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  1. ADDISON WILLIAM English Spas. illus. with b/w plates & col. frontis. pub. Lond. Batsford. 1951 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.152 A look at the history and popularity of the spa towns of Britain. A fine copy.   Price: $45.00

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  2. BALSDON  J.P.V.D. Roman Women. Their History  and  Habits. illus.  with  frontis. & 16 full page  plates  t/out.  pub. Lond. The History Book Club 1966 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.352. Covers the period of just over a thousand years from the foundation of Rome to the death of Constantine and describes the prominent women in Roman history,and family life of women of all classes. Very good copy.   Price: $40.00

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  3. BARCS  EMERY  Backyard Of Mars. Memoirs  of  the  "Reffo" Period in Australia. illus. with frontis. & several  plates t/out.  16 full page pub. Syd. Wildcat Press  1980  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.228. The most vivid and accurate account of the refugee period in Australia history yet written. Barcs a correspondent for a firm of Hungarian newspapers, had just been expelled from Mussolini's Italy in 1938 when he decided to break with Europe and come to Australia. Fine.   Price: $30.00
     
  4. BATEMAN MICHAEL (ed.) The Man Who Drew The 20th Century: The Drawings & Cartoons Of H. M. Bateman profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. London, MacDonald 1969 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. (pp. unpaginated approx.180) Cartoons by H.M. Bateman whose work delighted millions of readers of 'Punch' and 'The Tatler'. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     

  5. BELANEY ARCHIE  (Grey Owl) Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin. Tales Of An Empty Cabin.  illus. with frontis. & 22 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Lond. Peter Davis 1936 1st. ed. or. dark brown cloth with gold lettering to spine, 8vo.  pp.XVI.336. The story of Archie Belaney is now notorious, as he claimed that he was a "half-breed Indian [whose] father was a Scot, his mother an Apache Indian of New Mexico, and he was born somewhere near the Rio Grande forty odd years ago. Grey Owl is the translation of his Red Indian name, given to him when he became a blood brother of the Ojibways, and his proper legal style. He trekked, in his early twenties, into Canada and followed the life of a bush Indian, trapping, fire-ranging, and guiding. Slight foxing to e/paper otherwise fine.   Price: $55.00
     
  6. BELANEY ARCHIE   Half Breed. The Story of Grey Owl.  (Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin). Biography by Lovat Dickson illus.  with  frontis. & 9  full  page  plates t/out.  pub.  Lond.  Peter Davis  1939 1st. ed.  or. dark blue cl. title in gold on spine   8vo. pp.346. Slight foxing to e/paper otherwise fine.   Price: $45.00
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  7. BIRMINGHAM GEORGE A The Lighter Side Of Irish Life illus. with 16 tipped-in col. plates by H.W. Kerr each with a protective tissue-guard. pub. Lond: T.N. Foulis, 1914 third ed. or. full buckram gilt. t.e.g. other edges uncut. 8vo. pp.VIII.272,6 advts. slightly discoloured to spine else fine.   Price: $85.00
     

  8. BONWICK JAMES  Who Are The Welsh? Our Nationalities No.3. pub. London David Bogue 1881 or. grey/orange card wrappers, 12mo. pp.VI.128. Author of 'Daily Life of the Tasmanians.' Old water stain to rear wrapper, spine browned, sl. chipped bottom and top of spine, otherwise v/good.   Price: $200.00
     
  9. BURKE THOMAS The Streets Of London Through the Centuries illus. with colour frontispiece, b/w. plates, index; pub. London B. T. Batsford , 1943. 3rd edition, first published 1940. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.152. Very good in the chipped d/w.  Price: $35.00
     

  10. CASHMORE  ERNEST Rastaman. The Rastafarian  Movement  in England. With bibliography and index. pub. Lond. Allen & Unwin 1979 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.264. Cashmore, a trained sociologist, grew up in Handsworth Birmingham and was therefore able to penetrate this exclusive movement which has a policy of total non-contact with whites. He takes the reader from sixteenth century Jamaica to Handsworth and Brixton, from the Rastas puzzling relationship with Marcus Garvey to their connection with the popular music industry. Fine.   Price: $55.00
     
