Tasmania

73831
ABEL, Gordon
AGAINST THE GRAIN: with the Huon Pine Loggers of the West Coast of Tasmania
$25.00 AUD

D.& G. Abel. Newmarket, Qld. c. 2000. 1st Ed. (4), 63 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map at centrefold and 32 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 21 x 14.7.

52461
ADAM SMITH, Patsy
PORT ARTHUR SKETCHBOOK
$20.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1968. 1st Ed. 64 PP with over 32 drawings by Arthur Phillips. Eps: Plan of Port Arthur. Hard cover, title on spine. Front of dust jacket pasted down on fronr cover, flaps of dust jacket pasted down on inside covers. Covers laminated with clear plastc. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

74207
ADKINS, Yvonne
THE ENIGMATIC Mr STRANGE - Creating a Past: the life and art of Frederick Strange c.1807-1873
$25.00 AUD

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery. Launceston. 2017. 1st Ed., with a preface by Richard Mulvaney, Director. (3), 92 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (mint condition). Oblong: 21 x 24. 9780975802632

Catalogue of an exhibition held 19 June to 5 November 2017. A convict artist who arrived in Launceston in 1841, and had his first exhibition in 1851.

74238
ADNUM, Mrs. V. B. & TULIP, A.
A HISTORY OF THE POST OFFICE IN TASMANIA
$25.00 AUD

Australian Post Office. Hobart. c. 1973. 1st Ed. 72 PP with b/w illustrations (1 diagram, 3 maps, prints and photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.

75445
ALEXANDER, Alison
THE AMBITIONS OF JANE FRANKLIN, Victorian Lady Adventurer
$15.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2013. 1st edition. X, 294 PP with 4 b/w illustrations (1 Dinner Menu and 3 maps), plus 12 pages with 9 colour and 23 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, spine lightly sunned. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.4. 9781742375694

75586
ALEXANDER, Alison
TASMANIA'S CONVICTS: How Felons built a Free Society
$20.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2010. 1st edition. X, 318 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 40 b/w illustrations (1 facsimile of record, 9 portraits, 11 prints, and 19 photos). Hard covers, dj. Fine. 24x 16. 9781742372051

75585
ALEXANDER, Alison (editor)
The Companion to TASMANIAN HISTORY
$100.00 AUD

Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies / University of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania. 2005. 1st Ed. XII, 568 PP with 2 graphs and 35 b/w illustrations. FP: 'Paterdale, Van Diemen's Land, 1840, by John Glover. Eps: 4 colour maps of Tasmania (Aboriginal, Geographical, Towns & Transport). Hard covers, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned with a small repaired nick at bottom edge, otherwise a fine copy with a dedicatory note to Viv Holloway, dated and signed by Alison Alexander on title page. 26.5 x 19. 186295223X

1073 articles on every important aspect of Tasmania's History.

75048
ALEXANDER, Alison & TOMLIN, Mollie
GLENORCHY 1804-1964
$40.00 AUD

Glenorchy City Council. Glenorchy, Tas. 1986. 1st Ed. Foreword by David J. Shields, Mayor. X, 382 PP with b/w illustrations (1 chart, 11 maps & diagrams, prints and photos) and colour illustrations (paintings, watercolours and photos). Cloth covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 18. 18625245447

36606
ANGUS, Max
SIMPKINSON DE WESSELOW - Landscape painter in Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District 1844-1848
$200.00 AUD

Blubber Head Press. Hobart. 1984. 1st edition limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. This copy is no.21. 191 PP with 9 illustrations (3 colour & 6 b/w), 61 plates in colour, and 217 b/w illust. of the catalogue of Australian colonial works in Tasmanian public collections, plus 1 large folded plate (No. 39). Fp: Miniature of F.G. Simpkinson. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. Scarce. 31.7 x 28. 0908528132

Joined the Royal Navy in 1832, served with Captain F.W. Beechey then Captain Edward Belcher on HMS "Sulphur". Appointed to the Rossbank Observatory between 1844 and 1848...

75160
ARNEIL, Stan
A FIRM FOUNDATION - The Story of Gutteridge Haskins & Davey, Consulting Engineers 1928-1988
$35.00 AUD

Gutteridge Haskins & Davey Pty Ltd. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. XIV, 288 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 24.8 x 19. 0731620968

Tasmania: Since 1924 (dams & water supply, wastewater treatment plants, hospitals, major hotels) ...

59410
AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA)
THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 29, 2005
$35.00 AUD

AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2005. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 88 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Investigation of a survivor camp from the Sydney Cove Shipwreck, by M. Nash. Watercraft discard in Tasmania. Watercraft abandonment in Australia, by N. Richards. ...

74054
BAKER, Dorothy & BEECHEY, Norm
THE PEOPLE OF HOPE ISLAND - Port Esperance
$50.00 AUD

Authors. Dover, Tasmania. c. 2011. 2nd printing. (2), 80 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (location map, maps, documents, newspaper clippings, photos and portraits). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine (as new). 29.7 x 21.

34337
BANKS
SIR JOSEPH BANKS MEMORIAL LECTURES 1988
$10.00 AUD

The Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart. 1988. 1st Ed., with a foreword by General Sir Phillip Bennett, Governor of Tasmania No pagination, 28 PP with b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: Sir David Cecil Smith, Sir Joseph Banks Memorial Lecturer. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0959867961

A contribution to the Australian Bicentenary celebrations.

10199
BANKS, M. R. & SMITH, S. J. (editors)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON MACQUARIE ISLAND (in Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania - Volume 122, Part I.)
$25.00 AUD

Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart. 1987. IV, (2), 318 PP with tables, b/w figures (graphs, maps) & b/w photo plates. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 25 x 17.2.

Thirty-three papers presented at this Symposium (May 11-15, 1987) covering all aspects of the island: history/discovery (sealing), earth sciences (geology, vegetation), meteorology, biological sciences (flora & fauna) and physics...

58083
BATESON, Charles
DIRE STRAIT - A History of Bass Strait
$10.00 AUD

BHP / Reed. Sydney. 1973. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dust jacket with a few small rubs, chips, otherwise near fine. 30 x 21.3. 0589071165

Details the history of Bass Strait: discovery, exploration, sealers, chartmakers, shipwrecks & the more recent oil discoveries.

70156
BATT, Neil (editor)
THE HISTORY OF THE HOBART HIGH SCHOOL: FIFTY YEARS - 1913-1963
$30.00 AUD

Hobart High School. Hobart. 1963. 1st Ed. Foreword by V.R. Long. 96 PP with 1 crest in colour on title page and 80 b/w illustrations (1 artwork by L. Mckay, 1 drawing and 78 photos). Soft cover, illustrated front cover (with a light crease). Near fine. Oblong. 18 x 24.

72220
BECKETT, Pat & MAREE, Piet
RE-DISCOVERING TASMANIA - The North-West Coast
$40.00 AUD

The Advocate. Burnie & Devonport, Tasmania. 1955. 1st edition of October 1955. Introduction, by Ian Harris (editor) and Foreword by Tourism Minister Hand. 184 PP with 12 pages of advertisements and b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, 6 maps or plans, photos). Stiff covers, illustrations on recto and verso, spiral bound. Light wear to covers. Name of previous owner on title page. Contents near fine. 21 x 14.

Pat Beckett, better known as Patsy Adams-Smith wrote other books on Tasmania and her experiences at sea.

72661
BENNETT, Richard
ISLANDS OF TASMANIA
$30.00 AUD

Richard Bennett. Kingston, Tasmania. 2006. 1st Ed. Foreword by Honourable William J.E. Cox. No pagination, c. 160 PP with 2 b/w photos and colour illustrations: 1 map with 2 insets & over 150 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 23.3. 9780957811041

75593
BENNETT, Richard
RICHARD BENNETT'S HUON VALLEY
$25.00 AUD

Richard Bennett. Geeveston, Tasmania. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Honourable John Peter Hodgman. 96 PP with colour illustrations: 1 map and 97 colour photos. Hard cover, simile leather, title on front board and spine, dj. Name of previous owner and rubbed patches on front endpaper. Very good. 30.8 x 23.6. 0731633067

55523
BETHELL, L.S.
THE STORY OF PORT DALRYMPLE: Life and Work in Northern Tasmania
$25.00 AUD

L.G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c.1957. 1st Ed. Foreword by W. A. Townsley. X, 193, IX (index) PP with 9 maps & plans, 4 tables and 68 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Covers lightly soiled with light wear. Slight ageing of paper. Contents near fine. 24.5 x 15.6.

Port at the mouth of the Tamar River. Chapters 3 & 4: Ships in Port Dalrymple.

74393
BETHELL, L.S.
THE STORY OF PORT DALRYMPLE: Life and Work in Northern Tasmania
$50.00 AUD

L.G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c.1957. 1st Ed. Foreword by W. A. Townsley. X, 193, IX (index) PP with 9 maps & plans, 4 tables and 68 b/w illustrations. Soft wrappers, illustrated front. Covers lightly soiled. Signature on title-page. Contents near fine. 24.5 x 15.6.

Port at the mouth of the Tamar River. Chapters 3 & 4: Ships in Port Dalrymple.

75602
BINKS, Christopher J.
EXPLORERS OF WESTERN TASMANIA
$60.00 AUD

Mary Fisher Book Shop. Launceston. 1980. 1st Ed. XVI, 264 PP with b/w illustrations [31maps (4 on double page) and 37 prints, documents, photos], plus 14 pages with 13 colour photos. Fp in colour): Frenchman's Cap, from Mt Gell. FEP: Henry Hellyer's Camp Draught, 1828. REP: J.R. Scott 's Map of Central Western Tasmania. Cloth covers, title on front board and sine, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed around edges with a small repaired tear. Contents fine. 31 x 24.5. 0908528167

69635
BOLT, Frank
THE FOUNDING OF HOBART: a Diary recounting the Events on the Derwent in 1803-1804
$45.00 AUD

Peregrine Pty. Ltd. Kettering, Tas. 2005. Reprint of the 2004 original. 320 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 1 folded plan (in colour) of Hobart Town. Fp (in colour): Robert, Lord Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816). Hard cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). 25.6 x 18.5. 0975716603

74276
BOLT, Frank
THE FOUNDING OF HOBART: a Diary recounting the Events on the Derwent in 1803-1804
$50.00 AUD

Peregrine Pty. Ltd. Kettering, Tas. 2004. 1st Ed. 320 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 1 folded plan (in colour) of Hobart Town. Fp (in colour): Robert, Lord Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816). Hard cover, dj. Fine (as new condition). 25.6 x 18.5. 978097516601

73863
BOSS-WALKER, Ian
PEAKS AND HIGH PLACES - Cradle-Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania
$15.00 AUD

Scenery Preservation Board. Hobart. 1950. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 5 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 1 map at centre fold and 6 b/w photos. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.2 x 15.6.

A guide for hikers.

70723
BOWDEN, K. M.
CAPTAIN JAMES KELLY OF HOBART TOWN
$30.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1964. 1st Ed. VI, 126 PP with 3 maps, plus 8 pages with 8 b/w plates. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 21 x 13.5.

The life of the most adventurous whaling master of Hobart Town... First man around Tasmania... Shipwreck on Macquarie.

42914
BOYCE, James & HAYE, Pete / BOYLES, Warren & WILSON, Lyn
NICOLAS BAUDIN - The Bicentenary of the expedition to Van Diemen's Land of an extraordinary French Explorer / THE EXPEDITION - An artist's perception of Baudin's voyage (in 40° South Tasmania)
$20.00 AUD

40 Degrees South Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2002. Issue 24, Autumn, March 2002. Contains article pages 16 to 23 with 1 b/w portrait and 8 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.

15492
BRANAGAN, J.G.
THE HISTORIC TAMAR VALLEY, Its People, Places and Shipping 1798-1990
$45.00 AUD

Regal Publications. Launceston. 1991. 1st Ed. XIV, 316 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps & plans, photos & paintings). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 094945768X

History of the third oldest settlement in Australia.

71592
BRAND TASMANIA
TASMANIA - AUSTRALIA: A World apart for living, working, learning and investing
$10.00 AUD

Hobart. Brand Tasmania Council. c. 2012. 1st Ed. 16 PP with colour illustrations: sketch map of Tasmania and location map, 5 portraits and 34 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

73016
BREADEN, J. C.
BEAUTIFUL HOBART and Surroundings ... 81 Views
$20.00 AUD

J.C. Breaden. Hobart. c. 1930. Reprint of first edition in the "Tasman Series". No pagination, 24 PP with 81 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front, staples. Covers lightly soiled. Two photos with a small rubbed patch, o/wise very good. Oblong: 21.5. x 26.5.

Captions of photographs, not as descriptive as per the original edition.

72633
BRETTINGHAM-MOORE, J.
MARITIME TASMANIA - A Cruising Guide with Historical Notes and Coastal Photography
$45.00 AUD

Shadrach. Cambridge, Tasmania. 1988. 1st Ed. 190 PP with 4 charts, 10 b/w illustrations (3 photos and 7 engravings), 40 b/w photos, and 99 maps & plans. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Light shelf wear around edges of covers and dust jacket which is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. Scarce. 30.2 x 21.5. 0731633318

Discovery and exploration, settlement, sealing and whaling. Then cruising guide with 98 maps and plans.

74951
BRETTINGHAM-MOORE, J.
MARITIME TASMANIA - A Cruising Guide with Historical Notes and Coastal Photography
$50.00 AUD

Shadrach. Cambridge, Tasmania. 1988. 1st Ed. 190 PP with 4 charts, 10 b/w illustrations (3 photos and 7 engravings), 40 b/w photos, and 99 maps & plans. "Supplementary anchorage charts" tipped in on front endpaper. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Light wear around edges. Dust jacket with repaired tears and now in protective sleeve. Name and address of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise contents near fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 0731633318

Discovery and exploration, settlement, sealing and whaling. Then cruising guide with 98 maps and plans.

73576
BRIDGE, L. J. (Jim)
BOATS, NETS, POTS & HOOKS - Untold Tales of Fish and Fishermen of South-Eastern Tasmania
$80.00 AUD

L.J. Bridge. Hobart. 2007. 1st Ed. (5), 139 PP with c. 25 b/w photos. Laminated soft covers, pictorial front, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

73170
BROWN, Bob
GREEN NOMADS: Across Australia's Wild Heritage
$80.00 AUD

Hardie Grant Books. Melbourne. 2015. 1st Ed. 240 PP with colour photos by the author. Hard cover, colour illustrations on front and back boards, dj. Ccpy signed by the author on half title page, and with a dedicatory note to the previous owner dated and and signed by the author on title page. Fine. 25 x 21. 9781743790786

A "Bush Heritage" tour: Randalls Bay and Oura Oura cottage by the Liffey River, in Tasmania, then to the backblocks of Eastern Australia.

74587
BROWN, Joan C.
POVERTY IS NOT A CRIME, The Development of Social Services in Tasmania 1803-1900
$35.00 AUD

Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Hobart. 1972. 1st edition. xix, 192 PP plus16 pages with19 b/w plates. Cloth cover, dust jacket. A fine copy. 25 x 17.5. 090947902X

30554
BROXAM, Graeme
SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - TASMANIA - Vol. III: 1843-1850
$45.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing / Roebuck Book. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society Publication No. 45. XIV, 603 PP with 2 graphs,and 65 b/w illust. FEP: Map of Tasmania, c. 1850s. REP: An 1830s engraving of the Paddle steamer Seahorse. Hard cover, dj. Copy signed by the author on title page. Fine. 25.8 x 18. 0958656134

32402
BROXAM, Graeme
A STEAMSHIP FOR HOBART, S.S. REEMERE 1909
$20.00 AUD

Navarine. Canberra. 1992. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies (No. 423/1000). Foreword by Ken Wriedt. II, 60 PP with 1 plan, 1 map & 46 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Signed by author. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0646113291

Story of small trading craft plying Tasmanian bays, rivers and inlets. The need to preserve and restore the SS Reemere, launched in 1909.

69074
BROXAM, Graeme
THE BASS STRAIT FERRY "CITY OF MELBOURNE', Pioneer Australian Screw Steamship
$20.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2008. 1st edition limited to 259 Ccopies. VI, 54 PP with 2 colour illustrations and b/w illustrations (chart of Bass Strait at centrefold, 4 engravings, 2 plans, and 8 photos). Pictorial stiiff covers. Signed on title page by author and publisher.. Fine. 21 x 14.8., 9780975133132

73139
BROXAM, Graeme
SHIPWRECKS OF TASMANIA'S WILD WEST COAST
$75.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1993. 1st Ed. No. 44 in the Roebuck Books series. Foreword by Jack Loney. XXX, 471 PP with b/w illustrations (plans, maps, portraits, photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Creases on the lower corner of the front cover, and spine. Back cover rubbed. Title page with name of previous owner at top and signed by the author. Very good. 24.8 x 17.6. 0646163817

Includes the wreck of the schooner Grondy late 1815, a study of the total wrecks, strandings, boating disasters... the hulks at Strahan, flotsam & jetsam.

74755
BROXAM, Graeme
SHIPWRECKS OF TASMANIA'S WILD WEST COAST, Addenda & Errata
$10.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1996. Second Edition. 28 PP with 6 b/w photos. Pict. card cover. Signed by the author on the title-page. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 095865610X

Addenda and Errata to the First Edition corrected to 30 January 1996.

61933
BROXAM, Graeme (compiler)
TERRA LINNA - The History, Recovery and Reconstruction of Tasmania's Oldest Racing Yacht
$25.00 AUD

Wooden Boat Guild Tasmania / The Vintage Boat Club of Tasmania. Hobart. 2012. Relaunch-day Souvenir Edition, limited to 100 copies. Foreword by Ross Barnett. 48 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawing at centrefold, 1 engraving and 29 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8., 9780975133170

Built 1881, relaunched on 23rd June 2012.

68393
BROXAM, Graeme (compiler)
TERRA LINNA - The History, Recovery and Reconstruction of Tasmania's Oldest Racing Yacht
$20.00 AUD

Wooden Boat Guild Tasmania / Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2017. 3rd edition with corrections and additions. Foreword by Ross Barnett. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawing at centrefold, 1 engraving and 40 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the compiler on title page. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9780975133170

Built 1881, relaunched on 23rd June 2012.

68715
BROXAM, Graeme (editor)
THE JAMES OF GEORGE TOWN - A Colonial Maritime, Mercantile and Family Correspondence: 1813-1857
$30.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 2002. 1st edition limited to 500 copies. No. 56 in Roebuck Society series. XXXII, 64 PP with 1 map and 14 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine (as new condition). 25 x 17.5. 0958656185

Captain Joseph James, Sydney shipowner and merchant: pork trade with Tahiti, sandalwood in the Austral Islands... First merchant in George Town in 1820.

70871
BROXAM, Graeme (editor)
TASMANIAN PINERS' PUNTS - Their History and Design
$40.00 AUD

Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania / Australian National Maritime Museum. Hobart. 2020. Reprint of the 2019 edition. (6), 120 PP with tables, b/w illustrations (1 drawing, 1 map of Tasmania, line drawings, sketches & plans, 14 photos) and over 100 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Dated and signed on preliminary page by Graeme Broxam, editor. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780992366063

74164
BROXAM, Graeme (editor)
TASMANIAN PINERS' PUNTS - Their History and Design
$50.00 AUD

Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania / Australian National Maritime Museum. Hobart. 2019. 1st Ed. (6), 120 PP with tables, b/w illustrations (1 drawing, 1 map of Tasmania, line drawings, sketches & plans, 14 photos) and over 100 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Dated and signed on preliminary page by Graeme Broxam, editor. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780992366063

70866
BROXAM, Graeme & CHATWIN, Dale (Editors)
PAPERS OF THE HOBART WHALING CONFERENCE: 6 - 7 May, 2019
$30.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2020. No. 67 in the Roebuck Series. 1st limited edition, signed by both editors. VIII, 165 PP, (2), with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 25.2 x 20. 9780648725213

Papers include: British and Australian Whale Fisheries, Colonial Australasian Whaling, Tasmanian and Hobart Whaling, Sealing, Australian Whaling ...

74781
BROXAM, Graeme & NASH, Michael
SHIPWRECKS OF THE FURNEAUX GROUP
$25.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2023. 1st Ed. XII, 91 PP with 5 charts, 4 maps and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Small rub at top of spine, o/wise as new. 26.5 x 21. 9780648725182

74782
BROXAM, Graeme & NASH, Michael
SHIPWRECKS OF KING ISLAND
$25.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2023. 1st Ed. XII, 76 PP with 2 charts, 4 maps and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed on the title page by Graeme Broxam (Co-author and Publisher). New. 26.5 x 21. 9780648725299

Shipwreck of: Cataraqui, in 1845 ... City of Melbourne, in 1852.

75588
BRYDEN, Dr. william (editor)
THE STORY OF TASMANIAN ABORIGINALS
$25.00 AUD

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Hobart. 1970. July 1970 reprint of the 1960 original. Foreword by W.E.L. Crowther. No pagination, 16 PP (on glossy paper) with 16 b/w illustrations (on 11 pages), and a colour plate "Governor Arthur's Proclamtion to the Aborigines, 1830" on last page. Soft covers, pictorial front by D.C. Pearse, with title, staples. Covers with faint foxing spots, otherwise near fine. 25 x 19.

