Search Results: AUSTRALIA from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

London: Chatto & Windus, The Hogarth Press, 1985. Paperback. Very good condition. An autobiography in which the author describes his childhood home in Brisbane, the Tuscan village he resides in for part of the year, a visit to India, and a wartime train journey from Brisbane to Sydney. A description of the work printed at the front free end paper. 8vo, 134pp. Patterned maroon paper wrappers, interlocked cupids.

Germany, 1878. Very good condition. Printed document with hand inscribed information on the emigrant, dated 3rd January 1878 allowing a Prussian citizen to emigrate to Australia. With a red German tax stamp at the upper left and circular Arnsberg government stamp. A few splits at old folds, "denationalization" noted in ink on verso, otherwise very good condition. 8 1/4 x 13"

Victoria, 1898. Very good condition. An indenture for 4 allotments in the township of Keilor, which is now a suburb of Melbourne just west of Tullamarine. The township was a noted camping place for people and bullock teams to and from the gold diggings at Castlemaine, Ballarat and Bendigo. Keilor Post Office opened on 2 March 1854 and a general store, blacksmith, hotel, police station, courthouse and bridge were all built during this time. The indenture is between Donald McDonald of Derriliquin and 3 parties: John Harris of Essendon, Donald Alexander McDonald of South Yarra, and Emma Jane Watt, widow, and concerns 3 Crown grants all dated 1854. The schedule identifies the land as being in the township of Keilor: Allotment No. 14, Section 10 bounded on the north by Macedon St; and allotments 16, 17 & 18 of Section 11 which refer to Kennedy Street, Macedon Street and Arabin Street Signed on the last page by John Harris and Donald Alexander McDonald, with attorneys signing for Robert Orr and… Read More

Paris, 1930. Postcard. An art deco inspired postcard for the first international exposition of airmail, aviation and art. No. 6992, with a blue 1f 50c Post Aerienne stamp canceled four times. The red plane design includes the names of early aviators - Lindbergh, Byrd, Coste, Hawker, Mermoz and Ross Smith. Smith, of the South Australian outback, and W.W.I veteran, made the awe-inspiring flight from England to Australia in 1919. Mailed to Monsieur S. Abudarham in Tanger Marocco, where it is canceled again. 4 x 5 1/4", printed in orange, blue, red and black on cream cardstock. Some light dusting, overall in very good condition.

1900. Very good condition. Original chromolithographic illustration of infantry from the Australian state of Victoria. Showing an infantryman in red coat, gray trousers and spiked helmet marching with rifle over shoulder. In the background is a soldier on horseback, with a bugler standing next to him. Matted. 8 x 10". In 1883, after Sir Frederick Sargood had been appointed Victoria's first Minister of Defense, the volunteer system of recruiting used to that point was replaced by a part time paid militia system. The 1st Battalion, which had formed in 1854, carried on, changing its name over time; today it is part of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Division which has earned battle honors in the Boer War, World War I and World War II.

Philadelphia: Joseph Kite, & Walton, 1848. Very good condition. Articles extracted from 'The Friend. A Religious and Literary Journal', Volume XXI, 1848. The four articles entitled "Australia", on explorations by George Grey, including Gov. George Grey Russell (51/2 columns), Henry Stuart (3 1/2 columns), and Edward John Eyre and Capt. Sturt. Not found in Trove.

1880. Very good condition. Four glossy albumen photographs, two images of the Sydney Heads & the 3rd possibly the Manly Esplanade area (a cove with a curving promenade). The 4th image is of two women in long white summer dresses and holding dark parasols, just passing in front of a colonnaded building (possibly Melbourne?) where horse drawn carriages await passengers. Images 4 3/4 x 3 3/4", slightly smaller than postcard size. Contemporary penciled numbers on the verso of 351, 359, 360 & 369.

1866. Very good condition. A letter dated December 27, 1866 on illustrated letterhead paper showing the Stanford & C. Singer Sewing Machine building in Melbourne, Corner Bourke & Russell Streets, to the Singer Sewing Machine Company, New York City, discussing a recently delivered order and making suggestions on design changes based on customer complaints. "We send you but a short order this time, trade having been quiet. We expect it will be all right again, soon." 8 x 10" 1862 watermarked cream paper, with engraving of Stanford building printed in black, address printed in red. One inch strip of paper used to tip into volume, on verso.

