed. or.cl. sm.4to. pp.182.   Price: $30.00
     
  53. KELLY  F.  Compiled  by. The Union  Guide.  Issued  by  The Federal Executive Council of The Australian Third  Division Telegraphists'  and Postal Clerks' Union. pub.  Melb.  1935 or. lt. maroon wps. 16mo. pp.166. Fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  54. KELLY  VINCE   Achieving A Vision. The life story  of  P.W. Tewksbury, Australian Industrial pioneer. presentation copy fully  signed by P.W. Tewksbury. illus. with frontis. &  32 full  page plates t/out. pub. Syd. George M. Dash  nd.195-? or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.284. fine.    Price: $40.00
     
  55. KIDDLE MARGARET Caroline Chisholm. pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1969 or.cl. 8vo. pp.208. lacks f/free e/paper otherwise v/good.    Price: $30.00
     
  56. KIERNAN T. J. The Irish Exiles In Australia. illus. with frontis. & 2 full page plates pub. Melb. Burnes & Oates 1954 1st ed. or. green cl. 8vo. pp.196. very good copy.     Price: $60.00
     
  57. KING  JONATHAN   Stop Laughing This Is Serious!   A  social history  of Australia in cartoons. with illus.  e/papers  & illus  t/out. pub. N.S.W. Cassell 1978  1st.ed.  or.cl.d/w. folio pp.224.     Price: $40.00
     
  58. KING JONATHANThe Other Side Of The Coin: A Cartoon History Of Australia. Political cartoons from Australian history. profusely illus. with drawings throughout, pub. Sydney: Cassell, 1979 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.240 They include the most bizarre from Punch, the more exotic from the Bulletin, the cheekiest from Smith's Weekly and the boldest from the Australian.      Price: $40.00
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  59. KINGSTON BEVERLEY My Wife, My Daughter And Poor Mary  Ann. Women and work in Australia. illus. e/papers frontis. many plates  throughout. pub. Melb. Nelson 1975  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.140. The part that women played in the development of Australia in the period between the 1860's and the 1930's; covers the period when women entered the workforce, and also the contribution made by unpaid workers in the home; chipped d/w. Fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  60. KINNEAR  BRYCE   Land  Of  The  Southern  Cross  Australia. illus.  e/papers., profusely illus. in col. & b/w.  photos. pub. Aust. Publicity Council 1956 or.cl. 4to. pp.152.     Price:  $25.00
     
  61. KIRWAN SIR J.An Empty Land. Pioneers and pioneering in Australia. illus. with frontis., 19 full-page plates, and map; pub. Lond. 1934 1st ed. or red cl. 8vo. pp.XIV.322. "The story of four thousand miles of travel through the last of the great undeveloped territories of the world. A world of Aborigines and alligators, pearls and cattle, whales and turtles, gold-mining and aviation, palm groves, cyclones and politics." Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  62. KNIGHT F.F.   These Things Happened.  Unrecorded History 1895-1946 illus. with eight pages of black-and-white photography, map, indexed; pub. Melbourne, Hawthorn Press, 1975 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.IV.414 The story of F.F. Knight, born in 1895,he spent time in various parts of Australia as a barrister before becoming a part time legal officer serving overseas with the R.A.A.F. during the Second World War, he was also the President of the Taxpayers Association of Victoria for twenty five years. Includes details of his service at Gallipoli and the Western Front.   Price: $30.00
     
  63. KOTZE  STEFAN  Translated  and adapted  by  L.L.  Politzer. Australian  Sketches.  Author's  experiences   travelling through parts   of   Australia.   (Author   was    German Journalist/Traveler who  came to Australia in  search  of experience  &  copy  for his books which  he  had  pub.  in Australia in the early part of this century pub. Melb.  Pan Pub. 1945 or.illus.bds. 8vo. pp.128.    Price:  $35.00
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  64. KUNZ EGON & ELSIE A Continent Takes Shape. History of Australia in maps. profusely illus. with plates of maps t/out. some full page & col. pub. Melb. Collins 1971 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.176. closed tear to d/w. else fine.   Price: $60.00    Convert Currency
     
  65. LANG JOHN DUNMORE Reminiscences Of My Life And Times. Both in Church and State in Australia for upwards of Fifty Years. The autobiographical account of John Dunmore Lang, 'Presbyterian minister, politician, educationalist, immigration organiser, journalist, gaol-bird and 'Patriot and Statesman'. illus. with frontis. pub. Melbourne, Heinemann, 1972. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.VIII+240. appendices, index. a near fine copy. Edited and with an introduction and notes by D.W.A. Baker.    Price: $45.00
     
