New Acquisitions
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# 50952
[LINDSAY]. STEWART, Douglas.
Shipwreck. A poetic Drama (deluxe edition)
With 23 black and white drawings and 5 colour plates by Norman Lindsay. Sydney: The Shepherd Press, 1948. Quarto, gilt-lettered imitation leather, Lindsay illustrations throughout. The deluxe edition, printed in much larger format to the standard edition, limited to 100 copies, signed by Stewart and Lindsay. An excellent copy, the finest we have handled.
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# 50956
[LINDSAY]. DEAMER, Dulcie
As it was in the beginning (presentation copy for Margaret Coen signed by Norman Lindsay)
Melbourne : Frank Wilmot, 1929. Octavo, lettered cards (a little marked), 64 pp. with tipped-in illustrations by Norman Lindsay. With a signed presentation inscription from Norman Lindsay to Margaret Coen.
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# 50897
ADAMS, Tate (1922 - 2018)
Tropical wood-engravings.
Melbourne : Zimmer editions, 1997. Quarto (350 x 370 mm), gilt-lettered wrappers, pp. [24], essays by Jenny Zimmer and Tate Adams, biography, accompanied by five large wood engravings of tropical palm trees, each print signed by the artist and editioned 12/15, the booklet not numbered, housed in a gilt-lettered clamshell case. Tate Adams was born …
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# 50731
CARROLL, Lewis, (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), 1832-1898
An Easter greeting to every child who loves “Alice” (first edition, first issue)
Oxford : the author, 1876. Folded sheet printed on Towgood watermarked paper (135 x 90 mm), pp. [4], pale foxing, with (fittingly) juvenile arithmetic in pencil to the lower panel. First printing, with the word ‘My’ in Roman type face, instead of italics, at line twelve of the third page (altered in the second printing). …
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# 51084
McGREGOR, Ken; SIMON, Christopher
Naata Nungurrayi : the late works (deluxe edition)
Melbourne : Badger Editions, 2015. Quarto, decorated cloth in matching slipcase, pp. 23, plus 155 images of works by the artist, enhanced by the inclusion of six original photographs of the artist by Ken McGregor, each signed by the mark ‘X’ by the artist, and with an original etching by Nungurrayi, limited to 20 copies, …
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# 50749
DRAPER, William, Sir (1721-1787)
Colonel Draper’s answer to the Spanish arguments, claiming the Galeon, and refusing payment of the Ransom Bills, for preserving Manila from pillage and destruction :
in a Letter addressed to the Earl of Halifax, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Southern Department. London : printed for J. Dodsley, 1764. Octavo, recent half calf over cloth boards with gilt rule; spine with raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt; pp. 43; [blank]; bound with the half title (which is …
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# 50889
[HECKENLIVELY, John R.]
Aboriginal art exhibit. Collection of John R. Heckenlively
S.l. : s.n., circa 2000. Quarto, illustrated laminated boards, pp. [22], illustrated in colour. A self-produced catalogue of artworks by Australian indigenous artists from the collection of American art collector John R. Heckenlively, including important pieces by Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Janelle Stockman Napaltjarri, Gabriella Possum, Minnie Pwerle, Ada Pula Beasley, Carol Maanyata Golding, Susie Bootja …
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# 50729
CARROLL, Lewis, (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), 1832-1898
Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there (first edition, first issue)
With fifty illustrations by John Tenniel. London : Macmillan and Co., 1872 (actually printed December 1871). First edition, first issue. Octavo, gilt-lettered red cloth with gilt rule and image of the Queen of Hearts to upper and lower boards (edges rubbed, stained), all edges gilt, hinges cracked, contemporary owner’s name to endpaper dated 1876, pp. …
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# 50617
LAMB, Charles and Mary
Tales from Shakespeare
London : Bickers and Son, 1903. Octavo, finely bound by Bickers in full polished calf, ruled in gilt with armorial crest to upper board, spine in compartments lettered in gilt with gilt ornamentation, marbled edges and endpapers, owner’s name of John Baker Cresswell, pp. [viii]; 386, photographic frontispiece illustration and five further plates after paintings …
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# 50727
CURREY, John (1940 - )
Arthur Phillip. Private letters 1787 – 1796
Selected, with notes and commentary, by John Currey. [Melbourne] : The Banks Society, 2017. Octavo, finely bound in papered boards, pp. 213 set on Caslon typeface printed on Mohawk Superfine Eggshell Soft White 118 gsm, illustrated, folding map. ‘Twenty-five copies of this book marked A to Y were made by John Currey at The Colony …
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# 50756
LEVEY, George Collins
Colony of Victoria at the Amsterdam International and Colonial Exhibition, 1883 (Dutch)
Amsterdamsche Internationale en Koloniale Tentoonstelling, 1883 / Korte beschrijving der Kolonie Victoria (Australie). Geschiedenis, aardrijkskunde, klimaat, regeering, landbouw, mijnwezen, nijverheid, staathuishoudkunde en maatschappelijke toestand. Melbourne : John Ferres, 1883. Octavo, printed wrappers, stitch bound, 20 pp, foldout map printed in colour. Important glimpse of how the colony was represented to European visitors to the exhibition. …
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![[CIRCUS HISTORY] "Billie", "Cleopatra" and "Bonita", performers in the "Wild Australia" show: signed studio photograph, February 1913.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/07/2026_DSFB_4813-300x300.jpg)
# 50852
SYDNEY'S STUDIO
[CIRCUS HISTORY] “Billie”, “Cleopatra” and “Bonita”, performers in the “Wild Australia” show: signed studio photograph, February 1913.
