Governors' Travels. [Transport used by the Governors of South Australia (cover sub-title)]
Henley Beach, Seaview Press, 2003. More
Henley Beach, Seaview Press, 2003. More
London, Chatto & Windus, 2004. Inscribed in ink, 'Best wishes', and signed by one author, barrister Lady Cherie Blair QC (née Booth), wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. More
London, Routledge, 2006. One of the Sport in the Global Society series. More
Leichhardt, The Federation Press, 2006. More
Leichhardt, The Federation Press, 2006. More
Leichhardt, The Federation Press, 2006. More
Leichhardt, The Federation Press, 2006. More
London, The Folio Society, 2007. More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2008. More
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2009. Three sheets of photocopied handwritten notes are loosely inserted. More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2009. With the bookplate of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018), annotated with his acquisition date: 'March 2009', mounted on the front pastedown. More
Kent Town, The Wakefield Press, 2009. Signed on the title page in ink by editor (and contributor) Gerry Boulstien. Not least, 'interviews with Bob Hawke and his former speechwriter Graham Freudenberg'. More
Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin, 2009 and 2011. The first two books in the series. More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2009. The title page is inscribed and signed by the author, the popular South Australian Labor politician John Charles Bannon AO (1943-2015), the 39th Premier of South Australia, who resigned in 1992 in the wake of the State Bank collapse. A huge electoral defeat for Labor..... More
Sydney, Harper Collins, 2010 (fourth impression)/ 2010. John Winston Howard OM AC SSI (born 26 July 1939) was Australia's 25th Prime Minister 'from 11 March 1996 until 3 December 2007, the second-longest prime ministerial term after Robert Menzies. When he lost the seat of Bennelong in 2007, John Howard also..... More
Sydney, Harper Collins, 2010. Inscribed and signed in ink on the title page by the author. John Winston Howard OM AC SSI (born 26 July 1939) was Australia's 25th Prime Minister 'from 11 March 1996 until 3 December 2007, the second-longest prime ministerial term after Robert Menzies. When he lost..... More
Kyoto, International Research Centre for Japanese Studies, 2011 (first English language edition). Nichibunken Monograph Series Number 12. More
Osborne Park, St George Books, 2011. More
Sydney, Harper Collins Publishers, 2014 [first edition]. Inscribed and signed in ink on the title page by the author. John Winston Howard OM AC SSI (born 26 July 1939) was Australia's 25th Prime Minister 'from 11 March 1996 until 3 December 2007, the second-longest prime ministerial term after Robert Menzies..... More
London, The Folio Society, 2014 (first thus). Translated with Notes by Peter Green; Introduction by Simon Callow. 'The text of this edition follows the revised 1998 edition, with minor emendations'. More
Mile End, Wakefield Press, 2015. 'How is it possible that an impoverished Welsh stonecutter could rise to the position of the first Labor Premier of South Australia? Born to an alcoholic father and an illiterate mother, Tom Price would overcome the daunting obstacles of the slums of Liverpool, become an..... More
Mile End, Wakefield Press, 2015. 'Fred Rose's life takes us through rip-roaring tales from Australia's northern frontier to enthralling intellectual tussles over kinship systems and political dramas as he runs rings around his Petrov inquisitors. More than any other injustice, the abuse of Aborigines leads him into the Communist Party..... More
Auckland, School of Architecture and Planning, National Institute of Creative Arts, University of Auckland, 2015. 'Dr Tom Fookes (1943-2013) 'was one of the few New Zealanders whose career encompassed the full gamut of planning roles; practitioner, policy analyst, researcher, teacher, mentor and public advocate' (New Zealand Planning Institute website). More
Redland Bay, Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd, 2019. Subjects include Gerald Ford, Robert Mugabe, Ian Paisley, Diana Mosley and ... Jihadists in Afghanistan. More
Carlton, Black Inc., 2021. More
The first one shows Churchill arriving, standing in the rear of an open vehicle. In the second one, he is seen addressing the huge crowd from the steps of the Town Hall. His informal speech, a warning against complacency, was widely reported at the time. The full text is readily..... More
The gelatin silver print (120 × 167 mm) has a shallow v-shaped hairline crack in the emulsion at the top centre; overall it is in excellent condition. The photographer is not credited; the verso is ink-stamped 'Photo supplied Central News', and tipped in on it is the duplicate typescript caption..... More
'You may have heard that there is a plot on foot to capture Brailsford as he comes to the meeting tonight and to rag the meeting. If you feel inclined to help com [sic] to Dickinson's rooms at 7.30 tonight'. Extraordinarily, the minor incident referred to in this note, and..... More
The decree confirms the appointment of Georges Frédéric Fallot as Lutheran pastor in the parish of Dampierre-les-Bois near Audincourt, Doubs. It is countersigned by Hippolyte Fortoul, Ministre de l'Instruction publique et des Cultes. The decree was apparently cancelled soon after it was issued; it is crossed out, with the word..... More
'My dear Holland, I should like very much to help in your Candidature, but I have foresworn all further promises & engagements, till I have got rid of those which I now have & which will take all of my spare time till Easter. And it is only some six..... More
The cheque was written after Florence's husband Warren was elected President (2 November 1920) but before his inauguration on 4 March 1921. 'Energetic, strong-willed, and popular, she was an important influence on her husband's business and political careers.... [President Harding died in office in August 1923] ... Before returning to..... More
The letter is addressed to Mr R.G. Hartcup of Farnham Surrey ('I am afraid it would be too big a problem to try to deal in a letter with the very fundamental points you raise'); he refers him to recent Foreign Affairs debates in Hansard (possibly relating to Britain's application..... More
As Baron Sydney he 'was British Home Secretary in the Pitt Government, given responsibility for devising a plan to settle convicts at Botany Bay. He chose Arthur Phillip as governor; on 26 January 1788, Phillip named Sydney Cove in honour of Sydney and the settlement became known as Sydney Town..... More
An apposite document relating to Mussolini, who was wounded on active service in the First World War. 'After the war, with the Socialist Party closed to him and Communism threatening disruption, he founded (1919) the first "Fascio di Combattimento", nominally to serve the cause of the neglected ex-servicemen. This proved..... More
While the bulk of the letter is missing, the last lines refer to the burden of protective tariffs on the textile trade. Lloyd George was Prime Minister from December 1916 until October 1922; John Henry Whitley (1866-1935) was Speaker of the House of Commons 1921-28 and Chairman of the BBC..... More
The original document appears to have been a Treasury Bond issued for £50. Offered with an early engraved portrait of Fox as Secretary of State (145 × 115 mm). Provenance: Collection of The Hon Barry Jones AC. More
In chronological order, the governors and administrators (A) present are Hindmarsh, Stephen (A), Gawler, Grey, Robe, Young, Finniss (A), MacDonnell, Daly, Hamley (A), Hanson (A), Musgrave, Cairns (A), Jervois, Robinson, Boucaut (A), and Kintore. The only one not represented is Sir James Fergusson (16 February 1869 to 18 April 1873)..... More
Stanley R. Whitford (1878-1959), was a South Australian trade unionist and Labor politician. His short entry in the 'Australian dictionary of Biography' states that 'he spent his last eleven years bed-ridden in hospital where he wrote his unpublished autobiography'. The following chunk of information from the ADB is a taste..... More
The photograph is inscribed and signed 'To John, with Gratitude from Anthony, 1963'; the mat is signed in ink 'Vivienne, London' (the usual credit of photographer Florence Vivienne Mellish). Documentation accompanying the photograph indicates that it was presented to Sir John Montague-Stow (1911-1997), Governor-General of Barbados (and previously that country's..... More