  66. LARKINS  JOHN  Australian Pubs. The result of  a  "25,000- mile pub crawl," profusely illus. with photographs by Bruce Howard pub. Adel. Rigby 1980 or.cl. d/w. sm.4to. pp.280.      Price: $30.00
     
  67. LARKINS  JOHN  and BRUCE HOWARD Great Australian  Book  of Nostalgia.  profusely  illus.  with  col.  &  b/w.  plates throughout.  pub. Adelaide, Rigby 1975 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.296.        Price: $35.00
     
  68. LARKINS JOHN & BRUCE HOWARD As Time Goes By.   Australia's fabulous  century. Originally pub. as The Great  Australian Book of Nostalgia. profusely illus. with text plates, col. & b/w. pub. Adelaide, Rigby 1979 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.296.     Price: $30.00
     
  69.  LARKINS  JOHN    Dictionary of Australian History  pub. Adelaide Rigby Limited 1980 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.226 Fine.    Price: $30.00
     
  70. LAWRENCE G.V. & GRAEME KINROSS SMITH (ED.) The Book of  The Murray. with e/paper illus. & many plates t/out. some col. pub. Adel. Rigby 1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.IX.264.    Price: $35.00
     
  71. LAWSON ROBERT S. Sir Harry Lawson. illus. with 8 full page plates  t/out. pub. Melb. Mullaya 1976 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.IX.93. fine.    Price: $30.00
     
  72. LAZARUS  MARY A Tale Of Two Brothers.   Charles  Dickens's sons  in  Australia. illus. with 18 plates,  e/paper  maps. pub. Sydney,  Angus & Robertson 1973 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.220.   Price:  $30.00
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  73. LEA-SCARLETT  ERROL   Roots  And  Branches.  Ancestry  for Australians. illus. with 6 full page plates t/out. & 7 text plates  pub.  Syd. Collins 1979 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.232.   Price:  $30.00
     
  74. LEEPER  G.W. (Editor) Report Of The Twenty-Second  Meeting Of  The  Australian  And New Zealand  Association  For  The Advancement Of Science. with 5 full page plates, 4  folding maps,  text illus., charts & maps. pub. Melbourne  1935  or.cl. 8vo. pp.XLVII.562. a very good copy.   Price:  $45.00
     
  75. LEICHARDT DR. LUDWIG Journal Of An Overland Expedition In Australia, From Moreton Bay To Port Essington, A Distance Of Upwards Of 3,000 Miles During The Years 1844-1845. illus. with frontis. & 12 full page plates t/out. first pub. in Lond. 1847 this facsimile ed. pub. Syd. Macarthur Books nd.197-? or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XX.544. fine.    Price: $160.00
     
  76. LEICHHARDT LUDWIG - Introduction and annotations by E.M. Webster An Explorer At Rest. Ludwig Leichhardt at Port Essington and on the homeward voyage, 1845-1846. illus. with a map plus 23 plates, pub. Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1986. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.124. fine copy     Price: $35.00
     
  77. LEVI  J.B. and G.F.J. BERGMAN Australian  Genesis.  Jewish Convicts  and  Settlers 1788-1850. pub.  Adel.  Rigby  1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.360.      Price: $60.00
     
  78. LEWIS HAROLD    Crow On A Barbed Wire Fence  pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson 1973 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.216. Harold Lewis writes about his experiences in outback Australia before WWI. In 1910 Harold Lewis came to Australia from England as a migrant in search of adventure and a place where he could bring his parents. Barely sixteen and a strict Methodist, he discovers a pre WWI Australia when swaggies and quartpots were a part of Australian life. Lewis writes about the people he meets, the situations he faces, and his search for work, with a keen sense of humour and unique insight. A very good clean copy in the shelf worn d/w.    Price: $60.00
     
  79. LIONS  CLUB  Of Australia. Goodwill Harvest. A  History  of Lions  in  Australia. profusely illus. with  plates  t/out. some  full page & col. pub. Syd. 1979 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.160.   Price: $30.00
     
