Australian Bushranging Books

 

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71529
ABBOTT, J.H.M.

Castle Vane. A Romance of Bushranging on the Upper Hunter in the Olden Days.
8vo; pp. (viii), 204, (vi); original cloth, chipped dustjacket, flecking to page edges, free endpapers browned, a good copy.Sydney, Angus And Robertson, (1923). Click here to order
$35

53598
ABBOTT, J.H.M.

Out Of The Past.
8vo; pp. 72; hardback, chipped and scuffed dustjacket , browning to endpapers, a good copy.Sydney, Currawong Press, n.d. Click here to order
$19

72914
ADAMSON, BARTLETT; Editor.

Ben Hall. Also Mudgee Mail Robbery Daniel Morgan "Thunderbolt." (Frederick Ward). History Of Australian Bushranging By Charles White.
8vo; pp. 64; sketches throughout; stapled illustrated paper wrappeer, wrapper damaged with small pieces missing, foxing and staining to endpapers, ink on front wrapper, a fair copy.Sydney, Marchant & Co., n.d. (c 1944)
Charles White was a journalist of the Bathurst Free Press during the reign of Ben Hall and Gang. His works are full of quotes from source documents.

$30

73844

A Bloodthirsty Banditti Of Wretches.
Deluxe Limited Edition; 8vo; pp. 101; full morocco binding, title in gilt on spine, a fine copy.(Adelaide), Sullivan's Cove, 1985.
This was originally issued in an edition of 111 copies of which the first ten were for subscription only and bound in full morocco this being copy No. 3.

$450

71444
BOND, GEOFFREY.

Ned Kelly the armoured outlaw.
First Edition; 8vo; pp.192; original black boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.London, Arco Publications, 1961.

$35

73911
BONWICK, JAMES.

The Bushrangers Illustrating the early days of Van Diemen's Land.
Facsimile Edition; 8vo; pp. (viii), 96; note, original stiff wrapper, previous owner's name on front blank page, otherwise a very good copy. Hobart, Fullers Bookshop, (1967).

$25

73899
BOXALL, GEO. E.

The Story of the Australian Bushrangers.
Facsimile Paperback Edition; 8vo; pp.392, (vi) book adverts; index; paperback, a good copy. Ringwood, Penguin Books Australia Ltd., 1974. Click here to order
$18

57126
BOXALL, GEORGE.

History of the Australian Bushrangers.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. xii, 376; index; original red cloth boards, title in gilt on spine, flecking to page edges, foxing to first and last few pages, a good copy.Sydney, Halstead Printing Company, 1935. Click here to order
$30

72907
BOXALL, GEORGE.

History of the Australian Bushrangers. Parts I and II. Two volumes.
Revised Fourth Edition; Sm. 8vos; pp. Vol. 1: xii, 210, Vol. 2: xii, 199 - 390; stiff illustrated wrapper, spines damaged, flecking to page edges, a good copy. London, Angus & Robertson, 1916.
 

$70

66859
BOXALL, GEORGE.

An Illustrated History Of Australian Bushrangers.
4to; pp. 208; frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations, picture sources, reference notes, index, original stiff illustrated wrapper, a fine copy. (Australia, Penguin Books, 1988).

$25

54451
BOYCE, DEAN

Clarke of the Kindur. Convict, bushranger, explorer.
8vo; pp. 100; 4 full page plates, 3 full page maps, index; hardback, dustjacket slightly bumped; price clipped; otherwise fine copy. Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, (1970).

$15
  

73906
BRADSHAW, JACK.

The True History Of The Australian Bushrangers. Who was personally acquainted with them all. Illustrated.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. 136; frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations; stiff wrapper, wrapper browned, light foxing to wrapper, flecking to page edges, a good copy.Sydney, W.J. Anderson & Co. n.d. (1924). Click here to order
$150

72903
BRADSHAW, JACK.

The True History Of The Australian Bushrangers.
Enlarged Second Edition; 8vo; pp. 160; frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations; stiff illustrated wrapper, wrapper browned, light staining and foxing to wrapper, spine chipped, pages browned, flecking to head of page edges, a good copy.(Sydney, The Worker Trustees), n.d.
Inscribed by the author.
$125

72920
BROWN, J. D.

Women and Bushrangers. True stories of the colourful days of Ned Kelly, Piesley, Dan Morgan, Joe Byrne, and other notorious characters of the Australian Bush.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. 98; b/w illustrations; stapled illustrated paper wrapper, spine bumped, pages browned, otherwise a very good copy.Melbourne, Southdown Press, n.d. (c 1950)
Last three chapters deal with Ned Kelly.