  11. CONNELL W.F. Growing Up In An Australian City. A study of adolescents in Sydney. illus. with frontis. tables and fold. map.; pub. Melbourne (A.C.E.R. Research Ser. No. 72). 1957 1st.ed. or. beige cl. 8vo. pp.XVI.240. Slight shelf wear else very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     

  12. CUMES  J.W.C. Their Chastity Was Not Too  Rigid.  Leisure Times  in Early Australia. illus. with col.  frontis. showing cricket, at Melbourne, 1841;  51 illus  throughout  text. pub. Melb. Longman  Cheshire  1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.378. Documents the often violent, brutal and crude amusements of Sydney Town. It discusses the laws that tried to regulate women's sexuality, the colonies' early theatres and musical performances, horse races and cricket matches. Fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  13. DAVIES  TAFFY Australian Nicknames. with many text  illus. by Max Foley pub. Adel. Rigby 1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.122. Fine.   Price: $25.00
     
  14. DE VRIES-EVANS SUSANNA Pioneer Women Pioneer Land Yesterday’s Tall Poppies. illus. with plates t/out. some full page and col. pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson 1987 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.280. fine copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  15. DE VRIES-EVANS SUSANNA Strength Of Spirit. Pioneering Women Of Achievement From First Fleet to Federation. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. N.S.W. Millennium Books 1995 1st ed. or. grey illus bds. roy.4to. pp.280. The lives of 20 Australian women who lived during the first century of colonisation from all walks of life. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  16. DICKSON LOVAT The Adventures of Sajo And Her Beaver People.  (Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin).  illus.  with  frontis. & 13  full  page  plates t/out.  pub.  Lond.  Peter Davis  1947  or.cl.  d/w.  12mo. pp.246. Name to f/free e/paper, Very good.   Price: $35.00
     

  17. DOCZY Dr. FRANK A. Australian Women. A condensed study based on comparative analysis. Edited by Dr G. Todoroff. pub. Melbourne nd. c.1940's original stiff stapled wrappers 8vo. pp.30.  Near fine.  Price: $30.00
     
  18. DUGAN MICHAEL & JOSEF SZWART There Goes The Neighbourhood! Australia's Migrant Experience. profusely illus. with  text plates  t/out.  many  col. pub.  Melb.  Macmillan  &  Aust. Institute   of  Multicultural  Affairs  1984  or.cl.   d/w. roy.4to. pp.200. Fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  19. DUNKLING LESLIE ALAN What's In A Name? New ideas, information and anecdotes about first names for Australians. pub. Adelaide Rigby 1977 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.286. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00

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  20. BENSON E.F. The Freaks of Mayfair illus. with Frontispiece and seven plates by George Plank 1916 1st ed. or. buckram 8vo. pp. with some soiling and occasional slight spotting internally, otherwise a nice copy   Price: $125.00       Convert Currency  Parcel Costs

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  22. FRANK A. Australian Women. A  condensed  study based on comparative analysis. pub. Melb. nd.194-? or.  lt. grey blu. wps. 8vo. pp.30.   Price: $20.00
     

  23. FRANTZ JOE B. The American Cowboy: The Myth And The Reality illus. with photographic plates (by noted photographer Erwin E. Smith). Index. pub. U. of Oklahoma Press, 1955. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIII.232. Depicts the cowboy as a part of the whole Western panorama, instead of looking at him, as most previous works have done, in isolation from his larger environment." A chapter on "The Lawless" discusses the mythic role of the cowboy in the West, pointing out that Billy the Kid "was a product of the range war and may furnish an extreme example of a fourth-rate cowboy becoming a first-rate killer." The second part of the book "concerns itself with critical interpretations of the earlier literature of the cowboy and with his later critics." Slight shelf wear, otherwise fine.   Price: $45.00

     
  24. EGLINTON  J.Z. Greek Love. The social-sexual  relationship between men and boys in Ancient Greece and later. With glossary, index of names, general index. pub. N.Y. Oliver  Layton  Press  1964 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  roy.8vo. pp.504. Very good copy.   Price: $75.00

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  25. FULANAIN Haji Rikkan Marsh Arab. illus. with frontis. & 11 b/w. plates, map pub. London Chatto & Windus, 1927 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIV.288. Fulanain is the pseudonym of Elizabeth Hedgecock Sparks. The life of a marsh tribesman and peddler from southern Iraq. Slightly chipped d/w, else fine copy.   Price: $100.00
     

