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ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP CATALOGUE 359
The Antique Bookshop & Curios
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During the current lockdown in Sydney our premises have to be closed, however we will be on hand to receive orders
by phone or email, 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Orders can be posted or alternatively you can safely “Click &
Collect”. Order and pay, and you can come and park out front of our shop, call us to advise that you’re there, and
masked up, we will take the parcel to your car from our foyer. You will not need to leave your vehicle!
All items offered at Australian Dollar prices subject to prior FOREWORD
sale. Prices include GST. Postage & insurance is extra. “Unprecedented” is a word often heard these days, and in some respects
the COVID Pandemic could be so described.
Payment is due on receipt of books. Nevertheless in the last week of January 1919, during the Pneumonic
No reply means item sold prior to receipt of your order. Influenza epidemic, State health officials mandated that anyone leaving
NSW had to have a permit. By January 28 four people were infected, the
next day 12, Victoria was infected and the two states were isolated from the
CONTENTS rest of Australia.
People had to wear gauze masks if leaving home and Victorian travellers
BOOKS OF THE MONTH 1 - 21 were prohibited from crossing the border. Theatres, church services , race
PROFESSOR IAN JACK LIBRARY 22 - 81 meetings, hotels, clubs and entertainments were cancelled.
BOOKPLATES 82 - 91 The compulsory wearing of masks was rigidly enforced and persons on
ABORIGINAL ART & CULTURE 92 - 130 trams defying the new by-law were charged.
AUSTRALIA & THE PACIFIC 131 - 251 This of course is not within anyone’s living memory, but it is a depressingly
ORNITHOLOGY & OLYMPIADS 252 - 280 familiar scenario, paralleling our situation today.
MISCELLANEOUS 392 - 414 I saw two epidemiologists interviewed on TV the other evening. Professor
A from one university and Professor B from another university, and they
disagreed about what should be done. If the so-called “experts” don’t re-
Front cover items: ally know then what hope do we have of success in coming to terms with
COVID?
Incidentally in 1919 the NSW Health Department recommended using a solid
63, 15, 8, 8 (spine), 126 / inhalant from the formula of which Wawn’s Wonder-Balm was made! They
111, 9, 277, 18, 87, 12 advised that this applied three or four times a day up each nostril would
offer protection. Sounds like quack medicine to me, much like the supposed
cures promoted by the irresponsible anti-vaxxers.
August 2021 In my view, vaccination is the key to resolving this.
If only it were more readily available. Keep safe!
ISSN 2209-850x
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BOOKS OF THE MONTH 5 DWYER, T.Ryle. SHORT FELLOW. A BIOGRAPHY OF
CHARLES J.HAUGHEY. Dublin. Marino Books. 1999. Or.bds. Dustjacket.
1 ABBEY, J.R. LIFE IN ENGLAND IN AQUATINT AND 477pp. Very good copy. 1st ed. With
LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. Architecture, Drawing Books, Art an inserted typed letter on his
Collections, Magazines, Navy letterhead “Abbeville. Kinsaley
a n d A r m y, P a n o r a m a e t c . County Dublin”, signed by him. The
From the Library of J.R.Abbey. letter refers to a photograph which
A Bibliographical Catalogue. is not in this book. “Adored and
Privately Printed. Lond. Curwen reviled in equal measure, Haughey
Press. 1953. Folio. Or.buckram has been one of the most significant
with leather titling label on spine. & controversial Irish leaders of the
Dustjacket. xxi,428pp. t.e.g. 3 late twentieth century.” A picture of
collotype plates & 50 illustrations a fallen idol & flawed genius $75
in the text. Sl.tear to dj at head of
6 FAULKNER, John. GOUGH WHITLAM. A Tribute. With a
spine else a Very good copy. 1st
foreword by John Faulkner. 1916 - 2014. Crown Nest. Allen & Unwin.
ed. Scarce. Edition of 400 numbered copies, this is number 98. $225
2014. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 164pp. Profusely illustrated in black &
2 CHURCHILL, Winston S. THE WORLD CRISIS. Five Volume white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inserted postal first-day cover with
Set. 1911-1914, 1915, 1916-1918, The ink signature of Gough Whitlam. When Gough Whitlam died on the
Aftermath, The Eastern Front. Lond. 21st of October 2014, his legacy to the Australian people was a nation
The Folio Society. 2007. (reps) 4to. transformed. This photographic tribute follows his journey from
Or.cl. 464,453,474,383,311pp. Splits to childhood to his busy quiet years $75
slip-case edges. b/w plates & maps.
7 GAMMAGE, Bill. THE BROKEN YEARS. Australian
Very good set. In the slip-case. $125
Soldiers in the Great War. Melb.
3 COHN, Albert M. GEORGE MUP. 2010. (rep) Folio. Col.Ill.
CRUIKSHANK. A CATALOGUE wrapps. 316pp. Many b/w ills.
RAISONNE. Of the Work Fine. Signed by Bill Gammage on
executed during the years the title page. An Australian war
1806-1877. With Collations, classic, first published in 1974, based
Notes, Approximate Values, on the diaries & letters of Australian
Facsimiles and Illustrations. soldiers in the Great War. $75
Lond. The Bookman’s Journal. 1924. Folio. Or.buckram.
8 GILL, Eric. THE FOUR GOSPELS. Of the Lord Jesus Christ,
xvi,375pp. uncut. t.e.g. Frontispiece portrait & 30 other b/w
according to the Authorized version of
plates. Edition of 500 numbered copies, this being no.102. 1st ed.
King James I. With decorations by Eric
Scarce. $295
Gill. Printed and Published at the Golden
4 DENT, Alan (Ed.) BERNARD SHAW AND MRS. Cockerel Press MCMXXI. Facsimile edition.
PATRICK CAMPBELL: THEIR CORRESPONDENCE. Lond. Lond. Folio Society. 2007. Folio. Full black
Victor Gollancz. 1952. goatskin. Gilt titling, The front board with
Or.bds. 339pp. (sl stamped gilt symbols for Matthew, Mark,
foxing) Spine sl.faded Luke and John. a.e.g. 279pp. Profusely
else a very good copy. 1st ed. illustrated with Gill. Edition of 2,750 copies.
Inserted is a coloured postcard Fine in a solander case with a quarter
with an image of Mrs Patrick buckram bound volume of Essays by
Campbell in an acting pose. John Dreyfus and Robert Gibbings. 27pp.
