Search Results: Titles starting with G from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

London, George Allen & Unwin first edition - h/c in d.j. This collection of essays illustrates the extent to which Moore's work has influenced and directed the thinking of mant importany contempprary philosophers. All of the essays were written in or after 1958 by philosophers whom Moore respected - among them A.j. Ayer, Gilbert Ryle, A.C. Ewing, C.D. Broad and Kneales. 223 x 145mm., p.p.376, contents near fine (no foxing), d.j. slight rubbing top/bottom spine & corners, VG+.

New York, Henry Holt first edition - h/c in d.j. And ""G"" is for Gumshoe is: A rich, complex, and gripping tale in which Kinsey's grit is tested to its utmost as she unearthhs the gruesome truth about a long-buried betrayal and, in the process, comes face-to-face with the grisly fact of her own mortality. ""G"" is for guilt and guile, for greed and grief and the Grim Reaper. And ""G"" is for good: very, very good indeed. Contents - no inscriptions, spine slightly cantered (slanted), d.j. no tears or chips. TRUE FIRST EDITION. VG+/VG+ ISBN: 0805004610

New York, Dodd, Mead and company first edition - h/c in d.j. Set in aboriginal Australia, this intriguing novel uses the green ant, Gabo Djara, as the basis for its allegory about the ravishment of a native land spoiled by the white man's uranium mining and tests for nuclear weapons. 21.5 x 14.5cm., pp. 242, gd. in d.j. ISBN: 0396088619

Docklands, The Slattery Media Group first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Gai has kept a meticulous, lively informative - and funny - diary of her life, philosophy, relationships and dreams. This is not just a day-by-day account of the life of a highly professional trainer, it is a frank reflection of what it takes to reach the top - and stay there. 242 x 160mm., pp. 288, b/w & colour plates, Gai Waterhouse (Statistical), Gai's Stable Stars. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, few 'surface' marks & rubbing - no tears. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 9780980744736

Crawley, University of Western Australia Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket From personal accounts to official records, from initial enlistment and treacherous landing, until the sombre withdrawal eight months later, Olson introduces among others, the larrikin Ben Bailey, heroic Douglas Barrett-Leonard, resourceful John Simpson and future author Albert Facey. We tread their footsteps through each painstaking battle for ground. 268 x 210mm., pp. xix, 396, b/w plates, notes, biblio., index. H/cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; d.j. med. rub. on back. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 192069482x

Sydney, Pan Macmillan reprint edition - paperback, stiff card covers This book is a monument to writing in its broad sweep of the issues, its mix of spare description when deatailing military manoeuvres, rich imagery when providing insight to men's characters, its flights of fancy which take the reader inside command tents cabinet rooms, and men's minds. Anzac is no myth it is history with a capital H. 234 x 155mm., pp. viii, 600, b/w plates, endnotes, biblio., index. Large paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions; card covers, no creases. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0732911281

North Sydney, William Heinemann/Random first edition - hard cover in dust jacket At dawn on 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey, with the hope of securing the Dardanelles and thus allowing the Imperial Fleet to go all the way to Constantinople. If all went well, it was Winston Churchill and Lord Kitchener's impassioned view that the Ottoman Empire would be knocked out of the war. But it did not go as planned. 243 x 160mm., pp. xxiv, 824, b/w plates, maps & drawings, notes & refer., biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. NEW. ISBN: 9781741666595

Melbourne., Angus and Robertson: Australian Classics Series Aust Classics Series - h/c in d.j. On the morning of April 25, 1915 the first wave of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed under intense Turkish fire on the Gallipoli Peninsula. When the Anzacs crept away, defeated eight months later, 7594 Australians had been killed and more than 19,000 had been wounded. Many of the men engaged in this tragic encounter were under the age of twenty-one, and many were just boys, as young as fifteen. This is the story of two of those boys. 22 x 14.5cm., pp. 280, v.g. in d.j. ISBN: 0207146004

Wollombi, Exisle Publishing First edition - large p/back, pict. card covers When troops from Great Britian, France, Australia, New Zealand and India landed on the strategic peninsula in the Agean Sea in April 1915, they believed they would quickly defeat Turkey and shorten the war with Germanny. Few foresaw the tragedy that lay ahead and no one predicted the impact it would have on the participating nations. 243 x 184mm., pp. 336, b/w & col. plates, notes, index. Large paperback, pict. card covers. Contents, no inscriptions; card covers, no creases, slight. rubbed corners. FINE. ISBN: 9781921966934

Carlton, Melbourne University Press first edition - paperback, stiff w/r. card covers Manning Clark's 'History of Australia' has been nominated as the most influential work of non-fiction Australia has produced. In this extract from Volume 5, the tragedy of Gallipoli is played out against the broader Australian experience of WWI, as a nation, still in its infancy, struggled to make sense of the terrible conflict in Europe and its cost. The MUP Masterworks series celebrates distinguished Australian writers and ideas. 180 x 112mm., pp. vi, 115, notes. P/back, stiff card covers. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0522851959

