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1. Abidi, Azhar (2006). Passarola Rising (1st ed). Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 244 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. Historical novel by Azhar Abidi set in Portugal in 1731, about two brothers with a love of flying. They build the airship 'Passarola' to escape the stultifying political climate at home. They fly around Europe and to the North Pole and back. The brothers were real historical figures, but their adventures are fiction. The author is Pakistani-Australian and lives in Melbourne. ISBN/ASIN: 067004296X. Our Book No: 25467. $15 AUD.

2. Alexander, Kristen (2006). Clive Caldwell, Air Ace. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 298 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear. Kristen Alexander has written an intimate biography of Clive Caldwell, based on unrivalled access to personal papers and official records. He was a natural and brilliant pilot, a great shot and a born leader, but also a non-conformist who faced a court martial. He saw action in World War 2 (WW2) against the Germans, Italians and Japanese, and remains Australia's greatest ever fighter pilot. ISBN/ASIN: 1741147050. Our Book No: 18117. $30 AUD.

3. Alexander, Ruth; Grey, Clifford (1933). The Rome Express: Based on the Famous Gaumont-British Film of Clifford Grey's Play (Copyright ed) [Readers Library]. London: The Readers Library Publishing Co. 250 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), burgundy cloth cover (gilt decoration & lettering), pages toned, jacket spine offset & slightly faded (some edgewear & chipping, tiny loss bottom spine & bottom corner tip front cover, faint foxing & toning reverse side, few edge tears), endpapers faintly foxed. This crime fiction novel from the 1930s is the story of a stolen Van Dyck painting, which brings tragedy into the lives of a number of the passengers on this world-famous train during a journey from Paris to Rome. The action takes place on the train which starts from the Gare de Lyon, Paris, and rushes through France and Italy until it comes to a standstill in the terminus in Rome. Mystery novelist Ruth Alexander comes from Wiltshire and has travelled to many parts of the world. (This copy is no 382 in the Readers Library series, published by The Readers Library Publishing Co., and is based on the famous Gaumont-British film of Clifford Grey's play, in turn based on the original novel published by Arrowsmith (1933). No date, but 1930s. The is the scarce copyright edition, printed in small quantities. The reverse side of the jacket contains a valuable list of Readers Library publications.). ISBN/ASIN: B00138JH8E. Our Book No: 40536. $60 AUD.

4. Army and Navy, Germany (1928). The Army and Navy Needle Book: Made in Germany [Needlebook]. Germany: Publisher Not Stated. n/a pp. Ephemera small oblong, good condition, colour ship drawing front & rear cover, corners creased front cover, five paper pockets (needles missing), small square of brown paper with cover (has 3 needles), needles are slightly rusted, minor edgewear. A scarce German Navy and Army needlebook.The needlebooks apparently were never given to the Army or Navy, they were used at home. The front cover has a colour image of 'The Bremen' and the rear cover of 'The Europa' (passenger ships). The pockets for the needles have a gold plate with a green lion image and the words: 'Extra good large eye needles registered Peerless Sharps made in Germany'. The numbers 1, 1/2, 5, 3/9, 6 are on the gold plates. 'Silver steel' is in black writing at the top of the card and 'Hardened in Oil' at the bottom of the card. They are in paper folded pockets in a oblong folded card. Only 3 needles out of 12 in total are present. The Bremen was launched in Germany by Norddeutscher Lloyd Line (NDL) in the late 1920s, and gutted by fire in 1941. The Europa was captured by the Allies in 1945 and used as a troopship, then it went to France as an ocean liner named Liberte. It was scraped in 1963. (No date, but about 1928 or later.). Our Book No: 41128. $40 AUD.

5. Aubrey, Ronald K. (1975). The Pictorial History of the Railways and Tramways of Western Tasmania (1st ed). Hobart: OBM Bookshop. 52 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, card covers, stapled, black & white text-photos, few tiny spots & light marks covers, staples little rusted, minor edgewear. This wonderful book by Ronald Aubrey is a look into the history of the West Coast of Tasmania as well as at their railways and tramways. The author states that it is not a complete record of the past, but the photos should be of interest to a historian and anyone wanting to learn about the early history of this fascinating part of Australia. A great addition to any Australian history or train book collection. ISBN/ASIN: 0959903410. Our Book No: 40667. $45 AUD.

6. Barnichon, Gilles; Roullet, Pierrick (1998). De Grasse: Empress of Australia / Venezuela. Le Touvet, France: Editions Marcel-Didier. 144 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos (mostly full-page), glossy paper, minor edgewear. The British-built but French ocean liner "De Grasse" has had an eventful career. For 40 years, she went through a world war, several conversions and sales, and two sinkings. It re-opened the French Line Transatlantic service in 1947, and later became "Empress of Australia" and "Empress of Venezuela" under different national flags. A superbly illustrated book based on archival material. Parallel text in French and English. ISBN/ASIN: 2910821145. Our Book No: 16404. $45 AUD.

7. Bayley, William A. (1971). Port Arthur Railway across Tasman Peninsula: Australia's First Railway. Bulli, NSW: Austrail Publications. 64 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, black & white text-photos, maps, faint foxing edges, staples slightly rusted, spine little rubbed, covers little faded & rubbed, minor edgewear. A booklet about the first railway in Australia, laid down in the second colony established, and linking two of the most attractive and popular historical resorts on Australia's tourist island. A great booklet for anyone interested in Australian history. (No date, about 1971, Trove.). Our Book No: 40662. $15 AUD.

8. Bayley, William A. (1973). Lithgow Zig Zag Railway Blue Mountains - New South Wales (3rd enlarged ed). Bulli, NSW: Austrail Publications. 64 pp. Paperback trade, stapled pamphlet, card covers, very good condition, black & white text-photos, map, faint foxing centre map & edges, covers little faded, minor edgewear. A booklet about the Zig Zag Railway in the Blue Mountains to Lithgow locality, New South Wales. Opened in 1869, the Great Lithgow Zig-Zag was acclaimed a railway engineering feat, unique in the world. The railway was in use until 1910, being superseded by a system of 10 tunnels. ISBN/ASIN: 0909597103. Our Book No: 29559. $15 AUD.

9. Bayley, William A. (1977). The Great Zig Zag Railway at Lithgow. Bulli, NSW: Austrail Publications. 130 pp. Paperback, very good condition, card covers, black & white text-photos, map, faint foxing edges, covers little faded, spine little scuffed (slight loss top spine), top corner rear cover creased, minor edgewear, faint biro line front cover. William A. Bayley reports on the Zig Zag Railway in the Blue Mountains to Lithgow locality, New South Wales. Opened in 1869, the Great Lithgow Zig-Zag was acclaimed a railway engineering feat, unique in the world. A great book for anyone wanting to learn about this fascinating part of rail history. (Incorrect ISBN 090959789 printed in book.). ISBN/ASIN: 0909597189. Our Book No: 29563. $12 AUD.

10. Bayley, William A. (1980). Blue Mountains Railways (1st ed). Bulli, NSW: Austral Publications. 79 pp. Paperback trade, card covers, good condition, black & white text-photos, maps, covers lightly marked, stapled (lightly rusted), light foxing edges, pages faintly toned, light stain middle pages, minor edgewear. This small book by William A. Bayley is about the Blue Mountains Railways. The many photos will be of interest to anyone who would like to know about this important part of the Blue Mountains history. ISBN/ASIN: 0909597235. Our Book No: 29808. $12 AUD.

11. Beaver, Bruce (1966). You Can't Come Back (1st ed). Adelaide: Rigby Limited. 166 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), top edge foxed, edges reverse side jacket lightly foxed (unclipped, minor edgewear), pages lightly toned. First edition. In this short novel by Bruce Beaver, a small party of railway labourers are allotted a week's work and stationed at a large NSW country town. Their daily lives and the experiences that befall them after working hours are described, laconically enough, by a member of the group. The author's first novel is based on his six year's experience as a surveyor's labourer in the Hunter valley and northern New South Wales. Our Book No: 22889. $15 AUD.

12. Bennett, Michael deBensted (2001). Red Sky at Night: The Life of a Professional Seafarer. Sydney, Turramurra: Michael deBensted Bennett. 246 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, light toning fore-edge, front cover corner tips little scuffed, minor edgewear. A self-published true story of his time as a professional seafarer of 27 years from 1957 to 1985. He served in warships of the Royal Navy as a Royal Naval Reserve officer before joining the Royal Australian Navy in 1969 where he served at sea in an number of warships and as the captain of a patrol boat in the waters of Papua New Guinea. In this fascinating book he has written of his experiences and observations of icebergs and sheet ice, blizzards, thick fog, storms, dust-storms, minefields, war-damaged Europe, the Rock of Gibraltar, Malta, the ruins of Pompeii, the Egyptian pyramids, the 'Land of the Midnight Sun', 'Roaring Forties', Australia, New Zealand, submarines, navigation, engineering, aviation and much more. ISBN/ASIN: 0646412981. Our Book No: 27727. $22 AUD.

13. Bentley, Judy; Bentley, David (photographer) (1985). The Blue Mountains: Bell's Line. Bathurst, NSW: Robert Brown & Associates. 24 pp. Paperback quarto, good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, card cover (folded rear cover postards MISSING), map, colour text-photos, front cover corner tips little creased, creases along spine, minor edgewear. Judy Bentley records the history of Bell's Line in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney (NSW). This road was pioneered by Lieut. Archibald Bell, after whom the road was named, in 1823 after receiving a land grant in 1807 on the present site of Belmont. The photos by David and Judy Bentley help to tell the story of this beautiful part of the Blue Mountains. (Rear cover is folded with four detachable coloured postcards, as mentioned on cover sticker, MISSING as common. Printed isbn 0949267092 is invalid, should be 0949267090.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949267090. Our Book No: 29782. $15 AUD.

14. Bentley, Judy; Bentley, James; Bates, Geoff (2003). The Lithgow Zig Zag: A Masterpiece of Railway Engineering (Reprint ed) [Lithgow Zigzag]. Corinda, QLD / Lithgow, NSW: Pictorial Press / Zig Zag Railway Co-Op. 28 pp. Paperback quarto, card cover, very good plus condition, colour & black & white text-photos. A picture booklet about this unusual zigzag railway (1869 to 1910), built to bring trains down a steep slope from the Blue Mountains to the Lithgow Valley. A masterpiece of engineering. Re-opened as a tourist railway in 1975. ISBN/ASIN: 1876561262. Our Book No: 9616. $15 AUD.

15. Bewsher, Paul (1986). Green Balls: The Adventures of a Night Bomber [Vintage Aviation Library]. Hertfordshire: Greenhill Books. 287 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket (minimal foxing), edges & pages lightly toned, light foxing endpapers, owner's written name front pastedown. This book by Paul Bewsher, originally published in 1919, delightfully describes his time flying as observer in the huge Handley-Page night bombers with the RNAS during World War 1 (WW1). The memorable raids include one on a bridge over the River Meuse (the longest night flight on a target at that time, some 159 miles behind enemy lines), and a dramatic raid in April 1918 on Zeebruge. ISBN/ASIN: 0947898506. Our Book No: 26184. $25 AUD.

16. Blanchard, Edward B.; Hickling, Edward J. (1998). After the Crash: Assessment and Treatment of Motor Vehicle Accident Survivors (1st, reprint ed). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association (APA). 353 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good dustjacket). The first book published on this important topic. Provides an extensive study of this long-neglected population. The authors draw on their own extensive research and clinical care of MVA survivors, including data from their groundbreaking 5-year study, the Albany MVA Project, and the current research findings. ISBN/ASIN: 1557984247. Our Book No: 15215. $25 AUD.

17. Bowden, Tim (2002). Penelope Bungles to Broome (1st this ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 304 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, colour photos, front cover slightly creased, spine little faded, bottom corner tip slightly scuffed, bottom corner front cover creased, minor edgewear. Tim and Ros Bowden describe a 3-month trip around the Kimberley in their trusty 4-wheel drive Penelope. They traveled from the improbably sculptured Bungle Bungles to the Pilbara and the wildflower-filled Mid West. ISBN/ASIN: 1865087998. Our Book No: 40898. $18 AUD.

18. Bradford, John; Cowen, Sir Zelman (foreword) (2000). In the Highest Traditions: RAN Heroism Darwin 19 February 1942 (1st ed). Adelaide, Henley Beach: Seaview Press. 224 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, black & white photos, figures, tables, minor edgewear. This book lists all names and citations for Australian military personnel recommended for gallantry awards in the first air raid on Darwin - some are published for the first time. If the Japanese had included torpedo bombers in their strike force, 1000 RAN, Merchant Navy and US Army personnel could have been killed. The absence of torpedo bombers and dive bombers in subsequent raids on Darwin was a factor in the loss of HMAS Armidale in December 1942. The author located other records relating to the Darwin air raid while researching for this book. These records do not relate to gallantry per se, as they do not appear in other texts covering the raid. However, they are of important historical value. ISBN/ASIN: 1740080750. Our Book No: 40929. $30 AUD.

19. Bray, Mark; Rimmer, Malcolm (1987). Delivering the Goods: A History of the NSW Transport Workers Union 1888 - 1986. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 297 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, tables, black & white photos, light toning pages, minor edgewear. This book is the first account of the New South Wales Transport Workers' Union to be published in Australia. It traces the history from its formation as a tiny Sussex street union in Sydney in 1888 to its role in 1986 as one of the most powerful unions in the state and the nation. The book focuses on the political inclinations of the union's leaders, the unions organisational capacities and its industrial experience. ISBN/ASIN: 0043000932. Our Book No: 28235. $40 AUD.

20. Bromby, Robin (2006). Ghost Railways of Australia. Sydney: Lothian Books. 232 pp. Hardback large quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour & black & white photos (including frontispiece), light foxing reverse side jacket (minor edgewear), closed tear top edge rear cover, few tiny dents front cover & jacket, spine ends little rubbed. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Robin Bromby reports on Australian railroads that are now deserted. Dajarra in Queensland, just a dusty settlement in the middle of nowhere, was once a railhead that handled more cattle than even the fabled Abilene in Texas. On the Ravensthorpe line in Western Australia, trains in the past would stop to allow locals to pick wildflowers - now they don't run anymore. The stories of the vanished people who tended the railroads and trains and the places are illustrated by a wide variety of photos, many never published before. A wonderful book for all interested in Australian history. ISBN/ASIN: 0734409230. Our Book No: 29697. $60 AUD.

