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
Reckless Rascal of "Robbery Under Arms". Pp. 30(last colophon, verso blank), title page vignette and text illustrations by Allan Jordan; pictorial paper wrappers over card, stabbed & tied, faintly soiled, edges and backstrip slightly rubbed and chipped; a little light creasing and browning; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1945. First edition..... More
The Definitive History of the Bushranger John Gilbert. Pp. xvi+228, numerous illustrations (many full and a few double page), references, index; roy. 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards, faintly scuffed, fore-corners a trifle rubbed; a couple of tiny glue marks to half-title page; Tranter Enterprises, Katoomba, NSW, 1990. First edition, limited..... More
A short life. Pp. [xii]+404, 24 plates, text illustrations, full page map, pictorial endpapers, notes, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Lothian Books, Melbourne, 1995. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 25/10/95) on the title page. 'Extraordinary new material lights every corner of..... More
A facsimile of the original edition of 1818. Pp. iv+36(the facsimile); pictorial beige cloth, a trifle silverfished; The Folio Society, London, 1977. Folio 60/416.3. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Folio Society book label on the upper pastedown. Issued without a slipcase. 'This work was published..... More
Pp. 100(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), pictorial stiff paper wrappers with advertisements on reverse, stapled, lightly soiled and foxed, edges rubbed, the backstrip a trifle chipped at extremities; pages browned and occasionally slightly soiled, a little light foxing; Georgian House, Melbourne, 1944. *Includes a chapter on the Kelly..... More