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1838ref. 131290London: 'Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed' 1838. Very Good. London 'Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed' 1838. Foolscap folio 21 1 docket pages with numerous tables. Uncut and sewn as issued; outer pages slightly dusty; light foxing throughout; an excellent copy. Great Britain and Ireland Parliamentary Paper Number 685 of 1838. The bulk of this important paper pages 4-19 is given over to 'Nos. 5 6 7. Copy of a Despatch from Governor Sir James Stirling bearing Date 15 October 1835 forwarding a Memorial from the Inhabitants of Western Australia; together with a Copy of the Answer which has been returned thereto'. It is somewhat more than that. Stirling's covering letter explains that 'The signatures attached to this memorial . belong to about one-third of the adult male population of the settlement and represent also about one third of its property in land and capital. The grievances under which the memorialists consider themselves and their fellow colonists to labour are five in number'. The five grievances are well-aired; all signatories are identified; there are five pages of lists of lands reserved for public purposes individuals or 'Assigned to or Reserved for Civil Naval and Military Officers from commencement of the Colony in June 1829 to 6 October 1835'. The second and third lists provide name rank or situation where applicable number of acres district assigned or reserved - and when and remarks. A sample record for an individual is that pertaining to Robert Ramsay for whom an 'uncertain' number of acres was reserved at Plantagenet on 12 April 1831: 'Master of brig "Britannia". On south shore of Princes Royal Harbour reserved 18 months to form a whaling establishment and then resumed on failure of conditions'. The last four pages in this section contain Lord Glenelg's thoughts on the matter as of 7 March 1837. The limited information relating to the fledgling colony of South Australia occupies only pages 20 and 21. Ferguson 2511. Provenance: the signature 'C.A.S. Hawker' is written in pencil at the head of the first page. Charles Allan Seymour Hawker 1894-1938 politician and pastoralist: his grandfather George Charles Hawker arrived in Adelaide with his brother Charles in September 1840. They settled on land at Bungaree near Clare in December 1841; C.A.S. Hawker he was born there. He was seriously wounded on several occasions at the Western Front losing one eye and 'his legs were in surgical irons to the end of his life'. He was a minister in the Lyons Government from 1932 until he 'was killed on 25 October 1938 when the aircraft "Kyeema" crashed into Mount Dandenong in Victoria. His untimely death was sharply felt. He had been an outstanding and respected figure in the Federal parliament whom some of his own party would have supported as prime minister. John Curtin the Opposition leader believed he had been on the threshold of great achievements' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. 'Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed' unknown
1877ref. 111805Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1877. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 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 flecked lightly marked and lightly worn at the extremities edges lightly foxed front endpaper a little marked first and last pages offset; a very good copy internally excellent. A rarity: we have handled only four copies in over 46 years and this is a parochial publication. 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 & Son hardcover
1877ref. 107647Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1877. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 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: we have handled only four copies in over 46 years and this is a parochial publication. 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 only 15 copies of all five editions from the first of 1871 to the facsimile reprint of the third of 1979. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
1924ref. 114265London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. London Macmillan and Co. Limited 1924. Octavo xii 184 pages plus 90 plates on 41 pages and a folding map 325 × 275 mm. Gilt-pictorial cloth lightly marked and rubbed with the rear cover lightly scuffed; top edge lightly foxed; stitching slightly cracked at one opening with a few adjacent gatherings now slightly proud of the edges; essentially a fine copy. The 'country the habits and customs as well as the beliefs of the Wonkonguru and their neighbours east of Lake Eyre . For the last eight or nine years Mr Aiston has dwelt at Mungeranie although more than twenty years he has spent in aborigines' haunts . Above all an incalculable debt of gratitude is due to Sir Baldwin Spencer who not once but several times read through and corrected the manuscript'. Provenance: Sir John Burton Cleland 1878-1971 with his contemporary ownership signature in pencil J.B. Cleland on the front flyleaf. Cleland pathologist and naturalist began 'a systematic study of what must be one of the largest series of meticulous autopsy examinations ever conducted by one person - over 7000. Cleland regarded each post-mortem examination as a voyage of discovery and never wearied continuing to do routine autopsy work into his mid-80s . He had an unrivalled experience in macroscopic morbid anatomy and histopathology and often diagnosed rare conditions almost at a glance. With each further 1000 autopsy records amassed he would analyse and epitomize his findings and publish them in the "Medical Journal of Australia" or the Royal Adelaide Hospital's "Medical and Scientific Archives" which he founded and edited in 1921-48' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1880ref. 63126Adelaide: Government Printer 1880. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1880. Foolscap folio 9 pages plus a large folding map 'Plan shewing Country north east of Eucla examined by Mr James W. Jones with the view to decide upon boring operations for water' 555 × 705 mm. Drop-title sewn as issued; minimal expert infill to the bottom corner of the first leaf; small blank corner piece of the map slightly creased; an excellent copy. The map embraces the entire extent of the Nullarbor Plain within South Australia covering 'an area of 16500 square miles . with a complete description of the country from the coast to the route taken by Mr Ernest Giles on his exploration trip to Perth'. It also includes 'Professor Tate's track shewn in red' presumably relating to Ralph Tate's travels there resulting in his lengthy paper The Natural History of the Country around the Head of the Great Australian Bight in the 'Transactions . of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide South Australia for 1878-9': see McLaren 15803. The journal 'gives a minutely detailed description of the country passed over . It will be seen that this hitherto comparatively unexplored country has been thoroughly examined. I found that in many important particulars the surmises in previous reports respecting this country were not borne out'. No less interesting is the account of the discovery of the waggon and last campsite of Fairie and Woolley who died of thirst north of Eucla two years earlier. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 191 of 1880; the quantity printed is not stated but around 700 copies was usual and this item is rarely encountered on the open market. McLaren 10540. Government Printer] unknown
1874ref. 64356Adelaide: W.C. Cox Government Printer 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide W.C. Cox Government Printer 1874. Foolscap folio 5 pages plus a folding map 356 × 503 mm. Recent cloth with lettering on the front cover; a fine copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 67 of 1875; the subtitle is 'Memo. - This Journal and the Plan accompanying it was placed at the disposal of the Government by the Hon. Thos. Elder MLC at whose expense the exploration was made'. The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' gives details of Ross' interesting life: born in 1817 he joined Charles Bonney in the first cattle drive from the Goulburn River to Adelaide; after numerous adventures he was appointed leader of the advance exploration party for the overland telegraph line becoming in the process only the second to complete the crossing of the continent through the centre. 'At 57 Ross was engaged by Elder to lead an expedition to explore west of the Peake and to go on to Perth. Struggling against sandhills and mulga scrub he reached the South Australian border but barren country and brackish water forced him back'. His last words in this published account are: 'One drink or rain to give the horses one drink would have saved the expedition'. Ross died in poverty in Adelaide in 1903. McLaren 7953 and 14715 not noting the dimensions of the map. W.C. Cox, Government Printer] hardcover
1893ref. 141827'Sunnyside' Orpington Kent: George Allen 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 'Sunnyside' Orpington Kent George Allen 1893 first edition. Quarto xii 261 pages with 14 illustrations plus 15 plates 4 in colour with all artwork by John Ruskin. Contemporary full vellum 'Bound by Stoakley late Hawes' and stamped in gilt with the coat of arms of the University of Cambridge; inner gilt dentelles top edge gilt others uncut; marbled endpapers; vellum a little discoloured; boards slightly bowed; tiny light tide-mark to the top margin of a small number of plates and leaves of text; minimal signs of age and use; overall in excellent condition. Offered together with a companion volume by Ruskin bound to match and in excellent condition: 'The Seven Lamps of Architecture' 'Sunnyside' Orpington Kent George Allen 1886 fifth edition/ 1849; quarto ii xiv 222 pages plus 14 plates featuring artwork by John Ruskin. 