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115751George Taplin 1831-1879 missionary and teacher began his work with the Ngarrindjeri in April 1859; the 'site he chose for a settlement on the shores of Lake Alexandrina was a traditional camping ground called Raukkan The Ancient Way known to Europeans as Point McLeay. Keenly interested in Ngarrindjeri culture and society he learned their language used it in preaching and translated and published Bible tracts. He published invaluable anthropological studies which were much superior to contemporary work on South Australian Aboriginals. Despite his sympathy with the people and their traditions Taplin adhered to the contemporary view that Christianity and Europeanization should be adopted and Ngarrindjeri civilization abandoned; as a result he assisted in undermining their government and social structure further weakened traditional discipline and morale within the confederacy and provoked strong opposition from conservative tribal members. But they had been dispossessed and persecuted before his arrival and by helping them become literate and numerate and to acquire trades he enabled them to survive and flourish briefly in European society. Today hundreds of their descendants remain in various districts of Australia; their durability can largely be attributed to Taplin. He was a compassionate Christian and a courageous fighter. Exhausted he died of heart disease at Raukkan on 24 June 1879 survived by his wife and six children. He was buried in the village cemetery' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. <p>The photograph 163 × 220 mm shows the newly-installed headstone which was 'Erected By The Aborigines'. It is on the original mount captioned along the bottom margin 'S.W. Sweet Photo. Flinders Street Adelaide'. The acidic mount is discoloured lightly stained and unevenly trimmed; the top right-hand corner is broken away taking with it a small triangular piece of the photograph approximately 10 × 45 mm of the sky; the sepia-toned print is a little speckled confined mainly to the left and right margins but overall it is a very arresting image. <p>The only example recorded in Trove in the State Library of SA appears to be of better quality but it is not for sale and more importantly the photographer is not identified. This significant fact may now be added to the record. <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'. unknown
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
101125A colour linocut on paper image size 151 × 230 mm; paper size 165 × 243 mm with the edition number 85/100 title and artist's signature in ink in the lower margin. The paper is moderately foxed but this is really only noticeable in the narrow margins because of the black olive green and brown colours of the print; in excellent condition unmounted as issued. 'In the late 1930s Warner designed a series of linocuts which were cut by his daughter and printed by his son. These works were signed "The Warners"' from the introduction by Roger Butler National Gallery of Australia to the catalogue of works by Warner published by Josef Lebovic Gallery in 2009. unknown
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
191321074Perth: A. Curtis 1913. First printing. Paper wrappers pamphlet. Very good condition. A scarce program brochure pertaining to the early Australian Navy just three years after its creation in 1910 by the passage of the Naval Defense Act. The demand for an autonomous Australian navy independent of the British Admiralty had been growing since about 1907 when Prime Minister Deakin had sought British approval which was initially rejected. However following the enthusiastic Australian public reaction to the visit of the American Great White Fleet the tide had turned and by 1910 the HMAS Parramatta and the Yarra were both launched. The commander for the new Royal Australian Navy was Admiral George Edwin Patey Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Fleet on loan from the Royal Navy. <br /> <br /> The brochure with first page listing 19 ships and 2 submarines including the first and second ships Parramatta and Yarra; arrangements in connection with the public visiting the warships at Albany; a list of the officials of athletic sports; the programme for athletic sports 14 events including a wheelbarrow race; a center spread with large b&w photographic image titled "HMAS " Australia" Our Dreadnought" Battle Cruiser" with red white & blue cord page marker & with text at right and left margins; officials for aquatic sports and programme for aquatic sports; and general arrangements Sept. 20th - 26th. Other photographic illustrations in the brochure include: The Swan River St. George's Terrace Perth; apple picking in Albany; Queen's Gardens Perth; Hannan Street Kalgoorlie; The Golden Mile; The Western Australian "Ascot" at Perth; A View of the jetty at Bunbury; Perth's King's Park; Victory Quay Fremantle. <br /> <br /> 8vo 12 pp. String bound. Pale pink printed wrappers title in black at front wrapper; rear wrapper with photographic illustration of 5 views of caves in Yallingup District Busselton WA. A bit bumped base of spine wrappers a bit sunned. Internally very good. Libraries Australia ID 24072493 one copy Victoria State Library. A. Curtis unknown
