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183880160London: Robert Tyas 1838. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Robert Tyas 1838 second edition 'considerably augmented'/ 1837. Octavo vi 118 pages plus a folding leaf of shipping statistics and a folding frontispiece 147 × 268 mm containing on it 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 cloth slightly mottled and a little silverfish-nibbled; spine renewed with most of the original spine retained; frontispiece a little foxed; an excellent copy. Provenance: Robert Kyffin Thomas with his ownership signature 1902 on the front flyleaf. Sir Robert Kyffin Thomas 1851-1910 the grandson of Robert Thomas who arrived on the 'Africaine' at Holdfast Bay in 1836 with a printing press was himself an influential newspaperman in the state. Ferguson 2452 our copy does not have the four pages of 'book advertisements' clearly never present. Robert Tyas hardcover
186480178Adelaide: W.C. Rigby and Melbourne Geo. Robertson 1864. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide W.C. Rigby and Melbourne Geo. Robertson 1864. Octavo xii last one blank 82 2 colophon pages plus 2 lithographs by William Wyatt a double-page plate of 'Method of training the White Mulberry to a standard' and 'The Reeling Machine'. Original yellow card covers with the plain spine expertly renewed; absolutely trifling surface loss to silverfish; essentially a fine copy with the contemporary blind-stamp of Rigby as bookseller on the front flyleaf. Sir Samuel Davenport 1818-1906 was an ardent promoter of agriculture and new industries in South Australia and served as president of both the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society and the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. Other new industries discussed in the book are Verdigris and Flower-Farming. Ferguson 8971 pagination incorrect and the plates are not recorded. W.C. Rigby and Melbourne, Geo. Robertson paperback
1862141503London: Hall Virtue & Co 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Hall Virtue & Co. 1862. Duodecimo viii 167 1 colophon pages. Blind-stamped dark green ribbed cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; covers slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities; top edge uncut and a little dusty; paper a little tanned as usual; trifling signs of age and handling but overall 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' author's preface although he showed the cut of his nib on the title page: 'Castigat ridendo mores'. <p>Indeed nothing is sacred so 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 & Co hardcover
1899137624Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1899. Octavo 83 1 colophon pages plus a frontispiece portrait. Dark brown stippled cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; free endpapers heavily offset the pastedowns lightly so; short tear to the inner margin of one leaf expertly sealed; mild signs of age and use but see below; an excellent copy. These memoirs of James Collins Hawker 1821-1901 date back to 1838 when he arrived with Governor George Gawler. They first appeared as a series of articles in 'The South Australian Register' and 'The Adelaide Observer'. An utterly rare second series was published in 1901. Ferguson 10297 noting only black cloth; we have seen various colours. <p>This is a presentation copy inscribed and signed in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper to 'J. Tomkinson from James Collins Hawker Feby 22. 1900'. The later inkstamp signature of A. Grenfell Price is on the front pastedown his marginal emphases in pencil are on 40 pages and his annotations in pencil appear on four pages. In the most significant annotation Sir Archibald Grenfell Price 1892-1977 geographer historian and educationist has written at the head of page 12 with reference to an underlined section on rammed-earth or 'pise' houses: 'I used this account of pisé houses in Foundation and Settlement 'The Foundation and Settlement of South Australia 1829-1845' published in 1924. Although the information was incorrect I knew it rested on an early authority. AGP'. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
