Northern Territory Expenditure. Abstract of Northern Territory Expenditure, from November 1868 to June 1870 ...
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1870. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 56 of 1870. More
Economics
The Sign of the Anchor. The Story of G. Wood, Son and Co. Ltd., Being the Historical Record of the first Century of the Company and its Subsidiaries and of the Progress of a Family in Business, 1854-1954
Adelaide, Printed by The Griffin Press for the Company, [1954]. With the company compliments card loosely inserted (a little tanned). More
'Today Not Tomorrow'. A Century of Progress
Adelaide, A. Simpson & Son Limited, 1954. A history of A. Simpson and Son Limited. More
The Adelaide Electric Supply Company Limited. Fifty Years of Progress, 1896-1946. Being a History of the Foundation and Development of the Company
Adelaide, The Company, 1946. This company history was published in 1946, the same year that Premier Thomas Playford 'effectively nationalised the Adelaide Electricity Supply Company by forming the Electricity Trust of South Australia (ETSA) as South Australia's public electricity supply company' (Maps SA website). More
Agnew's, 1817-1967
[London, Agnew's], 1967. More
Tom's Weeds. The Story of Rochford's and their House Plants
London, Faber and Faber, 1970. More
The Economic Status of Australian Aborigines
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1979. With the ownership signature of anthropologist Peter Sutton (dated 'Nov '84'). More
Carebeka, 1939-1983. History and Fleet List
Kendal, World Ship Society, 1995. The text is in Dutch and English. More
The Customer
Richmond, John Kerr, 1989. 'An overdue look at business's most important person'. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1760-1960
[London, Lloyd's, 1960]. With the ownership signature of maritime enthusiast Peter McBride. Illustrated by David Knight. More
Miners and Merchants in Bourbon Mexico, 1763-1810
London, Cambridge University Press, 1971. More
Colonialism, Development and Independence. The case of the Melanesian Islands in the South Pacific
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1972. More
Struggle for Land. Agriculture and Group Territories among the Chimbu of the New Guinea Highlands
Melbourne, Australian National University/ Oxford University Press, 1963. With the ownership signature of T.G.H. Strehlow, and inscribed 'University of Adelaide, 6 February, 1964'. More
Dissenting Forbears. The Maternal Ancestors of J.M. Keynes
Chichester, Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1988. More
Migration, the Trade Balance and Unemployment. A Speech by the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. S.M. Bruce ....). Canberra, 23rd February, 1928 [cover title]
Melbourne, National Publicity Bureau [Commonwealth of Australia], 1928. 'Reprinted from Hansard'. More
The King's English. Adventures of an Independent Bookseller
Layton, Gibbs Smith, 2005. More
One Hundred Years of Rope Making. A Story of Pioneering Achievement, 1852-1952
Geelong West, M. Donaghy & Sons Pty. Ltd., 1952. M. Donaghy & Sons Pty. Ltd. had branches in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane. The front cover carries the pencil signature 'M. Brunger'; Maurice Brunger is recorded on page 45 as being a member of the Port Adelaide staff (after transferring..... More
International Banking, 1870-1914
New York, Oxford University Press, 1991. 'The book's authors, twenty-five scholars from fifteen countries ... detail the origin and development of internationally oriented banks in each major country' (dustwrapper blurb). More
An Estimate of the Comparative Strength of Great Britain during the Present and Four Preceding Reigns, and of the Losses of her Trade from every War since the Revolution. A new edition to which is prefixed a dedication to Dr James Currie, the reputed author of 'Jasper Wilson's Letter'
London, John Stockdale, 1794 (new edition)/ 1782. The dedication referred to in the title runs to 116 pages. More
An Estimate of the Comparative Strength of Great Britain during the Present and Four Preceding Reigns, and of the Losses of her Trade from every War since the Revolution. A New Edition to which is prefixed a Dedication to Dr James Currie, the Reputed Author of 'Jasper Wilson's Letter'
London, John Stockdale, 1794 (new edition)/ 1782. The dedication referred to in the title runs to 116 pages. More
Story of a Vineyard. Chateau Tahbilk
Melbourne, F.W. Cheshire, 1960. Number 302 of 500 copies; this copy is signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation page. More
The Iron Industry of the Weald. Second Edition, Edited by Jeremy Hodgkinson
Cardiff, Merton Priory Press, 1995 (revised second edition)/ 1985. More
The Secretary's Coloring Book. Dedicated to the Rich Authors of Another Famous Coloring Book dealing with Bosses
Chicago, Pithy Publications, Division of Lethal Enterprises, 1962. Mr Pithy, the President of Pithy Publications, has the last word: 'may I say thank you for your patronage. If you are that breed of spendthrift who enjoys blowing hard-earned money on lousey humor like this, may we hear from you? We..... More
Trial Balance
Melbourne, Macmillan, 1981. Signed by the author on the title page. Herbert Cole Coombs (1906-1997): 'economist and public servant' is the anodyne description at the beginning of his extensive entry in the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' (which is anything but). More
Years to Remember. Lion, 1854-1954. A Record of the First Hundred Years of the Business of D. and J. Fowler Limited
Adelaide, Designed and Printed by The Griffin Press [for D. and J. Fowler Limited], 1954. A history of the major wholesale grocery firm D. and J. Fowler Limited, creator of the well-known Lion trademark. Loosely inserted is the company's 'compliments' slip; the colour frontispiece depicts King William Street, Adelaide, in..... More