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Used travel books including Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands.

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A HISTORY OF FIJI IN THREE PARTS by Kim Gravelle
A scarce and very readable book on Fiji history. Book is in good, aging condition. Cover shows some creasing and wear. Price written on cover in biro. Pages are clean and aging lightly. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD 8.00


A LAND OF TWO HALVES After fifteen years in New Zealand Joe Bennett asked himself where on earth he was.
This looks like a great read: the author hitchhikes around New Zealand.

Price: AUD 9.00


A MONTH OF SUNDAYS How to Go Travelling Without Leaving Town by James O'Loghlin
A great book about Sydney and being a tourist in your own town. Good condition wiith some reading wear and aging pages. See photos for blurb and condition.

Price: AUD 5.00


A STRAIGHT YOUNG BACK by Trevor Shearston
A scarce and popula novel based in Papua New Guinea. This is a used book in good condition: pages are browning at edges with age; cover is clean with general age and light wear to corners. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD 9.00


ABORIGINAL DARWIN A guide to exploring important sites of the past & present by Toni Bauman
A scarce guide to indigenous Darwin. This is a used travel book in good condition: clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD 15.00


AGGIE GREY A Samoan Saga by Fay Alailima
A very scarce biography of the most celebrated hotel keeper in the South Pacific. This is a used larged paperback book in good condition: pages are clean and ageing lightly; light reading wear to corners; first page has clipped bottom corner; light edge and spine wear. A good copy of a scarce book. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD 12.00


AUSTRALIAN EXPATS Stories from Abroad by Bryan Havenhand & Anne MacGregor
A scarce book that looks like a great read for anybody working overseas or dreaming of it. This is a used book in very good condition: nice and clean with just a little wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!

Price: AUD 11.99


BACK ON THE WOOL TRACK Tracing the footsteps of C.E.W. Bean by Michelle Grattan
A great and scarce Australian travel book: the author traces the 1909 outback journey by historian Charles Bean. This is a used book in good condition: clean with only light wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - the book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!

Price: AUD 9.00


BOARD FREE The story of an incredible skateboard journey across Australia by Dave Cornwaite
This book is very hard to find and looks like a cracker of a read: the author skateboards Australia. Bookis in good condition with clean white pages and light corner wear, Book is price marked on bottom edge with texta. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD 15.00


BYPASS The Story of a Road by Michael McGirr
The author rides the Hume Highway from Sydney to Melbourne on a push bike. Book is in good condition, internally clean and aging lightly, light reading wear to corners. Some rubbed-out pencil marks on first page. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD 10.00


CAPTAIN COOK The Seamen's Seaman by Alan Villiers
A hard-to-find biography of Captain James Cook, just how did he get around without a Lonely Planet? Book is in good condition with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD 8.00


CASSOWARY CROSSING A Guide to Offbeat Australia by David Astle
A great guide to the more unusual sites in Australia.

Price: AUD 9.00


CONFESSIONS OF A BEACHCOMBER by EJ Beanfield (Dunk Island Australia)
A classic deserted tropical island memoir. This is a used book in good condition: nice and clean; light reading wear; clean white pages. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD 8.00


CONFESSIONS OF A THIRTEENTH MAN by John Harms
A scarce book: the author follows an Ashes cricket tour around Australia in a beat-up Holden Camira. This is a used travel book in good condition: pages are clean and aging lightly, cover is clean with some creasing and general age. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages - the book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!

Price: AUD 8.00


DEEP BEYOND THE REEF A True Story of Madness and Murder in the South Pacific by Owen Scott
The author's brother was a Red Cross director murdered in Fiji with his partner. Book is signed by author with gift message on the title page. Clean white pages. Light reading wear. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD 9.00


DOWN ACROSS & UP An epic Kiwi adventure around New Zealand on horseback by Genevieve and Kerrin Revell
A scarce book in good condition, nice and clean with little wear apart from slightly bumped corners, light mark on rear cover (shown in photo). Colour photos throughout. A lovely book for horsie folks. See photos for condition, sample pages and blurb - enjoy!

Price: AUD 19.00


DOWN UNDER IN THE TOP END Tim Bowden - Penelope Heads North
A classic account of travelling Australia by four-wheel-drive by popular writer, Tim Bowden.

Price: AUD 8.00


FIJI Paradise in Pieces by Satendra Nanden
A scarce collection of writings by a Fijian Indian writer. This is a used book in good condition: clean with light wear and general age to cover; pages are nice and white and clean; there is a signed gift message, I think it is by the author but not 100% sure. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD 12.00


FLIGHT OF THE KINGFISHER A Journey Among the Kukatja Aborigines by Monica Furlong
The author stays with a remote Aboriginal tribe, looks like a great read. This is a used book in good condition: clean with light wear; pages tanning lightly with age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!

Price: AUD 9.00


FOLLOWING THEM HOME The Fate of the Returned Asylum Seekers by David Corlett
A scarce and important book on refugees from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan who have been sent home by Australia. This is a used book in good condition: clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD 8.00