Ireland, 1848, and the seven patriots banished; their adventures, loneliness and loves in three continents as they search for refuge. Pp. xiv+370(last blank), numerous illustrations, sources, index; tall cr. 4to; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split; a couple of spots of... More
Late Convict at Van Diemen's Land. Pp. 20+[2](colophon, verso blank); f'cap. 8vo; red stiff paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, upper wrapper faintly scuffed; Sullivan's Cove, Hobart, 1973. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies, initialled by the publisher. *Originally published in 1850 [see Ferguson 5303: 'The author was convicted on a.... More
Pp. 256(last blank), endpaper map, bibliography; boards a trifle canted, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly creased at head of backstrip; name in ink on verso of half-title page, edges of leaves a trifle soiled; Hutchinson, Melbourne, 1975. First edition. *The story of the penal settlement of Sarah Island, in... More
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
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
An historical narrative written and illustrated by Robert Gibbings. Pp. xii+130(last blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, and text illustrations, full page map, appendix; grey cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, fore-corners faintly bruised; top edges red; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and creased, edges lightly rubbed... More
Pp. 96, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, notes, selected bibliography, glossary; oblong 4to; dust wrapper; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. More
From quarterdeck to gallows. Including the narrative written by himself in Darlinghurst Gaol, 23rd January-13th February 1844. Now first published from the original manuscript, with retrospect of his life. Pp. [x]+278+16 plates, references, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, edges slightly split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, top... More
Pp. 32(last colophon); green buckram, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly flecked; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Sullivan's Cove, Hobart, 1973. Edition limited to 220 numbered copies, initialled by the publisher. *A reprint of the first edition of 1847 [F.4582], in which Maconochie replied to accusations that... More
Convict and Quarantine Islands of the Australian Coast. Pp. xviii+122, text illustrations and maps, notes & references, index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; dust wrapper; Amphion, Brisbane, 1995. First edition. More
Pp. 36(last colophon), title page decoration, several full page illustrations; f'cap. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, the lower wrapper faintly soiled; text block slightly browned; W. Radcliffe [Hobart?], n.d. *Compiled from the records at The Old Curiosity Shop, Port Arthur. More
Translated from the original, with an Introduction and Notes by George Mackaness. With six illustrations. Pp.140+[4](advertisements), text illustrations; printed textured paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed, the lower wrapper slightly creased; a couple of spots of foxing; Review Publications Pty. Ltd., Dubbo, N.S.W., 1976. Australian Historical Monographs Volume VI... More
Reprinted from Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, South Australian Branch, Session 1951-52. Introduction by Douglas Pike. Pp. [12](numbered 53-64); rebound in qr. maroon cloth, with gilt lettered red papered boards, two small indents to surface of lower board; original printed paper wrappers bound in; small tape mark to first... More
. Punishments for sedition, or an account of the miseries and starvation at Botany Bay. With some preliminary remarks by George Dyer. Edited, with an Introduction by George Mackaness. Pp. 48(last blank), 6 full page illustrations; small cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled, corners a trifle creased;... More