‎Australia‎

‎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

‎South Australia‎

‎Reports from the Select Committee on South Australia; together with the Minutes of Evidence Appendix and Index. Comprising the First Report . 9th March 1841 and the Second Report . 10th March 1841‎

‎London: 'Communicated by the Commons to the Lords' 1841. First Edition. Paperback. London 'Communicated by the Commons to the Lords' and 'Ordered to be printed 21st June 1841'. Foolscap folio ii 8 last blank pages First Report and xl 272 x 358 appendix 58 index pages plus 4 large folding hand-coloured maps including 3 by John Arrowsmith - see below Second Report. Relatively modern half calf and cloth by Morrell of London retaining both front and rear original printed blue wrappers; leather very slightly rubbed at the extremities with a light tidemark to the foot of the spine; front wrapper very slightly marked; minor offsetting to the maps with an expert repair to a very short tear near the stub of the last one; essentially a fine uncut copy - it is difficult to imagine a better one turning up. Great Britain and Ireland Parliamentary Paper 174 of 1841 the House of Lords issue Ferguson 3221 with minor pagination errors: see also Ferguson 3218 and 3219. 'This Report contains very complete information regarding the Colony from its foundation in 1836 to 1841' Ferguson 3219 referring to the Second Report. Wakefield's self-supporting system of colonization administered by the South Australian Colonization Commission failed and the commission was dissolved in January 1840. 'The new board of three salaried commissioners slowly became aware that the colony's funds in London were rapidly dwindling. After months of inexcusable procrastination they had no choice but to throw the colony on the mercies of the Colonial Office. Nevertheless the blame of their own shortcomings and extravagance was placed squarely on Governor Gawler for his irregularities "reckless" expenditure and alleged grave errors of judgment.' The imperial parliament accepted the select committee's recommendations and took control of the colony's affairs. Although the select committee had refused to condemn Gawler and reported that 'even his severest critics had suggested no way in which Gawler's expenditure might have been significantly reduced' he was abandoned as the scapegoat and after his recall in May 1841 he was never again to find public employment 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. The maps are: 1 Plan of the District of Adelaide shewing the application of the Running Survey to that locality Water Sections coloured approximately 500 � 600 mm; 2 The District of Adelaide South Australia; As divided into Country Sections. From the Trigonometrical Surveys of Colonel Light . 500 � 600 mm; 3 The Maritime Portion of South Australia from Capn. Flinders and the more recent Surveys made by the Survr. Genl. of the Colonies 620 � 500 mm; and 4 Map shewing the Special Survey in South Australia to the Eastward of the Gulf of St Vincent 515 � 600 mm. From the notable collection of Rodney Davidson with his bookplate on the front pastedown. 'Communicated by the Commons to the Lords' paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 80653

‎Horace Walpole Press. ROGERS FE. F. E.‎

‎Ballades Rondeaus and Occasional Verse‎

‎Adelaide: 'Printed and Published by the Author' 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide 'Printed and Published by the Author' 1931. Octavo 171 pages with the press mark on the title page. Flush-cut quarter cloth and papered boards; essentially a fine copy of a very indifferent production. Inscribed by the author who later released his hand-set and -printed items under the imprint of The Horace Walpole Press. Offered together with four other titles from the Press: 'Occasional Verse' by Rogers 1933; 'More Occasional Verse' by Rogers 1935 and 'Selections from Modern French Poetry' and 'Dips into the Classics' both translated by H.E. Ashley and F.E. Rogers. Although the last two mentioned are undated Farmer Private Presses and Australia 1972 gives 1938 as the publication date of 'Selections from Modern French Poetry'. As this book lists all of the titles recorded by Farmer other than 'Memoirs of a Medico' 1941 it seems reasonable to suggest that the six undated titles in Farmer appeared not later than 1938. Of the four extra titles offered here only 'Occasional Verse' is not inscribed and signed by Rogers. 'Printed and Published by the Author' hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 80489

