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1877réf. 81972London: printed by Spottiswoode and Co 1877. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London printed by Spottiswoode and Co. 1877. Small octavo 24 pages last two blank. Stab-sewn title-wrappers lightly marked; light crease down the centre of the entire pamphlet; an excellent copy. Inscribed to 'S. Deering Esq from indecipherable initials 14.2.77' on the front cover probably by the anonymous author. Pages 5-7 'Reprinted from the "European Mail" of November 24 1876' deal with Gregory Seale Walters who died 'in his eightieth year on October 29th 1876'. Pages 9-22 'Printed for publication in Australian Newspapers' deal with Francis Stacker Dutton who died in London on 25 January 1877. Ferguson 15953 incorrectly calling for only 12 pages. printed by Spottiswoode and Co paperback
1876réf. 109636Adelaide: William Kyffin Thomas Printer 1876. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide William Kyffin Thomas Printer 1876. Octavo 16 pages. Original green wrappers with the full title page details repeated within a decorative border on the front cover; slight damage to and traces of adhesive on the spine the item has been removed from a bound volume of pamphlets; tiny tear 2-3 mm deep to one point on all leading edges; trifling signs of use; later State Library of South Australia stamp on the verso of the title page but an unobtrusive pencilled annotation to the front cover notes that it is a duplicate; a very good copy. We successfully tendered for a large quantity of duplicate pamphlets from the SLSA in 2001; this is one of them which we are finally getting around to processing. William Kyffin Thomas, Printer paperback
1921réf. 124266Adelaide: The Associated Publishing Service Aust. 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide The Associated Publishing Service Aust. 1921. Large octavo 129 3 pages with 32 plates views of Adelaide and 73 portraits many of them 'with suitable embellishments by pen and ink artists' - more often than not Oswald Pryor. Full leather attractively gilt-lettered on the front cover a little rubbed at the extremities; and lightly scuffed; endpapers offset; an excellent copy. At the rear there is a 27-page biographical dictionary of citizens not featured in the illustrated section. The Associated Publishing Service (Aust.) hardcover
1880réf. 127187Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1880s. Sheet size 563 × 438 mm printed surface approximately 460 × 340 mm. A few short closed tears at the edges well clear of the printed surface and easily matted out; in excellent condition. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' 1882-1890 numbered 17 in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet and initialled in the image 'R.C.F.' Rosa Catherine Fiveash. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible for the plates as published. Eventually enough became too much . 'The entire work as issued from the Government Printing Office consisted of nine parts each part containing five plates making a total of forty-five plates. Of these forty-five plates Miss Fiveash only supplied thirty-two drawings in watercolour of the centre or main branch only. Miss Camilla Hammond sketched the Banksia Ornata and Mrs Smart sketched the native cherry and it was from these sketches that the drawings upon stone were made. The remaining eleven plates and title page together with all the additional work consisting of the various woods barks seed-vessels botanical sections and details of the flowers were drawn direct upon the stones from photos and natural specimens wholly and solely by me during the time I held the position of Chief Lithographer at the Government Printing Office. And further I may state that not only did I make the drawings which consisted of forty-five outlines and 400 colour-stones but was held responsible by Mr Brown for their proper reproduction in all their natural colours a matter in which he was very particular' 'Evening Journal' 23 April 1900. E. Spiller, Government Printer unknown
1880réf. 127194Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1880s. Sheet size 563 × 435 mm printed surface approximately 470 × 340 mm. A couple of very faint marks and creases outside the printed surface; in excellent condition. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' 1882-1890. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible for the plates as published. Eventually enough became too much . 'The entire work as issued from the Government Printing Office consisted of nine parts each part containing five plates making a total of forty-five plates. Of these forty-five plates Miss Fiveash only supplied thirty-two drawings in watercolour of the centre or main branch only. Miss Camilla Hammond sketched the Banksia Ornata and Mrs Smart sketched the native cherry and it was from these sketches that the drawings upon stone were made. The remaining eleven plates and title page together with all the additional work consisting of the various woods barks seed-vessels botanical sections and details of the flowers were drawn direct upon the stones from photos and natural specimens wholly and solely by me during the time I held the position of Chief Lithographer at the Government Printing Office. And further I may state that not only did I make the drawings which consisted of forty-five outlines and 400 colour-stones but was held responsible by Mr Brown for their proper reproduction in all their natural colours a matter in which he was very particular' 'Evening Journal' 23 April 1900. E. Spiller, Government Printer unknown
