Edited and compiled by Helen Baker. Pp. [iv]+54, numerous text illustrations, 3 full page maps printed in blue & black, architectural plans, publisher's device printed in orange on title page, appendices; post 4to; tape backed printed textured paper wrappers, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed and browned; Cumberland County..... More
Twelfth Annual Pioneers' Memorial Oration. Delivered at Wangaratta on November 10, 1949 [cover title]. Pp. [4], printed double column; light green printed textured paper wrappers, stapled, edges slightly faded, small inked annotation at foot of upper wrapper near backstrip, the upper wrapper a trifle marked; Pioneers Memorial Trust, Wangaratta, 1949..... More
Twentieth-Century Ballarat. Pp. xvi+238(last blank), 8 coloured plates, black & white pictorial double title page and numerous illustrations, text maps (a couple full page), notes, comment on sources, index; square 4to; dust wrapper, backstrip and part of back panel faded; free endpapers faintly offset; The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 1993. First..... More
Pp. x+206, 16 plates, pictorial endpapers, College Register; red cloth, lettered in black, slightly worn; small tape mark to upper pastedown, a little light foxing, occasional soiling and creasing; Ballarat College Council, Ballarat, n.d.[1964]. *Signed by the incumbent Headmaster in 1964, A. P. D. Dyer, and with associated ephemera and..... 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
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
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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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 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
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
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
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
