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1954Best.-Nr. 224585上海 Shanghai.: 地圖出版社 Ditu chubanshe. 1954. Coloured topographical map of the Australian continent inluding Papua New Guinea and New Zealand 106 x 112cm text in traditional Chinese characters. Legend includes desert coral reef seasonal rivers and lakes continental boundaries and so on. Inset map of Australia and the Pacific Islands also with key indicating altitude and sea depth. Folds into lightly worn original paper envelope measuring 38 x 25.5cm. Pinholes upper right and left corners small hole at fold point and tear in upper margin now repaired with archival washi paper 澳大利亞handwritten on reverse. Both envelope and the reverse of the map have small production labels attached. Map very bright with clear strong colours. Striking map in very good condition. . 地圖出版社 [Ditu chubanshe]. unknown
1861Best.-Nr. 100535London: George Philip 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. London George Philip late 1861. A full-colour map printed surface 610 × 510 mm cut into 20 panels mounted on linen as issued folded and mounted in the publisher's gilt-decorated cloth case external dimensions 190 × 118 mm. Slight wear to the corners of the case with minimal restoration to the spine; light erasures to the pastedown and paper-lined verso of the exposed panel of the folded map; the map is lightly marked in one spot but is essentially in fine condition. There are two interesting rubber-stamps on one cloth panel that of 'W.C. Rigby Newsagent Adelaide' and 'Archiv. Provinciae Austriae S. J.'; the erasures mentioned above appear to have removed a couple of examples of the Jesuit Archive stamp. Philips' Authentic Maps of the Australian Colonies Number 6 according to the information printed on the front pastedown. Tooley 974 basic details of the map only not noting the Travelling Maps series. Pertinent details printed on the map that provide evidence of the date of publication include 'Burke & Wills 1860-61' and the locations where King and the bodies of Gray Burke and Wills were found King was found in September 1861. The latest reference to Stuart is 'Stuart's Route 1860' presumably his fifth expedition from November 1860 to September 1861. The entire region of South Australia west of about 133 degrees east longitude and north of the coastline is described as 'Unexplored Country added to South Australia in 1861'; the Act to annex this land was passed in Great Britain in August 1861. Historians of Australian bookselling will know that William Charles Rigby commenced trading as a bookseller and newsagent in Adelaide in late 1859. George Philip hardcover
1881Best.-Nr. 146840Adelaide: E. Spiller Government Printer 1881. Very Good. Adelaide E. Spiller Government Printer 1881. Foolscap folio xxx 250 pages with a map and numerous charts plus an errata slip 2 large folding maps and 2 large mounted albumen silver photographs 'Equatorial 8-inch' Telescope 235 × 185 mm; and 'Thermometer House' 160 × 235 mm. A section comprising two conjugate leaves the half-title leaf title leaf and four-page index to Volume III of the 'Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia . 1881' is tipped in on the title page. Neatly disbound in one piece; spine a little canted; edges a little marked; a very good copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 31 of 1881; one of very few photographically-illustrated Australian parliamentary papers ever issued. Not in Holden; the copy in the 1979 auction of the collection of Eric Glenie Bonython is not described in detail in the catalogue. This is definitely the meteorological book for anyone not particularly interested in meteorology. E. Spiller, Government Printer unknown
1874Best.-Nr. 115996Adelaide: James Heath Lewis Printer first conference and Wesleyan Book Depot all other conferences 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide James Heath Lewis Printer first conference and Wesleyan Book Depot all other conferences 1874 to 1886. Octavo 13 issues ranging from 32 to 90 pages the first and the last conferences but generally 50-60 pages each. Contemporary binder's cloth all edges speckled; title in gilt on the spine with the year of publication neatly inked on the leading edge of each issue; small and much later ownership details on the first title page; in excellent condition. Trove indicates that the only institutional holdings of any copies are the first three issues in the State Library of South Australia. James Heath Lewis, Printer (first conference), and Wesleyan Book Depot (all other conferences) hardcover
