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1 ABBIE, A.A. A Survey of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Collection in the Tasmanian Museum. With Introd. by W.E.L.H. Crowther. Hobart 1964. 4to. Orig. printed wrapper. (pp. 49-62). (Repr. Papers & Proc. Roy Soc. Tasmania, Vol. 98). Printed in double-column. $40 2 ABORIGINES AT SOMERSET (QUEENSLAND). Mission to the Aborigines at Somerset. (Brisbane 1868). F’scap folio. Orig. blue paper as issued. (6pp.). Fine. NOTE: Parliamentary Paper respecting the establishment of a Mission to the Aborigines at Somerset. $75 3 ABORIGINES: A sizeable collection of newspaper clippings pertaining to Aborigines, their art, their folklore, customs, etc., including 9 photos (undated) of portraits of V.D.L. Aborigines, plus 2 postcards (1: depicting cave rock art; 2: aboriginal portrait of Nukitjilpi, Tribal Chief of the Pitjandjara Tribe, Central Australia). Sold as a collection. $65 4 ADAMS, B.B. et al. The Railway Signal Dictionary. An illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which Designate American Railway Signals, their Parts, Attachments and Details of Construction, with Descriptions of Methods of Operation and some illustrations of British Signals and Practice. 2nd ed. Revised. New York 1911. 4to. Orig. morocco. Gilt (spine faded, extremities worn). (xii, 526, 24pp.). With numerous text illusts, and adverts. Previous owner’s signatures on front endpaper. Hinges weak. $150 5 ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. By One who was Born There. London: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. (school prize label on front fl y-leaf dated June 1913). 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. Gilt. Edges gilt (228, 16pp.). With col. frontispiece, and 5 full-page b/w plates by Lancelot Speed. Title-page printed in red & blue ink. Fine crisp copy. Muir 8246. $60 6 AGEE, James. The Morning Watch. Roma: Botteghe Oscure VI, 1950. Roy. 8vo. Orig. printed wrappers (lower spine slightly worn, hinges weak). (76pp.). 1st ed. Rare. $250 7 ALICE SPRINGS. The Alice: A Story of the Town and District of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, compiled by the Alice Springs Branch of the Country Women’s Association. (Adelaide) 1952. Sm. 4to. Orig. boards. In illust. dustjacket (small tears at extremities, but complete). (76pp.). With num. illusts., maps and graphs, front endpaper illust., and back endpaper map. Nice copy. $45 8 ALLPORT, Henry. Art in Tasmania: Glimpses of Early Days, History in Pictures, Old Times at the Exhibition. (Hobart 1931). Tall 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper. (8pp.). A scarce pamphlet printed in double- column with the second column on p. 1 partly misprinted. The cover title states: Early Art in Tasmania. Souvenir of Art, Antique and Historical Exhibition. Provenance signature on front wrapper ‘C. Craig’. $60 9 AMUNDSEN, Roald. The Amundsen Photographs. Ed. and introd. by R. Huntford. New York (1987). 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (200pp.). Profusely illust. in col. and b/w and with 3 full-page maps. 1st American ed. Fine. NOTE: Photographs of the three most important expeditions of the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen: through the North West Passage in 1903; the 1911 attainment of the South Pole; and the 1918 journey along the Siberian coast and through the North East Passage. $60 1 10 AMUNDSEN, Roald. The South Pole. An account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. Transl. ... by A.G. Chater. 2 Vols in one. Brisbane: U.Q.P., (1976). Royal thick 8vo. Original cloth. Dustjacket. Gilt lettering on spine. (xxxvi, 392, x, 450pp.). With portr., numerous plates, charts, and a folding diagram. (Facsimile reprint of 1912 ed.). $150 11 ANDREWS, E.C. An Introduction to the Physical Geography of New South Wales. Illustrated by D.H. Souter. Sydney: William Brooks & Co., 1909. Sm. 8vo. Orig. printed boards with cloth spine (rubbed). (6,iv,104,2pp.). With numerous illusts. $40 12 APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume. Le Poete Assassine. Paris: L’Edition Bibliotheque des Curieux, 1916. Sm. 8vo. Orig. half brown cloth with marbled boards. (316pp.). Text in French. 1st ed. NOTE: Probably the major prose work by this founder of the 20th Century avant-garde, a loosely knit novel of the life and death of Croniamantal, Apollinaire’s larger-than-life alter ego. $250 13 ARNOLD, J.K. A grammar of the Language of Edugaura. Presented to the Government of Papua. Port Moresby: Edward George Baker, (1928). Royal 8vo. Orig. printed boards with cloth spine. (vi, 60pp.). A very good copy, albeit ex-library. Extremely rare. NOTE: Largely through the Methodist Missionary Society which adopted the language of Edugaura, it is thought to have become the ‘lingua franca” of the Eastern and South-Eastern Divisions of Papua. $400 14 ARTHUR, G. (By A.G.L. Shaw). Sir George Arthur, 1784- 1854. Superintendent of British Honduras, Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land and of Upper Canada, Governor of the Bombay Presidency. Melbourne: University Press, 1980. 