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Thursday Island Harbour Surveyed by Comm.r P.S.E. Maxwell, H.M.S. "Fantome" 1922. The portion in hair line from a Survey by Nav. Lieut. E.R. Connor, 1875. London Published at the Admiralty 7th May 1894, under the Superintendence of Captain W.J.L. Wharton, Hydrographer.Small corrections: 1926. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Thursday Island Harbour -. Anno: '900. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 486x655. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Thursday Island Harbour - Northern Australia. Anno: '900. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 486x655 mm
187342992Paris, Henri Plon, 1873. Grand in-8 de (6)-641-(3) pp., 116 illustrations, demi-chagrin vert, dos orné à nerfs, tranches dorées (Ch. Magnier).
1834LBW-1796Paris Ch.les Picquet 1834 366 x 530 mm.
1834CCC-140451. Les 2 tomes complet. Edition chez tente 1834-1835, in-4, reliure demi-chagrin rouge, taches de rousseur, texte sur 2 colonnes, nombreuses gravures et cartes qui se déploient, le tous hors texte. Photos possibles
144289Paris, Poulet-Malassis, De Broise, 1859 in-12, [4]-XXIV-278 pp., broché. Couverture salie et défraîchie, avec légers manques de papier au dos et sur la seconde couv.
1824LBW-4953[1824]. 213 x 170 mm.
Carta geografica, antica ed originale, con coloritura coeva ai confini. La mappa edita nella città tedesca di Weimar è stata disegnata nel 1820 e rappresenta l'Australia e le altre isole dell'Oceania. Autore: Geograph: Instituts edit.. Luogo: Australia. Anno: 1820. Tecnica: incisione in rame. Dimensioni: 305x416. Piega centrale editoriale. Rara edizione
33760Carte postale à en tête du Musée Chéret - trés bon état -
337631 page in8 - trés bon état -
337641 page in8 - trés bon état -
337661 page 1/2 in8 - trés bon état - petite salissure en marge basse -
1822PHO-1688Paris, Achille Jourdan et Raymond, 1822, relié demi eau époque, dos lisse avec titre et tomaison, tranches marbrées, frottements, quelques coiffes usées ou absentes, quelques fentes aux charnières, quelques rousseurs.
1942PHO-770À Paris chez Maisonneuve ,1942 , 2 vols.in-8 (200x120) , brochage éditeur ,.Reproduction de l'édition originale de 1837, xv-576 p , vii-520 p. , illustré d’une carte dépliante et 2 planches H.T., réimpression du célèbre voyage de Moerenhout .P2-1B
1890LBW-8601Paris, [1890]. 229 x 156 mm.
Pages 294-388 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Captain's Baby - a respected officer of the Australian Steam Navigation Company takes a little urchin under his protection, leading to humorous difficulties; A Journey into Arabistan - photo-illustrated account of a journey through a little-known part of Persia; The Quest of the Peso-La-Ki - the romantic story of a hidden Western Navajo silver mine, sought for vainly by daring prospectors for over a century; Tight Corners (part II) - photo-illustrated adventures from West and Central Africa; The Girl-Man - a young woman aged 23 tires of an unhappy marriage and sinks her identity and sex to reappear as a man named Frank Duffy and wander the United States for three years - until she is discovered by a policeman and a court orders her to 'go back to the skirts'; Icebergs - interesting photo-illustrated article by Lacey Amy; Dodging Death - in Australia, Sydney Wright falls from a building under construction, only to be saved by landing on telegraph wires (per cover illustration); A wife on an Indian coffee plantation cures her husband of constantly 'talking shop'; Milly's Hobby; Europe's "Wild West" - photo-illustrated article on the great Hungarian Hortobagy; "The Doctor" - in Ceylon Gunner Duncan is tragically burned to death; Our Travels in Safari-Land (part III) - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porch) describes her ambitious journey through British East Africa; The Missing Ship - in 1897 the American clipper T.F. Oakes and her crew were considered lost, but miraculously saved by the crew of the "Kasbek"; Interesting photo of the grave of a British Columbia Indian chief in a hit above stumps; Photo of a Burmese boy 'undergoing the operation of tattooing', with brief write-up; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 194-288 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: A Millionaire's Adventure - Milan millionaire Signor Luigi Beretta becomes the victim of an infamous plot; War-Time Wanderings in the Italian Alps - a merry trio of climbers have some fun; A Fight for Life in Mid-Air - a workman dismantling a great chimney at the Whitehall Road electric power works experiences a terrible industrial accident; The Adventures of Howard Blackburn - Right Hon. Sir Edward Morris, P.C., Prime Minister of Newfoundland, describes nautical adventures of Howard Blackburn; "Grubb of Gran Chaco"- The adventures of pioneer W. Barbrooke Grubb in the Paraguayan Chaco; Six Weeks in Lahoul - a hunting trip for ibex and red bear; Allen's Well - how a man was buried at the bottom of a deep well and was rescued; The Lion's Cub - a striking story from the Coast Mountains of Southern Oregon involving 'Yellow Tail' the mountain lion, Jud Bucklin, and Dick Wimer of the U.S. Forest Service; Aunt Barbara Visits Mustypore - an amusing story from an Indian coffee-planting district; A Woman Alone in China (part II) - Mary Gaunt met with many odd experiences and saw many strange sights, which are here described in most entertaining fashion, with photos; A Tragic Ocean Race - Five clipper ships started on a race from Australia to China, but strange and terrible things happened aboard the "Island Bay"; After Gold in the "Land of Fire" - an unfortunate prospecting expedition in Tierra del Fuego; The Haunted Tomb - a tale from the Southern Punjab; and more. Covers nearly detached as one. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1953114019The Australian Artist Editions - Legend Press, Sydney, 1953. 36 x 27 cm ; Leder
