The Blue and Brown Diamond. A History of the 27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, 1915-1919
Adelaide, Lonnen and Cope, 1921. Dornbusch 310; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 226. More
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Die Aranda- und Loritja-Stämme in Zentral-Australien by Pastor Carl Strehlow, published in seven parts between 1907 and 1920, is a fabled rarity. Our latest catalogue contains the author’s personal set of these volumes, with some 240 corrections in his hand.
But relax! There are plenty of other items to tempt you: many of them also unique, but they won’t require an overdraft. We are still making our way through large collections of Folio Society publications (the deluxe edition of Dante's Paradiso, and sets of volumes by Tolkien, Le Carré, Proust and Conrad are among them), and books on the occult (mainly by or about Aleister Crowley).
Photographs, autographs, trade catalogues, books ranging from art to zoology … the mixture as before!
The Thirty-Seventh. History of the Thirty-Seventh Battalion AIF
Melbourne, Modern Printing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1936. This copy is not identified as such, but it comes from the personal collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Thomas Paterson (1886-1950), Commanding Officer of the 39th Battalion AIF, and the author of that battalion's history. Dornbusch 330; Fielding and O'Neill, page 228; Trigellis-Smith 233..... More
The Story of the 5th Pioneer Battalion AIF
Adelaide, The Collotype Co., Commercial Printers [for the Adelaide 5th Pioneer Reunion Club], 1937. The book includes a five-page Honor Roll, and a preface by Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Gordon Carter, DSO (1885-1963), the Battalion's Commanding Officer from August 1916 to the end of the war. The editor was 'late Sergeant "D"..... More
The City of Adelaide from the Torrens near the Reed Beds
[London, Thomas M'Lean, 1847]. Plate 1 from 'South Australia Illustrated'; the lithographer is James William Giles. This handsomely framed print has a small printed card set into the mat below the image: 'Presented to Mr. R.H. Waters by the Council of the Royal Automobile Association of S.A. Inc. on the..... More
Art in Australia. Series 1, Numbers 1 to 11; Series 2 (or New Series), Numbers 1 and 2; and Series 3, Numbers 1 to 81 [all three series complete: an unbroken run of 94 issues]
Sydney, Art in Australia (and later, 'Sydney Morning Herald'), 1916 to 1940. More
Art in Australia. A Quarterly devoted to the Arts. [A run of all six issues of Series 4]
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
A panoramic photograph of 'Officers, Cadets, N.C.Os. & Men, Australian Flying Corps, Wendover, March 1918'
Wendover, 'Photo by Panora Ltd., 60 Doughty St. W.C.', March 1918. The Australian War Memorial has the following caption on an example of this impressive group photograph in its collection: 'Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, 1918-03-11. Large group portrait of officers, cadets, NCOs and men of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC), together..... More
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The National Geographic Magazine. Volume 53, January to June, 1928 [and] Volume 54, July to December 1928 [12 separate issues]
Washington, National Geographic Society, 1928. These twelve issues contain a number of important lengthy articles by (or about) famous early aviators: Lindbergh (two), Cobham, de Pinedo, and Kingsford-Smith and Ulm. The main article in the December issue, 'Renascent Germany' (pages 639-717), makes very interesting reading. More
Operation and Service Manual. Wright Cyclone 9 Aircraft Engines. Series C9GA, C9GB, C9GC
Paterson, Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1943 (first edition, second printing)/ 1943. This American-designed radial engine (formerly designated the GR-1820-G series) powered many well-known Second World War aircraft, including some produced by France and Russia. More
A striking sepia-toned photograph of a Bristol F.2B biplane piloted by pioneering Australian aviator Captain Harry Butler while on an anti-submarine patrol off the coast of Scotland in late 1917 or 1918. At the time Butler was fighting-instructor at the Royal Flying Corps School of Aerial Gunnery and Fighting at Turnberry (now a Trump golf resort)
The framer's pencilled notes indicate that the original client's name was Butler, almost certainly Harry Butler himself during his brief years in Adelaide between the war and his early death in 1924. An article from the Adelaide 'Advertiser' for Tuesday 21 May 1946 records Butler's own description of this scene..... More
A collection of 37 vintage snapshots, almost all of them taken at Balikpapan after the major battle there in July 1945
The original gelatin silver prints are approximately 75 × 100 mm each (some a little smaller, some a little larger). One of the photographs is of a blackboard inscribed '6 RSU [Number 6 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF] Balikpapan, Borneo. Coppersmiths & Welders. Honour Roll 1945', with a list of..... More
The Justice of Peace. A Treatise containing the Power and Duty of that Magistrate, compiled from the Statutes at large, the best and latest Reports, and other Books of Authority in the Law with many new Cases never before printed ...
