From Melbourne to Myth. [Exhibition catalogue]. Pp. [vi]+50(last blank), illustrated in colour and black & white, map, notes, exhibition list of works; square 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with flap folds; National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2002. First edition. More
The Grand Moving Diorama of the Victorian Exploring Expedition. Pp. [20], frontispiece, plus 1 text illustration, 2 tinted facsimiles, appendices, printed pastedowns; demy 4to; printed papered boards, lightly soiled, edges a trifle bruised; original glassine wrapper, creased and slightly torn; The Australian Documentary Facsimile Society, Sydney, 1966. Edition limited to..... More
Pp. 152, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, full page map, pictorial endpapers, index; demy 4to; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly sprung and with a couple of tiny bruises to edges; dust wrapper, backstrip faded, slightly foxed on reverse; a little light foxing; Paul..... More
An atypical autobiography. Pp. [x]+282, frontispiece portrait plus 4 plates, a few text illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Heinemann, Melbourne, 1968. First edition. More
A pictorial history of education in New South Wales. Pp. 272(last blank), numerous text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, index; small cr. 4to; pictorial papered boards, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised, two tiny bumps to bottom edge of lower board, the spine slightly faded; a little pale foxing; New South Wales Department..... More
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
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
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
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
. Edited and annotated by B. T. Dowd. Foreword by Allan E. Bax. Pp. viii+68, 2 text maps; med. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly rubbed, fore-corners faintly creased, the lower wrapper slightly faded, bookplate of [Australian author] Noel J. Thurgood on verso of upper wrapper; a little..... More
Pp. [viii]+176, text illustrations; demy 8vo; white papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, a couple of bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; the half-title page offset, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Wildcat Press, Sydney, 1981. First edition. *Autobiography of the Australian journalist. 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; 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