Pitcher Plants of the Old World. Volume Two
Poole, Redfern Natural History Productions, 2009. Edited by Alastair Robinson and Andreas Fleischmann; signed by the author on the title page. More
Signed
Oodnadatta Walkabout. 'Reminiscences of Oodnadatta and beyond in the 1920s' by Frank Shanahan, edited by John Dallwitz. Together with 'The Account of an Englishwoman's Epic Camel Journey in 1924' by Philippa Bridges
Seacliff, Frank Shanahan, 1996. The title page is signed by Frank Shanahan and John Dallwitz (12 December 1996). Bridges' contribution comes from her book 'Walk-about in Australia' (London, Hodder and Stoughton, circa 1925). Valmai Hankel has contributed an informative three-page foreword: Frank Shanahan was the ten-year-old son of the town..... More
The History of South Australia from its Foundation to the Year of its Jubilee. With a Chronological Summary of all the Principal Events of Interest up to date
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1893. Ferguson 10474. The useful chronology extends over 228 pages. Both volumes are inscribed and signed to 'Mrs Evans of Evandale with her brother J.H. Angas's love & best wishes' (Adelaide, 28 June 1893) on the verso of the front free endpaper. The later..... More
The Wasp and the Orchid. The Remarkable Life of Australian Naturalist Edith Coleman
Sydney, Picador, 2018. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title. The publisher's title-specific bookmark is loosely inserted. More
Oliphant. The Life and Times of Sir Mark Oliphant
Adelaide, The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd, 1981. Inscribed and signed in ink by Stewart Cockburn 'For Kathleen. For being so patient an audience! Best wishes'. Provenance: Christopher James, an Adelaide barrister, with his armorial bookplate. Above Cockburn's inscription he has written '(My Mother)'. More
Australia Dances. Creating Australian Dance, 1945-1965
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2010. Inscribed and signed by Alan Brissenden; the invitation to the book launch is loosely inserted. More
Australia's Coast. An Environmental Atlas Guide with Base-lines
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1976. The front free endpaper is inscribed ('With best regards on the first edition 12/4/77') and signed by the author. More
Nature's Pilgrim. The Life and Journeys of Captain S.A. White, Naturalist, Author, and Conservationist
Adelaide, South Australian Government Printer, 1989. Inscribed and signed (22 July 2004) by Captain White's only son, John Samuel-White. More
The Image Maker
Armadale North, Elm Grove Press, 2011. Number 549 of 1000 copies, signed in ink on the limitation plate by Bruce Postle, 'one of Australia's greatest and most highly decorated photographers. For 50 years he has taken stunning pictures of Australian news, sport, entertainment, tragedy and the small moments in ordinary..... More
Whichaway? Photographs from Kiwirrkura, 1974-1996
Thora, The Author, 1998. Signed by the photographer in marker on the title page. Exhibition catalogue of Rhodes' important photographs of Pintupi and Pitjantjatjara people taken at Kiwirrkura (also known as Kiwirrkura Community) between the Gibson Desert and the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia. More
The Golden Decade of Australian Architecture. The Work of John Verge
Sydney, David Ell Press in association with the Elizabeth Bay House Trust, 1978. Number 557 of 1500 copies signed by Max Dupain and Clive Lucas (as Chairman of Trustees of Elizabeth Bay House). Clive Lucas and Ian Evans have also made written contributions to this work on the pioneering Australian..... More
Transmography
Upwey, Burrinja Gallery, [circa 2007]. The inside front cover is inscribed: 'Imagination Free to Roam. to my best friend Joyce Evans. Love from Neil Mcleod'. The recipient was the Melbourne photographer and pioneering gallerist Joyce Evans OAM (1929-2019). 'At which point does a photograph become a painting and when does..... More
Australian Aboriginal Portraits
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1967. The title page is inscribed, dated (8 September 1972) and signed by the author to Helen Thomson, a senior librarian at the State Library of SA at the time. Loosely inserted is the invitation-cum-programme to the opening of 'an exhibition from the Mountford-Sheard Collection in..... More
Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America
Berkeley, University of California Press, 1939. Provenance: the anthropologist Dr Peter Sutton, with his ownership signature (June, 2004) on the front free endpaper. More
The God of Small Things
London, Flamingo, 1997 (third impression)/ 1997. The title page is signed in full in ink by the author, who was awarded the 1997 Booker Prize for this debut novel. More
Being and Nothingness: Bea Maddock. Work From Three Decades
Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery/ Australian National Gallery, 1992. Signed by the artist in ink on the title page. Exhibition catalogue; loosely inserted is the 6-page folding leaflet 'Bea Maddock Notes and Quotes' (Australian National Gallery). [2 items]. More
Athol Shmith, Photographer
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, 1989. The half-title is inscribed and signed by the photographer ('To Joyce Evans | with sincerest best wishes | Athol | 20-X-89'). The recipient was the Melbourne photographer and pioneering gallerist Joyce Evans OAM (1929-2019). More
From Park Lands to Sea Coast
Norwood, Peacock Publications for the City of Hindmarsh and Woodville, 1996. A history of the City of Woodville and the Town of Hindmarsh, which amalgamated in August 1993. Inscribed and signed by the authors (24 March 1996). More
Air War against Japan, 1943-1945
Canberra, Australian War Memorial, 1957 [first edition]. Fighter pilot Dick Cresswell has appended his pencilled signature alongside four sections of text in which he is mentioned (see pages 32, 36, 303 and 389). Wing-Commander Richard 'Dick' Cresswell (1920-2006) was 'one of Australia's great combat pilots and leaders in two wars..... More
A Peep at the By Gone Laura Days
Laura, The Author, 1972. Signed by Greg Slattery ('Convenor of Centenary Book') at the foot of the acknowledgements page. 'Published in conjunction with the Laura Centenary Celebrations October 6th - 9th, 1972'. More
The Yongala Story
Blackwood, Lynton Publications Pty. Ltd., 1974. Apparently one of only 500 copies (so our records from the late 1970s tell us: presumably it was common knowledge then!). Signed by the author; loosely inserted is a routine autograph letter signed by her. More
Souvenir of Oakbank, 1876 to 1949. Review of 73 Years Racing
[Adelaide, The Author, 1949]. Inscribed and signed (in pencil) by the author. Oakbank, a small Adelaide Hills town, is home to the Great Eastern Steeplechase, the principal race of the famous two-day picnic race meeting. More
A signed portrait photograph of Professor Archibald Watson, anatomist, surgeon and polymath
Adelaide, Stump & Co. (credited in the negative), [circa 1896]. The bottom margin of the mount is inscribed 'Yours faithfully, A. Watson. Oct. 1896'. Archibald Watson was an 'erratic, histrionic genius', as his entry in the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' proceeds to demonstrate. 'Appointed Elder professor of anatomy at the..... More
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The Sumner Family Genealogies [complete in four volumes]
Adelaide, Aboriginal Information Service, South Australian Museum, 1998. The subtitles of the volumes are: Volume 1: Showing descendants of Benjamin Sumner and his two tribal wives Kundjawara and Malpurini through their children; Volume 2: Ellen Sumner, born in 1841 and died 4.11.1925; Volume 3: John Sumner, born in 1845 and..... More