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ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP CATALOGUE 355 The Antique Bookshop & Curios Phone Orders To: (02) 9966 9925 Fax Orders to: (02) 9966 9926 Mail Orders to: PO Box 7127, McMahons Point, NSW 2060 Email Orders to: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.antiquebookshop.com.au Books Held At: Level 1, 328 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest 2065 All items offered at Australian Dollar prices subject to prior sale. Prices include GST. Postage & insurance is extra. FOREWORD Payment is due on receipt of books. Typographical errors and printer’s errors are something to be watched for by anyone who produces printed material. Even though various spellcheckers No reply means item sold prior to receipt of your order. can be used today it is still possible for errors to arise. I read through my catalogues carefully, spell-check them and ask someone else to read them but nevertheless errors do sometimes occur. They seem to CONTENTS stand out when I pick up and first read the printed copy. There have been famous errors in the history of printing, particularly with PROFESSOR R.IAN JACK LIBRARY 1 - 92 Bibles. King Charles I and the Archbishop of Canterbury were outraged BOOKS OF THE MONTH 92 - 106 by an edition of the Bible published in 1631 by Robert Barker and Martin MIEGUNYAH PRESS 107 - 119 Lucas, the royal printers in London, meant to be a reprint of the King James AUSTRALIA & THE PACIFIC 120 - 217 Bible. Generally called the Wicked Bible, this name comes from a mistake EASTON PRESS 218 - 239 made by the compositors: in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:14), the FOLIO SOCIETY 240 - 255 word “not” in the sentence “Thou shalt not commit adultery” was omit- BRITAIN IN PICTURES 256 - 276 ted, thus changing the sentence into “Thou shalt commit adultery”. They MISCELLANEOUS 277 - 410 were fined 300 pounds, a large sum in those days, and their license to print books revoked. Front cover items: Other Bible errors include the so-called “Murderer’s Bible,” which refers to three different Bibles, including a King James version from 1795 that contains a typo in Mark 7:27 that says: “Let the children be killed,” instead 93 (2V), 96, 102, 215, 80 / of “filled.” 3, 114, 115, 111, 220, 105 (2v) The opening of “The Vocabulary of East Anglia..” 1830, by Rev. Robert Forby has the bold heading “PEEFACE”. April 2021 Errata slips listing errors found after printing are still to be found in some books. ISSN 2209-850x I do hope you enjoy reading the catalogue and find no errors! THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email:[email protected] BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF IAN JACK 10 BROWN, G.O. REMINISCENCES OF FRYERSTOWN. Castlemaine. The Author. 1985. (2nd printing) Ill.wrapps. 232pp. b/w 1 ABRAHAMS, Hector & HEDDITCH, Robin. HAY BARNS & ills. Fine. $24 DAIRY BUILDINGS OF MAITLAND. Maitland City Heritage. 2002. 11 (BULGA) A HISTORY OF BULGA. Gateway to the Hunter Folio. Ill.wrapps. 17pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $16 Valley since 1820. Bulga Milbrodale Progress 2 ALTHOFER, George. THE DRIPSTONE Assoc. 2013. Foolscap folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. STORY. Being a comprehensive social history 216pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black of Dripstone and district from the earliest times & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. $50 to the present day. Dubbo. Wellington Hist Soc. 12 BUTEL, Elizabeth. & Thompson, Tom. 1985. 4to. Or.vinyl. Dustjacket. 200pp. Profusely HURSTVILLE OVAL. A History of Sport illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st and Community 1899 - 2001. Bondi. Editions ed. Explorer John Oxley was the first European Tom Thompson. 2002. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. to discover the area in 1817. Dripstone became a 262pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. unique community in the Wellington region, with Wrappers sl.rubbed else a very good copy. many pioneering families creating a unique part 1st ed. Hurstville Oval opened in 1911 as a of the area. $28 multi-use sporting ground. It hosted St George 3 ATKINSON, Alan et al. (Eds.) HIGH LEAN Cycling Club, Rugby Union, Cricket, & the very COUNTRY. Land, people and memory in New successful St George Dragons Rugby League England. Syd. Allen & Unwin. 2006. Col.Ill.wrapps. 416pp. One colour team who won 15 premierships. $25 plate & many b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. $40 13 CALDER, Jenni (Ed.) THE ENTERPRISING SCOT. Scottish 4 ATKINSON, James. AN ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF Adventure and Achievement. Edinburgh. HMSO. 1986. Ill.wrapps. AGRICULTURE AND GRAZING IN NEW SOUTH WALES. With 172pp. col & b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $30 an Introduction by Brian H. Fletcher. Facsimile Edition. Syd. Sydney 14 CAMERON, A.W. & CHAPPELL, Eve. SCOTTISH University Press. 1975. (rep) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 146pp. b/w plates. Dj PIONEERS OF THE GLEN INNES DISTRICT. Dundee. The Authors. torn and repaired else a good copy. First published in 1826 for the benefits 1996. Ill.wrapps. 74pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $24 of prospective migrants, James Atkinson drew on his own experience to present a thorough critique of the state of agriculture in NSW. Part guide, 15 CAMERON, Bill. BOURKE. A pictorial history. Vol. 1. Bourke. part manual. $36 The Bourke Wool Press. 1982. Folio. Col.Ill. wrapps. 100pp. Profusely illustrated in black 5 BAKER, H.C. HISTORIC BUILDINGS. CENTRAL AREA OF & white. Good copy. 1st ed. A pictorial history SYDNEY. Syd. Cumberland County Council. 1962. 4to. wrapps. 37pp. of Bourke from the advent of the arrival of b/w ills. & a map. Nice copy. 1st ed. $20 the camera in the late 19th century. From the 6 BAKER, H.C. HISTORIC BUILDINGS. PARRAMATTA. pioneering days, floods, to the 1940 with the Presenting six interesting examples of Colonial Architecture at Parramatta. building of Davidson Weir. $30 Syd. Cumberland County Council. 1961. Roy.8vo. wrapps. 35pp. b/w ills. 16 CLARKE, Patricia. THE GOVERNESSES. & a map. Sl.yellowing to edges, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Letters from the Colonies, 1862-1882. Melb. $24 Hutchinson. 1985. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 236pp. 7 BAKER, Helen. HISTORIC BUILDINGS. LIVERPOOL b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. Letters from women AND CAMPBELLTOWN. Syd. Cumberland County Council. 1963. 4to. who travelled to Australia in the mid-19th Century with the prospect wrapps. 54pp. b/w ills. & a map. Very Good copy. 1st ed. $18 of work as governesses to wealthy families. $24 8 BALCOMB, Dorothy. CANOWINDRA IN SKETCHES. 17 COAST AND COUNTRY. Photographs from the William Drawings by Ruth Jenkins. Canowindra. 1979. Oblong 4to. Ill.wrapps. Henry Corkhill Tilba Tilba Collection. Canberra. NLA. 1976. Sm.Oblong 64pp. b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed. $18 4to. Ill.wrapps. Spiral bound. b/w ills. Many b/w ills. Very good copy. 9 BROOMHAM, Rosemary. VITAL CONNECTIONS. A History $24 of NSW Roads from 1788. Alexandria. Hale & Iremonger. 2001. Folio. Col. 18 COBAR PUBLIC SCHOOL CENTENARY, 1878-1978. Cobar Ill.wrapps. 211pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. Public School. 1978. 4to. Ill.wrapps. 40pp. b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st 1st ed. Vital Connections traces the remarkable achievements of road ed. $22 makers, engineers & bridge builders as they coped with the extremes of 19 COOERWULL PUBLIC SCHOOL. 125th Souvenir Booklet, the NSW landscape. A look at the roads of NSW from 1788 to 2001. $40 1867-1992. n.p. Cooerwull. 1992. Foolscap folio. Ill.wrapps. 32pp. b/w ills. Fine. $20 THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email: [email protected] 20 (COWRA) BACK TO COWRA SEPTEMBER 1979. Cowra good copy. Municipal Council. 1979. Roy.8vo. Ill.wrapps. unpag. (32pp.) b/w ills. $24 Fine. 1st ed. $18 30 FRANCIS, Jessie Augusta. THE JOURNAL OF A COLONIAL 21 COX, Philip & STACEY, Wesley. BUILDING NORFOLK LADY. Syd. Lansdowne Press. 1985. Oblong 8vo. Or.silk. with paste-on ISLAND. Melb. Nelson. 1971. 4to. Or.bds. col.plate. 111pp. Sun fading to spine. Profusely illustrated in colour and Dustjacket. 96pp. Many Col.& b/w ills. Fine. 1st black & white. Bound-in marker ribbon. In the slip-case. Good copy. 1st ed. The development and buildings of Norfolk ed. When Frank Armstrong opened a box of family papers belonging Island. $33 to his Grandmother, he found amongst it the journal of Jessie Francis. Expecting to find Victorian platitudes, he found a fascinating diary. 22 CUBIT, Simon & MURRAY, Des $25 (Illustrations) OUR DISAPPEARING HERITAGE. The Cultural Landscape of the 31 GIBBNEY, James. CALTHORPES' CANBERRA. The town Central Plateau. Launceston. Regal Publications. and community in 1927. Canberra. AGPS. 1986. Col.Ill.wrapps. 36pp. 1993. Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 54pp. Many col & b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $22 b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. wrapps. $30 32 GIBNEY, H.J. EUROBODALLA. History of the Moruya 23 DAMPNEY, Robyn (Ed.) NARRABRI: district. Syd. LAH. 1980. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 205pp. b/w ills. Good copy. A CENTURY REMEMBERED 1901-2001. 1st ed. $24 Compiled by John Brooks and The History of 33 GILBERT, Lionel. &ELPHICK, Elwyn S. NEW ENGLAND Narrabri 1901-2001 Book Committee. Narrabri Shire Council. n.d. (2001) READINGS. Armidale CAE. 1977. Tall folio. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 192pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $35 Illwrapps. 320pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 24 DAVIES, Alan, et al. GOING PLACES. A Bicentennial Inscribed by Lionel Gilbert. $55 Pictorial History of Transport in New South Wales. Syd. Honeysett. 1989. 34 GILL, Merri. WEILMORINGLE. (2nd ed) 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. Dustjacket. 104pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. A Unique Bi-cultural Community. Dubbo. The development of transport in NSW over the last two centuries with Development & Advisory Pubs. 1998. (2nd historic photographs. $24 ed.) Foolscap folio.