[Cape Town, possibly J.H. Robinson & Co.], circa 1900. The photograph, featuring mainly artillery shells of various sizes (some of them identified), small arms ammunition, and shrapnel (one piece marked '66 Battery'), is signed in the negative 'B.W. Canby'. To say the image is incongruous in a souvenir greeting card..... More

London, David Bogue, 1880, 1880, 1881 and 1881. More

New York, Chelsea House, 1927 [first edition]. A sequel to 'Mr Clackworthy' (1925); the words 'Con Man' on the cloth spine of this copy have the very distinct appearance of an indifferently executed afterthought, and suggest strongly that surplus covers from the earlier work have been recycled. One of the..... More

London, Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, 1855 [first series]. The plates in the text do not count in the pagination, but as we included the lithographic title leaf in the preliminaries total to make up the required number of pages, we suspect this rebound copy is possibly lacking a half-title or..... More

The large-format gelatin silver prints (185 × 240 mm, on captioned mounts) include many prototypes and non-production models, such as the Bagshot (only this prototype was ever built, and flown a mere three times), the Bullfinch, the Type 138A High Altitude Monoplane, and the Type 143 light airliner. The condition..... More

London, The Author, 1839 (third edition, considerably enlarged)/ 1837. With the armorial bookplate of the Marquess of Downshire, most probably Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire (1812-1868). The preferred edition, being more than twice as large as its predecessors of 1837 and 1838. Ferguson 2725..... More

London, Printed and Sold by Luke Hinde, 1751 (second edition)/ 1749. Offered with a copy in similar condition of the first edition of a companion volume, 'The Works of that Ancient, Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Thomas Chalkley ... containing his Epistles and Other Writings' (London, Luke Hinde, 1751). London-born..... More

Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1805 and 1806 [first Dutch edition]/ 1802. A translation by J.F. Serrurier of the 'Pomologisches theoretisch-praktisches Handwörterbuch' by Johann Ludwig Christ (the title page here incorrectly giving his initials as 'J.C.'); it incorporates additional material from 'A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-Trees' (1802) by..... More

Australia lost by an innings and 18 runs ... and 18 was Australia's total first innings score! Kelly, Graham and Trott scored 8, 4 and 6 respectively; Darling was the last man standing (on nought), Giffen was unable to take to the field so only ten men played, but Gregory..... More

Adelaide, State Library of South Australia, 1998. It is a high-quality reproduction (160 × 115 mm) of a studio portrait of a young Don in a batting stance, wearing an Australian cap. The original photograph is in the State Library of South Australia's Bradman Collection. This example, signed in ink..... More

Seated next to him is Richard Norman Rowsell Blaker (1879-1950) and his young son, also Richard (1909-1967). Richard senior played 119 matches for Kent (1898-1908), 'a hard-hitting batsman and a fine slip fielder.... He helped Kent carry off the County Championship in 1906, and was President of the club when..... More

'The Advertiser' (11 December 1931) sets the scene for these Inter-Collegiate matches: 'Today the annual cricket match between St Peter's and Prince Alfred Colleges will begin at the Adelaide Oval. Last year the game was played at Prince Alfred College, the first time in the history of the matches [first..... More

Adelaide, Lonnen and Cope, 1921. Dornbusch 310; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 226. More

Sacramento, [The Author], 1950 (first edition, second printing) and 1980 (first edition, third printing). 'Secrets of the Wine Producer Now Revealed ... brings together hitherto inaccessible methods and processes in the field of wine production, and places this information on a sound, practical basis by means of Formulae, Blends and..... More

London, Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1866. The author was 'late Member of the Legislative Council at Adelaide' (from 1855 to 1864); he was also George Fife Angas's agent in SA from 1841 to 1844. This copy comes from the collection of the South Australian historian and bibliographer Thomas Gill..... More

London, The Author, and printed by Taylor and Francis, 1865. [2 items]. More

London, Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Limited, 1933. More

Netley, Wakefield Press, 1986. One of 150 copies signed and numbered by the artist, with an original signed and numbered etching ('Skipping') loosely inserted (image size 211 × 146 mm, sheet size 285 × 205 mm). More

Sydney, William Maddock, 1885. This copy is inscribed in ink on the verso of the title page 'To | George Augustus Sala | From the author. | With sincere regards. | P.J.H. | 2.5.'85'. George Augustus Sala (1828-1895), the 'Prince of Journalists', spent nine months in Australia in 1885; his..... More

[Adelaide], 'Printed and Published At "the Horace Walpole Press"' [The Author], 1941. Inscribed 'To Eric & Jean McLaughlin, with the Compliments & Best Wishes of F.E. Rogers, Xmas /41'. The book was hand-set and printed by the author, who apologizes in the preface for the many errors present. 'These errors..... More