A Group Settlement Childhood in Margaret River. Foreword by Brian De Garis. Pp. xvi+124, text illustrations and maps (some full page), appendices, further reading; f'cap. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; University of Western Australia Press, Perth, 1997. First edition. More
Pp. viii+172, appendices, bibliography, endpaper maps; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, the laminate slightly wrinkled, edges slightly worn; Marsh Walsh, Melbourne, 1975. First edition. *The author traces the voyages of exploration to the South Seas and to Australia, from Marco Polo, Da Gama and Tasman through to James Cook. More
My First Forty Years. Pp. [viii]+206(last blank), 20 plates, index; med. 8vo; boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; text block browned, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. More
Pp. 212(last blank), illustrations; dust wrapper, lightly worn; inscription on upper free endpaper; Neptune Press, Newtown, Vic., 1982. Third printing. *Signed by author on title page. Being the reminiscences of a Tasmanian boyhood, and the remembrances of a Ministry within the Methodist Church in Tasmania, Victoria, and South Australia. More
Pp. 224(last blank), text illustrations and maps, appendices, family trees; post 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly soiled and scuffed, fore-corners lightly creased, the backstrip slightly faded; a little foxing and occasional slight soiling; Neptune Press, 1984. First edition, paperback. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
The life and times of John Cadman in Colonial Sydney, 1798-1848. Pp. 146(last blank), frontispiece, plus 24 plates, endpaper plan, reference notes, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle spotted; dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and creased, small surface graze from sticker..... More
An Australian biographical dictionary and register of titled persons, with which is incorporated Johns's Notable Australians (first issued 1906). Pp. [viii]+1720; black papered boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly marked; Information Australia Group, Melbourne, 1998. More
Edited by J. E. B. Currey. Pp. xvi+240(last blank), frontispiece, full page map, printed endpapers, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; green papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle split, the backstrip faintly faded, lightly soiled, foxed on reverse; ownership name on half-title page, occasional marginal pencilled..... 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
'This folder contains twelve selected views of Canberra, which is situated at the base of the Southern Alps and, with its modern architecture, broad avenues, and beautifully planned gardens, is considered one of the finest capital cities in the world' [wrapper blurb]. 12 coloured plates loosely contained in a pocket..... 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 consequence of some pirates wanting on Quarter-Deck a rebellion. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. [vi]+126; light blue art. leather, spine lettered in gilt; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, 2 tiny damp stains to upper free endpaper, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Libraries Board..... More
The first fifty years at Carey Baptist Grammar School. Pp. [xii]+226, 16 plates, sources, appendices, index; med. 8vo; 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
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. 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 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 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