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, appendices, indices; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle scuffed, corners lightly rubbed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Hutchinson of Australia, Melbourne, 1986. First edition. *Inscribed and signed (twice) by Weston Bate, on the half-title and title pages. Compiled... 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
Forty-niners from Australia and New Zealand. Pp. 172, folding endpaper panorama, 16 plates, references, appendices, index; med. 8vo; uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle marked; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Ure Smith, Sydney, 1963. First edition. 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; demy 4to; dark green cloth, lettered and ruled... 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
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
Scenes of Nature in the Australian Bush. Pp. [vi]+32(last colophon), the title and half-title pages printed in green & black, colophon printed in green; qr. navy cloth with gilt lettered title label on spine, light blue papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed; Cadenza Press, London, 1978. Edition limited to 'about... 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
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
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
From 1852. Pp. 64, illustrated; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; Beechworth Progress Association, 1972. Fifth edition. *First published in 1952, for the Beechworth Centenary Publicity Committee. With loosely inserted relevant brochure (Guide to Historic Beechworth). More
From 1852. Pp. 68, text illustrations; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly rubbed and soiled; outer leaves slightly foxed, a little light offsetting; Beechworth Progress Association, 1985. Eighth edition. *First published in 1952, for the Beechworth Centenary Publicity Committee. More
Pp. 34(last colophon); printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; text block browned; Bendigo, Victoria, n.d. *Song lyrics, including the school song of Bendigo High School. More
Pp. 112, text illustrations and maps; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; Bendigo Almanac Publishing Co., Bendigo, 1981. More
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
The Bendigo photographs of Benjamin Pierce Batchelder. Pp. 134, illustrated throughout in colour, sepia, and black & white, reference list, index; wide demy 4to; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Holland House for the City of Greater Bendigo and the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 2001. First edition. *Views of early Bendigo... More