  80. LINN ROB   Shifting Sands To Solid Rock.  Ninety Years of Frontier Services. with colour and b/w. illus., index pub. Historical Consultants Pty. Ltd. Cherry Gardens South Australia, For Frontier Services, Sydney 2002 or. pictorial card covers 4to. pp.IX.126. Establishment and development of the Uniting Church ministry in outback Australia, and has much on John Flynn, The Royal Flying Doctor Service and others that were similarly involved. Fine.    Price: $35.00
     
  81. LITTLE  GRAHAM The University Experience.  An  Australian Study.  pub.  Melbourne Melb .University Press 1970 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.X.240.      Price: $25.00
     
  82. LIVING  OFF THE LAND A Manual of Bushcraft. Compiled  from articles  contributed  to  "Salt",  the  Army   Educational Journal. Foreword by Major-General S.G. Savige;  with several text illus. maps, t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson & Mullens 1944 or.illus.wps. 12mo. pp.160. v/good copy.     Price:  $75.00
     
  83. LOCK  A.C.C. Tropics And Topics. Travel around  Australia, Queensland  & South Australia. illus. with 23 plates  pub. Sydney, Invincible Press. 1949 1st.ed. or. red cl. 8vo. pp.285. good copy. An account of the authors travels in Australia.   Price:  $30.00
     
  84. LOCK  A.C.C.     Tropical Tapestry. From Capricorn to Cape York. illus. with 29 b/w. 21 plates in col. e/paper maps;  pub. Melbourne Georgian House 1956 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.. pp.308. minor chips to d/w. else fine.    Price: $35.00
     
  85. LOMAS  GRAHAM  The  Will To Win. The story  of  Sir  Frank Beaurepaire.  illus. with col. frontis. & 29  plates.  pub. Melb. Heinemann 1960 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.224.   Price:  $40.00
     
  86. LOW CHARLES Ed., -  and with Introd. by. A Roll Of Australian Arms. 1971 Corporate and Personal, borne by lawful authority. Foreword by Sir Anthony Wagner. illus. with num. armorial illusts. by A.K. Chatto some of which are col. pub. Adelaide Rigby 1971 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XXXII.184. Fine.    Price: $145.00
     
  87. LOWENSTEIN  WENDY Weevils In The Flour. An oral record of the  1930's  depression in Australia. with  e/paper  illus. pub. Melb. Hyland House 1978 or.cl. d/w. lge.8vo.  pp.464. v/fine in the sl. chipped d/w.    Price: $45.00
     
  88. McADOO  MARTIN When Grandma Was Just A Girl.  illus.  with photo  plates  t/out.  some  full page  &  col.  pub.  Syd. Lansdowne 1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.144.    Price: $30.00
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  89. McCULLOCH ALAN Trial By Tandem. Travel through Europe on a tandem. profusely illus. with 30 drawings by the  author. pub.  Melb. Cheshire 1950 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.  pp.236. water stain to front board otherwise fine.    Price:  $30.00
     
  90. McFARLAND  JOHN S. Compiled by. 66 Years Of The  Sun  News-Pictorial.  A selection of notable events featured  in  the Sun  News-Pictorial  1922-1988. illus.  with  mainly  front pages  from `The Sun' pub. Melb. 1988 or. maroon cl.  folio pp.296.   Price:  $35.00
     
  91. McGUIRE  PAUL Australian Journey. illus. with 33 plates  & folding map pub. London, Heinemann 1946 or.cl. 8vo. pp.368   Price: . $20.00
     
  92. McINERNEY  SW.M.  (ED.) The Confessions  Of  William James Chidley. Historical record of the seamier side of life  in Victorian and  Edwardian  Australia.   Chidley   made   a precarious living as a photographer and an artist for  most of his life. illus. with 22 plates. pub. Brisbane, Uni. of Queensland Press 1977 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.308.   Price:  $40.00
     
  93. McIVER GEORGE A Drovers Odyssey. Droving sheep early this century in Queensland and top of N.S.W. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1937 or.dk. grn.cl. 12mo. pp.268.   Price:  $50.00
     
  94. McKAY ALLAN T. -   Seeing The World Twice 1926-1935 illus. with frontis. Author in Mackay kilt. & b/w full-page photos pub. Melbourne. Robertson & Mullens. 1936 1st.ed. or. green cl. 8vo. pp.XXVI.2.280 Experiences and reminiscences of an Australian who travelled the world to the far corners of the British Empire, the first time when pacificism was running high, the second time when WWII was looming.    Price: $45.00
     
