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Bruce Lee ( 1940 - 1973 )

By: N/A

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Rainbow Publications: 1974

Seller ID: 020349

Condition: Very Good

Original maroon leatherette. Minimal wear to cloth. Gilt title to front is bright. Internally clean. Binding tight. 66pp
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Henry Lawson: By His Mates

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Sydney, Angus and Robertson: 1973

Seller ID: 022833

ISBN: 0207126399

Condition: Good

Clipped jacket has minimal wear and no tears. Jacket spine has minor sunning and a few small marks. Top and bottom of page-block a have a couple of small stains. Internally pristine. Binding tight. 314pp
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Henry Handel Richardson: A Life

By: Ackland, Michael

Price: $15.00

Publisher: England, Cambridge University Press: 2004

Seller ID: 022653

ISBN: 0521840554

Condition: Very Good

Jacket has light general wear plus minor sunning to spine. No tears. Internaly clean. Binding tight. 326pp
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Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman

By: Adelman, Jeremy

Price: $35.00

Publisher: USA, Princeton University Press: 2013

Seller ID: 022908

ISBN: 0691155674

Condition: Very Good

Minimal wear to jacket. No tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 740pp Chronicles the times and writings of Albert O. Hirschman, one of the twentieth century's most original and provocative thinkers. In this gripping biography, Jeremy Adelman tells the story of a man shaped by modern horrors and hopes, a worldly intellectual who fought for and wrote in defense of the values of tolerance and change. This is the first major account of Hirschman’s remarkable life, and a tale of the twentieth century as seen through the story of an astute and passionate observer. Adelman’s riveting narrativ...
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In Green and Red: The Lives of Frank Ryan

By: Adrian Hoar

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Dingle, Co. Kerrry, Ireland, Brandon Books: 2004

Seller ID: 017010

ISBN: 086322332X

Condition: Good

Jacket has moderate general wear and no tears. Minor bumping to top corners of cloth. Internally clean. Binding tight. 300pp
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Fred the Needle: The Untold Story of Sir Fred Allen

By: Alan and Les Watkins Fred Allen and Sayers

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Auckland, New Zealand, Hodder Moa: 2011

Seller ID: 022358

ISBN: 1869712250

Condition: Good

Jacket has light general wear and no tears. A couple of small tape remnants to front pastedown. A cancelled ink stamp to title-paage is the only library addition. Otherwise internaally clean. Binding tight. 264pp
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The Dervish of Windsor Castle: The Life of Arminius Vambery

By: Alder, Lory;Dalby, Richard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Bachman and Turner: 1979

Seller ID: 011075

ISBN: 0859740455

Condition: Good

Clipped jacket has heavy general wear, chipping to edges and sunning to spine and front. No real tears. Tape re-inforcement to inside of head and foot of jacket spine. Moderate wear to cloth. Moderate foxing to top edge of page-block. Front endpaper map page has former owner's details plus some feint pencil impressions. A 1cm tear to last page - otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 512pp
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The Last Emperor of China: Prisoner of History

By: Anna Hestler

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Hong Kong, FormAsia Books: 2006

Seller ID: 019607

ISBN: 9889826933

Condition: Good

Jacket has moderate general wear and minor age-toning. Some bumping to bottom front of jacket and cloth. Internally clean. Binding tight. 111pp
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The Journal of Annie Baxter Dawbin, July 1858-May 1868

By: Annie Baxter Dawbin and Lucy Frost (Editor)

Price: $80.00

Publisher: St Lucia, University of Queensland Press: 1998

Seller ID: 021785

ISBN: 0702230464

Condition: Good

Covers have light general wear plus a crease to spine. Internally clean. Binding good. 668pp
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Fanatic Heart - A Life of John Boyle O'Reilly 1844-1890

By: Anthony G Evans

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Perth, Western Australia, UWA Publishing: 1997

Seller ID: 021311

ISBN: 1875560823

Condition: Near Fine

Minimal wear to jacket, No tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 280ppn O'Reilly was convicted for political conspiracy in England and sentenced for 20 years. After spending a number of years in English jails he was transported to Western Australia in 1868 on the last convict ship sent to Australia. Two years later, he escaped and fled to America on a whaling ship. In Boston he became a prominent literary figure. Many of his poems contain references to Australia. He is one of the earliest poets associated with Western Australia.
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One Man and His Dog

By: Anthony Richardson

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, George A Harrap & Co: 1960

