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Radio Luxembourg Book of Record Stars ($25)
Edited by Jack Fishman, Published by Souvenir Press in 1962
First edition, 210 mm x 260 mm, dust jacket in very good condition, 159 pages, laminated pictorial hardcover, illustrated with black & white photos. In very good condition.
The record stars of the 1960s - Elvis Presley, Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis, Helen Shapiro, Bobby Dee, Frank Sinatra etc. Today many are almost forgotten but they changed the entertainment industry. For the Post WWII Baby Boomers this is a book of memories.Sold - M2445N Follow My Dust - a biography of Arthur Upfield by Jessica Hawke
Follow My Dust - a biography of Arthur Upfield by Jessica Hawke ($35)
Published by William Heinemann, 1957
First edition, 150 mm x 225 mm, dust jacket in very good condition, 238 pages, clothbound hardcover, illustrated with black and white photos. In very good condition
Arthur Upfield wrote thrilling murder mysteries set in outback Australia.Sold - M24572N 1890s - 1910s framed floral still life ( we cannot identify the flower) Oil painting on milk glass in its original frame
1890s - 1910s framed floral still life ( we cannot identify the flower) Oil painting on milk glass in its original frame ($110)
530mm x 970mm
Surrounded by its original green velvet border.Sold - M2487N The World of Sherlock Holmes by Martin Fido
The World of Sherlock Holmes by Martin Fido ($15)
Published by Carlton Books, 1998
First edition, 240 mm x 290 mm, dust jacket in excellent condition, 144 pages, pictorial hardcover, illustrated with black and white and colour drawings and photos, in excellent condition.Sold - M2551N The Spirit of Australia - The Crime Fiction of Arthur Upfield by Ray B. Browne
The Spirit of Australia - The Crime Fiction of Arthur Upfield by Ray B. Browne ($35)
Published by Bowling Green State University, 1988
First edition, 160 mm x 240 mm, dust jacket in excellent condition, 265 pages, clothbound hardcover, illustrated in black & white with drawings, diagrams, photos and maps. In mint condition.
Arthur Upfield is ranked as one of the giants of crime fiction writers of the twentieth century. This book, by American author Ray Browne, is as much about Australia as it is about Arthur Upfield.Sold - M2600N Helen Shapiro's New Book for Girls by Helen Shapiro
Helen Shapiro's New Book for Girls by Helen Shapiro ($22)
Published by the Daily Mirror, 1963
First edition, 190 mm x 250 mm, 124 pages, pictorial hardcover, illustrated in drawing and photos in black & white and colour. In good condition.
The 1960s. Helen Shapiro was 'top of the pops' with songs like 'Not Responsible', 'Walkin Back to Happiness', 'Let's Talk About Love' and more. A role model for girls, she branched into fashion and film. This book focuses on her 'fabulous year'.Sold - M2617N Australian Dairyman's Handbook by Ralph S. Mayward
Australian Dairyman's Handbook by Ralph S. Mayward ($25)
Published by Angus and Robinson, 1934
170 mm x 240 mm, 738 pages, clothbound hardcover, illustrated in both black & white and colour with drawings, diagrams and photos. In fair condition.
Dairy farming in the 1930s was not the highly industrialised industry it is today. It was mainly small family runs producing cream for butter rather than milk, with a pig breeding sideline for the skim milk. Pigs were hand fed from buckets. My mother liked milking the cows, but the only way she could bring herself to feed the pigs was to say "money, money, money..." as she emptied out the skim milk.Sold - M2643N Bingley - Yorkshire Town Through Nine Centuries by E. E. Dodd
Bingley - Yorkshire Town Through Nine Centuries by E. E. Dodd ($18)
Published by Harrison in 1958
First edition, 150 mm x 220 mm, dust jacket in good condition, 268 pages, clothbound hardcover, illustrated in black & white with drawings, diagrams and photos. In very good condition.
Not many towns can chronicle their existence from the Domesday book to the present. In this book E.E. Dodd traces its development from its Saxon origins to 1958. It is illustrated with drawings, maps, charts and photograph and as a bonus includes a seven-page pamphlet on the Bingley Parish church.Sold - M2686N Pistols - The Illustrated History of Weapons by Chuck Wills
Pistols - The Illustrated History of Weapons by Chuck Wills ($28)
Published by Kingsford Editions, 2014
First edition, 238 mm x 285 mm, dust jacket in excellent condition, 160 pages, pictorial hardcover, illustrated with colour photos. In excellent condition.
The last time I handled an armed firearm was when I left Vietnam in 1968. Firearms have one purpose - to propel a projectile with the object of creating injury. That has been the purpose since pistols first emerged five hundred years ago. Over the time they have developed from beautifully, handcrafted objects to mass-produced, industrialized weapons of mass destruction. This is a quality book the chronicles that development.Sold - M2687N The Boys' Book of Cycles and Motor Cycles by Ernest Carter
The Boys' Book of Cycles and Motor Cycles by Ernest Carter ($12)
Published by Burke, London 1966
180 mm x 250 mm, dust jacket in good condition, 144 pages, clothbound hardcover, illustrated with black & white drawings, diagrams and photos. In fair condition.
Traces the development from paddle cycles and rubber tyres to motorized bicycles, to motor cycles and motor scooters - with photographs and technical drawings.Sold - M1464N Part 1940s Thomas Forester “Golden Dawn”, Art Deco design Tea Set.
Part 1940s Thomas Forester “Golden Dawn”, Art Deco design Tea Set. ($85 set)
Consisting 5 x C/S/Ps @ $12.00 each,
spare cake plate & saucer @ $10.00,
Large Cake plate @ $18.00 and a
Jug & Bowl ($93.00) or $85.00 the part set.thomas forester and sons tea setpart tea setart deco tea setgolden dawn tea set
Sold - M2740N Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame ($30)
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard
Published by Methuen Children's Books, 2001
225 mm x 290 mm, dustjacket in excellent condition, 255 pages, pictorial hardcover, illustrated with colour drawings, in excellent to mint condition.
Originally published in 1908, the Wind in the Willows has become an iconic children's book. This 2001 edition is a luxurious reproduction of the original, illustrated with the original E.H. Shepard illustrations. It is a collectors' gem in near mint condition.Sold - M2734N The English Carol Book (First Series)
The English Carol Book (First Series) $15
Edited by Martin Shaw (Music) and Perry Dearmer.
Published by A.R. Mowbray & Co. 1928
First edition, 155 mm x 245 mm, 74 pages, board hardcover. In very good condition.
For the lover of old English carols. The words and music of 32 traditional carols.Sold - M2714N English Eccentric Interiors by Miranda Harrison
English Eccentric Interiors by Miranda Harrison ($22)
Colour photographs by Steve Gorton.
Published by John Wiley and Sons, 2006
First edition, 225 mm x 280 mm, dust jacket in excellent condition, 224 pages, clothbound hardcover. In excellent condition.
A book for the interior designers. A luxurious book with all the lavish decorative style of the 'born to be different' English. Superb photography.