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WORSNOP Thomas
Adelaide and its Environs. A Descriptive Guide to Adelaide and Places in its Vicinity
Adelaide: George Robertson 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide George Robertson 1880. Duodecimo xvi 96 pages. Blue cloth over flush-cut boards with the title 'A Guide to Adelaide and Environs' in gilt on the front cover; cloth slightly rubbed bumped and worn at the extremities; stitching just starting to loosen; a very good copy with the signature stamp of E. Angas Johnson on the front pastedown. Edward Angas Johnson 1873-1951 was an Adelaide medical practitioner prominent in public health circles; his grandmother was a daughter of George Fife Angas. Ferguson 18881 not mentioning the binding. 'It has often been matter for remark that no guide or handbook to the city of Adelaide and places in its vicinity has yet been produced' from the preface by the author the Town Clerk of Adelaide. George Robertson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10740
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DUNLAP Rhodes editor
The Poems of Thomas Carew with his Masque Coelum Britannicum
Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Oxford The Clarendon Press 1949. Octavo; cloth; a little rubbed and slightly sunned and marked; a very good copy. With the contemporary ownership signature of Professor Brian Medlin. The Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 83014
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STEPHENS John
The Land of Promise. Being an authentic and impartial history of the rise and progress of the new British province of South Australia; including particulars descriptive of its soil climate natural productions &c. and proofs of its superiority to all other British colonies. Embracing also a full account of the South Australian Company with hints to various classes of emigrants and numerous letters from settlers concerning wages provisions their satisfaction with the colony &c: by one who is going.
London: Smith Elder 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Smith Elder 1839 first edition. Octavo viii 224 9 'Land of Promise Advertising Sheet' pages plus a folding frontispiece map 'Part of Southern Australia from the 132 to 141 degree of East Longitude' with an inset map of Australia 195 x 250 mm a folding plan of the City of Adelaide 255 x 205 mm a folding table of emigrant ships and 4 zinc-engraved topographical views two after William Light and one each after William Westall and Captain Pearson. Original gilt-decorated blind-stamped slate-blue cloth all edges uncut; cloth a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities with the spine lightly sunned and marked with minimal expert restoration to the head; a few uncut edges a little creased; some offsetting from an illustration in one of the advertisements; an excellent copy. Ferguson 2850 calling the shipping table a plate. The frontispiece map a zinc engraving very closely resembles the one in 'Colonization of South Australia' by Robert Torrens 1835 as well as the Arrowsmith map in the 'First Annual Report of the Colonization Commissioners of South Australia' 1836 - see item 4 in this catalogue. This copy is inscribed to 'Edmund J. Wheeler / from the author / 21 Decr 1838' on the verso of the initial blank; Wheeler was the London manager of the South Australian Company. John Stephens 1806-1850 newspaper editor was employed 'about 1838 by George Fife Angas . to write emigration propaganda. Stephens's first notable work was "The Land of Promise" republished in 1839 as "The History of the Rise and Progress of the New British Province of South Australia". In that year his exposure of absurdities in T. Horton James "Six Months in South Australia" London 1839 ran to three editions. He also edited the "South Australian Colonist" on which Angas lost heavily; it was replaced in 1841 by the monthly "South Australian News" at a cheaper rate' Australian Dictionary of Biography - the too-short entry is well worth reading. Smith, Elder hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80111
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STORRIE William
Chowla. A Romance of the Darling. Edited by Saunders McTavish. Published in aid of the funds of the Wentworth Hospital
Adelaide: David Gall 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide David Gall 1867. Duodecimo vi 82 52 'Chowla Advertiser' pages. Original flourescent green papered boards with expanded title page details repeated within a border on the front cover and with the contents listed on the rear; covers slightly marked and a little rubbed bumped and worn at the extremities with the hinges a little cracked; spine sunned lightly mottled and a little glue-stained; thin light tidemark to the top edge of the front endpaper; a very good copy of a scarce book rarely found with the spine intact and internally this copy is nothing short of fine. 'Storrie exhibits a keen sense of satire not only with regard to conventional tales whose perclivities are mercilessly ridiculed but also with regard to colonial society itself' Depasquale: A Critical History of South Australian Literature 1836-1930. Incidentally this is the first novel published in Adelaide. See Ferguson 16305 for confirmation of the Storrie/ McTavish connection. David Gall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80150
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South Australia
Third Annual Report of the Colonization Commissioners of South Australia to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. 1838. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 13 May 1839
London: The Queen's Printers 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London The Queen's Printers 1839. Foolscap folio 60 pages but LACKING the 2-page endorsement at the rear printed on the verso only and the large folding three-colour Arrowsmith map 'The District of Adelaide . as divided into Country Sections' 695 x 500 mm. Contemporary blind-stamped limp full calf lettered in gilt on the front cover; leather a little rubbed at the extremities and lightly marked; endpapers offset with the front flyleaf a little silverfish-nibbled; first and last two leaves discoloured with the title leaf slightly inkstained and silverfish-nibbled; edges of the title leaf and the last two leaves reinforced at an early date with plain paper with one gutter also reinforced the same way; small punctures to the inner margins throughout the item would have been stab-sewn originally; ink annotations to four pages and some pencilling elsewhere but see below; a very good copy with a large early 1930s newspaper article on Adelaide land values pasted onto the rear flyleaf. Ferguson 2735 not noting the endorsement in his pagination. The SA Auditor General's copy with his title stamped in gilt on the front cover and written in ink inside the front cover and at the head of the title page where 'Instructions to Aud. Genl Page 48' is also written. The annotations tend to be of the cross-referencing kind the pencilling and underlining is for emphasis. It would be preferable to have an unmarked copy with the map but at least this is a cheap copy and the appendices make interesting reading. These include Appendix 2 'Report of the Protector of Aborigines dated 1 July 1838' by William Wyatt and Appendix 19 the complete list of the names of the original proprietors of the country sections of Adelaide 289 allotments of 134 acres each and 35 allotments of 80 acres each. Appendices 3 to 8 reprint documents relating to delays with the preliminary surveys. These include 'Letters of Colonel Light and his Assistants announcing their resignation' and Light's letter is worthy of note: 'I am allowed one week to consider whether I will undertake a running survey of 150 square miles in addition to what may have been surveyed on conditions laid down in the letters of Mr. Rowland Hill to Mr. Kingston . In reply to your letter I beg to state that I do not require one week to consider this matter but say at once that I will not do it emphasis in the original and that I despise and contemn the language used by Mr. Rowland Hill'. The Queen's Printers] hardcover
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WOODS JD. J. D.
