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| *a3673 Hughes, Robert |
| The Art of Australia |
| (Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books: 1970) Revised Edition. Pict. wrs pp. 336 including p.a. A Pelican Original. Illust. Bibliography Index. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a3682 Smith, Bernard |
| Australian Painting 1788-1960 |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1962) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 357 (254 x 180 mm) Illust. A Note on Books and Periodicals. Index. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $100 |
| *a3876 Searle, Ronald |
| Searle's Cats |
| (London: Dennis Dobson: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. 42 (237 x 242 mm) With 20 full-page cat pictures by Searle, each with caption on the page opposite. A Gift Inscription on free front endpaper. Near fine in good to very good price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3877 Linday, Norman |
| Norman Lindsay's CATS |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. 64 (248 x 222 mm) Introductory text by Douglas Stewart. Article 'The Cats of Springwood' by Norman Lindsay. Profusely illustrated with drawings by Lindsay, mostly captioned. Boards slightly canted, o/w fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $45 |
| *a3889 Cheyney, Sheldon |
| Sculpture of the World: A History |
| (London: Thames and Hudson: 1968) First (British) Edition. Gilt dec. cl. pp. xii, 538 (261 x 182 mm) Further Reading. Index. Maps on endpapers. Over 100 Illustrations. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $50 |
| *a3890 Garner, FH |
| English Delftware |
| (London: Faber and Faber: 1948) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 44 (255 x 160 mm) with Illustrations, Short Bibliography and Index plus 96 plates at rear. The Faber Monographs on Pottery and Porcelain series. Fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a3891 Wolfflin, Heinrich |
| Classic Art: An Introduction to the Italian Renaissance |
| (London: The Phaidon Press: 1952) (First British Edition). Translated by Peter and Linda Murray from the eighth German edition of 1948. Cl. pp. xviii, 296 (255 x 176 mm) With 200 Illustrations, 8 in full colour. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $75 |
| *a3892 Hauser, Arnold |
| The Social History of Art |
| (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul: 1951) First Edition Translated in collaboration with the Author by Stanley Godman, and now published for the first time in any language. In Two Volumes. Cl. pp. 1022. Illust. Notes to each volume. Index of Subjects and Index of Names to set at rear of Volume Two. Fine set in dust-jackets which are about fine except for a chip to head of spine of jacket of Volume One. |
| $120 |
| *a3894 Rosenberg, Jakob |
| Rembrandt: Life and Work |
| (London: Phaidon Press: 1964) 'New, unabridged, one-volume edition, which the author has revised and brought up to date, and in which the reproduction of each work appears where it is discussed.' Bds pp. xii, 386 (253 x 178 mm) With 282 illustrations. Notes. Selected Bibliography Note on the Problem of Authenticity. Index of Works. Index of Persons and Places. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $50 |
| *a3895 Dimand, MS, PhD, Curator of Near Eastern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| A handbook of Muhammadan Art |
| (NY: Hartsdale House: 1947) Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Gilt pict. cl. pp. x, 347. Illust. Chronology. Bibliography Maps on endpapers. Near fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $50 |
| *a3873 Scott, AC |
| The Flower and Willow World: A Study of the Geisha |
| (London: Heinemann: 1959) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 215. Illustrated from photographs and with drawings by the Author. Index. Very good in good dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3609 Blainey, Geoffrey |
| Our Side of the Country: The Story of Victoria |
| (North Ryde, NSW: Methuen Haynes: 1984) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 250. Illust. Endnote. Sources. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3610 McLeod, AL (Edited by) |
| The Pattern of Australian Culture |
| (Melbourne: OUP/Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press: 1963) First Edition Printed in the USA. Bds pp. xiv, 486. Biographical Notes on the Contributors. Index. Subjects include Literature, Language, Science, Theatre, Art, Music, The Culture of the Aborigines, etc. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $50 |
| *a3612 Hansen, DE and IV |
| Yours Sincerely GL Cramer, Headmaster |
| (Kew, Victoria: Carey Baptist Grammar School; 1990) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 116. Illust. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3614 Smith, Vivan (Selected and edited by) |
| Letters of Vance and Nettie Palmer 1915-1963 |
| (Canberra: National Library of Australia: 1977) Paperback issue of the First Edition. Pict. wrs pp. xviii, 254. Chronological table. Chronological list of principal publications. Glossary of names. Index. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a3615 West, Francis (Edited by) |
| Selected Letters of Hubert Murray |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1970) First Edition Cl. pp. 255. A Murray Genealogy. Index. Apart from other experiences, Murray as a judge and governor in Papua from 1904-1940. As the jacket blurb says, 'the raw material for Australian and Papuan history' emerges from his letters. An owner's name. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3621 Mudie, Ian |
| Rivers of Australia |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. 80 (222 x 165 mm) Illust. Index. Maps on endpapers. Addressed to the younger reader (ten to fifteen) though of wider interest in view of Mudie's intense concern with the Murray River, in particular. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3649 Barrett, Charles |