$60

73546
BURGESS, RICHARD.

'Guilty Wretch That I Am'. Echoes of Australian Bushrangers. from the death row memoirs of Richard Burgess and historical notes by Ken Byron.
First Edition; 4to; pp. 176; numerous b/w illustrations, references, bibliography; original cloth, dustjacket, spine and corners bumped, otherwise a fine copy.(South Melbourne, The Macmillan Company of Australia, 1984). Click here to order
$30

34093
CALDER, JAMES.

Brady, McCabe, Dunne, Bryan, Crawford, Murphy, Bird, McKenney, Goodwin, Pawley, Bryant, Cody, Hodgetts, Gregory, Tilley, Ryan, Williams and their Associates. Bushrangers In Van Diemen's Land 1824-1827. From James Calder's Text Of 1873 Together With Newly Discovered Manuscripts, Edited by Eustace Fitzsymonds.
Limited Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. x, 180; endpaper maps, 5 illustrations, appendix, index, original cloth, dustjacket, fine copy.Sullivan's Cove, 1979.
Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. Click here to order
$130

73909
CAMERON, JOHN X.

The Spell Of The Bush
First Edition; 8vo. pp. 211; 3 page of adverts at rear, original illustrated wrappers; a good copy .Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall Co, 1918.
Bush romance. Author was a brother of Mary Gilmore.

$100

17968
CARROLL, BRIAN.

Ned Kelly Bushranger.
First Edition; 4to; pp. 264; illustrated endpapers, illustrated title page, 1 map, over 120 illustrations, appendices, index, original cloth, dustjacket, flecking to page edges, spine bumped, otherwise a very good copy. (Dee Why West), Lansdowne Press, (1976).

$25

73908
CASH, MARTIN.

Martin Cash The Bushranger Of Van Diemens Land In 1843-4 A Personal Narrative Of His Exploits In The Bush And His Exxperiences At Port Arthur And Norfolk Island.
Sixth Edition; 8vo; pp. (iv), 178; original illustrated chipped stiff wrapper; good copy. Hobart, J. Walch & Sons, (1940).

$25


 

50359
CHOMLEY, C. H.

The True Story Of The Kelly Gang Of Bushrangers
Sm. 8vo; pp. 160; single page frontispiece, b/w illustrations; stiff wrapper, spine and corners bumped, tape to spine, pages browned, a good copy.Melbourne, Fraser & Jenkinson, Printers, Bookbinders, Etc., 1920.

$100

73715
CLOW, ROBITT JON.

The Cause of Kelly. A Complete History of the Primitive Colonial War Between the Kelly Family and the Police. In Blank Verse.
Sm. 8vo; pp. 106; green blind stamped boards; title in gilt on front board; light browning to pages; missing spine; otherwise a good copy. Ballarat, Baxter and Stubbs, 1919.
A Play of Ned Kelly's life written in a poetic verse style. Includes the tipped in portrait of Ned Kelly sometimes present on page 3.

$290

 

 

62578
CLUNE, FRANK.

The Kelly Hunters.
First Edition; large 8vo; pp. xxii, 362; endpaper maps, bibliography, numerous b/w illustrations; original green cloth, title in gilt on spine, foxing to cloth, spine and corners bumped, flecking to page edges, previous owner's name on half title page, a good copy.Sydney, Angus and Robinson, (1954).

$70

72911
CRAWFORD, KING.

Australia's Greatest Folk Hero.
First Edition; Lge. 8vo; pp. 168; numerous b/w paintings throughout text; stiff illustrated wrapper, a fine copy.(Melbourne, Crawford & Crawford, 1993).
Inscribed by the author.

