Our latest catalogue is larger than usual (well, it is the end of the financial year, after all!), so we won’t keep you waiting too long: Carron’s account of Kennedy's disastrous 1848 expedition to explore Cape York (1849); Hume’s A Brief Statement of Facts in Connexion with an Overland Expedition from Lake George to Port Phillip, in 1824 (1855); and Goyder’s impressive Plan of the Southern Portion of the Province of South Australia [1878] are rare and valuable. Equally rare but not nearly as costly are the dozen or more trade catalogues holding their own at the tail end – but there’s a lot of ground to cover before then.
Not least, this catalogue is accompanied by two supplementary lists, one on rare sporting ephemera (mainly Australian Rules football), the other on occult beliefs and practices. We are nothing if not eclectic …
Beverly Hills, M.D. Herron, 1988. The verso of the front free endpaper is signed by Harry Mowbray ('6.6.40 - | "B" Coy 11 Platoon'), listed in the nominal roll (NX30651 Harry Mowbray). His small ownership label is affixed to the half-title. More
Blackwood, Donovan and Associates for the 2/9th Australian Armoured Regimental Group Association, 1988. Pages 226-247 contain the nominal roll. Provenance: Kenneth Bonamy Price (1921-2008), Adelaide barrister, Mayor of Walkerville from 1977 to 1982, local Councillor in the Town of Walkerville for over 20 years, and a member of the unit..... More
Sydney, 'Printed and Published by Eric N. Birks, late O.C. No. 1 Sect. 5th A.M.G. Coy, Proprietor, Radcliffe Press', [1923]. The introduction is by Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Chauvel. 'Subscription Edition limited to 300 copies of which this is No. 105' is printed on the half-title; needless to say, this accounts..... More
London, The Offices of Country Life, 1922. Provenance: the prominent Adelaide architect Frank Kenneth Milne (1885-1980), with numerous bookmarks (often on recycled scraps of paper - including some on blueprints - a number of them annotated or initialled by him) gathered together and housed in a loosely inserted Mylar sleeve..... More
London, George Philip and Son, 1860. 'George Fife Angas' is written in pencil on the front endpaper; we know this to be in a later secretarial hand, indicating that the book came originally from his personal library. More
London, George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1947/ 1923. 'Rendered into English from the literal & complete French translation of Dr. J.C. Mardrus by Powys Mathers.' [4 items]. More
Adelaide, Surveyor General's Office, 1877 [but 1878]. Lithographed throughout by Frazer S. Crawford (Government Printer); signed on the double-page title 'G.W. Goyder Sur Genl 29/6/78' with a two-digit number (71 in this case) in his hand under the date - presumably the copy number of what we suggest was a...... More
London, The Folio Society, 1996 (thirteenth impression)/ 1975 (reset edition)/ 1961 (first thus). All seven volumes contain introductions by Richard Church. A superb production; definitely one for the enthusiast. [7 items]. More
London, The Gresham Publishing Co., [circa 1900]. The lengthy introduction (19 pages) is by William Keith Leask. The artist identified as 'Chris. Hammond' is Christiana Mary Demain Hammond (1860-1900). 'Like Jane Austen, Chris Hammond never married and lived with her sister, also an artist. As a woman working in a...... More
Three oblique views are captioned in the negative, recording the location and date (7 August, 8 August and 17 December 1918); all have reference numbers starting with '7.T.S.A.A.'. The fourth photograph, possibly a composite of several vertical images, includes a printed caption ('Leighterton Aerodrome. Scale ... 20-11-18 - 5000 ft')..... More
Numbers pencilled on the verso of all but the small print include '/43' so we will suggest 1943 as the date. The only caption is a later one in ballpoint pen identifying Darling Harbour; there are another two featuring the same general area. Eight feature Garden Island (prominently, in all..... More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1974 (first complete edition in English). Translated from the French by Christine Cornell, with a foreword by Jean-Paul Faivre. More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2004 [first thus]/ 1974. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 222; the edition was limited to just 300 copies, of which the first 99 were numbered and bound in quarter leather (this copy is number 61). The 1974 edition, essentially by the same..... More
London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., [circa 1930]. Muir 604 (Wally the Kangaroo): 'Simple story about toy animals with no reference to Australia'. [6 items]. More
Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1990. More
