With our latest catalogue, we play to our strengths – or occasionally, merely our predilections! – so you will find Australiana, military history, autographs, photographs, trade catalogues, and illustrated books featured throughout.
London, Faber & Gwyer, 1928. 'This is Mr Eliot's first volume of collected essays since his "Homage to John Dryden" (1924), and he considers it his most important prose book since "The Sacred Wood" (1920). "For Lancelot Andrewes" consists of seven essays which are selected from Mr Eliot's work of..... More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1989 (facsimile edition)/ 1814. A superb production, limited to only 500 numbered sets (this is number 98). The storage box was designed with a matching two-door lid opening at the centre, and attached to the base with piano hinges. About a third of the edition was issued..... More
Edinburgh, Menzies & Co., 1876. The list of subscribers runs to a mere 98 names. More
The author's short introduction to this work speaks for itself: 'I'm getting towards the afternoon of life now. Looking back to the Dardanelles and Gallipoli in 1915, and the part played by the naval forces and squadrons, I am not only surprised, but am definitely annoyed that, although innumerable volumes..... More
Melbourne, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, [1919]. 'The Mite Merry Series'; the list of the three titles in the series (all three are books of children's verse written and illustrated by Gaze) is printed on the second page. Harold Gaze (1885-1962) was born in New Zealand, studied in London, lived and..... More
London, H.F.W. Deane and Sons, 1919. Adelaide-born Joanna Giles (1893-1952) appears to have published only two works, the only other one being 'Alliterations, Rhymes & Sketches [For the French Red Cross]' (Melbourne, Atlas Press, circa 1917). She moved permanently to England in the late 1910s. In over 45 years in..... More
North Melbourne, Cassell Australia, 1969. Inscribed The front flyleaf is inscribed in ink 'With all good wishes from John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia'. On 10 January 1968 John Grey Gorton (1911-2002) 'became the 19th Prime Minister in unusual circumstances. He was elected Liberal Party leader to replace Harold Holt..... More
Sydney, The Invincible Press, [circa 1945] (first Australian edition)/ 1938. 'A story of murder and love, of guilt and faith, of the perpetual conflict between evil and good, "Brighton Rock" is one of the most powerful and exciting novels the publishers have handled' (cover blurb). More
Sydney, The Shepherd Press, 1947. Number 245 of 2000 copies (200 copies of a deluxe edition were also published). Provenance: George D. Cowan (an Adelaide solicitor and art collector), with his pencilled ownership signature on the front flyleaf. More
[Adelaide, The Author], 1992. A doctoral thesis, signed by the author on the title page; it was later published as 'Emigration and the Labouring Poor. Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831-1860' (Macmillan, 1997). More
Venice, Andrea Poletti, 1700 [second edition]/ [1692]. More
Sydney, Harper Collins, 2010. Inscribed and signed in ink on the title page by the author. John Winston Howard OM AC SSI (born 26 July 1939) was Australia's 25th Prime Minister 'from 11 March 1996 until 3 December 2007, the second-longest prime ministerial term after Robert Menzies. When he lost..... More
Sydney, Harper Collins Publishers, 2014 [first edition]. Inscribed and signed in ink on the title page by the author. John Winston Howard OM AC SSI (born 26 July 1939) was Australia's 25th Prime Minister 'from 11 March 1996 until 3 December 2007, the second-longest prime ministerial term after Robert Menzies..... More
Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham [Printers, for the Author], 1901. More
London, E. & F.N. Spon, 1894. More
This print comes from the original 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley photographs; this was a slightly enlarged version of the London exhibition held earlier in the same year. The full title of the Australian exhibition catalogue is 'Exhibition of Unique Photographic Pictures taken during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Also other..... More
Melbourne, F.W. Cheshire Pty. Ltd., 1948 (second edition)/ 1947. The 'story of five countries - India, China, Burma, Tibet and Japan. It begins in [the] swarming maelstrom of Calcutta's Howrah Station and ends in the desolate, frightening shambles of Hiroshima'. More
