Story of a Vineyard. Chateau Tahbilk
Melbourne, The Hawthorne Press, 1968 (new edition)/ 1960. More
Melbourne, The Hawthorne Press, 1968 (new edition)/ 1960. 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
London, John Heywood, 1889 ('New and Revised Edition')/ [1886]. More
London, Printed for the Society of Antiquaries by John Nichols, 1790. Pages 423-476 are 'Ancient Cookery. From a ms. in the Library of the Royal Society', and the prefatory note is worth quoting at length: 'The ms. from which the following pages are transcribed, is without title or date, or..... 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
Lausanne, Editions du Grand-Pont, Jean-Pierre Laubscher, 1987. Text in French. With a presentation reproduction postcard from Switzerland loosely inserted. More
Paddington, The Australian Centre for Photography on behalf of CSR Limited, 1978. More
Paddington, The Australian Centre for Photography on behalf of CSR Limited, 1978. More
'Château Tanunda, birthplace of the Barossa, was established in 1890 and is the site of some of the Valley's first vines planted as well as its first winery. The majestic bluestone winery and vineyards is a living testament to the colourful history and pioneering spirit of Australia's most famous wine..... More
An article in the Adelaide 'Advertiser' on tourism in the 'Picturesque Northern Towns' (Monday, 16 December 1929) refers to 'Watervale, with its fine gums and wealth of undulating vineyards, is another of the show places of the locality, and the well-known Springvale winery and distillery is situated in this locality'..... More
Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1963. From the collection of Dr Hedley Marston FRS; a review copy with related inserts. Hedley Ralph Marston was a (South) Australian scientist, Chief of the CSIRO Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition and head of the team that discovered the importance of trace elements in..... More
New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1978 (first thus). 'No vin ordinaire, this book combines the great Salvador Domenech Felipe Jacinto Dali and the world's greatest wines to produce a refreshing blend of art, fun and information. The illustrations are unique in their variety and visual humor. Among the numerous..... More
Adelaide, W.C. Rigby and Melbourne, Geo. Robertson, 1864. Sir Samuel Davenport (1818-1906) was an ardent promoter of agriculture and new industries in South Australia and served as president of both the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society and the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia ('Australian Dictionary..... More
Melbourne, Mast Gully Press, 1979 [from the original French, circa 1880]. Number 295 of only 750 numbered copies of this first edition in English. More
Park Ridge, Noyes Data Corporation, 1975. Food technology review series, No. 26. More
London, Prospect Books, 1987/ 1985. The first book in English to describe Tibetan foods, their preparation and cookery ... not least, over 50 pages of authentic Tibetan recipes. More
Melbourne, E. & D. Syme, 'The Leader' Office, and Adelaide, Frearson & Bro. [1874]. 'The following Papers are reprinted from "The Farm" section of the Melbourne "Leader".... The writer left Melbourne on 1st September, 1874, and returned on the 30th November. The early Papers were written during September, in which..... More
Sacramento, [The Author], 1950 (first edition, second printing) and 1980 (first edition, third printing). 'Secrets of the Wine Producer Now Revealed ... brings together hitherto inaccessible methods and processes in the field of wine production, and places this information on a sound, practical basis by means of Formulae, Blends and..... More
London, Academic Press, 1977. [2 items]. More
Sydney, Macmillan, 2002. More
Unley, Australian Plants Society, 2007. Dated, inscribed and signed in ink by the author on the title page. 'The plants of [the Flinders Ranges] have provided the Adnyamathanha people with plentiful food, medicine, craft and hardware supplies for thousands of years ... complete with botanical descriptions and illustrations of many..... More
Marden, The Authors, 1981. Inscribed and signed by Gabriel Gaté on the title page. More
London, The Minerva Press, 1971 (facsimile edition)/ 1927 (first thus). 'The Historie of Plants, containing the Description, Place, Time, Names, Nature, and Vertues of all sorts of Herbes, for meat, medicine or sweet-smelling use, &c.' (dustwrapper sub-title). More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2015 (revised edition)/ 2011. More
Adelaide, G. Gramp and Sons, 1987. Signed in ink by K.J. Swann, S.W. Gramp, Colin R. Gramp and one more Gramp on the half-title. From Johann Gramp's first wine in 1850, 'Messrs. G. Gramp & Sons Ltd. was to grow into one of the giants of the Australian wine industry..... More