Paris, Mouton, 1962. A discussion of attempts by Elcho Islanders to grapple with the problems of social and cultural change. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1993 (first edition). One of the Miegunyah Press series. 'Material originally collected in the 1940s now appears for the first time in this intricate study of an Aboriginal people who inhabited some of the richest country in Australia at the time of European colonisation'. More
Bethel bei Bielefeld, Schriftenniederlage (Verlagshandlung) der Anstalt Bethel, [circa 1932] (the most recent date noted in the book, on page 133). A well-illustrated account (in German) of the Bethel Foundation, 'a Protestant charitable psychiatric hospital in Bethel, formerly a town, today a neighbourhood of Bielefeld, Germany.... The institution is notable..... More
London, Printed for George Nicol, 1792. The revised, official account of the voyage of the 'Bounty', including the mutiny and Bligh's subsequent voyage in the ship's launch with eighteen loyal crewmen. 'In their small boat Bligh and his companions made a remarkable journey of more than three and a half..... More
Sydney, Tyrrell's Galleries, 1930. The colophon, signed by Barnett, states that the book is 'Reprinted from the 1929 Year Book of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers'. In fact, the original printing was unillustrated. In the Book Collectors' Society of Australia 2009 publication on Barnett, the bibliography by..... More
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[Sydney, The Author, 1938]. Inscribed, dated (1939) and signed by Barnett. Basically a catalogue of Barnett's publications, 'Limited de luxe editions designed and published by the author and printed by Harrie P. Mortlock's Beacon Press'. The mounted Japanese prints were 'two of the smaller illustrations from "Japanese Colour-Prints"'. The bookplate..... More
Sydney, The Australian Ex Libris Society (printed at The Beacon Press), 1934. Number 116 of 150 copies signed by Adrian Feint; it was presumably hand-set and hand-printed by Harrie Mortlock at his Beacon Press. The contents include two essays ('Bookplates of Adrian Feint' by Carlyle S. Baer, and 'Adrian Feint..... More
Dunedin, Arthur T. Keirle, 1890. The deluxe edition of poetical works by Bracken, published to commemorate New Zealand's Golden Jubilee. Thomas Bracken (circa 30 December 1841?-1898), was born in Ireland; he became an orphan in 1852. He 'was cared for by an aunt until about the age of 12, when..... More
A cord-bound loose-leaf cloth album (230 × 340 mm) containing 22 gelatin silver photographs (generally 120 × 200 mm or the reverse, with some a little smaller), mounted on both sides of card album leaves with printed captions. The first plate is a composite group portrait of the then-current Adelaide..... More
Adelaide, Advertising Sales Agency, 1927. The Duke, in this case, is Albert Frederick Arthur George (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the..... More
The following paragraph appeared in 'The Photographic News' (Volume IV, Number 104, 31 August 1860, page 215, sourced from 'The Athenaeum'): 'Photography At The Palace. Mr Mayall has put together, in a "Royal Album", the series of royal photographic portraits made by him from time to time at Buckingham Palace..... More
Melbourne, Inkata Press, 1983, 1990, and 1994 (all first editions). [3 items]. More
Adelaide, Printed at the 'Advertiser', 'Chronicle' and 'Express' Offices [for the Author], 1878. This first edition essentially deals with the period 1836 to 1842 (and in far greater detail than the 1884 edition). Provenance: W.H. Bailey (possibly William Harris Bailey, circa 1840-1907, commercial traveller, storeman, jeweller and grocer), with his..... More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson Limited, 1927 (first edition). More
[Adelaide], Brolga Books, 1970. The frontispiece photographic portrait of James Cant is signed and dated (1970) by him; the handwriting clearly shows the effects of advanced multiple sclerosis, the disease that had confined him to a wheelchair from the mid-1960s. James Montgomery Cant (1911-1982) was married to fellow-Australian artist, Dora..... More
London, C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1898. The maps bound in show the 'Routes of Previous Exploration in the Interior of Western Australia' (410 × 330 mm, with an archival tape repair to the stub panel); and the 'Country traversed by the Author, 1894-1895' (475 × 400 mm, with archival tape..... More
Sydney, Kemp and Fairfax, 1849. The account of Kennedy's disastrous expedition to explore Cape York in 1848, '... the most tragic of all Australian explorations, not least because he and his men were defeated at the outset. The bravery, skill, good humour and generosity of Kennedy, the loyalty and bravery..... More
