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Discover literary treasures in the Rare Books collection at Harry Hartog Bookseller. From first editions and signed copies to vintage classics and out-of-print gems, each volume is a piece of history. Shop online or in-store for rare fiction, non-fiction, and collectible works that elevate every library and delight every reader.

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Victoria and Riverina (First Edition)
$600.00
Victoria and Riverina (First Edition)
Anonymous
A large illustrated biographical record of the pioneer families of Victoria and the Riverina, gathering...
The Cyclopedia of Victoria, 3 volumes (First Edition)
$850.00
The Cyclopedia of Victoria, 3 volumes (First Edition)
James Smith (ed.)
Victoria portrayed in three richly illustrated volumes, shortly after Federation, by the journalist and man...
Charlotte's Web (Early printing)
$200.00
Charlotte's Web (Early printing)
E. B. White & Garth Williams (illus.)
An attractive early example of one of the true classics of American children's literature, complete...
The History of Geelong and Corio Bay, with Postscript 1955–1990 (Limited Edition)
$650.00
The History of Geelong and Corio Bay, with Postscript 1955–1990 (Limited Edition)
Walter Randolph Brownhill & Ian Wynd
The 1990 postscript edition of Geelong's standard history, carrying the story from 1955 to 1990...
The History of Geelong and Corio Bay (First Edition, Inscribed by Author)
$1,000.00
The History of Geelong and Corio Bay (First Edition, Inscribed by Author)
Walter R. Brownhill
The standard history of Geelong, still cited in Australian Dictionary of Biography entries and Victorian...
While the Billy Boils. First Series, Second Series, Third Series (First Paperback Edition)
$180.00
While the Billy Boils. First Series, Second Series, Third Series (First Paperback Edition)
Henry Lawson
The complete text of Lawson's first major story collection in the three pictorial paperbacks Angus...
Prince Dande Lion: A Garden Whim-Wham (First Edition)
$350.00
Prince Dande Lion: A Garden Whim-Wham (First Edition)
May Gibbs
May Gibbs's garden whim-wham of 1953, the tale of a young dandelion prince setting off...
Cyclopaedia of Australasia (First Edition)
$150.00
Cyclopaedia of Australasia (First Edition)
David Blair
A one-volume dictionary of the Australasian colonies to 1881, billed as the first attempt to...
The Book of Melbourne and Canberra (Presentation Copy)
$180.00
The Book of Melbourne and Canberra (Presentation Copy)
Harold Freedman & Robin Boyd
Harold Freedman's six lithographs of Melbourne, set beside the Troedel prints of the same scenes...
Henderson's Australian Families & Early Pioneer Families of Victoria and Riverina (Facsimile Editions)
$200.00
Henderson's Australian Families & Early Pioneer Families of Victoria and Riverina (Facsimile Editions)
Alexander Henderson
Two genealogical and biographical records of Australian families, compiled by Alexander Henderson and reissued in...
Bendigo and Vicinity (First Edition)
$400.00
Bendigo and Vicinity (First Edition)
W. B. Kimberly (ed.)
The second of W. B. Kimberly's commemorative goldfields histories, pairing a narrative of Bendigo's past...
Ballarat and Vicinity (First Edition)
$1,200.00
Ballarat and Vicinity (First Edition)
W. B. Kimberley (ed.)
A commemorative history of Ballarat compiled in 1894 by an American from Chicago, and still...
The History of Bendigo (First Edition)
$350.00
The History of Bendigo (First Edition)
George Mackay
A history of Bendigo's first forty years, from the 1851 gold discovery, published in 1891,...
Glimpses of Life in Victoria, By a Resident (First Edition)
$280.00
Glimpses of Life in Victoria, By a Resident (First Edition)
J. H. Kerr
A first-hand account of Port Phillip life from first settlement to the 1860s, covering station,...
Geelong College, History, Register, and Records (First Edition)
$120.00
Geelong College, History, Register, and Records (First Edition)
G. McLeod Redmond
The Geelong College's own jubilee history and pupil register, issued for its fiftieth anniversary in...
The Wayward Bus (First UK Edition)
$100.00
The Wayward Bus (First UK Edition)
John Steinbeck
A transitional work in Steinbeck's career, bridging his wartime writing and his mature postwar fiction,...
The History of Malvern: From its First Settlement to a City (First Edition)
$220.00
The History of Malvern: From its First Settlement to a City (First Edition)
John Butler Cooper
Described by Malvern's own historical society as "a pioneering local history". Compiled directly at the...
The History of Prahran 1836-1924: From its Settlement to a City (Revised Edition)
$150.00
The History of Prahran 1836-1924: From its Settlement to a City (Revised Edition)
John Butler Cooper
A companion civic history to Cooper's better-known History of St Kilda, and still a directly...
The History of St Kilda: From its First Settlement to a City and After, 1840–1930 (First Edition)
$200.00
The History of St Kilda: From its First Settlement to a City and After, 1840–1930 (First Edition)
John Butler Cooper
The official, council-commissioned civic history of one of Melbourne's most storied bay side suburbs, still...
Life in Victoria, 2 volumes (First Edition, Fine Binding)
$300.00
Life in Victoria, 2 volumes (First Edition, Fine Binding)
William Kelly
A first-hand account of the Victorian gold rush by one of the rare few observers...
Eugene von Guérard's Australian Landscapes (First Limited Edition, Signed)
$120.00
Eugene von Guérard's Australian Landscapes (First Limited Edition, Signed)
Marjorie Tipping & Eugene von Guérard
A pioneering scholarly monograph, by the first woman to be awarded a Doctor of Letters...
The Chronicles of Early Melbourne, 1835 to 1852: Historical, Anecdotal and Personal (First "Centennial" Edition)
$1,000.00
The Chronicles of Early Melbourne, 1835 to 1852: Historical, Anecdotal and Personal (First "Centennial" Edition)
Garryowen [Edmund Finn]
An eyewitness chronicle of colonial Melbourne's earliest years, urged into being by one of nineteenth-century...
Victoria and its Metropolis: Past and Present (First Edition)
$500.00
Victoria and its Metropolis: Past and Present (First Edition)
Alexander Sutherland, et al.
A monumental and richly illustrated Victorian-era survey of colonial Victoria at the peak of its...
Voyages and Travels in the Levant in the years 1749, 50, 51, 52 (First English Edition)
$1,250.00
Voyages and Travels in the Levant in the years 1749, 50, 51, 52 (First English Edition)
Fredrik Hasselquist
The first systematic natural history of the Holy Land, and the poignant final testament of...
Nicoll's Birds of Egypt, 2 volumes (First Edition)
$500.00
Nicoll's Birds of Egypt, 2 volumes (First Edition)
Richard Meinertzhagen
A significant and comprehensive early study of Egyptian ornithology — though one whose completing author's...
The Human Comedy (First Edition)
$100.00
The Human Comedy (First Edition)
William Saroyan (illus. Don Freeman)
A landmark of wartime American fiction: a rejected film script, reworked into a bestselling novel,...
Emperor of the Air (First Edition, Signed)
$100.00
Emperor of the Air (First Edition, Signed)
Ethan Canin
The celebrated debut collection that established Ethan Canin's reputation while he was still a medical...
La Vita di Torquato Tasso. Seconda Edizione Corretta ed Accresciuta.
$1,500.00
La Vita di Torquato Tasso. Seconda Edizione Corretta ed Accresciuta.
Pierantonio Serassi
The authoritative eighteenth-century biography of Tasso, expanded and revised, and the very book that sent...