Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 145 of 275 copies. This is the second publication of Harry Muir's Wakefield Press. Provenance: Johannes Larsen, with his small name-stamp on the title page and his pictorial bookplate on the front flap (this Australian bookplate and its artist, M.G. Wood, do not appear in..... More
London, T.N. Foulis, 1914. With the bookplate of notable New Zealand author, historian, collector and photographer Hardwicke Knight (featuring an alert squirrel) on the front pastedown. With twelve colour illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan. More
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848 and 1854 (first editions into English). Mounted on the front pastedown of each volume is the armorial bookplate of the British heiress and book collector Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861). She 'was England's earliest female bibliophile and was described by Dibdin as the..... More
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
Frederikshavn, The Bookplate Society/ Forlaget Exlibristen, 1986. One of 900 signed copies. More
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
London, Smith, Elder, 1902 [first edition]. With the armorial bookplate of Henry Dutton. With illustrations by author. More
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
Hawthorn, Lloyd O'Neil, 1972 (first edition). With the bookplate of the Australian High Commissioner's Library at Stoke Lodge, Kensington, London, on the front pastedown (with a tiny library number at the top corner of the flyleaf); and ex libris the Downer family. More
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
Melbourne, Clarson, Massina, 1868. With the bookplate of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide. More
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
London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1932. With the Percy Roach Pierson-designed armorial bookplate of Harold Alston. More
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
New York, Macmillan, 1930/ 1930. With the bookplate of Neil Lothian on the pastedown. More
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
London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1887. With the armorial bookplate of Bernard Gore Brett on the front pastedown, and an early address stamp on the dedication page. 'Shortly after the return of Mr Goyder's surveying expedition to Adelaide in April, 1870, my father was appointed Government Resident of..... More
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
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992. With the pictorial bookplate, designed by Katharine Stafford, of G.A.Stafford. More
London, Stobart and Son, 1979 [facsimile]/ 1729 (fifth edition). With the John Dowie-designed bookplate of Audrey Abbie. One of 500 copies. More
London, T. and W. Boone, 1845 (first edition). Provenance: the contemporary signature 'R. Keppel Craven' is written in ink at the head of the first title page (presumably The Honorable Richard Keppel Craven, 1779-1851, British traveller, author, and long-time resident of Naples and Salerno). The blind-stamp of 'The Durdans, Roseberry..... More
London, Nichols, 1896 [first English edition]. With the Adrian Feint- designed bookplate of [Sir James Robert] McGregor in each volume. More
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
London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907. One of the Handbooks of Practical Gardening series; with the armorial bookplate of Sir Josiah Symon. More
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
