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Hope, A. D.. COLLECTED POEMS 1930-1965
NY 1966 Viking. Australian poet. Hardcover. Octavo, 214pp., cloth. Jacket quotes Sydney Morning Herald: "perhaps the most important book of verse to be published in English since the death of Yeats." Fine in Good DJ, some chips. (a11482)
$30.00 Huntington, Ellsworth . WEST OF THE PACIFIC
NY 1925 1st Scribners. A bit on China and Japan but most of book is on Australia. 8vo., 453pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a12987)
$20.00 Higgs, A. J. . MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC OZONE
March 1934. Memoirs of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory Mount Stromlo, Canberra, Australia. Made at the Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Mount Stromlo, Canberra, during the years 1929-1932. 4to., 29pp., wraps. Good, some wrinkles on cover. (a17847)
$100.00 Hogg, A. R. . MEASUREMENTS OF THE INTENSITY OF COSMIC RAYS
July 1949. Memoirs of the Commonwealth Observatory Mount Stromlo, Canberra, Australia. Memoir #10. 4to., 100pp., wraps. VG. (a17848)
$100.00Allen, C. W.. FRAUNHOFER INTENSITY TABLES - 3924-4300 A
Canberra 1938. Memoirs of Commonwealth Solar Observatory Mount Stromlo, Canberra, Australia No. 6. 4to., 37pp., wraps. Small chip from rear cover. (a17849)
$49.00 Hogg, A. R. . THE CONDUCTION OF ELECTRICITY IN THE LOWEST LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
March 1939. Memoirs of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory Mount Stromlo, Canberra, Australia. 4to., 24pp, wraps. Fairly good, cover soiled with some wear and chipping. (a17851)
$55.00 Allen, C. W. . ATMOSPHERIC POTENTIAL GRADIENT OSERVATIONS AT THE COMMONWEALTH SOLAR OBSERVATORY MOUNT STROMLO, CANBERRA
May 1934. Memoirs of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory Memoir #4. 4to., 47pp., wraps. Text VG but cover chipped and worn. (a17852)
$65.00 Dysart, Dinah . JULIAN ASHTON ESSAY ON THE ARTIST
Canberra 1981 Australian National Gallery. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo., 53pp., illustrations, cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a22144)
$20.00 Missoni, Lelio C. . THE CRISTOBALITE SQUEEZE OR QUICKSAND FOR TWO-LEGGED GENITALS
Sydney 1990 first edition Mecos-Illinois. Hardcover. Octavo, 306pp., cloth. Fine in VG plus DJ, some toning. (a22281)
$30.00 Baker, Richard W. (ed) . THE ANZUS STATES AND THEIR REGIONS
Westport 1994 1st Praeger. "Regional policies of Australia, New Zealand, and the United States." 228pp. Fine, no DJ. (a24465)
$29.00 (grasses) . STANDARDIZED PLANT NAMES A REVISED LIST OF THE STANDARD COMMON NAMES FOR THE MORE IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN GRASSES, OTHER PASTURE PLANTS, AND WEEDS
Melbourne 1953. Bulletin 272, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia. 8vo.,132pp., wraps. Rear wraps chiiped at lower left. Good. (a25112)
$20.00Blanche, Cynthia. WOUNDING OF THE LIGHT
Sydney 1991 1st Hodder. Hardcover. octavo. 265pp. VG+ in VG DJ. (a27126)
$25.00 Lever, Richard, James Wieland and Scott Findlay . POST-COLONIAL LITERATURES IN ENGLISH AUSTRALIA 1970-1992
NY 1996 1st G. K. Hall. Bibliography. 8vo., 361pp. Near Fine, corners very slightly bent inward, no DJ. (a27614)
$35.00 (aborigines) . LIST OF WORKS IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY RELATING TO THE ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA AND TASMANIA
NY 1913. In the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol. XVII, Number 11. Lg.8vo., pp. 876-929, wraps. Small pen numbers at left front margin. VG. (a28969a)
$60.00Cotterell, Geoffrey. ERRAND AT SHADOW CREEK
NY 1959 first edition. Lippincott. Hardcover octavo. 255p. VG++ just faint toning on end papers and on closed page ends. no owner marks. text clean. binding secure; hinges not cracked. VG dj, no tears, no chips on dj. just slight wear; price not clipped. (a29631)
