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1 1 ABBOTT, H.G. History of the American Waltham Watch Company of Waltham, Mass. Chicago 1905 (facs. reprint, Exeter, New Hampshire 1968). 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper. (106pp.). With portrs., and illusts. $50 2 ABORIGINES (AUSTRALIAN COLONIES): Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 5 August 1844; - for, Copies of Extracts from the Despatches of the Governors of the Australian Colonies, with the Reports of the Protectors of Aborigines and any other Correspondence to illustrate the Condition of the Aboriginal Population of the said Colonies, from the Date of the last Papers laid before Parliament on the subject.... Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed 9 August (Parl. Paper No. 627). Folio. Full calf with the orig. blue printed wrappers bound-in. Spine with raised bands and morocco titling-label. (viii, 438pp.). With 6 maps, by J. Arrowsmith mostly folded and hand-coloured in outline ((1) Plan of Mission Station. (2) Part of the County of Wellington. (3) Map of New South Wales & South Australia. (4) Map showing the range of the Southern dialects of Australia. (5) Plan of the native establishment at Rottnest Island. (6) Western Australia.). Uncut. Fine, complete and very scarce. NOTE: Deals extensively with the Aborigines of New South Wales (pp ); of South Australia (pp ); and of Western Australia (pp ). Ferguson $2,000 3 AESOP: Fables of Aesop and others: Translated into English. With Instructive Applications; And a Print before each Fable. By Samuel Croxall.... London: Printed for W. Osborne..., Sm. 8vo. Orig. full old calf (rubbed; spine rebacked). (xxiv, 336pp.). With engrv. frontisp (bearing a clean tear now crudely repaired), and numerous wood-block text illusts. Slightly foxed. $500 4 AMBRUS, C. Australian Women Artists. First Fleet to 1945: History, Hearsay and Her Say. (Canberra): Irrepressible Press, (1992). 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (x, 246pp.). With frontisp., 32 full-page col. plates, and numerous b/w illusts. Fine. $55 5 AMERICAN STEEL & WIRE COMPANY: Catalogue of American Nails, Wire, Barbed Wire, Staples, Tacks, Poultry Netting, etc.... (New York circa 1910). 12mo. Orig. printed limp boards, (116pp.). Profusely illustrated. Previous owner s neat rubber stamp on front cover and rear fly-leaf. $50 6 ANDREWS, G. The Ferries of Sydney. Sydney: A.H. & A.W. Reed, (1975). Oblong 8vo. Orig. cloth. In illust. dustjacket. (128pp.). With frontispiece, 4 full-page col. plates, num. text-illusts. some of which are full-page, and col. endpaper maps. 1st ed. Fine. $40 7 APPLETON, J. (With contributions by C. France et al.). Jean Appleton: A Lifetime with Art. Sydney: Caroline Simpson, Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. In illust. dustjacket. (160pp.). Profusely illust., most in col., some full-page. 1st ed. Fine. $40 8 ARCHBOLD, R. and A.L. RAND. New Guinea Expedition. Fly River Area, New York (1940). Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xx, 206pp.). With frontispiece, numerous illusts., endpaper maps, maps in the text, and large col. fold. map at the end. 1st ed. $175 1

2 9 ARCHER, W.H. Noctes Catholicae. I: Lecture on Catholic Education & Civilization, Past and Present. 3rd edition.... Melbourne: Goodhugh & Hough, vo. Wrappers. (iv, 26pp.). Fine. A rare pamphlet of which Ferguson 6079 records a single entry only. $65 10 (ARMOUR): Handbook for the Ordnance, M.L. 3-Inch Mortar, Mark II, on Mounting, 3-Inch Mortar, Mark I. Land Service. Melbourne Royal 8vo. Orig. printed boards. (66pp.). With 4 plates of which 1 is coloured, numerous text-illusts., and printed inserts. $50 11 ARNOTTS. (By Charles Boag). The Story of Arnott s Famous Biscuits: A History & a Celebration. (Sydney: Lansdowne Publishing, 1993). 4to. Orig. cloth. In illust. dustjacket (lower spine slightly torn). (144pp.). With col. illust. half-title page, numerous illusts. in col. and b/w, and illust. endpapers. Fine. $60 12 ART IN AUSTRALIA:... Series I (complete in eleven issues); Series II (complete in two issues); Series III (complete in eighty-one issues). Sydney ( ). In the orig. parts as issued (some spine chipping as usual) except that the two issues in Series II are bound in one volume. Profusely illustrated with coloured tipped-in plates, b/w illusts., and numerous contemp. adverts. An excellent, complete run of Australia s foremost art reference, superseded by Art and Australia in 1963 after the cessation of the above 4th Series during W.W.II. The first issues of the First Series were published as limited editions. Extremely rare. Added: Preliminary Version for limited circulation of Artist Index to Art in Australia published by Library of N.S.W. in 1973 as a roneoed work. $5, ASHTON, P., C. BUTLER-BOWDEN, a.o. Painting the Rocks: The Loss of Old Sydney. (Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of NSW, 2010). Square sm. 4to. Orig. illust. boards. In clear plastic protective cover. (144pp.). Profusely illustrated in col. and b/w and with printed endpapers. Produced in association with an exhibition at the Museum of Sydney, 7 August to 28 November Fine. Assoc. ephemera loosely inserted. $40 14 AUSTRALIA POST: Delivering More Than Ever. (By) Marcella Hunter. (Sydney: Focus Publishing, 2000). 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (224pp.). Profusely illust. in both colour and b/w. Fine. NOTE: Issued to celebrate Australia Post s 25th anniversary and the formation of the Postmaster-General s Department in $45 15 AUSTRALIA NATIONAL JOURNAL. Ed. by S.U. Smith and G.M. Spencer. First Series: Issues Nos. 1-6 (but lacking No. 2). Five issues. Sydney: July Large 4to. Orig. printed wrappers (occasional spine chipping and covers shelf soiled). With numerous illusts., and contemp. adverts some of which are col. NOTE: A contemporary view of Australian life at the beginning of W.W.II. Issue No. 3 subtitled Australia at War, and Issue No. 4 subtitled Australia in the Air. The series was interrupted for the War with the issue of No. 6 above, and a New Series recommenced, April 1947, in a smaller format. $ AUSTRALIAN (AND NEW ZEALAND) SKI YEAR BOOKS. Nos Sydney vo. and Sm. 4to. Vols. 1-4 bound, rest in orig. printed wrappers as issued. Lacks one issue (No. 16 for the year 1943). Profusely illustrated, and with numerous contemp. adverts. One or two issues chipped and slightly soiled, but overall the 2

