London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1894 to 1897 (Volumes 5 and 7, with the advertisements at the rear, are first editions; the balance are early reprints). 'The Yellow Book' differed from other periodicals of the era in that 'it was issued clothbound, made a strict distinction between the literary..... More

Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1992 (enlarged facsimile edition)/ 1940. The limitation is not stated, but the Burridge editions were typically limited to between 200 and 300 copies. More

[Perth, John Burridge, 1980s facsimile edition]/ 1948. One of only 200 copies. More

[Adelaide, 2/10th Battalion Association, 1984 (facsimile reprint with a new supplement)]/ 1958. The history is updated to the end of 1984, and contains complete nominal and honour rolls and much new material; however, the folding map of Balikpapan attached to the rear pastedown of the original edition is not reproduced..... More

[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1988 (facsimile edition)]/ 1921. One of only 200 copies. More

Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1992 (facsimile edition)/ 1942. The limitation is not stated, but the Burridge editions were typically limited to between 200 and 300 copies. More

[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1980s (facsimile edition)]/ 1934. One of only 200 copies. More

Swanbourne, John Burridge, [1980s (facsimile edition)]/ 1920. Number 4 of only 200 copies (and a much better production than the original). More

[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1992 (facsimile edition)]/ 1927. The limitation is not stated, but the Burridge editions were typically limited to between 200 and 300 copies. More

Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1951 (new edition, illustrated and enlarged)/ 1932. The plates are new to this edition, which is also the first to contain the complete 'Nominal Roll of 5th Light Horse Regiment, Second Light Horse Brigade', 1914-1919 (pages 297-312). More

London, Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1843. Provenance: Johannes Leigh-Jones, Sydney; later (1948) Frederick Walter ('Doc Robbie') Robinson (1888-1971), University of Queensland (the founder of the University's Fryer Library and one of the instigators of the John Oxley Library, now part of the State Library of Queensland). The occasional pencilled corrections..... More

Lockleys, Wilmar Library, November 1993 (second, corrected, edition)/ February 1993. The autobiography of a professional fisherman, born on Yorke Peninsula in 1921, the son of a Gallipoli veteran who first took his son to sea when he was aged two. The introduction to this volume lists the pages where the..... More

Adelaide, Rigby, 1979. Warmly inscribed, dated (August 2007) and signed by the author (1920-2011), the influential contemporary Australian art dealer (and much else besides). More

Geelong, Thomas Brown, 1859 ['second' but actually the third edition]/ 1856/ 1851. Ferguson 7665 (noting that this is in fact the third edition, the second having been published by Slater, Williams and Hodgson in Melbourne in 1856 - see Ferguson 7663). More

Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2017 and 2018. More

Melbourne, Department of External Affairs, 1916. Bulletin of the Northern Territory, Number 20, December 1916. An account of two expeditions between April and September 1915, and May and October 1916. 'The first expedition left Oodnadatta on the 23rd March, travelling by way of Macumba, Dalhousie, and Arina Water, on the..... More

London, T. and W. Boone, 1845 (first edition). Provenance: the contemporary signature 'R. Keppel Craven' is written in ink at the head of the first title page (presumably The Honorable Richard Keppel Craven, 1779-1851, British traveller, author, and long-time resident of Naples and Salerno). The blind-stamp of 'The Durdans, Roseberry..... More

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1911. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 31 of 1911; 1000 copies printed. Of considerable Indigenous Australian interest. More

Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 (facsimile edition)/ 1889. Peade A13: 619 sets. More

Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 (facsimile edition)/ 1841. Peade A8: only 608 sets. More

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876. Provenance: Sir John Hawkshaw, Hollycombe, with his name-plate on the front pastedown, and a pencilled inscription on the first blank page ('To Sir John Hawkshaw with Mr Sam Davenport's complts. Phila 30/6/76'). Sir John Hawkshaw (1811-1891) was a famous British civil engineer..... More