London, Game & Gun Ltd., 1936, 1937 and 1938. Edited by Major Gerald Burrard. More

Melbourne, George Robertson and Company (Printed in Scotland), [1910]. The cover title is 'Some Childrens' [sic] Songs by Marion Alsop. Words by Dorothy McCrae. Designed by Edith Alsop'. Dorothy Frances McCrae (1879-1937) was a daughter of George Gordon McCrae, 'poet and man of letters', and sister of the poet Hugh..... More

Sydney, A.H. and A.W. Reed, 1967 (facsimile edition)/ 1847. One of 1000 copies of this high-quality facsimile. The illustrations comprise views of the fledgling city of Adelaide and outlying settlements, the topography, flora and fauna, and the Indigenous people and their lives. Some 22 of the 60 plates (and the..... More

Adelaide, Adelaide University Arts Association, [1940]. The first issue of the journal, taking off where 'Phoenix' crashed and burned. The introductory note says it all: 'Last year "Phoenix" went, and thus was happily consummated a failure to understand which had started with the first number. Had the members of the..... More

Melbourne, Reed and Harris, 1944. The first 20 or so pages are devoted to comments and letters in defence of the poetry of Ern Malley, despite its having been exposed as a hoax since its appearance in the previous number. Almost as intriguingly, this section is followed by an article..... More

Kineton, Roundwood Press, 1974. Warmly inscribed, dated (27 July 1974) and signed by the author to Peggy Mountford, Charles Pearcy Mountford's daughter. Loosely inserted is a chatty four-page autograph letter to Peggy from the author, dated the same day. She discusses at length the joys and trials of publishing, mutual..... More

London, HMSO, 1887. Offered together with five other volumes of reports from this most important research expedition, namely 'Summary of Scientific Results' (Parts 1 and 2, 1895), and 'Zoology', Volumes 8, 28 and 32 (1883, 1888 and 1889). These five volumes are also large quarto, uncut and unopened in the..... More

Auckland, Brett Printing and Publishing Company, 1903. The lengthy appendix (pages 165-210, with numerous portrait illustrations) contains 'Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Men I have met'. More

Adelaide, Nature Lovers' League, [1931]. An interesting posthumous miscellany of autobiography and nature studies by an early conservationist. More

Canberra, National Library of Australia, 1986. Number 54 of only 500 sets, comprising the well-produced facsimile of the notebook Bligh used as the deck log of the launch during the epic voyage to Timor, and its transcription (which contains a 40-page introduction by the editor). More

Melbourne, George Robertson & Co., 1920. More

Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1983. Number 137 of 230 copies (with only 170 made available for sale). The original two-colour prospectus, featuring a reduced offset reproduction of the frontispiece, is loosely inserted. The tenth book of the Brindabella Press. More

Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1974. Number 195 of 310 copies signed by both author and artist; the snipped signature of the printer-publisher, Alec Bolton, is mounted on the colophon below the others. The second book of the Brindabella Press. More

Deakin, Officina Brindabella [Brindabella Press], 1992. Number 29 of 240 copies signed by both the author and the printer, Alec Bolton (her husband). The nineteenth book of the Brindabella Press. More

Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1976. The fourth book of the Brindabella Press, and the rarest. Although the print run was standard for this private press - in this instance, 230 copies were printed (this is number 121) - apparently many were not distributed because the printer-publisher, Alec Bolton, was dissatisfied with..... More

Deakin, Officina Brindabella [Brindabella Press], 1987. Number 185 of 260 copies signed by the author. The fourteenth book of the Brindabella Press. Loosely inserted is the original three-colour four-page prospectus, and a friendly hand-written signed note from Alec Bolton to 'Dear Carmen', hoping to catch up with her at 'Gael..... More

Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1975. Number 201 of 230 copies signed by the author and Alec Bolton, the printer-publisher. The third book of the Brindabella Press. More

Melbourne, Charles Stuart & Co., 1890 and 1891. However, Volume 6 lacks the last five plates (Plates XLVIII-LII). Accordingly, this set is sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return (on the basis of incompleteness; naturally, if we have over-egged the condition of the plates, the usual terms..... More

[Adelaide, Government Printer, 1867]. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 24 of 1868-69. Francis Cadell (1822-1879) is better known for his pioneering navigating activities on the Murray and its tributaries. However, 'Early in 1867 he was appointed by the South Australian government to lead an expedition to the Northern Territory to..... More

Two mounts are captioned ('String of Camels' and 'Pack Camels'); these two, and two others, show heavily laden camels and their handlers. The fifth photograph shows four camels harnessed to a wagon. The professional quality of the prints and their presentation belie the harsh environment in which they were produced..... More

'I was interested to get your letter about "The Lady lost in Time", as even experienced reviewers have been confused. The "frame" at beginning and end is part of the work of fiction, not an author's introduction.... There was an old warehouse at Milang, with living quarters on top -..... More

Adelaide, Lynton, [early 1970s facsimile edition]/ 1925 and 1927. With the ownership signature of historian Dr John Tregenza (1979) on the flyleaf of each volume. The 56-page cross-referenced index by Dorothy Aldersey, new to this facsimile reprint, is indispensible. More

Perth, V.K. Jones & Co., 1916. The balance of the title sets the scene: 'Where the Writer, Mrs. J. Fairfax Conigrave (a daughter of one of South Australia's well-remembered pioneers, Mr Charles Price, of Hindmarsh Island) spent her childhood'. This item is very rare indeed; this is only the second..... More