$44.00 Wilson, Edwin . COSMOS SEVEN SELECTED POEMS 1967-1997
Australia 1997 1st Woodbine. 8vo., 176pp., pencil drawings by Elizabeth McAlpine. VG in Good DJ. (a33464)
$30.00 (australia) . THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY AT WAR 1939-1944
London 1944. Octavo, 72pp., photo illustrations. wraps. Owner signed inside front wrap. VG. (a36677)
$24.00 Foster, S. G. . COLONIAL IMPROVER EDWARD DEAS THOMSON 1800-1879
1978 Melbourne University Press. 8vo., 209pp., photo illus. VG in Good DJ, light wear. (a37571)
$27.00McAuley, James (editor). QUADRANT AN AUSTRALIAN QUARTERLY REVIEW 13 SUMMER 1959-1960
Sydney 1960. Single issue of this Australian poetry journal, Vol. IV No. 1. Narrow 8vo., 96pp., wraps. VG, small closed tear at bottom of rear wrap. (a38454)
$25.00 Perry, Grace (editor) . POETRY AUSTRALIA NUMBER 17
Sydney 1967. Single issue, Number 17, August 1967. Octavo, 41pp., wraps. VG plus. (a38456)
$25.00 Ross, Colin . DER UNVOLLENDETE KONTINENT
Leipzig 1930 1st Brockhaus. In German. Sm.8vo., 282pp., photo illus., index, boards. VG, no DJ. (a39172)
$35.00 French, Leonard . THE CAMPION PAINTINGS
Melbourne 1962 1st Grayflower. Introduction and annotation of plates by Vincent Buckley. 4to., 103pp., color plates, boards. Signed by Leonard French. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. In new glassine cover. (a40188)
$44.00 Bonython, Kym and Elwyn Lynn . MODERN AUSTRALIAN PAINTING 1970/1975
Adelaide 1976 1st Rigby. Hardcover. 4to., 87pp., illustrations, cloth. VG in VG DJ. (a40212)
$22.00 Ireland, David . THE CHANTIC BIRD
NY 1968 1st (A) Scribners. 8vo., 201pp, boards. Australian author's first novel. VG, covers a bit dusty, lightly bowed, in VG DJ, lisght wear and chipping. (a40590)
$30.00 Gardner, C.A. and H. Parkinson. . WILDFLOWERS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Perth 1959 1st West Australian Newspapers. Large octavo, 164pp., over 100 color illustrations, index, spiral bound boards. Owner signed. VG. (a40896)
$22.00 Pierce, Peter . AUSTALIAN MELODRAMAS THOMAS KENEALLY'S FICTION
Queensland 1995. Studies in Australian Literature.Sm.8vo., 202pp., index, wraps. VG, light wear. (a42182)
$25.00 (australia) . TERTIARY EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE FUTURE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA TO THE AUSTRALIA UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION 2 VOLUMES
August 1954. 2 volumes. 4to., 244pp., 176pp., wraps. Numbers on spine, institution stamp on front, and bookplate inside, front wrap of each volume. Good, wraps soiled, volumes a bit warped. Two volumes. (a43981)
$70.00 Leach-Jones, Alun . EVERYMAN: THE INVENTION OF SIGNS
1995. Exhibition Catalogue, Geelong Art Gallery, Australia. Essays by Ann Carew, Rhana Devenport, Lynette Fern. Hardcover. Sq.4to., 27pp., brilliant color illustrations, cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a44675)
$35.00 Harris, Max . THE ANGRY EYE
Australia 1973 1st Pergamon. Introduction by Rupert Murdoch.8vo., 253pp., hardcover. Cover art by Sidney Nolan. Amusing mss singned inscription by Harris. Fine in VG DJ, light wear on edges. (a46110)
$29.00Rowley, Hazel. CHRISTINA STEAD A BIOGRAPHY
NY 1994 1st American edition. Lg.8vo., 646pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. 646p. Photo illus. Well-written and interesting reading. Fine in Fine DJ. (a46149)
$23.00 Worsley, P. M. . NOUN CLASSIFICATION IN AUSTRALIAN AND BANTU: FORMAL OR SEMANTIC
Melbourne 1954. Article in Oceania, A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Native Peoples of Australia, New Guinea and the Islands of the Pacific Ocean. 4to., 14pp., wraps. Included as part of a single issue of this journal. VG, light wear. (a46743b)
$35.00 (australia) . AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE TODAY LITTERATUER AUSTRALIENNE D'AUJOURD'HUI
