1 ABENDANON, E.C. Expedition de la Celebes Centrale. Voyages Geologiques et Geographiques a travers la Celebes Centrale

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1 1 ABENDANON, E.C. Expedition de la Celebes Centrale. Voyages Geologiques et Geographiques a travers la Celebes Centrale Avec la collaboration des topographes J.J. Lefevre et W. Schiebel;... Atlas volume only. Leiden: E.J. Brill, Large folio (56 x 38.5 cm). Orig. cloth-backed printed board portfolio (covers slightly marked), and preserved in a specially made cloth folding solander case. Comprising title-leaf with text in both French and Dutch, a double-page Key with legends to maps, and 17 folding maps numbered 1 to 16 (Map 12 in two fold. sheets). The complete Atlas volume. Scarce. $650 2 ABERCROMBY, A.F. Snakes and the Serpentarium. A Treatise on Ceylon Snakes. Colombo: The Colombo Apothecaries, n.d. (circa 1940). Sm. 8vo. Modern half oasis with the orig. illust. wrappers bound-in. Top edge gilt. (ii, 16pp.). Fine. $65 3 ADAMS, J.G. Erne. Kauri: A King Among Kings. Auckland, NZ: Wilson & Horton, Sm. 4to. Orig. illust. limp boards (slightly rubbed). (120pp.). Profusely illustrated in b/w and with col. illust. endpapers. Very good. $35 4 AESOP An Aesop s Fable: The Man and the Lion. Santa Cruz: The Good Book Press, Miniature (measuring 7.5 x 7 cm.). Orig. paper covered boards. (16pp.). With 2 full-page b/w illusts. by Donna Thomas. Lim. ed. No. 17/70 copies, hand printed on handmade paper. Uncut. Fully signed Donna Thomas. Fine. $100 5 AMERICAN FLEET: Souvenir Illustrative of the American Fleet s Visit to Australia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Oblong sm. 4to. Orig. illust. wrapper (slightly chipped & soiled), stapled as issued. (16pp.). A pictorial work of captioned photographic illustrations. $60 6 ANCHER, E.A. Mosman s Bay: The Romance of an Old Whaling Station. (Being a paper read before the Australian Historical Society, Sept. 28th, 1909, and presented in the Journal & Proceedings, Vol. II: Pts. 10 & 11). Sydney vo. Qtr. calf over illust. boards. Complete with maps and plates of which 2 are fold. Author s inscribed and signed present. copy to Charles E. Taylor. Fine. $55 7 ANDERSON, C.B. Railways. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, S.A. Branch. (Centenary History of South Australia). N.P. n.d. (circa 1935). 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper. (10pp.). With fold. map at end. Some light pencil annots. $25 8 ARMY TRAINING MEMORANDUM (WAR). Australian Military Forces. Nos 1-54 plus supplements, complete. (Melbourne: Army Headquarters, Aug April/May In the orig. parts as issued. Partly illustrated. Issued for Restricted Use only and Not to Fall into Enemy Hands. Includes notes on Japanese Tactics in Malaya and Elsewhere, and Tactics to Counter-attack and Destroy the Enemy. $200 9 ART TRAINING INSTITUTE. A New Commercial Art in Australia. (Prospectus). Melbourne: Art Training Institute, n.d. (circa 1935). 4to. Orig. dec. limp boards (slightly defective) sewn as issued. Profusely illust. throughout by contemporary commercial Australian artists with full-page colour plates each with its protective gilt-captioned tissue-guard, and text-illusts. A unique item in good condition. NOTE: Includes a resume of the most recent work by some of this period s bestknown commercial artists. $75 1

2 10 AUSTEN, Jane. Fragment of a Novel. Written by Jane Austen, January-March Now first printed from the manuscript. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, Sm. 8vo. Orig. linen backed blue/grey paper boards with printed titling-label to spine. (xii, 206pp.). Uncut. 1st edition: Second Impression. Fine. NOTE: Spare titling-label tipped in at end of text. $85 11 AUSTRALIAN MILITARY MAGAZINES, BOOKLETS, and JOURNALS ( ): A collection of various publications, including (1) Souvenir Issue of the Australian Comfort s Fund, April 1919; (2) The United Service Journal, 1930; (3) Australia in the War of ; (4) Flak: Journal of the legion of Ex-Servicemen & Women, 1947; (5) Two issues of Rota: Monthly Magazine of The Rats of Tobruk Association; (6) The Australian at Weymouth, 1919; (7) South African Soldiers Association of New South Wales, 1940/41; and 6 others. Total 14 items. All in their orig. parts as issued. Offered as a collection. $55 12 AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. The Relics and Records of Australia s Effort in the Defence of the Empire, (Sydney 1927). 8vo. Orig. illust. wrapper (slightly chipped & shelf soiled). (104pp.). With 16 full-page plates, text-illusts., and printed endpapers. $45 13 BAILEY, F.M. The Queensland Flora:... Vols. I-VI (complete), but without the General Index. Total 6 vols. Brisbane Royal 8vo. Orig. printed boards with cloth spines. With 138 plates some of which are folding. Fine and scarce. Preserved in two qtr. oasis folding solander cases. Spines gilt panelled and with raised bands. $1, BALLANTYNE, J. Homes and Homesteads in the Land of Plenty: A Handbook of Victoria as a field for Emigration. Melbourne: Mason, Firth, and M Cutcheon, vo. Binders cloth (slightly discoloured). (224, 32pp.). With folding panorama view of Melbourne, and 26 other full-page engrvs. The 32pp. Supplement at end takes the Information up to the Close of 1873, and contains a further 3 full-page plates. Contents fine and complete. $ BALTARD, V. et F. CALLET. Monographie des Halles Centrales de Paris. 2nd edition, comprenant un parallele entre divers edifices de meme ordre Halles, Marches, Abattoirs anciens ou modernes, Francais ou Etrangers... Paris: Ducher & Cie, Elephant folio (60 x 45 cm). Clothbound with the orig. printed wrapper mounted on front cover. (iv, 36, 10pp.). With 32 engraved plates numbered 1-35 plus 1-5 (totalling 40), of which 8 are double-page carrying two numbers. Some text-illusts. Minor spotting to half-title page, otherwise a very good complete copy. NOTE: Detailing one of the greatest iron and glass buildings ever built during the Napoleonic era. $3, BANKS, J. (By H.B. Carter). Sir Joseph Banks (London: British Museum (Natural History), 1991). Thick Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In illust. dustjacket. (xii, 672pp.). With col. portrait, num. illusts., and illust. endpapers. Fine. $ BANKS, Joseph (Sir) and (Dr.) Daniel SOLANDER. Illustrations of the Botany of Captain Cook s Voyage Round the World in H.M.S. Endeavour in With Determinations by James Britten. 3 vols. London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, Elephant folio. The three volumes entirely in their 2

