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1993Best.-Nr. 010933Aboriginal Communities of the Northern Territory of Australia 1993 Outer extremities of leaves show wear from reading and storage. A heavy volume. Aboriginal Communities of the Northern Territory of Australia hardcover
1812Best.-Nr. 146753Paris: chez François Buisson 1812. Very Good. Paris chez François Buisson 1812. An engraved map printed surface 228 × 300 mm sheet size approximately 250 × 330 mm with original and later hand-colouring. 'Gravé par J.B. Tardieu . Ecrit par Giraldon'. Paper trimmed near the plate mark; some faint soiling and spots of foxing; in very good condition. One of the earliest published maps to show the full coastline of Australia issued after Freycinet's 'Carte Générale de la Nouvelle Hollande' 1811 but before Flinders' 'General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia' 1814 the publication of which was delayed due to the explorer's imprisonment on Mauritius. This map features: parallel French and English names along the South Australian coastline; engraved vignette illustrations of an Aboriginal warrior and Australian wildlife after illustrations in the official account of the Baudin voyage; longitude measured from the Paris meridian; and a large spurious lake outlined to the west of the Blue Mountains labelled 'Lac selon les Sauvages'. It comes from Malte-Brun's 'Atlas Complet du précis de la Geographie universelle' 1812. Tooley 844 giving the date 1809 in error. chez François Buisson unknown
1838Best.-Nr. 64089London: Robert Tyas 1838. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Robert Tyas 1838 'Second Edition considerably augmented'/ 1837. Octavo vi 118 4 publisher's catalogue pages plus a folding leaf of shipping statistics and a folding map 147 × 268 mm comprising 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 brown cloth lettered in gilt within a decorative border on the front cover; cloth a little sunned about the spine mottled and lightly marked; corners slightly bumped with minimal wear to the extremities; minor foxing confined mainly to the folding leaf of statistics and adjacent leaves the advertisements and the last few leaves of text; an excellent copy. Robert Tyas hardcover
Best.-Nr. 127207Fine. An original pencil drawing mounted and matted visible image size 225 × 330 mm signed and captioned in pencil in the bottom left-hand corner. The drawing is in fine condition; the mat is slightly bumped at one top corner. The scene depicted here shows iron ore from Iron Knob being loaded by conveyor belt onto a ship bound for the BHP steelworks in Newcastle. Robert Emerson Curtis 1898-1996 English-born Australian artist architectural draftsman camouflage officer and official war artist emigrated to Queensland in 1914. In 1922 he 'travelled to the USA with his great friend the pioneer filmmaker Charles Chauvel. There he developed what was to become a lifelong interest in industrial modernism and on returning to Sydney in 1928 he set about documenting the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He painted murals and did industrial illustration in 1932-38 including the series "Australia at Work" which was syndicated in Australian newspapers. During WWII Curtis recorded working life in the Commonwealth Munition factories 1939-41 worked as Camouflage Officer in Australia and with the RAAF in New Guinea 1941-43 until he was finally appointed an official war artist to record the nation's industrial war-time production 1943-45. More than 200 works are in the Australian War Memorial AWM collection' Design & Art Australia Online. unknown
1882Best.-Nr. 103473Perth: Government Printer George Inkpen. 1882. Folio original printed wraps with cloth spine folding map with colour detail pp vii 131. With the ex-library stamps of the Eastern Districts Chronicle which was published in York 1877-1927. Closed tear to the large folding map. Small silverfished area corner of endpapers light marks wraps some creasing. Good condition. Scarce. A fascinating glimpse into life in Western Australia in 1881. Sections include: population and dwellings ages conjugal condition education religion occupations nationalities year of entering the colony sick and infirm agriculture mines and manufactories and appendices. Aborigines are specifically excluded from the census except in a table showing the numbers "in service". A valuable resource for historians and researchers. 1st Edition. Wraps. Government Printer (George Inkpen) paperback
