Welcome to our latest catalogue and our revamped website. The ease with which you will be able to navigate your way around it belies (but more than justifies) the time and effort spent on the project.
However, if you remain cartographically challenged, read on. We can offer you a copy of the very rare atlas, Goyder’s Plan of the Southern Portion of the Province of South Australia (1877), and a presumably much rarer linen handkerchief map highlighting the Dardanelles in 1914. We have J.M. Black’s complete set of Brown’s Forest Flora of South Australia (1882-90), with 45 superb chromolithographs. There are eight photobooks by Bird, Everard, Green and Haskins; a vintage photograph of three-times Australian prime minister, Alfred Deakin and his wife; and a very large-format photograph taken at the farewell banquet in London in October 1900 to The Earl of Hopetoun, the first Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.
There are rare and desirable cricket cartoon books by Branson, Glover and Mailey; fine first editions of Idriess’s The Desert Column (1932, with the dustwrapper) and Gold-Dust and Ashes (1933, one of only 200 of the signed deluxe version); Kaleski’s Australian Barkers and Biters (1914, in the original pictorial wrappers) … in short, the tempting eclectic mixture as before!
Caulfield, Edgar H. Baillie, 1940. All eleven issues retain their original colour pictorial wrappers. More
Adelaide, Hassell Press, 1924. Dornbusch 384; Fielding and O'Neill, page 233; Trigellis-Smith 279. More
![Item #66460 The Minimal Monarchy, and why it still makes Sense for Australia. [Plus] How to win...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/66460_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1537515951)
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 1995; Kent Town, Australians for Constitutional Monarchy and Wakefield Press, 1997; and Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 2009. All three volumes are inscribed and signed by the author (the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, from 18 September 2013 to 15 September 2015) to his editor and friend..... More
Melbourne, Julius Feldheim, 1913. 'History of the Progress of Adelaide ... with Comparative Illustrations of the '40's and Today. The Views of Early South Australia are Authentic Reproductions of Original Sketches and Paintings by Artists of the time ... selected from the extensive collection of Mr Julius Feldheim'. More
Auckland, The Author, 1996. The period covered is from 1820 to 1920. More
Lund, Printed by Hakan Ohlssons Boktryckeri for Klassika Institutionen, 1957. Provenance: the archaeologist Graeme Pretty, with his signature (10 March 1960) on the title page, and his pencilled emphases and annotations (occasionally in the text, but more frequently on the plates at the rear). More
Adelaide, Surveyor General's Office, 1877. Lithographed throughout by Frazer S. Crawford (Government Printer); signed on the double-page title 'G.W. Goyder Sur Genl 30/5/78' with a two-digit number (50 in this case) in his hand under the date - presumably the copy number of what we suggest was a very limited..... More
![Item #112036 'The Bystander's' Fragments from France [Number 1]. Captain Bruce BAIRNSFATHER](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/112036_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1537514778)
London, 'The Bystander', ninth edition [circa 1916]/ 1916. Offered with the next six numbered volumes in the series, with the following cover titles: More Fragments from France [Volume 2]; Still More Bystander Fragments from France (Volume 3); The Bystander's Fragments from France (Volume 4); The Bystander's Fragments (Volume 5); The..... More
London, HMSO, 1887. Offered together with four other volumes of reports from this most important research expedition, namely 'Summary of Scientific Results' (Parts 1 and 2, 1895), and 'Zoology', Volumes 22 and 32 (1888 and 1889). These four volumes are also large quarto, uncut and unopened in the original dark..... More
London, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1913. This major article was first published in the 'Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute', Volume XLIII, January-June 1913. This separately-issued offprint has a half-title leaf (verso blank) and wrappers printed with full details of the publication. More
London, Alston Rivers Limited, 1911 [first edition]. 'In writing the articles which were afterwards republished in "On the Wool Track", the Author found that it was necessary to discard many of his most interesting memories of visits to the back country because they could not possibly be referred to the..... More
Sydney, Holland & Stephenson, 1949. The inscription on the front flyleaf is up there with the best we have read: 'To T.P. Gourlay from R.D. Webb. In memory of 24 years association on Witchelina Station. 1928 to 1949. From one Light Horseman to another'. 3559 Robert Dutton Webb, 31st Reinforcements..... More
