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1879106051Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1879. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1879 first thus. Octavo xliv 316 pages. Original dark green cloth decorated in black on the front and rear boards and decorated and lettered in gilt on the spine; cloth lightly flecked; a fine copy. An early collected reprint of works already scarce at the time of publication; the lengthy 34-page introduction by Woods is new to this edition. This is a variant edition as issued we purchased several copies some years ago from the publisher's archive; it does not contain the eight tinted lithographs normally found in this collected reprint. These plates were new to the reprint. <p>Not commonly known is that Taplin's substantial contribution 'The Narrinyeri' 156 pages plus 6 preliminaries is the text of the revised edition of 1878 see his informative preface dated 12 April 1878 at page xliii. The Wyatt contribution was not previously published as such; the text here was 'principally extracted from his official reports' stemming from his relatively short and unhappy time as the third South Australian Protector of the Aborigines from 1837 to 1839 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. The contributions by Meyer Schuermann Gason and Bennett first appeared in 1846 1846 1874 and 1869 respectively. Ferguson 13095 noting variant bindings but not noting this unillustrated edition. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
1934BIB330269Melbourne: The Specialty Press Pty Ltd. 1934. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition. Mild rubbing to spine edges upper rear edge and corners. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 671. Published to facilitate the organised marketing of Australian goods and services and promote the expansion of internal and external Trade and Commerce. Forewords by the J.A. Lyons Prime Minister and J. H. Cullin Leader of the Opposition to the section 'The Commonwealth of Australia'. Each of the state sections have forewords by that state's Premier. 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. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. The Specialty Press Pty Ltd hardcover
187481902Adelaide: J.T. Shawyer Printer 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide J.T. Shawyer Printer 1874. Octavo iv ii 107 pages plus an original albumen paper photographic frontispiece 184 × 113 mm. Flush-cut black cloth marked and a little rubbed at the extremities with slight loss at the head and foot of the spine; cloth on the front joint split but the joint is firm with minor conservation to one early opening; large printed paper title-label on the front cover has some loss to the bottom half mainly marginal but with the loss of one word and some letters of a few others in the bottom right-hand corner; minimal foxing; a very good copy internally excellent. The frontispiece a Townsend Duryea photograph is a composite of five numbered oval portraits; the identification key is printed on the verso of the title page. Ferguson 16706 not identifying the photographer and not indicating that the five photographic portraits are in fact one composite photograph. The revised second edition of this work Ferguson 16707 does not retain the photograph; it contains six tinted lithographs as does the version published in the 1879 collection of reprints 'The Native Tribes of South Australia' Ferguson 13095. <p>Loosely inserted is a lengthy cutting from the South Australian 'Register' of 24 April 1889: 'An Australian Native Fifty Years Ago' By the Late Mr F.W. Taplin' introduced thus: 'Subjoined is the lecture which was delivered by Mr Taplin before the Australian Natives' Association three nights before the author's tragic death in the Coffee Palace fire'. Frederick William Taplin 1853-1889 a son of George Taplin had succeeded him as superintendent of the mission 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. J.T. Shawyer, Printer hardcover
1991038215Lismore N.S.W.: The Author 1991. xv 288pp map colour plate: Guidon and Colour Patches illustrated throughout with b/w photos bibliography list of subscribers index. The story of the Northern Rivers men who were members of the 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment the 4th and 15th Light Horse Regiments; and the 15th Australian Motor Regiment AIF with emphasis on the 'part-time soldiers and their training camps and social activities as part of their local community'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. The Author Hardcover
1991016486Lismore N.S.W.: The Author 1991. xv 288pp map colour plate: Guidon and Colour Patches illustrated throughout with b/w photos bibliography list of subscribers index. SIGNED by the author and inscribed 'with good wishes dated June 2000 on page ix Author's Preface. The story of the Northern Rivers men who were members of the 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment the 4th and 15th Light Horse Regiments; and the 15th Australian Motor Regiment AIF with emphasis on the 'part-time soldiers and their training camps and social activities as part of their local community'. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. The Author Hardcover
