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Tasmanian Visions: Landscapes in Writing, Art and Photography
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartRoslynn D. Haynes
Hobart: Polymath Press, 2006. -
Mostly Murder
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartHugh Mac Master
Rockhampton: Hugh Mac Master, 1999.Central Queensland crime collection. 82 legal hangings in Queensland. Abolition of the death penalty.
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Sweat, Tears & Blood Red Opal
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartRon McKenzie
Winton: Ron McKenzie, 2000.“A true Australian Bush Story about – Station Runs – Mail Routes – Opal Mines and The Pioneering Folk around the Mining District of Opalton.” This copy signed by McKenzie and with the inkstamp of the local distributor in Winton, Searle’s.
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Sunshine and Rainbows: The Development of Gay and Lesbian Culture in Queensland
AU$60 Read MoreAdd to cartClive Moore
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2001.“a history of the development of homosexuality as an Australian subculture. Proceeding chronologically from the 1820s through to the vibrant alternative culture that exists in 2000, Sunshine and Rainbows argues that the manner in which gay and lesbian identity has been constructed in Queensland is typical of Australia generally. Beginning with isolated acts suppressed by criminal law and medical opnion, a homosexual identity developed, which by the mid-nineteenth century was based on male appropriation of public space. A clandestine social subculture was in place during the first half of the twentieth century. Despite continued religious, social, legal and medical repression, it became an obvious part of Australian sexuality, expressed through Beats and early gathering places such as coffee shops, hotels and theatres. Well developed in urban areas by the 1930s and 1940s, the subculture strengthened in the 1970s and 1980s, when clubs, gay commercial venues and political organisations emerged. The fight for gay law reform, recognition of the rights of same-sex partners, and of individuals affected by HIV/AIDS continues today. Sunshine and Rainbows discusses the different roles of gay men and lesbians in the subculture, arguing that by the end of the twentieth century a transition had occurred to a full-development alternative culture.” (from rear cover)
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Pastoral Australia: Fortunes, Failures & Hard Yakka: A Historical Overview, 1788-1967
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael Pearson; Jane Lennon
Canberra: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. -
Women in Mughal India (1526-1748 A.D.)
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartRekha Misra
Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1967.Scholarly historical study of the role and status of women in the Mughal Empire, based on the author’s doctoral thesis at the University of Allahabad. This copy from the collection of the controversial Tattersalls heir, Prof. V.J.A. Flynn.
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The Mughal Emperor Humayun
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartRama Shanker Avasthy
Allahabad: University of Allahabad, 1967.Scholarly historical biography of the second Mughal emperor, Humayun (1508-1556). The unrevised doctoral thesis of Rama Shanker Avasty, who died shortly after being awarded his doctorate, making this his only major publication, which was chosen as the first in a series of thesis to be published by the University. Foreword by Banarsi Prasad Saksena. This copy from the collection of the controversial Tattersalls heir, Prof. V.J.A. Flynn.
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Dieu et Devoir: The Story of All Hallows’ School, Brisbane, 1861-1981
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartJean-Marie Mahoney
Brisbane: Crusader Print for All Hallows School, 1998.History of the oldest secondary girls school in Queensland.
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The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and his Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium
AU$400 Read MoreAdd to cartSteven Runciman
Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1929. -
Samuel Grau Hubbe and the South Australia to Western Australia Stock Route Expedition, 1895 – 1896
AU$110 Read MoreAdd to cartSamuel Grau Hubbe
Perth: Hesperian Press, 2018.The Western Australian Explorers’ Diaries Project, Incorporating the Historical Records of Western Australia. “Contains the official and private journals of Hubbe and John Mahar. Biographical notes on the men of the expedition.” (publisher’s blurb) Edited and with an introduction by Andrew Guy Peake.