Tanunda, 'ev-luth. Immanuel-Synode in Australien' (and printed by G. Auricht), 1897. Ferguson 6998: 'The first complete translation (of the New Testament) into an aboriginal language (Dieri)'. More
London, John Long Limited, 1938. The National Portrait Gallery has a lot to say about the British photographer Walter Bird (1903-1969): 'Sitter in 1 portrait. Artist associated with 1428 portraits. In the early years of his career Bird worked mostly on advertising commissions and portraits of actors, published in magazines..... 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
Melbourne, H.H. Champion, Australasian Authors' Agency, 1920. Martin à Beckett Boyd (1893-1972), son of Arthur Merric and Emma Minnie Boyd, brother of Penleigh, uncle of Arthur, Robin, Guy and David, spent much of his life in England and Italy. He is best known for his novels, but his first two..... More
Hobart, The Wilderness Society, 1985. The other contributors are Kevin Kiernan, Ralph and Elspeth Hope-Johnstone, and Geoff Parr. More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1882 to 1890. The following information from the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' about the South Australian botanical artist Rosa Catherine Fiveash (1854-1938) is a potted history of the project: 'In 1882 Rosa was invited to illustrate "The Forest Flora of South Australia" by John Ednie Brown. Nine..... More
Sydney, Cornstalk, 1927 [first edition]. The verso of the dustwrapper is printed with details of books in the publisher's 'Canberra', 'Bellbird' and 'Platypus' series of books. Muir 1132. More
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London, Francis Griffiths, 1911. 'My views and opinions upon the Missionary question may not, in some quarters, be perceived with approval. They are, however, the results of years of investigation and close study of a subject which I approached with an impartial and unprejudiced mind. I have also the satisfaction..... More
Sydney, John Andrew & Co. [for Cadbury Limited], [early 1910s]. The second of three promotional booklets issued by Cadbury, 'derivative of "Alice in Wonderland", which recounted the adventures of Elsie and the Bourneville bunny'. This one 'paints a picture of happy cocoa producers in the tropical paradise of Trinidad' (Vicky..... More
Glasgow, James MacLehose and Sons, Publishers to the University, 1902. Loosely inserted are two sheets of handwritten notes (with an illustration) on how to summon one of the seven princes of Hell, the demon Belphegor. More
London, Alfred A. Knopf, 1930 (first British edition). 'This is the story of a kind of American success that is seldom mentioned. It is the story of a tough Italian kid from the toughest part of New York's East Side, a boy who was a natural leader and who grew..... More
Rouen, The Editors, September 1917. Melbourne-born William Farrow described himself as a 'Black & White Artist' on his enlistment form in March 1916. He was in the 3rd Division Cyclists' Corps, before transferring to the 2nd Battalion and going to France in September 1916. His service records indicate that for..... More
Melbourne, Alexander McCubbin, [1920]. 'In the following pages Dennis Connelly has attempted to present to you some of those aspects of high temperament, which, when practised assiduously in public places, preserve great men from an unrighteous obscurity' (from the introduction by Jean Sibi). The Daniel of the title was the..... More
Adelaide, Rigby Ltd., 1933. 'The Book has been written for the new regime of cricket; the batter, bruise and bust cricket, which has been thrust upon us. This travesty of an erstwhile noble sport demands new techniques to master it ... We find after years of research that all previous..... More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1932. The wrappers are a belter. The front cover features full-colour artwork by Glover; the inside front cover is a full-page illustrated advertisement for books by Ion Idriess. The inside rear cover has a two-colour advertisement for 'Snugfit Cream Trousers', featuring a group portrait of 'Mailey's..... More
Sydney, Harry Goddard, Printer [presumably for the Author], 1922. Padwick 5028, 5198 and 7026 (all incorrectly calling for 27 pages). More
Glebe, Simmons Limited (Printers), [1933]. Padwick 6881. More
London, Graphic Publications, Ltd., [1921]. Padwick 5027 and 7024. More
William Albert Oldfield (1894-1976), described by Jack Hobbs as the 'best wicketkeeper of his time', played for NSW and Australia, and his Test career of 54 matches ran from 1920 to 1937. This photograph is a fine sepia-toned head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Oldfield in a suit; he has signed and..... More
