Pp. 156(last blank), pictorial double title page, plus numerous text illustrations (several full page); narrow demy 4to; black boards, lettered in silver, edges a trifle worn; dust wrapper; Australian Broadcasting Corporation/Macmillan, Sydney, 1982. First edition. *Published to accompany an ABC television series. More
A military history of the battle for the Eureka Stockade 3 December 1854. Pp. xviii+242, coloured and black & white text illustrations including maps, appendices, select bibliography, index; broad med 8vo; black papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Australian Military History Publications, Sydney, 2009. First edition. More
Pp. [viii]+iv+228, 8 plates (including 2 maps), coloured endpaper map, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dark green boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed, backstrip faded; outer leaves faintly offset; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1971. First edition. *The story of the gold..... More
Pp. 64, illustrated, list of wagoners' words, references; small cr. 4to; green boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper; Rigby, Adelaide, 1979. First edition. More
The biography of Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey. Pp. [xiv]+258(last blank), 12 plates, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; grey cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, small portions of spine and upper board faded; dust wrapper, worn and browned, with large creased tear at lower edge of upper panel and with several..... More
14 June 1789. With a draft list of the Bounty mutineers. Transcription and Facsimile Edited by John Bach. Pp. xiv+ 336, coloured frontispiece portrait, numerous text illustrations (most black & white, some full or double page, a couple folding, including a large folding map), bibliography; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine..... More
and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the crew in the Ship's Boat from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Written by William Bligh. Illustrated with Charts. (1790). [with] MINUTES OF THE COURT-MARTIAL held at Portsmouth August 12, 1792, on Ten..... More
from Coupang to Batavia, together with the log of his subsequent passage to England in the Dutch packet "Vlydt" and his remarks on Morrison's Journal. All printed for the first time from the manuscripts in the Mitchell Library of New South Wales, with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter..... More
Being Lieutenant William Bligh's Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Bounty in a Voyage to the South Seas, to take the Breadfruit from the Society Islands to the West Indies. Now Published for the First Time from the Manuscript in the Admiralty Records, with an Introduction and..... More
and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Written by Lieutenant William Bligh. Illustrated with Charts. Pp. iv+88, 4 charts (3 folding, including the frontispiece); med. 4to; contemporary half..... More
[and] FRESH LIGHT ON BLIGH. Being some unpublished correspondence of Captain William Bligh, R.N., and Lieutenant Francis Godolphin Bond, R.N., with Lieutenant Bond's manuscript Notes made on the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Providence' 1791-1795. Pp. 38+86(including advertisements), text illustrations; printed textured paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; Review Publications Pty..... More
With an Introduction by Owen Rutter and wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. Pp. 86+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, text illustrations (1 full page), colophon decoration; narrow roy. 4to; red & white 'sail-type' canvas, spine lettered in gilt; t.e.g., others uncut; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; The Golden Cockerel Press, London..... More
undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in..... More
Pp. 320, 15 plates (one double page), title page vignette, text illustrations (some full page), decorative headpieces, text maps, endpaper chart, chronology, notes on sources, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; name stamp on upper endpapers and at head..... More
with An Interesting Account of the Murder of Mr. Clode, late of that settlement, As communicated by the Rev. Richard Johnstone, late Chaplain of the Colony, to Joseph Hardcastle, Esq. Treasurer of the Missionary Society. By G. Bond, late Lieutenant of Marines, and late Ensign in the New South Wales..... More
Pp. xii+140(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus one plate; demy 8vo; brown boards, spine blocked in white and lettered in brown, the boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; text block faintly browned, a little light foxing; H. Pole & Co., Brisbane, 1963. First edition. *The..... More
Pp. 44, frontispiece portrait, index; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown;The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1970. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Keain 407. *The text is based on an address delivered to the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Joseph Bosisto was a chemist..... More
Pp. xii+60, 12 plates, sources, index; demy 8vo; navy boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards slightly marked; dust wrapper, lightly browned, edges lightly worn, with creased tear at foot of backstrip; South Eastern Historical Association, Cheltenham, Victoria, 1970. First edition. More
Pp. [ii]+86, 2 figures; f'cap. folio; tape backed printed paper wrappers, lightly marked and worn; small tear from top edge pp. 81-86 tape repaired and stained; [Box Hill Historical Society, Melbourne], 1971. More
Pp. 226 (last blank), text illustrations and maps, sources, indices; med. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle sprung, fore-corners slightly creased; Woodend & District Heritage Society, Woodend, Victoria, 2017. First edition. More
Ben Boyd in Australia. Pp. xiv+254, 8 plates, 2 text figures, full page map, appendix, notes, select bibliography, index; dust wrapper, back panel a trifle soiled; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. *Ben Boyd was Chairman of the Royal Bank of Australia, which he founded in London. By 1844..... More
Pp. 136, pictorial title page, numerous text illustrations (many full page), list of subscribers, index; oblong 4to; green boards, lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corner of upper board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society Inc, Mount Macedon, 2001. First edition. *Published to..... More
Foreword by Captain David R. Thompson, Officer-In-Charge, Riddells Creek Fire Brigade. Pp. x+134, illustrated in colour and black & white, appendices; narrow med. 4to; maroon boards, lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Riddells Creek Fire Brigade, Riddells Creek, Victoria, 2004. First edition. More
Pp. 52, text illustrations, town plan, central double page map; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled; The Castlemaine Mail, Castlemaine, 1983. Third edition. More
Pp. [48], 7 plates (one double page), pictorial headpieces; small f'cap. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled; pages a trifle browned, tiny split to fore-edge centre of least leaf; Castlemaine Mail Print, Castlemaine, n.d.[1979?]. More
