Sailing Ship to Supertanker. The hundred-year story of British Esso and its ships
Lavenham, Terence Dalton Limited, 1987. More
Lavenham, Terence Dalton Limited, 1987. More
Adelaide, J.L. Bonython and Co., 'Advertiser' Office, 1898. A collection of humorous verse (topical and localized) by a son of the South Australian novelist Maud Jean Franc (Mrs E. Evans). More
London, Macmillan, 1886. With the ownership signature and bookplate of Thomas Thornton Reed, sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide, and with his occasional pencilled emphases and annotations. Loosely inserted is a small newspaper clipping (a contemporary illustration of the author). More
London, Constable and Company Limited, 1911. The book is 'mainly an account of two journeys taken through China and Tibet by the late Lieutenant Brooke, F.R.G.S. [John Weston Brooke, 1880-1908]. Mr. Brooke started on his first journey from Shanghai on August 1, 1906, and after crossing Tibet, returned to Shanghai..... More
Lowden, Lowden Publishing Company, 1971/ 1870. Number 1 in the Historical Reprints Series. More
Melbourne, George Robertson, 1880. A foundational work of Australian anthropology, concentrating on the Gunai / Kurnai people of Gippsland and the Gamilaraay of New South Wales and southern Queensland. More
London, Chapman and Hall, 1879 [first edition]. With the uniquely-shaped bookplates of William E. Stuart, featuring a unicorn (possibly William Stuart (1825-93), see wiki) // Charles Lever (1806-1872) was a mercurial Irish novelist. More
Rutland, The Tuttle Company, 1931. Important colonial American printer. More
Chicago, S.C. Griggs and Company, 1869. With the bookplate of Edward Charles Stirling and the later nameplate of Noel Lothian. More
New York, Scribner, 1995. With the contemporary ownership signature of Lucien Parent. More
Sydney, Consolidated Press Ltd., 1943. Number 1 in the Consolidated Press Limited Australian Nature Series. More
London, Lund Humphries, 1971. 'Although the Fuller Collection is pan-Pacific ... its three main segments are derived from Polynesia, Melanesia and Australia. The areas most amply represented - and, consequently, those treated most extensively in this volume - are New Zealand and the Solomon Islands' (dustwrapper blurb). More
London, Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld. [circa 1903]. Provenance: A. Henry Fullwood, with his signature ('London, 1903') in ink on the front pastedown. Albert Henry Fullwood (1863-1930) was born in England, and emigrated to Australia in 1883. He 'worked as a black and white artist for the "Picturesque..... More
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1955. This issue also contains EDWARDS, Robert: St Mary's-on-the-Sturt (12 pages plus 2 plates); MARSHALL, Ann: Climate and Housing (24 pages with 4 charts and 9 floor plans plus 6 small plates); and THOMSON, Keith W.: The Changes in Function of Former Mining Settlements in the Wallaroo Copper..... More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1907. Northern Territory of South Australia Parliamentary Paper Number 50 of 1907; one of only 600 copies. A very detailed account of the expedition from the Petermann and Treuer Ranges to Tanami by camel from September 1905 to September 1906; F.R. George died of illness on the..... More
Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1940 and 1941 (all first editions). More
Canberra, Australian National University Press, 1968. Pacific History Series Number 1. More
Melbourne, Charlwood and Son, Booksellers, Stationers, and Printers, [July 1867]. Trove has enabled us to established beyond doubt the date of publication - Saturday 20 July 1867 - according to the advertisements in the 'Argus' on that and the previous day. Ferguson 9927 (noting a curious variant, with the four..... More
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1973 (facsimile edition)/ 1874. The account of the South Australian Government Surveyor's attempted crossing from the centre to the west coast; not least, he discovered and named Ayers Rock in July 1873. The first separate publication in book form; it was originally published as..... More
Sydney, Butterworths/ ICAA, 1978. More
Adelaide, Corkwood Press, 1997 (facsimile edition)/ 1906. Number 10 of only 50 copies of the deluxe issue (in a total edition of only 250 copies). More
[Gregynog], The Gregynog Press, 1935 (first thus). Number 180 of 300 copies. 'The Gregynog Press, Montgomeryshire, was one of many artistic activities due to the enlightened philanthropy of two sisters, Miss Gwendoline Davies, C.H., and Miss Margaret Davies, LL.D.. The standard of craftsmanship which was quickly achieved made it comparable..... More
Portland, Timber Press/ Heartland Peony Society, 2001. More
Sydney, University of NSW Press Ltd/ Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, 2000. With hundreds of illustrations, including 16 pages of colour illustrations from photographs. More
London, Robert Hale, 1957. Inscribed by the author 'All the best from your Northern Territory friend, Bill Harney, Ayes [sic] Rock NT Ranger, 59'. With a Foreword by Professor A.P. Elkin. More