Salome. A Florentine Tragedy. Vera [a collected edition of three plays]
London, Methuen and Co., 1908 (first thus). 'This edition on handmade paper is limited to 1000 copies'; the text of 'Salome' is in the original French. More
London, Methuen and Co., 1908 (first thus). 'This edition on handmade paper is limited to 1000 copies'; the text of 'Salome' is in the original French. More
London, The Author, 1909. 'Printed for Private Circulation'; 'the following pages contain extracts from the 'Ibis Magazine' (the monthly journal of the Prudential Clerk's Society) which were contributed by me under the pseudonym of 'Rufus' [and] have been reprinted [in] the present Volume in compliance with the wishes of my..... More
London, Constable, 1909. '... as performed by the Civic and Dramatic Guild at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on the 9th July 1909'. More
Paris, F. Ferroud [for the] Librairie des Amateurs, 1909 [first thus]. Number 816 of a total edition of 1200 copies, this being one of 1050 copies on vélin d'Arches' paper, intialled 'F.F.' by the publisher François Ferroud, who had succeeded his better-known uncle André Ferroud as head of the firm..... More
Adelaide, printed by E.S. Wigg [for the Author], 1910. Poems structured loosely as a play. The third scene of the first poem, 'Vive l'Australie!' (3 pages) features 'Blacks in Pheasant plumage, assembled to celebrate the feast of Nyarrin; which marks the first appearance of that group [the Pleiades] on the..... More
London, Chapman and Hall, [1910s]. With an interesting photograph of a drawing of Blanche Stanley, Countess of Airlie, laid down on the front pastedown, and with her signed gift inscription 'to her friend Ida Hankey', dated 26 September 1919. The Countess was a correspondent of Carlyle's. More
London, Published for the Florence Press by Chatto & Windus, 1910 (first thus)/ 1881. Number 124 of 250 copies on Aldwych hand-made paper (of which 235 were offered for sale); a further 12 copies were printed on vellum (of which 10 were for sale). This collection of essays by Stevenson..... More
[Sydney, Leslie Board, circa 1910s]. A Christmas souvenir featuring 12 colour plates from paintings by Leslie Board, each a illustrating a couplet or quatrain from an Australian poet. Banjo Paterson, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Lawson are all represented. This is likely a variant of 'Gems from Australian Poets', published..... More
Dublin, Maunsel and Company, Limited, 1910. With the pencilled ownership details of a member of Adelaide's prominent Finlayson family. The contents of the set comprise: Volume 1: Plays; Volume 2: Plays, Poems and Translations; Volume 3: The Aran Islands; and Volume 4: In Wicklow West Kerry, Etc. More
London, Duckworth and Co., 1910. Incribed by John Galsworthy 'To my dear cousin, from the Author'. More
Sydney, George Robertson & Co. Proprietary Limited, 1911 (fifth edition)/ [1900]. Trove records the 1900 edition with 51 pages and the 1902 edition with 96 pages, both with an unidentified number of plates; recording the 1904 edition with 130 pages and 23 leaves of plates. More
Leipzig, I M Insel, 1912. More
Sydney, The Bookfellow, 1912. Number 2 of only 15 copies of this deluxe edition 'marginally illustrated by the author' and signed by him. It was priced at 'half-a-guinea'; the balance of the edition (in papered boards, printed as per the wrappers in the deluxe edition) comprised 'one hundred and eighty-five..... More
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1912 [but a little later]. An early edition not noted by Mason/Millard, Mikolyzk or Gallatin. It contains much the same material as the Bodley Head quarto edition of 1907 and its 1912 reissue (Mason/Millard 355 and 356), but in reduced format. These editions were..... More
London, Constable, 1913 (second impression). With the pencilled ownership signature of Professor Heinz Kent, inscribed 'Cambridge, 1961'. More
Dusseldorf, Ernst Ohle, 1913. Coloured illustrations by Von Wilhelm Heinse. Text in German. More
North Kensington, The Koolinda Press, 1913. Sydney Partrige was the pseudonym of Mrs Hal E. Stone. More
London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913. Provenance: 'Rendel Kyffin Thomas. Prize for English lessons. December 1913. Presented by E. Kyffin Thomas' (from Evan Kyffin Thomas, 1866-1935, one of the proprietors of the Adelaide newspaper, 'The Register', to his son). More
Melbourne, E.W. Cole, Book Arcade, [1913]. The author's first published book. The front cover illustration is by David Low; the last six pages are a glossary 'for the use of the thoroughly genteel'. McLaren 243. The Institute of Australian Culture contains on its website some interesting information about this book..... More
London, Gay and Hancock, Ltd., 1913 [deluxe illustrated edition]/ 1893. This edition was advertised as an 'edition de luxe' in November and December 1913. The new preface by the author, dated June 1913, is notable for his observations on the Aboriginal characters featured in the novel, their tribes and material..... More
London, Gay and Hancock, Ltd., 1913 [deluxe illustrated edition]/ 1893. This edition was advertised as an 'edition de luxe' in November and December 1913. The new preface by the author, dated June 1913, is notable for his observations on the Aboriginal characters featured in the novel, their tribes and material..... 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
