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1. About, Edmond (1862). Le Cas de M. Guerin (1st ed). Paris: Michel Levy Freres, Libraires Editeurs. 199 pp. Hardback small, no jacket, very good condition, quarter-bound, marbled board covers, leather spine (bands, faded gilt lettering & vignettes), marbled endpapers, minor edgewear. First edition. Includes 'Le 41e Fauteuil" (24p, at rear). An entertaining novel in which Mr. Guerin, without being a hermaphrodite, carries a pregnancy to term and gives birth to a son. French language. Our Book No: 16697. $80 AUD.
2. Ailion, Charlie; Sennin, Horuku (introduction) (1959). Bando Hooroku: A Master Potter. Kobe, Japan: Charlie Ailion. 104 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, very good condition, black & white photos, inner hinge split (pages firm), cloth cover lightly toned (rear cover little marked), minor edgewear, autograph (author's written & dated dedication). Illustrated with a block of 27 plates, preceded by introduction & preface in English, and followed by Japanese-language text. Includes an introduction by Horoku Sennin (and his photo). Plus an appendix of artist signatures and imprints. Our Book No: 16442. $100 AUD.
3. Andrews, Dr Arthur (1921). Australasian Tokens & Coins: A Handbook (1st ed). Sydney: Trustees Mitchell Library / Public Library of New South Wales. 163 + 61 pp. Hardback small quarto, red cloth covers, gilt title front board & spine, gilt coin front cover, very good condition, black & white plates at rear, endpapers lightly toned, edges & pages lightly toned, few tiny marks top edge, spine ends little rubbed, top corner front board bumped, corner tips on boards little rubbed. First edition. This is a catalogue issued by the Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, originally intended as a catalogue of the Australian tokens and coins in the Mitchell Library. It was enlarged to include descriptions of all known varieties. There are 61 pages of plates at the rear of the book (holey dollar depicted on front cover and spine). A brief historical introduction is included, as well as chapters on copper and bronze tokens, an alphabetical list of Australasian copper and bronze tokens with description of over 640 varieties, lists of issuers in the various colonies, holey dollars and dumps, Australian pattern shillings and sixpence, Australian gold coins, and the Sydney and Melbourne and Perth mints from 1855 to 1920. A great publication for anyone interested in Australasian coins and tokens. Our Book No: 29072. $140 AUD.
4. Andrews, Ted (1967). Kiwi Trooper: The Story of Queen Alexandra's Own (1st ed). Wanganui: Wanganui Chronicle Co. Ltd. 273 pp. Hardback dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), colour frontispiece, black & white photos, tan board covers little mottled, jacket lightly foxed (some faint foxing, edges little creased, spine & front cover lightly faded), minor edgewear, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. The story of a senior New Zealand regiment. Though primarily the story of the "Queen Alexandra's Own" cavalry regiment, also places it in the context of the history of all New Zealand cavalry units, from the earliest formation to the present day. The immortal deeds of the Kiwi troopers on Gallipoli and in Sinai and Palestine are fully told, mostly with hitherto unpublished material shedding much fresh light on these historic campaigns. Our Book No: 25927. $80 AUD.
5. Anonymous (1855). Wanted, A Wife: A Tale. London: John Henry and James Parker. 174 pp. Paperback small, good condition, black & white drawing frontispiece, illustrated green flexible cover (spine little faded, edges little frayed), pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. (Estimated date, 1855, Worldcat.) A scarce novel for children (nowadays, young adults), being no. 10 in a series of tales (22 titles are listed on the rear cover). Other series of books, many with a Christian emphasis, are listed on the endpapers. Our Book No: 16088. $100 AUD.
6. Aroney, Ellie; Feain, Paul (2016). Ion Idriess: An Annotated and Illustrated Bibliography. Sydney: Sydney Rare Book Auctions / Cornstalk Bookshop / Imprint Publishing. 126 + 19 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, as new condition (in as new dustjacket), colour photos, endpaper map, glossy paper. (No 133 of a limited edition of 200 autographed copies.) An illustrated bibliography of all 56 bestselling books by the popular Australian writer Ion Idriess. Each book (arranged alphabetically by title) covers 2 to 4 pages, and consists of photos of the dustjacket and cloth covers, plus a list of each edition and reprint, including publisher, month and year published, and print run (where known). There are separate sections on the illustrators and photographers. A unique guide. ISBN: 9780994522801. Our Book No: 16795. $150 AUD.
7. Arresto, C. G. H.; van Goor, S. & Jacobus, J. W. (translator) (1805). De Oost-Indien-Vaarer: Tooneelspel in Vier Bedrijven naar Het Hoogduitsch van C. G. H. Arresto (2nd ed). Amsterdam: H. Moolenijzer. 168 pp. Hardback small, good condition, no jacket, very good condition, marbled board covers (dark brown leatherette spine), vignette title page, pages little wavy (poor quality paper, minor creasing), untrimmed (edges roughly cut & toned), edgewear, minor annotation. Second edition. A play translated from German into Dutch. Title (in English): "The East-Indiaman: A stage play in three acts". Our Book No: 16590. $80 AUD.
8. Avery, Lt-Col. Brian (2001). Our Secret War: The 4th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment Defending Malaysia Against Indonesian Confrontation, 1965 - 1967 (An Account of Operations in the Jungles of Borneo 1964 - 1966) (1st ed). Melbourne, Rosebud: Slouch Hat Publications. 216 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition, black & white text-photos, endpaper maps, frontispiece, minor edgewear jacket, spine ends little rubbed, bottom corners & edge little rubbed. An intriguing account of the clandestine Australian operations carried out in Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan) during Confrontation in the mid 1960s. This is the story of the 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, raised at Woodside in 1964, and sent to Malaysia in 1965 as part of Australia's contribution to the defence of the region. The author has shown a rare insight into the harsh conditions faced by the Australian infantrymen during training, and the subsequent secret Claret Operations against the Indonesians during confrontation in Malaysia. ISBN: 095852968X. Our Book No: 28864. $80 AUD.
9. B, A. A.; Helumac; Glazier, Louise M. (illustrator) (1899). Australian Wonderland: A Fairy Chain. London, New York & Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co. 75 + 4 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, fair condition cover (internally good), original illustrated grey cloth cover (marked), black endpapers, black & white drawings (some full-page), spine ends chipped, some foxing many pages, edgewear (shows boards at corners), written & dated dedication half-title page. An illustrated Australian children's fairy tale. Muir 383. Picture of child riding an emu on front cover. It all started when Charlie Brendon was walking from Castlemaine to Muckleford, and while resting met some gnomes. Thus begins his adventures with bush animals, and including an underwater interview with Neptune. Our Book No: 16165. $250 AUD.
10. Bell, Keith (editor); Keller, Jorg (editor) (1995). Carbonatite Volcanism: Oldoinyo Lengai and the Petrogenesis of Natrocarbonatites [IAVCEI Proceedings in Volcanology]. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 210 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos (few in colour), figures, tables, minor edgewear, owner's written name. This edited volume, based on two field expeditions, presents the results of recent research on the field relationships, volcanology, geochemistry and petrology of Oldoinyo Lengai in Tanzania, East Africa. It is the only active carbonatite volcano, and is also unusual for its high alkaline content ("natrocarbonatites"). Characteristics of the carbonatite flows such as their highly sodic mineralogy, their low eruptive temperatures and viscosities, as well as their association with nephelinitic and phonolitic flows, are all of major interest to igneous petrologists and volcanologists so as to better understand the evolution of carbonatities. ISBN: 3540582991. Our Book No: 15148. $100 AUD.
11. Bent, Andrew (1980). The Tasmanian Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1826, Being the Second After Leap Year, Calculated for the Meridian of Hobart Town (Facsimile ed) [Tasmaniana Facsimile Editions, no. 4]. Hobart: Melanie Publications. 80 pp. Hardback small, quarter-bound leather spine (raised bands & gilt lettering), marbled cloth cover, as new condition, ribbon bookmark. (No 178 of a limited edition of 200 copies.) The leather spine is English hard-grain morocco. Facsimile edition of almanac originally compiled and printed by Andrew Bent in 1826. The 1826 almanac is the earliest and scarcest of the six Bent almanacs, rarely if ever offered for sale. Subtitle continues: To which are added Lists of the Civil and Military Establishments, and Public Institutions, in this Dependency; with other information not published in any other previous Almanacks. ISBN: 0908415036. Our Book No: 14892. $120 AUD.
12. Bernier, Francois (1909). Bernier's Voyage to the East Indies, Containing the History of the Late Revolution of the Empire of the Great Mogul [etc]. Calcutta: Society for the Resuscitation of Indian Literature / H. C. Dass, for Elysium Press. 203 pp. Hardback octavo, good plus condition, no jacket, rebound quarter-bound (blue speckled paper-covered boards, black cloth spine with vertical paper title label), title page moderately foxed, corner tip clipped title page & few rear pages, pages lightly toned (edges toned), cover corners worn, minor edgewear. First English translated edition. Title continues: "Together with the most considerable passages for five years following in that empire, to which is added, a letter to the Lord Colbert, touching the extent of Hindustan the circulation the Gold and Silver of the World, to discharge itself there; as also the Riches, Forces and Justice of the same; and the principal Cause of the Decay of the States of Asia, with an exact description of Delhi and Agra, together with [1] Some particulars making known the Court and Genius of the Moguls and Indians; as also the Doctrine and extravagant Superstitions and Customs of the Heathens of Hindustan, [II] The Emperor of Mogul's Voyage to the Kingdom of Kasmere in 1664, called the Paradise of the Indies". Our Book No: 13120. $100 AUD.
13. Berrie, Lieut. Geo. L. (1990). Under Furred Hats (6th A.L.H. Regt) [6th Australian Light Horse Regiment]. [Perth]: [J. Burridge]. 179 pp. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, brown leatherette cloth (gilt lettering & vignette), very good plus condition, full-page black & white text-photos. (Limited facsimile edition of 200 copies. Originally published, W.C. Penfold, Sydney,1919.) The History of the Australian 6th Light Horse Regiment during World War 1 from December 1914 to August 1919. Raised in Sydney in September 1914, it became part of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade. Sailing from Sydney in December 1914, the regiment disembarked in Egypt in February 1915. The light horse was unsuitable for initial operations at Gallipoli, but they were later deployed without their horses to reinforce the infantry. Plus many battles during the next four years in the Middle East: Battle of Romani, advance into Palestine, the action at Beersheba, and raids into the Jordan Valley. At rear, has name lists of casualties, both killed and wounded. Our Book No: 14628. $200 AUD.
14. Bird, J. T. S. (1904). The Early History of Rockhampton. Rockhampton: Morning Bulletin. 415 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, good plus condition, original tan cloth cover (spine rebacked, covers little toned & flecked & marked), new endpapers, pages & edges lightly toned, lightly foxed (mainly first few front & rear pages), minor edgewear, minimal light pencil annotation. A scarce history of the Queensland city of Rockhampton. Revised and reprinted from articles that first appeared in two newspapers: "The Morning Bulletin" and "The Capricornian". Our Book No: 16606. $250 AUD.
15. Bishop, W. (William) (1977). The Goulburn District Directory for 1882 - 3: First Year of Publication. Sydney, North Sydney: Library of Australian History (LAH). 72 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, brown leatherette cloth cover (sharp gilt spine lettering), adverts. (Copy 78 of a limited edition of 300 copies.) Facsimile of an early directory of the Goulburn district, southern New South Wales (NSW), compiled by William Bishop. Includes alphabetical lists of residents, trades and institutions. Many contemporary adverts. A valuable source for local historians. Intended as an annual publication, but 1882 -3 was the only edition produced. ISBN: 090812001X. Our Book No: 12766. $100 AUD.
16. Bosse, Abraham; Blum, Andre (1924). L'Oeuvre Grave D'Abraham Bosse. Paris: Editions Albert Morance. 94 + 44 pp. Hardback wide (folder), thick papered board cover, red cloth spine (gilt lettering), very good condition, ribbon ties, booklet & sheets (engravings) loosely inserted, booklet top edges uncut, cover corner little bumped (top edge little worn). A collection of 44 looseleaf engravings by French artist Abraham Bosse, presented in a stiff card folder with ribbon ties, together with a 94-page booklet, being an introduction to the 44 looseleaf plates. Our Book No: 14380. $150 AUD.
17. Briand, Pierre Cesar (1834). Aventures d'un Jeune Naufrage, ou Voyages d'un Petit Negre a Recherche de Son Maitre: Histoire Maritime Veritable Racontee aux Enfans par l'Auteur du Voyage d'un Chien. Paris: Librarie Enfantine et Juvenile de Pierre Maumus. 285 pp. Hardback small, very good condition, original brown leather cover (spine decoration & label), marbled endpapers & edges, black & white engravings (frontispiece, title page & two internal pages), minor edgewear, string bookmark, dated prize bookplate, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (acetate). Title translation: "Adventures of a Young Wreck, or Voyages of a Little Negro in Search of His Master: True Maritime History Taught to Children by the Author of a Dog's Journey". A children's adventure story with an abolitionist message regarding slavery. Monsieur de Ternan, the French heir to a tobacco plantation in Marinique, is a reluctant slave owner, an enlightened man who has received his education in Philadelphia [where abolition of slavery was especially promoted]. On a voyage back to France with his African servant, Congo, the two are separated after a shipwreck in the Atlantic, and Congo must survive first in Cork (Ireland), then in London, before returning to the Antilles and gaining his freedom. (Estimated date, 1834. No copy available in Australian libraries.). Our Book No: 16845. $200 AUD.
18. Bridson, D. G. (1972). The Quest of Gilgamesh. Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press. 98 pp. Hardback quarto, tissue jacket missing, very good condition, marbled board cover (gilt on black lettering on cloth spine), frontispiece drawing, untrimmed edges, corners little bumped, bookplate. (No 88 of a limited edition of 110 copies.) Text first broadcast on the BBC in 1954, with this version broadcast in 1969, produced by D. G. Bridson. Printed on T. H. Saunders cream laid paper and bound by Mansells. Green marbled paper covered boards with grey-coloured cloth spine. Gilt lettering on black plate at top of spine. Black & white frontispiece drawn by artist Michael Ayrton onto the plate and printed by offset lithography by the Stellar Press at Welham Green. (Bookplate of Geoffrey Farmer, private press researcher.). ISBN: 9780902591073. Our Book No: 15633. $200 AUD.
19. Brinckman, Roland (1888). Historical Record of the Eighty Ninth Princess Victoria's Regiment (1st ed). Chatham: Gale & Polden. 235 pp. Hardback octavo, red cloth cover (gilt decoration & black lettering), new endpapers, good condition, colour drawings (tissue guard, minor foxing), colour frontispiece (tissue guard little torn, small piece missing top edge), faded patches & little flecking cloth cover, spine toned (ends chipped), few end pages lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. First edition. This regimental history was compiled by a captain of the 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers. This British regiment was first raised in Ireland in 1793, and served in many overseas campaigns, including Egypt 1884. The six colour plates, including frontispiece, depict the uniforms and colours of the regiment. Our Book No: 14911. $100 AUD.
20. Bruce, Mary Grant; Macfarlane, J. (illustrator) (1926). Timothy in Bushland (Reprint ed). London & Melbourne: Ward, Lock. 239 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, good plus condition, green cloth cover (embossed, black lettering, rear cover flecked, spine little faded), new endpapers, black & white plates, few page corners creased, edges lightly foxed & toned (plus few patches internally), minor edgewear, annotated (biro scribble two rear pages). A scarce collectible novel for young adults. (Originally published 1912, this is the undated 1926 reprint.) Based on a series of tales originally written for "The Leader". Records the adventures of Timothy, a poor child, and his conversations with the animals of the Australian bush, including the mythical bunyip. Burnet 4.2 variant: this copy has "The Tower Rooms" as last book on front booklist, published in London & Melbourne, and printed by Butler & Tanner. There are 6 plates by J. Macfarlane (p. 48, 80, 96, 112, 208, 224). However there is no frontispiece plate, and no adverts at rear. Our Book No: 15243. $80 AUD.
21. Bulfin, William (1908). Rambles in Eirinn (2nd impression ed). Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son. 456 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, very good condition, original black cloth cover (gilt pattern & lettering), black & white photos, frontispiece portrait, foldout maps, moderate foxing edges, front inner hinge minimally split (pages firm), edge tears front endpapers, minor edgewear, minor annotation rear endpapers, prize bookplate. An excellent early copy of this classic tale of travel throughout Ireland, originally published in 1907 and frequently reprinted. Our Book No: 16823. $80 AUD.
22. Cambridge, Ada (1897). At Midnight and Other Stories (1st, remainder issue ed). London: Ward Lock. 305 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, original decorated burgundy cloth cover, floral endpapers, top edge gilt, black & white drawings (plates) including frontispiece (tissue guard, little loose), black bands & gilt lettering spine (cloth little faded), front hinge small tears, edges & few page margins little foxed (including title page), minor edgewear, owner's written names (including title page). Consists of the lead story (novella): At Midnight. Plus five other short stories: A Breath of the Sea, Two Old Fogies, One of These Little Ones, A Sweet Day, The Wind of Destiny. Has two plates: frontispiece and facing p. 234. (The first edition was initially bound in green cloth. The current copy is a later or remainder issue bound in burgundy cloth.). Our Book No: 15906. $150 AUD.
23. Cameron, Lindy (editor) (1992 - 2000). Sisters in Crime Newsletter (19 issues). Melbourne: Sisters in Crime. 16 to 24 pp. Each issue: Paperback large quarto, stapled (later issues), very good condition, coloured papers (various), black & white text-photos & cartoons, adverts. Heavy (1.2 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Issues 2 (Autumn 1992) to 20 (Autumn 2000) of this Australian crime fiction support magazine published 3 times per year (plus looseleaf brochures inserted). Provides a forum for discussion of women's crime and mystery fiction, to further the careers of women writers in this field, and to correct imbalances in the treatment of women writers. Our Book No: 15991. $100 AUD.
24. Campbell, David; Peel, John; Egan, Jack (selected by) (2009). Song for a Wren: Country Poems and Images. Blackheath, NSW: WriteLight Pty Ltd. 103 pp. Hardback oblong quarto, dustjacket, as new condition (in as new dustjacket), colour photos, autograph (photographer's written name title page). In 1986, author Jack Egan and photographer John Peel collaborated on a book of David Campbell's country poems - but never published. Peel has now assembled some of the originally selected poems and photographs, and added more photographs that evoke Campbell's haunting poetry. Campbell (1915 - 1979) was a decorated RAAF pilot during WW2, before taking over Wells Station, his family's pastoral property north of Canberra. He has written 11 books of poetry, and had a considerable following via The Bulletin magazine. ISBN: 9780980687804. Our Book No: 14009. $80 AUD.
