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 about CLARKE OF THE KINDUR
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 about SEND HER DOWN, HUGHIE!
An Atomic Odyssey in Australia's Wild West, and Things Seen and Heard by the Way in a Jeep Jaunt. Pp. xiv+250, 16 plates, text maps, endpaper maps printed in brown; spine a trifle bruised at extremities; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split, bookseller's sticker at... More about THE FORTUNE HUNTERS
A voyage of discovery to the Hawaiian Islands and Canada, April to June 1950. Pp. xvi+304, frontispiece portrait plus 14 plates, text maps, endpaper map printed in green, bibliography; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in white, the boards a trifle sprung, bottom edges lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges... More about HANDS ACROSS THE PACIFIC
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 about A TALE OF TAHITI
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 about THE CONVICTS, 1788-1792
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 about SYDNEY COVE 1789-1790
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 about SYDNEY COVE 1791-1792
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 about ARTHUR WILLIAM COLES
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 about F. G. COLES AUSTRALIANA COLLECTION
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 about A CENTURY IN THE PACIFIC
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 about THE JOURNEY OF BURKE AND WILLS
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 about BUILT ON THE TAILINGS
, 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 about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, R.N., F. R. S
The Journals of Lieutenants Elliott and Pickersgill. Edited and Introduced by Christine Holmes. Pp. xxxii+98(last blank) 24 plates, 3 full page maps; brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, head of spine and edges of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed... More about CAPTAIN COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE:
In three volumes. With a descriptive Catalogue of all the known original surveys and coastal views and the original engravings associated with them, together with original drawings of the Endeavour and her boats [and] the running journal of James King, 1779-80. Chief Editor, Andrew David; Assistant Editors for the views... More about THE CHARTS & COASTAL VIEWS OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES
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 about THE ALL-TIME FAVOURITE AUSTRALIAN SONG BOOK
Fifty Years of Service by the Country Women's Association of Victoria, 1928-1978. Pp. xvi+80, illustrations, appendices; small cr. 4to; pictorial dark green glazed paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle scuffed, edges lightly rubbed; the hinges slightly glue marked; The Country Women's Association of Victoria, [Melbourne], 1978. *Published... More about YEARS OF ADVENTURE
Photographs by Colin Beard. Pp. 192(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full or double page); roy. 4to; fore-corners of boards lightly worn, spine a trifle flecked; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with small tape marks to fore-corners of front panel, the backstrip faintly... More about THE MOUNTAIN MEN
Pp. 64(last blank), illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; dust wrapper; Currey O'Neil Ross, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. More about HISTORIC TOWNS OF AUSTRALIA
Introduced by Geoffrey Blainey and Phillip Adams. Pp. 192, 16 coloured plates, numerous text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, index; wide demy 4to; corners of boards slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased and rubbed, backstrip lightly faded; edges of leaves faintly foxed; CIS Educational, Melbourne, 1990. Third edition. *First published... More about SYMBOLS OF AUSTRALIA
Pp. x+172, frontispiece, text illustrations, appendices, references, index; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial cloth; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Launceston, 1961. One of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the author. More about THE ENGRAVERS OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
A companion volume to The Engravers of Van Diemen's Land and Old Tasmanian Prints. Pp. xiv+390(last blank), coloured frontispiece, several full page illustrations (some coloured), bibliography, index; roy. 8vo; pictorial cloth; ribbon marker; dust wrapper, with publisher's printed wrap-around (which is a trifle soiled); Foot & Playsted, Launceston, 1984. First... More about MORE OLD TASMANIAN PRINTS
. Or, Queensland before Separation 1770-1859. Together with a brief account of the rise of the Colonies of Australasia. Pp. [xvi]+130(last blank), frontispiece, plus 7 plates (including three maps, two of which are folding), full page text illustrations and maps, index; light blue cloth, spine lettered in black, boards a.... More about MORETON BAY SETTLEMENT
With contributions by Leslie M. Key. Pp. xviii+308, 16 plates, full page maps, notes, appendices, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with small piece chipped from head of backstrip; small ownership label at head of upper pastedown, edges of leaves a trifle foxed;Cheshire, Melbourne, 1968... More about THE GOOD COUNTRY: CRANBOURNE SHIRE