In Search of Frank Hurley
South Melbourne, Macmillan, 1980. With numerous illustrations, some in colour. More
Photography
An Autobiography of Christian Labour in the West Indies, Demerara, Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia, 1838-1888
London, Charles H. Kelly, 1890. The Woodburytypes are of James Bickford, his wife, and fellow-missionary the Reverend William Moister (1808-1891). More
Twilight of the Romanovs. A Photographic Odyssey Across Imperial Russia, 1855-1918
London, Thames & Hudson, 2013. With 360 illustrations, 114 in colour. More
Everlasting Silver Leaves, from Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa [cover title]
[Cape Town, possibly J.H. Robinson & Co.], circa 1900. The photograph, featuring mainly artillery shells of various sizes (some of them identified), small arms ammunition, and shrapnel (one piece marked '66 Battery'), is signed in the negative 'B.W. Canby'. To say the image is incongruous in a souvenir greeting card..... More
A cabinet card portrait photograph of an unknown Australian officer in South Africa
Inscribed on the verso 'To dear Mother, with the Original's love'. More
'Officers of the Sth Australian Contingent, Mounted Rifles, 1897'. An impressive portrait photograph of three officers in London for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations
Those present are Colonel James Rowell, Captain Howard Locke Dexter Wilson, and Lieutenant James Hay. 'James Rowell (1851-1940), soldier, orchardist and politician ... is best known for his association with the Volunteer Military Forces of South Australia before Federation, then with those of the Commonwealth.... He commanded the South Australian..... More
A vintage high-gloss gelatin silver photograph (100 × 145 mm) of a group of eleven Australian soldiers posed in front of a tent, possibly members of the (Third) 'Bushmen's Contingent at Camp, Langwarrin', Victoria, in late 1899. The photograph is slightly marked, with light uneven discolouration; the original blind-decorated mount is a little marked. The ink stamp of a Melbourne photographer on the verso (R. McGeehan, 96 Albert St., Windsor) provided a clue to placing the image firmly in space and time; the pencilled initials L.E.S. may eventually provide useful too
The second figure from the right in the front row is wearing a slouch hat with a distinctive hatband, and the brim turned up on the right side. We have discovered the same man in one of Rose's Stereoscopic Views, #2242, 'The Bushmen's Contingent at Camp, Langwarrin', illustrated in 'George..... More
Three large vintage gelatin silver photographs of the unveiling of the South African War Memorial, at the corner of North Terrace and King William Street, Adelaide (then known as the National War Memorial) on 6 June 1904
With the stamp of 'J. Gazard, 111 King Wm. St., Adelaide' on the verso of one image, together with a pencilled caption reading 'The National Memorial to the SA troops who fought in South African War. Unveiled by the Governor of SA at Adelaide June 6, 1904'. One image shows..... More
A collection of six different vintage portrait photographs of Lieutenant (later Captain) Samuel Albert White, together with 65 personal snapshots from his Boer War days
Samuel Albert White (1870-1954) is well-known as an ornithologist and conservationist, but 'During the South African War he had two tours of duty and was temporarily promoted captain, a title he used thereafter' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). There are five studio portraits and one taken outdoors, with White astride a...... More
Bangkok. City of Temples
Bangkok, Amber House, 2008 (first edition). Presentation copy. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
The Jatujak Market of Bangkok
Bangkok, Amber House, 2010 (first edition). More
American Illustration 2. The Second Annual of American Editorial, Book, Advertising, Poster, Unpublished Work, Film Animation and Promotional Art
New York, American Illustration, 1983. More
European Illustration '75, '76. The Second Annual of European Editorial, Book, Advertising, Film Animation and Design Art
London, European Illustration, 1975. Text in French and English. More
A vintage photograph of the 'Bordertown Football Premiers, 1911'
A few short notices advertising the AGMs and committee meetings of the Bordertown Football Club in 1911 and 1912 is all we can find in the 'Border Chronicle' of the period - and if the locals can't be bothered barracking for the home side, no-one else will. More
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Images of Steam [by] 'Fenman'
London, Ian Allan, 1968. 'Fenman' is the collective pseudonym of five former graduates of Cambridge with a shared interest in railway photography (dustwrapper). More
Picture History of the Cunard Line, 1840-1990
New York, Dover Publications, 1991. More
Uluru. Looking after Uluru-Kata Tjuta - the Anangu Way
East Roseville, Simon & Schuster Australia, 1994. 'In this national park, in the heart of Australia, exist Australia's most recognisable landforms. Uluru and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) are two of the continent's most sacred sites for Aboriginal Australian, yet their images also lie deep in the psyche of Piranpa, white..... More
A Natural History of Australia. Volume 1: Tropical Queensland. Volume 2: Australia's South East. Volume 3: Australia's North
Sydney, Collins, 1982 (with a new preface)/ 1970, 1972 [and] 1975. More
Four small vintage portrait photographs of Queen Victoria, her husband Albert, Prince Consort, and two of their sons, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred, in London in 1860
The following paragraph appeared in 'The Photographic News' (Volume IV, Number 104, 31 August 1860, page 215, sourced from 'The Athenaeum'): 'Photography At The Palace. Mr Mayall has put together, in a "Royal Album", the series of royal photographic portraits made by him from time to time at Buckingham Palace..... More
A small vintage portrait photograph of Albert, Prince Consort (1819 - 14 December 1861)
The following paragraph appeared in 'The Photographic News' (Volume IV, Number 104, 31 August 1860, page 215, sourced from 'The Athenaeum'): 'Photography At The Palace. Mr Mayall has put together, in a "Royal Album", the series of royal photographic portraits made by him from time to time at Buckingham Palace..... More
An album of photographs of British steam trains. The cloth-bound album (200 x 275 mm) contains 96 original gelatin silver photographs (each 62 x 85 mm) loosely inserted four-to-a-page behind window mounts on 12 double-sided leaves. An original photograph, trimmed to approximately 40 x 60 mm, has been mounted on the front cover. All bar 12 photographs are identified or captioned in some way in ink on the mount below the image
A typical caption is '4912 "Berrington Hall" Penzance' but about half of them have added detail, not least the date (all 1935 to 1937). The covers are a little bowed, but essentially the album and its contents are in fine condition. Offered together with a copy of 'The Early Years..... More
A photograph of a group of young men enjoying an al fresco meal at (we believe to be) Broadmeadows Army Camp during the First World War
'The Darge Photographic Company had the concession to take photographs at the Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps during the First World War. In the 1930s, the Australian War Memorial purchased the original glass negatives from Algernon Darge, along with the photographers' notebooks. The notebooks contain brief details, usually a surname..... More
'Suffolk Punch Mares, Imported by Hon. George Brookman MLC'. A triptych of three original sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs in the original mount (with calligraphic captions in white ink) and frame (external dimensions 345 × 875 mm). Each image (visible size approximately 145 × 200 mm) shows Sir George Brookman (1850-1927, mining speculator, politician and philanthropist) holding the lead rope of one of the three Suffolk Punch mares he imported for his stud farm at O'Halloran Hill around the middle of 1905. The horses are identified as Beauty, Snowdrop and Molly
Two of these images (heavily cropped to show only the horse) were reproduced in 'The Observer' (Adelaide, 24 June 1905). The photographer is not identified. The Suffolk is a breed of draught horse nicknamed Punch because of its stocky appearance and power (Hendricks: 'International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds', 2007). More