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Anderson, Ethel, Tales of Parramatta and India (the best of Ethel Anderson) chosen by John Douglas Pringle. Angus and Robertson 1973. Clipped dust jacket. As new $25 GEN

Anderson, Ron On the Sheep's Back, past, present-future?. Sun Books 1966. Paper, 268pp, photos, tables, bibliog, index, as new $15 GEN

Appleyard, R.T (editor) Man and His Environment (Octagon Lectures 1969) University of Western Australia Press 1970. Paper, 198pp, illust, excell. cond. $20 GEN

Aratow, Paul 100 Years of Erotica. Straight Arrow Books (USA) 1973. A photographic portfolio of mainstream American subculture from 1845 to 1945. Slip case. As new $70 GEN

Attenborough, David Quest Under Capricorn. Lutterworth Press 1963 (2nd imp. 1964). 162pp, colour plates, photos, as new $35 GEN

Australia Album, the past in pictures. Sungravure (no date). Paper, 98pp, photos, illust, excell, cond. $20 GEN

Australia 1980 (Australian Finance Conference International Seminar, Sydney 10 and 11 March 1969) edited by Bob McMurchie. Angus and Robertson 1969. 154pp, Rubbed dj, otherwise as new $20 GEN

Australian Book Auction Records 1969-1970. Woodhouse 1971. Paper. $14 GEN

Australian Book Auction Records 1970-1972. Woodhouse 1973. Paper. $14 GEN

Australian Book Auction Records 1973-1974. Woodhouse 1975. Paper. $14 GEN

Australian Book Auction Records 1975-1976. Woodhouse 1977. Paper. $14 GEN

Australian Book Auction Records Volume 1 1983-1985. Australian Book Auction Records 1986. Paper. $14 GEN

Australian Institute of Political Science, Australia, 1970 and Beyond. Angus and Robertson 1961. 200pp, excell. cond. $10 GEN

Australian Society of Authors, A Guide to Book Contracts. Australasian Book Society 1967. 50pp, Excellent condition $15 GEN

Australians, an Historical Library 1788-1988.A 24 page sales catalogue produced by Fairfax Syme & Weldon Associates to promote the publication of a bicentennial history. Beautiful colour production. $10 GEN

Badger, G.M (ed) Captain Cook, Navigator and Scientist. ANU Press 1970. 144pp, photos, illust, references. Papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium Australian Academy of Science, Canberra 1 May 1969. As new $50 GEN

Baglin, Douglas and Mullins, Barbara Rough as Guts. Eclipse Books 1973. Collection of Australian photographs. As new $10 GEN

Baker, Sidney J The Australian Language. Currawong Publishing 1966 (2nd. ed.) 518pp. An examination of the English language and speech as used in Australia from convict days to the present. As new $80 GEN

Banyard, P J Natural Wonders of the World. Books for Pleasure 1978. Bound, 190pp, colour plates. $6.00 GEN

Bartrum, Douglas Rhododendrons and Magnolias. John Gifford London 1957. Bound, no dj, 176pp, photographs. Fine copy $5 GEN

Baudin, Robert Fake: The passing fortunes of a Counterfeiter. Methuen 1977. Publishers uncorrected proof copy. $10 GEN

Beasley, Jack Widdershins. Wedgetail Press 1986. Boards, 286pp. $15 GEN

Beatty, Bill Along the Great Divide. Cassell 1969. 192pp, colour plates, photos, index. As new $15 GEN

Beever, E.A Launceston Bank for Savings 1835-1970, a History of Australia's Oldest Savings Bank. Melbourne University Press 1972. 232pp, photos, illust, appendix, source notes, bibliog, index, some rubbing dj otherwise as new $35 GEN

Benser, Walther Photographing Colour. Fountain Press 1959. 300pp, colour plates, photos, illust, index. Still one of the best photography textbooks. Some wear, slight tears on dj $30 GEN

Bentley, T.J.L (ed) Manual of the Miniature Camera. Newnes 1953 (4th ed). 286pp, photos, index, adverts. Classic text on photography. No dj. Excellent cond. $25 GEN

Berkowitz, Freda Pastor Unfinished Symphony and other stories of Men and Music. Atheneum 1966. 228pp, illust, glossary, index, slight soiling $25 GEN


Bickel, Lennard Shackleton’s Forgotten Argonauts. Macmillan 1982, 230pp, photos, illust. Authors signed presentation copy. As new $40 GEN/SIG

Bickel, Lennard The Deadly Element, the men and women behind the story of uranium. Macmillan 1979, 312pp, photos. Authors signed presentation copy., also signed by Sir Mark Oliphant. As new $40 SIG/GEN

Bird, James Seaport Gateways of Australia. Oxford 1968. 254pp, photos, illust, appendix, index, as new $25 GEN

Blackman, Barbara Certain Chairs (illustrated by Charles Blackman) University of Queensland Press 1968. 98pp, slightly rubbed and soiled dj, excell. cond. $30 GEN/ART

Blainey, Geoffrey The Tyranny of Distance, how distance shaped Australia's History. Macmillan 1975. 222pp, colour plates, photos, illust, notes, index. Previous owner name on end-papers, some wear dj, excellent cond. $55 GEN

Blakeley, Fred Dream Millions, New Light on Lasseters Lost Reef. Angus and Robertson 1972. 188pp, clipped dj. As new $10 GEN

Bollen, J.D Protestantism and Social Reform in New South Wales 1890-1910. Melbourne University Press 1972. 200pp, photos, appendix, bibliog, lacks dj, as new $25 GEN

Bolt, Frank Port Arthur, a photographic essay. Waratah Publication 1972. $10 GEN

Bond, Mary Wickham How 007 Got His Name. Collins 1966. 62pp, photo, line cuts, no dj, fine condition. $20 GEN

Booth, Jack Only the Tracks Remain. Alpha Books 1972. 196pp. The story of latter-day pioneering and unions. As new $20 GEN

Bootle, K.R The Commercial Timbers of New South Wales and Their Use. Angus and Robertson 1971. Paper, 276pp, photos, excell.cond. $15 SOLD 2.5.94 GEN

Brady, F and Lawler, J Favourite Bookstores. Sheed and Ward (US) 1978 $15 GEN

Braham, Mark Jews Don't Hate, how a Jewish newspaper died. Nelson 1970. 140pp, notes, index. As new $35 GEN

Breeden, Stan and Kay Animals of Eastern Australia. Australiasian Publishing Co. 1967. 128pp, colour plates, photos, slip case. As new $90 GEN

Brennan, Frank Canberra in Crisis. Dalton Publishing Company 1971. 220pp. The history and establishment of Canberra through the origin and process of the land tenure system. Slight browning. As new. $30 CAN/GEN

Brennan, Frank Decentralisation in Australia, a task for the Commonwealth. Canberra 1972. Paper, 94pp, good cond. some edit marks in margin. $6 GEN

Brennan, Niall Chronicles of Dandenong. Hawthorn Press 1973. 142pp, photos, maps, index. $20 GEN

Brodsky, Isadore Bennelong Profile. Sydney 1973. 96pp, plates. Number 1406 of limited edition. Signed by author. As new $60 SIG/LED/GEN

Brodsky, Isadore The Streets of Sydney. Old Sydney Free Press 1962 (1972 repr.). 224pp, clipped dust jacket, illust, photos, index, as new $40 GEN

Brodsky Isadore The Sydney Press Gang. Old Sydney Free Press 1974. 192pp, photos, illust, index, clipped dust jacket. The story of Sydney's early newspapers. As new $30 GEN

Brodsky Isadore Sydney's Little World of Woolloomooloo. Old Sydney Free Press 1966. 144pp, illust, photos, colour plate, index, clipped dust jacket. As new $40 GEN

Brodsky, Isadore Sydney Takes the Stage. Old Sydney Free Press 1963. 98pp, illust, photos, facsimiles of posters and programmes, index, clipped dust jacket. As new $60 GEN

Brodsky, Isadore Sydney's Phantom Bookshops. University Cooperative Bookshop 1973. Boards, references, index. 144pp, As new $50 GEN

Brook, Elaine and Donnelly, Julie The Windhorse. Jonathan Cape 1986. 224pp, colour plates, photos, bibliog. The story of a blind girls trek to Mt. Everest. As new $20 GEN

Brown, Robert and Rollins, C.D (editors) Contemporary Philosophy in Australia. Allen and Unwin 1969. 216pp, index, rubbed dj, excell. cond. $25 GEN
Bryden-Brown, John Ads that Made Australia. Doubleday 1981. 232PP, index, $60 GEN

Buckley, Ken Offensive and Obscene, a civil liberties casebook. Ure Smith 1970. 256pp, as new $15 GEN

Bulletin Book, The a selection from the 1960's. Cheshire 1966. 120pp, colour plates, photos, no dj, excell. cond. $30 GEN

Bunn, Clarence A The Construction of Buildings. William Brooks 1961. 272pp, photos, illust, index. Standard technical college text. As new $20 GEN

