Search Results: Authors starting with I from Elizabeth's Bookshops

Berg Publishers, 2012. Hardcover. Visual culture has become one of the most dynamic fields of scholarship, a reflection of how the study of human culture increasingly requires distinctively visual ways of thinking and methods of analysis. Bringing together leading international scholars to assess all aspects of visual culture, the Handbook aims to provide a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the subject.The Handbook embraces the extraordinary range of disciplines which now engage in the study of the visual - film and photography, television, fashion, visual arts, digital media, geography, philosophy, architecture, material culture, sociology, cultural studies and art history. Throughout, the Handbook is responsive to the cross-disciplinary nature of many of the key questions raised in visual culture around digitization, globalization, cyberculture, surveillance, spectacle, and the role of art.The Handbook guides readers new to the area, as well as experienced researchers, into the topics,… Read More

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington New Zealand, 1974. Softcover. Very Good +. pp. 511 - 729 fold-outs, illusts #0621 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Very Good +

Bangerang Bi-centennial History Committee, 1991. Softcover. VG+ (Very Good plus). 232 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm#0819 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Pan MacMillan Australia, 2017. Softcover. VG+ (Very Good plus). TRUE CRIME AUSTRALIA WINNER OF THE DANGER PRIZE 2018 John Ibrahim's incredible life story told in his own words.Last King of the Cross lays bare Australia's most notorious underworld figure.In the mongrel tongue of the streets, John writes of fleeing war-torn Tripoli with his family and growing up in Sydney's rough and tumble west - before establishing himself as a tough guy and teen delinquent, then a bouncer, enforcer and nightclub king on the Golden Mile.Bullets fly, blades flash and bodies fall. In a city of shadows, John builds his army and empire - partying like a playboy prince of darkness while staying one step ahead of the cops, the outlaw gangs and hungry triggermen, plotting to take him and his family down.Crazier than Goodfellas, more compelling than The Godfather, Last King of the Cross is a colourful crime saga like no other and powerful proof that truth is always stranger than fiction. pp. 384 illusts #0519/1219/021122… Read More

Angus and Robertson, 1941 First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth. Very Good. First Edition. Scarce. (No dustjacket). 221 p. : port. ; 19 cm #180222 (Firm, age-tanned copy. Prev ownership stamp to fpd, gift inscription to fep.))Frontispiece Portrait of Mounted Constable Langton, whose patrol captured Tiger and Chugulla.Nemarluk, one of the most feared Aboriginal renegades in the north of Australia, had vowed to rid his land of all intruders. This is the story of the last few years of his life, and his battles with the Northern Territory Police and their tracker Bul-Bul.Nemarluk: King of the Wilds is a book by Ion Idriess about aboriginal warrior Nemarluk.[1][2]Idriess met Nemarluk twice and had previously written about him in a section of his 1935 book Man Tracks. Nemarluck died in August 1940 prompting Idriess to write a book focusing on him.[3]The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that:Mr. Idriess has a good tale to tell—a tale of courage, animal cunning and resource, devotion to a dimly conceived… Read More

The Author, 2005 3rd edition. Softcover. Near Fine. "This unique book is arranged in three columns: English, Zulu, and how to pronounce the Zulu words phonetically. This dictionary and phrasebook will serve as a helpful working tool in the classroom, at home, or for businesses and tourists to South Africa.""Shirley Illman grew up on a farm in the eastern area of Mpumalanga, South Africa and she learnt to speak Zulu from a young age as all her friends were Zulu-speaking. She has used Zulu throughout her life, which is of great benefit to her as a white person.pp. 174 #220422 (Stamp and number on prelim,, otherwise Fine) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Near Fine

St George Books, St Georges Tce, Perth, W.A, 1983. SoftcoverFrench flaps. Fine. WEST AUSTRALIANAA FINE COPY! Experiences in outback Western Australia during 1920s and 30s; references to Aborigines including brief description of Corroboree and womens fight on Oakover River at Warrawagine Station.A memoir of his life in the bush by Jim Carson. Born in Kalgoorlie in 1901, Jim hit the road as a bonafide swaggy"". This true Australian story ripples with the excitement of a hopeful young man thrown utterly on his own resources. viii, 144 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. #060923R Western Australia. Description & travel, ca 1920-1929. Personal observations Dance - Ceremonial Ceremonies Western Australia -- Description and travel Warrawagine (WA East Pilbara SF51-01) Oakover River (WA East Pilbara SF51-01)   Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW).… Read More

Access Press, Perth, 2006. Softcover. FINE. xiv, 166 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm. First Edition. Scarce. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

The Art Gallery of Ballarat and WriteLight Pty Ltd,, 2014. Softcover. Fine. Robert Imhoff photographer & filmmaker ; foreword Gordon Morrison and Paul Burrows ; introduction Helen Ennis and Robert Imhoff.95 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits, photographs ; 22 cm. #181221Robert Imhoff, a photographer of ""creative brilliance"", according to Paul Burrows, is the subject of a monograph and an exhibition running at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. Burrows, the editor of the book, says Imhoff, without the benefit of Photoshop, created ""the fantastic, in-camera, using his knowledge of lighting, optics and photochemical processes to to take his images into a whole new world of visual magic.""All absolutely beyond dispute and well worth making the trip to Ballarat, or buying the book Imhoff: a life of grain & pixels, to see for yourself. ($34.95, www.writelight.com.au/contemporary-photographers)Imhoff, as with many fine photographers, started young. When he was 7, at the time of… Read More

The Author, Perth WA, 1976. Softcover. FINE!. A tribute to the agricultural pioneers of W.A.146 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. First Edition. #220822Infans.  |  Farmers -- Western Australia -- Biography.  |  Western Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Biography.  |  England -- Emigration and immigration -- Biography. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover FINE!