1873Best.-Nr. 58350Adelaide: Government Printer 1873. Fine. Adelaide Government Printer 1873. Foolscap folio 10 pages. Drop-title; four small holes in the left-hand margins where stab-sewn when bound now neatly disbound; essentially a fine copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 55 of 1873. Reynolds was away for approximately fifteen weeks and his report is full of matters pertinent to his portfolio - land its uses and people to use it. 'Any person visiting these islands who considers the number of their inhabitants the peculiar adaptability of the people for tropical and semi-tropical lands their habits their general industry the rapid increase of population in these islands - which threatens ere long to burst through its present geographical limits . then takes up the map of Australia and especially that portion our Northern Territory - can draw no other inference but that Nature and Providence combine to show that the Northern Territory of Australia is destined to become by its striking geographical position the point where the superabundant population of those islands may find a foothold and a home where millions of acres wait for the occupancy of a race just adapted to their special wants'. He spent from 17 May to 11 June in the Northern Territory and got stuck into things - and people - and recommended that the entire control of the Territory be 'under one experienced responsible head'. However something struck a chord with him; shortly after he returned to Adelaide he resigned from his position and 'Attracted by business opportunities in the Territory he went back and opened a store. This was not successful and in February 1875 he and his wife embarked on SS "Gothenburg" for the return journey to Adelaide - and went down with the ship off the Queensland coast' 'Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography' Volume 1. Government Printer unknown
Best.-Nr. 101124The photograph is mounted behind an oval blood-red matt gilded on the bevelled edge visible image size 365 × 260 mm; these are surmounted by a second matt with an attractively scalloped inner edge. It is behind glass in an impressive vintage wooden frame - almost certainly of huon pine 80 mm wide - with a very ornate gilt fillet above the glass. The external dimensions are 680 × 555 mm; the visible surface of the glass is 490 × 360 mm. Opalotypes also called opaltypes and 'milk glass positives' are photographs printed on sheets of opaque translucent white glass. The process was patented in 1857 and although it survived until the 1920s this portrait from the later nineteenth century would have to be considered a very fine example of its type. It is also a credit to both the artistry of the photographer and the craftsmanship of the picture-framer neither of whom are identified. The item was purchased in Adelaide so it is highly likely the subject photographer and framer were local. unknown
1841Best.-Nr. 110034London: Richard Clay Printer 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Richard Clay Printer 1841. Octavo 5 6-27 1 blank pages the title page contains just the words 'South Australia' with the imprint details on the verso. Later half morocco and marbled papered boards with a contrasting leather title-label on the spine top edge gilt marbled endpapers; covers lightly rubbed with the marbled paper a little unevenly discoloured; title page a little dusty with some light pencilling author date binder's instructions and a tiny sealed tear to the leading edge; bottom corner of the last leaf a little creased with trifling loss to the corner-tip; a very good copy. Correspondence and evidence before a Select Committee of the House of Commons on the affairs of South Australia relating to 'the dismissal by Her Majesty upon the recommendation of Lord John Russell of the original South Australian Commissioners on the 23rd of December 1839 who had been giving their gratuitous services to the public from the 5th of May 1835 up to that time and the appointment of three friends of his own in their places with salaries of £1000 per annum each' from the preamble. Ferguson 3272. Richard Clay, Printer hardcover
1913Best.-Nr. 114191Manchester: Mack & Co. Photographers 1913. Very Good. Manchester Mack & Co. Photographers 1913. A gelatin silver photograph image size 240 × 283 mm on the original mount external dimensions 375 × 455 mm; the caption is in white ink in a calligraphic hand below the image; the details of the photographic studio are printed below an embossed printed border. The mount is a little rubbed and worn at the extremities with a small sealed crack to one margin; there is minor surface damage to the mount well clear of the image and caption where an old window mat has been removed; the photograph has a few tiny surface blemishes near the bottom edge but overall in excellent condition. At the time Archibald Henry Peake 1859-1920 was the Premier of South Australia a position he held on three occasions 1909-1910 1912-1915 and 1917-1920. He died in office on 6 April 1920. In 1912 'the Liberals won an eight-seat majority . Peake again became premier treasurer and minister of education. His government concentrated on constructing rural railway lines often against expert advice. Most proved uneconomic impoverishing the railways for years. In 1912 the government created the Industrial Arbitration Court; in return for the introduction by it of a minimum wage workers lost the right to strike or to engage in any activity which might prolong a strike. Six o'clock closing of hotels was carried at a plebiscite simultaneously with the 1915 election and remained for over fifty years. Peake's government liberalized the franchise for the Legislative Council. In London in 1913 Peake had an audience with King George V and recorded his experiences in "Notes from a Diary" 1914. The ministry's major achievement was its arrangement in 1914 with the Federal New South Wales and Victorian governments for the locking of the Murray River: the River Murray Commission carried out the co-ordinating agreement' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. The nature of this item and the fact that we purchased it with other photographs identified as such suggest strongly that it was originally in the possession of Peake himself. Mack & Co. [Photographers] unknown
