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1936129418Adelaide: Webb & Son 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Webb & Son 1936 first edition second impression. Octavo viii 320 pages plus a 2-page errata list tipped in at the dedication page. Red papered boards lettered in black on the spine and front panel all edges speckled red; endpapers and adjacent leaves lightly tanned; a fine copy. The author was 'Late No. 624 Private Original 10th Battalion'. <p>Dornbusch 322; Fielding and O'Neill page 226; Trigellis-Smith 211 none of them noting that the first issue binding is lettered in gilt the second in black. Webb & Son hardcover
1915134649Sydney: Trustees of the National Art Gallery of NSW 1915. Very Good. Sydney Trustees of the National Art Gallery of NSW 1915. Quarto a portfolio containing 7 plates tipped in on thin gilt-captioned card mounts external dimensions 220 × 285 mm housed in the original glassine sleeve. A portfolio of gilt-lettered dark green paper over thin card a little bowed; extremities a little rubbed with minor wear to the head of the spine; front pastedown unevenly discoloured; overall in excellent condition the contents are fine. The first plate is a photographic view of the Gallery building; the others reproduce paintings by Arthur Burgess George Lambert William Lister Lister Fred Mahony A. de Neuville France and Sir Luke Fildes Britain. The only war-related images are one of the Australian Fleet in 1913 and 'The Defence of Rorke's Drift' from the Zulu War in 1879! Several relics of the day are pinned to the flaps on the rear cover of the portfolio: a large inscribed gum leaf surmounted by the Australian Coat of Arms printed on a small card disc with an attached blue ribbon; a stickpin with a small enamel Australian flag; a flower made out of felt; and a white ribbon tied in a bow with a small piece of red white and blue ribbon around the centre. <p>For the record the Sir John Monash Centre at the Australian National Memorial in France has this to say about Australia Day: 'In 1915 Australia Day was part of a fundraising plan for Australian troops serving in the war to help improve the general living conditions of the soldiers and to enable the Red Cross and other organisations such as the South Australians Soldiers' Fund to provide more comfort and care for injured and ill Australian soldiers. <p>It was the mother of four Australian soldiers Mrs Ellen Wharton-Kirke who suggested the organisation of a national patriotic fundraising day to celebrate Australia's military achievements in the conflict and help improve the lives of Australians serving on the front line. The idea was taken up by the government and the date of the first "Australia Day" was set for 30 July 1915. <p>Three months after the landing of Australian troops in Gallipoli Australian communities took part in Australia Day. During this day marches fairs auctions and performances are organised all over Australia to raise funds for the troops. <p>Commemorative items such as ribbons handkerchiefs badges or matchboxes were made and sold in the streets of Australia. The messages written on these objects appealed to Australian patriotic sentiment and the development of a strong national identity. The day was also an opportunity for those who could not serve to support the troops. <p>In 1915 Australia Day was a success and continued in the subsequent years to support the troops fighting on the frontline. It was not until 1935 that Australia Day became Australia's national holiday and was celebrated on 26 January'. Trustees of the National Art Gallery of NSW unknown
1774143635Paris: Chez Saillant et Nyon . chez Panckoucke 1774. Near fine. Paris Chez Saillant et Nyon . chez Panckoucke 1774 first thus. An original map printed surface 365 × 771 mm sheet size approximately 410 × 830 mm engraved under the direction of Robert Bénard. Trimmed outside the plate-mark leaving ample margins; vertical and horizontal folds; a couple of trifling spots of foxing; small production flaw to the edge of the right-hand margin; some very faint offsetting and other trifling signs of age; in near-fine condition. A map of the east coast of Australia from Point Hicks to Cape Cornwall by way of Botany Bay and Port Jackson as charted by Cook on his first voyage. It comes from the first French edition of the official account of the voyage 'Relation des voyages entrepris . pour faire des découvertes dans l'hémisphère méridional' 'Tome III. Pl. 16'. <p>Tooley 342; see Beddie 659. Chez Saillant et Nyon ... chez Panckoucke unknown