A Narrative of the Visit of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh K.G. to South Australia
Adelaide: Chas. Platts 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Chas. Platts 1868. Small octavo vi 115 pages. Original light blue papered boards recently respined with matching paper retaining the original endpapers; extremities a little rubbed and bumped with minimal wear; a very good copy internally fine. Ferguson 18782 'Pink or blue boards' and calling for two frontispiece photographs one of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh the other of the Governor Sir Dominick Daly; Holden 128 with the plates but calling - we think erroneously - for pink or blue cloth boards. Holden states that 'Most of the sighted copies of this work have survived without the preliminary leaves and hence the photographs are usually not present'. Even cursory inspection shows that these plates were never present in this copy for instance there is no impression on the flyleaf or the title leaf of the outline of any mounted plate so this may be part of a secondary or remainder issue along with all those copies presumed defective by Holden. 'South Australia was the first colony in New Holland ever visited by a Prince of Great Britain'; he landed at Glenelg on 31 October and departed on 21 November 1867 tired but happy. Chas. Platts hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80163
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NERLICH Graham
Values and Valuing. Speculations on the Ethical Life of Persons
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Oxford Clarendon Press 1989. Octavo; cloth lightly bumped; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper a little lightly rubbed. Presentation copy signed by the author to 'Brian/ Me friend'; that is Professor Brian Medlin. Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 82974
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Kangaroo Island. DIXON Samuel
The Full Story of Flinders Chase Kangaroo Island South Australia. A New Holiday and Health Resort for South Australians and Visitors from Other Parts
Adelaide: Hussey & Gillingham 1920. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Hussey & Gillingham 1920. Octavo 52 pages plus 4 plates and a large folding map. Original flush-cut stiff card covers; staples a little rusty staining slightly the paper in close proximity; an excellent copy. Hussey & Gillingham paperback
Bookseller reference : 66183
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FLINDERS Matthew. INGLETON Geoffrey C.
Matthew Flinders. Navigator and Chartmaker
Guildford: Genesis/ Hedley Australia 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Guildford Genesis/ Hedley Australia 1986. Folio xiv 468 pages with 250 illustrations many by the author plus 32 plates 16 in colour and endpaper maps and plans. Cloth with a colour plate mounted on the front cover; a fine copy no dustwrapper was issued. Genesis/ Hedley Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 83087
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CASTELNUOVO TEDESCO Pietro editor
Psychiatric Aspects of Organ Transplantation
New York: Grune & Stratton 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. New York Grune & Stratton 1971 first edition in book form. Quarto vi 172 pages. Cloth very slightly rubbed at the extremities; an excellent copy. The book is essentially a bound reprint of the February 1971 issue Volume 3 Number 1 of 'Seminars in Psychiatry'. The introduction notes that 'To date no publication has attempted to gather in one issue the current thinking about psychiatric aspects of organ transplantation; this volume represents the first such effort'. This copy carries the ownership details surname of one of the contributors Professor William Cramond. His article 'Renal Transplantations - Experiences with Recipients and Donors' pages 120-28 is based on his experiences with South Australian patients. Grune & Stratton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 83065
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Jindyworobak Anthology 1940. Australian Contemporary Verse. Chosen by Rex Ingamells
Adelaide: F.W. Preece 1940. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide F.W. Preece 1940. Octavo 56 pages. Original wrappers a little lightly sunned and slightly rubbed; a few tiny tears to the foot of the spine; a very small mark to the flyleaf; an excellent copy. F.W. Preece paperback
Bookseller reference : 83138
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Geography of the Australasian Colonies and the Pacific Islands with Illustrations and Coloured Maps
London: Collins. Hardcover. Very Good. London Collins No date circa early 1890s. Duodecimo 184 pages with illustrations plus several colour maps and endpaper publisher's advertisements. Cloth a litte rubbed indented and flecked; flyleaves offset; a very good copy. Tidy contemporary ownership details Whinham College South Australia. One of the Collins School Series. Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18524
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BLAKERS Margaret DAVIES Stephen and Pauline REILLY
The Atlas of Australian Birds
Carlton: Melbourne University Press 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Carlton Melbourne University Press 1984. Quarto; colour pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. Melbourne University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 82797
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BETH Evert W.