1948Best.-Nr. 86817Adelaide: Adelaide Camera Club 1948. Very Good. Adelaide Adelaide Camera Club 1948. Tall octavo 4 pages a bifolium printed on card listing all 159 photographs in the exhibition; the front cover is signed in pencil by the photographer. Small light crease to the bottom corners; trifling surface loss to the rear page; in excellent condition. The exhibition of work by the Adelaide photographer Eric Robertson 1889-1955 ran from 17-27 February 1948. Offered together with an album approximately 190 × 235 mm containing related photographs: a large portrait of Robinson 14 interesting snapshots of scenes at the exhibition six examples of Robinson's work and a review cutting. Also present are three copies of 'The Australasian Photo-Review' April 1947 April 1948 and October 1948; all three contain articles and reproductions of photographs by Robertson. In particular the October 1948 issue contains 13 reproductions from this exhibition and a three-page article about the images by Robertson. A copy of the biography of Eric Robertson's daughter 'Barbara Robertson. An Australian Artist's Life' by Lorraine McLoughlin 2009 is also included; it contains relevant family history. 6 items. Adelaide Camera Club unknown
Best.-Nr. 147219Very Good. A vintage gelatin silver photograph 141 × 88 mm printed as a postcard with '9 11' printed in the top right-hand corner. Light crease across the top quarter; tiny chips to the emulsion on the corners; message in ink on the verso but the card is not postally used; in very good condition. The message is from Jim: 'Dear Miss Dorothy Just a PC to let you see I didn't forget you when I had my photo taken. I saw Miss Steward in the Harbour on Saturday'. We attribute this photograph to Vernon Ragless Padman not least because the item was recently purchased with a small collection of identified Padman images which almost certainly came originally from the photographer or his estate. He was born at Middleton on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula in 1891. He appears to have been a keen amateur photographer and took numerous photographs of the local Ngarrindjeri people including at Point McLeay now known as Raukkan on the southern shore of Lake Alexandrina see South Australian Museum AA245/1. The men in this image possibly father and son according to a note with the collection the location and the occasion have not been identified - perhaps something of the nature of the Coronation Day celebrations in Victor Harbor on 22 June 1911 - but the older man appears to be dressed as a rustic and his companion as an Indigenous youth. unknown
Best.-Nr. 98784An attractive calligraphic testimonial visible image size 390 × 260 mm in blue ink on a two-tone blue background within a decorative gilt border was signed by nine senior members of the congregation and presented to the outgoing Honorary Secretary. It is surmounted by a large ornamental scroll a mass of wattle blossom and a large vignette illustration of a paddle steamer towing a heavily-laden barge on the River Murray. The copious amounts of dirty smoke belching forth are starkly realistic - an unexpected bonus on an otherwise routine production. The work is signed 'Niehuus & Lucy Adelaide'; we are unsure when they commenced work together but the partnership was dissolved four months after this commission was completed. Minimal foxing and light surface blemishes do not detract from this charming period piece recently mounted and matted ready for framing. unknown
1949Best.-Nr. 146503Sydney: 8 Division Signals Association 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sydney 8 Division Signals Association 1949. Octavo xvi 271 pages with maps and diagrams plus 17 pages of plates from photographs and endpaper maps. Grey cloth lettered in gilt on the spine 'Through': cloth lightly marked and a little worn at the extremities with a short split to the head of the spine; tapestains on the endpapers; minor signs of age and handling but overall a very good copy. A presentation copy with a lengthy inscription signed by Lieutenant-Colonel James Thyer 'To Mrs Matthews and David From The Officers NCOs and Men of Signals 8 Aust Div. AIF. "A Tribute" and with the best wishes of the original Commanding Officer of the Unit and one who stands indebted to the service of so grand a soldier husband and father. 11 Dec 1950'. A contemporary newspaper review of the book is taped to the front free endpaper. 'It is the story of a unit of men . whose members were POWs of the Japanese for three and a half years. Of course pride of place in the book has been given to Capt. Lionel Matthews GC MC whose name is legendary for the work he did for his fellow POWs and the tragic circumstances of his death. Capt. Matthews was executed by the Japanese at Kuching in March 1944. He upheld the traditions of the unit to the last'. The frontispiece reproduces an appealing photograph of Lionel Matthews in uniform and five preliminary pages headed 'Portrait of a Hero' are devoted to him. 8 Division Signals Association hardcover
