End by Len Beadell (28 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good. Hard work and adventure for the Gunbarrel Road Construction Party as they surveyed and built their last three highways across the deserts of Central Australia….

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Top of jacket spine mildly bumped, else very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near pristine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Paperback. Len Beadell's team had to contend with flat tyres and broken gear boxes as well as all the natural difficulties of the outback as they endeavoured to build three highways in one year! On one forward reconnaissance Beadell discovered a small group of Aborigines who had never before seen a white person, as well as rediscovering two wells on the Canning Stock route. These and many other adventures of the outback are retold in Beadell's own lively and entertaining style. 2015. Reprint. A near fine copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Reprint 2010 Soft Cover near fine book. No inscription. 206 pages. Line drawings. Endpaper Map. Illustrations.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. London: New Holland, 2004 Used Stories of the construction of three desert roads in Central and Western AustraliaLen Beadell was a pioneer bushman and road maker who spent many years surveying roads in Australia's outbackBeadell's team had to contend with flat tyres and broken gear boxes as well as all the natural difficulties of the outback as they endeavoured to build three highways in one year.…

Paper Back. Condition: Fine. Reprint. With many illustrations, endpaper maps. A fine copy. ; 215 x 135mm; 208 pages.

208pp. 8vo. B/w illustrations. Original wrappers, a near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book is pre-owned - please see photos. In End of an Era, Len Beadell delivers a riveting chronicle of the last major road-building expedition in the Australian Outback. Tasked with surveying and constructing the final three highwaysincluding the revered Gunbarrel HighwayBeadell and his crew face daunting challenges: searing heat, sandstorms, mechanical breakdowns, and vast, uncharted terrain. Through vivid storytelling and B&W photographs, the author recounts their triumphs in connecting remote regionslike the Gary Highway to Gary Junction and beyondencountering Indigenous communities untouched by modern roads, and rediscovering historic wells along the Canning Stock Route. Its a tale of rugged endurance, technical ingenuity, and the spirit of adventure as these final highways stitch the Western deserts into Australias road network.…

hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Almost Near Fine In A Like Jacket Pp 206 End Paper Maps Illustrations.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Paperback, 13.75x20.75cm, 208pp. Good condition. General light wear. Creased spine and corners. Tanned page edges. ISBN: 1863024050.

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Maps inside front and back covers. B&W photographs and illustrations throughout. 207 pp. 22 cm x 15 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book in great condition.Dust jacket now covered in protective plastic. Inscribed and dated 1985. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. hardcover. 206pp. b/w plates. b/w drawings. endpapers maps. Near Fine. / Near Fine d/w.

reprints softback with stiff wrappers Very Good octavo. 176, xi + 212, 163, 206pp., b/w pls., text ills., ep maps, Four classic accounts of road-building in outback Australia.

2nd printing hardback with dust jacket Very nice copy octavo 206pp., b/w plates, text ills., ep maps, 'As they surveyed and built their last three highways across the deserts of Central Australia, Beadell's team had to contend with flat tyres and broken gear boxes as well as all the natural difficulties of the outback as they endeavoured to build three highways in one year! On one forward reconnaissance Beadell discovered a small group of Aborigines who had never before seen a white person, as well as rediscovering two wells on the Canning Stock route'. Neat ownership signature o/w a nice copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG to Near Fine matching set, despite different imprints. The story of Len Beadell's Gunbarrel Road Construction Party as they surveyed and built their "highways" across the deserts of Central Australia.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO30354782: 1994. In-8. Broché. Etat passable, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 206 pages. Quelques salissures, quelques mouillures n'altéranrt pas la lecture. Rares rousseurs. Texte en anglais. Nombreuses illustrations et photos en noir et blanc, in et hors texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.…

2nd printing hardback with dust jacket As New octavo 206pp., b/w plates, text ills., ep maps, 'As they surveyed and built their last three highways across the deserts of Central Australia, Beadell's team had to contend with flat tyres and broken gear boxes as well as all the natural difficulties of the outback as they endeavoured to build three highways in one year! On one forward reconnaissance Beadell discovered a small group of Aborigines who had never before seen a white person, as well as rediscovering two wells on the Canning Stock route'.…

First Edition. 8vo. pp.207. illustrated in black & white. map end papers.inscription and offsetting to half title. Tan cloth hardcover in complete rear marked pictorial dustwrapper. Generally a very good copy. Beyond the Gunbarrel Highway. The final push across Western deserts.

reprint hardback with dust jacket As New octavo 206pp., b/w plates, text ills., ep maps, 'As they surveyed and built their last three highways across the deserts of Central Australia, Beadell's team had to contend with flat tyres and broken gear boxes as well as all the natural difficulties of the outback as they endeavoured to build three highways in one year! On one forward reconnaissance Beadell discovered a small group of Aborigines who had never before seen a white person, as well as rediscovering two wells on the Canning Stock route'.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint. A six volume boxed set limited to 1000 copies, this being number 604, all books are in very good condition as is the box although it has mild sun fading on the spine of the box. ; 215 x 135mm.

Condition: Fine. North Adelaide, Corkwood Press, 1998/ 1965; 1999/ 1967; 2000/ 1971; 2001/ 1971; 2002/ 1975; and 2003/ 1983. Octavo, six volumes, each volume approximately 170 pages with illustrations by the author plus plates (some in colour) and endpaper maps. Gilt-decorated full kangaroo (each volume a different colour); minimal light scuffing to one front cover; essentially a fine set. All but one volume is copy number 15 of only 50 copies of these deluxe editions ('Blast the Bush' is number 18). 'Too Long in the Bush' is inscribed, dated (December 1998) and signed by Beadell's widow Anne; 'Blast the Bush' is inscribed, dated (September 1999) and signed by Beadell's daughter Connie Sue, and by his son Gary and widow Anne; 'Bush Bashers' is also inscribed, dated (December 2000) and signed by Connie Sue. Beadell named several roads (which he humorously dubbed 'highways') after his family: the Anne Beadell Highway, the Connie Sue Highway, the Gary Highway and Gary Junction Road, and Jackie Junction (for his second daughter). Offered together with copies of the uniform deluxe editions of Beadell's 'Around the World in Eighty Delays' (1997; number 15 of 50 copies, inscribed and signed by Anne Beadell), and 'A Lifetime in the Bush. The Biography of Len Beadell' by Mark Shephard (1998; number 15 of 100 copies, inscribed and signed by the author and Anne Beadell). Loosely inserted are a number of order forms, prospectuses and receipts for these publications. [8 items]. Signed.…