Rare Books

  • On the origin of species (First 'Australian' edition)

    # 46469

    DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)

    On the origin of species (First ‘Australian’ edition)

    by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. With a new preface by Charles G. Darwin. Illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Landcare. [New York] : Limited Editions Club, 1963. Printed for The Limited Editions Club at The Griffin Press, Adelaide, South Australia. Quarto, quarter wallaby over …

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  • Egypt and the Sudan. Handbook for travellers.

    # 45945

    BAEDEKER, Karl

    Egypt and the Sudan. Handbook for travellers.

    Leipzig : Karl Baedeker, 1914. Seventh remodelled edition. Small octavo, original limp red cloth lettered in gilt; (expert repair to spine) front pastedown and endpaper with publisher’s advertisements; half-title page with owner’s inscription, pp cxc, 458; with 22 maps, 85 plans, and 55 vignettes; scattered light foxing; a very good copy. Guide to Egypt and …

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  • The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1885)

    # 41942

    DARWIN, Charles (1809 - 1882)

    The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1885)

    London : John Murray, 1885. Second edition, revised and augmented. Nineteenth thousand. Octavo, gilt-lettered green cloth (edges slightly rubbed), light foxing to endpapers, pp. xvi; 693; blank, 32 (advertisements, dated January, 1885), 78 text illustrations, a very good copy. The second edition, eighth issue, of Darwin’s important work on natural selection. As Freeman notes: the …

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  • The complete poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

    # 46382

    SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe

    The complete poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

    Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1901. Octavo, finely bound in half crushed Morocco over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered and tooled in gilt, lightly rubbed at edges, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved portrait frontispiece and title page, pp. xliii; [blank]; 651, internally …

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  • [RIVERINA] Spreading grapes to dry, Mildura, Australia.

    # 46335

    PRESKO BINOCULAR COMPANY

    [RIVERINA] Spreading grapes to dry, Mildura, Australia.

    [Title from printed caption on mount]. Chicago, IL : Presko Binocular Company, [c.1910]. Stereoscopic silver gelatin print photograph, each individual image 76 x 78 mm, on grey board mount 86 x 177 mm, with the publisher’s caption and serial number ‘Spreading grapes to dry, Mildura, Australia. 6018’, along with the publisher’s imprint ‘Presko Binocular Company, …

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  • Coral divers with their wealth, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

    # 46334

    B. W. KILBURN (publisher)

    Coral divers with their wealth, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

    [Title from printed caption on mount]. Littleton, New Hampshire : B. W. Kilburn, 1904. Stereoscopic silver gelatin print photograph, each individual image 77 x 77 mm, on pink board mount 88 x 179 mm, with the publisher’s serial number and caption ‘15945. Coral divers with their wealth, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia’, along with …

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  • [WINE] Adelaide grapes - 5 bunches, total weight 67 lbs.

    # 46333

    SOUTH AUSTRALIA. GOVERNMENT.

    [WINE] Adelaide grapes – 5 bunches, total weight 67 lbs.

    [Adelaide, SA : Government of South Australia, c.1905]. Lithographic postcard, 88 x 138 mm, verso imprinted ‘South Australia Post Card’ and with a handwritten message; in fine condition.

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  • A.N.A. Flight Schedules, effective 21st October, 1947

    # 46507

    Australian National Airways

    A.N.A. Flight Schedules, effective 21st October, 1947

    Melbourne : Australian National Airways, 1947. Brochure, DL size, 8 pp. folded, graphic cover design, with flight schedules for passenger services between Melbourne – Sydney – Brisbane – Cairns; Melbourne – Tasmania – Bass Strait Islands; Melbourne – Mildura – Broken Hill; Sydney – Mildura – Broken Hill; Sydney – Mildura – Adelaide; and Melbourne …

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  • Hongkong. View of the Peak Hotel taken from the Peak.

    # 46357

    M. STERNGERG & TURCO-EGYPTIAN TOBACCO STORE (publishers)

    Hongkong. View of the Peak Hotel taken from the Peak.

    Hong Kong : Published by M. Sternberg, [c.1910]. Lithographic postcard, 91 x 135 mm; not mailed, in very fine condition.

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  • Northern Germany as far as the Bavarian and Austrian borders. Handbook for travellers.

    # 46514

    BAEDEKER, Karl

    Northern Germany as far as the Bavarian and Austrian borders. Handbook for travellers.

    Leipzig : Karl Baedeker, 1910. Fifteenth revised edition. Small octavo, original limp red cloth lettered in gilt; (lightly rubbed) front pastedown and endpaper with publisher’s advertisements; pp. xxxviii, 430; with 47 maps, 81 plans, a very good copy.  

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  • The principles of moral and political philosophy

    # 46517

    PALEY, William (1743 - 1805)

    The principles of moral and political philosophy

    London : Baldwin @ Co., 1821. A new edition, corrected and revised. Octavo, full calf (worn and stained), spine lettered in blind, short split to joint, pp. xvi; 512, small stain to fore edge, a good copy. ‘William Paley (July 1743 – 25 May 1805) was an English Anglican clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian. …

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  • The annals of San Francisco ;

    # 46519

    SOULÉ, Frank et al.

    The annals of San Francisco ;

    Containing a summary of the history of the first discovery, settlement, progress and present condition of California, and a complete history of all the events connected with its great city : to which are added, biographical memoirs of some prominent citizens. By Frank Soulè, John H. Gihon and James Nisbet. New York : D. Appleton …

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  • Globe terrestre

    # 46572

    DESNOS, Louis-Charles (1725 - 1805); NOLIN, Jean-Baptiste (1686-1762)

    Globe terrestre

    Dressé sur les Relations les plus nouvelles de Mrs. de l’Académie Royale des Sciences par L. C. Desnos et J. B. Nolin Géographe. Se fait et se vends chez Desnos, rue St. Jacque St. Severin, Quartier de la Place Maubert. Paris, 1760, avec privilége du Roy. Dedié au Roy, par son trés humble trés obéissant …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] Australian songs for young and old

    # 46558

    RENTOUL, Annie R.; RENTOUL [OUTHWAITE], Ida S. (illustrator); PETERSON, Georgette (music)

    [SHEET MUSIC] Australian songs for young and old

    Words by Annie R. Rentoul. Music by Georgette Peterson. Illustrations by Ida S. Rentoul. Melbourne: Allan & Co., [1924]. Imperial edition 335. Oblong quarto (230 x 310 mm), pictorial wrappers (light brown and red version, with early ownership inscription to upper wrapper; paper split to head of spine, lower wrapper with a few marks), staple …

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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 (fourth edition)

    # 46544

    DARWIN, Charles

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

    London : printed by W. Closes and Sons for John Murray, 1866. Fourth edition, second state (eighth thousand). Octavo, original green cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine gilt (light bumping to corners, very minor stains), green endpapers (previous owner’s name to front pastedown), pp. xxi; [blank], 593; [blank], folding lithographic plate by William West after …

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  • A missionary preaching to Chinese in Hong Kong.

    # 46516

    Anon. [for THE WORKING MEN'S EDUCATIONAL UNION]

    A missionary preaching to Chinese in Hong Kong.

    London : The Working Men’s Educational Union, King William Street, Trafalgar Square [1854]. Coloured lithographic wall hanging printed on calico, 880 x 1160 mm; original brass eyelets at each corner; numbered ‘LM No. 12’ lower left; slightly creased, but a well preserved example, the hand colouring still strong and vibrant. The Working Men’s Educational Union was …

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