THE RIBBON AND THE RAGGED SQUARE.
An Australian journey. Pp. 408(last blank), double page map, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Viking Press, 1986. More
Australiana
A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA.
Complete in six volumes, totalling over 2,700 pages, with 98 plates, text maps (some full, one double page), appendices, bibliography, sources, indices; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spines lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrappers, some of the backstrips faded, small closed tear above publisher's imprint on backstrip of Volume IV;..... More
THE PUZZLES OF CHILDHOOD.
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
NO MEAN DESTINY.
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
THE LAND OF CONTRARIETIES.
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
CLARKE OF THE KINDUR.
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
SEND HER DOWN, HUGHIE!
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
THE FORLORN HOPE.
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
PACIFIC PARADE.
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
A TALE OF TAHITI.
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
MEMOIRS & PAPERS:
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
THE CONVICTS, 1788-1792.
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
SYDNEY COVE 1789-1790.
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
SYDNEY COVE 1791-1792.
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
LAND OF LOTS OF TIME.
An autobiography 1918-1985. Pp. 384, frontispiece, text illustrations (some full page); printed glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Perth, 1985. First edition. More
THE PROGRESS OF AUSTRALASIA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
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
ARTHUR WILLIAM COLES.
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
F. G. COLES AUSTRALIANA COLLECTION.
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
F. G. COLES AUSTRALIANA COLLECTION.
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 CENTURY IN THE PACIFIC.
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
THE JOURNEY OF BURKE AND WILLS.
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
BUILT ON THE TAILINGS.
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
WALK-ABOUT.
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
THE WESTERN PLAINS - A NATURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY.
Papers from the Symposium, October 8th and 9th 1983, Colac. Introduction by Geoffrey Blainey. Pp. [ii]+vi+116, text illustrations and figures (several full page), references; oblong demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges lightly rubbed, the lower wrapper slightly soiled and damp stained; The Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, Parkville, 1984..... More
RESOLUTION.
The Story of Captain Cook's Second Voyage of Discovery. Pp. xvi+190(last blank), 8 coloured plates, 14 full page black & white maps, references, notes, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2004. First edition. *'On 13 July 1772, a year and a day after..... More