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Sergeant, Harold [ Anthos ]: Garden Trees and Shrubs in Australasia, Melbourne Colorgravure Publication 1952
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800 grammes; 256 pages, introduction by author, acknowledgements, general index. Illustrated endpapers, being a stylised garden design. Coloured photographic frontispiece, showing " Lake in the Garden of ' Burnham Beeches ', near Sassafras.". The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography and the occasional black and white line drawing. Maroon coloured boards with self embossed illustration of a tree to the lower front panel edge and self embossed title to the top quarter of the front panel. Gilt writing on the spine along with small gilt illustration of a tree. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Shelfwear to the lower book edges and dust marks to the top. The front and back panel had become patchy. Offset tanning and browning to the endpapers. The internal papers have become slightly age toned. Illustrated dustwapper [ wraparound ), showing a stylised 1950s house and garden, with white and yellow writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Rubbing and slight chipping to the dustwapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. A little loss to both the top and bottom spine edges. A few small close tears to the top dustwapper edge. Creasing and rubbing to both the top and bottom edges. Rubbing marks to the dustwapper panels and there is a small rub mark to the top right-hand corner of the front panel. The spine has become a sun darkened. There is a crease runs the full length of the rear fold over panel. Both the front and back rear fold over panel have become a little yellowed. Inserted loosely into the book are numerous other articles on gardening. A book about gardening for Australian and New Zealand conditions circa 1950. Digital image available upon request. Second Revised Edition Average Maroon Cloth 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Gardening

[SW: Gardening Australia -- New Zealand -- Guide -- 1950sNatural History -- Botany]

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McCullough, David Willis (ed),,Israel Zangwill, Ed McBain, Ruth Rendell, Rex Stout, Raymond Chandler, Edmund Crispin, Dashiell Hammett, William Faulkner, Robert Van Gulik, Agatha Christie, G. K. Chesterton, Ray Bradbury, P. D. James, Donald E. Westlake,+: Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America ...Death Notes, The Chill, See No Evil, Trouble is My Business, The Hunchback Cat, The Invisible Man, The Murder on the Lotus Pond, The Big Bow Mystery, The Murder of Santa Claus,+ New York, New York, U.S.A. Pantheon Books 1984
ISBN: 0394540654 Very Good Plus Jacket Illustration by Alain Gauthier

....Quarter bound in beigh cloth with green boards and gilt on spine, xv + 728 pages, minor edge wear, lightly dusted top edge, dust jacket is in VG condition, price clipped and 2 small closed tears back top edge. Contents include: Forword by David Willis McCullough / The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill / The Queen's Square by Dorothy L. Sayers / The Invisible Man by G. K. Chesterton / The Girl in the Train by Agatha Christie / The Murder on the Lotus Pond by Robert van Gulik / Hand Upon the Waters by William Faulkner / The Sam Spade Stories: "A Man Called Spade", "They Can Only Hang You Once", "Too Many Have Lived" all by Dashiell Hammett / The Hunchback Cat by Edmund Crispin / Trouble Is My Business by Raymond Chandler / The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln's Clue by Ellery Queen / See No Evil by Rex Stout / Yesterday I Lived! by Ray Bradbury / The Chill by Ross Macdonald / The Murder of Santa Claus by P. D. James / Never Shake a Family Tree by Donald E. Westlake / Death Notes by Ruth Rendell / Sadie When She Died by Ed McBain. This book weights just under 1 1/2 Kilos packaged, so depending on destination extra shipping may be asked. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo! First Edition First Printing Very Good Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall

[SW: DETECTIVE MYSTERY STORIES FICTION SHORT, ....Quarter bound in beigh cloth with green boards and gilt on spine, xv + 728 pages, minor edge wear, dust jacket is in VG condition, price clipped and 2 small closed tears back top edge. Contents include: Forword by David Willis McCullough / The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill / The Queen's Square by Dorothy L. Sayers / The Invisible Man by G. K. Chesterton / The Girl in the Train by Agatha Christie / The Murder on the Lotus Pond by Robert van Gulik / Hand Upon the Waters by William Faulkner / The Sam Spade Stories: "A Man Called Spade", "They Can Only Hang You Once", "Too Many Have Lived" all by Dashiell Hammett / The Hunchback Cat by Edmund Crispin / Trouble Is My Business by Raymond Chandler / The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln's Clue by Ellery Queen / See No Evil by Rex Stout / Yesterday I Lived! by Ray Bradbury / The Chill by Ross Macdonald / The Murder of Santa Claus by P. D. James / Never Shake a Family Tree by Donald E. Westlake / Death Notes by Ruth Rendell / Sadie When She Died by Ed McBain.]