1853100379Adelaide: W.C. Cox Printer 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide W.C. Cox Printer 1853. Octavo 46 pages. Relatively recent quarter morocco and buckram by the Law Bindery Melbourne; title leaf a little foxed with minimal light scattered foxing to a few other leaves; an excellent copy with most interesting provenance see below. The author Clerk of the Executive Council of South Australia was on board the vessel; this is his account of the first successful navigation of the Murray as far as Swan Hill by Captain Francis Cadell. Fellow-passenger James Allen also published his version of events. Captain William Randell and his paddle-steamer 'Mary Ann' left Goolwa at the Murray mouth ahead of Cadell and travelled much farther up the Murray but Cadell overtook him en route and reached Swan Hill first. However both men deservedly earned the bonus of 2000 pounds offered by the South Australian Government 'for each of the first two steamers to travel up the Murray as far as the Darling junction' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. We have noted previously the manuscript correction page 5 line 4 'largest' to 'longest' river and presume it is in Kinloch's hand. At the head of the title page of this copy is the pencilled ownership name possibly his signature of Robert Wadsworth over-written in red ink by the subsequent owner 'John Shillinglaw from Robert Wadsworth 1854'. Shillingworth has annotated the text in both pencil and red ink three and seven pages respectively. The pencilling identifies the 'gentleman's son' working as a shepherd as 'old "Bigodd Macdonald"' and asks elsewhere of a sentence nine lines long 'what does this wretched twaddler mean' he's got a point too!. Robert Wadsworth was eventually Clerk of the Victorian Executive Council from 1875 to 1889; of passing interest to bibliophiles his son Arthur 1864-1931 was the first Commonwealth Parliamentary Librarian having 'charge of the Commonwealth library for over twenty-six years while also being titular head of the Victorian State parliamentary library' ADB. <p>John Joseph Shillinglaw 1831-1905 public servant and historian was the eldest son of the librarian of the Royal Geographical Society. 'He was to study under Captain John Washington eminent maritime surveyor and in 1852 he migrated with his father and brothers to Victoria arriving in October. From November he was chief clerk of petty sessions at Williamstown and in 1854 was appointed inspector and sometime acting superintendent of the Water Police. He was also secretary to the Steam Navigation Board until December 1857. In 1856-69 he was shipping-master for the Port of Melbourne and registrar of seamen; he helped to found the first Sailors' Home and did much to improve the working conditions of seamen'. It is hardly surprising that he should be given a copy of this book soon after its publication. He held various public service positions over the years; from 1885-94 he 'was secretary to the royal commission on vegetable products. He was also secretary to the Board of Viticulture. Shillinglaw was an enthusiast in whatever department he worked; however he is remembered for his association with colonial literature and history'. He was the author of numerous books and on his death his estate 'included a vast collection of papers and rare books' presumably including this item ADB. Ferguson 11196. W.C. Cox, Printer hardcover
185378787Adelaide: W.C. Cox Printer 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide W.C. Cox Printer 1853. Octavo 46 pages. Antique-style quarter calf and marbled papered boards; title page slightly dusty and a trifle marked with two tiny closed tears to the top edge; a few pencilled emphases to the margins; light vertical crease down the centre of the last six leaves; an excellent copy. The author Clerk of the Executive Council of South Australia was on board the vessel; this is his account of the first successful navigation of the Murray as far as Swan Hill by Captain Francis Cadell. Fellow-passenger James Allen also published his version of events. Captain William Randell and his paddle-steamer 'Mary Ann' left Goolwa at the Murray mouth ahead of Cadell and travelled much farther up the Murray but Cadell overtook him en route and reached Swan Hill first. However both men deservedly earned the bonus of 2000 pounds offered by the South Australian Government 'for each of the first two steamers to travel up the Murray as far as the Darling junction' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. W.C. Cox, Printer hardcover
1953140740Adelaide: RGSSA 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RGSSA December 1953. Octavo pages 1-21 with a facsimile of a log entry plus 2 plates. Original wrappers; a fine copy. The presidential address by Finniss discusses the log book of the Murray Mouth Signal Station from 5 June 1877 to 30 June 1881 compiled by James McRobert. This issue also contains LINDSAY H.A.: Across Australia in 1886 pages 35-41 with a map plus 2 plates; and RENDELL Margaret P.: The Chinese in South Australia before 1860 pages 22-33. RGSSA paperback
1997021145Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1997. 46pp large folding map frontis. Or grey cloth with blindstamped vignette red leather spine quarter leather. Faint toned spot on front cover. Edition limited to 500 copies of which 99 were numbered and bound in quarter leather- this copy #41 of the deluxe edition of 99 copies. Facsimile of 1853 original edition. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
8vo. 19 pages, plus a sketch map and several photographic plate illustrations. 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. Engaging descriptions of eminent entomologist and author Lucy Evelyn Cheesman's journey to Vanimo, then north to Humboldt Bay (Tepati) and the Cyclops Mountains, with further excursions to hill villages in the boundary mountains of Papua New Guinea, from where she intended to collect twenty thousand insects for the South Australian Museum. Vivid anecdotal descriptions of encounters with the Tepati people; the people of Molol and Wanimo; incidents with crocodiles; life of the indigenous people in the villages near Vanimo; Vanimo itself and the efforts of the local mission there run by Father Hittenberger and Brother Michael. Cheesman devotes a lot of text to the 'forest people and hunters' of Krissa, recounting their ritual 'kill-song' connected with the pig hunt and their frightening beliefs in the mysterious 'sangumen' or sorcerer. Notable geographical detail includes descriptions of the Oinake Massif and Mount Oinake with its breath-taking cliffs of vivid colour, contrasts of bright green madreporic shrubs against dramatic purple shadows and stark white limestone.
