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Western Australia , Local History

127933
ATKINSON, H. K.

Tickets Of The Midland Railway Of Western Australia.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. iv, 12; 38 coloured illustrations; stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, a fine copy.
Melbourne; H. K. Atkinson; 1991. Click here to Order
AUD$30

127810
DRAKE-BROCKMAN, H.

Sheba Lane.
First Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. [viii], 282, (1); bound in publishers original green cloth, title lettered in black on spine and upper board, previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, page edges a little spotted, good copy.
Sydney; Angus & Robertson; 1936.
Scarce title. An intimate account of the pearling industry, its successes and misfortunes and the illicit trade in precious stones. The social life of the Northern town of Broome is also portrayed. Click here to Order
AUD$35

127801
IDRIESS, ION L.

Our Living Stone Age.
First Edition, Med. 8vo; pp. xx, 224; colour portrait frontispiece, 34 pages of plates (76 illusts.), 1 coloured folding map of Australia, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, chipped and worn dustjacket, cloth a little worn, good copy.
Sydney; Angus & Robertson Ltd.; 1963. Click here to Order
AUD$100

127799
IDRIESS, ION L.

Outlaws Of The Leopolds.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 244; map endpapers, frontispiece, 28 b/w illustrations, bound in original red cloth, title in gilt on spine, illustration in gilt on front, spine faded, dustjacket damaged and chipped on edges, pages browned, previous owner's name on front endpaper, a good copy.
Sydney; Angus And Robertson 1952. Click here to Order
AUD$100

127850
PROFESSOR P. FORD; PROFESSOR ENERITUS, SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY, MRS. G. FORD; CHIEF EDITORIAL ADVISORS.

Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers, Correspondence and Papers Relating to The Mail Service, South Sea Islanders, The Appropriation Act of Victoria, and Other Affairs in Australia 1864-69. Colonies Australia 25.
Facsimile Reproduction; F'cap Folio (335x205mm); pp. 720; folding Sketch Map of Part of Western Tasmania by Charles Gould; original green cloth boards with quarter leather binding, title and publisher lettered in gilt on spine with raised bands, gilt to top edges: previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper otherwise a fine copy.
Shannon Ireland, Irish University Press, (1969).
An important Volume in this series as it contains over 300 pages of correspondence relating to the Non-enactment of the Appropriation Act (Victoria), in addition to a very interesting report from the Government Geologist on Gold in Van Diemen's Land, several sections covering correspondence and reports relating to the Australian Mail Service, several sections on Queensland and the Importation of South Sea Islanders, etc Click here to Order
AUD$195

127812
RAIKOWSKI, PAMELA.

In The Tracks Of The Camelmen. Outback Australia's Most Exotic Pioneers.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 196; 26 pages of plates, 8 full-page maps, sources of illustrations, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
North Ryde, NSW; Angus & Robertson Publishers; 1987. Click here to Order
AUD$100