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A Near Fine Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. PREPARED FOR AMERICAN SERVICEMEN DURING WORLD WAR II. - Produced during the closing months of World War II, this substantial pictorial survey introduced United States military personnel to Australia and New Guinea through more than 700 photographs documenting geography, cities, industry, agriculture, Indigenous cultures, military installations, and everyday life. Intended as both an educational reference and a cultural guide, it offered American servicemen an unusually comprehensive view of their Pacific ally. A Wartime Portrait of Australia. Organized thematically, the volume explores Australia's major cities, transportation networks, mining, farming, sheep and cattle industries, vineyards, ports, architecture, education, and government, while also presenting extensive photographic coverage of New Guinea and Indigenous communities. The result is an exceptional visual record of Australia at the end of the Second World War. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Folio; 13.25 inches tall. Profusely illustrated with approximately 700 black-and-white photographs printed on glossy paper. Publisher's illustrated hardcover. CONDITION: Near Fine. Bindings are tight and square. Text is clean with light, even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. A handsome, well-preserved example. KEY FEATURES +++ More than 700 black-and-white documentary photographs. +++ Extensive coverage of Australia and New Guinea during World War II. +++ Prepared for United States Armed Forces serving in the Southwest Pacific. +++ Documents cities, industry, transportation, agriculture, Indigenous cultures, and military-era life. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Documenting America's Pacific Partner - Published as Allied forces remained active across the Pacific, Displaying Australia and New Guinea served both as an orientation manual and as a visual ambassador for Australia. Rather than emphasizing military operations alone, it introduced servicemen to the nation's economy, culture, landscapes, and institutions, strengthening understanding between wartime allies. An Important Visual Record. Today the volume is valued as an expansive photographic archive of Australia and New Guinea in the mid-1940s. Its hundreds of images preserve views of cities, industries, transportation, rural life, and Indigenous communities just before the profound economic and social changes of the postwar era. SUBJECTS: Australia, New Guinea, World War II, United States Armed Forces, Oceania, Indigenous Australians, Papua New Guinea, Documentary Photography, World War II; Pictorial History; Military History.…

Zustand: Bueno. Barcelona 1994. Financial Times. Folio. Cartoné. 24x16. 304 pp.

Decorative Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Apparent First Edition. 256 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, blue eps, frontis; a.e. eps tanned. Cover: blue, gilt artwork and titles front; v. light shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, faded, chipped, creased, several tears. More than 700 "vivid and thrilling" photographs "A pictorial pageant." A keepsake for U.S. Forces in Australia during WWII. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - bTitle:/b Mount Caburn. A poem, etc.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b/b British Librarybr/b/b Hay, William; br/b/b 1730.br/b/b fol.br/b/b 643.m.15.(3.)br/.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 215 pp. ; green textured cloth with gold lettering and designs ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Patrons, Officers and Council -- Arrangements For 1963 -- Report Of The Council -- Balance Sheets -- Presidents and Awards -- The President -- The Judging Of Roses / F. Fairbrother -- A Symposium On Mulching and Fertilizing / Dr. A. Dick, B.Sc., M.D., Nigel Raban, F. A. Gibson, Colonel W. B. Wright, Lieut.Col. D. Pope, Joan E. Fulford -- Roses In The Home / Ann Orci -- The Rose Of St. Francis Of Assist / Arbel M. Aldous -- The Rose Garden At Roath Park, Cardiff / W. Nelmes -- Fragrance / Rosemary James -- Roses As Specimen Plants / André Leroy -- Spraying Appliances For The Small Garden / Roy Hay -- Rose Root-Stocks: A First Field Trial / O. D. Rowley -- The International Rose Competition and Permanent International Rose Show Of The Hague, Netherlands / I. Rijnveld -- 'Peace' (Mme Antoine Meilland) / Bertram Park -- Rose Growing On A Chalk Soil / W. A. James -- When The Sub-Soil Is Gault / Vera F. P. Day, N.D.H. -- Pruning and The Winter Of 1961-2 / Leonard Hollis, Dr. A. Dick, B.Sc., M.D., G. D. Burch, S. M. Gault, F. A. Gibson, R. L. Pallett -- 'Melrose' / Bernard Jones -- On Beginning Again / J. H. Wilding -- Almost Idolatrous / Nigel Eva -- Repeat Flowering Climbers and Shrub Roses / S. M. Gault -- Chromosomes / Norman Young -- Recent Research On Roses / E. F. Allen -- Some Roses To Grow In Yorkshire / R. C. Balfour -- Book Reviews -- The Amateur Hybridist / The Late Albert Norman -- Albert Norman, A. B. Griffith, William B. Moore, Past Presidents -- The Decorative Classes / Julia Clements -- Bristol Group Summer Show, 1962 / L. A. Anstiss -- Cardiff Group Summer Show, 1962 / Alan Gibbs -- The Summer Show / A. G. L. Hellyer -- Contents -- Northern Rose Show / J. C. Watson -- Autumn Rose Show / Gordon Forsyth -- The Lakeland Rose Show -- The Trial Ground / H. Edland -- Show Awards and Trial Ground Awards 1962 -- International Awards 1962 -- Rose Analysis / L. G. Turner -- By Road To Bone Hill -- Maj.-Gen. R. F. B. Naylor, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., President 1963 -- Two Arrangements For The Home -- The Rose Garden Of Sta Maria Degli Angeli At Assisi -- The Rose Garden At Roatii Park, Cardiff -- Two Types Of Sprayers With Plastic Containers -- Small Hand Pressure Sprayer -- Spray Attachment Using Water Pressure -- Canes Of 'Peace' Showing Effects Of Different Root-Stocks -- International Rose Trials At The Hague -- Colour Plates -- Ambrosia -- King's Ransom -- Casino -- Decoration / Mrs. M. Brooker -- Decoration / Mrs. Bernard Green -- Diamant -- Gavotte -- Wobijrn Abbey -- Hassan -- Milord -- Allegro -- Colibri -- Chinatown -- Europeana -- Anne Watkins -- Summer Sunshine -- Q Lady Sonta -- I Celebration ; G. Book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Boards with light rubbing to extremities; A profusely illustrated coffetable book: "Dedicated to the saviours of the Pacific in the Great War of the World, this volume is intended to bind the Sons of Liberty and Soldiers of Sacrifice - Americans and Australians alike - into a great Common Fellowship of Rememberance, so that in the Autumn of their days people and places dear to the hearts of both may live again, and by the mere turning of these pages, be renewed in the glorious memories of the land of perpetual sunshine."; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 256 pages.…