Pp. x+134, illustrated; dust wrapper, rubbed and slightly soiled; small surface graze near top edge of upper free endpaper, scattered light foxing; the author, Melbourne, n.d.[c. 1970]. First edition. *Signed by the author on the upper free endpaper, and with his business card loosely inserted. The story of the Menzies..... More
The story of Melbourne's lanes. Pp. 128, photographic illustrations throughout, text maps plus endpaper street map, indices; oblong 4to; dust wrapper; the free endpapers slightly tape marked; City of Melbourne/State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. More
Pp. xii+260+8(Colonial Library catalogue); dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards slightly scuffed and a trifle flecked, fore-corners faintly bruised; armorial bookplate on upper pastedown, the free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; Macmillan, London, 1896. Second edition, revised,Colonial Library issue. [F.7565]. *Rolf Boldrewood was the pseudonym of..... More
Pp. [iv]+106(last blank)+[2]('Reviews of Mr. Bonwick's Colonial Works'); post 12mo; dark green cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, the fore-corners a trifle bruised, tiny mark near author's name on upper board; small name label (Wantrup) on upper pastedown and binder's ticket (Detmold) on lower pastedown, the hinges tender..... More
![A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BREAD & CHEESE CLUB MELBOURNE. [cover title]. Bread, Melbourne Cheese Club, Harry Malloch.](/pictures/thumb/104164.jpg?v=1549448610)
8 page pamphlet, stapled; leaves lightly browned, with a couple of short closed tears from fore-edges; printed by J. Roy Stevens Print, Melbourne, 1940. First edition. *Issued as a Souvenir of the Club's Australian Art & Literature Exhibition held at Tye's Velasquez Gallery, 100 Bourke Street Melbourne, 1940. More
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containing a sketch of the industrial and economic progress of the Australasian colonies during the first century of their existence: and of the exhibition held in Melbourne, Victoria, to commemorate the close of that period: also records of the manner in which the work of the different sections of the... More
Flinders Street, more than just a railway station. Pp. xii+340(last blank), pictorial title page plus numerous text illustrations, references, index; demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers with flap folds; the author, Gisborne, 2010. Paperback edition, reprinted. *Published in the centenary year of Flinders Street Railway Station. More
The Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne. Pp. xvi+520, 32 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations (many full page), pictorial endpapers, appendix, sources, index, tall demy 4to; a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edge of boards; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly faded; minor production... More
The story of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Pp. xii+286, pictorial double title page, text illustrations (some full page), appendices, index; med. 4to; green art. leather, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges lightly worn, backstrip rubbed at folds, with closed tear into front panel and small piece torn... More
Pp. 88(last blank), title page vignette, pictorial head & tailpieces; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; hinges occasionally tender; Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, 1977. Second printing. *'A series of ABC radio talks by Melbourne residents Keith Dunstan, Graham McInnes, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Kris Hemensley, Dr. Walter McRae Russell, and... More
Pp. [14](last colophon), decorations printed in red; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1937. One of 230 copies, printed by Stuart Taylor Pty. Ltd. from hand-set type composed by John... More
Edited by L. J. Blake. Pp. x+96, frontispiece plus 12 plates (8 coloured), text illustrations, notes, sources, index; small cr. 4to; boards a trifle bowed; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1975. Victoriana Series No. l. More
Commentary and catalogue. [cover title]. Pp. [16](including wrappers), printed in blue & black, illustrated; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle rubbed, the lower wrapper slightly soiled and foxed, name in ink at head of upper wrapper; pages faintly foxed and browned; [National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Melbourne, 196-]. *Booklet for... More
written on the Steamship 'Mariposa', 'off Honolulu, June 25, 1890.' Six page letter (2 closely written sheets, one of which is folded to form 4 pages) from American Thomas B. Merry to Colonel J. D. McCutcheon, written near the start of Merry's return trip from Australia to San Francisco. *The... More
Melbourne, 1841-1865. Edited by Hugh McCrae, grandson of the diarist. Pp. xxiv+262, 34 plates (2 coloured, including the frontispiece), pictorial tailpiece, index; med. 8vo; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, edges worn and creased, with a few small chips and tears; bookseller's sticker at foot of... More
etc., etc., taken at the Melbourne Observatory, during January 1876; together with abstracts from meteorological observations obtained at various localities in Victoria. Under the superintendence of E. J. White, Acting Government Astronomer [and from April 1876 onwards, under the superintendence of R. L. J. Ellery, Government Astronomer]. A bound run... More
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. 150+[8](advertisements); f'cap. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind; Library of Australian History, North Sydney, 1979. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. Facsimile Series No. 20. *Originally published Melbourne 1847. From the library of Doug Mills, with his card tipped onto the upper free... More
Drawings by Unk White. Pp. 64(last blank), full page illustrations, pictorial endpapers; boards a trifle browned; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly browned; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Rigby, Adelaide, 1967. First edition. The Sketchbook series. More
A history of the Athenaeum Club, Melbourne. Foreword by Darren Overend. Pp. 456, numerous illustrations, index; med. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the back panel slightly soiled; edges of leaves faintly soiled, The Athenaeum Club, Melbourne, 1991. First edition. More
[cover title]. Pp. 36(including wrappers), numerous photographic illustrations (mostly full page); oblong 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, lightly foxed and soiled, faintly creased; James Flood Charity Trust, West Footscray, n.d.[1970?]. *Includes photographs by Fauchery, Nettleton, Lindt and Caire. More
A book of paintings, poetry and prose. With a Foreword by Sir John Bloomfield. Pp. [viii]+[112], featuring 56 full page coloured illustrations with poem captions, and text on reverse, endpaper map; small oblong 4to; boards a trifle scratched and with a couple of bruises to edges; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed;... More
Books, Art, Music, People. Pp. xiv+246, frontispiece plus 10 plates, title page and headpiece decorations, errata slip tipped-in at front, index; boards lightly faded at foot of spine; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1959. First edition. *Signed by author on upper free endpaper. More