Flora of South Australia... Fourth Edition, produced for the State's Jubilee 150 Celebrations
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1 August 1986 (fourth edition)/ 1922 to 1929. [4 items]. More
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The Sacred Wood. Essays on Poetry and Criticism
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1920 (first edition, first state). The advertisement for Clutton-Brock's 'What is the Kingdom of Heaven?' on the front flap lists the fourth edition. More
The London Chronicle. Vol. LXV. No 5071. From Saturday, April 4, to Tuesday, April 7, 1789 [drop-title]
The earliest printed accounts of the expedition of the First Fleet to Botany Bay, and the settlement at Sydney Cove appeared in issues of the 'London Chronicle' in early 1789. Important accounts appeared in the issues for 24-26 March (Number 5058) and 26-28 March (Number 5059). This particular issue contains..... More
The Grey River
London, Seeley and Co., 1889. The front flyleaf is inscribed and signed by one of the authors, Rosa Praed, 'To my Friend & Country woman Mrs Langloh Parker. In cordial admiration & regard & with sincere good wishes for the future. R.M. Praed. London. Oct 30th / 05'. The catalogue..... More
On Poetry and Poets
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1957. With the gift inscription of one of Sir Josiah Symon's daughters (dated 8 October 1957). More
'Four Quartets Rehearsed'. A Commentary on T.S. Eliot's Cycle of Poems
London, Sheed & Ward, 1946 (first reprint)/ 1946. More
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Official History of Australia in the War, 1914-1918 [the complete twelve-volume set]
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1939 (one volume), 1940 (two volumes), 1941 (four volumes), 1942 (four volumes) and 1943 (one volume). The sixth volume is the first and only edition of 1942, the others are mixed editions ranging from the eighth to the sixteenth (Volume 12). The Australian Government accepted Charles..... More
The Banksias [three volumes]
Melbourne, Monash University, 1981 (in association with Academic Press, London); 1988 (in association with the State Bank of Victoria); and 2000 (in association with Nokomis Publications). The first two volumes are limited to 720 numbered copies, the third to 520; all three volumes of this set are number 221. Complete..... More
History of British Birds. Volume 1: Containing the History and Description of Land Birds. Volume 2: Containing the History and Description of Water Birds
Newcastle, Printed by Charles Henry Cook for R.E. Bewick, 1832/ 1797 and 1804. The set is valued more these days for its numerous vignettes by Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) than for its ornithology. 'Apart from the excellence of the principal figures, the numerous tailpiece vignettes that enlivened every spare space in..... More
Road Plan of Adelaide Hills
[Adelaide], W.H. Edmunds, 1938. 'Topographic map of Adelaide Hills from Morialta Falls, Forest Range Heights in the north and Mylor in the south. Includes Norton's Summit, Cherryville, Ashton, Uraidla, Carey's Gully, Piccadilly, Crafers, Stirling, Aldgate, Bridgewater, Hahndorf, Heathfield, Longwood and Mylor. Shows hotels, ovals, churches, orchards, schools and works. Relief..... More
Province of South Australia. Land Grant. Town Section No. 558 to O. Gilles Esq. [A printed document, with manuscript insertions]
The grant is for 'All that One Acre Section of Town Land numbered "558" in the Provincial Survey', purchased by none other than the Treasurer himself! Osmond Gilles (1788-1866) was an extremely interesting character by any account (not least, the one in the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'): 'Of Huguenot descent..... More
The Australian Flower Paintings of Ferdinand Bauer. With an Introduction by Wilfred Blunt
London, Basilisk Press, 1976. Number 494 of 515 copies. 'This volume reproduces 25 coloured drawings of Australian plants made in 1801-5 by Ferdinand Lukas Bauer when he was official Botanical Draughtsman' on the 'Investigator' under Matthew Flinders. The plates, selected from among 236 held in the British Museum, are published..... More
Wayzgoose. The Australian Journal of Book Arts. Number One [all published]
Pyrmont, The Wayzgoose Press, 1985. Number 20 of the deluxe edition of only 50 copies on Velin Cuves Rives paper; the standard edition consisted of 400 copies in wrappers. Thirteen articles of varying lengths on printing history, hand-printing, bookbinding and papermaking, including 'George Howe and Early Printing in New South..... More
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Official History of Australia in the War, 1914-1918 [the complete twelve-volume set]