21. Bromby, Robin (compiler) (1983). Early Trams of Sydney: Photographs from the Field Collection at the Mitchell Library. Sydney, Neutral Bay: Cromarty Press. 64 pp. Paperback small oblong octavo, stapled, very good condition, black & white text-photos, spine & rear cover little creased, minor edgewear. This booklet is about the early trams of Sydney. The first steam trams ran in 1879 and within 19 years the city had the largest steam tram network in the world. The many photos make this a fascinating look at an important part of Sydney's history. ISBN/ASIN: 0949675059. Our Book No: 29078. $16 AUD.

22. Brown, James R. (editor); Brown, Captain Chas H. (assistant) (1933). Brown's Nautical Almanac (Incorporating “Pearson’s Nautical Almanac”) Daily Tide Tables For 1933 (56th ed). Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, Nautical Publishers. 702 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, good condition, thick papered card covers, red cloth spine, black & white drawings, few sepia (brown-tinted) text-photos, four red & yellow-tinted pages with black & white drawings, charts, tables, adverts, pages lightly toned, spine ends slightly frayed, few light creases cloth spine, minimal insect damage covers, white background covers little toned, slight loss bottom edge rear cover, edges little rubbed paper covers, small split front hinge & inner hinge split (pages firm), some edgewear. This wonderful maritime reference book (here as the 56th year of annual publication) is a valued inclusion in any maritime collection. The charts, adverts and nautical-related material are an important part of maritime history. Apart from daily tide information there is also port information, including distances between ports, and astronomical data. In this edition, some of the more widely used tables from Pearson's Nautical Almanac which merged with Brown's, have been included. The Tidal Constants have been thoroughly revised and extended, and now refer to Dover. The Nautical Tables and Methods Section has been thoroughly revised and the general Distance Tables extended, particularly by the addition of distances between ports on the American coasts. Our Book No: 40740. $60 AUD.

23. Burrell, D. C. E. (1983). Scrap and Build (1st ed). Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. 79 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white text-photos, tables, faint toning pages, covers little rubbed, spine ends lightly bumped & scuffed, minor edgewear. D. C. E. Burrell provides a brief history of the British shipping industry. The pamphlet gives a brief outline of the 1930s schemes to improve shipbuilding, with lists of the ships involved. Includes index of companies and ships at the rear. ISBN/ASIN: 0905617290. Our Book No: 30461. $18 AUD.

24. Byrnes, Paul; Strong, James (foreword) (2000). Qantas by George: The Remarkable Story of George Roberts. Sydney: Watermark Press. 196 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. Biography of the colourful engineer who joined Qantas in 1936, and therefore grew up with early Australian aviation. ISBN/ASIN: 0949284521. Our Book No: 8621. $15 AUD.

25. Cargill, A.; O'Neill, S. (1976). The Lithgow Zig Zag Railway (3rd ed). Lithgow, NSW: Zig Zag Trust / Zig Zag Railway Co-op Ltd. 20 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, black & white text-photos, map, faint foxing edges, light foxing inside covers & pages, pages & covers faintly toned, staples little rusted, minor edgewear. A booklet about the Zig Zag Railway at Lithgow which gives a brief history of the establishment of the Railway. Opened in 1869, the Great Lithgow Zig Zag was acclaimed a railway engineering feat, unique in the world. This booklet replaces previous editions of "The Great or Lithgow Zig Zag". This book is regarded as an interim measure until the official opening in early 1976. Our Book No: 29561. $15 AUD.

26. Carr, Harry; Pullen, Noelene; McCluskey, Lorna (1990). Transport in the Hills District 1805 - 1990. Sydney, Castle Hill: Hills District Historical Society. 131 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, illustrated endpapers, black & white text-photos, minor foxing top edge & front cover, spine little faded, bottom corner creased rear cover, minor edgewear, owner's written name title page. The emphasis in this book, compiled by Harry Carr and co-authors, is on public transport, and has been divided into three sections:- mail contracts and coaching, trams and trains, and motor buses. Photos and anecdotes help to tell the story of change in the shape, size, speed and method of propulsion of the transport in the Hills District of northwest Sydney. ISBN/ASIN: 0959580882. Our Book No: 26899. $15 AUD.

27. Chatterjee, Arup K. (2017). The Purveyors of Destiny: A Cultural Biography of the Indian Railways (1st ed). New Delhi: Bloomsbury. 321 pp. Paperback trade (with flaps), very good condition, sepia (brown-tinted) & few colour photos, tiny bump base spine. This book brings together all the elements that go together to make the Indian Railway Systems and the stations so interesting for many people.This is the first time they have appeared in a book replete with anecdotes from colonial and Indian accounts, the nationalist movement, Indian cinema, advertisements, and a lot more - in an ever expanding cultural biography of the Great Indian Railways. The old sepia photos add a charming appeal to the book. ISBN/ASIN: 9789386950147. Our Book No: 30187. $30 AUD.

28. Chesterton, Ridley D.; Fenton, R. S. (1984). Gas and Electricity Colliers: The Sea-going Ships Owned by the British Gas and Electricity Industries (1st ed). Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. 120 pp. Paperback small trade, good condition, black & white photos (including frontispiece), flags and funnels for gas and electricity colliers, light toning edges, few light creases along spine, spine & covers little faded, top corner front cover & some pages lightly creased, top spine little bumped, few tiny scuffs rear cover, minor edgewear, rubber name stamp inside front cover. From the foreword: This is the story of a group of ships that were very close to Douglas Ridley Chesterton's heart - the unlovely but hard-working fleet of colliers owned by the Gas and Electricity undertakings of London and the South East. He died in 1979, before he could finish the book, and it has been completed by R. S. Fenton. ISBN/ASIN: 0905617339. Our Book No: 30458. $20 AUD.

29. Chichester, Francis (1981). 50th Anniversary of Sir Francis Chichester's Flight Across the Tasman [First-Day Cover & Photo]. Sydney: Australia Post. N/A pp. Ephemera, envelope, very good plus condition, pictorial cover, rubber stamps, memento sticker. Plus: photograph, very good condition, sepia (brown-coloured), minimal edge tear, annotation rear side. First-day cover: Has sticker signed by Capt. R. Ockenden, and J. Koch (Re-Enactment Party). Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first east-west solo crossing of the Tasman Sea by Chichester in 1931: Auckland to Norfolk Island, then to Lord Howe Island, then to Jervis Bay, NSW. Photograph: Shows picture of aircraft ZK-AKK plus onlookers, perhaps on Lord Howe Island, plus autograph of Chichester (copy, possibly dated 1967 according to annotation rear cover). Our Book No: 16811. $15 AUD.

30. Clark, Alan (1981). A River and Its Bridges. Nowra, NSW: Shoalhaven Historical Society. 16 pp. Paperback trade, stapled, card covers, very good condition, black & white text-photos, staples lightly rusted, minor edgewear. This booklet by Alan Clark is about the opening of bridges over the Shoalhaven River, southcoast New South Wales. Starts from the 1880s, and how the bridges changed the way of life for the people of Nowra. (No date, but 1981, Trove.). ISBN/ASIN: 0959968040. Our Book No: 26330. $15 AUD.

31. Clark, Gary (1988). Swamp: Flip Flappity Flippity (Reprint ed). Brisbane, Paddington: Swamp Productions. 80 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, stapled, black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, minimal scuffing covers, spine little rubbed, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name inside front cover). All the fun of the Swamp with Wart and Mort, Old Man Croc, Nit Picker Bird, Ding Duck, Turtle and Snail, Lungfish and the many visitors to the swamp. There is a photo and story about Gary Clark on page 3. In this book Ding Duck is the main character as he tries to learn the art of flying. ISBN/ASIN: 0959253378. Our Book No: 40656. $20 AUD.

32. Clark, Gary (1991). Swamp Presents Ding Duck: The Official Biography of the World's Worst Flying Student (Reprint ed). Brisbane, Paddington: Swamp Productions. 80 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, stapled, black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, bottom corner tip front cover & spine ends little scuffed, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name inside front cover). All the fun of the Swamp with Ding Duck who is trying to learn to fly. There is a photo of the author with his baby son, Scott, on page 3. ISBN/ASIN: 0958806225. Our Book No: 40661. $25 AUD.

33. Clark, Mary Shelley (2001). Ships and Shores and Trading Ports: A Social and Working Life of Coastal Harbours and River Towns in New South Wales. Sydney: Waterways Authority of NSW. 218 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos (few full-page), maps (including inside covers), cover corners creased, spine ends little rubbed, base spine lightly bumped, minor edgewear. Examines the New South Wales (NSW) coast and river communities which once depended upon shipping. Explores this important part of Australia's maritime history through the words of the men and women who live in these areas. Sponsored by the Waterways Authority of NSW as a celebration of the Centenary of Federation in Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 0731388984. Our Book No: 28692. $30 AUD.

34. Clark, Robert; Thomson, Mark (2014). Transport Fuels from Australia's Gas Resources (1st ed). Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press. 308 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, tables, figures, minor edgewear corners. A comprehensive study by Australia's leading experts into converting our gas resources into fuel for transport, which will reduce Australia's dependence on imported oil. The book demonstrates how the use of natural gas as a transport fuel could increase Australia's fuel self-sufficiency to 50 - 70 per cent by 2030. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742232386. Our Book No: 28151. $40 AUD.

35. Clary, David A (2003). Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age. New York: Hyperion. 324 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos (including frontispiece), top corner rear cover little creased, small mark fore-edge, minor edgewear. The life and work of the troubled, solitary genius Robert H. Goddard, who was the American father of rocketry and space flight / travel, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets and the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. He was supported by Charles Lindbergh and Harry Guggenheim, when he devised the methods that carried men to the moon. His inventions are used today to fly rockets and jet planes. ISBN/ASIN: 0786887052. Our Book No: 28734. $20 AUD.

36. Clough, David N. (2004). Class 50s in Operation. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing. 160 pp. Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, colour photos endpapers, glossy paper, minimal edgewear, barcode sticker rear endpaper. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Tmhe author pieces together the operational record of this popular British locomotive, examining its antecedents, the construction and early years on the LMR, and the final decades on the western and southern regions. This detailed and comprehensive volume will be much sought after - to help preserve surviving examples, as well as for those who recall their glory days. ISBN/ASIN: 0711029717. Our Book No: 21867. $30 AUD.

37. Club of the ACT, Land Rover (1984). Going Bush: A Handbook for Four Wheel Driver Users (Amended ed). Canberra: Land Rover Club of the ACT. 116 pp. Paperback trade, card cover, very good condition, figures, adverts, tiny tear fore-edge single page, bottom corner front cover & few pages lightly creased, tiny mark front cover, staples rusted, minor edgewear. This very informative and practical booklet has been written to encourage safe and trouble-free enjoyment of the Australian bush. The book covers maintaining your vehicle at all times, bush preparation, fitting out the vehicle, map reading, bush mechanics and emergency repairs, photography, first aid and many other topics that will help you get maximum enjoyment from your vehicle. ISBN/ASIN: 0959304606. Our Book No: 29164. $15 AUD.

38. Council, Torbay County Borough (1975). The Fishing Industry in Brixham: The Mother of the Trawl Fisheries. Torbay, UK: Torbay County Borough Council Printing Department. 16 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, few black & white photos, staples rusted, spine little faded & creased, rear cover lightly marked, minor edgewear. This pamphlet is about the fishing industry in Brixham. This industry has, for several hundred years, been of fundamental importance to the economy of the town, and in earlier years when Brixham boats fished distant waters, it held a similar position in the economy of the nation. (Estimated date, 1970s.). Our Book No: 30479. $12 AUD.

39. Craig, Bruce; Hartz, Greg Studio (illustrator); Fraser, Margaret (editor) (2001). Bogged! The Bruce Craig Story (Reprint ed). Toowoomba: Bruce Craig / Printed by The Education Centre. 96 pp. Paperback small oblong, very good condition, few black & white cartoons, few tiny scuffs front cover, covers little faded, front hinge split (pages firm), minor edgewear, sticker mark rear cover, autograph (author’s written name). This is the memoir of Bruce Craig who works as a cab driver in Queensland. He recounts many incidents, both in and out of his work. His natural good humour and dogged determination take him through the events both funny and sometimes tragic, and account for his philosophy on life. ISBN/ASIN: 0646392085. Our Book No: 29924. $25 AUD.

40. Crotty, David (2010). A Flying Life: John Duigan and the First Australian Aeroplane (1st ed). Melbourne: Museum Victoria. 170 pp. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, black & white & sepia (brown-tinted) photos, minor edgewear. Biography of John Robertson Duigan who built and successfully flew the first aeroplane made in Australia. He used photos, journal articles and an unreliable textbook as his guides. The full story of his flying career and his life has now been published for the first time. From his early years as a Melbourne schoolboy to his heroic activities as a pilot on the Western Front in WW1, his life is a story of ingenuity and independence. ISBN/ASIN: 9780980619034. Our Book No: 28385. $30 AUD.

41. Davis, Richard P. (2000). Not So Bad as a Bad Marriage: Irish Transportation Policies in the 1840s. [Hobart]: [Tasmanian Historical Research Association]. 64 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white photo, minor edgewear. This paper by Richard Davis is a preliminary statement of research findings about Irish transportation policies, as part of an ARC Large Grant project: 'Dumping Ground or Clever Country? Penal Transportation, Convict Selection and Development of Australia's Colonial Economies, 1826-53'. This pamphlet is an offprint of the 1999 Eldershaw Memorial Lecture by Brian Davis published in 'Tasmanian Historical Research Association Papers and Proceedings, 2000'. . ISBN/ASIN: 0859018792. Our Book No: 26216. $20 AUD.

