Adelaide, Paris Nesbit (to Number 15), then John Newton Wood, 1900 and 1901. 'The small religious newspaper "Morning" was founded in 1900 by the gifted but unbalanced lawyer, Paris Nesbit. The newspaper was initially used largely as a vehicle for his personal views on religion and Adelaide society. Nesbit unashamedly..... More

Cobb, Transmutation Publishing, 2015 (second edition, annotated and extended)/ 2013. A colour-pictorial bookplate, printed with the name of the author and the book, and inscribed and signed by the author, is mounted on an initial blank page. It is also a certificate of limitation for this deluxe edition, limited to..... More

The consecutively numbered land grants (1037 to 1041) are for 'Eighty acres numbered 957 [to 961] in the Provincial Survey marked with the Letter C', purchased by 'George Frederick Dashwood Esquire, Royal Navy, Forest Lodge, Bracknell, Berks'. The purchase price of £80 per section is not shown; all five documents..... More

The gelatin silver photographs (image size 160 × 205 mm, or the reverse in three instances) are mounted on thick flush-cut cardboard; there are some chips and trifling imperfections around the edges, and two have slight surface imperfections in background areas; overall, they are in very good condition. The images..... More

Adelaide, A.C. Harley and Co., 1914. 'Notwithstanding the fact that we have more than doubled the number of illustrations, it has been found impossible to include all our patterns, as we are constantly adding to their number.' A rare, handsome and important catalogue of decorative ironwork; the very rare first..... More

Toowong, Takarakka Nowan Kas Publications, in association with The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne, 2000. An unparalleled 'visual record of ancient Kimberley rock art, dealing specifically with periods predating the Ice Age', and a work of lasting significance produced to the highest standard. Grahame Walsh died in 2007, aged 62;..... More

Adelaide, E.S. Wigg and Son, 1879. An early collected reprint of works already scarce at the time; the lithographs and lengthy (34-page) introduction by Woods were new to this edition. Taplin's substantial contribution, The Narrinyeri (156 pages plus 6 preliminaries) is the text of the revised edition of 1878 (see..... More

Berlin, Ernst Wasmuth A.G., 1910. 'In 1910-11 the distinguished German architectural publisher Ernst Wasmuth issued a pair of elegant portfolios covering the work of Frank Lloyd Wright to date. Among the most important architectural manifestoes of the twentieth century, the "Wasmuth folios" had enormous influence on the architects of the..... More