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
Portland, The Anthoensen Press, [c.1950]. Number 147 of 300 copies (250 of which were for sale). Eight leaves of illustrations include one tipped-in bookplate. More
Berlin, Axel Juncker, [c.1920]. With the bookplate of Lorna Waterhouse. With illustrations by Alfred Thon. Text in German. More
London, George Newnes, Ltd., 1900. With the armorial bookplate of James Howard Johnson, great-grandson of George Fife Angas (and the local binder's ticket of F. Binns & Co., Charles Street, Adelaide). Not least, Western Australia (pages 63-66). 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, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901. The bookplate of the 'Societas Medica Londinensis' on the front pastedown is inscribed in ink 'Presented by the Authors'. Above it is the ownership signature (April 2011) of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018). More
London, David Mallet, 1754 (first collected octavo edition). Each volume contains the armorial bookplate of A.R. Downer, Sir Alexander 'Alick' 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. Henry St John..... 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
Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1942. One of only 150 copies, printed by John Gartner; the first publication of the Australian Bookplate Club. Provenance: Edward Edgar Pescott (1872-1954), horticulturalist, naturalist, author and book-collector, with his signature on the title page. He has also signed the list of members at the end..... 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, [The Author], 1932. Number 163 of 300 signed copies of the standard edition; there was also a deluxe edition of 120 copies. Provenance: Johannes Larsen, with his small name-stamp on the title page and his pictorial bookplate on the front pastedown (this Australian bookplate and its artist, M.G. Wood..... 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, 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
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[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
Sydney, Privately Printed (for the Author by the Beacon Press), 1951. Number 21 of only 100 signed copies. More
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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
Sydney, 'Composed, Bound and Printed by the Artist at the Studio 38A Pitt St', 1936. Number 20 of only 25 signed copies, with the bookplates signed as well. This very rare item is not to be confused with another work with the same title, produced in the same year by..... 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
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 76 of 250 copies signed by the author (and the first publication of his Wakefield Press). 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
Dulwich, Tudor Australia Press, 2012. One of only 100 numbered copies of the 'ordinary edition'; this copy is signed by the author on the title page. There were also 25 copies of a 'special edition'. Anomalously, the numbering in this copy suggests a total print-run of 130. More
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[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
Sydney, The Australian Ex Libris Society (printed at The Beacon Press), 1934. Number 116 of 150 copies signed by Adrian Feint; it was presumably hand-set and hand-printed by Harrie Mortlock at his Beacon Press. The contents include two essays ('Bookplates of Adrian Feint' by Carlyle S. Baer, and 'Adrian Feint..... 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
London, T.N. Foulis, 1914. With the bookplate of notable New Zealand author, historian, collector and photographer Hardwicke Knight (featuring an alert squirrel) on the front pastedown. With twelve colour illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan. More