42. Dawson, Dr Len (1995). Skydoctor: Based on the Adventures and Experiences of a Flying Doctor in the 1950s (Reprint ed). Wingham, NSW: Gypsy Publications. 270 pp. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, colour & black & white photos, black & white illustration inside rear cover, front endpaper map, fold-out map, bottom corner tip front cover little scuffed, top corner front cover creased, minor edgewear, rubber stamp. Dr Len Dawson writes about his life as a rural Australian flying doctor in the 1950s. He has recorded his adventures by word, photos and memorabilia, and he has now wishes to share the good and not-so-good times with others. The maps help to show the areas that were covered, and the photos show the many locations and people he visited. A fascinating book about a very important part of Australian history. ISBN/ASIN: 0646253077. Our Book No: 29159. $30 AUD.

43. de Quincey, Elizabeth (1994). Ships that Sailed the Gippsland Lakes. Gippsland, VIC: Gippsland Heritage House. 28 pp. Paperback oblong small octavo, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card cover, black & white drawings, minor edgewear corners, faint sticker mark front & rear covers. Elizabeth de Quincey provides a brief history of early steamers on the Gippsland Lakes in northeastern Victoria. Revised edition of a calendar initially published in 1982. ISBN/ASIN: 0646214225. Our Book No: 22184. $20 AUD.

44. Dearlove, Des (2007). Business the Richard Branson Way: 10 Secrets of the World's Greatest Brand Builder (3rd ed). Chichester, West Sussex: Capstone / Wiley. 172 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, thick card covers (with flaps), minor edgewear. Third edition. Des Dearlove reveals the secrets of Richard Branson's remarkable success, and also draws out the universal lessons and strategies that can be applied to any business or career. Originally published, 1999. ISBN/ASIN: 9781841127644. Our Book No: 31004. $14 AUD.

45. Delano, Anthony (2012). They Sang Like Kangaroos: Australia's Tinpot Navy in the Great War. Melbourne: Arcadia / Australian Scholarly Publishing. 246 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, top corner tip rear cover scuffed, front cover little creased, fore-edge lightly marked, minor edgewear corner tips. Anthony Delano records yarns from the earliest days of the Royal Australian Navy that are largely unheard, including the battle before the Gallipoli landing, drama in Port Phillip Bay with a German steamer, the hero denied a promotion who went down with his ship, and a real-life James Bond, and other stories. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921875724. Our Book No: 27404. $30 AUD.

46. Denham, W. (1973). Tramway Byways - North Sydney. Sydney, Sutherland: South Pacific Electric Railway Co-operative Society Limited. 58 pp. Paperback large trade, good condition, stapled, black & white text-photos, light rubbing & creasing spine, faint foxing title page & covers, light impressions front cover, cover edges chipped, front cover little creased, some edgewear. This booklet by W. Denham has been prepared to describe the tram system started in 1879. The first cable tram began running at North Sydney, and continued until 1958. The system which although a major portion of a much greater system, by virtue of its being completely isolated had a charm and character of its own. (No ISBN in book.). Our Book No: 26255. $20 AUD.

47. Denham, W. M. (editor) (1986). Sydney Tramway Museum Handbook of Exhibits (Revised & enlarged ed). Sydney, Sutherland: South Pacific Electric Railway Co-operative Society Limited. 50 pp. Paperback small octavo, stapled, very good condition, black & white text-photos, light rubbing & creasing spine, faint foxing title page, few scratches front cover, sticker mark inside front cover, minor edgewear. This booklet has been prepared not only to describe the trams and buses preserved at the Sydney Tramway Museum, Loftus, but also to help explain - where possible - the pattern of development of the transport authorities in their vehicle designs. Our Book No: 25477. $15 AUD.

48. Docker, Edward Wybergh (2000). Furphies: Fact or Fiction in Australian History. Hampton, NSW: Hampton Press. 293 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white illustrations, few light impressions front cover, minor edgewear. (Correct title: Furphies: Fact or Fantasy in Australian History, by Edward Docker, 2000.) Edward Docker writes about 'furphies': tall stories, unsubstantiated rumours and mistaken or half-understood notions (including of events overseas), which have always abounded in Australian and Pacific history. The Furphy water-carts passed through the streets of Shepparton in Victoria in the year 1900 to assist farmers in time of drought. Fourteen years later when World War 1 broke out a new task was supplying water to troops awaiting despatch to battlefields overseas. Hence the name 'furphy' for some of the tall stories the drivers of such carts passed onto these volunteer soldiers in lieu of more reliable information. . ISBN/ASIN: 0646393006. Our Book No: 23580. $25 AUD.

49. Dorr, Robert F. (editor); Bishop, Chris (editor) (2002). Vietnam Air Warfare: The Story of the Aircraft, the Battles, and the Pilots who Fought (1st ed). London: Greenwich Editions. 253 pp. Hardback large quarto, dustjacket, pictorial cover, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), illustrated endpapers, black & white & colour text-photos, bottom corners front & rear covers little bumped & rubbed, minor edgewear jacket (closed tear, minor creases edges, corners little scuffed). Heavy (1.5 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. This large format book, edited by Robert Dorr and Chris Bishop, documents the fascinating Vietnam period in the history of military aviation. The photos and technical drawings and profiles gives a complete picture of 25 years of aerial combat in Southeast Asia (Vietnam). This is an excellent reference book and a record of a period in Australia's history that should be remembered. ISBN/ASIN: 086288408X. Our Book No: 28863. $40 AUD.

50. Downes, Jim; Daum, Berthold (1996). Australia by Rail: The Ghan from Adelaide to Alice [Alice Springs]. Melbourne, Cromer: Lichtbild Pty Ltd. 80 pp. Hardback square quarto, dustjacket, very good condition, pictorial cover (in very good dustjacket), colour text-photos, faint sticker mark front free flyleaf, minor edgewear. Jim Downes and Berthold Daum tell the story of the historic train, The Ghan, which travels from Adelaide (South Australia) to Alice Springs (Northern Territory). It is named after the famed Afghan camel riders. ISBN/ASIN: 0646272888. Our Book No: 1578. $25 AUD.

51. Eames, Jim (1998). Reshaping Australia's Aviation Landscape: The Federal Airports Corporation 1986 - 1998. Sydney, Edgecliff: Focus Publishing. 143 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), text-photos with faint green-tinted background, minor edgewear jacket, minor rubbing corners & spine ends. Jim Eames relates the story of the rise and fall of the Federal Airports Corporation. During its 12 year history, the FAC became one of the world's great airport authorities, before falling victim to the privatisation juggernaut of the 1990s. An entertaining read, as well as an important source for scholars, academics and others seeking a factual account of one of the most dynamic periods of Australia's aviation history. Reveals the facts about pork-barrelling leading to questionable airport developments, the problem of airport noise, and the controversial third runway at Sydney Airport. ISBN/ASIN: 1875359478. Our Book No: 22724. $30 AUD.

52. Edgar, Alfred; Critchlow, M. (illustrator) (1931). The Schoolboy Airmen [Warne's Pearl Library]. London: Frederick Warne. 90 pp. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, pictorial cover (little marked), fair condition (reading copy), colour drawing frontispiece, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, edges lightly foxed, edgewear, spine sticker, non-author written dedication. Collectible novel for young adults by Alfred Edgar about schoolboy airmen. Front cover picture of young lady in aviation gear. (No date but 1931, Trove. Written dedication date, 1942.) ISBN/ASIN: B000V8Q0Z0. Our Book No: 15045. $15 AUD.

53. Edwards, Ron (1996). Sailing Ships of Cairns: Past and Present. Kuranda, QLD: Rams Skull Press. 44 pp. Paperback trade, card covers, stapled pamphlet, very good condition, black & white drawings, staples rusted, light creasing along spine, faint foxing front cover, small rubbed spot front cover, minor edgewear. Ron Edwards has written and illustrated this small book about sailing ships of Cairns, Queensland. It has information on more than 200 vessels that played some part in the history of the Australian tropical east coast. Where possible, the drawings have been based on old photos or written descriptions. (No date, but 1996, Trove.) ISBN/ASIN: 187587223X. Our Book No: 25702. $20 AUD.

54. Electric Railway, South Pacific (1974). Sydney and Newcastle "L/P" Class: Bogie Crossbench Car [Tramcar Guides]. Sydney: South Pacific Electric Railway. 10 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white text-photos, staples lightly rusted, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, tiny biro annotation front cover. This book is a history of the Sydney & Newcastle "L/P" Class Bogie Crossbench tram cars. This book will interest anyone who wants to learn about an important part of Australia's past. (No date, but 1974, Trove.). ISBN/ASIN: 0909372020. Our Book No: 27647. $10 AUD.

55. Ellyard, David; Wraxworthy, Richard (1982). The Proud Arch: The Story of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Sydney: Bay Books. 160 pp. Paperback thin wide octavo, good condition, many black & white photos, top spine little scuffed, crease in front & rear cover, pages lightly toned, light foxing few pages, minor edgewear. This fascinating book tells the story of the builders and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Well researched, fast moving, readable, and illustrated with over 150 photos. The Bridge opened on 19 March, 1932. ISBN/ASIN: 0858355345. Our Book No: 28641. $15 AUD.

56. Erickson, Carolly (2004). The Girl from Botany Bay: The True Story of the Convict Mary Broad and Her Extraordinary Escape (1st p/b ed). Sydney: Pan Macmillan. 218 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, some scratches bottom edge, minor edgewear. In 1791, three years after being transported to Botany Bay with the First Fleet, Mary Broad - highway robber, wife and mother of two - achieved the impossible. With her husband and children and a group of desperate fellow convicts, she escaped by stealing a boat and sailing it from Sydney to the Dutch East Indies. They enjoyed their freedom, until betrayal led them to be recaptured and shipped back to England. ISBN/ASIN: 1405035889. Our Book No: 21956. $10 AUD.

57. Eustis, Nelson (2008). Australia's Greatest Air Race (New ed). Sydney: New Holland. 252 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, few black & white text-photos, top spine little chipped, otherwise minor edgewear. Nelson Eustis tells the story of how seven aircrews fought for the Australian Government prize of 10,000 Pounds for the first flight between Australia and England in 1919. New edition (originally published by Rigby, 1969). ISBN/ASIN: 9781741108040. Our Book No: 31079. $20 AUD.

58. Evans, Ken; Scott, Allan; Budrys, A. J. (1984). Cycle Repair and Maintenance (1st U.K. ed). London: Adam & Charles Black. 96 pp. Paperback wide quarto, very good condition, black & white drawings & photos, minor edgewear, cover corner tips little worn, faint foxing edges, top corner front cover creased. Based on "Bicycles: How They Work and How to Fix Them" by Budrys. This edition has been adapted for the UK by Evans and Scott. The book is a comprehensive maintenance guide, and explains and illustrates the parts of all types of bicycles popular throughout Europe and elsewhere. How they work, how they might go wrong and precisely how to fix the problems are all covered. There are step-by-step instructions, photos and diagrams. A useful book for all bicycle owners. ISBN/ASIN: 0713624515. Our Book No: 28905. $18 AUD.

59. Everingham, Sam (2007). Wildride: The Rise and Fall of Cobb and Co. [Wild Ride]. Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 308 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, maps, minor edgewear. This book is about the two men, James Rutherford and Frank Whitney who, along with business partners, took Freeman Cobb's humble coaching transport company and made it the Qantas of its day, with its coaches covering much of eastern Australia. Sam Everingham had unprecedented access to the Ruterford and Whitney families letters and diaries to write this story with all its drama, conflict and tragedy. It is the compelling and human story of Australia's first great company and the people who made it an icon. (Note: 'Wildride' on title page and cover, but 'Wild Ride' on copyright page.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780670029174. Our Book No: 27194. $25 AUD.

60. Finlay, Iain (1978). The Azanian Assignment (1st ed). New York: Harper & Row. 395 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), red cloth spine, light foxing edges, fore-edge little marked, top corner tips little creased some pages, tiny scuff fore-edge few pages, pages lightly toned, bottom corner front flap jacket creased (some edgewear & chipping, few small closed tears, bottom corner rear cover laminate little lifted, spine ends little worn). First edition. This well-plotted, fast-paced and suspenseful crime fiction novel is a thrilling adventure with the authenticity and impact of future headlines. The story is around Tony Bartlett, an Australian journalist stationed in Kenya. He flies south to cover the story of the hijacking in Johannesburg of a South African airliner. The Australian author's first novel took a year of research in South Africa. He was born in Australia but left to hitchhike through Europe and Africa, at the age of 18. He did many jobs before he became a journalist in 1956. First edition stated. ISBN/ASIN: 0060112719. Our Book No: 30656. $20 AUD.

61. Fitzgerald, Paul (1998). The Sydney Airport Fiasco: The Politics of an Environmental Nightmare. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger. 250 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, map, minor edgewear. Explains how Sydney Airport got its third runway, said to be Australia's worst single urban planning decision. The decision was not based on safety or effectiveness, or environmental sustainability, but a political decision, with its roots in the deep soil of party political affiliations. ISBN/ASIN: 0868066729. Our Book No: 16742. $20 AUD.

62. Fox, Hubert C.; Wight-Boycott, Air Commodore Michael (commentary) (1995). Man of the Sea: Vere Wight-Boycott (1st ed). Southampton / London: Pearson & Lloyd. 197 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, maps, black & white photos, frontispiece, corners front cover creased, top corners few pages little creased, minor edgewear corners. A book, based on original letters and journal, that tells the remarkable story of British-born Vere Wight-Boycott. He served 36 years in the Royal Navy. The prologue by his brother Michael explains some of the family history. The author was a fellow cadet of Vere's in the Blake Term at Dartmouth and they remained friends until Vere's death. All the letters and journals he wrote when serving at sea have now been read by Hubert Fox and extracts from them form this fascinating book. (includes large wide octavo stapled pamphlet, loosely inserted. Has an introduction by the author, a map and two photos of Vere Wight-Boycott.). ISBN/ASIN: 1899550046. Our Book No: 30450. $80 AUD.

