Our latest catalogue is another dose of the mixture as before: books, autographs, photographs and realia. The testimonial presented to the original John Furphy by his fellow-Methodists in 1909 when he left Shepparton and retired to Melbourne; the camel-hair blanket-sleeping bag used by Douglas Mawson on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14; the rare 1866 account of the Ti-Ping Revolution by Lin-le (Augustus Lindley); an album of vintage panoramic photographs of devastation on the Western Front; an Arthur Mailey self-caricature in an Orient Line booklet signed by members of the 1953 Australian Test squad … you get the drift.
Less rarified fare includes a wide range of books on Egyptology, numerous titles from the Brindabella Press, and interesting items relating to art, literature, exploration and natural history.
London, Methuen and Co., Limited, May 1932 [second impression]/ January 1932. Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869-1955), founder of the Alexander Technique, was born at Table Cape, north-west Tasmania. After dabbling in the theatre as a young man, he 'turned to teaching stage skills, especially breathing and voice production. Further, he already..... More
London, George Philip and Son, 1860. 'George Fife Angas' is written in pencil on the front endpaper; we know this to be in a later secretarial hand, indicating that the book came originally from his personal library. More
London, J.M. Dent and Company, 1894 and 1895 (variously fourth and fifth impressions)/ 1892 (first thus). The novels are Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; and Persuasion (the first four titles are each in two volumes). More
Mawson makes specific reference to the camel-hair woollen material supplied by Jaeger to the expedition (see the 1915 first edition of 'The Home of the Blizzard', Volume 2, Appendix VII, 'Equipment', page 313). 'With regard to the clothing, the main bulk was of woollen material as supplied by Jaeger of..... 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
![Item #117668 The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI & Queen Elizabeth [May 12th 1937]....](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/117668_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1581494369)
London, Odhams Press Limited (for King George's Jubilee Trust), 1937. A deluxe publisher's binding. More
Melbourne, E.W. Cole, Book Arcade, [1900s] ('Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co, Edinburgh & London'). The text appears to be a contemporary Eyre and Spottiswoode edition, with Cole's details (and 'Commonwealth of Australia') printed on the title page. The binding is anything but off the shelf: it is a superb..... More
Frenchs Forest, A.H. & A.W. Reed Pty Ltd, 1982. Signed on the half-title by Charles Blackman. More
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London, Andre Deutsch Limited, 1989. Signed on the flyleaf by Charles Blackman (late in life). More
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New York, Russell & Russell, 1962 (facsimile reprint)/ 1906. More
[Melbourne, Gordon and Gotch, circa 1919]. Primarily a picture book; there is one introductory page of text, and a two-page prose piece, 'The March Past' at the rear. Trove correctly attributes authorship of this work to Roy Bridges. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. More
Bondi Junction, ETT Imprint, 1998. Number 78 of only 100 copies signed by both the author and the artist, with an original signed etching (187 × 190 mm). Hand-bound by Robyn Tait, who has signed and inscribed the verso of the title in pencil 'For Alec'. This book of verse..... More
Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1974. Number 175 of 310 copies signed by both author and artist. The second book (and fourth publication) of the Brindabella Press. More
Canberra, Brindabella Press, 1973. Number 200 of 220 copies signed by the author. The first book of the Brindabella Press, preceded only by ephemeral printings. One of these is the illustrated prospectus for this book, a (lightly used) copy of which is loosely inserted. More
Canberra, Brindabella Press, 1981. Number 195 of 275 copies signed by the author. The eighth book of the Brindabella Press. Loosely inserted is the illustrated prospectus, itself a fine piece of Brindabella ephemera. More
Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1977. Number 150 of 240 copies signed by the author. The fifth book of the Brindabella Press. More
Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1979. Number 184 of 285 copies signed by both author and artist. The sixth book of the Brindabella Press. Loosely inserted is the original prospectus (4 pages with 2 illustrations by Arthur Boyd; creased across the middle and slightly marked). 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 93) - apparently many were not distributed because the printer-publisher, Alec Bolton, was dissatisfied with..... More
Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1982. Number 108 of 240 copies, signed by both author and artist. The ninth book of the Brindabella Press. More
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Deakin, Officina Brindabella [Brindabella Press], 1987. Number 162 of 260 copies signed by the author. The fourteenth book of the Brindabella Press. More
Deakin, Officina Brindabella [Brindabella Press], 1987. Number 169 of 275 copies signed by the author. The thirteenth book of the Brindabella Press. More
Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1975. Number 150 of 230 copies signed by the author and Alec Bolton, the printer-publisher. The third book of the Brindabella Press. More
