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1883Best.-Nr. 208551883. Very good overall. An interesting hand painted and roneoed ship's musical program. Produced for an Australian ship voyage 29th November 1883 with the proceeds of the performance "devoted to the relief of the suffering of a destitute and invalided steerage passenger". The evenings proceedings are roneographed inside the fold. It lists 15 performances including arrangements for violin and piano; a "letter song: Rip Van Winkle"; other songs a recitation; "Italian boat song"; and a vocal duet. The performers include Mr. & Mrs. Rignold and Signor Steffani. Mr. & Mrs. G. Rignold are recorded as having traveled from Adelaide to Sydney on 29th January 1883 on the ship "Birksgate" and in October 1886 they traveled on the ship "Hanroto" from Hobart to Melbourne with Mr. & Mrs. Lohr all of them described as "Theatrical". Signor Steffani is listed in the Sand's Sydney Directory for 1883 at 129 Phillips St. and in 1895 as a "teacher of singing" at 56 Elizabeth St. ancestry dot com. In fact the performances by "professionals" were most likely money making efforts for the performers who traveled repeatedly between various ports in Australia. One wonders if the money collected actually went to relieve the suffering of "a destitute and invalided steerage passenger" unless that is Mr. Rignold or Mr. Steffani. The R. M. S. John Elder made voyages between London and Australia see article in the Sydney Morning Herald referring to arrival from London on 15 July 1885 just 6 months after this voyage on the NLA website. It seems possible that this voyage was only in Australian waters as the Rignold's were already in Australia in January 1883. The cover of the program is hand painted with a background design of gingko leaves daffodils and a dragon fly with a tropical island view superimposed. On blue coated paper folded with the number 1 penciled at lower left of the front. In some spots the text of the reproduction is faded and it has been re-written by hand in purple ink. Short closed tear bottom edge. Folded folio 8 3/4 x 13 1/2". The paper is speckled with white dots akin to some unusual sort of bleaching perhaps related to the paper making process as it skirts the cover illustration. An unusual survival. unknown
1880Best.-Nr. 005774Liverpool: Wm Potter 1880 blue cloth lightly rubbed and soiled gilt to cover spine split at head of lower joint glue action discolours endpapers faint foxing mainly to endpapers lacks half title and spine edge of title is adhered to the fep short tear up from bottom of title near the spine edge leaf of pp 15/16 is detached and a little chipped to edges 181pp blank at rear memoirs of time spent in Queensland and other places in the 1860s rare title. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Wm Potter hardcover
1962Best.-Nr. 32107Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia 1962 to 1985. Octavo 48 issues each approximately 60 pages generally with illustrations plus plates; most of the index inserts are present. Wrappers Volumes 1 and 2 and quarter cloth and wrappers; tiny mark to one front cover; a fine set. The contents are as good as the subtitle suggests. Libraries Board of South Australia paperback
1868Best.-Nr. 80705Adelaide: E.S. Wigg and J. Howell 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg and J. Howell 1868. Duodecimo viii 124 4 index 148 South Australian Directory 4 index 177 South Australian Almanack Advertiser pages including the rear endpaper advertisements plus front endpaper advertisements and rear cover advertising - but this copy lacks pages 169-76 of the advertising section and the folding map originally tipped ìn at the title page a small portion of the first panel remains as proof. Flush-cut cloth boards rebacked with the bulk of the original spine retained; cloth a little marked with minor silverfish damage; a few trifling marks to some pages; a very good copy rare in any condition. Our current average rate of handling copies of this item is one every 20 years. Not least of its many attractions is 'The Farmers' Gardeners' and Vignerons' Calendar' revised by George McEwin 13 pages. E.S. Wigg and J. Howell hardcover