63. Frame, Tom (2010). HMAS Sydney (Australia's Greatest Naval Tragedy) (Reprint ed). Sydney: Hachette Australia. 412 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, corner front cover little creased, minor edgewear. Detailed re-examination of Australia's greatest naval tragedy. In November 1941 the HMAS Sydney fought a close-quarters naval battle with the German armed raider Kormoran off Carnarvon on the West Australian coast. Both ships suffered fatal damage and sank. Although more than 300 German sailors were recovered or captured, none of the 645 men aboard Sydney survived. The wreck of HMAS Sydney has only recently been discovered. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733623639. Our Book No: 15320. $25 AUD.

64. Garfield, Simon (2003). The Last Journey of William Huskisson (1st p/b ed). London: Faber & Faber. 244 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white illustrations, map, minor edgewear. Plots the 8-year struggle to build the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, plus the accident that plagued the opening of the world's first passenger railway, which killed statesman William Huskisson. The railway was the greatest engineering feat of its age. George and Robert Stevenson's "Rocket" became the most famous locomotive in history. Huskisson was one of the greatest statesmen of his generation but also accident prone. On 15th September 1830, his accident, in which the "Rocket" crushed his leg and thigh, is an unforgettable image of the Industrial Revolution. ISBN/ASIN: 0571216080. Our Book No: 22362. $10 AUD.

65. Gergely, Tibor (1979). Fire Engine Book [A Numbat Picture Book]. Sydney, Gladesville: Numbat Press / Western Publishing. 24 pp. Hardback small quarto, very good condition, board cover (gilt spine, concealed staples), double-page colour drawings, minor edgewear. A children's picture book about fire engines, by Western Publishing, the publisher of the 'Little Golden Books', but in larger format. Drawings by Tibor Gergely. The scarce Australian edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0855586389. Our Book No: 12585. $15 AUD.

66. Gilleland, Ray (2012). The Nullarbor Kid: Stories from My Trucking Life. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 265 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, corner tips front cover lightly creased, top spine little bumped, light crease front cover, rear hinge little split (pages firm), minor edgewear. His fascinating life story as a pioneer trucker on the Nullarbor in postwar Australia. A time when trucks were viewed as an 'upstart industry' that threatened existing railway systems. The author tells of the adventures he and his mates had when the trucking industry was born, and the battlelines between government and truckers. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742379494. Our Book No: 30527. $20 AUD.

67. Grigsby, John (1996). Pressing on Regardless: The Story of the First Fifty Years of the A.C.T. Division (Inc.) of the AFC and RAAF Association, 8 August 1946 - 8 August 1996. Canberra, Gowrie: John Grigsby (A. R. McLean Printing). 88 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, card covers, black & white text-photos, covers creased near spine, tiny scuff mark front cover, minor edgewear, label remains inside front cover, erratum slip. John Grigsby has written the history of the Canberra ACT division of the 'AFC and RAAF Association' [later renamed Air Force Association, a non-profit association in support of air force heritage and veterans]. (No ISBN in book. Errata slip taped to p. 76. ). Our Book No: 23452. $15 AUD.

68. Grose, Peter (2009). An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin February 1942 (Reprint ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 258 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, corner tip front cover creased, bottom edge rubbed, minimal edgewear & creasing. The Japanese bombing raid on Darwin, on 19 February 1942, was the first wartime assault on Australian soil. The Japanese struck with the same carrier-borne force that devastated Pearl Harbor only ten weeks earlier. There was a difference: more bombs fell on Darwin, more civilians were killed, and more ships were sunk. The people of Darwin abandoned their town, leaving it to looters, a few anti-aircraft batteries, and a handful of dogged defenders with single-shot rifles. Yet the story has remained in the shadows. Drawing on long-hidden documents and first-person accounts, Grose tells what really happened. There was much to be proud of in Darwin that day: courage, mateship, determination and improvisation. But the dark side of the story involves looting, desertion and a calamitous failure of leadership. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781741756432. Our Book No: 15138. $14 AUD.

69. Guinness, Rupert (2018). Overlander: One Man's Epic Race to Cross Australia (Reprint ed). Sydney, Cammeray: Simon & Schuster. 315 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good plus condition, colour photos, colour route map inside covers, minor edgewear. This is a memoir about an epic bike race across one of the most challenging parts of Australia. The author set out to race from Fremantle in Western Australia to the Opera House in Sydney, a gruelling distance of 5000 kilometres that would test both physical endurance and psychological resilience. The riders competed unassisted across one of the most beautiful and inhospitable places on earth. A terrible tragedy stopped competitors in their tracks, and Rupert had to make one of the toughest decisions of his life, and he discovered the incredible power of the human spirit. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925640090. Our Book No: 40630. $30 AUD.

70. Halgren, S.; Gibson, R.; Clough, R. J. (foreword) (1982). The Lithgow Zig Zag Railway (4th ed). Lithgow, NSW: Zig Zag Railway Co-Op Ltd. 24 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, black & white text-photos, map, faint foxing edges, minor edgewear (mainly spine). Fourth edition, dated 1982. A booklet about the Zig Zag Railway in the Blue Mountains to Lithgow region, New South Wales. Opened in 1869, the Great Lithgow Zig Zag was acclaimed a railway engineering feat, unique in the world. The Zig Zag Co-operative Society was formed exactly 100 years after the line was first used, and on the 106th anniversary of the first date of operation, 18th october 1975, the first of the many Zig Zag Railway Co-operative locomotives used the middle road of the old railway. The dedication, interest, ability and perseverance of the society has gradually built the Zig Zag Tourist Railway in to one of New South Wales' major attractions. ISBN/ASIN: B001JD8L0S. Our Book No: 29560. $20 AUD.

71. Halgren, S. (editor) (1982). Switchback: 10th Anniversary Issue (1st ed) [Zig Zag Railway Co-Op Ltd Newsletter: Volume 8, Number 2, Winter]. Lithgow, NSW: Zig Zag Railway Co-Op Ltd. Unnum 28 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, black & white text-photos (mostly full-page), map, faint foxing edges, minor edgewear. This edition of "Switchback" newsletter is dedicated as a pictorial and historical tribute to the Zig Zag Railway and to those whose vision and dedication since 1968 has been rewarded by the operation of steam on one of the engineering masterpieces of the 19th century. The zig-zag structure helped to open up the "wide brown land" (pastoral leases in central western New South Wales). Our Book No: 29562. $20 AUD.

72. Hall, Timothy; Hall, Elizabeth (1979). The Observer's Book of Civil Aircraft of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney / London: Methuen of Australia / Frederick Warne. 214 pp. Hardback very small, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white text-photos & drawings, minor marking front endpapers, minor edgewear, owner's sticker. Timothy and Elizabeth Hall provide a listing and pictorial description of civil planes in Australia and New Zealand. One of the scarce Australian series of the little Observer collectible reference books. . ISBN/ASIN: 0454000758. Our Book No: 7447. $30 AUD.

73. Hathorn, Libby; Vivas, Julie (illustrator) (1986). The Tram to Bondi Beach (Reprint ed). Sydney: Fontana Picture Lions / Collins. 28 pp. Paperback small square, very good condition, spine & some pages little creased, covers lightly marked, f minor edgewear. A wonderful children's picture story by Libby Hathorn about a boy named Keiran who sold papers, and planned to drive the trams he loved to travel on so much. The bright life-like drawings by Julie Vivas bring this book to life. Highly commended by The Children's Book Council as picture book of the year. ISBN/ASIN: 0006620337. Our Book No: 13618. $12 AUD.

74. Hathorn, Libby; Vivas, Julie (illustrator) (1992). The Tram to Bondi Beach (25th Anniversary ed) [A Picture Bluegum Book]. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 28 pp. Paperback square quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings, spine lightly creased, minor edgewear. A wonderful children's picture story by Libby Hathorn about a boy named Keiran who sold papers, but planned to drive the trams he loved to travel on so much. The bright life-like drawings by Julie Vivas bring this book to life. Highly commended by The Children's Book Council for picture book of the year. 25th Anniversary edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0207176191. Our Book No: 41084. $18 AUD.

75. Hazelton, William Harry; Davey, Richard (editor) (2011). Pieces of Iron: A High Romance of Sailing Ships, the Australian Goldfields and the Islands of Solomon. [Hobart, Fern Tree]: Round Earth Company. 277 pp. Paperback (with flaps), very good condition, black & white photos, light bump top spine, minor edgewear. This Australian historical novel by William Harry Hazelton is a high romance of the 1850s. It follows the fortunes of Stormy, bosun and master sailor, and Thomas Sheridan Conroy, ship's officer. After epic voyages they are stranded in Australia, when gold is discovered in Victoria and they join the rush with very dramatic results: a gold discovery leads to a disappearance, and a mystery unresolved for fifty years, when Thomas' grandson discovers a sea-chest in the Solomon Islands. Written in the 1940s during World War II, the original manuscript was burnt. Ten years later a copy was discovered with a publisher and eventually returned to the Hazelton family. This book is edited by the grandson of the author. ISBN/ASIN: 9780975005132. Our Book No: 28183. $40 AUD.

76. Hazlitt, Lesley (2004). Just Call Me Jack: The Life of Jack Hazlitt [Fabric of a Nation Series]. Copacabana, NSW: Lexington Avenue Press. 197 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. A wonderful story about Jack Hazlitt. Jack was on the second landing in the Second Division at Gallipoli. He was a keen pilot and one of the first staff members with Qantas in the 1920s. Lesley Hazlitt met Jack when she turned 47, and he was 74. They spent more than 21 happy years together. Lesley tells his amazing story. (A book in the 'Fabric of a Nation' series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0975151037. Our Book No: 23695. $20 AUD.

77. Hickling, Vice-Admiral Harold (1969). Postscript to Voyager: The Melbourne - Voyager collision (1st ed). Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed. 192 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), endpaper map, flaps creased jacket (small edge tears). The sequel to "One Minute of Time," the first book by Vice-Admiral Harold Hickling on the collision between aircraft carrier Melbourne and destroyer Voyager. That book was a decisive factor in a second enquiry being held into the disaster. This book summarises the actual collision of the two ships, the first board of enquiry, the agitations and lobbying for a reopening of the case, and finally the second enquiry and resultant vindication of the Melbourne's captain and officers. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0589004042. Our Book No: 7365. $25 AUD.

78. Home, Edward; Crittenden, Victor (introduction, notes) (1999). A First Fleet Letter to a Gentleman in Edinburgh [First Fleet Books]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 26 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, card covers, stapled (little rusted), few small black & white drawings (vignettes), minimal edgewear corner tips & spine. This letter was first published in July 1789 in the Edinburgh Magazine and was written by a Edward Home, a carpenter on the First Fleet ship the Charlotte. After the ship discharged its convicts and stores in Sydney, the Scarborough and the Charlotte departed for Canton in China to collect a cargo of tea and then return to England. Edward Home records the journey first to New South Wales and then in more detail to Canton. (No. 5 in the First Fleet Books series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910813. Our Book No: 29765. $30 AUD.

79. Hunt, Deb (2014). Love in the Outback (1st ed). Sydney: Pan Macmillan. 318 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos, few black & white photos, small mark top edge, minor edgewear. This is the true story of an unlikely romance set in the Australian outback. The year before she turned 50, she stopped dating. She landed a job with the Royal Flying Doctor Service and left London for the sunshine of Sydney on a mission to find happiness without a mate. But then on a trip to the red-dust town of Broken Hill, she encountered a man unlike any other - he was practical, steady, financially responsible and conservative - everything Deb was not. He wanted a relationship. She wanted to flee. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742613970. Our Book No: 28247. $18 AUD.

80. Hurley, Frank (1981). Pearls and Savages: Adventures in the Air, on Land and Sea in New Guinea (Facsimile ed). Hong Kong: JAC Press. 414 pp. Hardback small quarto (26.5 x 20.0 cm), dustjacket (flaps all sides), very good condition (in very good dustjacket), green cloth cover, full-page black & white photos (including frontispiece portrait), top edge gilt (little marked), minor foxing endpapers & facsimile title page, front cover jacket little scratched (minor foxing, some edgewear), rubber stamp front pastedown, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Very heavy (1.7 Kg), and not for sale outside Australia. Captain Frank Hurley was a noted Australian adventurer and photographer (including World War 1 for the Australian Army). This remarkable publication results from an expedition to New Guinea, by land sea and air (aviation developed quickly after WW1 to service the gold-fields). His observations and experiences among the indigenous peoples are graphically recorded in word and picture. (No 459 of a limited facsimile edition of 1000 copies, published by JAC Press, Hongkong. No ISBN in book. Originally, published, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. Has 82 outstanding monochrome photos by Frank Hurley. The paper is high-grade cream-tinted stock.) Our Book No: 14230. $140 AUD.

81. Idriess, Ion L. (1956). Flynn of the Inland: Memorial Edition (Memorial ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 244 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket (missing), good plus condition, black & white photos (including frontispiece portrait), endpaper maps, last plate LOOSE at rear, minor edgewear, autograph. Biography of John Flynn, the missionary founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Memorial edition to mark the opening of the Flynn Church in Alice Springs in 1956. Contains the autograph of Jean B. [Baird] Flynn, secretary and wife of John Flynn. Our Book No: 16716. $25 AUD.

82. Information Bureau, Sydney Harbour (1938). Sydney Harbour 150th Anniversary Souvenir: An illustrated Survey of Points of Scenic and Historic Interest Observed during the Tourist Harbour Trips, arranged by Sydney Ferries Limited (Revised ed). Sydney, Circular Quay: Sydney Harbour Information Bureau / Printed by Winn & Co. 54 pp. Paperback tall trade, good condition, flexible covers, concealed staples, new black cloth spine, colour frontispiece, black & white text-photos, loosely inserted folded map, staples lightly rusted, cover little marked & faded, few light stains covers, light water marks fore-edges few pages (red stain fore-edge first three pages, fore-edges little wavy, no loss of text), crease front cover, corners rear cover little creased, some edgewear. Souvenir booklet and harbour guide from Sydney Ferries. This small booklet was published to celebrate Australia's 150th Anniversary (which happened in Sydney Harbour). There are plenty of photos and information to interest all wanting to know about places of historical interest centred around the Harbour. (No date, but about 1938.). Our Book No: 40529. $50 AUD.

