73176 THE MOTOR SHIP REFERENCE BOOK:
Compiled by The Staff of 'The Motor Ship'.
London: Temple Press Ltd. 18th Edition. Preface dated Feb, 1943. Num half tone illusts, many full-page, & drawings, some fold-out, with tables, (278+livpp adverts & index) Hard cover 8vo. Or.blue cloth with navy titling, cover a little marked and worn, inoffensive...Much of the information planned was omitted through censorship which included wartime construction and foreign vessels $40.00 AUD
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London: Odhams Press, N.D.early 1942. Has num photoplates with figures, maps & pict endpapers, (384pp) Hard cover lge.8vo. Blind stamped blue cloth, chipped red dust jacket with some loss, now protected.Issued for propaganda purposes as the dust jacket notes ' The book that will give you confidence in Victory'. Unusual to find with a dust jacket $30.00 AUD
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The Life and Work of Marianne North.
Exeter: Webb & Bower, 1980. 1st Edition. Port.frontis, full-page & text color reproductions of the artist's work with map endpapers, (240pp) Hard cover sm.4to. Or.brown cloth with gilt decoration, brown color pict dust jacket.Published in collaboration with The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. North visited Australia and New Zealand in her epic painting journeys across the world $27.00 AUD
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Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1988. Has 16 color plates & num.b/w illusts with map & school arms at end papers, (256pp) Hard cover sm.4to. Or.blue papered boards, color pict dust jacket.The centenary publication of the Sydney Church of England Grammar School for Boys $25.00 AUD
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London: Ward Lock, N.D.c1950? Fifth Edition. Color frontis, & 7 other color plates by J.F. Campbell, & nearly 250 photos illusts, (224pp) Hard cover sm.4to. tan cloth spine, cover glazed color pict boards of boy and girl looking at screen pictu...A nice bright copy $22.00 AUD
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Sydney: NSW Rail Transport Museum, 1993. Frontis & num half-tone illusts with drawings, graphs & maps, (160pp) Hard cover 4to. Or.blue papered boards; blue color pict dust jacket.A nostalgic look at the passing of steam $50.00 AUD
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A Sea Chest of Salty Memories.
New York: Bonanza Books, 1955. Frontis and copious half-tone illustrations, (168pp) Hard cover 4to. Or.grey cloth, color pict dust jacketA nostalgic look at sail and early powered vessels from various perspectives which include commerce, defence, fishing, marine catastrophy and pleasure $33.00 AUD
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Sydney: Reed, 1991, 1st Edition. Profusely illust. in color with maps, figs., silhouettes & pict endpapers, (284pp) Hard cover 4to. Or.green cloth with white titling, Color pict dust jacket.The story of one of the most significant animal fossil deposits in the world found in Ancient Rain Forests of Inland Australia about 200 kilometers north-west of Mount Isa. Foreword by Sir David Atte... $40.00 AUD
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London: Methuen, 1930. 1st Edition. Frontis and 11 other full-page b/w illusts by Rene Bull, (142 + 8pp Pub Cat) Hard cover 8vo. Or. blue cl. gilt titled spine, gilt pict cover vignette repeat of frontis.Most of the articles in this collection originally appeared in 'Punch'. A Nice copy $25.00 AUD
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London: Collins, N.D, School Prize Plate dated 1913. Color frontis, color title page, 3 other color plates and text b/w drawings by Elizabeth Earnshaw, (260pp) Hard cover 8vo. Or.blue cloth, gilt/white titling to cover and spine, color pict paste-down ...An attractive book of family and school life $28.00 AUD
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Aspects of Hawkesbury History.
Dharug & Lower Hawkesbury Historical Society, 2002. Revised Edition.. With b/w illusts & maps, (x,88pp) Sm.4to. Stiff green pict wrapps.The pioneer families of the Hawkesbury River and Macdonald and Mangrove Creek valleys $22.00 AUD
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Together with Balance Sheet and Annual Report 1959-1960.
Sydney: 1961. (x,174pp) 12mo. Stiff white pict wrapps.Includes the Australian Tours of Pakistan and India 1959-1960 and of New Zealand 1960; score cards, ammended records, averages and statistics $22.00 AUD
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Chicago: Johnson Pub.Co. Inc. 1964. Revised Edition. With b/w illusts, maps & facsimiles, (xii,435pp) Hard cover lge.8vo. Or.mauve cloth, silver titled spine.A Nice copy $36.00 AUD
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The art of searching for water, oil, minerals and other natural resources or anything lost, missing or badly needed.
London: Macdonald & Jane's, 1979. Decorated frontis/title with num b/w illusts & maps, (xii,340pp) 4to. Or.blue papered boards with white cloth spine, protected with clear adhesive film. $38.00 AUD
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By James . New Edition, much enlarged, by The Rev. J.G. Wood.
London: Bell and Daldy, 1869. With 186 text illusts, (xiv,439pp) Hard cover 8vo. Or.dec embossed green cl. gilt titled spine sunned to brown, partly unopened, 14-page yellow Catalogue of Bohn's Various Libraries at endpapers. A g... $36.00 AUD
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Translated from the seventh German edition.
London: Henry G Bohn, 1858. Portrait frontis and 40 illusts drawn by J.R. Clayton engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, (xii,362p) Hard cover 8vo. Or.dec embossed green cl. gilt titled spine sunned to brown, partly unopened, 14-pag...Note: In Gleeson White's classic 'English Illustration - The Sixties 1855-70' he states ' Krummacher's Fables, another unfamiliar book likely to be overlooked . . contains good work. . including admi... $45.00 AUD
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With a new preface and epilogue by Trevor Howells.
Sydney: A&R, 1982. Revised Edition. With num photos & line drawings, (x,142pp) Oblong 4to. Stiff pict.wrapps.A popular history of Australian Architecture $30.00 AUD
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Translated by Sian Reynolds Abridged by Richard Ollard.
London: HarperCollins, 1992. 1st Abriged Edition With 16 color plates & num b/w illusts with maps, graphs, plans & tables, (xiv,690pp) Hard cover lge.8vo. Or.green cloth, gilt titled spine, inscription to front fly, color pict dust jacket.This abridgment of Braudel's masterpiece is based upon the second and revised edition published in three volumes in 1972 $60.00 AUD
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Australia's Golden Era of Passenger Ships.
Sydney: Dreamweaver Books, 1986. (224pp) Hard cover 4to. Or.black cl. yellow color pict dust jacket.With photos and historys of the major domestic and overseas passenger ships that serviced Australia from 1900 to the 1970s $24.00 AUD
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The Hawkesbury Aborigines Reserve and Mission 1889-1946.
Sydney: Deerubbin Press, 1999. Revised Edition. With half-tone illusts & maps, (viii,96pp) Sm.4to. Stiff red pict wrapps. $20.00 AUD
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