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ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP CATALOGUE 358
The Antique Bookshop & Curios
Phone Orders To: (02) 9966 9925 Fax Orders to: (02) 9966 9926
Mail Orders to: PO Box 7127, McMahons Point, NSW 2060
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Books Held At: Level 1, 328 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest 2065
Hours: 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday
All items offered at Australian Dollar prices subject to prior FOREWORD
sale. Prices include GST. Postage & insurance is extra. There have been some record prices of important books achieved at recent
Payment is due on receipt of books. auctions in the USA, I think partly as a result of the large sums of money
floating around due to governments printing more money to help with the
No reply means item sold prior to receipt of your order. COVID pandemic, the inability of people to spend it on travel or related
things, as they might once have done, and also as a hedge against possible
inflation now that interest rates are at an all-time low.
CONTENTS In a sale that grossed a record-setting US$2.7 million, Heritage Auctions
recently sold the first Boston Newspaper printing of the Declaration of In-
BOOKS OF THE MONTH 1 - 26 dependence for $175,000 (A$230,000), a single folio leaf from the Gutenberg
WALTON’S COMPLETE ANGLER - FINE EDITIONS 27 - 35 Bible for $162,500 (A$215,000)
PROFESSOR IAN JACK LIBRARY 36 - 95 Audubon’s “Birds of America” sold for $93,750 (A$125,000) more than four
AUSTRALIA & THE PACIFIC 96 - 205 times its estimate.
LITERATURE WITH SIGNATURES 206 - 239 A first edition, first printing of Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” closed
ROME & MISCELLANEOUS 240 - 391 at $81,250 (A$108,000) also more than four times its estimate. Not surprising
BAEDEKER TRAVEL GUIDES & ADDENDA 392 - 414 as it has been called “Darwin’s greatest work and one of the most important
books ever published”.
Other prices included the first appearance of Edgar Rice Burrough’s Tarzan
Front cover items: of the Apes” for $62,500 (A$83,000), Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy
for $47,500 (A$63,000) and even Stephen King’s “Firestarter” for $33,750
(A$45,000).
22, 17, 16, 5 / These record prices are not restricted to important high level books, but
124, 28, 9, 18, 12, 172 are being seen in many other areas of high level collectibles including cars,
watches, jewellery and paintings.
Will these increases diminish once we are able to travel freely again, if we
July 2021 are ever able to, or are we seeing an ongoing trend?
Time, and success in coming to terms with COVID
ISSN 2209-850x
will tell in due course.
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BOOKS OF THE MONTH
Dustjacket. 223pp. Many b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. English language
1 ADAMSON, Joy. THE ELSA TRILOGY. BORN FREE. edition. The photographs, from the early 19th century, capture the
LIVING FREE. FOREVER FREE. Three people, places, traditions and culture of an Empire that has long since
vols. Lond. Collins & Harvill. 1960, 61, disappeared. $75
62 Roy.8vo. Col.ill.bds. Dustjackets.
8 CARO, Antonio Petit. LA LIDIA Y EL TOREO. (Fighting
160,146,192pp. b/w plates. Djs a little
and Bullfighting) La Historia Taurina a Traves de
torn & chipped else very good copies.
la Prensa. (Bullfighting history through the press)
A complete first edition set. Scarce.
Madrid - Caracas. BBVA Fundacion. 2000. Folio.
The extraordinary relationship with a
Full faux leather, gilt decorated. 249pp. Profusely
Kenyan lioness established by the author.
illustrated in colour with bullfighters and scenes
The set $150
of bullfighting. Marbled endpapers. Fine. Spanish
2 ART IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY text. $80
NUMBER. 3rd series, no.20, June 1st,
9 CLARK, Charles. SUMMARY
1927. Edited by Sydney Ure Smith and
OF COLONIAL LAW, The Practice
Leon Gellert. Syd. Art in Australia. 1927.
of the Court of Appeals from the
Dec.wrapps. 88pp. Tipped-in colour
Plantations, and of the Laws and their
plates & b/w plates & ills. Spine sl.chipped else a Very good copy.