The Foundations of Mathematics. A Study in the Philosophy of Science
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Amsterdam North-Holland Publishing Company 1959. Large octavo xxvi 742 pages. Cloth rubbed a little unevenly sunned and slightly bumped; a very good copy. With the contemporary ownership signature of Professor Brian Medlin and his very occasional emphases. North-Holland Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 82912
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South Australia and its First Two Agents-General cover title
London: printed by Spottiswoode and Co 1877. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London printed by Spottiswoode and Co. 1877. Small octavo 24 pages last two blank. Stab-sewn title-wrappers lightly marked; light crease down the centre of the entire pamphlet; an excellent copy. Inscribed to 'S. Deering Esq from indecipherable initials 14.2.77' on the front cover probably by the anonymous author. Pages 5-7 'Reprinted from the "European Mail" of November 24 1876' deal with Gregory Seale Walters who died 'in his eightieth year on October 29th 1876'. Pages 9-22 'Printed for publication in Australian Newspapers' deal with Francis Stacker Dutton who died in London on 25 January 1877. Ferguson 15953 incorrectly calling for only 12 pages. printed by Spottiswoode and Co paperback
Bookseller reference : 81972
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WARD Ebenezer
The South-Eastern District of South Australia. Its Resources and Requirements
Adelaide: 'Published by the Author at the Offices of "The South Australian" newspaper' 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide 'Published by the Author at the Offices of "The South Australian" newspaper' 1869. Octavo viii 96 pages plus a large folding map of the south-east 890 x 550 mm and 64 pages of advertisements. Original blindstamped dark green cloth slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities with minimal wear to the corner tips; short tear to the map near the stub expertly repaired; an excellent copy. Inscribed dated Melbourne 27 August 1904 and signed by the author on the front endpaper to 'J. Sabelberg of Victoria in memory of a pleasant impromptu meeting .'. Ferguson 18190 variant colour cloth. 'Published by the Author at the Offices of "The South Australian" newspaper' hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80030
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STOW JP. J. P.
South Australia. Its History Productions and Natural Resources. Written for the Calcutta Exhibition
Adelaide: Government Printer 1884. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1884 second edition/ 1883. Octavo xvi 307 pages with 56 illustrations mainly full-page wood-engravings versos blank plus 2 large folding maps one a chromolithographic geological map. Brown cloth slightly rubbed; extremities a little rubbed; light wear to the head of the hinges and the corners with the bottom two bumped; short repaired tear and a crease to the foot of the title leaf as a result of a production flaw; tears to the large folding map expertly repaired; a very good copy internally barely touched. In this second edition 'a few small inaccuracies are corrected and one or two passages relating to the Jubilee Exhibition it was proposed to hold in Adelaide are omitted . A few illustrations are added in connection with the chapters on the Aborigines and the Fauna'. In fact three plates are deleted from the first edition numbers 18 25 and 46 in that list and ten new plates appear in this edition numbers 2 4 16 27 and 42-47. Plates 42-47 are wood-engraved versions by J. Bruer of plates that first appeared in Taplin's 'The Folklore Manners Customs and Languages of the South Australian Aborigines' 1879. There are portraits of Wewat-thaleri and Waldaninyeri in Taplin these were original albumen paper photographs and four illustrations based on original artwork by Aboriginal artists - 'War Dance' by an unknown artist and 'Hunting Scene' Hunting Party' and 'Group of Animals' all by Yertabrida Yertebrida Solomon. In Taplin these four plates are lithographs and we suggest that Bruer has based his wood-engravings on the Taplin versions not on the original artwork. The erratum at the foot of the list of illustrations notes that the attribution of 'Hunting Party' to Solomon has been omitted. For more information on this early Aboriginal woman artist refer to our Catalogue 106A. By extraordinary coincidence we were recently shown the original engraved wooden block from which 'Hunting Scene' was printed - a local private collector had not long ago purchased it on the open market! Ferguson 16310 'Two maps in cover pockets'. Government Printer hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17233
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WORSNOP Thomas
History of the City of Adelaide from the Foundation of the Province of South Australia in 1836 to the end of the municipal year 1877 with Appendix and Map
Adelaide: J. Williams Printer and Publisher 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide J. Williams Printer and Publisher 1878. Octavo xvi 458 vi 72 advertisements pages plus a large folding map 385 x 530 mm. Original cloth slightly rubbed at the extremities and very lightly worn at the corners; front inner hinge almost invisibly reinforced; dedication leaf slightly creased with a tiny closed tear to the leading edge; tears to the map to the panel by which it is attached to the book expertly repaired; a few tiny inkstains to the verso of the map; stitching slightly loose in one section; an excellent copy of a book frequently found in well-used condition and often lacking the map. Inscribed to 'C. Day Esq. with the Author's kindest regards' in ink at the head of the title page; there is a later presentation inscription on the contents page from 'Uncle James Day'. Ferguson 18879. J. Williams, Printer and Publisher hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10599
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LINDSAY David
The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch. Explorations in the Northern Territory of South Australia cover title
