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Alison, Jennifer. DOING SOMETHING FOR AUSTRALIA: GEORGE ROBERTSON AND THE EARLY YEARS OF ANGUS AND ROBERTSON, PUBLISHERS, 1888-1900
Melbourne Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand 2009 6.75 x 9.75 inches hardcover 332 pages
From tentative beginnings in 1888, Angus and Robertson soon hit their stride as publishers with the publication of Banjo Paterson's verses The Man from Snowy River. This book was a phenomenal success, surprising even its publishers. Snowy River was quickly followed by two successful Henry Lawson titles, In the Days When the World was Wide and While the Billy Boils.

From this foundation, Angus and Robertson went on to publish books for the Australian community for the better part of the next hundred years. The powerful force in the early publishing was George Robertson, who devoted himself to the task and who, with the continuing success of the firm's many books, truly believed he was "doing something for Australia."

This book tells the story of how Angus and Robertson operated as a business to achieve their success, which in effect tells the story of George Robertson himself.

Jennifer Alison is a graduate of the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. She worked as a librarian at the State Library of New South Wales and the University of Sydney. She has previously written on the Australian book trade, preservation of text, and the Australian private press movement.

Distributed for the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand. Available in Australia and New Zealand from the publisher.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 104149

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(Australia) AUSTRALIANA: CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS ILLUSTRATING THE EARLY HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
London Sotheby, Parke Bernet & Co. 1982 8vo stiff paper wrappers 105, (7) pages
Auction, April 6-7, 1982, of items relating to Australia and New Zealand. Includes exploration, natural history, travel and manuscripts. 350 lots. Listing of estimates laid in. Color and black and white illustrations throughout.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 108005

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(Australia) Ferguson, John Alexander. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA
4 volumes. Canberra National Library of Australia 1975 large 8vo. cloth, dust jackets.
Facsimile reprint of the first edition. Volume one dealing with books published between 1784 and 1830, volume two 1831-1838, volume three 1839-1845 and volume four 1846-1850. Additional volumes were issued which carry the work later in the 19th century. Jackets chipped and rubbed.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 103874

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(Australia) Ferguson, John Alexander BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA
7 volumes. Canberra, Australia National Library of Australia (1975) 4to. cloth, dust jacket (xx),540; (xviiii),568; (xiii),632; (xiii),732; (xiv),1146; (viii),1141; (xii),1075 pages
Volumes I and 2 are facsimile editions and the rest are original editions. This set is the standard reference work for printed matter relating to Australia. Volume I: introduction by G. Chandler, with 32 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume 2: covers the years 1831-1838, and includes 39 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume 3 covers the years 1839-1845 and is the original 1951 edition published by Angus and Robertson Ltd., with 37 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume 4 covers the years 1864-1850 and is the original 1955 edition with 38 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume 5 covers the years 1851-1900, entries A-G. It is the original 1963 edition with a frontispiece, 35 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume 6 covers the years 1851-1900, entries H-P, and is the original 1965 edition with a frontispiece, 36 black-and-white illustrations and an index. Volume 7 covers the years 1851-1900, entries Q-Z and is the final volume in the set. It is the original 1969 edition with a frontispiece, 36 black-and-white illustrations and an index. All volumes have some minor wear and rubbing at extremities, and spine ends are bumped. Volume 3 is missing the dust jacket.
Price: $ 500.00 other currencies Order nr. 103982

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THE) AUSTRALIAN PRINTING HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL (
2 Volumes. Taylor, James (editor) (Pyrmont, New South Wales) Australian Printing Historical Society 1986, 1990 4to. stiff paper wrappers, 2nd volume spiral bound (vi), 55+(1); (ii), 66 pages
Volume 1, Number 1 and Volume 2 of the APHS's journal. These are the only two such journals held in Australian libraries according to the online catalogue of the National Library of Australia. The society was affiliated with the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, New South Wales. Each volume has a table of contents and articles on various aspects of the history of printing in Australia. Book reviews in first volume. First volume has color illustrations tipped in. Black and white illustrations in both volumes. Spine and edges of wrappers of first volume faded. Letter, dated July 17, 1990, from the president of the society notes that publication will cease with article submissions and assistance from the membership in production.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 116070

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(Australia) Renard, Gaston F.G. COLES AUSTRALIANA COLLECTION CATALOGUE
With Descriptive and Bibliographical Annotations. Victoria, Australia Gaston Renard 1965 8vo. stiff paper wrappers viii, 194, (4) pages
An auction catalogue listing 1287 texts relating to Australia. The auction occurred in July 28-30, 1965. Includes booklet detailing auction prices and sales laid-in. Contains nine plates and supplementary index. Spine creased. Some light wear on edges and corners.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 97557