Administration in all the Colonies; with
Contains some 28 plates of photographs by H.Cazneaux. $75
Charters of Justice, Orders in Council
3 ART IN AUSTRALIA. Third Series No.37. The Recent Work of &c. &c. Lond. S.Sweet. 1834. Full gilt-
Elioth Gruner. Syd. March. 1929. 4to. wrapps. (spine sl. chipped) unpag. decorated leather. viii.746pp. Sl.foxing
Tipped-in colour plates & & b/w plates and illustrations. Very good on the prelims else a very good copy. 1st
copy. $75 ed. Pages 599 to 672 deal with the Australian colonies. The
4 BENTLEY, Arthur. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DEER OF earliest text dealing with Australian law. Very Scarce.
AUSTRALIA. With Special Reference to Victoria. Melb. Ray Manning $395
for Koetong Trust 1978. (2nd ed, revised for the 10 (GLEESON, James) KLEPAC, Lou. JAMES
Keotong Trust) Or.bds. with gilt antlers on front GLEESON. BEYOND THE SCREEN OF SIGHT. With
board. Dustjacket. 350pp. Col.plates & many contributions by Geoffrey Smith, Ken Wach, Renee Free
b/w ills. Dj torn & repaired else a very good and Bruce James. Syd. The Beagle Press. 2004. Folio. 216pp.
copy. Scarce. $95 Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Fine. 1st ed.
5 BINGHAM, Clifton. PUSSY'S MIXTURE Scarce. Signed by James Gleeson. $250
OF VERSE AND PICTURE. Lond. Ernest 11 GUSMAO, Xanana. RAISING A NATION. The
Nister. n.d. (c.1905) 4to. Col.ill.bds. with Speeches of Xanana Gusmao,
illustration by W.Foster. Colour frontispiece. 2011 - 2014. Haberfield. Longueville Media.
Many b/w ills. in the text signed W.Foster. 2015. Col.Ill.wrapps. 394pp. Col plates. Very
unpag. The boards a little rubbed & the binding good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author,
a little loose else a Good copy. Scarce. The cat together with an RSL Club menu of a dinner
drawings are reminiscent of Louis Wain's work. held in the author's honour from 2015 signed
A delightful children's book. $75 'Thanks for the friendship, Xanana." Xanana
6 (BOOKPLATES) ART IN AUSTRALIA. Gusmao was a former militant freedom
Third Series No.5. Ed. by Sydney Ure Smith fighter who became the first President of
& Leon Gellert. Syd. August. 1923. wrapps. an independent East Timor in 2002, then its
unpag. Tipped-in col. plates & b/w plates. prime minister from 2007 to 2015. $90
Sl.foxing else a very good copy. Scarce. 12 HEYWOOD, Samuel. A DISSERTATION
Contains inter alia the article "The Charm UPON THE DISTINCTIONS IN SOCIETY
of the Bookplate" by William Moore, with AND RANKS OF THE PEOPLE UNDER
monochrome ills. of 57 bookplates. $75 THE ANGLO_SAXON GOVERNMENTS. Lond. Printed for W.Clarke &
7 BULFONI, Clara & POZZI, Anna Sons. 1818. Old half calf. lvii,435pp. Light staining to top edge of title else
(Eds.) THE LOST PHOTOGRAPHS OF a Good copy. 1st ed. Book-binder's label of Conyber, 13 Park St Sydney.
