South Australia
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# 49770
[NIXON, J. H. or GINNINGS, J. T., attributed]
Mount Gambier Hospital, south-eastern South Australia, c.1870.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 63 x 103 mm; verso with a fully contemporary inscription in ink: ‘Mount gambier Hospitle‘; the print has lost some contrast but is otherwise in good condition, as is the mount. This carte was sourced with others taken by travelling photographer J. T. Ginnings. However, the State Library of …
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# 49827
MOUNTFORD, Charles P.
An unrecorded method of manufacturing wooden implements by simple stone tools. (Inscribed by Mountford)
Adelaide : Royal Society of South Australia, 1941. ‘From “Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,” vol. 65, (2), 1941’. Large octavo (240 x 185 mm), original printed wrappers (foxed, old vertical fold), the front inscribed by the author in fountain pen ‘With compliments from C. P. Mountford’; pp. 312-[317], with a full-page photographic …
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# 49394
BECHER, A. B.
Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean [together with] Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas
Navigation of the Atlantic Ocean, containing a brief account of the winds, weather, and currents prevailing therein. With charts. London : J. D. Potter, 1859. Second edition. [Together with] : Navigation of the Indian Ocean, China and Australian Seas, with an account of the winds, weather, and currents found therein throughout the year. London : …
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# 49609
HILLIARD, Winifred (text)
Central Australian Aboriginal Paintings. The Pitjantjatjara abstracts.
Designs in vibrant colours from ancient mythological colours from ancient mythological and totemic motifs by aboriginal artists at Ernabella in the Musgrave Ranges. Limited edition. Seven beautiful plates ready for framing. Melbourne : Newcraft Publicity, 1968. Oblong folio (230 x 330 mm), lettered wrappers (a little marked and creased), two pages of text by Winifred …
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# 48532
D'ENTRECASTEAUX, Antoine Bruni [Bruny] (1737-1793)
Voyage de D’entrecasteaux, envoyé à la recherche de La Pérouse
… / rédigé par M. de Rossel. Paris : De L’Imprimerie impériale, 1808. Two volumes, thick quarto, both text volumes finely bound in uniform full morocco, ruled in gilt, expertly rebacked, spines in compartments with ornamental gilt tooling and lettering, all edges gilt, first volume with half-title, title leaf, pp. lvi, 704 pp with 32 folding …
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# 49242
TRENDELL, A. J. R.
Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886. Her Majesty’s Colonies.
A series of original papers issued under the authority of the Royal Commission. London : William Clowes and Sons, 1886. Octavo, presentation binding of full crushed morocco over bevelled boards, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with gilt rule and lettering (edges a little rubbed), all edges gilt, gilt-lettered morocco presentation label to front pastedown to …
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# 48972
TRUDINGER, Ronald M.
Grammar of the Pitjantjatjara dialect, Central Australia.
Sydney : Australasian Medical Publishing Company Limited, 1943. “Reprinted from Oceania, March 1943, Vol. XIII, no. 3″. Small quarto (245 x 187 mm), original printed wrappers (sunned); pp. 205-223; a good copy.
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# 48977
HALE, Herbert M. and Norman B. TINDALE
Observations on Aborigines of the Flinders Ranges and recordings of rock carvings and paintings.
Adelaide : The Hassell Press, 1925. “From Records of the South Australian Museum, vol. III, no. 1, June 30th, 1925”. Large octavo (245 x 175 mm), original printed wrappers; pp. 45-60, with numerous in-text line-drawn illustrations and a map, plus 4 b/w photographic plates without pagination; an excellent copy.
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# 26065
NIVEN, F. W.
Map of South Australia – as divided into counties and hundreds, showing post towns, telegraph stations, main roads & railways.
Compiled from official documents in the Office of the Surveyor General. Ballarat : F. W. Niven, [circa 1876]. Lithographed map, printed in colour, linen backed, folded into a cloth case (worn) with printed title label, 750 x 520 mm, occasional light foxing. Scarce separately issued map of South Australia. While a couple of examples are …
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# 47367
M. F. (Mabel Fitzgerald) & J. (Jean) B. S. (BARR SMITH); SWEET, Samuel White (photographer)
An Australian birthday book / compiled by M.F. and J.B.S. Printed for private circulation only. (Presented by Mabel Fairfax Barr Smith and Jean Balfour St Clare Barr Smith to their younger sister, Joanna Fitzgerald Barr Smith)
Adelaide : George Robertson, 1883. Octavo (185 x 130 mm), original brown calf, upper board ruled and lettered in gilt (re-backed, boards scuffed and lightly marked); all edges gilt; original floral endpapers; title-page with presentation inscription by the compilers ‘With Mabel & Jean Barr Smith’s Kind regards / March 2nd 1884’; dedication with ownership signature …
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# 33117
Edge-Partington, James (1854-1930)
Ethnographical album of the Pacific Islands. Third series.
[Portfolio cover title]. Also titled: An album of the weapons, tools, ornaments, articles of dress &c. of the natives of the Pacific islands. Drawn and described from examples in public & private collections in Australasia by James Edge-Partington. Third series. [London] : Issued for private circulation by James Edge-Partington & Charles Heape, 1898. “Lithographed by Palmer, …
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# 48840
[Photographer unknown].
The foundation stone of the Robe Mechanics’ Institute, south-eastern South Australia, laid on 24 September 1868.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 63 mm; no photographer’s imprint (but possibly attributable to the travelling Mt. Gambier-based photographer Ginnings); the print has lost some contrast, nevertheless all of the text in the inscription can be easily read (see below); verso blank. From a carte de visite album belonging to William …
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# 48048
JURY, C. R. (Charles Rischbieth)
T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land : some annotations. A Lecture delivered to the Adelaide Branch of the English Association on July 29, 1932
Adelaide : F. W. Preece & Sons (for the Adelaide Branch of the English Association), 1932. Series: ‘Pamphlet no. 1’. Octavo (235 x 150 mm), recent custom leather binding by John Turner (NSW Guild of Craft Bookbinders); bound with the original printed grey wrappers (chipped, upper wrapper with a closed tear), pp. 24; edges uncut; …
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# 47283
A. & S. JOSEPH, MYERS & CO. (publisher)
The Zones of the Earth. Plate No. X. Productions of the Southern Temperate Zone.
[Title from printed caption lower centre]. London : A. & S. Joseph, Myers & Co. 144 Leadenhall Street, [after 1842]. Chromolithograph, 253 x 378 mm, mounted on a fully contemporary backing sheet of marbled card, with an eyelet for hanging at top centre; some pale stains and light marks, mostly confined to the margins, otherwise …
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# 48358
STREHLOW, T.G.H.
Songs of Central Australia
Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1971. Quarto, pictorial dustjacket over cloth (price clipped), liv, 775 pp, colour illustrations, map in pocket inside back cover. A fine copy, with some mild foxing to the endpapers and light edge wear. One of only 500 copies printed. An extremely important study of the poetic and musical culture of …
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# 13101
HENRY POOLEY & SON.
Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, 1887. The only Gold Medal for weighing machines has just
been awarded to Henry Pooley & Son. 21st September, 1887. [Title from overstamp in red ink]. London : Henry Pooley & Son, 1887. Octavo sheet, printed one side only, advertising Henry Pooley & Son’s many successes at international and British exhibitions, including the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition and the Highland & Agricultural Society’s Show, Perth …