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102439Fine. Ten gelatin silver photographs each approximately 110 × 160 mm stamped on the versos 'The Advertiser . Adelaide . Krischock Photos copyright'. In fine condition. Locomotive 506 'Sir George Murray' entered service in October 1926; it was withdrawn in June 1959 and scrapped three years later. We have been able to trace a couple of relatively minor derailments involving this locomotive but not this particular incident. The terrain and surrounding vegetation suggest to us the mallee country between Tailem Bend and the border; the clothing on the bystanders especially the two boys in their long woollen socks thick overcoats and school caps brings back childhood memories from the early 1950s. But the train wreck is the story and this series of photographs serves graphically to confirm the official SAR estimates of the total weight of the engine and tender at more than 220 tons . 10 items. unknown
2014BIB328572Goolwa SA: Radio Goolwa. 2014. Quarto Size approx 21x30cm. Very Good condition - some minor creasing to covers. Black and White Photographs to inside of covers. Part One - Southern Fleureiu in World War One. Part Two Northern Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island in World War One. This is a heavy set and will cost more to ship. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. Unpaginated. The author former Magistrate Richard Kleinig’s quest to identify and record all service personnel from the Fleurieu Peninsula who died in battle in World War One. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover. Radio Goolwa paperback
1878124850London: John Murray 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London John Murray 1878. Small octavo xii 80 568 66 'Handbook Advertiser 1880-81' pages plus 11 maps and plans 9 folding a rear endpaper map and a large folding map in a rear end-pocket. Gilt-lettered red cloth a little marked and flecked and a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities; trifling signs of use and age; the end-pocket map has minimal siverfish nibbling along small sections of one fold; a very good copy. Provenance: 'given me from "Manoah" Library' is written in ink on the verso of the front flyleaf; a bookplate 'Words Words Words F A S' is mounted on the front pastedown. 'Manoah' was the name of the Adelaide Hills estate of Sir Josiah Symon 1846-1934; 'F A S' may be a Symon family member. Sir Josiah Symon 'was born in Scotland and migrated to South Australia in 1866. He was called to the South Australian Bar in 1871 and became Attorney-General in a conservative government when he won the state seat of Sturt in 1881. Sir Josiah was the acknowledged leader of the South Australian Bar for over 30 years through his understanding of the law and skill as an advocate. His major contribution to Australian politics was in the area of Federation. He was a prominent member of the 1897-98 Australasian Federal Convention. He saw the major issues of Federation as equal representation of the states in the Senate; the solution of deadlocks between the two Houses of Parliament; the Murray River; and the establishment of an Australian Supreme Court to replace the Privy Council. The first three issues are still topical today the fourth was resolved several years ago. Sir Josiah was a person of broad scholarship. He wrote "Shakespeare the Englishman" in 1929 and was a member of several literary associations. The library at Sir Josiah's Upper Sturt estate "Manoah" consisted of 10000 law and literature volumes reflecting his interests in Shakespeare travel history and biography. He bequeathed his collection excluding approximately 2500 law books to the State Library where it remains an excellent example of a "gentleman's library". The terms of the bequest were that the books should not be marked or rebound which makes it a useful source of examples of original bindings particularly in pictorial cloth' State Library of South Australia website. John Murray hardcover
1890141871Adelaide: Education Department 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Education Department 1890. Octavo originally viii 303 pages plus a map: this copy lacks the map the title leaf and its conjugate pages i-ii and vii-viii and the last leaf 303-4 last page blank. Original full black roan lettered in gilt on the front cover; leather slightly rubbed and bumped; last leaf a little torn; signs of age and use; overall a very good copy. We presume this is a publisher's deluxe or presentation binding; the standard binding is grey cloth with a paper title-label on the front cover. Samuel Albert White 1870-1954 ornithologist and conservationist: 'His most arduous and important work as a naturalist occurred when he collaborated with Gregory Mathews on "The Birds of Australia" London 1910-27. To this end White mounted major collecting expeditions often accompanied by his wife. He travelled with camels to Alice Springs and beyond 1913 with a government team to the Musgrave and Everard ranges 1914 and with the South Australian Museum expedition to Cooper Creek 1916; he also went to the Nullarbor Plains 1917-18 with Sir Edgeworth David and Professor Walter Howchin to the Finke River 1921 and in 1922 led the great adventure from Adelaide to Darwin and back using three Dort motor cars supplied and serviced by Adelaide mechanics Cyril and Murray Aunger. <p>White's outstanding achievement lay in completing an ornithological survey of the whole of South Australia and much of the Northern Territory. He was the first European to see several species and regarded the Princess Alexandra parrot as the world's most beautiful bird. A keen conservationist he was a central figure in the declaration of national parks in the State and was a noted spokesman on insects birds and botany' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. <p>In this copy of the book 'A Classified List of the Native Species' pages 204-272 is extensively annotated in ink in what we know to be the hand of Captain S.A. White; there are slight annotations or emphases on numerous other pages. Although his name does not appear anywhere in the volume we purchased this item among many others direct from the White family home 'Weetunga' at Fulham a couple of decades ago. Loosely inserted is a ticket to an 'Exhibition of Wild Flowers' by the Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society of SA annotated on the verso by White; undated but 1920s. Education Department hardcover
