‎Australia‎

‎HARRISON Robert‎

‎Colonial Sketches: or Five Years in South Australia with Hints to Capitalists and Emigrants‎

‎London: Hall Virtue 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Hall Virtue 1862. Octavo viii 167 pages. Original blind-stamped brown cloth lightly marked and a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities with slight wear to the corners; expert restoration to minor wear to the head and foot of the spine; trifling surface damage to the gutter of the rear endpaper; an excellent copy. 'I was offered some time before leaving South Australia strong inducements to write a history of that virtuous territory which should be palatable to certain classes of a small community; but as I had no high opinion of either the colony or the principles on which it was founded or its subsequent career I could not be the partisan at any price of a locality which I could not conscientiously recommend as a suitable field of emigration for any class of my fellow-country-men.' Nothing is sacred; it is perhaps hardly surprising to learn that 'every copy available was purchased and destroyed by the Angas family' Ferguson 10265 citing the Petherick copy in the National Library copy. Hall, Virtue hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 80756

‎CAPPER Henry‎

‎Capper's South Australia. Containing the History of the Rise Progress and Present State of the Colony Hints to Emigrants and Useful and Authentic Information‎

‎London: The Author 1839. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London The Author 1839 third edition considerably enlarged/ 1837. Octavo iv 243 16 advertisements pages plus 3 folding maps 'District of Adelaide' with an inset 'Sketch of Encounter Bay' 310 x 312 mm; 'Maritime Portion of South Australia' 240 x 425 mm and 'The City of Adelaide' 162 x 198 mm a folding leaf of shipping statistics and a folding advertising slip with an engraved illustration. Original blind-stamped purple cloth slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities with minimal expert restoration to the head of both hinges; spine sunned to brown; first map lightly foxed; an excellent copy internally fine. With the armorial bookplate of the Marquess of Downshire most probably Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill 4th Marquess of Downshire 1812-1868. The preferred edition being more than twice as large as its predecessors of 1837 and 1838. Ferguson 2725. The Author hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 80070

‎NEWLAND Simpson‎

‎The Far North Country. Reprinted from the 'South Australian Advertiser' cover sub-title‎

‎Adelaide: Burden & Bonython 'Advertiser' Office 1887. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Burden & Bonython 'Advertiser' Office 1887. Octavo 39 pages. Original printed wrappers slightly marked and very lightly chipped; an excellent copy with the early ink ownership signature of Sidney Plint at the head of the front cover. A journey by coach from the end of the railway line from Adelaide to Alice Springs with the object of 'throwing some light upon a subject nearly affecting the welfare and advancement of South Australia'. Newland is blunt about the 'very unsatisfactory' black-white relations; there 'is too much namby-pambyism about the way we deal with the whole subject'. Ferguson 13317 noting only red cloth boards. Burden & Bonython, 'Advertiser' Office paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 80174

‎GILL Thomas‎

‎A Brief Sketch of the Coinage and Paper Currency of South Australia. With Facsimile Illustrations of the First Currency Notes and other interesting Documents including Reprints of the Historic 'Bullion' and 'Gold Token' Acts of 1852. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch‎

‎Adelaide: Vardon & Sons Printers for the RGSSA 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Vardon & Sons Printers for the RGSSA 1912. Octavo viii 101 pages plus 22 plates one folding 2 folding facsimile documents 8 and 4 pages respectively a folding map and a tipped-in errata slip. Original half black leather and dark green cloth; leather a little rubbed at the extremities cloth slightly flecked and scuffed; endpapers a little discoloured at the corners by the leather turn-ins; minor silverfish nibbling to the rear endpaper; an excellent copy inscribed at the head of the title page by the author to E.W. Hawker East Bungaree. Loosely inserted is the illustrated front panel of a mailing cover wrapped around a periodical when posted for example from George Collingridge's Jave-la-Grande Library addressed to Gill; the two NSW centenary penny stamps on it are postmarked 1893. Vardon & Sons, Printers [for the RGSSA] hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 80014

