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1853biblio249<p><i>First edition. John Murray. London. 1853. 8vo. vi 1 errata slip 488pp. Chromolitho frontispiece 3 further chromolitho plates all with tissue guards 3 uncoloured plates folding map text illus. Later half calf marbled boards Spine in six compartments with raised bands gilt lettering rules and motifs leather label to spine. All edges marbled. New endpapers. Occasional marginal light foxing to plates. Short closed tear to attachment of map. A handsome volume.</i><br /></p><p><i><b>John Elphinstone Erskine</b> 1806 - 1887 British Naval Officer and Liberal MP. </i><i> "In February 1848 Erskine was appointed to the Havannah as senior officer on the Australian station. Soon after his arrival Erskine made a tour of Samoa Tonga Fiji the New Hebrides the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia between 25 June and 7 October 1849. With experience of naval anti-slavery operations in the West Indies and the effects of European penetration in the Pacific he joined the Aborigines Protection Society and became a parliamentary leader of the influential lobby working for the Pacific Islanders Protection Act of 1872." Australian Dictionary of Biography.</i></p> John Murray hardcover
182928055London: John Murray 1829. Paperback. Very good condition. Important early report on the Swan River Colony based on Captain Stirling's findings during his 1827 expedition and intended as a guide for prospective emigrants. The 29 page article is titled "Regulations for the Guidance of those who may Propose to embark as settlers for the New Settlement on the Western Coast of New Holland" and includes a one page woodblock map. The map "Sketch of the New Settlement on Swan River" has the text "Fine undulating grass plains thinly wooded" stretching from Mangles Bay to Port Leschenault. The WA coast is shown from above Swan River in the north around Cape Leeuwin and further to the East. Disbound from Vol XXXIX with the title page pp 315-344 with some extraneous pages. John Murray paperback
18653621262(Batavia, Koninkl. Natuurkundig Vereeniging in Ned. Indie, 1851-1865). Zusammen etwa 680 S. mit einigen Tabellen, 2 Tafeln, 21 mehrfach gefalteten, teils farbigen Tafeln mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Karten, separat 1 mehrfach gefaltetee und auf Leinen gezogene farbige Karte in Tasche. Hlwd der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung. Gr.-8vo. (etwas beschabt, Vorsätze und Tasche etwas fleckig, einige Bl. mit kleinen Randläsuren und Fehlstellen ohne Textverlust, einige Bl. bzw. Tafeln staubrandig und fingerfleckig).
18671206T017London: Hurst and Blackett 1867. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xi 359. Good Plus. 6 x 8.75 inches 15 x 22.5 cm. Publisher's red cloth binding bevelled board edges illustrated in gilt to front board. Rebacked with original spine overlaid. Light marking to boards slight wear to corners. Marking to endpapers chipping to edges of front free endpaper stain to edge of outer margin of first few pages. Occasional spots and small marks to text a few pages have been carelessly opened. Complete with all plates foxing to tissue guards one tissue guard creased and torn. Inscriptions to upper margin of title page and to preface page. A good solid example. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches 15 x 22.5 cm. Hurst and Blackett hardcover
1831biblio240<p>First edition. 2 vols. Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis Booksellers to the London Missionary Society. London. 1831. 8vo. xxiv 566pp tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece 6 further engraved plates; viii 568pp tissue guarded engraved frontispiece 6 further engraved plates. Later half calf marbled boards. Spines in five compartments with gilt double rules. Original leather labels relaid to spines. All edges and endpapers marbled. Title page to Vol. I slightly chipped to base. A few short closed marginal tears. Closed tear across tissue guard opposite p515. Occasional spotting. A handsome set. </p><p>"In 1821 Tyerman and George Bennet of Sheffield were appointed by the London Missionary Society to visit their southern stations. They sailed from London on 2 May in the whaler Tuscan and proceeding round Cape Horn visited Tahiti the Leeward and Sandwich Islands and other mission stations in the South Seas. In 1824 they visited New South Wales and on the way narrowly escaped from Maori in New Zealand. From Sydney in September 1824 they sailed through the Torres Straits to Java and thence to Singapore Canton and Calcutta. At Serampore on 3 May 1826 they met the venerable William Carey who received them with much kindness. After visiting Benares they sailed to Madras and thence to Goa. From India they voyaged in 1827 to Mauritius and Madagascar where the missions were firmly established under King Radama. On 30 July 1828 Tyerman whose health had given way under the climate of southern India died at Antananarivo." ODNB Bagnall 5667. Cordier 2112. Ferguson 1487. Hocken p. 49. Hunnewell pp. 69-70.<br /></p> Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis, Booksellers to the London Missionary Society. hardcover