183864089London: Robert Tyas 1838. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Robert Tyas 1838 'Second Edition considerably augmented'/ 1837. Octavo vi 118 4 publisher's catalogue pages plus a folding leaf of shipping statistics and a folding map 147 × 268 mm comprising a map of Australia with South Australia marked out a map of the eastern coast of Gulf St Vincent and a plan of Adelaide. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt within a decorative border on the front cover; cloth a little sunned about the spine mottled and lightly marked; corners slightly bumped with minimal wear to the extremities; minor foxing confined mainly to the folding leaf of statistics and adjacent leaves the advertisements and the last few leaves of text; an excellent copy. Robert Tyas hardcover
127207Fine. An original pencil drawing mounted and matted visible image size 225 × 330 mm signed and captioned in pencil in the bottom left-hand corner. The drawing is in fine condition; the mat is slightly bumped at one top corner. The scene depicted here shows iron ore from Iron Knob being loaded by conveyor belt onto a ship bound for the BHP steelworks in Newcastle. <p>Robert Emerson Curtis 1898-1996 English-born Australian artist architectural draftsman camouflage officer and official war artist emigrated to Queensland in 1914. In 1922 he 'travelled to the USA with his great friend the pioneer filmmaker Charles Chauvel. There he developed what was to become a lifelong interest in industrial modernism and on returning to Sydney in 1928 he set about documenting the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He painted murals and did industrial illustration in 1932-38 including the series "Australia at Work" which was syndicated in Australian newspapers. During WWII Curtis recorded working life in the Commonwealth Munition factories 1939-41 worked as Camouflage Officer in Australia and with the RAAF in New Guinea 1941-43 until he was finally appointed an official war artist to record the nation's industrial war-time production 1943-45. More than 200 works are in the Australian War Memorial AWM collection' Design & Art Australia Online. unknown
1882103473Perth: Government Printer George Inkpen. 1882. Folio original printed wraps with cloth spine folding map with colour detail pp vii 131. With the ex-library stamps of the Eastern Districts Chronicle which was published in York 1877-1927. Closed tear to the large folding map. Small silverfished area corner of endpapers light marks wraps some creasing. Good condition. Scarce. A fascinating glimpse into life in Western Australia in 1881. Sections include: population and dwellings ages conjugal condition education religion occupations nationalities year of entering the colony sick and infirm agriculture mines and manufactories and appendices. Aborigines are specifically excluded from the census except in a table showing the numbers "in service". A valuable resource for historians and researchers. 1st Edition. Wraps. Government Printer (George Inkpen) paperback
186280756London: Hall Virtue 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Hall Virtue 1862. Octavo viii 167 pages. Original blind-stamped brown cloth lightly marked and a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities with slight wear to the corners; expert restoration to minor wear to the head and foot of the spine; trifling surface damage to the gutter of the rear endpaper; an excellent copy. 'I was offered some time before leaving South Australia strong inducements to write a history of that virtuous territory which should be palatable to certain classes of a small community; but as I had no high opinion of either the colony or the principles on which it was founded or its subsequent career I could not be the partisan at any price of a locality which I could not conscientiously recommend as a suitable field of emigration for any class of my fellow-country-men.' Nothing is sacred; it is perhaps hardly surprising to learn that 'every copy available was purchased and destroyed by the Angas family' Ferguson 10265 citing a note in the Petherick copy in the National Library of Australia. Hall, Virtue hardcover
1977032824Sydney: Haldane Publishing 1977. 511pp index bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear 8mm tear at bottom of rear jacket panel very light rubbing to jacket folds. SIGNED 'Best Wishes Hubert Opperman Oppy' on front free endpaper. Scarce autobiography of Australia's great cyclist and Olympian Hubert Opperman known as 'Oppy'. As well as his unparallelled cycling career Oppy served in Federal Government as Member for Corio and as Australian representative to Malta. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Haldane Publishing Hardcover
1869024094Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1869. HEAVY. vi 644pp index glossary appendices num bw ills several folding. Or brown cloth with gilt vignette to front gilt title to spine. Approx 3cm split in cloth at bottom front edge of spine light even browning of page edges minor bumps to top corners. Endpapers replaced pre-WWII. Lacks folding maps at rear. A lovely bright fresh copy of this scarce early work on mining in colonial Victoria. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. John Ferres (Government Printer) Hardcover