  26. GREER  GERMAINE The Female Eunuch. pub.  N.Y.  McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.350. Slight foxing to page edge else fine copy   Price: $60.00
     
  27. GREER  GERMAINE  Sex And Destiny. The  Politics  of  Human Fertility. pub. Melb. Secker & Warburg 1984 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.470. Very good copy. Price: $35.00
     
  28. GREER GERMAINE The Change. Women, Aging and the Menopause. pub. Lond. Hamilton 1991 1st.ed. or. cl. d/w. 8vo. pp. 472. Fine.   Price: $35.00
     

  29. HOWARD ALEXANDER  Endless Cavalcade. A Diary Of British Festivals And Customs. illus. with b&w photographic illustrations, plates, index, bibliography pub. Arthur Barker Ltd, 1964 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp..300 Arranged chronologically, takes the reader through the sometimes bizarre, occasionally pompous ceremonies, festivals and pageants of Britain, from the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race, to the opening of Parliament, or the Lacemakers' Feast of November 25. fine copy in good illustrated d/w.   Price: $45.00
     

  30. HUTCHINSON  BERTRAM  Old People In  A  Modern  Australian Community.  A social survey. illus. with frontis. & 4  full page  plates t/out. pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1954 1st.ed.  or.cl /w. 8vo. pp.XII.180. Slightly chipped d/w. else near fine.   Price: $35.00
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  31. JONES BARRY & M. V. Dixon. The Macmillan Dictionary Of Biography pub. London Macmillan 1986. Revised edition or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.918 Biography of artists, writers, philososphers, scientists, lovers, mistresses, politicians, martyrs, saints, revolutionaries, entrepreneurs, murders, explorers, eccentrics, inventors, connoisseurs, performers, etc. Men and women of importance and interest in the contemporary and historical world and are accorded authorative, and highly-readable entries. 7, 500 entries. Fine.   Price: $45.00
     

  32. KEESING NANCY Selected by. The White Chrysanthemum. Changing images of Australian  motherhood.   profusely illus. with  b/w.  col. plates.  Paintings by Australian artists and cartoonists. Selections from Australian literature and newspapers. pub. Sydney, Angus  &  Robertson  1977 1st.ed. or.cl. sm.4to. pp.182. Anthology of Australian art and literature portraying motherhood from colonial beginnings to present. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  33. KINGSTON BEVERLEY My Wife, My Daughter And Poor Mary  Ann. Women and work in Australia. illus. e/papers frontis. many plates  throughout. pub. Melb. Nelson 1975  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.140. The part that women played in the development of Australia in the period between the 1860's and the 1930's; covers the period when women entered the workforce, and also the contribution made by unpaid workers in the home; chipped d/w. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  34. KUNZ EGON F. Blood And Gold. Hungarians in Australia illus. 8 full page plates t/out. with notes, appendices, bibliography, name index, subject index. pub. Melbourne, F.W Cheshire, 1969 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XVIII.302. Traces the history of Hungarian emigration to Australia from the early 1830's. Slight chip in d/w. else fine.    Price: $50.00
     
  35. LAMBERT RICHARD S. The Universal Provider. A Study of William Whiteley and the Rise of the London Department Store. Illustrated with b/w Photos & Drawings pub. London: George G. Harrap. Co. 1938 1st. ed. . or. dark blue cl. gilt lettering to spine, . 8vo .278.   Price: $50.00       Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     

  36. LEECH JOHN John Leech's Pictures Of Life And Character From The Collection Of Mr. Punch. with frontis. port., 280 pages of illustrations, index. pub. London Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 1886.; or. red decorated and pictorial gilt cloth; a.e.g. 4to. pp.284. Contains cartoons gathered from Punch between the years 1842 and 1864. Political, Social, Sporting cartoons. Slightly discoloured spine, (darkened) sl. chipping to lower spine, good bright copy otherwise.   Price: $150.00

