Figs. The Genus Ficus
Boca Raton, CRC Press, 2011. Volume 8 in the Traditional Herbal Medicines for Modern Times series. More
Food and Wine
The Waterdrinkers. A History of Temperance
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1968. More
The Man Who Invented Himself. A Life of Sir Thomas Lipton
Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing, 1998. More
El Confitero Moderno. Tratado Completo y Practico de Confiteria y Pasteleria, del Licorista y de toda clase de Refrescos pertenecientes a la Reposteria, con el Metodo de preparar toda clase de Conservas y Encurtidos
Barcelona, Libreria de Zoilo Mayol, 1859 (second edition, revised and enlarged)/ 1851. 'The Modern Confectioner. Complete and Practical Treatise of Confectionery and Pastry, the Liquorist and all kinds of Refreshments pertaining to Pastry, with the Method of preparing all kinds of Preserves and Pickles' (and if you can read the..... More
The Growth of 'Maple Leaf'...
Adelaide, Ellis Limited, [1924]. 'The Ellis Cafe organisation was formed about 1917 as bakers, pastry cooks, caterers, fruiterers and confectioners. The office and factory was at 120 Gouger Street, Adelaide, with a restaurant Covent Gardens at 50 (later 68) King William Street, the Arcadia Cafe in Bowman's Buildings, King William..... More
The Wine Hunter. The Life Story of Australia's First Great Winemaker, Maurice O'Shea
[Sydney], Hachette Australia, 2015 (revised and updated)/ 2007. More
Wheat Rusts. An Atlas of Resistance Genes
East Melbourne, CSIRO, 1995. More
The Neglected Garden. The Politics and Ecology of Agriculture in Iran
London, I.B. Tauris, 1988. More
Boston & Albany R.R. Dining Car Service between Boston and Utica on the Boston and Chicago Special ...
[Boston], Boston and Albany Railroad, 1894 ('6-5-'94'). Dinner was one dollar, and one could dine handsomely on Mackerel, Ribs of Beef or Spring Lamb, Fried Soft Shell Crabs, and all the trimmings. However, this pales beside the choices available on the wine list, commencing with seven varieties of Champagne ....... More
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Coolibah. [Cover title. Aboriginal Art-themed menu featuring 'Steak Namatjira']
Melbourne, The Southern Cross Hotel, [1960s]. Quite apart from the hotel's boast of being 'Australia's Finest Hotel', this Coolibah Coffee Shop menu makes a special feature of their 'Steak Namatjira', 'a thin minute steak grilled to perfection and smothered in a tantalising Arnhem Land Sauce'. If that were not evidence..... More
Jolly Good Ale and Old. The History of Coopers Brewery 1862-1987
[Adelaide], Cooper and Son, 1987. With a few related brochures and newspaper clippings loosely inserted. More
Jolly Good Ale and Old. The History of Coopers Brewery, 1862-1987
[Adelaide], Cooper and Son, 1987. Signed by Bill and Max Cooper. More
The Personal Letterbooks of Professor A.J. Perkins, Government Viticulturist in South Australia, 1890-1901. Translated, edited and with an introduction by Jeff Daniels
Roseworthy, Roseworthy Agricultural College, [1982]. Number 24 of an unspecified limited edition. Copies in the standard binding, papered boards with a dustwrapper, state that the edition is 1000 copies, which presumably includes a modest quantity with this deluxe binding (which we have not seen before). More
Le gout du vin
Bordas, Dunod, 1983 (first edition). Text in French. More
Our Fertile North. 'Porter's Mob' through the NT
Melbourne, National Press, [1944]. An account of a 15-week tour of the North Australian battle zones, and in particular the activities of the Army Farm Services. With the Harold Sheard bookplate (slightly foxed) designed by his wife Rose Lowcay mounted on the verso of the front cover. More
Our Fertile North. 'Porter's Mob' tour the NT
Melbourne, National Press, [1944]. An account of a 15-week tour of the North Australian battle zones, and in particular the activities of the Army Farm Services. More
A vintage albumen paper cabinet photograph of a travelling butcher with his horse-drawn cart
The photograph (image size 102 x 150 mm) is mounted as issued on a plain card. The photographer is not identified, but we suggest he was a travelling photographer working in South Australia, circa 1890s. The butcher is framed between two dead trees in a fairly harsh environment, with a...... More
Oliver's Diary - an 'andkichef of eirth
Hawthorndene, Investigator Press, 1986. With a newspaper cutting detailing how to grow a quandong tree loosely inserted. More
Tulloch Limited... Dinner. To mark the Occasion of handing over to the Commonwealth Railways the first Tulloch-Sulzer Diesel Electric Locomotive built in Australia. Hotel Flinders, Port Augusta, South Australia, 12th May, 1965 [cover title]
[Rhodes, NSW], Tulloch Limited, 1965. Loosely inserted is the inscribed table card for the dinner of one Miss D. Pyatt. Dorothy Pyatt OAM (1918-2019) was a pioneer of the South Australian police force and one of the state's early female police officers. In 1951, she became the first woman police..... More
The Traditional Mode of Production of the Australian Aborigines
North Ryde, Angus and Robertson Publishers, 1987. With the ownership signature of anthropologist Peter Sutton (dated 1988). The traditional hunter-gatherer system of production and exchange. The author, 'who first began working among Australian Aborigines in northern Australia in 1937, is one of the few anthropologists now living who were able..... More
Manganese efficiency in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum)
University of Adelaide, The Author, for Department of Plant Science, Waite Campus, 1999. Inscribed and signed to one of the author's two mentors, Australian wheat breeder A.J. 'Tony ' Rathjen. Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Adelaide. More
McLaren Vale Sea and Vines
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 1998. Signed and dated ('Xmas 1998') by the author. Santich 'has fossicked recipes from the kitchens of domestic and professional cooks and learned the stories of fishermen, farmers, miners, artists and conservationists' (cover blurb). More
The American Restaurant-Merchandising and Menu Design
Tokyo, Shotenkenchiku-Sha, 1985. More
