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
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
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
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
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
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
New South Wales under Governor Macquarie. Selected and edited by John Ritchie. In two volumes: Volume I: The Oral Evidence. Pp. xviii+238(last blank), sources, index; Volume II. The Written Evidence. Pp. xii+304, sources, alphabetical list of witnesses, index; med. 8vo; dust wrappers, faintly scuffed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Heinemann..... More
The Reports of Commissioner John Bigge on the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1823; their origins, nature and significance. Pp. xiv+324, frontispiece portrait, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, slightly scuffed, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip vertically creased;..... More
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
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
Edited by Sydney Ure Smith. Pp. [32], coloured text illustrations (2 full page), tailpiece decoration; cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers with flap folds over card, a trifle soiled and marked, edges slightly rubbed and split, backstrip with tiny chips to tail and small graze near head, bottom edges of leaves..... More
Edited by Michael Roe. Pp. lvi+342, frontispiece, 5 maps (2 folding), bibliography, index; demy 8vo; gilt lettered & decorated blue cloth; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip a trifle faded; Cambridge University Press for The Hakluyt Society, Cambridge, 1967. Second Series, No. CXXXI. *In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master..... More
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Pp. [88](processed, printed on rectos only and numbered to 44), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations; post 4to; printed textured paper wrappers, a trifle soiled and slightly creased, edges and backstrip faded; corners of a few leaves faintly creased, a couple of spots of foxing; [the author, Sydney?], 1980. *First volume of..... More
The life of John Bishop. Foreword by Stewart Cockburn. Pp. 160(last blank), 8 plates, index; dust wrapper; lower pastedown slightly soiled; Rigby, Adelaide, 1983. First edition. *Biography of the man who brought into being the Adelaide Festival of Arts. More
Women artists of South Australia. Pp. [84], illustrated in colour and black & white; demy 4to; corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip faintly faded; occasional slight soiling; Sydenham Gallery, Adelaide, 1976. First edition; being one of 1,500 copies, signed by the author. More
Pp. [xiv]+98, pictorial double title page and text illustrations by Charles Blackman (several full page); small cr. 4to; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1968. First edition. More
Pp. 204, 16 plates; demy 8vo; light brown papered boards, spine blocked in orange and lettered in white, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; inked gift inscription (dated Nov 1965) on upper free endpaper, a little light foxing; Rigby, Adelaide, 1965. First edition. *Memoirs..... More
The goldfield, the landmarks, the pioneers. Pp. vi+82, text illustrations, 2 full page maps, appendices; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle soiled; bookplate on blank preliminary leaf, a little light foxing; J. G. Publishing, Ringwood, Victoria, 1980. First edition. More
Pp. vi+194, index; med. 8vo; lower board very slightly warped; dust wrapper; Information Australia, Melbourne, 1999. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. A collection of Blainey's articles, speeches and essays from the 1990s. More
The story of Victoria. Pp. [vi]+250, 24 plates, 3 text maps, sources, index; demy 8vo; top fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; Methuen Haynes, Sydney, 1984. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
A history of Australian mining. Pp. x+370(last blank), 16 plates, title page vignette, text maps plus endpaper map, glossary of mining terms, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards slightly marked, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with..... More
Pp. xii+562(last blank), 15 text maps (2 double page, several full page), index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Viking, Melbourne, 2005. First edition. 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
Pp. [viii]+iv+228, 8 plates (including 2 maps), coloured endpaper map, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, backstrip lightly faded; outer leaves faintly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1971. First edition. *The story of the gold despatch from..... 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