‎Australie‎

‎LANGHAM WH. W. H.‎

‎In the Beginning‎

‎Adelaide: The Book Collectors Society of SA 1989. Paperback. Adelaide The Book Collectors Society of SA 1989/ 1936. Octavo iv 16 pages. Overlapping wrappers; mint. The story of the foundation of the State Library of SA; a facsimile reprint with an introduction by Valmai Hankel. One of only 100 copies. Trade enquiries are welcome. The Book Collectors Society of SA paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 16619

‎Australia 1948 and England 1948‎

‎An end-of-match score card 200x130mm for the Third Test Old Trafford 8-13 July 1948‎

‎The match with more than a day lost to rain was drawn: Compton outshone them all with an unbeaten 145. Archivally mounted with a card signed by Don Bradman displayed in a window in the mount; one crease across the centre; in excellent condition ready for framing. unknown‎

Ссылка продавца : 29158

‎Kensington Cricket Club. President's Social to Premiership Team SACA Season 1926-27. Kensington Oval Tuesday May 17 1927 cover title‎

‎115x90mm 4 pages with the toast list and programme across the centre pages and the list of the 'A' Team members on the last page. Two of the thirteen players listed are worthy of note: L.V. Pellew toured NZ in 1920-21 and brother of the more famous Nip to coin a phrase and W.S. Stirling with the AIF Services Team in England in 1919 and South Africa in 1919-20. The ownership signature of Joe Keogh the Honorary Secretary of the KCC is on the first page. Apart from some hatching in red ballpoint near the foot of the last page it is in fine condition. unknown‎

Ссылка продавца : 56510

‎SCHLANK Racey‎

‎Poems‎

‎Adelaide: printed by Vardon and Pritchard 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide printed by Vardon and Pritchard 1895. Octavo 86 pages. Cloth slightly rubbed and marked; top edge slightly foxed; an excellent copy. 'To Dear Emma With the best of good wishes from her old friend Racey' is writ large across the top half of the title page. Not least 'To Glenelg' the view from the window on the train journey from the city for a day at the beach. printed by Vardon and Pritchard hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 60324

‎OVINGTON Professor JD. and others J. D.‎

‎A Study of the Impact of Tourism at Ayers Rock - Mt Olga National Park‎

‎Canberra: Government Printer 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Canberra Government Printer 1973. Folio iv viii 143 pages with 27 figures 23 tables and 28 plates. Pictorial wrappers very slightly rubbed; short title in ink on the spine; an excellent copy. Published for the Environmental Consultant Group Department of Forestry Australian National University. Government Printer paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 63879

‎JONES F. Wood‎

‎Arboreal Man‎

‎London: Edward Arnold 1918. Hardcover. Very Good. London Edward Arnold 1918 second impression/ 1916. Octavo x 230 8 advertisements pages. Gilt-pictorial cloth very slightly rubbed at the extremities; an excellent copy. With the contemporary ownership signature of Hedley Ralph Marston FRS. Edward Arnold hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 27531

‎ANGAS George Fife‎

‎Words of Life's Last Years. Containing Christian Emblems; Metrical Prayers and Sacred Poems translated from Foreign Writers‎

‎London: Jackson Walford and Hodder 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Jackson Walford and Hodder 1862. Duodecimo xvi 136 8 catalogue pages. Cloth very slightly rubbed at the extremities; an excellent copy with a contemporary newspaper review cutting laid down on the half-title. With the ownership signature of George Fife Angas in full in pencil on the verso of the flyleaf. George Fife Angas 1789-1879 South Australian pioneer: although his 'prominence in the foundation of South Australia has been somewhat exaggerated . he deserves full credit for the capital and settlers that he introduced into the new colony' Australian Dictionary of Biography. Jackson, Walford and Hodder hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 17332

‎RICHES LG. Mayor of Port Augusta and Chairman of the Port Augusta Executive Committee L. G.‎

‎The Story of Port Augusta. Historical Booklet Published in conjunction with Commonwealth Jubilee Celebreations 1951 cover title‎

