Waltzing Matilda a Background to Australia by Arnold L Haskell (21 results)

Pictorial Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Green cloth covered boards with a black vignette of trees on front cover. Titles stamped in red to the spine. Illustrated with 16 full page photographs throughout the texts. Top page edges red. Size 7 1/2" x 5" 266 pages. Condition Very Good. Clean, tight and complete inside, few marks on cover, tiniest bumps to corners else fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. 1943 Adam & Charles Black hardback, fifth edition, the diggers' edition; good+ copy, bookplate inside, lightly aged, with good dj with edge wear and tear; UK dealer, immediate dispatch.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. with thirty-five illustrations (illustrator). First Thus. Firmly bound very dark blue cloth boards, light blue title on the spine, a little fading at the extreme top of the spine, foxing bands on the end papers, neat school prize inscription on the front end paper. Jacket is price clipped with some marks and wear including a little chipping at the top of the spine. Second impression of the 1944 first Australian ediiton.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Travels round Australia. Third edition. Illustrated. Red cloth with bumped corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. " Digger's Edition ". Buff hardback with dustjacket. Boards are soiled around edges and a little worn but internally in good overall condition. Red printed Dustjacket is worn and torn but interestingly on reverse it was originally the dustjacket for "Belgium" by George Omond illustrated by Amedee Foresier from Black's New Series of Colour Books . Has been cut to fit this book ( obviously due to war economy. ) Contains 35 black and white photographs and illustrations.

xx, 266 pp. With 16 b/w photographic illustrations. Contents include accounts of South Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Canberra, New South Wales, Sydney, The Arts, Queensland, Brisbane, Tasmania, Van Diemen's Land, etc. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. Green cloth boards with red lettering on spine and black vignette on front board. Top edge red. Overall condition VG. No dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. pp.xxiv+295. 22cm. Frontispiece. 30 black and white photographic illustrations. One line illustration in the text. Index. Signed in full by the author on the free front end paper with a message for Lady Verney. Additional signed by 'Nita Verney', the daughter of J.T.Walker of N.S.W. (see ADB Vol.12 p.361). Hard cover (no dj). Slight dust soiling to the cloth. A good clean copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: A little rubbed at extremities with some soiling over most of the cover. Inscription to front pastedown. A little shaken but text bright and clean.; Hardback. Red boards with yellow titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5¾" (1 kg); pp (xxiii) 294; Index; 2nd, revised, edition, 1st printing, first published 1940. Contains: Black & white photographs; Top edge dyed Red; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #113520 ||.

Condition: Good. 1948. Third impression. 294 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and sunning.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Chipped and soiled jacket. First Australian edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 266 pages. Illustrated. (SL#201).

5th (Diggers') ed. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: Boultham Moor Secondary Girls' School Physical description: xxiii, 294 p., [30] p. of plates : illus ; 23 cm. Subjects: Australia Description and travel; Manners and customs; Travel; Australia Social life and customs 1929-1939. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Australian Edition. Description of Australia, c. 1940, by the celebrated expert on Ballet & Dance. OCLC Number: 12542620. 294 p. illus., plates 23 cm. Clean interior. Small bookplate and ink gift inscription to the ffep otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. Unclipped dustjacket, in brodart, has small losses to the extremities of the spine and a little edge wear. Weight, 521g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

5th (Diggers') ed. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: Boultham Moor Secondary Girls' School Physical description: xxiii, 294 p., [30] p. of plates : illus ; 23 cm. Subjects: Australia Description and travel; Manners and customs; Travel; Australia Social life and customs 1929-1939. 1 Kg.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. First Australian edition with yellow dust jacket. Includes a priceclipped dust jacket with moderate wear and signs of tape repair to the front cover. Shelf wear to boards and spine. A tidy gift annotation on front pastedown. Textblock edges are fairly tanned and internal contents are clear.

(2nd imp.) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 295pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. @When British dance critic, Arnold Haskell travelled to Australia in 1936 with the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, he sent reports home to England about his sojourns in Australia, which were very popular.@.

HARDCOVER. Adam and Charles Black, 1944. First Australian edition. A very good copy in a good, unclipped d/w. This copy shows the expected signs of age but overall is very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Australian Edition. 295 pages, includes index. Black/white photos. An ageing but complete reading copy only. Scan available.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Australian Issue. A firm straight unmarked book. Text pages spotless,outer edges slightly dusty.

The Diggers' Edition. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. XXIV, 295 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: Australia Begins: On board / Transcontinental: West to South / Victoria: Melbourne / Federal Capital: Canberra / New South Wales: Sydney / The Arts / Tasmania / Van Diemen's Land: Port Arthur etc. Sprache: english.