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  37. LEECH JOHN John Leech's Pictures Of Life And Character From The Collection Of Mr. Punch. with frontis. port., 280 pages of illustrations, index. pub. London Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 1886.; or. red decorated and pictorial gilt cloth; a.e.g. 4to. pp.284. Contains cartoons gathered from Punch between the years 1842 and 1864. Political, Social, Sporting cartoons. Slightly discoloured spine, (darkened) Spine repaired, no lettering to spine, boards firm and bright. Good copy otherwise.   Price: $150.00
     

  38. LOWENSTEIN  WENDY Weevils In The Flour. An oral record of the  1930's  depression in Australia. with  e/paper  illus. pub. Melb. Hyland House 1978 or.cl. d/w. lge.8vo.  pp.464. Light edgewear, else fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  39. McCORKINDALE ISABEL Editor Pioneer Pathways Sixty years of citizenship illus. with 2 b/w frontispieces, 4 pages b/w illustrations, 8 pages of b/w plates, 1 b/w folding plate at rear, index; pub. Melbourne, Morris & Walker Pty. Ltd., 1948 or wrappers, 8vo; pp.148 Very good copy.   Price: $30.00
     

  40. McMURCHY MEGAN Margot Oliver and Jeni Thornley. For Love Or Money. A Pictorial History of Women and Work in Australia. profusely illus. with b/w. plates t/out. indexed, includes selected bibliography, pub. Melbourne Penguin 1983 or. card wrappers, (paperback), roy4to. square pp.186. Presents Two Hundred Years Of Australian History Through Women's Eyes From The Impact Of Colonisation On Aboriginal Women To The Challenges Confronting Women Today. Very fine.    Price: $25.00
     
  41. MacKENZIE  NORMAN Women In Australia. Report on the  roles which  Australian  women are accustomed to play  (or  which custom  obliges  them to play) in our society  today.  pub. Melb.  Cheshire 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  8vo.  pp.XVI.432. Very good copy.  Price: $40.00
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  42. NIXON ALLAN M. The Swagmen Survivors of the Great Depression. profusely illus. with plates t/out. pub. Melbourne. Five Mile Press. 1987. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp. pp128 Collection of stories of nine men who were swagmen during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  43. NORRIS  ADA Champions Of the Impossible. A History of  the National  Council  of Women of Victoria  1902-1977.  illus. with  6 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb.  Hawthorn  Press 1978 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222. Seeks to raise the awareness of women as to their rights and responsibilities as citizens and encourages their participation in all aspects of community life. Slightly torn d/w. else fine.   Price: $35.00
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  44. PANKHURST EMMELINE My Own Story illus. with b/w. photo frontispiece of author with facsimile of her signature, and 15 more b/w. photos. pub. London Eveleigh Nash 1914 1st.ed. or. dark blue cl. 8vo. pp. 364. Famous leader of British women's suffragette movement. Very good copy.   Price: $500.00
     

  45. PINE  L.G. The Genealogist's Encyclopedia. illus.  with  8 full  page  plates, notes, glossary of Heraldic terms in common use, glossary of technical terms used in the work, modern pedigree sketch, visitation pedigree sketch,  pub. U.K. David & Charles 1969  or.cl.  d/w.  roy.8vo. pp.360. fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  46. POWNALL EVE Mary Of Maranoa. Tales of Australian  pioneer women.  illus.  with  many plates pub.  Melb.  M.U.P.  1964 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.268. A "homestead" history of Australia, focusing on the isolation of many pioneer women. The author spent many years researching this subject, and the stories and lives of women, both famous and unknown, who helped build Australia in the early pioneering years. Very good copy in faded d/w. to spine.    Price: $30.00
     
  47. POYNTER J R Society And Pauperism. English Ideas On Poor Relief, 1795-1834. With biblio, index, Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Press Australia 1969; or. black cl. 8vo. pp.368. Study of the ideas and attitudes expressed in the extensive literature on poverty, pauperism and relief published in England between the 1790s and 1830s. Describes, analyses and explains the recorded attitudes in that period to poverty as a social phenomenon. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00

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  48. PRIESTLEY  J.B. The English. profusely illus. with  plates t/out.  some full page & col. pub. N.Y. Viking  Press  1973 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.256. fine in the torn d/w.   Price: $35.00
     

  49. PRIESLEY  J.B. Victoria's Heyday. profusely  illus.  with plates  t/out. many full page & col. pub.  Lond.  Heinemann 1972 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.296. Fine.   Price: $35.00
     