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Blair, Mary E. THE BEST OF TIMES.
Naples, FL (William D. Blair) 1985 8vo. cloth x, 104, (4) pages
Blairs recollections of travel to Panama, Australia, Africa, and Micronesia with historical references. Introduction, table of contents, and prologue. Black and white illustrations.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 115575

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BOOKWAYS. 11
Austin, TX W. Thomas Taylor 1994 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 71 pages.
With special articles by fine printing in New Zealand by Alan Loney, private press printing in Australia by Jadwiga Jarvis and glimpses of collectors and libraries in New Zealand, New South Wales and Maori.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 43042

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(Borchardt, Dietrich) Bryan, Harrison and John Horacek (editors) AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN THE SEVENTIES, ESSAYS IN HONOR OF DIETRICH BORCHARDT.
St Lucia, Australia University of Queensland Press (1984) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket xv, (i), 331+(1) pages
First edition. The contributors pay tribute to Dietrich Borchardt, who retired in 1980 as the chief librarian of La Trobe University. The 12 essays include Collection Devlopment in Australian University Libraries, The Collapse of the Library Building Boom, Critical Development in Automation, Issues in Library Staffing, etc. With a bibliography of D.H. Borchardt. Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 64879

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(Borchardt, Dietrich) Bryan, Harrison and John Horacek (editors) AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN THE SEVENTIES, ESSAYS IN HONOR OF DIETRICH BORCHARDT.
St Lucia, Australia University of Queensland Press (1984) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket xv, (i), 331+(1) pages
First edition. The contributors pay tribute to Dietrich Borchardt, who retired in 1980 as the chief librarian of La Trobe University. The 12 essays include Collection Devlopment in Australian University Libraries, The Collapse of the Library Building Boom, Critical Development in Automation, Issues in Library Staffing, etc. With a bibliography of D.H. Borchardt. Illustrated. Hole in dust jacket along back hinge.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 96940

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(Brindabella Press) Auchterlonie, Dorothy SOMETHING TO SOMEONE.
Canberra Brindabella Press 1983 8vo. cloth 36 pages
Limited to 230 numbered copies, of which 170 were available for sale. A collection of poetry. Frontispiece wood-engraving by Michael McCurdy. Contrasting buckram by the Dove Bindery. Original prospectus laid in.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 114457

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Chanin, Eileen BOOK LIFE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVID SCOTT MITCHELL.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2012 6 x 9.25 inches paperback 496 pages
Australia's greatest book collector, David Scott Mitchell, gave his extraordinary library and a bequest for its development to the people of Sydney and the world. Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell, by Eileen Chanin, is the first comprehensive account of his life and collecting, told through books, readings, and contemporary correspondence.

Mitchell was a man of astoundingly diverse interests whose collection was not merely for show or posterity, but was, in fact, his own personal reading library. Thus, we can learn much about him by examining his books. Previously labeled as an enigma and portrayed as recluse, Mitchell's true self is revealed through this book. Many books in his collection were written by people he knew, and letters reveal a more socially connected Mitchell than ever seen before. Chanin also delves into the historical events he lived through and their impact on his life and collection.

The growth of Australia from an island of criminals to a legitimate nation happened almost literally during Mitchell's lifetime. Mitchell collected books on Australian history before it was even studied at Melbourne University. Without his contributions, it is unlikely that a full history of Australia could be written.

In the foreword, Bob Carr, former Premier of New South Wales, praises Mitchell's benevolence and hails the Mitchell Library as the "DNA of Australia." The story of his life and collection is important to the story of Australia as a nation and is "in danger of slipping from history."

This book features dozens of color illustrations and black-and-white photographs. Also included are notes, bibliography, index, a list of dramatis personae and several family trees.

The first edition sold out within six months - ahead of news that the book was awarded the 2011 Alex Buxo Prize and shortlisted for the prestigious Waverley Library Award for Literature sponsored by the Copyright Agency Limited's Cultural Fund. The book was also one of five books shortlisted for the 2012 Magarey Medal for Biography, awarded by the Australian Historical Association.