Also inserted is a slip inscribed A splendid facsimile of one of the finest
by her “Every good wish from private press books ever published. $495
Stella Tanner Campbell”, her
9 HERBERT, George. THE TEMPLE.
real name. The British stage
Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Printed from the Manuscript
actress was a confidante and
in the Bodleian Library. Prefatory note by Francis Meynell. Lond. The
close friend of Bernard Shaw,
Nonesuch Press. 1927. Original red and cream brocade cloth with spine
who wrote the Eliza Doolittle part in “Pygmalion”, expressly for her.
title woven into the cloth. x,213pp. Top and foredge gilt, the lower edge
$90
untrimmed. Frontispiece portrait. The pages with red-ruled borders. Some
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tanning to endpapers and offsetting to title page else a Very good copy. Dieppe raid. The slip is signed by Porteous, who died in October 2000,
Scarce. Edition of 1500 copies, this no.1169. $150 aged 82. He is mentioned in the book on pp 268-9. $60
10 JOHNSON, Heather. ROY DE MAISTRE. The Australian 14 SEGEV, Tom. SIMON WIESENTHAL. The Life and Legends.
Years 1894 - 1930. Foreword by Lloyd Rees. Lond. Jonathan Cape. 2010. Or.bds. Dustjacket.
Roseville East. Craftsman House. 1988. 482pp. b/w plates. 1st ed. 1st Eng. ed. With the
Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 138pp. Profusely signature of Wiesenthal on a loosely inserted
illustrated in colour and black & white. card. The biography of the famous Nazi
Very good copy. 1st ed. A comprehensive hunter. $195
account of the artist’s work in Australia:
15 SPARROW, Walter Shaw. ADVERTISING
his painting and also his innovative design
AND BRITISH ART. An introduction to a vast
work. $250
subject. With thirty-six illustrations in colour,
11 MAITLAND, Major General a hundred and twenty-one half-tone prints
Gordon. THE BATTLE HISTORY OF and twenty-seven line blocks in the text. Lond.
THE ROYAL NEW SOUTH WALES John Lane. The Bodley Head. 1924. Folio.
REGIMENT. VOLUME I: 1885-1918 & II: Or.quarter buckram and decorated paper sides.
1939-45. 2 vols. Syd. Kangaroo Press. 2001 xvii,190,6pp. uncut. Profusely illustrated as
& 2002. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 333pp., previously described. The corners sl.worn else
454pp. Col.plates & b/w ills. A Fine set. a very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. $175
1st ed. Both volumes inscribed by the
16 SWAN, Sir Kenneth R. (Q.C.) IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH.
author. This meticulously researched
Some random reminiscences of
record recounts the momentous
my early years. Oxford. Printed
events in which the Royal NSW Regiment
for the Author. 1964. Or.cl.
participated. Between 1885 & 1945 the
xiv,305pp. Frontispiece portrait
Regiment were involved in Soudan, Boer,
and 17 b/w plates. Plus 23 pages
& two world wars. $150
of “Sketches in Court”. The cloth
12 (NICHOLSON, Sir Charles) sl.flecked else a very good copy.
AESCHYLI ET SOPHOCLIS. 1st ed. Ms note on ffe from the
Tragoediae et Fragmenta. Graece recipient of the book gifted by
et Latine cum Indicibus. Text in Swan. Inserted is a two page handwritten aerogramme from Swan to
Greek and Latin. Paris. Editore Mr Justice Rapke, County Court, Melbourne. He talks of outstanding
Ambrosio F.Didot. 1846. Roy.8vo. figures he has met and asks to be remembered to Sir Owen Dixon. $75
Quarter calf with gilt & blind
17 TARTT, Donna. THE GOLDFINCH. Lond. Little, Brown.
decorated spine & marbled paper sides. x,281,408pp. Marbled
2013. Col.ill.bds. Qtr.cloth & col.ill.bds.
edges. A very good copy with the bookplate of Sir Charles
Tipped-in colour frontispiece. Lower corners
Nicholson, the first Chancellor of Sydney University. This
lightly bumped else a very good copy. Number
book from Nicholson’s personal library with a handwritten
271 of 1,000 copies signed by the author.
inscription to indicate that it
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The Goldfinch
was given as graduation prize
is a haunted odyssey through present day
to Robert Marsden Fitzgerald in
America as seen through the life experience
1856. An unusual association item.
of thirteen Theo Decker who is drawn into the
$395
criminal underworld of New York after a tragic
13 PRRETT, Bryan. FOR accident. $100
VALOUR. Victoria Cross and Medal of
19 TOWNSHEND, Thomas, First Viscount Sydney. SIGNATURE.
Honor (sic) Battles. Lond. Weidenfeld &
His signature “Townshend” in ink on a small
Nicolson. 2003. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 378pp.
slip of paper. Townshend was a British
b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. Inserted is a slip
politician who sat in the House of Commons
of paper outlining the military exploits of
from 1754 until 1783, when he was raised to
Patrick Anthony Porteous of the Royal
the peerage as Baron Sydney. He supported
Regiment of Artillery who won the VC for
plans for a convict settlement in New South
leading a bayonet charge against a vital
Wales. Sydney was named in his honour in 1788. $120
German battery on 19th August 1942 in the
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18 THOMAS, David. CRISS CANNING: The Author. n.d. (1980) Ill.wrapps.
THE PURSUIT OF BEAUTY. Melb. unpag. (60pp.) b/w ills. Fine. 1st
Macmillan. 2013. (2nd ed.) Folio. Or.bds. ed. With CASTLEMAINE AND
Dustjacket. 264pp. Profusely illustrated in DISTRICT TOURS. By Raymond
colour. Fine. Scarce. $240 Bradfield. wrapps. 60pp. Fine. The
20 TREVOR-ROPER, Hugh. THE pair $30
PHILBY AFFAIR. Espionage, Treason and 27 BRANAGAN, D.F. GEOLOGY
Secret Service. Lond. William Kimber. 1968. AND COAL MINING IN THE
Or.cl. Dustjacket. 126pp. Fine. 1st ed. Very HUNTER VALLEY, 1791-1861.
Scarce. Trevor-Roper was a member of the Newcastle History Monographs
British Secret Intelligence Service for five No.6. Newcastle City Council. 1972. Or.printed wrapps. 105pp. b/w ills.
years and during those years saw much of Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. $40
Philby as a fellow member of this Service.
28 BRODSKY, Isadore. THE STREETS OF SYDNEY. Syd. Old
He illumes some of the obscure corners. $175
Sydney Free Press. 1962. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 230pp.
21 ZIEGLER, Oswald (Publisher) 150 YEARS IN AUSTRALIA. b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed. The history of
The Special larger sized edition, full Sydney’s streets. $24
morocco bound, edges gilt. (30 copies)
29 BROWNING. Yvonne. THE WATERLOO
Official Souvenir Programme for the
PLAINS STATION. Lake Bathurst. 1825-1853.
