‎Australia‎

‎Australia 1930‎

‎Australian XI English Tour 1930. With the compliments of the Orient Line cover title. A pre-tour booklet 180x130mm 12 pages plus the decorated two-colour card covers; basically a who's who with a third of a page text and a portrait photograph on each member of the squad: Woodfull Captain a'Beckett Bradman Fairfax Grimmett Hornibrook Hurwood Jackson Kippax McCabe Oldfield Ponsford Richardson Walker and Wall‎

‎Very Good. Rear cover very slightly marked and silverfish damaged; SACA stamp on the first page; an excellent copy. Padwick 5054 and a less informative entry would be difficult to find. unknown‎

Referencia librero : 56187

‎THORNTON Philip‎

‎Dead Puppets Dance‎

‎London: Collins 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London Collins 1937 first edition. Octavo ii 322 pages plus 31 pages of plates and endpaper maps. Cloth lightly rubbed and a trifle bumped and sunned at the foot of the spine; edges and early leaves lightly foxed; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper a little sunned about the spine and slightly chipped and torn with trifling loss. The author 'went to the Balkans primarily to study the music and dancing of the people . in that most troubled spot on the map of Europe'. Contemporary gift inscription on a small card mounted on the front flyleaf 'from the staff and Sisters of St Peter's Girls' School' and a small label with presumably the two recipients. Collins hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 32062

‎The South Australian Literary Societies' Union. A collection of fourteen ephemeral items from 1884 to 1889‎

‎One is quarto; one is 260 x 140 mm; the others are octavo nine of them are single-paged - five of which have conjugate blanks - and the others each contain two to four pages of text. The most interesting items are leaflets for the Annual Literary Competition in 1885 one page 1888 2 pages 260 x 140 mm and 1889 4 pages with one page announcing the sixth annual competition and another page devoted to reading clubs. The other items are notices of meetings some with agendas an 1888 questionnaire sent to member societies and an unused SALSU prize plate 100 x 80 mm mounted on a blank page of the only duplicate item in the group. George Hussey was general secretary for the entire period. The 1885 item above has a chipped creased and torn blank bottom margin and the 1888 item above is creased and folded with some mainly marginal splits along two folds; overall the condition is very good or better. Nothing if not rare and there is enough wheat among the chaff to get the literary taste and flavour of the times. unknown‎

Referencia librero : 73309

‎Coinage‎

‎Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council of South Australia appointed to report upon the expediency of adopting the Sydney coinage‎

‎Adelaide: Government Printer 1856. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Government Printer 1856. Folio 9 pages. Recent quarter cloth and card covers; a fine copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 179 of 1856. Government Printer paperback‎

Referencia librero : 27335

‎RICHARDS William Pearce‎

‎Poems &c‎

‎Adelaide: Webb Vardon & Pritchard for the Author 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Webb Vardon & Pritchard for the Author 1881. Sextodecimo 96 pages. Cloth a little flecked rubbed and marked; offsetting to the first and last pages; paper uniformly discoloured throughout due to the high acid content of the paper; light stains to one opening; contemporary ownership inscription; a very good copy. Webb, Vardon & Pritchard [for the Author] hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 65957

‎BRADMAN Don. PAGE Michael‎

‎Bradman. The Illustrated Biography . Using the Private Possessions of Sir Donald Bradman‎

‎South Melbourne: Macmillan 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. South Melbourne Macmillan 1983 first edition. Demy quarto 290 x 210 mm viii 368 pages with approximately 300 illustrations many from photographs. Pictorial papered boards lightly rubbed along the bottom edges; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. With a contemporary blue ink signature of Don Bradman on the title page. Macmillan hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 56511

‎BASEDOW Herbert‎

‎Journal of the Government North-West Expedition March 30th - November 5th 1903. Contained in Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch Volume 15 Session 1913-1914‎

‎Adelaide: RGSSA 1914. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide RGSSA 1914. Octavo 57-242 pages with diagrams plus 59 plates and a very large folding map 475 x 985 mm. Early half calf with raised bands and contrasting titling-labels without the original wrappers; leather a little worn at the corners and rubbed at the extremities with a little surface loss to the spine; final blank page a little foxed and creased; blank verso of the map foxed with a few small stains; map lightly foxed with a few short tears and some small holes rubbed through the outermost fold affecting unprinted portions of only one panel expertly repaired; a very good copy. An important expedition scientifically and anthropologically under the leadership of L.A. Wells; it filled in the gap 'linking together the areas traversed by the Horn and Elder Expeditions'. This volume also contains the annual address of the President John LEWIS with lengthy sections on Eyre Sturt and Strzelecki 56 pages plus folding maps relating to Eyre and Sturt. McLaren 5065 the separate issue. RGSSA paperback‎

