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1950réf. 129641Adelaide: The Colt Co. and printed at The Advertiser Printing Office 1950. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Colt Co. and printed at The Advertiser Printing Office circa 1950. Small quarto 68 pages with numerous illustrations plus the printed covers. Two-colour pictorial wrappers with text on the other three surfaces; short sealed tear to the front cover; hole punched through the top left-hand corner as issued; an excellent copy. A 'comprehensive list of all Stockman and Station Requisites in stock sizes'. Presumably this company was a direct competitor of R.M. Williams at the time but page 58 contains a full-page advertisement for saddle dressing 'Made by R.M. Williams for The Colt Co.'. Apart from one copy of this catalogue in the State Library of SA we can find no other record of this company. The Colt Co. (and printed at The Advertiser Printing Office) paperback
1944réf. 147363Tanunda: Auricht's Printing Office 1944. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tanunda Auricht's Printing Office 1944. Large quarto 30 pages with 12 pages of illustrations and a pictorial title page with all illustrations from photographs. Card covers unevenly tanned and slightly marked; overall an excellent copy. 'Ebenezer! That is the name of the place in South Australia from which the pioneers of Walla Walla congregation set out for New South Wales' in October 1868 foreword. Auricht's Printing Office paperback
1997réf. 144495Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1997. Hardcover. Near fine. Adelaide Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1997 facsimile edition/ 1845. Octavo two volumes x ii xx 448 4; and ii iv vi 512 8 pages with illustrations plus 22 plates and 2 folding maps in a front endpocket. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in blind; a near-fine set. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 213; only 600 sets printed. The eight-page introduction by Valmai Hankel is new to this edition. 2 items. Friends of the State Library of South Australia hardcover
1997réf. 140136Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1997. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1997 facsimile edition/ 1845. Octavo two volumes x including a new introduction ii xx 448 4; and ii iv vi 512 8 pages with illustrations plus 22 plates and 2 folding maps in a front-pocket. Dark green cloth; a fine set. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 213; one of only 600 sets. The eight-page introduction by Valmai Hankel is new to this edition. 2 items. Friends of the State Library of South Australia hardcover
1998réf. 021199Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1998. vii 354pp appendix 4 folding maps 8 bw ills. Or green cloth with blind stamped coat-of-arms black leather spine quarter leather.Some slight foxing to page edges. Edition limited to 600 copies of which 99 were numbered and bound in quarter leather- this copy #41 of the deluxe edition of 99 copies. Facsimile of original 1875 edition. Account of the explorations of the first Western Australian born Australian explorer including the first 2 crossings of the continent from west to east in 1870 and 1874 as well as five years spent in exploration of the deserts of WA SA and NT. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Angas G. F. George French. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
1880réf. 143810Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. Foolscap folio 2 pages plus a folding map printed surface approximately 295 × 435 mm. Drop-title; needle-holes and notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound now disbound; map folded as issued and a little tanned mostly at the margins; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 106 of 1880. The map shows runs on Kangaroo Island along the Coorong and inland from Rivoli Bay in the south-east; the text gives the area in square miles the location and a description of the country. E. Spiller, Government Printer] unknown
1880réf. 143808Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. Foolscap folio 1 page plus a large folding map 'Woolundunga Forest Reserve' sheet size approximately 505 × 405 mm. Drop-title; needle-holes and notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound now neatly disbound; light tanning particularly in the margins; tiny tear at the top corner-tips; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 87 of 1880. Woolundunga Forest Reserve in the Flinders Ranges is now known as Mount Brown Conservation Park. E. Spiller, Government Printer] unknown