  50. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari Punch Cartoons. 3 vols. 1905-08, 1909-1912, 1913-1916. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. np. London or. red cloth spine, gilt titles one maroon cloth; 4to. (pp. unpaginated approx. 400 per vol) Fine run.   Price: $295.00
     

  51.  PUNCH - Or the London Charivari - Vol XVI Jan- June VOL XV July-Dec 1848. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1848. or. dark lilac cloth blind-stamped gilt, 4to. pp.550 approx. Little browned, slightly rubbed, otherwise a good clean copy.   Price: $100.00

     
  52. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari - Vol XXIV Jan- June 1853. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1853. or. dark lilac cloth gilt to spine, 4to. pp.258 approx. Slightly rubbed, otherwise a good clean copy. Good social comment and costume reference.   Price: $100.00
     

  53. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari - Vol XXXVI Jan- June 1859. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1859. or. dark lilac cloth blind-stamped gilt, 4to. pp.262 approx. Slightly rubbed, otherwise a good clean copy.   Price: $100.00

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  54.  PUNCH - Or the London Charivari -Vol XLII Jan- Dec 1862. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1862. or. dark lilac cloth gilt to spine, 4to. pp.264 approx. Slightly rubbed, short closed tear to cloth at spine, otherwise a good clean copy.   Price: $65.00
     

  55.  PUNCH - Or the London Charivari - Vol XLVII Jul- Dec 1864. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1864. or. dark lilac cloth blind-stamped gilt, 4to. pp.272 approx. Slightly rubbed, otherwise a good clean copy.   Price: $75.00
     

  56. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari - Vol LXX Jul- Dec 1876. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1876. or. dark lilac cloth blind-stamped gilt, 4to. pp.272 Slightly rubbed, chip to top of spine, lacks piece, small tear to lower spine, otherwise a good clean copy.   Price: $65.00
     

  57.  PUNCH - Or the London Charivari   - Vol LXXVI Jul- Dec 1879. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1879. or. dark lilac cloth blind-stamped gilt, 4to. pp.312 Slightly rubbed, otherwise a good clean copy.   Price: $75.00
     

  58. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari - Vol LXXX & LXXXI Jan- Dec 1881. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1881. or. marbled boards, half dark blue calf, gilt decoration to spine, (red and blue) 4to. pp.630, plus almanac; index. Very good clean copy.   Price: $95.00

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  59. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari - Vol LXXXII July- Dec 1882. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1882. or. marbled boards, half dark blue calf, gilt decoration to spine, (red and blue) 4to. pp.312, plus almanac; index. Little rubbed, very good clean copy.  Price: $90.00
     

  60. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari - Vol LXXXVI-VII Jan- Dec 1884. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1884. Rebound in blue cloth boards 4to. pp.312,IV& IV.312 plus almanac; index. Very good clean copy.   Price: $100.00
     

  61. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari   - Vol LXXXVIII Jul- Dec 1885. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1885. or. marbled boards, half dark blue calf, gilt decoration to spine, (red and blue) 4to. pp.312, index. Almost fine copy   Price: $95.00

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  62. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari  - Vol XC & XCI Jan- Dec 1886. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1886. or. marbled boards, half dark blue calf, gilt decoration to spine, (red and blue) 4to. pp.630, plus almanac; index. Little rubbed at spine, weak hinge else good clean copy.   Price: $85.00
     

  63. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari  - Vol XCII Jul- Dec 1887. In One Volume. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1887. or. marbled boards, half dark blue calf, gilt decoration to spine, (red and blue) 4to. pp.312, index. Almost fine copy   Price: $95.00

     
  64. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol CXXIV Jan- June 1903 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1903. or. red cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, and front board, half cf. 4to. pp.450 Fine copy. Price: $85.00
     

  65.  PUNCH - Or the London Charivari –Vol CXXVII July- Dec 1904 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1904. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, and front board, half cf. 4to. pp.468 index. and Punch’s almanac for 1905 at rear. Fine copy. Good social comment and costume reference.   Price: $85.00
     

