Rules and Forms of Procedure of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria
Melbourne, M.L. Hutchinson, Presbyterian Book Depot, 1888. Not in Trove. More
Our latest catalogue includes two very rare items that are parochial in the extreme, but by nature of universal appeal to collectors. The album of photographs by Freeman & Wivell, prepared for the 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition, contains 20 large-format stark and monumental ‘architectural portraits’ of the city of Adelaide. The mammoth hand-coloured wall map of the settled portions of South Australia, prepared by Sanders & Packard, Surveyors, in early 1886, appears to be unique.
Among other important items of literature are first editions of Katherine Mansfield’s first book, In a German Pension (1911); the third and fifth volumes of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia series, as well as his Till We Have Faces (1956); and T.S. Eliot’s Animula (1929, one of only 400 copies of the signed large-paper edition). The signed deluxe edition of Gifford Chapman’s Kangaroo Island classic, Wooden Fishing Boats (1998) is arguably rarer than Fenner's much earlier Pocket Atlas of Modern & Ancient Geography (1828, with 79 hand-coloured maps), but horses for courses …
Less rarified, but no less interesting and definitely as eclectic, items include numerous volumes in the Legal Classics Library series; a selection of Bluey and Curley annuals; assorted trade catalogues and other printed ephemera; and a handsome gold medallion awarded to Joseph Watson, a member of the Port Adelaide Football Club’s team declared ‘Champions of Australia’ in 1913.
Down tools or drinks for twenty minutes and enjoy the catalogue!
Melbourne, M.L. Hutchinson, Presbyterian Book Depot, 1888. Not in Trove. More
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005. More
Mill Valley, Strawberry Press, 1995 and 1998. [2 items]. More
Mill Valley, Strawberry Press, 1987 (second printing)/ 1987. More
Melbourne, The 'Sun News-Pictorial', [circa 1955]. The annual, featuring 'Australia's Favourite Family', was published from 1952 to 1960. Apparently issues were neither dated nor numbered. The advertisement on the inside rear cover shows what 'the site of the Olympic Games (1956) looked 94 years ago', by reproducing a scene of..... More
Melbourne, The 'Sun News-Pictorial', [circa 1954]. The annual was published from 1952 to 1960. Apparently issues were neither dated nor numbered. The foreword to this one states that last year Jim Russell 'gave the Potts a lift with a trip to the Coronation and this year dumped them into the..... More
Approximately 165 photographs have some Salvation Army content: the uniforms, if nothing else, serve to make them stand out. Loosely inserted throughout are torn strips of paper with captions written in ballpoint pen, so clearly from a much later date, but obviously by someone intimately connected with the families whose..... More
Calcutta, Printed by P.A. Bonardi at the Catholic Orphan Press, 3-4 Portuguese Church Street, 1929. The front flyleaf carries the inkstamp of the bookseller George Webb, 5 Crampton Quay [Dublin], and the ownership signature of H.N. Goodbody (an officer in the Royal Pioneer Corps). 'The Santals are a very large..... More
London, Oxford University Press, 1937. William Philip Schreiner (1857-1919) 'was [the first South African-born] prime minister of Cape Colony [1898-1900] at the outbreak of the South African War (1899-1902); he was the younger brother of author and political activist Olive Schreiner. A moderate politician, he tried to prevent the war..... More
Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1890 ('new edition, revised and enlarged')/ 1868. With the contemporary ownership signature of E. Harold Davies, founder of the South Australian Orchestra (now the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra). More
[Cobb], Transmutation Publishing, 2013 (expanded edition)/ 1889. Number 141 of only 200 copies of this deluxe edition. Although published anonymously, the work is reliably attributed to Hargrave Jennings (1817-1890), a 'British Freemason, Rosicrucian, author on occultism and esotericism, and amateur student of comparative religion' (Wikipedia: the article contains a lengthy..... More
London, William Heinemann, January 1920 (first edition, third impression)/ November 1919. The Imperial Transantarctic Expedition of 1914-17 comprised two teams, the Weddell Sea party in the 'Endurance' and the Ross Sea party in the 'Aurora'. 'An essential aspect of Shackleton's scheme for crossing the Antarctic was that a second and..... More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 [first and only edition]. Lauri Sheard accompanied Charles Mountford as his assistant on an Adelaide University Field Expedition to Ernabella, the Musgraves, Mann Ranges, Ayers Rock and Mt Olga in June-October 1940. He was eighteen at the time; he died in an air..... More
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1927. Number 83 of the deluxe edition, limited to only 150 copies signed by Charles Simpson and 'printed on Arnold & Foster hand-made paper, with two extra illustrations in colour'. With the Adrian Feint-designed bookplate of [Sir] James McGregor. More
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1876 (fifth edition)/ [circa 1875] (the preface is dated 26 October 1875). More
The most interesting items are leaflets for the Annual Literary Competition in 1885 (one page), 1888 (2 pages, 260 × 140 mm), and 1889 (4 pages, with one page announcing the sixth annual competition and another page devoted to reading clubs). The other items are notices of meetings (some with..... More
Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1907. Together with 'Supplement to Rule Book. All Electric Signalling. Rules to be observed by All Persons in the Service of the South Australian Railways'. Adelaide, R.E.E. Rogers, Government Printer, 1915. Duodecimo, [20] pages (including the flyleaves, with some pages blank) with 9 pages of..... More
Adelaide, Freeman & Wivell, Photographers, [1875]. The contents are: 1 Government House and Grounds; 2 Post Office and Town Hall [looking south along King William Street]; 3 General Post Office; 4 Town Hall; 5 Club House [Adelaide Club, North Terrace]; 6 Local Court; 7 St Peter's Cathedral [under construction]; 8..... More
[Adelaide], Citizens and Business Men's Committee, 1919. A very attractive publication, rarely seen on the open market. Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill, page 247. More
