London, William Tweedie, [1872]. Provenance: Edward Edgar Pescott (1872-1954), horticulturalist, naturalist, author and book-collector, with his surname signature in pencil on the title page. In his Bonwick bibliography, published in 1939, Pescott records this item as number 50 ('Little Joe. London, 1862') and marks it as unseen. Clearly he found..... More

London, Andrew Crooke, 1642 [second unauthorised edition]. Garrison-Morton 6612.90 ('The most famous work of English literature written by a physician. Browne did not intend to have it published, but manuscripts of the work circulated privately. Two unauthorized and inaccurate editions were issued surreptitiously by the same publisher in the same..... More

Melbourne, Slater, Williams, and Hodgson, 1855. Provenance: Robert O'Hara Burke, with his full initials (ROHB) written in pencil at the head of the title page. (Early pencilling on the five pages of advertisements and two blank pages, comprising a short list of farm-related items, a few sketch plans, and some..... More

London, Secker & Warburg, 1983 (first edition). 'Each of the shortlisted authors receives ... a specially bound edition of their book' (from the Man Booker Prize website). This novel was awarded the 1983 Booker Prize; this copy has mounted on the front free endpaper a label with 'Booker McConnell Prize'..... More

Amsterdam, Chez la Veuve de Paul Marret, 1711 (the first three volumes, the first bearing the additional legend 'Troisième Edition revûe, corrigée & augmentée d'un volume'), 1714 (the fourth volume), and 1712 (the fifth volume). The separately printed 'Traité des Vents' bound with the second volume, the 'Voyages ... à..... More

Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1891. Printed at the head of the first page is the following: '21/6/91. Draft of a Bill as adopted by the National Australasian Convention, 9th April, 1891. Henry Parkes, President. F.W. Webb, Secretary'. This copy has the printed paper name-label 'Sir J.W. Downer' on the..... More

Melbourne, James J. Blundell, 1856. The run contains 20 busy and entertaining original lithographs of the Victorian goldfields by Gill, as well as the very rare printed wrappers (also by Gill). These scenes of goldfields life are 'arguably still the most popular and most readily recognised representations of the Australian..... More

The material relates to her travels in Asia, Africa and Europe in the early 1990s, accompanied by her husband, the German artist Anselm Kiefer. Many of these photographs, dating back to Graf's earliest use of the camera on her journeys, are overwritten with her often-impressionistic notes and commentaries. This intriguing..... 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

The photographs are mounted together, behind glass and recently reinserted in the original frame; apart from some silvering-out around the margins, the entire package (external dimensions 295 x 650 mm) is in excellent condition. The recipient, Mimi Mattin, was a 'Life Member of the Adelaide Repertory Theatre Society, Actor, Costume..... More

London, Heinemann, 1919 [first edition, first impression]. Provenance: from the personal collection of Richard Walter Richards, one of the Ross Sea Shore Party, with his contemporary ownership details on the front flyleaf: 'R W Richards ITAE 1914-17'. The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17 comprised two teams, the Weddell Sea party..... More