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1939030967Sydney: Society of Australian Genealogists. 1939. 11 parts of 12 of Volume III. Approx 250pp in total. Or stapled wraps. Some minor rust stains near staples otherwise very light wear and occasional minor marks. From January 1939 to October 1941. As well as expected genealogical material there is much on Australian history including Bligh and King in the Navy Black Book; Lieutenant Governors of NSW; Public Armory in Australia; Anzac graves at Birmingham; Allotments in Early Sydney; Log of the Sirius; London Guilds Chinese Genealogy; Early Surgeons; Pioneer Families of Yass and much more. . Periodical. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Society of Australian Genealogists. Paperback
18502Australian Club Sydney. 15 June 1875. 2pp. 12mo. In good condition lightly-aged. Lithographed form. The first page recto of first leaf is headed 'Australian Club' and carries an acknowledgment that Grubbe has been 'duly proposed and elected an Honorary Member'. Completed in autograph and signed by the club secretary <T. B. Barkley>. The second page recto of second leaf carries paragraph 11 of the club rules in sixteen lines of small print regarding honorary members. From the Grubbe family papers. Australian Club, Sydney. 15 June 1875. unknown
1741173698.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1982033149Sydney: Bay Books 1982. HEAVY. 313pp index bibliography appendices col plates. Or blue cloth gilt rose to front in jacket. Slight edge wear and foxing to half-title and last couple of pages. Beautifully produced monograph with stunning plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Boyd Arthur. Folio. Bay Books Hardcover
181297Ure Smith for Angus & Robertson Sydney 1920. approx 120 pp quarto tipped-in colour and b&w plates end-papers and prelims foxed spine spotted else very good copy in boards with green cloth spine. Limited edition. Ure Smith for Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1920 hardcover
196260950<p>NY: The Museum of Primitive Art. Very Good; Staples rusted covers toned. 1962. Softcover. Stapled photo-illustrated card covers. Photos by Eliot Elisofon. Art of the Asmat people of New Guinea collected by Michael C. Rockefeller who disappeared there in 1961 on a collecting expedition. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 8 pages .</p> The Museum of Primitive Art paperback
19945538Samford Queensland Australia: Somerset Publications. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Hard cover is blue with white lettering on front and spine. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Lavishly illustrated with 150 color and b/w photographs of these glorious horses in their full beauty. Edited by Croalie Gordon; contributing authors are Coralie Gordon Karen Lawrence Pat Slater Victor Venn Jacquie Webby. Printed by Acumen Overseas Pte Ltd. Chapters are: Arabian horse standard of excellence; first 100 years; liftetimes with Arabians; Australia in the 90s: an overview; state by state; New Zealand: then and now; Australian Champions 1990 - 1994; five Quiltys: 1990 - 1994; exports and imports; breeders; contemporary leading sires; portraits of Arabian athletes; AArom Supremes 1989 - 1994; Arabian horses; guide to the Arabian studs; index to horses; index to Arabian studs; bibliography; acknowledgements. Extremely scarce book. ISBN in book is 0947256032. Oversized 5#. ; Photographs; 9 x 11 1/2; 308 pages; Cover has some shelf wear bumping. DJ has rubbing/scuffing shelf wear bumping few minor creases; in a mylar cover. . Somerset Publications hardcover
19945537Samford Queensland Australia: Somerset Publications. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0947256032 . Hard cover is blue with white lettering on front and spine. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Lavishly illustrated with 150 color and b/w photographs of these glorious horses in their full beauty. Edited by Croalie Gordon; contributing authors are Coralie Gordon Karen Lawrence Pat Slater Victor Venn Jacquie Webby. Printed by Acumen Overseas Pte Ltd. Chapters are: Arabian horse standard of excellence; first 100 years; liftetimes with Arabians; Australia in the 90s: an overview; state by state; New Zealand: then and now; Australian Champions 1990 - 1994; five Quiltys: 1990 - 1994; exports and imports; breeders; contemporary leading sires; portraits of Arabian athletes; AArom Supremes 1989 - 1994; Arabian horses; guide to the Arabian studs; index to horses; index to Arabian studs; bibliography; acknowledgements. Extremely scarce book. ISBN in book is 0947256032. Oversized 5#. ; Photographs; 9 x 11 1/2; 308 pages; Cover has some shelf wear bumping. DJ has rubbing/scuffing shelf wear bumping few minor creases; in a mylar cover. . Somerset Publications hardcover