1887Best.-Nr. 146793Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1887. Fine. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1887. Foolscap folio 2 pages plus a very large folding colour map 'General Plan showing Beetaloo Water District .' 1033 × 667 mm. Drop-title; pinholes and tiny notches in the left-hand margin where previously bound now disbound; in fine condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 110 of 1887; 670 copies of the text and 820 copies of the map were printed. The paper is an interim report for the construction of the Beetaloo Reservoir situated between Napperby and Laura in South Australia's mid-north. The map is something completely different - a real sleeper. The full title is 'General Plan showing Beetaloo Water District as proclaimed Mains laid and authorised Service Reservoirs Tanks and Head-works; also Levels taken along Roads surveyed for Reticulation. 1887'. It covers in great detail a large rectangular area extending to Port Pirie Napperby and Laura in the north; Arthurton and Port Wakefield in the south; Port Broughton Wallaroo and Moonta on the west; and Gladstone Narridy and Koolunga on the east. E. Spiller, Government Printer unknown
1858Best.-Nr. 118485Adelaide: Printed by David Gall for John Howell bookseller and manufacturing stationer 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Adelaide Printed by David Gall for John Howell bookseller and manufacturing stationer 1858. 220 × 95 mm viii 108 36 advertisements pages plus an advertisement across each endpaper inner surfaces of the free endpapers blank. The 'Map of Adelaide to face Title' referred to in the list of contents is excised from this copy. Original plain cream cloth with an orange paper title-label on the front cover; cloth a little stained and a little worn at the extremities with minor loss to the corners and spine; four small areas of the rear cover a little indented each with two short parallel cuts to the cloth; two conjugate leaves pages 85/86 and 107/108 torn out and screwed up at some stage were later repaired and reinserted with clear tape which stained the paper and have recently been expertly restored; rear free endpaper torn away leaving just a small attached fragment; a few other minor signs of age and use; overall a decent copy with the contemporary ownership details of A.L. Young ink-stamped and as 'A. Lincoln Young' written in ink on the front cover front and rear pastedowns and front free endpaper and added to the foot of the Adelaide directory with his address 25 Royal Exchange written there and on the front cover. The Adelaide directory listing name occupation and address runs to 47 pages; the Port Adelaide one is seven pages long. Considering the colony was founded barely two decades earlier it is an extensive yet unpretentious list. For example the four entries under MANN in Adelaide are 'Joseph carpenter Brown street J. bonnet maker Brown street Elizabeth mangle woman Gouger street His Honour Judge Sturt street'. At the foot of the calendar page for each month there are notes under the headings 'Garden' 'Flower Garden' Fruit Trees' and 'Field' on average about 12 lines each month. Ferguson 10603 not noting the preliminaries or the map; not recording any details of the binding. The State Library of NSW has a copy on Trove not recording the presence of the preliminaries or the 36 pages of advertisements but noting the dimensions of the map as 220 × 100 mm. Printed by David Gall [for John Howell, bookseller and manufacturing stationer] hardcover
1874Best.-Nr. 115380Melbourne: E. & D. Syme 'The Leader' Office and Adelaide Frearson & Bro 1874. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. Melbourne E. & D. Syme 'The Leader' Office and Adelaide Frearson & Bro. 1874. Octavo iv second and last blank 59 pages. Maroon binder's cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover retaining the original printed wrappers possibly lined with plain paper at an early date; front wrapper waterstained and a little marked with minor loss in two places along the plain top margin and with two short sealed tears; light marginal tidemarks to the rear wrapper; title page a little foxed; bottom corner edges a little marked bleeding very slightly into a few margins; a few top corner creases or missing tips to the first ten leaves; overall a decent copy. 'The following Papers are reprinted from "The Farm" section of the Melbourne "Leader". The writer left Melbourne on 1st September 1874 and returned on the 30th November. The early Papers were written during September in which month the country round Adelaide is seen at its very best. The areas of Gawler Kapunda Kooringa Hill River Estate Clare and surroundings were visited during October and the return journey between Adelaide and Mount Gambier including Strathalbyn Willunga Goolwa Hindmarsh Island Narracoorte and the Drainage Country took place during November' preface. The critical comments on contemporary vine cultivation and wine production make interesting reading. Visits were made to properties and individuals well-known to this day: Davenport Boothby Crompton Auld Mrs Penfold Thomas Elder and Birksgate Thomas Hardie sic and Bankside and 'Clare - Seven Hills and St. Aloysius' College' with numerous 'Notable Wine Growers' in the region mentioned. Many areas significant in the modern vine and wine industry are conspicuously absent in this survey at least in this regard. Ferguson 9210. E. & D. Syme, 'The Leader' Office, and Adelaide, Frearson & Bro paperback
