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1988124402Adelaide: The Author 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide The Author 1988. Quarto 193 pages with maps and numerous illustrations from photographs plus endpaper illustrations. Gilt-pictorial synthetic cloth a little bumped at the bottom corners; an excellent copy. The Author hardcover
191928227Allentown PA: L.F. Grammes and Sons 1919. Ephemera. Very good condition. You can save a whole lot of money by using Grammes Perfect Little Nails for Machines". The company has a subsidiary office in Australia at Bridge St. Sydney as well as New York London & Havana. Two sided mimeographed promotional letter personalized one side typewritten offering nails guarantees and a catalog. Verso has10 images of different kinds of machines from nailing machines to circular saw vise. The letter is addressed to a fellow in Earlsville NY in 1919. 8 1/4 x 11" b&w letterhead type ink purple. L.F. Grammes and Sons unknown
1951100075Canberra: 'Prepared by the National Mapping Section Department of the Interior . Reproduced by Royal Australian Survey Corps' 1951. Very Good. Canberra 'Prepared by the National Mapping Section Department of the Interior . Reproduced by Royal Australian Survey Corps' 1951. One map on four sheets printed surface of each sheet 703 × 955 mm when joined together the sheets form a map measuring around 5' × 7' in imperial terms; the sheets are numbered 1-4 left to right top then bottom with the publisher's reference 'AHQ / AO-12 / 0221' printed in the left-hand bottom margin. Four single sheets as issued; minimal cockling and a few trifling blemishes to some unprinted margins; an excellent set. The states are printed en bloc in different colours; Tasmania appears on the third sheet as an inset 239 × 239 mm. This very large and detailed map shows 'homesteads minor settlements Aboriginal reserves stock routes highways principal and other roads railways principal civil aerodromes' Trove with relief shown by spot heights. We have recently unearthed a small quantity of these maps. Purchasers of the full set may avail themselves of a special offer on a first-come first-served basis: additional copies of the fourth sheet the south-eastern portion may be had for $100 each. 4 items. 'Prepared by the National Mapping Section, Department of the Interior ... Reproduced by Royal Australian Survey Corps' unknown
1872109662Gotha: Justus Perthes 1872. Gotha Justus Perthes 1872. A three-colour map printed surface 246 × 424 mm mounted on plain paper with the two original vertical folds barely visible; minimal light foxing; in excellent condition. 'Petermann's Geographische Mittheilungen. Jahrgang 1872 Tafel 22' is printed in the top margin outside the printed border. 'Petermann's Geographische Mittheilungen' Petermann's Geographical Communications founded by August Heinrich Petermann in 1855 ceased publication only as recently as 2004. It was 'the oldest German-language journal for geography in which all major geographical discoveries of the 19th and 20th centuries were published' Wikipedia. About J.M. Gilmore we have unearthed nothing and when even such an indefatigable bibliographer as Ian McLaren doesn't record him you're definitely made a discovery. The map is much more informative. Gilmore made two trips in the Channel Country in south-west Queensland one in January to March 1871 the other in September-October 1871. The routes are marked in red on the map. Justus Perthes unknown
1861100535London: George Philip 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. London George Philip late 1861. A full-colour map printed surface 610 × 510 mm cut into 20 panels mounted on linen as issued folded and mounted in the publisher's gilt-decorated cloth case external dimensions 190 × 118 mm. Slight wear to the corners of the case with minimal restoration to the spine; light erasures to the pastedown and paper-lined verso of the exposed panel of the folded map; the map is lightly marked in one spot but is essentially in fine condition. There are two interesting rubber-stamps on one cloth panel that of 'W.C. Rigby Newsagent Adelaide' and 'Archiv. Provinciae Austriae S. J.'; the erasures mentioned above appear to have removed a couple of examples of the Jesuit Archive stamp. Philips' Authentic Maps of the Australian Colonies Number 6 according to the information printed on the front pastedown. Tooley 974 basic details of the map only not noting the Travelling Maps series. Pertinent details printed on the map that provide evidence of the date of publication include 'Burke & Wills 1860-61' and the locations where King and the bodies of Gray Burke and Wills were found King was found in September 1861. The latest reference to Stuart is 'Stuart's Route 1860' presumably his fifth expedition from November 1860 to September 1861. The entire region of South Australia west of about 133 degrees east longitude and north of the coastline is described as 'Unexplored Country added to South Australia in 1861'; the Act to annex this land was passed in Great Britain in August 1861. Historians of Australian bookselling will know that William Charles Rigby commenced trading as a bookseller and newsagent in Adelaide in late 1859. George Philip hardcover