'When George Allen 1832-1907 joined John Ruskin's evening drawing classes at the Working Men's College in 1854 he was working as an apprentice carpenter for his uncle in Clerkenwell London. Enthused and encouraged by Ruskin who saw in him an "innate disposition to art" Allen declined employment with William Morris' decorative arts firm in order to devote himself to Ruskin's service as his assistant and most reliable engraver. From 1870 he also became Ruskin's publisher and in 1874 he built "Sunnyside" a large house in Orpington Kent which acted as a storage area for Ruskin's past works and future publications up to the "Library Edition" of 1903-12 completed by Allen's family' online information from an exhibition commemorating George Allen held at Lancaster University. Provenance: Bishop Arthur Nutter Thomas 1869-1954 Anglican Bishop of Adelaide from 1906 until 1940. The front flyleaf in each volume is inscribed in ink: 'Jeremie Septuagint Prize: December 1892 Arthur N. Thomas Pemb: Coll: Camb.' The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' records that 'At Pembroke College University of Cambridge B.A. 1893; M.A. 1895; D.D. 1906 he gained a first in the classical tripos 1891 and won the Jeremie Septuagint 1892 and Carus Greek Testament 1893 prizes; he was also an active sportsman'. 2 items. George Allen hardcover
1873ref. 145566Adelaide: Frearson & Brother Publishers 1873. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Adelaide Frearson & Brother Publishers 1873 'second edition'/ 1873. Duodecimo 70 10 advertisements pages later extra-illustrated with 3 steel engravings and an unrelated leaf from another publication; one leaf of advertisement misbound in the middle of the volume and several others likely lacking. Colour-lithographed pictorial front wrapper by Penman & Galbraith included in the pagination present but lacking the rear wrapper. Later cloth subsequently rebacked both amateur efforts with the title 'Hobgoblins' in black ink on the front cover with a decorative flourish and within simple ruled borders; front wrapper cropped at the top edge; some marks tanning small chips and other signs of age and handling but a decent copy nevertheless. A unique association copy of this rare South Australian Christmas gift book. It comes from the collection of one of the authors Adelaide journalist and satirical writer Spencer John Skipper who identifies himself on the title page as Unohoo and his co-author Udontnohoo as 'D. Magill'. He has annotated each contribution to the volume with the initials of the respective author including his own verses in the advertisements. Unohoo was one of the numerous pen names used by Skipper but this appears to be the first identification of Udontnohoo as Daniel Magennis Magill his colleague at the 'South Australian Register'. This publication was '. proudly announced as "thoroughly South Australian" in content and production. It can still be read with pleasure and includes some good-humoured prose satire written with a deft touch and some pleasant even affecting poems' Paul Depasquale: 'A Critical History of South Australian Literature' page 113. This 'second edition' appears to be simply a reissue of the first edition sheets with the addition of the colour lithographed front cover and further advertisements the text 'Second edition' is here cropped from the top of the front wrapper. The 'craft' binding would appear to be the handiwork of Skipper himself. Ferguson 17602. Frearson & Brother, Publishers hardcover
1879ref. 138110Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1879 first thus. Octavo xliv 316 pages plus 8 tinted lithographs with tissue-guards. Original green ribbed cloth; spine and front cover blocked in gilt with the cover design repeated in blind on the rear cover; covers lightly rubbed and flecked with some short splits at the head and foot of the spine; infrequent light foxing; a few minor signs of age and use; an excellent copy. An early compendium here in the preferred binding of elaborately gilt-blocked green cloth of works already scarce at the time; the lithographs and the lengthy 34-page introduction by Woods were new to this edition. Not commonly known is that Taplin's substantial contribution 'The Narrinyeri' 156 pages plus 6 preliminaries is the text of the revised edition of 1878 see his informative preface dated 12 April 1878 at page xliii. The Wyatt contribution was not previously published as such; the text here was 'principally extracted from his official reports' stemming from his relatively short and unhappy time as the third South Australian Protector of the Aborigines from 1837 to 1839 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. The contributions by Meyer Schuermann Gason and Bennett first appeared in 1846 1846 1874 and 1869 respectively. Ferguson 13095 noting blue sand-grain cloth and another binding in half leather but not an unillustrated edition we have identified. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
1941ref. 09120299Angus & Robertson Sydney Australia 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Reproduction Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 221 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Angus & Robertson Sydney Australia 1941. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in reproduction dust jacket dust jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australiana; Inventory No: 09120299. Angus & Robertson hardcover
1837ref. PHO-2143Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1837, 1 volume (3) grand in-4° (30x24,5cm), VIII pp., 742 pp., demi basane époque, dos lisse avec auteur, titre et tomaison, frottements au dos, quelques rousseurs, défaut à la coiffe sup., de la bibliothèque de Cayrol avec son cachet et signature manuscrite.
