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Queensland Local History

128310
BANFIELD, E. J.: Last Leaves From Dunk Island.
First Edition; Post 8vo; pp. xxvi, 236; portrait frontispiece, 25 pages of plates, index; original green cloth, title lettered in black on spine and, minor foxing to endpapers, flecking to edges of pages; a good copy.
Sydney; Angus & Robertson; 1925. Click here to Order

AUD$30

127977
BOWEN, JILL.: Kidman: The Forgotten King. The True Story Of The Greatest Pastoral Landholder In Modern History.
Reprint; Med. 8vo; pp. xvi, 476; portrait frontispiece, family tree, 1 map, numerous b/w photographic plates, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, a very good copy.
Sydney; Angus & Robertson Publishers; 1989. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128308
CORRIS, PETER.: Passage Port and Plantation. A History of Solomon Islands Labour Migration 1870-1914.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. (x), 201; 8 plates (4 pages), 6 maps within text, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, minor chipping to edge of dustjacket, a very good copy.
Carlton, Vic.; Melbourne University Press, 1973. Click here to Order

AUD$45

128331
CRUCHLEY, C. F.: New Map of Australia.
First Edition; Engraved hand coloured map (395 x 325cm); dissected into eight pieces and laid down on linen, in original maroon cloth boards, with green printed title label on upper board, showing all the counties and major rivers, a couple of minor stains, good copy.
London; G. F. Cruchley; n.d. (c-1868). Click here to Order

AUD$400

127979
DUNCAN-KEMP, A. M.: Where Strange Paths Go Down.
Revised Second Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xxxiv, 299; illustrated endpapers, numerous illustrations both coloured and b/w., several maps, aboriginal words list, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in black on spine and front board, black decoration on spine and front board, dustjacket a little chipped on edges, very good copy.
Brisbane; Smith & Paterson; 1964.
The author grew up with local Aborigines on her parents cattle-station at Mooraberrie Station, 138 miles west of Windorah, Queensland. She was accepted by the local aboriginals and made a member of the Emu-Kangaroo tribe, this gave her extensive knowledge of Aboriginal life and customs. Click here to Order

AUD$350

127946
IDRIESS, ION.: My Mate Dick.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 244; frontispiece, 27 b/w plates, bound in original red cloth, title on spine in gilt, dustjacket worn and chipped, good copy.
Sydney; Angus and Roberston; 1962. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128169
IDRIESS, ION.: The Tin Scratchers.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 260; endpaper maps, frontispiece, 14 pages of plates; bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Sydney; Angus and Robertson; 1959. Click here to Order

AUD$75

127994
IDRIESS, ION.: The Tin Scratchers.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 260; endpaper maps, frontispiece, 14 pages of plates; bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket with minor chips on the edges, good copy.
Sydney; Angus and Robertson; 1959. Click here to Order

AUD$45

127961
IDRIESS, ION L.: Back O' Cairns.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. x, 310; map endpapers, frontispiece, numerous b/w. illustrations, several maps, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, chipped and worn dustjacket, name and date on title page, good copy.
Sydney; Angus & Robertson; 1958. Click here to Order

AUD$45

128340
KERR, RUTH S.: Chillagoe - Copper, Cattle and Caves. An Historical Guide.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 40; 1 b/w map, numerous b/w illustrations, bibliography, stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, very good copy.
St Lucia; J. D. & R. S. Kerr; 1986. Click here to Order

AUD$40

127980
LEICHHARDT, LUDWIG.: Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a Distance of Upwards of 3000 Miles, During the Years 1844-1845.
Facsimile Edition; Thick 8vo; pp. xx, 544; frontispiece list of plates, appendix, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, previous owner's name and bookplate on front endpaper, good copy.
Sydney; Doubleday: n.d. (c-1980).
This facsimile reissue of the 1847 edition reveals once again both the tragedies and final triumph of Ludwig Leichhardt's 1844-5 expedition. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128255
LEWIS, CRAIG; SAVAGE, CATHY.: Australian Bush Pubs. A Celebration of Outback Australia's iconic Watering Holes.
First Edition; Oblong Med. 4to; pp. 255; text illustrated with numerous coloured photographs and maps, index, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in white on spine and front board, dustjacket, fine copy.
Wyndham; Boiling Billy Publications/Woodslane Press; 2009. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128148
NOLAN, JANETTE.: Bundaberg: History & People.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xvi, 266; text illustrated with 16 pages of b/w. photographs, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in yellow on spine, dustjacket with minor edge chips, edges a little spotted, good copy.
St. Lucia, Qld; University of Queensland Press; 1978. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128051
PETRIE, CONSTANCE CAMBELL.: Tom Petrie's Reminiscences of Early Queensland. (Dating from 1837). Recorded by his Daughter.
Second Edition; Med. 8vo, pp. xxiii, 323, portrait frontispiece, 16 pages of b/w plates, list of places, names, plants and trees, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, bookplate of Stott's Business College on front endpaper, two small college stamp on front endpaper otherwise a very good clean copy.
Sydney; Angus and Robertson Limited; 1932.
Contains a 6 page preface by Nettie Palmer. Click here to Order

AUD$150

128225
SHEPHARD, MARK.: The Simpson Desert. Natural History and Human Endeavour.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. x, 174; numerous colour illustrations, appendices, bibliography, references, index, bound in original brown cloth, dustjacket, very good copy.
Adelaide; Royal Geographical Society Of Australasia; 1992. Click here to Order

AUD$70

128120
SKINNER, L. E.: Police of the Pastoral Frontier.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. x, 455; 9 pages of maps, 18 b/w. illustrations, appendices, notes to text, sources, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in yellow on spine, dustjacket, library adhesion marks on front endpaper and cancelled stamps on front endpaper, small marks on page edges, working copy.
St. Lucia, Qld.; University of Queensland Press; 1975. Click here to Order

AUD$50

128265
STANFORD, EDWARD (1827-1904).: Australia and Tasmania.
Original Antique Map; (32 x 26 cm); published in 1884 this detailed map of Australia and Tasmania showing the Explorer's routes, in five colours, with carboard mounts ready for framing, lightly creased, good condition.
London; Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross; 1884
Origin of the Map: A. R. Wallace "Australasia". published in London by Edward Stanford in 1884. Click here to Order

AUD$225

128263
STANFORD, EDWARD (1827-1904).: Queensland. Eastern Part.
Original Antique Map; (27 x 18 cm); published in 1884 this detailed map of Queensland. Eastern Part, in three colours, with carboard mounts ready for framing, very good condition.
London; Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross; 1884
Origin of the Map: A. R. Wallace "Australasia". published in London by Edward Stanford in 1884. Click here to Order

AUD$75

128156
THEILE, F. OTTO.: One Hundred Years of the Lutheran Church in Queensland.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 288; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, 2 full page maps, rebound without its original wrappers and endpapers (pages 1 to 288 complete) in maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, good copy.
(Brisbane; Watson Ferguson & Co.; 1938.) Click here to Order

AUD$75