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1882ref. 138714Perth: Richard Pether Government Printer 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Perth Richard Pether Government Printer 1882 and London L. Reeve & Co. 1879. Large quarto 28 pages last blank with several tables plus 2 tinted lithographs and 2 colour maps one folding 490 × 370 mm; and viii 30 pages plus 21 plates including 17 full-page uncoloured lithographs of eucalypts after drawings by R. Austen. Pebble-grain dark green cloth with a large title-label printed in gilt on black paper on the front cover; minor loss to the label removing two letters of one word; cloth a little marked with light wear to the extremities; small section 25 mm of the leading edge of the rear cover a little abraded; endpaper hinges neatly reinforced; light tidemarks to two small sections of the endpapers with a little foxing confined mainly to the inner surfaces of the free endpapers and the adjacent pages; one tear to the folding map expertly sealed; minimal loss to silverfish to the bottom margin of the small map; mild signs of age and use; a very good copy. The balance of the first title is 'with some remarks and suggestions on future conservation and management of the timber areas from various authorities. With a reprint of the regulations and laws in force for the renting or leasing of timbered lands'. The introduction to the combined work compiled under the direction of Malcolm Fraser the WA Surveyor General has this to say: 'In compliance with your instructions and so far as the information and means at my command allowed I have collected in a general way such information about our timber Forests as was available to me and I have endeavoured to weave this together somewhat in a connected form. By including the valuable Report on the Forest Resources of Western Australia by Baron Ferd. von Mueller it will be brought more prominently before the public than it has hitherto been. the drawings give a very fair idea of the character of the Jarrah and Karri forests'. Richard Pether, Government Printer hardcover
1854ref. 80666Adelaide: printed and published at the 'Register' and 'Observer' Office 1854. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide printed and published at the 'Register' and 'Observer' Office 1854. Duodecimo xii 244 42 Directory 36 advertisements pages with the hand-coloured plate featuring nine 'Signals used at the West Terrace Flagstaff'. Flush-cut quarter cloth and printed card covers repeating the title page details on the front with advertisements on the rear; covers rubbed marked and lightly tidemarked with some simple arithmetic on the front cover and front free endpaper; extremities of the covers lightly worn; minimal expert restoration to the foot of the front joint; title written in ink on the spine; minor signs of age and use; essentially a very good copy with the contemporary ownership details of Joseph Grivell 1854 on the flyleaf and indistinctly on the front cover. His name does not appear in the directory suggesting he lived outside Adelaide see below. In the preface dated 10 January 1854 the compiler apologises for the lateness of the appearance of the almanack the delay being 'occasioned by the extreme difficulty in obtaining compositors' - presumably all off to the diggings. He also apologises for the 'total omission of the Country Directory' for various reasons so the 42-page directory covers only Adelaide and suburbs. Most of the balance of the book is given over to the usual statistics regulations and lists of assorted office-bearers. However the farmers' and gardeners' calendar runs to 18 pages and there is a lengthy and important contribution by E.W. Andrews: 'Navigation of the Murray. Being extracts from a journal kept on board the "Lady Augusta" during Captain Cadell's exploratory voyage from the Goolwa to Ganawarra' 51 pages. Fellow-passengers James Allen and Arthur Kinloch published their independent accounts of this pioneering trip in book form in late 1853. In any event Andrews' account was reasonably hot off the press; his last journal entry was dated 15 October 1853 less than three months before this almanack delayed in publication appeared. Ferguson 9829f. printed and published at the 'Register' and 'Observer' Office paperback
