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1891114267Adelaide: Government Printer 1891. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1891. Octavo ii 84 pages plus a very large folding colour geological chart 340 × 1060 mm and a folding map 340 × 620 mm. Original blue printed wrappers very slightly chipped or rubbed at the extremities; a few small light marks to the wrapper and geological map; one tear to each map and the rear wrapper expertly sealed; an excellent copy. Ferguson 17169; Wantrup 207 noting that James Dally had established a print run of only 600 copies. Government Printer paperback
1888324991Hobart: William Thomas Strutt Government Printer 1888. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover with morocco and gilt spine titles. Looks like an older rebind.in tan cloth. Preface contents bibliography extensive 408ppfolding map of Tasmania torn numerous illus. including 57 lithographs of fossils elevations including one in colour. Some wear to edge of this foldout. Paper shows some tanning <br/> <br/> William Thomas Strutt Government Printer hardcover
1884056002Brisbane: James C. Beal Government Printer. 1884. 210 pages. Publisher's green cloth decorated in blind and titled in gilt to front. Foxing to endpapers/prelims some foxing to page edges. A very nice copy with the binding in particular in superb condition-appears unread. The Journals of the Explorations by Messrs Gregory in the Western Northern and Central portions of Australia had previously only been partially published in a fragmentary form. This was their first appearance in toto and is scarce as such. Includes explorations in Western Australia what is now Queensland Victoria and New South Wales. Of note is the inclusion of papers concerning the expedition to determine the fate of Leichhardt. Ferguson 10075 listed in error as having illustrations Wantrup 190a correcting Ferguson's error. An attractive clean complete and entirely original copy that would grace any collection. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. James C. Beal, Government Printer. Hardcover
187524335Adelaide: Government Printer 1875. Fine. Adelaide Government Printer 1875. A large map 690 x 550 mm folding down to foolscap folio size. One edge very slightly chipped; one tiny marginal tear expertly repaired; a fine copy detached from a bound volume with the preceding one-leaf parliamentary paper retained for the time being for protection. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 57 of 1875 no text accompanied this map. McLaren 12530-31-32 are confusing confused: the first entry refers to this item by correct Parliamentary Paper number but the title is incorrect; the third entry shows the correct title for a map accompanying the journal published the following year as SAPP19 of 1876. Feeken Feeken and Spate comment on the fact that although Lewis reported his arrival at Beltana on 12 July 1875 after completing his surveys 'Curiously the map of his surveys was signed by Surveyor-General Goyder already on 15 July'. We have not inspected the map issued in 1876 but the present copy contains a lithographed note that may explain the apparent anomaly: 'Copied from Plan forwarded by J.W. Lewis Esq. in the Office of The Surveyor General by Edwin S. Berry and H.C. Talbot . June 15th 1875'. Little is known about J.W. Lewis not to be confused with John Lewis of 'Fought and Won' fame but he accompanied Warburton across the Great Sandy Desert in 1872-73. 'Warburton admitted that Lewis had several times saved the party from perishing on that epic journey' Feeken. An abridged account of Lewis' Lake Eyre expedition will be found in Threadgill along with a reduced facsimile of a later version of the map which includes 'a detailed examination of the course of the Barcoo as far as Innamincka'. Government Printer unknown
195211532John Murray 1952-57. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition with title-vignettes several illustrations in the text and 2 maps one double-page on green stock; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco sides with gilt frame borders backs with raised bands second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt tops hand-made endpapers ribbon markers original backstrips and upper board images preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves at front custom-made slip-case an elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. Bright set of Grimble's classic travel-autobiography set in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands of the Central Pacific John Murray, hardcover
118411All portraits are albumen paper photographs approximately 140 × 103 mm mounted on cabinet cards 165 × 107 mm with the first 16 uniformly presented as oval vignettes 68 × 48 mm on plain black gilt-edged cards with the subject's name and period in office printed in gilt in the margin below the photograph; the last one ninth Earl of Kintore in office from 11 April 1889 to 10 April 1895 is on a white card of Stump & Co. Gresham Gallery Adelaide with only 'Earl Kintore' written in ink on the verso. It seems likely that the uniform series was produced during this period. Two photographs have minimal loss to one edge; a number are a little scuffed or marked; five have a marginal stain well clear of the portrait proper; a bottom corner of one card is cracked but firm; one card Lieutenant-Colonel F.G. Hamley had broken in two a few millimetres above the portrait proper and was held together with clear tape now removed by our conservator leaving only a light residual stain. In chronological order the governors and administrators A present are Hindmarsh Stephen A Gawler Grey Robe Young Finniss A MacDonnell Daly Hamley A Hanson A Musgrave Cairns A Jervois Robinson Boucaut A and Kintore. The only one not represented is Sir James Fergusson 16 February 1869 to 18 April 1873. 17 items. unknown