National Celebrations to be held from
Mullion Creek. The Author. 1990. Foolscap folio.
January 26 to April 15, 1928. Syd. Oswald
Ill.wrapps. 86pp. b/w ills. & maps. Fine. 1st ed.
Ziegler. 1937. Full morocco. unpag. Col.&
Signed by the author. $30
b/w ills. Fine copy. The publisher’s copy,
with the publishing contract & the complete 30 BUCHAN, Jim. FREMANTLE VIA
publisher’s file. The standard copy in Royal BATHURST. A History of the Fremantle District
Quarto size is 12x9.5inches. This volume, and of the Pioneering Families and their properties
Royal Folio Reduced is 17.5x12inches. A from the 1820’s to the 1960’s. Bathurst. The Author.
copy of the standard edition, in wrappers 2001. Foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps. 185pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.
as it was originally produced is with the Scarce. $60
publisher’s file. This is a grand and imposing edition. Rare $275 31 THE CATHOLIC BUSHWALKER. THE FORTIETH
A N N I V E R S A RY I S S U E . S y d . C a t h o l i c
IAN JACK LIBRARY Bushwalking Club. 1983. Col.Ill.wrapps. 113pp.
22 APPERLY, Richard & LIND, Peter. 444 SYDNEY BUILDINGS. plus list of members. b/w ills. Fine. Scarce. $50
Syd. A & R and RAIA. 1971. Ill.wrapps. 128pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st 32 CHAMBERLAIN, Denis J. GREATER
ed. Published in association with the R.A.I.A. $24 WESTERN FLOUR MILLS. Bathurst. The Author.
23 AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF ARCHIVISTS INC. OUR 1997. Foolscap folio. Or.wrapps. 76pp. Many b/w
HERITAGE. A Directory to Archives and ills. Fine. 1st ed. With a comprehensive index. $40
Manuscript Repositories in Australia. Compiled 33 DARBYSHIRE, John & SAYERS, C.E.
by Olga White et al. O’Connor (ACT) 1983. OLD GOLD TOWNS OF NEW SOUTH WALES.
Lettered wrapps. 301pp. Fine. 1st ed. $24 Adel. Rigby. 1975. (2nd imp) 4to. Or.bds. Many
24 BLIGH, Beatrice. CHERISH THE EARTH. Col.ills. unpag. (32pp.) Boards a little rubbed else
The Story of Gardening in Australia. Syd. The a Good copy. The combination of text and paintings creates a colourful
David Ell Press. 1980. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 132pp. and informative picture of the days when men risked everything for
b/w plates. Fine copy. 1st ed. Published in gold. $22
association with The National Trust of Australia 34 (DFALTON FAMILY REUNION) THE DALTONS OF
(NSW). $28 ORANGE. Kingsford. Dalton Family Reunion. 1988. Foolscap folio. Ill.
25 BRADFIELD, Raymond A. CAMPBELLS wrapps. 75pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $24
CREEK. Some early history.. Castlemaine. The 35 DOUGHTON, Ron. BUSHWALKING IN THE BUDAWANGS.
Author. 1977. Ill.wrapps. 56pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $22 Syd. Envirobook. 1993. (2nd ed) Col.Ill.wrapps. 140pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st
26 BRADFIELD, Raymond A. LOLA MONTEZ AND ed. $25
CASTLEMAINE. Some Early Theatrical History. Castlemaine.
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36 DUNLOP, Eric. HARVEST OF THE YEARS. The Story of 45 HARVEY, Spencer. THE STORY OF MACHATTIE PARK
Burwood, 1794-1974. Syd. Burwood Council. 1974. Or.bds. Dustjacket. AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED THERE. Bathurst District
194pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. $24 Historical Soc. 2006. Foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps. 92pp. Many b/w ills.
Fine. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. “The transformation of a gloomy
37 EDWARDS, Elisabeth. IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH.
and hideous jail reserve into one of the most charming pleasure resorts
How medicine helped shape Orange’s history.
in the colony.” $30
Orange City Council. 2011. Foolscap folio. Col.
Ill.wrapps. 346pp. Many col & b/w ills. Fine. 1st 46 HENDERSON, Beryl. (Ed). MONUMENTS AND
ed. Scarce. $95 MEMORIALS. A tribute to their worth. Foreword by Professor Joan
Kerr. Syd. Royal Aust Historical Society. 1988. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps.
38 ELLIS, Netta. BRAIDWOOD HERITAGE.
284pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. A
Historical Photographs. Braidwood & District.
fascinating ramble through some five thousand monuments & memorials
Hist. Society 1983. Oblong 4to. Ill.wrapps. 72pp.
to the people & events that have shaped the state of NSW. From the brave
Many b/w photographic ills. Fine. 1st ed. $23
explorers, to a plaque erected for the Clydesdale horse. $25
39 FORD, Edward. THE LIFE AND
47 HODGE, Brian. SUNSET OF GOLD. Sofala and Wattle Flat.
WORK OF WILLIAM REDFERN. The Annual
1860-1914. The Goldfields Story Book 3. Syd.
Post-Graduate Oration, delivered on April 29,
Cambaroora Star Publications. 1988. 4to. Col.ill.
1953, in the Great Hall of the University of
wrapps. 64pp. Col & b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $30
Sydney Syd. Aust.Medical Publishing Co. 1953.
Wrapps. 36pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. William Redfern was one of our most 48 HODGE, Brian. VALLEYS OF GOLD.
distinguished medical forebears. $22 The Goldfields Story, 1851-1861. Book I. Syd.
Cambaroora Star Publications. 1976. 4to. Col.ill.
40 FOSTER, J.H. VICTORIAN PICTURESQUE. The Colonial
wrapps. 64pp. Col & b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $24
Gardens of William Sangster. Uni of Melbourne
History Dept. 1989. Ill.wrapps. 109pp. b/w ills. 9 JACK, Ian. & CREMIN, Aedeen.
Fine. 1st ed. $25 AUSTRALIA’S AGE OF IRON. History and
Archaeology. South Melb. Oxford Uni Press.