1887ref. PHO-1969Rio de Janeiro, Lombaerts & Cie, 1887, grand in-4° (32x23cm), pleine percale époque, titre au dos, petits frottements aux mors, quelques rousseurs. Texte en portugais avec sa traduction française en regard, complet de ses illustrations sous serpentes.
1885ref. PHO-1499Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1885, 2 volumes grands in-4, couverture éditeur, Introduction et Zoologie 576pp., Botanique 23pp., Géologie 180pp., Planches 32pp.-2ff. et son Atlas de 2ff. et 68 planches en lithographie, d'études géologiques et zoologiques (55 planches de zoologie sur fond crème et 13 planches de géologie dont 10 d'observations microscopiques de roches, en couleurs), dos cassé à l’atlas.
1839ref. PHO-1319Paris, Pourrat frères, 1839. 2 volumes in-8 (220x150), demi-basane maroquinée à grain long fauve , 2ff.-510pp.-1f. , 2ff.-547pp.-2ff. , illustré d’un frontispice et de 36 planches dont 19 en couleurs d’époque représentant des animaux, des poissons et des oiseaux, frottements aux plats , coins usés, très peu de rousseurs .
1901ref. 020485Perth: Perth: Richard Pether Government Printer 1901 First Edition xiii 578 32 31pp 1901 Near Fine original blue boards half-calf slightly worn with former owner's name in gilt to front board now rubbed corners and spine in calf with raised titles internally Fine throughout except for a little mild age-toning with hand-written emendations. This volume contains the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act in which Western Australia agrees to become part of the Commonwealth of Australia. Very Scarce. Perth: Richard Pether, Government Printer 1901 First Edition xiii, 578, 32, 31pp hardcover
2004ref. 000372New Zealand: Blair Wakefield Exhibitions WBX 2004. First Thus. Original Cloth. As New/As New. Westra Ans. Exhibition Curator: Luit Beiringer. Publication Editor: Lawrence McDonald. BWX Te Aro . Inscribed and signed by Westra on the title page Both an exhibition and an accompanying publication 'Handboek.' provides an in-depth insight into the 45 year photographic journey by one of New Zealand's most persistent and gifted documenters comprising a gallery of Westra's most revealing and challenging documentary images. Presented here are many group and portrait photographs including Kiwi icons like James K. Baxter and Hone Tuwhare as well as many ordinary New Zealanders both Maori and pakeha significant historical events like the Maori Land March of 1976 and the protests against the 1981 Springbok Tour. Large format hardback. 32cms x 25.5cms. B/w photos on the dust jacket. Orange cloth with blindstamped lettering on the front board. Orange eps. 224pp including an Ans Westra chronology an extensive bibliography Ans Westra exhibitions and a Glossary. Profusely illustrated with colour / colour and b/w photos mainly full page. AS NEW in an AS NEW dust jacket. A heavy book weighed down with photoplates. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Blair Wakefield Exhibitions WBX hardcover
1850ref. DEMO014460IPhiladelphia: Printed by C. Sherman 1850. Popular Edition. Hardcover. Good. 64 excellent steel-plate engravings with 12 of 13 maps Samoa map apparently never inserted many vignettes and woodcuts. Octavos half brown calf blue marbled boards edges and endpapers; vol. 1 rebacked retaining original back and leather labels scuffing and wear to other spines corners worn. Wilkes' expedition was the first American scientific exploring expedition by sea voyage. His six ships sailed south around South America along Antarctica causing Wilkes to decide that Antarctica was indeed a separate continent. Other stops were at the Pacific islands of Tahiti the Samoas