Rare Books
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# 41157
[ZAHN, August, editor]
Papua-Märchen : gesammelt von Missionaren der Neuendettelsauer Mission. 2 Teil. 2 Auflage.
Neuendettelsau, [Germany] : Verlag des Missionshauses (1918) 1922. Part two. Second edition. Series: Verlag des Missionshauses, Nr. 38. Octavo, (220 x 140 mm), original pictorial wrappers illustrated front and rear (mild sunning at edges, slightly bruised at head of spine), stapled, pp 24, with line-drawn illustrations and decorations; contents very good, a fine copy. Second …
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![[ANTARCTICA] Die Gebiete um den Südpol](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_DSFB_4863-300x300.jpg)
# 40439
FLEMMING, Carl (publisher); HERRICH, A. (cartographer)
[ANTARCTICA] Die Gebiete um den Südpol
Glogau : Carl Flemming, [ca. 1896]. Chromolithographic map, 410 x 480 mm, dissected and laid down on its original linen backing sheet, 420 x 495 mm; shows tracks of the main Antarctic expeditions from Cook (1772-75) to Bull (1894-95); scale 1:40,000,000; light handling wear around the edges, otherwise very good, with old collection stamp and …
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# 40490
STREETER, Edwin W.
Gold : legal regulations for the standard of gold & silver wares in different countries of the world (presentation copy)
Translated and abridged from “Die gesetzliche regelung des feingehaltes von gold- under silber-waaren, von Arthur von Studnitz,” by Mrs. Brewer. With notes and additions by Edwin W. Streeter. London : Chapman & Hall, 1877. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Fifth thousand. Octavo, full polished calf (a little scuffed), ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with …
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# 39251
MacPHERSON, Allan
Mount Abundance, or, the experiences of a pioneer squatter in Australia thirty years ago
Facsimile edition [sl : sn, ca. 1940]. London : Fleet Street Printing Works, [1879?]. Octavo, lettered wrappers (edges sunned, short tear to spine), pp. 54; title-page annotated: ‘Son of William M McPherson who was at one time Clerk of the House of Representatives in Melbourne Australia’; a good copy. ‘The Mount Abundance run was taken …
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![[QUEEN CAROLINE AFFAIR] Fairburn's genuine edition of the death-bed confessions of the late Countess of Guernsey, to Lady Anne H*******](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_DSFB_4884-300x300.jpg)
# 41101
GUERNSEY, Countess of
[QUEEN CAROLINE AFFAIR] Fairburn’s genuine edition of the death-bed confessions of the late Countess of Guernsey, to Lady Anne H*******
: developing a series of mysterious transactions connected with the most illustrious personages in the kingdom. To which are added the Q—-‘s last letter to the K—, written a few days before her M——‘s death, and other authentic documents, never before published. London : Printed and published by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, 1821. First …
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![[NEW GUINEA] Report of the Society's expedition to explore the highlands of south-eastern British New Guinea; under the leadership of Walter Robert Cuthbertson, M.R.G.S.A., July to October, 1887. With journal and map.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_DSFB_5143-300x300.jpg)
# 41191
CUTHBERTSON, Walter R. [Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. Victorian Branch]
[NEW GUINEA] Report of the Society’s expedition to explore the highlands of south-eastern British New Guinea; under the leadership of Walter Robert Cuthbertson, M.R.G.S.A., July to October, 1887. With journal and map.
At head of title: Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Victorian Branch). Vol. V. Part II. Melbourne : Kemp & Boyce, printers, Russell Street, 1887. Series: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Victorian Branch. Volume V, Part II. Octavo (215 x 140 mm), original printed wrappers (expertly replaced paper spine and small edge tears …
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# 40961
PEAKE, Andrew Guy
Gardens, Orchards and Vines: The Histories of Wilson, Neilson and Townsend Families of Penola, South Australia
Adelaide : Tudor Australian Press, 2014. Quarto, cards with plastic cover, pp. 160, illustrated. New copy. ‘Traces the descendants of William Wilson (1816-1891) who emigrated with his family from Scotland on the Agincourt in 1850. He became a shepherd on sheep runs round Penola. After a trip to the Victorian goldfields, he was able to …
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![[HOLBROOK] School of Arts, Germanton ... Maurice Gerald’s Famous Dramatic Company ... Conn, the Shaughraun.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2016/11/16155002/2015_DSFB_3470-199x300.jpg)
# 41156
[GERALD, Maurice]
[HOLBROOK] School of Arts, Germanton … Maurice Gerald’s Famous Dramatic Company … Conn, the Shaughraun.
