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1862140418Adelaide: Printed and published at the 'Advertiser' and 'Chronicle' Offices 1862. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Printed and published at the 'Advertiser' and 'Chronicle' Offices 1862. Octavo 78 xxii advertisements pages plus advertisements on both sides of the rear wrapper. Original green wrappers with the title page details repeated within a different border on the front cover; wrappers a little marked and creased with some slight wear at the corners affecting also the bottom corner-tip of the last few leaves; spine a little cracked but sound with minimal loss at both ends; minor signs of age and use but overall an excellent copy of a rarity seldom found in any condition - let alone as pleasing as this - now housed in a fine mid-green morocco Solander box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Descriptions 'are given of most of the most important vineyards and of some of the less important of them having due regard to age extent and quality of produce. South Australia will without doubt become one of the most important Wine countries of the world. The experiments of the past twenty years have proved the advantage of its soil and climate and enough practical knowledge has been acquired to enable its Vignerons to guard against the common errors which so frequently produced discouragement in the earlier days of the Colony'. The original articles are here supplemented 'by revision and some trifling annotations'. <p>Ferguson 18189 noting only green cloth boards. Printed and published at the 'Advertiser' and 'Chronicle' Offices paperback
1988144496Adelaide: Sullivan's Cove 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Adelaide Sullivan's Cove 1988. Duodecimo 72 pages. Cloth with a paper title-label on the front cover; front cover a little mottled and flecked; a very good copy internally fine with the fine dustwrapper. Number 41 of only 175 copies. 'The little-known diary and virtually unknown despatches of Major Warburton's 1866 fifth expedition'; previously unpublished apart from some contemporary observations reprinted here from the 'South Australian Register'. Sullivan's Cove hardcover
1875BIB326045<p>London: Sampson Low Marston Low & Searle. 1875. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition. Green gilt decorated cloth boards corners lightly bumped & a little rubbed. Spine edge also lightly rubbed - just light shelf wear. Bookplate to front pastedown and front hinge slightly cracked. A very nice solid and clean copy of this scarce title. Small gift inscription to top of Preface. Illustrated with eight black & white engravings and large fold-out map with neatly repaired tears at rear. 307 pages. Important account of the first expedition to cross from Alice Springs to Roebourne on the West Coast of Australia in 1872 Warburton left South Australia as leader of an expedition that included his son Richard and J. Lewis. It was financed and provided with seventeen camels and six months supplies by Sir Walter Hughes and Sir Thomas Elder and sought to link the province with Western Australia. After leaving Alice Springs in April 1873 they endured long periods of extreme heat with little water and survived only by killing the camels for meat. They reached the Oakover River with Warburton strapped to a camel. On 11 January 1874 they were brought to Charles Harper's de Grey station in northern Western Australia. They had conquered the formidable Great Sandy Desert to become the first to cross the continent from the centre to the west. Warburton was emaciated and blind in one eye; at a public banquet in Adelaide later he attributed their survival to his Aboriginal companion Charley. . 1st Edition. Hardback.</p> Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle hardcover
2013050314Brisbane: CopyRight Publishing 2013. xiii 300pp index bibliography appendices bw ills tables. Pictorial boards no jacket as issued. Slight lean to spine otherwise excellent. Over 160000 convicts were transported to the Australian colonies before 1868- each ship had its own surgeon responsible for all on board. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo. CopyRight Publishing Hardcover
2026x-1032443294Taylor & Francis Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 218 pages. 6.14x0.48x9.21 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
250401915 1924 3 1925 3 and 1926 2. The nine items on letterheads of the metallurgy department of the National Physical Laboratory Teddington Middlesex. See his entries in the Oxford DNB and Australian Dictionary of Biography. The recipient George Kenneth Menzies 1869-1954 was Secretary to the Royal Society of Arts between 1917 and 1935. The nine items are in good condition lightly aged and are folded for postage. Each bears the stamp of the RSA some with manuscript docketting. Letters of 4 April and 18 September 1925 are in autograph the rest typed; all nine are signed ‘Walter Rosesnhain’. A letter of 1 October 1924 responds to a request for information about zirconium with reference to the ‘literature’ on the subject and British and American firms ‘interested in Zirconium products’. The rest of the correspondence is taken up with lecturing. The first item ANS 2 February 1915 is a covering note for ‘the synopsis of my forthcoming course of Cantor Lectures’. On 13 September 1924 Rosenhaim writes that he could ‘quite well give either one lecture or a course of three during the coming Autumn and Winter. The subject I habe in mind is the Inner Structure of Alloys on which I gave a Royal Institution Friday lecture last year. While it is possible to deal with the subject in a single lecture it would be much more satisfactory to give a course of three lectures upon it. The subject really relates to the X-ray study of crystal structures and its application to metallurgical problems and consitutes I think perhaps the most important metallurgical advance which has been achieved recently.’ He asks for a quick response as his ‘Winter engagements have a way of piling up during the year’. On 4 April 1925 he states that he has ‘mentioned the matter of Cantor lectures to one or two of my colleagues & I think either Mr. Higgins or one of the others might give a course on such a subject as “Thermometers†or possibly “High Vacua’ but before approaching them he would like to clarify the question of a fee. ‘I am also interested in the matter because although about a month has now elapsed since my recent course was finished I have received no fee & I am wondering whether a letter may have gone astray.’ The matter is presumably resolved as a few weeks later on 30 April 1925 he sends not present ‘a memorandum on the subject of a course to be entitled “Thermometry†by Mr W. F. Higgins of this Laboratory’ and mentions that ‘there is also a possible suggestion of a course entitled “The Production and Measurement of High Vacua†with experimental demonstrations by Dr G. W. C. Kaye’ both of which courses he thinks ‘would be very satisfactory for your Society but that of Dr Kaye would be particularly interesting and would I think attract a considerable audience as the whole problem of high vacua is becoming of every sic increasing importance in connexion with electric lamps and radio valves’. On 8 January 1926 he wonders whether Higgins’s communication with Menzies regarding a proposed lecture has also ‘gone astray’ and agrees to review ‘Sir Robert Hadfield’s book on Metallurgy’ for the RSA journal ‘provided that the review may be anonymous. I very much object to writing signed reviews’. On 11 February 1926 he asks for an offprint of a lecture by Sir Richard Paget: ‘I may be able to obtain a copy by asking Sir Richard Paget himself but I would prefer not to trouble him if it can be got from you.’ 1915, 1924 (3), 1925 (3) and 1926 (2). The nine items on letterheads of the metallurgy department of the National Physical Labor unknown
2009138841Adelaide: South Australian Museum 2009. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide South Australian Museum 2009. Large octavo 334 pages with illustrations and figures plus 32 pages of plates. Colour-pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Inscribed and signed by editor and contributor Dr Keryn Walshe to Greg Carver and with the ink signatures of contributors Helen Tolcher and Rebekah Candy on the half-title. 'Aboriginal skeletal remains and artefacts had been eroding out from a dune north of Blanchetown along the River Murray for years. Once exposed remains were lost either to souvenir hunters or to destruction from the natural elements. In 1969 South Australian Museum archaeologist Graeme Pretty implemented a rigorous excavation program to prevent further loss. The excavation was undertaken at a time when very little archaeological work was being carried out in Australia. Roonka still stands as the largest investigation ever undertaken on a burial site in this country' rear cover. The other contributors are Eric Cook Bob Inns Vern Tolcher and Graeme Pretty 1940-2000. South Australian Museum paperback
2009145874Adelaide: South Australian Museum 2009. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide South Australian Museum 2009. Large octavo 334 pages with numerous illustrations and figures plus 32 pages of plates. Colour-pictorial card covers a little sunned and rubbed; an excellent copy. 'Aboriginal skeletal remains and artefacts had been eroding out from a dune north of Blanchetown along the River Murray for years. Once exposed remains were lost either to souvenir hunters or to destruction from the natural elements. In 1969 South Australian Museum archaeologist Graeme Pretty implemented a rigorous excavation program to prevent further loss. The excavation was undertaken at a time when very little archaeological work was being carried out in Australia. Roonka still stands as the largest investigation ever undertaken on a burial site in this country' rear cover. The other contributors are Eric Cook Bob Inns Vern Tolcher and Graeme Pretty 1940-2000. South Australian Museum paperback
2009131103Adelaide: South Australian Museum 2009. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide South Australian Museum 2009. Large octavo 334 pages with some illustrations and figures plus 32 pages of plates. Colour-pictorial card covers; a fine copy. 'Aboriginal skeletal remains and artefacts had been eroding out from a dune north of Blanchetown along the River Murray for years. Once exposed remains were lost either to souvenir hunters or to destruction from the natural elements. In 1969 South Australian Museum archaeologist Graeme Pretty implemented a rigorous excavation program to prevent further loss. The excavation was undertaken at a time when very little archaeological work was being carried out in Australia. Roonka still stands as the largest investigation ever undertaken on a burial site in this country' rear cover. The contributors are Rebekah Candy Eric Cook Bob Inns Helen Tolcher Vern Tolcher Keryn Walshe and Graeme Pretty 1940-2000. South Australian Museum paperback
