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Sea adventures covering 70 years from the 1860's - the heyday of sail, the rise and perfection of steam, the introduction of marine motors and the advent of submarine navigation. 287 pages with 29 black and white illustrations and a map. Book in good condition with ?previous owners name cut out of title page, gift stamp on first page, foxing to edges and some pages but no interference with text or photographs and light tanning. Cover shows wear and knocks to corners and edges (see photos). No dust jacket.
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Valiant Sailormen
by E Keble Chatterton
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Valiant Youth: The Men of the RAAF
by J C Waters
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Signed by the author commemorating his secretary's engagement. A cameo of a score of Australia's flyers in World War 2. 103 pages with 1 colour illustration,7 pages of black and white photographs and 16 drawings. Book in very good condition with light tanning, and some foxing inside front and back covers. Cover shows some wear (see photo).
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Valley of the Kings
by John Romer
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The tombs of the ancient Egyptian kings, queens and nobles who were buried between 1570 and 1085 BC and the archaeologists and their hunt for the past - a story of intrigue, chauvinism and dedication not previously told. 293 pages with 18 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Book and dust jacket in as new condition.
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Valley of the Kings
by John Romer
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A continuous narrative from ancient times to the present of two interlinked stories - the history of the travelers and scholars who studies and excavated the royal tombs of the Valley; and the tombs themselves and the motives and methods of the people who made them. 293 [pages with 18 colour Plates and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Book in as new condition.
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Valley of the Kings
by John Romer
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All the known pharaohs of the New Kingdom were buried in the Valley of the Kings over more than 500 years. There are two stories - the tombs, and the archaeologists and their hunt for the past. 373 pages with 18 black and white Plates and illustrations in the text. Book in near fine condition.
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Van Gogh - 16 beautiful full colour prints
by Meyer Schapiro
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No publishing date or edition. All plates accounted for and in fine condition (cover plate is loose in the folder). Book in very good condition with 8 pages loose, light pencil underlining on one page, cover has some wear.
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The Vandemonian War: The secret history of Britain's Tasmanian invasion
by Nick Brodie
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The story of how the British truly occupied Van Diemen's Land in the 1820's and 1830's deliberately pushing out the Aboriginal people to the edge of existence - a war of sweeping campaigns and brutal tactics. 422 pages with 8 pages of colour illustrations and 3 maps. Book in near fine condition.
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The Vanished Musicians: Jewish Refugees in Australia
by Albrecht Dumling
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Translated by Diana Weekes - The lives of nearly one hundred displaced musicians who fled Germany and stayed in Australia - a wealth of Jewish, exile, and musical history. 571 pages with 42 black and white illustrations and 8 musical examples. Book in near fine condition with best wishes to previous owner on title page probably signed by the translator as signed Diana.
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The Vanished Library
by Luciano Canfora
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The Library of Alexandria was one of the wonders of the Ancient World - what was the library, where was it, what happened to it? 205 pages. Book in very good condition ex library with stamp and reference on first [age, stamp and borrowing sleave remnants on back endpapers. Dust jacket in good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.
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Vanished Civilizations, Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
by Edward Bacon (Editor)
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Only recently has many ancient peoples been discovered as they had vanished but now explorers and archaeologists have been at work to reveal magnificent monuments and rich treasure created by the skills of forgotten craftsmen - new knowledge in the history of man. 360 pages with 802 illustrations, 211 in colour, 539 photographs and drawings, 52 maps and charts. Book in good+ condition ex library with sticker inside front cover, borrowing sleeve indise back cover, borrowing date slip on back endpaper, sticky tape marks front and back endpapers, light tanning to text pages, photo pages fine. Dust jacket in good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back, fold near spine, small chip top spine, some wear to edges and along spine (see photo), small folds to flaps. This is a large book 35x27x4 cm but no increase in postage in Australia.
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Various
by Various
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6 books - Black Beauty, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe, Tom Brown's Schooldays, Great Fairy Stories (Andersen), Great Stories from Shakespeare. No publishing dates. Each has about 5 illustrations. All in very good condition and have previous owners name and date on front endpaper. Price is for all 6. No increase in postage in Australia.
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Velikovsky Reconsidered
by Pensee (editors)
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A major reappraisal of Velikovsky's writings, culled from the best of many articles appearing in the magazine Pensee 274 pages. Book in good condition with previous owners name inside front cover and on first page, pencil writing on first page, tanning and some wear to cover (see photo).
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A Very Australian Conversation
by Peter Cosgrove
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The author gave the 2009 Boyer Lecture and touches on climate change, the republic debate, refugees, our relationship with our neighbours and the great powers of the United States and China. 109 pages. Book in very good+ condition.
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The Vicar of Wakefield
by Oliver Goldsmith
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Part of Blackie's Library of Famous Books series. 224 pages. Book in good+ condition with presentation sticker front endpaper, front-piece page loose, minor foxing and minor tanning. Cover has minor wear (see photo).
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Victorian Flower Gardens
by Andrew Clayton-Payne
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The book documents the great changes that took place in garden design during the nineteenth century and traces the emergence and subsequent popularity of flower gardens. 160 pages with contemporary watercolours of over 120 different gardens. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with small tear bottom spine.
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Victoria R. I.
by Elizabeth Longford
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A superb vivid portrait of Queen Victoria - scholarly, readable, witty and wise. 799 pages with 31 black and white illustrations. Book in good condition with tanning
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Victorian and Edwardian Adelaide from old photographs
by W B Pitcher
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A collection of 202 black and white photographs depicting Adelaide places and people between 1860 and 1914. Pages unnumbered. Book in very good condition ex library with stamp on publication page and previous owners signature on title page and some minor marks on first six pages. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with some wear (see photo).
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Victoria's Heyday
by J B Priestley
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A decade in the reign of Queen Victoria, 1850-1859, Britain at home and abroad. 296 pages with 34 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition with light tanning. No dust jacket.
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Victory at Villers-Bretonneux
by Peter Fitzsimons
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21 March 1918 the Germans unleash the biggest set piece battle the world had ever seen involving 2 million German soldiers and for two weeks the plan works until General Haig calls on the Australians to save Villers-Bretonneux the gateway to the key train hub at Amiens. The Australians mount a counter attack that stops the Germans and then forces them back thus saving the day, the town, the battle and indeed the entire war. 764 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs and 44 maps. Book and dust jacket in as new condition.
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Victory at Villers-Bretonneux
by Peter Fitzsimons
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Why a French town will never forget the ANZACS. On 21 March 1918 the Germans launch the biggest set piece battle the world has ever seen across a 45 mile front involving two million German soldiers. For two weeks the plan works and British troops flee before them, in desperations the General Haig calls upon the Australian soldiers to stop the German onslaught and save Villers-Bretonneux, the gate to the key train hub of Amiens. Just in time the Australians launch a vicious counter attack. 764 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs and 44 maps. Book in near fine condition.
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