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An important archive of four books relating to the early history of the Northern Territory,...

[Northern Territory]

An important archive of four books relating to the early history of the Northern Territory, personally extra-illustrated and annotated by William Webster Hoare (1841-1927), surgeon's assistant and dispenser on the 1868-69 survey expedition to the Northern Territory of George Goyder, Surveyor-General of South Australia. The extra material includes photographs, autograph letters, marginalia, sketches and watercolours, including an original pen and wash sketch of Fort Point, Darwin, produced by Hoare on the expedition in 1869, showing the main camp of the survey party at Darwin

The four books are: SEARCY, Alfred: 'In Australian Tropics' (London, 1907) [IAT07]; SEARCY, Alfred: 'In Australian Tropics' (London, 1909) [IAT09]; SEARCY, Alfred: 'By Flood and Field' (Melbourne, 1911) [BFF]; DALY, Mrs Dominic: 'Digging, Squatting and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory' (1887) [DSP]. Together, the four books contain 20 original... More about An important archive of four books relating to the early history of the Northern Territory,...

Price: $25,000.00

The Collected Papers of R.A. Fisher. Edited by J.H. Bennett. Sir Ronald Aylmer FISHER

FISHER, Sir Ronald Aylmer

The Collected Papers of R.A. Fisher. Edited by J.H. Bennett

Adelaide, University of Adelaide, 1971 to 1974. A collection of 294 scientific papers by the important statistician and geneticist Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890-1962). 'Perhaps no other man has had a greater impact on the methodology of scientific research in [the twentieth] century. Fisher's writings are renowned as a basis... More about The Collected Papers of R.A. Fisher. Edited by J.H. Bennett

Price: $750.00

A collection of four board games and one cut-out paper doll. The games are: 'The Anglo-French...

[Depression-era board games and cut-outs]

A collection of four board games and one cut-out paper doll. The games are: 'The Anglo-French Channel Swimming Contest', 'The Lion & the Hunter', 'Going to the Cinema. Who will get there first?', and 'Ludo'; the doll is 'Tessa'

[Otley, Renwick of Otley, (identified from the company's monomark 'B.C.M./ RNIKZ'), circa 1930s]. The bottom portion of each board-game contains the rules, a number of cut-out counters, and a cut-out hexagonal spinner ('Cut out small square in centre of top with point of sharp penknife and insert used match stick..... More about A collection of four board games and one cut-out paper doll. The games are: 'The Anglo-French...

Price: $220.00

The Army that went with the Boys. A Record of Salvation Army Work with the Australian Imperial...

BOND, Lieutenant-Colonel John

The Army that went with the Boys. A Record of Salvation Army Work with the Australian Imperial Force

Melbourne, Salvation Army, 1919. Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill, page 241. More about The Army that went with the Boys. A Record of Salvation Army Work with the Australian Imperial Force

Price: $250.00

Marching as to War. Don CHARLWOOD

CHARLWOOD, Don

Marching as to War

Hawthorn, Hudson Publishing, 1990. Best-known for his 'No Moon Tonight', this is Charlwood's account of his life in Australia - with war approaching. More about Marching as to War

Price: $30.00

Aircraft for the Few. The RAF's Fighters and Bombers of 1940. Michael J. F. BOWYER

BOWYER, Michael J.F.

Aircraft for the Few. The RAF's Fighters and Bombers of 1940

Sparkford, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1991. A comprehensive reference invaluable to any student of the air war, especially the Battle of Britain and the bombing of Britain. A related magazine article is loosely inserted. More about Aircraft for the Few. The RAF's Fighters and Bombers of 1940

Price: $35.00

The Mosquito Log. Alexander McKee

McKee, Alexander

The Mosquito Log

London, Souvenir Press, 1988. The first major work on the DeHavilland Mosquito. More about The Mosquito Log

Price: $30.00

Military Aircraft of Australia, 1909-1918. Wing Commander Keith ISAACS

ISAACS, Wing Commander Keith

Military Aircraft of Australia, 1909-1918

Canberra, Australian War Memorial, 1971. Inscribed, dated (5 May 1976) and signed by the author on the title page. Some related ephemera is loosely inserted. More about Military Aircraft of Australia, 1909-1918

Price: $60.00

From Where the Broughton Flows. A History of the Spalding District. Maurice B. KEAIN

KEAIN, Maurice B.

From Where the Broughton Flows. A History of the Spalding District

Spalding, Keain Publications, 1976. Dated (November 1976) and signed by the author on the title page. More about From Where the Broughton Flows. A History of the Spalding District

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Alitjinya Ngura Tjukurtjarangka. Alitji in the Dreamtime. Adapted and translated from Lewis...

[CARROLL, Lewis]. SHEPPARD, Nancy

Alitjinya Ngura Tjukurtjarangka. Alitji in the Dreamtime. Adapted and translated from Lewis Carroll's story 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Nancy Sheppard. Edited by Barbara Ker Wilson

Adelaide, Department of Adult Education, University of Adelaide, 1975. The Pitjantjatjara version, 'the forty-fourth translation of the story into another language'. More about Alitjinya Ngura Tjukurtjarangka. Alitji in the Dreamtime. Adapted and translated from Lewis...

