Published by author adelaide (170 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in a Fine Dust-Jacket which has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clipped and this copy has no previous ownership inscriptions present,but the book has been SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author to former Roman Catholic Priest Michael Burgess of London,with a further Christmas card laid into the book also signed by the Author.The book has a firm binding with no leaning or rolling to spine.Clean copy internally,8vo 187pp First Edition. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with black & white photographs, drawings and maps. Previous owners name to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 107 pages.…

Softcover. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 25x19cm]. Very Good condition. Previous owners initials to title page and top edge of pp 49. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 55 pages. Started during the artist's time in Northern Australia during World War Two. Delightful Australian landscapes by this South Australian artist and businessman. Introduced by Ray Polkinghorne.…

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 128 pages.

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good copy - card covers Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 170pages. The autobiography of Adelaide doctor who was a POW of the japanese during World War Two. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Softcover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 18x24cm]. A Near Fine copy. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 80 pages. Commemorating a century of local government.

Hardback. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine condition. Laminated pictorial boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and drawings. SIGNED THE AUTHOR. Top edge of the title page clipped. 264 pages. Letters and journals and history of a South Australian family from pioneer days to 1986. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Softcover. 2nd Impression. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 24cm x17.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black illustrations by Coudrey and color and black & white photographs. Black & white map. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Unpaginated.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good copy in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Endpaper family tree. Signed by author. viii,167pages. The story of the South Australian Kelly family and their Merrindie farm. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. …

Hardback. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 253 pages. The inspiring story of David Burchell who lost a leg at 16 years of age. He became a pioneer of diving in Australia and lived a life of adventure and interest.…

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Signed by author. Spine just a little sunned. Previous owners small and neat name to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 152 pages.…

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17x25cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Spine sunned but clear. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 143pages.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated in black & white and two-tone. Colour frontispiece. A nice copy. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 198 pages. Foreword by Don Dunstan. South Australia 50 years after settlement.…

Softcover. Etat : New. 1st Edition. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm] . MINT - a NEW copy. Inscribed & signed by the author. 76 pages. A powerful set of poems that will stir your emotions and challenge you to be an advocate for the reduction of domestic violence. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed & Inscribed by the author to previous owner. 264pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Oblong Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition - pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions and colour plates and black & white photographs. Spine very gently faded. 87 pages. A year by year history from 1788 to 1987. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. …

hardcover with laminated boards in very good condition; 109 pages, b/w photos and illusts.

Hardback. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 259 pages. This excellent collection of sea stories, recounted in part by the participants, is a unique work reflecting a very personal aspect of the history of the Royal Australian Navy. Part of the book is devoted to Corvette tales, providing a memorable supporting volume to the author's earlier book on Corvettes [The Corvettes]. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Trade Paperback. Etat : New. 1st Edition. MINT - a NEW copy. Signed by the author. 227 pages. A novel set in multiple time periods and dealing with Aboriginal, Indian and British mythology.

Hardback. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. An excellent copy . Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Souvenir Edition. Inscribed (but not personalised) and signed by the Author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 181pages. By the author of Hour of the Cyclone and The Silver Man. Stories, largely true, based in the world of side-shows at Australian festival, fairs and shows. …

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Inscribed & signed by the author. 167 pages. The true story of Thomas Nevison Simpson who became a Methodist minister and was killed in New Guinea during World War Two.…

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st thus. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. House plan to front endpapers and family tree to rear endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 70 pages.…

Softcover. Etat : Near Fine. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 25x19cm]. Near Fine condition - glossy card covers. Signed by the artist. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 55 pages. Started during the artist's time in Northern Australia during World War Two. Delightful Australian landscapes by this South Australian artist and businessman. Introduced by Ray Polkinghorne.…

Hardback. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. Signed by the author on title page. White label to front free endpaper (covering unsightly scribble). Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 192 pages. George Payne was a descendent of one of the legendary families of 'River Kings' the steamboat captains who pioneered trade on the Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee Rivers. This set of memoirs are devoted principally to the author's recollections of these exciting days of Murray River transport. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Volume may have been read, with minimal wear to the hard cover and slight sunning along the spine, but otherwise the binding and text block remain in very good condition. Pages are clean and intact with no inscriptions or annotations. Size: 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Weight: 485g. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. 260pp, index, photos Size: 8vo.

Hardback. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. Hint of rubbing to spine tail. With colour and black & white photographs, maps, drawings, graphs and diagrams. Previous owners name to prelims (twice). 295 pages. A look at this spectacular region by renowned Australian geologist, Reg Sprigg.…

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Spine and front edge a little sunned. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 135 pages. John Ridley was an English-born miller, inventor, landowner, investor, farming machinery manufacturer, farmer and preacher who lived in Australia between 1839 and 1853. He is best known for the development, manufacture and invention of "Ridley's Stripper", a machine that removed the heads of grain, with the threshing being done later by a separate machine. But this had been contested by another pioneer South Australian John Wrathall Bull and has been a point of contention since. This book solves the problem.…

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Quarto Size [approx 21x29cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Inscribed and Signed by author [to previous owner]. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 141 pages. Cecil Taylor wrote five small diaries on the run and transcribed them into three larger ones when time permitted. This book is a trasncription of those main diaries along with more interesting snippets from the "pocket diaries". Signed by Author(s).…

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 29.5x21cm]. Very Good+ condition. Staple bound. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Signed by the author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 80 pages. As well as photographs includes background information for each ship, including name, tonnage, length and breadth, speed, construction details, builder and year of delivery, owners, history, and ultimate fate if known.…