Manchester, U.K. : Sydney’s Studio, [1913]. Gelatin silver print photograph on postcard stock, 87 x 137 mm; verso signed in ink: ‘Best wishes, Billie – Cleo – Bonita. 12-2-13’; the print has a few tiny surface scratches and some minor corner wear, otherwise fine condition. “Cleopatra”, a snake and crocodile handler and bareback rider, and …
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![[CIRCUS HISTORY] Billy Lee, Australian stock-whip cracker and rough rider, and member of the "Wild Australia" show. London, 1913; inscribed by his wife "Bonita", the sharpshooter.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/07/2026_DSFB_4819-300x300.jpg)
# 50841
[LEE, Billy]; [DRESCHER, Sylvia G., aka "BONITA"]
[CIRCUS HISTORY] Billy Lee, Australian stock-whip cracker and rough rider, and member of the “Wild Australia” show. London, 1913; inscribed by his wife “Bonita”, the sharpshooter.
[Title from printed caption]. [U.K.] : s.n., [c.1913]. Photographic process postcard, 140 x 88 mm, recto with printed caption; postally used from Kensington, London, to Bournemouth with postmark dated 29 September 1913; the handwritten message verso and recto is in the hand of “Bonita” (real name Sylvia G. Drescher), the crack rifle shot and fellow …
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![[CIRCUS HISTORY] "Cleopatra", snake handler in the "Wild Australia" show : holograph letter, to her cousin. Java, August 1918.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/07/2026_DSFB_4768-300x300.jpg)
# 50908
[DRESCHER, Harriett, aka "CLEOPATRA"]
[CIRCUS HISTORY] “Cleopatra”, snake handler in the “Wild Australia” show : holograph letter, to her cousin. Java, August 1918.
Manuscript in ink, 4 pages, octavo (210 x 140 mm); headed ‘Permanent postal address: Savoy Hotel, Calcutta, India. 8-8-’18’ (but actually written in Java), the letter is written by “Cleopatra” (real name Harriett Drescher) and addressed to her cousin Louis (Jessop) in England; it is signed at the foot ‘Always, Cleo, xxxxx’; original folds, short …
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![[CIRCUS HISTORY] "Cleopatra", snake charmer, crocodile handler and bareback rider with the "Wild Australia" show: signed portrait photograph, c.1911.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/07/2026_DSFB_4816-300x300.jpg)
# 50844
[DRESCHER, Harriett, aka "CLEOPATRA"]
[CIRCUS HISTORY] “Cleopatra”, snake charmer, crocodile handler and bareback rider with the “Wild Australia” show: signed portrait photograph, c.1911.
[U.K.] : s.n., [c.1911]. Gelatin silver print photograph on postcard stock, 134 x 83 mm; recto signed in black ink: ‘To Kitty / Cleo’; verso without publisher’s imprint or handwritten message; fine condition. “Cleopatra”, a snake and crocodile handler and bareback rider, and “Bonita”, a sharpshooter (real names Harriett Drescher and Sylvia G. Drescher) were …
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![[CIRCUS HISTORY] "Cleopatra", bareback bullock rider and snake charmer in the "Wild Australia" show. Postcard inscribed by her sister "Bonita", the sharpshooter.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/07/2026_DSFB_4728-300x300.jpg)
# 50856
[DRESCHER, Sylvia G., aka "BONITA"]
[CIRCUS HISTORY] “Cleopatra”, bareback bullock rider and snake charmer in the “Wild Australia” show. Postcard inscribed by her sister “Bonita”, the sharpshooter.
[U.K.] : s.n., [c.1913]. Lithographic postcard, 140 x 88 mm, recto with printed caption; postally used from Montrose (Scotland), to Bournemouth with postmark dated 7 July 1913; the handwritten message verso (continued recto) is in the hand of “Bonita” (real name Sylvia G. Drescher), the crack rifle shot and sister of “Cleopatra” (Harriett Drescher): ‘Dear Kitty, …