‎Australie‎

‎Trade Catalogue‎

‎'Sun' Foundry. Illustrated Catalogue. Second Edition. Vol. II. Architectural Sanitary and General Castings and Wrought Ironwork. A.C. Harley & Co. General Ironfounders and Blacksmiths‎

‎Adelaide: A.C. Harley and Co 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide A.C. Harley and Co. 1914. Foolscap folio iii 137 pages with many hundreds of illustrations. Gilt-lettered cloth very lightly flecked and rubbed at the extremities; flyleaves discoloured as ever in our experience; top corner crease to the last leaf; essentially a fine copy. 'Notwithstanding the fact that we have more than doubled the number of illustrations it has been found impossible to include all our patterns as we are constantly adding to their number.' A rare handsome and important catalogue of decorative ironwork; the very rare first edition appeared in 1897 and is in fact Volume 1. A.C. Harley and Co hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 108132

‎DICKSON Robert‎

‎Addicted to Architecture‎

‎Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2010. Quarto viii 246 1 colophon pages with numerous illustrations and plans many in colour. Papered boards with the dustwrapper; mint. Wakefield Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 108152

‎FISHER Sir James Hurtle‎

‎An almost-lifesize vintage portrait photograph of Sir James Hurtle Fisher 1790-1875 'one of the most important pioneers of South Australia' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'‎

‎The very fine portrait visible image size 545 � 395 mm in its original ornate gilt frame external dimensions 740 � 595 mm is exquisitely hand-painted and signed by the famous colonial photographer Townsend Duryea 1823-1888. His original label is affixed to the paper backing on the verso of the frame 'T. Duryea Artist Photographer 66 and 68 King William Street Adelaide' and in our opinion he has created a masterpiece as both artist and photographer with this work. James Hurtle Fisher commenced practice as a solicitor in London in 1816 and 'was drawn into the colonizing movement in 1835. He was selected as resident commissioner one of the most important offices under the South Australian Act . second only to the governor'. Fisher 'left England in July 1836 with the governor's party in the "Buffalo" arriving on 28 December 1836 at Holdfast Bay where the official oaths were administered a proclamation was read and a ceremony marked the beginning of settlement. In January 1837 Fisher erected his reed hut and Land Office near the survey camp of Colonel William Light at the north-western corner of the new capital site; the destruction of these temporary buildings by fire on 23 January 1839 caused both men serious loss. Fisher had been allowed to draft his own instructions which were not shown to Governor Sir John Hindmarsh. Disputes between the two men over their respective powers had begun on the voyage and were soon revived in the new Council of Government and more violently outside and led in February 1837 to the Resident Magistrate's Court binding the participants over to keep the peace towards each other. The new governor George Gawler was appointed both governor and resident commissioner a radical departure from the principles on which the colony had been founded' ADB. Fisher returned to his profession and became a leader of the South Australian Bar. In October 1840 he was elected first mayor of Adelaide; in 1860 he became the first resident South Australian to be knighted. Townsend Duryea was at the King William Street address from 1858 until his illustrious career as a photographer 'was cut short when his studio and entire collection of 50000 negatives were destroyed by fire on 18 April 1875' ADB. We suggest as a date for this magnificent portrait 'circa 1870'. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 108073

‎LIGHT Colonel William. GILL Thomas‎

‎A Biographical Sketch of Colonel William Light the Founder of Adelaide and the First Surveyor-General of the Province of South Australia‎

‎Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society of South Australia 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Royal Geographical Society of South Australia 1911 enlarged edition. Octavo viii 108 vi 84 pages plus 18 plates 2 folding maps and 2 folding facsimile documents. Gilt-pictorial red calf top edge gilt others uncut and these now a little discoloured; leather a little rubbed at the extremities with a few small light stains to the front cover and the spine a little sunned and lightly scraped near the head; title page a little foxed; a very good copy with the signature H.W. Marshall and stamp of the General Secretary of the Public Library Museum & Art Gallery of South Australia on the title page and a 'With Compliments' label from the Board of Governors on the pastedown. Number 39 of only 200 copies numbered and signed by Thomas Gill. This is a deluxe enlarged edition of a work first published as the Supplement to Volume 11 of the Proceedings of the RGSSA in the same year. The extra material includes text maps and facsimile documents. Royal Geographical Society of South Australia hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 108186

