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2012025779Schmidt Family Publications 2012. Illustrated laminated boards with light general wear and minor dings. Volume one has been affected by water or damp and the pages are 'wavy'. A total of 1392 pages with b/w illustrations plus 66 page index in each volume. Very heavy set approximately 7.2kg. Please ask for postage quote. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Schmidt Family Publications Hardcover
2012024954Schmidt Family Publications 2012. Illustrated laminated boards. Pages 697 to 1392 with b/w illustrations plus 66 page index. VOLUME 2 ONLY. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Schmidt Family Publications Hardcover
1875217697London: Sampson Low Marston Low & Searle 1875. Fourth edition. Large folding map. xv 461; xv 523 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Some very light foxing else Fine. Fourth edition. Large folding map. xv 461; xv 523 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle hardcover
1993262679PN. New. 1993. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
98784An attractive calligraphic testimonial visible image size 390 × 260 mm in blue ink on a two-tone blue background within a decorative gilt border was signed by nine senior members of the congregation and presented to the outgoing Honorary Secretary. It is surmounted by a large ornamental scroll a mass of wattle blossom and a large vignette illustration of a paddle steamer towing a heavily-laden barge on the River Murray. The copious amounts of dirty smoke belching forth are starkly realistic - an unexpected bonus on an otherwise routine production. The work is signed 'Niehuus & Lucy Adelaide'; we are unsure when they commenced work together but the partnership was dissolved four months after this commission was completed. Minimal foxing and light surface blemishes do not detract from this charming period piece recently mounted and matted ready for framing. unknown
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 104 pages. Many illustrations in b&w and color. "Terence Barrow explains in plain language the design motifs, the materials and construction and the everyday uses of Maori art objects. His clear explanations are illustrated with many fine photographs and drawings."
pp. 273-332, numerous drawings in 45 full-page figs., refs. 8vo. Plain new wrs.
1990116745Mead & Beckett Publishing, Darlinghurst, 1990. 288 S. ; 26,5 cm ; Pp. ;
133136No Place: No Publisher. Very Good. No Place No Publisher No Date but circa 1860s. A lithograph on tinted paper artificial plate mark size 305 × 233 mm; paper size 430 × 318 mm mounted on slightly larger thick card; the caption 'Edward John Eyre' is printed in the margin below the image. Minimal foxing to the margins; slight marks around the edges of the paper a legacy of prior framing easily matted out; a superb portrait in excellent condition. 'Edward John Eyre 1815-1901 explorer and administrator emigrated to New South Wales from England when he was seventeen. Settling in Adelaide after pioneering expeditions with sheep and cattle he made several attempts to find an overland stock route from the city to the west. In January 1840 he learned that a committee was organising an expedition to find a way west. Eyre persuaded them to refocus the expedition on the north agreeing to pay for half of this bid to 'discover the inland of Australia'. Many gruelling months into the trip one of his party was murdered and the rest disappeared. Eyre and his Aboriginal colleague Wylie staggered into Albany more than a year after they had set out. <p>In 1844 after having served as Protector of Aborigines in South Australia Eyre 'served as lieutenant governor of New Zealand 1846-53 and governor of St Vincent 1854-60. Appointed governor of Jamaica in 1864 he was recalled in 1866 after his suppression of an Afro-Jamaican uprising with over 400 executions' History Trust of South Australia. Returning to England he found the intelligentsia divided on his actions; court proceedings were three times brought against him but dismissed. In the early 1870s the government paid all his legal costs and awarded him a governor's pension; he lived in seclusion near Tavistock Devon for the rest of his life' National Portrait Gallery of Australia. <p>The NPGA has a similar portrait a less-accomplished engraving captioned 'Edward John Eyre. Late Governor of Jamaica. Engraved by J. Brown from a Carte de Visite by H. Hering. London Richard Bentley 1867'. The State Library of South Australia has a contemporary photograph of the lithograph; the online version of the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' reproduces it in its entry on Eyre. An example of the carte de visite by Henry Hering 157 Regent Street London on which all these versions are based is available online in The Caribbean Photo Archive reference 4892686740 where it is catalogued as 'Published by Marion & Co London UK circa 1860'. This lithograph appears to be rare if searches in the usual places are any indication. No Publisher unknown