‎GORDON DJ. D. J.‎

‎The Gateway of the Interior. How to utilize Australia's Great Waterways‎

‎Adelaide: W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers 1902. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers 1902. Large octavo 16 pages plus 2 folding maps and advertisements on three panels of the wrappers. Original salmon-pink wrappers with the title page details repeated within a border on the front cover; wrappers slightly chipped at the rear and creased with minor wear to the foot of the spine; first and last pages uniformly discoloured; an excellent copy. Reprinted from 'The Register' 'The Adelaide Observer' and 'The Evening Journal'. W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 80333

‎KNIGHT JG. editor J. G.‎

‎The Northern Territory of South Australia‎

‎Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. Octavo 55 pages. Original flush-cut quarter cloth and card covers with the title page details repeated on the front cover; cloth a little flecked and slightly sunned and rubbed; card a little marked and mottled with a small corner crease and minimal silverfish nibbling to the rear cover; small sections of the front pastedown pulled away from the cover by the stitching but the binding is still tightly attached; trifling silverfish nibbling to the tip of the bottom corner of a handful of leaves; overall an excellent copy. At the time of publication the author was Chief Warden of the Goldfields of the Northern Territory. 'This pamphlet is published by permission of the Government of South Australia; but it is only proper to state that the recommendations herein made especially with reference to the formation of a railway have not yet been considered by the Ministry and must therefore be only regarded as the individual views of the author. A portion of the matter in the following pages was compiled by me' for Harcus's 'South Australia' published in 1876; it 'incorporated some useful papers written by residents there'. That book also contained an important chapter on Central Australia incorporated here with additional material. To quote Harcus: 'the following interesting and well-written account of Central Australia along the line of telegraph has appeared in the "Register". The writer Mr J.A. Giles is well acquainted with the whole of the country which he describes. It is the best and most trust-worthy account of Central Australia which has yet been published'. Knight remarks that it 'affords an excellent insight into the vast tract of country'. The article takes up most of the 17-page chapter; it refers on occasion and thus eliminates any misattribution to Alfred Giles the explorer with strong telegraph line credentials. It is augmented with a page of quotations from Charles Winnecke's 1879 Herbert River expedition reports. Ferguson 11231 pretty light on detail even to the extent of not recording the binding. E. Spiller, Government Printer paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 80145

‎TALBOT HC. H. C.‎

‎The Early History of the South-East of South Australia‎

‎Adelaide: J.L. Bonython and Co. Printers 1921. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide J.L. Bonython and Co. Printers 1921. Octavo pages 107-135 drop-title plus 2 plates a folding map and an errata list printed inside the front cover. Original brown wrappers with the front one set as a title page; trifling edge blemishes to three leaves where carelessly opened; essentially a fine copy. Printed on the front cover is 'Reprinted from the Proceedings - Session 1919-20 Vol. XXI' of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia South Australian Branch. J.L. Bonython and Co., Printers paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 19182

‎HAY Mrs Agnes Grant‎

‎Footprints. A Memoir of the late Alexander Hay one of the fathers and early colonists of South Australia by his widow‎

‎London: Elliot Stock 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Elliot Stock 1899. Octavo xvi 132 pages plus 14 plates. Half contrasting blue and cream cloth top edge gilt others uncut; cloth a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities and a little bubbled and slightly marked on the front and rear covers; spine a little sunned; new endpapers; a very good copy. Alexander Hay 1820-1898 merchant pastoralist and politician arrived in the colony in 1839. 'The book contains interesting reminiscences of South Australia in early pioneering days also of Hay's political career' Ferguson 10306 not noting the plates but mentioning an errata slip no longer present in this copy. Elliot Stock hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 80007