41 FOSTER, William C. SIR THOMAS
1994. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 175pp. b/w ills. Very
LVINGSTON MITCHELL & HIS WORLD,
good copy. 1st ed. Australia’s Age of Iron started
1792-1855. Surveyor General of New South
in the 1840s when the first attempts were made
Wales, 1828-1855. Syd. Instit.of Surveyors. 1985.
to reduce Australia’s dependence on Britain for
Or.bds. Dustjacket. 594pp. b/w ills. Sl.foxing to
imported iron. With an abundance of local iron
edges, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. An
ore it was trial & error. $24
authoritative biography of one of the Colony’s
most famous professionals, & also a lasting 50 JAHN, Graham. SYDNEY
document of a significant era in Australia’s early ARCHITECTURE. Photographed by Patrick
history. $65 Bingham-Hall. Syd. Watermark Press. 1997. Tall
8vo. 256pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Lists more
42 FOX, Len. OLD SYDNEY WINDMILLS. Potts Point. Len
than 500 buildings with detailed historical,
Fox. 1978. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 80pp. Profusely
architectural & anecdotal notes with brief
illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st
biographies of leading architects. $26
paperback ed. Most Australian’s are familiar
with the steel windmills seen in many parts of 51 JERVIS, James J. et al. ORANGE 1860-1960. To Commemorate
the country to pump water, but in 1823 there were the first hundred years of Local Government of Orange in the State of
some nineteen windmills in Old Sydney of varying New South Wales. Syd. Oswald Ziegler. 1960. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket.
design & appearance. $22 104pp. b/w ills. Boards & dj a little rubbed else a good copy. 1st ed.
$25
43 FREESTONE, Robert. URBAN NATION.
Australia’s Planning Heritage. Collingwood (Vic) 52 JONES, Michael. OASIS IN THE WEST. Strathfield’s First
CSIRO Publishing. 2012. Ill.wrapps. 322pp. Many Hundred Years. Syd. Allen & Unwin. 1985 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 175pp.
col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. $55 a.e.g. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Presented to Professor Ian Jack on
the occasion of the Sixth C.S.Malcolm Memorial Lecture, 7th September
44 GRIFFITH, John. A HISTORY OF KANGAROO VALLEY.
1991. European colonisation of the Strathfield area commenced in 1793,
Kangaroo Valley Historical Society. 1986. Ill.wrapps. 104pp. b/w ills. Fine.
with land grants issued. The largest parcel of land was granted to James
1st ed. $40
Wilshire in 1808, which was subdivided into large blocks. $28
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53 MAC. SMITH, Bertha. (Ed.) QUENCH NOT THE SPIRIT. 60pp. Many Col.ills. Fine. 1st ed. With A SHORT STORY OF BATHURST.
Merino Heritage. Melb. Hawthorn Press. 1972. Or.cl. 245pp. + genealogical Ill.wrapps. 3rd ed. 1972.24pp. The pair $30
tables. B/w plates. Dj a little torn else a good copy. 1st ed. John Smith
61 McRAE, Alan. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ORANGE
was an outstanding figure in early NSW history; a pioneer pastoralist
PASTORAL & AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Celebrating 100 Years at
& Merino breeder on vast areas of land. This biography was compiled
the present site - May 2009. Orange. The author. 2009. Foolscap folio. Ill.
from his diaries & letter books. $30
wrapps. 71pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $27
54 MADDOCK, John. MAIL FOR THE BACK OF BEYOND.
62 McRAE, Alan & CHURCHES, Carol. KELSO VILLAGE BOOK
Syd. Kangaroo Press. 1987. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps.
1. To celebrate the Centenary of Federation 2001. Bathurst. The Authors.
160pp. b/w ills. Sl. foxing else Near Fine
2001. Foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps. 265pp. B/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce.
copy. The lonely, monotonous and sometimes
$55
dangerous tasks of the early mail truck drivers
in the outback. $22 63 NICHOLLS, Gary et al. 3 MARRICKVILLE POTTERIES.
Fowlers, Diana & Studio Anna. Marrickville
55 MEYER, Athol. THE FORESTERS.
Society. 2005. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 40pp. col & b/w
Foreword by Zelman Cowen. Hobart. Institute
ills. Fine. 1st ed. $30
of Foresters. 1985. Ill.wrapps. 70pp. b/w ills.
Fine. 1st ed. Forestry in Australia. $20 64 O’CONNOR, Morgan. RISE AND
PROGRESS OF THE YASS MISSION (NEW
56 MONGAN, Cheryl. & REID, Richard. “WE
SOUTH WALES). Facsimile edition. Syd. LAH.
HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN”. Yass & Districts
1984. Ill.wrapps. 64pp. b/w ills. Fine. Edition of
War 1914 - 1918. Yass. Milltown Research & Pub.
1,000 copies. First published 1861. $33
1997. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 343pp. b/w ills. Very
good copy. A look at the contribution made by 65 O’KEEFE, Daniel. O’KEEFE’S GUIDE
the people of Yass & surrounding districts to the TO SYDNEY PUBS 1975/1976 Edition. A guide
war effort between 1914 & 1918, & the impact of war on that community. to a varied and interesting selection of Sydney
With a list of those who served in WWI. $33 hotels. Syd. Daniel O’Keefe Publications. Ill.
wrapps. 60pp. Plus an inserted section “Past
57 MOORE, David. IMAGE OF NEW ENGLAND. Armidale,
Pubs of Sydney” 24pp. with b/w ills. Sl.tearing to front wrapper caused
Walcha, Uralla, Dumaresq and Guyra.
by removal of old price sticker else a very good copy. $22
Armidale. Armidale Development Corp.
1992. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 56pp. b/w ills. 66 PIDDINGTON, Margaret (Ed.) OVER CHERRY TREE HILL.
Very good copy. 1st paperback ed. From 150 Years of Pioneer Settlement. Cherry Tree Hill
rural homes & out-buildings to fine civic Community Press. 1996. (2nd printing) Foolscap
architecture, the graphic reflections of folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 243pp. Many b/w ills.
water reed to dramatic waterfalls in gorge Endpaper maps. Fine. Scarce. $65
country. David Moore’s camera captures 67 PRATTEN, Chris. AMAROO. Squatters,
memorable images of New England $30 Sheepwalks, Yeomen and More. Summer Hill.
58 MacDONNELL, Freda. MISS The Author. 2002. Foolscap folio. Col.Ill.wrapps.
NIGHTINGALE’S YOUNG LADIES. 224pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Signed by the
The Story of Lucy Osburn & Sydney author. $50
Hospital. Syd. A & R. 1970. Or.bds. 113pp. 68 RHS OF VICTORIA. BENDIGO
b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by BRANCH. BIGGS, H (Ed.) HISTORIC GUIDE
the author. $33 TO BENDIGO. With a large folding map of the
59 McDOWELL, Peter. THE RESIDENTIAL goldfields. Bendigo. Cambridge Press. n.d. (c. 1970’s, 5th edition) Ill.
P R E C I N C T O F N O RT H R A N D W I C K . wrapps. unpag. (52pp.) b/w plates & ills. Large folding map. Fine. With
Randwick & District Historical Soc. 2008. BENDIGO AND THE CHINESE JOSS HOUSE. Col.Ill.wrapps. 20pp.
Foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps. 110pp. b/w ills. & Illustrations. The pair $22
maps. Fine. 1st ed. $35 69 SRIBER, Charles & WHITE, Unk (Ills) SYDNEY HARBOUR
60 McLACHLAN, Robin. FROM SKETCHBOOK. Adel. Rigby. Y1968. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 63pp. Many b/w
FLAGSTAFF TO TOWN SQUARE. A Guide ills. Fine. 1st ed. $24
to the Government Settlement Heritage Trail. 70 STAFF, William. RYLSTONE PRIMARY SCHOOL 1850-1994.
Bathurst. Charles Sturt Uni. 2015. Col.Ill.wrapps. Rylstone Primary School 1994. Foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps. 160pp. Many
b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $33
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71 STANBURY, Peter & HOLLAND, 79 WAUGH, John. ST. STEPHEN’S BATHURST 1832-1932. A
Julian. MR MACLEAY’S CELEBRATED Century’s Retrospect. With an Introduction by John A. Ferguson. Bathurst.
CABINET. Syd. Macleay Museum. 1988. McCarter & Quealy. 1932. Col.Ill.wrapps. Placed in a cloth bound board
Ill.wrapps. 171pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. The cover in a slip-case. 123pp. b/w ills. Very good
natural history collections of the Macleay copy. Scarce. St. Stephen’s in Bathurst was
Museum at the University of Sydney. $22 begun in 1832, under the eager guidance of Dr.
72 STAPLETON, Eugenie. SOUTH John Dunmore Lang, a strenuous promoter of
CREEK - ST.MARYS. From Village to City. the Church of Presbyterianism , & a school soon
2nd ed. Penrith City Council. 1988. Or.dec. followed. $75
wrapps. 38pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $18 80 WAUGH, Joseph. KENSINGTON
73 STAPLETON, Eugenie. ST.MARY’S RACECOURSE 1890-1942. Randwick & District
HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SPOTLIGHT ON Historical Soc. 1997. Foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps.
HISTORY. Nos. 1, 2 & 3. Three vols. 1. Anna 37pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $33
Josepha King, Governor King’s wife. 2. Harriet (Lethbridge) King, 81 WHEELHOUSE, Frances. MASTERING THE
Admiral King’s Wife. 3. Elizabeth Marsden the Parson’s Wife. St. Mary’s. LAND. Terrey Hills. Reed Education. 1978. Col.
The Author. 1981. All Ill.wrapps. 21,28,25pp. Fine. 1st eds. . The three Ill.wrapps. 64pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.
vols $45
$12
74 STURGISS, James Henry. THE MAN FROM THE MISTY
MOUNTAINS. Memoirs and Poems of BOOKPLATES
James Henry Sturgiss, 1890-1983. Ed. by 82 BOTEL, Fritz. EX LIBRIS ALAN WAMBEEK.
Jim Thompson. Eastwood. The Budawang Etching. 100x130mm. Shows a monk writing at
Committee. 1986. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 181pp. a table in the centre with a border of a Beethoven
b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Inscribed by the editor. image and other various objects. Signed in pencil
$27 by the artist. Alan Wambeek had a bookplate
75 SWORDS, Doug & BASSINGTHWAITE, designed by the Australian artist Allan Jordan, a
Pauline. THEY MADE THEIR OWN WAY. A copy of which appears to be in every institutional
Collection of Reminiscences of Some Senior bookplate collection in Australia, though not this
Mudgee and District Residents. Bathurst. one by an Hungarian artist. Wambeek died in 1999
Crawford House Publishing 1998. 4to. Col. in Victoria. $40
Ill.wrapps. 166pp. Many b/w ills. 83 BOTEL, Fritz. EX LIBRIS
Fine. 1st ed. $27 ALAN D.M.WAMBEEK. Woodcut. 100x120mm.
76 TRIMMER, Pam. BAULKHAM HILLS. “A District Second to Shows Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Fine.
None...” Baulkham Hills. The Author. n.d. (1989) The artist is Hungarian, though Wambeek
Dec.bds. xi,120pp. Many b/w ills. Endpaper was living in Australia at the time of his
maps. Fine. 1st ed. $30 death. $30
77 WALKER, R.B. OLD NEW ENGLAND. 84 GISIKER, Gosta. EX LIBRIS K S R. (Rasmussen)
A History of the Northern Tablelands of New Woodcut. 75x95mm. Shows a woman in a flowing
South Wales, 1818-1900. Syd. SUP. 1966. Or.cl. monk-like gown. Fine $30
Dustjacket. 187pp. b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st
ed. $40 85 JONAS, Henry.
B O O K P L AT E F O R
78 WAUGH, Ellen. LAWRENCE HERBERT (Charles) NYPELS. Woodcut.
BEECROFT. AN ENTERTAINING ARTIST. 85x85mm. Typographic
Born in Reading, England, 15 December 1864. plate. Jonas was a Dutch
Arrived in Australian the Oriana, 11 February artist. $30
1905. Died in Sydney at 23 Roslyndale Avenue,
Woollahra, 5 May 1951. Randwick & District Historical Soc. 1997. 86 LINDSAY, Lionel.
Foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps. 51pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. EX LIBRIS JEAN LINDSAY.
$45 Wo o d c u t 7 0 x 1 1 0 m m .
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Shows a standing Buddha-like oriental figure. Fine 95 BONHAMS. ABORIGINAL ART. THE THOMAS VROOM
$90 COLLECTION. Auction Catalogue. Syd. Bonhams. n.d. (2016) 4to. Col.
Ill.wrapps. 147pp. Many Col.ills. Fine. 1st ed. $27
87 MAHONY, Will ALLAN McCLURE HIS
BOOK. Woodcut. 10x11mm Shows Don Quixote 96 BULLOCK, Natasha & MUNRO, Keith
on his horse with Sancho on his donkey alongside. (Eds.) BEING TIWI. Syd. MCA Australia. 2015.
The famous windmills are in the background. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 154pp. Profusely illustrated.
Fine $75 Fine. 1st ed. Art from the Tiwi Islands, north of
Australia. Exhibition Catalogue. $40
88 RERBERG, John. BOOKPLATE
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN EX LIBRIS SOCIETY. 97 CARUANA, Wally (Ed.) LIKAN’MIRRI
Two-colour woodcut. 125x95mm. Signed - CONNECTIONS. The AIATSIS Collection
by the artist lower left. Shows a map of of Art. An exhibition at the Drill Hall Gallery.
Australian within a stylised border, with an Canberra. AIATSIS. 2004. Oblong 4to. Col.Ill.
arrow pointing to Sydney. Fine. $85 wrapps. 80pp. Profusely illustrated in colour
and black & white. Fine. 1st ed. $30
89 SMITH, Lester Victor. BOOKPLATE
FOR ELIZABETH WATSON DIAMOND. 98 CROCKER, Andrew (Ed.) PAPUNYA.
