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About this catalogue
Welcome to our new catalogue of Australiana. You'll find books, printed ephemera, journals, photographs, movie screenplays and posters documenting Australian Aboriginals, brumbies, red cedar, collecting, cricketers, delicatessens, folklore, jokes, kangaroos, Melbourne, miscegenation, the Nullarbor Plain, O’Reillys, propaganda, recipes, rugby league, spy agencies, songlines, Sydney, Uluru, and windmills; as well as visitors to these shores including Marlene Dietrich, the embassy of the U.S.S.R., Joshua Logan, Nicolas Roeg and Tom Waits; and spectacular copies of books by Jean Devanny, Cynthia Nolan, Ethel Jackson Morris, M.Barnard Eldershaw and Winifred James.
North Balwyn, Vic: Capp. First Australian edition, 1973.
A period piece detailing the tensions between, and the work of, ASIO, ASIS, the National Intelligence Committee, Defence Signals Division, as well as thoughts on the other less visible Government agencies; the publisher's name is an acronym for "Committee for the Abolition of Political Police".
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine.
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Sydney: The Yellow Press. First Australian edition, 1994.
One of the first three titles from the publisher. Beginning 'A is for Architecture, one of the lost arts', and off through an alphabet of an unfortunately recognisable contemporary world; illustrations by the author.
Plain wrappers. Fine in dustwrapper.
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Macquarie University, NSW: The Macquarie Library. First Australian edition, 2005.
Indigenous Australia mapped, described and illustrated. Inscribed by Howard [Morphy], the publisher's reader for the book.
Fine in dustwrapper.
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London: Rea S. Hederman. First English edition, 2000.
Granta 70; contributors include Georgia Blain, Robyn Davidson, Peter Conrad, Tim Winton, Les Murray, Polly Borland and Peter Carey; 352pp., introduction by Ian Jack.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine.
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South Brisbane, Qld: Queensland Art Gallery. First Australian edition, 2005.
Exhibition catalogue. Twentieth century enthusiasm for our immediate ancestors as they are represented in art and movies; two essays by the editors, film notes for the season accompanying the exhibition; vividly illustrated throughout: a different type of family history exhibition; and an early season at the GOMA Cinematheque.
Printed wrappers. The issue with, fingers crossed, synthetic hair replacing the more traditional imagery (see second image on website listing) Fine.
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Melbourne: Victorian Film Corporation and Hoyts Theatres, 1978.
Invitation to the world premiere of 'The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith' at Hoyts Cinema Centre, 140 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Monday 19 June, 8-15pm; a significant evening for Australian Cinema.
Heavy card measuring 28 x 43cms., folded once and with an image of Tom E. Lewis on the cover. Fine.
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Milsons Point, NSW: Random House Australia. First Australian edition, 2001.
Don Bradman's selection of the best team in cricket history; illustrated.
Extremities evenly tanned, else fine in dustwrapper.
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Melbourne: Oxford University Press. First Australian edition, 1992.
The history of Australian attitudes, ignorance and ambivalence to Asia as well the degree and manner in which these attitudes are changing.
Extremities dusty, else fine in dustwrapper.
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Canberra, ACT: National Library of Australia. First Australian edition, 2010.
Exhibition catalogue. Four essays, 100+ reproductions - Mexico, fashion, The New Yorker, portraits.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. First American edition, 1998.
Jack Maggs returns to England to find Henry Phipps, aka Pip, and becomes involved with ...; advance reading copy; signed by the author.
Printed wrappers. Spine a little sunned, else fine.
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New York: Knopf. First American edition, 2000.
Advance reading copy of Carey's award winning novel noting a proposed American first printing of 75,000 copies
Pictorial wrappers. Spots of foxing to top edge, else fine.
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Sydney: Angus and Robertson. First Australian edition, 1958.
Miscegenation on the edge of a white Australian town.
Two small typex marks on front free endpaper, foxing to extremities, else very good in dustwrapper
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[Sydney]: OPC Distributors. First Australian edition, [c.1950s].
Nineteenth and twentieth century, machine driven only, Anglo and American centric text, a couple of Australian illustrations included, notably the 420 bus to Mortlake which your cataloguer finds inexplicably poignant; colour illustrations throughout, 14pp.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. A couple of nicks to rear cover, else very good.
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Melbourne: C.O.R. Limited. [Commonwealth Oil Refineries], 1952.
