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187464356Adelaide: W.C. Cox Government Printer 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide W.C. Cox Government Printer 1874. Foolscap folio 5 pages plus a folding map 356 × 503 mm. Recent cloth with lettering on the front cover; a fine copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 67 of 1875; the subtitle is 'Memo. - This Journal and the Plan accompanying it was placed at the disposal of the Government by the Hon. Thos. Elder MLC at whose expense the exploration was made'. The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' gives details of Ross' interesting life: born in 1817 he joined Charles Bonney in the first cattle drive from the Goulburn River to Adelaide; after numerous adventures he was appointed leader of the advance exploration party for the overland telegraph line becoming in the process only the second to complete the crossing of the continent through the centre. 'At 57 Ross was engaged by Elder to lead an expedition to explore west of the Peake and to go on to Perth. Struggling against sandhills and mulga scrub he reached the South Australian border but barren country and brackish water forced him back'. His last words in this published account are: 'One drink or rain to give the horses one drink would have saved the expedition'. Ross died in poverty in Adelaide in 1903. McLaren 7953 and 14715 not noting the dimensions of the map. W.C. Cox, Government Printer] hardcover
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
1879138110Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1879 first thus. Octavo xliv 316 pages plus 8 tinted lithographs with tissue-guards. Original green ribbed cloth; spine and front cover blocked in gilt with the cover design repeated in blind on the rear cover; covers lightly rubbed and flecked with some short splits at the head and foot of the spine; infrequent light foxing; a few minor signs of age and use; an excellent copy. An early compendium here in the preferred binding of elaborately gilt-blocked green cloth of works already scarce at the time; the lithographs and the lengthy 34-page introduction by Woods were new to this edition. <p>Not commonly known is that Taplin's substantial contribution 'The Narrinyeri' 156 pages plus 6 preliminaries is the text of the revised edition of 1878 see his informative preface dated 12 April 1878 at page xliii. The Wyatt contribution was not previously published as such; the text here was 'principally extracted from his official reports' stemming from his relatively short and unhappy time as the third South Australian Protector of the Aborigines from 1837 to 1839 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. The contributions by Meyer Schuermann Gason and Bennett first appeared in 1846 1846 1874 and 1869 respectively. Ferguson 13095 noting blue sand-grain cloth and another binding in half leather but not an unillustrated edition we have identified. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
1865PHO-766London ,Longmans, Green & Co, 1865. Première édition. 8vo - viii, 487 pp avec deux chromo-lithographies dépliantes. 44 gravures sur bois N&B et 50 gravures coloriées à la main d'« objets d'histoire naturelle », c'est-à-dire. oiseaux, reptiles, poissons, coquillages et insectes, sous serpentes. Une carte dépliante colorée des îles des mers du Sud reliée avant l'index , relié pleine percale éditeur avec canoë traditionnel sur le plat ,dos lisse avec titre , auteur et éditeur , accident sur le plat , couverture légèrement frottée , mouillure claire en fin d’ouvrage.Ex-dono , de la bibliothèque de monsieur de Quatrefages biologiste, zoologiste et anthropologue français, puis offert à l’explorateur français ,Joseph Montaro
1829237131829 PARIS, Eymery, Fruger et Cie Editeurs, 1829 - EDITION ORIGINALE - Bien complet des 50 cartes couleurs (certaines fortes traces d'humidité) - In-folio, 52,5 x 37,5 cm - 1/2 Reliure -1 mors fatigué - Dos lisse orné - 4 + 100 pages de texte (mouillures) puis 50 cartes gravées par Lallemand, en double pages montées sur onglet et colorées à la main excepté les 2 premières : systemes Planétaires et Planispheres Célestes qui sont en noir - Envoi rapide et soigné
1840LBW-7321Vers 1840. Aquarelles originales sur papier Whatman (30,5 x 23 cm).
1825LBW-5459[Paris, 1825]. 308 x 223 mm.
