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‎5th All Australia Timber Congress. Dinner Dance Hotel Australia Adelaide April 1963‎

‎Adelaide: Cruickshank for The Congress 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Cruickshank for The Congress 1963. Small quarto 2 leaves including covers. Cloth-backed decorated solid wood covers slightly marked; an excellent copy. A unique and remarkable piece of memorabilia; The menu and selection of wines is typical of the era. The congress logo is depicted in brown and green on the front cover; the Hotel Australia on O'Connell Street North Adelaide is depicted in green on the rear cover. A menu for a solid meal with lots of fibre. Cruickshank for The Congress hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 107862

‎BANNON Michael J. editor‎

‎A Hundred Years of Irish Planning. Volume 1: The Emergence of Irish Planning 1880-1920‎

‎Dublin: Turoe Press 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Dublin Turoe Press 1985. Octavo; papered boards; a fine copy with the excellent dustwrapper lightly sunned on the spine. Presentation copy inscribed to local town planner Dr Alan Hutchings dated 20 September 1997 and signed by the author. One of Hutchings' business cards is loosely inserted. Turoe Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 107909

‎SPOEHR John editor‎

‎State of South Australia. Turbulent Times‎

‎Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2013. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2013. Octavo; laminated colour pictorial card covers; an excellent copy. Wakefield Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 107906

‎JONES David S.‎

‎Designed Landscapes of South Australia. Theoretical Frameworks for Designed Landscapes in Australia: South Australian Report. A Report to the Australian Heritage Commission‎

‎University of Adelaide: The Author 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. University of Adelaide The Author 1997. Foolscap folio 276 pages with several tables. Cloth and staple bound card titling covers; an excellent copy. With the ownership signature of South Australian town planner Dr Alan Hutchings ten of his works are cited in the bibliography and a few of his pencilled annotations. Loosely inserted is a letter from and signed by the author to Hutchings in his role as Commissioner of the Environment Resources Development Court. The Author hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 107934

‎RAY WR. W. R.‎

‎Pulteney Grammar School 1847-1997. A Record. Revised and brought up to date by K. Brunton F.H. Greet and J.R. Moore‎

‎Kent Town: Wakefield Press for the School 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Kent Town Wakefield Press for the School 1997. Quarto; laminated colour card covers a little creased; a very good copy with the excellent very slightly rubbed dustwrapper. With an Adelaide Club wine label 'especially made for The Adelaide Club by Keith Genders from premium Cabernet Sauvignon grapes grown on his McLaren Vale Vineyard' laid down on the verso of the front cover; old Pulteney Grammar boy Genders' signature is on the half-title inscribed '1935-1938' along with two similarly inscribed signatures. Loosely inserted is the 'Canon Ray Memorial Issue' of 'Postscript' the Pulteney Grammar School magazine from 1989 dedicated to the author William Robert 'Rufus' Ray 1911-1989 - see ADB for more. Brunton Greet and Moore were former Senior Masters of the school. Wakefield Press for the School paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 107663

‎STEINBERNER Angela J.‎

‎Kaiser Stuhl The Growers' Winery. A History of the Barossa Co-Operative Winery Limited 1931-1982‎

‎South Australia: Crito Press 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. South Australia Crito Press 1994. Quarto; laminated decorated card covers; a fine copy. Signed by the author on the title page. Crito Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 83890

‎HETZEL Basil S.‎

‎Chance and Commitment. Memoirs of a Medical Scientist‎

‎Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2005. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2005. Octavo; laminated colour pictorial card covers; gift inscription; an excellent copy. Wakefield Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 107607

‎A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Alexander Russell Downer‎

‎Adelaide: D.J. Woolman Government Printer 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide D.J. Woolman Government Printer 1981. Octavo; gilt-lettered cloth with cotton binding; a fine copy. Not stated as such but from the estate of Sir Walter Crocker. The Reading of the Lesson was given by the Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser then Prime Minister of Australia. D.J. Woolman, Government Printer hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 68884

