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Australian Pioneers and Reminiscences
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNehemiah Bartley
Brisbane: Gordon & Gotch, No date [1896]..(Illustrated), together with portraits of some of the Founders of Australia. By the late Nehemiah Bartley. Edited by J. J. Knight. FERGUSON 6761.
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War and Peace: Ottoman-Polish Relations in the 15th-19th Centuries
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSelmin Kangal
Istanbul: Turkish Ministry of Culture and Polish Ministry of Culture and Art, 1999.Catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul.
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A Doctor in the Garden: Nomen Medici in Botanicis: Australian Flora and the World of Medicine
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Pearn
Brisbane: Amphion Press, 2001. -
Perou Solidaire: Chamanique, Cosmique, Symbolique
AU$65.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFrancis Devigne
Nice: Imprimerie Crouzet, 2012.A revised and expanded version of Prodigioso Peru Profundo. A study of pre-Columbian Peruvian religion, art, cosmology, shamanism, and antiquities.
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The History of Queensland: Its People and Industries (3 Volumes)
AU$3,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMatt. J. Fox; Phillip Champion de Crespigny; Ernest Sando Emerson; Andrew Grant; G. G. Swann
Brisbane: States Publishing Company, 1919-23.A full set of the monumental Fox’s History of Queensland: An Historical and Commercial Review, Descriptive and Biographical Facts, Figures and Illustrations: An Epitome of Progress. Published in 3 volumes in 1919, 1921, and 1923, it is the largest historical work on Queensland and its colonial settler families ever produced. Despite known colloquially as Fox’s History of Queensland, and with the second and third volumes crediting him as the compiler, the first volume was edited by Phillip Champion de Crespigny and Ernest Sando Emerson, the second by Andrew Grant, and the third by G. G. Swann, together with countless unnamed writers and with contributions from various photographers. Rare as a complete set and with the original leather almost always worn and cracked, this set rebacked preserving the original boards and spinebacks.
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The Aldine Centennial History of New South Wales (2 Volumes)
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartW. Frederic Morrison
Sydney: The Aldine Publishing Company, 1888.Illustrated, embracing sketches and portraits of her noted people; the rise and progress of her varied enterprises; and illustrations of her boundless wealth, together with maps of latest survey. FERGUSON 12863
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The Tragedy of Paotingfu
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartIsaac C. Ketler
New York, Chicago, and Toronto: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1902.An Authentic Story of the Lives, Services and Sacrifices of the Presbyterian, Congregation and China Inland Missionaries who Suffered Martyrdom at Paotingfu, China, June 30th and July 1, 1900.
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A Thousand Miles of Miracle in China
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartArchibald E. Glover
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906.A Personal Record of God’s Delivering Power from the Hands of the Imperial Boxes of Shan-si. An account of fleeing China during the Boxer Rebellion by a missionary of the China Inland Mission. The second, or Popular Edition.
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From Dawn to Decadence (2 Volumes)
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJacques Barzun
London: The Folio Society, 2015.1500 to the present, 500 years of Western cultural life. Introduction by Peter Conrad. FORD-SMITH 1955.
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Ten Days That Shook the World
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Reed
London: The Folio Society, 2006.Preface by John Simpson. Introduction by A. J. P. Taylor. Foreword by V. I. Lenin. Maps by Neil Gower. FORD-SMITH 1324.
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Woolloomooloo: Save The Loo Now
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBrenda Humble
Sydney: Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development, 1976.A record of the fight of residents and unions to preserve the working class residences of the Sydney suburb of Woolloomooloo that came under threat by developers in the 1970s. Includes a photographic record of many buildings, as well as resident reflections, protest chants, organising posters, and newsclippings from the time.
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The Queensland Illustrated Guide; for the use of Farmers, Fruit-Growers, Vignerons, and Others
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[Alfred Midgley]
Brisbane: James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1888.Distributed in Great Britain to promote emigration to Queensland in the late 19th century. The 9 original photographs by prominent studio Poul C. Poulson. Includes folding Map of Queensland Shewing Land Agents Districts in rear pocket. FERGUSON 12573. This copy signed by the Under Secretary for Agriculture and with the stamp of the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane.
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Land of Liberty: The United States Today: A Regional Story
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMaurice R. Robinson
New York, Dayton & Pittsburgh: Scholastic, 1939.Collection of the All-America articles from issues of Junior Scholastic, 1938-39.
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Always Remember: 40 Years – 40 Objects and Images from the AIDS Epidemic, 1981-2021
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeoff Allshorn
Melbourne: Clouds of Magellan Press, 2021.“A brief history of AIDS in Australia, expressed through forty objects and images – newspaper clippings, books, films, TV, music, memorials, activism and art. Not to mention badges and milk cartons. Allshorn tenderly recalls his own experiences and struggles. More broadly, Allshorn probes the meanings behind the many silences, exclusions and (mis)representation, while at the same time celebrating the heroic work of many ‘heroes of the epidemic’.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Boosting Brisbane: Imprinting the Colonial Capital of Queensland
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRod Fisher
Brisbane: Boolarong Press & Brisbane History Group, 2009.The limited hardcover edition of 100 signed and numbered copies.
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A Blighted Fame: George S. Evans, 1802-1868: A Life
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHelen Riddiford
Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2014. -
The Visitation: The Earthquakes of 1848 and the Destruction of Wellington
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRodney H. Grapes
Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2011. -
New Zealand’s China Experience: Its Genesis, Triumphs, and Occasional Moments of Less Than Complete Success
AU$35.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChris Elder
Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2012. -
Tasmania’s Bygone Years of Road Transport (3 Volumes)
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartL. J. Morley
Hobart: Wellington Bridge Press, No date.Volume 1: 1900-1929; Volume 2: 1930-1939 (Second Edition); Volume 3: 1940-1950.
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The Bridge: From the Story Broadcast by Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. J. C. Bradfield
Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., No date.John Job Crew Bradfield (1867-1943) was the Australian engineer who helped to conceive of, and then supervise, the design and construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He was involved in constructing other major Australian infrastructure projects including Sydney’s Underground Railway and Brisbane’s Story Bridge. This 1930s booklet, illustrated with numerous sepia-tone photographic illustrations and one full page colour illustration, The Great Bridge by Moonlight, by John Charles Allcot (1888-1973, tells Bradfield’s story of the creating the Bridge from figment to reality.