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All items offered at Australian Dollar prices subject to prior FOREWORD sale. Prices include GST. Postage & insurance is extra. The NBN is very much in the news these days. Most of the comment is Payment is due on receipt of books. negative, and there are many justifications, evasions and just plain lies No reply means item sold prior to receipt of your order. from those saying positive things. The PM now says it was a huge mistake, though when he was Commu- Unless to firm order, books will only be held for three days. nications Minister he said he would fix it. Both the major parties blame each other for the mess, but in the end let’s just hope it all works and gives us good high-speed internet connections. CONTENTS At the bookshop we are not yet connected to the NBN but have been im- pacted by it. Recently we came into the shop after a weekend to discover BOOKS OF THE MONTH 1 - 29 we had no phones. About 20 yards up the road there was a group of men & THE PACIFIC 30 - 187 working down in a telephone pit. They said when questioned that they BIGGLES 188 - 197 were installing NBN cables but refused to show any id or say who their COINS 198 - 216 employer was. Said it was none of my business. We called Telstra who sent out two technicians who discovered that the NBN sub-contractors GRAHAM GREENE 217 - 229 had inadvertently dislodged some wires. They fixed it but we had the MISCELLANEOUS 230 - 385 same thing happen three days later after another NBN team had done their stuff down the pit. More Telstra technicians arrived and fixed the problem, however they were less than complimentary about the experi- Front cover items: ence, skills and knowledge of the sub-contractors installing the NBN. This hard copy catalogue is also available for viewing on-line. Although 24, 3, Plate from16, 6/ the internal photos here are in black & white, you can see them in bril- 11, 21, 26, 22, 5 liant techicolor if you care to view the catalogue via the link on our web page. Happy reading....

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BOOKS OF THE MONTH an additional 34 signatures in facsimile. Much of the edition had only facsimile 1 ALBUS, Volker et al. MODERN FURNITURE. 150 Years of signatures. $495 design. Konigswinter. H. F. Ullmann. 2009. 7 DANA, James D. CORALS AND Thick Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 703pp. CORAL ISLANDS. Lond. Sampson Low Profusely illustrated in colour and black & Marston &c. 1875. (2nd ed) Full calf with white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Showcasing raised bands & school prize stamps on the most important developments in front & back boards. 348pp. Marbled edges. furniture design over the last 150 years. Col.front. & many b/w ills. Three maps Starting with the rocking post-modernism (2 folding) The binding a little rubbed & of contemporary furniture design, we travel sl.foxing on endpapers else a very good back to the Bentwood chair. $75 copy. Very Scarce. The author made a study 2 AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939- of coral reefs throughout the Pacific. $125 1945. SERIES 3: AIR. 4 VOLS. I: ROYAL 8 FREWIN, Leslie. (Ed). THE NATWEST AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, 1939-42 by BOUNDARY BOOK. A Lord’s Taverners Australia Miscellany of Douglas Gillison; II: AIR WAR AGAINST Cricket. Introduction by Sir Donald Bradman. Preface by HRH the JAPAN, 1943-45 by George Odgers; III: AIR Duke of Edinburgh. Sth. Melb. Macmillan Company. 1988. 4to. Or.bds. WAR AGAINST GERMANY & ITALY, 1939-43 by John Herington; IV: Dustjacket. 348pp. Boards bumped & dj rubbed. Profusely illustrated in AIR POWER OVER EUROPE, 1944-45 by John Herington. Canb. Aust black & white. Inscribed by Greg & Trevor Chappell, & Alan Davidson. A War Memorial. 1957-63. Or.cl. Dustjackets. 786,540,731,539pp. b/w plates. marvellous collection of cricket stories as told by players, commentators, Dustjackets worn on edges & sl.foxing to edges, else a Very Good set. writers, & aficionados. From the controversial subject of ball tampering All 1st ed. The complete four volumes of Series 3, Australia in the War from bowling Bradman out to bowling a maiden over. $60 of 1939-45. $165 9 GARLAND, Col.Ron. NOTHING IS FOREVER. The History 3 BATTEN, Jean. ALONE IN THE SKY. Auckland. Technical of 2/3 Commandos. Syd. The Author. Books. 1979. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 190pp. b/w plates & ills. Very good copy. 1997. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 444pp. Profusely 1st ed. Signed by Jean Batten. New Zealand aviator Jean Batten recounts illustrated with photographs and maps. her aviation career. Learning to fly in London in 1930, she made the first Fine. 1st ed. Very Scarce. This copy inscribed ever solo flight from to New Zealand in 1936, & many other by the author who was a member of the unit, famous flights. $55 and awarded an MC and Bar in WWII. 4 CARLISLE, L.J. AUSTRALIAN COMMEMORATIVE $250 MEDALS & MEDALETS FROM 1788. 10 GILL, G. Hermon. ROYAL Syd. B & C Press. 1983. 4to. Or.cl. xvi,312pp. AUSTRALIAN NAVY, 1939-1942. Canb. Many b/w ills. including many photographs Aust War Memorial. 1957. Or.cl. Dustjacket. of medals. Very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. 686pp. b/w plates. A very good copy. 1st ed. Edition of 160 numbered copies signed by The scarce first edition of the first volume of the author. $155 the official Australian naval history. $150 5 CHAUCER, Geoffrey. THE 11 GROENEWEGEN, CANTERBURY TALES. Surrey. Cornmarket Peter. A SOARING EAGLE: ALFRED Reprints. 1972. 4to. Or.dec.cl. unpag. MARSHALL 1842-1924. Aldershot. Edward (c.400pp.) Dec.initials. Bookplate on front Elgar Publishing. 1995. Or.bds. Dustjacket. paste-down, else Fine. Scarce. A facsimile of 874pp. Dustjacket slightly faded at spine. Samuel Pepys’ copy of Chaucer’s Canterbury b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Alfred Tales, printed by Caxton in 1484, reproduced Marshall was one of the most influential in the original old English. $85 economists of his time. His book, Principles 6 CLAYTON, K. (Ed.) DOC CRAVEN’S TRIBUTE . THE of Economics was the dominant textbook LEGENDS OF SPRINGBOK RUGBY 1889-1989. Cape Town. KC in England for many years. He taught John Publications. 1989. Folio. Full green faux leather binding with gilt title Maynard Keynes at Cambridge $75 on front board. 232pp. Many col & b/w ills. Very good copy. Deluxe 1st edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies. Very Scarce. This issue has the tipped-in signatures of 96 of some of the greatest Springboks, as well as THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email: [email protected]

12 HAWTHORNE, William. & titling label and a coloured bird head inset. Nine hand-coloured plates JONGKIND, Carel. WOODY PLANTS with tissue guards, printed from the original plates prepared for Mathews OF WESTERN AFRICAN FORESTS. A “Supplement to the Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands.” (1936). guide to the forest trees, shrubs and lianes The plates were not used for the original published edition so this is their from Senegal to Ghana. Kew. Royal Botanic first actual publication. No limitation is specified however the Library Gardens. 2006. Folio. Col.ill.bds. 1023pp. is believed to have produced only 120 sets. Very Scarce. $650 Profusely illustrated in colour and black & 17 McCARTHY, F.D. ROCK ART OF THE COBAR PEDIPLAIN white. Bound-in marker ribbon. Very good IN CENTRAL WESTERN NEW copy. 1st ed. Very Scarce. An illustrated SOUTH WALES. Australian Aboriginal guide to the identification of 2,200 trees & Studies. Research and Regional Studies shrubs from the forests of West Africa. Laid No.7. Canberra. AIAS. 1976. Foolscap out with keys & a short description of each folio Or.ill.wrapps. 163pp. + 14 large tree. $125 fold-out illustrations. Many b/w ills. 13 JUPP, Tessa. LORD, Jan. & STEELE, in the text. Fine. 1st ed. Very Scarce. Lesley. POLIOMYELITIS IN WESTERN $150 AUSTRALIA. A history. Osborne Park. 18 McCARTHY, Frederick D. Iprintplus. 2013. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 459pp. AUSTRALIA’S ABORIGINES. Their b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Life and Culture. Melb. Colorgravure In the current era when polio has been Publications. 1957. Folio. Or.cl. with eradicated in the majority of the world’s leather titling labels. 200pp. Many col & nations, it seems inconceivable that the b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. One disease had such a major impact on many of a numbered, limited edition. Scarce. generations. A history of polio in WA. $75 $150 14 KAPOOR, Anish; LOWE, Adam 19 McCLYMONT, Kate; BESSER, & SCHAFFER, Simon. UNCONFORMITY Linton. HE WHO MUST BE OBEID. AND ENTROPY. Greyman Cries. Shaman The Untold Story. Syd. Vintage Books. Dies. Billowing Smoke. Beauty Evoked. 2014. 8vo. Col.Ill.wrapps. (sl. creased) Madrid. Turner. 2009. Limp blind-stamped 418pp. b/w & col plates. Good copy. The bds. with paper wrap-around. 264pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and true first edition, withdrawn from sale black & white. Fine. 1st ed. The concrete art of Anish Kapoor. $55 and pulped due to an error of fact. The 15 LEA, Henry C. HISTORY OF SACERDOTAL CELIBACY IN biography of the man widely regarded THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Lond. Watts & Co. 1932. (4th ed, revised) as one of Australia’s most corrupt Or.cl. Dustjacket. 611pp. (Sl. foxing) This copy is extra-illustrated having politicians. $75 had two erotic illustrations involving clergy tipped onto blank leaves. 20 NYE, Doug. WORLD CHAMPIONS Very good copy in a sl.torn dustjacket. “This famous classic gives a vivid COOPER CARS. New Edition. Lond. description, based on original records, of the long struggle made by the Osprey Publishing. 1987. (2nd ed.) Christian Church to establish its priestly system upon the suppression Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 376pp. of one of the deepest instincts of human nature.” $75 Some col & many b/w ills. Very good 16 (MATHEWS, Gregory M.) BIRDS. SPECIAL COLLECTION. copy. Scarce. A comprehensive work on Cooper H A N D - C O L O U R E D cars. $90 L I T H O G R A P H S 21 PECK, Marilyn. THE WASTE LAND PREPARED FOR GREGORY SUITE. Melb. Macmillan. 2004. Oblong 4to. M.MATHEWS, c.1936. Cloth Or.blind-stamped cloth. Dustjacket. 112pp. portfolio with nine hand- Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine. 1st ed. coloured lithographs. Also Inscribed by Marilyn Peck. Artwork inspired a 4-page introduction by by and an imaginative commentary on John Calaby and a single T.S.Eliot’s “The Waste Land”. $75 leaf listing the plates. 22 PENNINGTON, T.D. REYNEL, C. & Canberra. National Library DAZA, A. ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE of Aust. 1990. Cloth portfolio TREES OF PERU. Drawings by Rosemary 240x345mm. With leather THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email:[email protected]