71515
BUCKBY, Pauline
DAVID HOWIE, Devil or Saint
$50.00 AUD

Jamala Press. Smithton, Tasmania. 2003. 1st Ed. 186 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 plan, 1 sketch map of King Island and 38 engravings & photos. Illustrated stiff covers. Fine (mint condition). 23.5 x 15.5. 1876913088

67835
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
WIND WAVES WEATHER - TASMANIA
$10.00 AUD

Commonwealth of Australia. Canberra. 2000. December 2000 edition in the Boating Weather series. IV, 44 PP with tables and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with a couple of very small nicks, o/wise near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0642320497

Contents include: Using a barometer, Weather in Tasmania, Waves, Winds and the Beaufort scale...

70399
BURNS, Rowan
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPRINT MILLS LIMITED - 1938 - 88
$100.00 AUD

A. N. M. Hobart. 1988. Commemorative book, with a letter dated July 25 1988, signed by G. F. Gibson, Managing Director. No pagination, 56 PP with 38 b/w and 29 colour photos. Inside covers with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with flaps, title on front cover and spine, contained in a decorated box. Box with slight scratch and rubbed edges. A near fine and scarce item. 30. 26.

47874
BUTLER, Leo
TASMANIA - JEWEL-BOX OF LANDSCAPE AND HISTORY (in Qantas Airways Australia)
$10.00 AUD

Qantas Airways Ltd. Sydney. 1972/73. Vol. 38, No. 8, December 1972/January 1973. 24 PP. Contains article from P.10 to P15 with with 10 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.3 x 20.5.

74306
BUTTON, Henry
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: Floating Fragments of Life in England and Tasmania - An Autobiographical Sketch with an Outline of Responsible Government
$50.00 AUD

The Examiner Newspaper / Regal Press. Launceston, Tasmania. 1993. Facsimile reprint of the 1909 original. Foreword by Lloyd Whish-Wilson, The Examiner. (18), 471, (27 index) PP with tables and 38 b/w illustrations (drawing, photos & portraits). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine (as new condition). 21.2 x 14.5. 0949457558

Reprint ed on the occasion of the conclusion of the 150th Anniversary of "The Examiner Newspaper Ltd., with a comprehensive index compiled by Mary Dent of the Launceston Historical Society.

75606
CAHALAN, Stephenie
COLOUR AND MOVEMENT - The Life of Claudio Alcorso
$40.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2019 1st Ed. XIV, 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (documents, newspaper clippings, Sketches and photos). Pictorial stiff covers with folds. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 24. 9780648532828

74368
CALDER, James (editor)
THE CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND IN 1815 BY JAMES KELLY AND IN 1824 BY JAMES HOBBS
$100.00 AUD

Sullivan's Cove. Adelaide. 1984. Reprint of the 1881 original in an edition limited to 200 numbered copies (No.77/200). 50, (2) PP. Decorated soft cover, with label vignette on front. Fine. Scarce. 24 x 15.6.

68111
CALVERT, Hedley & GRAEME-EVANS, Alex
ALWAYS A COMPETITOR - Hedley Calvert Tasmanian Yachtsman, Orchardist and Raconteur
$40.00 AUD

Tasbook. Hobart. 1997. Limited edition. Foreword by Mike Fletcher. VI, 311 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, ribbon page marker; Eps: colour photos in the Huon Valley. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Signed by Alex Graeme-Evans, co-author, at top of title page. Fine. 30 x 21.4. 0646343947

69753
CHASE, Owen
WRECK OF THE WHALE SHIP ESSEX: The Complete Illustrated Edition: The Extraordinary and Distressing Memoir that Inspired Herman Melville's Moby-Dick
$40.00 AUD

Zenith Press. Minneapolis. 2017. 1st paperback edition, with an Introduction by Gilbert King. XXVIII, 196 PP with over 200 illustrations, drawings, fine-art prints and photos. Fp: The Charles W. Morgan. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.3 x 22.8. 9780760357361

75418
CHAU, Commodore Steve (editor)
DERWENT SAILING SQUADRON - Official Club Brochure 2017-2018
$10.00 AUD

Derwent Sailing Squadron, Inc. Hobart. 2018. 2018 edition. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (ephemera, memorabilia, plans and photos). Addendum slip for page 58 loosely inserted. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.5 x 17.

72214
CIRCULAR HEAD HERITAGE Committee
THE CIRCULAR HEAD CHRONICLE - Year 200 "Commemorative Edition"
$20.00 AUD

Circular Head Heritage Centre. Smithton, Tasmania. 1998. Vol 1, No.1 "Special Edition", December 5th 1998. 4 PP (on 5 columns). Fine. 43 x 28.5. 0646466542

Historical and Heritage story of Circular Head following the "Bass & Flinders sight Circular Head - Dec 5, 1798 "... the NW corner of Tasmania.

72215
CIRCULAR HEAD HERITAGE Committee
TIME LINE OF EVENTS IN CIRCULAR HEAD from 1798 to 2001
$25.00 AUD

Circular Head Heritage Centre. Smithton, Tasmania. 2001. 37 PP (photocopies). 29.7 x 21.

Circular Head and the NW corner of Tasmania since the sighting by Bass & Flinders of Circular Head - Dec 5, 1798, to the Centenary of Federation celebrations.

15718
CLAMPETT, Muriel E.
WHILOM WILDERNESS
$30.00 AUD

Muriel E. Clampett. Melbourne. c. 1982. 1st edition with a foreword by David Witton, England. (8), 92 PP with 18 b/w illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. Spine and boards lightly sunned. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.6 x 19. 0646123254

Family story beginning with the 1827 voyage to Tasmania of the barque "Caroline" chartered by the Van Diemen's Land Company. It ends with the release from jail of Lieut. George Ramsdale Witton who fought in the Boer War and was one of the "Scapegoats of Empire".

72226
CLARK, Carrel Inglis
THE PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA: An Historical Sketch
$20.00 AUD

H.H. Pimblett, Government Printer, Tasmania. Hobart. 1947. 1st Ed. Foreword by Robert Cosgrove, Premier. Part I: (2), 88 PP. Part II (compiled by L.A. Thomson): 30 PP. Fp: Photo of Parliament House, Hobart. Cloth covers rubbed around edges and top of spine which is a little frayed, gilt title on front board and spine. Gilt lettering dulled. Offsetting of endpapers, o/wise contents near fine.. 25.5 x 16.

75604
CLARK, Julia
THIS SOUTHERN OUTPOST - Hobart 1846-1914
$20.00 AUD

Corporation of the City of Hobart. Hobart. 1997. Reprint of the 1988 original. Forewords by Alderman Doone Kennedy, Lord Mayor 1988 and Alderman Dr. J.W. Freeman, Lord Mayor 1997. Introduction by Dr. Kay Daniels. 88 PP with 1 location map, 2 coloured plans and over 240 b/w photos. Half title page: aerial view of the harbour. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. Oblong: 23 x 30. 0731642392

73389
CLARK, Julia & Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (compiler)
ABORIGINAL PEOPLE OF TASMANIA
$10.00 AUD

Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation & Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Commission. Canberra. 1972. 1st Ed., in the "Aboriginal Australia" series. 16 PP with 10 b/w and 24 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers "Collier de Coquillages". Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0644242779

50978
CLIFFORD, Dr. Robert & LOWRIE, Kim (editors)
INCAT Profile 1999
$20.00 AUD

Incat Group of Companies. Hobart. 1999. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 2 maps, 6 b/w portraits, 12 graphs, 22 profiles of Incat vessels, and colour photos (32 photos and 33 portraits). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

69627
CLOSE, Marguerite
HISTORIC STANLEY
$15.00 AUD

Marguerite Close. Stanley, Tasmania. 1988. 3rd revised edition, of the 1975 original. Foreword by Frank Bolt. 68 PP with 35 b/w illustrations by the author. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author / artist on title page. Fine. 15.6 x 21.3. 0959851933

73872
COAD, David
PORT CYGNET 1914-1919
$50.00 AUD

David Coad. Kingston, Tasmania. 2014. 1st Ed. Volume 4 in "A History of Tasmania" series. (2), II, 199 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by the author on title page. Fine (as new condition). 29.5 x 20.8 9780980692358

75036
COCKER, Kathleen
EARLY HOUSES OF THE NORTH WEST COAST OF TASMANIA
$15.00 AUD

G.H. Stancombe of Glendessary. Western Junction. 1984. 2nd edition of the 1973 original. Forword by Dr. C. Craig. 90 PP with illustrations (34 drawings and 60 watercolours) by Miss Kathleen Cocker. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 25.5 x 18.

69661
COEN, A. J. (Tony)
RIVER & COASTAL VESSELS TRADING OUT OF HOBART 1832-2015
$100.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2017. 1st Ed. Foreword by Hon. Craig Farrell. XII, 372 PP with hundreds of b/w and colour illustrations. FEP: Shipping Apples from Huonville. REP: ... A Way of Life. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine (as new condition). 30.2 x 21.5. 9780995408258

75313
COEN, A. J. (Tony)
RIVER & COASTAL VESSELS TRADING OUT OF HOBART 1832-2015
$120.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2017. 1st Ed. Foreword by Hon. Craig Farrell. XII, 372 PP with hundreds of b/w and colour illustrations. FEP: Shipping Apples from Huonville. REP: ... A Way of Life. Pictorial laminated boards. Dedicatory note to previous owner on title page, signed by the author. Fine (as new condition). 30.2 x 21.5. 9780995408258

74240
COLLINS, Wendy (Compiler)
TASMANIA TO TARAKAN - Letters of World War II of S.J. Hopwood 1943 - 1945
$60.00 AUD

Don & Wendy Collins. Devonport. 1997. 1st Ed. Foreword by K. A. Smythe. 148 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map and 3 portraits and 23 sketches by Stephen John Hopwood, Leading Air Craftman. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.8 x 17.5. 0646340115

Enlisted in September 1943. Based in Townsville June 1944 to March 1945... Time as an Instrument Maker with the Royal Australian Air Force.

73445
COULTMAN SMITH
PORT ARTHUR through the Artist's Eyes: A Collection of Twenty Photo-Lithographic Etchings of Port Arthur by I. G. Anderson
$15.00 AUD

Coultman Smith / Mercury Press. Hobart. 1948. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 20 etchings presented and annotated by the author. Stapled card covers, illustrated front and back. Signature of previous owner at top of title page and date at bottom. Near fine. 24.6 x 18.6.

74450
COX, G. W.
SHIPS IN TASMANIAN WATERS, Riverboats, Ferries and the Floating Bridge
$15.00 AUD

Fuller's Bookshop. Hobart. 1971. 1st Ed. XI, 224 PP with 34 b/w photos. Eps: Ferry steamer. Cloth cover. Fine. 25 x 18.

Tasmania's maritime history: ferry travel, shipwrecks, steam racing. The Hobart bridge story.

69741
COX, Rex & COX, G.W.
SHIPS OF HOBART HARBOUR
$90.00 AUD

Ron Withington. Hobart. 2014. 1st Ed. XII, 612 PP with b/w illustrations (1 document, 1 sketch map, 2 plans, 3 stamps, 8 paintings and 284 photos). Vignette on title page: Hobart waterfront on 11th February 1957 with 3 Royal Australian Navy vessels (HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Sydney, HMAS Warramunga) and 2 cargo ships of the British India Steamship Company (Palamcotta & Chanda). Pictorial boards. Dedicatory note on title page signed by author Rex Cox. Fine. 23.5 x 16.5.. 9780646913636

70417
COX, Sue
BANISHED BEYOND THE SEAS - A Saga of Van Diemen's Land
$30.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2017. 1st Ed. (4), 203 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner dated and signed by the auythor. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.4. 9780648028697

74147
COX, William
A MISCELLANY OF TASMANIANA - Selected Vice-Regal Speeches
$35.00 AUD

W.J.E. Cox. Hobart. 2008. 1st Ed. XII, 199 PP with 7 b/w and 13 colour photos. Fp (in colour): The author with Argus, February 2005. Hard cover, dust jacket. A fine copy. 22 x 15.5. 9780646506036

W. J. E. Cox: 26th Governor of Tasmania: 2004 to April 2008, gave over 500 speeches. A selection of 70 excerpts devoted to Tasmanian History, Culture or Lifestyle.

72127
CRADOC
ON BRUNY ISLAND - Weekly Courier 1914
$30.00 AUD

Mrs. Kathy Duncombe. Barnes Bay, Bruny Island. 1995. 1st Ed. Transcribed by Kathy Duncombe, of articles published in the Weekly Courier in April, May and June 1914. (4), 22, (2) PP (recto only) with 2 maps of Bruny Island (North & South), 1 map "The Neck" and 38 b/w photos (photocopy quality). Soft covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 29.5 x 21. 064622686X

62589
CUMBERLAND, Charles Burrell
HOBART TOWN - From the corner of De Witt Street and Cromwell Road (colour print)
$10.00 AUD

Hobart. c. 2000. Colour print of a 1850 watercolour by Charles Burrell CUMBERLAND. Old damp mark on lower margin of the verso (not affecting the print). Near fine. Oblong format: 39.5 x 52.

15777
CUMPSTON, J. S.
THE FURNEAUX GROUP, BASS STRAIT, First Visitors 1797-1810
$10.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1978. 2nd printing of the 1972 original. Publication Roebuck Society No. 5. IV, 35 PP with 3 maps, plus 4 pages with 3 b/w photos & 1 chart on double page. Soft cover. Inscription at top of title-page and date, o/wise contents are near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0950085855

67973
CUMPSTON, J. S.
THE FURNEAUX GROUP, BASS STRAIT, First Visitors 1797-1810
$15.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1972. 1st Ed. Publication Roebuck Society No. 5. IV, 35 PP with 3 maps, plus 4 pages with 3 b/w photos & 1 chart on double page. Soft cover. Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0950085855

71155
CUMPSTON, J. S.
FIRST VISITORS TO BASS STRAIT
$40.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1973. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society publication No. 7. VIII, 103 PP with 5 maps, plus 12 pages with 17 b/w photos & 1 chart on double page. FEP: First chart of Bass Strait. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.8 x 18.5. 095008588X

51255
DALE, Michelle
TASMANIA A PLACE TO REMEMBER
$15.00 AUD

The Tasmanian Book Company. Launceston. 1996. Reprint of the 1994 edition. 160 PP with 1 map and over 110 colour photos by Dennis Harding. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19 x 14.3. 1876095032

70685
DAVEY, Richard
SARAH ISLAND. The Penal Settlement at Macquarie Harbour 1831
$10.00 AUD

The Round Earth Company. Strahan, Tasmania. 1998. 1st Ed. 16 PP with illustrations by Simon Barnard and Phil Fitzpatrick. Stapled soft wrappers. Fine. 21 x 15.

The People, Ships and Shipwrights, A guided tour.

70872
DAVIE, Jim
LATITUDE FORTY - Reminiscences of Flinders Island
$30.00 AUD

National Press. Melbourne. 1980. 1st Ed. Foreword by Stephen Murray-Smith. 51 PP with 1 map in text. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Name of previous owner at top of half-title page. Very good. 21.5 x 14. 090947026

21240
DAVIES, J. L.
THE WHALES AND SEALS OF TASMANIA
$15.00 AUD

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Hobart. 1963. 1st Ed. 29 PP (2 Index) with 27 b/w figures by author. Soft cover, illustrated front. Covers foxed and with creases. Signature of previous owner (Olaf Ruhen) at top of title page. Very good working copy. 24.5 x 18.5.

Guide to the marine mammals of Tasmania. The pinnipeds (seals, sea lions & fur seals) and the cetaceans (whales, dolphins & porpoises), endemic to Tasmania or migratory.

69782
DAVIES, J. L.
THE WHALES AND SEALS OF TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Hobart. 1963. 1st Ed. 29 PP (2 Index) with 27 b/w figures by author. Soft cover, illustrated front. Name of previous owner at top of front cover. Very good. 24.5 x 18.5.

Guide to the marine mammals of Tasmania. The pinnipeds (seals, sea lions & fur seals) and the cetaceans (whales, dolphins & porpoises), endemic to Tasmania or migratory.

61950
DAVIES, Margaret (editor)
CHARLES DARWIN IN HOBART TOWN
$30.00 AUD

Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart. 2009. 1st Ed. X, 113 PP with 1 b/w portrait, 1 b/w plate and colour illustrations (6 maps, drawings, graphs, paintings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 16.3. 9780646506364

Proceedings of a symposium held 11th February 2009, University of Tasmania.

71977
DAY, Harold E. A.
OLD SKETCHBOOKS & ALBUMS
$30.00 AUD

Hobart Press. Sandy Bay, Tasmania. 2002. 1st limited edition of 500 numbered copies (No. 491/500). 175, (5) PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (covers of sketchbooks or albums, portraits, signatures and sketches). Illustrated endpapers. Hard covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine (mint condition). Oblong: 21.2 x 27. 0957936508

24 of these: 13 sketchbooks and 11 albums.

72042
DE RUE, Yolanda
CIRCULAR HEAD
$10.00 AUD

Circular Head Heritage Centre. Smithton, Tasmania. 2005. 1st Ed. No.2 in the "Icons of Tasmania" series. 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, photos). Pictorial soft covers, title on front. Fine. Oblong: 14 x 19. 0646466542

Historical and Heritage story of the NW corner of Tasmania.

59538
DELANO, Amasa
A NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
$30.00 AUD

Cat & Fiddle Press. Hobart. 1973. Facsimile extract of the 1817 original, limited to 500 copies. 58 PP. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, o/wise fine. 22.3 x 14. 0858530104

A facsimile extract from "A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres comprising three Voyages round the World together with a Voyage of survey and discovery in the Pacific Ocean and Oriental Islands". Sealing in Bass Strait, calls of the ship Perseverance at Hobart and Sydney in 1804.

74154
DEUCHAR, Seafield
WE WERE THE FIRST
$15.00 AUD

The Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1973. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dorothy Edols. (10), 53 PP, plus 16 pages with 16 of his colour paintings. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with 2 small chips on back cover. Stamp of previous owner at top corner of front endpaper. Fine. 25 x 19. 0725600942

Trowutta, north-west Tasmania.

66532
DUMONT d'URVILLE, Captain Jules S. C.
TWO VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS - Australia, New Zealand, Oceania 1826-1829, Straits of Magellan, Chile, Oceania, New Guinea, Australia, South East Asia, Tasmania, Antarctica, New Zealand, Torres Strait 1837-1840 in the corvettes ASTROLABE 1826-1829, ASTROLABE and ZELEE 1837-1840
$30.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Paperback edition. Translated & retold by Helen Rosenman. XXXVI, 304 PP with 1 lithograph and 26 maps, plus 20 pages with 39 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers with flaps. Fine. 23 x 15.5. 9780522844320

The two great voyages of Dumont d'Urville to the Pacific and the Antarctic.

73098
DUNBABIN, Tom
MAKING THEIR OWN WAY - The Dunbabins on Maria Island: 1869 - 1876
$40.00 AUD

Tom Dunbabin / Bangor Publications. Dunalley. 2010. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 2 family trees, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers with flaps. Fine (mint condition). 24.5 x 17. 9780646542317

Appendix 3: Ships and boats of Maria Island.

73265
DUNCAN, Greg
THE WALL - Volume 1
$15.00 AUD

Greg Duncan. Hobart. 2015. 6th reprint in April 2015 of the 2009 original. No pagination, 114 PP with 85 colour photos, 2 of them on folded pages. Newspaper clipping "Frozen in time in a Tassie Frieze". Fine (mint condition). 24 x 22. 9780980520231

Sculptures on Huon pine panels.

67678
DUNCOMBE, Kathy
BRUNY ISLAND'S QUARANTINE STATION IN WAR AND PEACE
$35.00 AUD

Author / NewPrint Pty Ltd. Huntingfield, Tasmania. 2004. 1st Ed. Foreword by Alison Alexander. (1), VII, 125 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0646443003

59515
DUYKER, Edward (editor)
THE DISCOVERY OF TASMANIA, Journal Extracts from the Expeditions of Abel Janszoon Tasman and Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne
$25.00 AUD

St.David's Park. Hobart. 1992. 1st Ed. XIV, 106 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial hard cover. Few foxing spots on covers and outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24.4 x 16.8. 0724622411

Transcription & translation into English of the journal extracts from the first two European expeditions to Tasmania: the Dutch with Tasman & the French with Marion Dufresne, respectively in 1642 & 1772.

74377
EDGECOMBE, Jean
DISCOVERING FLINDERS ISLAND, The Furneaux Group
$25.00 AUD

J.M. Edgecombe. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w illust. (plans & maps, draw. & photos). Fp: Map of the Furneaux Group. Pictorial card covers. Dated and signed by the author on half title page. Fine. 21.2 x 13.8. 0646076493

History and guide of the group of islands stretching from Northeast of Tasmania towards Victoria.

73028
ELLIOTT, Barbara Anne
THE SESQUICENTENARY OF THE PIONEER FAMILIES IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND - NAMELY: John Nathaniel ELLIOTT
$15.00 AUD

B. A. Elliott / Geneva Press. Latrobe. 1973. 1st Ed. 23, (3) PP with a 2 pages familyy tree and b/w illustrations ( 1 photo "Gathering of the Clan", 1 photo of the author, 3 drawings by Miss Val Uhrmacher), plus transparency plate for "The Gathering of the Clan". Stapled card covers, illustrated front. Signature of author on title page. Fine. 21.5 x 14.

