WAR WITHOUT GLORY. Australians In The Air War with Japan 1941- 1945.
Melbourne, Macmillan, 1984. 8vo. pp. x + 280 with black & white photographs and maps. Original blue hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. Very Good Copy.
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DRIVING. THE BADMINTON LIBRARY.
Longmans, London,1889. 8vo.pp.xvi + 426 + ivp.cat.Original decorated pictorial cloth hardcover. a few small marks on the cover , scattered foxing.Illustrated. Horse and carriage driving. One of the best works on the horse driven vehicles,fascinating work.
THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT.
Ward Lock,London,1899. Thick Royal 8vo.pp.xvii + 1644 + 64 full page illustrations + 13 colour plates,some folding,many black and white illustrations .There are also numerous contemporary advertising pages. Bound in quarter dark red morocco ,raised bands with green cloth boards, endpaper advertisements A few spots of foxing as usual else.....
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THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL HOUSE.
Horden House,Sydney, 1997. Small folio .pp.xxxii+ 400. Many illustrations and 19th century photographs. Bound in black linen.hardcover, Fine Copy in Fine dust wrapper. Heavy Book May Require Extra Postage.
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London, The Thriller Book Club, nd. 8vo. pp.248. pages uniformly tanned else very good green hardcover in chipped now protected dust wrapper. The 12th Inspector West Story. A murderer struck at a motorist on a lonely country road and robbed his victims home.
THE ANNOTATED DICKENS; Edited with an Introduction by Edward Guiliano & Philip Collins.
Orbis, London. 1986. Two Volumes 4to in slipcase.pp.xx+1075 .pp.iv+ 1120.profusely illustrated with contemporary etchings,steel engravings etc. Faux maroon leather tooled in gilt. A few marks to slip case,and one or two tiny marks to page edges externally ,Internally near fine.Still a Very attractive,large and heavy set. Volume One Pickwick Papers.....
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Franklin,Pennsylvania , 1980. Full leather decorated in gilt . Limited Edition. 8vo. pp.xii + 364 .aeg., shot silk endpapers.Near Fine hardcover with sewn in ribbon marker.
GLADSTONE. A History of Gladstone and Surrounding District.
Published by The Author. 1976. 8vo. pp.192 with black & white photographs. original black cloth hardcover in slightly chipped dust wrapper. A History of the Gladstone, Longbush, Te Whiti, & Maungaraki Schools and their associated districts, presented on the occasion of the Centennial Celebrations of the Gladstone School.
THE KILLJOY .
Bantam Press ,New York, London,1986. First Edition 8vo.pp.189 . Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust wrapper. ISBN 0593010159.
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CHURCHILL AND AMERICA
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Cartago,London,1999. First Edition.pp 191. profusely illustrated, Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust wrapper. ISBN 1 900826B22 4.
JUST SO STORIES.; Illustrated by the author.
Folio Society,London,1996. .8vo.Olive cloth with gilt title and black design on upper board and spine .Fine copy in Fine brown slipcase.
REWARDS & FAIRIES.; Illustrated by Charles Brock.
Folio Society,London,1996. First Impression thus, pp.256 .8vo.Blue cloth with gilt title on upper board and spine.Fine Copy in Fine Blue slipcase.
THIRTY YEARS OF AN ARTIST'S LIFE, The Career of G.W.Lambert ARA by HisWife Amy Lambert.
Society of Artists, Sydney, 1938. 8vo.pp.239 + 18 black & white illustrations.Original tan cloth hardcover with black leather title label,some toning of the endpapers, The dust wrapper has some chipping at head and tail of spine. Limited to 200 numbered copies this is number 11.
WINGS OF WAR. Airmen of all nations tell their stories. 1939- 1945.
Hutchinson , London, 1983. 8vo. pp.409. Illustrated. small signature on ffe else Hardcover Very Good in slightly chipped dust jacket. Anthology compiler by Douglas Bader's biographer. Drawing on official reports and published and unpublished writings of combatants and flyers on both sides of the conflict.From a thrilling account of the.....
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Denver, Sundance Publications, 1996. 4to. pp.496 with black & white and colour photographs diagrams maps timetables etc. Original hardcover in pictorial boards, black spine, no dust wrapper as issued. In original glassine wrapper.
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