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There are 35 books in this catalogue.
MP: The Life Of Michael Peterson
Doherty, Sean
Book Number: 68186
ISBN: 0732276098
Publisher: HarperSports, Australia, 2004.
8vo. softcover. 340pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Good+, toning to page edges, crease to top cover corner and top corner of first 100 pages, crease to bottom rear cover corner and last page.

Price: $30.00


The Stormrider Guide: Europe.
Fitzjones, Oliver; Rainger, Tim; Sutherland, Bruce; Haylock, Dan (editors)
Book Number: 64784
ISBN: 0951927558
Publisher: Low Pressure, Bude, Cornwell, UK, 1992. First edition.
4to. softcover. 288pp. colour illus., maps. Very good.

Price: $15.00


Surfing: Vintage Surfing Graphics (Icons)
Heimann, Jim
Book Number: 68073
ISBN: 3822830070
Publisher: Taschen, Cologne, 2004.
Small 8vo. softcover. 192pp. colour illus. Near Fine.

Price: $18.00


Surfing & Sailboard Guide to Australia
Young, Nat
Book Number: 67463
ISBN: 0959181628
Publisher: Palm Beach Press 1993
4to. softcover 304pp, colour & b/w illus. very good, faded spine, owner's inscription verso fep.

Price: $30.00


Surfing Europe
Nelson, Chris; Taylor, Demi
Book Number: 67419
ISBN: 1904777074
Publisher: Footprint Handbooks, 2000
Square 8vo. softcover. 380pp. index, colour illus. Very good.

Price: $18.00


Taking the Drop: Life is for living, whatever your age
Da Costa, Sheree; Dubois, Danielle; Flitton, Jillian; James, Debbie
Book Number: 66683
ISBN: 9781921787621
Publisher: Vivid Publishing, Australia, 2011.
8vo. softcover. 384pp. illus. Very good+,

Price: $20.00


Becoming Westerly. Surf Champion Peter Drouyn's Transformation into Westerly Windina
Brisick, Jamie
Book Number: 66667
ISBN: 9781760111007
Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2015
8vo. softcover. 330pp. colour & b/w illus. Good+, light foxing to outer edge of text-block & endpapers. Crease on cover.

Price: $15.00


Barbarian Days A Surfing Life
Finnegan, William
Book Number: 66636
ISBN: 9781472151414
Publisher: Corsair, U.K. 2016.
8vo. softcover. 499pp. b/w illus. Good, outer edges toned, foxing to endpapers.

Price: $12.00


Surfing subcultures of Australia and New Zealand
Pearson, Kent
Book Number: 66511
ISBN: 0702214876
Publisher: University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1979
8vo. softcover. 213pp. index, b/w illus. Good+. Foxing to endpapers, toning to page edges.

Price: $55.00


Surf Rage: A Surfer''s Guide to Turning Negative Into Positive
Young, Nat
Book Number: 66204
ISBN: 0958575010
Publisher: Angourie, N.S.W. Nymboida Press 2000
8vo softcover 218pp index, b/w illus. Good, light rubbing to cover edges, crease to top corner . Surfers are raging in the water just like everyone else. There are punchouts on the beach. Rocks are thrown and tires punctured. It is outa control. Nat Young, himself the recepient of a pounding has gathered 12 chapters all from different authors, on localism in surfing from around the world. This book is about that problem!

Price: $10.00


Pipe Dreams : A Surfer's Journey
Slater, Kelly
Book Number: 65868
ISBN: 0060096292
Publisher: Regan Books 2003.
8vo hardcover 338pp, colour & b/w illus. very good. / very good d/w. Six-time world surfing champion, actor, and US heart-throb Kelly Slater tells of the struggles and triumphs he's experienced throughout his life and how they have helped him to become one of the world's most loved sports figures.

Price: $12.00


The Ride Of Life - Learn To Stand Up For Yourself
Andon, Laura
Book Number: 65528
ISBN: 9781921630750
Publisher: Global Publishing, Australia, 2012.
Large 8vo. softcover. 284pp. colour illus. Near Fine. Inscribed & signed by author.

Price: $18.00


Tom Carroll: the Wave Within
Wilcox, Kirk
Book Number: 64707
ISBN: 
Publisher: Chippendale, N.S.W. Ironbark Press 1994
8vo softcover 187pp colour illus. very good, cover faded, page edges toned.

Price: $10.00


The drowning don't die : fifty years of vigilance and service by the Dee Why Surf Life-saving Club 1912-1962
Thomas, Ernest J
Book Number: 64384
ISBN: 
Publisher: Dee Why Surf Life-Saving Club, 1962
Small 4to. hardcover. 54pp. illus. Very good.

Price: $150.00


Locked in: Surfing for Life. .
Allen, Jim
Book Number: 61047
ISBN: 
Publisher: A.S. Barnes and Company, New Jersey, 1970.
Oblong 8vo. hardcover. 199pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, light foxing to endpapers. / Good+ faded d/w.