1984100865Adelaide: The Author 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide The Author 1984. Quarto 240 pages with illustrations plus endpaper maps. Colour decorated papered boards lightly rubbed; an excellent copy. Presentation copy inscribed to Colin Horne and signed by the author. Loosely inserted is the handwritten draft of the Foreword signed by Colin Horne; also inserted are two signed handwritten letters from the author to Horne. The Author hardcover
4to, 84pp., 2 large folding coloured maps, one with a clean closed tear, orig. printed wrappers, lower cover detached.
11 pages. With two photographic plates and two colour maps in one large fold-out sheet, illustrating the Monte Bello Islands and part of North West Australia. 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 an interesting account on the study of the flora and fauna of the Monte Bello Islands - Hermite, Trimouille and North-West islands - which was of great importance since the indigenous animals were disappearing so rapidly. Montague beautifully depicts the geographical features of the islands along with the indigenous plants. Of common native birds and animals mentioned are sea-eagles, white-headed Osprey, green and Hawksbill turtles, reptiles, lizards, and abundant mound-building termites. Montague also points out that some of the introduced animals such as the invasive domestic cats and black rats have caused great damage to the islands. Black rats were apparently attributed to a schooner which was wrecked some twelve years ago. Monte Bello Islands, Located on the North-West Coast of Western Australia, Were Economically Significant for Pearl Fishing. This is a Fascinating Report on the Fauna of the Islands. Accompanied by Two Beautiful Colour Maps.
199825110047Clogher Historical Society UK 1998. Third Impression. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 691 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Clogher Historical Society UK 1998. Third Impression. CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and minor chips and/or tears. . Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Top edge of pages are tinted green. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; ISBN: 0950104744. ISBN/EAN: 9780950104744. Inventory No: 25110047. 9780950104744 Clogher Historical Society hardcover
1940138394San Francisco: Camera Craft Publishing Company 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. San Francisco Camera Craft Publishing Company September 1940 third printing/ March 1937. Octavo 262 1 publisher's advertisement with a tinted frontispiece and numerous illustrations most from photographs. Cloth a little rubbed and marked; extremities very slightly bumped; edges and endpapers slightly marked; leaves very slightly cockled; a very good copy. Provenance: Walter MacNeill with his original gelatin silver bookplate and his signature and address Springfield 1941 in pencil on the front endpaper. The attractive scene depicted in the image may be his residence in the leafy Adelaide suburb. We have previously handled professional photographs with the blindstamp of Walter McNeill 41 Rundle Street Adelaide. Camera Craft Publishing Company hardcover
1956003182Wellington: Government Printer 1956 VG in VG DW DW spine sunned minor edge tears reinforced with pasted paper to reverse of wrapper xx 400pp photographic plates diagrams in text deals with the pre 1350 maori 'moa-hunter' peoples of New Zealand as evidenced by the fossil record. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Government Printer hardcover
3 pages, plus 3 plates, one showing the portrait illustrations of Drake and Cavendish, and two showing the draft. 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 an enlightening succinct account of tremendous historical importance, the most significant discovery of two documents found in the British Museum, revealing the actual draft project and other correspondence concerning Drake's secret voyage, which existed prior to the dramatic expedition. Previous to this report, all discussions as to what plan and instructions Drake carried with him when he finally sailed for Magellan's strait in December of 1577 had been based upon after the events: upon the course which he actually travelled, narratives written and dispositions made when he returned a national hero. The first document found, consisting of three pages, two of which are reproduced in facsimile in this article, is the draft plan of the voyage which subsequently took shape as a circumnavigation of the world. This document gives a list of the promoters of the voyage, the Lord High Admiral (the Earl of Lincoln), Leicester, Walsingham, Hatton, Sir William Winter, George Winter, John Hawkins and Francis Drake. The second document is the report made by John Winter on the 2nd of June, 1579, the day he reached England, nearly eight months after losing sight of Drake in the South Sea, the second page of which contains the plan to be followed, revealing that the ships are to go and return by Magellan's strait, that unknown shores not in the possession of and Christain Prince are to be visited, and that, if it seems to be advisable to Francis Drake, the voyage is to be extended to 30 degrees, while its duration is to be thirteen months. Drake's circumnavigation of the globe began amidst political and religious upheaval in Europe, in 1577. The voyage was so far ahead of its time that another 200 years would pass before the eighteenth-century explorers of record reached the northwest coast of North America. Drake's secret voyage, the exploration of the Pacific Northwest in hopes of finding the fabled Northwest Passage to eastern trade routes, and to establish a British colony in the New World, was hidden under a "cloak of secrecy" due to Drake's complicated relationship with Queen Elizabeth and England's precarious political situation with Spain. One of 16th-century England's most daring adventurers, Drake sailed all the way to Alaska, much farther than anyone had envisioned, thereby rewriting the history of exploration in North America. Surviving the dangers of mutiny, the lack of knowledge about wind and current, and the arduous physical challenges faced every day, Drake earns his reputation as "one of the greatest mariners that sail[ed] the seas, both as a navigator and as a commander," feared by his enemies for the "alarming scope of his success." Together with Hondius's portraits of the first two English circumnavigators, Sir Francis Drake and Sir Thomas Cavendish on one plate and a page of explanatory text. Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), was a Dutch engraver, and cartographer. He is best known for his early maps of the New World and Europe, for re-establishing the reputation of the work of Gerard Mercator, and for his portraits of Francis Drake. He helped establish Amsterdam as the center of cartography in Europe in the 17th century.