| The Sunlit Land: Wanderings in Queensland |
| (London: Cassell: 1947) First Edition Cl. pp. xiv, 306. Illust. Index. Good to very good copy in good dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3656 Wetherell, David |
| Reluctant Mission: The Anglican Church in Papua New Guinea, 1891-1942 |
| (University of Queensland Press: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 430. Illust. Maps. Notes to Text. Glossary. Bibliography Index. Very good in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3658 Cobley, John |
| Sydney Cove 1789-1790 |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1963) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 353. Frontispiece. Map. Bibliography Index. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3671 Davey, Gwenda Beed and Seal, Graham |
| The Oxford Companion of Australian Folklore |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1993) First Edition Bds pp. xviii, 381 (236 x 160 mm) Illust. Concludes with Appendix: A Bibliographic Guide to Australian Folklore. Fine in about fine dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a3683 Simpson, Colin |
| Adam in Ochre: Inside Aboriginal Australia |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1951) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. x, 220 (242 x 160 mm) Illust. About fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3717 Buxton, GL (Lecturer in History, University of Adelaide) |
| The Riverina 1861-1891: An Australian Regional Study |
| (Melbourne University Press: 1967) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 338. Illust. Notes. Select Bibliography Index. Maps on endpapers. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3721 Sutherland, Halliday |
| Southward Journey |
| (Melbourne: Printed by the Specialty Press for George Jaboor, Australasian Representative of Geoffrey Bles, London: April 1942) Special Australian Edition. Cl. pp. viii, 395. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3726 Docker, Edward Wybergh |
| The Blackbirders: The Recruiting of South Seas Labour for Queensland, 1863-1907 |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1970) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 289. Illust. Maps. Select Bibliography Index. Fine in good dust-jacket |
| $45 |
| *a3727 Byron, Kenneth W |
| Lost Treasures in Australia and New Zealand |
| (Sydney: Ure Smith: 1964) First Edition Cl. pp. 232. Maps. Bibliography Notes and References. Index. An owner's name. Fine in very good price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3728 Davis, AJ, FRGS |
| In This Our Necessity: A Book on Water in South-Eastern Australia |
| (Melbourne: Hall's Book Stores: 1969) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. x, 162 (240 x 161 mm) Illust. Maps. An owner's name on front endpaper and another on rear endpaper. Very good |
| $25 |
| *a3730 Coleman, Peter, and Tanner, Les (Compiled by) |
| Cartoons of Australian History |
| (Melbourne: Nelson: Reprinted with corrections 1973) Bds pp. 195 (254 x 188 mm) Rich collection of over 280 cartoons reflecting Australian attitudes etc. 'from the time of first settlement to the present day'. About fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3735 Angas, George French |
| Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand: Being An Artist's Impressions of Countries and People at the Antipodes |
| (Wellington: Reed in conjunction with Johnson Reprints Corp, New York: n.d.) Facsimile Reprint, in one volume, of the original 1847 two-volume work, with Biographical Comment and Index. Cl. pp. xi, 339 and viii, 280 and 16 (Biographical Comment and Index to each volume). The illustrations are also reproduced. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $45 |
| *a3739 Bowd, DG |
| Macquarie Country: A History of the Hawkesbury |
| (Melbourne: Cheshire: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 242. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Bibliography Footnote References. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3761 Thorne, Les G |
| North Shore, Sydney From 1788 to today |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1968) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 197 (253 x 189 mm) Illust. Appendix: First Land Grants. Selected References to Sources. Index. Maps. Edited by Leslie Jillett. Fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3764 White, HL (Edited by) |
| Canberra: A Nation's Captial. |
| Prepared for The Thirtieth Meeting of The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science held at Canberra 13th-20th January 1954. (First Published January 1954 in an edition of 2,500 copies for distribution to members of the Association) Also published by Angus and Robertson. Cl. pp. xvi, 244 (with coloured frontispiece, and maps and diagrams) plus 64 plates on art paper at rear. Maps on endpapers. Select Bibliography An owner's name. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a3767 Stevens, BSB (Premier of New South Wales, 1932-1939) |
| Planning for War and Peace: Australia's Policy To-day |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1940) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 118. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a3769 Campbell, DAS (Edited by) |
| Post-War Reconstruction in Australia |
| (Sydney: Australasian Publishing Co. in conjunction with Australian Institute of Political Science: 1944) First Edition Cl. pp. 347. Contributions by RG Menzies, DB Copland, HC Coombs, Lloyd Ross, HV Evatt and a Paper 'A Future for International Law' by Sir John Morris. Very good |
| $30 |
| *a3770 Kristianson, GL (Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Saskatchewan) |
| The Politics of Patriotism: The Pressure Group Activities of the Returned Servicemen's League |