188958003Port Augusta: D. Drysdale Printer 'Dispatch' Office 1889. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Port Augusta D. Drysdale Printer 'Dispatch' Office 1889. Small octavo 16 pages including the wrappers last page blank. Original decorated titling-wrappers stapled into later plain card covers with hand-lettering; library stamp on the verso of the front cover; two-digit number in ink on the front cover; an excellent copy. Ferguson 14261 listing only one copy held by the State Library of South Australia. In the final paragraph of the pamphlet readers are asked to note a proposed railway link "as may be seen in the attached plan"; neither this copy nor Ferguson throws any light on the matter. D. Drysdale, Printer, 'Dispatch' Office paperback
1936127996Adelaide: Webb & Son 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Webb & Son 1936. Octavo viii 320 pages plus a 2-page errata list tipped in on the dedication page. Red papered boards lettered in black on the spine and front panel all edges speckled red; covers lightly marked; boards slightly bowed as often; first and last pages offset; endpapers and the few adjacent leaves a little foxed; an excellent copy. The author was 'Late No. 624 Private Original 10th Battalion'. 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
193694140Adelaide: Webb & Son 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Webb & Son 1936. Octavo viii 320 pages. Red papered boards lettered in black all edges speckled red; tiny bump to the leading edge of the rear board; essentially a fine copy. 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
1960144770Adelaide: 2/27th Battalion Ex-Servicemen's Association 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide 2/27th Battalion Ex-Servicemen's Association 1960. Octavo xvi 259 pages with 6 maps plus 65 plates a folding map mounted on the rear pastedown and a supplementary nominal roll call of members of the 2/27th Battalion mounted on the recto of the rear endpaper. Cream cloth lettered in brown on the spine and decorated with the battalion's colour patch on the spine and front cover; cloth a little marked and lightly sunned on the spine; edges lightly marked; a very good copy internally fine. Dornbusch 429; Trigellis-Smith 403. 2/27th Battalion Ex-Servicemen's Association hardcover
116506A cord-bound loose-leaf cloth album 230 × 340 mm containing 22 gelatin silver photographs generally 120 × 200 mm or the reverse with some a little smaller mounted on both sides of card album leaves with printed captions. The first plate is a composite group portrait of the then-current Adelaide City Councillors under the Lord Mayor Sir Wallace Bruce; the rest show the Royal couple arriving officiating and generally being feted plus some of the rare treats they witnessed or received. <p>The first photograph carries the blindstamp of Hammer a local studio; four others carry the blindstamp of Walter McNeill 41 Rundle Street Adelaide; the others are uncredited. Most of the prints have a little silvering-out near the edges; the album is a little rubbed at the extremities with the bottom corners bumped; ownership details on the front pastedown; the overall condition is excellent. unknown
55381The 12 signatures are Hassett Captain Benaud 12th man Harvey Hole Ian Johnson Bill Johnston Langley Lindwall McDonald Miller Morris and Ring. A heavyweight team by any account with eight former Invincibles and five future Australian Captains. <p>On the verso are the pencil signatures of the Victorian team for the match against Queensland in Brisbane 16-20 January 1953 SSM 444. The 12 signatures are Hassett Captain Chambers Fitchett 12th man Harvey Hill Ian Johnson Bill Johnston Loxton Colin McDonald Ian McDonald Ring and Thoms. Six of the team played with the Invincibles; in fact only Chambers Fitchett and Ian McDonald were not capped for Australia although Thoms and Hill played in only one and three Tests respectively. Victoria won by seven wickets with Johnston collecting ten wickets. unknown
1905124129Adelaide: W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers and Publishers 1905. 3rd Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Adelaide W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers and Publishers 1905 third edition preface dated 30 June/ May 1905 second edition first in book form. Small octavo 47 pages with an illustration plus 22 pages of plates a small folding map an additional leaf printed recto only tipped in on page 3 being a reprint of the introduction to the second edition dated May 1905 and advertisements on both sides of the rear wrapper. Pictorial wrappers slightly marked and creased; a near-fine copy. The first edition was the series of newspaper articles treating of visits to the island in January and March 1905. Apart from the tipped-in leaf this third edition also contains additional text on pages 45-47 'Addenda 3rd Edition'. It is referred to in the introduction to this edition as 'a letter written by the late Colonel Light having reference to Kangaroo Island also an extract from "The Adelaide Observer" of October 11 1845'. W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers and Publishers paperback
186864421Adelaide: Government Printer 1868. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1868. Foolscap folio 12 pages. Drop-title; small holes in the inner margins where stab-sewn when bound now neatly disbound; uncut bottom edges very slightly chipped with a small light stain to one bottom margin; an excellent copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 81 of 1868. Government Printer] unknown