Wise. Sherborne. David Hunt. 2004. Col.ill.bds. 848pp. col plated & Australian submarine history from b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Very Scarce. This guide is the first the first Government policy debates comprehensive generic account of the Peruvian tree flora. With 6350 in 1910 through the many classes of species currently known, it is believed that there may be up to 7,000 submarine & the numerous people species in Peruvian forests. $175 who served in them. $120 23 PICKERING, Larry. A DECADE OF PICKERING. The De- 28 WRIGHT, R.V.S. (Ed.) STONE Luxe Edition. Syd. HEL Productions. 1980. 4to. Or.dec.bds. Clear plastic TOOLS AS CULTURAL MARKERS. Dustjacket. 351pp. Profusely illustrated with Pickering’s b/w cartoons. Change, Evolution and Complexity. Very good copy. 1st ed. The de-luxe edition, numbered and signed by Prehistory and Material Culture Pickering. A selection of Pickering’s political caricatures & cartoons. Series No.12. Canberra. AIAS. 1977. $75 Folio. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 400pp. Many b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. 24 SPALDING, Philip. THE WORLD Scarce. The importance of stone tools OF THE HOLEY DOLLAR. Privately in archaeological and ethnographic Printed. The Author. 1973. Folio. Or.bds. research. $75 with a Holey Dollar decoration on the front board. 252,xiipp. col.front. & 29 YATES, Bob. (Ed). THE SPARK b/w ills. Fine. 1st limited edition. Rare. OF MEGALONG. Yarns from one The author acquired one of the largest hundred years of bushfire fighting private collections of Holey Dollars in Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains, and compiled this most comprehensive Australia. Megalong Valley. Megalong reference catalogue on the history of Fire Brigade. 2005. Spiral-bound foolscap. these coins. $1250 Col.Ill.cover. 104pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good 25 STOKES, Edward. HEDDA copy. 1st ed. Scarce. The Megalong Valley MORRISON’S HONG KONG. Volunteer Bushfire Brigade presents Photographs & Impressions 1946-47. first-hand accounts of what it takes to Hong Kong. Honk Kong Uni create, maintain, & organise a volunteer Press. 2005. Oblong 4to. Or.cl. firefighting unit in a remote community Dustjacket. 282pp. Profusely in the Blue Mountains . $60 illustrated in black & white. Fine. 1st ed. In September 1946 AUSTRALIA & THE PACIFIC when photographer Hedda Morrison reached Hong Kong, 30 ALEXANDER, Fred. FROM CURTIN TO MENZIES. And it was unchanged from her after. Continuity or Confrontation? Adelaide. Thomas Nelson Ltd. 1973. last visit in the 1930s. While Or.bds. Dustjacket. 247pp. Inscription on front paste-down. Dustjacket she was there she saw the faded at spine. Very good copy. 1st ed. Fred Alexander’s appraisal of beginning of rapid change, & three decades of Australian politics from the election of John Curtin as photographed it. $65 leader of the Labor party to the retirement of Robert Gordon Menzies. $25 26 VASCO, John J. & C O R N W E L L , P e t e r 31 ANSON, Stan. HAWKE. An emotional life. Ringwood. McPhee D. ZERSTORER. T h e Gribble. 1991. Col.Ill.wrapps. 186pp. (a little foxing) b/w plates. Very Messerschmitt 110 and its Units in 1940. Norfolk. JAC Publications. good copy. 1st ed. A look at the emotional troubles, & uncertainties 1995. 4to. Col.ill.bds. 260pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black that lie beneath the surface of Robert J. Hawke. From his early spoiled & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Willi Messerschmitt began designing childhood, to his hard-drinking carouser to the Pritikin diet non- a twin engine aircraft capable of combatting other aircraft in 1934. By smoker. $24 1936 his test pilots had trialled two prototypes, with modifications, 32 ASHTON, Ralph. (Ed). TARKINE. Crows Nest. Allen they appeared in 1938. $60 & Unwin. 2010. (rep) Oblong 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 154pp. Profusely 27 WHITE, Michael. AUSTRALIAN SUBMARINES. A illustrated in colour. Very good copy. The Tarkine is a vast expanse of History. 2nd Edition. 2 volumes. St. Kilda West. Atom Inc. 2015. wilderness in ’s north-west. A group of photographers set out Col.ill.bds. xxx,664;1008,xcivpp. Profusely illustrated in colour and to capture the beauty of this threatened wilderness that has been around black & white. Very good set. This book, in two volumes, covers the for 30,000 years. $36 THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email: [email protected]

33 ATTWOOD, Bain. POSSESSION. Batman’s treaty and the descriptive plaques at the strategically important parts of the WWI matter of history. Carlton. The Miegunyah Press. 2009. 4to. Or.bds. battlefield. $30 Dustjacket. 415pp. col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Bain Attwood 39 BATE, Weston. SUSTAINING THEIR DREAM. The contemplates the agreements forged with the Aboriginal people, how Metropolitan Golf Club 1901 - 2001. Sth. Oakleigh. Metropolitan Golf. the Aboriginal understood these terms, why the government repudiated 2001. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 264pp. Name on half-title page. Profusely them, & how settlers claimed Aboriginal land. $45 illustrated in colour and black & white. Bound-in marker ribbon. Very 34 AUSTEN, Tom. (Ed). WESTERN IMAGES. Western Australia good copy. 1st ed. The Metropolitan Golf Club emerged out of The Royal in pictures from the colonial era to the Melbourne Golf Club during the building boom that saw the creation of present. Perth. St. George Books. 1996. ‘Marvellous Melbourne’. A centenary history of the club. $38 Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 200pp. Profusely 40 BAYLEY, William A. RICH EARTH. History of Young and illustrated in black & white. Very good the Shire of Burrangong, New South Wales. Young. Young Municipal copy. 1st ed. A unique visual record of Council. 1956. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 186pp. Dj a little rubbed & chipped. b/w Western Australia utilising hundreds of plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Home to the National Cherry Festival, photographs that chronicle the states Young is named after Sir John Young, the governor of NSW from 1861 to development from its colonial origins to 1867. James White was the first European settler, establishing Burangong the modern era. $33 Station in 1826. $30 35 AVERY, Zac. 500 BEERS. The only 41 BERTRAM, Hans. FLIGHT INTO HELL. A classic story of beer compendium you’ll ever need. Syd. Survival in Australia’s Far North. The eyewitness account by Hans New Holland Publishers. 2009. Oblong Bertram. Sth. Yarra. Currey O’Neil Ross Ltd. 1985. Col.Ill.wrapps. 110pp. 8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 288pp. Profusely b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. thus. Setting off across the Timor illustrated in colour. Very good copy. 1st Sea at night in a plane with no radio or lights, Hans Bertram & Adolf Aust. ed. Zac Avery serves on the British Klausmann disappeared into the wilderness near Port Darwin in 1932. Guild of Beer Writers, & has won awards for ‘Beer Writer of the Year’. Somehow they managed to survive. $25 Here he selects what he considers to be the world’s best 500 beers, & the 42 BIRCH, Alan. & MACMILLAN, David S. THE foods to match. $28 SCENE 1788 - 1960. Parkville. Melbourne Uni Press. 1962. Or.cl. 36 BAKER, Jeannine. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN WAR Dustjacket. 387pp. Inscription on front paste-down. b/w plates. Very REPORTERS. Boer War to Vietnam. Syd. University of NSW Press Ltd. good copy. 1st ed. A look at the social, economic, & political history of 2015. Col.Ill.wrapps. 259pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st paperback Sydney from its prehistory to 1960. From a small cottage built on the ed. Inscribed by the author. While the names of Charles Bean, Alan east side of Sydney Cove in 1788 by Governor Phillip to a vibrant busy Moorehead, & Chester Wilmot are familiar to most Australians, the city. $30 women war reporters like Agnes Macready, Anne Matheson & Lorraine 43 BLOFIELD, Henry. WINE, WOMEN AND WICKETS. Stumm are little known. $33 Illustrated by Bill Mitchell. Syd. James Fraser. 1984. Col.ill.bds. 112pp. 37 BARBER, Jack. THE WAR, THE WHORES AND THE Many b/w ills. Sl.foxing, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the AFRIKA KORPS. East Roseville. Kangaroo Press. 1997. Col.Ill.wrapps. author. A collection of delightful cricket anecdotes. $30 144pp. Name on half title page. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Jack 44 BOUDA, Simon. DEADLINE. Australia’s top crime reporter. Barber joined the AIF when he turned twenty, & found himself hunkered Syd. New Holland. 2016. Col.Ill.wrapps. 255pp. col & b/w plates. Very down in the besieged city of Tobruk in good copy. 1st ed. Chanel 9 senior journalist Simon Bouda is one of the 1941. From the privations & horrors of the most recognisable & well respected faces of Australian television news. siege, to the brothels of Egypt. $27 From his early days as a copyboy & police reporter, to his start in TV. 38 BASTIAAN, Ross. GALLIPOLI $22 PLAQUES. A guide to the ANZAC 45 BRANAGAN, David F. (Ed). ROCKS - FOSSILS - PROFS. Battlefield, to be used in conjunction with Geological sciences in the University of Sydney 1866 - 1973. Syd. the ten multilingual plaques located on the University of Sydney. 1973. Col.ill.bds. 184pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. main roads. Roseville. ANRAB Pty Ltd. 1st ed. In 1886 the University of Sydney recognised Geology as a separate 1991. Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 18pp. Slight academic discipline. Dr. A. M. Thomson arrived from London to take up soiling to front wrapps. b/w ills. Very the position of Reader in Geology & Mineralogy. $27 good copy. 2nd ed. Compiled to assist the visitor to the Gallipoli Peninsula 46 BROADBENT, James. & HUGHES, Joy. FRANCIS National Park, it is a guide to the ten large GREENWAY ARCHITECT. Glebe. Historic Houses Trust. 1997. Oblong 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 112pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. was an eminent architect in Bristol & Bath in 1809, when he pleaded guilty to forging documents