1965BIB331205Adelaide: Published by Beltana Pastoral Company. 1965. Small Quarto Size approx 19x25cm. Near Fine copy in a Very Good clear glassine dustjacket. An excellent copy in cream cloth with red/gilt decoration to front board. Illustrated with Black and White and Sepia Photographs. Endpaper maps. Privately printed. Limited edition of 320 numbered copies - this is copy 21 - signed by Tom Barr Smith Chairman of Directors. Uncommon title. 92 pages. The Beltana Pastoral Company was a significant historical Australian pastoral enterprise founded by Thomas Elder and Robert Barr Smith It was famous for running vast sheep and cattle stations notably Beltana Station in South Australia and pioneering innovations such as on-site wool scouring at Cordillo Downs using camels and Afghan drivers for transport in the 1860s-80s. The company's history intertwined with exploration and the development of the Australian inland is documented in this limited edition book. . Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. Published by Beltana Pastoral Company hardcover
1984137898Colonel Light Gardens: The author 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Colonel Light Gardens The author 1984. Small quarto viii 330 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs and a genealogical table. Pictorial papered boards lightly rubbed; covers lightly sunned about the spine; an excellent copy. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink on the verso of the half-title. The author hardcover
1984141831Kent Town: Peacock Publications 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Kent Town Peacock Publications 1984. Quarto xiv 393 pages with 121 illustrations mostly from photographs. Gilt-decorated papered boards slightly rubbed at the extremities; top and bottom edges slightly marked; an excellent copy with the lightly creased dustwrapper. The author has inscribed and signed the front free endpaper 'To Hugh and Pat Stretton You both helped with this more than you know With gratitude and kind regards Ron Gibbs March 1986'. Peacock Publications hardcover
1999022555Sydney: Neville Adcock 1999. 56pp appendix bw ills. Or card covers. Ex-library with usual stamps barcode labels etc inc cancel stamp covered in clear contact plastic. Slim but scarce Australian unit history of the 309 RAR Radar Station from its inception in 1942 to the end of WWII. Includes Darwin Goulburn Island Morotai and Tarakan. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Neville Adcock Paperback
993221<p>1985 1st Edition Privately Published hb/dw Larger Format b&w photos 151 pages AUTHOR-SIGNED</p><p>Almost 'as new' copy fine author-signed else inscription-free gilt spine-titles on lovely rust cloth a little superficial handling to absorbent soft-paper dw – SCARCE & VG/VG</p><p><em>Eastern Southland along the famous Mataura River and through the plains of the Waimea up against the Hokonuis. First of a twin-volume same-format pairing of histories by the Dickies on the Croydon district.</em></p> hardcover
1983033890Sale Vic.: 2/29 Battalion AIF Association 1983. 224pproll appendix bw ills map. Or black boards in jacket. Light foxing to edges and endpapers prev owners name on front free endpaper light edge wear to jacket. From its formation through battle in Malaya and Singapore and years as POWs of the Japanese in Thailand/Burma. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 2/29 Battalion AIF Association Hardcover
1976665Lipscomb County Historical Committee 1976. 676 pages. Quarto. Maps on endpapers. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Original pictorial cloth showing the Lipscomb County flag with titling on spine and front cover. Chapters include General History Ranch History Cities of the County Early Pioneers and Early Settlers. Hard Cover. Very Good. Lipscomb County Historical Committee Hardcover
1939146640Adelaide: Gillingham & Co. Limited 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Gillingham & Co. Limited 1939. Octavo 173 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs plus a frontispiece. Flush-cut decorated papered boards; covers slightly stained and bumped; binding cracking but firm; a very good copy. Gillingham & Co. Limited hardcover
1896114062London: John C. Nimmo 1896. Paperback. Very Good. London John C. Nimmo 1896 fifth edition. Large octavo four volumes xxxii 253; vi 180; ii iv 223; and vi 5-321 pages with 3 illustrations plus 132 hand-coloured plates. Bound from the original parts in contemporary binder's cloth with the wrappers from one of the parts bound in at the rear of each volume; cloth slightly marked and rubbed with minor wear to the head of the rear joint of the last volume; endpapers offset; an excellent set. Provenance: Johann Gottlieb Otto Tepper 1841-1923 botanist schoolteacher and entomologist with the 1906 receipt for the binding and the address label to him at 'Room No. 3 Public Library North Terrace' from the Adelaide bookseller and bookbinder W.C. Rigby mounted on the first flyleaf. 'In March 1883 Tepper was appointed natural history collector at the South Australian Museum; in 1888 he was promoted to entomologist numismatist and librarian there' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. John C. Nimmo paperback