Burchell, David The Bells of Sundra Strait. Rigby 1971. 136pp, colour plates, photos. As new $25 GEN

Burnett, Macfarlane Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 1915-1965. Melbourne University Press 1971. Photos, appendix, index, as new $25 GEN

Butland, Gilbert J. The Other Side of the Pacific, Problems of Latin America. Angus and Robertson 1972. 110pp, photos, tables, maps, bibliog, index, rubbed dj otherwise as new $20 GEN

Butler, Harry Dear Harry. Australian Broadcasting Commission 1980. Based on the ABC television series, Harry Butler answers letters from his audience. 100pp, colour plates, as new $15 GEN

Cairns, Jim Oil in Troubled Waters. Widescope 1976. Paper. $6 GEN

Caley, George Reflections on the Colony of New South Wales (ed. by J.E.B. Currey) Lansdowne Press 1966. 240pp, appendix, index, tear in dj, otherwise as new. $40 GEN

Calwell, Arthur Be Just and Fear Not. Lloyd O'Neil 1972. 274pp, photos, index, as new $45 GEN

Campbell, Don Drought, causes, effects, solutions. Cheshire 1968. 136pp, photos, illust, repaired tear in dj otherwise as new $25 GEN

Campbell, Elizabeth Talking About Living. Reed 1978.152pp, photos, index. School and community discussion in groups. As new $12 GEN

Campbell, W.J Television and the Australian Adolescent, a Sydney Survey. Angus and Robertson 1962. Tables, index, as new $10 GEN

Carter, Isobel Southern Cloud. Lansdowne Press 1963. 168pp, photos. The story of the disappearance of the passenger plane Southern Cloud in the Australian Alps in 1931. Authors signed presentation copy. As new $50 GEN

Carter, Jeff The New Frontier, Australia's Rising Northwest. Angus and Robertson 1971. 90pp, colour plates, photos, index, clipped dj, as new $30 GEN

Carter, Jeff Wild Animal Farm. Rigby 1972. 114pp, colour plates, photos, as new. $15 GEN

Chalmers, James Inventor of the Adhesive Postage stamp (a short summary of the invention of the adhesive postage stamp) edited by W.J. Smith. David Winter & Sons 1970. 150pp, fold-out facsimile letters etc, lacks dj, as new $40 GEN

Chamberlain, Sir Roderick The Stuart Affair. Rigby 1973. 312pp, photos, index. The story of a famous murder case and appeal in South Australia. As new $20 GEN

Clegg, Eric Return Your Verdict, Some Studies in Australian Murder. Angus and Robertson 1965. 204pp, photos, slight tears and rubbing dj, excell. cond. $30 GEN

Clifford, Arthur Send Her Down, Hughie. Rigby 1968. Travels around Australia. Equal winner of First Prize (non-fiction) in Adelaide Advertiser Literary Competition 1968. $20 GEN

Clune, Frank Free and Easy Land. Angus and Robertson 1938. 388pp, photos, bibliog, some browning and foxing, tears dj, good cond. First edition. Stories of the 'Top End' of Australia $18 GEN

Clune, Frank The Scottish Martyrs, their trials and transportation to Botany Bay. Angus and Robertson 1969. 192pp, biblog, clipped dj, as new $50 GEN

Clunies, Ross Ian ...Memoirs and Papers. Oxford 1961. 240pp, slight tears and rubbing dj, otherwise as new $50 GEN

Clyne, Densey A Guide to Australian Spiders, their collection and identification. Nelson 1969. 168pp, colour plates, photos, illust, bibliog, glossary, index, end-paper, half-title page and title page stamped 'advance copy' otherwise as new. $30 GEN

Collier, Richard Eagle Day, the Battle of Britain August 6 - September 15, 1940. Hodder and Stoughton 1966. Publishers advance proof copy. E.P.Dutton (US) edition in UK wrapper. Excellent condition, rare. $45 UCP/GEN

Collins Magazine Annual (for boys and girls) Volume 5. Collins 1952. 256pp, colour illust, illust. One of the gift favourites, some tears dj, previous owners name on end-papers, good cond. $40 GEN

Collins Magazine Annual (for boys and girls) Volume 6. Collins 1953. 256pp, colour illust, illust, one of the gift favourites, some tears dj, presentation inscription on end-papers, good cond. $40 GEN

Collins, Betty The Copper Crucible. Jacaranda Press 1966. 148pp, as new cond. Fictional account of marriage and a strike set in Mt. Isa. $20 GEN

Conrad, Barnaby Death of a Matador. Michael Joseph 1962. 224pp, illust, second inpression of the first edition excell. cond. $65 GEN

Conrad, Barnaby Gates of Fear (Great Exploits of the World's Bullrings) Michael Joseph 1957. 338pp, photos, maps, index. Some tears dj otherwise excell. cond. $130 GEN

Cook, Patrick The Next Book of the Year. Allen and Unwin 1982. Paper, cartoons. $1 GEN

Cooke, Alistair Six Men. Knopf 1977. 206pp, illust, as new $30 BIO/GEN

Cook, Captain James...Captain Cook, Navigator and Scientist. edited by G.M. Badger. ANU Press 1970. 144pp, photos, illust, references. Papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium Australian Academy of Science, Canberra 1 May 1969. As new $50 GEN

Cook, Captain James...The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific, as told by a selection of his own journals 1768-1779. Edited by A. Grenfell Price, illustrated by Geoffry C. Ingleton. Dover Pubs. 1971. Paper, 292pp, illust, good cond $35 GEN

Cook, Captain James Captain James Cook after two hundred years By R.A. Skelton (a commemorative address delivered before the Hakluyt Society 18 July 1968) British Museum 1969. Paper, 56pp, colour plate, illust, soiled cover, good cond. $20 GEN

Coombes, H.C Kulinma, Listening to Aboriginal Australians. ANU Press 1978. 250pp, photos, index. Signed by Author. Invitation to book launch (9 February 1979) and press release loosely inserted. As new $60 SIG/GEN

Copland, Douglas The Adventure of Growth (Essays on the Australian Economy and its International setting) Cheshire 1960. 148pp, some slight damage dj, excell. cond. $10 GEN

Cox, Philip and Stacey, Wesley The Australian Homestead. Lansdowne 1972. 320pp, photos, illust, bibliog, as new $90 GEN

Cramer, Sir John Pioneers, Politics and People, a political memoir. Allen and Unwin 1989. 232pp, photos, index, as new $25 GEN

Crouse, Timothy The Boys on the Bus. Random House 1973. 384pp, photos, index. The press view of the 1972 US Presidential campaign. As new $25 GEN

Cumes, J.W.C The Indigent rich, a theory of general equilibrium in a Keynesian system. Pergamon Press 1971. 218pp, index, rubbed dj otherwise as new $30 GEN

Davey, Jack The Jack Davey Story. By Lew Wright. Ure Smith 1961. Foreward by Bob Dyer. 280pp, photos, slight tears dj, otherwise excell. cond. $45 GEN/BIO

Davies, A.F and Encel, S (eds) Australian Society, a sociological introduction. Cheshire 1965. 334pp, bibliog, index, excell. cond. $20 GEN

Davis, A.R (ed) Search for Identity, Modern Literature and the Creative Arts in Asia. Angus and Robertson 1974. 270pp. Papers presented to the 28th International Congress of Orientalists, Canberra January 1971. As new $20 GEN

Deakin, Alfred Federated Australia, selections from letters to the Morning Post 1900-1910. Melbourne University Press 1968. 314pp, appendix, index, as new $30 SOLD GEN

Debenham, A.E All Manner of People. Edwards and Shaw 1967. 172pp, slight wear dj, signed by Author. Stories of a Sydney magistrate court. $40 BIO/GEN

Debenham, A.E The Innocent Victims. Edwards and Shaw 1969. 240pp, tears on dj, signed by Author, good cond. $40 BIO/GEN

Debenham, A.E Without Fear or Favour, the Biography of a Career. Edwards and Shaw 1966 (repr.1968) 175pp, photo. Signed by Author, excell. cond. $40 BIO/GEN

Deelman, Christian The Great Shakespeare Jubilee. Michael Joseph 1964. 326pp, photos, illust, notes, bibliog, index. The record of the Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769, organised by Garrick at Stratford. Jacket slightly rubbed, otherwise excellent condition. $40 GEN

Deeming, Frederick A Most Unique Ruffian. By J.S. O'Sullivan. Cheshire 1968. 204pp, photos, bibliog, index. The story of murderer, Frederick Deeming. As new $30 BIO/GEN

Dickinson, Leo Filming the Impossible. Jonathan Cape 1982. 256pp, colour plates, photos, illust, appendix, some slight soiling on some pages otherwise as new $30 GEN

Dolling, C.H.S Breeding Merinos. Rigby 1970. 266pp, photos, references, glossary, index, as new. $60 GEN