Referencia librero : 75331

‎DANIELS Jeff editor‎

‎Roseworthy Agricultural College. A Century of Service‎

‎Roseworthy: Roseworthy Agricultural College 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Roseworthy Roseworthy Agricultural College 1983. Large octavo; papered boards; three very small marks to the covers production flaw; a fine copy with the dustwrapper slightly creased and torn. Roseworthy Agricultural College hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 72768

‎HAYS CD. C. D.‎

‎Remarks upon the Proposed Establishment of Steam Communication with the Australian Colonies‎

‎Adelaide: LBSA 1963. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide LBSA 1963 facsimile/ 1847. Octavo iv 12 pages plus a folding map and chart. Cloth; a fine copy. Peade A26: 208 copies. LBSA hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 24990

‎ANGAS George Fife‎

‎A framed and glazed original pen and ink portrait of George Fife Angas 1789-1879 South Australian pioneer‎

‎The visible image size is 615 � 500 mm; the external dimensions of the frame are 895 � 755 mm; apart from three tiny holes low down on the left-hand lapel of the coat perhaps moths and a very small amount of surface loss on the other lapel the condition of the portrait matt and frame are excellent. It is based on one of the variant frontispiece portraits used in Edwin Hodder's 1891 biography 'George Fife Angas. Father and Founder of South Australia'; we have identified different images and reproduction processes for this frontispiece. This portrait is based on a photograph but whether it was done from an original print or the frontispiece reproduction is not known - nor is the artist known. However it is a well-executed portrait and the matt and frame suggest that the item is at least of the same vintage as Hodder's book. The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' has this to say about Angas: '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'. unknown‎

Referencia librero : 69226

‎REYNOLDS Thomas‎

‎Report on Northern Territory. The Report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration of his Official Visit to the Northern Territory via Galle Singapore Java Macassar and Timor‎

‎Adelaide: Government Printer 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Government Printer 1873. Foolscap folio 10 pages. Recent cloth with titling on the front cover; a fine copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 55 of 1873. Reynolds was away for approximately fifteen weeks and his report is full of matters pertinent to his portfolio - land its uses and people to use it. 'Any person visiting these islands who considers the number of their inhabitants the peculiar adaptability of the people for tropical and semi-tropical lands their habits their general industry the rapid increase of population in these islands - which threatens ere long to burst through its present geographical limits . then takes up the map of Australia and especially that portion our Northern Territory - can draw no other inference but that Nature and Providence combine to show that the Northern Territory of Australia is destined to become by its striking geographical position the point where the superabundant population of those islands may find a foothold and a home where millions of acres wait for the occupancy of a race just adapted to their special wants'. He spent from 17 May to 11 June in the Northern Territory and got stuck into things - and people - and recommended that the entire control of the Territory be 'under one experienced responsible head'. However something struck a chord with him; shortly after he returned to Adelaide he resigned from his position and 'Attracted by business opportunities in the Territory he went back and opened a store. This was not successful and in February 1875 he and his wife embarked on SS Gothenburg for the return journey to Adelaide - and went down with the ship off the Queensland coast' Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography Volume 1. Government Printer hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 58350

‎HOWARD Dora‎

‎The English Activities on the North Coast of Australia in the first half of the Nineteenth Century. Contained in Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch Volume 33 1931-32‎

‎First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Octavo 174 pages with 2 maps. Wrappers; a fine copy. 'Permission has been obtained through Professor Newton of the University of London for the publication of a very brilliant thesis written by Dora Howard in 1925'. paperback‎

Referencia librero : 20730

‎Vessels offered for Northern Territory Service‎

‎Adelaide: Government Printer 1869. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1869. Folio 1 page. Drop-title; neatly disbound with holes in the left-hand margin where formerly stab-sewn; a very good copy. Thirty-four vessels are listed with the names of owners tonnage date available and terms charter rates or purchase price; Elder Smith's ship Moonta was chartered and James Darwent's steam launch Midge was purchased. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 193 of 1868-69. Government Printer unknown‎