1887. Very good overall. A manuscript letter along with an unrecorded handbill of Henry C. Dane. Major Henry Dane was a Civil War veteran who made his way to Australia and New Zealand in 1887 as a lecturer. He began as a wheelwright, then enlisted at age 29 in Cambridge, 4 Oct., 1862, and mustered in as 1st Lieutenant. He received a commission as Captain of Co. "F", Third Massachusetts Calvary Regiment. He was promoted to Brevet Major 13 March, 1865. He resigned his post 15 May, 1865, and became an attorney at law practicing in the District of Columbia. In 1873 he is listed as a partner of Dane & Baker in Boston, MA. In 1880-81 he traveled to Chicago lecturing. He became a resident of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1875 and reviews of his lectures appear in Sydney Morning Herald and National Library Newspaper in 1887,1888, 1891. His letter speaks fondly of his friend Henry Allison of Fitchburg, MA and describes the beautiful trees, ferns, flowers, bays of both NZ and Australia, and is… Read More

Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1963. Paperback. A fair copy. A sociological study of the marriage and family systems among the Aranda people of Central Australia (Heirat und Verwandtschaftssystemdei den Aranda in Zentralaustralien) and a critique of the "so-called" Aranda Types of scholar Radcliffe-Brown. Wraps, 194pp plus diagrams and fold-out charts of increasingly complex family trees and tribal systems. Corner torn on front cover, spine and front free endpaper tape-repaired. Last 30 or so pages of charts disbound.

Canberra: ANU School of General Studies, 1969. Very good condition. 4to, 290pp. Off white stiff paper wraps, title in black at spine. Meggitt copy. Meggitt was a noted Australian anthropologist, recognized for his research on Papua New Guinea and Aboriginal Australia.

The Sociological Review, 1963. Paperback. Very good. Reprinted from The Sociological Review, Vol. 11, No. 1 (New Series), March 1963, pp 19-47. Minor penciling.

Norton, Frank. Aboriginal Art. Western Australian Art Gallery, n.p., n.d. 66pp. B&w ills and map in text. Brown cloth w/ gold stamping on spine. vg dj g+ chipped somewhat.

Brisbane: R.G.S. of Australasia, 1895. Paperback. Good + overall. Article pp 46-70, 3 plts, 1 colored plate of rock art. Also article "Kamilaroi Class System" by Mathews; Thomson, J.P. "A Survey of Recent Exploration in British New Guinea", 17pp; De Vis, C.W. "On the Word 'Kangaroo'", 10pp. Proc. & Trans. of the Queensland Branch of the R.G.S. of Australasia. 10th Session 1894-95. Vol. X. 8vo, iv + 144pp. 1 color fold-out plate. Grey paper wrapper w/ black printing on cover, spine crack, a little marked & mild exlib, slt. chipped.

Sydney: Methuen, 1982. Hardcover. Very good. 4to, 176pp, color ills and b&w ills and maps in text, previous owner's bookplate. Maroon cloth vg in dj.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1993. Paperback. Fine. 216 pp pbk, ills. throughout, some color. As new. Handsome production.

Perth: University of Western Australia. Wraps. Very good. Meggitt copy. Off print from University of Western Australia Law Review, Vol. VI. 1-10pp. With the original printed paper wrapper, signed by Mervyn Meggitt.

1972. Paperback. Very good. Interesting early report in light of Mabo. Reprinted from: Racism: The Australian Experience, A Study of Race Prejudice in Australia, Vol. 2, 1971-72 (IWGIA-Document 3). 24pp, paper wrps.

Sydney: Royal Society of New South Wales, 1889. Hardcover. Very good condition. Two extracts from the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. The Aborigines of Australia by Edward Stephens, read before the Royal Society NSW, October 2, 1889. [With] "New South Wales as a Health Resort in Phthisis Pulmonalis" (tuberculosis), read before the Medical Section of the Royal Society of NSW, July 19, 1889. 8vo, "The Aborigines of Australia", pp 476-503, color folding map, 1 plate; "New South Wales as a Health Resort", pp 503 -510, with large folding map. Bound in modern gray cloth, not titled. Folding maps bright and clean.

Mankind, 1958. Paperback. Very good. Offprint from Mankind, Vol. 5, no. 5, Feb. 1958. 6pp, 2pp ills. Bibliography.