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 Portrait of Frederick John Cato. Pp. x+150, frontispiece portrait, plus numerous text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, index; narrow cr. 4to; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, with small chip to backstrip slightly affecting first word of titling; privately printed for Dr. Una B. Porter, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. *Biography of... More
A Record, somewhat incomplete, of the Foundation and Activities of the School. Pp. 160, several full page illustrations; cr. 4to; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, lightly flecked and rubbed, edges and spine faded, light bruise to bottom edge of upper board; marbled endpapers; occasional slight soiling; Ramsey Publishing... 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
115 years of Sport at Caulfield Grammar School 1881-1996. Pp. [ii]+256, pictorial double title page, text illustrations, notes, appendix, index; demy 4to; full navy leather, lettered and decorated in gilt; Playright Publishing Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1997. First edition, being one of 50 numbered copies thus bound, signed by the author... More
The Loss of the Schomberg and Loch Ard. Pp. xiv+194, 8 plates, 1 full page map, appendices, index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, with publisher's ISBN sticker on lower wrapper, corners a trifle rubbed; Burgewood Books,Melbourne, 1996. [Third edition]. *Signed by the author on the title page. First published (Angus & Robertson) in 1977. 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
A Short History. [Cover title]. Pp. 16, including 4 pages of illustrations; med. 8vo; printed yellow paper wrappers, including map on lower wrapper, stapled; bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; City of Chelsea Historical Society, Chelsea, 1966. Second edition. *First published in 1965. More
Griffith - Its People and Past Events. Pp. xvi+142, half-title page vignette, text illustrations and maps (many full page), index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle marked; Kalora Publications, Sydney, 1982. First edition. *A history of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, centering on the town of Griffith. More
Pp. [viii]+98, title page printed in brown & black; top fore-corner of boards a trifle bruised, foot of spine and bottom edge of boards lightly faded; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly worn; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966. First edition. More
The Adventures of Ludwig Leichhardt and John Gilbert. Pp. xxii+306, 16 plates, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, full page map, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle creased, with publicity wrap-around (also lightly creased); inked ownership inscription on upper free... More
An Australian journey. Pp. 408(last blank), double page map, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Viking Press, 1986. More
The story of the War Widows' Guild of Australia, 1945-85. Foreword by Sir Ninian Stephen. Pp. xii+288, 36 plates, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; pictorial textured papered boards, corners a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, the front flap vertically creased; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1986. First edition. More
British attitudes to the Australian Colonies, 1828-1855. Pp. xiv+224(last blank), appendix, notes, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and rubbed, backstrip faded; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. More
Convict, bushranger, explorer. Pp. [xii]+100, 4 plates, text drawings, 3 full page maps, appendix, references, bibliography, index; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled; occasional faint soiling; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1970. First edition. *George Clarke, alias the Barber, lived for five years among Aborigines in... More
An Australian Experience. Pp. [viii]+314, pictorial double title page, text illustrations (a couple full page); bottom fore-corner of lower board lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny surface chips to back panel; the title page faintly offset, pp. 304/5 quite... More
A voyage of discovery to the Hawaiian Islands and Canada, April to June 1950. Pp. xvi+304, frontispiece portrait plus 14 plates, text maps, endpaper map printed in green, bibliography; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in white, the boards a trifle sprung, bottom edges lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges... More
Pp. xvi+208, frontispiece, title page vignette, 16 plates, text maps, endpaper map printed in green; top edge of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and a trifle foxed, edges slightly creased; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1958. First edition. More
A study of a one-in-twenty sample. Pp. viii+104, frontispiece, text processed; cr. 4to; printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled, edges and backstrip a trifle faded and browned; occasional light foxing;The Wentworth Press, Sydney, 1965.Edition limited to 500 copies. Studies in Australian and Pacific History - No. 3. More
Pp. xii+354(last blank), coloured frontispiece, double page map, bibliography, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly faded; name & date in ink on upper free endpaper, a little light foxing and soiling; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1963. First... More
Pp. viii+406, frontispiece, lower endpaper map, bibliography, index; top fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip slightly faded; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1965. First edition. More
With Zeal and Integrity. Pp. 116(last colophon, blank), coloured frontispiece portrait, plus a hand-tipped coloured armorial bookplate (as plate), black & white text illustrations (mostly full page), appendix; qr. dark brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt, lighter brown cloth boards, the upper board lettered in gilt; ribbon marker; top edges... More
Catalogue with descriptive and bibliographical annotations. Pp. viii+196(last colophon, blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates, index; med. 8vo; bound in dark brown half leather, blue cloth boards, corners a trifle rubbed; top and bottom edges red; the original printed stiff paper wrappers bound in, and folding prices realised sheet tipped-in... More
Introduction by W. H. Fitchett. One volume - five parts: scientific, sociological, historical, missionary, general. Pp. xii+782(last colophon), bibliography, index; thick med. 8vo; rebound in red buckram, spine lettered in gilt, corners a trifle rubbed; t.e.g.; later endpapers; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, scattered light foxing and soiling;..... More
Illustrated by John Sykes. Pp. 64, illustrated in colour throughout, double page map, index; roy. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle soiled, the spine slightly chipped at extremities; a little faint foxing and soiling; Paul Hamlyn, London, 1971. Muir 1747. *For children. More