So They Did It That Way. A Short History of Strathalbyn High School, 1913-1976 [cover title]
Strathalbyn, [The Authors, 1977]. With numerous illustrations. More
South Australia
Bleasdale, 1850-1950. A Centenary History of Bleasdale, Langhornes Creek, South Australia
Adelaide, [Bleasdale Wines, 1950]. Compiled in part 'from facts supplied by members of the family of Frank Potts (1815-1890)'; the author is 'one of his 21 grandsons'. The half-title is inscribed and signed 'To Reg, as a small token of appreciation for many services rendered. A.B. Potts Xmas 1950' (Arthur..... More
Welcome to Blyth. Rainfall 440mm, Pop. 250, Alt. 189m
[Blyth, Blyth School Council for the Author, 2001]. More
A Historical Family Account of Johann Georg Boehm, his wife, Johanne Caroline and Their Six Children who emigrated from Prussia to South Australia on the ship 'Zebra' in 1838 ...
Millswood, The Author, 1979. The balance of the title is 'Their seventh and last child was born at Hahndorf, South Australia in 1840. And a genealogical record of the South Australian and Australian-born generations which followed from 1838 to 1978'. With the ownership signature of a family member on the..... More
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District Mounted Troops. Cape Colonial Forces [cover title]. Part I: Rules and Regulations for Organization, Equipment, Pay and Allowances. Part II: Notes for Guidance of D.M.T. Officers, N.C.O.'s and Men, and Certain Rules and Regulations, Colonial Forces Act, 1892
East London, Printed by the Standard Printing Co., 1902 (revised edition). The preface states that this book 'contains the various orders which have from time to time appeared in C.D.F., L. of C., and C.C.F. orders regarding D.M.T.'s; and also in circular memorandums from heads of departments in South Africa..... More
Extracts from Orders and Memoranda published for the Guidance of Officers, Commanding Columns and Posts in the Orange River Colony [cover title]
Bloemfontein, O.R.C., The Argus Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd., 1901. These extracts from 17 'Confidential Memos, etc.' left little to the imagination. Number $ simply states that 'All prisoners of war dressed in British uniforms, or when disguised in the distinctive dress worn by our troops, are to be shot..... 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
A collection of six different vintage portrait photographs of Lieutenant (later Captain) Samuel Albert White, together with 65 personal snapshots from his Boer War days
Samuel Albert White (1870-1954) is well-known as an ornithologist and conservationist, but 'During the South African War he had two tours of duty and was temporarily promoted captain, a title he used thereafter' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). There are five studio portraits and one taken outdoors, with White astride a...... More
Preserving Historic Adelaide
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1978. More
Preserving Historic Adelaide
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1978. More
Hours to Remember. Reflections on life in South Australia, 1889-1929, from 'The Children's Hour'
Netley, South Australian Government Printer, 1987. Colour dustwrapper illustration 'King William Street, Adelaide, looking north', by Edmund Goldsmith, from a watercolour in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia. More
Hours to Remember. Reflections on life in South Australia, 1889-1929, from 'The Children's Hour'
Netley, South Australian Government Printer, 1987. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title, and signed again on the title page. More
Hours to Remember. Reflections on life in South Australia, 1889-1929, from 'The Children's Hour'
Netley, South Australian Government Printer, 1987. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink on the half-title, and signed again on the title page. More
Frew Bonnin. The Speeches of Murray Frew Bonnin. (The Lighter Side of a Lawyer's Life.) Compiled by his wife Sue (Heysen)
Norwood, Sue Heysen and Peacock Publications, 1999 (first edition). Presentation copy inscribed, dated (4 March 1999) signed by the compiler to Lady Mary Downer. More
Frew Bonnin. The Speeches of Murray Frew Bonnin. [The Lighter Side of a Lawyer's Life (cover subtitle)]
Norwood, Sue Heysen and Peacock Publications, 1999. Compiled by his wife Sue Heysen. More
Walking the Flinders Ranges
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1974 (second reprint)/ 1971. More
Where the Seasons Come and Go
Melbourne, Hawthorn Press, 1971 (first edition). More
Where the Seasons Come and Go
Melbourne, Illawong, 1985 (revised edition)/ 1971. 'Whilst the text remains the same, this edition varies from the original in the selection and placement of illustrations ... I have added additional photographs from my father's collection and acknowledge the assistance of the SA Archives in providing some photographs of the mission..... More
Bangkok. City of Temples
Bangkok, Amber House, 2008 (first edition). Presentation copy. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
The Jatujak Market of Bangkok
Bangkok, Amber House, 2010 (first edition). More
Catalogue of the late Mr. W. Champion Hackett's Library of Valuable Books ...
Adelaide, Theodore Bruce & Co., Fine Art Auctioneers, [1938]. Some 3252 lots were offered for sale; some prices realised are pencilled in, but bibliographical details are thin on the ground. Stitz: Volume 1, pages 73 and 127-28. More
A Checklist of Ex Libris Literature published in Australia
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 76 of 250 copies signed by the author (and the first publication of his Wakefield Press). More
The Bookplates of G.D. Perrottet
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 145 of 275 copies. This is the second publication of Harry Muir's Wakefield Press. Provenance: Johannes Larsen, with his small name-stamp on the title page and his pictorial bookplate on the front flap (this Australian bookplate and its artist, M.G. Wood, do not appear in..... More
Native Trees of South Australia
[Adelaide], Government Printer (for the Woods and Forests Department, South Australia), 1972. Offered together with a companion publication by the same author: The Forest Vegetation of South Australia (Adelaide, 1969; 37 pages with 6 illustrations from photographs plus a folding distribution map; pictorial wrappers; an excellent copy). Woods and Forests..... More
B.T. Finniss. First Premier of South Australia
Adelaide, The Authors, 2001. Title page inscribed and signed by co-author Jenny Booth. More