Peter Cuffley (153 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A richly illustrated catalogue of Australian domestic life, from kitchen tools to parlour décor. A nostalgic and informative look at the objects that shaped everyday living, minor tanning to page edges, reprint 1989. Soft pictorial covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A richly illustrated history of Australia's horse-drawn transport, covering buggies, wagons, coaches, sulkies, delivery vehicles, and rural work carts. Cuffley documents their construction, makers, regional variations, and everyday use before motorisation transformed the landscape. An essential reference for collectors, local historians, and anyone interested in Australia's transport heritage.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 224 pages. Catalogues from 1880 - 1940 reflecting the tastes, aspirations and dreams of a nation coming of age.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 322 pages.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 224pp, thousands bw ills. Or stiff pictorial card covers. Light foxing to edges. A collection of catalogues featuring goods available in Australia in the period from 1880 to 1940. Ranging from kitchenalia to travel goods, tools to lamps and much more this book gives a fascinating insight into the nuts and bolts of life of yesteryear. Size: Folio.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Reprinted. 224pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated card covers with light bump to lower corner of rear panel, b/w illust. title-pages, bibliog., ack., intro., b/w plts. & illust. & text, catalogues. The catalogues in this book reflect the tastes, aspirations and dreams of a nation coming of age. Their pages provide a unique historic record of nostalgia. Size: Large Quarto. Book.…

Secondhand, Hardback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: James Montagu Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages. Secondhand, Hardback.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Reprinted. 224pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated card covers, b/w illust. title-pages, bibliog., ack., intro., b/w plts. & illust. & text, catalogues. The catalogues in this book reflect the tastes, aspirations and dreams of a nation coming of age. Their pages provide a unique historic record of nostalgia. Size: Large Quarto. Book.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour plates and b/w diagrams. Some light chipping to fore edge of front free endpaper and gift inscription to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 192 pages. Designed as the complete reference book for both the amateur and professional collector.…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Quarto Size [approx 24x30cm]. Near Fine condition - An excellent copy. Colour and black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 197 pages. By following the author's own family history of lost and found relatives this book teaches the reader how easy it is to track down family records - even if armed with only a few sketchy details. It is also an easy to understand guide on how to use the internet.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Light foxing to edges.

Condition: Very Good. From the Library of Ying Yeung Li.

Softcover. Condition: Good. The book consists of pages from catalogues for Australian households featuring clothing, household good, kitchen equipment and farming equipment over the….

Paperback. 1994. 1984. First edition. A very good copy only marked by light creasing of the wraps and lightly age tanned edges.

Secondhand, Paperback. [Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Peter Cuffley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 The book titled Chandeliers and Billy Tea: A Catalogue of Australian Life 1880-1940 by the author Peter Cuffley. Secondhand, Paperback.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Soft cover book. large format in very good condition. No rips tears or marks. Tightly bound. A book of australian catalogues from 1880 to 1940 the pages provide a unique Australian record of nostalgia and sheer hard work.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in a Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Colour and black & white illustrations and photographs. S 189 pages. Tells the story of Gilbert Toyne, the inventor who designed and patented the first all-metal Australian rotary clothes hoist. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Very Slightly Worn. Well illustrated, small quarto, pp 248. cloth very slightly bowed, otherwise a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper. [A detailed history].

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprinted. 248pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated dustjacket with hint of rubbing to upper spine-end & top corner of rear panel of jacket- covered in removable protective clear plastic, tan papered boards with gilt text to spine, salmon endpapers, b/w frontis., intro., col. & b/w plts. & illust. & text, full page b/w photographs, diags., line drawings, plans, directory, bibliog., index. Cottage Gardens traces the heritage of Australia's cottage gardens from the early colonial times, to the great goldrushes; the first suburban sprawls; the cottage revivals of the twentieth century, up to the present rediscovery of Old World traditions. Size: Wide Large Octavo. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A selection of the goods available to Australians at the time. How they dressed, furnished their homes and spent their leisure. Wonderful reference 120 p.

Paperback. Reprint. 224pgs, illusts; 300 x 215mm, large paperback book, a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Inside is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has wear and rubbing. Dust jacket has small tearing at edges and peeling at top of spine. Spotting on inside of dust jacket. Wear and fading on edges of book boards. Nudging to corners. Tear at back paste-down (see photo 3). Tear and cracking on book board at back bottom spine (see photo 7). See photos.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. By following the author's own fascinating family history of lost and found relatives, you'll learn how easy it is to track down family history records. This….

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Near Fine Copy.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Peter Cuffley provides a detailed catalogue of Australian home furnishings and other household items from the years spanning 1880 to 1940 (from the goldrushes to WW2), which brought many great and lasting changes to the Australian way of life. Mostly consists of items from early catalogues, including fashion, hardware, tools, furniture, jewellery and toys. The catalogues in this book reflect the tastes, aspirations and dreams of a nation coming of age. 222 pages. Cover has a few faint creases. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Australian::Australian History; History; ISBN: 0867880597. ISBN/EAN: 9780867880595. Inventory No: 268012. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.…

Laminated Illus. Boards. Condition: Fine. 1st Printing of 1st Edition. Southern Cross Series. 117 pages. 10 short stories by Marie Ormonde, Pamela Ruskin, Bruce Edwards, A.H. Chisholm, Edgar Beale, Lynne Stronell & Pat Spencer .A nice firm unmarked book, appears unused. Size: 10 X 7 1/2". Peter Cuffley (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Quarto Size [approx 5x26cm]. Very Good copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Colour and Black & White Photographs. Black & white illustrations. DJ is rubbed at corners and spine ends. Book has small amount of rubbing to lower edge. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 208 pages. This book traces the development of road transport from earliest times, the boom time for coachbuilding in Australia, until its demise in the decade after WW2. Includes considerable information about restoration techniques.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. pp.(vi)+236. c.25.5 x 23cm. Double column. Numerous black and white photographic, and line illustrations, in the text. Also some colour photographic illustrations. End paper maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Both hinges strengthened with strip of white paper, on white page, neatly applied. Damage to margins of pp.65-68, no loss of text. (Unusual sequence of half title, title etc., but all present). A good clean copy. (The Puffing Billy Railway 1900-1953' Fern Tree Gully, Cranbrook, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria Australia).…

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