ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP CATALOGUE 330 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 Ted Mack, a past Mayor of North Sydney and past Local Member for sale. Prices include GST. Postage & insurance is extra. North Sydney in both the NSW and Federal Parliaments, passed away Payment is due on receipt of books. this week. No reply means item sold prior to receipt of your order. He was one of the finest, most principled men I ever had the pleasure of meeting and would be a role model for anyone aspiring to public life. Unless to firm order, books will only be held for three days. As local Mayor he was active in community affairs, popular with resi- dents, and was highly visible, driving around the Municipality in his vintage Citroen. He famously sold the council Mercedes when he became CONTENTS Mayor in 1980 and used the funds to buy a community bus. He was an architect and during his time as Mayor acted to limit develop- BOOKS OF THE MONTH 1 - 26 ment where he felt public spaces were compromised. AUSTRALIA & THE PACIFIC 27 - 220 While he was Mayor I submitted a development application to the Coun- MISCELLANEOUS 221 - 393 cil for an extension to my house. It was approved subject to considerable changes which were beyond my ability to fund. The council officers wouldn’t budge on this so I rang Ted Mack and spoke to him personally. He didn’t know me at all yet he promised to look into the matter. In fact Front cover items: he organised a conference at my house with the council officer involved and my builder and attended personally. There was much discussion 5, 4, 23, 204 / over the plans and he managed to negotiate a compromise which left 24, 178, 27, 3, 6, 245, 34 everyone happy. He helped many others in various ways. He was not a wealthy man yet resigned from State Parliament a few days before he would have received a million dollar pension, and did the same November 2018 when he resigned from Federal parliament. He said he didn’t need the money and he thought politicians’ pensions were outrageously high! Follow us on Instagram @theantiquebookshop I doubt we’ll see his like again. For many years he could be seen lunching regularly with old chums at Blues Point Cafe in McMahons Point. THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email:[email protected] Rare. Greg Denning presents the accounts of BOOKS OF THE MONTH early European visitors, sailors, missionaries, 1 ATTENBOROUGH, David. LIFE ON AIR. Lond. BBC Books. soldiers, beachcombers, & whalers to the 2002. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 384pp. col & b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Fenua'enata Islands, & the Marquesas. $275 Inscribed by the author. Richard Attenborough joined the BBC in 1950, 7 DOYLE, Peter. & WILLIAMS, Caleb. CITY & was assigned to the BBC's fledgling television service. His interest in OF SHADOWS. Sydney Police Photographs natural history led him to film an early program at London Zoo called 1912 - 1948. Syd. The Historic Houses Trust. Zoo Quest. $90 2005. 4to. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 239pp. (sl 2 BROMFIELD, David. SUITCASE CITY. A Study of the Work of foxing) to top edge. Profusely illustrated in black Thomas Hoareau. East Perth. Vanitas Vanitatum & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Published to Brown 1999. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 111pp. Profusely accompany an exhibition held at the Justice illustrated in colour and black & white. Very & Police Museum in Sydney between 2005 & good copy. 1st ed. Thomas Hoareau is an 2006, a selection of photos from the Sydney Australian contemporary artist who has been Police archives that portray crime scenes & developing his practice for 30 years. Painting criminals. $110 everyday culture he seeks for meaning from the 8 FROISSART, Christian. LA ordinary everyday experiences. $60 CONNAISSANCE DES SAUGAES. Aix-en- 3 BROWN, Clare. DRIVEN BY IDEAS. Provence. Edisud. 2008. 4to. Col.ill.bds. 318pp. The story of Arthur Bishop. A great Australian Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. inventor. Syd. UNSW Press Ltd. 2003. 4to. 1st ed. French Text. French plant collector, Or.bds. Dustjacket. 263pp. Profusely illustrated Christian Froissart made two expeditions to in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Arthur Mexico to bring back some 300 species of sage Bishop first demonstrated his innovative plants. Now a very popular garden plant, we inventions during WWII for the air force, when look at the plants history & its variety. $75 he improved the stability of aircraft tail-wheel 9 GODDARD, D. E. & MILNE, D. K. (Ed). landing gear. He also improved automobile PARKES. Thirty Years of Radio Astronomy. East steering systems $75 Melbourne. CSIRO Publications. 1994. 