Four images for children to colour and one blank page for them to contribute their own drawing; road rules, tips for pedestrians etc. sprinkled throughout.
Printed wrappers, stapled. All the pages clean and ready to complete. Fine.
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Richmond,: Hardie Grant. First Australian edition, 2011.
Monumental pictorial history; thirty-three contributors including Mike Brearley, Ian Chappell, J.M. Coetzee, Mark Mordue, Malcolm Knox and Greg Baum; 400+pp.
Fine in dustwrapper.
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Camberwell, Vic: Viking. First Australian edition, 2009.
Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley, Alfred Wallace, Charles Darwin and their voyages; inscribed by the author in the year of publication.
Foxing to prelims and extremities, very good in dustwrapper.
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Sydney: Hordern Bros., nd.
Sixteen page colour illustrated booklet to collect details from a baby's birth and onwards: place, time, weight, christening date, spaces for parents, grandparents and siblings, first tooth, sat alone, crept, walked, first autograph, I'm assuming that this refers to the child's signature, etc; Hordern Bros., 203-211 Pitt Street, Sydney stamped on front cover, Trove's single copy has it published by 'Rae, Munn & Gilbert, [19--]'; colour illustrations by T.M. Burd.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. No details completed. Fine.
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Melbourne: Span Galleries. First Australian edition, 2006.
Exhibition catalogue. Essay by Robert Cook; ten colour images and a foldout panorama of Australian delicatessens and sandwich shops.
Printed wrappers, stapled. Fine.
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Paris: AAA., 1992.
Pressbook for the French release of "Dingo" on 8 January 1992. Synopsis, biographies of performers and crew, interview with De Heer, photographs from the shoot. An irresistible movie for the French: John 'Dingo' Anderson, an Australian everyman, travels to Paris to meet Billy Cross, his idol, played by Miles Davis! French text.
Printed wrappers, stapled. Fine.
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1972-1973.
Original Australian poster for the cinematographer's two hour long movies recreating Aboriginal myths and, in Floating - This Time, comparing these to contemporary life in Derby.
Poster measures 88 x 56cms. Rolled. Fine.
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New York: [c.1971].
Shooting script for the first attempt at a movie adaptation of Careful, He Might Hear You. The novel was a critical and commercial success on its first publication in the United States in 1963; Joshua Logan, theatre and movie director and writer, bought the rights soon after publication for '$50,000.00 in cash plus 10 percent of the future gross box-office receipts ... and expects to be filming in Australia next year', according to the Australian Women's Weekly (21 August 1963). The screenplay went through the familiar twists and turns of pre-production: Joshua Logan made it to Sydney in January 1971 looking for an actor to play P.S., alongside Elizabeth Taylor as Vanessa; the movie didn't go ahead, reasons vary: Joshua Logan couldn't find a suitable actor for P.S., the more general 'financial problems', there is a telling note at the front of this version, 'Suggest shooting picture in England with small second unit to get Australian atmosphere', and the version here was never produced. Logan had purchased the book outright -'rights in perpetuity', in 1963 with no options if the movie was not produced within a specified period. Jill Robb, with persuasive assistance from Sumner Locke Elliott, bought the rights from Logan, produced an adaptation in 1983 featuring Wendy Hughes as Vanessa, Nicholas Gledhill as P.S., and it was awarded best film at the AFI awards for 1983. This copy is marked 'shooting script', shots not yet numbered, runs to 120pp. or, in the rule of thumb, for the relations between screenplay and finished film, a two hour movie.
Plain wrappers with typed label. A4 , typed roneoed sheets, shadow left from a paper clip on first page, else fine.
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South Melbourne: Macmillan. First Australian edition, 1977.
Beginning at the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932; inscribed by the author to [Geoff and Ninette] Dutton and family in 1978.
Fine in dustwrapper.
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New York: Harper and Row. First American edition, 1990.
Sydney during the 1930s and 1940s, then on to New York; the author's last novel.
Fine in dustwrapper.
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London: Blackie and Son. Reprint, nd.
Inspired by the wreck of the Batavia and with the author's modest qualification, 'I have taken a liberty with history in introducing ...', added.
Pictorial cloth. School prize certificate (1921), extremities darkened, covers marked, corners bumped. Good.
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Paddington, NSW: Penthouse Publications. First Australian edition, 1973.
