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2010BIB257936Adelaide: Council of Governors of St. Peter's College. 2010. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Mint copy in a Mint Dustjacket. A New Book. Dustjacket protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 478 pages. The extensive history of Adelaide's Collegiate School of St Peters. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . New. 1st Edition. Hardback. Council of Governors of St. Peter's College hardcover
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xii, 299 pp, numerous illustrations from photos, drwg by John Baker, map. original green cloth, gilt spine lettering clear, light foxing on edge, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An expedition in northern New Guinea with travels and descriptions of the native peoples, their customs, way of life, nature, etc.
28223New York: The Mechanical Gold Extractor Co. 1893. Paperback. A scarce imprint not recorded on Trove. Page 11 refers to "Instances of Success" recounting the "Australian ore from the Ravenswood Mine which fails to yield more than 25 per cent. of its Gold at an ordinary stamp mill yielded upward of ninety per cent to the Crawford Mill and this without roasting or chemical treatment of any kind." Mount Morgan is also mentioned. Canadian gold pp 13. P 15. reprints written testimonials from Helena Montana; Nova Scotia the Irish Geological Society & New Mexico. "Testimonials": pp 20-27; "Statement of gold ores treated at the works of the Mechanical Gold Extractor Co. . N.Y. City": pp 14-17 lists metals treated of ores from Virginia Georgia North Carolina Colorado New Mexico Arizona Oregon Wyoming Kansas S. Dakota Iowa San Salvador Nicaraugua sic and Columbia sic. <br /> <br /> This edition not cited on OCLC. OCLC: 932851574 cites 2 copies in Canada of 27pp. The "computer file" at OCLC: 1062073568 states it is 32pp. 8vo 32pp peach printed wrappers. Removed from an album with some staining and slt. loss at back cover covers slt. marked and a small stain lower part of page 20 through 32. <br /> <br /> A scarce imprint. The Mechanical Gold Extractor Co. paperback
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1983100253Lyndoch: Pump Press 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Lyndoch Pump Press 1983. Octavo iv pages. Overlapping cord-bound card covers with a small plate of a coronet laid down on the front cover; leaves slightly cockled; an excellent copy. One of only 70 copies. Loosely inserted is 'Yes. I Remember Chinkapook' Lyndoch Pump Press 1994; oblong octavo; folded card with a tipped-in photograph; a fine copy and a handwritten note dated 17 December 1994 to Sir Walter Crocker from Gerald Fischer. Pump Press paperback
1839144319London: John Arrowsmith 1839. Very Good. London John Arrowsmith 5 February 1839 second state/ 1838. A hand-coloured engraved map printed surface approximately 536 × 655 mm sheet size approximately 562 × 665 mm dissected into 18 panels and mounted on linen folding down to 188 × 113 mm with plain paper mounted on the two external surfaces. A few small spots; some very faint offsetting; unobtrusive marks and pencilling to the backing linen on the verso; an excellent copy. A very early map of the fledgling colony of South Australia with three inset maps showing: 1. The eastern coast of Gulf St. Vincent; 2. 'The City of Adelaide with the Acre Allotments numbered surveyed by Col. Light'; and 3. 'Sketch of Nepean Bay and Kingscote Harbour by Wm. Chesser'. <p>'Arrowsmith's Australian Maps' an online resource by Dorothy Prescott suggests this is the second state prior to the addition of a fourth inset map of Encounter Bay in the upper right-hand corner. <p>Provenance: James Edge-Partington with his bookplate by Charles Praetorius on one of the external surfaces; afterwards Geoffrey Ingleton with the G. & N. Ingleton bookplate and the Ingleton Collection catalogue inkstamp and number 10415. John Arrowsmith unknown
1978BIB308099Adelaide: Austaprint. 1978. Octavo Size approx 13x22cm. A Near Fine copy. Excellent condition. Comprises a large fold-out colour map housed in blue boards with gilt to face. 1 fold out map. A facsimile of the original 1838 map. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Near Fine. Facsimile Edition. Hardback. Austaprint hardcover
1984128205Adelaide: Government Printer 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1984. Small quarto 329 pages with 102 illustrations many full-page plus 16 pages of colour plates. Colour pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed; an excellent copy. One of the Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia series. Government Printer paperback
In-4, cartonato editoriale, sovracoperta, pp. 192, con numerose illustrazioni a colori nel testo. In ottimo stato (nice copy).