  95. McKENNA ELAINE  Better Than Dancing. The wandering years of a  young  Australian, Mary Brennan. pub.  Melb.  Greenhouse Pub. 1987 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.232.   Mary, the oldest daughter of a farming family, left home at 16, tired of looking after "little brats". After a number of jobs in various parts of Victoria, she travelled to Western Australia and, in 1916, to wartime London. Going alone, she said, was "better than dancing" Fine.   Price: $30.00
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  96. McKENNA ELAINE Better Than Dancing. The wandering years of a young Australian, Mary Brennan. with 28 full page  plates t/out.  pub.  Melb. Greenhouse Pub. 1987 or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.232. presentation copy signed by author.   Price:  $35.00
     
  97. McNICOLL DAVID    Luck's A Fortune illus. with numerous b/w plates, index pub. Sydney Wildcat Press 1979 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.314. Traces his life from family and school days in Victoria to the position of right-hand man to the legendary Australian newspaper tycoon, Sir Frank Packer. Very good copy in sl. chipped d/w.    Price: $25.00
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  98. McPHEAT  W. SCOTT John Flynn. Apostle to the Inland.  illus with e/paper maps col. frontis. 29 b/w. plates & maps. pub. London,  Hodder & Stoughton 1963 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.286.   Price: $40.00
     
  99. MacCOBBER MORDECAI The Story Of A Scotch Jew In Australia. His  many successes and his more dismal  failures compiled from his posthumous papers, newspapers, official documents and  private  family  records  by  the  late  Hon Benjamin Schlimm-Mazel.  with  frontis. & 2 text illus.  pub.  Melb. nd.193-?  or.cl. 8vo. pp.204. w/stained on rear bd.,  spine flecked, lacks f/free e/paper, internally sound, fair copy.   Price:  $25.00
     
  100. MacCOBBER MORDECAI - The Story Of A Scotch Jew In Australia. His many successes and his more dismal failures compiled from his posthumous papers, newspapers, official documents and private family records by the late Hon Benjamin Schlimm-Mazel. with frontis. & 2 text illus. pub. Melb. nd.193-? 3rd ed.or.cl. 8vo. pp.204. signed by author.    Price: $65.00
     
  101. MacFARLANE STEWART Riddles Of Life. Veronique Helmridge-Marsillian. Text. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page, all col. pub. Syd. Craftsman House 1996 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.168.   Price: $70.00   Convert Currency
     
  102. MacKENZIE  NORMAN Women In Australia. Report on the  roles which  Australian  women are accustomed to play  (or  which custom  obliges  them to play) in our society  today.  Published Melbourne  Cheshire 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  8vo.  pp.XVI.432. front free end paper cut.   Price:  $45.00
     
  103. MacMILLAN  DAVID S. Scotland  And  Australia  1788-1850. Emigration,  Commerce  and Investment. illus. with  6  full d/w. 8vo. pp.434. fine copy.    Price: $100.00
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  104. MADIGAN  C.T.  Central Australia  Exploration  And  Survey Through Central Australia 1936. illus. with 50 plates &  2 folding  e/paper maps, pub. Melb. Oxford Uni.  Press  1944 or.cl. 8vo. pp.316. good copy in sl. soiled boards.   Price:  $40.00
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  105. MADIGAN C.T. Crossing The Dead Heart. illustrated with 30 full page plates t/out. published, Adelaide Rigby 1974 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.172. with index. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00    Convert Currency
     
  106. MANUEL  D.LMen And Machines. The Brambles  Story.  with illus. e/papers & 38 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd.  Ure Smith 1970 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIX.148.    Price: $30.00
     
  107. MARR  DAVID "Barwick." Biography of  Sir  Garfield Barwick. illus.  with  frontis. & 8 full page plates,  pub.  Sydney, George  Allen  & Unwin 1980 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  lge.8vo. pp.X.330.   Price:  $35.00
     
  108. MARSHALL A.J. Darwin And Huxley In Australia. Foreword by Russell Drysdale. 4 illus. pub. Sydney, Hodder & Stoughton 1970 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.142.    Price: $35.00
     
  109. MARSHALL  JOCK Journey Among Men. Outback Queensland  N.T. and West Australia. illus. by Russell Drysdale. pub.  Melb. Hodder & Stoughton 1963 or.cl. d/w. sm.4to. pp.206.    Price: $40.00
     
