Beneath the Southern Cross. An Aerial Portrait of South Australia
Adelaide, Imagination Ventures Pty Ltd, 2010. The introduction is by Scott Hicks. The title page is signed and dated (2010) by the author. More
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.
Adelaide, Imagination Ventures Pty Ltd, 2010. The introduction is by Scott Hicks. The title page is signed and dated (2010) by the author. More
London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864 (second edition)/ 1859. More
Adelaide, The South Australian Harbors Board, [1959]. Loosely inserted is a 'with the compliments of' slip from the Minister of Marine. The inside front cover is stamped '767' (presumably the copy number of an unspecified print run). More
In the tradition of Queen Victoria, who gave a tin of chocolate to her soldiers in South Africa for New Year, 1900, this gift tin was the initiative of Princess Mary, the seventeen-year-old daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was responsible for the public appeal that raised..... More
'Dear Jan, We heard of your illness with deep concern from Marjorie Barnard ... I'm sure you will be interested to know that the exhibition opened to a packed gallery and even at this early stage I think it can be accounted a success. Nearly all the large oils have..... More
London, Harrison & Sons, 1917. The NZ and AIF Club, the Australasian Club, the Australian IF and War Chest Club, and the ANZAC Club are listed, along with another eight venues marked 'For Colonial Soldiers only'. More
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1985. Volume 1 'comprises a detailed biographical study and essays which discuss significant aspects of Roberts's career ... The catalogue then documents, in chronological order, all known works by Roberts - sketches, drawings, paintings and bookplate designs - held in public and private collections. Volume 2..... More
'Two forestry companies were quickly raised in 1940 as part of the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE). The first Forestry Company (2/1) was in Sydney with men from NSW, Queensland and South Australia led by Captain Cyril Richard Cole, a professional forester from the Australian Capital Territory, while a second Forestry..... More
A small inscription in red ink at the foot of the programme proper reads 'held at #16 Sqdn. near Tang' Sep '17'. 'Tang' is presumably Tangmere, 50 miles south-west of London, where the RFC founded a training aerodrome in 1917. Major Charles Frederick Algernon Portal (1893-1971) 'was promoted to temporary..... More
Victorian-born Sir Charles Snodgrass Ryan (1853-1926) completed his medical training in England in 1875, after which he served as a military surgeon for the Turkish government. 'In mid-1876 he served in the final stages of the Turko-Servian war and then in the Russo-Turkish campaign of 1877-78. He spent more than..... More
Adelaide, Theodore Bruce & Co. Pty. Limited, 1970. The collection was amassed by Alfred Stokes (1893-1969), 'one of South Australia's "built-in furniture" pioneers'. The 1714 lots were sold over two days (9 and 10 September 1970) at the Sydney premises of the joint auctioneer, F.R. Strange Pty. Ltd. More
The letter, dated 10 December 1791 and carried privately by ship from Kingston, is addressed to 'Messrs Newton, Gordon & Murdoch, Merchants, Madeira'. A number of lesser matters are touched upon, but the letter deals primarily with the importation of wine: 'I cannot at present ascertain what quantity of wine..... More
[No Place], Primal Craft Occult Publications, 2013, 2015 and 2017. Each volume is numbered, inscribed and signed by the author, with an elaborate sigil on the facing page; the first two volumes are inscribed to the same person, the third one to another person. Volume 1 (number 31 of only..... More
Adelaide, William Kyffin Thomas, 1861. The newspaper came out Monday to Saturday, and accordingly it contains a never-ending, ever-changing fascinating miscellany of local, national and international news, with the large parochial components being far and away the most instructive and entertaining. The issues for this year are especially rich in..... More
Adelaide, William Kyffin Thomas, 1860. The newspaper came out Monday to Saturday, and accordingly it contains a never-ending, ever-changing fascinating miscellany of local, national and international news, with the large parochial components being far and away the most instructive and entertaining. The issues for the second half of this year..... More
