Sir John Jeffcott. Portrait of a Colonial Judge
Parkville, Melbourne University Press, 1963 (first edition). Inscribed in pencil on the front free endpaper; 'From the author, Gilberton, 3 December 1981'. More
Parkville, Melbourne University Press, 1963 (first edition). Inscribed in pencil on the front free endpaper; 'From the author, Gilberton, 3 December 1981'. More
Parkville, Melbourne University Press, 1963 (first edition). Signed by the author in ink on the half-title; a contemporary newspaper review of the book is loosely inserted. More
Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1965. More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1967 (facsimile)/ 1838. Peade A116: only 592 copies. Australiana Facsimile Editions number 116. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1968. Inscribed, dated (2 May 1971) and signed by the author on the flyleaf. 'The true story of how a many triumphed over a life of crime and imprisonment and won a respected place in the community'. More
Sydney, Cassell Australia, 1968. Colin Frank Cave (1926-1979) was Nick Cave's father; the book, and Colin's influence on his son, became publicly noticed in 1983 when Cave named his first band after The Birthday Party 'Nick Cave, Man or Myth'; the same band later became The Bad Seeds. More
London, Sweet and Maxwell, 1969. More
Adelaide, Lidums Family, 1969. With the ownership signature of sometime Chief Stipendiary Magistrate of South Australia Victor Matison. More
London, Thames and Hudson, 1969. 'The Italian paintings of the 14th and 15th century paintings which have appeared in sale-rooms and private collections, mostly during the years between the two world wars, but whose whereabouts are [or were when he wrote] unknown. The number and quality of these works will..... More
Adelaide, The Commission, 1971. In 1970, Sir Charles Hart Bright (1912-1983), judge, 'was appointed royal commissioner to inquire into the anti-war demonstration organised by the Vietnam Moratorium Campaign, which, held in Adelaide in September of that year, ended in a violent confrontation with police. His recommendations formed the basis for..... More
London, Professional Books, 1972 [facsimile edition]/ 1582. One of the Classical English Law Texts series; this volume has a 14-page introduction by the general editor, P.R. Glazebrook. With the name-stamp of Howard Zelling, sometime Supreme Court Judge of South Australia. More
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1973. The notorious rape-murder trial involving Rupert Maxwell Stuart (born on a cattle station near Alice Springs, the son of 'a full-blood Aranda tribesman ... and a girl who had one white grandparent'. With the ownership signature of anthropologist Peter Sutton (dated December 1982). More
Canberra, Australian National University Press, 1974. More
London, Capemoss, 1975. More
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1975 (first thus). More
Singapore, Singapore University Press, 1975. With some 20 or so cancelled leaves. Foreword by The Honourable Tan Sri Mohamed Suffian, Lord President of the Federal Court of Malaysia. More
London, Capemoss, 1975. With the armorial bookplate of Adelaide barrister Christopher James on the front pastedown. More
London, Butterworths, 1975. With the armorial bookplate of Adelaide barrister Christopher James on the front pastedown. More
Adelaide, Rigby, 1976. The autobiography of a WW1 veteran and coutry lawyer from Naracoorte in the south-east of SA. Two clipped newspaper reviews of the book are loosely inserted. More
Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1977. Number 475 of 750 numbered copies. More
Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1977. Number 32 of only 750 numbered copies. More
London, Methuen & Co Ltd/ Sweet and Maxwell, 1977/ 1937 (second edition)/ 1924, 1973/ 1937 (second edition)/ 1925, 1978/ 1966 and 1972. Provenance: Chris James (an Adelaide barrister), with his armorial bookplate and ownership stamps in each volume. [4 items]. More
New York, Simon and Schuster, 1979. Signed by the author on the flyleaf. More
Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press, 1979. 'Political struggle in the last three decades of Aboriginal affairs in Australia'. More
USA, Crime and Justice History Group, Inc, 1980 & 1981. With an original receipt addressed to The Honorable Mr Justice Zelling (sometime Supreme Court Judge of South Australia). More
Oxford, Martin Robertson, 1980. One of the Law in Society series. More
Hectorville, Book Agencies of Adelaide Pty Ltd, 1980. Harry 'The Breaker' Morant' was the only Bush-Balladist to be executed, here his finest poems are set to music and emerge as songs. More
Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1980. Aboriginal Lands Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. More
Hobart, The Law Council of Australia/ Melanie Publications, 1981. 'A souvenir of the 21st Australian Legal Convention held in Hobart, Tasmania 4-11 July, 1981'. More
London, Selden Society, 1981. More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1981. More
Hobart, The Law Council of Australia/ Melanie Publications, 1981. 'A souvenir of the 21st Australian Legal Convention held in Hobart, Tasmania 4-11 July, 1981'. More
Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1982. More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1982 (facsimile edition)/ 1861. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1982. Aboriginal Lands Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. More
London, Butterworths, 1982 (sixth reprint)/ 1979; 1980; 1982; 1983; and 1984. Lord Denning (1899-1999) 'the most celebrated English judge of the 20th century, died yesterday just six weeks after his 100th birthday, leaving an unprecedented mark on the development of English law. A judge for 38 years, he was known..... More
London, Selden Society, 1983. Loosely inserted is the 24 page pamphlet Canon Law and English Common Law (London, Selden Society, 1983, card covers, a fine copy) by R.H. Helmholz, and sundry Selden Society ephemera. More
Melbourne, Castle Books/ Horwitz Grahame, 1983/ 1981. More
London, Selden Society, 1984. With sundry Selden Society ephemera loosely inserted. More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1984 (facsimile edition)/ 1925/ 1646. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
South Melbourne, The Macmillan Company of Australia, 1984. With historical notes by Ken Byron. More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1985 (facsimile edition)/ 1920. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. The original edition was one of William Hodge's 'Notable British Trials' series. More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1985 (facsimile edition)/ 1927 (second edition). One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
New York, Legal Classics Library, 1986 [first thus]/ 1831. More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1986 (facsimile edition)/ 1792. Edited by Francis Hargrave, with an introduction by Thomas G. Barnes. One of the Legal Classics Library. More
Netley, Wakefield Press, 1987. 'The story of Australia's first and oldest organized police force ... It is a stormy and violent history as police strove to bring Pax Britannica across a wild frontier which stretched from Mount Gambier in the south to Darwin in the north ... [Clyne] looks closely..... More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1987 (facsimile edition)/ 1879. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
North Ryde, CCH Australia Limited, 1987. More
Netley, Wakefield Press, 1987. 'The story of Australia's first and oldest organized police force ... It is a stormy and violent history as police strove to bring Pax Britannica across a wild frontier which stretched from Mount Gambier in the south to Darwin in the north ... [Clyne] looks closely..... More