3 as issued state of orig. plain paper boards with cloth spines and printed titling-labels to front covers & spines. Preserved in three specially made morocco backed folding solander cases with gilt panelled spines and raised bands. Complete with 3 fold. maps, 102pp. of text, and 320 fullpage lithoplates (including Plates 41A & 45A). A particularly fine crisp set of this celebrated work, being the first production of Parkinson s famous drawings of Australian plants which until this time had been languishing and deteriorating in the British Museum unpublished. The manuscript descriptions by Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander are printed verbatim. Scarce, especially so in this superb condition. $18, BARBOZA du BOCAGE, J.V. Herpetologie d Angola et du Congo. Lisbonne: Imprimerie Nationale, Royal 8vo. Bound in hf. morocco with the orig. printed wrappers bound-in. (xx, 202pp.). With 19 mostly hand-col. full-page plates. Uncut and unopened copy. 1st ed. Fine. $ BARKER, C. Commandant of Solitude. The Journals of Captain Collet Barker, Ed. by J. Mulvaney and N. Green. Melbourne University Press/Miegunyah Press, Royal 8vo. Orig. maroon cloth. Spine gilt. In illust. dustjacket. (xviii, 432pp.). With num. full-page col. and b/w plates, and maps. 1st ed. Near fine. $65 20 BARRALLIER, F. (By R.H. Cambage). Ensign Francis Barrallier s Blue Mountain Exploration in (Sydney) n.d. (circa 1920). 8vo. Stapled as issued. (12pp.). With map. $50 21 BARRALLIER, F. Journal of the Expedition into the Interior of New South Wales By Order of His Excellency Governor Philip Gidley King. Melbourne vo. Original cloth. Dustjacket. (vi, 54pp.). With folding map. Printed at the Cloister Press, and bound at the Dove Bindery, in an edition limited to 750 numbered copies. Fine. $65 22 BARRAUD, C.D. New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. Ed. by W.T.L. Travers. London 1877 (facs. edition, Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints, 1973). Elephant folio. Orig. half morocco over gilt titled cloth boards. With additional illust. title-page with coloured vignette, map, full-page coloured chromo-lithograph plates, plain lithographs, and woodcuts. Edition lim. to 1000 numbered copies. Fine. $ BAUDIN, (N.). The Baudin Expedition and the Tasmanian Aborigines, By N.J.B. Plomley. Hobart: Blubber Head Press, to. Orig. buckram. Dustjacket. (xii, 246pp.). With col. frontisp., 27 plates of which 23 are coloured, 5 maps, and illust. endpapers. Ed. lim. to 1000 numbered copies, fully signed by the author. $ BAYLEY, W.A. Green Meadows. Centenary History of Shellharbour Municipality, New South Wales.... Albion Park vo. Orig. cloth. Dustwrapper. (168pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., portraits, 2 maps, and illusts. Fine. $40 25 BAYLEY, W.A. Shoalhaven. History of the Shire of Shoalhaven, New South Wales. Nowra (1975). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (272pp.). Profusely illust. $50 26 BEAN, C.E.W. Gallipoli Correspondent. The frontline diary of C.E.W. Bean. Selected and annotated by K. Fewster. Sydney: George Allen & Unwin, (1983). Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In illust. 3

4 dustjacket (two incisions along spine). (218pp.). With frontispiece, num. b/w illusts. some full-page, 1 double-page map, 1 full-page map, and col. illust. endpapers. 1st ed. NOTE: Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean ( ) was Australia s official correspondent during the First World War. He landed at Gallipoli on the first day, 25th April 1915, and remained until the evacuation. More than any other he shaped the Anzac Legend. $50 27 BECKER, L. Ludwig Becker: Artist and Naturalist with the Burke & Wills Expedition. Edited and with an introduction by M. Tipping. (Melbourne U.P., 1979). 4to. Original cloth. Dustjacket. In original slightly rubbed glassine slipcase. (xiv, 224pp.). With 71 fullpage plates most of which are col. 1st edition. Fine. NOTE: Ludwig Phillipp Heinrich Becker ( ) was a German painter who came to Australia in 1851 and perished with the Burke and Wills expedition. $ BENEDICT, F.G. The Physiology of Large Reptiles, with Special Reference to the Heat Production of Snakes, Tortoises, Lizards and Alligators. Washington: Carnegie Institution, Royal 8vo. Half oasis. Spine gilt and with raised bands. Top edge gilt. (x, 540pp.). With b/w plates some of which are full-page, text-figs., tables, and graphs. (Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 425). Fine crisp copy. $ BENNETT, Daniel. Monitor Lizards: Natural history, biology & husbandry. Edited by Thomas Wilms and Breck Bartholomew. Frankfurt am Main: Editions Chimaira, (1998). Roy. 8vo. Orig. illust. limp boards. (352pp.). With num. full-page col. and b/w plates, textillusts., maps, and graphs. Near fine. $65 30 (BINDING): PALGRAVE, Francis T. The Golden Treasury. Selected from the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language... Lond: Macmillan, mo. A stunning binding by Baynton of Bath in contemp. full Da Vinci red crushed oasis extra gilt illustrated covers and panelled spine with raised bands. Inside dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. (xii, 388pp.). With title-vignette. NOTE: It is the binding that is the feature of this item and we are happy to supply photographs, on request. $ BLAINEY, G. Triumph of the Nomads. A History of Ancient Australia. (Melbourne 1975). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (x, 286pp.). With endpaper maps. 1st ed. $30 32 BLAXLAND, G. Blaxland - Lawson - Wentworth, Ed. by J.A. Richards. Hobart: Blubber Head Press, vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In illust. dustjacket. (222, 2pp.). With frontisp., 12 fullpage plates, 3 fold. maps, and illust. endpapers. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by the editor. Fine. $90 33 BLIGH, William. (Ed. by J. Bach). The Bligh Notebook. Rough account - Lieutenant Wm. Bligh s voyage in the Bounty s Launch from the ship to Tofua & from thence to Timor 28 April to 14 June With a draft list of the Bounty mutineers. Facsimile Edit. in 2 vols. Canberra With illusts. of which some in col. and 2 fold. Fine lim. ed. of 500 numbered sets only, of which this is No. 216, preserved in specially made solander case. $450 4