83. Ivanoff, George; Wood, Ben (illustrator) (2017). Meet: The Flying Doctors (New ed) [Meet Series]. Sydney: Penguin Random House Australia. Unnum 28 pp. Paperback oblong small quarto, card covers, very good plus condition, colour drawings (some full-page), minor edgewear. This is the story of The Royal Flying Doctor Service which provides emergency and primary health care across outback Australia. Explains how the life-saving service was created and grew to become an Australian icon. The illustrations will appeal to all ages. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143780670. Our Book No: 40192. $12 AUD.

84. Jacobson, O. F. (1997). Illawarra Mountain Railway, New South Wales (Reprint ed). Wollongong, NSW: Illawarra Historical Society. 64 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, card cover (stapled), black & white text-photos, map, glossy paper, minimal edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. The story of the Unanderra to Moss Vale railway line, which connects Wollongong on the coast to Moss Vale on the main Southern Sydney to Melbourne line. After 50 years delay in planning different routes, this line opened in 1932 for coal transport and passenger services. Lavishly illustrated. (Originally published in 1977. This is the 1997 reprint with a new pictorial cover.). ISBN/ASIN: 0909164037. Our Book No: 17251. $15 AUD.

85. Johns, Captain W. E. (1952). Biggles Works It Out: A Story of Air Detective-Inspector Bigglesworth and His Comrades of the Air Police (Reprint ed). London: Hodder & Stoughton. 192 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in fair dustjacket), red cloth covers, sepia & single-colour plates (including frontispiece), black & white vignettes, edges foxed, pieces missing top edge & base spine jacket (front flap large clipped affecting text, small edge tears, reverse side toned), edgewear, old price marks (small biro mark), minimal annotation front flylleaf (few digits), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. (Second impression, originally published 1951.) Detective Air Inspector Biggles and colleagues track down gold nuggets stolen from an Australian mining town. The investigation takes him to France and Algeria. Our Book No: 4164. $15 AUD.

86. Keating, John D. (1972). Mind the Curve! A History of the Cable Trams (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 155 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, black & white photos (mostly full-page), maps, corners some pages little bent, light foxing edges, spine & top corner rear cover creased, white background rear cover marked, front cover slightly faded, few foxed spots flyleaf & inside front cover, some edgewear. An amazingly detailed history of the long-gone tramways of Melbourne, with a mention of the similar trams in the United States. The colourful cable tram was the major street transport over two generations for Melbourne, San Francisco, Chicago and other cities of the late 19th century. Melbourne's last tram made its final quiet journey down Bourke Street on 26 October 1940. The gripman gave his last traditional warning call to passengers: 'Mind the curve!' (Loosely inserted: Newspaper clipping about Melbourne trams, undated.). ISBN/ASIN: 0522840361. Our Book No: 41053. $26 AUD.

87. Kieza, Grantlee (2012). Bert Hinkler: The Most Daring Man in the World (1st ed). Sydney: HarperCollins. 473 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good plus condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear. Grantlee Kieza has written a long-deserved full-blooded biography of the famous Australian aviator Bert Hinkley. The boy from Bundaberg was a pioneer during the golden age of aviation - the 1920s and 1930s. He lived a life of soaring highs and turbulent lows, a restless, adventure-filled existence as one of the 'lords of distance' in the golden age of flight. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733329203. Our Book No: 27543. $30 AUD.

88. King, Jonathan; Thompson, Jack (foreword) (2013). Tall Ships and Tall Tales: A Life of Dancing with History (1st ed). Melbourne, Brunswick: Scribe Publications. 354 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, few black & white cartoons, minor edgewear. This fascinating autobiography by Jonathan King is his story of how he organised re-enactments of some of Australian history's most exciting events on the high seas and on dry land. He met some very memorable people along the way, and has brought Australian history to life. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922070739. Our Book No: 27413. $15 AUD.

89. Lawson, Will (1947). Paddle Wheels Away! (1st ed). Sydney: F. J. Thwaites (Pty) Limited. 238 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), pages toned as usual, reverse side jacket faintly toned (small edge tears, slight loss bottom edge, tiny hole & spine lightly foxed spine), spine & edges board cover little faded, bookshop label front pastedown, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. A collectible historical Australian novel by Will Lawson based on the rivermen and their paddle-boats on the Murray and Darling Rivers, Australia. ISBN/ASIN: B000QRCZKK. Our Book No: 26722. $15 AUD.

90. Lenton, Stewart W.; Lenton, Liz (collaborator) (2006). The Fishing Boats and Ports of Devon: An Alternative Way to Explore Devon (Volume 2). Plymouth: Channel View Publishing. 101 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, spiral bound, thick card covers (with flaps), colour text-photos, alphabetical index, charts, few black & white drawings, spine ends lightly bumped, minor edgewear. Stewart Lenton provides a brief guide to places associated with the fishing industry past and present in Devon; and a contemporary photographic record of the registered fishing boats kept in these places. This very informative book is a good way to learn some maritime and fishing history of Devon. (The index has extra unnumbered pages.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780955402319. Our Book No: 30471. $20 AUD.

91. Line, Aberdeen and Commonwealth (1952). Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line: Information for Passengers. London: Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line. 24 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, stapled pamphlet, pages & covers toned, minor edgewear, extensive annotation. Pamphlet for passengers sailing on this ocean liner from Britain to Australia. Includes a detailed listing of localities of interest to observe during the voyage. Extensively annotated by a passenger, dated 1954. (Estimated date, 1952, printer's mark.). Our Book No: 17574. $10 AUD.

92. Long, Elgen M.; Long, Marie K. (2009). Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved. New York: Simon & Schuster. 320 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, maps, minor edgewear. Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, by Elgin and Marie Long (Simon & Schuster, 2009). The authors have used long-lost radio messages, and spent 25 years researching her disappearance of the aviator over the Pacific Ocean during her around the world flight in 1937. This book simultaneously reveals the authors findings, and brings to life the primitive conditions under which earlier aviators flew. (Copyright 1999, this edition 2009.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781439164662. Our Book No: 29162. $15 AUD.

93. Maclean, John; Connolly, Paul (with) (2005). Sucking the Marrow Out of Life: The John Maclean Story. Sydney, Millers Point: Pier 9 / Murdoch Books. 272 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, card covers (with flaps), black & white & colour photos, minor edgewear. A near-fatal cycling accident in 1988 left John Maclean, an Australian athlete, a paraplegic. His story as a paraplegic athlete is as moving, inspiring and joyful as the man himself. He was the first wheelchair athlete to complete the Hawaiian ironman triathalon. The gruelling English Channel swim was his next success. ISBN/ASIN: 174045670X. Our Book No: 22861. $25 AUD.

94. Marr, David; Wilkinson, Marian (2003). Dark Victory (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 350 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor creasing spine, minor edgewear. First edition. The secret history of John Howard's campaign against boat people that began with the Tampa incident, and ended 10 extraordinary weeks later with the Australian voters giving Howard his third election victory. (This early printing does not have the cover subtitle at the base of the front cover.). ISBN/ASIN: 1865089397. Our Book No: 12378. $16 AUD.

95. Marsden, Peter (1975). The Wreck of the Amsterdam (1st U.S. ed). New York: Stein & Day. 289 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos & drawings, minor edgewear spine ends jacket (small closed tear top edge, rear cover lightly marked & scratched), owner's written name & date. Peter Marsden relates the story of the Dutch merchant ship's ill-fated voyage from Jakarta, but wrecked off the English coast (Hastings) in 1749. It then tells a fascinating story of how, in 1969, the author and a team of dedicated researchers become involved in salvaging this great ship. Fully documented and illustrated with nearly 200 photographs that tell the complete story of this great ship's past and present. ISBN/ASIN: 0812817605. Our Book No: 22533. $25 AUD.

96. Martin, J. Rogers; Wallace, Hugh A. (1957). Design and Construction of Asphalt Pavements (1st ed). New York: McGraw Hill. 305 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket (missing), very good condition, minor edgewear, front flap jacket loosely inserted. Two American engineers provide a thorough manual of modern methods and technology for the design and construction of the many types of asphalt pavements. (Published in 1958, title page.). ISBN/ASIN: B000FCCQTQ. Our Book No: 22380. $20 AUD.

97. Mason, Olive L.; Bell, Esme E. (illustrator) (1952). Peter Porter [John Sands' Pre-School and Kindergarten Series]. Sydney: John Sands. Unnum pp. Hardback oblong, good condition, pictorial board covers, blue spine strip covers staples (pieces missing spine ends), one page torn & repaired, minor foxing covers & front endpapers & edges (few larger patches), edgewear. (Estimated date, 1952, Trove catalogue.) Children's picture story about Peter, who works as a porter at Periwinkle Railway Station. Our Book No: 16169. $30 AUD.

98. McCormack, Gavan (editor); Nelson, Hank (editor) (1993). The Burma-Thailand Railway: Memory and History (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 175 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white photos & drawings, maps, tables, minor edgewear jacket (lightly scratched). Provides a remarkable and moving picture of the human tragedy of the Burma-Thailand Railway. Over 50 years after they were captured, Australian survivors of the railway met in Canberra with a Korean guard, and Australian and Japanese historians. This book is the result of their meeting. It combines the reminiscences of Australian prisoners Tom Morris, Tom Uren, Hugh Clarke and Sir Edward Dunlop, with the tortured memories of the Korean guard. Edited by Gavan McCormack and Hank Nelson. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 1863734236. Our Book No: 23970. $25 AUD.

99. McKenzie, Maisie (1997). Outback Achiever: Fred McKay, Successor to Flynn of the Inland (Revised ed). Brisbane, Moorooka: Boolarong Press. 213 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, colour portrait frontispiece, few pages little creased top edge, minor edgewear, autograph (subject's written name title page). Biography of the clergyman who succeeded John Flynn as Superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission (now Frontier Services), including the Royal Flying Doctor Service. The legendary Fred McKay lived his life against the background of the vast continent of Australia. His area of responsibility covered over 3 million square kilometres, and probably he knew that whole great expanse of country, and the people within it, more intimately than any other human being. ISBN/ASIN: 0864391951. Our Book No: 7926. $20 AUD.

100. McKillop, Robert F. (editor) (1998). Railfan's Handbook New South Wales (1st ed). Sydney, Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division. 80 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, maps, tables, minimal foxing inside front cover, front cover minimally scratched, minor edgewear. This reference booklet provides a guide to railway operations in New South Wales for both the experienced railfan and the not-so-knowledgeable. The handbook provides list and details of passenger and freight services, locomotives and rolling stock, the rail tourist lines and museums, the heritage aspects of the NSW railways and detailed lineside guides to features of interest and photo locations. Produced by the publisher of Railway Digest. First edition stated. . ISBN/ASIN: 0909650438. Our Book No: 25476. $15 AUD.

101. McManus, Phil (2005). Vortex Cities to Sustainable Cities: Australia's Urban Challenge (1st ed). Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. 231 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, tables, black & white text-photos, light crease front cover, minor edgewear. This book explains how Australian cities are becoming unsustainable and suggests possibilities for future actions that move us towards sustainability. The chapters on population and demography, air quality, water quality, water availability, transport and biodiversity include many new ideas to make our cities more sustainable. ISBN/ASIN: 0868407011. Our Book No: 25984. $20 AUD.

102. McNicol, Steve (1992). Yass Railway Album (1st ed). Adelaide, Elizabeth: Railmac Publications. 20 pp. Paperback trade, stapled, card covers, very good condition, black & white text-photos, spine little rubbed & creased, minor edgewear. This booklet has been produced as a companion to the Railmac publication Yass Railway Portfolio. A collection of photos of the much-loved railway line and the classical Yass Junction station over the past 30 years. ISBN/ASIN: 0949817902. Our Book No: 29771. $15 AUD.

103. Micklethwait, Lucy (1996). I Spy: Transport in Art (1st p/b ed) [I Spy Series]. London: Collins. 32 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, colour drawings, front hinge little split (all pages firm), minor edgewear corner tips covers. This special children's picture book has 13 important paintings with a different type of transport to spy in each one, from horse to hot-air balloon. Each of the colour plates provides a new canvas for children to explore as they look at the various ways to travel. Simple text for 4 to 7 year olds, but this is a game for everyone to enjoy. (One of a series of 'I Spy' children's books. Devised and selected by Lucy Micklethwait.). ISBN/ASIN: 0006645801. Our Book No: 29830. $15 AUD.

104. Moore, Neil (1988). The Voyage of Naram-sin. Sydney: Collins / Anne Ingram Books. Unnum 24 pp. Hardback small quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings, few tiny dents front cover. Children's picture story about a foolish king who wants his architect to build boats of stone. ISBN/ASIN: 0732248051. Our Book No: 26723. $20 AUD.

105. Munro, Richard (2009). Holidaying on the Continent: The Journey of an RAAF Volunteer: 1940 - 45 460 RAAF Squadron (1st ed). Loftus, NSW: Australian Military History Publications (AMHP). 252 pp. Hardback small quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white text-photos, maps, top corners covers lightly bumped. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. . The author was only 13 years old when his father died from complications with his kidney disease. Richard had always wanted to know the story of his father's flying experiences and life in the camps. This book is the result of many years of research about Jim Munro, his crew mates, the Lancaster they flew and the way of life, fears and hopes that the young flyers experienced. ISBN/ASIN: 9780980567427. Our Book No: 27815. $30 AUD.

106. Noonan, Michael; Hicks, R. E. (illustrator) (1961). Flying Doctor (1st ed). London: Hodder & Stoughton. 192 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, flyleaves lightly toned, reverse side toned jacket (flap price-clipped, minor edgewear), edges lightly foxed, sticker, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. First edition. The first in a series of about five novels about the Flying Doctor service in outback Australia (based on real experiences of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia). The author, Michael Noonan, originated the Flying Doctor TV series. (Not the Children's Book Club edition.). ISBN/ASIN: B0000CKWUM. Our Book No: 5540. $10 AUD.

