Robert Wuchatsch (13 results)

Large 8vo, 142pp. Colour and black & white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in lightly edgeworn dust jacket.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo xviii + 142pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, appendix, bibliog., index, Ex-library copy with usual stamps & labels o/w nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xvii, 142 pages. icludes three related Age articles as loose inserts. "The history of Victoria's first exclusively German settlement traces the fate of Westgarthtown from its origins to the persecution of its inhabitants during World War I and its near obliteration by post-World War II housing schemes." (Trove).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. This is an ex-library copy. Covers & Spine: front and back showing light scuffing & signs of handling otherwise undamaged, only minor wear at edges and corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout, hinges have been reinforced with tape by library personnel. Pages & Markings: unstained, usual library stickers & stamps. Book has been neatly covered & protected in clear contact by library personnel. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.

Hardback, 18.25x25.5cm, 342pp. Good condition (scuffed edges; 2.5cm worn patch at front cover; signed by the authors) in good dustwrapper (light edge wear; faded spine). ISBN: 0646369652.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo xviii + 142pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, appendix, bibliog., index,

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. flat Signed by both Authours. Signed by Author(s).

142 pp including index, large octavo, pictorial end-papers, b&w illustrations throughout, fine copy in like, illustrated d/j.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. With many illustrations, index, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. "Dan O'Brien (1847-1916) was an Australasian turf legend during his lifetime but today few Australians or New Zealanders have heard of the original owner of Carbine. Born in pre-gold rush Melbourne to Irish immigrants and orphaned before he was 14, Dan O'Brien grew up among horses. From birth to seven years old, this renowned jockey, trainer, owner, breeder and publican, the son of a drover, lived less than 100 metres from Kirk's Bazaar, Melbourne's famous horse market. At 14, he was working in racing stables and by the time he celebrated his twenty-first birthday, he was living in New Zealand and had ridden winners in Melbourne, Sydney and Christchurch. In 1867, after several years working for the Fisher brothers at the famous Maribyrnong stables in Melbourne, Dan left Australia to try his luck in New Zealand. There, in a long, colourful and successful career, he rode, trained, owned and bred many famous horses. Among these were Tambourini, Fishhook, Tasman, Rubina, Trenton, Sextant, Gipsy King, Carbine, Florrie, Loyalty, Multifid and Maranui, the last of whom was the first New Zealand-bred horse to win a Caulfield Cup. Although O'Brien grew to love New Zealand, he twice returned to live in Australia, eventually dying in Sydney in 1916, aged 69. The most famous of Dan O'Brien's horses was Carbine, purchased as a highly bred but unattractive yearling at Auckland in January 1887, for 620 guineas. As a two-year-old he was undefeated in five races in New Zealand. In September 1888, O'Brien shipped Carbine to Australia, where after winning two more races he was sold for 3,000 guineas to Donald Wallace, for whom he went on to win a further 26 races, including the 1890 Melbourne Cup. In his outstanding Melbourne Cup win Carbine carried the greatest ever winning weight (66.5kg) and set an Australian record of 3 minutes 28o seconds that lasted for 15 years. He also ran in the largest field ever - 39"--From The Dustjacket. ; 255 x 180mm; xiv, 318 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. ~Dustwrapper unfaded and unclipped. Many illustrations. Maps to endpapers. Slight wear to corners. No ownership marks. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition. Signed by both authors. Hardback. Size: viii, 342pp. 18 x 25.5cm. With dustwrapper. Signed by both authors.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo viii + 342pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., index,

hard cover with dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated in black and white. 26 cm. VIII, 342 pages VG/VG. Very good book in very good dust jacket with light shelf wear, signed by both authors on title page. Signed by author.