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Gilbert Lionel
New England from Old Photographs.
Sydney: John Ferguson Sydney 1980. 144pp 214 bw photographs. Or brown cloth in jacket. Gift note on front pastedown otherwise excellent. Selection of historic photographs of the New England region of New South Wales ranging from the 1860s to the 1960s. Show landscapes and townships people and occupations; aborigines squatters miners selectors and townspeople- how they lived worked and enjoyed themselves. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. John Ferguson, Sydney Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038116 ISBN : 090913426x 9780909134266
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Gowlland Ralph W. compiled/edited by
Darke of the Peaks. A Short History of Surveyor-Explorer John Charles Darke 1806-1844 in Van Diemen's Land Victoria and South Australia.
Place Not Stated: The Author 1976. v 63pp appendices bw ills maps. Or yellow card. Slight curl to front cover. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
Bookseller reference : 038127
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Starr Joan and Sweeney Christopher
Forward: The History of the 2nd/14th Light Horse Queensland Mounted Infantry
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 1990. xviii 230 pages 32 pages of b/w plates text-figures 7 appendices: Honour Rolls of Queensland Mounted Infantry 2nd and 14th Light Horse Regiments Battle Honours Awards for Gallantry Order of Battle Commanding Officers index illustrated end-papers. Or card covers. Front cover creased inside covers heavily toned and even toning to edges/margins prev owners anme on forward page. 'Raised as the Queensland Mounted Rifles in 1860 by the Queensland colonial government for the defence of the new colony the Regiment has maintained its close ties to the state and in particular the city of Brisbane. Today 1989 as a mechanised unit the Light Horse carries its tradition proudly and 'forward' to the future.'. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 038125 ISBN : 0702223042 9780702223044
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Halliday James; Jarratt Ray.
The Wines & History of the Hunter Valley.
Sydney: McGraw Hill 1979. 144pp index appendices bw & col ills pictorial endpapers. Or black cloth in jacket. Sslight edge wear. The history of the vineyards and wineries of NSW's Hunter Valley. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 4to. McGraw Hill Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038139 ISBN : 0070935556 9780070935556
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O'Connor GF. editor G. F.
The Central and Upper Burnett River District of Queensland Centenary Souvenir 1848-1948.
Brisbane: Centenary Committee 1948. 101pp folding map bw ills maps inside covers. Or pictorial stapled card. Near new. Presentation note from Eidsvold Show Society dated 1976 onreverse of title page. Lovely little local history booklet published for the district centennial. Encompases the districts of Gayndah Mundubbera Eidsvold and Monto. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Centenary Committee Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037996
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Bauer FH. F. H.
Kangaroo Island South Australia. A Short Guide.
Adelaide: South Australian Government Tourist Bureau 1963. 34pp 5 folding maps bw ills. Or stapled card. Very slight toning prev owners name at top of title page. Brief history and guide to Kangaroo Island South Australia. Third Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. South Australian Government Tourist Bureau Paperback
Bookseller reference : 038000
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Idriess Ion L
Opals and Sapphires. How to Work Mine Class Cut Polish and sell Them.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1967. 231pp index maps bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket spine a bit faded with several tiny chips/tears small abrasion on front from old stickerSmall bookseller label on front pastedown prev owners name stamp on front free endpaper title page and author's note. Much nicer than it sounds. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038008
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Hardy John; Frost Alan.
European Voyaging Towards Australia.
Canberra: Highland Press 1990. xiv 171pp refences notes maps bw ills. Or card covers. Ex-library with less than usual number of stamps label etc. Small scuff to top front corner. Australian Academy of the Humanities Occasional Paper No. 8. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. Large 8vo. Highland Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037974 ISBN : 0909897190 9780909897192
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Cobley Dr. John editor
Sydney Cove 1788. The First Year of the Settlement of Australia. illustrated edition
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1987. 296pp index bibliography bw ills col frontis endpaper maps. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket gift note on front free endpaper. Original diaries from the first year of white settlement in Australia edited by Dr. John Cobley and presented by month. Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037969 ISBN : 0207156611 9780207156618
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MacIntyre Stuart.
The Succeeding Age 1901-1942. The Oxford History of Australia Volume 4.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1986. xx 399pp index bibliographic essay notes bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Near new. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037964 ISBN : 0195546121 9780195546125
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Day David.
