Tasmanian Architect and Engineer. Pp. xii+[2]+70, frontispiece; text illustrations and plans, pictorial endpapers, facsimile signature, appendices; small cr. 4to; dark green moire cloth, lettered in black; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split; a couple of spots of foxing; Tasmanian Historical Research Association, [Launceston], 1962. First edition. *John..... More
Volume 22, Number 4, Winter 1985. Pp. [425]-568(including advertisements), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, corners a trifle rubbed; Sam Ure Smith at the Fine Arts Press, Sydney, 1985. *Special Issue: Art in Tasmania. More
Volume I: 1820-1832. Edited by Peter Chapman. Pp. xxviii+692, 16 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece portrait and text illustrations, endpaper maps, appendices, bibliography, index; thick med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. *The first publication in full of the diaries and letters of G.T.W.B. Boyes..... More
Pp. 212(last blank), illustrations; dust wrapper, lightly worn; inscription on upper free endpaper; Neptune Press, Newtown, Vic., 1982. Third printing. *Signed by author on title page. Being the reminiscences of a Tasmanian boyhood, and the remembrances of a Ministry within the Methodist Church in Tasmania, Victoria, and South Australia. More
Pp. 224(last blank), text illustrations and maps, appendices, family trees; post 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly soiled and scuffed, fore-corners lightly creased, the backstrip slightly faded; a little foxing and occasional slight soiling; Neptune Press, 1984. First edition, paperback. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
Riverboats, ferries and the floating bridge. Pp. xii+224, full page illustrations, pictorial endpapers, full page chart, sources, index of principal ships; small cr. 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in black, edges rubbed, fore-corners a trifle bruised, the lower board faintly marked; dust wrapper, front flap slightly creased; edges of leaves..... More
Pp. x+172, frontispiece, text illustrations, appendices, references, index; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial cloth; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Launceston, 1961. One of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the author. More
A companion volume to The Engravers of Van Diemen's Land and Old Tasmanian Prints. Pp. xiv+390(last blank), coloured frontispiece, several full page illustrations (some coloured), bibliography, index; roy. 8vo; pictorial cloth; ribbon marker; dust wrapper, with publisher's printed wrap-around (which is a trifle soiled); Foot & Playsted, Launceston, 1984. First..... More
Historic Buildings of Tasmania. Pp. 136, numerous photographic plates within pagination, notes on the buildings and architects, index; demy 4to; gilt lettered natural canvas, slightly foxed, top fore-corners faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed; free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves slightly foxed; National Trust of Australia (Tasmania) Southern..... More
The Reminiscences of Hugh Munro Hull, 1818-1882. Pp. xvi+206(last blank), illustrations (some full page), reference notes, bibliography, index; top fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly foxed and a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; privately printed, Melbourne..... More
More Tasmanian Tales. With seventy-six decorations by the author. Pp. [viii]+68, title page vignette, numerous text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; demy 4to; pictorial boards, corners slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, the edges creased and split, with a couple of closed tears; lower free endpaper lightly creased; Fullers Bookshop, Hobart..... More
Australian editors and writers in early Tasmania. A contribution to the history of the Australian Press and Literature, with Notes Biographical and Bibliographical. Pp. x+308, notes, chronological conspectus of writers to 1846, index; roy. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges and backstrip..... More
A short history. Pp. 200, frontispiece, coloured and black & white text illustrations, bibliography, index; demy 4to; pictorial laminated paper wrappers; hand written historical note on lower pastedown; Rosenberg Publishing, Sydney, 2004. First edition. *Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. More
Foreword by Bruce L. Evans. Pp. 28(last colophon, verso blank), facsimile title page; demy 8vo; dark green cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, cloth a trifle rubbed, lower board faintly and spine heavily faded; bookplate on upper free endpaper; tiny stain to top edge of a couple of leaves; H...... More
Abridged edition. Pp. xviii+324(last blank), numerous photographic illustrations, endpaper maps, bibliography, index; demy 4to; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of closed tears; Georgian House, Melbourne, 1966. First one volume edition (with revisions). *Originally published in two volumes in 1964, in..... More
Volume XVII, Number 834. Saturday, May 19, 1832. Pp. [215]-236(four bifolia plus a single sheet, last page blank); demy 4to; disbound, with stab holes visible and partial remnant of thread on last page; early inked signature at head of first page, a little light foxing, soiling and creasing; Government Printer..... More
Pp. 192; printed paper wrappers, worn and slightly soiled, edges and backstrip lightly faded, the backstrip creased and split; hinges cracking, the text block slightly browned, later price sticker on title page, a few corners lightly creased, occasional slight soiling; J. Walch & Sons, Hobart, n.d.[1926?]. Walch's Shilling Series of..... More
The Journal of the Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club. New Series. Vol. 1, No. 4, December, 1925. Pp. 16; printed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled (with staples rusting), edges slightly rubbed, tiny chip to tail of backstrip, which is slightly browned, ink stamp of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria..... More
Pp. xii+556+12(Friendly Counsel), engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; brown blind stamped cloth, a trifle soiled, corners slightly worn, professionally rebacked, with the original gilt lettered and decorated spine laid on; top edges uncut; hinges neatly reinforced, binder's ticket at foot of lower pastedown, slight waterstain to top fore-corner of..... More
Foreword by G. Hawley Stancombe. Pp. [ii]+56+[4], printed in brown, mostly double column, text illustrations (several full page), index; oblong 4to; khaki cloth, lettered in gilt, slightly flecked; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; scattered light foxing and occasional slight soiling; O.B.M. Publishing Department..... More