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1920136174Angaston: C.C. Yates Photographer 1920. Very Good. Angaston C.C. Yates Photographer circa 1920s. An original gelatin silver photograph 156 × 114 mm on the original mount 246 × 202 mm with the blindstamp of the photographer in the bottom right-hand corner. Tiny surface chip to the emulsion on the bottom edge; in excellent condition. The details identifying the scene were written in pencil on the mount of another example of this photograph we have handled. Light Pass as it is known today is in the Barossa Valley 3 kms from Nuriootpa. The tiny hamlet is home to two Lutheran churches the Immanuel and the Strait Gate. The Immanuel Lutheran Church explains 'What makes us unique' on its website: 'We enjoy special services such as Harvest Festival Vineyard Service Easter Services Seed and Soil Service and many others throughout the year'. C.C. Yates [Photographer] unknown
1920136175Angaston: C.C. Yates Photographer 1920. Very Good. Angaston C.C. Yates Photographer circa 1920s. An original gelatin silver photograph 159 × 113 mm on the original mount 246 × 202 mm with the blindstamp of the photographer in the bottom right-hand corner. Mount a little foxed; tiny surface chip to the emulsion on the right-hand edge; in excellent condition. The details identifying the scene are written in pencil on the verso of the mount. Light Pass as it is known today is in the Barossa Valley 3 kms from Nuriootpa. The tiny hamlet is home to two Lutheran churches the Immanuel and the Strait Gate. The Immanuel Lutheran Church explains 'What makes us unique' on its website: 'We enjoy special services such as Harvest Festival Vineyard Service Easter Services Seed and Soil Service and many others throughout the year'. C.C. Yates [Photographer] unknown
1911144775Angaston: 'Barossa News' Limited printed by Hussey and Gillingham Adelaide 1911. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Angaston 'Barossa News' Limited printed by Hussey and Gillingham Adelaide 1911. Quarto 120 pages extensively illustrated including many pictorial advertisements. Three-colour pictorial title-wrappers with additional advertising on the other three surfaces; expert conservation to the wrappers small chips infilled and discoloured tape removed albeit leaving behind some stains; later ownership name on the front cover; minimal signs of age and use elsewhere; overall in very good condition. A very rare item of local history with content that is far more substantial than its title suggests: for example there are thirteen pages of well-illustrated text devoted to the fruit and vine industries. 'Barossa News' Limited (printed by Hussey and Gillingham, Adelaide) paperback
1911115711Angaston: 'Barossa News' Limited printed by Hussey and Gillingham Adelaide 1911. First Edition. Paperback. Angaston 'Barossa News' Limited printed by Hussey and Gillingham Adelaide 1911. Quarto 120 pages extensively illustrated including many pictorial advertisements. Slightly trimmed front panel of the two-colour pictorial title-wrappers mounted on binder's cloth over boards with portion of the rear wrapper with the pictorial 'Drink Yalumba Ports' advertisement mounted on the outside rear cover; light vertical tidemark to the leading third of the last ten leaves with some light related cockling to the rear half and with very light cockling to the bottom corner throughout; first and last leaves a little blemished foxed creased short sealed tears with surface loss to a handful of words; overall a very presentable copy. A very rare item of local history: we have handled only two other copies since 1976 and both were in worse condition than this one. The content is far more substantial than its title suggests; there are thirteen pages of well-illustrated text devoted to the fruit and vine industries for example. 'Barossa News' Limited (printed by Hussey and Gillingham, Adelaide) paperback
1942048867Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1942. xvi 412pp index bw photos line drawings maps. Or maroon cloth. Minor flecking to spine minor wear at top & bottom of spine light foxing to page edges toning to endpapers. A nice example of the tenth volume of this set commonly known as 'Bean'. . Eleventh Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1937037591Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1937. xxx 922pp index bw photos line drawings maps. Or maroon cloth. Light foxing/toning to endpapers edges bug stained moderate flecking to cloth on covers. The Australian Home Front. The eleventh volume of this set commonly known as 'Bean'. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1928031831Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1928. xli 649 pp index bw photos line drawings maps. Or maroon cloth. Toning to page edges end papers toned hinge starting to crack at title page but holding well. A nice example of the scarce first edition of the ninth volume of this set commonly known as 'Bean'. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1923031830Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1923. xvi 844 pp index bw photos line drawings maps. Or maroon cloth. Toning to page edges end papers toned minor foxing to half-title. A very nice example of the scarce first edition of the seventh volume of this set commonly known as 'Bean'. