Oliphant. The Life and Times of Sir Mark Oliphant
Adelaide, The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd, 1981. Inscribed and signed by Stewart Cockburn on the front flyleaf. More
Adelaide, The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd, 1981. Inscribed and signed by Stewart Cockburn on the front flyleaf. More
Adelaide, The Authors/ Axiom Books Pty Ltd, 1981. Inscribed and signed in ink by Stewart Cockburn, 'For David Robertson. A key figure in this story!'. David Robertson was an American engineer who worked with Oliphant on the development of radar (see Index for more). More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1978. More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1978. With the presentation stamp of Graham Gunn, MP, Member for Eyre. Gunn was the longest-serving member of any Australian Parliament. More
Sydney, The Church Missionary Society, September 1963 (revised edition). Number 2 in the Field Facts series of booklets. More
Adelaide, South Australian Ornithological Association Inc., 2000. Foreword by Grahame Pizzey. More
Peake 399 ('River scene with sampan'). George Alphonse Collingridge de Tourcey (1847-1931) was an important landscape artist and author, with a strong interest in the European discovery of Australia. Frederick Lucas Benham was a South Australian doctor and collector of books, pictures, coins, and medals (among other things); he was..... More
[Richmond, The Author], 2013. More
Woodside, The Author, 2005. Not least, the stunning jetty at Port Germein. More
Adelaide, Andrew Murray, Printer, Rundle Street (Sold by C. Platts, Bookseller, Hindley Street ...), 1845. The State Library of South Australia has a copy of this item with the map (and it's a beauty - a hand-coloured lithograph, 322 Ă— 213 mm, produced in 'Goodwood nr Adelaide' in 1845). However..... More
Arthurton, Arthurton Centenary Committee, 1977. Inscribed and signed by one of the major researchers. Cover subtitle: Where is Kalkabury? More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2019 (first thus). Albert Colson (1881-1950), 'explorer and bushman ... was cameleer and guide on Michael Terry's 1930 expeditions to the Petermann and Tomkinson ranges, and conducted A. P. Elkin on his anthropological investigations west of Charlotte Waters. Colson understood the..... More
Sydney, William H. Beale, Methodist Book Room, 1914. With the conetmporary ink ownership signature of Sir William 'Will' Sowden (1858-1943), the influential SA newspaper proprietor and editor on the title page, and his pencilled notes on the rear flyleaf. Stamped 'Review Copy, Methodist Book Depot', and 'Methodist Book Depot, Adelaide'..... More
[Adelaide], Government Printer, 1958/ 1957. More
[Adelaide], Government Printer, 1958/ 1957. Loosely inserted is a compliments slip from the Government of South Australia, also with the previous owner's signature. More
Adelaide, Comport, 1997. Number 364 of 1000 copies signed by the artist. More
Adelaide, Comport, 1997. Number 308 of 1000 copies signed by the artist. Loosely inserted is a handwritten letter from the artist. More
[Adelaide, The Author, 1993]. Presentation copy inscribed to Andrea and Ron Adams, signed 'Pip' (the author, a local artist), and further inscribed enigmatically 'At least try Chapter 30!'. More
[Adelaide, The Author, 1993]. Presentation copy inscribed to Russell [Starke], dated 1998, and signed 'Pip' (the author, a local artist); loosely inserted is a handwritten letter from Pip to Starke. More
Provenance: Frank Trigg (1876-1963), with his personal 'Conchological Library' bookplate on the front pastedowns, his annotations on the front flyleaves, and his occasional signature or initials. Frank Trigg 'held the office as treasurer and committeeman of the Field Naturalists' section [of the RGGS] for a number of years. He was..... More
[Adelaide, Congregational Union and Home Mission of South Australia, 1943]. The annual report for 1942, with directories of personnel, committee members and churches for the two years ahead, plus short articles on the history of the Congregational Church in South Australia, and the Parkin Aboriginal Mission at Point McLeay. More
Perth, Brokensha & Shaw Ltd., 1938 (revised and expanded edition)/ 1916. The balance of the title sets the scene: 'Where the Writer, Mrs. J. Fairfax Conigrave (a daughter of one of South Australia's well-remembered pioneers, Mr Charles Price, of Hindmarsh Island) spent her childhood'. The front cover gives the author's..... More
Gloucester, British Publishing Company, 1946. South Australia, pages 30-39. More
Adelaide, Gillingham, Swann & Co. Ltd., 1924. 'Compiled by the Members of Chalmers Church Friendship Club in aid of Home Mission of South Australia'. More
Adelaide, Gawler Institute, 1910. The superior full-cloth binding; most copies were bound in quarter cloth and printed papered boards. Provenance: James Loutit, with his signature in pencil on the title page. We presume him to be a brother of Thomas Flett Loutit, who was an early partner in the well-known..... More