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the heyday of the tram, this selection of tram images & memorabilia will on the advice of friends. Transported to Sydney, his skills were quickly bring back memories of the toastracks & rattletraps. $38 utilised. $30 53 CAIRNS, J. F. SILENCE KILLS. Events leading up to the 47 BRUCE, James Stuart. BEYOND THE RANGES. N.Y. Vantage Vietnam Moratorium on 8 May. Kingsgrove. Halstead Press. 1970. Or.bds. Press. 1991. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 157pp. b/w Dustjacket. 104pp. Tape marks to end papers & dj. Name on front paste- ills. Fine. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. The down. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed author was stationed in New Guinea during by Jim Cairns. On the 8th of May 1970, thousands of people occupied the WWII and in an admixture of history, high streets to protest against the war in Vietnam. An explanation by the then adventure, gives his impressions of the people Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Jim Cairns. $50 and customs of Papua New Guinea. $33 54 CARTER, Alan. MARLBOROUGH MAN. Fremantle. 48 BUCKLEY, M. IRWIN, L. & KINSELLA, Fremantle Press. 2017. Col.Ill.wrapps. 297pp. Very good copy. 1st ed. A H. WE ALSO SERVED. Far North Coast novel. Nick Chester is working as a sergeant for the Havelock police in N.S.W. Ex-servicewomen 1939 - 1945. Marlborough Sound on New Zealand’s South Island. It was all going Goonellabah. M. J. Buckley. 1995. Folio. Col.Ill. smoothly until a couple of locals vanish. Now a hunt begins. $22 wrapps. 154pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Although 55 CHAPMAN, Christopher. INNER WORLDS. Portraits & Robert Menzies had seen the work performed Psychology. Canberra. National Portrait Gallery 2011. Or.cl. Dustjacket. by women in the armed forces in Britain, he 218pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Bound-in marker had difficulty in gaining parliamentary support, for this in Australia ribbon. Very good copy. In a slip-case. 1st ed. Published to coincide with until a shortage of manpower changed that situation. $48 an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, the works here examine the influence of European Surrealism on Australian artists of the 1930s 49 BURCHETT, Wilfred. MEMOIRS OF A REBEL JOURNALIST. & 1940s. $33 The autobiography of Wilfred Burchett. Edited by George Burchett and Nick Shimmin. Syd. University of NSW Press Ltd. 2005. Or.bds. 56 CLARK, Ralph. THE JOURNAL AND LETTERS OF LT. Dustjacket. 785pp. Sl.foxing to foredge. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed RALPH CLARK, 1787-1792. Edited by the editor, George Burchett. Wilfred Burchett was an Australian by P.G.Fidlon & R.J.Ryan. Syd. Aust. journalist best known for his war reports from conflicts in Asia, & for Documents Library. 1981. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. his Communist sympathies. He was issued a passport by Fidel Castro Dustjacket. (browned on spine with a after his own disappeared. $40 few spots) xviii,344pp. b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed. First publication 50 BUSHBY, John E. P. SALTBUSH COUNTRY. History of the from the original manuscript held in the Deniliquin District. Nth. Sydney. Library of Aust Hist. 1980. Or.bds. Mitchell Library. Clark was a Lieutenant Dustjacket. 422pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the of Marines. $55 author. A fascinating history of the Deniliquin District that gives a fascinating insight into town life in the 1860s. From settlement of the 57 CLEGG, John. NOTES TOWARDS Riverina Plain, to the early sheep stations, & coach stops. $45 MATHESIS ART. Balmain. Clegg Calendars. 1981. Col.Ill.wrapps. Qtr. 51 BUSTARD, Robert. AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS. Drawings cloth. 399pp. (Sl.foxing to foredge) b/w by Joan Goodrum. Syd. Collins. 1970. 4to. ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Australian Or.bds. Dustjacket. Tear to dj at top of spine. archaeologist, John Clegg presents his col & b/w ills & plates. Very good copy. study & analysis of the rock art of Bare Hill near Cairns in Queensland. 1st ed. From small geckos & skinks, to the The first study to examine rock art from an archaeological perspective. fearsome looking dragon like lizards, & the $25 giant monitor & goannas, Australia has five distinct lizard families, that occur just 58 CLUNE, David. & TURNER, Ken. (Ed). THE PREMIERS OF about everywhere. $40 NEW SOUTH WALES. Volume 1. 1856 - 1901. Annandale. The Federation Press. 2006. Or.vinyl. Dustjacket. 256pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. 52 BUTLER-BROWN, C. CAMPBELL, This book contains portraits of every Premier of NSW in the 19th century. A. & CLARK, H. SHOOTING THROUGH. There were thirteen Colonial Premiers between 1856 & 1901. Sir Henry Sydney by tram. Syd. Historic Houses Trust. Parkes was the longest serving Premier during this time. $30 2009. Small 8vo. Col.ill.bds. 128pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very 59 CLUNE, Frank. HIGH-HO TO LONDON. Incidents and good copy. 1st ed. Trams were an essential interviews on a leisurely journey by air from Australia to Britain. Syd. part of Sydney life for 100 years. Celebrating Angus and Robertson. 1949. (2nd ed.) Or.cl. 257pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. Frank Clune left Sydney on New Year’s Day 1947 on the lengthy hop from Sydney to London. Armed with a certificate of Australian citizenship

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& a letter of commendation from Ben Chifley, he set forth. 66 CUNNEEN, Tony. BEECROFT AND CHELTENHAM IN WWI. $30 Centenary 1906 - 2006. Hornsby. Hornsby Shire Council. 2006. 4to. Col. Ill.wrapps. 90pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. The small suburbs of 60 COCKBURN, Stewart. & ELLYARD, David. OLIPHANT. The Beecroft & Cheltenham sent many of their young men to fight in WWI. life and times of Sir Mark Oliphant. Adelaide. Axiom Books. 1981. Or.bds. Ending up in Gallipoli & the Western Front, of the 417,000 men that went, Dustjacket. 369pp. (sl foxing) b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by 59,258 would never return. $30 the author & a signed by Mark Oliphant on a signed and numbered plate. Mark Oliphant was an Australian physicist who played an important 67 CURBY, Pauline. SEVEN MILES FROM SYDNEY. A history role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion. He was of Manly. Manly. Manly Council. 2001. involved with the development of radar in Birmingham during WWII 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 304pp. Profusely $45 illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st paperback ed. “Seven miles from 61 COMMITTEE TO DEFEND THE VICTORIAN ALP. Sydney and a thousand miles from care.” PATTERN OF DECEIT. The N.C.C. and the Labor Movement. Melb. stated a Manly Steamship Company Committee to Defend VIC ALP. n.d. (1979?) 4to. Staples wrappers. 222pp. poster from the 1940s. As a little boy I saw Some creasing to wrapps. b/w ills. Very good copy. A paper produced this poster on a Manly ferry and asked my by members of the Victorian ALP to shed light on the activities of the father why people would come 1,000 miles National Civic Council, an Australian Conservative Christian lobby to go to Manly and where exactly was group founded by Bob Santamaria in the 1940s. $33 Care? Such is the innocence of youth! $50 62 COOK, Kerrin. THE RAILWAY CAME TO KU-RING-GAI. 68 DAVIES, Simon. THE ISLANDS A pictorial history of Ku-ring-gai Municipality 1890-1991.Changes and OF SYDNEY HARBOUR. Marrickville. development over the last 100 years. Syd. Genlin Investments. 1991. Folio. Southwood Press. 1984. Folio. Col.Ill. Col.ill.bds. 468pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Very good copy. 1st ed. wrapps. 88pp. Profusely illustrated in Begun in 1889, the North Shore railway line would run from Milson’s black & white. Very good copy. 1st paperback ed. When the Point in the south, to Hornsby in the north. A man calling himself Jones arrived in 1788, Sydney Harbour abounded with gentle beaches, tranquil got together a petition for the railway in 1874. $38 forests & thirteen islands. One was turned into a vegetable garden, 63 COOK, Kerrin. & GARVEY, Daniel. THE GLINT OF GOLD. another a prison, others for storing grain. $28 A History and Tourist Guide of the Gold Fields of the Central West 69 DAVIS, Pedr. THE HURSTVILLE STORY. Written on behalf of New South Wales. Pymble. Genlin of the Hurstville Municipal Council. Investments. 1999. Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. Hurstville. Hurstville Council. 1986. 371pp. col plates & b/w ills & maps. 4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 240pp. Profusely Very good copy. 1st paperback ed. It was illustrated in black & white. Very good thought that gold was first discovered in copy. 1st ed. The land of the Hurstville Australia in 1851. A map in the British region was granted to Captain John Museum by Portuguese explorers from Townson & his brother Robert in 1808. As 1536 indicates that gold may have been the land was deemed unsuitable for sheep found earlier on the Costa D’Ouro. $60 they sold it on. Houses & shops sprung 64 CORCORAN, Frances A. FROM up over time. $35 UNLIKELY BEGINNINGS... A History 70 DAY, David. COMING SOUTH. of Roger Corcoran, Pioneer Settler of Australia’s days of sail. Tullamarine. Boorowa, New South Wales, and His Australia Post. 1998. 4to. Col.ill.bds. 40pp. Family. Canberra. Francis Ann Corcoran. Profusely illustrated in colour and black 1992. 4to. Or.bds. 214pp. Profusely & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. With four illustrated in black & white. Very good actual postage stamps. To coincide with copy. 1st ed. Inscribed & signed by the author. Roger Corcoran arrived the production of a set of stamps commemorating the Romance of Sail, at Botany Bay in 1816 to commence a 14 year sentence. After serving Australia Post produced this pictorial history of sail in Australia. From his sentence, he became a pastoralist in southern NSW, with his family the early Dutch explorers to steam. $30 going on to forge a new life in NSW. $45 71 DENTON, Kit. GALLIPOLI ILLUSTRATED. Syd. Rigby. 1981. 65 COSTIN, Alec, et al. KOSCIUSZKO ALPINE FLORA. Melb. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 152pp. Many b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st CSIRO. 2000. Col.Ill.wrapps. 233pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Name ed. $25 on ffe, else Fine. 1st ed. Illustrates the area’s 212 flowering plants & ferns. $30 72 EASON, Alan. THE A-Z OF BRADMAN. Every fact you ever wanted to know about the Don and many you would never have THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email:[email protected] imagined. Marrickville. Southwood Press. 2002. Col.Ill.wrapps. 336pp. Good copy. 1st ed. A collection of 11 critical essays by eminent historians Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. Don Bradman had an evaluating Cook’s career & accomplishments. Essays include “The Spanish average of 99.94 runs per inning, as this book points out. From Aberdeen, Reaction to Cook’s Third Voyage,” by Christon I.Archer, “Medical Aspects where Bradman played his first game against England, to Zanetti, the & Consequences of Cook’s Voyages,” by Sir James Watt, and “Cook’s cartoonist who drew the Don. $27 Posthumous Reputation,” by Bernard Smith. $35 73 EDWARDS, Zeny. THE ARCHITECTURAL GEMS 79 FITZGERALD, Shirley. & GOLDER, Hilary. PYRMONT & OF WARRAWEE. Incorporating ULTIMO. Under siege. Syd. Hale & Iremonger Pty Ltd. 1994. 