25. Cave, William (1683). A Dissertation Concerning the Government of the Ancient Church, by Bishops, Metropolitans, and Patriarchs (1st ed). London: R. Chiswel at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard. [46] + 334 + 10 pp. Hardback small (18.4 x 12.0 cm), good plus condition, original calf leather binding (scuffed including small surface pieces missing), rebacked by modern quarter leather (short title gilt lettering on spine), endpapers replaced, all edges marbled & toned, pages lightly toned with minimal foxing, few page corners mis-cut or creased, corners worn. First edition. Subtitle: More particularly, Concerning the Ancient Power and Jurisdiction of the Bishops of Rome, and the Encroachments of that upon other Sees, especially the See of Constantinople. Publisher states "S. Paul" rather than "St. Paul". William Cave (1637 - 1713) was an English chaplain (to Charles II), and who wrote nine scholarly books on Christianity and the Christian church. Publisher catalogue of books at rear. Our Book No: 12614. $100 AUD.
26. Cawthorn, Richard Grant (editor) (1996). Layered Intrusions [Developments in Petrology]. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. 531 pp. Hardback large octavo, no jacket as issued, pictorial cover, very good plus condition, large foldout colour map MISSING rear pocket, figures (including black & white text-photos), tables, maps, faint sticker mark front flyleaf, owner's written name. Heavy (1.2 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Leading petrologists spectacularly record geological processes in magma chambers influencing the differentiation of igneous rocks that are the world's major sources of platinum group metals as well as chromium and vanadium. The first part of the book reviews many of the general principles influencing the crystalization processes. The second part documents specific intrusions that have influenced the development of concepts, eg.: Skaergaard Intrusion; Bushveld Complex; Windamurra; Rum; Stillwater; Duluth Complex; Great Dyke; Gardar province. ISBN: 0444817689. Our Book No: 15163. $250 AUD.
27. Chaucer, Geoffrey; Binder, Paul (artist) (1929). Wyf of Bathe. London: Mandrake Press. 44 pp. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), glassine acetate jacket, single-colour drawings, minor foxing spine & edges, pages & endpapers lightly toned as common, two small scuff marks rear endpapers, minor edgewear. (Estimated date, 1929. Unstated limited edition.) Decorated by Pearl Binder. With 17 illustrations (red & black), printed on Japon vellum paper. Pictorial parchment boards. A private press book of a Chaucer poem. Printed by the short-lived Mandrake Press, which was founded by P. R. Stephensen, the Australian writer, publisher and political activist. A scarce item not often offered for sale. Our Book No: 15657. $160 AUD.
28. Clarke, Dorothy; Studio, McAdam J. & J. (decorations) (1966). The Tale of Terrigal-Bill the Lizard. City Not Stated: Watkins & Murphy Pty Ltd (Printer). 46 pp. Paperback oblong, good condition, colour drawings, staples rusted, edges lightly foxed, edges & pages faintly toned, minor insect damage covers & few internal pages, minor edgewear. (Estimated date, 1966, Auslit catalogue.) A self-published children's picture story by Australian author, about a small lizard named Terrigal Bill. The story would interest older children, and the charming drawings would delight any age. Terrigal-Bill's family story is explained inside the back cover. Bill belongs to a large tribe of lizards called "Skinks". This wonderful book would enhance any book collection. The drawings bring the story to life. Our Book No: 28731. $80 AUD.
29. Claydon, David (editor) (2009). Islam: Human Rights and Public Policy. Melbourne, Brunswick East: Acorn Press. 282 pp. Paperback octavo, as new condition, autograph (author's written name). In this ground-breaking Australian book, international writers, scholars and commentators shed light on some of the most pressing human rights and public policy challenges of our time. Contributors include thinkers of Muslim background with extensive personal experience in developing countries, and Western writers of both secular and religious (mainly Christian) orientation. Essays deal with the human rights of Muslims and non-Muslims alike, in areas ranging from women's rights to freedom on religion. Another focus is on the challenges of adaptation that immigrant Muslim communities in the West face, as do non-Muslims as they seek to understand and come to terms with different Muslim world views. Contentious areas of debate such as the sources of religious violence, and the implications of so-called Islamisation, are not avoided but addressed with openness, honesty and candour. Other specific topics include multi-faith dialogue, Islamic finance, and the nature of Islamic law (Sharia). The book concludes with a set of practical, concrete recommendations for individuals directly involved in setting relevant public policies. ISBN: 9780908284764. Our Book No: 13831. $80 AUD.
30. Coben, Diana (editor); O'Donoghue, John (editor); FitzSimons, Gail E. (editor) (2000). Perspectives on Adults Learning Mathematics: Research and Practice. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 358 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, pictorial cover, as new condition, figures, tables, correction sheet loosely inserted. This is the first book to explore an important but hitherto neglected area: adult mathematics education. It brings together researchers in the field, and aims to lay the foundations for study and further research and practice in this fast-developing area. It aims to link to the wider field of lifelong learning and lifelong education, and to be accessible both to the specialist and to the general adult reader. The book features a comprehensive review of the field, which sets the scene for sections on: Perspectives on Research on Adults Learning Mathematics; Adults, Mathematics, Culture, and Society; Adults, Mathematics, and Work; and Perspectives in Teaching Adults Mathematics. Topics include: mathematics and commonsense; statistical literacy and numeracy; new theories on learning mathematics; mathematical competence in the workplace; ethnomathematics; and the training of tutors. ISBN: 0792364155. Our Book No: 13721. $80 AUD.
31. Collins, David (1984). General and Garrison Orders of Port Phillip [Victoriana Collection]. [Melbourne]: Queensberry Hill Press. 105 + 8 pp. Hardback octavo, full brown leather cover (boards gilt stamped), spine is ribbed (gilt lettering, slightly faded), very good plus condition, brown endpapers, two portraits tipped in (including frontispiece). This copy lacks slip case. (Copy 117 of limited edition of 155 copies. Publishers catalogue at rear.) This facsimile edition was originally issued as Parliamentary Paper No. 15, titled "Port Phillip. First Survey and Settlement Of", and published the following year in 8vo format as "Historical Records of Port Phillip: the First Annals of the Colony of Victoria". ISBN: 0909174415. Our Book No: 12784. $150 AUD.
32. Columbus, Christopher; Quaritch, Bernard; Kerney, Michael; Fernández-Armesto, Felipe (introduction);Martin Davies, Martin (essay);Posa, Pere (essay), & Payne, Anthony (editor) (2006). The Spanish Letter of Columbus: A Facsimile of the Original Edition Published by Bernard Quaritch in 1891 (Facsimile ed). London: Bernard Quaritch. 33 pp. Hardback elephant folio, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), full-page colour photos centre spread, copy 1. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (Limited facsimile edition of 500 copies.) Subtitle: "With an Introduction by Felipe Fernández-Armesto and essays by Martin Davies on Pere Posa and the printing of the Spanish Columbus Letter at Barcelona in 1493 and by Anthony Payne & Katherine Spears on Quaritch, the Spanish Columbus Letter, and America 18901892. Edited by Anthony Payne." Includes a colour facsimile of the original letter in the centre pages. The version of the Columbus Letter that London bookseller Bernard Quaritch bought in 1890 was the most valuable item of printed Americana to ever appear on the market. No other copy of this, the earliest edition - a folio printed in Spanish at Barcelona in 1493 - is known. Quaritch and his assistant Michael Kerney originally published "The Spanish Letter of Columbus" in 1981 (now reprinted), being the first authoritative study of the document. But, as Felipe Fernández-Armesto recounts in his introduction (new to this reprint), it nearly got dismissed as a forgery, in era of many forgeries. Quaritch's Letter did contain some errors most of which were the result of assumptions common at the time or deficiencies of knowledge unremedied until later but did its job effectively. It demonstrated, correctly, that the folio in question was printed at Barcelona in 1493 and that all other known editions of the Columbus Letter followed it. This was a service to his firm and to the Lenox Library (now part of the New York Public Library), which purchased the item. This new edition also includes an account of the printing of the original Spanish Columbus Letter in 1493 and, drawing on materials surviving in the Quaritch Archive, the story of how Quaritch, and his son, Alfred, marketed it in America. ISBN: 0955085225. Our Book No: 15832. $80 AUD.
33. Columbus, Christopher; Quaritch, Bernard; Kerney, Michael; Fernández-Armesto, Felipe (introduction);Martin Davies, Martin (essay);Posa, Pere (essay), & Payne, Anthony (editor) (2006). The Spanish Letter of Columbus: A Facsimile of the Original Edition Published by Bernard Quaritch in 1891 (Facsimile ed). London: Bernard Quaritch. 33 pp. Hardback elephant folio, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good plus dustjacket), full-page colour photos centre spread, base spine lightly bumped, copy 2. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (Limited facsimile edition of 500 copies.) Subtitle: "With an Introduction by Felipe Fernández-Armesto and essays by Martin Davies on Pere Posa and the printing of the Spanish Columbus Letter at Barcelona in 1493 and by Anthony Payne & Katherine Spears on Quaritch, the Spanish Columbus Letter, and America 18901892. Edited by Anthony Payne." Includes a colour facsimile of the original letter in the centre pages. The version of the Columbus Letter that London bookseller Bernard Quaritch bought in 1890 was the most valuable item of printed Americana to ever appear on the market. No other copy of this, the earliest edition - a folio printed in Spanish at Barcelona in 1493 - is known. Quaritch and his assistant Michael Kerney originally published "The Spanish Letter of Columbus" in 1981 (now reprinted), being the first authoritative study of the document. But, as Felipe Fernández-Armesto recounts in his introduction (new to this reprint), it nearly got dismissed as a forgery, in era of many forgeries. Quaritch's Letter did contain some errors most of which were the result of assumptions common at the time or deficiencies of knowledge unremedied until later but did its job effectively. It demonstrated, correctly, that the folio in question was printed at Barcelona in 1493 and that all other known editions of the Columbus Letter followed it. This was a service to his firm and to the Lenox Library (now part of the New York Public Library), which purchased the item. This new edition also includes an account of the printing of the original Spanish Columbus Letter in 1493 and, drawing on materials surviving in the Quaritch Archive, the story of how Quaritch, and his son, Alfred, marketed it in America. ISBN: 0955085225. Our Book No: 15832A. $80 AUD.
34. Cook, Warren G. (editor); Ford, Andrew J. H. (editor); McDermott, Julian J. (editor); Standish, Peter N. (editor); Stegman, Craig L. (editor); Stegman, Therese M. (editor) (1996). The Cobar Mineral Field - A 1996 Perspective [AusIMM Spectrum Series No. 3/96]. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AIMM). 445 pp. Hardback large octavo, no jacket as issued, pictorial cover, very good plus condition, black & white & colour figures, colour maps (including foldouts), rubber stamps including edges. Heavy (1.2 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A multi-disciplinary collection of essays that cover the history of mining in the Cobar mineral field (far northwestern New South Wales), as well as exploration geology, geochemistry, geophysics, mine geology, copper etc. mining operations and metallurgical processes. ISBN: 1875776397. Our Book No: 14689. $80 AUD.
35. Cotton, William; Burnet, John (editor); Barry, Redmond (bookplate, autograph) (1856). Sir Joshua Reynolds and His Works: Gleanings from His Diary, Unpublished Manuscripts, and from Other Sources. London / Plymouth: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts / Paul & Dominic Colnaghi. 278 + 24 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good plus condition, original cloth cover (embossed), full-page portrait engravings (includes frontispiece, with toned tissue guard), black & white drawings & vignettes (woodcuts, including foldout), book catalogue at rear, spine recased (retaining most of original cloth & gilt decoration, spine faded), pages faintly toned, edges lightly foxed, top edge untrimmed, two bookplates, owner's written names. A biography of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792), an influential 18th-century English painter, noted for portraits. He promoted the "Grand Style" (Grand Manner) in painting which refers to an idealized aesthetic style derived from Italian classical art. Reynolds who gave currency to the term through his "Discourses on Art", a series of lectures presented at the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1790, in which he contended that painters should perceive their subjects through generalization and idealization. He was a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, and was knighted by George III in 1769. A 120-page catalogue of his works was intended to be included in this book, but will now be published later. William Cotton is from Oxford University. NOTE: Bookplate and autograph of Redmond Barry (Melbourne lawyer & philanthropist), plus large bookplate and autograph of H. Desbrowe Annear. Our Book No: 16368. $130 AUD.
36. Country Women's Association of Australia, CWA (2001). Country Treasures: A Collection of 500 Classic Recipes from the Country Women's Association of Australia (1st ed) [CWA / The Weekly Times]. Melbourne: News Custom Publishing / Herald & Weekly Times Ltd. 246 pp. Hardback, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour text-photos (many full-page), small scuff top corner front flyleaf, minor edgewear. First edition. A splendid collection of wholesome recipes from the country women of Australia. Now scarce and out-of-print. ISBN-10 not stated: 1876176393. ISBN: 1876176393. Our Book No: 4142. $80 AUD.
37. Coveny, Christopher (1883). Twenty Scenes from the Works of Dickens Designed & Etched by Christopher Coveny (1st ed) [Etchings from Dickens by Christopher Coveny]. Sydney: Thos. (Thomas) H. Fielding / Printed by John Sands. 120 pp. Hardback large folio (32.0 x 25.2 cm), original light brown cloth (moire-silk-covered) boards (gilt lettering front cover), original half-bound (dark brown morocco leather spine & corners, with gilt outlining), good plus condition, full-page engravings, new plain endpapers, top edge gilt, faint tide marks edges few pages (previous water contact now dry), cloth cover worn (ring stain on front cover), minor foxing (particularly first & last pages), edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (Limited edition of 219 copies, source National Gallery of Australia.) A scarce book of engravings of scenes from Dickens by an Australian artist, and published in Australia. The etchings depict memorable scenes from his early novels, particularly Pickwick Papers. There are two title pages, one engraved and one letterpress, and an introduction. Interleaved between the engravings are a page with a small text box that include quotations from his novels. Plate 7 is presented in two states (one on India paper). Printing of the etchings was supervised by C. M. Buck. Podeschi H1042. Ferguson 9140A. Christopher John Coveny (1846 - 1941) abandoned his law practice briefly for teaching, but then became an engraver. This is his most famous work. His etchings were similar to those of Phiz - so he did two extra plates (title page & plate 7) to prove his originality (as explained in a preliminary note). His career was short-lived, however, as he suffered a nervous breakdown in 1884. Our Book No: 14834. $400 AUD.
38. Cowper, William; Westall, Richard (illustrator) (1825). The Task [with] Cowper's Minor Poems [with] Table Talk and Other Poems (3 vols). London, Chiswick: Whittingham Press (Printed for John Sharpe, by C. & C. Whittingham). 220 + 204 + 108 pp. Each volume: Hardback very small (duodecimo), original brown full calf leather, gilt edges, gilt ornate decoration & letters (spine & edges covers), very good condition, marbled edges & endpapers, steel engraved plates, minor to moderate foxing some pages, string bookmarks missing, minor edgewear covers, owner's written name, owner's rubber stamp. Volume 3 only: faint stain front cover, gilt spine lettering lightly rubbed. Fine binding. Originally published in 1817, this is the 1825 edition. A handsome set of Cowper's poems printed by the famous printers C. and C. Whittingham of Chiswick, with illustrations by Richard Westall. Charles Whittingham (1767 - 1840) was an English printer. In 1789 he set up a small printing press in a garret off Fleet Street, London, with a loan obtained from the type-founding firm of William Caslon, and, by 1797, his business had so increased that he was enabled to move into larger premises. Whittingham inaugurated the idea of printing cheap, handy editions of standard authors, and, on the bookselling trade threatening not to sell his productions, took a room at a coffee house and sold them by auction himself. In 1809 he started a paper-pulp factory at Chiswick, near London, and in 1811 founded the Chiswick Press. Our Book No: 14787. $150 AUD.
39. Crozet, Lieut. Julien Marie; Roth, Henry Ling (translator); Boose, Jas R. (1891). Crozet's Voyage to Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Ladrone Islands, and the Philippines, in the Years 1771 - 1772. With a Preface and Brief Reference to the Literature of New Zealand by Jas. R. Boose, Librarian of the Colonial Institute (1st English ed). London: Truslove & Shirley. 148 pp. Hardback (22.4 x 15.0 cm), original publisher's brown cloth cover (little faded, notably top half front cover), gilt spine lettering, good plus condition, black endpapers, top edge gilt, appendices, index, fold-out single-colour map (small tear near spine), black & white plates (including frontispiece), black & white drawings (some full-page, one fold-out), front inner hinge lightly split, corners lightly bumped (spine ends chipped), edgewear. (First English language edition. Limited edition of 500 copies, this being copy 454, initialled by the translator.) Originally published in French in 1783, edited from Crozet's papers by the Abbe Rochon. The only printed account of a voyage to search for Terra Australis to serve as an alternate French base on the route to India, and thus cut off British shipping lanes in times of war. They discovered the Crozet Islands and visited Tasmania. On reaching New Zealand, Captain Marion Dufresne and 26 of his crew were killed by Maoris at the Bay of Islands. Crozet became captain of the Mascarin on its homeward journey via Guam, the Philippines, and Mauritius. Our Book No: 12816. $400 AUD.
40. Cumpston, J. S. (1968). Macquarie Island [ANARE Scientific Reports, Series A(1), no 93]. Melbourne: Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs. 380 pp. Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos (plates, including frontispiece), endpaper maps, rear cloth cover & reverse side jacket little marked, edge tears jacket (small loss, minor edgewear). Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A definitive work in the field of sub-Antarctic history and exploration. The story of the ships that visited the island and the men who manned them. Macquarie Island is 1000 miles south of Hobart and is a dependency of Tasmania. The island was discovered in 1810 by the Perseverance, a Sydney sealing vessel. Our Book No: 14520. $120 AUD.
41. Cyclops (1959). Cyclops Toys - 1959. Sydney: Cyclops & Lines Bros (Aust.). 28 pp. Paperback oblong large quarto, stapled pamphlet, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white & single-colour photos, minor edgewear. A delightful illustrated catalogue of toys made by this Australian company, Cyclops & Lines Bros of Leichhardt, NSW (manufacturers of toys and baby carriages). Loosely inserted: Toy Price List, dated 1 July 1959 (4p). Our Book No: 15680. $180 AUD.
