A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF FERRIES: Sydney and surrounding waterways.
Pp. 119, frontispiece, numerous text illustrations, index; oblong 4to; dust wrapper, edges lighted rubbed; Reed, Sydney, 1982. More
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ART AND AUSTRALIA.
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
THE CELEBRATED GEORGE BARRINGTON. A Spurious Author; the Book Trade, and Botany Bay.
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, slightly soiled; ownership label (David Levine, Sydney) on upper pastedown, fore-edges of leaves slightly marked; Hordern House..... More
BORDER CITY.
History of Albury, New South Wales. Foreword by Cleaver E. Bunton. Pp. 240(last blank), frontispiece, numerous illustrations (many full page),2 double page maps, endpaper maps printed in blue, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Albury City Council, Albury, 1976..... More
A MEMORABLE LIFE.
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
CADMAN'S COTTAGE.
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
THE DEVIL'S WILDERNESS.
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
BOURKE: A HISTORY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
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
MEN AND A RIVER.
A history of the Richmond River district 1828-1895. Pp. xvi+204(last blank), 8 plates, 4 full page maps, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index; printed paper wrappers, slightly soiled, with edges a trifle rubbed; bottom edges of leaves slightly soiled; Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1968. First paperbound edition, with corrections. More
NEW SOUTH WALES CHARTER OF JUSTICE 1824.
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
NEWCASTLE AND HUNTER VALLEY SKETCHBOOK.
Drawings by Unk White. Pp. 64(last blank), text illustrations (several full and one double page), pictorial endpapers; demy 8vo; light blue patterned papered boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, front panel faint browned, backstrip lightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Rigby Limited..... More
NEW SOUTH WALES, 1788-1900.
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
SIR FRANCIS FORBES.
The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. With an Introduction by the Honourable Rae Else-Mitchell. Pp. xiv+586, coloured frontispiece portrait plus 20 black & white plates, title page printed in red/brown & black, references, index; med. 8vo; beige cloth, spine blocked in brown and lettered..... More
A CENTURY OF SHIPS IN SYDNEY HARBOUR.
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
THE COALMINERS OF NEW SOUTH WALES.
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
PORT OF RICHMOND RIVER (1840's-1980's):
being a personalised regional history of Ballina and the Lower River. Pp. 224, text illustrations and map, appendix; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, lightly soiled; Ballina Shire Council, [Lismore, NSW], 1983. Second revised edition. *With a post card of "Kiltobranks" in the hyacinths Richmond River loosely inserted. More
THE PASTORAL POSSESSIONS OF NEW SOUTH WALES,
alphabetically arranged, in the eastern, central, and western divisions. With the names of the pastoral holders of the crown, the land district and county in which each holder is situated, the area in acres, the annual rent and license fee, the rate per acre and per section for each leasehold..... More
HASKELL'S SYDNEY.
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
AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS AT PORT JACKSON AND NORFOLK ISLAND,
with the discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, 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..... More
TO ENJOY THE INTERVAL.
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
PHILIP GIDLEY KING.
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
THE MITCHELL LIBRARY SYDNEY.
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
A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES.
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
ALBURY WODONGA THE CHOSEN CITY.
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
FOURTEEN JOURNEYS OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1813-1841.
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