Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 1995; Kent Town, Australians for Constitutional Monarchy and Wakefield Press, 1997; and Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 2009. All three volumes are inscribed and signed by the author (the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, from 18 September 2013 to 15 September 2015) to his editor and friend..... More

An unbroken run of the of Australia's premier contemporary art journal, uniformly bound in 45 gilt-lettered half faux leather and cloth-bound volumes, retaining the original card covers of the quarterly publication (there was one double issue: Volume 14, Numbers 3 and 4, January to June 1977). In fine condition, albeit..... More

Sydney, 'Printed ... by Radcliffe Press ... by Authority from Penleigh Boyd', 1923. All 581 items were for sale; the original price-list is attached to the recto of the rear cover with a small piece of tape. The foreword to the British section was written by 'the famous English critic'..... More

No pertinent details - when, where and why the photograph was taken, and by whom - are known, and the later pencilling on the verso (a price and what seems to be a name) adds nothing. From first principles, we suggest the 1860s, 'somewhere in England', a training exercise, and..... More

The author was one of a small party of men, under Ralph Milner of Killalpaninna, which set out in December 1870 with 7000 sheep and about 300 horses, with the intention of claiming a South Australian Government reward for the first 1000 sheep or 100 head of cattle delivered from..... More

Adelaide, Matters & Co., [circa 1911]. Advertising for this subdivision began in earnest in late 1911, and an article in 'The Mail' (Saturday 17 August 1912) contains the following information: 'The land in the vicinity of the Outer Harbour is being extensively sought after. The pioneer of the district (Capt..... More

Many of the photographs appear to have been taken at Vickers' Brooklands factory near Weybridge, Surrey (the famous banked race track is visible in many images), and possibly also at the nearby Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire. Nearly all are dated, ranging from 1937 to 1946. The gelatin silver prints..... More

Adelaide, The Author, 1978 (first edition). Number 597 of 1000 copies; this copy is inscribed, dated (December 1978) and signed by the author. More

Sydney, Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1947. More

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1878. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 209 of 1878. Barclay and his small party left Alice Springs on 31 January 1878; before turning back on 4 June, they had almost reached the Queensland border. Lack of food and water was the main problem, exacerbated on their return..... More

Adelaide, RSSA, 1905. This issue also contains HEDLEY, C.: Report on the Mollusca collected by Mr H. Basedow on the South Australian Government North-West Expedition (5 pages plus a plate); and TEPPER, J.G.O.: Insects collected ... [on the same Expedition] by H. Basedow (9 pages). Herbert Basedow also contributes two..... More

Brisbane, Printed by 'Truth' and 'Sportsman' Ltd., 1947. Thomas Charles Beirne (1860-1949), was a successful retailer in Queensland, with stores in Fortitude Valley, Ipswich and Mackay. 'Beirne retained an active interest in the [Brisbane] store until shortly before his death on 21 April 1949.... His estate was sworn for probate..... More

Sydney, 1935. The photograph is inscribed in ink in the top left-hand corner 'To Mr F. Gordon with compliments from E.E. Bullen'. Errol Eviot Bullen was one 'of Australia's most prolific early game fishermen in the 1930s', and he was renowned for the high-quality custom-made reels he designed and marketed..... More

Budapest, Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1961. The author was Director of the Ethnographical Museum of Budapest; translated by Eva Racz. More

Sydney, Palmtree Press, June 1928. Number 85 of 125 copies numbered and signed by Adrian Feint and published under his private imprint; the typography is by Percy Green. This copy is inscribed and signed on an early blank page 'For Enid Wienholt with all good wishes. Adrian Feint. Sydney, 1932'..... More

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1919. Provenance: Will Ashton, with his Lionel Lindsay-designed bookplate on the front pastedown - a felicitous combination all round. English-born Sir John William (Will) Ashton (1881-1963) emigrated with his parents to Adelaide when he was a child; his father was the artist James Ashton..... More

Bondi Junction, ETT Imprint, 1998. Number 78 of only 100 copies signed by both the author and the artist, with an original signed etching (187 × 190 mm). Hand-bound by Robyn Tait, who has signed and inscribed the verso of the title in pencil 'For Alec'. This book of verse..... More

Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1975. Number 150 of 230 copies signed by the author and Alec Bolton, the printer-publisher. The third book of the Brindabella Press. More

London, 'Daily Telegraph', 1937. The High Commissioners are: The Honourable Vincent Massey, Canada; The Right Honourable Stanley Bruce, Commonwealth of Australia; W.J. Jordan, New Zealand; C.T. Te Water, Union of South Africa; J.W. Dulanty, Irish Free State; and Sir Firoz Khan Noon, India. The Ambassadors are: Dr Paul Regis de..... More