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1. Adams, Frances (1994). John Webb's End, or Strong as Death [Australian Books on Demand]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 74 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, frontispiece, small dent & tiny closed tears spine, slight crease front cover near spine, minor edgewear. A tragic Australian historical crime novel about a man who is in love with a girl who is not interested in him. He gets in financial difficulties when he takes on a property. He turns to bushranging with disastrous results. This is a well written story and tells a lot about Australia's early beginnings and the nature of outback life. (Australian Books on Demand, no. 12. Originally published, 1891.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910414. Our Book No: 29846. $25 AUD.

2. Anderson, Gilbert; Mills, Trevor (introduction) (1983). The Grievous and Great Dangers and Hard Pilgrimage of Gilbert Anderson 1670. Melbourne, Monash University: Ancora Press. 8 pp. Paperback octavo (pamphlet), card cover, very good condition, yapp edges (cover extends beyond page margins), string binding, minimal edgewear. A pamphlet handset by staff and students of the Graduate School of Librarianship, Monash University. A reproduction of a broadsheet by a London quack practitioner, dated about 1670, discovered in 1981 within a set of The London Gazette in the State Library of Victoria. (Limited edition, 200 copies. Plus loosely inserted: A second looseleaf copy without covers.). Our Book No: 13375. $20 AUD.

3. Anonymous; Clough, Richard (introduction) (2001). A Gardening Poem of 1809: General Instructions in Gardening, Agriculture and the Care of Sheep [Colonial Poets]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 20 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, card covers, stapled pamphlet, pictorial cover, black & white drawings, front cover little creased, minor edgewear. This anonymous gardening poem first appeared in an almanac in Sydney at the end of 1808. The almanac was produced by the compiler and printer, George Howe. The version of the poem reprinted here appeared in the almanac for the following year. It appears to be the first long poem published in Australia. (No 17 in the 'Colonial Poets' series from Mulini Press. Unnumbered pages.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910899. Our Book No: 29835. $20 AUD.

4. Batman, John (1983). The Settlement at Port Phillip 1835 [Victoriana Collection]. [Melbourne, Carlton]: Queensberry Hill Press. 57 pp. Hardback small octavo, full brown leather cover (boards gilt stamped), spine is ribbed (gilt lettering), very good condition, brown endpapers, two tipped in sepia (brown-tinted) drawings, large foldout map at rear. In cardboard slipcase (little creased). John Batman (1801 - 1839) was an Australian entrepreneur who settled in Van Diemen's Land in the 1820s, and later he explored the Port Phillip Bay area on the Australian mainland with a view to establishing a new settlement there (which later became the city of Melbourne). The treaty he negotiated with local Aborigines in 1835 to acquire land was controversial, as he offered tools, blankets and food in exchange for thousands of hectares of land. This account by John Batman is reprinted from The Journal of Australasia, July and August 1856, published by George Slater in Melbourne. It is reprinted word for word without correction to grammar, punctuation, place names or titles. (One of the Victoriana Collection by Queensberry Hill Press of heritage books. Copy 145 of limited edition of 155 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0909174377. Our Book No: 17380. $160 AUD.

5. Beale, Edgar (1983). Kennedy: The Barcoo and Beyond 1847: The Journals of Edmund Besley Court Kennedy and Alfred Allatson Turner, with New Information on Kennedy's Life. Hobart: Blubber Head Press. 292 pp. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket (glassine), very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), black & white text-photos, maps (includes foldout, endpapers). Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Describes an expedition in 1847 - 1848 to the Maranoa, Barcoo and Warrego Rivers, Queensland. Introduction re Kennedy's life. The journals include references to Aboriginal guide Harry, and brief encounters with Aborigines. A postscript includes account by Jackey-Jackey of Kennedy's death. Includes bibliography and index. (No 148 of a limited edition of 750 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0908528116. Our Book No: 17366. $50 AUD.

6. Bishop, W. (William) (1977). The Goulburn and District Directory for 1882 - 3: First Year of Publication. Sydney, North Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH). 72 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, brown leatherette cloth cover (sharp gilt spine lettering), adverts, minimal edgewear. Facsimile of an early directory of the Goulburn district, southern New South Wales (NSW), compiled by W. (William) Bishop. Includes alphabetical lists of residents, trades and institutions. Many contemporary adverts. A valuable source for local historians. Intended as an annual publication, but 1882-3 was the only edition produced. (Copy 199 of a limited edition of 300 copies.) (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 090812001X. Our Book No: 12766. $60 AUD.

7. Blacket, Judy (1983). The Year of the House. Canberra: Mulini Press. 114 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white drawings, front hinge lightly split (as usual, all pages firm), minor edgewear & rubbing. Judy Blacket writes a fascinating story about her search for a house of her own in Canberra. The many adventures she has along the way to finding her perfect home will be familiar to many people looking for a permanent home. Text and drawings by the author, who is a descendent of the famous architect Edmund Blacket, and has worked as a librarian in various locations in New South Wales. (A Mulini Press publication. 1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910120. Our Book No: 29833. $25 AUD.

8. Boswell, Annabella Alexandrina Campbell (1992). Annabella Boswell's Other Journal 1848 - 1851, called Further Recollections of My Early Days in Australia (1st ed) [Australian Books on Demand]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 75 pp. Hardback large octavo, no jacket, good plus condition, red boards (gilt title & author name cover & spine), faint scuffing front boards, top corner front cover slightly bumped, few tiny toned spots rear endpapers. The fascinating diary of a young women, Annabella Boswell, growing up in New South Wales coastal town of Port Macquarie in the 1830s and 1840s. This is her second diary which continues her story describing visits to relatives and friends in the 1840s, including Sydney and Bathurst. She continues her interest in painting Australian wildflowers and in education and reading. It is an interesting historical record which shows the other side of life for the pioneers of the outback. (No. 1 in the 'Australian Books on Demand' series from Mulini Press.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910333. Our Book No: 30982. $40 AUD.

9. Bruce, Robert (1997). Dingoes and Other Poems (New ed) [Colonial Poets Series]. Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 12 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, frontispiece, staples little rusted, minor edgewear. The first published book of poetry by Robert Bruce appeared in 1875, published by the Adelaide Advertiser. His tales are in verse form and his work precedes Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson. (No 13 in the Mulini Colonial Poets series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910716. Our Book No: 40013. $20 AUD.

10. Buckley, Martin J.; Campbell, Major-General I. (foreword); MacDonald, H. (president) (1986). Scarlet and Tartan: The Story of the Regiments and Regimental Bands of the NSW Scottish Rifles 1885 (Volunteers), the 30th Battalion (NSW Scottish Regiment), "A" Company and Pipes and Drums, 17th Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment (Commemorative ed). Sydney: Red Hackle Association. 300 pp. Hardback large quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), quarter bound red leather with gilt edges, green & black tartan cloth cover, three affixed metal insignias on front cover, black & white text-photos, colour photos, illustrated endpapers, minor edgewear jacket, light foxing endpapers, minor spotted foxing last page, few lights marks flyleaf & title page. Heavy (1.6 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. The scarce commemorative edition (no 53 of a limited edition of 101 copies, Major General G. L. Maitland's copy.) This wonderful regimental history of the NSW Scottish Rifles by Martin J. Buckley has a certificate of authenticity signed by Harold E. MacDonald, president, Red Hackle Association, loosely inserted, which states that this copy belongs to Maitland. This book was launched by The Right Honourable The Earl of Lauderdale, Traditional Bearer of St. Andrews Cross and Chief of Clan Maitland, at a parade held at Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, on 23rd November 1986 (the original barracks of the Scottish Rifles, 100 years ago). ISBN/ASIN: 1862527547. Our Book No: 40142. $180 AUD.

11. 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.