Adelaide: H.F. Leader Government Printer 1888. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide H.F. Leader Government Printer 1888. Octavo 16 pages plus the title-wrappers. Wrappers lightly marked a little rubbed at the extremities and slightly worn at the head and foot of the spine; plain rear cover slightly silverfish-damaged; small nick to the top edge of the front cover and the first two leaves; light vertical crease down the centre of the entire pamphlet; contemporary ownership details 'Sidney Plint P118' at the head of the front cover; a very good copy. This rare pamphlet contains an account of Lindsay's 'Arnheim's Land Explorations in 1883' but it primarily concerns a more recent expedition 'a private one fitted out at my own expense'. The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' has the following to say about these series of explorations by David Lindsay: 'In 1883 the South Australian government commissioned him to explore the central and eastern part of Arnheim's Arnhem Land; his party survived fierce attacks by Aborigines one group numbering 300. In 1885-86 he took seven men and twelve camels from Hergott Springs to the Gulf of Carpentaria tracing the Finke River to its mouth and seeking information about Ludwig Leichhardt. Lindsay surveyed the country between the overland telegraph line and the Queensland border explored the MacDonnell Ranges made a brief foray into the Simpson Desert and spent six months in the country between Lake Nash and Powell's Creek'.This account first appeared in the Proceedings of the RGSSA Volume 2 Third Session 1887-8; the title-wrappers and pagination are new to this separate issue. Ferguson 11653; McLaren 12608. H.F. Leader, Government Printer paperback
Bookseller reference : 81968
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LIGHT William
Sicilian Scenery from Drawings by P. De Wint. The Original Sketches of Major Light
London: Rodwell & Martin 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Rodwell & Martin 1823. Quarto trimmed to 265 x 180 mm unpaginated but comprising a frontispiece vignette 'Sicilian Cottage' an engraved title page with a vignette 'Crater of Mount Etna'; verso blank 60 full-page plates versos blank each with a leaf of descriptive text English on one side the French translation on the verso and a tissue-guard and 3 index pages. Contemporary full black morocco extensively gilt- and blind-decorated all edges gilt; leather a little rubbed at the extremities with minor wear to the corners; minimal foxing and some offsetting confined mainly to the tissue-guards; an excellent copy with the ownership signatures of J. Woodhouse Brasenose College 1839 and E. Angas Johnson on the front endpaper. William Light 1786-1839 soldier and surveyor was born in Malaya and spent his childhood in Penang. He served with distinction and was unharmed in the Peninsular war. He missed Waterloo but was severely wounded in a minor Spanish revolution in 1823. In the years before and after this he travelled widely in Europe and mixed with artistic and literary circles; the material in this book stems from this period. He was appointed the first Surveyor-General of South Australia in February 1836; in December of that year he determined the site of Adelaide and his plan gave the city its belt of parklands. He died from tuberculosis in October 1839. Edward Angas Johnson 1873-1951 was an Adelaide medical practitioner prominent in public health circles; his grandmother was a daughter of George Fife Angas. 'His hobby was collecting curios and historical relics especially those relating to South Australian history. This remarkable collection and his library were distributed to public institutions before his death' all biographical details are from the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Rodwell & Martin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80318
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HITCHCOX W.
South Australia. Its Early History its Climate and a few Particulars of its Products and Capabilities. Written specially for transmission to England
Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1900. Octavo 61 pages plus a frontispiece portrait and 9 plates. Decorated flush-cut red papered boards; spine lightly sunned with trifling loss to the head and foot; an excellent copy. The author's aim in writing this book for prospective immigrants was to 'give them the benefit of my own experience of a country in which the greater part of my life has been spent'. He arrived in Adelaide in 1851 aged 30 and spent his entire life at Glenelg. Loosely inserted is a small piece of paper signed with the author's compliments. Ferguson 10449 but less detailed than our record. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80162
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NEWLAND Simpson compiler and editor
Land-Grant Railway across Central Australia. The Northern Territory of the State of South Australia as a Field for Enterprise and Capital. Boundless Resources: Pastoral Agricultural Mineral. Natural Harbors. Navigable Rivers. With Illustrations Maps and Copy of the Act of Parliament authorising Construction of Railway
Adelaide: printed by Hussey and Gillingham for the South Australian Government 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide printed by Hussey and Gillingham for the South Australian Government 1902. Foolscap folio i 120 pages with 20 numbered illustrations and a full-page frontispiece plus a very large folding colour geological map in two sections 660 x 730 mm and 650 x 730 mm and a very large folding map of Australia 615 x 805 mm showing the approximate route of the proposed Transcontinental Railway from Oodnadatta to Pine Creek. Original flush-cut quarter cloth and papered boards lettered in gilt on the front cover; spine a little sunned; corner tips lightly worn; leading edge a little marked; an excellent copy. The full title of the two-part map is 'Geological Map of the Northern Territory of South Australia . by H.Y.L. Brown FGS Government Geologist. Physical Geography compiled by C. Winnecke FRGS from private and official records. Adelaide 1898'. Just over half the book pages 24-84 is devoted to 'Extracts from Journals of Explorers Travellers and Others'; in chronological order after John McDouall Stuart come Gosse Ernest Giles Barclay Knight J.A. Giles Favenc Favenc and Crawford Alfred Giles Newland Winnecke Lindsay Tietkens the Horn Expedition under Winnecke Davidson Carrington . to say nothing of the various pastoralists overlanders and travellers represented. We have handled a slightly variant copy before; the text of the Transcontinental Railway Act ended at page 120 and it did not have the unnumbered page of text facing the title page a copy of the announcement dated 10 December 1902 calling for tenders for construction of the railway. Rare in our experience. printed by Hussey and Gillingham for the South Australian Government hardcover
