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Canberra; from Limestone Plains to Garden City - The Story of the National Capital's Landscape
National Capital Development Commission 1986 Canberra, ACT, Australia 0642097151 / 9780642097156 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
92 pages, b/w & colour photos. Green-cloth cover, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Board slightly swayed, binding is strong & intact. "When the Commonwealth took control of the Australian Capital Territory in 1911, the site for the National Capital consisted of undulating grazing country, almost devoid of trees, the consequence of a harsh climate and the pastoral activies of the white settlers. Seven decades later the Limestone Plains had been transformed into the garden city of Canberra: one of the most oustanding urban landscape achievements seen in Australia." 000855
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24.00 AUD
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Small Food; Tasty Snack-Sized Bites
Bay Book 2009 NSW Australia 1741967457 / 9781741967456 Soft Cover Very Good Issued Without Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
399 pages, colour photos thr/out. Illustrated, card cover, very minor edge-wear. Pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. "Small food is fun food to share. Shake off the conventions of cutlery and dig in the bite-sized snacks and dips, perfect for taking the edge of a hunger of any dimension. Gone is the difficulty of deciding what to eat - with these delicious morsels 'a bit of everything' won't overload your plate or your appetite!" 001439
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Cooking & Looking in Sydney's Rocks Area
(with) Rosemary Sinclair Ayers & James Heritage Books 1986 Sydney, Australia 094925603X / 9780949256034 Hard Cover Very Good Issued Without Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Rosemary Sinclair
96 page, red line drawings thr/out. Illustrated cover with slight edge-wear, rubbing to corners. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. ". Local . Flavour . Series ." 000335
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15.00 AUD
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Grow What Tree; 250 Australian Trees for Your Garden or Farm & How to Grow Them
Australian Plant Study Group Nelson Publishers 1985 Melbourne, Australia First Edition 0170066533 / 9780170066532 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
186 page, b/w & colour illustrated. Green-board cover, some edge-wear, small denting to bottom edge. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear. Message to ex-owner on half-title, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". designed to help you select suitable native trees for your particular environment. Whether your property is a pocket handkerchief in the suburbs or a cattle station in the country, in the cooler coastal areas or in the hot inland, at the seaside or in the mountains." 000440
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Australian Better Living Family Cookbook
Blackmore, Rachel (ed) J. B. Fairfax Press 1993 NSW Australia Reprint Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
256 pages, colour photos thr/out. Green-cloth boards, minor edge-wear, light rubbing marks to back. A few small, light spots throughout text body, otherwise pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. A rare title. 001676
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65.00 AUD
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Australian Native Plants; the Authoritative Guide to Australia's Unique Plant Life
Blombery, A. M. Angus & Robertson Publishers 1977 London, England Revised Edition 0207134510 / 9780207134517 Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
481 page, b/w illlustrated thr/out. Red-cloth cover, some edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, small closed tears, slight chipping and peeling, otherwise clean & straight. Small liquid spill on front edge of closed pages, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". proved invaluable to all those interested in learning more about Australia's native plants and trees . simple language . diagrams . general information . explains their structure . clear and accurate line drawings . can be read simply for interest and enjoyment." 000215
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Australian Wildflowers to Cultivate
Blombery, Alec M. Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd 1975 Sydney, Australia 0600073769 / 9780600073765 Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
128 page, colour photographs thr/out. Green-cloth cover, some edge-wear otherwise clean & straight. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, some edge-wear, slight chipping, stretching and creasing to edges, age discolouring to inside edges. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. ". fills the need for a concise volume devoted solely to the Australian wildflowers, flowering shrubs and flowering trees that can be readily cultivated by the average gardener . every species illustrated in full colour . 250 attractive flowering plants." 000274
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The Cook's Garden; For Cooks Who garden and Gardeners Who Cook
Browne, Leach & Tichborne Doubleday 1986 NSW Australia Reprint 0868240613 / 9780868240619 Soft Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