![Item #108669 'The Grey Veil' [over Melbourne]. A vintage gelatin silver photograph (visible image...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/108669-00.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1550894317)
Circa 1910. Signed and titled in pencil on the original mount (now concealed by the mat). Reproduced in BEER, Leslie: 'The Art of John Kauffmann' (1919), plate 2; NEWTON, Gael: 'John Kauffmann, Art Photographer' (NGA, 1996), page 9. Provenance: from the family of John Kauffmann, by descent (sold by Sotheby's..... More
London, Butterworths, 1986 (revised edition, first English edition)/ 1974. This first volume of a planned three-volume work of reference 'is concerned with works of art and artefacts made entirely or mainly from organic materials'. The translator, Alexandra Trone, 'in collaboration with the author, has taken the opportunity of making various..... More
Adelaide, H.F. Leader, Government Printer, 1888. This rare pamphlet contains an account of Lindsay's 'Arnheim's Land Explorations in 1883', but it primarily concerns a more recent expedition, 'a private one, fitted out at my own expense'. The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' has the following to say about this series of..... More
Sydney, The Shepherd Press, [1945]. Number 376 of 1000 copies with the artist's signature in facsimile. This copy is inscribed 'Because Lois is beautiful this is her book, from Bill Rodie, 4-iii-49'. Bill Rodie wrote a gossip and scandal column ('Bill Rodie Presents Real Life') in the Sydney 'Daily Telegraph'..... More
Melbourne, John Ferres, Government Printer, 1884. Victorian Parliamentary Paper Number 41 of 1861-2. The Select Committee also enquired into the treatment of the lunatics in the Melbourne Gaol. This progress report contains the detailed answers to 1832 questions: two of them should suffice ... '672: What was Coates's conduct towards..... More
[Sydney, ABC, 1934]. Trove, listing only the NLA and Monash University Library copies, describes the item thus: 'A pamphlet issued by the ABC for its radio listeners throughout its national radio network in Australia. It includes the conditions and regulations, route, prizes, handicap formula, safety measures, entries with biographies, pilots..... More
[Semarang, Indonesia], Koninklijke Vereeniging Java Motor Club [with the imprint 'Lith. G. Kolff. & Co Batavia'], [1920s]. A motoring map of Java and Madura in three sheets, with details of the different grades of roads, regional boundaries, railroads, sugar factories, historical sites and more. A later edition of this map..... More
[Adelaide], The Martin / Clark Book Committee, 1999. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1996 (fourth impression)/ 1996/ 1930 (abridged edition). This copy is signed by Mawson's two daughters, Patricia and Jessica, and one of his grandsons (Gareth Mawson Thomas). This publication comprises a 'facsimile edition of the text of the [1930] abridged popular edition, featuring original images from the Mawson..... More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press in association with the Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal, 1996 (first thus)/ 1930 (abridged edition). Number 23 of only 500 copies in boards; this copy is signed in ink by Mawson's two daughters, Patricia Thomas and Jessica McEwin, one of his grandsons (Andrew McEwin), and Dick Smith..... More
May's series was unpublished, but dates from circa 1890; it was based on original sketches by Gill and Hamilton (five each) from upwards of fifty years earlier. May's ten plates were printed in brown ink on light brown arch-topped backgrounds (printed surface 150 × 205 mm) on uniform sheets of..... More
Melbourne, John Ferres, Government Printer, 1860. Victorian Parliamentary Paper Number 71 of 1859-60. A 13-page appendix contains the Superintending Inspector's detailed reports on 22 towns and various Chinese encampments. More
Adelaide, Vardon and Pritchard, Printers, 1902. The author was the Port Adelaide Institute librarian. More
![Item #121590 The Great War 1914-1919. Honour Roll. The Metropolitan Gas Company [cover title]....](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/121590_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1651461667)
Melbourne, Metropolitan Gas Company, [1919]. More
An unusual grouping, with a variety of cap badges and headgear (Australian, New Zealand and British); the majority of the soldiers sport a white hat-band, indicative of the personnel of an officer cadet unit, of which there over 20 in the UK during the First World War (information courtesy of..... More