Available in Australia from Australian Scholarly Publishing
Price: $ 59.95 other currencies Order nr. 108954

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(Children's Books) Prentice, Jeffrey and Bettina Bird DROMKEEN: A JOURNEY INTO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
With a foreword by Maurice Saxby. New York Henry Holt and Company (1988) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 175 pages.
First U.S. edition. The story behind the development of the Australian homestead of Joyce and Courtney Oldmeadow and their collection devoted to the Australian children's book. Filled with illustrations, many in color. Also contains appendices listing artwork and prepublication material held in the collection and checklists of information on the Australian Book of the Year Awards.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 24656

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(Detective Fiction) Cleary, Jon. ENDPEACE.
New York William Morrow (1997) 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 263+(1) pages.
First U.S. edition. When Sir Harry Huxwood, the wealthy head of an Australian publishing empire, is found murdered in his bedroom the morning after a tension-charged family dinner, Inspector Scobie Malone finds himself under pressure to come up with the true story, with an accusing finger pointing in all directions.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 70586

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Downs, Robert B. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND LIBRARY RESOURCES
Melbourne D. W. Thorpe Pty. Ltd. 1979 4to. Cloth 164 pages
A series of general comments on the university library collections by subject in various university libraries in Australian and New Zealand. Markings on front cover. Corners bumped. Some wear on edges and spine ends.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 97417

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Dutton, Geoffrey THE AUSTRALIAN COLLECTION, AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST BOOKS.
North Ryde, Australia Angus & Robertson Publishers (1985) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 406 pages.
First edition. A collection of Australian stories combined with the best of Australian art. With biographical sketches of the authors.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 32598

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Eggert, Paul and Elizabeth Webby (editors) BOOKS & EMPIRE: TEXTUAL PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION IN COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL COUNTRIES.
(Wellington, New Zealand PrintLink) 2004 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 199+(1) pages
Special issue 28 (Nos. 1 and 2) of the Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand.. A collection of essays on publishing and bookselling in the context of imperialism. Examines the use of printed material to reinforce the authority of colonial powers. Table of contents, introduction by the editors, seventeen essays with endnotes. Explanation for delay in publication laid in.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 116045

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(Fanfrolico Press) Arnold, John THE FANFROLICO PRESS: SATYRS, FAUNS AND FINE BOOKS.
Pinner, Middlesex Private Libraries Association 2009 7.25 x 10.75 in. hardcover 328 pages
The book consists of a detailed history of the Press and a full bibliography of its publications and ephemera, tracing the venture from its origins in Sydney, Australia, in the early 1920s, to success in London from 1926, and its final dissolution in 1930. The Press was notable for the literary input of its proprietor Jack Lindsay, working initially with John Kirtley, later with P. R. Stephensen, and finally alone. For the illustrations, it published work by Jack's father, Norman Lindsay, as well as by Edward Bawden, Hal Collins, Lionel Ellis, and others. Jack Lindsay was responsible for the typographical design (initially with Kirtley) that brought a distinctive style to the books of the Press.

This book has been designed by Paul W. Nash, printed by Henry Ling, and bound in blue cloth with a design inspired by a Fanfrolico publication. There are 96 illustrations, including reduced facsimiles of the title pages of the forty-six books published by the Press. Sales Rights: Worldwide except for the UK and Australia. Available in the UK from the Private Libraries Association and in Australia from Kay Craddock.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 101286

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(Fanfrolico Press) Arnold, John THE FANFROLICO PRESS: SATYRS, FAUNS AND FINE BOOKS.
Pinner, Middlesex Private Libraries Association 2009 7.25 x 10.75 in. hardcover 328 pages
The book consists of a detailed history of the Press and a full bibliography of its publications and ephemera, tracing the venture from its origins in Sydney, Australia, in the early 1920s, to success in London from 1926, and its final dissolution in 1930. The Press was notable for the literary input of its proprietor Jack Lindsay, working initially with John Kirtley, later with P. R. Stephensen, and finally alone. For the illustrations, it published work by Jack's father, Norman Lindsay, as well as by Edward Bawden, Hal Collins, Lionel Ellis, and others. Jack Lindsay was responsible for the typographical design (initially with Kirtley) that brought a distinctive style to the books of the Press.