1889146562London: Edward Stanford for the Royal Geographical Society 1889. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. London Edward Stanford for the Royal Geographical Society 1889. Octavo pages 650-671 pages plus a folding colour map. The entire volume comprises iv 641-704 pages with 2 maps plus the folding map. Original printed wrappers; some trifling wear at the extremities; in near-fine condition. An account of Lindsay's private expedition of 1885-86 in which '. he took seven men and twelve camels from Hergott Springs to the Gulf of Carpentaria tracing the Finke River to its mouth and seeking information about Ludwig Leichhardt. Lindsay surveyed the country between the overland telegraph line and the Queensland border explored the MacDonnell Ranges made a brief foray into the Simpson Desert and spent six months in the country between Lake Nash and Powell's Creek' Australian Dictionary of Biography. The introduction to this section states that it is 'slightly abridged' but in fact it is more detailed than the narrative read before the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch on 29 June 1887 and published in Volume II of the 'Proceedings' of the Society 1888 and in an offprint the same year. In addition to a different text this publication also contains the colour lithographed map entitled 'Map of Explorations & Surveys in the Northern Territory of South Australia .' and a 'Vocabulary of the Language spoken by the Natives in Latitudes 23° to 28° S. as obtained by a Member of my Expedition 1885-6'. The vocabulary was compiled by the expedition's naturalist Lieutenant Hermann Dittrich and constitutes an early record of the Arrernte Aranda language spoken in the vicinity of Dalhousie Springs and the Finke River. <p>The other contributions to this volume are: <p>RAVENSTEIN E.G.: 'Geographical Co-ordinates in the Valley of the Upper Nile'; <p>FLINDERS PETRIE W.M.: 'Wind Action in Egypt'; and <p>'Explorations and Ascents in the Caucasus in 1889'. Edward Stanford for the Royal Geographical Society paperback
187480075Adelaide: William Kyffin Thomas Printer for The Author 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide William Kyffin Thomas Printer for The Author 1874. Octavo 53 pages. Flush-cut quarter green cloth and yellow papered boards with the full title page details repeated on the front cover; some discolouration to the front endpapers from a newspaper cutting; essentially a very fine copy. 'These papers are written solely for private distribution amongst relatives and special friends; and as my family is rather numerous and dispersed the necessity arises of having them printed'. This copy is inscribed to 'Percival Randolph Stow from his affectionate grandfather' and signed by the author. Stow a son of Judge Randolph Stow was the second husband of Catherine Stow Katie Langloh Parker. Loosely inserted is a 1941 newspaper clipping containing a brief biography of the author an 1829 pioneer of Western Australia before settling in South Australia in 1846; he died in 1877. William Kyffin Thomas, Printer [for The Author] hardcover
187480623Adelaide: William Kyffin Thomas Printer for The Author 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide William Kyffin Thomas Printer for The Author 1874. Octavo 53 pages. Flush-cut quarter green cloth and yellow papered boards with the full title page details repeated on the front cover; covers slightly rubbed at the extremities and lightly marked; front flyleaf removed; an excellent copy. 'These papers are written solely for private distribution amongst relatives and special friends; and as my family is rather numerous and dispersed the necessity arises of having them printed'. This copy is inscribed on the verso of the title page to 'Charlotte de S. Dutton with kind regards' and signed by the author. MacDermott an 1829 pioneer of Western Australia before settling in South Australia in 1846 died in 1877. <p>The provenance is most interesting: Charlotte de S. Dutton was the widow of William Hampden Dutton 1805-1849; her mother's maiden name was Da Silva. In 1849 William's brother Francis Stacker Dutton 1818-1877 married MacDermott's daughter Caroline. The Duttons and their pastoral property Anlaby were household names in South Australia for generations; to put them into context 'While working at Anlaby in 1842 Francis had discovered with Captain Charles Bagot the Kapunda copper mine' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. William Kyffin Thomas, Printer [for The Author] hardcover
1898136660Melbourne: George Robertson & Co. and London J.S. Virtue & Co. Limited 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Melbourne George Robertson & Co. and London J.S. Virtue & Co. Limited 1898. Oblong folio 330 × 450 mm 36 pages plus 15 tipped-in chromolithographs by the author each with a paper guard now with associated offsetting. Dark green pebble-grain cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the front cover all edges gilt; cloth lightly flecked with slight bumps and minimal wear to the extremities; frontispiece mount a little foxed; an excellent copy and probably as nice as they come given the age and large format of the volume. 'Captain Sturt discovered and followed this river down. My friend and I went over the same water after an interval of many years but the greater portion of its scenery remains unchanged the population is so sparse; so in effect this illustrates his exploration. I have confined myself almost entirely to the natural scenery' the preface. George Robertson & Co. and London, J.S. Virtue & Co. Limited hardcover