1919Best.-Nr. 108343Adelaide 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide circa 1919. A custom-made photograph album 190 × 200 mm containing 6 card leaves with an original gelatin silver photograph mounted on both sides of each leaf with interleaved tissue-guards. Each photograph is approximately 135 × 95 mm. Half leather and cloth lettered in full in gilt on the front cover with 'The Eucalypts' in gilt on the spine; leather discoloured and moderately rubbed with slight wear in a few areas; some tiny paint spots near the head of the front cover; tissue-guards a little foxed and offset; marginal silvering-out to five prints; overall in very good condition. All but the first portrait is signed and only the last one contains an additional inscription the date '10.1.19'. The State Library of South Australia has another example of this album enabling us to confirm the identities where the handwriting was unclear. Ministers of religion lawyers doctors and architects predominate. The subjects are Reverend A.H. Gifford possibly A.E. Gifford; Benjamin Benny 1869-1935 senator and solicitor; George McEwin 1873-1945 lawyer and philanthropist; Edward Erskine Cleland 1869-1943 barrister and judge; Alfred McBain Bonython 1865-1954 architect; Sir James Wallace Sandford 1879-1958 merchant and politician; Reverend Wilfred Harris Unitarian minister returned to England in 1918; Dr Herbert Frank Shorney 1878-1933 opthalmologist; Sir Thomas John Mellis Napier 1882-1976 later a SA Supreme Court judge; Harold Reid; Edward Warner Benham 1872-1948 lawyer and academic; and Francis Hedley Counsell 1864-1933 architect. The subtitle is a misquote from 'Among the Sandhills' by Adela Florence Nicolson née Cory 1865-1904 an English poet who wrote under the pseudonym Laurence Hope 'The scented orange bushes check the breeze Granting in tribute many waxen stars And aromatic Eucalyptus trees Defy the sun with grey-green scimitars'. We have saved the best until the end: we purchased this item decades ago and have postponed cataloguing it innumerable times not knowing who 'The Eucalypts' were. We have finally solved the puzzle by the simple expedient of spending untold hours on it. We eventually discovered the lengthy biographical sketch of Alfred Bonython compiled by Giles Walkley for the University of SA's database on architects accessible online. Among many other interesting details he records that 'At the age of 42 Bonython became the father of a fourth daughter . Determinedly reviving his literary activities he joined both at their outset in 1910 Lady Symon's Poetry Society and the "liberal Christian" discussion group The Eucalypts Club . SRG 252'. hardcover
1840Best.-Nr. 131291London: 'Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed' 1840. Very Good. London 'Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed' 10 April 1840. Foolscap folio 32 pages last one a docket with numerous tables and lists. Sewn as issued the thread recently renewed and now holding a place a piece of archival paper protecting the spine; all edges uncut; first and last pages unevenly tanned and lightly foxed; leading edge of the first leaf lightly chipped; light tidemark to the top and bottom margins of four consecutive leaves; a very good copy. Great Britain and Ireland Parliamentary Paper Number 223 of 1840. The full title runs to 23 lines enumerating ten separate returns. 'Contains valuable information with respect to many South Australian subjects' Ferguson but the perennial value of this paper is the headline one which runs to eleven pages. Its complete title is 'A Return of the Quantity of Land in South Australia sold by the Colonization Commissioners since the 5th day of May 1835:- Of the Amount of Money paid for the same in London and the Names of the Purchasers:- Of the Amount of Money paid to Agents in England and Scotland as Commission on Sales effected through their Agency specifying the Name of the Agent and the Name of the Purchaser on whose Purchase Commission has been charged'. Ferguson 3002. 'Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed' unknown
