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1885ABC_49517Australia 1885. Folio ca. 44 x 36.5 cm. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco with the title lettered in gold on the front gold-tooled turn-ins gilt edges watered-silk end papers. With 65 albumen prints. 29 ll. Late 19th-century photo album with views of New South Wales. The album contains 65 albumen prints of highlights in the region primarily in Sydney and the Blue Mountains. It was bought by the civil engineer Clément van de Velde dates unknown who was born in Belgium and moved to Australia in 1884 where he attempted to set up a sugar-beet industry. He also served as the vice-consul for Belgium. He gifted the album to his friend Cobus in 1885 possibly as a keepsake for a trip they undertook together.At least a third of the photographs show important buildings and other landmarks in Sydney including the Government House the Town Hall the General Post Office the Australian Museum the different colleges of the University of Sydney the Department of Lands building and the public library in Bent Street that has been demolished in 1967. Most of these buildings were relatively new at the time these photographs were taken. Also included are photographs of Hyde park and the Captain Cook monument the Man O'War steps Argyle cut Mrs Macquarie's Chair and the botanic gardens. The other photographs in the album show the towns and nature surrounding Sydney such as the Katoomba Falls the Three Sisters Govetts Leap and Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains the Zig Zag railway the Fitzroy Falls Fort Denison Broken Bay various views of the Nepean River as well as four portraits of Australian Aboriginals.With a contemporary French inscription on the verso of the first flyleaf "Mon cher Cobus Je prie de vouloir accepter cet album en souvenir de nos bons rapporte. Votre dévote Clément van de Velde. Sydney 10 may 1885.". The binding has been professionally restored the boards are somewhat scratched and dented. The leaves are warped and foxed the lower corners of some of the leaves are torn without affecting the photographs the photographs have somewhat discoloured. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. McLennan N. T. "Henri van de Velde 1878-1947" in: Australian Dictionary of Biography 16 2002. hardcover
185128279Adelaide: Penman & Galbraith 1851. Print. An extraordinarily rare set of four of S. T. Gill's Adelaide views no. 1-3 i.e. Views in Adelaide No. 1. Hindley Street from King William St.; No. 2. Hindley Street Looking East; No. 3 Rundle Street Looking East; with a variant second copy of No. 3 which is black & white. The images are held at the Art Gallery of South Australia; the State Library of New South Wales the National Library of Australia and some a the City of Adelaide. There are tinted lithographs some with a tinted border others not and black & white lithographs as well. The street images appear to be the same in all the recorded prints consistent with these four- there are some minor variations which are noted. The three tinted lithographs are mounted on polished cloth. The period cloth mounting is unusual. It is not known if these were a reference set or perhaps proofs.<br /> <br /> Views in Adelaide No. 1./ Hindley Street from King William St./ Published by Penman & Galbraith Adelaide/ On Stone by S. T. Gill/ Printed by Penman & Galbraith/ Signed in the stone S T G 1851. Tinted plate with no tinted border outline. Image 17.5 x 22.5 on paper 18 x 23.5 cm. AGSA 684G11; SLNSW nmQdoR5n. SLNSW image has tan border outline this copy does not. Mounted on cream cloth trimmed outside the catty corners with margins.<br /> <br /> Views in Adelaide No. 2./ Hindley Street Looking East/ Published by Penman & Galbraith Pirie St. Adelaide./ On Stone by S. T. Gill/ Printed by Penman & Galbraith/ Signed in the stone S T G indistinct date. Tinted plate with a faint tinted border outline. Image 18 x 23.1 cm on paper 18.3 x 24 cm. AGSA 684G12; SLNSW 9PQ8kDxn; Nat Lib ID 7566602 Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK3544/B. Slt. foxing on left lower margin. Mounted on saffron cloth trimmed outside the catty corners with margins.<br /> <br /> Views in Adelaide No. 3/ Rundle Street Looking East/ Published by Penman & Galbraith Pirie St. Adelaide./ On Stone by S. T. Gill/ Printed by Penman & Galbraith/ Signed in the stone S T G 1851 S inverted. Tinted plate with tinted border outline. Image 18 x 22.8 on paper 18.2 x 23.4 cm. AGSA B 2430; SLNSW Yj7djR39 for 3 print set which is colored and without border outlines. Mounted on saffron cloth trimmed outside the catty corners with margins.<br /> <br /> Views in Adelaide No. 3/ Rundle Street Looking East/ Published by Penman & Galbraith Pirie St. Adelaide./ On Stone by S. T. Gill/ Printed by Penman & Galbraith/ Signed in the stone S T G 1851 S inverted. Black and white plate with no tinted border outline. Image 18 x 22.2 on paper 20.9 x 25.8 cm. AGSA B 2430; NLA Lib ID 7566601 Nan Kivell NK3544/C. Printed on cream paper some watermarks.<br /> <br /> A rare set of images by one of the master artists of this period in Australia. Penman & Galbraith unknown
