The Dairying Industry of Australia. Report of Federal Dairy Investigation Committee. I: Farm Production
Canberra, Government Printer, 1930. An accurate, detailed snapshot of dairy farm production in the late 1920s. More
Food and Wine
The Good Cook. Offal
Amsterdam, Time-Life Books, 1981. More
La Cuisine Raisonnee. Aux eleves finissantes, futures maitresses de maison, et aux menageres chargees de l'alimentation familiale, ce manuel est humblement dedie
Quebec, Institution Chanoine-Beaudet, 1949 (sixieme edition). Text in French. More
Proceedings of the Eighth Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference. Melbourne, Victoria, 25-29 October 1992
Adelaide, Winetitles, 1993. More
Outback Cooking in the Camp Oven
Fitzroy, Five Mile Press, 1982. Signed, inscribed and with a (signed and dated) sketch by Jack Absalom. More
Hunter-Gatherers Today. An Aboriginal Economy in North Australia
Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1987 (first edition). More
Auldana Vineyards, South Australia. Souvenir Visit of The Right Hon. R.J. Seddon, P.C., New Zealand's Greatest Statesman, to Auldana Vineyards. [Kia Ora, Auldana. R.J. Seddon, 29th May, 1906 (cover title)]
[Magill], Auldana Vineyards, 1906. Richard Seddon, New Zealand's longest-serving Prime Minister, died on his return journey to New Zealand, less than two weeks after the events commemorated in this pictorial souvenir. Provenance: Alexander John Morison, Town Clerk of Adelaide, 1937-46, but an employee of the Adelaide City Council from the..... More
Boron Tolerance in Grain Legumes with Particular Reference to the Genetics of Boron Tolerance in Peas
[Adelaide], University of AdelaideThe Author, for Department of Plant Science, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, 1994. Presentation copy inscribed and signed to of one of the author's two supervisors, Australian wheat breeder A.J. 'Tony ' Rathjen, and signed by the author on the Declaration page. 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
Maggie's Table
Ringwood, Viking, 2001. More
Coonawarra a Vignoble
[Coonawarra, Mildara, circa 1972]. A potted history of the Coonawarra region from a Mildara Wines viewpoint. More
Talk about Food
Adelaide, Rigby in association with Mead and Beckett Publishing, 1979. More
AWRI. Advances in Wine Science. Commemorating 50 Years of the Australian Wine Research Institute
Urrbrae, Australian Wine Research Institute, 2005. More
The Story of Arnott's Famous Biscuits. A History and a Celebration
Sydney, Lansdowne, 1993. More
Physiologie du Goût, ou Méditations de Gastronomie Transcendante, dédiée aux Gastronomes Parisiens par Brillat-Savarin. Précédée d'une Notice biographique sur l'Auteur, par M. Le Baron Richerand
Paris, Just Tessier, Libraire, 1838 (fifth edition)/ 1826. An early edition of the principal work by the father of gastronomic writing; all but the first edition are posthumous publications. Offered with an autograph document (a single sheet, quarto, written both sides) signed at the head of the first page by..... More
Les Vins de Liqueur
Paris, Librairie J.-B. Bailliere et Fils, 1927. One of the Petite Bibliotheque Agricole series. Written in ink at the head of the front cover is the contemporary ownership signature of John Rothwell Seppelt, a fourth-generation member of the famous Seppelt winemaking dynasty. More
How to Settle in Victoria: or, Instructions on the Purchase and Occupation of the Land; with Observations on Gardening and Farming; the Growth of the Vine, and other Fruit Trees; the Nature and Quality of the Australian Soils; and on the Use of Manures. To which is added, a Rural Calendar, Description of the Climate, and other Useful Information. By Rusticus
Melbourne, Slater, Williams, and Hodgson, 1855. Provenance: Robert O'Hara Burke, with his full initials (ROHB) written in pencil at the head of the title page. (Early pencilling on the five pages of advertisements and two blank pages, comprising a short list of farm-related items, a few sketch plans, and some..... More
Genetic Studies on the Tolerance of Wheat to High Concentrations of Boron
University of Adelaide, The Author, for Department of Plant Science, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, 1995. Signed by the author on the Statement of Originality page. Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Adelaide. More
Genetic Studies on the Tolerance of Wheat to High Concentrations of Boron
University of Adelaide, The Author, for Department of Plant Science, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, 1995. Signed by the author on the Statement of Originality page. Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Adelaide. More
Grand Vins. The Finest Chateaux of Bordeaux and their Wines
Berkeley, University of California Press, 1995. More
A Collection of Ordinances and Regulations for the Government of the Royal Household, made in Divers Reigns. From King Edward III, to King William and Queen Mary. Also Receipts in Ancient Cookery
London, Printed for the Society of Antiquaries by John Nichols, 1790. Pages 423-476 are 'Ancient Cookery. From a ms. in the Library of the Royal Society', and the prefatory note is worth quoting at length: 'The ms. from which the following pages are transcribed, is without title or date, or..... More
The Scallop. Studies of a shell and its influences on humankind.
London, Shell Transport and Trading Company, 1957. Eight contributors, not least Paul Gaultier on "The Scallop at the Table" (12 pages). More
Wild Food in Australia
Sydney, Collins, 1975/ 1975. With a 'preponderance of species from the northern part of the country'. More
Wild Medicine in Australia
Sydney, Collins, 1981. More