1862Best.-Nr. 80756London: Hall Virtue 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Hall Virtue 1862. Octavo viii 167 pages. Original blind-stamped brown cloth lightly marked and a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities with slight wear to the corners; expert restoration to minor wear to the head and foot of the spine; trifling surface damage to the gutter of the rear endpaper; an excellent copy. 'I was offered some time before leaving South Australia strong inducements to write a history of that virtuous territory which should be palatable to certain classes of a small community; but as I had no high opinion of either the colony or the principles on which it was founded or its subsequent career I could not be the partisan at any price of a locality which I could not conscientiously recommend as a suitable field of emigration for any class of my fellow-country-men.' Nothing is sacred; it is perhaps hardly surprising to learn that 'every copy available was purchased and destroyed by the Angas family' Ferguson 10265 citing a note in the Petherick copy in the National Library of Australia. Hall, Virtue hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 032824Sydney: Haldane Publishing 1977. 511pp index bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear 8mm tear at bottom of rear jacket panel very light rubbing to jacket folds. SIGNED 'Best Wishes Hubert Opperman Oppy' on front free endpaper. Scarce autobiography of Australia's great cyclist and Olympian Hubert Opperman known as 'Oppy'. As well as his unparallelled cycling career Oppy served in Federal Government as Member for Corio and as Australian representative to Malta. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Haldane Publishing Hardcover
1869Best.-Nr. 024094Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1869. HEAVY. vi 644pp index glossary appendices num bw ills several folding. Or brown cloth with gilt vignette to front gilt title to spine. Approx 3cm split in cloth at bottom front edge of spine light even browning of page edges minor bumps to top corners. Endpapers replaced pre-WWII. Lacks folding maps at rear. A lovely bright fresh copy of this scarce early work on mining in colonial Victoria. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. John Ferres (Government Printer) Hardcover
1839Best.-Nr. 79454London: Smith Elder and Co 1839. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. London Smith Elder and Co. 1839 second edition/ 1839. Octavo viii 224 2 9 advertisements pages plus 4 lithographs 2 folding maps and a folding table. Original gilt- and blind-stamped dark green ribbed cloth lightly marked and a little bumped at the extremities; corners and spine ends neatly reinforced with black leather; endpapers replaced; title page slightly marked with the leading edge lightly chipped; plates moderately foxed affecting the adjacent leaves a little with light scattered foxing elsewhere; overall a very presentable copy with the contemporary signature of J. Smith at the head of the title page and the later bookplate of F.G. Coles. The lengthy subtitle is 'including particulars descriptive of its soil climate natural productions &c. and proofs of its superiority to all other British colonies. Embracing also a full account of the South Australian Company with hints to various classes of emigrants and numerous letters from settlers concerning wages provisions their satisfaction with the colony &c.'. Apart from dropping the original title 'The Land of Promise' 'on the ground sic of vagueness and liability to misconstruction' and outing himself as author only the title page and two-page preface distinguish the first and second edition texts. Smith, Elder, and Co hardcover
1867Best.-Nr. 518751867. Early Parliamentary Acts of South Australia Australia. South Australia. Acts of the Parliament of South Australia 1867 1869-70 1874 1876-81. Adelaide: Nine volumes in all. 1881 volume: later three quarter cloth over paper boards typewritten paper title label to spine. Some shelfwear internally clean; other volumes: Quarter cloth over stiff printed wrappers. Moderate shelfwear spine ends worn internally clean. All 9 volumes: ex-library. Location labels to spines stamps to front covers and preliminaries. $500. South Australia's origin is unique. Established by an act of Parliament in 1834 it was a planned British province rather than a convict settlement. It was the first place in the world to grant universal suffrage and to allow women to run for parliament. It was one of the states that formed the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. These volumes are from a series that ran from 1837 to 1957. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:81. unknown