‎LINN Rob‎

‎Angels of Mercy. District Nursing in South Australia 1894-1994‎

‎Norwood: Royal District Nursing Society of SA 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Norwood Royal District Nursing Society of SA 1993. Quarto quarter synthetic and papered boards with photograph laid-in on the front cover; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. With the contemporary ownership signature of Sir Walter Crocker. Number 5 of the deluxe edition. Royal District Nursing Society of SA hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 68921

‎Rationing‎

‎The Black Market is the Traitor's Market. Coupons or Chaos alternative title on verso‎

‎Adelaide: Government Printer 'Issued by authority of the Minister for Trade and Customs and the Commonwealth Rationing Commission' 1943. Adelaide Government Printer 'Issued by authority of the Minister for Trade and Customs and the Commonwealth Rationing Commission' 1943. Tabloid approximately 380 x 255 mm a single sheet of paper printed on both sides; a fine copy. A dotted line is printed across the middle of one side where the sheet was apparently intended to be cut in half. The top half forms an oblong double-sided leaflet 'The Black Market is the Traitor's Market'. The bottom half is designed to be folded to form a four-page octavo leaflet 'Coupons or Chaos'. The publication date is derived from internal evidence not least the date on the facsimile registration slip 15 June 1943 made out to John Citizen Kokoda Road Melbourne. Government Printer ('Issued by authority of the Minister for Trade and Customs and the Commonwealth Rationing Commission' unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 106625

‎FLETCHER John Percy and John Francis HILLS‎

‎Conscription under Camouflage. An Account of Compulsory Military Training in Australasia down to the Outbreak of the Great War‎

‎Adelaide: John Francis Hills 1919. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide John Francis Hills 1919. Octavo 145 pages. Flush-cut thin card covers a little rubbed creased sunned and marked; canted spine a little chipped and torn with slight loss; a very good copy. 'It is not my intention to be drawn into any newspaper controversy either about what is contained in this book . or about the notes and appendix matter I have added to it. My friend and collaborator John P. Fletcher is at present serving as a conscientious objector under the English Military Service Act a term of two years' imprisonment inflicted upon him by a court-martial. On his release any criticisms of this book will receive from us the attention they deserve.' John Francis Hills 1867-1948 Friend Quaker teacher and anti-conscriptionist: 'in 1912 Hills and a visiting English Friend J.P. Fletcher founded the Australian Freedom League to campaign against compulsory military training. The league quickly extended to other States and at one time claimed 50000 members. Hills spoke often at public meetings and even paraded in a sandwich board at Victoria Park racecourse. The league was disbanded soon after the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Of his many pamphlets the most powerful probably was "Child Conscription: Our Country's Shame" 1912 which not only condemned military training but implicitly war itself. These themes were reiterated in the small book Hills and Fletcher wrote in 1915 "Conscription Under Camouflage" which was not published until 1919' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. John Francis Hills paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 106490

‎WOODS James Dominick editor‎

‎The Native Tribes of South Australia. Comprising The Narrinyeri by the Rev. George Taplin; The Adelaide Tribe by Dr. Wyatt J.P.; The Encounter Bay Tribe by the Rev. A. Meyer; The Port Lincoln Tribe by the Rev. C.W. Schuermann; The Dieyerie Tribe by S. Gason; Vocabulary of Woolner District Dialect Northern Territory by John Wm. Ogilvie Bennett; with an introductory chapter by J.D. Woods‎

‎Adelaide: E.S. Wigg and Son 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg and Son 1879. Octavo xliv 316 pages plus 8 tinted lithographs with tissue-guards. Original publisher's gilt-decorated polished half blue calf and blue textured cloth edges and endpapers marbled with a contrasting leather tile-label on the spine; leather lightly rubbed at the extremities and lightly worn at the bottom corner tips; spine sunned and slightly marked; an excellent copy internally very fine and we know it to be uncirculated as it comes from the publisher's archive. An early collected reprint of works already scarce at the time; the lithographs and lengthy 34-page introduction by Woods were new to this edition. 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. E.S. Wigg and Son hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 106052