4to. Col. 4 BRUKOFF, Barry. & JESSUP, Helen ill.bds. 162pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Ibbitson. TEMPLES OF CAMBODIA. The The Parkes Observatory, informally known Heart of Angkor. Photographs by Barry Brukoff. as 'The Dish' was built in 1961. It was one of Text by Helen Ibbitson Jessup. Bangkok. River several radio telescopes used to receive live Books. 2011. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 247pp. televised images of the Apollo 11 moon landing Profusely illustrated in colour and black & in July 1969. $75 white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Over a period 10 HOLLANDS, David. EAGLES HAWKS of five hundred years from the 7th to the 12th AND FALCONS OF AUSTRALIA. Melb. centuries, successive rulers in Cambodia, Thomas Nelson. 1984. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. sought to build the most complex & imposing 212pp. col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. architectural creations for gods & kings. $75 David Hollands presents all twenty four diurnal 5 BUTLER, Graeme. BULN BULN. A birds of prey in Australia. With photographs for History of the Buln Buln Shire. Drouin. identification, & ornithological facts to aid Drouin Commercial Printers. 1979. 4to. Or.bds. identification in the field. $70 Dustjacket. 794pp. b/w ills & maps. Very good 11 HORDERN, Marsden. KING OF THE copy. 1st ed. Scarce. In 1878 the Buln Buln Shire AUSTRALIAN COAST. The Work of Phillip was formed to settle two issues. The building of Parker King in the Mermaid and Bathurst 1817 roads, & who should pay for them, & bringing - 1822. Carlton South. Melbourne Uni Press. the Gippsland Railway to Buln Buln allowing its produce to reach 1998. (rep) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 441pp. col & Melbourne. $100 b/w plates. Very good copy. Phillip Parker 6 DENING, Greg. BEACH CROSSINGS. Voyaging across King was assigned to survey those parts of times, cultures and self. Carlton. The Miegunyah Press. 2004. 4to. Or.bds. the Australian coast not already examined by Dustjacket. 376pp. b/w ills. Dj sl.torn else a Very good copy. 1st ed. Matthew Flinders. He made 3 trips in the HMS Mermaid, & 1 in the HMS Bathurst between 1817 & 1822. $85 THE ANTIQUE BOOKSHOP & CURIOS Tel: 02 9966 9925 Email: [email protected] 12 JENNINGS, Dare. MAMBO - STILL 17 RADICE, Barbara. MEMPHIS. LIFE WITH FRANCHISE. Rushcutters Bay. Research, Experiences, Results, Failures and Mambo Graphics Ltd 1998. Folio. Col.ill.bds. Successes of New Design. Lond. Thames & 217pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and Hudson. 1985. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 207pp. black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. In Profusely illustrated in colour and black & the early 1970s, Dare Jannings ran Phantom white. Dj sl.chipped else a very good copy. Records, & would print t-shirts & graphics 1st UK ed. The Italian design & architecture after hours for in-house artists. Mambo company, Memphis Group was founded by was born in 1984 with a farting dog t-shirt Ettore Sottsass in 1980. They specialised in snapped up by surf culture. $75 postmodern furniture, & fabrics that used ephemeral designs with colourful abstracts 13 JOHNSON, Keith A. & SAINTY, R. $80 Malcolm. SYDNEY BURIAL GROUND 1819 - 1901 (Elizabeth and Devonshire Streets). 18 ROSS, Valerie. A HAWKESBURY And History of Sydney's Early Cemeteries from STORY. Syd. Library of Australian History. 1981. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 1788. Syd. Library of Australian Hist. 2001. 4to. 254pp. b/w plates & maps. Very good copy. 1st ed. The story of First Or.bds. Dustjacket. 512pp. b/w ills. b/w ills. Fleeter, Matthew James Everingham & the first generation of his family Very good copy. 1st ed. This commemorative born & raised in the Hawkesbury River district. His day-to-day life volume is published to mark the Centenary of reveals the pioneer family experience. $75 the resumption of the Sydney Burial Ground, & 19 STEADMAN, Ralph. STILL LIFE WITH BOTTLE. the removal of remains in January to May 1901, Whisky according to Ralph Steadman. N.Y. to make way for Central Railway Station. Harcourt Brace & Company. 1994. 4to. Or.bds. $150 Dustjacket. 160pp. Profusely illustrated in 14 MILLER, Henry. THE AIR- colour and black & white. Very good copy. CONDITIONED NIGHTMARE. Lond. 1st ed. When asked to create a book on Secker & Warburg. 1947. Or.cl. 292pp. (sl malt whiskey & its ways, Ralph Steadman foxing) Very good copy. 1st UK ed. A memoir embraced the subject with characteristic of Henry Miller's 1940 road-trip from New York passion & zeal. Travelling the length & to Florida after returning from living in Paris breadth of Scotland to visit its distilleries. for 9 years. He brings a selection of books for $60 the journey, & bumps into Dali, who dislikes 20 STENING, Dr.