42. Darwin, Norm (1986). The History of Ford in Australia. Newstead, VIC: Eddie Ford Publications. 224 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, many black & white text-photos. Norman A. Darwin has written a groundbreaking comprehensive photographic history of the Ford motor car in Australia. He previously wrote" The History of Holden's Since 1917". ISBN: 0959228721. Our Book No: 13399. $80 AUD.
43. de Goy, Andre (1852). Aventures Sur Mer et Sur Terre [Adventures]. Paris: Alphonse Desesserts. 344 pp. Hardback large octavo, very good condition, original embossed black cloth cover (spine gilt), sepia (brown-coloured) plates (engravings), frontispiece sepia engraving (with tissue guard), new endpapers, all edges gilt, some foxing (mainly endpapers & adjacent to plates), some edgewear (mostly spine), string bookmark. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (Estimated date, 1852, Trove catalogue.) Contains two stories: I. La Famille Laurencay. II. Histoire d'un Chercheur d'or en Australie. This scarce book has special significance as the second story is probably the first account of the Australian goldfields in fiction. The first story tells the adventures of the Laurencay family en route to Australia where they intend to settle on a property acquired by Monsieur Laurencay on a previous visit. Not in Ferguson. Muir 2912 (children's book). All 8 plates including frontispiece present. Our Book No: 16516. $200 AUD.
44. de Mornay, M. Mauny; Monneret, M. (1838). Livre du Jardinier Guide Complet de la Culture des Jardins Fruitiers, Potagers et d'Agrement: Suivi de l'Hygiene du Jardinier. Paris: Librarie Encyclopedique de Roret. 331 + 277 pp. Hardback very small, half-bound (board cover & leather spine), good plus condition, board cover has vertical split front cover (repaired), two foldout drawings at rear, raised bands spine (gilt lettering), paper label & annotation title page, edgewear, internally very good. (Estimated date, 1838, Worldcat.) Two French-language volumes bound as one volume: "Livre du Jardinier" by de Mornay; and "l'Hygiene du Jardinier", by Monneret. Paper label on title page covers original publisher details. Titles in English: "Complete Gardener's Guide to Growing Fruit Gardens, Backyards and Ornamentals" and "Monitoring Garden Hygiene". Our Book No: 15508. $100 AUD.
45. de Musset, Alfred (1878). La Confession d'un Enfant du Siecle (New ed). Paris: G. Charpentier. 355 pp. Hardback small, no jacket, very good condition, quarter-bound (blue leather over marbles boards), spine raised bands & gilt lettering and decoration, top edge gilt, cover corners little bumped, pages faintly toned, scattered foxing & toning (mainly endpapers), string bookmark, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. (No 88 of limited edition of 100 copies.) Autobiographical novel about the French novelist (1810 - 1857), and his celebrated love affair with George Sand. Originally published, 1836. Our Book No: 16927. $100 AUD.
46. De Pierres, Paul (compiler) (1987). Wyalkatchem & Districts War Service 1899 - 1976 (Including Benjaberring, Korrelocking, Minnivale, Nalkain, Nembudding and Yorkrakine). Wyalkatchem, WA: Paul de Pierres. 102 pp. Hardback wide octavo, no jacket as issued, dark green cloth cover (gilt lettering & decorative borders), very good condition, glossy paper, black & white text-photos, small mark fore-edge, cover corners lightly bumped. (Limited edition, unstated number of copies.) This book is a very special tribute to the war service personnel of Wyalkatchem and surrounding districts in the Western Australia wheatbelt. The book covers the Boer War, World War 1, World War 2, Korea, Vietnam, South East Asia and the Middle East, and consists largely of photos of servicemen and women. ISBN: 0731601874. Our Book No: 25596. $80 AUD.
47. De Pierres, Paul (compiler) (1990). War Service Personnel of the Yilgarn 1900 - 1972. Perth, Swanbourne: Southern Cross and Yilgarn District Historical Society / John Burridge Military Antiques. 91 pp. Hardback wide octavo, no jacket as issued, red cloth cover (gilt lettering & decorative borders), very good plus condition, black & white text-photos, few small marks free flyleaf & title page. (Limited edition, unstated number of copies.) This book is a very special tribute to the veterans of the Yilgarn District in Western Australia. The late Mr Doug Davey compiled a large collection of photos of former service personnel who have lived in the Yilgarn. Paul De Pierres with the help of the Southern Cross and Yilgarn District Historical Society collated them into this book, which consists largely of photos of servicemen and women. ISBN: 0731687515. Our Book No: 25595. $80 AUD.
48. De Salinis, Le P. A. (1892). Marins et Missionnaires: Conquete de la Nouvelle-Caledonie 1843 - 1853 (1st ed). Paris: V. Retaux et Fils, Libraires-Editeurs. 340 pp. Hardback (24 x 16 cm), red cloth cover (gilt patterning & lettering, embossed edge bands, raised bands spine), patterned endpapers, very good condition, black & white drawings (engravings, in text & full-page), cover corners bumped, edgewear, pages toned (particularly edges), scattered light foxing. Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. French-language book entitled: "Sailors and Missionaries: Conquest of New Caledonia 1843 - 1853". A history of the French conquest of this Pacific island near New Guinea and Australia. Essentially the story of the Catholic missions there. Our Book No: 14010. $200 AUD.
49. de Silva, G. W. (1937). Princess of Malacca: A Historical Romance of Old Malaya (1st ed). Kuala Lumpur: Economy Printers. 159 pp. Hardback small, board covers, very good condition, drawings & text-photos, top edge some pages uncut, some printing smudges, endpapers toned, pages lightly toned, spine ends chipped, minor edgewear. First edition. Cover subtitle: A Romance of Old Malaya. A scarce historical novel of old Malaya. Our Book No: 20670. $100 AUD.
50. Doyle, Richard (1982). In Fairy-Land: Pictures From the Elf-World, with a Poem by William Allingham [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. 31 pp. Hardback very large folio (390 x 275 mm), very good plus condition, colour plates (including drawings), pictorial embossed dark green cloth cover (gilt decoration & borders & lettering), gilt edges, in cardboard slipcase. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Facsimile edition. Originally published by Longmans, Green in 1870. The 31 single-sided pages contain 16 colour plates interleaved with poetic text. The illustrator was the uncle of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was a lifetime believer in fairies. Allingham was an Irish poet associated with the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16942. $100 AUD.
51. Edwards, Deborah; Mimmochi, Denise (with) & Bunny, Rupert (2009). Rupert Bunny: Artist in Paris. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW). 224 pp. Paperback large square quarto, very good plus condition, colour paintings, black & white drawings. Heavy (1.4 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21st November 2009 - 21st February 2010, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. In the late 19th century, an era long recognised as that in which Australian artists made strenuous attempts to master European styles and forge European reputations, Rupert Bunny perhaps became the most cosmopolitan of all Australians to travel overseas to work, study and exhibit. ISBN: 1741740479. Our Book No: 15736. $100 AUD.
52. Expedition Supporter's Association, Shirase Antarctic; Dagnell, Lara (translator) & Shibata, Hilary (translator) (2011). The Japanese South Polar Expedition 1910 - 12: A Record of Antarctica. Bluntisham, Huntingdon / Eccles, Norwich: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press. 414 pp. Hardback large octavo, very good condition, red boards (gilt title & decorations), map, black & white text-photos & drawings, colour photos, tables, top spine little marked & bumped, autograph (translators written names title page). Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. This Antarctic expedition was Japan's first venture into the world of international exploration. This account of the expedition is based on the records, reports and statements of those who took part in the expedition, both expedition members and the officers and crew of Kainan-maru. There are 60 pages of plates showing photos taken by the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, about 50 sketches of the polar regions, four three-tone colour reproductions, and a double-page Colortype photoengraving. A great piece of history for anyone interested in Antarctica. ISBN: 9781852971090. Our Book No: 28468. $80 AUD.
53. Eyre, Edward John (1964). Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Port Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the Years 1840 - 1 [etc] (2 volumes) (1st facsimile ed) [Australiana Facsimile Editions, no. 7]. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). 448 + 512 pp. Each volume: Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, good plus condition, brown leatherette cover (spine lettering, little faded), black & white plates (including frontispiece), tables, folded map in rear pocket, minor toning & foxing edges, minor edgewear, owner's rubber stamp. Heavy (1.8 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Facsimile edition, originally published London, 1845. First facsimile printing, unstated limited edition, about 500 copies. Contains all 23 plates (some full-page including frontispiece, some within-text linocuts). In 1839, Eyre made two expeditions from Adelaide to Lake Torrens, and from Port Lincoln to Streaky Bay. In June 1840 he set out on his most notable expedition, westward from Adelaide along the Great Australian Bight, with one white companion (Baxter) and three Aborigines. Baxter was murdered by two of the Aborigines, and Eyre and the remaining Aborigine reached Albany after a desperate journey. Eyre includes much valuable material on the Aborigines and their habits. Our Book No: 4024. $150 AUD.
54. Falkenberg, Aslaug; Fakenberg, Johannes (1981). The Affinal Relationship System: A New Approach to Kinship and Marriage among the Australian Aborigines at Port Keats [Oslo Studies in Social Anthropology]. Oslo: Universitetetsforlaget. 206 pp. Hardback dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), figures, tables, edgewear jacket (spine jacket faintly faded), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Norwegian anthropological study of marriage and kinship among the Aboriginal people of Port Keats (now Wadeye), Northern Territory. This book follows up on a previous study "Kin and Totem" (1962). ISBN: 8200055639. Our Book No: 15622. $150 AUD.
55. Farjeon, B. L. (1872). Grif: A Story of Australian Life. New York: Harper & Brothers. 146 pp. Hardback octavo, modern black cloth binding (gilt spine lettering, new endpapers), good plus condition overall, pages & edges notably toned, some foxing few pages, some page corners creased (one page fully creased), minor edge tears & edge loss (few pages), small hole last several pages (no loss text). A scarce early edition of this classic work by the prolific Victorian-era novelist. He emigrated to Australian and New Zealand goldfields, where this work was originally published in Dunedin in 1868. A working class novel of 19th-century Melbourne. Our Book No: 15605. $100 AUD.
56. Fischbein, Efraim (1987). Intuition in Science and Mathematics: An Educational Approach [Mathematics Education Library]. Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing / Kluwer Academic. 225 pp. Hardback octavo, pictorial cover, very good condition, owner's written name title page, sticker front flyleaf. By education academic, Tel Aviv University. A detailed examination of intuitive cognitions, mainly in science and mathematics. Part 1: The theory (general characteristics, classification, overconfidence and intuitive bias, inferential intuitions). Part 2: Factors that shape intuitions (experience, immediacy, globality, analogy, phenomenological primitives, primacy effect). ISBN: 9027725063. Our Book No: 13551. $100 AUD.
57. Floyd, P. A.; Exley, C. S.; Styles, M. T. (1993). Igneous Rocks of South-West England [Geological Conservation Review Series]. London: Chapman & Hall. 256 pp. Hardback large quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, figures (including text-photos & maps), tables, minor edgewear, owner's written name. Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Part of a conservation series that describes localities being considered for notification as "Sites of Special Scientific Interest" (SSSI). Southwest England (Devon to Cornwall) has been renowned for centuries for both the splendour of its scenery, and the richness of its mineral resources, such as tin, china clay and building stones. Both aspects owe much to the igneous rocks that characterize the area - part of the Variscan foldbelt of northern Europe. ISBN: 0412488507. Our Book No: 15285. $200 AUD.
58. Fremont, John Charles; Emory, William H.; Albert, J. W. (1849). Notes of Travel in California; Comprising the Prominent Geographical, Agricultural, Geological, and Mineralogical Features of the Country; Also, the Route to San Diego, in California, Including Parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte and Gila Rivers. Dublin: James M'Glashan. 312 pp. Hardback small, skilfully rebound modern purple cloth (gilt title & bands on spine), new endpapers, very good condition, two pages removed before title page (two pages book adverts remain), book adverts rear two pages, pages toned (minor foxing), corner creased few pages, edges darkened, pages slightly crinkled (bound with paper grain sideways, rather than the preferred vertical grain). Subtitle: From the Official Reports of Col. Fremont and Maj. Emory. This classic travel narrative contains reprints of three important reports from early America, often consulted by early pioneer travellers. The first 78 pages comprise Fremont's Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California. The next 196 pages comprise Emory's narrative "A Military Tour". An appendix (34 pages) comprises Lieut. Abert's notes elaborating upon Emory's report. Our Book No: 13218. $100 AUD.
59. Garside, Firth (1877). The Adventures of Tom Hanson, or Brave Endeavours Achieve Success. London: Samuel Tinsley. 233 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, good condition, original embossed pictorial green cloth cover (gilt lettering front cover & spine), all edges gilt, colour plates (one MISSING), brown endpapers (edges rubbed), frontispiece page MISSING (retains tissue guard), inner hinge repaired (brown archival tape), cover corners little bumped, corner creased several pages, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. Novel for young adults, about life in England, and then travel by ship to Australia, working in Australia, and return to England. Written to demonstrate how to overcome pitfalls in life and ultimately to achieve success. (Not recorded by both Muir and O'Neill. Two plates missing - frontispiece and 1 of 12 internal plates, facing p160. Publisher catalogue at rear.). Our Book No: 16655. $80 AUD.
60. Gessner, Solomon (1776). New Idylles, Translated by W. Hooper M. D., with a Letter to M. Fuslin, on Landscape Painting and the Two Friends of Bourbon, a Moral Tale by M. Diderot (1st ed) [New Idyls, by Solomon Gessner]. London, Ludgate Hill: S. Hooper (Printed by G. Robinson, Paternoster Row). 129 pp. Hardback quarto (28.5 x 19.5 cm), full-leather cover, original leather-covered boards (scratched, moderate edgewear), presumed new leather spine (raised bands, green title label, gilt motifs & title), new endpapers, very good condition, black & white full-page engravings, black & white vignette (head and tail) engravings, minor foxing some pages, edges toned. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. First edition. Spelling note: "Idylles" on title page, but "Idyls" on page facing title page and on spine. Contains copperplate engravings: nine full-page plates and 13 vignettes. Our Book No: 14789. $240 AUD.
61. Gilmore, Mary (1931). The Rue Tree: Poems (Limited ed). Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens. 147 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, good condition, green cloth cover (title label), pale green spine cloth (recased quarter-bound, retaining original cloth & spine label), new endpapers, sepia (brown-tinted) portrait frontispiece tipped-in, untrimmed edges, cloth cover notably mottled top edge, bottom edge rear cover notably chipped, few front & rear pages moderately foxed, owner's written name. (No 69 of a limited edition of 100 numbered & autographed copies, of which 80 are for sale. This differs from the more common trade edition, also published in 1931.) Introduction by the author. A book of poems with Christian themes, written at a convent in Goulburn, NSW. The frontispiece is a photographic portrait of Mary Gilmore by May Moore. Our Book No: 14028. $180 AUD.
62. Grad, M. A. Charles (1864). L'Australie Interieure; Explorations et Voyages a Travers le Continent Australien de 1860 a 1862. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. 188 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, very good condition, rebound half-bound (paper-covered boards, brown cloth spine & corner tips), card cover retained (small edge pieces missing, repaired, foxed), new marbled & white endpapers, edges untrimmed, folding colour map inside rear cover, overall minimal foxing. The author, a member of the Geographical Society of Paris, describes exploration in Australia in the years 1860 to 1862. Ferguson 10038: a scarce title in the French langauge. Includes the second expedition of Stuart (1861), Burke & Wills (1861), Frank Gregory in North West Australia, Stuart to Gulf of Carpentaria (1862), Dempster in Western Australia, Landsborough and MacKinlay in search of Burke (1862) - as well as general comment on Australian exploration and the conditions of the interior. The folding map plots the routes of the explorers. Our Book No: 16515. $160 AUD.
63. Graves, Richard H. (1965). The Bushcraft Handbooks (10 volumes). Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade. Each booklet: 32 pp. Each booklet: Paperback trade, stapled pamphlet, very good plus condition, black & white drawings, minor edgewear. (Estimated date, 1982.) A scarce complete set of 10 booklets in a series ion bushcraft. 1: Ropes and cords. 2: Huts & thatching. 3: Campcraft. 4: Food and water. 5: Fire making. 6: Knots and lashings. 7: Tracks and lures. 8: Snares and traps. 9: Travel and gear. 10: Time and direction. By former commanding officer, Australian Jungle Survival & Rescue Detachment. Our Book No: 16735. $185 AUD.
64. Gregory's (1945). Gregory's Handbook for Australian Builders (1st ed) [Gregory's Guides and Maps]. Sydney: Land Newspaper Ltd. 200 pp. Paperback trade, good condition, card covers, black & white drawings, adverts, tables, tiny scuff top spine, base spine lightly bumped & rubbed, edges lightly foxed, edges & pages lightly toned, covers lightly rubbed, minor edgewear. Unstated first edition (dated,1945, foot of title page.) This book is a valuable reference book for builders, contractors, architects, building tradesmen, and others interested in building construction in Australia. Our Book No: 26700. $80 AUD.
65. Groves, Derham; Ballarat, Black Jack of (1996). You Bastard Moriarty, Being a Consideration of the Collectability of Ephemera Related to the Greatest Detective that Never Lived: Sherlock Homes, Written by Black Jack of Ballarat. Melbourne: Littlewood Press. 180 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, marbled paper covers (with flap & title label), tipped-in pages endpapers, tipped-in letters & etchings, string bookmarks, autographs, looseleaf ephemera loosely inserted. (No 72 of a limited edition of 100 copies.) A handmade celebration of Sherlock Holmes, the greatest literary detective. With autographed tipped-in etchings and illustrations in colour and black and white. Tipped-in phone book pages on endpapers for Holmes, Moriarty and Watson. Ephemera, eg wine labels (J. C. Watson), inserted in pocket inside rear cover (access at base). ISBN: 1875718087. Our Book No: 16673. $120 AUD.
66. Guerin, Leon (1841). Le Tour du Monde, ou Les Mille et Une Merveilles de Voyages (2 Volumes). Paris: Langlois et Leclercq. Unnum pp. Each volume: Hardback very small (duodecimo), good condition, dark brown cloth spine (marbled boards), drawings, spine little faded, edges toned (pages lightly toned), inner hinge split (front v1, rear v2, pages firm), edgewear, annotation rear flyleaf. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A collection of ten booklets on world travel, written in the French language. Ten parts (pages individually numbered, about 140p per part) are here bound in two volumes. Volume 1: Australie - Oceanie [Voyages de Williams Jarvis] - Asie [China] - Europe Meridionale - Amerique du Sud. Volume 2: Afrique Septentrionale - Amerique Septentrionale - Asie [India] - Europe Septentrionale - Afrique. A scarce complete set of booklets. Our Book No: 16624. $200 AUD.
