Victorian Pioneer, 1842-1849. Edited by George Mackaness. In three parts. Part I: 1842-1844: Pp. 62(last blank); Part II: 1844-1847: Pp.78(last blank); Part III: 1847-1849. Pp. 68(last blank); each part with 4 full page illustrations; printed stiff green paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; some pencilled marginalia and scattered light..... More
Illustration: David McCabe. Pp.156 (last blank), printed in brown & black, pictorial title page and endpapers, text illustrations and maps (some full page), bibliography, index; small square 4to; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn; Sunnyland Press, Red Cliffs, Victoria, 1981. Second edition. *First published in 1971. More
Fifty Years of Service by the Country Women's Association of Victoria, 1928-1978. Pp. xvi+80, illustrations, appendices; small cr. 4to; pictorial dark green glazed paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle scuffed, edges lightly rubbed; the hinges slightly glue marked; The Country Women's Association of Victoria, [Melbourne], 1978. *Published..... More
A commentary. Foreword by B. C. Harkness. Pp. 198(last advertisements), frontispiece map, text illustrations (several full page); small cr. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, lightly soiled and foxed, backstrip browned and chipped; staples rusted, name and date (1959) in ink on half-title page, top fore-corner of several leaves slightly creased, a...... More
Photographs by Colin Beard. Pp. 192(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full or double page); roy. 4to; fore-corners of boards lightly worn, spine a trifle flecked; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with small tape marks to fore-corners of front panel, the backstrip faintly..... More
Pp. 64(last blank), illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; dust wrapper; Currey O'Neil Ross, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. More
Introduced by Geoffrey Blainey and Phillip Adams. Pp. 192, 16 coloured plates, numerous text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, index; wide demy 4to; corners of boards slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased and rubbed, backstrip lightly faded; edges of leaves faintly foxed; CIS Educational, Melbourne, 1990. Third edition. *First published..... More
Pp. x+172, frontispiece, text illustrations, appendices, references, index; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial cloth; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Launceston, 1961. One of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the author. More
A companion volume to The Engravers of Van Diemen's Land and Old Tasmanian Prints. Pp. xiv+390(last blank), coloured frontispiece, several full page illustrations (some coloured), bibliography, index; roy. 8vo; pictorial cloth; ribbon marker; dust wrapper, with publisher's printed wrap-around (which is a trifle soiled); Foot & Playsted, Launceston, 1984. First..... More
Launceston [cover title]. Auction catalogue in two volumes. Pp. 90+130, 27 plates (6 coloured, including the frontispiece to Volume I), 5 full page illustrations; small cr. 4to; printed stiff pink paper wrappers, slightly sprung, edges a trifle rubbed; a few leaves faintly creased; Christie, Manson & Woods (Australia) Ltd., Melbourne..... More
With contributions by Leslie M. Key. Pp. xviii+308, 16 plates, full page maps, notes, appendices, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with small piece chipped from head of backstrip; small ownership label at head of upper pastedown, edges of leaves a trifle foxed;Cheshire, Melbourne, 1968..... More
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
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
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
A catalogue of Australian Life 1880-1940. Pp. 224, numerous illustrations; tall demy 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; margins of first few leaves browned; Five Mile Press, Hawthorn, Victoria, 1989. Second printing. *Australian trade catalogues. More
Pp. 176, 8 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece and numerous text illustrations (many full page), selected bibliography; small cr. 4to; boards faintly damp stained, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly damp stained on reverse; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Pioneer, Yarra Glen, Victoria, 1974. First edition. Pioneer Collecting Antique..... More
Leisure Times in Early Australia. Pp. xii+378, coloured frontispiece, black & white text illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly marked, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges a trifle creased, the backstrip lightly faded; outer leaves slightly offset, some..... More
Botanist and explorer. Pp. x+148(last blank), 4 plates, full page maps, references, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt and a trifle rubbed at foot; dust wrapper, backstrip faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1970. First edition. Biography of the botanist who..... More
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
The Life of Dumont D'Urville. Pp. 252, 8 plates, 7 maps (6 full page), notes, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle rubbed dust wrapper; Exisle Publishing, Auckland, 2007. First edition. *'Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont D'Urville (1790-1842) undertook three global voyages of exploration and is the navigator..... More
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
A history of the Richmond River District, 1828-1895. Pp. xvi+204(last blank), 8 plates, text plus endpaper map, notes, bibliography, index; edges of boards slightly flecked and rubbed, bottom fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; minor production fault (trimming) to top edge..... More
Eumemmering Parish (Dandenong). Pp. xii+110(last blank), 8 plates, endpaper map, the introductory pages printed in purple, appendices, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled;Lowden Publishing Co., 1972. More
Being an Account of the Origin and History during One Hundred Years of the House of Dangar, Gedye & Malloch Ltd., of Sydney. Edited and compiled by A. D. Fraser. With a Foreword by Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable M. F. Bruxner. Pp. xviii+214, frontispiece plus 56 plates, folding company chart, pictorial..... More
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