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
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
Treatise and Handbook of Orange-Culture in Auckland, New Zealand
Wellington, Government Printer, 1884. 'With a view to encouraging the more extensive culture of Citrus fruits in the northern portion of New Zealand, and of aiding planters with reliable information on the subject, the author of this book was empowered by the New Zealand Government to visit New South Wales..... 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
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
The Basedow Story. A German South Australian Heritage
Adelaide, The Author, 1990. With a lengthy chapter (plus an 8-page bibliography) on Herbert Basedow. 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
Simpson's Cookery, improved and modernised. The Complete Modern Cook, containing a very extensive and original Collection of Recipes in Cookery, as now used at the Best Tables of London and Paris .
London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1834. John Simpson first published 'A Complete System of Cookery' in 1806; the fourth edition appeared in 1822. For all intents and purposes, Brand ('of the kitchen of His Late Majesty George the Fourth') has produced a different book. 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
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
Progress in Nutrition and Allied Sciences. Being a Contribution marking the First Fifty Years of the Rowett Research Institute
Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1963. From the collection of Dr Hedley Marston FRS; a review copy with related inserts. Hedley Ralph Marston was a (South) Australian scientist, Chief of the CSIRO Division of Biochemistry and General Nutrition and head of the team that discovered the importance of trace elements in..... More
Roseworthy Agricultural College. A Century of Service
Roseworthy, Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1983. More