Barrallier Books Pty Ltd is a small publishing business based in

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. It was started by Ian Gordon in 1999 and the first success was a deluxe book of original sonnets and reflective essays, Sonnets to a Promiscuous Beauty, published in 2005 and written by

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based author and academic Dr. Paul Monk. That was followed in 2006 by ''Hills of the West Wind'' by Tasmanian author Chris Binks and then ''The West in a Nutshell'', again by Dr Paul Monk, published in 2009. When Ian Gordon retired from the

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in 2009, the focus on deluxe productions and the evocative book designs by Peter Gamble sharpened and in 2010 Barrallier Books published ''Vietnam on Canvas'', a biography of Australia's official Vietnam War artist, Ken McFadyen, by Melbourne-based author and artist Sandra Finger Lee. In 2011 Barrallier Books released ''Guitar, the Australian Journey'' by

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based journalist and musician Chris Johnson. Other works published include ''Waiting 'round the Bend...'' ''White Sherpas'' ''William Holmes''

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