151959504London; New York: Grant Richards Ltd.; Dodd Mead & Co. 1915-1916. Two vols. Tall 8vo. 1st - 304 pp. Photo frontisp. 23 photo plates. Red publisher’s buckram black lettering front cover & spine t.e.g. minor shelfwear minor soot soiling head of spine lower fore-edges w/ d.j. cover art photo & lettering in red printed price label of 12/6 front cover & spine minor soiling spotting to spine chipping & minor tear head of spine upper corner front cover affecting a few letters; 2nd - 327 1 pp. Photo frontisp. 15 photo plates. Dark burgundy publisher’s cloth black lettering front cover & spine w/ illustrated d.j. cover art photo & lettering in red remnants of printed price labels front cover & spine of 12/6 soot soiling to fore-edges darkening & spotting to spine minor chipping head & foot of spine still a VG/VG- set. First British edition of vol. 1 & first American edition of vol. 2 of this uncommon set of travel memoirs through Australia the South Pacific New Zealand and West Africa. He recounts his adventures running away to Sea living in the Bush adventuring with Robert Louis Stevenson both books surviving cannibals tramping through Fiji Samoa Tahiti the Marquesas and the Australian gold fields. The sequel memoir focuses again on adventures with Robert Louis Stevenson songs he composed voyages to Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Japan and recounts time with an exceptional Sierra Leone African violinist. Safroni-Middleton 1873-1950 was a British composer violnist harpist writer and astronomer and composed the “Imperial Echoes†theme music which for years was played on the “Radio Newsreel†of the BBC. He would also later pen the science fiction novel “Under Many Names†1937 describing the adventures of his hero traveling through the stars via thought waves to meet an advanced extraterrestrial civilization. Grant Richards, Ltd.; Dodd, Mead & Co., hardcover
190659550Adelaide: Government Printer 1906. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1906. Folio 1 page plus a large folding map approximately 490 x 605 mm. Drop-title; small holes in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound now disbound; an excellent copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 57 of 1906; only 570 copies printed. Primarily a detailed map of a roughly rectangular region from Farina in the south extending about 20 miles east of Farina to about 20 miles north and west of Marree. Government Printer unknown
199481357Evanstone: Marschall Reunion Committee 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Evanstone Marschall Reunion Committee 1994 first edition. Quarto 224 pages with numerous illustrations. Gilt-pictorial synthetic cloth; a fine copy. The foreword is by Pastor Philipp Scherer. Marschall Reunion Committee hardcover
1999130334Adelaide: The Martin / Clark Book Committee 1999. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Martin / Clark Book Committee 1999. Quarto iv vi 280 pages with numerous illustrations. Colour-pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed; an excellent copy. The Martin / Clark Book Committee paperback
1638110770Paris: Chez Rolet Boutonné 1638. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Paris Chez Rolet Boutonné 1638 second edition/ 1630. Octavo 170 × 105 mm four parts bound as one volume xvi 280; 64 last blank; 63-106 12 index last three blank; and 39 1 blank pages with woodcut printer's devices on the four title pages and 84 illustrations throughout approximately 80 woodcut illustrations and a few type-set diagrams. There are five leaves missing from the 'Troisième Partie' F4 F5 G1 G4 and G5: pages 85-90 95-96 and 101-104. Nineteenth century half calf and marbled boards now lacking the leather corner-pieces revealing earlier full vellum boards underneath; covers a little worn; light tidemark to the bottom inner corner of the text block throughout; a little worming to the top blank margin of the first 25 leaves; insect damage to the bottom edge extending at most a few millimetres into the wide blank bottom margins; first title leaf dusty and a little soiled; the five missing leaves notwithstanding overall a very presentable copy. The second edition of Claude Mydorge's expanded edition and critique of this popular early work of recreational mathematics first published in 1624 and usually attributed to Jean Leurechon. Each of Leurechon's mathematical problems is reprinted here in roman type with Mydorge's explanatory