The current list contains some wonderful items. The archive of material relating to Port Albert, the small Gippsland settlement that was one of the earliest ports established in the colony, is unique by definition. Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, elegant portfolios covering his work prior to 1910, are renowned for their beauty and genuine scarcity: we have eight plates from these most important architectural manifestoes. Our four-volume set of the Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, edited by Charles Mountford, is in collector’s condition, with the added bonus of presentation inscriptions from him in the first two volumes. We also have a signed vintage Mountford photograph, 'Windsor's Pillar, Mount Chambers Gorge' (Flinders Ranges, circa 1937).
We are still working our way through three large collections: Australian military history; catalogues raisonné of significant twentieth century European artists; and Aleister Crowley and the occult; all three areas are well-represented this time.
As are some of our favourite subject areas too: trade catalogues, photography, autographs and manuscripts, Australiana …
London, 'Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd', [1919]. The front cover artwork is by the British artist Harry Payne (1858-1927). Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill, page 223. More
The menu is signed by approximately 65 members of the battalion, shortly after the Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October to 5 November 1942). The 2/13th left Egypt in January 1943, disembarked at Sydney in February, and by August was at Milne Bay in Papua. More
Swanbourne, John Burridge Military Antiques, 1992 [corrected facsimile edition]/ 1972. Pages 283-285 (with two illustrations) are new to this edition, as is the 'Preface to the Re-print, 1992' at the foot of page xvii. It is written by one of the original authors, Gordon Combe, as President of the 2/43..... More
Carlisle, Hesperian Press, 1997 (first edition). The author, a former member of the battalion, has signed the title page. Provenance: 'WX10790 Norris H.C. (CPL), 2nd 4th Machine Gun Battalion (W.A.)' is written in ink on the front pastedown. The 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion website has the following information about Harry..... More
Loftus, Australian Military History Publications, 2004. More
Adelaide, Lonnen and Cope, 1921. Dornbusch 310; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 226. More
France, B.E.F. [2nd AMTC], 1918. More
Melbourne, 37th/52nd Australian Infantry Battalion Association, 1992. Trigellis-Smith 432. More
![Item #117286 'Diary from time of departure from Egypt. 11th April 1915' [to Friday 4 June 1915]....](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/117286_00.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1595812300)
Although this significant account is transcribed, we can find no record that the original diary is held in any institutional collection, or indeed that it survives. The Australian War Memorial has a small collection of material relating to the Boer War service of 'Captain Surgeon Frederick David Jermyn', including 'photocopied..... More
![Item #121021 [Souvenir of] Cairo. 24 Detachable Phototype Post Cards. Serie N. 5 [cover title]....](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/121021_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1651463130)
The booklet was sent by 2901 Private Ernest Stewart, 7th Battalion, to his sister Lill in Hamilton, Victoria. He has written the date '26/10/15' on the front cover, and his address at the time was Zeitoun Camp, Egypt. He has written messages to her on blank pages at the front..... More
Adelaide, The Associated Publishing Service (Aust.), [1921]. At the rear there is a 27-page biographical dictionary of citizens not featured in the illustrated section. More
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Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1956, 1960, 1958 and 1964 (all first - and only - editions). Charles Mountford was the leader of the expedition; he was also the author of the first volume, the editor of the second, and co-editor of the third with R.L. Specht (who edited the fourth..... More
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Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1956. The first (and most important) of the four volumes in the series, published between 1956 and 1964. More
Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1968. Number 1196 of 1500 copies. A catalogue raisonné of the artist's graphic works. More
[Amsterdam?], BH Jeugdbibliotheek, [1934]. Jeugdbibliotheek (Youth Library) Number 36A. An account of the MacRobertson International Air Race, London to Melbourne, 1934. Offered together with a companion piece (Number 38A) by the same author: 'Amsterdam-Batavia in 24 Uur. Een Spannend Verhaal voor Jongens' (pictorial wrappers showing trifling signs of use and..... More
We have not seen Mayor's work before, but if these three examples are anything to go by, he has an appealing idiosyncratic style when it comes to group portraiture. [3 items]. More
Melbourne, T.C. Lothian, 1907. The prolific author's first book; the attractive cover artwork is by Ruby Lind. More
Melbourne, F.W. Cheshire, 1951. A study in assimilation in SA, based on field work carried out over a considerable period of time. 'Here we find in a relatively compact area aborigines in virtually all stages of contact with Europeans, from the "Bush" people to those in whom there is no..... More
Frank Horton Berryman (1894-1981) was a career soldier who served with distinction in both world wars. 'Berryman's outstanding ability and systematic planning had contributed largely to the successes at Bardia and Tobruk ... [From July 1944 he undertook] work of critical importance as chief-of-staff, Advanced LHQ, Brisbane ... [where] his..... More
A lengthy later inscription on the verso is very informative: 'Bert (here pictured)' and two siblings 'all lived in Sth Africa', and that Bert 'had a boy and a girl (Dennis & Moira). Dennis tragically shot thru' head when cleaning rifle (aged 21), Moira inherited fortune on her mother's side..... 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
[Melbourne], Robert S. Brain, Government Printer, 1900. Contemporary newspaper accounts record that the concert was 'in aid of the Patriotic and Bushmen's corps funds'. More
Hobart, S.G. Loone, 1905. Dornbusch 33; Fielding and O'Neill, page 126; Hackett, page 132. 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 Netherlands], Aeon Sophia Press, 2015 (second edition)/ 2014. Number 60 of 100 copies. More
