B.T. Finniss. First Premier of South Australia
Adelaide, The Authors, 2001. Title page inscribed and signed by co-author Jenny Booth. More
Adelaide, The Authors, 2001. Title page inscribed and signed by co-author Jenny Booth. More
London, Ward, Lock, 1898. 'Guy Boothby was born in Adelaide in 1867, and after education there and in London, returned and became private secretary to the Mayor of Adelaide... About 1894 he went to live in London, and began his career as a highly successful popular novelist' (Miller and Macartney)..... More
London, Ward, Lock and Bowden, 1895. One of Ward, Lock and Bowden's Colonial Library. 'Guy Boothby was born in Adelaide in 1867, and after education there and in London, returned and became private secretary to the Mayor of Adelaide... About 1894 he went to live in London, and began his..... More
1875. Provenance: Thomas Gill (1849-1923), public servant and local historian, with his signature on the flyleaf and index page, and his manuscript amendments on five pages. More
1879. The map called for on the title page is no longer present. More
Adelaide, C. Platts, E.S. Wigg, J. Howell and W.C. Rigby, [1866]. With the contemporary ownership inscription 'Official Assignee's Office' in ink on the front cover. More
London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1891. Demography in its broadest sense: 'a description of the geographical features of the colony which have a hygienic relationship; of the meteorological conditions and their relation to certain diseases; of the sanitary progress of the colony'. Ferguson 7288; Ford 362. More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1905. More
[Woodforde], Brother J.V. Bourke, 1991. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
London, Thames and Hudson, 1972. With the contemporary ownership signature of Kym Bonython. More
London, Thames and Hudson, 1972. More
Colonel Light Gardens, The author, 1984. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink on the verso of the half-title. More
Adelaide, University of Adelaide Foundation/ La Trobe University, 1986 (first edition). More
Adelaide, University of Adelaide Foundation/ La Trobe University, 1986 (first edition). More
Andamooka, Andamooka Progress and Opal Miners Association, Inc., 1991/ 1984. Originally published by the Heritage Conservation Branch of the Department of Environment and Planning. More
Adelaide, University of Adelaide Foundation, 1988. The contents include 'The History of Poetry in South Australia' (Sesquicentenary Public Lecture, June 30th, 1986). This copy is inscribed, dated (27 May 1988) and signed by the author, poet and erstwhile Chief Justice of South Australia and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide..... More
Canberra, Australian National University Press, 1979 [first edition]. Inscribed, signed and dated (18 December 1979) by the author. More
Canberra, Australian National University Press, 1979 (first edition). Presentation copy. Inscribed, 'To Christopher Pearson/ With affection and regards/ and fraternal greetings to a/ fellow-labourer in the vineyard of/ literature', dated (25 January 1980) and signed by the author. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1988. Warmly inscribed ('To Maurice, my fellow luncher on Saturdays, my fellow explorer in linguistics') signed and dated (23 April 1988) by the author, poet and erstwhile Chief Justice of South Australia and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. Maurice O'Brien was a minor literary editor. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1988. The title page is inscribed 'To my beloved friend Walter Crocker with regards John Bray 8/7/88'. The Honourable Dr John Jefferson Bray AC QC (1912-1995), was the South Australian Chief Justice and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide. Sir Walter Russell Crocker (1902-2002) was a career..... More
Adelaide, The Workshop, 2000. Loosely inserted is a contemporary magazine review of the Workshop's current exhibition. More
Amsterdam, Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (first volume) and Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1931, 1934 and 1942. Important monographs on yeasts; the text is in German. Provenance: Dr Lance Walters (Chief Brewer at the South Australian Brewing Co. from 1944 to the 1980s), with his signature in the cloth-bound volumes, and his ink..... More
North Melbourne, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2006. Signed by the author. More