[Melbourne], H.M. Walker [Photographer], [circa 1930s]. Apart from the photographer's credit in the negative, there are no details about the place or date, but we have handled similar Walker panoramas taken at Victorian training camps in the 1930s. More
No details are supplied, but we suggest a training camp in Victoria during the First World War. More
Monte Carlo, André Sauret, 1974. A catalogue raisonné of the lithographs of André Minaux, complete with the original lithographs as issued. The introduction is by Fernand Mourlot; the text is in French. More
Adelaide, Intelligence and Tourist Bureau (R.E.E. Rogers, Government Printer), November 1918. The French economic mission was touring South Australia when the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918. In his welcome at the beginning of this publication the Premier, Archibald Peake, presages this development. 'Australia rejoices that her citizen soldiers..... More
![Item #127327 The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa [Christopher O'Doherty]. Reg MOMBASSA, Murray...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/127327.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1660103602)
Sydney, Harper Collins, 2009. 'His wit, sense of mischief and larrikin energy resonated in the songs and performances of one of Australia's most beloved bands, Mental as Anything ... His eye for the absurd and his unapologetic idealism captured another generation or three with the irreverent, frequently macabre and always..... More
Melbourne, The Myer Emporium Limited, 1939 to 1941. Volume 10, Number 135, 22 March to Number 149 (misnumbered CXLXI), 27 December 1939, and New Series, Number 1 (31 January) to Number 23, 23 April 1941. No issues were published in January 1940. On the front cover are the ownership details..... More
Adelaide, H.F. Leader, Government Printer, 1889. The last page and a half are a 'Vocabulary of Aboriginals of the Upper Darling', also by Newland. This is a separately-paginated offprint of two articles read before the Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, on 29 September 1887 and first published in..... More
London, Vincent Stuart (Volumes 1, 2 and 3), and Watkins Publishing (Volumes 4 and 5), 1953 (second impression)/ 1952 (Volumes 1, 2 and 3); 1976 (fifth impression)/ 1955 (Volume 4); and 1975 (fifth impression)/ 1956 (Volume 5). Offered together with the 'Index to Volumes One through Five' (Boston, Shambhala, 1989;..... More
London, Shenval Press, 1968. Number 148 of only 150 copies signed by both author and artist, in a total edition of 500. More
Bloomsbury, London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929 [first thus]. 'This edition consists of 1100 copies for sale in England by the Nonesuch Press and 500 copies for sale in the United States by Random House Inc. The text has been printed by R. & R. Clark in Edinburgh, the copperplate engravings..... More
![Item #126404 'Australia Will Do Me!' [Reprinted from 'The Rising Sun', April 14, 1919]. Frederick...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/126404_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1651459685)
[London, YMCA, 1919]. More
Hobart, H.H. Pimblett, Government Printer, 1950. Tasmanian Department of Mines Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Number 8, Volume 2. More
Canberra, H.J. Green, Government Printer, 1931. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 161 of 1929-30-31; one of 830 copies printed. The author was 'Geological Adviser to the Commonwealth Government'. More
![Item #130111 The Grevillea Book [in three volumes]. Peter OLDE, Neil MARRIOTT](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/130111_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1658733259)
Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1994, 1995 and 1996. 'Grevilleas are among the most horticulturally desirable trees and shrubs of the Australian flora. This three-volume study of the genus provides comprehensive coverage of more than 260 species as well as the cultivars, with many cultivation tips' (Trove). [3 items]. More
London, A. & C. Black, 1928. Muir 5604 (not noting the preliminaries, and calling for quarter cloth and pictorial papered boards). More
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1948 (first Australian edition)/ 1922. See Muir 6356. More
![Item #97453 The Canadas, as they at present commend themselves to the Enterprize [sic] of...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/97453.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1660020575)
London, Effingham Wilson, 1832. An important and early emigrants' guide. More
