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  Pottery: Step By Step Guide
Thomas Gwilym
ISBN: 0600380319
The Hamlyn Publishing Group Lt London 1973 First Edition
 Hard Cover 79 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. A straightforward introduction to a uniquely rewarding craft. All the basic processes of pottery are explained and illustrated in an excellent guide which makes important reading for every student of the subject  Very Good
Price: $920.81 (AUD)
Book Number: 026063  Bookseller: Marlowes Books
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  How to Succeed in a Man’s World. 4 Volume Set.
White, Maurice. (edited by).
M. A. White. Melbourne.  
4to 9¾" - 12" Tall Hard Cover a complete how to succeed  Fine
Price: $196.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 007772  Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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  Instability and Plastic Collapse of Steel Structures : Proceedings of the Michael R. Horne Conference originated by the University of Manchester with Co-Sponsor the Institution of Structural Engineers
Morris, L. J. (editor)
ISBN: 0246121963
Granada Publishing St Albans 1983 First Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover 638 pages with b/w illustrations.  Very Good
Price: $180.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 002531  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  Cast-In-Place Concrete in Tall Buildings Design and Construction
Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat Committee 21D, Mehdi Saiidi (editor)
ISBN: 0070125368
Mcgraw-Hill New York, New York, U.S.A. 1992 
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover Usual library stamps. Illustrated laminated boards. 402 pages with b/w illustrations.  Ex-Library Very Good
Price: $140.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 007689  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  Rude Timber Buildings in Australia
Freeland/Cox/Stacey
Thames and Hudson London 1969 1st Ed.
Large Quarto    Near Fine
Price: $128.00 (AUD)
Book Number: ao225  Bookseller: Net Books
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  Practical Building Conservation Volume 3 : Mortars, Plasters and Renders
Ashurst, John; Ashurst, Nicola
ISBN: 0291397476
Gower Technical Press Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom 1988 
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover Illustrated laminated boards. Usual library marks. 85 pages with b/w illustrations.  Ex-Library Good+
Price: $125.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 010513  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  Healthy Buildings : A Design Primer for a Living Environment
Holdsworth, Bill and Antony Sealey
ISBN: 0582093880
Longman Group, Limited Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom 1992 
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover Usual library marks. 148 pages with B/W photo's and illustrations. According to the World Health Organisation, up to 30% of the world's buildings are sick, they adversely affect the health of the people who live or work in them. Sick Building Syndrome is now widely recognized throughout Europe and the USA and research has shown that a cocktail of natural and man made contaminants is responsible. Ex-Library Very Good
Price: $95.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 005926  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  Detailing for Acoustics
Templeton, Duncan; Lord, Peter
ISBN: 0851397948
the architectural press London 1983 First Edition
 Hard Cover 191 pages. ex-govt library. Jacket is in Fair, but presentable condition. Book is in Fine condition throughout.  Fine
Price: $119.71 (AUD)
Book Number: 011187  Bookseller: Marlowes Books
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  The Centrifugal Pumps, Turbines, & Water Motors (Specially Adapted for Engineers)
Charles H. Innes
The Technical Publishing Company Manchester 1898 1st Ed
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Cloth BW diagrams, FFEP has owner's inscription, Original bookseller sticker inside front cover. Edges of spine scuffed and edges worn and chipped corner. Book has slightly musty odour O/W Fine  Fine
Price: $80.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 005828nj  Bookseller: Net Books
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  New Furniture.
Herausgegeben Von.
Verlag Gerd Hatje Stuttgart 1960 First Edition
 Hard Cover Book is in Very good condition throughout. This book is the fifth in a series of international furniture. This book is in three languages.  Very Good
Price: $109.79 (AUD)
Book Number: 026571  Bookseller: Marlowes Books
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  Practical Building Conservation Volume 5 : Wood, Glass and Resins and Technical Bibliography
King, Edmund; Ashurst, John; Ashurst, Nicola; Faulkner, Patrick; Harrison, Hugh; Kerr, Jill
ISBN: 029139776x
Gower Technical Press Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom 1988 
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover Illustrated laminated boards. Usual library marks plus minor scrapes to spine. 114 pages with b/w illustrations.  Ex-Library Good+
Price: $75.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 010514  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  Machine Tools: Automation and Controls
Weck Manfred
ISBN: 0471262242
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated Chechester 1984 Reprint
 Pictorial Cover 451 pages. ex-govt library. Pictorial hard cover. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.  Fine
Price: $95.62 (AUD)
Book Number: 011935  Bookseller: Marlowes Books
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  Design of Construction and Process Operations
Halpin, Daniel W.; Woodhead, Ronald W.
