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ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP CATALOGUE 324 The Antique Bookshop & Curios ABN 64 646 431062 Phone Orders To: (02) 9966 9925 Fax Orders to: (02) 9966 9926 Mail Orders to: PO Box 7127, McMahons Point, NSW 2060 Email Orders to: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.antiquebookshop.com.au Books Held At: Level 1, 328 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest 2065 Hours: 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday All items offered at Australian Dollar prices subject to prior FOREWORD sale. Prices include GST. Postage & insurance is extra. “How did 105 priceless and irreplaceable historical specimens sent here by the French end up being destroyed by biosecurity officers?” A quote Payment is due on receipt of books. from an article in the Good Weekend about the recent destruction in No reply means item sold prior to receipt of your order. Australia of botanical specimens collected by the French botanist Labil- Unless to firm order, books will only be held for three days. lardiere in the 18th century. The collection was captured by the English in 1795 and Labillardiere appealed to Sir Joseph Banks for its return. The collection was eventually returned to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. It survived WWII and later various French institutional budget cuts but CONTENTS was cut down in the most mundane fashion by Australian Government biosecurity officers. They achieved what the Nazis did not! BOOKS OF THE MONTH 1 - 28 The collection contained a number of “type specimens”, the first known AUSTRALIA & THE PACIFIC 29 - 211 examples of new species, highly important for later research. MISCELLANEOUS 212 - 383 I recommend the excellent account of the fiasco by the SMH, but their researches into this have been met by what is essentially a cover-up by the government. “..Australian officials refusing to speak beyond bland bureaucratic statements of regret.” The botanist who ordered the speci- mens “.. has been instructed not to talk to the media.” Front cover items: I’m sure steps will be taken to ensure this doesn’t happen again (if any institution would ever again consider sending specimens to Australia!) 4,19,61,18,13 / Nevertheless the incident speaks volumes about the lack of transpar- 20, 9, 22 (2v), 2 ency in government here. No official seems ever to be willing to accept responsibility for such stuff-ups and measures are taken to shut down any real enquiry by silencing those who March 2018 know the facts. It is no wonder that whistle-blowers are a threatened species here despite supposed legislative protections! THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email:[email protected] BOOKS OF THE MONTH 6 DAVIES, Alan & STANBURY, Peter. THE MECHANICAL EYE IN AUSTRALIA. Photography 1841-1900. Melb. OUP. 1985. 4to. Or.bds. 1 BALMORI, Diana. & HOFFMANN, Adriana. JARDINES Dustjacket. 270pp. Many b/w plates & ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. JUAN GRIMM, 1984-1999. Chile. Ediciones ARQ. 1999. Folio. Col.ill.bds. An important study of the history of early Australian photography from 228pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very the first recorded photograph of 1841 to 1900. $155 good copy. 1st ed. Spanish text. Juan Grimm 7 DU PUY, David. (Ed). THE LEGUMINOSAE OF Moroni is a Chilean landscape architect MADAGASCAR. Kew. Royal Botanic who has designed over 1,000 hectares of Gardens. 2002. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. gardens in public & private parks in Chile, 737pp. col plates & b/w ills. Bound-in Argentina, Peru, & Uruguay. $125 marker ribbons. Very good copy. 1st ed. 2 (BOYD, Arthur). PHILIPP, Franz. Scarce. The Leguminosae is one of the largest ARTHUR BOYD. Lond. Thames and plant families in the diverse & unique flora Hudson. 1967. 4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 288pp. of the island of Madagascar. All the genera Col & b/w plates the colour plates tipped- represented in Madagascar have been recently in. Very good copy. 1st ed. Arthur Boyd’s art revised with 129 new species. $175 deals mainly with humanitarian issues & 8 FLEMING, Ian. THUNDERBALL. the universal themes of love, loss, & shame. Lond. Jonathan Cape. 1961. Or.bds. with As a member of the Melbourne based Antipodean group of painters, he blind-stamped skeletal hand on front board. travelled to London in 1959. $175 Dustjacket 221pp. Sl.foxing on foredge and dj 3 CORFIELD, Robin S. HOLD HARD, COBBERS. The story sl.torn & repaired else a very good copy. The of the 57th and 60th and 57/60th Australian scarce 1st ed. $275 Infantry Battalions, 1912-1990. 2 volumes. 9 (FLINDERS, Matthew.) MATTHEW Volumes 1, 1912-1930 & Volume 2, 1930-1990. FLINDERS. NAVIGATOR AND Glenhuntly (SA) The Battalion Assoc 1991- CHARTMAKER. By Geoffrey C. Ingleton. 92. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 288,352pp. Both col. Foreword by HRH The Prince Phillip, Duke of frontispiece and many b/w ills. Fine set. 1st Edinburgh. Lond. Genesis Publications. 