‎FLIERL Joh‎

‎1886-1936. Ein dankbarer Ruckblick und ein hoffnungsvoller Ausblick auch in schwesten Zeiten. Zum goldenen Jubilaum der Lutherischen Mission bei Finschhafen auf Neu Guinea. Together with Volume II: . Dom Reitochsen zum Flugzeng. Zur Hebung der Transportnote in der Lutherischen Mission auf Neu Guinea and . Eine kurze Denkschrift. Zum goldenen Jubilaum der Neuendettelsauer Lutherischen Mission bei Finschhafen auf Neu Guinea‎

‎Tanunda: The Author and printed by Auricht 1936. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Tanunda The Author and printed by Auricht 1936. Octavo three volumes 32 16 and 92 4 pages with several photographic portraits. Pictorial wrappers lightly rubbed; a fine set. Text in German. Three pamphlets commemorating the golden jubilee of Lutheran missions to New Guinea. The Author (and printed by Auricht) paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 108162

‎SMITH Thelma‎

‎For Freedom. A Collection of Poems‎

‎Adelaide: Thornquest Press 1940. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Thornquest Press 1940. Octavo 32 pages. Overlapping card wrappers; a little marked creased chipped and torn with slight loss; a very good copy. Foreword by local radio personality Tommy Hudson. Thornquest Press paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 58149

‎LIGHT Colonel William‎

‎A View of the Country and the Temporary Erections near the Site for the Proposed Town of Adelaide in South Australia‎

‎An original hand-coloured aquatint image size 365 � 545 mm sheet size 523 � 685 mm after a painting by William Light; discoloured tape stains near the edge of the top and side margins well away from the printed surface a legacy of having been framed at one stage; in excellent condition. The original plate was engraved by Robert Havell and published in London by Smith Elder and Co. in 1838. The subtitle states that it is 'Forming the First of a Series of Views of that Colony now preparing for Publication'. This is certainly the best-known of them. The 1928 Francis Edwards catalogue 'Australasia Old and New' states in item 6 that the original plate for this view had recently been found and that prints have been produced from it. There is little doubt that this is one of these 1920s restrikes from the original plate with later colouring. Carroll 7. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 104398

‎Roxby Management Services Pty Ltd Olympic Dam Project. Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Together with: . Supplement‎

‎Adelaide: Kinhill Stearns Roger 1982. First Edition. Paperback. Adelaide Kinhill Stearns Roger 1982. Quarto two volumes individually paginated by chapter but a total of approximately 700 pages with tables diagrams plans maps and illustrations many coloured plus a colour isometric view 4 folding schematic diagrams 2 folding tables and 9 folding coloured maps. Laminated colour pictorial card covers a little sunned and rubbed; first volume a little bumped; a very good pair. Both volumes were prepared by Kinhill Stearns Roger Joint Venture. Kinhill Stearns Roger paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 108238

‎BOETTGER Otto 1842 1907 Adelaide optician and instrument maker‎

‎Two very detailed manuscript ledgers from Boettger's practice as an optician 1886-1894 together with approximately 275 invoices covering importations for his extensive engineering surveying optical and scientific instruments business 1892-1900‎

