Welcome and Farewell. The Story of Station Pier
Melbourne, Arcadia/ Department of Infrastructure, 2004. More
Melbourne, Arcadia/ Department of Infrastructure, 2004. More
Melbourne, The Lothian Book Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1923. Front cover illustration by Victorian artist Eileen Pearcey. Muir 540: 'Although classified by the publishers as a children's book, this story of the activities of an imaginary adopted child does not appear to have been intended for children.'. More
Brisbane, Gordon and Gotch (for the Executrix and Children), 1896. With much on Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the relevant states; subjects include 'The Lady Augusta', the Constitution, the Anti-Transporation debate, 'The Incursions of the Blacks', Squatting, John Petrie and the Liberty of the Press. More
Melbourne, MCC Library, 2002. Signed by all four authors. More
Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1980. Reset from the (anonymous) first edition of 1873, 'Memories of the Past, 1834-1848'; number 21 of 500 copies. More
Avoca, Avoca & District Historical Society Inc., 2007 (reprint)/ 1984. 'Local history of the people and settlements of the Pyrenee ranges of Victoria' (Trove). More
Melbourne, James J. Blundell & Co., 1855. The front flyleaf is signed in pencil 'R. Campbell / Septer 15th 1855'; Robert Campbell is one of the 132 subscribers whose names and addresses are printed in the volume. Becker's article, although short and prosaically titled, is most entertaining because of his..... More
South Melbourne, The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd, 1979. More
Strathfieldsaye, The Author, 2008. More
Woolcunda Station, Seekamp Family, 2018. Inscribed and signed by the author. 'Ever since George Anderson acquired Cwmellon off John Henry Withers in September 1918, and renamed it Woolcunda, the stories of the Anderson/ Seekamp family have involved many and varied subjects. War, droughts, flooding, weddings, tragedy, generations of children born..... More
[Melbourne], Robert S. Brain, Government Printer, 1900. Contemporary newspaper accounts record that the concert was 'in aid of the Patriotic and Bushmen's corps funds'. More
[Melbourne], R. McGeehan, 96 Albert St., Windsor, [circa 1899]. The second figure from the right in the front row is wearing a slouch hat with a distinctive hatband, and the brim turned up on the right side. We have discovered the same man in one of Rose's Stereoscopic Views, #2242..... More
The letter comes 'From No. 96 VMR on active Service South Africa', and is addressed to his cousin, Miss E. Kirwood (Eva) in Glenferrie, Victoria. After he deals at length with the squabbles over the fate of some stamps he had sent, he explains in even greater detail what occurred..... More
Melbourne, Fergusson and Moore, 1868 (second edition)/ 1867. The front flyleaf is inscribed to 'The Hon. W.M.K. Vale with the Author's kind regards'. Provenance: William Mountford Kinsey Vale (1833-1895), politician and bookseller. As 'a liberal with a keen interest in protection, Vale represented Ballarat West in the Legislative Assembly from..... More
Melbourne, printed by the Hawthorn Press for the Book Collectors' Society of Australia, 1968 (second edition)/ 1858. One of 250 copies signed by the author of the introduction, Ian McLaren, and the printer, John Gartner. More
Melbourne, printed by the Hawthorn Press for the Book Collectors' Society of Australia, 1968 (second edition)/ 1858. One of 250 copies signed by the author of the introduction, Ian McLaren, and the printer, John Gartner. More
'The Darge Photographic Company had the concession to take photographs at the Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps during the First World War. In the 1930s, the Australian War Memorial purchased the original glass negatives from Algernon Darge, along with the photographers' notebooks. The notebooks contain brief details, usually a surname..... More
When compared with all other examples of portrait photographs of either explorer in the public domain, this matching pair - delicately hand-coloured and skilfully vignetted to the head and shoulders - has little if any competition. And significantly, they are fresh to the market ... However, when it came to..... More
Melbourne, Clarson, Shallard & Co., Printers & Publishers, 1863. The only edition and rare (and one can imagine the attrition rate of the pictorial wrappers among extant copies is significant). 'Although Foster's 16-page pamphlet glances at the work of earlier explorers it is principally of interest for its connection with..... More
Melbourne, Printed at the Herald Office, 1862. 'The "Firefly", chartered by the Government of Victoria to convey stores, &c., for the exploration party sent in search of the ill-fated explorers, Burke and Wills, left Melbourne on July 29th, 1861, under orders to proceed to Brisbane, to take those who undertook..... More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. With the small ownership label of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 208; one of 500 copies (and only 425 thus). Surprisingly, this is the first time this important work has..... More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 208; one of 500 copies (and only 425 thus). Surprisingly, this is the first time this important work has been reprinted. More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 208; one of 500 copies (and only 425 thus). A few sheets of related ephemera are loosely inserted. Surprisingly, this is the first time this important work has been reprinted. More
Geelong West, M. Donaghy & Sons Pty. Ltd., 1952. M. Donaghy & Sons Pty. Ltd. had branches in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane. The front cover carries the pencil signature 'M. Brunger'; Maurice Brunger is recorded on page 45 as being a member of the Port Adelaide staff (after transferring..... More
Adelaide, RSSA, 1934. This issue also contains FRY, Dr H.K.: Kinship and Descent among the Australian Aborigines (8 pages) and MAWSON, Sir Douglas: The Arltunga and Karoonda Meteorites (6 pages). More