$18

72922
CRONIN, BERNARD; RUSSELL, ARTHUR.

Bushranging Silhouettes.
8vo; pp. (viii), 222, 24; original cloth, dustjacket, endpapers browned, flecking to page edges, spine bumped, a good copy.Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1932.
The chapter on Kelly has inaccuracies but still an unusal and interesting book. Click here to order
$100

71446
DOOLAN, LUCKY.

Kelly Gang Rides
12mo; pp. 48; the first 32 pages are a comic book story of the Kelly Gang, original pictorial cover, minor damage to wrapper otherwise a very good copy.East Brighton; L. Clapperton, 28 Blanche St., n.d. (1945)

$75

46472
DUNSTAN, KEITH.

Saint Ned The Story Of The Near Sanctification Of An Australian Outlaw.
First Edition; 4to; pp. 128; numerous b/w illustrations, references, original cloth, dustjacket, a fine copy. [Sydney], Methuen of Australia, [1980].

$25

72923
EARNSHAW, E. H.

The Boys' Book of Bushrangers. Stories of the bushrangers adapted for reading by Australian Schoolboys.
8vo; pp. 68; b/w illustrations; stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, wrapper browned, otherwise a very good copy.Sydney, Robert Dey, Son & Co., 1947. Click here to order
$75

72909
EMBERG, JOAN DEHLE; EMBERG, BUCK THOR; Compilers.

The Uncensored Story Of Martin Cash (Australian Bushranger). As Told To James Lester Burke.
8vo; pp. viii, 268; b/w illustrations; stiff illustrated wrapper, light staining to first few pages, otherwise a fine copy.(Launceston, Regal Publications, c. 1991).

$18

72910
FINGER, CHARLES J.

Bushrangers.
8vo; pp. xvi, 216; illustrated endpapers, colour frontispiece, 7 coloured plates; original black cloth, title in gilt on front and spine, spine and corners bumped, pages uncut, previous owner's sticker, a good copy.New York, Robert M. McBride, MDCCCCXXIIII (1924).
A facinating book about several bushrangers, Moonlight, Kelly, Lang etc. Unfortunately the writer's imagination takes over where the facts are unknown. Click here to order
$60

46368
FITCHETT, W. H.

From Convict To Bushranger. Epic Pages from Australia's Story Dramatically Told. Containing No. 1.- Ned Kelly and His Gang. No. 2.- In the Days of Thunderbolt and Moonlite. No. 3.- From Leichhardt to Burke and Wills. No. 4.- Discovering Australia the Happy. No. 5.- Our Strange Pilgrim Fathers.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. 256; Containing 5 stories, 3 pages illustrations; stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, very good copy.West Melbourne, Fitchett Brothers, 1938.

$100

72919
FITCHETT, W. H.

Ned Kelly And His Gang. One of the Strangest Stories in the History of Crime Under Any Sky.
8vo; pp. 96; stapled illustrated paper wrapper, spine and corners bumped, light browning to pages, a good copy.Melbourne, Fitchett Brothers, n.d. (c 1941).

$100

72929
FITCHETT, W. H.

Ned Kelly and His Gang. Strange Pages From Australia's Story - No. 1.
8vo; pp. 64; stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, staining to wrapper, previous owner's name on front wrapper, pages browned, a good copy.Melbourne, The Fitchett Brothers, n.d. (C 1938). r

$125

68816
FITCHETT, W. H.

The New World Of The South. Australia In The Making.
8vo; pp. xiv, 402, (xvi); b/w frontispiece, index; original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, flecking to page edges, spine bumped, cocked spine, good copy.London, G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1913.
Bell's Indian And Colonial Library Series. Click here to order
$20

55371
FITCHETT, W.H.

In The Days Of Thunderbolt And Moonlight. Epic Pages From Australian's Story- No. 2.
8vo; pp. 63; stiff illustrated stapled wrapper, flecking to wrapper, browning to edges of pages, a good copy.Melbourne, Fitchett Brothers Pty. Limited, n.d. Click here to order
$60

