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1985réf. BIB324881Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 1985. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. A Near Fine copy. Half-leather binding. Still has fitted glassine jacket with some light chipping to spine ends. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 454 pages. A history of trade union movement in South Australia. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Deluxe Edition. Hardback. Wakefield Press hardcover
1985réf. 105636Adelaide: Wakefield Press 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Adelaide Wakefield Press 1985 first edition. Octavo xviii 454 pages with numerous plates. Papered boards; a fine copy with the slightly creased dustwrapper. Not stated as such but from the collection of SA historian Ron Gibbs. Loosely inserted is an invitation to the official launch a handwritten memorandum to Gibbs from and signed by John Playford on University of Adelaide letterhead and his scathing - and highly entertaining 'mirror mirror on the wall who's the Marxist of them all' - review of the book one of four photocopies of the annotated typescript. Playford's 1958 thesis for his B.A. Honours was 'History of the left-wing of the South Australian Labor Movement 1908-36'; a more appropriate candidate to review this significant book can hardly be imagined. Wakefield Press hardcover
1937réf. 68122Adelaide: RSSA 1937. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1937. Quarto 12 pages. Original quarter cloth and stiffened wrappers; a fine copy. This issue also contains MOUNTFORD C.P.: Aboriginal Crayon Drawings relating to Totemic Places in South-Western Central Australia 15 pages and Examples of Aboriginal Art from Napier Broome Bay and Parry Harbour North-Western Australia 11 pages; TINDALE N.B.: Two Legends of the Ngadjuri Tribe from the Middle North of South Australia 5 pages and Native Songs of the South-East of South Australia 14 pages; TINDALE N.B. with H.K. BARTLETT: Notes on some Clay Pots from Panaeati Island South-East of New Guinea 4 pages and JOHNSTON T.H. and J.B. CLELAND: A Survey of the Literature relating to the Occurrence in Australia of Helminth Parasites of Man 28 pages. RSSA paperback
2010réf. 030915Tweed Heads: Summit Press 2010. 200pp bw ills. Or card covers. Light rubbing slight surface abrasion to bottom corner of title page. Local hisotry of the northern New South Wales beachside town of Kingscliffe. Deals with numerous individual families as well as the general history of the town. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Summit Press Paperback
1860réf. 047449London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1860. xiv 414pp publishers list bw ills maps folding facsimile document. Or brown cloth with gilt vignette of ship to front. Lacks spine front free endpaper detached but present small stain to folding facsimile. Otherwise internally very good. Twelfth Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hardcover
1989réf. BIB285727Adelaide: Investigator Press. 1989. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Signed & Inscribed by the author to previous owner. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 224 pages. This history outlines the development of Kangaroo Island society with a distinct sense of identity. It discusses in particular islanders' opinions of government policies and attitudes and their reactions to government decisions affecting them. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Investigator Press paperback
1920réf. 147297Murray Bridge: The Author 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Murray Bridge The Author 1920s. Octavo 65 pages with 20 pages of parochial advertisements. Red cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; cloth slightly marked with a light tidemark to the top left-hand corner of the front cover; title page lightly tanned; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy. A rare regional imprint. [The Author hardcover
2022réf. BIB327203Walkerville: Robert O'Shannassy. 2022. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. As new conditon. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Foreword by Gideon Haigh. Signed by the authors on the title page. 407 pages. A history of AUCC starting with its beginnings in 1881 its formal formation in 1907 and its invitation to join South Australian Cricket Association in 1908 through the highs and lows finishing with the triumphant 20-21 Premiership season. 395 illustrations including historic team photos and over 30 pages of appendices. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . As New. 1st Edition. Hardback. Robert O'Shannassy hardcover
2002réf. 102122Mitcham: Anglican Parish of Mitcham 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Mitcham Anglican Parish of Mitcham 2002. Large quarto viii 326 pages with numerous illustrations. Papered boards; a fine copy with the very good dustwrapper a little unevenly sunned. Inscribed dated October 2002 and signed by the author to Dorothy Hamilton whose ownership signature is on the front flyleaf. Loosely inserted is some related ephemera including an invitation to the book launch at the Church signed by the author and the pamphlet 'The Church of St Michael Mitcham 1852-1977'. Anglican Parish of Mitcham hardcover
1978réf. 146610Hampstead Gardens: Austaprint 1978. Hardcover. Fine. Hampstead Gardens Austaprint 1978 facsimile edition/ 1864. Octavo viii 37 pages plus a large folding map. Colour-pictorial synthetic cloth; a fine copy. Number 149 of 320 copies; the original edition is excessively rare. Austaprint hardcover
réf. BIB143052Adelaide: Austaprint. 19781864. Octavo Size approx 14x22cm. A Near Fine copy. An excellent copy in decorated faux leather boards - gilt & red detailing to front board. Fold-out map. Limited edition of 320 numbered copies - this is copy No 279. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 37 pages. First published in 1864. . Near Fine. Facsimile Edition. Hardback. Austaprint hardcover
2002réf. 94370Kent Town: Wakefield Press 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Kent Town Wakefield Press 2002. Quarto 88 pages with numerous illustrations many in colour. Laminated colour pictorial card covers; a fine copy. 'Nick Mount is an iconic figure in the hothouse of contemporary glass'. Signed by the artist 2002 on the half-title. Wakefield Press paperback
1986réf. 147090Adelaide: Royal Australian Institute of Architects South Australian Chapter 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Adelaide Royal Australian Institute of Architects South Australian Chapter 1986. Large octavo 311 pages with numerous illustrations. Cloth; leading edge slightly marked; an excellent copy with the excellent dustwrapper. Royal Australian Institute of Architects (South Australian Chapter) hardcover