LEONE NANI. Milan. Ski2003.ra. 4to. Or.bds. An interesting Colonial copy inscribed by Adelaide Elizabeth Deniehy,
the widow of Daniel Deniehy, lawyer & politician, to Mrs. Edward
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Greville. the wife of Edward Greville (1822-1903), publisher, politician George Cruickshank, follow the dilemma of the search for good household
& Member of the Legislative Council. $175 staff. $190
13 HOWARD, Robert E. CONAN THE CONQUEROR. THE 18 MISSALE ROMANUM. Ex Decreto SS. Concilii Trifentini
HYBOREAN AGE. N.Y. Gnome Press. 1950. 8vo. Brown lettered cloth. Restitutum Summorum Pontificum Cur
Dustjacket. 255pp. Slight chip to dj at head Recognitum. Editio Iuxta Typicam. Sumptibus
of spine else a fine copy of the very scarce et Typis Friderici Pustet. Ratisbonae. 1962.
1st ed. The first appearance of Conan in book Folio. Full red morocco with gilt decoration
form. $195 on front board.799,294,24pp. a.e.g. Leather
page markers on foredge. Five marker
14 JOANNE, Adolphe. ITINERAIRE
ribbons bound in. Colour plates. b/w ills.
GENERAL DE LA FRANCE, JURA ET
Presentation inscription on ffe else Fine. A
ALPES FRANCAISES. With 21 maps, 4
splendid volume. $395
plans and 2 panoramas. Paris. Libraire
Hachette. 1877. Or.limp cloth. 1088,88(ads) 19 PERRETT, Leslie H. THE ANGLO-
pp. Folding maps. Some of the maps are a BOER WAR 1899-1902. FROM THE
little torn, with the first large folding map HUNTER VALLEY TO THE TRANSVAAL
lacking a very small piece on the right WITH TROOPER FREDERICK AVARD
margin, not affecting the map image. Good OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS.
copy. Scarce. $120 Mosman. The Author. 1999. Foolscap folio.
Ill.wrapps. 79pp. col & b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.
15 JOHNSTON, Alexa. SIR EDMUND
Inscribed by the author. $150
H I L L A RY. A n E x t r a o rd i n a r y
Life. Auckland. Viking. 2005. 4to. Or.bds. 20 PIGOT, John. HILDA RIX
Dustjacket. 232pp. Profusely illustrated in NICHOLAS. HER LIFE AND ART. Melb.
colour and black & white. Very good copy. The Miegunyah Press. 2000. Folio. Or.bds.
1st New Zealand ed. With inserted signature Dustjacket. 95pp. + many col.plates & b/w
of Sir Edmund Hillary on a slip of paper. ills. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. Edition of 1,000
Together with Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing copies. "The great strength of Rix Nicholas's
Norgay, Edmund Hillary were the first to work lies in her determined quest for equal
reach the summit of Mount Everest as part rights and in her passionate commitment to
of the 9th British expedition to Everest on Australia at a time women were excluded
the 29th of May 1953. $150 from its representation." $125
16 LEAR, Edward. THE BIRDS OF 21 PRICE-JONES, Humphrey.
EDWARD LEAR. A selection of the 12 finest AUSTRALIAN BIRDS OF PREY. Syd.
bird plates of the Artist. Ed. by Adrian Doubleday. 1983. Large folio. Or.cl.
Thorpe. Lond. Ariel Press. 1975. Large folio. Dustjacket. 124pp. Many full page colour
Beige cloth with red leather titling labels on & b/w plates depicting the birds accurately
the backstrip and front board. Dustjacket. in their natural habitats. Small piece torn
Copy no.772 of an unspecified print run. from lower front of dj else Fine. 1st ed A
The dj torn & sl.chipped else a fine copy. magnificent tribute to the Australian birds
Scarce. Lear, mostly self-taught, was one of prey. $150
of the most famous of bird illustrators of 22 RIMMEL, Eugene. THE
his time. $150 BOOK OF PERFUMES. Lond. Chapman
17 MAYHEW, Henry. THE GREATEST & Hall. 1865. 4to. Full stippled cloth with
PLAGUE OF LIFE. Or the Adventures of elaborate blocked design by W.Harry
a Lady in Search of a Good Servant. By Rogers (monogram on spine) 266,2pp. a.e.g.