London, [No Publisher, June 1835]. Ferguson 1906: 'Very rare. A foundation publication in connection with the attempt to colonize South Australia'. More
Colombo, Barefoot (PVT) Ltd, 2002/ 1998. 'The architecture, both domestic as well as religious, of the various indigenous ethnic groups in Sri Lanka: of the Sinhalese, the Tamils and the Muslims; as well as that of the Portuguese, the Dutch and the English who colonized the island from the early..... More
Melbourne, John Ferres, Government Printer, 1855. Victorian Parliamentary Paper Number 79a of 1854-5. Of particular interest are the five pages of specifications for the screw steamer (the SS 'Victoria'). More
Melbourne, John Ferres, Government Printer, 1878. Victorian Legislative Assembly Paper Number 5 of 1878; only 775 copies printed. Protracted debate concerning the state of cleanliness and repair of the vessel when transferred from the Marine Survey Service and the command of H.J. Stanley (who took over from Captain Norman). More
Goodwood, The Author, [1920s]. The author's address, printed on the title page, is crossed out; the new address is written (in his hand) on the blank verso of the front cover. More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2001 (first thus)/ 1858 to 1863. Australian Parliamentary Editions Number 3. This is number 38 of 99 copies of the deluxe issue, from a total edition of 500 copies. 'This work republishes the five ... papers published soon after the end..... More
Adelaide, [mainly] The Philosophical Society of Adelaide (called the Royal Society of South Australia from 1880), 1878 to 1881. The papers are mainly on insects and native plants, but also 'Cliffs and Rocks at Ardrossan', the 'Bay of Biscay' soil of SA, and butterflies (with two lithographs, one with some..... More
London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1927. Provenance: William A. Crowle, with his large pictorial bookplate on the front pastedown; the later ownership details of 'C. Evanoff, May 22nd, 1958' are written in ink on it. McLaren 15920. More
Mosman, The Pump Press, 1979. Number 93 of only 97 copies. Accompanying the booklet is an autograph letter signed by Gerald Fischer (quarto, two pages, Mosman, 20 December 1979) to David [Saunders, then Professor of Architecture at the University of Adelaide]. Among other things (plans for the Lyndoch block, the..... More
Adelaide, Thomas, 1925 (revised and enlarged third edition)/ 1915. An account of the Thomas family's journey to South Australia on the 'Africaine' in 1836, and the fascinating early years of colonization as described in Mary's letters to her brother in England. Her husband Robert was the first newspaper publisher in..... More
London, George Allen and Unwin, 1965 (fourteenth impression)/ July 1954; 1965 (eleventh impression)/ 1954; and 1963 (tenth impression)/ October 1955. A late example of the preferred original presentation of the three-volume edition. [3 items]. More
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1963 (second edition, fourteenth impression overall)/ September 1937. All illustrations, including the dustwrapper artwork, are by the author. A later (tenth) printing of Hammond and Anderson A3c (1951, second edition, fifth impression overall); later printings in this edition correct several errors and include a short..... More
North Melbourne, Muir's Proprietary Limited, [circa 1942]. Loosely inserted is the 'Price List. Jan. 16th. 1942' (gate-fold, [8] pages). [2 items]. More
Barcelona, A. Elizalde, 1925. A rare trade catalogue of cars, racing cars, trucks and aeroplane engines produced by this pioneering Spanish company (1909-1951). The founder, Arturo Elizalde, 'died unexpectedly on 4 December 1925 in Paris, where he had just signed a major contract with the Lorraine company involving a licence..... More
Mannum, David Shearer Limited, 1940. More
Nottingham, William Hollings & Co. Ltd., [1959] (issued for the 1959/60 season, according to the typed label affixed to the inside front cover). The first 21 leaves are Scottish Clan Tartans; the second section, 'Tartan Stripes', contains nine leaves; the final section, 'Scottish Clan Tartans in Miniature', contains only one..... More
