Aboriginal Legends collected by Daisy Bates. Retold by Barbara Ker Wilson. Illustrated by Harold Thomas. Pp. [vi]+102(last blank); small cr. 4to; maroon papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, tiny bruise to top edge of lower board; dust wrapper; a little faint foxing; Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney, 1977. Fourth printing..... 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
The Story of John Batman and the Founding of Melbourne. Pp. xiv+330, 8 plates, appendix, notes, references, index; boards a trifle bowed, bottom edges slightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; text block slightly browned; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1979. First edition. More
Pp. [viii]+76(processed, last blank), appendices, select bibliography; navy art. leather, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle marked, top fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; free endpapers faintly offset; Libraries Board of South Australia, Adelaide, 1965. First edition. *Facsimile of a thesis submitted to the History Department at the University..... 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
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
Drawings by Graham Hawley. Pp. 64, text illustrations (several full page); demy 8vo; orange textured papered boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Rigby, Adelaide, 1977. First edition. The Sketchbook series. More
Pp. [viii]+120, 8 coloured plates, numerous black & white illustrations (several full or double page), pictorial endpapers, further reading list, index; tall cr. 4to; olive green/brown papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly foxed on reverse, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel slightly scuffed; edges of..... 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
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
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
Pp. 112, text illustrations and maps; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; Bendigo Almanac Publishing Co., Bendigo, 1981. More
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
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
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
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
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
The Fifth Section. Years 1921 to 1935. Pp. 192(last colophon), printed triple column, numerous photographic text illustrations; demy 4to; pictorial stiff grey paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in dark blue, stapled, edges slightly soiled and creased, backstrip also lightly creased and chipped at foot, the staples rusted; fore-corners of a...... More
