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 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
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a study of the narratives of all explorers by sea and land in the light of modern charting, many original or hitherto unpublished documents....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
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
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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
Pp. 222, 16 plates; demy 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in white, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Nelson, Melbourne, 1975. First edition. *Outback reminiscences; a sequel to Beyond the Bitumen. More