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1. Adams, Lee; Artstaff, illustrator (1972). The Tale of the Platypus (1st ed) [Australian Legend Series, Book 1]. Sydney: Artstaff. 26 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket as issued, good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings, spine ends scuffed, minor foxing covers & endpapers & few pages, spine little loose (pages firm), few tiny dents covers, minor edgewear & edge tears First edition. An enchanting children's picture story about a platypus named Little Mooka who was swept away from his family, and the many adventures he had before he made it back home safely. The scarce first edition of the first book in the series, issued prior to the SRA Series. Based on Australian folklore of natural life. (No ISBN in book.). Our Book No: 30368. $10 AUD.

2. Allingham, Cedric; Moore, Patrick (anonymous) (1954). Flying Saucer from Mars (The Facts) (Reprint ed). London: Frederick Muller. 143 pp. Hardback small, no jacket (missing), good condition, black & white photos (including frontispiece), edges & title page moderately foxed, gilt spine lettering slightly faded, pages lightly toned, minimal annotation (tick mark), owner's written name. Cedric Allingham claimed to see a flying saucer land in Scotland and communicate with the occupant. There is even a photo of the Martian occupant. This book was later exposed as a hoax written by British astronomer Patrick Moore to demonstrate the gullibility of the British public regarding UFOs. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: B000JVW6E8. Our Book No: 12226. $15 AUD.

3. Andersen, Trevor; Bradhurst, Jane (with); Brackenreg, John (foreword) (1984). William Fletcher (1st ed). Sydney: Trevor Andersen / View Productions. 96 pp. Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), full-page colour photos (paintings), minor edgewear. First edition. Trevor Andersen documents the artwork of William Fletcher - an Australian painter of still-life, figurative, inner Sydney landscapes and Australian flora. Includes over 70 colour and black and white plates of his work. Sale proceeds were intended to set up a Trust to provide awards for young painters doing tertiary studies. The author is a close friend of the artist and executor of his estate. Jane Bradhurst assisted with the text and the catalogue of the flower paintings. (No date, but 1983 or 1984.). ISBN/ASIN: 095921190X. Our Book No: 4909. $30 AUD.

4. Ashmont; Perry, Joseph Franklin (real name) (1893). Kennel Secrets: How to Breed Manage and Exhibit Dogs (1st ed). Boston: J. Loring Thayer Pub. Co. 348+46 pp. Hardback large octavo, no jacket, good condition, minimal cancelled ex-library, navy cloth cover (embossed gilt dog front cover, gilt spine lettering), black & white plates, frontispiece with tissue guide, front hinge split, rear hinge little split (all pages firm), spine ends frayed, corners covers little bumped, corners front cover worn & frayed, pages lightly toned, few small marks rear cover, few small stains fore-edge last page, small hole rear endpaper, few edge tears & slight loss front endpaper, bookshop sticker front pastedown, rubber stamp title page, remains old library label rear pastedown. Very heavy (1.7 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. First edition of an old popular classic textbook on dog breeding and management. The author states in his notes that Nature’s apparent methods, effects and requirement have been extensively dealt with to protect the kennel from drugging, and displacing that by hygienic and dietetic practices. Every important subject has been fully discussed. The simplest language was chosen and needless technical expressions excluded. The illustrations of dogs add value, as they are true to life, and some have the nearest approaches to perfection. (The bookplate and rubber stamp are from The Warren Memorial Library, Cumberland Mills, Maine. A wonderful old book to add to an animal book collection.). Our Book No: 40737. $100 AUD.

5. Austin, J. B. (1968). The Mines of South Australia, including Also an Account of the Smelting Works in that Colony, together with a Brief Description of the Country, and Incidents of Travel in the Bush (Facsimile ed) [Australiana Facsimile Editions]. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). 109 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, light brown vinyl leather boards (gilt title spine), red card cover bound in, fold-out map at rear (partly detached, small tear repaired), minor edgewear, minor pencil annotation. A survey of mines in South Australia, by John Baptist Austin, originally published in 1863. Includes extra unnumbered 21 pages of period adverts at the rear. About the principal mines and smelters in South Australia in the1860s, and a brief description of each, as well as a small travel log and incidences that happen within his travels. SALE PRICE. (No 48 in this facsimile series.). Our Book No: 22114. $20 AUD.

6. Banks, Lynne Reid (2004). Tiger, Tiger (1st ed) [Freedom is Worth Fighting For]. London: HarperCollins Children's Books. 233 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minimal edgewear. A hugely powerful and epic novel for young adults set against the dazzling backdrop of Ancient Rome. A compelling, uplifting story of friendship, brotherhood and battling against the odds. ISBN/ASIN: 0007190417. Our Book No: 15928. $12 AUD.

7. Barnes, Julian (2000). Love, etc. (1st ed). London: Jonathan Cape. 249 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket. First edition. In this novel the author revisits Stuart, Oliver, and Gillian from "Talking It Over". Darker and deeper than his previous novel, it is a compelling look at contemporary love and its betrayals. The author later won the Booker Prize in 2011 for a future novel. ISBN/ASIN: 0224061097. Our Book No: 28091. $15 AUD.

8. Bartley, Nehemiah (1892). Opals and Agates, or Scenes under the Southern Cross and the Magelhans: Being Memories of Fifty Years of Australia and Polynesia (1st ed). Brisbane: Gordon & Gotch. 312 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, black cloth cover (embossed pattern, gilt lettering front cover & spine), black & white plates (including portrait frontispiece), new endpapers, endpapers & title page notably foxed, pages lightly toned (some toned spots), edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear. Nehemiah Bartley (1830 - 1894) presents his extensive travel throughout eastern Australia and Polynesia, but mostly Queensland, based on his diaries. A valuable social document of people and events in Colonial Australia of the mid-1800s. Nehamiah Bartley has been described as the 'first commercial traveller' in Queensland, and he worked for Tooth's Brewery and the Colonial Sugar Company. First edition (hardback, 1892). (Frontispiece portrait of the author, with printed autograph below. All 9 plates present. The black cloth state, rather than red cloth state of the true first edition.). ISBN/ASIN: B000WFMCOK. Our Book No: 18108. $300 AUD.

9. Bateson, Mary Catherine (1994). Peripheral Visions: Learning Along the Way (1st ed). New York: Harper / HarperCollins. 243 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, light toning pages, top corner tip rear cover scuffed. Mary Catherine Bateson, a notable American cultural anthropologist, starts with a sacrifice in a Persian garden, moves on to a Philippine village and then to the Sinai desert, and finishes with a description of a tour bus full of Tibetan monks. The author writes about a fascinating intellectual exploration of a lifetime learning from experience and encountering the unfamiliar. By the author of 'Composing a Life'. (First edition stated.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780060926304. Our Book No: 31043. $16 AUD.

10. Bateson, Patrick; Martin, Paul (1999). Design for a Life: How Behaviour Develops. London: Jonathan Cape. 280 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear. In this wonderfully readable book, two distinguished scientists Patrick Bateson and Paul Martin explain how biology (nature) and psychology (nurture) join to shape the behavior of individual human beings. They counter the mistaken notion that individual genes determine certain personality traits; instead, they explain the role genes actually play in the formation of personality. Shows how change is a vital component of human behavior, restoring the concept of free will to its central place in human psychology. How is it possible for each of 6 billion human beings to be unique? How does each of us grow up to be the person we are? How do behavior and personality develop? ISBN/ASIN: 0224050648. Our Book No: 13738. $20 AUD.

11. Beaver, Bruce (1966). You Can't Come Back (1st ed). Adelaide: Rigby Limited. 166 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), top edge foxed, edges reverse side jacket lightly foxed (unclipped, minor edgewear), pages lightly toned. First edition. In this short novel by Bruce Beaver, a small party of railway labourers are allotted a week's work and stationed at a large NSW country town. Their daily lives and the experiences that befall them after working hours are described, laconically enough, by a member of the group. The author's first novel is based on his six year's experience as a surveyor's labourer in the Hunter valley and northern New South Wales. Our Book No: 22889. $15 AUD.

12. Bennett, Charles H. (1982). Old Nurse's Book of Rhymes, Jingles and Ditties (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 64 pp. Hardback wide octavo, very good condition, blind stamped red cloth covers, gilt title front cover & spine, gilt decoration front cover, colour engravings. In cardboard slipcase, slight crease base spine. Facsimile edition. Classic book of jingles and rhymes edited and illustrated by Charles H. Bennett. Engraved by Edmund Evans and then hand-coloured and printed by Griffith and Farran. In 1858, Bennett selected and whimsically illustrated, with a wealth of comic detail, the traditional nursery rhymes. The beautiful drawings and poems would appeal to older children. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30586. $35 AUD.

13. Bently, Peter; Mendez, Simon (illustrator) (2011). Muddypaws Goes to School (1st ed). Bath: Parragon. Unnum 24 pp. Hardback large wide quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), illustrated endpapers, full-page colour drawings, minimal edgewear jacket. First edition. A delightful children's picture story about a very special puppy. Muddypaws follows Ben to the first day at school. Full of humour - the story of two inseparable friends. The cute illustrations will bring joy to any age. The scarce first edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9781445436807. Our Book No: 29046. $15 AUD.

14. Bernier, Francois (1909). Bernier's Voyage to the East Indies, Containing the History of the Late Revolution of the Empire of the Great Mogul [etc] (1st English ed). Calcutta: Society for the Resuscitation of Indian Literature / H. C. Dass, for Elysium Press. 203 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good plus condition, rebound quarter-bound (blue speckled paper-covered boards, black cloth spine with vertical paper title label), title page moderately foxed, corner tip clipped title page & few rear pages, pages lightly toned (edges toned), cover corners worn, minor edgewear. Title continues: "Together with the most considerable passages for five years following in that empire, to which is added, a letter to the Lord Colbert, touching the extent of Hindustan the circulation the Gold and Silver of the World, to discharge itself there; as also the Riches, Forces and Justice of the same; and the principal Cause of the Decay of the States of Asia, with an exact description of Delhi and Agra, together with [1] Some particulars making known the Court and Genius of the Moguls and Indians; as also the Doctrine and extravagant Superstitions and Customs of the Heathens of Hindustan, [II] The Emperor of Mogul's Voyage to the Kingdom of Kasmere in 1664, called the Paradise of the Indies". First stand-alone English edition. Reprinted from a book of unpublished travel voyages, edited by John Pinkerton, in 8 volumes 1808-1814, describing a voyage to India by French physician Francois Bernier (1620 - 1688) in about the 1660s. He stayed in India 12 years studying the Mughal Empire. ISBN/ASIN: B002I5ETXY. Our Book No: 13120. $100 AUD.

15. Berrie, Lieut. Geo. L. (1989). Under Furred Hats (6th A.L.H. Regt) [6th Australian Light Horse Regiment]. [Perth]: [John Burridge]. 179 pp. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, very good condition, brown leatherette cloth (gilt lettering & vignette), full-page black & white text-photos, minimal edgewear. Lieut. Geo. L. Berrie has written the history of the 6th Australian Light Horse (ALH) Regiment during World War 1 from December 1914 to August 1919. Raised in Sydney in September 1914, it became part of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade. Sailing from Sydney in December 1914, the regiment disembarked in Egypt in February 1915. The light horse was unsuitable for initial operations at Gallipoli, but they were later deployed without their horses to reinforce the infantry. Plus many battles during the next four years in the Middle East: Battle of Romani, advance into Palestine, the action at Beersheba, and raids into the Jordan Valley. At rear, name lists of casualties, both killed and wounded. (Limited facsimile edition of 200 copies. No date, but about 1989 Amazon, or 1994 Trove. No publisher and ISBN printed in book. Originally published, W.C. Penfold, Sydney, 1919.) ISBN/ASIN: B0087YY9GC. Our Book No: 14628. $180 AUD.

16. Bladen, F. M. (editor); Cook, James (about) (1978). Historical Records of New South Wales: Vol. 1, Part 1: Cook 1762 - 1780 (Facsimile, reprint ed). Sydney, Mona Vale: Lansdown Slattery & Company. 526 pp. Hardback small thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), brown cloth boards, dark cream endpapers, front board embossed, black & white illustrations, fold-out of facsimiles of Cooks private log, minor edgewear jacket (closed tear top corner rear flap, corner tips rubbed), edges lightly toned. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. These historical records, edited by F. M. Bladen, cover the visit of Lieutenant (afterwards Captain) Cook to Australian shores in the years 1769-70, and with his career both before and after that period. This book has been published as a literal transcript of the original documents, arranged in chronological order. This reprint does not include twelve pages of facsimiles of letters and an abstract of one letter written by Captain James Cook, the transcripts of which appear in the printed text. The papers are here published as Part 1 of the First Volume of the Historical Records of New South Wales belong to the period 1762 to 1780. (Includes foldout chart of Cook's private log. Does not include separate charts volume. Facsimile edition, originally published 1893.). ISBN/ASIN: 0868330019. Our Book No: 30716. $60 AUD.

17. Bohny, Nicholas (1982). The New Picture Book, being Pictorial Lessons on Form, Comparison, and Number, for Children Under Seven Years of Age, with Explanations [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 36 pp. Hardback oblong folio, very good plus condition, colour plates, pictorial board cover (red cloth spine), in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. The 36 single-sided pages of colour drawings, two or three per page, each picture of familiar things, has a caption underneath asking questions about the picture. Originally published in Germany, 1850, then (English translation) in Edinburgh by Edmonston & Douglas, 1858. By German educator, who believed that children initially learn by doing and visualising pictures. Inspired by Froebel's Kindergarten movement, involving creative play. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16943. $50 AUD.

18. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich; Noble, Bernard (translator); Wolf, Ernst (introduction) (1962). Act and Being (U.K. ed). London: Collins. 192 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), flyleaves & edges lightly foxed, owner's rubber stamps (crossed out), minor text annotation, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. One of the German theologian's earliest writings, presented to the University of Berlin in 1931. Its two themes are transcendental philosophy and ontology, seen as underlying two theological tendencies: theology of act, and theology of being. This is a U.K. edition (Collins, London) Our Book No: 13938. $20 AUD.

19. Bonn, Franz (1978). The Children's Theatre: A Reproduction of the Antique Pop-up Book (Facsimile ed). London / New York: Kestrel Books / Viking Press. 4 pp. Hardback small quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour pop-up drawings, corners bumped, tiny scuff front cover, spine & bottom edge covers lightly faded, spine little slack (pages firm), spine little creased. This pop-up children's book, originally published in 1878 by J. F. Schreiber of Esslingen in Germany, contains four scenes on stage: one from Little Red Riding Hood, one from Hansel and Gretel, one showing the nativity scene, and the final one with a family around the tree on Christmas Eve. All four pictures have all their parts in place which is unusual for a pop-up book. A charming children's picture book that can be acted out with family and friends. ISBN/ASIN: 0722655363. Our Book No: 29662. $25 AUD.

20. Boothby, Guy; Wood, Stanley (illustrator) (1897). The Fascination of the King (1st ed). London: Ward Lock & Co., Limited. 286 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, fair condition only (reading copy), dark blue boards (dulled), gilt title cover & spine, embossed decoration spine, colour illustration front board (two corner tips missing), four black & white plates includes frontispiece with tissue guard (one plate loose), front free flyleaf REMOVED, rough-cut edges, pages lightly toned, tissue guard toned & creased, edges foxed & toned, light foxing endpapers & title page, spine ends chipped, tiny tear base of spine, front & rear inner hinges slightly split (pages firm), small piece missing edge four pages (text retained), light toning pages, tiny hole title page, some edgewear, owner's written name. This classic mystery novel by Guy Boothby is a nihilist spy tale about a man named Marie, King of the Medangs. The preface states he is based on a true story of a supposed Frenchman who travelled to the hinterland of Annam and proclaimed himself King. The meeting in Venice, all that happened in the Eastern State, the wedding, and even the war with the French, is pure fiction. Written by Australian writer born at Glen Osmond South Australia in 1867. He lived mainly in England. He died in 1905 at Boscombe UK. He is best known for His Dr Nikola novels. (Plus 16 pages of Ward Lock publications at rear.). ISBN/ASIN: B0006DAJ6G. Our Book No: 40796. $30 AUD.

21. Boothby, Guy; Austin, Henry (illustrator) (1899). The Red Rat's Daughter (1st ed). London: Ward Lock & Co., Limited. 384 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, dark blue boards (gilt title & decoration embossed on cover & spine, four black & white plates including frontispiece with tissue guide, rough-cut page edges, pages lightly toned, edges foxed & toned, light foxing endpapers & title page, minor edgewear corner tips covers little rubbed. This story is about a young man named John Browne and his many thrilling adventures. Set in Paris and its art center. Written by Australian writer born at Glen Osmond South Australia in 1867. He lived mainly in England. He died in 1905 at Boscombe UK. He is best known for His Dr Nikola novels. Our Book No: 40792. $60 AUD.

22. Boothby, Guy; Kemp-Welch, Lucy E. (illustrator) (1899). Love Made Manifest (1st ed). London: Ward Lock & Co., Limited. 376 pp. Hardback octavo, jacket, good condition, dark blue boards, gilt title & pattern embossed on cover & spine, four black & white plates including frontispiece with tissue guide (toned), rough-cut page edges, pages lightly toned, edges foxed & toned, endpapers toned & lightly foxed, minor edgewear spine ends & corner tips, small toned patches some pages, front & rear inner hinges slightly split (pages firm), front board little dulled near spine, minor edgewear spine ends & corner tips, . First edition. This classic crime fiction novel is set mostly in Samoa with a slight Australian reference. The story revolves around a boy named Claude who falls in love with a girl name Loie. From Apia to Sydney to Belgrave Square our hero finds fame and fortune but confronts serious peril. Written by Australian writer born at Glen Osmond South Australia in 1867. He lived mainly in England. He died in 1905 at Boscombe UK. He is best known for His Dr Nikola novels. (No date, but 1899, Loder.). Our Book No: 40795. $50 AUD.

23. Boothby, Guy; Wood, Stanley (illustrator) (1902). The Kidnapped President (1st ed). London: Ward Lock & Co., Limited. 308 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, dark blue boards (gilt title & red design cover & spine, frontispiece with tissue guide, four black & white plates includes frontispiece (one plate slightly LOOSE), publisher adverts at rear, rough-cut edges, pages lightly toned, patchy toning on tissue guide & several pages, edges foxed & toned, light foxing endpapers & title page, rear inner hinge little split (pages firm), minor edgewear corner tips covers, protected by archival glassine plastic sleeve. This novel is a mystery adventure of a naval officer in a South American republic and a missing president. Starts in Britain and continues in South America, then finishes in Britain. Written by Australian writer born at Glen Osmond South Australia in 1867. He lived mainly in England. He died in 1905 at Boscombe UK. He is best known for His Dr Nikola novels. Our Book No: 40794. $60 AUD.

24. Boothby, Guy; Wilson, Oscar (illustrator) (1903). A Two-fold Inheritance (1st ed). London: Ward Lock & Co., Limited. 328 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, dark blue boards (gilt title & pattern cover & spine, four black & white plates includes frontispiece with tissue guide, corner tips two pages folded, pages lightly toned, front free flyleaf creased & little scratched, edges foxed & toned, light foxing endpapers & title page, minor edgewear corner tips covers, protected by archival glassine jacket. Classic crime fiction novel set in London. Revolves around Lord Dorset, a widow by the name of Stella, and a missing heir Reggie Sandridge who ends up married to Dorothy. Written by Australian writer born at Glen Osmond South Australia in 1867. He lived mainly in England. He died in 1905 at Boscombe UK. He is best known for His Dr Nikola novels. ISBN/ASIN: B000LXASYE. Our Book No: 40793. $80 AUD.

25. Bradley, Lieut. William (1969). A Voyage to New South Wales: The Journal of Lieutenant William Bradley of HMS Sirius 1786 - 1792 (2 volumes) [William Dixson Foundation Publication]. Sydney: Ure Smith / Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales. 495 pp. Two volumes. First volume: Hardback thick small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour photos (plates), top edge little foxed, minor edgewear, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Raeco). Second volume: Folded colour maps and charts in a small box and slipcase, box little marked (bottom panel missing surface strip). Very heavy (1.9 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. William Bradley, as first lieutenant of HMS Sirius, recorded in his journal accounts of explorations and surveys with the First Fleet sailing from England to Botany Bay, then to the Cape of Good Hope and back for provisions, then the wreck of the Sirius on Norfolk Island, and finally a slow trip north of New Guinea to Batavia and England on a hired Dutch transport Waakzaamheydt. First edition thus, being a reproduction in facsimile of the original undated written and worn manuscript (but a little faint to read). The book includes 30 colour reproductions of Bradley's watercolour views. The second volume is a portfolio of 22 charts and maps (all present, but also faint to read). William Bradley was a British naval officer and cartographer who was first officer on the Sirius in the First Fleet. (No 11 in the series 'The William Dixson Foundation Publications'. No ISBN in book.). ISBN/ASIN: B001V8ET9S. Our Book No: 16214. $90 AUD.

26. Bradman, Don [Donald] (1950). Farewell to Cricket. Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton. 316 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket (missing), good condition, green cloth cover (little flecking edges), black & white photos (including frontispiece portrait), endpapers lightly foxed, pages faintly toned, spine ends chipped, small tear base front endpaper, edgewear. First edition. Australia's greatest cricketer tells his own story of his playing days from his childhood in Australia to his last triumphant season in England. Includes a chapter on captaincy. Our Book No: 4102. $20 AUD.

27. Brandard, T. (printer); Rusher, John Golby (publisher) (1982). Diamonds and Toads and Two Other Stories: Diamonds and Toads, Scripture Histories, Jack and Jill and Old Dame Gill (Three Chapbooks in Envelopes and Slipcase) (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 14 + 21 + 16 pp. Each book: Paperback small, very good condition, frontispiece, black & white plates. Three books (each in envelope) & single slipcase. Facsimile edition. Diamonds and Toads is a translation of Les Fees, a little-known story that first appeared in Perrault's Histoires 1697, but the edition reproduced here was originally printed by T. Brandard, Birmingham. The second booklet Scripture Histories retells eight stories from both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. This booklet was printed by F. Houlston and Son, Wellington. The woodcuts in this booklet are appropriate to the texts. The third chapbook was published by John Golby Rusher, Banbury, who opened a printing office in 1808. Jack and Jill, and Old Dame Gill begins with a traditional English rhyme, dating perhaps from the early 17th century. The second verse is more recent, and the further 13 stanzas, found in many early 19th-century chapbooks, were added by an anonymous hand. The woodcuts were designed by George Cruikshank and then engraved by A. R. Branston. Jack and Jill is folded uncut, as originally printed. The card envelopes that wrap around each individual booklet add a special touch. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30588. $30 AUD.

28. Bredsdorff, Elias (1975). Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of his Life and Work 1805 - 75 (1st ed). London: Phaidon Press. 376 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, black & white drawings, minor edgewear, owner's rubber stamp. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. First edition. Biography of the controversial Danish author of children's fairy tales. Includes a detailed discussion of how his fairy tales have been mistranslated and bowdlerized by Victorian lady translators. ISBN/ASIN: 0714816361. Our Book No: 9154. $30 AUD.

29. Brierley, Saroo; Buttrose, Larry (with) (2013). A Long Way Home (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 256 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, colour map inside covers, black & white map, minor edgewear. Saroo Brierley became lost on a train in India at the age of five. He survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata (Calcutta), before being taken in by an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia. He was happy in his new family, but always wondered about his origins. Through Google Earth he found what he was searching for. He set off on a journey to find his birth mother. A moving and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. A celebration of the human spirit. (This copy: First edition reprint. Later made into the popular film 'Lion'.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780670077045. Our Book No: 27213. $20 AUD.

30. Brooks, Geraldine (2022). Horse (1st Australian ed). Sydney: Hachette. 401 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minimal edgewear jacket. This novel by Geraldine Brooks is inspired by actual events: about a painting, forgotten bones in a research archive, and Lexington - the greatest racehorse in U.S history. This novel is a sweeping story of spirit, obsession and injustice across American history. At the rear of the book, Lexington’s historical connections are listed. The author is a bestselling Australian-born writer. First Australian edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733639678. Our Book No: 41348. $30 AUD.

31. Bulletin, The (1973). The Old Bulletin Reader: The Best stories from The Bulletin, 1881 - 1901 (The Bulletin Story Book: A Selection of Stories and Literary Sketches from The Bulletin 1881 - 1901) (Facsimile ed). Sydney: Lansdowne. 208 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), light foxing top edge, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (small closed edge tears, faint foxing top edge reverse side). Facsimile edition of a book originally published by 'The Bulletin' in 1901. A selection of about 40 literary sketches and stories of Australian life (notably rural) that were published in this magazine over the 20 years from 1881 to 1901. Includes Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, Amy Mack, Barbara Baynton, Victor Daley, Arthur H. Davis (his pen-name Steele Rudd not stated). No editor stated. ISBN/ASIN: 0701803177. Our Book No: 27407. $20 AUD.

32. Burford, Robert (1978). Description of a View of the Town of Sydney, New South Wales: The Harbour of Port Jackson, and Surrounding Country, now Exhibiting the Panorama, Leicester-Square. Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH). 14 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, red brown cloth cover (embossed, gilt lettering), large foldout map, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. A facsimile of a large foldout panoramic map of Sydney in 1827, and accompanying 14-page text description, originally published in 1829. Robert Burford painted his map for an exhibition in London, based on a map prepared by Augustus Earle in Sydney two years earlier. Burford exhibited numerous panoramas of places of interest worldwide to large audiences in London. This map of Sydney is a valuable early record of the layout of Sydney Town. (No 301 of a limited edition of 750 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0908120257. Our Book No: 16349. $35 AUD.

33. Burke, Robert O'Hara; Wills, William John (1971). The Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition: An Account of the Crossing the Continent of Australia, From Cooper's Creek to Carpentaria, Reprinted from "The Argus" (Facsimile, reprint ed) [Australiana Facsimile Editions]. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). 36 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, blue leatherette boards, gilt title spine, frontispiece portrait drawing, card cover bound in, fold-out map inside rear cover, small owner's written name & date, copy 2. Facsimile edition, reprint. The anonymous writer in the Argus newspaper describes the successful but fatal feat of crossing the continent of Australia to the Gulf of Carpentaria, by Burke, Wills, Gray, and King. They left Royal Park, Melbourne, on the 20th of August, 1860. There are biographical sketches of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills. (No 10 in this series.). Our Book No: 28611A. $40 AUD.

34. Buttrose, Ita (1998). A Passionate Life (1st ed). Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 468 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos centre spread, minor edgewear jacket, top edge little foxed. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A Passionate life, by Ita Buttrose, Viking / Penguin Books (1998). The autobiography of the prominent Australian businesswomen and media personality, who later became chair of the ABC Board. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0670871001. Our Book No: 25663. $28 AUD.

35. Byatt, A. S. (1998). Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice (1st ed). London: Chatto & Windus. 230 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), top edge cover little bumped, edges minimally foxed. First edition. A collection of short stories by A. S. Byatt, the English author of the Booker Prize winning novel "Possession”. ISBN/ASIN: 0701168234. Our Book No: 11119. $12 AUD.

36. Byatt, A. S. (2000). The Biographer's Tale (1st ed). London: Chatto & Windus. 265 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages toned as usual, minor edgewear jacket (faint foxing reverse side). First edition. This book is a novel of desire and detection. The writer has written a fine work of fiction out of one man's search for fact. Phineas G. has decided to write a biography of a great biographer, but he is finding it difficult to sort the pieces out to enable him to form a pattern and write the biography. ISBN/ASIN: 0701169451. Our Book No: 28056. $12 AUD.

