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  1. ADAM-SMITH PATSY Victorian And Edwardian Melbourne From Old Photographs. illus. with photo plates t/out. many  full page  pub.  Syd.  Ferguson 1979 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  4to. pp.unnumbered (124). Very good copy.     Price: $40.00
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  2. ADAMS JOHN Path Among The Years. History of the Shire  of Bairnsdale.  illus. with many text plates t/out. pub.  Vic. Bairnsdale  Shire  Council 1987 or.cl.  glt.  lettering  to spine & f/board 4to. pub.XII.300. v/fine.     Price:  $50.00
     
  3. ADNAM CHRIS    A Childhood On Wonga, The Ancient Aboriginal Dreaming Place along the Yarra [River]. illus. with maps, 39 b/w. photographs, and many drawings. pub. Melbourne Commodore Press, n.d. 1992? or. thick card illus. covers, pp.88 This book is a compilation of verse born on the banks of the Yarra River in an area known as the "Wonga". Aboriginals have hunted and performed ceremonies in this area for the past 30,000 years. Some areas are still undisturbed, and Chris finds his spirit rekindled there. Born in 1960, Chris is a rascal at heart, grateful to the Wurundjeri people, and here shares pieces of his truly 'Australian Childhood" Almost fine copy.     Price: $25.00.
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  4. AKURST  ADRIAN The  History  Of  The  Australian   Club, Melbourne.  illus.  with 5 plates and plans of  club.  pub. Melb. 1978 or.cl. 8vo. pp.68. fine copy.      Price: $20.00
  5. ALDOUS GRANT  The Stop-Over That Stayed. A History of Essendon. illus. with many plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Melb. for Bicentennial, Essendon Bicentennial Community Committee 1988 or. red cl. 4to.obl. pp.X.150. v/good copy.      Price: $45.00
     
  6. ALLAN ESMA Compiler.   Sale. Pictorial Nostalgia. profusely illus. with b/w. plates t/out. mostly full page pub. Sale David Tulloch, Southern Newspapers Pty Ltd. 1985 or. stiff wrappers, (paperback), cr.4to. pp.60. Fine.    Price: $30.00
     
  7. ALLEN Professor Sir HARRY. University Of Melbourne Medical School Jubilee, 1914 (Incl. A History of the Medical School). illus. with plates, pub. Melbourne, Ford & Son, Carlton, 1914. or. dark blue cl. glt. dec. and lettering to spine and front bd. 4to. pp.108 fine copy.     Price: $125.00.      Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  8. ANDERSON  HUGH The  Flowers Of The Field.  A  history  of Riponshire together with Mrs. Kirkland's "Life in the  Bush" from  Chamber's  Miscellany,  1845.  illus.  with   plates, e/paper maps, 1969 1st.ed. illus. boards. 8vo. pp.240.      Price: $40.00
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  9. ANDERSON  HUGH  " Larrikin Crook."  The  Rise  and  Fall of Squizzy  Taylor. illus. numerous plates throughout.  pub. Qld. Jacaranda Press 1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.220.      Price: $45.00
     
  10. ANDERSON  HUGH Place Of Many Eagles. Ringwood.  b/w. col. plates t/out. some full page pub. Vic. Mullaya 1974 1st.ed. or.illus.cl. d/w. demy.4to. pp.154.      Price: $45.00
     
  11. ANDERSON HUGH (Ed. By) -  Eureka illus. with plates, documents and index of persons. pub. Melbourne: Red Rooster Press, 1999 or stiff blue card covers 4to. pp.180. Victorian Parliamentary Papers Votes and Proceedings 1854 - 1867. A Limited Edition of 200 Copies this being No. 42. Foreword by John Molony. Fine copy.      Price:  $50.00
     
  12. APOLLO BAY Photographic Souvenir.   With 9 drop-down views Original beige/brown covers. Photo views are: Glimpse through gums, Wild Dog Valley Road, Cape Pattern, Turton’s Track, Great Ocean Road, Marriner’s Falls, Paradise, Barham River, Apollo Bay from Marriner’s House; pub. Melbourne Sydney Valentine Pub. nd. c. 1930’s 16mo. Fine.    Price: $30.00   (See picture-press   )
     
  13. ARCHER  FRED  " The Treasure House." Some  of  the  Story of Menzies   Hotel.  illus.  with  frontis.  several   plates throughout.  pub.  Melb. by the author. n.d.  1969?  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.134. Fine    Price:  $25.00
     
  14. ARCHER  FRED  Tell Me More. More of the story  of  Menzies hotel. illus. with text plates t/out. pub. Melb. by  Author 1984 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. sm.8vo. pp.118.  Fine    Price: $25.00
     
  15. ARNOLD JOHN (ED.) The Imagined City. Melbourne in the Mind of  its Writers. illus. with plates t/out. many full  page. pub.  Syd. Allen & Unwin 1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  8vo.obl. pp.130.  Price:  $25.00
     
