Australiana
SPACE & VISION.
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
WITH SHAME REMEMBERED.
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
A LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA.
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
NAUGHT TO THIRTY-THREE.
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
BEECHWORTH AND THE POWDER MAGAZINE.
Pp. 16, illustrated in colour and black & white; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, the upper wrapper slightly soiled;The Ruskin Press, Melbourne, n.d.[c. 1970]. National Trust of Australia (Victoria). More
BACKGROUND TO BEECHWORTH:
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
BACKGROUND TO BEECHWORTH:
From 1852. Pp. 64(last blank), text illustrations; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and marked, edges lightly rubbed; a little light foxing; Beechworth Progress Association, 1967. Third edition. *First published in 1952, for the Beechworth Centenary Publicity Committee. More
A HISTORY OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, AVOCA:
souvenir of the Diamond Jubilee 1871-1931 [cover title]. Pp. 28(last colophon, verso blank), text illustrations; pictorial textured paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle faded foxed; St. John's Church, Avoca, Victoria, 1931. First edition. More
BENDIGO 1981 ALMANAC AND TOURIST GUIDE.
Pp. 112, text illustrations and maps; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; Bendigo Almanac Publishing Co., Bendigo, 1981. More
BENDIGO: Yesterday & Today.
Pp. 56, numerous illustrations, full page street map; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled; Crown Castleton, Bendigo, Victoria, 1990. First edition. *Signed by the author (dated January 1991) on the title page. More
VIEWS OF BENDIGO.
Introduction by Frank Cusack. Pp. [10], plus 52 full page sepia views of Bendigo within decorative borders; oblong 4to; printed glazed paper wrappers, faintly discoloured, edges a trifle rubbed, the bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper creased; tiny paper adhesion to title page at foot of upper hinge; The Bendigo Trust..... More
CANVAS TO CAMPUS.
A history of the Bendigo Institute of Technology. Pp. [xii]+146, 16 plates, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1973. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
REPORT FOR 1961-1962 OF THE DAY CENTRE FOR RETARDED.
116 Williamson Street, Bendigo. [cover title]. Pp. [8], text illustrations; oblong cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled, and slightly creased, with edges slightly rubbed, tiny chip to tail of backstrip; leaves slightly browned, inked corrections to pp. [4-5] and [7]; n.p., Bendigo, 1962. *Annual report for the Day..... More
COLONIAL BENDIGO.
Bendigo Art Gallery 5th December 1984 - 25th February 1985. [Exhibition catalogue]. Foreword by F. M. Courtis. Pp. [24], text illustrations (sepia or black & white, mostly full page); oblong 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; [Bendigo Art Gallery], Bendigo, Victoria, 1985. *Catalogue of..... More
A LEGACY FROM THE PAST ... A LINK WITH THE FUTURE.
Summary. An open space strategy for Bendigo. Prepared for the Bendigo Sub-Regional Committee of the Loddon-Campaspe Regional Planning Authority. Pp. 32, printed in green & black, text illustrations and maps (some full page), tables, bibliography, appendix; narrow demy 4to; pictorial textured paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; Loddon-Campaspe Regional..... More
ANNALS OF BENDIGO.
The Sixth Section. Years 1936 to 1950. Compiled and edited by Douglas Lockwood. Photographic research by Ruth Lockwood. Introduction by Kim Lockwood. Pp. [vi]+146, the text printed triple column, illustrations; demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, upper wrapper lightly creased at bottom fore-corner; text block faintly..... More
BENDIGO: THE GOLDEN AGE RETRACED.
Pp. 64(last blank), title page vignette printed in grey, text illustrations, endpaper maps; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, lightly worn, corners creased; a couple of spots of foxing, pages browned; Mullaya, Melbourne,1973. First edition. More
A DIFFERENT VIEW OF BENDIGO.
Written and illustrated by Dorothy Owen. Pp. [ii]+58, text illustrations, full page map; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and rubbed; Bendigo Modern Press, Bendigo, 1985. *'A humourous insight in verse and illustration to many facets of [the author's] home town - Bendigo, Victoria' [wrapper blurb]. More
THE GROWING YEARS.
Pp. 112, frontispiece, plus text illustrations and maps (a couple full page); printed stiff paper wrappers, a trifle sprung and slightly soiled, edges lightly faded and rubbed; a little faint foxing; n.p., n.d.[1977?]. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
GATHERINGS OF A NATURALIST IN AUSTRALASIA.
Being observations principally on the animal and vegetable productions of New South Wales, New Zealand, and some of the Austral Islands. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. [ii]+xii+456, coloured frontispiece and 7 plates, black & white text illustrations; top fore-corner of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves a trifle..... More
FROM THE FO'CASTLE TO THE PULPIT.
Pp. 292; red cloth over bevelled boards, the spine and upper board lettered in gilt and decorated in black, lightly rubbed and flecked, with a couple of small damp spots, the cloth a trifle bubbled on upper board; text block browned, hinges starting, a few small edge tears and occasional..... More
THE HISTORY OF BEVERIDGE.
Pp. xii(printed on yellow paper)+36, printed in red & black, 7 plates (including a double page map), index; gilt lettered black art. leather, the spine extremities and top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Lowden Publishing Co., Kilmore, 1974. Edition limited to 200..... More
A DECADE OF GROWING AND CARING.
Billanook College. Pp. 256, numerous text illustrations, appendices, index; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Billanook College, Mooroolbark, Victoria, 1990. First edition. *Signed by the author (dated 1990) on the half-title page. More
THE ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA.
Its Origin, Growth and Development. Written by John Bilton, in association with Joan Brunt and Professor J. Macdonald Holmes, on behalf of the Federal Council of The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, and in collaboration with the Sections of the Service. Pp. [xiv]+258(last blank), 20 plates, full page map..... More