70946
EMANUEL, Cedric
PORTRAIT OF TASMANIA
$25.00 AUD

Rigby Limited. Adelaide. 1974. 1st Ed. No pagination, 84 PP with drawings and sketches. Title page with portrait of Abel Tasman and crest of Tasmania. Hard cover, dj. Brief note to previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 29 x 21. 0851797652

69507
ESSO / BHP
MAERSK GIANT / BASS STRAIT PLATFORM
$5.00 AUD

Essa / BHP. Melbourne ?. c.1989. Poster (double sided) with colour photos. Recto: "Maersk Giant", the first jack-up drilling rig to work in Bass Strait. Verso: semi-submersible Derrick Barge DB101, lifting the platform on Whiting field, Bass Strait. Near fine. Format - Poster: 59.6 x 42. / Folded: 29.8 x 21.

58186
EVANS, Kathryn
SHORE-BASED WHALING IN TASMANIA HISTORICAL RESEARCH PROJECT - Volume 2: Site Histories
$35.00 AUD

Parks and Wildlife Service. Hobart. 1993. 1st Ed. (1), 73, (1) PP (recto only) with tables, plus 33 b/w plates (7 with maps " Whaling Station Locations" and 26 pages with 29 figures). Soft cover, pictorial front (whalebone at Port Davey). Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

Report dealing with the historic Tasmanian bay whaling industry.

70695
EVANS, Kathryn
SHORE-BASED WHALING IN TASMANIA HISTORICAL RESEARCH PROJECT - Volume 1: A Social and Economic History
$30.00 AUD

Parks and Wildlife Service. Hobart. 1993. 1st Ed. (1), 62 PP with tables and 2 b/w illustrations, plus 9 b/w plates. All illustrations: photocopy quality. Soft cover, pictorial front (whaling station, Wineglass Bay). Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Report dealing with the historic Tasmanian bay whaling industry.

74068
FAGAN, Mavis, ISLES, Irene & CRETAN, Janet (editors)
THE HAMILTON LITERARY SOCIETY 1889-1989
$25.00 AUD

Hamiltion Literary Society 1989-90. Hobart. 1989. 1st Ed. (4), 78 PP with 9 b/w illustrations (1 photostat copy of a letter, 1 painting of Teresa T. Hamilton by Tennyson Cole and 7 photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 20.5 x 14.2.

In Honour of the Hamilton Literary Society's 100th Birthday.

70690
FARRAR, Derek & CRUISING YACHT CLUB OF TASMANIA (compiler)
D'ENTRECASTEAUX WATERWAYS - A Guide to the Waterways of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and its tributaries
$25.00 AUD

Tasmanian Government Publication. Hobart. c. 1998. 1st Ed. 78 PP with b/w illustrations: 2 drawings by Neil Lamont & 6 figures, 1 location map and 27 maps/plans (in colour). Inside back cover: 9 colour illustrations "Common Channel Fish". Plastic folder with 42 clear plastic sleeves containing the 78 pages and original wrappers, spiral bound. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 0724623361

Includes anchorages, list of boat ramps, list of lights, ...

71919
FENTON, Tony
A HISTORY OF PORT DAVEY, South West Tasmania. Volume One: Fleeting Hopes
$40.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2017. 1st Ed. Foreword by Christobel Mattingley. XXII, 312 PP with 7 maps, b/w and colour illustrations (charts, drawings, engravings, maps, paintings, photos and portraits). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (mint condition). 24 x 17.5. 9780995408241

Landfall and first contacts... Gold Fever. Whaling. Huon Pines... Tin Rush... Shipwrecks on an inhospitable coast.

74174
FERRALL, Sir Raymond & HUGHES, Owen
HEART OF THE NORTH
$20.00 AUD

Owen Hughes Photography Pty Ltd.. Launceston. 1988. 1st printing. Introduction by Alderman A. Tsinoglou, Mayor of Launceston. 128 PP with colour illustrations: 1 map of Tasmania with an insert and 142 photos. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dedicatory note on title page, signed by Owen Hughes, Master Photographer. Fine. 29.2 x 21.5. 0959014527

71590
FINCH, Colin (editor)
TASMANIAN SAFE BOATING HANDBOOK
$5.00 AUD

MAST / Marine and Safety Tasmania. Hobart. 1997. 1st edition. 80 PP with tables and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Oblong. Near fine. 13.3 x 20.5.

15509
FISHER, E. M. (editor)
THE TASMANIAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S TIME TABLE and Guide to Tasmanian Railways, &c. &c.
$25.00 AUD

Navarine Publication. Canberra. 1996. "Magnified" facsimile edition of the June 1888 original. 52 PP with 1 map of SE Australia/Tasmania at centrefold and 1 b/w photo of S.S. Oonah. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 0958656118

A guide to commercial marine, rail and road transport available to Tasmanian travellers in June 1888: colonial, intercolonial and overseas.

51114
FITZGERALD, Simon (editor)
MARINE AND SAFETY TASMANIA. Annual Report 1997-1998
$10.00 AUD

Marine and Safety Tasmania. Hobart. 1998. 1st yearly edition. 28 PP with tables and 8 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

62590
FORREST, Haughton
HOBART, 1886 (colour print)
$10.00 AUD

Glazed Images. Hobart. c. 1995. Colour print of the 1886 original painting (oil on canvas). Fine. Oblong format: 37 x 64.5

73084
FORSTER, Harley, W. (editor)
THE DILLINGHAM CONVICT LETTERS
$15.00 AUD

Cypress Books & Victorian Historical Association. Melbourne. 1970. 1st Ed. in the "Cypress Historical Backgrounds No. 4". 27 PP . Stiff covers, title on front cover. Near fine. 21.2 x 13.7

Richard Dillingham was transported to Van Diemen's Land on board the Catherine Stewart Forbes. Assigned to David Lamb of Sandy Bay. ...

71204
FOWLER, R.M.
THE FURNEAUX GROUP, Bass Strait: A History
$55.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1980. 1st Ed. Publication No. 28 in the Roebuck Society series. VIII, 394 PP, plus 36 pages with 8 charts & 60 b/w illust. FEP: Chart of Bass Strait. REP: "Stokes' Chart of the Furneaux Group. Decorated boards rubbed and worn around edges. Name of previous owner on verso of front endpaper. Contents near fine. Scarce. 23.8 x 16.5. 0909434204

74071
FROST, Bob
A QUICK TRIP AROUND TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD

R. Frost. Franklin, Tas. 2019. 1st Ed. No pagination, 40 PP with 47 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.

Beautiful colour photos by Bob Frost of Franklin.

74072
FROST, Bob
A QUICK TRIP ROUND TASMANIA
$50.00 AUD

R. Frost. Franklin, Tas. 2019. 1st Ed. No pagination, 104 PP with 100 colour photos. Cloth cover, front cover with colour photo pasted down in the centre. Dedicatory note signed by the author / photographer on front endpaper. Fine (as new condition). Oblong: 21.7 x 28.

Beautiful colour photos by Bob Frost of Franklin.

75691
GARDAM, Faye
SHIFTING SANDS - A History of the Mersey River, Devonport
$100.00 AUD

Devonport Maritime Museum and Historical Society, Inc. Devonport. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by Robert B. Vellacott, Chairman. (2), XII, 144 PP with b/w illustrations (1 location map, 2 maps, 4 plans, documents and drawings, photos, portraits), plus 24 plates with 31 colour illustrations (map, paintings and photos). Pictorial stiff covers with just slight wear. Signed by the author on title page. Contents fine. Rare. 23.7 x 18. 0959321942

73978
GARDAM, Julie
THE SNUG: A History of Snug - Electrona- Coningham area
$40.00 AUD

Julie Gardam. Snug, Tasmania. 2007. 1st Ed. 212 PP with b/w illustrations: charts, maps & plans, facsimile of documents or newspaper articles, photos. Plus the 4 page "corrected index for pages 209 to 212, loosely inserted. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Fine. 20.8 x 14.8.

74582
GARDINER, A.G.
LIFE OF GEORGE CADBURY
$30.00 AUD

Cassell & Company. London. 1923. 1st Ed. ix, 324 PP plus 9 pages with 12 b/w plates. Fp: George Cadbury at the age of 78. Blue cloth cover with device on front, gilt title on spine. Minimal shkelf wear and occasional light foxing. A near fine copy. 22 x 14.5.

George Cadbury was the third son of John Cadbury, a Quaker who founded Cadbury's cocoa and chocolate company in Britain.

75592
GEE, Helen (compiler / editor)
FOR THE FORESTS - A History of the Tasmanian Forest Campaigns
$50.00 AUD

The Wilderness Society. Hobart. 2001. 1st edition. Foreword by Mary E. White. XVI, 378 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons & drawings, maps & sketch maps, newspaper clippings, plans, photos...), plus 8 pages with colour illustrations (1 map on double page and 18 photos). Hard covers, gilt logo of the wilderness society and title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 28.5 x 22. 9781875768097

... and campaigners.

75454
GEEVES, Lance
SOUTHWARD HO! - A Southland Argosy which sought and found the golden fleece of freedom in the Huon, Tasmania
$70.00 AUD

Lance Geeves / Huon Newspaper Co. Ltd. Geeveston, Tasmania. 1988. 1st edition of July 1988. 232 PP with 28 b/w illustrations. FEP: Sketch map of Tasmania and map of Southern Tasmania. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 21.8 x 14. 0731645847

The author was a former editor of the weekly newspaper "Huon News". The sub-title on front cover is: A history of the origin, culture and characteristics of people who settled the Great South Land.

69235
GEEVES, M. D., GRIGGS, G. C., HONEYSETT, J. L., JOHNSTON, R. A. et al...
SAILING ON... A History of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania 1880-1980
$20.00 AUD

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Hobart. 1980. 1st edition, with a foreword by His Excellency The Honourable Sir Stanley Burbury. XII, 256 PP with 2 maps and 84 b/w photos (82 on full page). Fp: Mouth of the Derwent River. Eps: Cadet Dinghies, Invitation Race, 1970. Cloth cover, simile leather, gilt device and title on front cover and spine, dj. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 18. 0959621415

73696
GEEVES, M. D., GRIGGS, G. C., HONEYSETT, J. L., JOHNSTON, R. A. et al...
SAILING ON... A History of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania 1880-1980
$50.00 AUD

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Hobart. 1980. 1st edition, with a foreword by His Excellency The Honourable Sir Stanley Burbury. XII, 256 PP with 2 maps and 84 b/w photos (82 on full page). Fp: Mouth of the Derwent River. Eps: Cadet Dinghies, Invitation Race, 1970. Cloth cover, simile leather, gilt device and title on front cover and spine, dj. Dedicatory vignette signed by the Commodore Clive Simpson with congratulations in becoming a RYCT Member in 201O (100th anniversary). A fine copy. 24 x 18. 0959621415

72699
GILMOUR, Martin & HUGHES, Owen
FOR THE LOVE OF TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD

Owen Hughes. Launceston. 1985. 1st printing. Foreword by Sir Raymond Ferrall. 144 PP with colour illustrations: 1 map of Tasmania, 42 location maps, (Coat of Arm, Floral Emblem, and Flag of Tasmania) and over 140 photos. Fp: Port Arthur at Sunrise. Hard cover, simile leather with title on front board and spine. Fine. 30.5 x 24. 0959014500

74144
GODWIN
GODWIN'S EMIGRANTS GUIDE TO VAN DIEMEN'S LAND,..
$100.00 AUD

Tasmanian Government Printing Office. Hobart. 1990. Limited facsimile edition of 1823 original (No.203/500). 90 PP plus 8 PP and 2 folded plates (South West View of Hobart Town and Chart of Van Diemen's Land). Half bound leather and suede boards, gilt title on front cover and spine, ribbon page-marker. A fine copy. Scarce. 23.5 x 14. 0724625046

.."More Properly called Tasmania, containing a Description of its climate, soil, and productions; A form of Application for Free Grants of Land; with a Scale enabling persons in inland towns, to estimate the expense of a passage for any given number of men, women, or children, A List of the most necessary Articles to take out, and other information Useful to Emigrants".

74236
GOODRICK, Joan
LIFE IN OLD VAN DIEMENS LAND
$15.00 AUD

Rigby Ltd. Alelaide. 1977. 1st Ed. (8), 220 PP, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w illustrations. Hard covers, dj. Stamp of previous owner at top of half title page, o/wise a fine copy. 22 x 14.2. 0727005405

71243
GREAVES, Molly
MEMOIRS OF FREYCINET, TASMANIA - A history in Images & Verse
$35.00 AUD

Author. Coles Bay, Tasmania. 2008. 1st Ed. Preface by Bertrand Cadart, Mayor. XXII, 138 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new). 23.8 x 16.8. 9780980562729

73017
GREY, Lyn
BASS STRAIT ADVENTURES
$15.00 AUD

Lyn Grey / Printing Department, University of Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1993. 1st Ed. (2), 26, (1) PP with 16 b/w photos, plus 1 map on double page at centrefold. Card cover, illustrated front. Few foxing spots at top of front cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5.

Through the Furneaux group, on the Whiskas, a 13 ft Hawk Catamaran.

70369
HAMILTON, D.J. & J.B.
Through THE BLIGH MUSEUM OF PACIFIC EXPLORATION, Adventure Bay
$15.00 AUD

Bligh Museum. Adventure Bay, Bruni Island. 1956. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 4 b/w photos. Soft covers, pictorial front with title, staples removed. Small rubbed patches on front cover. Contents near fine. 23 x 16.5.

Published for the Official Opening of the Museum by The Right Honourable Sir Ronald Cross, Governor of Tasmania on 1st of March 1956.

75214
HAMILTON, Dora & Bruce
IN THE QUEST OF THE GREAT SOUTHLAND - An Account of the Origin of the Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration
$15.00 AUD

Bligh Museum / Mercury. Adventure Bay, Bruni Island. 1963. 1st Ed. 15 PP. Soft covers, decoration and title on a lightly soiled front cover. Contents near fine. 22.2 x 15.8.

Recorded during 1963.

68403
HAMMOND, David
THE HUON VALLEY - Yesterday & Today
$20.00 AUD

Southern Holdings. Huonville, Tasmania. 1995. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w photos. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0949089265

A pictorial record.

70188
HAMMOND, David
MARITIME AUSTRALIA - Volume 1 - THE PORT OF HOBART, TASMANIA - A Pictorial Record
$35.00 AUD

Southern Holdings. Huonville, Tasmania. 1996. 1st Ed. 154 PP with b/w illustrations (plans and photos) and 6 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers a little rubbed and a small crease at bottom corner, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 29.8 x 20.9. 0949089400

A pictorial insight into Hobart's waterfront history, the ketches, sailing ships, ocean liners, ferries and river steamers, the whalers, explorers, scientists and watermen, the wharves, piers, shipyards and slipways, with landscapes of yesterday and today.

73844
HARE, Rosalie & LEE, Ida
THE VOYAGE OF THE CAROLINE: from England to Van Diemen's Land and Batavia in 1827-28 ...
$250.00 AUD

Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd. London. 1927. 1st Ed. XIV, 308 PP, plus over 40 b/w plates (8 of them folded) with over 42 illustrations (manuscript pages, portraits, charts & maps, portraits and prints ...). Fp: Cover of the Journal. Blue cloth covers, rebacked with original spine pasted down. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. Contents are clean and overall, this is a very good copy of a scarce item. 22.8 x 14.5.

... with chapters on the Early History of Northern Tasmania, Java, Mauritius and St. Helena, by Ida Lee (Mrs Charles Bruce Marriott).

70235
HARRINGTON, Julian (compiler)
An Oral History of the TASMANIAN SEAFOOD INDUSTRY - Volume 1: North Eastern Tasmania
$15.00 AUD

Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council. Hobart. c. 2012. 1st Ed. (2), 46 PP with 30 b/w and 18 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.6.

73027
HARRISON, J. N. D. (editor)
COURT IN THE COLONY - Hobart Town, May 1824
$20.00 AUD

The Law Society of Tasmania. Hobart. 1974. 1st Ed. Foreword by G. S. M. Green. 44 PP with 3 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. 21 x 13.5.

To mark the Sesquicentenary of the Supreme Court: 10th May 1824 - 10th May 1974.

73137
HAY, Peter & MALES, Nathan
RECHERCHE BAY / ESPERANCE CAMP (in 40° South Tasmania)
$10.00 AUD

40 Degrees South Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2006. Issue No. 41, Winter / June 2006, edited by Warren Boyles and Lyn Wilson. 80 PP. Contains 2 articles pages 57 to 65 with 3 b/w illustrations (prints) and 14 colour illustrations (1 print and 13 photos), and a 2 pages advertisement "Recherche Bay needs your help". Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 27.4 x 21.

Securing our heritage with TLC (Tasmanian Land Conservancy): Esperance Camp / Recherche Bay. Sequel to the Bruny d'Entrecasteaux expeditions of 1792 and 1793.

73012
HOBART
PICTURESQUE HOBART, Tasmania and Surroundings
$45.00 AUD

Spurlings Pty Ltd. Launceston. c. 1925. No pagination, 32 PP with 54 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Foxing spots affecting the covers. Very good. Oblong: 24.5. x 31.5.

73014
HOBART
100 YEARS OF HOBART
$30.00 AUD

Mercury Press. Hobart. 1957. No pagination, 28 PP with 46 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Slight insect damage on rear cover, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 22.5. x 33.

Full adult status as a City, since December 1857.

40027
HOBART GAZETTE
THE HOBART TOWN GAZETTE AND SOUTHERN REPORTER - Volumes III & IV January 3, 1818 to December 25, 1819
$25.00 AUD

Public Library of New South Wales / Platypus Publications. Hobart. 1967. 1st facsimile edition. The William Dixson Foundation, Publication No. 9. No pagination (2), IV, (238), (47 index) PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 31.8 x 23.2.

Volume 3 - No. 84 (Saturday, January 3, 1818) to No. 188 (Saturday, December 25, 1819).

19867
HOOPER, R.H.
THE KING ISLAND STORY
$20.00 AUD

Fullers Bookshop. Hobart. 1980. 2nd edition in paperback form, of the 1973 original. XV, 153 PP plus 16 pages with 30 bw illust. Fp: Map of King Island. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Fine. 24 x 17.

70668
HOOPER, R.H.
THE KING ISLAND STORY
$30.00 AUD

Peko-Wallsend. Sydney. 1973. 1st Ed. Foreword by W. F. Ellis. Edited by Dr. Mark Richmond. XV, 153 PP with tables, plus 16 pages with 30 bw illust. Fp: Map of King Island. Eps: L'éléphant marin ou phoque à trompe - Ile King - Nouvelle-Hollande. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket is a little soiled with a few small rubs. An otherwise fine copy. 24.5 x 17.8.

72549
HOPE, Anthony
The Remarkable CAPTAIN JAMES KELLY of Van Diemen's Land
$70.00 AUD

Anthony Hope. Hobart. 2020. 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain Peter Martin. 180 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. As new. 30.5 x 21.5. 9780648954880

First Australian born Master Mariner. Whaling, Sealing ...

69432
HOPKINS, David L.
TASMANIA'S GOLDEN YEARS REVISITED: from Boom to Bust and back in the Island State of Tasmania
$125.00 AUD

Peregrine Publishing. Hobart. 2013. 1st edition. Foreword by Eric Reece and Saul Eslake. (2), 420 PP. Design with over 1650 artworks and illustrations (drawings, engravings, sketches and photos) by David Hopkins (3 in colour, others in b/w). Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Half title page with sticker of the "Printing Industries Gold Award Winner - 2013", and signed by the author. Mint condition. 31.5 x 24. 9780958709293

69433
HOPKINS, David L.
THE CONVICT ERA IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
$85.00 AUD

Peregrine Publishing. Hobart. 2016. 1st edition in a combined form of the 3 separate books of 1993. Foreword by Michael Field. (6), 114 PP. Design with b/w or colour artworks and illustrations (drawings, engravings, sketches and photos) by David Hopkins. Pictorial soft covers. Half title page signed by the author. Mint condition. 29.7 x 21. 978097576663

70726
HOPKINS, David L.
THE SHIPPING HISTORY OF THE BASS STRAIT CROSSING
$35.00 AUD

Taswegia. Hobart. 2003. 4th edition of the 1994 original. (2), 50 PP with b/w illustrations. FEP: Ketch Woollomai. REP: A fine collection of Maritime Memorabilia. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21.5. 0646186353

History in pictures & text of the regular passenger ferries crossing Bass Strait, a treacherous stretch of water.

71310
HOPKINS, David L.
THE HUON PINERS
$35.00 AUD

Taswegia Marketing. Hobart. 2014. 2nd revised edition of the 2004 original. (2), 52, (2) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, plans, photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0958709254

72120
HOPKINS, David L.
THE GOLDEN YEARS of TASMANIA - From boom to almost bust and back again in the island State, Tasmania
$40.00 AUD

St David's Park Publishing. Hobart. 1991. 1st edition. Foreword by Eric Reece. 272 PP, with hundreds of b/w illustrations: art works (drawings, engravings, sketches) by David Hopkins and photos. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed and with a sunned spine. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 31.5 x 23.5. 9780724625369

72889
HOPKINS, Peter (editor)
TASMANIAN SAFE BOATING HANDBOOK
$5.00 AUD

MAST / Marine and Safety Tasmania. Hobart. 2008. December 2008 edition. 76 PP with tables and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Oblong. Near fine. 14.8 x 21.