1884143680London: James Imray and Son 1884. Very Good. London James Imray and Son 1884. A very large engraved chart in two sheets combined printed surface 1019 × 1270 mm overall total size 1040 × 1300 mm with minimal hand-colouring mounted together on the original blue backing paper with the publisher's title-label on the verso. Mild creasing and a little uneven tanning; bottom right-hand corner tip containing portion of the wide printed border and title-label on the rear expertly reattached; top left-hand corner-tip missing; a few short marginal tears sealed; a few chips to the edges; in very good condition. A large blueback chart of part of the coastline of New South Wales with eight inset charts: Port Jackson; Twofold Bay; Jervis Bay; Bateman Bay; Botany Bay and Port Hacking; Broken Bay; Newcastle Harbour; and Port Stephens. Lighthouses are highlighted with small spots of red and yellow colouring. <p>The imprint below the bottom border indicates that the chart incorporates corrections to November 1883; the publisher's 1884 inkstamp appears below the title. The title-label on the verso reads 'Chart No. 201. Australia. South-East & East Coasts. In Four Charts. Chart No. 3. Price 8s.'. James Imray and Son unknown
187280725Adelaide: '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'. Original flush-cut dark green cloth with the short title in gilt on the front cover; cloth lightly marked and rubbed at the extremities with slight wear in a couple of places; spine a little sunned; inner hinges cracked but firm; endpapers a little marked with some scuffing and silverfish damage to the front flyleaf; small stain to the bottom edge bleeding very slightly into some bottom margins; very occasional foxing; three smallish areas on pages 167-70 lost to silverfish with two patches affecting some 25 words of text now supplied on an insert; a very good copy. A note dated January 1879 in pencil on the flyleaf gives some details of the anonymous author a cousin of the somewhat more famous Victor. 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'. Provenance: P. Curzon Clement with his armorial bookplate on the pastedown. Peake 'Australian Personal Bookplates' 983 recording John Shirlow as the artist. 'published by Superintendent of Club' hardcover
185617670Adelaide: W.C. Cox Government Printer 1856. Fine. Adelaide W.C. Cox Government Printer 1856. Foolscap folio vi 20 xxxiv pages. Disbound four small holes in the inner margins where stab-sewn when bound; a few leading edges a little discoloured; a fine copy. SA Parliamentary Paper 171 of 1856; the inquiry stemmed from the demotion from Commissioner to Inspector in November 1853 of Alexander Tolmer 'partly from the disorganization of the police force as a result of his long absences on escort duty and partly from his character' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. The replacement Commissioner Major Peter Warburton of exploration fame whose evidence forms the bulk of this report was himself dismissed from the position in 1867. W.C. Cox, Government Printer unknown
1908145012Adelaide: Printed C.G. Röder G.m.b.H. Leipzig for the Company 1908. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Printed C.G. Röder G.m.b.H. Leipzig for the Company 1908. Oblong quarto 38 pages with 51 illustrations from photographs 31 of pianos pianofortes and organs 18 of small portraits of prominent European musicians and composers and one larger portrait of William Kuhnel. Loosely inserted is a price list a bifolium printed in blue and decorated in gold on two-tone paper dated 1 January 1911; an order form is also present. Flush-cut quarter cloth and red papered card covers with both sides extensively lettered and decorated in gilt; a large two-colour illustration on the front cover; a very fine copy it appears to be uncirculated in the original plain envelope a little marked and torn. 'Sole agents for Julius Feurich Leipzig; R. Lipp & Sohn Stuttgart; R. Görs & Kallmann Berlin; Carl Faust & Sohn pianos; the "Waldorf" pianos; also Estey-Organs over 400000 sold' subtitle. 'In 1898 Albert Conrad designer of Austral Buildings in Hindley Street was commissioned to create Kuhnel's emporium that expanded to house 400 pianos at 136 Rundle Street opposite Adelaide Arcade . By the 1920s Kuhnel's was the largest piano and organ store in Australia' AdelaideAZ website. The only copy of this lavish catalogue located in Trove is in the National Library of Australia: 'A finely printed trade catalogue intended for this Adelaide piano importer's wealthier clients . The catalogue was produced in Germany which at that time considered itself home to the most accomplished printers in Europe'. Printed C.G. Röder G.m.b.H., Leipzig (for the Company) paperback
189810598London: Longmans Green 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. London Longmans Green 1898 'New Impression'/ 1898. Octavo viii 238 pages with 5 illustrations plus 4 plates. Cloth slightly marked and a little rubbed; an excellent copy. Provenance: Charles Winnecke with his ownership signature 'Chas Winnecke' on the half-title below a 'With the Compliments of The South Australian Company' inkstamp. An unrelated gift inscription dated 1928 appears on a later blank page. <p>Charles Winnecke 1856-1902 surveyor and explorer 'entered the Government Survey Office in 1873 and went with the North Eastern Exploring Expedition to survey the border between South Australia and Queensland circa 1877-81' 'Encyclopedia of Australian Science'. He achieved lasting fame as the leader of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia in 1894. Longmans, Green hardcover