107. O'Brien, Dennis (1997). Tracks in Time (1st ed). Sydney, Burwood: New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. 128 pp. Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), frontispiece, black & white & colour text-photos, minor edgewear jacket, base spine little rubbed, bottom corners covers lightly bumped, covers little creased. This book contains many photos of Australian trains taken by Dennis O'Brien and his friend Kevin McDonald. A fascinating look at an important part of Australian history. In his foreword, Dennis explains his interest in trains at an early age and how he became interested to take the photos as finances and mobility improved. His interest in taking photos and traveling around Australia produced this book which will interest anyone wanting to know more about Australian trains and their locations. ISBN/ASIN: 0909862400. Our Book No: 29131. $40 AUD.

108. O’Donoghue, K. J.; Appleyard, H. S. (1986). Hain of St. Ives. Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. 132 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, black & white photos, colour frontispiece, colour flags and funnels inside rear cover, one colour flag flyleaf and front cover, light toning pages, light foxing covers, light stain bottom corner front cover, minor edgewear cover corners. The story of one of the major shipping companies of the late-19th century. The Hain Steamship Company was founded in a small Cornish fishing port, and from there it was controlled until the takeover by P&O in 1917. The book has notes and lists of the ships - sailing, steam and motor - as well as the fascinating story of the Hain family, which can be traced back to the 16th century. ISBN/ASIN: 090561741X. Our Book No: 30456. $18 AUD.

109. Oakman, Daniel (2018). Oppy: The Life of Sir Hubert Opperman. Melbourne: Melbourne Books. 375 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few black & white full-page photos, top corners front & rear covers creased, top corners some pages creased & slightly bent, corner tips covers little scuffed, reader crease spine, slight edgewear. Sir Hubert Opperman ('Oppy’, 1904 - 1996) ) was Australia's most famous professional cyclist in the 1920s and 1930s. His records included marathons such as Fremantle - Sydney, Kalgoorlie - Perth, and the Paris - Brest - Paris road race. In 1928, he led the first Australasian team to ever contest the Tour de France. He later become a long-time cabinet minister in the Australian Parliament (Minister for Transport, later Immigration) and its High Commissioner to Malta. This well researched biography is the first to consider the complicated political legacy of Opperman’s post-cycling career, as well as being a thrilling insight into the world of professional cycling. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925556247. Our Book No: 41074. $30 AUD.

110. Obree, Graeme; Moser, Francesco (foreword) (2004). Flying Scotsman: The Graeme Obree Story (New ed). Edinburgh: Birlinn. 292 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, colour photos, minor edgewear. This copy: 2004 edition (foreword by Francesco Moser, cover design differs). Autobiography of the champion Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. With great candour and much humour, he tells the inspiring story of what it took to escape a life on the dole to become a world record breaker. He talks about his troubled childhood in Ayrshire, and his sporting success achieved in the shadow of manic-depressive (bipolar) illness. ISBN/ASIN: 1841583359. Our Book No: 22827. $10 AUD.

111. Officer Just Returned, An (1978). An Authentic and Interesting Narrative of the Late Expedition to Botany Bay as Performed by Commodore Phillips and the Fleet of the Seven Transport Ships under His Command [etc] (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Series]. Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH). 48 pp. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, navy blue cloth cover (embossed edges, gilt spine lettering), black & white frontispiece, minor scuffing front endpapers. Title ends: "and Safe Arrival on the Coast of New Holland, with Particular Descriptions of Jackson's Bay & Lord Howe Island". An anonymous account, by an officer, of the First Fleet's departure from Plymouth (April 1787) to his embarkation on The Prince of Wales for his return voyage to England (14 July 1788). The first available firsthand description of events at Botany Bay, Port Jackson and Norfolk Island. Originally published in two versions, Aberdeen & London, 1789. Both title pages and one preface are reproduced here in facsimile, but the text of the London edition has been re-set (retaining original spelling, etc.) because it was too poor to reproduce in facsimile. (No 12 in the Library of Australian History Facsimile series. Limited edition of 800 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0908120109. Our Book No: 16302A. $28 AUD.

112. Oldham, Charles (editor) (2011). 100 Years of the Royal Australian Navy (1st ed). Sydney, Bondi Junction: Faircount Media. 296 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, black & white & colour text-photos & adverts, minor edgewear, few light creases covers. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. This book , edited by Charles Oldham, tells the history of the Royal Australian Navy. In 1911, King George V granted the title Royal Australian Navy to the Commonwealth Naval Forces. Australian men and women have served during the First and Second World War, the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency, the Middle East and various United Nations peacekeeping missions. The many photos bring this book to life. (No ISBN or publication date in book.). ISBN/ASIN: B008E4ESMU. Our Book No: 26514. $28 AUD.

113. Olivieri, Kevin; Henderson, Margaret (editor); Henderson, Margaret (editor) (1999). Early Shipping Photographs [Historical Photographs Series]. Lismore, NSW: Richmond River Historical Society. 34 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. This booklet contains heritage photographs of the different types of vessels that were part of the local history of the Richmond River, New South Wales. (No 3 in this series. ISBN stated in book 1875484064 is invalid.). ISBN/ASIN: 187548406X. Our Book No: 23962. $10 AUD.

114. Opperman, H. F. (Hubert) (1977). Pedals, Politics and People. Sydney: Haldane. 511 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear & edge tears jacket (tape repairs folds reverse side, reverse side lightly foxed, front cover little scuffed), owner's written name, autograph (author's written dedication label front pastedown), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Sir Hubert Opperman (Oppy, 1904 - 1996) was Australia's most famous professional cyclist in the 1920s and 1930s. His records included marathons such as Fremantle - Sydney, Kalgoorlie - Perth, and the Paris - Brest - Paris road race. He later became a long-time cabinet minister in the Australian Parliament and its foreign representative in Malta. This book is his account of his amazing cycling and political careers. In 1996, at the age of 91, he died of a heart attack on his exercise bike at his Melbourne home. (Written dedication reads: With best wishes, Hubert Opperman, 'Oppy'.). ISBN/ASIN: 0909918090. Our Book No: 3884. $350 AUD.

115. Orton, A (1938). The Diesel Engine: An Introductory Treatment of the Principles of Working, Construction, and Operation of Diesel Engines (Revised, reprint ed) [Pitman's Technical Primers]. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. 121 + 12 pp. Hardback small, very good condition, black & white drawings (some full-page), endpapers & edges lightly foxed, pages faintly toned, slight colour loss patch front cover, top corner front cover & spine ends lightly bumped, bookshop label spine & front pastedown, owner's written name & date front pastedown, minor edgewear. This small book explains the elements of the various types of engines, and the basic principles, methods, and construction which applies to diesel engines of all types. The book has been revised since its first edition in 1923, to bring it generally into line with present knowledge and practice. Our Book No: 29167. $18 AUD.

116. Paling (1942). Paling's Army Navy and Air Force Album of 15 Popular Songs. Sydney: W. H. Paling & Co. 27 pp. Paperback small folio, very good plus condition, pages faintly toned as usual. Sheet music for 12 popular songs with military (army, navy, air force) themes. (Copyright date, 1942.) Our Book No: 17322. $20 AUD.

117. Park, Ruth; Niland, Deborah (illustrator) (1991). James (1st ed). Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 32 pp. Hardback small square quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), full-page colour drawings, minor edgewear jacket (rear cover creased, closed tear top corner rear cover). (James, by Ruth Park, illustrated by Deborah Niland, hardback dustjacket, Viking Penguin 1991.) This children's picture story by Ruth Park is about a boy named James who travels to school by ferry. One day, the ferry breaks down, and he decides to walk across the water to school. He is rescued by Pip the Golden Labrador dog. This charming story celebrates his childhood innocent belief that he can do anything - if he thinks he can. Illustrated by Deborah Niland. ISBN/ASIN: 0670824267. Our Book No: 28573. $20 AUD.

118. Perry, F. W.; Laxon, W. A. (1991). Nourse Line. Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. 56 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, black & white photos (including frontispiece), minor toning, minor edgewear & spinewear. The story of the British shipping company that originated in the mid-19th century. The Nourse Line owed its foundation and growth to the energy and enterprise of one Irishman, who successfully transitioned from owner-master afloat in command of a ship to a berth ashore running his own shipping company. Captain James Nourse was born in County Dublin in 1828, and passed the examination for his master's certificate in London in 1851, obtaining his first command the same year. ISBN/ASIN: 0905617622. Our Book No: 30457. $18 AUD.

119. Pike, John R. (1973). Brixham, Torbay: A Bibliographical Guide. Torbay: Borough of Torbay. 27 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, flexible covers, few black & white photos, map, staples little rusted, minor edgewear. John Pike has compiled a brief narrative that links together the more important references in books, maps, and documents to Brixham (Devon), and its fishing fleet and naval history. Created for anyone interested in Brixham to further research interesting aspects. ISBN/ASIN: 0901842168. Our Book No: 30478. $12 AUD.

120. Plowman, Peter (2007). Australian Cruise Ships (1st ed). Sydney, Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. 112 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, colour text-photos, covers lightly creased, small closed tear rear cover join to spine, minor edgewear, owner's written name inside front cover, errata slip loosely inserted. This book provides details of many of the ships that cruised out of Australian ports from the early 1970s up to 2000, and all the cruise liners to have been seen in local waters since 2001, as well as taking a look ahead to the liners scheduled to come here in 2007 and 2008. ISBN/ASIN: 9781877058509. Our Book No: 26646. $20 AUD.

121. Posse, Victor (2003). Together Up There: Unit History of 549 RAF / RAAF Fighter Squadron In Northern Australia During World War II. Loftus, NSW: Australian Military History Publications (AMHP). 201 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, pictorial boards, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos, documents, maps, appendices, old price marks front free flyleaf. This story is about the cousin of the author (Victor Posse): Ronald Walter Posse, who was killed in a flying accident in the Northern Territory of Australia in WW2. He had been a Spitfire pilot and a member of 549 (Fighter) Squadron RAF from its formation until his untimely death on 16 November 1944 at Truscott, the secret wartime Kimberley airbase. He had flown 205 hours on Spitfires and 1240 hours on all types of planes. Also the story of Fighter Squadron 549. ISBN/ASIN: 1876439920. Our Book No: 27046. $35 AUD.

122. Prentice, Bob (1976). The Reconstruction of the Victorian Provincial Tramways. Melbourne, Prahran: Haddon Tramway Workshops. 16 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, stapled (rusted) pamphlet, black & white text-photos, maps, some creasing corners, front cover little marked, covers lightly foxed, owner's written name & date. Bob Prentice has compiled an illustrated account of the Victorian provincial tramways prior to and after take-over by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. Frequent mention of Bendigo and Ballarat. Preface states hand set in 1976, and published by the Haddon Tramway Workshops. . ISBN/ASIN: 0909173001. Our Book No: 25475. $15 AUD.

123. Preservation Society, Pichi Richi Railway (1976). The Pichi Richi Railway: Restored and Operated on a Voluntary Basis by Members of The Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society Incorporated (Reprint ed). Port Augusta, SA: A. & P. Kitchener Printers. 52 pp. Paperback wide trade, stapled, card covers, very good condition, black & white text-photos & timetables, map, minor edgewear, minor creasing along spine, covers little scratched, staples slightly rusted, bottom corner front cover creased, light crease rear cover, edges of spine slightly rubbed, rubber stamp title page. This publication is about the Pichi Richi Railway line which is one of the four surviving sections of narrow gauge line in the north of South Australia. The Preservation Society was formed in 1973. ISBN/ASIN: 0959850902. Our Book No: 26413. $15 AUD.

124. Princess, Cruises (1995). Sun Princess Pocket Guide. City Not Stated: Princess Cruises. 6 pp. Ephemera long oblong foldout, very good condition, folded pages, few creases along fold lines, minor edgewear. This pamphlet (2 sheets that fold out to 6 pages) includes a layout of this cruise ship and a fact sheet. The Sun Princess was built in Monfalcone, Italy, and registered in Monrovia, Liberia. (Estimated date, 1990s.). Our Book No: 40562. $10 AUD.

125. Printing, Offset (1944). The Giant Book of Speed [OPC Series A88]. Sydney, Waterloo: Offset Printing Coy. 16 pp. Paperback folio (very large format), card cover, good plus condition, black & white drawings, full-page colour drawings, edgewear, written & dated dedication, owner's written name. Colourful large-format children's picture book about speed, Artwork signed T.H.R. at end. (No date, 1944, Trove, or 1946, date of written dedication.). Our Book No: 12227. $20 AUD.

126. Printing, Offset (1944). The Giant Book of Ships [OPC series A89]. Sydney, Waterloo: Offset Printing Coy. 16 pp. Paperback folio (very large format), card cover, good plus condition, black & white drawings, full-page colour drawings, edgewear, written & dated dedication, owner's written name. Colorful large-format children's picture book by Offset Printing about the history of ships. (No date, but 1944, Trove, or 1946, date of written dedication.) Our Book No: 12228. $20 AUD.

127. Publications, Traction (1972). Along the Line in Tasmania: Book 2: Private Lines (1st ed) [Railway Series, no 552]. Canberra: Traction Publications. 52 pp. Paperback oblong octavo, good plus condition, stapled, full-page black & white photos, map inside rear cover, glossy paper, scuff mark front cover (covered by sticker), minor edgewear, bookplate. Pictorial guide to locomotives on private lines in Tasmania. No 552 in the Railway Series from Traction Publications. (Bookplate of Ian R. Jack, academic historian, being a quote from Bennett Nellson, XV Century, about what happens if this book is stolen.). ISBN/ASIN: 0858290030. Our Book No: 18093. $12 AUD.

128. Qantas (1970). The Spirit of Australia: Qantas Airways. Not Stated: Qantas Airways. Unnum 24 pp. Paperback trade, stapled pamphlet, very good plus condition, sepia (brown-coloured sketches), colour photos, minimal edgewear. (Estimated date, 1970.) An easy to read pamphlet about the Australian airline, the oldest in the English-speaking world. SALE PRICE. Our Book No: 20881. $10 AUD.

