At the heart of this catalogue is a fine group of limited edition Australian art titles, many with original graphics or drawings, by the likes of Lionel and Norman Lindsay, Jeffrey Smart, John Olsen, Sidney Nolan, James Gleeson, and Lloyd Rees, among others.
But the epitome of limited edition artworks would have to be the unique 1840 manuscript concept plan for a town at Port Gawler, north of Adelaide, proposed in great detail but never realised. The very large format hand-coloured plan was part of an infamous fraudulent property speculation in the early years of the colony of South Australia. Extraordinarily, we are also able to offer beside it an unrecorded printed account of the fraud and ensuing court cases, produced by a successful defendant, the pioneering printer Robert Thomas.
The balance of the list contains a miscellany of rare, unusual and interesting material, including manuscripts, photographs, private press books, literature, history, exploration, and works on Indigenous art.
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1978 to 1994. Volume II Part 1: The Middle East and the Aegean Region, c.1800-1380 BC. Edited by I.E.S. Edwards, C.J. Gadd and others. 1978/ 1973 (third edition). Volume II Part 2: The Middle East and the Aegean Region, c.1380-1000 BC. Edited by I.E.S. Edwards, C.J...... More
Singapore, Page One Publishing Private Limited, 2007. 'A monograph compiling the timeless beauty and exotic mysticism inspired by the architectural masterpieces of Ernesto Bedmar, based in the Garden City of Singapore [displaying] 10 of the most significant residential projects done by the firm since its inception in 1986' (rear cover..... More
Amsterdam, Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (first volume) and Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1931, 1934 and 1942. Important monographs on yeasts; the text is in German. Provenance: Dr Lance Walters (Chief Brewer at the South Australian Brewing Co. from 1944 to the 1980s), with his signature in the cloth-bound volumes, and his ink..... More
Adelaide, Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd. (printed by Vardon & Pritchard, Litho.), 1905. On offer was approximately 23,000 acres of freehold land, and 13,000 acres of leasehold land. The 'Narracoorte Herald' (Tuesday 24 October 1905) contains a report on the sale, which took place the previous Wednesday: 'the well-known Buckland..... More
Melbourne, Clarson, Shallard & Co., Printers & Publishers, 1863. The only edition and rare (and one can imagine the attrition rate of the pictorial wrappers among extant copies is significant). 'Although Foster's 16-page pamphlet glances at the work of earlier explorers it is principally of interest for its connection with..... More
Sydney, Australian Documentary Facsimile Society, 1967 (first thus). One of only 250 copies, signed by the entire Publication Committee. + Newsreel in 1862. The Grand Moving Diorama of the Victorian Exploring Expedition (Sydney, 1966; a fine copy; one of 250 copies signed by Keast Burke). + BURKE, Iris: Foreshadowings. The..... More
London, Heinemann, 1966 to 1989 (all first editions apart from Biography Volume 6, the 1989 second impression, first published in 1983). The biography proper comprises eight volumes, as follows. Volume 1: Youth, 1874-1900 (1966). Volume 2: Young Statesman, 1901-1914 (1967). Volume 3: The Challenge of War, 1914-1916 (1971). Volume 4..... More
Roseville, The Beagle Press, 2003. Loosely inserted is a small limitation certificate from the publisher, numbered (66) and signed by the artist; it is one of the 'De luxe edition of 100 copies containing an original signed and numbered colour etching by John Coburn | 1-50 "Territory Landscape" | 51-100..... More
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, 1886. Not least, sections on Horticulture (by Albert Molineux; 9 pages with 2 plates), and Wine Growing (10 pages, plus a plate showing Joseph Gillard's vineyard and property at Clarendon). Provenance: Sir Edward Charles Stirling (1848-1919), eminent SA surgeon, scientist and politician, with his bookplate..... More
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. Nine of the poems are about cricket. Padwick 6494. More
![Item #127208 Entrance to Chateau Tanunda [1940]. Robert Emerson CURTIS](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/127208_01-2.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1663307048)