Deakin, Officina Brindabella [Brindabella Press], 1986. Number 182 of 220 copies signed by the artist. The first printing of a story unpublished during the author's lifetime. The twelfth book of the Brindabella Press. More
Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1980. Number 90 of 240 copies signed by the author (together with his personal chop). The seventh book of the Brindabella Press. More
Deakin, Brindabella Press, 1984 [first thus]. Number 158 of 230 copies signed by Barbara Hanrahan. The eleventh book of the Brindabella Press. More
A cord-bound loose-leaf cloth album (230 × 340 mm) containing 22 gelatin silver photographs (generally 120 × 200 mm or the reverse, with some a little smaller), mounted on both sides of card album leaves with printed captions. The first plate is a composite group portrait of the then-current Adelaide..... More
Adelaide, Advertising Sales Agency, 1927. The Duke, in this case, is Albert Frederick Arthur George (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the..... More
London, John Murray, 1833, 1833 and 1834. An 'Advertisement' printed at the beginning of the first volume states 'It has been thought desirable, in making up the first Eight Numbers of these Landscape and Portrait Illustrations of Lord Byron into a Volume, to arrange them in a manner less desultory..... More
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co. [for the Author], 1902. The head of the preface page is inscribed to 'E.M. Charlick from his old friend Robt Bruce' (19 May 1902). The later bookplate of Henry Luke White (1860-1927), NSW pastoralist ('Belltrees', Scone), collector (read about him in the 'Australian Dictionary of..... More
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1909. Books on Egypt and Chaldea series, Volumes 26 and 27. [2 items]. More
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1901. The Books on Egypt and Chaldea series, Volumes 6, 7 and 8. [3 items]. More
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1908. Books on Egypt and Chaldea series, Volumes 23 and 24. [2 items]. More
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1904. Books on Egypt and Chaldea series, Volumes 17, 18 and 19. [3 items]. More
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1912. Books on Egypt and Chaldea series, Volume 32 (complete in itself). More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1925 ('second edition, revised & greatly enlarged')/ 1893. More
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848 and 1854 (first editions into English). Mounted on the front pastedown of each volume is the armorial bookplate of the British heiress and book collector Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861). She 'was England's earliest female bibliophile and was described by Dibdin as the..... More
Adelaide, Vardon & Sons, Printers, 1916. On the verso of the front flyleaf is an expansive thank-you note signed by the author (15 August 1916): 'Dear Mr Adey, May I ask you to accept of this little booklet as a memento of the improvement which has already shown itself in..... More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1938. More
London, Bodley Head, 1983/ [the originals date from the 1700s and 1800s]. The 35 titles are: Orbis Sensualium Pictus; Goody Two-Shoes; A New Year's Gift for Little Masters & Misses; The Birth-Day Gift, or the Joy of a New Doll, from Papers cut by a Lady; The Death and Burial..... 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 Egypt Exploration Fund, 1903, 1905, 1973 (facsimile reprint)/ 1905, and 1906. Memoirs Number 13, 14, 15 and 16 in the Archaeological Survey of Egypt series. Two further volumes were published (Part V: Smaller Tombs and Boundary Stelae; and Part VI: Tombs of Parennefer, Tutu, and Aÿ). [4 items]..... More
Blackwood, 2/9th Association, 1988. More
Adelaide, The League, 1957. The head of the first page is inscribed 'To Pastor F.W. Albrecht with my compliments & best wishes for a brighter 1958. Charles Duguid. 11.12.57'. Both men devoted their long lives to working for Indigenous Australians. Dr Charles Duguid (1884-1986), medical practitioner and Aboriginal rights campaigner..... More
London, The Egypt Exploration Society, 1955. Memoir Number 45 in the Egypt Exploration Society series. The first part of this set was published in 1917, with a revised edition appearing in 1952. Part II, published here for the first time, relates to material found in 1905. More
![Item #116757 Naukratis. Part I (1884-5). [Together with] Part II (1885-6). Egyptology, W. M....](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/116757.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698276280)
London, The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1888 (second edition)/ 1886, and 1888. Memoirs Number 3 and 6 in the Egypt Exploration Fund series; the lead author of the second volume is Ernest A. Gardner. [2 items]. More
Adelaide, 'Fray, Music Seller and Publisher, 154 Rundle St', [1880s], 'New and Revised Edition'. 'Dedicated by express permission to The Hon. Chief Justice Way, Most Worshipful Grand Master of South Australia'. More
London, Bernard Quaritch, 1913. More
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1928. More
[Hobart], Government of Tasmania, 2001. 'The Outer Islands of the Furneaux Group are the islands off Flinders Island, Cape Barren Island and Clarke Island, which are the principal islands of the Group in eastern Bass Strait ... a region that had been isolated from the effects of humans for at..... More
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Adelaide, F.W. Preece and Sons, 1930. The material used in the book was collected in the 1890s. 'Most of the legends in "Woggheeguy" were told to me by aboriginals on Bangate Station, New South Wales, where I lived for over twenty years ... Realizing ... that the aboriginals are so..... More