Abel Janszoon Tasman. A Bibliography
Sydney, The Trustees of the Public LIbrary of New South Wales, 1963. More
Tasmania
Land Grants 1788-1809. New South Wales, Norfolk Island [and] Van Diemen's Land
Sydney, Genealogical Publications, 1974. Essential genealogical reference. Number 32 of only 300 copies. Indexed by Keith A. Johnson and Malcolm R. Sainty; Appendix 2 lists all grantees who jointly shared a grant. More
The Mercury House News. Number 1, December 1936 to Number 14, March 1938 [all published]
Hobart, Davies Brothers Limited, 1936 to 1938. Published during the editorship of Frederick Usher (1931-1943), The Mercury House News was 'published monthly by and in the interests of the employees of Davies Brothers'. In the first number, the Managing Director, C.B. Davies writes that 'There is no reason why this..... More
Shell Motor Tours. [South Australia (cover subtitle)]
Adelaide, The Shell Company of Australia Ltd, [circa 1930s]. More
The Story of the Twelfth. A Record of the 12th Battalion AIF, during the Great War of 1914-1918
Swanbourne, John Burridge, 2000 [large-format revised edition]/ 1925. 'Unusually for Burridge, this is not a facsimile, but a new edition in a larger format. John Burridge told me in 1996 that he had put off this project for some years because of the challenge presented by the squat, thick format..... More
To Serve in a Distant Land. Francis Russell and Anna Maria Nixon in Tasmania
Hobart, Blubber Head Press, 2020. One of only 500 copies. 'The Tasmanian years of the first Anglican Bishop, Francis Russell Nixon (1842-63), and his wife Anna Maria Woodcock. The study concerns not only the Bishop's role as the colony's leading churchman, but the couple's personal stories, and especially their under-acknowledged..... More
A Research on the Eucalypts of Tasmania and their Essential Oils
Hobart, John Vail, Government Printer, 1912. 'Read before the Royal Society of Tasmania ... October 14, 1912'. More
Memories of Tasmania and of the McLeay River and New England Districts of New South Wales and of Port Fairy in the Western District of Port Phillip, by a Lady in Australia
Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1980. Reset from the (anonymous) first edition of 1873, 'Memories of the Past, 1834-1848'; one of 500 numbered copies. More
An Historic Centenary [of] Roberts, Stewart and Co, [1865-1965]
Hobart, Roberts, Stewart, 1965. Signed by the author. More
The Siege at Port Arthur. The Russo-Japanese War Through the Stereoscope
Oaklands Park, The Author, 1987. Signed by the author on the title page. Also, in a small plastic bag, is a second pair of 3D viewers. More
Hobart Town
Canberra, ANU, 1973. More
Clyde Company Papers. Prologue, 1821-35 [and] ... [Volume] II, 1836-40
London, Oxford University Press, 1941 and 1952. More
Pride of the Port. The Watermen of Hobart Town
Hobart, Navarine Publishing, 2009 (first edition). Signed by the author on the title page. One of only 100 copies. More
A Steamship for Hobart. ...S. Reemere, 1909
Woden, Navarine Publishing, 1992. Number 550 of 1000 copies signed by the author. More
101 Original Hymns and Choruses Including 'Above the Clouds' and 'In the Glory'
[Melbourne, The Author, 1935]. Tasmanian composer. This copy bears a family ownership stamp. More
Brady, McCabe, Dunne, Bryan, Crawford, Murphy, Bird, McKenney, Goodwin, Pawley, Bryant, Cody, Hodgetts, Gregory, Tilley, Ryan, Williams and their Associates. Bushrangers in Van Diemen's Land, 1824-1827. From James Calder's text of 1873 together with newly discovered manuscripts ...
Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1979. Number 17 of 750 numbered copies; a folded and inscribed copy of the prospectus is loosely inserted. Edited by Eustace Fitzsymonds. More
Rambles on Betsy's Island, Tasman's Peninsula, and Forestier's Peninsula in February 1848
Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1985. One of only 175 numbered copies. More
Railroading in Tasmania, 1868-1961
[Hobart, Government Printer, 1962]. More
Bass Strait Crossing
Sandy Bay, Melanie Publications, 1986. Offered together with HOPKINS, David L.: The Shipping History of the Bass Strait Crossing. (Devonport; The Author; 2003 (fourth edition)/ 1994). Quarto; laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. [2 items]. More
Bass Strait Crossing
Sandy Bay, Melanie Publications, 1986. Silver Award Certificate to the printer from the Tasmanian Printing Industry Craftsmanship Awards mounted on the verso of the half-title. More
The Engravers of Van Diemen's Land
[Hobart], Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 1961. Number 119 of 1000 copies numbered and signed by the author. Loosely inserted are three related prospectuses and a newspaper review of the book by Jack Cato. More
More Old Tasmanian Prints
Launceston, Foot & Playsted, 1984. One of 1000 numbered copies. An essential companion volume to 'The Engravers of Van Dieman's Land' and 'Old Tasmanian Prints': it contains 36 pages of corrections and additions to them. More
More Old Tasmanian Prints
Launceston, Foot & Playsted, 1984. Number 569 of 1000 numbered copies. An essential companion volume to 'The Engravers of Van Dieman's Land' and 'Old Tasmanian Prints': it contains 36 pages of corrections and additions to them. More
Mr Punch in Tasmania. Colonial Politics in Cartoons, 1866-1879
Hobart, Blubber Head Press, 1980. Number 346 of 375 copies signed by the author. More