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1966réf. 036323Sydney: Ure Smith 1966. Foreword by Lloyd Rees. 126 pages 30 tipped-in colour plates more than 30 b/w plates lists of works exhibitions bibliography index. Black cloth boards in jacket. 2 tears at top of front jacket panel with tape repair from reverse front flap toned even toning to page edges cloth at bottom of rear cover marked aroma of mothballs/naptha. SIGNED and inscribed "To Dora Drake in appreciation and warm gratitude for her artistry and pottery from the author Brett Hilder" along with a coloured drawing of a pottery vessel also by the author a noted artist in his own right on the half-title page. The book marked the fiftieth year since the death of the artist. It forms a sequel to the larger book The Art of J J Hilder published in 1918.Includes a list of almost 400 works by the artist and their present owners as reported in 1965. . Signed with Drawing By Artist. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Good. 4to. Ure Smith Hardcover
1883réf. 013179MacMillan 1883 first edition of this RARE New Zealand alpine mountaineering title. a solid copy but has a few faults and would benefit from a touch up by a binder original red cloth with black borders to the upper board and blind ones to the lower board spine has black and gilt pannelling and titling as well as a gilt mountain motif towards the tail a little faded to the spine board corners lightly bumped original black endpapers front paste down has a pasted on note "From Sam with his love to RBH 30 Aug 1886 Wakefield' facing this on fep is newspaper clipping from The Press 4/3/32 commemorating 50 yrs after ascent of Cook fep is detached pasted onto the hinge of the preface is a newspaper clipping being photo of Green and his two guides xiv 350 32pp adverts one pg of contents has minor tape stain to the margin from where a map was wrongly placed frontis & guard only 2 of 4 maps present being the South Island and the folding Tasman glacier map some collations are loosening and the rear fep is detached would be easily restored. scare title covering first ascent of Mt Cook. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. MacMillan hardcover
1905réf. 144832Adelaide: Vardon & Pritchard Printers 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Vardon & Pritchard Printers 1905. Octavo viii 161 pages with 37 illustrations plus 4 pages of plates including a map and a frontispiece with a tissue-guard. Original contrasting half cloth slightly flecked and rubbed; a number of ink stamps of the Gawler Institute throughout the text and on the three edges; mild signs of age and use; overall an excellent copy. Provenance: Geoffrey Farmer the Australian private press bibliographer with his bookplate designed by Mary Quick this one printed in red on the front pastedown. Vardon & Pritchard, Printers hardcover
1969réf. 146641Adelaide: J.G. Graetz Reunion Committee 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide J.G. Graetz Reunion Committee 1969. Octavo 88 pages with numerous family trees and illustrations from photographs. Pictorial card covers lightly worn; a very good copy. Published on the occasion of the Graetz family reunion and thanksgiving service held at Tanunda 4 and 5 October 1969. J.G. Graetz Reunion Committee paperback
1980réf. 146643Hahndorf: Fox Publishing 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Hahndorf Fox Publishing 1980. Octavo 104 pages with maps family trees and numerous illustrations from photographs. Card covers slightly worn; minor insect damage to the front cover about the leading edge; a very good copy nevertheless. Designed by Anni Luur Fox. Fox Publishing paperback
1981réf. 147813Tumby Bay: The District Council of Tumby Bay 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tumby Bay The District Council of Tumby Bay 1981. Quarto xiv 290 pages with maps and numerous illustrations from photographs. Colour-pictorial papered boards slightly rubbed and sunned; an excellent copy. 'These records have been collected to commemorate seventy-five years of declaration of local government of the Tumby Bay District Council' subtitle. The District Council of Tumby Bay hardcover
1953réf. 130402Norwood: The Council 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Good. Norwood The Council 1953. Quarto x 138 pages plus 24 plates one in colour. Textured card covers; a few tiny marks; an excellent copy with the very good dustwrapper a little faded marked chipped and torn. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. 'The Hundred Years History of Kensington and Norwood South Australia. Commemorating the Centenary of Kensington and Norwood 1853-1953' cover title. Provenance: Christobel Mattingley's copy with her ink surname printed on the first blank. The Council paperback
1976réf. 052399The Macleay Museum/The University of Sydney 1976. Number 38 of 125 numbered and SIGNED copies by the Curator of The Macleay Museum Peter Stanbury; poet David Campbell; and artist Keith Looby of a total limited edition of 1000. Unpaginated c114pp with full-page drawings on page rectos key to the drawings. Illustrated light card cover. Bumped at top corner rear cover lightly rubbed. The 51 drawings were intended as part of Looby's history a project entitled A Fairytale History of Australia. There are no formal explanations of the drawings but a key at the end of the book covers the five sections: Sun and Moon; Coming of Man; Aboriginal People; Thunder and Lightning; and Abuse of Privilege. David Campell's six 'Looby Songs' which were inspired by some of the earlier drawings are included as are some poems from Campbell's rock carving series. Signed by Author & Illustrator. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Drawings By Keith Looby. Oblong 4to. The Macleay Museum/The University of Sydney Paperback
