Prahran, Hardie Grant Books, 2005 (fully revised edition)/ 1963. The stories of 96 Australians who have received the Victoria Cross. More about Victoria Cross. Australia's Finest and the Battles they Fought
Sydney, Beagle Press, 1989. With the contemporary ownership signature of Peter Ward (twice), journalist and author. Nora Heysen (1911-2003) was Hans Heysen's fourth child and a fine artist in her own right; she was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize, and the first Australian woman to be appointed... More about Nora Heysen
London, Academy Editions, 1995 (revised edition)/ 1973. The revised edition, entirely rewritten and expanded, with over 300 illustrations. Bakst was 'the greatest designer of the Ballets Russes ... brilliant and daring'. More about Leon Bakst and the Ballets Russes
Sydney, Craftsman House, 1985 [first edition]. The standard edition, with the publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. More about The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1982. More about A History of Australian childrens [sic] Book Illustration
(London), Daily Telegraph... 1915. More about King Albert's Book. A Tribute to the Belgian King and People
Paddington, Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1989. With the Price List loosely inserted. More about Masterpieces of Australian Photography. Exhibition 24 June - 22 July 1989
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 [first and only edition]. The map is neatly signed by the author. Lauri Sheard accompanied Charles Mountford as his assistant on an Adelaide University Field Expedition to Ernabella, the Musgraves, Mann Ranges, Ayers Rock and Mt Olga in June-October 1940. He was eighteen... More about An Australian Youth among Desert Aborigines. Journal of an Expedition among the Aborigines of...
Blackwood, Lynton, [1978]. From his 'first official field work - defining the Northern Territory and Queensland boundary in 1883, to his last exploit on a private prospecting expedition in 1933'. McLaren 16641. More about To the Great Gulf. The Surveys and Explorations of L.A. Wells, Last Australian Explorer, 1860-1938
Netley, Wakefield Press, 1986. More about Barbara Hanrahan, Printmaker
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843. From the amusing opening 11 pages on the rebuilding of London's Houses of Parliament (referencing but not naming, the feud between Neoclassical and Neogothic architects) to a comical evening's gossip with a painter, and a four year's residence in Italy. Edward Villiers Rippingille... More about The Artist and Amateur's Magazine. A Work devoted to the Interests of the Arts of Design and the...
London, The Folio Society, 1999. 'On foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube'. More about A Time of Gifts. Illustrated by Daniel Whistler
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1986 (first edition). An essential reference work, now out of print. More about Ceramics in South Australia, 1836-1986. From Folk to Studio Pottery
Sydney, Edwards and Shaw, 1956. Three myths, 'Erintja the Devil-dog' and 'The Old-man and his Six Sons, the Namatuna', and 'The Eagle-men of Alkutnama', are related by Tonanga (AKA Albert Namatjira) of the Arranda (or Arrernte) people. Strehlow contributes a three-page foreword. More about The Feathered Serpent. The Mythological Genesis and Recreative Ritual of the Aboriginal Tribes of...
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1971/ 1798 and 1802. Peade A76: 1002 sets. More about An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales .. [Two volumes
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1970 [facsimile edition]/ 1777. Peade A191: only 781 sets printed. More about A Voyage towards the South Pole and round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the...
Adelaide, Rigby, 1978. More about Preserving Historic Adelaide
Madang, Kristen Pres, 1986. 'Return to Dr Grope' is inscribed at the top of the front cover; the Reverend Dr Leslie Bernhard Grope (1920-2018), Lutheran Church of Australia President Emeritus, 'who served in the role now known as LCA bishop from 1972 until his retirement in 1987' (LCA obituary). Text... More about Rot Bilong Kamapim Haus Tru Bilong God. A Picture History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of...
Light Pass, Light Pass Revisited Committee, 1986. One of only 350 copies. More about Light Pass Revisited. A History of People, Places and Events at Light Pass, South Australia
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1950 [facsimile edition]/ 1789. Nuber 600 of 1000 copies. The first publication in the publisher's Australiana Facsimiles series. More about The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay
Adelaide, Rigby, 1977. Number 909 of 1001 copies of the deluxe edition signed by the artist. More about The Art of Pro Hart
