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TRAVELING ON CREDIT.
Pp. x+76(last blank); printed stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing and soiling;Viking Press, New York, 1972. First edition, paperback. *From the library of Australian writer Thomas Shapcott, with the author's signed presentation inscription to him (dated 1975) on the half-title page. More
VIETNAM: The Australian War.
Pp. xviii+814, 24 plates, 4 full page maps, appendices, endnotes, bibliography, index; thick med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; HarperCollinsPublishers, Sydney, 2007. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
THE JASMINE TRADE.
Pp. 2854(last blank); bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper; a couple of spots of foxing; Scribner, New York, 2001. First edition. *The author's first book, inscribed and signed by her on the title page. More
GOODBYE COBBER, GOD BLESS YOU.
The fatal charge of the Light Horse, Gallipoli, August 7th 1915. Pp. xiv+366(last blank), 16 plates, 3 full page maps, bibliography; demy 8vo; original pictorial stiff paper wrappers, laid on boards and glazed (by Apollo-Moon Bookbinders); bookbinder's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Macmillan, Sydney, 2004. First edition. *Signed by..... More
THE PARIS COLLABORATOR.
Pp. 312; small med. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Echo Publishing, London, 2021. First edition, Australian printing. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. A. W. Hammond also writes as Alex Hammond. More
THE UNBROKEN LINE.
Pp. iv+372 (last blank); small med. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Michael Joseph/Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2015. First edition. *The second Will Harris novel, inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
FOUND OBJECTS.
Pp. 24, title and colophon decorations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, publicity sticker on upper wrapper; Plaintain Park, Creswick, Victoria, n.d.[c. 199-].*Signed by the author on title page. From the collection of Australian author Thomas Shapcott, with his signature (dated 1991?) on title page. More
COLONIAL CONSORTS: The Wives of Victoria's Governors 1839-1900.
Pp. xxii+326(last colophon, blank), 12 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations (some full page), notes, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; beige boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2001. First edition, limited to 1,250 copies. More
I, BENJAMIN H.
Pp. vi+250(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), errata slip loosely inserted; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of internal tape-repairs; upper free endpaper creased; the author, Adelaide, 1980. First edition. *Autobiography of a retired South Australian High School Principal. This copy inscribed and signed..... More
JUDY AND THE VOLCANO.
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, bottom fore-corners a trifle bruised; Ashton Scholastic, Sydney, 1994. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author/artist (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated March 2005) on the title page. More
WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN FRANCE 1918-1919.
Pp. 342(last blank), coloured frontispiece, black & white plates within pagination, chapter illustrations, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, lettered in gilt, the boards with overall scattered light spots of fading, fore-corners slightly bruised; edges uncut; dust wrapper, soiled and browned, edges worn and with several chips and small closed tears..... More
HOPEFIELD 1874-1974. "The Hopefield Story".
Pp. 36, frontispiece illustration (hand-tipped to verso of upper wrapper) plus text illustrations (5 full page); small cr. 4to; printed glazed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled and slightly creased, edges slightly rubbed; bottom edges of leaves a trifle soiled; inner & top margins of leaves faintly browned (first few..... More
WAR AND PEACE IN POETRY.
[cover title]. Pp. [ii]+26(last blank), text illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled; Employ Publishing Group, Melbourne, 1992. *From the collection of Australian poet Judith Rodriguez, inscribed to her by the author on Dedication page, and with author's small TLs. loosely inserted. More
OF A BOY.
Pp. [vi]+188+[10](blanks and advertisements); boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper; text block browned; Viking, Melbourne, 2002. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Winner of Commonwealth Writers Prize (South east Asia and South Pacific region) Best Book, and The Age Book of the Year in the 2003;..... More
SURRENDER.
Pp. [vi]+246(last blank); dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Viking/Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2005. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
GONE TO GROUND.
Pp. [viii]+390(last blank); med. 8vo; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, with the original promotional wrap-around loosely inserted; text block slightly browned; William Heinemann, London, 2007. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
AT THE BEACH.
Postcards from Crabby Spit. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial endpapers; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, with a couple of tiny indentations to upper boards; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2004. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on verso of upper free..... More
HASSETT: Australian leader. A biography of General Sir Francis Hassett AC, KBE, CB, DSO, LVO.
Foreword by General Peter Cosgrove. Pp. xxvi+294(last blank), text illustrations and maps (some full page), chronology, glossary, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; ownership inscription on the upper pastedown; Australian Military History Publications, Sydney, 2005. First edition. *Inscribed by the author on title page..... More
LOOKING OUT FOR SAMPSON.
Illustrated by Ann James. Pp. [ii]+36, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, top edge of upper board a trifle rubbed; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1987. First edition. White (Volume 2) 3962. *With the author's signed inscription (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin..... More
INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN, on the choice, care, and management of guns; hints for the preservation of game; directions for shooting wildfowl; &c. &c. &c.
With a concise abridgment of the principal game laws. The Second Edition, with explanatory plates, considerably enlarged and improved. Pp. [xvi]+324+[22](index), hand-coloured frontispiece, plus 5 black & white engraved plates, index; med. 8vo; nineteenth century half calf, spine ruled in gilt around raised bands, with gilt lettered green leather title..... More
THIS IS MY STORY.
Autobiography by Rev. Dr. Harold Lawes Hawkins, O.B.E. Pp. 56, title page portrait, text illustrations; printed textured paper wrappers, stapled, the backstrip slightly faded; staples lightly rusted, top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; the author, Sydney, n.d.[c. 1974?]. *With presentation inscription from the author and his wife at head..... More
MASTERPIECES OF ENGLISH AND EUROPEAN SILVER & GOLD.
The property of a European private collector, exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, to mark the centenary of The Bulletin, Sydney, Australia, January 1980. Pp. 128, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; impl. 8vo; dust wrapper; Australian Consolidated Press, Sydney, 1980. First edition. *Inscribed and..... More
SHEILA HAWKINS: Profile of an Illustrator.
Pp. vi+96(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (some full page), errata slip loosely inserted at front, list of books illustrated by Sheila Hawkins; small square 4to; pictorial card wrappers, fore-corners a trifle rubbed; the author, Adelaide, 1998. First edition. *Signed by the author at foot of title page. More
THE CHELSEA GIRL MURDERS.
A Robin Hudson Mystery. Pp. [xiv]+240; foot of spine lightly bruised; dust wrapper; top edge of leaves a trifle foxed; No Exit Press, Hertfordshire, 2000. First edition. *Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. #1092 of an unspecified limitation believed to be 1500 copies. Fifth book in the..... More