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MILITARY PISTOLS & REVOLVERS.#
Published by Dorset. Arms & Armour Press Ltd., 1987
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
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First Edition
Or.bds. Dustjacket. 128pp. Light bumps to corners. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st UK ed. @In 1818 E. H. Collier had invented a flint-lock revolver & by 1819 the patent had come to England where Samuel Colt developed a revolving cylinder with a pawl hammer & the modern revolver was born.@.
Seller Inventory # 201998
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FLYING HIGH. The story of Hudson Fysh, Qantas and the trail-blazing days of early aviation.
Published by Syd. Methuen of Australia., 1979
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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First Edition
Or.bds. Dustjacket. 265pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. The early days of aviation in Australia were a time of barnstorming, joy-rides & hard-drinking pilots. Days when Qantas pilots performed looped the loop & chased kangaroos across the plains.
Seller Inventory # 210442
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ONE DAY IN COLLIE.
Published by Collie, WA. Shire of Collie, WA., 1979
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
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First Edition
Or.bds. Dustjacket. 181pp. Dustjacket. b/w ills & maps on endpapers. Very good copy. 1st ed. Located in the South West region of Western Australia, the town of Collie was settled by Europeans in the 1880s after coal was discovered there & the first coal mine was opened in 1927.
Seller Inventory # 199599
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NO TURNING BACK. A Memoir. Edited with an introduction and afterword by Elizabeth Fulton Thurston.
Published by Canberra. Pandanus Books., 2005
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
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First Edition
Col.Ill.wrapps. 314pp. b/w ills + a map. Very good copy. 1st ed. Ted Fulton recounts his unique view of Australia's WWII engagement in the Pacific as part of the Australia New Guinea Administrative Unit after arriving in New Guinea in his early 20s.
Seller Inventory # 207963
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TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION IN THE RICHMOND RIVER VALLEY. Richmond River Historical Society, Pamphlet No. 8.
Published by Lismore. Richmond River Hist Soc., 1981
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
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(rep) Ill.wrapps. 8pp. b/w ills. Very good copy.
Seller Inventory # 204744
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KILIMS. The Traditional Tapestries of Turkey.
Published by Dublin. The Douglas Hyde Gallery., 1979
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Col.Ill.wrapps. 14pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. An exhibition catalogue of Turkish Kilims organised by The Iranian Arts Association of Ireland. Featuring kilims on loan from a number of collections from around the world.
Seller Inventory # 202370
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RUSSIAN T34. AFV Weapons Profile 47.
Published by Windsor. Profile Publications Ltd., 1972
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Col.Ill.wrapps. 18pp. (sl foxing) to front wrapps. col & b/w ills. Very good copy. The T-34 tank was a mainstay of the Soviet Union & the Red Army's armoured forces since its development in 1940. Although similar to the US M4 Sherman tank, the T-34 is still in use today.
Seller Inventory # 206027
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ERLE STANLEY GARDNER - A CHECKLIST.
Published by Ohio. Kent State University Press., 1968
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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First Edition
Or.cl. 91pp. (sl foxing) to top edge. Very good copy. 1st ed. American author Erle Stanley Gardner is best known for his Perry Mason detective stories, but also wrote shorter pieces & travel writing, often publishing under numerous pseudonyms. A brief checklist.
Seller Inventory # 191551
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THE ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF AVIATION AND AEROSPACE FACTS.
Published by Pennsylvania. TAB Books Inc., 1984
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Col.Ill.wrapps. 464pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. Lacks title page. Packed with hundreds of fascinating facts & anecdotes from America's civil & military aviation history. With over 450 photographs selected from public & private archives from WWI to the Space Shuttle.
Seller Inventory # 200390
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VOYAGING WORLDS. The Hakluyt Society. Annual Lecture 2007.
Published by Lond. The Hakluyt Society., 2008
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Col.Ill.wrapps. 19pp. Very good copy. Voyaging Worlds was a talk delivered to The Hakluyt Society in London on the 27th of June, 2007 by Anne Salmond. It focuses on the exploration of the Pacific & its charting by the crew of the Endeavour.
Seller Inventory # 204508
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H IS FOR HAWK.
Published by N.Y. Grove Press., 2014
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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(rep) Ill.wrapps. 300pp. Very good copy. The story of the author's taming of a hawk. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2014.
