Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham, 1897. The front flyleaf is inscribed, dated (16 April 1933) and signed by the author's nephew, Geo. F. Hussey. Henry Hussey (1825-1903), 'evangelist, millenarian, printer and historian', arrived in South Australia in 1839, and by 1850 was established as a printer. He later became a successful..... More
London, Edward Arnold & Co., 1927. Walter Harris (1866-1933) was 'a journalist, writer, traveller and socialite who achieved fame for his writings on Morocco, where he worked for many years as special correspondent for "The Times". He settled in the country at the age of 19 ... Harris was a...... More
London, John Murray, 1878. Provenance: 'given me from "Manoah" Library' is written in ink on the verso of the front flyleaf; a bookplate ('Words | Words | Words | F A S') is mounted on the front pastedown. 'Manoah' was the name of the Adelaide Hills estate of Sir Josiah..... More
London, Peter Davies, 1926 (first thus). 'This edition of the Odes of Horace [in Latin] is limited to five hundred copies for sale, set by hand in types designed by Rudolf Koch and printed at the Curwen Press. The decorations are reproduced from drawings by Vera Willoughby' (colophon). More
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Number 475 of 500 copies; this copy is signed by the author on the dedication page. More
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1932 (first edition). Number 136 of only 200 copies signed by all nine authors and the artist; a further 1000 copies were unsigned. The contributors are John van Druten, G.B. Stern, A.E. Coppard, Sean O'Faolain, Norah Hoult, Hamish Maclaren, Elizabeth Bowen, Ronald Fraser, and..... More
London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Number 259 of only 300 copies. The contributors are Paul Nash, David Low, Robert Gibbings, Eric Kennington, Leon Underwood, Stanley Spencer, Edmund Sullivan, Roger Fry, Will Dyson, and Percy Smith. More
London, The Hogarth Press, 1953 (first edition). Complete with the 'Recommended by The Book Society' wrap-around (a little sunned and creased). More
Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham, Printers, 1907. Not least, 'Agriculture and the Coloured-Labour Question' (pages 41-61). More
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, 1887 [this Adelaide edition is the first edition]. A London edition of this book was published in 1888, with pages ix-304 (from the table of contents onwards) being the sheets of this Adelaide edition. The first eight pages, the cloth colour, lettering and decoration differ..... More
Soho, The Nonesuch Press, 1923 (first thus). Number 109 of 1250 copies. 'This is the only Donne ("the first poet in the world for some things" wrote Ben Johnson) available in one volume. It is printed in the unique seventeenth century Fell types of the Oxford University Press upon [Vidalon]..... More
Birmingham, D. Mason & Sons Limited, [circa 1890s?]. A superb item, with many pages a visual treat, irrespective of the product displayed (or perhaps because of the nature of the objects). The text throughout is in English, French and Spanish. The full title in English is 'D. Mason & Sons..... More
Adelaide, D. Darian Smith, Commercial & Aerial Photography, [1936]. The photograph was taken as the landscaping in the front of the building was being undertaken; the horse-dawn roller seems an anachronism against the backdrop of the impressive Art Deco facade. The State Library of South Australia has in its collection..... More
Adelaide, S. Solomon, The Adelaide School of Photography, 51 Rundle Street, [1875]. There are numerous advertisements and reviews in South Australian town and country newspapers over March-May 1875 for the touring Great Asiatic Circus Company. We presume this photograph to be of two of the 'Celebrated Troupe' of Japanese 'contortionist..... More
Auckland, H. Brett, 1892. 'J.I. Watts, kindly sent to her from New Zealand by Sir George Grey, Fed'y 11th [18]93' is inscribed in ink on the dedication page (in a third-party hand). In his time, Sir George Grey (1812-1898) had been Governor of New Zealand (twice), Governor of Cape Colony..... More
London, Faber & Faber Limited, April 1936 (first edition). Gallup A32b (noting an edition of 6000 copies). More
London, Faber and Faber, 1935 [first complete edition]. Gallup A29b (noting an edition of 3000 copies). The edition was preceded only by the slightly abridged acting edition. Some associated ephemera is loosely inserted (including the original 1935 purchase receipt from Preece's Bookshop in Adelaide, some bibliographic notes in the hand..... More
London, Folio Society, 2009 [first thus]. More
South Brisbane, Queensland Performing Arts Trust, 2000. Exhibition catalogue. More
Budapest, Konemann Music, 1997 (three volumes) and 1999. Sheet music for Tchaikovsky's works for solo piano, edited by Alexander Sinitsyn. More
Wellington, Oxford University Press, 1980. With the loosely inserted publisher's review slip. More
Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2008. Exhibition catalogue. More
Budapest, Konemann Music, 1994 (an unabridged reprint of an early edition). More
Budapest, Konemann Music, 2003 (reprint)/ 1997. Piano reduction by György Orban. More
Budapest, Konemann Music, 1993 (facsimile reprint). More