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Journal of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891 – 1892
AU$120 Read MoreAdd to cartDavid Lindsay
Perth: Hesperian Press, 2018.The Western Australian Explorers’ Diaries Project, Incorporating the Historical Records of Western Australia. “With appendices on the plants by Alex George and animals by Ian Abbott, reported by the expedition. Also the full Anthropology report by Richard Helms which has not been available for over a century, which contains 6 colour plates and many b&w photos. Biographies of all the men.” (publisher’s blurb) Edited by Peter J. Bridge, Calliope Bridge, and Celene Bridge.
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To the Golden Land: Exploration to the Eastwards, 1869 – 1896
AU$160 Read MoreAdd to cartPeter J. Bridge
Perth: Hesperian Press, 2018.The Western Australian Explorers’ Diaries Project, Incorporating the Historical Records of Western Australia. “An important contribution to the history of WA covering all that periods 65 expeditions, including many that were previously unknown. Includes for the first time all the colour plates of Forrest in the 1870s. More than 150 illustrations and maps.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Exploration Eastwards, 1860 – 1869
AU$110 Read MoreAdd to cartPeter J. Bridge; Kim Epton
Perth: Hesperian Press, 2018.The Western Australian Explorers’ Diaries Project, Incorporating the Historical Records of Western Australia. “Contains some 30 expeditions including Lefroy and CC Hunt with appendices on the plants by Alex George and animals by Ian Abbott. Biographical notes on all known expedition members. Resolves the problems of the ‘convicts gold’ and Hunt’s unknown convict helpers.” (publisher’s blurb)
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The Australind Letters of Marshall Waller Clifton, Chief Commissioner for the Western Australian Company
AU$95 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. M. R. Cameron; P. A. Barnes; Marshall Waller Clifton
Perth: Hesperian Press, 2017. -
Woodlines of Western Australia: A Comprehensive History of the Goldfields Woodlines
AU$90 Read MoreAdd to cartPhil Bianchi
Perth: Hesperian Press, 2018.“Without a source of cheap energy to fuel steam boilers and for ore treatment, only the Western Australian mines with rich ore would have been productive. Firewood companies established privately owned train lines up to 120 miles out from major centres such as Kalgoorlie to bring in firewood. Although the Kurrawang and Lakewood woodlines are the main feature of this book; other woodlines included Lakeside south of Boulder, Kurramia/Kanowna, Cue, Laverton, Gwalia and Westonia. Firewood cutters, carters and loaders from war torn Europe, came to Australia seeking a better life; they lived in hessian walled basic camps with earthen floors and a tin roof. The book features 22 first-hand accounts of the hardships faced by woodliners working, living and growing up on the woodlines. Many a wife and family joining the husband after a few years were shocked at the conditions; suffering flies, heat, cold, loneliness, maggots in meat and poor quality drinking water. Between 1900 and 1964 a total of 21.6 million tons of firewood had been cut; during 1912-16 average production was 650,000 tons per year. By the time the firewood companies ceased operations they had clear-felled a staggering 3.04 million hectares of goldfields woodlands; almost half the area of Tasmania. Other woodline topics discussed include: racism, riots, internment, exploitation and bribery, shanties, sports days, strikes and deaths and accidents.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions: 2. Collections in Pakistan
AU$500 Read MoreAdd to cartSayid Ghulam Mustafa Shah; Asko Parpola
Helsinki: Soumalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1991. -
The Yar-Lun Dynasty
AU$120 Read MoreAdd to cartErik Haarh
Kobenhavn: G. E. C. Gad’s Forlag, 1969.A study with particular regard to the contribution by myths and legends to the history of Ancient Tibet and the origin and nature of its kings.
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Cape York: The Savage Frontier
AU$400 Read MoreAdd to cartRodney Liddell
Dubbo: Rodney Liddell, 1991.The self published first edition telling the stories of the castaway Barbara Thompson, the lost expedition of Edmund Kennedy, and the settling of Cape York by Frank Jardine, without many of the controversial chapters of the later editions. This copy inscribed by the author to Margaret Lawrie, collector of stories and mythologies of the Torres Strait, also with a 1996 postcard from the author addressed to Lawrie laid in.