Seller Inventory # #213585
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WORKING WITH COPPER, SILVER AND ENAMEL. Translated from the Swedish by T. W. and E. Summers.
Published by N.Y. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company., 1974
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Col.Ill.wrapps. 96pp. b/w ills. Good copy. With the help of this book, & without expert knowledge of the techniques involved, the reader can create objects of beauty & elegance in silver, copper & decorate them with enamel.
Seller Inventory # 205034
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HARVEST OF THE YEARS. The Story of Burwood, 1794 - 1974. Issued by Authority of the Council of the Municipality of Burwood.
Published by Surry Hills. The Wentworth Press., 1974
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
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First Edition
4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 194pp. Ex-Library copy with Dewey number on bottom edge of spine & back fbe. (sl foxing) to top edge. Dj with some wear to corners & spine ends. b/w ills. Fair copy. 1st ed. The area of Burwood Municipality began life as a grant of land for two large farms in 1803, Rowley's Farm & Faithful's Farm, ideally situated halfway between Sydney & Parramatta.
Seller Inventory # #212828
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PINJARRA STEAM EXPRESS. Newsletter of the Hotham Valley Tourist Railway (W.A.) Inc. Volume 19. No. 3. April, 1997. The railway run by volunteers.
Published by Hotham. Hotham Valley Tourist Rail. 1997.Col.Ill, 1997
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Ill.wrapps. 16pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. The Hotham Valley Tourist Railway is a tourist & heritage railway line run by volunteers in the Peel region of WA. The 32km stretch of rail runs from Pinjarra to Narrogin with steam locomotives.
Seller Inventory # 196955
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LOCKS & KEYS. Presented to you by the Commonwealth Savings Bank.
Published by Syd. William F. Schey Pty Ltd., 1961
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
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Col.Ill.wrapps. 16pp. Light creasing to bottom corner of covers. Light tanning to page edges. col & b/w ills. Very good copy. A history of locks & keys prepared by the Commonwealth Bank for children gives a brief history of locks, from Egyptian wooden keys to modern locks & safes. Includes a chapter on Houdini & his escapes.
Seller Inventory # 211547
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LET'S VISIT A HISTORIC SITE. Guided Tours of the Towns of the Berrima District.
Published by Berrima District Historical Society, 1980
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
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(rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 32pp. b/w ills. + maps. Very good copy. 3rd Edition. A guide to the historic towns of the Berrima District, including Mittagong, Bowral, Bong Bong, Moss Vale, Sutton Forest, & Berrima.
Seller Inventory # 205116
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THE EMU THAT WALKS TOWARDS THE RAIN. Illustrated by Will Rolland.
Published by Kenthurst. Kangaroo Press., 1990
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
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(rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 32pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. After an Emu lays a clutch of eggs, she has to wait until all the eggs are hatched so that she can take her baby Emus to find water. Luckily a rainstorm appears on the horizon, & they head towards it.
Seller Inventory # 197005
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STORIA E GUIDA DELLE GROTTE DI FRASASSI GENGA AN. La Grotta Grande Del Vento.
Published by Genga. Edizione Consorzio Frasassi. n.d. c1070s?, 1070
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Col.Ill.wrapps. 16pp. col ills. Text in Italian. Tourist Guide. The Frasassi Caves in Genga, Italy are the most famous show caves in Italy, featuring two sanctuary chapels built into the stalacties & stalagmites. First discovered in 1971 & now popular with tourists.
Seller Inventory # 194979
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COMRADE CHIANG CH'ING.
Published by Lond. Weidenfeld & Nicolson., 1977
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Or.bds. 549pp. b/w plates. Sl.foxing, & missing t.p., else a Very Good copy. A revealing biography of Chiang Ch'ing, the widow of Mao Tse-tung.
Seller Inventory # 202402
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NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF.
Published by Lond. Jonathan Cape., 2008
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
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First Edition
Or.qt.cl. & bds. 250pp. Foxing to top edge else a good copy. 1st ed.
Seller Inventory # 206764
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NIV NEW TESTAMENT. Holy Bible. Large Print. New International Version.
Published by Michigan. Zondervan., 2011
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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(rep) 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 270pp. Name on title page. Very good copy. The New Testament published in large print for easy reading. Includes a table of weights & measures to make sense of the biblical world.
