A Biological Survey of the Southern Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia 2000-2001
Adelaide, Department for Environment and Heritage, 2003. More
Adelaide, Department for Environment and Heritage, 2003. More
Adelaide, RSSA, 1918. This volume also contains numerous other papers, some of them lengthy, some of them well-illustrated, on subjects as diverse as Australian fungi (with 4 colour plates), Australian orchids, the geology of Ardrossan, and moths from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1993 (first edition). One of the Miegunyah Press series. 'Material originally collected in the 1940s now appears for the first time in this intricate study of an Aboriginal people who inhabited some of the richest country in Australia at the time of European colonisation'. More
Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 1993 [first Canadian edition]/ 1993. One of the Miegunyah Press series, first published by Melbourne University Press earlier the same year. 'Material originally collected in the 1940s now appears for the first time in this intricate study of an Aboriginal people who inhabited some..... More
Adelaide, RSSA, 1920. This issue contains numerous other papers, unrelated but of considerable interest, including some by eminent scientists such as Professor Thorburn Brailsford Robertson ('Observations on the Physiology of the Fly's Intestine', 13 pages), and Professor Frederic Wood Jones ('The External Characters of Pouch Embryos of Marsupials', 13 pages..... More
Amsterdam, Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (first volume) and Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1931, 1934 and 1942. Important monographs on yeasts; the text is in German. Provenance: Dr Lance Walters (Chief Brewer at the South Australian Brewing Co. from 1944 to the 1980s), with his signature in the cloth-bound volumes, and his ink..... More
Adelaide, Vardon & Sons, Printers, 1916. On the verso of the front flyleaf is an expansive thank-you note signed by the author (15 August 1916): 'Dear Mr Adey, May I ask you to accept of this little booklet as a memento of the improvement which has already shown itself in..... More
Arthurton, Arthurton Centenary Committee, 1977. Inscribed and signed by one of the major researchers. Cover subtitle: Where is Kalkabury? More
Adelaide, The Hassell Press, 1950. More
Adelaide, Rigby Ltd., 1933. 'The Book has been written for the new regime of cricket; the batter, bruise and bust cricket, which has been thrust upon us. This travesty of an erstwhile noble sport demands new techniques to master it ... We find after years of research that all previous..... More
Adelaide, Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd, 1990. 'This is an identification guide to the plants of the Adelaide district, an area which extends from Goolwa to Gawler and including the coastline. It contains colour illustrations and descriptions of about 1200 species ...' (from the blurb). More
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987. Inscribed, dated (2 June 1987) and signed by joint author John Finnis. There is a publisher's printed and handwritten card to the recipient loosely inserted. More
Kent Town, Peacock Publications, 1984. More
Kent Town, Peacock Publications, 2008 (second, revised and enlarged, edition)/ 1984. More
Norwood, St Andrew's Hospital, 1994 (first edition). More
Adelaide, Southern Heritage, May 2014 (second impression)/ November 2013. 'South Australia has a reputation for being different. Conceived as a "province" fully formed, it was the only colony to be founded by an Act of the British parliament. The ideals present at its founding in 1836 included enlightened aspirations towards..... More
London, Cassell, 1921. Dated 1921, and with the pencilled ownership details ('Athelney') and signature (all twice) of Edgar Bristow Hughes (1866-1951). On 9 acres 'Athelney' was built in 1858 by P. D. Prankerd; Herbert Bristow Hughes (1821-1892) bought the house for his wife in 1864; Edgar Bristow Hughes purchased the..... More
Parkville, Melbourne University Press, 1963 (first edition). Signed and dated by the author. More
Parkville, Melbourne University Press, 1963 (first edition). Inscribed in pencil on the front free endpaper; 'From the author, Gilberton, 3 December 1981'. More
Parkville, Melbourne University Press, 1963 (first edition). Signed by the author in ink on the half-title; a contemporary newspaper review of the book is loosely inserted. More
Adelaide, Printed at the Hassell Press for the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia, 1930. With the colour pictorial bookplate and ownership label of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM (1955-2022). More
Adelaide, Bastin's Australian Scenic Tours, 1936. More
Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1989. Some 21 papers, with numerous illustrations, maps, formulae and tables (many in colour). More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2006. Essentially a revised edition of the grass treatment in the 1986 'Flora of South Australia', based on what was known of the grass flora of the state to the end of 2004. More