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1944réf. 20729Adelaide: RGSSA 1944. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RGSSA December 1944. Octavo pages 41-99. Original wrappers; a fine copy. Benjamin Francis Helpman 'actively participated in the surveying and exploring of the North-west Coast between Roebuck Bay and the Prince Regent River and later in the discovery and exploration of the Adelaide and Victoria Rivers . accompanying Captain Wickham on the boat trip to the navigable head of the Adelaide River and his Journal contains a very full account of the expedition'. His name has been perpetuated in Helpman Islets Point Helpman and Mount Helpman. This issue also contains previously unpublished material from the diary of Colonel William Light pages 7-14; OLDHAM Wilfrid: How Adelaide was Bought and Sold pages 15-23 plus a folding map; and ANGAS Captain J. Keith: An Examination of the Ninety Mile Beach South Australia pages 24-40 with a map plus a plate with two illustrations from photographs. RGSSA paperback
1999réf. 130334Adelaide: The Martin / Clark Book Committee 1999. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The Martin / Clark Book Committee 1999. Quarto iv vi 280 pages with numerous illustrations. Colour-pictorial card covers very slightly rubbed; an excellent copy. The Martin / Clark Book Committee paperback
19618vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; [xii], 272 pp, illustrations from photos. original cloth backed boards, dj (bit rubbed), else very good overall. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author's travels to Tonga, Makogai, Samoa, etc.
1992réf. 4547New York: Putnam Adult 1992. First edition. Paperback. As New. 8vo 528 pages blue wrappers 035a . This is an Uncorrected Proof Copy. Putnam Adult paperback
136pp., illustrs., orig. printed paper wrappers.
1971réf. VV316281971 Sydney, Reed, 1971 : In-4 Ecu, Cartonnage d'éditeurs. 254 pp., 4 planches de photos couleurs hors-texte, 127 photos N&B et figures in-texte, un excellent livre sur les oiseaux marins d'Australie. Jaquette Etat du neuf, Couv. remarquable, Dos impeccable, Intérieur frais.
2026réf. LRB46028598Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 656 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1902. Text in English. This authoritative handbook published in 1902 provides an exhaustive examination of horticultural and viticultural practices in Western Australia. It details cultivation methods soil management irrigation techniques and the adaptation of various plant species to the region's unique climate. The work includes extensive descriptions of fruit varieties grape cultivation and the establishment of vineyards making it an invaluable resource for agricultural historians viticulturists and researchers studying early 20th-century Australian agriculture. The text also addresses economic considerations pest control and the challenges faced by early farmers in the region offering insights into the development of Western Australia's agricultural industry. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
1978A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 193 pages. Slight edge wear to faded dust jacket. Previous owner's name.
1924réf. 118501Adelaide: Ellis Limited 1924. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Ellis Limited 1924. 240 × 153 mm 16 pages with illustrations and 8 tipped-in colour plates. Overlapping colour-pictorial gate-fold card covers with panoramas of 'Early Adelaide' and 'Modern Adelaide' front and rear and with line illustrations of the site of the cafe then-and-now inside the respective covers; covers lightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities with surface loss to a tiny area of the front cover; bottom half of the front gate-fold hinge split but now expertly sealed; an excellent copy of a lavish brochure. 'The Ellis Cafe organisation was formed about 1917 as bakers pastry cooks caterers fruiterers and confectioners. The office and factory was at 120 Gouger Street Adelaide with a restaurant Covent Gardens at 50 later 68 King William Street the Arcadia Cafe in Bowman's Buildings King William Street the Maple Leaf Cafe at 21 Rundle Street and two others in the central business district. The Ellis Cafes ceased trading in 1952' State Library of South Australia B 72464/5. This attractive souvenir was prepared to celebrate the reopening of the cafe in late 1924 after extensive renovations. An article in the Adelaide 'News' on Saturday 20 December 1924 notes that the 'booklet is a triumph for its compilers and its illustrator Mr E. Grant Walsh who also designed the general scheme of furnishings and decorations'. Ellis Limited paperback
1959réf. 122978Adelaide: The South Australian Harbors Board 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide The South Australian Harbors Board 1959. Oblong quarto 40 pages with illustrations and 6 full-page colour plates by John C. Goodchild plus a large folding map in pocket at rear. Cord and staple-bound colour pictorial wrappers slightly rubbed and marked; top corners slightly creased; a few slight marks; an excellent copy. Loosely inserted is a compliments slip from the Minister of the Marine G.G. Pearson. Number-stamped 738 of an unspecified run. The South Australian Harbors Board paperback
1914Cover photo of Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armies. Centerfold devoted to the contributions of New Zealand and Australia. Topics: How Germany Attached our Commerce, and 'Russia's Stupendous Task and her Stupendous Army." Photos and illustrations include: Interesting German Naval Units; With a British Cruiser in the North Sea; Austrian seige guns; Modern artillery practice; Cossacks; Russian Howitzer training; Russia rols west; The Tsar and his military chiefs (montage); Russian mobilisation; The 'Three Emperors' Corner'; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Front cover almost detached. Book
1970459p. Numerous illustrations, photographs and maps many in color. Large folio. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Very nice copy. A valuable encyclopedia of wine-making regions and ove r 6500 wines. WHISKEY 1
192521 pages, including an in-text sketch map and a few sketch illustrations. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a fascinating report on the geographical, geological and biological aspects of the amazing Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system off the coast of Queensland, Australia, given by Colonel Lenox-Conyngham and Mr. Potts, which includes investigation of the biological problems which coral reefs and islands present, the origin of the reef, as well as, how the corals live, how they form the reef, at what rate they grow, what affects their growth; and what binds them together into a solid rock, and the disastrous effect of silt and sand on corals. The islands visited by the authors were Dunk Island, Lindeman Island, Thursday Island, and Murray Islands - a small group of three volcanic islands. Also with mentions of Charles Darwin and Jukes of the HMS Fly.
