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Julian Evans
Transit of Venus
New York: Pantheon 1992. Light foxing to edges of rear flap. Nice unmarked copy; probably unread. "Travels in the Pacific". The author's journey through the western Pacific. First American Edition. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Pantheon Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008070
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Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall
The Hurricane
New York: Blue Ribbon Books 1936. Light edgewear faint crease to spine prev. owners signature and date at bottom of flyleaf. Chips and closed tears to edges of jacket title unaffected. Illustrated with numerous B&W photos from the Goldwyn film. Reprint. Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good. Blue Ribbon Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008072
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Murray Smith Stephen & Dare Anthony John
The Tech. A Centenary History of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Melbourne: Hyland House. 1987. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has some minir creasing to lower edge of front panel - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed by the authors. 495 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Hyland House hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB297895 ISBN : 0947062068 9780947062064
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Chancy Philip Lamothe Snell
Memoirs of Mrs. Poole and Mrs. Chauncy
Kilmore Victoria: Lowden Publishing Co. 1976. 12mo approx 12.7x18.7cm. Very Good condition. Several black & white plates. Sepia-toned photograph of author as frontispiece. Limited edition of 250 copies of which this is number 002. Signed by publisher. No 3. of the Limited editions Series. Includes Biographical Note Bibliography and Index. 73 pages . Limited Edition. Hardback. Lowden Publishing Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB293766 ISBN : 0909706492 9780909706494
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Hetherington John
Witness to Things Past Stone Brick Wood and Men in Early Victoria
Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire. 1964. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Sticker stain to the front of the dustjacket and small coffee stain to lower front. DJ spine and edges are age-darkened with some small tears to DJ corners. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 128 pages Brilliantly written series of chronicles which looks at the distinguished pioneer buildings in both rural Victoria and Melbourne. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. F.W. Cheshire hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB291439
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Nicolina La Contadina Edited by DA. Davies D. A.
Nicolina's Story: A Woman of the Land
Australia: BEAMAR Productions. 2002. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs & Maps. 135 pages The story of La Contadina Nicolina born in Italy in 1930 who migrated to Australia in about 1947 to a life of gruelling farmwork and an arranged marriage. Her story shows a woman who embodies the true essence of being mother daughter wife and friend. . 1st Edition. Softcover. BEA*MAR Productions paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB291568 ISBN : 1876677708 9781876677701
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Waverley Historical Society
Waverley Past and Present
Melbourne: Waverley Historical Society. 1988. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Inscribed by the President of the society Irene Marriott to the previos owner. 96 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Waverley Historical Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB291028 ISBN : 0959817956 9780959817959
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Edwards J. McG.
Candlelight on Broadway. A Journey to a Quieter World
Melbourne: Oakleigh and District Historical Society. 1988. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 80 pages . 1st Edition. Softcover. Oakleigh and District Historical Society paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB291044 ISBN : 0958794707 9780958794701
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Bognuda Joan & Moorhead Leslie M
Gateway to Port Phillip Bay.
Devon Meadows: Jolbo Studio. 1980. Oblong Octavo 25x19cm approx. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour and black and white drawings. 71 pages . Reprint. Hardback. Jolbo Studio hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB285109 ISBN : 0959486712 9780959486711
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Tipping Marjorie
Melbourne on the Yarra
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions. 1977. Oblong Small Quarto Size approx 30cm x 21cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Pastedowns are a little bubbled publication flaw with an abrasion to front pastedown. Slight yellowing to upper DJ edge with small chip to spine tail. Illustrated with over 100 sepia photographs. 95 pages Melbourne- its history and mores - is revealed through this collection of nineteenth century and contemporary photographs . 1st Edition. Hardback. Lansdowne Editions hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB283256 ISBN : 0701810084 9780701810085
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Sayers CE. Text and Darbyshire John Paintings C. E.
More Old Gold Towns of Victoria
Adelaide: Rigby. 1972. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour reproductions. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. Unpaginated . 1st Edition. Hardback. Rigby hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB194761 ISBN : 0851793916 9780851793917
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Grant James
Perspective of a Century: A volume for the Centenary of Trinity College Melbourne 1872-1972
Melbourne: Council of Trinity College. 1972. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. xvi202pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Council of Trinity College hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB14961 ISBN : 095997590X 9780959975901
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Harper JB. J. B.
