MEMOIRS OF JAMES HARDY VAUX
Written by James Hardy Vaux; Noel McLachlan.
Stock no. 2135186
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with silver title to spine. Including his Vocabulary of the Flash Language. Edited and with an introduction by McLachlan. Spotting and splash marks to some cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE FATAL SHORE
Written by Robert Hughes.
Stock no. 1822154
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

A history of the transportation of convicts to Australia 1787-1868. Orange pictorial cloth. An almost fine copy (gilt title to spine lightly rubbed) contained in publisher's slipcase with scuffing to lower edge.

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SENT FORTH A DOVE: DISCOVERY OF THE DUYFKEN
Written by James Henderson.
Stock no. 1821996
Published by University Of Western Australia Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

In 1606 the little Dutch East India Company Ship, Duyfken, came upon the coast of Cape York Peninsula. Its skipper, Willem Jansz went to his grave without knowing that his crew were the first Europeans to land on the shores of the sixth continent. His chart lay undiscovered in the archives for many years. Nearly 400 years later, a small group of people dedicated themselves to the daunting task of bringing the Dufyken story back to life including building a replica ship. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations and a few colour photos. This is a presentation copy of 1000 numbered and signed by the author. ISBN: 1876268247. This is copy 340 of 1000 SIGNED by the author. Text block browned, a few foxspots to endpaper. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Strong tobacco smell present.

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A FLOWER-HUNTER IN QUEENSLAND & NEW ZEALAND
Written by Mrs. Rowan.
Stock no. 2134444
Published by John Murray. 1898. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. With map and illustrations. School gilt embossed stamp to front cover. Fading and browning/foxing to covers; bumping to corners, some other marks. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Some uncut page edges.

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RAIL AUSTRALIA
Written by Maurice E. Kelly.
Stock no. 1820389
Published by View Productions Pty. Ltd.. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A pictorial kaleidoscope of Australian trains ranging from the popular steam giants of yesteryear to the modern diesel giants of today's trains, accompanied by extensive informative text dealing with Australia's ever-progressive rail systems. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 0908240554.

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WELSH CONVICT WOMEN
Written by Deirdre Beddoe.
Stock no. 2132871
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A study of women transported from Wales to Australia 1787-1852. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807334. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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MURRAY OF YARRALUMLA
Written by Gwendoline Wilson.
Stock no. 2132510
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Terence Aubrey Murray spent the most active years of his life, from the 1830s to the 1850s in and around Canberra. A biography and a fascinating account of the early settlement and development of the Canberra area. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with a few grubby marks.

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DAINTREE: WHERE THE FOREST MEETS THE REEF
Written by Rupert Russell.
Stock no. 1819036
Published by Kevin Weldon And Associates Pty Ltd; The Australian Conservation Foundation. 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Daintree, Australia, where coastal rainforest meets the sea. The tropical rainforests of Daintree are in danger from developers... Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 0949708127. Name in ink to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE HERITAGE OF AUSTRALIA: THE ILLUSTRATED REGISTER OF THE NATIONAL ESTATE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819029
Published by The Macmillan Company Of Australia. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A unique stocktaking of the places which have special value - historic, environmental and cultural - to the nation. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout, a few colour photos. A fat volume. ISBN: 0333337506. Lower edges of boards have small indentations. Text block just slightly grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed and a little grubby.

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THE BLUE OF CAPRICORN
Written by Eugene Burdick. Illustrated by William Hofmann.
Stock no. 1818943
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Pacific in its Wonder. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Second impression. Text block lightly browned. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few tape repairs to verso, scuffed to rear panel.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF AUSTRALIA
Written by David Burke.
Stock no. 1317782
Published by Methuen Of Australia; Frederick Warne. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Observers Series A3. Laminate boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0454000782. Spine bumped, a few light marks to covers. Inscription in black biro to front free-endpaper. Top edge of textblock just a tiny bit dusty.

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FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA
Written by Ken Simpson; Nicolas Day; et al.
Stock no. 2130713
Published by Christopher Helm. 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Soft vinyl covers with white titles and vignettes. 760 birds in colour. A Book of Identification. ISBN: 0747030235. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and browned to spine.

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