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 about THE DEVIL'S WILDERNESS
100 years of growing up in an Australian suburb. Pp. 112, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; small cr. 4to; top fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split; a little light foxing; John Ferguson, Sydney, 1983. First edition. *Balmain, New South Wales. Co-published by... More about LARRIKIN DAYS
Two Volumes, comprising: Volume I. AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. To which is prefixed a Detail of his life, trials, speeches, &c. &c. Pp. [vi]+472, hand-coloured frontispiece, title page vignette and 7 [of 9] plates, plus a black & white engraved portrait plate and a folding... More about AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. (and) THE HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
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; Heinemann, Melbourne, 1971. First edition. *'During... More about THE EVIDENCE TO THE BIGGE REPORTS
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 about REFLECTIONS ON THE COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
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 about BOURKE: A HISTORY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Edited with Introduction, Notes and Commentary by George Mackaness. Pp. 48, frontispiece portrait plus 4 full page illustrations, notes and commentary; small roy. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, edges lightly worn and slightly faded; Halstead Press, Sydney, 1962. Australian Historical Monographs No. XLI. More about GOVERNOR PHILLIP IN RETIREMENT
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 about A SPREAD OF GREEN
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 about SYDNEY COVE 1789-1790
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 about SYDNEY COVE 1791-1792
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 about MEN AND A RIVER
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 about NEW SOUTH WALES CHARTER OF JUSTICE 1824
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 about NEW SOUTH WALES, 1788-1900
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 about HASKELL'S SYDNEY
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 about ART AND AUSTRALIA
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 about HISTORY OF THE POST OFFICE
Pp. x+108, 8 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece and several text illustrations (mostly full page); med. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, fore-corners a trifle rubbed; S S & A Club, Albury, New South Wales, 1994.First edition. More about THE ALBURY SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN'S CLUB: A HISTORY
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 about PHILIP GIDLEY KING
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 about OLD IRONBARK
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 about THE MITCHELL LIBRARY SYDNEY
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 about WHERE SHEEP ONCE GRAZED
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 about A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Edited by John Longmuire. Associate Editors: Keith Forbes, Rev. James Goudie. Produced to mark the centenary of the town of Gunnedah (Gazetted November 26th, 1856) by the Gunnedah Centenary Committee on behalf of the people of Gunnedah and district. Pp. 96 (including advertisements), numerous text illustrations; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial... More about GUNNEDAH: CENTENARY 1856-1956
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 about ALBURY WODONGA THE CHOSEN CITY
Volume II: Destiny Foreseen. Pen Sketches: Beth Klinge. Pp. vi+94, text illustrations, 4 full page maps, the text printed double column; pictorial textured paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled, the corners a trifle rubbed;A. L. Quiggin,Albury, 1981. *Signed by the author and illustrator on the half-title page. More about ALBURY WODONGA THE CHOSEN CITY