Vol.1, No.1 of the Australian edition. Pieces include, 'How Far Do You Go?' by Donald Horne, 'Why Bazza is a Virgin' by Barry Humphries, 'Bounce Titty Bounce' by Germaine Greer, eight others, as well as 'Forum Adviser', 'Diary' and letters; Bettina Arndt, editorial consultant.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine.
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Melbourne: McPhee Gribble. First Australian edition, 1992.
Two stories and a novella to make a novel; signed by the author.
Top edge dusty, else fine in dustwrapper.
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Canberra, ACT: Canberra Theatre Centre, 2001.
Program for the actor's one man show of Australian Prime Ministers; a centenary of Federation Event; inscribed by Max Gilles.
Single card measuring 21 x 30cms. , printed both sides, folded once. Fine.
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Sydney: Angus and Robertson. First Australian edition, 1939.
The poet's ninth collection. Dedicated to Hugh McCrae and Rayner Hoff; foreword by Sir Donald Cameron
Fine in dustwrapper with a dark patch on the rear panel
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Sydney: Currency Press. First Australian edition, 1986.
The author's third and, deservedly, most popular play. Together with the programs for the first two Sydney productions: Griffin Theatre, January 1986 (the first production) and the Sydney Theatre Company, May 1987
Pictorial wrappers. Fine for the text and Sydney Theatre Company production. Single sheet measuring 30 x 42cms., printed both sides, and folded twice. Fine. The three items
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Melbourne: Viking. First Australian edition, 2013.
Twelve encounters between our species and the Great Barrier Reef.
Spots of foxing to top edge. Very good in dustwrapper.
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New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux. First American edition, 2000.
Thoughts on Capri and surrounds, meetings with Graham Greene - 'I never heard him pronounce on a book he hadn’t read, or invoke an influential name in order to impress. The common emblems of "‘importance" social and public attention, an air of authority, the flaunting of "edge" were not his forms of egoism' - as well as other writers and, never to be underestimated, holidays and books; signed by the author and with two corrections to the text noted on the rear free endpaper as 'authorial corrections'.
Fine in dustwrapper.
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London: Alfred A. Knopf. First American edition, 1990.
Ninety+ essays on art, artists and those circling them, including: Eric Fischl, George Stubbs, Jean Baudrillard, 'Art and Money', Futurism, Vincent Van Gogh Parts 1 and 2, Milton Avery and Louis Bourgeois; no reproductions, but an index.
Extremities lightly foxed, else fine in dustwrapper
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New York: Dutton. Second printing, 1908.
Follow Betty through a string of romantic adventures - "I could not speak, but I put up my hand and touched his face and his dear grey hair. I felt his lips on my mouth, and I closed my eyes. Oh, but is it safe to be so happy?"; reprinted four times in four weeks when published in England in 1906. The author's first book in spectacular 1908 dustwrapper.
Fine in near fine dustwrapper missing a small piece from the top of the front panel and with a tear along the top end of the front fold.
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London: PM Productions, nd [1940s].
A very English kangaroo is sent on an errand; six full page colour and eight sepia illustrations.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Worn around edges, internally clean and bright. Good. Muir 3859
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Los Angeles: United Artists, 1970.
Original American poster for Tony Richardson's version of Ned Kelly, released there 7 October 1970. The design of the poster is caught between wanting to include Ned Kelly's armour, his international signifier, while not obscuring the movie's leading actor. The bottom half of the illustration is a striking tableau of the opposing forces and mythic stakes of the story.
Poster measures 103 x 69cms. Rolled. A little wear at edges, else fine.
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[Sydney]: 1946.
Souvenir booklet for the biopic of the aviator, the last feature directed by Ken G. Hall. Released as 'Southern Cross' in England, 'Pacific Adventures' in the USA, and financed by Columbia Pictures using film hire revenue frozen in Australia by restrictions on the export of capital. The program contains a short biography of Kingsford-Smith, the search for leading actors - in the A Star is Born mode - reproductions from the movie and detailed acknowledgements to support the movie's authenticity and accuracy.
Printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear at edges, else fine.
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London: Hodder and Stoughton. First English edition, 1968.
Uncorrected proof copy of the author's second novel.
Printed wrappers. Darkened around spine and perimeter. Very good.
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London: Chatto and Windus. First English edition, 1993.
Chapter One as a sample / teaser; endorsements from Doris Lessing, Peter Straus, and John Mitchinson of Waterstones.
Pictorial wrappers with publication date as 29 April 1994 on rear panel. Fine.