1878124103Adelaide: mainly The Philosophical Society of Adelaide called the Royal Society of South Australia from 1880 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide mainly The Philosophical Society of Adelaide called the Royal Society of South Australia from 1880 1878 to 1881. Octavo 12 pamphlets pagination varies; plates appear in some of them. Contemporary binder's cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; in excellent condition. The papers are mainly on insects and native plants but also 'Cliffs and Rocks at Ardrossan' the 'Bay of Biscay' soil of SA and butterflies with two lithographs one with some hand-colouring. Loosely inserted is a related paper translated by him and three leaflets one each on ants bees and insects by him quarto or larger printed rectos only. Johann Gottlieb Otto Tepper 1841-1923 arrived in SA in 1847. He trained as a school teacher and 'taught at Two Wells 1869 Monarto 1872-73 Nuriootpa 1873-78 Ardrossan 1878-81 and Clarendon 1881-83. Between 1873 and 1883 he wrote a series of natural history papers about Nuriootpa "Notable Native Plants about Ardrossan"' and numerous others such as those present here. 'In March 1883 Tepper was appointed natural history collector at the South Australian Museum; in 1888 he was promoted to entomologist numismatist and librarian there. Many of his entomological papers were later to appear in the Garden and Field and in the Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia which society he joined in 1878; he was an honorary fellow from 1912 and was sometime chairman of its field naturalists' section. In 1879 he became a fellow of the Linnean Society of London and a life member of the Society of Science Letters and Art London receiving their medal in 1898' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. [mainly] The Philosophical Society of Adelaide (called the Royal Society of South Australia from 1880) hardcover
1882132972London: Sampson Low . 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Sampson Low . 1882. Octavo two volumes xii 323 and viii 308 32 advertisements pages plus a frontispiece portrait in the first volume. Light blue cloth printed in red and gold; top and leading edges uncut; cloth very slightly rubbed at the extremities and lightly flecked; spines very lightly sunned; inner hinges cracked at the endpapers but firm; an excellent set and notoriously difficult to find in such pleasing condition. Alexander Tolmer 1815-90 was Commissioner of Police in South Australia in 1852-53. He is best remembered for his 'overland gold escort service from Victoria to South Australia designed to reverse the drain of currency from the colony during the gold rush'; however his long absences on escort duty led in part to his being demoted from the job in November 1853. The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' goes on to describe his autobiography as 'an engaging and egotistical work in two volumes mainly devoted to his military service in Portugal and with the police'. This set has the ink stamp of 'Harold Woodlands May 19 1942' on the verso of each front free endpaper. 2 items. Sampson Low .. hardcover
184810550London: John Murray 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London John Murray 1848. Octavo xii 392 4 advertisements pages plus a folding map 215 × 170 mm. Original blind-stamped cloth slightly bumped at the edges and very slightly rubbed at the head and foot of the spine; front joint slightly split; an excellent copy and rare thus in our experience as the original cloth is prone to wear. For 'the most part the result of seven years' personal observation in the Colony of South Australia and contains from this source detailed statements on the prospects of labourer and farmer on Agriculture Stock Farming Building Gardening Manufacturing in various branches . and Mining and Mineral Productions'. There are chapters on overlanding 31 pages and Aborigines 52 pages. Provenance: Tom Austen Brown 1925-2009 solicitor collector and philanthropist with his pencilled ownership initials. 'In 2011 the University of Sydney used his substantial bequest to establish both the Tom Austen Brown Chair in Australian Anthropology the first such chair at an Australian university and the publication series Tom Austen Brown Studies in Australasian Archaeology' 'Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation' online. John Murray hardcover
18602301040018xbvkTe Amsterdam, bij de Wed. G. Hulst van Keulen, 1860. 3 blank sheets; VIII (halftitle-page 'Journaal van Tasman's Reize in den Jare 1642', titlepage, 'Voorrede', 'Inhoud'), 189 pages; 4 blank sheets. - Publisher's gilt-titled (frontpanel: 'Journaal van Tasman's Reis 1642') and gilt-illustrated (rearpanel: large allegory with flags, cannons, casks and Maori-armour) ornamental stamped blue cloth-binding; 8vo.(ca. 22 x 16 cm).
