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
New York and London: Longmans, Green, 1899. Hardcover. Very good. First edition, American issue. 8vo. pp. xxiv, 490; with two folding maps, 20 full-page plates, many other illustrations in the text. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. Very mild spine slant, rubbing to extremities; internals clean and..... Item #14880
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
Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1968-1974, 1988-1997. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Nine volumes, including The Voyage of the Endeavour, 1768-1771 (1968 reprint); The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775 (1969 reprint); The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780..... Item #23033
London: Truslove & Shirley, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 148 pp, with eight photogravure plates, folding plan of outrigger canoe, folding chart, and other illustrations. Number 291 of 500 copies issued. Spine lean, rubbed and bumped corners, old tape repair to verso of chart, otherwise clean and sound..... Item #19168
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
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
Noumea, New Caledonia: Imprimeries Reunies, 1942. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8.25 x 5.25, 31 pp, printed wrappers. Moderate handling wear (creasing, dog-ears), text clean, binding tight. Overview of the history and resources of New Caledonia aimed at American troops. A French territory, New Caledonia was a critical stop on the..... Item #23121
[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
Sydney and Melbourne: Agnus & Robertson, 1900. Softcover. Near fine. 7 x 5 inches, pp [viii], 202, + ca. 32 pp of advertisements, in original printed wrappers. Illustrated with engravings, portraits, facsimiles, and three maps. Designated "Commonweath Series No. 8" on the front cover. Some minor damage to spine ends..... Item #21560
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