‎Port Augusta: Port Augusta Executive Committee 1951. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Port Augusta Port Augusta Executive Committee 1951. Quarto; overlapping card covers slightly rubbed marked creased foxed and torn; a very good copy. 'A Brief Historical Record of Events of Importance in the Progress of the Town of Port Augusta dating from the Earliest Records until the Present Day'. Port Augusta Executive Committee paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 76183

‎GILL Thomas‎

‎Bibliography of South Australia‎

‎Adelaide: Government Printer 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Government Printer 1886. Octavo ii pictorial lithographic title page signed 'Leo' 118 pages. Original orange cloth with black lettering and a decorative border; flyleaves offset; a fine copy. Prepared for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London in 1886; with a presentation inscription from the author to J.G.O. Tepper see below. 'It is to be regretted that some legislation was not passed in the early days of the colony enforcing the lodgment in the South Australian Institute of a copy of every colonial publication' from the author's preface. An eight-page bibliography of the Northern Territory plus extra material in the appendix is included. With the later pencilled ownership initials of Tom Austen Brown. J.G.O. Tepper 1841-1923 born in Prussia arrived in South Australia in 1847: school teacher natural history collector and entomologist. Government Printer hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 64090

‎Northern Territory‎

‎NTGR3 Government Resident's Report on the Northern Territory 1908‎

‎Adelaide: Government Printer 1909. Fine. Adelaide Government Printer 1909. Folio 51 pages plus 7 full-page plates. Drop-title stapled as issued; a fine copy. An overview of the affairs of the Territory by the Government Resident Charles E. Herbert 12 pages plus appendices on pastoral and mining matters and the like. Government Printer) unknown‎

Ссылка продавца : 22430

‎Port Adelaide‎

‎Lieut. Goalen's Survey of Port Adelaide‎

‎Adelaide: Government Printer 1875. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1875. Folio 4 pages plus a very large - and attractive - folding map 870 x 655 mm. Drop-title; four holes in the left-hand margin where stab-sewn when bound now disbound with the spine neatly reinforced with masking-tape; the top margin of the map is a little stained but only to a maximum depth of 10mm well clear of the printed surface; short tear to the map near the stub neatly repaired with paper; a very good copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 134 of 1875. Government Printer unknown‎

Ссылка продавца : 56128

‎GOLDSWORTHY Peter‎

‎Little Deaths. Stories‎

‎Sydney: Angus and Robertson 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney Angus and Robertson 1993 first edition. Octavo vi 146 pages. Trade paperback; front bottom corner slightly creased; an excellent copy. Inscribed by the author 'For Barry and especially Julia - my best and most rigorous proofreader! Peter November 1993'. Angus and Robertson paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 19882

‎POPE Robert‎

‎The Science-Art of Robert Pope‎

‎Berri: The Author 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Berri The Author 1979. Card covers lightly sunned; an excellent copy. Number 99 in a limited edition of 1000 copies. Signed and inscribed by the author. [The Author] paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 76027

‎DARLING Joseph 1870 1946: SA and Australia‎

‎An albumen paper cabinet photograph image size approximately 150x100mm laid down on the blind-stamped card of H. Parker Rolfe of Philadelphia; it dates from the short visit to America made on the homeward journey of the 1896 Australian touring team to England‎

‎It is a posed outdoor shot of the batsman at the crease; it is inscribed 'yours sincerely' and signed in ink in the bottom right-hand corner of the image. The surface of the image is slightly scuffed and the mount has a trifling surface chip; overall it is in excellent condition. Joe Darling 'was one of Australia's finest batsmen and Test captains'; he was captain in 21 of his 34 Test matches. This was his first of four successive tours of England; on each of them he scored over 1000 runs usually as an opener. He was captain of the last three tours which included the Ashes-winning 1899 and 1902 sides; under his captaincy in England his teams played 107 first-class matches losing only eight. Information from Martin-Jenkins 1995 and OCAC 1996. unknown‎