1891Best.-Nr. 147066Adelaide: Issued by the Council of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers 1891. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Issued by the Council of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers 1891. Octavo 39 pages. Original pale blue-green wrappers with the title-page text repeated on the front cover; spine sunned and lightly chipped; overall an excellent copy. Offered together with two related postcards both addressed to Thomas Gill 1849-1923 public servant 'from 1883 at the South Australian Treasury as accountant; in 1894 he became under treasurer of South Australia' until he retired in 1920. He 'was treasurer of the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia from its inception in 1885 until his death. The society's acquisition of the valuable York Gate Library was largely due to his energy and enthusiasm' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. The printed postcards with manuscript insertions postmarked April 1891 and November 1894 give notice of forthcoming RGSSA Council Meetings 're Elder Expedition & General' Business. 3 items. Issued by the Council of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch (W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers) paperback
1891Best.-Nr. 55171Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch 1891. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Royal Geographical Society of Australasia South Australian Branch 1891. Octavo 39 pages. Later half calf and cloth retaining the original pale blue-green wrappers with the title page details repeated on the upper one; a fine copy. Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch paperback
1986Best.-Nr. 24439Netley: Wakefield Press 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Netley Wakefield Press 1986. Quarto 108 pages with 81 plates 35 in colour. Cloth; a very fine copy with the original clear celluloid dustwrapper. One of 150 copies signed and numbered by the artist with an original signed and numbered etching 'Skipping' loosely inserted image size 211 × 146 mm sheet size 285 × 205 mm. Wakefield Press hardcover
1998Best.-Nr. 142481St Lucia: University of Queensland Press 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. St Lucia University of Queensland Press 1998. Quarto xxiv 376 pages with a few illustrations plus 8 pages of plates from photographs 4 full-page. Quarter cloth and papered boards with a colour-pictorial inlay on the front cover; cloth lightly marked; top corners and the bottom edge of the front cover slightly bumped; textblock lightly tanned presumably as ever; occasional pencilling but see below; a very good copy. The hardback edition was limited to only 500 copies. The book comes from the collection of a well-known journalist whose pencilled annotations start on the half-title with 'Pathetic & heartbreaky'. Loosely inserted is the print-out of a contemporary email from a colleague regarding in the main the book: both parties are mentioned seven or eight times in the index. 'In life she alternated between being sweet as pie and utterly gangrenous about everyone' appears early in the text of that email; we'll leave the rest for the purchaser of this item. Several relevant newspaper clippings are also included; not least is a review by Samela Harris titled 'Diary of misery strips author of final dignity'. University of Queensland Press hardcover
1955Best.-Nr. 77952London: Old Vic Theatre 1955. First Edition. Paperback. London Old Vic Theatre 1955. Quarto 24 pages with numerous illustrations including 6 in colour. Wrappers a little rubbed marked and lightly stained with a tiny hole in the rear cover; ownership signature on the front cover with further details on the title page; still a very presentable copy. The tour ran from mid-May to mid-November 1955; during the Adelaide season October 3 to 22 the original owner managed to secure the ink signatures of Hepburn and Helpmann on their full-page portraits in this program. Both signatures are now quite faint but this is a rarity nonetheless. Old Vic Theatre paperback