‎GARRAN Andrew‎

‎The Royal South Australian Almanack and General Directory for 1854‎

‎Adelaide: printed and published at the 'Register' and 'Observer' Office 1854. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide printed and published at the 'Register' and 'Observer' Office 1854. Duodecimo xii 244 42 Directory 36 advertisements pages with the hand-coloured plate featuring nine 'Signals used at the West Terrace Flagstaff'. Flush-cut quarter cloth and printed card covers repeating the title page details on the front with advertisements on the rear; covers rubbed marked and lightly tidemarked with some simple arithmetic on the front cover and front flyleaf; extremities of the covers lightly worn; minimal expert restoration to the foot of the front hinge; title written in ink on the spine; minor signs of use and age; essentially a very good copy with the contemporary ownership details of Joseph Grivell 1854 on the flyleaf and indistinctly on the front cover. His name does not appear in the directory suggesting he lived outside Adelaide see below. In the preface dated 10 January 1854 the compiler apologises for the lateness of the appearance of the almanack the delay being 'occasioned by the extreme difficulty in obtaining compositors' - presumably all off to the diggings. He also apologises for the 'total omission of the Country Directory' for various reasons so the 42-page directory covers only Adelaide and suburbs. Most of the balance of the book is given over to the usual statistics regulations and lists of assorted office-bearers. However the farmers' and gardeners' calendar runs to 18 pages and there is a lengthy and important contribution by E.W. Andrews: 'Navigation of the Murray. Being extracts from a journal kept on board the "Lady Augusta" during Captain Cadell's exploratory voyage from the Goolwa to Ganawarra' 51 pages. Fellow-passengers James Allen and Arthur Kinloch published their independent accounts of this pioneering trip in book form in late 1853. In any event Andrews' account was reasonably hot off the press; his last journal entry was dated 15 October 1853 less than three months before this almanack delayed in publication appeared. Ferguson 9829f. printed and published at the 'Register' and 'Observer' Office paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 80666

‎GORDON David J.‎

‎Conquering the Desert. Conservation - Reclamation - Irrigation. A National Policy for Progressive People‎

‎Adelaide: W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers 1907. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers 1907. Large octavo 37 pages plus advertising on the wrappers. Light green wrappers with the title page repeated within a border on the front cover; small light tidemark to the foot of the front cover and the first few leaves; a small rust-coloured stain affects the first half of the pamphlet maximum size 20 x 15 mm on the front cover gradually disappearing by the middle of the item; tiny top corner piece missing; light crease down the middle throughout where once folded; minor silverfish damage to the bottom margin of one leaf; a very good copy. Reprinted from 'The Register' 'The Adelaide Observer' and 'The Evening Journal'. 'With the Compliments of the Commissioner of Crown Lands of the State of South Australia' is printed at the head of the front cover. W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 80332

‎South Australia. McLAREN David‎

‎South Australia in 1842. By One who lived there nearly Four Years. Illustrated by Drawings‎