1880108150Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1880s. Duodecimo 170 × 113 mm a cased leporello comprising 12 original albumen silver photographs each approximately 95 × 150 mm mounted on cards captioned and bordered in red joined together with cloth hinges. Red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and decorated in black and blind; cover lightly marked plain spine a little sunned; an excellent copy the contents are in fine condition. The views are mainly street scenes and public buildings; all of them are illustrated on our website. Two of the plates are signed in the negative 'Sweet Adelaide' and the balance of the photographs are almost certainly his work. We have a similar item in blue cloth entitled 'Photographic Views of Adelaide South Australia. Series '; only two of the images are the same 'Rundle Street & The Arcade' and 'Coast Natives' Wurlie'. <p>Captain Samuel White Sweet 1825-1886 was a sea captain surveyor and photographer: after he was censured when his ship ran aground in 1875 he 'retired from the sea opened a photographic studio in Adelaide and concentrated on landscapes. With his horse-drawn dark room he travelled through South Australia taking hundreds of skilful pictures of the outback stations and homesteads. The colony's foremost documentary photographer of the 1870s in the early 1880s he was one of the first to use the new dry-plate process' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. <p>'Coast Natives' Wurlie' was clearly taken at the same time as the scene in the frontispiece to Taplin's 'The Folklore Manners Customs and Languages of the South Australian Aborigines' published in 1879 and illustrated with original photographs by Samuel Sweet. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
1880141137Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1880s. Duodecimo 170 × 113 mm a cased leporello comprising 12 original albumen silver photographs each approximately 95 × 150 mm mounted on cards captioned and bordered in red joined together with cloth hinges. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and decorated in black and blind; cloth lightly rubbed at the extremities; card mounts uniformly tanned; a near-fine example with the contents in fine condition. The views are mainly street scenes and public buildings; all of them are illustrated on our website. Three of the plates are signed in the negative 'Sweet Adelaide' albeit an attempt has been made in two of them to mask these details and the balance of the photographs are almost certainly his work. We have a similar item in red cloth entitled 'Photographic Views of Adelaide South Australia. Series II'; only two of the images are the same 'Rundle Street and The Arcade' and 'Coast Natives' Wurlie'. <p>Captain Samuel White Sweet 1825-1886 was a sea captain surveyor and photographer: after he was censured when his ship ran aground in 1875 he 'retired from the sea opened a photographic studio in Adelaide and concentrated on landscapes. With his horse-drawn dark room he travelled through South Australia taking hundreds of skilful pictures of the outback stations and homesteads. The colony's foremost documentary photographer of the 1870s in the early 1880s he was one of the first to use the new dry-plate process' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. <p>'Coast Natives' Wurlie' was clearly taken at the same time as the scene in the frontispiece to Taplin's 'The Folklore Manners Customs and Languages of the South Australian Aborigines' published in 1879 and illustrated with original photographs by Samuel Sweet. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
186578579Adelaide: Andrews Thomas and Clark 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Andrews Thomas and Clark 1865. Octavo ii frontispiece ii title leaf vi 118 vi book review pages with 2 mounted albumen paper photographs one is a frontispiece portrait of Stephenson 87 × 57 mm; the other is of a sketch presumably by Stephenson 103 × 57 mm. The book review reprinted from the 'South Australian Register' December 28 1865 has been folded down the middle before being bound in. Full morocco now expertly rebacked all edges gilt contemporary but probably not original - we have only seen blind-stamped cloth before; corners worn front and rear covers a little scuffed; overall a very good copy. One of the earliest Australian imprints illustrated with original photographs see Holden: 'Photography in Colonial Australia' Sydney 1988 where the author is incorrectly referred to in the text and index as Stevensen. The first essay the St Peter's Collegiate School Prize Essay of 