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186669158London: Sampson Low Son and Marston 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Sampson Low Son and Marston 1866. Octavo xii 474 2 16 catalogue pages plus a folding hand-coloured frontispiece map 370 × 325 mm. Original blind-stamped dark green cloth slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities and slightly worn at the head of the front hinge; map very slightly chipped on the two bottom corners when folded with two short tears expertly repaired; a very good copy internally a fine uncut copy. The author was 'late Member of the Legislative Council at Adelaide' from 1855 to 1864; he was also George Fife Angas's agent in SA from 1841 to 1844. This copy comes from the collection of the South Australian historian and bibliographer Thomas Gill with his signature on the flyleaf and the first contents page along with his attractive ownership stamp based on the letter G. His collection was bequeathed to the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia which later disposed of duplicates; this copy has the cancelled RGSSA stamp on the title page and the John Goodchild-designed Gill bequest bookplate on the front pastedown. Ferguson 9691 not recording the map. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston hardcover
1880143815Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. Foolscap folio two consecutive Parliamentary Papers 2 pages plus 2 folding plans; and 13 pages plus 5 folding plans. Six of the plans are approximately 280-290 × 420-435 mm or the reverse; one is 235 × 315 mm. Drop-title; needle-holes and small notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound now disbound; plans a little tanned with a short sealed tear to the first one; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Papers Numbers 161 and 161a of 1880. The seven folding plans show parcels of land in many areas of the colony including the Barossa Valley Eyre Peninsula Murraylands and the western suburbs of Adelaide. The text gives the area in square miles the location and a description of the country. E. Spiller, Government Printer unknown
1919116381Adelaide: Citizens and Business Men's Committee 1919. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Citizens and Business Men's Committee 1919. 180 × 80 mm 100 pages with 26 printed colour patches of South Australian units and numerous advertisements plus advertisements on the covers. Saddle-stapled overlapping colour-pictorial wrappers printed in green and gold lightly chipped and creased around the edges; tiny sealed tear to one blank leading margin remedying a trifling production flaw; an excellent copy. A very attractive publication rarely seen on the open market. Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill page 247. Citizens and Business Men's Committee paperback
1986138121Melbourne: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Melbourne Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 1986. Quarto 208 pages with numerous illustrations many full-page several in colour. Later papered boards incorporating the original card covers; laminate lifting a little; small production flaw to two leaves; a copy. The catalogue compiled by Janet Maughan details 102 items mainly paintings but also a few other artefacts. The other contributions by Lois Lowitja O'Donoghue J.V.S. Megaw Jenny Zimmer Geoffrey Bardon Dick Kimber and others shed light on the early popularisation of the Papunya Tula painting movement. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology paperback
1933145840Woodville: The Editor 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Woodville The Editor 1933 and 1935. Octavo two volumes viii 176; and iii-vi 47 pages. Brown sand-grain cloth blocked in gilt on the spines and front covers the latter with a design featuring a boomerang; cloth lightly flecked and rubbed; corners lightly bumped; trifling signs of age and handling; in near-fine condition. A presentation set with the first volume inscribed and signed by the editor who also hand-set and printed the book 'To my brother John with Christmas greetings TA Parkhouse 1933'. The second volume is signed and dated January 1936 by his daughter M.A. Parkhouse who finished its printing after her father's death; we presume it to be her personal copy. The introduction to the second volume by Norman B. Tindale indicates that the first volume was published in an edition of 100 copies in October 1933 despite the preface dated 8 May 1923 likely a misprint frequently overlooked. <p>This compendium is an important resource on the Indigenous languages of South Australia including the Ngarrindjeri Kaurna and Ngaiawang languages. The publications reprinted are: 'Adelaide and Encounter Bay Tribes' by John Stephens; 'Some Account of the Manners and Superstitions of the Adelaide and Encounter Bay Aboriginal Tribes with a Vocabulary' by William Wyatt; 'A Vocabulary of the Language of the Aborigines of the Adelaide District and other Friendly Tribes of the Province of South Australia' by William Williams; 'Outlines of a Grammar Vocabulary and Phraseology of the Aboriginal Language of South Australia spoken by the Natives in and for some distance around Adelaide' by C.G. Teichelmann and C. Shuermann; and 'A Vocabulary and Outlines of the Grammatical Structure of the Murray River Language spoken by the Natives of South Australia from Wellington on the Murray as far as the Rufus' by M. Moorhouse. <p>Loosely inserted in the second volume is an original photograph 100 × 165 mm of the press used to produce the books; the two formes of type in the image may well relate to the work. 2 items. The Editor hardcover
