The Vanished People
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1955 (first edition). More
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Topographical Sketch of Mount Lofty. Compiled by W.H. Edmunds
[Adelaide], The Compiler, [circa 1928]. Trove records a single copy of three different sizes of this map, held by only one institution, the State Library of South Australia. This example appears to conform with the largest one, described by the SLSA thus: 'Scale [ca. 1:8,282] ... Topographical map of Mt... More
Alun Leach-Jones
Seaforth, Craftsman House, 1988. Number 44 of 100 copies signed by the artist; the large signed and numbered screenprint issued with the book is now framed and glazed (image size 535 × 455 mm; overall external dimensions 885 × 765 mm). The print is number 43 of 100 copies; the... More
The Air VCs
London, John Hamilton Limited, [1935 (first edition)]. The small paper label of the contemporary Adelaide booksellers John McGrath Limited, 224-225 North Terrace, Adelaide (less than 100 metres from our current retail premises) is mounted at the foot of the front pastedown. More
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Colloquialisms and Catch-phrases, Solecisms and Catachreses, Nicknames, Vulgarisms and such Americanisms as have been naturalized. Volume 1: The Dictionary. Volume 2: The Supplement
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979 / 1961 (fifth edition, in two volumes, with the supplement much enlarged)/ 1937. Eric Honeywood Partridge (1894-1979), lexicographer, writer and soldier, was born in New Zealand, educated in Australia, and resided in England from the mid-1920s; this title was his major work, but the... More
The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art
Carlton, Aus Art Editions in association with the Miegunyah Press, 2006 (fourth edition)/ 1968. With 'over 8,000 entries on Australian artists, art movements, groups, prizes, awards, exhibitions and galleries; an extensive section on Australia's Aboriginal art with detailed information on artists, community art centres and regions; more than 1,500 new... More
Biographical Index of South Australians, 1836-1885
Marden, South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society, 1986. Some related ephemera are loosely inserted. Long out-of-print, but seen a little more often now on the open market; a perennially useful reference work. More
![The Diary of Samuel Pepys. A new complete transcription edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews .. [complete in 11 volumes]. Samuel PEPYS.](/pictures/thumb/113484_00.jpg?v=1546928630)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys. A new complete transcription edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews .. [complete in 11 volumes]
London, Bell and Hyman, 1978 to 1983 (mixed editions)/ 1970 to 1983 (first thus). The definitive edition: 'nine volumes of text and footnotes (with an introduction of 120 pages in Volume 1), a tenth volume of commentary (The Companion) and an eleventh volume of index. Each of the first eight... More
![The New Wessex Edition. [Comprising] Far From the Madding Crowd; Tess of the d'Urbervilles; The Return of the Native; The Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbridge; [and] Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock Quire. A Rural Painting of the Dutch School. Thomas HARDY.](/pictures/thumb/113483_00.jpg?v=1546928629)
The New Wessex Edition. [Comprising] Far From the Madding Crowd; Tess of the d'Urbervilles; The Return of the Native; The Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbridge; [and] Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock Quire. A Rural Painting of the Dutch School
London, Macmillan, 1978/ 1975 [first thus]. More
![Biographical Index of South Australians, 1836-1885. Bicentennial Bulletin Number 1 [to Number 8, all published]. South Australia, Jan THOMAS.](/pictures/thumb/113482_00.jpg?v=1546928628)
Biographical Index of South Australians, 1836-1885. Bicentennial Bulletin Number 1 [to Number 8, all published]
Adelaide, South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society, 1987 to 1989. The major four-volume 'Biographical Index of South Australians, 1836-1885' was published in 1986. These eight Bicentennial Bulletins were published quarterly between 1987 and 1989; they 'contained new biographies and also substantial amendments to entries published in the previous work. Sources... More
Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Transportation, Together with a Letter from the Archbishop of Dublin on the same subject, and Notes
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1967 [facsimile]/ 1838. Peade A116: 592 copies. More
Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary. With Additional Material from 'A Thesaurus of Old English'. Volume 1: Thesaurus. Volume 2: Index
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009. The editors are Christian Kay, Jane Robert, Michael Samuels and Irene Wotherspoon. Loosely inserted is the large fold-out 'Guide to the Thesaurus'. More
Rainbow
Melbourne, Gryphon Books, 1980. Number 33 of only 67 copies signed by the artist, with 20 original hand-coloured linocuts (19 numbered and signed plates are tipped in; the other one is the mounted title, unsigned). There is also an unsigned and uncoloured linocut statement of limitation on the first page. More
Lloyd Rees. The Later Works
Spit Junction, Craftsman's Press, 1983. Number 99 of 250 copies signed by both the artist and the author; an original signed etching, numbered to match (paper size approximately 250 × 330 mm; image size approximately 195 x 255 mm), is loosely inserted. The prospectus (a little creased) is also present. More
The Art of Justin O'Brien
Spit Junction, The Craftsman's Press, 1982. Number 213 of 250 copies signed by both artist and author. The (creased) prospectus is loosely inserted; no trade edition of this work was published. More
Secret Societies and Subversive Movements
London, Britons Publishing Society, 1955 (seventh edition). With the publisher's list, 'Secret Societies Unveiled', loosely inserted. More
War Flying in Macedonia
London, John Hamilton, [1935, first edition]. Rare with the dustwrapper. Unlike so many German WW1 aviation books, Heydemarck refrains from using pseudonyms for his fellows. More
Double-Decker C.666
London, John Hamilton, 1934 (third printing)/ 1931. Perhaps needless to say, rare indeed with the dustwrapper. Unlike so many German WW1 aviation books, Heyedemarck refrains from using pseudonyms for his fellows. More
Biggles Takes Charge. A 'Biggles of the Air Police' Adventure
Leicester, Brockhampton, 1956 [first edition]. Number 46 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper. More
Thea Proctor. The Prints
Sydney, Resolution Press, 1980. Number 519 of 1000 copies. The book contains a biography of the artist by Jan Minchin, and a catalogue raisonné by Roger Butler. Two variant prospectuses are loosely inserted. More
Barbara Hanrahan, Printmaker
Netley, Wakefield Press, 1986. Number 33 of 150 copies signed and numbered by the artist, with an original signed and numbered etching, 'Skipping' (285 × 205 mm) loosely inserted. Some related ephemera, including a copy of the December 1992 Kensington Gallery retrospective exhibition of prints, are loosely inserted. More
Noela Hjorth
Clarendon, Granrott Press, 1984. Number 14 of 75 copies signed by the artist; two different etchings (external dimensions 285 × 200 mm), each signed and numbered (14/75), are loosely inserted. More
Elioth Gruner. Twenty-four Reproductions in Colour from Original Oil Paintings. Foreword by Norman Lindsay
Sydney, The Shepherd Press, 1947. Number 679 of 2000 copies (200 copies of a deluxe edition were also published). More
Colin Lanceley. With an Introduction by Robert Hughes and Interview by William Wright
Seaforth, The Craftsman's Press, 1987. Number 34 of 100 copies signed by the artist (on a small plate mounted on the half-title); a large colour lithograph, 'The Fall of Icarus' (paper size 505 × 660 mm), numbered and signed by the artist, accompanies the book. More