Flags by Jaggard (10 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2006 UNSW Press (Sydney, Australia), 8 1/4 x 11 inches tall color pictorial paperbound, copiously illustrated with mostly full color photographs, xvii, 262 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Small ink gift inscription to upper margin of half title page. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP27~ [3.0P] A thorough analysis of 100 years of Australia?s most successful national volunteer movement. Tracing its origin and development as the foundation of Australia?s world-renowned beach culture, Between the Flags explains how and why surf lifesaving enjoys iconic status across Australia, and remains relevant and popular today. Written by a team of sports and social historians, for anyone interested in Australian surf and surf lifesaving culture, Between the Flags is a refreshingly original thematic history. It examines technology, competition, membership, governance, professionalism and lifesaving overseas, as well as the future directions for surf lifesaving. Contents: 1. A national icon : surf lifesaving and Australian society and culture / Nancy Cushing and Leone Huntsman; 2. Surf bathing and surf lifesaving : origins and beginnings / Sean Brawley; 3. From beach to boardroom : governing surf lifesaving / Ed Jaggard; 4. Managing pleasure and discipline : clubbies / Douglas Booth; 5. Saving lives, changing methods : surf lifesaving technology / Alleyn Best; 6. The luck of the surf? : competition / Barry Galton and Ed Jaggard; 7. Dissension and challenges in surf lifesaving : amateurism and professionalism / Murray Phillips; 8. Spreading the word : surf lifesaving overseas / Caroline Ford and Ed Jaggard; 9. Waves of change : future directions / Cameron O'Beirne; Meritorious rescues / Chris Conri.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. FROM THE BEGINNING SURF LIFESAVING IN AUSTRALIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN MUCH MORE THAN RESCUE FROM THE SEA. ITS ETHOS HAS BEEN UNSELFISH COMMUNITY SERVICE THEROUGH TEAMWORK, EGALITARIANISM, FRIENDSHIP, AND DISCIPLINED TRAINING AND COMPETITION.

Pictorial Card Cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Colour photographs throughout. Includes inside front and back covers the flags of every surf-lifesaving club in Australia. Format: Large paperback. 28 x 21 cm. 262 pp.

Quarto, xx+262pp, illustrated, original card wrappers with folding flaps, a near fine copy. First edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. xviii+262pp., Pictorial full colour photographic covers with french-flaps, col. flag illust. eps., neat previous ownership inscription to top corner of verso of front ep., dbl. page col. illust. title-page, contrib., foreword by Ron Rankin, preface by Sir William Deane, intro. by author, col. & b/w plts. & text illust., full & dbl. page photos, advert. illust., appends., SLSA honour roll- hall of fame- life members- award register & analysis, ack., abbrev., notes, index. Between the Flags reveals the 100- year history of Surf Life Saving Australia. This beautifully illustrated thematic history offers an objective view of an organisation that now deservedly enjoys iconic status in Australia. Size: Quarto. Book.

Quarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

hardbound. Condition: Fine in Very Good slipcase. profusely illustrated (illustrator). Deluxe Edition limited to 100 hardbound copies (No. 95) in die-cut slipcase (this copy not signed), published to mark the centenary of Australian Surf Lifesaving; bound in aqua buckram with colour plate laid-in to front, in slipcase with die-cut circle over plate illustration; various authors contributing essays on aspects of the history and development of the Surf Lifesaving movement; b&w and colour illustrations throughout; front and rear endpapers show gatefold of surf livesaving club colours; red silk bookmark; Fine; slipcase with minor knock to head of spine, o.w. Very Good slipcase. 262pp (18). sm 4to. Fine in Very Good slipcase.

1st soft cover edition. Foreword by Ron Rankin, and a preface by Sir William Deane. XVIII, 262 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: 152 caps (in colour) from Agnes Water, Qld to Mentone, Vic. Inside rear cover: 152 caps (in colour) from Merewether, NSW, to Yeppoon, Qld. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21. 2007: Year of the Surf Lifesaver.

Soft Cover. Condition: As New. First Edition. A straight unmarked book. This copy just out of long-term storage in unused condition.