1905142933London: Gay and Bird 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Gay and Bird 1905. Octavo xx 249 pages with an illustration plus 8 plates the frontispiece with a tissue-guard. Red cloth lettered in gilt; covers lightly sunned and rubbed; some light tanning internally heaviest on the half-title page; bottom corner of the last few leaves a little creased; an excellent copy. Sir James Penn Boucaut 1831-1916 besides being an Arab horse breeder was also a Supreme Court Judge and three-times Premier of South Australia. Gay and Bird hardcover
1947137861University of Adelaide: The Anthropological Society of South Australia 1947. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. University of Adelaide The Anthropological Society of South Australia 1947. Quarto 32 pages. Overlapping wrappers a little tanned and creased; a very good copy. With several pages on Australian Aboriginal song. The Anthropological Society of South Australia paperback
192153948Adelaide: RGSSA 1921. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RGSSA 1921. Octavo pages 1-67. Original wrappers slightly discoloured; a fine copy. This issue also contains MAWSON Sir Douglas: Macquarie Island. A Sanctuary for Australasian Sub-Antarctic Fauna 70-85 pages with a map plus a map and 6 full-page plates after photographs by Frank Hurley Douglas Mawson and Leslie Russell Blake; and NEWLAND Simpson: Reminiscences of Pioneer Life pages 89-110. RGSSA paperback
1923109585Adelaide: RGSSA 1923. First Edition. Paperback. Adelaide RGSSA 1923. Octavo pages 1-64 plus 3 plates and a folding appendix. Wrappers lightly discoloured; an uncirculated copy. Newland devotes the first 14 pages of his address to the Aborigines of Encounter Bay and a further 26 pages to whaling in South Australia. The address also includes a lengthy and important contribution by fellow-member and Government Geologist of SA Henry Yorke Lyell Brown on Central Australia based primarily on his own expeditions 22 pages. RGSSA paperback
1928010223London: George Allen & Unwin 1928 blue cloth excellent copy #242 limited edition for subscribers signed A J Harrop under limitation 253pp frontis. Port. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. limited edition. George Allen & Unwin hardcover
1877126843Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1877. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1877 second edition/ 1871. Duodecimo 132 4 index 8 advertisements pages. Original yellow papered boards printed in black on all surfaces in red and black on the front cover with an advertisement for the publisher at the rear; covers a little worn and marked with slight loss to the rear top edge; endpapers marked especially the front one used as a watercolour palette by a child with a few numbers written later in ink; title page a little soiled; minor signs of age and handling but overall a very decent copy of a rare book meant to be used. This is only the fourth copy we have seen in 50 years and Trove records only five institutional holdings. We have noted two different bindings: papered boards as here in two instances and quarter contrasting red and green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover in another two instances. <p>Ernst Bernhard Heyne 1825-1881 botanist and horticulturist 'was a prodigious writer. Though overshadowed by von Mueller his botanical and horticultural work greatly contributed to the early development of the two colonies' of Victoria and South Australia 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' making a rare error in not recording accurately this edition. Ferguson 10397; Crittenden 53 with a lengthy commentary on its importance. The first edition was published as 'The Fruit Flower and Vegetable Garden' in 1871 Ferguson 10396 recording only one copy; Crittenden 47 'not sighted'; Trove records five copies. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
