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South Australia Local History

127278
AMPT, LOUIS; AMPT, DOROTHY; Compilers.: The History And Family Tree Of Johann (Jean) Ampt 1812 -1879 And His Wife Sophia Wilhelmina Henrietta Dobbertien 1828 - 1904 Also Nephew Gustav Adolph Ampt 1853 - 1942 And His Wife Emilie Clara Adelaide Sander 1862 - 1929 And Their Descendants In Australia From 1849 To 1980.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 160; frontispiece, 1 d/p. map, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, several maps, numerous family trees, index to the family tree, loosely inserted index to marriage partners, bound in original illustrated slick boards, very good copy.
Fullarton, SA; The Authors; 1980. Click here to Order

AUD$110

127424
COTTON, BERNARD C.: South Australian Mollusca: Archaeogastropoda.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. 449; 1 full page coloured plate, text with over 200 b/w illustrations, bibliography, general index, index to families, index to species, index to genera, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, previous owner's name on title page, very good copy.
Adelaide; W. L. Hawes, Government Printer; 1959. Click here to Order

AUD$35

127423
COTTON, BERNARD C.: South Australian Mollusca: Pelecypoda.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. 363; text with over 300 b/w illustrations, bibliography, general index, index to families, index to species, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, previous owner's name on title page, very good copy.
Adelaide; W. L. Hawes, Government Printer; 1961. Click here to Order

AUD$35

127505
DALY, DOMINIC D.: Digging, Squatting, And Pioneering Life In The Northern Territory Of South Australia.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 368; colour fold-out map, appendices, index, re-backed in half-leather binding with a original spine laid down, title in gilt on spine, marbled boards, boards rubbed, new endpapers, browning to old endpapers, a good copy.
London; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; 1887. Click here to Order

AUD$350

127492
DAVIS, JOHN.: Tracks Of McKinlay And Party Across Australia. Edited from Mr Davis's Manuscript Journal; with an introductory view of the recent Australian explorations of McDouall Stuart, Burke and Wills, Landsborough, etc., by William Westgarth.
Facsimile Deluxe Limited Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xvi, 408; colour frontispiece, 14 coloured full page illustrations, 1 folding map in pocket at back of book, index, bound in quarter dark blue leather and blue cloth boards, gilt title and decoration on spine, decoration in blind on front board, fine copy.
Adelaide; Friends of the State Library of South Australia; 1996. (The original was published in London by Sampson Low, Son, & Co. in 1863).
Limited edition of 600 copies of which 99 are numbered and bound in quarter leather. Click here to Order

AUD$120

127187
GRASBY, W. CATTON.: The Coonawarra Fruit Colony and Yallum Estate, Near Penola, South Australia.
Facsimile Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 39; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, 2 full page maps, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Penola, SA; Gaye and Glen Clifford; 1990. Click here to Order

AUD$40

127425
HALE, HERBERT M.: The Crustaceans of South Australia parts I and II 1927-1927.
Reprint; Med. 8vo; pp. 380; text with over 300 b/w. illustrations, glossary, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Adelaide; A. B. James, Government Printer; 1976. Click here to Order

AUD$40

127219
LEWIS, JOHN.: Address To The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australia Branch. Delivered At The Anniversary Meeting, On The 30th October, 1914.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp 55; 4 b/w plates, 1 large folding map " Country explored by the Central Australian Expedition of Captain Charles Sturt", bound in original printed paper wrapper, good copy.
Printed in Adelaide by W.K. Thomas; 1914.
Nine articles in total. Includes the President's Annual Address, an article on the Central Australian Expedition which left Adelaide August 10th, 1844. It was led by Charles Sturt, and Mr. Edward John Eyre later joined the party. Also articles on Mr Edward John Eyre, Sir Paul Edmund De Strezelecki, The Crozet Islands, The North-Western Central Region Of Australia, The Australian Antarctic Expedition, Storage Of Waters Of The River Murray, and on the Late Secretary. Click here to Order

AUD$60

127313
MORGAN, E. J. R; GILBERT, S. H.: Early Adelaide Architecture 1836 to 1886.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xi, 169; map endpapers, numerous b/w illustrations, glossary, select bibliography, index, bound in grey original cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, minor chipping to dustjacket, very good copy.
Melbourne; Oxford University Press; 1969. Click here to Order