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1936 (one volume), 1938 (one volume), 1941 (one volume), 1942 (four volumes), 1943 (four volumes) and 1944 (one volume). The sixth volume is the first and only edition of 1942, the others are mixed editions ranging from the third to the thirteenth (Volumes 2, 3 and..... More
Rebau's Naturgeschichte für die deutsche Jugend
Reutlingen, J.C. Mäcken Sohn, 1849 (fifth edition, 'aufs neue durchesehen, verbessert und auch für den Gebrauch der Erwachsenen eingerichtet') [revised, improved and arranged for adult use]/ 1827. A revised edition of a work by Heinrich Rebau (the pseudonym of Christian August Gebauer), first published in 1827. This edition certainly has..... More
South Australia. Its Advantages and its Resources. Being a Description of that Colony and a Manual of Information for Emigrants
London, John Murray, 1848. For 'the most part the result of seven years' personal observation in the Colony of South Australia, and contains, from this source, detailed statements on the prospects of labourer and farmer, on Agriculture, Stock Farming, Building, Gardening, Manufacturing in various branches ... and Mining and Mineral..... More
A carte de visite portrait photograph, a studio tableau of an Indigenous man wearing a fur cloak, holding a spear mounted in a woomera
Adelaide, S. Solomon, School of Photography, 51 Rundle Street, Adelaide, [circa 1870s]. We have previously sold a carte de visite, mounted on an identical printed card, of a studio tableau by Solomon of an 'Indigenous woman wearing a fur cloak, with a child on her back, a boomerang in one..... More
'Aboriginal Girl Carrying Water' [a studio tableau portrait photograph of an Indigenous woman wearing a fur 'apron' with a container on her right shoulder]
Sydney, 'Kerry Photo', [circa 1890s, but printed early in the twentieth century?]. Charles Henry Kerry (1857-1928) 'turned a small portrait studio into the colony's largest photographic organization. Kerry sold albums of high-quality pictures ... and sold prints to the public. In 1885 he was asked to prepare an exhibit of..... More
The Native Tribes of Central Australia
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1899. The significance of the book in the history of anthropology worldwide needs only to be noted in passing. Provenance: the small name-plate of 'H.H. Dutton, Magdalen College, Oxford' is mounted on the front pastedown. The obituary of Henry Hampden Dutton (1879-1932) is worth repeating..... More
An IOU between two South Australian soldiers, F.W. Belt and H.C. Hawker, while on active service in South Africa in 1900
The contract reads 'Bloemfontein | 13 Apl 1900 | I.O.U. Ten Pounds [with Ten crossed out in pencil, £15 written above it in ink, and 'Fifteen' in pencil, with both initialled in pencil by F.W. Belt] | F.W. Belt | Payable to H.C. Hawker or order'; H.C. Hawker has signed..... More
Early Experiences in South Australia
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, 1899. These memoirs of James Collins Hawker (1821-1901) date back to 1838, when he arrived with Governor George Gawler. They first appeared as a series of articles in 'The South Australian Register' and 'The Adelaide Observer'. An utterly rare second series was published in 1901;..... More
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Foundations of Steel. The BHP Story [an unpublished typescript manuscript]
[No Place, The Author], December 1956. An explanation for the failure of this work to be published may be found in the following sequence of contemporary events. In 1958, Lady Paquita Mawson published the biography of her father, 'A Vision of Steel. The Life of G.D. Delprat CBE. General Manager..... More
Two letters from the former Australian Prime Minister to a young lad in 1924
The letters are addressed to Master Leo Cooke, Royal Hotel, St Kilda. The first letter is in response to a recent letter from Leo, a thank-you to Hughes for sending his autograph. 'My dear little boy, I ... am very glad to know you are pleased with my Autograph. I...... More
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
London, Macmillan and Co., 1868 (twelfth thousand)/ 1866. The miniatures are by Miss C.B. Currie, after Tenniel's illustrations; the front doublure is stamped in gilt 'Miniatures by C.B. Currie'. The scenes depicted are Alice (with flamingo / croquet mallet) and the Duchess on the front cover, and Alice and the..... More
Biographical Index of South Australians, 1836-1885
Marden, South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society, 1986. A perennially useful reference work. [4 items]. More