[London, Thomas M'Lean, 1847]. Plate 21 from 'South Australia Illustrated'; the lithographer is James William Giles. More

[London, Thomas M'Lean, 1847]. Plate 52 from 'South Australia Illustrated'; the lithographer is James William Giles. More

The plates are in uniformly fine condition. 1. An unattributed plate for W.H. Langham, president of the Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia, and bibliographer of The Hassell Press. Peake 3088. 2. A plate by C.H. Crampton for J.K. (Jack) Moir, literary..... More

The plates, all in fine condition, are for: (1) C.M.A. Brown (not in Peake); (2) E.L. Cook (Peake 1095); (3) Sydney Hagley (Peake 2288); (4) Ernest Samuel Marks (Peake 3463); (5) Enid Robertson (not in Peake); and C. Thomas (Peake 5163). Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate..... More

The plates are for Dr Frederick Lucas Benham; Adrian de Crespigny; W.E. Fuller (not in Peake); Joanna Elder Giles (not in Peake); George H. Harris; R.F. Irvine; Fred Johns; Paquita Mawson; Dr George Mackaness; N.H. Mitchell (not in Peake); William C. Quin; Catherine Stow; and Paul Stratmann. Provenance: H.B. (Harry)..... More

The artist is 1894 Air Mechanic Sydney English, Aeroplane Repair Section, stationed at the time at the Australian Flying Corps Training Depot at Wendover, Buckinghamshire. He was a twenty-something iron founder from Northcote in Victoria when he enlisted on 27 April 1917; his artistic skills would appear to be innate..... More

The bookplates, in uniformly fine condition, are all recorded by Peake. They are for the artist himself (signed); Philip Neville Barnett (signed); Mollie and Gerald Walters (signed); Alison Ellis (signed); Lyster Ormsby (signed); and Arthur Robinson. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. [6 items]..... More

London, George Baxter, 1844. 'A scene connected with the Wesleyan Missionary Society and the Maories [sic]. Mr Waterhouse, general superintendent of that Society's Missions in Australia and Polynesia, is seen introducing to the natives Mr Creed (their new missionary) and his wife. The detail is wonderful and the colouring beautiful..... More

Peake 465. Number 7 of 24 copies printed by hand from the original woodblock on untrimmed fine Japanese paper, signed and editioned in pencil by the artist in the bottom margin. A fine copy of the standard version (a photomechanical reproduction with a dry adhesive verso) is also present. Offered..... More

London, William Blake [for John Linnell], 'Published as the Act directs March 8: 1825' [in fact 1826]. 'William Blake's "Illustrations of the Book of Job" primarily refers to a series of twenty-two engraved prints (published 1826) by Blake illustrating the biblical Book of Job. It also refers to two earlier..... More

This is one of a suite of drawings produced by Boxall to illustrate 'The Cities of Australia' by Katleen Ussher, published in London in June 1928; a photocopy of page 95 of the book, featuring this image as a head-piece, is attached to the rear of the mount. The book..... More

The plates are for Lucy Birks (Peake 492), George H. Harris (Peake 2378), and Norman McDougall (Peake 3560). External dimensions 132 × 106 mm, 108 × 61 mm, and 115 × 95 mm, respectively; the Birks plate has two light corner creases; the Harris plate has a few tiny marks;..... More

Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, [1880s]. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' (1882-1890), initialled in the image 'R.C.F.' (Rosa Catherine Fiveash). From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible for the..... More