Wirra. The Bush that was Adelaide
Adelaide, Nature Conservation Society of SA, 1986 (first edition). More
Adelaide, Nature Conservation Society of SA, 1986 (first edition). More
[Adelaide], Blackened Billy Books, 2014 (third, revised edition)/ 1986. 'The major events and conversations recorded in this true story are taken from evidence given in court hearings'. Formery titled 'Cloud over the Gammon'. A true story of murder near Grindell's hut in the lonely Gammon Ranges of South Australia during..... More
London, The Travel Book Club, 1939 [first thus]/ 1938. Provenance: Dr Malcolm Evans, with his purchase receipt mounted on the front pastedown, and his ownership label on the front free endpaper. Evans was a part of 'the 1957 team stationed at Horseshoe Island on one of the Falklands Island Dependency..... More
St. Peters, The Corporation of St. Peters, 1983. Includes local histories on the suburbs of St. Peters, Hackney, Maylands, Stepney and Evandale, local schools, buildings, hotels and roads. More
Adelaide, Archdiocese of Adelaide, 1986 and 1991. More
The invitation, headed '9th L.H.O.C.A.' (9th Light Horse Old Comrades Association), invites members to give a hearty welcome to the old commanding officer (Colonel William Henry Scott, 1881-1960), who 'will be in Adelaide for a few days this month on a visit to his son'. The date for the event..... More
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1988 (facsimile edition)]/ 1921. One of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 226 (giving '1980s' as the date of this facsimile edition). More
Adelaide, Lonnen & Cope, 1921. Provenance: 2280 Corporal Victor Clarence Sidney McGrath (a member of the battalion), with his ownership details written in ballpoint pen on the title page. Dornbusch 310; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 226. More
[No Place, No Publisher, circa 1990s (undated xerographic facsimile edition)]/ [1980s (facsimile)]/ 1924. A xerographic facsimile (read photocopy) produced from a copy of the Burridge facsimile edition (circa 1980s). See Dornbusch 384; Fielding and O'Neill, page 233; Trigellis-Smith 279. More
Brisbane, A. Green, 2009 (facsimile edition)/ 1924. Number 27 of 400 copies. Loosely inserted is a printed slip giving publication details. See Dornbusch 384; Fielding and O'Neill, page 233; Trigellis-Smith 279. More
[Swanbourne, Burridge, 1989 (facsimile edition)]/ 1924. One of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 279 (giving 1989 as the date of this facsimile edition). More
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1920. Dornbusch 305; Fielding and O'Neill, page 229; Trigellis-Smith 241. More
Swanbourne, John Burridge, [1980s (facsimile edition)]/ 1920. Number 119 of only 200 copies (and a much better production than the original). See Dornbusch 305; Fielding and O'Neill, page 229; Trigellis-Smith 241 (giving '1980s' as the date of this facsimile edition). More
Adelaide, Webb & Son, 1936 [first edition, second impression]. The author was 'Late No. 624, Private Original 10th Battalion'. Dornbusch 322; Fielding and O'Neill, page 226; Trigellis-Smith 211 (none of them noting that the first impression binding is lettered in gilt, the second in black). More
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, [circa 1932]. More
[Adelaide, 2/10th Battalion Association], November 2008/ 1993 [facsimile reprint with a new supplement]/ 1958. The history is updated to 2008, and contains complete nominal and honour rolls, a foreword by Peter Brune, and much else. Unstated in the book, but we know it to be limited to only 250 copies..... More
Adelaide, Webb & Son, 1936 [first edition, first impression]. The author was 'Late No. 624, Private Original 10th Battalion'. Dornbusch 322; Fielding and O'Neill, page 226; Trigellis-Smith 211 (none of them noting that the first impression binding is lettered in gilt, the more commonly-encountered black lettering denotes the second impression)..... More
London, The Folio Society, 2001 (first thus). 'Gustav Erikson of Mariehamn in the Baltic was the last man to own a great fleet of sailing-ships. By the late 1930s the grain trade with South Australia was the only one left in which ships like his could engage with any real..... More
Dover Gardens, The Vinall Family, 1987. One of 1000 copies. More
Adelaide, Jam Factory, 2013. 'Over the past 40 years of ceaseless creative production, JamFactory has helped shape many of the individuals who lead Australian contemporary craft and design practice' (from the blurb). More
Melbourne, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 1953. Provenance: Norman Lewis, former Head of the SA Woods and Forests Department, with his ink ownership details on the front flyleaf and his occasional pencilled emphases. Loosely inserted are two pamphlets, each by the same author, both in very good condition. The..... More
Melbourne, The Society, 1960. Bound together with: D.J. MULVANEY, G.H. LAWTON and C.R. TWIDALE (and others): 'Archaeological Excavation of Rock Shelter No. 6, Fromm's Landing, South Australia'. [Reprinted from]: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series, Volume 77, Part 2. Melbourne, The Society, 1964. Quarto, 479-516 pages with..... More
Adelaide, Printed at the Hassell Press for the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia, 1930. With the colour pictorial bookplate and ownership label of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM (1955-2022). More
Sydney, Reed, 1967 [facsimile edition]/ 1847. One of 1000 copies of this fine facsimile. The Aboriginal content is considerable and significant: 22 of the 60 plates (and the accompanying leaves of text) are devoted exclusively to the state's Aborigines. There are numerous portraits (usually four or more to a page)..... More
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1890 and 1899. An impressive, important and unquestionably rare compilation. The contents of Volume 2 include: 1. TIETKENS, W.H.: The Nullabor Plains and the West Boundary of the Province (5 pages plus a very large and detailed folding map of the boundary line between South Australia and Western..... More