Across the years: the lure of early Australian books.
Melbourne: N. H. Seward, 1948. Octavo, illustrations, limited to 650 copies, tipped in prospectus and related material, fine copy in publisher's stiff clear wrapper, More
Melbourne: N. H. Seward, 1948. Octavo, illustrations, limited to 650 copies, tipped in prospectus and related material, fine copy in publisher's stiff clear wrapper, More
Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2007. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Published to accompany the National Gallery of Australia's exhibition, The Story of Australian Printmaking 1801-2005. Roger Butler is the senior curator of Australian prints and drawings at the National Gallery of Australia. The first volume is a...... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1941-1969. first edition). Octavo, very good set in dustwrappers. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1984. Quarto, colour illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. A very useful account of the early exploration of Australian natural history and a solid reference for anyone interested in the subject. The author was the recipient of the Museum of Victoria's Science and Humanities Scholarship. More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2012. Quarto, colour illustrations, sample copy sticker on blank endpaper, fine copy in dustwrapper. Some of the earliest artistic impressions of the birds, flowers, fish and people of Australia are found in John Hunter's First Fleet sketchbook. Both historically significant and stunningly beautiful, Hunter's sketches..... More
Adelaide: South Australian Government Printer, 1989. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Samuel Albert White (1870-1954) was the son of Samuel White (1835-1880) of "Reedbeds" South Australia. He was a prominent ornithologist of his day and organised many scientific expeditions around the turn of the twentieth century. This is..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Octavo, photographs, softcover. A fascinating collection of more than 70 profiles of Australian scientists from 15 fields of physical, biological and medical science. These scientists have been selected because their research is inspiring, intriguing or simply quirky, or because they have taken an unusual or interesting..... More
Author, 1994. Quarto, illustrations, signature, signed by the author, softcover. More
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Canberra: Verity Hewitt Bookshop, 1942. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's wrappers, limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the author. More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1966. Quarto, publisher's wrappers. Gregory Mathews was one of the great bird book collectors of his time. He donated his library to the Australian National Library in 1939. More
[Melbourne]: Melbourne Council of the National Museum of Victor, 1975. Octavo, wrappers, plus folding chart. More
Melbourne: Melbourne UP, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, sunned dustwrapper, scarce. More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. Large octavo, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. From 1810 to 1811, the English stonemason and amateur naturalist George Perry published a lavishly illustrated magazine on natural history. The Arcana or Museum of Nature ran to 22 monthly parts, with 84 extraordinary hand-coloured plates and over 300 text..... More
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2010. Octavo, colour illustrations, inscribed by the author, softcover. When Silvester Diggles arrived in 1855 there was little artistic or scientific talent in the small frontier town of Brisbane. By the time of his death in 1880, his paramount legacy was a large book on Australian birds..... More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, (1983-1990. reprint). Octavo, very good set in dustwrappers. Freight will be extra. More
London: Collins, 1983. Octavo, colour and text illustrations by the author, faded title, otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988. Small folio, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This volume contains many little-known works of art from the voyage of the first fleet and from the early years of settlement, selected from more than 600 drawings and paintings of Australian subjects held in the British Museum..... More
Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, [1963]. Octavo, color illustations by Deirdre East, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979. Quarto, colour plates, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 1997. Quarto, colour illustrations, signed by all three authors, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Scone: Seven Press, 2007. Quarto, photographs, limited edition of 300 numbered and signed copies, a fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. Limited edition of 300 numbered and signed copies. Henry Luke White assembled the best ever collection of Australian birds' eggs as well as a fine bird skin collection. He also..... More