1907136747London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1907. Octavo xxiv 374 pages plus 56 plates and a large folding map. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover a little marked and lightly worn; top edge gilt others uncut; folding map a little creased and torn with some clear tape repairs to the verso; mild signs of age and use; a very good copy. The author was 'Fourteen years Sub-collector of Customs at Port Darwin'. The six-page preface is by Ernest Whitington an Adelaide journalist. Provenance: 'Stephen King "Calta Wurlie" May 1908' is written in ink on the front free endpaper. Stephen King Jr 1841-1915 sketcher and surveyor accompanied John McDouall Stuart on the first transcontinental expedition in 1861-63. He later worked as a surveyor under George Goyder in Darwin and on the Overland Telegraph. Chapter XV: 'Stuart's Tree' has a dogear corner on leaf 275/6 which contains details of Stuart's graveside obelisk and makes reference to the Overland Telegraph: 'Survivors of the expedition to-day say that the telegraph scheme was constantly in the mind of the great explorer and he loved to predict that some of his party would live to see consummated the bridging of the continent not merely by telegraph but by railway'. King was the last survivor of the eleven members of this famous expedition. 'Calta Wurlie' was the name of King's house in the Adelaide suburb of Kensington; it still stands today. Loosely inserted is a postal cover addressed to one of King's daughters. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd hardcover
127218Fine. Albumen paper photographs each approximately 157 × 207 mm in fine condition; the mount has a few trifling blemishes. The Bank of South Australia building still stands on King William Street Adelaide. The photographer's credit and reference number 'Sweet Adelaide 92' is scratched in the negative. The imposing hospital buildings now demolished are photographed from an elevated vantage point probably the roof of the Botanic Hotel across North Terrace and the wide-angled view shows a sparsely-developed city now lost to history. The reference to Sweet was painted out in the original negative before this print was made suggesting it may be a posthumous print. 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
127211Fine. Albumen paper photographs each approximately 157 × 207 mm in fine condition; the mount has a few trifling blemishes. The first photograph appears to be taken from the top of the old Treasury Building looking south-west across the square at the imposing Supreme Court building still extant. The second photograph is a panoramic view of the city skyline centred on the towers of the Town Hall and the GPO; a tall chimney on the riverbank pouring out black smoke stands visually between them. 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
1849115821London: John Murray 1849. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London John Murray 1849. Duodecimo xii 110 6 advertisements 16 'The South Australian Handbook Advertiser' pages but lacking the small folding map. Later binder's cloth retaining the original printed wrappers; all edges uncut; a short sealed tear to one preliminary leaf with a few tiny closed marginal tears elsewhere; light marginal tidemark to the front wrapper and title leaf; trifling signs of age and use; an excellent copy. Provenance: Reverend Dr Leslie Bernhard Grope 1920-2018 Lutheran Church of Australia President Emeritus 'who served in the role now known as LCA bishop from 1972 until his retirement in 1987' LCA obituary; his signature in pencil appears on the front free endpaper. Ferguson 5248 not noting that the wrappers have the details and full catalogue of Murray's 'Colonial and Home Library' printed on the inside front and both rear surfaces. John Murray paperback
