b'128846The Pastoral Homes of Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia & New Zealand published by The Pastoral Review Propy. Ltd [Sydney, John Andrew & Co, 1914] quarto, gilt embossed boards and spine, marbled endpapers with W.H.Langs personal bookplate adhered to front the front endpaper, spine damage and wear to the boards, very good internal condition with bindings largely intact; viii + 442pp, with most pages illustrated.$400600 847HOSPITALS: Various booklets, including Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney GENERAL RULES 1911; The By-Laws of the ALFREDHOSPITAL 1937; Model By-Laws and Rules for Public Hospitals 1951; and several others. (9 items).$80120 848DENNIS, C.J.Backblock Ballads and Other Verses by Den, [E.W.Cole, Book Arcade, Melbourne, 1913], 200pp; original blue cloth binding with illustration and titles in black and red. Ownership inscription of Phil. D. Flower, dated July 1913.This book of poems by C.J. Dennis was published in 1913, although many of the works had previously appeared in various periodicals. Although Backblock Ballads and Other Verses was not a good seller, twenty-one of its poems were included in his later book, Backblock Ballads and Later Verses (1918), which achieved great success.There were three bindings of this book(a) Paperback (called Wrappered), Price on cover 1/6; (b) Cloth, 844 Price 2/6; (c) Leather (boxed), Price 5/-.McLaren speculates that 5000 copies in total were printed by E.W. Cole. Possibly 4400 Paperback500 Cloth and 100 Leather. On the 2nd.May 1916, Cole advised Dennis that his 843 stock of Backblock Ballads stood at 1977 copies @ 1/660 [FRED McCUBBIN] James MACDONALD The Art of Frederickcopies @ 2/6 and 35 copies @ 5/-. This highlights the slow sales.McCubbin [Melbourne & Sydney : Lothian, 1916] Limited to 1000 copies, signed by McCubbin, this is #961. Folio, gilt lettered cloth covered boards, 104pp, 45 plates tipped in.$300500844The Pastoral Homes of Australia - Victoria published by the Pastoralists Review [Melbourne, McCarron, Bird & Co, 1910] with introduction by W.H Lang; quarto, full morocco with gilt embossed board and spines, marbled endpapers with W.H. Langs personal (signed) bookplate adhered to front the front endpaper, abrasions to boards and spine, very good internal condition with bindings fully intact; xii + 497pp divided into 43 sections, with most pages illustrated.Volume 1 (Victoria) is the first in a series of 4 volumes published between 1910 and 1914 which recorded the largest and most opulent properties in Australia of the time, full of images of the properties, gardens, family and staff, livestock, machinery and views of the land.$1,5002,000845The Pastoral Homes of Australia, New South Wales & Queensland published by the Pastoralists Review [Sydney, John Andrew & Co, 1911] quarto, gilt embossed boards and spine, marbled endpapers with W.H. Langs personal bookplate adhered to front the front endpaper, spine damage and heavily worn boards, very good internal condition with bindings fully intact; viii + 536pp, with most pages illustrated.$300500 843'