Purple and Blue. The History of the 2/10th Battalion AIF (the Adelaide Rifles), 1939-1945
[Adelaide, 2/10th Battalion Association, 1958]. Dornbusch 414; Trigellis-Smith 372. More
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The Second 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion, 1940-1946
Adelaide, Second 43rd Battalion A.I.F. Club, 1972. We have previously catalogued a copy containing the original prospectus, which stated that the book was to be published 'in a restricted edition'. We believe this to be not more than 600 copies; in any event, the book is perennially scarce on the..... More
The Fortieth. A Record of the 40th Battalion, AIF
Hobart, John Vail, Government Printer, for the 40th Battalion Association, 1922. Dornbusch 314; Fielding and O'Neill, page 229; Trigellis-Smith 238. More
'A Dreamy Venice in Seal-land'
This photograph is reproduced in 'The Home of the Blizzard' (Volume 1, page 102), with the caption 'Adelie Land. Weddell seals asleep on pancake ice'. Several pages earlier, Mawson writes: 'Seals and penguins on magic gondolas were the silent denizens of this dreamy Venice. In the soft glamour of the..... More
'The Nugget Penguin Rookery'
A striking view showing two unidentified expeditioners among the royal penguins at the colony on Nuggets Beach, Macquarie Island. This vintage print comes from the original 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley photographs; this was a slightly larger version of the London exhibition held earlier in the same year. The label..... More
![Item #122914 'A Terminal Moraine [At the wasting face of the great ice-sheet at Cape Denison]'....](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/122914.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1627267843)
'A Terminal Moraine [At the wasting face of the great ice-sheet at Cape Denison]'
This print comes from the original 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley photographs; this was a slightly larger version of the London exhibition held earlier in the same year. The label of the Fine Art Society, New Bond Street, London is on the verso of this print, with the full title..... More
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
London, The Folio Society, 2010 (first thus). Introduction by Maria Tatar. '"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was first published in 1900 by the George M. Hill Company. This Folio Society edition follows the third printing of the first edition, with minor emendations' (publication page). More
Prints & Drawings by Frank Brangwyn, with some other Phases of his Art
London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1919. Provenance: Will Ashton, with his Lionel Lindsay-designed bookplate on the front pastedown - a felicitous combination all round. English-born Sir John William (Will) Ashton (1881-1963) emigrated with his parents to Adelaide when he was a child; his father was the artist James Ashton..... More
Fifty Famous Liners
Cambridge, Patrick Stephens, 1982. More
Fifty Famous Liners 2
Wellingborough, Patrick Stephens, 1985. More
The Australian Commonwealth Shipping Line
Canberra, Roebuck, 1978. Roebuck Society Publication Number 20. More
Oodnadatta Walkabout. Reminiscences of Oodnadatta and Beyond in the 1920s. Edited by John Dallwitz. [Bound together with]: The Account of an Englishwoman's Epic Camel Journey in 1924
Melbourne, Frank Shanahan, 1996. The original title of Bridges' book was 'Walk-about in Australia'. More
Through Polynesia and Papua. Wanderings with a Camera in Southern Seas
London, G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1911. 'My views and opinions upon the Missionary question may not, in some quarters, be perceived with approval. They are, however, the results of years of investigation and close study of a subject which I approached with an impartial and unprejudiced mind. I have..... More
Through Polynesia and Papua. Wanderings with a Camera in Southern Seas
London, G. Bell & Sons, Ltd. [for Francis Griffiths], 1911. 'My views and opinions upon the Missionary question may not, in some quarters, be perceived with approval. They are, however, the results of years of investigation and close study of a subject which I approached with an impartial and unprejudiced..... More
Burton. Snow Upon the Desert
London, John Murray, 1990/ 1990. With the bookplate of Grattan Wheaton [OAM], and his inscribed date of purchase. A centennial biography, McLynn draws on new material from a wealth of untapped manuscript sources. More
Klokker. Arv og Eje, 1983-84
Denmark, Dansk Kulturhistorisk Museumsforening, 1985. Text in Danish. More
Dark Outlaw ... The Story of Gunman Gardiner
Sydney, The Invincible Press, [1945]. Signed by the author on the title page. More
The South Australian Naturalist. The Journal of the Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society of South Australia. A run of 22 numbers from Volume 8, Number 1, November 1926 to Volume 13, Number 2, February 1932
Provenance: Frank Trigg (1876-1963), with his personal 'Conchological Library' bookplate on the front pastedowns, his annotations on the front free endpapers, and his occasional signature or initials. Frank Trigg 'held the office as treasurer and committeeman of the Field Naturalists' section [of the RGGS] for a number of years. He..... More
A Systemic List of the Pelecypoda, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda and Crepipoda. The bivalve mollusca, tusk-shells, nautilus, squids, octupi, and chitons of South Australia
Adelaide, Government Printer, [1941]. Malacological Society of SA publication No. 2. 'This completes a systematic list of the Mollusca of South and Central Australi, to our present state of knowledge' (preface). The first list, by the same authors, was published in 1938. More
The Mound People of Western Victoria. A Preliminary Statement
[Melbourne], Ministry for Conservation, Victoria, May 1977 (second edition, revised)/ April 1976. Records of the Victorian Archaeological Survey, Number 1, May 1977. More
Saga of Wangaraleednie. [A Story of Early Days on Eyre Peninsula, Franklin Harbour, South Australia (cover subtitle)]
Adelaide, Printed by The Mail Newspapers Ltd [for the author], [1950]. Including the original Indigenous inhabitants, colonisation, pastoral pioneers and more. More
Facts, Fables & Fiction of Hokkaido Japan, 'The Land of a Thousand Stories'
Sapporo, Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Printing Shop, 1949. With numerous illustrations from photographs. More
Cricketing Memories
London, The London Publishing Co., 1930. More
Photographic Amusements. Including Tricks and Unusual or Novel Effects Obtainable with the Camera
New York, Arno Press, 1973 [facsimile edition]/ 1931 (tenth, revised and enlarged, edition). One of The Literature of Photography series. More
The Frank Harding Collection. They flew for the King. Collectors Edition. Aviation Combat Paintings of Australian Airmen during World War 2. 1939-1945
Renmark, Australian Aviation Art, 1990. Number 127 of 1000 copies signed by the artist (who died in the year of publication). This copy is also signed and dated by Wing Commander Robert 'Bobby' Gibbes, DSO, DFC and bar ('Bobby Gibbes 19/5/2000') on page 43, above the artwork depicting one of..... More