London, Printed by Henry Lintot for John and Paul Knapton and John Nourse, 1745. More
The Garden of Edens. Illustrated by Roderick Shaw
[Sydney], 'Imprinted by Richard Edwards & Roderick Shaw at the Barn on the Hill, over St Columbkille's', [1939]. A collection of stories for children, told from the perspective of a young girl, Juditheden. The exuberant design of the book matches its eccentric prose style. One of only 600 copies of..... More
Le Vin des Amants. Poems from Baudelaire
Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1977. Number 9 of only 20 copies signed by Jack Hibberd and David Fitts; the leaf containing the manuscript translation of the poem 'Bien loin d'ici' (recto only) is also signed by Hibberd. More
Official History of Australia in the War, 1914-1918 [the complete twelve-volume set]
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1923 (one volume), 1933 (two volumes), 1936 (one volume), 1937 (one volume), 1938 (four volumes), 1940 (two volumes) and 1942 (one volume). The fourth volume is the first edition of 1933, the sixth volume is the first and only edition of 1942, the twelfth volume is..... More
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The Works of Max Beerbohm [complete in 10 volumes]
London, William Heinemann, 1922 to 1928. Number 453 of 780 sets (750 for sale), with the first volume signed by the author. The titles are 'The Works of Max Beerbohm'; 'More'; 'Yet Again'; 'A Christmas Garland'; 'And Even Now'; 'Zuleika Dobson'; 'Seven Men'; 'Around Theatres l'; 'Around Theatres ll'; and..... More
Mrs. Beeton's Household Management. A Complete Cookery Book ... New Edition
London, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, [1920s]. 'All the old cookery recipes have been carefully re-tested, and the details modified, wherever necessary, to suit present-day conditions ... The book contains more than 4,000 recipes, many of which are contributed or adapted bt Mr. C. Herman Senn ... assisted by some..... More
Historical and Descriptive Account of South Australia, founded on the Experience of a Three Years' Residence in that Colony
London, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1843. The author lived in South Australia from March 1839 to March 1842. Chapters include 'Sketch of Adelaide and Surrounding Villages - Colonial Life and Manners', 'The Native Inhabitants', and 'Information for Emigrants', plus an appendix bringing the information up to date to the end..... More
Some Forgotten ... Some Remembered. Women Artists of South Australia
Norwood, Sydenham Gallery, 1976. Number 703 of 1500 copies signed by the author. Loosely inserted is the original catalogue for the exhibition held in conjunction with the launch of the book ('Festival Exhibitions, March 1-27, 1976'). [2 items]. More
Greek Gems and Finger Rings. Early Bronze Age to Late Classical
London, Thames and Hudson, 1970. 'A comprehensive account of the art in Greek lands from the early Bronze Age down to the Hellenistic period. The gems are related to history and to the artistic achievements in other media of their day, and the subject matter of the scenes engraved upon..... More
Supper at Beaucaire. Translated into English for the first time, by Somerset de Chair
London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1945. Number 371 of a total edition of only 500 copies; the first 100 copies were bound in full vellum. 'Written by Napoleon as a young captain of artillery in 1793, shortly before Toulon, it presented to the public of Provence, in the difficult circumstances..... More
A Treatise on Convictions on Penal Statutes
London, Printed for E. and R. Brooke, 1792. The bookplate is for one Joseph Radcliffe, Milnsbridge, Yorkshire; an early ownership stamp and the later name-stamp of the Howard Zelling (1917-2001), sometime Supreme Court Judge of South Australia. More
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II
London, The Folio Society, 2000 (first thus). Introduction by Eugen Weber. [3 items]. More
The Palace with Several Sides. A Sort of Love Story. Edited by R.G. Geering
Deakin, Officina Brindabella [Brindabella Press], 1986. Number 124 of 220 copies signed by the artist. The first printing of a story unpublished during the author's lifetime. The twelfth book of the Brindabella Press. More
South Australian Motor Cars, 1881-1942
Dover Gardens, The Vinall Family, 1987. One of 1000 copies. Provenance: 'E.J. Harris' is written in ink on the front pastedown. More
Songs of the South. Second Series. The Wild White Man and Other Poems
