Pp. x+134, illustrated (some full page), endnotes; boards a trifle sprung, the top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, rubbed, edges slightly split, with tape repair to closed tear at top edge of front panel; text block faintly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; the author, Melbourne... More about THE TREASURE HOUSE
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 about ESSENTIAL BUT UNPLANNED
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 about JOHN BATMAN, THE FOUNDER OF VICTORIA
![A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BREAD & CHEESE CLUB MELBOURNE. [cover title]. Bread, Melbourne Cheese...](/pictures/thumb/104164.jpg?v=1563603003)
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 about A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BREAD & CHEESE CLUB MELBOURNE. [cover title
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 about BEYOND THE FACADE
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 about VICTORIAN ICON
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 about MELBOURNE ON MY MIND
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 about PREMIER VICTORIAN PAMPHLET
Edited by L. J. Blake. Foreword by R. J. Hamer. Pp. x+96, frontispiece plus 12 plates (8 coloured), text illustrations, notes, sources, index; small cr. 4to; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split; vertical production crease from top edge of several leaves; Government Printer, Melbourne, 1975... More about LETTERS OF CHARLES JOSEPH LA TROBE
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 about VICTORIA'S FIRST GOVERNMENT HOUSE, 1839-1854
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 about AUTOGRAPH LETTER
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 about GEORGIANA'S JOURNAL
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 about MONTHLY RECORD OF RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS IN METEOROLOGY, TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM
[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 about THE PORT PHILLIP ALMANAC AND DIRECTORY, FOR 1847
Issued by the Committee of the Club, 1962-3. Pp. xiv+106, coloured frontispiece, 10 black & white plates, the title page printed in red & black; med. 8vo; spine cloth and edges of boards faintly faded; original clear plastic wrapper, edges chipped and split, with large piece torn from back panel;... More about THE NAVAL AND MILITARY CLUB, MELBOURNE, 1881-1962
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 about THE BRIDGES OF THE YARRA
Centenary Number, October 18, 1934. Pp. 72, including coloured pictorial wrappers, illustrated in colour, sepia and black & white; med. folio; within plain brown stiff paper wrappers, tied, the wrappers marked; some marginal staining and light foxing; Richard Arthur Maddern Wellington, Melbourne, 1934. More about THE AUSTRALASIAN