‎London: J.C. Hailes and S. Gilbert 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London J.C. Hailes and S. Gilbert 1843. Octavo 32 pages plus a small folding map 205 � 156 mm an engraving of Adelaide and 2 full-page lithographs: 'Farm of J. Barton Hack . Echiunga sic Springs Mount Barker' and two portraits on the one plate of Kertamaroo King John and Mogata his wife. Later half calf and cloth retaining the original pale yellow front wrapper lettered 'South Australia in 1842' and with numerous binder's blanks at the rear to make a more substantial object; covers slightly rubbed at the extremities and high spots; wrapper lightly stained and creased with the leading edge neatly reinforced presumably when the binding was done; first and last leaves lightly foxed with the last one lightly marked; trifling signs of handling; a very good copy. This copy contains the armorial bookplate of Henry Percival Moore and his pencilled ownership initials on an early binder's blank. Moore was the Colonial Manager for the South Australian Company from 1901 to 1929. Interestingly the lithographs are by George French Angas from the artwork of others 'a sketch by Col. Gawler' in the first instance and from drawings 'Model'd from life by Mrs Walker - cropped to Walk' in the second. There are some extracts from official reports and various statistics up to August 1842 but the book is comprised predominantly of first-hand accounts often in the form of lengthy quotes from letters from settlers. The passage of time puts things into perspective. There is a PS to Alexander Lorimer's letter: 'I have neglected to mention that vineyards are forming by many of the settlers'. The closely-printed two pages on Aborigines concludes with this paragraph: 'It is hoped that a conviction of the deep responsibility which we have incurred toward the aboriginal inhabitants of that beautiful country of which we have taken possession will render the minuteness of the preceding information not unacceptable'. Ferguson 3721 not mentioning Angas nor identifying the author. Susan Woodburn has recently alerted us to a paragraph in the 'Adelaide Observer' of 1 July 1843: 'The "South Australian News" of January last announces the publication of a pamphlet to be entitled "South Australia in 1842" not by "One who is going" but by "One who lived there four years". We understand it will contain a full true and particular account of the Colony and be embellished with views of Adelaide Mr Hack's Farm and the portraits of two natives King John and his wife. We suspect our friend David McLaren to be the author of the pamphlet'. David McLaren 1785-1850 arrived at Kingscote Kangaroo Island in April 1837 as the second colonial manager of the South Australian Company. He left Adelaide on his return to London in January 1841 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. J.C. Hailes and S. Gilbert hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 80073

‎ROBERTSON JG. J. G.‎

‎Lessing's Dramatic Theory. Being an Introduction to and Commentary on his Hamburgische Dramaturgie‎

‎Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1939. Small quarto; cloth a little bumped and unevenly sunned; top edge foxed; a few tiny fox marks to early leaves a few rear leaves slightly creased at the corners; a very good copy with the unevenly sunned and marked dustwrapper a little chipped and torn with slight loss. With the ownership signature dated 1948 of Professor David Galliver Professor of Music at the University of Adelaide 1964-82. Cambridge University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 80699

‎CAPPER Henry‎

‎South Australia. Containing Hints to Emigrants; Proceedings of the South Australian Company; a Variety of Useful and Authentic Information‎

‎London: Robert Tyas 1838. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Robert Tyas 1838 second edition 'considerably augmented'/ 1837. Octavo vi 118 pages plus a folding leaf of shipping statistics and a folding frontispiece 147 x 268 mm containing on it a map of Australia with South Australia marked out a map of the eastern coast of Gulf St Vincent and a plan of Adelaide. Original cloth slightly mottled and a little silverfish-nibbled; spine renewed with most of the original spine retained; frontispiece a little foxed; an excellent copy. With the ownership signature of Robert Kyffin Thomas 1902 on the front flyleaf. Sir Robert Kyffin Thomas 1851-1910 the grandson of Robert Thomas who arrived on the 'Africaine' at Holdfast Bay in 1836 with a printing press was himself an influential newspaperman in the state. Ferguson 2452 our copy does not have the four pages of 'book advertisements' clearly never present. Robert Tyas hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 80160

‎HUSSEY H.‎

‎The Australian Colonies. Together with Notes of a Voyage from Australia to Panama in the 'Golden Age' Descriptions of Tahiti and other Islands in the Pacific and a Tour through some of the States of America in 1854‎

‎London: Blackburn and Burt and Adelaide E.S. Wigg 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Blackburn and Burt and Adelaide E.S. Wigg 1855. Duodecimo vi 174 pages. Original blind-stamped textured brown cloth very lightly marked and slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities with minimal wear to the corners and the the head and foot of the rear hinge; three tiny nail-point holes to the cloth on the front cover; new sympathetic endpapers; an excellent copy. Henry Hussey 1825-1903 arrived in South Australia in 1839 so he was barely 30 when this book was published. The 22 of 36 pages on the Australian colonies devoted to his home state are based on personal experience. Ferguson 10702: 'The title adequately describes the other stages of his journey. American conditions in several states are noticed'. Blackburn and Burt, and Adelaide, E.S. Wigg hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 80715