| (Canberra: Australian National University Press: 1966) Pict. wrs pp. xxx, 286. Illust. Notes. Selected Bibliography Index. Printed 'This Edition Not for Sale' at foot of spine. Very good |
| $25 |
| *a3772 McGuire, Paul |
| There's Freedom for the Brave: An Approach to World Order |
| (London: Heinemann: 1949) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 282. Index. Fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3773 Hughes, WM, CH, KC, MP |
| Crusts and Crusades: Tales of Bygone Days |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1947) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 238. An Ownership inscription Near fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3775 Barrett, Charles |
| White Blackfellows: The Strange Adventures of Europeans Who Lived Among Savages |
| (Melbourne: Hallcraft Publishing Co: 1948) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 261. Illust. Gift Inscription Spine moderately faded and rubbed at its head and foot; o/w very good |
| $30 |
| *a3780 Cole, EW (Edited by) |
| Home |
| (Melbourne: Cole's Book Arcade: n.d.) Cl. (ruled and lettered in gilt) pp. 432 including p.a. Illust. The fourth book of the 'Cream of Human Thought Library'. A couple of stains to spine whose gilt has also faded o/w very good and internally about fine copy. |
| $30 |
| *a3782 Gill, Walter |
| Turn North-East at the Tombstone |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 171. Travel and experiences in the South Seas including on Fiji. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3783 Verco, Sir Joseph |
| Combing the Southern Seas |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1935) Printed in 1934 but the First Edition. Cl. pp. 176, ii, 24 (Catalogue of Marine Mollusca of South Australia, originally printed in 1908 and here reissued, with Index). Book Edited by Bernard C. Cotton who contributes an informative Preface. An owner's name. A few stains to covers; good to very good copy |
| $30 |
| *a3788 Ellis, MH |
| The Torch: A Picture of Legacy |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1957) First Edition Gilt dec. bds pp. xiv, 234. Illust. Authorities Consulted. Index. Fine in good dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3802 Copland, Douglas Berry (Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne; Commonwealth Prices Commissioner, 1939-45) |
| The Road to High Employment: Administrative Controls in a Free Economy |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1945) Wrs pp. viii, 92. The Godkin Lectures at Harvard University 1944-45. Scattered underlining in pencil throughout; a small piece snipped from the corner of free front endpaper; o/w very good |
| $25 |
| *a3808 Russell, Archer |
| Gone Nomad: Twenty Years' Vagabond Wanderings in Three Continents |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1936) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 232. Illust. Australia, Africa, Asia: includes hunting and a chapter on 'Wild Life among the Opal-Gougers' (Australian opal fields). Gift Inscription Very good |
| $80 |
| *a3812 Bolton, GC |
| A Fine Country to Starve in |
| (University of Western Australia Press; 1972) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 278. Illust. Select Bibliography Index. Railways Map of Western Australia on endpapers. 'Describes the impact of the Depression of the early 1930s on Perth and the Western Australian hinterland'. The copy has the smack of a well cleaned up ex-library copy with a tape mark near foot of spine of jacket, a scuff from erasure on verso of title-page and other small signs; overall a very good copy in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3813 Stephenson, Stuart, MA (Oxon.), Second Master (Compiled by) |
| Annals of the Brisbane Grammar School 1869-1922 |
| (Brisbane: AJ Cumming print: 1923) First Edition Gilt pict. cl. pp. xvi, 286 (250 x 195 mm) Illustrated with numerous plates additional to pagination. Spine sunned, rubbed at foot and apparently repaired or strengthened at its head; a little rubbing to corners of boards; a few spots to fore edge; lengthy gift inscription; overally very good copy |
| $130 |
| *a3816 Farwell, George and Johnston, Frank H (Edited by) |
| This Land of Ours...Australia |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1949) First Edition Cl. pp. 216 (275 x 212 mm) Illust. Notes on Contributors who include Eleanor Dark, Ian Mudie, Clive Turnbull ('The Painter's Art'), David Campbell, Sir Bernard Heinze ('The Music Scene'), Ion Idriess, Elyne Mitchell, etc Near fine |
| $25 |
| *a3817 Uren, Malcolm |
| Trinders - Pioneers: Being the story of the historic association of Trinder, Anderson and Company with the State of Western Australia and how they both grew and flourished in concert |
| (London: The Fanfare Press: 10th November, 1940) First Edition Gilt dec. bds plus v and 47 leaves, printed on rectos only (254 x 196 mm). Illustrated with plates additional to pagination, each with captioned and descriptive tissue leaf. Very good cancelled ex-library copy with library number and title along spine and number on back cover; small stamp on title-page and on one other leaf, the only other library impedimenta being on the endpapers; text and plates clean and fine. |
| $45 |
| *a3825 Deakin, Alfred |
| The Federal Story: The Inner History of the Federal Cause |
| (Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens: 1944) First Edition Cl. pp. xiv, 170. Frontispiece. Index. Foreword by The Rt. Hon. WA Watt, PC Edited by Herbert Brookes. Fine in good to very good dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3828 Walker, James Backhouse, FRGS |
| Early Tasmania: Papers Read before the Royal Society of Tasmania during the Years 1888 to 1899. |
