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184920650Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. x 13-386 in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth. Losses to spine ends corners rubbed through slightly shaken but still a better than average copy of this title which is often found in poor condition. Hill 1910: The ships made port in Rio de Janierio Valparaiso Callao Paita the Marquesas Honolulu Monterey Mazatlan Manzanillo Acapulco and Gayamas. Extensive visits were made in Rio Lima California the Gulf of California and Mexico. Woods was traveling in central Mexico when the Mexican War began and he escaped via Vera Cruz. The intelligence gathered by Wood in Mexico was instrumental to the U.S. seizure of California by Commodore Sloat in that war. Carey and Hart hardcover books
1840WRCAM53792Sydney: W.A. Duncan Australasian Chronicle Office 1840. 52pp. Dbd. Minor toning some loose leaves. Good. A rare trial account of a peculiar though perhaps an oddly-justified assault in Australia in 1840. "James Mudie had in his book THE FELONRY OF NEW SOUTH WALES reflected upon the capacity of Kinchela's father in his office as judge. The younger Kinchela waited for Mudie who had recently returned to the colony and administered many lashes one witness said 50 with a horsewhip. The defence was that Mudie well deserved what he got as a common libeller and that Judge Kinchela was now aged and unable to take his own part. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of £50 - one pound for each stroke" - Ferguson. Some might call the horsewhipping a simple case of frontier justice. <br> <br> Together Ferguson and OCLC locate only five copies all in Australia. FERGUSON 3104. OCLC 220294602. W.A. Duncan, Australasian Chronicle Office unknown books
71704Very good. A collection of reports campaign literature newsletters and other literature produced in the early 1970s as part of the Women's Liberation Movement in Australia. Among the organizations represented are the Women's Electoral Lobby the Women's Liberation Center the Working Women's Group and the Women's Abortion Action Campaign. Suzanne Fairbanks senior archivist at The University of Melbourne Archives summarized this period: "In the midst of the social activism that characterized the late 1960s the women's movement in Australia regained the public visibility it had first achieved at the beginning of the 20th century. The energy of women's renewed campaigns was directed into strategies of which two stand out: work for equal civil rights through the courts and government; and actions for personal and social liberation through consciousness-raising direct activism and alternative arenas for self-expression. The fight for civil equality had a long tradition in the Australian women's movement but women were becoming frustrated. Following campaigns by unions and women in the post-war period in 1969 the Arbitration Commission awarded equal pay for women but only for strictly equal work. The commission's decision would have no impact on women who worked in predominantly 'female' jobs. Taking their lead from the early suffragists Zelda D'Aprano trade unionist and communist and teachers Thelma Solomon and Alva Geikie chained themselves to the door of the Arbitration Commission in a very public protest which attracted wide media attention. The success of direct protest action in gathering publicity and support led to these women's forming with Jessie 'Bon' Hull the Women's Action Committee WAC which engaged in further public protest such as insisting on paying only 75 per cent of the fare on trams as they received 75 per cent of a male wage. Most importantly in March 1972 WAC founded the Women's Liberation Centre in Melbourne to provide a meeting place and support centre for feminists. By 1972 women led by Beatrice Faust a University of Melbourne graduate and civil liberties campaigner established the Women's Electoral Lobby WEL which produced a form guide to all candidates in the December 1972 federal election. The results of WEL's Australia-wide survey of candidates' attitudes to child care equality in education and work and planned parenthood were published in newspapers in November 1972. In Victoria WEL targeted sitting members of parliament in marginal seats on polling day. When Gough Whitlam led the Australian Labor Party to victory women's issues were firmly to the fore. In Melbourne the Women's Liberation Movement WLM was closely connected to trade unions and the workers' movement. By the early 1970s a Women's Liberation Group had become affiliated with the Student Union at the University of Melbourne. Just as universities provided a haven for anti-war and radical ideas they proved favourable for the ideas and activism of the women's movement. Indeed the women's movement grew when women active in trade unions the Communist Party anti-conscription and anti-war movements perceived that the talk of a new society mostly included the old sexism. At the University of Melbourne the University Assembly formed a Women's Working Group which first reported on the status of women at the university in 1975; this report was instrumental in forcing the university to adopt equal opportunity policies." This collection consists of 28 pieces