An Outline Grammar of the Gugada Dialect, South Australia
Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1972. Australian Aboriginal Studies Number 48, Linguistics Series Number 20. More
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Unusual maps are some of the highlights of our latest catalogue: MacDonald Gill’s eye-catching poster maps of Australia and New Zealand issued during the Second World War are one thing; John Arrowsmith’s The District of Adelaide, South Australia from 1840, is something else again!
Signed items are in abundance, including an autograph letter signed by Edmund Dulac; two small signed drawings by Clifton Pugh; books signed by J.M. Coetzee, Nancy Cunard and Leon Carmen (aka Wanda Koolmatrie); signed photographs of Admiral Edward Evans, Dame Nancy Buttfield and Pelé; and autographs of Jørn Utzon and Gough Whitlam.
Accounts of voyages include Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes by Charles de Brosses (two volumes, 1756); and Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands by François Péron, continued by Louis de Freycinet (three volumes, 2003-2008). This is one of only 400 sets of the first full edition in English of the official account of the 1800-03 French voyage of exploration to Australia under the command of Nicolas Baudin.
Parcours Muséologique Revisité
Göttingen, Steidl, 2009. An extended photographic essay, 'Robert Polidori's attempt to visually portray aspects of historical revisionism as seen through various stages of the restoration of the Palace of Versailles' (from the publisher's blurb). The three volumes are 'Traditional States', 'Attempting to achieve an Approximate Order', and 'Upon Closer Scrutiny'..... More
Port Pirie, the Friendly City. The Undaunted Years
Norwood, Peacock Publications, 1988. Number 901 of 1000 copies of the first edition, signed by the author and the mayor of Port Pirie (W.G. 'Bill' Jones). More
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Fabula Petro Cuniculo [sic]. Liber omnibus notus Beatricis Potteri in Latinum conversus est auctore E. Perotis Walkeri
London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., [May 1962 (first edition)]. This first edition in Latin of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' evidently attracted the opprobrium of the Latinist public. By November 1962 Warne had issued a revised edition with substantial corrections and emendations to the Latin, including to the title..... More
The History and Problems of the Northern Territory, Australia... The John Murtagh Macrossan Lectures, University of Queensland, 1930
Adelaide, Printed by A.E. Acott, 1930. Provenance: Thomas Thornton Reed (1902-1995), sometime Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide, with his ownership signature in pencil on the front free endpaper. More
Prince Alfred College Chronicle. Volume XV, Number 210, January 1948 to Volume XVI, Number 215, February 1950
Kent Town, Prince Alfred College, 1948 to 1950. The amateur (but competent) binding features the school emblem and motto ('Fac Fortia et Patere') hand-tooled on the front cover. More
Prince Alfred College. The Story of the First Eighty Years, 1867-1948
Adelaide, Gillingham & Co. Ltd., 1951. The deluxe issue bound in full burgundy leather, with the school's crest in gilt on the front cover. More
Handle with Care. A Book of Prison Camp Sketches drawn & written in Prison Camps in Germany
[Cookham], The Authors, 1946. The two-page introduction by the authors (dated 'Cookham, 1946') outlines the chequered history of the book, not least the difficulties in getting it printed on their return from captivity. We 'spent two months searching a somewhat changed England for a publisher with enough good paper for..... More
The Compleat Angler in Tasmania. A Highland Fly Fishing Season with Izaak Walton
Hobart, 'Published for the author by Forty Degrees South Pty Ltd', 2011. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. More
Clifton Pugh. Retrospective Exhibition
[Kent Town, Dequetteville Centre, 1976]. The front cover is inscribed and signed by the artist ('for Mervyn & Ruth | Cheers | Clifton') to fellow-artists Mervyn Smith and Ruth Tuck, with a pen drawing of a wombat from the rear, alive but pensive. The catalogue lists 54 items. More
A Year of Orchids
South Melbourne, Richard Griffin, 1983. The limitation page is inscribed and signed by Clifton Pugh for 'Mervyn & Ruth ... 14.11.83' (fellow-artists Mervyn Smith and Ruth Tuck), with a small pen drawing of an orchid. It is additionally inscribed and signed by one of the authors, Campbell Beardsell. One of..... More
Gold Is Where You Find It. Book 1
Sydney, The Authors, 1981. Far western and central western New South Wales. More
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The Queensland Aborigines [in three volumes]
Carlisle, Hesperian Press, 1984 (facsimile edition)/ 1897 to 1910. Volume I is a reprint of 'Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines' (1897); Volume II is a reprint of the separately-issued North Queensland Ethnography Bulletins 1-8 (1901 to 1908); Volume III is a reprint of Bulletins 9-18, first published in..... More
Native Diet. With Numerous Practical Recipes