12. Burrows, William (1986). Adventures of a Mounted Trooper [Victoriana Collection]. [Melbourne, Carlton]: Queensberry Hill Press. 146 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, full brown leather cover (boards gilt stamped), spine is ribbed (gilt lettering), brown endpapers, tipped-in sepia (brown-tinted) drawing frontispiece, in cardboard slipcase. A facsimile of a book published in 1859 (Ferguson 7722). The adventures of a Victorian mounted trooper, William Burrows, who arrived in Melbourne in 1852, then went to the goldfields. He becomes a roadmaker, then a mounted trooper inspecting mining licenses. Mentions Geelong steamers, Aborigines, William Buckley, colonial life, and a return voyage to China. (Copy 67 of a limited edition of 155 copies. No date, but 1986, Trove.) ISBN/ASIN: 0909174466. Our Book No: 17350. $100 AUD.

13. Chaucer, Geoffrey; Binder, Pearl (artist) (1929). Wyf of Bathe. London: Mandrake Press. 44 pp. Hardback narrow quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), glassine acetate jacket, single-colour drawings, minor foxing spine & edges, pages & endpapers lightly toned as common, two small scuff marks rear endpapers, minor edgewear. A private press book of a Chaucer poem in Middle English language. Printed by the short-lived Mandrake Press, which was founded by P. R. Stephensen, the Australian writer, publisher and political activist. Decorated by artist Pearl Binder. With 17 illustrations (red & black), printed on Japon vellum paper. Pictorial parchment boards. A scarce item not often offered for sale. Geoffrey Chaucer (1340s - 1400) was an English poet and civil servant, known as The Father of English Literature. This is the best known of his Canterbury Tales, about a seamstress married five times who asserts control over her husband. (No date, but 1929. Unstated limited edition.) Our Book No: 15657. $140 AUD.

14. Clarke, Marcus (1996). About Gardens and Flowers [Commemoration Series]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 34 pp. Paperback thin trade, stapled pamphlet, very good plus condition, black & white text drawings, minimal edgewear. This pamphlet was published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Marcus Clarke on 24 April 1846. The novelist is best known for his "For the Term of His Natural Life". He also wrote articles and essays. Among the latter is this essay about Gardens and Flowers. The main part of the essay is about the Botanic Gardens of Melbourne as they were in the 1870s just after they had been taken over from Ferdinand von Mueller by William Guilfoyle. He also mentions Francis Bacon and John Evelyn and some of the well-known and loved flower painters. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 094991066X. Our Book No: 28444. $25 AUD.

15. Collins, David; Shillinglaw, J. J. (introduction) (1984). General and Garrison Orders of Port Phillip [Victoriana Collection]. [Melbourne, Carlton]: Queensberry Hill Press. 105 pp. Hardback small octavo, very good condition, full brown leather cover (boards gilt stamped), spine ribbed (gilt lettering, slightly faded), brown endpapers, two portraits tipped in (including frontispiece), in cardboard slipcase. This facsimile edition was originally issued as Parliamentary Paper No. 15, titled: Port Phillip. First Survey and Settlement Of: and published the following year in octavo format as: Historical Records of Port Phillip: the First Annals of the Colony of Victoria. (Victoriana Collection series. Copy 67 of limited edition of 155 copies. Publishers catalogue, 8 pages, at rear.) ISBN/ASIN: 0909174415. Our Book No: 12784A. $100 AUD.

16. 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.

17. Cowper, William; Westall, Richard (illustrator) (1825). The Task [with] Cowper's Minor Poems [with] Table Talk and Other Poems (3 vols). London, Chiswick: Whittingham Press (Printed for John Sharpe, by C. & C. Whittingham). 220 + 204 + 108 pp. Each volume: Hardback very small (duodecimo), original brown full calf leather, gilt edges, gilt ornate decoration & letters (spine & edges covers), very good condition, marbled edges & endpapers, steel engraved plates, minor to moderate foxing some pages, string bookmarks missing, minor edgewear covers, owner's written name, owner's rubber stamp. Volume 3 only: faint stain front cover, gilt spine lettering lightly rubbed. Fine binding. Originally published in 1817, this is the 1825 edition. A handsome set of Cowper's poems printed by the famous printers C. and C. Whittingham of Chiswick, with illustrations by Richard Westall. Charles Whittingham (1767 - 1840) was an English printer. In 1789 he set up a small printing press in a garret off Fleet Street, London, with a loan obtained from the type-founding firm of William Caslon, and, by 1797, his business had so increased that he was enabled to move into larger premises. Whittingham inaugurated the idea of printing cheap, handy editions of standard authors, and, on the bookselling trade threatening not to sell his productions, took a room at a coffee house and sold them by auction himself. In 1809 he started a paper-pulp factory at Chiswick, near London, and in 1811 founded the Chiswick Press. Our Book No: 14787. $120 AUD.

18. Crittenden, Victor (1979). The Front Garden: The Story of the Cottage Garden in Australia (1st p/b ed). Canberra, Jamison Centre: Mulini Press. 50 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, yellow card cover, black & white drawings, top corner tip front cover little creased, minor edgewear. Victor Crittenden, publisher and book collector, has written a fascinating history of the cottage garden in Australia. He mentions his own early adventure with gardening, and has researched the history of Australian gardening. He was inspired by Polly Park, a writer on gardens and gardening, to write this book. (The paperback edition is available in two states. First: with flaps & Cook ACT & limited edition 650 copies. Second: without flaps & Jamison Centre & not limited. This copy is the second state.). ISBN/ASIN: 0959841458. Our Book No: 29922. $25 AUD.

19. Crittenden, Victor (1979). The Front Garden: The Story of the Cottage Garden in Australia (1st p/b ed). Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 50 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, yellow card cover, black & white drawings, minor edgewear. Victor Crittenden, publisher and book collector, has written a fascinating history of the cottage garden in Australia. He mentions his own early adventure with gardening, and has researched the history of Australian gardening. He was inspired by Polly Park, a writer on gardens and gardening, to write this book. (The paperback edition is available in two states. First: with flaps & Cook ACT & limited edition 650 copies. Second: without flaps & Jamison Centre & not limited. This copy is the first state.). ISBN/ASIN: 0959841458. Our Book No: 18294. $25 AUD.

20. Crittenden, Victor (1981). The Voyage of the First Fleet 1787 - 1788: Taken from Contemporary accounts [First Fleet Books, No. 1]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 105 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, red card cover (with flaps, black lettering), frontispiece map. An account of the selection of convicts, and their voyage to the new colony at Port Jackson (Sydney Town). Crittenden was a senior librarian and bibliographer. Also ISBN: 0949910058. ISBN/ASIN: 094991004X. Our Book No: 6312. $18 AUD.

21. Crittenden, Victor; Bennet, Arthur (illustrator) (1982). An Autumn Visit: Historic Gardens in Sydney and the Blue Mountains. Canberra: Mulini Press. 48 pp. Paperback small quarto (with flaps), very good condition, thin pictorial card covers (little faded near top spine), drawings (including frontispiece), minor edgewear. This booklet describes the visits by Victor Crittenden in May 1981 to historic gardens at Mount Wilson and a few other gardens in the Sydney area, as part of the Australian Garden History Society's annual conference. Includes biographical notes on the people who planned and constructed the gardens. (Edition limited to 650 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0949910074. Our Book No: 29722. $18 AUD.

22. Crittenden, Victor (1986). Naval Men of the First Fleet [First Fleet Books]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 44 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, blue-grey card covers (with flaps), stapled, stippled pages, minor edgewear. Victor Crittenden lists the seamen brought to Australia on the two ships Sirius and the Supply in 1788. The author has also writes about life in the British Navy at the time. Anyone interested in the first settlement of Australia will enjoy reading this book. (No 2 in the 'First Fleet Books' series from Mulini Press. Has the same ISBN as No 1 in this series: 'The Voyage of the First Fleet 1787 - 1788'. But later reprinted in 1995 with a new ISBN: 0949910139. 1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 094991004X. Our Book No: 26363. $15 AUD.

