Kadina. A Second Look
[Adelaide, The Author], 1999. More
South Australia
A Flying Start
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
Two early items associated with the Bank of South Australia are offered together. (1) A manuscript personal promissory note (90 x 167 mm) dated Adelaide, 24 October 1840 - 'Three months after date pay to my order Thirty Pounds value received. F.W. Allen. To C.W. Stuart Esqre'. Stuart has written across it 'Accepted Payable at the Bank of South Australia'. It was subsequently stamped by the Bank of South Australia, Adelaide when it was paid on 27 January 1841. The verso is endorsed by F.W. Allen, C. Crispe and 'For the Bank of South Australia Edwd Stephens Manager'. Apart from two vertical creases and a tiny spike hole, it is in fine condition. (2) A printed Bank of South Australia cheque (80 x 180 mm, printed by Batho and Bingley, London) with manuscript insertions - 11 February 1841, from C.W. Stuart to Harry Lechahdee[?] for 3 pounds. A bank stamp on it indicates it was paid out in Adelaide on 15 February 1841. It is endorsed on the verso by Robert Champlay, an indecipherable signature and three small Xs. It is lightly creased, with a tiny spike hole; on the verso, there is a discoloured band denoting the outer surfaces when the item was originally folded; essentially it is in excellent condition. It goes without saying that these are utterly rare ephemeral items, dating from when the colony was barely four years old. However, because of this, we are able to identify most of the signatories, thus giving these trifles much greater weight
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
Supreme Federalist. The Political Life of Sir John Downer
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
Supreme Federalist. The Political Life of Sir John Downer
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2009. More
A Hundred Years of Irish Planning. Volume 1: The Emergence of Irish Planning 1880-1920
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
My South Australia [and] My South Australia 2
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
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Explorations in Central Australia. [Contained in] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 32, 1932
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
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The Barossa District. Souvenir. Gawler-Angaston Railway Opening [cover title]
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
A vintage photograph of staff at Chateau Tanunda Winery in the Barossa Valley, South Australia; most of them are raising glasses of house wine, and those seated are on barrels
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 and District, 1846-1986. A History of Greenock and the Surrounding Districts of Nain, Daveyston, Moppa, Walton and Seppeltsfield
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
When I Grow Up. An Autobiography
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
When I Grow Up. An Autobiography
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
Three Years in Tristan da Cunha
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
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The Farmers and Graziers' Handy Book. [Volumes 1-4] in addition to and following on the book entitled 'Handy Farm and Home Devices'
Adelaide, The Author, 1947-1950. More
The Australian Aboriginal
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
Journal of the Government North-West Expedition (March 30th - November 5th, 1903). [Contained in] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 15, Session 1913-1914
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
Journal of the Government North-West Expedition (March 30th - November 5th, 1903). [An offprint from] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 15, Session 1913-1914
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
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Narrative of an Expedition of Exploration in North-Western Australia. [Contained in] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, Volume 18, Session 1916-17
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
Report on Recent Development in Economic Geology
Adelaide, R.E.E. Rogers, Government Printer, 1910. Special Intelligence Bulletin Number 17, issued by the South Australian Intelligence Department. More
Aborigines of the West Coast of South Australia. Vocabularies and Ethnographical Notes. (Communicated by J.M. Black). [Contained in] Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, Volume 42, 1918
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
Blast the Bush
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
Outback Highways
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