Drucker, Peter The Landmarks of Tomorrow. Heinemann 1959. Druckers second book after 'The Practice of Management'. Publishers uncorrected advance proof copy. Dust jacket inscribed otherwise excellent condition. Rare.$50 UCP/GEN

Early Australian Booksellers, The.....The Australian Booksellers Association Memorial Book of Fellowship. Australian Booksellers Association 1980. 96pp, facsimile reproductions of scribed biographies. Edition limited to six hundred copies. Numbers 31, 35, 112 available $100 each GEN/BIO

Eakin, Robin Aunts Up the Cross. Anthony Blond 1965. 104pp, small tear dj, otherwise as new $20 GEN

Edwards, Cecil The Editor Regrets. Hill of Content 1972. 212pp, index, rubbing on dj otherwise as new. An intimate look at the editors desk. $20 GEN

Edwards, Hugh Wreck on the Half Moon Reef. Rigby 1970. 194pp, photos, bubliog, index, small tear on dj otherwise as new $25 SOLD SAI/GEN

Eight Selected Prints from Charles Troedel's Melbourne Album. Melbourne Univerity Press n.d. 'St. Kilda from Kenny's Bath', 'Sandridge from Hobson's Bay', 'Swanston Street 1863', 'Flinders Street from the Melbourne Station', 'Great Lonsdale Street East 1864', 'Queens Wharf, Yarra Yarra 1864', 'Collins Street from Queen Street', 'Melbourne Cricket Ground (1st January 1864)'. In envelope, each 22cm by 16cm, suitable for framing. $140 ART/GEN

Elliott, W.R Monemvasia, the Gibraltar of Greece. Dobson 1971. 128pp, colour plate, photos, bibliog, slight tears on dj, as new $30 GEN

Ellis, M.H A Saga of Coal. Angus and Robertson 1969. The Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company's Centenary Volume 290pp, photos, bibliog, index, as new $45 GEN

Ellis R and Turner, I Australian Graffiti. Sun Books 1975. Large format paperback, as new $20 GEN
Erikson, Hans The Rhythm of the Shoe. Jacaranda Press 1964. Story of a Swede in Australia. As new $40 BIO/GEN

Evans, George William A Geographical Historical and Topographical Description of Van Diemans Land. Heinemann 1967 (facsimile ) originally published 1822. Separate introductory note by Karl von Stieglitz 1967. Includes chart and etching. As new $70 GEN

Ewers, John K The Western Gateway, a History of Fremantle. Fremantle City Council 1971 (2nd.ed.) 262pp, appendix, bibliog, index, some rubbing of dj otherwise as new $30 GEN

Fabun, Don Australia 2000!, a look at alternative futures. Cassell 1974.188pp, colour. $20 GEN


Farquhar, R.N Agricultural Education in Australia. Australian Council for Education Research 1966. 322pp, index, as new $20 GEN

Farrelly, Alan and Morrison, Ron New Frontiers. Rigby 1970. 154pp Colour plates, photos, index. Survey of Australia's potential. As new $20 GEN


Farwell, George Around Australia on Highway One. Nelson 1970. 78pp, colour plates, photos, illust, excell. cond. $10 GEN

Farwell, George Ned Kelly. Cheshire 1970. 208pp, colour plates, photos, bibliog, cracked spine at half title page otherwise as new. $20 BIO/GEN

Festberg, Alfred N. and Videon, Barry J Uniforms of the Australian Colonies. Hill of Content 1971. 58pp, colour plates, tear in dj otherwise as new $90 GEN

Fisher, Margery Intent Upon Reading. Brockhampton Press 1961. 332pp, illust, index $25 GEN

Fleay, David Nightwatchmen of Bush and Plain. Jacaranda Press 1968. 164pp, colour plates, photos, index, as new $40 GEN

Foenander, Orwell de.R Shop Stewards and Shop Committees, A study in trade unionism and industrial relations in Australia. Melbourne University Press 1965. List of cases, index, as new $20 GEN

Fokkema, D.W Report from Peking. Angus and Robertson 1971. 186pp, references, index, some rubbing dj, as new $30 GEN

Freeland, J.M The Making of a Profession, a History of the Growth and Work of the Architectural Institutes in Australia. Angus and Robertson 1971. 298pp, photos, index. $35 GEN

Gaby, Captain James Mate in Sail. Antipodean Press 1974. 288pp,colour plates, photos, glossary, as new $35 GEN/SAI

Gallico, Paul The Steadfast Man, A Life of St. Patrick. Michael Joseph 1958. 240pp, good cond. $25 BIO/GEN

Gardner, Brian The African Dream. Cassell 1970. The exploration of Africa by the British, 332pp, photos, bibliog, index, as new $25 GEN

Garnet, J. Ros Venomous Australian Animals Dangerous to Man. Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1972. 86pp, paper, index, folded chart, as new $10 GEN

Gellert, Leon Week after Week. John Fairfax and Sons. A collection of newspaper articles. 128pp, worn dj, tape marks on end-papers, good cond. $25 GEN

Getzler, Israel Neither Toleration Nor Favour. Melbourne University Press 1970. 154pp, notes, bibliog, index. The Australian chapter of Jewish emancipation. As new $30 GEN

Gilbert, Lionel William Woolls ('a most useful colonist') Mulini Press 1985. 138pp, photos, illust, references, index, as new $20 BIO/GEN

Gilbert, Martin Shcharansky: Hero of Our Time. Macmillan 1986. Boards, 468pp, photos, appendix, bibliography maps and indices. $15 BIO/GEN

Gilean, Sasha and Roberts, Myron The Political Cookbook. Triad Books USA 1972. Paper 56pp. A satire on American politics. $8 GEN

Gizycki, Jerzy A History of Chess. The Abbey Library 1972. 374pp, tipped-in colour plates, photos, illust, references, as new $150 GEN

Glynn, Patrick McMahon Patrick McMahon Glynn, a founder of Australian Federation. By Gerald O'Collins. Melbourne University Press 1965. As new $25 BIO/GEN

Golden Age of Booksellers: Fifty Years in the Book Trade. Abbey Press Australia 1981. Bound. 224pp. Edition limited to 1000 copies. No's 152, 153, 154 and 158 available, New each $65 GEN

Golden Jubilee: Fifty Years of Government Printing in Canberra 1927-1977. The Commonwealth Government Printing Office Journal, July 1977. $10 GEN/CAN

Golden Years, The Royal Australian Air Force 1921-1971. Commonwealth of Australia 1971. 124pp, colour plates, photos, illust appendix, as new $50 GEN

Gollan, Anne The Tradition of Australian Cooking. ANU Press 1978. 212pp, photos, illust, sources, index, tear in dj. Signed 'With my very best wishes, Anne Gollan'. As new $40 SIG/GEN

Grant, Ernest J Walking with Time, the story of Wakool country. Abacada 1970. 152pp, photos, illust, index. signed by author 1973. Clipped dj, as new $25 GEN

Grass Roots, the craft and lifestyle magazine for 'down-to-earth people' No.1 (April-June 1973) Excell. cond. $15 GEN

Gray, C.E Victorian Native Orchids Volume One. Longmans 1966. 86pp, photos, index, as new $20 GEN

Gregory's Guide to Better Gardens. Gregory's Guides and Maps Second ed.(no date) Paper, 256pp, photos, illust, colour maps, index, good cond $10 GEN

Guide to the Pronunciation of Australian Place Names, A (compiled by the Australian Broadcasting Commission) Angus and Robertson 1957. 148pp, some browning dj, excell. cond. $30 GEN

Gundagai Days, the National Library of Australia Engagement Calendar 1974. photos, as new $30 GEN

Harmsworth, T.B and Page-Sharp, J Sheep and Wool Classing. Cheshire 1970. 210pp, photos, illust, glossary, index, as new $45 GEN

Harney, Bill and Elkin, A.P Songs of the Songmen, Aboriginal Myths retold. Rigby 1968 (rev.ed) 178pp, illust, glossary. Clipped dj, as new $60 GEN

Harris, Max The Angry Eye. Pergamon Press 1973. Collection of essays mainly published in the Australian newspaper. 254pp, some rubbing on dj, small tear on back page otherwise as new $30 GEN

Harris, Thistle Y Alpine Plants of Australia, including subalpine and montane plants. Angus and Robertson 1970. 194pp, colour plates, illust, glossary, bibliog, index, as new $50 GEN

Haskell, Arnold L Ballet Panorama. Batsford 1942 (2nd. ed.) 120pp, colour plates, photos, some tears dj and slight browning, good cond. $30 GEN

Hasluck, Alexandra To Guide and Guard. Uni. of WA Press 1967. 76pp, photos, appendix, index, torn dj. $15 GEN

Hasluck, Alexandra Portrait with Background. Oxford University Press 1966. First paperback edition, 284pp, photos, references, bibliog, index, As new $20 GEN