3 volumes are good clean copies. Originally published on behalf of the Ski Council of N.S.W., and edited by Percy Hunter. NOTE: The foremost medium pertaining to skiing and its history in Australia. $2, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY TELEPHONE DIRECTORY: May Canberra Royal 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper. (12pp.). Printed in triple-column. Fine. NOTE: The hours of attendance do not include Sundays and Holidays unless specially indicated. It is interesting to note how few telephone subscribers existed in the A.C.T. in war-time $ AUSTRALIAN CHIVALRY. Reproductions in Colour and Duotone of Official War Paintings. Ed. by J.L. Treloar. (Canberra) Oblong 4to. Orig. cloth. Gilt (slightly rubbed). (110pp.). With illust. titlepage, and 53 tipped-in plates, most full-page, many of which are col. The artists include Sir John Longstaff, G.W. Lambert, Charles Wheeler, Fred Leist, H.S. Power, Arthur Streeton, a.o. $ AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE (MIDDLE EAST): Staff and Regimental Lists of Officers No. 3. N.P.: 8th December vo. Orig. printed wrapper. (274pp.). Fine. NOTE: Issued for restricted use only. $90 20 AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF DEFENCE STUDIES.... Published twice yearly. Vols. 1 & 2 (the inaugural first four issues). Canberra March Nov Royal 8vo. In the orig. printed parts as issued. Illustrated. Fine. $45 21 AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES - TASMANIA COMMAND: Gunshy Senior Officers Exercise Nov 59. A Compilation of roneoed and typescript copies of papers pertaining to the Exercise. (Hobart 1959). F scap folio. In cloth-backed board portfolio with illust. title label to front cover. Comprising 50 pp. of typescript text, plus 3 folding maps. Copy No. 6. $ AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES: Hints to Young Officers on the Art of Command, Mess Etiquette, Dress, Military Courtesy, Discipline, Company Command, Official Correspondence, etc. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, mo. Orig. printed cloth (back cover slightly flecked). (viii, 110, vi pp.). With adverts. on front fly-leaves. $60 23 AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES: Lone Pine 3 RAR Patrol Camp. Restricted roneoed typescript of the Operation conducted circa May Comprising map, over 30pp. of f scap typescript, and 6 original photographs. Possibly unique. $ AUSTRALIAN MOTOR SPORTS. Published Monthly and Edited by Arthur J. Wylie. A good run of 26 issues published between Febr and March Melbourne: Wylie Publishing Co., to. In the orig. illust. parts as issued. With numerous illusts., and adverts. Printed in double-column. $65 25 AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICE MAGAZINE, The. Official Journal of the Australian Postal Institute. Vol. 1: No. 1 - Vol. 4: No. 4 (issued 6 times per year). Melbourne June Jan Sm. 4to. Orig. illust. parts as issued. With illusts., and adverts. NOTE: Lacks one issue only, otherwise entirely complete. Fine. $100 3

4 26 AUSTRALIAN SCENES: (A pictorial work of full-page captioned photographic views in the various States of Australia). Issued... by the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia. Melbourne Oblong 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper stapled as issued. (80pp.). Uncommon. Name on front cover, otherwise fine. $ AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, JOURNAL of the. Nos 1-21 complete. Canberra Oct Oct Sm. 4to. In the orig. illust. stiff wrappers as issued. Copiously illustrated. Fine. $ AYRTON, M. and A. SILCOCK. Wrought Iron and its Decorative Use. London: Country Life Ltd., (1929). 4to. Orig. cloth (slightly rubbed). Gilt title to front cover and spine. (viii, 196pp.). With frontisp., full-page b/w plates, and text-illusts. Title-page printed in red/ black ink. 1st ed. Occasional minor foxing. $ BADEN-POWELL, Lord (of Gilwell). Rovering to Success. A book of life-sport for young men. London: Herbert Jenkins, n.d. (circa 1930). Sm. 8vo. Orig. cloth. In chipped dustjacket. (248, 4pp.). With 60 text-illusts. by the Author. Slightly foxed. $45 30 BADEN-POWELL, Lord. Scouting for Boys.... London (1952). Sm. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xiv, 328pp.). With title-vign., portr., and numerous text-illusts. Slightly foxed. $45 31 BAGLEY, W.A. One-Man Show: A complete guide for the semi-professional entertainer. London: Vawser & Wiles, n.d. (circa 1940s). Sm. 8vo. Orig. boards. Dustjacket. (96pp.). Illustrated. Fine. NOTE: Dealing with conjuring, music, juggling, rope spinning, escape artist, ventriloquism, impersonations, monologues, Punch and Judy. $55 32 BAKER, R.T. The Hardwoods of Australia and their Economics. Sydney Folio. Orig. blind-stamped grey/green cloth with bevelled edges. Gilt. (xvi, 524pp.). With col. frontispiece, 73 fullpage col. plates, and numerous text-illusts. (Technol. Museum, N.S.W. Tech. Educ. Ser. No. 23). 1st ed. Fine copy inscribed and signed by the author to Walter L. Waterhouse, and preserved in its original despatch box. A desirable copy. $ BANKS, J. The Banks Letters. A Calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum (Natural History) and other collections in Great Britain. Ed. by W.R. Dawson. London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, Thick sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xlii, 965pp.). Fine crisp copy. $ BANKS, J. The Journal of Joseph Banks in the Endeavour. With a commentary by A.M. Lysaght. Vol. I only. (London) Genesis, Thick Royal 8vo. Orig. qtr. calf. Spine gilt with raised bands and morocco titling labels. E.g. In captioned slip-case. Illust. Ed. lim. to 500 numbered copies only. Fine. $ BARBOUR, Thomas. Reptiles and Amphibians: Their Habits and Adaptations. London: George G. Harrap, n.d. (circa 1925). 8vo. Orig. cloth. (xxii, 126pp.). With frontisp., and 141 illusts. 1st ed. Fine. $60 36 BARDON, G. Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert. (Adelaide 1979). Small 4to. Orig. boards. Dustjacket. (72pp.). With numerous 4