  16. ARNOLD  KEN Compiled by. Bendigo And District. The Way It Was.  profusely  illus. with plates t/out. many  full  page pub. Crown  Castleton  Pub.  1988  or.  lt.blu  &   white illus.bds. pp.208.   Price: $45.00
     
  17. AUSTRALIAN  BOY  SCOUT Jamboree. Sole Official Programme. Frankston  Victoria  1935 illus. with 5 full page plates, dwgs.,  2  maps pub. Melb. 1935 or.col.  illus.  wps. 4to. pp.48.  signatures  of  scouts  who  visited  to  front  of wrapper, fine.    Price: $100.00
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  18. AVELING MARIAN Lillydale The Billanook Country  1837-1972. profusely illus. with plates t/out. 6 full page col.,  one folding  plate  & map pub. Melb. Gray Hunt  &  Assoc.  1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to.obl. pp.132. a very good copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  19. BALLARAT  CITY  OF Mayor's Annual Report  1971-72.  illus. with plates, maps, t/out. 1 full page & col. pub. Vic. 1972 or.illus.wps. 4to.obl. pp.52. fine.   Price: $20.00
     
  20. BALLARAT  The  Garden  City. Views  Of  Ballarat'  Streets, Scenes,  And Statuary. Amongst which are some  acknowledged to be  the finest examples of the Sculptor's  Art.  illus. with  full  page photo plates t/out.  pub.  Vic.  Ballarat nd.192-? or. grey & blu. illus.wps. tied at spine, 8vo.obl. pp.unnumbered (32). sl. tear to rear wp. otherwise fine.    Price: $35.00
     
  21. BALLARAT: -  St. Patrick's College. St. Patrick's College Annual Of Ballarat 1916-1917. illus. with adverts. 20 plates,1 coloured, title page vignette; or. printed paper wrappers cr.4to. pp.66,36, advts. small tear to final advertisement leaf, one page torn to edges for an obituary, else fine. Nominal roll for that year with photos.    Price: $40.00
     
  22. BANFIELD  LORNA  L. Like The Ark. The Story  of  Ararat. illus.  with e/paper maps & 8 full page plates t/out.  pub. Melb. Cheshire 1956 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.202. fine.   Price:  $75.00     Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  23. BARNARD JILL & J. Keating. People's Playground A History of the Albert Park illus. with numerous  b/w. plates  t/out.  some full page, maps, index, bibliography; pub. Melbourne Chandos Pub, 1996 or. card wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.XVIII.222. Fine.   Price: $45.00
     
  24. BARNED BETTY JEAN Woodend On The Five Mile Creek illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Woodend 1983 privately published or. card wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.174. Fine.    Price: $25.00
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  25. BARTLETT CHARLES ("King") A Busy Life. The reminiscences of Charlie Bartlett born at Providence Ponds, near Stratford, Victoria in 1890. illus. with several text plates pub. Vic. Stratford and District Historical Soc. 1980 or. stiff card wrappers (light orange) cr.8vo. obl. pp.58 signed by author.   Price:  $15.00
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  26. BATE WESTON Lucky City. The first generation at  Ballarat: 1851-1901.  profusely illus. with plates t/out. pub.  Melb. M.U.P.  1978 1st.ed. or.cl.d/w. 4to.obl.  XVI.302.  v/fine and signed by Weston Bate.    Price: $55.00
     
  27. BATE WESTERN Lucky City. The First Generation at Ballarat: 1851-1901.  profusely illus. with plates t/out. pub.  Melb. M.U.P. 1989 or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.302.    Price: $45.00
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  28. BATE WESTON  "A History Of Brighton." illus. with 30 plates 5 maps  of which 2 are folding pub. Melbourne M.U.P. 1963  or.cl. d/w.  8vo. pp.426.   Price:  $45.00
     
  29. BEAUMONT N.E.   Early Days of Berwick and its surrounding districts Beaconsfield, Harkaway and Narre Warren. illus. with frontis. and num. of full-page illus. t/out. pub. Melbourne, Berwick Shire 1979 3rd ed. 8vo. or. pictorial beige, stiff wrappers. pp.XVIII,160. Fine copy.    Price: $30.00
     
  30. BEERSWATER Compiled by Beryl Ilsley great  grand-daughter of  Thomas Beer and Thomas Watters for the Beer  &  Watters Family  Reunion held 31st. Oct.-1st. Nov.1987. covers  some of Bright district & Melb. suburbs, illus. with several b/w. plates  pub. Melb. 1987 by author  or.crm.illus.wps.  bound with spiral binding 4to. pp.68.     Price: $20.00
     
  31. BELL ANGUS PATON Melbourne: John Batman's Village. illus. with  text  plates t/out. pub. Melb. Cassell  1965  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XIV.178.   Price: $35.00
     