Hasluck, Alexandra Royal Engineer, a life of Sir Edmund Du Cane. Angus and Robertson 1973. 132pp, colour plates, photos, illust, bibliog, clipped dj. As new $50 BIO/GEN

Hasluck, Alexandra Thomas Peel of Swan River. Oxford University Press 1965. 274pp, photos, appendix, references, bibliog, index, slight tears dj, otherwise as new $35 BIO/GEN

Hasluck, Paul An Open Go. Hawthorn Press 1971. 138pp. A volume of collected speeches. Slight tear on dj otherwise as new $30 GEN


Haynes, Lincoln and Roberts, Myron The 1972 Begatting of a President. Triad Associates USA 1972. Paper 56pp. A satire on American politics. $10 GEN

Hazzard, Shirley Countenance of Truth: The United Nations and the Waldheim Case. Chatto and Windus 1990. Paper, 178pp. $8 GEN


Hemingway, Ernest Death in the Afternoon. Jonathan Cape 1932 (repr. 1958) 360pp, photos, glossary, fine condition $120 GEN

Henkin, Bill The Rocky Horror Picture Show Book. Hawthorn Books Inc USA 1979. First edition. Large format paper, 220pp, colour plates, photo's. The story of the filming in 1974. Excell. Cond. $75 GEN

Hermann, Bernard and Fitzpatrick, Kate Sydney. Hutchinson 1986. 150pp, colour plates, photos, as new $15 GEN

Heseltine, Harry Vance Palmer,.a biography. University of Queensland Press 1970. 216pp, bibliog, index, as new $25 BIO/GEN

Hetherington, John Uncommon Men. Cheshire 1965. 198pp, drawings by Louis Kahn, slight tear and some wear on dj, excell. cond. $35 GEN

Hill, Ernestine Flying Doctor Calling, the Flying Doctor Service of Australia. Angus and Robertson 1948 (repr.) 156pp plus pictorial record. Lacks dj, good cond. $30 GEN

Historic Buildings of New Zealand, North Island. Methuen 1983 (new ed.) 270pp, colour plates, photos, glossary, index, excell. cond. $120 GEN

Hogbin, Ian Anthropology in Oceania (essays presented to Ian Hogbin) edited by L.R.Hiatt and C. Jayawardena. Angus and Robertson 1971. 290pp, bibliog, references, index, slight tears and rubbing of dj, otherwise as new $30 PAC/GEN

Holbeach, W.M The Postage Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia: Cumulative Index of Source Material. The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria 1960. Paper, 110pp, torn dj, good cond, $30 GEN

Holmasen, Ingmar Nature Photography. Cassell 1977. 116pp, colour plates, photos, bibliog, index, as new $30 GEN


Holthouse, Hector Cyclone. Rigby 1971. 180pp, photos, appendix, index. The story of cyclones off the Queensland coast. As new $20 GEN

Hopkins, Dorothy June HOP of the 'Bulletin'. Angus and Robertson 1929. 248pp, illus, index, inscribed 'Mary Gibson', break in spine, wear on corners, good cond.$45 GEN

Hopkinson, Lyndall Passerini Nothing to Forgive: a daughters story of Antonia White. Chatto and Windus 1988. Boards, 376pp. Photos, sources and index. As new, $12 BIO/GEN

Horne, Donald The Lucky Country, Australia in the Sixties. Penguin Books 1964. Paper, 224pp, first edition, excell. cond. $25 GEN

Houghton, George The Penny Spenders. Arlington Books 1966. Humorous book on the prostrate operation. As new $15 GEN

Hudson, Virginia O Ye Jigs & Juleps! Michael Joseph 1963. Boards, 60pp. A humerous slice of Americana. As new $2 GEN

Hughes, Douglas (editor) Perspectives on Pornography. St. Martin's Press 1970. Boards, 224pp. $15 GEN

Hundley, Joan M, The Small Outsider, the story of an autistic child. Angus and Robertson 1971. 150pp, photos, clipped dj, as new $25 BIO/GEN

Idriess, Ion, L Headhunters of the Coral Sea. Angus and Robertson 1948. First edition of this classic Australian book. Slight foxing, no dj. Very tight copy $60 GEN

Idress, Ion, L Lightning Ridge. Angus and Robertson 1944. First edition. Photos, no dj, inscription on flyleaf, good copy. $50 GEN

Image of Australia: A Special Issue of the Texas Quarterly, Summer 1962. The University of Texas, Austin. Paper, 238pp. Good cond. $30 GEN

Irvin, Eric Sydney as it might have been, dreams that died on the drawing-board. Alpha Books 1974. 158pp, illust, bibliog, index, as new $30 GEN GEN

Irving, David The Destruction of Convoy P.Q. 17. Cassell 1968. 314pp, photos, source notes. Publishers uncorrected advance proof copy $30 UCP/GEN

James, Gwyn Agricultural Policy in Wealthy Countries. Angus and Robertson 1971. 368pp, bibliog, index, slight rubbing dj otherwise as new $25 GEN

Jameson, Bryan Movement at the Station: Revolt of the Mountain Cattlemen. Collins Australia 1987. Paper 152pp. $12 GEN

Joblin, Dorothea Behold the Plains, the story of the old houses of Massey (NZ). Longman Paul (NZ) 1970. $20 GEN

Jolly, Alexander Stewart The Spirit of the Bush Part One. William Homer 1932. 54pp, slight foxing, inscribed '.....1932', good cond. $20 GEN

Jones, Barry Sleepers, Wake! Technology & the future of work. Oxford 1982. Paper, 284pp, illust, notes, bibliog, index, errata slip inserted. First edition signed by author, excell. cond. $25 SIG/GEN

Joy, William The Exiles. Golden Press 1983. 214pp, illust. The story of the first settlement of Australia. As new $20 GEN

Juddery, Bruce At the Centre, Australian Bureaucracy in the 1970's. Cheshire 1974. 272pp, illust, tables, loose section but complete. Excell. cond. $15 GEN

Keating, John D Mind the Curve!, a history of the cable trams. Melbourne University Press 170 (repr 1972). Paper, 156pp, photos, illust, appendix, bibliog, index, as new $20 GE


Kerr, Garry and McDermott, Harry  The Huon Pine Story. Mainsail Books Tasmania. 300pp, photos, illust, tables and maps. The story of Tasmania's famous timber from early exploitation as a timer for ship building and everyday furniture to it's present status as a rare timber. $89


Kerr, Margaret Goyder The Surveyors, the Story of the Founding of Darwin. Rigby 1971. 184pp, appendix, index, photos, as new $25 GEN

King, Mrs Philip Gidley.....The Governors Lady, by Marnie Bassett. Oxford 1956 (2nd. ed.) Photos, index, as new $40 BIO/GEN

King, Norma Nickel Country Gold Country. Rigby 1972. 148pp, photos. Background and history of the Kambalda area of WA. As new $25 GEN

Kingsborough, L.S The Horse Tramways of Adelaide and its suburbs 1875 - 1907. Libraries Board of South Australia 1967. Slightly soiled, otherwise excellent. $30 GEN

Kingsford-Smith, Charles Smithy, the Kingsford-Smith Story. By Ward McNally. A.S.Barnes (US) 1967. 190pp, photos, index. First US edition. As new $50 BIO/GEN

Kingsmill, A.G Witness to History, a short study of the Colonial Secretary's Department. Alpha 1972. GEN

Kirkbride, Ronald An Innocent Abroad, Cassell 1960. Publishers uncorrected proof copy. $5 UCP/GEN

Knight, J and Patz, G (eds) Australia and the Middle East (papers and documents). Various contributors. Australian Institute of International Affairs (Canberra branch) 1976. Paper, 106pp. John Knight was a Liberal Senator for ACT. As new $20 GEN

Knudsen, Greta and Sando, Eva Goldseekers. Cheshire 1979. colour illust, slight tears in dj. $10 GEN

Koues, Helen The American Women's New Encyclopedia of Home Decorating. Consolidated Book Publishers 1964. 968pp, photos, illust, index. Classic American text. As new $80 GEN

Kunz, Egon F Blood and Gold, Hungarians in Australia. Cheshire 1969. 302pp, appendix, bibliog, index, as new $35 GEN

Langford-Smith, Trevor and Rutherford, John Water and Land, Two Case Studies in Irrigation. ANU Press 1966. 270pp, illust, references, index, as new $50 GEN

Laseron, Charles F Ancient Australia, the story of it's past geography and life. Angus and Robertson 1954 (1955 repr.) 210pp, photos, references, index, lacks dj, presentation inscription, good cond. $60 GEN

Lauri, George The Australian Theatre Story. Peerless Press 1960. 168pp, photo. Limited edition of 200 copies. Excell. cond. $45 GEN

Lawson, Henry The World of...(edited by Walter Stone) Hamlyn 1974. 504pp, colour plates, photos, illust, index, as new $60 GEN

Lawson, James, S Australian Hospital Services, a critical review. Gardner 1968 (repr 1969). Paper, 102pp. $6 GEN