1933ref. 040077Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1933. x 285pp glossary bw ills endpaper maps. Or brown 'art leather' front panel of jacket bound in as issued. Light toning to edges endpapers toned occasional light to moderate foxing. SIGNED and numbered #167by author on limitation page. One of the rarest Idriess items. Issued in an edition of only 200 copies shortly after the first print run. Seldom seen on the market. . Signed by Author. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Bound in as issued. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1838ref. 139234London: J. Cross 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London J. Cross 1838. Octavo vi ii errata verso blank 208 4 Postscript 209-296 last page blank 4 publisher's advertisements pages plus a small one page plan of Victor Harbor and a folding frontispiece map of the Port Lincoln district 201 × 243 mm; both maps are dated January 1839. Later green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; spine gilt in compartments; sides bordered in gilt; top edge gilt; paper a little tanned; scattered foxing generally faint and a few small marks; small chips or tears to the blank margins of a handful of leaves; two tiny tears to the map; occasional light pencil emphases and annotations; a very good copy. The early pencilled annotations shed light on the bitter divisions in public opinion during the turbulent early years of British settlement in South Australia. One of them initialled R.B. mentions the possibility of abolishing the system of Colonization Commissioners suggesting that the annotator was an early settler writing prior to the South Australia Act of 1842 which established the province as a Crown colony. In the early chapters James takes the side of Governor Hindmarsh and criticises the site chosen for the city of Adelaide and other decisions relating to land and planning taken by the Colonization Commissioners. The annotator is firmly in the other camp. Many of his notes are interjections of disagreement 'bah!' and 'psha!' are favourites; several are more substantial. The unnumbered four-page postscript after page 208 provides a summary of Adelaide newspapers 'received up to the 14th July'; in it mention is made of Eyre's overlanding expedition from Port Phillip to Adelaide in 1838 during which he discovered and named Lake Hindmarsh. In the lengthy appendix James 'prints the journals of several private expeditions undertaken in the early years of settlement including an account of Hawdon's famous overlanding expedition as well as other expeditions to Encounter Bay Lake Alexandrina and to the River Murray' Wantrup. The 30-page 'Manual of Gardening' almost certainly compiled by the author is engagingly specific: 'those lofty whirlwinds so peculiar to the Plains of Cowandilla'; 'this province must become some day or other a wine country' and then refers the reader to Busby; 'January is very hot need to water night and morning'. Crittenden speaks very highly of this work: 'Part of this book contains a monthly gardening calendar. This can probably be regarded as the first gardening guide for South Australia . published only three years after Shepherd's "Horticulture of New South Wales"' the first separate gardening book published in Australia. Ferguson 2525 not the small map or the four-page 'Postscript'; McLaren 10400 basically copying Ferguson; Crittenden 10; Wantrup 153 noting the 'Postscript' may not be present in every copy. J. Cross hardcover
1846ref. 139553Adelaide: 'Printed and published for Government by George Dehane' 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide 'Printed and published for Government by George Dehane' 1846. Octavo ii 15 pages. Later green binder's cloth lettered in black along the spine; title leaf a little marked with a light abrasion near the gutter; a few minor spots and marks; a very good copy. Heinrich Edward August Meyer was a Lutheran missionary who arrived in Australia in 1840 and spent just over two years living with the Raminyeri tribe of the Encounter Bay area before publishing in 1843 'the first grammar and vocabulary on Ngarrindjeri "Vocabulary of the Language spoken by the Aborigines of the Encounter Bay Tribe South Australia". He lived at Encounter Bay until 1848 . Meyer was part