Melbourne, [Reed & Harris] (and printed by The National Press Pty. Ltd.), January to September, and December 1946. Nine issues of this supplement to 'Angry Penguins' appeared monthly between January and September 1946, with the bumper final issue in December 1946. The editors for the first number were Max Harris..... More

Heidelberg, The Editors, 1952 to 1955. 'Six years ago Ern Malley lived and died in Australia. Child of the unintended creative act of two other Australian poets he became overnight the most significant figure in the current literary scene. Alike as poet and as a symbol of creative living ....... More

Sydney, 'The Publicist' Publishing Company, 1936 to 1941. A unique run in a presentation binding for the founder and editor of this 'pro-monarchical, pro-fascist, pro-Aboriginal, anti-British, anti-communist and anti-Semitic monthly' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). The first volume is inscribed to 'William John Miles, wishing him Many Happy Returns, 27th August..... More

London, R. Alistair McAlpine Publishing Ltd, 1971. One of 2890 copies of the standard edition, with a felicitous presentation inscription on the half-title: 'Max & Yvonne | Love from | Sid'. The recipients are none other than Max Harris and his wife Yvonne. The association between the artist and the..... More

[Kyoto, The Author, circa 1995]. One of a small number of copies of this unpublished epic poem privately prepared by Harold Stewart as gifts for close friends and patrons. 'This copy is for A.D.H. from H.F.S.' is inscribed at the foot of the dedication leaf. The recipient was A.D. (Alec..... More

[Melbourne, Printed by the Bradley Printers for the editor], 1940 to 1947. This run encompasses Number 1 (September 1940, published a month before the first issue of 'Angry Penguins') to Number 26 (winter 1947), including one double issue (Numbers 9 and 10), but lacking two issues (Numbers 2 and 24)..... More

London, Thames and Hudson, 1964 (first edition). The artist has executed on the front flyleaf an original drawing of his iconic Ned Kelly (in red and black ink), signed 'Greetings | Sidney Nolan'. More

Brisbane, Barjai Publishing Service, 1943 to 1946. Single copies of this short-lived literary journal are scarce; lengthy runs such as this (which includes two of the early mimeographed issues) are decidedly rare. The subtitle changed over time, from 'A Meeting Place for Youth' (Numbers 10-13), to 'The Youth Literary Magazine'..... More

London, Jarrold & Sons, [1916]. The front flyleaf is signed by W.R. Birdwood, R.A. Carruthers, C.B.B. White, S.S. Butler, R.G. Chirnside, J.S. Churchill, C.H. Brand, Alec McGrigor and Walter A. Coxen. In November 1914 Sir William Birdwood (1865-1951) was appointed commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and..... More

Melbourne, George Robertson and Company Propy. Ltd., [1918] (see page 1075 in passing). Edwin James Brady (1869-1952), journalist and writer, uses the introduction to this work to introduce himself as much as anything: 'My work on "Australia Unlimited" began definitely with the year 1912.... I had spent many years in..... More

London, Collins, 1957 [first edition]. Mounted on the front flyleaf is a small printed label ('Autographed copy of "The Turn of the Tide" ...') signed in ink by Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke (as 'Alanbrooke'). More

Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1987 to 1992 (later reprints)/ 1962 to 1987. [6 items]. More

London, Secker & Warburg, 1982 (first English edition)/ 1974. The title page is signed by the author, the first person to win the Booker Prize twice (in 1983 and 1999); he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. J.M. Coetzee's first published work of fiction, comprising two novellas..... More

London, Secker & Warburg, 1977 [first edition, prepared by the author from the original Afrikaans]. The title page is signed by the author, the first person to win the Booker Prize twice (in 1983 and 1999); he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. This copy is also..... More

Frenchs Forest, The Craftsman's Press, 1984. The deluxe edition; this is number 121 of only 200 copies signed by the artist. Loosely inserted, and as issued, is an original signed etching, numbered to match (paper size 330 × 255 mm; image size 200 × 165 mm). More

Sylvania, Australian Mauritian Research Group, 1988. One of only 1200 copies; this one is dated (10 February 1989) and signed by the author on the title page. Loosely inserted is a commemorative sheet of four stamps depicting 'Lighthouses of Mauritius'. More

London, Chapman & Hall Limited, 1936. Photographic studies of the female nude. More

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1989 (facsimile edition)/ 1814. A superb production, limited to only 500 numbered sets (this is number 458). The storage box was designed with a matching two-door lid opening at the centre, and attached to the base with piano hinges. About a third of the edition was issued..... More

Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1919. David Barker was the art editor, and he contributed many illustrations, including those on the front cover and endpapers. He has also contributed to bibliographers' nightmares if he had anything to do with the index to the illustrations. '"Australia in Palestine" is in no sense..... More

London, Jonathan Cape, 1957 (second impression)/ 1957. Tipped in on the front flyleaf is a typed aerogramme signed by the author to occultist Nicolas [Iovetz]-Tereshchenko. Tereshchenko's armorial bookplate is mounted on the front pastedown, and his small address label is mounted at the rear. The aerogramme (now trimmed of its..... More

Brisbane, Watson, Ferguson & Company, 1918 (second edition)/ 1916. The second edition has an extra plate. The author, 902 Private Eric Hanman, 15th Battalion, writes in the preface that he 'has not the slightest intention of presenting to the public this little effort as an authentic, or detailed history of..... More