| (Hobart: John Vail, Government Printer: 1914) Second Impression. Dec. cl. pp. viii, 280. Folding maps. Biographical Sketch of Walker. Head of spine a little rubbed; foot of spine nicked; a few stains to covers; some scattered foxing; good to very good copy |
| $60 |
| *a3829 Burchett, Wilfred G |
| Deomocracy with a Tommygun |
| (Melbourne: Cheshire: 1946) First Edition Cl. pp. 291. Reflections of war correspondent who covered the war against Japan 1941-45, in part written 'to show what has been done by the man with Tommy-gun, home-made cannon and carbine, with dah and bolo, to achieve democracy in South-East Asia and the Pacific', 'democracy' in the sense of self-determination. Very good |
| $25 |
| *a3830 Wentworth, WC (A Native of the Colony) |
| Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales, and Its dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land etc. |
| (Facsimile Edition, by Doubleday, Lane Cove, NSW, 1979 of title first published 1819). This is a reprint of the facsimile which first appeared in 1978. Near fine in very good dust-jacket which has ten pronounced old tape stains on its blind side, visible also on the outside of the jacket, and leaving marks on the fixed endpapers. |
| $40 |
| *a3831 Hinton, Mrs WH (Compiled by) |
| Ethel Ambrose Pioneer Medical Missionary: Poona and Indian Village Mission, Bombay Presidency, India |
| (London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott: n.d.) (First Edition) Cl. pp. 256. Illust. South Australian woman doctor's life and her missionary career. Fine in fair dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a3835 Horner, A Geoffrey |
| Tasmanian Journey |
| (Hobart: Cat and Fiddle Press: 1974) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 129 (251 x 174 mm) Illust. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3837 Garvie, RMH, MICE, MIE Aust (Assistant to the Commissioner) |
| A Million Horses: Tasmania's Power in the Mountains |
| (Tasmania: The Hydro-Electric Commission: October 1962) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. 111 (267 x 207 mm) Illust. Glossary. Selected Bibliography Maps. Maps on endpapers. Fine in very good dj. |
| $30 |
| *a3838 Hurley, Frank |
| Tasmania: A Glance at Its History, Beauty, Resources and Development over a Period of 150 Years - A Camera Study |
| (Sydney: John Sands: 1953) First Edition Cl. backed dec. bds pp. 104 (260 x 210 mm) Photographic views in colour and in black and white. Map. About fine in fair chipped dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a3839 Wordley, Dick |
| Tasmanian Adventure |
| (Hobart: Adventure Productions: n.d.) (First Edition) (1953 - see p. 124). Pict. wrs pp. 144 (246 x 186 mm) Illust. by Phil Belbin. 'The Island State - Tramp her mountains, fish her seas, follow the tracks of her pioneers'. Pictorial map. Very good if not near fine copy. |
| $25 |
| *a3840 Stephens, Don |
| With a Camera in Tasmania: Photographs by Don Stephens |
| (Hobart: LG Shea, Govt. Pr: n.d.) Suggest 1950s. Pict. wrs plus pp. 48 (342 x 239 mm) A view book produced by the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department, Hobart, Tasmania. Book somewhat dog-eared at lower right-hand corner o/w very good |
| $30 |
| *a3844 Cox, Roy and Gwen |
| This Was Hobart... |
| (Hobart: Cottage Press; October 1945) First Edition Pict. wrs plus pp. 24 (185 x 250 mm) Historical Notes by Gwen Cox and Sketches by Roy Cox. Fine |
| $30 |
| *a3851 Wallace, Victor H, MD, Melb., FRCS, Edin |
| Women and Children First: An Outline of a Population Policy for Australia |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1946) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 352. Graphs. Bibliography Index. Forewords by Sir David Rivett and GL Wood. Very good or perhaps near fine in fair chipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3806 Pearson, John |
| Bluebird and the Dead Lake: The Story of Donald Campbell's Land Speed Record at Lake Eyre in 1964 |
| (London: Collins: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. 188. Illust. Near fine in good dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3603 Lord, Mary |
| Hal Porter: Man of Many Parts |
| (Milsons Point, NSW: Random House Australia: 1993) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 330. Illust. Notes. Select Bibliography Index. A small bookseller's mark to lower edge o/w fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3604 Porter, Hal |
| The Extra |
| (Melbourne: Nelson: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 250. The third volume of Porter's Autobiography. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a3605 Dutton, Geoffrey |
| The Hero as Murderer: The Life of Edward John Eyre, Australian Explorer and Governor of Jamaica, 1815-1901 |
| (Sydney: Collins and Melbourne: Cheshire: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. 416. Illust. Maps. Bibliography Index. Fine in d/j which has a scuff to front panel but is o/w near fine. |
| $40 |
| *a3616 Lett, Lewis |
| Sir Hubert Murray of Papua |
| (Sydney: William Collins Overseas Ltd: 1949) (First Edition) Cl. pp. 317. Illust. Some fading and staining to covers; remnant of paper (perhaps a gift card?) on free front endpaper; internally good copy. |
| $30 |
| *a3617 West, Francis |
| Hubert Murray: The Australian Pro-Consul |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1968) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 296. Illust. Bibliography Index. Maps on endpapers. Fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3624 Christian, Glynn |
| Fragile Paradise: The Discovery of Fletcher Christian, Bounty Mutineer |
| (London: HH: 1982) First Edition Bds pp. 256 (260 x 195 mm) Illust. Christian family tree. Maps. Sources and Bibliography Note. Index. Fine in dust-jacket which has one small clean tear but is itself o/w fine. |
| $60 |
| *a3630 Unterecker, John |
| Voyager: A Life of Hart Crane |
