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Where Strange Paths Go Down
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA. M. Duncan-Kemp
Brisbane: W. R. Smith & Paterson, 1964.Description of aboriginal social life and customs by Alice Monkton Duncan-Kemp (1901-1988), who grew up on a cattle station in remote South-West Queensland. This being the second edition which includes large portions of Our Sandhill Country, her memoir published in 1933, providing insight into life on the cattle runs of the Channel country. Numerous photographs. This copy signed by Alice on the dedication page.
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Listen, Little Man! A Document from the Archive of the Orgone Institute
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWilhelm Reich; William Steig
New York: Orgone Institute Press, 1948.First edition in the English language of Reich’s antiauthoritarian classic calling for direct action by the working class. Translated by Theodore P. Wolfe. Illustrated by William Stieg. Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) was an Austro-Hungraian-American doctor and psychoanalys, and is one of psychiatry’s most radical figures. In the late 1950s many of his books were burned by order of the court in one of the largest cases of modern censorship making early editions of his work scarce.
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Ben Westwood
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBen Westwood
Tokyo: E. T. Insolite, 1999.“A celebration of femininity — fetish photography by Ben Westwood, the son of British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. The first monograph of the new star of U.K. fetish photography, Ben Westwood, is full of fetish and chic costumes from “Agent Provokature,” the cultic lingerie shop that his beloved brother runs. This is his first photo collection. Many erotic photos of women posing provocatively in lingerie and fetish gear. Some partial nudity, a little full nudity.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Ocean and Isle
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam Edgar Geil
Melbourne: WM. T. Pater & Co., 1902.Accounts of Pacific missions by American evangelist, explorer, lecturer, photographer, and author William Edgar Geil (1865-1925). Illustrated with 100 full page engravings, technically 94 plates with 6 being double-paged. Geil is best known for his evangelistic travels, which took him to China, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific Rim and South Seas. He is considered one of the important explorers of his generation. In addition to his writings, Geil lectured extensively with numerous photographs of packed theatres present in this work. Geil married later in life and had no children. His widow, Constance, survived him until the late 1950s. In 1959 his estate was sold at public auction including the contents of his library, which was purchased by a Bucks County book dealer “Gus” Gustafson. It remained in his possession until shortly after his death in February of 2008.
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A Woman’s Place: 100 Years of Queensland Women Lawyers
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSusan Purdon; Aladin Rahemtula
Brisbane: Supreme Court of Queensland Library, 2005.Published to coincide with the centenary of the Legal Practitioners Act 1905, which first enabled women to practise law in Queensland. Foreword by Mary Gaudron, former Justice of the High Court of Australia. This copy with a lengthy inscription by Aladin Rahemtula to the title page
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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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The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael D. Coogan
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.Authoritative reference overviews of biblical studies scholarship.
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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 Parian Phenomenon: A Survey of Victorian Parian Porcelain Statuary & Busts
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPaul Atterbury
Shepton Beauchamp: Richard Dennis, 1989. -
No More Secondhand God and Other Writings
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartR. Buckminster Fuller
New York: Anchor Books, 1971. -
Education Automation: Freeing the Scholar to Return to his Studies
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartR. Buckminster Fuller
London: Jonathan Cape, 1973.Foreword by Charles D. Tenney.
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Bush Tucker: Australia’s Wild Food Harvest
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTim Low
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1992. -
Plants and People of the Golden Triangle: Ethnobotany of the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdward F. Anderson
Portland: Dioscorides Press, 1993. -
The Growth and Functioning of Leaves
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. E. Dale; F. L. Milthorpe
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.Proceedings of a Symposium held prior to the Thirteenth International Botanical Congress at the University of Sydney 18-20 August 1981.
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The Plastic Banknote: From Concept to Reality
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDavid Solomon; Tom Spurling
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2014. -
Bees of Australia: A Photographic Exploration
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJames Dorey
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2018. -
Restoring Farm Woodlands for Wildfire
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDavid Lindenmayer; Damina Michael; Mason Crane; Daniel Florance; Emma Burns
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2018. -
Australia’s Role in Feeding the World: The Future of Australian Agriculture
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTor Hundloe; Sarah Blagrove; Hannah Ditton
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. -
A Water Story: Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeoff Beeson
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2020. -
The Mammals of Australia
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGerard Krefft
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1979.Illustrated by Miss Harriet Scott, and Mrs. Helena Forde, for the Council of Education; with A Short Account of all the Species hitherto described.  Originally published in 1871, this facsimile edition limited to 350 numbered copies signed by Basil J. Marlow, Curator of Mammals at the Australian Museum