188628273Adelaide: Pictorial Australian 1886. Print. Very good condition. Double page spread of images in Adelaide and at Port Adelaide in total thirteen views of the port the dock and buildings in the city. The Pictorial Australian is a rare periodical in the trade. The mayor S. Malin Esq is also pictured. Wood engraving with printed color 38.7 x 50 cm. Libraries Australia ID 7837384. Pictorial Australian unknown
1988053289Tauranga NZ: Moana Press 1988. 151pp bibliogaphy nominal roll bw & col ills. Pictorial card. Prev owner name on front blank slight rippling to first few pages. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 12mo. Moana Press Paperback
19732111902160307762Sanshusha 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 263 pages Size: 46 size Sanshusha paperback
1888219319Melbourne.: Robt. S. Brain Government Printer. 1888. Parliamentary Paper xvi 101pp missing the original title wrappers a little age -toned but a very good crisp copy preserved in recent blue-card wrappers. Parliamentary Paper compiling correspondence and proceeding of public meetings relating to the restriction of Chinese immigration culminating in the the Intercolonial Conference on the Chinese Question held in Sydney from June 12 to 15 1888. The resolutions there had a profound and blighting influence on Australian immigration and directly lead to the formulation of the White Australia Policy following Federation in 1901. . Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer. unknown
1985052258Melbourne: The James Flood-Harold Paynting Charity Trust. 1985. VERY HEAVY. 532pp subscriber list chronology numerous monochrome & col ills inc several panoramas. Full maroon/burgundy leather titled in gilt in slipcase no jacket as issued. Some minor wear to slipcase very light foxing to page edges.Total edition limited to 6000 copies which includes those with cloth bindings and the blue leather deluxe binding- this copy being in the rare presentation binding and unnumbered as is the copy held by the NLA. A white certificate printed in gilt stating this to be a presentation volume is laid inside the front cover and is SIGNED by both editors and several other contributors. A lovely volume. First Edition Signed Presentation Copy. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. 4to. The James Flood-Harold Paynting Charity Trust. Hardcover
192028022Melbourne: Government of the State of Victoria 1920. Very good condition. Advertising targeted at Americans for emigration to Victoria Australia. "Some facts about Victoria UST. - A Country which is progressive and prosperous where Settlers are required and will be gladly welcomed." For further information "apply either personally or by letter to the Land Settlement Agent. c/o Peck Judas Co. 687 Market St. San Francisco Cal."<br /> <br /> "The Government invites Settlers to come to Victoria preference being given to those experienced in Irrigation and possessed of sufficient Capital to take up land say $1500."<br /> <br /> 3 1/2 x 5 1/2" b&w map image with steamship lines in red verso with "Facts about Victoria. "Trove image: 26643672271. Government of the State of Victoria unknown
4876Victoria Australia c.1870. Photograph c.8 x 6" laid down on card of a group of policemen or militia men with equipment posed informally -some out of uniform and bent to tasks one in uniform carrying rifle. They are posed in front of a fence someone seems to be peeking over it perhaps on a parade ground in front of a large tent with the word "VICTORIA" presumably the State Crown colony as was written on it. See Image. Victoria, Australia c.1870?. unknown
185720665Smith Elder & Co. 1857. 8vo. First Edition with large folding map coloured in outline as frontispiece and 2 maps one folding; one full-page; original green cloth sides elaborately framed and patterned in blind backstrip blocked in blind and lettered in gilt uncut AND LARGELY UNOPENED primrose endpapers upper hinge cracked but binding entirely sound a remarkably well-preserved bright clean fresh copy IN WHOLLY UNRESTORED PUBLISHER'S BINDING. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO JOHN O'SHANNASSY WITH THE FORMER'S HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With a bookplate on front paste-down and 16pp publisher's catalogue dated July 1857 bound in at end. This copy was formerly in the holdings of Melbourne Public Library and bears its stamp dated 18 Dec 1888 on frontispiece verso title and occasionally in text. Westgarth's Notes on the Overland Route comprise pp.376-451. A detailed statistical Appendix occupies pp.453-466. LOVELY COPY OF AN EARLY ISSUE OF A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT ACCOUNT OF THE COLONY. Ferguson 18418. Smith Elder & Co., hardcover