1951Best.-Nr. 100075Canberra: 'Prepared by the National Mapping Section Department of the Interior . Reproduced by Royal Australian Survey Corps' 1951. Very Good. Canberra 'Prepared by the National Mapping Section Department of the Interior . Reproduced by Royal Australian Survey Corps' 1951. One map on four sheets printed surface of each sheet 703 × 955 mm when joined together the sheets form a map measuring around 5' × 7' in imperial terms; the sheets are numbered 1-4 left to right top then bottom with the publisher's reference 'AHQ / AO-12 / 0221' printed in the left-hand bottom margin. Four single sheets as issued; minimal cockling and a few trifling blemishes to some unprinted margins; an excellent set. The states are printed en bloc in different colours; Tasmania appears on the third sheet as an inset 239 × 239 mm. This very large and detailed map shows 'homesteads minor settlements Aboriginal reserves stock routes highways principal and other roads railways principal civil aerodromes' Trove with relief shown by spot heights. We have recently unearthed a small quantity of these maps. Purchasers of the full set may avail themselves of a special offer on a first-come first-served basis: additional copies of the fourth sheet the south-eastern portion may be had for $100 each. 4 items. 'Prepared by the National Mapping Section, Department of the Interior ... Reproduced by Royal Australian Survey Corps' unknown
1872Best.-Nr. 109662Gotha: Justus Perthes 1872. Gotha Justus Perthes 1872. A three-colour map printed surface 246 × 424 mm mounted on plain paper with the two original vertical folds barely visible; minimal light foxing; in excellent condition. 'Petermann's Geographische Mittheilungen. Jahrgang 1872 Tafel 22' is printed in the top margin outside the printed border. 'Petermann's Geographische Mittheilungen' Petermann's Geographical Communications founded by August Heinrich Petermann in 1855 ceased publication only as recently as 2004. It was 'the oldest German-language journal for geography in which all major geographical discoveries of the 19th and 20th centuries were published' Wikipedia. About J.M. Gilmore we have unearthed nothing and when even such an indefatigable bibliographer as Ian McLaren doesn't record him you're definitely made a discovery. The map is much more informative. Gilmore made two trips in the Channel Country in south-west Queensland one in January to March 1871 the other in September-October 1871. The routes are marked in red on the map. Justus Perthes unknown
1883Best.-Nr. 58409Adelaide: Government Printer 1883. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1883 1883 1883 and 1884. Foolscap folio four reports 3; 4; 2; and 3 pages. Drop-title; small notches and tiny pinholes in the inner margins where bound now disbound; tiny nick to the top edge throughout with the top margin of the first page of the first report slightly discoloured; overall in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Papers Number 53 53A 54 and 54A of 1883-84; only 670 copies of each of the last three reports were published. Although these reports are numbered consecutively the periods covered are the last quarter of 1882 and the last three quarters of 1883; there is no report for the first quarter of 1883 probably because of the departure of the long-serving Government Resident Edward Price in that period. The usual pastoral mining and agricultural reports are enlivened in the last paper by Acting Government Resident Gilbert McMinn's detailed account of his success in finding Stuart's marked tree at his last camp near the mouth of the Mary River. This discovery removed 'the last shadow of doubt in connection with the great explorer's achievement' brought on by Stuart's mistaken belief that he was following the Adelaide River. Government Printer] unknown
Best.-Nr. 107917The five men four in butcher's striped aprons and one woman are standing on the unsealed road in front of the shop next to a horse-drawn delivery cart sign-written with the name 'A. Mount'. The vintage gelatin silver photograph image size 107 × 152 mm is on the original blind-stamped mount of 'McNeills 184 Rundle St Adelaide' 207 × 246 mm. Pencilled on the verso is '1907 A. Mount Woodside'; although we have been unable to verify these details most places in the Adelaide Hills in the Edwardian era probably did look like this. However what is decidedly most rare about this scene is that one of the butchers is of Indian or Afghan descent. unknown