1839PHO-1115Paris, Pourrat frères, 1839. 2 volumes in-8 (220x150), demi veau vert contemporain, dos lisse orné avec pièces de titre et auteur , tomaison rouges ,petits frottements aux plats , manque de papier p299 avec atteinte et réparation p301,rousseurs ,mouillures. Édition originale, illustrée d'un portrait de l'auteur et 38 planches gravées sur cuivre et sous serpentes, dont 18 finement coloriées représentant des animaux, des poissons et des oiseaux.
184180317London: The Queen's Printers 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London The Queen's Printers 1841. Foolscap folio 166 pages with the last page the printed endorsement only. Later but not recent binder's cloth; leading edge of the title leaf has minimal expert reinforcement; tiny bottom corner pieces missing from the first and last few leaves; first and last pages a little discoloured and lightly marked; a very good copy. Ferguson 3222: 'A very valuable repository of information concerning South Australia and its early troubles. Copies of the foundation documents are given'. At the head of the title page 'Colonial Land & Emigration Office' is written in ink next to an oval ink stamp noting it was 'Received CL&EO Mar 13 1841'. The Queen's Printers] hardcover
1840132007London: 'Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed' 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. Uncut and sewn as issued; outer pages lightly marked; occasional light foxing; an excellent copy in a fine custom-made Solander box with a leather title-label on the spine. 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. Provenance: the signature 'C.A.S. Hawker' is written in pencil at the head of the first page. Charles Allan Seymour Hawker 1894-1938 politician and pastoralist: his grandfather George Charles Hawker arrived in Adelaide with his brother Charles in September 1840. They settled on land at Bungaree near Clare in December 1841; C.A.S. Hawker he was born there. He was seriously wounded on several occasions at the Western Front losing one eye and 'his legs were in surgical irons to the end of his life'. He was a minister in the Lyons Government from 1932 until he 'was killed on 25 October 1938 when the aircraft "Kyeema" crashed into Mount Dandenong in Victoria. His untimely death was sharply felt. He had been an outstanding and respected figure in the Federal parliament whom some of his own party would have supported as prime minister. John Curtin the Opposition leader believed he had been on the threshold of great achievements' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. 'Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed' hardcover
1847133913London: Thomas M'Lean 1847. Very Good. London Thomas M'Lean 1847. An original hand-coloured lithograph matted framed and glazed visible image size 320 × 395 mm external dimensions 595 × 760 mm. Paper a little tanned; in very good condition. Plate 52 from 'South Australia Illustrated'; the lithographer is James William Giles. Thomas M'Lean unknown
1890141145Adelaide: E.S. Wigg 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg 1890. Oblong quarto 19 leaves all rectos blank comprising the gilt-pictorial title page by E.C. May 14 full-page tinted lithographic views with tissue-guards the 3-page list of 181 subscribers and the key to plate 5 between plates 4 and 5. Original gilt-decorated half maroon morocco and gilt-lettered brown cloth lightly marked and a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities impacting a little on the top corner of the textblock; minimal light foxing and occasional mild signs of age and use; a very good copy with the plates in excellent condition. Ferguson 9924e but we have seen any number of bindings identical to ours and none as described by Ferguson. He also states that 'The Mitchell Library copy has a pencil note: 200 printed in George Robertson's hand-writing'. In spite of this comment and the 181 subscribers' names in our experience the book is not as rare as these figures would suggest. The fact that this item is essentially the same as Ferguson 9807 with the Galbraith imprint under the gold blocking carrying the Wigg imprint and the Wigg binder's label on the rear pastedown leads us to suspect that the answer has something to do with this change of publisher after the book was printed. Correspondence on this matter is welcome . <p>Provenance: Rodney Davidson 1933-2016 lawyer National Trust luminary and book collector with his 'M. & R. Disney Davidson' bookplate on the front pastedown. E.S. Wigg hardcover