193162087London & New York: Putnam 1931. Thick 8vo. xv 1 350 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates 3 folding maps 1 large 1 colour 1 large folding chart. Brown publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor foxing to upper fore-edges of textblock very slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. wraparound photo cover art of 2 6-wheel Morris trucks minor closed tears closed tear & creasing front cover w/ repair on verso minor edgewear still VG/G copy. First edition of this uncommon third automobile/truck expedition which equipped with two 6-wheel Morris trucks started in Port Hedland May 1928 and then drving via De Grey Pardoo and Wallal homesteads north to Broome. After Broome they pushed onto Fitzroy Crossing and Hall Creek hunting gold and then reached the Tanami goldfields and then prospected along the Lander River visiting Brooks’ Soak a traditional Warlpiri Soak which Fred Brook was illegally appropriating. Their mining expedition overlapped the subsequent tragic Conniston Massacres of Australian Warlpiri Anmatyerre and Kaytetye Indigenous Peoples in retribution for the killing of Fred Brooks. Terry’s party quickly moved on and headed to Alice Springs followed the Finke River to Horseshoe Bend Oodnadatta Hawker Adelaide and later Melbourne. Terry was quite taken with the Morris trucks which averaged 5-18 mpg every 250 miles and the lead truck only suffered 41 flat tires in their Dunlop tires. See: Ron Moon The Last Explorer: Michael Terry WhichCar July 20 2015. Putnam, hardcover
1990x-1850008590Falmer Pr 1990. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 186 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. Falmer Pr hardcover
1875ABC_48856Sydney 1875. Ca. 8 x 46.5 cm. Panorama photograph consisting of three albumen prints joined together with white bookcloth. A long folding panorama photograph of Sydney Harbour in the late 19th century. It prominently features the east side of Circular Quay which at the time was a commercial working wharf dominated by the wool trade. The many wool stores that were built here have since been demolished. The large wool store of Hill Clark and Co at the end of the wharf which was completed in 1883 cannot be found on the photograph which means it must have been taken in 1882 at the latest. The photograph is not signed but is reminiscent of the work of Australian photographers Charles Bayliss 1850-1897 and Francis Whitfield Robinson ca. 1819-after 1882 who made similar panorama photos of Sydney around this time.The photograph is slightly discoloured one of the bookcloth hinges is partly torn. Otherwise in good condition. hardcover
mon0003309398Conservation Commission Northern. hardcover. Good. . Conservation Commission Northern hardcover
011588Victoria/ Canberra: H.J. Green/ L.F.Johnston for the Goverment of Australia. 1st Eds. . Hardcover. VG-/No jacket issued. 20 Cms x 33 Cm. Red cloth library binding. ex-Royal Institute of International Affairs Library with their plates to both pastedowns and small often faint stamps to top of title pages. The very first report is a brief 6 pp. on 'Administration of Naura during the Military Occupation and until 17th December 1920' which is followed by the first of the standard annual reports dated 1922 on year from that date to end of December 1922 No original front covers bound in if their were any but each report divided from next by blue card these often a little chipped perhaps end covers. Unfolding coloured maps at end of Reports for 1922 1924 and 1926 full page black & white map end 1928 photo-plate blocks ends of Reports from 1925-1928 after 1929 reports become far shorter. Full pagination and condition details of each report available on request to serious customers with details of contents if required. Covers bright and virtually unwon printed spine labels: Australia. Report to the Leage of Nations on Nauru 1920-1926 Vol.2: 1927-1936. <br/> <br/> H.J. Green/ L.F.Johnston for the Goverment of Australia hardcover
18531206T098London: Ingram Cooke and Co. 1853. 2nd Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. 412 4 ads. Very Good Plus. 5.75 x 8.25 inches 14.5 x 21.5 cm. Revised second and best edition. Contemporary full black calf leather binding. Spine with five raised bands morocco title label gilt decorated compartments. Marbled page edges marbled endpapers. Double gilt fillet border to boards gilt decorated board edges blind tooled turn-ins. A little light marking to boards light rubbing to spine. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. The large fold-out map has two short tears at the hinge but is otherwise excellent. Well illustrated. Very clean text throughout. Gift inscription to leading blank: 'Malcolm McNeill from his sincere friend T. Edward Bagge on his leaving Eton April 1854.'. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches 14.5 x 21.5 cm. Ingram, Cooke and Co. hardcover
1988x-1850002959Falmer Pr 1988. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 280 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches. Falmer Pr hardcover
1996x-0748402977Routledge 1996. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 255 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.00 inches. Routledge hardcover
1989x-1850005249Falmer Pr 1989. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 256 pages. 9.75x6.75x0.50 inches. Falmer Pr hardcover
1995x-075070408XFalmer Pr 1995. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 220 pages. 10.00x6.75x1.00 inches. Falmer Pr hardcover
2000x-0749430346Kogan Page Ltd 2000. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 212 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. Kogan Page Ltd hardcover
