Pp. [vi]+266, 32 plates, list of other works by Patsy Adam-Smith; boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; hinges tender at a couple of points; Viking Press, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
Pp. viii+240(last blank), title page vignette, numerous text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, text maps; tall cr. 4to; tiny damp stain near bottom edge of upper board dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; edges of leaves faintly marked, the last few leaves a trifle creased; Nelson, Melbourne, 1983. New one..... More
Pp. [x]+206(last blank), 8 plates; med. 8vo; tan cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, corners a trifle rubbed, dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split; name in ink on upper free endpaper; Cheshire, Melbourne, 1966. First edition. More
Reminiscences and reflections of the first Professor of Modern History in the University of Western Australia, 1916-1986. Pp. xii+150, black & white frontispiece portrait plus 4 plates (3 coloured), appendices (including bibliography), index; dust wrapper, short split at foot of back flap fold; University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, 1987..... More
John Anderson, philosopher. Pp. [x]+234, 16 plates, text map, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; tall demy 8vo grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1995. First edition. *John Anderson held the chair of Philosophy at the University of Sydney from 1927 to 1958. More
An intimate biography. Pp. viii+362, frontispiece portrait, plus numerous text illustrations (many full page), appendices, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the bottom fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split, with several closed tears and a couple of small chips; occasional faint soiling; Melbourne, n.d.[1959]..... More
An autobiography. Pp. 222(last blank), 16 plates, text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly canted; dust wrapper; a little foxing John Kerr, Melbourne, 1986. Reprinted, before publication. More
Pp. [ii]+30, illustrated; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly rubbed and a trifle soiled on reverse, with bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1971. First edition. More
An Autobiography. Pp. viii+120(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 24 plates, family trees; roy. 8vo; dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; free endpapers faintly offset; Rivka Frank & Associates, Melbourne, 1993. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 18996) on the upper free..... More
A portrait sketch of Sir George Arthur. Pp. [x]+142, frontispiece portrait, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn and split; ownership label on upper free endpaper; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1979. First edition. *Includes details of Arthur's administrative career in Honduras, Van Diemen's Land, Upper Canada and India. More
Australia's blind poet, author and philanthropist. Pp. [iv]+244(last colophon), frontispiece portrait; demy 8vo; khaki cloth, spine lettered in black, two small damp spots and a couple of tiny edge bruises; free endpapers lightly offset; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1946. First edition. *Matilda Ann Aston (1873-1947), blind writer and teacher, helped..... More
Doctor of Divinity. Pioneer priest of Bendigo. Pp. [xii]+212, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (1 coloured), pictorial endpapers, index; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle marked; St. Kilian's Press, Bendigo, 1982. First edition. *Signed by the author on verso of upper free endpaper. More
Doctor of Divinity. Pioneer priest of Bendigo. Pp. [xii]+212(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (1 coloured), pictorial endpapers, index; dust wrapper; St. Kilian's Press, Bendigo, 1982. First edition. More
Australia's First Children's Author. Pp. 36(last blank), frontispiece (facsimile title page) and 2 full page illustrations, references; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, the lower wrapper a trifle silverfished, short split at head of backstrip; Wentworth Books, Sydney, 1980. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the author. *Previously..... More
His discoveries, romantic life, and tragic disappearance. Pp. xii+172(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 12 plates, text maps (1 double page), appendices, index; boards slightly marked; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; free endpapers lightly offset, a little faint foxing; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1952. First edition. *Signed by the author on..... More
Memoirs of politics and diplomacy. Pp. xiv+234(last blank), 4 plates, index; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board next to spine; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse, backstrip lightly faded; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1977. First edition..... More
The story of C. E. W. Bean. Pp. 400, coloured frontispiece portrait, 32 black & white plates, 8 text maps, index; med 8vo; beige boards, spine lettered and ruled in maroon; dust wrapper, slightly soiled on reverse; John Ferguson, Sydney, 1983. First edition. *Biography of Australia's official First World War..... More
Foreword by Geoffrey Blainey. Pp. xiv+336(last blank), full page illustration; top fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976. Second edition. *First published in 1944. Autobiography of the writer, miner, and politician..... More
A Biography of General Sir Phillip Bennett AC, KBE, DSO. Pp. vi+410(last blank), text illustrations and maps, appendices, endnotes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2011. First edition. More
Judge-Advocate Ellis Bent and Judge Jeffery Hart Bent. Pp. 176, 8 plates, notes, index; demy 8vo; dark grey cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faintly faded; outer leaves faintly offset, a little light foxing; Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1968. First..... More
An Autobiographical Essay. Pp. 240, boards faintly scuffed, with a couple of light bruises to edges; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; a little pale foxing; Pitjantjara, Adelaide, 1970. First edition. *Autobiography of the teacher who pioneered adult education in South Australia. More
The Reports of Commissioner John Bigge on the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1823; their origins, nature and significance. Pp. xiv+324, frontispiece portrait, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, slightly scuffed, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip vertically creased;..... More
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Pp. [88](processed, printed on rectos only and numbered to 44), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations; post 4to; printed textured paper wrappers, a trifle soiled and slightly creased, edges and backstrip faded; corners of a few leaves faintly creased, a couple of spots of foxing; [the author, Sydney?], 1980. *First volume of..... More
The life of John Bishop. Foreword by Stewart Cockburn. Pp. 160(last blank), 8 plates, index; dust wrapper; lower pastedown slightly soiled; Rigby, Adelaide, 1983. First edition. *Biography of the man who brought into being the Adelaide Festival of Arts. More
Foreword by David R. Macintyre. Pp. 108(last blank), numerous illustrations (mostly full page), folding map with coloured highlights; f'cap. 46o; dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, the fore-corners lightly bruised; a little pale foxing; the author, Scone, N.S.W., 1978. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the upper..... More