Charleston. A Bloomsbury house & garden. Photographs by Allen MacWeeney
London, Frances Lincoln, 1997. More
London, Frances Lincoln, 1997. 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
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1938 [first English edition]. More
Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham, [June] 1908 (first edition). Provenance: Thomas Gill (1849-1923), the South Australian historian and bibliographer; later, the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch. The John Goodchild-designed bookplate on the pastedown records these facts; there is a cancelled RGSSA stamp on the title page. Loosely inserted..... More
Sydney, Resolution Press, 1980. Number 230 of 1000 copies. The book contains a biography of the artist by Jan Minchin, and a catalogue raisonné by Roger Butler. More
The ticket (number 13) was issued in August 1889 to 'Mr R Burton'; it is initialled (possibly signed) by the Honorary Treasurer, John Colton. The South Australian Cricketing Association was formed in May 1871; John Colton was a foundation member. The current name, the South Australian Cricket Association, was apparently..... More
The ticket (number 435) was issued to 'H.E. Hodge Esq'; the initials against the printed title of 'Hon. Treas.' are indecipherable, but they do not appear to be those of Mostyn Evan, SACA treasurer from 1898 to 1910. More
London, The Folio Society, 2009 [first thus]. Introduction by Kathryn Hughes; illustrations (including the front cover) by Sue Scullard. More
Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1926 (first thus). Number 478 of 1250 copies. 'This edition follows exactly the text of the original Belfast issue of 1897 except that certain misprints have been corrected'. More
London, Dean and Munday, [1841]. More
Adelaide, Ashley Mallett, 2016 (third reprint)/ 2013. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
Melbourne, Women's Committee of the National Trust of Australia, 1976. More
Cambridge, Harvard College Library, 1992. More
Hyde Park, The Author, 2000. Presentation copy inscribed, signed and dated (22 June 2000) by the author. More
Sydney, Dymock's Book Arcade, 1944. Inscribed and signed by the poet 'For Alan Brissenden, Rosemary Dobson'. More
Sydney, Dymock's Book Arcade, 1944. More
London, The Folio Society, 1986 (first thus). Introduction by Joanna Richardson; translated by Charles de Salis. More
Adelaide, Gillingham Printers, 1985. Signed by both authors on the title page. A 'collection of thoughts and memories' of members of the Australian Army Nursing Service; of North Australian and Islands interest. More
Sydney, Ure Smith Pty. Limited, [1947]. Contents include a six-page essay by Margaret Preston on silk screen methods. The cover design is by Adrian Feint. More
Fremantle, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1989 (first illustrated edition)/ 1987. With the ownership signature (dated 1991) of Peter Sutton. More
Ringwood, Viking, 1996. The first published collection of this important Aboriginal artist's work. More
Carlton, The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Signed by the author on the title page; she also provided the photographs. Number seventy-two in the second numbered series of the Miegunyah Volumes. More
Adelaide, printed by Vardon and Sons [for the State Children's Council], 1907. 'This book is a labour of love. It was written by Miss Spence as a recognition of the services to the children of the State rendered by her friend, Miss C.E. Clark. The two ladies have been friends..... More
Melbourne, Robert Jolley (with the logo of 'The Atlas Press | E. Newland | Manager' printed inside the rear cover), 1904. Verses by Annie Rattray Rentoul, with illustrations by her younger sister Ida Sherbourne Rentoul (later Outhwaite) - her first illustrated book. The rear cover illustration incorporates a quote from..... More
[Adelaide], Government Printer (for the Education Department), 1880 [first edition]. A pioneering work, being 'the first social studies textbook used in Australian schools, and anticipated similar courses in the other colonies by twenty years' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). It was reprinted the following year with this prefatory note: 'it is..... More