Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1968 [first edition]. With the ownership inscription of Dr William 'Bill' Edwards, of Ernabella Mission. The first and only edition. More
Melbourne, Alexander McCubbin, 1919. One of 500 numbered copies signed by John Kauffmann (1864-1942), the pioneering Australian photo-impressionist. More
Offered together with the engraved invitation to the Royal Ball at the Adelaide Town Hall, 14 July 1920. It is of a similar format, comprising a very large sheet of deckle-edged card (390 x 255 mm), with the city's coat-of-arms printed in gilt at the head, with the caption 'To... More
It is a very large high-quality black and white photograph (475 x 470 mm), printed from the negative by the photographer in the mid-1990s, at our request. The photograph has been prominently signed in black ink by Don Bradman; it has also been signed by the photographer in the bottom... More
South Melbourne, Macmillan, 1983. Signed by Don Bradman in thin blue ink on the half-title. A small related newspaper clipping is loosely inserted. More
[Adelaide, The Author, 1981]. The dedication page is signed and dated (27 August 1981) by Llewellyn Fowler. The frontispiece depicts 'Sergeant L. Fowler ... in 1919 after 3 years active service with the 10th Battalion'; pages 21-46 relate to his war service. More
Adelaide, Vardon and Sons, 1908 (first edition). The front flyleaf is inscribed 'To Mrs Sumsion with the best wishes of the author, HJ Driscoll 14 July '09'. He was born in Adelaide in 1857; his obituary appears in 'The Advertiser' on 4 September 1916, and he was 59 at the... More
Tharwa, Cultural Facilities Corporation (The Nolan Gallery), May 1999. The three-page introduction by Geoffrey Dutton is dated August 1998; he died the following month. This is number 17 of only 50 copies signed by Haynes and McMaster. The book was produced by the Edition and Artist Book Studio, Canberra School... More
Coimbra, University of Coimbra, 1954. Number 795 of a numbered edition (upper limit not specified) signed by the author. A history of the early map-making of the Americas, which examines early maps and portolan sea charts, and identifies place names and early discoveries. More
It is an exceptional gelatin silver photographic print measuring a gigantic 530 × 510 mm (approximately), printed from the negative by the photographer for Michael Treloar in the mid-1990s. Treloar went to an exhibition of Simpson's work at his studio at the time, and saw the image on display. It... More
London, Charles H. Kelly, 1899. Inscribed on the verso of the vignette illustration 'To Mr Buttrose from John Blacket, Feb. 1900'. Ferguson 7077 (noting only 'Brown cloth boards, title repeated in gold on front cover and spine'). More
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
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
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
Seaforth, Craftsman House, 1987. Number 70 of 100 copies signed by the artist and the author (on a small label mounted on the half-title). More
Sydney, Harper & Row, 1979. Number 116 of 500 copies signed by the artist and both authors. The work is based on the text of a film which won the Golden Reel award from the AFI for the best Australian documentary of 1969. More
St Leonards, Craftsman House, 2000. Number 14 of 100 copies signed by the artist, with an original signed and numbered colour lithograph, 'Sunset Run' (paper size 240 × 270 mm), loosely inserted. More
North Ryde, Craftsman House, 1998. Number 67 of only 70 copies signed by the artist, with an original signed and numbered monochrome etching, 'Dipterocarp Descending' (external dimensions 265 × 240 mm), loosely inserted. More
Roseville East, Craftsman House, 1995. Number 75 of only 75 copies signed by the artist, with an original signed and numbered coloured etching, 'Self Portrait with Stunned Mullet' (paper size 265 × 245 mm; image size 85 x 70 mm), loosely inserted. More
South Melbourne, Macmillan, 1982. Number 59 of 100 copies signed by the artist, with an original signed and numbered colour lithograph (250 × 245 mm) loosely inserted. More
