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PRITCHARD Morris
From the King's Marshall. A History of the Marshall Family from the 12th Century to 1980. Early descriptions of the United Kingdom Adelaide Goolwa Hindmarsh Valley Burra and Melbourne
Victor Harbor: R.M. Pritchard 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Victor Harbor R.M. Pritchard 1983. Oblong octavo; laminated coloured decorated papered boards slightly rubbed and bumped; ownership details; a very good copy. Number 245 of 500 copies. R.M. Pritchard hardcover
Bookseller reference : 92814
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MORTON Peter
After Light. A History of the City of Adelaide and its Council 1878-1928
Kent Town: Wakefield 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Kent Town Wakefield 1996 first edition. Oblong quarto; flush-cut pictorial card covers with flaps; an excellent copy. Wakefield paperback
Bookseller reference : 86189
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BUNBURY Alisa
Arid Arcadia. Art of the Flinders Ranges
Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Art Gallery of South Australia 2002. Large quarto 208 pages with numerous colour illustrations. Colour pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title held at the AGSA August to November 2002. Art Gallery of South Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 92705
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PROEVE Pastors EH. and HFW. E. H. H. F.
A Work of Love and Sacrifice. The Story of the Mission among the Dieri Tribe at Cooper's Creek. Part 1: The Preparatory Period and the first Attempt 1838-1867
Tanunda: printed by Auricht for the Authors 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tanunda printed by Auricht for the Authors 1952. Octavo 93 pages with 8 illustrations and a map. Wrappers slightly marked; ownership details; an excellent copy. printed by Auricht [for the Authors?] paperback
Bookseller reference : 92818
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SIMPSON Horrie
Horrie Simpson's Oodnadatta. Edited by John Dallwitz
Oodnadatta: Oodnadatta Progress Association 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Oodnadatta Oodnadatta Progress Association 1990. Oblong quarto xii 132 pages with numerous illustrations. Pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. The hundreds of photographs are mainly from the 1920s-30s: "most of the photography and all of the hand tinting was carried out by Horrie himself" Oodnadatta Progress Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : 92718
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ANDERSON RJ. R. J.
Solid Town. The History of Port Augusta
Port Augusta: The Author 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Port Augusta The Author 1988. Quarto; papered boards; a fine copy with the very slightly creased dustwrapper. Also of some Aboriginal interest. The Author hardcover
Bookseller reference : 92831
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CAIRD Mona
Romantic Cities of Provence
London: Fisher Unwin 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Fisher Unwin 1906. Quarto 416 pages with numerous drawings by Joseph Pennell and Edward M. Synge. Gilt-decorated cloth; top edges gilt others uncut; spine a little darkened; covers slightly rubbed marked and flecked; front inner hinge slightly split but sound; some leaves unopened; a very good copy. With the bookplate of Sir Richard Baker 1841-1911. 'Barrister pastoralist and politician . Baker was the first South Australian-born member of the colonial legislature . and one of the founding fathers of Federation' ADBonline. Fisher Unwin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 58701
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MUDIE Ian
The Blue Crane. Poems
Sydney: Angus and Robertson 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Sydney Angus and Robertson 1959. Papered boards slightly marked and very slightly rubbed; an excellent copy in the lightly rubbed dustwrapper with a short tear to the top edge of the front panel and three small perforations to the rear panel. Signed by the author on the title page. Angus and Robertson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23767
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HOLMES Robyn editor
Through the Opera Glass. A Chronological Register of Opera Performed in South Australia 1836 to 1988
Adelaide: Friends of the State Opera of South Australia 1991. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Friends of the State Opera of South Australia 1991. Small quarto; laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Friends of the State Opera of South Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : 93015
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MORLET Geoffrey
Eyes Right! The Life of Claude Morlet DSO Eye Surgeon and Soldier
Adelaide: Lythrum 2007. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Lythrum 2007. Octavo viii 253 pages with many illustrations. Laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Lythrum paperback
Bookseller reference : 93116
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GUESS Jeff
Leaving Maps
Unley: Friendly Street Poets 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Unley Friendly Street Poets 1984. Octavo; colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Inscribed and signed by the author dated 1986. Friendly Street Poets paperback
Bookseller reference : 93071
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SOLOMON RJ. R. J.
