Life Lines
London, Chapman & Hall Limited, 1936. Photographic studies of the female nude. More
Online Catalogue #59
Many of the highlights in our latest catalogue are to be found in the lengthy section on Australian Modernism at the beginning of the list. There are numerous elusive ‘little magazines’, such as complete runs of Comment, Angry Penguins, Angry Penguins Broadsheet, Ern Malley’s Journal, Art in Australia (all six Series 4 numbers), and Manuscripts. There are also substantial runs of even rarer titles, such as Barjai, Pandemonium, and Tomorrow. Sidney Nolan is well represented, with two books containing original artwork, and another lot containing over 80 items with cover artwork by him.
From anti-heroes (think Ned Kelly and Ern Malley) to heroes: we have signatures of seventeen men awarded the Victoria Cross; numerous accounts of the adventures of Biggles himself; and a stirring poster featuring Condoman (definitely a man of action).
All this and more – with our compliments of the season!
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Bush Battalion. The AMP Society's Ninety Mile Desert Development in South Australia
Sydney Cove, AMP Society, 1984. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. The half-title and the page facing it contain over 50 signatures, at the head of which is a signed inscription from Peter Lewis, Member for Mallee at the time: 'With respect to those who made..... More
A Voyage to Terra Australis, undertaken for the Purpose of completing the Discovery of that Vast Country ... in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803
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
Asien-Australien-Programm des Deutschen Kurzwellensenders. Asia-Australia Programme of the German Shortwave Station ... September 1939
Berlin, Broadcasting House, 1939. 'The German nation is one of the oldest cultural nations of Europe. Its contribution to human civilisation does not rest on the empty words of politicians but on timeless achievements, positive achievements. It has the same right to share the goods of the world as any..... More
Christlicher Volks-Kalender für Australien auf das Jahr 1906. Einundzwanzigster Jahrgang [Christian Almanack for Australia for the Year 1906. Twenty-first Year]
Hochkirch, Victoria, 'Gedruckt u. verlegt von Ph. O. Müller für die Firma O. Müller' [printed and published by Ph. O. Müller for the Company O. Müller], 1906. More
Remarks on Army Surgeons and their Work
London, H.K. Lewis, 1870. Mounted on the pastedown is the presentation plate from Surgeon Major Fleming (late of the 4th Dragoon Guards) to the Royal United Service Institution, with the RUSI Library blindstamp on two leaves. More
South Australia in 1837, in a Series of Letters. With a Postscript as to 1838
London, Harvey and Darton, 1838 [first edition]. Robert Gouger (1802-1846), 'Earnest, persistent and practical, ... [with] a pleasant manner and a persuasive tongue, but he was inclined to exaggerate his own republican views and the virtues of South Australia. With his youthful looks and boyish ardour he was often thought..... More
Australia in Palestine
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
The Pursuit of the Present. Journal of Twenty Years in the Gurdjieff Work
[Amersham], Avebury, 1980 [first edition]. More
A Study of Gurdjieff's teaching
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
Die Radiolarien (Rhizopoda Radiaria). Eine Monographie von Dr Ernst Haeckel ... mit einem Atlas von fünf und dreissig Kupfertafeln
Berlin, Druck und Verlag von Georg Reimer, 1862. Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) was an early proponent of Charles Darwin's theories on evolution, and Darwin in turn admired this important work on radiolaria (protozoa with elaborate mineral skeletons). In a letter to Haeckel dated 3 March 1864, Darwin writes: 'My dear Sir..... More
Twelve Months with the 'Anzacs'
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
Red Planet. A Colonial Boy on Mars
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951/ 1949. An early reprint with the dustwrapper conforming to that of the first issue of the first edition. The author's fourth novel, presaging concepts later developed in 'Stranger in a Strange Land' (1961; winner of the 1962 Hugo Award). More
V-Missiles of the Third Reich. The V-1 and V-2
Sturbridge, Monogram Aviation Publications, 1994. 'The first in-depth book devoted to the history of the V-1 and V-2 published in the English language by a German historian. Dr Holsken's research included the compilation of hundreds of reports, photographs and firsthand interviews resulting in this definitive account of the German Air..... More
The Stone Implements of the Adelaide Tribe of Aborigines, now extinct
Adelaide, Gillingham, 1934. More
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'Condoman says "Don't Be Shame Be Game". Use Frenchies!' [caption on a poster]
[Annandale], Redback Graphix for the Commonwealth Department of Community Services and Health, Public Relations Section | NACAIDS, [1987 (first version; in later versions, 'Use Frenchies!' was replaced by 'Use Condoms!')]. 'One of the most successful Australian AIDS awareness campaigns, in terms of acceptance, memory retention and educative subtlety, must surely..... More
Mr Norris Changes Trains
London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1935 (first edition). More
Sidney William Jackson. Bush Photographer, 1873 to 1946. Compiled and edited by Judy White
Scone, The Seven Press, 1991. Number 408 of only 500 copies signed by the author. Loosely inserted is a vintage gelatin silver photograph (155 × 205 mm) by Jackson, from his negative #133 (in reverse in the bottom left-hand corner of the print). The photograph is reproduced on page 61..... More
The Exploitation of Japanese Documents
[No Place], Allied Translator and Interpreter Section, South West Pacific Area, 14 December 1944. ATIS Publication Number 6. 'Confidential.... That the enemy be kept ignorant not only of the contents, but also of the very existence of this book, is imperative, for it may well be assumed that knowledge of..... More
Six Second World War-vintage colour-pictorial pieces of Japanese patriotic ephemera, with artwork depicting her air force and army victorious at every turn
