John Dowie. A Life in the Round
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 2001. John Dowie (1915-2008), one of the Rats of Tobruk, is responsible for many of Adelaide's most definitive public sculptures. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 2001. John Dowie (1915-2008), one of the Rats of Tobruk, is responsible for many of Adelaide's most definitive public sculptures. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 2001. Signed by the artist on the half-title. Loosely inserted is a 12-page illustrated (and hand-corrected) RSASA Exhibition Catalogue, 'The Art of John Dowie' from 2006, and a newspaper article on the artist (folded and slightly torn). John Dowie (1915-2008), one of the Rats of Tobruk, is..... More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 2001. Loosely inserted is a 12-page illustrated RSASA Exhibition Catalogue, 'The Art of John Dowie' from 2006 (marked on the rear cover). John Dowie (1915-2008), one of the Rats of Tobruk, is responsible for many of Adelaide's most definitive public sculptures. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 2001. Signed (in 2006) by the artist, John Dowie (1915-2008), one of the Rats of Tobruk, responsible for many of Adelaide's most definitive public sculptures. Loosely inserted is a Royal South Australian Society of Arts Inc Exhibition catalogue for a 2006 exhibition of Dowie's work (4 pages..... More
Adelaide, D.J. Woolman, Government Printer, 1981. Not stated as such, but from the estate of Sir Walter Crocker. The Reading of the Lesson was given by the Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser, then Prime Minister of Australia. More
Broken Hill, City of Broken Hill, 1991. More
McLaren Vale, Dridan Fine Arts, 2006. Signed by the artist. More
[Renmark], W. Gilmore Taylor, [1937]. Loosely inserted are two 1954 4-page tourist pamphlets; "Renmark on the Murray" and "The Upper Murray in South Australia", both in fine condition. [3 items]. More
'Bool Lagoon on South Australia's Limestone Coast has been the most disputed of the state's game reserves set aside for conserving wildlife and managed seasonal game hunting. Bool Lagoon, south of Naracoorte, was simultaneously declared in 1967 a game reserve ... and a fauna conservation reserve ... While Bool Lagoon..... More
Adelaide, R.E.E. Rogers, Government Printer, 1910. A Special Bulletin issued by the South Australian Department of Intelligence. 'The purpose of this book is not to catalogue or to scientifically describe our native birds; but to bring prominently before the public, the police, and others in authority, and more especially the..... More
Cheltenham, England, Burrow's Press Ltd, 1929. A short article in the Adelaide 'News' (15 January 1930) notes that 'An interesting booklet entitled "Australia Visits England" has just been published by Burrows Press Limited. It is the record of an actual visit, and consists of three parts, describing the journey, the..... More
[Mile End], The Author, [1988]. The privately-published autobiography of a South Australian with a taste for adventure, including travels in Africa, and journeys by light aircraft in Australia. The book is warmly inscribed (in part, 'Hope you get as much enjoyment out of reading this as I got out of..... More
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1972. Not least, Duguid's pre-eminent role in the establishment of Ernabella Mission. More
Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1957. Presentation copy. To Trevor Alfred Ridley ('Jim') Dinning (1919-2003), warmly inscribed, 'In appreciation of Trevor Dinning's mastery in the field of Brain & Spinal Cord Surgery'; dated (2 December 1966) and signed by the author (and amending one of his qualifications from FRFPS to FRCS)..... More
Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1957. A memoir of Sir William Macewen (1848-1924), former Regius Professor of Surgery at Glasgow University, by one of his students (the well-known 'Doctor among the Aborigines'). The author has inscribed and signed the title page, and amended one of his qualifications (from FRFPS to FRCS)..... More
South Melbourne, Macmillan, 1981. Signed in ink on the half-title by the author, the long-serving 35th Premier of South Australia (1970-1979). More
Sydney, The Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1916. Provenance: 'Senator W.H. Story' is stamped in gilt on the front cover. Adelaide-born William Harrison Story (1857-1924) 'was educated at state schools before becoming a stonemason and bricklayer. He served as President of the Operative Masons and Bricklayers Society and the..... More
Blackwood, Lynton Publications, 1977, 1978 and 1979. [3 items]. More
Blackwood, Lynton Publications, 1977. More
Ringwood, Viking/ Penguin Books Australia, 1986. More
Hampstead Gardens, Austaprint, 1978 (facsimile edition)/ 1846. Not identified as such, but limited to 500 copies (and issued without the large Arrowsmith map found in an endpocket in the original edition). More
Adelaide, Australian Letters, 1970. Number 408 of 1000 numbered and signed copies (of which 950 were for sale). This copy is inscribed on the limitation page, 'Ethel/ for our across-street good neighbour', and signed 'Geoff'. More
South Melbourne, The Macmillan Company of Australia, 1982. More
Hawthorndene, Investigator Press, 1981 (second edition)/ 1980. 'Stories of the Adelaide Hills - colourful days of coaches, significant events at Mylor, Crafers, Aldgate, Mt. Barker, Strathalbyn, Bridgewater, Blackwood; the gold rush to Echunga, the opening of the Adelaide to Nairne railway, and the construction of the first hills highway' (from..... More
Netley, Wakefield, 1986. With the Adelaide University flyer (folded twice) for the Mares-Eaden fund loosely inserted. More