Six letters from James Calder to Sir George Grey. Pp. 44(last colophon, verso blank), hand-tipped frontispiece portrait, head & tailpiece decorations; tall demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bottom edges of boards slightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper..... More
Langwarrin Military Reserve Victoria 1886-1980. Pp. [ii]+viii+138, processed, text illustrations, maps and plans, notes, references, appendices, index; narrow med. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled, small sticker mark on lower wrapper; Jimaringle Publications, Melbourne, 1987. First edition. *A history of the Langwarrin Military Reserve, Victoria, 1886-1980. More
George Caley's journey to Mount Banks, 1804. Pp. [viii]+150, 12 plates, full page text illustration, title page vignette printed in green, pictorial endpapers, 10 maps (1 folding, 3 double page), appendix, notes and references, select bibliography, index; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a...... More
Pp. 68, text illustrations (some full, one double page); pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly soiled, top fore-corner of lower wrapper lightly creased; upper hinge tender, a few leaves lightly creased; The Bourke Historical Society, [Bourke, New South Wales], 1978. More
An Essay on the Importance of a National Literature. Pp. 30; printed paper wrappers over card, a trifle soiled and foxed, edges slightly rubbed and browned, faint fracture to upper board near bottom edge; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset (heavier on lower free..... More
A history of Perenjori, Western Australia. Pp. x+230, illustrations, pictorial endpapers, text maps, bibliography and sources, index; dust wrapper; tiny section of upper free endpaper slightly rubbed;University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, 1983. First edition. More
. Pp. 112, illustrated throughout, index; small cr. 4to; tan papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed; free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; David & Charles/Thomas Nelson (Australia) Limited, Newton Abbot/Melbourne, 1973. First UK edition. *Signed by the author..... More
The first fifty years at Carey Baptist Grammar School. Pp. [xii]+226, 16 plates, sources, appendices, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, corners of boards a trifle bumped; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split; outer leaves lightly foxed; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1973. First edition. More
Memoirs of a Workaholic. Pp. [viii]+200, 16 plates, index; tall demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, the lower wrapper faintly scuffed; text block slightly browned; Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1996. First edition. *The man behind the ABC's music programs "Singers of Renown" and "Music for Pleasure" [wrapper blurb]. More
Introduction by D. Hurley, Parish Priest. Pp. 52, illustrated (mostly full page); pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled; 'Mercury' Print, St. Arnaud,n.d.[1971]. First edition. *'Compiled by Ronald Leslie Carless, as a Centenary gesture for the Committee and Congregation, St. Mary's, Dunolly' [title page.]. from the collection of Sir Thomas..... More
A Centenary History of Trinity Grammar School, Kew. Volume One. For the Green. Trinity Grammar School, 1903-2003. Foreword by Archbishop Peter Watson. Pp. xviii+494, illustrated throughout in colour and (mostly) black & white (several full page), pictorial endpapers, select bibliography, index; narrow demy 4to; dark green art. leather, spine lettered..... More
An illustrated history of Australia 1919-1939. Pp. 142, numerous text illustrations, index; demy 4to; small spot to upper board, corners a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; tiny surface chip to bottom edge of upper pastedown; Cassell, 1980. First edition. More
Pp. 188, 12 plates, text maps, index; demy 8vo; green cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered in silver, the boards a trifle canted, with a ;couple of tiny bruises to edges; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookplate and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, the free..... More
Pp. 52, text illustrations, town plan, central double page map; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled; The Castlemaine Mail, Castlemaine, 1983. Third edition. More
More early history. Pp. [48], 8 plates, pictorial headpieces, the last page printed in blue & black; small f'cap. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled; surface graze (from removal of strip of tape?) to title page near hinge, the title page also slightly soiled; Castlemaine Mail Print..... More
Pp. 20, illustrated in colour and black & white; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly worn, name in ink partly rubbed from top fore-corner of upper wrapper; staples lightly rusted; National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Melbourne, 1974. First edition. *The story of the campaign to preserve the historic Castlemaine Market..... More
A history of the Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Association 1912-1990. Foreword by Vern Pollard. Pp. [iii]+57, title page vignette, full page text illustrations; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled; [The Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Association, Castlemaine, Victoria, 1990?]. First edition. More
A study in unplanned development. Pp. [vi]+142(last blank), 16 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations and maps (some full page), appendices; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, slightly scuffed; The Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1982. Second edition. *First published in 1979. More
Caulfield Grammar School 1881-1981. Foreword by the Hon. L. H. S. Thompson. Pp. xiv+328, frontispiece, numerous text illustrations (some full page), title page decoration, pictorial endpapers, lists of staff & council, students school captains, dux of school, etc.; small cr. 4to; boards slightly bowed, bottom edges lightly shelf worn; dust..... More
With introduction and notes by Sir Ernest Scott. Pp. 32, frontispiece portrait, plus 20 plates; small cr. 8vo; printed orange paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed, the lower wrapper slightly soiled; text block browned (as usual); Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1945. Second edition. *Diary of the visit to the..... More
Settlers under sail. Pp. xii+338, text illustrations and maps, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in white, edges of boards rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, backstrip faded and lightly creased; outer leaves faintly offset, scattered light foxing; Allen Lane, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. More
With pictorial research, layout, and design by Donald Walker and Robert L. Suggett Foreword by the Honourable R. J. Hamer, Premier of Victoria. Pp. 28, coloured pictorial central spread, black & white text illustrations and map; narrow med. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly rubbed; Premier's Department, Melbourne..... More
Pp. x+342(last blank), 16 plates, chronology, index; med. 8vo; boards slightly marked, the bottom fore-corners bumped; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Bantam Books, Sydney, 1996. First edition. *Autobiography. More
Pp. 124, frontispiece portrait plus 12 plates, text illustrations; dust wrapper; name and date in ink on upper free endpaper, occasional minor pencilling; The National Press, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. *Autobiography. The author started work as a bookseller at George Robertson & Co., Melbourne, aged 14. More
Pp. 12, printed in brown & black; demy 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers; leaves lightly browned; F. W. Cheshire Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, n.d.[1947]. *Some notes from Cheshires. More