One Who Has Been "Almost Worried To Decorative border to each page designed
Death". Edited by The Brothers Mayhew. by Albert Warren & W.Thomas. Over 250
Illustrated by George Cruickshank. Lond. b/w plates & illustrations and one colour lithographed plate. The first
David Bogue. n.d. (1847?) Or.cl. With gilt issue of the quarto "Drawing Room" edition printed on toned and
lettering & decoration to cloth at spine. (sl foxing) Spine sl.faded. b/w scented (rose leaf) paper, though this scent had mostly evaporated. Very
ills. Very good copy. 19th century satirical journalist Henry Mayhew's Scarce. $395
humorous take on domestic life in London, with b/w ills by cartoonist
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23 SCHODDE, Richard & Or Contemplative man's Recreation; Being a
MASON, Ian J. NOCTURNAL BIRDS OF discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing.
AUSTRALIA. Illustrated by Jeremy Boot. Lond. Printed for F. & C.Rivington. 1792. 8vo. Full
Melb. Lansdowne Editions. 1980. Large panelled mottled calf with raised bands & blind
folio. Full morocco with gilt title on spine. decorated spine panels. lxxxii,267;xxiv,111,8pp. 11
136pp. 20 splendid full page colour plates Engraved plates plus b/w ills. in the text. The 5th
plus smaller col & b/w ills. Names on ffe else Hawkins edition. Fine. Scarce. $650
Fine. No.490 of 750 numbered copies signed 29 WALTON, Isaac & COTTON, Charles.
by both authors & the Illustrator. Loosely THE COMPLEAT ANGLER, Or Contemplative
inserted is a limited edition print 490/500, man's Recreation. Illustrated from engravings
signed by the artist. 1st ed. Scarce. $295 on wood by E.Fitch Daglish, F.Z.S. Ed. by John
24 STAMP, Gavin. EDWARD Major. Lond. Thornton Butterworth. 1927. Folio.
LUTYENS' COUNTRY HOUSES. From Quarter vellum & Batik boards. 367pp. uncut. 16
the Archives of Country Life. Lond. Aurum engraved tipped-in plates plus an additional plate
Press. 2001. Large Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. signed by the artist. Edition de luxe reprinted from
192pp. Profusely illustrated with black & Major's edition of 1889. No.40 of 100 numbered
white photographic illustrations showing copies. corners a little rubbed else a very good
Lutyens' houses. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. 125 copy. Scarce. $225
25 STANLEY, Henry Morton. 30 WALTON, Isaac &
MAGDALA. The Story of the Abyssinian COTTON, Charles. THE
Campaigns of 1866-7. Lond. Sampson, Low, COMPLEAT ANGLER, Or
Marston & Co. 1896. Or.cl. 190pp. b/w ills. Contemplative man's Recreation.
Very good copy. 1st separate ed. Scarce. The Being a Discourse on Fish
Welsh-American journalist & explorer Sir and Fishing for the perusal of
Henry Morton Stanley was dispatched by Anglers. Illustrated by Douglas
the New York Herald to accompany a British W.Gorsline. N.Y. The Heritage
force sent to Ethiopia to free British hostages Press. 1948. Folio. Or.qt.cl. &
held by its emperor. $110 dec.bds.xliii,316pp. b/w plates
& ills. Fine in a slightly chipped slip-case. $75
26 VASUDEVAN, Aruna. TWENTIETH
CENTURY ROMANCE & HISTORICAL 31 WALTON, Isaac & COTTON, Charles.
WRITERS. Third Edition. Lond. St. James THE COMPLETE ANGLER, Or Contemplative
Press. 1994. 4to. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 890pp. man's Recreation. Ed. by John Major. With eight
Very good copy. Scarce. 3rd edition. The original etchings by Damman and seventy-five
romantic & gothic novels of the 20th century wood engravings. Lond. Privately Printed Navarre
have continued a tradition began in the 18th Soc 1925. Beautifully bound in three-quarter blue
century. With publishers such as Mills & morocco with raised bands and gilt fishing motifs
Boon & Harlequin the romance novel was on spine panels. Fine. Scarce. $395
taken to a new level. $120 32 WALTON, Izaac & RACKHAM, Arthur (Ills.)
THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. Or the Contemplative
ISAAC WALTON’S COMPLETE Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers,
ANGLER - FINE EDITIONS Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy of the
Perusal of most Anglers. Reprint edition. Lond.
27 HORNE, Bernard S. THE
George Harrap. 1979. Or.bds. with gilt Rackham
C O M P L E AT A N G L E R 1 6 5 3 - 1 9 6 7 . A
decoration on front board. Dustjacket. 224pp. 12 Col.
NEW BIBLIOGRAPHY.. The Pittsburgh
plates & many b/w ills. by Arthur Rackham. Fine.
Bibliophiles. Pittsburgh. 1970. Or.cl.
$40
Dustjacket. xx,351pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.
Scarce. Edition of 500 copies of which 300 33 WALTON, Izaac & RACKHAM, Arthur (Ills.) THE
have been bound. This out of Series. $120 COMPLEAT ANGLER. Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation.
Introduction by Howell Raines. N.Y. The Modern Library. 1996. Col.Ill.
28 WALTON, Isaac & COTTON,
wrapps. 416pp. b/w ills. Fine. $25
Charles. THE COMPLETE ANGLER,
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34 WALTON, Izaak & COTTON, Charles. 43 BRESSER, Bill. (Drawings.) BROOME REFLECTED. Pencil
DEN FULDKOMNE FISKER. The Compleat Angler or sketches of Broome. Introduction Mary Durack. n.p. BJ Publ. 1977. Oblong.
Contemplative Man's Recreation. Denmark. Martins Forlag. Ill.wrapps. 24pp. Many b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed. $20
1943. Half leather & decorated boards. Colour title page and 44 BUSSELTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. HISTORIC
coloured illustration on back endpaper. Many b/w ills. in the BUSSELTON. A glimpse of the history of Busselton. Fifth Edition.
text. Very good copy. Scarce Danish edition. Danish text. Busselton. 2007. Ill.wrapps. 36pp. b/w ills. Fine. Loosely inserted is a
$150 booklet HISTORY OF ST.MARY'S BUSSELTON. Or.wrapps. 28pp. The
35 BURNAND, F.C. (Ed.) THE INCOMPLEAT pair $27
ANGLER. After Master Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Harry 45 CAIRNS, Joan. VANISHING LANDMARKS OF CAIRNS.
Furniss. Lond. Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 1887. Ill.wrapps. Cairns. J. Cairns. 1977. Oblong 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 41pp. b/w ills. Very
94pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. $60 good copy. 1st ed. Artist Joan Cairns set out to draw some of the old
historical building of Cairns that were vanishing as progress & expansion
IAN JACK LIBRARY saw them knocked down to make way for new buildings as the town
36 ARCHER, Cameron et al. (Eds.) HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS. expanded. $22
HISTORIC PATERSON NEW SOUTH WALES. SERIES 1, 2 & 3. 3 vols. 46 CASHMAN, Richard. & MEADER, Chrys. MARRICKVILLE.
Paterson Historical Society. 2007-2008. All foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps. Rural outpost to inner city. A social history of
26,26,26pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. The set $40 Marrickville and the former municipalities of
37 BAKER, H.C. (Compiler) HISTORIC BUILDINGS. Vols.1. Newtown, Camperdown, Petersham and St
to 4. (All issued) Vol.1. "Parramatta". Vol.2. "Central Area of Sydney". Peters. Petersham. Hale & Iremonger. 1990. 4to.