1867Best.-Nr. 518751867. Early Parliamentary Acts of South Australia Australia. South Australia. Acts of the Parliament of South Australia 1867 1869-70 1874 1876-81. Adelaide: Nine volumes in all. 1881 volume: later three quarter cloth over paper boards typewritten paper title label to spine. Some shelfwear internally clean; other volumes: Quarter cloth over stiff printed wrappers. Moderate shelfwear spine ends worn internally clean. All 9 volumes: ex-library. Location labels to spines stamps to front covers and preliminaries. $500. South Australia's origin is unique. Established by an act of Parliament in 1834 it was a planned British province rather than a convict settlement. It was the first place in the world to grant universal suffrage and to allow women to run for parliament. It was one of the states that formed the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. These volumes are from a series that ran from 1837 to 1957. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:81. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 0006888San Francisco: The Bancroft Company 1893. First edition. Very Good. 12mo 64 pages 3/4 morocco scuffed marbled boards original pink wrappers bound in. Ex libris Cyrus H. McCormick son of the inventor; he was Chairman of International Harvester Corp. Scarce WorldCat cites only 9 copies. Bennett was the Editor of "Bennett's Own" a weekly Hawaiian newspaper. He also authored the HONOLULU DIRECTORY and SKETCHES OF HAWAIIAN HISTORY. Forbes 4409 . The Bancroft Company hardcover
2019Best.-Nr. BN129433Taylor & Francis Ltd 2019. 2019. Hardcover. Cost Management for Nonprofit and Voluntary Organisations Cost Management for Nonprofit and Voluntary Organisations Zahirul La Trobe University Australia Hoque Tarek La Trobe University Australia Rana Taylor & Francis Ltd hardcover
1865Best.-Nr. 3621262(Batavia, Koninkl. Natuurkundig Vereeniging in Ned. Indie, 1851-1865). Zusammen etwa 680 S. mit einigen Tabellen, 2 Tafeln, 21 mehrfach gefalteten, teils farbigen Tafeln mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Karten, separat 1 mehrfach gefaltetee und auf Leinen gezogene farbige Karte in Tasche. Hlwd der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung. Gr.-8vo. (etwas beschabt, Vorsätze und Tasche etwas fleckig, einige Bl. mit kleinen Randläsuren und Fehlstellen ohne Textverlust, einige Bl. bzw. Tafeln staubrandig und fingerfleckig).
1875Un album di 21x28 cm, tela coeva, cerniere rotte per metà, nome dorato al piatto e al dorso (Prof.A.Giammona). Con circa 120 pagine sulle quali sono state incollate le recensioni dei concerti australiani della cantante Ilma de Murska (nella cui compagnia Giammona era baritono e flautista), poi dell'attività di solista del Giammona, ed infine il suo insediamento a Melbourne come insegnante di musica. Sono presenti anche alcuni annunci di concerti della De Murska in Australia e a New Orleans (in fine). Un ritratto inciso di Giammona, 11x13 cm, ritagliato da giornale. Straordinario press-book di questo artista catanese, che aveva studiato al conservatorio di Napoli, ed era quindi entrato nella compagnia della famosa cantante ungherese Ilma de Murska (1834-1889), una delle stelle della musica lirica nella seconda metà dell'800. Dopo una lunga tournée in Europa e poi in America, la troupe approda nel 1875 in Australia, a Melbourne. Qui resta per tre anni, e la figura di De Murska mette a subbuglio la “mondanità australiana” (tra l'altro si risposa a Melbourne) con i suoi capricci da star. Più lineare la carriera di Giammona, prima baritono e poi flautista: il suo successo australiano si concretizza al punto tale che il maestro decide di restare in Oceania e di insegnare musica a Sidney, dove viene accolto con calore dalla comunità italiana. - Testimonianza unica non solo della carriera di un musicista, ma anche della vita culturale nell'Australia dell'800.
Best.-Nr. 23817Paris, Knapen fils, 1789. Un volume, in-8, de (8) f., 136 pp. (le faux-titre en fac-similé sur papier ancien, titre restauré en charnière et un angle). Ancienne mouillure sur les trente premières pages. Demi-veau pastiche, dos lisse orné de fleurons et filets
1767Best.-Nr. GIT113Amsterdam 1767. In-12 1f n ch 4-280pp. Pleine basane fauve, dos lisse entièrement orné de motifs végétaux dorés, tranches brique, rel époque. 3 coins émoussés, petit manque de cuir en bordure du 2e plat.
1850Best.-Nr. 36075Paris H. Lebrun s.d. [1850] 2 vol. in-8 demi-basane moutarde, dos à nerfs ornés de filets et caissons dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison noires, tranches mouchetées [Rel. de l'époque], rousseurs
1839Best.-Nr. PHO-1813Hortet et Ozanne, Paris 1839, 4 volumes en 2 tomes in-8, 400pp. et 423pp. et 399pp. et 451pp., relié demi basane aubergine, dos à faux nerfs avec auteur, titre et tomaison, illustré de 60 gravures, petit dictionnaire du dialecte des différents peuples rencontrés à la fin du quatrième tome, frottements aux plats, peu de rousseurs.
