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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.
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Ninja: Men of Iga
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKano Shinichi
Thousand Oaks: Dragon Books, 1989. -

The Laws of the Muromachi Bakufu: Kemmu Shikimoku (1336) & Muromachi Bakufu Tsuikaho
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKanamoto Nobuhisa; Kenneth A. Grossberg
Tokyo: Monument Nipponica, Sophia University, 1981.On the history of constitutional law in Japan, specifically the Muromachi period, once described by historian Sir George Sansom as being an age of “much law and little justice”.
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Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, 1501-1600 in Cambridge Libraries (2 Volumes)
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartH. M. Adams
Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, No date.Originally published 1967.
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The Spanish Southwest, 1542 – 1794: An Annotated Bibliography
AU$110.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHenry R. Wagner
Staten Island: Maurizio Martino, No date.Edition limited to 150 copies.
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A Map of the Marked Historical Sites of California
AU$110.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPhil Townsend Hanna; William Webb, Lowell Butler
California: Westways with The Automobile Club of Southern California, 1952.Compiled from the Official Registrations of the California State Department of Natural Resources. With notes on each site. A coloured map of the whole state with smaller maps of sites in San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, Monterey, Los Angeles and Vicinity, San Diego, and Mother Lode. Westways Vol. 44, No. 12.
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Crossroads Volume 3: Asia and Australia in World Affairs
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartH. R. Cowie
Melbourne: Nelson, 1983. -

Crossroads Volume 1: Nationalism and Internationalism in the Modern World
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartH. R. Cowie
Melbourne: Nelson, 1986. -


The High Country
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartState Library of NSW
Sydney: State Library of New South Wales, No date.Catalogue of an exhibition in the 1st floor Galleries of State Library of NSW.
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London: Portrait of a City
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRoger Hudson
London: The Folio Society, 1998.Complied by Roger Hudson.
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A Nocturne and Other Malayan Stories and Sketches
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartFrank Swettenham; William R. Roff
Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1993.Sir Frank Swettenham (1850-1946) was the first Resident General, from 1896 to 1901, of the Federated Malay States, which brought together the states of Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang. “His interest in the country and its people is reflected in the wide range of his stories and sketches.” (from wrapper)
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Oversea Marketing of Certain Primary Products of New South Wales
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartB. S. B. Stevens
Sydney: David Harold Paisley, Government Printer, 1937.NSW Government Report by Bertram Stevens, at the time Premier of New South Wales, Embodying his Observations and Conclusions regarding the Marketing Overseas, and particular in the United Kingdom, of Primary Products of New South Wales. That being largely dairy products, butter, eggs, citrus fruits, mutton, lamb, beef, pork, and bacon. Includes tables of port dues, storage and handling charges, and railway freights in various UK cities.
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Capturing Brisbane: The City’s First Photographers, 1855 to 1901
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBrian G. Rough
Brisbane: Brian Rough, 2022.“Photographers have made a significant contribution towards our understanding and interpretation of the Citys past by recording the people and places around them. Capturing Brisbane provides the stories of 158 commercial photographers and 54 photographic studios operating in the City between 1855 and 1901. By accurately identifying the people who created the images, and from when and where they were operating, it provides a very useful tool to assist in dating Brisbane photographs.” (publisher’s blurb)
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A Queenly Colony: Pen Sketches and Camera Glimpses
AU$350.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[William Henry Traill]
Brisbane: Edmund Gregory, Government Printer, 1901.Photographs of early Queensland collected from various government departments depicting the state in the late 19th century with accompanying descriptive text by William Henry Traill. Depicts farming, industry, Brisbane, regional townships and farmlands, and notable individuals. An excellent copy in the original cloth.
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Atlas on the History of Spectacles (Volume 1)
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartW. Poulet
Bonn: Wayenborgh, 1978.Volume 1 only of the 2 volume set. Volume One being a catalogue of spectacles from the collections of Carl Zeiss, Otto Hallauer, and Pierre Marly. Translated from the German by Frederick C. Blodi with an introduction by Dr. Wolfgang Pfeiffer, ‘A Short History of Spectacles’ by H. W. Holtmann, and ‘A Contribution to the History of Contact Lenses’ by Hans-Walter Roth Ulm. This being one of the deluxe edition bound in half leather by K. N. W. Page & Co., Edinburgh.
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Booze Built Australia
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWayne Kelly
Brisbane: Watson Ferguson & Company, 2017.This is the fascinating account of how Australias development was fuelled by alcohol.
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The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRosalie Gilbert
Coral Gables: Mango Publishing Group, 2020.“An inside look at sexual practices in medieval England. Were medieval women slaves to their husband’s desires, jealously secured in a chastity belt in his absence? Was sex a duty or could it be a pleasure? Did a woman have a say about her own female sexuality, body, and who did or didn’t get up close and personal with it? No. And yes. It’s complicated. Romance, courtship, and behind closed doors. The intimate lives of medieval women were as complex as for modern woman. They loved and lost, hoped and schemed, were lifted up and cast down. They were hopeful and lovelorn. Some had it forced upon them, others made aphrodisiacs and dressed for success. Some were chaste and some were lusty. Having sex was complicated. Not having sex, was even more so.” (publisher’s blurb)