London, HMSO, 1848; 1849; and 1850. The first two annual reports by the Commissioners of Railways, who had assumed the responsibilities of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. The reports on accidents (including evidence from Brunel) run to over 130 pages, and are worth the price on their..... More

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1875. A large folding lithographed map (730 x 475 mm); two short tears to the left-hand edge expertly repaired; in excellent condition. The most northerly extent of the surveyed route is in line with Mt Lyndhurst. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 16 of 1875. More

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1890. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 204 of 1890; only 650 copies printed. More

Adelaide, Published by 'The Australian Garden & Field Proprietary' for the Australian Railways and Territory League, 1909. The sub-title beneath the drop-title 'Territoria' at the beginning of the text proper on page 5 is instructive: 'A Sketch of its Immense Resources. Reasons for Past Failures. Suggestions for Future Successes. The..... More

Sheffield, The Company, [circa 1910]. 'With the adoption of electricity as the motive power on street tramways, there came sweeping changes in the designs of points and crossings.... The following pages contain full particulars of Hadfield's Latest and Most Improved Designs of Points and Crossings, and they have been supplemented..... More

London, John Murray, 1912. Provenance: Arnold Edwin Davey (1862-1920), South Australian flour-miller and grain merchant (see the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'). Tipped in on the endpapers and a few pages throughout the book are seven relevant cuttings or tearsheets (including a review of the book), the large folded seating plan..... More

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1915. More

Melbourne, Government Printer, 1916. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 321 of 1914-15-16: only 755 copies printed. A series of spurious charges brought by a disgruntled employee, with detailed rebuttals; the Royal Commissioner was J.G. Eagleson. More

New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1924. With the ownership signature of M.E. (Max) Lawton. More

London, Herbert Jenkins, February 1926 [second impression]/ November 1925. Signed and dated (12 December 1928) by the author on the title page, with a contemporary ownership signature on the front pastedown (T.W. Adams, 4 January 1929). An account of eighteen months spent driving an ancient tin lizzie from Winton to..... More

Adelaide, Harrison Weir, Government Printer, 1928. 'This booklet is published at the request of a number of the General Public, who have from time to time sought copies of views and particulars in relation to the new Adelaide Railway Station.' The General Public got what they asked for. In addition..... More

Canley, Standard Motor Co., Ltd., 1933. 'The 1933 Standards! Could any cars be built better than those that Standard made for 1932? Could any cars be more successful, more welcome in a world of thrift?' (from the first page). More

Manchester, The Scientific Publishing Company, [1945; nineteenth edition]. More

New York, Automobile Quarterly, 1962 to 1981. Offered with three index volumes covering Volumes 1-12. [75 items]. More

[Rhodes, NSW], Tulloch Limited, 1965. Loosely inserted is the inscribed table card for the dinner of one Miss D. Pyatt. Dorothy Pyatt OAM (1918-2019) was a pioneer of the South Australian police force and one of the state's early female police officers. In 1951, she became the first woman police..... More

London, Frank Cass, 1966 [third edition]/ 1962 [second edition]/ 1916. With a new introductory guide by W.H. Chaloner; this third edition also contains 'An Introductory Guide to recent published work on the History of British Transport to 1850'. The author covers sections on roads, rivers, canals, railways, steam navigation and..... More

Stuttgart, Franckh, 1967. Index in German and English; text in German, but an English translation is loosely inserted. More

Carrollton, The Author, 1967. More

West Footscray, James Flood Charity Trust, 1968, [1971], 1976 and 1980. Each volume, 'produced regardless of cost', is numbered; the first three volumes are in editions of 4000 copies; the fourth volume is one of 3500. The second volume is dated (18 August 1971) and signed by Harold Paynting and..... More

Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1972/ 1964. More

New York, Motor Boating & Sailing Books, 1972. By 'one of America's most practical and imaginative boat designers'. More

Oxford, Oxford Illustrated Press, [Possibly 1973, facsimile/ 1861, second edition]. Two volumes bound as one; the second volume is the Official Illustrated Guide to the Bristol and Exeter, North and South Devon, Cornwall and South Wales Railways. Number 324 of 1000 copies. More

North Plympton, Nesfield Press, 1973. This first edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies; this copy is unnumbered and out of series. More

Tokyo, Koyusha, [1974]. All the plates are from photographs taken by the author from the late sixties to 1972. The text is in both Japanese and English. More

Adelaide, Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, 1974. This issue also contains Peter Donovan: 'A Railway from Adelaide to Darwin: A Microcosm of South Australia's Northern Territory Experience' (17 pages with a map); and Lesley Bourman and Ann Marshall: 'Land Use in the 'Ninety Mile Desert' in 1940'..... More