South Australia

  • Ambrotype portrait of Lady Susannah Wilson (Edmeades) Hindmarsh, wife of the first Governor of South Australia, Sir John Hindmarsh. Taken in England, circa 1856; reframed in Melbourne, 1859.

    # 43634

    Photographer unknown.

    Ambrotype portrait of Lady Susannah Wilson (Edmeades) Hindmarsh, wife of the first Governor of South Australia, Sir John Hindmarsh. Taken in England, circa 1856; reframed in Melbourne, 1859.

    Quarter-plate ambrotype (wet collodion positive on glass), 100 x 80 mm (sight), in a paper and card mount with oval inset, housed within a colonial gilded timber wall frame with original cover glass (95 x 170 mm); the paper on the back of the frame with an inscription in ink in a refined hand identifying …

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  • Four studio portraits of a vaudeville performer named Jessie. Adelaide, late 1890s.

    # 46152

    DURYEA, Townsend, junior

    Four studio portraits of a vaudeville performer named Jessie. Adelaide, late 1890s.

    Four albumen print photographs, cabinet card format, 161 x 103 mm (mounts); rectos all with the embossed silver imprint of ‘T. Duryea, 51 Rundle Street, Adelaide’; to the verso of one is a dedication inscription in ink written by the sitter which has been scratched out (possibly by a jealous later partner?), of which we …

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  • Studio portrait of Constance May Richmond, age 13 years. Adelaide, 1915.

    # 46160

    McNEILL, Frank A.

    Studio portrait of Constance May Richmond, age 13 years. Adelaide, 1915.

    Gelatin silver print photograph, postcard format 132 x 83 mm, verso with imprint of ‘Frank A. McNeill Studios, Adelaide & Port’, and a fully contemporary inscription in ink identifying the sitter as ‘Constance May Richmond, age 13 years / 1915’; superb condition. Quite simply one of the finest Australian portraits of this period that we …

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  • The Australian Aboriginal (first edition, with original prospectus)

    # 46108

    BASEDOW, Herbert (1881-1933)

    The Australian Aboriginal (first edition, with original prospectus)

    Adelaide : F.W. Preece and Sons, 1925. First edition. Thick octavo, publisher’s purple cloth, upper board with gilt-stamped device depicting Wandjina spirit, spine lettered in gilt (a little sunned), colour frontispiece plate, pp xx, 422, illustrated with 55 photographic plates and line drawings in the text; edges slightly foxed, a very good copy. Loosely enclosed …

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  • The natural food supply of the Australian Aborigines

    # 46113

    ALBRECHT, Rev. F. W.

    The natural food supply of the Australian Aborigines

    / by Rev. F. W. Albrecht, Hermannsburg. Adelaide, SA : Aborigines’ Friends’ Association, [1943]. First edition. Octavo (220 x 140 mm), stapled wrappers (original owner’s name to front), [10] pp, b/w photographic illustrations; a good copy. ‘Looks at the traditional food supplies of the Aboriginal people of the Western MacDonnell Ranges and adjoining districts including …

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  • The Northern Territory of South Australia : its development.

    # 46274

    JENKINS, John Greeley (1851-1923)

    The Northern Territory of South Australia : its development.

    Proposals of the government, as announced by the Premier and Minister controlling the Northern Territory. Adelaide : J. L. Bonython & Co., 1904. Tall octavo pamphlet, original printed orange wrappers, staple bound, 11 pp, a fine copy.

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  • The Soul's Journey : a metrical fantasy

    # 45472

    HAILES, Nathaniel (1802-1879)

    The Soul’s Journey : a metrical fantasy

    / by Nathaniel Hailes. Adelaide : Printed by Hussey, Shawyer, and Gall, King William Street, 1856. Octavo (200 x 130 mm), later half cloth over moire silk (upper board with a few small marks), publisher’s printed blue wrappers bound in, pp. [4], 31; lower wrapper with publisher’s advertisement: ‘Shortly will be published (or as soon as …

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  • View of Franklin Street, Adelaide, circa 1864.

    # 45865

    GOODE, Bernard (1834-1897)

    View of Franklin Street, Adelaide, circa 1864.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 72 x 62 mm (octagonal format), original yellow card mount 85 x 173 mm, verso with small printed label ‘B. Goode, Photographer, 69, Rundle Street, Adelaide’, and a manuscript caption in ink ‘Franklin Street looking West’; both prints are a little faded; the mount is in good condition.

