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
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
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a study of the narratives of all explorers by sea and land in the light of modern charting, many original or hitherto unpublished documents....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
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
A condensed history of Peters Slip 1856 to 1992. Pp. 158(unpaginated), text illustrations; demy 4to; black tape backed pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled; The Queensland Women's Historical Association, Brisbane, 1996. 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. viii+132, illustrated title-page, text illustrations (some full page) appendix, notes, illustrations of ships, index of ships, bibliography; demy 4to; blue boards, lettered in black; dust wrapper; Estate of William Torrance, Brisbane, 1988. First edition. *More stories of Brisbane River traders. 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