5 plates some full-page and col., and text-illusts. 1st ed. NOTE: This book presents 24 of the best paintings by 20 artists from Papunya - the aboriginal settlement 200 kilometres west of Alice Springs. $ BARRALLIER, F. (By R.H. Cambage). Ensign Francis Barrallier s Blue Mountain Exploration in (Sydney) n.d. (circa 1920). 8vo. Clothbound. (12pp.). With map. $ BARRETT, C. Wild Life in Australia and New Guinea. Melbourne (1954). 8vo. Orig. cloth. In chipped dustjacket. (xii, 230pp.). With col. frontisp., 22 full-page plates, and numerous text-illusts. 1st ed. Previous owner s name on f.f.e.p. $40 39 BARSANTI, O. (Rev. Dr.). Lecture on the Legitimacy of the Papal Sovereignty.... Melbourne: T. Verga, vo. Wrappers. (34pp.). Rare Australian imprint of which Ferguson 6752 cites a single entry only. $65 40 BASCH. Atlas of the Settled Counties of New South Wales.... Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., (circa 1870). Folio. Half calf with gilt title on front board within border. With 19 double-page col. maps, and 1 fold. large col. map showing road and distance in the entire Colony. Lightly foxed, otherwise fine and complete. NOTE: This Atlas is the first ever produced in N.S.W. $2, BATES, H.W. The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life,... during eleven years of travel. With a memoir of the author by E. Clodd.... London: John Murray, Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. (xc, 396pp.). With portr., double-page col. plate, fold. map, and 42 illusts. Minor foxing, otherwise a fine uncut copy. $ BATTYE, J.S. Ed. by. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia (Illustrated). An Historical and Commercial Review. Descriptive and Biographical facts, figures and illustrations. An Epitome of Progress. 2 vols complete. Perth: Hussey & Gillingham Ltd., Thick 4to. Orig. half roan with gilt titles to spines (covers slightly rubbed but sound). All edges gilt. With 2 frontispieces & protective tissue-guards, numerous illusts., maps, and portraits. Printed in double-column. 1st edition. Previous owner s name on front fly-leaves, otherwise fine. An important historical record. $1, BENNETT, H. Gordon (Maj.-Gen.). Pocket Compendium of Infantry Tactics. Containing (5 individual) charts demonstrating Attack, Defence, Protection at Rest, Protection on the Move, and Withdrawals. Sydney Sm. 8vo. Orig. printed portfolio envelope containing 5 loose cards (slightly rubbed). Rare. $55 44 BENNETT, I. Shores of Macquarie Island. Photography by the author. (Adelaide 1971). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (76pp.). With titlevign., 48 full-page plates of which 16 are in col., map, and endpaper maps. 1st edition. $50 45 BERNDT, R. and C. From Black to White in South Australia. With an Introd. by Prof. A.P. Elkin. Melbourne (1951). 8vo. Orig. cloth. (314pp.). With frontisp., and 4 full-page plates. 1st ed. Fine. $75 46 BERNDT, R.M. (Ed. by). Aborigines and Change: Australia in the 70s. Canberra Royal 8vo. Orig. illust. limp boards. (xiv, 424pp.). (Social Anthrop. Ser. No. 11). Ex-libr. copy. $50 5

6 47 BERNDT, R.M. and C.H. Man, Land & Myth in North Australia: The Gunwinggu People. Sydney: Ure Smith, (1970). 8vo. Orig. cloth. In defective illust. dustjacket. (xviii, 262pp.). With full-page and double-page b/w plates, text-illusts., and diagrams. 1st ed. Exlibrary copy. $50 48 BERRY, Alexander. On the Geology of part of the Coast of New South Wales. (Sydney 1822). 8vo. Later wrappers. (pp ). (Paper read before the Philosophical Society of Australia). Uncut. The Ingleton copy. NOTE: By the noted pioneer settler on the South Coast. $75 49 BIVINS, John. The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina Winston-Salem: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, (1988). 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xiv, 562pp.). With col. frontispiece, numerous illusts., and endpaper maps. Printed in doublecolumn. 1st ed. Fine copy of a significantly important reference. $ BLACKMAN, Charles. (Illust. by). Alice s Adventures in Wonderland. By Lewis Carroll. Ed. by Nadine Amadio. (Sydney 1982). Small 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (128pp.). Profusely illustrated throughout in both col. and b/w. 1st edition of the Blackman illustrated issue, now seldom offered. $ BLACKMAN, Charles: Alice in Wonderland. (Exhibition Catalogue) at the National Gallery of Victoria, 11 August - 15 October By G. Smith and F. St. John Moore. (Melbourne 2006). 4to. Orig. illust. limp boards. (142pp.). Profusely illust. in colour, as well as b/w text-illusts., and dec. endpapers. Fine. $ BLAKELY, W.F. A Key to the Eucalypts. With description of 522 species and 150 varieties. Canberra vo. Orig. cloth backed printed boards (small ink stain along fore-edge). (2, 360, 24pp.). J.H. Willis copy with assoc. signed note inserted. (J.H. Willis was Victoria s Asst. Government Botanist). $75 53 BLAXLAND, G. A Journal of a Tour of Discovery Across the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, in the year 1813, by Gregory Blaxland. With references and explanatory notes... by F. Walker. (Sydney) n.d. (1913). 8vo. Orig. cloth. (56pp.). With 10 full- page plates, and 3 portrs. Fine crisp copy. $ BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, THE: And Administration of the Sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of The Church of England:... Oxford: Printed at the University Press, (circa 1900). Miniature (measuring 9.5 x. 5.5 cm). Orig. morocco backed illust. plastic boards within a brass frame with clasp. Gilt. A.e.g. Printed in double-column. Fine crisp copy. $ BOUGHTON, C.R. A Coast Chronicle. The History of the Prince Henry Hospital Centenary Issue. (Sydney 1981). Sm. 4to. Orig. illust. cloth. (xiv, 134pp.). With frontisp., 1 double-page, and 30 full-page plates, and endpaper maps. $60 56 BRITANNICA: The Encyclopaedia Britannica. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. 9th Edition (complete in 24 vols); Together with, The New Volumes... consisting in combination with the volumes of the 9th Edition, the 10th Edition of that Work,... being Vols. XXV-XXXV (11vols.), including the Map and Index volumes. Total 35 vols (all published). Edinburgh: Adam Charles 6