Smugglers and Sailors: The Customs History of Australia 1788-1901
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service 1992. HEAVY. Foreword by Geoffrey Bolton. 528 pages illustrated with colour plates b/w photos facsimiles drawings paintings notes bibliography index pictorial end-papers. Or blue cloth boards gilt spine titles in dust-jacket. Moderate edge wear to jacket and light rubbing. In recounting the history of the Customs officers the author traces the evolution of colonial Australia from its beginnings as a convict settlement to the valuable dominion of mother Britain that it became. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Australian Government Publishing Service Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037968 ISBN : 0644247517 9780644247511
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Nashar Beryl.
Geology of the Hunter Valley.
Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press 1964. 96pp index bibliography bw ills diagrams maps. Or decorated cloth-no jacket as issued. Light toning to page edges. Includes sections on Newcastle Lake Macquarie Maitland -Paterson Mount Sugarloaf-Pokolbin Raymond Terrace Port Stephens and the Upper Hunter. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Jacaranda Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037981
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Suggate LS. L. S.
Australia and New Zealand with Pacific Islands and Antarctica. Harrap's New Geographical Series.
London: George G Harrap 1931. 440pp index appendix tables bw ills maps. Or blue cloth. Slight wear to corners and top/bottom of spine. Geography of Australia NZ the Pacific Islands and Antarctica. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. George G Harrap Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037984
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Nolan Carolyn.
Brisbane's North Eastern Suburbs. Our Heritage in Focus.
Brisbane: State Library of Queensland 1995. 96pp approx 90 bw photographs. Or pictorial card covers. Near new. Collection of vintage photographs of aspects of Brisbane's north eastern suburbs with explanatory captions. Includes Doomben and Eagle Farm racecourses Nundah Bowen Hills Nudgee Breakfast Creek US servicement during WWII and more. One of a series of such books exploring Brisbane's suburbs. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. State Library of Queensland Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037983 ISBN : 0724265848 9780724265848
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Rudolph ivan.
Eyre. The Forgotten Explorer.
Sydney: HarperCollins 2013. xii 404pp index bibliography bw & col ills map. Or brown cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. Coming to New South Wales to seek his fortune as a teenager in 1833 Edward John Eyre transformed himself into a rugged frontiersman taking up farming and later overlanding cattle to Melbourne and Adelaide. It was his attempt to cross the Nullabor that was the peak of his Australian career. Determined to find an overland route to Perth he left Adelaide with a small party on 18 June 1840. Based on original documents letters and unpublished material this fascinating portrait reveals a young pioneer who led an adventurous life in the early years of the colonies. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. HarperCollins Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037995 ISBN : 073229715x 9780732297152
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Denholm David.
The Colonial Australians.
Melbourne: Allen Lane 1979. xii 202pp index bibliography bw ills pictorial endpapers. Very slight edge wear to jacket. SIGNED by author at bottom of half title page. Insights into the society and individual ives of colonial Australia. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to. Allen Lane Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037848 ISBN : 0713911107 9780713911107
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Parsons Philip General Editor with Chance Victoria.
Companion to Theatre in Australia.
Sydney: Currency Press 1995. HEAVY. 704pp index bw ills references pictorial endpapers. Or blue cloth in jacket. Tiny tear <1cm at bottom of front flap fold minor edge wear to jacket. Very slight thumb soiling to bottom corner. Many hundreds of articles ranging from 100-10000 words from 200 contributors covering all aspects of theatrical activity in Australia except opera and dance. Theatrical arts include revue drama vaudeville pantomime musical theatre minstrelsy puppetry and circus. People include actors dramatists entrepreneurs comedians designers directors singers and critics. From the first play performed by convicts in 1789 to the present. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Currency Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037858 ISBN : 0868193577 9780868193571
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Govor Elena.
Russian Anzacs in Australian History.
Sydney: UNSW Press 2005. x 310pp index bibliography notes appendix bw ills tables. Or card covers. Slightest of edge wear. Amazingly it was men born in the former Russian Empire that constituted the most numerous group in the First Australian Imperial Force after those of Anglo or Celtic background. Almost 1000 Russian-born Anzacs. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. UNSW Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037843 ISBN : 0868408565 9780868408569
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Kealey Gregory S.; Patmore Greg editors
Canadian and Australian Labour History. Towards a Comparative Perspective.
Sydney: Australian Society for the Study of Labour History 1990. 141pp notes. Or card. Near new. Various contributors write on labour history in both countries; state systems of concilliation and arbitration; voluntarism; labour relation in NSW railways before 1914 and Canadian comparison; and gender at work at home. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037850 ISBN : 0731684052 9780731684052
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Bayley William A
Railway Centenary in Tasmania.