1940réf. 049258Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1940. 199pp col frontis 21 bw ills in text. Or pictorial papered boards with blue cloth spine. Pages toned/browned as usual with this edition small gift note dated 1942 on front blank Boards rubbed/worn at edges. Blue cloth spine replaced and it a bit wider than the original. Also the endpapers appear to have been replaced. Only the first printing was in this larger format. There is debate as to whether this edition had a dust jacket but to date none has been sighted. The story of the Jardine expedition from Rockhampton to reach the settlement of Somerset on Cape York Peninsular. In ten months they travelled 1800 miles the last half in appalling unexplored country the only inhabitants of which were hostile Aboriginals. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small 4to. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1995réf. 131019Chatswood: Reed Books 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Chatswood Reed Books 1995. Quarto 240 pages with numerous maps and illustrations many in colour. Papered boards; bottom edge slightly nibbled and bumped; an excellent copy with the very slightly scuffed dustwrapper. The title page is inscribed and signed in ink by the author the recipients' name and address stamp is at the head of the page. Reed Books hardcover
1997réf. 88064Grange: Grange Golf Club 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Grange Grange Golf Club 1997. Large octavo 372 pages with numerous illustrations plus pictorial endpapers. Full calf slightly indented at the rear; essentially a fine copy. '75 copies have been bound in leather as a special edition'; this is an unnumbered out-of-series copy. Grange Golf Club hardcover
1997réf. 051636Brisbane: Jeffrey Ellis Hopkins 1997. 387pp bw ills. Or laminated boards. ISBN handwritten on copyright page. Ex-school library with expected stamps labels etc in cancelled stamp. Extensive familiy history published on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the arrival aboard the Reichstag of the Raddatz Kuhn and Sellin families to Queensland on 1 August 1872. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Ex-Library. Jeffrey Ellis Hopkins Hardcover
1997réf. 035018Brisbane: Jeffrey Ellis Hopkins 1997. 387pp bw ills. Or laminated boards. ISBN handwritten on copyright page. Extensive familiy history published on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the arrival aboard the Reichstag of the Raddatz Kuhn and Sellin families to Queensland on 1 August 1872. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Jeffrey Ellis Hopkins Hardcover
1847réf. 133913London: Thomas M'Lean 1847. Very Good. London Thomas M'Lean 1847. An original hand-coloured lithograph matted framed and glazed visible image size 320 × 395 mm external dimensions 595 × 760 mm. Paper a little tanned; in very good condition. Plate 52 from 'South Australia Illustrated'; the lithographer is James William Giles. Thomas M'Lean unknown
1973334p. Hardcover Very good condition good
1940réf. 037836London: Adam & Charles Black 1940. xi 427pp index 8 folding maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Jacket spine darkened2cm tear at top front spine fold and a couple of tiny chips. Endpapers toned prev owners name writ small on front free endpaper. An very nice example in the sarce jacket. Covers gold rushes worldwide over a century- not just the well known ones like Ballarat Bendigo California the Klondike and the Rand but also the lesser known goldfields of the Rockies Brazil and Siberia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Adam & Charles Black Hardcover
1976réf. 20110134Craftsman Press Australia 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 142 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Craftsman Press Australia 1976. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Edges of pages are lightly browned. . Several small stains on front end page. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; ISBN: 0909108005. ISBN/EAN: 9780909108007. Inventory No: 20110134. 9780909108007 Craftsman Press hardcover
1979réf. 037534Melbourne: Queensberry Hill Press 1979. HEAVY. vi 644pp index glossary appendices num bw ills maps. Or pictorial boards with decorative leather spine quarter leather in clear plastic jacket in slipcase. Near new. Facsimile of the first edition of 1869. #15 of an unstated limitation . Limited Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. 4to. Queensberry Hill Press Hardcover
1980réf. 037533Melbourne: Queensberry Hill Press 1980. HEAVY. vi 644pp index glossary appendices num bw ills maps. Or maroon cloth with gilt vignette to front in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket light even toning to page edges. Facsimile of the first edition of 1869. Second Queensberry Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Queensberry Hill Press Hardcover
1869réf. 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
