Catalogue

This is a list of collectible items in our bookshop. Please be aware that we have had numerous acquisitions recently and, as part of the cataloguing process, we are currently making changes to this site. A photograph will accompany each listing but please contact the store for more information (click here to open contacts page) or come on in to see for yourself!

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1STS & SIGNED  ABORIGINES  ANTIQUARIAN  ART  AUSTRALIANA  SOUTH AUSTRALIANA  VARIOUS 

 

FIRSTS & SIGNED

The World Of Light. A Comedy In Three Acts: HUXLEY, Aldous

The Animals Noah Forgot: PATERSON, A.B.

St Ronan’s Well: SCOTT, [Sir] Walter

Shantaram: ROBERTS, Gregory David

The Kite Runner: HOSSEINI, Khaled

Tales of the Fish Patrol: LONDON, Jack

Matilda: DAHL, Roald

Death Of A River Guide: FLANAGAN, Richard

The Comfort Of Strangers: MCEWAN, Ian

Gateway: POHL, Frederik

After Everest; An Autobiography: NORGAY, Tenzing (as told to Malcolm Barnes)

ABORIGINES

Two Representative Tribes of Queensland: MATHEW; John

Australian Legendary Tales: PARKER, K. Langloh

Ethnological Studies Among The North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines: ROTH, Walter Edmund

Djanggawul. An Aboriginal Religious Cult of North-Eastern Arnhem Land: BERNDT, Ronald M.

Across Australia: SPENCER, Baldwin; GILLEN, F.J.

The Native Tribes of South-East Australia: HOWITT, A.W.

The Native Tribes of Central Australia: SPENCER, Baldwin; GILLEN, F.J.

Native Tribes Of The Northern Territory Of Australia: SPENCER, Baldwin

The Northern Tribes of Central Australia: SPENCER, Baldwin; GILLEN, F.J.

Kamilaroi & Kurnai: FISON, Lorimer; HOWITT, A.W.

Australian Aboriginal Portraits: MOUNTFORD, Charles

ANTIQUARIAN

Views Of The Rhine [together with] Upper Rhine: TOMBLESON, William

The Book Of Martyrs or Christian Martyrology: FOX, John

[Belzoni's Narrative] Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia; and of a Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea, in Search of the Ancient Berenice; and another to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon: BELZONI, G.

The Reformation Of The Church Of England: Its History, Principles, And Results (AD 1514-1547): BLUNT, Rev. John Henry

Sanchoniatho’s Phoenician History, Translated From The First Book Of Eusebius De Praeparatione Evangelica. With A Continuation Of Sanchoniatho’s History By Eratosthenes Cyrenaeus’s Canon, Which Dicaearchus Connects With The First Olympiad: CUMBERLAND, Rev. R.

[Scott’s Bible] The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And New Testaments. With Explanatory Notes, Practical Observations, and Copious Marginal References: SCOTT, Thomas

[Haweis's Bible] The Evangelical Expositor or A Commentary On The Holy Bible. Wherein The Sacred Text Of The Old And New Testament Is Inserted At Large: HAWEIS, Rev. Thomas

[Historically significant] Medical Casebooks: COLQUHOUN, Dr Daniel

ART

Avedon Photographs 1947-1977: AVEDON, Richard

Guy Boyd: VON BERTOUCH, Anne; HUTCHINGS, Patrick

Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert: BARDON, Geoff

Arthur Boyd Drawings1934-1970

Max Meldrum. His Art & Views: COLAHAN, Colin

Australian Aboriginal Portraits: MOUNTFORD, Charles

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects: VASARI, Giorgio 

British Sporting Prints: CADFRYN-ROBERTS, John (editor)

Michelangelo [prints in folio]

Twelve Views Of Kensington And Chelsea, C. 1695-1822

The Remarkable History of the Macallan Glenlivet

The Hobbit Calendar 1976: TOLKIEN, J.R.R. 