1992réf. 012552Tranter Enterprises Katoomba 1992. Book. As New. Bound Pictorial Card Cover. Signed by Authors. 1st Soft Cover Edition. 30cm. Very well researched and presented book by one of Australia's most premier bushranging historians. This copy is especially interesting as it is signed by the Author and the book is in excellent condition. Tranter Enterprises, Katoomba paperback
1986réf. 037939Sydney: Historic Australia Book Publishing Company 1986. 191pp index references num bw ills map. Or pictorial card. Covers rubbed with bottom front corner creased small chip from head of spine. SIGNED by author on title page. The story of Ben Hall by Australia's foremost authority on bushrangers. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. Historic Australia Book Publishing Company Paperback
réf. 208181William Applegate Gullick Government Printer Sydney 1908. 160 pp oblong format coloured map b&w photographic plates near fine copy in illustrated blue cloth boards. William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney, 1908 hardcover
1966réf. 056291Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1966. 214pp bw ills pictorial endpapers. Green cloth in jacket. 1cm tear at top front of jacket small chip at top of jacket spine faint bookseller stamp on front free endpaper along with small blacked out line old price minor foxing/toning to page edges. After writing of adventures around the world Pinney concentrates on Australia. Included among the material in this volume is crocodile hunting in the Northern Territory prawn trawling off Queensland rat catchers in Brisbane mutton thieves north of Capricorn shark fishing out of Mackay and much more. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1986réf. BIB313701Adelaide: Published by Author. 1986. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. A nice copy. Signed by author. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs Maps and Drawings. Includes a look at Lower Light Region Korunye Region Mallala Region & Two Wells Region. A scarce title. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 210 pages. The life labour and progress of a small community typical of many such traced from the beginning of settlement in South Australia. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Published by Author hardcover
1936réf. 147506Melbourne: H.J. Green Government Printer for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1936. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Melbourne H.J. Green Government Printer for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1936. Octavo 84 pages with a map plus 24 plates. Stapled wrappers splitting slightly at the foot of the spine; an excellent copy. Commonwealth of Australia Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Pamphlet Number 64. H.J. Green, Government Printer, for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research paperback
2010réf. BIB316449Mile End SA: Wakefield Press. 2010. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Mint copy in a near to Mint Dustjacket. A New Copy with some light rubbing to DJ Shelfwear. Dustjacket protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 367 pages. This book provides a comprehensive account of Scotch's journey from a boys' college of about 100 students to a coeducational institution of almost 1000. Heroic figures such as Norman Gratton the first headmaster to agents of radical change such as Philip Roff the headmaster who introduced coeducation emerge from the archives to stand beside the other headmasters principals teachers and students who populate the Scotch College story. . As New. 1st Edition. Hardback. Wakefield Press hardcover
2015réf. 054905Darwin: Historical Society of the Northern Territory 2015. xi 242pp indexappendix endnotes tables bw ills. Pictorial card. Illustration pages loose but present due to publishers binding several pages with ink marking/notations and inked notes on rear blank. Narrative of the management of leprosy in Queensland. From the shock finding of the earliest presentations through the harshness of the isolationist policies and racism of the lazarets to the final humanising influences of modern antibiotics. Includes account by people who lived in the institutions and their carers. Whilst primarily a Queensland story practices and attitutudes were similar in the Top End and Kimberley. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Large 8vo. Historical Society of the Northern Territory Paperback
1969réf. 1709011Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1969. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Very neat clean copies. First impression. Two companion volumes in publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. 192 and 262 pages profusely illustrated with half-tone plates line drawings charts and a large foldout chart in each volume redrawn from Cook's original maps.Top edge on NZ volume spotty. The dustjackets have light rubbing and creasing to edges a few very small closed tears. These volumes bring together Cook's journals of his voyages to the east coast of New Holland Van Dieman's Land and New Zealand. These journals have been edited and annnoted to provide an interesting important reference. A.H. & A.W. Reed hardcover
1953réf. 140741Adelaide: RGSSA 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RGSSA December 1953. Octavo pages 23-33. Original wrappers; a fine copy. 'Among the men interested in the founding of South Australia there were not wanting those who had seriously considered the introduction of Chinese coolies as one way of overcoming the shortage of labour which plagued new colonies'; such men included Edward Gibbon Wakefield and Robert Gouger. This issue also contains LINDSAY H.A.: Across Australia in 1886 pages 35-41 with a map plus 2 plates and FINNISS H.J.: The Murray Mouth pages 1-21 with a facsimile of a log entry plus 2 plates. RGSSA paperback
1978réf. 125298Adelaide: Royal Zoological Society of South Australia Incorporated 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Adelaide Royal Zoological Society of South Australia Incorporated 1978. Quarto; brown cloth; a fine copy with the original transparent acetate dustwrapper slightly rubbed. Number 125 of 300 copies signed by the author. Royal Zoological Society of South Australia Incorporated hardcover
2020réf. 147754Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Adelaide Art Gallery of South Australia 2020. Quarto 216 pages with numerous illustrations many in colour. Colour-pictorial papered boards with all edges decorated to match; covers slightly rubbed; a near-fine copy. The catalogue accompanying the exhibition held at the Art Gallery of South Australia 29 February to 8 June 2020. Loosely inserted are some related ephemera. Art Gallery of South Australia hardcover