South Australia
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# 44160
"AGRICOLA" (ANGAS, George Fife, 1789 - 1879).
Description of the Barossa Range and its neighbourhood, in South Australia.
By “Agricola”. Illustrated with maps and coloured plates, from original drawings made on the spot, by George French Angas. London : Smith, Elder, & Co., Cornwall, 1849. Quarto, recent half-calf over original embossed cloth-covered boards, original gilt-lettered title label to upper board; marbled endpapers, pp. 20, with six fine hand-coloured lithographed plates with tissue guards, …
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![[ADELAIDE PRESENTATION BINDING] Pictures from the German Fatherland drawn with pen and pencil](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_DSFB_3348-300x300.jpg)
# 44017
GREEN, Rev. Samuel G.
[ADELAIDE PRESENTATION BINDING] Pictures from the German Fatherland drawn with pen and pencil
London : The Religious Tract Society, [c.1880]. Folio, fine presentation binding of full Prussian blue leather, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands and gilt ornament, contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt, gilt illustration and motto of Prince Alfred College, Adelaide to upper board; marbled edges and endpapers, presentation prize label from …
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# 43719
FARNDELL, Francis ("Frank")
Studio portraits of a young man and woman, possibly siblings. Adelaide, 1865-67.
I. [Portrait of a young woman standing beside a chair]. Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 64 mm (mount); verso with back mark of ‘Frank Farndell, Photographer, 167 Rundle St. East, Adelaide, S.A.’; the print has a surface scratch near the centre of the image which crosses the sitter’s face; mount in good …
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# 43721
ECCLESTON, Gregory C.
Granville Stapylton : Australia Felix 1836 : second in command to Major Mitchell
Melbourne : Evandale Publishing, 2018. Oblong quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. xix; 250; 46 pages of plates, a fine, new copy. “Granville Stapylton Australia Felix 1836 Second-in-command to Major Mitchell is based on the true journals of the pioneer land surveyor Granville Stapylton when he accompanied Major Thomas Mitchell on the famous ‘Australia Felix’ expedition …
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# 43620
KEMPF, Franz (President)
Contemporary Art Society of Australia (S.A.) Inc. Broadsheet. October 1966
[Adelaide] : Contemporary Art Society of South Australia, 1966. Octavo, decorated wrappers, pp. [8] printed roneo, includes local art news.
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# 43105
SCOTT, Charles P. (1878-1928)
Bagot and Marsh camel train at Oodnadatta Railway Station, South Australia, 1903-04.
Gelatin silver print photograph, 90 x 135 mm, printed on postcard stock; image blind-stamped lower left ‘Chas. P. Scott / Unley, S.A.’ and wet-stamped upper right ‘Oodnadatta’; verso without message or inscription; in excellent condition. This commercial postcard was produced by photographer Charles P. Scott between 1905 and 1908, the year he relocated his business …
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# 32074
WEYGAND, F. J.
Globe artificiel et mécanique a l’usage du petit géographe.
Amsterdam ; La Haye [Netherlands] : F. J. Weygand, [ca.1840]. Collapsible globe in 6 gores, engraved with hand colouring, laid down on thin card, each gore 170 x 70 mm (irregular); in fine condition with vivid original colour, Australia with Terre de Witt, Terre d’Eendracht, Cape Leeuwin, Terre de Nuyts, Golfe de Spencer, Terre de Van …
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# 42415
[HEYSEN]. HEYSEN, Sue
Heysen. Recollections of the Cedars (signed copy)
North Adelaide : Sue Heysen, 1991. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 86, text in three parts; ‘the early days of Heysen’, ‘my memories of the artist’ and ‘a time to remember’, a recount of the life of Sir Hans Heysen from the personal and intimate view of his daughter-in-law, illustrated throughout with colour and black & …
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# 41467
Photographer unknown.
Graziers showing off their two fine merino rams, South Australia (possibly Mount Gambier), early 1860s.
Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image approximately 70 x 70 mm (arched-top format), buff-coloured mount 88 x 173 mm; no photographer’s imprint or inscription on verso; both are strong prints with excellent clarity, and they have survived virtually unscathed; the mount has a central vertical crease, foxing and light staining, as well as a small …
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# 40518
SOLOMON, Saul
Portrait of a veiled woman in velvet. Adelaide, circa 1880.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm, verso with imprint of ‘S. Solomon, School of Photography, 51 Rundle Street, Adelaide’; print and mount are in superb condition. A magnificent head-and-shoulders portrait. Surely the sitter is a celebrity – possibly an actress?
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# 40441
WYATT, Thomas J. J.
Studio portrait of a young woman holding a letter. Western District, Victoria, early 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 103 x 63 mm (mount); verso imprinted ‘Photographed by Thos. J. J. Wyatt, Warrnambool, Portland and Belfast’; a superb, crisp print; in fine condition, as is the mount. A beautiful studio portrait of a woman seated beside a table, holding a letter. There can be little doubt she …
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# 41118
FRANCIS, William Augustus
Husband and (expectant?) wife. Adelaide, mid 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 64 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘W. A. Francis, Photographer and Artist, 93 Hindley St. Adelaide’; the print has excellent clarity and is in good condition; the mount is lightly foxed. A nicely composed studio portrait of a married couple. We suspect the woman is …
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# 41286
GEORGE & WALTON
Studio portrait of Elizabeth Smith (Spicer), wife of Sir Edwin Smith, businessman, mayor and politician. Adelaide, South Australia, circa 1883.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 166 x 113 mm (mount); recto of mount with gilt imprint of ‘George & Walton, late Tuttle & Co., 65, Rundle Street, Adelaide’; verso with identifying caption in pencil in a later hand (copies from an album mount) ‘Elizabeth Smith née Spicer’; a superb print in fine condition, as …
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# 13471
GINNINGS, J. T.
Mount Gambier Mechanics’ Institute under construction. Southeastern South Australia, circa 1868.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 63 x 103 mm; verso with the imprint of J.T. Ginnings Photographer Mt. Gambier & Portland; the albumen print with some toning, confined to the upper edges; the verso of the mount with a little foxing. ‘Mount Gambier Institute under construction. The ground floor library, reading rooms and …
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![[BAROSSA VALLEY] The manuscript diary of William Spettigue Lillecrapp, September 1863-April 1864.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_DSFB_5282-300x300.jpg)
# 41221
LILLECRAPP, William Spettigue (1840-1920)
[BAROSSA VALLEY] The manuscript diary of William Spettigue Lillecrapp, September 1863-April 1864.
Large octavo journal (210 x 165 mm), original half green morocco over grey cloth (boards marked and sun-faded; corners worn; some loss to leather on spine); verso of front free-endpaper with ownership signature and date ‘W. S. Lillecrapp, 23 September, 1863’; manuscript in ink on unruled paper, pp. [157 Lillecrapp’s diary, September 1863-April 1864], [2 blank], [25 …
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# 41380
SWEET, Samuel White (1825-1886)
View of the interior of the Adelaide Arcade, December 1885.
Albumen print photograph, 160 x 223 mm, with ‘Sweet, Adelaide’ in manuscript in negative at bottom edge left of centre; laid down on its original mount of thickish card, captioned ‘Arcade’ in red ink below the image; the tones are a little dark (to be expected) but the image contains a wealth of detail such …