Adelaide, W.C. Cox, Government Printer, 1863. 'On 16 July, 1863, the Crown annexed to South Australia "until We think fit to make other disposition thereof the Territory now known as the Northern Territory"'. Responsibility was transferred to the Commonwealth on 1 January 1911. The book reprints the Letters Patent and..... More

Berlin, Axel Juncker, [c.1920]. With the bookplate of Lorna Waterhouse. With illustrations by Alfred Thon. Text in German. More

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1891. The background to this biography of George Fife Angas (1789-1879) is not without interest, and it is to be gleaned from the entry in the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' on Henry Hussey (1825-1903), 'evangelist, millenarian, printer and historian ... Hussey's printing and publishing encouraged him..... More

London, James Nichols, 1902. With the bookplate of Dr Frederick Lucas Benham (and the cancelled stamp of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia). James Bonwick (1817-1906), 'teacher, author, historian and archivist ... More than sixty publications can be attributed to him and they reveal the major characteristic of his..... More

Wellington, The Beltane Book Bureau, 1948. NZ Collectors' Monographs Number 4; this unsigned edition was limited to 500 copies. Loosely inserted is a 1950 typed letter signed by David H. Graham, Lower Hutt, explaining the origins of an accompanying leaflet, 'Ex Libris. A Note describing the Bookplate of David H...... More

Sydney, Tyrrell's Galleries, 1930. The colophon, signed by Barnett, states that the book is 'Reprinted from the 1929 Year Book of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers'. In fact, the original printing was unillustrated. In the Book Collectors' Society of Australia 2009 publication on Barnett, the bibliography by..... More

[Sydney, The Author, 1938]. Inscribed, dated (1939) and signed by Barnett. Basically a catalogue of Barnett's publications, 'Limited de luxe editions designed and published by the author and printed by Harrie P. Mortlock's Beacon Press'. The mounted Japanese prints were 'two of the smaller illustrations from "Japanese Colour-Prints"'. The bookplate..... More

Milan, Istituto Editoriale Cisalpino - La Goliardica, 1976 (facsimile edition)/ 1902. Number 197 of an unspecified limited edition. Provenance: Ann and Geoffrey Long, with their bookplate, designed by Pixie O'Harris, on the front pastedown. More

Melbourne, The Australian Bookplate Club, 1944. 'Designed and [hand] printed by John Gartner at The Hawthorn Press'. Routine newslettery stuff, plus a 'List of Members and Exchange List', complete with addresses. The lists run to just 47 names, which suggests the upper limit to the print-run was not high. This..... More

Dulwich, Tudor Australia Press, 2000. One of 350 numbered copies of the 'ordinary' edition; this copy is signed by the author on the title page. An alphabetical register of 5746 Australian personal bookplates, with details including a description of the plate, the artist, medium, size and date of production. Nearly..... More

[Sydney, The Author, 1952]. Inscribed and signed by Barnett on the first page (which also carries the small name-stamp of Johannes Larsen). A checklist of Barnett's publications on bookplates and Japanese prints, with reprints of articles on him (and them) by Al Milgrom, Alan Yates and Alan Rigby (the first..... More

Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 145 of 275 copies. This is the second publication of Harry Muir's Wakefield Press. Provenance: Johannes Larsen, with his small name-stamp on the title page and his pictorial bookplate on the front flap (this Australian bookplate and its artist, M.G. Wood, do not appear in..... More