notes and criticism following in italic. The third part albeit relatively insubstantial only 44 well-illustrated pages is devoted exclusively to fireworks and their construction which probably explains the few missing leaves. The subtitle is: 'Composée d'un receuil de plusieurs plaisantes & recreatives inventions de feux d'artifice plus la maniere de faire toutes sortes de fuzées tant simples que doubles avec leur composition le tout representé par figures sic' Comprising a collection of several pleasant and recreative inventions of fireworks plus the manner of making all sorts of rockets both single and double with their composition all represented in figures. This third part together with the second made its first appearance in a 1628 edition of 'Récréations Mathématiques' published by Charles Osmont at Rouen. Their authorship has not been established HEEFER Albrecht: 'Récréations Mathématiques 1624 A Study on its Authorship Sources and Influence' revised 7 October 2004. <p>The fourth part 'Nottes sic sur les Recreations .' is by D.H.P.E.M. Denis Henrion Professeur ès Mathématiques. <p>Claude Mydorge 1585-1647 French mathematician was a friend of René Descartes with whom he shared a strong interest in optics and the nature of vision. 'Mydorge's first major work was the "Examen du livre des Récréations mathématiques" published in 1630. As the title suggests it was a work on recreational mathematics and was effectively a critique of Laurechon's sic book on the theme 'Récréations mathématiques' by the French Jesuit Jean Leurechon writing under the pen name of van Etten first appeared in 1624. However it was through his work on conic sections that Mydorge made the greatest scientific impact' The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon online. <p>Provenance: a 1713 signature on the first page; an early ownership inscription 'Michael Hutchins His Book' on a preliminary page; 'G.S. Kingston Sept 1834' on the front pastedown: Sir George Strickland Kingston 1807-1880 the South Australian pioneer engineer and politician deputy-surveyor-general under Colonel William Light co-discoverer of the River Torrens first Speaker in the House of Assembly. Chez Rolet Boutonné hardcover
187227371London: Hodder and Stoughton 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Hodder and Stoughton 1872. Octavo ii catalogue vi 312 pages plus a frontispiece portrait. Blind-stamped cloth; spine a little sunned; trifling stain to the frontispiece; an excellent copy virtually unused. The life of the pioneering South Australian Methodist New Connexion minister after whom Maughan Church in Franklin Street is named consult ADB Volume 5; with the presumably association signature of M. Maughan on the flyleaf. Not in Ferguson. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
63186Gill's titles are 'Cradling Forest Creek 1852' 'The Claim Disputed' 'Mustering Cattle' 'Native Sneaking Emus' and 'The Bushranger Pursued'. Hamilton's titles in which the horse naturally enough features prominently are 'The Lost Bushman' 'The Found Bushman' 'Bushmen in Danger' 'Australian Bushmen' and 'The Bushman'. Unpublished but circa 1890 and based on original sketches from upwards of fifty years earlier. <p>The images are printed in brown ink on light brown arch-topped backgrounds printed surface 150 × 205 mm on uniform sheets of cream paper 200 × 275 mm. This set is in fine condition in a modern custom-made portfolio covered in brown cloth lettered in gilt on the front panel 'Scenes of Australian Country Life'. <p>The invaluable 'Dictionary of Australian Artists. Painters Sketchers Photographers and Engravers to 1870' edited by Joan Kerr has only this to say: 'MAY E.C. lithographer signed nine lithographs celebrating life in the bush and on the goldfields c.1855-60 ML. He may have been the May who was in partnership with George Walker q.v. at Melbourne in the early 1870s'. At least he appears on their radar . <p>We have established the following facts. Edgar Charles May 1867-1920 was born at North Adelaide on 27 May 1867; his name later appeared in the local Sands and McDougall's directories with his occupation listed as artist. One published example of his work not noted at all by Kerr and not attributed to May by Ferguson is '14 Views of Old Adelaide from Sketches in 1840-1849 by S.T. Gill F.R. Nixon S. Calvert and O. Korn' Adelaide E.S. Wigg 1890; oblong quarto 19 leaves all rectos blank comprising the gilt-pictorial title page signed in the image 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'. This is Ferguson 9924e which is essentially the same item as Ferguson 9807 apart from the different publishers. We have inspected numerous copies of 9924e the Wigg version and the odd Galbraith one and it is clear that the original Galbraith imprint is masked by the gold blocking carrying the later Wigg imprint. The