In Search of Frank Hurley
South Melbourne, Macmillan, 1980. With numerous illustrations, some in colour. More
South Melbourne, Macmillan, 1980. With numerous illustrations, some in colour. More
London, Charles H. Kelly, 1890. The Woodburytypes are of James Bickford, his wife, and fellow-missionary the Reverend William Moister (1808-1891). More
London, Thames & Hudson, 2013. With 360 illustrations, 114 in colour. More
[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
Inscribed on the verso 'To dear Mother, with the Original's love'. More
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
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
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
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, Amber House, 2008 (first edition). Presentation copy. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
Bangkok, Amber House, 2010 (first edition). More
New York, American Illustration, 1983. More
London, European Illustration, 1975. Text in French and English. More
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
London, Ian Allan, 1968. 'Fenman' is the collective pseudonym of five former graduates of Cambridge with a shared interest in railway photography (dustwrapper). More
New York, Dover Publications, 1991. More
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
Sydney, Collins, 1982 (with a new preface)/ 1970, 1972 [and] 1975. More
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
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 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
'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
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