1882Best.-Nr. 94719Adelaide: Morris Hayter & Barry 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Morris Hayter & Barry 1882. Octavo 377 ii-lxvi advertisements 378-588 pages with numerous advertisements in the last 100 or so pages plus numerous unnumbered advertising leaves printed one side only often on different coloured paper and endpaper advertisements. Original dark green stippled cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover and ruled in blind on the spine and both sides; cloth a little marked with slight wear to the corner tips; edges and front free endpaper a little marked; endpapers unevenly tanned; overall an excellent copy. 'First edition 3000' is printed at the foot of the title page but it is decidedly rare: this is the only copy we have seen or handled in nearly five decades of bookselling in Adelaide. Morris, Hayter & Barry hardcover
1911Best.-Nr. 146904Adelaide: Hussey and Gillingham 1911. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Hussey and Gillingham 1911 'Second edition - revised enlarged and continued to a later period'/ 1907. Octavo xxiv 480 pages with 39 plates and a map. Gilt-decorated red cloth slightly flecked and bumped; spine lightly sunned; minimal signs of age and handling; a very good copy. 'Presented by the Author to Mr. Stephen King at the Stuart Jubilee Celebration July 25th 1912. John Blacket' is inscribed on the front pastedown. The rear free endpaper has a small circular inkstamp for the 'Stephen King - Stuart Collection'. Stephen King Jr 1841-1915 was the surveyor and unofficial artist on John McDouall Stuart's sixth and final expedition the party of ten made the first successful return crossing of the continent of Australia from south to north in 1862. Later occasional reunions took place in Adelaide; four of the five survivors were present at the golden jubilee celebrations in 1912 King W.P. Auld Heath Nash and J. McGorrey. J.W. Billiatt 1863-1919 King's cousin and brother-in-law had returned to live in England in 1900; he was the last survivor. Hussey and Gillingham hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 123086Gawler: Marchant's Studio 1924. Fine. Gawler Marchant's Studio circa 1924. An original gelatin silver photograph behind glass in the original blackwood frame with gilt fillet and wood-veneer mat visible image size approximately 238 × 288 mm external dimensions approximately 480 × 580 mm. The photograph is in fine condition; the frame is in excellent condition albeit slightly scuffed and marked. A small Marchant's Studio paper label is mounted on the mat; a considerably larger label mounted on the verso states it has been 'Established Sixty Years'. Davis and Stanbury 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia' suggest this occurred in 1864. 'The game of hockey was brought to Australia by British Naval officers stationed around the country in the late 1800s. By 1900 according to Hockey Australia the game was being played in private girls' schools. Being a non-contact team sport it was considered ideal for women. The first women's hockey association was formed in New South Wales in 1908. Two years later women's clubs from Tasmania Victoria and South Australia were competing alongside clubs from New South Wales at an interstate tournament at Rushcutter's Bay and from this tournament came the establishment of the Australian Women's Hockey Association in July 1910 - fifteen years before the Australian Hockey Association AHA was formed in 1925. State hockey associations for men had been formed in South Australia 1903; Victoria and New South Wales 1906; Western Australia 1908; and Queensland 1920s. This division in the administration of men's and women's hockey continued in subsequent years. The Australian Women's Hockey Association affiliated with the All England Women's Hockey Association and joined the International Federation of Women's Hockey IFWH in 1927' Australian Women's Archives Project online. Accordingly this item is tolerably early as well as being a fine piece of portraiture. Marchant's Studio unknown
1918Best.-Nr. 136959Adelaide: RGSSA 1918. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RGSSA 1918. Octavo 183 pages plus 41 plates one in colour in a total of xii 295 pages with numerous illustrations plus plates and a folding map. Original printed wrappers; a fine copy. Undertaken initially in April-June 1916 to explore the mineralogical possibilities of the region; the end result is of considerable anthropological significance. To quote Dr Basedow: 'Realising the rare opportunity for conducting scientific research in a tract of practically unknown country I resolved that after the work entrusted to me by the Syndicate had been completed I would on my own account continue the explorations further afield'. Offered together with the large folding map issued separately in the printed paper slipcase: 'Sketch Plan of the North-West Coast of Australia' 480 × 760 mm. This volume contains one other major article the annual address of the President John Lewis: 'Some Notes on the Early Navigation of the River Murray' 102 pages with 2 illustrations plus 14 plates and a folding map. McLaren 5067 the separate issue. 2 items. RGSSA paperback