including one duplicate along with five pages of holographic notes and a newspaper clipping. Among the highlights are: EQUAL PAY VERDICT an undated leaflet 5 1/4" x 8 1/8" issued by the Union of Australian Women in Melbourne criticizing the 1969 decision of the Arbitration Commission "For some women the judgement will result in true equal pay but probably one woman in five will miss out."; SISTERHOOD IS POWERFUL No. 3 1972 mimeographed on both sides of a legal-size leaf this newsletter features a lengthy piece entitled "Women and the Environmental Crisis" "Since both the liberation of women and the rescue of the environment are essentially freedom-oriented pro-life movements they are inevitably inter-related."; WOMEN'S LIBERATION NEWSLETTER: March 1973 14 p. photomechanically reproduced on both sides of seven yellow legal-size leaves includes a report by co-editor Ky Barrett on the February general meeting a list of contacts the Manifesto of the Women's Liberation Movement event announcements etc.; JOIN HANDS. No. 2 - June 1973 an early publication of the Communist Party of Australia which was founded in 1971 this journal includes several pieces on the Women's Liberation Movement including "Towards a Science of Women's Liberation" by Isabel Larguia and John Dumoulin and "Historical Origins of Female Oppression" by Nola Cooper; SHOULD W.E.L. SUPPORT A MOTHER'S WAGE a nuanced discussion by feminist writer Elizabeth Windschuttle of the merits and shortcomings of the Department of Social Security's mother's wage proposal 1973 12 p. photomechanically reproduced on the recto of legal-size sheets of white paper and bound with a staple; and WOMEN'S INFORMATION SHEET circa 1973 includes the name and contact information for university action areas feminist organizations contraceptive services and child care as well as a feminist reading list produced by the Victorian Women's Liberation on two sheets of yellow legal-size paper and accompanied by another sheet listing the 45 Women's Liberation groups with contact information. The vast majority of the material in this collection is photomechanically reproduced on legal-size paper. Some have been hole punched along the left margin and a few bear holographic notations. There is some occasional toning and minor edgewear. Overall the material is in very good or better condition. unknown books
1866513171866. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 vols. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 vols. Victorian Acts in Force in 1866 Australia. Victoria. The Victorian Statutes. Published by Authority. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Modern cloth hardcover gilt titles to spines endpapers renewed internally clean. Ex-library with small stamps to title pages. $650. Only edition. A companion volume of imperial statutes in force in Victoria was published in 1868. The first three volumes contain general acts. Volume IV contains acts that relate to particular persons or localities or have a "special or limited operation." Both volumes are indexed have chronological tables and are digested alphabetically. OCLC locates 6 copies. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:88. unknown books
1883513221883. Western Australian Statutes 1883 Australia. The Statutes Of Western Australia. By Authority. Melbourne: M'Carron Bird & Co. 1883. 2 volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Contemporary calf rebacked lettering pieces to spine. Moderate rubbing with some wear to extremities internally clean. Ex-library with shelf location labels to spines small property stamps to title pages. $500. Contents digested alphabetically. Topics include Aborigines administration of justice admiralty lands aliens hawking immigrants industrial schools intestates' estates jetties and bridges juries joint stock companies justices of the peace wild horses and wrecks. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:91. unknown books
19879017Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1987. First edition. Signed by Chatwin as issued. Illustrated by Martha Phillips. "Special Message" by Chatwin not found in other editions. Publisher's letter to Signed First Edition Society members laid-in as issued. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards all edges gilt satin pagemarker. In publisher's unopened shrinkwrap with all inserts included. Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.<br />The image is of the book described and not a stock photo. Franklin Library hardcover books
189914880New York and London: Longmans Green 1899. Hardcover. Very good. First edition American issue. 8vo. pp. xxiv 490; with two folding maps 20 full-page plates many other illustrations in the text. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt top edge gilt. Very mild spine slant rubbing to extremities; internals clean and sound. Lady Brassey was a skilled photographer and botanist and also had an interest in medicine. She and her husband a Member of Parliament and accomplished sailor traveled extensively on their yacht "Sunbeam" and Annie's lively books about their adventures found an eager audience. This book published after she died of malaria at age 48 recounts travels in India Sri Lanka Indonesia Malaysia and Australia. Longmans, Green hardcover books