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1986141965Adelaide: Beaumont Press 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Adelaide Beaumont Press 1986. Quarto 166 pages with numerous illustrations 11 in colour plus an errata slip mounted on the verso of the rear flyleaf an endpaper map and an endpaper genealogical table. Cloth; a fine copy with the excellent dustwrapper a little rubbed and sunned. Inscribed and signed in ink by the author on the title page. <p>Offered together with two companion volumes by the same author: 'Beaumont House. The Land and its People' 1993; quarto viii 168 pages with numerous illustrations; a fine copy with the near-fine dustwrapper; and 'The Hahndorf Walkers and the Beaumont Connection' 1983; quarto 80 pages with numerous illustrations; a near-fine copy in colour-pictorial papered boards. These two books are also inscribed and signed by the author. 3 items. Beaumont Press hardcover
1965BIB331205Adelaide: Published by Beltana Pastoral Company. 1965. Small Quarto Size approx 19x25cm. Near Fine copy in a Very Good clear glassine dustjacket. An excellent copy in cream cloth with red/gilt decoration to front board. Illustrated with Black and White and Sepia Photographs. Endpaper maps. Privately printed. Limited edition of 320 numbered copies - this is copy 21 - signed by Tom Barr Smith Chairman of Directors. Uncommon title. 92 pages. The Beltana Pastoral Company was a significant historical Australian pastoral enterprise founded by Thomas Elder and Robert Barr Smith It was famous for running vast sheep and cattle stations notably Beltana Station in South Australia and pioneering innovations such as on-site wool scouring at Cordillo Downs using camels and Afghan drivers for transport in the 1860s-80s. The company's history intertwined with exploration and the development of the Australian inland is documented in this limited edition book. . Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. Published by Beltana Pastoral Company hardcover
1795900161AG[Weimar]:, Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch, [um 1795]. Kupferstich, Blattmaß: 25,5 x 20 cm.
1951LFA-126724560Une revue de 24 pages, format 150 x 230 mm, illustrée, brochée, publiée en 1951, bon état
1881136694Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1881. Quarto 8 pages last blank and 52 separately-paginated Acts in all approximately 500 pages. Contemporary full morocco; spine tooled in gilt; front cover extensively stamped in gilt with the design repeated in blind on the rear cover; all edges gilt and lightly marked; slight wear to the extremities now expertly conserved; marbled endpapers and adjacent leaves a little creased and marked; paper a little tanned; trifling signs of age and use; in excellent condition. The elaborate binding was likely executed by Emanuel Spiller the South Australian Government Printer at the time. Spiller's name appears as exhibitor and jury-member of competitions and exhibitions of binding and printing throughout the 1880s. The 'Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser' for 27 March 1880 carries a lengthy article by John Plummer on colonial bookbindings displayed at the Sydney International Exhibition noting that '. in the South Australian Court Mr. E. Spiller the Government printer of Adelaide occupies the foremost rank'. <p>Although offered primarily as a fine example of colonial binding the Acts contained in this volume numbers 196 to 238 as well as nine Private Acts are not without interest. There are numerous railways and tramways acts as well as acts on subjects as diverse as Chinese immigration the Adelaide Synagogue mining inebriates and the substantial 'No. 237. Marine Board and Navigation Act' 143 pages. E. Spiller, Government Printer hardcover
182223414London 1822. Very good overall. A handsome hand colored copper engraving of an Australian falcon perched on a branch from Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds'. <br /> <br /> Dr. John Latham 1740 - 1847 the leading British ornithologist of his time was a founding member of the Linnean Society and through his work with the society became acquainted with the leading naturalists and collectors of the day. Many specimens and drawings of Australian birds were arriving in Britain following expeditions to Australia. Latham gave the first published descriptions and scientific names of Australian birds including the emu lyre bird magpie and white cockatoo. <br /> <br /> A good strong impression on paper with wide margins. Faint smudging in the top margin only not affecting the image. 'Plate XI' upper left corner. Paper 8 1/4 x 10 1/2" unknown
1984141142Adelaide: South Australian Centre for Settlement Studies 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide South Australian Centre for Settlement Studies 1984. Oblong folio viii 337 pages with 18 maps 14 tables and numerous illustrations many from photographs. Pictorial card covers; a fine copy. The cover subtitle is 'A heritage survey carried out for the South Australian Department of Environment and Planning by the South Australian Centre for Settlement Studies'. The Adelaide Hills town of Birdwood was formerly know as Blumberg; the German name was changed to a more patriotic one under the Nomenclature Act of 1917. South Australian Centre for Settlement Studies paperback