1844Best.-Nr. 13685Adelaide: various Government Printers or Printers acting under Authority 1844. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide various Government Printers or Printers acting under Authority 1844 to 1848 or possibly early 1849. Quarto each Act or Ordinance separately paginated totalling several hundred pages. Contemporary half leather and marbled papered boards a little rubbed and worn at the extremities; some later pencilled annotations; internally in excellent condition. The balance of the volume contains another 65 separate Acts or Ordinances: 1845 17 items; 1846 17 items; 1847 19 items plus the title page and index leaf; and 1848 12 items plus the title page and index leaf. Not least Ordinance Number 8 of 1844 with an Amendment Number 5 of 1846: 'To allow the Aboriginal Inhabitants of South Australia and the parts adjacent to give Information and Evidence without the Sanction of an Oath'. Other ordinances of interest include 'To Establish a Savings Bank in South Australia to Provide for the Management thereof and for the Security of Deposits therein' Number 15 of 1847 and its Amendment Number 13 of 1848; 'For the Naturalization of certain Persons Natives of Germany' only Messrs Meyer Klose Teichelmann and Schuermann in 1845; in 1847 the list contained 309 names with addresses and occupations; 'Authorising the making of Railways' Number 7 of 1847 in 68 pages; plus miscellaneous business as usual Scab in Sheep; Laws of Customs; Salary of the Governor; Qualifications of Medical Practitioners . Provenance: the Adelaide lawyer Romilly Garveth Harry 1907-1981 with his ex libris name-plate on the front pastedown; 'Shierlaw & Jessop Solicitors Adelaide' is written in ink on the front flyleaf. various Government Printers (or Printers acting under Authority) hardcover
1914Best.-Nr. 131663Adelaide: W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers 1914. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide W.K. Thomas & Co. Printers 1914 to 1919. Octavo eight issues ranging between 48 and 80 pages plus plates in some of them. Several of the plates reproduce photographs relating to Australians in the war including a folding panorama of North Beach Anzac and several snapshots taken in the field. Title-wrappers slightly worn and marked and two issues have minimal expert conservation; minor signs of age and use but overall in very good condition. Spanning the First World War this run offers powerful insights into the effects of the war on the school community. Among the usual sporting fixtures and school news are first-hand accounts of important actions sent back to Australia by 'old boys' on active service and numerous short obituaries. Recurring sections include a nominal roll of former pupils in uniform details of their awards and medals and an ever-growing roll of the wounded missing and killed. Particularly noteworthy are accounts of: 1 The Gallipoli landings from several soldiers; 2 The Battle of Cocos; 3 Light Horse actions in the Palestine; 4 Naval actions in the Persian Gulf; and 5 Trench warfare on the Western Front. The names of decorated old scholars appear regularly including Arthur Blackburn VC. The ties of the Old School seem to have been strong even on the battlefield. In the obituary for Lieutenant Eric W. Talbot 10th Battalion it is noted that 'On April 24th 1915 the night before the landing he sat with Col. Price Weir who made use of his draughtsmanship to prepare the landing plans. In the attack at dawn he first had command of scouts and being allowed to choose his men he selected a team entirely of old "Saints"' Number 90 page 61. The issues present in this run are Number 86 May 1914 Number 90 August 1915 Number 92 August 1916 Number 94 May 1917 Number 95 August 1917 Number 98 August 1918 Number 101 September 1919 and Number 102 December 1919. Offered with them is the 'Programme of the Annual Sports held on the School Oval on Saturday April 29th 1916' small octavo 19 pages; a little marked. 9 items. W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers paperback
1889Best.-Nr. 139653London: G.E. Waters 1889. Paperback. Very Good. London G.E. Waters 1889 first thus. Duodecimo 43 pages plus a frontispiece with tissue-guard. Original flush-cut dark blue card covers lettered in gilt 'For Private Circulation' diagonally across the front cover; all edges gilt; covers rubbed with minimal wear at the extremities and slightly creased at the front bottom corner; biographical details of Tinline in ballpoint pen on the front free endpaper; scattered light foxing; an excellent copy of a very rare ephemeral production now housed in a fine quarter morocco clamshell case lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine 'George Tinline'. The text is an extract from the 'South Australian Register' of Thursday 7 April 1853 and records the testimonial dinner two days earlier for George Tinline 'in recognition of his work in the financial crisis of 1850-52 . In October 1851 thousands of South Australian men left their jobs to try their luck in the Victorian goldfields severely bankrupting the state of its labour and coinage. In order to avoid financial disaster Acting Manager of the South Australian Banking Company George Tinline 1815-1895 proposed the establishment of the South Australian Assay Office which was to pay more per ounce for gold than any other colony in Australia outbidding Melbourne