Impressive in both their very large format and impeccable provenance are two vintage photographs by Frank Hurley of Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, from the personal collection of Sir Douglas Mawson himself.
Also on offer are Sir John William Downer's copies of the elaborate commemorative rolls from both the 1891 and 1897 Federation Conventions, signed by all the delegates (a Who's Who of Australian political history). Downer was one of only sixteen delegates to attend both conventions.
A fine selection of the acclaimed colour-plate books of George French Angas is available, including South Australia Illustrated (1847), The Kafirs Illustrated (1849), and Description of the Barossa Range (1849).
Other impressive illustrated books include limited editions signed by Edmund Dulac, Thomas Mackenzie, Arthur Rackham, Charles Robinson, and W. Heath Robinson. An eclectic range of manuscripts, photographs and maps rounds out the catalogue.
To view these items (and much else!) visit us at Stand 19 at the Melbourne Rare Book Fair, at Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne, 22-24 July 2016. For more details go to www.rarebookfair.com
Perth, Colortype Press, 1921. In the bottom left-hand corner of the frontispiece portrait of Captain Longmore, he has written in ink 'With compliments from C. Longmore 12.1.22'. The book is not identified as such, but it comes from the personal collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Thomas Paterson (1886-1950), Commanding Officer of..... More
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Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 1995; Kent Town, Australians for Constitutional Monarchy and Wakefield Press, 1997; and Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 2009. All three volumes are inscribed and signed by the author (the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, from 18 September 2013 to 15 September 2015) to his editor and friend..... More
London, Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, 1835. A rare item with the most exquisite provenance. This is a presentation copy, in what we take to be a presentation cloth binding, inscribed on the front flyleaf 'To Geo. F. Angas Esqre with Mr Manns respects'. Neatly folded over the cloth..... More
London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1842. A pleasing association copy of Angas's first illustrated book, with the name of his father, George Fife Angas, in pencil on the front endpaper in a later secretarial hand, indicating (in our experience) that the book came originally from his personal library. Also present..... More
Paris, Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, 'new edition' [1834]. The two-page 'Avertissement' or note from the author at the beginning of the first volume outlines the problems he had with his former publisher, Audot, that lead to this revised and enlarged edition, with newly-engraved plates. More
The original printed label from the Fine Art Society, New Bond Street, London, is on the verso of the mount: 'This photograph is enlarged from a negative taken during Dr Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition ...'. The title and catalogue number (101, ruled out and replaced by 95) are manuscript insertions..... More
London, Macmillan, 1936 [first edition, first impression]. Perhaps Keynes' most celebrated work, and a foundational text of modern macroeconomics. Not identified as such, but from the collection of Sir Alexander 'Alick' Russell Downer KBE (1910-1981). More
London, Macmillan, 1930 [first edition, first impression]. With the armorial bookplate of Sir Alexander 'Alick' Russell Downer KBE (1910-1981) in Volume 2. More
Adelaide, Goodfellow & Hele [almost certainly the Author - James Dally was convinced], 1880. A rare and desirable item, attested to by the provenance of this copy: it has the armorial bookplate of Charles Glover on the pastedown, and the blind-stamp of Sir Thomas Ramsay on the flyleaf ('T.M.R. |..... More
London, Wardour Films Limited, [1927]. The original programme for the London premier season of the screening of 'Metropolis', the German expressionist masterpiece of silent film, directed by Fritz Lang. The screenplay was written by his then-wife Thea Von Harbou, based on her novel of the same name. 'The film combines..... More
Not identified as such, but from the estate of Sir Alexander Russell Downer, politician and diplomat (1910-1981). The album has the look and feel of a deluxe presentation production, not for general distribution. It would appear to be a pictorial precursor to the NCDC's commercial publication, 'Tomorrow's Canberra - Planning..... More
London, Bradbury, Agnew and Co., [undated later editions, circa 1890s]. Each volume bears the impressive armorial bookplate of English banker Frank Cyril Tiarks (1874-1952), sometime director of the Bank of England (1912-1945) and High Sheriff of Kent (1927). [6 items]. More