Volumes I and 2 are facsimile editions and the rest are original editions. This set is the standard reference work for printed matter relating to Australia. Volume I: introduction by G. Chandler, with 32 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume 2: covers the years 1831-1838, and includes 39 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume 3 covers the years 1839-1845 and is the original 1951 edition published by Angus and Robertson Ltd., with 37 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume 4 covers the years 1864-1850 and is the original 1955 edition with 38 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume 5 covers the years 1851-1900, entries A-G. It is the original 1963 edition with a frontispiece, 35 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume 6 covers the years 1851-1900, entries H-P, and is the original 1965 edition with a frontispiece, 36 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume 7 covers the years 1851-1900, entries Q-Z and is the final volume in the set. It is the original 1969 edition with a frontispiece, 36 black-and-white illustrations and an index. All volumes have some minor wear and rubbing at extremities, and spine ends are bumped. Volume 3 is missing the dust jacket.