2009BIB263924Adelaide: South Australian Museum. 2009. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Contributors include Rebekah Candy Eric Cook Bob Inns Helen Tolcher & Vern Tolcher. Inscribed by editor to previous owner and signed by Helen Tolcher. 335 pages. Aboriginal skeletal remains and artefacts had been eroding out from a dune north of Blanchetown on the River Murray in South Australia for many years. In 1969 SA Museum archaeologist Graeme Pretty implemented a rigorous program to prevent further loss from souvenir hunters or from natural elements. Roonka still stands as the largest investigation ever undertaken on an Aboriginal burial site in Australia. This is the story of the excavation and the how it has revealed the mysteries of the Ngaiawang. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. South Australian Museum paperback
183987631London: Fisher Son & Co 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. London Fisher Son & Co. 1839 and 1840. Quarto two volumes iv xxxvi 84 pages plus a map 46 full-page plates including an unlisted plate facing page 54 'Ancient Archway of Cavern in the Balkan Mountains' and an engraved vignette title page; and iv 100 pages including the cumulative index plus a double-page map 48 full-page plates and an engraved vignette title page. Most plates have the original tissue-guards. Matching full dark green morocco the spines lettered and decorated in gilt in compartments all sides decorated in gilt and blind; all edges gilt; covers a little bumped and lightly worn at the corners; leather a little scuffed and marked; scattered foxing and minor signs of handling more so in the first volume which is inexpertly reinserted in its binding with a rear endpaper that would be greatly improved by removing and replacing it and a front free endpaper that appears to be original but salvaged from the rear and amateurishly lined with tissue; overall a decent set which certainly presents well on the shelf. Provenance: John Michael Skipper 1815-1883 artist solicitor and South Australian pioneer with his ownership initials on the engraved title page of the first volume and his signature and most interesting inscription of the front free endpaper of the second volume: 'J M. Skipper from Mrs. Thomas March 14th. 1841' his mother-in-law. <p>Skipper was born in Norwich the son of a solicitor; 'he was intended for the law but was more interested in art in which he was encouraged by his uncle. In 1833 he abandoned his studies to become a midshipman in the East India Co.'s "Sherbourne" bound for Calcutta. On his return deciding to migrate he arranged to be articled to Charles Mann the new South Australian advocate-general and sailed in the "Africaine" arriving at Holdfast Bay on 6 November 1836. He sketched scenes on the voyage and met Frances Amelia eldest daughter of Robert Thomas; he married her on 28 December 1839' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. <p>Accordingly these volumes not only date from the foundation years of British settlement in the colony they also come from two of the first settlers. They are offered together with a copy of 'The Diary and Letters of Mary Thomas 1836-1866. Being a Record of the Early Days of South Australia. Edited by Evan Kyffin Thomas' Adelaide 1925 revised and enlarged third edition/ 1915. It is an account of the Thomas family's journey to South Australia on the 'Africaine' in 1836 and the fascinating early years of colonization as described in Mary's letters to her brother in England. Her husband Robert was the first newspaper publisher in South Australia and important details of the practical difficulties involved in the printing business are included. <p>This is one of 300 unbound copies of the original 1925 edition discovered in the family attic in 1985; the entire cache has now been attractively bound in full reconstituted morocco. It comes in a slipcase with a fine copy of the first edition of a companion family volume 'Maisie. Her Life in her Letters from 1898 to 1902' edited by Joan Kyffin Willington Adelaide 1992. Each book in this 'collectors' duo' contains a numbered certificate of authenticity signed by Joan Kyffin Willington Maisie's granddaughter and Mary's great-great-granddaughter. 4 items. Fisher, Son & Co hardcover
1976030860Cape Town: A.A. Balkema 1976. xx 235pp index bibliography bw & col ills. Or marbled boards with leather spine. Tape stains on endpapers from earleir protective cover being attached. One of alimited edition of 200 this #39 signed by the editior and bound in deluxe style. Text from the first edition of 1942 but illustrations newly selected.As well as several ambitious expeditions in Africa including the Orange and Vaal Rivers 1848-53; with Livingstone to the Zambezi in 1860; with James Chapman through SW Africa to Victoria Falls in 1861; and to Matabeleland in 1869-72; Baines made an important journey of discovery in Australia and the surrounding seas with A.C. Gregory. Illustration are taken from his legacy of more than 4000 pictures. Signed by Editor. Second Edition Limited to 200 Cys. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Baines Thomas. 4to. A.A. Balkema Hardcover
