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Taylor, Bronnie (words); Mornement, Ina (music)Biblio.com

The Puddin' & the Pixie and Other Songs. 12 Songs for Children. Imperial Edition No. 521.

RUSKIN, JohnBiblio.com

The Poetry of Architecture or the Architecture of the Nations of Europe considered in its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character

1893141827'Sunnyside' Orpington Kent: George Allen 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 'Sunnyside' Orpington Kent George Allen 1893 first edition. Quarto xii 261 pages with 14 illustrations plus 15 plates 4 in colour with all artwork by John Ruskin. Contemporary full vellum 'Bound by Stoakley late Hawes' and stamped in gilt with the coat of arms of the University of Cambridge; inner gilt dentelles top edge gilt others uncut; marbled endpapers; vellum a little discoloured; boards slightly bowed; tiny light tide-mark to the top margin of a small number of plates and leaves of text; minimal signs of age and use; overall in excellent condition. Offered together with a companion volume by Ruskin bound to match and in excellent condition: 'The Seven Lamps of Architecture' 'Sunnyside' Orpington Kent George Allen 1886 fifth edition/ 1849; quarto ii xiv 222 pages plus 14 plates featuring artwork by John Ruskin. <p>'When George Allen 1832-1907 joined John Ruskin's evening drawing classes at the Working Men's College in 1854 he was working as an apprentice carpenter for his uncle in Clerkenwell London. Enthused and encouraged by Ruskin who saw in him an "innate disposition to art" Allen declined employment with William Morris' decorative arts firm in order to devote himself to Ruskin's service as his assistant and most reliable engraver. From 1870 he also became Ruskin's publisher and in 1874 he built "Sunnyside" a large house in Orpington Kent which acted as a storage area for Ruskin's past works and future publications up to the "Library Edition" of 1903-12 completed by Allen's family' online information from an exhibition commemorating George Allen held at Lancaster University. <p>Provenance: Bishop Arthur Nutter Thomas 1869-1954 Anglican Bishop of Adelaide from 1906 until 1940. The front flyleaf in each volume is inscribed in ink: 'Jeremie Septuagint Prize: December 1892 Arthur N. Thomas Pemb: Coll: Camb.' The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' records that 'At Pembroke College University of Cambridge B.A. 1893; M.A. 1895; D.D. 1906 he gained a first in the classical tripos 1891 and won the Jeremie Septuagint 1892 and Carus Greek Testament 1893 prizes; he was also an active sportsman'. 2 items. George Allen hardcover

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TIETKENS, William HenryBiblio.com

The Nullabor Plains and the West Boundary of the Province. Contained in Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch. Sessions 1886-7 and 1887-8. Volume 2

189029560Adelaide: RGSSA 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide RGSSA 1890. Octavo 5 pages plus a very large and detailed folding map of the boundary line between South Australia and Western Australia 845 × 300 mm. Early half calf and cloth; leather rubbed at the extremities and a little worn at the head of the joints and three corners with slight loss to the surface of the spine; endpapers offset and a little discoloured at the corners by the leather; some foxing to the leaves at the front and rear and near the folding maps; the Tietkens map has two very short tears expertly sealed; a very good copy with the pencilled surname 'Cowlishaw' lightly erased from the title page possibly Leslie Cowlishaw 1877-1943 physician medical historian and bibliophile. Unquestionably rare and important with all but one of the numerous articles in this volume relating to North Australia or Australian Aborigines. They are WINNECKE Charles: Physical Features of Central Australia 8 pages; WORSNOP Thomas: The Pre-historic Arts of the Aborigines of Australia 25 pages plus 4 lithographs 7 chromolithographs and a small folding map; KRICHAUFF F.: The Customs Religious Ceremonies etc. of the Aldolinga Tribe of Aborigines in Krichauff Ranges Central Australia 5 pages plus 4 pages of further notes; CARRINGTON Captain: The Rivers of the Northern Territory of South Australia 22 pages plus a large folding map 405 × 515 mm; LINDSAY David: Explorations in the Northern Territory of South Australia 16 pages; SUTTON T.M.: The Adjahdurah Tribe of Aborigines on Yorke's Peninsula 3 pages; and NEWLAND S.: The Parkengees or Aboriginal Tribes of the Darling River 14 pages. The other article is ROBINSON Sir Wm.: The Physical Geography of the South-West of Western Australia 13 pages plus a large folding map 380 × 425 mm. RGSSA hardcover

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[Northern Territory]Biblio.com

The Northern Territory of South Australia. Accompanied with a Map

186380169Adelaide: W.C. Cox Government Printer 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide W.C. Cox Government Printer 1863. Octavo 54 pages plus a large folding map and an errata slip tipped in on the contents page; the map 890 × 650 mm is of the Northern Territory itself and shows the 'exploration tracks' of Stuart Sturt A.C. Gregory McKinlay and Leichardt sic. Contemporary full morocco with decorative gilt borders front and rear and the title in gilt on the front cover a most attractive colonial binding; extremities slightly rubbed; leather slightly dusty; the map has tiny holes nibbled by silverfish along the fold of two blank panels and short splits to four intersecting folds insignificant blemishes; a fine copy. 'On 16 July 1863 the Crown annexed to South Australia "until We think fit to make other disposition thereof the Territory now known as the Northern Territory"'. Responsibility was transferred to the Commonwealth on 1 January 1911. The book reprints the Letters Patent and the relevant Acts and Regulations 20 pages together with lengthy extracts from Earl's 'Handbook for Colonists in Tropical Australia' printed earlier the same year at the 'Pinang sic Gazette' Press in the Straits Settlement 22 pages. The last section 'Interior of the Country' 12 pages is largely extracted from the journal of Stuart and the report of Waterhouse naturalist to his expedition. Ferguson 13458 the wrappers here are not stiffened and the title page is also printed within a border. <p>Provenance: The Honorable Henry Ayers CMG with his armorial bookplate. Sir Henry Ayers 1821-1897 legislator and businessman was at the time South Australian Chief Secretary under whose command the 'Northern Territory Land Regulations' and 'Appointment of Officers' printed in the book were proclaimed. Ayers has underlined in ink six lines in the Northern Territory Act relating to land orders. W.C. Cox, Government Printer hardcover

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