8vo. Original cloth. Dustjacket. (xi,308pp.). With col. frontispiece, 12 full-page plates, and bibliog. Fine. $40 15 AUSTRALASIAN MODEL RAILWAYS, The. A (Monthly) Magazine devoted to the Encouragement and Betterment of Model Railways in Australia and New Zealand. Vol. I: No. 1. (Temora, N.S.W.: July 1956). 8vo. Orig. illust. wrapper as issued. (20pp.). With illusts. and adverts. $40 16 AUSTRALIA HANDBOOK, The. Published quarterly by The Australia Hotel Co. Ltd. Edited and compiled by Violet A. Roche. Vols 1-2 (complete in 8 issues). Sydney Aug. 1925 - April 1927. 4to. Cloth bound in two volumes retaining the orig. illust. wrappers. Copiously illustrated with photographic plates some of which are coloured, and interesting contemp. adverts. The fi rst issues of life in Sydney depicting its social fabric as seen from The Australia Hotel, arguably Australia’s foremost meeting and residential centre. In addition to the magazine’s circulation in the Hotel itself, copies were circulated in Menzies Hotel, Melbourne; Hotel Richmond, Adelaide; the Esplanade Hotel, Perth; and Lennon’s Hotel, Brisbane. Scarce. $750 17 AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF TRADE MARKS. Vols. 1 & 2. Melbourne: Dept. of Patents, 1906-1907. Royal 8vo. Orig. hf. roan (worn). Contents fi ne. With numerous text-illusts. depicting the various products and designs. $125 2 18 AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE. A Century Plus of Locomotives: New South Wales Railways, 1855-1965. (Sydney): Australian Railway Historical Society, 1965. Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. Gilt. In chipped, illust. dustjacket. (144pp.). Profusely illust. in b/w with frontisp., title-vign., and b/w plates. $50 19 AUSTRALIAN SCENIC TOURS: A Travel & Tourist Annual. Adelaide: Bastin’s Tourist Offi ce, 1935. 4to. Orig. illust. wrapper (slightly rubbed). (56pp.). With num. b/w plates of which some full-page, text- illusts., 1 double-page map, and illust. adverts. Previous owner’s name on cover. $95 20 AVEBURY, Lord. Ants, Bees, and Wasps. A Record of Observation on the Habits of the social Hymenoptera. ... London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1902. 8vo. Orig. cloth. (xviii, 436pp.). With 5 full-page col. plates, 2 folding plates, text-fi gs, and adverts at beginning of text. Uncut. $60 21 BANK NOTES: The Monthly Staff Magazine of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. A good run from December 1927 to December 1929 (25 issues). 4to. Bound in 2 vols (one binding broken). Copiously illustrated with photographic illustrations depicting life and scenery in Australia, often the outback. Printed in double-column. $150 22 BANKS, J. (By H.C. Cameron). Sir Joseph Banks, K.B., P.R.S. The Autocrat of the Philosophers. London (1952). 8vo. Orig. cloth. In chipped dustjacket. (xx, 342pp.). With frontispiece and 9 full- page plates. 1st ed. $55 23 BANKS, J. (By Patrick O’Brian). Joseph Banks: A Life. Lond: Collins Harvill, 1987. Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In illust. dustjacket. (328pp.). With 8 full-page b/w plates, and a family tree. 1st edition. Near fi ne. NOTE: Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) rose to lasting renown when as a young botanist he accompanied James Cook on his circumnavigation and voyage of discovery to Australia, 1768-1771. From 1778 to 1820 he was President of the Royal Society. $75 24 BARTH, H. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. ... Lond: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1890. 8vo. Orig. buckram. Spine gilt (dulled). (xxxii, 608pp.). With frontisp. & protective tissue-guard, 1 map, 6 full-page b/w plates, and num. b/w text-illusts. Endpapers lightly foxed, and light pencil annotations on some pages. Uncut. (The Minerva Library of Famous Books). $50 25 BASTIAN, A. Indonesien oder Die Inseln des Malayischen Archipel. Parts I-IV (bound in 1 volume). Pt. I: Die Molukken; Pt. II: Timor und Umliegende Inseln; Pt III: Sumatra und Nachbarschaft; Pt. IV: Borneo und Celebes. Berlin: Ferd. Dummlers, 1884-1889. Royal 8vo. (xii, 168, lxxiv, 116, xxx,134, cviii, 74pp.). With 10 full-page litho plates one of which is coloured and each with a page of descriptive text. Uncut. Fine. $600 26 BAUDELAIRE, C. Charles Baudelaire: His Life. By T. Gautier. Transl. into English, with selections from his poems, ... and an Essay on his Infl uence by G. Thorne. London: Greening & Co., (1915). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. (x, 206pp.). With portrait, and 3 full-page plates. Fine uncut copy. $65 3 27 BEAN CARS LIMITED. The Bean 25 cwt Commercial Vehicle Handbook. ... Second Edition. ... Dudley, Worcs.: Bean Cars, n.d. (circa 1925). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. (48pp.). With num. b/w plates, text-illusts., full-page diagrams, a full-page graph, and fold. Lubricating Chart in end- pocket. ADDED: Lucas Running Instructions for the Electric Lighting and Starting System; and other assoc. ephemera. NOTE: Handbook for the Bean 20-25 cwt. commercial vehicles, introduced by the company in 1925. Established as ironfounders in 1826, Bean began producing cars shortly after World War One, and continued until the early 1930s, when the company went out of business.