37. Byerley, Frederick J. (editor) (1995). Jardine's Journal: Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Jardine Brothers from Rockhampton to Cape York (2nd, facsimile ed). Brisbane: Corkwood Press. 88 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), frontispiece, fold-out map attached inside rear cover, faint foxing top edge, pages lightly toned, rubber stamp owner's name front pastedown. The story of the Jardine Expedition is that of two extraordinary men, Frank and Alexander Jardine. This account, edited by Frederick J. Byerley, is written mainly from their journal and diary notes. In May 1864 the Jardine's set off on a 1200 mile expedition from Rockhampton to Cape York with 8 men, 42 horses and 250 head of cattle. They hacked through jungles, crossed eight rivers, and battled through swamps, they lost 30 horses, and 200 cattle along the way, but survived despite the odds. This is one of the most amazing achievements in Australia's history. ISBN/ASIN: 0646171119. Our Book No: 41248. $40 AUD.

38. Cadecott, Randolph (illustrator); Cowper, William (1982). The Diverting History of John Gilpin + The Babes in the Woods (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 30 + 31 pp. Each book: Paperback small square quarto, very good plus condition, colour plates (drawings), sepia (brown-tinted) drawings. Both in same cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Two classic children's picture books in verse. 'The Diverting History of John Gilpin' was written in 1878 by William Cowper. 'The Babes In the Wood' was written in 1879. Both books have been beautifully illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. The two books share a cardboard slipcase. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.) Our Book No: 30581. $35 AUD.

39. Calce, Michael; Silverman, Craig (with) (2008). Mafiaboy: How I Cracked the Internet and Why It's Still Broken (1st ed). Toronto: Viking Canada / Penguin Books. 277 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), promotional strip wraparound taped to jacket. First edition. The amazing untold story of how a 15-year-old Canadian boy shut down the world's biggest websites. In 2000, an unknown attacker brought down the websites of Amazon, CNN, Dell, E-Trade, eBay, and Yahoo, inciting panic from Silicon Valley to the FBI and the White House. ISBN/ASIN: 9780670067480. Our Book No: 15642. $25 AUD.

40. Cameron, Peter (1994). Heretic (The True Story of an Australian Convicted of Heresy). Sydney: Doubleday. 212 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Peter Cameron, a Sydney academic, describes how he was surprisingly convicted of heresy by the Presbyterian Church of Australia in 1992. The charge arose out of a sermon he gave on 'The Place of Women in the Church', both supporting the ordination of women to the ministry, and attacking the approach to Christianity generally known as 'fundamentalism'. ISBN/ASIN: 0868245445. Our Book No: 2421. $20 AUD.

41. Carew, Edna (1988). Keating: A Biography (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 237 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket (reverse side lightly foxed), spine ends little rubbed, top edge little foxed. Keating: A Biography, by Edna Carew (Allen & Unwin, 1988). The first full-scale biography of Australian politician Paul Keating. Edna Carew has interviewed over 100 of Keating's friends and foes, to write this mid-career biography which puts together the dramatic story of his relentless rise to power. ISBN/ASIN: 0043350593. Our Book No: 28729. $20 AUD.

42. Carey, Peter (2001). 30 Days in Sydney: A Wildly Distorted Account (1st ed). London: Bloomsbury. 250 pp. Hardcover small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good condition), pictorial cover, endpaper map, minor edgewear, old price marks. Peter Carey, the Australian author, returns home to Sydney after living abroad for years, and he attempts to capture its character with the help of his old friends. Famous sights such as Bondi Beach, the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and the Blue Mountains are looked at with new eyes. ISBN/ASIN: 0747555001. Our Book No: 18218. $20 AUD.

43. Carr, Roger Vaughan (1991). Piano Bay (1st ed). Sydney, Glebe: Walter McVitty Books. 151 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in very good dustjacket), possible minimal EX-LIBRARY, minor edgewear, old price marks, small scuff mark title page (label removed), rubber stamp, otherwise internally excellent. An historical maritime novel for young adults by Roger Vaughan Carr, an Australian author. It is about Jonah Hatton and his son Tam. Jonah intends to wreck a ship and plunder its cargo, but his plans go awry as Tam's values are affected by the plight of the survivors. ISBN/ASIN: 0949183520. Our Book No: 3165. $15 AUD.

44. Carroll, Lewis ; Tenniel, John (illustrator) (1982). The Nursery Alice Containing Twenty Coloured Enlargements from Tenniel's Illustrations to "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" with Text Adapted to Nursery Readers (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 56 pp. Hardback small quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, tissue guide title page, frontispiece, papered boards (olive green cloth spine), colour drawings. In cardboard slipcase, small bump fore-edge, small creases spine. Facsimile edition. A classic children's picture book, written by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by John Tenniel. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Originally published in 1889 by Macmillan, London. The beautiful drawings would appeal to most ages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30577. $30 AUD.

45. Cato, Nancy (1992). Marigold (1st ed). London: New English Library / Hodder & Stoughton. 183 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), orange cloth cover, pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. First edition. Superb novel by Nancy Cato set in Adelaide, South Australia, in the 1930s. An enchanting story of a heroine whose journey from innocence to womanhood is both painful and endearing. Marigold Trent has two dreams: becoming a famous newspaper reporter and finding out how and why her father died. From the 'New English Library' by Hodder & Stoughton. First edition. The author previously wrote 'All the Rivers Run' and other popular Australian novels. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 045056407X. Our Book No: 9220. $18 AUD.

46. Chamberlain, Theodore J.; Hall, Christopher A. (2000). Realized Religion: Research on the Relationship between Religion and Health (1st ed). Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press. 239 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), top corner tip front flap jacket creased (toned spots reverse side spine & top edge), minor edgewear. Theodore Chamberlain and Christopher Hall Investigate the impact of spirituality in health and healing, faith healing, religion and mental health, religion and life satisfaction, religion and mental disorders, religion and marital satisfaction, the effect of religion on suicide, and the effect of religion on alcohol use and abuse. They Document over 300 scientific studies published by reputable scientific journals demonstrating that religion has an ameliorating effect on the survival rate of surgical patients on depression and anxiety, on suicide rates, and on promotion of a healthy lifestyle. They present useful and helpful information to researchers and scholars who seek to understand the subtle connection between healing and spirituality. It will be an invaluable resource for libraries and others interested in the emerging field of spirituality and healing. The authors are American associate professors of counselling psychology and biblical studies, respectively. ISBN/ASIN: 1890151459. Our Book No: 13599. $20 AUD.

47. Clark, Samuel (1982). The Ocean and Its Inhabitants, with Their Uses to Man (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 18 + 8 leaves of plates pp. Hardback wide octavo, very good condition, blind stamped red decorations covers, gilt title cover & spine, illustrated cover, full-page colour drawings (8 leaves of plates). In cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. This book was the first of a series of instructive reading books for young children that publisher Darton and Clark initiated in 1844. Samuel Clark had an interest in the physical sciences, and he may have promoted, if not written and illustrated, this fine book. The beautiful drawings would appeal to most ages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30578. $30 AUD.

48. Clergyman, A.; Morison, Rev. John (1967). Australia As It Is, or Facts and Features, Sketches and Incidents of Australia and Australian Life with Notices of New Zealand: Thirteen Years Resident in the Interior of New South Wales (Facsimile ed). Tokyo / Melbourne & Sydney: Charles E. Tuttle / Paul Flesch & Company. 257 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), red cloth boards (gilt lettering), black & white frontispiece drawing, pages lightly toned as usual, jacket spine lightly faded (minor edgewear, edge tears top spine). The anonymous author ('A Clergyman, thirteen years resident in the interior of New South Wales') was Rev. John Morison of New South Wales, who spent 13 years traveling in the interior. He describes and comments on conditions in Australia: the bush, pioneering, squatting, droughts and floods, convicts, sheep raising, gold mining, squatters, droughts, matrimony, the depravations of the Aborigines and the atrocious retaliation by settlers. Publication in London had an impact because there were two reprints. This book will interest anyone interested in early Australian history as it presents a glimpse of the beginnings of two countries. (Facsimile edition, Tuttle, 1967, no ISBN in book. Originally published in 1867.) ISBN/ASIN: B000UUK8S4. Our Book No: 24326. $20 AUD.

49. Clune, Frank; Lindsay, Norman (illustrator) (1970). Captain Bully Hayes: Blackbirder and Bigamist (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 177 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, endpaper maps, small edge tears jacket (bottom edge rear cover little creased, reverse side lightly toned) pages lightly toned as usual, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. First edition. Frank Clune provides the story of the American sea-captain, known as Captain Bully Hayes, who roamed the Pacific Ocean from the 1860s to the 1870s. The story also involves the deeds of other blackbirders, some of whom really were as bad as legend painted Hayes, and of cannibals and head-hunters, naval captains and missionary martyrs, who lived and died violently amid the paradise of the islands of the South Pacific. (Jacket front cover drawing by Norman Lindsay. Yellow colour on jacket spine not faded, and front flap not clipped, both rarely found.). ISBN/ASIN: 0207121184. Our Book No: 26423. $45 AUD.

50. Cole, E. W. (Editor) (1891). Advice of Ten Doctors (1st ed). Melbourne: E. W. Cole. 248 pp. Paperback small trade, good condition, card covers, new black cloth spine (repair), top corner front cover creased, pages lightly toned, few marks covers & edges, edges lightly foxed & toned, corner tips front cover repaired, little insect damage front cover, minor edgewear. Collection of medical advice from ten doctors, mainly about the dangers of enema cures and water cures. A preface by E. W. Cole severely criticises the remedies (quackery) of Dr. A. Wilford Hall. (No date, but 1891, Trove. Last page lists a book to be published in December 1892. Second edition not stated.). Our Book No: 40084. $50 AUD.

51. Cole, E. W. (Edward William) (editor) (1916). Sleep (1st ed) [Cream of Human Thought Library]. Melbourne: E. W. Cole. 349 + 16 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, dark red boards with gilt title & editor’s name on front, small embossed symbol, black & white drawings & photos, frontispiece, light foxing few pages & inside covers, pages lightly toned, spine ends creased, corners covers little bumped, colour loss few patches covers & spine, some edgewear & rubbing, written name front free flyleaf. This book is the sixth volume of The Cream of Human Thought Library. It has a varied selection of choice quotations from universal literature on the important subject of sleep. Our Book No: 40576. $45 AUD.

52. Collingwood, Harry; Overend, W. H. (illustrator) (1889). The Missing Merchantman. London: Blackie & Son. 352 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, very good condition, red cloth covers (pictorial front cover, gilt spine lettering, small faded patches), drawings (including frontispiece), new grey endpapers, edges toned, some pages little foxed, edgewear, owner's written name & details. (Estimated date, 1889, Muir 8348. First edition.) Maritime adventure novel for young adults, including a treasure island, shipwreck, a handsome hero and a winsome heroine. The action takes place partly aboard an Australian clipper, and also at sea between the Celebes, New Guinea and Australia. With six full-page illustrations by W. H. Overend. Pictorial cover pattern includes sea-level yellow sun & grey lettering. Plus 32-page Blackie catalogue at rear. Harry Collingwood was the penname of civil engineer William Lancaster (1851 - 1922) who wrote many juvenile maritime novels. Our Book No: 16597. $60 AUD.

53. Columbus, Christopher; Quaritch, Bernard; Kerney, Michael; Fernández-Armesto, Felipe (introduction); Martin Davies, Martin (essay); Posa, Pere (essay); Payne, Anthony (editor) (2006). The Spanish Letter of Columbus: A Facsimile of the Original Edition Published by Bernard Quaritch in 1891 (Facsimile ed). London: Bernard Quaritch. 33 pp. Hardback elephant folio, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), full-page colour photos centre spread, copy 1. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Subtitle: With an Introduction by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto and essays by Martin Davies on Pere Posa, the printing of the Spanish Columbus Letter at Barcelona in 1493, Anthony Payne and Katherine Spears on Quaritch, the Spanish Columbus Letter and America 1890 - 1892. Edited by Anthony Payne. Includes a colour facsimile of the original letter in the centre pages. The Columbus Letter that London bookseller Bernard Quaritch bought in 1890 was the most valuable item of printed Americana to ever appear on the market. No other copy of this, the earliest edition - a folio printed in Spanish at Barcelona in 1493 - is known. Quaritch and his assistant Michael Kerney originally published The Spanish Letter of Columbus in 1981 (now reprinted), being the first authoritative study of the document. But, as Felipe Fernandez-Armesto recounts in his introduction (new to this reprint), it nearly got dismissed as a forgery, in era of many forgeries. Quaritch's Letter did contain some errors, mostly the result of assumptions common at the time or deficiencies of knowledge unremedied until later. It demonstrated, correctly, that the folio in question was printed at Barcelona in 1493 and that all other known editions of the Columbus Letter followed it. This was a service to his firm and to the Lenox Library (now part of the New York Public Library), which purchased the item. This new edition also includes an account of the printing of the original Spanish Columbus Letter in 1493 and, drawing on materials surviving in the Quaritch Archive, the story of how Quaritch, and his son Alfred, marketed it in America. (Limited facsimile edition of 500 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0955085225. Our Book No: 15832. $80 AUD.

54. Columbus, Christopher; Quaritch, Bernard; Kerney, Michael; Fernández-Armesto, Felipe (introduction); Martin Davies, Martin (essay); Posa, Pere (essay); Payne, Anthony (editor) (2006). The Spanish Letter of Columbus: A Facsimile of the Original Edition Published by Bernard Quaritch in 1891 (Facsimile ed). London: Bernard Quaritch. 33 pp. Hardback elephant folio, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good plus dustjacket), full-page colour photos centre spread, base spine lightly bumped, copy 2. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Subtitle: With an Introduction by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto and essays by Martin Davies on Pere Posa, the printing of the Spanish Columbus Letter at Barcelona in 1493, Anthony Payne and Katherine Spears on Quaritch, the Spanish Columbus Letter and America 1890 - 1892. Edited by Anthony Payne. Includes a colour facsimile of the original letter in the centre pages. The Columbus Letter that London bookseller Bernard Quaritch bought in 1890 was the most valuable item of printed Americana to ever appear on the market. No other copy of this, the earliest edition - a folio printed in Spanish at Barcelona in 1493 - is known. Quaritch and his assistant Michael Kerney originally published The Spanish Letter of Columbus in 1981 (now reprinted), being the first authoritative study of the document. But, as Felipe Fernandez-Armesto recounts in his introduction (new to this reprint), it nearly got dismissed as a forgery, in era of many forgeries. Quaritch's Letter did contain some errors, mostly the result of assumptions common at the time or deficiencies of knowledge unremedied until later. It demonstrated, correctly, that the folio in question was printed at Barcelona in 1493 and that all other known editions of the Columbus Letter followed it. This was a service to his firm and to the Lenox Library (now part of the New York Public Library), which purchased the item. This new edition also includes an account of the printing of the original Spanish Columbus Letter in 1493 and, drawing on materials surviving in the Quaritch Archive, the story of how Quaritch, and his son Alfred, marketed it in America. (Limited facsimile edition of 500 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0955085225. Our Book No: 15832A. $80 AUD.

55. Company, Sydney University (1918). Sydney University Company A.I.F. (Reinforcements) Song Book 1918 (1st ed). Sydney: Sydney and Melbourne Publishing Co., Ltd. 114 pp. Paperback very small square (13cm), good condition, thin card covers (university logo front cover), concealed staples, base spine slightly chipped (tiny tear top), spine edges little rubbed, minor foxing title page, light foxing covers, minor foxing edges, small mark top edge, pinhead dent last two pages & rear cover, small mark rear cover, minor edgewear. From the preface: This little book has been compiled for members of Sydney University on active service in the Great War [WW1], and in particular for the Sydney University Company. The words and music of nearly all the older songs are from the Australasian Students Song Book. Some songs are of a later date including a number written specially for the company. SCARCE. Our Book No: 40627. $40 AUD.

56. Condon, Matthew (2014). Three Crooked Kings (1st ed). Brisbane, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press (UQP). 346 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear cover corner tips. The award-winning journalist and novelist, Mathew Condon, relates the shocking true story of how Queensland society was shaped by 50 years of corruption. At its core was Terence Lewis, deposed and jailed former police commissioner, and is based on extensive and unprecedented access to Terry Lewis and his personal papers. From his entry into the force in 1949, Lewis rose through the ranks, becoming part of the so-called Rat Pack with detectives Glendon Patrick Hallahan and Tony Murphy under the guiding influence of Commissioner Frank Bischof. The next four decades make for a searing tale of cops and killings, bagmen and blackmail, and sin and sleaze that exposes a police underworld which operated from Queensland and into New South Wales. Explores the pivotal role that whistleblower Shirley Brifman, prostitute and brothel owner, played until her suspicious sudden death. (First printing.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780702238918. Our Book No: 15822. $25 AUD.

57. Conway, Jill Ker (1989). The Road from Coorain (An Australian Memoir) (1st Australian ed). Melbourne: William Heinemann Australia. 243 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication). A memoir by Jill Ker Conway about her outback Australian childhood. She is now a senior academic living in the United States. She describes her long and painful road to independence, her growing cultural and political awareness at university, and the friendships and travel that provided her with a successful place in the world. First Australian edition (first printing: WHA on spine is black). (1 of 2 available copies. Author written dedication reads: 'For Val, with fond regards, Jill.'). ISBN/ASIN: 0855613211. Our Book No: 4168. $30 AUD.

58. Cook, Thomas; Shaw, Professor A. G. L. (introduction) (1978). The Exile's Lamentations (Facsimile ed) [Exiles Lamentations]. Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH). 131 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, red cloth cover (gilt lettering spine), black & white photos, endpaper map, pages faintly toned as usual, minor edgewear, owner's written name, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. This is the first publication of a manuscript written about 1840 by convict Thomas Cook, held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. Long title of the manuscript (self-explanatory): "The Exile's Lamentations, or Biographical Sketch of Thomas Cook, who was convicted at the Assizes held at Shrewsbury in the month of March 1831 for writing threatening letters and sentenced 14 years transportation, and re-convicted at Maitland Quarter Sessions in May 1836 for forgery and sentenced to Norfolk Island for life. Embracing an account of the particular transactions that have occurred at that settlement and in New South Wales during the earlier stage of his misfortunes, all showing the contrast between the social system as introduced by Captain Alex'r Maconochie RN of Norfolk Island, and the system of coercion primarily observed in the management of prisoners". (The list of illustrations does not correspond exactly to the published plates: apparently as published. Limited edition, 1000 copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0908120141. Our Book No: 16301. $50 AUD.

59. Correspondent, A Special (1970). The Barrier Silver and Tin Fields in 1888, being a Series of Letters Written by a Special Correspondent of 'The South Australian Register', 'Adelaide Observer', and 'Evening Journal', and Re-printed from those Papers. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). 86 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, red cloth cover (gilt spine lettering), adverts front & rear pages, foldout map inside rear cover, owner's written names. Facsimile edition, by the Libraries Board of South Australia, and originally published in 1888. A description of the recently discovered Broken Hill lead-zinc ore deposits, as reported in an Adelaide newspaper by an anonymous author ('A Special Correspondent'). ISBN/ASIN: 0724300082. Our Book No: 16250. $45 AUD.

60. Crane, Walter (1982). The Alphabet of Old Friends / Puss in Boots (2 books) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 16 + Unnum 20 pp. Each book: Paperback large quarto, very good plus condition, colour plates (drawings), both in the same cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Two classic children's picture books in verse, with interleaved blank pages (Walter Crane's artistic "toy books"). Crane's Puss in Boots was published in 1897, and his alphabet book was published in 1875. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16955. $50 AUD.

61. Crane, Walter (1982). Baby's Own Aesop [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 56 pp. Hardback small square octavo, very good plus condition, pictorial cover, papered boards (green cloth spine), colour drawings, in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. A classic children's picture book, fabulously illustrated, one of three similar books that followed Walter Crane's successful "toy books". Subtitle: Being the fables condensed in rhyme with portable morals pictorially pointed, engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Originally published by George Routledge, London, in 1887. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 17048. $40 AUD.

62. Cruikshank, George (1982). Hop-o' My-thumb and the Seven League Boots [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 34 pp. Paperback small, very good plus condition, card cover, full-page black & white drawings, in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Facsimile of a children's story of a drunken father abandoning his children who then encounter an ogre: being an adaptation of an old fairy tale, but here rewritten to support the temperance movement. Charles Dickens severely criticised changing the words of old fairy tales. Originally published by David Bogue, London, in 1853, as part of George Cruikshank's Fairy Library. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 17011. $20 AUD.

63. Cummings, Ray (1946). The Shadow Girl (1st ed). London: Gerald G. Swan. 186 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), green cloth cover (gilt lettering), edge tears jacket (faintly marked & toned), pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear, owner's written name & date stamp, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. First edition. Science fiction novel for young adults by Ray Cummings, originally published in Argosy, 1929. A mysterious time machine from the future appears and it has a beautiful girl from the future, willing to help from two young scientists with their experiments. A blend of science fiction and romance fiction. (Listed by Bleiler. Written name: D. Keating, Lending Library, London.). ISBN/ASIN: B000NYBMLY. Our Book No: 3780. $25 AUD.

64. Daley, Paul (2017). Beersheba: Travels Through a Forgotten Australian Victory (2nd (Centenary) ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 339 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, map, black & white photos, frontispiece drawing, bottom corner flyleaf creased, minor edgewear covers corner tips. Paul Daley documents the 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade that took part in 'last great cavalry charge' in October, 1917 against the Turks at Beersheba. The author travelled from Australia to Israel, from past to present, and from the battlefields to the archives, to write this remarkable story. Centenary edition (subtitle changed). ISBN/ASIN: 9780522871807. Our Book No: 41083. $30 AUD.

65. Dalrymple, Alexander; Fewster, Dr Kevin (foreword); Cook, Andrew (essay) (1996). An Account of the Discoveries Made in the South Pacifick Ocean (Facsimile ed) [Australian Maritime Series]. Sydney: Hordern House / Australian National Maritime Museum. 150 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket (as issued), very good condition, marbled heritage cover (quarter-bound, leather spine, gilt bands & lettering), large foldout map, six large foldout plates (drawings) at rear, frontispiece portrait, minor edgewear, bookplate. An account of the maritime discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean prior to 1764, containing a geographical description of places, the conduct of the discoverers, and the tracks they pursued, and an investigation of what may be further expected. Reissue of his scarce 1767 book. This book (long out of print) influenced the instructions for James Cook to explore the unknown east coast of Australia. Foreword by Dr. Kevin Fewster of the Australian National Maritime Museum, and an essay by Dr. Andrew Cook of the British Library (47 pages) + facsimile of book (103 pages). (Limited edition of 900 copies. Portrait of Alexander Dalrymple by John Thomas Seton. Large foldout map of the southern Pacific Ocean. (Bookplate of Andrew David, Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy.). ISBN/ASIN: 1875567135. Our Book No: 18022. $130 AUD.

66. Dansey, H. D. B. (1947). How the Maoris Came to Aotearoa (1st ed). Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed. 115 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white drawings, pages toned (endpapers strip very toned), jacket toned (spine very toned, small edge tears repaired), some edgewear. First edition. A history of the founding of New Zealand by Maoris, told as an epic story. Our Book No: 17268. $12 AUD.

67. Darton, William (1982). The Death and Burial of Cock Robin and the Moving Adventures of Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat (2 books) (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 16 + 16 pp. Each book: Paperback small square, very good condition, frontispiece, black & white plates (1), colour plates (1), in thin card envelope. Both books in same slipcase. Facsimile edition. The Death and Burial of Cock Robin is a nursery rhyme of ancient origin. William Darton expanded the traditional rhyme with four new verses. This booklet has hand-coloured copperplate illustrations. The Moving Adventures of Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat has black and white engraved plates. This rhyme has been known since 1706 and appeared in a chapbook edition published in 1803 by T. Evans. The card envelopes that wrap around each individual booklet add a special touch. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30587. $30 AUD.

68. Dawson, A. J. (1904). Things Seen in Morocco: Being a Bundle of Jottings, Notes, Impressions, Tales and Tributes (1st ed). London: Methuen & Co. 354 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, red boards (title in black letters front board, gilt title spine), black & white photos including frontispiece (with tissue guard, small tear & lightly toned), uncut fore-edges & bottom edge, spine ends chipped, spine little faded, pages lightly toned, edges lightly foxed, bottom corners little bumped, front & rear inner hinges slightly split (pages firm), few toned spots endpapers, some edgewear & rubbing. A. J. Dawson describes his travels when he decides to take a journey through Morocco. The many people he meets along the way, and the photos make this a fascinating look at this part of the world. (Plus 40 pages of adverts at rear.). Our Book No: 30867. $100 AUD.

69. de Bernieres, Louis; Baker, Alan (illustrator) (2001). Red Dog: An Australian Story (1st Australian ed). Sydney: Alfred A. Knopf / Random House Australia. 119 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), single-colour drawings, some edgewear bottom edge cloth cover, jacket cover photo differs from stock photo. Australian novel by Louis de Bernieres, based on a famous red kelpie who lived in Dampier, Western Australia. 'Red Dog' has now become a star in a major motion picture. The author states that the stories are based upon what really happened to Red Dog, but the characters are invented, except John. The real Red Dog was born in 1971, and died in 1979. His bronze statue is just outside the town of Dampier. First Australian edition. ISBN/ASIN: 1740510852. Our Book No: 17443. $18 AUD.

70. de Fossard, Esta; Bartram, Haworth (photographer) (1976). Catkin: The Curious Kitten (1st ed). Melbourne: Childerset. 32 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, full-page colour photos, minor edgewear. A delightful Australian children's picture story about the adventures of a cat, by Esta de Fossard. Photographs by Haworth Bartram. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0909404100. Our Book No: 3157. $15 AUD.

71. De Salinis, Le P. A. (1892). Marins et Missionnaires: Conquete de la Nouvelle-Caledonie 1843 - 1853 (1st ed). Paris: V. Retaux et Fils, Libraires-Editeurs. 340 pp. Hardback (24 x 16 cm), red cloth cover (gilt patterning & lettering, embossed edge bands, raised bands spine), patterned endpapers, very good condition, black & white drawings (engravings, in text & full-page), cover corners bumped, edgewear, pages toned (particularly edges), scattered light foxing. Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. First edition. French-language book by Le P. A. De Salinis titled: 'Sailors and Missionaries: Conquest of New Caledonia 1843 - 1853'. A history of the French conquest of this Pacific island near New Guinea and Australia. Essentially the story of the Catholic missions there. Our Book No: 14010. $200 AUD.

72. Dee, John; Halliwell, James Orchard (editor) (1998). The Private Diary of Dr John Dee (Facsimile ed). Montana: Kessinger Publishing Company. 102 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good plus condition, flexible cover, cover design differs from stock photo. Subtitle: 'And the Catalogue of His Library of Manuscripts from the Original Manuscripts in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and Trinity College Library, Cambridge’. Facsimile of 1842 edition. John Dee (1527 - 1608) was a noted English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He also devoted much of his life to alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy. Dee straddled the worlds of science and magic just as they were becoming distinguishable. (Printed copy of print-on-demand or POD book.). ISBN/ASIN: 1564591093. Our Book No: 3483. $18 AUD.