  32. BENDIGO Competitions 1923  August 1st to August 22nd Official Programme original price 6d. Bendigo Eisteddfod Competitions. (The Bendigo Musical Literary and Elocutionary Society) illus. with photo plates 4 full page, many advts. (Leggo’s Mustard, Hartleys, Cycles, motor cycles, Motors and Buggies, Scholten & Marsh, J Abbot & Co. boot Merchant, Premier Pianos, Dort cars, Bendigo Taxi cab and motor garage, etc. some with illus.) or. light orange wrappers, 8vo. (pp. unpaginated approx.44) Contains programme of events such as Opera, Recitals, Essays, Dialogue, Piano, musical instrument solos etc. with names of participants mentioned. Slight insect damage to first page, lower corner margin otherwise very good.    Price: $65.00    (See picture-press   )
     
  33. BENSON C. IRVING A Century Of Victorian Methodism.  illus. with  frontis.  &  18 full page plates  t/out.  pub.  Melb. Spectator Pub. Co. 1935 1st.ed. or.cl. 12mo. pp.528. fine.   Price: $125.00
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  34. BERTRAM ALEXANDER and Angus Trumble   Edwardian Melbourne In Picture Postcards. profusely illus. with plates t/out. mostly full page & col. Reprints of postcards of early Melbourne. pub. Melb. Miegunyah Press 1995 or.cl. d/w. vr.4to.obl. pp.X.118. Limited to 1000 copies. Fine.     Price: $55.00
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  35. BEST ALLEYN The History Of The Municipal Employees Union In Victoria  1885-1985.  illus. with b/w. plates  t/out.  some full page pub. Melbourne Federated Municipal and Shire  Council Employee's Union 1986 or. green cloth 4to. pp.88.  Presentation copy signed by author.      Price: $40.00
     
  36. BILLIS  R.V. A.S. KENYON Pastures New. An  account  of the  Pastoral  Occupation  of  Port  Phillip.  pub.   Melb. Macmillan 1930 or.cl. 8vo. pp.272.XIV.      Price: $250.00
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  37. BILLOT C.P. The Life Of Our Years. In and around  Geelong. A  Pictorial  Chronology of Geelong.  with  e/paper  illus. frontis. & numerous b/w. plates t/out. some full page  pub. Melb. Lothian 1969 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.120.     Price: $55.00
     
  38. BLACKMAN  GRANT  & JOHN LARKIN   Maldon  Australia's First Notable Town. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page  & col. pub. Melb. Beckett Green  Pub.  1978  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.obl. pp.144.    Price: $55.00
     
  39. BLACKWOOD  SIR  ROBERT Monash University.  The  First Ten Years.  illus.  with 15 plates, text figures,  maps.  pub. Melb. 1968 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.262.     Price: $35.00
     
  40. BLAINEY ANN If God Prospers Me - A Portrait Of Frederick John Cato. illus. with pictorial end papers, b/w. photographic plates, pub. Melbourne 1990 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.150 fine copy. Signed by descendant of Cato’s.      Price: $40.00
     
  41. BLAINEY GEOFFREY A History Of Camberwell. e/paper  illus. numerous  plates  throughout. pub. Melb.  Jacaranda   Press 1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.104.     Price: $35.00
     
  42. BLAINEY  GEOFFREY   A History Of Camberwell. e/paper  illus. numerous  plates throughout. pub. Melb. Lothian Pub.  1980. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.134. extra chapter written in this ed. Ex lib. copy, rear e/paper torn, else very good copy.     Price: $40.00
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  43. BLAINEY  GEOFFREY "Our Side Of The Country." The  Story of Victoria.  pub.  Sydney, Methuen 1984 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.250. a very good copy.       Price: $35.00
     
  44. BLAINEY GEOFFREY The University Of Melbourne. A Centenary Portrait. arranged and illus. by Norman H. Olver Narrative by  Geoffrey  Blainey with e/paper illus. &  plates  t/out. pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1956 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.VII.176.      Price: $45.00
     
  45. BLAINEY GEOFFREY James Morrissey and S.E.K. Hulme. Wesley College. The First Hundred Years. illus. with 34 full  page plates  t/out.  pub. Melb. Wesley College  in  assoc. with Robertson & Mullens 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.240.      Price: $35.00
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  46. BLAKE L.J.  (ED.) Letters  Of  Charles  Joseph  LaTrobe. Victoriana series no 1. illus. with frontis. colour &  b/w. plates. pub. Vic. Government 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.96.    Price: $35.00
     
  47. BLAKE L. J. & K.H. LOVETT An Historical  account  compiled Wimmera Shire Centenary. illus. with text plates,  maps t/out.pub. Vic. 1962 or. crm.illus.wps. 4to. pp.104.    Price: $35.00
     
