Search Results: Titles starting with J from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

Melbourne, Dent Australia first edition - h/c in d.j. As the author explains in his introduction, the text is drawn in large part from extensive tape conversations between the two friends. The result is an unusual, absorbing and important life story of a great Australian who has emerged in recent decades as a leading and distinctive Aboriginal voice. 22 x 14cm., pp. vix + 211, incl. b/w plates. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0867700750

Melbourne, Viking/Penguin Books First Australian edit. - h/c in dust jacket This was Bryce Courtney's last novel. He passed away just two weeks after it was published in September 2012. In the book he writes an Acknowledgement, telling of his journey through writing, and thanking his reading fans and the many people who helped him along that road. Very moving. 238 x 163mm., pp. 6 (preliminaries), 711. H/cover in dust jacket. TRUE FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION Correct Numbering 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Contents, no inscriptions; d.j., light creasing top edge - no tears. FINE/NEAR FINE

Melbourne, Hutchinson first Australian edition - h/c in d.j. The author at his spikiest and best takes a shrewd look at the crankier fringes of psychotherapy, at its hard-ware and jargon, its practitioners and victims and - beyond all that - at where sex, Seventies-style, has landed us. This hilarious and touching study of a satyr in retreat is one of his funniest novels. 222 x 147mm., pp. 285, contents v.g., date line top ffep (neat), d.j. slight creasing top/bottom spine, no tears or chips, no fading, VG+/VG+ ISBN: 0091343909

London, Macmillan second edition - h/c in d.j. This thorough study of the English spoken in Jamaica, although intended for the general educated reader rather than the linguistic specialist, has a foundation of sound scholarship which will make it authoritative for many years to come. 223 x 152mm., pp. ix + 468, map, Books, Periodicals, and Manuscripts Cited, notes, Qord List, p.o. names (three - neat) ffep., contents near fine, d.j. rubbing top/bottom spine & corners, closed tears - bright & clean, v.g.

St Lucia, University of Queensland Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket In his analysis of Stephens' career, through difficulties encountered in tracing parts of the poet's life, the author has turned tantalizing gaps caused by lack of material, into puzzles, is wity and often wry, but never dull. He also builds us a graphic picture of the social background of the age. 222 x 143mm., pp. 10, 126, b/w plates, biblio. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, slight 'spotting' top edge, d.j. medium rubbed background colour, closed tear top back edge. NEAR FINE/VG

Roseville, The Beagle Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Gleeson came into prominence in 1939 as a leading Surrealist. The work he produced since 1983, is the subject of this book, presenting the finest of his works illustrated in full colour, together with his black and white charcoal illustrations. 315 x 252mm., pp. 112, b/w & col. plates t/out, Biographical Notes, Selected Exhibitions, biblio., List of Plates. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; d.j. slight rubbing top spine and light markings front panel - no tears. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0959420975

Crawley, University of Western Australian Press First edition - hard cover in dust jacket James Stirling's distinguished and multi-faceted career carried him to the four corners of the nineteenth century world. This biography documents Stirling's path from birth into one of Scotland's oldest families, through to founder and Governor of the Swan River Colony and ultimately, to Admiral and British navel chief in East Asia. 248 x 173mm., pp. xv, 655, b/w & col. plates, maps, notes, biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, slight rubbed corner. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0876268948

New York, Collier/Macmillan first edition - paperback, vinyl w/r. covers This book does not in any way pretend to be a detailed history of airships. However, what has been presented here is a detailed check-list of every type and class of airship ever built. This check-list takes the form of a series of tables in which the basic data relating to each craft or class, where known is given plus in many cases a photograph of the craft. 110 x 180mm. (oblong), 244, b/w plates t/out, biblio., index. Paperback, soft vinyl printed covers. Contents - no inscriptions. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0020803303

Melbourne, Robertson & Mullins/The John Day Co. first Aust. edit. - booklet, stiff card covers How long ago did Japan take to the violent road of conquest? Is Japan over-populated? Must she expand? What have the Japanese and the Nazis in common? What must we do with a defeated Japan? Here are the answers to these crucial questions. (edit.) 180 x 125mm., pp. xi, 150, append., refer., index. Small booklet, stiff card covers with folds (flaps). Contents, no inscriptions, paper medium ""toned"" mainly on edges; card covers, very clean and in excellent condition. VG+

Narrabeen, Casper Publications REVISED edit. - h/cover in dust jacket This book presents new information about the Sydney Harbour attack, the shelling of Sydney and Newcastle a week later, and the large-scale submarine campaign to terrorise and destroy commercial shipping off the east coast of Australia. 228 x 165mm., pp. 264, b/w plates, append., biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, one EX LIBRARY stamp top of Imprint page - no other stamps or library rubbish; d.j., light creasing on edges. Lovely copy. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0977506304

