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Published by Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, Australia, 1967
Seller: John M. Gram, Port Huron, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. moderate wear to jacket, otherwise a clean, sound copy, octavo, 320 pages, third edition.
Seller: Solr Books, Skokie, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition, 1965. Hardcover in original dust jacket. Ex-lib with usual stamps and markings. Light scuffing to library mylar, but book itself remains in very good condition. Spine cracked, but all pages intact. Minimal yellowing to page edges. Text clean, no underlining. Good reading copy.
Published by Lansdowne Press, Melbourne and London, 1966
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing large octavo hardback xx + 328 pp Ex library copy with usueal stamps Good+ condition in Good+ unclipped dust jacket.
Published by Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, Australia and London, 1966
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dark green cloth-effect paper covered boards, spine panel decorated in white. xviii,328 pp. Mildly rubbed corners and spine extremities, a few light surface marks to covers. Text block edges toned by age. Firm binding, clean interior. Former owner's address label mounted at top corner of front pastedown. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1964
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Vane Lindsay (illustrator). First Edition. Before You Begin and before You Go. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white drawings within the text, by Vane Lindsay. Green coloured boards with white illustration to the front panel with gilt titles to the front panel and backstrip. Bumping and rubbing to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Browning and some foxing to the text block edges. Browning to the endpapers and to the internal text and there is the occasional handling mark to the page. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Vane Lindsay, with pale green coloured background with white, black and orange titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and chipping, with lost to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. There is a 1 inch tear to the top left-hand corner of the front dustwrapper panel with associated creasing. Rubbing and creasing to the other dustwrapper edges. There is a significant amount of handling marks and some staining to the dustwrapper panels. A collection of the best Australian humour as collected by the editor. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XVI, 208 pages, We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Vane Lindsay. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Humour; Australia; Inventory No: 0108876.
Published by Universal Books, Hong Kong, 1981
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Robin Hill (illustrator). Reprint. acknowledgements, index of authors, introduction by editor. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations within the text have all been done by Robin Hill. Brown coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with black coloured title to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of editor to the rear fold over panel. "Australian Wildlife Stories will give many hours of pleasure to all who are interested in the ways of the Australian wild  and that includes most people. Here are superbly written tales of Hunter and hunted  and not only of men against animal, but sometimes animal against animal as in Frank Dalby Davidson's unforgettable 'The Good Season' and in the powerful stories of Henry G. Lamond." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Other authors include Alan Marshall, Sands Palmer, John Bechervaise and Eric Lambert. Softening to the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Age toning of the textblock edges. Creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. There is a 0.25 " tear to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel with associated creasing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [18], 204, [2] pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Robin Hill. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; Australia; Animals & Birds. Inventory No: 0119225.
Published by Lansdowne Press Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, 1961
Seller: Silver Trees Books, Malvern, WORCS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good book in clean fresh red cloth covers with bright gilt titles to spine; light corner and spine end bumps. Internally fine and free of inscriptions. The dust jacket is very good++ and not price clipped; light creasing and tiny nicks at spine ends. A very attractive copy.
Published by Universal Books, Australia, 1970
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
Hardback. Reprint. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Near Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has a couple of marks to rear panel & is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations. 204pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
Published by Lansdowne Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1966
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
First Edition
Hardback. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners with small patch of loss to lower edge of front cover and mark to rear. Black & white illustrations. xv, 189 pages. Lore, literature and balladry of the Scots in Australia. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
Published by Macmillan, Melbourne, 1972
ISBN 10: 0333139062ISBN 13: 9780333139066
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. XII, 132 pp., acknowledgements, an introductory note. Brown coloured endpapers. Within the text there are numerous black and white illustrations, cartoons and advertisements. Brown coloured boards with white beer advertisements on front cover, and white writing on spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, being a reproduction of Sam Griffin poster "I Allus Has Wan at Eleven", with yellow background and red and white writing on front panel and white on spine. The lore, legends, songs and anecdotes of the Aussie pub. Rubbing to the base edge of the boards, and to the heel of the spine. Dustjacket is rubbed on the spine, and has several short tears, There are also a couple of foxing spots to the front edge of the textblock and previous owner's name on the title page Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Local History -- Australia; Folk Song; Australia; ISBN: 0333139062. ISBN/EAN: 9780333139066. Inventory No: 0244769.
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Published by Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1973
ISBN 10: 0701802472ISBN 13: 9780701802479
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. various (illustrator). First Edition. dust jacket has a quarter-inch tear top left of the front panel, and has lost a couple of shades of colour on the spine. No other damage to detail. The author's collection of Australian curses and the vituperations includes both public verbal bludgeoning is and the subtle barbs and twists of the knife that have seemingly equal capacity to leave the victim spreadeagled and defenceless. If there is a lack to the book, it is the width of Sir Robert Menzies not being included, and also the book stops in 1973, well before Paul Keating uttered a word. Sir Robert Menzies from address given on the 25th anniversary dinner of the journalist club in Sydney in 1964  "I have always been an admirer of the great art of reporting Now so sadly neglected." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1128 pages, includes index of victims. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Humour; Australia; Language & Linguistics. ISBN: 0701802472. ISBN/EAN: 9780701802479. Inventory No: 0262549.
