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Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia
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Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia

by BULL, J.W.

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First Edition
Published
1878
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Hardcover
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Adelaide: Printed at the 'Advertiser', 'Chronicle' and 'Express' Offices [for the Author], 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, Printed at the 'Advertiser', 'Chronicle' and 'Express' Offices [for the Author], 1878. Octavo, x, 304, [24] (advertisements) pages plus a frontispiece lithograph ('Adelaide 1838') and an advertising slip for Alfred Waddy, bookbinder (whose small paper label in affixed to… Read more about this item
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Evidence respecting the Soil, Climate, and Productions of the South Coast of Australia, between the 132nd and 141st Degrees of East Longitude
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Evidence respecting the Soil, Climate, and Productions of the South Coast of Australia, between the 132nd and 141st Degrees of East Longitude

by [South Australian Land Company]

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Published
1962
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Hardcover
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Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1962. Hardcover. Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1962 (facsimile edition)/ 1832. Octavo, [ii], 53 pages plus a folding map. Green synthetic cloth; endpapers tanned around the edges; a near-fine copy. Peade SA11: one of only 140 copies. This was one of the earliest facsimile editions published by the library, 'reproduced ... using… Read more about this item
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Bungaree. Land, Stock and People

Bungaree. Land, Stock and People

by [Hawker family]. HAWKER, Frankie and Rob LINN

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1992
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Hardcover
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Adelaide: Turnbull Fox Phillips, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Adelaide, Turnbull Fox Phillips, 1992. Small quarto, xii, 230 pages with 8 family trees, several tables and maps, and numerous illustrations plus 14 full-page colour plates. Papered boards; extremities slightly bumped and rubbed; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper a little sunned and creased, with a… Read more about this item
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Children of the Desert. The Western Tribes of Central Australia. Volume One

Children of the Desert. The Western Tribes of Central Australia. Volume One

by RÓHEIM, Géza

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Used - Fine
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Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1974
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Hardcover
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New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. New York, Basic Books, Inc., 1974. Octavo, xx, 262 pages. Cloth; a fine copy with the slightly sunned and rubbed dustwrapper. Edited and with an introduction by Werner Muensterberger: the first publication of this important work, twenty years after Róheim's death. 'A few days before his… Read more about this item
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A vintage photograph of St Peters Cathedral, Adelaide

by [South Australia]

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Published
1917
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Adelaide: [Unidentified Photographer, 1917. Adelaide, [Unidentified Photographer, circa 1917]. A gelatin silver photograph (220 × 310 mm) with two tears to the top edge expertly sealed; in excellent condition. '2790 Pennington Park' is written in red pencil on the verso; ''& Cathedral' has been added later in lead pencil. The State Library of South Australia has a damaged smaller-format… Read more about this item
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'The Great South Land.' Four Papers on Emigration, designed to exhibit the Principles and Progress of the New Colony of South Australia. (Reprinted from the 'Stirling Observer')
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'The Great South Land.' Four Papers on Emigration, designed to exhibit the Principles and Progress of the New Colony of South Australia. (Reprinted from the 'Stirling Observer')

by [SMILLIE, William]

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Published
1962
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Hardcover
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Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1962. Hardcover. Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1962/ 1838. Octavo, [ii] (new preliminaries), [iv] (versos blank), iv-31 pages plus a folding map of the fledgling colony. Synthetic cloth; free endpapers tanned; a near-fine copy. Peade SA34: one of only 91 copies. This was one of the earliest facsimile editions published by the… Read more about this item
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A Trunk Full of Books. History of the State Library of South Australia and its Forerunners

A Trunk Full of Books. History of the State Library of South Australia and its Forerunners

by BRIDGE, Carl

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Used - Very Good
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Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1986
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Hardcover
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Netley: Wakefield Press in association with the State Library of SA, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Netley, Wakefield Press in association with the State Library of SA, 1986. Octavo, xviii, 266 pages with 10 tables and 27 illustrations. Red synthetic cloth; spine lightly sunned; an excellent copy with the lightly sunned dustwrapper.
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A Trunk Full of Books. History of the State Library of South Australia and its Forerunners

A Trunk Full of Books. History of the State Library of South Australia and its Forerunners

by BRIDGE, Carl

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Used - Very Good
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Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1986
Binding
Hardcover
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Netley: Wakefield Press in association with the State Library of SA, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Netley, Wakefield Press in association with the State Library of SA, 1986. Octavo, xviii, 266 pages with 10 tables and 27 illustrations. Red synthetic cloth; foot of the spine and rear cover slightly darkened; spine a trifle creased; an… Read more about this item
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The History of Tumby Bay and District. These records have been collected to commemorate seventy-five years of declaration of local government of the Tumby Bay District Council
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The History of Tumby Bay and District. These records have been collected to commemorate seventy-five years of declaration of local government of the Tumby Bay District Council

by [Tumby Bay]

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
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Tumby Bay: The District Council of Tumby Bay, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tumby Bay, The District Council of Tumby Bay, 1981. Quarto, xiv, 290 pages with a map with numerous illustrations from photographs plus a loosely inserted single-page 'Businesses at Tumby Bay, 1906-1980'. Colour-pictorial papered boards a little marked; lightly sunned about the spine, with a… Read more about this item
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South Australian Exploration to 1856 [and] South Australian Land Exploration, 1856 to 1880
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South Australian Exploration to 1856 [and] South Australian Land Exploration, 1856 to 1880

by WILLIAMS, Gwenneth [and] Bessie THREADGILL

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1919
Binding
Paperback
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Adelaide: The Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia, 1919. First Edition. Paperback. Adelaide, The Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia, 1919 [and] 1922 (the second title, issued in two volumes). Octavo, three volumes (bound here as one), [vi], 118 pages plus 10 colour… Read more about this item
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James Cant
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James Cant

by [CANT, James] YOUNG, Elizabeth

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1970
Binding
Paperback
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[Adelaide]: Brolga Books, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. [Adelaide], Brolga Books, 1970. Square quarto, [18] pages plus 27 plates (7 in colour). Flush-cut card covers; extremities slightly bumped (with associated light creasing to a few corner tips); an excellent copy with the lightly used colour-pictorial dustwrapper. The frontispiece photographic portrait of James Cant is signed and… Read more about this item
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An original signed portrait photograph of George Harrison