4to. Or.bds. the History of Knox Garden Day. Dustjacket. 134pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Roseberry. Centatime Pty Ltd. 2000. Very good copy. 1st ed. John Macarthur once said that Pyrmont was the 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 96pp. col & perfect spot for a picnic, before stopping to do just that in 1806. Then b/w ills & 10 fold-out architectural came the piers, docks, railways & bridges. Then an incredible development plans. Very good copy. 1st ed. Zeny period. $35 Edwards looks at the significant 80 (FITZJAMES, Michael.) MICHAEL FITZJAMES DRAWINGS. architects & the houses they designed Syd. Stained Wattle Press. 1986. Folio. Or.bds. in Warrawee. It also includes the Dustjacket. 61 b/w plates. Dj sl.torn else a fascinating history of Knox Garden very good copy. 1st ed. With an inserted Day, a tradition that dates back to Fitzjames postcard inscribed by Fitzjames. 1957. $38 $45 74 ELDERSHAW, M. Barnard. 81 FITZSIMMONS, Portia. EASTERN PHILLIP OF AUSTRALIA. An SUBURBS ALBUM. Pictorial memories account of the Settlement at Sydney of Darling Point, Double Bay, Rose Bay, Cove 1788092. Syd. Angus and Robertson. 1972. (rep) Or.bds. Dustjacket. Vaucluse, Watsons Bay, Bellevue Hill, Bondi, 367pp. Dustjacket wrapped in plastic. Very good copy. Admiral Arthur Waverley and Bronte. Syd. Atrand Pty Ltd. Phillip’s account of the setting up of the British penal colony that later 1985. Oblong 8vo. Col.Ill.wrapps. 103pp. became the city of Sydney. A far-sighted governor who saw that NSW Name on ffe. Profusely illustrated in black & would need civil administration. $24 white. Very good copy. 1st ed. The Surveyor- 75 ELLIS, M.H. . Syd. A & R. 1952. General Thomas Mitchell advised that the (2nd ed. revised) Or.cl. Dustjacket. (tape on spine edges) 614pp. Col. area now known as the Eastern Suburbs be plates. Very good copy. A full-length biography of one of the great figures subdivided in 1833, with all available land soon taken for the building of Australian history. $35 of homes. $30 76 ELY, Jean. CONTEMPT OF COURT. Unofficial voices from 82 FOHLEN, Yves. HE CAME FROM AUSTRALIA. Lieutenant the DOGS Australian High Court Case 1981. West Melb. Dissenters Percival Ralph (53rd Battalion - Australian Imperial Force). Syd. AMHP. Press. 2010. Col.Ill.wrapps. 285pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. 1998. Col.Ill.wrapps. 84pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. $28 Surviving plaintiffs in the DOGS (Defence of Government Schools) case 83 FOWLES, Joseph. SYDNEY IN 1848. Illustrated by Copper-Plate are documented here when they took on the High Court in 1981. Taking Engravings of its Principal Streets, Public Buildings, Churches, Chapels on the state & major churches they sought equal funding. $38 etc. Facsimile edition. Syd. Ure Smith. 1973. Ill.wrapps. 104pp. Many 77 EMILSEN, Susan E. FRENSHAM. b/w ills. Near Fine. First published in 1848. An historical perspective. Mittagong. An interesting guide to Sydney streets and Winifred West Schools. 1988. 4to. Or.bds. buildings of the 1840’s. Foreword by Morton Dustjacket. 224pp. b/w ills. Very good Herman. $33 copy. 1st ed. Frensham school is an 84 FOX & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS independent, non-denominational / PLANNERS. MARRICKVILLE school for girls, located at Mittagong. HERITAGE STUDY. Prepared on behalf Established in 1913 by Winifred West, of the Department of Environment and some of its former students include Planning and Marrickville Municipal Rosemary Dobson, & Lucy Turnbull. $33 Council. Marrickville. Marrickville Council. 78 FISHER, Robin & JOHNSTON, Hugh 1986. Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 480pp. Wrapps (Eds.) CAPTAIN JAMES COOK AND slightly worn at edges. Profusely illustrated HIS TIMES. Canb. ANU. 1979. Or.bds. in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. The Dustjacket. 278pp. b/w ills. & maps. 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Council to aid in their role in conserving the areas environmental heritage. 92 HADDON, Frank. HAUNTS OF THE From 1789 to 1984. $28 . The lives and deaths 85 FRICKE, Graham. THE LITTLE DIGGER’S MINIONS. Melb. of Eight Australian Bushrangers. Milsons Sid Harta. 2010. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 177pp. b/w ills. Fine. Billy Hughes Point. Hutchinson Aust. 1990. Folio. Or.bds. was diminutive in stature but gargantuan in achievements. He bestrode Dustjacket. 191pp. Profusely illustrated in the world’s stage during & after the great war, alienating & irritating colour and black & white. Very good copy. renowned figures. $24 1st ed. The Australian bush was both home 86 GEEVES, Philip. & JERVIS, James. ROCKDALE. Its Beginning & protection to the bushrangers. Wrapping and Development. Rockdale. Rockdale Council. 1954. 4to. Or.cl. With clear the wild country around them like a security plastic jacket. 206pp. Name on title page. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st blanket. Using historical accounts, Haddon ed. With related ephemera. The name Rockdale was suggested by Mary visits some of their favourite haunts $30 Ann Geeves, the local postmistress, in 1878. Previously known as Frog 93 HARD, Greg (Photographer). Hollow, White Gum Flat, & West Botany, Rockdale’s development began A SUMMER MOSAIC. Bondi Beach in 1884. “Frog Hollow”? $28 Australia. Bondi. Tamarama Press. 1993. 87 GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM. The Colours of Desire. Syd. Col.Ill.wrapps. 96pp. Profusely illustrated International Cultural Corp. 1989. Col.Ill.wrapps. 119pp. Many Col.& in colour. Very good copy. 1st ed. Photographer Greg Hard presents a b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Exhibition catalogue. $24 selection of images captured at his favourite Sydney beach, Bondi. A mosaic of images of summer on one of Sydney’s most iconic beaches. 88 GILBERT, Lionel. NEW ENGLAND. From old photographs. $25 Syd. John Ferguson. 1980. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket (sl rubbed) 144pp. Profusely 94 HART, Deborah. CLARK, Deborah. & MENDELSSOHN, J. illustrated in black & white. Very good RICHARD LARTER. Canberra. National Gallery of Aust. 2008. Folio. copy. 1st ed. The English explorer John Col.Ill.wrapps. 184pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Oxley was the first European to discover Very good copy. 1st ed. Richard Larter is often identified as one of the New England area in 1818. Hamilton Australia’s recognisable pop artists. With his Pointillist style developed Sempill established the first sheep run with the use of a syringe filled with paint. A retrospective look at his in 1832, with many more pastoralists work. $35 following after. $45 95 HAWLEY, Tanya. NAADIRAH. The Arabian Dream. Dural. 89 GRAY, Anne. GEORGE LAMBERT Arabian Promotions. 1983. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 128pp. Profusely 1873-1930. Art and Artifice. Roseville illustrated in colour. Very good copy. 1st ed. Tanya Hawley had always East. Craftsman House. 1996. 4to. Or.bds. wanted to own an Arabian horse, & when Naadirah arrived, she started Dustjacket. 204pp. Profusely illustrated in to breed Arabian horses in Australia. She has written a history of the colour and black & white. Very good copy. Arabian Horse in Australia. $36 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. Born in 96 HAYDEN, Brian. PALAEOLITHIC REFLECTIONS. Lithic Russia, then raised in Germany before emigrating to Australia in 1887, technology and ethnographic excavations George Lambert began exhibiting his pictures in 1894. As an official war among Australian Aborigines. Canberra. artist he travelled to Gallipoli in 1919. $33 AIAS. 1981. (2nd imp) Folio. Or.dec. 90 GRIFFITHS, G. Nesta. SOME SOUTHERN HOMES OF wrapps. 181pp. Many b/w ills. Very good NEW SOUTH WALES. A facsimile edition with a postscript by Caroline copy. Documents, with many illustrations Simpson and an index. Syd. National Trust of Australia. 1976. 4to. Or.bds. and photographs, methods of manufacture Dustjacket. 129pp. Name on inside cover. b/w plates. 1st facsimile ed. First and use and the detailed morphology published in 1952, G. Nesta Griffiths’ description of her travels through of specific tool types, including the first what Lachlan Macquarie called, ‘The New Country’ to visit some of the published illustrations of hand-held stately homes now under National Trust care. $30 scrapers and sawing implements. $75 91 GUMBERT, Marc. NEITHER JUSTINCE NOR REASON. A 97 HENDERSON, Beryl. (Ed). legal and anthropological analysis of Aboriginal Land Rights. St. Lucia. MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS. A University of Qld Press. 1984. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 215pp. b/w maps. Very tribute to their worth. Syd. Royal Aust good copy. 1st ed. Lawyer Marc Gumbert explains the complex & varied Historical Society. 1988. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. land rights legislation that combine the anthropological elements of 284pp. Profusely illustrated in black & Aboriginal views of the land with the western legal system. $27 white. Very good copy. 1st ed. A fascinating ramble through some five thousand monuments & memorials to the THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email:[email protected] people & events that have shaped the state of NSW. From the brave 104 JOHNSON, Colin. DOCTOR WOOREDDY’S PRESCRIPTION explorers, to a plaque erected for the Clydesdale horse. $27 FOR ENDURING THE ENDING OF THE WORLD. Melb. Hyland House. 1983. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 207pp. Dustjacket slightly worn at edges. 98 HINKSON, Melinda. ABORIGINAL SYDNEY. A guide to Very good copy. 1st ed. A mostly historical novel by Colin Johnson, who important places of the past and present. would go on to use the name Mudrooroo. It tells the real life story of Photography by Alana Harris. Second George Robinson who is sent as a conciliator between white settlers & edition. Canberra. Aboriginal Studies Press. Aborigines. $25 2001. (2nd ed.) 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 163pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & 105 JORDAN, Caroline. PICTURESQUE PURSUITS. Colonial white. Very good copy. Sydney has a rich & Women Artists & the Amateur Tradition. complex Aboriginal heritage hidden within Carlton. Melbourne Uni Press. 2005. Or.bds. its bustling urban presence. The 2nd edition Dustjacket. 