Highlights of our current catalogue include a group of 10 Frank Hurley photographs from Sir Douglas Mawson's British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929-1931.
The New Burlington Galleries October 1938 catalogue, Picasso's 'Guernica' with 67 Preparatory Paintings, Sketches and Studies, and the issue of the short-lived British surrealist journal, London Bulletin, October 1938, Number 6, featuring illustrated articles on 'Guernica', are rarities of great interest.
More parochial, but again of great interest and rarity, is the near-complete run (40 of 42 numbers) of Ivor's Art Review.... An Adelaide Commentary on Contemporary Art Affairs, written and published by Ivor Francis (1956 to 1960).
For the first time in decades, we will be exhibiting at the Sydney Rare Book Fair (Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 October). Ours is an impromptu entry, a cameo appearance one might say, so we have not had time to prepare a catalogue for the event. However, there is very little overlap between the contents of this regular catalogue and our stock at the book fair, so it should be worth your while to come and visit us at Stand 1.
Sydney, Frederick W. White, Printer [for the Compiler], 1896. 'The following essays ... have been brought together and published in book form by the Hon. Ralph Abercromby, for convenient reference by students of Meteorology, because he thinks that they are important contributions to our knowledge of the Meteorology of a...... More
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, 1881. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 95 of 1881. The Private Bill for 'An Act ... to construct, maintain, and work Tramways for horse and steam traction and other motive power, in and between certain parts of the City of Adelaide and the Townships of..... More
Adelaide, The Corporation of the City of Adelaide, 1996 (second impression)/ 1990. 'Text about each heritage item ... also photographs and maps to show the location of each item in the city ... a valuable source guide for those concerned with built form in the historical development of the city..... More
Melbourne, E.W. Cole, 1896 ('Macmillan's Colonial Library' edition)/ 1896. The title-leaf may be a cancel, inserted in copies ordered by Cole of the Book Arcade in Melbourne. The sport referred to is hunting-shooting-fishing. More
Sydney, New Endeavour Press, 1991. Signed by the artist on the title page. More
![Item #146147 On the Aboriginal Inhabitants of the Andaman Islands. [Contained in] The Journal of...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/146147_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1792038167)
London, Trübner & Co. (for The Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland), 1883. The superb Woodburytypes are the highlight of this important volume; retrospectively, they depict 'Andamanese Canoes', 'Andamanese Man and Woman, showing Profiles', 'Andamanese Chief with Bow and Arrows', 'Andamanese Equipped for Journey', and 'Andamanese Shooting, Dancing, Sleeping..... More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1891. The background to this biography of George Fife Angas (1789-1879) is not without interest, and it is to be gleaned from the entry in the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' on Henry Hussey (1825-1903), 'evangelist, millenarian, printer and historian ... Hussey's printing and publishing encouraged him..... More
Adelaide, South Australian Government Printer, 1979 (facsimile edition)/ 1849. Number 15 of only 100 copies of this deluxe edition (in a total print run of 500 copies). More
Adelaide, South Australian Government Printer, 1979 (facsimile edition)/ 1849. Number 276 of 400 copies of the standard issue; 100 copies in full calf were also produced. The text has 'usually been attributed to John Howard Angas [the artist's brother], but there is little doubt that George Fife [Angas, his father]..... More
Weinheim, J. Cramer, 1972 (second impression)/ 1965 (augmented facsimile edition)/ 1934. Volume 41 in the Historiae Naturalis Classica series. The 32-page introduction by W.D. Clayton is new to this reprint edition. More
Artarmon, Legend Press, 1961. One of 450 unsigned copies; a further 300 copies of a signed deluxe edition were also published. The preface is by Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister at the time; William Dargie supplied a short 'Artist's Tribute'. One of the Australian Artist Editions series. More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia in association with the Friends of Mawson at the South Australian Museum, 2010 (first edition). Number 76 of only 199 copies of the deluxe issue (in a total edition of 999 copies: 450 copies in cloth, 300 in card covers and..... More