AUD$26

127481
SIDNEY, SAMUEL.: The Three Colonies Of Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia; Their Pastures, Copper Mines, & Gold Fields.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xvi, 426; illustrated frontispiece, 53 b/w. illustrations (engravings), chronology, appendix, rebound in modern quarter brown leather with brown cloth boards, contrasting labels on spine, title lettered in gilt on labels, some occasional light spotting, good copy.
London; Ingram, Cooke, & Co; 1852.
Scarce. Ferguson 15679. Click here to Order

AUD$150

127529
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Victor Harbour Australia's Riviera.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 36; frontispiece, profusely illustrated throughout with photographs by R. S. Sladdin, 2 folding colour photographs; 4 maps, stiff stapled illustrated wrapper with minor chipping, a good copy.
Published By The Authority Of The Victor Harbour Corporation; n.d. (1928). Click here to Order

AUD$75

127513
THREADGILL, BESSIE.: South Australian Land Exploration1856 to 1880. [Text and Maps bound in 1 volume].
First Edition; Super Royal 8vo; pp. vii, 184; 20 fold-out maps are rear; contemporary binding in half green leather with green cloth boards, leather faded on spine, title in gilt on spine, good copy.
Adelaide; The Board Of Governors Of The Public Library, Museum, And Art Gallery Of South Australia; 1922.
An important record of South Australia's exploratory history, covering a critical period when vast tracts of land were surveyed and mapped by European settlers. The work is valued not only for its content but for its role in documenting exploration narratives that shaped South Australia's development. It provides readers with an organized account of expeditions that traversed arid and challenging terrains, often under perilous conditions, to chart previously unmapped regions. Click here to Order

AUD$125

127487
TIETKENS, W. H.: Journal Of The Central Australian Exploring Expedition, 1889, Under Command Of W. H. Tietkens. Despatched by the Central Australian Exploring and Prospecting Association, Limited, under the auspices of the Royal Geographic Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch. Together with map; List of Botanical Specimens, described by Baron Sir Ferd. von Mueller. K.C.M.G., F.R.S., & c., and Professor R. Tate, F.L.S.; also Catalogue of Geological Specimens, described by H.Y.L. Brown, F.G.S., Govt. Geologist of South Australia; with Geological sketch of the Country passed over.
Limited Edition Facsimile Reprint; 8vo; pp. xii, 84; 14 b/w illustrations, appendices, folding map and folding geological sketch at rear, original blue papered boards, title lettered in black on front and spine, fine copy.
Bundaberg, Corkwood Press, 1993.
Limited edition of 220 numbered copies. this copy being number 192. Click here to Order

AUD$150

127496
TIETKENS, W. H.: Private Journal of W. H. Tietkens on an Expedition to The Nullarbor Plain February 1879 to January 1880.
Limited Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. viii, 43; full page map of the routes taken, original maroon cloth title lettered in gilt on spine and front board, fine copy.
Adelaide; Corkwood Press; 1998.
Limited numbered edition of 400 copies this being number 69. The diary was first published by the Weapons Research Establishment, Salisbury, SA (now DSTO) in 1961. The original manuscript is in the Mortlock Library. This edition uses the exact transcript published by the WRE, as well as the map published by them. Click here to Order

AUD$70

127330
TRAEGER, PAT.: Chronicles of the Family Graue 1846-1983: The Story of Heinrich and Sophie Graue and their Descendants.
First Edition; Oblong Impl. 8vo; pp. [x], 193; illustrated endpapers, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, several maps, numerous family trees, index, bound in original slick illustrated boards, very good copy.
Adelaide; The Graue Family Reunion Committee; September 1983. Click here to Order

AUD$50

127519
WILKINSON, GEORGE BLAKISTON.: South Australia; Its Advantages And Its Resources. Being A Description Of That Colony And a Manual Of Information For Emigrants. Illustrated by John Michael Skipper with a new Introduction and Notes on the Illustrations by Dr J. M. Tregenza and an Index to the Illustrations by Jean Tregenza.
Deluxe Facsimile Limited Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. xii, 392, [15]; 1 folding map, numerous illustrations, corrigendum, deluxe edition limited to 1000 numbered copies bound in leather, raised bands, title and decoration in gilt on spine, fine copy.
Adelaide, History Trust of South Australia, 1983.
Facsimile of John Michael Skipper's personal copy in the possession of Mr. Garnham Skipper. Original edition, London, John Murray, 1848.This copy being number 7. Click here to Order

AUD$100