A short history of the North Coast Railway on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. Pp.80, illustrated title-page, coloured and black & white text and endpaper illustrations, appendices; large cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a little worn; leaves slightly soiled; Australian Railway Historical Society, Qld. Division, Brisbane, 1975. More
A study in unplanned development. Pp. [vi]+142(last blank), 16 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations and maps (some full page), appendices; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, slightly scuffed; The Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1982. Second edition. *First published in 1979. More
Foreword by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane. Pp. 416, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, maps and diagrams, endnotes; narrow med. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, slightly scuffed, small bruise to fore-edge of lower board; William Brooks Queensland, Brisbane, 1984. First trade edition. More
A Queensland Pioneer. Pp. xii+254(last colophon, blank), 16 plates, decorative initials and tailpieces, patterned endpapers, addenda; cr. 8vo; dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, the boards slightly flecked and rubbed, with a couple of bruises to edges, publication date added by hand in white at foot of spine, the spine..... More
Port & Harbour development in Queensland from 1824 to 1895. Pp. xxvi+884(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, tables, appendices, index; narrow med. 4to; navy cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, a couple of tiny edge bruises, spine cloth faintly creased; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed..... More
A changing landscape. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Darling Downs Institute Press, Toowoomba, 1985. First edition. *Includes sections on aboriginal art, J. J. Hilder, Conrad Martens, and Lionel Lindsay. More
The Story of Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island. Pp. 60, text illustrations including full page maps, bibliography, index; small demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Torres Strait Historical Society, Thursday Island, 1993. More
Pp. xxiv+328, text illustrations and maps, chronology, sources, guide to further reading, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007. First edition. More
The story of how I became a priest and of the Rockhampton Diocese which I served for over fifty years. Pp. 170, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations; demy 8vo; printed brown paper wrappers, faintly soiled, the backstrip (which is titled in ink by hand) slightly faded, top fore-corners lightly creased; text..... More
The History of the Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot Service. Pp. xx+202, coloured frontispiece map, 16 coloured plus 48 black & white plates, text illustrations, endpaper map, appendices, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, lower fore-corner of upper board very slightly bruised; dust wrapper;..... More
A camera study. Pp. 240(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full page), coloured endpaper map; post 4to; maroon cloth, lettered in silver, boards lightly flecked, the edges slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges worn, with several chips and small tears; Angus & Robertson, Sydney..... More
Three centuries of exploration, discovery, and adventure in and around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. With a study of the narratives of all explorers by sea and land in the light of modern charting, many original or hitherto unpublished documents.... In two volumes. Pp. xvi+366+xiv+367-768, 29 plates (including frontispiece with..... More
The Queensland Defence Forces, 1860-1901. Pp. xiv+248, frontispiece plus 8 plates, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper; some pencilled marginal and underscoring throughout, a few leaves and margins of plates lightly browned;; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1975. First edition. More
First settlement and seaside city. Pp. 148, 12 coloured plates, black & white text illustratons and maps, further reading, index; narrow cr. 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1988. First edition..... More
The railways of the northern suburbs of Brisbane. Pp. 128, text and endpaper illustrations including full page map, appendices, select bibliography, index; demy 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Australian Railway Historical Society, Qld. Division, Brisbane, 1988. More
Pp. [vi]+250(last blank), full page map; boards a trifle canted and faintly scuffed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; a couple of spots of foxing; Hart-Davis, MacGibbon/Granada, London, 1978. First edition. *Autobiography of a Queensland vet with a practice of over 150,000 square miles. More
The history of the shipbuilding endeavours of Evans Deakin 1940 to 1976. Pp. ix+48, text illustrations (some full page), 2 folding technical drawings, 2 folding list of vessels built by EDCO, chronology, index; demy 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, cloth backed; The Queensland Women's Historical Association, Brisbane, 1997. More
Life Story of Colin Archer, 1832-1921 and Sailing for Pleasure. Pp. xii+176(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), appendices, bibliography, endnotes, index; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton, Qld., 1997. First edition. More
Pp. 80, full page portrait; post 8vo; printed stiff blue paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled, the backstrip slightly faded; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Times Print, Charleville, Queensland, 1987. Reprinted. *Originally written in 1903. More
Drawings by Kevin Jopson. Pp. 64(last blank), text illustrations (several full page), pictorial endpapers; demy 8vo; green patterned papered boards, spine lettered in white, slight bruise to top edge of lower board; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, with a short closed tear to top edge of front panel and a...... More
Drawings by Kevin Jopson. Pp. 64(last blank), numerous illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers; demy 8vo; yellow patterned papered boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly faded and damp stained; Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1969. First edition. The Sketchbook series. More
Compiled by Mamie O'Keeffe (Oxley Librarian). Pp. [iv]+12(processed, last blank), full page map, sources; tall post 4to; red tape backed printed brown paper wrappers, slightly creased, the upper wrapper a trifle glue marked; Oxley Memorial Library of Queensland, [Brisbane], 1974. First edition. More
Introduction by N. G. Butlin and J. N. Jennings. Pp. xxiv+56(last blank), full page coloured maps; oblong folio; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and rubbed, edges slightly split; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Business Archives Australian National University, in association with The Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1970. First edition..... More
Homes of the Tropical North. Photography by Ray Joyce. Pp. 128, illustrated in colour throughout (several full or double page), patterned endpapers, black & white plans, further reading list, glossary, index; roy. 4to; tan papered boards, spine lettered in white, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, backstrip faded;..... More
Published for the Redcliffe Town Council. Pp. 104, text illustrations and maps; small cr. 4to; red stiff paper wrappers, upper wrapper blocked in gilt, a trifle marked, edges lightly rubbed, the backstrip faded; the author, Brisbane, 1959. First edition. *Published in the Queensland Centenary Year and concluding with the Redcliffe..... More