  48. BLAKE LES Wimmera. A Regional History. illus. with several plates  &  map, pub. Melb. Cypress  Books  1973  Historical Backgrounds  Series. 1st.ed. or. stiff yell. &  blk.  pict. card cr.8vo. pp.96.   Price: $20.00
     
  49. BLAKE LES   Place Names of Victoria  illus. with text plates t/out. and bibliography pub. Rigby Ltd. Adelaide 1977 1st ed. or. pictorial laminated boards; 8vo. pp.294 An A to Z of Victorian place names with brief histories, name to f/free e/paper else very good copy.     Price: $115.00
     
  50. BLAKE LES Tattyara. A History of Kaniva District. illus. with  e/paper  maps,  plates. pub. Shire  of  Kaniva.  1981 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.373.    Price: $40.00
     
  51. BLATCHFORD  CLAUDE Legacy - The Story  Of  The Melbourne Legacy  Club. illus. with 8 plates. pub. Melb. W.D. Joynt. 1932 or.cl. 8vo. pp.194. Good copy in sl/flecked boards.    Price: $35.00
     
  52. BODDY DORIS  M.  "Beyond  The  Ninety  Mile."  The   early happenings   of  Woodside,  Bruthen   Creek,   Snugborough, Mullundung,  Cherry Tree Flat and Balloong. with  5  plates some  full  page & text illus. pub.  Vic.  (Sale)  nd.196-? or.lt.ornge. illus.wps. 8vo. pp.64.    Price: $20.00
     
  53. BOSSENCE W.H. Murchison. The J.G. Kenny Memorial  History. illus.  with 8 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb.  Hawthorn Press l965 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.210. fine, d/w.  is little stained & rubbed.   Price: $55.00
     
  54. BOSSENCE W.H. Kyabram. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out.  pub.  Melb. Hawthorn Press 1963  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.262. signed by author, fine.    Price: $65.00
     
  55. BOSSENCE W.H. Tatura and the Shire of Rodney. illus.  with 8 full page plates t/out. maps, pub. Melb.  The  Hawthorn Press 1969  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w.  8vo.  pp.XVI.334.  lacks f/free e/paper else fine.   Price: $50.00
     
  56. BOSSENCE W.H. Numurkah. illus. with map & 6 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. The Hawthorn Press 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.442.    Price: $50.00
     
  57. BOUND FRANK  "Nhill's  Fabulous  Centenary"  A  pictorial record of Nhill's first One Hundred Years. illus. with many photo plates   t/out.  pub.  Nhill  for   the   Centenary celebrations committee  1980  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.   4to. pp.104. Fine.    Price: $45.00
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  58. BOWEN KEITH MACRAE George Bass 1770-1803. His discoveries, romantic life and tragic disappearance illus. with frontis. &  12 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Oxford Uni.  Press 1952 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.172. $125.00
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  59. BOWEN KEITH The Western Port Settlement And Its Leading Personalities. illus. with 10 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. South Eastern Historical Assoc.1970 1st. ed. or. black cl. 8vo. pp.60. lacks f/free e/paper else fine.  Price: $45.00.
     
  60. BOYS DOUGLASS ROBERT First Years At Port Phillip. Preceded by  a  Summary of Historical Events from 1768.  pub. Melb. Robertson  & Mullens 1935 or.grn.cl. roy.8vo.  pp.158.  sl. rubbed otherwise fine.   Price:  $100.00     Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  61. BOYS ROBERT DOUGLAS First Years At Port Philip  1834-1842. Preceded  by  a  summary of historical  events  from  1768. illus. with frontis. & 5 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson & Mullens 1959 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XI.160.   Price: $65.00
     
  62. BRADFIELD  RAYMOND A. A Century Of Schooldays 1877 - 1977. State School  1903 Strathloddon - Yapeen.  The  story  of education at Yapeen. illus. with plates. pub. Yapeen 1977 illus. wrappers. sm.4to. pp.41.  Price:  $15.00
     
  63. BRADFIELD  RAYMOND Castlemaine. A Golden Harvest. illus. e/papers,  plates.  pub. Kilmore, Lowden pub.  1972  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.80. a very good copy.    Price: $40.00
     
  64. BREEN KATH LORRAINE EDMONDSON  Compiled  by.  Menzies Creek.  A  History To celebrate the Menzies  Creek Primary School  Centenary 1882-1982. illus. with many plates dwgs. t/out. pub. Melb. 1982 or. ochre illus.wps. 4to. pp.64.    Price: $20.00
     
  65. BRENNAN  NIALL The History Of  Nunawading.  illus.  with e/paper  maps, 22 plates. pub. Melb. Hawthorn  Press.  1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.150.   Price: $30.00
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  66. BRENNAN NIALL Chronicles Of Dandenong. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. The Hawthorn Press 1973 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.142.    Price: $45.00
     
  67. BRENNAN  NIALL John Wren. Gambler: His Life  and  Times.illus. with several plates throughout. pub. Melb. Hill of Content 1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.360.    Price: $35.00
     
  68. BRIDE THOMAS FRANCIS Letters From Victorian Pioneers. series of papers on the early occupation of the colony, the aborigines, etc. illus. with folding maps pub. Melb. Trustees of the Public Library Govt. Printer 1898 or.cl. 8vo. pp.326. good condition little browned to spine.    Price: $250.00.
     