7 Black, Thick 4to. Uniformly bound in orig. half morocco with gilt spines (occasionally rubbed), and marbled endpapers. With numerous full-page engraved plates, coloured maps, and text-illusts. An entirely complete set in 35 vols of the combined 9th/10th Edition in a uniform binding. Some flecking on the cloth boards, and Vol. 35 (the Index volume) shaken with some repairs, otherwise a good, well-bound uniform set. $1, BRONGERSMA, L.D. Contributions to Indo-Australian Herpetology. Leyden: E.J. Brill, Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. (xvi, 2, pp.). With 2 full-page plates, and text illusts. Fine. $65 58 BROOKS, Van Wyck. From a Writer s Notebook. (Miniature book measuring 6 x 4.5 cm). Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, Orig. full green calf with gilt title to front cover and spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. (iv, 90pp.). Title-page printed in red/black ink. Lim. ed. Fine. $60 59 BROWNE, Edgar. Compl. by. A Short History of Goondiwindi and the Macintyre, together with Explanatory Matter and Useful Information concerning the Solar Eclipse... September 21st, Goondiwindi, Qld: The Goondiwindi Argus, (1922). 8vo. Orig. illust. wrapper (slightly soiled). (120pp.). With num. illusts., fold. map, and errata-slip. Occasional light foxing, otherwise fine and rare. $ (BRYANT, William Cullen). The American Landscape, No. 1 (complete and all published). Containing the following Views: Weehawken, Catskill Mountains, Fort Putnam, Delaware Water-Gap, Falls of the Sawkill, Winnipiseogee Lake. Engraved from original and accurate drawings; executed from nature expressly for this work, and from well authenticated pictures; with Historical and Topographical Illustrations. New York: Published by Elam Bliss, to. Orig. illust. pale green wrappers, skilfully re-spined in matching green cloth (rear wrapper slightly torn). (16pp.). With the above mentioned 6 captioned plates engraved by A.B. Durand, plus the letterpress descriptive text. Uncut. Sabin Particularly scarce especially so in this original condition. NOTE: The First and only Number of a series of views intended to embrace the most prominent and interesting scenery. The project however fell through and no more numbers were published. $3, BUDAWANG COMMITTEE. Pigeon House and Beyond. A Guide to the Budawang Range and Environs. (Sydney: The Budawang Committee, 1982). Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. In illust. dustjacket (slightly shelf-soiled and taped to book). (304pp.). With col. frontisp., num. plates in col. and b/w, text-illusts., and 17 full-page maps. No. 176 of a lim. ed. of 1000 copies, signed by C. Watson (Chairman) and R. Sneddon (Secretary). Some light foxing to endpapers, otherwise fine. $55 62 BULLETIN RECITER, THE. Collection of Verses for Recitation from The Bulletin ( ). Sydney: The New South Wales Bookstall Co., Sm. 8vo. Orig. illust. wrappers (worn). (vi, 250pp.). With title-vign., and several full-page illusts. Previous owner s name and address on fly-leaf, and some annots. throughout. Foxed. $50 63 BUNNY, R. The Art of Rupert Bunny. Appreciation by C. Turnbull; Biographical Sketch by T. Buesst. Sydney: Ure Smith, n.d. 7

8 (circa 1948). 4to. Orig. cloth (slightly rubbed). (76pp.). With title-vign., 10 tipped-in col. plates, 32 full-page b/w plates, and 2 text-illusts. printed in sepia. Lim. ed. Some occasional light foxing, otherwise fine. $75 64 BURTON, W.W. The State of Religion and Education in New South Wales. London: J. Cross, vo. Orig. blind-embossed cloth. Spine gilt titled. (xii, 322, cxxxvi pp.). With fold. map hand-col. in outline of the surveyed counties of the Colony, 4 fold. tables, a fold. Appendix, and errata-slip. Fine crisp uncut and unopened copy complete with the orig. yellow glazed endpapers. F NOTE: Sir William Burton was a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. $ BURY, T.T. Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with plates of the Coaches, Machines, &c. from drawings made on the spot. With descriptive particulars, serving as a guide to travellers on the railway. London: Published by R. Ackermann, Large 4to. Orig. half roan over plum coloured buckram boards. (ii, 8pp. text). With 13 full-page captioned hand-coloured aquatint plates with wide margins. Previous owner s name inside front cover, otherwise a fine crisp copy with the hand-colouring particularly sharp. TOGETHER WITH: A fine copy of the Hugh Broadbent 1976 facsimile reprint, containing the additional 3 folding separately issued plates not included in the above 1st edition. 2 vols. NOTE: Thomas Bury ( ), a pupil of Augustus Pugin, was the artist responsible for the best-known views of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. So popular and well received were Bury s views that many editions including French and Spanish editions were subsequently issued. $6, BUSBY, James. Authentic Information relative to New South Wales and New Zealand. London: Joseph Cross, Royal 8vo. Orig. light tan printed boards. (viii, 72, xxviii pp.). With fold. engrv. map. Fine uncut copy. F NOTE: James Busby ( ), Australia s pioneer viticulturist, former Collector of the Internal Revenue and Member of the Land Board of New South Wales, was, as a result of the above treatise, appointed British Resident in New Zealand. The Treatise, dealing mostly with advice to emigrants, is extremely rare. $7, BUSHWALKER, The. Published by the N.S.W. Federation of Bushwalking Clubs. Nos Sydney vo. + Sm. 4to. In the orig. illust. wrappers as issued. With plates, maps, and interest. adverts. After the issue of No. 11 there was a twelve year gap until the second series comprising Issues was published. Lacks two numbers, otherwise complete. $ CALDER-MARSHALL, A. A Crime Against Cania. London: Golden Cockerel Press, Royal 8vo. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in orig. qtr. crushed oasis over patterned cloth boards. Spine gilt titled. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. (ii, 68pp.). With woodengravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies fully signed by the author. Fine. $ CAMBAGE, R.H. and Henry SELKIRK. Early Drawings of an Aboriginal Ceremonial Ground. Sydney vo. Clothbound with the orig. printed wrapper bound-in. (pp ). With 3 text-illusts. (Repr. Jnl. & Proceed. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. LIV). Fine. $90 8