1991056390Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1991. HEAVY. x 663pp index reference notes bibliography bw ills endpaper maps. Green cloth in jacket. Foxing to top edge. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1983042858Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1983. HEAVY. viii 632pp index reference notes bibliography bw ills endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Boards a little rubbed on edges very slight edge wear to jacket prev owner name at top of front free endpaper. Includes lists of convict arrivals by ship. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
2007021733Melbourne: ARHS Victorian Division 2007. HEAVY. 320pp colour plates illustrated throughout with b/w photos maps diagrams six appendices bibliography index. Illustrated laminated boards. The book's sections cover Early railway history; the Southern Tramway 1854-1885; The Port and Gawler Railways; locomotives and rolling stock; and the electric telegraph and the end ofthe decade. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. ARHS (Victorian Division) Hardcover
1978034495Sydney: The Vintage Motor Cycle Club of australia nNSW 1978. 128pp num bw ills. Or blue boards in jacket. Jacket rubbed. Endpapers foxed some rippling to bottom edge bookshop label inside front cover. Somewhat musty. Hitroy of vinatge motorcycle founded in 1954. Heaps of photos of old motorcycles. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Good. Oblong 4to. The Vintage Motor Cycle Club of australia n(NSW) Hardcover
194219807Privately Printed Auckland 1942. 8vo. First Edition with 3 plates and double-page pedigree and several maps a number full-page in the text page edges browning label scar on title; modern boards upper board with printed paper label ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED a very good clean copy. VERY SCARCE. [Privately Printed], Auckland, hardcover
1901109637Adelaide: Hussey & Gillingham Printers for the Author 1901. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Hussey & Gillingham Printers for the Author 1901. Duodecimo 28 pages last blank. Cord-bound gilt and brown-decorated card covers; text printed in gilt and brown; front cover and the first two leaves lightly creased; two short tears to the second leaf expertly sealed; a very good copy. Hussey & Gillingham [Printers, for the Author] paperback
1905140504North Adelaide: The Photographer 1905. Very Good. North Adelaide The Photographer circa 1905. A collection of 87 stereo-microphotographs comprising original gelatin silver photographs with the pairs of images printed as one plate approximately 65 × 120 mm mounted on stiff card approximately 88 × 178 mm in various shades of grey. There are 21 with printed labels captioned 'Wm. P. Dollman John St. N. Adelaide S. Aus.' with numbered manuscript captions the numbers range from 2 to 228; there are 14 with unnumbered manuscript captions on plain labels; the remaining 52 are on plain cards. There are only six duplicates and none of them are an identical matching pair. Minimal signs of age and use; overall in excellent condition. The literature on the photographic history of Australia is singularly quiet on the life and work of William Parmeter Dollman 1846-1908. He is not to be found in Davies and Stanbury or Photohistory SA the pioneering research work of Robert Noye now on the website of the Art Gallery of South Australia. However he was definitely recognised in his own time. His obituary appears in the 'Evening Journal' on 7 October 1908: 'The death is announced from heart failure at the age of 63 of Mr. William Parmeter Dollman of North Adelaide. The deceased gentleman came to South Australia from England in 1853 and for about 30 years had been in the service of the proprietors of "The Register" and its associated journals as a printer and reader. He was sub-overseer of the newsroom for several years but relinquished that position to return to the reading room. Mr. Dollman was held in the highest respect for his integrity and ability and was much esteemed by his intimate friends. He was a member of the microscopical section of the Royal Society and conducted a great deal of microscopical research. He was an authority on the instrument itself a student of electricity and a skilful photographer'. <p>We have traced a number of newspaper references to his photography not least in a list of prize-winners in connection with the 14th annual exhibition of the SA Society of Arts reported in the 'South Australian Register' on Thursday 15 December 1870. 'Six entirely untouched stereoscopic views . by W.P. Dollman' were awarded a cash prize of £1 1s. Given that the other prize-winners in the photography section were Bernard Goode and Townsend Duryea this is high praise indeed. <p>An article by Dollman appeared in the 'Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society' in June 1906: 'A Simple Method of producing Stereo-Photomicrographs sic' 3 pages plus a full-page illustration of one of the stereo-microphotographs present in this collection 'Polyzoa Idmonea radians'. It was 'Read February 21 1906'. Dollman states 'I have made a hobby of stereoscopic photography since 1865 and as well have handled many Microscopes optical work being always an attraction to me. Some twelve or more months ago a friend called my attention to an article on stereo-photomicrography in the "British Journal of Photography Almanac" for 1894 by the then-editor . who therein explained several methods of producing stereograms of microscopic objects. I adopted what I thought the simplest method that of obscuring by a semicircular shield half of the objective in use. <p>A good deal of my apparatus is makeshift - that is diverted from other uses - but is effectual. My optical outfit is the best both in low and high powers condensers etc.'