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London: Frederick Muller Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Cloth. 0584101511 . With 59 b/w plates, including maps and sketches of Australia and Tasmania. In this book David Davies recounts the tortuous history of the Tasmanians' extermination and examines the physique, morals and social structure of the race itself. Dustjacket show signs… Read more about this item

Aust: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hard Cover. viii, 124pp; beautifully illust by author, previous owner's inscription to half title pg.; 280 x 200mm .

London: Philip Allan. Very Good. 1927. Cloth. xii, 253pp, ads, b/w illus frontis. Green cloth, corners lightly bumped, previous owner's inscription to front free e/paper, light foxing, mainly to foredges.; 220 x 140mm .

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Very Good. 1877. First Edition. Quarter Leather. xi,459pg +25pg adverts at rear; ads on endpapers, 12 colour plates plus other illust; rebound in quarter dark green leather/cloth sides, raised bands, gilt rule and title piece on spine, all edges gilt.; 210x140 .

Canberra: The Corps Committee of the Royal Australian Engineers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. xviii, 203 pgs, 39 illustrations, illustrated endpapers, 2 short tears on rear panel of dust jacket, previous owners small stamp on all edges.; 235 x 150mm .

London: Heinemann. Very Good. Hard Cover. xii, 423pp; b/w illusts, green boards, corners lightly bumped, inscription to ffep, moderate foxing to foredges.; 220 x 145mm .

London: Martin Secker. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1930. First English Edition. Hardcover. Translated from the German by J. J. Saville Garner. Yellow cloth, some foxing to foredges, pictorial d/w has silverfish damage but is now protected, previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. ; 210 x 140mm; 214 pages .

London: Constable & Co.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. xiv, 367pp; b/w illusts, d/w a little sunned. ; 220 x 140mm .

Aust: Nelson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. xiv, 329pp; illust, top edge of upper board chipped, d/w chipped along top. ; 235 x 155mm .

Thomas Lothian & Co. 1909. 1st ed. vi, 156pgs, 8pgs of publishers adverts. orig. cloth boards, top edge gilt. V.good copy. .

University of Pittsburgh Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First American Edition. Hard Cover. x, 579 pgs, this book has never been borrowed from the library and is a very clean copy except for the small stamps on all edges and title page.; Ex-Library; 220 x 140mm .

New York: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. xii, 418pp; b/w photographic illusts. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper.; 240 x 160mm .

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. A very good copy with a dustjacket that has 2 small pieces missing, one fron top of front panel and the other from bottom of spine, d/j is now protected. ; 190 x 120mm; 253 pages .

Naval Records Society. Good. 1897. xlviii, 219pp; colour frontis, 3 b/w illust. Quarter buckram, black spine, new title label, cream sides a tad dirty & flecked, device in gilt. Ex-library copy with book plate to front e/p, corners bumped, contents very good. Vol. X.; 235 x 160mm .

London: Anthony Treherne & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1904. Second Impression. Hard Cover. xxxvi (last blank), 444 (last blank) pp, with seven coloured pages & 30 full page illustrations & illustrated endpapers by the celebrated artist Hokusai, never before reproduced in England, top edge gilt but fading, This book was originally bound in a… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia. Fine with no dust jacket. 1978. First Thus. Hard Cover. Australiana facsimile editions No. 203, This title was originally published in 1897, [xii], 504 pp, frontis; & 2 other illust:, ex-lib stamp on all edges, front free endpaper, half title page and back e/p has date due sticker. Original tan vinyl… Read more about this item

London: Burns and Oates. Very Good. N.D.. Hardcover. No date (inscription on title page dated 1894) , 241pp plus 16 page catalogue at rear. Original decorative red cloth has 1cm split to rear spine, corners rubbed, decorative title page, small split to hinge front endpaper, otherwise a good copy. ; 170 x 110mm; [vi], 241 pages .… Read more about this item

London: Thomas and William Boone. Very Good. 1856. New & Revised Edition. Cloth. vol 1; xxiv, 522pp, 10 plates: vol 11; xiii, 500pp, 12 plates: vol 111; xi, 427pp; 9 plates: vol 1V; xiv, 478pp, 11 plates: vol V; x, 444pp, 11 plates: vol V1; vii, 463pp, 2 plates. All volumes have uncut… Read more about this item

Ohio: Barnum. Good. 1920. Cloth. xxxviii, 1406pp; numerous illusts, 2 fold out maps (small tears to both), maroon cloth a tad soiled & flecked, new e/ps. INCLUDING THE BREEDING,CARE, FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF HORSES, CATTLE, SWINE, SHEEP AND POULTRY WITH A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT ON DAIRYING BEING ALSO A COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. Special Edition Volumes… Read more about this item

London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. 2nd Impression. Hard Cover. viii, 431pgs, frontis; portrait & 5 other plates, 4 folding maps & 2 full pg maps, top corner of leaf 285-286 is torn away, with no loss to text, presumably as it was being slit open as it is an untrimmed copy, although all… Read more about this item