Late Convict at Van Diemen's Land. Pp. 20+[2](colophon, verso blank); f'cap. 8vo; red stiff paper wrappers, stabbed & tied, the backstrip faintly faded upper wrapper a trifle scuffed; Sullivan's Cove, Hobart, 1973. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies, initialled by the publisher. *Originally published in 1850. 'The author was convicted..... More
Convict, bushranger, explorer. Pp. [xii]+100, 4 plates, text drawings, 3 full page maps, appendix, references, bibliography, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly faded; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1970. First edition. *George Clarke, alias the Barber, lived for five years among Aborigines in New South Wales in the early 1800s. He..... 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, text illustrations, full page map, appendix; demy 8vo; khaki cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; top edges red; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle creased and split, backstrip lightly browned; name & date..... More
Pp. 96, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, notes, selected bibliography, glossary; oblong 4to; dust wrapper; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. More
or The Stirring Adventures of the great English Burglar, Mark Jeffrey. A thrilling history of the dark days of convictism in Australia. Edited with an introduction by W. and J. E. Hiener. Pp. xxii+194, frontispiece; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip lightly faded; with..... 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
Edited by G. A. Wilkes and A. G. Mitchell. Pp. xxiv+248, pictorial endpapers, full page genealogical table, index; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly faded; Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1965. First Australian edition. *Written in Cambridge County Gaol from September 1857 to March 1959..... 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; bottom fore-corner of several leaves lightly creased; Review Publications Pty. Ltd., Dubbo, 1976. Australian Historical Monographs Volume VI (New Series). *Originally published..... 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
Convicts in Australia. Pp. xiv+186(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), bibliography, index; small square 4to; tan cloth, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly browned; a couple of spots of foxing; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. More