23. Crittenden, Victor (1986). The Voyage of the First Fleet 1787 - 1788: Taken from Contemporary Accounts (Reprint ed) [First Fleet Books, No. 1]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 105 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, red card cover (white lettering), frontispiece map, edgewear, bookplate. An account of the selection of convicts, and their voyage to the new colony at Port Jackson (Sydney Town). Victor Crittenden was a senior librarian and bibliographer before establishing the Mulini Press. (Bookplate of Victor Crittenden - his own copy. An undated reprint was also produced in 1986. (No 1 in the First Fleet Books series. See also ISBN: 0949910058.) (This copy: Paperback. Bookplate of Victor Crittenden - his own copy. Annotated inside rear cover: "2nd printing 1986".). ISBN/ASIN: 094991004X. Our Book No: 6312A. $25 AUD.

24. Crittenden, Victor (1995). Naval Men of the First Fleet (Reprint ed) [First Fleet Books]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 44 pp. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, blue card covers (with flaps), stapled, frontispiece drawing, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. Victor Crittenden lists the seamen brought to Australia on the "Sirius" and the "Supply" in 1788. The author has also writes about life in the British Navy at the time. Anyone interested in the first settlement of Australia will enjoy reading this book. (No 2 in the 'First Fleet Books' series from Mulini Press. A reprint of a book first published in this series in 1987, but that book incorrectly had the same ISBN as No 1 in this series: 094991004X.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910139. Our Book No: 17581. $20 AUD.

25. Crittenden, Victor (1997). Louisa Atkinson and her Novels. Canberra: Mulini Press. 63 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, black & white drawings, tiny scuff spine edge. Victor Crittenden discusses Louisa Atkinson, the first native born (Australian-born) woman novelist. This book is an outline of her life and discusses her novels and stories. Louisa Atkinson was born in 1838 and died in 1871. In addition to her novels she is is well-known as a botanist and a collector of Australian plants. ISBN/ASIN: 0949910546. Our Book No: 29721. $25 AUD.

26. Crittenden, Victor (2002). Yesterday's Gardens: A History and Bibliography of Australian Gardening Books (2nd ed). Canberra: Mulini Press. 276 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, pictorial cover, very good condition, black & white drawings, frontispiece, tiny dent spine edge. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Second (revised and enlarged) edition. Victor Crittenden provides a fascinating history of gardening books in Australia. The first part outlines the story of gardening books in Australia and the people who wrote them. Many of the introduced plants and flowers are identified, and the growing of native plants from the earliest times is referred to in this part. This enlarged edition now lists 206 Australian gardening books published before 1950. The second part of the book lists in detail all Australian gardening books from the first Gardening Guide in 1806 up until 1950, and gives a brief description of the contents of each book. ISBN/ASIN: 0949910902. Our Book No: 29723. $50 AUD.

27. Davitt, Ellen; Sussex, Lucy (introduction) (1993). Force and Fraud: A Tale of the Bush (Reprint ed) [Australian Books on Demand]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 143 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, pictorial cover, minor edgewear. Australia's first murder mystery novel. Published in Melbourne in 1865 in 'The Australian Journal', this tale set in the Australian bush is a great murder mystery. It tells the story of a young artist accused of murdering his fiancee's father who objected to the match. The action ranges widely with a court scene and clues to the murderer scattered cleverly through the book. It is an astonishing first in the murder mystery genre in Australia and makes fascinating reading. (No 6 in the 'Australian Books on Demand' series. There are two states. This is the second state in the same year and ISBN: it has a red spine and the series is stated. The first state has a white spine and the series is not stated.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910368. Our Book No: 22736. $40 AUD.

28. De Boos, Charles (1992). Mark Brown's Wife: A Tale of the Gold-fields [Australian Books on Demand]. Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 132 pp. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, pictorial red cover (inset with black & white drawing), minor edgewear. This historical novel by Charles de Boos was first published in the 'Sydney Mail' in 1871. The story is brutal and criminal, set in the Australian goldfields. The tale is told by 'Tom Drewe' a gold miner involved in the tale and one of Mark Brown's friends. The novel is full of events and is based on the real life experiences of the author in his goldfields days in Australia. (No 4 in the ‘Australian Books on Demand' series from Mulini Press. There are two states with same ISBN and year: this copy has a pictorial cover showing reclining bushman, not the red patterned cover state.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910341. Our Book No: 18072. $40 AUD.

29. De Boos, Charles; Clancy, Laurie (introduction) (1999). Fifty Years Ago: An Australian Tale [Australian Books on Demand]. Canberra, Jamison Centre: Mulini Press. 402 pp. Paperback thick quarto, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Classic lengthy novel by Charles de Boos of early Australia about a settler in the Hunter region who seeks revenge from Aborigines who have killed some of his family. First published as a serial by Gordon & Gotch in 1867. Later published, heavily truncated, as 'Settler and Savage'. This is a welcome reprint of the original neglected book, said to be comparable to Marcus Clark and Rolf Boldrewood. De Boos was a French-English migrant who tried farming, before becoming a successful journalist, mining warden and magistrate. (No 17 of the 'Australian Books on Demand' series from Mulini Press.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910759. Our Book No: 17331. $40 AUD.

30. De Boos, Charles (2004). Me and My Horse Showing: How I Got Him, How I Kept Him, and All About Him: Being Sketches of Life on the Peel River Diggings [Small Tales of Early Australia]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 38 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, card cover, bottom corner tip front cover little creased, minor edgewear. This historical novelette by Charles de Boos is a very funny story about a Victorian gold miner and the adventures he has with his horse. It is written using 19th century Australian slang and the colloquial language makes the book a fun-filled read. (Originally published, 1870s. No 8 in the series 'Small Tales of Early Australia' series from Mulini Press.). ISBN/ASIN: 0975178415. Our Book No: 29836. $30 AUD.

31. de Fontenelle, [M. Bernard le Bovier] (1839). Entretiens sur la Pluralite des Mondes (Nouvelle ed). Paris: Armand Pougin, Librarie. 173 pp. Hardback very small (13.6 x 9.0 cm), good plus condition, cross-hatched leather cover (gilt edges & elaborate spine decoration), spine name label, marbled endpapers, pages lightly toned, minor foxing, owner's written names. By the French man-of-letters (1657 - 1757), a member of the French Academy. A series of six essays on astronomy ("Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds"), ranging from First Night to Sixth Night. Our Book No: 15690. $40 AUD.

32. Ennis, Henry; Friend, Donald (illustrator); Griffin, Richard (design, editor); Marsh, Peter (binder); Hince, Kenneth (foreword) (1983). Remarks on Board His Majesty's ship Tamar: In a voyage from England to Port Praia, Cape of Good Hope - New South Wales. Melbourne: Richard Griffin Publisher. 34 pp. Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), quarter-leather binding, cloth boards, brown jacket (gilt vignette & title, small scuff spine), light brown endpapers, two black & white drawings (frontispiece & title page), page edges roughly cut. Subtitle: 'And from thence along the coast of Australia, to Port Essington in the Cobourg Peninsula, and thence Bathurst and Melville Islands, Apsley's Straits, between 27th February & the 13th of November 1824 and continued in the ship Countess of Harcourt to the Isle of France, to 7th January 1825.' Short title: 'The Voyage of the Tamar 1824.' In his foreword Kenneth Hince states that the text is printed for the first time in book form, pretty much as it appeared in issues 413 to 417 of The Monthly Magazine, published in London from August 1825. (No 141 of a limited edition of 160 copies by expert Australian designer Richard Griffin. Australian handmade paper with untrimmed edges. Binding by Peter Marsh, Dove Bindery.). ISBN/ASIN: 0959303014. Our Book No: 40304. $210 AUD.

