Flinders Street, more than just a railway station. Pp. xii+340(last blank), pictorial title page plus numerous text illustrations, references, index; demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers with flap folds; the author, Gisborne, 2010. Paperback edition, reprinted. *Published in the centenary year of Flinders Street Railway Station. More
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
116 Williamson Street, Bendigo. [cover title]. Pp. [8], text illustrations; oblong cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled, and slightly creased, with edges slightly rubbed, tiny chip to tail of backstrip; leaves slightly browned, inked corrections to pp. [4-5] and [7]; n.p., Bendigo, 1962. *Annual report for the Day... More
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
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
Pp. 64(last blank), numerous full page facsimile entries from the account book, 2 full page maps, family tree, references, weights & measures; cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, lightly soiled and worn, with edges lightly rubbed and small split to tail of backstrip, upper wrapper a trifle foxed with tiny bump... More
A forgotten genius. Pp. x+174, 4 plates, appendices, select bibliography, index; dust wrapper; a few small edge splits to first couple of leaves; Nelson, Melbourne, 1972. First edition. *Biography of the politician, editor and founder of the political journal Southern Cross. More
Pp. vi+102(last blank), text illustrations; med. 4to; illustrated stiff paper wrappers; privately published by the author, Hobart, 2008. First edition. *Photographs from the archives of the Mercury.A pictorial look at Hobart's war related activities. More
THE PEARL AND HERCULES AND ENEGETIC MINES, BENDIGO, with plans and sections. Pp. 12(last blank), 4 folding plates (plans & sections), 1 full page plan, appendix; med. 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, slightly faded and soiled, the staples rusted, short closed tear to fore-edge centre of lower wrapper; tiny... More
with subjectively annotated bibliographies. Pp. viii+328, appendix, bibliographies, index; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, pp. 221-8 loose; Pioneer Books, Warradale, South Australia, 1978. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies. Pioneer Books Monographs, Literary Series No. 2. More
Photographs from Another Australia 1900-1939. Foreword by Manning Clark. Pp. 176, illustrated throughout in colour and (mainly) black & white; wide demy 4to; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, edges and backstrip slightly faded; edges of leaves faintly foxed; The Fairfax Library, Sydney, 1985. First edition. *Selected from... More
A history of the Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Association 1912-1990. Foreword by Vern Pollard. Pp. [iii]+57, title page vignette, full page text illustrations; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled; [The Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Association, Castlemaine, Victoria, 1990?]. First edition. More
Foreword by Anthony Wake. Pp. viii+144, pictorial double title page, plus numerous text illustrations; med. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, corners lightly rubbed; the author, Diamond Creek, Victoria, 2006. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 2006) on the half-title page. More
Pp. xiv+192(last blank), text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, select bibliography; demy 4to; boards a trifle sprung, bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bumped; dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly foxed; The Shire of Diamond Valley, Greensborough, Victoria, 1979. First edition. *Lacking the 16 page index which is loosely inserted in some copies. More
[cover title]. Pp. 57(including recto lower wrapper), text illustrations (some full-page); printed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled and marked, edges slightly rubbed and browned; bottom edge of leaves faintly soiled; printed at the "Donald Birchip Times" office, Donald, n.d.[c. 1985]. More
[Cover title]. Pp. [ii]+34, text illustrations (8 full page); pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; bottom edges of leaves a trifle soiled; printed by The Donald Birchip Times, Donald, 1984. *Originally published in 1911. Reprinted to coincide with the "Back-to-Donald" celebrations in February-March 1985. More
The story of Donald. Pp. 234(last blank), 32 plates, sketch map, appendices, references, notes, index; corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and split; ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers lightly offset, outer leaves and edges a trifle foxed;The Shire of Donald... More
A Short History. Illustrated by Irvine Green. Pp. 24, text illustrations, 2 maps; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society, Donvale, 1981. More
Undergraduate life in the years since 1917. Pp. xviii+222(last blank), 8 plates, pictorial endpapers; dust wrapper; Hutchinson, Melbourne, 1983. First edition. *Contributors include A. A. Phillips, Jack Hibberd, Stephen Murray-Smith, Vera Jennings, Diana Dyason, a.o. More
Undergraduate Life in the Years Since 1919. Foreword by Chris Wallace-Crabbe. Pp. xviii+198, 8 plates, pictorial endpapers; bottom edge of boards a trifle shelf worn; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; Hutchinson, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. *Second volume of memories of Melbourne University, covering the years from 1919 to 1980. Contributors... More
Pp. 222 (last blank), numerous text illustrations (some full page), double page map; small cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; occasional slight soiling; Rigby, Adelaide, 1976. First edition. *Australian paddle steamers. More
An Australian biographical dictionary and register of titled persons, with which is incorporated Johns's Notable Australians (first issued 1906). Compiled and edited by W. J. Draper. Pp. 928; orange cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt lightly flecked; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and a trifle split; The Herald & Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1980. More
An Australian biographical dictionary and register of titled persons, with which is incorporated Johns's Notable Australians (first issued 1906). Compiled and edited by W. J. Draper. Pp. 960, 4 coloured plates; orange cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine cloth faintly creased; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, edges worn and... More
An Australian biographical dictionary and register of titled persons, with which is incorporated Johns's Notable Australians (first issued 1906). Compiled and edited by W. J. Draper. Pp. 960, printed double column, 4 coloured plates; red art. leather, lettered and decorated in gilt; edges of leaves faintly soiled; The Herald &... More
An Australian biographical dictionary and register of titled persons, with which is incorporated Johns's Notable Australians (first issued 1906). Compiled and edited by W. J. Draper. Pp. 960, 4 coloured plates; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine cloth slightly creased; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, edges slightly split... More