1898BIB329903London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. 1898. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Good condition. Decorated brown boards. Gilt top edge and Gilt title to spine. Four 4 folded maps - two to text block and two in pocket at rear. Maps are worn but complete and some have repairs done by previous owner. Hinges professionally repaired with strengthening tape. Black & white illustrations - all present. Fergusson 7959 refers. 454 pages. The Hon. David Wynford Carnegie 23 March 1871 - 27 November 1900 was an explorer and gold prospector in Western Australia. In 1896 he led an expedition from Coolgardie through the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts to Halls Creek and then back again. . Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. C. Arthur Pearson Ltd hardcover
1997mon0002967061National Library of Australia 1997-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . National Library of Australia 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
1925140245Adelaide: 'Printed for the Publishers by Hunkin Ellis & King' 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide 'Printed for the Publishers by Hunkin Ellis & King' 1925 to 1928. Tabloid 48 monthly issues bound as one volume approximately 12 pages per issue each with the large pictorial masthead and illustrated advertisements. Contemporary quarter cloth and marbled papered boards lightly rubbed with slight wear to the extremities; acidic paper uniformly tanned; minimal signs of age and use; in excellent condition. The editorial in Volume X Number 12 31 December 1928 states that 'It would be a pity for this independent non-party and outspoken monthly to go out and we hope such an event will not happen but after carrying on the paper for ten years we feel with advancing years that we cannot longer bear the strain of the extra work involved in its publication. Perhaps we may be able to sell it .'. Apparently they were unable to do so and this proved to be the last issue of the journal. <p>From Volume IX Number 3 March 1927 the last words in the subtitle were changed from 'Progressive Farmers' to 'Progressive People'. However a far more radical transformation had occurred earlier foreshadowed in the second issue in this run: the front cover proclaims 'Special this issue -- The Proposed Aboriginal State'. Genders had been appointed to the general committee of the Aborigines' Friends' Association in early 1924 but he established the Aborigines' Protection League in November 1926 with Dr Herbert Basedow as president and himself as honorary secretary to promote the cause of an 'Australian Black State' in the Northern Territory. The final issue records that the APL had been 'largely instrumental in awakening a world-wide interest in the position of the Australian aboriginals and as the official organ of the League "Daylight" may justly claim to have assisted in this much overdue movement'. <p>'Contested Destinies: Aboriginal Advocacy in South Australia's Interwar Years' by Robert Foster 'Aboriginal History' Volume 42 2018 available online provides much detail on Genders 'Daylight' the Australian Black State and the APL. 'Printed for the Publishers by Hunkin, Ellis & King' hardcover
1929142560Adelaide: Harry Carew Nott 1929. Fine. Adelaide Harry Carew Nott 1929. A commercial photograph album oblong quarto 230 × 318 mm comprising 4 card leaves cord-bound in overlapping card covers with 21 gelatin silver photographs 84 × 136 mm or the reverse loosely attached with photocorners on both sides of the leaves and the inside surface of the covers; all photographs are captioned in white ink on the mount. Cord-bound commercial album stamped in blind 'Portraiture'; covers slightly marked and a little worn at the corners; the contents are in fine condition the last photograph is creased and cracked at one corner. A lengthy article related to this event appeared in 'The Advertiser' Thursday 23 May 1929: 'The Victorian section of the Australian Aero Club will conduct an aerial pageant at the Essendon Aerodrome near Melbourne on Saturday afternoon. The programme of events includes the Aerial Derby for which over 20 machines have been entered. Of these about eight will represent New South Wales and eight Victoria. South Australia will also have a strong representation. <p>Seven planes will leave the Parafield Aerodrome for Melbourne this morning at 9.30 if the weather permits. The following planes will comprise the formation: D.H. 60 Gipsy Moth G-AUIB D.H. Moth V-HUAM D.H. Moth V-EUAR D.H. Gipsy Moth G-AUIV D.H. Gipsy Moth G-AUKO Avro Avian G-AUSY and probably the De Havilland "Old Gold" passenger machine. The first three are Aero Club planes and the others are privately owned. <p>Flying-Officer J.A. Mollison Aero Club instructor will be leader of the formation and Mr. C.A. Hewitt will be deputy-leader. Others making the flight to Melbourne are Messrs. N. Birks J.A. Jukes A.H. Wilkins E.B. Lawson P. Knapman F. Wellington S. Hamilton L. Wood J. Churchill Smith secretary of Aero Club and Dr. H.C. Nott. The flight to Essendon will be made via Nhill Victoria. Friday will be spent by the airmen in tuning up engines for the races on the following day'. <p>The first eight photographs were taken at Parafield Aerodrome in outer-suburban Adelaide with portraits of Nott and Wood identified. These are followed by two at Nhill Aerodrome 'Mollison refuelling' and 'Lawson'; two at Ararat Aerodrome 'on Racecourse'; and eight taken at Rockbank 28 kms west of Melbourne. These are captioned 'Mollison taking off in "1B"'; 'Hewitt'; 'Nott in "A5"'; Lawson Mollison Hewitt & Wellington éxamining "A17"'; 'Hewitt Mollison Lawson & Wellington'; 'Nott Mollison Lawson & Wellington'; and 'Mollison Lawson & Hewitt'. <p>The last one taken from the air is captioned 'Crashed Aero at Nhill'. The Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre website records that on 23 May 1929 'J.A. Mollison arrived from Adelaide with 6 aircraft. One crash-landed at old Dimboola road aerodrome instead of landing at New site at Halpin Park'. The pilot was possibly Lin Wood. Harry Carew Nott unknown