5 34 BLOMBERY, A. and B. MALONEY. Proteaceae of the Sydney Region. (Sydney 1981). Elephant folio. Orig. full morocco, with gilt title on front cover, and preserved in orig. cloth portfolio. (222pp.). With col. map, and 87 full-page col. plates with descriptive text. Ed. lim. to 300 numbered copies, fully signed by both authors. Fine with the original prospectus loosely inserted. $ BOLDREWOOD, Mrs. Rolf. (Mrs. Thomas Alexander Browne, nee Margaret Maria Riley). The Flower Garden in Australia. A Book for Ladies and Amateurs. Dedicated by Permission to The Countess of Jersey. Melbourne: Melville, Mullen and Slade, Sm. 8vo. Orig. green blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on spine (slightly rubbed). (iv, 144pp.). 1st edition. Complete with the original yellowglazed endpapers. NOTE: Rare 19th century Australian gardening book, unrecorded by Ferguson, listing the various plants and flowers for each month of the year. In 1860 Margaret Riley of Raby, New South Wales, married Rolf Boldrewood, himself a writer and author of Robbery Under Arms, a story of life and adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia, published in $ BONWICK, J. Port Phillip Settlement. London Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth (covers flecked). Gilt. (x, 538, 2pp.). With col. frontispiece, numerous full-page plates, 6 facs., and 1 folding map. $ BOYD, Arthur and Peter PORTER. Narcissus. London: Secker & Warburg, (1984). 4to. Orig. cloth in dustjacket. (6, 56pp.). 24 b/w illustrations by Arthur Boyd accompanying 20 poems by Peter Porter. Limited edition of 500 copies this being No. 111, signed by both artist and poet. A fine copy of this collaboration interpreting the legend of Narcissus. $ BRANDER, J. Tristan da Cunha London: George Allen & Unwin, vo. Orig. dark green cloth. Spine gilt. (336, 4pp.). With frontisp. map, full-page b/w plates, and maps of which 1 fold. 1st ed. The Ingleton copy, with bookplate on front endpaper and catalogue # on rear endpaper. Some foxing, otherwise very good. $50 39 BRISBANE (QLD): Souvenir of Brisbane. 36 Views - Descriptive and Illustrative. Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., n.d. (circa 1900). Oblong sm. 4to. Orig. illust. wrapper. A pictorial work of captioned photographic plates by F.C. Wills of Brisbane, and includes a large fold. panorama at end. The Ingleton copy No with bookplate inside front cover. Fine. NOTE: Printed by John Sands in Sydney. $60 40 BRONGERSMA, L.D. & G.F. VENEMA. To the Mountains of the Stars. Transl.... by A.G. Readett. London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1962). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (318pp.). With numerous full-page plates many of which are col., and maps. 1st Eng. edition. Fine. $50 41 BROWN, G.A. ( Bruni ). Sheep Breeding in Australia.... An Historical Sketch of the Merino Sheep - the Pedigrees of the Principal Stud Flocks in Australia... (2nd ed.). Melbourne Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. (8, 496pp.). With 7 full-page plates, and some textillusts. Author s inscribed compl. copy. Fine. $325 5

6 42 BUDD, D. Ed. by. West by Steam. The Story of the First Steam Train to Cross Australia. Sydney: New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, (1972). Oblong 8vo. Orig. illust. wrapper. (iv, 72pp.). With numerous illusts. Fine. NOTE: The 3801, first of the 38 Class engines, was the only steam train to make the Indian-Pacific crossing of Australia. $45 43 BURDEN, W. Douglas. Dragon Lizards of Komodo. An Expedition to the Lost World of the Dutch East Indies.... New York: G. P. Putnam s Sons, vo. Orig. red cloth (spine faded). Gilt. (xii, 222pp.). With frontisp. & protective tissue-guard, num. full-page b/w plates, and endpaper maps. Uncut and partly unopened. 1st ed. Inscribed and signed by the author. $65 44 BUTLER, C.A. Flying Start: The history of the first five decades of Civil Aviation in Australia. Sydney: Edwards & Shaw, (1971). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In price-clipped illust. dustjacket. (184pp.). With 32 full-page b/w plates, a large folding map (slightly foxed), and endpaper maps. 1st and limited edition of 250 numbered copies, signed by the author. Near fine. $ BUTTSWORTH, John. Australian Colonial Furniture. A Guidebook. (Sydney 1987). Small 4to. Orig. limp boards with dustjacket. (140pp.). With col. half-title illust., 63 full-page col. plates, and col. illust. Author s signed copy. 1st edition. Fine. $75 46 CALEY, G. (Ed. by Alan E. J. Andrews). The Devil s Wilderness. George Caley s Journey to Mount Banks Hobart: Blubber Head Press, vo. Orig. gilt-dec. cloth. Dustjacket. (x, 150pp.). With title-vign., 23 illusts. of which some full-page, 11 maps 1 of which is fold, and illust. endpapers. Lim. ed. of 375 copies, this being Copy No. 22, signed by the author. Fine. $60 47 CALMETTE, A. Venoms, Venomous Animals, and Antivenomous Serum-Therapeutics.... Translated by E. E. Austen. London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Roy. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth (corners slightly rubbed). Gilt. (xvi, 404pp.). With num. illusts. some of which are full-page. Previous owner s name on front endpaper, otherwise very good. $ CAMBAGE, R.H. Two new Species of Eucalyptus. (Sydney 1919). 8vo. Clothbound with the orig. printed wrappers retained. (pp ). With 3 full-page plates, and addendum slip. (Repr. Jnl. & Proceed. Royal Soc. N.S.W., Vol. LII). Fine. $55 49 CAMBAGE, R.H. Climatic and Geological Influence on the Flora of New South Wales. (Adelaide 1907). 8vo. Clothbound with the orig. wrappers bound in. (12pp.). With folding map. (Paper read at the Adelaide Meeting of the A/asian Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, held Jan., 1907). Fine. $55 50 CAMBAGE, R.H. The Mountains of Eastern Australia and their effect on the native vegetation. (Sydney 1914). 8vo. Clothbound with the orig. printed wrappers bound in. (pp ). With fold. map. (Repr. Jnl. Proceed. Royal Soc. N.S.W., Vol. XLVIII). Fine. $50 51 CANBERRA AND THE TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH. Brief Review of History, Features, and Progress. Melbourne (1925). 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper. (52pp.). With numerous full-page b/w plates, and a fold. map at end. (Fed. Capital Commiss.). Fine. $100 6