1880réf. 127192Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1880s. Sheet size 564 × 439 mm printed surface approximately 462 × 343 mm. Tiny closed tear to one edge well clear of the printed surface and easily matted out; in excellent condition. An original large-format chromolithograph from John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' 1882-1890 initialled in the image 'R.C.F.' Rosa Catherine Fiveash. From soon after publication Harcourt Barrett was confronted with a popular conception that Rosa Fiveash was wholly or principally responsible for the plates as published. Eventually enough became too much . 'The entire work as issued from the Government Printing Office consisted of nine parts each part containing five plates making a total of forty-five plates. Of these forty-five plates Miss Fiveash only supplied thirty-two drawings in watercolour of the centre or main branch only. Miss Camilla Hammond sketched the Banksia Ornata and Mrs Smart sketched the native cherry and it was from these sketches that the drawings upon stone were made. The remaining eleven plates and title page together with all the additional work consisting of the various woods barks seed-vessels botanical sections and details of the flowers were drawn direct upon the stones from photos and natural specimens wholly and solely by me during the time I held the position of Chief Lithographer at the Government Printing Office. And further I may state that not only did I make the drawings which consisted of forty-five outlines and 400 colour-stones but was held responsible by Mr Brown for their proper reproduction in all their natural colours a matter in which he was very particular' 'Evening Journal' 23 April 1900. E. Spiller, Government Printer unknown
1899réf. 147210Adelaide: The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch 1899. Octavo ii title leaf verso blank 149-171 1 pages. Modern half synthetic leather and cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; a fine copy. The Wells journal was the first published account apart from newspaper reports of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition of 1896-97 despatched by A.F. Calvert under the auspices of the RGSSA. The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch hardcover
1970réf. 96090Adelaide: Brolga Books 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Adelaide Brolga Books 1970. Square quarto 18 pages plus 27 plates 7 in colour. Cloth; top edge slightly marked; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper a little sunned marked and scuffed with slight surface loss. Signed and dated 1970 by the artist beneath his frontispiece portrait. Provenance: prominent local gallerist Rachel Biven with her signature and 'Off the Beaten Track Gallery' inkstamp on the front free endpaper. Brolga Books hardcover
1986réf. 143980Toorak: The Author 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Toorak The Author 1986. Quarto 280 pages with a 'Map Section' pages 93-110 and numerous illustrations most from photographs. Gilt-lettered cloth; a near-fine copy with the near-fine dustwrapper slightly scuffed and very slightly sunned on the spine. Loosely inserted is a group of ephemera relating to the Deutscher family are loosely inserted. 'Although the author's birth certificate contains the correct spelling Deutscher his father dropped the 'c' in the early 1920s' dustwrapper. The Author hardcover
1977réf. 130572Adelaide: Rigby 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Rigby 1977. Large quarto 159 pages with 72 colour plates. Cloth; a fine copy with the fine cloth slipcase in the original printed and numbered thin cardboard packaging very slightly marked and torn. Number 428 of 1001 copies signed by David Heysen the artist's son. Rigby hardcover