for Victorian gold. This plan was executed in conjunction with the Bullion Act of 1852 which enabled banks to exchange gold bullion for hand notes at a fixed value. This meant that gold ingots were worth 72 shillings per ounce in South Australia compared to 58-60 shillings in Melbourne. This difference was worth the gold diggers while and soon gold flowed from diggers and dealers to the Adelaide market the devalued currency ensuring a roaring export trade with Victoria and the success the Bank of South Australia. In honour of his crucial work and imaginative efforts in maintaining credit and preventing the financial collapse in the colony of South Australia Tinline was presented with the silver salver. At a private dinner attended by 200 notables Chairman George Elder expressed that the colony was indebted to Mr. Tinline proclaiming him a faithful steward of South Australia. In addition to the inscribed salver he was given 2000 guineas the text in fact records a cheque for £2500; and was awarded £1000 by the London directors. The salver itself was made by Hunt & Roskell silversmiths and jewellers to the Queen for a significant sum £210 for a full service including the salver . The salver is divided into three illustrated segments which narrate the story of George Tinline and the financial crisis of 1851-53. The first shows the farm labourers heading for the Victorian gold fields taking with them some useful tools. The second shows George Tinline presenting the Governor with the Bullion Act who then signs it. Finally the third shows the welcome given to the gold escort arrival and the weighing of the gold at the diggings' History Trust of South Australia catalogue record for the Tinline Salver now in their collection. The frontispiece is an image of the salver. Ferguson 17183a. G.E. Waters paperback
1874Best.-Nr. 124156Melbourne: E. & D. Syme 'The Leader' Office and Adelaide Frearson & Bro 1874. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Melbourne E. & D. Syme 'The Leader' Office and Adelaide Frearson & Bro. 1874. Octavo iv second and last blank 59 pages. Original flush-cut printed stiffened wrappers with slight loss to silverfish; light tidemark to the top margin of the front cover and the top inside corner tip of the first ten leaves; front joint split a little top and bottom with minor loss to the ends of the spine; minimal signs of use and age; a very good copy internally excellent. '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. This item is rare in our experience. Ferguson 9210. E. & D. Syme, 'The Leader' Office, and Adelaide, Frearson & Bro paperback
1967Best.-Nr. 83236Sydney: Reed 1967. Hardcover. Fine. Sydney Reed 1967 facsimile edition/ 1847. Imperial folio 10 pages plus an extra colour pictorial title page 60 colour plates each with at least one leaf of descriptive text facsimile covers of the original ten parts and the certificate of limitation. Half morocco and marbled papered boards; trifling external signs of handling; essentially a fine copy. Number 535 of 1000 copies of this fine facsimile. The Indigenous Australian content is considerable and significant: 22 of the 60 plates and the accompanying leaves of text are devoted exclusively to the state's Aborigines and they are depicted in a further five plates and on the pictorial title page. There are numerous portraits usually four or more to a page plus groups of artefacts and scenes of daily life from different areas of South Australia. Reed hardcover
1863Best.-Nr. 132869Adelaide: C. Platts E.S. Wigg G. Dehane and others 1863. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide C. Platts E.S. Wigg G. Dehane and others 1863. Octavo 109 19 advertisements pages plus advertisements on three surfaces of the covers. Original burnt orange wrappers with the full title page details repeated on the front cover; joints splitting a little top and bottom but still firm; plain spine slightly bumped at the ends and a little chipped; bottom edge of the front cover a little chipped with a small piece missing from the bottom left-hand corner; minimal signs of age and use; overall an excellent copy. In the preface the author states that 'About four months were occupied in visiting the Mines and collecting information and during this time I travelled about 1800 miles chiefly on horseback'. 'First Edition of Three Thousand' and 'Illustrated by a Map' are printed on the title page and front wrapper. The list of 173 subscribers accounts for 1200 copies. We have previously handled a copy in original stippled cloth with a large folding map 635 × 420 mm but this undisturbed copy in wrappers has clearly never had a map bound in. Ferguson 6183 referring only to the edition in wrappers states that the map is loose. The first half-page advertisement after the text is one for Austin himself; the line and a half relating to Scrutton of London have been ruled out in ink presumably by the author himself. C. Platts, E.S. Wigg, G. Dehane (and others) paperback