nature of the contents reworked material from well-known earlier artists the medium tinted lithographs printed in brown and the style of the work leave us in no doubt that May is responsible for all the material in '14 Views of Old Adelaide'. <p>We suggest that the ten lithographs offered here were prepared by him with the intention of putting out a companion volume to '14 Views of Old Adelaide'. The change of publisher after that book was printed leads us also to suggest that Galbraith or May or both lost money on the venture and who knows perhaps the Wigg issue was not a commercial success either. In any event one could see how enthusiasm for a sequel might be considerably diminished. All of these plates are rare; complete sets of them are exceptionally rare on the open market even Kerr's dictionary refers to only nine of them. Until now they have been poorly documented in the literature; fortunately some of them have survived to tell their own worthy tale. unknown
130007May's series was unpublished but dates from circa 1890; it was based on original sketches by Gill and Hamilton five each from upwards of fifty years earlier. May's ten plates were printed in brown ink on light brown arch-topped backgrounds printed surface 150 × 205 mm on uniform sheets of cream paper 200 × 275 mm; they were not coloured. Gill's titles are 'Cradling Forest Creek 1852' 'The Claim Disputed' 'Mustering Cattle' 'Native Sneaking Emus' and 'The Bushranger Pursued'. Hamilton's titles in which the horse naturally enough features prominently are 'The Lost Bushman' 'The Found Bushman' 'Bushmen in Danger' 'Australian Bushmen' and 'The Bushman'. <p>Offered here is one print after Gill 'The Bushranger Pursued' and one after Hamilton 'The Bushman'. <p>The invaluable 'Dictionary of Australian Artists. Painters Sketchers Photographers and Engravers to 1870' edited by Joan Kerr has only this to say: 'MAY E.C. lithographer signed nine lithographs celebrating life in the bush and on the goldfields c.1855-60 ML. He may have been the May who was in partnership with George Walker q.v. at Melbourne in the early 1870s'. At least he appears on their radar . We have established the following facts. Edgar Charles May 1867-1920 was born at North Adelaide on 27 May 1867; his name later appeared in the local Sands and McDougall's directories with his occupation listed as artist. One published example of his work not noted at all by Kerr and not attributed to May by Ferguson is '14 Views of Old Adelaide from Sketches in 1840-1849 by S.T. Gill F.R. Nixon S. Calvert and O. Korn' Adelaide E.S. Wigg 1890; oblong quarto 19 leaves all rectos blank comprising the gilt-pictorial title page signed in the image 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'. This is Ferguson 9924e which is essentially the same item as Ferguson 9807 apart from the different publishers. We have inspected numerous copies of 9924e the Wigg version and the odd Galbraith one and it is clear that the original Galbraith imprint is masked by the gold blocking carrying the later Wigg imprint. The nature of the contents reworked material from well-known earlier artists the medium tinted lithographs printed in brown and the style of the work leave us in no doubt that May is responsible for all the material in '14 Views of Old Adelaide'. <p>We suggest that the full series of ten lithographs was prepared by him with the intention of putting out a companion volume to '14 Views of Old Adelaide'. The change of publisher after that book was printed leads us also to suggest that Galbraith or May or both lost money on the venture and who knows perhaps the Wigg issue was not a commercial success either. In any event one could see how enthusiasm for a sequel might be considerably diminished. Complete sets of these plates are exceptionally rare on the open market even Kerr's dictionary refers to only nine of them; until now they have been poorly documented in the literature. Individual plates are rarely offered for sale either. These two uniformly matted framed and glazed have been professionally hand-coloured at a later date but probably five decades or more ago which serves to present May's work to best advantage. 2 items. unknown
1980146716Adelaide: A.J. & P.A. McBride Limited 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide A.J. & P.A. McBride Limited 1980. Oblong quarto x 117 pages with numerous illustrations mainly from photographs; the last 19 pages contain genealogical details of the eleven children of Robert James Martin McBride and Elizabeth Dunn. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; cover slightly rubbed; front pastedown slightly bubbled as often; ink ownership signature on the half-title page; an excellent copy. Number 162 of 350 copies signed by Phillip Affleck McBride the Chairman of Directors in the total edition of 1000 copies. The history of the McBride family and the family company A.J. & P.A. McBride Limited a major South Australian pastoral company controlling Wooltana Teetulpa Wilgena and Nepowie stations among others. A.J. & P.A. McBride Limited hardcover