9 70 CAMBAGE, R.H. Captain Cook s Pigeon House, and Early South Coast Exploration. Sydney: Samuel E. Lees, vo. Orig. printed wrapper. (24pp.). With 1 plate depicting two views. Fine. $75 71 CAMBAGE, R.H. Exploration between the Wingecarribee, Shoalhaven, Macquarie, and Murrumbidgee Rivers. (Sydney 1921). 8vo. Clothbound with the orig. printed wrappers bound-in. (pp ). With text-illusts., and map. (Repr. Jnl. Roy. Aust. Hist. Soc.). Fine. $75 72 CAMBAGE, R.H. Exploration Beyond the Upper Nepean in Sydney (1919). 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper. (36pp.). With 3 fullpage plates, and a map. (Repr. Roy. Aust. Hist. Soc., Jnl. & Proc. Vol. VI, Pt. 1). NOTE: Story of two journeys made on foot by J. Wilson with two others to the Southern Highlands area of New South Wales. $75 73 CAMBAGE, R.H. Observations in North Queensland. A Lecture... Sydney: Samuel E. Lees, vo. Clothbound with the orig. printed wrappers bound-in. (8pp.). Fine. $65 74 CAMBAGE, R.H. Richard Hind Cambage : (Being The Linnean Society of New South Wales, Memorial Series No. 4). Sydney Sm. 4to. Clothbound with the orig. printed wrappers bound-in. (pp. ii, ). With portrait. Fine. $65 75 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. $ CANBERRA ANNUAL, The: An Annual Publication. Ed. by A.T. Shakespeare. No. I. Canberra: The Federal Capital Press of Australia, to. Orig. illust. wrapper. (56pp.). With plates, illustrations, and adverts. Printed in double-column. Fine and rare. $ CANBERRA, FEDERAL CAPITAL. (Views). (Sydney) Oblong 8vo. Orig. illust. wrapper (slightly soiled). (24pp.). A collection of captioned photographic plates. Photographed and published by J.A. Luscombe: Photographer, Goulburn. $75 78 CANBERRA. Concerning Canberra: The Christening and Dedication of Australia s National Capital, 12th March 1913, and its Dire Neglect. Melbourne Roy. 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper (slightly rubbed). (ii, 18pp.). Partly unopened. Title-page slightly water stained. $50 79 CANBERRA. Tomorrow s Canberra. Planning for Growth and Change. (By) The National Capital Development Commission. (Canberra: ANU Press, 1970). F scap folio. Orig. cloth. In fine illust. acetate dustjacket. (xx, 244pp.). With numerous illusts. many of which full-page, maps, plans, and a fold. col. plan. $40 80 CANBERRA: Federal Capital Advisory Committee. Construction of Canberra. Final Report. Melbourne: Govt. of the Commonwealth of Australia, F scap folio. Stapled as issued. (42pp.). (Parl. Paper No. F.9105). Rubber stamp on prelims. Note: Produced by the Committee under the Chairmanship of John Sulman, consulting architect and town planner. $125 9

10 81 CANBERRA: Report from the Select Committee appointed to inquire into and report upon the Development of Canberra... Canberra: The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Sept F scap folio. Stapled as issued. (150pp.). With 3 full-page photographic plates, and 6 fold. plans. Ex-library copy. Title-page slightly defective but without loss of text. (Parl. Paper No. S.2.) $60 82 CANBERRA: Report on the Supply of Residential Blocks in Canberra. Prepared by the Joint Committee on the Australian Capital Territory. Canberra: Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, F scap folio. Stapled as issued. (26pp.). Neat rubber stamp on some pages. Pen and pencil annots. on p. 25. (Parl. Paper No. 181). $60 83 CARROLL, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman. London: Dennis Dobson, (1967). Folio. Orig. white boards with black lettered title to front cover & spine. Dustjacket. (108pp.). Copiously illustrated by Steadman, and inscribed by him This is to certify that this is a rare copy, Best wishes, Ralph Steadman, Oct. 70. Desirable thus. Fine crisp copy in like dustjacket. $ CARROLL, Lewis. Alice s Adventures in Wonderland. Centenary Edition with Preface by Hugh Walpole. London: Macmillan, Sm. 8vo. Orig. cloth with oval gilt illust. on front cover. (xxii, 202, 2pp.). Illustrated by John Tenniel with frontispiece and 41 textillusts. Inscription on front fly-leaf. Special Centenary Edition published October $75 85 CARROLL, Lewis. Doublets. A Word-Puzzle.... London: Macmillan, mo. Orig. blind-embossed red cloth with gilt title to front cover (spine extremities rubbed; covers slightly soiled). (40pp.). Title-page printed within a black-lined border; foxing on title as well as the verso of the final blank page. 1st edition. Complete. NOTE: A word game invented by Carroll which will be familiar to most as the method of turning one word into another by changing one letter in each step. $ CATHOLICS AND SECULAR EDUCATION. A Report of a Meeting held in St. Ignatius Church, Richmond, April 26, Melbourne: Catholic Book Depot, vo. Orig. printed front wrapper only. (8pp.). Printed in double-column. Rare unrecorded pamphlet bearing the colophon at end: Printed at the Advocate Office, 27 Lonsdale-street East, Melbourne. $75 87 CAVANOUGH, J. et al. Gardens of the Southern Highlands, New South Wales (Melbourne 1988). Royal 8vo. Orig. illust. wrapper. (96pp.). With 16 full-page col. plates and numerous b/w text-illusts. NOTE: Study of gardens in the Bowral, Berrima, Moss Vale and Mittagong areas. $50 88 CHARCOT, J.B. The Second French Antarctic Expedition. (An address delivered to the Scottish Geographical Society in Edinburgh on December 20, 1910). Edinburgh Roy. 8vo. Wrappers. (pp ). With a full-page map, and illusts. (Scottish Geogr. Magazine, Vol. XXVII). $60 89 CHERRY-GARRARD, A. The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic, One Volume Edition. London Thick Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. (lxiv, 612pp.). With coloured frontisp., 8 full page plates, and 4 fold. maps. Inscription on front fly-leaf, otherwise fine uncut copy. $200 10