of an Adelaide-based community of missionaries from the Dresden Missionary School which placed great emphasis on learning the language because it believed in the importance of communicating with the Aboriginal people in their own language . He also had continuing contact with other missionaries who were also involved in writing grammars such as Clamor Schurmann who had published a grammar of Kaurna the language to the North of Ngarrindjeri just before Meyer's arrival. This background as well as the assertion in his introduction to the 1843 grammar that the whole publication had been twice reviewed with different natives so that the meaning assigned to the words may be relied upon as correct . has resulted in a text that is considered to be a reliable reflection of the language at the time and a good grammar for its time' Corinne Bannister: 'A Longitudinal Study of Ngarrindjeri' online. In this short but closely printed pamphlet Meyer in 'giving an account of these people . endeavours to trace the life of one from his birth upwards'. His extended period of living with the Encounter Bay people in these early years of white settlement adds authenticity to his detailed account of subjects such as hunting sorcery and burial customs. Ferguson 4348; see also Ferguson 13095 WOODS J.D. editor: The Native Tribes of South Australia Adelaide Wigg 1879 which reprints this item; Greenway 6696. 'Printed and published for Government, by George Dehane' hardcover
ref. 0034897Sydney and Melbourne: Spartacist League of Australia and New Zealand 1973-2011. Softcover Paperback. Very Good Condition. 43.5cm x 29cm. 236 volumes. Newsprint. A significant unbroken run of Australasian Spartacist: Organ of Revolutionary Marxism for the Rebirth of the Fourth International from No. 1 1973 through to No. 212 1986. Nos. 1 through 5 were published as mimeographed copies and here an original mimeograph of No. 3 together with 2 additional copies in facsimile and with Nos. 1 2 4 and 5 supplied as facsimiles in triplicate and also including the B versions of Nos. 2 and 5 the rest 6-212 as original tabloid newsprint except No. 125 and 136 supplied in facsimile. Also included is an original duplicate of No 143 and the original supplements for 7 June 1975 2 July 1975 24 June 1977 1 February 1980 8 September 1989 2 copies 2 September 1991 2 June 1993 December 1999 and November 2001 and A Spartacist Pamphlet: For a Workers Republic of Australia Part of a Socialist Asia! Sydney: Spartacist ANZ Publishing Co. 1998. In total Australasian Spartacist ran until No 240 2020 and in 2024 has re-emerged as Red Battler: Newspaper of the Spartacist League of Australia with 1 issue published to date. Old horizontal folds now having been stored flat for many years. Minor general wear and tanning a few issues around the 150s/160s with minor to moderate tanning to exterior. Occasional stamp of the New York Spartacist League. An extremely well preserved set of fragile newsprint. Category: Politics Government & Economics; Australia; 21st Century: 2000-2009; Inventory No: 0034897. BZDB407 Politics Government & Economics; Australia; 21st Century: 2000-2009; Unbranded Spartacist League of Australia and New Zealand Australasian Spartacist No. 1 - 212 1973-2011 Spartacist League of Australia and New Zealand paperback
1858ref. 114206Adelaide: Government Printer 1858. Fine. Adelaide Government Printer 1858. Foolscap folio 8 pages last blank plus a large folding map 'Country explored by John McDouall Stuart. June to September 1858'; 600 × 510 mm with lakes and coastlines hand-coloured in outline; 'Richd Jno. Loveday Litho'. Drop-title; minimal residual glue to the spine and a few needle-holes to the inner margin previously bound now disbound; tiny sealed tear to the stub of the map; essentially a fine copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 119 of 1858. This is an account of Stuart's first independent expedition; he had previously travelled with Sturt's 1844-45 expedition into Central Australia. The party of three 'started out from the Northern Flinders Ranges in mid-May. They skirted the south end of Lake Torrens and then turned north and north-west until they reached the present site of Coober Pedy. They then followed a southerly course to Lake Gairdner passing it on the west side. After