33. Galbraith, Jean; Shaw, Peggy (illustrator) (1990). Doongalla Restored: The Story of a Garden (1st this ed). Canberra: Mulini Press. 123 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, colour frontispiece, black & white drawings, spine little faded, minor edgewear. The author states that this historical novel is a dream for gardeners who would love to find a old run-down garden and restore it. The story is based on a real garden in Victoria restored by two friends, but the characters and the story are purely fictional. The book is very inspiring for garden lovers and people who like early Australian history. This story was first published in "The Australian Garden Lover", 1939 - 1941. ISBN/ASIN: 0949910201. Our Book No: 29748. $35 AUD.

34. Gelding, John; Crittenden, Victor (introduction) (1983). Three Sydney Garden Nurseries in the 1860's (1st ed). Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 32 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, flexible card covers, stapled pamphlet, pictorial cover, few black & white drawings, minimal insect damage top edge front cover, minor edgewear. This small booklet by John Gelding contains printed accounts of visits to three garden nurseries in the 1860s. The author was the editor of the Horticultural Society's Magazine, which first published these articles. There is plenty of information on the kinds of trees, shrubs, flowers, and vegetables grown. One rose mentioned is named Boomerang and a pelagonium named Pride of St. Kilda. Included are descriptions of native plants available for the garden. Of considerable historical garden interest. ISBN/ASIN: 0949910112. Our Book No: 29778. $20 AUD.

35. Gilbert, Lionel (1985). William Woolls: A Most Useful Colonist. Canberra: Mulini Press. 138 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear. Lionel Gilbert provides a biography of William Woolls was a young orphan migrant who became a schoolmaster at King's School, Parramatta. Later he was ordained as an Anglican and appointed as Rector at Richmond. He was a tireless writer and a dedicated amateur botanist who eagerly investigated the vegetation of his adopted environment and wrote many pioneer works on Australian plants. The author is a former historian at the Armidale College of Advanced Education. (1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910155. Our Book No: 17244. $20 AUD.

36. Griffin, Richard (editor) (1977). Convict Discipline 1833: A Facsimile of the Rare Colonial Circular No 33-48 and Other Related Documents (Facsimile ed). Melbourne: Gryphon Books. 67 pp. Hardback small folio, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), red cloth boards, black & white drawings frontispiece & title page, edges little foxed, pages little toned, top edge last few pages lightly roughly cut, minor edgewear. This book contains rare documents about the treatment of convicts in New South Wales in 1833. The first entry is a rare document containing Returns of Corporal Punishment submitted to the Colonial Secretary's Office in 1833. Ferguson in his 'Bibliography of Australia' describes it as 'certainly the most painful and gruesome document in the history of convict discipline in Australia'. Ferguson located the one printed copy of this report which is in a private collection. This facsimile edition has been designed, edited and published by Richard Griffin for Gryphon Books on October 18, 1977. The pamphlet is reprinted in facsimile together with other relevant documents, including the two Petitions which led to an enquiry. (No 112 of a limited edition of 750 copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0908131011. Our Book No: 31160. $40 AUD.

37. Hasson, Dr James; Cammell, Charles Richard (introduction) (1948). The Banquet of the Immortals. Edinburgh: Poseidon Press. 212 pp. Hardback quarto, no jacket, very good condition, quarter-bound (paper-covered boards, cloth spine, spine label), black & white & colour plates (including frontispiece, some with tissue guards), extra spine label bound in at rear, page edges untrimmed, corners worn, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name). Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (No 67 of a limited edition of 300 autographed copies.) A private press book of art criticism. Contains 22 illustrations, 11 of which are in colour. Printed at the Westminster Press on mould-made paper. Cammell was associate editor, The Connoisseur, 1935 - 1940. Our Book No: 15640. $50 AUD.

38. Home, Edward; Crittenden, Victor (introduction, notes) (1999). A First Fleet Letter to a Gentleman in Edinburgh [First Fleet Books]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 26 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, stapled pamphlet (staples little rusted), card covers, few small black & white drawings (vignettes), minimal edgewear. This letter was first published in July 1789 in the 'Edinburgh Magazine' and was written by Edward Home, a carpenter on the First Fleet ship the 'Charlotte'. After the ship discharged its convicts and stores in Sydney, it and the 'Scarborough' departed for Canton in China to collect a cargo of tea and then return to England. Edward Home records the journey first to New South Wales and then in more detail to Canton. (No. 5 in the 'First Fleet Books' series from Mulini Press. 1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910813. Our Book No: 29765. $25 AUD.

39. Howe, George; Crittenden, Victor (1998). Australia's First Gardening Guide of 1806: Observations on Gardening (New, reprint ed) [Foundation of the Australian Garden History Society Commemoration Series]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 16 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, card covers, stapled pamphlet, pictorial cover, black & white drawings, staples little rusted. This booklet was published originally by George Howe in his 'New South Pocket Almanack and Colonial Remembrancer' in 1806. The writer of this first Australian gardening guide was not recorded. The guide deals with the planting of vegetables, with some reference to fruit trees. The seasons are set out as they were then. Mulini Press (Victor Crittenden) has reprinted this booklet as an historic document from which the gardening literature of Australia descends. (No 3 in the series 'Foundation of the Australian Garden History Society Commemoration'.). ISBN/ASIN: 0959841474. Our Book No: 29744. $25 AUD.

40. Hoyle, Arthur (2001). The Life of John Hunter, Navigator, Governor, Admiral (1st ed). Canberra: Mulini Press. 189 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket (as issued), very good plus condition, pictorial cover, few colour reproductions (includes frontispiece portrait), maps at rear. Arthur Hoyle provides the first biography of Admiral John Hunter who was the second Governor of New South Wales, and who came with the First Fleet in 1788 as second Captain of HMS Sirius. He was the Governor for five years. He battled shortages of food, almost mutinous NSW Corps and a population of convicts. The minister in distant London failed to understand his difficulties. He was later recalled to London in semi-disgrace, but was vindicated a year later when his successors failed also, and his recommendations were finally acted upon. He had an interesting life in the Royal Navy over a period of 68 years, where he rose from the position of Captain's Servant to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Red. (Loosely inserted: Invitation, on Mulini Press letterhead, to book launch by Bishop Tom Frame.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910880. Our Book No: 29724. $45 AUD.

41. Irvine, Nance (1997). Eliza! Eliza!: A Biography of Eliza Winstanley 1818 - 1882. Canberra: Mulini Press. 52 pp. Paperback large wide octavo, good plus condition, card cover, black & white drawings (some full-page), black & white author photo rear cover, spine slightly faded, last page bound upside down, minor edgewear, faint autograph (author's written dedication). Nancy Irvine records the fascinating story of Eliza Winstanley, one of the earliest Australian actresses and writers. Born in England and arriving in Sydney in 1833 she became an actress on the stage of the Royal Theatre. She achieved much success in the theatres of Sydney, Hobart and Melbourne, and then went overseas to London and New York. She gave up the stage in middle life and became the most successful editor of the family magazine 'Bow Bells', an English weekly. She wrote over 30 serials and novels some with an Australian background and story. Eliza returned to Australia about 1879 and died in Sydney in 1882. ISBN/ASIN: 0949910724. Our Book No: 23918. $20 AUD.

42. Isaacs, Enid (1981). Sufficient Wonder: On Flowers in Wild Places (1st ed). Canberra: Mulini Press. 28 pp. Paperback trade, card covers (with flaps), very good condition, stapled pamphlet, pictorial cover, black & white drawings, light stain top edge & few tiny specks front cover. In this charming little booklet, Enid Isaacs describes her surprise at finding the flowers she grows in her Armidale garden flourishing as wild flowers in the remote parts of the world. The mountains she visits are the Alps, the Himalayas and the Rockies with some famous peaks like the Matterhorn, Mount Mckinley and Mount Kosciusko. Australian mountains and native flowers are included in the booklet. (A limited edition to 500 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0949910031. Our Book No: 29749. $20 AUD.

