Literature
Bookplate Artists and their Bookplates
Dulwich, Tudor Australia Press, 2012. One of only 100 numbered copies of the 'ordinary edition'; this copy is signed by the author on the title page. There were also 25 copies of a 'special edition'. Anomalously, the numbering in this copy suggests a total print-run of 130. More
Mr Clackworthy, Con Man. A Detective Story
New York, Chelsea House, 1927 [first edition]. A sequel to 'Mr Clackworthy' (1925); the words 'Con Man' on the cloth spine of this copy have the very distinct appearance of an indifferently executed afterthought, and suggest strongly that surplus covers from the earlier work have been recycled. One of the..... More
Across the World for a Wife
London, Ward, Lock, 1898. 'Guy Boothby was born in Adelaide in 1867, and after education there and in London, returned and became private secretary to the Mayor of Adelaide... About 1894 he went to live in London, and began his career as a highly successful popular novelist' (Miller and Macartney)..... More
In Strange Company
London, Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895. One of Ward, Lock and Bowden's Colonial Library. 'Guy Boothby was born in Adelaide in 1867, and after education there and in London, returned and became private secretary to the Mayor of Adelaide... About 1894 he went to live in London, and began his..... More
Labyrinths. Selected Stories and Other Writings
London, The Folio Society, 2007 (first thus). Edited by Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby, with an Introduction by Adam Feinstein and a Foreword by Andre Maurois. More
An Introduction to English Literature
London, Robson, 1974 (first English language edition). More
Lavengro. Scholar, Gypsy, Priest
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
The Zincali. An Account of the Gypsies of Spain
London, John Murray, 1901 (new impression)/ [1841]. The author's second book. 'In Spain, while working for a Bible society, he found his literary homeland, whence came the raw materials for 'The Zingali'' (Britannica). More
The Life of Samuel Johnson. Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain for near half a Century during which he flourished
London, The Folio Society, 1968 (first thus). Edited, with an introduction, by Rodney Sheehan. 'The present volume corresponds with that of the two quarto volumes of 1791, with the exception of some extra miscellaneous material dating from 1793. This has been placed in an Appendix, as has Boswell's Catalogue of..... More
The Field of Life
Canberra, Goanna, 1991. Loosely inserted is a copy of the prospectus, the original handwritten purchase receipt and an invitation to the artist's 1992 exhibition An Enclosed Space. G.W. Bot is the exhibiting name of Chrissie Grishin. Wombats are her adopted totemic animal; 'the earliest reference to a wombat occurs in..... More
From Virgil to Milton
London, Macmillan & Co, 1945 (second impression)/ 1945. With the ownership signature of Professor Charles Jury on the front free endpaper. More
School Ties
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1985 [first edition]. The full scripts of the author's two films for television on single-sex boarding schools, together with a long introductory essay. More
T.S. Eliot
London, Longmans, Green & Co. for the British Council and the National Book League, 1950. One of the Bibliographical Series of Supplements to 'British Book News'. More
The Rose in Darkness
London, Michael Joseph, 1979. More
Indirections. A Memoir, 1909-1947
Wellington, Oxford University Press, 1980. With the loosely inserted publisher's review slip. More
Poems, 1961-1971
Milton, Jacaranda, 1972. Number 80 of only 200 copies numbered and signed by the poet. More
The Emperor's Doorkeeper. Occasional Addresses, 1955-1987
Adelaide, University of Adelaide Foundation, 1988. The contents include 'The History of Poetry in South Australia' (Sesquicentenary Public Lecture, June 30th, 1986). This copy is inscribed, dated (27 May 1988) and signed by the author, poet and erstwhile Chief Justice of South Australia and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide..... More
Satura. Selected Poetry and Prose
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1988. Warmly inscribed ('To Maurice, my fellow luncher on Saturdays, my fellow explorer in linguistics') signed and dated (23 April 1988) by the author, poet and erstwhile Chief Justice of South Australia and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. Maurice O'Brien was a minor literary editor. More
Satura. Selected Poetry and Prose
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1988. The title page is inscribed 'To my beloved friend Walter Crocker with regards John Bray 8/7/88'. The Honourable Dr John Jefferson Bray AC QC (1912-1995), was the South Australian Chief Justice and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. Sir Walter Russell Crocker (1902-2002) was a career..... More
Seventy Seven. Poems
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1990. Signed and dated (25 September 1990) by the author. More
Medieval Comic Tales
London, The Folio Society, 2012 (first thus). Preface by Peter Ackroyd. 'This edition follows the second, expanded and updated, edition'. More
Medieval Comic Tales
London, The Folio Society, 2012 (first thus). Preface by Peter Ackroyd. 'This edition follows the second, expanded and updated, edition'. More