‎KINGDOM E. WOOLLEY D. and I. FAULKS‎

‎Water Bore Locations in Central Australia‎

‎Canberra: Department of National Development Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Canberra Department of National Development Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics 1967. Folio x 120 pages plus 47 folding maps. Stapled card covers bound in binder's tape; covers slightly rubbed and creased; the maps somewhat discoloured due to the high acid content; an excellent copy. Record Number 1967/83. Department of National Development, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 80399

‎BROOK David‎

‎Roundshot to Rapier. Artillery in South Australia 1840-1984‎

‎Hawthorndene: Investigator Press 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hawthorndene Investigator Press 1986. Octavo 349 pages with numerous illustrations. Gilt-decorated blue cloth; a fine copy. Investigator Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 27804

‎HOSSFELD PS. and TD. CAMPBELL P. S. T. D.‎

‎Australian Aboriginal Stone Arrangements in North-West South Australia. Reprinted from Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Volume 90 1966‎

‎First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Quarto 6 pages with an illustration and a map plus 4 plates. Wrappers; a fine copy. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 60205

‎GORDON The Hon. David J.‎

‎Problems of Transporation and their Relation to Australian Trade and Commerce. The Joseph Fisher Lecture in Commerce delivered at the University of Adelaide . 28th April 1914‎

‎Adelaide: W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers 1914. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers 1914. Octavo 45 pages. Wrappers lightly discoloured about the spine and slightly rubbed; pencilled ownership signature on the front cover; two pages very slightly marked; an excellent copy. W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 75765

‎State Service of Intercession in Thankful Response to the Call to Prayer of His Majesty the King for the Empire its Allies and the Cause in which they are United on Sunday May 26th 1940 at 4 pm in the Adelaide Town Hall‎

‎Adelaide: Government Printer 1940. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1940. Small quarto 12 pages. Wrappers very slightly scuffed; an excellent copy. Stamped 'Draft Copy'. Government Printer paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 79449

‎SINNETT Frederick‎

‎An Account of the Colony of South Australia prepared for Distribution at the International Exhibition of 1862. Together with a Catalogue of all the Products of South Australia exhibited in the South Australian Court of the International Exhibition‎

‎Adelaide: W.C. Cox Government Printer 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide W.C. Cox Government Printer 1862. Octavo vi 99 pages plus a large folding map 740 x 635 mm. Original papered boards slightly rubbed and very slightly worn at the extremities and bumped at the front bottom corner; spine slightly sunned with minimal loss to silverfish in one spot and trifling chipping and wear to both ends; front endpaper creased where it is in contact with the folds of the frontispiece map; expert repair to a long tear to the stub panel of the map with tiny splits to some creases also closed; an excellent copy of a book so often found lacking the map - and rarely encountered in the fragile original binding. This copy is more desirable still by virtue of its provenance - it has the armorial bookplates of the notable South Australians Sir Henry Ayers on the pastedown and Edward Angas Johnson on the flyleaf - and we purchased it from the estate of Dr Hedley Marston FRS. W.C. Cox, Government Printer hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 29123

‎JEFFERY W. and J. AMESS editors‎

‎Proceedings of the Second Southern Hemisphere Conference on Maritime Archaeology‎

‎Adelaide: SA Dept of Environment and Planning/ Commonwealth Dept of Home Affairs and Environment 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide SA Dept of Environment and Planning/ Commonwealth Dept of Home Affairs and Environment 1983. Thick quarto; cloth tape over staple-bound card and clear plastic covers slightly scuffed; an excellent copy. SA Dept of Environment and Planning/ Commonwealth Dept of Home Affairs and Environment hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 79524

‎GOODCHILD John C. Port Adelaide‎

‎The Greater Port Adelaide Plan. Achievements 1949-59 and Future Programme cover title‎

‎Adelaide: The South Australian Harbors Board 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The South Australian Harbors Board 1959. Oblong quarto 40 pages with illustrations and 6 full-page colour plates by John C. Goodchild plus a large folding map in pocket at rear. Cord and staple-bound wrappers lightly rubbed; sprinkling of tiny spots throughout; a very good copy. Loosely inserted is a compliments slip from the Minister of the Marine. Number 884 of an unspecified edition. The South Australian Harbors Board paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 31599

