Rare Books

  • Aboriginal art galleries of western New South Wales.

    # 51212

    BLACK, Lindsay

    Aboriginal art galleries of western New South Wales.

    Part 3. Being a continuation of a series on the Aborigines of the Darling River Valley and of Central New South Wales. Burial Trees being Part 1. Cylcons. The Mystery Stones of the Darling River Valley being Part 2. Foreword by C. P. Mountford. [S.l. : s.n.], 1943. Octavo, lettered wrappers (lightly toned), pp. 76, …

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  • Play power

    # 51202

    NEVILLE, Richard (1941-2016)

    Play power

    London : Jonathan Cape, 1970. First edition, second printing. Octavo, publisher’s yellow boards with black lettering and publisher’s crest on spine, top edge tinted blue, dust jacket designed by Martin Sharp, 361 pp, with the Headopoly game (so often lacking) contained in rear pocket, in perfect condition; mild spotting to edges, else a fine copy …

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  • Brook Andrew : Eye to eye

    # 51166

    ANDREW, Brook (b. 1970)

    Brook Andrew : Eye to eye

    Clayton, Vic. : Monash University Museum of Art, 2007. Square octavo, pictorial stiff card covers, pp 86, illustrated; a fine copy. Superb catalogue for Wiradjuri artist Brook Andrew’s exhibition Eye to Eye, held at Monash University Museum of Art 4 April -23 June 2007 ; Penrith Regional Gallery &​ the Lewers Bequest 18 August – 14 …

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  • The Bauers : Joseph, Franz & Ferdinand, masters of botanical illustration. An illustrated biography

    # 51153

    LACK, Hans Walter

    The Bauers : Joseph, Franz & Ferdinand, masters of botanical illustration. An illustrated biography

    Munich : Prestel, 2015. First edition. Thick quarto, boards in dust jacket, pp. 496, extensively illustrated, a fine copy. ‘Filled with stunning 18th- and 19th-century illustrations of plants and other living creatures, this book is the first to bring together the life and art of the three Bauer Brothers, who came to be some of …

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  • Oz magazine : a complete set of the Australian issues, no. 1, April 1963 - no. 41, February 1969

    # 50746

    [NEVILLE, Richard; WALSH, Richard; SHARP, Martin et al.]

    Oz magazine : a complete set of the Australian issues, no. 1, April 1963 – no. 41, February 1969

    Sydney : Oz Publications Ink Limited, 1963-1969. Forty-one issues, quarto, original stapled wrappers, various paginations between 16 and 20 pages, all illustrated; an expected amount of toning and occasional mild foxing; small tear to lower edge of upper wrapper of first issue, else overall in very good condition throughout; a rare complete set of the …

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  • Some thoughts concerning education

    # 50863

    LOCKE, John, 1632-1704

    Some thoughts concerning education

    London : A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch and E. Symon, 1738. Tenth edition. Octavo, contemporary speckled calf, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, ruled and tooled in gilt, contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt, edges rubbed, snagged at head of spine, armorial bookplate (with text in Hebrew) for David Durell to front …

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  • [LONDON; DOLLS] Meech's Wax-Work Exhibition. 50 & 52, Kennington Road. The Automaton Flute Player. The Greatest Novelty of the Age. The Wonder of all Beholders.

    # 50821

    [MEECH, Herbert John]

    [LONDON; DOLLS] Meech’s Wax-Work Exhibition. 50 & 52, Kennington Road. The Automaton Flute Player. The Greatest Novelty of the Age. The Wonder of all Beholders.

    Kennington Cross [London] : Merser & Gardner, printers, [1875]. Handbill, 140 x 110 mm, lithograph-printed on both sides; recto with an illustrated advertisement for the Automaton Flute Player; verso with a notice for Meech’s Wax Doll Bazaar (at the same address) ‘established over 27 years, and [containing] the handsomest collection of dressed dolls in the …

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  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First Australian edition)

    # 50596

    ROWLING, J. K.