1864 is entitled 'The Difficulties of Colonization in the Northern Territory' 17 pages; another two pages are devoted to the importance of the acquisition of the Northern Territory to South Australia. Almost half the book 58 pages is given over to verse by Stephenson who died at the age of 18 in May 1865. Inscribed on an early blank in what we know to be the hand of Charles Todd to 'Mr Edwd Stirling Junr / Xmas 1865'; with the pictorial bookplate 'Gang forward' of Edward Charles Stirling. Ferguson 16245; Holden 103. We have previously sold a copy inscribed by Todd to his daughter on 4 December 1865 in which the review was loosely inserted as an eight-page pamphlet. The Christmas inscription and the inclusion of the review not published until 28 December suggest that this morocco binding came after the event. Andrews, Thomas, and Clark hardcover
1838140755London: Harvey and Darton 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Harvey and Darton 1838 first edition. Duodecimo viii 136 pages. Original full dark green leather extensively decorated in blind on both sides recently rebacked in dark green calf retaining an early cloth backstrip and small leather title-label with slight loss; new marbled endpapers; leather worn at the extremities with the corners of the boards rounded off; all edges gilt; minor signs of age and use including some early pencilling most of it lightly erased; overall a very good copy. A presentation copy in a presentation binding inscribed on the flyleaf to 'The Revd. H.M. Villiers with the author's best regards'. <p>Robert Gouger 1802-1846 'Earnest persistent and practical . with a pleasant manner and a persuasive tongue but he was inclined to exaggerate his own republican views and the virtues of South Australia. With his youthful looks and boyish ardour he was often thought to be brash and reckless yet he was South Australia's most devoted promoter' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. 'The South Australian Act was passed in August 1834 and a month later Gouger presented his library of colonial books to the South Australian Literary and Scientific Association. After much delay and more hard work by Gouger the South Australian Colonization Commission was gazetted in May 1835. Its first appointment was Gouger as colonial secretary a recognition of faithful service that was affirmed even by the Colonial Office'. <p>He arrived on the 'Africaine' in November 1836. His young wife and new-born son both died five months later. He 'bought eight town acres 3.2 ha at Adelaide's first land sale and began to build a house but was soon entangled in the party factions that bedevilled the new settlement. He quarrelled with Osmond Gilles; after a public brawl they were both arrested and Gouger was suspended. By way of Hobart Town he left in November 1837 for England where he was reinstated by the Colonization Commission raised funds for a Congregational chapel in Adelaide and published "South Australia in 1837; in a series of letters with a postscript as to 1838". In October 1838 he married his cousin Sarah Whittem of Kenilworth. <p>Gouger returned to Adelaide in June 1839 and resumed office but his health began to fail. Soon after Governor Sir George Grey arrived he was appointed colonial treasurer. He bore the brunt of Grey's economic reorganization until August 1844 when he had to apply for leave because of mental affliction. He had also suffered in the depression but his claims for a pension and repayment of salary lost during his suspension were refused by the Colonial Office. Although Gouger had £1700 worth of securities the sale of his effects yielded barely enough for him to return to London with his family. He died at Kensington on 4 August 1846 survived by his widow two sons and a daughter'. Ferguson 2497. <p>Provenance: Henry Montagu Villiers 1813-1861 bishop of Durham fifth son of George Villiers 1759-1827 and younger brother of George William Frederick Villiers fourth earl of Clarendon . In 1836 he was ordained to the curacy of Deane Lancashire and on 25 Jan. 1837 was removed to the vicarage of Kenilworth Warwickshire. The lord chancellor Lord Lyndhurst gave him the wealthy rectory of St. George's Bloomsbury London in 1841 and it was as rector of St. George's that he made his reputation displaying great ability and untiring zeal in the management of his large parish. He was an extreme low churchman and especially appealed as a preacher to the poor. The dissenters in his vestry eagerly supported him and with men of every sect and stamp who belonged to the evangelical order he avowed the fullest sympathy. He introduced an admirable system of management into his parochial schools. From 26 March 1847 to 1856 he was a canon of St. Paul's Cathedral. In June 1860 he was translated to the see of Durham. Great things were expected from his energy and tact in Durham where the spiritual provisions were very deficient; but he died at the Castle Bishop Auckland on 9 Aug. 1861' 'Dictionary of National Biography'. <p>The book later entered the collection of Sir Archibald Grenfell Price 1892-1977 geographer historian and educationist; his armorial bookplate has been remounted on the renewed pastedown. Harvey and Darton hardcover
