Illustrious Dames of the Court of the Valois Kings, literally translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
New York, The Lamb Publishing Co., 1912. Plus 8 plates, 6 being portraits. More
New York, The Lamb Publishing Co., 1912. Plus 8 plates, 6 being portraits. More
New York, Random House, 1993 [first thus]. More
New York, Harmony Books, 1974. More
Adelaide, Lidums Family, 1969. With the ownership signature of sometime Chief Stipendiary Magistrate of South Australia Victor Matison. More
Glasgow, William Maclellan, [circa 1951]. Lavinia Derwent was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Dodd (1909-1989), a Scottish broadcaster and author, mainly of works of fiction for children. 'Thousands of young people follow the comic strip adventures of Tammy Troot from day to day and know the other fascinating little Scots characters..... More
London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, [circa 1903]/ 1903 (first thus). One of 'The Broadway Booklets' series; the first edition of this work in this series, in flush-cut red card covers, has the date '1903' printed at the foot of the title page. More
Sydney, Beagle Press, 1989. Nora Heysen (1911-2003), the fourth child of Hans Heysen and a fine artist in her own right, was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize, and the first Australian women to be appointed an official war artist. This copy is signed on the title page..... More
Stuttgart, Editions Medicina Rara, 1980 (facsimile)/ 1822. Jacques Pierre Maygrier (1771-1835) practiced at the Cochin hospital, and at the HĂ´tel Dieu. He lectured on physiology, anatomy and child-birth, trying to simplify study of the foetal position and methods of delivery (Dezeimeris: 'Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Medicine', 1837). More
Adelaide, South Australian Museum Board and the Botanic Gardens Board, 1981. Number 691 of 750 numbered copies. More
North Kensington, The Koolinda Press, 1913. Sydney Partrige was the pseudonym of Mrs Hal E. Stone. More
Adelaide, Gillingham Printers, 1985. Signed by Jill Clark 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
London, Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1912. 'Mary Ansell (1868-1950) published three books in her lifetime: "The Happy Garden" and "Happy Houses", both in 1912; and "Dogs and Men" in 1924. The former two were written three years after she had left her writer-husband, J.M. Barrie, for Gilbert Cannan, an up-and-coming..... More
London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965. The author's third novel. More
Adelaide, Vardon & Sons, Printers, 1916. On the verso of the front flyleaf is an expansive thank-you note signed by the author (15 August 1916): 'Dear Mr Adey, May I ask you to accept of this little booklet as a memento of the improvement which has already shown itself in..... More
London, Wild Cat Press, 2019. Both parts are signed by the author. 'Of all the early women pioneers omitted from official histories, Carl Strehlow's wife Frieda Keysser is the most glaring example, having spent over a quarter of a century on the Australian frontier when life was dangerous, difficult and..... More
London, John G. Wilson, 1914. More
No Place, The Artist, 2010. Dutch ceramicist and photographer. More
Wellington, Grantham House, 1989. More
Amy Johnson CBE (1903-1941) was one of the most influential and inspirational women of the twentieth century. She was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930 and set a string of other records throughout her career. The head-and-shoulders portrait depicts a smiling Johnson in her..... More
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1988. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1972. 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
[Sydney], Angus and Robertson, 1982/ 1981. More
Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1992. The first volume, by Marcie Muir, is an extensively revised edition of the author's pioneering two-volume bibliography (1970 and 1976), incorporating new material previously unidentified, including 2,000 new titles and authors and newly discovered editions of previously recorded works. The second volume, by Kerry White..... More
London, Michael Joseph, 1962. Presentation copy inscribed, dated (10 April 1963) and signed (in green ink) by the author to Lady Bastyan; the colour pictorial dustwrapper is from a painting by Sidney Nolan. More