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

The photograph is captioned on the backing board as follows: '29t & 32d Btn A.I.F., 1914-1918. Taken out side Sars Poterie'. Both battalions saw heavy fighting on the Western Front and suffered extensive casualties. 'In late 1918 the AIF numbers were severely depleted, and it was decided to consolidate each..... More

Melbourne, G.W. Green and Sons, 1934. The front flyleaf is signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Thomas Paterson (1886-1950), the battalion's Commanding Officer ('A.T. Paterson Lt.Col'). Dornbusch 334; Fielding and O'Neill, page 228 (giving the author as P.V. Allen, credited in the editor's foreword with laying much of the groundwork for the..... More

Melbourne, History House, 2002 (extensively revised and augmented edition)/ 1921. Signed by Carl Johnson. 'This revised edition does not attempt [to] nor cannot change the 1921 record of events. It does however offer significant enhancements to the original edition due to the inclusion of background information, a nominal roll, an..... More

London, Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck and Sons, [1917]. Despite its title, the greater part of this attractive poster is given over to a nominal roll of the men who served with the 18th Battery, attractively laid out within six cartouches in the shape of large-calibre..... More

London, Wilson and Co. [Printers, for the Brigade] (Volumes 1 and 2), 1916 and December 1916, and [Sydney, Government Printer, 1920] (the Preface is dated 1 February 1920). The cover subtitles are 'Troopship Issue' (Volume I), 'Camp Life in England' (Volume II), and 'Active Service Issue' (Volume III). These three..... More

[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1984] (facsimile edition)/ 1923. One of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 278. 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

Sydney, Returned Soldiers Association of New South Wales, 25 April 1917 (second edition)/ 1916. The illustrations comprise a frontispiece portrait of 'Matron Ida M. Greaves, Royal Red Cross (1st Class)'; a Gallery of Honour (40 pages, with 272 portraits, including 11 full-page portraits of VC winners); and 11 pages of..... More

Adelaide, RGSSA, 1914. An important expedition, scientifically and anthropologically, under the leadership of L.A. Wells; it filled in the gap 'linking together the areas traversed by the Horn and Elder Expeditions'. McLaren 5065 (this separate issue). Many of the photographs are of strong Aboriginal interest. More

London, George Baxter, 1841. A striking pair of Baxter prints relating to the death of Reverend John Williams, killed and cannibalised on Erromango in the New Hebrides on 20 November 1839. Williams was well known for his missionary work in the Pacific and was a friend of George Baxter, who..... More

Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1988. More

[Adelaide, The Author], 1966. 'Printed for private distribution' and decidedly scarce on the open market. The introduction commences thus: 'I have compiled this book simply for members of the Bonython family. It is deliberately written in an entirely unorthodox style, but one that I hope will hold the reader's interest'..... More

London, Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1757 [first edition]. The first edition of this popular satire against the 'vain, luxurious and selfish effeminacy of England's higher ranks, in the wake of the loss of Minorca to the French at the opening of the Seven Years' War' (ODNB). This..... More

Perth, Government Printer, 1902. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 46 of 1902; only 1200 copies were printed. The 'expedition was fitted out to explore the remaining unknown regions of Australia on similar lines to the Elder expedition'. Lawrence Allen Wells, third in command on the ill-fated Elder expedition of 1891-92..... More

Guildford, Genesis Publications and Adelaide, Rigby, 1977 [first edition thus]. Number 311 of only 500 copies. The bulk of the book (approximately 380 pages) comprises a facsimile reproduction of the Admiralty copy of Cook's journal, considered by the Cook authority J.G. Beaglehole as 'the best and most careful, as it..... More

Sydney, Rigby, 1987. This is an example of the deluxe edition limited to only 500 sets; a small printed numbered sheet of paper signed by Don Bradman was mounted in the first volume of each set when it was originally published. This set comes from the archive of the printer..... More

Bombay, Thacker, 1947. Biographical sketches of the members of the first India team to tour Australia, 'but there is something more to it than just that. In the introduction the author has made out an impassioned case for the vital necessity of retaining unity in the Sports of the country..... More

London, Patrick Stephens, 1971. Number 4 in the 'Ocean Liners of the Past' series of reprints of Souvenir Numbers from 'The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder'. In addition to the facsimile contents, Leslie Reade provides an introduction and an eight-page epilogue, taking the career of the 'Empress of Britain' from the..... More

The mounts are captioned in ink with the location of the photographs, including Pichi Richi Pass, Willow Waters, Wilpena Pound, Angorichina and Arkaba Stations, Parachilna Gorge, Clare, Linwood and Burra. Interspersed throughout are short quotations from nature poems by Australian poets, including Dorothea Mackellar, Adam Lindsay Gordon, Arthur Patchett Martin..... More

Adelaide, FSLSA, 1995 to 2010. All but two of the items are bound in quarter or half leather; nineteen are limited to 99 copies (and the others are limited to 50, 75, 90, 125, 150 and 199 copies respectively, with two of them 150). The original subscription to copy number..... More