Etched plate 100x130mm. Signed in Peintures Aborigines du Desert de l’Australie
pencil by the artist. Shows an image of Centrale. Foreword by Clifton Pugh. Aboriginal
bookbinders working, taken from an old Artists Agency Ltd. 1983. Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps.
woodcut. Fine $45 64pp. Many colour ills. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce.
French text. The catalogue of an exhibition of
90 WARNER, Ernest. EX LIBRIS E.WARNER 1927.
Central Australian and Western Desert art held
Woodcut 100x150mm. Shows a stylised cross with an
in France. $36
old sailing vessel lower left. Fine. $60.
99 DAVIS, Stephen. ABOVE CAPRICORN.
91 WISEMAN, Hilda. BOOKPLATE FOR BETTY
Aboriginal Biographies from Northern Australia.
GOLDIE. Woodcut 50x75mm. Shows flannel flowers
Syd. A & R. 1994. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 113pp.
with a decorative side-piece. Signed in pencil by the
Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine. 1st ed. $36
artist. $45
100 DEUTSCHER and HACKETT. THE
ABORIGINAL ART & CULTURE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM AND LUCY
92 (ABORIGINAL ART) AN EXHIBITION OF OENPELLI MORA Melbourne 21 July 2010. Aboriginal Art
PAINTINGS ON BARK. Presented by the Australian Gallery Directors Melb. D & H. 2010. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 120pp.
Council for the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council. Text by Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine. $25
Jennifer Isaacs. Drawings by E.J.Brandl. Syd. Aboriginal Arts Board. n.d. 101 DEUTSCHER and HACKETT.
(c.2000) 4to. Dec.wrapps. 50pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $25 IMPORTANT ABORIGINAL + OCEANIC ART
93 A N D E R S O N , Wa r w i c k . T H E C U LT I VAT I O N O F AUCTION Melbourne 18 May 2011. Melb. D
WHITENESS. Science, Health & Racial Destiny in Australia. Melb. MUP. & H. 2011. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 196pp. Profusely
2005. (New ed.) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 390pp. b/w plates. Fine. Winner of illustrated in colour. Fine. A significant portion
the W.K.Hancock Prize in 2004. “An important book that helps us make of the catalogue is Aboriginal art. $30
sense of the tenacity of visions of a white Australia... vividly evokes past 102 DEUTSCHER and HACKETT.
states of mind & their lingering, haunting IMPORTANT FINE ART. ABORIGINAL ART.
power.” - SMH. $30 Sydney 2 December 2015. Syd. D & H. 2015.
94 BENJAMIN, Roger (Ed) with 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 260pp. Profusely illustrated
WEISLOGEL, Andrew C. ICONS OF in colour. Fine. $30
THE DESERT. Early Aboriginal Paintings 103 DURACK, Mary. YAGAN OF THE
from Papunya. N.Y. Herbert F.Johnson Art BIBBULMUN. Illustrated by Revel Cooper.
Museum. 2009. Square 4to. Col.ill.bds. Melb. Nelson. 1976. (2nd ed.) Or.bds. Dustjacket.
176pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in 71pp. b/w ills. Sl. foxing to foredge else a
colour. Boards sl.rubbed else a Very good very good copy. A portrait of the remarkable
copy. 1st ed. $45 Aborigine who dominated the early years of
the Swan River settlement in Western Australia, vividly recreated for
children. $25
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104 FRENCH, Alison. SEEING THE CENTRE. The art of Albert 111 JONES, Philip. BEHIND THE DOORS.
Namatjira 1902 - 1959. Canberra. National Gallery of Aust. 2002. 4to. Col. An Art History from Yuendumu. Adel. South
Ill.wrapps. 166pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very Australian Museum. 2014. Col.Ill.wrapps. 212pp.
good copy. 1st ed. Born & raised at eh Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white.
outside Alice Springs, Albert Namatjira Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. The doors were painted over
showed an early interest in art, & under the 30 years ago at a remote desert school by artists
tutelage or Rex Batterbee began to paint steeped in ritual knowledge, they survived near
seriously in 1932. $75 obliteration and have now been conserved and
restored. $75
105 GALIMANY, Michael. RECOGNITION.
PERCY LEASON’S ABORIGINAL 112 MAWURNDJUL, John. RARRK. Journey
PORTRAITS. Canberra. National Portrait Through Time in Northern Australia. Museum
Gallery 2000. Oblong 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. Tinguely, Basel 2005. Adelaide. Crawford House
68pp. Many col & b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Publishing 2005. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 238pp.
Scarce. $75 Many col & b/w ills. Very good copy. Exhibition
Catalogue. This is the Exhibition Catalogue of a
106 GODDEN, Elaine. & MALNIC,
collection of Aboriginal art & artifacts that have
Jutta (Photographs) ROCK PAINTINGS OF
been made by John Mawurndjul from Arnhem
ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA. Lond. New Holland Publishers. 2015.
Land in the Northern Territory that travelled
Oblong 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 152pp. Profusely illustrated in colour.
to Basel & Hanover. $75
Very good copy. First published in 1997 by another publisher. Larry
Jakamarra Nelson of the Warlpiri people says that “when I look at my 113 MAYNARD, John. TRUE LIGHT
dreaming paintings it makes me feel AND SHADE. An Aboriginal Perspective of
good, happy in spirit.” A look at some Joseph Lycett’s Art. Canberra. NLA Publishing.
of the rock painting from Cape York, & 2014, Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 168pp. Profusely
Arnhem Land. $45 illustrated in colour. Fine. 1st ed. Lycett’s images capture in intimate
detail Aboriginal cultural practice and connection to place. $65
107 HILL, Barry. BROKEN
SONG. T.G.H.Strehlow and Aboriginal 114 MYERS, Fred R. PINTUPI COUNTRY, PINTUPI SELF.
Possession. Syd. Knopf. 2003. Or.bds. Sentiment, Place, & Politics Among Western Desert Aborigines.
Dustjacket. 818pp. b/w plates. Very Washington. Smithsonian Institute. 1986. Or.qt.cl. Dustjacket. 334pp.
good copy. 1st paperback ed. Inscribed b/w ills. Slight tears to dj else Fine. 1st ed. $55
by the author. A biography of one of 115 McCarthy. Frederick D. (Introduction)
the Australian Aborigines’ greatest AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART. Bark
supporters & champions, with a critical Paintings, Carved Figures, Sacred and Secular
look at his life & work. Winner of the 2004 National Biography Award. Objects. An Exhibition. State Art Galleries of
$55 Australia. 1960. Ill.wrapps. 36pp. col.front.
