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Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English
[William Alexander]
London: John Murray, 1814.50 persons from across early 19th century English society are depicted in fine hand-coloured costume plates dated 1813, each accompanied by a detailed descriptive text. This copy in a signed Zaehnsdorf binding and with the bookplate of Ada Thatcher Huntzinger
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My Fourth Tour in Western Australia
Albert F. Calvert
London: William Heinemann, 1897.The first edition of Calvert’s fourth tour of Western Australia. An early travelogue with hundreds of illustrations by Walker Hodgson, from photographs, and with a folding colour map showing the gold field regions. FERGUSON 7823.
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Queensland Law Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 1-4, 1930-31
L. Brown; W. Elson-Green; S. T. Halpin
Brisbane: Queensland Law Students’ Association, 1930-31.The first 4 numbers of the QLD Law Gazette being the entirety of volume 1, bound in 1 volume, with 3 page index at rear. Ownership stamp and signature of Rupert Beirne, Toowoomba, son of solicitor and first native-born Mayor of Toowomba, B. J. Beirne, and with a plate depicting Chief Justice Adrian Knox to the front pastedown
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The State of Religion and Education in New South Wales
William Westbrooke Burton
London: J. Cross and Simpkin and Marshall, 1840.This copy from the collection of Melbourne bibliophile Rollo Hammet, with his label, and the ownership signature of W. Champion Hackett. FERGUSON 2943.
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French Masculinities: History, Culture and Politics
Christopher E. Forth; Bertrand Taithe
Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.This copy inscribed by Christopher Forth
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The Mapping of Terra Australis
Robert Clancy
Sydney: Universal Press, 1995.A guide to early printed maps of Australia, Antarctica and the South Pacific. A standard reference for collectors.
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Early Charts of New Zealand, 1542-1851
Peter Bromley Maling
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1969.Maps detailing New Zealand from 1542 to 1851. Limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is number 238.
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Paris
Kishin Shinoyama
Tokyo: Shincho-sha, 1977.Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama (1940-2024) documents a trip to Paris in the 1970s.
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Hashi o wataru to / Beyond the Bridge
Kishin Shinoyama
Tokyo: Qantas, 1976.Collection of photographs of Australia by leading Japanese photographer Kishin, published and distributed by Qantas in the 1970s. The first half devoted to beach shots.
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Tamasaburo
Kishin Shinoyama
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1977.Photobook of kabuki actor and onnagata (male actors who play female roles) Bando Tamasburo.
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America’s Newest Sex Cult: Wealthy Adolescents With Money and Passions to Burn
E. R. Linton
Los Angeles: Medco Books, 1966.Narratives, statistics, and analysis of sex, drugs, and privilege among rich American teenagers.
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Engineering The Outback: A History of the Western Queensland Consulting Engineers, George Bourne & Associates
Peter Forrest; Sheila Forrest
Barcaldine: George Bourne and Associates, 2006. -
Harry Oakman’s Tropical and Subtropical Gardening
Harry Oakman
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1996.The Complete Guide to Gardening in Tropical and Subtropical Regions.
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Danum Valley: The Rain Forest
Hans P. Hazebroek; Tengku Zainal Adlin; Waidi Sinun
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications (Borneo), 2012. -
Australian Native Plants: Propagation, Cultivation and Use in Landscaping
John W. Wrigley; Murray Fagg
Sydney: Reed New Holland, 1998.Fully Revised and Updated. Foreword by John B. E. Simmons.
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The Boxer Rebellion
Adriano Madaro
Quinto di Treviso: Europrint Editore, 2001.A new historical review on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Boxer Rebellion, copiously illustrated throughout. Originally published in Italian as ‘La Rivolta dei Boxer Pechino 1900’ and here translated into English for the first time by Elizabeth Tomlin.
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Yesterday and Today: An Illustrated History of the Pacific Islands Regiment
N. E. W. Granter
Port Moresby: South Pacific Post, 1970.From Its Formation on 19th June, 1940 Until the Present Day.
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Prisoners Their Own Warders
J. F. A. McNair; W. D. Bayliss
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co, 1899.A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825, Discontinued 1873, Together with a Cursory History of the Convict Establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the Year 1797. Finishing to spine states Constable, London, title page states Westminster: Archibald Constable.
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The Exhibition of the Atomic Bombing in Nagasaki
Daniel Hart
Nagasaki: Nagasaki International House, 1973. -
To Find a Path (2 Volumes)
James Sinclair
Brisbane and Bathurst: Boolarong Press and Crawford House Press, 1990-1992.