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1923034796Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1923. xxii276pp appendix bw ills maps. Or tan cloth lacking jacket. Small crease to cloth at mid-spine bottom corner of last 2 pages creased. Presentation slip from Auckland Returned Soldiers Association as prize for a 1926 essay competition laid onto front free endppaer signed by the president of the association. Content includes supply of reinforcements; seizure and occupation of Samoa; Senussi Campaign; The Work of the Philomel; NZ Army Nurses; NZ hospitals at Salonika Egypt and in the UK; NZ Hospital ships; NZ Dental Corps; NZ Veterinary Corps; Repatriation; War relief and patriotic societies; the peace conference; education in the NZEF; war finance and the NZ camps in England. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. Hardcover
8vo., First Edition, with plates, page-edges tanning lightly as usual; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
9946Melbourne 1914: Albert J Mullett Govt Printer. Pamphlet. <p>The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. The War - Temperance Measures in Russia.</p> <p><br /> The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia<br /> <br /> The War - Temperance Measures in Russia: despatch from his Majesty's Ambassador at Petrograd enclosing a memorandum on the subject of the temperance measures adopted in Russia since the outbreak of the European War<br /> <br /> Melbourne : Albert J Mullett Government Printer for the State of Victoria. No 108 - F6748.<br /> <br /> <br /> Folio 340x210mm cream single leaf printed to both sides 2pp<br /> <br /> When World War I broke out in 1914 almost all of the participant countries including Russia restricted alcohol. Because of the policies noted here closing all liquor outlets and prohibiting the sale of alcohol until the end of the war Russia was able to put its armies in the field much quicker than Germany securing early victories on the Eastern Front. Although the Tsar had been seeking to reduce his empire's reliance on and addiction to vodka spurred on by the Government's absolute control for some centuries of vodka production and distribution for some time in September 1914 he effectively invoked prohibition; making Russia the first prohibition country in the world five years early than the USA. Some scholars now contend that this prohibition and its economic consequences was one of the main causes contributing to the Russian Revolution. Prohibition of State controlled Vodka continued until Stalin came to power in 1924.<br /> <br /> The recipient Sir Edward Grey was the British Foreign Secretary. Why he forwarded it to the Australian Parliament or why it was published in 1915 is unclear; howeverduring World War I temperance and patriotism had become firmly welded together in the public's mind due to increased activism by the temperance movement. In 1915 there was a significant debate about temperance and its importance to the war effort. Bipartisan political and religious support meant that temperance measures but not prohibition were enacted throughout Australia such as early closing hours to 'preserve the empire' and 'support the troops'.<br /> <br /> An intriguing insight into the confluence of war and prohibition. A fine copy.<br /> <br /> § Trove records 1 holding. Only 950 copies were produced.</p> Albert J Mullett, Govt Printer unknown
1st edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/G++ (spine edges frayed, 2 closed tears, price clipped). With a signed dedication by the author on the preliminary title page. Jacket designed by J. Robb. 22514. eng
1993134082Adelaide: The Book Collectors Society of South Australia 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide The Book Collectors Society of South Australia 1993. Octavo vi 18 pages. Card covers; a fine copy. Number 54 of 250 copies 200 for sale signed by Marcie Muir. This copy is additionally inscribed and signed by Muir to Flinders University librarian Noel Stockdale and by Michael Treloar who compiled the checklist of the eleven publications of Harry Muir's private press pages 16-17. <p>This is the second publication of the Book Collectors Society of South Australia. The Book Collectors Society of South Australia paperback
8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; lvi, 316 pp, tinted map frontis, 3 other maps, facsimile of signature of Best, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped cloth, with gilt vignette on both covers, gilt lettering on spine, short tear at head of spine, else a fine clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Foster gives an extensive and detailed introduction which gives a good historical perspective of this voyage to India, Sumatra, Java, Malay, etc. This is the original edition of this work, there also being a reprint.