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Milsons Point, NSW: Random House Australia. First Australian edition, 1993.
Inscribed by the author in the year of publication.
Review copy with publisher's promotional material laid in, 3pp. Top edge dusty, else fine in dustwrapper.
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New York: Pantheon. First American edition, 1993.
Advance reading copy of the first American edition; signed by the author.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine in matching slipcase, still working on the tones for the cover illustration, as issued.
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New York: Pantheon. First American edition, 1993.
Australia, beginning in the 1840s; signed by the author.
Foredge dusty, else fine in dustwrapper designed by Marjorie Anderson.
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South Melbourne: Michael Edgley and Cambridge Films. First Australian edition, [1982].
Promotional folder containing ten illustrated A4 pages promoting the movie adaptation of Banjo Paterson's poem: background, scale of production, locations, biographies of cast and crew.
Folder measures 23 x 36cms., printed in colour on all sides. One corner creased, else fine. Promotional sheets all fine.
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Melbourne: Cassell Australia. First Australian edition, 1972.
The author's second novel; inscribed by him at The Comedy Cafe, Melbourne, in 1980.
Top edge dusty, else fine in dustwrapper.
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Armadale, Vic: Seon Films, 1988.
Working screenplay for John Ruane's movie, filmed during the first three months of 1990 in the Melbourne suburb where the movie is set. One hundred and thirty-four scenes in 103pp. for a movie running 109mins. suggests that this is a late stage of the screenplay.
Printed wrappers. Comb binding. Clean roneoed sheets. Fine.
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Melbourne: Jungle Pictures, 1990.
Original Australian poster for the director's first feature.
Poster measures 102x69cms. Rolled. Fine.
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Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin. First Australian edition, 2013.
Memoir by the daughter of Dame Pattie and Sir Robert Menzies; inscribed by the author in 2014.
Fine in dustwrapper with a short closed tear at the base of the spine.
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Sydney: James T. Laurie, 1961.
Program for the Sydney season of the London production of "The World Of Suzie Wong". After eleven years as a cinema, the Metro-Minerva (built in 1939) became a theatre again. Introduction by James Laurie, cast and crew biographies, illustrated; and period advertisements for Chateau Tanunda, Kays Rent a Car, 2KY, Rinso, Craven A and Kent, and the Gala Cinema; 24pp.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine.
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1996.
Cologne, 20 October 1996: the first of three concerts in Germany for the band's 'Breathe' tour
Original German poster for the concert at the Live Music Hall; the poster reproduces the cover of the album.
Poster measures 82x59cms. Rolled. Fine.
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London: Sceptre. First English edition, 2000.
An Australian woman abroad during the 1920s; signed by the author.
Fine in dustwrapper.
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London: Comedy Theatre, [1963].
Post apocalytic London. Program for the second London production of "The Bedsitting Room" after it had moved from The Mermaid; production written, directed and designed by the authors, cast includes John Bluthal, Barry Humphries and Spike Milligan; 12pp., biographies of performers by the play's authors - "Barry Humphries born at the turn of the century in Van Dieman's Land under the personal supervision of Van Dieman himself ..."; period advertisements.
Printed wrappers, stapled. Fine.
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Sydney: Currawong. First Australian edition, 1944.
The author's only novel, one of the publisher's first novel series, concerned with Dick Radford's life among itinerant and circus people after he has left Bloat's Emporium in an unnamed Australian city. Dustwrapper illustration by John Andrews.
Extremities evenly tanned, else fine in very good dustwrapper with a couple of nicks.
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Sydney: HarperCollins. Reprint, 2012.
Centenary edition containing "The Silver Brumby", "Silver Brumby's Daughter", "Silver Brumbies of the South" and "Silver Brumby Kingdom"; all complete, 600+pp., almost the whole herd.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine.
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South Yarra, Vic: 1989.
An early draft of the writer director's second, and breakthrough, movie; draft not specified, dated on the cover 26 January 1989, or two and half years before the Australian release. Seventy-eight numbered shots, 99pp., photocopied pages.
Printed wrappers, comb bound. Fine.
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Hamburg: 1978.
Original German poster for Philippe Mora's Mad Dog Morgan, based on the life of Dan Morgan (1976), and released in Germany in 1978. The poster design follows the Australian version, connects vividly with the protagonist and the celebrity image of Dennis Hopper, the actor portraying him, rather than anything specifically Australian and omits the character's surname.
