London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1919. The first edition of this anonymously published book is fiendishly rare in our experience; we have had only a handful of copies in over forty-five years as booksellers in Adelaide, and the 10th is a local battalion. Arthur Limb (1893-1920) was a member of..... More

[Melbourne, A Comment Publications], 1942. Sometimes subtitled 'A Journal of Poetry, Art, Literature and Social Comment', this scarce Australian little magazine 'Encouraged all forms of experimental writing. Translations of Kafka, Baudelaire and Maupassant. Contributors included Max Harris, Adrian Lawlor, Alister Kershaw, Muir Holburn, Arthur Ashworth, Irvine Green and the Americans..... More

As well as her signature little magazine 'A Comment', Cecily Crozier published four other little-known and now extremely scarce titles. All were printed by The Bradley Printers, Malvern, and three follow closely the format and bold designs seen in the magazine. This group includes all four titles, with two of..... More

Adelaide, Harrison Weir, Government Printer, 1927. 'Railway Timetable' is misleading to a fault, with only nine pages devoted to the special Show Week excursion fares and timetable. for the rest, among numerous interesting period advertisements, there is a potted history of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of SA, the..... More

Sydney, A.H. and A.W. Reed, 1967 (facsimile edition)/ 1847. Number 294 of 1000 copies of this high-quality facsimile. The illustrations comprise views of the fledgling city of Adelaide and outlying settlements, the topography, flora and fauna, and the Indigenous people and their lives. Some 22 of the 60 plates (and..... More

Melbourne, Reed and Harris, 1945. The eighth (and penultimate) issue, with 'a cover illustration by Albert Tucker depicting a returned digger cast like a broken doll among the refuse of society' (Richard Haese: 'Rebels and Precursors'). Interestingly, the first item on the list of 'Some Errors and Omissions' is 'The..... More

Melbourne, [Reed & Harris] (and printed by The National Press Pty. Ltd.), January to September, and December 1946. Nine issues of this supplement to 'Angry Penguins' appeared monthly between January and September 1946, with the bumper final issue in December 1946. The editors for the first number were Max Harris..... More

Sydney, 'Sydney Morning Herald', 1941 and 1942. The fourth and final series of 'Art in Australia' comprised only six quarterly numbers between March 1941 and August 1942. They were a marked departure in all respects from the previous 94 numbers of the journal, which commenced publication in 1916: new editor..... More

London, The Folio Society, 2000 [first thus]. 'Arthur', 'Tristran', and 'The Holy Grail' in the one volume, with introductions by the editor. More

Brisbane, Barjai Publishing Service, 1943 to 1946. Single copies of this short-lived literary journal are scarce; lengthy runs such as this (which includes two of the early mimeographed issues) are decidedly rare. The subtitle changed over time, from 'A Meeting Place for Youth' (Numbers 10-13), to 'The Youth Literary Magazine'..... More

London, The Folio Society, 2010 (first thus). The six-page introduction by Beevor is new to this edition. More

New York, Magickal Childe, Inc., 1988. A commissioned binding. More

Paris, Henri Floury, Editeur, 1927. The standard edition, complete with the original etching facing page 140. It is titled 'Nu (1927)' in the table of contents at the rear, and 'Toilette ... (1927)' on the captioned tissue-guard. More

London, Thames and Hudson, 1967. The half-title is signed in ink by Arthur Boyd. More

Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 26 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More

Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890). From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible for the plates as published. Eventually, enough became too much..... More

Adelaide, H.F. Leader, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 44 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More

Adelaide, H.F. Leader, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), numbered 43 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible..... More