15873
FITZSYMONDS, EUSTACE.

Mortmain. A collection of choice Petitions, Memorials and Letters of protest and request from the convict colony of Van Diemen's Land; written by Divers Persons, both eminent and lowly, and collected and transcribed from the originals by Eustace FitzSymonds, with numerous pages of the Manuscripts shewn in facsimile.
Limited Edition; Small Folio; pp. xvi, 262; facsimile frontispiece, numerous pages of manuscript illustrated in facsimile; dustjacket, a fine copy.Hobart, Sullivan's Cove, 1977.
Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Copy 33. More than 150 facsimiles of documents authors of recipients of include John Batman, James Bonwick, William Buckley, John Franklin, John Wedge, Colonel Arthur, John Pascoe Fawkner, George Augustus Robinson, Henry Melville [Shared a cell with Pierce the maneater but complained of bugs], and Esther Solomon. Click here to order
$200

72902
GRAYSON, REX.

The Night Raiders. Bushranger Stories. Complete Book - Length Novel - No. 1.
8vo; pp. 96; sketch illustrations, advertisement endpapers; stapled paper illustrated wrapper, spine bumped, pages browned, flecking to page edges, otherwise a very good copy.Melbourne, A. H. Massina & Co., n.d.

$45

72928
HARRISON, CLODAGH; REID, KATE; TRANTER, PETER.

Ben Hall. an ABC, BBC-tv, 20th Century Fox television drama series.
Lge. 4to; pp. 77; front endpaper map, numerous b/w illustrations, some colour illustrations; stapled paper illustrated wrapper, wrapper chipped, light foxing to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy.Sydney, Australian Broadcasting Commission, n.d. c. 1975.

$20

17045
HAYDON, A. L.

The Trooper Police Of Australia. A record of mounted police work in the Commonwealth from the earliest days of settlement to the present time.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xviii, 432(last blank); illustrated with photographs, maps and diagrams, appendices, index, original green cloth, title in gilt on spine and front board, coloured decoration on front board, very good copy. Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co.,(1911).

$200

70902
HOCKING, GEOFF.

Ball Up! A Pictorial History of Australia's Most Notorious Bushrangers.
First Edition; 4to; pp. 192; illustrated frontispiece and title page, numerous b/w and colour illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, original stiff illustrated wrapper, minor sticker mark to wrapper, otherwise a fine copy.(Victoria), The Five Mile Press, (2002). Click here to order
$35

51012
JOY, WILLIAM; PRIOR, TOM.

The Bushrangers.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. 155; map endpapers, 40 pages b/w plates, appendices; original cloth, chipped dustjacket, browning to endpapers, pages browned, good copy. Sydney, Shakespeare Head Press, 1963.

$40

64909
KELSON, BRENDON; MCQUILTON, JOHN.

Kelly Country. A Photographic Journey.
First Edition; Oblong 4to; pp. viii, 168; endpaper maps, profusely illustrated throughtout in b/w, bibliography, index, photographic, index, original stiff illustrated wrapper, a fine copy.Queensland, University Of Queensland Press, (2001).

$25

72927
KENNEALLY, J. J.

The Authentic Story of Ned Kelly in Pictures.
Lge. 4to; unpaginated; stapled illustrated paper wrapper, insect damage to spine, otherwise a very good copy.Cheltenham, Standard Newspapers, n.d.

$35

72906
KENNEALLY, J. J.

The Complete Inner History Of The Kelly Gang and Their Pursuers.
Fifth Edition; 8vo; pp. 318; b/w illustrations, map, index; stiff illustrated wrapper, pages browned, flecking to page edges, foxing to wrapper and some pages, a good copy.Melbourne, Roy Stevens, 1946.

$40

72918
KENNEALLY, J. J.

The Complete Inner History Of The Kelly Gang and Their Pursuers.
Rare First Printing; 8vo; pp. 268; frontispiece, b/w illustrations; stiff illustrated wrapper, pages browned, spine damaged, a good copy.Melbourne, Reviews, n.d.
Rare First Printing.

$350

 

72905
LANG, JOHN.

Fisher's Ghost. And Other Stories of the Early Days of Australia.
8vo; pp. 128; stiff illustrated wrapper, pages very lightly browned, spine very lightly browned; some pages very lightly browned; otherwise a very a good copy.Melbourne, E. W. Cole, n.d.
Fisher's ghost perhaps one of Australia most authenticated ghost stories also includes The Master and his man, Giles ! as I live, Captain Ketchcalfe, Barrington, Sir Henry Hayes, Annie Saint Felix, Baron Wald, Kate Crawford and Three celebrities. Illustrated and on rear wrapper.

