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1967rif. 040124Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1967. 231pp index maps bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket spine slightly faded price clipped small bookseller label on front pastedown. A particularly nice copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Plus. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1886rif. 040112London: The Religious Tract Society 1886. 192pp 6 bw engravings. Or decorative brown cloth. Lacks blank front free endpaper front hinge cracking Sunday School prize label dated 1887 on front pastedown rear board alittle spotted spine a little sunned. Hole in p57/58 causing loss of 3 words. Scarce little volume on New Guinea by probably the best known of the Paific missionaries. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 12mo. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover
1909rif. 040128Brisbane: Anthony J. Cumming Government Printer 1909. xxvii 257pp appendices bw ills maps. Or full morrocco leathertitled and decorated in gilt all edges gilt. Spine a bit faded some minor rubbing at edges sporadic light foxing throughout. Ex-Mackaness collection with his bookplate on front pastedown. Includes chapters on pastoral agriculture and sugar industries mining inc gold copper coal and opal as well as history governance and much more. Nice colonial history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Anthony J. Cumming, Government Printer Hardcover
1909rif. 040129Brisbane: H.J. Diddams & Co. 1909. xii 388pp chronology num bw plates and text ills 1 col plate. Or decorative wraps. No date but late 1909. Light stain on half-title page light edge wear spine a little worn with short tear at foot. Scarce in any condition and extremely so in it original state and this state of preservation. Commemorative of the Jubilee of Brisbane - 6th September 1909 and of the state of Queensland. 10th December of the same year. Printed in double column. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. H.J. Diddams & Co. Paperback
1882rif. 040149London: Queensland Emigration Office 1882. 96pp printed in double column. Or blue cloth covered card. Prev owner bookplate inside front cover as well as initial in ink small bookseller stamp on front free endpaper. Minor crease and slight edge wear to covers. Rare early colonial gazetteer to inform potential emigrants to Queensland. Content includes agriculture railways steam navigation education and land laws. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Queensland Emigration Office Paperback
1916rif. 040133Sydney: Randwick Asylum Board of Directors 1916. xiii 144pp documents in facsimile at rear; bw ills tables. Or gray bevelled cloth. Prev owner name on front free endpaper a few light marks to cloth light toning to endpapers bookseller stamp on front pastedown spine title faded. Scarce history of the Society for the Relief of Destitute Children which provided lodging for abandoned and destitute children of both sexes under 8 years of age. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Randwick Asylum, Board of Directors Hardcover
1884rif. 040176London: The Religious Tract Society 1884. 288pp publishers catalogue at rear; bw engravings. Or pictorial brown cloth. Presentation space filled in. States Special Presentation Volume on title page and London Missionary Society Presentation Copy at top of front cover. An excellent copy. Special Presentation Volume. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover
1941rif. 040163Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1941. Introduction by AN Graham. x 228pp index 2pp advertisements at rear for Cyaniding for Gold & Prospecting for Gold. Or gray cloth boards lacking jacket Page edges evenly toned faint damp mark at top corner margins not affecting text. Index pages misnumbered as pp126-128-should be 226-228. Advice for the prospector on where to look for mineral deposits how to recognize mineral-bearing rocks and how to identify the minerals they contain. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1894rif. 040178London: The Religious Tract Society 1894. ix 255pp map 43 bw ills. Or blue-green cloth with gilt title and vignette to front and spine. Light toning to endpapers slight fading at edges. A very nice copy. Includes encounters with cannibals and travel on the Fly River. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover
1966rif. 040160Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1966. Introduction by F S Mance. x 296pp b/w ills glossary index. Or cloth boards in jacket Offset toning to endpapers page edges toned. Jacket a bit rubbed creased at btoom front and 3mm tear at bottom of front flap fold. Prospecting for gold and other precious minerals and gems in Australia. Includes a chapter on oil by Dr WG Woolnough. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1928rif. 040259London: Oxford University Press 1928. xii 231pp bw plates index glossary folding map at rear. Or black cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with minor toning to spine. Prev owner name on front free endpaper. Anthropological reports 67 & 8 presented to the Papuan Government. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1984rif. 040221Bathurst: Robert Brown & Associates 1984. 9pp text 5 chromolithographs bw photographs inc some folding map. Or blue full leather titled in gilt bordered in black and gilt all edges gilt. Edition limited to 1000 copies of which this copy unnumbered. Loosely inserted certificate signing this off as a perfect copy. There is some dust marking to the slipcase but otherwise a beautiful copy of this wonderful volume. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Slipcase. Elephant Folio. Robert Brown & Associates Hardcover
