Rhododendrons and Azaleas. Their Origins, Cultivation and Development
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1936. With Noel Lothian's name-plate on the front pastedown, and his ink ownership signature at the top corner of the front flyleaf. More
Bookplates
Bookplates. A Selection from the Works of Charles R. Capon. Together with a Foreword and Complete Check List of over Fifty Plates
Esher, Edward Burrett at The Penmiel Press, 1985. Number 52 of 150 copies (140 of which were for sale) signed by the author/ publisher. With the bookplate of Ann and Geoffrey Long, designed by Pixie O'Harris. More
The Golden Era of American Bookplate Design: 1890-1940
Frederikshavn, The Bookplate Society/ Forlaget Exlibristen, 1986. One of 900 signed copies. More
Romantic Cities of Provence
London, Fisher Unwin, 1906. With the bookplate of Sir Richard Baker (1841-1911). 'Barrister, pastoralist and politician ... [Baker was] the first South Australian-born member of the colonial legislature ... [and] one of the founding fathers of Federation' (ADBonline). More
Velazquez. An Account of his Life and Works
London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908. With the armorial bookplate of Sir Richard Chaffey Baker, 1841-1911; barrister, pastoralist and influential South Australian politician. Baker was one of the founding fathers of Federation and the first President of the Senate in the first Commonwealth Parliament. One of the Spanish Series..... More
Capper's South Australia. Containing the History of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Colony, Hints to Emigrants, and Useful and Authentic Information ...
London, The Author, 1839 (third edition, considerably enlarged)/ 1837. With the armorial bookplate of the Marquess of Downshire, most probably Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire (1812-1868). The preferred edition, being more than twice as large as its predecessors of 1837 and 1838. Ferguson 2725..... More
The Warden of Galway. A Metrical Tale in Six Cantos, and other Poems
Melbourne, Clarson, Massina, 1868. Provenance: Thomas Thornton Reed (1902-1995, Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide), with his bookplate. More
Symptoms and Signs in Clinical Medicine. An Introduction to Medical Diagnosis
Bristol, John Wright and Sons Ltd, and London, Simpkin Marshall, 1948 (fourth edition, second impression)/ 1936. With the bookplate of T.S. Brailsford Robertson. More
Nature Fantasy in Australia
London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1932. With the Percy Roach Pierson-designed armorial bookplate of Harold Alston. More
The South Australian Naturalist. The Journal of the Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society of South Australia. A run of 22 numbers from Volume 8, Number 1, November 1926 to Volume 13, Number 2, February 1932
Provenance: Frank Trigg (1876-1963), with his personal 'Conchological Library' bookplate on the front pastedowns, his annotations on the front flyleaves, and his occasional signature or initials. Frank Trigg 'held the office as treasurer and committeeman of the Field Naturalists' section [of the RGGS] for a number of years. He was..... More
South Australia. A Sketch of its History & Resources. A Handbook ... for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886
Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, 1886. Not least, sections on Horticulture (by Albert Molineux; 9 pages with 2 plates), and Wine Growing (10 pages, plus a plate showing Joseph Gillard's vineyard and property at Clarendon). Provenance: Sir Edward Charles Stirling (1848-1919), eminent SA surgeon, scientist and politician, with his bookplate..... More
Rock Garden and Alpine Plants
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1930 (reprint)/ 1930. With Neil Lothian's bookplate on the pastedown. More
The Parish Churches of England. Edited, with Additional Chapters by Charles Bradley Ford
London, BT Batsford, 1943-1944 (fourth edition)/ 1935. With the armorial bookplate and ownership signature (Thomas, Adelaide) of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide. More
Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia
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
Shorter Lyrics of the Twentieth Century, 1900 to 1922 ...
London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1922 (fourth thousand). With the bookplate, and the ownership signature, of Harry Muir (1909-1991), well-known Adelaide bookseller and later founder of significant South Australian publisher Wakefield Press. (Also with the local bookseller's label of F.W. Preece & Sons). More
The Book Encompassed. Studies in Twentieth-Century Bibliography
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992. With the pictorial bookplate, designed by Katharine Stafford, of G.A.Stafford. More
Silva, or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber ... in Two Books ...
London, Stobart and Son, 1979 [facsimile]/ 1729 (fifth edition). With the John Dowie-designed bookplate of Audrey Abbie. One of 500 copies. More
A Cabinet of Portraits consisting of Distinguished Characters, British and Foreign: accompanied with a Brief Memoir of each Person
London, William Darton, [circa 1825]. Provenance: James Hurtle Fisher, with his armorial bookplate on the pastedown and his signature in ink at the head of the engraved title page. Sir James Hurtle Fisher (1790-1875) 'was one of the most important pioneers of South Australia' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). He commenced..... More
Insulinde. Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1887. With the pictorial bookplate ['Gang forward'] of Edward Charles Stirling on the front pastedown. The author was the wife of naturalist Henry O. Forbes. More
The Mississipi Valley. Its Physical Geography, including Sketches of the Topography, Botany, Climate, Geology, and Mineral Resources; and of the Progress of Development in Population and Material Wealth
Chicago, Griggs, 1869. With the bookplate of Edward Charles Stirling and the later nameplate of Noel Lothian. More
Annals of Horsemanship. Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments, and Experimental Accidents, both successful and unsuccessful, communicated by various correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado ... Together with most instructive remarks thereon, and answers thereto, by that accomplished genius
London, W. Dickinson, S. Hooper, J. Archer and R. White, 1791. The ownership signature 'Normanton' and an (earlier) armorial bookplate with the name scratched out are on the front pastedown. William Henry Bunbury (1750-1811), amateur artist and caricaturist; his designs 'must be admitted to be inferior in humour to Rowlandson's..... More
The Earliest Books of Canterbury Cathedral. Manuscripts and Fragments to c. 1200
London, The Bibliographical Society/ The British Library/ The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, 2008. More
Bibliography of South Australia
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1976 (facsimile edition)/ 1886. With the armorial bookplate of Dr Roger Angove. With an eight-page bibliography of the Northern Territory (plus extra material in the appendix). Peade A200: only 518 copies. More
The Diary of a Nobody. Drawings by John Lawrence
London, Folio Society, 1977 (fifth impression)/ 1969. With the armorial bookplate of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide. More
A Gardener's Year
London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1905. With the pictorial bookplate ['Gang forward'] of [Sir] Edward Charles Stirling on the front pastedown, and the gift inscription (dated 8 September 1905) signed by prominent Melbourne surgeon Frederic Dougan Bird (1858-1929). More