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The Crystal Palace Exhibition Illustrated Catalogue London 1851. John GLOAG

GLOAG, John

The Crystal Palace Exhibition Illustrated Catalogue London 1851

New York, Dover Publications, 1970. With a new introduction by John Gloag. More about The Crystal Palace Exhibition Illustrated Catalogue London 1851

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People of Port Pirie, Past and Present. Nancy WOOD

WOOD, Nancy

People of Port Pirie, Past and Present

Port Pirie, Port Pirie Branch of the National Trust of South Australia, 1988. More about People of Port Pirie, Past and Present

Price: $65.00

Fairway to Heaven. The Story of Enfield. Australia's first Lawn Cemetery. Robert NICOL

NICOL, Robert

Fairway to Heaven. The Story of Enfield. Australia's first Lawn Cemetery

Enfield, Enfield General Cemetery Trust, 1997. Inscribed and signed by the author. More about Fairway to Heaven. The Story of Enfield. Australia's first Lawn Cemetery

Price: $55.00

Architecture of the Soviet Latvia. I. A. STRAUTMANIS, Ja. A., KRASTINSH, O. M., BUKA, G K. ASARIS

STRAUTMANIS, I.A., BUKA, O.M., KRASTINSH, Ja. A. and G.K. ASARIS

Architecture of the Soviet Latvia

Moscow, Stroyizdat, 1987. Text mostly in Russian, but with some explanatory text in English. Principally the modern architecture. More about Architecture of the Soviet Latvia

Price: $135.00

Marree and the Tracks beyond in Black and White. Commemorating the Centenary of Marree 1883-1983....

LITCHFIELD, Lois

Marree and the Tracks beyond in Black and White. Commemorating the Centenary of Marree 1883-1983

Marree, The Author, 1983. More about Marree and the Tracks beyond in Black and White. Commemorating the Centenary of Marree 1883-1983

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A Guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia. Part 1: Archostemata and Adephaga [and] Part...

MATTHEWS, E.S.

A Guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia. Part 1: Archostemata and Adephaga [and] Part 2: Polyphaga: Staphylinoidea and Hydrophiloidea

Adelaide, South Australian Museum, 1980 and 1982. More about A Guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia. Part 1: Archostemata and Adephaga [and] Part...

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Tulipomania. Wilfred BLUNT

BLUNT, Wilfred

Tulipomania

London, Penguin Books, 1950. With 16 plates from seventeenth-century water colours by Alexander Marshal. King Penguin Number 44. More about Tulipomania

Price: $30.00

Box Kites and Beyond. E. G. ROBERTS

ROBERTS, E.G.

Box Kites and Beyond

Melbourne, Hawthorn, 1976. Two related magazine articles are loosely inserted. More about Box Kites and Beyond

Price: $30.00

The Death of the Artist as Hero. Essays in History and Culture. Bernard SMITH

SMITH, Bernard

The Death of the Artist as Hero. Essays in History and Culture

Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1988. More about The Death of the Artist as Hero. Essays in History and Culture

Price: $25.00

Sand, Sweat and Camels. The Australian Companies of the Imperial Camel Corps. Imperial Camel...

[Imperial Camel Corps]. LANGLEY, George Furner and Edmee M. LANGLEY

Sand, Sweat and Camels. The Australian Companies of the Imperial Camel Corps

Kilmore, Lowden Publishing Company, 1976. ** Some related ephemera is loosely inserted. Lieutenant-Colonel George Furner Langley (1891-1971) 'joined the Imperial Camel Corps on its formation and remained with it until it disbanded' (dustwrapper blurb). Fielding and O'Neill, page 224; Trigellis-Smith 286. More about Sand, Sweat and Camels. The Australian Companies of the Imperial Camel Corps

Price: $110.00

These Things Happened. Unrecorded History 1895 - 1946. F. F. KNIGHT

KNIGHT, F. F.

These Things Happened. Unrecorded History 1895 - 1946

Melbourne, Hawthorn, 1975. More about These Things Happened. Unrecorded History 1895 - 1946

Price: $30.00

Air War Diary. An Australian in Bomber Command. David SCHOLES

SCHOLES, David

Air War Diary. An Australian in Bomber Command

Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1997. More about Air War Diary. An Australian in Bomber Command

Price: $35.00

Battle Order 204. A Bomber Pilot's Story. Christobel MATTINGLEY

MATTINGLEY, Christobel

Battle Order 204. A Bomber Pilot's Story

Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin, 2007. Signed on the title page by the bomber pilot, David Mattingley. Also warmly inscribed, dated (26 October 2007) and signed the author to aviation historian David Vincent. Loosely inserted is the publisher's advertising flyer. More about Battle Order 204. A Bomber Pilot's Story

Price: $40.00

The Book of Bulbs. S. ARNOTT

ARNOTT, S.

The Book of Bulbs

London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1901. With the pencilled inscription (dated 4 September 1936) of a member of the Reynell family. Volume V. in the Handbooks of Practical Gardening. More about The Book of Bulbs

Price: $55.00

Facts and Fancies about Flowers. Margaret Moyes BLACK

BLACK, Margaret Moyes

Facts and Fancies about Flowers

Edinburgh, Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1897. Science Talks to Young Thinkers series. More about Facts and Fancies about Flowers

Price: $65.00

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