London, Dolman, 1842. Pages 74-100 contain an article drawn from Grey's 'Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia' published the previous year, and George Moore's extremely rare pamphlet, 'Evidences of an Inland Sea, collected from the Natives of the Swan River Settlement' (Dublin, 1837). More

London, T. and W. Boone, 1845 (first edition). Provenance: the contemporary signature 'R. Keppel Craven' is written in ink at the head of the first title page (presumably The Honorable Richard Keppel Craven, 1779-1851, British traveller, author, and long-time resident of Naples and Salerno). The blind-stamp of 'The Durdans, Roseberry..... More

London, Royal Society of London, 1868. 'From the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, No. 102, 1868' is printed at the head of the title page. Neumayer here seeks support for an expedition to search for Leichhardt and to complete his ambitious plans; he was unsuccessful in his attempt..... More

Perth, Richard Pether, Government Printer, 1879. 'For the Information of Gentlemen of the Medical and other Scientific Professions' is printed at the head of the front cover. Circumcision, tattooing and nose-piercing, but primarily sub-incision. More

Brisbane, James C. Beal, Government Printer, 1884. Ferguson 10075 (calling in error for illustrations); Wantrup 190a; McLaren 9271 and 9272. Explorations in the 'Western, Northern and Central portions of Australia' between 1846 and 1858; the first collected edition. More

Adelaide, RGSSA, 1890. Unquestionably rare, and important, with all but one of the numerous articles in this volume relating to North Australia or Australian Aborigines. They are WINNECKE, Charles: Physical Features of Central Australia (8 pages); WORSNOP, Thomas: The Pre-historic Arts of the Aborigines of Australia (25 pages plus 4..... 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

London, C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1898. The maps bound in show the 'Routes of Previous Exploration in the Interior of Western Australia' (410 × 330 mm, with an archival tape repair to the stub panel); and the 'Country traversed by the Author, 1894-1895' (475 × 400 mm, with archival tape..... More

Perth, Government Printer, 1902. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 46 of 1902; only 1200 copies were printed. The 'expedition was fitted out to explore the remaining unknown regions of Australia on similar lines to the Elder expedition'. Lawrence Allen Wells, third in command on the ill-fated Elder expedition of 1891-92..... More

Perth, The 'Sunday Times' Publishing Company, 1908. 'Dryblower' (or 'Dryblower Murphy') was Australian journalist and poet Edwin Greenslade Murphy (1866-1939). Following the 1892 gold rush of 1892 Murphy arrived in Coolgardie in 1894; later that year he 'helped Billy Clare to launch his "Coolgardie Miner", contributing a weekly gossip column..... More

Perth, E.S. Wigg and Son Ltd., 1916. 'Published for the 70th Anniversary, May 28-31, 1916'. More

Adelaide, RGSSA, 1918. Undertaken initially (in April-June 1916) to explore the mineralogical possibilities of the region; the end result is of considerable anthropological significance. To quote Dr Basedow: 'Realising the rare opportunity for conducting scientific research in a tract of practically unknown country, I resolved that, after the work entrusted..... More

Melbourne, Alexander McCubbin, [1921]. The two-page foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Chauvel describes the author thus: 'Lieut.-Colonel Olden is well qualified to undertake the work, as, joining the Regiment on its inception, he served with it throughout the War, and, though twice wounded, was never long away from duty. He..... More

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1927. Signed and dated (12 December 1928) by the author on the title page, with a contemporary ownership signature on the front pastedown (T.W. Adams, 4 January 1929). The 'Heart of Northern Australia' in the title is misleading. Terry and his companions drove two 'one-ton model Guy-Roadless..... More

Perth, History Committee of the 16th Battalion Association, 1929. On the front pastedown is the ballpoint-pen ownership name 'E.C. Longbottom'. This is possibly 5372 Private Edward Charles Longbottom (mentioned in the nominal roll), who received serious injuries to the face and eyes from a shell-blast in France in September 1916..... More

London, Putnam, [1930]. The account of Terry's third planned expedition: the 1928 seven-month journey with two six-wheel Morris trucks commenced in Port Hedland and went through Broome, Halls Creek, Tanami, the Granites and Alice Springs, then on to Adelaide and Melbourne. 'The total distance finally covered was 5,500km in this..... More

Perth, Imperial Printing Company, 1933. The author wrote from personal experience dating back to the 1860s. The frontispiece has inscribed beneath it 'Presented to Mrs D. Richardson by the Author. J.E. Hammond, 25-5-35'. This copy has the ownership details of three later owners, including the Western Australian authors Lyndall Hadow..... More

Adelaide, RSSA, 1937. This issue also contains MOUNTFORD, C.P.: Aboriginal Crayon Drawings relating to Totemic Places in South-Western Central Australia (15 pages) and Examples of Aboriginal Art from Napier Broome Bay and Parry Harbour, North-Western Australia (11 pages); TINDALE, N.B.: Two Legends of the Ngadjuri Tribe from the Middle North..... More

Adelaide, RSSA, 1938. This issue also contains MOUNTFORD, C.P.: Aboriginal Message Sticks from the Nullarbor Plains (5 pages with 10 small illustrations). More

Adelaide, Hunkin, Ellis and King, 1938. Number 28 of only 200 numbered copies signed by the poet. The only publication of the Western Australian-born Adelaide theatrical identity; 'forty-one poems set in Adelaide and the Solomon Islands where she lived on the island M'bangai, which she owned' (OCAL). More

Sydney, NSW Bookstall Co, 1943. With 79 pages on South Australia and the Northern Territory and 26 pages on Western Australia; many adapted from Aboriginal words. More

Perth, Western Australian Naturalists' Club, 1950. More

Adelaide, RSSA, 1957. This issue also contains TINDALE, N.B.: A Dated Tartangan Implement Site from Cape Martin, South-East of South Australia (15 pages with a map and 8 illustrations). More

London, Heinemann, 1959. 'The 16th Battalion, originally recruited in Western Australia, suffered heavy casualties, and eventually, through reinforcements, represented a wide cross-section of the typical Australian citizen-soldier'. More

Perth, United Aborigines Mission - Language Department, (1959). Loosely inserted are a supplementary Pronunciation Sheet (one page quarto, produced in the later 1960s) and a receipt signed by the author. More