London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1755 [third edition]/ 1754. William Hay (1695-1755), author and MP, wrote this 'autobiographical polemic addressing contemporary demonizing attitudes towards disfigurement [which] has been under-recognized as a key intervention in the history of disability' (Shuttleton: Smallpox and the Literary Imagination, 1660-1820). Bound together with [ASGILL, J.]..... More

London, The Author, 1766 ['second edition, corrected and enlarged'; the first two tracts were first published in 1758 and 1759 respectively]. Important early works on the corn trade, which earned the praise of Adam Smith in his 'Wealth of Nations'. More

London, J. Debrett, 1789. Dalrymple (1726-1810), fourth baronet of Cranstoun, was one of the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland. He was a prolific author of history and current affairs, and he 'occupied his leisure with various experiments of a useful kind. He discovered the art of making soap from..... More

London, John Stockdale, 1794 (new edition)/ 1782. The dedication referred to in the title runs to 116 pages. More

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803, 1803 and 1804 [revised third edition]/ 1784. Sir John Sinclair (1754-1835), first president of the Board of Agriculture and voluminous writer. This work was 'a standard treatise, which was long one of the chief authorities on the subject' (DNB). More

Adelaide, W.K. Thomas, Printer, 'Register' Office [for The Author, 1857]. A fascinating retrospective account of Townsend aka Waxend and his 'delightful spreadeagling' appeared in the Adelaide newspaper 'The Register' on Saturday 11 April 1914. The article includes the full text of this 'Address to the Electors of Onkaparinga' in 1857..... More

Sydney, Mason, 1859. With the Bounty bookplate of Dr George Mackaness on the pastedown. 'In 1931 he published The Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh, for which he was awarded a D.Litt. by the University of Melbourne in 1932' (ADB). More

Edinburgh, Blackwood, 1865. Not least, fish and fishing. 'The alimentary virtues of Horse-Flesh and Fungi are discussed with a half-earnest levity ... but with the sea as our fish-pond, and pisciculture capable of endless developement alike in salt-water and fish, it is marvellous that multitudes should be pining with hunger..... More

London, Macmillan, 1867. Other contributors include G.C. Brodrick, R.H. Hutton, Lord Houghton, John Boyd Kinnear, James Bryce and Sir George Young. More

Adelaide, Rigby, 1886. With the large early ownership signature (surname only) of the well-known South Australian pioneer Sir Simpson Newland on the flyleaf (along with details of a later owner). More

Adelaide, Printed for the Proprietor and Publisher, A. Timmann, at the 'Pioneer' Office, 1890 and 1891. The recto of the large folding supplement to Number 10 contains the text, with three line illustrations, of an article that 'appeared originally in the "SA Register" in six short letters': 'Protection or Freedom..... More

Adelaide, C.E. Bristow, Government Printer, 1894. Mounted on the front pastedown is an autograph letter signed by the Clerk of the Assembly, J.C. Morphett (one page octavo, 25 April 1911, on South Australian Parliament letterhead). 'Dear Sir, I have just heard that His Excellency is desirous of obtaining a copy..... More

London, Longmans, Green, 1896. More

London, Macmillan, 1899 [first edition in English]. With the ownership signature (and inscribed 'Benacre, 30 September 1915') of the South Australian explorer, pastoralist and politician John Lewis (1844-1923), father of the industrialist Essington Lewis (both men appear in Volume 10 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography). 'Menger's remarkable study of..... 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

London, Methuen, 1906. When Emperor Meiji died in 1912, Japan had gone from being an isolated, pre-industrial, feudal country dominated by the Tokugawa shogunate and the daimyos, to a great power which had undergone political, social, and industrial revolution. The author travelled throughout Japan and met the influential men who..... More

London, Longmans, Green, 1909. With the (University of Adelaide days) ownership signature of Sir Walter Crocker (twice in each volume), and his occasional pencilled annotations and emphases. More

Melbourne, George Robertson, [1916]. Not least, Trade Unions and Profit Sharing. More

Melbourne, Whitcombe and Tombs, [1920]. More

Adelaide, Preece, 1926. More

Melbourne, National Publicity Bureau [Commonwealth of Australia], 1928. 'Reprinted from Hansard'. More

Adelaide, Commonwealth Club of Adelaide, 1929. Sir Herbert William (Bert) Gepp (1877-1954), 'mining metallurgist and manager, public servant, industrialist and publicist ... Gepp began a new career in 1926 as a public servant. Stanley Melbourne (Viscount) Bruce appointed him chairman of the Development and Migration Commission, which, like the Council..... More

Adelaide, Hassell Press [for the Author], 1936. Number 73 of only 100 copies numbered and signed by the author. The original prospectus (one page octavo) is mounted on the front pastedown of this copy; the price in 1936 was one guinea. This copy is also inscribed and signed to 'Major..... More

Adelaide, Hassell Press [for the Author], 1936. Number 80 of only 100 copies numbered and signed by the author. This copy is also inscribed and signed to Frank Downer, brother of Sir John Downer (1843-1915). Sir John Morphett (1809-1892), landowner and politician: by 1835 he was one of the most..... More

London, 'Daily Telegraph', 1937. The High Commissioners are: The Honourable Vincent Massey, Canada; The Right Honourable Stanley Bruce, Commonwealth of Australia; W.J. Jordan, New Zealand; C.T. Te Water, Union of South Africa; J.W. Dulanty, Irish Free State; and Sir Firoz Khan Noon, India. The Ambassadors are: Dr Paul Regis de..... More