The Richest Lode. Broken Hill 1883-1988
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Sydney Hale & Iremonger 1988. Quarto 424 pages with numerous maps and hundreds of plates many in colour. Papered boards; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper slightly tidemarked marked and worn with very slight loss. Hale & Iremonger hardcover
Bookseller reference : 93105
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CLEZY Ken
Now in Remission. A Surgical Life
Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2012. Paperback. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2012/ 2011. Octavo; laminated colour pictorial card covers; mint. Wakefield Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 89312
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SANTICH Barbara
Bold Palates. Australia's Gastronomic Heritage
Kent Town: Wakefield 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Kent Town Wakefield 2012. Small quarto viii 326 pages with numerous illustrations many in colour. Laminated colour pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. Wakefield hardcover
Bookseller reference : 93117
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MENZ Christopher
Australian Decorative Arts 1820's to 1890's. Art Gallery of South Australia
Adelaide: Art Gallery Board of SA 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Art Gallery Board of SA 1996. Quarto; laminated colour pictorial card covers slightly rubbed and creased; pencilled ownership signature; an excellent copy. Art Gallery Board of SA paperback
Bookseller reference : 93091
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OSBORNE Margot
Nick Mount. Incandescence
Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2002. Quarto 88 pages with numerous illustrations many in colour. Laminated colour pictorial card covers; mint. 'Nick Mount is an iconic figure in the hothouse of contemporary glass'. Wakefield Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 93083
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FRAME Alex
Salmond. Southern Jurist
Wellington: Victoria University Press 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Wellington Victoria University Press 1995. Octavo 294 pages. Papered boards with teh dustwrapper. Presentation copy. Inscribed dated 15 December 1995 and signed by Rob Fowler to Sam Jacobs QC 'in deep appreciation of your long and untiring contribution to the Faculty of Law'. Professor Fowler was Dean of the Faculty of Law at Adelaide University from 1995 to 1998. Victoria University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 92637
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FRANCIS Ivor
Goodbye to the City of Dreams. Ivor Francis. An Autobiography
Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia 2004. First Edition. Paperback. Adelaide Art Gallery of South Australia 2004. Octavo; laminated colour pictorial card covers with flaps. Inscribed by Geoff Wilson. Art Gallery of South Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : 92077
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LANDSBOROUGH W.
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria in Search of Burke and Wills
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia 1963 facsimile edition/ 1862. Octavo vi 128 pages plus a frontispiece and a large folding map. Synthetic cloth very slightly bumped; endpapers a little offset; an excellent copy. Peade A17: only 576 copies. Libraries Board of South Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 92040
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McKINLAY John
John McKinlay's Northern Territory Explorations 1866. South Australian Parliamentary Papers 1865-66
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1999. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1999/ 1865 to 1867. Octavo xxxvi 196 pages with a plate plus 2 folding maps. Cloth; a fine copy. Australian Parliamentary Editions Number 1; one of only 600 copies. Reset in more legible type with the format changed from folio to the more convenient octavo this work reproduces seven SA parliamentary papers 'relating to John McKinlay's arrival at Escape Cliffs and his explorations in the Northern Territory in 1866'. The illustration one of the maps and the 29-page introduction by Valmai Hankel are new to this edition. Friends of the State Library of South Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 92051
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STREHLOW TGH. T. G.
Friendship with South-East Asia. A Cultural Approach
Adelaide: The Author 1957. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. Adelaide The Author circa 1957 and printed by Riall Brothers Port Melbourne. Octavo 29 pages. Stiffened printed wrappers dustwrapper-style stapled to plain card covers; very slightly rubbed; spine slightly sunned; an excellent copy. Reprinted from 'Forum' Volume IX Numbers 1 and 2 1956. The Author paperback
Bookseller reference : 92368
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BUDD Wallace B.
