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1955réf. 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
1951réf. 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
1872réf. 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
1883réf. 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
réf. 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
1882réf. 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
1911réf. 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
1924réf. 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
1918réf. 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
1896réf. 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
1866réf. 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
1880réf. 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
1919réf. 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
réf. 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
1986réf. 138121Melbourne: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Melbourne Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 1986. Quarto 208 pages with numerous illustrations many full-page several in colour. Later papered boards incorporating the original card covers; laminate lifting a little; small production flaw to two leaves; a copy. The catalogue compiled by Janet Maughan details 102 items mainly paintings but also a few other artefacts. The other contributions by Lois Lowitja O'Donoghue J.V.S. Megaw Jenny Zimmer Geoffrey Bardon Dick Kimber and others shed light on the early popularisation of the Papunya Tula painting movement. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology paperback
1933réf. 145840Woodville: The Editor 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Woodville The Editor 1933 and 1935. Octavo two volumes viii 176; and iii-vi 47 pages. Brown sand-grain cloth blocked in gilt on the spines and front covers the latter with a design featuring a boomerang; cloth lightly flecked and rubbed; corners lightly bumped; trifling signs of age and handling; in near-fine condition. A presentation set with the first volume inscribed and signed by the editor who also hand-set and printed the book 'To my brother John with Christmas greetings TA Parkhouse 1933'. The second volume is signed and dated January 1936 by his daughter M.A. Parkhouse who finished its printing after her father's death; we presume it to be her personal copy. The introduction to the second volume by Norman B. Tindale indicates that the first volume was published in an edition of 100 copies in October 1933 despite the preface dated 8 May 1923 likely a misprint frequently overlooked. This compendium is an important resource on the Indigenous languages of South Australia including the Ngarrindjeri Kaurna and Ngaiawang languages. The publications reprinted are: 'Adelaide and Encounter Bay Tribes' by John Stephens; 'Some Account of the Manners and Superstitions of the Adelaide and Encounter Bay Aboriginal Tribes with a Vocabulary' by William Wyatt; 'A Vocabulary of the Language of the Aborigines of the Adelaide District and other Friendly Tribes of the Province of South Australia' by William Williams; 'Outlines of a Grammar Vocabulary and Phraseology of the Aboriginal Language of South Australia spoken by the Natives in and for some distance around Adelaide' by C.G. Teichelmann and C. Shuermann; and 'A Vocabulary and Outlines of the Grammatical Structure of the Murray River Language spoken by the Natives of South Australia from Wellington on the Murray as far as the Rufus' by M. Moorhouse. Loosely inserted in the second volume is an original photograph 100 × 165 mm of the press used to produce the books; the two formes of type in the image may well relate to the work. 2 items. The Editor hardcover
1907réf. 136747London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1907. Octavo xxiv 374 pages plus 56 plates and a large folding map. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover a little marked and lightly worn; top edge gilt others uncut; folding map a little creased and torn with some clear tape repairs to the verso; mild signs of age and use; a very good copy. The author was 'Fourteen years Sub-collector of Customs at Port Darwin'. The six-page preface is by Ernest Whitington an Adelaide journalist. Provenance: 'Stephen King "Calta Wurlie" May 1908' is written in ink on the front free endpaper. Stephen King Jr 1841-1915 sketcher and surveyor accompanied John McDouall Stuart on the first transcontinental expedition in 1861-63. He later worked as a surveyor under George Goyder in Darwin and on the Overland Telegraph. Chapter XV: 'Stuart's Tree' has a dogear corner on leaf 275/6 which contains details of Stuart's graveside obelisk and makes reference to the Overland Telegraph: 'Survivors of the expedition to-day say that the telegraph scheme was constantly in the mind of the great explorer and he loved to predict that some of his party would live to see consummated the bridging of the continent not merely by telegraph but by railway'. King was the last survivor of the eleven members of this famous expedition. 'Calta Wurlie' was the name of King's house in the Adelaide suburb of Kensington; it still stands today. Loosely inserted is a postal cover addressed to one of King's daughters. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd hardcover
réf. 127218Fine. Albumen paper photographs each approximately 157 × 207 mm in fine condition; the mount has a few trifling blemishes. The Bank of South Australia building still stands on King William Street Adelaide. The photographer's credit and reference number 'Sweet Adelaide 92' is scratched in the negative. The imposing hospital buildings now demolished are photographed from an elevated vantage point probably the roof of the Botanic Hotel across North Terrace and the wide-angled view shows a sparsely-developed city now lost to history. The reference to Sweet was painted out in the original negative before this print was made suggesting it may be a posthumous print. Captain Samuel White Sweet 1825-1886 was a sea captain surveyor and photographer: after he was censured when his ship ran aground in 1875 he 'retired from the sea opened a photographic studio in Adelaide and concentrated on landscapes. With his horse-drawn dark room he travelled through South Australia taking hundreds of skilful pictures of the outback stations and homesteads. The colony's foremost documentary photographer of the 1870s in the early 1880s he was one of the first to use the new dry-plate process' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. unknown
