London, Printed by G. Scott for J. Robson, 1768 (second edition)/ 1768. 'In the third edition, of 1781, the author was revealed to be Revd. William Gilpin. The work was well received both in Britain (where it went through five editions by 1802) and elsewhere in Europe. Besides Gilpin's opinions..... More

[No Place, No Publisher, late 1800s]. Contemporary ownership inscription; 'Versailles, 28/29 October '73'. More

Newcastle, Printed by Charles Henry Cook for R.E. Bewick, 1832/ 1797 and 1804. The set is valued more these days for its numerous vignettes by Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) than for its ornithology. 'Apart from the excellence of the principal figures, the numerous tailpiece vignettes that enlivened every spare space in..... More

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843. This would appear to be all twelve unnumbered and undated issues of the cumulative edition of Volume 1 of the magazine. The editor's 'Farewell Address' (see pages 359-363) indicates there will be no more: 'as regards the success of my project, it is..... More

Melbourne, James J. Blundell & Co., 1855. The front flyleaf is signed in pencil 'R. Campbell / Septer 15th 1855'; Robert Campbell is one of the 132 subscribers whose names and addresses are printed in the volume. Becker's article, although short and prosaically titled, is most entertaining because of his..... More

Cambridge, Macmillan & Co., 1859 (fourth edition, corrected and enlarged)/ 1855. Glaucus is a genus of small brightly coloured sea slugs; if nothing else, they make for attractive chromolithographs. Provenance: 'Francis Hayter, HMS "Liffey" Nov 1867' is written on an early binder's blank. Francis Hayter (1843-1891) was a Commander in..... More

London, Arthur Miall, 1868. 'The characteristic excellencies of Raphael's Bible, being those of composition and expression, can be conveyed through the medium of engraving. Early impressions of plates, printed at Rome in 1674, have therefore been secured.... The Photographs may be fairly left to speak for themselves'. The publisher's advertisements..... More

London, The Author, 1880. Tasmanian-born William Vincent Legge (1841-1918), soldier and scientist, was stationed in Ceylon from 1868 to 1877, when the material for this important work was gathered. After his return to Tasmania in 1883, he retained a strong interest in natural history, being a founder and president of..... More

London, Sampson Low ... 1886. Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886) is still 'known to the world chiefly by his "Picture Books". The extracts from letters have a personal charm apart from any literary merit. The majority of the letters, and the sketches which accompanied them, were sent to the author's family' (preface);..... More

London, Seeley and Co., 1889. The front flyleaf is inscribed and signed by one of the authors, Rosa Praed, 'To my Friend & Country woman Mrs Langloh Parker. In cordial admiration & regard & with sincere good wishes for the future. R.M. Praed. London. Oct 30th / 05'. The catalogue..... More

[Melbourne, George Robertson & Co., circa 1890s]. A scarce souvenir of rural Victoria at the end of the nineteenth century. The chromolithographs include 'Natives spearing Kangaroo', 'Alluvial Diggers', 'A Stampede', 'Yarding Cattle', 'Old Man Kangaroo at Bay', and 'A Buck Jumper'. The last one is curious - and inaccurate -..... More

London, Seeley, 1894. With the ownership signature of Nora Kyffin Thomas. More

Brisbane, Queensland Printing and Publishing Co. (Hodgson and Paton), 1897. The artist James Swinton Diston (1857-1940) was born in Scotland and emigrated to Australia in 1886. 'Mr Diston is an artist of long-established reputation, a Member of the Council of the Art Society of New South Wales, his pictures having..... More

London, 1898. The plates appear to be printed on Japanese vellum. More

Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1899. 'With 76 Coloured Plates and 6 Engravings'. More

London, John Lane, 1900. Introduction by A.C. Benson. Illustrated by Henry Ospovat. More

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

Adelaide, RSSA, 1904. This issue also contains numerous articles by Bragg, Howchin, Tepper, Verco, Woolnough, and others. More

London, British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1906. Volume 12 in the Egyptian Research Account Publications series. More

Melbourne, Thomas C. Lothian, 1907 and 1908. A rare Australian poetry magazine, with each number limited to 500 numbered copies. The first one is out of series; the other three, with individual titles ('The Book of the Opal'; 'The Shadow on the Hill'; and 'Fire o' the Flame') are numbers..... More

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908. With the armorial bookplate of Sir Richard Chaffey Baker, 1841-1911; barrister, pastoralist and influential South Australian politician. Baker was one of the founding fathers of Federation and the first President of the Senate in the first Commonwealth Parliament. One of the Spanish Series..... More

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908 (fifth edition)/ 1906. More

Paris, printed by Draeger for High-Life Tailor, [1909]. The story is a tale purportedly from the 'Thousand and One Nights' entitled 'Histoire du Tailleur de Bagdad et du Secret Merveilleux'. The preliminary drawings prefigure the published version, but vary in many ways from the final product. A copy of the..... More

London, Gowans and Gray, 1910/ 1907. Humorous Masterpieces Number 5. More

London, The Studio, 1911. More