a strenuous march they arrived at Ceduna . By now the men had run out of provisions. They travelled along the coast to Streaky Bay and from there to the settled districts at Mount Arden in a state of semi-starvation' Feeken Feeken and Spate 1970. Offered with South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 114 of 1858 'Explorations of Mr Stuart. Correspondence relative to Explorations . to the North of Port Augusta and West of Lake Torrens' foolscap folio 2 pages. The paper reprints three letters each from Stuart and Francis Dutton Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration written between 27 October and 2 November 1858. McLaren 15449 not recording the map and 15448. The first paper was reprinted by the Victorian Government see McLaren 15457; not only was the text reset the map was newly lithographed and issued without additional hand-colouring. The visual comparisons between the two versions are striking. 2 items. Government Printer unknown
ref. 127784First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong small folio 215 × 345 mm a bespoke shooters' register with each page ruled in blue with red columns headed 'Date' 'Place' 'No. of Guns' 'Names of Guns' 'Ducks' 'Swans' 'Plover' 'Stilts' 'Turkeys' 'Quail' 'Sand Piper' 'Hares' 'Rabbits' 'Snipe' blank 'Total' and 'Remarks'. The label of the manufacturer J.H. Sherring & Co. Adelaide is mounted on the front pastedown. On an early blank the following warning is written in ink: 'No shooter to have a drink after dinner until this book is entered up for the day. 9.11.97'. Full calf lettered in gilt on the front cover 'Game Book Buckland Park'; leather slightly marked and a little scuffed; in excellent condition. The gelatin silver portrait photograph 197 × 143 mm is on the original thick card mount 295 × 245 mm with the caption 'George V at Buckland Park' and the name of the photographer J. Gazard in white ink at the foot of the mount. Minor surface damage and creasing to the right-hand side of the mount; the photograph is in excellent condition. The Duke is pictured with Lord Richard Nevill private secretary to the Governor of South Australia. Buckland Park is a pastoral property near Port Gawler South Australia. George Frederick Ernest Albert The Duke of Cornwall and York and later King George V 1865-1936 was the second eldest son of King Edward VII who ascended the throne on Queen Victoria's death in January 1901. With the first Parliament of Australia set to open in early May the mourning King sent George now next in line to the throne to Australia as his representative. The Duke and his Duchess Mary 1867-1953 left England on 15 March aboard an Orient steamship specially chartered for the voyage. Two days after arriving in Melbourne on 9 May the royal couple drove through streets lined with cheering crowds to the Exhibition Building where the Duke declared the Parliament open before thousands of guests. 'The Duke and Duchess were kept busy with a program ranging from dinner and a University Commencement to the presentation of prizes to public schools. They also managed to visit briefly country Victoria. Nevertheless during their 10-day visit they still managed to fit in a day's shooting. The tour also included visits to other states New Zealand South Africa and Canada' Museums Victoria website. The official party made a short visit to South Australia 10-15 July not least to take up an invitation for another day's shooting . Alice Foster tells the story in the 'Salisbury and District Local History Newsletter' December 2019: 'Mr Leonard Browne the owner of Buckland Park and at the time in England invited the Royal party to a shooting excursion to his property. The Royal party consisted of HRH The Duke of Cornwall Prince Alexander of Teck Lord Wenlock Sir Charles Cust The Hon. Derek-Keppel Commodore Winsloe and Commander Faussett. On 3rd July 1901 a special meeting was held in the Salisbury Institute to make arrangements for welcoming their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall who were to make a short stay on their journey to Buckland Park on Friday 12th July. There was a large attendance and Mr J.P. Swann was elected chairman on the motion of Dr E. Brookes seconded by the Rev. S. Moncrieff. It was decided to form a committee who were empowered