224pp. col & b/w plates. Very introduces some new sites, maps, & travelling good copy. 1st ed. Explores the breadth & instructions to help locate these sites. $33 diversity of amateur women artists such as Mary Morton Allport, Annabella Boswell, 99 HOWARD, Bruce. 15 DAYS IN ‘56. & Georgina McCrae, who worked in The first Australian Olympics. Syd. Harper sketchbooks with pencil & watercolour. Collins. 1995. 4to. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. $35 208pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Bruce Howard was a 106 KELLY, B. M. FROM WILDERNESS young press photographer in 1956, when the Melbourne Olympics offered TO EDEN. A history of the City of Griffith a golden opportunity for him to capture those magic 15 days. From candid its Region and its People. Griffith. Council of images to medal ceremonies. $30 Griffith. 1988. 4to. Col.ill.bds. 304pp. Name on front paste-down. b/w ills. Very good 100 HOWELLS, Trevor. & MORRIS, Colleen. TERRACE HOUSES copy. 1st ed. Griffith was first established in IN AUSTRALIA. The Rocks. Lansdowne Publishing. 1999. Folio. Col. 1916 as part of the NSW Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, which provided ill.bds. Dustjacket. (sl torn) 127pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very water from the Murrumbidgee River for farming. McWilliam’s Wines good copy. 1st ed. The 19th century saw the rise of terraced housing in started their first vineyards here Australia. By the 1950s, many Australians saw 19th century housing as $36 slum-worthy. Now back in fashion again, they are lovingly restored & 107 KIEZA, Grantlee. MRS KELLY. The astonishing life of Ned cherished $35 Kelly’s mother. Syd. ABC Books. 2017. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 616pp. col plates & 101 HUNTSMAN, Lone. SAND IN OUR SOULS. The Beach in b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. When Ned Australian History. Melb. MUP. 2004. (2nd printing) Or.ill.wrapps. 251pp. Kelly’s mother arrived in Melbourne in 1841 b/w ills. Very good copy. $27 aged nine, British convict ships were still 102 JAMES, Alfred. CHARLES BANNERMAN. Australia’s premier dumping their unhappy cargo in NSW. When batsman. Pennant Hills. Cricketing Pub she died in 1923 at age 91, she had outlived Co. 2016. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 146pp. b/w her children. $35 ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the LARACY, Hugh. MARISTS AND author and the publisher. Numbered copy 108 MELANESIANS. A history of Catholic of an edition of 165. 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110 LAWRENCE, Joan. LAVENDER BAY TO THE SPIT. Pictorial 117 MALOUF, David. THE CONVERSATIONS AT CURLOW History. Alexandria. Kingsclear Books. 1999. Oblong Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. CREEK. Lond. Chatto & Windus Ltd. 1996. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 214pp. 123pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the author. Set in the fictional NSW Lavender Bay was named after the Boatswain, George Lavender, from the colony of Curlow Creek in 1827, mounted trooper Michael Adair is sent prison hulk “Phoenix”, which was moored there for many years. George to oversee the hanging of Daniel Carney. They talk through Lavender lived adjacent to the property of Billy Blue. $28 the night of his execution day. $50 111 LIND, L. J. (Ed). LANE COVE PUBLIC SCHOOL CENTENARY 118 MANNE, Anne. THE LIFE OF I. The new culture of narcissism. BOOK. 1876 - 1976. Mascot. St. Leger Press. 1976. Col.Ill.wrapps. 118pp. Carlton. Melbourne Uni Press. 2014. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 310pp. Corners b/w ills. Very good copy. Number 96 of 2000 copies. Lane Cove was first sl. rubbed. Very good copy. A compelling account of the rise of narcissism mentioned in the journal of William Bradley in 1788. Governor Phillip in individuals & society. Manne examines the alarming rise in the pursuit named the place after John Lane, the son of the Lord Mayor of London. of fame & looks at Lance Armstrong, Elliot Rodger, & Anders Breivik’s The first public school opened in 1876. $30 narcissism. $24 112 LINDSAY, Jack. LIFE RARELY TELLS. An Australian Boyhood. 119 MARON, Chris. TENNIS IN SYDNEY’S EASTERN Lond. The Bodley Head. 1958. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 224pp. Name on front SUBURBS. From the beginning to the present. Matraville. Chris Maron. paste-down. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Jack Lindsay was the 2011. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 193pp. Corners slightly scuffed. Profusely eldest son of Norman Lindsay. Born in Melbourne in 1900, this book deals illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. There with his childhood in Brisbane, where he attended the Grammar School was a time when the popularity of tennis in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs then the University of Queensland. $35 eclipsed that of all other sports. This comprehensive record traces the 113 LITTLE, John. DOWN TO THE SEA. The true saga of an history of tennis in Sydney’s east from 1880 onwards. $38 Australian fishing dynasty. Syd. Macmillan. 2004. Col.Ill.wrapps. 266pp. 120 MARTIN, A. W. & WARDLE, P. MEMBERS OF THE b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. Story of the Warren family, who for over a century LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NEW SOUTH WALES 1856-1901. has earned a hard & dangerous living, fishing out of Eden on NSW’s South Biographical Notes. Canberra. ANU. 1959. Col.Ill.wrapps. 249pp. Very Coast. $22 good copy. 1st ed. The material for this study was collected by Dr. Martin 114 LOW, John. BLUE MOUNTAINS. Pictorial Memories. Crows while working on this thesis, the Political Groupings in NSW 1872 to Nest. Atrand Pty Ltd. 1994. Oblong Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 135pp. Profusely 1889. Mrs. Wardle expanded & reduced the entries to short biographical illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 2nd ed. Originally named form. $27 the Carmarthen & Lansdowne Mountains, the names never stuck as 121 MARTIN, Megan. SETTLERS & CONVICTS OF THE people were amazed by their bluish hue, & referred to them as the ‘Blue BELLONA 1793. A biographical dictionary. Nth. Ryde. Bellona Muster Mountains’. Many wondered why they were blue $28 Committee 1992. Col.Ill.wrapps. 125pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st 115 LYMBURNER, Francis. LYMBURNER. With an introduction ed. Captain Matthew Boyd sailed the Bellona from Gravesend in 1792 by George Molnar. Melb. Lansdowne bound for NSW with 17 female convicts, 5 free settlers & their families. Press Pty Ltd. 1970. Folio. Or.bds. 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remarkable way by the pens of George Johnson & Henry Lawson. Lawson & rivals but never antagonists for the whole of their working lives as as a small boy remembered the last of the gold rush days. $27 artists. Together they struggled to establish modern art in Australia in the 1940s. $30 124 MILLER, John. HOLMES, David. & HONEY, Andrew. ORANGE. A vision splendid. Local History Series No. 5. Orange. 130 McCLELLAND, James. A HISTORY OF IRELAND AND Orange City Council. 2001. Oblong 8vo. Col.Ill.wrapps. 124pp. Profusely GUIDE TO TRACING CONVICTS AND IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Gazetted as a village FROM IRELAND. James McClelland’s Convict Pioneer and Immigrant in November in 1846, Orange was named in honour of Prince William . Book No. 12. Silverdale. James McClelland. 1981. of Orange, who later became King of Holland. The town grew after gold Foolscap. Stapled & bound in Qtr. cloth. Col.Ill.wrapps. 145pp. Some was discovered there in 1851. $30 foxing to back of wrapps. Good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the author. James McClellan’s extensive guide to Irish exiles in NSW, & a guide to tracing 125 MOORS, H.J. WITH STEVENSON IN SAMOA. Boston. Irish convict & immigrant family members who came out from Ireland. Small, Maynard & Co. 1910. Or.dec.cl. (edges $45 sl.rubbed) 230pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Ingleton bookplate. Inscribed by 131 McCLURE, A. M. THE ENTRANCE LONG AGO. A pictorial W.Farmer Whyte, who later became editor of record of The Entrance district starting from the turn of this century. the Sydney Morning Herald. $40 Wyong. Wyong Shire Council. 1978. Oblong 8vo. Col.Ill.wrapps. 144pp. (sl foxing) Slight scuffing to corners. Profusely illustrated in black & white. 126 MORGAN, Chris. LIFE & DEATH ON Very good copy. 1st ed. The area known as The Entrance was occupied THE NORTH SIDE. A history of St Thomas’ by Henry Holden in 1828. Bounded by the Pacific Ocean & Tuggerah Church & Cemetery, North Sydney. Nth. Syd. Lake it became a popular holiday destination. A pictorial history of The Stanton Library. 1988. Col.Ill.wrapps. 80pp. Entrance. $30 Name on ffe. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. On his arrival in 1810, Governor Macquarie 132 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA. MAPPING OUR was shocked at the lax observance of the WORLD. Terra Incognita to Sabbath, & ordered all convicts to attend Australia. Canberra. National church. St Thomas’ Church was designed by Library of Aust. 2014. (rep) Edmund Blacket in 1846. $24 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 256pp. Profusely illustrated in colour 127 MORTON, Harold. FLYING FOR GOD: Into the Son with and black & white. Very good MAF in PNG. Baulkham Hills. Bio-Kingdom Ent. n.d. (1991) Col.Ill. copy. Published as part of the wrapps. 208pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. Inscribed by the author. 2013 centenary celebrations Harold Morton recalls his adventures in Papua New Guinea as a flying of Canberra, the National missionary. Flying into the remote mountains of PNG in a single engine Library presented a selection of Cessna, Harold sought to bring the word of god to the locals. $27 maps from various collections 128 MULFORD, John G. GUARDIANS OF THE GAME. The that feature Australia, & the history of the New South Wales Rugby mapmakers’ craft. $40 Union 1874 - 2004. Forewords by Ron 133 NAVY PUBLIC AFFAIRS. Graham and Nick Farr-Jones. Syd. ABC ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY IN RETROSPECT. Syd. Navy Public Books. 2005. 4to. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. Affairs. 1992. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 72pp. Profusely illustrated in colour 303pp. Dustjacket torn at top corner. and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Published to celebrate the Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very formation of the Royal Australian Navy, the photographers of the RAN good copy. 1st ed. 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Col.ill.bds. 366pp. Mission 204 was a secret mission by the British Army that saw a group Slight fading to spine. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Parramatta was of guerrilla soldiers march from Burma to China to harass the Japanese founded in 1788 when Governor Phillip took a detachment of marines behind enemy lines. Australia’s role in this is examined. $30 along the river to establish a farm to grow crops for the fledgling colony’s 137 NORTH SYDNEY COUNCIL’S HISTORICAL SERVICES 1,000 convicts, soldiers & administrators. $30 DEPT. NAMING NORTH SYDNEY. Second edition. Nth Syd. North 144 PROUDFOOT, Peter. SEAPORT SYDNEY. The making of the Sydney Council. 1996. (2nd ed.) 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 84pp. Name on city landscape. Syd. University of NSW. 1996. inside cover. b/w ills. Very good copy. The whole of the northern shore of Col.Ill.wrapps. 311pp. b/w ills & maps. Very Sydney Harbour was known as Hunter’s Hill, after Captain John Hunter. good copy. 1st ed. Seaport Sydney explains In 1860 the Borough of East St. Leonards, stretching from Lavender Bay why Sydney streets run in a particular to Cremorne, was proclaimed $25 direction, why Sydney has such a distinctive 138 ORANGE CITY COUNCIL. ORANGE AND DISTRICT shape, & how the port of Sydney, & the CBD ILLUSTRATED. Facsimile of an edition published in 1928. Local History have developed such a direct relationship. Series - No. 1. Orange. Orange City Council. 1989. Col.Ill.wrapps. 254pp. $30 b/w ills. Very good copy. Facsimile of first edition. First published in 145 RADI, Heather; SPEARITT, 1928, this history of the town of Orange, yet to become a city, was a Peter & HINTON, E. BIOGRAPHICAL picture of life when some of Orange’s oldest institutions were very young REGISTER OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES indeed. $28 PARLIAMENT 1901-1970. Canberra. ANU 139 PEARS, Maurie. & KIRKLAND, Fred. (Ed). KOREA Press. 1979. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 302pp. REMEMBERED. 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When colonial periods of the 18th century, to the Overland Telegraph line from Adelaide to Darwin was completed, modern approaches to rehabilitation. $36 there was no settlement along it for 1,600 miles. The cattle kings soon 148 RANNARD, Ian. THE FORGOTTEN followed as rifles met spears along the new frontier. $30 GARDENS. The story of the last market 142 PIKE, Glenville. PORT OF PROMISE. An illustrated history gardens in Willoughby and Northbridge, of Port Douglas, North Queensland. Mareeba. Pinevale Publications. NSW. Douglas Park. Parker Pattinson. 1986. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 90pp. plus col & b/w plates. Slight scuffing 2005. Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 110pp. Profusely to corners. Very good copy. 1st ed. Port Douglas was established in illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. For over one hundred years there were market gardens along the THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email:[email protected] valley of Willoughby & Northbridge. 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163 SMYTH, Arthur Bowes. THE JOURNAL OF ARTHUR Carmarthen Hills by Arthur Phillip. The mountains were not successfully BOWES SMYTH: SURGEON “LADY PENRHYN” 1787-1789. Edited crossed in 1813 by Blaxland, Lawson & Wentworth, although local by P.G.Fidlon & R.J.Ryan. Syd. Aust.Documents Library. 1979. Roy.8vo. Aboriginals knew of two routes across. $25 Or.bds. Dustjacket. 196pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed. The first 171 STEPHENSEN. P. R. THE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION publication of this important journal from the manuscript in the Mitchell OF SYDNEY HARBOUR. Adelaide. Rigby Ltd. 1966. Or.cl. Dustjacket. Library. The “Lady Penrhyn” carried 100 female convicts to Sydney, all 416pp. col plates & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. A guide to the but one of whom survived the journey. $55 history of Sydney Harbour from 1788 to the mid 1960s. Starting at South 164 SOUTER, Ngaire. THE WENONIANS. Nth Syd. 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No Cross. $24 longer restricted to voluntary support & nursing roles, they worked in 170 STANBURY, Peter. (Ed). THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. Grand 120 different trades. $40 adventure for all. Leura. Second Back Row Press Ltd. 1988. (2nd ed.) 177 TURNER, John. JOSEPH LYCETT. Governor Macquarie’s 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 204pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. Originally named convict artist. Newcastle. Hunter Historical Soc. 1997. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 148pp. Name on half title page. col plates & b/w ills. Very good copy. THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email:[email protected]

He named it Woolamoola Farm, after the local name given to the place 1st paperback ed. Joseph Lycett was convicted of forgery in 1811, & ‘walla-mulla’ which meant ‘young male kangaroo’. $28 transported to Australia. He flooded Sydney with hundreds of carefully forged 5 shilling bills before his artistic skills were put to better use. 184 WHO’S WHO IN AUSTRALIA 1927. Biographical sketches & $33 photos of representative commercial, professional, financial, pastoral, & business men of Australia. Melb. International Press Service. 1927. Or.cl. 178 WALSH, Robin. IN HER OWN WORDS. The writings of 896pp. Cloth worn at edges, faded at spine & slightly flecked. Profusely Elizabeth Macquarie. Wollombi. illustrated in black & white. Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. This is the second Exisle Publishing Ltd. 2011. 4to. Col. of only four volumes printed of the Who’s Who in Australia from the ill.bds. Dustjacket. 264pp. Profusely 1922 to 1935 series. Featuring the prominent & eminent Australians of illustrated in colour and black & the year of 1927. $60 white. Bound-in marker ribbon. Very good copy. 1st ed. Born Elizabeth 185 WORRELL, Eric. SONG OF THE SNAKE. Syd. Angus & Campbell in Scotland in 1778, she Robertson Ltd. 1958. Or.bds. Dustjacket. first met Lachlan Macquarie (a 210pp. (sl foxing) Dustjacket torn & chipped. distant cousin) when he was an army col & b/w plates. Good copy. 1st ed. Eric officer. Married three years later, she Worrell in his wonderings across the Northern followed him out to NSW in 1809. Territory hunting & capturing snakes along $40 the way. From the deadly taipan & tiger snakes, to crocodiles to aid research for a 179 WATERSON, Duncan. & Serum Laboratory. $40 FRENCH, Maurice. FROM THE FRONTIER. A pictorial history 186 WORTHINGTON, Jan. SCHOLARLY of Queensland. St. Lucia. Uni of Queensland Press. 1987. 4to. Or.bds. SCOUNDREL. LAWRENCE HYNES Dustjacket. 360pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. HALLORAN. Fake, Forger and Father. 1st ed. The frontier colony of Queensland emerged at about the same Australia’s Pioneer Headmaster. Ultimo. time as the camera. With over 400 photographs, this pictorial history of Halstead Press. 2015. Or.Col.Ill.wrapps. Queensland documents the development of this northern-most state. 256pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Inscribed by the $27 author. Halloran came to Sydney as a convict but left a lasting stamp on Colonial society. $38 180 WATSON, Don. DEATH SENTENCE. The decay of public language. Milsons Point. Knopf. 2003. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 198pp. 187 WRIGLEY, John W. & FAGG, Murray. BANKSIAS, Very good copy. 1st ed. A look at the decay of language in the public WARATAHS & GREVILLEAS. And all other plants in the Australian sphere. From politicians to companies, the new language used has a Proteaceae family. Syd. Collins Publishers. 1989. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. superabundance of clichés, jargon, platitudes & weasel words used to 584pp. (a little foxing) col plates & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Now hide the truth. $24 more popular than ever in gardens & lawns across the country, banksias, waratahs, & grevilleas provide a splash of colour to the garden, & a 181 WENDT, Jana. A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE. New meetings source of food for honeyeaters & other birds. $45 with the good, the great and the formidable. Carlton. Melbourne University Press 2007. Col.Ill.wrapps. 246pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. BIGGLES 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. Journalist Jana Wendt recalls some of the Dean & Sons editions of Biggles. All published in London c.1950’s, except noble, bad, mad, brilliant, & brilliantly mad people she has interviewed. where noted. All Or.bds. & with dustjackets, mostly with short tears. Charlotte Rampling, Robert Hughes, David Malouf, & Rove McManus Various pagination. All Dean & Sons 1st eds except where noted. are some examples. $33 188 JOHNS, Capt.W.E. BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL. 182 WEST, Andrew. THE NORTHHOLM STORY. 1983-92. $25 Seven Hills. David J. File. 1992. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 133pp. Bottom corner of cover & bumped and creased. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st 189 JOHNS, Capt.W.E. BIGGLES FLIES AGAIN. $25 ed. Signed by the author. Northholm Grammar School in Arcadia, NSW 190 JOHNS, Capt.W.E. BIGGLES OF 266. $25 was established in 1983. It is associated with the Anglican Church of 191 JOHNS, Capt.W.E. BIGGLES AIR DETECTIVE. . $25 Australia, & combines a Christian outlook in its curriculum. $25 192 JOHNS, Capt.W.E. BIGGLES FLIES TO WORK. Some 183 WHITAKER, Anne-Maree. SOUTH SYDNEY. Pictorial unusual cases of Biggles and his air police. Lond. Dean & Son. 1963. History. Alexandria. Kingsclear Books. 2002. Oblong Folio. Col.Ill. (rep) $22 wrapps. 139pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. In 1793 John Palmer was granted 100 acres east of Sydney Town. 193 JOHNS, Capt.W.E. BIGGLES IN THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR. $25 THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email: [email protected]