1986139005Hawthorndene: Investigator Press Volume I and Adelaide Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium Volumes II and III 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hawthorndene Investigator Press Volume I and Adelaide Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium Volumes II and III 1986 1991 and 2003. Octavo three volumes 271 316 and 504 pages with numerous illustrations throughout including 6 in colour in the first volume many from sketches by John McConnell Black. Pictorial papered boards; a fine set in the fine slipcase. John McConnell Black 1855-1951 emigrated to South Australia in 1877; he 'eventually became a senior reporter and respected editorialist on the "Advertiser" also working as a Hansard reporter on a sessional basis until he was 74. A legacy received on his mother's death enabled Black to retire from journalism in 1903 and to tour South America and Europe. On his return he concentrated on botany. In 1914 he was bequeathed a further legacy by his sister Helen and began working on indigenous flora. Although self-trained he was clearly the best systematic botanist in the State for almost fifty years' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. 'The Flora of South Australia' two editions was his major contribution to Australian botany. 3 items. Investigator Press (Volume I), and Adelaide, Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium (Volumes II and III) hardcover
1986129316Hawthorndene: Investigator Press Volume I and the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium Adelaide Volumes II and III 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hawthorndene Investigator Press Volume I and the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium Adelaide Volumes II and III 1986 1991 and 2003 all first and only editions. Octavo three volumes 271 316 and 504 pages with numerous illustrations including 6 colour plates in the first volume many from sketches by John McConnell Black. Pictorial papered boards lightly rubbed and bumped; edges of the first volume a little tanned; surname signature on the front free endpaper of each volume; an excellent set. John McConnell Black 1855-1951 emigrated to South Australia in 1877; he 'eventually became a senior reporter and respected editorialist on the "Advertiser" also working as a Hansard reporter on a sessional basis until he was 74. A legacy received on his mother's death enabled Black to retire from journalism in 1903 and to tour South America and Europe. On his return he concentrated on botany. In 1914 he was bequeathed a further legacy by his sister Helen and began working on indigenous flora. Although self-trained he was clearly the best systematic botanist in the State for almost fifty years' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. 'The Flora of South Australia' two editions was his major contribution to Australian botany. 3 items. Investigator Press (Volume I) and the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium, Adelaide (Volumes II and III) hardcover
1964124456Adelaide: W.L. Hawes Government Printer 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide W.L. Hawes Government Printer 1964. Oblong quarto 24 pages with a map and numerous illustrations from photographs plus a large printed 'with compliments' slip from the Minister of Roads mounted on the front flyleaf. Full leather lettered in gilt now oxidised to green; boards a little bowed; endpapers a little discoloured around the edges; overall an excellent copy. An official presentation binding. Provenance: The Honourable David Brookman MP with his signature 24 April 1964 on the front flyleaf. David Norman Brookman 1917-2000 'was elected to the seat of Electoral district of Alexandra in the House of Assembly for the Liberal and Country League in 1948 filling the seat made vacant by the death of Sir Hubert Hudd and held that seat until 1973. He served as Minister for Agriculture 1958-1965 and Minister for Lands 1968-1970' Wikipedia. W.L. Hawes, Government Printer hardcover
1950124286Adelaide: Bleasdale Wines 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Bleasdale Wines 1950. Quarto vi 21 pages plus 26 illustrations by Max Ragless and plates. Cloth a little flecked and unevenly sunned; a slight mark to the front board; edges front endpapers and adjacent leaves slightly foxed; flyleaves offset; a very good copy. Compiled in part 'from facts supplied by members of the family of Frank Potts 1815-1890'; the author is 'one of his 21 grandsons'. The half-title is inscribed and signed 'To Reg as a small token of appreciation for many services rendered. A.B. Potts Xmas 1950' Arthur B. Potts one of the third generation - see the plate opposite page 19. [Bleasdale Wines hardcover
