Drawings by Max Angus. Pp. 64(last blank), full page illustrations, endpaper sketch map; demy 8vo; green patterned papered boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the flap folds silverfished, backstrip faded; Rigby, Adelaide, 1975. Second printing. The Sketchbook series. *First published in 1968..... 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
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
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
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
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
Pp. [vi]+26, coloured frontispiece and 9 plates within pagination, the title page vignette and head & tailpiece decorations printed in pale grey/green, black & white text figures, pictorial endpapers printed in brown; small cr. 4to; pictorial papered boards, foot of spine and top fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper..... 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
Drawings by Ainslie Roberts. Pp. 64, numerous illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers; demy 8vo; green patterned papered boards, spine lettered in white, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, edges, worn, faded and chipped, the backstrip also faded and with a cloth tape repair on reverse; name and date blacked out..... 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
Foreword by E. J. A. Weller. Pp. [vi]+94+xxxvi(indices), numerous illustrations; small cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, lightly soiled and worn; Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1959. First edition. *Published as a record of architecture in Queensland. 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
Reminiscences of the Shearers' Strike, Queensland 1891 from the pen of Julian Stuart (1886-1929), with a foreword on the man and his times by Lyndall Hadow. Pp. viii+168(last blank), 4 plates; demy 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, fore-corners faintly bruised; dust wrapper..... More
Pp. xiv+278, frontispiece, title page vignette, numerous text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, appendices, index to illustrations of ships; narrow med. 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; the author, Brisbane, 1986. First edition. *'An..... More
A pictorial history of Queensland to 1920. Pp. xii+360, profusely illustrated (many full page), pictorial endpapers, 6 full page maps, 3 text figures, bibliographical essay, index; square 4to; beige papered boards, lettered in black, a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, backstrip faded; University of Queensland..... More
Pp. 222, 16 plates; demy 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in white, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Nelson, Melbourne, 1975. First edition. *Outback reminiscences; a sequel to Beyond the Bitumen. More