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
Convict, bushranger, explorer. Pp. [xii]+100, 4 plates, text drawings, 3 full page maps, appendix, references, bibliography, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly faded; 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 1800s. He..... 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 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. [viii]+124(last colophon), title page decoration printed in brown & black, 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
With map and diagrams. Pp. [viii]+470(last colophon), coloured folding frontispiece map, 12 plates (charts, 11 coloured), numerous tables, index; demy 8vo; purple textured cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, boards with triple blind ruled borders, the cloth faded, a trifle flecked and slightly soiled, small piece chipped from foot..... More
Pp. viii+1094(last blank), folding coloured frontispiece map, tables, index; demy 8vo; dark green textured cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, boards with blind ruled borders, slightly soiled and scuffed, fore-corners faintly bruised; bookseller's stamp on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers lightly offset, a couple of tiny chips to half-title..... More
With which are incorporated, by permission of the Governments of New South Wales and the other principal colonies, certain statistics and other matter prepared for the official publications. Pp. xxviii+468, indices; brown cloth, lettered in gilt, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and bruised, the spine cloth slightly bubbled; uncut; some..... More
Foreword by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane. Pp. 416, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, maps and diagrams, endnotes; narrow med. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, slightly scuffed, small bruise to fore-edge of lower board; William Brooks Queensland, Brisbane, 1984. First trade 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. [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
A Queensland Pioneer. Pp. xii+254(last colophon, blank), 16 plates, decorative initials and tailpieces, patterned endpapers, addenda; cr. 8vo; dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, the boards slightly flecked and rubbed, with a couple of bruises to edges, publication date added by hand in white at foot of spine, the spine..... 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 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
Navigator and Scientist. Papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium, Australian Academy of Sciences, Canberra, 1 May, 1969. Edited by G. M. Badger. Pp. x+144(last colophon), hand-tipped coloured frontispiece portrait, text figures (some full page, 4 coloured), endpaper map printed in red & black, references; med. 8vo; gilt lettered grey..... More
, Circumnavigator. Pp. xvi+894, bibliography, errata, addenda, index; med. 8vo; boards lightly flecked, the bottom fore-corner of upper board bumped; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, backstrip slightly faded, edges a trifle rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, corners of a few leaves faintly creased, a little light..... More
Papers Presented at the Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Symposium, Sutherland Shire, 1-3 May, 1970. Foreword by Councillor A. T. Gietzelt, President, Sutherland Shire Council. Pp. 142(last blank), 8 plates, one text figure, endpaper maps, errata sheet loosely inserted, notes, index; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in silver, the boards a...... More
Illustrated by Patrick Cook. Pp. x+114, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index of first lines; tall demy 4to; a couple of light bumps to edges of boards; dust wrapper, edges slightly creased; Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney, 1984. First edition. More