1881réf. 146804Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1881. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1881. Foolscap folio 48 pages with numerous tables plus 4 folding lithographed plans. Needle-holes and small notches in the left-hand margin where previously bound now neatly disbound; top corner-tip of a handful of leaves at the rear slightly creased; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 43 of 1881. The four plans show timber plantations at Mount Muirhead Flat Reserve Wirrabara Forest Reserve Bundaleer Forest Reserve and Blocks 4 5 and 6 Wirrabara Forest. E. Spiller, Government Printer unknown
1876réf. 143854Adelaide: Government Printer 1876. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1876. Foolscap folio 7 pages. Needle-holes and notches in the left-hand margin where previously bound now disbound; margins slightly tanned; an excellent copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper number 95 of 1876. A detailed report on mining ventures in northern South Australia in particular copper deposits in the Flinders Ranges and vicinity. In addition to the Great Northern mines Oratunga Nuccaleena Two Brothers Wheal Stuart Mount Chambers and Moro it includes the Victoria Kanyaka Wirrawilka Wheal Emily Wheal Blinman Mallee Camp and Wepowie Oraldana Yudnamutana Mount Rose and Arkaba mines. In the opening memorandum Goyder responds to William Harcus' claims about the colony's mineral deposits presumably in 'South Australia: Its History Resources and Productions' 1876 stating that 'I am ignorant of any locality that would warrant such glowing description; and perhaps it would have been better had the expressions used been of a less sanguine nature'. Government Printer unknown
1978réf. 7728Beechworth: Parish of Beechworth 1978. xii 578 pages. 25cm x 19cm. Many b/w photos and illustrations. Pictorial boards in identical dustwrapper slightly worn. Scarce. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Parish of Beechworth Hardcover
1984réf. 105199WA: Alcoa of Australia. 1984. 1st ed. quarto 290 x 310 mm wraps pp 416. Hole-punched near the spine to go in a two-ring binder. Title hand-written in ink to formerly blank spine. Previous owner's signaturesome spotting to rear wrap otherwise clean. Very good condition. Rare. Tables of eucalypt trees in each shire. "The puropose of this book is to list in table form the Eucalyptus species growing naturally in the Shires of southern Western Australia. Relevant data is also listed on life form tree or mallee soil preferences and potential uses." Introduction 1st Edition. stiff wraps. Alcoa of Australia paperback
2005réf. 044022Sydney: Crossing Press 2005. xi 484pp index bibliography appendices bw ills maps endpaper maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Slight damage to cloth at top edge of front cover light toned spot on fore-edge. Edition limited to 500 copies of which this #352. A remarkable accountof time spent in colonial Tasmania and at the same time 'one of the most striking personal documents in Irish history'. Offers fresh insights into the penal system and settler life. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Crossing Press Hardcover
1982réf. 118172Roseworthy: Roseworthy Agricultural College 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Roseworthy Roseworthy Agricultural College 1982. Folio 317 × 202 mm liv 378 pages with illustrations some line illustrations some from photographs and 6 pages of facsimile manuscript. Full morocco lettered in gilt on the front cover and spine; a fine copy. Number 24 of an unspecified limited edition. Copies in the standard binding - papered boards with a dustwrapper - state that the edition is 1000 copies which presumably includes a modest quantity with this deluxe binding which we have not seen before. Roseworthy Agricultural College hardcover
1896réf. 139221Adelaide: Printed by W.K. Thomas & Co. for The Author 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Printed by W.K. Thomas & Co. for The Author 1896. Duodecimo 142 pages. Later three-quarter red morocco the spine lettered in gilt with raised bands; a fine copy in a superb Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding. The author's introduction states he was born in Bristol in 1818 and continues with 'The recollections date from the riots at Bristol in 1831 associated with the reform movement; and include the cholera old-time elections early experiments in mesmerism and other modern discoveries; interviews with various notables at that time; experiences at the respective Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862 and that of Paris in 1855 besides many other interesting episodes in English life of the last generation'. We were surprised to find that this Thomas Reed is not recorded in the 'Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885' 1986. Printed by W.K. Thomas & Co. [for The Author] hardcover
