Le Messuriers of Port Adelaide. Five Generations of Enterprise in Transport and Timber
Port Adelaide, Le Messurier Timber Company, 1991. The title page is signed in ink by the author. More
Port Adelaide, Le Messurier Timber Company, 1991. The title page is signed in ink by the author. More
Melbourne, The Hawthorne Press, 1968 (new edition)/ 1960. More
London, John Cumming, 1800. George Washington (1732-1799) died on 14 December 1799; the four-page 'advertisement' at the beginning of this posthumous publication contains much pertinent information. 'The two letters of General Washington that are given entire ... were published in the "Recreations in Agriculture, [Natural History, Arts, and Miscellaneous Literature]"..... More
Brisbane, Printed by 'Truth' and 'Sportsman' Ltd., 1947. Thomas Charles Beirne (1860-1949), was a successful retailer in Queensland, with stores in Fortitude Valley, Ipswich and Mackay. 'Beirne retained an active interest in the [Brisbane] store until shortly before his death on 21 April 1949.... His estate was sworn for probate..... More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 1996. Signed by the author. More
Netley, Wakefield Press, 1986. More
Sydney, Butterworths/ ICAA, 1978. More
Toorak, Harris Scarfe Holdings, 1998. Number 841 of 2000 copies. A giant in Australian retail, who arrived in Tasmania as a convict and built a lasting retail empire (absorbing Harris Scarfe and G.P. FitzGerald). More
Netley, The Author, 1991. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink on the title page. More
Adelaide, The Co-Operative Building Society of South Australia, 1988. More
Adelaide, Bedford Industries, August 1986. 'The remarkable story of how Bedford Industries has evolved from a small workshop assisting in the rehabilitation of tuberculosis sufferers to a multi-diagnostic centre with an international reputation' (Foreword). More
Melbourne, Macmillan, 1983 (revised edition)/ 1958. Offered together with a copy of the 1958 first edition: Melbourne, National Bank of Australasia; quarto, xvi, 430 pages with 50 plates (7 in colour) plus a front endpaper map; cloth a little sunned; a very good copy with the dustwrapper marked, creased and..... More
Toorak, Harris Scarfe Holdings, 1998. Number 1323 of 2000 copies. A giant in Australian retail, who arrived in Tasmania as a convict and built a lasting retail empire (absorbing Harris Scarfe and G.P. FitzGerald). More
London, Printed by W.T. Sherwin, 1817 and 1819 [mainly first editions thus]. Seven scarce separately-published pamphlets by Thomas Paine, including some of his most influential titles, bound in one volume, as issued. The titles, with the date of publication followed by the place and date of the original publication, are..... More
London, Scientific Publishing Co. Ltd., 1911 and 1912. The preamble to the first issue of this journal includes the following observation: 'there is no reason why the man of business, from the lowliest employee to the controller of the house, should not see something in life away from the groove..... More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1979. With the ownership signature of anthropologist Peter Sutton (dated 'Nov '84'). More
Auckland, Universal Business Directories Limited, 1958. 'Seventh Edition. Published Biennially'. More
London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884. With the pictorial bookplate ['Gang forward'] of Edward Charles Stirling on the front pastedown, his pencilled ownership signature on the half-title (inscribed 'S.S. Pekin, 1885'), and his pencilled notes on two pages at the rear, and with his occasional pencilled emphases. More
Adelaide, A. Simpson and Son Ltd, 1954. A history of A. Simpson and Son Limited. More
South Melbourne, Macmillan, 1983. Loosely inserted is a large 1983 AAA Conference 'With compliments' card made out to Mr M.E. Brooks. More
Sydney, Sydney University Press, 2005. With the ownership signature of anthropologist Peter Sutton (dated August 2006). More
Chichester, Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1988. More
Sydney, Lansdowne, 1993. More
Norwood, Peacock Publications, 1988. Inscribed and signed by the author. More