Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1963. More

London, The Royal Photographic Society, June 1931. The first photogravure is 'Bewegungs Studie (Study of Movement) by Prof. Rudolf Koppitz of Vienna', featuring dancers from the Vienna State Opera Ballet. Rudolf Koppitz (1884-1936), was born in the Czech Republic; he was a Photo-Secessionist, and 'one of the leading representatives of..... More

Mulgrave, Images Publishing, 2017 (first edition). A 'definitive collection of 45 of Lutyens's Arts and Crafts houses, in which he ingeniously blended the style of the Arts and Crafts movement with his own inventive interpretation of the Classical language of architecture' (from the dustwrapper). More

London, David Steel, 1868 (tenth edition). The title of previous editions was 'Hints on Farming and Estate Management'. The author explains in the preface that 'In treating of these subjects, it is, perhaps, difficult to draw a line of demarcation between that which is merely of importance to the Landlord..... More

London, Becket & De Hondt, 1771 [first issue, with the dedication leaf to Banks and Solander (quickly suppressed), and N1 in the uncancelled state]. The first published account of Cook's first voyage to the Pacific, which appeared some two years before the official account. Provenance: This copy carries the stamp..... More

Köln (Cologne), Könemann, 1995. The text is in English, German and French. [2 items]. More

Edinburgh, Thomas Brown, [circa 1807/ 1801]. A map of the east coast of Australia, with inset maps of Port Jackson and Botany Bay, Norfolk Island, and Lord Howe Island. Tooley 21, suggesting Brown's 'A General Atlas' as the source and the date of 1801. This example is from a later..... More

[Brussells, P.M.G. Vandermaelen, 1827]. Plate 55 from Vandermaelen's monumental 'Atlas Universel', showing the New South Wales coast from around Batemans Bay to the Solitary Islands. Sydney, the Blue Mountains and hinterland are shown, including much of the Lachlan River. Vandermaelen's atlas was 'the first world atlas on a uniform scale..... More

Spit Junction, The Craftsman's Press, 1982 [first and only edition]. Number 59 of 250 copies signed by both artist and author; no other edition of this work was published. More

South Yarra, Macmillan Art Publishing, 2005 [first edition]. This important catalogue raisonne, limited to 1500 copies, was compiled in consultation with John Olsen and Jeffrey Makin. The contents page is signed and dated (2006), with the signature forming part of an attractive original ink drawing. Comparison with a copy in..... More

Sydney, Weldon Publishing, 1990. The title page of the first volume is inscribed and boldly signed by Pelé with a black marker pen ('To Craig | good luck | Pelé'). [2 items]. More

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1986. 'Eric Pianka offers a synthesis of his life's work on the comparative ecology of lizard assemblages in the Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts of western North America, the Kalahari semi-desert of southern Africa, and the Great Victoria desert of Western Australia' (dustwrapper blurb). More

[Adelaide], The Author, in co-operation with the Ragless Reunion Committee, 1988. More

Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1933. More