1977réf. 142540Richmond: T.A. and P.R. Roberts 1977. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Richmond T.A. and P.R. Roberts 1977 fourth edition/ 1971; 1977 second edition/ 1971; 1980; and 1984. Quarto four volumes xiv 134; xii 211; viii 180; and viii 156 pages with a total of 298 illustrations from sketches and from photographs. Papered boards; first two volumes a little bumped at the extremities; a very good set internally excellent with the very good dustwrappers the first one sunned the third one with minor loss to the head of the spine. All four volumes have a lengthy signed inscription dated 16 February 1986 on the front free endpaper from the author to 'Marianne' Marianne Anthony with her pencilled signature in the second volume and an ink gift inscription to her in the third. 4 items. T.A. and P.R. Roberts hardcover
1932réf. 10912Adelaide: Rigby Limited 1932. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Rigby Limited circa 1932. Quarto 28 pages with 24 full-page illustrations. Overlapping pictorial wrappers printed in two colours with a reproduction of the third illustration mounted on the front cover; covers slightly marked; edges a little chipped with some tiny tears two longer ones are expertly sealed; a very good copy. Rigby Limited paperback
1969réf. 144146Sydney: Angus and Robertson 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Sydney Angus and Robertson 1969. Octavo vi 220 pages plus endpaper maps. Cloth lightly stained at the foot of the front joint; small bookshop label on the front free endpaper causing some minor discolouration to the half-title; a very good copy with the good dustwrapper unevenly sunned a little torn and chipped and a little stained on the underside. The account of the last journey in October 1922 of the author's desperately ill father the Reverend Carl Strehlow 1871-1922 overland from Hermannsburg to the railhead at Oodnadatta; Horseshoe Bend was where he died and was buried. The author who made the trip with his father was fourteen at the time. This work received the 1970 Weickhardt Award for the best general Australian book; it has stood the test of time and must now be ranked among the classics. Angus and Robertson hardcover
1996réf. 021232Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1996. 97pp ads large folding map. Or maroon cloth with black leather spine quarter leather. Foxing to page edges and title page. Edition limited to 500 copies of which 99 copies were a numbered deluxe edition in quarter leather- this #41 of those 99 copies. Facsimile of the original edition of 1863. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 210. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Friends of the State Library of South Australia Hardcover
1914réf. 106877Perth: Government Printer. 1914. 1st ed. octavo pp xxxviii adverts- 5- 193 xxxix - xlvi adverts continued b&w illus. some adverts in colour original illustrated paper wraps with a small professional repair to lower left front wrap not affecting text as well as along rear wrap new cloth spine. Contents clean. Near fine condition. Useful information mainly agricultural for the settler. Includes over 40 pages of illustrated adverisements for local businesses in 1914. Includes plans and information for farm gates bail milking sheds Coolgardie safes with details for building houses and showing architectural plans. 1st Edition. Paper Wraps. Government Printer paperback
2026réf. x-103263443XTaylor & Francis Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 182 pages. 7.00x0.44x10.00 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
19308vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 317 pp, frontis (port), plus 15 plates from photos, index, map of Philippine Islands on endpapers. original cloth, slightly rubbed at corner, small dent at cover edge, lightly foxed on few leaves, mainly marginal, but a very good, solid and tight copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Burdett was one of the first prospectors of the Kimberley goldrush, a pearl hunter, explorer and orchid collector who explored coral reefs and jungles for some forty years. In this work, the author travelled in the jungles of the Philippines and describes the jungle, the peoples, nature, his adventures and the finding of some orchids among other things, including ancient artifacts. He was also the author of The Odyssey of a Pearl Hunter.
19148vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 308 pp, frontis, illustrations & plates from photos, folding color map. original pictorial cloth, worn, light foxing on some leaves, ink name of previous owner on endpaper, near fine, complete. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A detailed study of the Papuans and Solomon Islanders before their culture was destroyed by other civilizations, with good illustrations.
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