Poster measures 635. x 59cms. Rolled. Fine.
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[the author], nd.
How World Wars One and Two and the Cold War have been represented in American cinema, 12pp.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Foolscap, duplicated sheets. Fine.
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Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales. First Australian edition, 2007.
Exhibition catalogue. Essays by Frances Lindsay and Lou Klepac; introduction by Edmund Capon, catalogue, biographical notes, exhibitions and 117 full page colour reproductions.
Fine in dustwrapper.
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Sydney: Pier 9. First Australian edition, 2010.
From the First report of the Southern Cross in 1516 to the National Apology to the Stolen Generation in 2010 and 98 others in between.
Pictorial boards. Fine as issued without dustwrapper
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Waterloo, NSW: Offset Printing Co. First Australian edition, [c.1940s].
Two out of three of the keywords at the heart of Children's Literature in the title; contains 'Peggy's Adventures on Horseway Farm' by Edith Hancock, 'Jan of Australia' by Ailsa McKinney and the title piece; colour illustrations.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Owner signature, base of spine cracking, tape at top. Very good. Frail. Muir 5910
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Sydney: Australian Safety Council. Third edition, 1957.
Illustrated rules and regulations for when children were allowed to be pedestrians; laid in is a handbill for Road Courtesy Week, 8th-13th July 1956, that has an advertisement on the rear cover for Book Bargain Bazaar, 6A Crane Place, Sydney, "turn your old books into money!" - all long gone.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Very good.
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Paris: Marsfilms, 2001.
Original French poster for The Monkey’s Mask, the movie version of Dorothy Porter’s verse novel [released in France 15 August 2001]. The design reworks the dominant image for the poster, places the two protagonists in profile and shifts the much reproduced sex scene to the bottom of the design in reduced size.
Poster measures 55 x 46cms. Folded. Fine.
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Hollywood, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1943.
Screenplay for the 1944 movie directed by Harold Schuster and concerned with two antagonistic American marines' war service in the Pacific, in America, and, notably, Australia where Ellen Lockhart of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force is able to reconcile them, convince one of the virtues of marriage, and marry the other. The marines arrive in an unnamed Australian port early in the movie, 'It is about eight o'clock and the street is fairly alive with uniforms, R.A.F., Marines, Aussies, doughboys and the different branches of the women's services. A number of people are going into the public rooms of a fair-sized hotel and as the doors open, the sound of music and song can be faintly heard. Over this we have the title AUSTRALIA.' Clean roneoed sheets, various colours, 143pp., 533 shots for a movie with a running time of 90mins.
Printed wrappers, stud bound. Owner signature. Front cover marked 'Changes December 21, 1943' with five earlier versions going back to November 6, 1943. Fine.
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Carlton South, Vic: The Australian Teachers of Media. First Australian edition, 1981.
Illustrated study guide for Australian students aiming to explain one aspect of the culture of the Shire; interviews, reviews, issues relevant to teenagers etc.
Single sheet measuring 60 x 53cms., folded three times, illustrated, printed both sides in colour. Fine.
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London: Longman Hurst. First English edition, 1822.
On board the Neptune going to Sydney (1818) and the Morley to Hobart and Sydney (1820) with the author, a naval surgeon and penal reformer; Ferguson 876.
Later half calf and marbled boards. Spine rubbed, wear to crown and base and corners. Very good.
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Sydney: Margaret Fink Productions, 1975.
Promotional brochure for the movie version of David Williamson's play: synopsis, images from the movie, cast and crew biographies.
Single sheet measuring 28 x 43cms., printed on both sides, two colours, folded once. Fine in the original envelope (see image).
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Sydney: NSW Bookstall Co. First Australian edition, 1907.
Beginning in Narralane; illustrations by S.Smith and H.Julius.
Edgwear. Very good in dustwrapper chipped and cracking at folds
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London: The Rugby Football League, 1963.
Program for the first Test between Great Britain and Australia on the 1963-1964 Kangaroo tour of England and France. Potted history of rugby league in Australia, short biographies of all the Australian tourists, the English test team, and lists of results of recent international games; 12pp., played at Wembley, London, Wednesday 16 October, kick off at 7-30pm; Australian won the match 28-2.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine.
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Sydney: Dawson and Selleck. First Australian edition, [c.1955].
