ROOM FOR ONE.
Pp. xii+186, full page photographic illustrations; demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; McPhee Gribble Publishers, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
Pp. xii+186, full page photographic illustrations; demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; McPhee Gribble Publishers, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
Pp. 104(including the free endpapers, last blank), illustrated; upper board faintly scratched; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the backstrip lightly faded; Hendan Publications, Geelong, 1982.First edition. *Biography of Albert Schofield (1889-1969), who was Managing Director of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Woollen Mill in Geelong..... More
Pp. xii+244, text illustrations and charts, bibliography, appendix, index; narrow demy 4to; dust wrapper; the author, Melbourne, 1988. More
Memoirs. Pp. xvi+400(last blank), 40 plates, pictorial title page, text illustrations and decorations, notes, index; demy 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1991. First edition. *Autobiography, including recollections of writers J. I. M. Stewart (alias Michael Innes), Patrick White..... More
In two volumes. Volume One: Pp. xiv+508(last colophon); Volume II: Pp. [iv]+518+[2](blank, colophon); small cr. 4to; maroon cloth, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, boards ruled in blind, slightly rubbed; endpapers lightly offset, a few leaves slightly creased, a little light foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1949. First edition. *From..... More
Pp. 356(last blank), text illustrations, full page map, index; dust wrapper; Artlook, Perth, 1981. First edition. More
Small Town Life in the Fifties Pp. vi+154(last blank), frontispiece, text illustrations; f'cap. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, fore-corners a trifle creased; McPhee Gribble, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. More
An autobiography. Foreword by Mary Durack. Pp. xx+172(last blank), 8 plates, appendix, bibliography; edges of boards a trifle worn; dust wrapper, small closed tear from top edge of lower panel; Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1972. First edition. *M. L. Skinner collaborated with D. H. Lawrence on the novel The Boy..... More
Pp. x+342, 32 plates (27 coloured in whole or part), coloured endpaper map, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2021. First edition. *Autobiography. More
Pp. [iv]+138(last blank), 12 pages of photographic illustrations; demy 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards, faintly soiled; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Hesperian Press, Perth, 1986. First edition. *'A lively account of life and living in the Gascoyne - of Walter Smith and Emily Turp who left England about the turn..... More
The story of Ross and Keith Smith. Pp. xx+156(last blank), 24 plates, 3 text maps plus endpaper map, index; corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, backstrip lightly faded; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1969. First edition. More
An Australian Childhood: 1939-1945. Pp. [vi]+132(last blank), pictorial title page and headpieces; demy 8vo; dark green papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1972. First edition. More
An autobiography. Reprinted from The Register. Introduction by Jeanne F. Young. Pp. 104(last 3 blank), frontispiece portrait; purple paper wrappers, the upper wrapper lettered and decorated in black, edges and backstrip faded and slightly split; title page offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; W. K. Thomas & Co., printers..... More
Pp. xii+320, 20 plates, text illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; grey boards, spine lettered in black; dust wrapper; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. *'Admired by D. H. Lawrence, parodied by Aldous Huxley, trailed by M15, and denounced as traitor to his own country during World War II..... More
Foreword by C. H. Rolph. Pp. 196, notes, index; boards a trifle canted, fore-corners lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; a little foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1973. First edition. *Autobiography. More
Foreword by Margaret Whitlam. Pp. 274, sepia frontispiece, title page vignette and text illustrations, notes; demy 8vo; pale blue boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper; text block lightly browned; Black Inc., Melbourne, 2002. New edition. *Amie Livingstone Stirling's memoir of her childhood and youth was published, posthumously, in 1980..... More
Pp. 176, pictorial double title page, plus numerous text illustrations in colour and black & white, notes; small cr. 4to; pictorial brown & white papered boards, lettered in brown and decorated in white; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse, backstrip faintly faded; outer leaves and edges foxed; Schwarz, Melbourne, 1980..... More
Edited by Helen Vellacott. Pp. [vi]+146(last blank), 8 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece and numerous text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers; narrow cr. 4to; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle split, the backstrip faded; tiny inked initials at head of upper free endpaper;..... More
The story of Walter Stone, Australian bookman extraordinaire. Pp. [x]+380, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, references, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, lightly scuffed, flaps browned; ownership label (David Levine, Sydney) on upper pastedown, top edges of leaves marked; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1988. First..... More
Pp. x+342, 32 coloured and black & white plates, Afterword by Sam Stynes, coloured pictorial endpapers; med. 8vo; coloured patterned boards, spine lettered in white, lower edge of boards slightly shelf-worn; dust wrapper, publisher's roundel on front panel; fore-edge of leaves very slightly marked; Michael Joseph, Melbourne, 2012. First edition..... More
Introduction by Dame Joan Sutherland. Pp. 256, 16 plates, appendices, discography, selected bibliography, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the spine extremities and bottom edge of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Macdonald/Queen Anne Press, London, 1987. First edition. More
Pp. xii+370, pictorial title page, numerous text illustrations (many full page), running order of shows in Melbourne theatres, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, back panel faintly scratched; edges of leaves a trifle soiled; The Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2006. Revised edition. *First published in..... More
Pp. x+158, frontispiece, bibliography, index; patterned papered boards; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and rubbed; bookseller's ink stamp at foot of upper pastedown; F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1960. First edition. *Biography of Charles Thatcher, whose theatrical career in Victoria and New Zealand between 1852-1870 rested on his success as a...... More
A Childhood Revisited. Pp. [vi]+130, numerous sepia illustrations, pictorial endpapers; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper, backstrip a trifle faded; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Walter McVitty Books, Montville, Qld, 1997. First edition. More
Pp. 190, frontispiece portrait; demy 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board, the spine slightly faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips to backstrip extremities; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper..... More