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. 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
The Biography of a Career. Aided and abetted by Marien Dreyer. Pp. 176(last blank), frontpsiece portrait, title page printed in red & black; navy cloth, spoine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip faded; bookseller's sticker..... 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
An appraisal after 100 years of his birth. Pp. 52 (last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges very faintly rubbed; Premier's Department, Melbourne, 1976. First edition. McLaren 936. *With loosely inserted folded foolscap C. J. Dennis Centenary exhibition sheet, (State Library of Victoria, 1976), edges lightly..... 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
The Autobiography of Jean Devanny. Edited by Carole Ferrier. Pp. xxx+332, frontispiece portrait, plus 8 plates, selected biographies, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in white, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; text block slightly browned, edges of leaves slightly foxed; University of Queensland Press..... More
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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; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, free endpapers lightly offset; The Shire of Donald, 1963. First edition. *Published as part of the Centenary..... More
A Short History. Illustrated by Irvine Green. Pp. 24, text illustrations and maps; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly rubbed, the upper wrapper slightly creased; Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society, Donvale, 1981. More
Ngarjno, Ungudman, Banggal, Nyawarra. [Text in English, German and French]. Pp. 336, illustrated in colour throughout (many full or double page), glossary, bibliography; wide demy 4to; orange cloth, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, backstrip a trifle faded; Konemann, Koln, 2000. *'Secret and Sacred Pathways of the Ngarinyin Aboriginal People..... 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
Memories of growing up after the Great War. Pp. 136, text illustrations, half-title and title pages printed in green & black; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and foxed, the backstrip faded; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1984. First edition. 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, 4 coloured plates; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine cloth slightly creased; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, edges slightly split..... More
Memories and murder. Pp. [viii]+360; top fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Viking, Melbourne, 2000. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Winner of the Western Australian Premier's Non-fiction Book Award. When he was six, Robert Drewe and his family moved from..... More
Berthe Mouchette and Marie Lion Artists and Teachers. Pp. xviii+214, illustrated in colour and black & white (some full page), notes, bibliography, index; square 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Anchor Books Australia, Melbourne, 2021. First edition. *Culture in Melbourne was changed in 1881 when two French women, Berthe Mouchette and..... More
A life of Sir Edmund DuCane. Pp. [x]+132, printed in orange & black, coloured frontispiece portrait and 8 plates, plus numerous black & white or tinted text illustrations (some full and one double page), bibliography, references; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; top edges of leaves faintly foxed;..... More
Translated from the Original, with Introduction and Notes by George Mackaness. Pp. 80, 5 text illustrations (4 full page), full page plan, appendix; small cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; text block faintly browned; privately printed, Sydney, 1944. Edition limited to 100 copies, numbered and..... More
Translated from the Original, with Introduction and Notes by George Mackaness. Pp. 80(last blank), text illustrations, full page map, appendix; printed textured paper wrappers, stapled, lower wrapper a trifle silverfished; a little light foxing; Review Publications, Dubbo, 1976. Australian Historical Monographs Volume II (New Series). *Originally published privately by George..... More
Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, South Sea explorer, 1724-1772. Pp. xviii+230(last blank), 28 plates (11 coloured), text maps, glossary, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; bottom edge of leaves a trifle marked; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. *The French explorer Marion..... More
Australia's Migrant Experience. Pp. [viii]+200, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, maps, chronology, further reading; f'cap. folio; edges of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, backstrip and top edge of back panel slightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper; Macmillan/Australian Institute of Multicultural..... More
to Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, 1826-1829 in the corvette Astrolabe, and to the Straits of Magellan, Chile, Oceania, South East Asia, Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand and Torres Strait, 1837-1840, in the corvettes Astrolabe and Zelee. Translated from the French and edited by Helen Roseman. Pp. liv+312+ xii+[313]-634, 44 plates (12..... More