The Mouse and his Master. The Life and Work of Terence Cuneo
London, New Cavendish Books, 1977. More
We thought the cracking copies of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite’s first two books, Mollie’s Bunyip (1904) and Mollie’s Staircase (1906), would be the children’s book highlights of our current catalogue. Then we purchased Benjamin Forster’s anonymously-issued Botanical Illustrations of the Twenty-Four Classes in the Linnaean System of Vegetables (1813): despite its prosaic title, this miniature book with 48 hand-coloured wood engravings would crown any international collection.
Fully one-third of this 200-item catalogue contains autograph material of one kind or another: marks of provenance, authors’ signatures or inscriptions, signed documents, photographs or letters. Signatories range from prime ministers to presidents, musicians to Nobel laureates, self-published authors to world-famous cricketers. However, the stellar item is a small group of letters from the archive of Professor T.G.H. Strehlow. They are primarily from Pastor F.W. Albrecht, who replaced Strehlow’s father as superintendent of the Finke River Mission at Hermannsburg in Central Australia in 1927. These letters, written in 1957-58, are of strong interest in themselves, but greater significance must be attached to the accompanying letters in Western Aranda (Arrernte) from five elders. We have obtained full translations, and our catalogue record is worth reading, whatever your collecting interests may be.
Off you go!
London, New Cavendish Books, 1977. More
Townsville, James Cook University, 1980. [2 items]. More
Carlton South, The Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Press, 2001 (first edition in English). Number 36 in the second numbered series of the Miegunyah Volumes. 'This first translation incorporates a substantial introductory essay and explanatory notes by Dr Edward Duyker' (dustwrapper blurb). More
Adelaide, Board of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium, 2006 (third edition)/ 1990. 'A guide to the plants of the Adelaide district, from Goolwa to Gawler [and] contains colour illustrations and descriptions of about 1200 species' (rear cover). More
Sydney, The Society for Growing Australian Plants, 1969. A definitive work, describing and illustrating over 300 species and varieties of native orchids. More
London, Henry G. Bohn, 1842 (new edition)/ 1800+ ('appeared in parts, commencing in the year 1800', according to the preface in the new edition). 'At the period when the first edition of this work was presented to the public, the study of exotic insects, and indeed the science of Entomology..... More
Brugge, Stichting Sint-Jan, 1996. Loosely inserted is a large red 'Warning' slip: 'This book contains the works and photographs of Aboriginal artists now deceased. Where Australian Aborigines are concerned, and in areas where traditional Aboriginal religion is still significant, this book should be used only after consultation with local male..... More
London, Folio Society, 2005 (sixth printing)/ 2000 (first thus). The first two volumes, 'The Aztecs', and 'The Incas', are by Nigel Davies. The third volume, 'The Maya', is by Norman Hammond. [3 items]. More
London, Folio Society, 2005 (tenth printing)/ 1999. [4 items]. More
[Melbourne, George Robertson & Co., circa 1890s]. A scarce souvenir of rural Victoria at the end of the nineteenth century. The chromolithographs include 'Natives spearing Kangaroo', 'Alluvial Diggers', 'A Stampede', 'Yarding Cattle', 'Old Man Kangaroo at Bay', and 'A Buck Jumper'. The last one is curious - and inaccurate -..... More
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Inscribed 'To Douglas Newton with warm regards, Bryce Holcombe', and further signed by Bill Fagg and John Pemberton 3rd. Douglas Newton was an influential curator 'of the department of the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and..... More
Two of the portraits are dated (France, July 1917 and [London], October 1918); one of the others is credited to an English photographer; the fourth one was almost certainly taken while Dixon was on active service. They give a graphic portrayal of the impact the war has had on him..... More
The original mailing envelope is still present; it is addressed to Barry Jones as Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business, a position he held from 19 January 1988 to 4 April 1990. Provenance: Collection of The Hon Barry Jones AC. More
Provenance: Collection of The Hon Barry Jones AC. More
Dunedin, Otago Museum, 1968/ 1967, 1968, 1970 and 1973. Otago Museum Bulletin Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4; another two parts were issued later. [4 items]. More
[Adelaide, The Author, 1981]. The dedication page is signed and dated (27 August 1981) by Llewellyn Fowler. The frontispiece depicts 'Sergeant L. Fowler ... in 1919 after 3 years active service with the 10th Battalion'; pages 21-46 relate to his war service. More
The original document appears to have been a Treasury Bond issued for £50. Offered with an early engraved portrait of Fox as Secretary of State (145 × 115 mm). Provenance: Collection of The Hon Barry Jones AC. More
South Yarra, Croft Press, 1979. 'Reprinted from the Pamphlet originally published by J. Hately of Wolverhampton, circa 1805, and further embellished with Illustrations by Donald Friend. Hand-printed at the Croft Press'. This is number 170 of 250 copies signed by Donald Friend. 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
London, William Rider & Son, Limited, 1925. The author was an occultist and Thelemite who wrote a number of works on esotericism and mysticism. He was also a senior British Army officer, military historian, and strategist: Major-General John Frederick Charles 'Boney' Fuller CB CBE DSO (1878-1966). He was 'an early..... More
London, William Rider & Son, Limited, 1925. The author was an occultist and Thelemite who wrote a number of works on esotericism and mysticism. He was also a senior British Army officer, military historian, and strategist: Major-General John Frederick Charles 'Boney' Fuller CB CBE DSO (1878-1966). He was 'an early..... More
'Very best thanks for the loan of the Wedgewood [sic] medallion safely received.' Sir John Evans (1823-1908, English archaeologist and geologist), was the author of standard works on ancient coins, bronze implements, and stone implements and weapons of Great Britain. Two modern photographs of portraits of Galton from the National..... More