196111971London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Translated from the French by James Hogarth. 187 pp extensively illustrated with photographs some color. Previous owner's name on front pastedown else a fine copy in a clean slightly rubbed dust jacket with a few ink marks on the rear panel. Account of an expedition in search of the elusive shell of the golden cowrie--the larges of the world's 250 known cowrie species--with much on the people and culture of the island's native villages. Oliver and Boyd hardcover books
1852WRCAM7726London 1852. viii248pp. plus advertisements. Folding frontispiece map. 12mo. Original printed paper boards. Bit chipped at head and toe of spine hinges broken and textblock nearly detached. Text tanned but internally quite clean. Good. "Enlarged and Corrected Edition." Includes a history of Australian discovery with sections on Australia; New South Wales its industry produce and gold fields; Victoria its attributes location and gold fields; and advice to emigrants in reaching Australia. FERGUSON 9357. hardcover books
1988230832Topsfield: Salem House 1988. hardcover. very good-/very good-. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. 528 pages 4to gilt-stamped black cloth corners bumped and rubbed dust wrapper rubbed. Topsfield: Salem House 1988. Very good-.<br/><br/> Salem House unknown books
197214185Apia Samoa 1972. Softcover. Very good. 8.5 x 11 in 138 pp printed wrappers. Yearbook of the Western Samoa Teachers' Training College illustrated with many b/w photographs. Light soiling to covers title handwritten in pen on spine; otherwise unmarked clean and sound. Includes staff photos and bios list and photos of all graduates list of trophies and awards messages from various school dignitaties letters to the editor student writing most describing what their school experience has meant to them poetry in both English and Samoan and typical yearbook photos of campus life sports clubs and other activities identifying students who participated in each. An interesting and scarce record of this educational institution which was merged into the National University of Samoa in 1997. paperback books
193714346Melbourne: Printed and Published by the Mining Standard for the Tasmanian Government 1937. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. 148 pp with b/w illustrations maps and ads. A scarce promotional work with text offering descriptive and statistical information on tourist attractions hydro-electric development mining timber resources agriculture fruit sheep hops dairy honey tobacco shipping and ports fisheries shipbuilding and whaling railways and scenery recreational opportunities etc. Spine has been covered with clear tape which extends about two inches onto each cover and covers are somewhat edgeworn. Binding is sound and text clean. Printed and Published by the Mining Standard for the Tasmanian Government paperback books
2002130420Canberra: National Museum of Australia 2002. Softcover. NF. Orange wraps color illustration. 118 pp.; Profuse color illustrations including a map. Text: English and Chinese. An exhibition from the National Museum of Australia for the Guangzhou Museum of Art China. National Museum of Australia paperback books
1881512811881. Brisbane: Beal Government Printer 1881. 4 vols. Brisbane: Beal Government Printer 1881. 4 vols. The First Compilation of Queensland Statutes Australia. Queensland. Cooper Frederick Augustus Editor. Statutes in Force in the Colony of Queensland. Brisbane: James C. Beal Government Printer 1881. 4 volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 11". Recent cloth gilt titles to spine endpapers renewed internally clean. Ex-library. Small stamps to title pages. $500. Only edition. With a chronological table of acts. Volume IV is an index. "The object in view has been simply the compilation and revision of the existing Statute Law of the Colony of Queensland in such a manner as to facilitate the search of all whose avocations render reference to it necessary and not in any way to furnish the profession with the very large number of Imperial Acts applicable or apparently applicable to this colony.": Preface. OCLC locates 6 copies. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:77. unknown books
253751Sydney: ISO Publishing Australia. multi-color newspaper 12pp shelf worn. Issues include Nos. 291 292 293 295 302 304 307 all in 1994. Twice monthly periodical of the Australia supporters of the British Socialist Workers Party. Published twice a month. ISO Publishing [Australia] unknown books
1985WRCLIT50964Five Docks N.S.W.: South Head Press 1985. Whole numbers 121416-29 33 35 39 41 42 44-54 59 74/5 92 94/5 96 100-102. Thirty-eight issues three of them double numbers. Octavo and large octavo. Printed and pictorial wrappers. Some scattered rubbing or extremity wear one issue has small scrape at corner but very good to about fine. Edited by Grace Perry. Since its founding in 1964 POETRY AUSTRALIA has been the mainstream periodical of Australian poetry. After her death in 1987 Dr. Perry was succeeded by Les Murray. Extra shipping charges. South Head Press unknown books
