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Warminster, Aris & Phillips Ltd., 1973, 1977 and 1978 [all first editions]. A 'collection of religious utterances written inside the large rectangular wooden coffins used for interring the wealthy. They date from the Middle Kingdom, around the first quarter of the second millenium BC and thus help to fill the..... More
Warminster, Aris & Phillips Ltd, 1973. A detailed study of the mortuary temple of Sethos [Seti] I at Abydos. 'From the surviving reliefs on its walls the author reconstructs the rituals which were once performed within the building, paying special attention to the Daily Temple Ritual, the Ritual of the..... More
Sydney, Bible Society Australia, 2017 (printed in China)/ 2017 (printed in Australia). The book was published 'as part of the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the foundation of Bible Society in Australia in 1817, Australia's longest living organisation' (dustwrapper blurb). More
London, British Museum Publications for the Trustees of the British Museum, 1985 (revised edition)/ 1972. Note: 'with one exception, all the spells in this book have been translated afresh by the present writer'. More
Port Lincoln, 'Times' Print, [circa 1976]. The verso of the front cover is signed by the author (Poonindie, 13 February 1976). Loosely inserted is an autograph letter signed by the author; in it, he refers to this and other books he has written. [2 items]. More
Kokopo, Printed at the Catholic Mission Vunapope, 1953. A handbook for missionaries: not least, 'Cargo Madness' (pages 58-65). Loosely inserted is an autograph letter signed from a Sister M. John Baptist 'down from Rabaul for a holiday' in Adelaide, sent to a local friend in November 1962. More
London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1913. George Santayana, 'late Professor of Philosophy in Harvard University', here critiques the work of M. Henri Bergson and Bertrand Russell, among others. More
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997. This sumptuous catalogue accompanied an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from March 11 to July 6, 1997. More
Bristol, Institute of Physics Publishing, 2002 (second, revised, edition)/ 1993 (corrected edition)/ 1989. 'In this new edition I have to talk about the handling of sound files, digital interfaces, fractals ... but the physics and the musical concepts will be the same. And they are what is important' (prologue to..... More
[Paris], Gallimard, 1983. Part of the 'Bibliothèque de la Pléiade' series; the text is in French. More
[Paris], Gallimard, 1969. Part of the 'Bibliothèque de la Pléiade' series; the text is in French. More
London, Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co., 1888/ 1887 (first edition, published in Adelaide). Pages ix-304 (from the table of contents onwards) are the sheets of the 1887 Adelaide edition. The first eight pages, the cloth colour, lettering and decoration for this London edition differ, and it invariably contains the Woodburytype..... More
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975 (second edition)/ 1959. 'Dr Yates describes how the tapestries arose out of Catherine de' Medici's marvellous series of festivals at the court of the Valois in the sixteenth century which were intended to bring together hostile religious factions in an attempt at 'politique' conciliation..... More
London, Printed at the Press of the Guild of Handicraft, Limited ... for Edward Arnold [Essex House Press], 1899. The second publication of the Essex House Press of Laurence Hodson and C.R. Ashbee, and one of only 300 copies. The 'Hymn of the Pearl' or 'Hymn of the Soul' is..... More
Glasgow, Printed at the University Press for David Bryce and Son, 1911 (first thus)/ 1896. Issued in honour of the Coronation of King George V, this is a reprint of the 1896 edition, 'the earliest complete miniature Bible ... [These] Bryce Bibles are embellished with 28 full-page line illustrations reduced..... More
London, The Folio Society, 1977 [first thus]. More
London, The Folio Society, 1995 (first thus). Subtitle: Born 6 January 1412; Burned as a Heretic, 30 May 1431; Canonised as a Saint, 16 May 1920. More
Adelaide, Peacock Publications [for] The Author, 2015. Signed in ink by the compiler, Airlie Black, on the title page. More
London, The Folio Society, 2000 (first thus). This edition has been extensively revised from the author's 1995 edition (itself also revised). More
[Adelaide], Lutheran Press and The British and Foreign Bible Society in Australia, 1971/ 1956. The New Testament in Aranda. More
Adelaide, Department for Church Cooperation in World Mission of the Lutheran Church of Australia, 2001. More
Adelaide, Openbook Publishers, 1996. More
Adelaide, Lutheran Publishing House, 1986. Provenance: Pastor Gordon John Gerhardy (1933-2023), one of the contributing authors, with his signature on the front flyleaf. He was 'Vice-Principal of Senior Flierl Seminary, Logaweng', and he had been in New Guinea since 1966 (see page 657). Some ephemera is loosely inserted: a copy..... More
London, The Folio Society, 2000 (first thus). This edition has been extensively revised from the author's 1995 edition (itself also revised). More