1902136198East London: Printed by the Standard Printing Co 1902. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. East London Printed by the Standard Printing Co. 1902 revised edition. Small octavo 48 pages. Saddle-stapled title-wrappers a little marked and creased with associated creasing to the last six leaves; staples rusty staining a little the paper in contact with them; overall a very good copy of what we presume to be a rare item. The preface states that this book 'contains the various orders which have from time to time appeared in C.D.F. L. of C. and C.C.F. orders regarding D.M.T.'s; and also in circular memorandums from heads of departments in South Africa regarding District Mounted Troops. Fresh Orders must necessarily often be issued and spaces are left in the book for their insertion. H.S. Scott Harden Capt. O.C. Colonial Forces No. 12 Area. Aliwal North February 1st 1902'. Pages 43-44 contain a list of officers 'appointed by the colonial Government to command District Mounted Troops in the Areas not yet included in Colonial divisions'. Area 11 comprising the Districts of Colesberg Hanover and Steynsburg inclusive of Norvals Pont is under the command of 'Capt. S.A. White'. This item is not identified as such but we know it comes from the dispersed collection of Samuel Albert White 1870-1954 the South Australian well-known as an ornithologist and conservationist but 'During the South African War he had two tours of duty and was temporarily promoted captain a title he used thereafter' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. Printed by the Standard Printing Co paperback
1938110462Adelaide: Theodore Bruce & Co. Fine Art Auctioneers 1938. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Theodore Bruce & Co. Fine Art Auctioneers 1938. Octavo 72 pages. Wrappers a little tanned with a couple of tiny chips; acidic text paper tanned; an excellent copy. Some 3252 lots were offered for sale; some prices realised are pencilled in but bibliographical details are thin on the ground. Stitz: Volume 1 pages 73 and 127-28. Theodore Bruce & Co., Fine Art Auctioneers paperback
1942116235Adelaide: Wakefield Press 1942. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Wakefield Press 1942. Octavo 20 pages last blank plus the colophon. Plain card covers with attached overlapping wrappers lightly rubbed and bumped; small red X against six titles in the checklist; an excellent copy with the small name-stamp of Johannes Larsen on the front flyleaf. Number 76 of 250 copies signed by the author and the first publication of his Wakefield Press. Wakefield Press paperback
2013145131Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2013. Quarto 160 pages with numerous colour illustrations many full-page. Papered boards slightly bumped at the ends of the spine; bottom corner of the front free endpaper a little creased a trifling production flaw; a near-fine copy with the near-fine dustwrapper creased at the top corner of the front flap. The South Australian artist Stephen Bowers 'makes pottery that fires the imagination. From familiar everyday items to the transformative alchemy of deluxe and super deluxe bravura museum pieces his art is acclaimed and collected across Australia and overseas' dustwrapper blurb. Wakefield Press hardcover
192124826Australia 1921. Very good condition. Two early glass negatives one showing two Australian boxers Micko Walsh and Fred Segar and the second a portrait of their promoter Will Young.<br /> <br /> Walsh a.k.a. Welsh a Melbourne resident was born in 1871 debuted in 1892 and fought as a featherweight. He is listed as fighting 49 bouts and 286 rounds. Fred Segar a resident of Unley Adelaide debuted in 1921 as a welterweight. He boxed 21 bouts and 287 rounds retiring in 1931. His parents are listed as Frederick Segar and Rose Jackson BoxerRec.com<br /> <br /> The "Barrier Miner" newspaper Broken Hill NSW includes a "Boxing" summary 12 Jan 1922 stating that "'Red' Mitchell arrived by the express this morning. Since boxing Johnny Knowles here he has been engaged in bouts with Fred. Segar and Jonnny Mock. 'Micko' Walsh a champion featherweight boxer of Victoria is now in Adelaide. Walsh is suffering from paralysis. See NLA website<br /> <br /> The image of Will Young the promoter is quite self-aggrandizing. Titled "WILL" above and "Mr. W. Young.' below his portrait is surrounded by decorative border with a boxing glove and training gear motif. The other image is an oval portrait of the two boxers Walsh and Segar one seated the other standing. The date '1921' appears in the border of the image. <br /> Both have paper envelopes one labeled Will young Promotor sic and Micko Walsh & Fred Segar.<br /> <br /> Glass plates 6 1/2" x 4 3/4". Very good condition. Envelopes a little ruffled.<br /> <br /> Very unusual photographs. unknown
1984137898Colonel Light Gardens: The author 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Colonel Light Gardens The author 1984. Small quarto viii 330 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs and a genealogical table. Pictorial papered boards lightly rubbed; covers lightly sunned about the spine; an excellent copy. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink on the verso of the half-title. The author hardcover