1905130579Adelaide: Elder Smith & Co. Ltd. printed by Vardon & Pritchard Litho. 1905. Fair. Adelaide Elder Smith & Co. Ltd. printed by Vardon & Pritchard Litho. 1905. A large map printed on paper and mounted on linen as issued external dimensions 955 × 740 mm with freehold boundaries printed in blue and an inset locality plan 200 × 180 mm. Later manuscript addenda include red ink outlines on some blocks with acreages in blue ink; 'Sold' written in black ink on the most northerly blocks; a group of blocks close to St Kilda outlined and hatched in orange for 'ICI' Imperial Chemical Industries began construction of solar evaporation lagoons in the area in 1935; and some additional blocks added in ink close to Two Wells. The map has been folded into eight panels and the paper has flaked off in places particularly along the folds resulting in minor loss to the printed surface; a few light stains and minor signs of use and age; overall a decent copy of an item we find no record of in Trove or elsewhere. On offer was approximately 23000 acres of freehold land and 13000 acres of leasehold land. The 'Narracoorte Herald' Tuesday 24 October 1905 contains a report on the sale which took place the previous Wednesday: 'the well-known Buckland Park Estate which has been subdivided . is being offered to the public in blocks of from 40 to 1800 acres. There was a splendid attendance landowners and pastoralists from all parts of the state being present. Competition was however very dull and only nine sic lots found purchasers at the auction sale. The following lots were sold: Block 5 186 acres £3 2s. 0d. per acre; block 1 118 acres 30s. per acre; block 53 60 acres £7 per acre; block 54 57 acres £7 per acre; block 55 40 acres £7 per acre; block 56 40 acres £7 per acre; block 83 196 acres with leasehold given in £1 Is. per acre; block 84 105 acres with leasehold given in £4 per acre. The blocks offered on Wednesday comprised only the poorer quality country. The remainder of the estate will be sold privately'. A successful conclusion to that sale apparently did not take place for another five years. The South Australian pastoralists' who's who 'Our Pastoral Industry' Adelaide 1910 records that the pioneering pastoralist George Brooks 1849-1926 and his son Edmund Albert Brooks purchased 'the picturesque estate at Buckland Park comprising 20000 acres . situated about 25 miles north of Adelaide' from Leonard Browne in 1910 the property is featured under 'The Brownes of Moorak Buckland Park and Booboorowie' pages 137-156. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd. (printed by Vardon & Pritchard, Litho.) unknown
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
133136No Place: No Publisher. Very Good. No Place No Publisher No Date but circa 1860s. A lithograph on tinted paper artificial plate mark size 305 × 233 mm; paper size 430 × 318 mm mounted on slightly larger thick card; the caption 'Edward John Eyre' is printed in the margin below the image. Minimal foxing to the margins; slight marks around the edges of the paper a legacy of prior framing easily matted out; a superb portrait in excellent condition. 'Edward John Eyre 1815-1901 explorer and administrator emigrated to New South Wales from England when he was seventeen. Settling in Adelaide after pioneering expeditions with sheep and cattle he made several attempts to find an overland stock route from the city to the west. In January 1840 he learned that a committee was organising an expedition to find a way west. Eyre persuaded them to refocus the expedition on the north agreeing to pay for half of this bid to 'discover the inland of Australia'. Many gruelling months into the trip one of his party was murdered and the rest disappeared. Eyre and his Aboriginal colleague Wylie staggered into Albany more than a year after they had set out. <p>In 1844 after having served as Protector of Aborigines in South Australia Eyre 'served as lieutenant governor of New Zealand 1846-53 and governor of St Vincent 1854-60. Appointed governor of Jamaica in 1864 he was recalled in 1866 after his suppression of an Afro-Jamaican uprising with over 400 executions' History Trust of South Australia. Returning to England he found the intelligentsia divided on his actions; court proceedings were three times brought against him but dismissed. In the early 1870s the government paid all his legal costs and awarded him a governor's pension; he lived in seclusion near Tavistock Devon for the rest of his life' National Portrait Gallery of Australia. <p>The NPGA has a similar portrait a less-accomplished engraving captioned 'Edward John Eyre. Late Governor of Jamaica. Engraved by J. Brown from a Carte de Visite by H. Hering. London Richard Bentley 1867'. The State Library of South Australia has a contemporary photograph of the lithograph; the online version of the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' reproduces it in its entry on Eyre. An example of the carte de visite by Henry Hering 157 Regent Street London on which all these versions are based is available online in The Caribbean Photo Archive reference 4892686740 where it is catalogued as 'Published by Marion & Co London UK circa 1860'. This lithograph appears to be rare if searches in the usual places are any indication. No Publisher 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