194 JOHNS, Capt.W.E. BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL on front board. 280pp. Many b/w ills. of coins. Very good copy. Values SQUADRON. $25 indicated. $30 195 JOHNS, Capt.W.E. BIGGLES OF THE SPECIAL AIR 203 KANN, E. ILLUSTRATED CATALOG OF CHINESE COINS. POLICE. $25 (Gold, Silver, Nickel and Aluminium) N.Y. Mint Productions. 1966. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 476pp. + 224 b/w plates showing many hundreds of coins. Sl. 196 JOHNS, Capt.W.E. BIGGLES PIONEER AIR FIGHTER. foxing on foredge else a very good copy. The second edition. Scarce. $25 $125 197 JOHNS, Capt.W.E. THE BOY BIGGLES. $30 204 KESSLER, Alan. THE FUGIO COPPERS. A simple method for COINS identifying die varieties with rarity listing and price guide. Newtonville (Mass.) Colony Coin Co. 1976. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 84pp. Many b/w ills. Fine in a fine dj. 1st ed.Fugio series coins were the first coinage authorised by the newly formed Congress of the United States. $90 205 MIRA, Dr.W.J. THE HOLEY DOLLARS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. THEIR FATE. Syd. Metropolitan Coin Club. 1979. wrapps. 34pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. $35 206 MIRA, Dr.W.J.D. COINAGE AND CURRENCY IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1788-1829 AND AN INDEX OF CURRENCY REFERENCES IN THE SYDNEY GAZETTE, 1803-1811. Syd. Metropolitan Coin Club. 1981. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 206pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. $75 207 MIRA, W.J.D. & NOBLE, W.J. THE HOLEY DOLLARS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. A Pictorial Record of Known Surviving Specimens. Syd. Aust Numismatics Society. 1988. Folio. Or.wrapps. 92pp. All the coins are illustrated in black & white. Fine copy. 1st ed. $40 198 BOWERS, Q.David. COLLECTING RARE COINS FOR 208 PLANT, Richard. GREEK COIN PROFIT. Lond. Harper & Row. 1975. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 326pp. Many TYPES AND THEIR IDENTIFICATION. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. How to start and maintain a rare coin collection Lond. Seaby. 1979. 4to. Ill.bds. 344pp. Many b/w ills. Very Good copy. for pleasure and investment. $30 1st ed. $40 199 DAVENPORT, John S. EUROPEAN CROWNS AND TALERS 209 SEABY, H.A. ROMAN SILVER COINS. Revised by David SINCE 1800. Lond. Spink & Sons. 1964. (2nd ed.) Or.bds. 423pp. R.Sear and Robert Loosley. 4 vols. Vol.1. Republic to Augustus. Vol.2. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. Values slip loosely Tiberius to Commodus. Vol.3. Pertinax to Babinus & Pupienus. Vol.4. inserted. $40 Gordian III to Postumus. Lond. Seaby. 1978-1990. (Various editions) All 200 DAVIS, W.J. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TOKEN Or.bds. Dustjackets. Profusely illustrated. A Fine set. Scarce. Deals with COINAGE. Of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of the coins spanning a period of almost five centuries from the early third Man. To which are added tokens of over one penny value of any period. century B.C. to the late fifth century A.D. The set. $175 Lond. & N.Y. Seaby & Durst. 1979. (rep) Roy.8vo. Or.gilt-lettered bds. 210 SEABY, Peter & PURVEY, P.Frank (Eds.) STANDARD 284pp. b/w plates. Many hundreds of tokens are illustrated. A few spots CATALOGUE OF BRITISH COINS. VOLUME 1. COINS OF on foredge else a very good copy. First published in 1904. $48 ENGLAND AND THE UNITED KINGDON. Lond. Seaby. 1982. (19th 201 DURST, Lorraine S. & Sanford J. WORLD GOLD COIN ed.) Or.Col.ill.bds. 320pp. Profusely illustrate. Very good copy. $30 VALUE GUIDE. N.Y. Sandford Durst Numismatic Pubs 1980. Or.gold- 211 SEAR, David R. GREEK COINS AND THEIR VALUES. coloured boards. 54pp. Fine. 1st ed. $30 VOLUME 1, EUROPE. and VOLUME 2, ASIA & AFRICA. 2 vols. Lond. 202 HARRIS, Robert P. GOLD COINS OF THE AMERICAS. A Seaby. 1978. (Both reps of the 2nd ed) Or.cl. Dustjackets. 316,762pp. Many Catalogue of Gold Coins of the Western Hemisphere from 1750 to date. b/w ills. & maps. Very Good set. Lists 3,395 coins with 1500 illustrations Florence, Alabama. Anco. 1971. Or.bds. with gilt map of the Americas taken from coins in the British Museum. The set $120 THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email:[email protected]

212 SEAR, David R. ROMAN COINS AND THEIR VALUES. 219 GREENE, Graham. A BURNT-OUT CASE. Lond. World Third Revised Edition. Lond. Seaby Publications. 1981. Or.cl. Dustjacket. Books. 1962. (rep) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 224pp. A few marks to foredge else 376pp. b/w plates & ills. showing many coins. Very good copy. The most a very good copy. The background of this novel is Africa, not the Africa compact and comprehensive guide to the vast series of Roman coins. of The Heart of the Matter, but the Belgian Congo. A stranger arrives at $35 a leper colony where a cured leper is known as a “burnt-out case”. $24 213 SEVERIN, H.M. GOLD AND PLATINUM COINAGE 220 GREENE, Graham. THE CAPTAIN AND THE ENEMY. Lond. OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA FROM 1701 TO 1911. A Compilation of all Guild Publishing. 1988. (rep) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 188pp. Fine. A novel. known types and varieties. N.Y. Crown & Taler Publishing. 1958. Or.cl. $18 Dustjacket. 77pp. + 17 plates showing many coins. Sl.mark on foredge 221 (GREENE, Graham) GREENE, Richard (Ed.) GRAHAM else Fine. 1st ed. $45 GREENE. A LIFE IN LETTERS. Lond. Little Brown. 2007. Or.bds. 214 SOBIN, George Jnr. THE SILVER CROWNS OF FRANCE Dustjacket. 446pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Greene, one of the 1641-1973. A catalogue of regularly issued crown-sized silver coins of undisputed masters of English prose in the 20th century, wrote tens of France struck under national authority after the coinage reform of 1641, thousands of personal letters. This is an account of his life constructed including the cus from 1641 to 1794 and the comparable decimal issues from those letters. $35 from 1795 to 1973. Teaneck (NJ) Richard Margolis. 1974. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. 222 (GREENE, Graham) SINYARD, Neil. GRAHAM GREENE. Dustjacket. 259pp. Many b/w ills. Very good copy. Based on the author’s A LITERARY LIFE. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. 2003. Or.bds. 30 years of collecting and research of this type of series. $50 Dustjacket. 169pp. Very good copy. 1st ed. An unusual account of the 215 VICE, David. THE COINAGE OF BRITISH WEST AFRICA literary life of one of the 20th century’s greatest novelists. $35 & ST.HELENA 1684-1958. Birmingham. Peter Ireland (Format) 1983. 223 (GREENE, Graham) COUTO, Maria. GRAHAM GREENE Or.gilt-stamped bds. Dustjacket. 237pp. Many b/w ills. of coins. Fine ON THE FRONTIER. Politics and Religion in the Novels. Basingstoke. copy in a fine dj. 1st ed. $90 Macmillan Press. 1988. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 249pp. Very good copy. 1st 216 WELTER, Gerhard. CLEANING AND PRESERVATION ed. Explores Greene’s perceptions, ideas and beliefs. $33 OF COINS AND MEDALS. Including Paper Money Restoration and 224 GREENE, Graham. THE HONORARY CONSUL. Lond. Preservation by James J.Curto. N.Y. Sandofrd J.Durst. 1976. Or.bds. 118pp. The Bodley Head. 1974. (2nd imp) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 335pp. Sl.tears to 1st ed. Translated from the German. $65 dj else a very good copy. Green once named The Honorary Consul as his favourite among his novels, “because the characters change, and GRAHAM GREENE that is very difficult to do.” A political kidnap & sexual betrayal set in Argentina in 1970. $25 225 (GREENE, Graham) CLOETTA, Yvonne. IN SEARCH OF A BEGINNING. My Life with Graham Greene. Translated from the French by Euan Cameron. Lond. Bloomsbury. 2004. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 209pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st English language ed. The author shared the life of Graham Greene for almost 32 years. $38 226 GREENE, Graham. OUR MAN IN HAVANA. An Entertainment. Lond. RS. 1960. (rep) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 223pp. A very good copy in a fine dj. $25 227 GREENE, Graham. THE QUIET AMERICAN. Lond. William Heinemann. 1956. (3rd imp) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 247pp. Dj a little torn & price-clipped. Sl. foxing on foredge else a Good copy. One of Greene’s best-known novels, written in his usual masterly prose. $75 217 GREENE, Graham A SORT OF LIFE. Lond. Bodley Head. 228 GREENE, Graham. TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT. A Novel. 1971. (2nd imp) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 216pp. Very Good copy. 1st ed. A Syd. Bodley Head. 1969. Or.cl. (edges rubbed) 319pp. Inscript on ffe, else novel. $25 a good copy. 1st Aust ed. A novel from the acclaimed author. $45 218 (GREENE, Graham) ALLOTT, Kenneth & FARRIS, Miriam. 229 GREENE, Graham. YOURS ETC. LETTERS TO THE PRESS. THE ART OF GRAHAM GREENE. Lond. Hamish Hamilton. 1951. Or.cl. Selected and Introduced by Christopher Hawtree. Lond. Reinhardt Books. Dustjacket. 253pp. Frontispiece portrait. Dj chipped at tail of spine else a 1989. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 269pp. Very good copy. 1st ed. Greene’s letters to very good copy. 1st ed. An assessment of Greene’s notable contribution the press have an observation and wit, qualities which made his fiction to English literature. $33 so prescient. $40 THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email: [email protected]

MISCELLANEOUS 236 BENDER, Roger James. & ODEGARD, Warren W. UNIFORMS, 230 AFANAS’EV, Aleksandr. (Ed). MYTHS AND LEGENDS ORGANIZATION AND HISTORY OF THE PANZERTRUPPE. San Jose. OF RUSSIA. Translated by Norbert Guterman. Illustrated by Niroot R. James Bender Pub. 1980. 4to. Col.ill.bds. 336pp. Slight wear to corners. Puttapipat. Lond. The Folio Society. 2009. Or.dec.cloth. Qtr.leather. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Armoured 480pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. In 19th century Russia, Alexei vehicles first appeared during WWI, & changed the tactics & strategy of Mikhailovich began collecting Russian myths & legends. Russian fairy military conflict. With the reintroduction of conscription in 1935, a new tales are often known as wonder tales, containing beauty & magic, often German tank force was created. $60 with a moral twist at the end $45 237 BENJAMIN, A. CHARTRAND, G. & ZHANG, P. THE 231 ARDENNE, Paul. MANUELLE GAUTRAND FASCINATING WORLD OF GRAPH THEORY. Princeton Uni Press. ARCHITECTURE. Basel. Ante Prima. 2005. 4to. Col.ill.bds. 208pp. 2015. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 322pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. With Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st applications in biology, computer science, & transportation science, graph ed. French architect Manuelle Gautrand was a born in 1961, & set up her theory contains some of the most beautiful formulas in mathematics. own architectural firm in Lyon in 1991, before moving to Paris in 1993. Offering problem solving options for many areas. $33 Best known for the Edvard Munch Museum she designed in Oslo. $55 238 BIERCE, Ambrose. THE ENLARGED DEVIL’S DICTIONARY. 232 ATIL, Esin. THE AGE OF SULTAN SULEYMAN THE Research and editing by Ernest Jerome Hopkins. Lond. Victor Gollancz MAGNIFICENT. N.Y. Harry N. Ltd. 1967. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 300pp. Very good copy. 1st ed. The author Abrams Inc. 1987. Folio. Or.cl. of the Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce, was a man of mystery. In 1913 Dustjacket. 