7 52 CANBERRA, FEDERAL CAPITAL COMMISSION: General Notes for the Information of Public Servants. Manuka, ACT n.d. (1996). (Facsimile reprint of the Melbourne 1926 edition). 4to. Orig. printed wrapper. (64, 28pp.). With num. full-page b/w illusts. At end a 28pp. supplement entitled Standard Type Homes recommended by the Federal Capital Commission, numbered F.C.C. No. 1 to No. 26, with illusts. and plans, and rear endpaper map. $45 53 CANN, John. Australian Freshwater Turtles. (Singapore: Beaumont Publishing, 1998). Large 4to. Orig. full black cloth with gilt title to spine. In illust. dustjacket. (292pp.). Profusely illustrated mostly in colour with half-title vignette, double-page illust. title-page, full-page plates, text-illusts., and illust. endpapers. First edition. Author s signed presentation copy. Fine. $ CARDEW, J.H. Compl. by. The Australian Municipal Pocket Book of Engineering for the use of laymen,... Sydney: Geo. Robertson, Sm. 8vo. Orig. full limp roan with gilt title on front cover (slightly rubbed). (vi, 184pp.). Profusely illust., and with numerous adverts. 1st ed. Previous owner s name stamp on some pages, otherwise fine. F records only one entry. Rare. $ CAREY, W. William Carey: Missionary and Botanist. By Keith Farrer. (Kew, Vic.: Carey Baptist Grammar School, 2005). 8vo. Orig. illust. limp boards. (viii, 156pp.). With 11 full-page col. plates, and 5 fullpage b/w plates. Previous owner s name on title-page, otherwise fine. $40 56 CARR, Archie. Handbook of Turtles: The Turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California. Ithaca, NY: Comstock Publishing Associates/Cornell University Press, Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth (slightly rubbed). Gilt (spine dulled). (xviii, 542pp.). With num. b/w plates some of which are full-page, text-figs., and maps. Addendum slip tipped-in. First edition. Previous owner s name on fly-leaf $45 57 CARSON, Robert. Jelly Bean. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1974). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (vi, 212pp.). First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author. Fine. $65 58 CASTELNAU, F.de. Animaux Nouveaux ou Rares recueillis pendant l Expedition dans les parties centrales de l Amerique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; executee... les annees 1843 a Section Reptiles par A. Guichenot only. Paris: P. Bertrand, to. Later cloth. Gilt title along spine. (iv, 96pp.). With 18 fullpage coloured chromolithograph plates. Fine. $2, CATESBY, M. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands. Containing two hundred and twenty figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects and Plants by the late Mark Catesby, F.R.S. with an introduction by George Frick and notes by Joseph Ewan. Savannah, Georgia: The Beehive Press, (Facsimile reprint of the London 1771 edition). Elephant folio. This is No. 144 of a limited numbered edition of 500 boxed sets. Each copy consists of a specially made green linen solander case titled in gilt and containing 50 facsimile colour plates and a descriptive catalogue, bound by hand in red cloth with gilt titles to front cover and spine. (xviii, 110pp.). The catalogue has 54 full-page b/w plates, decorative chapter headings, decorative initials, and col. endpaper maps. It is printed in double- 7

8 column with parallel text in English and French. Each loose colour plate is in its own protective paper folder with information printed in English and French. Fine and very attractive work. $ CAYLEY, N.W. Australian Finches in Bush and Aviary. Sydney vo. Orig. cloth (slightly rubbed). (xx, 258pp.). With numerous full-page plates of which 10 are col., text-illusts., and some maps. 1st edition. Scarce. $ CHAGALL, Marc. Daphnis and Chloe. By Longus. Transl. by G. Moore. New York: George Braziller, (1977). 4to. Orig. cloth. In slightly worn dustjacket. (10, 5-222pp.). With col. frontisp., 25 full-page col. plates, and 16 double-page col. plates. $ CHALMERS, J. and W.W. GILL. Work and Adventure in New Guinea 1877 to Special Presentation Volume. London: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. (circa 1885). 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth binding. Gilt title to spine. (288, 16pp.). With frontisp., map, numerous illusts., and publishers illust. adverts at end. Ferguson 8061 records a different issue to that here offered in so far as the pagination varies, as well as the title-page is printed as Special Presentation Volume. Front fly-leaf excised. $ CHATAWAY, T.P. History of the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, War Rev. and Edit. by P. Goldenstedt. (Facs. reprint of the Brisbane 1948 ed.). 8vo. Orig. dec. cloth. Gilt. (xiv, 328pp.). With portr., and numerous illusts. Lim. ed. of 200 copies. NOTE: The Battalion served on Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First Wold War. Includes a Nominal Roll, Honours and Awards, and a Deceased Roll. $ CHING, Raymond. (Text by D. Snow, A.H. Chisholm, & M.F. Soper). The Bird Paintings: Water colours and pencil drawings/ London: Collins - The Tryon Gallery, (1978). Folio. Orig. qtr. cloth. Dustjacket. (144pp.). With numerous illusts. many of which are col. Preserved in illust. slipcase. Fine. $ CLARK, C.M.H. A History of Australia. 6 vols. (complete and all published). Melbourne ( ). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjackets. Illust. throughout. A fine set, with all six volumes each bearing the author s autograph Manning Clark on title-page. Desirable thus. COLLATION: Vol. I: From the Earliest times to the Age of Macquarie; Vol. II: N.S.W. and Van Diemen s Land, ; Vol. III: The Beginning of an Australian Civilization, ; Vol. IV: The Earth Abideth for Ever, ; Vol. V: The People make Laws, ; Vol. VI: The Old Dead Tree and the Young Tree Green, $ CLARK, R.H. Chronicles of a Country Works: Being a History of Messrs Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd of Thetford, the famous Traction Engine Builders.... London: Percival Marshall, (1952). Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In illust. dustjacket (slightly chipped & faded). (xvi, 306, 12pp.). With portrait frontispiece, num. text-figs. some of which are fullpage, and illust. adverts. at end. Printed in sepia. 1st ed. Fine. $ COBHAM, Alan (Sir). Twenty Thousand Miles in a Flying- Boat. My Flight round Africa. London: George G. Harrap, (1934). 8vo. Orig. cloth (slightly discoloured). (250pp.). With frontisp., numerous plates, and fold. map at end. Fine. $100 8