1866131289Adelaide: Government Printer 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1866. Foolscap folio 2 and 12 pages. Drop-title both items recently bound in cloth with a leather title-label along the spine; bottom corner of both papers lightly creased with the first one slightly mottles; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Papers Number 79 and 80 of 1866. The first one by Frederick Howard gives a summary account of activities from 28 December 1865 to 26 August 1866. It contains numerous references to the McKinlay expedition; the 'Beatrice' was its support vessel. Most of the second one contains reports from Escape Cliffs Camp by James Manton Acting Government Resident after the recall of Finniss. These include the complete journal of events at the camp from Manton's arrival on 13 November 1865 until 10 August 1866 with numerous references to John McKinlay and his expeditions. Government Printer hardcover
1983120853Meadows: District Council of Meadows 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Meadows District Council of Meadows 1983. Folio xii 289 pages with several maps and numerous plates. Colour pictorial papered boards; an excellent copy. With a later errata sticker from the City of Happy Valley laid down on the flyleaf. District Council of Meadows hardcover
1983125502Meadows: District Council of Meadows 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Meadows District Council of Meadows 1983. Folio xii 289 pages with several maps and numerous plates. Colour pictorial papered boards a little lightly sunned; a very good copy. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author. A sheaf of related documents and ephemera one annotated and signed by the author is loosely inserted. District Council of Meadows hardcover
1914100289Adelaide: printed by The Howard Correspondence College Ltd. Printing Works 1914. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide printed by The Howard Correspondence College Ltd. Printing Works 1914. Quarto 8 pages plus the covers. Overlapping two-colour wrappers a little foxed and marked with slight loss to the bottom right-hand corner tips; a very good copy internally fine. All those involved generously gave their services: 'Madame Melba Miss Doris Madden Mr John Lemmone Mr Fred C. Collier Mr W. Burrell and the Adelaide Choral Society' and not least The Howard Correspondence College Ltd. Printing Works. They produced a very handsome souvenir with all pages printed in two colours and the title page festooned with the colour flags of the Allied nations. printed by The Howard Correspondence College Ltd. Printing Works paperback
1889206601889. Very good condition. An original pen and ink drawing showing Sir Edgar Boehm's 1834 - 1890 statue 'Young Bull and Herdsman' on a large plinth at the foot of the grand staircase at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition of 1888. <br /> <br /> A stylishly-dressed Victorian crowd of exhibition viewers strolls about the great hall with the statue on a large plinth highlighted with white accents. With the title penned below the image. Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm 1834 - 1890 is recognized for his colossal statues including one of Queen Victoria executed in marble 1869 for Windsor Castle the monument of the duke of Kent in St. George's Chapel the statue of Carlyle on the Thames embankment at Chelsea and the equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner. Boehm is also listed as a British exhibitor in the Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Centennial International Exhibition at Melbourne 1888 p111.<br /> <br /> The Young Bull and Herdsman was acquired by the Melbourne Art Gallery and Museum and was then gifted to the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria where it is today outside the RASV offices in the show grounds.<br /> <br /> Unsigned with a small circular mark roughly at center of drawing and a closed tear through the caption but not affecting the drawing; mounted on an album page. 9 3/4 x 8 1/2" unknown
189017430Melbourne 1890. Very good condition. This Melbourne merchant advertised in an 1877 newspaper at the 59 Flinders Street address with the following copy: "J. W. would call attention of farmers especially to the fact that during the last three years no less than six hundred tons of butter have passed through his hands." With printed black border and down the left hand side: On Sale. Butter Cheese Bacon Eggs Potatoes Onions Hay Chaff & c. John Warren's business address is 22 7 Market Street Melbourne late of 59 Flinders Street West. Butter and Cheese Exported to all parts of the World in Tins Cases or Kegs of All Sizes. Cool Cellars for Butter and Cheese. With blank verso on which notations on items and prices is written in pencil. 4 3/8 x 3" unknown