11 90 CHICK, Neil. The Archers of Van Diemens Land. A History of Pioneer Pastoral Families. Tasmania: Pedigree Press, Folio. Orig. cloth. Gilt. Dustjacket. (xx, 354, 128pp.). With frontisp., charts, plates, portraits, text-figs., and family trees. Fine. Copy signed Kerry Archer. $ CHUCK, C.J. The Bogeyman. The Exploits of Sergeant C.J. Chuck, Australia s Most Unpopular Cop. By V. Kelly.... Sydney (1956). 8vo. Orig. cloth (soiled). In chipped dustjacket. (xii, 209pp.). With portr., and 14 full-page plates. 1st ed. $40 92 CHURCHILL, W.S. Sir Winston S. Churchill: Honorary Citizen of the United States of America by Act of Congress, April 9, (Miniature book measuring 6 x 4.25 cm). Worcester, Mass: Achille J. St. Onge, Orig. full crimson oasis with gilt title to front cover. All edges gilt. Patterned endpapers. (32pp.). With portrait. Lim. ed. Fine. $75 93 CIGARETTE CARDS. An Album of cards depicting Motor Cars, circa 1940s/1950s. 2nd Series, issued by John Player & Sons. (circa.1950s). Oblong 12mo. Orig. illust. wrapper (slightly shelf-soiled). (20pp.). Contains 50 col. cards mounted, with detailed description. Fine and entirely complete series. $ CIGARETTE CARDS: An Album of National Flags and Arms. Issued by John Player & Sons. London: n.d. (circa 1925). Oblong 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper as issued (covers slightly rubbed). (20pp.). Complete with 50 tipped-in col. cards each with descriptive text. $65 95 CINCINNATI PLANER CO., The: (Catalogue) of Modern Metal-Working Planers, manufactured at Brighton Station, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., Oblong 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper. (ii, 44pp.). With num. full-page illusts. Fine. $55 96 CLUNE, F. Bound for Botany Bay. Narrative of a Voyage in 1798 aboard the Death Ship Hillsborough. (Sydney 1965). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xvi, 204pp.). With 16 full-page plates, and illust. endpapers. NOTE: The convict ship Hillsborough sailed from England on the 20th December 1798, with 300 convicts aboard; 95 died on the voyage, and 6 more died soon after reaching Sydney on 26th July $60 97 COEN, M. (By Meg Stewart). Margaret Coen: A Passion for Painting. (Sydney): State Library of NSW Press, (1997). Sq. 4to. Orig. cloth. In illust. dustjacket. With col. portrait, text-illusts., num. fullpage colour plates, and text-illusts. 1st edition. A fine copy of this lovely book about a talented watercolourist and flower painter, written by her daughter. $65 98 (COLE, E.W.) Cole s Writing-Desk Book. By D. Lemon and C. Nisbit.... Melbourne n.d. (circa 1898). 12mo. Orig. cloth (rubbed). Gilt. (346pp.). Previous owner s name on endpapers; some foxing. $40 99 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. Parliament House Canberra. Descriptive Handbook. Issued by the Joint House Department under the authority of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (Canberra n.d. circa late 1920s). Oblong 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper. (36pp.). With full-page photographic illusts. by W.J. Mildenhall. Fine. $75 11

12 100 COOK, (James). Captain Cook s Florilegium. A selection of engravings from the drawings of plants collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Captain Cook s first voyage to the islands of the Pacific, with accounts of the voyage by Wilfrid Blunt and of the botanical explorations and prints by William T. Stearn. (London): Lion and Unicorn Press, Elephant folio. Orig. qtr. black oasis plus matching fore-edges over black silk-wove cloth (by Zaehnsdorf) with gilt title to front cover. With 30 selected stunning engraved full-page plates each with its original tissue-guard and descriptive letterpress text printed in various coloured inks. The title-page is heightened in gold. The edition was limited to 100 numbered copies only, each being fully subscribed, and a list of the 100 subscribers is loosely inserted. A fine copy preserved in its orig. solander case which is slightly flecked. ADDED: Joy Law s Note on the production of the above magnificent work. Published by the Lion and Unicorn Press in 1976, in a limited edition of 175 numbered copies. Sm. 4to. Orig. qtr. oasis with gilt title to front cover. (32pp.). With illusts. of which 3 are tipped-in. Total 2 vols. $12, COOK, James. The Journal of H.M.S. Endeavour, (Guildford): Genesis Publications, Folio. Orig. half calf with buckram boards. Spine gilt, with raised bands, and morocco title-label. In slip-case. (528pp.). With portraits, num. plates some of which are col., maps, facsimiles, and illust. endpapers. Preface by Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Ed. lim. to 500 numbered copies. Fine. $ CORK & MACROOM DIRECT RAILWAY: The Tourist s Route to Glengarriff & Killarney, via Cork, Macroom, Lakes of Inchigeela, Gougane Barra, Pass of Keim-an-Eigh, Bantry Bay, Glengarriff, Kenmare, and Parknasilla to Killarney. Cork: Guy & Co., (circa 1912). Oblong 8vo. Orig. illust. limp boards (slightly rubbed). (60pp.). With num. illusts., fold. map, and interesting adverts. $ CORRY, Will. Golf: Also Rules of Golf; Etiquette of Golf; Clubs and Their Uses; Glossary of Terms; etc. Sydney: D.S. Ford, n.d. (circa 1930s). 12mo. Orig. illust. wrapper (covers slightly worn). (100pp.). With illusts., and contemp. adverts. $ COULTHARD-CLARK, C.D. (Ed. by). Gables, Ghosts and Governors-General. The Historic House at Yarralumla, Canberra. (Sydney 1988). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xvi, 222pp.). With maps, and numerous illusts. incl. full-page col. plates. Fine. $ COURTNEY, G.B. Silent Fleet. The History of Z Special Operations (Melbourne: R.J. & S.P. Austin, 1993). Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xii, 274pp.). With illusts., maps, and endpaper maps. Fine. NOTE: The full story of the British - Australian Z Special Unit operations behind Japanese lines in the South West Pacific Area during the Second World War. $ COXE, William. Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden and Denmark... 2nd ed. 2 vols plus Supplementary Volume. Together 3 vols. London: T. Cadell, to. Orig. calf (rebacked and with new morocco title-labels on spines). With maps, plans and engravings, many of which are fold. A fine, clean and complete set with the scarce supplementary third volume which was published five years later. NOTE: The armorial bookplate of Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey, inside front cover. $1,250 12