  69. BRIDE THOMAS FRANCIS Letters From Victorian Pioneers. series of papers on the early occupation of the colony, the aborigines, etc. e/paper maps, frontis. several text plates throughout, pub. Melb. Currey O'Neil 1983 or.cl. d/w. sm.4to. pp.456.   Price:  $55.00.
     
  70. BRIDGES  ROY  One  Hundred  Years.  The  Romance  of   the Victorian  People 1834-1934. illus. with frontis. & 4  full page plates  t/out. pub. Melb. The Herald &  Weekly  Times Ltd. 1934 or.cl. 8vo. pp.432. backstrip sl. sunned,  little rubbed v/good.  Price:  $85.00
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  71. BRIGHT - Back to Bright District.  Souvenir Booklet and Official Programme. illus. with advts. full page plates, pub. Xmas 1929 Dec. 24th to 31st or. grey and dark brown illus. wrappers. 8vo. pp.26.00. fine copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  72. BRIGHTON  Grammar  School. Information  Booklet  about  the school.   Fees,  conditions,  expectations.   illus.   with frontis. pub. Melb. nd.1948? or.crm.wps. 4to. pp.28 fine.    Price: $15.00
     
  73. BRODIE  W.A.D. Melbourne The Water's Edge.  illus.  t/out. with full page col. plates of water-colours by author  pub. Adelaide Rigby 1978 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.96. Signed by author. tear in d/w. otherwise fine.    Price: $35.00
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  74. BROOKE  BRIAN  ALAN  FINCH A  Story  Of  Horsham. Municipal  Centenary. with e/paper illus. &  plates  t/out. some  full page pub. Vic. City of Horsham  1982  or.crm.cl. 4to.obl. d/w. pp.278.    Price: $50.00
     
  75. BROOME RICHARD Coburg. Between Two Creeks. illus. with b/w plates t/out. pub. Melb. Lothian Pub. 1987 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.366.    Price: $45.00
     
  76. BROWNE DAVID D.   The Wind And The Book: Memoirs of a Country Doctor. pub. Melbourne University Press, 1976 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.pp. IX,162. dustwrapper, minor fading along spine, cloth little flecked, else fine.     Price: $30.00
     
  77. BURCHETT WINSTON H. East Melbourne Walkabout. with e/paper illus.  and  many plates dwgs. t/out.  pub.  Melb.  Cypress Books 1975 or.illus.bds.cr.4to. pp.64.    Price: $25.00
     
  78. BURCHETT  WINSTON East Melbourne 1837-1977. People Places Problems.  illus. with many b/w. plates. dgms.  maps,  some full  page pub. Melb. Craftsman Press 1978  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. cr.4to.obl. pp.XIV.176.    Price: $55.00
     
  79.  BURKE CHRISTINE  Analysis Of The Lithic Assemblage From The Keilor Archeaological Site  Site Number 7822/010 Occasional Report No.30. illus. with drawings, maps, tables, pub. Department of Conservation & Environment 1990, Victorian Archaeological Survey; produced in conjunction with Vic. Archaeological Survey Albert Park & La Trobe University; or. orange and black pictorial card covers, black taped binding, 4to. pp.58. (photocopied report) Fine.    Price: $30.00
     
  80. BURREN  PAULINE  B. Mentone: The Place For  A  School. History of Mentone Girls' Grammar School from 1899.  illus. with text plates, maps t/out. pub. Melb. Hyland House  1984 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XVIII.174.    Price: $30.00
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  81. BUTLER RICHARD Eureka Stockade. illus. with e/paper  maps, several  illus.  throughout. pub. Melb. Angus  &  Robertson 1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.186.    Price: $35.00
     
  82. BUXTON  G.L. The  Riverina 1861- 1891. An Australian Regional  Study.  illus. with 21 plates 12  figures.  pub. Melb. M.U.P.  1967  1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w.  8vo.  pp.338.  4 appendices. fine copy in sl. marked d/w.    Price: $60.00
     
  83. CAMM  GEOFFREY  (COMPILER)  Bacchus  Marsh.  An anecdotal History. Collection of the Memories of forty-nine residents who  recall  their experiences. illus.  with  several  maps t/out.  pub.  Victoria  Shire of  Bacchus  March  1986  1st.ed. or.cl.d/w. lge.8vo. pp.392. Award inscription to f/free e/paper, short closed tear to d/w. else fine.    Price: $45.00
     
