Memoirs of the "reffo" period in Australia. Pp. [xii]+228(last blank), text illustrations (some full page); boards a trifle rubbed, dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Wildcat Press, Sydney, 1980. First edition. *'The most vivid and accurate account of the refugee period in Australian..... More
Art of the Western Desert. With diagrams by Judith Ryan. Forewords by Judith Ryan and Ulli Beier. Pp. 140, printed in red, pink & black, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, bibliography; small demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; J. B. Books, Adelaide, 1999. Paperback edition. *First published..... More
With a Preface by Geoffrey Blainey. Pp. x+226(last blank), frontispiece plus 10 plates, folding map, index; black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards a trifle marked and cloth slightly bubbled at a couple of points; dust wrapper, faintly soiled edges lightly rubbed; with tiny chip to back panel..... More
A Source Book in Australian History for use in schools. Selected and Edited by T. J. Barker. Pp. 212(last blank), text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, index; med. 8vo; edges of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle creased; a little faint foxing Government Printer, Melbourne, 1968. First edition..... More
Pp. 48, illustrated in colour and black & white, glossary, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle scuffed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1997. First edition. White (Volume 3) 1020. Aboriginal Art Series. *For younger readers. More
Pp. 48, illustrated in colour and black & white, glossary, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle scuffed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1997. First edition. White (Volume 3) 1021. Aboriginal Art Series. *For younger readers. More
With decorations by Frank Medworth. Pp. [x]+216(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), coloured frontispiece portrait and 11 full page illustrations, grey & white pictorial endpapers, title page printed in pink & black, colophon device printed in green & purple, bibliography; cr. 4to; qr. maroon leather, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, grey..... More
Quest and adventure in many lands. Pp. 212, frontispiece plus 24 plates, pictorial endpapers, index; edges of boards a trifle worn; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges chipped and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, inscription on blank preliminary leaf, a little light foxing, the pages browned;..... More
The lure of early Australian Books. Pp. [x]+148+[2](blank, last colophon), coloured frontispiece, plus 30 black & white plates, 1 full page facsimile; small cr. 4to; navy buckram, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung; glassine wrapper; the lower pastedown silverfished at fore-edge, a couple of faint..... More
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Introduction by Gaston C. Renard. Pp. 112(last colophon), buyer's slip tipped-in at first page; demy 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Sydney Darke, Auctioneer/Gaston C. Renard, Melbourne, 1959. More
The religious aspect of life in Eastern Australia, 1835-1850. Pp. xvi+314(last blank), 4 plates, 4 figures (maps), indices; med. 8vo; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a few small surface grazes near bottom edge of upper board and foot of spine; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and..... More
Foreword by Malcolm Fraser. Introduction by Manning Clark. Pp. xiv+258, 8 coloured plates, numerous black & white illustrations, appendix, endpaper chronology; small cr. 4to; blue papered boards, lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, lightly scuffed, edges lightly worn and creased, with short tear from top edge into back panel; ownership stamp..... More
His discoveries, romantic life, and tragic disappearance. Pp. xii+172(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 12 plates, text maps (1 double page), appendices, index; boards slightly marked; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; free endpapers lightly offset, a little faint foxing; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1952. First edition. *Signed by the author on..... More
H. M. S. Rattlesnake's Australia-New Guinea cruise, l846 to l850. Pp. xii+112, long multi-folding coloured plate at end, black & white frontispiece and 20 plates, 2 text maps (one full page), plus upper endpaper map, bibliography, index; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges lightly..... More
Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes Geographe and Naturaliste, assigned by order of the government to a voyage of discovery. Translated from the French by Christine Cornell. With a Foreword by Jean-Paul Faivre. Pp. xxii+610(last blank), frontispiece, 2 full page maps, appendices, index; med. 4to; dark green cloth, lettered and ruled in..... More
History of Albury, New South Wales. Foreword by Cleaver E. Bunton. Pp. 240(last blank), frontispiece, numerous illustrations (many full page),2 double page maps, endpaper maps printed in blue, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Albury City Council, Albury, 1976..... More
Pp. ii+[vi]+10(last colophon)+iii(verso blank); printed stiff paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, edges a trifle faded, top fore-corner of upper wrapper faintly creased; Cadenza Press, Ealing, 1967. One of 70 copies thus (total edition 120), for The British Printing Society]. *Printed for private circulation. Copies for members of The British Printing..... More
Pp. [vi]+22+[2](blank, colophon), printed in green & black; printed grey textured paper wrappers; Cadenza Press, London, 1968. Edition limited to 45 copies. Publication Number E07 of the Cadenza Press. *Banana cultivation and harvesting in Queensland. More
Pp. [iv]+10, printed in red & black, with title page decorative border in purple; demy 16mo; stiff paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled; Cadenza Press, Ealing, 1967. *The Cadenza press was the private press of Gilbert Alexander Beale. The text is a brief account of his visit to the Kioloa region..... More
Three scenes in Central Australia. Pp. vi+18(last blank)+[2] printed in red & black; printed grey textured paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, tiny chip at foot of backstrip; Cadenza Press, Ealing, 1967. One of 70 copies thus (of a total edition of 170). Book Number E6 from the Cadenza Press. *This..... More
Early Australia. Pp. xii+212, 12 plates, full page text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, index; pictorial boards; dust wrapper; Cassell, London, 1962. First edition. More
Translated from the German by Thomas A. Darragh. With an Introduction and Notes by Thomas A. Darragh and Manfred Koehler. Pp. xxxviii+80(last colophon, blank), hand-tipped frontispiece and 4 plates, text decorations printed in blue, 2 folding text pages, errata slip loosely inserted, index; qr. navy cloth, spine lettered in black..... More
Foreword by Geoffrey Blainey. Pp. xiv+336(last blank), full page illustration; top fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976. Second edition. *First published in 1944. Autobiography of the writer, miner, and politician..... More
From 1852. Pp. 64, illustrated; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; a couple of spots of foxing; Beechworth Progress Association, 1972. Fifth edition. *Originally published in 1952, for the Beechworth Centenary Publicity Committee. More
