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Body Guard
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartClaire McNab
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1994.A Carol Ashton Mystery.
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Past Due
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartClaire McNab
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1998.A Detective Inspector Carol Ashton Mystery.
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Veterinary Research Report Number 1-7
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartH. R. Seddon; Wm. L. Hindmarsh
Sydney: Alfred James Kent, Government Printer, 1925-1938.The first 7 numbers of the Department of Agriculture, New South Wales, Veterinary Research Reports. Covers research into the management of sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, horses and poultry, including the treatment of diseases and the effects of poisonous plants. Also includes research into pests like rabbits and grasshoppers, and the Annual Reports of the Director of Veterinary Research.
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Souvenir Programme: Crowning Ceremony: Miss Sydney Competition, Anzac House Appeal
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartReturned Sailors, Soldiers & Airmens Imperial Australia League
Sydney: The Market Print, 1944.Programme for a beauty pageant at the Royal Agricultural Society’s Ground, Saturday, 9th September, 1944, organised by the RSL to raise funds for development of Anzac House, Sydney. Contains a brief pitch for the development, programme of events, and portraits of the competitors, most representing different government departments and ministries.
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A Census of New South Wales Plants
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. H. Maiden; Ernst Betche
Sydney: W. A. Gullick, Government Printer, 1916.A talented and enthusiastic botanist Joseph Henry Maiden established the colony’s first herbarium, the National Herbarium of New South Wales, together with a museum and library. Among his many studies and achievements he was also responsible for the construction of Sydney’s first playground and worked tirelessly to develop the educational value of the Botanical Gardens for all Australians.
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Snapshot Photograph of Watsons Bay, Sydney
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
[Sydney]: No publisher, No date.Early 20th century view of Watsons Bay, Sydney.
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Snapshot Photograph of Rocks, Botany Bay
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
[Sydney]: No publisher, No date.Early 20th century view of a man standing on the rocks at Botany Bay, Sydney.
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Rock Me Hard.. Rock Me Soft… A History of the Geological Society of Australia Incorporated
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartB. J. Cooper; D. F. Branagan
Sydney: Geological Society of Australia, 1994. -
Sexbomb Vol. 2 Sirens
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPaul G. Roberts; Anna Johnson; Alyson Andrews; Heidi Wellington
Sydney: Branding Establishment Group, [2011].Film and pinup girls. Includes short biographies and lots of iconic photographs and film stills.
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A Bill (Returned Soldiers Settlement (Amendment) Act, 1922)
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMr. Wearne
Sydney: John Spence, Acting Government Printer, 1922.To amend the Returned Soldiers Settlement Act, 1916, and certain other Acts; and for purposes connected therewith in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales.
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A Bill (Returned Soldiers Settlement (Amendment) Act, 1919)
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMr. Ashford
Sydney: William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, 1919.To Make further provision with regard to the settlement of returned or discharged soldiers or sailors in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales.
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Extracts from Report of Director of the Botanic Gardens, Government Domains, Garden Palace Grounds, Centennial Park, and Cambelltown State Nursery for 1920
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. H. Maiden
Sydney: Donald Campbell, Government Printer, 1922.NSW Government Report by Joseph Henry Maiden. Appointed Government Botanist and Director of the Botanic Gardens in 1896 and from that date produced voluminous reports most years throughout his tenure. A talented and enthusiastic botanist Maiden immediately set to work establishing the colony’s first herbarium, the National Herbarium of New South Wales, together with a museum and library. He was also responsible for the construction of Sydney’s first playground and worked tirelessly to develop the educational value of the Botanical Gardens for all Australians. His reports provide detailed insight into such endeavours, as well as the year on year goings on of the gardens in the late 19th and early 20th century, with its developments and challenges, from the growth and maintenance of the grounds, to projects, staff, botanical samples and seed exchanges, botanical and library acquisitions, and more. This extract provides a glimpse into the gardens in 1920 and includes 8 large photographs of trees.
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Oversea Marketing of Certain Primary Products of New South Wales
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartB. S. B. Stevens
Sydney: David Harold Paisley, Government Printer, 1937.NSW Government Report by Bertram Stevens, at the time Premier of New South Wales, Embodying his Observations and Conclusions regarding the Marketing Overseas, and particular in the United Kingdom, of Primary Products of New South Wales. That being largely dairy products, butter, eggs, citrus fruits, mutton, lamb, beef, pork, and bacon. Includes tables of port dues, storage and handling charges, and railway freights in various UK cities.