13 107 CRANDALL, L.S. Paradise Quest: A Naturalist s Experiences in New Guinea. New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, vo. Orig. cloth. (xviii, 226pp.). With frontispiece, and 51 illusts. some of which are full-page. 1st ed. $ CRAYFORD, C.T. The Fifty Best Conjuring Tricks: 56 startling tricks many original. London: W. Foulsham & Co., n.d. (circa 1940). Sm. 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper and illust. dustjacket. (64pp.). With 59 helpful illusts. by R. Howard. Slightly foxed. (Foulsham s New Popular Handbooks). $ CRIDLAND, F. The Story of Port Hacking, Cronulla and Sutherland Shire. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1950). Sm. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In slightly chipped dustjacket. (x, 198pp.). With frontisp., full-page b/w plates, text-illusts., and maps. Author s inscribed and signed present. copy. $ CUFFLEY, Peter. Chandeliers and Billy Tea. A Catalogue of Australian Life (Hawthorn, Vic: Five Mile Press, 1984). 4to. Orig. illust. limp boards (top spine chipped). (224pp.). With frontisp., portrait on half-title, profusely illust. with full-page facsimile illusts., accompanying text, and illust. endpapers. $ CUMES, J.W.C. Their Chastity was not Too Rigid: Leisure Times in Early Australia. (Melbourne 1979). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xii, 378pp.). With col. frontisp., and numerous illusts. Fine. $ DALRYMPLE, A. An Account of the Discoveries made in the South Pacifick Ocean. With a foreword by K. Fewster and an essay by A. Cook. (Sydney): Hordern House, (1996). 8vo. Orig. qtr. calf with marbled boards and title-label on spine. Gilt. (52, xii, 104pp.). With portr., 6 folding illusts., and a folding map. Reprint of 1767 ed., limited to 950 copies. Fine. (Australian Maritime Series No. 3). $ DAMJAN, Mischa and Ralph STEADMAN. The Little Prince and the Tiger Cat. London: Dennis Dobson, (1968). Sm. 4to. Orig. orange cloth. Spine gilt. In illust,. dustjacket (corners slightly chipped). Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated in colour by Ralph Steadman. 1st English edition. Signed and inscribed by the artist. $ DAVEY, N.K. Netsuke. A comprehensive study on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Preface by W.W. Winkworth. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, (1982). Thick 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xii, 566pp.). Copiously illustrated in both colour and b/w. Fine. An important reference work. $ DAVIDSON, B. A Studio in Montparnasse. Bessie Davidson: An Australian Artist in Paris. By Penelope Little. (Melbourne): Craftsman House, (2003). Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. In illust. dustjacket. (224pp.). With full-page col. and b/w plates, text-illusts., and a map. Fine. $ DE MAISTRE, R. Roy De Maistre: The Australian Years, By H. Johnson. (Sydney): Craftsman House, (1988). Folio. Orig. cloth. In illust. dustjacket. (138pp.). With numerous full-page col. illusts., and b/w text-illusts. Bibliography pp st ed. Slightly foxed. NOTE: Roy de Maistre ( ) has been acknowledged as Australia s first abstract painter. $110 13

14 117 DE MOLE, F.E. Wild Flowers of South Australia. (Melbourne): Queensberry Hill Press, to. Orig. half crimson crushed morocco over gilt embossed title to front cover. Spine gilt. In its orig. protective slip-case. Facsimile reprint edition of the original 1861 issue, with beautiful col. plates, and descriptive text within illust. border. Ed. lim. to 350 numbered copies. Mint. $ DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS, N.S.W.: War Emergency Precautions. Special Instructions for the Operation of Railways during Air Raids or other Enemy Action. Sydney Sept Royal 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper (covers dust soiled). (20pp.). $ DESCARTES, R. Principia Philosophica... (bound with) Specimina Philosophiae:... 2 vols. in one. Ultima Editio... Amstelodami: Blaviana, Sm. 4to. Orig. full vellum with black hand lettered title on spine. (xl, 222, xvi, 248pp.). With engrv. portr., title-vigns., numerous woodblock illusts. some of which are full-page, and illust. chapter initials. Text in Latin and with a fine Latin inscription on front fly-leaf. NOTE: Rene Descartes ( ) was a French scientist and philosopher, and was noted as a mathematician. His second work here offered is a detailed scientific treatise. $2, DEVINE, D. The Book of Mystery & Magic. Fun with paper, coins, matches, handkerchiefs, and other homely articles. London: W. Foulsham & Co., n.d. (circa 1940). Sm. 8vo. Orig. wrapper & illust. dustjacket. (62, ii pp.). With numerous text-illusts. (Foulsham s New Popular Hand Books). $ (DICKENS, Charles). Sketches by Boz. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. London: Chapman and Hall, vo. Orig. olive green blind-embossed cloth. Spine gilt (spine extremities & corner points rubbed). (xvi, 304pp.). With frontispiece by George Cruikshank. Previous owner s name stamp on front endpaper, otherwise a good uncut copy. Printed in double-column. $ DIXON, R.M.W. The Languages of Australia. Cambridge U. P., (1980). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xxii, 548pp.). With maps and diagrams. 1st edition. (Cambridge Language Surveys). 1st ed. Ex-libr. copy. $ DONNELLY, N. Ned Donnelly s Art of Boxing. A manual of sparring and self defense. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, n.d. (circa 1900). Sm. 8vo. Wrappers. (128, 32pp.). Illustrated with 40 engravings showing the various blows, stops and guards, and explaining all the modern methods of attack and defense. NOTE: The author was Professor of Boxing to the London Athletic Club. $ DROUGHT, C.E. (Rev.) From Babel to Billingsgate. A Lecture delivered on behalf of the All Saints Church Union. Melbourne: George Robertson, vo. Orig. printed pale blue front wrapper only. (16pp.). Copy inscribed With the Author s Compliments. Rare pamphlet of which Ferguson 9245 cites a single entry only. Fine. $ DRYSDALE, Russell, and Jock MARSHALL. Journey Among Men. London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1962). Sm. 4to. Orig. qtr. buckram. Spine gilt. In illust. dustjacket (top of spine slightly chipped). (206pp.). With sketches by Drysdale, and illust. endpaper maps. 1st edition. Copy fully inscribed and signed To Peter Davie from Russell Drysdale 3 : October :1962. Some light foxing to edges and prelims, otherwise fine. $85 14