1969rif. 040249Oxford: Clarendon Press 1969. xxxvi 452pp bw plates text-figures appendix by Dr L H Dudley Buxton folding sketch map at rear. Ex-library college with usual stamps inccancelled stamp numbers etc label to spine. Or black cloth in jacket. Tape stains to endpapers some foxing to page edges. The book gives an all-round account of a primitive people in the far west of Papua. The fifteenth in a series of anthropological reports published by the Papuan Government. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Near Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. Clarendon Press Hardcover
1969rif. 040251Oxford: Clarendon Press 1969. xxiv 464pp bw plates text-figures index appendix folding chart at rear. Or black cloth in jacket. Ex-library college with usual stamps inc cancelled stamp numbers etc label to spine. Tape stains to endpapers some foxing to page edges. The eighteenth in a series of anthropological reports published by the Papuan Government. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Near Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. Clarendon Press Hardcover
1969rif. 040250Oxford: Clarendon Press 1969. xxiii 355pp bw plates text-figures index folding sketch map at rear. Or black cloth in jacket. Ex-library college with usual stamps inc cancelled stamp numbers etc label to spine. Tape stains to endpapers some foxing to page edges. The tenth in a series of anthropological reports published by the Papuan Government. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Near Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. Clarendon Press Hardcover
1978rif. 040302Sydney: John Ferguson in association with The Royal Australian Historical Society. 1978. viii 424pp index. Or green cloth with leather spine. Light toning to page edges minor bloom to leather on front. This specially bound edition limited to 100 copies of which this is #4. Contains much on early Brisbane and North Queensland chapter on early Sandgate and material on colonial New South Wales and Victoria plus a chapter on the Pacific Islands including Tahiti Eimeo the Marquesas and much more. Limited Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. John Ferguson in association with The Royal Australian Historical Society. Hardcover
1928rif. 040356Auckland: The Brett Printing Company 1928. 259pp index bw ills. Or blue cloth lacking jacket. Toning to endpapers and edges small bookseller label on front pastedown. Second volume of the author's writings on New Zealand shipping published posthumously. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo. The Brett Printing Company Hardcover
1924rif. 040355Auckland: The Brett Printing Company 1924. 368pp index bw ills. Or blue cloth lacking jacket. Minor edge wear to covers white marking to rear cover probably from paper adhesion toning to endpapers and edges prev owner Capt J Cowper on front free endpaper dated 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. The Brett Printing Company Hardcover
1928rif. 040377Sydney: Burns Philp & Co 1928. 72pp bw & col ills ads. Or wraps featuring image of Witu New Guinea by Charles Bryant ROI. A couple of tiny 1-4mm tears to edge of front cover. A beautiful copy of the first issue of Burns Philp's promotional magazine. Includes material on the New Zealand glaciers South Sea Islands Solomon Islands New Guinea yachting on Sydney Harbour the Melbourne Cup bush honey movies poster development and more. Full page colour plate of Colleen Moore and Gary Cooper in Love Never Dies plus several other colour movie star plates. Also some great ads. Very scarce and rare in this condition. Periodical. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Magazine. Burns, Philp & Co Paperback
1932rif. 039136Brisbane: Government Printer Queensland. 1932. The first edition was published in 1932. xii 152pp folding map at rear index. Or limp grey cloth. Minor edge wear/minor fraying 2 prev owners names/details on front blank. The information in the booklet was designed to enable modern prospectors to decide where and how to look to understand the requirements of the Queensland Mining Acts and regulations and assist them in recognising the minerals they may come across during their exploration activities. First Easton Press Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Government Printer, Queensland. Paperback
1966rif. 039141Brisbane: W R Smith & Paterson 1966. 250 pagesappendices. Or cloth in jacket. Spine slightly darkened otherwise near new. The early years of Central Queensland up to Queensland's being made a seperate colony. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. W R Smith & Paterson Hardcover
2000rif. 039151France: Imprimerie Nationale 2000. 464pp glossary bibliography index num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers with integral flaps. Minor damp rippling at top right corner of first few pages otherwise very nice. The personal journal Of Baudin's voyage to Australia. Text in French/en Francais. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Imprimerie Nationale Paperback
1978rif. 039184Townsville: James Cook University 1978. viii 265pp references bw ills. Or orange card covers. Slight bump to bottom corner. IncludesCloncurry copper field; mining unionism; Christie Palmerston; separation movements; literature; Chine_European relations in CAirns in the 1880s; Cinese on the Gilbert River goldfield; MAckay racecourse riot of 1883; Italians in Hinchinbrook Shire 1921-1939; Yarrabah foundation; Aboriginal resistance in NQ; and more. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. James Cook University Paperback
1967rif. 038008Sydney: 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
1985rif. 038028Melbourne: Queensberry Hill Press 1985. xxiii 252pp index bibliography appendices bw & col ills marbled endpapers. Near new. #145 of a signed by author edition of 350 copies. Or marbled boards with leather spine and corners half-leather. History of the eucalyptus oil industry in Australia and the men who worked it. Signed by Author. Deluxe Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. Queensberry Hill Press Hardcover