183864089London: Robert Tyas 1838. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Robert Tyas 1838 'Second Edition considerably augmented'/ 1837. Octavo vi 118 4 publisher's catalogue pages plus a folding leaf of shipping statistics and a folding map 147 × 268 mm comprising a map of Australia with South Australia marked out a map of the eastern coast of Gulf St Vincent and a plan of Adelaide. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt within a decorative border on the front cover; cloth a little sunned about the spine mottled and lightly marked; corners slightly bumped with minimal wear to the extremities; minor foxing confined mainly to the folding leaf of statistics and adjacent leaves the advertisements and the last few leaves of text; an excellent copy. Robert Tyas hardcover
1882103473Perth: Government Printer George Inkpen. 1882. Folio original printed wraps with cloth spine folding map with colour detail pp vii 131. With the ex-library stamps of the Eastern Districts Chronicle which was published in York 1877-1927. Closed tear to the large folding map. Small silverfished area corner of endpapers light marks wraps some creasing. Good condition. Scarce. A fascinating glimpse into life in Western Australia in 1881. Sections include: population and dwellings ages conjugal condition education religion occupations nationalities year of entering the colony sick and infirm agriculture mines and manufactories and appendices. Aborigines are specifically excluded from the census except in a table showing the numbers "in service". A valuable resource for historians and researchers. 1st Edition. Wraps. Government Printer (George Inkpen) paperback
186280756London: Hall Virtue 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Hall Virtue 1862. Octavo viii 167 pages. Original blind-stamped brown cloth lightly marked and a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities with slight wear to the corners; expert restoration to minor wear to the head and foot of the spine; trifling surface damage to the gutter of the rear endpaper; an excellent copy. 'I was offered some time before leaving South Australia strong inducements to write a history of that virtuous territory which should be palatable to certain classes of a small community; but as I had no high opinion of either the colony or the principles on which it was founded or its subsequent career I could not be the partisan at any price of a locality which I could not conscientiously recommend as a suitable field of emigration for any class of my fellow-country-men.' Nothing is sacred; it is perhaps hardly surprising to learn that 'every copy available was purchased and destroyed by the Angas family' Ferguson 10265 citing a note in the Petherick copy in the National Library of Australia. Hall, Virtue hardcover
1869024094Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1869. HEAVY. vi 644pp index glossary appendices num bw ills several folding. Or brown cloth with gilt vignette to front gilt title to spine. Approx 3cm split in cloth at bottom front edge of spine light even browning of page edges minor bumps to top corners. Endpapers replaced pre-WWII. Lacks folding maps at rear. A lovely bright fresh copy of this scarce early work on mining in colonial Victoria. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. John Ferres (Government Printer) Hardcover
183979454London: Smith Elder and Co 1839. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. London Smith Elder and Co. 1839 second edition/ 1839. Octavo viii 224 2 9 advertisements pages plus 4 lithographs 2 folding maps and a folding table. Original gilt- and blind-stamped dark green ribbed cloth lightly marked and a little bumped at the extremities; corners and spine ends neatly reinforced with black leather; endpapers replaced; title page slightly marked with the leading edge lightly chipped; plates moderately foxed affecting the adjacent leaves a little with light scattered foxing elsewhere; overall a very presentable copy with the contemporary signature of J. Smith at the head of the title page and the later bookplate of F.G. Coles. The lengthy subtitle is 'including particulars descriptive of its soil climate natural productions &c. and proofs of its superiority to all other British colonies. Embracing also a full account of the South Australian Company with hints to various classes of emigrants and numerous letters from settlers concerning wages provisions their satisfaction with the colony &c.'. <p>Apart from dropping the original title 'The Land of Promise' 'on the ground sic of vagueness and liability to misconstruction' and outing himself as author only the title page and two-page preface distinguish the first and second edition texts. Smith, Elder, and Co hardcover
186845410ABSt. Gallen, Scheitlin und Zollikofer 1868. VII, 299 S. Illustrierte Original-Leinwand. Ein Gelenk etwas angeplatzt und mit kl. Fehlstelle. 2 Bll. etwas gebräunt (Zeitungspapier-Abklatsch).