1993141140Carlton: Melbourne University Press 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Carlton Melbourne University Press 1993 first edition. Quarto xxxii 624 pages with 10 maps 20 tables and 36 illustrations plus 20 pages of plates comprising 45 illustrations from photographs. Papered boards slightly bumped on the front bottom edge; small light mark to the leading edge of the text block; an excellent copy with the near-fine dustwrapper lightly creased. One of the Miegunyah Press series. 'Material originally collected in the 1940s now appears for the first time in this intricate study of an Aboriginal people who inhabited some of the richest country in Australia at the time of European colonisation'. A copy of the publisher's original media release quarto one leaf printed recto only is loosely inserted. Melbourne University Press hardcover
18751151361875. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1875. Octavo vi x 362 10 196 advertisements pages plus endpaper advertisements. Original cloth and lightly worn; cloth on the front joint broken; slight loss to silverfish at the head of the spine and an old repair to the foot; cancelled RGSSA stamp on the title-page; a small section 60 × 160 mm on rainfall excised from one leaf; comparatively mild signs of handling; overall a very good copy. Provenance: Thomas Gill 1849-1923 public servant and local historian with his signature on the flyleaf and index page and his manuscript amendments on five pages. hardcover
1898030910Melbourne: Robt. S. Brain Government Printer 1898 12mo. original stapled printed sheets a little rubbed & marked longtiudinal crease where folded; pp. 32 last blank. This copy had been folded and mailed with the recipient's address Mr G. J. Langridge Auctioneer Queen Street Melbourne 'Treasurer of Victoria Frank Stamp' and postal cancel to rear cover. A very good copy. An interesting piece of Australian historical ephemera a copy of the first draft bill to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia put to the vote in Victoria in 1898. After an inconclusive return in NSW an amended bill was reintroduced and carried by all of the eastern colonies in 1899. Western Australia voted in 1900. The document lays out the terms for the formation of the Australian Parliament Judiciary Executive Government the Crown the States and other matters relating to the Federation of Australia in 1904. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG. Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer paperback
127208Fine. An original pencil drawing mounted and matted visible image size 290 × 190 mm initialled dated and captioned in pencil along the bottom edge. Both the drawing and mat are in fine condition. 'Château Tanunda birthplace of the Barossa was established in 1890 and is the site of some of the Valley's first vines planted as well as its first winery. The majestic bluestone winery and vineyards is a living testament to the colourful history and pioneering spirit of Australia's most famous wine region. Château Tanunda's origins go back to the decimation of Europe's vineyards by the phylloxera plague. Sensing opportunity the founder's grand vision was to build a Château dedicated to crafting fine quality wines. Château Tanunda would become for a while the largest winery in the Southern Hemisphere. European immigrants had been planting vines in the Barossa since the 1840s so the region was a natural choice. The resulting wines made from grapes produced by 560 local growers . were shipped to a wine starved Europe. Château Tanunda's success was the Barossa's success. <p>For years it was the heart of Barossa winemaking. A veritable "Ivy League" of Australian winemakers worked or studied at the facility including Prof. Soebels Australia's first qualified oenologist; Bill Seppelt; Grant Burge; Geoff Merrill and others. In 1994 in recognition of its rich history Château Tanunda was placed on the Register of State Heritage Places - but by then its glory days were a memory. Abandoned by its then-owner Australian wine giant Southcorp the property was a shell of its former grandeur'. John Geber and his family purchased the property in 1998 and 'The rebirth of Château Tanunda is one of the most remarkable stories of the Australian wine industry' Huon Hooke quoted on the company's website. This drawing dates from its glory days . <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
1919028751London: Sampson Low 1919. viii 336pp index appendix maps/plans. No date- 1919. Rebound in red cloth with title label to spine. Bookplate and signature of WH Conwell 2nd Lt 52nd Battalion recommended Military Cross 6/7/17. Extremely scarce first edition of a title that is scarce in any edition. Details the actions of the five Australian Divisions in the last year of WWI. Includes the Battle of Dernancourt; both Batlles of Villers Bretonneux; Morlancourt Ridge; Hames; Mont St Quentin and more. The appendix details the composition of the five Australian Divisions. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Sampson Low Hardcover