  84. CANNON MICHAEL The Land Boomers. with e/paper illus. & 20 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Melb.  M.U.P.  1966  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.248. fine.    Price: $40.00
     
  85. CANNON MICHAEL Land Boom And Bust. with e/paper illus. & many plates t/out. some full page pub. Melb. Heritage Pub. 1972 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.410. Edition limited to 1000 copies and signed by the author this being No.614 fine copy.    Price: $100.00     Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  86. CANNON MICHAEL (ED.) Vagabond Country. Australian bush and town  life  in  the Victorian age. by  the  Vagabond  (John Stanley  James, `Julian Thomas.') illus. with  b/w.  plates t/out some full page pub. Melbourne Hyland House 1981  1st.ed. or.cl.d/w. 4to. pp.226. a fine copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  87. CANNON  MICHAEL  Editor-in-chief. Historical  Records  Of Victoria. Foundation Series. 7 vols. consisting of-  Vol.I. Beginnings of Permanent Government. Vol.IIA. The Aborigines of Port Phillip  1835-1839.  Vol.IIB.   Aborigines   and Protectors 1838-1839.  Vol.III. The Early  Development  of Melbourne. Vol.IV.  Communications, Trade  and  Transport. Vol.V.  Surveyors'  Problems and  Achievements,  1836-1839. Vol.VI. The Crown, the Land and the Squatter 1835-1840. all illus.  with plates t/out. some col., e/paper  illus.  pub. Melb. M.U.P.  Public Record Office Vic.  1981-1991  or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp. approx. 450. per vol. fine set.    Price: $300.00
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  88. CARNEGIE MARGARET Morgan The Bold Bushranger. with e/paper maps & 8 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Hawthorn Press 1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.136.    Price: $40.00
     
  89. CARROLL BRIAN Melbourne An Illustrated History.  profusely illus.  with  plates  t/out.  many  full  page  pub.  Melb. Lansdowne 1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.128.    Price: $30.00
     
  90. CARROLL  BRIAN "Ned Kelly Bushranger."  e/paper  illus. text illus.  throughout.  pub. Sydney,  Lansdowne  1976  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. sm.4to. pp.264.    Price: $35.00
     
  91. CARROLL  BRIAN Hurry  Back.  An  Illustrated   Centenary History  of  Mayne Nickless. Company  began  in  Melbourne suburbs  in  1886  as  parcel  delivery  service.   illus. e/papers, profusely illus. in colour & b.& w. published Melbourne 1986 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.172.    Price: $30.00
     
  92. CARROLL  BRIAN Early Melbourne Sketchbook. with 62  illus. pub. Adel. Rigby 1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.obl. pp.64.   Price: $20.00
     
  93. CARROLL  BRIAN The Upper Yarra. An  Illustrated  History. profusely  illus.  with plates t/out. some full  page  pub. Melb. Shire of Upper Yarra 1988 1st.ed. or. crm. illus.bds. roy.4to. pp.228.    Price: $50.00
     
  94. CARROLL BRIAN * IAN RULE    Preston:  An Illustrated History with illustrated endpapers, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, drawings, advertisements, some full-page, bibliography, index; pub. Preston, City of Preston, 1985 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.232. Fine copy.    Price: $65.00
     
  95. CASTLEMAINE District Association Of Pioneers and Old Residents 1880-1930. Silver Jubilee Booklet of our Fiftieth Anniversary. illus. with 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Vic. Castlemaine 1930 or. grey wps. 8vo. pp.34. sl. worn else v/good copy.    Price: $40.00
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  96. CASTLEMAINE Photographic Booklet. With 14 drop-down views and one panoramic. Original beige/tan cover. Photo views are Lawson statue and Art Gallery, High School, Public Offices Lyttleton Street, Burke and Wills monument, Soldier’s Memorial Hall, Lake and Gardens, Post Office, reverse: Community Hospital, Vaughan Springs, Town Hall, Harcourt Reservoir, Gold Cairn Barker’s Creek, Victory Park, Barker Street and panorama; pub. Melbourne for Castlemaine Tourist Assoc. Valentine Pub. nd. pencilled date on folder 1941. Fine.     Price: $30.00   (See picture-press   )
     
  97. CASTLEMAINE PIONEERS-Records Of The. Recollections of the pioneers of the central goldfields of Vic. illus. with 18 full page plates t/out. e/paper dwgs. pub. Adel. Rigby 1972 or. cl. d/w. 8vo. pp. 236.   Price: $65.00
     
  98. CATHOLIC CHURCH OF VICTORIA  Some Of The Fruits Of Fifty Years - Annals Of The Catholic Church In Victoria. profusely illus. with photographic plates t/out. examples of churches and buildings owned by the church in Victoria in 1897. pub. A. H. Messina and Co., Melbourne, 1897 or. beige wrappers 4to. pp.150 approx. Text contains a brief church history of buildings and orders in Victoria. sl. chipped wrappers else very good copy.    Price: $115.00
     