218 pages, b/w line drawings thr/out. Illustrated, card cover, minor edge-wear, some light rubbing marks. Neat inscription to ex-owner to front fly-leaf, some very light rubbing marks to closed page edges, otherwise pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. ". a very special combination of gardening and cooking advice . outlines in clear fashion the basic principles of running a successful vegetable garden . how to grow, prepare and cook the vegetables . cultivation notes on each vegetable . preparation hints, cooking ideas and detailed recipes." 001394
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Eucalyptus 1; New or Little-Known Species of the Corymbosae
Carr, D. J. & S. G. M. Phytoglyph Press 1985 Canberra, ACT, Australia First Edition 0958927316 / 9780958927314 Soft Cover Very Good Issued Without Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
116 pages, b/w illustrated. Green-card cover, minor rubbing. Ex-owner's name to front fly-leaf, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. ". the first of a series which will present the results of research on eucalypts carried out by its authors over a period of 30 years, contains ample and detailed descriptions of 25 species of the Corymbosae (bloodwoods) . illustrations explaining the new terminology and maps showing the known distribution of each speices . contains illustrations of the tree form, bark, fruit shape, a seedling of each species, where available, and a photograph of a type speciment of each of the new species . list of illustrations and an index." 000953
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150.00 AUD
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Eucalyptus II; The Rubber Cuticle, and Other Studies of the Corymbosae
Carr, D. J. & S. G. M. Phytoglyph Press 1987 Canberra, ACT, Australia First Edition 0958927324 / 9780958927321 Soft Cover Very Good Issued Without Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
372 pages, b/w illustrated. Red-card cover, some rubbing. Ex-owner's name (blacked out) to front fly-leaf, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. ". the second of a series which will present the results of research on eucalypts carried out by its authors over a period of 30 years . contains lavishly-illustrated, detailed descriptions of 25 new species, following the format of 'Eucalyptus I'. 000954
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Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z
Fulton, Margaret Hardie Grant Books 2009 Victoria, Australia Revised Edition 1740667379 / 9781740667371 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
759 pages. Red boards, very minor pushing to corners and spine ends. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, very minor edge-wear, light scratch marks to rear. Some small, very light marks to closed page edges, otherwise pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. Three page ribbons in place and intact. "Revised and updated with more than 1500 recipes . the essential cooking companion and the one book you'll need for dependable advice in the kitchen." 001641
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Wildflowers of Western Australia
Gardner, C. A. St. George Books 1981 Perth, Australia Fourteenth Edition 086778007X / 9780867780079 Hard Cover Good Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
160 page, 355 colour ills., b/w line drawings. Brown-cloth cover, some rubbing/denting to edges otherwise clean and straight. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear, slight denting & small tears & peeling to edges. Foxing marks on front end paper/fly-leaf, ex-owners name in pen on fly-leaf, marks from pressed flowers on half-title/title page, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "Nowhere else in the world have conditions permitted the survival of plant life . so immeasurably old . Charles Austin Gardner spent more than 40 years studying these . contains his story, told simply ." 000128
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Flora of Australia; Volume 19 - Myrtaceae - Eucalyptus, Angophora
George, Alexander S. (ed) Australian Government Publishing Service 1988 Canberra, ACT, Australia First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
542 pages, b/w & colour illustrated. Orange-cloth cover, very minor edge-wear, few small spots to front. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, edge-wear, minor chipping and rubbing. Ex-owner's name (blacked out) on front fly-leaf, light mark to front closed page edge, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". contains two genera of the large family Myrtaceae. One is Eucalyptus, containing the gum trees characteristic of most parts of the Australian landscape. It includes 513 species, several of which are here described for the first time. The second genus is the closely-related Angophora, whose 7 species are confined to eastern mainland Australia. The buds and fruits of almost all taxa are illustrated. Maps showing distribution are provided for all species." 000956
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Flora of Australia; Volume 25 Melianthaceae to Simaroubaceae
George, Alexander S. (ed) Australian Government Publishing Service 1985 Canberra, ACT, Australia 0644037245 / 9780644037242 Hard Cover Good Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