‎WARBURTON JW. editor J. W.‎

‎Five Metropolitan Creeks of the River Torrens South Australia. An Environmental and Historical Study‎

‎Adelaide: Department of Adult Education University of Adelaide 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Department of Adult Education University of Adelaide 1977. Oblong folio ii 134 pages with numerous illustrations and maps. Colour pictorial card covers; an excellent copy. Department of Adult Education, University of Adelaide paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 106653

‎WELKE Adrian‎

‎Influences in Regional Architecture‎

‎Adelaide: Architecture Department University of Adelaide 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Architecture Department University of Adelaide 1978. Oblong small folio ix 146 single-sided pages with numerous illustrations including several maps. Cloth-bound pictorial card covers lightly marked and rubbed; an excellent copy. Architecture Department, University of Adelaide paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 71962

‎COLEMAN Peter‎

‎The Heart of James McAuley. Life and Work of the Australian Poet‎

‎Sydney: Wildcat Press 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Sydney Wildcat Press 1980 first edition. Octavo; papered boards; extremities very slightly rubbed and bumped; an excellent copy with thevery good dustwrapper a little unevenly sunned and slightly rubbed. Christopher Pearson's presentation copy. Inscribed 'For Christopher "what an epoch for a magazine to emerge in!" dated April 1998 and signed by the author. Wildcat Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 102458

‎TEESDALE SMITH EN. E. N.‎

‎Bibliography of South Australian Geology. Includes all literature published up to and including June 1958‎

‎Adelaide: South Australian Department of Mines and Geological Survey 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide South Australian Department of Mines and Geological Survey 1959. Small quarto; flush-cut quarter cloth and papered boards lightly scuffed with some negligible surface loss about the edges; cloth slightly flecked; ownership signature; a very good copy. South Australian Department of Mines and Geological Survey hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 106705

‎SHAW William and H. Lipson HANCOCK‎

‎A Sunday School of To-Day. An Illustration of Principles‎

‎Adelaide: Hussey and Gillingham 1912. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Hussey and Gillingham June 1912 second edition/ July 1911. Small octavo 151 1 colophon pages with numerous illustrations from photographs plus 3 large folding sheets depicting the floor plans of 9 churches 'Sunday School Plans'. Olive green cloth slightly flecked; top corner slightly bumped; endpapers lightly discoloured; short tear to the first folding sheet expertly sealed; an excellent copy. A 'brief record of the evolution of a modern Sunday School . published in response to requests from numerous Sunday School workers'. Hussey and Gillingham hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 106645

‎HODGE Charles Reynolds‎

‎Guide-Book to Victor Harbour the Miniature Naples of Australia and the South Coast‎

‎Adelaide: 'The Advertiser' Office for the Author 1930. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide 'The Advertiser' Office for the Author 1930. Octavo 18 pages with 9 illustrations 7 full-page from photographs by R.S. Sladdin. Title-wrappers pulled away a little from the slightly rusty staples; rear cover creased and foxed; a very good copy. Inscribed and dated January 1931 by the author with the recipient's name in pencil on the front cover. 'The Advertiser' Office [for the Author] paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 106837

‎LYALL J. A Bloke with a Bludgeon‎

‎The Cussedness of Things in General. A Few Reflections on Matters of Everyday Moment‎

‎Adelaide: The Author and printed by Gillingham Swann & Co. 1922. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide The Author and printed by Gillingham Swann & Co. 1922. Octavo 48 pages. Wrappers; a fine copy with a contemporary ownership signature on the front cover and first page. Our man reflects on Patriotism Militarism Internationalism Prohibition Over-Government and Wowserism among other cussed things. The first page is date-stamped 30 May 1922 and the original owner has supplied the name we have given as the author. Trove records the author as 'Patroclus'. The Author] (and printed by Gillingham, Swann & Co.) paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 106841

