Australian Non Fiction Books at Dial a Book Sydney

The Hentys: An Australian Colonial Tapestry.
Bassett, Marnie
Book Number: 65888
ISBN:
Melbourne University Press, 1955. 8vo. softcover. 578pp. index, b/w illus., map, endpaper maps. Good+, small crease on top corner.
Price: $20.00

The Railway Came to Ku-ring-gai: A Pictorial History of Ku-ring-gai Municipality 1890-1991
Cook, Kerrin
Book Number: 62872
ISBN:
Genlin Investments Sydney 1991. 4to. laminated boards, hardcover. 468pp. index, b/w illus. Very good.
Price: $25.00

Braidwood Heritage
Ellis, Netta
Book Number: 59271
ISBN: 0959938036
Braidwood and District Historical Society, 1986. Oblong 8vo. softcover. 72pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, small crease on cover corner. Inscribed & signed by author.
Price: $12.00

Bad Ground: Inside the Beaconsfield Mine Rescue
Wright, Tony
Book Number: 55267
ISBN: 1741960053
Australia, Pier 9, 2006 8vo softcover 352pp index, colour & b/w illus. Fine.
Price: $8.00

Ghosts of the Big Country.
WILLEY, Keith
Book Number: 65881
ISBN: 085179985x
Adelaide, Rigby, 1975. first edition 8vo. hardcover. (xvi), 243pp, 32 b&w plates. Good+, some rubbing to cover edges. / Very good d/w, rubbed on top edge.
Price: $12.00

Earliest Monaro And Burragorang 1790 To 1840
Andrews, Alan E J
Book Number: 42753
ISBN: 0958704929
Tabletop Press1998 8vo. hardcover. 208pp. index. b/w illus. maps. New condition, unread.
Price: $45.00

Researches in the Southern Gold Fields of New South Wales
Clarke, The Rev. W.B., M.A.
Book Number: 65784
ISBN:
Reading and Wellbank, Sydney, 1860. 12mo. Orig. cloth covered stiff boards. 303pp. b/w title illus., folding map. Fair, ex-lib. front hinge repaired, library bookplate on front pastedown, wear to cover.
Price: $500.00

Hell West and Crooked
Cole, Tom
Book Number: 65794
ISBN: 0207166927
Angus & Robertson 1992 8vo softcover 360pp, b/w illus. near fine.
Price: $12.00

Episodes of Old Canberra
Martin, Ged
Book Number: 65782
ISBN: 0708115780
Australian National University Press, Canberra 1978, Small 8vo. softcover. 92pp. b/w illus. Very good.
Price: $15.00

Freedom And Independance For The Golden Lands Of Australia; The Right of The Colonies And The Interest Of Britain And Of The World.
Lang, John Dunmore.
Book Number: 65783
ISBN:
Printed by F. Cunnunghame, Sydney 1857 8vo. hardcover. 400pp. Folding frontis map. Good, wear to spine ends, faded spine, some light foxing.
Price: $95.00

Classic Wild Walks of Australia
Rankin, Robert
Book Number: 65763
ISBN: 0959241825
Brisbane, Australia Rankin Publishers 1995 Folio hardcover 207pp index, colour photos, maps. Good, page edges wavy, bottom cover edge rubbed. / Good d/w. Includes bibliographical references (p. 204).
Price: $12.00

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia; With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix and of the Present Colony of New South Wales. 2 Volumes.
Mitchell, Major T. L.
Book Number: 65726
ISBN:
T. & W. Boone, London 1839. 2nd edition. 8vo. hardcovers, marbled paper covered boards, half leather. pp.355,415. Fair-good. Volume one is missing folding map and front endpapers,title & dedication pages, photcopies of title, dedication and maps have been substituted. 20 plates, one in colour. Volume 2 has 31 plates, 6 in colour & 3 folding. Light foxing throughout, some pencil marks on the borders of a few pages. Hinges cracked, covers worn.
Price: $750.00

The Van Diemen's Land Warriors. With an essay on Matthew Brady.
Mackaness, George
Book Number: 65730
ISBN:
Review Publications, Dubbo 1976. 8vo. stapled wraps. 32pp. b/w illus. Near Fine. Volume XXXVI in the Australian Historical Monographs (new series). This is a limited reprint edition of one of the 46 Australian Historical Monographs edited and privately published by Dr. George Mackaness. The monographs were produced in the period 1953 to 1962 in limited editions. They covered an enormous range of historical subjects and largely involved material which had not previously been published.
Price: $12.00

The History of Van Diemen's Land From The Year 1824 To 1835 Inclusive - During The Administration Of Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur
Mackaness, George
Book Number: 65731
ISBN:
Review Publications, Dubbo 1976. 8vo. stapled wraps. 58pp. b/w illus. Near Fine. Volume XXXVII in the Australian Historical Monographs (new series). This is a limited reprint edition of one of the 46 Australian Historical Monographs edited and privately published by Dr. George Mackaness. The monographs were produced in the period 1953 to 1962 in limited editions. They covered an enormous range of historical subjects and largely involved material which had not previously been published.
Price: $12.00

