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1959rif. 147625Woomera: Weapons Research Establishment 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Woomera Weapons Research Establishment 1959 'Printed by E.J. McAlister & Co. Adelaide'. Quarto 48 pages with numerous illustrations plus advertising on three surfaces of the wrappers. Three-colour pictorial wrappers lightly chipped and sunned along the front top edge; in excellent condition. Volume 1 Number 1 of this periodical appeared on 11 August 1950; the first Annual was published in 1953. Trove gives an informative summary of the history of the publication slightly edited here by us for easier reading: 'In December 1952 Volume 3 Number 13 was issued in two sections a printed section called "Christmas Issue December 1952" and a roneoed supplement dated 5 December 1952. In 1953 the printed section became the first issue of the "Gibber Gabber Annual". From 1950 to 6 September 1962 issued as a foolscap roneoed newsletter. From Volume 12 Number 33 13 September 1962 issued in tabloid newspaper format. Changed format in 2003 to A4 magazine format'. Trove also records that after Volume 70 Number 44 29 November 2019 the next issue was New Series Volume 1 Number 1 24 January 2020 with the last item listed being Volume 4 Number 18 20 May 2022. In our experience any copies of this publication are rare. Weapons Research Establishment] paperback
1922rif. 170100Sydney: Art in Australia Ltd 1922. Pp. 96ii84 including advertisements illustrated in colour and black & white including 2 hand-tipped coloured plates in No. 2; med. 4to; printed paper wrappers with coloured pictorial onlay on the upper wrappers and pictorial advertisements on the lower wrappers wrapper edges creased and split Number 1 quite heavily Number 2 less so inked signature adjacent to backstrip on upper wrapper of No. 2; staples rusted one corner of both of the hand-tipped plates slightly creased a little light foxing; Art in Australia Ltd. Sydney 1922. All published in this series Vol. 1 No. 1 being No. Twelve Old Series February 1st 1922. Number 2 is dated May 1st 1922. Contributors include Norman Lindsay A. G. Stephens Hardy Wilson Lionel Lindsay Kenneth Slessor Hugh McCrae Leon Gellert Jack Lindsay a.o. Art in Australia Ltd unknown
rif. 49876The Official Collection which the Commonwealth Government is preserving to hand down to future generations. The photographs depict the work of the A.I.F. on Gallipoli and in France Belgium and Palestine. Sydney Town Hall Basement March 4th to April 15th 1922. Arranged by the Australian War Museum Commonwealth Government. All proceeds to War Memorials Fund. Melbourne : Australian War Museum Renwick Pride Print Tattersall Lane Melbourne 1922. Small octavo 180 x 120 mm original brown wrappers upper wrapper with lettering and Rising Sun badge in black lower wrapper with Beale & Co. Ltd. advertisement a few minor stains lower wrapper with short tear at bottom edge; pp. 48 with advertisements to inner wrappers; a very good copy. unknown
1888rif. 048556Wanganui NZ: A.D. Willis 1888. 47pp. Rebound in cream boards with original chipped and frayed illustrated The Great Wairakei front wrapper laid on rear cover apparently lacking. Ink doodles on title page faint doodles on a couple of pages at rear title page chipped at bottom corner. A small contemporary clipping regarding Maori wars loosely inserted. Contents good complete and without loss of text. Extremely scarce. Reprinted articles attributed to the Wanganui Herald. First in Book Form. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo. A.D. Willis Hardcover
1983rif. HISAUS595Sydney Australia: Dreamweaver Books 1983. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover with white boards and pictorial dust jacket first edition 1415gms 271 pages. This book recreates the grand days of the picture palace. It remembers a world that has well and truly gone and a time of life that was simpler. It is a celebration of the days when the visit to the pictures was the event of the week. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only light shelf wear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Book weighs over 1kg and may incur additional postage. Dreamweaver Books Hardcover
1881rif. 146499Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1881. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1881 second edition/ 1881. Octavo xii 116 pages plus 29 lithographed plates one folding containing some 76 figures by J.W. Love. Quarter cloth and papered flush-cut card with the full title page details printed on both front and rear covers; spine lightly sunned with minimal wear to the ends; tiny sealed tear to the leading edges of two consecutive leaves; an excellent copy. The author was the 'Conservator of Forests for the Government of South Australia'. The lithographs by J.W. Love illustrate various species of trees exotic and native techniques and layouts for planting and tools. Ferguson 7514. E. Spiller, Government Printer hardcover
1881rif. 143911Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1881. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1881 first edition. Octavo xii 116 pages plus 76 lithographic illustrations on 19 pages by J.W. Love and an erratum slip tipped in on the front free endpaper. Flush-cut quarter cloth and papered card covers with the full title page details repeated on both front and rear covers; cloth sunned on the spine and a little flecked; covers rubbed at the extremities and a little unevenly sunned with the rear one lightly stained and marked; early name-plate partially removed from the front pastedown; plates lightly tanned; overall an excellent copy. The author was the 'Conservator of Forests for the Government of South Australia'. A second edition appeared later the same year and a revised third edition was published in 1886. E. Spiller, Government Printer paperback