Bulli NSW: The Author 1971. 64pp historical data bw ills map. Or pictorial stapled card. Rubbed at top right front corner from partial erasure of original price. Scarce booklet detailing Tasmania's rail history and railway centennial celebrations. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Author Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037875
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Norman Leslie.
Tasmania's Strange Story.
Hobart: J. Walch & Sons 1929. 100pp ads bw ills. Or pictorial wraps. Spine chipped tear to spine/front cover fold of cover. Nicer than usual copy of this history of Tasmania produced under the auspices of the Come to Tasmania Organisation. Apparent First. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. J. Walch & Sons Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037918
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Green Evan.
Journeys with Gelignite Jack.
Adelaide: Rigby 1966. 228pp bw ills. Or brown cloth in pictorial jacket. Slight toning to page edges. Short tear to top of rear jacket panel price-clipped. Prev owners name etc on front free endpaper scuff/nibble to top edge of reear board. Account of the extrraordinary figure-eight crossing of Australia made to test a new motor oil from Castrol. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037929
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Ludlow Peter.
Moreton Bay People. The Complete Collection.
Brisbane: Peter Ludlow 2000. 273pp index bw ills map. Or card covers. Spine and adjacent areas on covers faded. Brings together in one volume all of the author's Moreton Bay People series of tales of the local history of Moreton Bay and its people. Includes Brisbane River ferries Bribie Island Lamb Island oysters German immigrant community at Beenleigh and much more. Not Stated. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Peter Ludlow Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037930 ISBN : 0957726031 9780957726031
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Tasmanian Government.
Visit to Tasmania of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke & Duchess of York. April 16-20 1927. Working Programme.
Hobart: John Vail Government Printer. 1927. 57pp. Or stapled card. Slight bumps/small creases to corners otherwise excellent. scarce working programme for the 1927 visit of the Duke & Duchess of York to Tasmania. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. John Vail, Government Printer. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037911
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Queensland Museum
Centenary of Queensland Historical Exhibition Queensland Museum Brisbane 1959.
Brisbane: Queensland Museum 1959. 40pp bw ills. Or stapled card covers. Tiny bump at bottom corner small brown spot lower front corner otherwise excellent. Scarce pamphlet produced to accompany the Queensland Centenary historical exhibition of 1959. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Queensland Museum Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037922
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Mitchell Gregory.
The Bush Horseman. The Horsemanship of the Australian Outback.
Sydney: Reed 1981. 80pp index bw drawings. Or brown cloth in jacket. Slight fading to spine light edge wear to jacket. The history of the Australian horseman along with his horsemanship special equipment saddles horses achievements tricks and working techniques- but above all here is the preservation of his memory. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gallagher Michael. 4to. Reed Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037931 ISBN : 0589502751 9780589502751
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French Maurice compiled and Edited by
Travellers in a Landscape: Visitors' Impressions of the Darling Downs 1827-1954
Toowoomba Qld.: USQ Press 1994. vi 314pp b/w ills 3 maps index. Pictorial card covers with integral flaps. Near new. A collection of impressions of the Downs from the books diaries and letters of travellers: explorers squatters naturalist artists scientists tourists royal visitors foreign diplomats and conservative clergy. Each document is introduced by a brief biographical sketch of the traveller and hints for further reading. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Square 4to. USQ Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037934 ISBN : 0949414530 9780949414533
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Penzig Edgar F.
The Sandy Creek Bushranger. A Definitive History of Ben Hall His Gang and Associates.
Sydney: Historic Australia Book Publishing Company 1986. 191pp index references num bw ills map. Or pictorial card. Covers rubbed with bottom front corner creased small chip from head of spine. SIGNED by author on title page. The story of Ben Hall by Australia's foremost authority on bushrangers. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. Historic Australia Book Publishing Company Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037939 ISBN : 0958883602 9780958883603
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Webber Kimberley; Hoskins Ian with McCann Joy.
What's in Store A History of Retailing in Australia.
Sydney: Powerhouse Publishing 2003. 128pp index notes bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. Minor edge wear crease to front cover prev owners anme at bottom of copyright page. Australia's proud retail heritage from hawker's vans and the corner store to elegant city department stores and the mega mall. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Powerhouse Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037952 ISBN : 1863170960 9781863170963
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Crowley FK. F. K.