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  • View of King William Street, Adelaide, circa 1864.

    # 45864

    GOODE, Bernard (1834-1897)

    View of King William Street, Adelaide, circa 1864.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 72 x 62 mm (octagonal format), original yellow card mount 85 x 173 mm, verso with small printed label ‘B. Goode, Photographer, 69, Rundle Street, Adelaide’, and a manuscript caption in ink ‘King William Street’; both prints are in very good condition, as is the mount.

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  • View of Rundle Street, Adelaide, circa 1864.

    # 45866

    GOODE, Bernard (1834-1897)

    View of Rundle Street, Adelaide, circa 1864.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 72 x 62 mm (octagonal format), original yellow card mount 85 x 173 mm, verso with small printed label ‘B. Goode, Photographer, 69, Rundle Street, Adelaide’, and a manuscript caption in ink ‘Rundle Street’; both prints are in good condition; the mount has some light handling marks. This view …

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  • The Torch. Published annually by the Adelaide Teachers' College. Vol. XIX, December, 1939. (Extensively signed copy)

    # 45059

    WORTHLEY, Boyce (editor)

    The Torch. Published annually by the Adelaide Teachers’ College. Vol. XIX, December, 1939. (Extensively signed copy)

    Adelaide : Printed at The Hassell Press, 1939. Small quarto, original textured paper wrappers with yapp edges (minor edge wear), upper wrapper with design in blue and silver; pp 44, viii; illustrated with numerous reproductions of linocuts by student artists and photographic plates; this copy is that of Vin Mansell, General Secretary of the Students’ …

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  • Outdoor ambrotype of a man standing in a bush setting. South Australia, circa 1860.

    # 41682

    [Photographer unknown]

    Outdoor ambrotype of a man standing in a bush setting. South Australia, circa 1860.

    Quarter plate ambrotype photograph, 110 x 80 mm; housed in original brass preserver, lacking a case; some loss of emulsion at the edges of the plate, scattered tiny marks and minor crazing; resealed. Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne; acquired from Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, New Haven, CT, USA, December 2009; evidently the ambrotype was resealed by …

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  • Tinted studio portrait of a wedding party. Gawler, South Australia, circa 1910.

    # 44081

    MARCHANT, Ebenezer Tasman

    Tinted studio portrait of a wedding party. Gawler, South Australia, circa 1910.

    Sepia-tone gelatin print photograph with hand colouring, 150 x 200 mm; laid down on the original board mount stamped ‘Marchant’s Studio, Gawler’, 250 x 300 mm; verso with studio advertisement pasted on; superb condition. A truly exceptional Australian wedding portrait from the Federation period.

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  • Studio portrait of a young boy seated on a high-backed chair, holding a spade. Adelaide, South Australia, circa 1876.

    # 43882

    JONES, Henry

    Studio portrait of a young boy seated on a high-backed chair, holding a spade. Adelaide, South Australia, circa 1876.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 62 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘H. Jones, Photographer. Opposite Whites Rooms, King William Street, Adelaide / Awarded Society of Arts Prize for Portraits of Children’; both print and mount are in fine condition. Henry Jones mentioned his Society of Arts Prize for Portraits of …

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  • [SOUTH AUSTRALIA; THEATRE] Jack Ward, vaudeville performer : his personal scrapbook, documenting his career on the stage in Adelaide and regional towns, 1895-1905.

    # 43681

    WARD, Jack (compiler)

    [SOUTH AUSTRALIA; THEATRE] Jack Ward, vaudeville performer : his personal scrapbook, documenting his career on the stage in Adelaide and regional towns, 1895-1905.

    [Adelaide : Jack Ward, c.1895-1905]. Handmade scrapbook, elephant folio (440 x 300 mm), original red pebbled cloth over boards (stained and rubbed), printed name of the compiler ‘JACK WARD’ mounted at centre of upper board, spine reinforced with a later leather backstrip; it is evident that the boards were repurposed by Jack Ward, as the …

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  • Atlas of Australia with all the Gold Regions

    # 44499

    BARTHOLOMEW, J[ohn], W. HUGHES, and Sidney HALL (engravers)

    Atlas of Australia with all the Gold Regions

    A series of maps from the latest and best authorities. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, c. 1853. Quarto, later gilt-lettered cloth, containing six hand-coloured engraved maps (five double page, and one folding) of the gold regions of Australia, a few pale stains, short tape repair to the margin of the first map, and a …

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