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
Pp. 224 (printed in red & black), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, glossary, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; boards a trifle sprung, the upper board slightly marked near top fore-corner and with small bump towards centre of bottom edge; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed, tiny chip to top..... More
THE PEARL AND HERCULES AND ENEGETIC MINES, BENDIGO, with plans and sections. Pp. 12(last blank), 4 folding plates (plans & sections), 1 full page plan, appendix; med. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled, edges a trifle faded and creased; the first 2 folding maps slightly creased at edges; Government..... More
With notes of a visit to the gold district. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by George Mackaness. With a Map and Two Illustrations. Pp. 56, 2 full page illustrations, full page map); small cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled; privately printed, Sydney, 1957. Edition limited to..... More
Pp. 160, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, notes, bibliography, index; med. 4to; yellow papered boards, lettered and decorated in black, corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, back panel slightly scuffed; name in ink on half-title page, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. More
A history of the Union. Pp. xii+250(last blank), appendices, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, fore-corners faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of short closed tears, the backstrip lightly faded; bookseller's..... More
Victoria and California in the 1850s. Pp. xxx+302, frontispiece, text illustrations and maps, endnotes, bibliography, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers;Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1994. More
Pp. viii+184(last blank), text illustrations, references, index; pictorial glazed papered boards; Red Rooster Press, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. *The story of marathon walks by Chinese immigrants, from South Australia to the central Victorian goldfields, in order to avoid the provisions of a Victorian Act of 1855 which sought to drastically..... More
Pp. viii+100, frontispiece and 20 plates, text plus endpaper maps, notes, bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split, with one tape repair to head of backstrip; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Brian Atkins, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. *The author is a great-grandson..... More
Drawings by Arthur Evan Read. Pp. 64(last blank), numerous illustrations (some full or double page), endpaper sketch map; demy 8vo; brown patterned papered boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, back panel slightly scratched, edges lightly chipped and split, the backstrip faded and with small damp stain at..... More
The fascinating story of gold in Australia. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout, endpaper map, glossary, index; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1994. First edition. A Little Ark book. White (Volume 3) 10529. *Inscribed and signed by the author [to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated..... More
Americans and the Gold Rush of the 1850s. Pp. xii+300(last blank), notes, select bibliography, index; boards soiled, with mottled fading, edges lightly rubbed, bottom fore-corners bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; endpapers lightly offset, a little light foxing; University of Queensland Press , St. Lucia, 1974. First edition. More
Or, Life on the Goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales & New Zealand. By a Bank Official. Pp. xii+180(last colophon), full page facsimile, tailpiece decorations; purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards with blind rule borders, worn and lightly soiled, with a couple of small damp stains to lower board..... More
With notes on the modes of occurrence of gold and other metals and minerals. Preface by Geoffrey Blainey. Bibliographical note by Thomas A. Darragh. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. [x]+vi+644, frontispiece plus 8 plates, text illustrations, 9 folding maps or plans, tables, appendices, glossary of mining terms, index; demy 4to; maroon cloth..... More
Preface by Geoffrey Blainey. Bibliographical note by Thomas A. Darragh. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. [xvi]+vi+644, frontispiece plus 8 plates, text illustrations, 9 folding maps or plans, glossary of mining terms, appendices, index; thick demy 4to; qr. dark brown morocco, pictorial lighter brown leather boards, with matching onlaid pictorial labels on spine;..... More
Or, an inquiry into the laws which determine the value and distribution of the precious metals; with historical notices of the effects of the American mines on European prices in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. In a Series of Letters. Pp. [iv]+280(last blank, the preliminary leaves mispaginated but complete)+8(advertisements)..... More
A popular explanation of the principles of lubrication as developed mathematically by Reynolds and Michell, and employed by the latter in the design of the well-known Michell Thrust and Journal Bearings. Illustrations by diagrams and photographs of working models in operation. Pp. 40, 1 plate, text figures, index; small cr..... More
New collection of songs, by the Inimitable Thatcher. Only authorized edition of his songs. Pp. [iv](including a facsimile preliminary title page thus: "Thatcher's Colonial Songs. Forming a complete comic history of the early diggings. Sold wholesale and retail at Cole's Book Arcade ..."). Pp. iv+108+[2]+[34](numbered 147-180)+[2](verso advertisement for Cole's Book..... More
The historic Mt. Isa struggle 1964-65. Pp. 64, text illustrations; f'cap. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and foxed, bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper a trifle creased; text block slightly browned, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; the author, Brisbane, 1965. First edition. More
Introduced and annotated by Marjorie Tipping. Pp. [iv]+84, 12 coloured plates, black & white pictorial double title page and text illustrations, appendix, select bibliography, index; med. 4to; dust wrapper; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1992. Second edition. *Originally published in 1982, by Currey O'Neil. *When he arrived in Australia in 1852..... More
Journal of a deputation from the Wesleyan Conference to Australia and Polynesia: Including notices of a visit to the Gold Fields. Pp. xii+444, notes; brown (possibly originally purple?) cloth, decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt, boards slightly rubbed, fore-corners a trifle worn, spine faded; uncut; hinges cracking, binder's ticket..... More