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

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

Death Of A River Guide: FLANAGAN, Richard

Gateway: POHL, Frederik

Matilda: DAHL, Roald

Shantaram: ROBERTS, Gregory David

St Ronan’s Well: SCOTT, [Sir] Walter

Tales of the Fish Patrol: LONDON, Jack

The Animals Noah Forgot: PATERSON, A.B.

The Comfort Of Strangers: MCEWAN, Ian

The Kite Runner: HOSSEINI, Khaled

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

 

ABORIGINES

Australian Aboriginal Portraits: MOUNTFORD, Charles

Australian Legendary Tales: PARKER, K. Langloh

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

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

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

Two Representative Tribes of Queensland: MATHEW; John

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

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

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

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

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

 

ANTIQUARIAN

[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.

[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

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

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.

The Book Of Martyrs or Christian Martyrology: FOX, John

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

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

 

ART

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

Al-Andalus. The Art Of Islamic Spain: DODDS, Jerrilynn D. (Ed)

Alun Leach-Jones: GRAY, Robert; STURGEON, Graeme; GENTLE, Christopher (eds)

Arthur Boyd Drawings1934-1970

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

Australian Aboriginal Portraits: MOUNTFORD, Charles

Australian Studio Pottery And China Painting: TIMMS, Peter

Avedon Photographs 1947-1977: AVEDON, Richard

Avigdor Arikha. Drawings: ARIKHA, Avigdor

Barbara Hanrahan, Printmaker; CARROLL, Alison

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

Chronicle Of The World 1493: SCHEDEL, Hartmann

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

Flight Of The Black Cockatoo: ZAADSTRA, Pieter

Guy Boyd: VON BERTOUCH, Anne; HUTCHINGS, Patrick

Ian Fairweather: BAIL, Murray

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

Levni and the Surname: ATIL, Esin

LINDSAY, Norman:

Favourite Etchings: LINDSAY, Norman

Norman Lindsay. Impulse To Draw: BLOOMFIELD, Lin

Norman Lindsay’s Ship Models

Paintings In Oil: LINDSAY, Norman

Pen Drawings: LINDSAY, Norman

Selected Pen Drawings: LINDSAY, Norman

Watercolours: LINDSAY, Norman (1973 edition)

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

Margaret Olley: PEARCE, Barry

Max Meldrum. His Art & Views: COLAHAN, Colin

Michelangelo [prints in folio]

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

Roy De Maistre. The Australian Years 1894-1930: JOHNSON, Heather

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

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

The Arrival: TAN, Shaun

The Art of Elioth Gruner

The Complete Work Of Michelangelo: SALMI, Mario

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

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

The Legendary Lindsays: PRUNSTER, Ursula

The Life and Work of Artist Sir William Ashton

The Remarkable History of the Macallan Glenlivet

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

Vanishing Africa: RICCIARDI, Mirella

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

Wild Rivers: DOMBROVSKIS, Peter

 

AUSTRALIANA

[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.

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

 

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

Australia Twice Traversed: GILES, Ernest

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

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

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

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

Journal Of Expeditions into Central Australia: EYRE, Edward

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

The Complete Journals of Joseph Banks: BANKS, Joseph

The Endemic Flora of Tasmania

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

 

SOUTH AUSTRALIANA

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

Biographical Index of South Australians: STATTON, Jill

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

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

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

 

 

VARIOUS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Herschels and Modern Astronomy: CLERKE, Agnes M.

The I Ching or Book Of Changes [two volumes]

Toby Tortoise And The Hare: DISNEY, Walt