1866144419Adelaide: C. Platts E.S. Wigg J. Howell and W.C. Rigby 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide C. Platts E.S. Wigg J. Howell and W.C. Rigby 1866. Duodecimo ii viii including the index to the Almanack 128 iv index to the Directory 122 vi index to the South Australian Almanac sic and Directory Advertiser 70 70a-71a 71-98 98a-99a 99-144 pages plus advertising on the pastedowns. Some of the advertisements contain woodcut illustrations; the two 'a' leaves and an adjacent one in each case are printed on orange paper. Flush-cut blue cloth with the full title page details repeated on the front cover and advertising on the rear one; cloth a little mottled and marked with minimal fraying at the edges; trifling signs of age and use; a very good copy. The very large oval blindstamp of 'Howell Bookseller Rundle Street Adelaide' appears at the head of the first leaf of the first index. C. Platts, E.S. Wigg, J. Howell, and W.C. Rigby hardcover
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
1861100535London: George Philip 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. London George Philip late 1861. A full-colour map printed surface 610 × 510 mm cut into 20 panels mounted on linen as issued folded and mounted in the publisher's gilt-decorated cloth case external dimensions 190 × 118 mm. Slight wear to the corners of the case with minimal restoration to the spine; light erasures to the pastedown and paper-lined verso of the exposed panel of the folded map; the map is lightly marked in one spot but is essentially in fine condition. There are two interesting rubber-stamps on one cloth panel that of 'W.C. Rigby Newsagent Adelaide' and 'Archiv. Provinciae Austriae S. J.'; the erasures mentioned above appear to have removed a couple of examples of the Jesuit Archive stamp. Philips' Authentic Maps of the Australian Colonies Number 6 according to the information printed on the front pastedown. Tooley 974 basic details of the map only not noting the Travelling Maps series. Pertinent details printed on the map that provide evidence of the date of publication include 'Burke & Wills 1860-61' and the locations where King and the bodies of Gray Burke and Wills were found King was found in September 1861. The latest reference to Stuart is 'Stuart's Route 1860' presumably his fifth expedition from November 1860 to September 1861. The entire region of South Australia west of about 133 degrees east longitude and north of the coastline is described as 'Unexplored Country added to South Australia in 1861'; the Act to annex this land was passed in Great Britain in August 1861. Historians of Australian bookselling will know that William Charles Rigby commenced trading as a bookseller and newsagent in Adelaide in late 1859. George Philip hardcover
1874115996Adelaide: James Heath Lewis Printer first conference and Wesleyan Book Depot all other conferences 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide James Heath Lewis Printer first conference and Wesleyan Book Depot all other conferences 1874 to 1886. Octavo 13 issues ranging from 32 to 90 pages the first and the last conferences but generally 50-60 pages each. Contemporary binder's cloth all edges speckled; title in gilt on the spine with the year of publication neatly inked on the leading edge of each issue; small and much later ownership details on the first title page; in excellent condition. Trove indicates that the only institutional holdings of any copies are the first three issues in the State Library of South Australia. James Heath Lewis, Printer (first conference), and Wesleyan Book Depot (all other conferences) hardcover
187358350Adelaide: Government Printer 1873. Fine. Adelaide Government Printer 1873. Foolscap folio 10 pages. Drop-title; four small holes in the left-hand margins where stab-sewn when bound now neatly disbound; essentially a fine copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 55 of 1873. Reynolds was away for approximately fifteen weeks and his report is full of matters pertinent to his portfolio - land its uses and people to use it. 'Any person visiting these islands who considers the number of their inhabitants the peculiar adaptability of the people for tropical and semi-tropical lands their habits their general industry the rapid increase of population in these islands - which threatens ere long to burst through its present geographical limits . then takes up the map of Australia and especially that portion our Northern Territory - can draw no other inference but that Nature and Providence combine to show that the Northern Territory of Australia is destined to become by its striking geographical position the point where the superabundant population of those islands may find a foothold and a home where millions of acres wait for the occupancy of a race just adapted to their special wants'. <p>He spent from 17 May to 11 June in the Northern Territory and got stuck into things - and people - and recommended that the entire control of the Territory be 'under one experienced responsible head'. However something struck a chord with him; shortly after he returned to Adelaide he resigned from his position and 'Attracted by business opportunities in the Territory he went back and opened a store. This was not successful and in February 1875 he and his wife embarked on SS "Gothenburg" for the return journey to Adelaide - and went down with the ship off the Queensland coast' 'Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography' Volume 1. Government Printer unknown