1900réf. 128024Unley: Chas P. Scott 1900. Very Good. Unley Chas P. Scott circa 1900s. A sepia-toned postcard-format gelatin silver photograph 139 × 88 mm with the caption inkstamped at the head of the recto and the verso printed for use as a postcard. Tiny crease to the bottom left-hand corner-tip; in excellent condition. We purchased this item with a similar portrait of a young Indigenous boy captioned 'Jacky - Oodnadatta' blindstamped with the photographer's details 'Chas P. Scott Unley S.A.'. The Art Gallery of SA dates that image '1903-04'. We have no hesitation in attributing this uncredited image and vintage print to him. Charles Scott 1878-1928 is 'Listed as photographer at 21A Waymouth Street Adelaide in directories from 1909 to 1915 his "private residence" being given as 10 Grace Street Goodwood Park' Photohistory SA website. We presume Scott worked from the address in Unley an Adelaide suburb near Goodwood Park prior to his relocation to Waymouth Street. Chas P. Scott unknown
1984réf. 55826Netley: 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
1937réf. 75337Adelaide: RGSSA 1937. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide RGSSA 1937. Octavo 32 pages. Early half calf with raised bands and contrasting title-labels without the original wrappers; leather a little rubbed at the extremities and slightly worn at the head of the spine and the joints with a little surface loss to the spine; a very good copy with the cropped ink signature of W. Champion Hackett the South Australian nurseryman at the head of the title page. McLaren 12077. Investigations into a small brass plate branded 'Ludwig Leichhardt 1848' allegedly found attached to the butt of a rifle partially destroyed by fire. Volume 37 is bound together with Volumes 35 and 36 of the Proceedings. They contain numerous articles on the early history of South Australia celebrating its centenary in 1936 as well as CLELAND J. Burton: The Native Central Australian and his Surroundings Volume 35 16 pages. Further details on request. RGSSA paperback
1980réf. 146716Adelaide: 'Printed privately for A.J. & P.A. McBride Pty Ltd' 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide 'Printed privately for A.J. & P.A. McBride Pty Ltd' 1980. Oblong quarto x 117 pages with numerous illustrations mainly from photographs; the last 19 pages contain genealogical details of the eleven children of Robert James Martin McBride and Elizabeth Dunn. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; cloth lightly rubbed; front pastedown slightly bubbled as often; ink ownership signature on the half-title page; an excellent copy. Number 162 of 350 copies signed by Phillip Affleck McBride the Chairman of Directors in the total edition of 1000 copies. The history of the McBride family and the family company A.J. & P.A. McBride Limited a major South Australian pastoral company controlling Wooltana Teetulpa Wilgena and Nepowie stations among others. 'Printed privately for A.J. & P.A. McBride Pty Ltd' hardcover
1993réf. 147816Mount Pleasant: District Council of Mount Pleasant 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Mount Pleasant District Council of Mount Pleasant 1993. Large octavo 784 pages with numerous maps and illustrations many from photographs. Colour-pictorial papered boards; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page. District Council of Mount Pleasant hardcover
réf. 19126An original gelatin silver photograph 110 × 90 mm mounted on stiff card 220 × 170 mm inscribed in white ink on the mount beneath the photograph 'With Christmas Greetings from Dr and Mrs Ramsay Smith' stamped on the rear 'Photo. by Dr. W. Ramsay Smith' and captioned in his hand 'At Port Vila - New Hebrides'. Ramsay Smith describes 'picture-making' at Port Vila in detail in his 1924 book 'In Southern Seas' and this image contains all the elements referred to: one's wife 'for comparison and relief to the various objects in the picture' the harbour as background to the wooded heights the ship in the distance . The corners of the mount are slightly rounded and both the image and the mount are a little foxed; overall it is an attractive item with more than the usual amount of background information. William Ramsay Smith 1859-1937 physician naturalist anthropologist civil servant soldier - and controversy was often never far away see the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. His entry there states that 'Believing that tribal Aborigines were dying out he recorded their folklore in "Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines"' London 1930. Subsequent to this being published Dr Philip Jones has also recorded in the ADB that from the early 1920s David Unaipon 1872-1967 the Aboriginal preacher author and inventor 'studied Aboriginal mythology and compiled his versions of legends . Gathered before 1930 the legends are in his surviving manuscript in the Mitchell Library: they were commissioned and published by William Ramsay Smith without acknowledgment'. unknown