‎The foolscap folio ledgers are uniformly bound in half suede and cloth with the letters A and B respectively on the spines; the covers show signs of wear but the volumes are very sturdy with the contents in excellent condition. The first one contains 21 pages of index and 102 pages of the ledger proper. Each page is designed to record the details of nine patients; the last entry is numbered 916. The data are the name of the patient often the address the date of the consultation the referring doctor the prescription for the lens for each eye and more often than not specific details of the spectacle lenses or frames. Examples of the latter include 'pale blue periscopic lenses / gold frame / twisted curled sides'; 'Gold Pince-nez Canadian'; 'pantoscopic frame'; and 'Extra small Children's frame made to order'. The first entry is dated 20 October 1886. Initially business was not brisk; the fifth entry was not for another eleven weeks on 7 January 1887 when no less an individual than William Austin Horn presented himself. By the time this volume ends on 15 July 1892 a host of still-familiar Adelaide family names had made an appearance: Verco Goyder Hawker Hack Fowler Woods Bagshaw Magarey Jury Mead Rischbeith Morphett . The second volume is more of the same: there are 39 pages of index 298 pages of the ledger proper with each page containing details of seven patients approximately 2086 individual records. This volume commences on 16 July 1892 the day after the first volume ends and the last page is reached on 19 December 1894. The invoices are chronologically arranged in a contemporary quarter cloth and marbled papered boards post-binder; both covers are detached with minor signs of use and age and there are some chipped edges to the contents but overall it is a fascinating collection of unique records documenting a highly specialised profession in colonial Australia. An obituary of Otto Boettger 1842-1907 appeared in 'The Chronicle' Saturday 7 September 1907: 'The death occurred at Cologne recently of Mr. Otto Boettger the well-known Adelaide optician and instrument-maker. The deceased who was 65 years of age was born in Elberfeldt Germany and came out to Australia in 1877. He had previously conducted a large business in St. Petersburg but the venture not proving successful he determined to emigrate to Adelaide. His first engagement was with Mr. Dobbie Alexander Williamson Dobbie 1843-1912 a successful local engineer and inventor cleaning old keys and repairing machinery. Starting in business for himself his great knowledge of surveying and engineering instruments led the Government to place all their work in this department in his hands and the results proved eminently satisfactory. About 10 years ago the business in Flinders-street was transferred to Mr. G.C. Kohler who was an apprentice of Mr. Boettger's at one time and had been with him nearly 30 years. Mr. and Mrs. Boettger then returned to Germany to spend the remainder of their lives in retirement'. Another local newspaper 'The Register' records details of an overseas trip Boettger made in 1894. He left Adelaide for Europe on 11 April 1894 see the report of the Valedictory Dinner on 2 April in the newspaper the following day. His return is reported on 13 December: 'Among the passengers who returned to Adelaide by the German mail steamer "Habsburg" on Wednesday was Herr Otto Boettger the well-known optician and maker of scientific instruments. He went to Europe for the purpose of seeing what is at present being done in the large cities in optical matters and returns in very good health. To a representative of the "Register" who saw Herr Boettger on board the mail steamer he gave a few particulars of his enquiries. "You must know" he began "that until the last few years it was not possible to get made to order astigmatic lenses either here or in any of the other colonies. I am glad to say that the plan I had followed is in all essential points the same as I have seen in the best optical workshops in London Berlin Paris and Birmingham. The difference is merely in the speed because in these large centres there is so much to be done. I was glad to find that in the matter of accuracy of curve and perfection of finish the lenses turned out in Adelaide are not inferior to any I have seen. There has been considerable advance made in the construction of all sorts of scientific instruments and I have been much interested in examining all the latest improvements'. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107901

‎HEYNE Ernst Bernhard‎

‎The Amateur Gardener. Second Edition greatly enlarged of the Fruit Flower and Vegetable Garden‎

‎Adelaide: E.S. Wigg and Sons 1877. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg and Sons 1877 second edition. Duodecimo 132 4 index 8 advertisements pages. Original quarter contrasting red and green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; covers a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities with minor restoration to the joints and slight wear to the head of the spine; cloth a little marked and flecked; front flyleaf a well-matched replacement; first and last leaves offset; occasional light scattered foxing; a very good copy. A rarity: this is only the second copy we have seen in over 40 years and Trove records only five institutional holdings. Ernst Bernhard Heyne 1825-1881 botanist and horticulturist 'was a prodigious writer. Though overshadowed by von Mueller his botanical and horticultural work greatly contributed to the early development of the two colonies' of Victoria and South Australia 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' making a rare error in not recording accurately this edition. Ferguson 10397; Crittenden 53 with a lengthy commentary on its importance. The first edition was published as 'The Fruit Flower and Vegetable Garden' in 1871 Ferguson 10396 recording only one copy; Crittenden 47 'not sighted'; Trove records four copies. E.S. Wigg and Sons hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107647

‎Adelaide‎

‎Report on the Metropolitan Area of Adelaide 1962. Prepared by the Town Planning Committee .‎

‎Adelaide: Government of South Australia 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Government of South Australia circa 1965. Folio xvi first blank 303 pages with numerous illustrations many from photographs and 113 colour maps plus 3 large folding colour maps. Cloth a little marked and bumped with light wear to the top corners; minor signs of use; a very good copy. Number-stamped on the rear flyleaf '1182' of an unspecified upper limit. Provenance: Dr Alan Hutchings 'Director - Town Planning Monarto Dev. Comm.'. Government of South Australia hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 105750

