Pp. [viii]+170+[6](advertisements), 8 plates; cr. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, faintly soiled; text block slightly browned; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1993. First edition. *The author arrived in Australia from Italy in 1937. 'Takes us from his beginnings in Italy to his current life as the owner of the successful Moorilla..... 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
Vintage & Veteran Boats of Tasmania. Pp. xiv+146, text illustrations, index to vessels, index to people; roy. 8vo: pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Navarine Publishing, Hobart, 1996. First edition. The Roebuck Series. More
Six letters from James Calder to Sir George Grey. Pp. 44(last colophon, verso blank), hand-tipped frontispiece portrait, head & tailpiece decorations; tall demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bottom edges of boards slightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper..... 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
The story of the Shipwrights of Port Cygnet, Tasmania, and their boats 1863-1997. Pp. x+134, illustrated title-page, text and endpaper illustrations (some full page), appendix, subject index; demy 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Tasbook Publishers, Hobart, 1996. Second edition. 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
Pp. 136(including pictorial advertisements and wrappers), numerous illustrations (several full and one double page); oblong 8vo; limp maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in black, edges lightly rubbed, the upper wrapper heavily flecked; Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, 1976. Facsimile edition. *Originally published under the auspices of the Western Tasmanian..... 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
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[Two works in one volume]. Foreword by Eric Reece, Premier of Tasmania]. Pp. 114(last blank)+iv(index)+32, 20 plates, title page vignette, plus a folding map at end, indices; demy 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in silver and faintly creased; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges chipped and split, piece torn from top..... 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
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
The Last and Worst of the Bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land. A Facsimile Reproduction. Introduction by C. Craig. Pp. [viii]+36, printed endpapers; qr. grey cloth, spine lettered in black, yellow papered boards, the upper board lettered and decorated in black, fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; bookseller's sticker at foot of..... More