Bookseller reference : 82632
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MAY Edgar Charles
Ten tinted lithographs by E.C. May of scenes of Australian country life after original sketches by S.T. Gill and George Hamilton five each. Gill's titles are 'Cradling Forest Creek 1852' 'The Claim Disputed' 'Mustering Cattle' 'Native Sneaking Emus' and 'The Bushranger Pursued'. Hamilton's titles in which the horse naturally enough features prominently are 'The Lost Bushman' 'The Found Bushman' 'Bushmen in Danger' 'Australian Bushmen' and 'The Bushman'. Unpublished but circa 1890 and based on original sketches from upwards of fifty years earlier. The images are printed in brown ink on light brown arch-topped backgrounds printed surface 150 � 205 mm on uniform sheets of cream paper 200 � 275 mm. This set is in fine condition in a modern custom-made portfolio covered in brown cloth lettered in gilt on the front panel 'Scenes of Australian Country Life'
The invaluable 'Dictionary of Australian Artists. Painters Sketchers Photographers and Engravers to 1870' edited by Joan Kerr has only this to say: 'MAY E.C. lithographer signed nine lithographs celebrating life in the bush and on the goldfields c.1855-60 ML. He may have been the May who was in partnership with George Walker q.v. at Melbourne in the early 1870s'. At least he appears on their radar . We have established the following facts. Edgar Charles May 1867-1920 was born at North Adelaide on 27 May 1867; his name later appeared in the local Sands and McDougall's directories with his occupation listed as artist. One published example of his work not noted at all by Kerr and not attributed to May by Ferguson is '14 Views of Old Adelaide from Sketches in 1840-1849 by S.T. Gill F.R. Nixon S. Calvert and O. Korn' Adelaide E.S. Wigg 1890; oblong quarto 19 leaves all rectos blank comprising the gilt-pictorial title page signed in the image by E.C. May 14 full-page tinted lithographic views with tissue-guards the 3-page list of 181 subscribers and the key to plate 5 between plates 4 and 5'. This is Ferguson 9924e which is essentially the same item as Ferguson 9807 apart from the different publishers. We have inspected numerous copies of 9924e the Wigg version and the odd Galbraith one and it is clear that the original Galbraith imprint is masked by the gold blocking carrying the later Wigg imprint. The nature of the contents reworked material from well-known earlier artists the medium tinted lithographs printed in brown and the style of the work leave us in no doubt that May is responsible for all the material in '14 Views of Old Adelaide'. We also suggest that the 10 lithographs offered here were prepared by him with the intention of putting out a companion volume to '14 Views of Old Adelaide'. The change of publisher after that book was printed leads us to suggest that Galbraith or May or both lost money on the venture and who knows perhaps the Wigg issue was not a commercial success either. In any event one could see how enthusiasm for a sequel might be considerably diminished. All of these plates are rare; complete sets of them are exceptionally rare on the open market. Until now they have been poorly documented in the literature; fortunately some of them have survived to tell their own worthy tale. unknown
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South Australian Ports and Harbors
Two volumes of nineteenth century South Australian Parliamentary Papers relating to ports and harbors together with a small quantity of related manuscript material collected by Geoffrey Ingleton
First Edition. Hardcover. Foolscap folio; uniformly and handsomely bound in quarter morocco and buckram with contrasting title-labels on the spines 'Early Port of Adelaide Parliamentary Papers 1869-1878' and 'Early South Australian Ports. Parliamentary Papers 1869-1880'; typed title leaves signed by Ingleton and lists of contents are bound in. The first volume contains eleven Parliamentary Papers in all 98 pages plus 7 plans or charts plus a printed broadside and 11 manuscript documents totalling 19 pages. The documents all dated 1878 include a proof copy of the Report of the Board of Advice one page foolscap folio signed in ink by the State Treasurer and third-time Premier James Boucaut with a few minor corrections in pencil by Captain Frederick Howard Chairman of the Board; a four-page draft report on Largs Bay - Semaphore Jetty Beach Boats with a cover note initialled by Boucaut; and a two-page draft 'Report on probable effect of sea outlet for sewerage sic of Adelaide' by Howard. It also contains a large broadside 570 � 295 mm printed in four columns recto only headed 'Outer Harbour at Marino. Public Meeting at Brighton. "South Australian Register" August 31 1878'. The most substantial Parliamentary Paper is 'Report of the Select Committee . on Holdfast Bay Pier and Railway Bill 1869-70 SAPP 209 of 1870; vi 53 pages plus a small plan of Sandridge Old Pier. The best of the maps are Goalen's 1875 'Port Adelaide' 610 � 870 mm and 'Plan of Proposed Harbour at Marino' 330 � 540 mm. The second volume contains twelve Parliamentary Papers five of them duplicates of those in the first volume in all 216 pages plus 2 maps and a plan but lacking the 3 plans from one duplicated paper 'Ocean Steamer Accommodation' SAPP 108 of 1878; 3 pages plus an additional leaf printed later and not present in the first volume. The most substantial paper is 'Report of the Select Committee . into the Desirability of forming an Outer Harbor' SAPP 113 of 1876; viii 122 pages. The other maps are a folding 'Plan of Port Adelaide 342 � 251 mm and 'Marino Bay with Proposed Breakwater' 400 � 555 mm. Most of the maps and charts are detached and some have a few tears; there is sporadic foxing to the printed material but overall the condition is excellent. Further details are available on request. hardcover
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HYLTON Jane
Nora Heysen. Light and Life
Adelaide: Wakefield Press 2011. Paperback. Adelaide Wakefield Press 2011/ 2009. Quarto 104 pages with numerous plates many in colour. Colour pictorial card covers; mint. Wakefield Press paperback
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JOHNSTON Captain EN. E. N.