Seller ID: 019316

Condition: Fair

Clipped jacket has moderate general wear, a 5mm tear to bottom rear and a few small nicks. Foxing to edges of page-block. Tape stains to feps.Inscription to front pastedown. Minimal foxing to preliminaries plus some moderate foxing to last few pages. Binding tight. 251pp
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Ryszard Kapuscinski: A Life

By: Artur Domoslawski

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Verso: 2012

Seller ID: 021166

ISBN: 184467858X

Condition: Very Good

Jacket has light general wear and no tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 456pp
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Saladin

By: Azzam, Abdul Rahman

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Harlow, United Kingdom, Pearson Education: 2009

Seller ID: 017523

ISBN: 1405807369

Condition: Good

Jacket has moderate general wear and no tears. Former owner's name and number to half-title page - otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 277pp
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An Unlikely Leader: the life and times of Captain John Hunter

By: Barnes, Robert

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Australia, Sydney University Press: 2009

Seller ID: 017412

ISBN: 1920899197

Condition: Very Good

Minimal wear to covers. Spine not creased. Inscribed to an author acquaintance by author on title-page. Otherwise internally clean. 329pp
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Letters of John Reed: Defining Australian cultural life 1920-1981

By: Barrett Reid and Nancy Underhill (Editors)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Ringwood, Victoria, Viking: 2001

Seller ID: 022459

ISBN: 0670815063

Condition: Very Good

Minimal wear to jacket. No tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 943pp
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Rap Sheet

By: Blackie Audett

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Cassell: 1955

Seller ID: 020695

Condition: Good

Jacket has heavy general wear, small tears and moderate losses. Light wear to cloth. Some foxing to edges of page-block. Foxing to preliminaries and last few pages. Otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 251pp
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A Way Through: The Life of Rick Farley

By: Boden, Susan; Brown, Nicholas

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Sydney, University of New South Wales Press: 2012

Seller ID: 022916

ISBN: 192141085X

Condition: Good

Light general wear to covers plus crease to spine. Minor age-toning to edges of page-block. Internally clean. Binding good. 352pp
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Raj, Secrets, Revolution: A Life of Subhas Chandra Bose

By: Bose, Mihir

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Norwich, England, Grice Chapman Publishing: 2004

Seller ID: 014449

ISBN: 0954572645

Condition: Very Good

Light general wear to covers. Spine not creased. Internally clean. 326pp
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An Open House: Recollections of My Early Life. by David Boyd

By: Boyd, David C.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Richmond, Victoria, Hardie Grant Books: 2012

Seller ID: 022736

ISBN: 1742704506

Condition: Good to Very Good

Minimal wear to jacket. No tears. A minor 'soft' vertical crease to first few pages - otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 400pp
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Josephine Baker

By: Bryan & Patrick O'Connor Hammond

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1988

Seller ID: 021252

ISBN: 0224024418

Condition: Fair

Jacket has moderate general wear and a couple of small tears. Pencil mark to top corner of ffep. There is a water stain to bottom corner of pages. This diminishes to negligible after page 4. Stain is also evident on bottom edge of page-block. Otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. A reading copy. 304pp
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The Fabulous Flying Mrs Miller

By: Carol Baxter

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Sydney, Allen & Unwin: 2017

Seller ID: 021236

ISBN: 1760290777

Condition: Good

Crease to edge of last few pages...otherwise like new. 410pp
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Griffith Taylor: Visionary, Environmentalist, Explorer

By: Carolyn Strange and Alison Bashford

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Canberra, National Library of Australia: 2008

Seller ID: 016413

Condition: Very Good

Light general wear to covers. Spine not creased. Internally clean. 282pp
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Griffith Taylor: Visionary, Environmentalist, Explorer

By: Carolyn Strange and Alison Bashford

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Canberra, National Library of Australia: 2008

Seller ID: 012263

Condition: Good

Light general wear to covers. Bottom front corner of cover has some creasing and a tiny amount of laminate lifting. Spine not creased. Internally clean. 282pp
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Chet Baker:: As Though I Had Wings

By: Chet Baker

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Griffin: 1999

Seller ID: 021191

ISBN: 0312200838

Condition: Good to Very Good

Light general wear to covers. Spine not creased. Internally clean. 118pp
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Billy the Blackfella from Bourke

By: Chris Woodland

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Dural, New South Wales, Rosenberg Publishing: 2015