1866rif. 143156London: John Murray 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. London John Murray 1866 fifth edition/ 1848. Octavo xvi 614 pages plus a frontispiece portrait and 2 full-page woodcuts. Maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in blind on both sides; spine sunned and flecked; all edges uncut; small light stain to the bottom right-hand corner of the frontispiece and the two leaves preceding it; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy. 'A considerable portion of this work relates to the emancipation of the slaves of the West Indies' preface. Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton's grandson and namesake the 3rd Baronet served as Governor of South Australia from 1895 to 1898. This is an association copy inscribed on the verso of the front free endpaper to 'Lorna Todd from Victoria Buxton. Govt. House. Adelaide. 1896'. Consult the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' for details of this impressive vice-regal couple. Lorna Todd was a daughter of Sir Charles Todd 1826-1910 astronomer meteorologist and electrical engineer. John Murray hardcover
2010rif. 138923Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 2010. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Friends of the State Library of South Australia 2010 first thus/ 1882 to 1930. Octavo xxxiv 174 pages with a frontispiece portrait and 2 maps plus a large folding map in an endpocket. Quarter calf and pictorial cloth; a fine copy. Number 92 of only 125 copies of the deluxe issue in a total edition of just 325 copies. A collected reprint of four journeys undertaken by Chewings in 1881-82 1883 1885 and 1909. 'Accounts of the first three expeditions were published in the South Australian weekly newspaper the "Observer". The 1885 report was also issued separately as a pamphlet . in 1886. The "Geographical Journal" London published the account of the 1909 journey in October 1930' from the informative 27-page introduction by Valmai Hankel. Friends of the State Library of South Australia hardcover
1970rif. 97167Sydney: Christie's Australia. 1970. 1st ed. Royal octavo pp.iv vi-152 Index to rep profusely illus with col and b&w plates prices recorded in ink alongside each lot orig stiff wraps very good condn. Loosely inserted list of prices realized and showing buyer's names. Artworks in the auction include iconic works such as "Emus in a Landscape" by Russell Drysdale; "Sketch Portrait" by Charles Conder; "Mountain Muster" by Tom Roberts acquired by Lindwall; "Pastoral Landscape" by Frederick McCubbin etc. Listed buyer's names include Robert Holmes a Court Queensland Art Gallery Wollongong Art Gallery and all who purchased at the auction 1st edition. Stiff Wraps. Christie's Australia paperback
1982rif. BIB333009Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 1982 to 1987. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. Dustackets are complete not price-clipped . A very nice set. Volumes 3 4 5 and 6 all have minor abrasions on the endpapers removal of plastic covering. Each dustjacket spine is a little sunned. Illustrated with black and white plates. Six volumes enclosed in the cardboard slipcase as issued. The slipcase is chipped at the edges bt solid. This is a heavy item 6kgs packed 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. . Professor Clark's monumental work. Each volume is approximately 450 pages. Vol. I. From the Earliest Time to the Age of Macquarie; Vol. II. New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. 1822-1838; Vol. III. The Beginning of an Australian Civilization. 1824-1851; Vol. IV. The Earth Abideth for Ever. 1851-1888; Vol. V. The People Make Laws. 1888-1915; Vol. VI. 'The Old Dead Tree and the Young Tree Green'. 1916-1935 with an Epilogue . Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. Melbourne University Press hardcover
1908rif. 141876Adelaide: W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers 1908. Octavo iv 150 pages plus 4 plates. Expertly rebound olive-green cloth retaining the printed front panel and spine from the original papered boards; acidic text paper tanned as ever; overall an excellent copy of a notoriously poor production. W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers hardcover
1925rif. 056704Melbourne: W.J. Green Government Printer 1925. 243pp tables. Later green cloth binding retaining the otriginal wrappers. Front wrapper torn with crude tape repair basic card pocket inside front wrapper occasional toning and spotting reference number written on front cover. Stamp of State Department of Health Queensland on title page. With these exceptions the book is internally excellent. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. W.J. Green, Government Printer Hardcover
1878rif. 136692London: Macmillan and Co 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Macmillan and Co. 1878 first edition in English/ 1874. Octavo xlviii 356 pages. Cloth a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities with associated light creasing to about a third of the top corners of the text; a very good copy internally excellent. The 'additions and alterations in the present edition make it in several respects almost a new work' author's preface and the 18-page introduction by T.E. Cliffe Leslie is new to this edition. Provenance: Charles H. Pearson with his ink ownership signature on the half-title. Charles Henry Pearson 1830-1894 historian educationist politician and journalist 'the outstanding intellectual of the Australian colonies. A democrat by conviction he combined a Puritan determination in carrying reforms with a gentle manner and a scrupulous respect for the traditional rules and courtesies of public debate' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. There are also bookplates of two later owners: the Rose Lowcay-designed bookplate of her husband Harold Sheard is mounted on the front pastedown and the armorial bookplate of Adelaide barrister Christopher James is on the rear pastedown. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1999rif. 051605Broadbeach Waters: Pacific Press 1999. 359pp index appendices nominal roll bibliography bw ills col plate endpaper maps. Or pictorial laminated boards in jacket Near new. The story of the volunteers who led the defence of New Guinea in the Pacific War. Between January and May 1942 the 500 men of the NGVR were the only armed force in the path between the Japanese forces and Port Moresby. They also contained the advancement of the Japanese from the coastal areas of Lae and Salamaua. They rescued 217 soldiers from Lark Force as well as civilians not captured by the Japanese in New Britain. The only Australian unit to be awarded the US Distinguished Unit Citation. Their full story is told here for the first time. An important Australian WWII Unit history. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Pacific Press Hardcover
1985rif. 147202Adelaide: Sullivan's Cove 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Adelaide Sullivan's Cove 1985 in fact 1988. Large octavo 94 pages. Cloth; a fine copy with the excellent dustwrapper very slightly rubbed and with one tiny closed tear. Number 11 of only 100 numbered copies. 'These reports and letters . are from Eyre from his station on the Murray Moorunde to Governor Grey in Adelaide 1841-4. They detail Eyre's several expeditions up the river to the Rufus and Lake Victoria and relate his part in Sturt's expedition in 1844; they include also Eyre's forays north-west of the Great Bend and his search for C.C. Dutton lost north of Port Lincoln. The edition is from Eyre's manuscripts'. Sullivan's Cove hardcover
1985rif. 140821Unley: The Salt Glaze Press 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Unley The Salt Glaze Press 1985. Quarto 96 pages with 110 illustrations many in colour. Synthetic cloth; a fine copy with the dustwrapper a little creased chipped and torn with very slight loss. Number 405 of 1000 copies numbered and signed in ink by the author. The Salt Glaze Press hardcover
1994rif. 129629Largs Bay: The Author 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Largs Bay The Author 1994. Large octavo xxii 311 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs plus endpaper maps. Papered boards; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page. The Author hardcover
1966rif. 039141Brisbane: W R Smith & Paterson 1966. 250 pagesappendices. Or cloth in jacket. Spine slightly darkened otherwise near new. The early years of Central Queensland up to Queensland's being made a seperate colony. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. W R Smith & Paterson Hardcover
1933rif. BIB330804Adelaide: South Australian Museum. 1933and 1934. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Volume 1 has chipped covers & stamp to front cover. Vol 2 is very good with a faint stamp and Initials to front cover. The interiors of both volumes are very good. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 53 55 pages. Contains place names tribes types of natives mutilations population ceremonial life rock paintings canoes trade routes language clothings and ornaments etc. Uncommon. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover. South Australian Museum paperback
1907rif. 95859London: Hurst and Blackett 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Hurst and Blackett 1907. Octavo xx 298 2 publisher's advertisements pages plus a frontispiece. Decorated cloth a little rubbed and marked with light wear to the corners; spine sunned; edges a little foxed and darkened; a very good copy. With the ownership signature and Helen Bakewell-designed bookplate of George S. Fowler of the Adelaide-based wholesale grocery dynasty. Hurst and Blackett hardcover
1948rif. BIB324647Sydney: Pellegrini & Co. 1948. 12mo approx 13x21cm. Very Good condition in Poor Dustjacket. Dustjacket has loss to top part of spine and base of front panel repaired on the underside - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owner's neat stamp to front free end paper. A scarce title. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 111 pages. The author a missionary studied the Aboriginal people over a lifetime of contact. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Pellegrini & Co hardcover
1865rif. 130779London: Hatchard and Co 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Hatchard and Co. 1865 the first title; London William White 1856 the second title; and Boston Otis Clapp 1860 the third title. Small octavo 108; vi 136; and viii 80 pages. Green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and front cover all edges gilt; cloth flecked and a little rubbed and bumped with minimal wear to the extremities; inner hinges slightly cracked but firm; mild signs of age and use; a very good copy. The contemporary blindstamp of the Adelaide bookseller W.C. Rigby is on the front flyleaf. Hatchard and Co hardcover
1967rif. 040124Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1967. 231pp index maps bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket spine slightly faded price clipped small bookseller label on front pastedown. A particularly nice copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Plus. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1966rif. 040160Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1966. Introduction by F S Mance. x 296pp b/w ills glossary index. Or cloth boards in jacket Offset toning to endpapers page edges toned. Jacket a bit rubbed creased at btoom front and 3mm tear at bottom of front flap fold. Prospecting for gold and other precious minerals and gems in Australia. Includes a chapter on oil by Dr WG Woolnough. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