$40

72780
MACALISTER, CHAS.

Old Pioneering Days In The Sunny South.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. 396, plus 10 illustrated pages of adverts including on back wrapper; index in as issued stiff illustrated wrappers; index; title in black on spine wonderful tight condition; some fading to spine, some marks to wrappers, light bumps to spine and edges; otherwise a very good copy. Goulbourn, Chas MacAlister, 1907.
A rare book and rarely seen in this condition. Huge amount of rare information from author who arrived in Australia in 1833 and immediately took note of interesting things happening, including a mass murderer in 1844 by Lynch, Aboriginal religion, life, small dictionary, and customs, Sir Thomas Mitchell borrowing his idea for a propeller from the boomerang, droving, coaches, massacre at Broken River, Gibson, Sir Henry Parkes, Queenbeyan, Wombeyan Caves, races at Homebush, Convicts, Bushrangers including Jacky Jacky, John Chalker, Argyle Election, Strathaird, Goulbourn in the 1840's, Gundagai and more.

$750

72900
McCARTER, JIM.

These People Lived.
Second Impression; 8vo; pp. 96; illustrated stiff wrapper, a very good copy. Brisbane, Wholly set up by "The Worker" newspaper Pty. Ltd. May 1944.
A group of Australian short stories ; Bennalong, the first aboriginal to visit England; William Francis King (the Flying Pieman) a professinal pedestrian, Frank Gardiner, the bushranger; L'Estrange known as `The Australian Blondin' the Australian tight-rope walker, and Robert O'Hara Burke explorer.

$40

73314
McCARTHY, P. H.

Starlight: The Man and the Myth.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. (iv), 143; biogrphical notes, index; dustjacket, small closed tear to front dustjacket, otherwise a very good copy. Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, (1972).
This book examines the possible contenders to the identity to Captain Starlight who was a bold bushranger in Northern New South Wales and Queensland in the late 19th century.

$20

69245
MACKANESS, GEORGE.

Michael Howe. The Last and Worst of the Bushrangers of Van Dieman's Land. Narrative of the chief atrocities committed by this great murderer and his associates during a period of six years in Van Dieman's Land. From authentic sources of information by T. E Wells. With an introduction by George Mackaness.
Limited Edition; 8vo; pp. 40; 1 b/w illustration, 1 facsimile of the final page of the original manuscript; original stiff stapled wrapper, minor chipping, otherwise a very good copy.Sydney, D. S. Ford, 1945.
Limited to 90 numbered copies, of which this is number 80. Signed by George Mackaness.

$75

63506

Martin Cash. The Bushranger of Van Dieman's Land in 1843-4.
Fifth Edition; 8vo; pp. iii, 178; b/w illustrations throughout; stiff illustrated wrapper, spine faded, tape to spine, a good copy.Hobart, J. Walch and Sons PTY LTD, (1929).
A person narratove of his exploits in the bush and his experiences at Port Arthur and Norfolk Island.

$21

72899
MEREDITH, JOHN; Editor.

Songs from the Kelly Country.
Second Edition; 8vo; unpaginated; stiff stapled wrapper, wrapper faded, a good copy.Sydney, The Bush Music Club, n.d. (c. 1955).
Good selection of contemporary songs in original format.

$25

71443
NEARY, HENRY H.

The Kellys Australia's Famous Bushrangers A Short History based on the Author's Personal Experience of the Times and Gleanings from Charles White's Early Writings.
First Edition (Priced at 1/- on Cover): 8vo; pp. 39; illustrated with a number of line drawings, original pictorial wrapper, very good copy, scarce ephemeral piece relating to the Kellys.Wholly set up and printed in Australia by C. Merritt, 118 Moreton Street, Lakemba. n.d.

$145

63838

Ned Kelly and the days of the Bushrangers.
Large 4to; pp. 50; b/w illustrations throughout; stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, small amount of insect damage to wrapper, otherwise a very good copy.n.p., n.d.

$30

64070

A Noose For Ned.. Reprint Of A Very Rare Pamphlet, With A Foreword By Frank Clune.
Limited Edition; 8vo; pp. iv, 63; drawings throughout; original beige cloth, decoration in bronze on front, a very good copy.Melbourne, Hawthorn Press, n.d.
Limited Edition of 1000 copies.