to make the necessary arrangements. As Salisbury was the only town in South Australia to be visited by the Royal party there was great enthusiasm from the residents with suggestions for decorating the railway station. An orange arch consisting of branches blossoms and fruit would be formed and extended from the station gate to the spot where his Royal Highness's carriage would stand. The scholars of Salisbury and neighbouring schools would constitute a guard of honour to the Duke. The Royal train left North Terrace station a few minutes after 9 am driven by Mr Thomas Youll and sped swiftly on its way reaching Salisbury at 9.25 am. A crowd of townsfolk had assembled and church choirs and state school children united in singing the national anthem. The Hon. J. Stirling MLC drove His Royal Highness from Salisbury to Buckland Park arriving at 11 am. A good morning's sport was obtained in the swamps near the sea and luncheon was prepared in two marquees. A facsimile of the pigeongram sent by His Royal Highness follows: "We only got about 325 this should read 35 ducks this morning hope to get some peacocks this afternoon. G." . The special train left Salisbury at 6.08 pm and arrived in Adelaide at 6.20 pm' with all on board tired but happy. The game book saw little use with only the first three pages filled in. The first entry is dated 29 January 1898 and there are 20 separate entries in that year. There are ten parties in 1901 one in 1902 two in 1907 and the final one in 1936. However 1901 is the stellar year with numerous old South Australian names manning the guns: these include Baker Belt Hawker Jacob Matheson Phillipson Rounsevell and Stow. The names of the Duke's party are listed in a scribe's hand; only 40 peafowl were added to the aforementioned ducks and the remarks column has nothing remarkable to say 'One hour at ducks in morning only'. A fortnight later Messrs Hawker Phillipson Belt Belt Stow and Matheson had better luck bagging 41 ducks 2 stilts 1 avocet 1 sandpiper and 2 rabbits and reporting it was 'Cold & wet. Birds fairly plentiful but wary of new hides. Meat pies good'. 2 items. hardcover
1891ref. 114267Adelaide: Government Printer 1891. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1891. Octavo ii 84 pages plus a very large folding colour geological chart 340 × 1060 mm and a folding map 340 × 620 mm. Original blue printed wrappers very slightly chipped or rubbed at the extremities; a few small light marks to the wrapper and geological map; one tear to each map and the rear wrapper expertly sealed; an excellent copy. Ferguson 17169; Wantrup 207 noting that James Dally had established a print run of only 600 copies. Government Printer paperback
1756ref. PHO-2556Paris, Durand, 1756. 2 volumes in-4, veau marbré, dos à nerfs ornés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Traces de réparations aux charnières, 1 feuillet (T1 p. 463) et titre T2 réparés en coin, frottements, quelques brunissures et petites rousseurs. Il manque les cartes qui n'ont pas été reliées à l'époque
1827ref. LBW-4433[1827]. 756 x 501 mm.
1824ref. LBW-1064[1824]. 182 x 212 mm.
ref. LBW-3957[1812]. 492 x 344 mm.
1820ref. P1-22ATLASP1-4E-0AVEC L'ATLAS: LA HARPE (J.F). Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages, contenant ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable, de plus utile et de mieux avéré dans les pays où les voyageurs ont pénétré; les mœurs des habitants, la religion, les usages, arts et sciences, commerce et manufactures; par J.F. LAHARPE. Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée avec le grand soin, et accompagnée d'un bel Atlas In-folio. Paris, Etienne Ledoux, 1820. 24 volumes in-8° (205x135) reliés demi-maroquin olive, dos ornés, tranches marbrées, belle série. 500pp. par volume, le dernier (XXIV) étant la table des matières. TARDIEU A., Atlas pour servir à l'intelligence de l'histoire générale des voyages de LA HARPE. In-folio (455x295mm), couverture éditeur, coins écornés. Paris, Ledentu, 1825. 15 cartes géographique (595x460mm), contours couleurs dressés par AMBROISE TARDIEU. Mappemonde, Afrique, Asie (2), Indes, Océanie, Chine, Japon, Sibérie, Golfe du Mexique, Mexique, Amérique Méridionale, Pérou, Brésil, Amérique Septentrionale, Europe.
1833ref. LBW-1978Paris, 1833-1839. 268 x 358 mm.
