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AUSTRALIAN LONGHORN BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE): VOLUME 2 SUBFAMILY CERAMBYCINAE
Written by Adam Slipinski; Hermes E. Escalona.
Stock no. 2139831
Published by Csiro Publishing. Circa 2016. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781486304585. Some knocks along cover edges. Bumping with tear along edge of rear cover and to one corner. Contents are still excellent!

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CHALLENGING HORIZONS: QANTAS 1939-1954
Written by John Gunn.
Stock no. 2139262
Published by University Of Queensland Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The second volume in the history of Qantas. The dramatic story of the Qantas wartime operations and the airline through the chaotic postwar decade. Red boards, white titles. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. 434 pages including index. ISBN: 0702220175. Foxing and marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and has tear hole to front panel.

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THE NORTH-WEST AERIAL FRONTIER 1919-1934
Written by Edward P. Wixted; Joy Taylor.
Stock no. 2138652
Published by Boolarong Publications. 1st AUSTRALIA 1985. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Australian Pioneers of Flight. ISBN: 0908175892. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners.

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THE JOURNEY OF BURKE AND WILLS
Written by Max Colwell.
Stock no. 1823613
Published by Paul Hamlyn. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The infamous expedition to cross Australia from South to North inland. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 0600041379. Spine slightly cocked. Fading to horizontal edges of boards. Text block browned. A few foxspots to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded, has the remains of a label to top front corner and a small closed tear (no loss).

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THE COLEMANS: KIWIS ON THE GRASS IN NEW ZEALAND - ON THE ROAD IN EUROPE
Written by Rod Coleman.
Stock no. 1823533
Published by Rod Coleman. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Colemans of motor cycle racing. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0473049562. SIGNED by Rod Coleman to front endpaper (Best wishes John). Text block just slightly grubby. Spine is faded to blue. Otherwise contents fine.

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BLOODY BUNA: THE CAMPAIGN THAT HALTED THE JAPANESE INVASION OF AUSTRALIA
Written by Lida Mayo.
Stock no. 1823487
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The gruelling seven-month campaign from July 1942 to January 1943 for the re-capture of Buna during World War II is known as a 'ghastly nightmare' in Australian Military history. A well-researched book for all with an interest in the fascinating history of the Allies' first major land victory in the Pacific. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0715368524. Text block browned with foxing to top edge. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby to rear panel and has previous bookseller's address label to front flap.

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GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN BATTLEFIELDS OF THE WESTERN FRONT 1916-1918
Written by John Laffin.
Stock no. 1822994
Published by Kangaroo Press; Australian War Memorial. 2nd 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Second edition, revised. A complete guide to the Australian Battlefields of Australia. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0864176201. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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SENT FORTH A DOVE: DISCOVERY OF THE DUYFKEN
Written by James Henderson.
Stock no. 1821996
Published by University Of Western Australia Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

In 1606 the little Dutch East India Company Ship, Duyfken, came upon the coast of Cape York Peninsula. Its skipper, Willem Jansz went to his grave without knowing that his crew were the first Europeans to land on the shores of the sixth continent. His chart lay undiscovered in the archives for many years. Nearly 400 years later, a small group of people dedicated themselves to the daunting task of bringing the Dufyken story back to life including building a replica ship. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations and a few colour photos. This is a presentation copy of 1000 numbered and signed by the author. ISBN: 1876268247. This is copy 340 of 1000 SIGNED by the author. Text block browned, a few foxspots to endpaper. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Strong tobacco smell present.

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A FLOWER-HUNTER IN QUEENSLAND & NEW ZEALAND
Written by Mrs. Rowan.
Stock no. 2134444
Published by John Murray. 1898. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. With map and illustrations. School gilt embossed stamp to front cover. Fading and browning/foxing to covers; bumping to corners, some other marks. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Some uncut page edges.

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DAINTREE: WHERE THE FOREST MEETS THE REEF
Written by Rupert Russell.
Stock no. 1819036
Published by Kevin Weldon And Associates Pty Ltd; The Australian Conservation Foundation. 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Daintree, Australia, where coastal rainforest meets the sea. The tropical rainforests of Daintree are in danger from developers... Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 0949708127. Name in ink to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE HERITAGE OF AUSTRALIA: THE ILLUSTRATED REGISTER OF THE NATIONAL ESTATE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819029
Published by The Macmillan Company Of Australia. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A unique stocktaking of the places which have special value - historic, environmental and cultural - to the nation. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout, a few colour photos. A fat volume. ISBN: 0333337506. Lower edges of boards have small indentations. Text block just slightly grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and a little grubby.

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