London, John Wallis, 24 December 1794. An attractive Georgian board game, with the winner being the first player to reach London. The letterpress gives rules for playing the game and details of the history and manufactures of the 117 towns mentioned. It is not necessarily accurate; for instance, Henry VI..... More
Sydney, The Author, May 1914/ [1911]. William James Chidley (1860?-1916), sex reformer and eccentric; we recommend you read his entry in the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. But we'll give you The Answer here: 'While reasonably recommending vegetarianism, fresh air, sunlight and unrestrictive clothing, and criticizing money-making and class distinction, he..... More
London, Faber and Faber, and Harvill Secker, 2013. 'One hundred and ten copies have been specially bound and signed by the authors. One hundred copies numbered 1-100 are for sale. Ten copies numbered i-x are reserved for the authors'; this is copy number ii. J.M. Coetzee was the first author..... More
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994. Stanley Cramp is listed as editor despite having died in 1987; he saw the first four volumes of the series to press. More
Sydney, Kavanagh and English Ltd., 1937. Price List Number 326 of an unspecified upper limit. Loosely inserted is a processed circular letter on the company's letterhead (2 leaves, rectos only, folded for posting, the leading edges now creased with a few tiny sealed tears). The letter, dated 1 April 1937..... More
The signatures are Allen (Captain), Ames, Barnett, Copson, Duckworth, Fagg, Farnes, Fishlock, Hammond, Hardstaff, Leyland, Robins, Sims, Verity, Voce, Worthington and Wyatt (plus the manager, Captain R. Howard). Apart from very light smudging, the leaf is in excellent condition. Australia won the series 3-2: 'England's failure can be attributed to..... More
The signatures are Arthur Morris (Captain), Alley, Donaldson (12th man), Fred Johnston, Kissell, Lindwall, Lukeman, Miller, Moroney, Pettiford, Saggers and Toshack. The team featured six Test players, including five future Invincibles; Alley and Pettiford played for the Services and/or later Commonwealth teams. This was Keith Miller's debut match for NSW..... More
London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1887. 'Shortly after the return of Mr Goyder's surveying expedition to Adelaide in April, 1870, my father was appointed Government Resident of the Northern Territory'; 16 year-old Harriet accompanied William Bloomfield Douglas (see the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography') and the rest of the..... More
London, John Murray, 1889 (twentieth thousand)/ 1845. Freeman 50. More
[New York], Limited Editions Club, 1963. One of 1500 numbered copies printed for the prestigious Limited Editions Club at The Griffin Press in Adelaide under the direction of Douglas Dunstan; this copy is out-of-series and unnumbered. More
London, John Murray, 1875 ('Sixth edition, with additions and corrections | (Fifteenth Thousand)')/ 1872/ 1859. The sixth edition was the first to use the term 'evolution', and to drop the word 'On' from the title. It was also a cheaper popular edition, with smaller format and type. This copy is..... More
London, John Murray, 1890 ('Sixth edition, with additions and corrections to 1872 | (Thirty-ninth Thousand)')/ 1872/ 1859. The sixth edition was the first to use the term 'evolution', and dropped the word 'On' from the title. It was also a cheaper popular edition, with smaller format and type (Freeman, page..... More
London, Lovell Reeve, [November] 1859 [first separate edition]. 'The first important botanical work by a supporter of the doctrine of evolution by natural selection' (Norman, often quoted, but not going nearly far enough in our opinion!). A singular rarity, of the utmost importance. In the concluding paragraph of the postscript..... More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2004 (first thus)/ 1905. The original and only other edition was South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 27 of 1905, limited to 730 copies (McLaren 7723). This new reset edition is one of the FSLSA's Australian Parliamentary Editions series, limited to only..... More
Carlisle, Hesperian Press, 2011 (facsimile edition)/ 1933 to 1953. This collection of eighteen 'Selected Western Australian papers' by Davidson published in various scholarly journals between 1933 and 1953 is the second volume of Davidson's works produced by Hesperian. The five-page 'appreciation' of Daniel Sutherland Davidson (1900-1952) is by Kim Akerman..... More
Sandy Bay, West Wind Press, 2006. The dustwrapper blurb states that 'This rare book, an exhibition of photographs' by Peter Dombrovskis (1945-1996) is 'Academically complemented by Jamie Kirkpatrick, Professor and Head of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Tasmania' (to the tune of ten pages headed 'Knowing and..... More
London, The Folio Society, 1997 (first thus). Translated by David McDuff; with a five-page introduction by Stephen Tumim. More