1862Best.-Nr. 46403085Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1862 ; in-12, demi-chagrin brun, dos orné de caissons à froid, fleurons et filet dorés, tranche jaspée. (Reliure de l’époque) 2 ff. (faux-titre et titre noir), XVIII pp., 278 pp.Il ne s’agit sans dout pas d’une nouvelle édition, mais d’une remise en vente d’exemplaires de 1857. Seuls le titre et le faux-titre sont changés. Pour le reste, même composition et même papier.Launay 28.Exemplaire dans une élégante reliure, avec le nom du collectionneur frappé au bas du dos : Mr Piquemal.FAUCHERY (Antoine)Beau type d’aventurier, de rêveur audacieux. Banville, un de ses plus chers amis précise dans la préface pour un de ses livres : « Ai-je besoin de vous dire qu’il a commencé par être un très mauvais écolier ?... Il aurait été de force à planter les buissons lui-même sur les chemins qui mène à l’école. » Né en 1824 à Paris, il était fils d’un ménage de graveurs : Jean-Claude Auguste et Augustine Fauchery. Il sera lui-même peintre, puis graveur sur bois, écrivain, chroniqueur, voyageur, chercheur d’or. Dans les années 1850, haute époque de la bohème murgerienne, il était célèbre dans les ateliers pour ces deux préceptes : « Un loyer ne doit jamais être payé » et « tout déménagement s’effectue par la fenêtre ».En 1856 il fit jouer au Vaudeville une pièce intitulée Calino, faite en collaboration avec Barrière.Pendant toute sa brève existence il fut la proie du démon du voyage et de l’aventure. Dès 1848 ses instincts généreux le firent partir pour la Pologne. « La voix de Mierolawski appelait les réfugiés polonais et les Français patriotes à la défense de la Pologne, et quelques intrépides formaient déjà le projet d’aller mourir là, comme Byron dans le pays d’Homère » (Banville). Il fit le voyage en compagnie de Nadar. Les deux héros n’atteignirent jamais la patrie de Chopin, et connurent les pires mésaventures à travers l’Allemagne où ils furent emprisonnés dans toutes les principautés. En 1856 il eut l’idée d’aller chercher fortune en Australie où l’on avait découvert d’abondantes mines d’or. De là il embarqua pour les Philippines. En 1860 il tomba dans l’ « officiel » et fut nommé correspondant du Moniteur pour suivre l’armée française à Pékin pendant la guerre entre la France et la Chine. Maillard raconte dans son livre sur les derniers bohèmes que Fauchery était à peu près le seul Français qui sortait du Palais Yuen-Ming-Yuen les mains et les poches vides. A défaut d’objets précieux il emporta de cette campagne de Chine une maladie infectieuse. Arrivé à Yokohama il mourut d’une gastrite le 27 avril 1861 ; à l’âge de 37 ans. Cette mort lui évita de justesse une décoration que le Gouvernement français s’apprêtait à lui remettre.Malassis qui a toujours aimé les originaux, novateurs et marginaux ne pouvait manquer d’être séduit par cet aventurier poète.
1859Best.-Nr. 26071Paris Poulet-Malassis et De Broise 1859 in-8 broché
1806Best.-Nr. 3025Edinburgh, A. Constable, 1806. In-8 de VII-232-LXI pp., cartonnage de l'époque.
1853Best.-Nr. biblio249First edition. John Murray. London. 1853. 8vo. vi 1 errata slip 488pp. Chromolitho frontispiece 3 further chromolitho plates all with tissue guards 3 uncoloured plates folding map text illus. Later half calf marbled boards Spine in six compartments with raised bands gilt lettering rules and motifs leather label to spine. All edges marbled. New endpapers. Occasional marginal light foxing to plates. Short closed tear to attachment of map. A handsome volume. John Elphinstone Erskine 1806 - 1887 British Naval Officer and Liberal MP. "In February 1848 Erskine was appointed to the Havannah as senior officer on the Australian station. Soon after his arrival Erskine made a tour of Samoa Tonga Fiji the New Hebrides the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia between 25 June and 7 October 1849. With experience of naval anti-slavery operations in the West Indies and the effects of European penetration in the Pacific he joined the Aborigines Protection Society and became a parliamentary leader of the influential lobby working for the Pacific Islanders Protection Act of 1872." Australian Dictionary of Biography. John Murray hardcover
2018Best.-Nr. BN129028Taylor & Francis Ltd 2018. 2018. Hardcover. Strategic Management and the Circular Economy Strategic Management and the Circular Economy Marcello QUT Business School Australia Tonelli Nicolo Bocconi University Italy Cristoni Taylor & Francis Ltd hardcover
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