Vol.3. "Liverpool & Campbelltown". Vol.4. "Windsor & Richmond". Syd. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 224pp. Very good copy. 1st
Cumberland County Council. 1961-67. Each 4to. wrapps. Various pag. ed. Once the home of the Cadigal Aborigines,
b/w plates & ills. A fine set. All 1st ed. Much on the architecture of the Marrickville soon became the domain
various areas. Issued by the Cumberland County Council and the State of gentleman farmers, market gardeners,
Planning Authority of N.S.W. The set $40 orchardists, dairies, & pig farms. It has seen
38 BARRETT, Jim. YERRANDERIE. Story of a Ghost Town. more change than most municipalities. $40
Springwood. Mountain Press. 1995. Ill.wrapps. 47 CHALLIS, Kate. TALES
72pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Very Good FROM SYDNEY COVE. Edited by Bernard
copy. 1st ed. A look at the one-time silver/lead Smith. Wahroonga. The Helicon Press Ltd. 2000. Col.ill.bds. 128pp. col
mining town of Yerranderie, NSW. $22 ills & a b/w map. Very good copy. 1st ed. In 1788 the First Fleet sailed,
39 BEALE, Edgar, with wonder, into the world's most beautiful harbour. They landed at
MITCHELL, Winifred & ORGAN, M. (Eds) Sydney Cove and European settlement in Australia began. Based on the
BACKHOUSE AND WALKER. ILLAWARRA diaries of Fleet naval officers $30
AND SHOALHAVEN 1836. Edgar Beale 48 CLARK, Alan. A COLLECTION OF SHOALHAVEN
Memorial Volume. Wollongong East, Illawarra HISTORY. Nowra. Leader
His.Soc. 1991. Ill.wrapps. 108pp. b/w ills. Fine. Printery. 1994. (2nd prin. WITH
1st ed. $30 500 NAMES AND PLACES OF
40 BEECROFT CHELTENHAM HISTORY SHOALHAVEN. Ed. by Alan
GROUP. BEECROFT AND CHELTENHAM. Clark. Nowra. Shoalhaven Tourist
The Shaping of a Sydney Community to 1914. Syd. Beecroft Cheltenham Board. n.d. 43pp. Fine. The pair
Hist. 1995. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 295pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $40
$40 49 CRUMP, Janet.
41 BINNS, Bea, et al. A CENTURY OF PROGRESS: ROCKDALE, HERBERTON'S HUNDREDTH
1871-1971. Syd. St.George Hist.Soc. 1971. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 64pp. Col.& 1880-1980.. Herberton. 1980.
b/w ills. Name written on back wrapper, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Oblong Folio. Ill.wrapps. 80pp.
A local history of Rockdale. $22 Profusely illustrated. Fine. 1st ed. A scrapbook of the town in far north
Queensland. $30
42 BIRMINGHAM, Judy LISTON, Carol. OLD SYDNEY
BURIAL GROUND 1974. Syd. Studies in Hist Archaeology. 1976. Ill. 50 CULICAN, William & TAYLOR, John. FOSSIL BEACH
wrapps. 40pp. plus plates & illustrations. Very good copy. 1st ed. $24 CEMENT WORKS. MORNINGTON VICTORIA. An Essay in Industrial
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Archaeology. Deception Bay (Qld) Refulgence Publ 1972. Or.wrapps. 2006. Foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps. 44pp. b/w ills.
79pp. b/w plates & ills. Very good copy. $35 Fine. 1st ed. $40
51 CUNNEEN, Tony. BEECROFT AND CHELTENHAM IN 60 GILBERT, Lionel. THE ROYAL BOTANIC
WWI. Centenary 1906 - 2006. Hornsby. Hornsby GARDENS, SYDNEY. A History 1816-1985. Melb.
