Many of the photographs appear to have been taken at Vickers' Brooklands factory near Weybridge, Surrey (the famous banked race track is visible in many images), and possibly also at the nearby Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire. Nearly all are dated, ranging from 1937 to 1946. The gelatin silver prints..... More

Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1894. Mounted on the front pastedown is an autograph letter signed by the Clerk of the Assembly, J.C. Morphett (one page octavo, 25 April 1911, on South Australian Parliament letterhead). 'Dear Sir, I have just heard that His Excellency is desirous of obtaining a copy..... More

Sydney, [The Author], 1950. Number 76 of the standard issue of 200 copies signed by the author; a further 100 copies in two deluxe editions were also published. Loosely inserted is a small leaflet listing publications by Barnett, with his postal address stamp on the otherwise blank verso. Provenance: Johannes..... More

Sydney, Privately Printed (for the Author by the Beacon Press), 1951. Number 21 of only 100 signed copies. More

Sydney, 'Privately Printed' (for the Author) by The Beacon Press, 1934. Number 49 of only 70 signed copies of the De Luxe Edition. A Standard Edition of 210 signed copies was also issued; it contained far fewer plates (one example we have sold contained 108 tipped-in bookplates, with 14 signed..... More

Subjects include Harry Muir, Frank Clune, John Gartner, M.I. Humphries, S.R. Phippard, Roger Norris Martin, Ewing Rixson, and Edward, Prince of Wales. Six are black and white (two signed); three are monochrome (one signed); and one is in two colours. Five are unmounted, as issued; five are individually tipped in..... More

Sydney, The Australian Ex Libris Society (printed at The Beacon Press), 1934. Number 116 of 150 copies signed by Adrian Feint; it was presumably hand-set and hand-printed by Harrie Mortlock at his Beacon Press. The contents include two essays ('Bookplates of Adrian Feint' by Carlyle S. Baer, and 'Adrian Feint..... More

In 1907 Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David (1858-1934) was Professor of Geology at the University of Sydney, with a world-wide reputation, when 'Ernest Shackleton invited him to journey south with his expedition and return in the "Nimrod" at the end of the summer.... [In] December 1907 David, with two former..... More

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

Adelaide, [The Author], 1953 and 1955. Number 451 of 500 copies (the first volume), and number 84 of 200 copies (the Supplement). An important work, containing much material from 'the unpublished Log Books of the "Investigator". Extracts from Flinders' rough and also his compilation manuscript charts, are presented for the..... More

London, John Murray, 1906 [first edition]. With the bookplates of James Edge Partington (1854-1930) and Charles Richmond John Glover (1870-1936); the occasional pencilling, mainly to the bibliography, appears to be by Edge Partington. Loosely inserted is a contemporary review of the book, and a small sheaf of relevant newspaper clippings..... More

Adelaide, W.C. Cox, Government Printer, 1870. The areas under discussion are near Kingscote. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 216 of 1870. More

Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham, 1920. More