1973018876Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1973. xii 115pp. Or green cloth boards with gilt title to spine in pictorial jacket. Jacket lightly soiled with 5cm tear on front flap fold and short tear at bottom of spine panel. Page edges lightly and evenly tone. Minor silverfishing to extreme bottom edge of front board. Signed dated and inscribed to 'Charles' by the poet. Extremely scarce first edition in hard cover of this selection from a noted Australian poet. Signed & Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1891055525London: Sampson Low 1891. HEAVY. xvi 541pp index 10 maps 8 col folding 90 full page plates 24 text ills. Brown clothwith gilt vignette to front gilt titl to spine. Minor wear to bottom corners tiny chip to edge of front free endpaper front hinge starting but holding firm. A particularly bright fresh copy. Content includes crops Merino and othersheep cattle and the meat trade and pests such as rabbits. In addition there are chapters on travel in the various colonies the Maori of NZ agriculture near Ballarat mining at Broken Hill and colonial government. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo. Sampson Low Hardcover
1984006710Nottingham Court Press 1984. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As New condition. No inscription. "Peron was successively a theological student soldier scientist author and eventually a celebrity consulted by Napoleon and appointed 'Reader' to Empress Josephine. Nottingham Court Press Hardcover
1966050090Sydney: Sydney University Press 1966. viii 187pp index appendix bw ills map pictorial endpapers. Or black cloth in jacket. Several very short tears and very small chips to jacket prev owners name on front free endpaper light even toning to page edges. A history of the early years of settlement in the New England area of northern NSW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Sydney University Press Hardcover
50245885like new. unknown
190221488John Vail Tasmania 1902. 8vo. First Edition with portrait frontispiece and 6 large folding charts one coloured in outline; several marginal tears neatly repaired; original red cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in black expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a very good clean copy. Sold from an institution with its small blind stamp on title. VERY SCARCE. John Vail, Tasmania, hardcover
1923BIB324632Adelaide: South Australian Government. 1923and 1927. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition. Spine of Vol II a little canted poor storage but interior is excellent. Stamp of the Museum of South Australia and Initials to front cover numbers 2.1 inked to spines of both books. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Colour frontispiece Vol II. 208 pages & 13 pages. This illustrated catalogue was the only item in this volume of the records. Vol. III No 3 has a number of other natural history articles. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover. South Australian Government paperback
2026x-1009541331Cambridge University Press 2026. Paperback. New. 246 pages. 6.00x0.56x9.00 inches. Cambridge University Press paperback
1958139217Adelaide: The Author 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Adelaide The Author 1958. Octavo x 270 pages. Cloth lettered in black on the front cover; endpapers unevenly tanned; a near-fine copy. We have previously catalogued a copy with a Christmas 1958 inscription. We also have on record that the edition was limited to 250 copies but we can no longer find evidence for this claim nor remember how we came by the information!. Records in Trove suggest there is an edition circa 1938 but we believe this is merely an incorrect dating of this publication. [The Author hardcover
1973056237Canberra: Australian National University 1973. xiv 131pp bibliograph indexes tables maps. Pictorial white card. Light edge wear to cover prev owner name on half-title page a little light toning to cover. After the American Revolution Yankee China traders sealers and whalers visited the infant Australian colonies. This book describes these activities that brought them to the Australian coasts before the Gold Rushes. Table lists over 600 voyages of American vessels that visited Australia up to 1850. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Australian National University Paperback
191425080069Chatto & Windus London 1914. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Yoshio Markino. Hardcover. 236 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Chatto & Windus London 1914. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Page edges are reasonably browned and mildly foxed. Pages are lightly tanned. Short gift inscription in ink. Light foxing on end pages and preliminary pages. Illustrator: Yoshio Markino. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Inventory No: 25080069. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1995020265United Kingdom: Macmillan Press 1995. Small previous owners stamp to minor title page last page and rear free endpaper. 464 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Macmillan Press Hardcover
0365934631.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback