Eileen Cowin. November 14-December 8, 1987
Tokyo, Gallery Min, 1987. Introduction by Mark Johnstone. More
Photography
La Renaissance - Resurrected. Louvain. La Destruction et la Reconstructon de la Cite Martyre. The Destruction and the Reconstruction of the Martyr Town
Louvain, J.-P. Stroobants Librairie-Journaux, [circa 1920s]. 'Over the course of five days, beginning August 25, 1914, German troops stationed in the Belgian village of Louvain during the opening month of World War I burned and looted much of the town, executing hundreds of civilians' (History website). Captions in French and..... More
Mawson | Delprat. A Selling Exhibition of Rare Antarctic Photographs, Expeditionary Artefacts, Antique Furniture, Curios and Personal Effects from the Collections of Sir Douglas Mawson and G.D. Delprat. 16-27 September 2019, 196 North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
Adelaide, Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, September 2019. A selection of 37 items, some rare and important, others unusual or curious, but at all times interesting, and with the guaranteed provenance of Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson and his father-in-law, Guillaume Daniel Delprat, General Manager of BHP. Highlights include a seventeenth-century..... More
The National Geographic Magazine. Vol LV. No 4, April 1929 [and] No 5, May 1929 [and] No 6, June 1929
National Geographic, 1929. Not least, Siepen on gliding in Germany (pp 751-780). The secret rise of the Luftwaffe. More
The Photo-Miniature. A Magazine of Photographic Information. Edited by John A. Tennant. Volume 8, Number 95, November 1908. Essentials in Portraiture
New York, Tennant and Ward, 1908. From the personal collection of the photographer John Kauffmann, with his signature in ink on the front cover. More
The Photo-Miniature. A Magazine of Photographic Information. Edited by John A. Tennant. Volume 6, Number 71, August 1905. Marine and Surf Photography
New York, Tennant and Ward, 1905. From the personal collection of the photographer John Kauffmann, with his signature in ink on the front cover. More
Robert Dawson. Photographs. April 9-May 10, 1988
Tokyo, Gallery Min, 1987. Introduction by Ellen Manchester. More
Royal Geographical Society Illustrated
London, Scriptum, 1997 (third printing)/ 1997. More
The Studio. An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. Volume Eighteen [18]
London, The Studio, 1900. Not least, 'The Work of Pietro Fraciacomo' (with 9 illustrations, 2 coloured; Fraciacomo 'drew mainly seascapes and cityscapes of Venice, often at night, a thematic also pursued by Mario de Maria. By the turn of the century, his style had acquired Symbolist overtones devoid of a...... More
The Studio. An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. Volume Fifty-Eight [58]
London, The Studio, 1913. Not least, 'Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture' (with 26 illustrations, including a colour plate); 'Public Art Galleries of Australia' by William Moore; and 'Chinese Hard Carving', by L.W.C. Lorden. More
The Studio. An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. Volume Fifty-Five [55]
London, The Studio, 1912. Not least, J.M.W. 'Turner at Farnley Hall' by Alexander J. Finberg, and 'Eugene Boudin: A Painter of the Sea' by Henri Frantz. Boudin was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors; 'expert in the rendering of all that goes upon the sea and..... More
The Studio. An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. Volume Fifty-Nine [59]
London, The Studio, 1913. Of some architectural interest are 'Recent Designs in Domestic Archtecture' (with 9 illustrations, 1 in colour); and 'The Workmen's Colonies of the Krupp Company at Essen' by L. Deubner (with 9 illustrations). Also features E.A. Taylor's 'Isle of Arran as a Sketching-Ground' (with 10 illustrations, 3..... More
The Studio. An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. Volume Fifty-Two [52]
London, The Studio, 1911. More
Vues de Versailles. Le Chateau le Parc, Le Petit and le Grand, Trianon
[No Place, No Publisher, late 1800s]. Contemporary ownership inscription; 'Versailles, 28/29 October '73'. More
A collection of vintage photographs taken on active service - including at Gallipoli - by Warrant Officer (later Lieutenant) Edward James Shalless, a member of the 1st Royal Australian Navy Bridging Train
This very small and relatively unknown unit, formed in February 1915, was diverted to Gallipoli and put under the control of the British Army. On 7 August, during the August Offensive, the Bridging Train went ashore at Suvla Bay and built a number of essential piers. The unit remained at..... More
