London, Thomas Ward & Co., 1834. The brother of South Australian pioneer George Fife Angas, William Henry Angas (1781-1832) 'was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne 6 Oct. 1781; went to sea and was captured by a French privateer, and imprisoned for a year and a half. He afterwards commanded ships of his..... More

London, Printed for W. Dickinson, S. Hooper, J. Archer, and R. White, 1791. The ownership signature 'Normanton' and an (earlier) armorial bookplate with the name scratched out are on the front pastedown. William Henry Bunbury (1750-1811), amateur artist and caricaturist; his designs 'must be admitted to be inferior in humour..... More

Salisbury, Department of Supply at the Weapons Research Establishment, 1961 (first edition). The first edition, from Tietkens' original manuscript diary. The seven-page biographical introduction by E.L. Cook puts into historical context the relatively minor explorations north and north-west of Ooldea at the behest of a wealthy Scot, Louis Leisler. More

Bundaberg, Corkwood Press, 1993 (facsimile edition)/ 1891. Number 18 of 20 copies of the deluxe issue (from a total print run of 220 copies). Tietkens' expedition explored the country west of Alice Springs, discovering and naming Lake Macdonald, among other landmarks. More

Adelaide, RGSSA, 1890. Unquestionably rare, and important, with all but one of the numerous articles in this volume relating to North Australia or Australian Aborigines. They are WINNECKE, Charles: Physical Features of Central Australia (8 pages); WORSNOP, Thomas: The Pre-historic Arts of the Aborigines of Australia (25 pages plus 4..... More

Melbourne, George Robertson and Company, 1892. Provenance: with the amorial bookplate of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide, and his pencilled annotation on the front free endpaper. With the binder's ticket of George Robertson on the rear pastedown. More