1871144375Adelaide: The Author and 'Sold by All Booksellers' 1871. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Adelaide The Author and 'Sold by All Booksellers' 1871 second edition revised and enlarged/ 1843. Duodecimo 180 × 106 mm viii last blank 134 23 advertising section including the rear pastedown pages. Flush-cut plum-coloured cloth with the short title on the front cover in gilt within a gilt frame with a double-line border in blind around the margins; lettering a little indistinct; cloth discoloured and stained and a little worn at the extremities; front joint cracked with the hinge later reinforced with a narrow strip of paper; small light waterstains to the margins of the front endpaper; minor signs of age and use including an annotation in red ballpoint at the foot of the title page 'First published 1843'; notwithstanding this is a very presentable copy of a book designed to be used in the field. See Crittenden 12 for mention of this revised edition of only 'the fourth in the line of Australian gardening books'. McEwin notes in his preface to this edition the addition of a chapter on the 'Formation of the Flower Garden and Shrubbery with Monthly Calendar of operations' calendars are now also included 'for the Vineyard Fruit Garden and Kitchen Garden. There has also been added to the catalogues of fruits and vegetables a list of the most esteemed varieties of each . An Appendix has also been added on Fruit-drying'. [The Author] (and 'Sold by All Booksellers') hardcover
188327755Perth: Goverment Printer 1883. Robert Fairbairn the prominent 19th century Western Australian magistrate is the appointee to whom this "Minute" is aimed. He would soon be in charge of the Kimberley district and Wrenfordsley was at the time of this writing the Acting Governor of Western Australia. Unusually this is not recorded on either Trove or the State Library of Western Australia. <br /> <br /> The "minute" advises Mr. Fairbairn on his duties which will involve ".those of the Judge the Collector of Customs and the Registrar". and he advises "the Magistrate to take his own notes of the evidence and not to trust to his clerk." It is most interesting for the directions of caution in meting out punishment to the aboriginal community. "As the dispenser of justice to an uncivilised race it is all important that he should appear to act with judicial calmness and deliberation." Settlers were to be discouraged from taking the law into their own hands. And the statues prohibiting the supply of liquor to natives were to be strictly enforced so that "in the remote and . peaceful wilds of the Kimberley country the white man's curse will long remain unknown." An early reader has commented at the top "This is good" and has also highlighted various sections of interest. <br /> <br /> At the time of this writing Wrenfordsley was Acting Governor of Western Australia however he had a long career in law as solicitor Attorney General of Jamaica Chief Justice of Western Australia and Chief Justice of Fiji. <br /> <br /> Foolscap folio 3pp black text on cream paper. At the end of page printed H.T. Wrenfordsley Administrator. 13-3-83." A notation on verso in ink "Notes of Wrenfordsley on Justice duties." Top edge ruffled small puncture top right pin mark two period folds overall very good. Goverment Printer unknown
1866513171866. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 vols. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 vols. Victorian Acts in Force in 1866 Australia. Victoria. The Victorian Statutes. Published by Authority. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Modern cloth hardcover gilt titles to spines endpapers renewed internally clean. Ex-library with small stamps Bibliothek des Reichsgerichts to title pages. $650. Only edition. A companion volume of imperial statutes in force in Victoria was published in 1868. The first three volumes contain general acts. Volume IV contains acts that relate to particular persons or localities or have a "special or limited operation." Both volumes are indexed have chronological tables and are digested alphabetically. The Reichsgerichtsbibliothek Imperial Court of Justice Library was at its peak Germany's largest and most important law library with 170000 works in its collection before the outbreak of the First World War. OCLC locates 6 copies. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:88. unknown
