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
Second edition, with an Introduction [by Ian McLaren]. Pp. [x]+40+[4](blank, colophon, verso blank), double page map; demy 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle marked and faded; Book Collectors' Society of Australia, Melbourne, 1968. Edition limited to 250 copies, signed by Ian McLaren, and the printer..... 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
A History of the Hawkesbury. Pp. xii+242, 16 plates, endpaper maps, bibliography, references, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and browned, with a few small splits, the front flap vertically creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, name in ink at head of half-title page, a little..... 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=1612925417)
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
by William Adams Brodribb & ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY TO GIPPSLAND by Lavinia Hasell Bennett. Pp. xiv+202+folding map at end, 3 tinted hand-tipped plates, plus 13 small mounted facsimiles, sources, indices; impl. 8vo; qr. dark brown leather, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, beige cloth boards; within matching cloth slipcase..... More
With Chapters on Tennis by Sir Norman Brookes. Pp. xii+324, coloured frontispiece portrait plus 1 coloured and 32 black & white plates, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, index; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, boards with mottled fading, edges rubbed and occasionally bruised, lower board lightly damp stained;..... More
![THE VICTORIANS. [Series title]. Richard Broome, Tony Dingle, Susan Priestley](/pictures/thumb/140300.jpg?v=1612925816)
In three volumes: Volume I: ARRIVING. By Richard Broome. Pp. xiv+258, illustrated in colour and black & white, text and endpaper maps, index; Volume II: SETTLING. By Tony Dingle. Pp. xiv+274, illustrated in colour and black & white, text and endpaper maps, index; Volume III: MAKING THEIR MARK. By Susan..... More
Across Australia's wild heritage. Pp. 240, profusely illustrated in colour (many full or double page), marbled endpapers; small post 4to; pictorial papered boards, spine lettered in yellow; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly soiled, backstrip and small portion of front panel lightly faded, with short closed tear at foot of..... More
Edited by Frances Brown, Dom Meadley & Marjorie Morgan. Pp. xii+100, bibliography, index+plus 12 page insert on different stock (Microform Collections) at centre, processed; printed paper wrappers, stapled; Custodians of Records, Blackburn, Vic., 1988. Third edition. More
Late Convict at Van Diemen's Land. Pp. 20+[2](colophon, verso blank); f'cap. 8vo; red stiff paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, the backstrip faintly faded upper wrapper a trifle scuffed; Sullivan's Cove, Hobart, 1973. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies, initialled by the publisher. *Originally published in 1850. 'The author was convicted..... More
Pp. 230, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, double page map; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly browned; ownership sticker on the upper pastedown, bottom fore-corner of terminal blank lightly creased; the author, Metung, Gippsland Lakes..... More
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. [ii]+xvi+416, frontispiece, plus 3 plates, appendix; post 8vo; green art. leather, spine lettered in gilt (and faintly faded), bottom fore-corners bruised; bookplate on upper free endpaper; Libraries Board of South Australia, Adelaide, 1972. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. A 124. *Facsimile of the second, enlarged edition of 1884..... More
The historical ramblings of Albury's long serving mayor [cover title]. Pp. 64, illustrated, index; super roy. 12mo; printed stiff paper wrappers, lightly soiled; the author, Albury, NSW, n.d.[1988]. First edition. More
From Melbourne to Myth. [Exhibition catalogue]. Pp. [vi]+50(last blank), illustrated in colour and black & white, map, notes, exhibition list of works; square 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds; National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2002. First edition. More
The Grand Moving Diorama of the Victorian Exploring Expedition. Pp. [20], frontispiece, plus 1 text illustration, 2 tinted facsimiles, appendices, printed pastedowns; demy 4to; printed papered boards, lightly soiled, edges a trifle bruised; original glassine wrapper, creased and slightly torn; The Australian Documentary Facsimile Society, Sydney, 1966. Edition limited to..... More
Pp. 152, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, full page map, pictorial endpapers, index; demy 4to; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly sprung and with a couple of tiny bruises to edges; dust wrapper, backstrip faded, slightly foxed on reverse; a little light foxing; Paul..... More