1867ref. 80150Adelaide: David Gall 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide David Gall 1867. Duodecimo vi 82 52 'Chowla Advertiser' pages. Original flourescent green papered boards with expanded title page details repeated within a border on the front cover and with the contents listed on the rear; covers slightly marked and a little rubbed bumped and worn at the extremities with the hinges a little cracked; spine sunned lightly mottled and a little glue-stained; thin light tidemark to the top edge of the front endpaper; a very good copy of a scarce book rarely found with the spine intact and internally this copy is nothing short of fine. 'Storrie exhibits a keen sense of satire not only with regard to conventional tales whose perclivities are mercilessly ridiculed but also with regard to colonial society itself' Depasquale: A Critical History of South Australian Literature 1836-1930. Incidentally this is the first novel published in Adelaide. See Ferguson 16305 for confirmation of the Storrie/ McTavish connection. David Gall hardcover
2015ref. ASAP-9781626991323Studium Press India Pvt. Ltd. 2015. New. Studium Press (India) Pvt. Ltd. unknown
2015ref. ASAP-9781626991323Studium Press India Pvt. Ltd. 2015. New. Studium Press (India) Pvt. Ltd. unknown
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19048vo [23 x 15 cm]; xxiv, 424 pp, frontis, 61 illustrations including many full-page, mostly from photos, 3 folding maps, some drawings, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering and gilt picture on front cover, top edge gilted, endpaper bookplate, no tears of maps, near fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An important book by one of the great botanical explorers and naturalists of the nineteenth century, the Italian botanist, spent time at Kew, where he met Charles Darwin, William Joseph Hooker and James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak. The latter lead him to spending 3 years from 1865 to 1868 undertaking research in Sarawak, Brunei and other islands off present-day Malaysia and New Guinea, where he discovered many new species of palms, and many other plants such as a phosphorescent fungus that was bright enough to read a newspaper placed by it. Beccari was in Sarawak during 1865-67 where he collected over 800 bird skins including 40 not previously discovered of unrecorded species. He describes nature, the people, Dyaks and their customs in some detail, prior to the major impacts of the twentieth century, and describes his return to Sarawak some 20 years later, where he formed a botanical garden. He discovered the titan arum, the plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, in Sumatra in 1878. This edition also contains the valuable and detailed appendix on the forests of Borneo, which are currently being logged to extinction. The preface is by naturalist F. H. H. Guillemard who also wrote a book of his travels in the area. The later reprint does not include the maps of the original.
18008vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; 2 volumes, xxxii, [33] - 487; 344, 105, [vi, ads] pp, 45 engraved plates including frontis's, large folding map (short tear at stub), tables. contemporary half calf, marbled boards, red leather title labels, joints split, one board just holding, worn at edges, corners, bookplate of George Knight, light foxing on some leaves, but overall clean, text blocks tight, a very good set. A picture of th Hill p. 168: "Labillardiere was aboard the expedition under d'Entrecasteaux which was sent out to search for the missing Laperouse. Although unsuccessful in the search, the voyage was of considerable importance due to the scientific observations made and also for surveys of the coasts of Tasmania, New Caledonia, the north coast of New Guinea, and the southwest coast of Australia. Labillardiere's account of the Tongans is among the best contributions to the ethnology of that people." Cox 69: "of considerable importance. . . Labillardiere gives the first scientific description of the New Zealand flax and brought back several New Zealand plants." The plates include plants, birds, native peoples.
ref. carte34t11Dimension du cadre : 52 x 61,5 cm. Cum adjacentibus insulis nova delineatione ob oculos pofita per Matthaeum Seutter. Cum gratia et Privil. S.R.I vicarcatus in partibus rheni, suevioe et juris franconici. Royaume de l'Inde. Magnifique carte, en très bon état général, dans un cadre sympathique.
1852ref. 57668New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. Publishers 1852. First edition. Handcoloured folding map at front. iv 5-154 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown blind-stamped cloth. Spine ends chipped else Fine. Ex-library stamps on map and title page card pockets removed. First edition. Handcoloured folding map at front. iv 5-154 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ferguson: "At this time the author was conducting an 'Australian Emigration Office' at 120 Wall Street New York." Ferguson 10892 2 copies P.L. N.S.W. Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers unknown
1852ref. 57668New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. Publishers 1852. First edition. Handcoloured folding map at front. iv 5-154 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown blind-stamped cloth. Spine ends chipped else Fine. Ex-library stamps on map and title page card pockets removed. First edition. Handcoloured folding map at front. iv 5-154 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ferguson: "At this time the author was conducting an 'Australian Emigration Office' at 120 Wall Street New York." Ferguson 10892 2 copies P.L. N.S.W. Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers unknown books