65517
HOWARD, Patrick
TO HELL OR TO HOBART
$30.00 AUD

Wellington Bridge Press. Kingston, Tasmania. 2012. Reprint of the 20012 paperback "Revised Edition" (original of 1993). 276 PP with over 6 tables and 55 b/w or colour illustrations. Fp: Stephen and Ellen Howard at Geeveston in the 1890s. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 14.8. 9781921767074

The story of an Irish couple transported to Tasmania in the 1840s.

73009
HOWROYD, E. R.
DISTINGUISHED TASMANIANS
$65.00 AUD

J. Walch & Sons. Hobart. 1940. 1st Ed. Foreword by E. Dwyer Gray, Premier of Tasmania. 63 PP with some 300 caricatures of "Distinguished Tasmanians" on 29 of the pages. Stiff covers with light soiling and wear, illustrated front. Contents near fine. Large format: 31 x 25.2.

72365
HURLEY, Frank
THE GARDEN OF TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD

Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department. Hobart. 1947. 1st Ed. No pagination, 32 PP with 1 map of Tasmania on back cover and 20 colour & 38 b/w photos by Frank Hurley. Pictorial stiff covers with light wear/soiling, o/wise contents near fine. 30.5 x 24.2.

A souvenir of interesting views & scenes from all parts of Tasmania.

75158
HURLEY, Frank
TASMANIA - A Glance at its History, Beauty, Resources and Development over a period of 150 years
$40.00 AUD

John Sands Pty Ltd. Sydney. 1953. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 30 colour illustrations (1 map of Tasmania and 29 photos) and 58 b/w illustrations (1 chart, 1 painting and 56 photos). Hard covers, crest of Tasmania and title on front board, gilt title on a cloth spine. A near fine copy. Scarce. 26 x 20.5.

A camera study by Frank Hurley.

13935
JACKMAN, S.W.
TASMANIA
$15.00 AUD

Wren Publishing. Melbourne. 1974. 1st Ed in "The Islands" series. 200 PP with 1 map on double page and 32 bw illust. in text. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 22.4 x 14. 0858850478

Short historical account, physical environment, economic life...

73406
JEFFERYS, Greg
HEROES AND VILLAINS - The astounding untold story of the founders of Cascade Brewery
$40.00 AUD

J.A.G. Publications. Woodbridge, Tas. 2013. 1st Ed. XVII, 238 PP with 50 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, maps, portraits and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine/as new condition. 21 x 14.8. 9780646910468

Peter Degraves & Major Hugh Macintosh, and their "Hope", a Sharp built ship, shipwrecked at Hope Beach, South Arm, mouth of the Derwent River, in April 1827.

73042
JEFFREY, Mark
A BURGLAR'S LIFE or the Stirring Adventures of the Great English Burglar
$20.00 AUD

J. Walch & Sons. Hobart. c. 1910. Reprint in the "Tales of the Early Days" series. 124, (4) PP, plus 2 b/w plates on Port Arthur Convicts Settlement. Soft covers, picrorial front, Ageing and foxing of paper. Very good. 21 x 13.5.

A thrilling adventures of the dark days of convictism in Australia.

74778
JEFFREY, Ray
THE HISTORY OF SCOUTING IN TASMANIA: 1909-1985
$150.00 AUD

The Scout Association of Australia, Tasmanian Branch. Hobart. 1990. 1st edition, llimited 1000 numbered copies (No. 192/1000). Foreword by General Sir Phillip Bennett, Governor of Tasmania. 248 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons, drawings, facsimile of documents & photos). Hard covers (retaining original soft covers), gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine (as new condition). Scarce. 21.4 x 15.3. 0949180084

73011
JENNINGS, J. N.
THE COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY OF KING ISLAND, BASS STRAIT, in Relation to Changes in the Relative Level of Land and Sea
$30.00 AUD

Queen Victoria Museum. Launceston. 1959. March 1959 edition by W.F. Ellis, Director of the Museum. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, New Series, No. 11. 39 PP with tables and 8 figures (2 of them Nos. 2 and 4 on folded plates). Soft covers, illustration and title on front cover, staples. Near fine. 24.5 x 18.5.

73005
JERMY, Pete & SIMCO, Michael
LAUNCESTON, on old picture postcards
$35.00 AUD

Llanfair Creative Electronic Publishing. Ulverstone. 1997. 1st edition, in the "Yesterday's Tasmania" series No. 4. 36 PP with 65 b/w photos. Inside back cover: sketch map of Tasmania. Stiff covers, illustrated front and back. Dedicatory note inside front cover dated and signed by Pete Jermy. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5. 1876214023

73023
JERMY, Pete, SIMCO, Michael & BROADFIELD, Peter
ULVERSTONE, PENGUIN and FORTH, on old picture postcards
$20.00 AUD

Llanfair Creative Electronic Publishing. Ulverstone. 1995. 1st edition, in the "Yesterday's Tasmania" series No. 1. 36 PP with 64 b/w photos. Inside back cover: sketch map of Tasmania. Stiff covers, illustrated front and back. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5. 0646245996

61457
JOHNSON, Dianne
BRUNY D'ENTRECASTEAUX and his encounter with Tasmanian Aborigines: From Provence to Recherche Bay
$35.00 AUD

Blue Mountain Education and Research Trust. Lawson, NSW. 2012. 1st Ed. (XII), 121 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover with light creases. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 9780646570563

72997
JOHNSON, Jane (editor)
FRANKLIN HISTORY - "THE BOWMONT", A Story of Three Eras
$25.00 AUD

Huon Valley News. Franklin, Tas. 2011. March 2011 edition. 2-28, (1) PP with 23 b/w illustrations . Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 20.8 x 14.6.

Commercial Bank of Tasmania: 1906-1921. English, Scottish and Australian Bank: 1921-1943. Bowmont Hospital: 1945-1965. The Bowmont Community Centre.

73496
JOHNSTON, Ian
THE SHANK - A Rutter for Anchorage in Tasmania's Southwest
$125.00 AUD

Ian Johnston & Everything Everything Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2018. 1st edition. Foreword by Paul Cullen, Australian Wooden Boat Festival. 190 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, 3 sketches, 19 sketch maps (one with an inset), and colour photos. Pictorial boards, title on front board and spine. New. 28.5 x 24.5. 9780992588229

74790
JOHNSTON, N.C.
ROMANTIC CAPE BARREN (in Walkabout Magazine - Vol.13, No.2 - December 1946)
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1946. Contains article from P.20 to 21 with one b/w map. Pictorial soft covers with light wear and staples removed. Very good. 30 x 24.

Other articles: Broken Hill Today, New Holland, Early Dutch Explorations in Australia by Myra Drummond, The Striated Grass-Wren, Brush-Box of the Jungle.

72701
JONES, Elizabeth
RICHMOND - TASMANIA: A Crossing Place
$20.00 AUD

Richmond Preservation and Development Trust. Richmond, Tas. 1973. 1st Ed. Foreword by H.N. Macleod. 80 PP with b/w 13 illustrations (1 photo, 1 plan of the Court House and 11 line drawings by Mr. Moon), plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations (1 manuscript and 9 photos). Eps: Plan of Richmond. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 25.5 x 18. 0959861904

73083
JONES, Richard (editor)
DAMANIA - The Hydro-Electric Commission, The Environment & Government in Tasmania
$40.00 AUD

Fullers Bookshop (Publishing Division). Hobart. 1972. 1st Ed., with an Introduction by Syd Eldridge. XII, 112 PP with 8 tables. Stiff covers, illustrated front, staples, cloth spine. Covers lightly soiled. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 18.3 x 11.9. 085853004X

Proceedings of a Symposium held in Hobart November 1971. Emergence of the Australian Environmental Conscience - Tasmania and Lake Pedder in Perspective, by Milo Dunphy. ... Wilderness Conservation and the Generation of Electric Power, by Brue Davidson.

68334
JOUFFROY-GAUJA, F. K., BEAULIEU, J - P. & DONATOWICZ, J. C.
SECRET GARDEN AT RECHERCHE BAY - 1792
$40.00 AUD

Ancient Art of the South Seas. Hobart. 2016. 1st edition of February 2016. 96 PP with 4 sketch maps, 28 b/w and 24 colour illustrations. Title page: Lahaye's garden on chart of Port du Nord. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25 x 21. 9782953563559

Felix Lahaye and the French Garden set on 23 April 1792 at Recherche Bay, during the expedition led by Rear-Admiral Bruny d'Entrecasteaux.

41888
JUDD, H. W.
PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE WEST COAST OF TASMANIA
$15.00 AUD

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Hobart. 1976. Facsimile of the 1909 original. 136 PP with 48 pages of period advertisements, and 78 b/w photos. Limp cloth cover with a little light speckling. Old tiny insect hole/mark on Page 3/4, o/wise very good. Oblong: 14.7 x 25.

72271
JULEN, Hans
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE TASMANIAN WEST COAST
$20.00 AUD

Mary Fisher Bookshop. Launceston. 1974. 1st Ed. (4), 47 PP with 2 sketch maps (1 at centrefold). Stapled card covers. Near fine 21.5 x 14. 0959920714

Discovery in 1815, convict settlement early 1822..

72123
KEATING, W. D.
THE STORY OF SHIPPING DISASTERS ON KING ISLAND
$15.00 AUD

"News" Office. Currie, King Island. c. 1957. 3rd Reprint, in "Echoes of the Past" series. No pagination, 8 PP (on 2 columns) with 1 sketch map and 5 b/w photos. Soft cover, title and location map on front cover, staples. Light ageing of paper. Very good. 21.2 x 14.5.

Wrecks on the 120 miles of King Island's coast, 1801 to 1934. "The marine graveyard of Bass Strait".

37793
KERR, Garry & McDERMOTT, Harry
THE HUON PINE STORY - The history of harvest and use of a unique timber
$70.00 AUD

Mainsail Books. Portland, Vic. 2000. 1st Ed. (8), 299 PP with 4 maps, numerous b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Huon Pine (young tree), by S. dean. Title page: Marble Cliffs, Gordon River, World Heritage Area, Tasmania. FEP: Map of Strahan / Macquarie Harbour. REP: Map of Birch Inlet / Macquarie Harbour. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Near fine. 28.3 x 21.5. 0957791704

Chapter 8: The Rivermen. Chapter 9: the Piner's Punt. Chapter 10: The Riverboats.

71853
KERSHAW, R. C. & SUTHERLAND, F. L.
QUARTERNARY GEOMORPHOLOGY OF FLINDERS ISLAND
$20.00 AUD

Queen Victoria Museum. Launceston. 1972. January 1972 edition by W.F. Ellis, Director of the Museum. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, No. 43. (2), 28 PP with 1 table, 1 folded "Geomorphological sketch map of Flinders Island" and 12 b/w photos. Soft cover, title on front cover, staples. Near fine. 24.7 x 18.7.

75626
KLEINIG, Simon
JACK THWAITES - Pioneer Tasmanian Bushwalker & Conservationist
$50.00 AUD

Simon Kleinig/Forty Degrees South. Lindisfarne, Tasmania. 2008. 1st Ed. XXII, (2), 261 PP with 10 maps with colour on full page and b/w or colour illustrations (1 sketch and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Dated and signed on half title page by Anne Thwaites, his daughter. Fine (as new condition). 22.8 x 15.2. 9780980400663

75613
KNOPWOOD, Robert
KNOPWOOD'S HOBART TOWN DIARY: 15 February 1804 - 28 February 1805
$40.00 AUD

Banks Society / Colony Press. Melbourne. 2007. 1st edition with an introduction by John Currey. 91, (1) PP, plus 6 b/w plates. Fp: Death mask of Robert Knopwood. Half title page with signature of Robert Knopwood. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. Scarce. 21 x 15. 0949586226

75614
KNOPWOOD, Robert
KNOPWOOD'S PORT PHILLIP DIARY: 9 October 1803 - 31 January 1804
$50.00 AUD

Banks Society / Colony Press. Melbourne. 2004. Revised edition of the 2002 original with introduction and endmatter by John Currey. 48, (2) PP, plus 7 b/w plates. Fp: Death mask of Robert Knopwood. Half title page with signature of Robert Knopwood. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. Scarce. 21 x 15. 0949586129

58185
KOSTOGLOU, Parry
SHORE BASED WHALING IN TASMANIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECT - Volume 1: Industry Overview and Recommendations
$25.00 AUD

Parks and Wildlife Service Hobart. 1995. Ist Ed. IV, 66 PP with 8 maps or plans and 10 b/w plates. Soft cover, pictorial front (sandstone chimney base, Okehampton Bay). Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

Second report dealing with the historic Tasmanian bay whaling industry.

74508
KOSTOGLOU, Parry
SHORE BASED WHALING IN TASMANIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECT - Volume 2: Results of Fieldwork
$50.00 AUD

Parks and Wildlife Service Hobart. 1995. Ist Ed. V, 167 PP, plus 75 pages with 91 figures & 9 plates with 20 photos. Soft covers, pictorial front (stacked stone sealers hut on Isle du Phoque). Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

Second report for the Parks and Wildlife Service.

70691
LAING, Robert (compiler)
ANCHORAGE GUIDE "VAN DIEMENS LAND CIRCUMNAVIGATION"
$25.00 AUD

Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1997. 1st Ed. (2), 98, (2) PP with 1 map of Tasmania and 78 sketch maps. 2 folded pages on Macquarie harbour loosely inserted. Pictorial soft covers protected by clear plastic, spiral bound. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

71864
LAST, P. R., SCOTT, E. O. G. & TALBOT, F. H.
FISHES OF TASMANIA
$120.00 AUD

T.F.D.A./Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority. Hobart. 1983. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dr. T. G. Dix. VIII, 563 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 profile "Zones of the Sea", drawings, sketches, artworks and photos). Illustrated cloth cover with pictorial dust jacket. Jacket has a few small chips/rubs and a lightly sunned spine and is in a protective sleeve. An otherwise fine copy of a scarce item. 25.5 x 18. 0724611266

63674
LATHWELL, Jennifer & David
FROM FRANCE TO FREYCINET - The background to the French names on the East Coast of Tasmania
$20.00 AUD

Glamorgan Spring Bay Council. Hobart. 2008. 2008 reprint sponsored by The Embassy of France. No pagination, 32 PP with 1 chart in b/w and 33 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 9780646496870

48597
LAWSON, Will & The Shiplovers' Society of Tasmania
BLUE GUM CLIPPERS AND WHALE SHIPS OF TASMANIA
$15.00 AUD

Georgian House. Melbourne. 1949. 1st Ed. 261 PP, plus 30 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing ships at New Wharf in 1881. Cloth covers. Covers marked and spine sunned. Faint foxing on outside edges and offsetting on endpapers, o/wise very good. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 22 x 14.5.

Early whaling, trading and shipbuilding in Tasmania.

69030
LAWSON, Will & The Shiplovers' Society of Tasmania
BLUE GUM CLIPPERS AND WHALE SHIPS OF TASMANIA
$10.00 AUD

D. & L. Book Distributor. Launceston. 1986. Facsimile reprint of the 1949 original. 261 PP, plus 30 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing ships at New Wharf in 1881. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.

Early whaling, trading and shipbuilding in Tasmania.

69926
LAWSON, Will & The Shiplovers' Society of Tasmania
BLUE GUM CLIPPERS AND WHALE SHIPS OF TASMANIA
$30.00 AUD

Georgian House. Melbourne. 1949. 1st Ed. 261 PP, plus 30 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing ships at New Wharf in 1881. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with small chips and tears. 2 newspaper articles pasted down on front and rear endpaper. Light foxing. An otherwise clean and very good copy. 22 x 14.5.

Early whaling, trading and shipbuilding in Tasmania.

72765
LAWSON, Will & The Shiplovers' Society of Tasmania
BLUE GUM CLIPPERS AND WHALE SHIPS OF TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD

Georgian House. Melbourne. 1949. 1st soft cover edition. 261 PP, plus 30 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing ships at New Wharf in 1881. Stiff covers, dj (price clipped). Light foxing on the outside edges, o/wise in fine condition. 21.5 x 14.

Early whaling, trading and shipbuilding in Tasmania.

73679
LEE, Ida (Mrs Charles Bruce Marriott)
COMMODORE SIR JOHN HAYES, His Voyage and Life (1767-1831), with some account of Admiral D'ENTRECASTEAUX's Voyage of 1792-3
$300.00 AUD

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1912. 1st Ed. XVI, 340 PP with 1 family tree of Commodore Sir John Hayes and 31 b/w plates, plus 3 plates (frontispiece, 1 Map "Track of the Duke of Clarence and the Duchess", and 1 folded "Chart drawn by Hayes and published in 1798". Fp: Portrait of Sir John Hayes. Cloth covers with light wear around edges and a little faded, gilt title on rebacked spine. Stamp of the previous owner "Roberts Library No. 27" on half title page and renewed endpapers. An otherwise near fine copy. Scarce. 22.5 x 15.5.

Chapter II: Preparation and departures of the Expedition to Van Diemen's Land. Chapter III: John Hayes in Tasmania (discovery and exploration of the Derwent River / rediscovery of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, the Huon River and Bruny Island). ... Chapter IV: Call in New Caledonia, where a volcanic eruption was witnessed (???).

73911
LEE, Ida (Mrs Charles Bruce Marriott)
COMMODORE SIR JOHN HAYES, His Voyage and Life (1767-1831), with some account of Admiral D'ENTRECASTEAUX's Voyage of 1792-3
$250.00 AUD

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1912. 1st Ed. XVI, 340 PP with 1 family tree of Commodore Sir John Hayes and 31 b/w plates, plus 3 plates (frontispiece, 1 Map "Track of the Duke of Clarence and the Duchess", and 1 folded "Chart drawn by Hayes and published in 1798". Fp: Portrait of Sir John Hayes. Cloth covers , gilt title on spne. Covers with light wear. Bookplate of "The Public Library of New london" on front endpaper, and library No. at foot of spine and at bottom of the Preface page. The folded chart facing page 24 is a photostat copy. Errata slip tipped in on title page. An otherwise very good clean copy. Scarce. 22.2 x 15.

Chapter II: Preparation and departures of the Expedition to Van Diemen's Land. Chapter III: John Hayes in Tasmania (discovery and exploration of the Derwent River / rediscovery of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, the Huon River and Bruny Island). ... Chapter IV: Call in New Caledonia, where a volcanic eruption was witnessed (???).

74150
LEITCH, Bill
HEARTS OF OAK - A Story Set in the Tasmanian Forests
$45.00 AUD

Southern Holdings. Huonville, Tas. 1994. 2nd reprint of the 1990 original. Preface by Andy Skuja, Forestry Commission. 240 PP with 1 map (with location map) and 76 b/w photos. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note on half title page, signed by the author. A fine copy. 24.3 x 16. 0949089141

56259
LETHBORG, Heather & LEWIS, Tanzi
BEAUTIFUL TASMANIA
$10.00 AUD

Elphin Publishers. Launceston. 1995. 1st Ed. Foreword by Peter Hodgman. 160 PP with colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards a little sunned near edges, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 20.7. 0646246542

Winner of the 1995 Tasmanian Tourism Awards.

73068
LEWIS, Helen Jo
THE SHERBURDS - Pioneers and Whalers in Van Diemen's Land
$65.00 AUD

Helen Jo Lewis. Hobart. 2021. 1st edition limited to 200 copies. X, 182 PP with 1 family tree, and over 100 b/w or colour illustrations (charts, maps and plans, drawings and paintings, documents, newspaper clippings, portraits ...). Fp: Map of Van Diemen 's Land, c. 1826. Laminated pictorial boards barque ["Pacific", 1848). Signed by the author on title page. New. 25 x 17.5. 9780646839950

At least 14 Master Mariners can be traced in the Sherburd family.

59737
LEWIS, Tom
BY DERWENT DIVIDED - The story of the Lake Illawarra, the Tasman Bridge and the 1975 Disaster
$35.00 AUD

Tall Stories. Darwin. 2006. 2nd edition of the 1999 original. (2), 70 PP with 2 maps, 3 cartoons and 61 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.6. 0957735111

56629
LLOYD'S
LLOYD'S REGISTER OF YACHTS 1963
$25.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1963. Yearly edition. Copy of client no. 1584 The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. 1223 PP, (11), 31 (advertisements), plus 2 supplements (36 and 56 pages) inserted in pockets. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front board and spine. Small stamp of the ANMM. Has a 1 cm tear at head of front hinge, o/wise very good. Oblong: 18.5 x 24.

75037
LOANE, Derrick
THIS OUR FATHERS DID FOR US - The Story of a Pioneering Family in Tasmania
$65.00 AUD

Foot & Playsted. Devonport. 1991. 1st Ed. Foreword by Alan C. Richmond. XIV, 206 PP with 1 family tree and facsimiles of documents, letters, etc. in text, plus 8 pages with 39 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Scarce. 26 x 18.5. 0646033204

Part A: Richard Loane of Ireland and his Descendants to the fourth Generation in Australia. Part B: Grandchildren of Marcus and Isabella Loane and their Descendants.

61673
LOCH, Ian / KING, Brian
RAINE ISLAND - A Fool Hen Roost / Green Turtle Rookery of World Significance (in Australian Natural History, Vol. 21, No.5, 1984)
$10.00 AUD

Australian Museum. Sydney. 1984. 169-216 PP. Contains 2 articles pages 181 to 187 with 7 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29 x 21.5.

17144
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS ON KING ISLAND
$15.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1979. 1st edition. 28 PP, plus 12 pages with 1 map & 11 b/w illust. Stiff covers, illustrated front cover. Near fine. 20.8 x 14.2. 0909191034

King Island: Australia's marine graveyard (over 60 wrecks and 800 lives lost).