This book has been designed by Paul W. Nash, printed by Henry Ling, and bound in blue cloth with a design inspired by a Fanfrolico publication. There are 96 illustrations, including reduced facsimiles of the title pages of the forty-six books published by the Press. Sales Rights: Worldwide except for the UK and Australia. Spot on front of cover.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 115796

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Farmer, Geoffrey PRIVATE PRESSES AND AUSTRALIA, WITH A CHECK-LIST. With A FIRST SUPPLEMENT
2 volumes. Melbourne and Hobart The Hawthorne Press and n.p. (1972) and 1976 small 8vo. boards, dust jacket and stiff paper wrappers. (x),68; 16 pages.
First editions, limited to 450 and 350 copies respectively. John Kirtley's first private press was the beginning, followed by Perce Green's "Green Press," then George Hassell of Adelaide. Farmer attempts to identify the presses and types used by each private press and gives a bibliography of each press.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 26162

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Ferguson, George SOME EARLY AUSTRALIAN BOOKMEN
Canberra Australian National University Press 1978 8vo. cloth, dust jacket (ii), 65+(1) pages
Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Author's signature on half-title page. Extensively illustrated, with reproductions of rare books, and portraits of well-known bookmen. Jacket spine faded. Library of Congress accession and surplus duplicate stamps.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 97582

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Fielding, Jean and Robert O'Neill SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY 1891-1939
Canberra (Australian National University) 1978 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (viii), 351(+1) pages
Part of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Includes sections on : General Sources, Pre-Federation Defense Policy, the South African War, the China Field Force, Pre-World War I Defense Policy, World War I and Defense Policy between the World Wars. Cover and edges of text block lightly soiled.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 88906

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Garvey, Nathan THE CELEBRATED GEORGE BARRINGTON: A SPURIOUS AUTHOR; THE BOOK TRADE, AND BOTANY BAY.
Sydney Hordern House 2008 9.5" x 6.5" hardcover 327 pages
First edition. This book traces the genesis of the Barrington books in rich and evocative detail, offering a compelling account of publishing history in England and on the continent, and displaying the subtle machinations of the book trade in a world without copyright laws. Throughout, The Celebrated George Barrington combines the rigour of book history and bibliographical research with a fresh and engaging style. Of special interest is Garvey's authoritative bibliography of the Barrington books, with extensive notes and detailed collation details, destined to become a standard reference for librarians, scholars and booksellers. With more than eighty separate works noticed, this is the first comprehensive account of the Barrington books and the first to chart the publishing history of the works about and attributed to George Barrington, which have long remained a source of confusion for students of early Australian history. Elegantly printed in two-colours, and bound in red cloth with a full-colour dustjacket, the work includes some twenty-six illustrations, all taken from the early Barrington books.

Nathan Garvey was born in Dalby, Queensland. He graduated from the University of Queensland in 2000, and was awarded a doctorate from the university of Sydney in 2007. Author of a number of articles on early Australian literature and the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century book trade, he is the C. H. Currey Memorial Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales for 2008. This is his first book.

Distributed for Hordern House, Australia. Available in Australia from the publisher.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 100796

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(Glover, Charles R.J.) CATALOGUE OF THE CHARLES R.J. GLOVER LIBRARY RELATING TO AUSTRALIA, NEW GUINEA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE SOUTH SEAS
Adelaide Theodore Bruce & Co. 1970 8vo. self-paper wrapper x, 291+(1) pages
Auction catalogue of the sale held Nov 30, 1970-Dec 4, 1970 with the lots listed alphabetically. 2787 entries. Spine slightly slanted. Page edges tanned. Scattered foxing. Results laid-in.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 99711

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(Grey, George) Kerr, Donald Jackson AMASSING TREASURES FOR ALL TIMES: SIR GEORGE GREY, COLONIAL BOOKMAN AND COLLECTOR
Dunedin, New Zealand and New Castle, Delaware Otago University Press and Oak Knoll Press 2006 6 x 9.25 hardcover, dust jacket 352 pages
Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand, South Australia and the Cape Colony, was an outstanding British colonial statesman in the nineteenth century. Less well known of Grey is that we he was also an obsessive collector of rare books and artifacts, which he selflessly bequeathed to the people he governed. Through these items, we are given a look into Grey's less -publicized private life. There are actually two "Grey Collections" in the southern hemisphere, each with almost identical statues and similar collections. He assembled an extraordinary collection and then donated the entire assemblage to Cape Town in 1861. He continued to purchase rarities and other manuscripts and donated his second collection from his private library to Auckland. Grey gathered items from classic European book culture, as well as artifacts and items from the indigenous peoples of the southern continents and islands to preserve their culture. Due to his Victorian upbringing, he had a very real hunger for knowledge in his pursuits of the rare. A timeline of Grey's life is included after a lovely foreword by Christopher de Hamel and some acknowledgements from the author.
Everyone seeking a glimpse into the life of Sir George Grey from a viewpoint other than his famous political life in Cape Colony, South Australia, and New Zealand or anyone wanting to read about a fascinating collector of the rare will enjoy this volume. There is also great appeal for those who are intrigued by the indigenous cultures of the regions in which Grey lived and those who have a love of classic European manuscripts.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 92435

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