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Adelaide, Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia, 1919. Historical Compilations based upon the Study of Original Documents, Number 2. More
Adelaide, Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia, 1919. Historical Compilations based upon the Study of Original Documents, Number 2. More
[Melbourne, Gordon and Gotch, circa 1919]. Primarily a picture book; there is one introductory page of text, and a two-page prose piece, 'The March Past' at the rear. Trove correctly attributes authorship of this work to Roy Bridges. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. More
[Adelaide], Citizens and Business Men's Committee, 1919. A very attractive publication, rarely seen on the open market. Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill, page 247. More
London, Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, [1919]. More
[Melbourne, Gordon and Gotch, circa 1919]. Primarily a picture book; there is one introductory page of text, and a two-page prose piece, 'The March Past' at the rear. Trove correctly attributes authorship of this work to Roy Bridges. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. More
[Adelaide], Citizens and Business Men's Committee, 1919. A very attractive publication, rarely seen on the open market. Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill, page 247. More
At Sea, SS 'Port Macquarie', [1919]. Provenance: Lieutenant Ivan Schroder Webley, AFC, with his signature at the head of the menu. The blank verso has been signed by 25 fellow passengers on this ship (renamed HMAT 'Port Macquarie' for the duration of the war) returning troops to Australia. Not least..... More
Adelaide, 'Printed and Published for Lieut. A.T. Penglase, by J.L. Bonython & Co.', [1919]. A 'Chronicle of the doings of the last Australian troopship to reach South Africa and find that their services were not required, as an Armistice had been signed but a few days previously' (foreword). The extensive..... More
Napier, Venables Print (for Napier Borough Council), 1919. Napier-born Percy Valentine Storkey (1893-1969) has signed the card above his portrait: 'P.V. Storkey Capt. 19th Bn. AIF'. Signatures of the mayor, H. Hill, and two others are also present. 'On 7 April 1918 the 5th Brigade, of which the 19th Battalion..... More
London, 'Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd', [1919]. The front cover artwork is by the British artist Harry Payne (1858-1927). Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill, page 223. More
Melbourne, Metropolitan Gas Company, [1919]. More
Adelaide, Frank A. McNeill, Gawler Place, 1919. Those featured in the photograph are (left to right, top to bottom) C. Bennett, H. Hay, R. Milson, A. Clark (committee), L. Harrison, R. Paterson (committee), A. Hammond, T. Ellery (committee), G. Smith (treasurer), and G. Longhurst; N. Ellery (trainer), J. Beatty (trainer)..... More
Sydney, The Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners, 1919. Four of the folding maps are superb bird's-eye views, from artwork by William Henry Withers. Details of these evocative illustrations are as follows; it is scarcely any wonder that copies of this work are rarely found intact. (1) 'Birds Eye View of the..... More
[London, YMCA, 1919]. More
Sydney, W.C. Penfold & Co. Ltd., 1919. Dornbusch 379; Fielding and O'Neill, page 232; Trigellis-Smith 277. More
London, H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., 1919. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. More
Melbourne, Melville & Mullen Pty. Ltd., 1919. The author was a Catholic priest attached to the 48th Battalion as chaplain; he was awarded the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre. Dornbusch 309; Fielding and O'Neill, page 230; Trigellis-Smith 246. More
[Adelaide, W.K. Thomas and Co., Printers, 1919]. The ink ownership details of a member of the brigade, 32988 Gunner Charles Francis John Davidson, are written on the original flyleaf (see page 96 for his details in the nominal roll: 'Joined - 11/9/17 | Wounded - 2/11/17 (Ypres) | Transferred to..... More
Melbourne, H.H. Champion, Australasian Authors' Agency, 1919. The author served with the battalion, and was awarded the MC. In his preface he records that 'Most of the book was written on the Somme at irregular intervals, in dugouts or ruined villages, or beneath that well-known tarpaulin which, in the forward..... More
London, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1919 (second edition)/ 1919 (in Cairo). One of 16,000 copies printed so that members of the EAF 'may be able to take home with them an acceptable account of the great advance in which they played a part' (preface). The work is now mostly collected..... More
Brisbane, Printed by Besley & Pike Limited, [circa 1919]. The certificate, presented on 8 September 1915 to C.F. Nielsen (3208 Sapper Charles Frederick Nielsen, 4th Field Company Engineers), was a 'token of esteem, and admiration' tendered to him 'for his self sacrifice, and Patriotism in joining the gallant band who..... More
Sydney, B. Jackson & Co., [1919]. Unusually, the biographical entries in the book are grouped together by the places the men came from (although this is useful in a parochial sense), and there are many family groups. With very few exceptions, all the men commemorated here appear to come from..... More
Sydney, Finn Brothers, Printers, [1919]. A souvenir of the repatriation voyage of the troopship 'Port Darwin' in June and July 1919. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. More
Sydney, O'Loughlin Bros. (for the Editorial Committee), [1919]. The quotas, Numbers 30 and 31, for repatriation to Australia on HMAT A72 'Beltana', were from the 4th and 5th Divisions; with a six-page 'Tentative Nominal Roll'. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. More
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co., 1919. The author, Sir William Sowden, editor of the Adelaide 'Register', was South Australian representative on the delegation of Australian editors invited by the British Government to witness the war operations on land and sea during the latter half of 1918. He was one of..... More