Australia and New Zealand. Maps of Tahiti & Australia and New South Wales Along the way they charted the coasts of California Washington and Oregon. Howes W414; Palau 375505; Sabin 103994 note; see Cowan p.683; Taylor PACIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY p.13. "Wilkes' spectacular Antarctic and South Sea explorations - Goetzmann ARMY EXPLORATION IN THE . WEST p.61" 64 excellent steel-plate engravings many vignettes and woodcuts. Unlike the 1844 edition the following Sherman editions did not have a 6th volume - the Atlas but have 3 Tables and 11 maps Printed by C. Sherman hardcover
1772ref. PHO-1925Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1772, 2 volumes in-8 (200x130), relié plein veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre et tomaison, tranches rouges 2ff. xliii , 336pp-2ff.453pp,1ff-1ff. , illustré de 3 planches et 20 cartes dépliantes ( sur 21, manque la carte n°3), 2 cartes détachées, déchirures et léger manque en marge à 3 cartes , coins et coupes usés, coiffes absentes tome 2, petit manque au plat, charnière fendillée tome 2.
1865ref. PHO-766London ,Longmans, Green & Co, 1865. Première édition. 8vo - viii, 487 pp avec deux chromo-lithographies dépliantes. 44 gravures sur bois N&B et 50 gravures coloriées à la main d'« objets d'histoire naturelle », c'est-à-dire. oiseaux, reptiles, poissons, coquillages et insectes, sous serpentes. Une carte dépliante colorée des îles des mers du Sud reliée avant l'index , relié pleine percale éditeur avec canoë traditionnel sur le plat ,dos lisse avec titre , auteur et éditeur , accident sur le plat , couverture légèrement frottée , mouillure claire en fin d’ouvrage.Ex-dono , de la bibliothèque de monsieur de Quatrefages biologiste, zoologiste et anthropologue français, puis offert à l’explorateur français ,Joseph Montaro
1829ref. 237131829 PARIS, Eymery, Fruger et Cie Editeurs, 1829 - EDITION ORIGINALE - Bien complet des 50 cartes couleurs (certaines fortes traces d'humidité) - In-folio, 52,5 x 37,5 cm - 1/2 Reliure -1 mors fatigué - Dos lisse orné - 4 + 100 pages de texte (mouillures) puis 50 cartes gravées par Lallemand, en double pages montées sur onglet et colorées à la main excepté les 2 premières : systemes Planétaires et Planispheres Célestes qui sont en noir - Envoi rapide et soigné
PARIS, Eymery, Fruger et Cie Editeurs, 1829 - EDITION ORIGINALE - Bien complet des 50 cartes couleurs (certaines fortes traces d'humidité) - In-folio, 52,5 x 37,5 cm - 1/2 Reliure -1 mors fatigué - Dos lisse orné - 4 + 100 pages de texte (mouillures) puis 50 cartes gravées par Lallemand, en double pages montées sur onglet et colorées à la main excepté les 2 premières : systemes Planétaires et Planispheres Célestes qui sont en noir - Envoi rapide et soigné
1790ref. 143934Paris: F. Dufart 1790. Very Good. Paris F. Dufart circa 1790. A hand-coloured engraved map printed surface 378× 415 mm sheet size approximately 420 × 540 mm. 'Gravée par Tardieu l'Ainé . Dessiné par Poirson . Ecrit par Beaublé'. Original folds as issued; some minor uneven tanning; in very good condition. An uncommon chart of the Pacific Ocean and Australia showing magnetic variation and dip drawing on observations made in the course of Pacific voyages after 1775 most notably Cook's third voyage. It is most likely from a duodecimo edition of Buffon's 'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière' around the end of the eighteenth century 'PL. III. Tome XVI' and 'Page 58' are printed in the top margin. It is based on a larger chart in four sheets attributed to Jean-Charles de Borda. The engraver Tardieu is one of half a dozen members of the family working as engravers at the period one of whom P.A.F. Tardieu would engrave the charts published in the official account of the Baudin voyage. F. Dufart unknown