183979454London: Smith Elder and Co 1839. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. London Smith Elder and Co. 1839 second edition/ 1839. Octavo viii 224 2 9 advertisements pages plus 4 lithographs 2 folding maps and a folding table. Original gilt- and blind-stamped dark green ribbed cloth lightly marked and a little bumped at the extremities; corners and spine ends neatly reinforced with black leather; endpapers replaced; title page slightly marked with the leading edge lightly chipped; plates moderately foxed affecting the adjacent leaves a little with light scattered foxing elsewhere; overall a very presentable copy with the contemporary signature of J. Smith at the head of the title page and the later bookplate of F.G. Coles. The lengthy subtitle is 'including particulars descriptive of its soil climate natural productions &c. and proofs of its superiority to all other British colonies. Embracing also a full account of the South Australian Company with hints to various classes of emigrants and numerous letters from settlers concerning wages provisions their satisfaction with the colony &c.'. <p>Apart from dropping the original title 'The Land of Promise' 'on the ground sic of vagueness and liability to misconstruction' and outing himself as author only the title page and two-page preface distinguish the first and second edition texts. Smith, Elder, and Co hardcover
2018BN129028Taylor & Francis Ltd 2018. 2018. Hardcover. Strategic Management and the Circular Economy <br/><br/>Strategic Management and the Circular Economy Marcello QUT Business School Australia Tonelli Nicolo Bocconi University Italy Cristoni Taylor & Francis Ltd hardcover
18671206T017London: Hurst and Blackett 1867. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xi 359. Good Plus. 6 x 8.75 inches 15 x 22.5 cm. Publisher's red cloth binding bevelled board edges illustrated in gilt to front board. Rebacked with original spine overlaid. Light marking to boards slight wear to corners. Marking to endpapers chipping to edges of front free endpaper stain to edge of outer margin of first few pages. Occasional spots and small marks to text a few pages have been carelessly opened. Complete with all plates foxing to tissue guards one tissue guard creased and torn. Inscriptions to upper margin of title page and to preface page. A good solid example. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches 15 x 22.5 cm. Hurst and Blackett hardcover
1831biblio240<p>First edition. 2 vols. Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis Booksellers to the London Missionary Society. London. 1831. 8vo. xxiv 566pp tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece 6 further engraved plates; viii 568pp tissue guarded engraved frontispiece 6 further engraved plates. Later half calf marbled boards. Spines in five compartments with gilt double rules. Original leather labels relaid to spines. All edges and endpapers marbled. Title page to Vol. I slightly chipped to base. A few short closed marginal tears. Closed tear across tissue guard opposite p515. Occasional spotting. A handsome set. </p><p>"In 1821 Tyerman and George Bennet of Sheffield were appointed by the London Missionary Society to visit their southern stations. They sailed from London on 2 May in the whaler Tuscan and proceeding round Cape Horn visited Tahiti the Leeward and Sandwich Islands and other mission stations in the South Seas. In 1824 they visited New South Wales and on the way narrowly escaped from Maori in New Zealand. From Sydney in September 1824 they sailed through the Torres Straits to Java and thence to Singapore Canton and Calcutta. At Serampore on 3 May 1826 they met the venerable William Carey who received them with much kindness. After visiting Benares they sailed to Madras and thence to Goa. From India they voyaged in 1827 to Mauritius and Madagascar where the missions were firmly established under King Radama. On 30 July 1828 Tyerman whose health had given way under the climate of southern India died at Antananarivo." ODNB Bagnall 5667. Cordier 2112. Ferguson 1487. Hocken p. 49. Hunnewell pp. 69-70.<br /></p> Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis, Booksellers to the London Missionary Society. hardcover
2019BN129433Taylor & Francis Ltd 2019. 2019. Hardcover. Cost Management for Nonprofit and Voluntary Organisations <br/><br/>Cost Management for Nonprofit and Voluntary Organisations Zahirul La Trobe University Australia Hoque Tarek La Trobe University Australia Rana Taylor & Francis Ltd hardcover
2019BN158650Taylor & Francis Ltd 2019. 2019. Hardcover. Cost Management for Nonprofit and Voluntary Organisations <br/><br/>Cost Management for Nonprofit and Voluntary Organisations Zahirul La Trobe University Australia Hoque Tarek La Trobe University Australia Rana Taylor & Francis Ltd hardcover
182928055London: John Murray 1829. Paperback. Very good condition. Important early report on the Swan River Colony based on Captain Stirling's findings during his 1827 expedition and intended as a guide for prospective emigrants. The 29 page article is titled "Regulations for the Guidance of those who may Propose to embark as settlers for the New Settlement on the Western Coast of New Holland" and includes a one page woodblock map. The map "Sketch of the New Settlement on Swan River" has the text "Fine undulating grass plains thinly wooded" stretching from Mangles Bay to Port Leschenault. The WA coast is shown from above Swan River in the north around Cape Leeuwin and further to the East. Disbound from Vol XXXIX with the title page pp 315-344 with some extraneous pages. John Murray paperback