What Matter I The Founding of a School
Melbourne: Ivanhoe Grammer School. 1964. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. VERY GOOD condition. No dustjacket. Spine sun faded. 130 pages Written to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Ivanhoe Grammer School in 1965 and its founder Sydney L. Buckley . Hardcover. Ivanhoe Grammer School hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB9874
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Parsons Ronald
WHERE THE MALLEE MEETS THE MURRAY A Centenary History of the Shire of Mildura
Mildura Vic: Mildura Shire Council. 1990. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Card covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 320 pages . 1st Edition. Softcover. Mildura Shire Council paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB266568 ISBN : 0731694953 9780731694952
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Butler Graeme
Buln Buln. A history of the Buln Buln Shire
Drouin Victoria: Shire of Buln Buln. 1979. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Near Fine in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Presentation plate to ffep. 794 pages The pages of this book are filled with stories of incidents which would make an exciting novel or film. Tales of ingenuity dedication sacrifice and conquest of unbelievable and insurmountable difficulties especially in the early days. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Shire of Buln Buln hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB263493 ISBN : 0959523103 9780959523102
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Kevin Francis Jeffrey
The Kevin Klan
Melbourne: Published by Author. 2001. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition. No dustjacket as issued. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Family tree at rear. 257 pages A personal and family history. The author was born in Forbes NSW served in the RAAF/RAF during World War II had a successful business career in Melbourne. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Published by Author hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB261044 ISBN : 0958019207 9780958019200
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Sunter Anne Beggs
Rich Vein Of Learning. The Origins Of The University Of Ballarat 1869-1993
Ballarat: University of Ballarat. 1994. Very Good condition. Gift card stuck to half-title page. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 199 pages . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. University of Ballarat paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB253055 ISBN : 0646220489 9780646220482
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Cranfield Louis R.
Epics from Victorian History
Ilfracombe Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd. 1969. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is lightly chipped at corners and spine ends with a few small closed tears to lower edge. 145 pages The spirit of the Australian pioneer is the keynote of this book. . 2nd Enlarged Edition. Hardback. Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB253317
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Kurtze WJ. W. J.
Poppa's Cricket Team of Cockatoo Valley. A factual and humorous tale of pioneer life on the land. Signed
Adelaide: Published by the Author. 1984. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 159 pages Growing up in the depression in a rural community near Portland Victoria. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. Published by the Author paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB220201 ISBN : 0959079505 9780959079500
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Blainey Geoffrey
Our Side of the Country
Sydney: Methuen Haynes. 1984. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light fading to DJ spine. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 250 pages Traces the history of Victoria from the time the Aborigines could walk across Bass Strait. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Methuen Haynes hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB91717 ISBN : 0454006551 9780454006551
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Solomon Geulah Dr.
Caulfield's Heritage Four Volume set
Melbourne Melbourne: City of Caulfield. 1989. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Four 4 volume set. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Vol 1 - Caulfield's Building Heritage; Vol 2 - Caulfield's Cultural Heritage; Vol 3 - Caulfield's Recreational Heritage; and Vol 4 - Caulfield's Recent Municipal Heritage. Missing the original slipcase and Vol 4 spine a touch faded. 116 147 118 & 181 pages . 1st thus. Softcover. City of Caulfield paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB225542 ISBN : 0959458573 9780959458572
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Lawrence Don
Victoria Golf Club 1903-1988
Sydney: Lester-Townsend Publishing. 1988. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 280 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Lester-Townsend Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB167062 ISBN : 0949853127 9780949853127
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Epstein June
A Golden String The Story of Dorothy J Ross
Collingwood Vic: Greenhouse Publications. 1981. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 106 pages Story of Australian educationalist Dorothy Ross. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Greenhouse Publications hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB206070 ISBN : 0909104379 9780909104375
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Lubbock Adelaide
People in Glass Houses
Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Aust Ltd. 1977. Octavo Size. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 196pages. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Thomas Nelson (Aust) Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB15540 ISBN : 0170051919 9780170051910
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Walker Murray
Making Do. Memories of Australia's Back Country People.
