Reconnaissance map of part of Fiord County
NZ Survey, 1883. W Deverall. 56 x 74 cm. No Binding. Detailed linen-backed lithograph has 3 ink annotations indicating where supplies should be dropped. An attractive and detailed map. More
NZ Survey, 1883. W Deverall. 56 x 74 cm. No Binding. Detailed linen-backed lithograph has 3 ink annotations indicating where supplies should be dropped. An attractive and detailed map. More
London: Longman, 1852. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Half Calf. 2 vols, ( pp.vii,493; xi,591), Folded map. Pages uncut. Fine contemporary half calf, gilt. In very nice condition, a handsome copy. More
Sydney: D.J. Harwood & Ass. 1992. WOOD, Dave. 15.5cm x 5.5cm. Wood. Limited ed. of 25 numbered copies. Concertina book with Queensland maple wood covers. Written in blue, green, orange and purple ink. Woodblock illustrations. Signed by the illustrator. Very rare. More
1945. No Binding. Typed signed letter from t Will Lawson, signed in pencil, dated Feb 20, 1945, addressed from Sydney. Lawson was the popular Australian bush poet and writer. He writes about English publishers, 'robbers', and the local writers give Harrap from England a hard time at a meeting he..... More
Melbourne: Rae Bros. 1897. Soft cover. Vol. IV. No. 40. June 3, 1897. 27.5 cm x 22 cm, pp. 52. Articles, photographs and advertising. Paper cover has damage at bottom. This journal was the official organ of the League of Victorian Wheelmen, formed for professional cyclists in 1893 until 1905..... More
47 x 61 cm. No Binding. c. 1830. Loose on backing board. Map of Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand. More
Melbourne: Bell. Small 8vo. Soft cover. Four libretti for operas performed in Melbourne in the 1880s. Printed covers, one with some staining. Three were published by Lyster's or Lyster and Smith's Opera Company, for performances of Rossini's Barber of Seville, Gounod's Faust, and Verdi's La Traviata. The fourth was for..... More
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1956. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orig. Cloth. pp.185. Plates. Limited editionof 500. Signed by Mackaness. An account of collecting books about Australia and by Australians. Pat Lawlor's copy.Scarce. More
London: Bentley, 1854. 8vo. Half Morcco. pp.viii,304. contemporay half morocco, marbled boards. Some foxing to prelims. A handsome copy in fine binding; gilt top edges. The New Zealand content includes significant first-hand impression of Kororareka, Kerikeri, Ruapekapeka, Auckland Islands, Wellington and Auckland. More
1690. 280x210mm. No Binding. (c.1700) Original black and white engraving, Globe Sphere showing from North-West Africa, most of New Holland (as Australia was known then) and from the North to the South Poles, showing Oceanvs Avstralis & Circvivs Antarctic [sic]. In smaller diagrams below shows 2 other spheres with various..... More
London: Allen, 1869. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Cloth Orig. Pp. xii, 487. 6 b& w plates and illustrations as called for. 2nd edition, published in the same year as the first. Very good copy in bright blue original cloth. More
London: Richard Bentley, 1852. 2nd Edition, Revised. 8vo. Original Cloth. 3 volumes. Complete with all lithograph plates. 2nd ed. Original blue cloth binding with gilt pictorials. Minor foxing on plates but an exceptionally good clean copy. More
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1972. 8vo. Soft cover. pp. 134. Original printed covers. Comprehensive, alphabetical list of pseudonyms from the early 19th C onwards. More
1875. No Binding. Compete issue of 16 pages. Contains large woodcuts of boar hunting in New Zealand, Fijian sketches, scenes of New South Wales, Akaroa, Tasmania, Victoria, and a headline composite scene of New Zealand colonial life. Interesting historic text. The folds on the first text showing wear.45 x 300..... More
8vo. Soft cover. pp 8, illustrated covers, and music for 4 songs: My Ohio Home (Gus Kahn/Walter Donaldson); Kingsford Smith (Aussie is proud of you) (Jack O'Hagan); Rosetime (Fred Hall & Jack O'Hagan); Mary (What are you waiting for?) (Walter Donaldson). More
Melbourne: Miller & Sayers. Small 8vo. Soft cover. pp. 35, printed covers. Libretto and programme for a performance of Offenbach's La Fille du Tambour-Major, performed by the London Opera Comique Company, with exclusive rights to this opera in Australia and New Zealand held by Geo. Musgrave. Rare programme from opera..... More
Paris: Langllois, 1824. No Binding. Hand-coloured lilthograph of a potoroo, image 24 x 33 cm. free-floating within mount 37 x 45 cm. A very fine and delicate image of the small Australian marsupial the potoroo. lLate No 10 from Voyage autour du monde fait par ordre du Roi, sur les..... More
Melbourne: Gaston Renard, 1965. 8vo. Hardcover. pp 194, 9 plates an index. Boards with buckram spine. Fold out sheets of prices realised tipped in at end. Hand-written prices against each item. From Pat Lawlor's collection. More
London: Simms, 1851. Hardcover. pp 464. Original quarter calf and marbled boards. Very good copy of this Australian historical novel. Ferguson 15126. More
1935. No Binding. Autographs of 27 members of the Australian Kangaroos Rugby League team that visited New Zealand in 1935. On a separate sheet is a hand-written "Australian War Cry', signed by its leader, one of the players, Ray Stehr. This would have been used by the Kangaroos in the..... More
Melbourne: Robertson, 1880. Hardcover. pp.xii,315 Original decorated cloth. A very good complete copy of an extremely rare work in the original binding. More
London: Ingram,Cooke, 1853. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Half Morroco. pp.viii,412, Illustrations, frontis. and 9 plates. Previous owner's stamps on title and throughout. Original cloth in good condition. Lacks map. More
Sydney: Penfold, 1901. No Binding. 5 x 43 cm. Colourful chromolithograph loose in mylar, full margins, of a child in colourful dress of the period side-saddle on a horse crossing a stream. More
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1833. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. vol 1 lxxx, 219 pp, 5 plates; vol 2 v, 271 pp, 9 plates, 1 damaged. Lacks map. Original half calf, marbled boards, front and one back board detached. Internally very good. More