Kadina. A Second Look
[Adelaide, The Author], 1999. More
[Adelaide, The Author], 1999. More
London, Peter Davies, 1967 (first edition). Presentation copy inscribed, dated (12 April 1969) and signed by the author to Sir Alexander Russell Downer KBE (1910-1981). The author was the son of three-times British Prime Minister Alec Baldwin; overage at 35, he enlisted in the RAF as the pseudonymous Aircraftman Webland..... More
Edward Stephens (1811-1861) was appointed cashier and accountant of the South Australian Company in 1836; he arrived in the 'Coromandel' on 17 January 1837 at Holdfast Bay. 'There he set up his office in a tent but at first business was slight. He was induced to sign a letter to..... More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2009. Signed by the author on the title page. Popular South Australian Labor politician John Charles Bannon AO (1943 - 2015) was the 39th Premier of South Australia, who resigned in 1992 in the wake of the State Bank collapse. A huge electoral defeat for Labor..... More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2009. More
Dublin, Turoe Press, 1985. Presentation copy inscribed to local town planner Dr Alan Hutchings, dated (20 September 1997) and signed by the author. One of Hutchings' business cards is loosely inserted. More
Greenacres, Foundation 21 Incorporated, [2009] and [2012]. The publisher, Foundation 21, supports kids with Downs syndrome; local identities contribute photographs and yarns about South Australia. More
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1932. This issue also contains ASHWIN, Arthur C.: From South Australia to Port Darwin with Sheep and Cattle in 1870-71 (47 pages). More
Angaston, 'Barossa News' Limited (printed by Hussey and Gillingham, Adelaide), 1911. A very rare item of local history: we have handled only two other copies since 1976, and both were in worse condition than this one. The content is far more substantial than its title suggests; there are thirteen pages..... More
The sepia-toned high-gloss albumen paper photograph (image size 153 × 196 mm) is in excellent condition; the original card mount (253 × 303 mm) is stained in one margin, with minor loss to one corner and another margin. The photographer is not credited, but someone at a later date has..... More
Greenock, The Author, 1986. 'Greenock is a small, charming historic village on the edge of the Barossa Valley which is notable for its tree-lined streets and shady peppercorn trees. The town is surrounded by vineyards and consequently there are numerous cellar doors' (Aussie Towns website). More
Victor Harbor, Rallye, 1989. 'Very active motor racing before the war at Bathurst when they used real cars', active service with the RAAF, 'Spirited motor racing again, post war, all over Australia', with plenty of spice in between. More
Victor Harbor, Rallye, 1989. Signed and dated (1989) by the author on the title page. Propsectus loosely inserted. 'Very active motor racing before the war at Bathurst when they used real cars', active service with the RAAF, 'Spirited motor racing again, post war, all over Australia', with plenty of spice..... More
London, Skeffington and Son, 1910. With the ownership signature of local businessman Arnold Edwin Davey, and a small article on the subject tipped-in to an early blank. More
Adelaide, The Author, 1947-1950. More
Adelaide, F.W. Preece and Sons, 1925 [first edition]. Sometime Chief Medical Inspector and Chief Protector of Aborigines in the Northern Territory, and Special Aborigines' Commissioner for the Federal and State Governments, 'anthropologist, geologist, explorer and medical practitioner ... [This publication was] a positive contribution at a time when little detailed..... More
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1914. An important expedition, scientifically and anthropologically, under the leadership of L.A. Wells; it filled in the gap 'linking together the areas traversed by the Horn and Elder Expeditions'. This volume also contains the annual address of the President, John LEWIS, with lengthy sections on Eyre, Sturt and..... More
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1914. An important expedition, scientifically and anthropologically, under the leadership of L.A. Wells; it filled in the gap 'linking together the areas traversed by the Horn and Elder Expeditions'. McLaren 5065 (this separate issue). Many of the photographs are of strong Aboriginal interest. More
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1918. Undertaken initially (in April-June 1916) to explore the mineralogical possibilities of the region; the end result is of considerable anthropological significance. To quote Dr Basedow: 'Realising the rare opportunity for conducting scientific research in a tract of practically unknown country, I resolved that, after the work entrusted..... More
Adelaide, R.E.E. Rogers, Government Printer, 1910. Special Intelligence Bulletin Number 17, issued by the South Australian Intelligence Department. More
Adelaide, RSSA, 1918. This volume also contains numerous other papers, some of them lengthy, some of them well-illustrated, on subjects as diverse as Australian fungi (with 4 colour plates), Australian orchids, the geology of Ardrossan, and moths from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. More
Adelaide, Rigby, 1967. Inscribed, dated (February 1985) and signed by the author, who selected and helped prepare the location of the Maralinga atomic bomb tests. More
Adelaide, Rigby, 1979 (first edition). The activities of the Gunbarrel Road Construction Party; the material for this book has been selected from the author's five earlier books. Inscribed on the verso of the half-title to 'Dick (from one desert to another). Best wishes from the author Len Beadell Nov 79'..... More