Claudio Bravo: SULLIVAN, Edward J.; BRAVO, Claudio

Chronicle Of The World 1493: SCHEDEL, Hartmann

The Complete Work Of Michelangelo: SALMI, Mario

Sydney Illustrated (1842-3): PROUT, J. Skinner

The D.H. Lawrence Paintings: SHEAD, Garry; GRISHIN, Sasha (text)

Scream Against The Sky; Japanese Art After 1945: MUNROE, Alexandra

The Legendary Lindsays: PRUNSTER, Ursula

Atget: Old France [Volume 1 in the Work of Atget series]: SZARKOWSKI, John; HAMBOURG, Maria Morris

Australian Studio Pottery And China Painting: TIMMS, Peter

Flight Of The Black Cockatoo: ZAADSTRA, Pieter

19th Century South Australian Pottery; Guide For Historians And Collectors: FORD, Geoff

Vanishing Africa: RICCIARDI, Mirella

Barbara Hanrahan, Printmaker; CARROLL, Alison

Relics Of Old Colonial Days; A Book Of Drawings: URE SMITH, Sydney

The Arrival: TAN, Shaun

The Art of Elioth Gruner

Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots: LEAR, Edward

The Life and Work of Artist Sir William Ashton

Avigdor Arikha. Drawings: ARIKHA, Avigdor

Views Of The Rhine [together with] Upper Rhine: TOMBLESON, William

AUSTRALIANA

Across The Centre; John McDouall Stuart’s Expeditions (1860-62): STOKES, Edward

Voyage to Terra Australis: FLINDERS, Matthew

Captain Cook’s Journal: COOK, Captain James; WHARTON, Captain W.J.L. (ed)

Journal Of Expeditions into Central Australia: EYRE, Edward

Australia Twice Traversed: GILES, Ernest

The Complete Journals of Joseph Banks: BANKS, Joseph

The Endemic Flora of Tasmania

The Australian Mandate In Relation To Our Duty To Native Races: BURTON, J. W.

An Account Of The English Colony In New South Wales. With Remarks On The Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc, Of The Native Inhabitants Of That Country [two volumes]: COLLINS, David

A Study Of The 1/2d. Kangaroo 1938-1956: Commonwealth Specialists’ Research Group

[Jardine's Journal] Narrative Of The Overland Expedition Of The Messrs. Jardine, From Rockhampton To Cape York, Northern Queensland: [JARDINE, F.&A.]; BYERLEY, Frederick J. (editor):

[Richardson's Journal] Private Journal Of The Surveyor Attached To The Messrs Frank & Alexander Jardine’s Overland Expedition To Cape York: RICHARDSON, A. J.

H.M. Bark Endeavour: PARKIN, Ray

In The Australian Bush And On The Coast Of The Coral Sea. Being The Experiences And Observations Of A Naturalist In Australia, New Guinea And The Moluccas: SEMON, Richard

Australian Wildlife Research [Volumes 1-3, 4-5 & 7-10]: INGHAM, S.E. (editor)

The Literature Of Australian Birds. A History And Bibliography Of Australian Ornithology: WHITTELL, H.

Field Guide To Eucalypts; South-eastern Australia: BROOKER, Ian; KLEINIG, David

SOUTH AUSTRALIANA

Sir James Hurtle Fisher, First Resident Commissioner In SA. His Life And Times: MORPHETT, Geo. C.

Phoenix – 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 [selling as set]

Cyclopedia of South Australia [two volumes]: BURGESS, H.T. (editor)

Across The Centre; John McDouall Stuart’s Expeditions (1860-62): STOKES, Edward

South Australians 1836-1885: THOMAS, Jan (editor)

Hotels and Publicans in South Australia: HOAD, J.L.

Biographical Index of South Australians: STATTON, Jill

VARIOUS

Toby Tortoise And The Hare: DISNEY, Walt

Rhododendron Hybrids; A Guide To Their Origins: SALLEY, Homer E.; GREER, Harold E.

The Encyclopedia of Rhododendron Species: COX, Peter A.; COX, Kenneth N.E.

The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night; A Plain And Literal Translation Of The Arabian Nights Entertainments [complete set of 16 vols]: BURTON, Richard F.

History Of The Georgian People From The Beginning Down To The Russian Conquest In The Nineteenth Century: ALLEN, W.E.D.

A History Of Eton College (1440-1910): LYTE, Sir H.C. Maxwell

The Conquest Of The Stratosphere: PHILP, Chas. G.

The Herschels and Modern Astronomy: CLERKE, Agnes M.

India; Historical And Descriptive. Revised and enlarged from ‘les voyages celebres’ with an account of The Sepoy Mutiny in 1857-8: EDEN, Charles

The I Ching or Book Of Changes [two volumes]

D.D.Home; His Life And Mission: HOME, Mme Dunglas; DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (editor)

John Harrison. The Man Who Discovered Longitude: QUILL, Humphrey