St Lucia, University of Queensland Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket On 5th August 1944, more than 900 Japanese prisoners-of-war made a suicidal attempt to break out of their prison camp at Cowra. Of the 1,104 Japanese in the camp, 234 were killed and 108 wounded. A similar incident at Featherstone Camp, Wellington, New Zealand left 48 dead and 63 wounded. In each case it appeared they would rather seek death than freedom. Why was this so? 224 x 143mm., pp. xvi, 225, b/w plates, biblio., index. Contents, no inscriptions; d.j., sl. rub. front/back/edges. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0702212261

Prahran, Hardie Grant Books First edition - hard cover in dust jacket Jason Akermanis - legend, troublemaker, showman, show-off - there's no denying that he made an impression in his 16 years as an AFL star player. After more than 325 games, three premierships and a Brownlow Medal. Interwoven is his personal story of finding and reconciling with his biological father. 243 x 160mm., pp. viii, 296, colour plates, Career Statistics. H/cover in d.j. SIGNED by JASON AKERMANIS and Dated - no other inscriptions; d.j., rubbed on back panel - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE. ISBN: 9781740668248

Hobart, The Publishers Pty Ltd. reprint with corrections - hard cover in d.j. This is the story of an enigma which remained unresolved over the past four centuries. Circa 1536 - 1550, the French school of navigation and charting at Dieppe produced atlas and world maps some of which portrayed a vast land mass south of Indonesia. This led many historians to associate it with the continent of Australia. 280 x 200cm., pp. xv, 140, endpaper maps, b/w & 2 col. maps & plates., index. H/cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, d.j. med. rubbed top spine. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0949325007

Sydney, Pesaro first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The volumetric, figurative and formal explorations of their public buildings are immediately identifiable, and JCY are now one of Australia's most significant and influential architectural practices. This book documents all JCY's significant built and unbuilt work (to 2005). 262 x 240mm., pp. 128, JCY Past and Present Employees, JCY Directors, Awards, Selected Publications. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, dust jacket, slight creasing top back edge. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 1877015083

London, Book Club Assoc. Book Club edition - h/c in d.j. This book is a compelling, dispassionate appraisal of the facts surrounding the origins of Christianity. Wilson examines a number of key historical questions. What evidence is there for the accepted story of Jesus' life and resurrection? To what extent is this story the product of social, cultural and political forces? What do we really know of his teachings? 243 x 192mm., pp. 207,b/w plates, map end/p., notes & refer., biblio., index, contents & d.j. in near fine condition.

London, Yale University Press first edit. - trade paperback, stiff card covers This captivating book is the first to focus on men and women in Elizabethan London who shared a keen interest in natuure and scientific inquiry. Throughout the vibrant city, lawyers, prisoners, midwives, merchants and others developed tools and techniques that became the hallmarks of the Scientific Revolution. This revelatory work will force us to revise everything we thought we knew about Renaissance science. 235 x 155mm., pp. xviii, 349, notes, biblio., index. Trade p/back, stiff card covers. VG+ ISBN: 9780300143164

London, Sidgwick & Jackson first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The authors prime concern is to present her (Joan) as a flesh and blood girl of her time. She was pious in the conventional sense, and brave, charming and lovable. She was also ruthless and sometimes cruel. She had, for a peasant girl, an extraordinary aptitude for warfare, and, as evidenced at her trial for legal debate. 225 x 145mm., pp. 2, 232, b/w plates, notes, chronology, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. med. rubbing on edges - no tears. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0283979437

Sydney - Art Gallery N.S.W. first edition - limp in w/r cover 'Joan Sutherland - A Tribute' recalls the career of one of this countrys greatest opera singers. It brings together a wealth of fascinating memorabilis, spectacular photographs and costume sketches by some of the worlds leading designers. It also lists an authoritative summary of Sutherland's repertoire and a comprehensive list of her operatic and other major stage performances. 29.5 x 21cm., pp. 128, col. & b/w plates t/out, v.g. in w/r cover. ISBN: 0959222960

New York, Simon and Schuster first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The Joan Sutherland Album is an autobiography in pictures of this magnificent diva, an album of memories for her many thousands of admirers. 312 x 237mm., pp. 191, black & white plates throughout. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, a little surface rubbing - no tears or chips. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0671626698

Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Here for the first time, John Bell shares some of the highs and lows of his four decades in theatre. He weaves personal anecdotes and memories through what is a delightful entertaining look at the inside world of theatre in Australia. 238 x 160mm., pp. viii, 288, b/w & col. plates, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, AUTHOR SIGNED on title page - no other inscriptions; dust jacket, no tears or chips. FINE/FINE ISBN: 1865086401