  66. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol CXXXV July- Dec 1908 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1908. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, and front board, 4to. pp.486,28 approx. and Punch’s almanac for 1908 at rear. Fine copy. Good social comment and costume reference.   Price: $85.00
     

  67. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol CXXXVI Jan- June 1909 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1909. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, and front board, half cf. t.e.g. 4to. pp.468 index. Fine copy. Good social comment and costume reference.   Price: $85.00

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  68. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol CXL Jan- June 1911 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1911. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, 4to. pp.510 index. Fine copy. Good social comment and costume reference.   Price: $85.00
     

  69. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol CXLII Jan- June 1912 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. fold-out plate pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1912. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, 4to. pp.500 index. and Punch’s almanac for 1912 at rear. Fine copy. Good social comment and costume reference.   Price: $85.00

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  70. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol CXLVII Jul- Dec. 1914 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. fold-out plate pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1914. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, 4to. pp.548 index. pp.16 Supplement. Fine copy. Good social comment and costume reference.   Price: $85.00
     

  71. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol CXLVIII Jan- May. 1915 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1915. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, 4to. pp.420 index. pp.16 Supplement, and Punch’s almanac for 1914 & 1915 at front. sl. water marks to a few pages, shelf wear spine faded slightly else very good copy.   Price: $75.00
     

  72. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol CXLIX July- Dec. 1915 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1915. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, 4to. pp.540 index. spine faded slightly, fine copy.   Price: $75.00
     

  73. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol.CL. Vol.I Jan-June 1916 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1916. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, 4to. pp.432 index. Fine copy.   Price: $75.00
     

  74. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol.CLI. July-Dec 1916 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1916. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, 4to. pp.452 and Punch’s almanac for 1917 at rear. Almost fine copy.   Price: $75.00

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  75. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol.CLII. Vol.I Jan-June 1917 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1917. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, 4to. pp.424 index. Fine copy.   Price: $75.00
     

  76. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol.CLIV. Vol.I Jan-June 1918 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1918. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, 4to. pp.416 index. Fine copy.   Price: $75.00

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  77. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol.CLV. Vol.II July-Dec 1918 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1918. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, and front board, half cf. 4to. pp.428 index. and Punch’s almanac for 1919 at rear. Fine copy. Good social comment and costume reference.   Price: $85.00
     

  78. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – CLVI. Vol.I Jan- June 1919 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1919. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, and front board, half cf. 4to. pp.512 index and Punch’s almanac for 1919 at rear. Fine copy. Good social comment and costume reference.   Price: $85.00
     

  79. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – Vol.CLVII. Vol.II July-Dec 1919 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1919. or. maroon cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, and front board, half cf. 4to. pp.560 index. Fine copy. Good social comment and costume reference.   Price: $85.00

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  80. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – The Summer Number. Vol CLXI July- Dec 1921.. illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. some col pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1921. or. grey/blue cloth gilt. ltg. to spine, 4to. pp.520 approx. Little browned, slightly rubbed, closed tear at spine, otherwise a good clean copy. Ex Lib copy.   Price: $65.00

     
  81. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari – The Summer Number. Vol CLXXXIV. Jan- June 1933 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. some col pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1933. or. dark green cloth, maroon hf.cf. gilt. ltg. to spine, 4to. pp.728. Fine copy.   Price: $75.00
     

  82. PUNCH - Or the London Charivari  – The Summer Number. Vol CXCI July- Dec 1936 illus. with drawings/cartoons t/out. some col nice ads. pub. London, At The Office, 85 Fleet Street, 1936. or. dark maroon cloth, gilt. ltg. to spine, 4to. pp.756. Punch’s almanac for 1936. Cloth torn at spine, top and bottom, else very good copy.   Price: $65.00

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  83. RICHARDSON JOANNA The Bohemians: La Vie De Boheme in Paris 1830-1914 illus. with pub. London: Macmillan, 1969 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.200. Based on a mass of contemporary documents, describes the men of genius and distinction like Gautier,Baudelaire,and Verlaine,for whom Bohemia was a golden but transient experience; also describes the crowd of misfits who spent their lives outside society, choosing penury, squalor and freedom rather than prosperity and convention. Almost fine copy.   Price: $35.00

