melbourne text publishing 2009 (7 resultados)

20.0 x 13.0cms 280pp b/w Illusts very good- paperback (tanning paper) Tench sailed with the first fleet to Botany Bay and returned to England in 1792. These 2 accounts of the infant colony introduce Bennelong Arabanoo and Governor Phillip.

248pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A near fine copy. First Edition.

23.5 x 15.5cms 328pp very good paperback This book synthesises the physical geographers' real world approach (ie environmental determinism) with the ways Australian culture shapes its people's experiences and interpretation of the world.

reprint).Octavo, paperback,384 pp.photographs and illustrations, map. Sarah Murgatroyd has brought together new scientific and historical evidence, and tells in brilliant detail the story of Burke and Wills, the explorers who set out to cross Australia from coast to coast. This book describes vividly the remarkable courage, suffering and moments of sheer lunacy, as Burke and Wills struggled to survive in a harsh land they did not understand. Murgatroyd reveals fascinating detail - for example, that Burke had a notoriously bad sense of direction, and was famous for getting lost even on the way home from his local pub! Though we all know the basic story of the Burke and Wills expedition, this book reveals just how little most of us know of the individuals, the politics, the blunders and the ambitions behind this extraordinary event in Australia's history.

first edition uncorrected proof octavo light card covers 378pp Near FINE (sl crease to top right corner).

uncorrected proof, 8°, 261 pages, original Kartonage (Paperback), an der Ecke Vorderdeckel unten links bzw. Rücken unten rechts ein wenig bestossen, Rückdeckel mit einem winzigen Kugelschreiberkreuzchen unten, sonst ein sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar. Rückdeckeltext: ''Please note that these proofs are uncorrected and that substantial changes may be made to the text''.

1st edition softback with stiff wrappers Near Fine tall octavo 278pp., Uncorrected proof copy.