1986. eds. Vol.1. an edition of 1,000 copies, vol.2. 2,000 Folio. Or.cl. 468pp. Col.plates & b/w ills. & copies. The set $195 charts. Fine. 1st ed. The definitive biography of 4 (DALI, Salvador) THE WINES OF GALA. Flinders. $195 By Salvador Domenech Felipe Jacinto Dali of 10 GRIFFITH, Gareth. SOCIALISM AND the Royal Academy of San Fernando Of Madrid. SUPERIOR BRAINS. The political thought of Translated from the French by Olivier Bernier. Bernard Shaw. Lond. Routledge. 1993. Or.bds. N.Y. Harry N.Abrams. 1978 Folio. Or.dec.bds. Dustjacket. 306pp. Fine. 1st ed. Long inscription Dustjacket. 296pp. Profusely illustrated in colour by the author on the title page. $75 with many paintings and drawings by Dali, and some photographs. Very 11 HUMPHREY, Carol. QUAKER SCHOOL good copy. 1st Eng. ed. Scarce. A GIRL SAMPLERS FROM ACKWORTH. combination of the genius of Dali and Pontifract. Needleprint. 2006. Folio. Or.bds. some of the world’s greatest wines. Dustjacket. 232pp. Profusely illustrated in $225 colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Very Scarce. Ackworth’s School girl 5 DAVIES, Alan. AN EYE FOR samplers were made between the late 1700s & PHOTOGRAPHY. The Camera in early 1800s by pupils of Ackworth’s School in Australia. Melb. Miegunyah Press. West Yorkshire. The needlework skills were a 2004. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 230pp. CV that was shown when seeking employment. $375 Many col. & b/w photographic illustrations. Fine copy. Scarce. 12 IDRIESS, Ion L. CYANIDING FOR GOLD. A complete, simple “Alan Davies charts the history and detailed account of the process written especially for the working of Photography in Australia with miner and the small syndicate. Syd. Angus & Robertson. 1939. Or.cl. authority and insight”. $150 270pp. Illustrations and diagrams. An ex-Sydney School of Arts Library copy with library labels on the front & back bds. Stamp on title and a few other small stamps. A little foxing on endpapers. The rare 1st ed. of Idriess’s scarcest book. $895 THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email: [email protected] 13 IRRIGATION FARMING small, but distinguished collection of illuminated manuscripts dating IN AUSTRALIA. An account of the from the 12th to the 15th century. $120 irrigation closer settlement schemes in 19 MASSY, Charles. THE AUSTRALIAN MERINO. The Story the Commonwealth, showing the steps of a Nation. Syd. Random House. 2007. by which the new settler from overseas (Revised & updated edition) Thick begins. Melb. Minister of State Int.Affairs 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 1262pp. Many 1915. Col.Ill.wrapps. 40pp. b/w ills. Very b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. This good copy. Scarce. $120 copy inscribed by the author to Alan 14 KENTRIDGE, William. NOSE. Ives “Alan, in appreciation of your THIRTY ETCHINGS. N.Y. David Krut assistance with researching two books Publishing. 2010. Sm.Oblong 4to. Or.bds. and in admiration of your knowledge Dustjacket. unpag. Reproductions of 30 of Australian history..” The definitive etchings with associated text. Fine. 1st ed. book on the Australian merino drawing Scarce. Kentridge was commissioned in on Massy’s vast experience in the wool 2006 by the Metropolitan Opera House in industry and with sheep breeding. New York to design and direct the opera $295 “The Nose” based on Gogol’s original 20 McCORMICK, Tim. FIRST VIEWS short story. The opera is being performed in Australia this year, directed OF AUSTRALIA 1788-1825. A History by Barrie Kosky. $75 of Early Sydney. Syd. 1987 4to. Or.cl. 15 KINGSFORD-SMITH, C.E. & ULM, C.T.P. STORY OF Dustjacket. 340pp. Many col & b/w plates. Some foxing spots on top THE “SOUTHERN CROSS” SOUTH PACIFIC FLIGHT 1928. Syd. edge else a very good copy. 1st ed. Restricted edition of 2000 copies. An Penlington & Somerville. 1928. Or.dec.cl. 227pp. Cloth covered in important volume which brings together all the known topographic removable plastic. b/w plates. A very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. The views of Sydney & Parramatta made between the beginnings of famous first flight across the Pacific by Kingsford-Smith. $55 settlement and the end of the Governorship of Lachlan Macquarie. $225 16 (KNGWARREYE, Emily Kame.) UTOPIA: THE GENIUS OF EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE, Ed. by 21 PIRIE, A.A. (Andy). COMMANDO - DOUBLE BLACK. Margot Neale. Canb. Nat.Mus. of Australia An Historical Narrative of the 2/5th Press. 2008. Folio. Or.ill.wrapps. 271pp. Australian Independent Company; Profusely illustrated in colour and black Later The 2/5th Cavalry Commando & white. Fine. 1st ed. Very Scarce. $330 Squadron, 1942-1945. By an Original Member. Syd. 2/5th Commando Trust. 17 LEME, Elton M. & MARIGO, 1993. Or.cl. Dustjacket (a little torn & Luiz Claudio. BROMELIADS IN THE faded) 256pp. Profusely illustrated in BRAZILIAN WILDERNESS. Rio de b/w. Name crossed out on ffe else a very Janeiro. Marigo Communicacao 1993. good copy.