43. Johnson-Woods, Toni (2001). Index to Serials In Australian Periodicals and Newspapers: Nineteenth Century. Canberra: Mulini Press. 153 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, black & white tables, edges of cover join to spine rubbed, bottom corner front cover little creased, minor edgewear. This index lists all the longer serials (serialised novels) in the publications of the all the Australian colonies in the 19th century. There is also a general description of the important newspapers and periodicals that published the serials. The index also unlocks many Australian 19th century novels, and reveals that a large quantity of long fiction was written and published in the colonies. ISBN/ASIN: 0949910686. Our Book No: 29944. $35 AUD.

44. Knopwood, Robert; Shillinglaw, J. J. (introduction) (1984). Journal of the Voyage to Port Phillip [Victoriana Collection]. [Melbourne, Carlton]: Queensberry Hill Press. 133 pp. Hardback small octavo, full brown leather cover (boards gilt stamped), spine is ribbed (gilt lettering), very good condition, brown endpapers, tipped in frontispiece sepia (brown-tinted) drawing, in cardboard slipcase (acquisition date written on edge). The diary of Reverend Knopwood, chaplain, describing his voyage in 1803 from England on HMS Calcutta with convicts to Port Phillip [later, Melbourne], and life at the Port Phillip settlements up until departure for Hobart Town. This Queensberry Press facsimile edition was originally issued as Parliamentary Paper No. 15, titled "Port Phillip. First Survey and Settlement Of", and published the following year in octavo format as "Historical Records of Port Phillip: the First Annals of the Colony of Victoria". (Copy 67 of limited edition of 155 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0909174423. Our Book No: 17196. $90 AUD.

45. Lang, John George (1989). Legends of Australia: Frederick Charles Howard. Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 144 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, as new condition, marbled cloth cover (leatherlike spine & corners, gilt spine lettering), black & white drawings including frontispiece, minor edgewear. The basis of this historical Australian novel is of a young aristocrat convicted of murdering his father-in-law and transported to Botany Bay. This tale does not depict him as the innocent (hard done by) hero of later novels. His beautiful young wife chased after him, arrived in Sydney, and then had a cross-country ride to Bong Bong in an open mail coach driven by a larrikin character called John Smith. This tale is enjoyable and gives a true picture of Australia in the 1830s. (This novel is attributed to John Lang, the first native-born Australian novelist, and was originally published in 1842. Hardback and paperback editions have the same ISBN.). ISBN/ASIN: 094991018X. Our Book No: 29769. $60 AUD.

46. Lang, John George (1994). Botany Bay, or True Tales of Early Australia [Australian Books on Demand]. Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 122 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, black & white drawings, frontispiece, minor edgewear, minimal scuffs front cover, minimal biro annotation. A series of tales by John George Lang about the convict period of early Australia. They are fictionalized true stories mostly about convicts. The stories are about ghosts, murders and currency lads, and include some of the women who made good in the young colony of New South Wales. The first tale about Fisher’s Ghost is the best known. Theree other tales are about Aborigines. One of the 'legends' is about the builder who brought out soil from Ireland to keep the snakes away because Saint Patrick got rid of the snakes from Ireland. These stories are an important part of Australia's heritage, as they do not portray the convict system as does Marcus Clarke ('His Natural Life') and Price Warung ('Tales of the Convict System'). (No 8 in the series 'Australian Books on Demand' from Mulini Press. Minor biro correction in Introduction by book collector Alan Ivey. 1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910406. Our Book No: 29811. $26 AUD.

47. Lang, John George; Crittenden, Victor (introduction) (2004). Mazarine [Australian Books on Demand]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 65 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, frontispiece, minor edgewear, owner's written note front flyleaf, owner's written comment. Historical novel by John George Lang about three friends at Cambridge University making a trip up the Rhine River to Heidelberg to practice the German language. Henry Mazarine falls in love with a young woman and marries her. The tale is centered around the marriage and her discontent or boredom. The story is told by a narrator in the first person. This story was first published as a serial in his Indian newspaper 'The Mofussilite' in 1845. The story appears here in book form for the first time.The author is Australian, but the story is set in Britain and Europe. (No 19 in the 'Australian Books on Demand' series from Mulini Press. Written comment by Canberra book collector Alan Ives: "From V.C 25/112004. A.I. I edited the introduction".). ISBN/ASIN: 0975178482. Our Book No: 29817. $40 AUD.

48. Lang, John George (2004). Raymond (New ed) [Small Tales of Early Australia]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 62 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, errata sticker pasted in, previous owner's written annotation prelim page. This historical Australian novelette by John George Lang is partly autobiographical but has a gothic ending of disaster and death. The story was originally published in 1840 anonymously, but later John Lang admitted he wrote it. John Lang is said to be the first Australian-born writer. No 9 in 'Small Tales of Early Australia', a series by Mulini Press. (This book has two states. This copy is State 1, a suppressed issue. The annotation by Alan Ives, book collector, states 'Received from V.C. 25/11/2004, A.I.' and separately 'This edition basically 'suppressed' and printed in larger format in the 'Australian Books on Demand' series." The errata sticker states: "Raymond was published in 1840 in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, not in Fraser's Magazine".). ISBN/ASIN: 0975178431. Our Book No: 30072. $30 AUD.

49. Lang, John George (2005). Further Tales from Botany Bay [Australian Books on Demand]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 133 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, frontispiece, minor edgewear, single biro correction rear page, owner's written note inside front cover. (Further Tales from Botany Bay, by John Lang, Mulini Press, 2005.) The author wrote many stories and essays published in English and Indian periodicals and newspapers. Most of these stories have not been republished. This collection (1836 - 1860) brings together another of his 13 Australian short stories and essays. In one essay, the author describes how as a young boy he went fishing on the harbour with Bungaree and his two wives. The story is set during the author's boyhood in Sydney in the 1820s. In another essay, a voyage up the east coast of Australia through the Great Barrier Reef and then through Torres Strait describes John Lang's voyage to India in 1842. It is one of the earliest descriptions of such a voyage and has many incidents, shipwrecks, sharks and hostile natives. (No 22 in 'Australian Books on Demand', a series by Mulini Press. Written note from book collector Alan Ives, stating as gift from Victor Crittenden.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780975723241. Our Book No: 29812. $40 AUD.

50. 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.

51. Lhotsky, Dr John; Andrews, Alan E. J. (editor) (1979). A Journey from Sydney to the Australian Alps Undertaken in the Months of January, February and March, 1834 (Reprint ed). Hobart: Blubber Head Press. 279 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), tan boards, black & white photos spread (plates), frontispiece drawing, maps, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (top edge flaps little faded). A Journey from Sydney to the Australian Alps Undertaken in the Months of January, February and March, 1834, by Dr John Lhotsky (edited by Allan E. J. Andrews, Blubber Head Press, 1979). This is the scientific record of Dr Lhotsky's journey to the Australian Alps. This book is reprinted fully for the first time since 1836, together with an exact transcription of the Lhotsky manuscript notes which shed light on the concluding, unpublished and apparently unwritten portion of his account. The extensive introduction by Alan Andrews, and accompanying notes, references and explanatory maps, clarify the text, trace Lhotsky's probable route, and provide a valuable summary of the early exploration and pastoral penetration of the Australian Alps and its surrounding region. (No 434 of a limited to 500 numbered copies, autographed by the editor.) ISBN/ASIN: 0908528000. Our Book No: 40295. $120 AUD.

52. 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.

53. M’Donald, Charles; Crittenden, Victor (biographical note); Ostaus, Giovanni (vignettes) (1980). An Address on the Fiftieth Anniversary of New South Wales and Other Poems (1st this ed) [Colonial Poets Series]. Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 12 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, few black & white drawings, minor edgewear. The poem (named as an address) is supposed to be spoken by a young Australian at the 50th anniversary of the colonization of New South Wales. Victor Crittenden states that he could not find out any biographical details about the poet. (No 4 in this series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910015. Our Book No: 40005. $15 AUD.