An original signed portrait photograph of George Harrison

by [The Beatles]. HARRISON, George

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A gelatin silver photograph (165 × 113 mm), boldly signed with a black felt-tipped pen, mounted on foam board with an attached mat together with a high-quality photocopy of a photograph of Harrison signing a different item for the same collector, done at the same time (external dimensions 454 × 257 mm); in fine condition. Provenance: the personal collection… Read more about this item
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The Australian Horse Doctor
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The Australian Horse Doctor

by O'DEA, Thomas

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1920
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Hardcover
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Murray Bridge: [The Author, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Murray Bridge, [The Author, 1920s]. Octavo, 65 pages with several relevant advertisements. Red cloth lettered in gilt; cloth slightly marked; title page lightly tanned; rear free endpaper with a closed tear; an excellent copy. A rare regional imprint.
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Eight issues of the South Australian edition of 'TV Week' (1964 to 1967) featuring The Beatles - or one or other of them - on the front cover (and often with good Beatles content inside)

Eight issues of the South Australian edition of 'TV Week' (1964 to 1967) featuring The Beatles - or one or other of them - on the front cover (and often with good Beatles content inside)

by [The Beatles]

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1964
Binding
Paperback
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Adelaide: TV Week, 1964. First Edition. Paperback. Adelaide, TV Week, 1964 to 1967. Octavo, 8 issues, approximately 60 pages per issue with numerous illustrations (many in colour) including several pages on The Beatles in the first five issues (and two pages in each of the subsequent issues). Colour-pictorial wrappers, basically in uncirculated condition. The specific dates are 1 February… Read more about this item
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The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin, Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes 'Géographe' and 'Naturaliste'. Assigned by Order of the Government to a Voyage of Discovery
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The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin, Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes 'Géographe' and 'Naturaliste'. Assigned by Order of the Government to a Voyage of Discovery

by BAUDIN, Nicolas

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1974
Binding
Hardcover
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Netley: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Netley, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1974 (first complete edition in English). Quarto, xxii, 609 pages with 2 maps, several tables and a frontispiece illustration. Cloth very lightly scuffed and slightly marked; a near-fine copy. Translated from the French by Christine Cornell, with a foreword by Jean-Paul Faivre. … Read more about this item
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The Torrens Park Estate. A Social and Architectural History
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The Torrens Park Estate. A Social and Architectural History

by PREISS, Ken and Pamela OBORN

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Used - Fine
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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1991
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Hardcover
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[Adelaide]: The Authors, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. [Adelaide], The Authors, 1991. Folio, xvi, 624 pages with 'over 800 photographs, reproductions and detailed drawings'. Cloth; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper in the original mailing carton. Number 675 of 1000 copies signed in ink by both authors. A copy of the original prospectus is loosely inserted. Torrens… Read more about this item
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The Founding of South Australia, as recorded in the Journals of Mr Robert Gouger, First Colonial Secretary
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The Founding of South Australia, as recorded in the Journals of Mr Robert Gouger, First Colonial Secretary

by [GOUGER, Robert] HODDER, Edwin (editor)

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1898
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Hardcover
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, and Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. London, Sampson Low, Marston, and Company, 1898. Octavo, 239 pages plus 2 plates (a frontispiece portrait, and 'Mr Gouger's Tent and Hut' opposite page 203). Cloth very lightly rubbed and bumped; acidic text paper discoloured (mainly around the margins, as ever); a near-fine copy. The first publication of these… Read more about this item
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Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia
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Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia

by DALY, Mrs Dominic D.

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Used - Fair
Edition
First Edition
Published
1887
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1887. Octavo, xii, 368 pages plus a folding colour map (435 × 190 mm). Original mustard yellow cloth with extensive brown and green floral decoration and attractive gilt lettering; all edges uncut (and now discoloured); cloth a little marked… Read more about this item
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The Encounter, 1802. Art of the Flinders and Baudin Voyages

The Encounter, 1802. Art of the Flinders and Baudin Voyages

by [FLINDERS, Matthew and Nicolas BAUDIN] THOMAS, Sarah

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
2002
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Hardcover
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Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2002. Large quarto, 228 pages with 3 maps and numerous plates (many of them in colour). Colour-pictorial papered boards lightly scuffed (a problem endemic to the binding material); top edge lightly marked; an excellent copy. This sumptuous catalogue accompanied an… Read more about this item
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Colonial Architecture in South Australia. A Definitive Chronicle of Development, 1836-1890, and the Social History of the Times
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Colonial Architecture in South Australia. A Definitive Chronicle of Development, 1836-1890, and the Social History of the Times

by JENSEN, Rolf and Elfrida JENSEN

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Used - Fine
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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1980
Binding
Hardcover
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Adelaide: Rigby, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Adelaide, Rigby, 1980. Large quarto, xii, 888 pages with '1550 black and white illustrations'. Simulated half leather and parchment lettered in gilt; a fine copy with the fine original plain celluloid dustwrapper in the original cardboard mailing carton. The 'trade' edition, limited to 990 copies (this fact is not noted in… Read more about this item
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