  110. MARSHALL  NORMAN  J. A Jubilee History  1928-1978.  illus. with frontis. & numerous plates t/out. some full page pp.24 of charts. pub. Melbourne The Institute of Charted  Accountants in Australia. Victorian branch. 1978 or.cl. 8vo. pp.128.   Price:  $25.00
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  111. MARSTON  HEDLEY  R. & MARY C. DAWBARN Compiled by.   Food Composition  Tables.  pub.  Melb.  Commonwealth  of Aust. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1941 or. grey brn.wps. 8vo. pp.36.    Price: $20.00
     
  112. MEGAW  J.N.S. (Editor) Employe'd As a  Discoverer.  Papers presented  at  the  Captain  Cook  bi-Centenary  Symposium. Sutherland Shire, 1-3 May, 1970. illus. with e/paper maps & plates pub. Syd. 1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.141.    Price: $35.00
     
  113. MENADUE  J.E.  A  Centenary History  Of  The  Australian Natives' Association 1871-1971. illus. with many plates, 15 full page pub. Melb. Horticultural Press  P/L.  or.grn.cl. 8vo. pp.426.   Price:  $35.00
     
  114. MENDELSOHN  RONALD  The Condition Of The  People.  Social Welfare  in  Australia 1900-1975. pub. Syd. Allen  & Unwin 1979 p/b. (blk. covers) 8vo pp.362. fine.   Price:  $30.00
     
  115. MENDHAM  ROY   The Dictionary  Of  Australian  Bushrangers. Contains several text illus. pub. Melb. Hawthorn Press 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.180.   Price:  $40.00
     
  116. MERRETT  DAVID ANZ Bank An Official History. A history  of the  Australia  and  New  Zealand  banking  Group  and  its constituents.  illus.  with numerous text plates  t/out.  4 full page col. pub. Syd. Allen & Unwin 1985 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. sm.4to. pp.XIV.326.   Price: $35.00
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  117. MILLS RICHARD CHARLES The Colonization Of Australia 1829-42. The Wakefield Experiment in Empire Building. pub. Lond. Dawson's Facsimile of the 1915 ed. 1968 or. maroon cl. 8vo. pp.XX.364. very sl. flecked.   Price: $35.00    Convert Currency
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  118. MIST  DAVID  (photographer)  words by LEN  EVANS    Made  In Australia. Photographs of Australia's female  trendsetters. illus.  with photo plates t/out. by the author.  pub.  Syd. Paul Hamlyn 1969 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.130.   Price: $65.00
     
  119. MITCHELL A.G. The Pronunciation Of English In Australia. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1947 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.80.IX. fine copy in the worn d/w.    Price: $40.00
     
  120. MITCHELL  BLANCH   Blanch. An Australian  Diary  1858-1861. illus.  with  dwgs. t/out. by Jill Francis pub.  Syd.  John Ferguson 1980 1st.ed. or.cl. cellop. d/w. 4to. pp.287.    Price: $35.00
     
  121. MITCHELL  ELYNE  Chauvel  Country. The story  of  a  great Australian pioneering family. illus. with 16 full page plates & map pub. Melb. Macmillan 1983 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.300.    Price: $40.00
     
  122. MITCHELL ELYNE Australia's Alps. illus. with frontis. & 51 full  page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus &  Robertson  1942 or.cl. d/w. sm.4to. pp.186. d/w. sl. chipped, else fine.   Price: $50.00
     
  123. MITCHELL  ELYNE   Speak To The Earth. Station life  on  the Upper  Murray River. illus. with frontis. & 24 plates  pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1945 or.cl. sm.4to. pp.216.Price: $45.00
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  124. MITCHELL THOMAS LIVINGSTONE. -   Three Expeditions Into The Interior Of Eastern Australia; with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix and of t he present colony of New South Wales. illus. with b/w. illustrations, b/w maps, endpaper maps, illustrated dustwrapper, coloured frontispiece pub. Maryborough Vic. Eagle Press, 1996. Trade edition. or. green cloth d/w.'s 8vo. pp. XXIV.356;- IV.XII.41 6 2 volumes; facsimile of 2nd edition of 1839; Fine with dustwrappers in slipcase.    Price: $250.00   Convert Currency
     
  125. MITELMAN  JACQUELINE Faces Of Australia. illus.  with  120 full  page  plates  t/out. pub.  Melb.  Lothian  Pub.  1988 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.132.    Price: $35.00
     