Lea-Scarlett, Errol Gundaroo. Roebuck 1972. 224pp, photos, illust, bibliog, index, lacks dj, as new $45 GEN

Lepman, Jella A Bridge of Childrens Books. Brockhampton Press 1969. The story of one woman's quest to provide books for children in Germany after the Second World War. As new $20 GEN

Letters, Frances People of Shiva, encounters in India. Angus and Robertson 1971. 258pp, torn dj. as new $15 GEN

Lichfield, Patrick Litchfield on Photography. Collins 1981. 192pp, colour plates, photos, illust, glossary, as new $35 GEN

Light, William ...By George Finkel. Angus and Robertson 1972. 172pp, bibliog. Story of the founder of Adelaide. Tear in dj, otherwise as new $20 BIO/GEN

Lisner, Charles My Journey Through Dance. University of Queensland Press 1979. 192pp, colour plate, photos, appendix, index, as new $20 BIO/GEN

Lockwood, Rupert War on the Waterfront, Menzies, Japan and the Pig-iron dispute. Hale and Iremonger 1987. 264pp, illusts. Authors signed presentation copy. Also signed by Mick Young. As new. $50 SIG/GEN

Lois, George The Art of Communication, George Lois on Communication. Abrams 1977. 328pp, colour plates, photos, illust, fold-outs, slight soiling, crack in spine at front end-papers, otherwise good cond. $130 SOLD GEN

Loftus, Peter The Earth Drum, an experience of Singapore and Malaysia. Angus and Robertson 1972. 162pp, as new. $15 GEN

Loney, J.K Wrecks on the NSW South Coast. Loney 1975. Paper, 76pp, photos, index. Good cond. $10 GEN/SAI

McCarthy, Dudley The Fate of O'Loughlin. McGraw-Hill 1979. Boards $10 GEN

McCoy, Alfred W Priests on Trial. Penguin Books 1984. Paper, 260pp. $8 GEN

MacDermott, Marshall A Brief Sketch of the Long and Varied Career of,....of Adelaide, South Australia. 1874. Libraries of South Australia facsimile edition 1969. 54pp, boards. Australiana Facsimilie Editions No.189. Fine copy. $80 BIO/GEN

Macdonald, Alexander Don’t Frighten the Horses. Lansdowne Press 1961. 128pp. Authors signed presentation copy. As new. $50 SIG/GEN

Macdonald, Alexander The Ukulele Player under the Red Lamp (an autobiography) Angus and Robertson 1972. 266pp, as new $30 BIO/GEN

Macdonald, Anita Mariposa, the story of the Learmonths of Western Victoria and Mexico, 1834-1930. Heatherleigh Pub. 1982. 286pp photos, illust, tables, index. Signed by author. As new $40 SIG/GEN

McFarlane, Brian Australian Cinema 1970-1985. Heinemann 1987. 238pp, photos, index, as new $30 GEN

Madox-Brown, Charles Knee Deep in Sunshine. Cassell 1970. 218pp, illust. The creation of a garden. Tear on dj, slight soiling, excell. cond. $15 GEN

McKie, Ronald Proud Echo, the story of H.M.A.S. Perth and the battle of Sunda Strait. Angus and Robertson 1953 (repr. 1957). 158pp, illust, woodcuts, lacks dj, good cond. $15 GEN

McMahon, William, The Wit and Wisdom of, Nelson 1972. Paper, 120pp, good cond. $6 GEN

McNally, Ward Smithy, the Kingsford-Smith Story. A.S.Barnes (US) 1967. 190pp, photos, index. First US edition. As new $50 BIO/GEN

Mandarins, The 12 Profiles of Major Commonwealth Departments , plus a contact list for all Permanent heads. Hoquara 1973?. Paper, 80pp, wrapper torn near staples $10 GEN

McNeice, Roger Coins and Tokens of Tasmania. Platypus Publications 1969. 112pp, index to coins and tokens (loose erratum slip). Forward by W. Bryden, Director Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. As new $35 GEN

Mansfield, Harold Billion Dollar Battle, the story behind the 'impossible' 727 project. David McKay 1965. 184pp, photos, index, press clipping loosely inserted, slightly rubbed dj, excell. cond. $25 GEN

Marrakesh Express, from the magazine Moving On (or is it the other way around?). selection of drug culture writing from USA West Coast early seventies. Paper, as new $10 GEN

Marshall, Alan Ourselves Writ Strange. Cheshire 1948. Aborigines in the 'Top End'. 320pp, photos, maps, ex. library copy, good cond. $30 GEN

Martin, Sir James Martin of Martin Place, a biography of Sir James Martin 1820-1886. By Elena Grainger. Alpha Books 1970. 166pp, photos, references. As new $20 BIO/GEN

Mass, Nuri Don't Kill it - it's Me. Alpha Books 1972. 144p, illust. Story of an Australian woman in business. As new $15 BIO/GEN

Mayer, Henry The Press in Australia. Lansdowne Press 1964. 282pp, photos, illust, tables, index. Spine bumped, torn dJ, good cond. $40 GEN

Mayer, Martin The Met, One Hundred Years of Grand Opera. Thames and Hudson 1983. 368pp, colour plates, photos, illust, notes, index, as new $100 GEN

Mayer, Martin Wall Street, The inside story of American finance. Bodley Head 1959. 270pp, index, lacks dj, excell. cond. $15 GEN

Melba, Dame Nellie Melba, a biography. By John Hetherington. Cheshire 1967. 312pp, colour plate, photos, references, bibliog, index, as new $60 BIO/GEN

Milligan, Spike  The Goon Show Scripts. Lansdowne Press 1972. 190pp, drawings by Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan. slight tear on back cover otherwise as new. $35

Mirtschin, Peter and Davis, Richard Dangerous Snakes of Australia: an Illustrated Guide to Australia's Most Venomous Snakes. Rigby Revised edition 1983. 208pp, inscription on end paper otherwise as new. $4 GEN

Mitchell, Elyne Australia's Alps. Angus and Robertson 1942. 186pp, photos, presentation inscription to previous owner. Signed by Author on title page. Tears and wear dj, good copy. $50 SIG/GEN

Mitchell, Elyne Speak to the Earth. Angus and Robertson 1945. 216pp, photos, name of previous owner on end-papers. Signed by Author on title page. lacks dj, good cond. $60 SIG/GEN

Molloy, Georgina Portrait with Background. By Alexandra Hasluck. Oxford University Press 1966. First paperback edition, 284pp, photos, references, bibliog, index, As new $20 BIO/GEN

Molomby, Tom Who Killed Hannah Jane. Potoroo Press 1981. 150pp, photos, as new. $25 GEN

Moncrieff, Gladys My Life of Song. Rigby 1971 (repr) 154pp, photos, as new $30 BIO/GEN

Montgomery, Field Marshall the Viscount of Alamein The Path to Leadership. Collins 1961. 256pp. Publishers advance proof copy with jacket. $20 SOLD GEN GEN

Moorehead, Alan Darwin and The Beagle. Hamish Hamilton 1969. 280pp, colour plates, photos, bibliog, index, missing title page otherwise complete. $30 SOLD GEN

Moorehead, Alan Darwin and the Beagle. Penguin 1971. 280pp, colour plates, photos, bibliog, index, as new $30 GEN

Moorehead, Alan Rum Jungle. Hamish Hamilton 1953 (repr.1954) 154pp, illust, map. The story of Australia's 'Top End'. No dj, good tight copy $40 GEN

Moorehouse, Earl Wake up, it's a Crash! The Story of the First Jumbo Jet disaster; a survivors account. Paddington Press London 1980. Publishers uncorrected proof copy. $6 GEN

Morcombe, Michael Australia's National Parks. Lansdowne 1969. 244pp, colour plates, photos, illust, maps, bibliog, missing title page otherwise as new. $40 GEN

Morton, H.V. Atlantic Meeting. Methuen 1943 (First Australian edition). An account of Mr Churchill's Voyage in HMS Prince of Wales, in August, 1941, and the conference with President Roosevelt which resulted in the Atlantic Charter. Photos, appendix, index, worn dj, very slight foxing, inscription on fly leaf otherwise very good copy. $40 GEN

Morton, H.V. In the Steps of Jesus. Methuen 1954 (repr. 1962) 182pp, photos, index, some damage to dj, good cond. $25 GEN

Mother Earth News, The 'a bi-monthly publication edited by, and expressly for, today's "hip' young adults. Heavy emphasis is placed on alternative life styles, ecology, working with nature and doing more with less'. First twelve issues. No. 1 (January 1970) through to No.12 (November 1971). Excellent condition, with some browning as expected. Sold as set only $180 GEN

Muench, David and Sumner, David Rocky Mountains. Graphic arts Center Publishing USA 1975. Large format, 186 colour plates, as new. $30 GEN

