Kent Town, CMF Observer Group, Vietnam (South Australia), 2001. We have handled this title only once before; that copy had a printed adhesive label on the title page, stating it was 'Limited Edition Book No. 151 Issued to: ...'. No upper limit to the edition was stated. This copy has..... More

Adelaide, Printed by David Gall [for John Howell, bookseller and manufacturing stationer], 1858. The Adelaide directory (listing name, occupation and address) runs to 47 pages; the Port Adelaide one is seven pages long. Considering the colony was founded barely two decades earlier, it is an extensive yet unpretentious list. For..... More

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937 (first edition). The author's first book. Virginia Thompson Adloff (1903-1990) was an 'author and teacher who wrote extensively on the countries of Southeast Asia and French-speaking Africa [and] wrote under her maiden name ... married to Richard Adloff in 1943[;] together they traveled..... More

London, Printed for Hurst, Chance, and Co.... and Effington Wilson, 1830. Fortunately, the first paragraph of the lengthy preface to this very lengthy poetical work (replete with numerous footnotes) provides the context: 'Intending to compose a few lines to prefix a work* ["Hampden in the Nineteenth Century, or Colloquies on..... More

As one might expect, these timeless classics come with no imprint details, as their publication was illegal, and their distribution clandestine. These examples surfaced in Australia, and we suggest they were probably a visiting US serviceman's personal contribution to Australia's Second World War efforts. The titles are 'Alley Oop'; 'Clark..... More

London, David Nutt, 1898 [first edition]. Inscribed on the flyleaf 'J.I. Newland from the Author, Victor Harbour'; Jane Isabella Newland was the wife of Simpson Newland, and Katie Langloh Parker was his niece. His surname signature appears on the half-title. Andrew Lang has written a seven-page introduction. The companion volume..... More

Wellington, Government Printer, 1884. 'With a view to encouraging the more extensive culture of Citrus fruits in the northern portion of New Zealand, and of aiding planters with reliable information on the subject, the author of this book was empowered by the New Zealand Government to visit New South Wales..... More

Melbourne, John Ferres, Government Printer, 1878. The second volume contains 220 pages devoted to Aboriginal languages. Ferguson 15882 (not noting the binding). Provenance: Freeman Freeman-Thomas, and later, Geoffrey Ingleton, with their respective bookplates on the front pastedowns. Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866-1941), the son of a Governor of..... More

London, W.W. Gibbings, 1892 [first thus?]/ 1886 (first English translation)/ 1857. The first leaf is an advertisement for the publisher's 'Representative French Fiction' series. This work was first translated into English by Eleanor Marx-Aveling (1855-1898), the youngest daughter of Karl Marx. It was first published in London by Vizetelly &..... More

Adelaide, W.C. Cox, Government Printer, 1875. Dr Moritz Richard Schomburgk (1811-1891) was the director of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens at the time; in '1872 he was offered, but refused, the directorship of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). The 'Handbook of South Australia' mentioned on the title page..... More

Adelaide, RGSSA, 1907. This issue also contains other articles, the most substantial being REED, Thomas S.: Primeval Man and his Companions (14 pages plus 2 plates containing 12 illustrations). Provenance: Sir John Langdon Bonython (1848-1939), editor, newspaper proprietor and philanthropist (and President of the RGSSA at this time), with his..... More

Canberra, Government Printer, 1928. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 228 of 1926-27-28; only 875 copies printed. Numerous recommendations on matters within the powers of the Commission (railways, roads, air services, ports and harbours, telegraph and water services ...). More

Adelaide, Corporation of the City of Adelaide, 1996/ 1990. 'This book concerns the built heritage which is the essence of this special city. There are more than 400 buildings beginning with those constructed before the 1840s to a few exceptional recent buildings' (foreword). This is not only an invaluable architectural..... More