London, The Westminster Photographic Exchange Limited, [circa 1930]. 'Est'd. 1903' is printed on the front cover; 'Established over Quarter of a Century' appears at the foot of the rear cover. More
Adelaide, Printed C.G. Röder G.m.b.H., Leipzig (for the Company), [1908]. 'Sole agents for Julius Feurich, Leipzig; R. Lipp & Sohn, Stuttgart; R. Görs & Kallmann, Berlin; Carl Faust & Sohn, pianos; the "Waldorf" pianos; also Estey-Organs (over 400,000 sold)' (subtitle). 'In 1898, Albert Conrad, designer of Austral Buildings in Hindley..... More
Adelaide, Universal Business Directories (Australia), 1954. More
New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1874 (revised edition). Provenance: Sir Edward Charles Stirling (1848-1919, eminent SA surgeon, scientist and politician), with his nameplate on the front pastedown. More
Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1908 ('sixth remodelled edition']. The paper label of 'The Anglo-French Booksellers & Stationers, Kamel Street, Cairo' (dated 1914) is mounted at the foot of the title page. More
Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1909 (fourth revised edition). More
Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1906 ('thirteenth remodelled edition'). More
Adelaide, Hunkin, Ellis & King, Printers and Publishers, Pirie Street, [1929 (first edition, later impression)]. This is claimed - incorrectly - to be the first book by an Aboriginal Australian (see Michael Richards: 'People, Print and Paper. A Catalogue of a Travelling Exhibition celebrating the Books of Australia, 1788-1988', National..... More
[Adelaide, The Author], 2002. Inscribed, dated (2 July 2004) and signed by the author on the title page; a copy of the original prospectus is loosely inserted. More
Napier, Venables Print (for Napier Borough Council), 1919. Napier-born Percy Valentine Storkey (1893-1969) has signed the card above his portrait: 'P.V. Storkey Capt. 19th Bn. AIF'. Signatures of the mayor, H. Hill, and two others are also present. 'On 7 April 1918 the 5th Brigade, of which the 19th Battalion..... More
The menu is signed by 26 attendees, headed by Premier John Cain. Most of them appear to be MPs of the day; the Clerk and Clerk Assistant of the Legislative Assembly, and the Serjeant-at-Arms have signed the flap. More
Melbourne, Melbourne City Council, 1945. The illustrations depict the Thanksgiving Service at the War Memorial and the Victory March (both full-page), and six scenes from the Council Meeting and the Victory Dinner (spread over two pages). More
Paris, printed by Draeger for High-Life Tailor, [1909]. The story is a tale purportedly from the 'Thousand and One Nights' entitled 'Histoire du Tailleur de Bagdad et du Secret Merveilleux'. The preliminary drawings prefigure the published version, but vary in many ways from the final product. A copy of the..... More
Tennant Creek, Printed and Published by the Author [The Jackhammer Press], [1947 (see below)]. The first reference to the book in Trove appears in 'The Centralian Advocate' on Saturday, 8 November 1947. A rare book: Trove records only two copies, in NT institutional libraries, with the following potted biography: 'Victor..... More
Sydney, Frank Johnson, 1943. One of the edition of '50 copies numbered and signed by the artist'; this copy is neither signed nor numbered. NZ-born Cecil John 'Unk' White (1900-1986) settled in Australia in 1922; in 1944 he was 'accredited as an official war artist and saw active service with..... More
Cammeray, Richard Griffin, 1986. '"Native Rose" is an intense fusion of Brett Whiteley's surreal imagery with poetry and narration inspired by the Olgas in Central Australia and the journals of Ernest Giles. Michael Driscoll ... wrote a series of poems based ... upon "Australia Twice Traversed" ... Extracts from the..... More
Adelaide, Chas. Platts and Co., 1868. Ferguson 18782 ('Pink or blue boards', and calling for two frontispiece photographs, one of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, the other of the Governor, Sir Dominick Daly); Holden 128 (with the plates, but calling - we think erroneously - for pink or blue cloth..... More
The caption reads in full 'York Hotel, Adelaide. Corner of Rundle and Pulteney Streets, C.A. Hornabrook, Proprietor'. The photograph is credited to 'B. Goode, Photographer, Rundle Street, Adelaide'. While undated, the photograph shows the hotel before it was remodelled in the 1870s; it is similar to an uncredited 1866 image..... More