Muirden, Bruce The Puzzled Patriots, the story of the Australia First Movement. Melbourne University Press 1968. 200pp, photos, bibliog, index, slight tears and rubbing dj, excell. cond. $40 GEN

Munz, H The Australian Wool Industry. Cheshire 1964 (repr.1968). 236pp, photos, glossary, index, as new $40 GEN

Murray, Hubert .... the Australian Pro-Consul by Francis West. Oxford 1968. 296pp, photos, bibliog, index, slight rubbing dj otherwise as new $60 BIO/GEN

Murray, R.E and Scott, G.G Personal and Community Health. Angus and Robertson 1972. 236pp, appendix, index, as new $25 GEN

Myatt, Bill and Hanley, Tom Australian Coins, Notes and Medals. Horwitz Grahame 1980. 256pp, photos, illust, bibliog, index, as new $25 GEN SOLD

Myerscough, W Air Navigation simply explained. Pitman 1945 (2nd ed). Paper, 40pp, illust. Fine. $10 GEN

National Library of Australia......book produced by the Library on the occasion of the opening of the Library building by the Prime Mimister, John Gorton, 15 August 1968. 64pp, colour plates, illust, excell.cond. $60 GEN

Nettheim, Garth (ed) Aborigines, Human Rights and the Law. ANZ Book Co.1974. Proceedings of a conference held at the University of NSW organised by the Australian section of The International Commission of Jurists, 16-17 June 1973. Paper, as new $15 GEN

Newsome, Colin Dingo Howlers. Newsome 1985. Paper, 156pp, photos, illust. Tear on spine. Excell. cond. $10 GEN

Nicholson, Joyce A Life of Books: The Story of D W Thorpe Pty Ltd 1921-1987. Courtyard Press, Melbourne 2000. As new $50 BIO/GEN

Nicholson, Peter Twenty Seven Deadly Sins, Peter Nicholson's alphabet of modern evils from avarice to anger. Penguin 1983. Paper, 96pp. Good cond. $10 GEN

Nordhoff, Charles and Hall, James Norman The Bounty Trilogy comprising Mutiny on the Bounty, Men against the Sea and Pitcairns Island. Little, Brown and Company 1948. Illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. 691pp, colour plates, some browning, good cond. $90 GEN

O'Conner, Elizabeth Steak for Breakfast. Angus and Robertson 1958 (repr.) 218pp, as new $45 BIO/GEN

O'Donoghue, Sister Mary Xaverius Mother Vincent Whitty, Woman and Educator in a Masculine Society. Melbourne University Press 1972. 190pp, references, bibliog, index, as new $30 BIO/GEN

On This Side, themes and issues in Western Australia history. Bookland 1985. Paper, colour plates photos, illust, bibliog, index. As new $10 GEN

O'Sullivan, J.S A Most Unique Ruffian. Cheshire 1968. 204pp, photos, bibliog, index. The story of murderer, Frederick Deeming. As new $20 BIO/GEN

Packard, Vance The Status Seekers, An exploration of Class Behaviour in America. Longmans 1960. First UK edition. Fine $20 GEN

Palmer, Vance....a biography by Harry Heseltine. University of Queensland Press 1970. 216pp, bibliog, index, as new $25 BIO/GEN

Parry, A.F H.M.A.S Yarra, the story of a gallant ship. Angus and Robertson 1944. 222pp, photos, glossary. Repaired dj, good cond. $35 GEN

Pastures, The Farmers Handbook series, Department of Agriculture, NSW. 632pp, photos, illust, index. As new $65 GEN

Patkin, Benzion  The Dunera Internees. Cassell 1979. 186pp, photos. The story of 2542 refugees who were sent to Australia in 1940 as internees on the ship Dunera. As new $40

Payne, E. Lecky Beltana -Six Miles. Rigby 1974. 182pp, photos. The story of Puttapa Gap, a railway settlement in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. As new $25 GEN

Pearse, E.H Sheep and Property Management. Pastoral Review 1965 8th ed. 606pp, photos, illust, index, slight bump on corner, no dj otherwise as new $40 GEN

Peckham, Morse Art and pornography: An Experiment in Explanation. Basic Books 1969. Boards, 306pp.No dj. $10 GEN/ART

Peel, Thomas Thomas Peel of Swan River. By Alexandra Hasluck. Oxford University Press 1965. 274pp, photos, appendix, references, bibliog, index, slight tears dj, otherwise as new $35 BIO/GEN

Perelman, S.J The Swiss Family Perelman. Reinhardt and Evans 1951. 152pp, illust, presentation inscription on end-papers some tears dj, good cond. First edition $45 GEN

Perelman, S.J Westward Ha!, around the world in 80 cliches. Reinhardt and Evans 1949. 158pp, illust, presentation inscription on end-paper, some tears dj,good cond. $50 GEN

Perry, N and R Australian Opals in Colour. A.H & A.W. Reed 1969. 112pp, colour plates, index. $30 GEN

Petty, Bruce The Petty Age. Wild and Woolley 1978. 92 cartoons first published in the Age newspaper. $15 GEN

Petty, Bruce Australia Fair. FW Cheshire Pty Ltd 1967. History of Australia since 1788 in Petty's cartoon and commentary style. Bound, 25.5 cms by 31cms, 112pp. Some slight tears in dj. $25 GEN

Pickering Larry, the best of, a collection of some of the best of Pickering cartoons published in The Canberra Times during 1973. As new $15 GEN

Pickering, Larry Pickering again. Pickering Productions. Collection of cartoons from 1977. $12 GEN

Pickering, Larry Pickering's Jungle Book. News Ltd. A collection of his jungle cartoons. As new $15 GEN

Plan for Melbourne. Parts One, Two and Three. Victorian State Committee for the Communist Party of Australia. part One (28pp stapled) published 1969, Part two (148pp stapled) published 1970 and Part Three (154pp stapled) published 1972. Updated community service transport, an alternative for survival. Paper $30 GEN

Plociennik, Henry Australia's Snowfields. Books for Pleasure 1976. $10 GEN
Pritchett, V S Foreign Faces. Chatto and Windus 1964 First edition. Excell .Cond. $18 GEN

Proudfoot, Helen Old Government House, the Building and it's Landscape. State Planning Authority of NSW in association with Angus and Robertson 1971. Paper, 92pp, illust, bibliog, appendix, index, good cond. $15 GEN


Pryor, Geoff Top Priority, Collection of cartoons. Longmans 1994. Paper. As new. $8 GEN

Rait, Lila Through the Nursery Window, a History of Antique and Collectable Dolls, 1788-1950. Oxford 1989. 246pp, colour plates, photos, illust, appendix, glossary, bibliog, index, as new $80 GEN

Ramson, W.S Australian English, a historical study of the vocabulary 1788-1898. ANU Press 1966. 196pp, bibliog, index, as new $30 SOLD GEN/REF

Reece, R and Pascoe, R A Place of Consequence, a Pictorial History of Fremantle. Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1983 (repr. 1985) Paper, 160pp, references, bibliog. slight rubbing dj, otherwise excell. cond. $25 GEN

Rene, Roy A man Called Mo. By Fred Parsons. Heinemann 1973. 174pp, photos. The story of Roy Rene. As new $30 BIO/GEN

Reserve Bank of Australia, Functions and Operations. Reserve Bank (rev. ed. 1975) Paper, some pen notations in margin. $10 GEN

Reuben, David R Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex (but were afraid to ask). W.H. Allen 1970. 340pp, index. Publishers uncorrected advance proof copy $20 UCP/GEN


Rhodes, Sue And She Was So Bad She Was Popular. Sun Books 1968 (repr 1969) Paper, 126pp, illust. A bestselling paperback. As new $15 GEN

Rhodes, Sue  Now You Think I'm Awful. Gareth Powell 1967, 1968 reprint. P/B, 158p. Some foxing and browning otherwise good condition. The outrageous book about sex and the Australian girl that caused a stir in 1967. $10


Robertson, E.Graeme Cast Iron Decoration, a world survey. Thames and Hudson 1977. Full leather, slip case. Edition limited to 200 copies, this is copy number 156. $195 LED/GEN

Roe, Ernest Teachers, Librarians and Children, a study of libraries in education. Cheshire 1965. 190pp, bibliog, index. Signed by Author, as new $20 GEN

Rogers, Bob with O'Brien, Denis Rock'n'Roll Australia, The Australian Pop Scene 1954-1964. Cassell 1975. Paper, 190pp, photos, illust, excell. cond. $25 SOLD GEN

Rolfe, Hylda The Controllers, interlocking directorates in large Australian companies. Cheshire 1967. Paper, 126pp, appendix, index, as new $12 GEN

Romans, Alain The Empty Coffin: The Story of Alain Romans. By Barry Wynne. Souvenir Press 1959. Alain Romans was a celebrated musician and French Secret Agent in WW2. 196pp, uncorrected proof copy without photographs. $10 BIO/GEN/UCP