'Château Tanunda, birthplace of the Barossa, was established in 1890 and is the site of some of the Valley's first vines planted as well as its first winery. The majestic bluestone winery and vineyards is a living testament to the colourful history and pioneering spirit of Australia's most famous wine..... More
Robert Emerson Curtis (1898-1996), English-born Australian artist, architectural draftsman, camouflage officer, and official war artist, emigrated to Queensland in 1914. In 1922 he 'travelled to the USA with his great friend, the pioneer filmmaker, Charles Chauvel. There he developed what was to become a lifelong interest in industrial modernism and..... More
Melbourne, E.W. Cole, Book Arcade, [1913]. The author's first published book; the last six pages are a glossary, 'for the use of the thoroughly genteel'. The front cover illustration is by David Low. McLaren 243. The Institute of Australian Culture contains on its website some interesting information about this book..... More
[Canada, The Author, No Dates]. Each volume is signed and inscribed in ink on the front flyleaf by the author (to 'the Robertsons'). The second volume appears to have been published first, followed by the first, then the third volume. The wartime memoir, edited by Anthony Cumming, was published in..... More
London, Fradelle & Young, Photographers, 283 Regent Street, W., 1900. Given the number of guests at the dinner (a contemporary newspaper account suggests a figure of 700, albeit in two rooms), and the fact that Fradelle & Young 'Specialised in hotel and restaurant group photography of dinners & receptions' (PhotoLondon..... More
Sydney, Printed by the Halstead Press [for the Australian War Memorial, 1943]. A programme for the documentary film 'Sons of the Anzacs', containing short biographies (with portraits) of the first twelve Australians to win the Victoria Cross in the Second World War. Other sections discuss the cameramen (including Frank Hurley..... More
![Item #131209 'We of the AIF'. Souvenir [cover title]. Film Programme, Captain George...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/131209_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1665618368)
[Melbourne, Australian Commonwealth Government, 1941] (see centrefold). A souvenir programme for the 'unique, uncensored film from the National Archives ... edited, and narrated in person' by Captain George Deane Mitchell MC DCM. More
Carlton, Miegunyah Press, 2008. Number 101 in the second numbered series of the Miegunyah Volumes. More
Roseville, The Beagle Press in conjunction with the National Gallery of Victoria, 2004. Loosely inserted is a small limitation certificate from the publisher, stating this is number 31 of 'the de luxe edition of 50 copies containing an original signed and numbered aquatint by James Gleeson titled "Skybones 2004"' (approximately..... More
Roseville, Beagle Press, 1987. Number 64 of 100 copies of the special collectors' edition in full leather, each containing 'an original signed lithograph by James Gleeson. Copies numbered 1-50 contain "Comet I" and copies numbered 51-100 contain "Comet II"'. Apart from a tiny spot of foxing to the bottom edge..... More
London, 'printed and published by Christopher Sandford, Francis J. Newbery and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press', [January] 1934. Number 118 of 275 copies thus, plus two printed on vellum. Chanticleer 91: 'Probably the finest example of Robert Gibbings' book illustration. His magnificent title-page engraved in wood was an..... More
London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1948 (first thus). Number 463 of a total edition of 750 copies. Cockalorum 178. More
Melbourne, Western Mining Corporation Limited, 1991. Inscribed, signed and dated (16 May 1991) by the author to 'Roy' (Dr Roy Woodall AO, longtime head of the Western Mining Corporation's exploration division; see pages vii and 57-62). More
Adelaide, J. Williams, Printer [for the Author], 1880 [second edition]/ 1879. The particulars of the photographs match those given in Holden (where the discrepancy in the number of plates present as against listed is explained). The plates are of drawings by Hamilton; he contributed similar sketches to the published journals..... More
Sydney, Collins, 1975. Number 86 of the deluxe version of the first edition, limited to only 150 copies signed by the author (on an adhesive label attached to the verso of the half-title, as issued; the adhesive is now discoloured, as ever). More
