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
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Pp. 64, printed in brown, illustrated (including several pictorial advertisements); demy 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly worn, tiny chip at foot of backstrip; pages browned; The Advertiser Printing Office, Adelaide, 1950. More
Quest and adventure in many lands. Pp. 212, frontispiece plus 24 plates, pictorial endpapers, index; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and silverfished, edges a trifle split; inscription on half-title page, a little light foxing; Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, n.d.[1942].First edition. 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
A Spurious Author; the Book Trade, and Botany Bay. Pp. viii+328(printed in brown & black, last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (some full page), references, bibliography [of 'Barrington books'], select bibliography, index; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; ownership label (David Levine, Sydney) on upper pastedown, fore-edges of leaves slightly marked; Hordern..... 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
Australia's First Children's Author. Pp. 36(last blank), frontispiece (facsimile title page) and 2 full page illustrations, references; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, the lower wrapper a trifle silverfished, short split at head of backstrip; Wentworth Books, Sydney, 1980. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the author. *Previously..... 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
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. [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
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
Memoirs of politics and diplomacy. Pp. xiv+234(last blank), 4 plates, index; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board next to spine; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse, backstrip lightly faded; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1977. First edition..... More
The story of C. E. W. Bean. Pp. 400, coloured frontispiece portrait, 32 black & white plates, 8 text maps, index; med 8vo; beige boards, spine lettered and ruled in maroon; dust wrapper, slightly soiled on reverse; John Ferguson, Sydney, 1983. First edition. *Biography of Australia's official First World War..... 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
Pp. [viii]+110, several full page illustrations, pictorial endpapers; small post 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle soiled, fore-corners faintly creased, the backstrip slightly faded; edges of leaves faintly foxed; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1979. First edition, paperback. *Autobiography in verse and prose; published simultaneously in hardback and..... 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