1887109242London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1887. Octavo xii 368 pages plus a folding colour map 435 × 190 mm. Original mustard yellow cloth with extensive brown and green floral decoration and attractive gilt lettering; all edges uncut top edge dusty; covers a little marked and discoloured and rubbed and bumped at the extremities; occasional foxing; trifling chips to a few uncut edges due to careless opening of the leaves; a few minor signs of handling; a very good copy with the armorial bookplate of Bernard Gore Brett on the front pastedown and an early address stamp on the dedication page. 'Shortly after the return of Mr Goyder's surveying expedition to Adelaide in April 1870 my father was appointed Government Resident of the Northern Territory'; 16 year-old Harriet accompanied William Bloomfield Douglas see the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' and the rest of the family north. She spent the better part of the next three years in the Territory returning south for her marriage in 1871 to a nephew of the late Governor before leaving for good in 1873 when her father was dismissed for incompetence. Her chatty account based on her personal experiences concludes then at page 208; the rest of the book is written 'by means of researches in newspapers official reports and other documents'. Ferguson 8939 not noting the map. Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington hardcover
1980131878Sydney: Fine Arts Press 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Sydney Fine Arts Press 1980. Large quarto xii 888 pages with '1550 black and white illustrations'. Gilt-decorated full morocco; a fine copy with the original clear celluloid dustwrapper in the very slightly marked slipcase. Number 71 of 135 copies of the deluxe issue signed by both authors. The 'trade' edition published in the same year in Adelaide by Rigby comprised 990 copies in synthetic half leather and parchment. Fine Arts Press hardcover
102930Very Good. A vintage gelatin silver photograph matted glazed and framed visible image size 230 × 360 mm captioned and signed in pencil on the mat. The mat shows some acid discolouration and is a little foxed; the photograph and the original simple wooden frame are in excellent condition. Frederick Allen Joyner 1863-1945 was 'President of the South Australian Photographic Society at the height of its influence as a leading group in the fledgling nation and as an individual he had his own work shown and reproduced around the world. Later in the 1920s he was one of the first modern photographers to see and interpret the light and nuances of the Flinders Ranges' from the catalogue of the 1981 AGSA exhibition of F.A. Joyner's photographs. unknown
1936033214Adelaide: Webb & Son 1936. 320pp nominal roll errata. Or red cloth titled in blacklacking jacket. Lovely bright fresh copy with light even toning to endpapers slightest of fading to spine. Scarce WWI Australian battalion history in superior condition. Second Impression. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Webb & Son Hardcover
1879009859London: Macmillan 1879. HEAVY. xvi 520pp; index; bibliography; 1 col folding chart; 2 colour plates; num bw woodcut ills. Rebound in modern burgundy textured cloth gilt title to spine edges red speckled. Single faint YMCA stamp at head of contents page prev owners name in pencil on ffep stain affecting first 14 pages to varying degrees- margin only on most pages including frontis. Ferguson 12883. Spence 820. British Museum Natural History Catalogue 1359. Wood 473. The Challenger expedition was one of the largest and most important natural history projects of the 19th century and traveled extensively in the Atlantic and the Pacific. The ship visited Antarctica and Austraia. Mosely's account is far more accessible to the reader than Wyville Thompson's far drier account of the same expedition. An important and lively account of the Challenger voyage. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo. Macmillan Hardcover
1976146545Adelaide: Rigby 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Adelaide Rigby 1976. Quarto 628 pages with a frontispiece map 33 numbered line illustrations and 737 numbered 'plates' many from photographs plus 12 colour plates and a very large folding colour plate with an integral black and white key. Papered boards; top and leading edges slightly marked; an excellent copy with the very good dustwrapper lightly unevenly sunned on the spine with a very short tear to the foot of the rear hinge. A seminal study of the Pitjandjara sic of the Mann Ranges and the Junkandjara sic of the Musgrave Ranges on the borders of South Central and Western Australia Mountford explains his use of these names on page 40. The following caveat is printed on the verso of the dedication page: 'Where Australian Aborigines are concerned and in areas where traditional Aboriginal religion is still significant this book should be used only after consultation with local male religious leaders. This restriction is important. It is imposed because the concept of what is secret or may not be revealed to the uninitiated in Aboriginal religious belief and action varies considerably throughout the Australian continent; and because the varying views of Aborigines in this respect must on all occasions be observed'. Rigby hardcover