  99. CATHOLIC  Church In Melbourne-The. (1848-1948) illus.  with many  b/w.  plates  t/out. some full page  pub.  Melb.  the Advocate  Press  1948 or.illus. blu.wps.  roy.4to.  pp.110. v/good copy.    Price: $40.00
     
  100. CAULFIELD  CITY COUNCIL City Of Caulfield Centenary 1857-1957  illus. with text plates t/out. pub.  Caulfield  Vic. City Council 1957 or.wps. sm.4to. pp.24.    Price: $25.00
     
  101. CAULFIELD  TECHNICAL  SCHOOL  Presents  the  sixth Annual Magazine. ed. by Kenneth Millard. illus. with plates t/out. 2 full page pub. Melb. 1953 or.illus.wps 4to. pp.68.    Price: $25.00
     
  102. CECIL Lord ROBERT Gold Fields  Diary.  Introduction  and notes by Sir Ernest Scott. illus. with frontis. & 20  full page  plates t/out. pub. Melb. M.U.P. 1945 or. ornge.  wps. 12mo. pp.32. fine.    Price: $30.00
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  103. CENTRAL PLANNING AUTHORITY Victoria. -  Resources Survey: Loddon region. illus. with 62 b/w illus., 7 col. fold. maps, numerous tables & graphs, text plates. pub. Melbourne. Government Printer. 1952. Roy.4to. pp.105 Soft covers. A survey of the natural/physical and economic resources of the region. maps, sl. torn otherwise very good copy.    Price: $75.00
     
  104. CHAFFEY  BROS  The Australian Irrigation Colonies  On  The River Murray, In Victoria And South  Australia  1888-1889. Reproduced  in 1983 by Sunraysia  Multi-Cultural  Education Committee with assistance of Mildura A.V.R.B. (facsimile of the 1888 ed.) advts. plates t/out. some full page pub. Vic. 1983 illus.wps. roy.4to. pp.130. v/good copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  105. CHAMBERLAIN SUSAN  Sealing, Whaling & Early Settlement Of Victoria. An Annotated Bibliography of Historical Sources. pub. Melbourne Dept. of Conservation & Environment (Victorian Archaeological Survey) June 1989 or. cream card wrappers, black illus. to front cover, black comb binding with clear glassine to front wrapper; 4to. pp.66.    Price: $45.00
     
  106. CHAMBERS DON Violet Town Or Honeysuckle In Australia Felix 1836-1908.  History of Violet Town, Aboriginal,  Squatting, Land, Gold  Rush & Agricultural. illus. with 8  full  page plates  t/out.  &  7 maps pub. Melbourne,  Melbourne University Press  1985  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIII.354.    Price: $45.00
     
  107. CHAMBERS DON   City Of The Dead: The History of Necropolis, Springvale: illus. with 14 full-colour photographs, maps & plans, a number of b/w. photos, list of Trustees, bibliography, and index. pub. Melbourne Hyland House 2001 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.298 Published in the centenary year, The Necropolis, Springvale was Melbourne's first crematorium. Fine copy.     Price: $45.00
     
  108. CHAMBERS Recipes For High Days And  Holidays. Melb. Country  women's  Association   Mordialloc   Branch nd.194-? or.crm.wps. 8vo. pp.24. fine.    Price: $15.00
     
  109. CHAPMAN HEATHER & Judith Stillman   Melbourne: Then And Now  illus. with full page photo plates t/out. many col. photos of Melbourne from early photographs compared to recent photographs in the same place. pub. USA Thunder Press 2005 or.cl. d/w. 4to. oblong pp.144. Very fine.    Price: $50.00
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  110. CHATHAM  BRIAN Compiled by. Historical Aspects Of  Bonnie Published to commemorate the Centenary of Bonnie Doon Primary School No.2098 1878-1978. illus. with plates t/out. some  full  page pub. Victoria Mansfield 1978  or. brown.  &  gold illus. wrappers 8vo. pp.96.    Price: $20.00
     
  111. CHESHIRE  F.W.  Bookseller Publisher Friend. illus.  with frontis.  & 12 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb.  National Press 1984 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.124. presentation signed  by Jean Cheshire.    Price: $40.00
     
  112. CHISHOLM  ALEC  H.  Scots Wha Hae. History  of  the  Royal Caledonian Society of Melbourne. illus. with frontis. &  14 full  page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus &  Robertson  1950 1st.ed. or. grn.cl. 8vo. pp.XVIII.118.   Price: $35.00
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  113. CLARK ALBERT  E. The Church Of Our  Fathers.  Being the history  of the Church Of England in Gippsland,  1847-1947. or.cl.  8vo. pp.294. 3 plates w/stained but clean  1  lacks corner but tear has missed photo plate, w/staining to  some pages in  centre (at bound edge) otherwise  clean  average.  Price: $45.00
     
