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2015145664Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Adelaide Art Gallery of South Australia 2015. Oblong quarto 168 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs by Trent Parke several in colour. Pictorial papered boards; tiny red mark on the front free endpaper; a near-fine copy. A substantial catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at the Art Gallery of South Australia March to May 2015. It was compiled by the photographer in association with curators Maria Zagala and Julie Robinson. The text accompanying the images is extracted 'from the fourteen artist's books that comprise "The Black Rose Diaries"'. <p>'"The Black Rose" represents the culmination of seven years of work by internationally renowned Adelaide photographer Trent Parke. The catalyst for the exhibition was a tragic incident in the artist's past which has led Parke to explore universal ideas from a deeply personal perspective - birth death love loss memory and the passing of time. Between 2007 and 2014 in an attempt to reclaim memories of his childhood Parke took thousands of photographs of his surroundings and of everyday objects and wrote down his dreams and observations in diaries' from the exhibition website. Art Gallery of South Australia hardcover
1966039141Brisbane: W R Smith & Paterson 1966. 250 pagesappendices. Or cloth in jacket. Spine slightly darkened otherwise near new. The early years of Central Queensland up to Queensland's being made a seperate colony. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. W R Smith & Paterson Hardcover
1966024600Brisbane QLD Australia: W.R. Smith & Paterson Pty Ltd 1966. Small marks and stains to jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. 250 pages. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W.R. Smith & Paterson Pty Ltd Hardcover
1966135797Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia 1966. 1st edition. As New. oversize. hardback in original cloth 7 90 17pp. index Libraries Board of South Australia hardcover
1988028702Sydney: Buying Systems 1988. HEAVY. 227pp index bibliography directory hundreds of bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Small bump at top corner with resultant small corner creases to some pages .A brief history of fashion in Australia followed by a focus on contemporary fashion and designers which comprises the bulk of the book. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Buying Systems Paperback
1977131323Wattle Park: 'Prepared and Printed at Wattle Park Teachers Centre' 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wattle Park 'Prepared and Printed at Wattle Park Teachers Centre' 1977. Small quarto 35 pages with a portrait of Gates 'Headmaster Unley High School 1915-1940' and 7 full-page illustrations by Chris Burfield plus text on the inside front cover. Flush-cut quarter cloth and pictorial textured card covers slightly marked; an excellent copy. 'Benjamin J. Gates was a South Australian headmaster who became a legend in his own time not because of his scholarship humanity or educational insight but because of his foibles fury and autocratic single-mindedness - and above all because of the unique way in which he handled the English language. Malapropisms mixed metaphors and maulings of meaning in his daily speech were a source of delight to his harassed and hard-pressed staff' from Colin Thiele's foreword. 'Prepared and Printed at Wattle Park Teachers Centre' paperback
1908020978Auckland: Collins Bros & Co. 1908. 46pp 10 bw plates at rear. Or pictorial card featuring paper nautilus. 2mm damp stain at top edge otherwise only very light edge wea and tiny bump at top front corner. Extremely scarce early work on the shells of New Zealand. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Spencer C. photographer. 8vo. Collins Bros & Co. Paperback
1911144775Angaston: 'Barossa News' Limited printed by Hussey and Gillingham Adelaide 1911. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Angaston 'Barossa News' Limited printed by Hussey and Gillingham Adelaide 1911. Quarto 120 pages extensively illustrated including many pictorial advertisements. Three-colour pictorial title-wrappers with additional advertising on the other three surfaces; expert conservation to the wrappers small chips infilled and discoloured tape removed albeit leaving behind some stains; later ownership name on the front cover; minimal signs of age and use elsewhere; overall in very good condition. A very rare item of local history with content that is far more substantial than its title suggests: for example there are thirteen pages of well-illustrated text devoted to the fruit and vine industries. 'Barossa News' Limited (printed by Hussey and Gillingham, Adelaide) paperback