73. Delamotte, F. (Freeman) (1996). Historic Ornamental Alphabets (Reprint ed). Adelaide, Stepney: Axiom Publishing. 62 pp. Paperback oblong quarto, very good condition, black & white drawings, minor edgewear. Freeman Delamotte, a British engraver and typographer, provides a selection of unique alphabets (calligraphy) from the 8th to the 17th Century, drawn from Vatican, German and British historic texts. This book is a facsimile of extracts from two Delamotte books published as 'The Embroiders Book of Design [etc]' (1860) and the 'Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Medieval [etc]' (1879). A good source of style and inspiration for the calligrapher, scholar, craftsperson and all interested in historical art. SCARCE. ISBN/ASIN: 0947338462. Our Book No: 23997. $30 AUD.

74. Dennis, C. J.; Gye, Hal (illustrator) (1981). Doreen. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 32 pp. Hardback very small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), illustrated endpapers, full-page colour drawing (and colour frontispiece), small black & white vignettes, top edge reverse side jacket little toned, minimal edgewear. (This copy: Doreen, by C. J. Dennis, 1981.) Facsimile edition of a humorous Christmas story in verse, originally published in 1917. The second sequel to 'The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'. The story of Bill, a larrikin gang member who marries a young woman named Doreen, and becomes a contented husband and father. This book celebrates six years of marriage. ISBN/ASIN: 0207142866. Our Book No: 3204. $20 AUD.

75. Dennis, C. J.; Gye, Hal (illustrator) (1982). Digger Smith. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 32 pp. Hardback very small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour frontispiece & title page vignette, minimal foxing top edge reverse side jacket, minimal foxing top edge, minor edgewear, small owner's written name. (Digger Smith, by C. J. Dennis, 1982.) Facsimile edition in 1982 of a book of the short humorous verses of C. J. Dennis, originally published in 1918, and one of two sequels to 'Ginger Mick'. Written as World War 1 (WW1) was ending, and deals with the effects of war on the men who served 'with Anzac eyes'. Illustrated by Hal Gye. ISBN/ASIN: 0207148570. Our Book No: 17501. $15 AUD.

76. Derriman, Philip (editor) (1987). Our Don Bradman: Sixty Years of Writings About Sir Donald Bradman (1st ed). Sydney, Crows Nest: Macmillan. 222 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), top corner rear cover little bumped, base spine little rubbed & bumped, jacket top corner rear cover & base spine little creased (minor edgewear). first edition. Consists of about 150 pieces written over 60 years, from the mid-1920s to the mid-1980s, and includes all the great cricket writers of the 20th century. Many newspaper articles came from Sir Donald's own scrapbooks and include several articles written while he was still playing cricket in the country as an undiscovered youth. ISBN/ASIN: 0333450019. Our Book No: 28599. $18 AUD.

77. Dixon, Franklin W.; Rogers, Walter S. (illustrator) (1928). Across the Pacific, or Ted Scott's Hop to Australia (1st ed) [Ted Scott Flying Stories]. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. 216 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pictorial red cloth boards, black & white frontispiece drawing, edges faintly foxed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Ted Scott, the daring young American aviator, gets into all sorts of trouble when flying across the Pacific. From the Ted Scott Flying Stories series, created for young adults during the era of Lindbergh, Byrd and other 'heroes of the skies’. The author, Franklin W Dixon, is better known for 'The Hardy Boys' series, but Dixon was a 'house name' of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, in this case masking John William Duffield as actual author. (Reverse side of wrapper contains a valuable long list of Grosset & Dunlap publications for boys and girls. "Preserve this wrapper" notice prominently printed on jacket flap.) First edition (this title is at the end of the list of titles on the front jacket flap). ISBN/ASIN: B016XN3WH0. Our Book No: 14933. $50 AUD.

78. Doidge, Norman (2012). The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity (Reprint ed) [A James H. Silberman Book]. New York: Viking / Penguin Group. 409 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), cloth spine, minimal edgewear, owner's name rubber stamp. The bestselling author of 'The Brain That Changes Itself' presents astounding advances in the treatment of brain injury and illness. He describes the most important breakthrough in our understanding of the brain in 400 years, neuroplasticity: the discovery that the brain can change its own structure and function in response to mental experience. A revolutionary book showing how the amazing process of 'neuroplastic' healing really works. Doidge explores cases where patients alleviated years of chronic pain or recovered from debilitating strokes or accidents - children on the autistic spectrum or with learning disorders normalizing - symptoms of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and cerebral palsy radically improved. And we learn how to vastly reduce the risk of dementia with simple approaches anyone can use. Contains two chapters on the Feldenkrais method (mental awareness of movement). The sophisticated brain is the source of a unique kind of healing. (The author is a Canadian-American psychiatrist. This copy is the 9th reprint of the first hardcover edition.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780670025503. Our Book No: 17390. $26 AUD.

79. Drewe, Robert (2008). The Rip (1st ed). Melbourne: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Books. 215 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pictorial cover, minor edgewear. First edition. These Australian short stories by Robert Drewe are set against a backdrop - the coast. The book reveals the fragility of relationships between husbands and wives, children and parents, friends and lovers. The author returns to the short story territory he has made his own. ISBN/ASIN: 9780241015360. Our Book No: 28423. $15 AUD.

80. Dubosarsky, Ursula (2006). The Red Shoe (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 183 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, card covers (with flaps), pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Novel for young adults by gifted writer Ursula Dubosarsky. This is the story of Matilda and her two sisters growing up in Sydney in the turbulent 1950s at the time of the Petrov spying affair. Can our neighbour be a spy? Punctuated by the headlines of the time, it shows clearly how ordinary lives can be altered by the larger events of the world. The Children's Book Council of Australia Honour Book for Older Readers. First edition. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781741142853. Our Book No: 28482. $12 AUD.

81. Edments (1998). Shop by Post Direct from Edments Cash Stores (Facsimile ed). Golden Square, Bendigo, VIC: Crown Castleton. 116 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card cover, many black & white drawings, minimal edgewear. A comprehensive mail-order catalogue of antique household goods sold by the Melbourne business, Edments Cash Stores, famous for its low prices. Reprint of a catalogue originally published in 1927. This reprint was sponsored by Prouds the Jewellers. A valuable resource for period antiques for your heritage house. ISBN/ASIN: 1875342265. Our Book No: 4736. $20 AUD.

82. Edwards, Captain Edward; Hamilton, George; Thomson, Basil (introduction) (1914). Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora, Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the Bounty in the South Seas, 1790 - 91 (1st ed). London: Francis Edwards. 177 pp. Hardback octavo, good plus condition, burgundy cloth cover (lightly flecked), top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, large fold-out map at rear, endpapers & some pages foxed, pages faintly toned, inner hinge little split (pages form), minor edgewear corners, owner's written name. First edition (dated 1914). A description of the voyage of H.M.S. Pandora, as told by the Captain Edward Edwards, which was sent from Britain in 1790 to the Pacific in search of the mutineers of H.M.S. Bounty. Also includes a report by ship surgeon George Hamilton. The Pandora was shipwrecked on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, in 1791. (Owner's name: Harold W. Brooks, and dated 1934.). ISBN/ASIN: B00140XJBW. Our Book No: 17089. $185 AUD.

83. Eldershaw, M. Barnard (2010). A House is Built (Reprint ed) [Kessinger Legacy Reprints]. USA: Kessinger Publishing. 359 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, bottom corner front cover little creased, minor edgewear. Facsimile edition. A novel, by M. Barnard Eldershaw, of whaling days in early Sydney 1837 - 1887. Tells the story of the fortunes of James Hyde, an ex-Navy quartermaster, who starts business as a merchant on Sydney's waterfront in 1837. Originally published in 1929, and co-winner of The Bulletin Prize, 1928. (A secondhand printed copy of a print-on-demand book.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781162788661. Our Book No: 29074. $25 AUD.

84. Elwell, Thos. D. (1979). An Official Guide to the National Park of New South Wales (Facsimile ed). Sydney: National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales. 72 pp. Hardback wide octavo, no jacket, very good condition, embossed cloth covers, full-page sepia (brown-tinted ) photos (including frontispiece), fold-out plan at rear, pages faintly toned, minimal foxing edges. This facsimile reprint is published in 1979 by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales and is limited to 1000 copies of which this copy is number 585. This facsimile marks the Centenary of Royal National Park (known simply as "The National Park" until 1954) is the oldest national park in Australia having been dedicated in 1879. This book first appeared in 1893 under the authority of the Trustees of the Park. The sepia photos add a special old charm to the book which is packed with information. ISBN/ASIN: 0724016848. Our Book No: 28711. $30 AUD.

85. Evans, Ian (1984). The Australian Old House Catalogue: The Complete Where to Get It Guide for the Home Restorer (1st ed). Sydney, North Ryde: Methuen Haynes. 96 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good plus condition, black & white drawings & text-photos, front cover corner tip faintly creased, minimal edgewear. First edition. Excellent and cheap guide to restoring old Australian houses, though the directory of suppliers is outdated. ISBN/ASIN: 0454011946. Our Book No: 1055. $12 AUD.

86. Ewart, Alfred J.; Tovey, J. R. (assistant) (1909). The Weeds, Poison Plants, and Naturalized Aliens of Victoria. Part 1: Poisonous, Injurious, and Proclaimed Weeds (Native and Introduced), with the Coloured Plates. Part 2: Census of the Naturalized Aliens and Introduced Exotics (1st ed). Melbourne: Alfred J. Ewart / J. Kemp, Government Printer. 110 pp. Hardback large octavo, good condition, dark green cloth cover (gilt spine lettering), colour plates, light foxing most pages & plates, cover corners & spine ends little rubbed, slight colour loss spine, little rubbing spine & covers, edges lightly toned & foxed, light toning & foxing endpapers, little foxing title page, corners covers little bumped, owner's name & address. From the author's preface: Coloured drawings of all the proclaimed plants not previously figured were prepared for publication and these were issued from month to month in the Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria. The present work contains these coloured plates, with a full account of the properties and the best modes of treatment of all our commoner weeds. Written by Government Botanist and Professor of Botany in the Melbourne University. This wonderful old book is in pretty good shape despite being over 100 year old, and would make a great addition to any botany book collection. Our Book No: 29239. $50 AUD.

87. Eyre, Edward John (1964). Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Port Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the Years 1840 - 1 [etc] (2 volumes) (1st facsimile ed) [Australiana Facsimile Editions, no. 7]. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). 448 + 512 pp. Each volume: Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, good plus condition, brown leatherette cover (spine lettering, little faded), black & white plates (including frontispiece), tables, folded map in rear pocket, minor toning & foxing edges, minor edgewear, owner's rubber stamp. Very heavy (1.8 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. Facsimile edition, originally published London, 1845. First facsimile printing, unstated limited edition, about 500 copies. Contains all 23 plates (some full-page including frontispiece, some within-text linocuts). In 1839, Eyre made two expeditions from Adelaide to Lake Torrens, and from Port Lincoln to Streaky Bay. In June 1840 he set out on his most notable expedition, westward from Adelaide along the Great Australian Bight, with one white companion (Baxter) and three Aborigines. Baxter was murdered by two of the Aborigines, and Eyre and the remaining Aborigine reached Albany after a desperate journey. Eyre includes much valuable material on the Aborigines and their habits. Our Book No: 4024. $150 AUD.

88. Farjeon, B. L. (1872). Grif: A Story of Australian Life. New York: Harper & Brothers. 146 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good plus condition overall, modern black cloth binding (gilt spine lettering, new endpapers), pages & edges notably toned, some foxing few pages, some page corners creased (one page fully creased), minor edge tears & edge loss (few pages), small hole last several pages (text complete). A working class novel of 19th-century Melbourne. A scarce early edition of this classic work by the prolific Victorian-era novelist B. L. Farjeon. He emigrated to the Australian and New Zealand goldfields, where this novel was originally published in Dunedin in 1868. . Our Book No: 15605. $50 AUD.

89. Favenc, Ernest (1967). The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888: Compiled from State Documents, Private Papers and the Most Authentic Sources of Information (Facsimile ed). Amsterdam: Meridian Publishing Co. 474 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, very good condition, gilt title on cover & spine, maps, few black & white drawings, maps, fold-out frontispiece map (tiny tear bottom edge & tiny loss), endpapers lightly toned & little foxed, edges & pages lightly toned, faint foxing edges. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Facsimile edition. An unchanged facsimile of the 1888 Sydney edition. The author has included some of the best examples of courage and fortitude which helped the early explorers to build Australia. Includes the authors' dedication to Sir Henry Parkes, maps, an extract of letters to Sir Joseph Banks, from Captain Matthew Flinders March 1806, an extract from a letter written by Mr E. J. Eyre, and signatures of various Australian explorers. A wonderful book to add to an Australian history collection. Our Book No: 28882. $60 AUD.

90. FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation (1947). Federal Bureau of Investigation: Kenneth Arnold UFO File 1947 (Facsimile). Prescott, AZ: William L. Moore Publications & Research. 12 pp. Pamphlet quarto, good condition, stapled top left corner, typewritten text (some words blacked out, some indistinct), minor edgewear. This published photocopied pamphlet is a facsimile of an FBI report on the sighting by pilot Kenneth Arnold of a row of nine flying disks on July 12, 1947, which ushered in the modern UFO era. Consists of a transcript of Arnold's report, plus four FBI evaluative documents. (Undated facsimile. The photocopied text is partly blurred and difficult to read, and some words have been blacked out on the FBI reports.). Our Book No: 4620. $15 AUD.

91. Fetherstonhaugh, Cuthbert (1917). After Many Days: Being the Reminiscences of Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh (1st ed). Melbourne: E. W. Cole. 416 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good plus condition, green cloth cover, black & white plates (including frontispiece portrait), top edge foxed, cover fore-edge bumped (corner bumped rear cover), gilt lettering spine faded, endpapers toned, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, spine ends little chipped, rubber library stamp front free flyleaf (gilt library stamp front cover), small round hole top edge near spine rear cover (metal reinforcement), bookshop sticker & rubber stamp. First edition. The memoirs of a sheep rancher from the Rockhampton region, Queensland. (Rubber stamp of the A. J. Soutar Library, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. Angus & Robertson sticker. Tyrrells Book Shop rubber stamp.). Our Book No: 17336. $250 AUD.

92. Finden, Susan (2010). Casper the Commuting Cat: The True Story of the Cat Who Rode the Bus and Stole Our Hearts (1st ed). London: Simon & Schuster. 226 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour photos, minor edgewear jacket. First edition. A warm touching true story about a very special black & white cat who traveled on the local buses in Britain. ISBN/ASIN: 9780857200082. Our Book No: 26703. $15 AUD.

93. Finkel, George (1968). The Loyall Virginian (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 189 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, maps (including jacket), minor edgewear jacket (small closed tear top edge), small dent fore-edge cover. The Loyall Virginian, by George Finkel (Angus & Robertson, 1968). First edition. A Virginian colonist sails to Europe on a trading mission and becomes involved in King Charles' war in 1648. This fast-moving novel for young adults by Australian writer has a fresh, original viewpoint of the struggle between King and Parliament: the viewpoint of a Virginian-born colonist whose loyalty to his king is tempered by his experience of the freedom of a faraway new land. (This first edition copy lacks the ISBN, which appeared in later printings.). ISBN/ASIN: 0207950261. Our Book No: 27450. $15 AUD.

94. Finlay, Iain (1978). The Azanian Assignment (1st ed). New York: Harper & Row. 395 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), red cloth spine, light foxing edges, fore-edge little marked, top corner tips little creased some pages, tiny scuff fore-edge few pages, pages lightly toned, bottom corner front flap jacket creased (some edgewear & chipping, few small closed tears, bottom corner rear cover laminate little lifted, spine ends little worn). First edition. This well-plotted, fast-paced and suspenseful crime fiction novel is a thrilling adventure with the authenticity and impact of future headlines. The story is around Tony Bartlett, an Australian journalist stationed in Kenya. He flies south to cover the story of the hijacking in Johannesburg of a South African airliner. The Australian author's first novel took a year of research in South Africa. He was born in Australia but left to hitchhike through Europe and Africa, at the age of 18. He did many jobs before he became a journalist in 1956. First edition stated. ISBN/ASIN: 0060112719. Our Book No: 30656. $25 AUD.

95. FitzGerald, Robert D. (editor) (1970). The Letters of Hugh McCrae (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 272 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white illustrations, minor edgewear jacket (spine faded, faint toning reverse side, few edge tears), edges & pages lightly toned, edges lightly foxed. The Letters of Hugh McCrae, edited by Robert FitzGerald (Angus & Robertson, 1970). This special book is about the Australian lyric poet, Hugh McCrae, who wrote to correspondents who were leading literary figures from 1900 to the 1950s: Norman Lindsay, Mary Gilmore, A. G. Stephens, Vance and Nettie Palmer, Kenneth Mackenzie, R. G. Howarth, H. M Green. The editor has selected 261 letters of outstanding interest. Eight are reproduced in facsimile to show the exquisite penmanship which along with their wit, their fantasy, and their occasionally deeper tones, was always a part of their charm. ISBN/ASIN: 0207953724. Our Book No: 27152. $25 AUD.

96. Flanagan, Richard (2017). First Person (1st ed). Sydney: Penguin / Random House. 392 pp. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black boards, minor edgewear jacket, few light marks top edge. First edition. An Australian novel about a young penniless writer, Kif Kehlmann, who is asked by a notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl to ghost write his memoir in six weeks. The book is by turns compelling, comic, and chilling. The author won the 2014 Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143787242. Our Book No: 30533. $25 AUD.

97. Flannery, Tim (2005). The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change (1st ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 332 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, few graphs & text-photos, front cover little creased along spine, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Tim Flannery presents the fascinating story of climate spanning millions of years, and how the present changes in climate will drastically affect our environment in the future. The author is director of the South Australian Museum and a leading thinker on the environment. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 1920885846. Our Book No: 24233. $15 AUD.

98. Fletcher, Charlie (2011). Far Rockaway (1st ed). London: Hodder Children's Books. 419 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket). Fantasy novel for young adults by Charlie Fletcher. Cat is knocked down by a speeding fire truck in Manhattan. She wakes in a world made from all the books her grandfather used to read to her, peopled by some of the most memorable heroes of classic adventure fiction, brought vividly to life. Cat must earn their friendship and help as she begins an odyssey and epic quest to find the mythic Castle at the World's End. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780340997321. Our Book No: 15554. $20 AUD.

99. Fontana, David (1989). Managing Stress (1st ed) [Problems in Practice]. Leicester / London: British Psychological Society / Routledge. 118 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket). First edition. A psychologist shows how to successfully cope with stress - by identifying the precise causes of stress, and by developing appropriate responses to them, both at professional and personal levels. Assessing levels of stress, understanding what causes stress, managing the environment and managing yourself are all key elements. ISBN/ASIN: 0901715980. Our Book No: 14349. $15 AUD.

100. Forbes, Derek (2002). Illustrated Playbills: A Study Together With a Reprint of "A Descriptive Catalogue of Theatrical Wood Engravings" (1865). Covent Garden, London: Society for Theatre Research. 134 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, drawings (playbills), corner tips few pages creased, minor edgewear. Derek Forbes has written a detailed study of some of the thousands of old playbills that have survived, thus contributing to our understanding of early theatrical practices. The book has chapters on definitions and early examples, playbills featuring animal subjects, and those featuring human subjects. Plus an introduction to the 1865 catalogue prepared by E. J. Bath, and case-studies of selected plays and their illustrations. Part II is a facsimile of the Bath catalogue of theatrical wood engravings. ISBN/ASIN: 0854300724. Our Book No: 15378. $20 AUD.

101. Forde, H. A. (1894). Across Two Seas: A New Zealand Tale (1st ed). London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, & Co. 188 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial green cloth cover, black & white plates, frontispiece plate (tissue guard), pages lightly toned, minor foxing (mainly page margins), corners bumped, edgewear corners, written & dated dedication. First edition. Novel for young adults set in New Zealand. Cover drawing: young girl greets Maori warrior. (Written dedication is dated 1902. Contains all 11 internal plates, included in pagination. Publisher catalogue at rear, 4p.). Our Book No: 16656. $40 AUD.

102. Fowler, Frank; Geering, R. G. (introduction) (1975). Southern Lights and Shadows (Facsimile ed) [Australian Literary Reprints]. Sydney: Sydney University Press (SUP). 132 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear. Frank Fowler provides a controversial description of the society and culture of Sydney in the 1850s. Differs from most books that focus on the goldfields and outback. Covers colonial society and youth in Sydney, politics, press, theatre, literature, lowlife and crime. R. G. Geering's introduction examines Fowler's career as a journalist, public lecturer, playwright and editor of the magazine 'The Month’. Facsimile reproduction of the original 1859 edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0424000172. Our Book No: 9056. $25 AUD.

103. Fox, Mem; Argent, Kerry (illustrator) (1999). Sleepy Bears (1st ed). Sydney: Macmillan / Pan Macmillan. 28 pp. Hardback large square quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings (some full-page), minor edgewear. A very special children's picture story by Mem Fox about a mother bear who sends her six bear cubs to sleep using a special rhyme for each bear. The large delightful drawings by Kerry Argent make this a wonderful story for all ages. Co-published by Pan Macmillan and Design Studio, Adelaide. (The scarce first edition.). ISBN/ASIN: 0732909805. Our Book No: 29082. $25 AUD.

104. Fox, Mem; Lofts, Pamela (illustrator) (2005). Hunwick's Egg (1st ed). Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 32 pp. Hardback square quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour illustrations, minor edgewear. First edition. Australian children's picture story about Hunwick the bilby. When a mysterious egg appears outside Hunwick's burrow, no one is certain what to think. This very special book with the large colourful drawings and simple text will appeal to all ages. ISBN/ASIN: 0670042307. Our Book No: 21591. $14 AUD.

105. Fox, Mem; Tusa, Tricia (illustrator) (2002). The Magic Hat (1st Australian ed). Gosford, NSW: Scholastic Press / Scholastic Australia Pty Ltd. 32 pp. Hardback small folio, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings, minor edgewear. The bestselling Australian children's fantasy picture story by Mem Fox about a magic hat. It moved like this, it moved like that! Where will it land next? The rhyming words and large full-page ink and watercolour illustrations by Tricia Tusa are delightful, and will appeal to any age. (The SCARCE first Australian edition.). ISBN/ASIN: 1865044628. Our Book No: 14949. $20 AUD.

106. Frank, Jerome; Fulbright, William J. (preface) (1968). Sanity and Survival: Psychological Aspects of War and Peace (1st U.K. ed). London: Barrie & Rockliff / Cresset Press. 330 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), top corner cloth cover little bumped, minor foxing reverse side jacket (flap not price-clipped, rear cover creased), minor edgewear. First U.K. edition. The noted American psychiatrist Jerome Frank explains why we fight and kill and how to overcome this madness. He founded 'Physicians for Social Responsibility', which aims to improve society. He actively campaigns against nuclear armaments, for human rights, and for a more humanistic medicine. ISBN/ASIN: 0214667251. Our Book No: 8764. $20 AUD.

107. Freeman, Annette (2007). Tea in the Library (1st ed). Melbourne, Hartwell: Temple House / Sid Harta Publishers. 266 pp. Paperback large trade, very good plus condition, colour text-photos centre spread, fore-edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear, old price marks, autograph (author’s written dedication). A wry and personal account by Annette Freeman of her thrilling roller-coaster ride of opening a bookshop cafe in central Sydney, New South Wales (NSW). She explains how her business model was ultimately flawed. First edition. Written autograph states: "To James and Catherine. Team members extraordinaire. Love and thanks, Annette”. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921206481. Our Book No: 27610. $30 AUD.

108. Freudenberg, Graham (2005). A Figure of Speech: A Political Memoir. Brisbane, Milton: John Wiley & Sons. 307 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), black & white photos centre spread, endpaper drawings, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name title page), owner's written name. This memoir by Graham Freudenberg follows a journey from deeply conservative beginnings through a lifelong career at the highest level of Australian Labor politics as speechwriter to Prime Ministers Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke, and NSW premiers Neville Wran, Barrie Unsworth and Bob Carr. This book captures the drama of Australian politics from the inside. ISBN/ASIN: 1740311051. Our Book No: 25760. $30 AUD.

109. Gackenbach, Jayne; Bosveld, Jane (1989). Control Your Dreams: How Lucid Dreaming Can Help Uncover Your Hidden Desires, Confront Your Hidden Fears, and Explore the Frontiers of Human Consciousness (1st ed). New York: Harper & Row. 235 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), cloth spine, minor edgewear jacket, rubber stamps. First edition. About a special type of dream, a dream in which you realize you are dreaming. It is an exploration of how lucid dreams challenge our notions of what is real and what is illusion, and about what it means, after all, to be conscious. (From the library of Australian parapsychologist Harvey J. Irwin - his rubber stamp.). ISBN/ASIN: 0060159332. Our Book No: 20668. $20 AUD.

110. Galbraith, Robert; Rowling, J. K. (2020). Troubled Blood: A Strike Novel (1st ed). London: Sphere Books. 929 pp. Hardback large wide thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), spine little creased (base little bumped), jacket protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. First edition. This is the fifth Strike and Robin novel. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting Cornwall when he is asked by a woman to find her mother who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974. Robert Galbraith is the pen-name of J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. ISBN/ASIN: 9780751579932. Our Book No: 30912. $35 AUD.

111. Gallico, Paul; Lonette, Reisie (illustrator) (1961). Ludmila (A Legend of Liechtenstein). London: Michael Joseph. 44 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings (some full-page), flap price-clipped jacket, bookshop sticker, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Raeco). First small hardback edition. A charming novella for young adults by Paul Gallico about a cow with great ambitions. She wishes to be the champion milk producer of the year, and lead the procession of herds down the mountainside in the age-old Liechtenstein harvest ceremony. ISBN/ASIN: B00159J998. Our Book No: 14529. $15 AUD.

112. Gammage, Bill (2012). The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (P/b, reprint ed). Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. 434 pp. Paperback thick small quarto, very good condition, colour photos (some full-page, few black & white), top corners some pages lightly creased, corners four pages folded (bookmarks), minor edgewear. Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Bill Gammage has examined the written and visual records of the Australian landscape, and found a complex system of land management by Aborigines using fire, the life cycles of native plants, and the natural flow of water to ensure plenty of plant life and wildlife to last throughout the year. In this classic and fascinating book he discusses the ways the early settlers changed for the worse the way the Aboriginal people tended their land. Once Aboriginal people were no longer able to tend their country, it became overgrown and vulnerable to the hugely damaging bushfires we now experience. (Winner of nine literary awards.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781743311325. Our Book No: 18237. $50 AUD.

113. Gardner, Howard (1997). Extraordinary Minds: Portraits of Exceptional Individuals and an Examination of our Extraordinariness (1st U.K. ed). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 178 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned, small bump top spine, minor edgewear. First edition. In this thought-provoking book, Howard Gardner shows how there can be "a science of the extraordinary", how psychology can inform our understanding of the achievements of extraordinary individuals, and how that understanding can contribute to knowledge of our own development and lives. Focussing on Gandhi, Freud, Virginia Woolf and Mozart, he examines what produces an extraordinary mind, categorising four types - the Master, the Maker, the Introspector and the Influencer. ISBN/ASIN: 0297819518. Our Book No: 22271. $12 AUD.