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  84. SKENE WILLIAM F. The Highlanders Of Scotland illus. with tissue guarded monochrome frontispiece of Skene, Ptolemy's Map of Scotland. pub. Eneas Mackay, 43 Murray Place, Stirling 1902; ed. two vols. in one; or. dark green cloth, gilt titling & thistles on spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut, . 8vo pp.XXII,428, plus publisher's catalogue. History of the Scottish clans first published in 1836 in 2 vols. This edition has added notes & corrections, contemporary newspaper cuttings adhered to e/papers and other free papers, does not obstruct text, otherwise very good copy.   Price: $200.00       Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     

  85. SORENSON EDWARD S. Life In The Australian Backblocks. illus. with drawings, sketches from the period pub. Melb. 1984 illus. ed. (first pub. in 1911) or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.152. Fine.   Price: $35.00
     

  86. STAGG WILLIAM (Edited By Nancy Robinson)  Stagg of Tarcowie The Diaries of a Colonial Teenager (1885-1887) For the Teenagers of Today and Tomorrow from one of Yesteryear. illus. with b/w photos, b/w drawings by Jill Francis and index. Illustrated end-papers, pub. Jamestown SA, Nadjuri Pub. 1977 or. card wrappers, (paperback), cr.8vo. square pp.128. Willie's diaries give a day to day picture of the hardships, the agricultural methods, the flora and fauna, the sociological interplay of ethnic, family and religious groups as well as the personal feelings of a teenager in rural colonial Tarcowie, South Australia. Slightly fades to spine else v/good.   Price: $25.00
     
  87. THORP RAYMOND Viper. The Confessions of  a  Drug Addict. pub.  Lond.  Robert  Hale 1956  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.192. The confessions of an addict drawn into the half-light of the1950s London drug world. The author is a young clerk from suburbia who, while frequenting the Soho jazz clubs begins by smoking marijuana and eventually becomes a pusher, winding up in jail multiple times. Near fine copy.  Price: $40.00
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  88. TOOR FRANCES A Treasury Of Mexican Folkways. The Customs, Myths, Folklore, Traditions, Beliefs, Fiestas, Dances, and Songs of the Mexican People. illus. with 10 col. plates  & 100 dwgs. by Carlos Merida and 170 photo plates. pub.  N.Y. Crown Pub. 1947 or.blk. dec. cl. 8vo. pp.XXXIV.566.  Cloth slightly flecked otherwise very good copy.  Price: $45.00

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  89. TURNER E.S. What The Butler Saw. Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Servant Problem. History of the Butler and the Housemaid. illus. with several text plates, pub. Lond. Michael Joseph 1962 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.302. Very good copy.   Price: $45.00
     

  90. WELLS  LANA   Sunny Memories. Australians at  the  Seaside. profusely  illus. t/out. some col. & full page  pub.  Melb. Greenhouse Pub. 1982 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.184. Fine copy.   Price: $30.00
     
  91. WEST G.A. Bishop to Rangoon. Jungle Friends illus. with 2 colour, many b/w. line drawings & illustrations by E. Bevan map, pub. London S.P.G. 1937, or. white stiff pictorial wrappers 8vo. pp.64 The author worked among the Burmese Karens in Kappali village during the 1930's as a missionary. This work covers his activities, the customs, traditions, life style, costume and work of the Karens. It is a primary resource on these very gentle and fascinating tribes.   Price: $65.00
     

  92. WILSON BRYAN R.  Magic And The Millennium. A Sociological Study of Religious Movements of Protest among Tribal and Third-World Peoples. Three indexes of authors, subjects, and principal movements, tribes and persons. bibliography, index. pub. London Heinemann, 1973 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XII.548. Shows what happens when magic proves inadequate and prophecy fails. Provides theoretical unity and coherence to the study of diverse religious phenomena, ranging from Hau Hau to Mau Mau and from Peyotism to Pentecostalism. Mark to front free e/paper else fine.   Price: $55.00
     
  93. YONG C.F. The New Gold Mountain. The Chinese In  Australia 1901-1921.  illus.  with 22 full page plates t/out.  &  map pub.  S.A. Raphael Arts P/L. 1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  8vo. pp.XIV.302. Light edgewear, else fine. Price: $35.00

     

     

   
   
 
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