Adelaide, Printed by Andrew, Thomas, & Clark, at the 'Register,' 'Observer,' and 'Journal' Offices, 1871. The pamphlet comprises a title page, list of office-bearers and members, and the report for the year (each one leaf, verso blank), followed by 11 papers read at the society's meetings during the year. The..... More
'Companies A and F were from the village of Kewanee, in Henry county [Illinois] ... The exigencies of the struggle and the call had wrought the enthusiasm of the village to its highest pitch, when, on the morning of August 7th, a muster roll was opened in the office of..... More
![Item #144270 Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. [Volume] 1:...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/144270_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1754621145)
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1956, 1960, 1958 and 1964 (all first - and only - editions). Charles Mountford was the leader of the expedition; he was also the author of the first volume, the editor of the second, and co-editor of the third with R.L. Specht (who edited the fourth..... More
This photograph is reproduced in 'The Home of the Blizzard' (Volume 1, page 102), with the caption 'Adelie Land. Weddell seals asleep on pancake ice'. Several pages earlier, Mawson writes: 'Seals and penguins on magic gondolas were the silent denizens of this dreamy Venice. In the soft glamour of the..... More
[London, Printed by Luke Hansard ... and sold by John White, 1800]. A map of Australia (labelled 'New Holland'), noting but not showing the 'Supposed New discov'd Straits' between Tasmania and the mainland (Matthew Flinders and George Bass had discovered Bass Strait in 1798). Bound as issued in the fourth..... More
![Item #135857 Album by W. Blackwood of Sydney Banks [cover title]. W. BLACKWOOD, Olaf William](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/135857_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1734422485)
Sydney, W. Blackwood [The Photographer], 1859. The preface (dated 8 November 1859) is informative regarding the production of the photographs: 'In taking the Views of the whole of the Banking Establishments of Sydney, the Photographer has had to contend with numerous difficulties, especially with the impossibility of obtaining, in some..... More
The album was compiled by a Dundee volunteer, 8934 Private James Proctor Norwell, 1st Volunteer Battalion Royal Highlanders (Black Watch); the commanding officer was 7727 Lieutenant Alistair Valentine. The first dozen, starting with '1. Cleaning Rifles. (Perth Ranges)' in the snow, were taken before Cape Town was reached. The rest..... More
This charming collection comprises: 1. The final preparatory artwork for the bookplate by George Perrottet under Muir's maiden name, Marcie Collett (India ink and watercolour on card, 105 × 77 mm), tipped-in inside a small card bifolium inscribed 'Sketch for lino cut Bookplate' and signed by Perrottet on the front..... More
Adelaide, Publishers Limited, 1925 and 1927 (first editions). An important series of lengthy biographical sketches of SA pioneering pastoralists. 'Publication of the series began in the "Adelaide Stock and Station Journal" on January 10, 1923, and continued weekly until August 10, 1927.... During that period, a total of 230 articles..... More
London, Lovell Reeve, [November] 1859 [first separate edition]. 'The first important botanical work by a supporter of the doctrine of evolution by natural selection' (Norman, often quoted, but not going nearly far enough in our opinion!). A singular rarity, of the utmost importance. In the concluding paragraph of the postscript..... More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1924, first thus]. More
The image, from the early 1850s, is in the original leather case gilt-embossed 'Mr Kilburn, 234 Regent Street'. The celebrated William Kilburn trained his brother Douglas, who established Victoria's first professional photographic studio in 1847. More
London, J. and C. Walker, [circa 1850s]. The maps are lithographic reproductions of the county maps in John and Charles Walker's 'British Atlas' (Longman, Rees & Co., 1837), with the borders of the hunts delineated by a dashed line and hand-coloured, their names printed in blue, and places of meeting..... More
This is an example of item 143 of the 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley's works, which emanated from the Fine Art Society, London. The full title of the catalogue is 'Exhibition of Unique Photographic Pictures taken during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Also other Photographic Studies by Frank Hurley' (small octavo..... More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1939 (first edition). A scarce title, rarely found in this condition. Feain and Aroney record a print-run of 1500 copies (but they misread the 10/- price printed on the dustwrapper as 10/7, and fail to include the 12 pages of preliminaries in the pagination). More
Hobart, William Thomas Strutt, Government Printer, 1888. Robert Mackenzie Johnston (1843-1918), civil servant, scientist and statistician, whose 'greatest claim to scientific fame was his monumental "Systematic Account of the Geology of Tasmania" (1888). Its treatment of the island's Permian, Triassic and Tertiary rocks and fossils demonstrated outstanding scientific skills and..... More
1894 (printed later). Reproduced in NEWTON, Gael: 'John Kauffmann, Art Photographer' (NGA, 1996), page 14 (this print, which also appeared in the accompanying travelling exhibition, 'Soft but True'). Provenance: from the family of John Kauffmann, by descent (sold by Sotheby's Australia, 24 July 1988); private collection, Sydney. More
[Circa 1920s]. Signed on the lower right of the image. More
Circa 1910s (the first regatta was held in 1910). Signed on the lower right of the image. Provenance: from the family of John Kauffmann, by descent (sold by Sotheby's Australia, 24 July 1988); private collection, Sydney. More
Circa 1930s. 'Photograph by J. Kauffmann, 243 Collins St., Melbourne' inkstamped on the verso of the image. Provenance: from the family of John Kauffmann, by descent (sold by Sotheby's Australia, 24 July 1988); private collection, Sydney. More
Signed and titled (twice) in pencil on the original mount (now concealed by the mat). The boat is SS 'Alacrity', operated at the time by Howard Smith in Port Phillip Bay. Provenance: from the family of John Kauffmann, by descent (sold by Sotheby's Australia, 24 July 1988); private collection, Sydney..... More
The Northern Territory Archive Service has an album containing the same twenty-five images, captioned but apparently unsigned. The catalogue record for that album (NTRS 3050) states that 'Hugo Keil was a photographer who worked at the Appropriation Ledger Section of the Allied Works Council in Alice Springs during the Second..... More
London, The Royal Photographic Society, June 1931. The first photogravure is 'Bewegungs Studie (Study of Movement) by Prof. Rudolf Koppitz of Vienna', featuring dancers from the Vienna State Opera Ballet. Rudolf Koppitz (1884-1936), was born in the Czech Republic; he was a Photo-Secessionist, and 'one of the leading representatives of..... More
[London, McLean & Co., 1847]. 'Scenes in the Bush of Australia. By A Squatter' was originally published as 'an oblong quarto volume consisting of two fine lithographs within green titling-wrappers. [The wrappers (not present here) stated the work was 'Published for the benefit of the Famine Relief Fund of the..... More
The photographs are displayed in three rows of three: the captions from left to right, top to bottom are 'The Derby Winner - "Mountain King"'; 'View on the Flat'; 'Poseidon'; 'The Finish'; 'Returning to the scales'; 'The Lawn'; 'Saddling up'; '"Apologue" - Winner'; and 'Leaving the Bird Cage'. Jockey William..... More