‎German Australian Literature‎

‎Adelaider Blaetter fur Ernst und Scherz. Belletristische Beilage zur Sud-Australischen Zeitung. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Eggers und Georg Eimer Volume 12 parts 1 and 2 and Volume 13 part 2‎

‎Adelaide: Sud-Australische Zeitung 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Sud-Australische Zeitung 1870 and 1871. Large octavo two volumes ii 620 526 and ii 638 pages. Contemporary half roan and marbled papered boards rubbed at the extremities and on the covers with some wear to the corners; scattered foxing and mild signs of use and age; essentially a very good copy first volume: contemporary half calf and cloth; leather rubbed at the extremities with slight wear to the corners; cloth a little marked with trifling blemishes at the rear; replacement endpapers; an excellent copy second volume. These are bound volumes of weekly issues of the literary supplement to the long-running Adelaide German-language newspaper 'Sud-Australische Zeitung'. Offered here is the complete run of the 52 weekly issues of the twelfth year 1870 and issues 27-52 of the thirteenth year 4 July to 26 December 1871. The indexes show that the contents are mainly short novels by German authors. Sud-Australische Zeitung hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 21741

‎BLACKET Reverend John‎

‎History of South Australia. A Romantic and Successful Experiment in Colonisation‎

‎Adelaide: Hussey and Gillingham 1911. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Hussey and Gillingham 1911 'second edition - revised enlarged and continued to a later period'/ 1907. Octavo xxiv 480 pages with 39 plates and a map. Gilt-decorated black cloth a little flecked; spine slightly creased with a trifling snag to the head; endpapers a little offset rear flyleaf very slightly silverfish-nibbled both inner hinges slightly pulled but unbroken and firm; an excellent copy. A review copy marked as such on the flyleaf by the author with an autograph letter signed by him loosely inserted. The letter 2 pages small quarto on a pair of conjugate leaves from the Parsonage Brompton 30 December 1911 is to 'Dear Mr Editor'. Blacket explains that this is a 'larger & much better book' than the first edition and he itemises the new sections in particular the chapter on 'Legislatic Difficulties'. He also explains that he is selling the book too cheaply; 'when I sent out my prospectus twelve months ago I was not aware that the Book would consist of so many pages and having advertised it at 5/- I cannot increase the price now as faith must be kept with the public'. The letter has been folded for posting and has a few other minor creases. The editor is none other than Sir William Sowden whose signature dated 1911 appears in ink at the head of the title page; his notes are pencilled on the rear flyleaf. Hussey and Gillingham hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 61052

‎SANSOM PM Bro. Philip‎

‎History of the First Fifty Years of the South Australian Lodge of Friendship from 1834 to 1884. Written expressly for and read at the Jubilee Meeting on October 22 1884‎

‎Adelaide: Lodge of Friendship 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Lodge of Friendship 1886. Octavo iv 88 pages. Cloth a little flecked slightly marked and a little rubbed at the extremities with slight wear to the corners and the ends of the spine which is sunned and carries the faint residue of the title written in white ink along it; front flyleaf creased and slightly chipped; a very good copy. Inscribed 'With fraternal compliments' and signed by the author with the later ownership signature of Will Sowden. Ferguson 15449. Lodge of Friendship hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 80112

‎WHITE Captain SA. S. A.‎

‎The Cruise of the Avocet. In Search of Skuas and other things. Reprinted from 'The Register'‎

‎Adelaide: W.K. Thomas and Co. Printers 1916. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide W.K. Thomas and Co. Printers 1916. Sextodecimo 68 pages plus 16 full-page plates. Original printed wrappers reprinting the title page details in full very slightly rubbed at the extremities; first and last pages lightly discoloured by the wrappers; last leaf and rear wrapper pulled away from the staples but still firm; an excellent copy. McLaren 16761: 'Visit to the islands at the entrance to the St Vincent and Spencer's Gulfs in January 1916' on board the Rymills' motor yacht. W.K. Thomas and Co., Printers paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 80043

