Down The Lachlan Years Ago. History of Condobolin New South Wales.
Sydney: Condobolin Municipal Council, 1965. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp 166. Previous owner's inscription ffep, o/w very good condn in chipped d.j.
Sydney: Condobolin Municipal Council, 1965. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp 166. Previous owner's inscription ffep, o/w very good condn in chipped d.j.
Paris: Henri Plon, 1869. 2nd ed., octavo, professionally restored quarter-leather boards, gilt decoration, two colour folding maps, two albumen print photographs of Australian aborigines: King Tatambo (of the Murray River) to fronts. and Queen Susan (wife of Tatambo) opp. p.172, previous owners bookplates of Bibliothèque de C. Jameson and anthropologist.....
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. Library cloth binding, pp xvi, 338. Ex-library markings. Half-title page and title page torn and loose. Fair copy of uncommon title. Presented as the narrative of "William Derricourt" who was transported to Tasmania.
Sydney: 1923. 8vo, wraps, b&w frontis, b&w plates, pp 24. Tears to yapp edges of wraps, foxed, fair condn.
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.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1934. 8vo, original cloth boards, pp 269. Front free endpaper removed, corners rubbed, spine marked, closed tear to last page of text, good condn. Comic novel set in Sydney.
Adelaide: Library Board of South Australia, 1967. Octavo, original boards, folding colur map, b&w illus, pp xii, 260. Near-fine condition. First published in 1832.
Belair (SA): Art Australia, 1993. Octavo, wraps, b&w plates, pp 204. Previous owner's signature. Ner-fine condition. The early days of Alice Springs. The author was the daughter of the Alice Springs telegraph operator at the turn of the century.
Adelaide: Rigby, 1963. 1st ed., octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp 300. Very good condition. Anecdotes and stories about Australian history, Saints, sinners and downy birds, femmes fatale, non-fatale and fluffy, etc. Blaikie was an Australian journalist.
Adelaide: Rigby, 1964. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 235. Top of dustjacket and spine faded, top edge of boards faded. Good condition. Strange and forgotten incidents of Australian history.
Sydney: Methuen Haynes, 1985. 8vo, pp. (xviii) 199, b/w frontis, b/w ills., original boards, very good, in like d.j. Travels of Dilke through the colonies. Abridged edition.
Melbourne: Fergusson and Moore, 1881. 1st ed., quarto, original cloth boards blindstamped and decorated in gilt, pp xii, 780, xv. Ex-library, cnrs bumped, worn at edges, title page and introduction section loose. Good condition. Reference guide, "the first attempt that has yet been made to systematise the entire range of.....
Canberra: Forestry and Timber Bureau, 1955. 2nd ed., pp. (ii) 360, b/w text ills., tape marks endpapers, hinges weak, original cloth backed boards, lightly yellowed. Key designed for identification purposes.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1937. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp xi, 230. Endpapers and preliminary pages foxed, o/w very good condn in very good d.j.
Sydney: Government Printer, 1944. Large 8vo, cloth boards, pp liv, 761. Spine and top edge faded, o/w very good condn. Francis Armand Bland (1882-1967), public servant, academic and politician.
(c. 1913). 8vo, original red cloth boards stamped in black, b&w portr plates, b&w illus, pp 56. N.p., n.d. (1913?). Ex-library copy, hinges cracked, rear free endpaper loose, lacks map, acceptable.
Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1972. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp 251. Related newspaper clipping loosely insertted. Near-fine in good d.j. Biography of the premier of Victoria.
Adel. SALB, 1969. Facs. ed., 4to, pp. (x), 264, frontis. port., maps, some fold., fold. plans of "Bounty" and the launch that made the voyage to Timor, bookplate, ex-lib, stamps to front paste-down, e.p.s and t.p., o/w a very good copy, in sl. bumped original boards.
London: Virtue & Co., 1874-1876. Eight volume 'Subscriber Edition', all in original boards decorated in black and gilt, with gilt Australia arms and black floral design, all edges gilt. N.d. (1874-1876). Total of 232 pages of text and 110 b&w steel engraved plates with tissue guards plus table of contents.....
Melbourne: George Robertson and Co, nd ( 1918). Large quarto, original decorated cloth boards stamped in gilt, pp. (ii) 1083, lvi appendix, b/w frontis, b/w photos. Signed with 'author and publisher's compliments'. Boards lightly marked, corners bumped and rubbed, small frayed area rear edge. Very good condition. [A heavy book.....
Sydney: Stephens and Stokes, 1833. 1st edition, octavo, pp.(iii)-iv, 138, (iv, Index), title-page and last leaf of Index in facsimile, foxing mainly to prelims and latter pages, some staining to index pages, creasing to upper cnrs, professionally recased in half leather, orig bds., gilt titled spine. Good condition. Ferguson 1635.....
Glasgow: M'Phun, 1839. 12mo, octavo, original cloth boards, folding map, pp.viii, 240, ii. Professionally restored, with spine relaid over matching cloth. Stated seventh edition, but appears to be the first. Boards heavily rubbed, corners heavily bumped, some foxing. Very worn with faint remains of the title to original front board.....
London: Methuen, 1903. 8vo, original cloth boards, pp vii, 304. First edition, publisher's catalogue dated October 1902. Ex-library. Boards worn and rubbed, fraying to spine, library plate to front board and front endpaper, text clean, acceptable condn. Ada Cambridge (1844-1926) married a curate in England and emigrated to Australia in.....
Melbourne: Viking O'Neil, 1988. Reprint, 4to, pp. 322, Index, b/w ills., map, previous owner's stamp, few minor marks fore-edge, wraps, top edge creased.
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1981. 1st ed., first printing, octavo, pp.(x), (11)-296, bookseller's ticket (Terrace Arcade Bookshop, Perth WA) to front paste-down, loosely inserted Invitation to book launch by Phillip Adams, 'Review Copy' note and newscutting, orig bds., very good condn in like d.j. True first edition of.....