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
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a study of the narratives of all explorers by sea and land in the light of modern charting, many original or hitherto unpublished documents....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
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a study of the narratives of all explorers by sea and land in the light of modern charting, many original or hitherto unpublished documents, thirty-nine illustrations, and sixteen specially prepared maps. In two volumes. Volume I, pp. xvi+366+[2](blank), portrait of the author as frontispiece, tissue guard, 20 portraits of..... 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. 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
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
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
Pp. 68, appendices, bibliography, folding map of North Queensland WWII 1942-1945 loosely inserted in a pocket at end; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, title-page a trifle foxed, edges slightly worn; Department of Geographic Information, Brisbane, 1988. First edition. More