1890112995Adelaide: E.S. Wigg 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide E.S. Wigg 1890. Oblong quarto 19 leaves all rectos blank comprising the gilt-pictorial title page by E.C. May 14 full-page tinted lithographic views with tissue-guards the 3-page list of 181 subscribers and the key to plate 5 between plates 4 and 5. Original gilt-decorated half maroon morocco and gilt-lettered brown cloth slightly rubbed at the extremities and lightly bumped on the rear corners; cloth lightly flecked; inner hinge a little loose at the title page; minimal light foxing; essentially a fine copy. Ferguson 9924e but we have seen any number of bindings identical to ours and none as described by Ferguson. He also states that 'The Mitchell Library copy has a pencil note: 200 printed in George Robertson's hand-writing'. In spite of this comment and the 181 subscribers' names in our experience the book is not as rare as these figures would suggest. The fact that this item is essentially the same as Ferguson 9807 with the Galbraith imprint under the gold blocking carrying the Wigg imprint and the Wigg binder's label on the rear pastedown leads us to suspect that the answer has something to do with this change of publisher after the book was printed. Correspondence on this matter is welcome. E.S. Wigg hardcover
185775590Adelaide: Government Printer 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Government Printer 1857 and 1857. Foolscap folio two Parliamentary Papers 11 pages plus 2 folding maps 267 × 190 mm and approximately 220 × 385 mm printed surface and 2 pages plus a large folding map 510 × 715 mm. Modern binder's cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; in fine condition. Hack's instructions were to travel by sea to Port Lincoln go overland to Streaky Bay then travel 'as nearly due north as the features of the country will allow . as far as the northern boundary of this province. Every endeavour is to be made to conciliate and win the goodwill of such natives as may be encountered during the journey; and you are to urge upon each individual of the party the great desirability of impressing the aborigines favourably towards Europeans by keeping good faith with them and by not offending against their natural habits and prejudices'. The northerly route in fact commenced about 40 miles east of Streaky Bay; the return route from their furthest north was basically south-east around the bottom of Lake Gairdner to Port Augusta. The bulk of the paper comprises various progress reports from Hack during the course of the expedition from June to September accompanied by the two maps plus two lengthy summary reports after the event. <p>The second paper comprises a report from Harris the surveyor on the expedition and a detailed route map of the entire area covered. It includes the tracks of Warburton who also conducted 'his first notable journey in 1857 to the dry country south and west of Lake Gairdner. Hack did not follow Warburton's tracks but rather supplemented and extended his examinations' Feeken Feeken and Spate. South Australian Parliamentary Papers Number 156 and Number 189 of 1857-58. McLaren 9482 and 9483. Government Printer hardcover
1858114205Melbourne: Government Printer 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Melbourne Government Printer 1858. Foolscap folio ii title page verso blank 9 pages plus a large folding map 'Country in South Australia explored by John McDouall Stuart. June to September 1858' 600 × 510 mm 'Lithographed by W. Knight at the Crown Lands Office Melbourne'. A fine copy in recent blind-decorated quarter calf and cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover. Victorian Parliamentary Paper Number A3 of 1858 a reprint of South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 119 of 1858. This is an account of Stuart's first independent expedition; he had previously travelled with Sturt's 1844-45 expedition into Central Australia. The party of three 'started out from the Northern Flinders Ranges in mid-May. They skirted the south end of Lake Torrens and then turned north and north-west until they reached the present site of Coober Pedy. They then followed a southerly course to Lake Gairdner passing it on the west side. After a strenuous march they arrived at Ceduna . By now the men had run out of provisions. They travelled along the coast to Streaky Bay and from there to the settled districts at Mount Arden in a state of semi-starvation' Feeken Feeken and Spate 1970. McLaren 15457 noting the map but as ever recording the size of the sheet of paper not the printed surface. Government Printer hardcover