20485Hobart: Anson's Photographs. Hardcover. Very good. Souvenir view book printed in Germany for this Australian photography firm. Undated internal evidence places it between 1890 and 1892. 5.75 x 4.25 inches oblong. Red paper-covered boards decorated in gilt and black containing 14 accordion-folded photolithographic albertype or a similar process views. Brothers Joshua Henry and William Anson established their photography studio in Hobart in the late 1870s and developed a trade in souvenir views of Tasmania. They published more than one view book with the name "Picturesque Southern Tasmania" we have seen two different ones and there may be others. This one focuses on the penal colony at Port Arthur which was by then closed and being promoted as a tourist attraction and the nearby landscape. The views are: Hall and Cell Divisions Model Prison; Exercise Yards and Solitary Cell Model Prison; Chapel in Model Prison; Invalide Depot & Lunatic Asylum; Commandant's Quarters From Magazine; View from the Grounds Commandant's Quarters; Underground Cells at Point Puer; Arthur Peak and Cliffs at Point Puer; Eagle Hawk Neck; Tesselated Pavement Eagle Hawk Neck; Blow-Hole Eagle Hawk Neck; Entrance to Blow Hole with Breaking Waves; Rock Scenery Entrance to Blow Hole; and Tasman's Arch Eagle Hawk Neck. Views are in very good condition cloth spine of album is partially separated from rear board and boards are edgeworn. On the rear pastedown a label from "Mrs. Richardson Fancy Goods Importer Richardson Street" covers part of the Anson's Photographers label. Around the edge is written in pencil: "Remember the last day with Mac. Viers. Purser Hunter at Hobart. Drive to Fern Tree Hotel Mt. Wellington. Jan 28 1892 M.E. Hunter." Anson's Photographs hardcover books
199814078Canberra / Hartford: National Gallery of Australia / Wadsworth Atheneum 1998. Hardcover. VG. Green cloth with color illustrated dj with french folds and red spine lettering. 271 pp. 59 bw 128 color plates. Illustrated and annotated catalogue of 123 works with essays and literature. Includes four essays on the Australian and American experience as portrayed by landscape artists biographies and three appendices: "Index of Works in the Exhibition "Cultural Social and Historical Events 1770-1901" and "Maps: Australia and United States of America". Gorgeous illustrations are scattered throughout the catalogue. A stunning exhibiton. This is a HARDCOVER EDITION of this book. National Gallery of Australia / Wadsworth Atheneum hardcover books
1981236959n.p.: British Anti-Zionist Organisation and AZAN 1981. xiii 104 pages; old price penned in corner under the crossed-out original price otherwise very good. Discusses the case of Rudolf Kastner and others. A mixture of fact and conspiracy theory. British Anti-Zionist Organisation and AZAN unknown books
199816984Canberra: National Gallery of Australia 1998. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 74 pages. 11 1/2 x 9 1/2". Copiously illustrated in color. National Gallery of Australia paperback books
198314404Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1983. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 426 pp with index notes illustrations maps. Mild rubbing to extremities else a fine copy. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Second volume in this sweeping and well written series. University of Minnesota Press hardcover books
199841501New Haven:: Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0300073925 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Yale University Press, hardcover books
1876WRCAM7086Sydney 1876. Color map folded into original printed wrappers. Ink signature and ownership stamp on front wrapper wrappers separated at seam. The map is very nice with some foxing but no tears at folds. The map engraved by G.W. Sharp is shaded with seven colors representing various minerals in New South Wales. On the verso of each panel are printed statistics for telegraphs railways livestock banks exports minerals etc. for 1874-75 as well as an article entitled "Advantages of New South Wales as a Home for the Emigrant." This is the first edition others issued later. FERGUSON 13171a. unknown books
188225034Philadelphia PA: O.W. Gray & Son 1882. One sheet printed with 2 maps from the 1882 O.W. Gray National Atlas New York Edition: Gray's New Map of Australia by Frank A. Gray 1878 engraved by W.H. Holmes and Palestine. With hand-coloring in pastel tones; Approx. 14 3/8" x 17 1/4" overall size; a little even toning to the paper; in very good condition. . Map. Not Bound. Very Good. O.W. Gray & Son paperback books
1883WRCAM40477Primarily at sea 1883. 111pp. carbon copy of a manuscript on sheets 10 1/4 x 8 inches brad-bound along top edge. Approximately 20500 words. First leaf torn along old creases with no loss to text. Several leaves chipped along edges. Some light dampstaining along bottom edge. Last two leaves mutilated. Fair. Young man's journal of a trip from New York to Melbourne Australia. He records a relatively calm and uneventful passage lasting just over three months. Though dreadfully seasick for the first week or two he eventually gains his sea legs and stomach and enjoys an easy if lengthy voyage. His activities aboard ship include fishing and shooting at birds with the captain as well as learning navigation and astronomy from the mate. unknown books