ISBN: 0471345652
John Wiley & Sons New York 1976 
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover Jacket has wear to top and bottom of spine,2 small holes on front foldover and a little general soiling to rear.539 pages .  Very Good
Price: $60.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 002454  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  Build It With Bales : A Step-By-Step Guide to Straw-Bale Construction, Version Two
MacDonald, S.O.; Myhrman, Matts
ISBN: 0964282119
Out on Bale  1999 Fourth Printing
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Soft Cover Usual library marks and wear. 143 pages.  Ex-Library Good
Price: $55.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 012399  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  The Queensland House : History and Conservation
Evans, Ian; National Trust of Queensland
ISBN: 1875253122
Flannel Flower Press Mullumbimby, NSW, Australia 2001 
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover Usual library marks and wear. 148 pages with b/w illustrations.  Ex-Library Good
Price: $55.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 013342  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  Handy Farm and Home Devices and How to Make Them
Bartlett, Grace.
ISBN: 0207141975
A Cornstalk Book. Sydney. 1986 
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Soft Cover   Good +
Price: $55.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 016807  Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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  M. G. B.; Mk.I, Mk.II, and GT, Including Overdrive and Automatic Transmission Models
British Leyland Motor Corporation of Australia Limited
British Leyland Motor Corporation of Australia Limited Waterloo, New South Wales 1970 First Australian Edition
4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Stiffened Wrappers 885 grammes; 18 pages then the book is not paginated in a sequential manner, it is however numbered from section A through to section S. Each section has its own paginated e.g. A - 9. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white line drawings, schematics and illustrations. Yellow coloured front cover with black and white writing on the front panel and black on the spine. This book has been used by a mechanic of some ilk, with grubby hands, and consequently the book has numerous oily marks on the text block edges, internal pages and book covers. But despite this, the information within is still relatively clean and readable. Creasing and rubbing to the book corners and there is oppressive runs the full length of the front panel. The remains of tape can be seen to the top right-hand corner of the front cover. A service Manual for the M. G. models Mk.I , Mk.II, GT including the overdrive and automatic transmission models. Digital image available upon request. Motor Manual Reasonable
Price: $50.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0105067  Bookseller: Syber's Books
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  The Children’s Playground of the Future
Prepared By Diane Humeniuk
ISBN: 0774384603
Alliance Press Inc. Ontari 1983 1st Ed
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Stiff Wrappers BW plts, minute insect damage to the top corner of a few pages, Front wrapper has minor price sticker discolouration and small creases down spine, Wrappers faintly faded in places and age tanned. o/w G  Good
Price: $50.00 (AUD)
Book Number: RJ/R23  Bookseller: Net Books
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  Highway Bridge Design Specificaition
National Association of Australian State Road Authorities
National Association of Australian State Road Authorities Sydney 1970 1st Ed.