Captain Johnston's Report of the General Scheme for the Improvement of the River Murray; together with Plans and Estimates. Bound together with Report on Improvements in the Vicinity of the Mouth of the River Murray South Australia
Adelaide: R.E.E. Rogers Government Printer 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide R.E.E. Rogers Government Printer 1912 and 1913. Foolscap folio 66 pages plus a folding chart 3 large folding plans or charts describing a typical plan of a lock and weir and charting the effects of certain reservoirs on navigation and a large folding map of the Murray 555 x 910 mm the 'section between Swan Reach and Wentworth . showing locations of lock-sites' with a very large inset map of the entire length of the river and 32 pages plus a folding map 'Proposed improvements in the vicinity of the mouth of the River Murray' 537 x 518 mm. Contemporary full morocco lettered in gilt on the front cover 'Captain Johnston's River Murray Reports'; the original spine is missing and has been replaced with a fairly pedestrian piece of cloth giving it a quarter cloth look; extremities rubbed bumped and a little worn; title pages a little marked with the second one a little foxed along the top margin; neat repairs to a few trifling tears to the folding plans with a tape-stain to an old repair along one fold of the last map; slight nicks to the bottom edge of some leaves in the first paper; overall in very good condition. The ownership signature of Arthur Searcy 1913 is written in pencil on each title page. Arthur Searcy 1852-1935 was Controller of Harbors from July 1911 and Chairman of the Harbors Board Committee until his retirement at the age of 65 information from the Searcy scrapbooks in the State Library of South Australia. He was the older brother of the more well-known Alfred 1854-1925. Loosely inserted are retained duplicate typescripts of two letters in all four pages foolscap from Searcy as Chairman of the Board to the Minister of Marine regarding proposed works at Victor Harbor one page and Goolwa three pages. The letters are signed and dated at the head by Searcy August and September 1922 respectively; the one on Goolwa raises numerous objections to Johnston's scheme. Three related contemporary newspaper cuttings one printing a lengthy letter from Simpson Newland are also present. The September 1928 ownership signature of E.H. Bakewell is written in pencil on the recto of the front flyleaf. Bakewell was managing director of the South Australian Reinforced Concrete Company which makes sense in this context. R.E.E. Rogers, Government Printer hardcover
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CURRIE Roger PALMER David and John RAMSEY
Centenary of a Railway Town. Peterborough 1976
Adelaide: Australian Railway Historical Society 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Australian Railway Historical Society 1977. Quarto; colour pictorial wrappers very slightly rubbed; an excellent copy. Australian Railway Historical Society paperback
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DETHIER Jean editor
Chateaux Bordeaux. Wine Architecture and Civilization
London: Mitchell Beazley 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London Mitchell Beazley 1989. Quarto; cloth a little bumped at the extremities; a very good copy with the dustwrapper a little rubbed and bumped. With the ownership stamp of Peter Rymill. Mitchell Beazley hardcover
Bookseller reference : 82334
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REA Lilian
The Life and Times of Marie Madeleine Countess of La Fayette
London: Methuen 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Methuen 1908. Octavo xii 336 40 catalogue pages plus 20 plates. Cloth a little flecked; corners slightly bumped; rear flyleaf slightly creased; a very good copy. With the armorial bookplate of Sir Richard Chaffey Baker 1841-1911 barrister pastoralist and politician; and the ownership signature of his son John Baker dated 1909. Methuen hardcover
Bookseller reference : 60553
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Australian Lutheranism. SCHNEIDERS Dr C.
Beleuchtung der Broschuere. 'Bei den Deutschen Lutheranern in Australien'
Tanunda: German Lutheran Church in Australia. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tanunda German Lutheran Church in Australia n.d. Octavo 48 pages. Card covers a little marked; an excellent copy. Text wholly in German. German Lutheran Church in Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : 55645
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Maya Sculpture
Guide to the Maudslay Collection of Maya Sculptures Casts and Originals from Central America
London: British Museum 1938. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London British Museum 1938 second edition. Octavo; flush-cut quarter papered boards; extremities slightly rubbed and bumped one corner slightly curling; a very good copy. With a Christmas gift inscription and small illustration dated London 1950 to the sculptor John Dowie. British Museum hardcover
Bookseller reference : 82372
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DREW GJ. and JE. CONNELL G. J. J. E.
