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Published by Penguin Random House Australia, 2015
ISBN 10: 0143573187ISBN 13: 9780143573180
Seller: -OnTimeBooks-, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: acceptable. Book may contain some writing, highlighting, and or cover damage. Shipped fast and reliably!.
Published by Rivett, Australia, 1972
Seller: The Glass Key, Montmorillon, France
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. First impression. 8vo. Pp ix + 225 + frontis and 12pp b&w photographs. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Gift inscriptioin on the front free endpaper else a clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and unclipped dust jacket. Short closed tear on the dust jacket which is a touch rubbed at the top edge. Signed by the author on the title page.
Published by Melbourne: Rivett (1972), 1972
Seller: BOOK NOW, BENDIGO, VIC, Australia
220x140: 226pp. Textured papered boards in dust jacket, Very Good/Very Good. Weight: 530g. .
Published by Angus and Robertson, Great Britain, 1954
Seller: Book Realm, Wanneroo, WA, Australia
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Previous owner name and address. Dust jacket chipped/torn. Pages tight, clean, complete, uncreased and not remaindered. Prompt postage with free tracking within Australia. The grim and splendid story of the Australian prisoners of Japan is simply and forcefully told by Rohan Rivett, himself a prisoner for three and a half years.
Published by Penguin Australia 2003, 2003
ISBN 10: 0143001752ISBN 13: 9780143001751
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Book
20 x 13cm, 400pp, softcover, paper tanned, very good. Australian War Classic edition presented by E.E. Weary Dunlop. Rivett was a journalist in Singapore when it fell and spent three years as a POW of the Japanese.
Published by Melbourne University Press, 1965
Seller: The Little Shop of Books, Cootamundra, NSW, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket price clipped, wear to top and base of spine, minor tear to dust jacet front, original red cloth boards.
Published by Melbourne University Press, (1965)., 1965
First Edition
8vo; pp. xiv, 217; portrait frontispiece, 16 illustrations, notes, index, original cloth, dustjacket, very good copy. . First Edition.
xii+225pp. 8vo. Oringinal boards in dustwrapper. Laminate of dustwrapper falls short of horizontal edges resulting in some soiling. Review paper remains folded around dustwrapper. Otherwise a near fine copy. B&W plates.
Published by Townsville, Foundation for Australian Studies / A&R, 1969., 1969
First Edition
84pp. 8vo. Oringinal wrappers. A very good copy. Monograph No. 1. First edition.
4to; pp. 50; numerous b/w illustrations, advertisements; stapled paper illustrated wrapper, wrapper chipped and stained, good copy.
Published by Melbourne University press, (1965)., 1965
First Edition; 8vo; pp. xiv, 217; portrait frontispiece, 16 illustrations, notes, index, original cloth, dustjacket scuffed at edges, minor browning to pages, otherwise a very good copy.
Published by Melbourne University press, (1965)., 1965
First Edition; 8vo; pp. xiv, 217; portrait frontispiece, 16 illustrations, notes, index, original cloth, dustjacket scuffed at edges and lightly chipped; very good copy.
Published by Sydney, Angus And Robertson, (1954)., 1954
Reprint; 8vo; pp. xiv, 335; colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations, appendix; original cream cloth, chipped dustjacket, tape marks to free endpapers, spine bumped, a good copy.
Published by Melbourne University press, (1965)., 1965
First Edition; 8vo; pp. xiv, 217; portrait frontispiece, 16 illustrations, notes, index, original cloth, dustjacket scuffed at edges and lightly chipped, flecking to head of page edges, good copy.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, Australia, 1992
ISBN 10: 0140149252ISBN 13: 9780140149258
Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages are clean, binding is tight. Text block is clean. Spine is uncreased. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are rubbed, scuffed and creased.
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Published by Angus and Robertson Ltd
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
HARDCOVER. Condition: GOOD. Not Dated. Angus and Robertson Ltd . Hardcover. GOOD Green titles, light brown boards. Previous owners name. Spine sunned. Boards and spine marked. Foxing and marks on pages and page edges. 9x6.
Published by Rohan Rivett, Melbourne, 1972
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
First Edition
Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Inscription to the Title Page from author " for Dymphna & Alex with best wishes from Nan & Rohan, November 1972" 225 pages. Foreword by Baron Casey of Berwick and of the City of Westminister. Biography of notable Australian scientist, Sir David Rivett, who was instrumental in the foundation and success of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research the forerunner to the CSIRO. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
8vo Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed. 225p. Signed and dated by Rivett on title page. Tightly bound with secure hinges. Black boards are pointed with heavy dust settled on top of text-block. Jacket is unclipped with minor edge wear. Ex-owner's name penned on front endpage. Foxing present on extremities.
Published by Sydney, Angus And Robertson, (1957)., 1957
Reprint; 8vo; pp. xiv, 335; colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations, appendix; original cloth, chipped dustjacket, browning and staining to free endpapers, spine bumped, a good copy.
Published by Melbourne: Sun News-Pictorial (1951), 1951
Seller: BOOK NOW, BENDIGO, VIC, Australia
260x185: 50pp. black and white illustrations, Illustrated stapled wrappers, Very Good, cover lightly rubbed. Weight: 50g. .
Published by Privately Printed, Melbourne, 1972
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Very Good+ DJ. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Warmly inscribed to noted Harvard professor. A handsome copy. Very minimal shelf wear, inscribed on the title page by the author, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Black coated paper boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo. 225pp. Index.
Published by Angus & Robertson 1969, 1969
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
Published by Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1965
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. XIV, 218 pages, last blank, acknowledgements, foreword by Walter Murdoch, list of illustrations, notes and index. Black and white photographic frontispiece, showing subject. Within text there are black and white photographs and cartoons. Dark red coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners of book are rubbed and bumped and there is shelf wear to both top and bottom edges of the book, bottom being worse than top. The head and heel of the book are bumped and soft. Browning to the text block edges and to the internal text. Plain text dustwrapper, black background with gilt and white writing on front panel and spine. The dustwrapper is in pretty ordinary shape. Corners are rubbed, as are both dustwrapper fore edges, back panel and front and back spine gutters. Chipping and creasing along the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Dustwrapper has been price clipped on the front fold over bottom right-hand corner. Biography of Herbert Brookes, confident and corresponder of 8 Australian Prime Ministers, donor and fighter for community causes, son-in-law of Alfred Deakin ". a radical with vision ahead of his time.". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History -- Australia; Politics -- Australian; Inventory No: 0100824.
Published by The Dominion Press for Rohan Rivett, Victoria, 1972
Seller: D. A. Horn Books, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. "In April 1961, the Prime Minister of Australia, Sir Robert Menzies, commenting on the death of Rivett, said: 'David Rivett was one of the greatest Australians of our time. He combined an absolute first class mind and great scientific attainments with a generous outlook and a quiet, but pervading, enthusiasm'." David Rivett (Sir Albert Cherbury David Rivett, KCMG), was Chairman of the Council of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from 1946 to 1949. Original black papered boards, lettered gilt on spine. Inscription by Rohan Rivett on Title Page. Illustrated dustwrapper, now protected. Pp. xii, 225 including Foreword by Baron Casey of Berwick and of the City of Westminster, Acknowledgments, Index. Frontispiece: David Rivett, painted by Max Meldrum (Portrait hangs in the Canberra Headquarters of the CSIRO). Photographic plates (mono) throughout. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Rivett Australia 1972, 1972
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
First edition 225pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) excellent, d/w very good in plastic (light rubbing), illust.
Published by London, Angus And Robertson, (1957)., 1957
Reprint; 8vo; pp. xiv, 335; colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations, 2 maps, appendix; original cloth, chipped dustjacket, endpapers browned, page edges browned, spine bumped, a good copy.
Published by Sydney, Angus And Robertson, 1946., 1946
First Edition
xiv+400pp. 8vo. Original cloth in slightly worn dustwrapper. . Includes colour frontispiece, 2 maps and 13 illustrations (of which 3 are full-page plates). Lacks ffe., otherwise a very good copy. First edition.
Published by Rohan Rivett, 1972
Seller: Sperry Books, Rollinsford, NH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition 1972, good black cloth boards, slightly edgeworn dust jacket, tight binding, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 335 pages with monochrome photographic plates. 650 grams. Book is in good lightly marked condition. Dust jacket is in fair condition with some wear, tears, and chipping; dust jacket front inner flap present but detached. Dust jacket condition preserved by new clear plastic non-adhesive protective covering. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Non-fiction, Australia.; Non-Fiction, Military. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 006408.
HARDCOVER. 1972, First edition. A good copy in a good d/w.