Winds of Doctrine. Studies in Contemporary Opinion
London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1913. George Santayana, 'late Professor of Philosophy in Harvard University', here critiques the work of M. Henri Bergson and Bertrand Russell, among others. More
Religion
The Glory of Byzantium. Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997. This sumptuous catalogue accompanied an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from March 11 to July 6, 1997. More
Measured Tones. The Interplay of Physics and Music. Second Edition
Bristol, Institute of Physics Publishing, 2002 (second, revised, edition)/ 1993 (corrected edition)/ 1989. 'In this new edition I have to talk about the handling of sound files, digital interfaces, fractals ... but the physics and the musical concepts will be the same. And they are what is important' (prologue to..... More
Oeuvres et lettres
[Paris], Gallimard, 1983. Part of the 'Bibliothèque de la Pléiade' series; the text is in French. More
Oeuvres complètes
[Paris], Gallimard, 1969. Part of the 'Bibliothèque de la Pléiade' series; the text is in French. More
Augustus Short. First Bishop of Adelaide. The Story of a Thirty-Four Years' Episcopate
London, Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co., 1888/ 1887 (first edition, published in Adelaide). Pages ix-304 (from the table of contents onwards) are the sheets of the 1887 Adelaide edition. The first eight pages, the cloth colour, lettering and decoration for this London edition differ, and it invariably contains the Woodburytype..... More
The Valois Tapestries
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975 (second edition)/ 1959. 'Dr Yates describes how the tapestries arose out of Catherine de' Medici's marvellous series of festivals at the court of the Valois in the sixteenth century which were intended to bring together hostile religious factions in an attempt at 'politique' conciliation..... More
The Hymn of Bardaisan, rendered into English by F. Crawford Burkitt
London, Printed at the Press of the Guild of Handicraft, Limited ... for Edward Arnold [Essex House Press], 1899. The second publication of the Essex House Press of Laurence Hodson and C.R. Ashbee, and one of only 300 copies. The 'Hymn of the Pearl' or 'Hymn of the Soul' is..... More
The Holy Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments ...
Glasgow, Printed at the University Press for David Bryce and Son, 1911 (first thus)/ 1896. Issued in honour of the Coronation of King George V, this is a reprint of the 1896 edition, 'the earliest complete miniature Bible ... [These] Bryce Bibles are embellished with 28 full-page line illustrations reduced..... More
Journal of a Country Curate. Selections from the Diary of Francis Kilvert, 1870-79. Selected and with an Introduction by Peter Wait. Photographic re-creations by Tim Stephens
London, The Folio Society, 1977 [first thus]. More
Aboriginal Economy and Society. Australia at the Threshold of Colonialism
South Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 2004. More
Saint Joan of Arc
London, The Folio Society, 1995 (first thus). Subtitle: Born 6 January 1412; Burned as a Heretic, 30 May 1431; Canonised as a Saint, 16 May 1920. More
Thomas Thornton Reed, Archbishop of Adelaide. Essays and Reminiscences
Adelaide, Peacock Publications [for] The Author, 2015. Signed in ink by the compiler, Airlie Black, on the title page. More
The Monks of War. The Military Orders
London, The Folio Society, 2000 (first thus). This edition has been extensively revised from the author's 1995 edition (itself also revised). More
Testamenta Ljatinja. Anjkatja Arandauna Knjatiwumala [Ankatja Arandauna Knatiwumala]
[Adelaide], Lutheran Press and The British and Foreign Bible Society in Australia, 1971/ 1956. The New Testament in Aranda. More
Louise Flierl Mission Museum. Artefacts and Photographs reflecting the Culture and Customs of the people of Papua New Guinea, before and since the coming of Christianity
Adelaide, Department for Church Cooperation in World Mission of the Lutheran Church of Australia, 2001. More
For Faith and Freedom. The Story of Lutherans and Lutheranism in Australia, 1838-1996
Adelaide, Openbook Publishers, 1996. More
The Lutheran Church in Papua New Guinea. The First Hundred Years, 1886-1986
Adelaide, Lutheran Publishing House, 1986. Provenance: Pastor Gordon John Gerhardy (1933-2023), one of the contributing authors, with his signature on the front flyleaf. He was 'Vice-Principal of Senior Flierl Seminary, Logaweng', and he had been in New Guinea since 1966 (see page 657). Some ephemera is loosely inserted: a copy..... More
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From Our Broken Toil. South Australian Catholics 1836-1906. [Together with] Colour and Shadow. South Australian Catholics 1906-1962
Adelaide, Archdiocese of Adelaide, 1986 and 1991. More
The Monks of War. The Military Orders
London, The Folio Society, 2000 (first thus). This edition has been extensively revised from the author's 1995 edition (itself also revised). More
Drifting Wreckage. A Story of Rescue in Two Parts
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. Dated (17 February 1917) and inscribed by the author in ink on the front free endpaper. Not least, Adelaide and Melbourne. Contains a 5-page list of subscribers to the first edition; preface by J. Wilbur Chapman; loosely inserted are a few newspaper clippings. More
Outback Ghettos. Aborigines, Institutionalisation and Survival. [A History of Aboriginal Institutionalisation and Survival (cover subtitle)]
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993. A study of three South Australian mission stations - Poonindie, Koonibba and Nepabunna. More
The Rise and Fall of the Medieval Monastery
London, The Folio Society, 2006 (first thus). The text follows that of the 2003 edition, with some further revisions and a new preface by the author. More
The Trial of the Templars
London, The Folio Society, 2005 (third impression)/ 2003 (first thus). More
All and Everything. Ten Books, in Three Series, of which this is the First Series
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1956 (third impression) /1950. 'After a lifetime spent in the teaching of a system of knowledge which he gave only to a small circle of puplis, George Ivanovich Gurdjieff decided shortly before his death in October 1949 to publish the first of a series..... More