Price: $55.00


Surfers: A Line-up of Surfing's Most Inspirational Characters
Griggs, Matt
Book Number: 45172
ISBN: 0732274850
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers 2003
8vo softcover 269pp colour illus. very good, page edges tanned. Surfers profiles a select group of individuals who are at the forefront of surfing today. Not just in talent and success, but in terms of artistic and personal inspiration and expression. Surfers include Kelly Slater, Luke Egan, Taj Burrow, Koby Abberton, world champions Layne Beachley, Wayne

Price: $10.00


Walking on Water
Martin, Andy
Book Number: 63812
ISBN: 0719549566
Publisher: John Murray, London, 1991.
8vo. hardcover. 212pp. colour illus. Good+, rubbing to cover edges. / Very good d/w.

Price: $12.00


Wind on the Water - and Other Surf Stories
Finlay, Jack
Book Number: 63804
ISBN: 0732284856
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers September 27, 2006
8vo softcover 200pp very good. Jack Finlay's timeless collection of stories celebrates a life and love of surfing. Wind on the Water is about the true art of surfing: the attitude, imagination and wider mindset of the surfer, and the riding of life′s waves. There are stories of battling ferocious storms at sea, the lifting and wheeling of an albatross surfing its first wave, and the unlikely parallels between surfing and boxing, to name just a few.

Price: $10.00


Pipe Dreams : A Surfer's Journey
Slater, Kelly - with Jason Borte
Book Number: 63807
ISBN: 0060096292
Publisher: Harper Collins / Regan Books 2003 First Edition.
8vo softcover. 338pp, b/w illus. Very good+. Six-time world surfing champion, actor, and US heart-throb Kelly Slater tells of the struggles and triumphs he's experienced throughout his life and how they have helped him to become one of the world's most loved sports figures.

Price: $12.00


Surfing Fundamentals
Young, Nat
Book Number: 63808
ISBN: 095918161x
Publisher: Sydney. Palm Beach Press 1995
Oblong 8vo. softcover. 128pp. colour & b/w illus. Very good.

Price: $14.00


Graham White Surfing
White, Graham
Book Number: 63811
ISBN: 0727101552
Publisher: Summit Books, Sydney, 1977.
8vo. laminated boards, hardcover. 96pp. b/w illus. Very good.

Price: $10.00


Blue Yonder : Journey into the Heart of Surf Culture
McMillanm, James
Book Number: 63784
ISBN: 1405036966
Publisher: Pan Macmillan, 2005.
4to. softcover. colour illus. Very good.

Price: $10.00


Surfin'Ary: A Dictionary of Surfing Terms and Surfspeak
Cralle, Trevor
Book Number: 63669
ISBN: 0898154227
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. Ten Speed Press 1991
Large 8vo softcover 200pp colour illus. very good+.

Price: $18.00


The Next Wave: A Survey of World Surfing
Carroll, Nick (editor )
Book Number: 57625
ISBN: 1875202366
Publisher: Sydney. 1991. Angus and Robertson. frist edition.
4to. hardcover. 240pp. index, colour illus. very good+. / Very good+ d/w.

Price: $25.00


Wavescape: Portraits of the Planet's Best Surf Spots
Towery, Chris & Pruett, Matt
Book Number: 57557
ISBN: 0764155385
Publisher: Barron's, New York, 2002.
Oblong 4to. hardcover.160pp. index, colour illus. Very good+. / Very good d/w.

Price: $18.00


Beach Beyond. A history of Palm Beach Surf Club 1921-1966
Brawley, Sean
Book Number: 44241
ISBN: 
Publisher: Sydney, Australia New South Wales University Press 1996
4to hardcover 300pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.

Price: $18.00


Australian surfing and surf life saving
Wilson, Jack.
Book Number: 27141
ISBN: 0727008900
Publisher: Adelaide Rigby 1979 first edition.
4to hardcover 111pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good, owner's inscription on half-title. / very good d/w.

Price: $22.00


This is my Surfboard
The Sandman
Book Number: 25348
ISBN: 
Publisher: ABC. 1999. reprint.
8vo softcover 133pp very good+.

Price: $8.00


Tom Carroll's Surfing the World.
Carroll, Tom.
Book Number: 62138
ISBN: 0949853437
Publisher: Sydney: Lester-Townsend Publishing, 1990
4to. hardcover. 176pp. colour illus. very good rubbing to bottom cover edge. / good d/w with a tear on top front cornera and a small piece missing from top rear corner.

Price: $18.00


Surfriders - In Search for the Perfect Wave
Warshaw, Matt Foreword by Tom Carroll
Book Number: 62137
ISBN: 006491790
Publisher: Collins 1997
square 4to. Illustrated wrappers, with flaps. 131pp. Very Good.

Price: $15.00



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