EMPRESS IN MELBOURNE - recollections from the 1938 visit.
Pp. 32, text illustrations (some full and one double page); oblong post 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a trifle browned; the author, Melbourne, 1991. First edition. More
Australiana
STATION PIER RE-VISITED.
Photographic recollections from the l960s. Pp. 32, text illustrations (many full page), index of ships; oblong 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, edges a little browned; the author, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. More
TRAVELLING BACK.
Memoirs. Pp. [viii]+222, 8 plates, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, back panel faintly scuffed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. *Sir Walter Crocker served nearly 20 years as Australian Ambassador to countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, and in 1973 was appointed..... More
AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR.
International relations at first hand. Pp. viii+212(last blank), index; a couple of tiny damp spots to lower board, edges of boards a trifle rubbed dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and slightly chipped; a few leaves faintly creased, scattered marginalia (mostly in pencil), a couple of small damp..... More
COLONIAL CASUALTIES.
Chinese in early Victoria. Pp. xii+176(last blank), text illustrations (some full page) and maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; dark brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the backstrip faded; a couple of spots of foxing; Melbourne University Press, 1982. First edition. More
SHARING MEMORIES OF THE 20th CENTURY.
Volume 1. Details of the participants in the Casey Electorate Oral History Project with comments about the stories preserved on CDs as part of the Project. Interviewers and Editors: Geoff Arnott, Les Hutchinson, Ron Jewell, Margaret Wilson. Pp. 128, numerous text illustrations, full page map; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled..... More
THE YANKS ARE COMING.
American Immigration to Australia. Pp. [ii]+xxii+254(processed), text maps, tables, appendices, sources; corners of boards lightly worn; dust wrapper, rubbed, edges slightly split; a little light foxing; R & E Research Associates, San Francisco, 1977. First edition. *With a typescript list of other works by the author tipped-in at the end..... More
CHRIST CHURCH IN SOUTH YARRA.
A social history, 1850-1990. Pp. 72(last blank), illustrated, appendices, Erratum slip loosely inserted; cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Christ Church South Yarra Vestry, Melbourne, 1996. *Signed, and dated 29 November 1996, by the author on title page. More
WHALEMEN ADVENTURERS.
The story of whaling in Australian waters and other Southern Seas related thereto, from the days of sails to modern times. Pp. xxiv+286(last colophon), frontispiece, plus 34 plates, endpaper map printed in dark blue, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, slightly marked, the spine gilt dulled, corners of boards..... More
MEN AND A RIVER.
A history of the Richmond River district 1828-1895. Pp. xvi+204(last blank), 8 plates, 4 full page maps, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index; printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled, with edges a trifle rubbed; bottom edges of leaves slightly soiled; Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1968. First paperbound edition, with corrections. More
THE DANIEL FAMILY.
Pp. x+170(last blank), 16 plates, family listings; price-clipped dust wrapper, rubbed and a trifle marked, edges slightly split; the author, Hopetoun, Victoria, 1978. First edition. More
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE BOUNTY.
Translated from the Swedish by Alan Tapsell. Pp. 230+[2](colophon, advertisements), pictorial endpapers, 2 maps (one double page), full page plan of the Bounty; qr. blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in silver, 'wood grain' patterned papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed; top edges blue; price-clipped dust wrapper, browned on reverse..... More
WHO CAUSED THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY?
Pp. [vi]+128, title page vignette and headpiece decoration printed in brown, tailpiece decorations printed in black, appendix, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; a couple of spots of foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1965. First edition. *The author sets out..... More
RICHLY REWARDING.
Pp. xiv+284(last blank), 16 plates, index; boards a trifle canted; dust wrapper, backstrip lightly faded; endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Hill of Content/Lloyd O'Neil, Melbourne, 1978. First edition. *Sir James Darling was a long-time headmaster of Geelong Church of England Grammar School, a former Chairman of the..... More
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENGRAVING AND LITHOGRAPHY IN MELBOURNE to the time of the Gold Rush.
Pp. 64, printed in red & black, 25 hand-tipped plates, notes, errata slip; med. 8vo; qr. tan buckram, spine lettered in black, cream papered boards; dust wrapper; Garravembi, Willow Bend, Thumb Creek, NSW, 1990. First trade edition; being one of 425 numbered copies, hand set and printed. *Revised from a...... More
HARBOURS & MARINE.
Port & Harbour development in Queensland from 1824 to 1895. Pp. xxvi+884(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, tables, appendices, index; narrow med. 4to; navy cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, a couple of tiny edge bruises, spine cloth faintly creased; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed..... More
PASSAGES OF TIME.
An Australian Woman 1890-1974. Pp. [vi]+212(last blank), 16 plates, 5 full page illustrations; edges of boards lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and chipped, backstrip faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1975. First edition. *Memoirs. 'Takes us through student days at..... More
A SHOWMAN'S STORY.
The memoirs of Jim Davidson. Pp. 240, 24 plates, appendix, index; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; Rigby, Adelaide, 1983. First edition. *Autobiography of the Australian bandleader. More
A BOOK COLLECTOR'S NOTES on items relating to the discovery of Australia,
the first settlement, and the early coastal exploration of the continent. Pp. [x]+138, 16 plates, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip faded, edges a trifle rubbed; inscription on upper free endpaper; Cassell, Melbourne, 1970. First trade edition. More
BEYOND MY GRASP.
Pp. [xii]+178, 8 plates, endpaper sketch maps; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; Alpha Books, Sydney, 1978. First edition. *Autobiography of Maynard Davies, President of the Congregational Union of Australia from 1962-1964 and foundation Editor of the Australian Congregationalist from 1968-1973. More
THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AUSTRALIAN HISTORY.
With the assistance of Helen Doyle [and] Kim Torney. Pp. xx+716, mostly printed double column, 9 full page black & white maps, coloured endpaper maps, subject index; thick cr. 4to; black textured papered boards, lettered in gilt, edges slightly rubbed, with a couple of tiny bruises; dust wrapper; Oxford University..... More
A NEW SONG MADE IN NEW SOUTH WALES ON THE REBELLION.
Edited with an Essay on Historical Detection, Notes and Commentary by George Mackaness. Pp. 40, text illustrations (several full page); printed stiff brown paper wrappers, stapled, the upper wrapper slightly marked, edges a trifle rubbed, fore-corners lightly creased;privately printed,Sydney, 1951. Edition limited to 135 copies, numbered and signed by the..... More
SMUGGLERS AND SAILORS.
The Customs history of Australia 1788-1901. Pp. xxxvi+528, 24 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations, tinted pictorial endpapers, text maps and plans, notes, bibliography, index; narrow cr. 4to; small bruise to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split; Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra..... More
OLDER THAN EARTH.
Record of a lyrical experience. Pp. [32]; med. 8vo; qr. red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream & red floral patterned papered boards, slightly soiled, corners lightly worn, slightly bruised at foot of spine; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, free endpapers faintly offset, occasional slight soiling; Fanfrolico Press..... More
SHIPS THAT SAILED THE GIPPSLAND LAKES.
Pp. iv+28, 12 full page illustrations, 2 small illustrations, index; oblong 8vo; pictorial light blue glazed paper wrappers, stapled, the backstrip, bottom edge of lower wrapper and portion of upper wrapper slightly faded; Gippsland Heritage House, Gippsland, 1994. First edition in book form. *Originally published by the author as a...... More