1. [English History Collection] – Stokes, Edward.

Innocents Abroad. The Story of British child evacuees in Australia, 1940-45.

First Edition. London, BCA, 1994. 18 x 24 cm. XIII, 230 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2. Ewers, John K.

The Western Gateway – A History of Fremantle.

Second, Revised Edition. Nedlands, University of Western Australia Press, 1971. Large Octavo. XXIII, 262 pages with many plates / illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Presentation – copy, inscribed by the Mayor and City Manager of Fremantle as well as a former Grand Master of Western Australia and Grand Sire of Australasia.

3. Fitzpatrick, David.

Oceans of Consolation. Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to Australia.

Ithaca, Cornell University, 1994. 23,5 cm x 15,5 cm. XIV, 649 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed.

4. Fowler, Frank.

Southern Lights and Shadows. With an Introduction by R.G.Geering.

Facsimile Edition. Sydney, Sydney University Press, 1975. 12 x 19 cm. 132 pages with an Introduction by R. G. Geering. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5. Martin, Robert Montgomery.

The British Colonies; Their History, Extent, Condition and Resources. 6 Volumes bound in 3 Volumes (Text only without maps and illustrations). The Set includes: Volume I – British North America / Volume II – Australia / Volume III – New Zealand, Tasmania / Volume IV – Africa and the West Indies / Volume V – British India / Volume VI – Ceylon, East India and Meditteranean Settlements /

First Edition. London and New York, The London Printing and Publishing Company [that was J. and F. Tallis], no year (c. 1850). Quarto (20 cm x 27 cm). Volume I (British North America [Canada / USA]): Frontispice illustrated titlepage, XXIV, 360 pages with pages 1 – 9 missing / Volume II (Australia): pages 361 – 744 pages / Volume III (New Zealand / Tasmania): II, 384 pages. / Volume IV (Africa and the West Indies): II, 188 pages / Volume V (British India): II, 564 pages with pages 455 – 456 missing / Volume VI (Ceylon, East India and Mediterranean Settlements): II, 172 pages. Hardcover / Original, decorative publisher’s halfleather with gilt lettering and ornament to spines. Bindings rubbed but overall in firm and very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All maps and illustrations besides one illustration removed by a previous owner. In the course of removal of maps and illustrations, one page slightly torn and 11 pages of text missing. This is still one of the most important text-sources of British Colonial History, itsevaluation in Britain and a plethora of data on economical and political impact the Colonies had for the former Empire. No other contemporary 19th century publication includes details on colonial produce, movement of population and local History from Tasmania to Quebec, from Hong Kong to Heligoland (Helgoland), and in general on the depition of “England, the ‘Nursing Mother’ of Nations” (Introductory page XXIV by Montgomery Martin).

6. McCulloch, Alan (editor) / Henshaw, John.

The Golden Age of Australian Painting – Impressionism and the Heidelberg School.

Melbourne, Lansdowne Press, 1969. 26 cm x 31 cm. 196 pages. 110 colour illustrations on 94 tipped-in plates and 36 mononchrome illustrtions. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. With marvelously illustrated and slipcase with titling to front board. Extremely Rare / Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Stunning illustrations in excellent condition. Interior near perfect. Discreet bookseller’s label on front pastedown. Binding firm and strong and bookblock tight and square. Slipcase shows some shelfwear but is in good condition.

7. Moorhead, Alan.

Cooper’s Creek.

London, The Reprint Society, 1965. 14 x 21 cm. x, 223 pages. Maps and 38 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing.

8. Pratt, Ambrose.

The Lore of the Lyrebird. With a foreword by the late Honourable A.A. Dunstan.

Eighth Edition. Melbourne, Robertson & Mullens, 1951. 14 x 22.5 cm. 79 pages with 20 illustrations. Frontispiece illustration: ‘James’ by F.Lewis. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed on front endpaper by preowner. Rare in the dustjacket !

9. Shaw, Kevin.

“Mates” – Images of the Kimberley.

Melbourne, (Victoria), Australian Scholarly Publications., 2003. 24 x 25 cm. XIII, 119 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by photographer Kevin Shaw in April 2004.

10. Wannan, Bill.

Bill Wannan Selects Riverboat Stories of Old Australia.

First Edition. Melbourne, Sun Books, 1978. 13.5 x 21 cm. 148 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

11. Waters, Ian Benjamin.

Die Konzilien in Australien. 1842 – 1917.

Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich, Schöningh, 1994. 24 cm. XXVIII, 195 Seiten. Hardcover / Leinen. Ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar in sehr gutem Zustand. (Ausgeschieden / Stempel auf Vorsatz und verso Titel). Sehr sauber. KEINE Anstreichungen. [Konziliengeschichte : Reihe A, Darstellungen].

12. White, Patrick.

Riders in the Chariot. A Novel.

First British Edition. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961. 20.6cm x 13.8cm. 552 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, near Fine condition. The dustjacket illustration is taken from a painting by Sydney Nolan.