Modern Australian Documents 1901-1939. Volume 1.
Melbourne: Wren Publishing 1973. 623pp index. Or black boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket prev owners name on front free endpaper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Wren Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037959 ISBN : 085885032x 9780858850323
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O'Brien Eris.
The Foundation of Australia 1786-1800. A Study in English Criminal Practice and Penal Colonization in the Eighteenth Century.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1950. xii 327pp index bibliography nots appendices bw frontis. Or grey cloth in jacket. Jacket spine dakened some dfading at edges. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037957
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Crowley FK. F. K.
Modern Australian Documents 1939-1970. Volume 2.
Melbourne: Wren Publishing 1973. 620pp index. Or black boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket prev owners name on front free endpaper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Wren Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037960
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McAulay Lex.
The Fighting First. Combat Operations in Vietnam 1968-69 The First Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment.
Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1991. 293pp index appendices inc Honour and nominal rolls bw ills maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Some yellowing of jacket otherwise excellent. The story of the First Battalion Royal Australian Regiment on their second tour of duty in South Vietnam in 1968-69. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Allen & Unwin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037721 ISBN : 0044422199 9780044422198
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Alick Terrance and Rosemary.
Atlas of Queensland and Northern Territory Pastoral Stations Etc 5th edition
Emu Park Qld.: Terrance and Rosemary Alick 2000. 147pp 107 maps. Or pictorial card covers. Slightest of edge wear. Maps showing pastoral properties along with an extensive list showing grid references. Fifth Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Terrance and Rosemary Alick Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037718 ISBN : 0958713936 9780958713931
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Grady Don.
The Perano Whalers of Cook Strait 1911-1964.
Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1982. xv 238pp index bibliography glossary appendices num bw & few col ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Jacket laminated. SIGNED and inscribed to Karl with warm regards by author on title page. The story of the Perano family who operated a whaling station inside the Tory Channel in the Cook Strait for over 50 years. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to. A.H. & A.W. Reed Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037726 ISBN : 0589013920 9780589013929
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Day David.
Smugglers and Sailors: The Customs History of Australia 1788-1901
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service 1992. HEAVY. Foreword by Geoffrey Bolton. 528 pages illustrated with colour plates b/w photos facsimiles drawings paintings notes bibliography index pictorial end-papers. Or blue cloth boards gilt spine titles in dust-jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket and light rubbing. SIGNED by author on half title also another signature possibly that of comptroller of customs. In recounting the history of the Customs officers the author traces the evolution of colonial Australia from its beginnings as a convict settlement to the valuable dominion of mother Britain that it became. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Australian Government Publishing Service Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037730 ISBN : 0644247517 9780644247511
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Toohill Trudy.
The Reporting of Ned Kelly & the Kelly Gang.
Brisbane: Boolarong Press 2015. xii 248pp bibliography bw ills. Or pictorial card. Sadly quite a lot of underling but otherwise excellent. Compilation of news reports of Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang from 1869 through to 1910 as well as transcripts from numerous hostages held by the gang. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Boolarong Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037737 ISBN : 1925236269 9781925236262
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Day David.
Contraband & Controversy. The Customs History of Australia from 1901.
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service 1996. HEAVY. xxxiii 558pp index bibliography notes bw & col ills. Or full brown leather in jacket. SIGNED by author and comptroller of customs Lionel Woodward on title page.Very slight edge wear to jacket small rub with associated pinhole to jacket spine. History of the Australian Customs Service from Federation. Signed by Author. Deluxe Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to. Australian Government Publishing Service Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037733 ISBN : 064435545x 9780644355452
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Harslett Jean and Royle Mervyn
They Came to a Plateau The Stanthorpe Saga
Stanthorpe: Girraween Publications 2006. 213pp b/w photos index. Or blue cloth boards in dust-jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket. SIGNED with personalised inscription by author on half title page the signature dated 2014 shows the efects of the author's age. A nice local history of Stanthorpe. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to. Girraween Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037732 ISBN : 0867740027 9780867740028
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Maxwell Eileen
Written in Gold: The Story of Gulgong.
Gulgong: The Author 1998. Introduction by Keast Burke. 96pp b/w ills map. SIGNED by the author by the upper edge of the inside front cover. Pictorial card cover. Slightest of edge wear. . Signed by Author. Eighth Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large 8vo. The Author Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037739 ISBN : 0959727434 9780959727432
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Dickinson Janet.
Refugees in Our Own Country. The Story of Darwin's Wartime Evacuees.
