Verlag: A Roebuck Book Pirie Printers Pty. Ltd., Canberra, Australia, 1981
ISBN 10: 0909434212 ISBN 13: 9780909434212
Anbieter: K. L. Givens Books, Bella Vista, AR, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: G+/VG-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: G. First Edition. The book is bound gray paper-covered boards with gilt title on spine. The corners of the book are bumped as is the spine with discoloration at top of first several pages. The book is INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to the previous owner on the title page and includes a letter from the author to the previous owner. End pages are a maps of the world with the route Palmer took from Australia to Lands End, England. The dust jacket (now in Brodart jacket cover) has several large tears with a chip missing at top of spine. Black and white photos. The author relates his experience of the vessel he was aboard being sunk by a U-boat in WWI; of then joining the Royal Navy. As a Reserve Officer he was called to duty in WWII and assigned the duty of landing commandos in North Africa. His experience in WWII are remarkable. 384 pages plus Index to Illustrations. Inscribed and Signed by Author. Book.
Verlag: A Roebuck Book Canberra 1974, 1974
ISBN 10: 0909434034 ISBN 13: 9780909434038
Anbieter: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australien
25.0 x 18.0cms, 84pp, b/w illusts, very good hardback & dustwrapper Jack Stokes (b 1910) was a policeman 'on a lonely watering base on the northern coast of Arnhem Land'; Darin , Chrstmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) islands.
Verlag: A Roebuck Book Canberra 1981, 1981
ISBN 10: 0909434182 ISBN 13: 9780909434182
Anbieter: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australien
25.0 x 17.0cms, 218pp, b/w illusts, marginalia on several pages, good+ paperback & cover This book complements J S Cumpston's 'Shipping Arrivals & Departures, Sydney 1788-1825" & I H Nicholson's 'Shipping Arrivals & Departures, Sydney 1826-1840).
Verlag: A Roebuck Book Canberra 1987, 1987
Anbieter: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australien
24.5 x 17.5cms, 220pp, b/w illusts, very good paperback & cover Stewart sailed out of Sydney / Port Jackson and discovered Rakiura / Stewart Island, just south of New Zealand (1809). Two different William Stewarts claimed the discovery and this book unpacks the mystery.
Verlag: Canberra, A Roebuck Book, (1974)., 1974
Anbieter: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australien
Second Printing; 8vo; pp. vi, 26; 1 d/p. map, 5 sketch map illustrations, sketch illustrations, Australian place-names given by Captain Cook, list of sources and authorities; stiff stapled wrapper, good copy.
Verlag: Canberra, A Roebuck Book, 1974., 1974
Anbieter: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australien
4to; pp. viii, 84; frontispiece, profuse b/w. photographs, index; original blue cloth with gilt title on spine, a fine copy. Roebuck Publication No. 12.
Verlag: A Roebuck Book Canberra 1984, 1984
ISBN 10: 0909434026 ISBN 13: 9780909434021
Anbieter: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australien
Fine 26.0 x 18.0cms, 152pp b/w Illusts Fine Hard Cover Siddons was one of the first merchant sea captains to trade seals and sandalwood out of Port Jackson (1804 -1822). rare title.
Verlag: (Canberra), A Roebuck Book, (1981)., 1981
Anbieter: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australien
8vo; pp. xv, 388, (5) un-paginated; map endpapers, 3 maps, b/w. illustrations, index; original cloth, minor chipping to dustjacket; spine cocked; otherwise a very good copy.
Verlag: A Roebuck Book, Roebuck Society Publication No. 12, Canberra, 1974., 1974
Anbieter: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
4to (25.5x18.5cm), hardback, viii + 84pp + b&w plates. Very good condition in good dustwrapper (light wear, bumped, spine a bit faded, several small tears, some creasing, light scuff marks). Mild wear only. Pictures available on request.