187481902Adelaide: J.T. Shawyer Printer 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide J.T. Shawyer Printer 1874. Octavo iv ii 107 pages plus an original albumen paper photographic frontispiece 184 × 113 mm. Flush-cut black cloth marked and a little rubbed at the extremities with slight loss at the head and foot of the spine; cloth on the front joint split but the joint is firm with minor conservation to one early opening; large printed paper title-label on the front cover has some loss to the bottom half mainly marginal but with the loss of one word and some letters of a few others in the bottom right-hand corner; minimal foxing; a very good copy internally excellent. The frontispiece a Townsend Duryea photograph is a composite of five numbered oval portraits; the identification key is printed on the verso of the title page. Ferguson 16706 not identifying the photographer and not indicating that the five photographic portraits are in fact one composite photograph. The revised second edition of this work Ferguson 16707 does not retain the photograph; it contains six tinted lithographs as does the version published in the 1879 collection of reprints 'The Native Tribes of South Australia' Ferguson 13095. <p>Loosely inserted is a lengthy cutting from the South Australian 'Register' of 24 April 1889: 'An Australian Native Fifty Years Ago' By the Late Mr F.W. Taplin' introduced thus: 'Subjoined is the lecture which was delivered by Mr Taplin before the Australian Natives' Association three nights before the author's tragic death in the Coffee Palace fire'. Frederick William Taplin 1853-1889 a son of George Taplin had succeeded him as superintendent of the mission 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. J.T. Shawyer, Printer hardcover
1886142541Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1886. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1886. Foolscap folio 16 pages plus a large folding chromolithographic geological map printed surface 560 × 840 mm - and very attractive at that. Drop-title; a few pinholes and notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound now disbound; tiny closed tear to the map near the stub; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 122 of 1886; one of 800 copies. Not in McLaren but see 15901 an octavo edition without the map published in the Northern Territory undated by McLaren but dated 1886 in Ferguson 18823. <p>Setting out from Burrundie Tenison-Woods 'examined all the places where mining has been or was actually being carried out. In the course of these journeys most of the intervening country was prospected and the geology was noted'. He then undertook 'an exploration in the less known portions of the interior. Our course was from Mount Wells to Mount Douglas and thence south-eastward across the ranges to the Eveleen mine. From thence we traced the River Mary to its sources and then having crossed a small patch of tableland reached the upper waters of the Katherine which we followed down to the telegraph station; from thence we proceeded along the line to Pine Creek. I returned to Palmerston by the overland route from Southport'. E. Spiller, Government Printer unknown
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
1839674191839. together 7 items. together 7 items. Parliamentary Documents Relating to the Penal Colony of Van Dieman's Land and New South Wales 1839-1855 Australia. Transportation. Van Dieman's Land. Van Dieman's Land. Copies of Despatches from the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Dieman's Land Relative to Transportation and the Assignment of Convicts. London: Ordered By the House of Commons To be Printed 12 August 1839. 4 pp. With An Act for the Government of New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land 30th July 1842. Running title. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1842. 833-850 pp. And An Act to Explain and Amend the Act for the Government of New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land 6th August 1844. Running title. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1842. 