. <p>In addition to the 87 stereo-microphotographs there is a stereophotograph captioned on a plain label 'Photo-microscopic Apparatus' depicting an impressive set-up in Dollman's studio as described in the journal article. This card and two others with hand-written captions on plain labels have the following inscription in ink on the verso: 'Not for competition. Wm. P. Dollman North Adelaide'. Also included with the collection is a slightly damaged unmounted single microphotographic print 74 mm square. 89 items. The Photographer unknown
108942Fine. A gelatin silver photograph 237 × 307 mm unmounted as issued: in fine condition. The ink-stamp of the photographer 'J. Gazard 111 King Wm. St. Adelaide' is on the verso together with a pencilled caption reading: 'June 21 1905. Unveiling of the Monument to Colonel Light the founder of Adelaide in Light Square Adelaide where his remains are buried'. Light Square became the burial place of Colonel William Light in 1839; the original monument erected over his grave in 1843 became damaged and was replaced. 'The new monument which still stands today consisted of a theodolite placed on a tall column. It was unveiled on the 21 June 1905 to a large crowd that included "old colonists" who had witnessed Light's funeral 66 years previously seated on either side of the monument. Sir Samuel Way addressed the crowd reinforcing Light's legend by recalling the achievements and adventures of the founder of Adelaide. The Mayor of Adelaide Mr Theodore Bruce then proceeded with the unveiling of the monument' 'Adelaidia' website. This impressive image captures it all. unknown
1962137493London: Public Library of South Australia 1962. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. London Public Library of South Australia 1962 facsimile edition/ 1838 second edition/ 1838. Octavo v 30 pages. Synthetic cloth; free endpapers lightly tanned; leaves uncut; a near-fine copy. Peade SA17: one of only 48 copies. This was one of the earliest facsimile editions published by the library 'reproduced . using the xerographic process' with the text bound from fan-fold paper printed on one side only uncut and unopened along the leading edges. South Australian Facsimile Editions Number 17. <p> A dozen pages are given over to the letters from emigrants including nine from the brothers Hack written between February and August 1837. The first one from Glenelg on 20 February less than two months after the arrival of the first settlers sets the tone: 'The natives are only too friendly: a family called this morning; they seem very good natured. I breakfasted this morning on damper a definition is supplied in a footnote and parrot regular bush-fare; the parrot was capital eating. I hope we shall be fortunate enough to shoot some daily'. Public Library of South Australia hardcover
1996144563Perth: Bulwer Lytton Publications 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Perth Bulwer Lytton Publications 1996. Small quarto xiv 165 pages with numerous illustrations 9 genealogical tables and a map plus 4 pages of plates 3 in colour. Pictorial card covers; a fine copy. 'The author's Grandfather left Scotland in the late nineteenth century to find a new life and fortune in Australia. From humble beginnings Robert Crawford became one of the largest sheep magnates in South Australia with his empire stretching over the border to New South Wales and the Northern Territory' rear cover blurb. Bulwer Lytton Publications paperback
191294751Adelaide: Hussey and Gillingham 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Hussey and Gillingham 1912. Small oblong quarto 106 pages with illustrations plus a frontispiece all by Tom Ferry. Quarter red cloth and pictorial cream papered boards printed in black and red; a very fine copy. Muir 6266 not identifying the author. The dedication to this pseudonymous work is by 'Aunt Sissie' whom we have identified as Lavinia Mary Scammell 1859-1915 the second of twelve children of Luther Scammell of Fauldings fame. This attribution appears not to have been made before. The manuscript is held by the State Library of South Australia in PRG 119: Papers of Mrs A.M. Madden. Item 112 in the list of papers is 'Manuscript of "Laughter and Life: a tale for the young" by Lavinia Mary Scammell. 1912. 3 cm. Typescript. Written by Sissie Scammell Red Gum Blossom with a dedication to her nieces and nephews 12 April 1912. This was published that year as "A little bit of laughter and life for the young" by Hussey & Gillingham and was set in Adelaide. Each chapter is sewn together and housed inside a red covered album. The manuscript shows editorial marks ready for publication'. Hussey and Gillingham hardcover
1994124861Renmark: The Author 1994. Hardcover. Fine. Renmark The Author 1994 revised edition/ 1984. Small quarto 120 pages with numerous illustrations many in colour and maps. Colour pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. Signed on the title page by the Author. Loosely inserted is a typed letter signed by the author and an invitation to the book launch of his 'Bush Detective'. The Author hardcover