Seller ID: 022055

ISBN: 192507868X

Condition: Very Good

Minimal wer to covers. Spine not creased. A small area of eraser rubbing to top corner of half-title page. Otherwise internally clean. 168pp
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The Three Lives of Gavan Duffy

By: Cyril Pearl

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Sydney, New South Wales University Press: 1979

Seller ID: 018817

ISBN: 0868400165

Condition: Good to Very Good

Jacket has moderate general wear and some minor chipping. Minor foxing to edges of page-block. Internally clean. Binding tight. 237pp
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Dame Roma: Glimpses of a Glorious Life

By: Dame Roma Mitchell and Susan Magarey (Editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Australia, Axiom Publishing: 2002

Seller ID: 019876

ISBN: 1864761768

Condition: Very Good

Jacket has light general wear and no tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 366pp
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Mallee Boy: The Lad from Pallarang

By: David Little

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Australia, Minipublishing: 2011

Seller ID: 022122

ISBN: 0646566245

Condition: Fair to Good

Pictorial boards are clean. The usual library additions and remants plus some tape remanats and abrasions to pastedowns. From Contents page on, internally clean. Some minor slackness in the spine but all pages secure. A reading copy. 474pp
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Revolutionary Imperialist: William Smith O'Brien 1803-1864

By: Davis, Richard Perceval

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia, Crossing Press: 1998

Seller ID: 007397

ISBN: 0958671346

Condition: Very Good

Moderate wear to covers. Spine not creased. Inscribed by author to title-page. Internally clean. 392pp
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Smoky Dawson : A Life

By: Dawson, H. H.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Crows Nest, NSW, Australia, Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited: 1985

Seller ID: 011724

ISBN: 0868617741

Condition: Very Good

Jacket has moderate general wear and no tear. Light wear to cloth. Inscription 'To my pal Joyce.' plus a doodle/sketch of mountains and sunrise.signed Smoky Dawson 1913 - 1985 (date of publication). Internally clean. Binding tight.
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Muhammad Ali: The Greatest

By: Dorothy Childers Schmitz

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Mankato, Minnesota, Crestwood House: 1979

Seller ID: 020864

ISBN: 0913940607

Condition: Near Fine

Minimal wear to book. Internally clean. 47pp
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Image for Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated From His Letters, With Occasional Notes and Narrative, by John Lord Sheffield in Two Volumes. Volumes I and II

Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated From His Letters, With Occasional Notes and Narrative, by John Lord Sheffield in Two Volumes. Volumes I and II

By: Edward Gibbon

Price: $130.00

Publisher: London, Strahan and Cadell: 1796

Seller ID: 022078

Condition: Fair to Poor

Externally in poor condition with the spines in very poor order with some losses. Hinges cracked. Edges of page-blocks foxed and with some stains. Heavy foxing to preliminaries and last few pages but text really very clean. Some scattered foxing to margins. All pages secure. Overall internally fair. xxvi, 703pp and viii, 726 pp A reading set. Some work on the spines and hinges would provide a solid fair example. Priced according to condition. NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING. A$20 domestic shipping for this set.
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The Life and Times of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith: An illustrated Chronology

By: Edward P Wixted

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Brisbane, E.P. Wixted: 1996

Seller ID: 021547

ISBN: 0646280767

Condition: Very Good

Jacket has light general wear plus minor bumping to upper edge. No tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 301pp
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Awakening: Four Lives in Art

By: Eileen Chanin and Steven Miller

Price: $15.00

Publisher: South Australia, Wakefield Press: 2015

Seller ID: 016416

Condition: Near Fine

Book very clean. 229pp
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Germaine: The Life of Germaine Greer

By: Elizabeth Kleinhenz

Price: $22.00

Publisher: North Sydney, Australia, Knopf / Penguin: 2018

Seller ID: 022016

Condition: Very Good

Minimal wear to jacket. No tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 423pp As one of the first researchers permitted to trawl through the Germaine Greer Archive housed at the University of Melbourne, Elizabeth found evidence of a brilliant teacher, serious scholar, flamboyantly attired hippie TV presenter, provocative magazine columnist and editor, real estate investor, domestic goddess, creator of extravagant gardens and preserves, shelterer of strays and waifs, libertarian, bohemian, anarchist, working journalist, correspondent, traveller and adventurer, international celebrity and performer, w...
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Daisy Bates