15 126 DUNN, J.B. ( Lofty ). Eagles Alighting. A History of 1 Australian Parachute Battalion. Including an Outline of Parachute Training School, Nowra, and 3 Battalion (Parachute), Royal Australian Regiment. (Melbourne 1999). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (320pp.). With portr., and numerous illusts. Fine. $ (DUPAIN, Max). Canberra: National Capital. A prophecy is fulfilled. Sydney: Gotham Australasia, (1949). 4to. De Luxe Presentation Issue, bound in orig. full blind-stamped crimson calf. (64pp.). Profusely illustrated with b/w photographic views by Max Dupain. Fine. $ EVANS, G.W. (By A.K. Weatherburn). George William Evans, explorer. (Sydney 1966). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xvi, 138pp.). With frontisp., 16 full-page plates, and text-maps. Previous owner s inscription on front fly-leaf, otherwise fine. $ (EVANS, I.). Getting the Details Right: Restoring Australian Houses 1890s-1920s. (Brisbane): The Flannel Flower Press, (1989). 4to. Orig. cloth. In illust. dustjacket. (160pp.). Profusely illustrated with architectural plans, text-diagrams, and b/w photographic plates. 1st ed. Fine. $ FEDERAL CAPITAL (CANBERRA): First and Second Annual Reports of the Federal Capital Commission, for the period ending 30th June 1925, and 30th June vols. Melbourne: Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, /7. F scap folio. Orig. printed wrapper stapled as issued (spines slightly chipped). With 64 photographic illusts. depicting early building works in Canberra one of which is coloured. Rare. $ FEDERAL CAPITAL PIONEER MAGAZINE, The. New Series Vol. I: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, & 9. (6 issues). Eastlake, A.C.T.: Oct. 15, July 20, Sm. 4to. Orig. printed wrappers as issued. Copiously illustrated, and with interesting adverts. Printed in doublecolumn. Fine. $ FEDERAL CAPITAL PIONEER MAGAZINE, The. Vol. I: No. 1 (New Series). Canberra October 15, Sm. 4to. Orig. illust. wrapper stapled as issued. (32pp.). With illusts., and adverts. Printed in double-column. Copy inscribed on front cover To R.H. Cambage Esq. (the noted Australian explorer & botanist), F.L.S. with Complts. from the Editor, A.K. Murray. First Issue in this form. Desirable copy thus. $ FEDERAL CAPITAL PIONEER, The. (The first Canberra newspaper). Nos. 6, 11, & 12. Canberra: May 20, 1925; Nov. 20, 1925; and Dec. 21, (4pp. per issue). Folio. Printed by A.M. Fallick and Sons. Queanbeyan, for A.K. Murray, Sturtview, Eastlake, Federal Territory. With adverts. Folded. Three issues. Rare. $ FIRST ALL-AUSTRALIAN AIRMAIL SERVICE 1931: Original envelope with 3 stamps posted in Sydney 19 November 1931, being the first letter carried from Australia to England by the First All- Australian Air Mail Service organised and conducted by Australian National Airways Limited. The envelope is slightly soiled and has a clean tear on its verso flap where opened, but nonetheless is in good condition. An important aeronautical memento in specially printed and illustrated envelope. $50 15

16 135 FISHER, Harrison. A Dream of Fair Women.... Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1907). Sm. 4to. Bound in light brown cloth with a printed col. pictorial laid down on front cover. Spine gilt titled. (Unpaginated). (approx.126pp.). With frontisp. & tissue guard, and 19 col. plates by Harrison Fisher. $ FITZROY FALLS: Fitzroy Falls and Beyond. A Guide to the Fitzroy Falls - Bundanoon - Shoalhaven - Ettrema Wilderness - Northern Morton National Park and Bungonia State Recreation Area.... (Eastwood, NSW: The Budawang Committee, 1988). Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. In illust. dustjacket (slightly chipped and soiled). (352pp.). With col. frontisp., num. b/w plates, col. plates, and maps. Ed. lim. to 1000 numbered copies of which this is number 90. Signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Committee. Previous owner s name on fly-leaf, otherwise fine. $ FLINDERS, M. Matthew Flinders Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis: Preceded and followed by notes on Flinders, Bass, the Wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c. By G. Rawson.... (London): The Golden Cockerel Press, Folio. Orig. green buckram. Gilt. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. (102pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., map, and engrvs by J.B. Wright. Ed. lim. to 750 numbered copies. Fine. $ FLOOD, J. The Moth Hunters. Aboriginal Prehistory of the Australian Alps. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Royal 8vo. Orig. illust. wrappers. (xii, 388pp.). With numerous maps, full-page plates, graphs, and text-illusts. Fine. $ FLYING DOCTOR, The. Official Journal of the N.S.W. Section of the Flying Doctor Service of Australia. The Service which provides medical aid to Settlers in the Outback. Published Quarterly. A near complete run from January 1946 to July 1951 (lacking one issue - July 1946). Sm. 4to. In the orig. illust. wrappers as issued. Printed in double-column. With illusts., and adverts. Total 22 issues. ADDED: Three assoc. illust. brochures loosely inserted. $ FORE-EDGE PAINTING: Poems by William Cowper. With a Biographical and Critical Introduction, by the Rev. Thomas Dale:... 2 vols. complete. London: Tilt and Bogue, vo. Orig. full dark green morocco (slightly rubbed & faded). Gilt decorations to front and rear covers. Spines extra gilt and with raised bands. Inside dentelles. A.e.g. With 75 illustrations engraved by J. Orrin Smith from drawings by John Gilbert. Inscription in Vol. 1; small presentation plate on front endpaper of each volume. Hinges starting and some minor foxing to endpapers, otherwise fine. Beneath the fore-edge gilt on each volume is a most attractive painting depicting a rural landscape, with trees, animals, and people with horse and carriage. Vol. 1: possibly Highgate; Vol. 2: possibly Hampstead. $1, FORE-EDGE PAINTING: The Life and Poetical Works of the Revd. George Crabbe, Edited by his Son. London: John Murray, Roy. 8vo. Orig. full red decorative calf (spine slightly darkened). Gilt. A.e.g. Inside dentelles. (xii, 588pp.). With portrait & protective tissueguard, additional engraved title-page, and marbled endpapers. Printed in double-column. Previous owner s name on fly-leaf and some foxing to prelims, otherwise fine. Adorned under the gilt of the fore-edge is a fine painting of Aldeburgh, Crabbe s birthplace. $450 16