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1974255 p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Dust jacket. A better than very good copy of this fascinating study. TRAVEL/7
1944Cover: Royal Highnesses Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, New Governor-General to Australia. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "U.S. War Aims" by Walter Lippmann; The Great World War: "Mulberry" and the Invasion; Books of the Day and The World of Science: Kew and the War. Pictorial Journals include: Scenes from Athens: A Demonstration, and an Echo of a Shooting (illus, by Flight-Lieut. H.W. Hailstone); The Reign of Anarchy in Athens: Scenes in the Troubled Capital; Von Rundstedt's Sudden Drive into Belgium and Luxembourg (map); Germany's Drive into Belgium and Luxembourg: Towns in the News; Two German "Squirt Planes": The Me.262 and the Me.163 Fighters (illus. by G.H. Davis); The War in Italy: Eighth Army Troops Entering Faenza and Ravenna; London of the XVIth Century: Panoramas of the Ancient City as it Looked Before the Great Fire; London Triumphant: The Great Metropolis of the British Empire (Four page panoramic illustration by Sydney R. Jones); The City of London of the Future: Preliminary Proposals; A Scheme for the Prevention of Overcrowding in London; Aspects of the War in the West: Scenes from the Fighting Zones and a Panoramic of Port of Antwerp; Flooded Walcheren: Life on the Island Following the Devastation Caused by the Smashing of the Sea Dykes; and An Exhibition of Flemish Old Masters in Aid of Belgium Children. Back page missing. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy copy. Book
1960Features: Map of over 70 Mycenaean sites, and Nichoria, the most promising; The Snowy River Project in Australia; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1904réf. 025715Sydney: William Brooks and Co 1904. VERY HEAVY. Introduction by the Rev. George Lane. 669pp portrait frontis: John Wesley with tissue guard bw illustrations appendices index decorative endpapers. Front hinge cracked. Top edge gilt. Binding worn at leather spine and corners with loss of sections at the spine head and foot with some loss at the spine. Tape has been placed over joins between cloth and leather on the rear board. Or red cloth lightly worn rubbed stained and flecked. Internally the book is in good and clean condition. The book is in two parts: The Mission; and The Church. It was the first attempt to set out the beginnings of Methodism in Australia and Polynesia; and was the first history of any section of the Protestant Church in New South Wales. First Edition. Half-Leather. Fair to Good. Illus. by D H Souter. 4to. William Brooks and Co Hardcover
1909réf. 27730London: R. H. Porter 1909. First printing. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Four issues of this journal of ornithology. The October issue has an article by W.R. Ogilvie- Grant with field notes by G.C. Shortridge on "On a Collection of Birds from Western Australia" Pages 650 to 689 to be continued includes a fine hand colored lithograph of Sericornis Balstoni and Malurus Bernieri fairy wren. Large 8vo printed paper wrapped issues of the journal housed in a slip box. Bright clean copies with some chipping of spines and one cover. R. H. Porter unknown
1999réf. 042679Portland Vic.: Mainsail Books 1999. HEAVY. 299pp index glossary appendices endnotes num bw & col ills endpaper maps. Or black boards in pictorial jacket. Spine slightly cocked leaning. SIGNED by author on title page. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Mainsail Books Hardcover
1999réf. 041102Portland Vic.: Mainsail Books 1999. HEAVY. 299pp index glossary appendices endnotes num bw & col ills endpaper maps. Or black boards in pictorial jacket. Near new. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Mainsail Books Hardcover
1951réf. 147493Adelaide: The Advertiser Printing Office for Seppelt Wines 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide The Advertiser Printing Office for Seppelt Wines 1951. Octavo vi 52 pages with a colour frontispiece portrait plus 12 pages of plates 4 in colour. Gilt-decorated purple cloth lightly flecked at the rear; an excellent copy. We have previously handled a deluxe edition bound in purple suede with the Seppelt coat of arms in enamelled metal mounted on the front cover and printed on better-quality paper than the standard version. This copy appears to be a hybrid of the standard binding albeit with much better gilt blocking with the deluxe contents. The Advertiser Printing Office [for Seppelt Wines] hardcover
2004réf. 010520Palmerston North: Dunmore Press 2004 2kg rate double standard shipping outside of New Zealand fine copy in same DW marker ribbon 390pp includes colour and b&w illustrations sized paper a heavy large quarto. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Dunmore Press hardcover
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
1996réf. 140189Kent Town: Wakefield Press in association with the Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal 1996. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Kent Town Wakefield Press in association with the Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal 1996 first thus/ 1930 abridged edition. Octavo xxxii 438 2 'Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal' pages with illustrations and maps plus numerous plates reproducing 'over ninety original photographs'. Papered boards slightly rubbed; a near-fine copy with the near-fine dustwrapper. Number 454 of only 500 copies in boards; this copy is signed in ink by one of Mawson's daughters Patricia 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 in association with the Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal hardcover
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
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.
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