49621
LONEY, Jack
MYSTERIES OF THE BASS STRAIT TRIANGLE
$15.00 AUD

Neptune Press. Geelong. 1980. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.4 x 15.2. 0909131538

Shipwrecks, casualties and disasters in the waters of Bass Strait (in the air or at sea).

40929
LYNN, Elwyn & MURRAY, Laura
CONSIDERING ART IN TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD

The Fine Arts Press. Hobart. 1985. (4), P.473-532 with b/w and colour illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 23.2. 0869170112

Reprint of pages 473-532 of Art and Australia, Volume 22, No. 4.

70969
MACKANESS, George (editor)
SOME PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR JOHN AND LADY JANE FRANKLIN: (Tasmania, 1837-1845) - Part I & Part II
$70.00 AUD

George Mackaness / D.S. Ford, Printers. Sydney. 1947. 1st edition of 200 copies, with an Introduction, Notes and Commentary by George Mackaness. One of the 100 privately printed for the Royal Society of Tasmania. Part I: 126 PP with 13 b/w illustrations (portrait + 12 in text). Fp: Portrait of Sir John Franklin. Part II: 107 PP with 11 b/w illustrations (portrait + 10 in text). Fp: Portrait of Lady Jane Franklin. Stapled card covers, title on front. Covers slightly soiled and rubbed, o/wise contents near fine. 24.7 x 18.

A collection of 50 letters - Part I: Letters 1 to 26. Part II: Letters 27 to 50.

56255
MACLEAN, Roddy
THE SPLENDOUR OF TASMANIA
$10.00 AUD

D & L Books. Launceston. 1989. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 5 maps and 118 colour photos by Dennis Harding. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 31.3 x 23.8. 01875240004

75131
MATTINGLEY, Christobel
KING OF THE WILDERNESS: The Life of Deny King
$20.00 AUD

The Text Publishing Co. Melbourne. 2012. Reprint of the 2002 paperback edition. XVIII, 334 PP with 2 maps (Southern Tasmania & Melaleuca Lagoon), plus 12 pages with 30 b/w photos. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 19.7 x 12.7. 9781877008412

74974
MAY, W. L.
An Illustrated Index of TASMANIAN SHELLS, with 47 plates and 1052 Species
$40.00 AUD

John Vail, Government Printer Tasmania. Hobart. 1923. 1st Ed. 100 PP with 47 plates with 1052 b/w illustrations. Soft covers with light wear, title on front cover, staples. Near fine. 22 x 14.3.

74674
MAY, W. L. & HOPE MACPHERSON, J.
An Illustrated Index of TASMANIAN SHELLS, with 50 plates and 1086 Species
$35.00 AUD

L.G. Shea, Government Printer Tasmania. Hobart. 1958. Revised edition of the 1923 original. 54, (18 Index to Genera and Species) PP with 50 plates with 1086 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers with light wear, title on front cover, staples. Near fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 24.8.

63662
MCFARLANE, Ian
ITALIANS PRISONNER OF WAR, in North-West Tasmania 1943-1946 (in 40° South Tasmania)
$10.00 AUD

40 Degrees South Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2011. Issue 61, Winter 2011. 96 PP. Contains article from P.54 to 59 with 1 colour and 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.

70591
McKILLOP, Captain William
THE LAST OF THE SAIL WHALERS: Whaling off Tasmania and Southern New Zealand by Captain William McKillop (1865-1938)
$55.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2019. 1st Ed. No. 66, in the Roebuck series. Edited by Rhys Richards & Graeme Broxam. XIV, 216, (4 blank) PP with 1 family tree, 8 colour illustrations (including a map of Tasmania) and over 60 b/w illustrations: 5 maps (2 with inset), 6 drawings, 20 sketches by Gordon Grant and 35 photos and portraits. Laminated pictorial boards. Copy signed on title page by Graeme Broxam, publisher and co-editor. As new. 26.2 x 21. 9780992366070

Born Stewart Island, NZ, Coastal trading and seaing in New Zealand southern waters. Settled in Tasmania in 1893.

52542
McMAHON, Libby and John
EXPLORING THE SOUTH LAND. Tasmania emerges from Terra Australis Incognita
$15.00 AUD

Maritime Museum of Tasmania. Hobart. 2006. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Colin Denny. VIII, 68 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (charts, maps, plans). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. Oblong: 23 x 30. 9780975723722

75049
McMANUS, Tim
'THANKS TO PROVIDENCE' - A History of Falmouth, Tasmania and its People
$120.00 AUD

Tim McManus / Regal Press. Falmouth, Tas. 1993. 1st soft cover edition. Foreword by Geoffrey Stilwell. (11), XIII, 390, (24, 10) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, prints and sketches, facsimile of documents, maps, photos...). Fp: Portrait of Edna Steel. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). 27.8 x 20.8. 0646083457

75609
McNEICE, Roger
FLAMES OF FEAR - A Photographic and Documentary History of the Fear and Devastation caused by Bushfires in Tasmania since 1820
$90.00 AUD

Wellington Bridge Press / Roger McNeice, OAM. Hobart. 2017 1st Ed. Foreword by Chris Arnol, Chief Officer, Tasmania Fire Service. VIII, 370 PP with b/w and colour photos throughout. Laminated pictorial boards. As new. 30.5 x 21.5. 9781921767227

Published on the 50th anniversary of the devastating bushfires of February 1967.

75459
McNEICE, Roger V.
HELMETS AND HATCHETS - A History of the HOBART FIRE BRIGADE 1883-1983
$100.00 AUD

The State Fire Commission. Hobart, Tasmania. 1983. 1st limited edition of 25 numbered "Presentation Copy" (No. 17/25) signed by the author). Foreword by James D. Stewart. XII, 239 PP with b/w illustrations (1 cartoon, 1 plan, newspaper clipping & documents and 160 photos). Hard covers, simile leather (red), gilt device on front cover and gilt title on spine, dj. Presentation plate, dated 29 October 1983, pasted down on verso of half title page. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve, o/wise fine. Scarce. 26 x 18. 0959186204

49490
MERCER, Peter G.
GATEWAY TO PROGRESS - Centenary History of the Marine Board of Burnie
$15.00 AUD

The Marine Board of Burnie. Burnie, Tasmania. 1969. 1st Ed. XI, (3), 206 PP with 6 plans, plus 8 Pages with 13 b/w photos. Eps: Pencil sketch of Emu Bay. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front cover, with title on spine, dj. Near fine. 23 x 15.8.

From an open roadstead to a modern port, with breakwater and wharves.

72133
MESIBOV, Bob ('Spider')
48 SPIDER'S WRITINGS ON NATURE, from the "Circular Head Chronicle", 1980-82
$10.00 AUD

Bob Mesidov / Circular Head Chronicle. Smithton, Tasmania. 1982. 1st Ed. 104 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, graphs, maps photos). Inside front cover: sketch map of Tasmania. Soft covers, illustrated front. Fine. 19.8 x 15.8. 0959296808

75627
MILLWOOD, Scott
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BRENDA HEAN ?
$50.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2008. 1st Ed. (12), 324 PP with 7 b/w illustrations (1 map of Tasmania and 6 photos), plus 16 pages with 10 colour and 17 b/w photos. Inside covers colour photos of Lake Pedder. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 20.7 x 14. 9781741756111

She tried to stop the flooding of Lake Pedder...

74076
MORDAUNT, Caroline (editor)
COLLECTION - TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
$40.00 AUD

Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery. Hobart. 2007. 1st Ed. Preface by Bill Bleathman. Foreword by Sir Guy Green. X, 206 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus Gigas). Eps: Collection of British insects 1834-40. Cloth cover, title (silver lettering) on front board and spine, dj. Fine/as new condition). 26.5 x 24.2. 9780977533428

71458
MORLEY, L. J.
MEMORIES OF TASMANIA'S WEST COAST - A pictorial journey of road and rail vehicles of the past
$45.00 AUD

Wellington Bridge Press. Hobart. 2013. Reprint of the 2011 original. II, 208 PP with over 500 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Mint condition. 29.7 x 21. 9781921767036

West coast of Tasmania: Mining, Timber, Hydro Electricity, Ports, Railways ... Flight around the world by Harold Gatty in 1931.

74176
MORRIS MILLER, E.
PRESSMEN AND GOVERNORS - Australian Editors and Writers in Early Tasmania
$100.00 AUD

Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1952. Limited edition to 250 copies (this copy not hand numbered or signed). X, 308 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Near fine. 25.3 x 16.5.

A Contribution to the History of the Australian Press and Literature with Notes Biographical and Bibliographical.

70873
MORRIS-MILLER, Professor E. (editor)
A BRIEF PICTORIAL HISTORY OF TASMANIA
$25.00 AUD

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Hobart. 1959. New edition of the 1957 original. Foreword by Dr. W. Bryden. 20 PP with 1 sketch map of Tasmania and 19 b/w plates illustrated by Captain D. Colbron Pearce. Pictorial wrappers. Near fine. Oblong: 18.6 x 25.3.

An illustrated history of the discoverers of Tasmania, and other notable people. Abel Tasman, 1642. Marion Du Fresne, 1772. Furneaux, 1773. Cook, 1777... D'Entrecasteaux, 1792 and 1793... Baudin, 1802...

72595
MUIR, Jock, HUDSON, Chris & FOGAGNOLO, Jocelyn
JOCK MUIR MARITIME REFLECTIONS
$65.00 AUD

Chris Hudson & Jocelyn Fogagnolo. Hobart. 1991. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Jack Earl. 136 PP with 2 maps, 8 plans and 70 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Copy signed by E.J. (Jock) Muir on title page. Near fine. Scarce. 29.7 x 20.8. 064601630X

... by one of Australia's best known designers, builders and ocean racing identities.

71926
MULLINS R. F. (editor)
ROYAL HOBART VICTORY REGATTA - Official Souvenir Programme (9th to 12th February 1946)
$50.00 AUD

Mercury Press / Royal Hobart Regatta Association. Hobart. 1946. Victory Regatta. Foreword by Hon. R. Cosgrove, Premier of Tasmania. 64 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 plan of courses, 9 photos and 7 headpieces. Soft wrappers, pictorial front. Small hole at top of front cover and lower corner of front cover clipped by 1 cm. Staples removed. Contents near fine. Scarce. 24 x 16.5.

Victory Regatta and Tasmania's National Birthday Celebration: Rowing, Sailing, Power Boats, Swimming, Amusements, Naval Section, Miscellaneous & Chopping. Call in Hobart of: H.M.S. Bermuda.

73169
MURRAY-SMITH, Stephen (editor)
MISSION TO THE ISLANDS - The Missionary Voyages in Bass Strait of Canon Marcus Brownrigg, 1872-1885
$45.00 AUD

Foot & Playsted. Launceston. 1987. 2nd edition of the 1979 original. XXXVIII, (2), 246 PP with 1 portrait, 2 facsimile of title pages and 13 b/w illustrations (8 on full page). Fp: Portrait of Marcus Blake Brownrigg. Stiff covers, illustrated front, dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24 x 15.2. 0858530368

74386
MURRAY-SMITH, Stephen, PLOMLEY, N. J. B., GILMORE, Alister et al..
BASS STRAIT - Australia's Last Frontier
$15.00 AUD

Australian Broadcasting Commission. Sydney. 1969. 1st Ed. 110 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w photos. Soft covers, pictorial front (slightly rubbed). Very good. 18.2 x 12.

Series of 11 talks originally broadcast on ABC Radio. Discovery and exploration, as well as Lighthouses and Wrecks, by Stephen Murray-Smith. Petroleum exploration, by C.E.B. Conybeare. Mutton-Birding, by D.L. Serventy...

63593
N/A
GEO - Australia's National Geographic - Vol. 1, No. 2, 1979
$10.00 AUD

Magazine Division / Paul Hamlyn. Sydney. 1979. 138 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.6 x 20.2.

Articles by: Associate Professor E.P. Wolfers on Solomon Islands, one year after Independence. Rowan Fotheringham on Water Birds of East Australian wetlands, We turned Right and Found Tasmania, by Robert Raymond, ...

70611
N/A
ANCHORAGE GUIDE: CHANNEL, BRUNY ISLAND AND HUON RIVER
$10.00 AUD

Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1970. Folded (4 folds) map in colour (51 x 37.5), tipped in on a protective cover. Inside front cover: List of 30 of these anchorages. Illustrated soft covers. Covers lightly soiled and rubbed. Internally good. 21 x 13.5.

30 anchorages between: River Derwent and Recherche Bay.

72361
N/A
TASMANIA, The Isle of Scenic Beauty
$20.00 AUD

Nucolorvue Productions. Mentone, Vic. c. 1965. Enlarged and revised edition. No pagination, 36 PP with 1 map of Tasmania (inside back cover) and 57 colour photos. Stiff covers, front with colour illustration (wheat field). Very good. Oblong: 18 x 24.5.

Colour photos of the Princess of Tasmania and M.V. Empress of Australia.

72362
N/A
TASMANIA, The Isle of Scenic Beauty
$20.00 AUD

Nucolorvue Productions. Moorabbin, Vic. c. 1972. New edition. No pagination, 32 PP with 1 map of Tasmania (inside back cover) and 64 colour photos. Stiff covers, front with colour illustration (Richmond Bridge). Very good. Oblong: 18 x 24.5. 0858580047

72363
N/A
TASMANIA, The Isle of Scenic Beauty
$20.00 AUD

The Tasmanian Tourist Bureau / Nucolorvue Productions. Mulgrave, Vic. c. 1975. New edition. No pagination, 32 PP with 1 map of Tasmania (inside back cover) and 64 colour photos. Stiff covers, front with colour illustration (Ferry on River Derwent). Very good. Oblong: 18 x 24.5. 0858580047

74062
N/A
TASMANIA, The Treasure Island - Brief Facts on History and Development
$15.00 AUD

Department of Tourism / T.J. Hughes, Government Printer. Hobart. c. 1973. 1973 edition. (2), 32 PP with 1 map and 30 b/w photos. Stapled soft wrappers with a few marks, o/wise near fine. 24 x 17.

.

74707
N/A
Records Guide SHIPS REGISTRATION PAPERS FOR THE PORT OF HOBART: 1900-1956
$25.00 AUD

Australian Archives - Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1985. 1st Ed. (2), 28 PP (recto only) with 12 sketches of "Vessel Types" and tables between pages 3 and 27. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

74708
N/A
Records Source Analysis REGISTERS OF BRITISH SHIPPING - Launceston Vessels 1846 - 1885
$25.00 AUD

Australian Archives - Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1985. 1st Ed. (2), 31 PP (recto only) with 12 sketches of "Vessel Types" and tables between P.3 and 30. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

75511
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Vol. 22, No. 8, August, 1956
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne & Sydney. 1956. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w with b/w photos throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Ski instructor demonstrating a jump turn, Mt. Buller, Victoria). Very good. Format: 32 x 25.

Articles include: The Smallest Shells in the World (Charles F. Laseron), Norfolk Island - Cinderella of the Pacific (J.Y. Waterworth), Voyage to the Yasawas (Fiji Is.) by D. Hanna, Corinna by the river (Tasmania) by William Nolan, ..

75512
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Vol. 22, No. 10, October, 1956
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne & Sydney. 1956. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w with b/w photos throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Poplar Gums, Valley of Lagoons, Queensland). Light insect damage on edge of front cover, o/wise very good. Format: 32 x 25.

Articles include: The Harvest of the Seas (J.M. Thomson), New Caledonia - Australia's Exotic Next-Door Neighbour (Helen M. Wrigley), Lonely Islands of Bass Strait ...

75513
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Vol. 22, No. 11, November, 1956
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne & Sydney. 1956. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w with b/w photos throughout. Pictorial soft covers (An armful of koalas, Australia's cuddlesome favourites). Very good. Format: 32 x 25.

Articles include: The String-bag People (Papua) (Basil Hall), My First Voyage in Sail (Lionel Adams), The Fishermen and Dugong Hunters of Princess Charlotte Bay (Dr. Donald F. Tomson), A village Church recalls a Great Tasmanian (C.C. Lawrence), ...

75595
N/A
PRICELESS HERITAGE - Historic Buildings of Tasmania
$15.00 AUD

Platypus Publications Pty Ltd. Hobart. 1964. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dr. C. Craig, National Trust of Australia (Tasmania). 136 PP with 106 b/w photos. Cloth covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.5.

Abiding Tranquility, by Brian Lewis. Tasmanian Architecture of the Nineteenth Century, by Roy S. Smith.

75597
N/A
THE HERITAGE OF TASMANIA: The Illustrated Register of the National Estate
$40.00 AUD

Ther Macmillan Company of Australia / Australian Heritage Commission. Melbourne. 1983. 1st Ed. Preface by Dr. Kenneth Wilshire. Introduction, by David Yenchen. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (4 location maps, 5 maps & 12 plans, hundreds of photos), plus 8 pages with 11 colour photos. Hard covers, dj. Fine. 29.7 x 22.2. 0333356322

Tasmania, by Michael Roe. South West Tasmania by Geoffrey Mosley. Tasman Peninsula, by R. Ian Jack. Rocky Cape ..., by Rhys Jones. Ross Historic Town, by Berta von Bibra. ...

74780
NASH, Michael
CONVICT PLACES - A Guide to Tasmanian Sites
$20.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing / Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service. Hobart. 2020. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (new condition). 21.8 x 117. 9780992366032

74191
NEWITT, Lyn
CONVICTS & CARRIAGEWAYS, Tasmanian Road Development until 1880
$75.00 AUD

Department of Main Roads, Tasmania. Hobart. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by P. J. Wettenhall. X, 332 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: Van Diemen's Land, Administration of Roads & Bridges. (FEP: 1803 to 1839) / REP: 1840 to 1879). Illustrated hard covers, dust jacket. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise a fine copy. 32.8 x 23.8. 0724625523

72695
NEWMAN, Terry
TASMANIAN PREMIERS : 1856-1988 - A BIOGRAPHICAL HANDBOOK.
$30.00 AUD

Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Hobart. 1988. 1st Ed. 81 PP with b/w illustrations (1 drawing of Parliament House and 37 portraits). Stiff covers, illustrated front, title on front cover and spine. Fine. 25 x 17.5.

55955
NICHOLSON, Ian Hawkins
SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - TASMANIA - Vol. II: 1834-1842 (Parts I, II & III) & GAZETTEER OF TASMANIAN SHIPPING 1803-1842 (Part IV)
$30.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1985. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society Publication No. 33. VI, 246, 212 (indexes) PP with 30 charts, maps & plans and 52 b/w illustrations. FEP: Chart of Bass Strait (Western part). REP: Chart of Bass Strait (Eastern part). Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.5 x 17.4. 0909434247

72852
NICOL, Douglas J.
OCEANOGRAPHIC FEATURES THAT MAY INFLUENCE CETACEAN STRANDINGS AROUND TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD

Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1985. Research Project No. 25. (6), 46 PP with 4 figures (maps of Tasmania). Soft covers, title on front cover, staples, cloth spine. Fine. 29.5 x 20.7. 0859012921

Whale Stranding Programme.

72853
NICOL, Douglas J.
HUMAN INTEREST IN THE TASMANIAN CETACEAN FAUNA
$20.00 AUD

Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1986. Research Report No. 26. (8), 13, (2 apendix) PP with 8 figures (series of graphs and 5 maps of Tasmania. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples, cloth spine. Fine. 29.5 x 20.7. 0859013537

Whale Stranding Research Programme.

72854
NICOL, Douglas J.
OBSERVER EFFORT AND ITS EFECT ON THE TASMANIAN CETACEAN STRANDING RECORD
$20.00 AUD

Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1986. Research Report No. 27. (8), 24 PP with 4 figures (maps of Tasmania). Soft covers, title on front cover, staples, cloth spine. Near fine. 29.5 x 20.7. 0859013529

Whale Stranding Research Programme.

72857
NICOL, Douglas James (B.Sc.)
THE TASMANIAN CETACEAN STRANDING RECORD: A Review of the Cetacean Strandings in Tasmanian Waters and an Examination of Possible Causes ...
$75.00 AUD

Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1991. September 1991 Thesis. XVIII, 219 PP with 16 tables and 66 figures (graphs, 2 measurements diagrams and distribution maps of Tasmania). Soft covers, title on front cover, clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Fine. 29.5 x 20.7.

... behind a Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Studies (Research).

17267
NORMAN, L.
PIONEER SHIPPING OF TASMANIA. Whaling, Sealing, Piracy, Shipwrecks, etc. in Early Tasmania
$60.00 AUD

J. Walch & Sons. Hobart. 1938. 1st Ed. 220 PP, plus 36 pages with 61 b/w illustrations. Fp: Hobart in colourful whaling days. Cloth cover with some wear, colour vignette (All Sails Set) laid down on front cover, gilt title on spine. Signature of previous owner dated 1938 on FFEP. Remnants of old tape marks on endpapers, otherwise contents are near fine. The scarce first edition. 25.5 x 16.

70725
NORMAN, L.
SEA WOLVES AND BANDITS - Sealing, Whaling, Smuggling and Piracy. Wild Men of Van Diemen's Land. Bushrangers and Bandits. Wrecks and Wreckers
$30.00 AUD

J. Walch & Sons. Hobart. c. 1980. Reprint of the 1946 original. 208 PP with 1 portrait, plus 54 pages with 88 b/w plates. Fp (folded): Hobart Bridge. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner at top corner of front endpaper. Near fine. 25 x 16.