| (London: Anthony Blond: n.d.) (1970 First British Edition?) Bds pp. xii, 831. Illust. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3632 Schaeffer, Neil |
| The Marquis de Sade: A Life |
| (London: HH: 1999) FBE (published simultaneously in USA by Knopf and Canada by Random House). Bds pp. viii, 567. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3652 Horne, Donald |
| The Education of Young Donald |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1967) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 331. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3654 Spencer, AH |
| The Hill of Content: Books, Art, Music, People |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1959) First Edition Dec. bds pp. xiv, 246. Illust. Index. Errata Slip present. Very good in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3660 Carrington, Hugh |
| Life of Captain Cook |
| (London: Sidgwick and Jackson: This edition published 1967) (First edition was 1939). Wrs pp. viii, 324. Maps. Bibliography Index. 'An authentic biography based upon the logs of ships in which Cook served'. Watergate Editions No. 10. Small scuff to front wrapper o/w fine |
| $25 |
| *a3665 Yarwood, AT |
| Samuel Marsden: The Great Survivor |
| (Melbourne University Press: 1977) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. xvi, 341. Illust. Notes. Bibliography Index. Maps. M*U*P* Paperbacks. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a3666 Gabay, Al (Department of Humanities, La Trobe University College of Northern Victoria) |
| The Mystic Life of Alfred Deakin |
| (Cambridge University Press: 1992) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. viii, 208 (233 x 170 mm) Notes. Index. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a3668 Hussey, H |
| More Than Half a Century of Colonial Life and Christian Experience with Notes of Travel, Lectures, Publications, etc |
| (1978 Facsimile edition: first published by Hussey and Gillingham, Adelaide, 1897) Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 203, published by the Libraries Board of South Australia. Bds pp. viii, 504. Frontispiece (from photograph) and illustrations by Ernest Gall. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a3678 Moncton, Captain CAW, FRGS, FZS, FRAI |
| Further Adventures of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate |
| (London: Newnes: n.d.) The Wide World Library series. Cl. pp. ii, 286. Endpapers foxed; spine sunned at head and discoloured for the rest; o/w very good in frail dust-jacket which is friable to the touch, and whose spine is damaged though front and rear panels and flaps are complete. |
| $30 |
| *a3684 Lovett, Richard, MA |
| James Chalmers: His Autobiography and Letters |
| (London: The Religious Tract Society: March 1903) Revised and popular Edition (the Fourth Edition). Gilt pict. cl. pp. 512. With Two Maps and Eight Portraits and Illustrations. Index. A cancelled ex-library copy; the covers bright enough and clean; an unrelated old English library book plate on fixed front endpaper; cancelled more modern library stamp on title-page and that stamp also on all three edges; a card pocket on fixed rear endpaper; o/w internally very good |
| $35 |
| *a3685 Dening, Greg |
| Mr Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty |
| (Cambridge University Press: 1992) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 445. Illust. Maps. Notes. Reference Bibliography. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3709 Colson, Percy |
| Melba: An Unconventional Biography |
| (London: Grayson and Grayson: 1932) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 279. Illust. List of Operas in which Melba has appeared. Index. Very good |
| $100 |
| *a3711 Wechsberg, Joseph |
| The Waltz Emperors: The Life and Times and Music of the Strauss Family |
| (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1973) First Edition Gilt dec. cl. pp. 272 (253 x 185 mm) Richly illustrated. Index. An owner's name. Near or about fine in very good price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a3718 White, Patrick |
| Flaws in the Glass: A Self-Portrait |
| (London: Cape: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. x, 260. Illust. Notes. Fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3747 Plowden, Alfred Chichele |
| Grain or Chaff?: The Autobiography of a Police Magistrate |
| (London: Nelson: n.d.) Suggest about 1912. Cl. pp. 382 and 2 p.a. Frontispiece. Nelson Library of Notable Books. 19th Century reminiscences. Top edge gilt. Top snipped from free front endpaper o/w very good |
| $25 |
| *a3750 Richardson, Henry Handel |
| Myself When Young. Together with an Essay on The Art of Henry Handel Richardson by JG Robertson. |
| (London: Heinemann: 1964) Reprint (first edition 1948). Bds pp. x, 214. Foreword by Edna Purdie. Concludes with A List of the Writings of Henry Handel Richardson. Fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3756 de Groen, Frances |
| Xavier Herbert: A Biography |
| (University of Queensland Press: 1998) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 349. Illust. Notes. Select Bibliography General Index. Index of Works. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3759 Motion, Andrew |
| Wainewright the Poisoner |
| (London: Faber and Faber: 2000) First Edition Bds pp. xx, 305. Illust. Select Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3771 Ashbolt, Allan |
| An American Experience |
| (Published Jointly - London: Gollancz/Sydney: The Australasian Book Society: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. 304. Notes and References. 'Based on his experience of four years in America as special correspondent for Australian Broadcasting Commission. He is certainly not anti-American: but his story is horrifying'. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3787 Parsons, Fred |
| A Man Called Mo |