1841110034London: Richard Clay Printer 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Richard Clay Printer 1841. Octavo 5 6-27 1 blank pages the title page contains just the words 'South Australia' with the imprint details on the verso. Later half morocco and marbled papered boards with a contrasting leather title-label on the spine top edge gilt marbled endpapers; covers lightly rubbed with the marbled paper a little unevenly discoloured; title page a little dusty with some light pencilling author date binder's instructions and a tiny sealed tear to the leading edge; bottom corner of the last leaf a little creased with trifling loss to the corner-tip; a very good copy. Correspondence and evidence before a Select Committee of the House of Commons on the affairs of South Australia relating to 'the dismissal by Her Majesty upon the recommendation of Lord John Russell of the original South Australian Commissioners on the 23rd of December 1839 who had been giving their gratuitous services to the public from the 5th of May 1835 up to that time and the appointment of three friends of his own in their places with salaries of £1000 per annum each' from the preamble. Ferguson 3272. Richard Clay, Printer hardcover
1840131291London: 'Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed' 1840. Very Good. London 'Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed' 10 April 1840. Foolscap folio 32 pages last one a docket with numerous tables and lists. Sewn as issued the thread recently renewed and now holding a place a piece of archival paper protecting the spine; all edges uncut; first and last pages unevenly tanned and lightly foxed; leading edge of the first leaf lightly chipped; light tidemark to the top and bottom margins of four consecutive leaves; a very good copy. Great Britain and Ireland Parliamentary Paper Number 223 of 1840. The full title runs to 23 lines enumerating ten separate returns. 'Contains valuable information with respect to many South Australian subjects' Ferguson but the perennial value of this paper is the headline one which runs to eleven pages. Its complete title is 'A Return of the Quantity of Land in South Australia sold by the Colonization Commissioners since the 5th day of May 1835:- Of the Amount of Money paid for the same in London and the Names of the Purchasers:- Of the Amount of Money paid to Agents in England and Scotland as Commission on Sales effected through their Agency specifying the Name of the Agent and the Name of the Purchaser on whose Purchase Commission has been charged'. Ferguson 3002. 'Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed' unknown
184413685Adelaide: various Government Printers or Printers acting under Authority 1844. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide various Government Printers or Printers acting under Authority 1844 to 1848 or possibly early 1849. Quarto each Act or Ordinance separately paginated totalling several hundred pages. Contemporary half leather and marbled papered boards a little rubbed and worn at the extremities; some later pencilled annotations; internally in excellent condition. The balance of the volume contains another 65 separate Acts or Ordinances: 1845 17 items; 1846 17 items; 1847 19 items plus the title page and index leaf; and 1848 12 items plus the title page and index leaf. Not least Ordinance Number 8 of 1844 with an Amendment Number 5 of 1846: 'To allow the Aboriginal Inhabitants of South Australia and the parts adjacent to give Information and Evidence without the Sanction of an Oath'. <p>Other ordinances of interest include 'To Establish a Savings Bank in South Australia to Provide for the Management thereof and for the Security of Deposits therein' Number 15 of 1847 and its Amendment Number 13 of 1848; 'For the Naturalization of certain Persons Natives of Germany' only Messrs Meyer Klose Teichelmann and Schuermann in 1845; in 1847 the list contained 309 names with addresses and occupations; 'Authorising the making of Railways' Number 7 of 1847 in 68 pages; plus miscellaneous business as usual Scab in Sheep; Laws of Customs; Salary of the Governor; Qualifications of Medical Practitioners . <p>Provenance: the Adelaide lawyer Romilly Garveth Harry 1907-1981 with his ex libris name-plate on the front pastedown; 'Shierlaw & Jessop Solicitors Adelaide' is written in ink on the front flyleaf. various Government Printers (or Printers acting under Authority) hardcover