Each sheet measures approximately 183 × 330 mm, inclusive of a sidebar of Japanese text; two have short edge tears (with slight evidence of earlier attempts at repair); the paper is foxed and a little discoloured; overall in very good condition. More
Victory on the March. A Pictorial Record of the War of Greater East Asia. [A Pictorial Record of the First Year of the War of Greater East Asia (cover title)]
[Osaka], Asahi Shimbun Publishing Company, December 1942. A lavish propaganda production published in English by one of Japan's oldest newspapers (Asahi Shimbun: 'Morning Sun newspaper'). Presumably it was printed in large numbers, but it is clearly a very rare item these days. This copy carries the inkstamp of the (Australian)..... More
Biggles Goes Home
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1960 [first edition]. Number 57 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles and the Black Mask. A Story of Biggles and the Air Police
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1964 (first edition). Number 69 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper (designed by Studio Stead). More
Biggles and the Deep Blue Sea
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1968 (first edition). Number 79 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper ('designed by Studio Stead'). More
Biggles and the Gun Runners
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1966 (first edition). Number 76 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper (designed by Leslie Stead). More
Biggles and the Little Green God
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1969 (first edition). Number 81 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1964 (first edition). Number 68 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles and the Missing Millionaire. Biggles and Co. are on the Trail of a Yacht that sailed away and never came back
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1961 (first edition). The three-page foreword by the author contains 'brief facts [that] should give the reader an idea of the enormity of the task confronting Biggles when he was ordered to find the luxury yacht "Cordelia", somewhere on the high seas, but no one knew where'..... More
Biggles and the Noble Lord
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1969 (first edition). Number 82 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles and the Penitent Thief
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1967 (first edition). Number 78 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper ('designed by Studio Stead'). More
Biggles and the Plane that Disappeared. A Story of the Air Police
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963 (first edition). Number 67 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper (designed by Studio Stead). More
Biggles and the Plot that Failed
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1965 (first edition sheets in a later-issue binding). Number 72 is printed on the spine. More
Biggles at World's End
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1959 (first edition). Number 55 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles breaks the Silence. An Adventure of Sergeant Bigglesworth, of the Special Air Police, and his Comrades of the Service
London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1959 (fifth impression)/ 1949. Number 31 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles buries a Hatchet. An Adventure in which Biggles and his Pilots of the Air Police offer the Olive Branch to an Old Enemy under Dire Misfortune in a Distant Land
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1958 (first edition). Number 52 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles Cuts It Fine
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1959 (third impression)/ 1954. Number 40 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles Follows On
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1959 (second impression)/ 1952. Number 36 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles Goes Alone
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1962 [first edition]. Number 61 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles in Australia
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1962 (fourth impression)/ 1955. Number 44 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles in Mexico
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1959 (first edition). Number 53 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles in the Gobi. A Further Adventure of Detective Air-Inspector Bigglesworth and his Air Police, this Time in the Desert known as the Black Gobi in the Heart of Asia
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1961 (third impression)/ 1953. Number 39 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles in the Underworld
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1968 (first edition). Number 80 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper ('designed by Studio Stead'). More
Biggles Investigates, and Other Stories of the Air Police
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1964 (first edition). Number 70 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles Looks Back. A Story of Biggles and the Air Police
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1965 (first edition). Number 71 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper (designed by Studio Stead). More
Biggles Makes Ends Meet
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1957 (first edition). Number 47 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles on Mystery Island
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1960 (second impression)/ 1958. Number 51 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles on the Home Front
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1960 (second impression)/ 1957. Number 49 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Biggles scores a Bull. An Adventure of Biggles and the Air Police
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1965 (first edition). Number 73 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper (designed by Studio Stead). More
Biggles Secret Agent
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1960 (first thus)/ 1940. Number 14 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
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