‎BENNETT James F.‎

‎Historical and Descriptive Account of South Australia founded on the Experience of a Three Years' Residence in that Colony‎

‎London: Smith Elder & Co 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Smith Elder & Co. 1843. Duodecimo 152 pages. Early half calf and cloth a little rubbed at the extremities; endpapers discoloured at the edges by the leather and a little offset; all edges uncut with upwards of a centimetre variation in the height and width of the leaves; some edges dusty with one leading edge lightly chipped; trifling signs of use; a very good copy. The author lived in South Australia from March 1839 to March 1842; chapters include 'Sketch of Adelaide and Surrounding Villages - Colonial Life and Manners' 'The Native Inhabitants' and 'Information for Emigrants' plus an appendix bringing the information up to date to the end of 1842. This copy contains the ownership signature of Robert Kyffin Thomas 1902 on the front flyleaf. Sir Robert Kyffin Thomas 1851-1910 the grandson of Robert Thomas who arrived on the 'Africaine' at Holdfast Bay in 1836 with a printing press was himself an influential newspaperman in the state. Ferguson 3566. Smith, Elder & Co hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 80637

‎MORPHETT George Cooper‎

‎The Life and Letters of Sir John Morphett. Compiled by his Grandson‎

‎Adelaide: Hassell Press for the Author 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Adelaide Hassell Press for the Author 1936. Octavo xii 167 pages plus 24 plates. Cloth lightly sunned on the spine; essentially a fine copy without a dustwrapper as issued. Number 73 of only 100 copies numbered and signed by the author. The original prospectus one page octavo is mounted on the front pastedown of this copy; the price in 1936 was one guinea. This copy is also inscribed and signed to 'Major M.V. sic Newland with kind regards' Victor Marra Newland the third son of Simpson Newland. Loosely inserted is a SA House of Assembly how to vote card featuring Newland who represented North Adelaide for the Liberal and Country League from 1933 to 1938. Sir John Morphett 1809-1892 landowner and politician: by 1835 he was one of the most enthusiastic and energetic supporters of the new province of South Australia and he arrived on the 'Cygnet' in September 1836. He was one of the discoverers of the Torrens and at 'the crucial meeting on 10 February 1837 Morphett's votes were decisive in confirming the site of Adelaide . He threw his weight behind every good cause . and his political career was long and distinguished' Australian Dictionary of Biography. Hassell Press [for the Author] hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 27171

‎SPENCE Catherine Helen‎

‎State Children in Australia. A History of Boarding Out and its Developments‎

‎Adelaide: printed by Vardon and Sons for the State Children's Council 1907. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide printed by Vardon and Sons for the State Children's Council 1907. Octavo ii 148 pages plus 6 plates. Decorated wrappers a little rubbed creased and sunned; two pinholes in the front cover and the adjacent frontispiece; an excellent copy. 'This book is a labour of love. It was written by Miss Spence as a recognition of the services to the children of the State rendered by her friend Miss C.E. Clark. The two ladies have been friends for fifty years and were associated in the beginning of the Boarding Out of State Children in South Australia. Miss Spence wrote the book and the Council and other friends have subscribed to print and publish it . It is sent forth to assist any fellow-workers among children to whom its pages may bring encouragement stimulus or information.' This copy comes from the collection of W.J. Sowden with his ownership signature and shelving details in pencil inside. Sir William Sowden 1858-1943 was a journalist and the influential editor of the 'South Australian Register' from 1899 to 1922. The front cover is inscribed in ink by James Gray the secretary of the State Children's Council: 'The "Register" with Compliments from the Author. To be offered at this Dept . 1/3 paper 2/- cloth'. printed by Vardon and Sons [for the State Children's Council] paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 80054