| (Melbourne: Heinemann: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 174 (247 x 184 mm) Illust. Account of the life and career of Roy Rene ('Mo McCackie'); Parsons began writing scripts for him in 1935. Cancelled ex-Institute copy, with label and stamp on free front endpaper o/w very good if not near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3811 Ruhen, Olaf |
| Tangaroa's Godchild |
| (London: Macdonald: 1962) First Edition Cl. pp. 256. 'A Memoir of the South Pacific', 'a story of a man's love for the sea and also a superb evocation of the whole world of the South Pacific'. An owner's name. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3848 Longford, Elizabeth |
| The Pebbled Shore: The Memoirs of Elizabeth Longford |
| (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1986) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 351. Illust. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3849 Stark, Freya |
| The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939 |
| (London: John Murray: 1953) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 287. Illust. Doublespread Map. Index. Top edge tinted, others uncut. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *a3857 Dunn, HH |
| The Crimson Jester: Zapata of Mexico |
| (London: Harrap: March 1934) Reprint. Cl. pp. 316. Illustrated with Photographs by the Author. Map showing the Area dominated by Zapata. A few small stains to covers and spine very lightly sunned. Very good copy. |
| $30 |
| *a3859 Busch, Tristan |
| Secret Service Unmasked |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) (First Edition thus) Translated from the German by Anthony V. Ireland. Bds pp. 272. Illust. German and international espionage. Foxing mainly to first couple and final couple of leaves o/w very good |
| $25 |
| *a3888 Casanova, Jacques |
| The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova: Written by Himself now for the First Time Completely Translated into English by Arthur Machen |
| (Privately Printed for Subscribers Only. Edition strictly limited to 500 sets on Louvain laid antique paper. Printed from type nad type distributed) In Six Volumes in blue cloth lettered in gilt on front and each with gilt-lettered titling-piece on spine. 'The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. The rare unabridged London edition of 1894 translated by Arthur Machen to which has been added the chapters discovered by Arthur Symons, A Supplement and Bibliography.' Top edges tinted and other edges uncut. Fine set in the dust-jackets. |
| $300 |
| *a3893 Davis, Michael |
| William Blake: A new kind of man |
| (London: Paul Elek: March 1977) Second impression. Bds pp. 181. Illust. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3701 Fleming, Ian |
| Live and Let Die |
| (London: Pan Books: 1957) First Pan edition. Pict. wrs pp. vi, 247. A James Bond adventure. Great Pan series - GP83. Fine |
| $75 |
| *a3702 Fleming, Ian |
| From Russia, With Love |
| (London: Pan Books: 1959) First Pan edition. pict. wrs pp. 208. A James Bond novel. Great Pan series - G229. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a3703 Fleming, Ian |
| Dr No |
| (London: Pan Books: 1960) First Pan edition. Pict. wrs pp. 189 and 3 p.a. A James Bond novel. Great Pan series - G335. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a3681 Scott, Captain Robert F., RN, CVO |
| The Voyage of the 'Discovery' |
| (London: John Murray: July 1937) Reprint of the 'Cheap Edition' in one volume ('Comprising the complete record of the voyage as told by Captain Scott'). Pict. cl. pp. xxiv, 720. Illust. Index. Maps on endpapers. Jacket says 'Popular Edition with a Preface by Dr. Nansen, GCVO, DSc, Uniform with 'Scott's Last Expedition'. A few light stains and dustiness to top edge; overall very good in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3883 Williamson, James A |
| Cook and the Opening of the Pacific |
| (London: HS: July 1946) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 251. Illust. Maps. Authorities. Maps on endpapers. Index. This is a volume in the Teach Yourself History Library edited by AL Rowse and published by the English Universities Press Limited. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3729 Burden, Rosemary |
| A Family Tradition in Fine Winemaking: One Hundred and Twenty Five Years of Thomas Hardy and Sons 1853-1978 |
| (Adelaide: The Board of Directors: August 1978) First Edition Pict. bds pp. viii, 103 (245 x 186 mm) Illust. Index. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a3752 Berrall, Julia S |
| The Garden: An Illustrated History from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day |
| (London: Thames and Hudson: 1967) Reprint (first edition 1966). Gilt dec. cl. pp. 388 (285 x 215 mm) Handsome book, finely illustrated. Notes. Glossary. Index. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $50 |
| *a3753 Plumptre, George |
| The Garden Makers: The Great Tradition of Garden Design from 1600 to the Present Day |
| (NY: Random House: 1994) Second impression of First US Edition. Bds pp. 240 (234 x 261 mm) Illust. Notes. Bibliography Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3875 Ashe, Geoffrey |
| The Land and the Book: Israel - The Perennial Nation |
| (London: Collins: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. 448. Map. Chapter Bibliographies. General Bibliography Index. 'The First Zionism', 'The Second Zionism', 'The Third Zionism', etc. Near fine in good dust-jacket which has silverfish scuffing to hinge of its front flap and a couple of such scuffs to its front panel. |
| $30 |
| *a3755 Wilkes, GA |
| A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms |
| (Sydney University Press: 1978) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 370. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3881 Hudson, Nicholas |
| Modern Australian Usage |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1993) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 440. Very good in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3647 Mathers, Powys |