Approximately 100 pages. Features: Petroleum in Central America and the West Indies; Copper Leaching at Whim Well, West Australia; Salaries of Young Engineers; The Mining Finance Companies; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Many pages of fascinating illustrated contemporary advertisements. Book
1968140173Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia 1968. Hardcover. Near fine. Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia 1968 facsimile edition/ 1863. Octavo ii 109 19 advertisement pages plus facsimile wrappers and a folding map. Synthetic cloth; spine very slightly bumped; a near-fine copy. One of only 508 copies Peade A48. Libraries Board of South Australia hardcover
1863132869Adelaide: C. Platts E.S. Wigg G. Dehane and others 1863. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide C. Platts E.S. Wigg G. Dehane and others 1863. Octavo 109 19 advertisements pages plus advertisements on three surfaces of the covers. Original burnt orange wrappers with the full title page details repeated on the front cover; joints splitting a little top and bottom but still firm; plain spine slightly bumped at the ends and a little chipped; bottom edge of the front cover a little chipped with a small piece missing from the bottom left-hand corner; minimal signs of age and use; overall an excellent copy. In the preface the author states that 'About four months were occupied in visiting the Mines and collecting information and during this time I travelled about 1800 miles chiefly on horseback'. 'First Edition of Three Thousand' and 'Illustrated by a Map' are printed on the title page and front wrapper. The list of 173 subscribers accounts for 1200 copies. We have previously handled a copy in original stippled cloth with a large folding map 635 × 420 mm but this undisturbed copy in wrappers has clearly never had a map bound in. <p>Ferguson 6183 referring only to the edition in wrappers states that the map is loose. The first half-page advertisement after the text is one for Austin himself; the line and a half relating to Scrutton of London have been ruled out in ink presumably by the author himself. C. Platts, E.S. Wigg, G. Dehane (and others) paperback
191179502Melbourne: T. Kemp Government Printer 1911. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. card covers 192pp. appends. indexes Inc. Regimental lists Gradation lists & Record of War Services Officers. With thousands of names numbers & records. Very scarce & invaluable. T. Kemp, Government Printer unknown
1997108091Mitcham: The Author 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Mitcham The Author 1997. Small quarto xvi 210 pages with numerous illustrations; loosely inserted is an addendum/corrigendum leaf for pages 151 and 154. Pictorial card covers; essentially a fine copy. Two issues of the newsletter of the Antique and Historical Arms Association of SA numbers 325 and 356 from 2000 and 2003 respectively are also loosely inserted. The Author paperback
1913MC6-870Hobart, John Vail, Govt. Printer, 1913. original Broschur, 8?, iv, 131 p., [6] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps, plans (some col.) berieben
21 pages including 6 colour maps on 5 fold-out sheets. 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. Buchan's incredible paper is on the scientific questions that arose when discussing the general movements of the atmosphere and of oceanic circulation, with particular relations to physical geography. The amazing Challenger expedition was thereby undertaken for both observational purposes and scientific research. Alexander Buchan was a Scottish meteorologist, oceanographer and botanist, credited with establishing the weather map as the basis of weather forecasting. This extraordinary report is accompanied by six fold-out colour maps.
2010146042Kent Town: The Council of Governors of St Peter's College/ Wakefield Press 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Kent Town The Council of Governors of St Peter's College/ Wakefield Press 2010. Large quarto xvi 478 pages with hundreds of illustrations many in colour. Papered boards; a fine copy with the near-fine dustwrapper with a tiny closed tear to the rear top corner. The Council of Governors of St Peter's College/ Wakefield Press hardcover