67. Hart, Pro; Marling, Karal Ann; Littlewood, Robert C. (photo) (2011). A Bookplate by Pro Hart. Stoke-on-Trent: Lytlewode Press. 12 pp. Hardback small quarto (in slipcase), very good plus condition, orange cloth covered boards, tipped-in frontispiece, tipped-in original etched bookplate, bookplate, untrimmed edges. (No. 62 of limited edition of 275 copies, numbered and signed by the publisher.) This standard copy (being nos 51 - 275) contains an original etched bookplate by Pro Hart, printed from the original copper plate. Each standard copy is bound in cloth with a matching slip-case. The book also contains a short biography of the controversial Australian artist from Broken Hill. (Bookplate of publisher Robert Littlewood.). ISBN: 190561120X. Our Book No: 28576. $150 AUD.
68. Hess-Kosa, Kathleen (2002). Indoor Air Quality Sampling Methodologies (1st ed). Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers, Inc. 300 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, pictorial cover, very good plus condition, figures, charts, photos, tables, owner's rubber stamp. A brief overview of air handling systems, step-by-step instructions for all sampling tasks, and a means of interpreting your results, complemented by helpful hints based on the author's observations and experience. There are more than 150 charts, tables, photos, and drawings and includes an extensive glossary and symptoms index. ISBN: 1566705398. Our Book No: 25599. $90 AUD.
69. Holden, Robert (1988). Photography in Colonial Australia: The Mechanical Eye and the Illustrated Book (1st ed). Sydney, Potts Point: Horden House. 172 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket as issued, red textured boards, title plate laid down, very good condition, black & white text-photos, faint foxing top edge. (Limited edition of 1000 copies.) This pioneering work details photos within 130 publications issued in Australia before 1900. The text and bibliography that comprise this book describe many publications not previously discussed, or even known to national bibliographies or specialist studies. ISBN: 0958847878. Our Book No: 25793. $95 AUD.
70. Hosiery, Lustre (1930). The Inside Story of My Lady's Attire. Sydney: Lustre Hosiery and Lingerie Company, 379 Kent Street. 16 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white & single-colour drawings, staples rusted, bottom corner pages creased, base spine repaired, edgewear. A scarce but lovely little pamphlet, being a catalogue with prices for products from this Sydney fashion business. No date, but probably 1930s, because of the art deco-style illustrations. Not listed in Trove catalogue. Our Book No: 13924. $80 AUD.
71. Howell, Mrs W. May (1869). Reminiscences of Australia: The Diggings & the Bush (1st ed). London: W. May Howell. 326 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, frontispiece portrait engraving (tissue guard), full leather binding (gilt embossed border covers, raised bands spine), rebacked (retaining spine except chipped ends), marbled endpapers & edges, few front & rear pages moderately foxed (minimal spots internally), pages faintly toned, one page corner creased, leather cover scratched (edgewear), minor edgewear. First edition. A self-published novel in three parts about life and travel in New South Wales, including the goldfields (based on personal experiences). Part 1: A Tale of the Diggings, or, Kindness is Power. Part 2: A Tale of the Bush, or, Born to be Hanged. Part 3: A Tale of the City, or, Plentiful as Blackberries. Our Book No: 15099. $400 AUD.
72. Hume, Fergus (1888). Madame Midas: Realistic and Sensational Story of Australian Mining Life (1st ed). London: Hansom Cab Publishing Company. 222 pp. Hardback small, quarter-bound black black cloth cover & spine (new endpapers), very good condition, preliminary adverts, gilt spine lettering, brown endpapers, marbled edges, minor page corner creases, minor faint foxing, inner hinge little split (pages firm), pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear (notably spine ends), owner's embossed name & address (front endpapers) & rubber stamp. Stated as "One Hundredth Thousand" (apparently a marketing ploy), but is in fact a first edition. A scarce novel from this Australian writer, author of the bestselling "The Mystery of the Hansom Cab". Set in Melbourne and Ballarat. (Some sellers state the black cloth cover is not original, but this is not certain.). Our Book No: 15907. $200 AUD.
73. Hurley, Frank (1981). Pearls and Savages: Adventures in the Air, on Land and Sea in New Guinea (Facsimile ed). Hong Kong: JAC Press. 414 pp. Hardback small quarto (26.5 x 20.0 cm), dustjacket (flaps all sides), green cloth cover, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), black & white photos (including frontispiece portrait), top edge gilt (little marked), rubber stamp front pastedown, jacket little soiled & scuffed (edgewear, reverse side little toned), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Heavy (1.7 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (No 459 of a limited facsimile edition of 1000 copies. No ISBN in book. Originally, published, 1924.) Has 82 outstanding monochrome photos by Hurley. The paper is high-grade cream-tinted stock.) Captain Frank Hurley was a noted Australian adventurer and photographer (including WW1 for the Australian Army). This remarkable publication results from an expedition to New Guinea, by land sea and air (aviation developed quickly after WW1 to service the gold-fields). His observations and experiences among the indigenous peoples are graphically recorded in word and picture. Our Book No: 14230. $150 AUD.
74. Ingleton, Lt-Commander Geoffrey. C. (1944). Charting a Continent: A Brief Memoir on the History of Marine Exploration and Hydrographical Surveying in Australian Waters From the Discoveries of Captain James Cook to the War Activities of the Royal Australian Navy Surveying Service (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 146 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, very good condition, blue cloth cover, endpapers & pages lightly toned, top edge foxed, minimal foxing fore-edge, bottom corners two pages creased, covers little scratched, bookplate inside front cover, minor written corrections, autograph (author's written name). A fascinating examination of Australian maritime surveys, at the importance of these surveys to the safety of ships and their crews. The author has attempted to show that the majority of Australian surveys were made many years ago, and that new surveys are urgently required. (Page numbers are corrected in pencil for some illustrations, on the list at the front of the book.). Our Book No: 28752. $140 AUD.
75. Inglis, James ("Maori") (1880). Our Australian Cousins (1st ed). London: Macmillan. 466 pp. Hardback thick, no jacket as issued, very good condition, original dark green cloth cover (black bands, gilt embossing front cover & spine), new black endpapers, appendices, adverts at rear, edges & endpapers & few pages lightly foxed, corners bumped, edgewear, little annotation prelim page, owner's written name & date title page. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. First edition. A Scottish traveller and resident of India settles in sunny Australia and grows to love his new country (and the climate cured his chronic arthritis). He states: "Why was this book written? Principally to satisfy the questionings of many friends in India and the old country, who continually write me such queries as these: - How do you like Australia? Would you advise me to come out? Is it healthy? Is there any sport to be had? Are the people really nice?" etc. Describes his travels and jobs throughout Australia (also New Guinea, New Zealand) - including Aborigines, manufacturing, agriculture, working classes, sporting (much on fishing), the press, government, land settlement and reform. Ferguson 10777. Annotation: "A good book on fishing". Our Book No: 14602. $120 AUD.
76. Jacobs, Pat (1990). Mister Neville [Auber Octavius Neville]. Perth, Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press. 347 pp. Paperback small octavo (with flaps), very good plus condition, glossy paper, black & white text-photos (some full-page), top edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear. The fascinating biography of the English civil servant who was appointed Chief protector of Aborigines in Western Australia in 1915. During the 1920s and 1930s he became linked with ideas and policies (miscegenation) now considered racist. ISBN: 0949206725. Our Book No: 15721. $95 AUD.
77. Jansson, Tove; Hart, Kingsley (translator) (1978). The Dangerous Journey (1st English ed). London: Ernest Benn. Unnum 28 pp. Hardback large quarto, pictorial board covers (tan cloth spine), very good condition, colour drawings, new endpapers, bottom corner rear cover bumped, minor edgewear, small sticker top corner title page. English translation of a Swedish-language Finnish children's picture book: "Den Farliga Resan" (Holger Schildts Forlag, Helsingfors, 1977). A little girl is transported with the help of magic glasses from a boring summer afternoon into an exciting world of mangrove swamps, volcanoes, and sea where birds fly upside down. Old friends from Moomin Valley - Hemulen, Sniff, Snufkin, Thingummy Bob - join her in her adventures. Moomin rescues them in his trusty striped balloon. An extension of the Moomin children's stories by the popular Swedish-Finnish novelist, who has received the Hans Christian Andersen award for children's literature. ISBN: 051000038X. Our Book No: 14810. $80 AUD.
78. Jobson, Frederick J. (1862). Australia: With Notes by the Way on Egypt, Ceylon, Bombay, and the Holy Land (1st ed). London: Hamilton, Adams & Co. 281 pp. Hardback small octavo (20.5 x 13.5 cm), very good condition, original blue-black cloth cover (embossed), colour engraving frontispiece (with tissue guard), adverts at rear, spine recased (retains original cloth), endpaper hinges strengthened archival tape, pages lightly toned as usual, minimal faint foxing, minor edgewear & bumping, copy 2. First edition. The diaries of husband (Wesleyan minister) and his wife, describing travels in Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania) during the 1850s and 1860s. Plus a description of travel to Asia and the Middle East when sailing to and from Australia. At rear: adverts for his other books (6p). Our Book No: 21798A. $90 AUD.
79. Jones, William (1914). Reminiscences of the Franco-German War of 1870. London: Peace Society / Headley Brothers. 96 pp. Hardback small, red cloth cover (spine little faded), no jacket as issued, good plus condition, black & white photo frontispiece, edges & title page little foxed, free flyleaves little toned (minor label remains front flyleaf), minor edgewear spine ends cloth cover (minor bumping), minor pencil annotation. By the Hon. Commissioner of the War Victim's Fund of the Society of Friends (Quakers), which conducted relief work in France during 1870-71. Tellingly describes some of the barbarities and huge loss of life in this senseless war between France and Prussia. Our Book No: 14705. $88 AUD.
80. Kendrick, Nita (editor); Bell, Shirley (editor) (1980 - 1989). Australian Spiritual Healer (25 issues). Melbourne, East Bentleigh: ASHA: Australian Spiritual Healers Association. Each issue: 28 to 32 pp. Each issue: Booklet, wide paperback format (stapled pamphlet, staples rusted), very good condition. Bimonthly magazine about Spiritualist spiritual healing in Australia. Consists of 1975-6 (1 issue), 1980 (1), 84 (4), 85 (2), 86 (3), 87 (4), 88 (3), 89 (4), 93-94 (2). Our Book No: 2284. $100 AUD.
81. Knos, Teodor (1875). Bilder ur Lifvet i Australian: Reseskildringar. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag. 263 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, very good condition, blue cloth cover (gilt embossed design front cover & spine), full-page drawings (woodcuts), duplicate (extra-illustrated) title page, frontispiece drawing (with tissue guard), single-colour maps at rear, recased (new grey endpapers), minimal foxing (moderate first & last page), pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. A narrative written from letters sent by Knos (Knoes) when he travelled throughout New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria in 1873. Written in the Swedish language. Superb gilt front cover design of Aborigine with spear, kangaroo, emu and platypus surrounded by vegetation. Our Book No: 16596. $150 AUD.
82. Kok, L. P.; Boon, Mathilde E. (2003). Microwaves for the Art of Microscopy. Leiden: Coulomb Press Leyden. 368 pp. Hardback wide octavo, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, pictorial cover, many figures (including black & white & colour text-photos), sticker rear cover. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. This passionate book summarises 20 years of work by a physicist (Kok) and pathologist (Boon) to improve the microscopic examination of specimens (particularly pathological) with the use of innovative microwave techniques. ISBN: 9071421414. Our Book No: 16269. $100 AUD.
83. Landsborough, William (2000). Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria, in Search of Burke and Wills (Deluxe facsimile ed) [Australiana Facsimile Editions, no 221]. Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia. 128 pp. Hardback octavo, quarter bound black leather & blue cloth (gilt spine lettering), very good plus condition, gilt string bookmark, frontispiece portrait, map in rear pocket. Facsimile edition of a book first published in Melbourne, 1862. Edition limited to 99 numbered copies bound in quarter leather, of which this is No. 75. Introduction by rare books librarian, State Library of South Australia. Landsborough is noted for his explorations of Queensland, and for his two expeditions (1861-2) in search of the missing Burke & Wills, the second of which resulted in the first north-to-south crossing of Australia. ISBN: 1876154322. Our Book No: 12959. $80 AUD.
84. Lang, Allan (editor) (1986 - 1995). The Southern Skeptic (32 issues). Adelaide, Magill: Australian Skeptics, South Australian Branch. 18 pp. Each issue: Quarto magazine format, stapled (taped along spine), good plus condition, address label rear cover, tape marks (includes along spine). Heavy (1.30 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Consists of: 1986 (2 issues), 87 (4), 88 (4), 89 (1), 90 (5), 91 (3), 92 (5), 93 (4), 94 (3), 95 (1). Our Book No: 12699. $100 AUD.
85. Lauterer, Dr. Joseph (1900). Australien und Tasmanien: Nach Eigener Anschauung und Forschung Wissneschaftlich und Praktisch Geschildert. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herderische Verlagshandlung. 482 pp. Hardback large octavo, no jacket, very good condition, original green cloth pictorial cover (gilt lettering), figures (black & white engravings), map, colour frontispiece (tissue guard, little foxed), recased (new grey endpapers), edges little foxed & marked, minor edgewear cloth cover (corners little bumped & chipped, small split spine), stickers, rubber stamps, magazine clipping pasted inside front cover. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A history of Australia including Tasmania, written in the German language (gothic script). Aboriginal theme. Rubber stamp of private library (Julius Bader, Augsburg). Joseph Lauterer (1848 - 1911) was born in Freiburg, Germany. He practiced as a medical doctor for many years in Brisbane. He also had a strong interest in botany, and pioneered the study of poisonous and medicinal plants, eucalyptus resins, Aboriginal medicine, and Aboriginal languages. Ferguson 11461. Our Book No: 16478. $140 AUD.
86. Le Maire, Jacob; Duyker, Edward (introduction) & Dalrymple, Alexander (translator) (1999). Mirror of Australian Navigation: A Facsimile of the 'Spieghel der Australische Navigatie', Being an Account of the Voyage of Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten 1615 - 1616, Published in Amsterdam in 1622 [Australian Maritime Series, no 5]. Sydney: Australian National Maritime Museum / Hordern House. Unnum pp. Hardback small folio, no jacket as issued, as new condition, quarter-bound (tan leather spine with black & gilt title label, marbled boards), full-page colour drawings & maps. (Limited edition, 900 copies.) Facsimile of the journal of Jacob Le Maire, published posthumously in 1622. The original Dutch edition is accompanied by a facsimile of the English text prepared by the great Pacific historian of the 18th century, Alexander Dalrymple. Nutmeg and pepper drove this wealthy Dutch merchant to try to break the monopoly on trade routes to the East Indies, and inspired him to forge a new route to the lucrative spice sources via the southern tip of South America. He was nfluenced by the famous voyage of de Quiros, the Portuguese navigator who believed he had reached Terra Australis, the great southland. The expedition had dual goals: to chart a new course to the Pacific, and to find the great southern continent. ISBN: 1875567259. Our Book No: 16702. $100 AUD.
87. Lewis, William (1746). A Course of Practical Chemistry: In Which are Contained All the Operations Described in Wilson's Complete Course of Chemistry: With Many New, and Several Uncommon Processes (1st ed). London: Printed for J. Nourse. [28] + 432 + [34] pp. Hardback octavo, full suede leather cover (slightly worn & scuffed, raised bands on spine), recased, good condition, nine engraved plates, two metal clasps on fore-edge (unclasp to read book), publisher booklist & index at rear, pages & edges toned & lightly foxed (few pages moderately foxed), two rubber stamps. First edition. Subtitle: To Each Article is Given, the Chemical History, and to Most, an Account of the Quantities of Oils, Salts, Spirits, Yielded in Distillation, &c.: From Lemery, Hoffman, the French Memoirs, Philosophical Transactions, &c. and from the Author's Own Experience: with Copper Plates. A scarce early chemistry textbook by the extraordinary pioneer physician and experimental chemist William Lewis (1708 - 1781). (Contains rubber stamps of two previous owners: George Z. Dupain, dated 1921, and R. Archer.). Our Book No: 13129. $300 AUD.
88. Leyden, Peter (editor) (1958). The Australian Children's Pictorial Social Studies (25 parts). Sydney, North Sydney: Australian Visual Education / Schools Publishing House. Each issue: 28 to 32 pp. Each issue: Paperback large quarto (310 x 250mm), card cover (stapled, rusted), fair to very good condition, black & white or sepia (brown-coloured) drawings (strip cartoons), page edges little toned, minor foxing covers & endpapers (few issues moderate foxing), some edgewear, few defects (see below). Two slipcases MISSING. Very heavy (4.2 Kg). Australian history told in strip cartoon format for Australian school children. Complete set (except for the slipcases). The topics range from "The first Australians (The story of Aborigines)" (no 1), to "The story of Anzac" (no 25). Among the 25 parts are two parents' guide and revision manuals. A scarce complete set, good plus condition overall, with a few defects: tide marks bottom hinge (previous water contact now dry) (few issues), centre page loose (few issues), cartoon cut out one page (no 18), top hinge front cover bumped & dented (no 22). Our Book No: 12452. $200 AUD.
89. Lindrum, Walter; Spencer, Claude (foreword) (1937). Billiards and Snooker (1st ed). Sydney: Tooheys Ltd. Unnum 64 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, illustrated card cover, black & white drawings & text-photos, front hinge little split (pages firm), minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name). Unstated first edition (latest remarkable deed dated 1937.) The world champion Australian billiards player ("the world's greatest living player") explains how to play the game. An abundantly illustrated booklet sponsored by an Australian brewery (Tooheys banner across top & bottom of each page.). Our Book No: 4110. $80 AUD.
90. Lindsay, Jack; Finley, F. (drawings) (2006). Spanish Main & Tavern (Facsimile ed). Stoke-on-Trent: Lytlewode Press. unnum 28 pp. Hardback small quarto in matching slipcase, blue cloth boards, very good plus condition, black & white drawings, autograph (publisher's written name). (No. 26 of a limited edition of 120 copies, each numbered and autographed by the publisher.) This is the rarest of all books to be published by the Fanfrolico Press, and is published here as a facsimile by Lytlewode Press, 82 years after the original work was printed by John Kirtley, Jack Lindsay and Philip Lindsay. A precursor to the Fanfrolico Press, the Panurgian Society, was based in Sydney. The publication of this facsimile edition fulfils a commitment the publisher made to John Arnold and Jack Lindsay years ago at the time Robert C. Littlewood published Raymond Lindsay's "A Letter From Sydney", which was edited by John Arnold. ISBN: 9781905611058. Our Book No: 28596. $160 AUD.