1877111805Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1877. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1877 second edition. Duodecimo 132 4 index 8 advertisements pages. Original quarter contrasting red and green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; covers flecked lightly marked and lightly worn at the extremities edges lightly foxed front endpaper a little marked first and last pages offset; a very good copy internally excellent. A rarity: we have handled only four copies in over 46 years and this is a parochial publication. Ernst Bernhard Heyne 1825-1881 botanist and horticulturist 'was a prodigious writer. Though overshadowed by von Mueller his botanical and horticultural work greatly contributed to the early development of the two colonies' of Victoria and South Australia 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' making a rare error in not recording accurately this edition. Ferguson 10397; Crittenden 53 with a lengthy commentary on its importance. The first edition was published as 'The Fruit Flower and Vegetable Garden' in 1871 Ferguson 10396 recording only one copy; Crittenden 47 'not sighted'; Trove records four copies. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
1877107647Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1877. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1877 second edition. Duodecimo 132 4 index 8 advertisements pages. Original quarter contrasting red and green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; covers a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities with minor restoration to the joints and slight wear to the head of the spine; cloth a little marked and flecked; front flyleaf a well-matched replacement; first and last leaves offset; occasional light scattered foxing; a very good copy. A rarity: we have handled only four copies in over 46 years and this is a parochial publication. Ernst Bernhard Heyne 1825-1881 botanist and horticulturist 'was a prodigious writer. Though overshadowed by von Mueller his botanical and horticultural work greatly contributed to the early development of the two colonies' of Victoria and South Australia 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' making a rare error in not recording accurately this edition. Ferguson 10397; Crittenden 53 with a lengthy commentary on its importance. The first edition was published as 'The Fruit Flower and Vegetable Garden' in 1871 Ferguson 10396 recording only one copy; Crittenden 47 'not sighted'; Trove records only 15 copies of all five editions from the first of 1871 to the facsimile reprint of the third of 1979. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
1890BIB327888Sydney: The Aldine Publishing Company. 1890. Quarto Size approx 24x29cm. Very Good condition. Gilt to page edges. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White lithographs portraits scenes plates. Repaired tear to one blank plate cover. Volume 1 only. 384 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback. The Aldine Publishing Company hardcover
2010BIB328689Adelaide: Friends of State Library of South Australia. 2010. Folio size 27x37cm. Fine copy - Near to Mint condition. Lovely Grey decorated cloth with blind-stamped title to face and black leather with gilt title patches to spine. Limited edition of 450 copies. Colour illustrations. The pages of the "Adelie Blizzard" are reproduced complete with editorial annotations at their original size and printed on archival quality munken premium uncoated fine paper pure cream 120 gsm paper. The effect is fantastic. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xxvi 216 pages. The Adelie Blizzard was conceived by Douglas Mawson as way of keeping his men focused and keeping up their spirits. The Blizzard's purpose as articulated in the first volume was 'the crystallisation of our ideas an additional means of social enjoyment and incidentally we hope to voice the spirit of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition'. Includes Adelie Blizzard Vol 1 No's 1-5 covering April - October 1913. Preface by Emma McEwin Sir Douglas Mawson's Great-Granddaughter. Introduction by Elizabeth Leane & Mark Pharaoh. The pages are reproduced complete with editorial annotations at their original size. . Fine. 1st thus Standard Edition. Hardback. Friends of State Library of South Australia hardcover
1867142991Adelaide: E.S. Wigg J. Howell and W.C. Rigby 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Adelaide E.S. Wigg J. Howell and W.C. Rigby 1867. Duodecimo ii viii 126 iv 23 23A 24 24A-132 South Australian Directory iv index 36 36A-B 37-60 60A-B 61-88 88A-B 89-112 112A-B 113-138 South Australian Almanack Advertiser pages with several wood-engraved illustrations but lacking the folding inland mail table originally tipped onto the front free endpaper. Later nineteenth century quarter calf and papered boards; covers moderately rubbed; edges a little tanned and spotted; occasional chips and marks internally; some early annotations to the text; one leaf of the first section pages 75/6 supplied in facsimile; two sections of four leaves each lacking from the 'Advertiser' section pages 71-78 and 123-130 apparently discarded when rebound; slight loss to the final leaf an advertisement; mild signs of age and use; notwithstanding a presentable copy of a very rare item. Provenance: Sir Thomas Meek Ramsay 1907-1995 of Kiwi boot polish fame with his blindstamp on the front free endpaper. E.S. Wigg, J. Howell, and W.C. Rigby hardcover