![Item #125873 A group photograph of the 'Second Signal Squadron at Zapata [Zgharta], near Tripoli,...](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/125873_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1651461511)
A group photograph of the 'Second Signal Squadron at Zapata [Zgharta], near Tripoli, Syria'
The caption mentions '2 Wireless Limbers, 2 cable waggons & 3 G.S. Limbers as water carts'; the 10 motorcycles and two early motor vehicles are taken as read. Part of the date (January) is present: the signal squadrons were present in Mesopotamia from 1916 to 1918. More
Souvenir of Sinai & Palestine. Compiled by Tpr. J. Ellis, 7th L.H. [cover title of an album of photographs]
[Egypt? Privately Published, circa 1919]. A scarce self-published photographic record of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade in the Sinai and Palestine campaign, from the Battle of Romani (3-5 August 1916) to the capture of Gaza (1-2 November 1917), by way of Al Arish, Rafah, Khan Yunis, Deir al-Balah, and Wadi..... More
![Item #138169 960th Album [cover title]. 960th Engineer Aviation Topographic Company](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/138169_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721624354)
960th Album [cover title]
[The Philippines? 960th Engineer Aviation Topographic Company, 1945?]. The first leaf contains a large illustration of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, designed as a fighter, but used in a variety of roles, including aerial reconnaissance. An inscription in ink on the illustration identifies the pilot as '1st. Lt. Alexander Roberts, |..... More
![Item #136355 Ansel Adams. Volume 1 [1902-1938]: The Eloquent Light. Ansel ADAMS, Nancy NEWHALL](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/136355_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695021985)
Ansel Adams. Volume 1 [1902-1938]: The Eloquent Light
San Francisco, Sierra Club, 1963. Number 7 in the Sierra Club Exhibit Format series. More
Ships and Memories
Brighton, Teredo Books Ltd., 1975. With an Introduction by Alex. A. Hurst. 'The story of the years the author spent in the four-masted barque 'Silberhorn', running to Oregon and San Francisco ... together with many memories and reflections' (dustwrapper). More
'Botanical Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia'. A nineteenth-century photograph of a pond and active fountain
The carte de visite (an albumen paper photograph, 55 x 91 mm) was recently removed from an old album leaf and remounted on acid-free card; the title above was written in pencil on the verso of the image. The number '202' is pencilled on a fence-post in the foreground; in..... More
A collection of nine vintage photographs showing the construction of the Adelaide Railway Station between 1926 and 1928
The earliest image, dated June 1926, shows the site on North Terrace before the commencement of construction; two show the station platforms (in October 1926 and March 1927); two show the railway yards at the approach to the station (one before construction, one in December 1927); and four show the..... More
Photo Glimpses of Adelaide, South Australia... Illustrated by Ernest Gall [cover title]
Adelaide, Printed by Hussey & Gillingham, [1890s]. All plate leaves depict one or more illustrations from photographs, against a watercolour pictorial background with calligraphic titles. There is only one full-page plate proper. Trove records copies in four institutions, as well as what appear to be later editions: 'Gall's Glimpses of..... More
Four original albumen paper photographs mounted on one sheet of card from a loose-leaf album. They are numbered and captioned on the mount - No. 10: General Post Office. No. 12: King William St. No. 14: King William St. No. 16: Rundle St
The gloss-paper prints are each approximately 150 × 200 mm. The three streetscapes have the title and studio credited in the negative. The first two items are slightly foxed, and there is a tiny hole in the sky in the first one; the gloss surface is lightly scuffed; overall, the..... More
Photographic Views of Adelaide, South Australia. Series II
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, [1880s]. The views are mainly street scenes and public buildings; all of them are illustrated on our website. Two of the plates are signed in the negative 'Sweet | Adelaide', and the balance of the photographs are almost certainly his work. We have a similar..... More