Kangaroo press kenthurst sydney (23 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. 96pp, large format, maps, photos, drawings, index. Gift inscription else fine in pict.boards. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Fifth edition. 176pp, index, bibliography, ills. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Original Cloth. First Edition. Small 4to. 152pp, beautiful colour photos. by Densey Clyne + b&w drawings. Beautiful book Size: Small 4to 152 p.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. 96pp, large format, maps, photos, drawings, index. Very nice copy Size: 4to.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The cover has a little wear. 111 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Revised ed. Paperback wide octavo, card cover, very good condition, colour text-photos centre spread, few black & white drawings & maps, minor edgewear, sticker mark rear cover. 68 pp. A special book by Deborah Law about growing fuchsias, aimed at the home gardener or potential grower. The author is Australia's leading commercial grower of fuchsias. Revised edition, Kangaroo Press, 1990.…

Paperback large trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, covers lightly scratched, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. 160 pp. This is the fourth book of entertaining cricket anecdotes by Kersi Meher-Homji, an Indian scientist and cricketer. He celebrates the scoring of a six in cricket (hitting the ball over the boundary without bouncing). Firstly, he celebrates cricketers who have scored lots of sixes. Secondly, he celebrates individual sixes that had a critical importance to the game, including one involving Doug Walters, who writes a foreword.…

1st ed. Hardback wide octavo,no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings, few tiny dents front cover, spine little faded, small mark title page, light foxing inside covers. 32 pp. Australian children's picture story about native animals and birds. This book consists of half pages so that top and bottom halves can be mixed up to create different animals or birds. A lot of fun for any age. Wade, Jan (ilustrador).…

Reprint ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, maps, minor edgewear. 224 pp. This comprehensive book looks at places of historic and scenic interest, and includes a number of tourist attractions specifically designed for young travellers. Sally Farrell Odgers, a Tasmanian herself, has travelled most of the routes and explored many of the places she writes about here.…

Paperback octavo, good plus condition, inside covers & pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. 328 pp. Aboriginal affairs has had a meteoric rise to the top of the Australian political agenda. Max Griffiths places the current debates into comprehensive historical perspective from the First Fleet to Mabo, during which government policy moved from protection to assimilation, and then to self-determination. Includes policies of the governors and the British Parliament, conflict with pastoralists, missions, welfare legislation in the 1930s, formal recognition of Aborigines in 1948 via the Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1967 referendum, land rights, the Whitlam and Fraser advances, the black bureaucracy, and the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.…

Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, colour photos, few maps, minor edgewear. 94 pp. This book by Jane Mundy is for Sydney bushwalkers and lovers of Australian native plants. There are 144 alphabetically arranged colour plates, and a key to the walks where each plant illustrated can be found.

Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, frontispiece map, few small scratches front cover, minor edgewear. 126 pp. The memoir of John Mitchel, an Irish nationalist who participated in the 1848 uprising, who was transported to Tasmania in 1850. This book is mainly about his confinement for three years as a political prisoner in Van Diemen's Land. He escaped and made his way to New York. The editor, Peter O'Shaughnessy, states that he examined the text of John Mitchel's 'Jail Journalâ, published in Mitchel's newspaper 'The Citizen' in New York in 1854 (from copies in the New York Public Library and the State Library of Tasmania.) However, the main source for the text published here is the edition published by M. H. Gill & Son Ltd, Dublin, 1913. In this present edition, Chapters 1 and 2 are selected from the first 14 chapters, and Chapters 3 to 13 takes up Mitchel's time in Van Diemen's Land, starting rom the original Chapter 15. A good way to learn about a convict unknown to most Australians.…

1st ed. Hardback quarto, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white drawings, colour photos, spine little faded. 87 pp. This book gives instructions on how to start from a realistic drawing and develop a series of stylised and abstracted designs suitable for china painting and other decorative arts such as stained glass, embroidery, fabric painting, textiles and stencilling. There are colour photos of ten flowers, detailed line drawings in black & white accompany each flower, with pages of creative designs. Over forty of the designs are in colour, painted onto porcelain using mixed media techniques such as lustre, gold, texture, metallics and bright onglaze colours. The instructions for each piece are described in a separate chapter.…

Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, black & white text-photos & drawings, few maps, minor foxing & toning edges, minor edgewear. 166 pp. Kakadu, a wilderness conservation park in the top end of Australia's Northern Territory, is managed jointly with the traditional Aboriginal owners. This book by Matthais Breiter is a comprehensive pictorial guide to the park and the Top End. The information includes accomodation and road guide, natural history (with description of each type of animal and bird species), Aboriginal heritage, and the history of the park. In addition to Kakadu, this guide also includes Katherine Gorge and Litchfield National Park.…

Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white maps, colour photos, some edgewear. 176 pp. A compelling account by Max Griffiths of the difficult life in Australian Aboriginal communities - some of the most scattered and isolated on earth. The author worked for the Australian Inland Mission from 1964 to 1985, and was Superintendent for the last 11 years.…

Reprint ed. Paperback small quarto, stapled, very good plus condition, full-page colour drawings, minor edgewear. 32 pp. This beautiful and very colourful book by Wendy L. Jennings describes and pictures 31 of Australia's most colourful inhabitants. The author has brought them to life in her wonderful paintings, and there is a short simple description of each one. This book will appeal to any age, it is a great way for children to learn about some of our fascinating animals and birds.…

Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, tables, minor edgewear, old price marks. 72 pp. Two pig breeders from Samsonvale, Queensland, Annette and Grant McFarlane, detail their own experiences of pig breeding, and the trial and error process that they hope this book will eliminate. They cover purchasing, feeding, watering, housing, fencing, breeding, growth and development, handling and health issues. They have successfully exported the rare Tamworth pig breed back to England.…

Reprint ed. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white drawings & photos, colour text-photos, minimal foxing edges, minor edgewear. 87 pp. Basic knitting skills are all that you need to knit the designs in this beautiful book by Australian designer Furze Hewitt. Most of the designs are from the 19th century. These treasured instructions which were often in a fragile state have been preserved in this book. Some of the miniature garments reflect the styles worn by the children of the period. There are 92 patterns for your doll. The patterns include: a knitted doll created for this book, covers for your dolls stands, a miniature circular tablecloth, and an ensemble for babies. There is also a selection of edgings, beadings, and braids. Many of the colour plates show the dolls in unusual tableau situations, a new way of doll presentation and display.…

Hardback small octavo, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white text-photos, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, small sticker scuff mark front free flyleaf. 77 pp. Lyn Scarff relates the legend of an unfortunate bullocky's simple poem about a dog sitting on his tuckerbox (1857, new version 1920s). This became an intrinsic part of Australia's rich folklore and heritage, and is immortalised by the dog-on-the-tuckerbox historical monument, near Gundagai, New South Wales, erected in 1932.…

Hardback large quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, colour photos, light foxing top edge, front flyleaf & jacket flaps little creased, minor edgewear jacket. 96 pp. A beautiful reference book for porcelain painters, compiled and edited by Tricia Bradford. There are a number of lessons with over 30 animal and bird topics painted in a wide variety of techniques ranging from traditional to contemporary - from delicate to dramatic, and from soft pastel to rich flamboyant colour. There is a full or half-page colour reproduction to illustrate each lesson, and a wealth of knowledge to be gained from each artist.…

Pictorial Boards. First Edition. 4to. 120pp, b&w diagrams + col. ills. Near fine h/c in laminated bds. Book.

Hardback large quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cloth cover, black & white & colour photos (including frontispiece), light foxing prelim page, minor edgewear. 48 pp. This is a beautiful reference book by Sandra L. Brown for porcelain painters. This heavily illustrated book provides instructions on how to use textures, raised pastes and gold underlay, enamels, petit point paste, acid look effect paste, modern texturing pastes and cloisonne enamellling. There are eleven detailed projects. The author is well known for creative and experimental effects in porcelain, glass, watercolour and mixed media, and for her interest in textural effects.…

Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, card covers, colour text-photos, black & white drawings, front free endpaper foxed (other endpapers minimally), minor edgewear. 95 pp. They list all mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs reliably reported from the Blue Mountains region, west of Sydney, over the last 200 years. Provides details of their local distribution and habitat, relative abundance, and something of their habits and life histories. First edition. (Incorrect ISBN printed in book, 0864173211, should be 0864173121.).…