54. Mawer, Granville Allen (2004). The Life and Legend of Jack Doolan: The Wild Colonial Boy (1st ed). Canberra: Mulini Press. 68 pp. Paperback wide thin octavo, very good condition, few black & white drawings, top corner tip front cover creased, minor edgewear, owner's written comments. (This copy: Paperback, Mulini Press, 2004.) For a long time, Jack Doolan of the 'Wild Colonial Boy' song was thought to be fictitious. Now, Granville Allen Mawer has uncovered the story of the real wild colonial boy, John Doolan. He was a juvenile bushranger, born in Castlemaine on the Victorian goldfields. Even more surprisingly, his story has connections with that of the song. A fascinating story to keep the reader guessing to the end. First edition. (Comments by owner Canberra book collector Alan Ives: "Given to me 08/04/2004 by V.C". [Victor Crittenden, Mulini Press.]. ISBN/ASIN: 0975178466. Our Book No: 29937. $30 AUD.

55. McCormick, Anne; McDonnell, Derek; Wantrup, Jonathan (1994). Hordern House: Voyages. Sydney: Hordern House. Unnum pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, laminated card cover, black & white & colour text-photos, black & white drawings, corner tips covers little creased, minor edgewear. An illustrated Hordern House bookseller catalogue of 174 antiquarian maritime exploration, travel and natural history books for sale. (Unnumbered pages. Loosely inserted: list of offer prices, and order form.). ISBN/ASIN: 1875567097. Our Book No: 15663. $25 AUD.

56. McNicoll, A. W. R.; Ingleton, G. C. (illustrator) (1932). Sea Voices (Limited ed). Sydney: A. W. R. McNicholl and G. C. Ingelton. 48 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, EX-LIBRARY (small library sticker, spine label overlays library digits), original dark green cloth cover (gilt vignette, edges & spine faded), black & white drawings (some full-page), first letter red each poem, top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed, minor edgewear, internally very good. G. C. Ingleton produced and illustrated this book of 25 sea poems by A. W. R. McNicoll on board HMAS Canberra during a cruise around Australia in August to November, 1932. (Unstated limited edition of about 260 copies, Trove. Unnumbered pages.) ISBN/ASIN: B001V8CTCW. Our Book No: 13326. $20 AUD.

57. Meredith, John (1988). Gallant Peter Clark [Australian Historical Monograph Series]. Canberra, Woden: Popinjay Australian Publications. 68 pp. Hardback large quarto, no jacket, very good plus condition, green cloth cover (gilt lettering), sepia (brown-tinted) photos including frontispiece, black & cream drawing. This story of a drover named Peter Clark who was shot by Wilson the bushranger when he resisted a holdup, north of Scone (NSW) in the 1860s. The author, John Meredith, sets out - not to try and discover the true story - but rather to document the processes of the oral tradition - to bring together all the various accounts under one cover. Whatever the truth may be, this collection of legends will stand as a tribute to the bravery and courage of a young bushman who died game and was gallant to the end. (No 6 in the Australian Historical Monograph series, from Popinjay Australian Publications. Limited edition of 210 copies, 95 of which are numbered and autographed by the publisher, Stephan Williams. This is no 26. ISBN not printed in book.). ISBN/ASIN: 0731634748. Our Book No: 40171. $60 AUD.

58. Merimee, Prosper (1923). Carmen, Arsene Guillot, L'Abbe Aubain, La Dame de Pique, Les Bohemiens, Le Hussard, Nicolas Gogol. Paris: Calmann-Levy, Editeurs. 359 pp. Hardback octavo, good plus condition, half-bound (red leather spine & corners, gilt lettering & raised bands spine), marbled endpapers, pages lightly toned (title page very toned), edges foxed (& parts of some pages). (No 866 of 1600 copies.) Short stories by the French writer, in the French language. The opera Carmen was based in part on the novella of the same title by Prosper Merimee. Our Book No: 15896. $20 AUD.

59. 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.

60. 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.

61. Molloy, Frank (2000). Victor J. Daley: A Comprehensive Bibliography: Poetry, Prose, Reviews and Manuscripts [Bibliographica Historica Australiae]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 182 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, frontispiece portrait, minor edgewear. Victor Daley was born in Ireland, County Meath in 1858 and came to Australia as a young man of 20 years. He travelled around the Southern part of Australia and wrote as a journalist. His poetical career began in 1882 when his poems wre published in the Bulletin, Punch and Freeman's Journal. He died in 1905. This bibliography by Frank Molloy lists all his work so far identified. The list of the available manuscript material, in addition to the reviews and the poems included in anthologies, is a valuable addition to this book. (No 9 in the 'Bibliographica Historica Australiae' series from Mulini Press.). ISBN/ASIN: 094991083X. Our Book No: 29948. $30 AUD.

62. Mouritz, J. J. (compiler) (1979). The Port Phillip Almanac and Directory for 1847 (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile series, no. 20]. Sydney: Library of Australian History. 158 pp. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, red-brown cloth cover (slightly embossed, gilt spine lettering), very good condition, adverts at rear, minor edgewear, bookplate. A facsimile of the shorter 1847 edition of 'The Port Phillip Almanac and Directory', which was compiled by J. J. Mouritz, and printed by W. Clarke at the Herald office, Melbourne. Copy 623 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. Note: A longer edition was also published in 1847. (Includes 8 pages of adverts at rear. Bookplate of Leslie J. Louttit.). ISBN/ASIN: 090812029X. Our Book No: 12742. $30 AUD.

63. Nerval, [Gerard de] (1944). Les Filles du Feu [Les Tresors de la Literature Francaise]. Geneva: Editions d'Art Albert Skira. 287 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, very good condition, half-bound (paper-covered boards, cream leather spine & corner tips), edges untrimmed & faintly foxed. (Estimated date, 1944. Originally published in 1854.) A volume of short stories or idylls: Introduction - Angelique - Sylvie - Chansons et legendes du Valois - Octavie - Isis - Pandora. Note: "Sylvie" is his most famous story (novelette). Les Chimeres - a sequence of twelve poems in the form of sonnets - is appended. Our Book No: 15665. $25 AUD.

64. Nisbet, Hume (1997). The Haunted Station (New ed) [Small Tales of Early Australia]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 33 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, card cover, minimal edgewear. Hume Nisbet provides a 'gothic'' novel about an old house in outback Western Australia. The time is the middle of the 19th century. An escaped convict came to the large old station house which was the scene of a murder. His experiences in the house are the basis for this tale. The ghost reappears during a wild storm in true gothic novel style. (No 4 in the 'Small Tales of Early Australia' series from Mulini Press. This story was first published in 'The Haunted Station and Other Stories', London, White, 1893.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910678. Our Book No: 29757. $25 AUD.

65. O’Connor, Morgan (1984). Rise and Progress of the Yass Mission (New South Wales) (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Series]. Sydney, North Sydney: Library of Australian History / Star Printery. 64 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, black & white illustrations, minor edgewear. Morgan O’Connor relates his fascinating story of this creation of the Yass Christian Mission. He was born in 1829 in Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland, descended from an historic family of Kerry. He completed his studies in England, and spent some time in practice in London before leaving for Sydney where he arrived in 1860. He moved to Yass in rural New South Wales and set to work assisting the local community, and became an important part of the Catholic Church. He died in 1895. (No 18 in the 'Library of Australian History Facsimile' series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0908120567. Our Book No: 40592. $40 AUD.