Reprint; 8vo; pp.256; glossary, acknowledgements; dustjacket has light bumping to the top; otherwise a fine copy. Items from many to make you laugh, to make you cry including Ion Idriess, Charles Barrett, Marcus Clarke, Ernest Favenc, Frank Clune, A.B. Paterson, Ernestine Hill Frank Dalby Davidson and Mary Gilmore and subjects from Cannibalism, Sealers, Bushrangers to Coaches.
Published by (Melbourne), Lansdowne Press, (1963)., 1963
First Edition; 8vo; pp. xxiv, 151, portrait frontispiece, select bibliography; original yellow cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, rubbing to dustjacket, a good copy.
8vo; pp. xvi, 190; numerous sketch illustrations; scuffed dustjacket, minor chipping repaired with clear tape, inscription on front free endpaper, a good copy. Melbourne, Lansdown, (1966).
Published by Melbourne, Lansdowne Press, 1963., 1963
8vo; pp. xxiv, 151; portrait frontispiece, appendices, original cloth, small closed tear to dustjacket otherwise fine copy. 'This Reader will serve to introduce some of the liveliness, humour, warmth and penetrating critical power of the forgotten Marcus Clarke.' The author has chosen a selection of Marcus Clarke's work to show the many-sidedness of Clarke's genius.
Published by (Melbourne), Lansdowne Press, (1964)., 1964
First Edition; 8vo; pp. xxiv, 151, portrait frontispiece, select bibliography; original cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, rubbing and chipping to dustjacket, price clipped, a good copy.
Published by Melbourne, Lansdown, (1966)., 1966
8vo; pp. xvi, 190; numerous b/w sketch illustrations; original cloth, dustjacket, a fine copy.
Published by Universal Books, 1970
Seller: Ramblingsid's Books, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. hb with d/w, blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, corners and head and foot of spine a little bumped and rubbed, pages lightly tanned with age but remain clean and bright, there is the stamp of a bookshop on the front free endpaper, a good secure binding, in a d/w that has not been price clipped but is rubbed at the edges and has a tear at the top front edge of the rear cover [BW1020][Box 31].
Published by Rigby, Adelaide, 1974
ISBN 10: 0851797784ISBN 13: 9780851797786
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Various Contemporary (illustrator). First Edition. 550 g; X, 154 pages, last page blank, illustrated with 24 pages of black-and-white photographs and reproductions of illustrations. Colour illustrated dust jacket. This book has 33 stories of colourful people from Australia's early history, both men and women, Aboriginal and Settler bushranger and convict. (No mention of clergy that I could find) a clean copy, the only damage to the book is that the background colour of the spine section of the dust jacket has faded from a peach to a pink colour. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various Contemporary. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Australiana; Australia; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0851797784. ISBN/EAN: 9780851797786. Inventory No: 0260121.
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8vo; pp. x, 185; index of authors; original cloth, browned dustjacket; page edges browned; a good copy.
Published by Lansdowne Press, Melbourne. 1963., 1963
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
8vo, 151pp. A very good hardback copy in good dustjacket with tears. . From the library of Marjorie Tipping.
Published by Lansdowne Press
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Good condition first edition hardback with dust jacket. Ex library copy with usual stamps and stickers. Dust jacket in plastic sleeve. Light wear to the jacket and boards with tanned pages clean and unmarked.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. 256; endpaper maps, text illustrated with several line drawings, bound in originak red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacketvery good copy.
Published by (Melbourne); Lansdowne; (1965)., 1965
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xx, 328; bound in original green cloth, title lettered in white on spine, decoration in white on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. About 25% of the Australian population is of Irish descent; but the Irish influence in the shaping of Australian attitudes and outlook have been more substantial than the numbers would suggest. This book is a fascinating account of this winning and telling Irish influence seen through the eyes of many writers and contributors.
Published by Lansdowne, Melbourne, 1966
Seller: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), corners little bumped, minor edgewear jacket (small edge tears, tiny hole rear flap), autograph (editor's written name front free flyleaf). 189 pp. An anthology of the lore, literature and balladry of the Scots in Australia. Written by the author of "The Wearing of the Green", "Lore Literature and Balladry of the Scots In Australia". Full of wit and wisdom and will be enjoyed by anyone interested in the Scots in Australia. Part one: The Muses' Heather: Stories, Poems, Essays. Part two: Portrait Gallery: Scottish-Australian profiles. Part three: Ballads old and new.
Published by Lansdowne Press, 1963
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. 1963. Lansdowne Press. First. Book-VG, edges rubbed. DJ-Good, edgewear and tears. 9x5.5. 151pp. Illus frontis.
Published by Universal Books, 1970
Seller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC, Australia
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 214pp; ; 255 x 155mm.
Published by Lansdowne Press, Melbourne - first edition, 1966
Seller: Book Orphanage, McCrae, VIC, Australia
hardcover, 9 1/2" x 6", with dust jacket 328 pages Green (naturally) cloth-bound boards with white spine decorations. The Irish have cut a swathe through Australian life; from the eminence of the great Archbishop Daniel Mannix to the notoriety and roguery of Ned Kelly, a vast body of literature, folklore and balladry has marked the Irish influence in Australia. Over 110 contributors of Irish descent. Our copy has half-inch tear at back of jacket. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket.
Published by Lansdown Press, Australia, 1960
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A clean, straight unmarked book, in a price clipped dust jacket. Scan available.