Hesperian press perth (189 risultati)

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. viii, 182pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills, map. Or card. Slightest of edge wear to covers. The women of the eastern goldfields of Western Australia in the 1888-1914 era. Size: 8vo.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. A good copy with creased covers, catalogue number taped to base of spine, previous woner's name on front free endpaper and yellow highlighting on one page. Pp. xi, 271. Documents the pioneers, social fabric, and sprawling stations of the Onslow and Ashburton River districts in northern Western Australia.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. A good copy, the covers creased and previous owner's name on title page. Pp. x, 268. Autobiography of goldfields writer and historian Norma King.

Softcover. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 177 pages. A slightly irreverent look at the human face of Darwin from 1939-1945. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. A biography of Charles Mitchell, detailing his contributions to industry and society during his lifetime. DJ clipped, has some tears, some rips, prior owner's name in inside cover (ink).

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. A good copy, the corners bumped. Pp. ix, 270. First published in 1929.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A very good copy. Pp. viii, 87. Posthumously published diary that captures the life of a young gold prospector during the late-1890s Western Australian gold rush.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A very good copy. Signed and inscribed by Ron Manners. Pp. x, 438. Compiled to Commemorate WG Manners & Co's 100 Years on the Kalgoorlie Goldfields 1895-1995. Completed and Published in 2002 to celebrate Australia's "2002 Year of the Outback". Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 152 pages. The Drake-Brockman family have been depicted as heartless exploiters of the Aboriginal people. For over a decade Mis Drake-Brockman and her family suffered these insults with dignity and reserve. Now she has spoken out. Wongi Wongi tells a story, not of a people dispossessed, but a people loved and cared for by their employers. Wongi Wongi is a personal history and account of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relationships supported by documentation from official files.…

Softcover. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to preliminary pages. Spine sunned. Covered in clear adhesive film by previous owner. Previous owner's name to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 165 pages.…

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Gift inscription to front free endpaper and previous owner's details and cataloguing information to the verso of that page. 140 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A very good copy. Western Australian historian Sylvia Hallam's signed copy. Pp. x, 90.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A very good copy. Pp. ix, 152. Author's apologia for her father, Alfred Howden Drake-Brockman, accused iof systematic sexual abuse and incest at Corunna Downs station by Sally Morgan in her book My Place.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A very good copy. Pp. vii, 101. Edwards was a mounted policeman in the Western Australian colonial police force.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A very good copy with light wear to covers. Pp. 218. Edited by Osland K. Battye. Facsimile of the 1936 edition. A foundational piece of West Australian pioneer literature. It details Hammond's personal memories and observations of the colony's social, physical, and economic evolution during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. A fine copy. Pp. vi, 218.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. A fine copy. Pp. xx, 236. A biographical memoir co-authored by former Northern Territory police officer Ron Brown and historian Pat Studdy-Clift. The book details Brown's real-life experiences enforcing the law in the remote, unforgiving Australian outback during the mid-20th century.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. A very good copy with wear to base of spine in very good dust jacket. Pp. 223. Facsimile of the 1937 edition.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. A fine copy. Pp. viii, 129. Focuses specifically on the ghost towns and old mining camps of Yundamindera (historically spelled with an 'e'), Linden, Pennyweight Point, Pykes Hollow, and Eucalyptus, as well as the enduring Yundamindra Pastoral Station.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. A fine copy. Pp. 138. History of the WA goldfields town.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. A fine copy. Signed by the author. Pp. viii, 125. A historical account of the devastating 1942 Japanese air raid on Broome, Western Australia, and the mysterious disappearance of a massive fortune in diamonds during the chaos. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A very good copy. Pp. x, 262. An historical and anecdotal account of the legendary Landor bush races, which are held in the remote Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A very good copy, the front wrapper creased. Signed by both authors. Pp. xii, 184. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. A fine copy. Pp. xvi, 159.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A very good copy, the corners slightly bumped. Pp. xiv, 193.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. A fine copy. Pp. vii, 280. The naval experiences of the author of Stormy Petrel.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy. Pp. xi, 182. A mining region in Western Australia's eastern goldfields.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. A fine copy. Pp. vi, 134. First published in 1897. In 1876, American whaling captain George S. Anthony, commanding the bark Catalpa, successfully freed six Irish Fenian political prisoners from the British penal colony at Fremantle, Western Australia. The prisoners - military Fenians who had been involved in plans for an Irish uprising - had been sentenced to life imprisonment and transportation after the failed 1867 rising. The rescue was organized and funded by the Irish-American organization Clan na Gael (with key involvement from figures such as John Devoy), who hired Anthony and outfitted the Catalpa under the cover of a legitimate whaling voyage. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy, Signed by the author. Pp. xiii, 222. Gold-mining in the Coolgardie area of Western Australia and the full story of the 1890s share fiasco which shattered London and Western Australia. Signed by Author(s).

Pictorial Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Uncommon look at William Ford & Coolgardie, a small gold-mining town located in Western Australia. Foreword by R.A. Tastula. Numerous b&w photographs and illustrations throughout, including fascinating vintage shots. Includes appendix, plus bibliography. Printed in Australia. Very slight handling wear, otherwise a very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. xi + 140pp. Uncommon. SB-39.…