‎SUTHERLAND James de la Zouche‎

‎A Remarkable Life. Mr David Sutherland MP. Interesting Biographical Sketch. Reprinted from 'The Register' April 18 1925 cover title‎

‎Adelaide: 'The Register' Print 1925. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide 'The Register' Print 1925. Duodecimo 19 pages with 2 full-page portrait illustrations from photographs. Title-wrappers; a fine copy. The author is identified on the first page. 'The Hon. Sir Josiah Symon KCMG has courteously handed us for publication the following extremely interesting biographical sketch. In his note accompanying the MS Sir Josiah says: "Mr Sutherland was my uncle. The sketch was written by his younger son the late James de la Zouche Sutherland who was a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme court very shortly before his death'. David Sutherland 1801-1879 arrived in South Australia in 1840; 'Obituaries Australia' has a very informative account of his life. Not in Trove. 'The Register' Print paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 106835

‎HODGE Charles Reynolds‎

‎Thrilling Episodes of Early Days! cover title‎

‎Adelaide: The Author 1940. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Author 1940. Octavo 16 pages with 4 full-page plates. Pictorial wrappers a little foxed; an excellent copy. The front cover is inscribed by the author. The Author paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 30290

‎TAPLIN Reverend George‎

‎The Narrinyeri. An Account of the Tribes of South Australian Aborigines inhabiting the Country around the Lakes Alexandrina Albert and Coorong and the Lower Part of the River Murray: their Manners and Customs also an Account of the Mission at Port Macleay‎

‎Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1878. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1878 second edition revised. Octavo 225 x 145 mm viii 156 pages plus 6 tinted lithographs new to this edition. Red cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover and spine decorated in blind on the front and rear boards with three gilt rules at the head and foot of the spine; cloth lightly rubbed at the extremities and slightly ink-marked at the front and rear; spine sunned flecked and a little marked with light wear to the head and minor loss to the foot; inner hinges neatly reinforced with cloth tape; a very good copy internally fine. The first edition was published in 1874; it contains only one illustration the frontispiece. This is an original Townsend Duryea albumen paper photograph a composite of five numbered oval portraits; the identification key is printed on the verso of the title page. See Ferguson 16706 not identifying the photographer and not indicating that the five photographic portraits are in fact one composite photograph. This revised second edition Ferguson 16707 contains six tinted lithographs the second one of which is based on the Duryea composite photograph and there is no obvious key to the identities of the subjects. Taplin makes some interesting observations in his preface to this edition: 'The reader will find that some additions have been made to the book. An account has been given of the Aboriginal Council called the Tendi by which the clans of the Narrinyeri are governed. Some friends of the Mission complained that the history of the Mission at Point Macleay was too short and expressed their desire that more incidents had been related. An attempt has been made to supply this deficiency by inserting some extracts from the author's diary'. Ferguson does not make it clear that it is the revised second edition of this work which appears in the 1879 collection of reprints 'The Native Tribes of South Australia' Ferguson 13095. In our experience this stand-alone 1878 edition is rare. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 106058

‎SCHIRMER Heather‎

‎History of Settlement. Rhine Villa - Cambrai and Beyond‎

‎Cambrai: The Author 2001. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Cambrai The Author 2001. Quarto; laminated pictorial card covers; an excellent copy. '.the historical events and related stories pertaining to the settlement of the Cambrai area' of South Australia. The Author] paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 106249

‎MAXWELL Helen‎

‎Sanderston. Where's That Cover title‎

‎Adelaide: The Author 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Author 1997. Octavo 147 pages with numerous photographic illustrations. Metal spiral-bound colour pictorial card covers; extremities slightly rubbed; rear cover slightly marked; an excellent copy. A history of Sanderston since settlement in 1884. The Author] paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 106277

‎GRAY ED. E. D.‎

‎The Murray River and Bottom Enders‎

‎Cheltenham: The Author 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cheltenham The Author 1977. Octavo; synthetic cloth marked and slightly bumped at the extremities; a very good copy. [The Author] hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 106341