192562085London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 3 York Street St. James 1925. Thick 8vo. 311 1 pp. plus 8 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates map. Green ribbed publisher’s cloth blue ruling & lettering minor foxing to fore-edges of textblock & endpapers very minor bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. cover art photo of “Desert†Country near Newcastle Waters minor chipping & tear head of spine closed tear front cover minor creasing still VG/G- copy. First edition of this excellent account of the pioneering 1923 automobile explorations by Michael Terry through Northern Australia as he pioneered the route while driving a 1913 Model T dragging a trailer behind loaded with supplies. Although they managed to secure food and fuel most of the way they ran out at the Western Australia border stumbled through the desert with no water and no fuel but were luckily found by some Aboriginal stockmen and eventually reached Broome. Exceedingly scarce in the original dustjacket. See: Ron Moon The Last Explorer: Michael Terry WhichCar July 20 2015. Herbert Jenkins, Ltd., 3 York Street St. James, hardcover
192059233Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1920-1930. Seven vols. 8vo. 4 365 1; 584; v 1 4 447 1 pp.; 2 22; 1; 2 57 1; 1 36 2 leaves. With 3 large folding colour maps numerous photo plates elevation views. Three uniformly bound in blue publisher’s buckram gilt lettering stamped on front covers & spines edgewear dustsoiling very slight uniform toning bowing to covers on vol. III some scuffing supplements all w/ self-printed softcovers edgewear rippling toning to fore-edges some predation still a G set w/ maps in bright condition. First editions stated of these uncommon coast pilot guides to Australian waters drawing upon British Royal Navy coast pilots Australian and U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The maps outlines the available charts for the designated areas surrounding Australia as well as those for the East Indies Pilot. First editions of these Hydrographic Office pilots are quite scarce and seldom seen with the supplements. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
189013800Australia 1890. Cabinet card views showing a group of men obviously enjoying their day out in the bush. The location is unknown but there is a rather large lake and the town has a goodly collection of stone buildings approximately sixteen properties with some two story homes and a couple of elongated buildings. <br /> <br /> There is a magnificent group shot of 4 men posing with their guns tent and dog. Their tucker bag is hanging in the tree and a lake with rowboat is behind them; the town view with a main street; a bush scene with a lake and a fellow standing beside his tent; a view of gum trees with a seated man taking aim a terrier & a lake behind him; a detailed view of the tent with two shotguns perched in front; two bush scenes and two beside the rather large lake. A bit of light scattered foxing otherwise quite bright. Nine cabinet cards images approx. 6 1/4 x 4 3/8" mounted on slightly larger stiff card no photographer listed. unknown
1896011806Christchurch: Glimpses of New Zealand Publishing Co. Ltd 1896 cloth boards with gilt to upper board rubbed fore edges and corners Cracked inner front hinge. Contents tight. Inscription on title in copperplate style but ball pen we have edited out the former owner details in the picture for privacy First Edition gilt embossed cover 192 black and white plates 22pp of descriptive text 250mm x 310mm published in Christchurch for the Glimpses of New Zealand Publishing Co. Ltd 1896 a few pages have short edge tears to the margins some mild foxing to the end papers many historic photographs of the whole country as well as portraits of traditional maori clothing wahine carvings etc includes many prominent civic buildings from various civic centres 2kg rate. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Landscape Folio. Glimpses of New Zealand Publishing Co. Ltd hardcover
1941122441Adelaide: Economy Press 1941. First Edition. Paperback. Adelaide Economy Press 1941 to 1947. Octavo 24 issues Number 23-24 is a double number with pagination ranging from 12 to 64 pages. Numbers 1-8 saddle-stapled in the original wrappers some tanning; one issue with chips to the overlapping edges; Number 1 with two small ink emendations; Numbers 9-25 bound in three volumes of black cloth lettered in gilt on the spines all but five lacking the wrappers; a few issues shaved at the head or foot; some tanning to the paper; a few ownership signatures and pencil annotations; an excellent run. Number 18 is inscribed and signed by the editor 'For Miles Franklin with best wishes from Flexmore Hudson'. A 'with compliments' slip inscribed and signed by Hudson and a subscription form are loosely inserted. The subtitle later changed to 'The Quarterly of Australasian Verse' Numbers 13-14 'The Australian Quarterly of Verse Numbers 15-16 and finally 'The Australian International Quarterly of Verse' as the publication expanded to include a significant amount of material from international poets. Economy Press paperback