1862Best.-Nr. 144315London: George Philip & Son 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London George Philip & Son not before 1862. A full-colour map printed surface 610 × 510 mm cut into 20 panels mounted on linen as issued folded and mounted in the publisher's gilt-decorated cloth case external dimensions 190 × 118 mm. Cloth a little bumped at the extremities and sunned on the spine; original leading-edge ribbon ties missing; minimal discolouration to the map; overall in excellent condition. Philips' Authentic Maps of the Australian Colonies Number 6 according to the information printed on the front pastedown. The name 'Holdsworth 1867' is written in ink at the head of the pastedown. Pertinent details printed on the map that provide evidence of the date of publication include 'Burke & Wills 1860-61' and the locations where King and the bodies of Gray Burke and Wills were found King was found in September 1861. The latest reference to Stuart is 'Stuart's Route 1860' presumably his fifth expedition from November 1860 to September 1861. The entire region of South Australia west of about 133 degrees east longitude and north of the coastline is described as 'Unexplored Country added to South Australia in 1861'; the Act to annex this land was passed in Great Britain in August 1861. Tooley 974 basic details of the map only not noting the Travelling Maps series. George Philip & Son hardcover
1866Best.-Nr. 115170Adelaide: C. Platts E.S. Wigg J. Howell and W.C. Rigby 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide C. Platts E.S. Wigg J. Howell and W.C. Rigby 1866. Duodecimo iii viii 128 iv 122 South Australian Directory iv index 145 South Australian Almanack Advertiser pages including endpaper advertisements plus a rear cover advertisement. Flush-cut cloth boards lightly used; an excellent copy. With the contemporary ownership inscription 'Official Assignee's Office' in ink on the front cover. C. Platts, E.S. Wigg, J. Howell and W.C. Rigby hardcover
1878Best.-Nr. 139670Adelaide: Printed at the 'Advertiser' 'Chronicle' and 'Express' Offices for the Author 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Printed at the 'Advertiser' 'Chronicle' and 'Express' Offices for the Author 1878. Octavo x 304 24 advertisements pages plus a frontispiece lithograph 'Adelaide 1838' and an advertising slip for Alfred Waddy bookbinder whose small paper label in affixed to the rear pastedown. Original green textured cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; cloth rubbed lightly stained and a little worn at the extremities; inner hinges expertly reinforced; endpapers discoloured with slight loss to silverfish; text paper a little tanned; occasional signs of age and use but overall a very good copy. Curiously 'Barrow & King Adelaide' is stamped in gilt at the foot of the spine. This first edition essentially deals with the period 1836 to 1842 and in far greater detail than the 1884 edition. Provenance: W.H. Bailey possibly William Harris Bailey circa 1840-1907 commercial traveller storeman jeweller and grocer with his ownership details on the endpapers. The later signature 'E. Hack' is written in ink on the front free endpaper. This is possibly Edward Hack 1829-1904 the second of 15 children of John Barton Hack and his wife Bridget née Watson. John Barton Hack 1805-1884 landed at Holdfast Bay with his wife and their first six children in February 1837; his many and varied pioneering activities are recorded in the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. Ferguson 7652. Printed at the 'Advertiser', 'Chronicle' and 'Express' Offices [for the Author] hardcover
1838Best.-Nr. 80160London: Robert Tyas 1838. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Robert Tyas 1838 second edition 'considerably augmented'/ 1837. Octavo vi 118 pages plus a folding leaf of shipping statistics and a folding frontispiece 147 × 268 mm containing on it a map of Australia with South Australia marked out a map of the eastern coast of Gulf St Vincent and a plan of Adelaide. Original cloth slightly mottled and a little silverfish-nibbled; spine renewed with most of the original spine retained; frontispiece a little foxed; an excellent copy. Provenance: Robert Kyffin Thomas with his ownership signature 1902 on the front flyleaf. Sir Robert Kyffin Thomas 1851-1910 the grandson of Robert Thomas who arrived on the 'Africaine' at Holdfast Bay in 1836 with a printing press was himself an influential newspaperman in the state. Ferguson 2452 our copy does not have the four pages of 'book advertisements' clearly never present. Robert Tyas hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. 176617Sydney.: National Library of Australia. 1989. Original printed poster to accompany a travelling exhibition held throughout Australia as part of the Bi-Centennial celebrations this particular poster advertises the exhibition at the State Library of New South Wales Sydney to open on 11th January 1989. ' Celebrating the Books of Australia'. 84 x 59cm. A large striking image of a Lionel Lindsay woodcut depicting a sulphur crested cockatoo munching through an old book. Poster design by Debbie McLeod SLNSW. . National Library of Australia. unknown