Recollections of Life in Van Diemen's Land By William Gates. In Two Parts. Part II
Mackaness, George (editor); William Gates
Book Number: 65732
ISBN:
Review Publications, Dubbo 1976. 8vo. stapled wraps. 58pp. b/w illus. Near Fine. Volume XV in the Australian Historical Monographs (new series). This is a limited reprint edition of one of the 46 Australian Historical Monographs edited and privately published by Dr. George Mackaness. The monographs were produced in the period 1953 to 1962 in limited editions. They covered an enormous range of historical subjects and largely involved material which had not previously been published.
Price: $12.00

The New South Wales Calendar and General Post Office Directory, 1833
Raymond, James (compiler)
Book Number: 65733
ISBN:
Stephens & Stokes, Sydney, 1832. 8vo. half leather. hardcover. 330pp. + directory with the name and address greater Sydney residents. Solid copy, many of the plates have been replaced with facsimiles. Pencil notes throughout from previous 1937 owner. Some foxing.
Price: $750.00

Murray's Guide to the Gold Diggings: The Australian Gold Diggings. Where they are, and how to get at them; with letters from Settlers and Diggers.
Mackaness, George
Book Number: 65722
ISBN:
Review Publications, Dubbo 1976. 8vo. stapled wraps. 56pp. b/w illus. Near Fine. Volume VIII in the Australian Historical Monographs (new series). This is a limited reprint edition of one of the 46 Australian Historical Monographs edited and privately published by Dr. George Mackaness. The monographs were produced in the period 1953 to 1962 in limited editions. They covered an enormous range of historical subjects and largely involved material which had not previously been published.
Price: $18.00

A Short Account of the late discoveries of Gold in Australia with notes of a Visit to the Gold District, by John Elphinstone Erskine
Mackaness, George
Book Number: 65723
ISBN:
Review Publications, Dubbo 1976. 8vo. stapled wraps. 56pp. b/w illus. Near Fine. Volume IX in the Australian Historical Monographs (new series). This is a limited reprint edition of one of the 46 Australian Historical Monographs edited and privately published by Dr. George Mackaness. The monographs were produced in the period 1953 to 1962 in limited editions. They covered an enormous range of historical subjects and largely involved material which had not previously been published.
Price: $18.00

Australian Gold Fields. Their discovery, progress and prospects
Mackaness, George
Book Number: 65724
ISBN:
Review Publications, Dubbo 1976. 8vo. stapled wraps. 52pp. b/w illus. Near Fine. Volume VII in the Australian Historical Monographs (new series). This is a limited reprint edition of one of the 46 Australian Historical Monographs edited and privately published by Dr. George Mackaness. The monographs were produced in the period 1953 to 1962 in limited editions. They covered an enormous range of historical subjects and largely involved material which had not previously been published.
Price: $18.00

A Journey From Sydney to the Australian Alps
Andrews, Alan A. E. J.
Book Number: 65718
ISBN: 0908528000
Hobart 1979. 8vo. hardcover. 280pp. index, b/w illus. fold-out map. A scientific and social record of Lhotsky's 1834 journey. Limited to 500 copies, copy 484 signed by the editor. Very good, some tiny foxing marks on the outer edge of text block. / Near Fine d/w.
Price: $120.00

Kosciusko - the Mountain in History
Andrews, Alan
Book Number: 33824
ISBN: 0959084126
O'Connor, A.C.T. Tabletop Press 1991 4to hardcover 222pp index, b/w illus, maps. New.
Price: $25.00

The barefoot bush walker : a remarkable story of adventure, courage & romance
Butler, Dorothy
Book Number: 42569
ISBN:
Crows Nest, N.S.W. ABC Enterprises 1992 8vo softcover 292pp b/w illus. very good, owner's name on fep. Faded spine
Price: $12.00

The Devil's Wilderness
Andrews, ALAN E.J. ed.
Book Number: 445
ISBN:
Hobart 1984. 8vo. hardcover. 150pp. index, b/w illus. maps. George Caley's Journey to Mount Banks in 1804. Limited to 375 copies. 150pp fine. / fine d/w.
Price: $65.00

The Founding of Australia: The Argument about Australia's Origins
Martin, Ged. (editor)
Book Number: 65693
ISBN: 0908094000
Hale & Ironmonger, Australia, 1978. 8vo. softcover. 313pp. index, endpaper maps. Very good
Price: $18.00

Founders of the Law in Australia.
Whitfield, L. A.
Book Number: 65691
ISBN:
Butterworths, Sydney, 1971. 8vo. softcover. 179pp. b/w illus. Very good, 5 pages of photocopied article on Greenway's Court House tipped in at page 25. Spine faded, sma; ll mark on top corner of fep.
Price: $15.00

The Kelly Gang.
Keesing, Nancy, (ed.)
Book Number: 65678
ISBN:
Sydney, Ure Smith, 1975. 1st edition. 4to. softcover. 64p. colour & b/w illus. Very good. Includes Kelly article clippings from two issues of TV magazine.
Price: $12.00

Old Bulletin Reader. The Best Stories from the Bulletin 1881-1901
various
Book Number: 27195
ISBN: 0701803177
Sydney: Lansdowne Press, 1973. 8vo hardcover 208pp. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $6.00

Sydney's Bushland: More Than Meets the Eye
Howell, Jocelyn and Benson, Doug
Book Number: 64019
ISBN: 0731393422
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, ., 2000. 8vo. softcover. 126pp. colour illus. maps inside covers. Near Fine.
Price: $22.00