[No publication details given, but we suggest Frith, Reigate, 1860s]. There is no duplication of images in these volumes. Gernsheim (Incunabula of British Photographic Literature, 1839-1875), records books published between 1864 and 1867 under the same generic title, containing half- and full-plate photographs, but he makes no mention of this..... More

Adelaide, Andrews, Thomas, and Clark, 1865. Almost half the book (58 pages) is given over to verse by Stephenson, who died at the age of 18 in May 1865. With a contemporary inscription (in Charles Todd's hand?) to 'Lizzie Todd 4th Decr 1865' in ink on an early blank; the..... More

Adelaide, Andrews, Thomas, and Clark, 1865. Inscribed on an early blank, in what we know to be the hand of Charles Todd, to 'Mr Edwd Stirling Junr / Xmas 1865'; with the pictorial bookplate ['Gang forward'] of Edward Charles Stirling. Ferguson 16245; Holden 103. We have previously sold a copy..... More

Paris, Librairie Militaire J. Dumaine, 1866. Auguste Chevallier's ingenious photographic plane-table produced a disc-shaped horizontal panorama by means of a rotating lens. Comparing images taken at different vantage points allowed the surveyor accurately to calculate distances and heights as with a regular plane table, but with less room for human..... More

London, Lockwood, 1870 [third edition, carefully revised and considerably enlarged]/ [1857]. All of the plates in the second volume relate to specific bridges: one double-page plate gives details of the 'Bridge over Salt Water River, Melbourne and Williams Town Railway, Victoria' (and one of the diagrams in the first volume..... More

[Reigate, Frith & Co., circa 1873]. Offered together with a rare example of Frith's Cosmoscope, the patented viewer for which these large-format mounted prints were designed. 'It gives the user an impression of depth when viewing images ... due to the combined use of a wide optics and a curved..... More

Adelaide, J.T. Shawyer, Printer, 1874. The frontispiece, a Townsend Duryea photograph, is a composite of five numbered oval portraits; the identification key is printed on the verso of the title page. Ferguson 16706 (not identifying the photographer, and not indicating that the five photographic portraits are in fact one composite..... More

London, HMSO, 1879. British Parliamentary Paper C2452 of Volume 29 of Session 1878-79. The bulk of the supplement is the 'Report by Dr. Ballard on the Effluvium Nuisances arising in connexion with various manufacturing and other branches of industry. Part III' (280 pages). This report deals primarily with industries in..... More

Adelaide, J. Williams, Printer, 1880 [second edition]/ 1879. With the armorial bookplates of James Angas Johnson and Charles Glover on the pastedown; the white ink on the spine is a legacy of Glover's ownership. The last part of the book, 'A Voyage from Port Phillip to Adelaide in 1846' (23..... More

Adelaide, J. Williams, Printer [for the Author], 1880 [second edition]/ 1879. The particulars of the photographs match those given in Holden (where the discrepancy in the number of plates present as against listed is explained). The plates are of drawings by Hamilton; he contributed similar sketches to the published journals..... More

Adelaide, Goodfellow & Hele [almost certainly the Author - James Dally was convinced], 1880. With the pictorial bookplate of J. Cluny Harkness (Federal President of the Chamber of Manufactures in the 1950s, according to Trove). Ferguson 11744; Holden 70. Holden's entry is more accurate and informative, although the photographs may..... More

Genoa, Cartoleria e Legatoria Balbi Giuseppe, [circa 1880s]. A pictorial souvenir of Genoa comprising a leporello of 12 sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs (102 × 72 mm or the reverse) on card mounts with a printed red border, folding into gilt-lettered red cloth boards, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt..... More

Sydney, Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1882 (Second Issue)/ 1881. Ferguson 14893 ('Edition de luxe'), noting only the frontispiece portrait of Captain James Cook, and citing only the Mitchell Library copy. The State Library of NSW has now digitised that copy (Mitchell's own, with his signature on the title page), and..... More

Adelaide, Carey, Page & Co., Printers ("Published under the Author's own immediate Supervision"), 1885. The lithographs are a frontispiece view after Skipper, 15 full-page portraits and one plate containing three portraits; the photographs are of the Governor (and dedicatee) Sir William Robinson (140x88mm, by Hammer and Co.) and Loyau (98x58mm..... More

London, Lillywhite, Frowd, 1886. More

London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887. This book was published to wide critical acclaim. Lindt was awarded a gold medal at the 1888 Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition, 'with special mention for his ethnological photographs, landscapes and photographs from shipboard; they are simply unique. From a technical point of view the..... More

Melbourne, The Literary Committee [of The Congress], 1889. One of the photographs ('Necrosis of Fingers and Toes') illustrates 'Diseases of Polynesians, as seen in Queensland' by F. BOWE (8 pages). The other five illustrate 'A New Procedure for the Cure of Congenital Talipes Varus and Equino-Varus' by T.N. FITZGERALD (6..... More

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. Not in Trove, but recorded there are what appear to be later versions of a similar item, 'Gall's..... More

Sydney, 'Kerry Photo', [circa 1890s, but printed early in the twentieth century?]. Charles Henry Kerry (1857-1928) 'turned a small portrait studio into the colony's largest photographic organization. Kerry sold albums of high-quality pictures ... and sold prints to the public. In 1885 he was asked to prepare an exhibit of..... More

Kalgoorlie, 'D. Falconer, Photo Artist', [between August 1894 and 1896]. The most readily-accessible, extensive (and accurate) information on Davidson is to be found in the lengthy introduction by Valmai Hankel to the new edition of 'Journal of Explorations in Central Australia ... 1898-1900'. The journal was first published as South..... More

[Hindmarsh, Unknown Photographer, circa September 1898]. 'The banjo was introduced to America by enslaved Africans in the mid-1600s.... the earliest banjos, also known as banjars, were not the instruments we recognize today. Early banjos varied greatly. They could have any number of strings. The body could be made from a...... 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

London, Fradelle & Young, Photographers, 283 Regent Street, W., 1900. Given the number of guests at the dinner (a contemporary newspaper account suggests a figure of 700, albeit in two rooms), and the fact that Fradelle & Young 'Specialised in hotel and restaurant group photography of dinners & receptions' (PhotoLondon..... More

Melbourne, A.H. Massina & Co., 1900. Provenance: 'E.C. Tatchell' is written in pencil on the front flyleaf. Captain Edward Charles Tatchell was Commander of E Company, 5th Contingent, Victorian Mounted Rifles. Loosely inserted is a vintage snapshot (approximately 75 × 85 mm) showing (presumably) Tatchell in uniform, with a much..... More

London, Newman, Graham & Co., [circa 1905 (first edition thus)]. Lengthy biographical sketches are accompanied by fine portraits, with many of the latter by Elliott & Fry. Other photographers noted include Messrs. Bassano, C.E. Fry & Son, Langfier Limited, Russell & Sons, Lafayette Limited, and A.C. Hoskins. The contents of..... More