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Further Links of Loving Kindness; or, Story of Our Home
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartC. S. Bagster
Leamington Spa: W. H. Smith, No date.A Record of Twenty-Five Years of Happy Service in Connection with Y.W.C.A. Home, Leamington Spa. Early history (late 19th century) of the Young Women’s Christian Association House in the English town of Royal Leamington Spa.
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The Pioneers of the North-West of South Australia, 1856 to 1914
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartNorman A. Richardson
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1980. -
If The Walls Could Speak: A Social History of the Mechanics Institutes of Victoria
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartPam Baragwanath
Melbourne: Mechanics Institute Inc., 2000. -
A Thousand Miles of Miracle in China
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartArchibald E. Glover
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906.A Personal Record of God’s Delivering Power from the Hands of the Imperial Boxes of Shan-si. An account of fleeing China during the Boxer Rebellion by a missionary of the China Inland Mission. The second, or Popular Edition.
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Westminster School: Past and Present
AU$1,200 Read MoreAdd to cartFrederic H. Forshall
London: Wyman & Sons, 1884.A history of the Westminster School in London, though also a recording of its past customs and a lengthy biographical recording of headmasters and numerous distinguished students, and personal reminiscences. Frederic H. Forshall was a Queen’s Scholar at Westminster and won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, but left after a year, moving to Sydney. He was part of the first cohort at The University of Sydney in 1852, and while still a student was appointed the University Librarian. In 1853 he was the first prizewinner for Greek verse composition which are printed here (pp. 358-360). Plates illustrating various interiors, Westminster beating Eton at rowing in 1845, and others.
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Ninja: Men of Iga
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartKano Shinichi
Thousand Oaks: Dragon Books, 1989. -
The Laws of the Muromachi Bakufu: Kemmu Shikimoku (1336) & Muromachi Bakufu Tsuikaho
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartKanamoto Nobuhisa; Kenneth A. Grossberg
Tokyo: Monument Nipponica, Sophia University, 1981.On the history of constitutional law in Japan, specifically the Muromachi period, once described by historian Sir George Sansom as being an age of “much law and little justice”.
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The Spanish Southwest, 1542 – 1794: An Annotated Bibliography
AU$110 Read MoreAdd to cartHenry R. Wagner
Staten Island: Maurizio Martino, No date.Edition limited to 150 copies.
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Prime Sources of California and Nevada Local History: 151 Rare and Important City, County and State Directories, 1850 – 1906
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartRichard Quebedeaux
Spokane: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1992. -
Oversea Marketing of Certain Primary Products of New South Wales
AU$80 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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Capturing Brisbane: The City’s First Photographers, 1855 to 1901
AU$40 Read MoreAdd to cartBrian G. Rough
Brisbane: Brian Rough, 2022.“Photographers have made a significant contribution towards our understanding and interpretation of the Citys past by recording the people and places around them. Capturing Brisbane provides the stories of 158 commercial photographers and 54 photographic studios operating in the City between 1855 and 1901. By accurately identifying the people who created the images, and from when and where they were operating, it provides a very useful tool to assist in dating Brisbane photographs.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Atlas on the History of Spectacles (Volume 1)
AU$300 Read MoreAdd to cartW. Poulet
Bonn: Wayenborgh, 1978.Volume 1 only of the 2 volume set. Volume One being a catalogue of spectacles from the collections of Carl Zeiss, Otto Hallauer, and Pierre Marly. Translated from the German by Frederick C. Blodi with an introduction by Dr. Wolfgang Pfeiffer, ‘A Short History of Spectacles’ by H. W. Holtmann, and ‘A Contribution to the History of Contact Lenses’ by Hans-Walter Roth Ulm. This being one of the deluxe edition bound in half leather by K. N. W. Page & Co., Edinburgh.