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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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A Distant Field of Murder: Western District Frontiers, 1834-1848
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJan Critchett
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990. -
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, Labour, and Gold; or, Two Years in Victoria: with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen’s Land
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[Alfred] William Howitt
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855.The sought after first edition in original cloth of one of the classic Australian gold digger narratives. FERGUSON 10618, WANTRUP (2023) 415 with the Westley’s binder’s ticket, and the advertisments as identified in (a). Minor splitting to joints, a small chip to the backstrip of of Vol.1. Upper hinge of volume 1 cracked. Bookseller’s stamp of R. Burge, Manchester. Minor tanning and wear to interior.
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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.
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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.