114. Gardner, Nuala (2007). A Friend Like Henry: The Remarkable True Story of an Autistic Boy and the Dog that Unlocked His World (1st ed). London: Hodder & Stoughton. 342 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), frontispiece. The author is a community nurse and qualified midwife and mother of Dale and Amy, both being autistic. This is the inspiring account of a family's struggle to break into their son's autistic world, and how a beautiful golden retriever dog transformed their lives. ISBN/ASIN: 9780340934012. Our Book No: 22639. $15 AUD.

115. Gazette, Port Phillip (1979). Port Phillip Gazette 1838 to 1841 (5 Volumes) (Facsimile ed). Sydney, Mona Vale: Stephen Lansdown & Company. Unnum pp. Hardback very large folio (47.0 x 34.2 cm), dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), minor edgewear. Very heavy (12.0 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. A 5-volume very large format facsimile edition of the Port Phillip Gazette, an early Melbourne broadsheet newspaper from 1838 to 1841. (The copyright page states a 6-volume set, but only 5 volumes were published. No 208 of a limited edition of 285 copies. The ISBN 0868330124 applies to the 5-volume set. Very heavy, about 12 Kg packed weight.). ISBN/ASIN: 0868330124. Our Book No: 18226. $200 AUD.

116. Geddes, Anne (2005). Colours (1st ed) [Anne Geddes Children's Collection]. Sydney: Hodder Headline. 28 pp. Hardback square quarto, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, full-page colour photos, small dent top edge covers, minor edgewear. Colours book for children, by the Australian designer Anne Geddes. Most of the images have been selected from Anne's book 'Down in the Garden’. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0733619770. Our Book No: 24004. $15 AUD.

117. Gibbs, May (1916). Gum Blossom Babies: Words and Pictures by May Gibbs (1st ed) [Gum-Blossom Babies]. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 56 (including 28p blank) pp. Paperback small octavo, good condition, full-page sepia (brown-tinted) drawings, tipped-in colour drawing front cover, colour drawing frontispiece, yapp edges to brown cover (edges repaired archival tape), edgewear, brown string binding, non-author written dedication prelim page. First edition. This small booklet was issued in an individual envelope [MISSING as usual], and was intended for use as an enlarged greeting card, and these also served as amusing distractions during the First World War. Printed by H & H Printing Co., Sydney. SALE PRICE. (Muir 2732. Contains 11 full-page sepia drawings. Hyphen in title on front cover. Written dedication dated Xmas, 1917.). Our Book No: 17386. $145 AUD.

118. Gibbs, May (1920). Little Ragged Blossom and More about Snugglepot and Cuddlepie (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson / W. C. Penfold (Printer). 98 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket (missing as usual), very good condition, green pictorial cover (dark green cloth spine, small round central colour drawing laid down), black & white drawings (one partly coloured in), colour frontispiece (minor foxing base reverse side), colour plate (with stub adjoining page), full-page sepia (brown-coloured) non-glossy drawings (pencil drawings erased reverse side four plates but impressions remain with one plate heavy impressions), illustrated sepia endpapers (front free flyleaf replaced), edges little toned, some edgewear. First edition. This classic children's story relates the adventures of Little Ragged Blossom and her friends Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. The colour plate and 20 sepia drawings will delight both young and young at heart. Cover title: "Little Ragged Blossom and More About Snugglepot and Cuddlepie" (same as title page). (Undated first edition, but 1920, W. C. Penfold as printer, Trove, and Muir 2752. A repaired copy, but now good plus condition overall.). ISBN/ASIN: B000KHDFG4. Our Book No: 25316. $200 AUD.

119. Gibbs, May (1937). Little Ragged Blossom and More about Snugglepot and Cuddlepie [2nd Book of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie]. Sydney: Angus & Robertson / Halstead Press (Printer). 98 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, very good condition, cream pictorial cover (sepia text & drawings), rebacked (new brown cloth spine, original spine retained), sepia drawings & text, colour frontispiece, full-page glossy sepia plates, plain endpapers (some toning & minor foxing), internal page scattered minor foxing & creasing (some small edge tears repaired), edges little toned, minor edgewear, bookshop sticker. This special classic children's story relates the adventures of Little Ragged Blossom and her friends Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. The colour frontispiece and full-page sepia drawings will delight both young and young at heart. Cover title: "2nd Book of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie". (Reprint edition, 1937 stated on prelim page. J. Ewins Ballarat, small bookshop sticker. A repaired copy, but very good condition overall.). Our Book No: 17918. $190 AUD.

120. Gibbs, May; Walsh, Maureen (1992). The May Gibbs Collection. Volume 1: Mother of the Gumnuts: Her Life and Work. By Maureen Walsh. Volume 2: May Gibbs Gumnut Classics. The Famous Gumnut Adventures (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 228 + 496 pp. Each volume: Hardback folio, very condition (in very good dustjacket), yellow-tinted pages, black & white & colour drawings (some full-page), flaps jacket four sides (spine faded, reverse side little foxed), minor edgewear, string bookmark (v1). Both volumes in green slipcase (gilt spine lettering, minor edgewear). Very heavy (4.0 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. First edition in this format. A lavish collection in two volumes of classic children’s stories by May Gibbs, rthe Australian author and illustrator. Volume 1 is a biography of May Gibbs by Maureen Walsh. Volume 2 reproduces eight May Gibbs Gumnut stories: Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie - Little Ragged Blossom - Little Obelia - Nuttybub and Nittersing - Chucklebud and Wunkydoo - Scotty in Gumnut Land - Mr and Mrs Bear and Friends - Gumnut Gossip. Our Book No: 4439. $100 AUD.

121. Gilmore, Mary (1932). Under the Wilgas (1st ed). Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens. 181 pp. Paperback trade (with flaps), dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), card covers (title & author labels front cover & spine, yapp edges), edge tears, slight loss spine ends, edges & most pages foxed (some pages minimal), endpapers lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, spine ends worn, some edgewear. First edition. In this very special book of poems, Mary Gilmore states that she has attempted to write about some of the emotions of a people once generous, once wise, and once proud and free. ISBN/ASIN: B003F3M3V8. Our Book No: 29945. $100 AUD.

122. Gleeson, Libby; James, Ann (illustrator) (1994). Skating on Sand: Hannah Knew She'd Find a Way (1st ed). Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 87 pp. Hardback wide octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, light foxing top edge, minor edgewear jacket, autograph (author's written dedication title page). First edition. Novel for young adults by Libby Gleeson about a girl named Hannah who wants to skate when she goes on a camping holiday with her family. Hannah is told she can't do it, because the ground is rough and stony, and everywhere else is sandy, but she knows she will find a way. This is a heart-warming story about a young girl's determination to succeed. ISBN/ASIN: 0670857564. Our Book No: 26179. $20 AUD.

123. Godwin, William (2008). The Enquirer (1823) (New, facsimile ed) [Legacy Reprint Series]. Edinburgh: John Anderson. 411 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, corner tips covers little creased, minor edgewear. A facsimile classic of the new edition originally published in 1823. A series of essays which reflect on literature, manners and education in 18th-century English society, with its rapid expansion of knowledge and technology, including the printing press. Godwin was an English novelist and radical utilitarian social reformer, who was married to feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, and father of Mary Shelley (who wrote Frankenstein). The 26 essays, in two series, cover weighty topics such as the English style, acquiring an early taste for reading, fosterising talent and genius, and how to understand and interact with servants and beggars. (A secondhand printed copy of a Kessinger facsimile print-on-demand book.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781437328363. Our Book No: 30011. $40 AUD.

124. Gordon, Adam Lindsay (2004). The Poetical Works of Adam Lindsay Gordon (Facsimile ed). USA: Kessinger Publishing. 304 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, cover design differs from stock photo. The collected poetry of the famous Australian bush poet. A printed copy of a facsimile reproduction of "The Poetical Works of Adam Lindsay Gordon", Ward Lock & Co., 1913, in "The World Library" series. Contains an introduction, plus two books ("Sea Spray and Smoke Drift", "Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes") and the lyric play "Ashtaroth". ISBN/ASIN: 1417910291. Our Book No: 15957. $30 AUD.

125. Gould, Alan (1994). Close Ups (1st ed). Melbourne: Heinemann. 228 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), light foxing top edge, minor edgewear, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Alan Gould has created one of the most memorable female characters ever depicted in this Australian novel of student - teacher relationships. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0855615532. Our Book No: 22839. $15 AUD.

126. Gould, Stephen Jay (1996). Life's Grandeur: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin (1st U.K. ed). London: Jonathan Cape. 244 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in good plus dustjacket), figures (including drawings), minimal edgewear. The noted zoologist argues that progress and increasing complexity are not inevitable features of the evolution of life on Earth. This book states that if we wish to see grandeur in life, we must discard our selfish and anthropocentric view of evolution and learn to see it as Darwin did, as the unfathomably rich source of 'endless forms most beautiful and wonderful'. ISBN/ASIN: 0224041320. Our Book No: 3658. $20 AUD.

127. Grant, Stan (2016). Talking to My Country (1st ed). Sydney: HarperCollins. 230 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings & text-photos, minor edgewear. Stan Grant, the Australian Aboriginal television presenter, writes a very personal meditation on race, identity and history. He talks to every Australian about their country - what it is, and what it could be. A Heritage Awards Winner 2016, National Trust of Australia NSW. First edition. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781460751978. Our Book No: 18071. $25 AUD.

128. Grass, Gunter; Winston, Krishna (translator) (2010). The Box: Tales from the Darkroom (1st English ed). London: Harvill Secker / Random House. 194 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), black & white photo rear jacket flap, minimal edgewear jacket. By winner of Nobel Prize for Literature, 1999. Translated from the German. This is a sequel to "Peeling the Onion". The German author writes in the voices of his eight children as they record the memories of their childhoods, of growing up, of their father, who was always at work on a new book, always at the margins of their lives. This book is an inspired and daring work of fiction (faction). ISBN/ASIN: 9781846553073. Our Book No: 26269. $15 AUD.

129. Greenaway, Kate; Thorpe, James (introduction) (1974). Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes (Facsimile ed). USA: Grant Dahlstrom / Castle Press. 28 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, stiffened card covers, stapled (lightly rusted), colour drawings, minimal foxing, owner's written name title page. A small booklet of Kate Greenaway's wonderful children's illustrations and rhymes about Mother Goose which will delight children of any age. Originally published in London in 1881. A facsimile edition, dated 1974, reproduced from the copy in the Huntington Library. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway, and engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Our Book No: 22280. $15 AUD.

130. Greenaway, Kate (1982). Under the Window: Pictures and Rhymes for Children (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 64 pp. Hardback small quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, papered boards (dark green cloth spine), colour drawings. In cardboard slipcase, minimal rubbing edges & corners. Facsimile edition. A classic children's picture book, written and illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Originally published in 1878 by George Routledge & Sons, London. The beautiful drawings and poems would appeal to most ages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30576. $30 AUD.

131. Greenaway, Kate (1985). Marigold Garden: Pictures and Rhymes by Kate Greenaway (Facsimile ed). Sydney: View Productions. 60 pp. Hardback large quarto (28.0 x 22.2 cm), dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), glossy paper, colour & black & white drawings, flap jacket unclipped (reverse side lightly foxed), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. A scarce Australian facsimile edition of a classic book of Kate Greenaway's rhymes and artistic drawings, originally published in 1885. (Note: This book the same ISBN as the Universal Books hardcover edition, London.). ISBN/ASIN: 0908240929. Our Book No: 14966. $20 AUD.

132. Greenaway, Kate (illustrator) (1982). CALENDAR: Kate Greenaway's CALENDAR for 1884 (4 calendars) (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 4 pp. Each calendar: Hardback small oblong, very good condition, stiff paper (thin card), colour drawings, in mailing envelope. All in single slipcase. Facsimile edition. A set of four thin oblong card calendars illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Each calendar comes in its own own mailing envelope, and all four fit into a single slipcase. Few of the original calendars have survived to the present day. Originally published in 1884 by George Routledge, London. The beautiful drawings would appeal to most ages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30580. $30 AUD.

133. Greene, Graham (1971). A Sort of Life (1st stated ed). London: Bodley Head. 215 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), top edge coloured light grey, minor edgewear jacket (crease bottom edge), faint foxing edges, faint toning edges & pages, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. First edition. This is the autobiography of Graham Greene, the famous English novelist, writer and literary critic. ISBN/ASIN: 0370003276. Our Book No: 27145. $15 AUD.

134. Gregory's (1945). Gregory's Handbook for Australian Builders (1st ed) [Gregory's Guides and Maps]. Sydney: Land Newspaper Ltd. 200 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, card covers, black & white drawings, adverts, tables, tiny scuff top spine, base spine lightly bumped & rubbed, edges lightly foxed, edges & pages lightly toned, covers lightly rubbed, minor edgewear. Unstated first edition (dated,1945, foot of title page.) This book is a valuable reference book for builders, contractors, architects, building tradesmen, and others interested in building construction in Australia. Our Book No: 26700. $80 AUD.

135. Grimshaw, Patricia; Lake, Marilyn; McGrath, Ann; Quartly, Marian (1994). Creating a Nation (1788 - 1990). Melbourne: McPhee Gribble / Penguin Books. 360 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. Patricia Grimshaw and three colleagues provide a dramatic new (feminist) history of Australia from 1788 to 1990 that challenges the view that all was created by white men of British descent. They assert the agency of women, alongside men, in the process of national identity, politically, economically and culturally. Includes three chapters on the specific Aboriginal experience of British colonisation and Australian nation building. The first author is professor of history at the University of Melbourne. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0869140957. Our Book No: 15618. $30 AUD.

136. Grogan, John (2007). Bad Dogs have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from The Philadelphia Inquirer (1st ed). Philadelphia: Vanguard Books. 247 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), minimal edgewear jacket. First edition. A collection of over 75 newspaper articles from "The Philadelphia Inquirer", including his interaction with dogs, written by former columnist John Grogan. ISBN/ASIN: 9781593154684. Our Book No: 26419. $12 AUD.

137. Gurner, Henry Field (1876). Chronicle of Port Phillip now the Colony of Victoria from 1770 to 1840 (1st ed). Melbourne: George Robertson. 52 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, original cream wrappers, narrow cream cloth spine (repair), bottom corner tips front covers & some pages repaired archival tape, minimal foxing rear cover, pages lightly toned as usual, some edgewear. First edition. This scarce pamphlet is a chronicle of the early history of the Port Phillip district to the year 1840. Arranged annually and monthly, thus providing a detailed historical reference to the settlement and growth of Melbourne. An appendix lists his sources, including books, periodicals, published letters and his personal interviews. Ferguson 10147. Our Book No: 17663. $180 AUD.

138. Handley Knibbs, George (1913). Voices of the North (Book I) and Echoes of Hellas (Book II) (1st ed). London: Alston Rivers. 291 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, brown cloth cover (gilt title cover & spine), endpapers lightly toned & little foxed, pages faintly toned, top edge toned, light foxing flyleaf & title page, minor foxing some pages, inner hinge little split (pages firm), spine ends & edges little rubbed, cover corner tips little rubbed, autograph (author's written dedication). This is epic poetry based on ancient Scandinavian and Greek myths. The foreword states that the book consists of two books, each of three parts. Part 3 of Book I and parts 2 and 3 of Book II are original poems. Parts 1 and 2 of Book 1 are paraphrases, rather than strict translations, of poems by Finnish authors. Part 1 of Book II is a translation of a rendering into German by Linke of the story we owe to Apuleius. Each book has its own dedication, preface, and list of contents. (Extensive written dedication to his friend Rev. N. Cocks, in Greek and English, on front free flyleaf.). Our Book No: 28884. $30 AUD.

139. Hanfling, Brian (1997). The Blue Mosquito (1st ed). Auckland: Scholastic New Zealand. 160 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, reader crease front cover near spine, tiny bump bottom edge rear cover, top edge lightly toned, minor edgewear. Young adults novel by Brian Hanfling about a chain of events set off by a small repair to the family piano. Set in New Zealand. ISBN/ASIN: 1869433432. Our Book No: 28730. $12 AUD.

140. Hannaford, Samuel; Ducker, Sophie C. (introduction) (1981). Sea and River-side Rambles in Victoria: Being a Handbook for Those Seeking Recreation During the Summer Months (Facsimile ed). Warrnambool, VIC: Warrnambool Institute Press. 119 pp. Paperback small trade, good condition, thick card covers, few black & white drawings, frontispiece, light foxing edges, spine faded, covers slightly toned, pages lightly toned, few tiny chips top edge two pages (Facsimile edition, originally published 1860.) This handbook was written by Samuel Hannaford in 1860. He was born in Devonshire, England, in 1827. He arrived in Australia in 1852, and his travels around Victoria quickly revealed his love of nature. This book is the facsimile edition, dated 1981, published by Warrnambool Institute Press (the book contains chapters on Warrnambool). In the introduction, Sophie C. Ducker states that he was one of Australia's pioneer naturalists. This book is a fascinating way to learn a little about early Australia, and the overlooked important work done by Samuel Hannaford. ISBN/ASIN: 0949759007. Our Book No: 41335. $30 AUD.

141. Harris, John (1982). A Visit to the Bazaar (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 92 pp. Hardback small, very good condition, beige boards with black drawings covers, red cloth spine with gilt bands, colour plates, in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. A classic children's picture book published in 1818 by printer John Harris. He used a new method in book production by using metal engraving for illustrations. This book, by an unidentified author, has 32 hand-coloured stipple engravings showing the stalls and activities of the merchants of the Soho Bazaar. The book is about four children who visit the bazaar in Soho Square, London with their parents. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30584. $30 AUD.

142. Havers, Elinore (1970). Ponies Across the River [Crown Pony Series]. London: Lutterworth Press. 127 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in good plus dustjacket), green boards, colour frontispiece, minor foxing edges & few pages, few page corners creased, minor edgewear jacket (some edge tears, slight loss spine ends & corners). A novel for young adults by Elinore Havers is about two girls named Vicky and Cathy and their ponies Tomboy and True Blue. Together they solve the mystery of the field full of ponies who disappeared after a few days, then are replaced by other ponies a few days later. Full of excitement, adventure and suspense, and will delight pony lovers of all ages. First and only edition. ISBN/ASIN: 071881701X. Our Book No: 27680. $12 AUD.

143. Hawker, Ruth M. (1950). Heather at Magpie Creek [Leighton Series]. Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press. 111 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), pages toned, minor foxing endpapers, small edge tears jacket (small piece missing top edge, scuff marks rear cover, edgewear, flap price-clipped, faint foxing reverse side), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (acetate). This Australian story for young adults tells of the visit made by Heather Wayne to her Uncle Dick's sheep station at Magpie Creek in "real bush country". It gives a first-hand picture of life on a sheep station in the outback, with which the author is well acquainted. Our Book No: 26714. $15 AUD.

144. Hawkins, C. C.; Smith, S. P.; Neville, S. (1919). Papers on the Design of Alternating Current Machinery (1st ed). London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. 392 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, good plus condition, navy boards (embossed, gilt lettering cover & spine), figures (some fold-out), pages lightly toned, edges & endpapers lightly foxed, minor edgewear, owner's written name. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. . This book (of historical interest) originated out of many discussions on technical subjects. The papers collected here find a connecting link in their common purpose, which is to deal scientifically and practically with problems arising in the design of alternating current machinery, and the point of view adopted throughout is that of the practical designer. SALE PRICE. Our Book No: 25888. $30 AUD.

145. Henty, G. A. (George Alfred); Pearse, Alfred (illustrator) (1889). Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War (1st U.S. ed) [A Tale of the New Zealand War]. New York: Scribner & Welford. 352 + 32 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, original maroon pictorial cloth cover & spine (gilt lettering), original maroon endpapers, full-page black & white drawings (plates), map, all edges gilt, adverts at rear, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear, owner's written name, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (acetate). Possible first U.S. edition (no date, but 1889 or 1890, but variants exist). Eight full-page illustrations (including frontispiece). An historical novel based on true events during the Maori wars in New Zealand during the 1870s, with a focus on the fanatical Hau-Hau Maoris who massacred white settlers. (32-page Scribner & Welford catalogue at rear, including many Henty books.). Our Book No: 17404. $200 AUD.

146. Herald, Morning (1979). North Eastern Goldfields from Kookynie to Laverton: Western Australia 150 years (Facsimile ed) [Morning Herald Series of West Australian Guide Books]. Perth: Strickland Publications. 42 pp. Paperback oblong octavo, good condition, stapled pamphlet, gilt covers (little marked), red & black drawings front cover, second card cover sepia (brown tinted) drawings on blue paper, large foldout map, black & white text-photos, corners covers little creased, staples slightly rusted, light foxing edges, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This booklet brings to life the small bush outposts to the north of Kalgoorlie: Kookyine, Malcolmn, Leonora, Anaconda, Murrin Murrin, Yundamindera, Mount Morgans, Laverton and Tampa. These are mostly forgotten as playing a big part in gold searches. Their memory is revived and the story told of the greatest engineering feat of the day: the Perth-Coolgardie water supply pipeline. It was a time of setting the scene for Western Australia's future progress. (Facsimile edition of a booklet originally published in 1903. No 2 in the Morning Herald Series of West Australian Guide Books.). Our Book No: 41000. $30 AUD.

147. Hewett, Dorothy (1975). Rapunzel in Suburbia (1st (complete) ed). Sydney: New Poetry / Poetry Society of Australia. 95 pp. Paperback small octavo, fair condition reading copy, brown endpapers, front cover creased near spine, spine lightly toned, some edgewear. Her second collection of poems, somewhat raw, following 'Windmill Country' (1969). This book was suppressed as her ex-husband took legal action regarding a poem ('Uninvited Guest') included. This collection was reprinted in 1976, omitting the poem (but it still faced legal action). Loosely inserted: Brochure from the publisher advertising this book and other current books. (This copy: First edition. Limited edition of 1000 copies, of which 900 are paperbound. Out of series, as perhaps all copies. SCARCE with the controversial poem included.) ISBN/ASIN: 085869008X. Our Book No: 17262. $40 AUD.

148. Horne, Myfanwy; Horne, Donald (2007). Dying: A Memoir (1st ed). Melbourne: Viking. 265 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear. First edition (Viking / Penguin Books, hardback, 2007). This unique book is the last work of Donald Horne, one of Australia's most respected and influential thinkers. On learning that his illness was terminal, the author began dictating his experience of dying, and his resulting journal is full of courage, honesty, insight and humour. These essays have been refined by Myfanwy, his wife and long time editor. Myfanwy adds her own inspirational account of Donald's final weeks when Donald was no longer writing. ISBN/ASIN: 9780670071029. Our Book No: 24103. $25 AUD.

149. Hughes, Shirley (2001). Alfie Weather (1st ed). London: Bodley Head. 42 pp. Hardback oblong quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour drawings (mostly full-page), minor edgewear jacket, review label front free flyleaf. First edition. A new collection of children's stories and poems by Shirley Hughes, featuring Alfie and his sister, Annie Rose. Alfie can find plenty to do in any weather. The bright and colourful illustrations will delight any age, and the stories and poems are fun to read whatever the weather may be. One of her Alfie series of 8 books. ISBN/ASIN: 0370325613. Our Book No: 29146. $30 AUD.

150. Hurley, Captain Frank (1981). Pearls and Savages: Adventures in the Air, on Land and Sea in New Guinea (Facsimile ed). Hong Kong: JAC Press. 414 pp. Hardback large quarto (26.5 x 20.0 cm), dustjacket (flaps all sides), very good condition (in very good dustjacket), green cloth cover, full-page black & white photos (including frontispiece portrait), top edge gilt (little marked), minor foxing endpapers & facsimile title page, front cover jacket little scratched (minor foxing, some edgewear), rubber stamp front pastedown, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Very heavy (1.7 Kg), and not for sale outside Australia. Captain Frank Hurley was a noted Australian adventurer and photographer (including World War 1 for the Australian Army). This remarkable publication results from an expedition to New Guinea, by land sea and air (aviation developed quickly after WW1 to service the goldfields). His observations and experiences among the indigenous peoples are graphically recorded in word and picture. (No 459 of a limited facsimile edition of 1000 copies, published by JAC Press, Hongkong. No ISBN in book. Originally, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. Has 82 outstanding monochrome photos by Frank Hurley. The paper is high-grade cream-tinted stock.) ISBN/ASIN: B0006AJ794. Our Book No: 14230. $140 AUD.

151. Ingoldsby, Thomas (1889). The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels: Second Series [Routledge's Pocket Library]. London: George Routledge & Sons. 319 pp. Hardback very small, quarter-bound cloth cover (gilt spine lettering), good condition, black & white engravings including frontispiece, top edge gilt, endpapers & edges toned, untrimmed (pages edges very untrimmed), edgewear, owner's written name front pastedown. (Originally published, Richard Bentley, 1842: facsimile of original title page bound in.) A collection of legends, mostly in verse, including ghosts, spectres, witches, demons, babes in the wood, smugglers and buccaneers. Our Book No: 14650. $13 AUD.

152. Ireland, Doreen (1938). Margery: The Mystery. London: Epworth Press. 159 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), frontispiece, jacket chipped (small closed tears, rear cover marked), cover corners lightly bumped, edges & pages toned. First edition. A collectible mystery story for young adults by Doreen Ireland. This is a story of school and guiding, with the added interest of a mystery which is sustained to the very end of the book. (No date but 1938, Worldcat. Pseudonym for Doreen Mildred Douglas Lord.) ISBN/ASIN: B001RMMWD8. Our Book No: 26393. $18 AUD.

153. Ivory, Lesley Anne (1991). Cats in the Sun (1st ed). London: Collins. 24 pp. Hardback oblong quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pictorial cover, pictorial endpapers, colour drawings (some full-page), minor edgewear. Cat lovers will love this delightful book with the bright artistic sketches and happy stories by Lesley Anne Ivory, the well-known English illustrator. She tells one story about her visit to Africa where she saw two nests of kittens at a cafe. She visited daily for a week to see how they were going, the owner said "she could have one kitten, no problem!" "Oh yes, there is a problem," said her husband. "She already has twelve at home"! First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0001913921. Our Book No: 2502. $20 AUD.

154. Johnson, Louisa; Martin, Susan K. (new introduction) (1999). Every Lady Her Own Flower Gardener: Addressed to the Industrious and Economical (Facsimile ed). Canberra: Mulini Press. 96 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, few black & white drawings, minor edgewear. A classic gardening book by Louisa Johnson, originally published in 1839 (Wm S. Orr, London) - and here presented as a facsimile reprint. The first gardening book written by a woman. Originally published in Britain, and then wisely in the United States. It explains garden history as well as the gardening practices of this early 1800s. Said to be the first gardening book by a woman aimed at lady gardeners. Some of the practices would not be used today - such as using salt for manure! Mulini Press edition. New introduction by Susan Martin. (1 of 3 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910805. Our Book No: 23030. $20 AUD.

155. Johnstone, Matthew; Parker, Prof. Gordon (foreword) (2005). I Had a Black Dog: His Name was Depression (1st ed). Sydney: Pan Macmillan. 40 pp. Paperback oblong octavo, very good condition, colour drawings (cartoons), minimal edgewear, old price marks. Matthew Johnstone’s bestselling and moving cartoon book provides an illuminating and uplifting insight into what it is like to live with depression, and the strength and support that can be found within and around us to tame it. The delightful colour cartoons reinforce the message. First edition. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0330421832. Our Book No: 24138. $12 AUD.

156. Jolley, Elizabeth (1993). The Georges' Wife (1st ed). Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 182 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, spine ends lightly rubbed, pages lightly toned. In this Australian novel, Elizabeth Jolley returns to the themes of discord and harmony between brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, friends and lovers. Her spare and sensitive prose is illuminated with compassion and understanding for the intricacies of human relationships. ISBN/ASIN: 0670852651. Our Book No: 27148. $20 AUD.