1853biblio249<p><i>First edition. John Murray. London. 1853. 8vo. vi 1 errata slip 488pp. Chromolitho frontispiece 3 further chromolitho plates all with tissue guards 3 uncoloured plates folding map text illus. Later half calf marbled boards Spine in six compartments with raised bands gilt lettering rules and motifs leather label to spine. All edges marbled. New endpapers. Occasional marginal light foxing to plates. Short closed tear to attachment of map. A handsome volume.</i><br /></p><p><i><b>John Elphinstone Erskine</b> 1806 - 1887 British Naval Officer and Liberal MP. </i><i> "In February 1848 Erskine was appointed to the Havannah as senior officer on the Australian station. Soon after his arrival Erskine made a tour of Samoa Tonga Fiji the New Hebrides the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia between 25 June and 7 October 1849. With experience of naval anti-slavery operations in the West Indies and the effects of European penetration in the Pacific he joined the Aborigines Protection Society and became a parliamentary leader of the influential lobby working for the Pacific Islanders Protection Act of 1872." Australian Dictionary of Biography.</i></p> John Murray hardcover
1958146131Adelaide: 2/10th Battalion Association 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide 2/10th Battalion Association 1958. Large octavo xxviii 454 pages with a map plus 32 pages of plates and 5 maps including a folding map mounted on the rear pastedown. Light blue cloth printed in purple lightly marked and unevenly sunned; endpapers unevenly tanned; ownership name on the front free endpaper; an excellent copy. Dornbusch 414; Trigellis-Smith 372. 2/10th Battalion Association hardcover
1921113880Adelaide: Lonnen and Cope 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Lonnen and Cope 1921. Octavo 228 pages with 12 illustrations and 16 maps plus 18 plates and the printed front endpaper. Colour-pictorial cloth a little worn and bumped at the extremities with minor loss at the head of the front joint; acidic paper discoloured as ever; a few marks to the edges; a very good copy of a book notoriously difficult to find in even decent condition because of the poor quality of the materials used in its production. Dornbusch 310; Fielding and O'Neill page 227; Trigellis-Smith 226. Lonnen and Cope hardcover
198453785Adelaide: Wakefield Press/ SACA 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Adelaide Wakefield Press/ SACA 1984. Large quarto ii x 262 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs. Full leather with the clear acetate dustwrapper; mint in the original specially-designed cardboard box. One of 299 numbered copies of the deluxe edition issued with a gilt-embossed leather cricket ball signed by Don Bradman still present with this copy - many are no longer so!. The odd limitation number was chosen because it is the Test record for the Adelaide Oval set by Bradman against South Africa in 1932 - incidentally he was not out. Wakefield Press/ SACA hardcover
187297606Adelaide: 'published by Superintendent of Club' 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide 'published by Superintendent of Club' 1872. Octavo viii 9-408 pages the last 8 being advertisements plus 2 frontispiece lithographs 'Present Bushmen's Home' and 'Proposed Bushmen's Home'. Flush-cut dark blue cloth over thin boards with the short title in gilt on the front cover; cloth lightly marked and rubbed at the extremities; spine a little sunned; inner hinges cracked but firm; very occasional foxing slightly heavier on the edges and endpapers; small light stain in the front gutter; an excellent copy. The name of the anonymous author a cousin of the somewhat more famous Victor is added in pencil on the title page. Ferguson 10643 recording only 'blue morocco cloth boards'. 'By 1866 a ravaging northern drought accelerated the need to succour bush workers who were often victims of their own excesses and were preyed upon between jobs. Hugo pressed for a "bushmen's home" like a seamen's home as a quiet sober refuge. Opposition came from those who saw it as a squatters' movement but his canvassing bushmen's subscriptions and philanthropic support enabled the home to open in Whitmore Square Adelaide in May 1870' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. 'published by Superintendent of Club' hardcover
1948117023Adelaide: Thornquest Press Limited Printers 1948. Very Good. Adelaide Thornquest Press Limited Printers 1948. Quarto 4 pages a bifolium with a three-colour illustration by Loudon Sainthill on the front cover and a genealogical tree of the descendants of Edward III during the 'War of the Roses' on the last page. Some light creases to the extremities and a few tiny nicks to the leading edge of the first leaf; a very good copy. The pictorial front cover is signed in ink by Vivien Leigh slightly faded and Sir Laurence Olivier. At that time they were married; the tour was a great success but stressful and exhausting and it put the marriage under considerable pressure. Extra-marital affairs and Leigh's increasing physical and mental ill-health tuberculosis and bi-polar disorder eventually led the couple to divorce in 1960. Thornquest Press Limited [Printers] unknown
