Search Results: Authors starting with C from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

Sydney, Hale & Iremonger first edition - papaeback, stiff w/r. card covers Victoria was regarded as one of the richest places in the world during the nineteenth century Yet there were substantial amounts of poverty. This book examines the paradox of extreme poverty in the midst of extreme wealth and explains the nature of the system that emerged to deal with those unable to care for themselves. 218 x 137mm., pp. 190, b/w plates, append., notes, biblio., index. Paperback, stiff w/r. covers. VG+ ISBN: 0868064386

Sydney, HarperCollins Publishers First edition - hard cover in dust jacket Life for Tim was about family and football. With his trademark honesty and candour, Tim reflects on what it takes to make it to the top - the sacrifices, the physical cost, the mental stamina, the uncompromising self belief, but also the integrity and generosity. An autobiography that is more than a record of the goals and the games. 244 x 160mm, pp. frontis., 362, col. plates. H/c in d.j. Contents, HAND SIGNED by TIM CAHILL (Title page) no other inscriptions; d.j., few light'surface' marks. NEAR FINE. ISBN: 9781460750483

London, Macmillan/Pan Macmillan First edition - hard cover in dust jacket Detective Sheridan is trying to rebuild his life with his family. But he remains haunted by beautiful, ruthless serial killer Gretchen Lowell - the woman who tortured him then saved his life. Now she is safely behind bars -but then the unthinkable happens - Gretchen escapes. 242 x 160mm., pp. viii, 359. Hard cover in dust jacket. True First Edition (correct numbering). Contents, AUTHOR SIGNED (Title page), no other inscriptions; dust jacket, slight creasing on top/bottom edges - no tears. FINE/NEAR FINE. ISBN: 9780230015906

London, British Broadcasting Corporation first edition - h/c in d.j. The author's high-spirited account of the oldest and most recent comet science tells of repeated contests between imagination and evidence. Calder has consulted comet experts, space scientists, geologists and psychologists to bring to the reader a fascinating look at fact and fiction. 235 x 162mm., pp. 160, b/w & col. plates, biblio., index. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. slight creasing top spine & top/bottom edges. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0563178590

Carlton North, Scribe first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers This book stands to educate, alert, and mobilize millions of young people and concerned citizens, helping them to understand the planetary threat posed by an aggrssive nuclear weapons industry in a volatile world. (edit.) 210 140mm., pp. 210 x 140mm., pp. 295, xx, 295, append, notes, index. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, npo inscriptions, card covers, no creases - slight rubbing on corners. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0908011652

Newport, Big Sky Publishing first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The Gallipoli campaign involved a mix of nationalities that went beyond the Anzacs and Turks to include German offices, and British and Indian troops. Non combatants also provided critical roles. Indian mule handlers moved supplies, engineers drilled for water, signalmen ran the gauntlet. These are the people whose words tell this story. 240 x 165mm., pp.vi, 811, b/w plates, endnotes biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions. FINE/FINE ISBN: 9781922132741

Sydney, University of New South Wales Press first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers Through the use of letters, diaries and interviews from both Commonwealth and Turkish soldiers, Cameron recreates the five days that defined the August Offensive, including the battles of Lone Pine, The Nek, Chunuk Bair, Hill Q and Hill 97. While soldiers on both sides fought courageously, even in the face of certain death, the Offensive continues to be a grim chapter in the Gallipoli story. 235 x 155mm., pp. xiv, 370, b/w plates, maps, notes, refer., index. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. As NEW. ISBN: 9781742230771

Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin first edition - large paperback, stiff card covers On 25 April 1915 Australian troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in what is now called Anzac Cove. They rushed from the beach to Plugge's Plateau and into Australian military history. Quotes from diaries and war records bring to life the tragedy of that day, and are interspersed with accounts of Charles Bean's return to the peninsula in 1919 to organise the burial of the dead and the formation of memorials. 230 x 150mm., pp. xxviii, 324, b/w plates, maps, index. P/back, stiff card covers. FINE/FINE ISBN: 9781741149807

Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons first edition - hard cover in dust jacket A wonderful argued and constructed essay on the life and faith of T.E. Lawrence - 'There is an ideal standard somewhere and only that matters: and I cannot find it. Hence this aimlessness. T.E. Lawrence.' 192 x 138mm., pp. 81, plain tan covers (boards) discoloured around inner edges (unseen), with attached d.j. (glued along spine), med. wear/slight loss bot. spine, sl. rub. two small areas near spine (front), sl. rub/wear corner folds, contents near fine - a very nice copy of a rare book. NEAR FINE/VG

Jannali, the Author first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers The task for the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Terry Farrell, his officers and NCO's was to form, train and prepare for battle a new machine gun battalion. The newly formed battalion served in the defence of Port Moresby, Battle of Wau and at Milne Bay. 245 x 170mm., pp. xxi (Chrononology of the Battalion), 155, b/w plates, maps, append. (Honour Roll, List of Officers & NCOs, Nominal Roll), indexes - Name, Unit, general). Trade paperback, illustrated card covers. NEW. ISBN: 9780987238726

Sydney, Angus and Robertson first edition - h/c in d.j. The predominant image in David Campbell's poetry is the song of a bird - a symbol for him of the creative impulse: ""Of such stuff the stars were made"", he wrote in the title poem of 'Speak With the Sun'. Here, the bird sings most clearly in the opening lyrics which concern themselves directly with the springs of life and spirit. (edit.) 220 x 145mm., pp. 10 (prelim.), 69, sl. foxed page edges, p.o.i. ffep. (neat 2 lines), sl. rub. top/bot. bds, flap shadow on endpapers, no tears or chips, VG/VG+.