131661Very Good. A single leaf octavo printed recto only slightly marked with a marginal crease to a top corner; two light horizontal creases where folded for posting; in very good condition. The invitation headed '9th L.H.O.C.A.' 9th Light Horse Old Comrades Association invites members to give a hearty welcome to the old commanding officer Colonel William Henry Scott 1881-1960 who 'will be in Adelaide for a few days this month on a visit to his son'. The date for the event is not given but we suggest some time in the 1920s as Scott 'rose to brigadier in 1929' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. Darley writes presumably as president of the association that 'it will be quite informal come along in your working clothes or anyhow you like and you need not get your hair cut for the occasion. If you clean your boots be sure to use NUGGET. Refreshments liquid only will be provided'. The ADB provides the answer to the unasked question: 'Scott contributed items to the "Bulletin" under the pseudonym of "Nugget" an ironic nickname considering his great height'. <p>Dornbusch 384; Fielding and O'Neill page 233; Trigellis-Smith 279. unknown
55088The seventeen signatures are Lawry Captain Ian Chappell Connolly Cowper Freeman Gleeson Hawke Inverarity Jarman Joslin Mallett McKenzie Renneberg Redpath Sheahan Taber and Walters. Very slightly creased; a fine copy. unknown
1925111854London: Cecil Palmer 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Cecil Palmer 1925. Octavo xii 252 pages with a map plus 16 pages of plates. Cloth sunned on the spine and a little mottled; top edge dusty others slightly foxed; early Argyllshire ownership details on the front pastedown; a very good copy. Loosely inserted is a handwritten letter from Harold Halewood on the letterhead of antiquarian booksellers Preston Book Company to a Mr Bonython: 'Regret each and every item you mentioned from our catalogues 177/178 had been sold: we take the liberty of sending fully on approval Griffin at 15/- Thomas at 30/- and have made an especial note to send you future catalogues by AIR. March 31'. <p>No year is given but the ballpoint pen suggests the 1970s to us. The extended Bonython clan in Adelaide contains a number of eligible recipients of the letter. Cecil Palmer hardcover
In-8 (Cm 21 x 16,5), pp. 72, leg. ed. piena tela, tavole b.n. fuori testo. 1 carta topografica fuori testo. Legatura con leggera scoloritura, un segno di bracitura al margine alto da p. 15 a p. 18 compresa tavola alla quale manca un frammento. Carta topografica volante con strappetto. Ordinari segni del tempo. BUONO
19126An original gelatin silver photograph 110 × 90 mm mounted on stiff card 220 × 170 mm inscribed in white ink on the mount beneath the photograph 'With Christmas Greetings from Dr and Mrs Ramsay Smith' stamped on the rear 'Photo. by Dr. W. Ramsay Smith' and captioned in his hand 'At Port Vila - New Hebrides'. Ramsay Smith describes 'picture-making' at Port Vila in detail in his 1924 book 'In Southern Seas' and this image contains all the elements referred to: one's wife 'for comparison and relief to the various objects in the picture' the harbour as background to the wooded heights the ship in the distance . The corners of the mount are slightly rounded and both the image and the mount are a little foxed; overall it is an attractive item with more than the usual amount of background information. <p>William Ramsay Smith 1859-1937 physician naturalist anthropologist civil servant soldier - and controversy was often never far away see the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. His entry there states that 'Believing that tribal Aborigines were dying out he recorded their folklore in "Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines"' London 1930. Subsequent to this being published Dr Philip Jones has also recorded in the ADB that from the early 1920s David Unaipon 1872-1967 the Aboriginal preacher author and inventor 'studied Aboriginal mythology and compiled his versions of legends . Gathered before 1930 the legends are in his surviving manuscript in the Mitchell Library: they were commissioned and published by William Ramsay Smith without acknowledgment'. unknown
1924143019Adelaide: S.A. Ornithologist 1924. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide S.A. Ornithologist 1924. Octavo 46 pages with one illustration from a photograph plus a folding map. Saddle-stapled flush-cut wrappers a little foxed and very slightly worn; rubbed; mild signs of age and use; a very good copy. 'Reprinted from S.A. Ornithologist Vol. VIII Part 5 pages 118-130 1st January 1924'. The last two pages consist of another short paper from the same issue A.M. Morgan's 'The Nest and Eggs of Diaphorillas textilis myal' Eyre Peninsula Western Grasswren. S.A. Ornithologist paperback