  126. MOLOMBY  TOM Who Killed Hannah Jane. Story of one  of  the most unusual criminal cases in Australia's History.  illus. with  8  full  page plates. pub. Syd.  Potoroo  Press  1981 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.152.    Price: $30.00
     
  127. MONYPENNY   KATHLEEN    From  Footpath  To  Bullock Track. Exploration and settlement in early Australia. with e/paper maps frontis. & 10 full page plates t/out. text illus. pub. Lond. Pitman n.d.193-? or. green decorated.cl. 12mo. pp.128.    Price: $30.00
     
  128. MOOREHEAD  ALAN The Villa Diana. Is where  Alan Moorehead and  his  family  lived near Florence.  illus.  with  dwgs. t/out. by Osbert Lancaster & one plate pub. Lond.  Hamilton 1951 1st.ed. or.cl. (lt.blu. col.illus.) d/w. 8vo.  pp.150. fine.    Price: $40.00
     
  129. MOOREHEAD ALAN Rum Jungle. illus. with frontis. & 22  full page  plates  t/out. one folding map, pub.  Lond.  Hamilton 1953 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.154. fine. $40.00
     
  130. MOOREHEAD ALAN The White Nile. illus. with e/paper maps frontis.  26 plates & 8 maps 1 folding, pub.  Lond.  Hamish Hamilton  1960  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.386.  very  sl. very sl. chipped d/w.    Price: $45.00
     
  131. MOOREHEAD ALAN The Blue Nile. illus. e/papers 33 plates  2 folding  maps  & 18 text illus. pub.  London  Hamilton  1962 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.386     Price:$35.00
     
  132. MOOREHEAD   ALAN   The  Blue  Nile.  Illustrated   edition. profusely  illus.  with plates t/out. some in col.  &  full page pub. Lond. Hamilton 1972 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.336. fine copy.    Price: $45.00
     
  133. MOOREHEAD  ALAN The Traitors. The double life  of  Fuchs, Pontecorvo,  and Nunn May. Espionage after the war.  illus. with  4  full page plates t/out. pub. Lond.  Hamilton  1952 1st.ed.  or.cl.  8vo.  pp.222.  good  copy,  lacks   f/free e/paper.    Price: $30.00
     
  134. MOOREHEAD   ALAN   Cooper's  Creek. with   e/paper   maps, frontis.,  23  full page plates t/out., 1 col.  &  15  text illus. pub. Lond. Hamilton 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222. fine in the sl. chipped d/w.    Price: $35.00
     
  135. MOOREHEAD  ALAN   The  Fatal  Impact.  An  account  of  the invasion  of  the  South  Pacific  1767-1840.  illus.  with e/paper maps, frontis., 28 full page plates t/out. & 4 maps pub. London Hamilton 1966 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.230. very good copy.     Price:$35.00
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  136. MOOREHEAD ALAN  A Late Education. Episodes in a life. illus. with frontis. pub. Lond. Hamilton 1970 1st.ed., or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.176. a very good copy.     Price: $30.00
     
  137. MOOREHEAD ALAN Darwin And The Beagle. with illus. e/papers col.  frontis.  & many plates t/out. of which 46  are  full page  &  col.  pub. Lond. Hamilton 1970  or.cl.  d/w.  4to. pp.280. fine.     Price: $45.00
     
  138. MOOREHEAD ALAN The Traitors. The double Life of Fuchs, Pontecorvo, and Nunnmay. illus. with 4 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Whit Lion Pub. 1974 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222.    Price: $30.00
     
  139. MOOREHEAD ALAN Biography written by TOM POCOCK illus.  with 12 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. The Bodley Head  1990 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIV.312.     Price: $35.00
     
  140. MORGAN BEN H. The Trade And Industry Of Australia. Being a report  on  the state of and openings for  trade,  and  the condition  of  local  industries,  in  Australia  and   New Zealand.  illus. with numerous tables and reproductions  of special  plans, dwgs, and photographs. pub. Lond. Eyre  and Spottiswoode 1908 or.cl. lge.8v0 pp.250.     Price: $55.00
     
  141. MORRIS EDWARD E.  Austral English. A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages. With those Aboriginal Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australia. pub. London Macmillan & Co. 1898 or. dark blue cl. 8vo. pp.XXIV.526.2. Slightly faded to spine else almost fine. Price: $160.00