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Athletic Queensland: A History of Amateur Rowing, Boxing and Physical Development, Pedestrianism and Cycling, in Queensland
AU$1,200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartW. B. Carmichael; H. C. Perry
Brisbane: H. J. Diddams & Co., 1900.Under the official patronage of the Queensland Rowing Association, Queensland Amateur Athletic Association, Brisbane Gymnasium, Queensland Cyclists’ Union. 4 works in 1 comprising the most detailed history of 19th century sport in early Queensland recorded by . Not only a detailed guide for physical fitness it is an invaluable record of local history. The four works are: 1. Amateur Rowing: By W. B. Carmichael with contributions by R. H. Roe, C. B. P. Bell, and F. W. de Little: Comprising a history of rowing Brisbane, Maryborough, Rockhampton, &c., crew discipline, how to row (with poses), training, &c.; 2. The Art of Boxing: Hints on Its Acquirement – How to Train – History of Amateur Boxing in Queensland by Harry C. Perry. With which is interwoven a detailed History of the Brisbane Gymnasium, the leading institution of its kind in the colony; and A Special Illustrated Article on Physical Culture, by T. Wilkinson, Together with a concise account of every Athletic Display and Boxing Tournament held under its auspices.; 3. Amateur Pedestrianism by W. B. Carmichael. Also an article on Best Methods of Starting, How to Train, &c. by C. Campbell. A Complete Record of All Intercolonial and Pedestrian Events in the Colony since the Year 1873.; 4. Amateur Cycling by Harry C. Perry. Including an Article on Best Methods of Training and Riding by J. A. Smith, also Recollections of the Pioneers by Geo. Tombuco. A Complete Record of All Principal Events, Both Local and Intercolonial. FERGUSON 7958.
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Denmark: River, Town, Shire and Community, Western Australia
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBev McGuinness
[Denmark]: Cinnamon Coloureds, 2011. -
The Natural History of Selborne
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGilbert White
London: The Folio Society, 2009.Introduction by Keith Thomas. FORD-SMITH 1557.
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Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel (4 Volumes)
AU$700.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLuo Guanzhong
London: The Folio Society, 2013.Translation and introductory essay by Moss Roberts, introduction by Ma Jian. FORD-SMITH 1836.
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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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Flesh: The Gold Coast in the 1960s, 70s and 80s
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGraham Burstow
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2014.Photography of Queensland’s Gold Coast in the second half of the 20th century. Lots of beach and bums.
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Momoyama Tea Utensils: A New View
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCuratorial Division, Nezu Museum
Tokyo: Nezu Museum, 2018.Catalogue for an exhibition of ceramics from the Momoyama period, and the start of the Edo period.
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Mudras: The Ritual Hand-poses of the Buddha Priests and the Shiva Priests of Bali
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTyra de Kleen
New Hyde Park: University Books, 1970.Tyra Kleen (1874-1951) was a Swedish artist, ethnographic researcher, keen theosophist, cosmopolitan woman of the world, and a founding member of Foreningen Svenska Konstnarinnor (The Association of Swedish Women Artists). Kleen studied painting in Germany and France, lived and socialised with the cultural elite in Rome at the turn of the 19th century, and travelled, exhibited, and socialised extensively around the world. A fiercely independent character, despite rampant misogyny, she managed to skilfully manoeuvre and at times manipulate to achieve her ambitious goals. She spent many years throughout the 1910s and 1920s in Indonesia, studying ceremonial dance, and produced a number of books on dance, theatre, and ritual in Java and Bali, and in 1938 was awarded the Johan August Wahlberg for her work there. Mudras, first published as Mudras auf Bali. Handhaltungen der Priester in 1923 and then in English in 1924 and here reprinted for the first time with the original introduction by A. J. D. Campbell and a new foreword by Omar V. Garrison.
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One Hour More Daylight: A Historical Overview of Aboriginal Dispossession in Southern and Southwest Queensland
AU$35.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMark Copland; Jonathan Richards; Andrew Walker
Toowoomba: The Social Justice Commission, Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba, 2023.Processes of Aboriginal dispossession in Southern and Southwest Queensland. Methods of dispossession. Colonial history. Racism in Queensland/Australia. Aboriginal adaptation to the new economic and social structures. The second edition with nearly 100 more pages.
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An Introduction to Western Australian Colonial Furniture
AU$65.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLeslie Lauder; Mark Howard
East Fremantle: Lauder & Howard, 1988.Numbered edition of 2,500 copies, of which this copy is numbered and signed by both authors.
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Lead, Zinc and Silver Deposits of Western Australia
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartK. M. Ferguson
Perth: Department of Minerals and Energy, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 1999. -
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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Life’s Still A Beach
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRennie Ellis
Melbourne: Hardie Grant Books, 1998.A continuation of Rennie Ellis’ 1980s ‘Life’s a…’ series. Australians at the beach in the 1990s.
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Life’s a Parade
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRennie Ellis
Melbourne: Lothian, 1986.Uninhibited 1980s Australian fashion culture captured by Rennie Ellis as part of his Life’s a series.
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Lights and Shadows of Church-Life in Australia: Including Thoughts on Some Things at Home
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartT. Binney
London: Jackson & Walford, 1860.To which is added, Two Hundred Years Ago: Then and Now. The second edition, published the same year as the first with an additional chapter. FERGUSON 7030, in a variant binding and with advertisements.
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Servian Popular Poetry
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Bowring
London: Thomas Davison for the Author, 1827.Serbian poetry translated by John Borwing.
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Victorian Butterflies And How To Collect Them
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartErnest Anderson; Frank Palmer Spry
Melbourne: H. Hearne & Co., 1893.Early work on Australian butterflies. FERGUSON 5965. Issued without the 4 pages of advertisements cited in Ferguson. This copy with the ownership signature of Australian cartoonist Vane Lindesay.
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Hyakunin Joro Shinasadame [One Hundred Women Classified According to Their Rank]
AU$600.00 Read MoreAdd to cartNishikawa Sukenobu
Kyoto: Unsodo, No date.One of the masterpieces of Ukiyoe art. Depicts women from various social classes of the Edo period, from court and samurai ladies to geisha and sex workers, and the many town and country women in between. Originally published in 2 volumes in 1723 and here reprinted together in 1 volume circa late 19th/early 20th century.
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Chinese Buddhist Monasteries: Their Plan and its Function as a Setting for Buddhist Monastic Life
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. Prip-Moller
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1967.A labour of love originally published in 1937 by Danish architect Johannes Prip-Moller (1889-1943). Thoroughly researched and illustrated throughout with photographs, floor plans, and architectural illustrations, this tome is still regarded as the definitive work on the subject and provides invaluable insight into Chinese Buddhist monastic life.
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Groom’s Darling Downs Book Almanac and Local Business Directory for 1907
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartW. H. Groom & Sons
Toowoomba: W. H. Groom & Sons, 1907.Rare Queensland almanac and directory produced annually between 1877 and 1910 covering the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland including Toowoomba, Pittsworth, Allora, Warwick, Millmerran, Leyburn, Stanthorpe, Oakey, Jondaryan, Dalby, Roma, Clifton, Crow’s Nest, Meringandan, Goombungee, Goondiwindi, Turallin, and Drayton.