157. Jolley, Elizabeth (1999). An Accommodating Spouse (1st ed). Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 252 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Australian novel by Elizabeth Jolley. When the professor marries Hazel, Lady Carpenter warns that his new wife is so like her twin, Chloe, he will have trouble telling them apart. So inseparable are the twins that the professor lives with both women under one roof. Witty, insightful and joyous, this novel is a book to celebrate. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0670888931. Our Book No: 22872. $15 AUD.

158. Jung, Dr K. E. (Karl Emil) (1884). Australia: The Country and Its Inhabitants (Abridged, 1st English ed). London: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 250 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, good condition, dark green leather boards, gilt lettering & embossed decorations front board & spine, black & white full-page drawings (plates), gilt edges, moderate foxing endpapers, minor foxing some pages, pages lightly toned, front & rear & inner hinge slightly split (pages firm), bottom corner front cover bumped, spine ends little worn, bottom edges boards little rubbed, corners little creased some pages. An impressive description of Australia in the 1880s. Abridged from a larger work by Dr. K. E. Jung. Specifically, an abridgement of his "Der Welttheil Australien" recently issued in Mr. Tempsky's new series of cheap publications. There are 16 full-page illustrations and an index. The illustrations were derived from the original work, and supplied by the German publisher for use in this edition. Karl Emil Jung (1833 - 1902) was a German-born teacher, explorer and geographer. He was former inspector of schools, South Australia, and later professor of classics, Adelaide University. Translated from the German. Our Book No: 40577. $200 AUD.

159. Kelly, Paul (2014). Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation (Revised ed). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 560 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Drawing on more than 60 interviews with all the major players, a senior journalist from "The Australian" provides an inside account of the hopes, achievements and bitter failures of the Labor Government from 2007 to 2013. Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard came together to defeat John Howard, formed a brilliant partnership and raised the hopes of the nation. Yet they fell into tension and then hostility. The full story of Julia Gillard's tragedy as our first female prime minister - her character, Rudd's destabilisation, the carbon tax saga, and how Gillard was finally pulled down on the eve of the 2013 election by Tony Abbott. Also about the rise of Tony Abbott, and his success in defeating Rudd in 2013. ISBN/ASIN: 9780522867817. Our Book No: 17878. $25 AUD.

160. Keneally, Tom (2003). The Tyrant's Novel (1st ed). Sydney: Doubleday. 315 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, base spine & corners little rubbed. This Australian novel is both a gripping thriller and a chilling glimpse of a fictional world that seems all too real. ISBN/ASIN: 1864710713. Our Book No: 26843. $15 AUD.

161. Keneally, Tom (2010). Three Famines (1st ed). Sydney: Knopf. 324 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages faintly toned, minor edgewear jacket (jacket little marked). First edition. Subtitle: "In the Irish, Bengali and Ethiopian famines, ideology, mindsets of governments, racial preconceptions and administrative incompetence were more lethal than the initiating blights, the loss of potatoes or rice or the grain named teff." This is the story of three terrible famines. The first is An Gorta Mor, the great hunger of Ireland, which began in 1846. The second is the deadly famine that struck Bengal in 1943. The third is the Ethiopian famine, which first appeared in lethal form in the 1970s. The author visited Eritrea in the late 1980s to see the effects of this grave event. ISBN/ASIN: 9781741668551. Our Book No: 28276. $20 AUD.

162. Keneally, Tom (Thomas) (1995). A River Town (1st ed). Melbourne: William Heinemann Australia. 330 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, rear cover little creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. (This copy: A River Town, by Tom Keneally: William Heinemann Australia, 1995, large-format paperback.) First edition. Historical Australian fiction, by Thomas Keneally. In 1900 the beginning of a new century excites even the isolated riverside town of Kempsey in New South Wales, accessible from Sydney only by a long steamer trip. Tim Shea, the young Irish immigrant is still pursued by the politics of a wider world. This is the tale of a reluctant hero, an endearing, if flawed, man whose stubborn integrity is nearly his undoing. The vibrant portrait of the river town of Kempsey manifests the inescapability of human malice in a place of natural splendour. (Irish-Australian author. His grandparents kept a store in the Macleay Valley.). ISBN/ASIN: 0855616466. Our Book No: 30195. $20 AUD.

163. Kent, Jacqueline (2001). A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis: A Literary Life (1st ed). Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 344 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket, cover edges little rubbed, pages lightly toned. First edition. A biography by Jacqueline Kent about Beatrice Davis, 1909 - 1992, who was Australia's most acclaimed book editor, the 'backroom girl of Australian literature'. As general editor at Angus & Robertson from the late1930s to the early 1970s, she nurtured the talents of many well-known writers. In the course of her outstanding career Beatrice Davis saw Australian publishing change from a genteel pursuit to a market-dominated industry. The book is also the story of that change, illustrated by the decline and fall of Beatrice's beloved Angus & Robertson, for almost a century Australia's premier publishing house. The author portrays a woman whose passion for living was as great as her passion for Australian literature. ISBN/ASIN: 0670911313. Our Book No: 3775. $25 AUD.

164. Kerr, William (compiler) (1978). Kerr's Melbourne Almanac and Port Phillip Directory for 1841: A Compendium of Useful and Accurate Information Connected with Port Phillip (Facsimile ed). Sydney, Mona Vale: Lansdown Slattery & Company. 257 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket (missing), very good condition, black cloth cover, tables & adverts, top edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear, owner's written name & details reverse side front free flyleaf. A 1978 facsimile of a rare almanac and directory compiled by William Kerr in 1841, the first to be published in Melbourne. It contains fascinating information relative to the new and constantly changing settlement: shipping movements and sailing directions, regulations of every description, a gardener's and farmer's calendar, miscellaneous information for settlers, and details concerning the professional institutions, and government departments. Also included is a valuable listing of the professional men, merchants, and residents of Port Phillip. ISBN/ASIN: 0868330116. Our Book No: 23936. $30 AUD.

165. Kingsley, Henry; Kramer, Leonie (introduction) (1973). The Hillyars and the Burtons: A Story of Two Families [Australian Literary Reprints]. Sydney: Sydney University Press (SUP). 419 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. The second Australian novel by Henry Kingsley, and follows on from 'The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn'. The setting is now the Australian goldfields and the Omeo disaster, and offers a very different view of Australia to the earlier pastoral novel. Facsimile edition, originally published in London and Boston, 1865. . ISBN/ASIN: 0424065002. Our Book No: 2536. $20 AUD.

166. Knight, Frederick (1978). Scroll Ornaments of the Early Victorian Period: 71 Engravings (Reprint revised ed) [Dover Pictorial Archive Series]. New York: Dover Publications. 47 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, black & white plates, spine ends little rubbed, cover corner tips lightly creased, top corners some pages creased, minor edgewear. This very special book has over 71 metal-engraved designs on 47 plates: borders, frames, scrolls, creches, corners, crests in varied sizes & styles. There are floral motifs, leaves, flowers, vines, wreaths-all in ever-spreading and overflowing swirls. There are interlocking patterns of circles, rococo extravaganzas, lions, serpents, cherubs, fruit, vultures, mythical beasts. This book will appeal to artists, craftspeople and designers or to anyone with a love of anything Victorian. First published by J. Williams, London (revised reprint of the work "Knight's Scroll Ornaments, designed for the use of Silversmiths, Chasers, Die-Sinkers, Modellers, &c, 1825 - 1830). ISBN/ASIN: 0486235963. Our Book No: 29197. $17 AUD.

167. Kuppord, Skelton (1903). A Fortune from the Sky (1st ed). London: Thomas Nelson & Sons. 230 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, dark plum boards (blue cover & spine), gilt title spine, small embossed circle rear cover, two black & white illustrations (includes frontispiece with tissue guard), decorative endpapers, pages lightly toned, edges lightly foxed, light foxing (tissue guard, edges, endpapers, title page, few small spots pages), spine ends little creased, cover corners little bumped, spine & rear board little marked, boards little faded, front & rear hinge slightly split (pages firm), owner's name label inside front cover, non-author written dedication flyleaf. This unusual British science fiction and historical crime fiction novel is set in London in 1903. The story is about a Russo-French coalition and their invention of a death machine (ray gun) that threatens Britain. A young man named Fred is the main character. (Pseudonym of John Adams. Listed in both Bleiler and Hubin.). Our Book No: 40537. $40 AUD.

168. Landsborough, William (1963). Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria, in Search of Burke & Wills, with a Map Showing His Route (Facsimile ed) [Australiana Facsimile Editions]. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). 128 pp. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, very good condition, white leatherette cover, frontispiece, revised fold-out map inside rear cover, faint foxing edges, few light marks boards, endpapers lightly toned, owner's rubber stamp. William Landsborough led the fourth expedition from Brisbane in search of missing explorers Burke & Wills. This book gives the details of that expedition, the journal and letters. The map shows also the routes of Oxley, Sturt, Mitchell, Eyre, Leichhardt, Kennedy, Gregory, Babbage, Warburton, Stuart, Burke and Walker. (No 17 in the Australiana Facsimile Editions series from the Library Board of South Australia. This copy: 1963 printing, no ISBN.). ISBN/ASIN: 0724300287. Our Book No: 28634. $35 AUD.

169. Landsborough, William; Hankel, Valmai (introduction) (2000). Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria, in Search of Burke and Wills (Deluxe, facsimile ed) [Australiana Facsimile Editions]. Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia. 128 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, quarter bound black leather & blue cloth (gilt spine lettering), gilt string bookmark, frontispiece portrait, map in rear pocket, minor edgewear. William Landsborough is noted for his explorations of Queensland, and for his two expeditions (1861-2) in search of the missing Burke & Wills, the second of which resulted in the first north-to-south crossing of Australia. Facsimile edition of a book first published in Melbourne, 1862. An edition limited to 500 copies, of which 99 deluxe numbered copies are bound in quarter leather (of which this one is No. 75). Introduction by Valmai Hanke, rare books librarian, State Library of South Australia. (No 221 in the 'Australiana Facsimile Editions' series.). ISBN/ASIN: 1876154322. Our Book No: 12959. $80 AUD.

170. Lang, Rev. John Dunmore (1978). The Fatal Mistake and Two Statements on the Scots Church, Sydney. Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH). 57 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, red cloth cover (gilt spine lettering), minor edgewear, minor annotation rear free flyleaf. To mark the centenary of his death, three of the Rev. John Dunmore Lang's controversial pamphlets are here reprinted in the 'Library of Australian History' series, being some of his last published words. Lang was the first Presbyterian minister in Sydney arriving in 1823, until he died 55 years later. (No 320 of a limited edition of 500 copies. 6 + 51 pages.) ISBN/ASIN: 0908120117. Our Book No: 16234. $25 AUD.

171. Lear, Edward (1982). A Book of Nonsense [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. Unnum pp. Hardback quarto, very good plus condition, colour cartoons, pictorial embossed blue cloth cover (gilt decoration & lettering), gilt edges, in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Lear's famous book of nonsense verse was first published in 1846, and it was the first to popularize the format of limericks, a term however not commonly used until the 1890s. This facsimile is based on the Routledge colour edition of 1875. The cartoons are placed one or two per page, with one or two interleaved blank pages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16935. $45 AUD.

172. Lees, James Arthur; Clutterbuck, Walter J. (2011). Three in Norway by Two of Them (Reprint ed) [Kessinger Legacy Reprints]. Breinigsville, PA: Kessinger Publishing. 341 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white drawings, bottom corner tip front cover creased, minor annotation inside rear cover, minor edgewear. This anonymous book records a journey taken by three men in Norway in 1882, as written by two of the men [actually James Arthur Lees and Walter J. Clutterbuck]. They explore the country's stunning landscapes, quaint villages and rich cultural heritage. This book is a modern facsimile reprint. Stated by the publishers: This rare antiquarian book may have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues (which give it lots of character). (A printed copy of a printed on demand or POD book.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781165160440. Our Book No: 28051. $30 AUD.

173. Lester, Natasha (2019). The French Photographer (1st ed). Sydney: Hachette Australia. 427 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. Paris, 1942. This novel by Australian writer Natasha Lester is the story of a young woman who is assigned to the war in Europe as a photojournalist for 'Vogue' magazine. Paratrooper Dan Hallworth takes her to the front to find the stories that matter, and an orphaned little girl, Victorine, shows her love. Fast forward to France, 2005. Australian curator D'Arcy Hallworth arrives at a beautiful chateau to manage a famous collection of photos. He finds out the true identity of the mysterious photographer - and realises that she is connected to his own mother, Victorine. This is a remarkable story of courage, heartbreak and forgiveness. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733643378. Our Book No: 31167. $18 AUD.

174. Lester, Natasha (2022). The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre (1st ed). Sydney: Hachette Australia. 425 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. This novel by Australian writer Natasha Lester is the story of a young woman trying to forget her part in World War 2. It is 1943. After Alix works in advertising in New York, she finds herself recruited into a fledgling intelligence group. Enlisted as a spy, she is sent to Europe and asked to get close to a Nazi who might be willing to help the Allied forces. It is 1946. After the war, Alix moves to Paris to run the Service de la Presse for the yet-to-be-launched House of Christian Dior. A figure from her past reappears and threatens to destroy her future. Can she right the wrongs of the past and bring him to justice?. This story moves from the dangerous intrigue-filled rooms in Switzerland where elites from both sides mixed and schemed during the war, to the glamorous halls of the House of Dior in the golden age of French fashion and journalism. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733647222. Our Book No: 41190. $25 AUD.

175. Lester, Natasha (2023). The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard (1st ed). Sydney: Hachette Australia. 436 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. This novel by Australian writer Natasha Lester is the story of three generations. Mizza Bricard in Paris, 1917, creates a legend by taking her designs through the most exclusive couture houses in France. Designer Astrid Bricard is ready to change the fashion world in New York, 1970, then she disappears. French countryside, present day. Blythe Bricard is the daughter of the fashion's most infamous 1970s power couple, but she turned her back on that world years ago. Blythe will discover there is more to her iconic mother and grandmother - and herself than she ever knew. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733647246. Our Book No: 31185. $25 AUD.

176. Leyland, Eric (1955). Red Lawson and the Sons of the Desert (1st ed). London: Hutchinson. 206 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in good plus dustjacket), frontispiece, front free flyleaf little thinned (sticker removal, old price marks), light foxing edges & few pages, minor edgewear jacket (some foxing reverse side, slight loss top corner, few tiny edge tears, flap price-clipped), sticker, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. (First edition. Estimated date, 1955, Worldcat.) Novel for young adults by English writer. Red Lawson and his Lambs - always ready to assist Scotland Yard or the Foreign Office in an unofficial capacity when trouble starts - track down the Kalifa, the Sons of the Desert organization that threatens trouble and even revolution in the fictional Arab state of Vahret. (Sticker of Anthony Hordern's department store.). Our Book No: 24662. $15 AUD.

177. Lindsay, David; Elder, Sir Thomas (1999). Journal of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891-2: Under Command of D. Lindsay (4 volumes) (Facsimile ed). Adelaide, North Adelaide: Corkwood Press. Various pp. Each book: Hardback small octavo to oblong quarto, no jacket, as new condition, black cloth cover (gilt lettering front cover & spine), sepia (brown-tinted) photos (v2), foldout maps (v4). Very heavy set (2.6 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. The Elder expedition to Central Australia was placed under the control of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch. Volume 1: [title continues] 'Under Command of D. Lindsay, equipped Solely at the Cost of Sir Thomas Elder GCMG for the Purpose of Completing the Exploration of Australia.' Small octavo (207p). Volume 2: Photographs. Oblong quarto (Unnum p.). Full-page sepia photos, with facing blank page. Volume 3: Confidential Report. Small octavo (131p). Volume 4: Maps. Octavo, with flap and pocket, containing two very large foldout maps (one coloured). Limited facsimile edition of 400 copies (Corkwood Press, 1999). The copy number differs as each volume was published at different times, 1999 to 2003. Facsimile of a book set originally published in Adelaide by C. E. Bristow in 1893. Ferguson no. 9409a. ISBN/ASIN: B000W2TDZE. Our Book No: 17535A. $250 AUD.

178. Lindsay, Philip (1938). Bride for a Buccaneer (1st ed). London: Hutchinson & Co. 352 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), spine ends little creased, top spine on jacket creased (few tiny edge tears, minor edgewear), few small marks covers, light foxing endpapers (minimally edges), light toning pages, bookshop label front pastedown. This historical adventure novel by Philip Lindsay (son of Norman Lindsay) is set in the West Indies and the Spanish Main in the 17th century, where the haunt of those full-blooded adventurers, the buccaneers, still existed in those sun-drenched waters, as brave and dangerous and heroic as ever. Miles Oliver, after a short but dazzling career of carefree marauding, was taking his bride to a new life in Jamaica. Gabriela was a girl of great spirit, and looking forward to her thrilling new life. Miles casually tells her about his buccaneering exploits. Gabriela found his past a barrier, but a great love overcame that barrier, and united - in the end - two loving hearts. The author brings to his story a dazzling power of description about a time when life was really lived to the full. (First edition. No date, but 1938, Trove.). Our Book No: 40997. $40 AUD.

179. Lister, Gladys; Abbott, Joyce (illustrator) (1942). Grandpuff and Leafy (Unstated 1st ed). Sydney: Marchant & Co. 56 pp. Hardback wide octavo, pictorial cover, good plus condition, black & white drawings (some full-page), full-page colour drawings (including frontispiece), pages & covers lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear (particularly spine ends), old price marks. Collectible children's picture story. Undated first edition. Decorations by the author and Joyce Abbott. Dedicated to Lady Gowrie, and to every child with a Soldier Daddy. Pagination includes plates. Last page is list of six other books by Gladys Lister. Our Book No: 14782. $15 AUD.

180. Lloyd, Selwyn (1978). Suez, 1956: A Personal Account (1st US ed). New York: Mayflower Books. 282 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, small tear jacket, top edge foxed, minor edgewear. In 1956, Israeli tanks stormed into Egypt to raise the Egyptian blockade of their only port on the Red Sea, and to deny Colonel Nasser time to carry out his threat to annihilate the State of Israel. Britain and France landed troops to seize the newly nationalised Suez Canal, but the United Nations Security Council, proposed by the United States, demanded their withdrawal. Selwyn Lloyd, the British Foreign Secretary, recounts the complex political and military events, including the British and French landings, the UN withdrawal resolution, and the prevarication of the Americans. First US edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0831785500. Our Book No: 13091. $22 AUD.

181. Lockwood, Rupert (1975). Black Armada. Sydney: Australasian Book Society. 352 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), reverse side jacket lightly toned, pages lightly toned as usual, small crease on rear endpapers near hinge, minor edgewear jacket. First edition. Rupert Lockwood reports on the Australian role in the struggle for Indonesian independence, 1942 - 1949. This book is a chronicle of the boycotts and mutinies in Australia against the colonial Dutch after the 1945 proclamation of the independent Indonesian Republic. (The author is a communist Australian journalist, and brother of the better-known journalist and author Douglas Lockwood.). ISBN/ASIN: 0909916683. Our Book No: 3882. $30 AUD.

182. Lohrey, Amanda (2015). A Short History of Richard Kline (1st ed). Melbourne: Black Inc. 259 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, tiny dent front cover, minor edgewear. First edition. Australian novel by Amanda Lohrey about a middle-aged man looking for meaning in his life. The novel explores masculinity, the mystical, and our very human need for something more. Amanda Lohrey is a previous winner of the Patrick White Literary Award. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863957182. Our Book No: 28229. $20 AUD.

183. Lomborg, Bjorn (2007). Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming. London: Cyan Communications / Marshall Cavendish. 353 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), small edge tears & edgewear jacket, remainder stripe. First edition. Argues that many of the elaborate and staggeringly expensive actions now being considered to meet the challenges of global warming ultimately will have little impact on the world's temperature. Rather, we should look at smarter, more cost-effective approaches (such as massively increasing our commitment to green energy R&D) that will allow us to deal not only with climate change, but also with other pressing global concerns, such as malaria and HIV/AIDS. And he considers why and how this debate has fostered an atmosphere in which dissenters are immediately demonized. Bjorn Lomborg is the author of popular "The Skeptical Environmentalist". ISBN/ASIN: 9780462099125. Our Book No: 13985. $20 AUD.

184. Long, William Stuart (1981). The Traitors (1st ed) [The Australians]. Sydney, Lane Cove: Doubleday. 539 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages faintly toned as usual, old price marks, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. First edition. Historical novel, set in Sydney Town against the background of the rebellious Royal Marine Corps. Continues the saga of two pioneer families, the Taggarts and the Dawsons. Jenny Taggart, a young widow, is reunited with her old friend and lover, Andrew Hawley. Andrew is forced to serve the irascible governor William Bligh during his tumultuous disputes with John Macarthur and the Corps officers. (No 3 in The Australians series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0868240214. Our Book No: 6681A. $25 AUD.

185. Long, William Stuart (1982). The Explorers [The Australians Series]. Sydney: Doubleday. 490 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. First edition. No 4 in the series of 12 historical novels in the series "The Australians" by William Stuart Long. Follows the story of Australia (Sydney Town) from 1809 to 1813 during the reign of the reforming Governor Lachlan Macquarie. As told through the adventures of convict Jessica Maclaine and adventurous mariner Justin Broome. ISBN/ASIN: 0868240826. Our Book No: 1494. $25 AUD.

186. Long, William Stuart; Stuart, Vivian (1987). The Empire Builders (1st ed) [The Australians Series, no 9]. Sydney: Doubleday. 440 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, coloured endpapers, good condition (in good dustjacket), map, family tree, spine jacket lightly faded (minor edgewear, plastic coating little lifting), pages lightly toned as usual, owner's written name free front flyleaf. First edition. The ninth historical novel in the series "The Australians" continues the story of the pioneers who carved out a life for themselves in the newly-formed colonies of Australia and New Zealand. ISBN/ASIN: 0868243094. Our Book No: 3453. $25 AUD.

187. Low, Francis (compiler) (1978). The City of Sydney Directory for MDCCCXLIV-V (The City of Sydney Directory 1844-45). Sydney, North Sydney: Library of Australian History. 218 pp. Hardback narrow octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, tan cloth cover (gilt lettering spine), small mark top edge, pages faintly toned as usual, minor edgewear, owner's written name & embossed seal. A facsimile reprint of the original 1844 first edition of the first directory of Sydney, compiled by Francis Low. Cover title continues: "Containing names of businesses, & residences of the principle inhabitants; the several government offices; public institutions and societies; list of vessels entered at the Port of Sydney; rules of practice of the courts of requests; by-laws of the city council; table of fees, &c". (This copy: No 452 of a limited edition of 1000 copies by the Library of Australian History.) ISBN/ASIN: 0908120095. Our Book No: 13142. $40 AUD.

188. Lower, Lennie; Cook, Patrick (cartoons); Pearl, Cyril (memoir); Thompson, Tom (selection, introduction) (1983). Here's Lower (1st ed) [Lennie Lower]. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger. 191 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), purple endpapers, black & white cartoons & frontispiece portrait, some foxing top edge, spine minimally faded jacket as common (some foxing top edge reverse side), owner's written name. A selection of 73 whimsical Lennie Lower columns in the Daiy Telegraph and other newspapers of the 1930s that celebrate his legacy. These short improbable tales are the showcase for Lower's natural anarchy - the fruits of his years as Australia's leading columnist and humorist of the 1930s. Cartoons by Patrick Cook. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0868060712. Our Book No: 2551. $20 AUD.

189. Mackaness, George (1979). The Van Diemen's Land Warriors, with an Essay on Matthew Brady [Australian Historical Monographs (New Series)]. Dubbo, NSW: Review Publications. 32 pp. Paperback, minimal cancelled EX-LIBRARY, good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, flexible cover, black & white text-photos, library marks (rubber stamp, spine annotation). Originally published in a limited edition, 1944. This is a later reprint. Includes a facsimile copy of the "The Van Diemen's Land Warriors or the Heroes of Cornwall; Satire in Three Cantos by Pindar Juvenal" published in 1827. Our Book No: 3533. $10 AUD.

190. Mackaness, George; Lenehan, Sidney A. (1931). A Handbook of Intermediate English (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 136 pp. Hardback small, red cloth covers, good condition, title page & edges lightly foxed, pages toned, spine faded, cover corners creased, rear hinge partly split (two pages partly loose), few small ink marks fore-edge, edgewear & rubbing, minimal pencil annotation. First edition. This handbook is for the use of students preparing for the Intermediate Examination in English, and is based on experiments made by practical teachers in New South Wales secondary schools, where the schemes suggested have been tried out with highly successful results. A great old book to add to a collection. Our Book No: 29831. $30 AUD.

191. Mackenzie, Compton (1985). Carnival (Reissue ed). London: Penguin Books. 324 pp. Paperback mass market, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. A classic bestselling novel about a dancing girl called Jenny, written by Compton Mackenzie, author of 'Whisky Galore’. Jenny falls in love with a young dilettante who leaves her when she refuses to become his mistress. She falls into a loveless marriage with a Cornish farmer who becomes insanely jealous when the dilettante reappears on the scene. Originally published in 1912, and in Penguin Books in 1935. (This copy: a facsimile, being one of the first 10 Penguin Books issued as a boxed set in 1985.). Our Book No: 27389. $10 AUD.

192. Maitland, A. Gibb (1979). The Gold Deposits of Western Australia: Extract from The Mining Handbook. Geological Survey Memoir No. 1 (Facsimile ed). Perth, Victoria Park & Bentley: Hesperian Press / Fleetwood Camping Stores. 92 pp. Paperback folio, very good condition, stapled, black & white photos, maps (listed as figures), diagrams, graphs, figures, faint toning edges, spine faded, spine ends scuffed, corner tip front cover slightly scuffed, minor edgewear, light foxing covers & edges, small mark front cover. An account of the goldfields in Western Australia in 1919, by A. Gibb Maitland. Contents: General statement. Geographical Distribution of the Deposits - Kimberley - Pilbara - West Pilbara - Ashburton - Gascoyne - Peak Hill - Murchison - Yilgarn - Yalgoo - Phillips River - East Murchison - Mount Margaret - North Coolgardie - Broad Arrow - East Coolgardie - North-East Coolgardie - Coolgardie - Dundas. Minor districts. A fascinating book about goldfields history. (Extracted from The Mining Handbook, Geol. Surv. Memoir No. 1, Chapter II: Economic Geology. Part III., Section I, 1919. Printed by Hesparian Press, 1979, on behalf of Fleetwood Camping Services, distributors of electronic equipment and metal detectors. ISBN not printed in book, assigned later.). ISBN/ASIN: 0859050114. Our Book No: 40989. $60 AUD.

193. Malouf, David (1984). Harland's Half Acre (1st American ed). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 230 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned, spine jacket little faded, untrimmed fore-edges, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Novel by David Malouf about a budding artist bought up on a poverty-striken dairy farm in Queensland. First American edition. . ISBN/ASIN: 0394539192. Our Book No: 29588. $20 AUD.

