Paris, Maeght Editeur, 1956. A superior catalogue produced for the exhibition to celebrate the tenth anniversary of this French art periodical. All original graphics are present: Chagall (a double-page colour lithograph); Miró (a double-page colour lithograph and a tinted etching); Bazaine (a tinted lithograph); and Giacometti (an etching). More

Paris, Éditions de la revue Verve, 1952. All lithographs are present: Georges Braque (2); Henri Matisse (3, including one double-page); Henri Laurens (2); Alberto Giacometti (2); Andre Masson (3, including one double-page); Fernand Leger (3, including one double-page); Joan Miro (3, including one double-page); Francisco Bores (2); Marcel Gromaire (2);..... More

Adelaide, 3rd Light Horse Regiment (South Australian Mounted Rifles), 1950. Part 1, 'The Regiment prepares for War' and 'Gallipoli Campaign' (pages 1-52), was compiled by 111 Trooper Frank Mead Blackwell, who enlisted on 24 August 1914. Part 2, 'Western Egypt, Sinai, Palestine. Rewritten from the original history of the 3rd..... More

Adelaide, Government of South Australia, [circa 1965]. Number-stamped on the rear flyleaf '1182' (of an unspecified upper limit). Provenance: Dr Alan Hutchings ('Director - Town Planning, Monarto Dev. Comm.'). More

London, The Galley Press, 1962. Sven Berlin (1911-1999), conscientious objector, soldier, artist, and poet, published his war memoir, 'I am Lazarus', in 1961. Its 'psychobiographic' sequel was published in the autumn of 1962, and 'after a few weeks and a flurry of libel actions, withdrawn. Since that time, a few..... More

The foolscap folio ledgers are uniformly bound in half suede and cloth (with the letters A and B respectively on the spines); the covers show signs of wear, but the volumes are very sturdy, with the contents in excellent condition. The first one contains 21 pages of index and 102..... More

London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1937. 'An enquiry into the origins of Islamic art presented in the form of one of the most entertaining travel books of modern times' ('Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'). The account of the events and impressions of the first day should suffice to prove the..... More

Adelaide, Frank E. Cork, [1944]. 'The drawings and sketches in this book are not intended to be a comprehensive record. They are selected at random from the young artist's typical back-stage impressions formed in the fascinating atmosphere of wings and back-stage'. Offered together with a large pastel drawing, captioned in..... More

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Number 126 of only 300 copies signed by Enid Clay and Eric Gill. More

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1965. More

Adelaide, Hunkin, Ellis & King, Printers [for SACA], 1924. We normally don't catalogue items showing this amount of wear and tear, let alone lacking a leaf. We make an exception with this one, as it is not in Padwick, Padwick II, 'Not in Padwick', or Trove: four in four. More

London, A. Fullarton and Co., 1859 (new edition)/ 1816. A Collegiate School of St Peter prize binding, with the college crest in gilt on the front cover, and a presentation plate ('For Acting as Prefect ... June 1861') on the front pastedown. The recipient was Nicholas O'Halloran; his contemporary ownership..... More

London, The Nonesuch Press, [1925] (first edition). A delightful children's book in verse by Bernard Darwin, better known for his writings on golf (and for being a grandson of the more famous Charles); the charming colour lithographs are by his wife Elinor. Offered together with the matching 1927 sequel, 'Tootleoo..... More

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1930. 'This large-paper edition, printed on English hand-made paper, is limited to four hundred numbered copies. This is Number 159', signed by the author. More

Tanunda, Printed for the Author by Auricht's Printing Office, 1932. An abridged English version by the author of his 'Wunder der gottlichen Gnade', published the previous year. More

Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1979. Oversubscribed on publication and destined to be perennially rare, as the edition was limited to only 150 copies numbered and signed by Donald Friend; this is number 63. It is offered together with a copy of 'The Bumbooziana Portfolio, being some Notes by the Publisher, a...... More

Melbourne, James J. Blundell, 1856. The run contains 20 busy and entertaining original lithographs of the Victorian goldfields by Gill, as well as the very rare printed wrappers (also by Gill). These scenes of goldfields life are 'arguably still the most popular and most readily recognised representations of the Australian..... More

Leabrook, Investigator Press, 1973. The 'background to the formation of the Liberal Movement and the rebuilding of Liberalism in South Australia'. Steele Hall, the 36th Premier of South Australia (1968-70) (and later, a senator for South Australia from 1974-77, and federal member for Boothby from 1981-96), was Leader of the..... More

Sydney, Prism, 1975. Hewett's second collection of poetry; this is number 7 of only 100 copies of the 'hard bound autographed' edition; the balance of the print run comprised 900 unsigned paperbacks. Kate Tozer, reporting for the ABC on Hewett's death in 2002, commented that 'Dorothy Hewett's private life was..... More

Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1938 (Volumes 3 and 7) and 1939. A uniformly bound collected reprint edition of the author's standard works to that time. Each volume is inscribed to the original (named) recipient, dated (1939, with December in one volume) and signed in ink by the author. The inscriptions..... More

The Italian adventurer Adolfo Farsari (1841-1898) 'owned the last important Western photography studio in Japan. Born in Italy, he immigrated [sic] to the United States in 1863 where he married, served in the Union army, and became an American citizen. Following the death of his second son, he left home..... More