![Item #109281 The American Lobster. A Study of its Habits and Development. [Contained in]...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/109281_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1536737025)
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1896. Francis Hobart Herrick (1858-1940) was for many decades Professor of Biology at Western Reserve University, Ohio. His 'scholarly publishing career spanned over 50 years, 1883-1937. His early research focused on the American lobster in New England. His work revealed that over-harvesting egg-producing adult lobsters was..... More
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1845 (third edition)/ 1836 (first thus). Mounted on the front pastedown of each volume is a bookplate stating that 'This book was given by the Associates of the late Rev. Dr. Bray, to the Clerical Lending Library of Adelaide ... Australia ... 1846' (the last three..... More
Melbourne, Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, 1996. The catalogue for an exhibition of contemporary Australian Aboriginal art held at Brugge in The Netherlands, 9 March to 23 June 1996. Introductory essays have been provided by Geoffrey Bardon, Robert Edwards and Richard Kimber. [2 items]. More
Singapore, Singapore Economic Development Board, 2001. Signed in ink by the artist (13 February 2005) on the title page. The book was published to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the EDB. More
![Item #28225 Six Months in South Australia; with Some Account of Port Philip [sic] and Portland...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/28225_00.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1588036086)
London, J. Cross, 1838. The unnumbered four-page postscript after page 208 provides a summary of Adelaide newspapers 'received up to the 14th July'; in it, mention is made of Eyre's overlanding expedition from Port Phillip to Adelaide in 1838, during which he discovered and named Lake Hindmarsh. In the lengthy..... More
![Item #131166 Art[icle] VII. Six Months in South Australia, with some Account of Port Philip [sic]...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/131166_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1663899846)
London, C. Dolman, 1839. The reviewer (well-informed but facetious in the extreme) engages almost entirely with James's book, and shares some of his reservations about the planning and organisation of the fledgling colony of South Australia. He concludes: 'Mr James's book exposes all that is evil in the management of..... More
London, Stanley Paul & Co, [1913] (second edition)/ 1912. Eleanora Mary, Baroness d'Anethan (1858-1935), sister of the author Rider Haggard, and widow of Baron Albert d'Anethan ('Belgian Minister to the Court of Japan'), spent the years 1893 to 1906 in Japan. More
Hobart, William Thomas Strutt, Government Printer, 1888. Robert Mackenzie Johnston (1843-1918), civil servant, scientist and statistician, whose 'greatest claim to scientific fame was his monumental "Systematic Account of the Geology of Tasmania" (1888). Its treatment of the island's Permian, Triassic and Tertiary rocks and fossils demonstrated outstanding scientific skills and..... More
[Adelaide, Government Printer], 1880. The map embraces the entire extent of the Nullarbor Plain within South Australia covering 'an area of 16,500 square miles ... [with] a complete description of the country from the coast to the route taken by Mr Ernest Giles on his exploration trip to Perth'. It..... More
'Made in Australia', Ace, [circa 1941]. The bomber illustrated on the front cover is a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, emboldening us to suggest the date. Muir 7023 (undated). More
London, F. Pitman, 'Fourth edition, revised' [circa 1870s]. Provenance: 'George Bone, Adelaide' is written in ink on the front pastedown and title page. 'His father was William Bone a brewer at West End in S Australia and George joined the company there as a clerk in Mr Simms' office. Mr..... More
London, The Folio Society, 2009 (first thus). 'The "Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám" was first published by Bernard Quaritch in 1859. The text of this edition follows that of the first edition, with minor emendations' (verso of the title page). This sesquicentennial 'edition is limited to one thousand copies, signed and..... More
Sydney, Bay Books, 1983. A substantial monograph on this important Australian sculptor, from the collection of Kym Bonython. He has signed and inscribed the front free endpaper in bright red ink: 'Cardiac Intensive Care RAH [Royal Adelaide Hospital] | December 1983 | (I almost had ANOTHER heart | attack trying..... More