1889139653London: G.E. Waters 1889. Paperback. Very Good. London G.E. Waters 1889 first thus. Duodecimo 43 pages plus a frontispiece with tissue-guard. Original flush-cut dark blue card covers lettered in gilt 'For Private Circulation' diagonally across the front cover; all edges gilt; covers rubbed with minimal wear at the extremities and slightly creased at the front bottom corner; biographical details of Tinline in ballpoint pen on the front free endpaper; scattered light foxing; an excellent copy of a very rare ephemeral production now housed in a fine quarter morocco clamshell case lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine 'George Tinline'. The text is an extract from the 'South Australian Register' of Thursday 7 April 1853 and records the testimonial dinner two days earlier for George Tinline 'in recognition of his work in the financial crisis of 1850-52 . In October 1851 thousands of South Australian men left their jobs to try their luck in the Victorian goldfields severely bankrupting the state of its labour and coinage. In order to avoid financial disaster Acting Manager of the South Australian Banking Company George Tinline 1815-1895 proposed the establishment of the South Australian Assay Office which was to pay more per ounce for gold than any other colony in Australia outbidding Melbourne for Victorian gold. This plan was executed in conjunction with the Bullion Act of 1852 which enabled banks to exchange gold bullion for hand notes at a fixed value. This meant that gold ingots were worth 72 shillings per ounce in South Australia compared to 58-60 shillings in Melbourne. This difference was worth the gold diggers while and soon gold flowed from diggers and dealers to the Adelaide market the devalued currency ensuring a roaring export trade with Victoria and the success the Bank of South Australia. In honour of his crucial work and imaginative efforts in maintaining credit and preventing the financial collapse in the colony of South Australia Tinline was presented with the silver salver. At a private dinner attended by 200 notables Chairman George Elder expressed that the colony was indebted to Mr. Tinline proclaiming him a faithful steward of South Australia. In addition to the inscribed salver he was given 2000 guineas the text in fact records a cheque for £2500; and was awarded £1000 by the London directors. The salver itself was made by Hunt & Roskell silversmiths and jewellers to the Queen for a significant sum £210 for a full service including the salver . The salver is divided into three illustrated segments which narrate the story of George Tinline and the financial crisis of 1851-53. The first shows the farm labourers heading for the Victorian gold fields taking with them some useful tools. The second shows George Tinline presenting the Governor with the Bullion Act who then signs it. Finally the third shows the welcome given to the gold escort arrival and the weighing of the gold at the diggings' History Trust of South Australia catalogue record for the Tinline Salver now in their collection. The frontispiece is an image of the salver. <p>Ferguson 17183a. G.E. Waters paperback
1874124156Melbourne: E. & D. Syme 'The Leader' Office and Adelaide Frearson & Bro 1874. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Melbourne E. & D. Syme 'The Leader' Office and Adelaide Frearson & Bro. 1874. Octavo iv second and last blank 59 pages. Original flush-cut printed stiffened wrappers with slight loss to silverfish; light tidemark to the top margin of the front cover and the top inside corner tip of the first ten leaves; front joint split a little top and bottom with minor loss to the ends of the spine; minimal signs of use and age; a very good copy internally excellent. 'The following Papers are reprinted from "The Farm" section of the Melbourne "Leader". The writer left Melbourne on 1st September 1874 and returned on the 30th November. The early Papers were written during September in which month the country round Adelaide is seen at its very best. The areas of Gawler Kapunda Kooringa Hill River Estate Clare and surroundings were visited during October and the return journey between Adelaide and Mount Gambier including Strathalbyn Willunga Goolwa Hindmarsh Island Narracoorte and the Drainage Country took place during November' preface. The critical comments on contemporary vine cultivation and wine production make interesting reading. Visits were made to properties and individuals well-known to this day: Davenport Boothby Crompton Auld Mrs Penfold Thomas Elder and Birksgate Thomas Hardie sic and Bankside and 'Clare - Seven Hills and St. Aloysius' College' with numerous 'Notable Wine Growers' in the region mentioned. Many areas significant in the modern vine and wine industry are conspicuously absent in this survey at least in this regard. This item is rare in our experience. Ferguson 9210. E. & D. Syme, 'The Leader' Office, and Adelaide, Frearson & Bro paperback