Referencia librero : 27432

‎DIXON Samuel‎

‎Remarks on some Indigenous Shrubs of South Australia suitable for Cultivation as Fodder. Contained in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Volume 8 1886‎

‎Adelaide: RSSA 1886. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1886. Octavo 13 pages. Wrappers; a fine copy. This issue also contains WINNECKE Charles: Plants collected in Central Australia 4 pages; it is a revised and corrected version of the list published in his official report of his 1883 expedition see SA Parliamentary Paper Number 39 of 1884. RSSA paperback‎

Referencia librero : 59765

‎MOUNTFORD Charles P. and Norman B. TINDALE‎

‎Native Markings on Rocks at Morowie South Australia. Contained in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Volume 50 1926‎

‎Adelaide: RSSA 1926. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1926. Quarto 4 pages with a map and an illustration plus 5 plates. Original quarter cloth and wrappers; a fine copy of Mountford's first publication. This issue also contains MAWSON Sir D. and P. HOSSFELD: Relics of Aboriginal Occupation in the Olary District 8 pages with 2 full-page illustrations plus 4 plates; HOSSFELD Paul S.: The Aborigines of South Australia. Native Occupation of the Eden Valley and Angaston Districts 11 pages with a map and 3 pages of illustrations; CAMPBELL Dr T.D. and Dr A.J. LEWIS: The Aborigines of South Australia - Anthropometric Descriptive and other Observations recorded at Ooldea 9 pages plus 3 pages of plates containing 12 portraits and two short articles by Dr R. Pulleine. RSSA paperback‎

Referencia librero : 60901

‎HUDSON Flexmore‎

‎Ashes and Sparks. 43 poems‎

‎Adelaide: Preece 1937. Very Good/Very Good. Adelaide Preece 1937. Octavo vi 46 pages. Plain paper covers with attached grey dustwrapper with large flaps trifling piercing to the top edge of the last two leaves and rear cover; an excellent copy. Hudson's first collection of poetry. Preece unknown‎

Referencia librero : 58239

‎Lunatic Asylums‎

‎Third Progress Report from the Select Committee on the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum‎

‎Melbourne: Government Printer 1884. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Melbourne Government Printer 1884. Folio vi 77 pages. Titling-wrappers stab-sewn as issued; uncut edges very slightly foxed; several leaves near the centre are heavily foxed; a very good copy. Victorian Parliamentary Paper Number 41 of 1861-2. The Select Committee also enquired into the treatment of the lunatics in the Melbourne Gaol. This progress report contains the detailed answers to 1832 questions: two of them should suffice . "672: What was Coates's conduct towards the other patients - Very irritating; he argued with them on religious matters and he was very nearly killed by one patient for calling the Virgin Mary a wh--e. 673: You have no doubt he was insane - I think he must have been insane when he made that remark" Government Printer paperback‎

Referencia librero : 56107

‎DALY Mrs Dominic D.‎

‎Digging Squatting and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia‎

‎London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1887. Octavo xii 368 pages plus a folding colour map 435 � 190 mm. Original light fawn cloth with extensive gilt floral decoration and attractive gilt lettering; all edges uncut; cloth very lightly marked and slightly rubbed at the extremities with a tiny amount of wear to the front bottom corner; vertical crease near the centre of one leaf; trifling occasional fingermarks; an excellent copy. 'Shortly after the return of Mr Goyder's surveying expedition to Adelaide in April 1870 my father was appointed Government Resident of the Northern Territory'; 16 year-old Harriet accompanied William Bloomfield Douglas see the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' and the rest of the family north. She spent the better part of the next three years in the Territory returning south for her marriage in 1871 to a nephew of the late Governor before leaving for good in 1873 when her father was dismissed for incompetence. Her chatty account based on her personal experiences concludes then at page 208; the rest of the book is written 'by means of researches in newspapers official reports and other documents'. Significantly this copy bears the ownership signature of John Lewis Benacre 1910 on the dedication page. The Honorable John Lewis 1844-1923 was an 'Explorer bushman drover roughrider pastoralist businessman legislator'; his father James accompanied Charles Sturt in 1844-45 and one of his sons was the industrialist Essington Lewis. Lewis has pencilled annotations on two pages of text. The notes on the first page relate to gold crushing statistics; the second corrects a passing comment Daly makes about him in relation to a rescue party. On page 227 Daly names the leaders of the party as Messrs. Lewis and Levi; Lewis notes that 'Levi did not go on this trip but went with J. Lewis the following year' refer to Lewis's autobiography 'Fought and Won' chapters 13 and 14 for the full details. Offered together with a fine copy of the 1984 Hesperian Press facsimile edition. Ferguson 8939 not noting the map. Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 75543