1923003768Wellington: Dominion Museum 1923 200 gram rate The Whare Wananga or The Maori School of Learning Its Objects Methods and Ceremonial first printing stapled folded sheets in printed paper wrapper 29pp work by the foremost New Zealand Maori scholar . First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Dominion Museum paperback
2004x-0729537374Mosby Inc 2004. Paperback. New. 4th edition. 406 pages. 11.50x8.25x1.25 inches. Mosby Inc paperback
Second Impression. "This is the fascinating story of an ordinary man who did extraordinary things in a critical situation. On the day after the landing at Gallipoli he found a donkey and used it to bring wounded men from the top of Shrapnel Gully to the casualty station on the beach." 96p plates bibliography Book
191174041Adelaide: W.K. Thomas 1911. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide W.K. Thomas 1911 a new work - see footnote. Octavo viii 80 4 detachable order forms for the publisher's newspapers printed rectos only pages with a few illustrations and numerous pictorial advertisements plus advertising on the covers. Wrappers with the title page details repeated on the front cover; contemporary date 7 September 1911 stamped at the head of the front cover; a fine copy. Reprinted from The Register and The Observer; a selection of some of the most educative and interesting articles from the 'Man on the Land' column. A pamphlet with the same title but containing a different selection of material was published twelve months earlier with a second printing of 2000 copies also called for. This second selection includes articles on various aspects of animal husbandry as well as vines wattle bark blacksmithing charcoal sparrow poisoning and potato growing - with as much space devoted to roses as to any topic. W.K. Thomas paperback
187227371London: Hodder and Stoughton 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Hodder and Stoughton 1872. Octavo ii catalogue vi 312 pages plus a frontispiece portrait. Blind-stamped cloth; spine a little sunned; trifling stain to the frontispiece; an excellent copy virtually unused. The life of the pioneering South Australian Methodist New Connexion minister after whom Maughan Church in Franklin Street is named consult ADB Volume 5; with the presumably association signature of M. Maughan on the flyleaf. Not in Ferguson. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1901009603Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1901 frontis portrait with facsimile 'A B Paterson' signature tissue guard red cloth slightly rubbed to joints and spine ends gilt titled spine slightly foxed endpapers top edge gilt xvi 184pp 32pp adverts dated Feb 1902 VG copy preface by Rolf Boldrewood 25th thousand. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank Mahony. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Angus & Robertson hardcover
2025x-1032790210Taylor & Francis Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 164 pages. 8.50x5.43x8.50 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
1974BIB328656London: Academic Press. 1974. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. Age-toned DJ has some very light edgewear and is now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owners name to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. A scarce title. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 518 pages. The first comprehensive work in English on the historical geography of South Australia. The author examines the various activities involved in the refashioning of the landscape post-European settlement in an attempt to understand the processes patterns and regional impacts. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Academic Press hardcover
1974146187London: Academic Press 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. London Academic Press 1974. Octavo xxiv 518 pages with over 120 illustrations graphs tables and maps. Cloth very slightly rubbed; top edge slightly foxed; a few other trifling signs of handling; an excellent copy with the very good dustwrapper slightly worn marked and sunned. Academic Press hardcover
1879BIB331768Adelaide: Government Printer. 1879. Octavo Size approx 14x22cm. Very Good Condition. Tan half-leather binding over papered boards with marbled endpapers and edges of text block. Front hinge lightly cracked started. Previous owners signature to preliminary page dated 1885. Ferguson 15637 refers. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 872 pages. Also includes "A Digest of Magisterial Law and forms in common use with notes and observations; and a copious index. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Government Printer hardcover