Chatswood, New Holland reprint edition - trade p/back, stiff card covers When the terror of Gallipoli was fresh in people's minds, the great English writer and future poet laureate John Masefield described what they had endured in that dreadful campaign. ""Gallipoli"", written at white heat a few months after the Allied withdrawal, is a classic (edit.) 200 x 130mm., pp. 1961, maps. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; card covers, no creases. ISBN: 9781742571621

East Roseville, Kangaroo Press/Simon & Schuster first edition - hard cover in dust jacket For the first time, the Gallipoli story is told in the words of the ordinary soldier fighting in the trenches. Day by day, starting with the landing on 25 April 1915 right up to the last day on 20 December 1915, the world of the Gallipoli is starkly revealed. 287 x 238mm., pp. xii, 306, b/w plates t/out, refer., append., The Roll of Honour, index. Contents, fine - no inscriptions; dust jacket, few light indentations - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0731812050

Hammersmith, Voyager/HarperCollins Publishers First Edition - hard cover in dust jacket True First Edition. 1st Printing. Correct numbering 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. This 1st Edition appears to have been released in 2010 to mark the Series 'VOYAGER 15th ANNIVERSARY' and has an additional page added to the First Edition, after the ffep. A paragraph reads 'The wealth and depth of the Voyager list is glorious. A lifetime's reading that can carry you from the fixed point stars of deep space to the forest, plains and mountains of Middle-earth.' 243 x 160mm., pp. 2, (Letter), 6 (prelim), 694. As NEW. ISBN: 9780007876440

Melbourne, Century Hutchinson first edition - h/c in d.j Wayne Gardner always aimed for the top, and he captured the hearts of Australian's on 9th April 1989 when he won the first Australian 500cc Grand Prix at Phillip Island. This victory mirrored his whole career - when the pressure was greatest, Gardner came through.This is the story of how he made it - from the time he found his first bike on a rubbish tip and bought it for $5, through life threatening injuries, to world champion. 245 x 160mm., pp. 153, b/w and col. plates t/out, d.j. no tears or chips, VG+ ISBN: 0091695805

Carlton, Melbourne University Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket It is ethnographic field work that opens new insights into human cultural and social systems. Lawrence shows how moral obligation, titles to land, the process of social control, and religion are woven into this basic fabric. In the last resort, moral principles rely on the individuals sense of responsibility. 224 x 150mm., pp. xxv, 276, b/w plates, maps, tables, notes, biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. light rubbing - no tears. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0522842315

London, Headline first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Sobers first class cricket career began with his debut for Barbados against India in 1953 and continued unblemished until he retired in 1974. He recalls the records, the runs, the wickets and the catches, but he also recalls the pain caused by the fatal car crash that killed his closest friend. 242 x 162mm., pp. 8 (prelim.), 342, b/w & col. plates, append. (Gary Sobers - A Career Record), index. H/cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. light creasing top/bottom edges - no tears. VG+/VG+ ISBN: 0755310063

Fremantle, Fremantle Arts Centre Press first edition - large booklet, stiff card covers The ""Western Mail"" Annuals were truly a ""gate of dreams"" through which could be seen Western Australia. The authors have collected a vivid cross-section of images and text from more than half a century. Two page story by Athur Upfield, ""Laffer's Gold"" and full page colour illustration by May Gibbs and b/w illust. by Ida S. Rentoul. 296 x 210mm., pp. 191, b/w & col. plates, biblio. Booklet, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, card covers, sl. rubbed corners & back cover, no creases. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0949206849

Bunbury, Charta First edition - hard cover without d.j. as issued 'My Grandfather's diaries gives an outline of the experiences of the early settlement of the Clifton family at Australind, while my memories are of Art and invention, from strings to pipes, Choirmaster and craftsman, St George's Cathedral and 231 Adelaide Terrace.' 303 x 218mm., pp. 101, col. frontis, b/w plates, biblio. Hard cover, blue rexine covered boards, gold blocked front & spine (without dust jacket as issued). Contents medium rubbed area top r.h. corner half title page. AUTHOR SIGNED. VG+

Avondale Estates, IllumiNetPress first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers Since 1975, a privately circulated document has been the subject of much discussion and debate among researchers into the dark realmes of political conspiracy. Purporting to revea lthe identity of the conspirators in the John F. Kennedy assassination. "" The Gemstone File"" interprets pivotal historical events in a new light. 214 x 136mm., pp. viii, pp; 214, append., notes. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, card covers, no creases. FINE ISBN: 0962653454

Melbourne, CSIRO first edition - paperback with map 242 x 178mm., pp. 152, diagrams, maps. Large booklet, stiff card covers PLUS large folded map detailing VEGETATION, SOILS and GEOLOGY housed in an envelope in poor condition. Booklet and Map. VG+