The mechanical eye in Australia: photography, 1841-1900.

Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985. First printing. Quarto (290 x 220 mm), publisher’s black cloth in dust jacket (unrubbed), illustrated endpapers, 270 pp, profusely illustrated; previous owner’s name and stamp discreetly placed on verso of front endpaper, but otherwise the book appears unread (and not to have been used for reference) and the contents are in immaculate condition; a fine copy of the most useful reference work on Australian colonial photography yet published, now very scarce.