... with a chronology of curious and interesting facts relating to old Van Diemen's Land, and (from 1856) to Tasmania.

75415
NYMAN, Lois
THE EAST COASTERS: The early Pioneering History of the East Coast of Tasmania
$40.00 AUD

Edward Everett Root Publishers. Brighton, Sussex. 2023. 2nd edition of the 1990 original, with a new introduction, by Maureen Martin Ferris. XII, 236, (2) PP with b/w illustrations (14 drawings, 4 maps, 2 plans, 13 portraits , and 42 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 9781915115270

74149
O'BRIEN, Matt.
TASMANIA'S WAR EFFORT 1939-1945
$25.00 AUD

Department of Premier and Cabinet. Hobart. 1995. Facsimile reprint of this 1995 edition with a foreword by Ray Groom, premier of Tasmania. Original of 1946 with the foreword by the Hon. Robert Cosgrove, Premier of Tasmania. X, 104, (7 index) PP with 23 b/w photos. Stiff covers, illustrated front cover, illustrated backcover: badge of "Australia Remembers 1945-1995". Fine. 18.6 x 12.3. 0724642277

A brief outline of the part played by Tasmanians in the War Effort of Australia in World War, 1939-1945. Wooden shipbuilding (P.59 to 65).

72357
O'HARA BOOTH, Charles
THE JOURNAL OF CHARLES O'HARA BOOTH - Commandant of the Port Arthur Penal Settlement
$80.00 AUD

Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Sandy Bay, Tas. 1981. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. Edited with an Introduction by Dora Heard. XV, 298 PP with 1 map, plus 24 pages with 3 colour and 12 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): Portrait of Captain Charles O'Hara Booth. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Light foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 24.2 x 15.7. 0909479119

21229
O'MAY, Harry
WOODEN HOOKERS OF HOBART TOWN & WHALERS OUT OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
$20.00 AUD

T. J. Hughes, Government Printer. Hobart. 1978. 2nd Impression. 137 PP, VI (index) PP & 101, (3 index) PP, plus 32 pages with 61 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a near fine copy. 22 x 14.5.

Whaling in the early days of Van Diemen's Land.

70089
O'MAY, Harry
WOODEN HOOKERS OF HOBART TOWN AND WHALERS OUT OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
$20.00 AUD

L. G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c. 1960. 137, VI (index) PP & 101, (3 index) PP, plus 32 pages with 61 b/w photos. Green cloth cover, dust jacket. Front part of dust jacket with small piece missing at top and now in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. Scarce. 22 x 14.5.

Whaling in the early days of Van Diemen's Land.

70831
O'MAY, Harry
HOBART RIVER CRAFT and Sealers of Bass Strait
$25.00 AUD

L. G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. 1973. 2nd impression. Foreword by Eric Reece, Premier of Tasmania. 113, IV, (2), 31 PP, plus 20 pages with 38 b/w photos, and 1 folded map at rear. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Brief note at top of front endpaper, o/wise fine. 21.7 x 14.5.

The craft used by the early settlers to carry goods to and from Hobart. The sealers in Bass Strait.

73754
O'MAY, Harry (compiler)
HOBART RIVER CRAFT and Sealers of Bass Strait
$15.00 AUD

L. G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c. 1964. 1st Ed. 113 , IV, (2), 32 PP, plus 20 pages with 38 b/w photos, and 1 folded map at rear of book. Green cloth cover, laminated with clear plastic film. Stamp of the Marine Board of Hobart on front endpaper and top of title-page. Near fine. Image shows title-page. 21.7 x 14.5.

The craft used by the early settlers to carry goods to and from Hobart. Chapter 8: The Wilson Ship-Yard at Port Cygnet. The sealers in Bass Strait.

61896
OLIJNYK, Elynor Frances
CHARLES ROBBINS RN 1782 - 1805 - His Place in Maritime History
$40.00 AUD

Photographic Art Gallery. Adelaide. 2004 1st Ed. Preface by Jonathan Scott Wallis, Master Mariner. XVIII, 91 PP with portrait of the author on last page, 1 facsimile of manuscript, 2 maps and illustrations (3 tail pieces, 10 headpieces, and 6 drawings) by Rolf Christiansen. FEP: Crossing of Bass Strait. REP: Map of N/W corner of Tasmania. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 21.8 x 15.5. 0646434861

Raising the British flag on King Island.. Survey of Port Phillip Bay and King Island.

74058
ORCHARD, John R. (editor)
GUIDE TO TASMANIA - The Holiday Island State of Australia
$25.00 AUD

Telegraph Publications Pty. Ltd. Launceston. c. 1960. 1st Ed. Forewords by The Hon. E. E. Reece, Premier of Tasmania and by The Hon. A. C. Atkins, Minister for Tourists and Immigration. 184 PP with 5 detailed maps, sketch maps, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light wear and a little soiling. Contents near fine. 21 x 14.

73399
ORR, Allan T.
TASMANIAN FANLIGHTS
$30.00 AUD

Allan T. Orr. Launceston. 2004. 1st Ed. 80 PP with colour photos: 1 portrait of the author and 76 photos of entrance doors with fanlights. Pictorial stiff covers. A 4 page "A Book for thr the Fans" read at the launching of the book, by Eric Ratcliff, loosely inserted. Dedicatory note iside front cover signed by the author. 21 x 14.7. 0646441787

74146
PAGE, Roger
A HISTORY OF TASMANIAN CRICKET
$20.00 AUD

L.G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. 1957. 1st Ed. Foreword by The Hon. Rex C. Townley. 144 PP with tables and 1 drawing of C. L. Badcock, plus 16 pages with 26 b/w photos. Card covers, staples, dj. Small name stamp at top of title-page, o/wise fine. 21.6 x 13.8.

74059
PARQUES, MRS. G.
TASMANIA - This Lovely Isle
$25.00 AUD

Country Women's Association in Tasmania / Mercury Press. Hobart. 1961. September 1961 edition. Foreword by Mary Martin, State President CWA. 112 PP with 1 map in colour and b/w illustrations: 1 chart, drawings, and photos. Soft covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 24 x 17.6.

74152
PAULL, John
NOT JUST AN ANAESTHETIST: The Remarkable Life of Dr William Russ Pugh MD.
$70.00 AUD

John Paull. Launceston. 2013. 1st edition. Foreword by Dr. Tom Dunning. XII, 573 PP with b/w illustrations (documents, letters, maps, newspaper clippings, paintings, portraits and photos). Fp: Dr. William Russ Pugh, MD, at his desk. Pictorial stiff covers. Small traces of old damp stains at top edges of last pages, otherwise a fine copy. 28 x 20. 9780987604231

Shipboard diary on the crossing Gravesend to Van Diemen's Land, on the Barque "Derwent": 8th of August to 10th December 1835 ...

74151
PHILLIPS, Derek & SPROD, Michael (research)
MAKING MORE ADEQUATE PROVISION: State Education in Tasmania
$20.00 AUD

Education Department of Tasmania / A.B. Caudell, Tasmanian Government Printer. Hobart. 1985. 1st Ed. Foreword by John Beswick and K.I. Axton. (16), 394, XIII (appendices), (13 index) PP with c. 80 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly faded. Near fine. 25.5 x 18. 0724612459

72767
PHILP, J. E.
WHALING WAYS OF HOBART TOWN
$60.00 AUD

J. Walch & Sons. Hobart. 1936. 1st Ed. 95 PP with 2 diagrams and 11 b/w plates. Bound copy of the original soft cover edition. Stiff card covers with original front cover (The Flurry) pasted down on front board. Top part of title page cut away on 5cms. 4 brief marginal notes (1 pertinent correction and 3 references to other pages), otherwise contents are near fine. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.2.

Bay whaling, off-shore whaling, sperm oil quest, end of the whaling days by ships based/registered in Hobart.

75063
PINK, Kerry
AND WEALTH FOR TOIL - A History of North-West and Western Tasmania 1825 - 1900
$100.00 AUD

Advocate Marketing Services / Harris and Company. Burnie. 1990. 1st Ed. Forewords by G. P. Harris and Chris Binks. XII, 387 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (charts, maps and plans, documents, drawings, prints and photos) and 46 colour illustrations (paintings and photos). Cloth covers, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine/as new condition. 30.5 x 21.8. 0731699270

33825
PINK, Kerry & VOWLES, Gill
AGAINST THE TIDE - A Maritime History of Circular Head
$55.00 AUD

Hobart Ports Corporation. Hobart. 1998. 1st Ed. VI, 434 PP with 1 plan, 4 b/w illust., 16 colour and 210 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 21.1 x 14.8. 0646362828

Port created in 1826 by the Van Diemen's Land Co. as an outlet for their first European settlement on the North-West Coast of Tasmania.

70658
PINKUS, Margaret (compiler)
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GEEVESTON TOWN HALL
$20.00 AUD

Geeveston Archives & History Society. Geeveston, Tasmania. 2019. 1st edition, by Charles Rich & GAHS. 40 PP with b/w illustrations (11 portraits, 5 adverts, 25 photos). Soft covers, illustrated front, staples. Fine. 21.2 x 14.7.

Story of the Geeveston Town Hall and the Community spirit: Tahune Air Walk, Forest & Heritage Centre, Wooden Statues ...

72286
PINKUS, Margaret & RICH, Charles (compiler)
MEMORIES OF THE 1967 BUSHFIRES IN GEEVESTON AND SURROUNDS
$20.00 AUD

Geeveston Archives & History Society. Geeveston, Tasmania. 2021. 1st edition, by Marjorie Cartlidge & GAHS. 24 PP with b/w illustrations (2 photos and 2 Newspaper clippings). 1 errata slip loosely inserted. Soft covers, illustrated front, staples. New. 21.2 x 14.7.

70462
PLOMLEY, Brian & PIARD-BERNIER, Josiane
THE GENERAL - The visits of the expedition led by Bruny d'Entrecasteaux to Tasmanian waters in 1792 and 1793
$130.00 AUD

Queen Victoria Museum. Launceston. 1993. 1st Ed. XII, 379 PP with 32 b/w illust. Fp: Portrait of Bruny d'Entrecasteaux. Eps: Title Page of Volume I of the 1808 edition, list of officers & scientists of Recherche and Espérance. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket with a few small rubs, otherwise a fine copy of a scarce title. 25.5 x 17.8. 0724641181

39522
PORTS
PORT OF LAUNCESTON - BELL BAY, Tasmania, Australia - Port Information Handbook
$10.00 AUD

Port of Launceston Authority. Launceston. 1986. Amended edition of July 1986. 48 PP with tables, 1 graph, 1 map, 13 coloured plans (4 on folded page) and 16 colour photos. Soft cover, clear plastic front. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

39623
PORTS
PORT OF BURNIE, Tasmania - Port Information (1986)
$10.00 AUD

Burnie Port Authority. Burnie. 1986. January 1986 edition. 16 PP with 1 b/w photo and 2 plans, plus 8 folded pages schedule of charges in rear pocket. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.3 x 17.2.

63421
PORTS
PORT OF BURNIE, Tasmania - Port Information (1988)
$5.00 AUD

Burnie Port Authority. Burnie. 1988. June 1988 edition. 16 PP with 1 b/w photo and 2 plans. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.3 x 17.2.

71851
PORTS
MARINE BOARD OF HOBART, TASMANIA - Report for the year ended 31st December 1920
$40.00 AUD

Marine Board of Hobart / Mercury Office. Hobart. 1921. Annual edition. 16 PP with tables, plus 3 plates with 4 b/w illustrations: 1 painting and 3 photos. Soft covers, title on front cover. Spine of covers repaired with acid free tape, and small piece missing at bottom, o/wise very good condition. 33.5 x 21.

61917
POULSON, Bruce
RECHERCHE BAY - A Short History
$35.00 AUD

Management Committee of the Southport Community Centre. Southport, Tasmania. 2005 Reprint of the 2004 original. V, 83 PP with b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: sketch map of Recherche Bay. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 21.

Bay at the southern tip of Tasmania, first explored by Bruny d'Entrecasteaux. Garden of Recherche Bay "Jardin du Roi", by Felix Lahaie. ... Whaling.

75181
POULSON, Bruce
RECHERCHE BAY - A Short History
$40.00 AUD

Management Committee of the Southport Community Centre. Southport, Tasmania. 2004. 1st Ed. V, 79 PP with b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: sketch map of Recherche Bay. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, otherwise fine. 21 x 21.

Bay at the southern tip of Tasmania, first explored by Bruny d'Entrecasteaux. Garden of Recherche Bay "Jardin du Roi", by Felix Lahaie. ... Whaling.

75182
POULSON, Bruce
RECHERCHE BAY - A Short History
$50.00 AUD

Management Committee of the Southport Community Centre. Southport, Tasmania. 2005. Reprint of the 2004 original. V, 83 PP with b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: sketch map of Recherche Bay. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 21 x 21.

Bay at the southern tip of Tasmania, first explored by Bruny d'Entrecasteaux. Garden of Recherche Bay "Jardin du Roi", by Felix Lahaie. ... Whaling.

69165
PRIDMORE, Walter B.
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND TO TASMANIA ... 1642-1856
$20.00 AUD

Walter B. Pridmore. Murdunna, Tas. 2008. 1st Ed. (4), 67 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (including 7 watercolours by Rose Solomon). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 9780980533200

Explorers, Administrators ...

72275
PRIDMORE, Walter B.
PORT ARTHUR ... as it was
$25.00 AUD

Walter B. Pridmore. Murdunna, Tas. 2002. 1st edition, November 2002. VI, 81 PP with 1 drawing and 43 watercolours by Rose Solomon. Inside covers: plan of Port Arthur & Location map. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 064642078X

72276
PRIDMORE, Walter B.
ISLE OF THE DEAD ... Port Arthur's Burial Ground
$20.00 AUD

Walter B. Pridmore. Murdunna, Tas. 2005. 1st edition, November 2005. IV, 44 PP with 2 drawings and 10 watercolours by Rose Solomon. Inside covers: plan of Port Arthur & Location map. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Fine. 21 x 14.7.

72277
PRIDMORE, Walter B.
POINT PUER ... and the Prisons of Port Arthur
$20.00 AUD

Walter B. Pridmore. Murdunna, Tas. 2005. 1st edition. IV, 44 PP with 1 drawing and 15 watercolours by Rose Solomon. Inside covers: plan of Port Arthur & Location map. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Fine. 21 x 14.7.

75051
PROSSER GREEN, Angela
THE WEDDING JOURNEY - The Story of Johnstone and Wilmot
$100.00 AUD

ACPG Books. Launceston. 2010. 1st Ed. Foreword by Albert Van Zetten, Mayor of Launceston. 288 PP with "William Johnstone, travelogue", i.e. 44 pages of original manuscript, b/w illustrations throughout and 11 pages with 47 colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9780980615791

75038
PULLINGER, Phill
TARKINE TRAILS - Takayana Makuminya
$30.00 AUD

The Bob Brown Foundation. Hobart. 2016. January reprint of the 2015 original. with an introduction by Greg Irons, 256 PP with colour illustrations (8 location maps, 31 maps with inserts and photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). 21 x 15. 9780994466907

72279
RACKHAM, Sarah
HYDRO CONSTRUCTION VILLAGES - Volume 2: Butlers Gorge / Bronte Park / Trevallyn / Wayatinah
$40.00 AUD

Public Relations Department, The Hydro-Electric Commission. Hobart. 1982. Edited by Joan Woodberry. 76 PP with 1 sketch map in colour and 40 b/w illustrations: 5 maps and 35 photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 23.4 x 17.5. 0724610367

61051
RAHS
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS - Vol XXXIII, Part IV, 1947
$5.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1947. Volume XXXIII, Part IV, 1947. Edited by C. Price Conigrave. 189-264 PP with 5 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21 x 14.

Social Services in Australia (1900-10), by T.H. Kewley. Port Arthur, Tasmania, by Frank Walker.

71914
REYNOLDS, John (editor)
THE DISCOVERY OF TASMANIA 1642 - Selections from Dr. J. E. Heeres' translation of Tasman's Journal Aug.-Dec. 1642
$50.00 AUD

H.H. Pimblett, Government Printer. Hobart. 1942. 1st edition of November 12th, 1942. Prefaces by Robert Cosgrove, Premier of Tasmania and John Madden, Minister for Lands and Works, and in Charge of Tasmanian Tercentenary Celebrations, 1942. (2) 43, (3) PP with b/w illustrations: 2 portraits and a facsimile of the signature of Abel Tasman, plus 1 facsimile of the first paragraph entry for December 2nd 1642 and 2 facsimile of folded charts. Soft cover, illustrated front, staples. Front cover with repaired short tear. Near fine and scarce in this condition. 24.3 x 18.5.

Selections and extracts from the Journal of Abel Janszoon Tasman (from translation of the original manuscript in the Colonial Archives at The Hague, by Professor J.E. Heeres) and facsimiles of original maps.

75348
RICE, Fiona (compiler)
PORT DAVEY MARINE RESERVE - Visitors' Guide / Map and Notes / CD "Port Davey Marine Reserve ... Wild and Pristine"
$40.00 AUD

Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. Hobart. 2010. 3 items: Booklet 2008 edition, with a Message by Peter Mooney, General Manager. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Large folded poster in colour (2008): Verso with map of the Reserve, location map, inset map for the Davey River and 6 colour photos. Recto: Map of Tasmania, notes for "Walking and Camping" / Biosecurity (with 6 colour photos) / Water Activities / Threats / Contacts. Booklet and Map (5 folds), contained in a clear plastic folder. CD / (2010 edition): running time 32 minutes. Fine set of 3 items. 22.5 x 16.

73429
RICHARDS, Jack (editor)
TASMANIAN LETTERS 1824 - 1852
$30.00 AUD

Jayrich Production. Christchurch, N.Z. 1955. 1st Ed. (3), 36, (2) PP (roneotyped) on recto only, with postal marks and postal stamps. Hard covers, cloth spine, staples. Light foxing. Very good. 25 x 20.5.

Scholarly study of Tasmania's early postal history.

73848
RICHARDSON, Garry
SAFE PASSAGE - The Lighthouses of Tasmania
$90.00 AUD

Bay of Fires Images and Publishing. Hobart. 2022. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Anthony Donald. 523 PP with b/w, duotone and colour illustrations (documents, sketches, maps & plans, paintings & photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 9780992551360

The history of Tasmania's 14 manned lighthouses ... and the ships that supplied them.

74190
RIEUSSET, Brian
MARIA ISLAND CONVICTS 1825-1832
$25.00 AUD

Brian Rieusset. Hobart. 2007. 1st Ed. (4), 64 PP with 17 b/w illustrations, plus 2 pages with 4 sketches by Joan Creese. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780957721425

An account of the first Convict Settlement at Maria Island, Van Diemen's Land.

70670
RISBY, Mark L.
MURPHY'S SIGNALS HOBART TOWN - The colonial ship flags and semaphore signals charts of convict guard Pte Edward Murphy, 99th Regiment of Foot, Van Diemen's Land
$50.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2013. 1st edition limited to 500 hand numbered copies (No. 156/500). Foreword by Miles Hobart, Earl of Buckinghamshire. XII, 100 PP with colour illustrations between pages 13 and 91. Ribbon page marker. Signed by the author on label facing title page. Pictorial boards. Fine (as new condition). Scarce. Oblong: 26.5 x 30. 9780987589705

56253
ROBSON, Lloyd
THE TASMANIAN STORY
$15.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1988. Reprint of the 1987 original. 122 PP with 1 map and 64 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17.8. 0195547780

72223
RODWAY, Leonard
THE TASMANIAN FLORA, With Drawings of Some Typical Species
$100.00 AUD

John Vail, Government Printer, Tasmania. Hobart. 1903. 1st Ed. XIX, 320 PP, including Appendix with Arrangement of Orders, Dictionary and an Index, plus 50 b/w plates. Papered boards, green cloth spine, title on front board. Covers have a few soiled spots. Ageing of paper on outside edges and a few ink marks on one page, not affecting any text. Overall, a very good plus copy. Scarce. 24.5 x 15.

72129
ROE, Dr. Michael
A History of the THEATRE ROYAL - Hobart, from 1834
$30.00 AUD

National Theatre and Fine Arts Society of Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1970. 1st limited edition. Preface by J.N.D. Harrison. Foreword by Dame Sybil Thorndlike. 48 PP with 18 b/w illustrations (plan, poster, photos of buildings and performers) and advertisements. Stiff covers, illustrated front (etching by Sir Lionel Lindsay). Label for the limited edition hand numbered (No. 164) and signed by the author, tipped in on title page. Fine. 23.5 x 18.2. .

72364
ROWNTREE, Fearn
HOBART TOWN - Van Dieman's Land
$20.00 AUD

Fearn Rowntree / Mercury Press. Hobart. c. 1967. 1st Ed. No pagination, 64 PP with 96 drawings by the author/artist. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Covers lightly soiled, staples removed. Stamp of previous owner inside front cover. Very good. Oblong: 18 x 24.5.

72597
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA
REPORT OF ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA, for the Year 1863
$15.00 AUD

W. Fletcher, Printer. Hobart Town. 1864. 1st Ed. Edited by J. W. Agnew (Honorary Secretary). 37 PP with 10 pages "Lists: Officers of the Society, Honorary Members, Fellows" and 22 pages for the Yearly report. Soft covers, title on front cover. Fine. 21 x 13.7.

Read at the Annual General Meeting, held 29th January 1864.