Below the signature are the first three lines of the warrant (in lithographed manuscript in another hand): 'These are to Authorize you by beat of Drum or otherwise, to raise so many Men in any County within Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'. Provenance: Collection of The Hon..... More
Canberra, Australian Academy of Science, 1981. More
'My dear Holland, I should like very much to help in your Candidature, but I have foresworn all further promises & engagements, till I have got rid of those which I now have & which will take all of my spare time till Easter. And it is only some six..... More
Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, 1965 (photo-lithographic facsimile)/ 1589. [2 items]. More
The cheque was written after Florence's husband Warren was elected President (2 November 1920) but before his inauguration on 4 March 1921. 'Energetic, strong-willed, and popular, she was an important influence on her husband's business and political careers.... [President Harding died in office in August 1923] ... Before returning to..... More
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007. [4 items]. More
London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. The 'country, the habits and customs as well as the beliefs of the Wonkonguru and their neighbours [east of Lake Eyre] ... For the last eight or nine years Mr Aiston has dwelt at Mungeranie, although more than twenty years he has spent in..... More
[Perth], His Majesty's Theatre Foundation, 2004. Provenance: Dr Alan Brissenden, with a signed inscription to him from the author on the verso of the front flyleaf ('To Alan - with admiration & affection. David, 22.10.10'). The title page is also signed in full by David Hough. More
Adelaide, 'published by Superintendent of Club', 1872. The name of the anonymous author, a cousin of the somewhat more famous Victor, is added in pencil on the title page. Ferguson 10643 (recording only 'blue morocco cloth boards'). 'By 1866 a ravaging northern drought accelerated the need to succour bush workers..... More
This print comes from the original 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley photographs; this was a slightly enlarged version of the London exhibition held earlier in the same year. The full title of the Australian exhibition catalogue is 'Exhibition of Unique Photographic Pictures taken during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Also other..... More
Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2012. This catalogue was issued in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name at the Art Gallery of South Australia in 2012. Loosely inserted is a copy of the related 'self-guided family trail' booklet. More
The material ranges from standard fare (iconic structures, picturesque landscapes, exotic costumes) to most interesting and unusual street-level documentary images. These large-format prints (84 are approximately 205 × 270 mm each, three are a little larger, and two are panoramas measuring 120 × 300 mm) have never been mounted, and..... More
Adelaide, Rigby, 1980. The 'trade' edition, limited to 990 copies (this fact is not noted in the book). A full leather edition limited to 135 signed copies was also published the same year under a Sydney imprint. More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1 August 1986 (fourth edition)/ 1922-1929. [4 items]. More
Frederick Allen Joyner (1863-1945) was 'President of the South Australian Photographic Society at the height of its influence as a leading group in the fledgling nation, and as an individual he had his own work shown and reproduced around the world. Later, in the 1920s, he was one of the..... More
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, 2007. A catalogue for an exhibition at the NGV and the AGNSW in 2007 and 2008. Tipped in is a typed letter on NGV letterhead, signed by a member of staff, thanking the recipients for their loan of one of the artworks featured in the..... More
Melbourne, Nelson, 1979 (second printing thus)/ 1969 and 1978. [2 items]. More
London, Cassell, 1964 (first edition). The author's scarce first book. More
London, Andre Deutsch, 1967 (first English edition). More
London, William Miller, 1811 [first edition]. 'No Englishman had hitherto passed beyond the range of lofty mountains which separates the secluded valley of Nepaul from the north-eastern parts of Bengal' when the author spent seven weeks in the country (13 February to 3 April 1793) on a diplomatic mission to..... More
Adelaide, Lutheran Publishing Company, 1926. The far west coast of South Australia. More
London, Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, 1927 (second printing - '2nd Edition' is printed at the head of the front cover). 'Exhibition No. 427 February 5th-21st, 1927'; Shaw's preface runs to seven pages, Lawrence's (five pages) is an extract 'from a note on Mr Kennington's Arab portraits written..... More
London, Company of Stationers, 1606 [new and corrected edition]/ 1515. With summaries of hundreds of cases heard during the reign of Edward III (1327 to 1377), selected from the Yearbooks and arranged chronologically. The cases range from criminal matters to property disputes. The text, in Law French, is set in..... More
New York, Jonathan Leavitt, 1831 [first edition]. Reverend Joshua Leavitt (1794-1873) was an American Congregationalist minister and former lawyer who embarked on a lengthy 'career as social reformer, temperance spokesman, editor, abolitionist and religious proselytizer.... Leavitt published "The Christian Lyre" in 1830, the "first American tunebook to take the form..... More
There is also a short (five-word) note in pencil in the bottom left-hand portion of the page, written and initialled by Lehar. Oswald Kabasta (1896-1946), an Austrian conductor, is not without interest. 'In 1931 he became head of conducting at the Vienna Academy. He also served as musical director of..... More
[Light Pass, The Church], 1950. 'Archives copy handed to Proeve' is written in pencil on the first page; a signature (Ernst Materne?) is written over it in ink. More
While the bulk of the letter is missing, the last lines refer to the burden of protective tariffs on the textile trade. Lloyd George was Prime Minister from December 1916 until October 1922; John Henry Whitley (1866-1935) was Speaker of the House of Commons 1921-28 and Chairman of the BBC..... More
'I should like to talk over the political situation with you.... I was sorry Professor Conway was not elected, but this is one out of a great many seats thrown away by the Conservatives quite wantonly'. Provenance: Collection of The Hon Barry Jones AC. More