| The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night |
| Rendered into English from the Literal and Complete French Translation of Dr. JC Mardrus by Powys Mathers. (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul: 1982) Reprint of the 1964 Second Edition, printed for Bibliophile Books. In Four Volumes. Bds pp. xii, 644; vi, 592; vi, 569; viii, 537. Format 240 x 160 mm. All decorated and lettered in gilt on the spine. Fine set in like dust-jackets |
| $100 |
| *a3648 Jowett, B, MA, Master of Balliol College |
| The Republic of Plato: Translated into English with Introduction, Analysis, Marginal Analysis, and Index by B. Jowett, MA |
| (Oxford at the Clarendon Press: 1925 impression of the 1888 Third Edition, revised and corrected throughout) Cl. pp. ccxxxii, 380. Index. Lower edge uncut. Gift Inscription Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a3607 Hadgraft, Cecil |
| Australian Literature: A Critical Account to 1955 |
| (London: Heinemann: 1960) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 302. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3608 Ingamells, Rex |
| Memory of Hills |
| (Adelaide: FW Preece Ltd: 1940) First Edition Pict. wrs plus pp. 24 (220 x 140 mm) Poems. A Jindyworobak Publication. Very good |
| $35 |
| *a3627 Mumford, Lewis |
| The Condition of Man |
| (London: Martin Secker and Warburg: n.d.) Cl. pp. x, 467. Illust. Bibliography Index. 'This is the third volume in the series that opened with Technics and Civilization'. This edition printed in the US. Advert. 'An Early List for 1945' by Secker and Warburg indicates date of publication. About fine in very good price-clipped dust-jacket which is nicked at hinge near the spine. |
| $45 |
| *a3633 Bush, Ronald |
| TS Eliot: A Study in Character and Style |
| (NY - Oxford: OUP: 1983) Copyright 1984. Second Printing. Cloth backed boards pp. xvi, 287. Notes. Index. Fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3634 Hunter, William B, Jr (Edited by) |
| The English Spenserians: The Poetry of Giles Fletcher, George Wither, Michael Drayton, Phineas Fletcher and Henry More |
| (Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press: 1977) First Edition Cl. pp. xiv, 455 (260 x 205 x about 35 mm thick). Illust. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3636 Unamuno, Miguel |
| Perplexities and Paradoxes |
| (NY: Philosophical Library: Copyright 1945) Cl. pp. vi, 165. Translated from the Spanish by Stuart Gross. 'The last unpublished essays of one of the greatest contemporary thinkers' in which he 'explores the modern and ancient world creeds with unusual familiarity'. Fine in very good price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3659 Friederich, Werner P |
| Australia in Western Imaginative Prose Writings 1600-1960: An Anthology and A History of Literature |
| (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press: 1967) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xvi, 279. Bibliography Index. University of North Carolina Studies in Comparative Literature Number 40 Bumped at foot of spine; generally good to very good copy |
| $30 |
| *a3664 Semmler, Clement (Edited by) |
| Twentieth Century Australian Literary Criticism |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1967) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 370. Notes on Contributors. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3690 Prebble, John |
| My Great-Aunt Appearing Day and Other Stories |
| (London: Secker and Warburg: 1958) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 214. 'My Great-aunt Appearing Day', 'The Regulator', 'Almighty Voice' and 'Spanish Stirrup', set in the United States and Canada, and by Canadian author. Gift Inscription on fixed front endpaper. Top and fore edges moderately foxed. Overall very good in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3700 Markham, Robert |
| Colonel Sun |
| (London: Pan Books: 1970) First Pan edition. Pict. wrs pp. 221 and 3 p.a. James Bond novel. Good to very good copy. |
| $10 |
| *a3707 Franklin, Miles |
| Old Blastus of Bandicoot: Opuscule on a Pioneer, Tufted with Ragged Rhymes |
| (Sydney: Allied Authors and Artists: 1945) A New Edition. Cl. pp. 287. Ownership inscription Very good if not near fine. |
| $30 |
| *a3714 Toibin, Colm (Edited by, with an Introduction) |
| The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction |
| (London: Viking: 1999) First Edition Bds pp. xxxiv, 1086 (240 x 160 x about 53 mm thick). Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $35 |
| *a3715 Cantrell, Leon (Edited by) |
| AG Stephens: Selected Writings |
| (London: Angus and Robertson: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. x, 448. Frontispiece. Notes. Bibliography Index. Perspectives in Australian Literature series. Fine in near fine dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3758 Miller, E Morris and Macartney, Frederick T (Edited by) |
| Australian Literature: A Bibliography to 1938 by E. Morris Miller, MA, LittD, Extended to 1950 |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1956) First publication of this revised and extended edition, Edited with a Historical Outline and Descriptive Commentaries by Frederick T. Macartney. Cl. pp. x, 503 (253 x 190 mm) Very good or perhaps near fine in dust-jacket which has a worn spine. |
| $100 |
| *a3789 Chittleborough, Lyall |
| The Clay and the Spirit |
| (Hyde Park, SA: The Shovel and Bull Press: n.d.) About 1980? Wrs pp. 56. One of the numbered and signed limited edition of 250 copies. Poems traditionally crafted. Fine or thereabouts. |
| $10 |
| *a3874 Finlay, Lilian Roberts |
| Always in my Mind |
| (London: Collins: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. 351. First novel, by a Dubliner and set in Dublin. Near fine in very good dust-jacket which has been a little crumpled above the foot of its spine. |