72598
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA
REPORT OF ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA, for the Year 1889
$15.00 AUD

William Thomas Strutt, Government Printer. Hobart. 1890. 1st Ed. Edited by J. W. Agnew (Honorary Secretary). 16 PP with 5 pages "Lists: Officers of the Society, Honorary Members, Fellows" and 7 pages for the Yearly report. Soft covers, title on front cover. Fine. 21.3 x 13.7.

Read at the Annual General Meeting, held 4th March 1890.

72589
ROYAL SOCIETY OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
REPORT OF ROYAL SOCIETY OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, for Horticulture, Botany and the Advancement of Science - 1848
$50.00 AUD

H & C Best, Printers, Courier Office. Hobart Town. 1848 1st Ed. Edited by J. Lillie (Honorary Secretary). 13 PP with 1 table "Receipts and Expenditure of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land - 1847". Soft covers, title on front cover. Near fine condition. Rare. 21.5 x 14.

Read and ordered to be printed at the Annual General Meeting, held by postponement on the 4th of May 1848.

72590
ROYAL SOCIETY OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
REPORT OF ROYAL SOCIETY OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, for the Year 1855
$35.00 AUD

H & C Best, Printers, Courier Office. Hobart Town. 1856 1st Ed. Edited by J. Millingan (Secretary). (16), 16 PP with 12 pages "Lists: Officers of the Society, Honorary Members, Fellows" 12 pages for the Yearly report. Soft covers, title on front cover. Near fine condition. Rare. 20.7 x 13.7.

Read at the Annual General Meeting, held 31st January 1856.

72964
Royal Visit State Directorate (compiler)
Her Majesty the Queen and H. R. H. The Duke of Edinburgh, ROYAL VISIT TO TASMANIA 1954 - Official Souvenir Programme
$35.00 AUD

Oldham, Beddone & Meredith. Hobart. 1954. 1st Ed. Introduction by Sir Ronald Cross Governor of Tasmania. No pagination, 40 PP with 11 b/w illustrations (1 drawing and 10 photos) and 10 colour illustrations (Royal Arms, The Arms of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, The Royal Standard, S.S. Gothix, map of Tasmania, Sesquicentenary Memorial, and 4 plans (Hobart, Burnie, Devonport and Launceston). Illustrated soft wrappers with light wear/soiling. Contents near fine. Scarce. 23.8 x 18.3.

17544
SALTER, Harold
BASS STRAIT KETCHES
$40.00 AUD

St.David's Park Publishing. Hobart. 1991. 1st Ed. XI, 330 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, paintings, sketches ...). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Scarce. 24.8 x 17.7. 0724625607

The activities of the mosquito fleet of ketches and schooners plying the waters of Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia.

75605
SANDERS, Norm & BELL, Chris
A TIME TO CARE - Tasmania's Endangered Wilderness
$15.00 AUD

Chris Bell. Blackmans Bay. 1980. 1st Ed. Foreword by Bob Brown. 112 PP with 1 map of Tasmania and 46 colour photographs by Chris Bell. Hard covers, dj. Near fine. 28.7 x 22.5. 0959475400

67197
SARGENT, John R.
'A HEAD OF STEAM' - Hobart Town to Kangaroo Point Ferry Service
$20.00 AUD

John R. Sargent. Bellerive. Tas. 1999. 1st Ed. (2), 18 PP with 2 b/w illustrations (sketch of Kangaroo Bay by Emily Bowring at centre fold, and cut-away of a Paddle Steamer). Soft cover, illustrated front. Dedicatory note on title page, signed by the author. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0958528411

The arrival of the first steamships in Australian service and their impact on the Trans-Derwent service.

73024
SARGENT, John R.
REBIRTH OF A LADY - The "Lady Nelson" Project
$35.00 AUD

J. R. Sargent. Bellerive, Tad. 1998. 1st edition limited to 500 copies. (2), 122, (12) PP with b/w illust. (drawings, facsimile of documents, plans and 55 photos). Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Erratum at bottom of last page. Fine. 20.8 x 14.5. From conception to rebirth: 1960 to Launch. Reflections and recollections.

63466
SCANLON, Andrew
WATER POWER
$20.00 AUD

Hydro Electricity Commission. Hobart. 1990. 1st Ed. 44 PP with 5 b/w photos and colour illustrations (diagrams, drawings, graphs, maps, photos). Inside back cover: map of Tasmania's Electricity System. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0724616837

75317
SCANLON, Andrew (editor)
THE POWER OF NATURE - Tasmania's Renewable Energy from Water and Wind
$15.00 AUD

Hydro Tasmania. Hobart. c. 2005. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 4 b/w photos and colour illustrations (sketches, plans, graphs, artworks and photos). Stiff covers, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.

71928
SCHAFFER, Irene
EXCURSION: NORTH BRUNY ISLAND
$30.00 AUD

Irene Schaffer. New Town, Tasmania. 1996. 1st edition, March 1996. (2), VI, 47 PP with b/w illustrations: drawings, facsimile of documents, plans, portraits and photos.. Soft covers, pictorial front, cloth spine. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.

71929
SCHAFFER, Irene
DERWENT RIVER EXCURSION on board the "Lady Nelson" - Volume 1; Sandy Bay - Battery Point - Hobart
$30.00 AUD

Irene Schaffer. New Town, Tasmania. 2001. 1st edition, June 2001. (4), 15, (28 plates) PP (recto only) with 43 b/w illustrations: sketch map, plans, drawings and paintings, photos. Soft covers, pictorial front, cloth spine. Covers a little soiled with a small light crease, o/wise near fine. 29.5 x 21.

72128
SCHAFFER, Irene & McKAY, Thelma
Profiles of Norfolk Islanders to Van Diemen's Land: "LADY NELSON" 1807 - Volume 1
$40.00 AUD

Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay. Hobart. 1989. Updated edition of the 1987 original. V, 34 PP with 2 b/w illustrations (vignette on front cover and title page), plus 1 plate " View of the Lady Nelson in the Thames" and 1 page " Additional Research 1989". Soft cover, illustrated front. Foxing spots on front cover and outside edges. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 0958792615

73003
SCHEELITE MINE
KING ISLAND SCHEELITE MINE: SAFETY RULES - UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS
$30.00 AUD

King Island Scheelite Mine. Grassy, King Island. 1977. 2nd revised edition in May 1977, of the July 1972 original Introduction by C. E. C. Wearne, Manager of Operations. (2), 83 PP with 22 b/w illustrations / cartoons. Stiff covers, staples. Fine. Small format: 14.3 x 10.2.

71987
SELKIRK, Patricia M., QUILTY, Patrick G. & DAVIES, Margaret (editors)
FORUM ON THE SUB-ANTARCTIC - Papers and Proceedings of the ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA - Volume 141, Part 1 & Part 2
$30.00 AUD

The Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart. 2007. Volume 141, Parts 1 & 2, November 2007. VI, 214 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs & tables, maps, drawings & photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.6 x 21.

24 papers presented at the Forum held at the CCAMLR (Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) in Hobart, 6-7 July 2006.

70947
SHANKLEY, Erika
FAIR WINDS AND SMOOTH SAILING - History of the Cruising Yacht Club of Tasmania, Inc. 1996-2015
$40.00 AUD

Cruising Yacht Club of Tasmania Inc. Hobart. 2015. 1st Ed. VI, 58 PP with 24 colour and 41 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780646949840

75607
SHARLAND, Michael
STONES OF A CENTURY
$15.00 AUD

Oldham, Beddome & Meredith Pty Ltd. Hobart. 1952. November 1952 reprint of the June 1952 original. Foreword by C. Craig. XII, 74 PP , plus 66 pages c. 127 b/w photos. Fp: Hobart Doorway, Macquarie Street. Hard covers, dj. Dust jacket with small chips, otherwise near fine. 28.3 x 21.8.

73864
SHARMAN, Nanette
"SOMETHING ABOUT LINGTOWN" - A Sequel: More about Sulphur Creek
$50.00 AUD

Nanette Sharman. Ulverstone. 2011. 1st Ed. Endorsement by Hugh Hiscuitt. IX, 111 PP with b/w illustrations: documents, drawings, newspaper clippings, plans and photos. Pictorial stiff covers, spiral bound. Dedicatory note dated and signed by the author on verso of front cover. Fine (as new condition). 29.7 x 21.

34649
SIMPSON, Ken
BIRDS IN BASS STRAIT
$15.00 AUD

Reed / BHP. Sydney. 1972. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 4 maps, 26 b/w and 70 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0589071084

74265
SKEMP, J. R.
TASMANIA: Yesterday and Today
$20.00 AUD

Macmillan and Co. Ltd. Melbourne. 1959. 2nd edition of the 1958 original. (6), VII, 257 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 drawing, 5 maps, 5 plates with drawings and 24 photos. Soft covers, (cloth), illustrated front cover. Stamp "Specimen Copy - With the Publisher's Compliments", on front endpaper. Fine. 18 x 12.5.

74748
SKEMP, John Rowland
MEMORIES OF MYRTLE BANK - The Bush-farming Experiences of Rowland and Samuel Skemp in North-East Tasmania, 1883-1948
$35.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1952. 1st Ed. Foreword by Aubrey Davern. 256 PP, plus 10 plates (1 of them folded) with b/w illustrations (map, drawings, photos and a facsimile of a "Passengers' Contract Ticket). Cloth covers, dj. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Dust jacket lightly soiled and with repaired tears (now in a protective sleeve). Slight ageing of paper with occasional foxing. An otherwise very good clean copy. 22.6 x 15.

72956
SMITH, Derek
THEN AND NOW
$20.00 AUD

Derek Smith. Whitemark, Flinders Island. 1980. 1st Ed. Foreword by K. G. Worsley. VI, 86 PP with 16 b/w illustrations: 1 map of Flinders Island and close by islands, and 15 drawings. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Near fine. 22 x 15. 0959454609

On Flinders Island and its historical heritage.

69662
SMYTHE, Suzanne
GUARDIANS OF THE PORT: Hobart's Colonial Pilots
$70.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2015. 1st Ed. (6), 266 PP with hundreds of b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stff cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine (as new condition). 26 x 21. 9780994376169

74379
SMYTHE, Suzanne
HISTORY OF THE IRON POT - DERWENT LIGHT
$75.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2012. 1st Ed. (8), 116 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by the author on title page. Fine (mint condition). 21 x 21. 978098755683

68896
SOMERVILLE, Janet
JANET SOMERVILLE's BOTANICAL HISTORY OF TASMANIA 1642-1820
$60.00 AUD

University of Tasmania & Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Hobart. 2006. 1st edition with a foreword by Winifred M. Curtis. Edited by Brad Potts, Gintaras Kantvilas and Jean Jarman. XXII, 233 PP with 2 tables, 19 maps and 60 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23 x 16. 9781862953420

74722
SOMERVILLE, Janet
TASMANIAN SHELLS
$20.00 AUD

Visual Aids Branch, Education Department, Tasmania. Hobart.. 1963. 1st Ed., in Visual Aids Bulletin No. 1. 11 PP (typescript on recto only) with drawings by Alma Carlstrom. Pictorial soft covers . Some scoring (mostly ticks or crosses in pencil) opposite the shell drawings. Slight ageing of paper. Front cover of original wrapper pasted down on stiff folder. Good. 33.3 x 20.7.

An aid for shell identification and used in primary schools.

72217
SPROD, Dan
ALEXANDER PEARCE OF MACQUARIE HARBOUR, Convict - Bushranger - Cannibal
$100.00 AUD

Cattle & Fiddle Press. Hobart. 1977. 1st edition limited to 750 copies hand numbered (No. 748) and signed by the author. XV, 173, (3 colophon) PP, plus 10 pages with 9 b/w illustrations. Fp: Alexander Pearce, death study by Thomas Bock. Eps: Map of Van Diemen's Land. Red cloth cover with engraved arrow on front. Lightly soiled dust jacket. Faint foxing on top outside edge. A near fine copy. 21.7 x 14.5. 0858530317

68859
SPROD, Dan (editor)
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND REVEALED: Flinders and Bass and their circumnavigation of the Island in the colonial sloop Norfolk 1798-1799
$50.00 AUD

Blubber Head Press. Hobart. 2009. 1st edition limited to 750 copies. IX, 228, (1) PP, plus 12 pages with 22 b/w plates and 3 folded charts contained in a pocket pasted down on rear endpaper. Fp: Chart of Bass's Strait with portraits of Matthew Flinders and George Bass. Case-bound, cloth cover, gilt device on front board and gilt title on spine, dj. As new. 28 x 18.5. 9780908528356

73013
SPURLING, S.
PICTURESQUE LAUNCESTON: The City and Adjacent Tourist Attractions, illustrated by Forty-nine Photographs
$35.00 AUD

A.W. Birchall & Sons Pty Ltd. Launceston. c. 1930. No pagination, 24 PP with 49 b/w photos, including a panoramic view at centrefold. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Faint foxing on covers. Very good. Oblong: 20.5. x 26.7.

74060
SQUIBB, G.B. (compiler)
Seventeenth Annual MERSEY VALLEY APPLE FESTIVAL -
$20.00 AUD

Mersey Valley Apple Festival. Devonport. 1972. Programme for the 17th annual Festival. Message by Councillor B. J. Jeffrey, President. 88 PP with advertisements, 1 plan of Spreyton Park, and b/w photos (including portraits of potential or previous "Apple Festival Queens"). Pictorial soft wrappers. Near fine. 21.8 x 14.

75159
STANCOMBE, G. Hawley
HIGHWAY IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
$20.00 AUD

G. H. Stancombe & The National Trust of Australia (Tasmania). Glendessary, Western Junction. 1974. 3rd edition of the 1968 original. Foreword by C. Craig. (XVI), 151 PP, plus 42 pages with 10 illustrated maps and 40 illustrations by Eric Ratcliff. Eps: Chart of North East Tasmania. Pictorial stiff covers (laminated). Spine with lamiated part wrinkled. Faint foxing on outside edges. Contents near fine. 24.2 x 18.5. 0959929312

Old coaching road between Hobart and Launceston.

71462
STANLEY, Kathleen M.
GUIDING LIGHTS - Tasmania's Lighthouses and Lighthousemen
$60.00 AUD

St. David's Park. Hobart. 1991. 1st Ed. IX, 181 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Covers with light creases and rubbed at hinges of spine. Colour postcard and a 3 pages newspaper review on Lighthouses of Mersey Bluff and Table Cape, NW Tasmania, loosely inserted. Contents near fine. Scarce. 24.8 x 17.6. 0724625682

A vital record of the lives of the personnel keeping the lights shining and of the lighthouses they manned.

72938
STANLEY, Kathleen M.
GUIDING LIGHTS - Tasmania's Lighthouses and Lighthousemen
$45.00 AUD

St. David's Park. Hobart. 1991. 1st Ed. IX, 181 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Fine. Scarce. 24.8 x 17.6. 0724625607

A vital record of the lives of the personnel keeping the lights shining and of the lighthouses they manned.

73857
STEPHENS, C. G.
THE SOILS OF TASMANIA
$30.00 AUD

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Melbourne. 1941. 1st Ed. Bulletin No. 139 of the Council. 40 PP with 10 figures and 4 tables, plus 1 large folded map in colour "Soil Map of Tasmania (with contours)" at back of book. Soft cover, title on front cover. Front cover lightly soiled, staples removed (rusty). Contents near fine. 24 x 15.6.

72700
STEPHENS, Don
WITH A CAMERA IN TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD

Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department. Hobart. c. 1960. 1st Ed. No pagination, 48 PP with 86 b/w photos by Don Stephens. Inside front cover: the Tesselated Pavement, Eaglehawk Neck. Inside back cover: Three masted trading ketch at anchor. Pictorial stiff covers with light wear and a little insect damage on lower corner of back cover. Note to previous owner partly blocked out at top of title page. Contents near fine. 34 x 24.

A souvenir of interesting views & scenes from all parts of Tasmania.

75620
STEVENS, Leonie
'ME WRITE MYSELF': The Free Aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land at Wybalenna, 1832-47
$20.00 AUD

Monash University Publishing. Melbourne. 2017. 1st Ed., in the "Australian History" series. XLIV, 356 PP with b/W illustrations: 1 diagram, 1 table, 1 location map, 6 maps. Soft covers, pictorial front. Front and back covers with a crease. Very good. 23.4 x 15.2. 9781925494638

Forced exile of Tasmanian Aborigines to Flinders Island, Furneaux Group, Bass Strait.

75589
STONE, Carolyn R. & TYSON, Pamela
OLD HOBART TOWN AND ENVIRONS 1802-1855
$50.00 AUD

Pioneer Design Studio. Melbourne. 1978. 1st Ed. VI, 7-208 PP with 129 b/w and colour plates. FEP: Map of Sullivans Cove. REP: Map of Hobart Town. Cloth cover, illustration pasted down on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Spine with short tear (1 cm) at head and rubbed a foot. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, otherwise contents are near fine. 30.5 x 24.5. 0909674086

17106
TAPP, P. & ANDREWS, A. (Compilers)
HOBART
$5.00 AUD

Corporation of the City of Hobart. Hobart. c. 1985. Reprint. 28 PP with over 80 colour Photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Hobart, capital of Tasmania, The Treasure Island.

30325
TASMAN, Abel Janszoon
THE DISCOVERY OF TASMANIA (24 November 1642)
$25.00 AUD

Government Printer. Hobart. 1985. Facsimile reprint of the 1942 original, in a limited edition of 3000 copies. (8), 43, (8) PP with 2 colour and 2 b/w illust., plus 3 plates (facsimile of Tasman's journal entry for December 1642 and 2 folded maps). Title page: vignette in colour of the Flag of the state of Tasmania. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 25.8 x 18.8. 0724622241

Extracts from the Journal of Abel Janszoon Tasman (from translation of the original manuscript in the Colonial Archives at The Hague, by Professor J.E. Heeres) and facsimiles of original maps.

73132
TASMAN, Abel Janszoon
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND THROUGH GERMAN EYES (in 40° South Tasmania)
$10.00 AUD

40 Degrees South Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2001. Issue No. 21, Winter 2001, edited by Warren Boyles and Lyn Wilson. 80 PP. Contains article pages 52 to 54 with 2 b/w illustrations and 2 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 27.4 x 21.

The first was Captain Yde T'Jercxzoon Holman (Holleman), in charge of the Heemskerk of the Abel Tasman expedition.

51092
TASMANIA
PHOTOPRINTS - EARLY HOBART (1905-1906), TEACHERS' GUIDE
$10.00 AUD

Tasmania Media Centre, Education Department. Hobart. 1975. 1st Ed. Clear plastic folder with pictorial cover, containing an 8 page booklet (staples removed) and 16 plates. Fine. 33.5 x 28

74061
TASMANIA
SOUVENIR BOOK OF TASMANIA
$10.00 AUD

National View Product / Murfett Publishers. Launceston. c.1969. 1st ED. No pagination, 24PP with colour illustrations (15 drawings and 44 photos). Inside front cover: Brief description of Tasmania. Inside front cover: Sketch map of Tasmania. Pictorial card covers with a few marks and wear, o/wise near fine. Oblong. 18 x 21.5.

70696
TASMANIA Sesquicentenary
TASMANIA SESQUICENTENARY 1803-4 - 1953-4: 150TH Anniversary of the Foundation of British Settlement
$20.00 AUD

Government Printer. Hobart. 1952. Bulletin No. 1, August 1952. Foreword by Sir Ronald Cross, Governor. 30, (2) PP with b/w illustrations: 1 painting "Landing at Sullivan Cove" by Allcott and 10 portraits (4 of Governors and 6 of early Explorers). Title page with portrait of Abel Janszoon Tasman. Soft covers, ilustrated front (The Arms of Tasmania). Near fine. 24.5 x 18.5.

Events: September 1953 to November 1954.

72048
[TASMANIA]
CIRCULAR HEAD
$10.00 AUD

Circular Head Heritage Centre. Smithton, Tasmania. 2005. 1st Ed. No pagination, 16 PP with 16 b/w photos fom the Circular Head Historical Society. Fine. Format "wall calendar", Oblong: 20.5 x 24.5. 0646466542

The Nut at Stanley was first known as Circular Head.

70876
TASMANIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY
HUON PINE
$20.00 AUD

Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery. Hobart. 1977. 1st Ed. Introduction by D. R. Gregg. Compiled and edited by the staff at TMAG. 24 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 set of 16 drawings by J.D. Hooker, 1 drawing and 13 photos). Soft covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 27 x 19. 0724602658

Publication coinciding with an exhibition at TMAG, 28 June to 28 August 1977.

75590
TASSELL, Margaret and WOOD, David (compilers)
TASMANIAN PHOTOGRAPHER from the John Watt Beattie Collection
$25.00 AUD

The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. 1981 1st Ed. 156 PP with b/w photographies. Fp: Ex Libris of J.W. Beattie. Hard covers, dj. Dust jacket lightly sunned. Fine. 26 x 26. 0333337379

Photographies from the Collections of the Queen Victoria Victoria Museum and Art Gallery: 44 Tasmania: Historic. / 87 Tasmania: Industrial and Scenic / 23 Norfolk Island.

70288
TAYLOR H. G.
THE DISCOVERY OF TASMANIA
$40.00 AUD

Cat and Fiddle. Hobart. 1973. 1st Ed. (12), 177 PP, plus 9 b/w plates (portraits of explorers ). Fp: The death of Marion du Fresne. Eps: Dutch vessels of Abel Tasman Expedition, at anchor. Blackman Bay, Forestier Peninsula (South East Tasmania). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is rubbed around edges and back, o/wise a near fine copy. 25 x 18. 0858530120

Abel Jansz. Tasman, Marion du Fresne, Tobias Furneaux, James Cook, William Bligh, John Henry Cox, Bruny D'Entrecasteaux... Nicolas Baudin.