1962réf. 137481Adelaide: Public Library of South Australia 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Public Library of South Australia 1962 facsimile edition/ 1843. Octavo ii 30 9 pages plus a folding map and 2 folding survey plans. Gilt-lettered synthetic cloth slightly rubbed; endpapers leaves tanned; an excellent copy. Peade SA13: one of only 35 copies. South Australian Facsimile Editions No. 13. This was one of the earliest facsimile editions published by the library 'reproduced . using the xerographic process' with the text bound from concertina-fold paper printed on one side only uncut and unopened along the leading edges. Public Library of South Australia hardcover
1911réf. 142584Adelaide: R.E.E. Rogers Government Printer 1911. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide R.E.E. Rogers Government Printer 1911 first edition. Octavo 156 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs plus a small colour map with an illustration on the verso a full-page colour plate and 2 folding colour maps. Attractive colour-pictorial wrappers; minor loss to the head and foot of the spine; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent copy. Numerous dates in the 'Facts about South Australia' at the rear of the book and contemporary newspaper reviews support this figure. R.E.E. Rogers, Government Printer paperback
1879réf. 126763Adelaide: Printed by R. Kyffin Thomas 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Adelaide Printed by R. Kyffin Thomas 1879. Sextodecimo ii 95 pages plus a tipped-in erratum slip. Gilt-decorated cloth flecked marked and rubbed; front endpaper a little stained affecting the title leaf slightly; occasional light foxing; slight damage to the bottom corner tip of six consecutive leaves; still a very presentable copy. Catherine Helen Spence contributed 23 of the 150 acrostics a series of lines or verses in which the first last or other particular letters form a word or phrase. Printed by R. Kyffin Thomas hardcover
1952réf. 112450Adelaide: Universal Business Directories Australia 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Universal Business Directories Australia 1952. Quarto iv two-colour advertisements xii 306 pages with 5 maps a number of illustrations from photographs and numerous pictorial advertisements. Two-colour card covers with advertisements on all surfaces; spine a little sunned and marked; top corner lightly bumped throughout; small section of the bottom edge sunned; an excellent copy. Universal Business Directories (Australia) paperback
1955réf. 112439Adelaide: Universal Business Directories Australia 1955. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Universal Business Directories Australia 1955. Quarto viii two-colour advertisements xxxvi 362 pages with 5 maps a number of illustrations from photographs and numerous pictorial advertisements plus an unnumbered eight-page two-colour advertising section after page 338. Two-colour card covers with advertisements on all surfaces; spine very lightly chipped and sunned; small section of the bottom edge sunned; a fine copy. Universal Business Directories (Australia) paperback
1953réf. 112455Adelaide: Universal Business Directories Australia 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Universal Business Directories Australia 1953. Quarto ii two-colour advertisements xvi 310 pages with a map and numerous pictorial advertisements. Two-colour card covers with advertisements on all surfaces; spine lightly sunned and marked; small section of the bottom edge sunned; a fine copy. Universal Business Directories (Australia) paperback
1956réf. 112449Adelaide: Universal Business Directories Australia 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Universal Business Directories Australia 1956. Quarto viii two-colour advertisements xxxii 410 pages with 6 maps a number of illustrations from photographs and numerous pictorial advertisements plus an unnumbered eight-page two-colour advertising section after page 388. Two-colour card covers with advertisements on all surfaces; spine lightly sunned; small section of the bottom edge sunned; top corner of the front cover and the first third of the book a little bumped; an excellent copy. Universal Business Directories (Australia) paperback
1956réf. 112453Adelaide: Universal Business Directories Australia 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Universal Business Directories Australia 1956. Quarto x two-colour advertisements xiv 288 pages with 2 maps and numerous pictorial advertisements plus an unnumbered 8-page section of two-colour advertisements after page 282. Two-colour card covers with advertisements on all surfaces; spine lightly sunned; small section of the bottom edge sunned; a fine copy. Universal Business Directories (Australia) paperback
1955réf. 112452Adelaide: Universal Business Directories Australia 1955. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Universal Business Directories Australia 1955. Quarto xii two-colour advertisements xvi 284 pages with a map and numerous pictorial advertisements. Two-colour card covers with advertisements on all surfaces; spine lightly sunned; small section of the bottom edge sunned; a fine copy. Universal Business Directories (Australia) paperback