66. Officer Just Returned, An (1978). An Authentic and Interesting Narrative of the Late Expedition to Botany Bay as Performed by Commodore Phillips and the Fleet of the Seven Transport Ships under His Command [etc] (Facsimile ed) [Facsimile Series]. Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH). 48 pp. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, navy blue cloth cover (embossed edges, gilt spine lettering), black & white frontispiece, minor scuffing front endpapers. Title ends: "and Safe Arrival on the Coast of New Holland, with Particular Descriptions of Jackson's Bay & Lord Howe Island". An anonymous account, by an officer, of the First Fleet's departure from Plymouth (April 1787) to his embarkation on The Prince of Wales for his return voyage to England (14 July 1788). The first available firsthand description of events at Botany Bay, Port Jackson and Norfolk Island. Originally published in two versions, Aberdeen & London, 1789. Both title pages and one preface are reproduced here in facsimile, but the text of the London edition has been re-set (retaining original spelling, etc.) because it was too poor to reproduce in facsimile. (No 12 in the Library of Australian History Facsimile series. Limited edition of 800 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0908120109. Our Book No: 16302A. $28 AUD.

67. 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.

68. Pateshall, Nicholas; Tipping, Marjorie (editor, introduction) (1980). A Short Account of a Voyage Round the Globe in H.M.S. Calcutta 1803 - 1804. Melbourne, Carlton: Queensberry Hill Press. 95 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white frontispiece, black & white drawing, map, owner's embossed seal (on two pages), otherwise excellent. The true (previously unpublished) account of Nicholas Pateshall who was Third Lieutenant on the convict ship HMS Calcutta, which sailed for New Holland in 1803. Edited and introduced by Marjorie Tipping, who found the manuscript in the Hereford County Record Office. One of the few early accounts of the aborted Sullivan Bay settlement (prior to the foundation of Melbourne nearby). Descriptions of native people and animals seen, plus events and activities aboard the ship. This is the first of a proposed series of small publications related to the early settlement of Port Phillip and Van Diemen's Land. (Not the limited edition of this book, and not the later series of books in limited editions in heritage covers.). ISBN/ASIN: 0909174202. Our Book No: 14983. $25 AUD.

69. Penzig, Edgar (1992). Rogues, Vagabonds and Bloody Thieves: An Illustrated History of Colonial Crime 1850 - 1900. Katoomba, NSW: Tranter Enterprises. 220 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, autograph (author's large written dedication). Edgar Penzig presents a lavishly illustrated history of eastern Australian colonial crime, including bushranging, murders and robberies. This is the eleventh book by the expert chronicler of Australian bushranging. The written dedication states: "Best wishes from the author to a fellow colonial". (No 446 of a limited edition of 1200 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0958765065. Our Book No: 17568. $80 AUD.

70. Penzig, Edgar F. (1985). The Sandy Creek Bushranger: A Definitive History of Ben Hall, His Gang and Associates. Sydney, Lane Cove: Historic Australia Publishing Company. 191 pp. Paperback small folio, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings, colour portrait frontispiece, pages faintly toned as usual, minor edgewear, owner's rubber stamp, autograph (author's written dedication), copy 1. Edgar Penzig provides a fascinating study of one of the most notorious Australian bushrangers from that period of history that has become known as the wild colonial days. (Large florid author's written dedication prelim page. Loosely inserted: Two newspaper clippings, plus an invitation sheet to a Penzig talk in 1994.). ISBN/ASIN: 0958883602. Our Book No: 14125. $40 AUD.

71. Penzig, Edgar F. (1985). The Sandy Creek Bushranger: A Definitive History of Ben Hall, His Gang and Associates. Sydney, Lane Cove: Historic Australia Publishing Company. 191 pp. Paperback small folio, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings, colour portrait frontispiece, pages faintly toned as usual, corner tip front cover creased, minor edgewear, remainder stripes top edge, non-author written dedication, copy 2. Edgar Penzig provides a fascinating study of one of the most notorious Australian bushrangers from that period of history that has become known as the wild colonial days. ISBN/ASIN: 0958883602. Our Book No: 14125A. $30 AUD.

72. Pope, Mr [Alexander] (1925). The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-comical Poem in Five Canto's [Haslewood Books Series]. [England]: Chiswick Press / Frederick Etchells and Hugh Macdonald. 59 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket (missing) as common, very good condition, red & black text on title page, board cover, cloth spine (little mottled, gilt spine lettering), black & white drawings (including frontispiece), untrimmed edges, minor edgewear & toning. (No 590 of a limited edition of 725 copies.) Set up from an octavo of 1718, with a very few substitutions from later readings, and preserving the six-line illustrations. A mock-epic poem, in which a hideous crime is committed at a fashionable London society gathering. The victim is the beautiful, innocent Belinda, her attacker is the dastardly Baron, and his weapon of choice is a pair of scissors. A sharp and witty tale of the most famous bad hair day in the history of literature. Our Book No: 15635. $20 AUD.

73. 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.

74. Rusden, G. W. (George William) (1985). Discovery, Survey and Settlement of Port Phillip (2 volumes) [Victoriana collection]. [Melbourne]: Queensberry Hill Press. 85 + 67 pp. Two volumes, lacking slipcase. Each volume: Hardback small octavo, full brown leather cover (boards gilt stamped), spine ribbed (gilt lettering, minor fading vol 2), very good condition, brown endpapers, folding black & white map at rear, top edge foxed (other edges minimally), no slipcase (missing), copy 1. (This copy: No slipcase. Discovery, Survey and Settlement of Port Phillip, by G. W. Rusden, Queensberry Press, 1985.) This facsimile edition has been reset from the one-volume edition (Williams & Norgate, London, 1872). An early history of the Port Phillip locality, being the site of the future city of Melbourne, Victoria. (In 2 volumes, 85 + 67 pages, lacking the slipcase. Copy 131 of limited edition of 155 numbered copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0909174369. Our Book No: 12790. $80 AUD.

75. Rusden, G. W. (George William) (1985). Discovery, Survey and Settlement of Port Phillip (2 volumes) [Victoriana collection]. [Melbourne]: Queensberry Hill Press. 152 pp. Two volumes, with slipcase. Each volume: Hardback small octavo, full brown leather cover (boards gilt stamped), spine ribbed (gilt lettering), very good plus condition, brown endpapers, folding black & white map at rear, cardboard slipcase, copy 2. Discovery, Survey and Settlement of Port Phillip, by G. W. Rusden (Queensberry Press, 1985). This facsimile edition has been reset from the one-volume edition (Williams & Norgate, London, 1872). An early history of the Port Phillip locality, being the site of the future city of Melbourne, Victoria. (In 2 volumes, 85 + 67 pages, with slipcase. Copy 67 of limited edition of 155 numbered copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0909174369. Our Book No: 12790A. $140 AUD.

76. Sadi, of Shiraz; Lang, John (1992). The Rose Garden: Translations from the Persian of Sadi of Shiraz (New ed) [Colonial Poets Series]. Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 12 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, few black & white drawings, two small marks front cover (possible paper defect), minor edgewear. The poems in this booklet are translations of Persian poetry from the 'Gulistan' and the 'Bustan', by the court poet known as Sadi of Shiraz. These poems were first published in 'The Mofussilite' in 1845. Translated into English by the Australian writer John Lang. (No 9 in the Colonial Poets Series from Mulini Press.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910422. Our Book No: 40008. $15 AUD.

77. Sadi, of Shiraz; Lang, John (1992). The Rose Garden: Translations from the Persian of Sadi of Shiraz (New ed) [Colonial Poets Series]. Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 12 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, few black & white drawings, minor edgewear. The poems in this booklet are translations of Persian poetry from the 'Gulistan' and the 'Bustan', by the court poet known as Sadi of Shiraz. These poems were first published in 'The Mofussilite' in 1845. Translated into English by the Australian writer John Lang. (No 9 in the Colonial Poets Series from Mulini Press. Annotation by collector Alan Ives states that this copy is a silent re-issue in September 2006.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910422. Our Book No: 40008A. $25 AUD.