21 pages, including a full-page sketch map. Plus black and white plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a most amazing and compelling account of a fearless, treacherous, and seemingly unreasonably optimistic Pacific Ocean voyage of 101 days on a most precarious raft. Guided by the early Spanish records, supplemented by native Ecuadorian advice, the expedition members with Herman Watzinger as their architect, built a 40-foot replica of the old balsa raft, intended for the crossing of the magnificent Pacific Ocean, using balsa logs from the Ecuadorian jungle lashed together side by side with hemp rode, absolutely no metal fixings nor a single nail, and complete with a small thatched bamboo hut and two mangroves sails! The seaworthiness of the seemingly clumsy raft, which held Heyerdahl and five companions for a 4,300-mile voyage to the Polynesian islands, surpassed the boldest expectations. Upon their inconcievable return, Heyerdahl proudly reports that the buoyant logs rode the crest of breaking seas like rock. The use of rope instead of nails or pegs permitted independent movement between the separate pieces of wood and bamboo, and gave the craft an amazing toughness and resiliency at sea and on the reef. Whether the South Pacific water-span was ever bridged by preshistoric craft is a question by no means new to anthropology. The Polynesian race, its origin and its migrations have been the subject of more attention among scientists than any other living branch of the human family. Heyerdahl’s theory was that the original Polynesians had come by sea from South America, on rafts such as the one he and his companions built. The first voyage ended in failure after 47 days. The second voyage of 4300 miles and 101 days facing dangerous storms and all the elements of the sea, did in fact establish the feasability of his claim. They set out from Callao in Peru and ended with the wreck of the Kon-Tiki on a coral reef off Raroia in the Tuamoto Archipelago, part of French Polynesia. From the actual building of the raft to their crash landing on the island, the Kon-Tiki expedition has been hailed as one of the great scientific as well as maritime feats of all time! Kon-Tiki was the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition. It was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. Kon-Tiki is also the name of the popular book that Heyerdahl wrote about his adventures. The book was a best-seller, and a documentary motion picture of the expedition won an Academy Award in 1951.
1968018800Adelaide SA Australia: Libraries Board of South Australia 1968. Two small previous owners stickers to front endpaper. 298 pages plus appendix. With b/w illustrations and fold out maps and charts. First published in 1789. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 185. Heavy book 2.2kg. . FACSIMILE EDITION. Quarter Bound Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Libraries Board of South Australia Hardcover
1969WA6798Chicago: Henry Regnery Company 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo 194 pages blue cloth front free endpaper removed <br/><br/>Brenton's account of his voyage in a canoe from Chicago via the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean across to West Africa to climb into a balloon and float across to South America. Inscribed twice on the flyleaf by Brenton. Henry Regnery Company hardcover
8vo. 8 pages, plus a full page map and photographic plates for illustration. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Well known mountain climber and painter of distinction, Alan Browne presents a most captivating comparison of New Zealand's Rotorua region, before and after the devastating volcanic eruption of 10 June 1886, a catastrophic event that would permanently alter the area's topography, and claim the lives of many Maoris. Drawing from local accounts of Auckland residents, as far as 140 miles away, Browne describes the tragic event with vivid eyewitness testimony. The region's entire forest was nearly destroyed, as was the area which at that time was uninhabited. Sadly, lives were taken, in the villages of Te Ariki and Moura about one hundred Maori people being buried under rock, ash, and mud. The event abruptly ended the long stretch of hundreds of years without volcanic eruption in the Tarawera mountain ranges. Browne includes interesting photographs and descriptions of the hot lakes in the series of craters that formed as a result of the eruption, Echo Crater and Frying-pan Lake being examples, concluding with a proposal for immediate establishment of a vulcanological observatory, its role particularly geared toward the prediction of future eruptions. An eruption of Waimangu in 1900, and others in 1904 and 1917 are further offered for evidence of continued volatility.
74471Tahiti, éd. Au vent des îles, 2023, in-8, cartonnage souple à rabats, couv. ill. coul. éditeur, 286 pp., Superbe roman australien par un de ses grands écrivains. Pas courant Très bon état
1954029059Brisbane: Government Printer 1954. 144 pp maps of routes 9 appendices including routes of Royal progress Brisbane and Country; plans of arrangements in Brisbane and other centres to be visited; location of First Aid posts established by QATB with maps; movements of senior State officials; instructions for operating AWA FM carphone radio; and telephone numbers. Or blue boards gilt titles and decoration on the front board which has flecked cloth by its upper edge a small rectangular stain in the same area and a few spots. Cover title: Royal visit to Queensland: 1954: working programme. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Government Printer Hardcover
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
8vo., First Edition, fore-edges lightly spotted; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, purple top, cream endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1866513171866. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 vols. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 vols. Victorian Acts in Force in 1866 Australia. Victoria. The Victorian Statutes. Published by Authority. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Modern cloth hardcover gilt titles to spines endpapers renewed internally clean. Ex-library with small stamps to title pages. $650. Only edition. A companion volume of imperial statutes in force in Victoria was published in 1868. The first three volumes contain general acts. Volume IV contains acts that relate to particular persons or localities or have a "special or limited operation." Both volumes are indexed have chronological tables and are digested alphabetically. OCLC locates 6 copies. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:88. unknown books
