Queensland's sunshine city [cover title]. 32 captioned photographic plates; oblong 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, with printed text on reverse of upper wrapper and coloured illustration on reverse of lower wrapper, faintly soiled, edge lightly rubbed; Sydney G. Hughes, Brisbane, n.d.[1950s?]. Splendid View series. 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
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
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
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
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
Coloured map, folded into four demy 8vo panels, with pictorial title on the uppermost reverse panel, and printed text (Places of Interest and Suggested Tram Trips) printed in red, blue & black; faintly soiled, edges a trifle creased, inked stamp of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board at head of title..... 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
Pp. xviii+206(processed, last blank); narrow impl. 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled and worn, bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; name and date (1972) in ink at head of half-title page, outer leaves and edges a trifle soiled; Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1972. First edition. *'Covers all..... 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