In Our Hands
Perth: Patersons Printing Press, 1942. 8vo, pp. 427, authors pres copy, missing f.f.e.p., light foxing eps., edges dusty, orig cl bds., marked, spine sunned, small split rear joint, edges rubbed, cnrs bent. Signed by author.
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Enone and Quentin [Signed by Elizabeth Backhouse and Irene Carter]
Perth: C.H. Pitman, 1946. Irene Carter (Illus). 1st ed., pp.88, 14 col plates and b&w text illus by Irene Carter, original bds, some restoration to remains of stained & taped d.j., contents very good condition. Signed by author and illustrator (6 August 1946) and inscribed by a member of the.....
Out of Bondage, The Story of Elizabeth Bentley
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1951. 2nd printing, 8vo, pp. (ii) 311, bookplate, loosely inserted newspaper clipping, orig cl bds., top cnrs bent, in price-clipped d.j rubbed, spine lightly sunned Account of the former Russian Secret Police courier and her collaboration with the FBI.
George Haynes: A Survey. 3 Decades of Painting.
Perth, W.A. Art Gallery of W.A., 1988. 1st ed., quarto, pictorial stiff wraps, pp. 64, colour plates, light crease to front, prevous owner's name upper title-page. Very good condition. Catalogue from the exhibition of the work of the West Australian artist and teacher, who arrived in Perth, Western Australia, in.....
Round & About : Pictures & Rhymes for Children
London: Dean & Son, n.d. ( 1881). 1st ed., sm. quarto, original colour decorated cloth backed boards, colour and sepia illus., dec endpapers. Authors not listed (Frances Upcher Cousens, Elizabeth Annabel Needham). Boards scuffed, corners rubbed. Contents clean, very good condition.
Design for Diversity. Further education for tribal aborigines in the north.
Canberra: Australian National University, 1976. 8vo, wraps, pp xi, 161. Previous owner's stamp inside front wrap, very good condn.
Seeing through Papua New Guinea, An artist's impressions of the Territory (Signed)
Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, 1970. 1st ed., octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp. x, 177, b/w illus. & maps, endpaper maps. Signed by Elizabeth Durack to title page. Includes loosely inserted newspaper clipping about the Durack family, in protective sleeve. Fine in like d.j., protected. The experiences of Elizabeth Durack on.....
Seeing Through the Philippines
Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, 1971. 8vo, pp. x, 92, b/w ills., ex-lib with remnants borrowers slip, loosely inserted mgazine clipping, orig cl bds., minor marks, spine sunned. The experiences of Elizabeth Durack on her travels through the region, includes comments on contemporary culture and historical influences.
Chunuma
Perth: R.S. Sampson, 1941. Small 4to, pictorial boards, b&w illus, pp 83. Gift inscription. Gift inscription halftitle page. Spine lightly scuffed. Very good condition. Tale of the life of an Aboriginal boy, beautifully illustrated.
Chunuma, Little-Bit King
Perth: R.S. Sampson, 1943. Small 4to, original papered boards, b&w illus, pp 83. Ilustration front board. Some marking to boards, considerable wear to spine with some loss of backstrip, binding firm internally, pages toned. Tale of the life of an Aboriginal boy, beautifully illustrated.
Chunuma. Little-Bit-King.
Perth: R.S. Sampson, 1943. Small 4to, pictorial boards, b&w illus, pp 83. Previous owner's bookplate (Allan Mummery), and date inscription, front endpaper, pages tanned. Image of an Aboriginal boy holding a spear clipped from the dustjacket and tipped on to the front endpaper. Chipped along the edges of the spine.....
Son of Djaro
Perth: R.S. Sampson, 1940. 1st ed., small quarto, original cloth-backed boards, b&w illus, pp 67. Previous owner's bookplate front free endpaper. Gift inscription front free endpaper, creasing to lower page 12 with tape repair to closed tears pages 11 and 31 . Small rubbed areas rear board, several small light.....
Son of Djaro
Perth: R.S. Sampson, 1940. 1st ed., small quarto, original cloth-backed boards, b&w illus, pp 67. Previous owner's bookplate (Allan Mummery), and date inscription, front endpaper. The image of an Aboriginal man has been clipped from the dustjacket and tipped on to the front endpaper. Very good condition. Illustrated children's book.....
The Way of the Whirlwind (Signed by Mary & Elizabeth Durack)
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1980. Quarto, cloth boards, dustjacket, closed tear upper sppine, colour plates, b&w illus, illus endpapers, pp 78. Presentation inscription to (Harold) Dev Dvoretsky, signed by both Mary and Elizabeth Durack. Good condition. Lavishly illustrated, much-loved Australian children's story of Nungaree and Jungaree, whose baby brother is.....
The Beautiful Presence In the Garden of the Soul
London: Lutterworth, 1946. Illus. Anne Rochester. Second impression of this illustrated edition (first published without illustrations in 1933). Octavo, original red cloth boards with gilt-stamped facsimile signature upper board, gilt-stamped title to spine, b&w plates, pp 80. Previous owner's signature. Near-fine condition. Reflections on gardening and Christianity. "Fay Inchfawn" was.....
Wildflowers of South-Eastern Australia
Richmond: Greenhouse, 1987. 1st ed. thus, sm. 4to, pp. 192, Index, col. & b/w plates, map, or. bds, nr fine in d.j.
Wildflowers of South-Eastern Australia
Richmond: Greenhouse, 1987. Quarto cloth boards, dustjacket, , pp. 192, Index, col. & b/w plates, map. Near-fine condition in like d.j. Beautifully illustrated study of the wildflowers of south-eastern Australia. 384 colour illustrations on 80 plates, with detailed accompanying text.
Cranford
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. Hugh Thomson (Illus). Octavo, original dark red leatherette boards with gilt decoration to the spine and upper board, top edge gilt, b&w illustrations by Hugh Thomson, pp xxx, 298. Top corners and top of spine rubbed and chipped. Very good condition. Elizabeth Gaskell's much-loved.....
EXILE INTO ADVENTURE
London: Christopher Johnson, 1957. 1st ed., 8vo., pp 219, b/w plates, maps to e.ps., prev. owner's inscr., prelim starting to detach at top, lightly foxed top edge, or. cl. bds., v.g in frayed, rubbed d.j.
Cabin Fever
Melbourne: Viking, 1990. 8vo, pp. (viii) 238, orig cl. bds., bottom edge rubbed otherwise v.g., in d.j. small tear rear top cnr.
Foxybaby
St Lucia (QLD): University of Queensland Press, 1985. 8vo, original cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 261. Previous owner's signature ffep, very good in like d.j.
My Father's Moon
Melbourne: Viking, 1989. 8vo, pp. (x), 172, prev. owner's signature (Veronica Brady, lecturer in English at UWA), ink marks alongside many text passages with loosely inserted notes, orig cl bds., bottom edge rubbed, in good d.j.
The Newspaper of Claremont Street
Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1981. 8vo, stiff paper wraps, b&w illus, pp 120. SIGNED by author to ffep and dated year of publication. Loose threads showing at front endpapers (production fault), o/w in in fine condn. First trade edition, published simutaneously with a limited hardcover edition.
Palomino
Melbourne: Outback Press, 1980. 8vo, pp. (iv) 260, orig cl bds, dustjacket. Some marking to rear panel of d.j. Near-fine in good d.j. First edition of the author's first novel.
The Travelling Entertainer and other stories
Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1979. Photographs by Richard Jolley. 8vo, wraps, b&w illus, pp 181. Signed and inscribed by author. Near-fine. Early collection of Elizabeth Jolley's stories, signed by the author.