Germanton [i.e. Holbrook], N.S.W. : “The Courier” office, [circa 1908]. Broadsheet, 220 x 140 mm, printed on both sides, verso with lithographed portraits of Maurice Gerald (acror-manager) and Miss Maud Philippi (actor); loss to upper corner (marginal only), old fold lines. Maurice Gerald’s Dramatic Company toured extensively throughout Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and New …
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# 40425
EVANS, Jane (attributed)
Keepsake in the form of a needlework sampler bookmark, commemorating the birth of John Evans at Round Mountain, near Rylstone, Central West New South Wales, on 17 June 1878.
Needlework sampler bookmark, 105 x 65 mm; very well preserved. The text reads: ‘John Evans / Born / June 17th 1878 / Round Mountain / Sweet copy far more dear to me / Than all the living forms could be. / Save him who placed thee next my Heart‘; [together with] another sampler bookmark, sewn …
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# 41088
WHITEFIELD'S INSTITUTE (ADELAIDE)
Whitefield’s Hindmarsh. Pennies for the Poor. Four hundred families amid the dense poverty of Southwark, Hindmarsh, Brompton, Bowden and Devon Park look to us for aid. Giving makes us glad.
Hindmarsh, S.A. : Whitefield’s Congregational Institute, [circa 1927]. Collection box, 142 x 235 mm (still folded flat), printed in red and blue on white card, with two illustrations; fine condition. The Whitefield’s Institute was a mission to the Adelaide poor established in 1927 by Rev. Wilfred J. Magor, minister of the Congregational Church in the …
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# 40921
URE SMITH, Sydney (editor)
The Home. Vol. 15, No. 4. April 3rd, 1934
Sydney : Sydney Morning Herald, 1934. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (small wear to spine), pp. 84, a very good copy. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc., an article ‘The wicked spots of Old Sydney’, articles on interior decoration, a women’s fashion supplement, colour advertisements (including those by …
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![[ART DECO] Vanity Fair. April, 1934.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_DSFB_4693-300x300.jpg)
# 40952
COTTON, William, 1880-1958 (illustrator)
[ART DECO] Vanity Fair. April, 1934.
New York : Condé Nast Publications, Inc., April, 1934. Large quarto (325 x 250 mm), original pictorial wrappers featuring a superb front cover illustration of actress Katharine Hepburn by American artist William Cotton, 80 pp, illustrated in colour and black-and-white; front cover lightly marked and with original 35-cents price sticker, spine chipped, contents in fine …
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# 41207
LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)
The Complete Collection of Etchings by Norman Lindsay
Sydney : David Jones’ Art Gallery, 1958. Octavo, paper wrappers (lightly marked), 12 pp. 1 black and white plate. Introduction by Jane Glad and essay by Norman Lindsay. Catalogue of 200 etchings, with prices. Scarce.
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# 40941
FIFE, Kirsty
Move under yr own power. Interviews with women and queers making DIY music
[Leeds] : Kirsty Fife, 2016. Octavo, illustrated self-wrappers, pp. 72, illustrated. ‘Move Under Yr Own Power, a zine about women and queers making DIY music in the UK. The zine is 72pp, black and white riso printed, A5 with a rad centrefold illustration. It’s mainly interviews and an introduction. The zine comes with a link …
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# 41351
INGLETON, Geoffrey Chapman.
True Patriots All, or, News from Early Australia, as told in a collection of broadsides. (Deluxe edition with three signed etchings – the Coles copy)
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1952. Quarto, gilt-titled half-calf over buckram (small mark to upper board), 280pp. reproducing illustrated broadsides with Australian content. The deluxe edition, limited to 150 signed copies (this is copy number 15), bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London, and containing three original etchings signed by Ingleton. An exploration on ephemeral early printings …
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# 41346
TIPPING, Marjorie
Ludwig Becker : artist & naturalist with the Burke & Wills expedition
Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 1979. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket, light edge wear, pp. 224, illustrated, in acetate slipcase. A good copy. From the library of art curator and author David Thomas, former Keeper of Pictorial Collections, National Library of Australia, and Director of the Newcastle City Art Gallery, Australian Gallery Directors Council, Art Gallery …