9 68 COGGER, H.G. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney (1986). Thick Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xvi, 688pp.). With title-page illust., numerous full-page plates many in col., diagrams, text-maps, and endpaper maps. Fine. $ COLE, T. Riding the Wildman Plains: The Letters and Diaries of Tom Cole (Sydney): Macmillan, (1992). Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. In illust. dustjacket. (viii, 232pp.). With num. illusts., maps, and facs. 1st ed. $50 70 COLE, Tom. Hell West and Crooked. (Sydney): Angus & Robertson, (1990). Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. In illust. dustjacket (spine slightly faded). (x, 292pp.). With num. full-page and double-page colour and b/w plates, and text illusts. Fine. NOTE: Crocodile and Buffalo Hunting Adventures in the Far North. $50 71 COLE S SUNNYSIDE PICTURE BOOK. Pictures and Stories for Little Folk. Melbourne: E.W. Cole, n.d. (circa 1930s). 4to. Orig. pictorial boards (corners slightly rubbed) with cloth spine (top spine starting). (192pp.). With col. frontispiece, coloured plates, and numerous illusts. some of which are full-page & in colour. Pp. 1-4 lacking which includes the title-page. An attractive juvenile compilation in the Cole s series of books; this title however is not recorded in Muir. A good copy. $ COLLINGRIDGE, G. The Discovery of Australia. A critical, documentary and historic investigation concerning the priority of discovery in Australasia by Europeans before the arrival of Lieut. James Cook, in the Endeavour, in the year Sydney: Hayes Brothers, to. Half calf over marbled paper boards. Spine gilt and with raised bands. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. (xvi, 376pp.). With numerous illusts., maps, charts, etc. Neat small blind-stamp on some pages. Fine and complete. $ COLLINS, David. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its First Settlement in January 1788, to August 1801: With remarks on the dispositions, customs, manners, &c. of the native inhabitants of that Country. To which are added, some particulars of New Zealand;...London: For T. Cadell and W. Davies, to. Orig. half roan with marbled boards (slightly rubbed but sound). Spine gilt titled. (xx, 562, 2pp.). With engrv. portr., 2 charts of which 1 is fold., and 31 engravings most of which are full-page. A fine copy abridged by Mrs. Collins, complete with the advertisement leaf at end, and bearing the book-plate of Frank Hobill Cole inside the front cover. $4, COMMONWEALTH CELEBRATIONS: Sydney Descriptive & Illustrative with Panorama. Sydney: P. H. Fergusson & Co., n.d. (circa 1900). Oblong 4to. Orig. pictorial wrappers (slightly chipped & faded), ribbon tied as issued. Containing copious captioned photographic views including a fold. panorama. Some light foxing. $40 75 CONNOR, Kevin. The Haymarket Drawings. With Introd. Essay by H. Kolenberg. Sydney: The Centaur Press, (1990). Elephant folio. Orig. qtr. calf with marbled boards. With an orig. signed linocut, 4 orig. signed & numbered coloured lithographs each captioned by the artist in pencil, and numerous drawings. Edition lim. to 85 numbered copies of which 65 only for sale, each signed by both the author and artist. Minor foxing, otherwise fine and complete. $750 9

10 76 COOK, James. (By Sir Maurice Holmes). Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S. A Bibliographical Excursion.... London: Francis Edwards, Royal 8vo. Orig. full buckram (spine faded) with gilt title along spine. (104pp.). With 11 full-page b/w plates. 1st edition, limited to 500 copies only. Fine. $90 77 CUNNINGHAM, A. (By W.G. McMinn). Allan Cunningham, botanist and explorer. Melbourne U.P., (1970). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket.(x, 148pp.). With 4 full-page plates and 5 text-maps. 1st edition. NOTE: Allan Cunningham ( ) explored much of south-eastern Australia between 1817 and $35 78 CUNNINGHAM, P. Two Years in New South Wales; comprising Sketches of the actual state of Society in that Colony; of its peculiar advantages to Emigrants; of its topography, natural history, &c. &c. 2 vols. Second edition,... London: Henry Colburn, vo. Half oasis. Spines uniformly gilt and with raised bands. Top edge gilt. With engrv. fold. map. F NOTE: Peter Cunningham was Surgeon in the Royal Navy and was Surgeon-Superintendent of Convicts. This work gives a valuable account of New South Wales. $ CURTIS, W. The Endemic Flora of Tasmania. Pts. 1-6 in 2 vols. specially bound by Dove Bindery in full dark green crushed morocco. Spines uniformly gilt, with raised bands and contrasting titlinglabels. Bound retaining the orig. illust. front dustjackets. Complete and all published. London: The Ariel Press, ( ). Folio. Beautifully illustrated with full-page col. plates by Margaret Stones, and endpaper maps. Near mint copy. Rare and desirable. $2, DALE, I.R. and P.J. GREENWAY. Kenya Trees & Shrubs.... Nairobi/London: Buchanan s Kenya Estates, Thick Royal. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. Dustjacket. (xxx, 654pp.). With col. frontisp. & tissueguard, 31 full-page col. plates, 80 b/w photographs, 111 text-illusts., and 1 fold. map. 1st ed. Fine. $ DAUDIN, F.M. Histoire Naturelle des Rainettes, des Grenouilles et des Grapauds. Dedice a B.G.E.L. Lacepede. Paris to. Orig. blue marbled paper wrappers. (108pp.). Complete with 38 full-page engrv. plates each with its orig. protective tissue-guard. Entirely uncut. Preserved in a specially made qtr. calf, fleece-lined, captioned, folding solander case. Fine. Nissen $3, DAVIS, P. The Hurstville Story. (A History of Hurstville Municipality ).... (Hurstville N.S.W. 1986). Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (240pp.). With numerous illusts., and illust. endpapers. Fine. $45 83 DAVISON, F.D. and B. NICHOLLS. Blue Coast Caravan. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, vo. Orig. cloth. In fine dustjacket designed by Adrian Feint. (8, 288pp.). 1st ed. $55 84 DAWES, W. William Dawes, R.M to A Sketch of his Life, Work and Explorations (1787) in the First Expedition to New South Wales; also as a Governor of Sierra Leone, and in Antigua, West Indies. By... A. Currer-Jones.... Torquay Sm. 8vo. Orig. cloth (front cover marked). Gilt. Top edge gilt. Dustjacket. (x, 78pp.). With 8 plates. Rare. $ DERANIYAGALA, P.E.P. Ceylon Journal of Science: The Tetrapod Reptiles of Ceylon. Vol. 1: Testudinates and Crocodilians. London: Dulau & Co., Sm. 4to. Orig. brown cloth. In printed 10