‎ANGAS George French 'Agricola'‎

‎Description of the Barossa Range and its Neighbourhood in South Australia by . Illustrated with maps and coloured plates from original drawings made on the spot by George French Angas‎

‎Adelaide: South Australian Government Printer/ State Library of South Australia 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide South Australian Government Printer/ State Library of South Australia 1979 facsimile edition/ 1849. Large quarto iv ii facsimile wrapper 19 pages plus 6 colour plates 2 maps one folding and endpaper maps. Cloth with a leather titling-label on the front cover; a fine copy. One of 400 numbered copies of the trade edition; 100 copies in full calf were also produced. South Australian Government Printer/ State Library of South Australia hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 79380

‎SMITH Stevie‎

‎Over the Frontier‎

‎London: Jonathan Cape 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Jonathan Cape 1938 first edition. Octavo 272 8 publisher's advertisements pages. Original salmon pink cloth; extremities slightly rubbed and bumped; spine slightly marked and darkened; edges and initial leaves a little lightly foxed; a very good copy. With the ownership signature of Margaret McKellar Stewart 1915-2007 daughter of Adelaide philosopher John McKellar Stewart 1878-1953 and 1932 winner of the Tennyson Medal. The second novel by Florence Margaret Smith aka 'Stevie Smith' 1902-1971 famous for her poem 'Not Waving but Drowning'; Sylvia Plath was a fan of her poetry; in a 1962 letter Plath described herself as 'a desperate Smith-addict'. Jonathan Cape hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 79074

‎HOLMS A. Campbell‎

‎Practical Shipbuilding. A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of Modern Steel Vessels; the Work of Construction from the Making of the Raw Material to the Equipped Vessel including Subsequent Up-keep and Repairs. Volume 1. Text‎

‎London: Longmans Green 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. London Longmans Green 1925 new impression of the third 1916 edition/ 1904. Quarto; cloth slightly marked rubbed bumped and sunned and a little scuffed; one corner a trifle worn with trifling loss; endpapers offset; a very good copy. With the ownership stamp twice of W.D. Ackland-Horman Surveyor Lloyd's Register of Shipping Port Adelaide. Longmans, Green hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 79128

‎ELLIS Catherine J.‎

‎Aboriginal Songs of South Australia. Contained in Miscellanea Musicologica. Adelaide Studies in Musicology. Volume 1 1966. Together with The Pitjantjara Kangaroo Song from Karlga. Contained in Miscellanea Musicologica. Adelaide Studies in Musicology Volume 2 1967‎

‎Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia/ University of Adelaide 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia/ University of Adelaide 1966 and 1966. Quarto 54 pages with 2 maps and 102 pages. Wrappers; Volume 1 a fine copy; Volume 2 slightly sunned rubbed and with two tiny closed tears to the head of the spine; overall an excellent pair. Libraries Board of South Australia/ University of Adelaide paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 78747

‎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. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide printed by Vardon and Sons for the State Children's Council 1907. Octavo i 147 pages plus 6 plates. Original green cloth with the title in gilt on the spine; cloth slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities and lightly marked; new endpapers; trifling nick to the leading edge of the first ten leaves; 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 may explain why the book - at least in our experience - is rare and the only other copy we have handled was bound in green cloth without the green lettering also apparently original. Not marked as such but from the collection of Sir Edward Charles Stirling. printed by Vardon and Sons [for the State Children's Council] hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 78572

‎NESDALE Ira‎

‎Riverbend Bricky‎

‎London: Blackie and Son 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London Blackie and Son 1960. Octavo; papered boards; extremities slightly bumped; endpapers lightly offset; top edge lightly tide-marked; a very good copy with the dustwrapper a little stained crinkled rubbed and bumped. Blackie and Son hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 79009