Australia And The South Seas from Focloir

Australia pspp Porteus, Stanley D. 1883-.The psychology of a primitive people : a study of the Australian aborigine London : E. Arnold, 1931, xv, 438 p., 48 leaves of plates : ill. bibliographical references and index. Some light fading to cover, good, clen, tight copy of an interesting study

Australia bsal Baker, Sidney J. The Australian Language: An examination of the English language and English speech as used in Australia, from convict days to the present, with special reference to the growth of indigenous idiom and its use by Australian writers. Second edition. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1966, xiv, 517 pages, illus. (The first edition had xii, 425 pages).… Read more about this item

Australia rbic Reece, Bob, 1940- Irish convict lives. Edited by Bob Reece. Sydney: Crossing Press, 1993, [16], 266 pages, plates, notes, index. Very good copy in like dust jacket. $25.00 Box A125

(Irish in Australia). Ireland iauc The Irish-Australian Connection/An Caidreamh Gael-Astralach. Proceedings of the Irish-Australian Bicentenary Conference. Edited by Seamus Grimes and Gearoid O Tuathaigh. Galway: University College, Galway, 1988, 159p, paperback. Some minor sunfading to cover, very good to fine copy. Two essays in Irish, one by Tomas de Bhaldraithe, the well-known lexicographer. $15.00 Box 10

Australia 75 Shann, E. O. G. An economic history of Australia. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1930, xiv, 456p, diagrams, index. Some minor shelf wear, good to good plus copy, nice, tight, clean unmarked copy. $25.00 Box 4

England bcbu Butler, Cuthbert. The Life and Times of Bishop Ullathorne: 1806-1889. Two volumes. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1926, x, 368 pages; viii, 331 pages, 18 illustrations (all present), index. Some minor shelf wear, very good else. English sheets and binding. The set: $35.00 Box 24 William Bernard Ullathorne OSB (7 May 1806 – 21 March 1889) was… Read more about this item

Australia bccs Browning, Colin Arrott, 1791-1856. The convict ship, a narrative of the results of Scriptural instruction and moral discipline on board the "Earl Grey." From the 4th English edition. With a preface by the Rev. James H. Fowles. New York: Printed by Robert Craighead, 1856, xii, [13]-263 pages. The book is in tight condition although there is staining… Read more about this item

Gaelic 163 Laing, Uisdean. Go Tir mo Luaidh. (Dain Eilthireach, Sgeulachdan agus Eachdraidh). Preface by Ruaraidh MacThomais (Derick Thomson). Stornoway, Isle of Lewis: Stornoway Gazette, 1964, 71p. Laing lived most of his adult life in Western Australia. Wear and bowing to cover, good copy else. Scottish Gaelic. … Read more about this item

Australia 003 (O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890). Laubenstein, William J. The emerald whaler. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1960, 239p, bib, photos. Some of the signatures (page groupings) have tanned at different rates else nice, tight copy, good overall. $10.00 Box 23. The rescue of the exiled Irish rebels from Western Australia by the American whaler, the Catalpa, is the subject of much interest… Read more about this item

Australia 002 Twyning, John P. Wreck of the Minerva. Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1996, 229 pages, illus, index, colophon page (very complete). Blue cloth binding, gilt lettering on the front cover panel and the spine, illustrated lining pages. Good to very good copy of this Ye Galleon reprint. (Ye Galleon produced some very handsome books). Good… Read more about this item

Australia 001 Bateson, Charles. The convict ships, 1787-1868. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1959, 355p, appendix, index, illus. Very nice copy of the book. The dust is very good too but has some rumpling to heel of spine, wear around edges, and a small darkened spot and small tear on the front cover panel. First edition, so… Read more about this item