1980. Whole issue of Trema 6. Articles in both English and in French. 3 articles on Patrick White; 2 on David Malouf; numerous other articles. 8vo., 154pp., wraps. VG. (a46870)
$40.00 (australia) . AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL STUDIES NEWSLETTER 5 ISSUES; ANNUAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 1975-1976
Canberra 1964-1977. Five issues of this newsletter. Vol. 1 No. 4 (July 1964); New Series Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8 (January and June, 1976, 1977). Also Annual Bibliography 1975-1976 (issued in conjunction with Newsletter No. 8). 8vo., wraps. Vol. No. 4 is stained on the front. Other issues are VG. Five issues and bibliography: (a47294)
$50.00 Sharpe, Margaret C. . ALAWA PHONOLOGY AND GRAMMAR
Canberra 1972. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies No. 37. 4to., 189pp., wraps. VG, crease on front wrap. (a47342)
$45.00 Fitzpatrick, Kathleen . SOLID BLUESTONE FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER MEMORIES OF A MELBOURNE GIRLHOOD 1908-1928
South Melbourne 1983 1st Macmillan. Childhood of girl in first quarter of 20th century in Melbourne, Australia. 8vo., 210pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Fine in near Fine DJ. (a5025)
$20.00 Cribb, A.B. . MACROSYSTIS PYRIFERA (L.) Ag. IN TASMANIAN WATERS
Melbourne 1954. Article (34pp.) in the Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. Included in a complete issue of this journal with several articles. 4to., wraps. Institution stamp on front. Good, light wear on spine. (a52697a)
$50.00 Chittleborough, R.G. . STUDIES ON THE OVARIES OF THE HUMPBACK WHALE, MEGAPTERA NODOSA, (BONNATERRE), ON THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COAST
Melbourne 1954. Article (29pp.) in the Australian Journal of Marine and Freshater Research. Included in a complete issue of this journal with several articles. 4to., wraps. Institution stamp on front. Good, light wear on spine. (a52697b)
$50.00 Thomson, J.M. . THE MUGILADAE OF AUSTRALIA AND ADJACENT SEAS
Melbourne 1954. Article (61pp.) in the Australian Journal of Marine and Freshater Research. Included in a complete issue of this journal with several articles. 4to., wraps. Institution stamp on front. Good, light wear on spine. (a52697c)
$50.00 Thomson, J.M. . THE GENERA OF OYSTERS AND THE AUSTRALIAN SPECIES
Melbourne 1954. Article (37pp.) in the Australian Journal of Marine and Freshater Research. Included in a complete issue of this journal with several articles. 4to., wraps. Institution stamp on front. Good, light wear on spine. (a52697d)
$50.00 Olsen, A. M. . THE BIOLOGY, MIGRATION, AND GROWTH RATE OF THE SCHOOL SHARK, GALEORHINUS AUSTRALIS (MACLEAY) (CARCHARHANIDAE) IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIAN WATERS
Melbourne 1954. 4to., pp.453-410, illustrations, new wraps. VG. (a52698)
$45.00 Blackburn, M. and P.E. Gartner . POPULATIONS OF BARRACOUTA, THYRSITES AUTUN (EUPHRASEN), IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS
Melbourne 1954. 4to., pp.411-468, illustrations, new wraps. VG. (a52699)
$50.00 Blackburn, M. . STUDIES ON THE AGE, GROWTH, AND THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE PILCHARD, SARDINOPS NEOPILCHARDUS (STEINDACHNER), IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Melbourne 1950. 4to., pp.221-258, photo plates, new wraps. VG. (a52702)
$50.00 Thomson, J.M. . THE EFFECT OF A PERIOD OF INCREASED LEGAL MINIMUM LENGTH OF SEA MULLET IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Melbourne 1950. 4to., pp.199-220, photo plates, new wraps. VG. (a52703)
$40.00 Tangye, Richard . NOTES OF MY FOURTH VOYAGE TO THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA AND NEW ZEALAND, 1886
Birmingham 1886 1st White and Pike (For Private Circulation). 8vo., 158pp., wraps with later paper spine. Uncut. Good, wraps worn with a few small chips. (a5316)
