Mathematical Drawing Instruments, and How to Use Them
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1895 (sixth edition). More
Welcome to our latest catalogue and our revamped website. The ease with which you will be able to navigate your way around it belies (but more than justifies) the time and effort spent on the project.
However, if you remain cartographically challenged, read on. We can offer you a copy of the very rare atlas, Goyder’s Plan of the Southern Portion of the Province of South Australia (1877), and a presumably much rarer linen handkerchief map highlighting the Dardanelles in 1914. We have J.M. Black’s complete set of Brown’s Forest Flora of South Australia (1882-90), with 45 superb chromolithographs. There are eight photobooks by Bird, Everard, Green and Haskins; a vintage photograph of three-times Australian prime minister, Alfred Deakin and his wife; and a very large-format photograph taken at the farewell banquet in London in October 1900 to The Earl of Hopetoun, the first Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.
There are rare and desirable cricket cartoon books by Branson, Glover and Mailey; fine first editions of Idriess’s The Desert Column (1932, with the dustwrapper) and Gold-Dust and Ashes (1933, one of only 200 of the signed deluxe version); Kaleski’s Australian Barkers and Biters (1914, in the original pictorial wrappers) … in short, the tempting eclectic mixture as before!
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1895 (sixth edition). More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, [15 April] 1932 (first edition). The foreword is by General Sir Harry Chauvel, 'Late Commanding the Desert Mounted Corps'. Idriess introduces this account of his service with the 5th Light Horse Regiment with these words: it 'is more than my diary. It is myself'. Provenance: the..... More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1933 [first edition]. The statement of limitation indicates this is 'One of 200 copies in art [artificial] leather, with jacket bound in. This is No. 44', numbered and signed by the author. The book is based on the life of Cecil John Levien (1874-1932), district officer..... More
Sydney, David Harold Paisley, Government Printer, 1936. The allegations included that members of the Police Force deliberately 'framed' men of starting-price betting offences, gave false evidence, assaulted and unlawfully intimidated members of the public, and 'have in cases concerning betting offences improperly failed to arrest and charge the principals and..... More
London, H. Bailliere, 1842. The plate comes from 'Dr Pritchard's Natural History of Man'. More
Neither the subject nor the photographer are identified (or known to us). The photograph may have been taken in South Australia, where it surfaced over 20 years ago; we suggest it dates from the 1890s. More
'Made in Australia', Ace, [circa 1941]. The bomber illustrated on the front cover is a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, emboldening us to suggest the date. Muir 7023 (undated). More
Sydney, NSW Bookstall Co., 1914. The very rare first edition of this classic work on Australian sheepdogs and cattledogs. This copy, a collector's piece in collector's condition, is the first one we have handled, and easily the best one we have found reference to over the decades. More
Melbourne, The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd, 1978 (first edition). Provenance: Sir Alexander Downer (inscribed and signed on the half-title 'To my dear Daddy, From your son who admires and adores you. Alexander'). Sir Alexander Russell Downer (1910-1981), politician and diplomat, was the Minister for Immigration under Sir Robert..... More
London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, May 1934. Philip Lindsay (1906-1958), the third son of Norman Lindsay, settled in England in 1929. His first novel, 'Panama is Burning' (1932) 'continued that interest in piracy which had obsessed his family since the 1890s. He then took to writing historical romances of the..... More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. The author and his companion, Richard Matthews, both New Zealanders, set out in Emily, the Baby Austin, in May 1930 with the idea of travelling 'eastward from Sydney, always eastward when possible, until we should reach our starting-point again'. More
London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1937. 'Alan John (Jock) Marshall (1911-1967), professor of zoology ... was a member of University of Oxford expeditions [including this one] to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides (Vanuatu), in 1934' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). More
London, Cassell, 1967. Inscribed and signed on the title page 'For Alick Downer with warm regards, Robert Menzies'. 'Alick' is Sir Alexander Russell Downer (1910-1981), politician and diplomat. He was the Minister for Immigration under Menzies from 1958, and the Australian High Commissioner in London from 1963 to 1972. More
North Melbourne, Cassell, 1970. Signed in ink by Sir Robert Menzies on a small label cut from his letterhead and laid down on the front flyleaf, bearing the typed inscription: 'For Alick Downer, from his friend and debtor with warm good wishes'. 'Alick' is Sir Alexander Russell Downer (1910-1981), politician..... More
London, Septimus Prowett, 1827. 'Martin's illustrations to John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost" represent a turning point in his career. The vast majority of Martin's most famous works were based upon either Miltonic or Biblical subject matter. The "Paradise Lost" series are of particular importance both as one of his..... More
Adelaide, Eustace Reveley Mitford (to Volume 3, Number 43, 23 October 1869), then Samuel Edward Roberts, 1867 to 1870. Pat Stretton contributed to the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' the entry for Eustace Reveley Mitford (1811-1869), 'satirist'. It is almost short enough to quote in full - it is certainly worthy..... More
[Germany, 21st Army Group, British Army], March, June, July and September 1945. These printed letters were issued to British troops ('To All Officers and Men of 21 Army Group') in Germany between March and September 1945 by Field Marshal Montgomery, 'C-in-C 21 Army Group' and Military Governor of the British..... More
Sydney, Modern Magazines Pty Ltd, 1955. The famous Redex Trials were conducted from 1953-55, with Ampol taking over from 1956; the 1954 trial was the first round-Australia grind. More
Rockdale, Scientific Magazines Publishing Co., 1955. The famous Redex Trials were conducted from 1953-55, with Ampol taking over from 1956; the 1954 trial was the first round-Australia grind. More
Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens Limited, 1948. Provenance: Charles Warren Bonython, with his armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. Warren Bonython (1916-2012), engineer, conservationist, and epic walker; one of his enduring legacies was his pivotal role in establishing the 1200-kilometre Heysen Trail. More
Tanunda, The Author (and printed by Auricht), 1931. 'The Miracle of God's Grace. From Cannibals to Evangelists!'; a history of Lutheran Missions in New Guinea, printed in the Barossa Valley. An abridged version was published the following year in English, under the title 'Christ in New Guinea. Former Cannibals become..... More
London, Hutchinson & Co., 1907. Many countries 'contain more than one city or ruin which at some time filled the place of a capital. But in Burma these past capitals are unusually numerous. Their number is partly to be ascribed to the internal conflicts which left, now one of its..... More
Sydney, Royal Society of New South Wales, 1955. The proceedings of a symposium organised by the RSNSW; the contributors are H.G. Raggatt, Professor Hunter, R.F. Cane, and Professor C. Renwick. More
Hobart, H.H. Pimblett, Government Printer, 1950. Tasmanian Department of Mines Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Number 8, Volume 2. More
Adelaide, K.M. Stevenson, Government Printer, 1944. Department of Mines Geological Survey of South Australia Bulletin Number 22. More