The Red Heart. Sagas of Centralia
Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1944. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink on the half-title. More
Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1944. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink on the half-title. More
Melbourne, National Press, [1944]. An account of a 15-week tour of the North Australian battle zones, and in particular the activities of the Army Farm Services. With the Harold Sheard bookplate (slightly foxed) designed by his wife Rose Lowcay mounted on the verso of the front cover. More
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1944 [revised and enlarged edition]/ 1936. Rare with the dustwrapper (in any condition). 'An outline of the early exploration of Central Australia, and its political history, followed by an account of my own journeys in the regions'; these include important geological expeditions, the first aerial reconnaissance..... More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1944. An explanation of two schemes to irrigate the arid centre of Australia. One of the Battle for Australia Series; with a foreword by Ion Idriess. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1947. Provenance: With the bookplate of Sir Paul Hasluck (1905-1993), who was (among many other things) Minister for Territories from 1951 to 1963 and author of several books on the Australian Aborigines. More
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1948/ 1946. An account of the 1939 Simpson Desert Expedition. Cecil Thomas Madigan (1889-1947), geologist and explorer 'planned a ground crossing in the winter of 1939. A party of nine, including a biologist, a botanist, a photographer and a radio operator, with nineteen camels, made the exhausting..... More
Melbourne, Robertson & Mullens, 1954/ 1907. Number 603 of 1000 copies signed by the author (as 'Jeannie Gunn'). More
Melbourne, F.W. Cheshire, 1954. More
Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1956. Inscribed and dated (1956) by the author to his son on the flyleaf. 'Wherever I travelled ... trees excited both my imagination and my desire to show their beauty to others. But they were elusive subjects, and so seldom grew where I could show their..... More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1956, 1960, 1958 and 1964 (all first - and only - editions). Charles Mountford was the leader of the expedition; he was also the author of the first volume, the editor of the second, and co-editor of the third with R.L. Specht (who edited the fourth..... More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1956. The first (and most important) of the four volumes in the series, published between 1956 and 1964. This copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper 'To Mr and Mrs W. McCaffrey with all good wishes from Charles P. Mountford 1960'. The standard binding is..... More
Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1956. 'Wherever I travelled ... trees excited both my imagination and my desire to show their beauty to others. But they were elusive subjects, and so seldom grew where I could show their full beauty that, after half a lifetime among them, this book of tree..... More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1956, 1960, 1958 and 1964 (all first - and only - editions). Charles Mountford was the leader of the expedition; he was also the author of the first volume, the editor of the second, and co-editor of the third with R.L. Specht (who edited the fourth..... More
Adelaide, RSSA, 1957. This issue also contains TINDALE, N.B.: A Dated Tartangan Implement Site from Cape Martin, South-East of South Australia (15 pages with a map and 8 illustrations). More
Adelaide, RSSA, 1957. This issue also contains FRY, H.K.: Concerning Aboriginal Marriage and Kinship (15 pages plus a folding genealogical chart). More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1957. The early days of aviation in Australia; not least, 'the birth of Qantas and the beginning of the Flying Doctor Service, of adventure in the Northern Territory and New Guinea'. More
London, Robert Hale, 1957. Inscribed by the author 'All the best from your Northern Territory friend, Bill Harney, Ayes [sic] Rock NT Ranger, 59'. With a Foreword by Professor A.P. Elkin. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1958. One of four volumes in the series, published between 1956 and 1964. More
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1960. This issue also contains CROSS, J.: Wilton Hack and Japanese Immigration into North Australia (5 pages) and GIBBS, R.: Relations between the Aboriginal Inhabitants and the First South Australian Colonists (18 pages plus 4 plates). More
Sydney, Ure Smith, 1960. Signed by the author to 'Ted' [T.G.H.] Strehlow. 'The impact of white civilisation on old ways of life'. More
Adelaide, The Author, [circa 1960?]. Signed and dated (19 October 1996) by the author, who spent over twenty years as patrol padre of the Methodist Inland Mission in the Northern Territory. More
Melbourne, The Southern Cross Hotel, [1960s]. Quite apart from the hotel's boast of being 'Australia's Finest Hotel', this Coolibah Coffee Shop menu makes a special feature of their 'Steak Namatjira', 'a thin minute steak grilled to perfection and smothered in a tantalising Arnhem Land Sauce'. If that were not evidence..... More
Sydney, Legend Press, 1961 (reprint)/ 1956. The half-title is signed and inscribed('Rex Battarbee | "Tmara-mara", | Alice Springs | NT | 2-6-1962'. More
Paris, Mouton, 1962. A discussion of attempts by Elcho Islanders to grapple with the problems of social and cultural change. More
Paris, Mouton & Co, 1962. A discussion of attempts by Elcho Islanders to grapple with the problems of social and cultural change. 'This monograph, in an abbreviated form, was awarded the Royal Anthropological Institute Wellcome Medal for 1958)' (dedication page). More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1963 (facsimile edition)/ 1862. Peade A17: only 576 copies. More