129. Radcliffe, Mathew (2017). Kampong Australia: The RAAF at Butterworth. Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press. 320 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos spread, minor edgewear, small sticker top corner front free flyleaf. Mathew Radcliffe documents the 50,000 plus Australian servicemen and their families rotated through the Penang region of Malaysia (Butterworth air base) for two-year tours of duty, from 1955 until 1988. This spans the end of the British Empire and the start of the Cold War through to real engagement with Asia. This book shines a light on the complex, uneven and dynamic history of the Australian military presence in northern Malaysia and the lives of the people who lived there. The men, women and children lived full lives during their deployment, seemingly a bastion of Australianness in the midst of a Malay, Chinese and Indian community. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742235141. Our Book No: 29550. $30 AUD.

130. Rail Transport Museum, New South Wales (1970). Steam Pictorial: A Photographic Survey of Steam Locomotives at Work on the New South Wales Railways (Reprint ed). Sydney: New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. 40 pp. Paperback large wide trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, many black & white text-photos (mostly full-page), staples little rusted, rear cover lightly foxed, faint foxing top edge, minor edgewear. This booklet from the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum is a pictorial history of steam engines in New South Wales railways. There are photos of 42 steam locomotives at work, mostly on their regular duties. Of interest to railway and Australian history enthusiasts. Originally published, 1966 (this is the 1970 reprint). (1 of 2 available copies.). Our Book No: 27649A. $10 AUD.

131. Railways, Commonwealth; Bartlett, R. H. (photographer) (1965). MENU: Trans-Australian Railway Menu Card. City Not Stated: Commonwealth Railways. 2 pp. Paperback tall trade, thin card, colour photo on cover, light toning & foxing, spine rubbed, written annotation rear side This menu provides a dining car service breakfast on the Trans-Australian Railway (from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie, across the Nullarbor Plain). The colour photo on the card cover is a view of Standley Chasm, Central Australia. There are signatures of four of the passengers on the rear side. (Estimated date, 1960s.). Our Book No: 40038. $15 AUD.

132. Richardson, J. (editor) (1969). Along the Line in Western Australia (Reprint ed) [Railway Series: No 571]. Canberra: Traction Publications. 43 pp. Paperback wide trade, card covers, stapled (rusted), very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, scuff mark front cover, rear cover lightly marked, light creases along spine & top corner rear cover. This pictorial book presents a collection of photos of an era gone forever from the railway scene in Western Australia. Our Book No: 25913. $15 AUD.

133. Richardson, J. (editor); Stranger, J. B. (associate editor) (1946). The Australian Tramway Album. Melbourne, Brighton Beach: Traction Publications. 50 pp. Paperback small quarto, good plus condition, stapled, thin card covers (lacelike pattern), black & white text-photos, map, frontispiece, minor creasing along spine, staples rusted, spine ends scuffed, minimal loss base spine, corner tips covers & some pages little worn, light creases fore-edge few pages, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. This publication presents a comprehensive pictorial record of present-day Australian tramway rolling stock, together with a few examples of earlier vehicles. The book covers New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania. Also: Unique Sydney features, Australian car design, Illuminated cars, Modern tramcars, Interurbans, and Models. A fascinating book for anyone interested in some of the history of one of Australia’s transport systems. (No date, about 1946, Trove.). Our Book No: 40713. $150 AUD.

134. Rutherford, J. E. L. (1971). Cobb and Co. Bathurst, NSW / Dubbo, NSW: Self Published: J. E. L. Rutherford / Printed by Masterprint. 64 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled, card cover, black & white photos, staples rusted, minor edgewear, minimal biro mark front cover, owner's written name inside front cover. This detailed self-published booklet by J. E. L. Rutherford is about the two men, Freeman Cobb and James Rutherford, who along with their changing business partners, took Cobb's humble Victorian coaching company and made it the Qantas of its day. The author had access to Rutherford letters and diaries to write this story with all the drama, conflict and tragedy. It is the compelling and human story of Australia's first great interstate company and the people who made it an icon. Our Book No: 41049. $25 AUD.

135. Rybarz, Beverley (2005). The Bridge Builder. Adelaide, Kent Town: Wakefield Press. 181 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, colour photos, minor edgewear. The fascinating autobiography of Beverley Rybarz, an Australian woman who lived in Papua New Guinea (PNG) from 1951 until 1961, and worked as confidential secretary to the District Commissioner. It is a story filled with adventure, passion and risk taking. Mostly about life with her husband, Stam Rybarz, a complex Polish man, whose construction company built roads and bridges for the PNG government. Reveals a rich and beautiful country struggling to come to terms with approaching independence. ISBN/ASIN: 1862546592. Our Book No: 20716. $20 AUD.

136. Safe, Mike (2006). Remembering Amy: Amy Gillett, the Girl Who Never Gave Up. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 213 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, colour photos, pages faintly toned, top corner cover creased, minor edgewear. The untold story of the hardworking and ambitious Australian athletes who aren't in the spotlight, and their courage, determination and passion for their sport. It is also about a warm, vibrant and determined young woman cyclist, who died in a tragic accident. SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 1741148847. Our Book No: 24739. $10 AUD.

137. Sanderman, J. W. (editor) (1953). Ford Engines: Industrial, Agricultural, Marine and Automobile (8 and 10 h.p., V8 30 h.p., Major Tractor, Consul, Zephyr Six) (1st ed). London: George Newnes. 236 pp. Hardback very small, dustjacket, very good condition (in fair dustjacket), black & white text-photos & drawings, adverts, appendix, edge pieces missing jacket (about 80% complete), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. J. W. Sanderman has specially compiled his manual about Ford engines to meet the requirements of mechanically-minded owners and operators. It suits all those engaged in the maintenance and repair of these popular Ford engines. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: B0000CIOWP. Our Book No: 4567. $15 AUD.

138. Saville-Sneath, R .A. (2006). Aircraft Recognition (Illustrated with Official Silhouettes and Photographs) (Facsimile, reissue ed) [Penguin Special]. London: Penguin Books. 174 pp. Paperback, very good plus condition, black & white photos centre spread, drawings, minimal edgewear. This classic book by R. A. Saville-Sneath provides a definitive catalogue of the aeroplanes, enemy and friendly, seen over British skies during the Second World War (WW2). The author set out to produce a handy classification guide, with many diagrams, a full glossary and some useful mnemonics, showing how each type of aircraft could be identified quickly and easily. This book provides a mine of information about a golden age, for all interested in aviation. (Facsimile edition, now reissued. A prnguin Special, originally published 1941.). ISBN/ASIN: 014103033X. Our Book No: 26373. $12 AUD.

139. Shepherd, Janine (1997). Dare to Fly [Janine Shepherd]. Sydney: Random House. 224 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white & colour photos, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear. First edition. The inspiring story of her recovery from crippling spinal cord injuries from a road accident, including learning how to fly planes. Sequel to "Never Tell Me Never". ISBN/ASIN: 0091835054. Our Book No: 9107. $15 AUD.

140. Slayton, Robert A. (2010). Master of the Air: William Tunner and the Success of Military Airlift (1st ed). Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. 291 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), black & white text-photos & drawings, minimal edgewear jacket, top corners few pages little creased. Robert Slayton tells the story of General William Henry Tunner. The author gives original insights into this legendary U.S. Air Force leader. During WW2 he served in Burma. He supplied West Berlin with food and supplies to survive the Soviet blockade (1948 - 1949) and its hold over two million Berliners. The airlift demonstrated the unexpected capacity of air transport in a postwar world. ISBN/ASIN: 9780817316921. Our Book No: 28919. $50 AUD.

141. Smith, Graham (2000). Essex Airfields in the Second World War (Reprint ed). Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. 287 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, owner's written name title page. Describes the history of operational military airfields at Essex. The effects of the war on the daily lives of the people of Essex and the constant dangers they suffered, are also detailed. This book vividly recalls the days and nights when Essex skies echoed to the roar of Hurricanes, Spitfires, Mosquitos, Marauders, Mustangs, Thunderbolts and Flying Fortresses. ISBN/ASIN: 185306405X. Our Book No: 20877. $20 AUD.

142. Smyth, Dacre; Lockwood, Admiral Lionel (foreword) (1982). Historic Ships of Australia: A Third Book of Paintings, Poetry and Prose. Melbourne, Toorak: Dacre Smyth. 82 pp. Hardback small square quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour reproductions, faint foxing top edge, minor edgewear jacket (little creasing), autograph (author's written name), bookplate. The author and artist is a retired naval officer who has been painting for about 16 years. Self-taught, he has held nine previous one-man exhibitions. he reproduces paintings of historic ships made in 1981 throughout Australia. The rear of the book has a list of the ships. Some of the ships are: Adelaide, Melbourne, James Craig, John Oxley, Lady Hopetoun, Polly Woodside, South Steyne. (Loosely inserted: 2-page letter from the author to art dealer Frank McDonald, about the von Guerard book of which McDonald was an author. Plus McDonald bookplate.). ISBN/ASIN: 0959519831. Our Book No: 27010. $20 AUD.

143. Southall, Ivan; Tuckwell, Jennifer (illustrator) (1976). To the Wild Sky (Reprint ed) [Ivan Southall Library]. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 184 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white drawings, faint foxing edges, minor foxing reverse side jacket (small edge tears, spine ends & front cover lightly scuffed). This fantasy story for young adults by Ivan Southall is about six children who set off in a small plane to spend the weekend on a country homestead. They never reach their destination but instead come face to face with a midair crisis in which they find themselves soaring across the wild sky, blindly, hopelessly, until at last they descend towards an unknown landfall. Winner of Australian Children's Book of the Year 1968. ISBN/ASIN: 0207946345. Our Book No: 27403. $15 AUD.

144. Steam Navigation Co., British India (1957). Deck Cadets: A Career. London: British India Steam Navigation Co. / Printed by Brown Knight & Truscott (Printer). 16 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white text-photos, single colour map, covers rubbed & little marked, front cover slightly faded, staples rusted, corner tips pages & covers little creased, minor edgewear This pamphlet describes a career at sea as a deck cadet in naval and commercial ships, including British India (B.I., founded in 1856). The pamphlet covers trade destinations, the roles of deck cadets, conditions of entry, training, a fleet list, an outfit list, and rates of pay. (Estimated date, about 1957. Loosely inserted: Erratum and rates of pay slips.). Our Book No: 30475. $18 AUD.

145. Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, British India (1959). British India (B.I.) Services: On World Trade Routes. London: British India Steam Navigation Co. / Brown Knight & Truscott (Printer). 16 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, stapled pamphlet, colour maps, few scuffs front cover, spine & covers rubbed, staples little rusted, rear cover little marked, minimal biro annotation (letter) front cover, middle page spread LOOSE, covers lightly foxed, minor edgewear. This pamphlet is about the world trade routes that are followed by British India Steam Navigation ships. The company was founded in 1856. Includes: The service: The ships: Accommodation: Freight: Ports of call. A miscellaneous services list and agents list at the rear. Our Book No: 30476. $18 AUD.

146. Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, British India (1960). British India (B.I.): A Career at Sea. London: British India Steam Navigation Co. / Brown Knight & Truscott (Printer). 51 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white text-photos, map, few scuff marks rear cover, spine rubbed, covers little rubbed & creased, staples little rusted, minimal biro annotation (letter) front cover, minor edgewear, folders inside rear pocket (little rubbed). This pamphlet describes a career at sea, such as with B.I. (founded in 1856, and which introduced the steamship to the coastal traffic of India). Some of the contents explain a career with B.I., amenities ashore and afloat, trade destinations, the roles of deck cadets, engineer cadets, deck officers, engineer officers, pursers and electricians. There are folders containing rates of pay, and lists of outfits required in pocket at the rear. (Estimated date, about 1960, Trove.). Our Book No: 30474. $18 AUD.

147. Stephenson, Eric (2008). Three Passions and a Lucky Penny. Canberra, Tuggeranong: Air Power Development Centre, RAAF. 160 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good plus condition, black & white & colour text-photos, minor edgewear. For nearly 30 years, Eric Stephenson was a medical officer in the RAAF. He describes his early life in England, where the three great loves of his life - Freda, the Air Force and medicine - had their beginning. During World War 2, he was shot down over Germany in a Lancaster bomber. His return from captivity at the end of the war allowed him to resume life with fiancee Freda, and he became a country doctor in Norfolk. In 1955 he resumed wearing Air Force blue, but in Australia. From the Office of Air Force History's oral history program. ISBN/ASIN: 9781920800291. Our Book No: 25379. $20 AUD.

148. Stewart, W. K. (1943). Brown's Rule of the Road Manual: The Rule of the Road at Sea, also the Uniform System of Buoyage, Wreck-marking, Regulations for Light Vessels, Etc. (9th ed). Glasgow: Nautical Press / Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, Nautical Publishers. 148 pp. Hardback small, good plus condition, thick card covers, orange cloth spine (little faded), black & white drawings, colour diagrams, charts, light foxing few pages, pages lightly toned, rear cover lightly marked, minor edgewear covers, spine ends slightly rubbed & scuffed, sticker front cover, owner's written name & date inside front cover Ninth edition. This reference book contains important information needed to assume control of a vessel as upon its practical application depends in a large measure the safety of life and property. The purpose is to promote careful study and observation. This manual has for many years served as a guide to the examinations for the various grades of certificates of Competency formerly held by Authority of the Board of Trade and at present conducted by the Ministry of War Transport. It is specially suitable for study at sea, the sequence of matter being arranged for that purpose, and the diagrams, questions and answers will be found most helpful and informative. (Swain's shop sticker. Written name: J.G.N. Snepp 1945.). Our Book No: 40434. $30 AUD.

