South Australia from Adelaide Booksellers

Adelaide: Anthony Laube. 1992. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 156 pages. "Trimmers" was a term used to refer to anyone who was a 'character' in the 1900s. Mr Bruce used the term when reminiscing about his youth - delightful memoirs of this interesting… Read more about this item

2017. Quarto Size [approx 21x30cm]. Very Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Maps. . A trilogy covering three generations of the Smith family who were involved in the iconic invention of the Stump-Jump Plough at Arthurton and Ardrosson, South Australia . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Adelaide: Rigby. 1976. 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. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. DJ spine a little sunned. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. 63 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all… Read more about this item

Port Adelaide: Port Dock Station Railway Museum. 1990. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine condition - Card Covers. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 4 System maps. Foreword by R. M. King. 95 pages. A compilation of colour and black & white photos of diesel trains operating in… Read more about this item

Maitland, SA: Published by Author. 2012. Tall Quarto Size [approx 21x30cm]. Near Fine condition - card wraps. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black & White and some colour photographs and Drawings. Maps. 322 pages. An account of eastern Spencer Gulf's Port Victoria's shipwrecks and maritime history from 1839 to post-1949, including the 1930s when the port was one… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Australasian Maritime Historical Society. 1984. Oblong Octavo Size [approx 22.8 x 15.3cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations by the author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 183pages.. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 2007. Quarto Size [approx 21x27cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 337 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Kent Town SA: Wakefield Press. 2001. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 168 pages. An examination of violence, generally racially based, in historical rural South Australia and how it was reported at the time and has been remembered. Robust, professional… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Rigby. 1969. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Spine a little faded. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Dustjacket flaps with blurb neatly pasted to front pastedown. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 176 pages. A vivid pictorial record of South Australia and its people… Read more about this item

Adelaide: St Peter's Girls' School. 1994. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. 240 pages.. A history of this highly regarded Adelaide Private School from its foundation in 1894. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: Endeavour Publishing. 2002. Square Quarto Size [30x28cm approx]. Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Foreword by Colin Thiele. Inscribed and Signed by the author. 132 pages. In this book Stavros Pippos has created an unforgettable portrait of his… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 2000. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine copy in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A very nice copy. Centenary Edition. Ribbon bookmark. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 301pages. . 4th Edition.… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Published by M Tonkin & R.G. Tolmer. 1985. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Good+ dustjacket. Dustjacket is complete but has a sticker stain to base of spine - now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white frontispiece. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 171 pages. A… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Rigby. 1969. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Mild rubbing to DJ at spine edge. Bookplate to the reverse of the front free endpaper and previous owner's name to half-title page. Black & white illustrations by… Read more about this item

Happy Valley, South Australia: Oz Scapes. 2001. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 24cm x17.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with full page colour photographs by Peter Dobre. 124 pages. A lovely tribute to Lake Eyre and surrounds. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 1973. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine a little faded with some tiny chips to ends. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Illustrated with Black and White plates with some maps of New South… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Trevaunance Pty Ltd. 1997. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. Pictorial laminated boards - no dustjacket as issued. Illustrated with colour reproductions of famous paintings by colonial artists. Maps to endpapers. Signed by the author. 335 pages. A well researched book on Emigration to South Australia in the 19th century, and the early struggles of… Read more about this item

Springton, South Australia: Springton Primary School. 1978. 12mo [approx 13x21cm]. Very Good+ condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 68 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Adelaide: Michael Deves Publishing. 2001. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. xxiii, 887 pages. A wide-ranging record of life in vocationally-oriented South Australian secondary schools in the 20th century. Includes Index, Notes and References. Also includes an Appendix 'The Challenge of… Read more about this item

Belair South Australia: Church of Holy Innocents. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15x21cm]. Very Good condition. Nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 156 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.