194. Malouf, David (1985). Antipodes (1st ed). London: Chatto & Windus. 160 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, light foxing edges, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. The first collection of short stories by David Malouf. These short stories evoke compassion and awake the emotions, and the excitement of adolescence. The melancholy threads that tie Australian immigrants to the Europe they came from, and the sad, nostalgic power with which, as time goes by, we endow the ordinary objects of daily life. The title refers to the fundamental opposites with which these fascinating stories are concerned: darkness and light, life and death, youth and age, men and women, intimate affections and random, imminent violence. The author has combined a vivid, passionate delight in life with a bleak but consoling awareness of the nearness of death, and the darkness all around, to write a humane, moving and vital collection of stories. ISBN/ASIN: 0701128518. Our Book No: 41326. $30 AUD.

195. Malouf, David (1993). Remembering Babylon (1st ed). Sydney, Milsons Point: Chatto & Windus / Random House Australia. 200 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear jacket (small closed tear rear cover). First edition. Tragic novel by David Malouf of a white man trying to adjust to life after living 16 years among Aborigines. Short-listed for 1993 Booker Prize and 1994 Miles Franklin Award. (This ISBN, 0091827825, has also been assigned to 'Good Housekeeping Essential Guide to Parenting'. Stock photo shows wrong book.). ISBN/ASIN: 0091827825. Our Book No: 29605. $25 AUD.

196. Malouf, David (2000). Dream Stuff (1st ed). London: Chatto & Windus. 185 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. First edition. David Malouf, the tnternational award-winning Australian author, presents a series of nine powerfully vivid short stories (six not previously published) ranging over more than a century of Australian life. They evoke dark shadows beneath a bright sun, and lives shaped by the ghosts of history and the rhythms of unruly nature. In the brilliant title story, the stuff of dreams is both real and imagined - rumoured fields of cannabis picked in secret by migrant workers, or a nightmare encounter on a dark Brisbane street. This book won the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction. ISBN/ASIN: 0701169427. Our Book No: 10400. $15 AUD.

197. Maltby, G. B.; Maltby, Peg (illustrator) (1945). Pip and Pepita in Goblinland (1st & only ed). Melbourne: Murphett Pty Ltd. 32 pp. Hardback wide octavo, no jacket, very good condition, full-page colour drawings, small sepia (brown-tinted) drawings, pictorial board covers (top corner front cover little creased), stapled (covered by red cloth spine, little torn top & bottom ends), pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear, internally excellent, copy 2. First & only edition. A collectible Australian children's picture story by G. B. Maltby, illustrated by Peg Maltby, about the adventures of two mice. (Muir 4747. No date, but 1945, Trove. The first of three Pip and Pepita titles by Peg Maltby.). ISBN/ASIN: B072QBW6CL. Our Book No: 12509A. $35 AUD.

198. Maltby, Peg (1945). Pepita's Party (1st & only ed). Melbourne: Murphett Pty Ltd. 32 pp. Hardback wide octavo, no jacket as issued, fair condition only (reading copy), pictorial board cover (little marked & scuffed), stapled (covered by black cloth strip as issued), full-page colour drawings, small sepia (brown-tinted) drawings, one page torn (non-archival tape repair not rusted), cover corners bumped (exposing boards), tide marks (previous water contact now dry) bottom corner pages, some edgewear. A collectible Australian children's picture story about the adventures of two mice, Pepita and Pip, and their family hold an elegant Christmas Party. (No date, but 1945, Trove.) Our Book No: 17628. $15 AUD.

199. Maltby, Peg (1948). Meet Mr Cobbledick! Melbourne: Murphett Pty Ltd. 32 pp. Paperback square quarto, no jacket (missing), good plus condition, thick pictorial board covers, full-page colour drawings, black & white drawings, spiral binding (covered by tan cloth spine as issued, spine ends worn), covers little creased & scuffed (top corner covers creased), few faint marks title page, pages faintly toned, some edgewear. First & only edition. A collectible Australian children's picture story about Paul and his adventures with Archie Cobbledick the gnome. Muir 4656. (No date, but 1948, Trove. The scarce dustjacket is missing. Exists in three states: this one has a tan cloth binding.) Our Book No: 16177. $40 AUD.

200. Maltby, Peg (1948). Meet Mr Cobbledick! Melbourne: Murphett Pty Ltd. 32 pp. Paperback square quarto, no jacket (missing), good condition, thick pictorial board covers, full-page colour drawings, black & white drawings, spiral binding (covered by olive cloth spine as issued, worn, notably spine ends), covers corners creased, scuff mark rear cover, some edgewear, all drawings colored by child, non-author written dedication inside front cover, copy 2. First & only edition. A collectible Australian children's picture story about Paul and his adventures with Archie Cobbledick the gnome. Muir 4656. (No date, 1948, Trove. The scarce dustjacket is missing. Exists in three states: this one has the scarcer olive or green-grey cloth spine. ) Our Book No: 16177A. $25 AUD.

201. Marr, David (1991). Patrick White: A Life (1st ed). London: Vintage / Random House. 727 pp. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos centre spread, edges faintly foxed, minor edgewear, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Heavy (1.5 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. First edition. A lucid and detailed biography of the well-known but controversial Australia novelist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973. He wrote more than a dozen novels and plays - but left behind him a repution for intense privacy and sometimes savage temper. ISBN/ASIN: 0091825857. Our Book No: 3976. $30 AUD.

202. Marsden, John (2003). While I Live (1st ed) [The Ellie Chronicles]. Sydney: Macmillan. 300 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear. The first edition of the first novel in "The Ellie Chronicles" by Australian writer John Marsden, a new series featuring the immensely popular Ellie Linton from "The Tomorrow" series. Wars never end. They go on loudly or they go on quietly. They grip you with bulldog teeth. The town of Wirrawee is emerging from war, slowly. School's back in, Juicy's is open for coffee, farmers are bidding at cattle sales, but it's not the same. A new nation is on the other side of a new border. Suddenly the war is about to explode into Ellie's life again. The effects are devastation. The consequences will change her forever. ISBN/ASIN: 1405035544. Our Book No: 14500. $15 AUD.

203. Mawson, Douglas (2002). The Home of the Blizzard: The Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911 - 1914 (Wakefield, reprint ed). Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 438 pp. Paperback small thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, sketches, maps, frontispiece portrait, bottom corner tip front cover creased, minor edgewear. A facsimile of the popular abridged edition of the classic tale of Antarctic exploration by Sir Douglas Mawson. He describes his Australasian Antarctic Expedition: the daily subsistence on the icy continent, his scientific observations, and his epic sledge journey of 1912-1913 in which two companions died. Initially published in 1915 as two volumes. The 'abridged popular edition' was initially published in 1930. This Wakefield Press edition is a facsimile of the popular edition, but includes some original images from the Mawson Collection at the University of Adelaide and South Australian Museum. ISBN/ASIN: 1862543771. Our Book No: 4000. $20 AUD.

204. McCall Smith, Alexander; McIntosh, Iain (illustrator) (2011). Unusual Uses for Olive Oil (1st ed) [A Professor Dr von Igelfeld Entertainment]. London: Little, Brown. 203 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good plus dustjacket), few black & white vignettes, lightly toned, small dent fore-edge front cloth cover, autograph (author's written name title page), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (acetate). In this maddening, idiotic and hugely entertaining novel by Alexander McCall Smith, Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld is finding life very trying. Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer is his rival (and owner of a one-legged dachshund), and along with the librarian Herr Huber, are proving to be major irritations. Not only that, but a friend tries to match-make his to a cheerful heiress. Autographed. ISBN/ASIN: 9780316027540. Our Book No: 40839. $35 AUD.

205. McCubbin, Frederick; MacDonald, James S.; Holden, Robert (1986). The Art of F. McCubbin (New ed). Brisbane: Boolarong Publications. 142 pp. Hardback folio, no jacket, very good condition, burgundy boards (gilt illustration & title front board, gilt title spine), full-page colour & sepia (brown-tinted) plates, light foxing endpapers & some pages at front & rear, small mark bottom edge, light foxing edges, light toning pages, minor edgewear. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (New hardcover facsimile edition.) This book on the works of Australan artist Frederick McCubbin of the Heidelberg School, originally published in 1916, was the first major art book published in Australia. The publisher states that this new edition has been reproduced as faithfully as possible. The colour illustrations have been reproduced from the original plates. It includes an essay by James MacDonald, a well-researched introduction by Robert Holden, and a biographical sketch of the life of Frederick McCubbin. This is a wonderful reference book for all interested in Australian art. (97 pages + 45 leaves of plates.). ISBN/ASIN: 0864390173. Our Book No: 41261. $50 AUD.

206. McFadyen, Ella; Bell, Edwina (illustrator) (1946). Pegmen Tales (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 142 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, pictorial board cover, good condition, black & white drawings, edges toned, edges lightly foxed, corners bumped, top corner front board lightly scuffed, board edges lightly faded, light foxing endpapers, spine ends lightly rubbed, written & dated dedication front free flyleaf. This classic Australian children's story is about the adventures of a family of pegs. Our Book No: 25319. $35 AUD.

207. McIntosh, Fiona (2014). Nightingale. Melbourne: Penguin Group Australia. 385 + 16 pp. Paperback thick small trade, very good condition, black & white photo, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear corners. A British nurse named Claire Nightingale meets and falls in love with Australian Light Horseman Jamie Wren at the carnage of Gallipoli. After the war is over, Clare’s desperate search to find James takes her to Istanbul, and deep into the heart of a Turkish family. A wonderful historical novel of love, heartbreak and heroism. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143572800. Our Book No: 40113. $18 AUD.

208. McIntosh, Fiona (2015). The Perfumer's Secret (1st ed). Melbourne: Penguin Group. 384 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear corners. First edition. This historical novel of passion and determination, by Australian writer, begins on the eve of the First World War. Fleurette is the only daughter of the wealthy Delacroix perfume dynasty, and she is being forced to marry a man she loathes. This is a very passionate and dramatic story of duty, deception and desire. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143799764. Our Book No: 29221. $20 AUD.

209. McIntosh, Fiona (2019). The Diamond Hunter (1st ed). Melbourne: Michael Joseph / Penguin Books. 424 pp. Paperback thick octavo, good plus condition, corner tips covers scuffed, top corner front cover & few pages lightly creased, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear. This novel by bestselling Australian writer Fiona McIntosh is an exciting adventure story about trust, and betrayal, the ultimate quest for truth, and a love that is priceless. This novel is set in the diamond rush in South Africa in 1870, and in later years in northern England. Clementine must solve the painful mystery of what happened so long ago in the harsh desert of Kimberley diamond mines, including the disappearance of her rare precious diamond. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143787792. Our Book No: 41203. $18 AUD.

210. McIntosh, Fiona (2020). The Champagne War (1st ed). Melbourne: Michael Joseph / Penguin Group. 424 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear First edition. This novel, by Australian bestselling writer Fiona McIntosh, is about vigneron Jerome Mea who heads off to war in 1914, leaving behind his new bride, Sophie, a fifth generation and rebellious champenoise who is determined to keep their vineyard going. The years go by and he is believed to be dead. Sophie has set up an underground hospital to care for the wounded. In the dark ancient champagne cellars, she meets Charles Nash, and their emotions take them by surprise. This stirring story moves from the killing fields of Ypres to the sun-kissed vineyards of rural France. This novel is an adventure about the true power of love and hope to light the way during the war. ISBN/ASIN: 9781761347887. Our Book No: 41337. $22 AUD.

211. Michaelides, Alex (2021). The Maidens (1st ed). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 369 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), dark red & gilt endpapers, black edges, sticker front cover jacket, autograph (author's owner's written initials.). This crime fiction novel is about a group therapist who is struggling to get through her own grief after the death of her husband. The therapist is investigating a murder and the main suspect is a enigmatic professor named Edward Fosca. The Maidens are a group of students under the influence of the professor. Written by the author of 'The Silent Patient'. (First edition. Sticker states: Signed copy, with exclusive essay.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781474624763. Our Book No: 40836. $50 AUD.

212. Middleton, Alex; Maning, Francis Beresford (1978). Bathurst and Western District Directory and Tourist's Guide and Gazetteer 1886 - 7 (Facsimile ed). Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH). 145 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, embossed brown cloth cover (gilt spine lettering, embossed borders), adverts throughout, minor edgewear. Facsimile edition. Title continues: 'Containing Alphabetical Directory for Bathurst, Orange, Dubbo, Blayney, Wellington & Molong, also Classified Trade and Professional Directory for Bathurst, Orange, and Dubbo.' One of only three directories published prior to 1901 for the Bathurst region in central New South Wales. (No 111 of a limited facsimile edition of 600 copies. Brown cloth variant. Originally published, 1886.) ISBN/ASIN: 0908120087. Our Book No: 16316A. $30 AUD.

213. Middleton, Alex; Maning, Francis Beresford (1978). Bathurst and Western District Directory and Tourist's Guide and Gazetteer 1886 - 7 (Facsimile ed). Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH). 145 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, blue cloth cover (gilt spine lettering, embossed borders), adverts throughout, minimal edgewear, owner’s written name. Facsimile edition. Title continues: 'Containing Alphabetical Directory for Bathurst, Orange, Dubbo, Blayney, Wellington & Molong, also Classified Trade and Professional Directory for Bathurst, Orange, and Dubbo.' One of only three directories published prior to 1901 for the Bathurst region in central New South Wales. (No 585 of a limited facsimile edition of 600 copies. Brown cloth variant. Originally published, 1886.) ISBN/ASIN: 0908120087. Our Book No: 17469. $30 AUD.

214. Mitchell, Elyne (1990). Towong Hill: Fifty Years on an Upper Murray Cattle Station (1st p/b ed). Melbourne: Sun Books. 244 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, thick card covers with flaps, black & white text-photos, light foxing edges, toned strip title page & last page, minor edgewear, owner’s pencil written name & year title page. Elyne Mitchell is the author of the popular Silver Brumby novels for young adults. She is the daughter of General Sir Harry Chauvel of the Light Horse. This autobiography is the story of being brought to Towong Hill (Australian Alps, upper Murray) in 1936, by her husband Tom. There are memories of the WW1 (and her heroic father), and later memories of the Australian bush, snow-capped mountains, and the lonely years of WW2 when she ran the property while her husband was a prisoner of the Japanese in Changi. A rich and warm story. Elyne kept the loneliness and exhaustion at bay by her passionate love of the natural world - the mountains, bright snow, animals and birds. ISBN/ASIN: 0725106212. Our Book No: 41418. $35 AUD.

215. Mitton, Simon (1979). The Crab Nebula. London: Faber & Faber. 194 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), figures, black & white text- photos, top edge little foxed, minor edgewear jacket. Simon Mitton, the Secretary of the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, writes the remarkable story of the Crab Nebula, representing a supernova or exploding star that was observed in China in 1054 AD. The nebular and its fast-spinning pulsar are described in detail, together with the astronomical context, and its influence on modern astronomy. ISBN/ASIN: 0571103677. Our Book No: 13304. $20 AUD.

216. Modjeska, Drusilla (2012). The Mountain (1st ed). Sydney: Vintage Books / Random House. 432 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, top edge little foxed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, publisher sticker front cover. Drusilla Modjeska writes a novel set in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where its culture and people cannot escape modern life. It is a story of betrayal, grief and loss. Set in 1968, and PNG is on the brink of independence. Amidst the turmoil ethnographic filmmaker Leonard arrives from England with his Dutch wife, Rika, to study and film an isolated village high in the mountains. The villagers customs and art have been passed down through generations, and Rika is immediately struck by their paintings on a cloth made of bark. Rika and Leonard are also confronted with the new university in Moresby, where intellectual ambition and the idealism of youth are creating friction among the locals. (First edition. Sticker front cover: 'Random House, Book Month, Highly Recommended'.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781741666502. Our Book No: 28026. $20 AUD.

217. Moreton, Robert (1877). On Horse-breaking (1st ed). London: Longmans, Green and Co. 137 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, embossed gilt vignette, gilt title spine, dark green cloth cover, brown endpapers, pages lightly toned, foxing endpapers, spine ends chipped, corners covers lightly bumped, inner hinge split few places (all pages firm), rough-cut edges, uncut rear page, few marks on few pages, some edgewear. First edition. Robert Moreton has written this fascinating book to help agriculturists and horse owners break in their horses. The preface points out some of the errors in horse-breaking which have been blindly followed from generation to generation. (Has a 28-page Longmans catalogue of books at the rear.). Our Book No: 40020. $80 AUD.

218. Morgan, Sally (1992). The Flying Emu and Other Australian Stories (1st UK ed). London: Pavilion Books. 124 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), light blue boards, beautiful colour drawings (many full-page, including frontispiece), minor creasing edges jacket (faint mark & mi imal foxing reverse side), minor edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. . An illustrated collection of Aboriginal stories (folklore) for children and young people by Aboriginal author Sally Morgan. She previously wrote the prize-winning bestselling autobiography 'My Place’. First U.K. edition. ISBN/ASIN: 1851458387. Our Book No: 16181. $30 AUD.

219. Morrell, Sally (editor) (2001). Country Treasures: A Collection of 500 Classic Recipes (1st ed) [CWA / The Weekly Times]. Melbourne: The Weekly Times. 246 pp. Hardback quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour text-photos (many full-page), small scuff top corner front flyleaf, minor edgewear. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A splendid collection of 500 wholesome recipes from the CWA (Country Women's Association of Australia), edited by Sally Morrell. First edition. (ISBN not stated in book.). ISBN/ASIN: 1876176393. Our Book No: 4142. $80 AUD.

220. Morris, William; Magnusson, Eirikr (1891). The Story of Howard The Halt. The Story of The Banded Men. The Story of Hen Thorir (1st ed). London: Bernard Quaritch. 227 pp. Hardback small octavo, good condition, dark green embossed pictorial boards, gilt lettering & border front cover, leather-like spine (gilt lettering), map, spine ends slightly worn, light foxing edges, pages lightly toned, cover corners slightly rubbed, covers little rubbed, slight loss top spine, EX-LIBRARY (embossed seal, pocket, bookplates, usual library markings), gilt top edge slightly faded, fore-edge & bottom edge untrimmed, some edgewear including corners, rubber stamp, minor pencil annotation. Three iconic Icelandic sagas. In the preface, some of the early history of the Icelandic people is recoded. 'Howard the Halt' is a favourite of the Icelandic people. 'The Story of the Banded Men' is the last of the independent sagas (not part of a longer saga). 'The Story of Hen Thorir' is an old saga, belonging to the earliest group of the domestic tales of ancient Iceland. Translated from Icelandic by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson. (Ex-library from Public Lending Library of Victoria, later State Library of Victoria.). ISBN/ASIN: B00DRHMARO. Our Book No: 40557. $80 AUD.

221. Morrissey, Di (2015). Rain Music (1st ed). Sydney: Pan Macmillan. 374 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. This Australian novel is inspired by her adventures in Far North Queensland - its characters, its forgotten history, its modern dilemmas. The story is centered around brother and sister Ned and Bella Chisholm who are struggling to come to terms with a family tragedy that has set them on different paths. Ned disappears, and Bella goes in search of him, to Cooktown, the isolated, little-known gem of the far north of Australia - it is here that their lives will change dramatically forever. The black & white photos at the start of each chapter are unique. ISBN/ASIN: 9781743533307. Our Book No: 40098. $20 AUD.

222. Morse, Melvin; Perry, Paul (with); Moody, Raymond A. (foreword) (1991). Closer to the Light: Learning from Children's Near-death Experiences (1st UK ed). London: Souvenir Press. 209 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear, rubber stamps. American pediatrician reports his study of the near-death experiences (NDEs) of children. Children are too young to have absorbed cultural attitudes to death - they consistently report serene and joyous experiences of "the light", out-of-body travel, telepathic encounters and encounters with dead friends and relatives. (From the library of retired Australian parapsychologist, Harvey Irwin.). ISBN/ASIN: 028563030X. Our Book No: 14451. $15 AUD.

223. Moye, D. G. (editor) (1972). Historic Kiandra: A Guide to the History of the District (1st ed). Cooma, NSW: Cooma-Monaro Historical Society. 88 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos, figures, maps, minor edgewear, small area rear cover scuffed (sticker removal), minor edgewear, owner's written name & date. D. G. Moye has prepared and edited this book from material collected by the Cooma-Monaro Historical Society and published to mark the centenary of the Kiandra Gold Rush, 1859 - 1860. Originally published, 1959 - this is the 1972 facsimile reprint (estimated date, Trove catalogue.) Mining continued in a limited way until the late 1930s. In the late 1940s the area was an important part of the enormous Snowy Mountains Scheme built to improve power generation and irrigation. ISBN/ASIN: 095009031X. Our Book No: 26603. $20 AUD.

224. Municipal Council, Paddington; Sonder, Richard W. (1980). Paddington: Its History Trade and Industries 1860 - 1910: Being a Record of 50 years of Civic Government (Facsimile ed). Sydney, Woollahra: Salux Pty Ltd / Paddington Municipal Council. 112 pp. Hardback small oblong quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (very good dustjacket), gilt title on boards, black & white text-photos, black & white drawings (adverts), minor edgewear jacket (few small edge tears, small crease top edge), non-author written dedication front pastedown. Richard Sonder, a life member of the Paddington Society, in a preface states that this richly illustrated book by the local Paddington Council, hardly known, relates part of the history of Sydney. Even though it is mainly about Paddington in the Eastern Suburbs, it will interest anyone who follows the historic developments of Sydney. A charming addition to any local history library. (No 168 of a limited edition of 250 copies. Facsimile reissue with preface, originally published, 1910.). ISBN/ASIN: 0959454403. Our Book No: 41037. $40 AUD.

225. Mylrea, Norah; Moorsom, F. G. (illustrator) (1940). Lorrie's First Term (1st ed). London & Glasgow: Blackie & Son. 225 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white plates (including frontispiece), slight loss corners & bottom edge jacket (flap price-clipped, few edge tears, minor edgewear, sticker mark front cover), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve\. A classic novel for young adults (a story for girls) by Norah Mylrea. The story follows Lorrie's adventures at Devenham, and later her visit to Basseton. First edition. (No date, but 1940, WorldCat. Amazon states 1945.). ISBN/ASIN: B00RNDYBXY. Our Book No: 23599. $20 AUD.

226. Newnham, Richard; Lin-tung, Tan (collaborator) (1971). About Chinese (1st ed). Harmondsworth: Pelican Original / Penguin Books. 188 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, pages & lightly toned, few tiny indentions rear cover & last few pages, minor edgewear. An excellent overview by Richard Newnham of the Chinese language, highlighting main features such as ideograms and spoken tones, and suggests how these affect the exchange of ideas among the Chinese. Includes two texts - a classical poem, and a speech by Chairman Mao - that are analysed in clear non-technical terms. Assisted by Tan Lin-tung. First edition (Pelican Original). ISBN/ASIN: 0140211314. Our Book No: 4557. $12 AUD.

227. Newton, T. (1982). The New Game of the Mansion of Bliss: In Verse [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 16 pp. Paperback very small, very good plus condition, folio (very large) folded colour game sheet (superior cloth) loosely inserted, pictorial cardboard sleeve, all in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Facsimile of a children's game and instruction booklet (both fitted into a facsimile pictorial cardboard sleeve), originally published by W. & T. Darton (map-seller), London, in 1810. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16939. $25 AUD.

228. Nister, Ernest (1897). Peeps into Petland: A Volume of Stories and Pictures of our Pets (1st ed). London / New York / Bavaria (printer): E. P. Dutton & Co / Ernest Nister. Unnum pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, pictorial cover, good condition, black & white drawings & photos, light foxing & toning edges, pages lightly toned, corners bumped, boards slightly marked, little patches toning some pages, cloth spine lightly rubbed, scuffs along board edges, archival tape repairs hinges, non-author written & dated dedication front free flyleaf This scarce special collectible children's story is about pets, and will delight children of all ages. The charming drawings and photos help to tell the stories and will keep pet lovers amused for ages. (No date, but 18975, dedication date.). Our Book No: 40528. $80 AUD.

229. Noonan, Michael; Hicks, R. E. (illustrator) (1961). Flying Doctor (1st ed). London: Hodder & Stoughton. 192 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, flyleaves lightly toned, reverse side toned jacket (flap price-clipped, minor edgewear), edges lightly foxed, sticker, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. First edition. The first in a series of about five novels about the Flying Doctor service in outback Australia (based on real experiences of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia). The author, Michael Noonan, originated the Flying Doctor TV series. (Not the Children's Book Club edition.). ISBN/ASIN: B0000CKWUM. Our Book No: 5540. $10 AUD.

230. Nowra, Louis (2001). Abaza: A Modern Encyclopedia. Sydney: Picador / Pan Macmillan. 435 pp. Paperback thick trade, very good condition, faint foxing top edge, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. First edition. Louis Nowra is an acclaimed playwright, novelist and screenwriter. A cardboard box mysteriously turns up in Australia. Inside it are hundreds of pieces of paper that contain entries for an encyclopedia of the modern Pacific nation, Abaza. This is a novel of dark humour and stunning originality. ISBN/ASIN: 0330363107. Our Book No: 26724. $15 AUD.

231. Nowra, Louis (2019). Louis Nowra: Collected Stories (1st ed). Melbourne, Kew Arden / Australian Scholarly Publishing 326 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few faint marks fore-edge, minor edgewear, old price sticker mark rear cover. First edition. Louis Nowra is an acclaimed playwright, novelist and screenwriter. This collection of shot stories goes from Venice to Lord Howe Island, Moscow to Sydney high society, Edwardian London to a mysterious island full of beauty and terror in Far North Queensland. This extraordinary collection is a testament to a unique and unsettling vision. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925984125. Our Book No: 41073. $30 AUD.

232. Nunn, Judy (2015). Spirits of the Ghan (1st ed). Sydney: Random House. 381 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. First edition. Australian novel set in the Northern Territory. An ancient wrong is awakened, down the track someone must pay. Hired as an negotiator, Jessica Manning must walk a delicate line to reassure the Aboriginal elders their sacred sites will be protected. Will her own Arunta heritage win their trust? Reveals the red heart of Australia. SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 9780857986733. Our Book No: 28835. $15 AUD.

233. O'Harris, Pixie; Yardley, Lynette; Cock, Gwen M.; Lawton, Eva (1982). The Pixie O. Harris Fairy Book: Stories and Verse. Adelaide: Rigby Limited Publishers. 63 pp. Paperback small quarto, two dustjackets, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), stapled (small rust marks about staples), black & white & single-colour drawings, colour drawing tipped-in (jacket & frontispiece), minor edgewear, otherwise intact and excellent. The Pixie O. Harris Fairy Book. Stories and verse by Lynette Yardley, Gwen M. Cock, Eva Lawton and Pixie O. Harris. Illustrated in colour, wash and line, by Pixie O Harris. Has two dustjackets. The top dustjacket is plain (small edge tear). The bottom black dustjacket (with flaps) is fixed to cover at spine (gilt lettering, with tipped-in colour plate front cover). Facsimile edition 1982, Rigby Limited Publishers, originally published in 1925. (Pixie O Harris later updated her name to Pixie O'Harris.). ISBN/ASIN: 0727016016. Our Book No: 3831. $40 AUD.

234. Office of Schools Administration, Ministry of Education (1989). The Victorian Readers: Fifth Book (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Ministry of Education. 216 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, flexible card covers, black & white drawings, minor foxing & markings edges, bottom corner lightly creased rear cover, minor edgewear. This book is a facsimile of the 'Victorian Readers Fifth Book' originally published in 1930. It contains numerous short stories and poems as learning exercises. At the rear are spelling hints, a language or word list, plus author and notes on each exercise. . ISBN/ASIN: 0730608670. Our Book No: 27178. $20 AUD.

