Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2001 (first thus)/ 1858 to 1863. Australian Parliamentary Editions Number 3; one of only 500 copies. 'This work republishes the five ... papers published soon after the end of each of Stuart's journeys' (with the exception of the second expedition from..... More

They are a uniform group of advertisements for the 'Sydney Daily Telegraph', 'Thomas Webb & Sons, Glass Manufacturers', and 'Robert Harper & Co.... Importers of Coffee, Pepper, Spices, Rice, Sago, Tapioca, &c.'. Each comprises a captioned card leaf (approximately 280 × 225 mm, all edges gilt, verso blank), with an..... More

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1927. Signed and dated (12 December 1928) by the author on the title page, with a contemporary ownership signature on the front pastedown (T.W. Adams, 4 January 1929). The 'Heart of Northern Australia' in the title is misleading. Terry and his companions drove two 'one-ton model Guy-Roadless..... More

Melbourne, Thomas C. Lothian, 1907 and 1908. A rare Australian poetry magazine, with each number limited to 500 numbered copies. The first one is out of series; the other three, with individual titles ('The Book of the Opal'; 'The Shadow on the Hill'; and 'Fire o' the Flame') are numbers..... More

Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1974 (first edition). AIAS Australian Aboriginal Studies Series Number 40, Ethnohistory Series Number 2. [2 items]. More

Melbourne, B.H. and B.J. Baker, 1965 to 1967. A satirical magazine that might best be categorized in library-speak as 'Australian wit and humour | Australian wit and humour, Pictorial | Photography of women'. This set lacks only Number 1 (September 1965), Number 3 (November 1965), and Number 8 (May 1966)..... More

Sydney, [Printed by] V.S. French & Co., 1928. The inkstamp of the local distributor (Gladiola Co., Waymouth Street, Adelaide) is on the front cover. More

Adelaide, Hannan Bros. Limited, [circa 1935]. Offered together with a slightly larger leaflet for 'Hannans [sic] Freelite 6-Volt Wind Driven Electric Lighting and Battery Charging Plant for the Farm House' (a little creased, with a small light stain). [2 items]. More

Sydney, Nock & Kirby Ltd, [circa 1930s]. More

Pymble, Angus & Robertson, 1993 (first Bluegum paperback edition)/ 1992. The title page is signed by Percy Trezise and Mary Haginikitas ('Jowalbinna, August 1996'). More

Adelaide, Lutheran Publishing House, 1986. Provenance: Pastor Gordon John Gerhardy (1933-2023), one of the contributing authors, with his signature on the front flyleaf. He was 'Vice-Principal of Senior Flierl Seminary, Logaweng', and he had been in New Guinea since 1966 (see page 657). Some ephemera is loosely inserted: a copy..... More

[Adelaide, Stump & Co., circa 1900]. An example of this photograph is in one of the University of Adelaide's special collections, where it is credited to Stump & Co., and given the date 1910. However, Watson appears in uniform as consultant surgeon in the Natal Field Force during the Boer..... More

Bundaberg, Corkwood Press, 1995 (facsimile edition)/ 1897. Number 195 of only 300 sets. Winnecke was the leader of the expedition, and in 'the natural order of things these (journals and maps) should have been published in connection with the scientific and other records of the Horn Expedition, as both supplementary..... More

London, T. Fisher Unwin, [November] 1891 (second edition)/ [September] 1891 [first edition]. These first extended prose works by Yeats were published together as Volume 10 in Unwin's Pseudonym Library. The first edition in cloth has always been rare, but later research suggests that the second and third editions are even..... More