Adelaide, Theodore Bruce & Co., Fine Art Auctioneers, [1938]. Some 3252 lots were offered for sale; some prices realised are pencilled in, but bibliographical details are thin on the ground. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 76 of 250 copies signed by the author (and the first publication of his Wakefield Press). More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 145 of 275 copies. This is the second publication of Harry Muir's Wakefield Press. Provenance: Johannes Larsen, with his small name-stamp on the title page and his pictorial bookplate on the front flap (this Australian bookplate and its artist, M.G. Wood, do not appear in..... More
Adelaide, The Authors, 2001. Title page inscribed and signed by co-author Jenny Booth. More
London, Ward, Lock, 1898. 'Guy Boothby was born in Adelaide in 1867, and after education there and in London, returned and became private secretary to the Mayor of Adelaide... About 1894 he went to live in London, and began his career as a highly successful popular novelist' (Miller and Macartney)..... More
London, Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895. One of Ward, Lock and Bowden's Colonial Library. 'Guy Boothby was born in Adelaide in 1867, and after education there and in London, returned and became private secretary to the Mayor of Adelaide... About 1894 he went to live in London, and began his..... More
1875. Provenance: Thomas Gill (1849-1923), public servant and local historian, with his signature on the flyleaf and index page, and his manuscript amendments on five pages. More
1879. The map called for on the title page is no longer present. More
Adelaide, C. Platts, E.S. Wigg, J. Howell and W.C. Rigby, [1866]. With the contemporary ownership inscription 'Official Assignee's Office' in ink on the front cover. More
A few short notices advertising the AGMs and committee meetings of the Bordertown Football Club in 1911 and 1912 is all we can find in the 'Border Chronicle' of the period - and if the locals can't be bothered barracking for the home side, no-one else will. More
London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1891. Demography in its broadest sense: 'a description of the geographical features of the colony which have a hygienic relationship; of the meteorological conditions and their relation to certain diseases; of the sanitary progress of the colony'. Ferguson 7288; Ford 362. More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1905. More
[Woodforde], Brother J.V. Bourke, 1991. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
Sydney, ABC Books, 1991/ 1991. Presentation copy inscribed, dated (29 November 1991) and signed by the author to Lady Mary Downer. More
London, Thames and Hudson, 1972. With the contemporary ownership signature of Kym Bonython. More
London, Thames and Hudson, 1972. More
Adelaide, University of Adelaide Foundation/ La Trobe University, 1986 (first edition). More
Adelaide, University of Adelaide Foundation/ La Trobe University, 1986 (first edition). More
Andamooka, Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association, Inc., 1991/ 1984. Originally published by the Heritage Conservation Branch of the Department of Environment and Planning. More
Adelaide, University of Adelaide Foundation, 1988. The contents include 'The History of Poetry in South Australia' (Sesquicentenary Public Lecture, June 30th, 1986). This copy is inscribed, dated (27 May 1988) and signed by the author, poet and erstwhile Chief Justice of South Australia and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide..... More
Canberra, Australian National University Press, 1979 [first edition]. Inscribed, signed and dated (18 December 1979) by the author. More
Canberra, Australian National University Press, 1979 (first edition). Presentation copy. Inscribed, 'To Christopher Pearson/ With affection and regards/ and fraternal greetings to a/ fellow-labourer in the vineyard of/ literature', dated (25 January 1980) and signed by the author. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1988. Warmly inscribed ('To Maurice, my fellow luncher on Saturdays, my fellow explorer in linguistics') signed and dated (23 April 1988) by the author, poet and erstwhile Chief Justice of South Australia and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. Maurice O'Brien was a minor literary editor. More