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The Pig Industry: Incorporating the Australian Stud Pig Breeder’s Directory
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAssociated General Publications
Sydney: Associated General Publications, 1944. -
A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus (75 Parts in 8 Volumes)
AU$4,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. H. Maiden; Margaret Flockton
Sydney: William Applegate Gullick, John Spence, and Adam James Kent, Government Printers, 1903-1931.A complete set, being 75 parts in 8 volumes, containing over 3000 pages and 304 plates, 12 of which are in colour, and 4 of which are maps, of Joseph Henry Maidens masterpiece in the field of botanical research, and his major taxonomical work alongside his Forest Flora of New South Wales. The set is illustrated chiefly with lithographs by Margaret Flockton, together with several by Matilda Smith, a facsimile of L’Heritier, and 4 maps, as well as a photographic illustration by L. C. Webster, and a photographic portrait of Maiden in one of the posthumous volumes therein also published an obituary by Richard Hind Cambage. The project, which took 28 years to be published, the final parts prepared by Maiden before his death in 1925 and published posthumously edited by Cambage and William Blakely, was an extension of the work started by Ferdinand von Mueller and George Bentham in Flora Australiensis and continued by Mueller in his Eucalyptographia, devising classifications based on the characteristics of the stamens, and remained an important reference for many years. Maidens study of eucalyptus was completed alongside his duties as Government Botanist and Director of the Botanic Gardens, which he commenced in 1896. A talented and enthusiastic botanist Maiden established the colony’s first herbarium, the National Herbarium of New South Wales, together with a museum and library. Among his many studies and achievements he was also responsible for the construction of Sydneys first playground and worked tirelessly to develop the educational value of the Botanical Gardens for all Australians.
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Caught in the Act: A Memoir
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartShane Jenek AKA Courtney Act
Sydney: Pantera Press, 2021.“Boy, girl, artist, advocate. Courtney is more than the sum of her parts. Meet Shane Jenek: Raised in the Brisbane suburbs by loving parents, Shane realises from a young age that he’s not like all the other boys. He finds his tribe at a performing arts agency, where he discovers his passion for song, dance and performance. Shane makes a promise to himself- to find a bigger stage. Meet Courtney Act: Born in Sydney around the turn of the millennium, Courtney makes her name in the gay bars of Oxford Street and then on Australian Idol. Over ten years later, she makes star turns on RuPaul’s Drag Race and Celebrity Big Brother UK, bringing her unique take on drag and gender to the world. Behind this rise to national and global fame is a story of searching for and finding oneself. Told with Courtney’s trademark candour and wit, Caught in the Act is about our journey towards understanding gender, sexuality and identity. It’s an often hilarious and at times heartbreaking memoir from a beloved drag and entertainment icon. Most of all, it’s a bloody good time. (publisher’s blurb)
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Early Australian Steamers
AU$250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA. B. Portus
Sydney: The Builder Printing Works, 1905.A paper on early steam boats in Australia by Alexander Brown Portus (1834-1905), late Superintending Engineer of Dredges for the Public Works Department of New South Wales, read before the Australian Historical Society, 30th June, 1904. Describes the ships, their arrivals, movements, events, repairs, wrecks, and other historical minutiae, largely in New South Wales, but also of their movement and events in Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, and New Zealand.
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Thoughts: A Love Song
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPercival H. Clarke
Sydney: The Anglo-American Music Publishing Co., 1918. -
Family Tree: Old Friends, Rich Relations
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdwin Wilson
Sydney: Woodbine Press, 2020.An idiosyncratic family history of Edwin James (Peter) Wilson: poet, painter and botanist from East Wardell / Mullumbimby / Crows Nest.
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Paris Nights: Sydney, Oxford St, Mid 80’s Sex, Drugs & Clubbing
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartD. M. Crawford
Sydney: D M Crawford, 2020.A semi-biographical story of sex, drugs, and clubbing in Sydney, Oxford Street, mid-80’s. “Mark was a closeted suburban boy from Wollongong, hiding his sexuality within his surroundings. The enticing allure of Oxford Street nightlife beckoned and in particular a legendary nightclub called Patchs. A semi-biographical account of a young man’s journey and self-discovery which leads to a chance encounter as he hooks up with an older guy called Matt Paris, who’s been around the traps and harboured a secret past. They form a complicated friendship and bond as they embark on a shared weekend life together. Both men were from vastly different backgrounds, experiencing the highs and lows of gay life on Oxford Street in the mid to late ’80s of sex, drugs and clubbing. Oxford Street was called Sydney’s ‘Gay Golden Mile’. A beehive of social activities gathered on this strip that glittered with life and a party atmosphere catering for everyone’s tastes and fantasies. The DJ’s in these establishments were the Gods of the dance floor, playing an accompanying soundtrack to your life. This was Mark’s story and experience!” (publisher’s blurb)