$90

66321
NORMAN, L.

Sea Wolves and Bandits Sealing, Whaling, Smuggling and Piracy Wild Men of Van Diemen's Land Bushrangers and Bandits Wrecks and Wreckers.
Reprint; 8vo; pp. 208; folding b/w frontispiece, 34 pages b/w plates, indexes; brown cloth with gilt title on spine, dustjacket, a fine copy.Hobart, J. Walch & Sons 1980.
1980 reprint of the 1946 original.

$60

71806
NUNN, HARRY.

Bushrangers. A Pictorial History.
Reprint; 4to; pp. 226; numerous b/w illustrations, references, index; stiff illustrated wrapper, spine faded, corners bumped, insect damage to front free endpaper, otherwise a very good copy.Sydney, Ure Smith Press, (1991). Click here to order
$25

60288
NUNN, HARRY.

Bushrangers. A Pictorial History.
Reprint; 4to; pp. 226; references, index; stiff illustrated wrapper, wrapper bumped, otherwise a fine copy.(N.S.W.), Landsdowne, 1997). Click here to order
$18

17161
OSBORNE, CHARLES.

Ned Kelly.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. 200; endpaper maps, 37 illustrations; original brown cloth, title in gilt on spine, dustjacket rubbed with small closed tear, price clipped, otherwise a very good copy.(London), Anthony Blond, (1970).

$25

72930
PHILLIPS, CONRAD.

Cry Of The Dingo.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. 222; original cloth, chipped dustjacket, price clipped, spine bumped, free endpapers browned, ex-libris plate, a good copy.London, Arthur Barker, (1956). Click here to order
$35

72924
POSTCARD.

Bushranger Police Confrontation Scene.
5.5 x 3.5 inches; colour bush scene; used, corners chipped, good condition.n.p. n.d.

$60

72925
POSTCARD.

Bushranger Police Horse Chase Scene.
5.5 x 3.5 inches; colour bush scene; used, corners chipped, good condition.n.p. n.d.

$60

72898
PRATT, AMBROSE.

The Outlaws Of Weddin Range.
Fourth Edition; 8vo; pp. 208, (xviii advertisements); frontispiece, 7 b/w sketches; stiff illustrated wrapper, spine damaged, pages browned, flecking to page edges, a good copy.Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall Company, 1918.

$150

72901
PRATT, AMBROSE.

Three Years with Thunderbolt. (Being the narrative of William Monckton, who for three years attended the famous outlaw, Frederick Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt, as a servant, companion and intimate friend: during which period he shared the bushranger's crimes and perils, and was twice serverly wounded in encounters with the police.)
8vo; pp. vi, 192, (viii advertisements); frontispiece; stiff illustrated wrapper, spine damaged, pages browned, flecking to page edges, corners bumped, a good copy.Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall Company, 1920.

$185

61551
PRIOR, TOM; WANNAN, BILL; NUNN, H.

Plundering Sons A Pictorial History of Australian Bushranging.
First Edition; 4to; pp. (viii), 183; illustrated endapers, numerous illustrations, sources, index, hardback, dustjacketchipped and faded, price clipped, good copy.Melbourne, Lansdowne Press, 1966. Click here to order
$30

68706
RIXON, ANNIE.

Captain Thunderbolt.
8vo; pp. 248; b/w illustrated frontispiece, 8 pages of b/w plates, appendix; original red cloth, title lettered in black on spine, boards scuffed, spine faded, flecking to page edges, a good copy.Sydney, Edwards and Shaw (Printed for the Author), n.d. (c.1940).

$50

72926
RIXON, ANNIE.

Captain Thunderbolt.
8vo; pp. 248; b/w illustrated frontispiece, 8 pages of b/w plates, appendix; original red cloth, title lettered in black on spine, chipped dustjacket, flecking to page edges, a good copy.Sydney, Edwards and Shaw (Printed for the Author), n.d. (c.1940).

