CHRISTOPHER BRENNAN.
Some recollections. With a Foreword by G. A. Wilkes. Pp. x+54; edges of boards a trifle flecked; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1970. First edition. More
Some recollections. With a Foreword by G. A. Wilkes. Pp. x+54; edges of boards a trifle flecked; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1970. First edition. More
With Chapters on Tennis by Sir Norman Brookes. Pp. xii+324, coloured frontispiece portrait, plus one coloured and 32 black & white plates, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, edges rubbed and split; some light..... More
Pp. [xii]+216, printed in brown & black, numerous illustrations (several full page), index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt & white; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1974. First edition. More
With illustrations by Harold Freeman. Pp. xiv+218(last blank), tinted frontispiece and text illustrations (several full page), title printed in brown; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges slightly rubbed and split; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1967. First edition. *'The author..... More
Foreword by Walter Murdoch. Pp. xiv+218(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates, 2 text illustrations (one full page), notes, index; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the spine faintly creased; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed; text block slightly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; Melbourne..... More
Pp. [viii]+104, tailpiece illustration; demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Spectrum Publications, Melbourne, 1986. First edition. More
Foreword by Peter Firkins. Pp. 126(last blank), title page vignette, text illustrations (several full page, one of which is coloured), pictorial endpaper family tree; small cr. 4to; boards lightly foxed; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, the backstrip faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; the author, [Claremont, Western Australia], 1982. First..... More
Pp. [viii]+150(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (some full page), text map, chronology, appendices, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in white, edges a trifle rubbed, the top fore-corner of lower board lightly bruised; dust wrapper, backstrip and edges faded; Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney, 1979. First edition..... More
The historical ramblings of Albury's long serving mayor [cover title]. Pp. 64, illustrated, index; super roy. 12mo; printed stiff paper wrappers, lightly soiled; the author, Albury, NSW, n.d.[1988]. First edition. More
An autobiography. Pp. [viii]+136, 16 plates; bottom edge of boards lightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split; signs of removal of sticker from foot of upper pastedown, a little light foxing; Heinemann, Melbourne, 1967. First edition. *At the age of 16, the author lost..... More
My First Forty Years. Pp. [viii]+206(last blank), 20 plates, index; med. 8vo; boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; text block browned, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. More
Foreword by R. J. L. Hawke. Pp. xviii+288+xvi+278, mostly printed double column, numerous text illustrations; narrow cr. 4to; dark green boards, lettered and ruled in gilt, fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; ABGR in association with the Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, 1985-1987. First editions. *Short biographies (many with photographs of..... More
The life and times of John Cadman in Colonial Sydney, 1798-1848. Pp. 146(last blank), frontispiece, plus 24 plates, endpaper plan, reference notes, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle spotted; dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and creased, small surface graze from sticker..... More
Pp. 444, 40 plates (28 coloured in part or whole), timeline of main events, glossary of main people and terms, index; med. 8vo; black boards, lettered in white, the boards a trifle scuffed, with tiny bruise to bottom edge centre of upper board; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; New..... More
Pp. 124, frontispiece portrait plus 12 plates, text illustrations; dust wrapper; name and date in ink on upper free endpaper, occasional minor pencilling; The National Press, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. *Autobiography. The author started work as a bookseller at George Robertson & Co., Melbourne, aged 14. More
The Third Man. Foreword by John G. Gorton. Pp. x+254, 8 plates, index; demy 8vo; red papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, tiny glue mark to upper board; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, the backstrip faintly faded; Rigby, Adelaide, n.d.[1978]. First edition. *Inscribed and..... More
Pp. [viii]+98, title page printed in brown & black; top fore-corner of boards a trifle bruised, foot of spine and bottom edge of boards lightly faded; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly worn; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966. First edition. More
Foreword by Wallace Kirsop. Pp. xviii+220(last blank), coloured frontispiece portrait, 7 full page black & white illustrations, list of works cited, further reading, index; dust wrapper; Ancora Press, Melbourne, 2019. First edition, limited to 200 copies. *Posthumously published biography of one of Australia's leading teachers and researchers in modern European..... More
Reminiscences and autobiography of Emily E. Churchward nee Padman 1853-1933. Edited by Stella Mary Macdonald nee Churchward Kelly. Pp. 214, text illustrations (some full page); demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing; Investigator Press, Adelaide, 1984. First edition. *Inscribed by the editor on..... More
Pp. x+214(last blank), 16 plates; med. 8vo;edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; Viking Press, Melbourne, 1989. First edition. *The historian's first volume of autobiography, dealing with his early years. More
Pp. [xii]+100, 4 plates, text drawings, 3 full page maps, appendix, references, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, backstrip faded; bookplate on upper pastedown; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1970. First edition. *George Clarke, alias the Barber,lived for five years among Aborigines in New South Wales in the early..... More
Pp. [vi]+250(last blank); boards a trifle soiled and slightly canted, the spine faintly faded; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, short split to bottom edge of back panel near backstrip; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. *Autobiography. In 1945 the author's debut novel, Love Me Sailor..... More
The Will that Found the Way. Pp. xviii+190, 16 plates, full page map, glossary, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, rubbed and edges a trifle worn and split; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. *Sir Albert Coates served with the first AIF at the Gallipoli landing and was one of the last..... More
A Backward Glance at Australian Life and Manners. Pp. [viii]+158(last colophon), index; cr. 8vo; light green cloth, spine lettered in darker green, the boards slightly canted; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; tiny chip to upper hinge, the text block faintly browned, a couple of pages spots..... More