By: Elizabeth Salter

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan: 1972

Seller ID: 022825

Condition: Good

Jacket has moderate general wear, light sunning to spine and a 1cm tear to rear top edge. Foxing to edges of page-block. Moderate tape stains to flaps, pastedowns and rear fep. Otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 266pp
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All My Yesterdays: A Mosaic of Music and Manufacturing

By: Ernest Wunderlich

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Sydney, Angus & Robertson: 1945

Seller ID: 019254

Condition: Good

Jacket has heavy general wear, several tears, small losses and some foxing. Age-toning to edges of page-block. Minimal foxing to endpapers, otherwise internlly clean. Binding tight. 103pp
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Edward Whymper

By: F. S. Smythe

Price: $120.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1940

Seller ID: 022205

Condition: Good

Jacket has heavy wear plus some tears and losses. Cloth has light general wear plus a 1cm tear at head of spine. Age-toning to edges of page-block. Foxing to feps and pastedowns (heavier at rear) plus margins of preliminaries and last few pages. Text and plates clean. Binding tight. 330pp
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King of the Castle: A Biography of William Larnach

By: Fleur Snedden

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Auckland, New Zealand, David Bateman: 1997

Seller ID: 022222

ISBN: 1869533534

Condition: Very Good

Jacket has light general wear aand no tears. Name and date on front pastedown, otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 268pp
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The Scandalous Freddie McEvoy

By: Frank Walker

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Hachette Australia: 2018

Seller ID: 022010

ISBN: 0733639879

Condition: Near Fine

Minimal wear to covers. Spine not creased. Inscribed by author to former owner on title-page. Otherwise internally clean. 326pp
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Hermann Hesse: Pilgrim of Crisis, A Biography

By: Freedman, Ralph

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Pantheon Books: 1978

Seller ID: 022615

ISBN: 0394419812

Condition: Very Good

Jacket has moderate general wear and minimal sunning to spine. No tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 432pp
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The Memoirs of Gaius Carley: A Sussex Blacksmith

By: Gaius Carley and Francis W. Steer (editor)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, Moore and Tillyer: 1964

Seller ID: 019127

Condition: Good

Unclipped jacket has some age-toning (mainly to spine) and a few small nicks. Some foxing to top edge of page-block. Former owner's bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise internally very clean. Binding tight. 74pp
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Olive Pink: Artist: Activist & Gardener

By: Gillian Ward

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Richmond, Victoria, Hardie Grant Books: 2018

Seller ID: 022026

ISBN: 174379360X

Condition: Good to Very Good

Minimal wear to boards. Top corner of ffep clipped, otherwise internally very clean. Binding tight. 228pp
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The Remarkable Life of William Beebe: Explorer And Naturalist

By: Gould, Carol Grant

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Washington. USA, Island Press: 2004

Seller ID: 022625

ISBN: 1559638583

Condition: Good

Light general wear to covers. Spine not creased. Name, date and crease to ffep, otherwise internally clean. 447pp
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Mrs Kelly

By: Grantlee Kieza

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Sydney, ABC Books: 2017

Seller ID: 022590

ISBN: 0733331572

Condition: Very Good

Jacket has light general wear and no tears. A few pages have a fold to tip of top corner. Otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 616pp
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Conversations with Nelson Algren

By: H. E. F. Donohue; Nelson Algren

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University of Chicago Press: 2001

Seller ID: 022066

ISBN: 0226013839

Condition: Good

Light general wear to covrs. Spine not creased. Name and date to half-title page, otherwise internaally clean. 333pp Nelson Algren was an American writer. Algren may be best known for The Man with the Golden Arm, a 1949 novel that won the National Book Award and was adapted as the 1955 film of the same name. According to Harold Augenbraum, 'in the late 1940s and early 1950s he was one of the best known literary writers in America'. He also wrote 'Walk on the Wildside', which much later inspired the title of the Lou Reed song. In the last years of his life, the work that Ernest Hemingway once s...
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Pulling No Punches

By: Hall, Barry with Michael Cowley

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Sydney, Murdoch Books: 2011

Seller ID: 017987

ISBN: 1742660983

Condition: Very Good

Minimal wear to covers. Spine not creased. Internally clean. 248pp
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Black Swan: A Koorie Woman's Life

By: Harrison, Eileen; Landon, Carolyn

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Crows Nest, New South Wales, Allen & Unwin: 2011

Seller ID: 022940

ISBN: 1742375537

Condition: Good

Covers have light general wear plus a crease to top front corner. Spine not creased. Foxing to edges of page-block. Light foxing to preliminaries and last page. 238pp
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