Kevin Weldon & Associates / Rigby, 1985. Hardcover in Dustjacket. FINE. The contingent, an infantry battalion of 522 men and 24 officers, and an artillery battery of 212 men, was ready to sail on 3 March 1885. It left Sydney amid much public fanfare, generated in part by the holiday declared to farewell the troops. The send-off was described as the most festive occasion in the colony's history."" 176pp. index. colour & b/w illust First Edition #0117 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Melbourne University Press, 1974. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Very Good +. AUSTRALIANA A social history of the period from 1788 to 1870, from the beginning of British settlement of Australia to the year when the last British soldiers sailed home from the colonies. Newcomers brought with them from the old world their traditional holidays. We see them facing natural enemies in the land, and having their tranquillity shattered by bushrangers as well as rebellious convicts, military officers and gold diggers. With them we hear the sounds of distant war. We meet the men they honoured, and we read of efforts by poets and orators to turn the Australian experience into history.  xx, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm #300124 First Edition Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 Australia -- Social conditions Australia -- Social life and customs Australian (Bookshop stamp and label on fep) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned… Read More

Black Inc., 2006. Softcover. Very Good +. AUSTRALIANA x, 645 p. ; 24 cm. #230923 Australian Broadcasting Corporation -- History  A book about the culture and politics of the ABC. It is the product of extensive research, including interviews with a wide range of people, from prime ministers to presenters. Inglis seeks out the truth of events and creates a panorama of the national broadcaster's changing fortunes. Unfailingly readable, this is both an indispensable resource for ABC-watchers and a vivid biography of a treasured Australian institution. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Very Good +

Tweed Gallery, 2016. Hardcover. FINE!. AUSTRALIAN ART Exhibition catalogue for The Mystery of Things: Margaret Olley & David Strachan at the Margaret Olley Art Centre 13 February - 7 August 2016. The exhibition explores the connection between Olley and Strachan in art and life. It includes still life paintings from the 1940s (the decade in which they met) through to the 1970s (the decade of Strachan's untimely death. First Edition pp. 64 colour plates #240224 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Hardcover FINE!

The Author, Greenock SA, 1972. Softcover. Very Good +. AUSTRALIANA 52 p. : ill., facsims., geneal. tables, map, ports. ; 21 x 28 cm. #031222Longmire family. | South Australia -- Genealogy. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Very Good +

Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2018. Softcover. As new!. AUSTRALIANA The bicycle craze gripped Australia in the 1880s and 1890s and early 1900s. Bicycle clubs proliferated and bicycle racing caught the public's attention as young men sought fellowship, camaraderie, glory and even riches in amateur and professional competition.Harry Irwin explores the racing culture of the time in fascinating detail - the penny farthings and safety bicycles, tracks and champions, spectacles and carnivals; the prizes held out to racers, the risks, challenges, match racing and gambling; and the social life of the racers. Setting the scene are the stories of the five prominent and plucky Shaw brothers, born and bred in working-class Woolloomooloo, and how they enjoyed and endured the ups and downs of track and road racing in cities and country towns and over long distances in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.x, 219 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. #070122/290423Shaw, William… Read More

The Five Mile Press, 2012. Softcover. Very Good +. TRUE CRIME AUSTRALIA LAW  ""In the minds of most Australians, I am a murderer. Yet I did not kill anybody, and I know nothing of the deaths blamed on me."" Denis TannerDenis Tanner was a member of Victoria Police in 1984, when his sister-in-law Jenny was found shot dead at her home outside the village of Bonnie Doon. Eleven years later the remains of a transsexual prostitute, Adele Bailey, were found in the nearby hills. Rumour linked Denis Tanner to both deaths, and a massive police operation was launched. In 1997 a coronial inquest found him responsible for Jenny’s murder.Yet years of surveillance had failed to produce any evidence that would allow police to charge Denis Tanner with a crime. He has never had a day in court or a chance to clear his name. The only court in which he has been charged is the court of public opinion.In Blackened Tanner: The Denis Tanner Story, former detective Ron Irwin shows in forensic detail how Denis Tanner… Read More

Visual Culture Research Unit, Curtin University of, 1998. Softcover. FINE. Art, Australian -- 20th century. 118 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 30 cm. #0818 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

University of Queensland Press, 1989. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. Damaged dustjacket.. AUSTRALIAN ART AboriginalAmong the 25 artists represented are: Robert Campbell, Jr, Lin Onus, Bronwyn Bancroft, Raymond Meeks, Fiona Foley, Wanjidari, Jimmy Pike, Jenuarrie, Sally Morgan, Pooaraar, Mundabaree, and Joseph McIvor. pp. 144 illusts #0818 prev owner's bookplate on prelim. 144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 27 cm. First Edition #0919R/0420/070124These 85 full color paintings and prints reveal an exciting meld of traditional Aboriginal imagery, urban subject matter, and richly-layered spirituality. Each chapter profile describes the creative philosophies and inspirations behind the artist's work.(Gift inscription on fep, closed tear to back of dustjacket.) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24… Read More

Lansdowne Press, 1999. Softcover. Near Fine. 89 p. : ill., ports. ; 30 cm. #130722 (Name on prelims.) First published: Weldon, 1989Painting, Aboriginal Australian. | Painting, Australian -- Aboriginal artists. | Bark painting -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Near Fine