Cornish Beam Engines in South Australian Mines
Adelaide: Department of Mines and Energy/ Kitchener Press 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Department of Mines and Energy/ Kitchener Press 1993. Quarto 192 pages. Laminated pictorial papered boards lightly rubbed; an excellent copy. Department of Mines and Energy Special Publication Number 9. Department of Mines and Energy/ Kitchener Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 82456
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South Australian Land Company
Proposal to His Majesty's Government for Founding a Colony on the Southern Coast of Australia
Adelaide: Public Library of South Australia 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Public Library of South Australia 1964 facsimile edition/ 1831. Octavo xi 40 pages. Maroon cloth slightly rubbed with slight surface wear to the extremities; a trifling bump to the top edge; endpapers offset as ever; still an excellent copy. Appendix includes a report of a voyage from Sydney to Kangaroo Island and of observations made during a stay of seven months on and near the island by Captain Sutherland. Peade SA10: one of only 134 copies. Public Library of South Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 81987
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TEICHELMANN CG. and CW. SCHURMANN C. G. C. W.
Outlines of a Grammar Vocabulary and Phraseology of the Aboriginal Language of South Australia spoken by the Natives in and for some distance around Adelaide
Adelaide: 'Published by the Authors at the native location' and printed by Robert Thomas and Co. Hindley Street Adelaide 1840. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide 'Published by the Authors at the native location' and printed by Robert Thomas and Co. Hindley Street Adelaide 1840. Octavo vi fourth and fifth pages blank sixth page errata iv-viii ii sectional half-title verso blank 24 ii sectional half-title verso blank 76 pages. Nineteenth century plain blue wrappers identical to the material used for the original plain wrappers; title page very lightly foxed and dusty; a few minor corner creases; small inkspot to one page; an excellent copy. A rare and important early Adelaide publication and among the earliest and extensive works of its kind; the vocabulary and phraseology run to 76 pages. Ferguson 3102 with slight variations to the preliminary pagination but definitely in error in omitting the 26 pages of grammar. 'Published by the Authors at the native location' [and printed by Robert Thomas and Co., Hindley Street, Adelaide] paperback
Bookseller reference : 81903
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Marschall Family History
Marshalling the Marschalls. Commemorating 140 Years in Australia 1854-1994
Evanstone: Marschall Reunion Committee 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Evanstone Marschall Reunion Committee 1994 first edition. Quarto 224 pages with numerous illustrations. Gilt-pictorial synthetic cloth; a fine copy. Foreword by P.A. Scherer. Marschall Reunion Committee hardcover
Bookseller reference : 81357
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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. By the Rev. George Taplin Missionary to the Aborigines Point Macleay South Australia
Adelaide: 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 x 113 mm. Flush-cut black cloth with a large printed paper titling-label on the front cover; some loss to the bottom half of the label confined mainly to the margins but with the loss of one word and a few letters of others in the bottom right-hand corner; a long split to the front outer hinge expertly closed; minimal loss to the head and foot of the spine; top and bottom edges of the rear cover a little rubbed and very slightly worn; 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. Loosely inserted is a lengthy cutting from the Register 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
Bookseller reference : 81902
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PARKHOUSE Thomas Anstey editor
Reprints and Papers relating to the Autochthones of Australia
Woodville: The Editor 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Woodville The Editor 1923 and 1935. Octavo two volumes viii 176 and iii-vi 47 pages. Brown cloth with the title in gilt along the spine; head of one spine a little bumped with one corner lightly worn; cloth very lightly rubbed at the extremities and very slightly flecked and rubbed; marbled endpapers of the first volume a little mottled on the plain inside surface of the flyleaves; an excellent set with the ownership signature and stamp of E. Angas Johnson see our footnote. The articles are by John Stephens William Wyatt William Williams C.G. Teichelmann and C.W. Schuermann and M. Moorhouse. Both volumes were hand-set and printed by Thomas Parkhouse who died before the completion of the second volume - his daughter Mary finished printing the page he was working on. Norman Tindale in his preface to the second volume states that 100 copies of the first volume were produced but we have sold a copy containing a 1934 letter to the amateur anthropologist Harold Sheard from Parkhouse wherein he claims to have printed 80 copies. Either way sets are scarce. Edward Angas Johnson 1873-1951 was an Adelaide medical practitioner prominent in public health circles; his grandmother was a daughter of George Fife Angas. 'His hobby was collecting curios and historical relics especially those relating to South Australian history. This remarkable collection and his library were distributed to public institutions before his death' Australian Dictionary of Biography. Johnson has added to or inserted in these volumes a quantity of relevant ephemera. Mounted in the volumes are printed portraits of Teichelmann and Schuermann a newspaper cutting about the production of the first volume with additional personal comments by Johnson and an original photograph of Teichelmann with a lengthy account by Johnson of how he came to have it. Loosely inserted are nine contemporary newspaper or magazine cuttings and two unrelated items. The Editor hardcover
Bookseller reference : 81890
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PAGE Michael
Fitted for the Voyage. The Adelaide Steamship Company Limited 1875-1975
Adelaide: Rigby 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Adelaide Rigby 1975. Quarto xii 339 pages with numerous plates plus endpaper maps. Papered boards; extremities slightly sunned; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper lightly browned and very slightly marked. Rigby hardcover
Bookseller reference : 82165
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ROBINSON Nancy
Reluctant Harbour. The Romance of Pirie
Jamestown: Nadjuri 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Jamestown Nadjuri 1976. Quarto 327 pages with 9 maps and numerous plates and drawings plus endpaper maps. Laminated colour pictorial papered boards; ownership signature; an excellent copy. Nadjuri hardcover
Bookseller reference : 82169
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Machinery
Instruction Book for Strippers
Mannum: David Shearer Limited 1932. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Mannum David Shearer Limited 1932. Octavo; lettered card wrappers; a fine copy. David Shearer Limited paperback
Bookseller reference : 82240
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Hindmarsh Congregational Church. SHARPLES Reuben and JE. and FW. MITTON J. E. F. W.