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Breeden, Stanley & Kay: A Natural History of Australia: 1 Tropical Queensland, 2: Australia's South East, 3 : Australia's North, Sydney and London Collins 1970
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5.4 kilos; Volume 1: Tropical Queensland -- 264 pages, last 2 blank, preface by authors, bibliography and index. Mustard coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white and coloured photographs and black and white illustrations and a maps. Beige coloured boards with black writing on the spine. A little rubbing to the book edges. Some browning to the paper edges. Photographic dustwapper, showing on the front panel the flower of the Leichaardt Tree, and on the back, tropical green tree frog. Rubbing to the top and bottom dustwapper edges, and the spine has become a little darkened. Volume 2: Australia's South East -- published in 1972, ISBN: 00-211429-1. 256 pages, preface by authors , bibliography and index. Pale olive green coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white photographs, coloured photographs and black-and-white illustrations. Occasional map is also present. Beige coloured boards with black writing on the spine. Shelfwear to the lower book edges. A little browning to the page edges. Photographic dustwapper, showing on the front panel a Musk Lorikeet and on the back panel the flower of the Tasmanian Waratah. With white and blue writing on the front panel and black on the spine rubbing and a little chipping to be dustwapper corners and there is a 1.25 " tear to the top left-hand corner of the spine with associated creasing. Darkening of the spine and there are a few grubby marks as well. Volume 3: Australia's North -- published 1975 . ISBN -- 0-00-211441. 208 pages, preface by authors, bibliography and index. Dull blue coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white and coloured photography, black-and-white illustrations and maps. Beige coloured boards with black writing on the spine. A little shelfwear to the lower book edges and bumping to the top book edges. Some browning to the paper edges and the last three pages of the book and rear endpaper have become slightly dog eared. Photographic dustwapper, showing on the front panel, a white egret catching fish and on the rear panel a tropical landscape. The dustwapper has become slightly rubbed and the corners have been slightly chipped. There is a 0.75 " tear to the top corner of the front fold over. The spine has become somewhat darkened. These three volumes from an invaluable resource about to the flora and fauna of Australia. The areas covered are Queensland, the Northern Territory, and the southeast of Australia from Rockhampton down to Hobart. Digital image available upon request. PLEASE NOTE *** These 3 books weigh over 5 kilos. Postage and packaging WILL BE MORE THAN QUOTED [ even in Australia ]. Please ask the bookselller for correct postage amount. First Australian Edition Reasonable Buckram Square Folio Natural History

[SW: Natural History -- Australia -- Queensland -- Northern Territory -- South East, Flora and Fauna -- AustraliaAustraliana]

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Petersham, Maud and Petersham, Miska.. THE PEPPERNUTS.. Macmillan, New York, 1958, first edition.,
63 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Illustrated with lovely blue, black & white drawings. "When the four Peppernut children and their parents move into an old hunting lodge for the summer, they fell in love with the house and Paradis e Valley. A pool was their bathtub and their water came from a stream right into the stone sink in the kitchen. The water was always flowing and no one ever knew when a pollywog might wiggle through. Captain Peppernut, the boy, built a tree house ; Flitter Peppernut, the oldest girl, made a priincess' castle out of the family car; the twin sisters Tua A and Tua B explored Paradise Valley, and Daddy worked at his typewriter, for he was an author - but only when he had his hat on. It was a wo nderful, magical summer, and when it was over each member of the family used his ingenuity to keep forever the home they loved...." Minor browning to edges of textblock, minor edge wear, minor bump to top/bottom of spine, tiny speck on front board. Dust jacket has 3" tear at top of rear hinge with associated creases - now archivally taped, light browning - mainly on spine/flap-folds/edges, small brown stain on front panel and at bottom of front flap-fold, several small tears, light edge wear at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, slight wrinkling at top of front panel. Very Good/Good+.

[SW: PEPPERNUT FAMILY CHILDREN FAMILIES PARADISE VALLEY TREE HOUSES TWINS,]

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