Melbourne, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. 'This is the tragic story of the talented tribesman whose paintings of Central Australia brought him fame and fortune. Here is told the story of his struggle for recognition and his endeavour to fulful his obligations under tribal laws and to white society' (from the..... More
Melbourne, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. 'This is the tragic story of the talented tribesman whose paintings of Central Australia brought him fame and fortune. Here is told the story of his struggle for recognition and his endeavour to fulful his obligations under tribal laws and to white society' (from the..... More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1964. More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 [facsimile edition]/ 1847. Peade A16: 818 copies. More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 [first and only edition]. Lauri Sheard accompanied Charles Mountford as his assistant on an Adelaide University Field Expedition to Ernabella, the Musgraves, Mann Ranges, Ayers Rock and Mt Olga in June-October 1940. He was eighteen at the time; he died in an air..... More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1964. The last volume in the series, published between 1956 and 1964. More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 (facsimile edition)/ 1847. Peade A16: 818 sets. More
London, Angus and Robertson, 1964 (first edition). 'Herbert Barker, author of this book, is aged seventy-six, a bachelor, self-effacing, observant, with the strong memory so common amongst bushmen. He is something of an inventor, was long a camel driver, and the electoral roll calls him a prospector' (from the preface..... More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 [first and only edition]. Lauri Sheard accompanied Charles Mountford as his assistant on an Adelaide University Field Expedition to Ernabella, the Musgraves, Mann Ranges, Ayers Rock and Mt Olga in June-October 1940. He was eighteen at the time; he died in an air..... More
Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 1965. Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Völkerkundliche Forschungen ... Band [Volume] 5. More
[Darwin], Welfare Branch, Northern Territory Administration, [1966]. More
Adelaide, W.L. Hawes, Government Printer, 1966. One of the Handbooks of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Contributors also include Cleland, Porteus and Edwards. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1967. Number 166 of only 200 copies numbered and signed by the author. More
Adelaide, Rigby, 1967. Inscribed, dated (February 1985) and signed by the author, who selected and helped prepare the location of the Maralinga atomic bomb tests. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1967. 'These sensitive studies are neither tourist poses nor anthropological records' (dustwrapper blurb). The title page is inscribed and signed 'To Olga Hardy with much regards from the Author, Charles P. Mountford'. We know of Olga Hardy only as the author of 'Like a Bird on..... More
Darwin, A.J. Arthur, Government Printer for Northern Territory Medical Service, 1968. More
Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1968 (second impression)/ 1965 (first thus)/ 1962. The 5-page foreword is by A.P. Elkin. 'One of the few full-length studies of an aboriginal tribe, but, with its careful exploration of kinship and social organization, has major importance for social anthropology in general' (dustwrapper blurb)..... More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1968. Provenance: Pastor Gordon John Gerhardy (1933-2023), a Lutheran missionary in PNG, with his ink ownership signature on the front free endpaper. Not least, the distinctive art of the Pitjantjatjara. More
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1968. The front free endpaper is inscribed 'To Lady Pauline and Sir | A. Grenfell Price | with much gratitude and | appreciation | fr[om] | Charles P. Mountford'. The outcome of Mountford's '1960 journey into the north-west of central Australia, which included 300 miles of difficult..... More
Elizabeth, South Australia, printed at the Scrivener Press [for the Author], 1968. The verbatim account of an interview conducted with Paul Johns in Alice Springs in 1932, shortly after he 'came through Heavitree Gap with his string of seven camels from two or three years of hunting dingoes in the..... More
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1968. The outcome of Mountford's '1960 journey into the north-west of central Australia, which included 300 miles of difficult and totally untravelled territory ... the only complete record in Australian literature of an entire aboriginal myth' (dustwrapper blurb). Charles Pearcy Mountford (1890-1976), anthropologist and photographer. More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1969 (facsimile edition)/ 1846. 'Stokes was several times entrusted with the closer examination of what is now the Northern Territory coast. He was the first to discover and name the Victoria River and Port Darwin' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). Peade A33: one of 797..... More
New York, Greenwood Press, 1969 (facsimile edition)/ 1849. This facsimile edition was published without the separately issued maps. Loosely inserted is a portrait of Charles Sturt clipped from an unknown source. Provenance: pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM (1955-2022), with his small ownership label on both front flyleaves..... More
Gloucester, Peter Smith, 1969/ 1958 (revised edition)/ 1937. With the ink ownership details of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM ('N.T. Museum', 23 September 1980); his then-current business card is loosely inserted. More