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Published by Omnibus Books, Norwood, Adelaide -, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862912211ISBN 13: 9781862912212
Seller: Book Orphanage, McCrae, VIC, Australia
Book
large-format bound softcover, 8¼" x 11", with card covers 42 pages Weddell Seals are among the world's greatest divers, and swim with such agility and grace that they make it look easy. They live in the world's coldest, driest, windiest and highest continent - often at minus 30 degrees Celsius. This book introduces the Antarctic seals and focuses particularly on the Weddell seal (adults measure 3 metres and weigh 400 kilograms). Dozens of above- and below-water colour photographs. Previous owner's name to first page. Book in VERY GOOD condition.
Published by Omnibus, Adelaide, Norwood, 2004
ISBN 10: 1862910936ISBN 13: 9781862910935
Seller: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
Book
Reprint ed. Paperback quarto, very good condition, full-page colour drawings, minor edgewear. 28 pp. A delightful children's picture book by Eleanor Nilsson about a koala's birthday celebration written in verse. The colourful drawings and poems will keep any age interested to the happy conclusion. Illustrated by Kerry Argent.
Published by Omnibus, Adelaide, Norwood, 1991
ISBN 10: 1862910626ISBN 13: 9781862910621
Seller: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
Book First Edition
1st ed. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition, pictorial cover (in very good dustjacket) top edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear jacket (faint foxing reverse side), rubber stamps. 131 pp. This Australian novel for young adults by Gillian Rubinstein is a complex, disturbing, fascinating yet painful story of childhood and adolescence, including both acceptance and betrayal.
Published by Omnibus Books / Scholastic Australia, Adelaide, Norwood, 1995
ISBN 10: 1862911681ISBN 13: 9781862911680
Seller: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
Book
Reprint ed. Hardback quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, full-page colour drawings (paintings), minor edgewear corners & base spine, advert stickers front cover. 32 pp. Cameron Miller and Dominique Falla superbly convey the ancient magic of the woodworker's craft in this unusual and exquisite children's picture book. The book incorporates both illustrations and wood carving pictures to show the traditional uses of different kinds of timber. The colour paintings are on plywood primed with gesso, using water-soluble pencils and framed with the actual wood described in the text. Frames & text by Miller, illustrations & text by Falla (both wood craftspersons live in Melbourne, Australia). A Children's Book Council of Australia Short-listed Book.