Search Results: Local History -- South Australia from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Rigby, Adelaide, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 500 g; XII, 164 pages, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, and black-and-white drawings by Joyce Oliver, along with a family tree, all in a colour illustrated dust jacket. Slight ruffling of the top edge of the dust jacket, otherwise the book shows no signs of damage. "Bright Morning is the story of a childhood. Though it is told of my own childhood it represents, too, the youth of our state and of our country. It is the story of families who came from Somerset, Yorkshire, and Scotland to settle in South Australia during the 19th century, and of the childhood of their children." -- from the foreword page VII Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Local History -- South… Read More

Rigby, Adelaide, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XIV, 178 pages, includes bibliography, and is illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photography. Colour illustrated photographic dustwrapper. Apart from the fading of the spine section, and previous owner's name on the first page there is no damage to describe. For 34 years Hancock ruled over the copper triangle, the miners, the companies, the workers, their wives, their children and in fact everybody in the area. Yet his reign was not a tyranny, and he was well respected by the miners and all others who dealt with them. a history of South Australia, and Moonta Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The book is a secondhand book with reading creases to the spine, but is otherwise clean, and free of annotation or damage.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.… Read More

Rigby, Adelaide, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 500 g; XIV, 178 pages, includes bibliography, and is illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photography. Colour illustrated photographic dustwrapper. Apart from the fading of the spine section, the book shows almost no signs of handling, or even of having been read. For 34 years Hancock ruled over the copper triangle, the miners, the companies, the workers, their wives, their children and in fact everybody in the area. Yet his reign was not a tyranny, and he was well respected by the miners and all others who dealt with them. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Local History -- South Australia; ISBN: 0727006061. ISBN/EAN: 9780727006066. Inventory No: 0232300. . 9780727006066

The Miegunyah Press At Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Australia, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 600 g; XII, 248 pages, last page blank, includes endnotes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with political cartoons, and black-and-white photographs. Illustrated dust jacket. Charles Kingston was a leading player in Australia's Federation. He became Premier of South Australia in 1893 yet cared little for the norms of the polite, colonial society of the late 19th century Adelaide and, together with his wife Lucy, was ostracised accordingly. He was accused of adultery and subsequently adopted an illegitimate child; he challenged a political opponent to duel; yet he introduced radical and progressive legislation on industrial conciliation and arbitration, on the creation of the State Bank of South Australia, and on trade and tariff reforms. Thanks to him South Australia led the world on the enfranchisement of women. And Kingston's… Read More

Not Stated, South Australia, No date. None Stated. Hardcover. Good/Good. there is no publication data for this book other than it was printed in Victoria. The latest date mentioned as 1971, although there is discussion of a 50 cent a gallon wine tax which if I remember correctly was imposed in 1973. While book is a logical continuation of "Journey to Wine in Victoria", and while it is also a history of the region, it is, a company history of the Mildara wine company. 44 pp, two maps, two 2-page colour paintings, one 2-page black and white drawing and 2 full-page black and white drawings by John C. Goodchild. Photographing illustrated dustwrapper. The book is in good order, the dustwrapper is rubbed, chipped, and has tears along the top edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Australiana; Local History --… Read More

Seal Books/Rigby, Adelaide, 1971. First Australian Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated. intentionally, list of illustrations, author's note, introduction by author, notes, bibliography and indexed. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, of Col. William light. The text is illustrated with contemporary black-and-white illustrations. Colour photographic front cover with white titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and reading creases to the backstrip. There is a small nick to the front fore edge of the front cover. Browning and slight foxing to the text block edges. The biography of the founder of the city of Adelaide Colonel William Light. Part of the Seal Books series. Size: Standard Paperback. XVI, 326 pages, last the page bank,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography &… Read More

Rigby, Adelaide, 1980. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Anni Luur Fox. 63 pp., each page of text refers to its accompanying illustration. Most of the buildings are now unrecognisable, because even with sensitive refurbishment, the attraction of the tourist dollar overrode sensibility. Illustrated dustwrapper is slightly faded on the spine, with rubbing at the corners. Previous owner's details on the half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Anni Luur Fox. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Architecture; Local History -- South Australia; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0727000829. ISBN/EAN: 9780727000828. Inventory No: 0239677. . 9780727000828

