![A linen map of the Western Front, showing the 'Allies' Line June 30 [and] ... Oct. 19' 1916. Map:...](/pictures/thumb/118957_00.jpg?v=1592548694)
[London], By Permission of the 'Manchester Guardian', [1916]. A piece of hemmed white linen (overall dimensions 610 × 465 mm), the map (510 × 382 mm) printed in black, within a decorative blue and red border; in fine condition. The area depicted is roughly from Arras, Pozieres, Albert and Rosieres-en-Santerre..... More
Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1956. 'Wherever I travelled ... trees excited both my imagination and my desire to show their beauty to others. But they were elusive subjects, and so seldom grew where I could show their full beauty that, after half a lifetime among them, this book of tree..... More
![Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. [Volume] 1: Art, Myth...](/pictures/thumb/102270_00.jpg?v=1550894016)
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
London, Printed for J. Senex, W. and J. Innys, J. Osborne, and T. Longman, 1728 ('Second Edition, very much Corrected')/ 1720 (first edition in English)/ 1707 (first edition, in Latin). The eight plates, normally found with a small folding section, are bound into this copy in an unfolded state by..... More
London, James Fraser, 1839. The folding plates, after sketches by Charles Wittenoom, are of lasting value. They are 'Sketch of the Town of Perth from Perth Water, Western Australia', and 'Sketch of the Town of Freemantle [sic] from the Court House, Arthur's Head, Western Australia'. Ferguson 2819 (noting that the..... More
Melbourne, Melbourne Invitation Committee, [1948]. The book is essentially a photographic introduction to Melbourne. It is offered together with a companion publication of the same vintage, with the first page of text commencing 'Hereby the Melbourne Invitation Committee renews with cordiality its invitation ...' (quarto, light blue cloth with a...... More
!['Why did my master sell me?' [the caption on a studio portrait with attitude]. Photography,...](/pictures/thumb/119607_01.jpg?v=1601350564)
Richmond, Victoria, T.W. McAlpine, [1880s]. Some details catch the eye immediately - the cloth cap, the high lace-up boots, the striped knee-length socks - but they don't demand answers. However, one that does is the caption 'Why did my master sell me?' written in the negative on the fur rug..... More
Melbourne, [The Society], 1874. This issue also contains (among much else) FISON, Reverend Lorimer: The Classificatory System of Kinship (26 pages), and PAIN, H.E.: Abstract of a Paper on Aboriginal Art in Australasia, Polynesia, and Oceania, and its Decay (6 pages). More
The catalyst for the discord appears to have been Hippeau's biting lampoon of Gounod in the issue of 29 October 1882. Saint-Saëns had hitherto been listed prominently on the covers as an official collaborator of the magazine; his name is absent from the issue of 13 November. His relationship with..... More
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
The first photograph shows ten 'Members of the Directorate and Management assembled in the Company's board room'. The rest of the plates get down to grass roots: Adelaide head office (2); the huge Mile End dairy processing and produce facility (8); the Union's presence at the Adelaide Show (2); the..... More
Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1993 (sixth impression)/ 1987. Inscribed and signed by the artist on the half-title (19 February 1995). All artwork relates to the Second World War, and the blank verso of the front free endpaper facing are nine signatures (often with service details and awards). These include..... More
The samples vary in size, but they must average around 40 to 50 square centimetres each; they are accompanied by extensive technical details (including threading and loom settings) handwritten, neatly and in the one hand, in Italian. One page has no sample, one has two samples, two have a sample..... More
[Sydney], Vale & Pearson [for Hugh D. McIntosh], 1919. A contemporary newspaper account of the dinner records there were 27 VC winners present at the dinner. The recto of each of the first 21 blank leaves has been signed by attendees at the dinner; 16 are VC winners (one of..... More
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875. Peter Egerton Warburton (1813-1889) left Alice Springs for Western Australia in April 1873 with six men and seventeen camels. The party 'endured long periods of extreme heat with little water, and survived only by killing the camels for meat. They reached the..... More