[Blackwood, Literary Society of the Blackwood, Coromandel and Belair Club], 1914. This elusive journal was 'devoted to the interests of [the Adelaide Hills suburbs] Blackwood, Coromandel Valley, Belair, and Eden Hills'. The editorial to what became the final issue commences thus: 'Many a good man has been hung for no..... More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1914]. More
London, John G. Wilson, 1914. More
London, George G. Harrap & Co., [circa 1914/ 1912 (colour edition)/ 1905]. 'Adelaide Hanscom undertook the project of illustrating Omar Khayyám's popular "Rubáiyát" around 1903, using many notable Bay Area literary figures and artists as her models. The sittings with Hanscom became highly sought-after, and the project was a major..... More
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1915 [first reissue, in colour pictorial blue cloth, using the 1902 first edition sheets]. This prolific author's very rare first book. Not in McIlvaine (but see A1a2, which does not have 1915 printed on the title page). More
London, Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1915. More
Strathfield, A.M. Parsons, 1915. 'This little paper is, with kind assistance, the loving effort of the "Old Girls" of a small school. May it do its part on Australia Day. A.M. Parsons, Wooroonook, Strathfield' (at the foot of the second-last page). Alice Mary Parsons was the wife of Frederick William..... More
London, Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1915. More
London, Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1915. More
[London, Printed by Waterlow & Sons (for the Author), 1915] (date at the foot of the introduction). Not to be confused with the author's 1901 prose publication of the same title, this is a collection of verse of the stockwhip-and-saddle-school by William Austin Horn (1841-1922), mining magnate, pastoralist and politician..... More
Sydney, Tyrrell's Limited, 1915 [first edition]. One of only 250 copies of the deluxe large-paper edition; this copy is unnumbered. Henry Lawson (1867-1922) suffered 'a ghastly decline' in his creativity from the turn of the century. He 'wrote a great deal despite his often squalid circumstances but his work alternated..... More
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915 (first US edition). Incribed and initialled by the author to producer and playwright Harley Granville-Barker ('June 26 1915. H.G.B. from J.G.'), and with the ownership details of Lillah McCarthy, Lady Keeble, actress, theatre manager and Granville-Barker's first wife. Granville-Barker produced a number of Galsworthy's..... More
London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd, [1915 (first thus)/ 1901]. The four-page introduction by the author is new to this edition; loosely inserted is the 'A Few Opinions' sheet (contributors include William Gilbert, Simpson Newland and Chief Justice Way). More
Sydney, Tyrrell's Limited, 1915 [first edition]. Number 225 of only 250 copies of this deluxe large-paper edition, inscribed 'Tyrrell's Limited' in ink. Henry Lawson (1867-1922) suffered 'a ghastly decline' in his creativity from the turn of the century. He 'wrote a great deal despite his often squalid circumstances but his..... More
Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham, 1916. 'Australian pictures - plain, real, and painted mostly at first hand by one who has known the Australian bush for over fifty-six years'. South Australia, the Territory, Tasmania, Queensland. Short stories, with good Indigenous content. More
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, [1916]. Wartime nursing staff feature in many of these well-executed and appealing illustrations. A couple in which they do not appear are more than topical: 'C is for Canada / gallant and true / whose sons make the Huns / look decidedly blue', and..... More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1916. Inscribed on the front flyleaf; 'For Review, The Editor, The Chronicle'. Presumably this refers to 'The Cobargo Chronicle' (1898 - 1944). More
London, Ward, Lock and Co., 1916 [first edition]. More
London, Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1916. More
Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1916 (third edition, revised)/ 1908 (second edition, revised)/ 1880. More
London, Angus and Robertson, 1916 (second impression)/ 1916. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink from winemaker Henry Maydwell Martin, possibily to his nephew. More
Adelaide, G. Hassell & Son, 1916. With the ownership signature of John Langdon Bonython on the half tile. More
London, The Morland Press (for 'Form' magazine), 1916. 'Decorations by A. Spare, cut on wood by W. Quick'. More
London, The Pomegranate Press, [1916] (third edition)/ 1915. The foreword states that 'In presenting to the public a New Quarterly Magazine we are aware of the fact, that in these days half the world is at war'. This may account for the fact that the only other number to appear..... More
Adelaide, G. Hassell & Son, 1917. More
Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1917. The lengthy and informative preface states that this story is presented 'not so much because of the incidents involved and the peculiar relation to a phase of Nipponese mentality, as from the fact that it contains all of the machinery of the Nipponese ghost story........ More