1976réf. 015993The Macleay Museum/The University of Sydney 1976. Number 107 of 125 numbered and SIGNED copies by the Curator of The Macleay Museum Peter Stanbury; poet David Campbell; and artist Keith Looby of a total limited edition of 1000. Unpaginated c114pp with full-page drawings on page rectos key to the drawings. Illustrated light card cover rubbed. The 51 drawings were intended as part of Looby's history a project entitled A Fairytale History of Australia. There are no formal explanations of the drawings but a key at the end of the book covers the five sections: Sun and Moon; Coming of Man; Aboriginal People; Thunder and Lightning; and Abuse of Privilege. David Campell's six 'Looby Songs' which were inspired by some of the earlier drawings are included as are some poems from Campbell's rock carving series. Signed by Author & Illustrator. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Drawings By Keith Looby. Oblong 4to. The Macleay Museum/The University of Sydney Paperback
1935réf. 034518Melbourne: The Specialty Press 1935. xii 268pp index appendix bw ills. Or brown cloth with gilt seal of City of Malvern to front. With Compliments slip from Mayor and Councillors of Malvern on front pastedown bookseller label on front pastedown. Some paper stuck to outside of covers. Ex- Oxley Library with a very few unobtrusive stamps. Scarce history of Malvern. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Specialty Press Hardcover
1925réf. 056704Melbourne: W.J. Green Government Printer 1925. 243pp tables. Later green cloth binding retaining the otriginal wrappers. Front wrapper torn with crude tape repair basic card pocket inside front wrapper occasional toning and spotting reference number written on front cover. Stamp of State Department of Health Queensland on title page. With these exceptions the book is internally excellent. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. W.J. Green, Government Printer Hardcover
1983réf. 034445Newstead Vic.: E.L. Ford Publications 1983. 223pp index num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Some toning to pages at extreme upper margin slight crease to rear cover. The nicestexample of this title I have handled in over 20 years. Scarce title on the pre-history and history of Holden cars from their beginning manufacturing bodies for Dodge and Buick chassis. A wealth of information on the iconic Australian marque. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. E.L. Ford Publications Paperback
1893réf. 139228London: Sampson Low Marston & Company 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. London Sampson Low Marston & Company 1893. Octavo two volumes xii 391; and viii 400 pages plus a large folding map 850 × 590 mm in the endpocket of Volume I and a large folding diagram in the endpocket of Volume II. Original maroon cloth the primary binding very lightly flecked; top and leading edges uncut; a near-fine set. Ferguson 10474. The useful chronology extends over 228 pages. Provenance: Tom Austen Brown 1925-2009 solicitor collector and philanthropist with his pencilled ownership initials on both half-titles. 2 items. Sampson Low, Marston & Company hardcover
1893réf. 142574London: Sampson Low Marston & Company 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Sampson Low Marston & Company 1893. Octavo two volumes xii 391 and viii 400 pages plus a large folding colour map 850 × 590 mm in Volume I and a large folding 'Diagram shewing Lands sold between the Years 1835 and June 1892' in Volume II. Slate-blue cloth the secondary binding very lightly marked; hinges cracked but firm; tiny sealed tear and short crease to the leading edge of one front free endpaper; short sealed tear to both the folding map and diagram adjacent to the stub; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent set. The useful chronology extends over 228 pages. 2 items. Sampson Low, Marston & Company hardcover
1978réf. 7728Beechworth: Parish of Beechworth 1978. xii 578 pages. 25cm x 19cm. Many b/w photos and illustrations. Pictorial boards in identical dustwrapper slightly worn. Scarce. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Parish of Beechworth Hardcover
1930réf. BIB331357Adelaide: A.E. Acott Printer. 1930. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition overall but there is an notable abrasion to the side of the spine near top. Green cloth boards with gilt to front board. B/w maps. SIGNED by author "With all best wishes from Alf Price" on front free endpaper. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 67 pages. The John Murtagh Macrossan Lectures. University of Queensland 1930. . Very Good. 1st Edition Presumed. Hardback. A.E. Acott [Printer] hardcover
