Forty Years with the ABC. Pp. viii+216; med. 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted and slightly faded at edges; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and lightly worn, the laminate lifting or split at several points (mainly on back panel); inked gift inscription (dated 1977)..... More
Pp. x+670(last blank), 3 full page pictorial pages, full or double page maps, selected sources, index; med. 8vo; a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges of boards; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly browned; Viking, Melbourne, 2000. First edition. 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
A Centenary History of State Education in Victoria. General Editor. L. J. Blake. In three volumes. Pp. lvi+1652+xx+1104+xxiv+1390(last blank), numerous illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, full and double page maps, tables, appendices, bibliography, indices; thick roy. 8vo; red art. leather, spines lettered in gilt; inked gift inscription on title..... More
Pp. 64, illustrated, list of wagoners' words, references; small cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; Rigby, Adelaide, 1979. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the upper free endpaper, and signed again by him (dated 1979) on the title page. 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. [with] MINUTES OF THE COURT-MARTIAL held at Portsmouth August 12, 1792, on Ten Persons..... 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] 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
The Men and the Mutiny. Pp. 320, 15 plates (1 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, boards faintly scuffed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed;..... More
The Reminiscences of James Bodell, 1831-92. Edited by Keith Sinclair. Pp. 216, 12 plates; dust wrapper, foxed on flaps and reverse; endpapers offset, some foxing, mainly to endpapers and edges of leaves; The Bodley Head, London, 1982. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria..... More
its native inhabitants, productions, &c. &c. First published by the author at Southampton in 1803 and reprinted for him at Oxford, London, Cork and Dublin in various years to about 1810. Eighth edition, faithfully reprinted from the first, incorporating the additions and corrections of the later editions. Edited, with bibliographical..... More
The decade that transformed Australia. Pp. 16 plates (12 coloured in whole or part), pictorial endpapers, endnotes, index; med. 8vo; grey cloth, spine lettered in yellow, tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; text block faintly browned; Black Inc., Melbourne, 2015. First edition. *Inscribed..... More
Pp. xii+140(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 1 plate; fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, the back panel slightly damp stained, backstrip a trifle faded; half-title page and frontispiece faintly damp stained, a little light foxing; H. Pole & Co., Brisbane, 1963. First edition. *The..... More
[Article in the Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute, Part V - Vol. XXVI]. Pp. [ii]+[351]-424+viii(advertisements); printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled, edges slightly faded and browned, the backstrip chipped and split at extremities; a couple of faint marginal damp stains, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Royal Colonial Institute, London, 1895..... 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. xiv+270, frontispiece, title page vignette, text illustrations and maps, endpaper plan, appendices, notes, index; roy. 8vo; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, top edges lightly creased; Box Hill City Council, Box Hill, 1978. First edition. *With loosely inserted single fold leaflet 'City of Box Hill. An Explanation of the Coat of..... 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
Volume I: 1820-1832. Edited by Peter Chapman. Pp. xxviii+692, 16 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece portrait and text illustrations, endpaper maps, appendices, bibliography, index; thick med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. *The first publication in full of the diaries and letters of G.T.W.B. Boyes..... More
RECENTLY IMPORTED. On sale by Waugh and Cox, 111, George Street. Pp. [4]; Brandywine Press & Archive, Beecroft, 1987. One of 200 copies. *Reprinted from The University of Sydney Magazine, No. 3 (July 1855). Early Australian bookseller's list. More
![A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BREAD & CHEESE CLUB MELBOURNE. [cover title]. Bread, Melbourne Cheese...](/pictures/thumb/104164.jpg?v=1633429214)
8 page pamphlet, stapled; leaves lightly browned, with a couple of short closed tears from fore-edges; printed by J. Roy Stevens Print, Melbourne, 1940. First edition. *Issued as a Souvenir of the Club's Australian Art & Literature Exhibition held at Tye's Velasquez Gallery, 100 Bourke Street Melbourne, 1940. More
Reminiscences of the stars of Australia's live radio. Pp. 144, title page vignette and numerous text illustrations (some full page, index; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Methuen Australia, Sydney, 1983. First edition. More
Queensland's sunshine city [cover title]. 32 captioned photographic plates; oblong 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, with printed text on reverse of upper wrapper and coloured illustration on reverse of lower wrapper, faintly soiled, edge lightly rubbed; Sydney G. Hughes, Brisbane, n.d.[1950s?]. Splendid View series. More
A History of Broadford & District 1891-1981 [cover title]. Pp. [1]+79, printed double column, title page vignette plus several text illustrations; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, the upper wrapper faintly scratched; [Broadford Historical Society, Broadford, Victoria, 1981?]. More