Three Quarters of a Century Continuous History of the Hindmarsh Congregational Church 1838-1913
Adelaide: Sharples Brothers 1913. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Sharples Brothers 1913. Oblong duodecimo 20 pages with 10 illustrations. Overlapping pictorial red card covers with pink cotton binding; covers very slightly rubbed and a little creased with a corresponding light crease to the first leaf; an excellent copy. Sharples Brothers paperback
Bookseller reference : 82236
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WALKER Jenny editor
South Australia's Heritage
Netley: Department of Environment and Planning 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Netley Department of Environment and Planning 1986 first edition. Quarto x 227 pages with over 250 maps and plates several in colour. Synthetic cloth; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Cultural heritage; 'the complete Register of State Heritage Items to date a list of over 700 places' is published here for the first time. Department of Environment and Planning hardcover
Bookseller reference : 69842
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BRAY John
Seventy Seven. Poems
Adelaide: Wakefield Press 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Wakefield Press 1990. Octavo x 70 pages. Pictorial card covers; an excellent copy. Signed and dated 25 September 1990 by the author. Wakefield Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 81808
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KIDD Ian
Design
Adelaide: Ian Kidd Design 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/Fine. Adelaide Ian Kidd Design 1992. Square octavo; card covers; a fine copy with the lightly scuffed card dustwrapper. Inscribed dated 1992 and signed by the author. The company has produced designs for many iconic SA companies. Ian Kidd Design paperback
Bookseller reference : 81378
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NICHOLLS Stan
HMAS Shropshire
Adelaide: Naval Historical Society of Australia 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Adelaide Naval Historical Society of Australia 1989. Quarto xx 315 pages with numerous maps and plates. Colour pictorial laminated papered boards a little bumped; ownership signature; a very good copy with the very slightly creased dustwrapper. Number 935 of 1000 copies this copy is signed by the author. A presentation inscription commemorates the recipient's 'Roly' 88th birthday and goes on to remark that the author was one of Roly's 'many friends'. Naval Historical Society of Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 81839
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Australian Lutheranism. HEBART Th
The United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia UELCA. Its History Activities and Characteristics 1838-1938. English version edited by Johs. J. Stolz President-General
North Adelaide: Lutheran Book Depot 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. North Adelaide Lutheran Book Depot 1938. Octavo 336 pages with a map plus 32 pages of plates and maps and a large folding chart. Cloth; two tiny nicks to the foot of the spine; ownership stamp; an excellent copy. An abridged version of the German-language edition published earlier the same year; the material not included in the translation tends to be documentary evidence. Lutheran Book Depot hardcover
Bookseller reference : 81915
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Kangaroo Island. South Australian Land Company
Proposal to His Majesty's Government for Founding a Colony on the Southern Coast of Australia
Adelaide: Public Library of South Australia 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Public Library of South Australia 1962 facsimile edition/ 1831. Octavo xi 40 pages. Papered boards slightly bumped at the head and foot of the spine; endpapers lightly offset; an excellent copy. Appendix includes a report of a voyage from Sydney to Kangaroo Island and of observations made during a stay of seven months on and near the island by Captain Sutherland. Peade SA10: one of only 134 copies. Public Library of South Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80222
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TILNEY Charlotte
The Wilmots. A South Australian Story by Effie Stanley
London: Elliot Stock 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Elliot Stock 1877. Octavo iv 187 pages. Original black-decorated cloth a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities; inner hinges expertly reinforced; endpapers and title page a little offset and foxed; ownership signature on the title page; trifling signs of use; a very good copy. An 'evangelical novel . which gives a most favourable impression of Adelaide as a pleasant place in which to live. One need not linger over the religious and psychological crudities in the novel - cards liquor dancing the theatre all are condemned in the customary dogmatic but dramatically unconvincing manner' Depasquale: A Critical History of South Australian Literature 1836-1930. Elliot Stock hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80794
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ANGAS John Howard. BURGESS HT. H. T.
John Howard Angas. Pioneer Pastoralist Politician and Philanthropist
Adelaide: Vardon and Pritchard 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Vardon and Pritchard 1905. Octavo vi 309 pages plus 14 plates. Gilt-decorated purple cloth a little flecked and mottled especially at the rear; spine and a small section of the front cover sunned; endpapers very slightly rubbed; recto of the frontispiece slightly marked and foxed; corner crease to one plate with a few marginal fingermarks; a very good copy uncut and unopened from page 141. Vardon and Pritchard hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80079
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SUTHERLAND George
The South Australian Company. A Study in Colonisation
London: Longmans Green 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Longmans Green 1898 'new impression' on the title page. Octavo viii 238 pages with 5 illustrations plus 4 plates. Black-decorated brown cloth lightly rubbed at the extremities and slightly scuffed and marked; bottom corners lightly bumped; scattered light foxing; several top corner creases; an excellent copy uncut and unopened beyond page 136. Inscribed on the half title to 'G. Bagley White With Author's Compliments August 6 1900'. Ferguson 16459 not recording this new impression. Longmans, Green hardcover
Bookseller reference : 80027
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