Recent Arrivals from Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller

Octavo, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, very slight edge-wear but a nice example of a scarce pamphlet often found in used condition. First edition. Contemporary guide to the short-lived (circa 1920s-60s) but legendary 'Shannon Rise'. Uniquely produced by Hydro-Electric Commission water flow, the prolific yearly hatch of the snowflake caddis fly in the Shannon River below the Great Lake dam at Miena… Read more about this item

Octavo, edges slightly tanned but an exceptional copy in bright original pictorial wrappers [by Woollett]. Pulp reprint (first published by the Endeavour Press in 1934). Magpie Books, second series, no. 91, with pictorial rather than typographical wrappers and priced at 2/-: 'Pearls mean tears. This well-worn condemnation of the white stones held a special significance for the friendless Sophie when the… Read more about this item

Octavo, discreet contemporary distibutor's stamp on title-page, edges slightly tanned but very good in bright original pictorial wrappers [by Woollett]. Pulp reprint. Magpie Books, second series, no. 71: 'Action and suspence against the exciting background of the mighty Murray.' Scarce.

Octavo, illustrations, limitation statement completed in manuscript by the author on title-page, very good in original green cloth with pictorial dustwrapper (slightly chipped). First edition ‒ issue limited to 500 copies (but fewer than this were actually numbered and signed by Hedge), distributed first to members of the Rod Fishers' Society. This copy number 183. (1000 copies of the first edition… Read more about this item

Octavo, very good in bright original yellow cloth lettered in purple with chipped pictorial dustwrapper (priced at $2.50). First US edition. 'A Red Badge Mystery'. Johnston's first crime novel. Very scarce.

Octavo, tipped-in contemporary bookplate, original Percy Lindsay wrappers (bit worn on spine). First edition ‒ issue in wrappers. Very scarce.

Octavo, contemporary name and date on front free endpaper, some spotting to early leaves but very good in original black cloth lettered in gilt (slight wear at head & foot of spine), publisher's orange top stain. First US edition of Upfield's first novel. Scarce.

Quarto, 48pp., illustrations, neat modern inscription on half-title page, bright original coloured pictorial wrappers. First edition. Very scarce and ephemeral Frank Johnson publication in uncommonly good condition. Wills & Wep's Sydney of the early 1930s, flappers, six-o'clock closing, and the Harbour Bridge &c. Pidgeon's striking illustrations include his useful & important drinking map of Sydney 'With Wep Where it's Wet'.

Octavo, original red cloth with chipped Deco dustwrapper (bit distressed and with some old tape repairs). First edition. Novel set on the coast and cane-fields of northern Queensland.

Octavo, one page advertisements, discreet owner's stamp on endpapers, leaves slightly tanned, but very good in bright original teal blue cloth. First edition. Wallace's second novel. Very scarce. Wallace subsequently published his books in Melbourne under his own imprints, Crime Book Publishing Co. and Popular Publications, also writing as 'Aintree', 'Texas Ranger', and 'Gerald Grantham'.

Octavo, pale foxing on endpapers and preliminaries, very good in original green cloth (sunned on spine). First edition. Signed by the author for the novelist Marjorie Barnard. While the novel was published by A. & R., Mann offered the manuscript first to the short-lived Endeavour Press (1933-35). Out of print and decidedly scarce.

Octavo, original plum cloth (bit faded on spine). First edition ‒ cloth issue. Inscribed & signed by the author. Scarce.

Duodecimo, 32 pp., advertisements, original pictorial wrappers. Issued with Victorian Inland Angling Licences. Includes minumum lengths and details of closed waters and fishing seasons &c.

Octavo, foxing on edges and preliminaries, Angus & Robertson bookseller's label on front paste-down, original burgundy cloth lettered in black on spine. Third Impression. A critical & popular success, the novel ran to three impressions in the second half of 1934. Modelled on Henry Handel Richardson's Fortunes of Richard Mahony trilogy, Landtakers was folowed by Inheritors in 1936, but the third volume… Read more about this item

Octavo, 39pp., illustrations, original pictorial wrappers. Includes Victorian close seasons, bag limits, and minimum lengths of fish.

Octavo, 136pp, including section printed on coated blue paper, numerous illustrations, errata slip, very good in original orange pictorial wrappers. Elaborate tackle catalogue printed in blue, including minimum lengths and close seasons &c.

Octavo, [4]pp. publisher's advertisements, very good in bright original green cloth with pictorial dustwrapper (few blemishes including a minor repair on verso of spine) priced at 6/-. First edition. Very scarce especially with dustwrapper. John Wallace was a Melbourne writer and publisher. He also wrote as 'Aintree', 'Texas Ranger', and 'Gerald Grantham', mostly publishing his novels under his own imprints Crime Book Publishing… Read more about this item

Octavo, edges tanned and some pale staining to early leaves, original plum boards lettered in silver on spine with bright William Randell dustwrapper priced at 10s.6d. First UK edition. Scarce pseudonymous George Johnston novel. Out of print.

Octavo, illustrations, pictorial endpapers, neat ownership stamp on half-title page, very good in original boards with crisp pictorial dustwrapper. First edition. Described by Brian Cadle as 'the bible of Tasmanian angling literature', Scholes's first book is a comprehensive & detailed guide to fly fishing in Tasmania, and as influential as Wigram's Trout and Fly in Tasmania (1938) and Sloane's The Truth About… Read more about this item

Octavo, original dark blue cloth with chipped dustwrapper priced at 8/6 (some tape repairs on verso, spine sunned, lower panel a bit rubbed). First UK edition. Precedes the Australian edition published by Angus & Robertson.