Pp. x+670(last blank), pictorial headpieces, 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. Third impression. More
How distance shaped Australia's history. Pp. xiv+414(last blank), 5 maps (2 double page), notes, index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Macmillan, Sydney, 2001. Revised [and updated] edition. *Originally published by Sun Books in 1966. More
How distance shaped Australia's history. Pp. [x]+222, 16 coloured plates, numerous black & white illustrations (some full or double page), text maps, notes, index; square 4to; boards a trifle sprung, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, corners a trifle rubbed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1975. Illustrated edition. *Originally published by Sun Books in 1966. More
A Centenary Portrait. Arranged and illustrated by Norman H. Olver. Pp. viii+176, frontispiece, numerous text illustrations (many full page), pictorial endpapers, index; boards a trifle sprung and faintly scuffed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip a trifle faded and with a couple of small tears... More
Johns & Waygood Limited 1856-1956. Pp. [vi]+72+[2](blank, colophon), tinted frontispiece portrait, numerous text illustrations (many full page, some tinted); demy 4to; boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with small chip to back panel near centre of backstrip; a little faint foxing;[Johns & Waygood Limited, Melbourne... 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 circumstances that led thereto, drawn up for posterity by Dr. William Bland. With a Report of the Trial, Rex v. Bland, Randall and Fulton, before the Recorder of Bombay, 14th and 17th April, 1813 (Extracted from the Bombay Courier) and a Memoir of Dr. William Bland. Pp. 40... 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
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; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of short... More
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. Edited with Introduction, Notes and Commentary by George Mackaness. Pp. 84, text illustrations (several full page); small cr. 4to; printed stiff paper... More
Master Mariner. Pp. xxxii+368, 8 coloured plates, coloured pictorial endpapers, black & white full or double page maps, glossary, list of Bligh's ships, note on sources, further reading, index; med. 8vo; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in blind; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; inked ownership inscription at head of upper free... 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; TheBodley Head, London, 1982. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book... More
Pp. xii+260+8(Colonial Library catalogue); dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards slightly scuffed and a trifle flecked, fore-corners faintly bruised; armorial bookplate on upper pastedown, the free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; Macmillan, London, 1896. Second edition, revised,Colonial Library issue. [F.7565]. *Rolf Boldrewood was the pseudonym of... More
its native inhabitants, productions, &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 notes... 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
being a history of the country now called Victoria, up to the arrival of Mr. Superintendent Latrobe, in October, 1839. Revised, at request, by W. Westgarth. Pp. [ii]+140+[2](advertisements), folding frontispiece map; gilt lettered brown cloth, edges faded, fore-corners worn, rebacked, with later brown cloth spine, the lower board slightly damp... More
Pp. [iv]+106(last blank)+[2]('Reviews of Mr. Bonwick's Colonial Works'); post 12mo; dark green cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, the fore-corners a trifle bruised, tiny mark near author's name on upper board; small name label (Wantrup) on upper pastedown and binder's ticket (Detmold) on lower pastedown, the hinges tender... More
Part 1. Pp. [viii](including list of subscribers and advertisement)+112; demy 12mo; unlettered maroon cloth patterned in blind with interlocking concentric circles, fading to brown, boards slightly rubbed and a trifle bowed, edges lightly worn, tiny ink stain near centre of upper board; within a later custom made brown cloth portfolio... 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. [xvi]+232(last blank), 32 plates (30 coloured), 8 full page plus endpaper maps, 2 diagrams, bibliography, appendices, index; med. 8vo; top fore-corner of lower board bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle marked; inked inscription on verso of upper free endpaper; Rigby, Adelaide, 1971. First edition. More
Pp. [64], 31 full page illustrations by Jo Booker; small oblong 4to; pictorial textured paper wrappers; presentation inscription the president of the Rotary Club of Katoomba on first page, a very little light foxing; Public Relations Office, The Blue Mountains City Council, New South Wales, 1969. Second edition. 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
Australian Reminiscences Illustrated with her own Watercolours and Contemporary Drawings and Sketches. Foreword by Ronald Howell. Introduction by Morton Herman. Pp. xxii+222(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full or double page), appendix; narrow cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle worn; dust wrapper, the backstrip... 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 Arms'. More