An appraisal after 100 years of his birth. Foreword by R. J. Hamer. Pp. 52 (last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (some full page); demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing; Premier's Department, Melbourne, 1976. First edition. McLaren 936. *With the printed..... More
An appraisal after 100 years of his birth. Pp. 52 (last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges very faintly rubbed; Premier's Department, Melbourne, 1976. First edition. McLaren 936. *With loosely inserted folded foolscap C. J. Dennis Centenary exhibition sheet, (State Library of Victoria, 1976), edges lightly..... More
with subjectively annotated bibliographies. Pp. viii+328, appendix, bibliographies, index; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, pp. 221-8 loose; Pioneer Books, Warradale, South Australia, 1978. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies. Pioneer Books Monographs, Literary Series No. 2. More
The Autobiography of Jean Devanny. Edited by Carole Ferrier. Pp. xxx+332, frontispiece portrait, plus 8 plates, selected biographies, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in white, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; text block slightly browned, edges of leaves slightly foxed; University of Queensland Press..... More
Pp. viii+464, folding frontispiece map, appendix; demy 12mo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind, boards with decorative blind borders, edges slightly rubbed; within a later maroon moire silk chemise housed inside a full black morocco solander box decorated with maroon leather geometric onlays and lined with..... More
Photography by Pete Dobre. Pp. 64, illustrated in colour throughout (mostly full or double page); oblong 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards, bottom edge of upper board faintly discoloured; Oz Scapes, Adelaide, 2000. First edition. More
Pp. 57(including recto lower wrapper), text illustrations (some full page); printed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled and marked, edges slightly rubbed and browned; bottom edge of leaves faintly soiled; printed at the "Donald Birchip Times" office, Donald, n.d.[c. 1985]. More
The story of Donald. Pp. 234(last blank), 32 plates, sketch map, appendices, references, notes, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled; free endpapers lightly offset; The Shire of Donald, 1963. First edition. *Published as part of the Centenary celebrations of the Shire of Donald, East Wimmera, Victoria. More
A Short History. Illustrated by Irvine Green. Pp. 24, text illustrations and maps; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly rubbed, the upper wrapper slightly creased; Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society, Donvale, 1981. More
Memories of growing up after the Great War. Pp. 136, text illustrations, half-title and title pages printed in green & black; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and foxed, the backstrip faded; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1984. First edition. More
An Australian biographical dictionary and register of titled persons, with which is incorporated Johns's Notable Australians (first issued 1906). Compiled and edited by W. J. Draper. Pp. 960, 4 coloured plates; orange cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine cloth faintly creased; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, edges worn and..... More
Memories and murder. Pp. [viii]+360; top fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Viking, Melbourne, 2000. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Winner of the Western Australian Premier's Non-fiction Book Award. When he was six, Robert Drewe and his family moved from..... More
A life of Sir Edmund DuCane. Pp. [x]+132, printed in orange & black, coloured frontispiece portrait and 8 plates, plus numerous black & white or tinted text illustrations (some full and one double page), bibliography, references; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; top edges of leaves faintly foxed;..... More
Translated from the Original, with Introduction and Notes by George Mackaness. Pp. 80, 5 text illustrations (4 full page), full page plan, appendix; small cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; text block faintly browned; privately printed, Sydney, 1944. Edition limited to 100 copies, numbered and..... More
Translated from the Original, with Introduction and Notes by George Mackaness. Pp. 80(last blank), text illustrations, full page map, appendix; printed textured paper wrappers, stapled, lower wrapper a trifle silverfished; a little light foxing; Review Publications, Dubbo, 1976. Australian Historical Monographs Volume II (New Series). *Originally published privately by George..... More
Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, South Sea explorer, 1724-1772. Pp. xviii+230(last blank), 28 plates (11 coloured), text maps, glossary, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; bottom edge of leaves a trifle marked; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. *The French explorer Marion..... More
The Story of Two Brothers. Foreword by Sir Edward Dunlop. Pp. xii+124, illustrated; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and split; Acacia Press, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. *Memoirs. The author's brother was Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop. More
The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop. Pp.[x]+710(last blank), 48 plates, text illustrations and maps, glossary, endnotes, select bibliography, index; roy. 8vo; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly soiled; The Viking Press, Melbourne, 1994. Third printing. *Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. More
King of the River. Pp. xvi+432(last colophon), text illustrations and maps (some full page), notes & sources, selected reading, index; small cr. 4to; faint damp stain to upper board near head of spine; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2009. Illustrated Gift Edition, first thus. *Biography..... More
Pp. xiv+448, 16 plates, index; med. 8vo; edges of boards lightly worn, lower inner edges of upper boards chipped; endpapers lightly offset and marked; dust wrapper; Viking Press, Melbourne, 1996. First edition. More
Pp. [xvi]+216(last blank), 12 plates; dust wrapper; Wilkinson Books, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. More
An autobiography. Pp. vi+274, 32 plates, pictorial headpieces, index; edges of boards lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, back panel faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; Viking, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. More
Pp. xii+180, 8 plates, a few text illustrations; demy 8vo;pink pictorial papered boards; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; Cassell Australia, Melbourne, 1966. First edition. More
Pp. 206, 32 plates (8 coloured), pictorial title page, list of recordings; med. 8vo; boards a trifle canted and faintly scuffed; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse, edges lightly rubbed and split; upper free endpaper slightly soiled, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Rigby, Adelaide, 1979. First edition. *Autobiography. More
An autobiography. Pp. xiv+528, 32 plates, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, lettered in silver, boards a trifle marked, with tiny bruise to bottom edge of lower board; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, with tiny split to bottom edge of back panel; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1994. First edition. More