235. Office of Schools Administration, Ministry of Education (1989). The Victorian Readers: Fourth Book (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Ministry of Education. 183 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, flexible card covers, black & white drawings, minor foxing edges, small mark top edge, minor edgewear. This book is a facsimile of the 'Victorian Readers Fourth Book' originally published in 1930. It contains numerous short stories and poems as learning exercises. At the rear are spelling hints, a language or word list, plus author and notes on each exercise. . ISBN/ASIN: 0730608662. Our Book No: 27177. $20 AUD.

236. Office of Schools Administration, Ministry of Education (1989). The Victorian Readers: Third Book (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Ministry of Education. 152 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, flexible card covers, black & white drawings, minor foxing & marks top edge, spine little faded, minor edgewear. This book is a facsimile of the 'Victorian Readers Third Book' originally published in 1930. It contains numerous short stories and poems as learning exercises. At the rear are spelling hints, a language or word list, plus author and notes on each exercise. ISBN/ASIN: 0730608654. Our Book No: 27176. $20 AUD.

237. Office of Schools Administration, Ministry of Education (1989). First Book of The Victorian Readers (Facsimile, reprint ed). Melbourne: Ministry of Education. 96 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, tan flexible card covers, colour drawings, faint foxing inside covers & last page, minor foxing edges, minor edgewear. This book is a facsimile of the 'Victorian Readers First Book' originally published in 1928. It contains 35 lessons, each of about five simple sentences, accompanied by a colour drawing. At the rear are rhymes, spelling lists, and a short lists of doubled consonants and irregular words. (Issued in 1986, this copy is the 1989 reprint.). ISBN/ASIN: 0730608603. Our Book No: 27175. $20 AUD.

238. Palmer, A. H. (1892). The Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer, Painter and Etcher: Written and Edited by A. H. Palmer (1st ed). London: Seeley & Co. Limited. 424 pp. Hardback large octavo, no jacket, very good condition, rebound half-leather (black spine label with gilt lettering, ornate gilt bands spine ends), speckled board covers & new endpapers, red lettering title page, black & white etchings (including frontispiece portrait, original etching MISSING), edges untrimmed, minor light toning & foxing. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. First edition. Compiled by his son, Alfred Palmer. Samuel Palmer (1805 - 1881) was an English landscape painter, etcher, printmaker and prolific writer. He was a key figure of English Romanticism, and produced visionary pastoral paintings, under the influence of William Blake. In 1909, Alfred burned a great number of his fathers' notes and sketchbooks so this volume has become a vital source for Palmer's life. [Includes catalogue of exhibited works at rear (20p) + publisher adverts (2p). Original sketch (The Willow) MISSING, otherwise 23 engravings spread over 19 pages.]. Our Book No: 14006. $150 AUD.

239. Park, Ruth (1993). Fishing in the Styx (The Second Volume of Autobiography) (1st ed). Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books. 302 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos centre spread, pages faintly toned as usual, minor edgewear. First edition. Second volume of the autobiography of the famous Australian novelist who wrote Poor Man's Orange. Mainly about her marriage with husband D'Arcy Niland. This partnership, between two talented but volatile people, sharing their dreams and disappointments, and rejoicing in each other's triumphs. It was cruelly cut short by D'Arcy's death. Ruth writes movingly about this dark time, which lead her to study Zen Buddhism and live for a time on tranquil Norfolk Island. ISBN/ASIN: 0670846805. Our Book No: 6709. $20 AUD.

240. Patchett Martin, A. (Arthur) (1998). The Beginnings of an Australian Literature [Bibliographica Historica Australia Series]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 48 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card cover, minimal edgewear, sticker mark front free flyleaf, copy 1. An essay on the beginnings of Australian literature, by Arthur Patchett Martin. A facsimile, originally published in London in 1898, and based on an address delivered at the South Place Institute, London. The author was the publicist who introduced Adam Lindsay Gordon to English readers. He had long advocated for a distinctive Australian literature criticism of Australian writers. (No 6 in the 'Bibliographica Historica Australia Series' from Mulini Press.) (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910775. Our Book No: 16546. $15 AUD.

241. Paterson, A. B. (1917). Three Elephant Power and Other Stories (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 140 pp. Hardback small, no jacket (missing, as common), good condition, pictorial green cloth cover, endpapers toned, pages lightly toned, few small faded patches cloth cover, endpapers & edges& title page foxed, some edgewear. First edition. Humorous short stories originally published in the Bulletin magazine, Evening News, Town and Country Journal, Sydney Mail, and Pastoral Review. Our Book No: 17438. $20 AUD.

242. Pearce, R. (1968). Land Tenure and Political Authority: The Processes of Change in Land Relations and Land Attitudes in Vietnamese Villages of the Mekong Delta since 1945 (Facsimile ed). Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms. 211 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, maps, typewritten text (one side of page only), front cover scuffed (small hole), minor edgewear, taped spine label, owner's written name. A study of land tenure and political authority in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam since 1945. An authorised printed facsimile copy of a PhD thesis, University of Washington. Reproduced, 1974, by University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Our Book No: 13314. $20 AUD.

243. Petersen, Diana; Richardson, Rich (illustrator) (1974). Byamul the Black Swan (1st NZ ed) [New Zealand Golden Book]. Auckland: Golden Press. 28 pp. Hardback square small quarto, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings, minor edgewear. First edition. A children's picture story by Diana Petersen about a black swan. Illustrated by Rich Richardson. A New Zealand Golden book. New Zealand edition. ISBN/ASIN: B000KKF0FK. Our Book No: 9743. $15 AUD.

244. Petersen, Diana; Richardson, Rich (illustrator) (1975). Brushtail the Rock Wallaby (1st ed) [Australian Golden book]. Sydney, Silverwater: Golden Press. 30 pp. Hardback square quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings, light bump spine ends & corners, tiny scuff fore-edge first page, minor edgewear. First edition. An Australian children's picture story by Diana Richardson about a wallaby (small kangaroo). Illustrated by Rich Richardson. The large colourful drawings bring this beautiful book to life. An Australian Golden Book. ISBN/ASIN: 0855582189. Our Book No: 27759. $15 AUD.

245. Potts, H. W. (1910). Pigs and Their Management (1st ed). Sydney: Department of Agriculture New South Wales / William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer. 182 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, grey cloth covers, black & white drawings & photos, figures, rear cloth cover little flecked & soiled, endpapers toned, pages lightly toned, light foxing some pages & edges, spine faded, cover corners & spine ends little worn & bumped, tiny tears top spine at cover joins, owner's written name & date. This charming old and well-loved book by H. W. Potts. is all about pig farming. There are many photos and plans on how to set up the sties to keep the pigs happy. With chapters on Construction of Sties by A. Brooks, and Diseases of the Pig by the Veterinary Officers of the Stock Branch, Department of Agriculture. First edition. This is a great addition to any rural book collection. Our Book No: 28156. $45 AUD.

246. Praeger, S. Rosamond (S. R.) (1903). How They Went to School. London, Glasgow & Dublin: Blackie & Son. 104 pp. Hardback oblong quarto, very good condition, red cloth pictorial cover (rebacked, minimally flecked), full-page colour drawings, french-fold pages (fore-edge uncut, blank pages in between), rear page torn & repaired, minor foxing & marks edges, minor edgewear. First edition. A scarce early Blackie & Son children's picture story. Kitty and Hal didn't mean to be late for school, but so many distractions happened on the way. Delightful colour woodcut drawings, with text on the facing page. Praeger was an Irish illustrator and sculptor. (This is the scarce printing of the first edition possessing a red cloth cover: most known copies have a tan cover. Professionably repaired.). ISBN/ASIN: B007C52TMS. Our Book No: 17005. $200 AUD.

247. Preston, Margaret; Edwards, Deborah; Peel, Rose; Mimmocchi, Denise (with) (2005). Margaret Preston (1st ed). Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW). 300 pp. Hardback wide quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour & black & white text-photos (paintings), few black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, CD-ROM in pocket inside rear cover. Very heavy (2.1 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. This richly illustrated monograph, complete with CD-ROM catalogue raisonne of paintings, monotypes and ceramics, is unrivalled in its scope, and is the first publication to look in detail at the life and art of Margaret Preston: this extraordinary artist from the mid-1890s in Adelaide to her death in Sydney in 1963. This catalogue was published in association with the exhibition 'Margaret Preston: Art and Life', held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2005, and three other Australian venues. Curated by Deborah Edwards and colleagues. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0734763735. Our Book No: 16089. $140 AUD.

248. Prinsep, Mrs A.; Princep, Augustus (1981). The Journal of a Voyage from Calcutta to Van Diemen's Land: Comprising a Description of That Colony During a Six Months Residence (Facsimile ed) [Prinsep's Journal: Tasmaniana Facsimile Editions]. Hobart: Melanie Publications. 117 pp. Hardback square quarto, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, half leather binding (leather binding along spine and cover corners, raised bands & gilt decoration spine), marbled boards, large foldout colour drawing ar rear, colour plates, frontispiece drawing, blue-coloured paper, tiny bookshop sticker front pastedown. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Mrs Prinsep describes her sea voyage from Calcutta to Hobart Town in 1829 via various ships and Batavia, and her residence in Hobart Town. Private press (Melanie Press) facsimile of a book originally published in 1833 (Smith, Elder & Co., London). From original letters selected by Mrs A. Prinsep from Augustus Princep's journal. With biographical details of Augustus and Elizabeth Prinsep, and index, by George Deas Brown. The original sketches were drawn during the years 1829 and 1830. The illustrations for this facsimile edition were produced by Jim Borham of Craftsman Press, Melbourne, from colour transparencies filmed by the Tasmanian Film Corporation. (Large colour foldout panoramic view of Hobart Town. Eleven colour plates. Morocco leather binding: no slipcase as this is the standard edition, rather than the additional deluxe edition of 25 copies. The text paper is Glastonbury Antique Blue. The endpapers are Lineweave Colonial Bass Strait blue. No. 51 of a limited edition of 300 copies. No. 3 in the 'Tasmaniana Facsimile Editions' series from Melanie Publications.). ISBN/ASIN: 0908415028. Our Book No: 40139. $200 AUD.

249. Rice, Nathan P. (1995). Trials of a Public Benefactor, as Illustrated in the Discovery of Etherization (Facsimile ed). Sydney: Australian Society of Anaesthetists. 460 pp. Hardback small thick octavo, very good plus condition, black & white portrait frontispiece, minimal edgewear. A modern reproduction of a classic book on anaesthesia, originally published in 1858. A biography of William Morton who, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 1846, was the first to use ether for pain relief during surgery. (Facsimile reproduction of Morton's signature on flyleaf.) SALE PRICE. Our Book No: 20371. $20 AUD.

250. Robert, N. (Nicholas) (1976). Diverses Fleurs Dessinees et Gravees d'Apres le Naturel par N. Robert (Facsimile ed). London: Scolar Press. 64 pp. Hardback small folio (31.0 x 21.5 cm), no jacket as issued, very good condition, brown cloth cover (gilt spine lettering & logo front cover), sepia (brown-tinted) engravings including title page (tissue guard, few doubled), marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, few faint toned spots, minor edgewear. Nicholas Robert started as a painter of ornamental flower pictures (botanical artist), but his work became more botanical after he was hired by the Duke of Orleans to draw the rare and exotic plants and animals in the Duke's gardens. The Scottish botanist Robert Morison, director of the gardens, is believed to have encouraged Robert to take a more scientific approach to his subject. (No 320 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Facsimile on handmade paper of the original edition of 1660, from a copy in the Lindley Library of the Royal Horticultural Society. Contains 31 numbered full-page engravings, including title page. French language. Unnumbered pages). ISBN/ASIN: 0859672468. Our Book No: 16676. $60 AUD.

251. Roscoe, William; Dorset, Mrs; Mulready, William (illustrator) (1982). The Butterfly's Ball, and The Grasshopper's Feast + The Peacock At Home: A Sequel to The Butterfly's Ball (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 16 + 14 pp. Each book: Paperback small trade, very good plus condition, frontispiece, black & white plates, coloured engravings, card envelope. Both in same slipcase. The author of The Butterfly's Ball wrote this story for his young son Robert. John Harris published the poem anonymously in London in January 1807, with an engraved text and copperplate illustrations by the young William Mulready, the son of poor Irish immigrants. The Peacock at Home, a sequel, written by an anonymous lady, later identified as Catherine Ann (Turner) Dorset, was published in September 1807, by the Harris firm. This booklet was illustrated with copperplates engraved after William Mulready. The card envelopes that wrap around each individual booklet add a special touch. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30589. $40 AUD.

252. Rossetti, Christina G.; Hughes, Arthur (illustrator) (1982). Sing-song: A Nursey-Rhyme Book [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 132 pp. Hardback small, very good plus condition, blue cloth cover (gilt pictures & lettering), black & white drawings (including frontispiece), all edges gilt, tissue guards (loosely inserted), in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Facsimile of a classic children's nursery rhyme book, originally published by George Routledge, London, in 1872. A collection of 1 or 2-page nursery rhymes, each headed by a drawing. Both poet and illustrator belonged to the pre-Raphaelite art movement, which believed in realistic portrayal of nature. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16966. $35 AUD.

253. Routledge, George (1982). The Dog's Dinner Party [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. Unnum 22 pp. Paperback quarto, card cover, very good plus condition, full-page colour drawings, interleaved blank pages, in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Facsimile of a classic children's story from Routledge's Shilling Toy Books series (as listed on rear cover). Originally published by George Routledge, London, 1876. A story about dogs having a party. The story is in large simple text, and the colour illustrations are full-page (the centre one being spread over two pages). Interleaved are some blank pages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 17001. $35 AUD.

254. Rowan, Archibald Hamilton; Drummond, William H. (editor); McDowell, R. B. (introduction) (1973). The Autobiography of Archibald Hamilton Rowan (Facsimile ed). Shannon, Ireland: Irish University Press. 475 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), foldout chart, page edges foxed, jacket 90% complete (edge pieces missing bottom edge, edgewear, creased), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. The memoir of Archibald Hamilton Rowan, an Anglo-Irishman who was a staunch defender of Ireland - and who participated in the 1798 rebellion. Originally published in 1840: this facsimile edition, is copyright 1972. It was written in exile in the young United States republic, and was posthumously edited by William Drummond. It is a lively, personal narrative, revealing the serious but frivolous life of a political Irishman of property in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Introduction by R. B. McDowell. ISBN/ASIN: 0716500116. Our Book No: 21901. $60 AUD.

255. Russell, Bertrand (2001). Yours Faithfully, Bertrand Russell: A Lifelong Fight for Peace, Justice, and Truth in Letters to the Editor (1st stated ed). La Salle, IL: Open Court. 433 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition. The noted English philosopher wrote during his long life 400 letters to the editor, about 75% being reproduced here. These wise, witty, sometimes eccentric, often indignant, letters provide an alternative biography as a political animal, exposing the unreason of our rulers, and defending human values. ISBN/ASIN: 0812694503. Our Book No: 14257. $20 AUD.

256. Scoresby, Rev. William; Smith, Archibald (editor) (1859). Journal of a Voyage to Australia and Round the World, for Magnetical Research (1st ed). London: Longman, Green Longman, & Roberts. 96 + 315 + 24 pp. Hardback large octavo, no jacket as issued, good plus condition, original black embossed cloth cover (gilt spine lettering), colour plates, black & white engraving frontispiece portrait, tables, figures (some colour), foldout colour map loosely inserted (fragile, repaired, plus facsimile copy), new endpapers, few end pages edges repaired, errata slip tipped in, pages faintly toned (edges toned), minor edgewear. First edition. Pages 1 - 96: "Exposition of magnetical principles ... disturbance in iron ships". Followed by, pages 1 - 315: "Narrative of the voyage". Rev. Scoresby (1789 - 1857), the noted Arctic explorer, later became the first navigator to investigate the changes in magnetism in an iron ship as it sailed from the northern to southern hemisphere. He was appointed in 1855 to the Liverpool Compass Committee which investigated the deviation of the compass in wooden and iron ships in response to losses at sea caused by compass errors. In 1856 he and his his wife sailed on the maiden voyage of the "Royal Charter" to Australia and back, to make systematic observations on the magnetism of iron ships. He was awarded an honorary MA degree at Melbourne University during this visit. His pleasing results were published in 1859 after his death. (Ferguson 15510. Publisher's catalogue at rear. Includes facsimile of foldout map, loosely inserted.). Our Book No: 16813. $590 AUD.

257. Seemann, Berthold; Snow, Phillip A. (introduction) (1973). Viti: Account of a Government Mission to the Vitian or Fijian Islands, 1860 - 1861 (Facsimile ed) [Colonial History Series]. London: Dawsons of Pall Mall. 447 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, tan cloth cover, foldout map, minimal foxing edges. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. . Facsimile (re-set) of a book originally published in London in 1862. Seemann, a German-born botanist, was invited to join the British government's commission under Colonel Smythe to investigate the feasibility of the cession of Fiji to Great Britain, which had been suggested by the Fijian chiefs because they were unable to pay off debts owed to America. (The islands were finally ceded to Britain in 1874), Seemann was favourably impressed and was confident that the islands, well governed, had much potential as a "flourishing colony". His book provides a narrative of the voyage and a description of the islands. An account of their botany is included as an appendix. ISBN/ASIN: 0712905642. Our Book No: 6653. $40 AUD.

258. Semon, Richard (1899). In the Australian Bush and on the Coast of the Coral Sea: Being the Experiences and Observations of a Naturalist in Australia, New Guinea and the Moluccas (1st U.K. ed). London: Macmillan and Co. 552 pp. Hardback large thick octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, cancelled EX-LIBRARY, original dark green cloth cover (gilt spine title), original dark green endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed (roughly cut), black & white drawings (some full-page plates), foldout single-colour maps, library marks (spine label, withdrawn sticker, embossed stamp title page, date due sheet inside rear cover), minor edgewear, owner's written names. Very heavy (1.8 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. Richard Semon (1859 - 1918), a German zoologist and biologist, spent more than a year (in 1891-92) in Australia, primarily in the Burnett district in south-east Queensland and along the north-east coast as far as Cooktown. Of considerable Aboriginal interest. (With 86 illustrations plus 4 folding maps. Originally published in German. This is the English translation supervised by the author. Withdrawn from the Bowdoin College Library, Maine. Written names of two previous owners.). Our Book No: 17166. $160 AUD.

259. Sewell, Edward (1898). The Examination of Horses as to Soundness: And Selection as to Purchase (1st ed). London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox. 86 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, embossed banding covers, gilt title front cover & spine, gilt vignette, black cloth cover & endpapers, colour plates, frontispiece, pages lightly toned, foxing flyleaf & title page, light foxing few pages front & rear, spine ends chipped, corners covers little worn, inner hinges little split few places (all pages firm), some edgewear. This fascinating scarce book explains how to examine a horse and judge the health of the horse before purchase. The colour plates illustrate how to tell age from their teeth. Our Book No: 40019. $100 AUD.

260. Silver, S. W. (1874). S. W. Silver & Co's Handbook for Australia and New Zealand, with Seasons'-Chart of the World (1st ed). London: S. W. Silver & Co. / Office of 'The Colonies'. 414 + 32 pp. Hardback small, no jacket, very good condition, flexible red-brown cloth cover (embossed pattern, minor creasing, gilt spine lettering), foldout frontispiece colour map, adverts, tipped in sheet front free flyleaf, re-cased retaining original cloth, edges little foxed, endpapers toned, pages little toned, some edgewear, owner's written name & drawing (reverse side of frontispiece foldout). The scarce first edition. A popular comprehensive British guidebook to the new colonies of Australia and New Zealand. The tipped in sheet is a review of this book, published in The Field magazine. Owner name of Miss Amy Stewart, with drawing of bird, on reverse side of foldout. (Later editions added in Fiji.) Plus 24-page collection of period adverts at rear. Our Book No: 17748. $150 AUD.

261. Sinnott, Edmund W. (1955). The Biology of the Spirit (1st ed). New York: Viking. 180 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket (missing), good condition, top edge lightly foxed & creased, spine ends chipped, pages little toned, minor edgewear, bookshop label inside front cover. First edition. The American botanist and plant morphologist presents a biological thesis for the complexity and wholeness of human nature, including the presence of a spiritual component. Our Book No: 24349. $12 AUD.

262. Skinner, B. F. (1976). Particulars of My Life (1st U.K. ed). London: Jonathan Cape. 309 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear, owner's rubber stamp, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. First book of a three-part autobiography of B. F. Skinner, the famous pioneer but controversial American psychologist, considered the father of behaviourism. This part covers childhood in rural Pennsylvania, and his decision to abandon a literary life and study psychology at Harvard University, where he eventually became Professor of Psychology. ISBN/ASIN: 0224013149. Our Book No: 4406. $30 AUD.

263. Spalding, D. A. (1981). Collecting Australian Books: Notes for Beginners (1st ed). Canberra: D. A. Spalding. 93 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear, one page annotated (address change). D. A. Spalding, a retired Australian medical specialis,t has self-published this book about collecting rare Australian books. Stated to be the first Australian book especially focussed on the beginning collector. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 095939320X. Our Book No: 3631. $12 AUD.

264. State, Doris (1940). Mrs State's Australian Cook Book. Sydney: Sydney County Council. 162 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, black cloth cover (gilt lettering front cover faded), full-page colour photos, adverts, endpapers & edges lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, base spine worn, some edgewear (notably spine ends). First edition. A community cookbook written for the Sydney County Council. Our Book No: 17555. $50 AUD.

265. Stevens, Kate (1939). Games for Parties: Competitions, Games for Small Parties and Many Players, Tableaux, and Charades and Ideas for Dances (1st ed). London: Ward, Lock & Co. 128 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, good condition (in fair dustjacket), edges toned & lightly foxed, pages lightly toned (few lightly foxed), edge tears jacket (small loss corners, piece missing spine ends, flap price-clipped, reverse side foxed), tear bottom edge one page, inner hinge little split (pages firm), few pencil ticks, old price marks, written names front pastedown, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. First edition. A book useful for organisers of socials, hotel and shipboard entertainments, and also helpful to the giver of the most modest of house parties. Our Book No: 25705. $12 AUD.

266. Stuart, John McDouall; Hardman, W. (editor) (1975). Explorations in Australia: The Journals of John McDouall Stuart during the Years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862, When He Fixed the Centre of the Continent and Successfully Crossed it from Sea to Sea (Facsimile ed) [Australiana Facsimile Editions]. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). 511 pp. Hardback small thick octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, light brown leatherette boards, new endpapers, gilt title spine, sepia frontispiece portrait, maps (including one large foldout at rear), full-page black & white drawings, top corner repaired last three pages (index), edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear. Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Hardcover facsimile edition of he journals of John McDouall Stuart for his six expeditions into the interior of Australia from 1858 to 1862, during which he located the centre of Australia and crossed the continent from south to north. (Originally edited by William Hardman, and published in London by Saunders, Otley & Co., 1865. No 198 in the Australiana Facsimile Editions series.). ISBN/ASIN: 072430049X. Our Book No: 18024. $140 AUD.

267. Summerly, Felix (editor); Webster, Thomas (illustrator); Horsley, J. C. (illustrator); Cope, C.W. (illustrator) (1982). The Traditional Faery Tales (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 32 pp. Hardback small wide trade, very good plus condition, colour plates, gilt title & edges, blue endpapers, frontispiece, laid-in tissue guides on plates (one loose tissue guide), blind stamped design on both boards. In cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Originally published by Joseph Cundall in 1845. Felix Summerly was the pseudonym of Sir Henry Cole who initiated the Home Treasury series in 1843 for the enjoyment of children. The collected edition reproduced in this facsimile series has delicately hand-coloured plates, engraved on wood. This book shows the trend from fact toward fancy in content and design that was to grow through the second half of the 19th century. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30583. $30 AUD.

268. Tegner, Esaias; Hamel, Leopold (translator) (1874). Frithiof's Saga: Translated from the Swedish, with Notes, Index, and a Short Abstract of the Northern Mythology (1st ed). London: Trubner & Co. 279 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, dark green embossed pictorial boards, gilt lettering front cover & spine, gilt border front cover, spine ends slightly worn, light foxing & rubbing edges, pages lightly toned, front hinge partly split (pages firm), covers little rubbed, flyleaves toned, some edgewear corners, errata slip tipped in, owner's name label inside front cover. Tegner's remarkable poem has been translated into almost every European language. The translator has produced an epic which is in the hearts of the Northern nations. He has written copious notes, although simple, and a brief abstract of the Northern Mythology, taken principally from the two Eddas. He hopes to succeed in introducing, to those unacquainted with the Northern lore, the hero-gods of the ancient Vikings. The glossary, at the end of the book, is worthy and useful. The abstract (p233), the preface to Canto XXIV (p208), may also be helpful to glance over before reading the poem, because some parts, which may seem obscure, will then be clearer to the mind. Our Book No: 40556. $60 AUD.

269. Thomas, J. W. (2010). Von Nias Nach Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land und Uber Australien Zuruck nach Deutschlands: Ein Reisejahr. Gutersloh: C. Bertelsmann (original publisher). 90 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, yellow card cover, black & white text-photos, top corner front cover lightly creased. (Estimated date, 2010.) Modern facsimile edition of a German-language book originally published in 1892. Translation of title: "From Nias to Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land and over to Australia and back to Germany: A Travel Year". The account of a German missionary visiting German New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea). The scanned photos are low-quality, and there is no map in this edition. Our Book No: 16820. $30 AUD.

270. Thomas, Rosie; Bowen, Philip (photographer) (1998). Border Crossing: On the Road from Peking to Paris (1st ed). London: Little, Brown & Company. 312 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour photos, minor edgewear jacket (top spine & top edge creased). (This copy: Standard hardback with dustjacket.) Rosie Thomas, and her co-driver Phil Bowen, take a 1968 Volvo Amazon motor car from London across the roof of the world. In September 1997, an assembly of 98 vintage and classic cars gathered in Beijing, with the finish line in Paris lying 45 days and 16, 000 kilometres ahead. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0316647128. Our Book No: 25799. $20 AUD.

271. Thoms, William John (editor); Tayler, Frederick (illustrator); Absolon, John (illustrator); Franklin, John (illustrator); Thomas, W. J. (1982). The Gallant History of Bevis of Southampton and Two Other Stories (3 books) (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 16 + 16 + 16 pp. Each book: Paperback small square trade, very good condition, frontispiece, black & white decorations edges of pages, thin coloured card covers (matching colour decorative covers), gilt edges. In single slipcase (tiny scuff top corner, tiny bump top spine). Facsimile edition. Three volumes in one slipcase: The Gallant History of Bevis of Southampton - The Sweet and Pleasant History of Patient Grissel - A Mournful Ditty of the Death of Fair Rosamond. The editor of the series Gammer Gurton's Story Books was hired at a young age as a clerk in the office of Chelsea Hospital for disabled soldiers until 1845. In 1863 he became deputy librarian and continued in that post until he retired in 1882. The titles in this series were published in separate booklets with gaily decorated and gilded stiff-paper covers with a coloured frontispiece. The books in the series were published by Joseph Cundall and printed by Charles Whittingham. Each book has been illustrated by a different artist. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30585. $30 AUD.

272. Thwaites, F. J. (1962). Destination Spain (1st ed). Sydney: Harcourt Press Pty Ltd. 214 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in good plus dustjacket), black & white photos, endpaper maps, jacket chipped (small marks, slight loss edges, light foxing & small marks reverse side, minor edgewear), light foxing edges, edges & pages lightly toned. First edition. This book is the sequel to 'Press On Regardless'. F. J. Thwaites, and his wife and son, have many adventures after leaving Newcastle-on-Tyne. They travel to Scotland, Norway, then down through various European countries, with Spain their final destination. ISBN/ASIN: B005E4KKS4. Our Book No: 26062. $15 AUD.

