Australiana from Lems Bookshop

The recording of history was made much easier with the invention and development of the camera. This book draws on the skills of those early photograhers and brings together a collection of scenes from early Sydney and Melbourne, of the goldfields, and of aspects of life generally including working, recreational and family life. 204 pahes with numerous illustrations throughout. Book… Read more about this item

Stories from nine Aboriginal Fitzroy River Drovers. The men come from different tribes of the West Kimberley but they share a common background and speak for generations that have endured injustices. 288 pages with numerous illustrations (some in colour) throughout and a map. Book and dust jacket in very good condition.

The author draws on the world's largest boomerang collection housed at the South Australian Museum to describe the boomerang's traditional uses and its more recent flight into western culture - a comprehensive survey of a traditional artefact. 134 pages with numerous colour illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition with faint mark on back cover.

Signed by Pro Hart. A selection of the most well-known and best-loved of Paterson's poems with accompanying paintings by Pro Hart. 136 pages with 51 colour illustrations. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with slight creasing on back.

The exraordinary life of an ordinary man who battled and won against impossible odds. 342 pages with numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name inside front cover and birthday inscription prior to title page. Dust jacket in good+ condition with small tear bottom spine and ?water "damage". This is a big… Read more about this item

The author at age 20 is sent to be the only teacher in a remote country town. He has eighteen pupils ranging from 5 to 15 years old, few lesson plans and scant teaching materials - a very daunting task. 284 pages. Book in very good+ condition.

Booklet to accompany an Exhibition of May Gibbs work. No page numbers but 24 pages with 6 colour and four black and white illustrations from her books. Booklet in near fine condition.

$30 An Alexander Bunyip Book. Selfish Brother Bert comes to stay at the Billabong. 28 pages with colour illustrations on all. Book in very good condition with previous owners name top title pages and 12cm tear to title page against spine. Also have 2 other books in the series- $40 The Bush Fire - very good+ condition $25 The Birthday… Read more about this item

Over 150 years of decorative crafts, furniture, jewellery, pottery, coins and bottles. Shows have been the decorative trends and designs of a developing nation with a passion for all things Australian. A reference book for collectors but also an unusual and vivid pictorial guide to the furniture and objects that in their way are all part of Australia's cultural heritage.… Read more about this item

Celebrating the colourful, creative and amazing people who make Australia unique - 28 Australian Country Characters. 299 pages with black and white photographs throughout the text. Book in very good+ condition.

Three volume set in slipcase which has some wear. Volume 1 - The Bunyip Wakes! and Uncle Harry Returns. 301 pages with drawings throughout. Book in good condition with rating due to 45 page section that has come loose otherwise very good. Volume 2 - Cattle Camp Collection and Verses of a Vagrant. 300 pages with some drawings. Book in very… Read more about this item

The author and his family turn their backs on the cities and meet the true individualists such as the maker of flint-lock muskets, the bird imitator, the builder of dry stone walls, and how his family fashioned a new way of life. 181 pages with 23 black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition. Dust jacket in very good… Read more about this item

Peter Moore left the city behind in 1952 to become part of a dying breed - a long distance drover along the outback stock routes of western Queensland and New South Wales. 232 pages with black and white illustrations throughout. Book in good+ condition with minor water damage top of pages next to cover and light tanning.

Twenty of Henry Lawson's poems each with an accompanying colour painting by Ninon Phillips. 64 pages with 20 colour paintings. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition.

Capturing the original spirit of Australia the book is divided into five sections; The story of the bush song and bush ballad; composition of the ballads; words of the ballads and songs; brief life story of the balladists; the music. 190 pages with black and white illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition with minor foxing. Dust jacket in very… Read more about this item

Poems and works of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson selected by David Forsythe. Two volumes both 752 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Both copies in as new condition in slip case. Combined weight 3.5kg but no increase in postage in Australia

The story of Bertha Strehlow in verse - her life centering on the years she spent with her husband in Australia's Central Desert region, adventures and trials and the transforming nature of the desert and the Aboriginal people she meets. 150 pages with 6 illustrations. Book in near fine condition.

Full of adventure and peril, joy and longing - a selection of our finest writing about the mystery and majesty of the Australian bush. 347 pages. Book in very good+ condition with booksellers sticker on back.

Twenty vital snapshots of Australian life that inspire and enthral with their energy, originality and genuine pioneering spirit. 308 pages with 16 pages of photographs, half in colour. Book in very good+ condition.

1st Birthday Souvenir. 182 pages with various articles including one by Max Harris, the Playmate of the month and the Playmate Roundup - a pictorial look at the first year's centrefolds. 32 pages of colour nudes. Magazine in near fine condition.