Ringwood: Penguin Books. 1982. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. 158 pages In his travels along some of Australia's great rivers he shared the recollections of people whose working lives are part of the country's largely unknown and unrecorded folk memory. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Penguin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB299171 ISBN : 0140062459 9780140062458
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Duncan Ken
SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIA. Spectacular panoramic views of Australia
NSW: Published by Author. 1995. Oblong Small Quarto Size approx 24cm x 17.5cm. Spine lightly sun-faded. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 83 pages A remarkable collection of photographs giving a wonderful insight into the heart and south of this great nation. . Reprint. Hardback. Published by Author hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB299165 ISBN : 0646102575 9780646102573
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Baker Sidney J.
My Own Destroyer. A Biography of Matthew Flinders Explorer and Navigator
Sydney: Currawong Publishing. 1962. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 146 pages According to the author the story of Matthew Flinders is probably one of the great stories of the world - not so much because of his towering achievements but of what happened to him thereafter. In this biography the author uses both biographical writing technique but also sets this in a framework of psycho-analysis which in the authors opinion reveals an inevitability of Flinders' tragic end. A very human look at this well known explorer. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Currawong Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB159961
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Herbert Xavier
Dream Road
Sydney: Collins. 1977. Quarto Size. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour plates and Black and White drawings by Ray Crooke with a Foreword by H.P.Hesseltine. 118 pages A journey into Xavier Herbert's country. It is the story of the flight by a group of Aborigines who have escaped from a compound where they were interned. This climatic chapter from 'Poor Fellow My Country' inspired the wonderful illustrations by Archibald Award winning Australian artist Ray Crook. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB298402 ISBN : 0002215934 9780002215930
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None Noted
Picture Book Selected Works from The Collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia
Adelaide: Art Gallery Board of South Australia. 1972. Quarto Size. Very Good in Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ has chip to upper front spine edge. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions and photographs. 144 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Art Gallery Board of South Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB288758 ISBN : 0859040003 9780859040006
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Dutton Geoffrey
The Innovators. The Sydney Alternatives in the Rise of Modern Art Literature and Ideas
Melbourne: Macmillan. 1986. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 266 pages This book traces some of the ideas and images which inspired Sydney artists writers and architects from the gestation period of the 1930s symbolised in the opening of the Harbour Bridge to the creative ferment of the late 1960s. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB279252 ISBN : 033341473X 9780333414736
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Murphy Catherine
Waterworks Documentation of the South Australian Country Arts Trust's Waterworks Projects
Adelaide: South Australian Country Arts Trust. 1999. Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour photographs by Italo Vardaro. 107 pages An exploration of water through public art by 5 regional communities - Gawler Ranges Keith Riverland Penneshaw and Marree. . 1st thus. Softcover. South Australian Country Arts Trust paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB251048 ISBN : 0646377485 9780646377483
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Gray Jean
Melbourne is a Garden
Melbourne Melbourne: Kingfisher Books. 1983. Small Quarto Size. Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Colour and Black and White illustrations by the author. 56 pages A lively yet gentle portrait of Melbourne. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Kingfisher Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB231024
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Davey Thyrza
Barossa And Beyond Inscribed and Signed by Author
Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton. 1988. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour paintings and black & white drawings by the author. Inscribed and signed by the author/artist on half-title page. 64 pages South Australian artist Thyrza Davey spent six years recording and painting the heritage of the Barossa Valley. This book contains a selection of her paintings and is a beautiful tribute to the Barossa . . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB210977 ISBN : 0340419288 9780340419281
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SA Government
Plan Shewing Fence Proposed to be Erected between Streaky Bay and Yardea Vermin Fence Districts Attached to "Statement of the Receipts & Disbursements of South Australia for the Quarter Ended September 30th 1906
Adelaide: Government of South Australia. 1906. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition. Map is black & white. Disbound Parliamentary Paper No 5. 7 pages folded map . Softcover. Government of South Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB294514
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Sadler James
Some Annals of Adelaide. Letter Essay Pen-picture and Sketch Rhyme Reminiscence and Rumination Parody and Echo Quip and Crank Fact and Fun on Matters Grave and Gay
Adelaide: The Hassell Press. 1933. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Good condition. No dustjacket. Spine faded. And light marking to boards. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 206 pages James Sadler was born in Adelaide in 1860 and died in 1935. After working as a clerk in the Education Department and as an inspector for the Savings Bank of SA he was involved in recruiting for the Adelaide Literary Society. He was also the London Correspondent for the SA Register. . 1st Edition. Hardback. The Hassell Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB297974
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McEwen Sister Mary Dominica
Threads in the Fabric Signed by Author
Sydney: Sisters of the Good Samaritan. 1977. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners chipping to spine ends. Some minor marking to DJ. Small "split" to base of spine at hinge - still very solid. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings/maps. Signed by author on Title Page. 200 pages A history of Sisters of the Good Samaritan in South Australia. Includes Errata slip. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Sisters of the Good Samaritan hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB297416 ISBN : 0909246386 9780909246389
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Parker Heather
The First Fifty Years. Golden Jubilee History of the South Australian Country Women's Association
Adelaide: S.A.Country Women's Assoc. 1979. Octavo Size. Very Good Condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. ix326 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. S.A.Country Women's Assoc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB296621 ISBN : 095958000X 9780959580006
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Willsmore MJ. M. J.