$170.00 Wilson, Roland . CAPITAL IMPORTS AND THE TERMS OF TRADE EXAMINED IN THE LIGHT OF SIXTY YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN BORROWINGS
Melbourne 1931 1st Melbourne University. 8vo., 111pp., index, hardcover. Good, cover soiled, lettering worn off, no DJ. (a54645)
$45.00 (australia) . CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARIANSHIP COLLECTION OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA - PARTS ONE AND TWO AND FIRST SUPPLEMENT PARTS ONE AND TWO 4 VOLUMES
Adelaide 1966 and 1967. 4 oblong folio volumes. Part 1: Authors and Titles, 220pp; Part 2: Subjects 176pp.; Supplement Part 1:, 31pp., Supplement Part 2: 22pp. Uniformly bound in buckram (the supplements have the original wraps bound in). Each main volume has a gilt number stamped into the heel of its spiem, each supplement has a number inked onto the front wraps. VG, volumes slightly bowed. 4 volumes. (a55245)
$250.00Allen, C. W.. FRAUNHOFER INTENSITY TABLES - GENERAL INTENSITY TABLE 4277-6600A; MULTIPLET INTENSITY TABLE 4036-6600 A
Canberra 1934. Memoirs of Commonwealth Solar Observatory Mount Stromlo, Canberra, Australia No. 5 (Part Two). Lg.4to., 96pp., original wraps. Good, wraps worn and chipped. (a56474)
$49.00 Gilleett, Keith and Frank McNeill . THE GREAT BARRIER REEF AND ADJACENT ISLES - A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY FOR VISITOR, NATURALIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER
Paddington 1959 1st Australian Edition. Coral Press. Lg.8vo., 194pp., monochrome and color illustrations, hardcover. VG, light wear, no DJ. (a56950)
$20.00 Buley, E. C. . AUSTRALIAN LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY
NY 1905 1st Putnam. Sm.8vo., 288pp., red cloth with mounted photograph of grain winnowing and four corner gilt floral design on front. Two more gilt floral designs on spine. near VG, cloth worn away on extreme tip of one corner and outer extreme tip of about half text pages worn down. (a59311)
$30.00 Craig, Beryl F. (comp.) . CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN AND WESTERN DESERT REGIONS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Canberra 1969 Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. 4to., 351pp., 2 line maps in rear showing location of aboriginal tribes, wraps. VG. no ownership marks. (a6093)
$27.00 (robert boynes) . ROBERT BOYNES SELECTED WORKS 1979-1990
Canberra 1990. Oblong 4to., about 16pp., illustrations, original illustrated wraps. VG. (a64062)
$25.00 (journalism) . PETTENGILL'S NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY AND ADVERTISERS' HAND-BOOK FOR 1878
NY (1878) Pettengill. Comprising a complete list of the newspapers and other periodicals published in the U.S. and British American; also the prominent European and Australasian newspapers. Octavo, 332pp., 50pp. of illustrated advertisements for printing presses, metal type, ink, photo plates, paper, several engraved and woodcut portraits in text (Bret Harte, George Childs, etc), original salmon-colored cloth hardcover. Signed by Pettengill in presentation to the Academy of Natural Sciences (their bookplate is present but partly torn out.s VG, light soiling. (a67204)
$150.00 Raabe, Captain H. E. . CANNIBAL NIGHTS THE REMINISCENCES OF A FREE-LANCE TRADER
New York 1927 2nd Payson. Australia and South Pacific. Octavo, 324pp., illustrations, end paper maps, orange cloth hardcover with black diagonal stripe design. VG plus, wrinkling on spine cloth, no DJ. (a67215)
$39.00 Greig-Smith, R. . CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF SOIL FERTILITY NO XVI: THE SEARCH FOR TOXIN-PRODUCERS
1918 Octavo, pp.142-190, removed from the Proceedings of Linnean Society of New South Wales and rebound in later wraps. Most pages uncut. Good, top margin of final leaves chipped with a few closed tears (not near text). (a67698)
