Australian Biographies & Memoirs
COLONEL WILLIAM LIGHT: Founder of a City.
Pp. xvi+314(last blank), 16 plates (4 coloured, including the frontispiece and half-title page), 2 full page maps, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8o; dark blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; minor production (trimming) fault to fore-edge of a couple of leaves; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1991. New edition. *Originally..... More
GIT AWAY BACK!
A Knockabout Life. Illustrated by Rick Amor. Pp. 344(last blank), frontispiece, plus numerous text illustrations (some full page), glossary; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Currency Press, Sydney, 1983. First edition. More
COMEDY OF LIFE.
An autobiography, 1874-1961. With a Foreword by Peter Lindsay. Pp. xviii+272, frontispiece plus 24 plates, appendix; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips; name in ink on upper free endpaper, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Angus..... More
BOHEMIANS OF THE BULLETIN.
Pp. xvi+160, 23 text illustrations (mostly full, one double page) by the author; demy 8vo; beige cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, with tiny stain to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and slightly creased, edges chipped and split, with closed tear along..... More
NORMAN LINDSAY: The Embattled Olympian.
Pp. xvi+272, coloured frontispiece, 20 black & white plates, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver, the boards a trifle canted and slightly sprung; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, name in ink at head of..... More
LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER.
Pp. [vi]+250; med. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; text block slightly browned; The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, 1995. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 18 April 95) on the title page. Autobiography. More
INK IN HIS VEINS.
Foreword by Les Blake. Pp. [xvi]+240, text illustrations; pictorial glazed papered boards, tiny bump to bottom edge of lower board; neat name in ink at head of upper pastedown, the endpapers lightly offset; the author, Horsham, Victoria, 1985. First edition. *Biography of Alfred Wright Lockwood, a pioneering Victorian country town..... More
NO PICNIC: an autobiography.
Pp. xiv+322(last blank), 32 plates; tall demy 8vo; grey papered boards, spine lettered in white, the boards a trifle canted and with 2 tiny indentations to upper board; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; edges of leaves faintly browned; Macmillan, Sydney, 1995. First edition. *'An insider's account of some of the..... More
ILLIBERAL LIBERAL.
Robert Lowe in New South Wales, 1842-1850. Pp. x+300(last blank), frontispiece, plus 8 plates, references, bibliographical note, index; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed; outer leaves faintly offset, edges a trifle foxed; Melbourne University..... More
PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES.
Growing up at Government House. Foreword by Geoffrey Blainey. Pp. xii+196, 8 plates, bibliography, 2 double page family trees, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed, slightly foxed on reverse; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Nelson, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. *The author was..... More
WHOLE LIFE.
An autobiography. Pp. [x]+214, frontispiece portrait; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in silver; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; McPhee Gribble Publishers, Melbourne, 1987. First edition. More
MY DEAR MISS MACARTHUR.
The recollections of Emmeline Maria Macarthur (1828-1911). Pp. 128, 4 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece portrait and numerous text illustrations (some full page), endpaper chart, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; lower board slightly spotted; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse; Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1988. First edition. More
PROOF AGAINST FAILURE.
Pp. [vi]+194(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 11 plates, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, corners worn; edges of leaves a trifle marked; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1967. First edition. *Autobiography of the Australian poet and critic. More
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LONG AND VARIED CAREER OF MARSHALL MacDERMOTT, ESQ., J.P., OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Written solely for private distribution amongst relatives and special friends. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. [ii]+54(last blank); red cloth backed printed yellow papered boards, slightly soiled; the free endpapers lightly offset; Libraries Board of South Australia, Adelaide, 1969. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 189. *Originally printed by William Kyffin Thomas, Adelaide, in 1874..... More
THE SOVEREIGN OF SANDHURST.
Pp. viii+150, text illustrations; small f'cap. 4to; the lower board slightly flecked; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, edges a trifle split; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Castlemaine Mail, Castlemaine, Victoria, 1986. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on page 3. Biography of Lachlan Maclachlan (1808-1885), Police Magistrate at Sandhurst..... More
A NOTICEABLE MAN.
A biographical sketch of Ross Mallam. Pp. 18; 1 plate; printed grey paper wrappers, lightly browned; leaves lightly browned; Bulldozer Booklets No. 3, Melbourne, 1957. *Inscribed by author 'to Cherie' [his wife] on preliminary blank. More
DAISY CHAINS, WAR, THEN JAZZ.
Pp. 304(last blank), coloured frontispiece portrait, plus 8 plates, black & white text illustrations; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, the backstrip faded; Hutchinson, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. *Memoirs. The author is the youngest child of Australian artist, Frederick McCubbin. More
FURNLEY MAURICE (FRANK WILMOT).
Pp. [xii]+106, frontispiece portrait plus 6 plates, list of books; edges of boards a trifle worn; dust wrapper, a trifle marked; free endpapers lightly offset, short split to bottom edge of pages 39-40; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1955. First edition. *Upper free endpaper inscribed by the author to his wife..... More
JAMES MACARTHUR,
Colonial conservative, 1798-1867. Pp. x+ 346(last blank), bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, slightly creased, backstrip a trifle faded; top edges of leaves faintly foxed, minor production fault (bottom edge badly trimmed) pp. 131-4;Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1981. First edition. *Biography of the son of John Macarthur. More
THE HEART OF JAMES MCAULEY: Life and Work of the Australian Poet.
Pp. [iv]+132, text illustrations (some full page), bibliography, index; demy 8vo; dark blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, edges and backstrip faded, the back panel a trifle creased; newspaper cutting (book review) tipped onto upper pastedown, text block faintly browned; Wildcat Press, Sydney..... More
BRIGHT MORNING.
The story of an Australian family before 1914. Illustrations by Joyce Oliver. Pp. xii+164, 8 plates, pictorial title page, text illustrations, full page family tree; corners of boards slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip faintly faded; name in ink at head of upper..... More
THE ROAD TO GUNDAGAI.
Pp. 286(last blank), frontispiece, plus 6 plates, 2 maps (one folding); boards a trifle bowed, edges and spine faintly faded, top fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; the free endpapers offset, a little light foxing; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1965. Second impression. *First volume..... More
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE: From Boilermaker to Governor-General. The career of the Rt. Hon. Sir William McKell.
Pp. xvi+216, 12 plates, full page facsimiles, appendix, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, small closed triangular tear near centre of front panel; faint surface graze to bottom margin p. xv; Alpha Books, Sydney, 1971. First edition. *Political life in New South Wales form the First World War onwards..... More
McLACHLAN: AN F.A.Q. AUSTRALIAN.
Pp. 280, frontispiece portrait, 8 plates; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn and chipped; Lothian, Melbourne, 1948. First edition. *Autobiography of the South Australian Attorney General and Commonwealth Senator. More