Sydney, Australasian Publishing in conjunction with Australasian Institue of Political Science first edition - h/c in d.j. This volume contains the five papers, and the discussions on them, which were read before the summer school of the Australasian Institute of Political Science at Canberra 29th to 31st January 1944, on the subject of 'Post-War Reconstruction in Australia'. Includes papers by Menzies, Coombs, Ross and Evatt. 190 x 130mm., pp. 347, append., index, p.o.i. ffep (neat - 1 line), contents v.g. +, d.j. sl. wear top/bot. spine, still v.g.+, includes some small newspaper clippings of the day.

Sydney, Ironbark/Pan Macmillan first edition - hard cover in dust jacket In an international career spanning fourteen years, Campese played more test matches for Australia and scored more tries than any other player in the history of the game. Here ten commentators - teammates, opponents, friends bring their perspective to his exceptional life. (edit.) 317 x 230mm., pp. xiv, 114, b/w & col. plates t/out, Statistics, Summary of Test matches v all Nations, Team of the Decade. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - very nice 'personal inscription' and SIGNED on title page. VG+/VG ISBN: 0732908507

South Yarra, Viking O'Neil for The Australian Collector 1988 special edition - hard cover WITHOUT dust jacket Chapter headings include: 1) The Heroic Struggle to Occupy a Whole Continent; 2) A Land of Convicts and Capitalists Finds Something Worth Defending; 3) Nationhood Achieved Within Empire's Bonds; 4) Through World Cataclysms, Australia Proves Itself to the World; 5) The Long Road to Freedom. 310 x 230mm., 224, b/w & col. plates t/out, index. Orig. green cloth lined boards, gold blocked, quarter leather spine, all edges gilt -without dust jacket as issued. Contents - no inscriptions. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0859022102

New York, Harper & Row first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Sociobiology is one of the most hotly debated topics in the intellectual arena. Caplan has tried to provide the requisite historical and scientific readings for placing the debate in perspective. 210 x 142mm., pp. xiv, 514, biblio., index. Hard cover in in dust jacket. Contents, ffep has a ""shadow outline"" of newspaper clipping (?), no inscriptions, d.j., slight creasing top spine & top front edge - no tears or chips. VG+/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0060106336

St Lucia, University of Queensland Press Publishers Advance Copy - paperback Trade size paperback with gold coloured stiff wraparound cover. Notice on back ""ACCEPTANCE OF THIS ADVANCE COPY IS CONDITIONAL ON STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE REVIEW EMBARGO DATE OF SATURDAY AUGUST 20, 1994"", 216 x 137mm., pp. 8 (prelim.), 422, 10 pages of adverts, map. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, spine NOT broken, minor blemishes. VG+ ISBN: 0702226262

Milsons Point, Knopf/Random House first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Using as a springboard the Ern Malley hoax, Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explores how the phantom poet taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker, pursuing Chubb from Melbourne to the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kula Lumpur. We also INCLUDE a hard cover copy of ""The Ern Malley Affair"" in near fine condition. 242 x 153mm., pp. 8 (prelim.), 280. Hard cover in d.j. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j., very small tear top front edge. True first edition with correct numbering. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 1740512464

St Lucia, University of Queensland Press REPRINT - hard cover in dust jacket Oscar is a young English clergyman who has broken with his past (especially his father) and developed a disturbing talent for gambling. A country gitl of singular ambition, Lucinda moves to Sydney, driven by dreams of self-reliance and the building of an industrial Utopia. (edit.) 225 x 147mm., 14 (prelim.), 511. Contents, no inscriptions; d.j. slight creasing top spine, very small tear top front edge, slight rubbing. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0702221163

St Lucia, University of Queensland Press Celebratory Edition - hard cover in dust jacket This celebratory edition produced to commemorate Peter Carey winning the '2001 Booker Prize' appears to have been printed by mid-November 2001 and limited quantities were distributed to bookshops in that period. The quantity involved would be CONSIDERABLY LESS than the original Limited Edition hard cover. In all appearances it looks like the Limited Edition hard cover but with several differences - different ISBN, glassine dust jacket with additional wording ""Booker Prize Winner 2001"". FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0702233218

Milsons Point, Knopf/Random FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION - h/c in d.j. Using as a springboard the Ern Malley hoax, Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explores how the phantom poet taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker - the young poet Christopher Chubb. This book is often overlooked as not one of Carey's best; but beneath the ""true"" story, is a real gem of Australian literature. 242 x 155mm., pp. 8, 280, first Australian edition - 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, contents fine - no inscriptions, d.j. two small closed tear top front fold. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 1740512464