‎WHITE Captain SA. S. A.‎

‎The Life of Samuel White Soldier Naturalist Sailor. By his Son‎

‎Adelaide: W.K. Thomas and Co. Printers 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide W.K. Thomas and Co. Printers 1920. Octavo iv 116 pages with 5 illustrations plus 11 full-page plates including 4 colour plates. Cloth sunned on the spine and unevenly on the front cover with minor silverfish damage; short split to the head of the front hinge; a very good copy internally fine. A biographical sketch of the South Australian pioneer and early field naturalist who died in 1880 at the age of 45. This account 'based upon a few remaining letters notes of his early life and notes compiled during the last twelve months he lived added to by personal memories of the writer and those of his father's brother who still survives' is largely an account of Samuel White's ornithological expeditions to north Queensland and the Aru Islands the easternmost island group of the Moluccas in the Arafura Sea. McLaren 16754. W.K. Thomas and Co., Printers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 80615

‎GILES Ernest‎

‎Diary of Explorations of Mr Ernest Giles in Central Australia 1872‎

‎Adelaide: Sullivan's Cove 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Adelaide Sullivan's Cove 1986. Octavo 117 pages. Cloth; a fine copy without a dustwrapper as issued. One of only 160 numbered copies. A new edition of the rare 1875 first printings South Australian Parliamentary Papers Number 215 of 1874 and Number 21 of 1875 here incorporating about fifty author's corrections. An account of Giles' first expedition from August to November 1872; although unsuccessful in his attempt 'to penetrate to the sources of the Murchison River' he named Palm Valley Glen of Palms Mt Olga and Lake Amadeus. Sullivan's Cove hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 60718

‎UNAIPON David‎

‎Native Legends‎

‎Adelaide: Hunkin Ellis & King Printers and Publishers 1929. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Hunkin Ellis & King Printers and Publishers 1929. Octavo i 15 pages with 3 photographic illustrations. Mauve pictorial wrappers lightly marked with the spine expertly strengthened from the inside and with archival thread replacing the rusty staples; an excellent copy. This is claimed - incorrectly - to be the first book by an Aboriginal Australian see Michael Richards: 'People Print and Paper. A Catalogue of a Travelling Exhibition celebrating the Books of Australia 1788-1988' National Library of Australia 1988 - item 48 with 1929 as the date of publication. Both ANB and Greenway are unclear confused and confusing on this point but a review copy with this date in Sir Will Sowden's hand has been sighted and that should settle it. Variant issues of this seminal work exist: there are two different cover illustrations - a portrait of the author as with this copy and a portrait of an Aboriginal woman and each appears on at least two variant colour wrappers. We have not been able to establish priority of publication of these two impressions but we can state that later reprints of both issues are paginated from the first page not the second. Hunkin, Ellis & King (Printers and Publishers) paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 80652

‎EDMUNDS William Herbert‎

‎Topographic Maps of South Australia cover title‎

‎Adelaide: The Compiler 1926. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Compiler 1926. Colour pictorial wrappers external dimensions 305 � 385 mm and 6 colour maps 295 � 375 mm printed rectos only. Wrappers slightly marked and creased but with expert restoration to some tears and small missing pieces and with the string binding renewed; short tears to the leading margin of four maps neatly closed; overall an excellent copy. The copy in the State Library of South Australia has a presentation inscription on the front cover 'by the author'. It also contains an introductory leaf of text which is worth quoting: 'These maps are to be issued in sets of six at short intervals. They will comprise all parts of the State and the remotest Districts will be included. The further the District is from the Capital the more minute will be the detail supplied. The maps are all made to join up with those adjacent so that a complete wall-map may be built up as the various sets are made available. The first set comprising the Adelaide Hills has a limited issue and those who wish to have complete wall-maps as well as the sets in Book-form are advised to secure special mounting copies without delay'. The maps identical in both copies inspected albeit in different order are Semaphore #1 Henley #4 Brighton #7 Millbrook #2 Uraidla #5 and Aldgate #8. No further maps were published. The Compiler] paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 79796