‎Australia 1938 and England 1938‎

‎An end-of-match scorecard approximately 255x150mm for the Fifth Test England versus Australia commencing Saturday 20 August 1938 a four-day match‎

‎England won by an innings and 579 runs: Hutton 364 Leyland 187 and Hardstaff 169 contributed to the record total of 7 wickets declared for 903 a figure that is still in the top ten first-class scores of all time; Australia could manage only 201 and 123 as both Bradman and Fingleton were injured during the innings and did not bat. As Frith puts it: 'With England's total around 800 Bradman put himself on to bowl - but soon fell and fractured a shinbone'. Archivally mounted ready for framing with a card signed by Don Bradman displayed in a window in the mount; minimal pale foxing; in excellent condition. unknown‎

Referencia librero : 29156

‎DAVEY Constance M.‎

‎Children and their Law-Makers. A Social-Historical Survey of the Growth and Development from 1836 to 1950 of the South Australian Laws relating to Children‎

‎Adelaide: University of Adelaide 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Adelaide University of Adelaide 1956. Octavo xiv 158 pages. Cloth a fine copy with the dustwrapper a little bumped and sunned at the spine. With a signed receipt attached to an original request to the author subsequently inscribed and initialled by her loosely inserted. [University of Adelaide] hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 64604

‎GEE Lionel CE. C. E.‎

‎Bush Tracks and Gold Fields. Reminiscences of Australia's 'Back of Beyond'. Foreword by F. Wood-Jones‎

‎Adelaide: Preece 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Adelaide Preece 1926. Octavo viii 109 pages plus 3 plates. Cloth slightly marked and sunned; top edge a little foxed; one four-page section not completely sewn in; a good copy without the folding map present in some copies. Presumably as issued as this is an author's presentation copy signed on the title-page and inscribed and dated 23 August 1930 on the flyleaf. With much aboriginal and north Australian content. Preece hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 20478

‎COX Francis Wm‎

‎Jubilee Record 1837-1887. The Congregational Churches of South Australia‎

‎Adelaide: Webb Vardon and Pritchard 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Webb Vardon and Pritchard 1887. Octavo viii 173 pages. Cloth flecked and a little marked; extremities very slightly rubbed with a small section of the front leading edge slightly worn; first and last pages slightly discoloured by the acidic boards; a very good copy. Webb, Vardon and Pritchard hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 58140

‎NEWLAND Simpson‎

‎'Some Aboriginals I Have Known'‎

‎Adelaide: W.K. Thomas Printers 1895. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide W.K. Thomas Printers 1895. Octavo 15 pages. Titling-wrappers; a fine copy. A separately-paginated offprint from the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch Session 1894-5. With the pencilled ownership initials of Tom Austen Brown. W.K. Thomas, Printers paperback‎

Referencia librero : 64096

‎South Australia‎

‎Secondary Towns Association formed for the purchasing of One or More Special Survey or Surveys of Land in South Australia for Sites for Secondary Towns; Statement of the Proceedings of the Directors for the Information of the Proprietors‎

‎Adelaide: Public Library of South Australia 1962. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Public Library of South Australia 1962 facsimile edition/ 1843. Octavo ii 30 pages plus a folding map and 2 folding survey plans. Synthetic cloth; endpapers slightly discoloured; a fine copy. Peade SA13: one of only 35 copies. Public Library of South Australia hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 52949

‎Kangaroo Island. HOWCHIN Walter‎

‎Notes on the Geology of Kangaroo Island with special reference to evidences of extinct glacial action. Contained in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Volume 23 Part 2 1899‎

‎Adelaide: RSSA 1899. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1899. Octavo 10 pages plus 2 plates one folding. Original wrappers; a fine copy. This issue also contains a nine-page address by the President of the Society W.L. CLELAND; he concentrates on the Australian Aborigines with particular reference to the recent publications of Roth Spencer and Gillen. He concludes that the 'Australian is not degenerate but primordial . A consequence of this is that no longer protected by isolation he must shortly entirely disappear from the face of the earth for he is an anachronism and archaic'. RSSA paperback‎

Referencia librero : 59769