$75

72904
RIXON, ANNIE.

Thunderbolt. The True Story of the Beloved Outlaw.
8vo; pp. 128; paper wrapper, very a good copy.Sydney, Frank Johnson, (c 1950).
$45

73905
ROWCROFT, CHARLES.

The Perils and Adventures Of William Thornley . One of the Pioneer Settlers of Van Diemen's Land, 1817-1830.
Sm. 8vo; pp. 192; original paper wrapper, 6 pages with light browning caused by 3 pressed four leaf clovers, some minor foxing to wrapper; Walch's Series of Books of Old Van Dieman's Land. No. 2. n.d. a very good copy.Tasmania, Hobart, J. Walch & Sons Launceston Walch Bros & Birchall Click here to order
$50

66665
SHARPE, ALAN.

Bushranger Country.
First Edition; 4to; pp. 183; colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography; original black cloth, title lettered in white on spine, scuffing to rear of dustjacket, otherwise a fine copy.Melbourne, Hutchinson Group of Australia Pty. Ltd., (1980).

$40

73109
SINGLETON, JOHN.

A Narrative Of Incidents In The Eventful Life Of A Physician.
8vo; pp. xxiv, 414; portrait frontispiece with inscription from author, 24 b/w plates, original tan cloth, title page repeated on front board; corrigenda, title lettered in gilt on spine, spine and corners bumped wear, cloth rubbed particularly on top and botoom of spine, previous owner's name in red ink on front free endpaper, pencil marks to fixed front endpaper; minor foxing to endpapers, boards edges and corners bumoped and chipped; otherwise a good copy. Melbourne, M.L. Hutchinson, MDCCCXCI (1891).
Interesting accounts of bushrangers including 3 pages on Ned Kelly from boyhood through his various crimes including the police ambush, siege and wounding to the Gaol hospital where he met him. Wonderful events of a true doctor for god and mankind who worked wherever needed including prisons and asylums and with Dr. Charles Smith opened the Melbourne Childrens Hospital in Stephen Street [ Exhibition Street ] in where it began with twelve beds and fifteen children as patients with and a thank you from a past patient " for cutting his throat" the man had been choking and the doctor performs an emergency tracheotomy on the footpath, an account of Black Thursday, accounts of robberies, executions, prisoners, Warnabool, aboriginees, Framlingham, Coranderk, Lake Condah, Mount Gambier, visiting the cells in the city watch-house, floating hulks, papers read before the Medical Society of Victoria, Collingwood Free Medical Mission Dispensary, deaths from Pthsis, and much more.

$300

69553
STEWART, DOUGLAS.

Ned Kelly. A Play.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. [x], 206; original green cloth, title in green on front board, spine and corners bumped, a good copy. Sydney, Angus And Robertson, 1943.
$40

15914
STIEGLITZ, K. R. von.

Matthew Brady Van Diemen's Land Bushranger.
8vo; pp. 60; 1 b/w folding plate, 4 b/w. plates; original stiff stapled wrapper, wrapper edges bumped slightly, otherwise a very good copy.Launceston, Telegraph Printery Pty. Ltd. (printed by), [1964].

$24

72915
STIEGLITZ, K. R. von.

Tasmanian Bushrangers.
8vo; pp. 32; original stiff stapled wrapper, a fine copy.[Launceston], N.P. [1951].

$25

 

 

 

 

64819
TAYLOR, CHARLES.

The Girl Who Helped Ned Kelly.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. 248, iv; frontispiece, 8 b/w illustrations; stiff illustrated wrapper, some minor foxing to wrapper, staining from staples on endpapers, very good copy.Melbourne, United Press, n.d. (1929)
Inscribed by the author.

$100

56699
TURNBULL, CLIVE.

Kellyana.
8vo; pp. 12; bibliography; stiff wrapper, wrapper chipped, staining to wrapper, a good copy.Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1943.

$75

63904
TURNBULL, CLIVE.

Kellyana.
8vo; pp. 12; bibliography; original cloth, title in gilt on spine and front, stiff wrappers bound in, a fine copy.Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1943.

$90

55572
USSHER, KATHLEEN.

Hail Victoria!
First Edition; 8vo; pp. ix, 262; portrait frontispiece; original blue cloth with title on spine and front board in blue, chipped dustjacket, free endpapers browned, flecking to page edges, a good copy.London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, MCMXXXIV. (1984). Click here to order
$25

35749
WANNAN, BILL.

Tell'em I Died Game. The Stark Story Of Australian Bushranging.
First Edition; Lge. 8vo; pp. (x), 268; frontispiece, numerous b/w. illustrations, list of some books on bushranging; original orange cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, price clipped, very good copy. Melbourne, Lansdowne Press, (1963).

