The Blue and Brown Diamond. A History of the 27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, 1915-1919
Adelaide, Lonnen and Cope, 1921. Dornbusch 310; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 226. More
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The Blue and Brown Diamond. A History of the 27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, 1915-1919
Adelaide, Lonnen and Cope, 1921. Dornbusch 310; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 226. More
The Blue and Brown Diamond. A History of the 27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, 1915-1919
Adelaide, Lonnen & Cope, 1921. Provenance: 2280 Corporal Victor Clarence Sidney McGrath (a member of the battalion), with his ownership details written in ballpoint pen on the title page. Dornbusch 310; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 226. More
The Blue and Brown Diamond. A History of the 27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, 1915-1919
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1988 (facsimile edition)]/ 1921. One of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 226 (giving '1980s' as the date of this facsimile edition). More
The Forty-Third. The Story and Official History of the 43rd Battalion AIF
Swanbourne, John Burridge, [1980s (facsimile edition)]/ 1920. Number 119 of only 200 copies (and a much better production than the original). See Dornbusch 305; Fielding and O'Neill, page 229; Trigellis-Smith 241 (giving '1980s' as the date of this facsimile edition). More
The Forty-Third. The Story and Official History of the 43rd Battalion AIF
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1920. Dornbusch 305; Fielding and O'Neill, page 229; Trigellis-Smith 241. More
Hurcombe's Hungry Half Hundred. A Memorial History of the 50th Battalion AIF, 1916-1919
Norwood, Peacock Publications, 1991 (first edition). Compiled from letters, diaries and manuscripts; the plates are predominantly portraits of members of the battalion. Loosely inserted are a copy of the original prospectus, three circular letters from the author to the Friends of the 50th Battalion, and two colour photographs of the..... More
Hurcombe's Hungry Half Hundred. A Memorial History of the 50th Battalion AIF, 1916-1919
Norwood, Peacock Publications, 1991. Compiled from letters, diaries and manuscripts; the illustrations are predominantly portraits. Offered with an excellent copy of the 1993 Supplementary Edition (16 pages in card covers, consisting primarily of portraits of members of the battalion, many of whom had died in action, discovered in State Records..... More
The Story of the 5th Pioneer Battalion AIF
Adelaide, The Collotype Co., Commercial Printers [for the Adelaide 5th Pioneer Reunion Club], 1937. The author was 'late Sergeant "D" Company'. Dornbusch 338; Fielding and O'Neill, page 235; Trigellis-Smith 303. More
The Story of the 5th Pioneer Battalion AIF
Adelaide, The Collotype Co., Commercial Printers [for the Adelaide 5th Pioneer Reunion Club], 1937. The book includes a five-page Honor Roll, and a preface by Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Gordon Carter, DSO (1885-1963), the Battalion's Commanding Officer from August 1916 to the end of the war. The editor was 'late Sergeant "D"..... More
An invitation to a 'hearty welcome' to 'Our old C.O., Col. Scott' by the author of the regimental history, 'With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War' (1924)
The invitation, headed '9th L.H.O.C.A.' (9th Light Horse Old Comrades Association), invites members to give a hearty welcome to the old commanding officer (Colonel William Henry Scott, 1881-1960), who 'will be in Adelaide for a few days this month on a visit to his son'. The date for the event..... More
With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War
[Swanbourne, Burridge, 1989 (facsimile edition)]/ 1924. One of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 279 (giving 1989 as the date of this facsimile edition). More
With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War
Brisbane, A. Green, 2009 (facsimile edition)/ 1924. Number 27 of 400 copies. Loosely inserted is a printed slip giving publication details. See Dornbusch 384; Fielding and O'Neill, page 233; Trigellis-Smith 279. More
With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War
[No Place, No Publisher, circa 1990s (undated xerographic facsimile edition)]/ [1980s (facsimile)]/ 1924. A xerographic facsimile (read photocopy) produced from a copy of the Burridge facsimile edition (circa 1980s). See Dornbusch 384; Fielding and O'Neill, page 233; Trigellis-Smith 279. More
'Today Not Tomorrow'. A Century of Progress
Adelaide, A. Simpson and Son Ltd, 1954. A history of A. Simpson and Son Limited. More
Professional Theatre in Adelaide
[Adelaide, The Author], 1970. Thesis presented as part requirement for an Honours degree in the Faculty of Arts, Department of History, University of Adelaide, 1970. On the front flyleaf is the author's later ownership sigature (as Margaret Abbie Denton, in thick ink) and a tipped-in photocopy annotated in a similar..... More
Towers, Turrest and Spires. A History of Built Heritage in Kensington, Norwood and Kent Town
Norwood, City of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters, 2006. More
Dunfermline to Down Under. James and Elizabeth Adamson and Family. Early Pioneers of South Australia
Adelaide, [The Authors], 1994. More
The Letters of Adam Adamson, edited by his Daughters, B. and M. Anderson
Melbourne, Arbuckle, Waddell & Fawckner, 1901. More
A poster advertising the 'First Australian Production | "The Ring" by Richard Wagner ... Adelaide 2004 ... 16 November - 12 December'
'State Opera of South Australia - twice - achieved a goal sought by much larger and more prestigious companies: complete Wagner Ring cycles, with the Paris Theatre du Châtelet production in 1998 and the first Australian-built "Der Ring des Nibelungen" in 2004. The small State Opera of South Australia succeeded..... More
Five large vinyl-covered photograph albums (each approximately 400 x 330 x 70 mm) containing approximately 2400 colour photographs of buildings in Adelaide (city and suburbs) and nearby country towns
Internal evidence suggests they were taken in the mid- to late-1990s by someone with a passion for South Australia's colonial architecture, from workman's cottage to squatter's castle, as well as the more commonly recorded churches and public buildings. Although this extensive gallery of our built environs is barely twenty-five years..... More
'Botanical Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia'. A nineteenth-century photograph of a pond and active fountain
The carte de visite (an albumen paper photograph, 55 x 91 mm) was recently removed from an old album leaf and remounted on acid-free card; the title above was written in pencil on the verso of the image. The number '202' is pencilled on a fence-post in the foreground; in..... More
The Constitution and By-Laws of the Adelaide Children's Hospital
Adelaide, William Kyffin Thomas, Printer, 1876. We successfully tendered for a large quantity of duplicate pamphlets from the SLSA in 2001; this is one of them, which we are finally getting around to processing. More
Children's Nursing. 'In Our Day'
[Adelaide], The author, 1995. Signed by the author. A personal history of the Adelaide Children's Hospital, now called the Women's and Children's Hospital. More
A poster advertising the 'Telstra Adelaide Festival 96 | March 1-17'
'The festival's poster was immortalised throughout Australia because of its iconic symbol of the flaming Hills Hoist' (Adelaide Festival website). More