The Meeting of the Waters. The Hindmarsh Island Affair
Sydney, Hodder, 2003. More
Sydney, Hodder, 2003. More
Adelaide, Axiom, 1991. More
Potts Point, [South Pacific Feature Services], July 1965. The first of only two issues of this satirical magazine; the second and last issue appeared in March 1966. More
London, John Cumming, 1800. George Washington (1732-1799) died on 14 December 1799; the four-page 'advertisement' at the beginning of this posthumous publication contains much pertinent information. 'The two letters of General Washington that are given entire ... were published in the "Recreations in Agriculture, [Natural History, Arts, and Miscellaneous Literature]"..... More
Dublin, The Phoenix Publishing Co., Ltd, [1924]. Pearse was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising, and was executed in 1916. The first part of this volume comprises the memoir of his founding of the St. Enda's School (Scoil Éanna), which taught in Irish and English. The second part..... More
Not dated, but we can attest to the fact that the signatures were collected in 1952. Menzies was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966 (still a record term in office). Menzies and his wife made The Lodge in Canberra their home from..... More
Henley Beach, Seaview Press, 2003. More
Adelaide, The Commission, 1971. In 1970, Sir Charles Hart Bright (1912-1983), judge, 'was appointed royal commissioner to inquire into the anti-war demonstration organised by the Vietnam Moratorium Campaign, which, held in Adelaide in September of that year, ended in a violent confrontation with police. His recommendations formed the basis for..... More
London, The Folio Society, 1983 (first thus). Translated by J.D. Duff, Introduction by Colin Ward. Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen (1812-1870), 'political thinker, activist, and writer who originated the theory of a unique Russian path to socialism known as peasant populism. Herzen chronicled his career in My Past and Thoughts, considered to..... More
London, The Folio Society, 1983 (first thus). Translated by J.D. Duff, introduction by Colin Ward. Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen (1812-1870), 'political thinker, activist, and writer who originated the theory of a unique Russian path to socialism known as peasant populism. Herzen chronicled his career in My Past and Thoughts, considered to..... More
London, The Folio Society, 2001 (all first thus). Introduction (in 'Burmese Days') by Peter Davison (1926-2022), the 'leading authority on the life of George Orwell who edited the mammoth 20-volume 'George Orwell: The Complete Works' ('The Guardian' obituary). [5 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 1981 (first thus). Annotated, and with an introduction, by Christopher Hibbert. More
London, The Folio Society, 2014 (first thus). Translated with Notes by Peter Green; Introduction by Simon Callow. 'The text of this edition follows the revised 1998 edition, with minor emendations'. More
London, The Folio Society, 1968 (first thus). Edited, and with an introduction, by John Derry. More
Stanley R. Whitford (1878-1959), was a South Australian trade unionist and Labor politician. His short entry in the 'Australian dictionary of Biography' states that 'he spent his last eleven years bed-ridden in hospital where he wrote his unpublished autobiography'. The following chunk of information from the ADB is a taste..... More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2009. Signed by the author, John Bannon, on the title page. A previous owner has added a note in ink indicating that the book was signed at the 'Pioneers Association Annual Dinner, 27/8/2010'. Loosely inserted is a copy of the menu for the dinner (a little..... More
London, The Folio Society, 2007. More
Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service [for the Department of Foreign Affairs], 1986. More
London, Geoffrey Bles: The Centenary Press, 1938 (first edition in English). Provenance: Michael L. Dunne, with his bookplate. Father Michael Leonard Dunne (1901-1994), Irish-born South Australian Catholic priest. In February 1934 'he was appointed Editor of "The Southern Cross," the weekly Catholic newspaper of the Archdiocese [of Adelaide].... In addition..... More
Canberra, The Author, 1995. Dated (4 October 1995), warmly inscribed, and signed in ink by the author to Sir Walter Crocker. Marshall served over 4 years in the Army in artillery in Australia before embarking on a diplomatic career. More
Paris, E. Dentu, 1865 (first French edition)/ 1821. Translated by Charles Bernard Derosne from the revised edition of 1865. More
Adelaide, F.W. Preece and Sons, 1926. More
London, William Heinemann, 1914 (second impression)/ 1913. Chiefly British politicians of the period just before World War I; one features a young Winston Churchill. More
London, Stanley Paul & Co, [1913] (second edition)/ 1912. Eleanora Mary, Baroness d'Anethan (1858-1935), sister of the author Rider Haggard, and widow of Baron Albert d'Anethan ('Belgian Minister to the Court of Japan'), spent the years 1893 to 1906 in Japan. More
London, George Harrap & Company, 1931. 'As a member of the judiciary committee of the Federal Convention he opposed the suggested constitution and acted with the Victorian Labour party in its attempt to throw out the Federation Bill. He became Attorney-General in the Watson Government and in 1906 was made..... More