Volume 17, Number 2, Summer 1979. Pp. 105-204(including advertisements), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle soiled and slightly rubbed; Sam Ure Smith at the Fine Arts Press, Sydney, 1979. *Biennale of Sydney 1979 Special Number. More
Pp. viii+328(printed in brown & black, last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (some full page), references, bibliography [of 'Barrington books'], select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; Hordern House, Sydney, 2008. First edition. *'George Barrington (c. 1758-1804), gentleman, pickpocket, convict, and sometime constable in..... More
with An Interesting Account of the Murder of Mr. Clode, late of that settlement, As communicated by the Rev. Richard Johnstone, late Chaplain of the Colony, to Joseph Hardcastle, Esq. Treasurer of the Missionary Society. By G. Bond, late Lieutenant of Marines, and late Ensign in the New South Wales..... More
The historical ramblings of Albury's long serving mayor [cover title]. Pp. 64, illustrated, index; super roy. 12mo; printed stiff paper wrappers, lightly soiled; the author, Albury, NSW, n.d.[1988]. First edition. More
The life and times of John Cadman in Colonial Sydney, 1798-1848. Pp. 146(last blank), frontispiece, plus 24 plates, endpaper plan, reference notes, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle spotted; dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and creased, small surface graze from sticker..... More
George Caley's journey to Mount Banks, 1804. Pp. [viii]+150, 12 plates, full page text illustration, title page vignette printed in green, pictorial endpapers, 10 maps (1 folding, 3 double page), appendix, notes and references, select bibliography, index; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a...... More
Pp. 68, text illustrations (some full, one double page); pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly soiled, top fore-corner of lower wrapper lightly creased; upper hinge tender, a few leaves lightly creased; The Bourke Historical Society, [Bourke, New South Wales], 1978. More
A transcript. Pp. 24, frontispiece portrait plus 2 full page illustrations; demy 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle marked and rubbed; The Council of the Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 1974. The William Dixson Foundation Publication Number 15. More
Pp. 112, numerous text illustrations, appendix, index; small cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle worn; dust wrapper, a trifle marked, edges chipped; Nelson, Melbourne, 1974. First edition. From Colony to Commonwealth series. Not in Muir or O'Neill. *Children's introduction to Australian history series, by the author of several children's..... More
Pp. 160, pictorial double title page and numerous text illustrations (some full or double page), pictorial endpapers, list of ships; wide post 4to; maroon papered boards, spine lettered in white, a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edge of upper board and pinprick hole near foot of spine; dust wrapper..... More
A history of the Union. Pp. xii+250(last blank), appendices, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, fore-corners faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of short closed tears, the backstrip lightly faded; bookseller's..... More
Pp. 200, frontispiece, pictorial half-title and title pages, plus numerous text illustrations (several full page), index; small cr. 4to; boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper; Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1983. First edition. *Since 1980, John Haskell has chronicled the changes to Sydney's skyline for the Sydney Morning Herald. For the first..... More
since the publication of Phillip's Voyage. Compiled from the official papers; including the journals of Governors Phillip and King, and of Lieut. Ball; and the voyages from the first sailing of the Sirius in 1787, to the return of that ship's company to England in 1792. Illustrated with seventeen maps..... More
An autobiography. Pp. 254(last blank), illustrated in colour and black & white, full page map; small demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle sprung, the edges lightly rubbed, slight traces of sticker removal front lower wrapper; hinge starting near centre, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; the author, [Casino..... More
A biography of the third Governor of New South Wales. Pp. [x]+166, 16 coloured plates, black & white title page vignette and numerous text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, index; narrow cr. 4to; edges of boards lightly worn; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; inked ownership inscription on verso of upper free endpaper..... More
Historical and Descriptive Notes. Pp.[x]+122, 22 plates (including 2 hand-tipped coloured portraits), index; cr. 4to; qr. canvas, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, blue/grey papered boards with small gilt decoration at centre of upper board, the paper slightly bubbled at a couple of points, edges faintly faded and with a...... More
Collected, engraved, and faithfully painted after nature. Bohn, 1838. Introduction and bibliographical descriptions by Allan McEvey. Facsimile Edition. Pp. xxxiv+[34], 28 coloured plates (2 mounted, including frontispiece), bibliography, index; impl. 4to; full polished tan morocco, spine lettered in gilt, the boards decorated in blind; t.e.g.; within light brown cloth solander..... More
The First Ninety Years. Pen Sketches: Beth Klinge. Pp.[iv]+64(misnumbered), printed double column, text illustrations (a couple full page), 3 full page maps; pictorial textured paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled, fore-corners faintly creased, errata slip laid on verso of upper wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Parish Printing Group..... More
Collected and edited by George Mackaness. Pp. [xii]+274(last blank), 8 plates, text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver, upper board lightly damp stained; dust wrapper faintly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed, with slight signs of sticker removal near top fore-corner of front panel; a...... More
Pp. 104, text illustrations, index; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; B. H. Maguire, Leeton, New South Wales, 1985. *The Leeton region, New South Wales. More
Pp. 66; printed stiff red paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle scuffed, backstrip faded; [the author?],Albury, N.S.W., 1972. First edition. More
Pp. 56, 4 plates (within pagination), 1 full page map, references, bibliography, index; f'cap 4to; printed textured paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled, staples rusting, edges slightly rubbed, a few small splits and chips to top edge of upper wrapper, backstrip with tiny chip to head, and tail lightly bruised;..... More
With anecdotes of Botany Bay society and a plan of Sydney. Edited by Walter Stone. Pp. xiv+216(last blank), large folding map, appendix, marginalia; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the spine extremities and fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, soiled, edges lightly creased and split, backstrip..... More
Public Works Prison and Wartime Detention Camp. Pp. [20], illustrated; oblong 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers printed on both sides, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; a little light soiling and creasing; Macleay River Historical Society, Kempsey, New South Wales, 1975. Revised edition. *First published in 1966. More
Drawings by Unk White. Pp. 64, full page illustrations, pictorial endpapers; demy 8vo; turquoise patterned papered boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, tiny split at head of backstrip, the back panel faintly soiled; Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1970. First edition. The Sketchbook series. More