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
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
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
Reckless Rascal of "Robbery Under Arms". Pp. 30(last colophon, verso blank), title page vignette and text illustrations by Allan Jordan; pictorial paper wrappers over card, stabbed & tied, faintly soiled, edges and backstrip slightly rubbed and chipped; a little light creasing and browning; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1945. First edition..... More
A Sea Saga of the Sixties. Pp. 32(last colophon), title page vignette and text decorations by Allan Jordan; pictorial paper wrappers over card, stabbed & tied, edges slightly rubbed and browned; text block faintly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1945. First edition thus. *Adapted..... More
Pp. 24 (last colophon), title page vignette and text illustrations by Allan Jordan; pictorial paper wrappers over card, stabbed & tied, slightly soiled and creased, edges rubbed and browned, tiny chip at foot of backstrip; text block faintly browned, top fore-corners of leaves faintly creased; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1945..... More
Pp. [viii]+124(last colophon), title page decoration printed in black & brown, patterned endpapers; dark red cloth, spine lettered in dull gilt, upper board decorated in blind, the cloth faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, browned on reverse and slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split; text block faintly browned..... 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
with some fragments of autobiography. Introduction by Frank Eyre. Pp. xxiv+240, frontispiece portrait; dust wrapper lightly worn, edges rubbed and creased, with several small chips or splits, the backstrip slightly foxed on reverse; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; outer leaves and edges faintly soiled; Oxford University Press, Melbourne..... 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
Western Australia, 1829-1929. Foreword by [Western Australian Premier] Philip Collier. Pp. xii+476, 6 coloured plates with descriptive lettered guards, black & white folding panorama, numerous text illustrations and maps (many full page), the title and several decorative initials printed in orange; med. 8vo; olive green cloth, spine lettered in gilt..... 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. [ii]+viii+194+[4](last colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates, index, med. 8vo; printed card wrappers, corners of lower wrapper a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing; Gaston Renard, Melbourne, 1965. *Leonard Joel auction catalogue, with the folding Prices Realised sheet loosely inserted. 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
A History of the first 25 years of Comet Hill Primary School 1965 to 1990. [cover title]. Pp. 36 (processed), text illustrations; pictorial textured paper wrappers, stapled; n.p., n.d.[1990]. *Signed by the author on verso of upper wrapper. Comet Hill Primary School is in Bendigo, Victoria. More
Illustrated with photographs by the author and maps. Pp. viii+252(last colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 30 plates, 3 text maps, index; turquoise cloth, spine lettered in red with small decoration in green, lightly foxed, edges and spine slightly faded and worn; top edges purple; dust wrapper, foxed and slightly..... More
A Memoir. Pp. [x]+244(last blank); dust wrapper; , occasional pencilled marginalia, a little light foxing; William Heinemann Australia, Melbourne, 1989. Second printing. *'An Australian childhood in the outback, and subsequently in Sydney - an account shot through with family tragedy, a devastating struggle with the desert environment, and an almost..... More