BOOK AUCTION: RARE, SIGNED AND LIMITED, ART, COLLECTABLES AND REFERENCE, 450 LOTS

1: AWAY WITH THE BIRDS. LIMITED EDITION. BY PAUL MARGOCSY. [EAST MALVERN, VIC.], 2008. 31 CM TALL. ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH MOUNTED COLOUR ILLUSTRATION, GILT TITLE ON SPINE AND UPPER BOARD, ALL EDGES GILT. 112 PP. WITH 118 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

2: THE LIFE AND ART OF WILLIAM T. COOPER. BY PENNY OLSEN. NLA 2014. 29 CM TALL. HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. WITH MANY COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

3: AUSTRALIAN PARROTS. 2 VOL,VOL 1: LORIINAE & CACATUINAE &VOL 2: PSITTACINAE, BY J. M. FORSHAW AND WILLIAM T. COOPER. MELBOURNE, SYDNEY ETC, LANSDOWNE EDITIONS,1980. FOLIO. 51 CM.

4: DRAWN FROM PARADISE. THE DISCOVERY, ART AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF PARADISE. LONDON 2012. 30 CM TALL. HARDCOVER. WITH MANY COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

5: COLLECTING LADIES. FERDINAND VON MUELLER AND WOMEN BOTANICAL ARTISTS. BY PENNY OLSEN. NLA 2013. 25 CM TALL. SOFTCOVER. WITH MANY COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

6: FIRST FLEET ARTISTS. GEORGE RAPER'S BIRDS AND PLANTS OF AUSTRALIA. BY LINDA GROOM. NLA 2009. HARDCOVER. WITH MANY COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR.

7: THE STEADY HAND. GOVERNOR HUNTER & HIS FIRST FLEET SKETCHBOOK. BY LINDA GROOM. NLA 2012. 29 CM TALL. HARDCOVER. WITH MANY COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

8: HISTORICAL DRAWINGS OF MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. BY HARRIET AND HELENA SCOTT. FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. SYDNEY 1988. 34 CM TALL. HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. WITH MANY COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

9: CURIOSITIES OF BIRD LIFE. BY CHARLES DIXON. LONDON 1897. HARDCOVER WITH GILT DECORATION.

10: OUR FAVOURITE SONG BIRDS. BY CHARLES DIXON. LONDON 1897. HARDCOVER WITH GILT DECORATION. WITH MANY B/W PLATES.

11: FARTHER AFIELD IN BIRDLAND. BY OLIVER G. PIKE. LONDON CA. 1910. HARDCOVER WITH GILT DECORATION. MANY B/W PLATES, INCL. SOME TIPPED-IN.

12: HOME LIFE IN BIRD-LAND. BY OLIVER G. PIKE. LONDON 1905. HARDCOVER WITH GILT DECORATION. MANY ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLATES, INC. SOME IN COLOUR.

13: CANINE PATHOLOGY, OR DESCRIPTION OF THE DISEASES OF DOGS ETC. BY D. BLAINE. LONDON 1841. FOURTH ED. HARDCOVER CLOTH. WITH FRONTISPIECE PLATE.

14: SKETCHES OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. A SIMPLE METHOD OF SKETCHING BIRDS. BY R. HAMILTON MAY FOR THE GOULD LEAGUE. CA. 1930. OBLONG FORMAT. 28 X 21 CM. SOFTCOVER. B/W ILLUSTRATIONS

15: THE AUSTRALIAN NATIVE BEAR BOOK. PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES BY CAZNEAUX. SYDNEY, URE SMITH, 1930. 25 CM TALL. SOFTCOVER. FULL-PAGE B/W ILLUSTRATIONS.

16: THE DESTRUCTION OF ABORIGINAL SOCIETY. OUTCASTS OF WHITE AUSTRALIA. THE REMOTE ABORIGINES. BY C. D. ROWLEY. 3 VOLUMES. ABORIGINAL POLICY AND PRACTICE. CANBERRA 1970. 22 CM TALL. HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKETS.

17: AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PORTRAITS. BY CHARLES P. MOUNTFORD. MELBOURNE 1967. 28 CM TALL. QUARTER LEATHER AND CLOTH BOARDS. WITH MANY B/W PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. NO. 124 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

18: THE NATIVE TRIBES OF SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIA. BY A. W. HOWITT. LONDON 1904. FIRST EDITION. 22 CM TALL. HARDCOVER CLOTH WITH GILT DECORATION. WITH MANY B/W ILLUSTRATIONS AND 1 MAP IN THE TEXT, 9 FOLDING MAPS. MINIMAL WEAR TO BINDING,

19: ARANDA TRADITIONS. BY T. G. H. STREHLOW. MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1947. 22 CM TALL. HARDCOVER CLOTH WITH DUST JACKET. WITH 10 B/W PLATES, 1 FOLDING TABLE, 1 FOLDING MAP. SOME WEAR TO JACKET.

20: THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL AS A HUMAN BEING. BY M. M. BENNETT. LONDON, ALSTON RIVERS, 1930. 18 CM TALL. ORIGINAL STIFF WRAPPERS WITH DUST JACKET. JACKET WITH SOME WEAR AND MENDED TEAR, SOME FOXING.