1911115711Angaston: 'Barossa News' Limited printed by Hussey and Gillingham Adelaide 1911. First Edition. Paperback. Angaston 'Barossa News' Limited printed by Hussey and Gillingham Adelaide 1911. Quarto 120 pages extensively illustrated including many pictorial advertisements. Slightly trimmed front panel of the two-colour pictorial title-wrappers mounted on binder's cloth over boards with portion of the rear wrapper with the pictorial 'Drink Yalumba Ports' advertisement mounted on the outside rear cover; light vertical tidemark to the leading third of the last ten leaves with some light related cockling to the rear half and with very light cockling to the bottom corner throughout; first and last leaves a little blemished foxed creased short sealed tears with surface loss to a handful of words; overall a very presentable copy. A very rare item of local history: we have handled only two other copies since 1976 and both were in worse condition than this one. The content is far more substantial than its title suggests; there are thirteen pages of well-illustrated text devoted to the fruit and vine industries for example. 'Barossa News' Limited (printed by Hussey and Gillingham, Adelaide) paperback
0267222297.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1331281474.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1020666455.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1928040377Sydney: Burns Philp & Co 1928. 72pp bw & col ills ads. Or wraps featuring image of Witu New Guinea by Charles Bryant ROI. A couple of tiny 1-4mm tears to edge of front cover. A beautiful copy of the first issue of Burns Philp's promotional magazine. Includes material on the New Zealand glaciers South Sea Islands Solomon Islands New Guinea yachting on Sydney Harbour the Melbourne Cup bush honey movies poster development and more. Full page colour plate of Colleen Moore and Gary Cooper in Love Never Dies plus several other colour movie star plates. Also some great ads. Very scarce and rare in this condition. Periodical. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to. Magazine. Burns, Philp & Co Paperback
1929105862Adelaide: printed by Felstead & Omsby for the Author 1929. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide printed by Felstead & Omsby for the Author circa 1929. Octavo ii index verso blank 136 pages with a few line illustrations and numerous full-page advertisements often with illustrations. Pictorial wrappers slightly rubbed at the extremities and sunned and lightly chipped on the spine; small piece missing from the top corner of the rear cover; overall an excellent copy. The cover artwork is credited to CEC. The Adelaide 'Mail' of 15 July 1929 contains the following paragraph: 'Mr Charles Edward Carter is well known to radio listeners as "Accelerator" and "Domus". Mr Carter is the author of a book on homecraft "The Australian Small Home Owner"'. Trove records only three copies not identifying the author and dated 193-. printed by Felstead & Omsby [for the Author?] paperback
0243134223.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0364038063.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1332860699.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1919028751London: Sampson Low 1919. viii 336pp index appendix maps/plans. No date- 1919. Rebound in red cloth with title label to spine. Bookplate and signature of WH Conwell 2nd Lt 52nd Battalion recommended Military Cross 6/7/17. Extremely scarce first edition of a title that is scarce in any edition. Details the actions of the five Australian Divisions in the last year of WWI. Includes the Battle of Dernancourt; both Batlles of Villers Bretonneux; Morlancourt Ridge; Hames; Mont St Quentin and more. The appendix details the composition of the five Australian Divisions. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Sampson Low Hardcover
1741170451.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
185580715London: Blackburn and Burt and Adelaide E.S. Wigg 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Blackburn and Burt and Adelaide E.S. Wigg 1855. Duodecimo vi 174 pages. Original blind-stamped textured brown cloth; minimal wear to the joints; endpaper hinges lightly reinforced; rear free endpaper a sympathetic replacement; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent copy. Henry Hussey 1825-1903 'evangelist millenarian printer and historian' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' by 1850 was established as a printer. He later became a successful publisher and bookseller. He was secretary to George Fife Angas from 1865 and compiled his biography which was edited by Edwin Hodder and published in 1891 under Hodder's name as was the 1893 two-volume 'History of South Australia'. The 22 of 36 pages on the Australian colonies devoted to his home state are based on personal experience. Ferguson 10702: 'The title adequately describes the other stages of his journey. American conditions in several states are noticed'. Blackburn and Burt, and Adelaide, E.S. Wigg hardcover
1999008502Uralla NSW Australia : Idriess Enterprises Pty Ltd 1999. This reprint of the hard to find books of The Guerrilla series is limited to 500 copies. This set comes in a slipcase with the title in gilt to the spine. . FACSIMILE LIMITED EDITION. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Idriess Enterprises Pty Ltd Paperback
1923032608Melbourne: The Lothian Publishing Co Pty Ltd 1923. xi 235pp endpaper maps frontis portrait. Or wraps and scarce as such. Stain to front cover moderate foxing short tears at head and foot of spine minor edge wear. A much better example than usual of a fragile publication. . Second Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Lothian Publishing Co Pty Ltd Paperback
127726676X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1277625409.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1018786724.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover