New Release - May 2012
TIBBY COTTER: Fast Bowler, Larrikin, Anzac
by Max Bonnell & Andrew Sproul
1st edition, limited to 250 copies, signed by authors
*Albert "Tibby" Cotter (1883-1917) was an Australian cricketer who played in 21 tests between 1904 and 1912. Cotter joined the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment and took a late part in the Gallipoli campaign. Later he transferred to the 12th Light Horse and was shot in Beersheba in October 1917, the only Australian Test cricketer killed in WWI..
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ANTARCTICA
Edward A WILSON & Henry R BOWERS
A TALE for OUR GENERATION:
An account of the 'Winter Journey'
1st edition thus, colour and b/w plates and maps, uncut, hardcover.
Perth, ACE Pty Ltd, 2011
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* A transcription of the original manuscript by Edward Adrian Wilson written in the Antarctic Winter of 1911 and titled "Sledge Journey to Cape Crozier from Cape Evans June 27th 1911 to Aug. 1st 1911".
Edward Wilson's report of the Cape Crozier Party refers to the journey made famous by Apsley Cherry-Garrard as The Worst Journey in the World and described by Captain Scott as one of the most gallant stories in Polar History..."It makes a tale for our generation which I hope may not be lost in the telling".
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Robert Muir Old & Rare Books
Perth - Western Australia
Established in 1973, the Bookshop is located in the leafy suburb of Nedlands, adjacent to The University of Western Australia and 7 minutes from the City of Perth. We have a large stock of second-hand, antiquarian and out of print books, maps, photographs, postcards, ephemera & manuscripts.
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To Dam or Be Damned: The Mighty Fitzroy River (Story of ALCCO)
by Jack Fletcher
The story of the most significant Agricultural Development in the Fitzroy River Valley in the
West Kimberley Region of Western Australia
We are the distributors in Perth for this title. Now out-of-print - only a few copies left
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A Pearling Master's Journey
by
J.E. deB Norman & G.V. Norman
A History of Pearling in Broome 1886 - 1942
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