Travels in West Africa
London, The Folio Society, 1976 (first thus). Edited and Introduced by Elspeth Huxley. More
London, The Folio Society, 1976 (first thus). Edited and Introduced by Elspeth Huxley. More
Sydney, Beagle Press, 1989. With the contemporary ownership signature of Peter Ward (twice), journalist and author. Nora Heysen (1911-2003) was Hans Heysen's fourth child and a fine artist in her own right; she was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize, and the first Australian woman to be appointed..... More
North Ryde, Craftsman House, 1998. 'This book looks at Emily Kngwarreye's paintings from very different viewpoints: Jennifer Isaacs approaches and explains their meaning as part of Anmatyerre women's culture, and gives a history of the art's development and patronage; Terry Smith examines the works as forming part of the leading..... More
Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery, and Melbourne, Macmillan Publishers Australia, 1998. This important retrospective was held at the Queensland Art Gallery between 20 February and 13 April 1998 (and thereafter at other locations). This copy is from the superior hardback issue. More
Melbourne, Spectrum, 1982. Signed by the author on the title page. Loosely inserted is a printed list of the author's works (with a few check-marks) and a handwritten letter signed by the author. More
Wellington, Grantham House, 1989. More
Melbourne, Women's Committee of the National Trust of Australia, 1976. More
Mile End, Wakefield Press, 2018. More
London, Calder and Boyars, 1966. More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2003. Warmly inscribed, dated (18 November 2003) and signed by the author. More
London, The Folio Society, 1980 (first thus). Introduction by Robin Duke. Anna Harriette Leonowens (1831-1915), British writer and governess employed by King Mongkut (Rama IV) of Siam [now Thailand] for the instruction of his children, including his son and successor, Prince Chulalongkorn' (Britannica). More
Adelaide, Scrymgour and Sons, Printers [for the Author], 1884. With a contemporary inscription by, and signature of, a family member. More
New York, Haworth Press, 1989. Number 2 in the Haworth Series on Women. More
London, Chatto & Windus, 1936. Joan Lindsay's first book, published thirty-odd years before her hugely successful but somewhat less hilarious 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'. 'This work alone establishes Miss Serena Livingstone-Stanley as one of that gallant little band of intrepid women who through the ages have sailed uncharted seas, blazed..... More
Hawthorn, Hudson, 1992. Signed and warmly inscribed in ink by the author on the title-page. 'Joan Kirkby writes: "Imagine Emily Dickinson's Vesuvius poems, Mary Sarton's 'Journal of a Solitude' and Cixous and Clément's 'newly born woman' and you have some idea of the energy, jouissance and strength - and significance..... More
London, Constable, 1915/ 1912. With the armorial bookplate of Sir Richard Chaffey Baker. More
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895 (first edition). Criminology Series (edited by Morrison) Number 1. More
Pennsylvania, Franklin Library, 1988 (limited first edition). Signed by the author. Included is a 'special message' by the author. Specially commissioned frontispiece illustration by Anthony Russo. Loosely inserted is a one-page circular about the book from the publisher. More
London, Thames & Hudson, 2000. More
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas, 1898. Contributions by Winifred Scott (1866-1950) gleaned from the pages of 'The Adelaide Observer' and 'The Evening Journal'. More
London, J.M. Dent, 1986/ 1985. Inscribed, with a doodle and signed by the author. More
Grange, Grange Golf Club, 1997. '75 copies have been bound in leather as a special edition'; this is an unnumbered out-of-series copy. More
London, The Folio Society, 1978 (first thus). Selected, with an introduction, by Jane Miller. More
London, Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1942. The dustwrapper is unclipped but unpriced, indicating it is the Colonial Edition issue; the small ticket on the front pastedown of the contemporary Adelaide booksellers, F.W. Preece Ltd, proves the point. More
London, George Philip and Son, 1891. More