ref. 147425Adelaide: Government Printer 1989. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Government Printer 1989 facsimile edition/ 1814. Large quarto two volumes of text plus the elephant folio atlas containing 18 charts and 10 plates. Half dark blue calf and cream cloth; essentially a fine set in the custom-made base of the dark red felt-covered wooden storage box and fitted perspex lid the base a little sunned and lightly worn around the extremities the lid a little scuffed. The publisher's printed cardboard box is also present. A superb production limited to only 500 numbered sets this is number 261. The storage box was designed with a matching two-door lid opening at the centre and attached to the base with piano hinges. About a third of the edition was issued in these boxes as advertised. Apparently the successful tender was paid in full soon after the job began and the box-maker was last seen heading for the hills overseas with the money and a big smile! The problem was 'solved' by securing clear perspex lids which fitted snugly over the custom-made bases. Government Printer hardcover
1902ref. 513161902. Melbourne Australia 1902-1933. 7 vols. Melbourne Australia 1902-1933. 7 vols. From the Goldfields to the Great Depression: A Scarce Serial Run of Victorian Common Law Mining and Insolvency Jurisprudence Victoria Australia. Supreme Court. A Digest of Reported Cases in the Supreme Court Court of Insolvency and Courts of Mines of the State of Victoria. Editors: Vol. 1 1895-1901 James G. Eagleson; L.F.S. Robinson and M.A. Brennan; Vol. 2 1901-1906 L.F.S. Robinson; Vol. 3 1906-1912 L.F.S. Robinson; Vol. 4 1913-1917 L.F.S. Robinson and J.W.S. Vroland; Vol. 5 1918-1922 J.W.S. Vroland and E.F. Healy; Vol. 6 1923-1927 E.F. Healy; Vol. 7 1928-1932 C. McC. T. Stafford. Melbourne: Charles F. Maxwell G. Partridge & Co. 1902-1916; Australia: The Law Book Co. of Australasia Ltd 1917-1933. First editions. Seven volumes. Octavo. Complete serial run spanning cases from 1895 to 1932. Original publisher's black cloth spines lettered in gilt. Small paper shelf-location labels affixed to the head of each spine. Bindings show light shelfwear mild soiling and minor spotting to cloth. Internally clean with contemporary pencil notations on front pastedowns. A very good sound set. $850. From the prestigious Bibliothek des Reichsgerichts the library of the Supreme Court of the German Reich in Leipzig with their small circular institutional stamps on each title page. A remarkably complete unbroken consecutive set of this key Australian legal serial which was issued over three decades and is frequently found only as scattered individual volumes. Beyond its scarcity this legal digest provides a front-row seat to the development of early Australian jurisprudence from late-colonial times through the Great Depression. It provides an unbroken record of Victoria's highly specialized Courts of Mines critical to understanding the legal architecture of the Australian goldfields-and the Court of Insolvency documenting early corporate architecture and financial collapses across three decades of economic volatility. Crucially the volumes map how these state-level rulings interacted with the newly minted High Court of Australia est. 1903 and the Privy Council in London making it a cornerstone resource for comparative common law research. This specific set carries extraordinary provenance having served as a reference resource for the highest court of the German Empire and Weimar Republi. unknown