| $25 |
| *a3675 Frost, Alan |
| Arthur Phillip 1738-1814: His Voyaging |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1987) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 320 (260 x 195 mm). Illust. Maps. Bibliographies and Notes. Index. Maps on endpapers. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $60 |
| *a3710 Painter, Gwenda |
| In the Wake of the Coonawarra: The story of the River Murray paddle-wheeler MV Coonawarra and its links with the PS Murrumbidgee, PS Excelsior, and JL Roberts barge |
| (Melbourne: Lothian: 1970) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 48 plus plates. Map. Gift Inscription Very good if not near fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3805 Mackenzie, Margaret E |
| Shipwrecks: Being the historical account of Shipwrecks Along the Victorian Coast from Cape Otway to Port Fairy 1836-1914 |
| (Melbourne: the National Press: 1964) Third Edition. Bds pp. 135. Illust. Doublespread map. An old tapemark on free front endpaper o/w fine in very good dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *a3854 Jones, Don |
| Oba, The Last Samurai: Saipan 1944-45 |
| (Shrewsbury, England: Airlife: 1986) FBE Bds pp. vi, 241. Map. Very good in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3855 Murphy, Frances |
| Desert, Bamboo and Barbed Wire: The 1939-45 story of a Special Detachment of Australian Army Nursing Sisters, fondly known as the 'Angels in Grey', and their fate in War and Captivity |
| (Hornsby, NSW: Ollif: 1983) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 271. Illust. With Gift Inscription by the author and with her name stamp on title-page, and the stamp of Montrose Memorial Home on free front endpaper. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3858 Gunther, John |
| Inside Europe |
| (London: HH: February 1940) War Edition. Cl. pp. xxii, 609. Folding map at rear. Bibliography Index. Jacket says 'War Edition - Revised to January 1940'. Maps on endpapers. Very good if not near fine in fair chipped dust-jacket which says on its spine 'Reviewing events up to January 1940'. |
| $30 |
| *a3860 Hall, Rex |
| The Desert Hath Pearls |
| (Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. x, and viii, 219. Illust. Index. Autobiography of Victorian of considerable military interest: 'Colonel Hall has the unique record of having commanded a Light Horse Regiment and an Infantry Battalion in World War II as well as having been a Staff Captain and Acting Brigade Major in World War I'. Very good cancelled ex-library copy in like dust-jacket which has a library sticker at foot of its spine. |
| $40 |
| *a3689 McArdle, Allan A (Senior Poultry Adviser, Department of Agriculture, South Australia; Poultry Production Adviser, Food and Agricultural Organization for the United Nations, India) |
| Poultry Management and Production |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1961) First Edition Cl. pp. xiv, 633. Illust. Index. index to Authors of References Made to Books or Articles. Agricultural and Livestock Series. Very good |
| $40 |
| *a3796 Sage, Dean; Townsend, CH; Smith, HM and Harris, William C |
| Salmon and Trout |
| (NY: Macmillan: 1902)First Edition 'Set up and electrotyped June, 1902'. Norwood Press. Gilt pict. cl. pp. x, 419 including 1 p.a. Illust. Index. Top edge gilt, others uncut. American Sportsman's Library series, Edited by Caspar Whitney. A very good bright cancelled ex-Institute copy; a number (lightly) near foot of spine; handsome label showing the Institute building laid down on front cover; cancelled label and number on fixed front endpaper; Institute name stamps discreetly in margins, on backs of some plates, and on title page; text clean and bright. |
| $80 |
| *a3882 Barrett, Charles, FRZS, CMZS |
| An Australian Animal Book |
| (Melbourne: OUP: 1943) First Edition Cl. pp. 374. Illust. Index. Some discoloration to cloth o/w very good if not near fine in good dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3819 WB, Te Kuiti |
| 'Where the White Man Treads' |
| (Auckland: Wilson and Horton print: 1905) First Edition Gilt pict. cl. pp. vi, 307. 'Selected from a Series of Articles contributed to 'The New Zealand Herald' and 'Auckland Weekly News'; including others now published for the first time'. Cover subtitle is 'Across the Pathway of the Maori'. Lacks free front endpaper, some wear and fading to cloth, o/w very good |
| $120 |
| *a3820 Smith, Norman |
| The Maori People and Us |
| (Wellington, Published by Reed for the Maori Purposes Fund Board: July 1948) First Edition Cl. pp. 232. Glossary of Maori Words and Phrases. Index. Near fine in fair chipped dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3822 Reed, AW |
| Legends of Rotorua and the Hot Lakes |
| (Wellington: Reed: 1958) First Edition Bds pp. 163. Illust. by Dennis Turner. The final chapter is 'Place Names of the Thermal Region' where they are listed alphabetically with a note on each. An owner's name. Near fine in like dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| *a3725 Warren, FB |
| The Pageant of Civilization: World Romance and Adventure as Told by Postage Stamps |
| (NY: The Century Co: Copyright 1926 by The Century Co, Copyright 1927 by First Edition Warren) Printed in USA. Cl. pp. viii, 490. Illust. Index. Gilt lettering on spine faded away and on front a little faded; o/w near fine copy |
| $40 |
| *a3640 Cunliffe, Barry (Edited by) |
| The Oxford Illustrated Prehistory of Europe |
| (Oxford - New York: OUP: 1994) Reprint. Bds pp. xii, 532 (252 x 192 x about 40 mm thick). Illust. Maps. Chronological Tables. Acknowlegement of Sources. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket |
| $40 |
| *a3601 Cardijn, Joseph |
| Laymen into Action |
| (London: Geoffrey Chapman: 1864) First publication of this t |