11 dustjacket (edges slightly chipped; spine darkened). (xxxii, 412pp.). With num. full-page b/w plates, text-figs., maps, and tables. (Colombo Museum Natural History Series). First edition, rare in dustjacket. Endpapers slightly browned; rubber stamp on fly-leaf. $ DESCOURTILZ, J. Th. Pageantry of Tropical Birds. Commentary by J. Moojen. London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., Large folio. Orig. illust. cloth. Gilt. Dustjacket. (144pp.). With 60 full-page plates, most of which col. Title-page in red/black ink. ADDED: Descourtilz, J. Th. Oiseaux Brillants et Remarquables du Bresil. Places Pres des Vegetaux Dont Les Fruits Les Nourrissent. Lond Large folio. Orig. printed wrapper. (40pp.). Text in French. 2 vols. In slip-case. Fine. $ DMITRIEV-MAMONOV, A.I. and A.F. ZDZIDRSKI. Ed. by. Guide to The Great Siberian Railway.... English translation by Miss L. Kukol-Yasnopolsky. Revised by J. Marshall. St. Petersburg Royal 8vo. Rebound full blue calf (extremities rubbed). Marbled endpapers. (ii, 520pp.). Profusely illustrated, and with numerous fold. maps mostly hand-coloured in outline. 1st ed. A wonderful Australian association bearing the following hand-written inscription on front prelim. fly-leaf: Presented to the Library of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia by N. de Passek, Imperial Consul-General for Russia, with the hope that the Siberian Railway will improve the commercial interests and expedite the delivery of mails between Australia and Europe and become a favourite passenger route between the two countries Melbourne. When bound, pp. 53/4, 473/4, and 481/2 were not included making this copy incomplete; however its value lies in its inscription and association. Provenance: Ex Australian Parliamentary Library, then from the collection of R. & H. Moore of Tomakin, N.S.W. $ DUELLMAN, William E. Ed. by. The South American Herpetofauna: Its Origin, Evolution, and Dispersal. Lawrence: The Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas, Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. (x, 486pp.). With num. text-figs., maps, and tables. Printed in double-column. Text in English and Spanish. (Monograph No. 7). Fine. $45 89 DUMARESQ, H. The Dumaresq Letters. The Letters of Colonel Henry Dumaresq With Introductory Notes by Duncan Waterson, and Illustrated by Roderick Shaw. Sydney: The St. Mark s Press, vo. Orig. cloth backed marbled paper boards, with gilt-lettered leather titling label on spine. (8, xxx, 58, 2pp.). With half-title vignette, frontisp., title-vign., illust. chapter headings, and dec. tail-pieces. Title-page printed in red/black ink. Limited edition of 104 numbered copies, signed by the publisher. Fine. NOTE: Dumaresq was the brother-in-law of Governor Darling and was a member of his staff. His letters to family and friends are a valuable and informative chronicle of his times. $ DUPAIN, M. Max Dupain (Photographs). Ed. and with biographical essay by G. Newton. (Sydney 1980). 4to. Orig. illust. wrapper. (124pp.). Profusely illust. with b/w photographic plates. 1st ed. Previous owner s inscription on front fly-leaf, otherwise fine. $90 91 DURACK, M. Kings in Grass Castles.... London: Constable & Company, (1968). Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth (spine extremities bumped). 11

12 Spine gilt. In clipped illust. dustjacket (slightly chipped). (xx, 396pp.). With frontisp., 22 full-page b/w plates, 3 double-page maps, 1 full-page map, 1 double-page geneal. table, and front endpaper map. NOTE: A saga of pastoral Australia and the Durack family. $60 92 EARL, G.W. The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago: Papuans.... London: Hippolyte Bailliere, vo. Handsomely bound in full crimson crushed oasis (by Lewis & Harris Ltd., Bath, Eng.). Raised spine bands. Inside dentelles. All edges gilt. (6, xiv, 240pp.). With 5 lithogr. plates of which 4 coloured, 2 fold. maps, 2 text-illusts., and a fold. table of Specimens of Papuan and North Australian Dialects. Fine and rare. $ EDWARDS, A. Rock Gardens. How to Plan and Plant Them: with sections on the Wall, Paved, Marsh, and Water Gardens. London (1929). 8vo. Orig. cloth. (320pp.). With tipped-in coloured frontisp., 7 tipped-in col. plates, 32 b/w plates, text-illusts., and tables. 1st edition. NOTE: The author was in charge of The Rock Garden, Kew. $45 94 ELBERT, J.L. Duesenberg. The Mightiest American Motor Car. Arcadia, CA: Dan R. Post, (1964). 4to. Orig. illust. cloth with gilt lettering. (168pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., and numerous b/w photographs, drawings, facsimiles, and dec. endpapers by Strother MacMinn. $65 95 EMIGRANT IN AUSTRALIA, The., or, Gleanings from the Gold-Fields. By An Australian Journalist.... London: Addey and Co., vo. Orig. illust. yellow wrappers. (iv, iv, 92, 4pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., 3 full-page engrv. plates from drawings taken on the spot by J.S. Prout, and 4 folding maps. 1st ed. Ferguson A particularly fine crisp copy preserved in fleece-lined calf-backed solander case. $ EWART, Joseph. Compl. by. The Poisonous Snakes of India. For the use of the officials and others residing in the Indian Empire. London: J. & A. Churchill, Sm. 4to. Cloth. Spine gilt titled. (viii, 64pp.). With 21 full-page plates of which 19 are coloured. Fine and complete. 1st ed. Rare. $1, EYRE, E.J. Reports and Letters to Governor Grey from E. J. Eyre at Moorunde. Adelaide: Sullivan s Cove, Roy. 8vo. Orig. maroon cloth. Spine gilt. In dec. dustjacket. (94pp.). With dec. titlepage, and dec. head-pieces. Title-page printed in red/black ink. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies. Fine. $85 98 EYRE, E.J. Reports of the Expedition to King George s Sound 1841 and the Death of Baxter. (Adelaide): Sullivan s Cove, vo. Orig. cloth with printed paper title-label on front cover. Dustjacket. (50pp.). Hand printed at the Nag s Head Press in a limited edition of 155 numbered copies. Fine in like dustjacket. Assoc. ephemera loosely inserted. $55 99 FABERGE: Treasures of Imperial Russia. Written by Geza von Habsburg. N.P. (Russia?) The Link of Times Foundation, to. Orig. red cloth. In illust. dustjacket. Preserved in matching illust. slipcase. (352pp.). Sumptuously illustrated mostly in colour with plates of which many are full-page and some double-page, text-illusts., and decorative gold/bronze endpapers. Title-page printed in gold/black ink. Text printed in parallel Russian and English. First edition. Fine in like dustjacket. A most attractive book. $200 12

