Immigration and the Social Contract. The Implosion of Western Societies
Aldershot, Avebury, 1996. More
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Eureka. The Story of Peter Lalor
Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1946. One of only 500 copies. One of the Australian Heritage Books series. More
De Maisse. A Journal of all that was accomplished by Monsieur De Maisse Ambassador in England from King Henri IV to Queen Elizabeth Anno Domini 1597
Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1931. 'This fascinating contemporary picture, the best account there is of Queen Elizabeth, Essex, and others of the men round her at Court, is now published for the first time' (dustwrapper). More
Masses and Man. A Fragment of the Social Revolution of the Twentieth Century
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1923. More
'The Pioneer'. Land and Labor Library of Australasia. Volume I, Number 1, 1 November 1890 to Volume I, Number 13, 18 April 1891
Adelaide, Printed for the Proprietor and Publisher, A. Timmann, at the 'Pioneer' Office, 1890 and 1891. The recto of the large folding supplement to Number 10 contains the text, with three line illustrations, of an article that 'appeared originally in the "SA Register" in six short letters': 'Protection or Freedom..... More
Governance and Policing of Colonial Korea: 1904-1919
Kyoto, International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, 2011 (first English language edition). Nichibunken Monograph Series Number 12. More
Address to the Electors of Onkaparinga
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas, Printer, 'Register' Office [for The Author, 1857]. A fascinating retrospective account of Townsend aka Waxend and his 'delightful spreadeagling' appeared in the Adelaide newspaper 'The Register' on Saturday 11 April 1914. The article includes the full text of this 'Address to the Electors of Onkaparinga' in 1857..... More
Nathaniel Beverley Tucker. Prophet of the Confederacy 1784-1851
Tokyo, Nan'un-Do, 1979. More
Certaine Considerations upon the Government of England. Edited from the Original Manuscript by John Mitchell Kemble
London, The Camden Society, 1849. Camden Society Publication Number 45. Provenance: with the armorial bookplates of Professor Thomas Bell FRS (1792-1880), dental surgeon and zoologist (one of the originators of the scientific meetings of the Zoological Society, and the progressive president of the Linnean Society); and Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl..... More
The prospectus and a series of three leaflets issued by the UEA
Melbourne, UEA, [1937]. The prospectus is headed 'Why You Should Join The United Electors of Australia (Non-Party)'; it explains what the UEA is, and what is its object (it 'is the bringing together of voters in a non-party, non-sectarian, and non-sectional body', and the 'general object ... is to enable..... More
The Emergence of the Modern Indonesian Elite
The Hague, W. van Hoeve, 1970 (second impression)/ 1960. More
Quest for a New Central Europe. A Symposium
Adelaide, Australian Carpathian Federation, [1977?]. Signed by the editor. More
The John Alexander Ferguson Memorial Lecture 1980. Colonial Liberalism and Its Aftermath: New South Wales, 1867-1917
Sydney, John Ferguson, 1981. Limited edition of only 175 numbered and signed copies, this copy is out of series and unsigned. More
Selections from the Correspondence of General Washington and James Anderson ... in which the Causes of the Present Scarcity are fully investigated
London, John Cumming, 1800. George Washington (1732-1799) died on 14 December 1799; the four-page 'advertisement' at the beginning of this posthumous publication contains much pertinent information. 'The two letters of General Washington that are given entire ... were published in the "Recreations in Agriculture, [Natural History, Arts, and Miscellaneous Literature]"..... More
Reform in Tsarist Russia. The State Bureaucracy and Local Government 1900-1914
New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1981. More
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An Autobiography [a photocopied unpublished duplicate typescript]
Stanley R. Whitford (1878-1959), was a South Australian trade unionist and Labor politician. His short entry in the 'Australian dictionary of Biography' states that 'he spent his last eleven years bed-ridden in hospital where he wrote his unpublished autobiography'. The following chunk of information from the ADB is a taste..... More
The New Sobriety. Art and Politics in the Weimar Period, 1917-33
London, Thames and Hudson, 1978. With the ownership signature of [Professor] Heinz Kent. More
Industrial Peace. The Way to Secure Industrial Efficiency, Unity and National Prosperity
Melbourne, George Robertson, [1916]. Not least, Trade Unions and Profit Sharing. More
A typed letter signed by Harold Wilson soon after he had been made Shadow Foreign Secretary
The letter is addressed to Mr R.G. Hartcup of Farnham Surrey ('I am afraid it would be too big a problem to try to deal in a letter with the very fundamental points you raise'); he refers him to recent Foreign Affairs debates in Hansard (possibly relating to Britain's application..... More
![Item #130632 Sowing. An Autobiography of the years 1880 to 1904. [Together with] Growing ... 1904...](/pictures/thumb/130632_01.jpg?v=1660807097)
Sowing. An Autobiography of the years 1880 to 1904. [Together with] Growing ... 1904 to 1911 [and] Beginning Again ... 1911 to 1918
London, The Hogarth Press, 1960, 1961 and 1964. [3 items]. More
Labour, Leisure and Luxury. A Contribution to Present Practical Political Economy
London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884. With the pictorial bookplate ['Gang forward'] of Edward Charles Stirling on the front pastedown, his pencilled ownership signature on the half-title (inscribed 'S.S. Pekin, 1885'), and his pencilled notes on two pages at the rear, and with his occasional pencilled emphases. More