Australian Parliament.

Minutes of Proceedings and official record of Debates of the Australian Constitutional Convention held in the Legislative Assembly Chamber, Parliament House, Sydney – 3-7 September, 1973.

Sydney, Blight, 1973. 8°. XCVII, 361 pages. Original softcovver-edition. Excellent condition. From the Australiana collection of Colin Roderick (ask for more titles).

Blight, John.

Pageantry for a Lost Empire.

Brisbane, Nelson, 1977. 8°. 144 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good+ condition. Rare !

Brown, Lyn Ingoldsby.

Late Summer. Poems.

Sydney, Wentworth Books, 1970. 8°. 37 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Very good + condition. One of 300 copies (this copy not numbered).

Dyson, Edward.

The Golden Shanty.

Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1929. Small-8°. 179 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with bound in original dustjacketcover by Phil May. Rubbed and used binding. Inside little foxing. From the Australiana collection of Colin Roderick (ask for more titles).

Hay, William.

The Escape of the notorious Sir William Heans (And the mystery of Mr.Daunt) – A Romance of Tasmania.

This is the original, first edition – NOT a Reprint ! London, George Allen & Unwin, 1918. 8°. 416 pages including the printed errata slip. Hardcover with front of the original dustjacket pasted to frontcover. First Edition. Original cloth with illustration-montage on frontcover. Hole in the hinge. Slightly rubbed. Rubbed. From the Australiana collection of Colin Roderick with a tipped in dedication slip to the endpaper (Colin Roderick, August 1945 – from M.V.H.).

Hope, Alec Derwent (A.D.).

Collected Poems 1930-1965.

Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1966. 8°. XIII, 214 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Original cloth. Very good+ condition.

Simpson, Colin.

Australian Image. 50 Landscapes in Colour. Text by Colin Simpson.

First Edition. Sydney, Legend Press, 1956. 22.5cm x 28.5cm. 30 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Faded dampstain to the lower boards. Otherwise in excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

Stewart, Douglas / [Colin Roderick Collection].

The Book of Bellerive.

Brisbane, The Jacaranda Press, 1961. 8°. 94 pages. Illustrated Hardcover. With frontispice-illustration by Harry Pearce (Portrait of Joseph Tishler). Beautifully inscribed by Harry Pearce to Colin Roderick on front free endpaper: “To Colin Roderick. Here is an item for your collection of Australiana, from Harry Pearce”. Portrait signed by Pearce.

Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

Van Diemen’s Land or Tasmania with beautiful Vignettes and illustrations of Hobart Town, Residence of the Company’s Agent, Circular Head / Thylacinus Cynocephalus. The map shows the old districts of Tasmania: Dorset, Cornwall, Glamorgan, Pembroke, Cumberland, Buckingham, Kent, Devon, Westmorland etc.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with map: 39.5 cm x 46.5 cm. Size of the actual map: 27 cm x 37 cm. Very good condition.

Waten, Judah.

Love and Rebellion.

Mebourne, Macmillan, 1978. 8°. 137 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. First Edition. Very good condition. Hardcover – Edition. Original cloth with dustjacket. From the Australiana collection of Colin Roderick (ask for more titles).