Captain Nat Herreshoff. The Wizard of Bristol
New York, Sheridan House, 1974. Apart from designing yachts which won the Americas Cup six times, Herreshoff also designed the first US Navy's torpedo boats. More
New Arrivals
Ticonderoga. Tales of an Enchanted Yacht
Mystic, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc, 1997. More
On Neuroma and Neuro-fibromatosis
Edinburgh, Turnbull & Spears, 1900. Inscribed by the author to 'J.W. Smith, Esq', and with the bookplate of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018), annotated with his acquisition date: 'November 1983', mounted on the front pastedown. More
Arnhem Land. Its History and its People
Melbourne, Cheshire, 1954. Loosely inserted is a tearsheet of the death of Aboriginal artist Yirawala. More
Horned Capon
Melbourne, Oberon, 1949. Number 286 of only 350 numbered copies printed for private subscribers only; with the author's signature on the front flyleaf. Not all copies were signed, and it is possible that the signatures are to be found in copies put on the market at a somewhat later date..... More
The Magic Pudding. Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1963 ('New edition')/ 1918. Norman Lindsay has added to the front flyleaf a charming original pencil drawing of Bunyip Bluegum, and a signed inscription - 'A Slice of Pudden' for [Carl Strehlow] from Norman Lindsay' (overall dimensions 120 × 115 mm). The recipient was the son..... More
A Voyage to Terra Australis, undertaken for the Purpose of completing the Discovery of that Vast Country .. in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1989 (facsimile edition)/ 1814. A superb production, limited to only 500 numbered sets; this set is number 1. More
Maud. A Monodrama
London, Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press for Macmillan & Co., 1893. One of only 500 copies on paper (a further five copies were printed on vellum). Peterson A17. More
G.L. Watson. The Art & Science of Yacht Design
Limerick, Peggy Bawn Press, 2011. A study of the life and work of 'the peerless Scottish yacht designer, George Lennox Watson (1851-1904) ... Watson's career spanned a seminal period in industrial and social development, embracing the powerful transition from intuitive and anonymous craft work to technological innovation in custom design..... More
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Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ [three volumes]
Pasadena, Showcase Publications, 1985, 1989, and 1995. 'This three-volume encyclopedia provides a wealth of primary source material on the American theater [sic] organ, an instrument designed for the movie theaters of the silent film era that has now all but disappeared from American pop culture. The first two volumes contain..... More
Private Impressions [the collective title of a series of eight 'monographs about printing and other book arts']
Katoomba, The Wayzgoose Press, May 1995 to February 1996 (Numbers 1-4), and June 2000 to March 2001 (Numbers 5-8). The first number is co-authored; the next four are written by Mike Hudson; the last three are written by Jadwiga Jarvis. The series is complete with the separate introductory volumes (to..... More
An autograph letter signed (as T.E. Shaw) to 'Dear Bordewich', relating to 'boats for the RAF'
From the spring of 1931 until the end of his enlistment in February 1935, T.E. Lawrence 'was part of a small team that developed and perfected the new types of RAF boat. He worked on seaplane tenders and armoured target boats, general-purpose workboats, refuelling dinghies, bomb-loading dinghies and experimental craft'..... More
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Mon Cher J'ack | Lettre au President de la Republique | par Wayzgoose Press | [manicule] A Prospectus
Katoomba, The Wayzgoose Press, 1995. 'From those wonderful folks who have given the world - the Guillotine, snails in garlic sauce and Club Med - we now have the ultimate in desert islands - Mururoa!': the prospectus is for a limited-edition broadside 'in the form of a nose-tweaking letter to..... More
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Wayzgoose. The Australian Journal of Book Arts. Number One [all published]
Pyrmont, The Wayzgoose Press, 1985. Number 379 of 400 copies (plus 50 copies in quarter leather and cloth). Articles include 'George Howe and Early Printing in New South Wales'; 'The Art and Craft of Oil and Watercolour Marbling'; 'Nature and Occurrence of Lithographic Limestone'; and 'Pioneers of Process Engraving in..... More
As Dead as the Proverbial .. Designed and illustrated by Mike Hudson
Katoomba, The Wayzgoose Press, 1989. 'The text for this article on the Dodo first appeared in "The Penny Magazine" of June 1st 1833' (introductory note). What pagination there is appears in reverse order from number 10, and appears only on the recto of the leaves printed with the text of..... More
Journal of the Explorations of Charles Grimes
Carlton, Queensberry Hill Press, 1984 [first thus]. One of the publisher's Victoriana Collection series; 'first issued in Parliamentary Paper No. 15, entitled "Port Phillip. First Survey and Settlement of' [1803]. Number 16 of only 155 copies. More
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Philips' Series of Travelling Maps. New Zealand, by W. Hughes, F.R.G.S. [cover title]
London, George Philip and Son, [circa 1877?]. The overall heading on the map is 'Polynesia', and there are in fact 10 individual maps (three of them inset on the map of New Zealand). Other areas featured include the Galapagos, Sandwich, Mariana, New Hebrides, Friendly and Society Islands. The National Library..... More
From a Sea of Mallee. An Illustrated History of Yeelanna and District
Yeelanna, Yeelanna Book Committee, [1988]. More
Belvidere. Gateway to the Lakes and River
[Belvidere], The Author, 1992. One of 1000 copies. More
Marrabel and District. The Legend of Curio
Marrabel, Marrabel Rodeo Club, 1987. More
Marrabel and District Revisited
Marrabel, Marrabel Rodeo Committee, 1999. More
Balaklava. Change and Challenge. A History of Balaklava and Surrounding Districts
Balaklava, District Council of Balaklava, 1977. More
Sliding Rock. To Mine or Not to Mine
Eden Hills, The Author, 1986. Inscribed and signed by the author. With a small newspaper clipping on Klaassen tipped-in. More
The Changing Valley. Forreston, 1839 to 1989
Gumeracha, Gould Books for Forreston Community Centre, 1989. More