Aboriginal Stories and Legends of the Northern Territory by the Wanderer [cover title]
Alice Springs, printed by the 'Centralian Advocate', [1947]. Recollections of upwards of 50 years of an adventurous life. More
The last thing any of us needs is yet another invitation to spend money, so although our latest catalogue – much larger than usual – contains many rare, unusual and interesting books, manuscripts, photographs and some maps, we’ll skip the customary self-promotion and let the items sell themselves.
We’ll take this opportunity to thank you for your ongoing interest in what we do: not all old is bad, not all new is good. We wish you all the best as another year passes.
Mick, Sue, Tom, Robert, Harry and David
Alice Springs, printed by the 'Centralian Advocate', [1947]. Recollections of upwards of 50 years of an adventurous life. More
The letter is in response to one from Reverend John Uebergang in Canberra. The reply gets straight down to business, and for enthusiasts and book lovers alike, Christie has a lot to say, and she says it engagingly. 'Dear Mr Uebergang, "The Road of Dreams" was an early book of..... More
London, The Folio Society, 2007 [first thus]. The individual volumes are: 1911-1914; 1915; 1916-1918; The Aftermath; and The Eastern Front. [5 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 1992 (first thus). With an introduction to each volume by well-known mystery writers (respectively) Tim Heald, P.D. James, Kenneth Robinson, and Ruth Rendell. [4 items]. More
[Adelaide, Congregational Union and Home Mission of South Australia, 1943]. The annual report for 1942, with directories of personnel, committee members and churches for the two years ahead, plus short articles on the history of the Congregational Church in South Australia, and the Parkin Aboriginal Mission at Point McLeay. More
Adelaide, printed by E.J. McAlister and Co. [for the Red Cross Society? 1940]. A fund-raising programme, very light on details ('Mr Noel Coward will give Selections from his repertoire'). However, he was kind enough to sign the margin at the foot of his portrait on the last page. Loosely inserted..... More
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1972. More
Hobart, J. Walch and Sons, 1867. Four of the sixteen lines of goods supplied relate to cricket: '1 Clapshaws Single Cane-handled Bat ... | 1 Roots Treble Cane ditto ... | 1 Set Brass Mountd Wickets .. | 1 Dukes best 5 1/2 oz C. Ball'. More
This unused, albeit lightly foxed, advertising postcard (captioned '"I always use Waterman's" J.B. Hobbs') features a portrait of a late-vintage Jack Hobbs complete with blazer, cigarette and Waterman's pen, busily signing autographs for a couple of young lads. This example has been signed prominently in dark blue ink by Hobbs..... More
It was issued as part of a series of fifteen portrait postcards of the 1930 Australian Test team. 'Jackson reached his peak at 19 when, in Adelaide against England in February 1929, he played in his first Test match and scored a chanceless 164 runs in 368 minutes. He had..... More
Sydney, NSW Bookstall Company, 1928. Padwick 4457 and 7028. More
The photograph is signed in ink in the top right-hand corner 'E.R. Mayne | Lords | April | 1921'. The 'Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket' states tha his 'upright style, pendulum-straight bat in defence and calm temperament marked him as a natural opening batsman'; this side view of him practising..... More
Cairo, G. Liekegian & Co., [1909]. The team consisted of Simpson-Heyward (Captain: Worcs), Branston (Notts), Ebden (Middx), Wynyard (Hants), Metcalfe (Herts), Bell, Gibson (Essex), Luther (Sussex), Viscount Brackley, Dobson, Drummond and Moorhouse. 'The MCC broke fresh ground when they organised a tour to Egypt in the spring of 1909.... The..... More
The caption is explicit: 'The South African Cricket Team photographed at Lord's today. (They) will play their first match this season tomorrow (Saturday) v. Derbyshire ...'. Accordingly this photograph was taken on 3 May 1912. To quote Wisden: 'The South Africans failed so dismally in the Test matches that, although..... More
Kings Beach, Thelema Publications, 1974/ [1914]. More
London, Suhal, 1993. Selected texts from 'The Holy Books of Thelema'. More
Berlin, Ordo Templi Orientis (Academia Masonica Press), 2013/ [1913]. The ritual text of the Gnostic Mass. More
Gothenburg, Ordo Templi Orientis (Academia Masonica Press), 2016/ [1913]. The ritual text of the Gnostic Mass. More
[England], Orange Box Books, 2011. Number 51 of only 93 copies of this hard cover edition (these details are supplied on a postcard, inscribed and signed by the compiler, specific to - and loosely inserted in - the book). The work is a 'compendium of facsimile reproductions of rare articles..... More
Montreal, 93 Publishing, 1973 (first thus)/ 1938. 'A classic Alchemical allegory of the Phoenix of Thelema that will arise from the dust and debris of civilization' (publisher's blurb). The four-page introduction by Kenneth Grant is new to this edition. More
Kings Beach, Thelema Publications, 1974 [second edition/ 1973]. The 1973 edition has the title 'Khing Kang King' in gilt running parallel to the leading edge of the front cover. 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
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
London, The Folio Society, 2007 (first thus). Dalí was commissioned by the Italian government to illustrate the entire 'Divine Comedy' to commemorate the seven hundredth anniversary of Dante's birth. This edition follows the blank verse translation of Henry Francis Cary, with extensive notes at the rear. More