1863132869Adelaide: C. Platts E.S. Wigg G. Dehane and others 1863. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide C. Platts E.S. Wigg G. Dehane and others 1863. Octavo 109 19 advertisements pages plus advertisements on three surfaces of the covers. Original burnt orange wrappers with the full title page details repeated on the front cover; joints splitting a little top and bottom but still firm; plain spine slightly bumped at the ends and a little chipped; bottom edge of the front cover a little chipped with a small piece missing from the bottom left-hand corner; minimal signs of age and use; overall an excellent copy. In the preface the author states that 'About four months were occupied in visiting the Mines and collecting information and during this time I travelled about 1800 miles chiefly on horseback'. 'First Edition of Three Thousand' and 'Illustrated by a Map' are printed on the title page and front wrapper. The list of 173 subscribers accounts for 1200 copies. We have previously handled a copy in original stippled cloth with a large folding map 635 × 420 mm but this undisturbed copy in wrappers has clearly never had a map bound in. <p>Ferguson 6183 referring only to the edition in wrappers states that the map is loose. The first half-page advertisement after the text is one for Austin himself; the line and a half relating to Scrutton of London have been ruled out in ink presumably by the author himself. C. Platts, E.S. Wigg, G. Dehane (and others) paperback
1862144315London: George Philip & Son 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London George Philip & Son not before 1862. A full-colour map printed surface 610 × 510 mm cut into 20 panels mounted on linen as issued folded and mounted in the publisher's gilt-decorated cloth case external dimensions 190 × 118 mm. Cloth a little bumped at the extremities and sunned on the spine; original leading-edge ribbon ties missing; minimal discolouration to the map; overall in excellent condition. Philips' Authentic Maps of the Australian Colonies Number 6 according to the information printed on the front pastedown. The name 'Holdsworth 1867' is written in ink at the head of the pastedown. Pertinent details printed on the map that provide evidence of the date of publication include 'Burke & Wills 1860-61' and the locations where King and the bodies of Gray Burke and Wills were found King was found in September 1861. The latest reference to Stuart is 'Stuart's Route 1860' presumably his fifth expedition from November 1860 to September 1861. The entire region of South Australia west of about 133 degrees east longitude and north of the coastline is described as 'Unexplored Country added to South Australia in 1861'; the Act to annex this land was passed in Great Britain in August 1861. <p>Tooley 974 basic details of the map only not noting the Travelling Maps series. George Philip & Son hardcover
1866115170Adelaide: C. Platts E.S. Wigg J. Howell and W.C. Rigby 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide C. Platts E.S. Wigg J. Howell and W.C. Rigby 1866. Duodecimo iii viii 128 iv 122 South Australian Directory iv index 145 South Australian Almanack Advertiser pages including endpaper advertisements plus a rear cover advertisement. Flush-cut cloth boards lightly used; an excellent copy. With the contemporary ownership inscription 'Official Assignee's Office' in ink on the front cover. C. Platts, E.S. Wigg, J. Howell and W.C. Rigby hardcover
1878139670Adelaide: Printed at the 'Advertiser' 'Chronicle' and 'Express' Offices for the Author 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Printed at the 'Advertiser' 'Chronicle' and 'Express' Offices for the Author 1878. Octavo x 304 24 advertisements pages plus a frontispiece lithograph 'Adelaide 1838' and an advertising slip for Alfred Waddy bookbinder whose small paper label in affixed to the rear pastedown. Original green textured cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; cloth rubbed lightly stained and a little worn at the extremities; inner hinges expertly reinforced; endpapers discoloured with slight loss to silverfish; text paper a little tanned; occasional signs of age and use but overall a very good copy. Curiously 'Barrow & King Adelaide' is stamped in gilt at the foot of the spine. This first edition essentially deals with the period 1836 to 1842 and in far greater detail than the 1884 edition. <p>Provenance: W.H. Bailey possibly William Harris Bailey circa 1840-1907 commercial traveller storeman jeweller and grocer with his ownership details on the endpapers. The later signature 'E. Hack' is written in ink on the front free endpaper. This is possibly Edward Hack 1829-1904 the second of 15 children of John Barton Hack and his wife Bridget née Watson. John Barton Hack 1805-1884 landed at Holdfast Bay with his wife and their first six children in February 1837; his many and varied pioneering activities are recorded in the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. <p>Ferguson 7652. Printed at the 'Advertiser', 'Chronicle' and 'Express' Offices [for the Author] hardcover
