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Published by Sun Books, Melbourne, 1979
ISBN 10: 0725103310ISBN 13: 9780725103316
Seller: Bookensteins, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Spine is creased and cover corners are lightly bumped. Book pages are clean with no marks. Back inside cover has blue ink notes. Bookseller Inventory BS/BS 14183 02/2023.
Published by Ferguson Publications, Adelaide, 1983, 1983
Seller: Peter Moore Bookseller, (Est. 1970) (PBFA, BCSA), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
pp.viii+176. 24.5cm. Black and white photographic portraits. Decorated end papers. Related newscuttings loosely inserted. Laminated hard covers. A good clean copy 'The lives and philosophies of 30 distinguished South Australians'.
Published by Adelaide, Axiom Books 1981., 1981
First Edition
xviii+370pp. 8vo. Original boards in pictorial dustwrapper. Black and white frontispiece and plates. A very good copy. First edition.
Published by Ferguson Publications, Adelaide, 1983
ISBN 10: 0959251901ISBN 13: 9780959251906
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
Book First Edition Signed
Hardback. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed by the author on the title page. 176 pages. Profiles of 30 significant South Australians. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
Published by Ferguson Publications, Adelaide, 1997
ISBN 10: 1876087110ISBN 13: 9781876087111
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
Book First Edition
Softcover. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Inscribed and signed by the author to previous owner. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 166 pages. Profiles of 21 South Australians, such as Lois O'Donoghue, Sir Walter Crocker and John Dowie.
Published by Axiom Books, Adelaide, 1981
ISBN 10: 0959416404ISBN 13: 9780959416404
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardback. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Very slightly cocked [poor storage]. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 369 pages. The biography of the noted Australian scientist and humanist. Sir Mark Oliphant helped to build the first atomic bomb then overwhelmed by horror at its consequences became an anti-bomb campaigner. He played a key role in the development of radar and helped establish the Australian Academy of Science. He was the Governor of South Australia from 1971 until 1976.
Published by Axiom Books, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Darwin, 1981
ISBN 10: 0959416404ISBN 13: 9780959416404
Seller: D. A. Horn Books, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "Australian scientist and humanitarian Sir Mark Oliphant has always seemed larger than life. He has walked and worked with great men, stood at the heart of great world events, left his own indelible imprint on history. He helped build the first atomic bombs. Then, overwhelmed by horror at the consequences, he entreated men to renounce all destructive uses of atomic energy. Scientists, he warns, must be ever alert to the social impact of their work. Oliphant played a key role in the development of radar; helped establish a great university; co-founded a renowned scientific society. He won many honours and held high public office as Governor of South Australia. Always he has remained a figure of controversy, demonstrating against war, challenging politicians, publicly debating the nature of God, preaching the cause of environment conservation and leaping instinctively to the aid of underdogs. Blunt, honest, loyal, yet at heart a very simple man with a robust sense of fun, Mark Oliphant is widely recognised as a great Australian. This is his story." --- Inscribed by Stewart Cockburn to John Bonython (1905-1992, chairman of Advertisers Newspapers Ltd, founding chairman of the first board of directors of Santos Limited). --- Original black papered boards, lettered gilt on spine (25 cm height). Illustrated dustwrapper (Portrait). Now protected. Pp. xviii, 369 with Double-page illustrated title page, Foreword (by Sir Paul Hasluck - previous Governmor-General of Australia), List of Illustrations (21), Sayings of Mark Oliphant, Introduction & Acknowledgments, Appendix I: Letters, Appendix II: Glossary, Appendix III: Honours & Awards, Appendix IV: Scientific Papers, Sources and Bibliography, Index. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Published by Published by the authors in association with Axiom Books Pty Ltd., South Australia, 1981., 1981
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
4to (25x17.5cm), hardback, xviii + 369pp. With b&w photographs. Good condition in good dustwrapper (light wear, bumped, scuff marks). Mild wear, bumped. Pictures available on request.