1330365852.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1970135005La Paz: Impreso en Lito Unidas 1970. La Paz Impreso en Lito Unidas 1970. A large lithographed full-colour pictorial poster 780 × 528 mm unmounted as issued and rolled and stored since then; in fine condition. Provenance: the surname 'Prescott' is written in ink at the foot of the verso. John Russell Prescott 1924-2011 was appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Adelaide in 1971 and from 1982 until his retirement in 1990 he was Elder Professor of Physics. 'His main research interest was in cosmic rays and he founded the cosmic ray research group at the University of Adelaide. While helping excavate at Roonka on the Murray he decided to apply his knowledge of physics to archaeology using the new technique of thermoluminescence dating. He set up a laboratory and luminescence soon began to dominate his academic research particularly after his notional retirement in 1990. <p>His fieldwork included Lake Mungo the Flinders Ranges and other sites in Australia China and Thailand. At the same time his interest in cosmic rays did not diminish and his paper on cosmic ray penetration in sediments is one of the most cited in the luminescence literature' information from his obituary in 'Adelaide Connect' on the University of Adelaide website. Impreso en Lito Unidas unknown
2021BIB314771Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 2021. Square Quarto Size approx 26x27cm. Mint copy in a Mint Dustjacket. A New Copy. Dustjacket protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. 275 pages. What is the character of Australian folk creativity where does it spring from what are its artistic outcomes and what does it say about the diverse make-up of the nation and its history and culture Cultural historian Dr Noris Ioannou explores these queries in this the first comprehensive and richly illustrated cultural history text on Australian folk creativity its art and its stories. . New. 1st Edition. Hardback. Wakefield Press hardcover
2021123887Mile End: Wakefield Press 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Mile End Wakefield Press 2021. Quarto xvi 276 pages with over 200 colour illustrations. Colour pictorial papered boards; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. 'The first comprehensive and richly illustrated cultural history text on Australian folk creativity its art and its stories highlighting the communal and spontaneous creativity and meaning of folk art embracing it as a tool for the imagining and re-telling of everyday life. Based on extensive research combining ethnology material culture studies folkloristics and art history Dr Ioannou ranges widely across media time place and country exploring the origins and character of Australia's vernacular creativity and its springboard of diverse visual traditions. From the ancient and contemporary creative practices of Australia's indigenous people to those which emerged from the colonial and our ongoing migrant experiences - embracing bush mythology love of sport larrikin character 'fair go' national values and 'making do' resourcefulness - the author highlights the perennial and animating themes that determine the diverse and multicultural character of Australian folk creativity its diverse artistic outcomes and its extraordinary stories: from the vast outback to the crowded urban and suburban fringes' Publisher's website. Wakefield Press hardcover
190855429London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London John Lane The Bodley Head 1908. Octavo xx 218 8 catalogue pages plus 136 plates. Gilt-decorated cloth top edge gilt; covers slightly flecked; spine lightly sunned; rear endpaper a little offset and creased; an excellent copy. With the armorial bookplate of Sir Richard Chaffey Baker 1841-1911; barrister pastoralist and influential South Australian politician. Baker was one of the founding fathers of Federation and the first President of the Senate in the first Commonwealth Parliament. One of the Spanish Series edited by Calvert. John Lane, The Bodley Head hardcover
