Pp. 444, 40 plates (28 coloured in part or whole), timeline of main events, glossary of main people and terms, index; med. 8vo; black boards, lettered in white, the boards a trifle scuffed, with tiny bruise to bottom edge centre of upper board; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; New..... More
Edited and introduced by Michael Cannon. Pp. xxii+226, index; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip a trifle faded; Loch Haven Books, Main Ridge, Victoria, 1990. New edition, first thus. *Autobiography, including gold rush reminiscences, originally published in 1893. the editor, Michael Cannon, notes that 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. 80, text illustrations and maps (some full page), errata sheet loosely inserted; 20.2 cm. x 13.5 cm.; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled; Prahran Historical and Arts Society, Melbourne, 1985. Prahran Historical Series No. 8. *Produced as part of the Prahran community's contribution to Victoria's 150th Anniversary celebrations..... 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
The Third Man. Foreword by John G. Gorton. Pp. x+254, 8 plates, index; demy 8vo; red papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, tiny glue mark to upper board; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, the backstrip faintly faded; Rigby, Adelaide, n.d.[1978]. First edition. *Inscribed and..... 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
Foreword by Wallace Kirsop. Pp. xviii+220(last blank), coloured frontispiece portrait, 7 full page black & white illustrations, list of works cited, further reading, index; dust wrapper; Ancora Press, Melbourne, 2019. First edition, limited to 200 copies. *Posthumously published biography of one of Australia's leading teachers and researchers in modern European..... More
Issued in connection with the commemoration of one hundred years of church services held in the parish of Warrnambool 1847-1947. Foreword by Ronald E. Richards, Vicar, Christ Church, Warrnambool. Pp. 16, pictorial title page and several text illustrations; small cr. 4to; printed brown paper wrappers, stapled, the upper wrapper lettered..... More
An Australian journey. Pp. 408(last blank), double page map, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Viking Press, 1986. More
Reminiscences and autobiography of Emily E. Churchward nee Padman 1853-1933. Edited by Stella Mary Macdonald nee Churchward Kelly. Pp. 214, text illustrations (some full page); demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing; Investigator Press, Adelaide, 1984. First edition. *Inscribed by the editor on..... More
Being an enhanced facsimile of Field Sports, &c. &c. of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales; With ten plates. First published in 1814 and now faithfully reprinted. Pp. [36], 20 plates in the facsimile (10 coloured, each accompanied by a tinted version of the same image), plus 2 tinted..... More
Being an enhanced facsimile of Field Sports, &c. &c. of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales; With ten plates. First published in 1814 and now faithfully reprinted. Pp. [36], 20 coloured plates in the facsimile (10 coloured, each accompanied by a tinted version of the same image), plus 2..... More
Dedicated, by permission, to Rear Admiral Bligh, Late Captain General, & Governor in Chief, in & over His Majesty's Colony of New South Wales and its Dependencies. Pp. [20](including index to Foreign Field Sports), plus 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates; demy 4to; later (mid twentieth century?) half calf, brown cloth boards..... More
Pp. x+214(last blank), 16 plates; med. 8vo;edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; Viking Press, Melbourne, 1989. First edition. *The historian's first volume of autobiography, dealing with his early years. 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
Pp. xiv+224(last blank), appendix, notes, select bibliography, index; demy 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, backstrip faded; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. More
Pp. [xii]+100, 4 plates, text drawings, 3 full page maps, appendix, references, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, backstrip faded; bookplate on upper pastedown; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1970. First edition. *George Clarke, alias the Barber,lived for five years among Aborigines in New South Wales in the early..... More
. Pp. 190 (including the lower free endpaper), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full or double page), appendices, bibliography, index; square cr. 4to; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Shearwater Press, Norfolk Island, 1998. Reprinted. *First published by Viking, Melbourne, in 1986. Signed by..... More
Pp. [xvi]+284+[4](blanks and colophon), coloured frontispiece portrait, black & white title page vignette and 30 plates (including 5 maps, the last of which is printed in green & black), chronology, appendices, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, bottom edge of lower board lightly bruised near foot..... More
The life and times of William John Clarke, first Baronet of Rupertswood. Pp. xii+344, frontispiece plus 16 plates, bibliography, family trees, index; narrow cr. 4to; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 1995. First edition. *Signed by the author (dated 19.11.95) on the title page..... 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