Shire Council. 2006. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 90pp. OUP. 1986. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 210pp. col & b/w
b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. The small ills. Fine copy. 1st ed. An entertaining history
suburbs of Beecroft & Cheltenham sent many of the struggle to establish Sydney's botanic
of their young me to fight in WWI. Ending up gardens. $33
in Gallipoli & the Western Front, of the 417,000 61 GRAINGER, Elena. THE REMARKABLE
men that went, 59,258 would never return. $30 REVEREND CLARKE. The life & times of the
52 DAVIS, Bob. GROWING UP IN father of Australian geology. Melb. OUP. 1982.
ASQUITH. Gramma pies and gum trees. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 292pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st
Hornsby Shire Council Centenary 1906 - 2006. ed. The life of clergyman-geologist William
Hornsby. Deerubin Press. 2006. 8vo. Col.Ill. Branwhite Clarke. $24
wrapps. 58pp. b/w ills & a map. Very good 62 GRAY, Nancy. THOMAS COOK OF TURANVILLE. Scone
copy. 1st ed. What was it like to grow up in Historical Monograph No.5. Scone & Upper
the suburbs 60 years ago? Bob Davis relates Hunter Hist.Soc. 1977 Ill.wrapps. 55pp. b/w ills.
the simple pleasures of growing up in Asquith before TV. Capturing the Very good copy. $27
joys & hardships of life in the 1940s & 50s. $30 63 GUINNEY, David (Illustrator). ORANGE
53 DOW, Gwyneth M. SAMUEL TERRY. The Botany Bay SKETCHBOOK. Text by Leo White. Adel. Rigby.
Rothschild. Syd. Sydney University Press. 1974. 8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 1980. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 56pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st
266pp. Name on ffe. b/w plates. Review sticker pated to title page else a ed. $22
very good copy. 1st ed. Samuel Terry (1776-1838), was convicted of theft 64 HARVEY, The Late Roy C. BACKGROUND
in Lancashire in 1800, transported to Botany Bay, & became the richest TO BEECHWORTH FROM 1852. Beechworth
man in NSW. He was a successful publican, merchant, brewer, miller & Progress Association. 1972. (5th ed) Ill.wrapps.
land owner. $20 64pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. WITH Two other
54 EDWARDS, Elisabeth (Ed.) STARTING OVER. Migrants thin pamphlets on Beechworth. $24
tell their stories. Photographs by Glenn Mickle. 65 HARVEY, The Late Roy C. THE STORY OF CAPERTEE.
Orange NSW. Author & photographer. 1994. Capertee. 1996. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 78pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. $27
Foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps. 155pp. Profusely
illustrated with b/w photographic ills. Very 66 HAZLITT, Rev.Richard & O'KEEFE, Mark. ST.MATTHEW'S
good copy. 1st ed. $30 ACCORDING TO JAMBEROO 1838-1979. n.p. (Jamberoo) n.d. (1979)
Ill.wrapps. Sepia illustrations. Fine. 1st ed. $27
55 EMERY, LInda. EXPLORING
EXETER. Exeter. The Author. 1998. Ill.wrapps. 67 HURLEY, Frank. SYDNEY. A camera study. Lond. 1958. (Revised
59pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $27 edition) 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 239pp. Many col &
b/w photographic ills. by Frank Hurley. Dj sl.torn
56 FELDMANN, Jules. GADSDEN. The First else Fine. A wonderful evocation of Sydney as it
100 Years. Melb. 1980 Or.bds. d.w. 169pp. b/w used to be in the 50's. $40
ills. 1st ed. Fine. The history of the Australian
packaging company. $24 68 JOHNSON, Beverley. THE CORNGRINDER.
A Hundred Years of Corn Milling on the Lane
57 FERGUSON, B.J. SYMS COVINGTON OF PAMBULA. Cove River. Syd. Goodman Fielder. 1994. Or.bds.
Assistant to Charles Darwin on the Voyage of H.M.S.Beagle 1831-1836. Dustjacket. 112pp. Many Col.& b/w ills. Fine. 1st
Bega. Imlay Dist. His.Soc. 1971. 4to. Ill.wrapps. 16pp. (printed on one ed. $30
side of each leaf) Fine. 1st ed. $33
69 KENNEDY, K.H. et al. TOTLEY. A study of
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140 HURLEY, P.J. FROM KOSCIUSKO TO Or.bds. Dustjacket. 404pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st
THE SEA. A Journey along the River Murray. ed. A vivid portrait of the famous Australian
Syd. Dymocks Book Arcade. 1946. 4to. Or.qt.cl. outlaw. $35
Dustjacket. (torn, chipped & with some repairs) 149 JONES, Terry. & CARRUTHERS, Steven.
