The Rare Art Traditions. The History of Art Collecting and its linked phenomena wherever these have appeared
London, Thames and Hudson, 1982. More
London, Thames and Hudson, 1982. More
Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1983. With the contemporary pencilled ownership signature of anthropologist Peter Sutton. More
Canberra, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1987. Working Paper No. 7. Department of Political and Social Change. With the ownership signature of anthropologist Peter Sutton (and his enigmatic annotation on page 54). More
Sydney, University of Sydney, 1989. With the ownership signature of anthropologist Peter Sutton. Oceania Monograph Number 38. More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1979. With the ownership signature of anthropologist Peter Sutton (dated 'Nov '84'). More
London, Heinemann, 1956. More
'An ambrotype is comprised of an underexposed glass negative placed against a dark background. The dark backing material creates a positive image. Photographers often applied pigments to the surface of the plate to add color, often tinting cheeks and lips red and adding gold highlights to jewelry, buttons, and belt..... More
Port Elizabeth, Richards, Impey & Co., circa 1870. A rare South African handbill advertising a touring 'Diorama' of the American Civil War. The recto provides the sequence of events from the bombardment of Fort Sumter, Bull Run, the battle between the 'Kearsarge' and 'Alabama', the main battles from Gettysburg to..... More
'Companies A and F were from the village of Kewanee, in Henry county [Illinois] ... The exigencies of the struggle and the call had wrought the enthusiasm of the village to its highest pitch, when, on the morning of August 7th, a muster roll was opened in the office of..... More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1956, 1960, 1958 and 1964 (all first - and only - editions). Charles Mountford was the leader of the expedition; he was also the author of the first volume, the editor of the second, and co-editor of the third with R.L. Specht (who edited the fourth..... More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1956. The first (and most important) of the four volumes in the series, published between 1956 and 1964. This copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper 'To Mr and Mrs W. McCaffrey with all good wishes from Charles P. Mountford 1960'. The standard binding is..... More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1956, 1960, 1958 and 1964 (all first - and only - editions). Charles Mountford was the leader of the expedition; he was also the author of the first volume, the editor of the second, and co-editor of the third with R.L. Specht (who edited the fourth..... More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1964. The last volume in the series, published between 1956 and 1964. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1958. One of four volumes in the series, published between 1956 and 1964. More
Westport, The AVI Publishing Company, Inc., 1972 (third edition)/ 1960. Loosely inserted is the carbon copy of a contemporary wine receipt from South Australian wine and spirit merchants Walkerville Wines. More
Lisse, Swets and Zeitlinger Publishers, 2000. More
Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 1986. More
London, The Bodley Head, 1987. Foreword by Elspeth Huxley. More
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1956. With the contemporary ink ownership signature of anthropologist Graeme Pretty. More
Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1988. Loeb Classical Library Number 143. More
Kendal, World Ship Society, 1995. The text is in Dutch and English. More
Melbourne, CSIRO, 1991. With numerous illustrations. More
London, The Folio Society, 1995 [first thus]. 'The text of this edition is taken from a selection of the fairy tales ... published by Constable & Co. Ltd in 1913'. Loosely inserted is the publisher's flyer for the William Heath Robinson Trust. More
London, Harrap, 1928. More