1923052733Brisbane: Watson Ferguson & Co 1923. xv 369pp bw ills 1 folding. Or brown cloth in jacket. Small tear to front flap-jacket otherwise lightly edgeworn remaining bright. Offset toning to endpapers occasional light foxing. Note of front free endpaper by prev owner stating that book was given by a descendant of Sir Robert prev owner details on front pastedown. Loosely inserted related ephemera and notes. Sir Robert Philp's memories of colonial Queensland. Time in north Queensland Townsille & Cairns shipping and railway industries sugar wool Boer War time as Townsille Alderman election to Queensland Parliament time as Premier the Boer War Federation the Constitution and much more. Very scarce particularly in this excellent condition with jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Watson, Ferguson & Co Hardcover
194283656Adelaide: Adelaide University Arts Association 1942. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Adelaide University Arts Association 1942. Octavo 32 pages. Printed wrappers with leading edge flaps attached to plain paper covers; tiny chip to the foot of the spine; essentially a fine copy. The author was also a contributor to 'Phoenix' the precursor to 'Angry Penguins'. Max Harris the editor of this book of verse notes that the author is 'at present serving overseas in the Air Force'. Paul Pfeiffer he did not return; he died in an aircraft accident in Scotland in 1944. Adelaide University Arts Association paperback
1879BIB331768Adelaide: Government Printer. 1879. Octavo Size approx 14x22cm. Very Good Condition. Tan half-leather binding over papered boards with marbled endpapers and edges of text block. Front hinge lightly cracked started. Previous owners signature to preliminary page dated 1885. Ferguson 15637 refers. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 872 pages. Also includes "A Digest of Magisterial Law and forms in common use with notes and observations; and a copious index. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Government Printer hardcover
1931028052Brisbane: Simpson Halligan & Co 1931. xiv 294 2 plates. Prev owner's signature on the ffep and at the centre of the title page. Prelims endpages and page edges heavily foxed. Occasional foxing in margins. Or blue cloth edge-worn with three tears in the cloth at the spine frayed at the spine head. Gilt titles on the spine faded and on the front board not faded. Number 119 of an edition of 300 copies signed by Thos Welsby. Scarce. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Simpson, Halligan & Co Hardcover
1916BIB272759Adelaide: W.K. Thomas & Co. 1916. 12mo approx 12x15cm. Very Good condition - an excellent copy. Original paper covers. 2 folding maps. 31 black & white plates all present. McLaren 16762. Very scarce. 200 pages. Captain Samuel Albert White was a wealthy Australian racehorse owner soldier explorer conservationist and amateur ornithologist. He fought in the South African War 1900-1903 reaching the rank of Captain which title he continued to use throughout his life. He made several private ornithological collecting expeditions across remote areas of Australia to Alice Springs 1913 Musgrave and Everard Ranges 1914 Cooper Creek 1916 Nullarbor Plain 1917-1918 Finke River 1921 and Adelaide to Darwin and return 1922 on behalf of Gregory Mathews. He was a foundation member of the South Australian Ornithological Association SAOA in 1899 and served as its President for several periods between 1904 and 1944. He was also a foundation member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union RAOU in 1901 and served as its President 1914-1916. . Very Good. 1st thus. Softcover. W.K. Thomas & Co paperback
1902013606Hobart: Wise's Directories 1902. Contains Street Directories of Hobart & Launceston; Seperate Alphabetical Directories of All the Remaining Cities Towns Townships and Districts of Tasmania; an Alphabetical Directory for the Entire State; A trade Directory for the Whole State; together with Banking and Finance Public Companies Legal Ecclesiastical Insurance Educational Marine Mining Medical Municipal Agricultural Pastoral and Local and General Government Official Directories. vi xx xxi 630 iv pp. Or red cloth with title and crest in gilt to front and spine decorated in blind and printed on fore-edge. Spine faded and some very minor silverfish damage to cloth boards.Possibly lacking a final leaf of the red advertisement section at front. Toned oblong on title page approx 6.5 x 4.5cm. Otherwise a tight clean example of extremely scarce early Tasmanian Directory. Some wonderful advertisements throughout as well as a goldmine of genealogical information. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. Sml 4to. Wise's Directories Hardcover