Beginnings signed by Author
Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House. 1982. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. Front caover part faded. Signed by author Black & white illustrations by the author 96 pages A facsinating story of the life of two little girls the author & her sister who grew up in the Murray Mallee in the early 1900s . 2nd Edition. Softcover. Lutheran Publishing House paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB295966 ISBN : 0959364102 9780959364101
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Thompson Francis W
After World War II Came Rock'N'Roll Then Larrikins
Glenside: Single X Publications. 2000. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 162 pages This book coverrs his own stories and goes back to what he calls the "Good Old Days". . 1st Edition. Softcover. Single X Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB296347 ISBN : 095777771X 9780957777712
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McEwen Sister Mary Dominica
Threads in the Fabric
Sydney: Sisters of the Good Samaritan. 1977. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners chipping to spine ends a large closed tear to lower spine has been home-repaired with sticky-tape. Some minor marking to DJ. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings/maps. 200 pages A history of Sisters of the Good Samaritan in South Australia. Includes Errata slip. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Sisters of the Good Samaritan hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB296047 ISBN : 0909246386 9780909246389
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Whitington Ernest
The South Australian Vintage 1903
Adelaide: 1903. 1997. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Near Fine Condition. Blindstamped burgundy cloth boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. x 74 pages Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 214. Introduction by Valmai Hankel. . Facsimile. Hardback. 1903] hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB295374 ISBN : 1876154128 9781876154127
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Todd C. Charles
Report on Anglo-Australian Telegraph Schemes Parliamentary Papers No 118 and 118A
Adelaide: House of Assembly South Australia. 1869. Folio Size 38x28cm approx. Good Condition. Disbound papers from the South Australian Parliamentary Papers. Stab holes down left hand side. Illustrated with two large fold-out maps/charts pertaining to the Proposed Telegraph Communication between Australia and India. 18 pages 2 large fold-out maps Contains a Report by C. Todd Esq. Superintendent of Telegraphs on Proposed Anglo-Australian Telegraph Schemes by Mr W. B. Towler Mr Alexander Fraser and the British India Submarine Telegraph Company. Also includes a single page on Telegraphic Communication with King George's Sound Paper No. 188A . 1st thus. Softcover. House of Assembly, South Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB294206
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Thomson E. Deas Honorable Colonial Secretary SouthAustralia
Case For Privy Council Re Boundary Between South Australia and Victoria 1885
Adelaide: South Australian Government. 1885. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition. Parliamentary Paper No 180 dated December 8th 1885. 7 pages Sets out the proposed case to the Privy Council relating to the SA-Vic boundary. . 1st thus. Softcover. South Australian Government paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB295001
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Tsigros Nichos
Vyrra Euboea's Greece
South Australia: Published by Author. 2009. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition. Leather bound with gilt title to face and spine. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Previous owner or possibly the author has pasted some cartoons with annotationsto the rear paste-down. Several colour maps. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. 572 pages 16 pages additional photographs The comprehensive autobiography and family history of the late South Australian Nichos Tsigros who emigrated from Vyrra Euboea to Australia in 1955. Divided into three parts: part one - his life prior to emigration; part two - his life in Australia; part three - travel and District Council of Mt Barker . 1st Edition. Hardback. Published by Author hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB293214
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Royal Geographical Society of Australasia: South AustralianBranch
Proceedings of the Society for the Sessions 19101911 Vol XII and for the Sessions 1911 1912 Vol XIII
Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society. 1912. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Good Condition. Some chipping to covers and creasing to the edge of the Bullion Act fold-out at rear. Ex school library but only has several small stamps scattered throughout - No pockets etc. Black and white and one coloured illustrations. 101pages This volume contains 'Meeting between Flinders and Baudin at Encounter Bay in April 1802" and ' General de Caens' Report on the Detention of Flinders at Mauritius" Volume XII; Volume XIII contains 'Australasian Antarctic Expedition Public Farewell" and of especial note a lengthy supplement by Thomas Gill: ' 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. Also includes a fold-out map " Sketch Map showing Track of Gold escort from Wellington SA to Mount Alexander Victoria." . Softcover. Royal Geographical Society paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB290895
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None Noted
The University of Adelaide Centenary 1874-1974
Adelaide: The University of Adelaide. 1974. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition. Some light discilouration to white covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Also includes the 1974 Programme of Events and the Commemoration booklet for the first graduation ceremony of 1985. 54 pages . 1st thus. Softcover. The University of Adelaide paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB288384
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Various
Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch Proceedings for the Season 1965 - 66 Volume 67
Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society South Australian Branch. 1966. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition - stiff Card Covers. Light marking to pale covers. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. 104 pages Major aricles include: The Need for Preservation of Aboriginal Cave Art Edwards; patterns of post-European Aboriginal Migration in South Australia Gale; Matthew Flinders as an Author Austin; Proclamation day South Australia Mayo; New Light on Captain Sturt's Northern expedition Lawrenson; A survey of the history of Manufactuing in South Australia McKnight . 1st Edition. Softcover. Royal Geographical Society , South Australian Branch paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB288480
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Williams M editor
Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch Proceedings for the Season 1964 - 65 Volume 66
Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society South Australian Branch. 1965. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Very Good condition - stiff Card Covers. Light marking to pale covers. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. 99 pages Major articles include: The Artists who sailed with Baudin and Flinders Mander-Jones; The Functional Structure of Metropolitan Adelaide Griffin; Freeways or People Jensen; Are Freeways needed in Metropolitan Adelaide Pak-Poy; John William Dundas Blenkinsopp Paton; John Henry Barrow of "The Advertiser" Darling; Is Corunna near Iron Knob an Aboriginal name Cleland. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Royal Geographical Society , South Australian Branch paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB288481
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Wells Peter B.
Rudall. The Four Rudalls I Knew: A tribute to a South Australian Family
Adelaide: St Peter's College Foundation Inc. 1991. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. No dustjacket -as issued. Blue cloth boards with gilt to face and spine. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Fold-out Family Tree at rear. 128 pages A South Australian family history based around four members of the prominent Rudall family. Reginald Rudall who was served as attorney-general from 1946 - 1955 minister of education 1946 to 1953 and minister of industry and employment1953 - 1955; his wife Kathleen Rudall his sons Peter and John Rudall both of whom were killed on active service in World War Two. Barbara Rennie has provided two chapters on the Rudall family forbears and F.R. Fisher has written the Foreword. . 1st Edition. Hardback. St Peter's College Foundation Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB8944 ISBN : 0646060333 9780646060330
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Port Neill/Dixson Centenary Committee
Waves Without Wheatstacks. Moving on 1984-2008: A history of Port Neill and District commemorating 100 years of settlement
Port Neill SA: Port Neill/Dixson Centenary Committee. 2008. Square Small Quarto Size approx 21x21cm. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 182 pages Port Neill is a small coastal town on the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsula between Whyalla and Port Lincoln. This book follows on from "Wheatstacks and Waves" published for the 75th anniversary. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Port Neill/Dixson Centenary Committee paperback
Bookseller reference : BIB286436 ISBN : 0646494716 9780646494715
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