26502'Revised. September 1966.'. 21pp. foolscap 8vo. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. The document presents a mass of information. A 'Brief History' in the form of a chronology pp.2-4 is followed by a section setting out the conditions of 'Membership of the Victoria Police Force' pp.5 followed by a table of 'Ranks Insignia and Retiring Age' p.6. There follow various tables three full-page 'trees' sections on the Criminal Investigation Branch Information Bureau Communications Section and other departments and a final 'Miscellaneous' section p.21 ending with 'Finance - Police expenditure' from 1956-7 to 1964-5. From the papers of C. M. Baker Inspector of Police British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. No other copy or 'edition' traced except perhaps an item in the Monash University collections apparently the same title but fewer pages 1964 14pp. 'Revised. September, 1966.' unknown
1866513171866. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 vols. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 vols. Victorian Acts in Force in 1866 Australia. Victoria. The Victorian Statutes. Published by Authority. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Modern cloth hardcover gilt titles to spines endpapers renewed internally clean. Ex-library with small stamps Bibliothek des Reichsgerichts to title pages. $650. Only edition. A companion volume of imperial statutes in force in Victoria was published in 1868. The first three volumes contain general acts. Volume IV contains acts that relate to particular persons or localities or have a "special or limited operation." Both volumes are indexed have chronological tables and are digested alphabetically. The Reichsgerichtsbibliothek Imperial Court of Justice Library was at its peak Germany's largest and most important law library with 170000 works in its collection before the outbreak of the First World War. OCLC locates 6 copies. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:88. unknown
198419070007Fairfax Syme & Weldon Associates Australia 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Signed by Authors. Hardcover. 914 pages. 3-volume set complete. Signed by Authors. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Fairfax Syme & Weldon Associates Australia 1984. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Spine has slight fading. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. . Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: All three books are signed by their respective authors. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Australiana; ISBN: 0949288004. ISBN/EAN: 9780949288004. Inventory No: 19070007. 9780949288004 Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates hardcover
1992256753PN. New. 1992. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1986131739Netley: Wakefield Press 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Netley Wakefield Press 1986. Octavo xvi 366 pages with numerous illustrations most from photographs plus endpaper diagrams. Gilt-decorated full brown morocco; top and leading edge a trifle marked; essentially a fine copy with the lightly rubbed clear plastic dustwrapper. Wakefield Press hardcover
193883754North Adelaide: Lutheran Book Depot 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. North Adelaide Lutheran Book Depot 1938. Octavo 336 pages with a map plus 32 pages of plates and maps and a large folding chart. Cloth; extremities slightly rubbed and bumped; slight amount of glue adhering to the leading edge of the rear cover a production flaw; an excellent copy. With the ownership signature of T.G.H. Strehlow and inscribed 'University of Adelaide 23 March 1961'. An abridged version of the German-language edition published earlier the same year; the material not included in the translation tends to be documentary evidence. Lutheran Book Depot hardcover
1918142216London: H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd. 1918. Octavo two volumes xxxii 512 and xx 504 pages with 5 maps and numerous graphs and tables plus 2 maps printed in black and red. Cloth lightly bumped at the extremities slightly flecked and lightly sunned on the spines; top edges and endpapers foxed with the latter unevenly tanned; overall an excellent set. Provenance: South Australian ornithologist and conservationist Captain Samuel Albert White 1870-1954 with his ink ownership signature and details on the front free endpaper of the first volume 'Captain S.A. White Wetunga Fulham South Australia 1920'. 2 items. H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd hardcover
1980053629Auckland: Richards Publishing and Phillips and Gilmour. 1980. HEAVY. 383pp num bw ills maps nominal roll. Maroon cloth in jacket. Jacket moderately edge-worn with some creases and fading at spine. Light foxing to page edges and endpapers. The 24 NZ Battalion was formed at the start of WWII and served in Greece and Crete the Western Desert Tunis and Italy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to. Richards Publishing and Phillips and Gilmour. Hardcover
1998123192Sydney: Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales 1998. Foolscap folio xx 1006 pages with several illustrations. Colour pictorial card covers a little rubbed and creased; head of the spine slightly torn; edges slightly marked; a very good copy. Not stated as such but from the collection of conference contributor Donald Johnson a Frank Lloyd Wright scholar see page 429 with his partially-completed Registration Information booklet loosely inserted in his name. Not least Christine Garnaut's 'Colonel Light Gardens: Back to the Future'. Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales paperback
1998107966Sydney: Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales 1998. Foolscap folio xx 1006 pages with several illustrations. Laminated colour pictorial card covers a little unevenly sunned and slightly rubbed; a very good copy. Not least Christine Garnaut's 'Colonel Light Gardens: Back to the Future'. Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales paperback