Darwin: Historical Society of the Northern Territory 1995. vi 83pp appendix list of evacuees bibliography notes bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Slightest of edge wear. The story of the women and children evacuated from Darwin in 1941-42. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Historical Society of the Northern Territory Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037749 ISBN : 0646233068 9780646233062
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Leckbandt Ollie.
Convict Stockades from Mount Walker to Mount Victoria.
Lithgow NSW: Ollie Leckbandt 1999. 116pp references bw ills maps. Or blue card with blue cloth spine. Light rubbing to covers. Mount Walker west to Bathurst. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Ollie Leckbandt Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037748 ISBN : 0958521506 9780958521505
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Maguire John P.
Prologue. A History of the Catholic Church as seen from Townsville 1863-1983.
Toowoomba: Church Archivist's Society 1990. xxx 456pp index bibliography appendices notes bw & col ills pictorial endpapers. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Jacket rubbed at folds with minor edge wear. The history of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville is used as a microcosm within which changes occurring in western civilisation and the church worldwide are analysed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. Small 4to. Church Archivist's Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037763 ISBN : 0949122181 9780949122186
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White Michael QC; Rahemtula Aladin.
Queensland Judges on the High Court.
Brisbane: Supreme Court of Queensland Library 2003. xxxiii 286pp index bibliography appendices few bw ills. Or black boards in jacket. Ex-State Library with usual impedimentia labels stamps etc inc cancelled stamp. Apart from these the book appears to have seen little or no use. Queensland Justices appointed to the High Court of Australia. Includes Constitutional Interpretation. Justices include Samuel Griffith HArry Gibbs Gerard brennan William Webb Charles Powers. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. Supreme Court of Queensland Library Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037782 ISBN : 0975123009 9780975123003
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Toohey Edwina.
Before the Aeroplane Dance. The Torres Strait and Cape York Islanders Aborigines and Adventurers from the 1860s to 1914.
Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press 2000. 159pp index bibliography endnotes bw ills. or pictorial card. Near new. The Torres Strait and Cape York peoples and the hisotry of the area from the 1860s to WWI. Includes Palmer River and other goldrushes shipwrecks beche-de-mer and pearl shell fishers and the tragic story of the mission stations for the Aborigines that followed plus much more. Ends with the first plane crash at Cape York. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. Central Queensland University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037764 ISBN : 1875998942 9781875998944
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Barnard Simon.
Convict Tattoos. Marked men and Women of Australia.
Melbourne: The Text Publishing Company 2016. 120pp index bibliography bw & col ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. More than 106000 convicts were transported to British penal colonies in Australia. Of these at least 37% of men and 15% of women were tattooed when they arrived. Their tattoos were systematically recorded when they disembarked. This volume brings to life the stories behind those records and includes reproductions of original convict entries and details of their felonry and subsequent adventures and mis demeanors. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. The Text Publishing Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037778 ISBN : 1925240398 9781925240399
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Macfarlane Margaret & Alastair.
John Watts. Australia's forgotten Architect 1814-1819 and South Australia's Potmaster General 1841-1861.
Sydney: SunBird Publications 1992. xii 172pp index references bibliography appendixbw ills. Or card covers. Light edge wear. Biography of John Cliffe Watts architect Army officer Aide-de-camp to Governor Macquarie and later Postmaster General of South Australia. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. SunBird Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037762 ISBN : 0646116959 9780646116952
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Schilder Gunter; Richter Olaf translated by
Australia Unveiled. The Share of the Dutch Navigators in the Discovery of Australia.
Amsterdam: Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm Ltd. 1976. xi 424pp index 88 maps bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Prev owners name on front free endpaper. JAcket faded at spine and edges rubbed at folds. Translated from the German.Profound study of the Dutch discoveries of the Northern Western and Southern coasts of Australia between 1606-1644 including the 2 voyages of Abel Tasman. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. Small 4to. Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037784 ISBN : 9022199975 9789022199978
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Carter Paul.
The Road to Botany Bay. An Essay in Spatial History.
London: Faber & Faber 1987. xxv 384pp index notes bw ills maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Page edges evenly toned prev owners name on front free endpaper crease to front flap. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Faber & Faber Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037793 ISBN : 0571145515 9780571145515
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Kociumbas Jan.
Possessions 1770-1860. The Oxford History of Australia Volume 2.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1995. xv 397pp index bibliographic note notes maps. Or card covers. Near new. . First Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Oxford University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 037788
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