1896Best.-Nr. 100007Adelaide: Government Printer 1896. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1896. Foolscap folio 16 pages plus a page of lithographic illustrations accompanying the Etheridge paper 4 folding geological maps and a large folding geological section all in colour. Salmon-coloured title-wrappers with drop-title contents; minimal expert stabilisation to the wrappers; light crease down the centre of the entire item; 'University of Adelaide School of Geology' stamp on the front cover; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 127 of 1896; one of only 500 copies. Henry Brown the South Australian Government Geologist was in the Northern Territory from early April to early August 1896; this paper contains detailed reports and maps for each of his five journeys. Etheridge's four-page contribution is 'No. 9 - The Occurrence of Olenellus in the Northern Territory'. Government Printer paperback
1866Best.-Nr. 69158London: Sampson Low Son and Marston 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Sampson Low Son and Marston 1866. Octavo xii 474 2 16 catalogue pages plus a folding hand-coloured frontispiece map 370 × 325 mm. Original blind-stamped dark green cloth slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities and slightly worn at the head of the front hinge; map very slightly chipped on the two bottom corners when folded with two short tears expertly repaired; a very good copy internally a fine uncut copy. The author was 'late Member of the Legislative Council at Adelaide' from 1855 to 1864; he was also George Fife Angas's agent in SA from 1841 to 1844. This copy comes from the collection of the South Australian historian and bibliographer Thomas Gill with his signature on the flyleaf and the first contents page along with his attractive ownership stamp based on the letter G. His collection was bequeathed to the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia which later disposed of duplicates; this copy has the cancelled RGSSA stamp on the title page and the John Goodchild-designed Gill bequest bookplate on the front pastedown. Ferguson 9691 not recording the map. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston hardcover
1880Best.-Nr. 143815Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1880. Foolscap folio two consecutive Parliamentary Papers 2 pages plus 2 folding plans; and 13 pages plus 5 folding plans. Six of the plans are approximately 280-290 × 420-435 mm or the reverse; one is 235 × 315 mm. Drop-title; needle-holes and small notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound now disbound; plans a little tanned with a short sealed tear to the first one; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Papers Numbers 161 and 161a of 1880. The seven folding plans show parcels of land in many areas of the colony including the Barossa Valley Eyre Peninsula Murraylands and the western suburbs of Adelaide. The text gives the area in square miles the location and a description of the country. E. Spiller, Government Printer unknown
1919Best.-Nr. 116381Adelaide: Citizens and Business Men's Committee 1919. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Citizens and Business Men's Committee 1919. 180 × 80 mm 100 pages with 26 printed colour patches of South Australian units and numerous advertisements plus advertisements on the covers. Saddle-stapled overlapping colour-pictorial wrappers printed in green and gold lightly chipped and creased around the edges; tiny sealed tear to one blank leading margin remedying a trifling production flaw; an excellent copy. A very attractive publication rarely seen on the open market. Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill page 247. Citizens and Business Men's Committee paperback
Best.-Nr. 20316198William Applegate Gullick The Government Printer S. 28.0 x 22.0cms 296pp colour & b/w illusts Hardcover with decorated boards loose pages internally and smoke stained cover The chapters are: proclamation by the queen; proclamation by the governor-general; arrival of the governor-general; selection of the swearing-in site; the procession; the swearing-in ceremony; inaugural celebrations; citizen's entertainments; Commonwealth ode; the decorations; harbour decorations; a retrospect. Scarce title. William Applegate Gullick The Government Printer S hardcover