The signature of the artist is scratched into the bottom right-hand corner of the artwork. The bottom panel of the wood-veneer mat is dated and credited in white ink: '20-7-16 | Original drawing by Lionel Lindsay'. The six-line joke is also inscribed there in full: 'ANOTHER LAPSUS LINGUAE. Country Doctor..... More
Sydney, Australian Limited Editions Society, 1939 [but 1940, as per the colophon]. Number 88 of 350 copies signed by Lionel Lindsay. More
Paddington, Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1987. Number XXIV of 100 copies of the cased deluxe edition; numbers 1 to 75 were for sale, numbers I to XXV were for presentation. Tipped in as a frontispiece to this edition is an original wood engraving by Lionel Lindsay, 'Henry Lawson, the Swagman and..... More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1963 ('New edition')/ 1918. Norman Lindsay has added to the front flyleaf a charming original pencil drawing of Bunyip Bluegum, and a signed inscription - 'A Slice of Pudden' for [Carl Strehlow] from Norman Lindsay' (overall dimensions 120 × 115 mm). The recipient was the son..... More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson Limited, 1965/ 1963 ('New edition')/ 1918. Norman Lindsay has added to the front free endpaper a charming original pen and pencil drawing of 'the debonair young koala' Bunyip Bluegum (overall dimensions 90 × 90 mm), and a signed inscription: 'The Top of the Tree to [blank]..... More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1968 (first edition). Fifty of the sixty reproductions 'have never been published before. The unpublished work comprises fourteen drawings made in 1967-68, with other major works done between 1930 and the 1960s'. Provenance: Professor T.G.H. Strehlow, with his ownership signature ('University of Adelaide, 11th January, 1969')..... More
![Item #127072 Idyllia [verse by Hugh McCrae, illustrated by Norman Lindsay]. Norman LINDSAY, Hugh...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/127072_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1656637020)
[Sydney, N.L. Press, 1922]. Number 5 of 133 copies (of which only 100 were for sale to the public) signed by Hugh McCrae. The five original etchings, individually numbered and signed in pencil by Norman Lindsay, are 'What the Deer Said'; 'Robin Hood'; 'Pantera'; 'The Yellow Lady'; and 'The Talking..... More
The first image shows 665 'Lord of the Isles', a Problem class (or Lady of the Lake class) passenger locomotive. Clearly visible on the wheel arch is its build date, 'Jany 1863'. The second image shows 2146, a DX Goods class locomotive. Both locomotives are shown in 'photographic grey' livery..... More
![Item #131289 Proceedings of Surveying Schooner 'Beatrice'. [Bound with] Northern...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/131289_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1664947197)
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1866. South Australian Parliamentary Papers Number 79 and 80 of 1866. The first one, by Frederick Howard, gives a summary account of activities from 28 December 1865 to 26 August 1866. It contains numerous references to the McKinlay expedition; the 'Beatrice' was its support vessel. Most of..... More
Melbourne, Bread and Cheese Club, 1953 (seventh edition)/ 1944. The first monograph on Albert Namatjira (thus making it the first monograph on any Indigenous artist). Demand saw it go through eight editions, with the last one published in 1955. This copy is signed in blue ink by Albert Namatjira in..... More
![Item #131278 Log of Logs [the first volume]. A Catalogue of Logs, Journals, Shipboard Diaries,...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/131278_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1664851485)
Nambour, Roebuck, [1988], 1993 and 1999. + NICHOLSON, Ian: Via Torres Strait. A Maritime History of the Torres Strait Route and the Ships' Post Office at Booby Island (Nambour, Roebuck, 1996; quarto, x, 418 pages with numerous illustrations; synthetic cloth with the original pictorial card covers bound in; the front..... More
London, R. Alistair McAlpine Publishing Ltd, 1971. Number 14 of only 20 copies with an original colour crayon drawing signed by Sidney Nolan. The limitation page indicates that there were 2890 copies of the standard edition, and 110 copies 'bound as de luxe edition | 20 copies with original drawings..... More