13 100 FAIRBAIRN, Steve. Chats on Rowing. London: Nicholas Kaye, (1948). Sm. 8vo. Orig. green cloth (slightly rubbed). (xii, 140pp.). With portrait, and 5 full-page b/w plates (one of which is slightly creased). Occasional foxing, and pencil annots. on a few pages. $ FEDERAL CAPITAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Construction of Canberra - First General Report.... Melbourne: The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, F scap folio. Orig. half calf over cloth boards with gilt title to front cover. (ii, 41pp.). With fold. table. Printed in double-column. Some page repairs without loss of text, otherwise fine and complete. (Parl. Paper No. 134-F ). NOTE: Plan of layout of the Federal Capital City based on the designs by Walter Burley Griffin. $ FEDERAL CAPITAL SITES: Report of the Commissioner on the Royal Commission on Sites for the Seat of Government of the Commonwealth. Ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed, 30 October Sydney: W.A. Gullick, F scap folio. Printed wrapper plus portfolio of plans. (2 vols). Text volume comprising a fullpage coloured map and vi, 94pp; the portfolio containing 13 large folding plans showing the proposed Federal Territory and Capital Sites of Queanbeyan, Albury, Bathurst, Bombala, Carcoar, Braidwood, Forest Reefs, Goulburn, Orange, Tumut, Wagga Wagga, Yass, and Wellington. NOTE: An important early report of the various proposed sites for the Capital which at the time did not include Canberra. $ FERGUSON, J.A. Bibliography of Australia. 8 vols. Complete and all published. (Vol. I: ; Vol. II: ; Vol. III: ; Vol. IV: ; Vol. V: A-G; Vol. VI: H-P; Vol. VII: Q-Z; Plus Addenda Volume). Facsimile ed. Canberra: National Library of Australia, ( ). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjackets. With full-page illusts. Fine. NOTE: The most important work of Australian Historical Bibliography. $ FITZPATRICK, J.C.L. Those Were the Days. Being a Record of the Doings of the Men and Women of the Hawkesbury 50 years ago and more... Sydney Sm. 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper. (208pp.). With 4 full-page plates and 5 text-illusts. (N.S.W. Bookstall Co.). Preserved in specially made solander folding case with gilt title to spine. $ FITZPATRICK, Percy. Jock of the Bushveld. Illust. by E. Caldwell. London: Longmans, Green and Co., (1938). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Illust. gilt spine. (xvi, 476pp.). With col. frontisp., title-vign., 22 full-page plates, and numerous text-illusts. Assoc. ephemera loosely inserted. $ FITZSIMONS, F.W. Snakes and the Treatment of Snake Bite. Assisted by V.F.M. FitzSimons. Cape Town: Specialty Press, Sm. 8vo. Orig. cloth with illust. gilt title to front cover. (70, 2pp.). Illustrated. Fine and uncommon. $ FITZSIMONS, F.W. Snakes. London: Hutchinson & Co., (1932). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. (286, 12pp.). With portrait, and num. full-page b/w plates. 1st ed. Some minor foxing, otherwise very good. $ FLANAGAN, R. The History of New South Wales; with an account of Van Diemen s Land (Tasmania), New Zealand, Port 13

14 Phillip (Victoria), Moreton Bay, and other Australasian Settlements. Comprising a complete view of the progress and prospects of gold mining in Australia vols. London Royal 8vo. Rebound in half morocco. Spines gilt panelled and with raised bands. Top edges gilt. Complete. $ FLANNERY, T. F. Possums of the World. A Monograph of the Phalangeroidea. Illust. by P. Schouten.. Sydney (1994). Folio. DE LUXE COLLECTOR S ISSUE, limited to 250 copies signed by both Tim Flannery, as well as Peter Schouten. Orig. half morocco over gilt titled cloth boards. (240pp.). With numerous illusts. mostly full-page and in col., and text-maps. 1st ed. Fine. $ FLANNERY, T. Mammals of New Guinea. (Brisbane 1990). Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (4, iv, 440pp.). With numerous illusts. many in col. & some full-page, and with text-maps. (The Australian Museum). Fine. $ FORE-EDGE PAINTING: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful; with an Introductory Discourse Concerning Taste. By the Right Hon. Edmund Burke. Lond: Printed for Scott, Webster and Geary, mo. Orig. tooled black morocco (edges slightly rubbed). Spine gilt. A.e.g. (xii, 152pp.). With engraved frontisp. & protective paper guard, and additional engraved title-page. Endpapers replaced, otherwise contents near fine. Adorned under the gilt of the fore-edge is a fine painting of a landscape framed by the arch of a bridge complete with castle, mountains, trees, and couples taking the air. $ FORE-EDGE PAINTING: Francia, A Tale of the Revolution of Paraguay, from Authentic Sources. By E. Clarence Shepard. Lond: Richard Bentley, vo. Orig. full red morocco (edges slightly rubbed) with decorative gilt border to front and back covers. Spine extra gilt and with raised bands. Inside dentelles. A.e.g. (iv, 210pp.). Occasional light foxing, otherwise contents near fine. Adorned under the gilt of the fore-edge is a fine painting depicting a street-scene in Asuncion, the capital city of Paraguay. $ FORE-EDGE PAINTING: Heat: A Mode of Motion. By John Tyndall,... Lond: Longmans, Green, and Co., vo. Orig. full black morocco (edges slightly rubbed) with armorial gilt crest on front cover. Spine extra gilt and with raised bands. Inside dentelles. A.e.g. (xx, 592pp.). With fold. frontisp., num. text-figs. some of which are full-page, and tables. Presentation bookplate from King s College London, dated 1889, on front endpaper. Lower corner of rear endpaper removed, and some minor foxing to prelims, otherwise fine. Adorned under the gilt of the fore-edge is a fine painting of a street/town scene - possibly depicting King s College, London - complete with imposing buildings, pedestrians, and horse-drawn carriages. $ FORE-EDGE PAINTING: Ignoramus, Comoedia; Scriptore Georgio Ruggle, A.M. Aulae Clarensis, Apud Cantabrigienses, Olim Socio; Nunc denuo in Lucem Edita cum Notis Historicis et Criticis: Quibus insuper Praeponitur Vita Auctoris, et Subjicitur Glossarium Vocabula Forensia Dilucide Exponens: Accurante Johanne Sidneio Hawkins, Arm. London: T. Payne et Filium, vo. Orig. full red straight-grained morocco (spine slightly discoloured). Decorative gilt borders on front and back covers. Spine extra gilt and with raised bands. 14