London, William Heinemann (Medical Books) Ltd., 1926. Provenance: Edward Angas Johnson (1873-1951), Adelaide medical practitioner prominent in public health circles, with his signature inkstamp on the title page. His grandmother was a daughter of George Fife Angas. More
Downs & Dunes. Their Plant Life and its Environment
London, Bell, 1952. The front free endpaper is inscribed and signed by the author ('Hedley Marston | with affectionate regards | from Edward'. Loosely inserted are two Royal Institute of Great Britain pamphlets by Salisbury (1938 and 1951, the latter on West Australian flora, inscribed 'To H.M. from E.J.S.'), and..... More
'St. John's', Rheinthal
Tanunda, The Author, 1991. A detailed history of the early German settlements in the Rhine River Valley in the Barossa Ranges, south of Sedan. More
A Documentary and Pictorial Presentation of the Early Years of 'St. Mark's', Melbourne
Tanunda, The Author, 1989. The laying of the foundation stone of St Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, East Melbourne, took place on 17 May 1953. The book consists primarily of copies of relevant newspaper or magazine cuttings and other ephemeral printings. More
Four Lectures on Wave Mechanics. Delivered at the Royal Institution, London, on 5th, 7th, 12th, and 14th March, 1928
London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1928. More
Natural History of Gulf St Vincent
[Adelaide], Royal Society of South Australia (Inc.), 2008. More
Inman. First Commander of the South Australia Police
West Lakes, Seaview Press Pty Ltd, 2010. The title page is inscribed and signed by the author. More
The Red and Black Diamond. The History of the 21st Battalion, 1915-1918
Gardenvale, Mostly Unsung Military History Research and Publications, 1997. The nominal roll runs to 110 pages; the last page lists the names of the 60 subscribers. More
The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria
Carlton, Queensberry Hill Press, 1980 (second impression)/ 1979 (facsimile edition)/ 1869. The preliminaries are new to the facsimile editions; they include a three-page preface by Geoffrey Blainey, and a two-page biographical note by Thomas A. Darragh. More
The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria
Carlton, Queensberry Hill Press, 1979 (facsimile edition)/ 1869. The preliminaries are new to the facsimile edition; they include a three-page preface by Geoffrey Blainey, and a two-page biographical note by Thomas A. Darragh. This is a superior production (binding material and paper quality) to the 1980 reprint. More
The South Australian Advertiser. Volume XXVIII, Number 8384, Tuesday 1 September 1885 to Volume XXVIII, Number 8436, Saturday 31 October 1885
Adelaide, Frederic Britten Burden and John Langdon Bonython, 1885. The newspaper came out Monday to Saturday; it contains a fascinating miscellany of (mainly) local, national and international news, to say nothing of its main selling point, the advertisements (invariably half the content of each issue). More
The South Australian Colonist and Settler's Weekly Record of British, Foreign, and Colonial Intelligence. Volume 1, Number 1, Tuesday, March 10, 1840 to Volume 1, Number 22, Tuesday, August 4, 1840
London, 'Printed for the Proprietor, by William Cecil Huttmann', 1840. The prospectus appears on pages 7 and 8 of the first issue; the proprietors' object is 'not mercenary but patriotic ... they are not the organs of any party ... they will offer a fearless and uncompromising opposition to every..... More
Aboriginal Pathways in Southeast Queensland and the Richmond River
St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1987/ 1984. 'The first European chroniclers of Aboriginal Culture in Australia looked for the sensational, often neglecting its more significant features. In his fourth book on Queensland's early history, J.G. Steele corrects this imbalance with a detailed account of the Aborigines of the subtropical..... More
The History of the Rise and Progress of the New British Province of South Australia ...
London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1839 (second edition)/ 1839. The lengthy subtitle is 'including particulars descriptive of its soil, climate, natural productions, &c. and proofs of its superiority to all other British colonies. Embracing also a full account of the South Australian Company, with hints to various classes of emigrants..... More
Explorations in Australia. The Journals of John McDouall Stuart during the years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, & 1862, when he fixed the Centre of the Continent and successfully crossed it from Sea to Sea. Edited from Mr Stuart's Manuscript by William Hardman ...
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1977 (second impression)/ 1975 (facsimile edition)/ 1865 (second edition)/ 1864. Peade A198: one of only 904 copies. More
Languages of Cape York. Papers presented to the Linguistic Symposium, Part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974
Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1976. Australian Aboriginal Studies, Research and Regional Studies Number 6. More
Music, Sound, and Technology in America. A Documentary History of Early Phonograph, Cinema, and Radio
Durham, Duke University Press, 2012. More
Aborigines of South Australia. Illustrative and Explanatory Notes of the Manners, Customs, Habits, and Superstitions of the Natives ...