91. Lindsay, Jack (editor); Stephensen, P. R. (editor) (1928). The London Aphrodite: A Literary Journal (6 issues). London: Fanfrolico Press. Each issue: 100 pp. Each issue: Paperback octavo, good plus condition, card cover, single black & white plate, pages faintly toned, tide marks spine & adjacent rear cover (v5 only) (previous water contact now dry), rear cover stained (v6 only), minor edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Six issues (all published) of this controversial literary journal, containing short stories, poetry and essays. The content is written for "a point of view which equally outrages the modernist and the reactionary", as both perspectives are subject to criticism. Both editors and many contributors are Australian. Our Book No: 16499. $80 AUD.
92. Lindsay, Norman; de Basil, Colonel W.; Williamson, J. C. (1936). Souvenir Programme: Colonel W. de Basil's Monte Carlo Russian Ballet [J. C. Williamson Ltd Magazine]. Melbourne: J. C. Williamson Ltd / Speciality Press. 42 pp. Paperback quarto, stapled pamphlet, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings (colour covers both sides), adverts, minor edgewear. Souvenir program for this ballet contains magnificent cover art by Normal Lindsay, from an original painting in the possession of Mr E. J. Tait, a managing director of J. C. Williamson Ltd. Produced by J. C. Williamson Ltd at His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne. Contains full-page portraits of Colonel W. de Basil, Leon Woizikowsky, Valentina Blinova, Helena Kirsova, George Gee, Valerie Hay, Donald Burr. (Estimated date, 1936 or 1937. Text mentions 1935, and an event scheduled later for 1938. Loosely inserted: Receipt for previous sale of this item.). Our Book No: 14963. $130 AUD.
93. Lindsay, Raymond; Arnold, John (editor) (1983). A Letter from Sydney, Being a Long Epistle from Ray Lindsay to his Brother Jack Relating Mainly to Their Lives in Sydney in the Nineteen-Twenties. Melbourne: Jester Press. 60 pp. Hardback large quarto, very good condition, maroon cloth cover (gilt lettering, in matching slipcase), tipped-in sepia (brown-coloured) photo frontispiece, minimal fading spine, minimal foxing top edge, minor edgewear, autograph (editor's written name). (No 2 of a collectors hardback limited edition of 100 copies in slipcase.) This 13,500-word letter, written by Raymond Lindsay (second son of Norman and Katie Lindsay), was a reply to queries from Jack Lindsay at the time he was writing the second volume of his autobiography (The Roaring Twenties, 1962). Frontispiece photo is of Raymond Lindsay. Introductory essay by John Arnold. Printed on goatskin parchment, and case bound by Nick Doslov of Renaissance Bookbinding, Melbourne, in full buckram cloth with matching slipcase. ISBN: 095963858X. Our Book No: 16877. $100 AUD.
94. Littlewood, Robert C.; Groves, Derham (1996). The Coming Out of Holmes and Watson: Being a Souvenir to Mark the Publication of 'You Bastard Moriarty'. Melbourne, Central Park: Littlewood Press. Unnum 10 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good plus condition, green marbled card cover (title label, string binding), black & white photo tipped in, black & white engraving frontispiece, untrimmed edges, invitation card laid down inside rear cover, minimal smudging front free flyleaf (during manufacture), autographs. Limited edition of 50 numbered copies (this copy out of series). A Sherlock Holmes collectible, being a souvenir to mark the publication of 'You Bastard Moriarty'. Handmade, set in 12 point Times, on paper stock (velin arches, pure cotton 160gsm), and printed on a vertical Miehle press. Each copy contains an original, autograph linocut by Dr. Derham Groves and an original autographed photograph by Robert Bradley, and a decorative marbled wrapper by Renate Eising. Includes invitation card to launch of "You Bastard Moriarty". ISBN: 1875718168. Our Book No: 16669. $80 AUD.
95. Littlewood, Robert C.; Lindsay, Peter (1980). A Ballad of Buccaneering: An Appreciation of the Circumstances Which Influenced the Production of Sir Lionel Lindsay's first Six Etchings, Accompanied by Six of the Artist's Poems from the Same Period (Limited ed). Melbourne: Jester Press. Unnum 28 pp. Hardback small quarto, quarter-bound (cloth cover, leather spine), very good plus condition, black & white etchings, autograph (author's written name). (Copy no 25 of a limited edition of 100 autographed copies). Text by Robert Littlewood, etchings & poems by Peter Lindsay. Copies 11 to 100 were bound by W. Flattely and Sons, Carlton in one quarter Morocco with matching cloth, endpapers and headbands. The poems featured in this book were first published in "The Outpost" newspaper between 28 April and 1 December 1900. They have been printed as they originally appeared, without alteration to spelling or punctuation. ISBN: 0959638520. Our Book No: 28578. $150 AUD.
96. Lloyd, Brian (1985). Rutherglen. Wangaratta, VIC: Shoestring Press. 296 pp. Hardback dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, illustrated endpapers, front cover & spine jacket little faded (minor edgewear & scuffing), top edge lightly foxed, pages lightly toned as usual, non-author written dedication, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). Rutherglen is the centre of a famous old winegrowing district in north-eastern Victoria. A history of the town and district, commissioned by the Shire of Rutherglen to mark Victoria's 150th Anniversary. A scarce local Australian history. ISBN: 0959839194. Our Book No: 15934. $80 AUD.
97. Lydgate, John; Van Der Westhuizen, J. E. (editor) (1974). The Life of Saint Alban and Saint Amphibal (1st ed). Leiden: E. J. Brill. 319 pp. Hardback octavo, red-brown cloth cover, cancelled EX-LIBRARY, very good condition, appendices, notes. The first critical edition of the monk Lydgate's rhetorical poem, written in 1439, about the life of two young saints who lived during the Roman occupation of Britain about 250 AD. ISBN: 9004038795. Our Book No: 12821. $100 AUD.
98. MacDonald, Donald; Ishigami, Dr Tohiu; Kitasato, Prof. Shibasaburo (1905). A Text-Book on Plague: Translated, Enlarged, and Illustrated with Pathogenic Horticulture [Japanese Text-Book on Plague]. Adelaide: D. MacDonald / Vardon & Pritchard (Printers). 180 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, original dark green cloth cover (gilt lettering, front cover little stained), figures (including black & white text-photos), colour plates, frontispiece, minor foxing, pages lightly toned, edgewear (notably spine ends, corners bumped), owner's sticker, rubber stamp, annotation front free flyleaf. This textbook was originally written in Japanese by Ishigami, and later revised by Kitasato. The current edition was translated, enlarged, illustrated and self-published by Donald MacDonald, late Consulting Bacteriologist to the South Australian Government. With 152 illustrations and three chromolithographic plates. Part I is a translation of the Japanese text in 21 chapters. Part II is an extra six chapters by MacDonald, being pathogenic horticulture. Library sticker of Prof. Bryan Gandevia. Rubber stamp of Prof. Edward Ford. Our Book No: 16457. $90 AUD.
99. Mack, Amy Eleanor; Dennys, Joyce (illustrator) (1921). Bushland Stories (1st thus ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 183 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, good condition, deluxe copy (publisher logo), red cloth boards with black title cover lettering (gilt title spine), frontispiece, colour plates (one loose), black & white drawings, spine ends little rubbed & creased (top lightly frayed), edges toned, pages lightly toned, wide toned strip endpapers, boards lightly faded in parts, corners little bumped, bottom corner worn, minor foxing flyleaf & reverse side frontispiece & title page, owner's rubber stamps title page, non-author written dedication front flyleaf. Captures all the faces of the Australian bush. Her bush stories were among the first to introduce children to the unique nature of the Australian bush and were very popular when originally published in 1910. This edition (estimated date, 1921), with the beautiful illustrations of Joyce Dennys, is sure to stir the imagination and appreciation of new generations of children and adults everywhere. Her second collection of bush stories (of 14 collections published). This copy is the deluxe edition with the blue A&R logo on endpapers. It has all seven coloured plates (one loose). Our Book No: 29083. $80 AUD.
100. Macqueen, Kenneth; Duhig, J. V. (letter) & Lahey, Vida (biography) (1948). Adventure in Watercolour: An Artist's Story Written and Illustrated by Kenneth Macqueen: With a Letter from Professor J. V. Duhig, Biographical Summary by Vida Lahey: Also an Explanation of Technique by the Artist Himself. Sydney: Legend Press. Unnum 48 pp. Hardback folio (33.0 x 26.0 cm), dustjacket, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), yellow cloth cover, colour plates (paintings) tipped-in, bottom edge untrimmed, top edge little marked, edges jacket toned & little soiled (piece missing top spine, edge tears mostly small), base spine bumped, some edgewear, non-author written dedication. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (No 293 of a limited edition of 1100 autographed copies.) The renowned Australian artist was also a farmer from Queensland. Each of the 16 watercolour paintings is accompanied by a description on the facing page. They have a lyrical and decorative quality, and are inspired by his local countryside of the Darling Downs and the Moreton Bay area. Loosely inserted: greetings card (1p). Our Book No: 12596. $150 AUD.
101. Maltby, Peg (1961). Peg's Fairy Book: Written & Illustrated by Peg Maltby (5th ed). Melbourne, Moorabbin: P. C. Grosser & Co. Unnum 64 pp. Hardback folio (32.6 x 23.4 cm), very good condition (in very good dustjacket), paper-covered board covers (pale tan cloth spine), full-page colour drawings, small black & white drawings, endpapers partly & faintly toned, minor edgewear jacket (small tear bottom rear cover). Unstated & scarce fifth edition (estimated date, 1961, Trove catalogue.) A desirable collectible children's book in immaculate condition, originally published in 1944. Muir 4745. The beautiful illustrations by the author will delight young and young-at-heart. The special stories are: The Fairy Queen's Dinner; - The Gown of Cobweb Lace - Wedding Bells - Bed Time - The Butterfly Princess - The Gum Drop Tree - Bella, the Witch - Magic Flowers - The First Peep - Pixie Houses - Fun Under the Sea - Painting the Leaves of Autumn - Riding on a Broomstick. Our Book No: 16179. $150 AUD.
102. Maltby, Peg (1981). Pegs Fairy Book (Peg's Fairy Book: Special Gift Edition) (Special-gift, reprint ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Unnum 64 pp. Hardback large quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), full-page colour drawings, small black & white decorative drawings, few faint scratches jacket, minor edgewear, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. The beautiful illustrations by the author will delight young and young-at-heart. Special gift edition of this classic children's picture story: this is a delightful book with very special stories for any age. (Originally published by Murphet, 1944. This is the Angus & Robertson special-gift edition.). ISBN: 0207134162. Our Book No: 25332A. $85 AUD.
103. Mars; Bonvoisin, Maurice (true name) (1892). Sable & Galet: Plages Normandes et Plages du Nord: de Cherbourg a Rosendael - Dunkerque. Paris: Librarie Plon. 72 pp. Hardback folio (32.0 x 25.5 cm), good condition, pictorial green cloth cover, colour & black & white drawings (some full-page), pages lightly toned, corners & spine ends bumped & worn, minor foxing, edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (Estimated date, Worldcat.) Title in English: "Sand & Pebble (Normandy Beaches and Northern Beaches)". Drawings and humorous text on one side of page only. Fabulous drawings & cartoons (lithographs) of French beach scenes. By Maurice Bonvoisin (1849 - 1912), under the pseudonym Mars. Our Book No: 15673. $100 AUD.
104. Mavromatis, Andreas (1991). Hypnagogia: The Unique State of Consciousness Between Wakefulness and Sleep. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP). 360 pp. Hardback thick, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, owner's rubber stamp. Heavy. The only English-language book dealing with the hypnagogic state - the state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep. References to these strange experiences date back to the time of Aristotle. The Cypriot-American psychologist and philosopher argues that this state carries important evolutionary influences, as well as providing fundamental knowledge about consciousness and health. He analyses the relationship of hypnagogia to other states of consciousness, including daydreams, meditative states, drug-induced states, and epileptic states. (Rubber stamp of the library of Australian psychologist and parapsychologist Harvey J. Irwin.). ISBN: 0415057949. Our Book No: 13520. $80 AUD.
105. Maybank, Thomas (1937). Mirth by Maybank for Young and Old Alike (1st ed). London: Ward Lock & Co., Limited. Unnum 48 pp. Hardback large oblong folio (24.0 x 37.0 cm), good plus condition, red cloth spine & paper-covered board cover (little scuffed, edges worn), full-page black & white drawings, endpapers creased, few edge tears & edge pieces missing (repaired), few small stains, few pages lightly to moderately foxed, edgewear. A scarce and delightful large-format classic humorous children's picture story book. Our Book No: 14900. $280 AUD.
106. McConnel, Ursula (1957). Myths of the Munkan [Mungkan]. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP). 173 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in fair plus dustjacket), black & white photos & drawings, illustrated endpapers, maps, edge piece missing top spine (flap unclipped, marked & scuffed, edgewear, reverse side toned), cloth spine faintly faded, pages faintly toned, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Aboriginal stories from Cape York Peninsula. The author spent time among the Munkan people and gained much understanding of these very clever and gifted people. Our Book No: 22984. $140 AUD.
107. McDonald, John (1992). Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the 70s and 80s. Sydney, Roseville: Craftsman House. 168 pp. Hardback large square quarto, dustjacket (flaps all sides), very good condition (in very good dustjacket), full-page colour photos (paintings), black & white text-photos (including full-page frontispiece), minor edgewear (mostly bottom edge). Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A celebration of one of Australia's best known contemporary artists, by the art critic from the Sydney Morning Herald. The haunting and stark quality of his images have been described as surrealist, hyperrealist, a commentary on modern alienation, and as "Orwellian statements". Looking closely at the implications of two epithets that are often applied to Smart - his classicism and his taste for the absurd - sheds some new light on this wilfully mysterious artist. For each of Smart's paintings, one might adapt Sartre's description of Camus's novel, The Outsider: " a classical work, an orderly work, composed about the absurd and against the absurd". ISBN: 9768097019. Our Book No: 14265. $220 AUD.
108. McLean, Ken (1984). Tesio: Master of Matings (Introducing a New Method of Breeding the Thoroughbred Racehorse Based on a Study of Frederico Tesio's Techniques). Sydney: Horwitz Grahame. 164 pp. Hardback large quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, charts, minimal foxing endpapers & edges, minor edgewear, minor musty odour, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. An indispensable guide to the planning of thoroughbred racehorse matings, based on the methods of northern Italian breeder Frederico Tesio. Includes chapters on the pedigrees of famous horses such as Ribot and Nearco. ISBN: 0725518065. Our Book No: 12877. $150 AUD.
109. McLean, Ron (editor) (2006). The Way We Were: Sesquicentenary of Gunnedah 1856 - 2006. Gunnedah, NSW: Gunnedah and District Historical Society. 304 pp. Hardback folio, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, pictorial cover, black & white text-photos, copy 1. Heavy (1.2 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A history of the Gunnedah district in northern New South Wales (Australia). ISBN: 0646464124. Our Book No: 12728. $120 AUD.
110. McLean, Ron (editor) (2006). The Way We Were: Sesquicentenary of Gunnedah 1856 - 2006. Gunnedah, NSW: Gunnedah and District Historical Society. 304 pp. Hardback folio, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, pictorial cover, black & white text-photos, copy 2. Heavy (1.2 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. A history of the Gunnedah district in northern New South Wales (Australia). ISBN: 0646464124. Our Book No: 12728A. $120 AUD.
111. Melba, Nellie (1914). Melba Patriotic Concert: Exhibition Building, Adelaide, 21st November, 1914 (Souvenir). City Not Stated: Publisher Not Stated / H.C.C. Print (Printer). 8 pp. Paperback small folio, very good condition, card cover (overlaps page edges), colour title page, single-colour borders, inside covers toned, staples rusted, minor edge tears, minor edgewear. A scarce patriotic playbill during World War 1 (WW1). The title page lists artists who have generously given their services: Madame Melba, Miss Doris Madden, Mr John Lemmone, Mr Fred C. Collier, Mr W. Burrell and the Adelaide Choral Society. Contains a programme guide, including the complete words of three popular songs: "God Save the King" (National Anthem), "The Old Hundreth", and "The Empire Flag". Our Book No: 16957. $120 AUD.
112. Meredith, Mrs Charles [Louisa Anne]; Barrow, John (1844). Notes and Sketches of New South Wales During a Residence in That Colony From 1839 to 1844 [with] The Life, Voyages, and Exploits of Sir Francis Drake with Numerous Original Letters From Him and the Lord High Admiral to the Queen and Great Officers of State (2 volumes in 1) (1st combined ed) [Murray's Colonial & Home Library]. London: John Murray. 164 +187 pp. Hardback small (18.4 x 13.0 cm), no jacket, very good condition, original red embossed cloth cover (rebacked, gilt spine lettering), edges & pages lightly toned, trace of foxing, minor edgewear, bookseller's sticker, bookplate. The first book is one the most penetrating and controversial descriptions of life in early Australia from a woman's viewpoint (when she was living at Homebush Bay, western Sydney). The second book is the second edition abridged story of Sir Francis Drake's life, voyages, and exploits. Publishers catalogue (Home and Colonial Library, 16p.) at rear. Our Book No: 21791. $120 AUD.
113. Mikkelsen, Capt. Ejnar (1913). Lost in the Arctic: Being the Story of the 'Alabama' Expedition, 1909 - 1912 (1st ed). London: William Heinemann. 400 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, original green cloth cover (silver picture & lettering front cover), black & white photos, foldout colour map at rear (lightly foxed), endpapers toned, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear. Heavy (1.5 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. The author lead an expedition to northwest Greenland where an earlier Danish expedition by Mylius-Erichsen and Hagenhad (1906 - 1908) had mapped and explored the area, but resulted in loss of three lives as well as their diaries and journals. The author recovered these and describes the northwest (Arctic) coast of Greenland in detail during an extraordinary three-year journey. Our Book No: 15825. $200 AUD.
114. Mitchell, Roger H. (1986). Kimberlites: Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology. New York: Plenum Press. 442 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, figures, tables, minor edgewear, owner's written name. ISBN: 0306421739. Our Book No: 15043. $150 AUD.
115. Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone (1965). Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, with Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South Wales (2 volumes) (Facsimile ed) [Australiana Facsimile Editions, no. 18]. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). 347 + 384 pp. Each volume: Hardback octavo, very good condition, green leatherette covers, gilt title spine, no jacket as issued, black & white sketches (including frontispiece), few colour sketches (v2 only), colour fold-out map at rear, edges lightly toned, top corners covers little bumped, owner's rubber stamp. Heavy (1.6 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. This two-volume account of Eastern Australia was originally published in London by T. & W. Boone 1839. It was written by Thomas Mitchell, and describes his expeditions and discoveries into the interior of eastern Australia. Our Book No: 28618. $100 AUD.
116. Moresby, Captn John (1876). New Guinea & Polynesia: Discoveries & Surveys in New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands: A Cruise in Polynesia and Visits to the Pearl-Shelling Stations in Torres Straits of H. M. S Basilisk. London: John Murray. 327 + 32 pp. Hardback thick octavo, no jacket as issued, re-backed, very good condition, original dark blue cloth cover (gilt vignettes & lettering), black & white frontispiece engraving, map, foldout map at rear (small tear), black endpapers (faded slong edges), scratched rear board cover bottom edge near spine, front endpapers foxed, edges toned, edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. First edition. An important historical work describing Captain (later admiral) Moresby's journey in H.M.S. Basilisk along the unexplored coast of New Guinea. He accurately charted and surveyed the area, discovering Port Moresby harbour, now the capital of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and named after him. His reports also included China Strait and Milne Bay, and led to the annexation of British New Guinea. Publishers catalogue at rear. Our Book No: 16799. $460 AUD.
117. Mudher, Amritpal (editor); Newman, Tracey A. (editor) (2008). Drosophila: A Toolbox for the Study of Neurodegenerative Disease [SEB Experimental Biology Series]. Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor & Francis. 220 pp. Hardback octavo, black pictorial cover, as new condition, figures, tables. An overview of the ways in which Drosophila is currently being used as a model organism to further our understanding of a spectrum of human neurological diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and hereditary spastic paraplegia. Each chapter is written by respected researchers and gives an excellent account of the subject suitable for postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers. ISBN: 9780415411851. Our Book No: 13617. $150 AUD.
118. Mumey, Nolie (1930). A Study of Rare Books: With Special Reference to Colophones, Press Devices and Title Pages of Interest to the Bibliophile and the Student of Literature. Denver, CO: Clasen Publishing Company. 572 pp. Hardback thick quarto, no jacket as issued, original tan quarter-bound cloth with board covers, title label front cover & spine (defective), very good condition, black & white drawings (some full-page), page edges untrimmed, top edge tinted red, front inner hinge little split (pages firm), front cover scratched, front endpapers & edges lightly toned, moderate edgewear notably corners, internally excellent, autograph. Very heavy (2.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (No 822 of a limited edition of 1000 autographed copies.) Contains three major sections: History of Books, Printers, Colophons; Press Devices; and Aids to Identification of Rare Books. Includes: early printed books, horn books, incunabula, early English Bibles, medical books, English literature, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, identification of modern American first editions, printer's mottoes, Latinized place-names. Mumey is noted for producing fine limited edition books. Our Book No: 14719. $180 AUD.
119. Murray-Smith, Stephen; Groves, Derham (preface) & McLaren, John (epilogue) (2001). The Most Famous of Englishmen: An Exclusive Englishmen. Melbourne, Carlton North: Black Jack Books. 17 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, card cover, colour plates tipped in (includes frontispiece), black & white text-photo, autograph (written dedication). No 6 of a limited edition of 130 copies. Autograph states: "For Elizabeth Paton, Sherlockian wishes, Derham Groves". An unpublished essay by Stephen Murray-Smith (editor of "Overland"), found amongst his papers after his death, about his visit in 1951 to the Sherlock Holmes exhibition at Abbey House, Baker Street, London. Two tipped-in colour linocuts are autographed beneath by Groves. Four written names final page (includes John Mclaren, Vane Lindesay, D. Groves.) A unique item. Our Book No: 15958. $100 AUD.
120. Napier, Francis; Keddie, Mr. W. (notes) (1876). Notes of a Voyage from New South Wales to the North Coast of Australia, from the Journal of the Late Francis Napier (1st ed). [Glasgow]: [James R. Napier]. 96 pp. Hardback small (19.0 x 13.0 cm), no jacket as issued, very good condition, original blue cover (gilt vignette, border & spine lettering, little faded), black endpapers, full-page black & white plates, frontispiece portrait (tissue guard), errata page, maps (including foldouts at rear, creased at folds), minor foxing (mainly plates & maps & page edges), edges & pages faintly toned, bottom edge little bumped, some edgewear, two small bookshop stickers. (Estimated date, 1876, Trove catalogue.) In 1867 Francis Napier joined the South Australian Government expedition under Captain Francis Cadell to the north coast of the state (now the Northern Territory) searching for suitable sites for a capital and agricultural settlement. He examined the Liverpool River, went up the Roper River in a small steamer and visited Port Darwin, Anson Bay and the Victoria River. Cadell's report, published in the South Australian Parliamentary Papers for 1867, was criticised at the time. Thus, the Napier 'Notes' are the only public account of the expedition, and are an important document of the early contact and charting of the region. Compiled from the Napier journal by his family, and privately printed in Glasgow following his death in 1875. The plates, drawn with lithographic crayon, are by a brother of Napier, and are signed 'JMN'. (Ferguson 13058. Scarce. Small bookshop stickers: A. H. Spencer Hill of Content, Berkelouw Bookdealers. All five maps present: 1 internal page, and 4 as foldouts. All 8 lithographic plates present, as listed on contents page.). Our Book No: 16838. $850 AUD.
121. O'Brien, Darren (2011). The Pinnacle of Hatred: The Blood Libel and the Jews. Jerusalem: Hebrew University Magnes Press / Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism. 468 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good plus condition, few drawings, minor edgewear, large bookshop sticker rear cover. A comprehensive history of the blood libel allegation against the Jews. Deftly insinuated and finely honed in medieval Christianity, the charge that Jews murder children and others in order to use their blood for ritual purposes was elaborated further by 19th-century anti-Semitic jurists, and widely promoted in the anti-Jewish campaigns of the Nazi Party in the Third Reich. A myth that will not die, the charge continues to be made by neo-Nazis and radical Muslim preachers. Drawing on primary sources and documents not previously available in English, takes a radical new approach in understanding the historical origins and longevity of the blood libel allegation and its tributaries. ISBN: 9789654934770. Our Book No: 16886. $100 AUD.
122. Odd, Bill (1981). Hastings Heritage. Port Macquarie, NSW: Sunset Gallery. 221 pp. Hardback large folio (37.6 x 29.0 cm), brown full leather cover (gilt lettering front & spine, raised bands on spine), very good plus condition, black & white drawings, few minor dents edges cover. Very heavy (3.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (No 37 of a limited edition of 300 copies, autographed by the artist.) Volume 1 on spine (only volume). A book of drawings by Bill Odd of the Hastings River area on the mid-north coast of New South Wales (NSW). Consists of single-page drawings, with explanatory text on the facing page. Our Book No: 14062A. $200 AUD.
123. Opper, F. [Frederick Burr] (1903). Our Antediluvian Ancestors (1st UK ed). London: C. Arthur Pearson. Unnum 204 pp. Hardback large quarto (29 x 22.6 cm), red cloth cover with gilt text & decoration (lightly soiled, tight binding), very good condition, top edge gilt, frontispiece & full-page black & white cartoons (plates), front free flyleaf and one page creased, free flyleaves toned, free flyleaves & pastedowns slightly foxed, extensive pencil drawing on rear free flyleaf, minor edgewear. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Each cartoon has a verbal caption on the facing page, and a pair of blank pages lies between each cartoon. A selection of cartoons by the pioneer American cartoonist and illustrator. The cartoons are taken from a comic strip, The Antediluvian Ancestors, in the New York Journal (a William Randolph Hearst newspaper) from 1901. The characters in the cartoons portray prehistoric behaviour - as if such human behaviour has not changed even today. Our Book No: 12471. $100 AUD.
124. Orr, Stewart; Brymer, John (1909). Gammon and Spinach. London, Glasgow & Dublin: Blackie & Son. 104 pp. Hardback oblong quarto, good condition, red cloth spine, pictorial board cover (soiled, considerable edgewear, rear cover very scuffed), grey endpapers, full-page colour drawings, first few & last few pages foxed (otherwise minimal internally), small edge tears, scuffing few pages, written & dated dedication. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (Estimated date, 1909, written dedication.) A scarce collectible children's picture book, verses by John Brymer, drawings by Stewart Orr. Consists of a series of vignettes (4-line verse) with colour picture on facing page, separated from the next pair by two blank pages. Our Book No: 16431. $200 AUD.
125. Palmer, A. H. (1892). The Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer, Painter and Etcher: Written and Edited by A. H. Palmer (1st ed). London: Seeley & Co. Limited. 424 pp. Hardback large octavo, rebound half-leather (black spine label with gilt lettering, ornate gilt bands spine ends), speckled board covers & new endpapers, very good condition, red lettering title page, black & white etchings (including frontispiece portrait, original etching MISSING), edges untrimmed, minor light toning & foxing. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. First edition. Compiled by his son, Alfred Palmer. Samuel Palmer (1805 - 1881) was an English landscape painter, etcher, printmaker and prolific writer. He was a key figure of English Romanticism, and produced visionary pastoral paintings, under the influence of William Blake. In 1909, Alfred burned a great number of his fathers' notes and sketchbooks so this volume has become a vital source for Palmer's life. Includes catalogue of exhibited works at rear (20p) + publisher adverts (2p). Original sketch (The Willow) MISSING, otherwise 23 engravings spread over 19 pages. Our Book No: 14006. $300 AUD.
126. Parker, Mary Ann; Fry, Gavin (commentary) (1991). A Voyage Round the World, in the Gorgon Man of War: Captain John Parker, Performed and Written by his Widow; For the Advantage of a Numerous Family (Facsimile ed) [Australian Maritime Series]. Sydney: Hordern House / Australian National Maritime Museum. 181 pp. Hardback octavo, quarter-bound, hand-bound maroon Scottish calf with gilt bands & title on spine & marbled paper boards, very good plus condition, black & white drawings (commentary section & frontispiece). (Originally published in 1795, this facsimile is a limited edition of 675 copies. The text is 149 pages, plus a preliminary unnumbered 32-page commentary by Gavin Fry, Australian National Maritime Museum. Dedicated to Caroline, Princess of Wales.) This is the first account by a woman of the hazardous voyage from England to the penal colony at Sydney Cove (in 1791) and her return to England. Her husband was the captain of the ship Gorgon. On the outwards leg they carried convicts, plus Major Grose, Captain Watkin Tench and others of the New South Wales Corps. On the return leg, they carried many plant and animal specimens (Sir Joseph Banks was a subscriber), the convict escaper Mary Bryant, and the Bounty mutineers. ISBN: 187556702X. Our Book No: 12621. $120 AUD.
127. Partrige, Sydney; [Partridge, Sydney]; Murray, E. H. (illustrator) (1907). Rocky Section: An Australian Romance. Brisbane: Steele Rudd & Co. Ltd / Powell & Co. (Printers). 188 pp. Hardback octavo, very good condition, pictorial tan cloth cover (lightly marked), black & white plates (including frontispiece), new endpapers, pages lightly toned (notably last page), minor edgewear, rubber bookshop stamp title page. An historical romance set in rural Australia. This novel originally appeared as a serial in "Steele Rudd's Magazine". The author's name is also Sydney Partridge in some other novels, and is a pseudonym for Kate Margaret Partridge (1871 - 1953), who wrote novels jointly with another writer. Contains all four plates (rarely found). Review: "This is an Australian love story pure and simple. A young Queenslander falls in love with a fascinating girl from town but is jilted in favour of a titled man with money. He becomes a misogynist of the deepest dye, and buries himself in a veritable wilderness called Rocky Section � miles from anywhere. One day he discovers a girl near his place who has evidently lost her way and fainted from sheer exhaustion. He takes her to his hut and revives her, only to find that she has lost her memory and cannot tell where she comes from. He hates women with a bitter hatred, but is on the horns of a dilemma. What happens? "The way out" is most interesting, but you must read it for yourself." Our Book No: 16426. $150 AUD.
128. Peace, Justice of (1804). The Justice of Peace's Guide, Being a Collection of Precedents, Relating to the Office of Justice of Peace (10th ed). Dublin: Peter Hoey (Printer). 200 + [14] pp. Hardback very small (17.0 x 10.4 cm), brown full calf leather cover with raised bands & title label on spine (spotted, with some loss from spine at top edge & sides), fair - good condition, corner several pages creased, foxing almost entirely absent (but some smudges & creasing during printing). (Tenth edition, published in Dublin, 1804.) A rare Irish legal book in need of sympathetic rebinding. Includes table of contents (14p) at rear. Our Book No: 12626. $130 AUD.
129. Peron, M. F. (1975). A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere, Performed By Order of the Emperor Napoleon, During the Years 1801, 1802, 1803 and 1804 (Facsimile ed). Melbourne, North Melbourne: Marsh Walsh Publishing. 314 pp. Hardback small octavo, in cardboard slipcase, very good condition, brown leather covers with raised spine bands, embossed decoration covers, black vignette with gilt title on spine, extra leather title label inside rear pocket, two foldout black & white plates (includes frontispiece, minor tear), light foxing edges, pages lightly toned. Slipcase: good condition, lightly foxed, spine creased, spine ends little scuffed & worn, tiny scuff spine edge, small tear & minor edgewear. This edition is limited to 350 numbered copies of which this is no. 14. This is the first volume of the official historical account of the Baudin expedition prepared for the press by M. F. Peron, one of the naturalists appointed for the expedition. Reproduced from the original copy held by Mr H. Rollo Hamment, of Melbourne. ISBN: 0909342040. Our Book No: 28768. $230 AUD.
130. Praeger, S. Rosamond (S. R.) (1903). How They Went to School. London, Glasgow & Dublin: Blackie & Son. Unnum 104 pp. Hardback oblong quarto, very good condition, red cloth pictorial cover (rebacked, minimally flecked), full-page colour drawings, french-fold pages (fore-edge uncut, blank pages in between), rear page torn & repaired, minor foxing & marks edges, minor edgewear. First edition. A scarce early Blackie children's picture story (professionably repaired). Kitty and Hal didn't mean to be late for school, but so many distractions happened on the way. This is the scarce printing of the first edition possessing a red cloth cover (most known copies have a tan cover). Delightful colour woodcut drawings, with text on the facing page. Prager was an Irish illustrator and sculptor. Our Book No: 17005. $200 AUD.
131. Preston, Margaret; Butler, Roger; Gillespie, Janie (with);Thorne, Judith (with), & Vine, Margaret (with) (1987). The Prints of Margaret Preston: A Catalogue Raisonne. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia (NGA) / Oxford University Press (OUP). 337 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, colour & black & white text-photos, frontispiece, covers little rubbed, crease in spine, tiny scuff top edge rear cover, few spots rubbed rear cover, minor edgewear, some biro annotation flyleaf. Heavy (1.5 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. This comprehensive catalogue by Roger Butler, Curator of Australian Prints at the Australian National Gallery, illustrates and documents Margaret Preston's life-work as a printmaker, from her early etchings, c. 1916, to her last woodblock prints of the late 1950s. During this 40-year period, Margaret produced over 400 prints, including woodblock prints, screenprints, stencils and monotypes, which reflect not only the inventiveness and energy of this prolific artist, but also her continual striving to create a national art which was relevant to her time. This book has 237 colour plates and 136 black and white illustrations. This is the first time that Margaret Preston's printed oeuvre has been catalogued in its entirety. Loosely inserted: Travelling exhibition brochure, quarto, one folded sheet (6p.), colour & black & white illustrations, somewhat foxed. ISBN: 0195548655. Our Book No: 27760. $100 AUD.
132. Preston, Margaret; Edwards, Deborah; Peel, Rose & Mimmocchi, Denise (with) (2005). Margaret Preston (1st ed). Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales. 300 pp. Hardback wide quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour & black & white text-photos (paintings), few black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, CD-ROM in pocket inside rear cover. Very heavy (2.10 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. First edition. This richly illustrated monograph, complete with CD-ROM catalogue raisonne of paintings, monotypes and ceramics, is unrivalled in its scope, and is the first publication to look in detail at the life and art of this extraordinary artist from the mid-1890s in Adelaide to her death in Sydney in 1963. This catalogue was published in association with the exhibition "Margaret Preston: Art and Life", held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2005, and three other Australian venues. Curated by Edwards et al. ISBN: 0734763735. Our Book No: 16089A. $240 AUD.
133. Publishing Company, Commercial (1903). Old Times: Volume 1, no 1 to Volume 1, no 3 [3 issues]. Sydney: Commercial Publishing Company. 235 pp. Each issue: Hardback large quarto, paper-covered boards (dark green cloth spine), very good condition, black & white text-photos, adverts, hinge little split (pages firm), edgewear. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. We offer the first 3 (of 4 published) issues of this Australian historical magazine, in the scarce hardback format. Consecutively numbered pages. "A unique illustrated history of the early days, dealing with every phase of life from the arrival of Governor Phillip, with many reminiscences of old colonists living and dead" - Caption from Vol. 1, no. 2 (May 1903). Our Book No: 15214A. $100 AUD.
134. Reid, T. (Thomas) (1934). Where White and Brown Meet. London: Trefoil Publishing Company. 328 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), cloth cover spine faded (lightly flecked), foxing prelim pages & fore-edge, edges toned, pages lightly toned, small edge & spine tears jacket (about 20% spine MISSING mainly top edge), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. (Estimated date, 1934, Trove catalogue.) Novel of inter-racial relationships, considered bold for the time. From the blurb: "On an Eastern liner, meet three white men, and two white girls married to a Sinhalese and Tamil respectively. Amid the clash of race in lovely Ceylon occur adventures of mind and body. The tragic, the ludicrous, realism and imagination, beauty and squalor, life as it is in the East emerge in a candid book that once read will not be forgotten". Our Book No: 18020. $80 AUD.