Verlag: (Canberra), A Roebuck Book, (1981), 1981
Anbieter: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australien
8vo; pp. xv, 388 (5 unpaginated); map endpapers, 3 maps, b/w. illustrations, index; dustjacket with minor tear to top front jacket, otherwise a very good copy.
Verlag: (Canberra). A Roebuck Book, (1981)., 1981
Anbieter: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australien
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. x, 222; map endpapers, numerous b/w illustrations, numerous maps; stiff illustrated wrapper, wrapper chipped, minor chipping to top of spine, otherwise a very good copy.
Verlag: (Canberra), A Roebuck Book, (1981), 1981
Anbieter: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australien
First Edition; 8vo; pp. xv, 388 (5 unpaginated); map endpapers, 3 maps, b/w. illustrations, index; dustjacket, a fine copy.
Verlag: A Roebuck Book, Pirie Printers Pty. Ltd., Canberra, 1978., 1978
Anbieter: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
8vo (24.5x17.25cm), hardback, xii + 236pp. Good condition in goodish dustwrapper (general wear, small losses to upper left front and upper right rear edges, bumped, rubbed, chipped edges, several stains to front and lower spine more visible on the inside, sunned spine). Bumped, age-toned, foxed upper edges, signed by author at half-title. With some b&w illustrations and photographs. Pictures available on request.
Verlag: (Canberra), A Roebuck Book, (1970)., 1970
Anbieter: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australien
4to; pp. 197; 27 pages plates, 2 full page illustrations, 2 full page maps, map endpapers, marks to dustjacket, illustrated cloth cover, index, a very good copy.
Verlag: Canberra; A Roebuck Book; (1988)., 1988
Anbieter: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australien
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. x, 324, 159; map endpapers, b/w illustrations, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, blank notes pages, a very good copy.
Verlag: A Roebuck Book, Canberra, 1975., 1975
Anbieter: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
4to (25x18cm), hardback, xvi + 120pp. Very good condition in good dustwrapper (light wear, bumped, spine faded, rubbed, a little creased). Mild wear. With b&w photographs. Pictures available on request.
Verlag: Canberra; A Roebuck Book; 1986., 1986
Anbieter: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australien
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xviii, 276, 104; endpaper maps, texts with several b/w. illustrations, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Verlag: A Roebuck Book, Canberra, 1974, 1974
Anbieter: A&F.McIlreavy.Buderim Rare Books, Buderim, QLD, Australien
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First Edition.Royal 8vo.pp.viii + 84. Illustrated mainly with black & white photographs. Original blue hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper.Small discrete name on free front endpaper.[ The author James Porter]. This is the biography of a Northern Territory policeman Jack Stokes and his life in a lonely watering base on the northern coast of Arnhem Land.
Verlag: A Roebuck Book Canberra 1981, 1981
ISBN 10: 0090943414 ISBN 13: 9780090943418
Anbieter: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australien
25.0 x 18.0cms, 254pp, very good paperback & cover This book has 3 sections: arrivals & departures of ships & vessels 1826-40; index to ships & vessels; index to names & persons.
Verlag: A Roebuck Book No 25, Canberra 1978, 1978
ISBN 10: 0909434174 ISBN 13: 9780909434175
Anbieter: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australien
25.0 x 17.0cms, 316pp, b/w illusts, very good hardback & dustwrapper This book surveys England's socio-economic conditions in the 1820s & '30s.William Hazell, the convict's, assignation to John Kennedy Hume at Yass; Hazell's career as a policeman and return to Jerrawa Creek.
Verlag: A Roebuck Book, Canberra, 1982
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of this record of whaling and sealing at the Chatham Islands by Rhys Richards. Concerned with whaling and sealing in and around the Chaltham Islands. One of the most prolific whaling grounds of the Pacific, it attracted many American whalers. Seales were quickly reduced, and written records are meagre (from front fly leaf.)The scarce first edition of this work, written by Rhys Richards. Complete with dust wrapper. Featuring illustrations in text. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back, with his pictorial bookplate to verso front free endpaper. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine. book.