Water Under My Wings. Modern Day Aviators Savour a Little of those Glorious and Heroic Years of Aviation's Infancy
Hamilton, Hamilton Publishers, 1980. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
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British Gliders and Sailplanes 1922-1970
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1971. With the ownership signature of Peter Cesco, of the RAAF Richmond Gliding Club. Peter Cesco is currently the President of Gliding Australia, and Vice President of the Gliding Federation of Australia. More
Birds and Fools Fly
London, Vernon & Yates, 1969. Dated (11 July 1970) and signed by the author. Urmston is a country doctor who learns to fly and builds an aeroplane of his own (a Curry Wot biplane with Walter Micron engine). ''I have something in mind,' I said. My wife looked up from..... More
The Romantic Ballet in Lithographs of the Time
London, Faber and Faber, 1938. The half-title is signed by both authors. 'This sumptuous book is no less than a collection of nearly every available lithograph of the Romantic Ballet. Here are all the great ballerinas, Taglioni, Fanny Elssler, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito, Lucile Grahn, Carolina Rosati, as alive and..... More
Saint Joan. A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue
London, Constable and Company Limited, 1924 (first edition). A presentation copy, inscribed and signed by George Bernard Shaw on the half-title 'To Claude Carton from Bernard Shaw. 20th June 1924'. The book was not formally published until five days later; the play, a dramatisation of the life of Joan of..... More
The Law of the Constitution of South Australia. A Collection of Imperial Statutes, Local Acts, and Instruments relating to the Constitution and Government of the Province, with Notes, Historical and Constitutional
Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1894. Mounted on the front pastedown is an autograph letter signed by the Clerk of the Assembly, J.C. Morphett (one page octavo, 25 April 1911, on South Australian Parliament letterhead). 'Dear Sir, I have just heard that His Excellency is desirous of obtaining a copy..... More
Souvenir of 'Armorial Book-plates'
Sydney, privately printed for the Author by The Beacon Press, 1932. Number 41 of only 150 signed copies. Curiously, the mounted bookplate, designed by Eric Thake for the author, is non-armorial. Provenance: Edward Edgar Pescott (1872-1954), horticulturalist, naturalist, author and book-collector, with his surname signature in pencil on the title..... More
Wooden Fishing Boats. A Documented and Pictorial History of the Wooden Fishing Vessels that have fished the Waters off Kangaroo Island
Kingscote, The Author, October 1998. An extraordinary work, long out of print, and rarely seen on the open market these days. This is number 214 of 250 copies of the leather-bound limited edition signed by the author (on stiff card tipped in on the title page, as issued). The trade..... More
The Australian Ex Libris Society. Bookplate Artists Number One. Adrian Feint
Sydney, The Australian Ex Libris Society (printed at The Beacon Press), 1934. Number 116 of 150 copies signed by Adrian Feint; it was presumably hand-set and hand-printed by Harrie Mortlock at his Beacon Press. The contents include two essays ('Bookplates of Adrian Feint' by Carlyle S. Baer, and 'Adrian Feint..... More
Fun with Book-plates. A Souvenir of 'Australian Book-plates', issued to the Author's Guests on the Occasion of its First Public Appearance, May, 1951
Sydney, Privately Printed (for the Author by the Beacon Press), 1951. Number 21 of only 100 signed copies. More
A Checklist of Ex Libris Literature published in Australia
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 76 of 250 copies signed by the author (and the first publication of his Wakefield Press). More
Woodcut Book-Plates. Foreword by Lionel Lindsay
Sydney, 'Privately Printed' (for the Author) by The Beacon Press, 1934. Number 49 of only 70 signed copies of the De Luxe Edition. A Standard Edition of 210 signed copies was also issued; it contained far fewer plates (one example we have sold contained 108 tipped-in bookplates, with 14 signed..... More
Pictorial Book-plates. Their Origin, and Use in Australia
Sydney, The Beacon Press (for the Author), 1931. Number 260 of 300 copies thus (with a further 100 copies of a deluxe edition). Artists represented by tipped-in examples include George Perrottet, Sydney Long, Adrian Feint, Lloyd Rees, Lionel Lindsay, Sydney Ure Smith, and Tom Roberts. Tipped in facing the Sydney..... More
Bush Battalion. The AMP Society's Ninety Mile Desert Development in South Australia
Sydney Cove, AMP Society, 1984. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. The half-title and the page facing it contain over 50 signatures, at the head of which is a signed inscription from Peter Lewis, Member for Mallee at the time: 'With respect to those who made..... More
The Bookplate in Australia. Its Inspiration and Development
Sydney, Tyrrell's Galleries, 1930. The colophon, signed by Barnett, states that the book is 'Reprinted from the 1929 Year Book of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers'. In fact, the original printing was unillustrated. In the Book Collectors' Society of Australia 2009 publication on Barnett, the bibliography by..... More
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