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (First Australian edition)

    London : Bloomsbury, 1997 [1998]. Printed and bound in Australia by Australian Print Group, Maryborough, Vic. First issue of the first Australian edition. Octavo, laminated boards (corners slightly bumped, slight bruising at head and foot of spine) in illustrated dust jacket ((light edge wear, very light stain at head and foot of spine, only visible …

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  • [BALLARAT] The intellectual life

    # 50862

    HAMERTON, Philip Gilbert

    [BALLARAT] The intellectual life

    London : Macmillan and Co., 1875. Second edition. Octavo, full polished calf by Bickers of London, edges rubbed, spine in compartments with gilt rule and ornamentation, contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, upper hinge a little cracked, etched portrait frontispiece of Leonardo da Vinci by Leopold Flameng, pp. xxx; 455, …

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  • Photographs taken on Norley Station, including Aboriginal nanny "Lollypop" with white children. Channel Country, Southwest Queensland, 1917.

    # 50951

    [Photographer unknown].

    Photographs taken on Norley Station, including Aboriginal nanny “Lollypop” with white children. Channel Country, Southwest Queensland, 1917.

    Three gelatin silver print photographs, in uniform 110 x 66 mm format; two have annotations by the photographer on the verso, reading: ‘Lollypop, Baby & Mary / Norley 1917’, and ‘Maggie cleaning knives; Lollypop & children under kitchen verandah / Norley 1917’; the third is not captioned but shows a large group of Aborigines assembled …

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  • Old colonial architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania

    # 48249

    WILSON, Hardy

    Old colonial architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania

    Sydney : published by the author at Union House, 1924. Edition limited to 1000 numbered and signed copies (no. 324). Large folio, original papered boards (rubbed, upper board with a couple of small marks, spine a little stained), upper board with gilt lettering and “bat and peaches” device, paste-downs and endpapers with a small amount …

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  • History of Australia

    # 51028

    RUSDEN, G. W.

    History of Australia

    Melbourne : Melville, Mullen & Slade, 1897. Second edition. Three volumes, octavo, in fine presentation binding of gull polished calf, spines in compartments with raised bands, ruled, lettered nd tooled in gilt, contrasting morocco title labels lettered in gilt, armorial stamp for Scotch College, Melbourne to upper panels, edges slightly scuffed, marbled edges and endpapers, …

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  • [BROADSIDE BALLAD] Chapter of Cheats. Or, the Roguery of all Trades.

    # 50823

    [Anon.]

    [BROADSIDE BALLAD] Chapter of Cheats. Or, the Roguery of all Trades.

    Clerkenwell [London] : Printed and sold by J. V. Quick, 42 Bowling Green Lane, [c.1835]. Broadside, sheet size 245 x 200 mm, lithograph-printed on cheap paper; the text of the ballad is printed in two columns separated by a decorative border, with the title in bold, two woodcut illustrations, and publisher’s imprint above; verso blank; …

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  • On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Second edition (1860)

    # 50697

    DARWIN, Charles (1809 - 1882)

    On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Second edition (1860)

    London : printed by W. Clowes and Sons for John Murray, 1860. Second edition, second state (fifth thousand). Octavo, original green cloth by Edmonds & Remnants, London retaining their ticket on lower pastedown, boards blocked in blind with rules enclosing foliate designs and central panel, spine gilt, expertly recased, restoration to head and foot of …

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  • On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (Third edition) 1861

    # 50698

    DARWIN, Charles (1809 - 1882)

    On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (Third edition) 1861

    London : printed by W. Clowes and Sons for John Murray, 1861. Third edition. Octavo, original green cloth by Edmonds & Remnants, London retaining their ticket on lower pastedown, boards blocked in blind with rules enclosing foliate designs and central panel, spine lettered in gilt (corners slightly bumped, light bumping to head and foot of …

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  • Journal of an overland expedition in Australia from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845.

    # 29462

    LEICHHARDT, Ludwig (1813-1848)

    Journal of an overland expedition in Australia from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845.

    London : T. &​ W. Boone, 1847. First edition. Octavo, bound in period style with half-calf over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with contrasting morocco title labels, pp. xx, 544, 8 (publisher’s advertisements); frontispiece and [6] aquatint plates (1 folding), internally clean; with the rare separately issued, hand-coloured map on three sheets (as issued: …

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