Pp. 68(last blank), text illustrations, appendices, bibliography; med. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly rubbed; a couple of spots of foxing; printed by Waller & Chester,Ballarat, 1969. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
Pp. 28(last blank), full page illustrations, bibliography; small demy 4to; pictorial textured paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled, corners a trifle rubbed; Ballaarat City Council, Ballarat, 1970. First edition. *The City of Ballaarat was a local government area covering the inner suburbs of the regional city of Ballarat. Covering an area..... More
Edited by J. C. Beaglehole. In two volumes. Pp. xxviii+476+xviii+406, with a total of 102 plates (16 coloured, including the frontispieces), a few text figures and maps (1 folding, printed in brown & red), appendices, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spines lettered in gilt, a couple of fore-corners faintly bruised;..... 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
The Days Before Suspicion. Pp. [x]+vi+118, 4 text illustrations and 2 maps, glossary, appendix, notes, bibliography, name and place indices; boards a trifle shelf worn; dust wrapper, edges slightly worn and split; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1979. First edition. * Publisher's advertisement loosely inserted. Survey of the Russians' early visits..... 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
Pp. [vi]+122(last colophon), frontispiece, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; inked ownership inscription at head of upper free endpaper, hinge tender at centre, a little light foxing; Cassell, Melbourne, 1946. First Australian edition. *Reminiscences. 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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Pp. 112(last colophon); bound in qr. black leather, gilt lettered maroon papered boards, faintly scuffed, the spine lightly grazed; original printed stiff paper wrappers bound in; sale prices added in ink in the margins, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Sydney Dark, Auctioneer, Melbourne, 1959. More
. A colonial life, 1813-1880. Pp. [vi]+46(last blank), illustrations (one double page), further reading list; f'cap. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers with flap folds, edges a trifle rubbed, the lower wrapper slightly marked near top fore-corner; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1980. Second edition. More
125 Years. Foreword by Peter K. Maley. Pp. viii+100, text illustrations (some full page), time line, index; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, illustrated on reverse; The Basin Progress Association Inc., The Basin, Victoria,1992. First edition. *With related ephemera loosely inserted. 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
The story of Melbourne's lanes. Pp. 128, photographic illustrations throughout, text maps plus endpaper street map, indices; oblong 4to; dust wrapper; the free endpapers slightly tape marked; City of Melbourne/State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. More
Family snapshots as history. Pp. [viii]+152, numerous text illustrations (several full page), appendices, indices; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly creased and scuffed; Hutchinson of Australia, Melbourne, 1986. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the three authors on the half-title page. Compiled from the Museum of Victoria archive..... More
Including Vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings. Volume One: 1622-1850. Pp. 268(last advertisement), text illustrations, endpaper map, indices; narrow cr. 4to; lower joint starting; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips at head of backstrip, the backstrip slightly damp..... More
15 med. folio coloured plates [one more than called for], contained within printed paper portfolios (corners faintly creased); British Museum (Natural History)/Ebes Douwma Pty. Ltd., London & Melbourne, 1988. *Reproductions of original watercolour drawings by Ferdinand Bauer and First Fleet artists Thomas Watling and George Raper. Each portfolio also contains..... More
and of Port Fairy in the Western District of Port Phillip, 1834-1848. Pp. xii+88, title page decoration printed in blue, appendix; tall impl. 8vo; dust wrapper;Sullivan's Cove, Adelaide, 1980. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, initialled by the publisher. *'A racy account of life and experiences in Tasmania, Victoria (including..... More
Australia's Atomic Bomb and Rocket Roads. Pp. 144, illustrated in colour throughout (several full page), pastedown map, bibliography, index; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; a few pages lightly creased; small surface graze to lower free endpaper; Bas Publishing, Melbourne, 2009. First edition. *In June 1952, Len Beadell..... More
Pp. 202, 16 plates, pictorial double title page, 3 text maps (2 full page), endpaper map printed in brown; edges of boards a trifle rubbed, fore-corners faintly bruised, small damp stamp to bottom fore-corner of lower board; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip slightly faded; bookseller's sticker at..... 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