1900134834Adelaide: W.C. Rigby for the Royal Society of South Australia 1900. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide W.C. Rigby for the Royal Society of South Australia 1900 to 1913. Large quarto eight parts issued as and here bound in two volumes; full details of each part are listed below. Later binder's cloth retaining the original wrappers; cloth slightly scuffed and rubbed; both volumes a little bumped at the foot of the spines; small cancelled library stamp on each front wrapper 'College of Advanced Education Library Adelaide. 7 June 1973'; small light tidemark to the top inner corner of Volume I Part 3; minimal signs of age and use; in excellent condition. All four parts of the first volume are by STIRLING E.C. and A.H.C. ZIETZ: Fossil Remains of Lake Callabonna. An interesting note from the editor is printed on the verso of the front wrapper of the first part: 'For the purpose of presenting the descriptions of the "Fossil Remains ." in a more suitable form than is permitted by the size of the "Transactions" the Council has decided to publish in royal octavo a series of "Memoirs" . This issue is the first Fasciculus of the first Volume . of which other parts will appear as circumstances permit'. Individual subtitles are as follows. <p>Volume I Part 1. Description of the Manus and Pes of 'Diprotodon Australia' Owen. 1900. 40 pages plus 18 plates. <p>Volume 1 Part 2. Genyornis Newtoni. A New Genus and Species of Fossil Struthious Bird. and The Physical Features of Lake Callabonna. Circa 1900. iv 41-80 xv pages plus 7 pages of plates 3 of them folding. <p>Volume 1 Part 3. Description of the Vertebrae of Genyornis Newtoni. 1905. ii 81-110 pages plus 11 pages of plates. <p>Volume 1 Part 4. Description of Some Further Remains . 1913. vi 111-178 pages plus 23 pages of plates. Loosely inserted in the first part is a colour transparency of a watercolour illustration of a diprotodon. <p>Volume II Part 1. ETHERIDGE Robert: The Cretaceous Mollusca of South Australia and the Northern Territory. 1902. iv 54 pages plus 7 pages of plates and a publisher's slip tipped in at the first page 'The remainder of Vol. I of these Memoirs has been reserved for further descriptions of the "Fossil Remains of Lake Callabonna"'. <p>Volume II Part 2. TAYLOR T. Griffith: The Archaeocyathinae from the Cambrian of South Australia. An Account of the Morphology and Affinities of the Whole Class. Edited by Walter Howchin. 1910. vi 55-188 pages with 51 illustrations plus 15 pages of plates a large folding chart and a large 'Index Slip' tipped in at the contents page. <p>Volume II Part 3. MAWSON Douglas: Chiastolites from Bimbowrie South Australia . Edited by Walter Howchin. 1911. iv 189-210 pages with a map and 12 illustrations plus 11 pages of plates including one colour plate. <p>Volume II Part 4. MAWSON Douglas: Geological Investigations in the Broken Hill Area . Edited by Walter Howchin. 1912. viii 211-319 pages plus 26 pages of plates containing 81 plates and an illustration 5 pages of illustrations containing 3 maps and 4 sections and a very large folding colour geological map 525 × 680 mm 'Geological Sketch Map of the Olary-Broken Hill Area. In all instances each page of plates is accompanied by a leaf of text. The first part of the first volume and the first two parts of the second volume must be considered rare if our experience is any guide. 2 items. W.C. Rigby (for the Royal Society of South Australia) paperback
1963107862Adelaide: Printed by Cruickshank for The Congress 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Printed by Cruickshank for The Congress 1963. Small quarto 250 × 200 mm 4 pages comprising two sheets of plywood printed recto and verso. The two boards are hinged together with strips of green cloth tape inside and out as issued; leading edge of the front cover a little marked; an excellent copy. The front cover has the title as above printed in green surmounted by the congress logo in brown and green; the centrespread features the menu and wines both printed in brown; the rear cover headed 'Autographs' has an image of the Hotel Australia on O'Connell Street North Adelaide printed in green on the bottom half. The hotel building still stands refurbished into an apartment block. Printed by Cruickshank [for The Congress] hardcover