1988124402Adelaide: The Author 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide The Author 1988. Quarto 193 pages with maps and numerous illustrations from photographs plus endpaper illustrations. Gilt-pictorial synthetic cloth a little bumped at the bottom corners; an excellent copy. The Author hardcover
19468010Mackay: The Mackay - Blair Athol Railway League 1946. 245 x 186 mm 120 pp b&w illustrations throughout. Illustrated wrapper. The book's sections cover: The Discovery and the Progress of Mackay; Mackay Harbour History; The Sugar Industry; Blair Athol Coalfield; The Case for the Line; The Heritage of our Hinterland; Dairying; Water Supply in the Pioneer Valley; Our Railways; Statistics; A Hiking Expedition; and Scenic Attractions. Included are advertisements for Marsh & Webster Chas Porter & Sons Lamberts F Black Holyoake's Pharmacies Fields C A Hodge & Son Fitzsimon's Stores 1946 Pontiac at Eagers Retain O E Neale & Co Mackay Picture Theatres Mackay Bus Service Port Curtis Co-operatiave Dairy Association and Hodgson's Australian Hotel. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. The Mackay - Blair Athol Railway League Paperback
198795771Adelaide: The Author 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide The Author 1987. Oblong quarto v 166 pages with numerous illustrations. Laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. One of only 250 numbered copies. Members of the family lived for lengthy periods at Oodnadatta and Coober Pedy and there are sizable well-illustrated sections on these two isolated settlements 10 pages and 5 pages respectively. Brief details are supplied of the descendants of Hans Hamilton Mack the only known brother of John Hamilton Mack. The prolific authors Louise and Amy Mack were two of his daughters; Nancy Phelan was a grand-daughter. The Author] paperback
1984006710Nottingham Court Press 1984. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As New condition. No inscription. "Peron was successively a theological student soldier scientist author and eventually a celebrity consulted by Napoleon and appointed 'Reader' to Empress Josephine. Nottingham Court Press Hardcover
1968583Auckland New Zealand: The Institute Printing & Publishing Society Ltd 1968. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 140 Pages plus I to XIX. Dustjacket has some edge/shelf wear - tiny amount of loss to top of spine about 1.5 mm. Signed to "To Iain Lamont Best Wishes from Roy M. Hetherington" Google search on Iain Lamont: " Tuesday 24th October 2000 An eminent University of Otago Molecular Biologist today said that the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 has had a severe negative impact on research involving genetically modified organisms. This is out of proportion to any risks that the research might present. <br />Dr Iain Lamont said that excessive regulation is causing the cancellation of some research work and the transfer of other work overseas. <br />He advocated changes to New Zealand's legislation to reduce unnecessary compliance costs while continuing to ensure that any risk to the environment or public health is minimised. <br />University of Otago's Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry and Deputy Chair of the Institutional Biological Safety Committee Dr Iain Lamont will be presenting evidence supporting the University of Otago's submission to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification in Wellington on Wednesday 25th October." <br /> <br/><br/> The Institute Printing & Publishing Society Ltd hardcover
4to [27 x 21 cm]; 159, [xiii] pp, many illustrations, including colored, including many full-page, maps, bibliography, index. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, title lettering on spine and cover, fine and clean, with the loose leaf of prices realized and with the loose prospectus for the sale including colored illustrations. A picture of this book is available upon request b A beautifully illustrated Sotheby's sale of books on Australia and Pacific, from a collection amassed over many years, describing 278 items in detail, very well-illustrated, sale held in London, 25 June 1993. A very useful reference covering a period of 400 years of exploration beginning with the first publication of Rotz's great atlas from 1542 and including Pacific voyages and discovery, the first fleet and settlement of Australia, first fleet association copies, coastal surveying of Australia, inland exploration, etc.