London, Ward, Lock & Bowden, Limited, 1895. Not least, 'The Wild White Man. An Australian Tale' ('founded on historical facts', pages 101-196). William Buckley (1780-1856) was transported for life in 1802; the following year he absconded from a camp at Port Phillip. He was 'befriended by Aboriginals of the Watourong..... More
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments In Twelve Volumes. Translated from the Arabic by Richard F. Burton. Reprinted from the Original Edition and edited by Leonard C. Smithers
London, H.S. Nichols Ltd., 1897/ [1894, the 'Library Edition']. The second impression of the Nichols-Smithers 'Library Edition' in Penzer's 'Style A' binding. This edition reprints the original 1886 Benares edition. Provenance: Lance Strother Walters (1906-1978), Chief Brewer of the SA Brewing Company from 1944, with his armorial bookplate on each..... More
The Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services in the War of 1914-1918. Volume I: Gallipoli, Palestine and New Guinea (spine title). Volume II: The Western Front (spine title)
Melbourne (Volume I) and Canberra, Australian War Memorial, 1938 (second edition)/ 1930 and 1940. The first two volumes of the three-volume medical companion to the twelve-volume 'Official History of Australia in the War, 1914-1918'. The third one, 'Problems and Services', was published in 1943; it is very scarce. Arthur Graham..... More
Brady, McCabe, Dunne, Bryan, Crawford, Murphy, Bird, McKenney, Goodwin, Pawley, Bryant, Cody, Hodgetts, Gregory, Tilley, Ryan, Williams and their Associates. Bushrangers in Van Diemen's Land, 1824-1827. From James Calder's Text of 1873, together with newly discovered Manuscripts, edited by Eustace Fitzsymonds
Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, 1979. Number 17 of 750 copies initialled by the publisher. The prospectus (annotated by the purchaser, with the order form torn away) is loosely inserted. More
The Woodblock Painting of Cressida Campbell
[Bronte, Public Pictures, 2008]. The title leaf would have been excised when the production flaw was discovered; its removal has also removed $1000 from the price we would have otherwise asked for this impressive and highly sought-after item. More
Chinese Opera and Painted Face. Revised Edition
Taipei, Me Ya Publications, 1978 (second, revised, edition)/ 1969. The 'most comprehensive collection [and examination] of Chinese opera texts and ... what is certainly the most complete set of opera masks, beautifully executed and reproduced'. More
The Songlines
London, The Folio Society, 2010 (first thus). Introduction by Nicholas Shakespeare. More
The Canterbury Tales
London, The Folio Society, 1986 (first thus). Original text edited by F.N. Robinson. Translation by David Wright. [3 items]. More
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The Mystery of the Blue Train. [Together with] 4.50 from Paddington
London, The Folio Society, 1990 (first thus). Introductions by Tim Heald and Robert Barnard respectively, with the superb design and ornaments by David Eccles. [2 items]. More
Australia and Back
London, A.& C. Black, 1927. The 'first person to fly from England to Australia and back in his de Havilland D.H. 50J biplane, Sir Alan Cobham [also] became famous for his exploits in the interwar years by making civil aviation accessible and popular throughout the world' (RAF Museum website). Cobham's..... More
South Australia in 1844-45. A Description of the Actual State of the Colony, of its Sources of Wealth, and of the Moral and Physical Condition of its Inhabitants. Also, a Comparison with other British Dependencies; and Full Information for developing its Latent Capabilities, particularly in Reference to Fruits and Plants grown in Warm Countries
Adelaide, Andrew Murray, Printer, Rundle Street (Sold by C. Platts, Bookseller, Hindley Street ...), 1845. The State Library of South Australia has a copy of this item with the map (and it's a beauty - a hand-coloured lithograph, 322 × 213 mm, produced in 'Goodwood nr Adelaide' in 1845). However..... More
First across the Simpson Desert. E.A. (Ted) Colson's Pioneering Crossing in 1936 in his Own Words, in Two Versions
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2019 (first thus). Number 93 of only 125 copies of this deluxe edition; the small numbered slip tipped in on the front flyleaf notes this is a 'Subscriber's Copy'. It comes from the collection of the pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor..... More
The Folio Society edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad (16 of the 17 volumes published)
London, The Folio Society, 1996 to 2005 (all first thus). Each volume has an introduction by one of a range of notable writers (including Malcolm Bradbury, Giles Foden, Paul Theroux and Richard Woodman). The titles are: The Duel & Other Tales; An Outcast of the Islands; Heart of Darkness; Typhoon..... More
The Genus Paphiopedilum. Second Edition
Kota Kinabalu, Natural History Publications (Borneo), in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1998 (second edition)/ 1987. A Botanical Magazine Monograph. More
Australian Cricket Board. Retirement Dinner in Honour of P.L. Ridings, A.O. Grevillea Room, Hyatt Regency, Adelaide. Thursday 12th September, 1991 ... [cover title]
[Adelaide, Australian Cricket Board, 1991]. Philip Lovett Ridings (1917-1998) played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1937 to 1957; he was captain from 1946 to 1957. He was then a cricket administrator, serving as Chairman of the Australian Cricket Board from 1980 to 1983. Loosely inserted is an original colour..... More
One leaf in a small autograph album (leaf size 80 × 138 mm) signed in ink (on the recto only) by seven members of the Australian squad selected to tour England in 1930
The signatories are a'Beckett, Fairfax, Grimmett, Hurwood, Kippax, Oldfield, and Walker. The signatures were collected by the parents of a five year-old boy when the family travelled on the same ship as the cricketers on the voyage to England in early 1930. The leaves are the first two in an..... More
The Real Thing
A small broadside (295 × 210 mm) limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by Stoppard, of an extract from his play of the same name published by Faber in 1982. It is a monologue on the construction of a cricket bat. 'Henry: (holding his cricket bat). This thing here, which..... More
A vintage gelatin silver photograph of the Australian Test cricketer Bert Oldfield, taken in Sydney in the mid-1920s
William Albert Oldfield (1894-1976), described by Jack Hobbs as the 'best wicketkeeper of his time', played for NSW and Australia, and his Test career of 54 matches ran from 1920 to 1937. This photograph is a fine sepia-toned head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Oldfield in a suit; he has signed and..... More
The Adelaide Friends of Sri Lankan Cricket present an Evening with the Sri Lankan Cricket Team. Saturday, January 4, 2003 ... [cover title]
A program (octavo, 12 pages of colour photocopy) signed by the entire squad of eighteen next to their portraits on the last few pages; a fine copy. The fifteen players are Jayasuriya, Attapatu, De Silva, Vaas, Muralitharan, Tillakaratne, Jayawardena, Arnold, Sangakkara, Fernando, Gunawardene, Gunaratne, Fernando, Nissanka and Mubarak. Offered with..... More
The Equinox. The Official Organ of the A.'. A.'... The Official Organ of the O.T.O... The Review of Scientific Illuminism... Volume III, Number I
New York, Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1974 (third impression)/ 1973 (second printing)/ 1972 (facsimile edition, first thus)/ 1929. The 'Blue Equinox'. More
The Equinox. The Official Organ of the O.T.O. The Review of Scientific Illuminism. The Method of Science; the Aim of Religion. Volume 1, Number 1 to Volume 1, Number 10. [Together with] Volume 3, Number 1 [complete thus]
New York, Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1978 (third printing)/ 1972 (facsimile edition, first thus)/ 1909 to 1913; and 1973/ 1972 (facsimile edition, first thus)/ 1929. [11 items]. More
Thirteen volumes in the Gordon Press facsimile reprint series
New York, Gordon Press, 1974 (first thus)/ 1898 to 1913. Titles and presumed dates of original publication are as follows. (1) Songs of the Spirit (1898). (2) Jephthah (1899). (3) Jezebel and Other Tragic Poems by Count Vladimir Svareff (1899). (4) The Soul of Osiris (1899). (5) Tannhauser (1901). (6)..... More
The Equinox. The Official Organ of the A.'.A.'. The Review of Scientific Illuminism. Volume V, Number 3. [The Chinese Texts of Magick and Mysticism. The Yi Jing, The Dao De Jing, The Jin Gan Jing and others, commented (title on the front panel of the dustwrapper)]
Nashville, Thelema Publishing Company, 1980 (first edition). More
The Equinox. The Official Organ of the A.'.A.'. The Review of Scientific Illuminism. Volume V, Number 4. [Sex and Religion. The Bagh-i-Muattar, The Paris Working, The Wake World, Diary 1906-07 e.v. and others, commented (title on the front panel of the dustwrapper)]
Nashville, Thelema Publishing Company, 1981 (first edition). More