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London: Fourth Estate, 1997. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos centre spread, small tear spine jacket. 240 pp. Revered by many fundamentalist Shiites and reviled by the West, Hezbollah is considered to be a paradigm for other militant groups wishing to make the promise of Islamic Revolution a reality. Journalist Hala Jaber was granted exclusive and unparalleled access to the inner circle of this Lebanese fundamentalist Islamic organization, and she exposes not only its tactics, but also its history, ideology and culture.

Melbourne: Hotham History Project, 2000. Paperback small quarto, very good plus condition, many black & white text-photos, minimal creasing covers. 96 pp. The history of the Lort Smith Animal Hospital and the Lost Dog's Home, North Melbourne. The dedication and generosity of many people who have devoted their time, money and expertise to welfare of animals is a central part of this important book.

Sydney: Heritage Council of New South Wales / Land and Property Management Authority, 2010. Hardback square folio, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, colour text-photos & drawings, small bump bottom edge, minimal edgewear. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 160 pp. History academic Ian Jack recognises and celebrates Governor Lachlan Macquarie's foresight and capability in the laying out of eight towns in New South Wales, as well as the amendments he made to the existing towns of Sydney and Parramatta, and the renaming of the streets of Newcastle. Contains separate chapters on Liverpool, Hawkesbury - Nepean, Windsor, Richmond, Wilberforce, Pitt Town, Castlereagh, Campbelltown, Bathurst, Newcastle, Parramatta, Sydney, and the Land and Property Management Authority.

Sydney: Murdoch Books, 2020. Paperback octavo, very good condition, spine minimally faded, minor edgewear corner tips covers. 310 pp. In this special well-documented book, Christine Jackman follows her own journey to escape from her previous hectic lifestyle. She explores what is happening to our brains, our lives and our communities as we live with the never ending noise in modern society. She examines ways to reverse the damage using simple daily acts to get rid of the stimuli and reclaim the silence. The author is a respected Australian journalist and communications consultant.

London: Reaktion Books, 2006. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white photos & cartoons, minimal edgewear jacket. 288 pp. The history of an idea, allergy, that snowballed into a medical concept, generated intense interest, and constituted a classic case in the interactions of civilization and disease.

London: Pollock's Toy Theatres Ltd, 1971. Paperback quarto, good plus condition, thick card cover, stapled (rusted), sepia (brown-coloured) drawings, colour card inserts at rear, spine ends chipped, endpapers toned, covers & bottom edges some pages little foxed, minor edgewear. Unnum pp. Cover title continues: Designed and adapted by Mr. Peter C. Jackson from the origiinal Toy Theatre play first published in 1847. Together with another version compiled from Mummers Plays in 1871 by Mrs. Juliana Ewing. The whole embellished with a scholarly introduction by Mr Ronald Smedley.

Oxon: Routledge, 2006. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 261 pp. A fascinating examination of the lives and thoughts of 50 influential figures in Islam and surveys a heritage which covers 1500 years. Includes key figures such as the Prophet Muhammad, Suleiman the Magnificent, and also El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X). The book is fully cross-referenced. For each key figure, the book provides: biographical details, presentation and analysis of their main ideas, an account of their impact and influence within and, if appropriate, beyond the Islamic tradition. There is also a list of major works and further reading. (First edition stated. One of the Routledge Key Guides series.).

London: Rigel Publications, 2004. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition, pictorial cover (in very good dustjacket), maps, minor edgewear jacket. 206 pp. This is the story of the dark days of 1940 when defeat overtook the British Expeditionary Force in French Flanders, and 200,000 soldiers were spirited away back to Britain.

City Not Stated: Phillip Jackson , 1998. 1st ed.. Paperback wide trade, very good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, three black & white photos, map, illustrated front cover, printed on 100% recycled paper, author photo rear cover, few spots covers, minor edgewear. 18 pp. The author has written this very useful pamphlet for anyone who wants to learn the special craft of playing the Australian Aboriginal wind instrument the didgeridoo, a name that does not seem to have an Indigenous origin.

London: Conran Octopus, 1991. 1st ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour photos (most full-page), faint foxing top edge, minor edgewear. 144 pp. This book rediscovers the Greek culinary tradition which follows the healthier Mediterranean diet. The beautiful photos show a Greece unknown even to the many visitors who visit the beaches yearly. The author has lived on the island of Hydra since 1976. The recipes have been collected from local people, and she has developed her own variations, using local ingredients.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1979. 1st English ed.. Hardback large square quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial boards, colour drawings, illustrated endpapers, spine little slack (pages firm), minor edgewear (mostly base spine). 28 pp. A children's picture book by Una Jacobs about field mice, including a description of their life-cycle, how they stake out their territories, build burrows, store food, make nests and bring up their young. A remarkable story of survival and adaptation, illustrated with large, colourful pictures. (The title is listed variously as Fieldmice or Field Mice. Translated from German by Gwen Marsh.).