Original Australian program for the Sydney season of Jacques Becker's Casque d'Or (1952). Now an artefact of 'Sydney's Theatre of Fine Films from the Continent', Frank Lloyd as manager, and, more generally, movie going in Sydney during the 1950s; illustrated, synopsis, biographies, 8pp.
Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine.
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Surry Hills, NSW: Sculpture by the Sea. First Australian edition, 2016.
Illustrated histories of the Sydney 1997-2016, Cottesloe 2005-2016 and Aarhus, Denmark 2000-2015 chapters; colour reproductions throughout, essays by Sasha Grishin and David Handley.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine.
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Pymble, NSW: Angus and Robertson. First Australian edition, 1993.
Gillian Mears, Beth Yahp, Helen Garner, Dorothy Hewett, Elizabeth Jolley and the editor on female siblings.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine.
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New York: Harper and Row. Second American edition, [1985].
What happened to the Eurocentric view of the world when it reached the Pacific Ocean: the author's influential and enduring work, first published in 1960, and here with a new introduction by Bernard Smith; 370pp., 222 reproductions.
A little edgewear, spots of foxing to prelims, very good in dustwrapper
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Potts Point, NSW: the author. First Australian paperback edition, 1978.
A history of one popular mechanism in 19th century Sydney; illustrated
Pictorial wrappers. Owner signature, spots of foxing to prelims. Very good.
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Milsons Point, NSW: Random House Australia. First Australian edition, 1999.
Uncorrected proof of the author's third novel.
Pictorial wrappers. Front cover creased near spine, else fine.
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Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press. Reprint with additions, 1989.
Beginning at Wiputa, associated with the legend of the two boys who built Uluru; illustrated, indexed, 138pp; first published in 1986.
Pictorial wrappers. Spots of foxing to extremities, else fine.
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[Canberra]:
An artefact from last millenium: compliments card from the local embassy of the old empire.
Siingle sheet measuring 16 x 11.rcms. folded once horitontally; fine in original plain envelope
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[2012].
'Chirashi' poster, handbill, for the Japanese release of the restored Wake in Fright. The landscape elements of earlier posters have been taken over by a collage of some of the more disturbing events and encounters.
Poster measures 26 x 18cms., printed on colour on both sides. Fine.
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Sydney: Angus and Robertson. First Australian edition, 1944.
Texts of twelve addresses by the New South Wales Governor between 1937 and 1946, another version of wartime Australia.
Stiffened wrappers with integral dustwrapper which is darkened along the spine and adjacent perimeter of the front and rear panels, else all fine.
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[Los Angeles]: 20th Century Fox, [1971].
Vintage promotional print for Nicolas Roeg's colour movie adaptation of James Vance Marshall's novel; a cliched 'noble savage' image for a movie that is nothing like that.
Print measures 20.5 x 25.5cms. Fine.
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[Tokyo]: 20th Century Fox, 2004.
'Chirashi' poster, handbill, for the Japanese rerelease of the director's Australian movie. As misleading as the previous item in finding an emblematic image for the movie but, given the context it was produced in, more than understandable.
Poster measures 26 x 18cms., printed both sides in colour. Fine.
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[Melbourne]: Australian Film Institute. First Australian edition, 1979.
Program produced for a preview screening at the Longford Cinema, Melbourne, Saturday 19 March 1979. Statement by the director, extracts from overseas reviews, cast, credits and biographies.
Pictorial wrappers, combound. Fine.
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press. First American edition, 1996.
Uncorrected proofs of the first American edition; edited by David Marr.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine.
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Canberra, ACT: National Library of Australia and State Library of New South Wales. First Australian edition, 2012.
Exhibition catalogue. Essay by Peter Craven, a page of the subject's papers; illustrated with a combination of ephemera, photographs and manuscripts, 175 items listed, 28pp.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine.
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Melbourne: Madman Films. First Australian edition, 2013.
Program for the movie adaptation of Tim Winton's The Turning distributed first at its world premiere at the Melbourne Film Festival, 2013; pieces by Robert Connolly and Tim Winton, illustrated guide and timeline to each of the movies, credits etc., 38pp.
Pictorial wrappers. Fine.
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London: Robert Hale. First English edition, 2015.
Continuing the investigation.
Fine in dustwrapper.
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South Yarra: Macmillan. First Australian edition, 1999.
The survivor, artist and historian's account of the sinking of HMAS Armidale on 1st December 1942; inscribed to Betty Churcher by Jan Senbergs in 2004.
Fine in dustwrapper.
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