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# 46853

BREASTED, James Henry

Egypt through the stereoscope. A journey through the land of the pharaohs

New York L Underwood & Underwood, 1908. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (edges rubbed), contemporary ownership inscription of an owner in Bulawayo dated 1913, pp. 360; [4], inserted in a pocket on the lower board are the Maps and Plans, being twenty folded maps and plans of Egypt, pyramids and temples, in paper wrappers (one corner with loss). …

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# 46814

CASINO FONTANA (Cairo)

[MAP] How to get about in Cairo

At head ad foot of title: Fontana … with the compliments of the management. [Cairo : Casino Fontana, Manial al-Roda, c.1960]. Single sheet, 490 x 350 mm, folding to 170 x 125 mm; recto with several b/w photographic illustrations, including a panoramic shot of the Casino Fontana, verso with large colour map of Cairo (indicating the …

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# 18756

SKINNER, S.

Educational essays; or, practical observations on the intellectual and moral training and scholastic discipline of youth

With inquiries and remarks illustrating the respective advantages of home and colonial education; and suggesting methods by which the necessity of leaving the colony in order to obtain a liberal education may be superseded. Cover title: Skinner’s educational essays. Melbourne : George Robertson, 1867. New and enlarged edition. Octavo, original purple cloth with gilt lettering to …

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# 46865

[BOARD GAME] [Snakes and Ladders]

[Australia? UK? : s.n., c.1955]. Folding card, 255 x 255 mm; recto with colour-printed game board; verso plain card; very good condition.

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# 46864

CHAD VALLEY GAMES [JOHNSON BROS.] (U.K.)

[BOARD GAME] [A motor ride]

Harborne, UK : Chad Valley Games [i.e. Johnson Bros.], [c.1940]. Folding board, 295 x 430 mm; recto with colour-printed game board; plain red outer boards; very good condition.

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# 46995

WALLIS, Pip et al.

Queer : stories from the NGV collection

Edited by Ted Gott, Angela Hesson, Myles Russell-Cook, Meg Slater, and Pip Wallis with contributors. Melbourne, Victoria : National Gallery of Victoria, 2021. This quarto, decorated papered boards, pp. xxvii, 598, illustrated. A fine copy. ‘QUEER: Stories from the NGV Collection is more than an exhibition catalogue. This 628-page publication expands on the themes explored …

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# 47125

BONDAZ, Julien (editor)

Le magasin des petits explorateurs

sous la direction de Julien Bondaz. [Arles] : Actes sud ; [Paris] : Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, [2018]. Quarto, illustrated papered boards, pp. 365, illustrated. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, France, May 23-October 7, 2018. A fascinating examination of how foreign cultures were …

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# 32167

HOWCHIN, Walter

The geology of South Australia. With notes on the chief geological systems and occurrences in the other Australian States. (With a presentation inscription by geologist and Antarctic explorer Sir T. W. Edgeworth David)

Adelaide : Walter Howchin (printed by Gillingham & Co.), 1929. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Octavo (220 x 145 mm), publisher’s black-lettered blue cloth over boards, spine lettered in black (sunned, frayed at head and tail), a significant association copy, the front pastedown inscribed in fountain pen by the distinguished Welsh-Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer …

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# 30679

FOUNIET, Ernest

Allan, le jeune déporté a Botany-Bay.

Paris : Martial Ardant, 1845. Third edition. Duodecimo, contemporary blue boards with embossed gilt ornament (rubbed), spine with gilt title and ornament (bumped at head and tail), engraved frontispiece, 260 pp, illustrated; text in French; scattered light foxing, a good copy. A very early children’s book set in Australia. Muir 2598.

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# 16867

Netherlands. Ministerie van Overzeese Rijksdelen

[DUTCH NEW GUINEA] Rapport inzake Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea over het jaar 1954. Uitgebracht aan de Vereenigde Naties ingevolge artikel 73e van het Handvest.

The Hague : Ministerie voor Uniezaken en Overzeese Rijksdelen; Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, [1954?]. Quarto, original printed wrappers (spine sunned), pp 120, followed by a section of black-and-white photographic plates (one loose), and a substantial number of folding statistical tables and appendices; a good copy. Comprehensive Dutch government report which covers Dutch New Guinea’s trade …

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# 15216

TALBOT, P. Amaury

In the shadow of the bush

New York : George H. Doran, 1912. Octavo, bright gilt-lettered cloth with pictorial onlay (very slightly flecked at edges), colour frontispiece, numerous photographic plates, folding map. A detailed study of the people of the Oban District of Nigeria

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# 20872

PESCOTT, Edward Edgar.

James Bonwick : A writer of school books and histories with a bibliography of his writings.

Melbourne: H. A. Evans, 1939. Quarto, quarter cloth over lettered boards (edges rubbed), 43 pp., frontispiece portrait. Limited to 250 signed copies. From the library of noted collector F. G. Coles, his bookplate on front pastedown.

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# 47077

BRIGGS, Belina et al.

Lin Onus : the land within

Shepparton : Shepparton Art Museum, 2022. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 104, illustrated. Printed in an edition of 750 copies. An inexplicably rare contemporary monograph on Lin Onus (1948 – 1996), with no copies located on Trove or available for sale. ‘The first significant showing of works by Lin Onus, the acclaimed Yorta Yorta artist, on Country, Lin Onus: The Land Within  provides an …

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# 47084

TURLEY, Andrew

Nolan’s Africa

Melbourne : The Miegunyah Press, 2024. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. vii, 327, illustrated. ‘Journey with Sidney Nolan across the African continent in this richly illustrated monograph Australia thinks it knows Sidney Nolan. But that is far from the truth. Nolan’s Africa looks at the artist in a way that he has never been looked …

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# 47113

NASH, David (1945 - )

David Nash デイヴィッド・ナッシュ: 樹のいのち, 樹のかたち / ki no inochi, ki no katachi

[Tōkyō] : Yomiuri Shimbunsha, 1984. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers with acetate jacket, pp. 94, illustrated. An important catalogue from the British land art environmental artist. Catalog of an exhibition held at the International Contemporary Sculpture Symposium 1984, Nagisa Park no.2, Moriyama City, Shiga, September 1-October 10, 1984, the symposium at the KBS Education Center, Moriyama …

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# 47116

TOMESCU, Aida

Aida Tomescu : three catalogues

Aida Tomescu. Paintings and drawings. November 2 – 27, 1999. Melbourne : Niagara Galleries, 1999. Quarto, exhibition catalogue, folding card, pp. [8], illustrated, biography. Aida Tomescu. New paintings and etchings. 15 November 17 December 2000. Melbourne : Niagara Galleries, 2000. Quarto, exhibition catalogue, folding card, pp. [8], illustrated, biography. Price list and invitation card. Aida …

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