Hear the Other Side. A History of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in South Australia 1875-1988
Hawthorndene: Investigator Press 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Hawthorndene Investigator Press 1988. Quarto 237 pages with numerous plates. Synthetic cloth; an excellent copy with the slightly rubbed scratched and sunned dustwrapper. Loosely inserted is an invitation to the book launch and the accompanying letter. With the bookplate of Grattan and Junelee Wheaton and the earlier ownership signature of Mary Wheaton. See Wheaton in the index - there are a few annotations and whited out annotations at these references. Investigator Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 92373
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FANDER Hans. FANDER Judy
The Mineral Detective. The Biography of a Geologist
Crafers: The Author 2007. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Crafers The Author 2007. Octavo; laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. The biography of the author's forensics expert husband Hans Fander. Signed and inscribed by the author and Hans Fander. The Author paperback
Bookseller reference : 92370
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MAEGRAITH Donna MEASDAY Stephen and Larry BUTTROSE editors
DHARMA
Prospect: Dhama Poetry Society 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Prospect Dhama Poetry Society February 1975. Small quarto; stapled card covers; 28 pages plus iv covers of poetry with a few illustrations. Cover title: All statments within this frame I Love You I Hate You are untrue'. Poets include the editors and others. Dhama Poetry Society paperback
Bookseller reference : 92369
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WHEATON Joy
The Story of Philip and Ann Wheaton and their Descendants 1848 - 1987 Cover title: The Wheaton Story. Philip and Ann
Nhill: The Wheaton Family Reunion Committee 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Nhill The Wheaton Family Reunion Committee 1987. Quarto; synthetic cloth; an excellent copy. With the bookplate and contemporary ownership signature of Grattan Wheaton. Loosely inserted is the 16-page Supplement to The Wheaton Story 1989 with an annotation by Grattan Wheaton. The Wheaton Family Reunion Committee hardcover
Bookseller reference : 90266
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WIGHT Russell
A Century of the Adelaide and Suburban Cricket Association Incorporated 1899 - 1999
Plympton: The Author for the Adelaide and Suburban Cricket Association Incorporated 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Plympton The Author for the Adelaide and Suburban Cricket Association Incorporated 1999. Quarto; cloth; a fine copy with the slightly rubbed creased and torn dustwrapper. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author. Also inscribed and signed by David Neil Cliff Keiley Joe Heptinstall and Ron Halliday. The Author for the Adelaide and Suburban Cricket Association Incorporated hardcover
Bookseller reference : 90276
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DENTON Margaret Abbie
Joanna Priest. Her Place in Adelaide's Dance History
North Adelaide: Joanna Priest 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. North Adelaide Joanna Priest 1993. Small quarto; papered boards; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Joanna Priest hardcover
Bookseller reference : 89999
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CANT James. YOUNG Elizabeth
James Cant
Adelaide: Brolga Books 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Adelaide Brolga Books 1970. Square quarto 18 pages plus 27 plates 7 in colour. Cloth; very slightly marked; an excellent copy with the slightly used dustwrapper. This copy is signed and dated 10 April 1970 by the artist under his frontispiece portrait; the handwriting clearly shows the effects of advanced multiple sclerosis the disease that had confined Cant to a wheelchair from the mid-1960s. He died in 1983 at the age of 71. Also signed on the title page by Elizabeth Young the second daughter of John Young of Macquarie Galleries fame published her later books under her married name Jean Elizabeth Campbell. Her husband was the artist and arts administrator Robert Campbell. Brolga Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 90125
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WIGHT Russell
The Roads. Golden Anniversary of South Road Cricket Club
Plympton: the author 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Plympton the author 1990. Octavo; cloth slightly marked; an excellent copy with the slightly torn and rubbed dustwrapper. the author hardcover
Bookseller reference : 90225
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BOYD Arthur. BOASE TSR. T. S.