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1899 [first edition]. An armorial bookplate signifying that this is 'The Book of Gilbert, Bishop of Willochra 1915' is mounted on the pastedown; 'Bishop of Carpentaria | 1900' is written in ink on the half-title. Beneath this, in ink in the hand of the relevant..... More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1989 (facsimile edition)/ 1852. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. The first leaf in the first division (headed 'This leaf not to be bound with the Volume') contains a short printed note: 'Conditions of Publication. This edition, specially prepared for subscription only, will be completed in Twenty-two parts, at 2s. each, or..... More
Gordon, Australian Amateur Press Association, 1952. One of only 200 copies of this issue, 'Set up and printed by Hal E. Stone at "Pallamana," Elgin Street, Gordon'. It was the magazine's third and final issue; the first one was published in July 1948. Bookselling was never easy: a lengthy note..... More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1988 (facsimile edition)/ 1884 [revised and updated edition]. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
Birmingham, W.C. Proverbs, Steam Printing Works, 1880. Ferguson 16691 (with a lengthy and informative note about the author, and recording only his own copy in 'Full leather, lettered in gold on front cover'; Trove indicates the State Library of NSW now has a copy too). Provenance: Edward Edgar Pescott (1872-1954)..... More
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1980 [first thus]. The contents are 'The Adventures of Tom Bombadil', 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son', 'On Fairy-Stories', 'Leaf by Niggle', 'Farmer Giles of Ham', and 'Smith of Wootton Major'. A matching companion volume to the deluxe editions of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord..... More
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1835. Robert Torrens (1780-1864) was an 'officer of marines, political economist and colonization commissioner' whose 'economic writings are of much importance in the development of economic theory' ('Dictionary of National Biography'). In the preface to this book, he writes: 'The art of..... More
[Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik], 1901. A comprehensive manual to the aniline dyes produced by the Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, including detailed instructions for dying yarns and printing fabrics. The mounted samples comprise wool (135 fabric swatches); cotton (180 swatches and tassels of thread); silk (138 tassels); blended..... More
Cincinnati, Cincinnati Butchers' Supply Corporation, [early 1930s]. Be warned!!! Some sections are definitely not for the squeamish. More
Paris, Lévitan, 1934 ('3me Édition annulant les Précédentes'). A lavish furniture catalogue issued by this French department store. More
[Adelaide], Focus Australia (Reg.) ('Wholly set up and printed at Jennings' Printing Works ... Rose Park'), [circa 1930] (revised edition). 'This publication contains a collection of valuable formulae and household hints of a kind frequently required ... in addition, this publication provides an opportunity whereby the purchaser can also for..... More
London, Folio Society, 1990 to 1993 (various printings)/ 1989, 1990 and 1991 (first thus). The illustrations by Llewellyn Thomas are new to this edition. [6 items]. More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1995 (facsimile edition)/ 1928. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. [2 items]. More
Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham, [June] 1908 (first edition). Provenance: Thomas Gill (1849-1923), the South Australian historian and bibliographer; later, the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch. The John Goodchild-designed bookplate on the pastedown records these facts; there is a cancelled RGSSA stamp on the title page. Loosely inserted..... More
London, William Heinemann, January 1902 (second edition)/ May 1901. Provenance: the half-title carries the signatures of three owners - 'George W. Bagot, Dec 1905' (stock and station agent, died 1919); 'John Lewis, Kooringa' (ruled through with blue pencil), the explorer, pastoralist and politician (died 1923); and J.C. Smith (3 February..... More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1993 (facsimile edition)/ 1927/ 1673. Translated by Frank Gardner Moore. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
Toowong, Takarakka Nowan Kas Publications, in association with The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne, 2000. This copy is inscribed 'To Judith, best wishes for your studies, Grahame L. Walsh. 25.10.2000'. The book is scarce on the open market these days; signed copies are rarely offered. An unparalleled 'visual record of..... More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1991 (facsimile edition)/ 1866. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
London, The Studio Limited, 1922. More
San Francisco, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978 (revised edition)/ 1910. 'Whistler produced 448 etchings, all of which are described in this volume. This new edition contains reproductions of 446 of the etchings, including 25 in two states. Fourteen of the etchings are reproduced here for the first time' (dustwrapper blurb)..... More
London, The Folio Society, 2009 [first thus]. This sumptuous edition contains an introduction and index by Sir Keith Thomas, new to this edition. More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1991 (facsimile edition)/ 1913. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
San Jose, R. James Bender Publishing, 1998. More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1988 (facsimile edition)/ 1920 (second, revised and enlarged, edition). One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
Kingscote, The Author, October 1998. An extraordinary work, long out of print, and rarely seen on the open market these days. This is number 157 of 250 copies of the leather-bound limited edition signed by the author (on stiff card tipped in on the title page, as issued). The trade..... More
[Spring Hill], A.E. Harper & Associates Pty Ltd, 2009 (first edition). More
Finschhafen, Lutheran Mission, 1931. The first two books are on geography (one on Melanesia and Papua, the other on the rest of the world); the third book is on health studies. More
London, Victor Gollancz, 1928. 'The private house has been entirely omitted from this survey' stemming from the 'general architectural revival ... since the Great War. So definite indeed has been this revival, and so great has been the improvement of architecture in the last few years that there is every..... More