Ссылка продавца : 66211

‎North Australia‎

‎Report on the Administration of North Australia for the year ended the 30th June 1928‎

‎Canberra: Government Printer 1929. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Canberra Government Printer 1929. Folio 26 pages. Titling-wrappers stapled as issued; a fine copy. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 27 of 1929; only 845 copies printed. The Government Resident for the period was R.H. Weddell. The Northern Australia Act of 1926 resulting in the proclamation of the Territories of Central and North Australia on 1 March 1927 was repealed on 11 June 1930; this is the second of only four North Australian reports and it has detailed mining health police and other sections. Government Printer paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 20563

‎Pastoral Land applied for in Northern Territory‎

‎Adelaide: Government Printer 1880. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1880. Folio 2 pages. Drop-title; small holes and minor chipping to the left-hand margin where sewn when bound now disbound; a very good copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 80 of 1880. Bagot Buchanan Elder A. Giles E. Giles Tennant and other familiar names. Government Printer unknown‎

Ссылка продавца : 50360

‎Gladstone South Australia‎

‎Souvenir of Gladstone's Golden Jubilee 1883-1933. South Australia‎

‎Gladstone: 'Back to Gladstone' Carnival Committee 1933. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Gladstone 'Back to Gladstone' Carnival Committee 1933. Oblong octavo 137 � 218 mm 52 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs. Attractive overlapping pictorial wrappers with the spine and to a lesser degree the leading edges a little silverfish-damaged; bottom corner of the title page slightly marked; an excellent copy. 'Back to Gladstone' Carnival Committee paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 58844

‎RENFREY LEW. L. E.‎

‎Arthur Nutter Thomas; Bishop of Adelaide 1906-1940‎

‎Adelaide: The Author 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Adelaide The Author 1988. Octavo xviii 187 pages with frontispiece. Cloth; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title-page. The Author hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 73592

‎South Australia‎

‎Epitome of the Debates in the Houses of Legislature during the First Session of the First Parliament of South Australia. 1857-58. Together with Debates . during the Second Session . From August 27 to December 24 1858. Together with Debates . during the Third Session . From April 29 to September 1 1859‎

‎Adelaide: printed at the 'Times' and 'Dispatch' Office first volume and The Advertiser and Chronicle Offices second and third volumes 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide printed at the 'Times' and 'Dispatch' Office first volume and The Advertiser and Chronicle Offices second and third volumes 1858 and 1859. First volume: quarto viii 398 pages; contemporary half leather and marbled papered boards; leather a little rubbed at the extremities and worn at the corners with the marbled paper rubbed and worn with a little loss; endpapers and first and last few leaves foxed; a very good copy. Second volume: quarto ii iv last blank iii-viii last blank 473 pages; early cloth rubbed worn at the extremities sunned and stained; front flyleaf removed; one leaf slightly chipped and creased; small light marginal stains to a few leaves; a very good copy. Third volume: quarto viii 310 pages; early cloth slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities with slight loss to the head of the spine; two pinholes in the front cover and the first 10 leaves and 70 leaves respectively; a very good copy. On the flyleaf of the third volume is the contemporary ink signature of Francis Dutton 1818-1877 at various times MLC MHA Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration and twice Premier of South Australia 4 July to 15 July 1863 and 22 March to 20 September 1865. The first volume has all references to and contributions by John Bristow Hughes marked in the margins with pencil; Hughes was MHA from March 1857 to September 1858 and Treasurer from 1 September to 30 September 1857. printed at the 'Times' and 'Dispatch' Office (first volume) and The Advertiser and Chronicle Offices (second and hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 58936

‎GALE Fay‎

‎A Study of Assimilation. Part-Aborigines in South Australia‎

‎Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia 1964. Quarto vi xxii 443 pages plus 18 maps and 62 plates. Cloth a little marked on the rear cover; edges foxed; small mark to the top edge bleeding slightly into the top margin of some leaves; endpapers offset; a very good copy issued without a dustwrapper. Not least of considerable Central Australian interest. Libraries Board of South Australia hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 32892