1930réf. 77343Adelaide: Printed by A.E. Acott 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Printed by A.E. Acott 1930. Octavo vi 67 pages with 7 maps and diagrams. Original green cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; cloth a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities; free endpapers tanned; an excellent copy. Provenance: Thomas Thornton Reed 1902-1995 sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide with his ownership signature in pencil on the front free endpaper. Printed by A.E. Acott hardcover
1934réf. 139571Adelaide: S.A. Postal Institute Lecture Society 1934. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide S.A. Postal Institute Lecture Society 1934. Octavo 46 pages of processed typescript printed rectos only. Flush-cut quarter cloth and pictorial papered boards retaining the original pictorial card covers; cloth a little flecked; covers slightly rubbed at the extremities and a little unevenly tanned; top edge slightly foxed; a very good copy. The verso of the front wrapper is inscribed and signed by the author 16 August 1934. Provenance: C.P. Mountford with his ownership signature on the front cover in pencil and first page in ink. He has also noted on the inside front cover that E.P. Ramsay then Deputy Postmaster General is the President of the SAPILS and that he himself is the Secretary and Editor. The front free endpaper has his later signed gift inscription to 'Jeff sic Farmer' and Geoffrey Farmer's bookplate is mounted opposite it. Charles Pearcy Mountford 1890-1976 anthropologist and photographer was at the time an electrical mechanic with the Postmaster-General's Department. Geoffrey Farmer 1927-2015 was a librarian book collector and bibliographer of Australian private presses. S.A. Postal Institute Lecture Society paperback
1839réf. 79279London: Smith Elder 1839. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. London Smith Elder 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 light brown cloth slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities; spine a little sunned; minimal foxing to the plates; a most attractive copy. The first edition was published anonymously under the title 'A Land of Promise'; apart from dropping this title '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. Ferguson 2851. Smith, Elder hardcover
1839réf. 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
1965réf. 000024Blenheim New Zealand: Express Printing Works 1965 Titled on upper board "Our family History" Blue leatherette hardbound 72pp SIGNED INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR on end paper as well as some ink annotations/corrections by author in the text. Genealogical information on the Wilsons and Richardsons descendants of the Cowley's of Birmingham. slight chipping to leatherette at bottom edge of boards. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Express Printing Works hardcover
VG/VG First Edition. Minor creasing to the DJ, otherwise no significant faults with book or DJ. Quarto pp 397. History of the district of Marion in South Australia. From its roots as a villiage in 1838 through its official declaration in1886 and on to modern times.
2004réf. 145642Kingswood: Lothar Hoff 2004. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Kingswood Lothar Hoff 2004. Quarto 144 pages with numerous illustrations mainly colour reproductions of manuscript notebooks. Colour-pictorial card covers slightly rubbed at the corners; a near-fine copy. 'The Koonibba Mission 35 km northwest of Ceduna South Australia was established in 1901. As Superintendent between 1920 and 1930. Pastor Hoff made an effort to become fluent in the local Aboriginal languages. A written record of the translation of local words into English was recorded in an exercise book notebooks and loose pieces of paper' foreword. These manuscripts are reproduced here. Lothar Hoff paperback
1996réf. 141170Kent Town: Wakefield Press in association with the Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Kent Town Wakefield Press in association with the Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal 1996 first thus/ 1930 abridged edition/ 1915. Octavo xxxii 438 2 'Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal' pages with illustrations and maps plus numerous plates reproducing 'over ninety original photographs'. Papered boards; spine slightly canted; top corners a trifle bumped; an excellent copy with the excellent dustwrapper lightly sunned on the spine. Number 129 of only 500 copies in boards. This copy is signed in ink by Mawson's two daughters Patricia Thomas and Jessica McEwin with both signatures dated 1996. Wakefield Press in association with the Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal hardcover
1996réf. 125829Adelaide: Wakefield Press 1996. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. Adelaide Wakefield Press 1996 fourth impression/ 1996/ 1930 abridged edition. Octavo xxxii 438 2 'Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal' pages with illustrations and maps plus numerous plates reproducing 'over ninety original photographs'. Pictorial card covers lightly marked and bumped; an excellent copy with the slightly creased dustwrapper. This copy is signed by Mawson's two daughters Patricia and Jessica and one of his grandsons Gareth Mawson Thomas. This publication comprises a 'facsimile edition of the text of the 1930 abridged popular edition featuring original images from the Mawson Collection'. Wakefield Press paperback