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1881Best.-Nr. 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
1866Best.-Nr. 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
2010Best.-Nr. 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
1970Best.-Nr. 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
1982Best.-Nr. 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
1908Best.-Nr. 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
1925Best.-Nr. 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
1878Best.-Nr. 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
1999Best.-Nr. 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
1985Best.-Nr. 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
1985Best.-Nr. 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
1994Best.-Nr. 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
1966Best.-Nr. 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
1933Best.-Nr. 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
1907Best.-Nr. 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
1948Best.-Nr. 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
1865Best.-Nr. 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
1967Best.-Nr. 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
1966Best.-Nr. 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
1985Best.-Nr. 146937Adelaide: Gillingham Printers 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Gillingham Printers 1985 facsimile edition/ 1922. Octavo xviii 243 pages plus 25 plates and a folding map. Synthetic cloth lightly rubbed and bumped; an excellent copy. Number 6 of only 200 copies; the one-page biographical sketch of the author on the verso of the title page is new to this edition. The Honorable John Lewis 1844-1923: 'Explorer bushman drover roughrider pastoralist businessman legislator' . with much on the Northern Territory in the 1860s-70s. His father James accompanied Charles Sturt in 1844-45; one of his sons was the industrialist Essington Lewis. Gillingham Printers hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. BIB329097Adelaide: Gillingham Printers. 1985. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. A Near Fine copy - an excellent copy. Limited edition of 200 numbered copies - this is copy 56. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Fold-out map to rear. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 243 pages. Autobiography of The Hon. John Lewis 1844-1923 Pioneer South Australian pastoralist and politician. . Near Fine. Facsimile Edition. Hardback. Gillingham Printers hardcover
1910Best.-Nr. 147170Adelaide: W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers for the Society 1910. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers for the Society 1910. Octavo iv 80 pages in the volume comprising xii 104 iv iv 177 pages plus 14 plates 10 full-page. Original printed wrappers slightly chipped and rubbed on the spine and lightly tanned affecting the pages in direct contact with them; in excellent condition. The journal is a facsimile reprint of the original 1839 Adelaide publication very rare even when this edition appeared. The supplement to this volume of the Proceedings also contains 'A Biographical Sketch of Colonel William Light the Founder of Adelaide and the First Surveyor-General of the Province of South Australia. Compiled from various sources by Thomas Gill' pages 81-177. The main article in the rest of the volume is 'Twenty-five Years of Australian Exploration' by Thomas Reed 18 pages. A deluxe edition of 200 copies of the material in the supplement relating to William Light with additional maps facsimiles text and plates bound in either roan or vellum printed on hand-made paper and signed by the compiler was published the following year. W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers (for the Society) paperback
1988Best.-Nr. 146087Adelaide: Wakefield Press 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Adelaide Wakefield Press 1988. Quarto xvi 339 pages with 332 illustrations and 2 maps. Papered boards slightly bumped and rubbed at the extremities; ownership signature Bob Ellis on the front free endpaper; an excellent copy with the very good dustwrapper spine sunned and a little chipped and creased at the head. Not least of Central Australian interest and a fine Indigenous Australian pictorial reference. Loosely inserted is a processed typescript letter personally signed by Ted Hampton Chairperson of the Aboriginal Literature Development Assistance Association Inc. It is essentially an apology for any delay in despatch of the pre-ordered copy 'ALDAA is entirely run by volunteers. We have had a big rush of orders since the book was finally released on 18 July'. However it also adds the important information that 'The initial print run of 3000 is now more than two thirds sold due largely to ALDAA efforts. As soon as it is sold out publishing rights will revert to the Aboriginal people through ALDAA'. Wakefield Press hardcover
1996Best.-Nr. 140189Kent Town: Wakefield Press in association with the Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal 1996. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Kent Town Wakefield Press in association with the Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal 1996 first thus/ 1930 abridged edition. Octavo xxxii 438 2 'Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal' pages with illustrations and maps plus numerous plates reproducing 'over ninety original photographs'. Papered boards slightly rubbed; a near-fine copy with the near-fine dustwrapper. Number 454 of only 500 copies in boards; this copy is signed in ink by one of Mawson's daughters Patricia Thomas. This publication comprises a 'facsimile edition of the text of the 1930 abridged popular edition featuring original images from the Mawson Collection'. Wakefield Press in association with the Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. 139209Adelaide: The Author 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide The Author 1945. Octavo viii 72 pages plus 20 plates including 4 folding panoramas. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; a fine copy. Number 3 of only 200 copies numbered and signed in ink by the author. Charles Brown Fisher 1818-1908 was the second son of James Hurtle Fisher; he arrived with his father the first Resident Commissioner of South Australia on the 'Buffalo' in December 1836. He became one of the biggest pastoralists in Australia and the book tells of the development of country from the Mt Schanck run in the south to Victoria River Downs and Port Darwin as well as properties along the Murray and Darling and in western and northern Queensland. 'Overcapitalization falling prices and six bad seasons forced Fisher into bankruptcy in 1895. His liabilities were nearly £1500000 against assets of £786000. Destitute he retired to Melbourne where in November 1896 friends took up a subscription which Franc Falkiner headed with £500. Later Fisher moved to Adelaide and died at Glenelg on 6 May 1908. Predeceased by his wife Agnes Louisa whom he had married in 1855 and survived by their only son he left an estate valued at £1600' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. Provenance: Sir Howard Watson Lloyd 1868-1955 businessman and Chairman of the Bank of Adelaide with his ownership signature on the front free endpaper. The book subsequently entered the collection of Harold Llewellyn Sheard 1890-1975 amateur anthropologist and dedicated Charles Mountford archivist with his bookplate designed by his wife Rose Lowcay on the front pastedown. [The Author] hardcover