Rigby, Adelaide, 1980. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Anni Luur Fox. 63 pp., each page of text refers to its accompanying illustration. Most of the buildings are now unrecognisable, because even with sensitive refurbishment, the attraction of the tourist dollar overrode sensibility. Illustrated dustwrapper is slightly faded on the spine, with rubbing at the corners, and there is a small tear at the bottom left of the rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Anni Luur Fox. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Architecture; Local History -- South Australia; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0727000829. ISBN/EAN: 9780727000828. Inventory No: 0259246. . 9780727000828

Melbourne University Press with the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Melbourne, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. XVI, 360pp., preface by editor, acknowledgements, list of illustrations, list of maps and index. Photographic endpapers, showing a panoramic view of Adelaide. Coloured photographic frontispiece, looking in a south easterly direction across Adelaide towards the Mount Lofty ranges. The text is illustrated with black-and-white and coloured photography, black-and-white illustrations and line drawings, maps and graphs. Green coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Slight fraying to the book corners and very slight bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine. Browning and foxing marks to the paper edges and there are some marks to the panels cloth. Taped to the ffep., is a review for the book. Very slight browning to the internal pages. Photographic dustwrapper, showing sane photograph… Read More

Rigby, Adelaide, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 380 g; 64 pp., list of illustrations. Within the text there are 4 coloured photographs and 38 black and white photographs illustrating. Brown coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing the author is a young girl with five of her siblings, with green backgrounds white writing on front panel white and orange on spine. This is the authors' recollection of growing up and living on the river Murray, Renmark, South Australia, during the early 1900s. There is a birthday inscription at the top of the front free end page, otherwise the book shows no damage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Ships & the Sea; Local History -- South Australia; Family History; ISBN: 0727003925. ISBN/EAN:… Read More

Whitcombe & Tombs, Melbourne, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. preface by author, list of illustrations, glossary of technical terms, questions and exercises and index. Map frontispiece, showing map of the world, showing South Australia. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, black and white line drawings, maps and graphs. Brown coloured boards with black coloured titles to the backstrip and front panel. A study of the structural, regional and human geography of South Australia from the middle of the 20th century. Softening to the backstrip edges and bumping and fraying to the book corners. There is a small, 0.25", dared to the lower backstrip edge. The spine is reverse cocked. Marks and fading to the cloth covers. Browning to the textblock edges. Foxing to the endpapers and occasionally throughout the book along with browning of the pages. Previous owner's initials on the free front endpaper. Size:… Read More

Rigby, Adelaide, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Bill Walls. 64 pages, last blank. Bright green coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations by Bill Walls with accompanying text by V.M. Branson. Bright green spine with green and white speckled boards with white writing on the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Bill Walls, with black writing on the front panel and spine. Part of the " Sketchbook Series ", this time dealing with the area around Port Noarlunga and the Southern Vale area of South Australia. there is no damage to describe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Bill Walls. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Architecture; Local History -- South Australia; Australia; ISBN: 0727003569. ISBN/EAN: 9780727003560. Inventory No: 0242782. . 9780727003560 Read More

Decalon Pty. Ltd, Melbourne, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 500 grammes; 80 pages, introduction by editor. Black illustrated half title page, showing the Clare Valley in the late 1800s. Map frontispiece, showing the Clare Valley and environs, showing the wineries. The text is illustrated with black and white and coloured photographs, some from the early days of the winemaking in the Clare Valley. The text is also illustrated with numerous examples of the labels from the various wines of the Clare Valley. Brown coloured boards with a white illustration on the front panel, same illustration as for half title page. White writing on the front panel and spine. Slight rubbing to the edges of the spine and to the book corners. Photographic dust wrapper, showing a winemaker placing a plug back into a wine barrel on the front panel and on the back panel, showing a small river of the Clare Valley. Yellow writing to the front panel and spine.… Read More