Sydney: Bloxham and Chambers, 1928. Softcover. Near fine. Travel/promotional brochure, 9"x 8" (folding to 9" x 4"), 32 pp, with three full-color illustrations by Percy Trompf on the wrappers, many half-tone photographs inside. Near fine, with minor handling wear.This beautifully illustrated brochure promotes Australia as "The Land of Opportunity!" for..... Item #23080
London: John Murray, 1831. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 5.5 x 3.5 in., pp. xi, 356, with half-title, frontispiece, and five other engraved plates, in original printed cloth boards identifying this as No. XXV in the Family Library series. Recased, with original cloth--somewhat stained and faded--laid down. Some loss of..... Item #23457
Canterbury: Five Mile Press, 1983. Hardcover. Near fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Approximately 60 pp, with frontispiece, 27 color illustrations. Pictorial boards show minor sheldwear, internals clean and sound. Minimal wear to dust jacket. A collection of works by Australian artist Jack Absalom, one of a group of..... Item #728
London: Edward Stanford, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xiv, 214 pp, with colored folding map (of the Province of Victoria) and two color plates, but no ads. Rebound in cloth-backed marbled boards with leather spine label. Embossed library stamp on title page; no other libraray markings. Leather corners rubbed, some..... Item #19772
Chipping Norton, NSW: Surrey Beatty & Sons, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Two volumes, 8.5 x 12 inches, 835 pp in total. Indexed, illustrated with color photographs. Both volumes clean, tightly bound, and unmarked. Dust jackets have mild edgewear. "The first comprehensive review..... Item #14024
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London: Oxford University Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. viii, 348 pp + illustrations from photographs, with index, illustrated endpapers. Light shelf wear (including lightly bumped upper corners); text clean, binding sound. No dust jacket. Hatfield was born in Britain but decided to migrate to Australia at the age..... Item #2891
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First printing. 764 pp, indexed and illustrated. Near fine copy with some rubbing to the lower spine; tightly bound and clean. Dust jacket has some toning to the spine, a few small chips..... Item #24333
London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. First English edition. Translated from the French by John and Patricia Russell. 178 pp of text plus approximately 50 photographs, some color. Previous owner's name on front pastedown, else a fine copy in..... Item #11984
London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. First English edition. Translated from the French by James Hogarth. 187 pp, extensively illustrated with photographs, some color. Previous owner's name on front pastedown, else a fine copy in a clean, slightly..... Item #11971
Wellington: New Zealand Government Publicity Department, 1925. Stapled brochure, 4.5 x 9 inches, in illustrated cardstock wrappers. 32 pp, with many illustrations from photographs. Slight edgewear; near fine. Promoting New Zealand as "The Great Britain of the South Seas," this brochure seeks to attract farmers on the basis of its..... Item #19958
Melbourne: Printed and Published by the Mining Standard for the Tasmanian Government, 1937. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. 148 pp, with b/w illustrations, maps, and ads. A scarce promotional work, with text offering descriptive and statistical information on tourist attractions, hydro-electric development, mining, timber resources, agriculture (fruit..... Item #14346
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 10.75" x 7.5", 298 pp, extensively illustrated with line drawings, photographs, color plates, and two maps. Bound in original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. No dust jacket. Light staining to front board, paper..... Item #24476
[Apia, Samoa]: 1972. Softcover. Very good. 8.5 x 11 in, 138 pp, printed wrappers. Yearbook of the Western Samoa Teachers' Training College, illustrated with many b/w photographs. Light soiling to covers, title handwritten in pen on spine; otherwise unmarked, clean and sound. Includes staff photos and bios, list and photos..... Item #14185
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. x, [13]-386, in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth. Losses to spine ends, corners rubbed through, slightly shaken, but still a better than average copy of this title, which is often found in poor condition. Hill (1910): The ships made port in..... Item #20650
