Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press, 2010 (first English language edition). Includes a contribution by archaeologist Mark Dugay-Grist, 'a descendant of the Nyeri Nyeri [Yerri-Yerri] people who welcomed Blandowski to the Murray River and collected specimens for him' (rear cover). More
The letter comes 'From No. 96 VMR on active Service South Africa', and is addressed to his cousin, Miss E. Kirwood (Eva) in Glenferrie, Victoria. After he deals at length with the squabbles over the fate of some stamps he had sent, he explains in even greater detail what occurred..... More
The watercolour on paper (135 × 227 mm) is unmounted; apart from a tiny light crease to one top corner, it is in fine condition. It is undated, but probably circa 1900. Harry Pelling Gill (1855-1916), art curator and teacher, was born in England; he trained and taught at the..... More
Adelaide, School of Design Art Club, 1894. Harry Pelling Gill (1855-1916), art curator and teacher, at the time Director for Technical Art. 'In 1892 he was appointed honorary curator of the art gallery and, following the resignation in December of Louis Tannert as master of the school of painting, Gill..... More
The watercolour on paper (140 × 225 mm) is mounted, once framed but now removed, with traces of an old mat visible on the margins of the artwork. The painting is in excellent condition, and it would be an ideal candidate for reframing. Harry Pelling Gill (1855-1916), art curator and..... More
Adelaide, The Author, [circa 1960?]. Signed and dated (19 October 1996) by the author, who spent over twenty years as patrol padre of the Methodist Inland Mission in the Northern Territory. More
Chipping Norton, Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Limited, in association with The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1985. More
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Willoughby, 'Photographed, Printed and Published by H. Phillips', [1910s]. More
Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 234 of 250 copies signed by the author (and the first publication of his Wakefield Press). Offered together with two pieces of correspondence relating to bookplate literature in Australia (apparently in response to queries from Muir): 1. An August 1939 autograph letter signed by..... More
Peake 3887 ('Pegasus', 1933). The small plate is numbered (9/15) and signed in pencil by Thake in the bottom margin. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. More
Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 42 of 275 copies. This copy is inscribed and signed by the author 'To Harry Taylor, with every good wish from H.B. Muir, 7.1.43'. The second publication of Harry Muir's Wakefield Press. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent..... More
The archive comprises: 1. Sara Eugenia Blake: an etched bookplate (Peake 3869: 'Juvenilia | H.B. Muir'). One signed copy, with the original zinc plate. 2. Sara Eugenia Blake: an etched bookplate depicting a Persian or Mughal figure (Peake 3870: 'Indian Man'). Six signed proof copies printed in different coloured inks..... More
Peake 3873 ('Devil's face', 1934). A remarque proof, signed in pencil by the artist in the bottom margin. John Barclay Godson (1882-1957), artist and art teacher, was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1914. He was a founding member of the Australian Painter-Etchers' Society. In 1933, Geoffrey Ingleton..... More
Peake 3874 ('Galleon and seagull', 1932). London-born John Charles Goodchild (1898-1980) emigrated with his family to South Australia in 1913; he served on the Western Front with the 9th Field Ambulance, AIF. He established himself as an artist, educator and arts administrator in Adelaide after the war. He studied in..... More
Peake 3878 ('Two whales', 1980). Numbered (32/100) and signed in pencil by the artist in the bottom margin; printed on blue paper. More
Peake 3883 ('Bookstalls with church tower behind'). A signed proof copy, inscribed by the artist 'Opus 22', dated 1980. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. More
Peake 3885 ('Tree embracing maps of Canada & Australia', 1943). A proof copy, signed in pencil in the bottom margin by the artist. Offered together with a photocopy of a 1943 autograph letter to Muir from this Canadian artist, primarily regarding the bookplate. It appears Smith produced it as a...... More
Peake 3888 ('Eagle on rock', 1932). An untrimmed remarque proof, numbered (4/6) and signed in pencil by the artist in the bottom margin (and almost certainly printed by him). Noel Wood (1912-2001) was born in Strathalbyn, South Australia. Soon after producing this artwork, he lived on Kangaroo Island (1933-35) before..... More
![Item #128958 Select Documents of the Nineteenth Century. Volume 1, 1834 - 1872. [Together with]:...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/128958_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1649812766)
Melbourne, National Australia Bank Ltd, 1988. Number 249 of only 300 copies of the Deluxe Edition. Each volume signed in ink on the title page by the editor. More
Hobart, Government Printer, 1973 (second impression). More
Hobart, Government Printer, (1950s). More
Melbourne, Lansdowne, 1965. Inscribed, signed and dated (30 January 1965) by Dawn Fraser: "To Reg & Mary, Many 'Thanks' for everything that you both have done for us. Lots of Love" More