London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1919. Provenance: Will Ashton, with his Lionel Lindsay-designed bookplate on the front pastedown - a felicitous combination all round. English-born Sir John William (Will) Ashton (1881-1963) emigrated with his parents to Adelaide when he was a child; his father was the artist James Ashton..... More
Melbourne, Melville & Mullen Pty. Ltd., 1919. The author was a Catholic priest attached to the 48th Battalion as chaplain; he was awarded the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre. Dornbusch 309; Fielding and O'Neill, page 230; Trigellis-Smith 246. More
London, 'Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd', [1919]. The front cover artwork is by the British artist Harry Payne (1858-1927). Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill, page 223. More
Adelaide, RSSA, 1920. This issue contains numerous other papers, unrelated but of considerable interest, including some by eminent scientists such as Professor Thorburn Brailsford Robertson ('Observations on the Physiology of the Fly's Intestine', 13 pages), and Professor Frederic Wood Jones ('The External Characters of Pouch Embryos of Marsupials', 13 pages..... More
Melbourne, Commonwealth Government, 1920. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 28 of 1920; only 1150 copies printed. A report on the inquiry into the failure of the Gilruth administration. 'In my opinion, the burden of responsibility must be divided between the failure of the Commonwealth of Australia to ... grant to the..... More
Adelaide, Royal Society of South Australia, 1920 to 1924. Although not identified as such, the illustrations in every instance are by the author. These five volumes are offered with a matching copy of Volume 49 (1925), completing the important 18-part series, 'Flora and Fauna of Nuyts Archipelago and the Investigator..... More
Melbourne, E.W. Cole, [mid-1920s?]. More
[Circa 1920s]. Signed on the lower right of the image. More
Bendigo, 38th Battalion History Committee (printed by the 'Bendigo Advertiser' Pty Ltd and the Cambridge Press), 1920. The book is not identified as such, but it comes from the personal collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Thomas Paterson (1886-1950), Commanding Officer of the 39th Battalion AIF, and the author of that battalion's..... More
Ballarat, [The Author, circa 1920s] (printed by S.L. Vale). The photographer, 319 Private William Edwin Leslie Clapham, was at Gallipoli at the time of the landings, in which he almost certainly took part. Evacuated to Malta with a gunshot wound to his hand on 14 May 1915, he served there..... More
Goodwood, The Author, [1920s]. The author's address, printed on the title page, is crossed out; the new address is written (in his hand) on the blank verso of the front cover. More
[Circa 1920s]. Signed and titled in pencil on the mount. Provenance: from the family of John Kauffmann, by descent (sold by Sotheby's Australia, 24 July 1988); private collection, Sydney. More
Sydney, New Century Press Ltd, [early 1920s]. An attractive sales brochure for this American automobile, printed in Australia for the 'Agents Throughout the Commonwealth'. 'The success of the Chandler Motor Car Co. encouraged Frederick C. Chandler (1874-1945) to organize the Cleveland Automobile Co. to produce a lower-priced automobile. Founded in..... More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [circa 1920]. The foreword is by Marshal Foch. The book is not identified as such, but it comes from the personal collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Thomas Paterson (1886-1950), Commanding Officer of the 39th Battalion AIF, and the author of that battalion's history. Dornbusch 311; Fielding and..... More
[Melbourne?], Oxford Studios, [1920]. The Melbourne 'Argus' (Wednesday 24 March 1920) contains an account of the visit. The final paragraph notes that 'In the City Hall tonight the mayor (Alderman H. Hitchcock) gave a dinner in honour of the General. There were present as guests 150 returned AIF officers who..... More
Bendigo, 38th Battalion History Committee (printed by the 'Bendigo Advertiser' Pty Ltd and the Cambridge Press), 1920. Dornbusch 312; Fielding and O'Neill, page 228; Trigellis-Smith 235. More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1920. More
Sydney, Published for the Author by 'Art in Australia', 1920. One of 120 copies (of which only 100 were for sale), with an original signed etching by Norman Lindsay tipped in (Number 39). Provenance: R.M. Chirnside, with his John Shirlow-designed bookplate (featuring the racehorse 'Linass') on the front pastedown... More
Melbourne, George Robertson, 1920. With the armorial bookplate of Charles Glover (1870-1936), several times Lord Mayor of Adelaide. More
Bendigo, 38th Battalion History Committee (printed by the 'Bendigo Advertiser' Pty. Ltd., and the Cambridge Press), 1920. Dornbusch 312; Fielding and O'Neill, page 228; Trigellis-Smith 235. More
Bendigo, 38th Battalion History Committee (printed by the 'Bendigo Advertiser' Pty. Ltd., and the Cambridge Press), 1920. Dornbusch 312; Fielding and O'Neill, page 228; Trigellis-Smith 235. More
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1920. Dornbusch 305; Fielding and O'Neill, page 229; Trigellis-Smith 241. More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [circa 1920]. The foreword, in French, is by Marshal Foch (four pages, including the translation). A contemporary gift inscription 'To Mother and Father with love from Enid. September 4th 1920' is written in ink on the front flyleaf. Mounted on the front pastedown is a contemporary..... More
Melbourne, Published for the 24th Battalion Association by Alexander McCubbin, [1920]. The author was a member of the battalion; he was awarded the Military Medal at Pozières in March 1916. Dornbusch 316; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 225. More