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1965 (facsimile edition)/ 1841. South Australian Facsimile Editions No. 2. Peade SA2 (one of only 142 copies in a total print run of 355 copies, including 213 for a '1967 reprint?'. He records copies in 'blue vinyl laminate' and blue cloth; we have previously..... More
Donald Thomson. The Man and Scholar
Canberra, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 2005. More
The Messages of its Walls & Fields. A History of St Peter's College, 1847 to 2009
Kent Town, The Council of Governors of St Peter's College/ Wakefield Press, 2010. More
Liber Vitae. Being the Roll of Honour of Talbot House, Poperinghe and Ypres, & Others of the Elder Brethren, commemorated in Toc H
London, All Hallows Porch Room, 1928. Provenance: Mary Isobel 'Molly' Barr-Smith (1863-1941), with her ownership signature on the front free endpaper. Folded and mounted on the front pastedown is a typed letter signed from Philip Thomas Byard ('Tubby') Clayton (1885-1972) on All Hallows Porchroom [sic] letterhead (one page quarto, 18..... More
Seed of the Coolibah. A History of the Yandruwandha and Yawarrawarrka People
Adelaide, The Author, 2003. Inscribed and signed to Bob Ellis 'of the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency [who] offered welcome constructive criticism' (acknowledgements page). More
The Two Towers. Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings
London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1955 (printed at the foot of the title page, with 'Second impression 1955' on the verso)/ [November] 1954. See Hammond and Anderson A5a.ii. More
Reminiscences of an Adventurous and Chequered Career at Home and at the Antipodes
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1972 (facsimile edition)/ 1882. Peade A192: one of only 539 sets. [2 items]. More
Christopher Johnson & Co., Sheffield, England. Sole Manufacturers of the Flag Brand Cutlery
Sheffield, Christopher Johnson & Co., July 1924. The front pastedown bears a small company label, number-stamped 243. A superior production, with the plates produced 'from photographs'. The contents are mainly numerous examples of kitchen cutlery, either with only the knives shown, or in canteens. There are eight plates devoted to..... More
The Chemist's Price Book and Retail Counter Companion
London, 'sold by Messrs. Barclay & Sons ...', 1864 [seventh edition, enlarged and revised according to the British Pharmacopoeia, 1864]. For the first 123 double-page openings, the left-hand page contains an alphabetical list of drugs; pages 234-291 contain lists of sundries, arranged alphabetically by broad subject headings (such as bandages..... More
Rock Art of South-East Cape York
Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1971. Australian Aboriginal Studies Number 24, Prehistory and Material Culture Series Number 4. More
Flinders Ranges Dreaming
Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press, 1988. Signed by the author on the half-title (3 September 1988). An 'extensive collection of the traditional stories of the Adnyamathanha people of the Northern Flinders Ranges and adjacent plains. It contains over fifty stories and as many photographs and maps' (front flap blurb). It was..... More
The Story of the Flinders Ranges Mammals
Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1991 (first edition). Compiled in association with the Nepabunna Aboriginal School. 'Evidence gathered from Adnyamathanha people, scientists and old documents reveals what happened to the 58 mammal species present in the Flinders Ranges 200 years ago' (front cover). More
Kaytetye Picture Dictionary
Alice Springs, IAD Press, 2004. One of the IAD Press Picture Dictionary Series. The Kaytetye communities live in the region around Barrow Creek and Tennant Creek. More
Post Office Souvenir Cover. Sydney Opera House. Official Opening by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, October 20, 1973 [a first day cover signed by Utzon]
Signed by Jørn Utzon (1918-2008), architect of the Sydney Opera House. Utzon resigned from the project in 1966 and did not attend the opening ceremony; this signature was acquired by a local private collector who corresponded directly with him. More
Sunny South Australia .... Its City-Towns, Seaports, Beauty-Spots, Fruit, Vineyards and Flowers: its Wheat, Wool, Wine, Sheep, Dairying, Copper, Iron, Phosphates, and other Progressive Industries from 1837 to 1908 .... 4,000 Miles of Travel
Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham, January 1909 (second edition)/ June 1908. The book went through four editions in five years, with a limited edition facsimile appearing in 1979. The second edition still contains the author's embarrassing confession of an event that occurred when she was being driven around McLaren Vale by..... More
The Collected Works of Edward Gibbon Wakefield
London, Collins, 1968. Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), author and colonial promoter, 'was an enigma to his contemporaries as he is to posterity. Denied office by his criminal record [in 1827 he was sentenced to three years imprisonment in Newgate] he devoted his energy to schemes for systematic colonization and responsible..... More
Bridge and Barrier. The Natural and Cultural History of Torres Strait
Canberra, Australian National University, 1972. Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Biogeography & Geomorphology, Publication BG/3 (1972). More
Bradshaw Art of the Kimberley
Toowong, Takarakka Nowan Kas Publications, in association with The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne, 2000. An unparalleled 'visual record of ancient Kimberley rock art, dealing specifically with periods predating the Ice Age', and a work of lasting significance produced to the highest standard. Grahame Walsh died in 2007, aged 62;..... More
Letter to the Right Honorable the Lord Lyttelton, on the Relations of Great Britain with the Colonists and Aborigines of New Zealand
London, Edward Stanton, 1863. 'A Defence of New Zealand's part in the differences with the British Government on the management of Maori affairs' (Bagnall 5862). More
Travels in the Upper Egyptian Deserts
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1909. Provenance: Ismay Lucretia Mary Ramsay, with her armorial bookplate (Hon. Ismay Lucretia Mary Ramsay née Preston, 1882-1955, wife of Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart and Captain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay, according to Geni). More