Sydney, Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1927. The verso of the dustwrapper is printed with details of books in the publisher's 'Canberra', 'Bellbird' and 'Platypus' series of books. More
Deakin was 25 at the time; Pattie (Elizabeth Martha Anne Browne) was 19. The item is in excellent condition: the gelatin silver image size is 138 × 99 mm, the original gilt-edged mount is 161 × 105 mm, the details of the studio are printed at the foot of the..... More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1917 (first edition). This is a review copy, inscribed to 'The Editor, The Advertiser' on the half-title (with the small ink-stamp of the Adelaide booksellers E.S. Wigg and Son). The first edition comprised 20,000 'ordinary' copies and 5000 Blue Wrens; the six colour plates and the..... More
London, Chapman & Hall Limited, March 1936 (second impression)/ November 1935. More
London, Chapman & Hall Limited, 1936. Photographic studies of the female nude. More
London, Fradelle & Young, Photographers, 283 Regent Street, W., 1900. Given the number of guests at the dinner (a contemporary newspaper account suggests a figure of 700, albeit in two rooms), and the fact that Fradelle & Young 'Specialised in hotel and restaurant group photography of dinners & receptions' (PhotoLondon..... More
Sydney, William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, 1914. New South Wales Legislative Assembly Paper Number 119 of 1914. One for the armchair angler. More
Melbourne, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, [1919]. 'The Mite Merry Series'; the list of the three titles in the series (all three are books of children's verse written and illustrated by Gaze) is printed on the second page. Harold Gaze (1885-1962) was born in New Zealand, studied in London, lived and..... More
Cupar, G.S. Tullis, and St Andrews, Melville Fletcher (Printed by G.S. Tullis, Printer to the University of St Andrews), 1838 (third edition)/ 1807. Not least, 'The Company of Golfers' (pages 237-247). More
London, The Bodley Head, 1967 (first edition). 'This book presents a phenomenon. She is the new London girl. She is Julie Christie and Sandie Shaw, and Sibylla, and Susannah York, and fifty more in the book, five thousand outside. She is a novel animal, and she is a crucial part..... More
Adelaide, University of Adelaide Barr Smith Press, 2005. The manuscript for this work was completed in 1936, and it remained unpublished for nearly 70 years. This first edition also includes a biography of the author by Helen Whitington and a foreword by the Honourable Justice Perry; the superb selection of..... More
London, Australian Trading and Agencies Co., [1916]. The book is reputed to have sold over 60,000 copies. As a member of the 18th Battalion Cecil Hartt (1884-1930) saw 'much service in the Gallipoli Campaign' where he was severely wounded at Hill 60, Suvla Bay on 27 August 1915. He was..... More
London, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1967 (first edition). More
London, The Bodley Head, 1966 (second impression)/ 1965. A contemporary review in 'The Guardian' stated that '"Cowboy Kate" is something new in photography: with great technical virtuosity, extreme selectivity, a poet's insight, and an artist's eye, Sam Haskins has produced a photographic fable or allegory'. And if 'The Guardian' is..... More
New York, Crown Publishers Inc., 1962 (presumably the first edition sheets; see our footnote). The book was first published in New York by Crown in 1962; the text block of our copy appears to be that of the true first edition. The boards are lettered at the foot of the..... More
London, The Bodley Head, 1967 (first edition). 'Sam Haskins first used his camera for reporting. He reported on beauty, on "Five Girls" (1962), how they looked and what they did. Then, he used his camera for telling stories, like the story of "Cowboy Kate" (1965) the wild, lolloping western girl..... More
The gelatin silver print is behind a circular mat (visible image size approximately 135 mm in diameter), behind slightly convex glass. The wooden frame is fashioned from timber with a half-round profile (depth 35 mm, inner diameter 200 mm, outer diameter 315 mm), thick with white paint; rope is attached..... More
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1845 (third edition)/ 1836 (first thus). Mounted on the front pastedown of each volume is a bookplate stating that 'This book was given by the Associates of the late Rev. Dr. Bray, to the Clerical Lending Library of Adelaide ... Australia ... 1846' (the last three..... More
[Liverpool], Cunard White Star, 1940. 'On May 27, 1936, the "Queen Mary" departed from Southampton, England embarking on her maiden voyage. She boasted five dining areas and lounges, two cocktail bars and swimming pools, a grand ballroom, a squash court and even a small hospital. The "Queen Mary" had set..... More