21269
TAYLOR, A. Carey, WINKS, Robin W. & KUGLER, Richard C.
THE OPENING OF THE PACIFIC, Image and Reality - Maritime Monographs and Reports No 2
$20.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum. London. 1971. 28 PP, plus 1 map on double page at centerfold. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.5 x 20.8.

3 papers read at a symposium held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich on 7th November 1970: Charles de Brosses, the man behind Cook - Getting to know the "beau sauvage" - The penetration of the Pacific by American whalemen in the 19th century.

71175
TAYLOR, Colin
TAYLORS AND THE TAMAR, Plus Surrounding Districts
$45.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 2020. 1st Ed., No. 68 in the Roebuck series. VIII, 265, (5) PP with b/w and colour illustrations (facsimile of newspaper cuttings, maps, plans, paintings and photos) and 83 b/w illust. Laminated boards, illustrated front. Fine. 26 x 21. 9780992366094

Up to and including transportation in the 1850's to Van Diemen's Land, Flinders Island, Serving his Time, then by decade to the 1930's and beyond plus the Taylor family tree.

75256
TAYLOR, Colin
THE BROTHERS TAYLOR - A Tasmanian Maritime History
$45.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed., No. 50 in the Roebuck series. VIII, 184 PP with numerous facsimile of newspaper cuttings, 2 maps, 2 plans and 83 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with spine and part close to it: sunned. Copy signed by the author on front endpaper, and gift note on title page. Near fine 25.8 x 18. 0958656142

74494
TENISWOOD, DR Wilf V.
DID YOU KNOW ? Transcripts from the Popular Radio Series 2ZR
$25.00 AUD

ABC / Speciality Press. Hobart. 1979. 1st Ed. Foreword by John Baldwin, Producer. 61 PP with 21 sketches (artworks) by Richard Bacon. Pictorial stiff covers with light wear Dedicatory note on title page, dated and signed by John Baldwin. Name of previous owner at top of front cover. Near fine. 19.5 x 13.8. 064297229X

Transcripts on Historic spots in and around Hobart, narrated by Ken Short.

75053
THOMAS, Harold
SAM THOMAS AND HIS NEIGHBOURS, and their part in the development of Port Sorell, Latrobe and Devonport
$25.00 AUD

Harold Thomas. North Down, Latrobe, Tas. 1975. Revised edition of the 1972 original. 157 PP with 1 family tree, 1 figure and 3 maps, plus 22 pages with 106 b/w illustrations. Cloth covers, dj. Fine. 25.4 x 18.5. 0909479062

75058
THOMPSON, John
PROBATION IN PARADISE - The Story of Convict Probationers on Tasman's and Forestier's Peninsulas, Van Diemen's Land, 1841-1857
$75.00 AUD

Artemis Publishing. Hobart. 2007. 1st Ed. Foreword by Michael Roe, Emeritus Professor of History. X, 272 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: Watercolour of "Eagle Hawk Neck", in 1840s. (inside front cover: Chart of Forestiers and Peninsulas. Inside back cover: chart of Tasman's Peninsula. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29. 9780646481111

71258
THRA
TASMANIAN HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, Papers and Proceedings - Volume 62, No. 3
$30.00 AUD

Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Inc. Hobart. 2015. December 2015. Edited by Alexander ALISON. 76 PP with b/w ilustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 24 x 15.5.

Two 1838 armed incursions of Upper Canada resulting in transportation to Van Diemen's Land, by John C. Carter. A Tasmanian Life: emerging from the Swamp, by John Honey ...

72729
THRA
TASMANIAN HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, Papers and Proceedings - Volume 62, No. 2
$15.00 AUD

Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Inc. Hobart 2015. Volume 62, No. 2, August 2015. Edited by Alison Alexander. 84 PP with b/w ilustrations. Inside back cover: map and photo of Liverpool Street, Hobart. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24 x 15.5.

The rise and fall of Edward Lord and Maria Riseley. The Cotton brothers and their Tasmanian Legacy, by Peter Roberts-Thomson.

72730
THRA
TASMANIAN HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, Papers and Proceedings - Volume 62, No. 3
$15.00 AUD

Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Inc. Hobart 2015. Volume 62, No. 3, December 2015. Edited by Alison Alexander. 76 PP with b/w ilustrations. Inside back cover: poster for "The Bushranger's Lover. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24 x 15.5.

Two 1838 armed incursions of Upper Canada resulting in transportation to Van Diemen's Land, by John C. Carter.

72731
THRA
TASMANIAN HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, Papers and Proceedings - Volume 68, No. 1 -"EPIDEMIC ISSUE"
$20.00 AUD

Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Inc. Hobart 2021. Volume 68, No. 1, April 2021. Edited by Alexander ALISON. 80 PP with b/w ilustrations. Inside covers: maps centred on Hobart and Launceston. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24 x 15.5.

Epidemic Issue: Examples of Tasmania's Experience with Epidemics since 1837. Human quarantine in early 19th Century Tasmania, by Rosemary Sharples. The Foundation of King Island's medical service and the 1919 influenza epidemic. ... The Vaucluse Infectious Diseases Hospital.

72732
THRA
TASMANIAN HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, Papers and Proceedings - Volume 47, No. 3
$10.00 AUD

Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Inc. Hobart 2000. Volume 47, No. 3, September 2000. Edited by David Dilger & Hugh Campbell. 137-187 PP with b/w ilustrations. Inside covers: maps centred on Hobart and Launceston. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.7 x 15.5.

Baltic Refugee Immigration to Tasmania 1948-52, by Ramunas Tarvydas. F.A.W. Gisborne, Global Conservative, by Michael Roe. ...

72734
THRA
TASMANIAN HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, Papers and Proceedings - Volume 53, No. 4
$10.00 AUD

Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Inc. Hobart 2006. Volume 53, No. 4, December 2006. Edited by David Dilger & Hugh Campbell. 173-220 PP with b/w ilustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.7 x 15.5.

Robert Walker of Kilburn Grange, by Margaret Mason-Cox. ... Garibaldi in Tasmania, by Stefan Petrow.

75071
TOWNSLEY, W.A. & REYNOLDS, John
A CENTURY OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT 1856-1956
$20.00 AUD

L.G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. 1956. 1st edition by F.C. Green. Foreword by the Hon. Robert Cosgrove, Premier of Tasmania. (26), 317, III PP with tables and b/w illustrations (6 facsimiles of documents, 5 sketches of Premiers and 3 photos). Hard covers, dj. Dust jacket with a few chips and feded spine. Contents near fine. 22 x 14.5.

Parliament, House of Assembly and Legislative Council... Electoral system. Premiers and political Leaders ...

72255
TRETHEWIE, Harold (editor)
"BACK TO CIRCULAR HEAD", 23rd - 19th January 1952 - Official Programme and Souvenir Booklet
$25.00 AUD

Publicity sub-Committee for the General Committee. Circular Head. 1952. 1st Ed. Foreword by E. E. Poke, Warden of Circular Head. 64 PP with 50 b/w photos. Soft wrappers with light wear, iillustrated front. Staples removed. Contents near fine. 21.8 x 13.7.

Circular Head and the NW corner of Tasmania.

72194
TRETHEWIE, Harold, GREY, Pat & MAGUIRE Gill (editors)
CIRCULAR HEAD "Local History Journal" Vol. 3, No. 2
$15.00 AUD

Circular Head Historical Society. Smithton, Tasmania. 1990. January 1990 edition. 44 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, photos). Pictorial stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 21 x 14.8.

The Advance Party / Van Diemen's Land Company by Helen M. Dunford. The wreck of the "Kermandie, by W.H. Pelling. ... Locomotives used on the Circular Head Tramways. ...

73259
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
OCEANIA - A Journal devoted to the Study of the Native Peoples of Australia, New Guinea, and the Islands of the Pacific (Volume XXXVIII, No. 4, 1968)
$20.00 AUD

University of Sydney. Sydney. 1968. Volume XXXVIII, No.4, June 1968. Edited by A.P. Elkin & H. Ian Hogbin. 243-322, (4 contents) PP with 1 graph, 7 tables (1 large folded table on pazge 251). . Soft covers, illustrated front, title on front cover and spine. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.3 x 18.5.

Culture change, economic development and migration among the Hula. Aboriginal Employment And Industrial relations at Weipa, North Queensland.

73260
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
OCEANIA - A Journal devoted to the Study of the Native Peoples of Australia, New Guinea, and the Islands of the Pacific (Volume XXXIX, No. 1, 1968)
$20.00 AUD

University of Sydney. Sydney. 1968. Volume XXXIX, No. 1, September 1968. Edited by A.P. Elkin & H. Ian Hogbin. 84 PP with 2 maps, 5 figures, 8 tables (1 large folded table on pazge 25). . Soft covers, illustrated front, title on front cover and spine. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.3 x 18.5.

The Hula in Port Moresby. .

73044
UNIVERSITY TASMANIA
REPORT ON THE HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS OF TASMANIA - Number 1: William Sorell's Journal (1823 - 1825) / The Downie Papers (1823-1836) / The Pitt Collection (1828 - 1866)
$15.00 AUD

Department of History, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1958. 1st edition. Introduction by Professor J. McManners. (4), 21 PP. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples, cloth tape on spine. Foxing spots on front cover. Very good. 26 x 20.3.

73045
UNIVERSITY TASMANIA
REPORT ON THE HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS OF TASMANIA - Number 2: Philip Thomas Smith / William Henty / William Archer / Morris Store at Swansea / George Burn
$15.00 AUD

Department of History, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1959. 1st edition. Introduction by Janet McRae, Research Assistant. (6), 34 PP. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples, cloth tape on spine. Faint foxing on front cover. Very good. 26 x 20.3.

73046
UNIVERSITY TASMANIA
REPORT ON THE HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS OF TASMANIA - Number 3: The Leake Papers (1822-1917)
$20.00 AUD

Department of History, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1959. 1st edition. Introduction by Janet McRae, Research Assistant. (6), 54 PP, plus 2 plates with 4 b/w illustrations: 1 photo and 3 portraits. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples, cloth tape on spine. Faint foxing on front cover. Very good. 26 x 20.3.

15310
VILLIERS, Alan
VANISHED FLEETS, Sea Stories From Old Van Dieman's Land
$20.00 AUD

Cat & Fiddle Press. Hobart. 1974. Reprint of 1931 original. (XIV), 297 PP plus 16 pages with 20 b/w photos. Fp: Hobart. Eps: A chart of Tasmania. Cloth covers, gilt-engraved signature of Alan Villiers on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 0858530163

A survey of the maritime history of Tasmania. Earlier days, convict ships, whalers, clippers & later days.

72263
Von STIEGLITZ, Karl
ENTALLY (1821) - Pageant of a Pioneer Family 1792-1912
$15.00 AUD

Scenery Preservation Board. Hobart. 1956. April 1956 reprint of the 1950 original. Foreword to 2nd edition by F. Miles and Michael Sharland. 46, (2) PP with 9 b/w illustrations. Stiff cover, front cover with title "Entally National House: A Short History". Lower corner of pages 33 to 40 clipped (about 1.5 to 2cm and not affecting illustration or text). An otherwise near fine copy. 21.5 x 14.2.

A History of the Reibey Family and Entally ..., Hadspen, with an account of its Former Owners.

51366
WALKER, Ian
TALL SHIPS AND CANNIBALS. The Story of Captain Richard Copping of Hobart Town
$25.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2005. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. Publication No. 60 in the Roebuck Society series. VIII, 152 PP with 42 b/w illustrations. FEP: Map of the Northern & Southern Hemispheres. REP: Map of Oceania. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 097513311X

72166
WALKER, James Leonard (Chairman)
REPORT OF ROYAL COMMISSION ON UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA
$40.00 AUD

D.E. Wilkinson, Acting Government Printer. Hobart. 1955. Report No. 18, signed 26th May 1955. 56 PP (on 2 columns) with 10 tables. Soft covers, title and device on front cover, staples. Old water stain affecting the lower corner of covers and pages. Still a very good reading copy. Folio: 33.5 x 21.

71884
WALKER, Peter Benson
ALL THAT WE INHERIT, being Family Memorials of the Walkers and Mathers of Hobart and ...
$45.00 AUD

J. Walch & Sons Pty Ltd. Hobart. 1968. 1st edition limited to 500 numbered copies (No. 283 / 500). Foreword by William N. Oats. XII, 158, (4 blank), (8 family trees, 1 on folded page) PP plus 16 b/w plates and 8 family trees. Copy signed by the author on verso of half title page. Cloth covers, title on front board and spine, glassine protection. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. Scarce. 19 x 13.

and... the Reminiscences and Memories of James Backhouse Walker ...

14399
WALKER, Peter Benson (editor)
THE LOG OF THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BY CAPTAIN JAMES KELLY 1814-1815 and Other Accounts of Early Exploration of the West and North West Coast of Tasmania taken from Tasmanian Parliamentary Papers
$30.00 AUD

Caudell, A.B., Government Printer. Hobart. 1986. 1st edition limited to 2100 copies. Preface by Robin Gray, Premier of Tasmania. X, 58 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 1 large folded map (in colour) of North-West quarter of Van Diemen's Land. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Three newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Near fine. 26 x 18.7. 0724622802

Published for "Tasmania Day", 24th November, 1986.

66201
WALKER, Peter Benson & ELLIS, Frank (editors)
VENTURING WESTWARD - Accounts of Pioneering exploration in Western and North Western Tasmania by Messrs Gould, Gunn, Hellyer, Frodsham, Counsel and Sprent
$30.00 AUD

Government Printer. Hobart. 1987. 1st Ed. Foreword by Robin Gray, Premier of Tasmania. VIII, 62 PP with b/w illustrations (1 facsimile of document, 2 maps and 14 headpieces). Pictorial soft covers a little sunned near spine and traces of an old sticker on front, o/wise a very good clean copy. 26 x 18.7. 0724623280

Published for "Tasmania Day", 1987.

75106
WARE, John
STRAHAN: Macquarie Harbour
$30.00 AUD

Mercury-Walsh. Hobart. 1979. Facsimile edition of the 1908 (?) original. 84 PP with 28 period advertisements and b/w illustrations including 30 photos on full page. Stiff covers, gilt title on front cover. Fine. Small format: 15.5 x 12..

73073
WATSON, Reg. A.
DISTINGUISHED TASMANIAN HISTORICAL PARLIAMENTARIANS
$15.00 AUD

Anglo-Saxon-Keltic Society. Sandy Bay. 1987. February 1987 edition. (4), 28 PP, (6 index) with lists and b/w photos. Stiff covers, front with title and portrait of William Champ, first-ever Premier. Stapled card covers. Signature on title-page, o/wise near fine. 20.5 x 14.5. 0959574646

70087
WELLS, T. E.
MICHAEL HOWE, the Last and Worst of the Bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land
$20.00 AUD

Review Publications. Dubbo, NSW. 1979. Reprint of the 1818 original. Volume XXXV in the Australian Historical Monographs new series. Introduction by George Mackaness. 40 PP with b/w illustrations (2 facsimile of documents and 2 portraits). Card cover. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.

The first unofficial book or pamphlet printed in Tasmania.

72954
WHITE, Gary
ISLANDS OF SOUTH-WEST TASMANIA
$15.00 AUD

Gary White. Sydney. 1980. March 1980 printing of the January 1980 original. Foreword by S. G. Lane. XII, 63 PP with 10 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front, staples. Covers slightly rubbed. Near fine. 22.2 x 15.7. 0959486607

72955
WHITE, Gary
ISLANDS OF SOUTH-WEST TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD

Gary White. Sydney. 1981. Enlarged edition of September 1981, (original of January 1980). Foreword by S. G. Lane. XII, 79 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map and 12 b/w photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front, staples. Fine. 22.2 x 15.7. 0959486607

73862
WHITHAM, Charles
WESTERN TASMANIA. A Land of Riches and Beauty
$100.00 AUD

Mount Lyell Tourist Association. Queenstown, Tas. 1924. 1st Ed. VIII, 168 PP with tables and 13 b/w photos, plus large folded map "Western Tasmania". Fp: On the North-East Dundas railway. Soft covers, decorated front with colour photo "River Gorge" vignette. Covers with some wear and small pieces missing at head and foot of spine. Ageing of paper and small dog-ears at bottom of a few pages. Dedicatory short 'with compliments' note on FFEP. Overall, a near fine copy of a scarce item. 21.5 x 14.

17491
WILLS, Geoffrey
AUSTRALASIA IN LONDON, Some Relics of Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania at the National Maritime Museum (in the Australasian Antique Collector No. 17)
$5.00 AUD

IPC Business Press. Sydney. 1976. 17th edition, 1976. Contains article P. 40 to 44 with 12 bw illust. Pict. card cover. Very good. 29.5 x 23.

Marine time-keepers used by Captain James Cook, Arthur Phillip and Matthew Flinders. Charts of Torres Strait...

67235
WILSON, Andrew
OLD SEA DOGS OF TASMANIA
$85.00 AUD

Paul County / Sunny South Publishing. Hobart. 2013. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 1 coloured postcard and b/w photos. Pictorial hard covers, title on front board and spine, ribbon page-marker. Signed by the author on page 3. Fine. 26.7 x 22. 9780980635508

68240
WILSON, Andrew
OLD SEA DOGS OF TASMANIA - Book 2
$75.00 AUD

Everything Pty. Ltd. Hobart. 2016. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sean Langman, and introduction by Peter Campbell. 260 PP (5 of these pages are double-folded) with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial hard covers, title on front board and spine. Signed by the author on page 3. Fine. 26.7 x 22. 9780992303631

71723
WILSON, Andrew
COAST - TASMANIA, Seascapes from the Roaring Forties
$60.00 AUD

Everything Everything & Fullers Bookshop Publishing. Hobart. 2016. 1st Ed. Foreword, poem and chapter text by Finegan Kruckemeyer. 304 PP with b/w and colour photos by Andrew Wilson. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. As new. 30.5 x 39.5. 9780992303686

73769
WILSON, Andrew
COAST - TASMANIA, Seascapes from the Roaring Forties
$90.00 AUD

Everything Everything & Fullers Bookshop Publishing. Hobart. 2016. 1st Ed. Foreword, poem and chapter text by Finegan Kruckemeyer. 304 PP with b/w and colour photos by Andrew Wilson. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Copy with a signed dedicatory note by the author to previous owner on front endpaper, as well as signed on the title page. Fine. 30.5 x 39.5. 9780992303686

75109
WILSON, Andrew
OLD SEA DOGS OF TASMANIA
$45.00 AUD

Paul County / Sunny South Publishing. Hobart. 2013. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 1 coloured postcard and b/w photos. Pictorial hard covers, title on front board and spine. Fine. 26.7 x 22. 9780980635508

72818
WILSON, Andrew & PEARSON, Di
BLUE WATER CLASSICS - Portraits of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
$65.00 AUD

Everything Everything Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2020. 1st Ed. Foreword by David Kellett. 521 PP with b/w and colour photos by Andrew Wilson. Fp: Tasman Island shrouded in Sea Fog. Pictorial boards, title on front board and spine. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 9780992588250

Jack Earl, by Tiare Tomaszewski. The Tattersall Cup. ... Larry Jamieson and Bob Oatley. ... The Legends: Captain J.H. Illingworth / Magnus and Trygve Halvorsen. Thorry Gunnersen and "Tilting at Windmills".

74148
WILSON, J.R.
A CENTURY OF CARING: Latrobe's Hospital 1887 - 1987
$100.00 AUD

Graduate Nurses' Association, Centennial Celebrations Committee, Mersey General Hospital. Latrobe, Tas. 1988. Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies (No. 514 / 1000). Foreword by Richard D. Ferris. XIV, 306 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, newspaper clippings, maps and plans, paintings, prints and photos). Eps. Hard covers, gilt decoration on front board "Devon Jubilee Hospital, 1887", gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 22 x 15.5. 0731602226

An illustrated history of the Devon Cottage Hospital, The Devon Public Hospital and the Mersey General Hospital in Northern Tasmania.

50568
YACHTING
ANCHORAGE GUIDE SOUTH EAST COAST TASMANIA
$10.00 AUD

Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania Hobart. c. 1972. Folded (4 folds) map in colour 51 x 37.5. Soft covers, Fine. 21 x 13.5.

35 anchorages, between Freycinet Peninsula, Schouten Island... Cape Raoul and Tasman Island.

72043
YOUNG, John
GOING DOWN ANOTHER LANE
$45.00 AUD

Ashwood Books. Franklin, Tasmania. 2020. 1st Ed. VII, 444 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plan, maps, photos). Soft covers, pictorial front. Signed by the author on title page. New. 23 x 15.5. 9780987411129

A life of adventure, travel...leading to the establishment in Franklin of a school of wooden boatbuilding ... and the Franklin Working Waterfront Association.

69186
YOUNG, Ruth
THE PALAIS THEATRE: A Social History of Franklin's Town Hall 1912-2012
$60.00 AUD

Ashwood Books & Franklin Palais Management Committee. Franklin. 2013. June 2013 reprint of the October 2012 original. (6), 244 PP with b/w illustrations (documents, ephemera, plans, photos ...). Pictorial soft cover. Fine (mint condition). 29.7 x 21. 9780987411112