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Donovan, P.F.
A LAND FULL OF POSSIBILITIES. A HISTORY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN TERRITORY.
St. Lucia, London, New York: University of Queensland Press, 1981. Hardcover. First. 267 pp. Warm brown cover has bright gilt on spine. Paste-downs at each end have numbers penciled. Small store sticker on fpd. Dj, unclipped and unpriced, is same brown color with maps on front cover. Contents crisp and clean. An account of South Australia's fifty-year attempt to colonize all of the Northern Territory for themselves, an attempt which ultimately failed. Fascinating history, little known by many. Fine / Fine.
[Book #12153]
Price: $20.00
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Lawson, Henry.
WHILE THE BILLY BOILS.
Victoria, Australia: Lloyd O'Neil, 1970. Hardcover. 393 pp. Subtitle: "Australian Classics. 87 Stories from the Prose Works of Henry Lawson." Maroon covers lettered on spine in bright gilt. Unclipped, unpriced dj is taken from the painting "Down on His Luck" by Frederick McCubbin. Dj creased, chipped at head of spine. Ink gift inscr. on ffep - no indication that recipient ever read the book! "Henry Lawson's immortal stories have been read and re-read by generations of Australians." Very Good Plus / Very Good.
[Book #11916]
Price: $15.00
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Mackaness, George, Editor.
FOURTEEN JOURNEYS OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF NEW SOUTH WALES 1813 - 1841.
Sydney, Melbourne, London: Horwitz - Grahame, 1965. Hardcover. First Edition. 273 pp. B/w portraits. Black cloth covers lettered on spine in bright gilt. Ivory dj, priced and unclipped, is lettered front and spine in brown. P.o. signature in ink upper edge of ffep. Crisp, clean, and bright, this book details early attempts to traverse the ranges dividing the colony of New South Wales from the rivers and great pastoral lands of its western territory. Very Good / Very Good.
[Book #12105]
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Robertson, E. Graeme.
Sydney Lace: Ornamental Cast Iron in Architecture.
Melbourne, Australia: Georgian House, 1962. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. 198 pp. Light scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, now in mylar cover. Clean and crisp within. A fabulous survey of ornamental cast iron in Autralia. A rare volume on Australian architecture and design. Very Good / Very Good.
[Book #23856]
Price: $125.00
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