1906011636Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1906 blue cloth rubbed to edges and joints starting to fray at spine ends lower joint starting to split at top lacks front free end paper half title is browned/ foxed faint foxing up to about pp10 32pp adverts at rear dated November 1906 First edition of this rare title by Banjo Paterson. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Angus & Robertson hardcover
1972146050Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Canberra Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1972. Quarto viii 68 pages. Card covers; spine lightly sunned and bumped; edges lightly foxed; a very good copy. Australian Aboriginal Studies Number 48 Linguistics Series Number 20. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies paperback
1948146571Adelaide: Printed for private circulation at the Hassell Press 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Printed for private circulation at the Hassell Press 1948. Octavo vi 71 pages plus 2 plates from photographs. Quarter cloth and textured papered boards a little tanned; a few other minor signs of age and handling; an excellent copy. Geoffrey William Hassell was killed in action off the coast of Norway on 5 April 1945 at the age of 20 while piloting a RAAF Bristol Beaufighter. This private memorial volume printing a selection of Geoffrey's letters sent during training and on active service was produced by his parents Fred and Minnie Hassell at their Hassell Press. Their 'With Compliments' card is mounted on the front pastedown. Printed for private circulation at the Hassell Press hardcover
135288Fair. Quarto 12 pages last two blank. A saddle-sewn gathering of blue paper; two holes to each leaf apparently insect damage with some minor loss to the text; some marks and short edge tears; nevertheless an extraordinary relic in decent condition overall. The first nine pages closely written in ink in a single hand which we know to be that of pastoralist Alfred Barker 1812-1880 contain a version of Stuart's journal for the period from 31 March the beginning of the expedition to 17 May 1859 with some significant variation from the published versions. Importantly the final half-page of text is unmistakably in the hand of John McDouall Stuart himself. This passage - an addendum written in pencil and comprising material not included in published versions of the journal - describes the extent of Stuart's claims of pastoral land at Chambers Creek. The journal is accompanied by a loose bifolium containing manuscript directions to Chambers Creek quarto 2 pages also in Barker's hand with a small diagram of Hummock Hill. <p>The journal ends after the entry for 17 May 1859. Published accounts of the expedition indicate that Stuart spent the following three days in camp finalising his report on the survey of Chambers Creek which was sent back to his patrons James and John Chambers and William Finke on 20 May by way of one of the expeditioners Campbell. The specific nature of the variations from the published versions leads us to conclude that Stuart sent with this material an edited version of his field journal to that date the originals of both manuscripts are now lost. Barker brother-in-law and business partner of the Chambers brothers would have copied the present manuscript directly from Stuart's original manuscript. It pays scant attention to the daily happenings of the expedition but records detailed information about the country with a particular regard to its suitability for pastoral use precisely the information most valuable to patrons intent on building a pastoral empire. <p>Stuart's manuscript addendum to Barker's copy of his report must have been written in the short period between his return on 3 July 1859 and the departure in August of the same year of his third expedition into the interior. He had given John Chambers power of attorney in relation to his claims on the runs at Chambers Creek where he had claimed a staggering 1500 square miles of land. The matter had still not been settled at his departure and Stuart's precise description of the extent of his claim were evidently intended to allow his patrons to consolidate it in his absence. <p>The detailed manuscript text on the separate bifolium also supports a date from the middle of 1859. It gives a set of straightforward directions to Chambers Creek via the crucial series of waterholes that Stuart had identified as well as some details of the surrounding country. Barker was soon to follow this route north to stock Stuart's empty cattle runs the explorer lacking the resources to do so himself. While these instructions are in Barker's hand they must have been prepared in consultation with Stuart in preparation for the cattle drive north. <p>Returning from his third expedition Stuart was pleased to find Barker's cattle thriving on the saltbush on his land. After great difficulty and scandal the grant was finally made for an unprecedented area of 