Nebuchadnezzar
London: Thames and Hudson 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London Thames and Hudson 1972. Quarto 40 pages plus 52 plates by Arthur Boyd including 34 tipped-in colour plates. Cloth; a slight nick to a few top page edges; an excellent copy with the very slightly rubbed dustwrapper. With the contemporary ownership signature of Kym Bonython. Thames and Hudson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 90195
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Rod Dudley in Italy 1965 - 1993
Varese: The Artist 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Varese The Artist 1994. Small quarto; stapled laminated colour pictorial card covers lightly creased; an excellent copy. With a chatty inscription and signature from the artist. Not stated as such but ex- Kym Bonython. The Artist paperback
Bookseller reference : 90201
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CARROLL Alison
Graven Images in the Promised Land. A History of Printmaking in South Australia 1836 - 1981
Adelaide: Art Gallery of SA 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Art Gallery of SA 1981. Quarto 64 pages with over 130 illustrations. Laminated colour pictorial card covers lightly rubbed; an excellent copy. Art Gallery of SA paperback
Bookseller reference : 21355
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COUNSELL James
My Life: The First 45 Years
Adelaide: The Author. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide The Author n.d. but circa 1990. Small octavo; laminated pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Inscribed dated 22nd October 1990 and signed by the author. The Author paperback
Bookseller reference : 90166
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ANGAS George Fife
The Southern Australian. Volume 1 Number 29 15 December 1838 Number 30 22 December 1838 Volume 2 Number 52 29 May 1839
Adelaide 1838. Very Good. Adelaide 1838 and 1839. Tabloid in two different sizes 4 pages each issue the last two each with a one-page supplement loosely inserted. Unbound as issued; old folds; minor marginal chips and loss to the third number; in very good condition. George Fife Angas's personal copies of three early issues of South Australia's second newspaper with his name and London address in ink at the head of the first page of each issue. These details are not in his hand; as the newspapers were posted to him in London from Adelaide the addressing would have been done there. unknown
Bookseller reference : 88563
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MILLN Mike
Wing Tips. The story of the Royal Aero Club of South Australia. Book 1: 1919-1941
Kent Town: Avonmore 2011. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Kent Town Avonmore 2011. Octavo iv x 250 pages with numerous illustrations and tables. Large octavo; laminated pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Avonmore paperback
Bookseller reference : 89908
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South Australia
State supply 1888-1988. The history of the South Australian Supply and Tender Board and State Supply Board
Adelaide: State Supply Board 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide State Supply Board 1988. Large octavo vii 174 pages with numerous illustrations and tables. Pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed; an excellent copy. State Supply Board paperback
Bookseller reference : 89921
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HANRAHAN Barbara. STEWART Annette
Barbara Hanrahan. A Biography
Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2010. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2010. Octavo; laminated pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Wakefield Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 89903
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TRUMBLE Angus
Love and Death. Art in the Age of Queen Victoria
Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Art Gallery of South Australia 2002. Large quarto 240 pages with numerous colour illustrations. Laminated colour pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. This book was published in conjunction with the touring exhibition of the same title December 2001 to November 2002 Adelaide Sydney Brisbane and Auckland. Art Gallery of South Australia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 89092
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COMPORT AL. Pip A. L.
