![Item #101151 The Call of the Kimberleys [Signed]. Irene Shackcloth](/pictures/thumb/101151.jpg?v=1679655615)
Melbourne: Hallcraft Publishing, 1950. Octavo, original boards, b&w plates, pp 262. Presentation inscription from the author, signed. Light rubbing to edges. Endpapers toned. Very good condition. "This documentary tale of the five young men, who established the first cattle station in the Kimberleys, 'Yeeda Station', has been adapted from the.....
London: J. Limbird, 1833. 1st ed., octavo, b&w illus, frontis port. plate with pencil sketch (of James Hogg), pp vi, 440,original half-leather binding professionally restored with original leather spine laid down. Very good condition. Includes a letter relating to the settlement at the Swan River Colony (Western Australia), arguing that.....
Perth: University Of Western Australia Press, 2006. Large octavo, pp.xii, 260, includes Index and notes, original leatherette boards in protected d.j. Near fine condition. The Zuytdorp was a great ship of the Dutch East India Company, which disappeared in 1712 off a remote part of the Western Australian coast, carrying.....
Perth: Government Printer, 1929. Emily H Pelloe (Illustrator). 1st ed. Royal octavo, colour plates by Emily Pelloe with captioned tissue guards, b&w plates, folding panorama (Swan River from Kings Park), b&w text illus, pp x, 476. Gilt decorated, bound in quarter leather. Near fine condition. A beautifully bound copy. Profusely.....
Perth: Govt Printer: Fred Simpson, 1934. 1st ed., royal octavo., pp xviii 489, b/w & col. fold. maps, half-bound in kangaroo, original gilt titled silk moire boards professionally repaired, new gilt leather spine label, ownership in ink of Western Australian historian to ffep. A beautifully bound copy in near fine.....
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2006. With Marianne van Velzen. 1st ed., octavo, wraps, b&w plates, pp xviii. 222. Near fine condition The story of a plane fleeing Java to Broome in March 1942 which ran into Japanese planes returning from an air raid on Broome. The survivors landed on the.....
Perth: Patersons Printing Press, nd c( 1944). 8vo, pp. 172, b/w ills., orig cl bds., upper d.j. edges very chipped and creased. Good condition Collection of essays and sketches of Australian life, and overseas travels.
(Cottesloe): Focus Education Services, (1997) 2018. 2nd ed., octavo, colour and b&w illus, pp viii, 360, incl Index and and 'List of Variant Spellings and Aliases', original pictorial boards. Near fine condition. " 'Far from Home' identifies more than 3,600 Aboriginal prisoners who served time on Rottnest Island. Accompanying the.....
WA: Simon Nevill, 2011. Royal octavo, pictorial flexible boards, colour illus, pp 336. Near-fine condition. Scarce. Eremophilas are important ecologically. The name means "desert-lover" and they are the characteristic plants of seimi-arid woodland habitats. This book illustrates, describes and gives distribution maps to several hundred species. Profusely illustrated with colour.....
Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2014. Small quarto, original pictorial boards, colour plates. Fine condition in like d.j. Full-page colour illustrations by the renowned botanical illustrator, with accompanying text. First published as "Banksia menziesii" in 1992: this is the first edition under the Firewood Banksia title.
Sydney: Doubleday, 1986. Facsimile edition. Two volumes, pictorial boards, large octavo. Volume I: pp. lx, 320, Index, Volume II: pp. xii, 363, Index; b/w frontis both vols., b/w plates and ills., folded maps. Light rubbing to edges, several small sivershing marks vol. II, previous owner's stamp front free endpaper. Very.....
Perth: West Australian Newspapers, 1959. Edited by H.F. Parkinson. Royal 8vo, pp. xii, 164, Index, colour frontis map, colour plates and photos, spiral bound in cloth boards, in original glassine wrap. Near-fine condition. Successor to the 1935 publication 'West Australian Wild Flowers,' expanded edition. Colour plates by Edgar Dell...
![Item #100997 A Field Guide to the Eremophilas of Western Australia [Signed by both authors]....](/pictures/thumb/100997.jpg?v=1679393460)
WA: Simon Nevill, 2011. Royal octavo, pictorial flexible boards, colour illus, pp 336. Signed by both authors. Near fine condition. Scarce. Eremophilas are important ecologically. The name means "desert-lover" and they are the characteristic plants of seimi-arid woodland habitats. This book illustrates, describes and gives distribution maps to several hundred.....
Perth: Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, 2005. 1st ed., octavo, stiff wraps, pp.414, incl Index, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs throughout, maps. Near-fine condition. This field guide is an essential reference for anyone interested in the plants of South-West Western Australia, and particularly the Swan Coastal Plain. It provides a......
Kalamunda: Tangee, 2004. Royal octavo, wraps, b&w illus, large folding map, pp iv, 130. Near-fine condition. History of the Lower Kalgan, the area just east of Albany, one of Western Australia's earliest farming districts.
![Item #100785 Life on the Rocks: the art of survival [1st hardcover edition]. Philippa Nikulinsky,...](/pictures/thumb/100785.jpg?v=1679393440)
Fremantle Press, 2008. Oblong, pictorial bds, d.j., col illus, pp. 191. The second printing, which was the first hardcover edition (the 1999 edition was softcover). Near-fine condition in like d.j. The animals and plants of Australia's rocky landscapes. Beautifully illustrated by Nikulinsky.
Perth: Museum Without Walls, 2017. Illus, Marion Duke. Quarto, pictorial wraps, colour illus throughout, pp 36. Presentation inscription. Near-fine condition. The story of the Catalpa and the Fenians in Western Australia, written and illustrated for younger readers.First published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press in 2006.
Yirrkala (NT): Yirrkala Community School, 1992. 2nd edition, 3rd printing. Quarto, wraps, b&w illus, pmap, p 28. Very good condition. Documents the Catalina flying boats at Melville Bay, which was a base for campaigns in the Pacific during WWII. Most of the photos shown are supplied by Jim Harrison: in.....
Yirrkala (NT): Yirrkala Community School, 1992. 2nd edition, 3rd printing. Quarto, wraps, b&w illus, pmap, p 28. Very good condition. Documents the Catalina flying boats at Melville Bay, which was a base for campaigns in the Pacific during WWII. Most of the photos shown are supplied by Jim Harrison: in.....