1000 square miles but many suspected that the beneficiary of the vast territory would be Chambers and Finke not the explorer Barker's contribution going unremarked in newspaper accounts of the time. This would be borne out in the coming years. <p>The textual history of the journal of Stuart's second expedition makes the survival of this document all the more important. In her introduction to the edition of the journal published by the Friends of the State Library of South Australia 2002 Valmai Hankel writes: 'This expedition is the only one for which no manuscript diary or fair copy survives. As it was regarded as a private venture unlike the five other expeditions its results were not reported to Parliament so its journal was not published as a parliamentary paper. The only known versions are those published in the "Journal" of the Royal Geographical Society RGS vol.31 1861 pp.65-83 and in "Explorations in Australia. The Journals of John McDouall Stuart during the years 1858 1859 1860 1861 & 1862" edited by William Hardman London: Saunders Otley 1864 .'. <p>The RGS and Hardman versions of the text are generally more discursive but both are the result of editing by third parties and would have been based on fair copies of the journals. Hardman in particular was an unsympathetic editor 'Stuart seems to be almost an illiterate person .' and often redrafted Stuart's matter-of-fact observations to fit more closely the mould of a Victorian travel narrative. Our manuscript on the other hand is not only contemporaneous with the expedition but also likely closer in content to the lost field journals before editorial intervention and judicious redaction and revisions for political and commercial considerations. <p>A full transcription of the journal is available as are a list of variations from the published version. One example will suffice to indicate the significance of this manuscript. Hankel's introduction states that 'The expedition's main aims were to survey the Chambers Creek lease and to prospect for gold . Stuart's major discovery was more links in the chain of springs later known as mound springs which Warburton and Babbage had found in 1858. Hergott found the first on 13 April; although Stuart named them after their discoverer he does not say so in either version of his journal' page x. The manuscript states that 'on the 13th Hergott after finding St Stephens Pool dry and no water in the Range - discovered a batch of Springs South of the Pool - abundance of Water - distance from this camp to Hergotts Springs 30 Miles - Native Cucumbers found here'. <p>These documents were purchased together with an important archive relating to Alfred Barker's pastoral properties offered separately and now sold. The archive contains letters that substantiate serious irregularities in the handling of Stuart's pastoral lease at Chambers Creek which when read in conjunction with the above material make the story of his final years even more distressing. Copies of the relevant letters are included with the manuscript. unknown
75053Offered together with a copy of MARSDEN Susan: Working Lines. A History of Robe Electric Telegraph Station and Post Office 1987; card covers octavo i 34 pages with 20 illustrations. This booklet gives details of the introduction of intercolonial telegraphy. An example of a slightly later version of this form is reproduced on page 13; among other changes it no longer states that 'The Government will not be answerable for errors caused by indistinct writing'. unknown
96068A vintage gelatin silver photograph 210 × 150 mm on the original mount. The photograph has a small chip and slight surface loss near the bottom right-hand corner affecting only the canopy of a large tree; the mount is a little worn with light marginal stains well clear of the image. Undated but probably circa 1900 with a horse-drawn tram and a bicycle the only vehicles on King William Road below; the photographer is unidentified. unknown
ria9781350285569_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Intersecting art science and the scenographic mise-en-scène this book provides a new approach to anatomical drawing viewed through the contemporary lens of scenographic theory.Sue Field traces the evolution of anatomical drawing fro hardcover
8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; [xii], 542 pp, numerous illus, map endpapers, bibliog, index. original two-part cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, bit rubbed at edges), small light stain on part of outer edge of text block, but clean very good or better copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author provides a fascinating work on the influence on the Pacific Islanders and their influence on us, based on his thousands of miles of travels in the area over the years and on the literature, legends and history.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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