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Original Cloth   Near Fine
Price: $50.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 000241  Bookseller: Net Books
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  Understanding Journalism
Burns, Lynette Sheridan
ISBN: 0-7619-7026-6
Sage Publications Ltd  2002 
8vo Soft Cover Understanding Journalism provides an indispensable guide through the processes and decisions required to produce quality journalism. Starting from "what is news?" and moving on to consider decisions about public interest, accuracy and reliability of sources, and ethics, this book provides a model for practice centering on developing skills in critical self-reflection. It examines the processes used by journalists to define, identify, evaluate and create journalism and: explores the nature of news and the factors influencing news judgement; considers the power journalists exercise in selecting the issues that become news, looking at the ethical implications of these decisions; focuses on primary research; explores the processes used in deciding what to omit and what to include in the news depending on a targeted audience; and considers the role of editing in journalism and how it affects media messages.  Good
Price: $49.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 016692  Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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  Understanding Journalism
Burns, Lynette Sheridan
ISBN: 0-7619-7026-6
Sage Publications Ltd  2002 
8vo Soft Cover Understanding Journalism provides an indispensable guide through the processes and decisions required to produce quality journalism. Starting from "what is news?" and moving on to consider decisions about public interest, accuracy and reliability of sources, and ethics, this book provides a model for practice centering on developing skills in critical self-reflection. It examines the processes used by journalists to define, identify, evaluate and create journalism and: explores the nature of news and the factors influencing news judgement; considers the power journalists exercise in selecting the issues that become news, looking at the ethical implications of these decisions; focuses on primary research; explores the processes used in deciding what to omit and what to include in the news depending on a targeted audience; and considers the role of editing in journalism and how it affects media messages.  Good
Price: $44.25 (AUD)
Book Number: 012704  Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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  Highway Bridge Design Specification
National Association of Australian State Road Authorities
Secretariat Sydney 1965 3rd Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Original Cloth Includes loose pamplet amendments  Very Good
Price: $43.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 000200  Bookseller: Net Books
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  Earth Wall Construction
Department of Works and Housing; Commonwealth Experimental Building Station
Commonwealth Experimental Building Station Canberra 1949 Second, Revised
4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Card 42 pp., table of contents, appendices, selected references and index. Text is illustrated with black and white photography and technical drawing. Buff coloured wrappers with red writing on the front panel. The wrappers show their age. There is staining, cigarette marks and other obvious bits of abuse. Internally there is the water stain on top left 1/3 of the pages, which permeates the complete work. On the verso of the front wrapper there is some writing in pen. This booklet was published in response to requests for information to the Commonwealth Building Station. It was published just after World War II, when they're not only was a baby boom, but a building room at the same time. Digital image available upon request. Australiana Poor
Price: $40.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0100174  Bookseller: Syber's Books
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  Japan, an A-Z: A Guide to Living and Working in Japan
Devrye, Catherine
ISBN: 0732250447
Harper Collins Publ Australia 1994 
8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Paperback   Very Good
Price: $39.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 009563  Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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  Planning Your Perfect Home Renovation : Save Time and Money with This Essential Guide to Fuss-Free Home Improvements
May, Alex
ISBN: 1741146291
Allen & Unwin  2005 
8vo Soft Cover   Very Good
Price: $39.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 016606  Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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  Die-Castings: A Manual for the User, Buyer and Designer
Street, Arthur
ISBN: NOISBN
Emmott London 1939 First Edition
12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Hard Cover Solid and tight, without d/j. The covers are a little worn and lightly soiled on edges, spine is a little sunned. Internally good, slightly age browned, some foxing on preliminaries, with no inscriptions or marks. More detailed description, scanned digital images, or any other accessible information is available on request and usually supplied within 24 hours.  Good
Price: $38.93 (AUD)
Book Number: 005645  Bookseller: BookSplendour
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  Mud Brick and Earth Building the Chinese Way
Ron Edwards and Lin Wei-Hao
The Rams Skull Press 1984 2nd edition   
  Fine soft cover quarto cover has an orange monotone photo of a Chinese man building a wall striped green binding on spine card front cover glosssy back cover numerous pen and ink drawings by Ron Edwards througoutbook 157 pages 
Price: $38.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 3600  Bookseller: Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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  The Californian Bungalow in Australia
Graeme Butler
ISBN: 0850913551
Lothian Books Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2003 Reprint
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Soft Cover 154 pages with colour and black and white illustrations. Includes origins, revival and source ideas for restoration.  Near Fine
Price: $38.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 000379  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  Woodshop Tool Maintenance
Cunningham Beryl Minor; Holtrop William F.
ISBN: 0870021451
C. A. Bennett Co U.S..A 1974 
 Hard Cover 307 pages. ex-library. Book is in Very good condition throughout.  Very Good
Price: $53.12 (AUD)
Book Number: 014293  Bookseller: Marlowes Books
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  Prestressed Concrete
HARRIS, J.D. & P.B. MORICE
Cement and Concrete Association January 1952   
  8vo. Paper Cover. 64pp. Very good, suned spinefold. Diagrams. Drawings. B&W photos (factory scenes at vaious works; Magnel-Blaton jack; Lee-Macall stressing jack; prestressed water tank; transmission line poles; bridges, etc). Comprehensive text. Prestressing is a techniquie of construction whereby initial compressive stresses are set up in a member, to resist or annul the tensile stresses produced by the load. Contents includes Prestressed Concrete, History and development, the materials, Theory, Apparatus, Magnal-Blaton system, Applications, Other methods of prestressing, Schorer prestressing unit, Safety of prestressed concrete. 
Price: $35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 36364  Bookseller: Dial a Book
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