108 JENKINS, Susan (Ed.) NO ORDINARY PLACE. THE ART & 22 b/w plates. Some pencil underlining to
OF DAVID MALANGI. Canberra. NGA. 2004. 4to. Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. introduction & name on half-title else a Very
112pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine. 1st ed. Published on the good copy. 1st ed. $22
occasion of the associated exhibition. $40 116 JOHNSON, Vivien. STREETS OF
109 JOHNSON, Miranda. THE LAND IS OUR PAPUNYA. The re-invention of Papunya
HISTORY. Indigeneity, Law and the Settler Painting. Syd. UNSW Press. 2015. 4to. Dec.
State. N.Y. OUP. 2016. Dec.wrapps. 233pp. wrapps. 238pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly
Fine. 1st ed. “Offers critical insights into the in colour. Fine. 1st ed. The author reveals
tension between white settler colonialism and the remarkable art of the women painters of
indigenous peoples in the struggle over land.” Papunya today. $75
$45 117 OUTSIDE IN: RESEARCH ENGAGEMENTS WITH
110 JOHNSON, Vivien. ABORIGINAL ARNHEM LAND ART. Exhibition Catalogue. ANU Drill Hall Gallery
ARTISTS OF THE WESTERN DESERT. A 30 August - 7 October 2001.. Canberra. ANU. 2001 Oblong 4to. Col.Ill.
Biographical Dictionary. Syd. Craftsman House. wrapps. e36pp. Colour illustrations. Fine. 1st ed. $35
1994. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 237pp. Colour plates.
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118 PEDERSON, Annette (Curator) bur-ran-gur ang (court out) 1990. Col.Ill.wrapps. 176pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black &
WOMAN AND THE LAW. Exhibition Catalogue. Perth. UWA. 1995. white. Fine. 1st ed. $27
Foolscap folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 55pp. col & b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $30 128 TWEEDIE, Penny. INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA STANDING
119 SMITH, Terry. (Ed.) FIRST PEOPLES, SECOND CHANCE. STRONG. Syd. Simon & Schuster. 2001. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 192pp.
Public Papers from the 29th Annual Symposium Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine. 1st ed. The author spent a year
of the Australian Academy of Humanities. travelling around Australia photographing and interviewing young
Illustrations by Michael Fitzjames. Canb. Aust. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. $30
Academy of Humanities. 1999. Col.Ill.wrapps. 129 WEST, Margie (Ed.) YULYURLU. LORNA FENCER
137pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $33 NAPURRURLA. Adel. Wakefield Press. 2012.
120 SOTHEBY’S. ABORIGINAL ART. Auction (2nd imp) 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 126pp. Profusely
Catalogue. Sydney, Monday 28 July 2003 Part I; illustrated in colour and black & white. Fine.
Tues 29 July 2003 Part II. Melb. Sotheby’s. 2003. Yulyurlu was an important pioneer in the
4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 292pp. Profusely illustrated in Central Desert art movement. $40
colour. Fine. 1st ed. Auction catalogue. Beautifully 130 WEST, Margie, Banduk Marika and
illustrated. $33 Rirratjingu Clan. YALANGBARA. ART OF
121 SOTHEBY’S. ABORIGINAL ART. THE DJANG’KAWU. Darwin. NT Museum &
Melbourne, 26-27 June, 2000. Melb. Sotheby’s. 2000. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. Art Gallery. 2008. Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 206pp.
244pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine. 1st ed. $27 Profusely illustrated, mostly in colour. Fine.
1st ed. Scarce. A major survey of works by the
122 SOTHEBY’S AUSTRALIA. ABORIGINAL ART Sydney 30
Marika family. $150
November 2010. Auction Catalogue Syd. Sotheby’s 2010. 4to. Col.Ill.
wrapps. 156pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine. $27 AUSTRALIA & THE PACIFIC
123 STANTON, John E. PAINTING THE COUNTRY. Contemporary 131 ABJORESON, Norman. JOHN HEWSON. A Biography.
Aboriginal art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia. Nedlands. Melb. Lothian Books. 1993. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 213pp. b/w plates. 1st ed.
UWA Press. 1989. Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 48pp. 42 Col.plates & b/w ills. Fine. Inscribed by John Hewson on the title page. A political biography.
Fine. 1st ed. $27 Hewson rose to leadership of the Liberal Party after just one term in
124 STOCKTON, Eugene. (Ed.) BLUE Parliament. $35
MOUNTAINS DREAMING. The Aboriginal 132 ALEXANDER, Fred. CAMPUS AT CRAWLEY. A Narrative
Heritage. Winmalee, NSW. Three Sisters Prod. and Critical Appreciation of the First Fifty Years of the University of
1993. Col.Ill.wrapps. 160pp. b/w ills. Lower Western Australia. With a Foreword by Sir Alexander Reid. Melb. F. W.
corner of front wrapper a little worn else a Cheshire. 1963. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 875pp. b/w plates & ills. Very good
good copy. Handwritten letter from the author copy. 1st ed. The University of Western Australia was established in
loosely inserted. Traces the history of the Blue 1911 making it the sixth oldest university in Australia & one of the
Mountains Aboriginal tribes, the Gundungurra & sandstone universities. Alumni include Bob Hawke, Robert French &
the Dharug. $20 H.C. Coombs $33
125 THE STORY OF BUNGAREE. 133 APPLETON, R. BAKER, A. J. & MAIDMENT, W. (Ed). THE
Syd. Harbour Trust. 2009. 4to. Ill.wrapps. 34pp. Colour illustrations. Fine. PLURALIST. A Journal of Social and Literary Criticism. Number 3.
1st ed. Bungaree was a significant Aboriginal figure in the early years of Summer, 1965. Surry Hills. The Wentworth Press. 1965. Col.Ill.wrapps.
Sydney. He accompanied Flinders on his circumnavigation. $24 43pp. Very good copy. The 3rd issue of The Pluralist features articles by
126 TAPPER, Nick (Ed.) NGARRA. The Lee Sonnino on D. H. Lawrence & Social Ideas. Modern Drama by Peter
Texta Drawings. Contributions by Henry Davidson, The Existence of God by E. Khamare & poems & a story by
F.Skerritt & Kevin Shaw. Coolbinnia (WA) Peter Newton. $15
Mossenson Art Found 2015. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 134 AUSTRALIAN ARMY GENERAL STAFF (Intelligence). A
175pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine. 1st MILITARY SURVEY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Prepared by Army
ed. Scarce. The work of the Aboriginal artist Headquarters General Staff. Preface by Lieutenant General Sydney
Ngarra. $120 Fairbairn Rowell. Melb. Australian Military Forces. 1949. Tall 4to. Or.bds.