1874115996Adelaide: James Heath Lewis Printer first conference and Wesleyan Book Depot all other conferences 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide James Heath Lewis Printer first conference and Wesleyan Book Depot all other conferences 1874 to 1886. Octavo 13 issues ranging from 32 to 90 pages the first and the last conferences but generally 50-60 pages each. Contemporary binder's cloth all edges speckled; title in gilt on the spine with the year of publication neatly inked on the leading edge of each issue; small and much later ownership details on the first title page; in excellent condition. Trove indicates that the only institutional holdings of any copies are the first three issues in the State Library of South Australia. James Heath Lewis, Printer (first conference), and Wesleyan Book Depot (all other conferences) hardcover
194973137Barmera: Irving Print 1949. Barmera Irving Print 1949. External dimensions 100 x 205 mm but cut and printed to resemble a digger's slouch hat 8 pages comprising title double-page 'rations' list double-page toast list with relevant colour patches a page for autographs the committee list and details of deaths since the last meeting. Light-brown card printed in dark brown; one 'rations' page slightly marked; trifling abrasion to the front cover; a superb item. A most attractive souvenir menu from the South Australian Riverland. It is interesting to note that these annual reunions did not commence until 15 years after the First World War ended. The outside rear cover has the pencil ownership signature of H.L. Bowen #1866 Sergeant Haddon Lancelot Bowen 50th Battalion returned to Australia in February 1919 after more than three years on active service. Irving Print] unknown
1890128029Adelaide: Fruhling Studio 62 Rundle Street 1890. Very Good. Adelaide Fruhling Studio 62 Rundle Street mid- to late-1890s. A vintage gelatin silver photograph 134 × 94 mm mounted on the original cabinet card 165 × 110 mm with the photographer's details blindstamped in the bottom margin. Both the photograph and mount are in excellent condition. Contemporary business directories indicate that Fruhling Studio commenced operating from 62 Rundle Street in 1895 'Portrait and Enlarging Co. Fruhling & Co.'; this 'continued until 1913 when the address was changed to 62A Rundle Street. From 1918 to 1927 the address was given as 103A Rundle Street. Although listed as Fruhling & Co. in directories the name Fruhling Studios sic was usually printed on their photographs' Photohistory SA website. The particulars of the uniform elude us but the following information about the parlous state of military affairs in colonial SA at the time this photograph was taken provides some context. These comments come from an unpublished manuscript by Geoffrey H. Manning 'The Russians are Coming - The Defence of Colonial South Australia' now in the State Library of SA. 'By May of 1896 it was finally recognised that the basis upon which the military forces of the Australian colonies were organised was unsatisfactory and it was to cure defects and place matters on a more effective footing that a Consolidating and Amending Act had been passed in the previous session. In the dying days of Parliament its progress through all stages was pushed on and the headlong speed with which it was carried through the two chambers necessarily militated against the critical examination of its many clauses.The fact that the majority of the sections were merely repetitions of those in existing Acts was obviously no justification for dealing with the Bill in such a spasmodic manner. After the Act was assented to more than four months were allowed to pass without anything being done to bring the members of the old force together with a view to acquainting them with the conditions under which they were to be asked to enroll and this policy of procrastination was observed to the last. <p>Enrolment commenced in August but in the face of the many other allurements held out to the youth of South Australia in the form of cricket football baseball lacrosse and - most attractive of all - cycling it was not to be wondered that the process of recruiting was painfully slow; by mid-February 1897 there had been 611 enrollments. With this change came the end of the colourful uniforms that marked the early military history of the colony. The scarlet tunics white-striped blue trousers and white helmets that had followed the grey uniform of the 1880s - the "Destitutes" they called the men in these uniforms - were replaced by khaki with maroon facings and a felt hat. <p>The first parade of the new military forces took place on 3 October 1896 when "The South Australian Army" presented a rather nondescript appearance owing to the fact of so many recruits being in the ranks and yet unprovided with uniforms and also a proportion of men in the old force whose uniforms were worn out and too shabby for wear. The public manifested little interest in the proceedings - it was race-day - and moreover the band was not expressively in evidence. A few people probably the mothers and fathers the sisters and the aunts of the new recruits attended'. Fruhling Studio, 62 Rundle Street unknown
