Plant Life of Western Australia
Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1990. More
Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1990. More
Melbourne, Ramsay, 1926 [first edition]. Number 222 of 1000 copies signed by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Provenance: 'Freida Ruth Heighway | 22/10/26 | Burwood' is written in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper. The name 'F. S. Heighway, Esq.' appears in the list of subscribers at the end..... More
Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1992. Inscribed and signed by the author. A biography of Major-General George Vasey. More
Adelaide, Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium, 1997. Produced in association with the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Handbooks Committee. More
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, [1916]. Wartime nursing staff feature in many of these well-executed and appealing illustrations. A couple in which they do not appear are more than topical: 'C is for Canada / gallant and true / whose sons make the Huns / look decidedly blue', and..... More
London, The Folio Society, 2005 (second printing)/ 2005 ('The Great Gatsby') and 2005 (first thus). With a total of 38 full-page illustrations by Christopher Brown. 'The Great Gatsby' and 'The Last Tycoon' (an unfinished novel) are published together in the one volume. [4 items]. More
[No Place], Transmutation Publishing, 2014. Number 106 of 111 copies 'accented with Egyptian Scarab Beetle' finish, of a total edition of only 205 copies. More
[London], Scarlet Imprint, 2013. Number 242 of 1000 copies of the 'Of the Doves' edition; a further 81 copies, the 'Of the Crows' edition, were bound in full morocco. More
[Grantham], 'Printed and bound at The Hell Fire Club', [2016]. Number 46 of only 93 copies (with this limitation written in red ink on the verso of the first leaf, a blank), published posthumously. An edition of 220 copies in full gilt-decorated dark blue crossgrain calf with red moire silk..... More
London, Fulgur Limited, 2011. The flyleaf is signed and dated ('Orryelle 11') by the author in yellow and grey ink, with an historiated initial letter. Number 8 of only 64 copies thus, in a total edition of 640 copies. More
Melbourne, The Jacaranda Press/ The National Trust of Australia (Victoria), 1966. 'A comprehensive classified survey of 640 buildings arranged in regional groups, each region being introduced by a short historical chapter' (dustwrapper). More
London, The Offices of Country Life, 1922. Provenance: the prominent Adelaide architect Frank Kenneth Milne (1885-1980), with numerous bookmarks (often on recycled scraps of paper - including some on blueprints - a number of them annotated or initialled by him) gathered together and housed in a loosely inserted Mylar sleeve..... More
London, The Offices of Country Life, 1929 (second edition)/ 1922. A second volume dealing with more homes in this period was also published. Provenance: the prominent Adelaide architect Frank Kenneth Milne (1885-1980), with his early ownership signature (1936) on the front flyleaf. More
Adelaide, Rigby, 1980. The 'trade' edition, limited to 990 copies (this fact is not noted in the book). A full leather edition limited to 135 signed copies was also published the same year under a Sydney imprint. More
London, Harper Collins Publishers, 1992 (corrected and revised edition)/ 1979. More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1973 (facsimile edition)/ 1924. Peade A57: 524 copies. Australiana Facsimile Editions number 57. More
Melbourne, Thomas Nelson (Australia) Limited, 1976 (third impression)/ 1969. A second volume was published in 1978. More
Pretoria, South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Relations, 1964. 'In each lecture emphasis was laid on the family group which, of course, will differ in its composition and the responsibilities of the various members of the family when viewed in terms of different regions and countries. The lectures cannot..... More
[Adelaide], The Authors, 1991. Number 675 of 1000 copies signed in ink by both authors. A copy of the original prospectus is loosely inserted. Torrens Park Estate is a 'large mansion and its surrounding grounds, set in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges six kilometres south of Adelaide in..... More
New York, Simon and Schuster, 1940. More
Garfield, Circa, an imprint of Melbourne Publishing Group Pty Ltd, 2012 [second edition]/ 2011. 'This beautiful book documents in words and stunning photography the commissioning and construction of the La-Sisi Malangan Canoe, together with associated traditional ceremonies, over a period 13 months, in 1994-95' (from the dustwrapper blurb). More
South Yarra, Currey O'Neil Ross Pty Ltd in association with the Library Council of Victoria, 1983. More
Sydney, Earth Violets, [2008]. Inscribed and signed by the author to Melbourne photographer and pioneering gallerist Joyce Evans OAM (1929-2019), 'Thank you so very much for your support.' The 47 'raw, direct and compelling black and white portraits and quotes from young people provide a unique insight into the people..... More
New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975. 'Minamata is a fishing and farming town on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. Its people joined the industrial age when the Chisso Corporation built a chemical factory there. The disaster that then befell them, and the ways in which some have managed..... More