‎GARNAUT Christine and Stephen HAMNETT editors‎

‎Fifth Australian Urban History Planning History Conference. Conference Proceedings University of South Australia Adelaide‎

‎Adelaide: University of South Australia 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide University of South Australia 2000. Foolscap folio viii 457 pages with numerous illustrations including maps and several tables. Laminated colour pictorial card covers; an excellent copy. Not least David Jones' 'A Gardenesque Vision for Adelaide: Planning and Planting the Adelaide Park Lands in the 1880s'. University of South Australia paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107965

‎BAHNISCH Barry‎

‎Marque of Respect. 50 Years of the MG Car Club of South Australia‎

‎Adelaide: MG Car Club of SA 2006. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide MG Car Club of SA 2006. Octavo; laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. A history of the biggest single marque car club in SA; the author is an inaugural member. MG Car Club of SA paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 108100

‎BONYTHON Kym‎

‎Ladies' Legs and Lemonade‎

‎Adelaide: Rigby 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Adelaide Rigby 1979. Octavo 240 pages plus 68 plates. Papered boards; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper slightly bumped rubbed and torn with very slight loss. Rigby hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 75693

‎NESBIT Paris‎

‎Morning. Owned and edited by Paris Nesbit QC. Volume 1 Number 1 29 August 1900 to Number 18 26 December 1900. Bound with Century with which is incorporated 'Morning' Volume 1 Number 19 2 January 1901 to Volume 2 Number 32 5 June 1901‎

‎Adelaide: Paris Nesbit to Number 15 then John Newton Wood 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Adelaide Paris Nesbit to Number 15 then John Newton Wood 1900 and 1901. Foolscap folio 242 pages. Each issue drop-title as issued in contemporary flush-cut cloth-backed papered boards; cloth renewed; boards lightly worn at the extremities and a little marked; the contents are in fine condition. Number 32 the first one in Volume 2 is a different format - shorter and wider - and the leading margins are folded back 40 mm. 'The small religious newspaper "Morning" was founded in 1900 by the gifted but unbalanced lawyer Paris Nesbit. The newspaper was initially used largely as a vehicle for his personal views on religion and Adelaide society. Nesbit unashamedly stated that the newspaper was his own voice and would be run "as Christ would if He were subject to the present limitations of my faculties" . Nesbit and his family - in particular his sister Agnes Benham - were interested in the "new thought" movement of the 1890s with its socialism and sexual reform. Early issues of the newspaper contained items commenting on Nesbit's short stint in the Parkside Mental Asylum in 1898 which he felt had been politically motivated by his enemies including the premier Charles Kingston. Kingston as well as other political and church leaders were criticised in early issues of the newspaper as were various Adelaide lawyers. Nesbit felt particularly strongly about religious hypocrisy. Benham contributed book reviews and periodic articles mostly on religious topics during the early life of "Morning". Much attention was given by various contributors many writing under pseudonyms to Benham and Nesbit's views that ideal marriage relationships were based on intellectual and spiritual connection. After just four months Nesbit handed over the editorship of the newspaper to the printer John Newton Wood who steered the newspaper towards an interest in spiritualism and vegetarianism' SA Memory online. The final issue appeared in 1909. Paris Nesbit (to Number 15), then John Newton Wood hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 108066

‎STEINBERNER Angela J.‎

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

‎South Australia: Crito Press 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. South Australia Crito Press 1994. Quarto; laminated decorated card covers; a fine copy. Crito Press paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107887

‎WARBURTON James‎

‎Sustaining our Heritage. The Story of Civic Trust Awards and Brickbats 1971 to 1984‎

‎Adelaide: Civic Trust of South Australia 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Civic Trust of South Australia 1986. Quarto; laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Signed by the author. Civic Trust of South Australia paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107935

‎SPOEHR John editor‎

‎State of South Australia. From Crisis to Prosperity‎

‎Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2009. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2009. Octavo; laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Wakefield Press paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107907

‎CARR Brian and Dennis HARDY‎

‎Roseworthy. A New Garden Town‎

‎Kapunda: Light Regional Council 2013. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Kapunda Light Regional Council 2013. Octavo; laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Presentation copy inscribed to local town planner Dr Alan Hutchings thanking him for 'your expert views on previous planning in SA' and signed by both authors. One of Hutchings' business cards and a publisher's compliments slip are also loosely inserted. Light Regional Council paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107908

