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 about ONE HUNDRED YEARS
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 about COVERED WAGONS IN AUSTRALIA
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 about ACCOUNT OF THE DUEL BETWEEN WILLIAM BLAND AND ROBERT CASE:
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 about BLIGH'S VOYAGE IN THE RESOURCE
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 about THE LOG OF THE BOUNTY
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 about CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN
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 about A SOLDIER'S VIEW OF EMPIRE
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 about A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE COLONY OF PORT-JACKSON, IN NEW SOUTH WALES
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 about A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE COLONY OF PORT-JACKSON, IN NEW SOUTH WALES
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 about DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF PORT PHILLIP
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 about JOHN BATMAN, THE FOUNDER OF VICTORIA
[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 about THE WRITING OF COLONIAL HISTORY
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 about JOSEPH BOSISTO
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 about ANNABELLA BOSWELL'S JOURNAL
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 about BOX HILL
Day of the forest. Pp. [x]+100(last blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, text illustrations (one double and several full page), double page map; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, a trifle canted, the edges lightly rubbed, fore-corners faintly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges worn, with several small chips and..... More about A TALE OF BOX HILL
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 about THE SEA HORSE AND THE WANDERER
. Shipping magnate; merchant; banker; pastoralist and station owner; Member of the Legislative Council; town planner; whaler. [cover title]. Pp. 48, text illustrations, decorative initials; printed paper wrappers, stapled, the backstrip faded, wrappers vertically creased, bookplate on verso of upper wrapper; a little light foxing and a few small damp... More about BENJAMIN BOYD IN AUSTRALIA (1842-1849
[Facsimile sketchbook] Pp. [110], containing over 50 sketches, the title and brief text within decorative borders printed in red, grey & black, floral patterned endpapers; small oblong 8vo; gilt lettered black cloth with rounded fore-corners, a trifle scuffed; all edges red; within floral papered slipcase; The Australian National Gallery, Canberra... More about EMMA MINNIE BOYD
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 about THE DIARIES AND LETTERS OF G. T. W. B. BOYES
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 about VALUABLE AND STANDARD WORKS
![A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BREAD & CHEESE CLUB MELBOURNE. [cover title]. Bread, Melbourne Cheese...](/pictures/thumb/104164.jpg?v=1560597769)
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 about A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BREAD & CHEESE CLUB MELBOURNE. [cover title
[cover title]. Pp. [16], text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and faintly creased, with small ownership label on verso of upper wrapper, the staples a trifle rusted; Kyneton Guardian Pty. Ltd., [Kyneton], 1969. *Thomas Livingston Mitchell crossed and named the Campaspe River near present-day Kyneton, Victoria, during... More about HISTORY OF THE FIRST EXPLORER AND SQUATTER IN THE KYNETON DISTRICT: MITCHELL AND EBDEN
One hundred and twenty-five years of Primary School 1117 Briagolong. Pp. [ii]+26, text illustrations, bibliography, footnotes; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, fore-corners a trifle creased; Briagolong Primary School, Briagolong, Victoria, 1996. First edition. More about FROM SLATE TO MICROCHIP
Being a series of papers on the early occupation of the colony, the aborigines, etc., addressed by Victorian Pioneers to His Excellency Charles Joseph La Trobe, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of the colony of Victoria. Edited with an introduction and notes by C. E. Sayers, from the original edition edited for the... More about LETTERS FROM VICTORIAN PIONEERS