Lehre, J. Cramer, 1970 (facsimile edition)/ 1877. Volume 75 in the Historiae Naturalis Classica series. More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1982. A presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Charles Bannon to Ruth Tuck (1914-2008), the South Australian artist ('With appreciation to Ruth Tuck | Charles Bannon '82'). More
Seven photographs date from the the expedition's first voyage over the summer of 1929-30. These images show scenes from sub-Antarctic islands, including a fine three-panel panorama of the Kerguelen Islands, as the expedition did not set foot on continental Antarctica. The final three images relate to the second voyage, over..... More
Hobart, Blubber Head Press, 1983. Number 115 of 1000 copies signed by the author. 'The emphasis of this book is on the Baudin Expedition and the observations on the Aborigines made by its scientists and naval officers - Baudin himself, Péron the anthropologist/naturalist, the Freycinet brothers (Louis and Henri), Hamelin..... More
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, 1887. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 110 of 1887; 670 copies of the text, and 820 copies of the map were printed. The paper is an interim report for the construction of the Beetaloo Reservoir situated between Napperby and Laura in South Australia's mid-north. The..... More
The posters (each 1010 × 380 mm) advertise this family of 'Instrumentalists, Vocalists & Comedians' and its supporting acts promising 'Character & Comedy, Scenas & Dances' - verily, a 'great success throughout the civilized world'. Printed by F.W. Niven Pty. Ltd., Printers, Lithographers, &c., Flinders Street, Melbourne, circa 1900 (one..... More
Adelaide, Lidums Family, 1969. A presentation copy inscribed by the author 'To Ruth & Mervyn | with love | Nancy Benko' (to the South Australian artists Ruth Tuck and Mervyn Smith). More
Lehre, J. Cramer, 1970 (facsimile edition)/ 1860 to 1881. Volume 84 in the Historiae Naturalis Classica series. A collection of 17 papers first published in the 'Journal of the Linnean Society' (one in the 'Transactions') between 1860 and 1881. More
![Item #146806 Australian Aboriginal Religion [complete in four fascicles]. Ronald M. BERNDT](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/146806_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1785834752)
Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1974 (first issue). Section V of the Iconography of Religions series of the Institute of Religious Iconography, State University, Groningen. The contents of the four fascicles are: Introduction and The South-Eastern Region; The North-Eastern Region and North Australia; North Australia; Central Australia and Conclusion. This issue in..... More
Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1877 (first thus). An attractive Florentine binding featuring the Marzocco (heraldic lion of Florence) supporting an escutcheon charged with the Giglio of Florence. The binding is from the well-known workshop of Giulio Giannini (Piazza Pitti), who specialised in fine bindings such as this for the Edwardian tourist..... More
Norwood, Sydenham Gallery, 1976. Number 341 of 1500 copies signed by the author. The exhibition held in conjunction with the launch of the book was one of the events at the Adelaide Festival of Arts in March 1976. More
Melbourne, Lansdowne, 1980. Number 564 of 750 copies signed by the three contributors. More
Weinheim, H.R. Engelmann (J. Cramer) and Codicote, Wheldon & Wesley, Ltd., 1960 (augmented facsimile edition)/ 1810 and 1830. Volume 6 in the Historiae Naturalis Classica series. The 48-page introduction (in English) by William T. Stearn is new to this edition. More
Melbourne, Lothian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., November 1951. The book was originally issued with a slipcase, without a dustwrapper. More
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, [1901]. Ellen Milne Bundey (1868-1919) was the only daughter of Sir William Henry Bundey (1838-1909), a South Australian MP (Attorney-General, 1878-81), and later a Supreme Court judge. The 'Author's Note' printed on page [1] states the 'The "Knight of the Southern Cross" was written before..... More
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, 1900. 'The object of the Criminal law is to deter from crime as well as to punish it. One can well imagine an innocent man coming out of the Stockade with a bitterness in his heart that would likely make him a criminal. Let each..... More
Sydney, A Ure Smith Publication, [1948]. A limited edition of 1200 copies; not least, with a then-current list of paintings and their owners in Australia. More