149. Stuart, Lurline (editor); Arnold, Josie (editor) (1987). Letters Home 1939 - 1945 (1st ed). Sydney: William Collins / Collins Australia. 277 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, pages toned as usual, minimal foxing reverse side jacket, minor edgewear, remainder mark bottom edge. (Letters Home 1939 - 1945, edited by Lurline Stuart and Josie Arnold, 1987). A collection of letters from different branches of service and theatres of war. The correspondents were members of the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Imperial Forces, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Australian Army Nursing Service, the Volunteer Aid Detachments and the Red Cross. Their field service was equally diverse, ranging from the Middle East, Greece and the United Kingdom to New Guinea, South East Asia and Japan. This very special book is more than a record of the events of the war; it is a portrait of the writers themselves. Their personalities, experiences, courage and fears are brought out in the letters and accompanying biographies. ISBN/ASIN: 0002175576. Our Book No: 23359. $15 AUD.

150. Syse, J. P.; Howells, Astri; Crowdy, Michael (1978). Wilh. Wilhelmsen 1861 - 1977: A Brief History of Wilh. Wilhelmsen and a Fleet List of the World Ship Society. Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. 144 pp. Paperback small trade, good condition, black & white photos, colour photos pastedowns, light toning pages, light foxing covers, light stain bottom corner front cover, some edgewear corners. This is the story of the Norwegian shipping company, Wilhelm Wilhelmsen. The founder of the firm, Morten Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, was born at Tonsberg on the 12th July, 1839, the son of Abraham Wilhelmsen, a master tanner. In 1863 Wilh. Wilhelmsen, as he now called himself, married Catharina, daughter of Fred. Sev. Lorentzen, a doctor, who also had interest in, and was part-owner of, several sailing ships. Fleet list notes: The ships histories are divided into three sections dealing, respectively, with Sailing Ships, Steamships and Turbine and Motorships, and the histories are in chronological order. ISBN/ASIN: 0905617053. Our Book No: 30452. $18 AUD.

151. Thomas, Rosie; Bowen, Philip (photographer) (1998). Border Crossing: On the Road from Peking to Paris (1st ed). London: Little, Brown & Company. 312 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour photos, minor edgewear jacket (top spine & top edge creased). (This copy: Standard hardback with dustjacket.) Rosie Thomas, and her co-driver Phil Bowen, take a 1968 Volvo Amazon motor car from London across the roof of the world. In September 1997, an assembly of 98 vintage and classic cars gathered in Beijing, with the finish line in Paris lying 45 days and 16, 000 kilometres ahead. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0316647128. Our Book No: 25799. $20 AUD.

152. Thompson-Gray, John (2011). Japanese Blitz on Darwin, February 19 1942. City Not Stated: John Thompson-Gray / Publicious. 128 pp. Paperback trade, as new condition. The Imperial Japanese Navy bombers that attacked Pearl Harbour on December 7th 1941 blitzed Darwin 12 days later. Australia's only direct ally was the United States, being cousins-in-arms. Darwin's airfield, town and harbour were repeatedly bombed leaving a trail of human tragedy. The writer weaves historical facts into story lines ("faction") - a real time action thriller. Where the story varies from historic opinion, forensic reasons are revealed for differing views, and the reader's judgement is invited. Examples are the role of spies, withholding the air raid warning, attacked hospitals, interpretation of information and subtleties of the Japanese attack plan. ISBN/ASIN: 9780987258502. Our Book No: 15514. $15 AUD.

153. Thompson-Gray, John (2015). Love Luck and Larceny: Memoirs from Broome 1942 (1st ed). Toowong, QLD: John Thompson-Gray Pty Ltd. 410 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos, minimal edgewear. Recalls stories of lives deflected by the Battle of Broome, 1942 (Japanese air raids). One of the stories about Jack Palmer becomes a grand larceny 'whodunit' when 30,000 diamonds disappear from a plane shot down during the attack. The author invites readers to sleuth along. ISBN/ASIN: 9780987258526. Our Book No: 29506. $35 AUD.

154. Thorn, Julia (1989). Bicycle Tours of Southeastern Australia. Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo. 119 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, frontispiece, maps, pages faintly toned, spine lightly faded, tiny spot fore-edge, minor edgewear. Consists of ten detailed route guides for long distance rides in southeastern Australia. The suggested routes include visits to Far Northern New South Wales, Coast Lakes and Farmland, Beyond the Blue Mountains, Sydney to Canberra, Southern Tablelands to the Coast, Rural Victoria, The Great Ocean Road, Victorian Gold Towns, Along the Murray, Riverland to Adelaide. Introductory sections give information on planning your trip, bicycle choice, clothing, preparation, transporting your bike, accommodation. This is the first book to give routes for long distance rides of one or two weeks' duration in Australia. ISBN/ASIN: 086417277X. Our Book No: 28506. $15 AUD.

155. Thorn, Julia (1990). Seeing Sydney by Bicycle. Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo. 191 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, maps, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. A comprehensive collection of bike rides in all parts of the Sydney area. The suggested routes include visits to National Parks, ocean and harbour beaches, riverside reserves, formal gardens and buildings of historical interest. Introductory sections give information on bicycle choice, clothing, getting fit to ride, using public transport, and safe riding on city streets. She has spent many years riding a bicycle around Sydney. ISBN/ASIN: 0864173067. Our Book No: 28494. $13 AUD.

156. Tilley, Bruce (1982). Buses of the Garden State: A Pictorial Review of Private Buses in Victoria. Adelaide, Elizabeth: Railmac Publications. 64 pp. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, thick card covers, stapled, black & white text-photos, spine ends lightly scuffed, minor edgewear. This booklet is a fascinating look at private buses in Victoria. Bruce Tilley has been interested in buses from an early age, and has taken many photos in the past, which are an important part of this book. (No date, but 1982, Trove.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949817201. Our Book No: 28200. $30 AUD.

157. Tourist Coaches, Pioneer (1960). Pioneer Highway Holiday Itinerary. City Not Stated: Pioneer Travel. 2 pp. Paperback tall trade pamphlet & separate folded quarto single-page itinerary, good condition, map, single-colour drawings, minor toning & edgewear, few marks, tiny holes top corner of itinerary (staple removed). A brochure with a single page itinerary for a journey from Adelaide to Melbourne on 27th August 1960. The name of the person taking the holiday is stamped on the front of the brochure and the single page itinerary has a stamp from a travel service in Perth, Western Australia. The no.136 - Issued August 1960 is on the itinerary. Our Book No: 40037. $10 AUD.

158. Trans-Australia Airlines, TAA (1966). Route Maps and Flight Information: Your Flight Souvenir with the Compliments of Trans-Australia Airlines. Melbourne: Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) / Printed by Wilke & Co. Ltd. 10 pp. Paperback tall trade (170 x 270 mm), very good condition, fold-out stapled pamphlet, maps, colour line drawings, minimal edgewear. An easy to read pamphlet about the Australian airline which began in 1946, and ceased operations in 1994. Includes Australia from A to Z, a selection of places and geographical features. (Estimated date, 1966, Museums Victoria, with picture.). Our Book No: 40146. $30 AUD.

159. Trans-Australia Airlines, TAA (1968). In-flight Information Whispering T-Jet Fleet Friendly Way Services: Individual Route Maps with Compliments TAA. Melbourne & Adelaide: Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) / Printed by The Griffin Press / Dominion Press. 12 pp. Paperback tall trade (170 x 270 mm), very good condition, fold-out stapled pamphlet, pocket last page with brochure, maps, colour line drawings, staples little rusted, tiny mark front cover top edge, minimal edgewear. An easy to read pamphlet about the history of the Australian airline which began in 1946 and ceased operations in 1994. Maps showing TAA's vast air route network in Australia including Papua New Guinea. Includes Australia from A to Z, a selection of places and geographical features. Quarantine brochure in rear pocket. (Estimated date, 1968, Trove & printers code.) Our Book No: 40147. $30 AUD.

160. Trans-Australia Airlines, TAA (1980). Your TAA Flight Companion, with the Compliments of TAA - Trans-Australia Airlines (1st ed). Melbourne: Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA). 8 pp. Paperback tall trade, pamphlet, very good condition, maps, few colour line drawings, colour photos, black & white drawings, minimal edgewear. (Estimated date, 1965-66.) An easy to read pamphlet about the Australian airline which began in 1946, and ceased operations in 1994. Includes Australia from A to Z, a selection of places and geographical features. (Estimated date, 1965-66, printers code.). Our Book No: 40149. $30 AUD.

161. Warner, Peggy; Seno, Sadao (1986). The Coffin Boats: Japanese Midget Submarine Operations in the Second World War (1st ed). London: Leo Cooper / Secker & Warburg. 206 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket, light foxing endpapers & front free flyleaf, edges lightly toned, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. The story of the three raids carried out by the Japanese Coffin Boats during World War 2 (WW2). Judiciously combines the Oriental and the Occidental point of view. They have consulted all the archives on both sides of the Pacific and interviewed all those still alive who played any part in the three raids to write a vivid and accurate account of this curious and short-lived experiment in underwater warfare. ISBN/ASIN: 0436563304. Our Book No: 25761. $25 AUD.

162. Watson, Jeffrey (2005). Killer Caldwell: Australia's Greatest Fighter Pilot. Sydney: Hodder. 282 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minimal edgewear. Biography of Clive Caldwell who was a natural and brilliant pilot, a great shot and a born leader. He saw action in WW2 against the Germans, Italians and Japanese, and remains Australia's greatest ever fighter pilot. ISBN/ASIN: 0733619290. Our Book No: 20865. $18 AUD.

163. Wild, Margaret; Stewart, Chantal (illustrator) (1992). When Penny was Mum (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Roads and Traffic Authority New South Wales and VicRoads. 32 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, stapled, full-page colour drawings, small dent front cover, staples rusted, laminate coating little lifting along spine edge, minor edgewear. A children’s picture story by Margaret Wild in which one Monday morning Penny asked her mother if they could play Swaps. Penny wanted to play at being her mother and her mother would be Penny. This child safety story will delight adults and children alike. This book is one of four children’s picture storybooks developed to support the early childhood road safety education program 'Kids and Traffic’. Illustrated by Chantal Stewart. ISBN/ASIN: 0730626830. Our Book No: 40065. $25 AUD.

164. Wilkinson, Stephan (2005). Man and Machine: The Best of Stephan Wilkinson. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press. 196 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear. A surprising report on the high-speed, high-risk world of restored jets, fast boats, and Formula 1 cars. Stephan Wilkinson (consulting editor of Popular Science magazine) visits a factory where Amish men build custom ambulances, flies an airliner from the glory days of air travel, and has many adventures along the way. ISBN/ASIN: 159228812X. Our Book No: 22619. $15 AUD.

165. Williams, Stephan (1986). The Flying Pieman (3rd ed) [Australian Historical Monographs]. Canberra, Woden: Popinjay Publications. 34 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, typewritten text, black & white text-photo, tipped-in facsimile (one page), printed in red & black ink, staples little rusted, covers minimally foxed, minor edgewear, errata slip pasted on front pastedown. Stephan Williams provides a short biography of William Francis King who was born in England in 1807. He left England and came to Australia in 1829. He was known as The Flying Pieman because of his unusual activities at Circular Quay, where he would offer his pies to the passengers as they boarded the Parramatta steamer. Those he did not sell he would carry out to Parramatta, a distance of 18 miles, and offer to the same passengers as they disembarked. He always dressed in colourful clothes with white stockings and stout shoes on his feet, tight red knee-breeches, open white shirt, blue jacket and a top hat, from which multi-coloured streamers trailed. He carried a staff with more streamers attached. He died in 1873. (Third edition, fully revised). Limited edition of 750 copies. No 1 in the Australian Historical Monographs series by Popinjay Publications. ISBN not in book. SCARCE.). ISBN/ASIN: 0731643119. Our Book No: 40584. $30 AUD.

166. Willson, R. K.; Clark, H. R.; Keenan, D. K. (1971). The Enfield Lines (1st ed). Sydney: Australian Electric Traction Association. 50 pp. Paperback small octavo, stapled, very good condition, black & white text-photos, map, timetables, spine little rubbed, staples lightly rusted, pages lightly toned, inside covers & title page lightly foxed, minor edgewear. This book is a history of the Enfield tram line, Sydney. This book will interest anyone who wants to know about an important part of Australia's past. Our Book No: 27644. $10 AUD.

167. Wixted, Edward P.; Taylor, Lady Joy (foreword) (1985). The North-west Aerial Frontier 1919 - 1934: Some Men, Women and Flying Machines seen in North-west Australia in the Pioneering Period: International Flights, Round-Australia Flights, and the Completion of the Darwin Air Link to the Eastern States (1st ed). Brisbane, Spring Hill: Boolarong Press. 216 pp. Hardback small folio, very good condition, pictorial cover, no jacket as issued, black & white text-photos, bottom corner tip rear cover little bumped, owner's written name inside front cover. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Reports on each of the major aircraft flights in northwestern Australia between 1919 and 1934. Provides a permanent place in history to the many efforts that have been overlooked previously. ISBN/ASIN: 0908175892. Our Book No: 26135. $30 AUD.

168. Woodland, Tony (1994). Lachlan Valley Railway Society (A Pictorial History): Volume 1: 1974 - 77 (1st ed). Adelaide, Elizabeth: Railmac Publications. 32 pp. Paperback wide trade, stapled, card covers, very good condition, black & white text-photos & timetables, map, minor edgewear, covers little rubbed & scratched. This publication is about The Lachlan Valley Railway Society Co-operative Ltd which formed in 1974 and incorporated in 1977, with the aim of restoring and maintaining in running order some of the state's remaining steam locomotives and vintage rolling stock. ISBN/ASIN: 0949817988. Our Book No: 26412. $15 AUD.

169. Yost, Nick (2006). The Essential Hybrid Car Handbook: A Buyer's Guide. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press / Globe Pequot Press. 148 pp. Paperback square octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, tables, minor edgewear. The first book-length guide to environmentally friendly American cars. Current models, test-drive reports, EPA ratings, cost incentives, safety information. Apart from petrol-electric hybrid cars, includes alternative-fuel vehicles and super-efficient small cars. . ISBN/ASIN: 1599210193. Our Book No: 12917. $15 AUD.