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
Presenting six interesting examples of Colonial Architecture at Parramatta. Compiled by Miss H. C. Baker. Volume I. Pp. [vi]+36(last colophon), text illustrations (some full page), full page map printed in blue & black, architectural plans, publisher's device printed in orange on title page, appendices; post 4to; tape backed printed textured..... More
The Story of a City. With thirty-six illustrations Pp. [vi]+80(last blank), text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; cream papered boards, lettered in black and decorated in red/brown; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, small piece torn from top edge of back panel near backstrip; name and date(1960) in ink..... More
New South Wales under Governor Macquarie. Selected and edited by John Ritchie. In two volumes: Volume I: The Oral Evidence. Pp. xviii+238(last blank), sources, index; Volume II. The Written Evidence. Pp. xii+304, sources, alphabetical list of witnesses, index; med. 8vo; dust wrappers, faintly scuffed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Heinemann..... More
A History of the Hawkesbury. Pp. xii+242, 16 plates, endpaper maps, bibliography, references, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and browned, with a few small splits, the front flap vertically creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, name in ink at head of half-title page, a little..... 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
Edited by J. E. B. Currey. Pp. xvi+240(last blank), frontispiece (repeated before Part Two and Appendices), full page map, printed endpapers, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges a trifle split, the backstrip faintly faded; edge of leaves lightly foxed; Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1966. First edition. *Caley was one..... 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
Griffith - Its People and Past Events. Pp. xvi+142, half-title page vignette, text illustrations and maps (many full page), index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle marked; Kalora Publications, Sydney, 1982. First edition. *A history of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, centering on the town of Griffith. More
Pp. xii+354(last blank), coloured frontispiece, double page map, bibliography, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly faded; name & date in ink on upper free endpaper, a little light foxing and soiling; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1963. First..... More
Pp. viii+406, frontispiece, lower endpaper map, bibliography, index; top fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip slightly faded; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1965. First edition. More
A history of the Richmond River District, 1828-1895. Pp. xvi+204(last blank), 8 plates, text plus endpaper map, notes, bibliography, index; edges of boards slightly flecked and rubbed, bottom fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; minor production fault (trimming) to top edge..... More
Pp. [28], text illustrations (a couple full page); small oblong 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and silverfished, the edges creased and chipped, name in ink at top edge of upper wrapper; a few tiny edge chips or splits, scattered light foxing; Government Printer, Sydney, 1952. 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. [xii]+152(last blank), hand-tipped frontispiece, 20 plates (including a map), endpaper map, index; small cr. 4to; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle marked and faintly mottled, the top fore-corners and spine extremities bruised; dust wrapper, quite worn and torn, with several tape repairs on both sides..... 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
Performed in 1838 by Mr. Joseph Hawdon. Pp. x+66(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 5 plates, 2 text illustrations (1 full page), folding map at end; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; name and date in..... More
Together with an historical account of the issue of postage stamps in New South Wales. Compiled chiefly from the records. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. [xiv]+110, frontispiece plus 14 plates, title page vignette, text decorations and red single rule borders; demy 4to; navy art. leather, the upper board lettered and decorated in..... More
Pp. 328, frontispiece map, numerous text illustrations and figures (several full page), pictorial endpapers, sources, index; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed and lightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Reed Education, Sydney, 1972. First edition. 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
Some unpublished Correspondence (1817-1824) from and to William Lawson, Explorer and Pioneer of Veteran Hall, N.S.W. Introduced and Edited by William Beard. Pp. 42, coloured frontispiece, 6 black & white plates; black textured paper boards, spine and upper board lettered in gilt; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; The..... More
Historical and Descriptive Notes. Pp. [x]+122, 22 plates (2 hand-tipped coloured portraits, including frontispiece), index; cr. 4to; qr. gilt lettered canvas, grey papered boards with small gilt device at centre of upper board, a trifle soiled and worn, edges lightly faded, with tiny surface chip to bottom edge of upper..... More
Collected, engraved, and faithfully painted after nature. Bohn, 1838. Introduction and bibliographical descriptions by Allan McEvey. Facsimile Edition. Pp. xxxiv+[34]+[4](list of subscribers), 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..... More