‎STUART John McDouall‎

‎The Journal of John McDouall Stuart's Second Journey of Exploration April-July 1859. Edited by Valmai Hankel and Mark Gilbert‎

‎Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Friends of the State Library of South Australia 2002 first thus. Octavo with a frontispiece portrait plus a folding map based on Mary Quick's map from Webster's 1958 biography. Quarter calf and cloth; a fine copy. Number 84 of only 99 copies of the deluxe issue from a total edition of just 300 copies. The first edition of the 'most complete account of the expedition to be published . the only one for which no manuscript diary or fair copy survives'. Friends of the State Library of South Australia hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107658

‎COFFIN AI. A. I.‎

‎Botanic Guide to Health and the Natural Pathology of Disease. Thirty-ninth Edition‎

‎London: The Author 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London The Author 1866. Octavo xxiv 379 5 publisher's advertisements pages plus a frontispiece portrait of the author. Blind-stamped textured olive cloth lightly rubbed; corners slightly bumped and worn with very slight loss; initial leaves offset; corners of a few leaves slightly creased; rear endpapers cracked but binding remains sound; a very good copy. Early embossed Rigby bookseller stamp and embossed 19C doctors stamp 'Consulting Chambers 134 High Holborn'. The Author hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107801

‎Penguin Australia‎

‎Muffin Bible‎

‎2006-01-09. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence excellent customer service! unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0143004972 ISBN : 0143004972 9780143004974

‎BRAY John‎

‎Satura. Selected Poetry and Prose‎

‎Adelaide: Wakefield Press 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Adelaide Wakefield Press 1988. Quarto xii 179 pages. Papered boards; small ink mark on the front flyleaf; one leaf at the rear a little tanned by a newspaper review cutting now in Mylar; bottom corner creases to two leaves; an excellent copy with the fine dustwrapper. The title page is inscribed 'To my beloved friend Walter Crocker with regards John Bray 8/7/88'. The Honourable Dr John Jefferson Bray AC QC 1912-1995 was the South Australian Chief Justice and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. Sir Walter Russell Crocker 1902-2002 was a career diplomat: 'His first posting was as High Commissioner to India. Later he served as Ambassador to Indonesia 1955-56 High Commissioner to Canada 1956-58 and another stint as High Commissioner to India 1958-62. He retired in 1970 as Australian Ambassador to Italy having in the intervening years also served as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Belgium 1962-65 and Ethiopia Uganda and Kenya 1965-67' Obituaries Australia. Loosely inserted are rough drafts three pages quarto of a personal letter-cum-review of the book from Crocker to Bray. Wakefield Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 106913

‎LINN Rob‎

‎Frail Flesh and Blood. The Health of South Australians since Earliest Times‎

‎Woodville: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Research Foundation/ Historical Consultants 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Woodville Queen Elizabeth Hospital Research Foundation/ Historical Consultants 1993. Octavo; quarter-synthetic and papered boards; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Number 13 of the deluxe edition signed by the author and with the ownership signature of Sir Walter Crocker. Loosely inserted is a signed letter from the author and his wife to Crocker on Linn's Historical Consultants letterhead. Queen Elizabeth Hospital Research Foundation/ Historical Consultants hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 68892

‎LOCK Geoffrey R.‎

‎Promoting the Education of the Children of the People. John Anderson Hartley and his Role in Public Education in South Australia form 1875 to 1896‎

‎Adelaide: The Author 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide The Author 1981. Foolscap v 90 5 single-sided photocopied pages. Quarter cloth and stiffened card boards; top corner lightly creased; an excellent copy. Presentation copy dated 31 May 1982 signed and inscribed by the author to Colin Thiele reading in part 'Your descriptions of Hartley and the work he undertook gave me the inspiration to write this about him.'. Also with the author's contact details and his signature on the title page. John Anderson Hartley 1844-1896 educationist sometime president of the Council of Education Inspector-General of Schools founder of Adelaide University and of the 'Education Gazette' which he also edited and 'prepared arithmetic books and teachers' manuals produced primers and reading charts and designed copy books'. ADB 'Thesis submitted to Sturt CAE as part fulfillment of the requirements for a Bachelor of Education'. The Author hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 107059