Published by Axiom Publishing, Adelaide, 1991
ISBN 10: 0959416447ISBN 13: 9780959416442
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardback. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx].Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Small ink annotation to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 378 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
Published by Ferguson, South Australia, 1983
ISBN 10: 0959251901ISBN 13: 9780959251906
Seller: Laura Books, Georgetown, SA, Australia
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. minimal library marks, otherwise book clean and tight. See images for contents. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Published by Axiom, Adelaide, 1981
Seller: Coast Market Books, Mermaid Beach, QLD, Australia
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. "Australian scientist and humanitarian Sir Mark Oliphant has always seemed larger than life." Spotting to endpapers.
Published by Axiom, South Australia, 1991
ISBN 10: 0959416447ISBN 13: 9780959416442
Seller: Laura Books, Georgetown, SA, Australia
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. small date mark front endpaper, otherwise the book is clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Published by Rigby, Adelaide, 1983
ISBN 10: 0727018744ISBN 13: 9780727018748
Seller: Wormhole Books, Kunyung, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First. 159 pp. Edgewear, including wrinkles, chips and discolouration, to unclipped dj. Light wear to edges and corners of blue boards. Faint foxing and a little scuffing to edges of text block. Prev. owner's inked details to title page. Three or four instances of rather acerbic inked marginalia, otherwise internally clean and solidly bound. Illustrated with b/w plates (photos). Laid in are several newspaper clippings and photostats, as well as handwritten notes by the original owner (Christopher Symons, who was active in the arts in Adelaide during the period covered by the book) which raise serious questions about the author's methods. Inscribed by author on title page. "Since its inauguration in 1960, the Adelaide Festival has been a biennial celebration of the arts which draws together performers from all over the world. This is the story of . the man whose vision and dedication brought the Festival into being." Size: Octavo. Inscribed by Author.
Published by Ferguson, Adelaide, 1983
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Adelaide, Ferguson, 1983. Quarto, viii, 176 pages with 30 plates plus endpaper autographs. Colour pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. Presentation copy warmly inscribed and signed by the author to Sir Norman and Lady Young.
Published by The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd, Adelaide, 1981
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Adelaide, The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd, 1981. Large octavo, [xviii], 369 pages with 40 plates. Papered boards; a fine copy with the dustwrapper lightly sunned on the spine. Inscribed and signed by Stewart Cockburn on the front flyleaf.
Published by Ferguson Publications, Adelaide, 1983
ISBN 10: 0959251901ISBN 13: 9780959251906
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
1st ed. 1st edition, 1983. Text clean; binding tight Used - Very Good. VG hardback in laminated boards.
Published by FERGUSON FIRST EDITION 1983, 1983
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
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HB PICTORIAL BOARDS NEAR FINE PP176 LARGE 8V0 Inscribed to Morris and Joy West by the author.
Published by The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd, Adelaide, 1981
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Adelaide, The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd, 1981. Large octavo, xviii, 369 pages with 40 illustrations. Papered boards a little rubbed; some ink and pencil annotations to the initial pages (and front flap); a few small light stains to a couple of pages; a very good copy with the slightly rubbed and marked dustwrapper. Inscribed and signed in ink by Stewart Cockburn, 'For David Robertson. A key figure in this story!'. David Robertson was an American engineer who worked with Oliphant on the development of radar (see Index for more).
Published by The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd, Adelaide, 1981
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Adelaide, The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd, 1981. Large octavo, xviii, 369 pages with 40 illustrations. Papered boards a little rubbed and slightly bumped; mild signs of age and use; a very good copy with the slightly used dustwrapper. Inscribed and signed in ink by Stewart Cockburn 'For Kathleen. For being so patient an audience! Best wishes'. Provenance: Christopher James, an Adelaide barrister, with his armorial bookplate. Above Cockburn's inscription he has written '(My Mother)'.