With Introduction by A. H. Chisholm. Pp. xxxii+236, frontispiece portrait, plus 25 plates, full page map, index; dull green cloth, lettered in black, the boards slightly canted, lightly soiled and flecked, edges slightly rubbed and top fore-corners lightly bruised; partial remains (pictorial front panel only) of dust wrapper loosely inserted;... More about LAST LEAVES FROM DUNK ISLAND
Pp. 316(last colophon)+[4](advertisements), frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 23 plates, index; pictorial green cloth, lettered in gilt & white and decorated in blue, white & black, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed, the lower board slightly damp stained; fore and bottom edges uncut; name in ink on upper pastedown, the... More about MY TROPIC ISLE
The story of Mount Isa Mines. Pp. [vi]+256; coloured frontispiece, 30 black & white plates at end (1 double page), endpaper maps, appendices, index; boards a trifle canted; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, back panel scuffed, the backstrip slightly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a.... More about MINES IN THE SPINIFEX
Pp. 156 (last colophon, blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 7 plates, patterned endpapers; pictorial card wrappers, slightly soiled, edges lightly worn; upper hinge cracked, scattered foxing; A. H. Frater, Brisbane, 1921. First edition. More about REMINISCENCES OF QUEENSLAND 1862-1899
. Or, Queensland before Separation 1770-1859. Together with a brief account of the rise of the Colonies of Australasia. Pp. [xvi]+130(last blank), frontispiece, plus 7 plates (including three maps, two of which are folding), full page text illustrations and maps, index; light blue cloth, spine lettered in black, boards a.... More about MORETON BAY SETTLEMENT
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 about DOWNS ARTISTS
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a study of the narratives of all explorers by sea and land in the light of modern charting, many original or hitherto unpublished documents....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 about NORTHMOST AUSTRALIA
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 about VET IN THE CLOUDS
Decorations by James Wieneke. Pp. 328(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 58 plates, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers printed in light & dark green, index; pictorial green cloth, lettered and decorated in black, slightly soiled and flecked, edges lightly rubbed, with a couple of small bruises; dust wrapper, worn, the edges and... More about GREEN MOUNTAINS and CULLENBENBONG
Pp. 246, 16 plates, text illustrations, erratum slip laid on title page; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper; Envirobook, Sydney, n.d.[1996?]. First one volume edition? *Bernard O'Reilly (1903-1975) is best known for his discovery of the 1937 crash site of a Stinson Model A airplane, and for organizing rescue crews... More about GREEN MOUNTAINS, CULLENBENBONG, OVER THE HILLS
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 about ATLAS OF BUNDALEER PLAINS AND TATALA
A Handbook on the Corals, Shells, Crabs, Larger Animals and Birds, with some remarks on the Reef's place in History. Pp. [viii]+88(last blank), 32 plates (8 coloured), upper pastedown map, index; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips, back... More about AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF
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 about NOR IRON BARS A CAGE
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 about PART OF THE GLORY
The Coastal Playgrounds of Queensland. Pp. 88, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations and maps, index; tall cr. 4to; boards a trifle sprung, edges slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, back panel slightly scuffed; A. H. & A. W. Reed, Sydney, 1982. First edition. More about TROPIC COAST
The Story of Dalby, City of Wheatsheaves and Gateway to Queensland Oil! [cover title]. Pp. 88, illustrated; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stitched, backstrip and edges lightly worn; some light foxing; printed by "The Dalby Herald", Dalby, Qld., n.d.[1963]. *A Souvenir History of Dalby, compiled and designed by G. H. Wade... More about FROM SWAMP TO CITY . . .! 1863-1963
Edited by A. K. Thomson. In two volumes. Pp. [vi]+398(last blank)+[viii]+428(last blank), 33 plates (including frontispiece Volume I); med. 8vo; Volume I boards slightly sprung and upper board lightly damp stained; dust wrappers (Volume I damp stained on reverse), slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot..... More about THE COLLECTED WORKS OF THOMAS WELSBY