135. Riddell, Peter G. (editor); Street, Tony (editor) (1997). Islam: Essays on Scripture, Thought and Society: A Festschrift in Honour of Anthony H. Johns [Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science]. Leiden: Brill. 361 pp. Hardback dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket). Heavy. Based on papers delivered at a symposium ("Transmissions of Islam") held at the Australian National University, Canberra, in 1993, upon the retirement of Professor Johns, who studied Islam in southeast Asia, and the transmission of Islam to and from the Middle East. Johns showed that transmission of theological interpretation, etc., to the Middle East was important and often overlooked. ISBN: 9004106928. Our Book No: 13222. $80 AUD.
136. Rietstap, J. B.; Rietmann, O. & Kelly, William (1867). Australie: De Jongste Zee-en Landreizen in dat Werelddeel, aan het Volk Verhaald. Leiden: Van den Heuvell & Van Santen. 274 pp. Hardback large octavo, very good condition, green cloth cover (gilt & black embosssed cover & spine), colour frontispiece, edges faintly foxed, minor edgewear & bumping corners, top spine little frayed, prize bookplate. (Estimated date, 1867, Ferguson 14922. Trove catalogue, 1870s.) A rare Dutch translation by Johannes Baptist Rietstap (1828 - 1891) of two books about travel to Australia and the south west Pacific islands in the 1850s. The first book is "Wanderungen in Australien und Polynesien" (in German language), by O. Rietmann. The second book is "Life in Victoria, or Victoria in 1853, and Victoria in 1858", by William Kelly. Frontispiece is chromolithograph of Sydney. Bookplate is prize awarded at Institution de Glimes, Anvers (dated 1876). Our Book No: 15603. $400 AUD.
137. Robert, Nicholas (1976). Diverses Fleurs Dessinees et Gravees d'Apres le Naturel par N. Robert (Facsimile ed). London: Scolar Press. Unnum pp. Hardback small folio (31.0 x 21.5 cm), no jacket as issued, very good condition, brown cloth cover (gilt spine lettering & logo front cover), sepia (brown-tinted) engravings including title page (tissue guard, few doubled), marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, minor edgewear. (No 320 of a limited edition of 500 copies.) Facsimile on handmade paper of the original edition of 1660. Contains 31 numbered full-page illustrations (including title page). Nicholas Robert started as a painter of ornamental flower pictures, but his work became more botanical after he was hired by the Duke of Orleans to draw the rare and exotic plants and animals in the Duke's gardens. The Scottish botanist Robert Morison, director of the gardens, is believed to have encouraged Robert to take a more scientific approach to his subject. ISBN: 0859672468. Our Book No: 16676. $100 AUD.
138. Rock, N. M. S.; Bowes, D. R. (contributor) & Wright, A. E. (contributor) (1991). Lamprophyres. Glasgow / New York: Blackie / Van Nostrand Reinhold. 285 pp. Hardback dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), figures, minor edge tears jacket, bumped section mid-spine (small tear jacket spine repaired), owner's written name. Lamprophyres are a group of alkali-rich igneous rocks that occur in a wide variety of geological settings worldwide. They are minor intrusions, and are associated with major periods of magmatism. Lamprophyres are known to originate from great depths and to be very rich in fluids, and they have recently been shown to contain minerals such as gold and diamond (similar to kimberlites). This book provides a comprehensive overview of lamprophyres, and discusses the distribution, occurrence and types of lamprophyre, together with associated rock types and their growing importance in economic geology. The book is written for geologists, geochemists and petrologists, but will be of considerable interest to economic geologists and those involved in research and exploitation of strategic mineral resources (From library of geologist Eric Middlemost.). ISBN: 0442303963. Our Book No: 15042. $200 AUD.
139. Roe, Jill (1986). Beyond Belief: Theosophy in Australia 1879 - 1939 [Modern History Series]. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press (UNSW Press). 396 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, black & white text-photos (including frontispiece portrait), tables, spine faintly creased, edges lightly marked, minor edgewear & marking. Absorbing and fascinating, abounding with characters larger than life, this book traces the history of Theosophy in Australia from the 1870s through its heyday in the 1920s (when it became increasingly pre-occupied with the coming World Teacher) to its relatively sharp decline into decent obscurity in the late 1930s. By senior lecturer in modern history, Macquarie University. ISBN: 0868400424. Our Book No: 10767. $100 AUD.
140. Rountree, Kathryn (2010). Crafting Contemporary Pagan Identities in a Catholic Society (1st ed) [Vitality of Indigenous Religions]. Surrey: Ashgate Publishing. 194 pp. Hardback dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket. This book looks at the intersections of religious and cultural identity, global and local, paganism and Christianity, with insights grounded in rich ethnographic detail based on long-term fieldwork. The author gives invaluable comparisons with other studies of modern pagans and their various worlds. ISBN: 9780754669739. Our Book No: 28244. $80 AUD.
141. Rowan, Archibald Hamilton; Drummond, William H. (editor) & McDowell, R. B. (introduction) (1973). The Autobiography of Archibald Hamilton Rowan (Facsimile ed). Shannon, Ireland: Irish University Press. 475 pp. Hardback dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), foldout chart, pages clean & tight, jacket 90% complete (edge pieces missing bottom edge, edgewear, creased), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Facsimile edition. This memoir of the Anglo-Irishman, a staunch defender of Ireland - and who participated in the 1798 rebellion - was originally published in 1840 (this facsimile edition, copyright 1972). It was written in exile in the young United States republic, and was posthumously edited by Drummond. It is a lively, personal narrative which reveals the serious but frivolous life of a political Irishman of property in the 18th and early 19th centuries. ISBN: 0716500116. Our Book No: 21901. $80 AUD.
142. Roy, Mme; Perron, J. (1909). Les Explorations Géographiques au XIXe Siècle. Paris: Societe d'Edition et de Publications. 256 pp. Hardback large quarto, no jacket, very good condition, quarto-bound, leather spine (raised bands, gilt lettering), marbled boards & endpapers, drawings, maps, spine ends chipped (edges worn), pages toned, string bookmark, dated bookplate (school prize certificate). Heavy (1.5 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (Estimated date, 1909, bookplate.) Title in English: "Geographic explorations of the 19th century". A worthy worldwide survey of exploration, written in the French language. Our Book No: 16808. $100 AUD.
143. Rusden, G. W. (George William) (1985). Discovery, Survey and Settlement of Port Phillip (2 volumes) [Victoriana collection]. [Melbourne]: Queensberry Hill Press. 85 + 67 pp. Two volumes, lacking slipcase. Each volume: Hardback octavo, full brown leather cover (boards gilt stamped), spine ribbed (gilt lettering), very good plus condition, brown endpapers, folding black & white map at rear. (Copy 131 of limited edition of 155 copies.) This facsimile edition has been reset from the one-volume edition (Williams & Norgate, London, 1872). An early history of the Port Phillip locality, being the site of the future city of Melbourne, Victoria. ISBN: 0909174369. Our Book No: 12790. $80 AUD.
144. Sabates, illustrator (1965). Percy Pig's Glasses. London: Sandle's. Unnum 8 pp. Paperback quarto, good plus condition, card cover, stapled (rusted), colour drawings, faint tide marks & toning inside covers (previous water contact now dry), pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. (Estimated date, 1960s, similar item by illustrator in British Library catalogue.) A scarce children's picture story, not listed in British Library online catalogue. Our Book No: 7077. $80 AUD.
145. Savage, Richard; Jones, Peter (illustrator) (1997). The Bastard, a Poem, by Richard Savage, Son of the Late Earl Rivers: Inscribed to Mrs. Bret, Once Countess of Macclesfield (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Savage Club of Melbourne / Littlewood Press. Unnum 20 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good plus condition, black card cover (with flaps & string binding), title label front cover. (Copy 60 of a limited edition of 100 copies.) With two autographed etchings, by the publisher and the artist. printed on goatskin parchment. Reprint of a poem originally published by S. Harding, 1728. Published to mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of Richard Savage and the 140th anniversary of the foundation of The Savage Club, London. English poet Richard Savage (1697 - 1743) is best known as the subject of Samuel Johnson's "Life of Savage". The Savage Club in London is presumably named after him. ISBN: 0471304719. Our Book No: 16671. $120 AUD.
146. Schumaker, John F. (editor) (1991). Human Suggestibility: Advances in Theory, Research, and Application. London: Routledge. 372 pp. Hardback dustjacket, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), edgewear & edge tears jacket, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Heavy. CONTENTS. Suggestibility and suggestions as related to hypnosis / Ernest R. Hilgard. The psychology of suggestion : an integrative perspective / Vladimir A. Gheorghiu and Peter Kruse. Is suggestibility? / H.J. Eysenck. Suggestibility, absorption, and dissociation : an integrative model of hypnosis / Etzel Cardeña and David Spiegel. The adaptive value of suggestibility and dissociation / John F. Schumaker. Suggestibility : a social psychological approach / Graham F. Wagstaff. Suggestibility : a reversal theory perspective / Michael J. Apter. Religious experiences, altered states of consciousness, and suggestibility : cross-cultural and historical perspectives / Colleen Ward and Simon Kemp. Self-perception and self-deception : the role of attention in suggestibility processes / Frederick X. Gibbons and Sue Boney McCoy. Fantasy proneness, hypnotizability, and multiple personality disorder / Judith W. Rhue and Steven Jay Lynn. Hypnotizability, suggestibility, and psychopathology : an overview of research / Gary Groth-Marnat. How suggestion plays tricks with memory / Kelly Toland, Hunter Hoffman, and Elizabeth Loftus. Suggestion, placebo, and expectation : immune effects and other bodily change / John D. Shea. The application of interrogative suggestibility to police interviewing / Gisli H. Gudjonsson. Monoideistic disorders and the process of suggestion : anorexia nervosa as a paradigm / Mordecai Kaffman. Suggestibility, irrational beliefs, and emotional disturbance / Albert Ellis. Suggestion in education / Annette Shuck. Advertising and hypnotic suggestion : the construct of advertising suggestion / Stephen J. Gould. ISBN: 0415902150. Our Book No: 13594. $80 AUD.
147. Schwartz, Stephan A. (editor); Fahrion, Stephen L. (editor) (1990). Subtle Energies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Energetic and Informational Interactions (11 issues). Golden, CO: ISSSEEM: International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine. na pp. Each issue: Booklet, square octavo format, figures, tables, 96 - 110 pages. Very good plus condition (volume 1-2 has rear cover creased). Very heavy (2.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Consists of volume 1(1-2) (1990), 2(1-3) (1991), 3(1-3) (1992), 4(1-3) (1993). Publishes research about systems and energies that interact with human psyche and physiology, either enhancing or perturbing healthy homeostasis. Our Book No: 12394. $95 AUD.
148. Scoresby, Rev. William; Smith, Archibald (editor) (1859). Journal of a Voyage to Australia and Round the World, for Magnetical Research (1st ed). London: Longman, Green Longman, & Roberts. 96 + 315 + 24 pp. Hardback large octavo, no jacket as issued, good plus condition, original black embossed cloth cover (gilt spine lettering), colour plates, black & white engraving frontispiece portrait, tables, figures (some colour), foldout colour map loosely inserted (fragile, repaired, plus facsimile copy), new endpapers, few end pages edges repaired, errata slip tipped in, pages faintly toned (edges toned), minor edgewear. First edition. Pages 1 - 96: "Exposition of magnetical principles ... disturbance in iron ships". Followed by, pages 1 - 315: "Narrative of the voyage". Rev. Scoresby (1789 - 1857), the noted Arctic explorer, later became the first navigator to investigate the changes in magnetism in an iron ship as it sailed from the northern to southern hemisphere. He was appointed in 1855 to the Liverpool Compass Committee which investigated the deviation of the compass in wooden and iron ships in response to losses at sea caused by compass errors. In 1856 he and his his wife sailed on the maiden voyage of the "Royal Charter" to Australia and back, to make systematic observations on the magnetism of iron ships. He was awarded an honorary MA degree at Melbourne University during this visit. His pleasing results were published in 1859 after his death. (Ferguson 15510. Publisher's catalogue at rear. Includes facsimile of foldout map, loosely inserted.). Our Book No: 16813. $650 AUD.
149. Sheard, Lauri E.; Mountford, Charles P. (introduction) (1964). An Australian Youth Among Desert Aborigines: Journal of an Expedition Among the Aborigines of Central Australia. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). 320 pp. Hardback small quarto, very good plus condition, burgundy cloth cover, black & white photos (including frontispiece), foldout map inside rear cover, stencilled text, endpapers little toned (minor faint foxing). In 1940, Lauri Sheard accompanied Charles Mountford as his assistant on an Adelaide University Field Expedition to Ernabella, the Musgraves, Mann Ranges, Ayers Rock and Mt Olga. Sheard died shortly afterwards during the war. Reproduces Sheard's diary of his trip, which is held among the Mountford material in the State Library of South Australia. Our Book No: 16282. $150 AUD.
150. Sherwood, Patricia (2004). The Healing Art of Clay Therapy (1st ed). Melbourne, Camberwell: ACER Press. 120 pp. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, single-colour & white text-photos, top corner rear cover creased, light crease top edge rear cover, minor edgewear corners. This handbook has step-by-step guidelines for working with clay in a therapeutic context. Based on the author's work as a clay therapist, this book describes the therapeutic steps and documents them with photos. The clay images are white on a brown background. ISBN: 0864316917. Our Book No: 28556. $100 AUD.
151. Sikes, Bartholomew (1860). Sikes' Tables of the Concentrated Strength of Spirits, with Directions for the Use of His Hydrometer [etc] (Revised ed). City Not Stated: Publisher Not Stated. 143 + 7 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, good condition, embossed purple cloth boards, gilt title, edges little foxed, minor foxing pages, pages lightly toned, boards & edges little rubbed, light stain front pastedown, inner hinge little split (pages firm), page of calculations tipped-in front free endpaper, minor annotation rear flyleaf, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (acetate). Title continues: "Established throughout the United Kingdom for estimating the duties of spirituous liquors. By Act of Parliament, 58 Geo. III., cap. 28. To which is added, Tables of Specific Gravity adapted to the use of the hydrometer". This special book explains the use of a hydrometer to measure the concentrated strength of spirits. This book would be a wonderful addition to a collection of culinary books, or anyone interested in the history of making spirits. Tipped-in leaf contains thermometric calculations. Our Book No: 28856. $80 AUD.
152. Smeeton, George (1824). The Unique. London: George Smeeton, Old Bailey. Unnum pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, brown cloth cover (cloth little faded, spine label 80% complete), fair plus condition, black & white engravings & frontispiece (with tissue guards), tide marks bottom part of spine, tide marks bottom of first & last 20 pages near hinge (previous water contact now dry), edges untrimmed (few pages shortened), minor edgewear (mainly spine ends), minor foxing & toning, two bookplates front pastedown. Heavy. (Estimated date, 1824, Trove. Limited edition of 100 copies.) Collected edition, being 2 volumes in 1. Finely engraved plates on fine handmade paper. Biographical sketches of famous celebrities, mainly Britons, facing each engraving. Has a few Australian references: Ferguson 987A. (Bookplates of Guy Chapman [Savile Club, London] and G. & N. Ingleton.). Our Book No: 14553. $80 AUD.
153. Smith, Lieut-Col. Neil (1999). Nothing Short of War With the Australian Army in Borneo 1962 - 66 (1st stated ed). Victoria: Mostly Unsung Military History Research and Publications. 191 pp. Hardback dustjacket, very good plus condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos, maps, jacket lightly chipped (tiny piece missing base spine, rear cover & edges little rubbed) autograph (author's written & dated dedication title page). About the role of the Australian Army in Borneo in 1962. The Australian troops operated with distinction against Indonesian aggression in Borneo. Their achievements included about 100 successful and highly secret cross-border operations, which continued until a peace agreement was reached in August 1966. The author spent 24 years in the Australian regular Army including a tour of duty in South Vietnam with the 8th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. The book includes an appendix, which has a nominal roll. ISBN: 1876179074. Our Book No: 28869. $80 AUD.
154. Stevens, Henry N.; Barwick, George F. (translator) (1930). New Light on the Discovery of Australia: As Revealed by the Journal of Captain Don Diego de Prado Y Torvar (1st ed). London: Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles. 261+3 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, very good condition, maroon cloth cover (gilt decoration & lettering, minimal flecking), maps (including foldouts), two maps in rear pocket, page edges untrimmed, endpapers & edges lightly foxed, spine ends chipped, minor edgewear, owner's written name & date & address. First edition. This book is based on the discovery of a long lost manuscript 'Relacion' by Captain Prado y Torvar, who accompanied Pedro Fernandez de Quiros on his famous voyage of exploration to the South Seas in 1605 - 1606. One of the most important finds of original historical material in modern times. With annotated translations from the Spanish by George F. Barwick. Our Book No: 16662. $100 AUD.
155. Stitz, Charles (editor); Kirsop, Wallace (preface) (2010). Australian Book Collectors: Some Noted Australian Book Collectors & Collections of the Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries. Bendigo, VIC: Bread Street Press / Australian Book Auction Records. 322 pp. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, new condition (in new dustjacket), black & white text-photos, few colour plates. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (Limited edition of 500 copies.) The first authoritative textbook on Australian book collectors. The editor is a bookseller from Albury, NSW. Charts the lives and fascinating collecting careers of over 100 Australian bibliophiles during the first 200 years of Australia's history. Arranged alphabetically, and mostly written by Stitz. Interspersed with reprinted essays on some of the more famous book collectors. ISBN: 9780646533407. Our Book No: 14099. $120 AUD.
156. Stitz, Charles (editor); Kirsop, Wallace (preface) (2010). Australian Book Collectors: Some Noted Australian Book Collectors & Collections of the Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries. Bendigo, VIC: Bread Street Press / Australian Book Auction Records. 322 pp. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, new condition (in new dustjacket), black & white text-photos, few colour plates, copy 2. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (Limited edition of 500 copies.) The first authoritative textbook on Australian book collectors. The editor is a bookseller from Albury, NSW. Charts the lives and fascinating collecting careers of over 100 Australian bibliophiles during the first 200 years of Australia's history. Arranged alphabetically, and mostly written by Stitz. Interspersed with reprinted essays on some of the more famous book collectors. ISBN: 9780646533407. Our Book No: 14099A. $120 AUD.
157. Stott (1923). Stott & Hoare's Typewriting Manual: Touch Typewriting: Sections 1 & 2 (2 booklets). Sydney: Stott & Hoare's Business College. 32 + 42 pp. Each volume: Hardback small folio (30 x 21.3 cm), thick card cover (green cloth spine, little soiled), good condition, pages lightly toned, rubber stamps, edgewear. Volume 1: Front cover vertically torn (repaired), board exposed bottom corner front cover, owner's written name. Instruction booklets. Section 1 contains Lessons 1 - 52. Section 2 contains Lessons 51 - 69. Cover of both volumes has rubber stamp (over Stott & Hoare): "Chartres Business College amalgamated with". Loosely inserted: Remington Typewriter Keyboard Diagram (one sheet, edge tears repaired). Our Book No: 15015. $100 AUD.