273. Timms, E. V. (1956). Shining Harvest (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 246 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), faint foxing reverse side jacket (chipped, spine ends & corners worn), few small age marks endpapers, pages lightly toned. First edition. No 9 of a set of 12 Great Southland Saga novels - historical romance in early Australia. ISBN/ASIN: B0007JEJQK. Our Book No: 14132. $20 AUD.

274. Timms, E. V. (1956). The Falcon. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 235 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), pages lightly toned, flap jacket unclipped (small edge tears & minor loss, minor edgewear), endpapers toned. E. V. Timms, the author of Australian historical romances here produces an historical novel set in the 17th century England. During the reign of Charles II, Englishmen saw the power and ambition of Louis XIV of France a deadly threat to their nation. Plot and counter-plot simmered under the glittering surface of court life, ever ready to explode into violent action. (First edition, this title. Originally published in 1931 as 'Whitehall'.). Our Book No: 25069. $15 AUD.

275. Tompson Jnr, Charles; Wilkes, G. A. (introduction); Turnbull, G. A. (introduction) (1973). Wild Notes, from the Lyre of a Native Minstrel (Facsimile ed). Sydney: Sydney University Press (SUP). 68 pp. Hardback quarto, dustjacket (flaps all sides), very good condition (in very good dustjacket), cream-coloured pages. The first book of verse by an Australian-born poet, Charles Tompson Jnr, to be published in the colony. This facsimile edition makes it available again for the first time since the original edition of 1826, and contains an introductory essay about Tompson's life and commentary on the poems. He was of convict descent. ISBN/ASIN: 0424065606. Our Book No: 25260. $20 AUD.

276. Tucker, Jonathan (2001). Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox (1st stated ed). New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. 291 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket. Relates the fascinating history of smallpox and draws some important lessons for the future. ISBN/ASIN: 0871138301. Our Book No: 27609. $14 AUD.

277. Uden, Grant (1982). Understanding Book-collecting (1st ed). London: Antique Collector's Club. 279 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos & drawings, frontispiece, glossy paper, edges foxed, spine lightly faded jacket (minor edgewear), jacket design differs from stock photo. Grant Uden writes about the joys of book collecting. He explains book collecting, without frills and in an easy style, and he includes numerous anecdotes and examples of rare books and the reasons for their value. (This copy: First edition, Antique Collectors Club, 1982, with ISBN 0907462138.). ISBN/ASIN: 0907462138. Our Book No: 23564. $20 AUD.

278. Upton, Elizabeth (1982). The Birthday-day Gift or the Joy of a New Doll from Papers cut by Elizabeth Upton (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 7 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, seven tipped-in black on green plates, bound unlettered marbled paper covers, thin card spine. In cardboard slipcase, reprint of printer and stationery label inside front cover, small bump fore-edge. Facsimile edition. A classic children's picture book which is one of the earliest examples held by The Osborne Collection, and originally published in 1796. The pictures were engraved from free-hand paper cuttings made without preliminary sketches by Elizabeth (Boughton) Upton (Lady Templetown). The edition reproduced here bears mounted engravings on tinted paper. Peltro William Tompkins published the original editions. He was an artist whose print selling business is advertised on the label inside the front cover. The beautiful drawings would appeal to most ages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30579. $25 AUD.

279. Vernon, Roland (2000). Star in the East: Krishnamurti - the Invention of a Messiah (1st ed). London: Constable. 306 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket (minor foxing reverse side, crease top spine) minor foxing top edge, two page corners creased. First edition. A biography of the Indian-born spiritual teacher, who died in 1986 at age 90. The author tells Krishnamurti's story in the light of a century of changing spiritual attitudes. ISBN/ASIN: 0094764808. Our Book No: 15187. $20 AUD.

280. Visual Education, Australian; Leyden, Peter (editor) (1958). The Australian Children's Pictorial Social Studies (25 parts, slipcase) (1st ed). Sydney, North Sydney: Australian Visual Education / Schools Publishing House. Each issue: 28 to 32 pp. Each issue: Paperback large quarto (310 x 250mm), card cover (stapled, little rusted), very good plus condition, black & white or sepia (brown-coloured) drawings (strip cartoons), fore-edge creased (part 1), otherwise minimal edgewear & marks. In slipcase (good condition, notable edgewear, staples rusted). Very heavy (4.8 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. First edition. Australian history told in strip cartoon format for Australian school children. The topics range from "The first Australians (The story of Aborigines)" (no 1), to "The story of Anzac" (no 25). Among the 25 parts are a Parents Guide and Teachers Revision Manual (in 2 parts). A complete set in excellent condition, particularly in the scarce slipcase. Our Book No: 12452. $400 AUD.

281. Walker, Thomas (1965). A Month in the Bush of Australia: Journal of One of a Party of Gentlemen who Recently Travelled from Sydney to Port Phillip (Facsimile ed) [Australiana Facsimile Editions]. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). 54 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, red leatherette cover (gilt title spine), endpapers faintly foxed & toned, pages faintly toned, small bump top edge rear board, few faint user marks on covers. This book is a facsimile of a journal written by Thomas Walker who travelled from Sydney to Port Phillip, including specific remarks on the present state of the farming establishments and society in the settled parts of the Argyle country. Originally published by Simpkin & Marshall, London, in 1838. (No 114 in this series.). Our Book No: 40739. $45 AUD.

282. Walker, William (1977). Reminiscences (Personal, Social and Political) of a Fifty Years' Residence at Windsor, on the Hawkesbury: A Lecture Delivered at the Windsor School of Arts, 22nd August, 1890, Together With Some Personal Recollections of the Late Sir James Martin, C. J. (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Series]. Sydney, North Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH). 83 pp. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, very good condition, brown covers (gilt spine lettering little faded), frontispiece portrait, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. William Walker, MLA for Windsor, describes his 50 years living in the Windsor area (Hawkesbury), northeast of Sydney. The original lecture appeared in serial form in the Windsor and Richmond Gazette during October 1890, and was published with the added recollections of Sir James Martin in December 1890. The author was born in Glasgow in 1828, arrived in Sydney in 1837, and died at Windsor on 12 June 1908. (No 206 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Facsimile of book originally published in Sydney by Turner & Henderson in 1890. No 4 in this Library of Australian History Facsimile series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0908120036. Our Book No: 28662. $30 AUD.

283. Wallace, Ivy L. (1948). Pookie and the Gypsies (2nd printing ed). London: Collins Publishers for the Children. 24 pp. Hardback quarto, no jacket, good condition, pictorial board cover, full-page colour drawings, black & white drawings), narrow red cloth spine (a neat repair), black & white pictorial endpapers, small toned spots some pages, rear cover creased (during manufacture), edgewear covers (boards exposed corners, rear cover little faded along spine), non-author written dedication reverse side front free flyleaf (faint, erased, slight thinning page). Pookie, the white rabbit with wings, is stolen by the wicked Gypsy Circus Man and becomes the star of the circus. He escapes with his toy animal friends, but most of the friends return to their familiar life in the circus. (The second book of 10 in the Pookie series. Second printing 1948, originally published 1947). A scarce collectible early Pookie, being first reprint, 1948 stated. Repaired copy. Unnumbered pages.). Our Book No: 17570. $100 AUD.

284. Wallace, Ivy L. (1958). Pookie's Big Day (First, club ed). London: Collins Publishers for the Children. 26 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket (missing as common), very good condition, colour pictorial boards & endpapers, colour drawings (some full-page), black & white drawings, fore-edge & corners little bumped, small faded patches red spine (ends little chipped & worn), some edgewear. First edition. In this well-loved classic children's story Pookie the rabbit with wings celebrates Belinda's birthday (the woodcutter's daughter he lives with). Pookie wishes for many things too (Christmas and Easter) and learns a lesson about asking for too much. The seventh title in the series of 10 Pookie books. (Very scarce club edition - printed statement first page of text: "To the members of the 4to A.W.A. Toddlers’ Pookie Club, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.") Our Book No: 17185. $130 AUD.

285. Warburton, Colonel Peter Egerton; Eden, Charles H.; Bates, H. W. (editor) (1981). Journey Across the Western Interior of Australia: With an Introduction and Additions by Charles H. Eden (Facsimile ed). Perth, Victoria Park: Hesperian Press. 308 pp. (Reading copy only.) Paperback small octavo, fair condition only (but complete), cancelled EX-LIBRARY, full-page black & white drawings (including frontispiece portrait), large foldout map at rear, inner hinge split (all pages firm), spine creased, library marks (rubber stamps including title page & fore-edge, scuffed base spine from label removal), minor edgewear. Facsimile edition. Colonel Warburton was the first explorer to cross the Australian continent from Alice Springs on the telegraph line, to Roebourne on the west coast (1873 - 1874). He was provided with 17 camels and six months supplies. He sought to arrive at the Swan River colony but was driven north. They endured long periods of extreme heat with little water, and survived only by killing the camels for meat. They were first to conquer the formidable Great Sandy Desert. Warburton was so worn our that an edited volume was prepared on his behalf by Charles Eden and H. W. Bates. A preface summarises some previous expeditions. Eden was author of 'My Wife and I in Queensland'. Bates was Assistant Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, London. (Originally published, Sampson Low, London, 1875. This copy: De-accessioned from the ABC Federal Reference Library, now disbanded.). ISBN/ASIN: 0859050319. Our Book No: 18074. $40 AUD.

286. Welsh, Charles; Newbery, John (printer) (1982). Goody Two-shoes (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 156 pp. Hardback small, very good condition, green cloth covers, gilt title on cover & spine, black cream woodcuts. In cardboard slipcase (small bump top spine). Facsimile edition. A classic children's picture book, illustrated with black & white text-woodcuts. This facsimile of the third edition of 1766 was selected for this reproduction because the two copies of the fourth edition of 1767 held by Osborne Collections are incomplete. Originally published by Griffith & Farran Successors to Newbery & Harris, London, in 1881. This is one of the earliest pieces of original fiction deliberately directed to the amusement of children. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 30582. $30 AUD.

287. Wentworth Esq., W. C.; Wentworth, W. C. (foreword) (1978). Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of New South Wales, and Its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land [etc] (Facsimile ed). Sydney: Doubleday Australia. 466 pp. Hardback thick small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, brown leatherette cover (embossed gilt lettering front cover & spine), top edge little foxed, otherwise excellent. Title continues: "With a particular enumeration of the advantages which these colonies offer for emigration, and their superiority in many respects over those possessed by the United States of America". Facsimile of the first edition published in 1819. William Wentworth was Australia's first native-born patriot, statesman, explorer, orator and promoter. He explains the colony's benefits and defects and their resolution (which he worked on for the next 30 years). He supported Governor Macquarie's expansion and Australia's independence. The foreword in 1978 was written by his grandson, of the same name, who was also a politician. (The publisher, Doubleday, is printed on the spine only.). ISBN/ASIN: 0868240036. Our Book No: 16285. $30 AUD.

288. Westgarth, William (1888). Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria (1st ed). Melbourne & Sydney: George Robertson & Company. 178 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket (as issued), very good condition, original dark blue cloth cover (spine lettering & vignette), black endpapers, sepia (brown-tinted) portrait frontispiece (tissue guard), top edge roughly cut, fore-edge & rear endpapers lightly foxed, endpapers little toned, minor edgewear, small owner's written name. William Westgarth lived in Melbourne for 17 years, beginning in 1840. Here are his recollections on Melbourne and Victoria generally. Includes remarks about the 'Aboriginal Natives’, the Henty family, John Batman, John Fawkner, James Simpson, David McArthur, Charles La Trobe, John O'Shanassy, William Kerr, William Nicholson, Charles Ebden, Edward Wilson, and others. (An excellent copy.). Our Book No: 18060. $175 AUD.

289. White, Patrick (1974). The Cockatoos: Shorter Novels and Stories (1st ed). London: Jonathan Cape. 307 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), blue-coloured top edge, all corners jacket tips little clipped as issued, corner tip one page creased, bottom corner tip cloth cover little bumped, minor edgewear. First edition. The wild and beautiful birds of the title are welcome trespassers in a suburban garden, and they transform the lives of the people they visit. The cockatoo appears in many disguises in this masterly collection of novellas and short stories. Essentially, the theme is intimacy, that close relationship in which possessive love can invade and cripple the spirit. The six stories are: A Woman's Hand - The Full Belly - The Night the Prowler - Five Twenty - Sicilian Vespers - The Cockatoos. The Australian author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. ISBN/ASIN: 0224009923. Our Book No: 28439. $20 AUD.

290. White, Patrick (1981). Flaws in the Glass: A Self-Portrait (1st ed). London: Jonathan Cape. 260 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), spine ends jacket chipped, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). Patrick White is the only Australian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973. This private man here provides revealing autobiographical reflections: a self-portrait as seen "in the glass's reflection". He tells who he has loved (including partner Manoly Lascaris) and who he hated. Covers his Australian youth, his English boarding school (an "expensive prison"), Cambridge with holiday trips to Germany, London in the Blitz, RAF wartime intelligence in the Middle East, and his trials and compensations of later life upon returning to Australia. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 022402924X. Our Book No: 19074. $30 AUD.

291. White, Patrick (2012). The Hanging Garden (1st ed). Sydney: Knopf / Random House Australia. 224 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), illustrated endpapers, pages faintly toned as usual, minor edgewear jacket. First edition. Two children are brought to a wild garden on the shores of Sydney Harbour to shelter from the Second World War (WW2). Patrick White explores the world of these children, the city of his childhood and the experience of war. The novel ends as the news reaches Sydney of victory in Europe, and the children face their inevitable separation. (Patrick White put the novel aside at this point, and how he planned to finish the work remains a mystery. But at his death he left behind a masterpiece in the making, which is published here for the first time. This unfinished novel was found in his papers after his death in 1990. The author was the first Australian writer awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.). ISBN/ASIN: 9781742752655. Our Book No: 27181. $25 AUD.

292. White, Patrick; Flynn, Christine (editor); Brennan, Paul (editor) (1989). Patrick White Speaks (1st ed). Sydney, Leichhardt: Primavera Press. 207 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket (reverse side lightly toned, title little faded), edges lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, bottom edge little rubbed. First edition. Patrick White has covered many subjects in this fascinating and controversial collection of essays and speeches, including one chapter about his reasons to return to Australia after spending just on 20 years overseas. The photos bring the book to life and show the author in different parts of his life that were special to him. ISBN/ASIN: 0958949476. Our Book No: 29660. $20 AUD.

293. White, Patrick (editor) (1986). Memoirs of Many in One, by Alex Xenophon Demirijian Gray (1st Canadian ed). Toronto: Irwin Publishing. 192 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), green endpapers, papered board cover (cloth spine), minor edgewear, remainder mark (spot). An unusual final novel by Patrick White, written from the viewpoint of a leading lady Alex Gray, a quick-change artist of many personae. First Canadian edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0772516502. Our Book No: 4289. $20 AUD.

294. Whitton, Ivo; Quirk, Eric (introduction) (1930). Golf: With Special High-speed Photographs and Slow Motion Cinema Slips (1st ed). Melbourne: Melbourne and Weekly Times. 96 pp. Paperback small, good condition, pictorial card cover, black & white text-photos, hinge little loose at covers, spine ends frayed, covers & edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear. (Estimated date, Trove catalogue. Presumed first edition, which was later reprinted by Robertson & Mullens in 1937 and 1947.) An illustrated handbook of golfing shots, with 40 illustrations. Our Book No: 15644. $25 AUD.

295. Whyte, Duncan; McKinlay, John; M'Kinlay, John (1962). Sketch of Explorations by the Late John McKinlay in the Interior of Australia, 1861 - 2 (Facsimile ed) [Australiana Facsimile Editions]. Adelaide: Public Library of South Australia. 48 pp. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, very good condition, brown leatherette covers (gilt spine lettering), map, frontispiece portrait, few black & white drawings, pages lightly toned as usual, faint foxing edges, minor edgewear. A facsimile report on two expeditions by Scottish explorer John McKinlay to the interior of Australia. Originally published in Glasgow in 1881 by Aird & Coghill. Being a paper read by Dr Duncan Whyte before the Cowal Society, Oct. 28, 1878, and published at the request of the society (from the title page). The talk by Whyte includes extracts from McKinlay's journal. (Australiana Facsimile Editions no 2, published by the Public Library of South Australia, 1962.). ISBN/ASIN: B008BHAZAO. Our Book No: 28682. $30 AUD.

296. Wilde, W. H. (1988). Courage a Grace: A Biography of Dame Mary Gilmore. Melbourne: Melbourne Books. 490 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, bottom corner front cover creased, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear cover corner tips, sticker mark front free flyleaf. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A comprehensive authorized biography by W. H. Wilde of Dame Mary Gilmore (1865 - 1962), the widely respected Australian poet whose portrait appeared on the Australian $20 banknote for many years. She was also well known for her patriotic poems during World War 2 and as a feminist and radical social reformer, whose life spanned almost a century of Australia's history (1890 - 1962). She took part in William Lane's socialist experiment in Paraguay, and was for a long period editor of the Women's Page in the 'Australian Worker', and later the communist newspaper 'Tribune'. Truly the Grand Old Lady of Australian literature, who died at age 97. ISBN/ASIN: 0522844073. Our Book No: 18293. $50 AUD.

297. Wildey, William Brackley (1876). Australasia and the Oceanic Region: With Some Notice of New Guinea: From Adelaide - Via Torres Straits - to Port Darwin Thence Round West Australia (1st ed) [Wildey's Australasia and the Oceanic Region]. Melbourne: George Robertson. 426 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, good condition, adverts, original burgundy cloth cover (embossed edges, spine little faded), gilt lettering cloth cover (spine lettering faded), new burgundy endpapers, cover corners & spine ends little bumped, edges faintly toned & minimally foxed, minor edgewear. First edition. After residence of 22 years in Australia, William Wildey sailed from Melbourne to Adelaide, and then, on the Gothenberg steamer, circumnavigated Australia via the Torres Strait to Port Darwin, and then along the Western Australian coast. Includes side trips to Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian archipelago. A valuable travel guide and description of Australia in 1876. (Ferguson 18557. Plus six pages of adverts at rear, including Cobb & Co., the famous coach company.). Our Book No: 14280. $80 AUD.

298. Williams, Donna (1994). Somebody Somewhere (1st ed). London: Doubleday. 240 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Sequel to "Nobody Nowhere", about the 25-year struggle of Donna Williams living with undiagnosed autism. The sequel covers the next four years, including intensive therapy, and working with autistic children. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0868245380. Our Book No: 16444. $15 AUD.

299. Williams, Donald; Wilson, Barbara Vance (1992). From Caves to Canvas: An Introduction to Western Art. Sydney: McGraw-Hill. 326 pp. Paperback thick quarto, very good condition, colour & black & white text-photos, corner tips front cover & few pages creased. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. First edition. A popular textbook on the history of Western art for Australian secondary school students. Breaks new ground by filling in the gaps between history, religion and art. Explores the form and content of art from prehistoric times to the present day. ISBN/ASIN: 0074527193. Our Book No: 14281. $30 AUD.

300. Williams, Sue (2004). Mean Streets Kind Heart: The Father Chris Riley Story (1st ed). Sydney: HarperCollins. 364 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, minor edgewear. First edition. Biography of the maverick Catholic priest who has helped 45,000 troubled kids through his "Youth Off the Streets" programs in Sydney. ISBN/ASIN: 0732274729. Our Book No: 13991. $15 AUD.

301. Willis, James H. (1962). A Handbook to Plants of Victoria: Volume 1: Ferns, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Melbourne: Maud Gibson Gardens Trust / Melbourne University Press (MUP). 448 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), jacked spine lightly toned, edges & endpapers lightly foxed, pages lightly toned as usual, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). The purpose of this handbook by J. H. Willis is to readily identify - in field or herbarium - the various families, genera and species of vascular plants, both indigenous and naturalized, that occur spontaneously within the state of Victoria. The author is a senior botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. The first book in a series of two books. This Volume 1 covers Ferns, Conifers and Monocotyledons. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: B000OGN9J4. Our Book No: 21720. $20 AUD.

302. Wilson, Ian (1978). The Turin Shroud (1st Australian ed). Melbourne: Hutchinson of Australia / Victor Gollancz. 272 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, endpaper map, minor edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. First Australian edition, published by Hutchinson of Australia, on behalf of Victor Gollancz (not the Book Associated edition). Ian Wilson investigates the fascinating story of a 14-foot linen cloth that bears the shadowy imprint of a bearded crucified man laid out in death (said to be Jesus). The author examines all the historical and scientific evidence, and then provides his own ingenious explanation for the journey of the Shroud in the 13 centuries unaccounted for in its official history. ISBN/ASIN: 057502514X. Our Book No: 15739. $20 AUD.

303. Wilson, Ian (2011). The Shroud: Fresh Light on the 2,000-year-old Mystery. London: Bantam Books. 476 pp. Paperback thick trade, very good condition, colour photos, map, spine minimally creased, minor edgewear. Fascinating story of a 14-foot linen cloth that bears the shadowy imprint of a bearded crucified man laid out in death (perhaps Jesus). Ian Wilson examines all the historical and scientific evidence, and then provides his own ingenious explanation for the Shroud's journey in the 13 centuries unaccounted for in its official history. This new edition further disputes the radiocarbon dating as distorted by contamination, and provides more evidence about the Image of Edessa (Turkey), a Jesus-like Orthodox image (30 AD - 944 AD), assumed to be the same Shroud. Updated edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9780553824223. Our Book No: 16759. $15 AUD.

304. Winch, Madeleine (1988). Come by Chance (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 28 pp. Hardback small square quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour drawings (mostly full-page), minor edgewear jacket (minimal foxing reverse side), autograph (author’s written name front free flyleaf). First edition. This is a delightful children's picture story by Madeleine Winch about a lady named Bertha who provides a happy and warm shelter for animals. The town 'Come By Chance' exists in the Australian bush. The house is loved and lived in by two caring people and their ever-increasing 'family' of stray and needy animals. The author is also an Australian painter and printmaker. (This copy is the first edition hardcover, autographed.). ISBN/ASIN: 0207156719. Our Book No: 28104. $25 AUD.

305. Winchester, Simon (2001). The Map that Changed the World: The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of Science (1st ed). London: Viking / Penguin Books. 338 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor foxing edges, minor edgewear, minor annotation rear flyleaf. Simon Winchester relates the story of how in 1815 an extraordinary hand-painted map was published in London: William Smith's majestic geological map of Britain. Some eight feet tall and six feet wide, brightly coloured - in sea-blue, green, bright yellow, orange, umber - it presented England and Wales in a beguiling and unfamiliar mixture of lines and patches and stippled shapes. It was the product of one man's obsession with rocks - a passion that sustained him whilst the rest of his life slid into ruin. First edition, first printing. ISBN/ASIN: 0670884073. Our Book No: 3774. $20 AUD.

306. Winton, Tim (2008). Breath (1st ed). Melbourne: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Books. 215 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages faintly toned as usual, minor edgewear. True first edition (has raised white lettering on front cover of jacket). Tim Winton has written the story of paramedic Bruce Pike who is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong. Suicide or accident? It brings up the damage he did to himself in his own early life. In his first novel for seven years, Tim Winton has achieved a new level of mastery. This novel won the author his fourth Miles Franklin Prize. . ISBN/ASIN: 9780241015308. Our Book No: 3376. $30 AUD.

307. Witton, Lieut. George; Embleton, Geoffrey (afterword) (1983). Scapegoats of the Empire: The True Story of Breaker Morant's Bushveldt Carbineers (New, reprint ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 247 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), facsimile text, edges lightly foxed, spine jacket slightly faded (few small edge tears, few faint foxed spots reverse side), minor edgewear. Lieut. George Witton was a Bushveldt Carbineer who fought in the Boer War on the British side. He and two other Australian colleagues, Harry (Breaker) Morant and Peter Handcock, were accused by the British of shooting Boer prisoners. They were tried by a British court martial. Morant and Hancock were executed, and Witton imprisoned for life (later pardoned). This book is Witton's much awaited firsthand account of what actually happened. It was originally published in 1907 (now very scarce). The current book is a facsimile reprint by Angus & Robertson in 1982. An afterword by Geoffrey Embleton reveals a letter by Morant to his defence counsel, alleging that the trial was a coverup by the British commander Kitchener who had actually authorised the shooting of Boer prisoners. ISBN/ASIN: 0207146667. Our Book No: 18249. $50 AUD.

308. Wood, Charlotte (2019). The Weekend (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 259 pp. Paperback octavo, good plus condition, top corner tip several front pages little crinkled, top edge lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This novel by Charlotte Wood is about four older women who have a lifelong friendship of the best kind, until one of them dies, and the ground shifts dangerously for the remaining three. Can they survive without her? A look at friendship, death, and the nature of human relationships and a great piece of storytelling. The Australian author previously won the Stella Prize for her novel 'The Natural Way of Things'. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760292010. Our Book No: 30813. $12 AUD.

309. Wright, Judith (1977). The Coral Battleground (1st ed) [Nelson Paperback: The Great Barrier Reef]. Melbourne: Thomas Nelson (Australia) Limited. 203 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, stiffened pictorial cover, black endpapers, top edge little foxed, minor edgewear. Judith Wright, the noted Australian poet and environmentalist, describes the battle to save the Great Barrier Reef from limestone mining and oil drilling. A classic Australian study of a serious and longlasting political versus conservation dispute, which lead to permanent protection of the reef by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The reef covers 2000 Km along the Queensland coast. The spectacular coral reefs, sand cays and islands are the most precious Australian marine resource. First edition (Nelson, 1977). ISBN/ASIN: 0170051668. Our Book No: 7399. $30 AUD.

310. Wrightson, Patricia; Horder, Margaret (illustrator) (1968). A Racecourse for Andy (1st U.S. ed). New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. 156 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, minimal EX-LIBRARY, good condition (in good dustjacket), edgewear jacket (small piece top spine removed, edges lightly foxed & frayed), top spine & top edge cloth cover notably rubbed, corner tips few pages lightly creased, library markings (barcode, digits), autograph (illustrator's comments prelim page), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Novel for young adults about Andy who believes he has bought a racecourse. Schoolkids played a joke on Andy, who has a mental disability (learning disorder). He believes he bought the racecourse for $3, and refuses to accept it was a joke. In the end, Andy solves the problem himself. First edition stated. (ISBN not printed in book, assigned later. Barcode of the Aora Children's Library, now disbanded. Written comments by the illustrator Margaret Horder: American title for 'I Own the Racecourse', with her autograph, dated 1968. A unique item.). ISBN/ASIN: 0152650806. Our Book No: 15942. $15 AUD.

311. Yorke, Margaret (1979). Death on Account (1st ed). London: Hutchinson. 160 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned, reverse side jacket lightly toned (minor edgewear), old price marks. In this classic crime fiction novel by Margaret Yorke, Robbie lives on a television diet of murder, theft and arson, to escape his boring lifestyle and controlling wife. One day he decided to actually try out one of his planned bank raids at the very bank where he worked. Robbie's pretence became real and he faced the challenge of the dramatic situation he had created. The last novel of the famous English mystery writer is a classic of tension and personal conflict. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0091388201. Our Book No: 26903. $20 AUD.