577-580 pp. And South Australia. Convicts Van Dieman's Land. Copies of All the Correspondence Between Any Person or Persons Interested in South Australia and the Colonial Office Respecting the Effect Upon that Province of the Official Notice of the Comptroller General of Van Dieman's Land Of the 21st Day of June 1845 Relative to Convicts in that Colony Who were Holders of Conditional Pardons. London: Ordered By the House of Commons To be Printed 26 August 1846. 9. 1 pp. And Transportation. Van Dieman's Land. Copy of a Communication upon the Subject of Transportation Addressed to Earl Grey by the Lord Bishop of Tasmania. Viscount Mahon. London: Ordered By the House of Commons To be Printed 23 July 1847. 11 1 pp. And Van Dieman's Land. Copies of Despatches With Their Enclosures Relating to the Cases of Mr. Justice Montagu and Chief Justice Pedder With Other Documents. London: Ordered By the House of Commons To be Printed 29 July 1848. 112 2 pp. And An Act to Enable Her Majesty to Assent to a Bill As Amended Of the Legislature of New South Wales "To Confer a Constitution on New South Wales And to Grant a Civil List to Her Majesty 16th July 1855. Running title. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1855. 401-422 pp. 7 items in all ranging in size from 12" x 7-1/2" to 13" x 8." Disbound moderate toning occasional edgewear 4 items have small library marking of the Netherlands Foreign Office Van Dieman's Land. unknown
1841BOOKS0057972 Volumes: Volume I xiv412 pages with black and white frontispiece 5 color and 5 black and white plates 11 in text illustrations 2 maps in pocket. Volume II viii482 pages with color frontispiece 10 black and white plates 17 in text illustrations lacks four page prospectus for Gould's Birds of Australia. Royal Octavo " x 6" bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. <i>Ferguson</i> 3228 First edition.<br /><br />Grey is best known for his expeditions in the north-west interior of the continent which resulted in the discover of the Glenelg River Stephen Range and Mount Lyell. As a young lieutenant he had made a proposal to the Colonial Office to mount an expedition to the north-west coast of Australia for the purposes of establishing a settlement there for starving Irish peasants. His plans were approved and he sailed for Australia in the Beagle in 1837. He wen on to mount two expedition in the north-west in 1838 and 1839 which yielded particularly important geographical discoveries: "His expeditions were the first to examine the previously ignored north-west interior of the continent and he discovered much useful territory. The inland explorations of Grey and Lushington his deputy complemented by the associated coastal explorations of Wickham and Stokes in the Beagle were a major advance in the discovery of the Australian continent" Wantrup p 206 <br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Recased with original spines laid on scattered foxing corners bumped. Else a very good copy. T & W Boone hardcover
182725576Brussels: P. Vandermaelen 1827. An early map of the Exmouth Western Australia area from the North West Cape to Roebuck Bay. Lithograph with original outline color 15 3/4 x 21". Scale ca. 1:1 650 000. Plate no. 44 Partie de La Nlle. Hollande in vol. 6 Oceanique of Atlas Universal de Geographie Physique Politique Statistique et Mineralogique" by P. Vandermaelen 1827. Tooley 1286; Phillips 749; Bib ID 1553060. P. Vandermaelen unknown
182725575Brussels: P. Vandermaelen 1827. Maps. Very good condition. An early map of the Broome & the Kimberly Western Australia area from P. Cantheaume to Cambridge Gulf including the Lacepede Islands. Broome is at the bottom of the Dampier Peninsula called "C. Boileau." Lithograph with original outline color 25 x 21.5". Plate no. 35 Partie de La Nlle. Hollande in vol. 6 Oceanique of Atlas Universal de Geographie Physique Politique Statistique et Mineralogique" by P. Vandermaelen 1827. Tooley 1282; Phillips 749; Bib ID 30855. P. Vandermaelen unknown
184824537Paris A. Franck 1848 in-4 demi-chagrin vert, dos à nerfs, caissons de filets et fleurons dorés au dos, tranches mouchetées [Rel. de l'époque], qqs très lég. épidermures et rouss. pâles éparses
1839PHO-1704Paris, Pourrat frères, 1839. 2 volumes in-8 (220x150), plein veau raciné époque, dos lisse orné avec pièces de titre, auteur et tomaison, frises aux plats et aux coupes, , 2ff.-510pp.-1f. , 2ff.-547pp.-2ff. , illustré d’un frontispice et de 41 planches dont 19 en couleurs d’époque représentant des animaux, des poissons et des oiseaux, un cahier (tome 2) dérelié, 1 planche volante, petits frottements, 1 coin usé, quelques rousseurs .
