A Queensland Pioneer. Pp. xii+254(last colophon, blank),16 plates, decorative initials and tailpieces, addenda; dark green cloth, the gilt lettering rubbed (heaviest on spine), boards a trifle flecked and faintly scuffed, lower joint starting, the bottom fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; hinges cracking, outer leaves browned, a couple of..... 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
An Autobiographical Account of Pioneering Experiences in Outback Queensland from 1889 to 1904. Foreword by Russel Ward. Pp. xxvi+138, frontispiece portrait, 11 plates (one double page), text illustrations, endpaper map; dust wrapper; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Alternative Publishing Co-operative Ltd, Sydney, 1981. First edition. *Edited from the original manuscript..... 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a study of the narratives of all explorers by sea and land in the light of modern charting, many original or hitherto unpublished documents....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
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
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
Pp. viii+172, pictorial title page and decorative headpieces; med. 8vo; bottom edge of boards lightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; a little light foxing; Boolarong Publications, Brisbane, 1982. First edition. *Account of the prison system in Queensland. 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; the spine extremities and fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and creased, with small..... More
A history of the Darling Downs, 1859-93. Pp. x+310, 8 plates, text maps (mostly full page), appendices, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1968. First edition. More