Reality in Realty
Adelaide: The Author 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Author 1993. Quarto; laminated pictorial card covers slightly marked and creased; an excellent copy. Presentation copy inscribed to Andrea and Ron Adams signed 'Pip' the author a local artist and further inscribed enigmatically 'At least try Chapter 30!'. The Author paperback
Bookseller reference : 88718
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INGE William Ralph
The Philosophy of Plotinus. The Gifford Lectures at St. Andrews 1917-1918
London: Longmans 1923. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Longmans 1923 second edition/ 1923. Two volumes octavo; cloth unevenly sunned and slightly flecked and rubbed; top edge slightly marked and darkened; a tiny mark to a leading edge; a tiny tear to an outer hinge; a very good set. With the bookplates of Lorna Waterhouse. Loosely inserted is a folded sheet of typescript a segment from Milton and Browning respectively with the previous owner's relevant pencilled annotations. Longmans hardcover
Bookseller reference : 61909
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THOMSON W. John
Photographic Album of South Australian Passenger Vessels
Adelaide: The Author 2003. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide The Author 2003. Oblong slim folio; laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author. The Author] paperback
Bookseller reference : 88980
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KENDERDINE Sarah
Artefacts from Shipwrecks in the South-East 1851-1951
Adelaide: State Heritage Branch Department of Environment and Planning 1995. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide State Heritage Branch Department of Environment and Planning 1995. Quarto; half-cloth tape and laminated pictorial card covers a little marked and slightly rubbed; a very good copy. A catalogue of collections of artefacts from vessels wrecked in the South-east of South Australia. State Heritage Branch, Department of Environment and Planning paperback
Bookseller reference : 88979
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LINN Rob
Angels of Mercy. District Nursing in South Australia 1894-1994
Norwood: Royal District Nursing Society of SA 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Norwood Royal District Nursing Society of SA 1993. Small quarto; quarter leather and papered boards with a plate laid down on the front cover; a fine copy with the slightly creased dustwrapper. Number 206 of the deluxe edition; signed on the title page by the author. Royal District Nursing Society of SA hardcover
Bookseller reference : 89049
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MOON Milton
A Potter's Pilgrimage
Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2010. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2010. Quarto x 294 pages with dozens of illustrations mainly in colour. Pictorial card covers; a fine copy. A small errata slip is loosely inserted. Wakefield Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 89082
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MORGAN James Waite
The Premier and the Pastoralist. William Morgan & Peter Waite
Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2011. Octavo; papered boards; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Wakefield Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 89077
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FYFE Dorothy M.
Maritime History of Wallaroo. An Outline 1802-1978
Adelaide: The Author 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Author 1979. Octavo; pictorial card covers lightly rubbed; ownership name on the front cover; an excellent copy. Signed by the author on the title page. The Author] paperback
Bookseller reference : 88613
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KLIX Fred
Flinders: 'a chain of rugged mountains'
Adelaide: Rigby 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Adelaide Rigby 1975. Quarto 48 pages with illustrations and 40 colour plates of the author's artwork. Papered boards; an excellent copy with the lightly scuffed dustwrapper. Inscribed and signed by the artist to Charles Mountford. Rigby hardcover
Bookseller reference : 88671
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ROBERTS Melva Jean
Dreamtime. The Aboriginal Heritage. Australian Aboriginal Myths in Paintings by Ainslie Roberts and Text by
Adelaide: Rigby 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Adelaide Rigby 1981. Large quarto 144 pages with 67 line drawings and 66 colour plates all by Ainslie Roberts. Papered boards; an excellent copy with the excellent dustwrapper. A companion volume to 'The Dreamtime Book' planned with Charles Mountford who died in 1976 and completed by the artist's wife who "took up the task of collecting and adapting the myths". With 24 new paintings and 42 enlarged from the four earlier and smaller format books in the series. Rigby hardcover
Bookseller reference : 88199
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WAKE Moss
Faith Families Farms and Football
North Adelaide: Mike Wake and Associates 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. North Adelaide Mike Wake and Associates 2007. Quarto; papered boards very slightly marked; an excellent copy with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper. Mike Wake and Associates hardcover
Bookseller reference : 88181
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WARBURTON Elizabeth
Old Stradbroke
Blackwood SA: Lynton 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Blackwood SA Lynton 1976. Octavo 303 pages with plates some in colour. Cloth; tape marks to the verso of the flyleaf; a very good copy with the dustwrapper very slightly sunned creased and torn. Signed by the author on the title page; two items of related ephemera are loosely inserted. Lynton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 88324
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