Seller Inventory # 201559
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ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM GUIDE.
Published by Lond. Royal Air Force Museum. n.d.
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Oblong 8vo. Col.Ill.wrapps. 40pp. Light rubbing to corners. col & b/w ills. Very good copy. The Royal Air Force Museum is the only British national museum devoted solely to the history of aviation, & the complete story of the Air Ministry.
Seller Inventory # 206501
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A MEMORIAL SCULPTURE IN GLASS AND LIGHT. The Australian Services Nurses National Memorial. Order of Service, 2 October 1999.
Published by Canb. Dept of Veteran's Affairs., 1999
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Col.Ill.wrapps. 17pp. Name on inside front wrapps. Very good copy. The booklet of the order of service of the official unveiling of the Australian Services Nurses National Memorial on Anzac Parade in Canberra on the 2nd of October 1999.
Seller Inventory # 193878
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BIRDS OF PORT PHILLIP BAY. Stephen Garnett, Brett Lane, Martin Schulz, Kevin Wood. Ministry for Planning and Environment, Victoria. June 1986.
Published by Melb. Government Printers., 1986
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Col.Ill.wrapps. 90pp. Ex-library copy. Stickers to title page. Writing to top & bottom edges. Light rubbing to corners. Colour illustrations & maps. Good copy. Birds of Port Phillip Bay is a field guide for bird watchers, photographers, & anyone with an interest in natural history & the environment.
Seller Inventory # 211572
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THE WAY WE TRAVELLED: 24 READY TO MAIL VIEWS. Picture Post Cards of Yesteryear.
Published by Syd. View Productions Pty Ltd. n.d. c1980's, 1980
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
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4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 6pp. Name sticker to front cover. With 28 b/w postcard images. A collection of 28 pictorial postcards reproduced to showcase the various methods of transport used in Colonial Australia. From horse drawn vehicles to cars, trolley buses, steam trains & aircraft.
Seller Inventory # 212051
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HUNTER & HABITAT IN THE CENTRAL KALAHARI DESERT.
Published by Cambridge. Cambridge Uni Press., 1981
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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First Edition
Col.Ill.wrapps. 330pp. Wrapps with some scuffing to edges & ink mark on half-title page. b/w ills. Fair copy. 1st ed. The Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana is a sand desert covered in scrub & thorn forest. In this inhospitable territory live the hunter-gatherer Gwi bushmen. The author spent 10 years with them.
Seller Inventory # 210306
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DARS-ET (THIS IS IT). Birds & Flowers of Norfolk Island.
Published by Norfolk Island Hospital Auxiliary., 1976
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Col.Ill.wrapps. 16pp. col & b/w ills. Very good copy. The Norfolk Island Hospital Auxiliary published this book to raise funds for hospital amenities for hospital patients. It provides a guide to the birds & flowers of Norfolk Island.
Seller Inventory # 205152
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ELIZABETH COOK. The Captain's Wife 1741 - 1835.
Published by Syd. Maritime Heritage Press., 1995
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
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Col.Ill.wrapps. 24pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. Elizabeth Cook (nee Batts) was born in Wapping in 1741, & married James Cook in 1762. The couple had 6 children & she lived in the East End of London when her husband was at sea, & outlived her husband.
Seller Inventory # 211271
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ITALY - SICILY - 10. Italian State Tourist Department Guide Number 10. The Island of Sicily.
Published by Firenze. Italian State Tourist Dept n.d. c1960s?, 1960
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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Col.Ill.wrapps. 56pp. col & b/w ills. Two colour fold-out maps & Destination Map of Italy. Very good copy. This handy travel guide was published by Italy's State Tourist Department. The Tourist Department has divided Italy up into 11 regions, with a guide for each region. Sicily is Guide Number 10.
Seller Inventory # 194981
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201 JAPANESE VERBS. Fully Conjugated in All Its Forms.
Published by N.Y. Barron's Educational Series., 1971
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
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First Edition
Col.Ill.wrapps. 209pp. Very good copy. 1st ed. A guide to the Japanese language verbs. Contains Godan Verbs, also known as pentagrade verbs. Ichidan Verbs, also known as monograde verbs, & Irregular Verbs, most notably suru, to do & kuru, to come.
Seller Inventory # 210249