78. Saw, Ron; Friend, Donald (illustrator) (1984). Brief Encounters. Sydney, Cammeray: Richard Griffin. 64 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings (some full-page), single-colour endpaper drawings, minor edgewear. Subtitle: "Brief Encounters with Uncles, Great Aunts, Wombats, Womcats, Tomcats, Randy Bantam Roosters, Ducks, Pigeons, Seagulls, Elephants, Horses, Dogs, Flora and Fauna, as Well as Rare Specimens of Humanity." A selection of 15 humorous Australian anecdotes by journalist and humorist Ron Saw, mostly from The Bulletin magazine archives, and illustrated by the Australian artist Donald Friend. (Limited edition, 2000 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0959303049. Our Book No: 16414. $30 AUD.

79. Serle, Percival; Serle, Geoffrey (editor) (1988). Percival Serle 1871 - 1951: Biographer, Bibliographer, Anthologist and Art Curator: A Memoir (1st ed). Canberra, Deakin: Officina Brindabella. 59 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, very good condition, light brown paper covered boards, illustrated endpapers, beige cloth spine, paper title on spine, sepia (brown-tinted) frontispiece, tiny scuff front cover, edges & front flyleaf lightly foxed. (This copy: Hardback.) Apart from his own recollections, this memoir by Percival Serle is based on the short unpublished autobiography that the father of Geoffrey Serle wrote late in life, and on diaries which he occasionally kept. More than 100 people - writers, artists, professors and others - are mentioned in this memoir. Edited by Geoffrey Serle. (This edition of 350 autographed copies was designed and printed by A.T. Bolton at the Officina Brindabella, 1988. Hand binding and paper decoration by Helen Wadlington. This is copy no. 15.) ISBN/ASIN: 0909422168. Our Book No: 29515. $30 AUD.

80. Sidney, John; Sidney, Samuel (2006). Tales of the Bushman [Small Tales of Early Australia Series]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 38 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, card cover, minor edgewear. 'The Bushman' was John Sidney, who came to Australia in 1840 and had many adventures as a grazier. After 10 years he returned to England, and told his stories to his brother Samuel, who was a lawyer and journalist. These stories were originally published in the Charles Dickens magazine 'Household Worlds' in 1850 - 1852. ISBN/ASIN: 0977575810. Our Book No: 16562. $25 AUD.

81. Spennemann, Dirk H. R. (2004). Fiction in Nineteenth Century Samoan Newspapers. Canberra: Mulini Press. 86 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, few tables, cover rubbed near spine, minor edgewear. Dirk H. R. Spennemann provides a general history of three Samoan newspapers, and an analysis of the origin of their fiction content, as well as an index to published poetry and short fiction. The newspapers are 'The Samoa Times' in its two incarnations (1877 - 1881 and 1888 - 1896), and the 'Samoa Weekly Herald' (1892 - 1900). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910996. Our Book No: 29841. $40 AUD.

82. Sprod, Dan (1990). Proud Intrepid Heart: Leichhardt's First Attempt to the Swan River 1846 - 1847. Hobart: Blubber Head Press. 335 pp. Hardback small thick quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), red brown cloth cover (gilt lettering & vignette), black & white drawings, colour frontispiece drawing, maps, spine little faded jacket as common. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. The previously unpublished journal of Leichhardt's second expedition, an unsuccessful attempt to cross the continent from the East coast to the Swan River on the West coast. The party travelled only a few hundred miles through the Darling Downs and to the peak Range in Central Queensland. Edited with extensive commentary by Dan Sprod. Includes the critical journal of expedition member Hovenden Hely, and 42 contemporary drawings by Conrad Martens, George Fairholme and expedition member John Mann. (Out of series copy in a limited edition of 600 autographed copies. Autographed (written dedication): "Presentation for Pat & Vern Whittenburg, for old times sake! Dan Sprod.") ISBN/ASIN: 0908528191. Our Book No: 14639. $60 AUD.

83. Vidal, Mary; Lever, Susan (introduction) (1995). Tales for the Bush (New ed) [Australian Books on Demand]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 152 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, frontispiece, minor edgewear. These 11 short stories by Mary Vidal were first published in 1845, and the current 1995 version is based on the fifth edition (perhaps 5th printing). Several of the stories are in two parts. The characters are drawn from people that Mary met in her life in Australia as the wife of a clergyman. The stories promote Christian duty among the lower classes. They depict a picture of life in Sydney not found in other stories simply because they are based on working class people, their lifestyles and their character. These tales are an important contribution to the literature of early Australia. (No 13 in the Australian Books on Demand series, from Mulini Press.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910457. Our Book No: 29759. $26 AUD.

84. 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.

85. Walker, William (1996). Australian Literature 1864 (Facsimile ed) [Bibliographica Historica Australiae]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 32 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, minor edgewear. This booklet is the first study of Australian literature, originally published in 1864. It looks at writers of Australia’s early colonial period. In particular, the poets Harpur and Kendall are treated as important poets. (No 4 in this series.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910589. Our Book No: 30090. $15 AUD.

86. Warung, Price; Astley, William (1994). The Bullet of the Fated Ten: A Convict Tale of the Ring [Small Tales of Early Australia]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 50 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition. This story by Price Warung (pen-name of William Astley) was originally published in the Bulletin Magazine, 1897. It is the tale of ten convicts condemned to death in Sydney and their appeal to 'The Ring' in an attempt to escape the sentence. Set in the convict period it depicts the convict way of thinking, and the attitude of the warders and authorities. A portrayal of humans awaiting death, their quarrels and escape attempts. (No 2 in the Small Tales of Early Australia series.). ISBN/ASIN: 094991049X. Our Book No: 29840. $30 AUD.

87. Whitworth, Robert (1994). Mary Summers: A Romance of the Australian Bush [Australian Books On Demand]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 99 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, frontispiece, minor edgewear. An Australian novel by Robert Whitworth that was first published in 1865 as a serial in the 'Australian Journal’, divided into two books. This is a bushranger and detective story disguised as a romantic love story. There is a glimpse of the crime-ridden back streets of Sydney in the 1860s, a time when the author was appearing on the Sydney stage. (No 9 in the 'Australian Books On Demand' series from Mulini Press. The current edition does not include Book 1 as printed in 'Australian Journal' except for Chapter 1 which as been renamed "Prologue" but picks up the story from the original Book 2 with a few minor changes. One of the first detective stories to appear in Australian tales.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910414. Our Book No: 29745. $30 AUD.

88. Willson, Robert (1996). Canberra Cavalcade: Tales of the People and Legends of Southern New South Wales. Canberra: Mulini Press. 120 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings, minor edgewear & rubbing. Robert Wilson has collected a series of stories about people who travelled to the south of New South Wales in the early days. The book has some of the legends which have grown up about them. The various towns are covered, but the City of Canberra is the main focus. Caroline Chisholm and Lady Franklin, and the sons of the Faithfull family of Goulburn are mentioned. A fascinating way to learn some early history. Some of the stories have appeared in 'The Canberra Times’. ISBN/ASIN: 0949910600. Our Book No: 29818. $35 AUD.

89. Winstanley, Eliza; Crittenden, Victor (introduction) (1992). For Her Natural Life: A Tale of the 1830s (New ed) [Australian Books on Demand]. Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press. 193 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, few black & white drawings (including frontispiece), spine little creased (bumped at base), red color front cover lightly rubbed, spine little creased, minor edgewear. An historical novel by Eliza Winstanley about a female convict or a 'Government Woman' as they were called. Book 1 is the story of Margaret the heroine, in England and her struggle to survive with her child when her 'noble' husband deserts her. The baby dies and she is tried for her 'crime', and transported for life to New South Wales. Book 2 is her existence among other convicts on the ship. The heroine's adventures as an assigned convict, the evil superintendent of women convicts, and the worst of the villains who pursue her, are reported. The author was in the 1840s, 50s and 60s a successful actress in Sydney, Hobart, London and New York, and she brings a sense of melodrama to this story. A female counterpart to 'For the Term of his Natural Life' by Marcus Clarke. (Australian Books on Demand Series, no 5.). ISBN/ASIN: 0949910228. Our Book No: 29752. $30 AUD.