Parliamentary Papers from Time Booksellers

Brisbane; James C. Beal, Government Printer; 1876.. First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. 14 & 5; original parliamentary papers bound in later black cloth, short title lettered in gilt on upper board, very good copies.

Melbourne; William Goodhugh & Co.; 1860.. First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. xiv, 145; printed on original blue parliamentary paper, slab sewn as issued, front wrapper a little browned otherwise a very good copy.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1853-1859.. First Editions; F'cap folio; pp. 160 (total pages); each printed on blue parliamentary paper slab sewn as issued, very good copies.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1856.. First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. 8; original printed blue parliamentary paper, fine copy.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer, 1855-1858. . First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. (120) total pages; appendixes, dound in original blue parliamentary paper, slab sewn as issued, very good copies.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1853-1854.. First Editions; F'cap Folio; pp. 23, 23, 18, 48; text illustrated with numerous tables showing summary of the Estimated Value of labor performed by prisoners, Discharges, Expenditure, Distribution and Employment of Prisoners, Distribution of Officers and Warders, etc., each report bound in its original sewn printed blue wrapper, very good copies.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1858.. First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. 6; report on three executions criminals Gibbs, Edward Hitchcock and Von See, the Gibbs report being notable because of a breaking rope and the need to hang the man a second time, the Hitchcock was reported in newspapers "suffering some four or five minutes", the report bound… Read more about this item

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1853-1854.. First Editions; F'cap Folio; pp. 31, 32; text illustrated with numerous tables showing date and place of inquest, presiding magistrate and cause of death and observations, each report bound in its original sewn printed blue wrapper, very good copies.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1854.. First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. 12; loosely inserted is accompanying coloured folding Lithographed map by J. Hamel (29 x45cm), showing Plan of the subdivision of the parish of Korkuperrimul in the County of Bourke, fine copy.

Melbourne; John Ferris, Government printer,. First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. x, 45; the report bound in its original sewn printed blue wrapper, very good copy.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1859.. First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. 5; loosely inserted is accompanying coloured folding Lithographed map by James B Philp (50 x42cm), showing telegraph lines existing (Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart and Sydney) and lines proposed or in progress (Sydney to Rangoon and Sydney to Canton via Singapore), fine copy.

Melbourne; Printed at The Herald Office, 9 Bourke Street East; 1859.. First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. x, 45; the report bound in its original sewn printed blue wrapper, very good copy.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1856-1857.. First Editions; F'cap Folio; pp. 17, 6, & 10; the second report has 2 full page maps of Cape Schank and Wilson's Promontory, and 2 sections of the sites for these lighthouses, bound in original sewn blue printed wrappers, very good copies.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1865.. First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. xvi, (ii), 50, vii; appendicies, rebound in quarter leather with green cloth boards, title lettered on the spine in gilt, fine copy.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1860.. First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. xxii, 96; 9 page report, 11 pages of proceedings, 96 pages of minutes of evidence, bound in original blue sewn parliamentary paper, front wrapper a little browned otherwise a fine copy. Enquire into Leases to Buchan, Ducan and others of auriferous lands at Brown's (including Smythe's Creek,… Read more about this item

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1856-1860.. First Editions; Foolscap Folio; First Report, pp. 19; Second Report, pp. 40; Third Report, pp. 93; Fourth Report, pp. xi, 263; errata; original blue parliamentary papers with diagrams of Barometric pressure, and numerous tables.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government printer; 1860.. First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. 8, 93, (1); 2 page report, 4 pages of proceedings, 93 pages of evidence, 1 page appendices, bound in original blue printed parliamentary paper, very good copy.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1853-1859.. First Editions; F'cap Folio; pp. 37, 42, 2, 64, 12, 1, 13, 14, 6, 32, 35, 29; text illustrated with numerous tables, each bound in its original sewn printed wrapper, very good copies.

Melbourne; The Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly; 1857.. First Edition; F'cap Folio; pp. 47; 9 pages of proceedings, 46 pages of minutes of evidence, original string bound printed wrappers, very good copy.

Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1855-1858.. First Editions; F'cap Folio; pp. 110,18, 7, 34, 211, 259; texts with numerous tables, indexes, bound in their original sewn printed wrappers, one wrapper discoloured otherwise very good copies. These are reports from the first two census taken in the colony, at the time of the first census 236,798 people lived in the… Read more about this item