Lausanne, Flammarion, 1982. A catalogue raisonné of the artist's (approximately 200) graphic works. 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
![Item #120506 Crossed Keys [cover title]. [Containing] The Black Dragon [and] The Enchiridion of...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/120506_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1655770897)
[London], Scarlet Imprint, 2011. One of 685 copies in cloth; a further 55 copies were bound in leather. This copy is signed (with a sigil) on the half-title by the author. More
Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1972. 'Depuis ma première jeunesse, j'ai été captivé par la Bible' (page 15). More
Adelaide, Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia (and printed by G. Hassell & Son), 1912 and 1918. A 'With Compliments' slip is tipped in on the title page of the first item; the front cover is signed by H.W. Marshall, the general secretary of the Public Library..... More
Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1977. Number 646 of 1850 copies, this being one of 1680 copies of the standard edition, complete with three original lithographs. A catalogue raisonné of the artist's graphic works. More
Melbourne, The National Press Pty. Ltd., [1950]. 'This Volume is Number [329]' is printed on the last page, with the number inserted in ink; the upper limit of the edition is not stated, but we have seen a copy numbered 2456 on the market. More
Perth, Brokensha & Shaw Ltd., 1938 (revised and expanded edition)/ 1916. The balance of the title sets the scene: 'Where the Writer, Mrs. J. Fairfax Conigrave (a daughter of one of South Australia's well-remembered pioneers, Mr Charles Price, of Hindmarsh Island) spent her childhood'. The front cover gives the author's..... More
Adelaide, Gawler Institute, 1910. The superior full-cloth binding; most copies were bound in quarter cloth and printed papered boards. Provenance: James Loutit, with his signature in pencil on the title page. We presume him to be a brother of Thomas Flett Loutit, who was an early partner in the well-known..... More
Adelaide, DPA Publishing, 2007. This copy is signed by both Stephen Lewis and Bob Cowper. The citation for Cowper's DFC reads: 'This officer has completed 68 sorties and has displayed great courage and determination. During a sortie in January, 1943, Flying Officer Cowper was compelled to make a forced landing..... More
The photograph is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001). We purchased this item in the late 1990s from a source whom we know well, and whose connection with Don Bradman was proven and long-established; we knew the owner of the negatives; we can guarantee..... More
Oxford, I-H-O Books, 1999. More
Nashville, Troll Publishing Company, 1980. 'This new edition [edited by Marcelo Motta] was collated directly from the original manuscript. As a result, much of the printed text differs from previous versions'. More
[Colorado?], Beaux Arts, [1975?]. Edward Curtis (1868-1952) published 'The North American Indian' in 20 volumes between 1907 and 1930. Plate numbers, date of the original negatives, and captions on the items in this selection are as follows. Plate 28: Cañon de Chelly - Navaho [1904]. Plate 56: Qahátika Girl [1907]..... More
Queensland-born Raymond Arthur Dart (1893-1988), anatomist and anthropologist, achieved lasting fame soon after his appointment in January 1923 as professor of anatomy, University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg. 'In November 1924 Dart was handed a fossil skull that had recently been discovered at Taungs (later Taung), 100 miles ... north..... More
They are publicity shots from the 1950 Alfred Hitchcock film, 'Stage Fright' (numbered in the negative SF-G-28, SF-G-34, SF-G-37, and SF-G-38 respectively). Apart from a tiny spot near the bottom margin of one image, these original gelatin silver prints are in very fine condition, recently archivally mounted and matted ready..... More
The photograph comes with an envelope from the South Australian Hotel (presumably where Miss Dietrich was staying). The envelope is inscribed in her hand in red ink 'Phil Liddicote' (we are grateful to Peter Goers for informing us that this is in fact Phil Liddicoat, house manager at the Scott..... More
London, Scientific Publishing Co. Ltd., 1911 and 1912. The preamble to the first issue of this journal includes the following observation: 'there is no reason why the man of business, from the lowliest employee to the controller of the house, should not see something in life away from the groove..... More
Adelaide, Printed by Webb, Vardon, and Pritchard [for the Author], 1882. 'Essential; an important regional novel and nearly a comic masterpiece' states Depasquale ('A Critical History of South Australian Literature, 1836-1930'); 'a rambling, episodic, undisciplined novel, part romance, part satire, part detective novel and ... part didactic religious novel'. The..... More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1893. The journal was originally published with two maps; they are basically identical, but one has added chromolithographic geological features, and a key. This second map is not offered here. McLaren 12614 (the dimensions for the maps are larger than those we have recorded here, because McLaren..... More
Adelaide, Goodwin & Co. (for the Corporation of the City of Adelaide), 1906. Provenance: Alexander John Morison, Town Clerk of Adelaide, 1937-46, with his pencilled ownership signature, dated 1906. More
Willoughby, Phillip Matthew Book Publishers, 2013. 'This edition is limited to 50 copies of which 45 are for sale and 5 for presentation.... This special limited edition includes an original lithograph by Miles Evergood titled "Penseroso", created by the artist, circa 1931-33. The lithograph has the studio stamp verso and..... More
London, T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt, 1761. More
Images include a row of rough graves; heavily damaged buildings; numerous Army camp scenes, including interiors of tents and huts (one captioned 'Church Army Hut Etaples ? 1918/19'), and a priest celebrating mass; a large mural of 41 General Hospital; Greek soldiers; routine peasant life, including laden camels, Muslim women..... More
London, J. Miles & Co. Ltd., Printers to His Majesty The King, 1915. The front cover of the programme is inscribed and signed by 'Corpl W. Vaughan Edwards, 2nd Batt AIF, KGH London'. 1844 Corporal Edwards was recuperating at the King George Hospital, London after receiving gunshot wounds in action..... More