Biography from Adelaide Booksellers

St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press. 1998. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket [as issued]. Grey cloth spine over decorated papered boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Now uncommon. This book also contains (loosely inserted) the exhibition catalogue 'Barbara Hanrahan A Retrospective Exhibition of Prints' held at the Kensington Gallery in… Read more about this item

Perth: Hesperian Press. 2006. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 254 pages. Seraphim Sanz de Galdeano was born in Spain in 1913, the eighth of ten children. At eleven years of age he heard Dom Anselm Catalan of New… Read more about this item

London: The Batchworth Press. 1952. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ has a chip to spine tail and some light edgewear to top of spine. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White… Read more about this item

Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire. 1965. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ a little rubbed at edges. [xvi]158 pages.. Looks at six assorted figures (mostly not well known) from Australia's past who were typical of their times. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House. 1988. Small Quarto Size [approx 18x24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 127 pages. . 1st Edition. Wrappers.

London: Andre Deutsch. 1974. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ has a couple of closed tears at top of spine. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 136 pages. Helene Hanff… Read more about this item

Brisbane: Jacaranda Press. 1961. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ is complete and now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Dustjacket and text illustrations by Richard Resson. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 250pages.. The author's father arrived in Melbourne at the height of… Read more about this item

Angus, Scotland: Hunter Mackay. 1994. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Excellent condition. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 237 pages. Novelist, explorer… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. No Date. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Very Good condition. Some mild offset and scattered foxing to free endpapers and previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Spine a little age-toned. Black & white frontispiece. Gilt to top edge. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 277 pages.… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 1971. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Price clipped DJ a little rubbed at edges. Previous owner has pasted a copy of Crocker's Obituary to the reverse of the half-title page. Bookplate to Front Pastedown.… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. No Date. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Very Good condition. Some mild offset to free endpapers and previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Black & white frontispiece. Gilt to top edge. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 384 pages. The biography of the noted jurist and Lord Chief Justice… Read more about this item

Rockhampton: Published by Author. 1967. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 170 pages. . 1st Edition (Presumed). Softcover.

Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing. 1987[1883]. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ spine slighty sunned & now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Introduction by Joanna Trollope. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 306 pages.… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux. 1972. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Mild age-toning to price clipped DJ with a little creasing to the front flap. Bookplate to Front Pastedown and previous owner's name to front… Read more about this item

London: Wildwood House. 1976. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's bookplate to the half-title page and previous owner's details to front free endpaper. Related newspaper clipping to pasted to rear free endpaper. Small nick… Read more about this item

Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 2016. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 482 pages. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1976. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 24cm x17.5cm]. Very Good condition, pictorial laminated boards in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Colour and black & white illustrations and black & white photographs.. 128 pages. An affectionate look at C.J. Dennis and his work and a… Read more about this item

Karrinyup, WA: Published by Author. 2012. Small Quarto Size [approx 17x25cm]. A Near Fine copy. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 320 pages. . Reprint. Softcover.

Broome, Western Australia: Magabala Books. 1991. Octavo Size [approx 13x20cm]. Very good condition. Foreword by Sally Morgan. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 145 pages. Autobiography of noted Western Australian playwright, poet and writer Jack Davis' early life. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

London: John Murray. 1879. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good Condition. Age-toned spine with some chipps to edges and ends; rubbing to portion of covers; paper cracking at front and rear hinges but binding solid. Illustrated with Black and White plates. and in-text illustrations. 329 pages. Volume Three of Smiles' five volume work. … Read more about this item