Rosenblum, Alex A The Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia, a handbook for philatelists. Acacia Press 1966, sixth ed. (repr. 1968)634pp, photos, illust. rubbed and slightly torn dj. good cond. $90 GEN

Roughley, T.C Wonders of the Great Barrier Reef. Angus and Robertson 1936 (1966 repr.) 280pp, colour plates, photos, glossary, index, torn dj otherwise as new $100 LED/GEN

Ruhen, Olaf The Craft of Creative Fiction. Cheshire 1964. $15 GEN

Ruhen, Olaf   Opening the Oceans. Nautical Press (Aust) ? 1985. 189p, includes 31 pages of prints and 1 folded chart of the voyages of Captain Cook in pocket at rear of book. H/C. Some fading on dj otherwise as new. A study of exploration of the pacific. $40

Russell, Archer Bush Ways, a bush-lovers wanderings on plain and range in Central aand Eastern Australia. Australasian Publishing Co. 1944. 196pp, photos, torn dj otherwise excellent condition for age. $35 LED/GEN

Rylah, Ann Australian Adventure, Girl Guiding under the Southern Cross. Lansdowne 1967. 136pp, photos, torn dj. good cond. $15 GEN

Saini, Balwant Singh Architecture in Tropical Australia. Melbourne University Press 1970. Paper, 68pp, photos, illust, references, good cond. $15 GEN

Salter, Elizabeth Daisy Bates. Coward, McCann and Geoghegan 1972. First American edition, 266pp, bibliog, index, as new $60 BIO/GEN

Samuels, Edmond If the Cap Fits, an autobiography. Modern Literature Co. Sydney 1972. 172pp, photos, illust. Amongst other things, Samuels established the famous Headache Bar in Sydney. As new $10 BIO/GEN

Sandon, Henry British Pottery and Porcelain. Arco 1969. 174pp, colour plates, glossary, index, as new $25 GEN

Savage, Matt Boss Drover. By Keith Willey. Rigby 1971. The story of Matt Savage in the North West of Australia. 170pp, photos, as new $25 BIO/GEN

Saville-Kent, W The Great Barrier Reef of Australia, its products and potentialities. Jon Currey, O'Neil 1972. Reproduction of the 1893 edition. Excell. cond. $300 LED/GEN

Sawer, Geoffrey Australian Federalism in the Courts. Melbourne University Press 1967. 262pp, appendices, cases, index, as new $50 GEN

Schodde, Richard and Mason, Ian Nocturnal Birds of Australia. Illustrated by Jeremy Boot. Lansdowne Editions 1980. Edition limited to 750 copies signed by Authors and Artist of which this is number 471. Includes print numbered 471 and signed by artist. Full leather. $450 ED/SIG/GEN

Servent, Vincent The Australian Nature Trail. Georgian House 1965. 122pp, photos, index, tears in dj, excell. cond. $25 GEN

Shaw, Charles Outback Occupations. Dymocks Book Arcade 1943. Paper, 160pp, tear on wrapper otherwise excellent condition. Stories of the outback. $10 SOLD 29.3.94 GEN

Sheldon, Gordon Industrial Siege, The Mount Isa Dispute. Cheshire 1965. 208pp, photos, index, rubbed dj, good cond. $25 GEN

Shepard, Ernest H Drawn from Memory, Drawn from Life. Methuen 1986. Paper, 406pp, illusts. The autobiography of the illustrator for Wind in the Willows. As new. $30 BIO/GEN

Simpson, Colin Asia;s Bright Balconies, Hong Kong, Macao, Philippines. Angus and Robertson 1962 (repr). 240pp, colour plates, photos, slight tears in dj otherwise excell. cond. $25 GEN

Simpson, Colin Greece, the Unclouded Eye. Fielding (US) 1969. 410pp, colour plates, photos, index. First US edition. Torn dj, bump on corner otherwise good cond. $30 GEN

Simpson, Colin Viking Circle. Angus and Robertson 1966. 366pp, colour plates, photos, illust, index, some tears dj, good cond $25 GEN

Sketches of Australian Life and Scenery, reproductions of a series of 12 plates (numbered) from hand-coloured lithographs, circa 1855, from the National Library of Australia reproduced for Associated Pulp and Paper Mills. In folder. $120 LED/ART/GEN

Skinner, Dion H Fair Dinkum Australia. Renniks 1970. 80pp, illustrated by John Chizmesya. Seventy six Australiana cartoons. Excell. cond. $10 GEN

Smith, Bernard Australian Painting. Oxford 1962. First edition of this classic text. Tears in dj, Fine copy. $200 ART/GEN

Smith, Margaret and Crossley, David The Way Out, Radical alternatives in Australia. Lansdowne Press 1975. Paper 242pp, photos, illust, bibliog, excell.cond. $15 GEN

Smith, Patsy Adam Tiger Country. Rigby 1968. 206pp, photos, tear in dj, excell. cond. $10 GEN

Smith, Paul The Country Woman. Heinemann 1962. 342pp, first edition, slight marks on dj. $15 GEN

Smith, Robin Australia in Colour. Lansdowne Press 1963. The book that launched a thousand imitators. Lacks dj otherwise excell. cond. $25 GEN

Smith, Robin Discovering Historic Australia, with text by Alan Johnson. Viking O'Neil 1987 (new ed.) colour plates, photos, bump on spine, excell cond. $20 GEN

Smout, A.H Our Flag...and how to fly it. Murray 1970. Paper, 72pp, colour plates, photos, illust, excell. Cond $10 GEN

Souter, Gavin The Idle Hill of Summer, an Australian Childhood 1939-1945. Angus and Robertson 1972. 132pp. $20 GEN

Southall, Ivan Indonesia, Face to Face. Lansdowne Press 1964. 258pp, photos, illust, appendix, lacks dj otherwise excell cond. $25 GEN

Sowden, Harry Australian Woolsheds. Cassell 1972. 252pp, glossary, bibliog, slight tears in dj. Excell. cond. $150 GEN

Speer, Albert Inside the Third Reich, memoirs. Weidenfield and Nicolson 1970. 594pp, photos, notes, index, some turned pages otherwise excell. cond. $ 35 BIO/GEN

Spender, Sir Percy Exercises in Diplomacy, the ANZAAS Treaty and the Colombo Plan. Sydney University Press 1969. 304pp, appendix, index, as new $30 GEN


Stephenson, W The Ecological Development of Man. Angus and Robertson 1972. 246pp, photos, references, index, slightly rubbed. excell. cond. $15 GEN

Stevens, Frank Equal Wages for Aborigines. Aura Press 1968. Paper, 72pp, photos. The background to industrial discrimination in the Northern Territory of Australia. As new $10 GEN

Stitt, Alexander The Hobyahs. Richmond Hill Press 1979. A folk tale, illustrated with a suite of lithographs by Alexander Stitt. Edition limited to 350 numbered copies signed by artist of which this is number 51. Some silverfish damage on edge of boards. $200 LED/SIG/GEN

Stone, Derrick and Doug How to find Australian Gemstones. Periwinkle Books 1969. Paper, 144pp, colour plates, photos, glossary, bibliog, index, good cond. $10 GEN

Stone, Gerald L War without Honour Jacaranda Press 1966. Paper, 154pp, photos, excell. cond. $20 GEN

Stretton, Alan Soldier in a Storm, an autobiography. Collins 1978. 320pp, tear in dj otherwise as new. The 'Hero' of the aftermath of Cyclone Tracey. Signed by Author, includes statement by Author at book launch (16 May 1978) loosely inserted. $40 BIO/GEN/SIG

Stuart, Donald Yandy. Georgian House 1959. Documentary novel about a group of aboriginal miners in Western Australia. Glossary. $15 GEN

Streeton, Arthur Letters from Smike, the letters of Arthur Streeton 1890-1943 (edited by Ann Balbally and Anne Gray) Oxford 1989. 224pp, photos, illust, as new $30 GEN/ART

Stubbs, John The Hidden People, poverty in Australia. Cheshire-Lansdowne 1966. Paper, 146pp, as new. $20 GEN

Suarez, Jose and Marks, John The Life and Death of the Fighting Bull. Putnam 1968 (First American edition) 64pp, photos, some tears dj, excell. cond. $65 GEN/LED

Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of science for Australia. CSIRO 1976. Large format paper. Invitation to launch loosely inserted. $8 GEN

Swain, David One Thing and Another… Brian Clouston Canberra. 1981. Paper. Collection of cartoons originally published in The Canberra Times, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Bulletin. $2 GEN

Sykes, Trevor Vintage Pierpont. Allen and Unwin 1985. 160pp, illust, glossary. Collection of articles from the Bulletin. Tear in spine and dj otherwise excell. cond. $10 GEN

Tait, Viola A Family of Brothers, the Taits and J.C. Williamson; a theatre history. Heinemann 1971. 304pp, photos, index, as new $80 BIO/GEN

Tennison, Patrick The Lucky Country Reborn. Hill of Content 1976. Paper, 118pp, some browning otherwise good cond. $6 GEN