215 pages. Orange-cloth cover, 2 small marks to front, slight bow to boards, minor pushing to top corner. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, 1 very small tear to front, very minor edge-wear. Ex-owner name marked out on front fly-leaf, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". includes descriptions, keys for identification, notes and maps on distribution, and bibliographic information. A number of species are illustrated by line drawings or colour photographs." 000945
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Vegetables; The New Food Heroes
Gordon, Peter Quadrille Publishing Limited 2006 London First Edition 1844003191 / 9781844003198 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Photography By Jean Cazals
160 pages, colour photos thr/out. Blue cover, pushing to spine top, minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear, very light sun fading to top edge. Pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". inspirational recipes for vegetables both familiar and unusual, humble and glamorous, as well as dishes to suit vegetables of all seasons. Chapters covering soups, casseroles and curries, fritters and stir-fries, roasts, bakes and braises, pies and quiches, noodles, rice and grain-based dishes, pickles and preserves . a chapter devoted to creative ways with traditional vegetable accompaniments, like potatoes, roots, purees and greens . even a few vegetable-based desserts." 001510
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Dining with the Impressionists
Hackforth-Jones, Jocelyn Cromwell Editions 1991 London, England 0881681997 / 9780881681994 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
154 pages, b/w & colour illustrated. Blue-cloth cover, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, covered in non-adhesive book plastic. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". pursues the fascinating connection between the Impressionists' art and their love of food, wine and the social enjoyment of dining . includes paintings by all the major Impressionist painters . stories, recollections, and a sure grasp of the social history of nienteenth century France." 000722
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Wild Flowers of Australia
Harris, Thistle, Y. Angus & Robertson 1947 Sydney, Australia First Edition Hard Cover Fair Fair 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Forster, Adam
206 page, colour illustrated. Brown-cloth cover, minor edge-wear, fading to spine ends. some aging marks to bottom corner. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, quite worn to edges, chipping and pieces missing from spine ends, otherwise still intact. Pages have some small marks on closed edges, few small marks throughout, some aging, otherwise clean and unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "With descriptive letterpress, the volume portrays over 250 Australian wild flowers in natural colour . plants have been chosen to include, as far as possible, the commonest wild flowers of all States." 000481
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Instant Entertaining
Hay,donna Fourth Estate Limited 2006 Sydney, Australia 0732282691 / 9780732282691 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
192 pages, full colour illustrated. Illustrated boards, very minor edge-wear. Clear jacket, small crease to spine top. Pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Binding is slightly swayed at spine, otherwise strong and intact. "Entertaining doesn't have to be stressful. It should be fun and fuss-free. Which is why Donna Hay has put together this collection of simple menus for truly instant entertaining. So no matter what the occasion, entertaining has just become a whole lot easier." 001364
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A Field Guide to Australian Trees
Holliday, Ivan; Hill, Ron Rigby Publishers 1987 NSW Australia Reprint 0851796273 / 9780851796277 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
229 page, colour photographs & b/w line drawings thr/out. Green-cloth cover, very minor edge-wear, small rubbing mark on spine, slight pushing to corners. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, slight edge-wear and small rubbing on folds, otherwise clean & straight. Small ex-owner name stamp on front fly-leaf, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". includes indexes of both common names and botanical names for easy reference . handy guide for farmers and graziers . types of trees . for windbreaks, soil conservation, or drainage purposes . blossoming periods . amateur naturalist . quick reference work for botanists, conservationists, and everyone interested in the natural heritage of Australia." 000233
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Orchids For The Australian Garden
Irvine, Keith Bay Books Pty Ltd 1982 NSW Australia 0858355310 / 9780858355316 Hard Cover Good Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
191 page, colour illustrated. Black cover, some edge-wear, white moisture marks along spine. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear, small closed tear on back, moisture marks along spine on inside. Some pages are discoloured along spine joins and slight waving of pages, otherwise clean & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". explains about the many different kinds of orchids and the particular growing conditions that suit them . chapters on the best locations for orchids, the popular cymbidiums . Australian native orchids, the glossy lady slipper . superb cattleyas and dendrobiums." 000282
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