London, The Folio Society, 1983 [first thus]. The 11-page introduction is by Pat Rogers. [3 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 1991 [first thus]. The cover illustrations and plates are by Emma Chichester Clark; the introduction (in 'Jamaica Inn') is by Raleigh Trevelyan. [4 items]. More
London, Bernard Quaritch, 1900. Fraser's collection comprised some 475 scarabs and cylinders. More
Bolton, Tillotson Press, [circa 1900?]. Loosely inserted is an original gelatin silver photograph (168 × 223 mm, underdeveloped, with a few small chips and creases to the edges), showing four soldiers in sun helmets mounted on camels, with the Sphynx and one of the pyramids at Giza in the background..... More
London, Faber & Gwyer Limited, 1925 [1926, first edition, signed deluxe issue]. Number 1 of 85 copies of the deluxe issue on hand-made paper, signed by T.S. Eliot (and only 75 copies were offered for sale). This collection includes some of Eliot's best-loved poems, including 'Prufrock', 'The Waste Land', and..... More
London, Printed at the Eragny Press for Hacon & Ricketts, 1902 [first thus]. One of only 230 copies (of which 200 were offered for sale), printed at the Eragny Press of Lucien and Esther Pissarro. The title vignette and two illustrations were drawn and engraved by T. Sturge Moore; the..... More
Heidelberg, The Editors [only Reed and Reid edited Number 2], 1955. Six numbers of the journal were published between November 1952 and November 1955. The introduction to the first number stated that 'Six years ago Ern Malley lived and died in Australia. Child of the unintended creative act of two..... More
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). The 12-page afterword by William Tordoff is new to this edition. [2 items]. More
Adelaide, Research Centre for Women's Studies, University of Adelaide (to Number 22); Carfax (numbers 23-45); and Routledge (numbers 46-51), 1985 to 2006. At the time the journal was published bi- or triannually. [49 items]. More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1966 (facsimile edition)/ 1814. Peade A37: 2150 sets. [3 items]. More
Scenes of or around field hospitals, in particular at Anzac Gully and Hotchkiss Gully, are a feature of ten of the photographs. 'Turkish Prisoners at work, Anzac' is another impressive image. South Australian-born Thomas Wolmer (or Woolmer) English (1894-1956) transferred to the 50th Battalion in March 1916 and survived the..... More
London, The Folio Society, 2002 (second printing)/ 2002 (first thus). [3 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 2005 (first thus). The translation and notes are by David Luke, following the Oxford University Press edition. More
Edinburgh, R. and R. Clark, 1911. Inscribed and dated (26 December 1913) by the author. More
Sydney, 'Lithographed by Gibbs, Shallard, & Co.', [1872]. A very rare early illustrated Australian children's book, in which a monstrous demon rampages through the streets of Sydney. Identifiable landmarks in the illustrations include the Hyde Park Obelisk, Woolloomooloo, North and South Heads, and Government House. Many more are mentioned in..... More
Australia, Collective 777 (Art Guild of Ordo Templi Orientis Australia), 2014 (first edition). 'Created by J. Daniel Gunther between 1977 and 1979 ... the series [of images] forms an account of transformation and a gradual realisation of the Great Work' (from the foreword by Robert Buratti). Loosely inserted is a...... More
Adelaide, Mary Martin Bookshop, 1955. More
London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1959 (first UK edition)/ 1950. The 16th book in the series, and the first half of a two-part story (concluded in 'Explorers on the Moon'). Translated from the French by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner. More
London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1959 (first UK edition)/ 1952. The 17th book in the series (and the sequel to 'Destination Moon'). Translated from the French by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner. More
London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1958 (first UK edition)/ 1938. The eighth book in the series. More
London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1962 (first UK edition)/ 1946. The 14th book in the series (and the sequel to 'The Seven Crystal Balls'). Translated from the French by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner. More
London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1959 [first thus]/ 1943. The 12th book in the series (and the sequel to 'The Secret of the Unicorn'). Translated from the French by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner. More
London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1960 (first UK edition)/ 1954. The 18th book in the series. Translated from the French by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner. More
London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1964 (first reprint)/ 1958 (first UK edition)/ 1940. The ninth book in the series, and the first to feature Captain Haddock. Translated from the French by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner. More
London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1960 (first UK edition)/ 1956. The 18th book in the series. Translated from the French by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner. More
London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1959 [first thus]/ 1942. The 11th book in the series, and the first half of a two-part story (concluded in 'Red Rackham's Treasure'). Translated from the French by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner. More