Absalom's Outback Paintings [Signed]
Canterbury (Vic): Five Mile Press, 1983. 1st ed., oblong octavo, unpag., 28 col. plates, very good condition, two closed tears to d.j. Signed by the author to title page. Previous owner's signaure ffep.
Canterbury (Vic): Five Mile Press, 1983. 1st ed., oblong octavo, unpag., 28 col. plates, very good condition, two closed tears to d.j. Signed by the author to title page. Previous owner's signaure ffep.
Canberra: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1930. 8vo, pp. 520, b/w frontis, b/w ills., endpapers tanned, front hinge broken, minor foxing edges, original cloth boards, faint stains front, spine sunned, small mark rear.
Perth: D. Black, 2010. Quarto, stiff pictorial wraps with light crease to front, b&w illus, colour illus, maps, pp x, 359. Signed by co-author Janet Holman (great-great granddaughter of Thomas George Chapman and Selina Gardiner), with presentation inscription. Near-fine condition. Thomas George Chapman arrived in the Swan River Colony in.....
Canberra: Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, 1981. Computing programmes by Ludek Wolf. Royal 8vo, pp. (vi) 192, Index, b/w maps, previous owner's label, few marks bottom edge, stiff wraps, spine slightly yellowed, minor mark front, good. Distribution of eucalyptus species with multiple maps.
Perth: DUX Educational, 1993. 8vo, pp. xii, 131, Index, colour plates, b/w ills., photographic endpapers, wraps, very good.
Perth: Artlook, 1981. 1st ed., octavo, pp. 211, Index, b/w plates, signed by Mary Critch, very good in very good d.j. Work of the Women of the Voluntary Aid Detachments and of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service during WWII.
WA: National Trust of Australia (WA), 1996. 1st ed., pp. 87, Index, colour photos, previous owner's inscription, wraps, very good. Cultivation of native plants, includes a map of the soil types of Perth.
Perth: University Of Western Australia Press, 1987- 1988. 1st ed., 4 volumes, octavo. Volume I: pp. xxiv, 747; Volume II: pp. xii, (748)-1690; Volume III: pp. xii, (1690a)-2560a; Volume IV: pp. xii, (2561)-3419; volume 5: 1006 pp. Endpaper maps to all four volumes. Original laminated boards, Volume 2 is damaged.....
London: The Folio Society, 1996. Royal 8vo, pp. 240, Index, colour frontis, colour plates, colour and b/w photos, original pictorial cloth backed bds., nr fine, in very good slipcase. Late Victorian England, covers the monarchy, culture, arts, science, transport, and sport.
Cambridge: The Author, 2025. Limited edition of 100 copies, no.16/100, signed by the Author, quarto, pp.(viii), 61, (iii), b&w plates and frontispiece. Includes loosely inserted leaflet, 'The First Parliament of Botany Bay in High Debate', also limited edition no. 47/100, initialled by the author. Original stiff wraps with map of.....
London: Frederick Muller, 1951. Facsimilie reprint, 8vo, pp. 102, 8 folded pedigree charts loosely inserted in rear pocket, original cloth boards, lightly rubbed bottom edge, in protected d.j. closed tears now repaired, v.g. condition. Genealogy of the family of Samuel Pepys.
Perth: University Of Western Australia Press, 1981. 1st ed., octavo, pp. xxv, 226, b/w photos, b/w maps, stiff wraps. Spine slightly faded, very good condition. Signed by author (Pamela Statham) Early life in the colonies.