The Horse and His Boy
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1954 (first edition). The fifth volume of 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series. More
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Water Colour Book. Eighteen Reproductions in Colour from Original Watercolours
Sydney, The Springwood Press, 1939. 'With an appreciation of the medium by Norman Lindsay and a biographical survey of the artist's life and works by Godfrey Blunden' (sub-title). The edition was limited to 1850 copies; production was interrupted by the war and the edition was completed in 1945 (a less appealing variant). More
Notable South Australians; or, Colonists - Past and Present
Adelaide, Carey, Page & Co., Printers ('Published under the Author's own immediate Supervision'), 1885. The lithographs are a delightful frontispiece view of Glenelg in 1837 after John Michael Skipper and 15 full-page portraits. The photograph is of Loyau, facing the camera, with his eyes looking a little to his right;... More
A Compendium of Kafir Laws and Customs, including Genealogical Tables of Kafir Chiefs and Various Tribal Census Returns
Mount Coke, Wesleyan Mission Press (Printed for the Government of British Kaffraria), 1858. Both the front flyleaf and the title page carry the ownership signature of Sir Malcolm MacGregor, fourth Baronet MacGregor and a British naval commander stationed in New Zealand. The inscription is dated 19 December 1861 ('Auckland, New... More
The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art
Carlton, Aus Art Editions in association with the Miegunyah Press, 2006 (fourth edition)/ 1968. With 'over 8,000 entries on Australian artists, art movements, groups, prizes, awards, exhibitions and galleries; an extensive section on Australia's Aboriginal art with detailed information on artists, community art centres and regions; more than 1,500 new... More
A vintage press photograph captioned on the verso 'The Nation's Last Homage to Marquess Curzon at Westminster Abbey ..'
The gelatin silver print (120 × 167 mm) has a shallow v-shaped hairline crack in the emulsion at the top centre; overall it is in excellent condition. The photographer is not credited; the verso is ink-stamped 'Photo supplied Central News', and tipped in on it is the duplicate typescript caption... More
![The Motor Cycle. Volume 49, Number 1526, 7 July 1932 to Number 1551, 29 December 1932. [Together with Volumes 50, 51 and 53]. Motorcycling.](/pictures/thumb/113646_00.jpg?v=1546928633)
The Motor Cycle. Volume 49, Number 1526, 7 July 1932 to Number 1551, 29 December 1932. [Together with Volumes 50, 51 and 53]
Volume 50 comprises Number 1552, 5 January 1933 to Number 1577, 29 June 1933. Volume 51 comprises Number 1578, 6 July 1933 to Number 1603, 28 December 1933. Volume 53 comprises Number 1630, 5 July 1934 to Number 1655, 27 December 1934. More
Poles in Australia and Oceania, 1790-1940
Sydney, Australian National University Press, 1987. Provenance: Pat Cmielewski, with her colour bookplate (her own design). More
An album of photographs of a skiing holiday at the Cresta Palace Hotel, Celerina (near St Moritz), Switzerland, in the winter of 1912-1913
The first seven photographs (captioned on the album leaves), and another 22 loosely inserted in an envelope mounted on the rear pastedown (15 postcard-format, 6 small snapshots, all captioned on the verso), show members of the Reid family of Glasgow and various friends enjoying themselves in the snow and on... More
Pèlerinage à la Mecque et à Médine. Précédé d'un aperçu sur l'islamisme et suivi de considérations générales au point de vue sanitaire et d'un appendice sur la circoncision
Cairo, Imprimerie Nationale, June 1894. A very rare account of pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina in 1888 and 1891, by an Egyptian doctor sent at the behest of his government to report on sanitary conditions for pilgrims on the Hajj. The illustrations include reproductions of images by the two earliest... More
![Biographical Index of South Australians, 1836-1885. Bicentennial Bulletin Number 1 [to Number 8, all published]. South Australia, Jan THOMAS.](/pictures/thumb/113482_00.jpg?v=1546928628)
Biographical Index of South Australians, 1836-1885. Bicentennial Bulletin Number 1 [to Number 8, all published]
Adelaide, South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society, 1987 to 1989. The major four-volume 'Biographical Index of South Australians, 1836-1885' was published in 1986. These eight Bicentennial Bulletins were published quarterly between 1987 and 1989; they 'contained new biographies and also substantial amendments to entries published in the previous work. Sources... More
An extraordinarily rare early monaural stethoscope in hand-blown and hand-worked glass
With its elegant bell and delicate twisted stem, this fine example, an impressive 450 mm tall, is possibly of French origin, and dates from the early nineteenth century. From the collection of Dr Milton Roxanas, whose essay 'The Glass Stethoscope' in 'The Medical Journal of Australia', Volume 195, December 2011... More
Laboratory Apparatus for Chemical, Industrial, Metallurgical, Bacteriological, Biological, Board of Health, Clinical, Hospital and Commercial Testing Laboratories. Catalog C. No. 227-3
Chicago, Central Scientific Co., 1927. The publisher's postcard (requesting the reader to send in 'comments and suggestions') is attached to the front pastedown, as issued. More
![No. 3 Shade Card for Sewing Silk & Button Hole Twist. Lister & Co., Limited, Manningham Mills, Bradford, England [cover title]. Trade Catalogue.](/pictures/thumb/112445_01.jpg?v=1546928593)
No. 3 Shade Card for Sewing Silk & Button Hole Twist. Lister & Co., Limited, Manningham Mills, Bradford, England [cover title]
Bradford, The Company, [circa 1910s?]. One of the printed information sheets states that 'All shades on this color card are stocked at Adelaide depot', establishing a clear Australian connection with what was in its time (and a very long time that was) the largest silk factory in the world. More
John Sherman, and Dhoya, by Ganconagh
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892 (third edition)/ [November] 1891 (second edition)/ [September] 1891 [first edition]. These first extended prose works by Yeats were published together as Volume 10 in Unwin's Pseudonym Library. The first edition in cloth has always been rare, but later research suggests that the second and third... More