129pp. Col.plates & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st A PARTING SHOT. Shelling of Australia by
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150 KELLY, Paul & BRAMSTON, Troy. THE TRUTH OF THE
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Carlton. Melbourne University Press 2020. Col. Printing Works. 1931. 4to. Or.bds. Qtr.cloth. 59pp. + 39pp. of col & b/w
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151 K E N E A L LY, T h o m a s . A
COMMONWEALTH OF THIEVES. The 159 M AT T H E W S , B r i a n ( E d . ) R E A D E R S , W R I T E R S ,
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penal colony in Australia he was both aided & Allen & Unwin. 2010. Col.Ill.wrapps. 404pp. b/w
opposed by Aboriginal people upon arrival.$28 plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. When WWI began
152 LARKINS, Richard. NEW TRICKS. Reflections on a Life in in August 1914, aeroplanes were barely a decade
Medicine and Tertiary Education. Clayton. Monash Uni Publishing. old & still a novelty. Despite this, Australia was
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153 LAWSON, Henry. FOR AUSTRALIA AND OTHER POEMS. MOVEMENT IN AUSTRALIA. Design, Taste &
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printing. $60 162 MORRIS, Deborah. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS
154 LE GUAY, Laurence (Ed.) A PORTFOLIO MELBOURNE. Text by Deborah Morris. Photographs by Greg Elms.
OF AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY. Syd. Crows Nest. Allen & Unwin. 2001. 4to. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 160pp.
n.d. (1949) Or.cl. 32pp. + 70 b/w plates Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. 1st ed. With a 24pp. guide
of photographs by Dupain, Cazneaux, to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne Souvenir Booklet. Founded
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a couple of stamps. $45 163 MUIR, Lesley. SHADY ACRES.
155 LEIGH, Andrew & TERRELL, Nick. RECONNECTED. A Politicians, Developers and Sydney's Public
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156 LINDSAY, Norman (Ill.) THE LETTERS OF RACHEL
Government. With forensic skill, Leslie Muir
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165 MUNN, R. & PITT, E.R. AUSTRALIAN LIBRARIES. A War 1941. Garden Island. Naval Hist Society. 2005. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps.
Survey of Conditions and Suggestions for their Improvement. Melb. 136pp. Light wear to corners. col ills & b/w maps. Very good copy. 1st ed.
Aust.Council Educational Res 1935. 4to. wrapps. 139pp. Sl. foxing else Petty Officer Roy Norris served on board the light cruiser HMAS Perth
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166 MURPHY, Katharine. THE END OF CERTAINTY. SCOTT in stark contrast to the b/w photos that were seen by many $30
MORRISON AND PANDEMIC POLITICS. Quarterly Essay Issue 79. 172 OLSEN, Penny. NIGHT PARROT. Australia's Most Elusive
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167 McCLYMONT, Kate; BESSER, Linton. HE WHO MUST BE until fairly recently when it was rediscovered in
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Lothian Ltd. 2004. Ill.wrapps. 366pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Between Hitler's rise to power in 1933 & the
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Marines in 1944. $40 MY LIFE. Reflections by 100 authors, actors, musicians, and other
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An Insider's History of the Aboriginal Art Trade. With Ruth Hessey. Corners sl.rubbed else a very good copy. 1st Australian ed. 100 prominent
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177 POTTS, E. Daniel & Annette. YOUNG
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1870 - 1920. Balmain. Bob Nicholls. 1995. Col. Lucia. University of QLD Press. 1974. Or.bds.
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