127 THOMPSON, Liz. ABORIGINAL bound in qtr.brown cloth. Stapled binding. 223pp. + 41pp. With a fold-out
VOICES. Contemporary Aboriginal Artists, map & diagram. Sl foxing to some pages. Light wear to corners. Portions
Writers and Performers. Marleston. J.B.Books. of text underlined in pencil. Very good The 1st edition of a military
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changes to the British Empire since 1939 & gives a breakdown of each 142 BOWEN, Chris. THE MONEY MEN. Australia’s 12
Commonwealth country. $75 most Notable Treasurers. Melb. MUP. 2015. Ill.
wrapps. 472pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Inscribed
135 AUSTRALIAN EX LIBRIS SOCIETY. YEAR BOOK 1934. by the author. Chris Bowen interviewed all living
Syd. Beacon Press. 1934. 8vo. Or.wrapps. 48pp. 10 tipped-in bookplates treasurers profiled in the book. “Chris Bowen is
including the two-colour plate for Ethleen Palmer by George Perrotet. 11 the first candidate for Treasurer who has publicly
ills. of bookplates. Fine. Scarce. Edition of 250 numbered copies. $115 studied his predecessors” Alan Kohler. $40
136 BAKER, D. W. A. DAYS OF WRATH. A life of John Dunmore 143 BRODIE, Scott. AUSTRALIA IN THE
Lang. Carlton. Melbourne University Press 1985. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. VIETNAM WAR. Frenchs Forest. PR Books. 1990.
562pp. Dustjacket covered in removable plastic. b/w ills. Very good copy. (rep) 4to. Col.ill.bds. 160pp. Profusely illustrated
1st ed. Winner of the Herb Thomas Literary Award, in black & white. Very good copy. In 1962 Robert
1985. $33 Menzies agreed to American requests for a team
137 BATES, John. THE LAST ISLANDS. History of Australian Army combat advisers to be sent to
of the Whitsunday and Cumberland Islands. Photos the war being waged in South Vietnam, it began a ten year involvement
by Craig Lamotte. Illustrations by Debbi Tinker. of Australian troops $36
Airlie Beach. John Bates. 1990. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 144 BRODSKY, I.I. (Ed.) SENIOR YEAR BOOK 1934. University
112pp. col plates & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st of Sydney Medical School. Syd. University of Sydney. 1934. Or.bds. with
ed. Master Mariner John Bates recounts his sailing gilt lettering. 106pp. Many b/w ills. Very good copy. Includes many
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145 BUNBURY, Bill. RAG, STICKS & WIRE. Australians Taking
138 BILLINGTON, Robert. BILLINGTON’S To The Air. Syd. ABC Books. 1994. (2nd imp) Col.
SYDNEY. Syd. Peribo. 2004. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 223pp. Many b/w Ill.wrapps. 153pp. (sl foxing) to top edge. b/w
photographic ills. Fine. 1st ed. Evocative photographs of Sydney landscape ills. Very good copy. The story of how Australia
& lifestyle. $36 took to the skies with energy, humour, courage &
139 BIRD, Nancy. MY GOD! IT’S A WOMAN. The Autobiography pride, as air pioneers, aircrew, & passengers. From
of Nancy Bird. Foreword by Gaby Kennard. Syd. aircraft made of rag & held together by wire to the
Angus & Robertson. 1995. Col.Ill.wrapps. 216pp. formation of Qantas. $25
b/w plates. Very good copy. Inscribed by Nancy 146 BURRELL, Sir Henry. MERMAIDS DO
Bird. In 1933 a nineteen year old Nancy Bird EXIST. The autobiography of Vice-Admiral Sir
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flying long distance flights in single-engined aircraft 1986. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 318pp. b/w ills. Very
& captured the imagination of people all over the good copy. 1st ed. Vice Admiral Sir Henry Burrell
world. $30 joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1918 at the
140 BOGLE, Michael. THE VIEW FROM age of 13, & retired in 1962 at the age of 13 until his retirement in 1962
ABROAD. Syd. Historic Houses Trust of NSW. 1996. as the Chief of Naval Staff. $28
Col.Ill.wrapps. 48pp. b/w ills. Corners sl.rubbed else 147 CARO, Jane. ACCIDENTAL FEMINISTS. Melb. MUP. 2019.
a very good copy. Exhibition Catalogue. A catalogue Col.Ill.wrapps. 233pp. Fine. 1st ed. Signed by the author on the title
from the exhibition of 19th century European ‘View’ page. The author was awarded the 2018 Walkley Award for Women’s
photographs taken to provide travels with a visual record of the sights Leadership. $38
of Europe following the birth of photography in 1840. $12
148 CARTLEDGE, Lieut Col G THE
141 BOURKE, Stephen. & DESCOEUDRES, Jean-Paul. (Ed). SOLDIER’S DILEMMA. When to Use Force in
TRADE, CONTACT, AND THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLES IN Australia. An examination of the laws which are
THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. Studies in Honour of John Basil likely to affect Australian soldiers operationally
Hennessey. Mediterranean Archaeology Supplement 3. Syd. Meditarch, deployed in Australia. Canberra. Dept. of Defence.
University of Syd. 1995. 4to. Col.ill.bds. 339pp. + 22pp. of b/w plates. 1992. Foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps. 206,14pp. Sl
Very good copy. 1st ed. John Basil Hennessey joined the Department of foxing else a Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by
Archaeology at Sydney University in 1954. He & his students worked on the author. $45
a number of sites in the Eastern Mediterranean. A bibliography of his
work. $75 149 CASEY, Maie, et al. EARLY MELBOURNE
ARCHITECTURE, 1840 TO 1888. A Photographic
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In March 1990 Brian Edwards, amateur pilot left Binbrook airfield in
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England bound for Australia in the 1943 Tiger Moth ‘Matilda’ to raise
150 CHAUVEL, Elsa. MY LIFE WITH CHARLES CHAUVEL. funds for Legacy & to overcome his fear of flying. $15
Syd. Shakespeare Head Press. 1973. Or.bds.
158 FAIRWEATHER, Ian. THE DRUNKEN BUDDHA. St.
Dustjacket. 191pp. b/w plates. Very good copy.
Lucia. UQP. 1965. Oblong 4to. Or.dec.bds.
1st ed. Signed and inscribed by the Elsa Chauvel
Dustjacket. 161pp. 12 Colour plates from
on the half-title. Life of film producer Chauvel
paintings by Ian Fairweather. Fine copy.
as told by his wife Elsa. $60
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151 CHE GUEVARA, Ernesto. CHE
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