Oakville, ONT / Surrey: Frederick Harris / Alfred Lengnick, 1910. Paperback small folio, looseleaf, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, rubber stamps, owner's written name. 6 pp. Sheet music. High voice. Words and music by Jacobs-Bond.

Hollywood, CA / Sydney: Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son / W. H. Paling, 1920. Paperback folio, looseleaf (not stapled), good condition, front & rear cover detached (re-attached by archival tape), front cover foxed (rear cover lightly foxed, internally not affected), rubber stamp. 4 pp. (Copyright date, 1920. Australian edition.) Sheet music, words & music by Carrie Jacobs-Bond, sung by Norma Douglass, arranged for Universal's jewel masterpiece "The Storm" by Wilfred Leon. Includes one-page extracts from three other pieces by Carrie Jacobs-Bond.

Canberra, Kambah: The Author: Kris Jacobsen, 2009. 1st ed.. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, full-page colour & sepia (brown-tinted) plates (mostly of paintings), black & white drawings (mostly letters), tables, minor edgewear. 188 pp. First edition. The story of a young Jew, Jacob Isaacs, and his son Benjamin, who were living in the oppressive social and economic conditions in the east London district of Whitechapel. Jacob had been trained as a hatter but, driven to crime by his pervasive poverty and an eye for a quick gain, he turned to criminal activities which resulted in his transportation, on two separate occasions, to the penal colony of New South Wales. Benjamin became involved in a charitable London institution which installed Christian beliefs, and provided n education and an apprenticeship in the printing trade. He migrated free to New South Wales where he was responsible for establishing the first newspaper at Parramatta and Bathurst. In a career spanning a lifetime… Read More

Wollongong, NSW: Illawarra Historical Society, 1997. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, card cover (stapled), black & white text-photos, map, glossy paper, rubbed spot top corner front cover, minor edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. 64 pp. The story of the Unanderra to Moss Vale railway line, which connects Wollongong on the coast to Moss Vale on the main Southern Sydney to Melbourne line. After 50 years delay in planning different routes, this line opened in 1932 for coal transport and passenger services. Lavishly illustrated. (Originally published in 1977. This is the 1997 reprint with a new pictorial cover.).

Perth, St Georges Terrace: St George Books, 1982. Paperback trade, very good condition, card covers (with flaps), few black & white drawings & photos, covers lightly scratched, minor rubbing spine ends, light stain bottom edge last few pages, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name & date). 103 pp. In this very special story, Edith Jacobson writes about her life as a pharmacist in Perth, Western Australia. During her time as a pharmacist, she has meet some interesting people, and recounts their strange and wonderful stories.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition. 300 pp. From the expert who first brought Iran's nuclear program to the attention of the world comes a searing expose of the inner workings and plans of Iran's mullahs. With access to dissident groups inside Iran, traces President Ahmadinejad from his radical roots and involvement in terror attacks to his impact on Iran's weapons program. Reveals new details of Iran's meddling in Iraq, and its broader goals for the future of the Middle East.

Princeton, NJ: Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory, Princeton University, 1983. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, card cover (with peephole), typewritten text (one side of page only), minor edgewear. 23 pp. This informative essay by Robert Jahn from PEAR (Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab) explores the difficulty of presenting psychic research findings to mainstream science, and with obtaining resources. He offers several recommendations including better presentation of research, and how to deal with critics and zealots, and merger of the various parapsychological societies. Based on an invited talk to the Parapsychological Association Annual Convention. Fairleigh - Dickinson University, 1983.

Melbourne: Transit Lounge, 2012. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. 292 pp. This novel is set in India, Russia, Italy and Australia. A haunting novel full of music and emotions that moves with ease across continents.

Bristol / Budapest: Adam Hilger / Akademiai Kiado, 1977. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good plus condition, cancelled EX-LIBRARY (spine label, barcode, pocket, etc), black & white text-photos, figures, tables, some edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. . 284 pp. Updated and translated from Hungarian, this book describes in detail the geomorphology of karst terrains (barren and cavernous limestone or dolomite regions, named after the Karst region in and near Croatia).