1898007763Wellington: Government Printer 1898 SPECIMEN copy being only 111pp of the 'A' section of the Maori lexicon and 21 disconnected samples of the English lexicon cover titled in gilt 'Maori-English Lexicon of the New Zealand Tongue by the Rev. W. Colenso F.R.S. & F.L.S. Specimen' blind panelled cloth lightly handling bumped original black endpapers rear one has minor edge tear three small pen 'ticks' to half-title printed slip tipped onto title 'With Author's Compliments' xii 1-111 iv -21pp The complete lexicon was never issued pp 17-21 at rear are Colenso's letters to the General Assembly of the New Zealand Government concerning his work on the lexicon Bagnall C1195 scarce. association copy. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Government Printer hardcover
185720665Smith Elder & Co. 1857. 8vo. First Edition with large folding map coloured in outline as frontispiece and 2 maps one folding; one full-page; original green cloth sides elaborately framed and patterned in blind backstrip blocked in blind and lettered in gilt uncut AND LARGELY UNOPENED primrose endpapers upper hinge cracked but binding entirely sound a remarkably well-preserved bright clean fresh copy IN WHOLLY UNRESTORED PUBLISHER'S BINDING. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO JOHN O'SHANNASSY WITH THE FORMER'S HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With a bookplate on front paste-down and 16pp publisher's catalogue dated July 1857 bound in at end. This copy was formerly in the holdings of Melbourne Public Library and bears its stamp dated 18 Dec 1888 on frontispiece verso title and occasionally in text. Westgarth's Notes on the Overland Route comprise pp.376-451. A detailed statistical Appendix occupies pp.453-466. LOVELY COPY OF AN EARLY ISSUE OF A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT ACCOUNT OF THE COLONY. Ferguson 18418. Smith Elder & Co., hardcover
18431206T097London: Hamilton Adams and Co. 1843. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xviii 560 cxliv. Very Good Minus. 6 x 8.75 inches 15 x 22 cm. Recent half calf leather binding with marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands blind and gilt decoration red morocco title label. Fading to spin. Ex-library book with small stamp to top page edge title page and a few text pages. Text block strained at p270 but very securely bound. Complete with the 15 plates several illustrations within the text and three large fold-out maps. Foxing to plates clean text throughout. Maps have some tears creasing and light foxing. First map has a library stamp to upper margin. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches 15 x 22 cm. Hamilton, Adams and Co. hardcover
1866131289Adelaide: Government Printer 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1866. Foolscap folio 2 and 12 pages. Drop-title both items recently bound in cloth with a leather title-label along the spine; bottom corner of both papers lightly creased with the first one slightly mottles; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Papers Number 79 and 80 of 1866. The first one by Frederick Howard gives a summary account of activities from 28 December 1865 to 26 August 1866. It contains numerous references to the McKinlay expedition; the 'Beatrice' was its support vessel. Most of the second one contains reports from Escape Cliffs Camp by James Manton Acting Government Resident after the recall of Finniss. These include the complete journal of events at the camp from Manton's arrival on 13 November 1865 until 10 August 1866 with numerous references to John McKinlay and his expeditions. Government Printer hardcover
186658408Adelaide: Government Printer 1866. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1866. Foolscap folio 12 pages. Drop-title; small amount of residual paste along the spine where neatly disbound; an excellent copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 80 of 1866. Primarily reports from Escape Cliffs Camp by James Manton Acting Government Resident after the recall of Finniss; they include the complete journal of events at the camp from Manton's arrival on 13 November 1865 until 10 August 1866 with numerous references to John McKinlay and his expeditions. Government Printer unknown