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1983. 'This book traces in photographs, drawn from archival sources, the destruction of the city's architectural heritage from 1900 to the present day' (dustwrapper blurb). Loosely inserted are modern reproductions of two vintage photographs, extensively annotated on the verso.[3 items]. More
Mulgrave, Peleus Press, 2002. Number 61 of 750 copies. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1905. Provenance: With the ownership signature of W.R. Milne on the half-title page (almost certainly Rev. William Rose Milne, Presbyterian minister at Broken Hill, mentioned on pages 326-7 and whose portrait appears on plate 97). More
Rome, Newton compton, 1987. The text is in Italian. Offered together with two other Caravaggio titles, in English: 'Caravaggio - The Final Years' by Silvia Cassani and Maria Sapio (Electa Napoli, 2005), and 'Caravaggio' by Mina gregori (Banco Ambrosiano Veneto, 1993). [3 items]. More
North Adelaide, Corkwood Press, 1998 (facsimile edition)/ 1898. Number 231 of only 400 sets. [2 items]. More
South Bank, Queensland Art Gallery in association with the Gallery of Modern Art, 2011. A catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the same name held at the Queensland Art Gallery, 16 April to 7 August 2011. More
London, Chaffey Brothers, [1889 (third edition)]/ 1888. A self-promotional prospectus on a grand scale, as befits the scheme itself. At the foot of page xvii there are some interesting notes about the illustrations, not least of which is that 'Our views of the River Murray are chiefly from drawings accurately..... More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2010/ [1882 to 1930]. A collected reprint of four journeys undertaken by Chewings in 1881-82, 1883, 1885 and 1909. 'Accounts of the first three expeditions were published in the South Australian weekly newspaper, the "Observer". The 1885 report was also issued..... More
Adelaide, Theodore Bruce & Co. ('Printed at The Hassell Press'), 1923. The 280 lots from the collection of Dr Stafford Cox, a long-term resident as a medical practitioner in China and 'an authority on Chinese Art' (from the biographical sketch), were prepared for sale by Tyrrell's. More
Richmond, The Australian Bloodhorse Review, 2006. More
![Item #147021 A History of Australia [the complete six-volume set]. C. M H. CLARK, Manning](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/147021_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1788424212)
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1977/ 1962; 1975/ 1968; 1973; 1978; 1981; and 1987. [6 items]. More
Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1985. Loosely inserted is a photocopy of a very interesting (and relevant) three-page autograph letter signed by the author to the former owner of this book. [2 items]. More
London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1901 (first edition, colonial issue). One of only 500 copies of the colonial issue. The first edition was printed 'in America for the John Lane Company, New York. 1500 sets of sheets were imported to [the United Kingdom]. ... Of these, 500 copies, bound..... More
St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1986. The first volume is signed in ink on the title page by Sir Zelman Cowen (1919-2011). Appointed Governor-General of Australia in 1977, he 'provided a welcome "touch of healing" in a time of bitter political acrimony following Sir John Kerr's dismissal of the..... More
The photograph is personally signed in ink on the image by Sir Donald Bradman (1908-2001), and comes with our letter of authenticity. We purchased this item in the late 1990s from a source whom we know well, and whose connection with Don Bradman was proven and long-established; we knew the..... More
Adelaide, South Australian Cricket Association, 1933. A pre-match publication for the Test that saw bodyline tactics move from controversy to crisis. Padwick 4487. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press/ SACA, 1984. One of 299 numbered copies of the deluxe edition, issued with a gilt-embossed leather cricket ball signed by Don Bradman (still present with this copy - many are no longer so!). The odd limitation number was chosen because it is the Test record for the..... More
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, 1881. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 52 of 1881. The Hundreds are shaded pink; Goyder's Rainfall Line is superimposed over the southern boundary. More
[Adelaide], The Authors, 1986. More
London, The Folio Society, 2012 (ninth printing)/ 2006 (first thus). Introduction by Richard Keynes, British physiologist and great-grandson of Charles Darwin. More
