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Some Early Records of the Macarthurs of Camden – Edited by Sibella Macarthur Onslow – 1914

A first edition published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney in 1914. Royal octavo, 496 pages with illustrations and foldout facsimile documents. Some edge foxing but overall a very good copy in a nice firm binding with coloured frontispiece.

This comprehensive record is based on papers by the authors father James Macarthur. She dedicated the book to her father and mother (Emily) and her uncle Sir William Macarthur.

This is a family that stood up to its adopted motto “Fide et Opera” – “Faith and Work”

$120.00

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The Bragg Family in Adelaide – Jenkin

Special issue large octavo soft cover.

The author a scientist of distinction produced this pictorial celebration of the Bragg family in 1986. Twenty years later Jenkins published his book about “the most extraordinary collaboration in Science” below.

Great Pictorial Record Nice Succinct Narrative

$25.00

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The Legacy of Sir Lawrence Bragg – Various Leading Scientists

After a fine Adelaide schooling, nothing stopped Lawrence Bragg assisted by the genius that was his father. Here in “Selections and Reflections” we have the views of ten other Nobel Laureates about the man himself.

Best book for Bragging

$50.00

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Horatio Lord Nelson – Brain Lavery

The British Library and the National Maritime Museum combine to produce this fine book on the great man. Published in 2003 a very good copy in a complete dust jacket.

Illustrations not found elsewhere in the Nelson library.

The flash line is just our scanner with the Brodart dust jacket protector

Nelson done well

$20.00

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The Life and Work of Sir William Bragg – Sir Kerr Grant Professor of Physics, Adelaide University

The John Murtagh Macrossan Memorial Lecture for 1950 published by the University of Queensland in 1952. A First edition in decorated paper covers. Scarce 46 pages with frontispiece. Gift inscription to South Australian legal mind and bibliophile Duncan-Hughes who was finishing his Masters at Trinity College Cambridge in 1909 when William Lawrence Bragg arrived to commence his fruitful time there.

Rare Bragg item delivered by distinguished physicist

$60.00

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Australia’s Nobel Laureates – Adventures in Innovation 1915 – 1996

Published by Kenny Russell editions in 2004 a quarto sized book in dust jacket in very good condition.

A special book mini biography of each Nobel winner with an Australian background from the Bragg’s to 1996. Well balance and delightfully written and illustrated. Leaves one in awe of the individuals and their achievements

Become an expert of Australia’s Nobels

$30.00

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