1866144419Adelaide: C. Platts E.S. Wigg J. Howell and W.C. Rigby 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide C. Platts E.S. Wigg J. Howell and W.C. Rigby 1866. Duodecimo ii viii including the index to the Almanack 128 iv index to the Directory 122 vi index to the South Australian Almanac sic and Directory Advertiser 70 70a-71a 71-98 98a-99a 99-144 pages plus advertising on the pastedowns. Some of the advertisements contain woodcut illustrations; the two 'a' leaves and an adjacent one in each case are printed on orange paper. Flush-cut blue cloth with the full title page details repeated on the front cover and advertising on the rear one; cloth a little mottled and marked with minimal fraying at the edges; trifling signs of age and use; a very good copy. The very large oval blindstamp of 'Howell Bookseller Rundle Street Adelaide' appears at the head of the first leaf of the first index. C. Platts, E.S. Wigg, J. Howell, and W.C. Rigby hardcover
186880705Adelaide: E.S. Wigg and J. Howell 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg and J. Howell 1868. Duodecimo viii 124 4 index 148 South Australian Directory 4 index 177 South Australian Almanack Advertiser pages including the rear endpaper advertisements plus front endpaper advertisements and rear cover advertising - but this copy lacks pages 169-76 of the advertising section and the folding map originally tipped ìn at the title page a small portion of the first panel remains as proof. Flush-cut cloth boards rebacked with the bulk of the original spine retained; cloth a little marked with minor silverfish damage; a few trifling marks to some pages; a very good copy rare in any condition. Our current average rate of handling copies of this item is one every 20 years. Not least of its many attractions is 'The Farmers' Gardeners' and Vignerons' Calendar' revised by George McEwin 13 pages. E.S. Wigg and J. Howell hardcover
1872121218Adelaide: J. Williams 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide J. Williams 1872. Octavo vi x 138 Alphabetical Directory ii iv 82 Official Ecclesiastical Legal Banking and Mercantile Directory ii iv 180 Trades Directory pages plus a tipped-in leaf listing the new House of Assembly members. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover and extensively decorated in blind front and rear; textblock expertly recased with minor conservation to the ends of the spine; front free endpaper creased; trifling signs of use and age; an excellent copy. J. Williams hardcover
1866115170Adelaide: C. Platts E.S. Wigg J. Howell and W.C. Rigby 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide C. Platts E.S. Wigg J. Howell and W.C. Rigby 1866. Duodecimo iii viii 128 iv 122 South Australian Directory iv index 145 South Australian Almanack Advertiser pages including endpaper advertisements plus a rear cover advertisement. Flush-cut cloth boards lightly used; an excellent copy. With the contemporary ownership inscription 'Official Assignee's Office' in ink on the front cover. C. Platts, E.S. Wigg, J. Howell and W.C. Rigby hardcover
18751151361875. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1875. Octavo vi x 362 10 196 advertisements pages plus endpaper advertisements. Original cloth and lightly worn; cloth on the front joint broken; slight loss to silverfish at the head of the spine and an old repair to the foot; cancelled RGSSA stamp on the title-page; a small section 60 × 160 mm on rainfall excised from one leaf; comparatively mild signs of handling; overall a very good copy. Provenance: Thomas Gill 1849-1923 public servant and local historian with his signature on the flyleaf and index page and his manuscript amendments on five pages. hardcover
18791151351879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1879. Octavo; original cloth later rebacked retaining the original backstrip; facsimile endpapers; cloth a little flecked marked and lightly worn; a very good copy. The map called for on the title page is no longer present. hardcover