Tennison, Patrick The Marriage Wilderness, a study of women in suburbia. Angus and Robertson 1972 (repr. 1973). Foreward by Francis McNab. $20 GEN

This is Australia. Various authors and photographers. Paul Hamlyn 1975. Large format bound. $5 GEN

This was Australia, Oswald Zeigler (McGraw Hill) 1970. 110pp, colour plates, photos, illust, good cond. $12 GEN

Thomas, Gordon and Morgan-Witts, Max The Day the Bubble Burst, a social history of the Wall Street crash. Hamish Hamilton 1979. 470pp, photos, sources, bibliog, index, as new $35 GEN

Thorne, Ross (ed) The Housing & Living Environment for Retired People in Australia. Hale and Iremonger 1986. 348pp, photos, index, as new $20 GEN

Throsby, Margaret and McCarter, Graham Sydney People and Places. ABC Enterprises 1992. Bound, as new. $8 GEN


Thwaites, Lindsay and Roger The History of Araluen. Braidwood and District Historical Society n.d. Paper, 32pp, illust, slight stain on front. $18 CAN/GEN

Tribe, Elizabeth and Derek Pastmark Australia the land and it's people through English eyes. Cheshire 1963. 98pp, photos, lacks dj, excell. cond. $15 GEN


Tugendhat, Christopher The Multinationals. Eyre and Spottiswoode 1971. 242pp, illust, bibliog, index, as new $10 GEN

Viereck, George S, All Things Human. Gerald Duckworth 1950 (repr.1951) 284pp, some damage to dj, otherwise excellent cond. $20 GEN

Vigars, F.E. Station Book-keeping, a treatise on double entry book-keeping for pastoralists and farmers. William Brooks 1909 (3rd ed.) 188pp, index, ink stains on boards and some pages, pencil calculations on end-papers, inscribed by owner 1909. $20 LED/GEN

Voltaire, Candide (illustrated by Rockwell Kent) Random House 1975. 112pp, slip case. Special edition for presentation and sale by publisher. As new $100 LED/GEN

von Guerard, Eugene Australian Landscapes. Lansdowne 1975. Slip case. Edition limited to 1000 copies, this is number 335. $500 LED/ART/GEN

Wagner, Kip as told to L.B. Taylor Pieces of Eight, recovering the riches of a lost Spanish treasure fleet. Dutton (NY) 1967. 22pp, colour plates, illust, photos, index. Publishers advance proof copy. $25 GEN

Walker, R.R Communicators. Lansdowne Press 1967. 416pp. People, practices, philosophies in Australian advertising, media and marketing. Slight tears dustjacket otherwise as new $30 GEN

Wannan, Bill (chosen by) An Australian Book of Days, a quotable anthology for all seasons. Hill of content 1970. 202pp, photos, index of authors, rubbing on dj otherwise as new $30 GEN

Wannan, Bill Australian Bushrangers. Universal Books 1970. 268pp, phots, illust, bibliog, as new $15 GEN

Wannan, Bill Dictionary of Humorous Australian Quotations and Anecdotes. Macmillan 1974. 182pp, illust, index, clipped dj, as new $30 GEN

Ward, Fay E The Cowboy at Work. Hastings House 1958 (repr. 1976) 290pp, illust, index, as new $90 GEN

Ward-Jackson, C.H No Bombs at All. Sylvan Press (UK) 1944. 124pp, illust. Short stories of the Royal Air Force, no dustjacket, slight foxing, tight copy. $20 GEN

Watt, Sir Alan Australian Diplomat, memoirs. Angus and Robertson 1972. photos, appendix, index, as new $40 BIO/GEN

Weapons in Action. Marshall Cavendish 1984. A selection of cut-away drawings. Boards. $7 GEN

Weisinger, Mort and Henley, Arthur How to be a Perfect Liar. Castle Books 1972. Boards 186pp. $10 GEN

Wellings, H.P Shore Whaling at Twofold Bay, assisted by the renowned Killer Whales (an Important Industry Now Defunct) Self-published 1964. Paper, 16pp, photos, illust, as new $24 GEN

Wheelwright, E.L Industrialisation in Malaysia. Melbourne University Press 1965. 154pp, tables, index, as new $10 GEN

White, Myrtle Rose No Roads Go By. Rigby 1962. 196pp, photos. A true story of outback Australia. Slight browning, excell. cond. $30 GEN

Whitington, Don The Effluent Society, Pollution in Australia. Nelson 1970. 160pp, photos, index, as new $25 GEN

Whitlam and Frost, the full text of their TV conversations plus exclusive new interviews. Articles by Laurie Oakes, Richard Farmer, Mungo MacCullum. Cartoons by Tanner and Norm Mitchell. Sundial 1974. Paper, 176pp, as new $15 GEN/POL

Whitty, Mother Vincent Mother Vincent Whitty, Woman and Educator in a Masculine Society. By Sister Mary Xavierius O'Donoghue. Melbourne University Press 1972. 190pp, references, bibliog, index, as new $35 BIO/GEN

Wigmore, Lionel Struggle for the Snowy, the background of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Oxford 1968. 216pp, photos, illust, bibliog, index. The official history. As new $60 GEN

Whitty, Mother Vincent Mother Vincent Whitty, Woman and Educator in a Masculine Society. By Sister Mary Xavierius O'Donoghue. Melbourne University Press 1972. 190pp, references, bibliog, index, as new $35 BIO/GEN

Williams, R M I Once Met a Man, True stories from one of Australia’s folk heroes. Angus and Robertson 1989. 178pp, illusts. Authors signed presentation copy. As new. $60 BIO/GEN

Williamson, J.W.C... J.C.W, A short biography of James Cassius Williamson. By Ian G. Dicker. Elizabeth Tudor Press 1974. 212pp, colour plate, photos, bibliog, index, as new $35 BIO/GEN

Wilson, A N A Bottle in the Smoke. Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd 1990. Boards, 280pp. $4 GEN

Wilson, Gwendoline Murray of Yarralumla. Oxford 1968. Photos, index, dj clipped, as new $100 BIO/CAN/GEN

Wilson, H.H Gateways to Gold. Rigby 1969. Gold mining in the Murchison area of WA. 162pp, photos, index, as new $20 GEN

Wilson, Shirley Cameron From Shadow to Light, South Australian Women since Colonisation. Delmont 1988. 208pp, colour plates, bibliog., notes, index. As new $120 GEN

Wind, Herbert Warren The World of P.G. Wodehouse (with photographs, drawings, manuscript pages and captions in P.G.W's handwriting). Praeger 1972. As new $35 LED/GEN

Windsor Sketchbook, Rigby 1975 64pp. Drawings by Cedric Emanuel, text by Patricia Thompson. As new $12 GEN

Wiseman, Thomas The Money Motive. Hutchinson 1974. 286pp, notes, bibliog, index. A study of the obsession of making money. As new $20 GEN

Woolls, William William Woolls ('a most useful colonist') By Lionel Gilbert. Mulini Press 1985. 138pp, photos, illust, references, index, as new $20 BIO/ GEN

Wordley, Dick No One Dies Alone, the History of the Little Company of Mary. Little Company of Mary 1976. 244pp, colour plates, photos, as new. $25 GEN

Wright, Lew The Jack Davey Story. Ure Smith 1961. Foreward by Bob Dyer. 280pp, photos, slight tears dj, otherwise excell. cond. $45 BIO/GEN

Wynne, Barry The Empty Coffin: The Story of Alain Romans. Souvenir Press 1959. Alain Romans was a celebrated musician and French Secret Agent in WW2. 196pp, uncorrected proof copy without photographs. $10 BIO/UCP/GEN

Yeomans, John The Other Taj Mahal: What happened to the Opera House. Longmans 1968. Another version of the dispute between the architect and the NSW Government. Publishers uncorrected advance proof copy. No photos or illust. Unread $15 UCP/GEN

Zambezia and Matabeleland in the Seventies, The Narrative of Frederick Hugh Barber (1875 and 1877-8) and the Journal of Richard Frewen (1877-8), edited by Edward C. Tabler, Volume 1 in the Robins Series. Chatto and Windus 1960. 212pp, photos, appendices, bibliog, maps, wear and tear dj otherwise good cond. $30 GEN

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Rosenblum, Alex A
The Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia,
a handbook for philatelists

Acacia Press 1966, sixth ed. (repr. 1968) 634pp, photos, illust. Rubbed and slightly torn dj. Good cond. $90
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Fleay, David
Nightwatchmen of Bush
and Plain

Jacaranda Press 1968 164pp, colour plates, photos, index, as new $40
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Brodsky, Isadore
Sydney's Phantom Bookshops

University Cooperative Bookshop 1973. Boards, references, index. 144pp, as new $50
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Tennison, Patrick The Marriage Wilderness, a study of women in suburbia. Angus and Robertson 1972 (repr. 1973). Foreword by Francis McNab. $20
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