15 Inside dentelles. A.e.g. (viii, cxxii, 320pp.). With frontisp., 2 full-page plates, 1 text-illust., and marbled endpapers. Text in English and Latin. Glossary printed in double-column. Small inscription on front fly-leaf, dated Some occasional foxing/browning of pages, otherwise fine. Adorned under the gilt of the fore-edge is a fine painting of Canterbury, featuring the Cathedral and set in a rural landscape. $ FORE-EDGE PAINTING: The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses. From the French of Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray, by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. London: Published by J. Walker and the other Proprietors, mo. Orig. full black calf with gilt border to front and back covers. Spine extra gilt. Endpapers replaced. (ii, 474pp.). With engraved frontisp., and additional engraved title-page. Inscription and previous owner s name on front flyleaves. Some foxing to prelims. Adorned on the fore-edge is a colourful painting of an erotic pastoral scene. $ FORE-EDGE PAINTING: The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson: by Izaak Walton. To which are added, the Autographs of those Eminent Men, now first collected, an Index, and Illustrative Notes.... London: John Major, Sm. 8vo. Full black morocco (slightly rubbed). Spine gilt-titled and with raised bands. Inside dentelles. (xviii, 504pp.). With frontisp., several full-page plates, text-illusts., dec. initials. and illust. tail-pieces. Hinges strengthened, some minor foxing, and occasional pencil underlining, otherwise very good. Adorned under the gilt of the fore-edge is a fine painting depicting a city street, possibly London or Bath, with Georgian buildings, passers-by, and horse-drawn carriages. $ FORE-EDGE PAINTING: The Sacred History of The World, as Displayed in The Creation and Subsequent Events to The Deluge. Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son. By Sharon Turner vols. Lond: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, vo. Orig. half straight-grain morocco (rubbed) with red wove cloth. Gilt. Spine gilt and with raised bands. A.e.g. Previous owners names on title-page of each volume. Some minor foxing to prelims, otherwise fine. Adorned under the foreedge gilt of each volume is a particularly fine painting: depicted on Vol. 1 is Noah s Ark, showing Noah, his family, and many pairs of animals making their way on board the vessel; on Vol. 2 is The Deluge, in which humans and animals are trying to escape raging torrents of water. $ FORSHAW, J.M. Parrots of the World. (Melbourne): Lansdowne, (1973). Folio. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In illust. dustjacket. (584pp.). Profusely illust. with 158 full-page col. plates by William T. Cooper, b/w text-illusts., and maps. 1st ed. Fine crisp copy. $ FORTH BRIDGE, The. (Scotland). A treatise reprinted from Engineering February 28, London (1890). Large 4to. Orig. limp cloth with gilt title to front cover. (iv, 72pp.). With portraits, plans, 19 double-page photographic plates, and text-illusts. Printed in triplecolumn. NOTE: The Forth Bridge is a cantilever bridge spanning the Firth, an estuary between Dolmeny near Edinburgh and Queensferry. $ FRIEND, Donald. An Alphabet of Owls et cetera. With a text suitable for all children, grown-ups, non-readers, ornamental hermits, et alia. (Melbourne): Gryphon Books, Folio. Orig. full buckram with 15

16 illust. morocco title-label on front cover. Printed in red/black ink, on hand-made paper, and fully illustrated by the artist; the edition is limited to 150 numbered copies, fully signed Donald Friend. A thank you card from the publisher (Richard) Griffin, loosely inserted. Fine. NOTE: Printed letterpress at the Croft Press on handmade Bemboka paper with the illustrations in black and the text in red ink. Donald Friend s appropriate drawings include those of owls as well as many of native Australian animals. This work is arguably the finest book printed at the Press. $3, FRIEND, Donald. Tides of Sensuality. Working drawings and studies for a major work to be titled Bumbooziana. Foreword by Elizabeth Summons. Melbourne: Gryphon Books, (1978). Sm. 4to. Orig. illust. cloth. Dustjacket. Profusely illust. incl. some tipped-in col. plates. Ed. lim. to 350 numbered copies signed Donald Friend of which Copies No contain an original pen & ink drawing by the artist, fully initialled D.F., and numbered 52 being the same number as the book. The pen & ink drawing is the original that has been reproduced in the book. Fine. $1, FYSH, H. Qantas at War. (Sydney): Angus and Robertson, (1968). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In illust. dustjacket. (xii, 244pp.). With frontisp., and 24 full-page b/w plates. 1st edition. A very good copy albeit ex-library. $ GARRAN, Andrew. (Ed. by). Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. 3 vols. (complete). Sydney Elephant folio. PRESENTATION BINDING. Orig. full black crushed morocco with bevelled boards each volume stamped on back cover by the distinguished Melbourne binder William Detmold. Extra gilt tooled. Raised spine bands. Inside dentelles. All edges gilt. With over 800 engravings on wood by the leading colonial artists of the period many being full-page, and some coloured maps. Undoubtedly the finest bound set we have ever seen, in mint condition, entirely complete even to the orig. silk ribbon book markers. Preserved in three uniform qtr. red morocco solander cases. Spines with raised bands and contrasting titling-labels. The ideal official gift. NOTE: Original presentation bindings are rare in any condition, this copy in its mint state is possibly unique. $6, GARRAN, R.R. The Coming Commonwealth. An Australian Handbook of Federal Government. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, vo. Orig. cloth (edges slightly rubbed). Spine gilt. (192, 16pp.). With adverts. at end. $ GILES, Ernest. The Journal of a Forgotten Expedition in Ed. by J. Bosanquet. (Adelaide): Sullivan s Cove, Folio. Orig. cloth. In slightly chipped dustjacket. (xvi, 54pp.). With portr., a double-page illust., a full-page facs., and a double-page map. Lim. ed. of 500 numbered copies. Fine. $ GILES, Ernest. Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration, being A Narrative compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and through Central South Australia, and Western Australia, from 1872 to vols. London: Sampson Low, Royal 8vo. Orig. publishers illust. cloth. Gilt (covers a little rubbed & soiled). With 2 frontisps., full-page plates, text-illusts., and 6 fold. maps. 1st ed. F NOTE: According to Wantrup arguably the most handsomely produced of the late 19th century Australian books. 16