$35.00Fletcher, J. J. and C. T. Musson. ON CERTAIN SHOOT BEARING TUMOURS OF EUCALYPTS AND ANGOPHORAS AND THEIR MODIFYING INFLUENCE ON THE GROWTH-HABIT OF THE PLANTS
1918 Octavo, pp.191-233, plates, removed from the Proceedings of Linnean Society of New South Wales and rebound in later wraps. Most pages uncut. Good, top margin of initial leaves chipped with a few closed tears (not near text). (a67701)
$55.00 Turner, J. W. . MANUFACTURING IN NEWCASTLE 1801-1900
New South Wales 1980 1st. Newcastle History Monographs No. 8. Hardcover. Octavo, 139pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ. (a70255)
$29.00 Ridge, John Drew . ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AFRICA, ASIA (EXCLUSIVE OF THE USSR ) AND AUSTRALASIA
Oxford 1976 1st Pergamon. Hardcover. 4to., 545pp., addenda, red cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a71492)
$58.00Moore, Spencer Le Marchant. THE BOTANICAL RESULTS OF A JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
London 1899. Article at pp. 171-261 in The Journal of The Linnean Society. Included in a complete issue of this journal with several additional articles. Octavo, original blue printed wraps. VG, slight chip on spine. (a72394)
$65.00 Barnard, J. Laurens . GAMMARIDEAN AMPHIPODA OF AUSTRALIA, PARTS I, II
Washington 1972, 1974 Smithsonian. 2 volumes. 4to.,333pp., 148pp., 58pp., illustrations, original printed wraps. Small College library stamp on front cover. Near Fine. Two volumes. (a79328)
$90.00 (Solomon, Lewis) . WHAT IS PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM? A DIALOGUE
Sydney c. 1940? Issued by the Provisional Committee of the Congregation of Temple Emanuel. Octavo, 19pp., original wraps. Good plus. (a80138)
$30.00 Burgmann, Verity . IN OUR TIME SOCIALISM AND THE RISE OF LABOR, 1885 - 1905
Sydney 1985 1st Allen & Unwin. ISBN 0 86861 529 3. Hardcover. Octavo, 236pp., cloth. Fine in VG DJ, tiny chip at head of spine. (a80297)
$65.00 Sotheby's . AUSTRALIANA CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS ILLUSTRATING THE EARLY HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
1982. Auction Catalogue for Sale 6 and 7 April 1982. sSm.4to., 105pp., 350 items, illustrations, original wraps. Fine. (a80406)
$29.00 Cotton, Catherine Drummond . LUDWIG LEICHHARDT AND THE GREAT SOUTH LAND
Australia 1938 1st Angus & Robertson. Hardcover. Octavo, 269pp., blue cloth. Good plus, light foxing on fore-edges, no DJ. (a80693)
$30.00 Florsheim, Karel . THE ADVERSARY
Potts Point (1984). ISBN 0 9595994. Novel. Octavo, 178pp., original wraps. Good, lower corner bumped. (a80957)
$35.00 Thomas, Malcolm I. . A PLACE OF LIGHT & LEARNING: THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND'S FIRST SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS
St. Lucia 1985 First edition University of Queensland. ISBN 0 7022 1797 2. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 429pp., cloth. Near Fine, slight amount of soiling on topfore-edge, in Fine DJ. (a83177)
$25.00 Pasteur . SUR LA DESTRUCTION DES LAPINS EN AUSTRALIE ET DANS LA NOUVELLE-ZELANDE
Paris 1888 Masson. Article in French at pp. 1-8 in single complete issue of Annales de l'Institut Pasteur Janvier, 1888.. Other articles in issue as well. Large octavo, original printed wraps. VG, light wear. (a84780)
$45.00 Harris, Max . THE VEGETATIVE EYE
Melbourne 1943 first edition Reed & Harris. Occult fiction. Author's first book. Hardcover. Square octavo, 132p., color frontis drawing by Sidney Nolan, paper covered boards with cloth spine. Good, cover worn and rubbed, text lightly toned, no DJ. (a85020)
$45.00 White, Rev. Gilbert . THIRTY YEARS IN TROPICAL AUSTRALIA
London 1918 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hardcover. Octavo, 264pp., photo illustrations, maps, cloth. Owner signature and bookplate. Good, cover faded, a bit worn and soiled, no DJ. (a8614)
$30.00