158. Strelau, Jan (editor); Eysenck, Hans J. (editor) (1987). Personality Dimensions and Arousal [Perspectives on Individual Differences]. New York: Plenum Press. 325 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, blue & black cloth cover, very good plus condition, figures. Collected academic papers that attempt to explain the physiological (specifically neurological) underpinning of personality and individual differences. Main sections: Different perspectives on extraversion-introversion; studies of emotionality and psychoticism; Neo-Pavlovian concepts of temperament; Attempts at integration based on the arousability concept. ISBN: 0306424371. Our Book No: 15018. $80 AUD.
159. Stumpf, George (1800). An Essay on the Practical History of Sheep in Spain, and of the Spanish Sheep in Saxony, Anhalt Dessau &c. (1st English ed). Dublin: Dublin Society / Printer: Graisberry & Campbell. 277 pp. Hardback (21.2 x 13.5 cm), rebound heritage cover (patterned leatherette spine, marbled boards, gilt spine lettering & bands), new endpapers, very good condition, black & white drawings, minimal foxing edges. First English edition. A scarce agricultural book, mainly by Stumpf but including essays by other agriculturalists, about the history and features of the Spanish (merino) sheep - upon which Australia's stock was originally based. Apart from Spain, the book also covers Germany, Sweden and America. This is the English translation (slightly condensed) of a German-language book, originally published in Leipsick (Leipzig), 1785. Contains textual reproductions of nine plates at the rear (numbered III - IX, XXI - XXII). AE 226-301. Our Book No: 12603. $350 AUD.
160. Sturt, Charles (1983). An Expedition into the Northwestern Interior of New South Wales 1828 (Facsimile ed). Adelaide: Sullivan's Cove. 115 pp. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), map rear endpaper, minor edgewear. (Limited edition of 250 copies, this being No. 136. ISBN 0909442258 not printed in book.) Charles Sturt describes his expedition, commissioned by Governor Darling, to find the source of the Macquarie River in northwestern New South Wales (NSW). Our Book No: 13003. $140 AUD.
161. Sturt, Capt Charles (1965). Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia, Performed Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, During the Years 1844, 5 and 6, Together with a Notice of the Province of South Australia, in 1847 (3 vols) (Facsimile ed) [Australiana Facsimile Editions, no. 5]. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). 416 + 308 + 92 + maps pp. Each volume: Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, good plus condition, light tan leatherette cover (little marked), black & white engravings (including colour & frontispiece), maps, adverts at rear, edges lightly foxed, endpapers faintly toned, minor edgewear, owner's rubber stamp. Heavy (1.9 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Facsimile edition in two volumes, plus third volume of maps in slipcase (unstated limited edition, about 860 copies). Originally published in London in 1849 by T. and W. Boone. Volume 1 contains 11 adverts, coloured frontispiece, 1 folding map, 19 illustrations (3 in colour). Vol. 2 contains a 92-page appendix, 12 adverts, frontispiece, 11 illustrations (2 in colour). Volume 3 is a slipcase containing two large folding maps showing Sturt's route from Adelaide into central Australia. An important document of Australian interior exploration, including contacts with Aborigines, Cooper's Creek, and much pioneering geographical information. Our Book No: 16677. $120 AUD.
162. Swire, J. (1937). King Zog's Albania. New York: Liveright Publishing. 302 pp. Hardback octavo, jacket missing, very good condition, black & white plates (including frontispiece), minor flecking red-brown cloth cover, owner's written name & details. One of the first detailed foreign accounts of life in the rarely visited Balkan country of Albania. (American edition. This edition lacks the foldout map, unlike the Robert Hale edition.). Our Book No: 15517. $100 AUD.
163. Tattersfield, Nigel (1999). Bookplates by Beilby & Bewick: A Biographical Dictionary of Bookplates from the Workshop of Ralph Beilby, Thomas Bewick & Robert Bewick, 1760 - 1849. London: British Library and Oak Knoll Press. 352 pp. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), black & white drawings (engravings), frontispiece portrait. Heavy (1.2 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. The spare-time production by Thomas Bewick of his celebrated natural histories was supported by the vigorous activity of a general engraving business involving Bewick, his partner Ralph Beilby and numerous apprentices. The workshop's surviving records are unique in their diversity and quantity, revealing a vast range of work, from banknotes and inscriptions on silver, to the making of type punches and bottle moulds. These records have been used in the study of engraved silver, pottery transfers and the preparatory studies for Bewick's wood engravings. But this biographical dictionary of the several hundred bookplates engraved on copper and wood - executed and printed in the workshop over a period of 89 years - is the most extensive and thorough in its use of primary sources. Lively enthusiasm and careful scholarship have combined to produce a valuable and truly pioneering work on a subject hitherto clouded by speculation and optimistic attribution. Very fully illustrated, with over 300 examples reproduced, and its wealth of biographical information on the owners of the bookplates represents an important contribution to the social history of the north of England. ISBN: 0830822674. Our Book No: 15639. $100 AUD.
164. Thomas, N. W. (1906). Natives of Australia: With Thirty-Two Full-Page Illustrations and One Map (1st ed) [The Native Races of the British Empire]. London: Archibald Constable and Company. 256 + 32 plates pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, good condition, navy boards (gilt lettering front cover & spine), foldout map, black & white plates, frontispiece (tissue guard), page edges untrimmed (roughly cut), spine edges little rubbed, top corners covers little bumped, spine ends little chipped, pages lightly toned (scattered foxing), edges toned & foxed, small tear to map (edge creased), owner's written name front flyleaf. This wonderful old book covers many parts of the history of the Australian Aborigines. The language, art and science, food, law and order, games, society, marriage, myths, magic and religion are some of the topics the author has included. Our Book No: 28877. $150 AUD.
165. Thomas, St (1937). St Thomas' Church Port Macquarie (5th ed) [Third Oldest Church in Australia Built in December, 1824]. Sydney / Port Macquarie, NSW: D. S. Ford (Printer) / Parish of Port Macquarie. 52 pp. Paperback oblong trade, very good condition, red card cover, yapp edges (cover extends beyond page margins), string binding, black & white text-photos, edgewear & small edge tears covers. A reprint of a pamphlet originally published in 1924 to mark the centenary of the building of this church as Port Macquarie, New South Wales. Our Book No: 15960. $80 AUD.
166. Ticehurst, Norman F (1909). A History of the Birds of Kent (1st ed). London: Witherby & Co. 568 pp. Hardback (22.7 x 16.5 cm), original black cloth cover (gilt spine lettering), very good condition, top edge gilt, black & white photos (including frontispiece), foldout colour map at rear, untrimmed (page edges untrimmed), bookplate on front pastedown, flyleaves & page edges foxed, corners slightly bumped. Heavy (1.4 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Most of this book, by a zoologist, is a detailed and referenced one-by-one description of each bird species in Kent. The beginning of the book contains a bibliography, a list of subscribers, and an introductory chapter (including topography, geology, vegetation, museums, previous writers). Our Book No: 12589. $100 AUD.
167. Tsicalas, Peter (2012). Mullumbimby Boom and Bust 1908 - 1928 (Revised or reprint ed). Mullumbimby, NSW: Brunswick Valley Historical Society Inc. 243 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos, light crease cover near spine, few light creases rear cover, covers little scratched, minor edgewear. Local history of this northern New South Wales municipalty in the early 20th century. There are many heritage photos of local people and buildings of this period. ISBN: 9780958592178. Our Book No: 28881. $80 AUD.
168. Tuckey, Lieut. James; Currey, John (editor) (1987). Memoir of a Chart of Port Philip Surveyed in October 1803 (Facsimile ed). Melbourne: Colony Press. 130 pp. Hardback small octavo, quarter-bound brown leather, very good condition, marbled boards, raised bands spine, head and tail bands, gold-blocked on label, ribbon bookmark, folded chart (tiny crease top edge, folding modern key, publisher's note about chart loosely inserted), minor foxing edges, spine little faded,. Copy 72 of limited edition of 225 copies. Tuckey's memoir is an extended commentary on the chart he prepared of his survey. It describes the coastline and terrain at each of the many localities where he landed, and in addition contains general observations on the Aborigines, flora and fauna, soil and climate. This edition of the memoir has an introduction, notes and commentary by John Currey. The chart is accompanied by a detailed key giving the modern names of the localities described by Tuckey. ISBN: 094958603X. Our Book No: 28773. $150 AUD.
169. Turnbull, John (1806). John Turnbull's Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1800 bis 1804: Nebst einer Genauen Schilderung der Englischen Verbrecher-Kolonien in Neu-Holland und der Societats- und Sandwich-Inseln in ihrem Gegenwartigen Zustande. Wein (Vienna): In Kommission bei Anton Doll. 438 pp. Hardback small octavo, very good condition, marbled papered board cover (spine label, corners bumped), two black & white plates (lithographs), foldout map at rear, pages lightly toned (text only) & creased, edges speckled & lightly foxed, sticker & rubber stamp (minimal EX-LIBRARY). Translation: "John Turnbull's travel around the world in the years 1800 to 1804: together with a precise detailing of the English convict colonies in New Holland, and the existing Society and Sandwich Islands [Tahiti and Hawaii] in the present day". A German translation of the first edition published in London in 1805. Records his commercial trading voyage aboard the trading ship Margaret, and includes extensive accounts of Botany Bay, as well as Norfolk Island. Our Book No: 16748. $400 AUD.
170. Tyers, C. J. (surveyor) (1976). Report of an Expedition to Ascertain the Position of the 141st Degree of East Longitude Being The Boundary Line Between New South Wales and South Australia (Facsimile ed). Melbourne, Carlton: Queensberry Hill Press. 14 + 19 pp. Hardback small octavo, quarter-bound leather, very good condition, marbled boards, gilt lettering spine, two charts folded inside rear pocket, spine little rubbed (bottom little chipped). Slipcase: good condition, cardboard, lightly foxed, closed tear & tiny scuff top edge. (Copy 233 of limited edition of 350 copies.) This facsimile edition was originally printed by F. M. Stokes, "Herald" Office, Sydney, in 1840. The main object of the expedition was to determine the exact position of the boundary line between New South Wales and South Australia. Three different methods were used: triangulation from Melbourne, chronometric measurement from Sydney, and lunar observations near the boundary. The results are in the Appendix. ISBN: 0909174016. Our Book No: 28787. $80 AUD.
171. Upfield, Arthur (1956). The Battling Prophet (An Inspector Bonaparte Mystery) (1st ed). Melbourne: William Heinemann. 226 pp. Hardback dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), endpapers lightly toned & little foxed, pages lightly toned, edges lightly foxed & toned, reverse side jacket lightly foxed (flaps & rear cover lightly foxed, flap clipped), bookshop label front pastedown, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Collectible Australian crime fiction. Bony is on leave, staying with an old friend John Luton near Adelaide. John's old friend Ben Wickham, the meteorologist who had the uncanny ability to give accurate forecasts, had been found dead. John had insisted that Ben did not die from drinking. Can Bony found out the truth? Our Book No: 27465. $100 AUD.
172. Ure Smith, Sydney; Stevens, Bertram (introduction) (1920). A Catalogue of the Etchings of Sydney Ure Smith: With an Original Etching and Twelve Reproductions of Etchings by the Artist; and an Introduction by Bertram Stevens. Sydney: Privately Printed. Unnum 40 pp. Hardback quarto, cardboard covers (black & red paper title label), white cloth spine (faintly toned), very good condition, black & white engravings, untrimmed edges (lightly toned), spine ends little bumped, pages faintly toned as usual, some edgewear corners, rubber stamp front free flyleaf, autograph (artist's written name),. (No 29 of a limited edition of 50 copies. Rare and desirable.) Contains an original etching as the frontispiece ("The Little Porch, Campbelltown"), and 12 tipped-in plates. Printed on Japon vellum on a hand press by Percy G. Green at the Smith & Julius Art Studios, Sydney. At the rear is a complete list of Sam Ure Smith's 70 etchings, from which this selection was chosen. (Rubber stamp of Deutscher Fine Art.). Our Book No: 14610. $300 AUD.
173. Ure Smith, Sydney (editor); Stevens, Bertram (editor); Jones, C. L. (editor) (1916). Art in Australia: First Series, no 1 (First Number). Sydney: The Editors. Unnum pp. Paperback wide octavo, dustjacket (fixed at spine, edges little overlap card cover), good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), tipped-in colour & black & white plates, grey paper few pages, adverts at rear, edges & some page margins foxed, pages toned as usual (some in shape of opposite plate), some edgewear. The collectible first issue of "Art in Australia", limited to 1000 unnumbered copies (as stated). Our Book No: 16765. $100 AUD.
174. Valentine (1945). A Holiday at the Seaside. City Not Stated: Publisher Not Stated, Valentine. 10 pp. Paperback narrow quarto, stapled pamphlet (novelty design, human shape), very good condition, colour & sepia (brown-coloured) drawings, minor edgewear, owner's written name. Estimated date, 1945. This novelty booklet has drawings that are similar in style to the book "A Holiday at the Seaside" by Penelope Malcolm, published by Valentine Publishing, Melbourne, 1940s (of which 3 copies are in the Trove catalogue). Our Book No: 14614. $80 AUD.
175. Vivian, Herbert (1899). Tunisia and the Modern Barbary Pirates. London: C. Arthur Pearson. 341 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket, very good condition, original dark green cloth cover (gilt & red lettering & decoration, cloth little flecked), new endpapers, foldout map frontispiece, black & white plates & text-photos, fore-edge pages untrimmed, edgewear, minor pencil annotation. Heavy (1.1 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. An account of Tunisia in the 1890s, said by the author to be more objective than previous prejudiced accounts by both French colonialsts and prejudiced English writers. Includes description of Islam, cuisine, natural history, customs, governance and the ongoing problem of pirates. Our Book No: 16485. $180 AUD.
176. Watson, Frederick (editor) (1913). The Beginnings of Government in Australia: By Authority. Sydney: W.A. Gullick, Government Printer. Unnum 23 + 95 pp. Hardback large folio (38.7 x 25.2 cm), black cloth cover, black spine label (gilt lettering), very good condition, pages slightly toned two fold-out), untrimmed page edges. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. Consists of a 23-page introduction, and 95 pages of facsimiles of 17 original written documents relating to the first white settlement in Australia by Capt. Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet. The inaugural volume of the Historical Records of Australia series. Our Book No: 12998. $80 AUD.
177. Wildey, William Brackley (1876). Australasia and the Oceanic Region: With Some Notice of New Guinea: From Adelaide - Via Torres Straits - to Port Darwin Thence Round West Australia [Wildey's Australasia and the Oceanic Region]. Melbourne: George Robertson. 426 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, original burgundy cloth cover (embossed edges, spine little faded), gilt lettering cloth cover (spine lettering faded), new burgundy endpapers, adverts, cover corners & spine ends little bumped, edges faintly toned & minimally foxed, minor edgewear. After residence of 22 years in Australia, Wildey sailed from Melbourne to Adelaide, and then on the Gothenberg steamer, circumnavigated Australia via the Torres Strait to Port Darwin, and then along the Western Australian coast. Includes side trips to Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian archipelago. A valuable travel guide and description of Australia in 1876. (Plus six pages of adverts at rear, including Cobb & Co.). Our Book No: 14280. $100 AUD.
178. Wilson, Carus, Rev. W. (1835). The Children's Friend: For the Year 1835 Volume XII (Volume 12): Nos. 133 to 144, January to December. London: Kirkby Lonsdale / Printed and Sold by A. Foster. 288 pp. Hardback small, good condition, contemporary quarter-bound dark brown leather (spine & corners), marbled boards, black & white illustrations, frontispiece, corners covers lightly rubbed, minor rubbing spine, minor foxing few pages, spine ends little rubbed, few marks endpapers, edges & pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This wonderful little book has uplifting tales for children. The tales are set in the Regency period and are one of the earliest children's books with stories and poems to keep young minds active. The charming woodcuts help to tell many of the stories. Our Book No: 29090. $80 AUD.
179. Wilson, Carus, Rev. W. (1836). The Children's Friend: For the Year 1836 Volume XIII (Volume 13): Nos. 145 to 156, January to December. London: Kirkby Lonsdale / Printed and Sold by A. Foster. 288 pp. Hardback small, good condition, contemporary quarter-bound dark brown leather (spine & corners), marbled boards, good condition, black & white illustrations, frontispiece, corners covers lightly rubbed, minor rubbing spine, minor foxing few pages, spine ends little rubbed, few marks endpapers, edges & pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This wonderful little book has uplifting tales for children. The tales are set in the Regency period and are one of the earliest children's books with stories and poems to keep young minds active. The charming woodcuts help to tell many of the stories. Our Book No: 29091. $80 AUD.
180. Wilson, Carus, Rev. W. (1837). The Children's Friend: For the Year 1837 Volume XIV (Volume 14): Nos.157 to 168, January to December. London: Kirkby Lonsdale / Printed and Sold by A. Foster. 288 pp. Hardback small, good condition, contemporary quarter-bound dark brown leather (spine & corners), marbled boards, black & white illustrations, frontispiece, corners covers lightly rubbed, minor rubbing spine, minor foxing few pages, spine ends little rubbed, few marks endpapers, edges & pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This wonderful little book has uplifting tales for children. The tales are set in the Regency period and are one of the earliest children's books with stories and poems to keep young minds active. The charming woodcuts help to tell many of the stories. Our Book No: 29092. $80 AUD.
181. Wright, J. B. (editor); Hastings, D. A. (with);Jones, W. B. (with), & Williams, H. R. (with) (1985). Geology and Mineral Resources of West Africa. London: George Allen & Unwin. 187 pp. Hardback wide octavo, no jacket as issued, pictorial cover, very good plus condition, figures, tables, owner's written name. The first book to provide a comprehensive report on the geology and mineral resources of West Africa. This includes the Precambrian metamorphic basement, the stratigraphic complexities of the sedimentary basins, and the widespread Cenozoic magmatic rocks. The considerable mineral wealth of the region is related to the specific geological setting. This book should have wider than just local interest: the large-scale features of the region are common to the whole African continent. The lead author has long worked in Kenya (Geological Survey) and a university in Nigeria. ISBN: 0045560013. Our Book No: 15127. $200 AUD.