‎Northern Territory‎

‎Settlement of Northern Territory. Instructions to Boyle Travers Finniss Esq. Government Resident of the Northern Territory of South Australia and the several Officers under his command; together with Extracts from Letters &. from Messrs Earl Helpman and Pascoe‎

‎Adelaide: Government Printer 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1864. Foolscap folio 15 pages plus a small sketch map a generic guide to town planners paper size 285x210mm. Recent cloth with titling on the front cover; bottom marginal corner slightly creased; uncut leading edge of one leaf slightly chipped and sunned; an excellent copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 36 of 1864. Offered together with SAPP Number 36A of 1864: Additional Instructions to Boyle Travers Finniss Esq. Government Resident of Northern Territory together with the names of the officers appointed to reinforce the expedition and list of stores forwarded per South Australian 3 pages. These papers are nothing less than the simple title suggests - the DIY instruction booklet for colonization down to the last nut bolt and two-inch brad half-a-hundredweight is recommended. Government Printer hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 58334

‎Town Planning HORNER David A.‎

‎Inner City Housing. With Special Reference to the City of Adelaide‎

‎Adelaide: The Author 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide The Author November 1978. Foolscap folio xi 2 234 pages with numerous tables illustrations and maps 4 in colour plus unnumbered title pages chapter headings and blanks. Binder's cloth slightly rubbed and bumped; top corner of most of the leaves a little bowed due to poor storage; a very good copy. An unpublished thesis for the Degree of Master of Town Planning at the University of Adelaide. The Author] hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 75082

‎MATHEW Reverend John‎

‎The Australian Aborigines. Contained in the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales Volume 23 1889‎

‎Sydney: RSNSW 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sydney RSNSW 1889. Octavo pages 335-449 plus a chromolithograph 'Figure of Daibaitah' from Grey's 'Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia' 1841 and a folding colour map 'Ethnological Map based mainly on Philological Evidence' 258 � 346 mm. Original blind-decorated cloth with the ticket of the binder Corbett on the front pastedown; cloth a little mottled; spine sunned; edges and first and last few leaves a little foxed with light scattered foxing elsewhere; tiny tear to the map near the stub; a very good copy. An Australia-wide survey in which the author pulls no punches. He expresses special indebtedness to the work of E.M. Curr 'although some of the latter's conclusions have been widely different from those enunciated in this essay'. This volume also contains STEPHENS Edward: The Aborigines of Australia being Personal Recollections of those Tribes which once inhabited the Adelaide Plains of South Australia 27 pages and WYNDHAM W.T.: The Aborigines of Australia 7 pages. The other 17 articles are on a variety of subjects of interest ranging from 'Flying Machine Memoranda' by Lawrence Hargreaves 5 pages plus 8 illustrations all but two of them full-page to 'Irrigation in its Relation to the Pastoral Industry of New South Wales' by H.G. M'Kinney with large folding maps. RSNSW hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 29581

‎BOTTOMLEY John‎

‎Cotton-Growing in the Northern Territory. Report . 1904‎

‎Adelaide: Government Printer 1905. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Government Printer 1905. Folio 4 pages plus a folding colour map. Pink titling-wrappers; a fine copy. Government Printer paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 28768

‎KEMPF Franz WESTON Neville‎

‎Franz Kempf. Graphic Works 1962-1984‎

‎Netley: Wakefield Press in association with Hyde Park Press 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Netley Wakefield Press in association with Hyde Park Press 1984. Quarto 304 � 220 mm 23 81 pages with 18 illustrations featuring the artist from photographs and 85 reproductions of artworks 12 in colour. Quarter leather and cloth; a fine copy with the fine pictorial dustwrapper. Number 126 of the deluxe edition of 150 copies numbered and signed by the artist with a matching numbered and signed original two-colour lithograph loosely inserted. Wakefield Press in association with Hyde Park Press hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 55826