1839674191839. together 7 items. together 7 items. Parliamentary Documents Relating to the Penal Colony of Van Dieman's Land and New South Wales 1839-1855 Australia. Transportation. Van Dieman's Land. Van Dieman's Land. Copies of Despatches from the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Dieman's Land Relative to Transportation and the Assignment of Convicts. London: Ordered By the House of Commons To be Printed 12 August 1839. 4 pp. With An Act for the Government of New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land 30th July 1842. Running title. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1842. 833-850 pp. And An Act to Explain and Amend the Act for the Government of New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land 6th August 1844. Running title. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1842. 577-580 pp. And South Australia. Convicts Van Dieman's Land. Copies of All the Correspondence Between Any Person or Persons Interested in South Australia and the Colonial Office Respecting the Effect Upon that Province of the Official Notice of the Comptroller General of Van Dieman's Land Of the 21st Day of June 1845 Relative to Convicts in that Colony Who were Holders of Conditional Pardons. London: Ordered By the House of Commons To be Printed 26 August 1846. 9. 1 pp. And Transportation. Van Dieman's Land. Copy of a Communication upon the Subject of Transportation Addressed to Earl Grey by the Lord Bishop of Tasmania. Viscount Mahon. London: Ordered By the House of Commons To be Printed 23 July 1847. 11 1 pp. And Van Dieman's Land. Copies of Despatches With Their Enclosures Relating to the Cases of Mr. Justice Montagu and Chief Justice Pedder With Other Documents. London: Ordered By the House of Commons To be Printed 29 July 1848. 112 2 pp. And An Act to Enable Her Majesty to Assent to a Bill As Amended Of the Legislature of New South Wales "To Confer a Constitution on New South Wales And to Grant a Civil List to Her Majesty 16th July 1855. Running title. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1855. 401-422 pp. 7 items in all ranging in size from 12" x 7-1/2" to 13" x 8." Disbound moderate toning occasional edgewear 4 items have small library marking of the Netherlands Foreign Office Van Dieman's Land. unknown
2026x-1032902914Taylor & Francis Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 104 pages. 5.50x0.22x8.50 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
ria9781405173933_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; There is no question that trouble is brewing for millions of coffee and tea producers worldwide. Over the past decade the playing field has shifted as international prices have crashed and buyers have laid down extensive new requiremen hardcover
2018BIB299056Mile End SA: Wakefield Press. 2018. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Mint copy in a Mint Dustjacket. A New Copy. Dustjacket protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and Plates. Only 200 copies printed. 400 pages. Close to 35000 South Australians enlisted for service overseas during the Great War. Around 5500 never came back. Countless more returned with physical and psychological injuries that would affect them for the rest of their lives. This book brings together for the first time the stories of the campaigns and battles in which South Australians served set against the backdrop of the South Australian home front. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . New. Limited Edition. Hardback. Wakefield Press hardcover
2006146405Belair: Kopi Books 2006. Paperback. Fine. Belair Kopi Books 2006 'reprinted with corrections'/ 2006. Large octavo xx 387 pages with several maps and numerous illustrations some in colour. Colour-pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Kopi Books paperback
1985774730PN. New. 1985. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
2025x-1032333553Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 228 pages. 8.50x5.43x8.50 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
1977026318Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service 1977. Book. Very Good . Card Covers. Edition Not Stated. VG Mild wear. Contents: The Prime Minister's Letter; 6 Ministerial Statements; 3 Leaflets; 3 Hansard Lift-outs; 10 Background Papers; 3 Maps & 1 page of photographs of Kakadu National Park. Enclosed in a slightly torn & stained card folder. Photo on request. Australian Government Publishing Service Paperback
1970056464Adelaide: Rigby 1970. 209pp index bw ills. Brown cloth in jacket. Light toning to page edges occasional very light foxing. The early settlement of western Queensalnd including the battles with Aborigines cattle duffers and the Kenniffs colonial characters discovery of gold and the writing of Waltzing Matilda. Scarce as hard cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Rigby Hardcover
2026x-1032881631Taylor & Francis Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 340 pages. 6.00x0.71x9.00 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
