Sydney, Beagle Press, 1989. With the contemporary ownership signature of Peter Ward (twice), journalist and author. Nora Heysen (1911-2003) was Hans Heysen's fourth child and a fine artist in her own right; she was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize, and the first Australian woman to be appointed... More about Nora Heysen
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 [first and only edition]. The map is neatly signed by the author. Lauri Sheard accompanied Charles Mountford as his assistant on an Adelaide University Field Expedition to Ernabella, the Musgraves, Mann Ranges, Ayers Rock and Mt Olga in June-October 1940. He was eighteen... More about An Australian Youth among Desert Aborigines. Journal of an Expedition among the Aborigines of...
Madang, Kristen Pres, 1986. 'Return to Dr Grope' is inscribed at the top of the front cover; the Reverend Dr Leslie Bernhard Grope (1920-2018), Lutheran Church of Australia President Emeritus, 'who served in the role now known as LCA bishop from 1972 until his retirement in 1987' (LCA obituary). Text... More about Rot Bilong Kamapim Haus Tru Bilong God. A Picture History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of...
Adelaide, Rigby, 1977. Number 909 of 1001 copies of the deluxe edition signed by the artist. More about The Art of Pro Hart
Sydney, Hale and Iremonger, 2000. Signed by the author. Major-General Sir Neville Howse VC, KCB, KCMG, KStJ (1863-1930) was the only Australian Medical Officer to be awarded the Victoria Cross and one of only three Australian VCs to be knighted. He served on Gallipoli as the ADMS of the 1st... More about Anzac Doctor. The Life of Sir Neville Howse, Australia's First VC
Adelaide, [The Author], 1972. Dated (17 December 1972) and signed by the author on the title page. More about Governor Fergusson's Legacy. A History of the Early Days of the Maitland - Kilkerran Districts
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1977. Number 42 of only 150 copies; each signed by Drysdale and Little. More about Round Trip. Illustrated by Russell Drysdale
Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens Limited, 1948. Signed by the author on the title page (with a neat line through his printed name). More about Brown Men and Red Sand. Wanderings in Wild Australia
Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1976. With the ownership signature of the Reverend Dr Leslie Bernhard Grope (1920-2018), Lutheran Church of Australia President Emeritus, 'who served in the role now known as LCA bishop from 1972 until his retirement in 1987' (LCA obituary). The book contains, in rewritten form... More about Tribes and Boundaries in Australia
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1992. Presentation copy, signed and warmly inscribed by the author to Dr Les Grope. The Reverend Dr Leslie Bernhard Grope (1920-2018), Lutheran Church of Australia President Emeritus, 'who served in the role now known as LCA bishop from 1972 until his retirement in 1987' (LCA obituary)... More about A Straight-out Man. F.W. Albrecht and Central Australian Aborigines
Launceston, The Author, 1975. Number 155 of only 750 copies. Signed by the author. More about Ellen Nora Payne. Woodcarver of Tasmania
Sydney, Australian Forest Industries Journal, 1986. Signed and dated (15 March 1988) by Ian Hudson, WW2 veteran and grandson of William Hudson, who established timber businesses in both New Zealand and Australia - one of his contracts was for 'the interior woodwork of the Great Hall at the University of... More about Gift of God, Friend of Man. A Story of the Timber Industry in New South Wales 1788-1986
Adelaide, Rigby, 1962. Signed by the author on the title page. Vic Hall (1896-1972) was an Australian writer. 'Wounded in one eye during the first Darwin air raid on 19 February 1942, this brought on total blindness by 1954, bringing his career as a painter to an end.' (rear flap). More about Namatjira of the Aranda
London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1929. With the ownership signature of the Rev. J.C. Jennison, first (and short-lived) Minister of the Elcho Island Methodist Mission, and later of Dublin and Maitland (SA). More about A Pioneer of Papua. Being the Life of The Rev. Copland King, M.A. one of the two first...
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1946. The flyleaf bears a gift inscription (dated Adelaide, January 1947) with the author's initials. In addition, the title page is signed by the author under his real name, John L. Preece (of the Adelaide bookselling family). The 'story of the little ships of the Royal Australian... More about My Ship is so Small