réf. 127211Fine. Albumen paper photographs each approximately 157 × 207 mm in fine condition; the mount has a few trifling blemishes. The first photograph appears to be taken from the top of the old Treasury Building looking south-west across the square at the imposing Supreme Court building still extant. The second photograph is a panoramic view of the city skyline centred on the towers of the Town Hall and the GPO; a tall chimney on the riverbank pouring out black smoke stands visually between them. Captain Samuel White Sweet 1825-1886 was a sea captain surveyor and photographer: after he was censured when his ship ran aground in 1875 he 'retired from the sea opened a photographic studio in Adelaide and concentrated on landscapes. With his horse-drawn dark room he travelled through South Australia taking hundreds of skilful pictures of the outback stations and homesteads. The colony's foremost documentary photographer of the 1870s in the early 1880s he was one of the first to use the new dry-plate process' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. unknown
1849réf. 115821London: John Murray 1849. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London John Murray 1849. Duodecimo xii 110 6 advertisements 16 'The South Australian Handbook Advertiser' pages but lacking the small folding map. Later binder's cloth retaining the original printed wrappers; all edges uncut; a short sealed tear to one preliminary leaf with a few tiny closed marginal tears elsewhere; light marginal tidemark to the front wrapper and title leaf; trifling signs of age and use; an excellent copy. Provenance: Reverend Dr Leslie Bernhard Grope 1920-2018 Lutheran Church of Australia President Emeritus 'who served in the role now known as LCA bishop from 1972 until his retirement in 1987' LCA obituary; his signature in pencil appears on the front free endpaper. Ferguson 5248 not noting that the wrappers have the details and full catalogue of Murray's 'Colonial and Home Library' printed on the inside front and both rear surfaces. John Murray paperback
18608vo [23 x 15.5 cm]; xii, 456 pp, 8 fine lithographed plates, 7 being hand-colored, other tinted, other engraved illustrations from drwgs, the plates drawn by J. Wolf, W. Fitch, George Angas (4 are botanical, others animals, birds). original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, cloth faded and rear internal hinge repaired, old inscription on title margin dated 1861, interior clean and near fine, excellent plates. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Ripley 26. Ferguson 6929. Wood 231: 'An interesting account of the author's observations on the flora and fauna of Australasia, in which birds figure large, at least half of the 23 chapters containing references to them'. The book contains an extensive chapter on the platypus, which the author here calls a water mole, together with a hand colored plate of same. Fitch, who painted the botanical subjects, was one of the most respected botanical artists of his time. Other subjects are by artists G.F. Angas, Thomas Baines and Joseph Wolf, each a highly respected and important natural history artist. An important contribution including marine biology, ornithology, bird migration, plants including those with agricultural application, botanic garden, medicinal remedies, etc.
18538vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; vi, [i, errata sheet inserted loose], 488, 32 [publisher's ads dated January 1853] pp, 7 plates including 4 colored lithographed plates, frontis, other engraved illus, large folding engraved map, tables. later cloth, gilt title lettering on red leather spine label, minor foxing or light stain on few leaves, mostly marginal, short presentation inscription to the Survey of the North Pacific & China Seas, from 'the Observatory', 1853, very good+ copy, sound. Abbey Travel 602. Ferguson 9436. Snow 633. Taylor 80. Hill p. 98. Good descriptions of customs, society, conditions, bit on cannibalism, etc, Savage Island, Manua, Tutuila, Upolu, Samoa, Vavau, Lifuka, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Port Jackson, etc.
1854Original Australian parliamentary paper, printed on a single folio blue sheet, double sided, measuring approximately 13.5 inches x 8.5 inches (34cm x 22cm). In very good and original condition. This is an original document printed by the government of Victoria, Australia, during the Victorian gold rush, providing rules and regulations respecting the issue of licenses for mining, under the authority of the Local Act, entitled "An Act for the better management of the gold fields of Victoria".
18078vo, 50 pages, with map and portrait bound in recent green paper boards. Text in German. This a monthly issue of an obscure and rare Geographical publication issued in Weimar/ Germany in the late 1700's and early 1800's named 'Geographische Ephemeriden.' It contains a large 50 page report about New Georgia which today is part of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. In this report the author explores the history, fauna, flora and people of the islands and draws on accounts by John Hunter, Bougainville, Carteret, Labillardiere and others who visited them. The report is accompanied by a portrait of Captain John Hunter as well a fold-out map measuring 250 mm x 190 mm. A very early report and map on the Solomon Islands and very rare.
18048vo, 16 pages, contained in a complete 200 page monthly issue of the Geographische phemeriden, attractively bound in brown cloth with marbled boards and gilt spine. Very good condition and very crisp inside. Text in German. This is the 1804 Edition of an obscure and rare Geographical publication issued in Weimar/ Germany in the late 1700's and early 1800's named 'Geographische Ephemeriden.' It contains a portrait of Hernando Maghellan and a 16 page report about the Spanish Voyages to North America. Little was known about these Spanish voyages as the Spanish kept things secret. In 1791, Alessandro Malaspina undertook a search for the Northwest Passage. He surveyed the Alaska coast from Yakutat Bay to Prince William Sound. At Yakutat Bay, the expedition made contact with the Tlingit. The expedition's scientists made a study of the tribe, recording information on social mores, language, economy, warfare methods, and burial practices. During the return to Mexico, Malaspina's expedition spent a month at the Spanish outpost in Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island (see below). The expedition made a study of the Nootka. The two ships then sailed south to Mexico, stopping at the Spanish settlement and mission at Monterey, California on the way. Simultaneously an expedition under Francisco de Eliza, exploring the Strait of Juan de Fuca, discovered an entrance to the Strait of Georgia, which prompted further investigation. In Acapulco, Malaspina took over two schooners, the Sutil and Mexicana, placed them under the command of one of his officers, Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, and had them sail north to explore the Strait of Georgia. Galiano's expedition took place in 1792 at the same time as that of George Vancouver. The two expeditions met in the Strait of Georgia and worked together to map the waters and establish the insularity of Vancouver Island