  114. CLARKE  ALFRED   E.  The  Man  Nobody   Understood. biography).  "Mica  Fred" alias "The Diamond  King."  Low life  around Melbourne Illus. with 2 plates. pub.  Melb.  1941 or.cl. sm.8vo. pp.96. Signed by author.    Price: $25.00
     
  115. CLEMENTS EDDIE & KEITH SHEPHERD Around The Campfire Ashes. Tales of  old Gippsland. with e/paper maps  &  b/w.  dwgs. t/out.  pub. Melb. Heinemann 1986 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  8vo. pp.162.  Price: $25.00
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  116. CLOWES E.M. On The Wallaby Through Victoria. A personal view of life in Victoria. illus. with 14 full page plates t/out. (lacks frontis.) or. moss green cl. dec. to front bd. cr.8vo. pp.308. good copy, prior private library stamps on some pages.  Price: $45.00
     
  117. CLUNE FRANK The Kelly Hunters. The Authentic, Impartial History of the Life and Times of Edward Kelly, the Ironclad Outlaw. illus. with title page vign. and several drawings t/out. by R. Malcolm Warner, pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson 1958 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XXII.362. fine in the slightly torn d/w.  Price: $85.00
     
  118. COHN ALAN A. Jack M. Cohn and Lawrence J. Cohn. 32 full page plates t/out. pub. Adel. Tablets Of Memory. The Bendigo Chons and their Descendents 1853-1989. & Lutheran pub. House 1990 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XXII.270.  Price: $45.00
     
  119. COLE COLIN E. (ED.) Melbourne Markets 1841-1979. The story of  the fruit  and  vegetable  markets  in  the  City   of Melbourne. with e/paper maps & numerous illus. t/out.  pub. Melb. Wholesale Fruit And Vegetable  Market  Trust.  1980 1st.ed. or.cl.d/w. 4to. pp.196.XIX.   Price: $35.00
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  120. COLLINGWOOD CENTENARY 1855-1955. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page pub. Melb. City Council 1955 or. cream illus. wrappers, 4to. pp.68. very good copy.  Price: $60.00.      Convert Currency  Parcel Costs
     
  121. COLLINS  DALE  Victoria's My Home Ground. illus.  with  10 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Melb. Cheshire  1951  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.254. very sl. chipped d/w.  Price: $35.00
     
  122. COMETTANT  OSCAR  TRANSLATED BY JUDITH ARMSTRONG  "In The Land  of The Kangaroos & Gold Mines." Entertaining  account of  social history one hundred years ago in  Melb.  illus. with  frontis. pub. Adelaide, Rigby 1980 or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.276. first pub. in 1890.  Price: $30.00
     
  123. CONCONGELLA Great Western. One Hundred  Years  1866-1966. (wine-makers)  illus.  with 7 plates, one  full  page  pub. Melb. 1966 or.crm. (photo-plate) illus.wps. pp.28.   Price: $15.00
     
  124. COOCH ALEX The State Savings Bank Of Victoria. Its  place in  the history of Victoria. illus. with frontis. 21  full page plates t/out. & 3 maps pub. Melb. Macmillan & Co  1934 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XXIX.202.   Price: $50.00
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  125. COOK JAMES HUME  Victoria A Pageant Of The Years 1834-1934. (poems)  Written  to  assist  in  commemorating  the  first centenary  of  Victoria, Australia. pub. Melb.  The  Ruskin Press 1934 or.crm.dec.wps. 8vo. pp.16.   Price: $25.00
     
  126. CO-OPERATIVE  HOUSING  SOCIETIES ACT 1944 -  Report. Cooperative  Housing  Societies (General)  Regulations.  with forms,  schedules,  etc. t/out. pub. Vic. Govt.  1945  wps. 8vo. pp.32.  Price: $20.00
     
  127. COOPER JOHN BUTLER The History Of St Kilda. From its First Settlement  to a City and After, 1840 to  1930.  profusely illus. with colour & b.& w. plates throughout. pub.  Melb. St.  Kilda City Council 1931 or.cl. lg.8vo. 2 vols.  vol.  1 pp.405  vol.2. pp.308. Vol. II has some sl. wear  to  spine otherwise fine set.  Price: $220.00
     
  128. COOPER JOHN BUTLER The History Of Prahran. From its First Settlement to a City. illus. with frontis. & 35 plates . & 1 folding document in facsimile. pub. Melbourne 1912 1st.ed. or.cl.  roy.8vo. pp.XII.338. almost fine copy.   Price: $250.00
     
  129. COOPER JOHN BUTLER The History Of Malvern. From its First Settlement to a City. illus. with col. frontis. & 52 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Specialty Press 1935 1st.ed. original cloth with gilt emblem with le