$45

15891
WELLS, T. E.

Michael Howe The Last And Worst Of The Bush Rangers Of Van Diemen's Land.
Facsimile Edition; Sm. 8vo; pp. 36; original papered boards, light marking to boards, corners bumped, otherwise a very good copy. Hobart, Platypus Publications, 1966.
Limited edition of 500 copies.

$28

71348
WELLS, T.E.

Michael Howe. The Last and Worst of the Bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land. Narrative of the chief atrocities committed by this great murderer and his associates during a period of six years in Van Diemen's Land.
First Limited Edition; 8vo; pp. 40; frontispiece, original papered boards with cloth spine; title label on front board; light flecking to page edges; a very good copy. Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1926.
Signed and numbered Edition of 100. From authentic sources of information amazing tales of brutality.. Click here to order
$150

73902
WHITE, CHARLES.

Australian Bushranging. Martin Cash, Howe...Brady, Etc.
8vo; pp. 197; sketches; original illustrated wrapper, pages browned, 5 advertisement pages at rear, good copy.Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall, 1921.
Charles White was a journalist of the Bathurst Free Press during the reign of Ben Hall and Gang. His works are full of quotes from source documents. Click here to order
$100

73903
WHITE, CHARLES.

Australian Bushranging. Gardiner King of the Road
8vo; pp. 184 sketches; original illustrated wrapper, pages browned, 9 advertisement pages at rear, good copy.Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall, 1921.
Charles White was a journalist of the Bathurst Free Press during the reign of Ben Hall and Gang. His works are full of quotes from source documents.

$100

73901
WHITE, CHARLES.

Australian Bushranging. Captain Moonlight.
8vo; pp. 214; sketches; original illustrated wrapper, pages browned, 10 advertisement pages at rear, good copy.Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall, 1921.
Charles White was a journalist of the Bathurst Free Press during the reign of Ben Hall and Gang. His works are full of quotes from source documents.

$100

73900
WHITE, CHARLES.

Australian Bushranging. The Kelly Gang.
8vo; pp. 200; 5 sketches; original illustrated wrapper, pages browned, advertisement page at rear, good copy.Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall, 1921.
Charles White was a journalist of the Bathurst Free Press during the reign of Ben Hall and Gang. His works are full of quotes from source documents.

$100

73907
WHITE, CHARLES

Australian Bushranging 1863 - 1869
First Edition; 8vo; pp. (viii), 200, (34 pages Angus & Robertson list of books), Original stiff wrapper, very good copy.Sydney and Melbourne, Angus & Robertson, 1901.
Commonwealth Series No. 10.

$225

72931
WHITE, CHARLES.

History Of Australian Bushranging. 1850 to 1862.
8vo; pp. (vi), 203-386, 32 (advertisements); rebacked, stiff illustrated wrapper, cloth spine, insect damage to wrapper, closed tear to wrapper, a good copy.Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1900.
$160

72912
WHITE, CHARLES.

History Of Australian Bushranging. Australian Classics. 2 Volumes.
8vo; pp. Vol. 1. (viii), 385, Vol. 2. (vi), 400; sketch illustrations, maps; original cloth, dustjacket, spine and corners bumped, otherwise fine copies. (South Yarra), Curry O'Neil, (1981).

$45

37506
"WURAMA"; Editor.

Bushranging Days.
First Edition; Sm. 8vo; pp. 99; sketch illustrations; stapled illustrated wrapper, browning to pages, otherwise a very good copy.Melbourne, Georgian House, 1944.
The last chapter (7 pages) of the book is on the Kelly Gang. Click here to order
$40

72908
"WURAMA"; Editor.

Bushranging Days.
First Edition; Sm. 8vo; pp. 99; sketch illustrations; stapled illustrated wrapper, browning to pages, foxing to free endpapers, a good copy.Melbourne, Georgian House, 1944.
The last chapter (7 pages) of the book is on the Kelly Gang. Click here to order
$40

 

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