356pp. Profusely he staged a dramatic exit into Mexico, & was never seen nor heard from illustrated in colour and black & again. $30 white. Very good copy. 1st ed. A 239 BODDY, Bill. AERO-ENGINED RACING CARS AT celebration of the artistic splendour BROOKLANDS. Sparkford. G.T.Foulis. of Suleyman I (1520-1566), whose 1992. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 160pp. generous patronage saw the arts Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. flourish in Turkey during his reign. $65 Published for a travelling exhibition of works from Turkey. $55 240 BRUSEY, Ben. PU PU HOT POT. The world’s best restaurant names. 233 BABINGTON-SMITH, Lond. Viking. 2012. Small 8vo. Col. Constance. AIR SPY. The exciting ill.bds. 224pp. Profusely illustrated in behind-the-scenes story of the role of colour and black & white. Very good photo intelligence in the winning of copy. 1st ed. 100 snapshots of the World War II. N.Y. Harper Brothers. world’s most amazing, dreadful, & 1957. Or.qt.cl & bds. Dustjacket (sl torn) 266pp. b/w plates. Very good utterly bizarre restaurant names. From A behind the scenes look at the spy planes that gathered copy. 1st ed. restaurants named ‘Thai Tanic’ to a photographic information during the war, & how the information ‘Yac Donalds’ restaurant in Nepal. A obtained helped in bombing offensives during D-Day, & against German selection of humorous eateries. $28 buzz bombs. $30 241 BURTON, Sir Richard F. PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A 234 BADDELEY, Jon. NAUTICAL ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES. PILGRIMAGE TO AL-MADINAH & MECCAH. In two volumes. N.Y. N.Y. Konecky & Konecky. 1993. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 160pp. Profusely Dover Publications Ltd. 1964. Col.Ill.wrapps. Vol. 1. 436pp. Vol. 2. 479pp. illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. This Creases to cover of Vol. 1. b/w ills. Very good set. 1st Dover paperback illustrated collector’s guide covers a wide range of nautical decorative ed. Victorian explorer, Sir Richard Burton set off for Mecca & Medina in arts & navigational instruments. Covering ship models, ship fixtures, 1853 armed with an incredible facility for Eastern languages. He wrote ocean liner artefacts, & ship portrait painting. $38 down his account of his journey to the Arab Peninsula. $45 235 (BEARDSLEY, Aubrey). BEARDSLEY’S ILLUSTRATIONS 242 BYERS, William. HOW MATHEMATICIANS THINK. FOR LE MORTE D’ARTHUR. Reproduced in Facsimile from the Using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics. Dent Edition of 1893-94. Arranged by Edmund V. Gillon Jr. N.Y. Dover Princeton. Princeton Uni Press. 2010. Col.Ill.wrapps. 415pp. Very good Publications. 1972. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 171pp. Corners slightly scuffed. copy. 1st paperback ed. To many outsiders, mathematicians resemble The illustrations for Le Morte Profusely illustrated in black & white. computers, grimly grinding away with a strict formal logic. Their most D’Arthur were Aubrey Beardsley’s first serious creation. He captured important breakthroughs however, are creative & intuitive responses to critical attention after their publication. His artistic career was cut ambiguity. $27 short due to his premature death. $27 THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email:[email protected]

243 CANNON, Joanna. RELIGIONS POVERTY, VISUAL ill.bds. Dustjacket. 176pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. RICHES. Art in the Dominican Churches in Central Italy in the Thirteenth 1st English ed. There are over five hundred gardens nestled away in the and Fourteenth Centuries. New Haven. Yale University Press. 2013. Folio. tangled labyrinth of canals of Venice. Hidden to all but the birds, this Or.bds. Dustjacket. 444pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & lavishly illustrated book looks at these secret gardens. $33 white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Dominican friars were vowed to a life 250 DARWIN, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN. And Selection of religious poverty, & yet by the end of the 14th century their churches in Relation to Sex. The Great Books. The Franklin Library. Pennsylvania. contained many visual riches. Although materially poor, they had a The Franklin Library. 1980. Or.dec.leather. 658pp. Gilt edges. Bound-in great visual wealth. $65 marker ribbon. b/w ills. Very good copy. A limited edition reprint. Born 244 CASTANEDA, Jorge. COMPANERO. The life and death the son of a doctor, Darwin was sent to Medical School but neglected of Che Guevara. Translated from the Spanish by Marina Castaneda. his studies. He was sent to train as an Anglican country parson, but Lond. Bloomsbury. 1997. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 456pp. B/w plates. Very instead developed a great passion for natural history. $50 good copy. 1st English ed. As a symbol of ‘The Revolution’, no one did 251 DAVIS, Brian L. GERMAN ARMY UNIFORMS AND it more compellingly than Che. An honest & invaluable strategist, Che INSIGNIA 1933-1945. Lond. Arms and Armour Press. 1992. (rep) 4to. was cornered by the Bolivian army, captured & executed in 1967. His Or.bds. Dustjacket. 224pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & revolution lives on $33 white. Very good copy. This edition broke new ground, being the first 245 CASUCCI, Piero. FERRARI F1 1948-1963. Milan. Editoriale reference work supported with photographic evidence of every detail of Domus. n.d. 4to. Or.Col.ill.bds. 80pp. Many col & b/w ills. Fine. 1st the military uniforms & insignia of the German army during the Third ed. $30 Reich. $45 246 COHEN, Stan. WINGS TO THE ORIENT. Pan American 252 DAVIS, Brian Leigh. & McGregor, Malcolm. BADGES & Clipper Planes 1935 to 1945. A pictorial INSIGNIA OF THE THIRD REICH. history. Montana. Pic History Publishing 1933 - 1945. Poole. Blandford Press. Co. 1985. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 214pp. 1983. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 208pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. black & white. Very good copy. 1st One of the first commercial air routes ed. A look at the cloth badges & was from San Francisco to Macao, insignia used by the German uniformed with Charles Lindbergh & other early formations. There were sixty-four aviation pioneers seeking out routes uniformed organisations & formations for seaplanes to hop across the globe that were identifiable by their badges successfully. $33 & insignia. $45 247 COWLING, Richard. & 253 DE BRUNHOFF, Jean. THE RICHARDSON, Dave. FYNBOS. STORY OF BABAR. The little elephant. South Africa’s unique floral kingdom. Translated from the French by Merle S. Photography Colin Paterson-Jones. Haas. N.Y. Random House. 1961. (rep) Vlaeberg. Fernwood Press. 1995. (rep) 4to. Col.ill.bds. 48pp. illustrated in 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket (sl torn) 156pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. colour and black & white. Very good copy. The Babar stories are based Very good copy. Fynbos is the smallest floral kingdom in the world, yet on tales that Brunhoff’s wife, Cecile had invented for their children. First has the largest number of plant species. This botanical wonderland has published in 1931, Babar & his bright green suit became an immediate intrigued botanists for years, & delighted those who have explored it. success. $35 $30 254 DEARBORN, Mary V. THE HAPPIEST MAN ALIVE. A 248 (DALI, Salvador) & CARROLL, Lewis. ALICE’S biography of Henry Miller. Lond. Harper Collins. 1991. Or.bds. Qtr. ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. 150th Anniversary edition cloth. Dustjacket. 368pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st UK ed. Born illustrated by Salvador Dali. Princeton. Princeton Uni Press. 2015. 4to. in New York in 1891 to a rigidly conventional German-American family. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 102pp. Slight bumping to bottom corners. col & b/w He spent time in Paris, & his writing didn’t become successful until the ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Oxford mathematician, Charles Lutwidge 1960s, when the counterculture embraced him. $30 Dodgson first published his story of a girl who tumbles down a rabbit 255 DENG, Ming. THE ART BOOK OF CHINESE PAINTINGS. hole in 1865. Dali had a symbolic connection with Alice, & offers a series San Francisco. Long River Press. 2006. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 437pp. of illustrations. $40 Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. 1st ed. 1st ed. During 249 DAMMICCO, Mariagrazia. VENETIAN GARDENS. thousands of years of its development, artists have fully & ingeniously Photography by Marianne Majerus. Paris. Flammarion. 2007. Folio. Col. tapped the versatile expressive powers of the brushwork, making Chinese painting an ever evolving art form. $45 THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email: [email protected]

256 DUNSHEATH, Percy. A HISTORY OF ELECTRICAL 263 FOWLER, E.W.W. NAZI REGALIA. Lond. Bison Books Ltd. ENGINEERING. Lond. Faber and Faber. 1962. Col.Ill.wrapps. 368pp. 1992. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 160pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. The application of electricity, black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Catalogues a wide array of Reich electronics, & electromagnetism developed rapidly in the latter half of decorations, from the Hitler Youth to civilian organisations for old & the 19th century, with the arrival of the telegraph, telephone, & electric retired people, like the DAF. Each decoration indicated rank & position power distribution. $25 in Germany. $35 257 DURRANT, Lawrence. HAYES GORDON. The man and 264 FRERE, Paul. PORSCHE RACING CARS OF THE 70S. his dream. Marrickville. Southwood Press. 1997. Or.bds. Dustjacket. Cambridge. Patrick Stephens. 1980. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 164pp. Profusely 254pp. Dustjacket torn & creased at back cover. b/w ills. Very good illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Porsche copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by Hayes Gordon. Hayes Gordon has gone from has been involved with motor racing since World War II, with the car a Boston shoeshine boy, to studying drama in New York. The McCarthy manufacturer winning more races than any other. The 1970s was a inquisitions led him to Australia, where he founded the Ensemble Theatre, particularly successful period for Porsche. $35 beginning a new career. $35 265 FRERE, Paul. THE RACING PORSCHES. A technical triumph. 258 ECKSTEIN, Bob. FOOTNOTES FROM THE WORLD’S N.Y. Arco Publishing Company. 1974. (rep) 4to. Or.cl. 212pp. Cloth GREATEST BOOKSTORES. spotted & flecked. b/w plates. Good copy. 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