The Australian Horse Doctor
Murray Bridge, [The Author, 1920s]. A rare regional imprint. More
Murray Bridge, [The Author, 1920s]. A rare regional imprint. More
Sydney, The Society, 1891. The nine parts of Etheridge's article are divided into three sections, distributed through Part II of this volume; he also contributes a further two articles on geological subjects. Other important articles include MUELLER, Baron Ferdinand von: Descriptions of hitherto unrecorded Australian Plants, with additional Phyto-geographic notes..... More
[Adelaide], Brolga Books, 1970. The frontispiece photographic portrait of James Cant is signed and dated (1970) by him; the handwriting clearly shows the effects of advanced multiple sclerosis, the disease that had confined Cant to a wheelchair from the mid-1960s. James Montgomery Cant (1911-1982) was married to fellow-Australian artist, Dora..... More
Adelaide, TV Week, 1964 to 1967. The specific dates are 1 February ('Exciting Beatles Offer - see inside'), 14 March ('The Beatles in Paris! 16-page Picture Souvenir'), 28 March, 23 May, 13 June ('Beatles Special!'), and 19 September 1964; 30 January 1965 ('Beatles New Film! Full Story Inside'); and 30..... More
The Australian leg of Vaughan's 'Soul to Soul' tour ran from 16 to 29 March 1986. The poster promotes the album (first released around the middle of 1985), as well as 'Tuff Enuff', an album by the support act, The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Provenance: the personal collection of David Lovatt, proprietor..... More
Melbourne, The Paul Dainty Corporation Pty. Ltd., [1984]. The souvenir programme for the Australian leg of Vaughan's 'Couldn't Stand the Weather' tour, from 28 October to 9 November 1984; this was his first (of only two) tours of Australia. Provenance: the personal collection of David Lovatt, proprietor of Bank Street..... More
Sydney, Associated Newspapers Ltd, [circa 16 August 1977]. Provenance: the personal collection of David Lovatt, proprietor of Bank Street Records, Adelaide (1985-1994). More
Pearl Jam came on after the opening act, The Meanies. 'After Pearl Jam tears through the first four songs, Eddie cracks, "The wind's blowing this way and I just wanna say you smell great" (referencing the herbal odor that night). He introduces "Corduroy" as, "This song's about a jacket". A...... More
The poster is inscribed and signed with a silver felt-tipped pen by Miles Davis and six members of the band: Miles Davis (trumpet, keyboards); Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone, flute); Adam Holzman (keyboards); Joe 'Foley' McCreary (piccolo bass); Benny Rietveld (bass guitar); Ricky Wellman (drums); and Marilyn Mazur (percussion). The only..... More
Sydney, Peter Noble Entertainment Productions Pty. Ltd., [1990]. The contemporary signatures and inscriptions are by Buddy Guy, Scott Holt (guitar), Wilbur Hayes (drums), Greg Rzab (bass), James Williams (bass), and the unidentified pianist (David Maxwell?). When Buddy Guy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005..... More
Sydney, Peter Noble Entertainment Productions Pty. Ltd., [1990]. When Buddy Guy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, it was deemed 'a fitting recognition of the influential role he has played in shaping the rock-guitar styles of current and future Hall of Famers such as..... More
Provenance: the personal collection of David Lovatt, proprietor of Bank Street Records, Adelaide (1985-1994). More
Provenance: the personal collection of David Lovatt, proprietor of Bank Street Records, Adelaide (1985-1994). He had the photograph signed by George Harrison at the Hilton Hotel, Adelaide when he was in town for the Australian Grand Prix in 1986. More
The concert at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 21 March was the second one Bob Dylan played in 1992, the second of the 20-date 'Still On The Road' tour (of which 19 concerts were in Australia), and concert number 366 of 'The Never-Ending Tour'. Offered together with an original colour..... More
The signatures, each in a different colour, are Tim Finn, Neil Finn, Paul [Hester], Eddie Rayner, Nigel Griggs, and Noel Crombie. Split Enz toured their 'Conflicting Emotions' album at the end of 1983; the last original member of the band, Tim Finn announced he was leaving Split Enz in mid-1984..... More
[No Place, No Publisher, No Date]/ 1936. Undated, but possibly produced in 1986, the year of South Australia's sesquicentenary. More
Bundaberg, Corkwood Press, 1994 (facsimile edition)/ 1896. The purpose of this scientific expedition, sponsored by mining magnate and philanthropist William Austin Horn, and with Charles Winnecke as commander and surveyor, was to examine the MacDonnell Ranges on the not unreasonable premise that 'when the rest of the Continent was submerged..... More
London, Sampson Low, Marston, and Company, 1898. The first publication of these important foundation journals. Ferguson 10475 (noting only the frontispiece portrait). Provenance: James Howard Johnson (1875-1947, a great-grandson of George Fife Angas), with his armorial bookplate. A couple of marginal notes in pencil are presumably in his hand. More
Sydney, The Association, 1895. 'Section F, Ethnology and Anthropology' also contains other important articles, including LAUTERER, Joseph: Outlines of a Grammar of the Yaggara Dialect (6 pages); ENRIGHT, W.J. and R.H. MATHEWS: Rock Paintings and Carvings of the Aborigines of New South Wales [in the Wollombi Caves] (13 pages plus..... More
London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1887. 'Shortly after the return of Mr Goyder's surveying expedition to Adelaide in April, 1870, my father was appointed Government Resident of the Northern Territory'; 16 year-old Harriet accompanied William Bloomfield Douglas (see the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography') and the rest of the..... More
Netley, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1974 (first complete edition in English). Translated from the French by Christine Cornell, with a foreword by Jean-Paul Faivre. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, 1993. 'The first definitive scientific study for over a hundred years ... the characteristics of all species are listed in detail, and 53 new species and 34 new subspecies are fully treated for the first time' (dustwrapper). Of the illustrations from line..... More
Port Melbourne, William Heinemann Australia, 1989. More
Beverly Hills, M.D. Herron, 1988. The verso of the front free endpaper is signed by Harry Mowbray ('6.6.40 - | "B" Coy 11 Platoon'), listed in the nominal roll (NX30651 Harry Mowbray). His small ownership label is affixed to the half-title. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press on behalf of the Library Council of Victoria, 1979. More