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Published by Kangaroo Island Pty Ltd, South Australia 2017
- Softcover
Seller: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, AustraliaMuir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books]
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stiff wraps. Facsimile Edition. Facsimile, octavo, stiff pictorial wraps, b&w illus (photographs and advertisements) map, pp iii, 45, xxvii. Near fine condition. Facsimile edition published from the 1905 edition. The book was compiled from a series of articles written for "The Register and "The Observer". It is a visitors' guide… to Kangaroo Island, off the coast of South Australia, with some history of the island and discussion with local residents. Includes advertisements of the time for local businesses.
More imagesPublished by W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers and Publishers, Adelaide 1905
- Softcover
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaMichael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers and Publishers, May 1905 (second edition, first in book form). Small octavo, 45 pages with an illustration plus 22 pages of plates and a small folding map. Bound without the original pictorial wrappers or advertisements in contemporary half moroc…co and cloth, a little rubbed at the extremities and bumped on the bottom corners; spine lightly sunned, with a few short surface cracks; cloth slightly marked; a very good copy (internally excellent). This edition was published in pictorial wrappers, and contained four leaves of advertisements before the title page, and six leaves of advertisements at the rear; these ten leaves have been excised from this copy. The first edition was the series of newspaper articles treating of visits to the island in January and March 1905. Provenance: the ownership signatures of two South Australian identities are written in pencil on the front free endpaper - A. Kyffin Thomas (possibly Amelia, the wife of Robert, newspaper proprietor and son of the W.K. Thomas of W.K. Thomas & Co.), and W.H. Langham, at one stage President of the Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia (and the bibliographer of The Hassell Press).
More imagesPublished by W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers and Publishers, Adelaide 1905
- Softcover
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaMichael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB
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US$ 290.36
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers and Publishers, 1905 (third edition, preface dated 30 June)/ May 1905 (second edition, first in book form). Small octavo, 47 pages with an illustration plus 22 pages of plates, a small folding map, an additional leaf (printed recto only) tipped i…n on page [3] (being a reprint of the introduction to the second edition, dated May 1905), and advertisements on both sides of the rear wrapper. Pictorial wrappers slightly creased and marked; spine sunned, cracked and slightly chipped at the head; an excellent copy. The first edition was the series of newspaper articles treating of visits to the island in January and March 1905. Apart from the tipped-in leaf, this third edition also contains additional text on pages 45-47 ('Addenda, 3rd Edition'). It is referred to in the introduction to this edition as 'a letter written by the late Colonel Light, having reference to Kangaroo Island, also an extract from "The Adelaide Observer", of October 11, 1845'. Provenance: George S. Fowler (of the Adelaide-based wholesale grocery dynasty), with his contemporary ownership signature at the head of the title page.
More imagesPublished by W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers and Publishers, Adelaide 1905
- Softcover
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaMichael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 326.65
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Paperback. Condition: Near fine. 3rd Edition. Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers and Publishers, 1905 (third edition, preface dated 30 June)/ May 1905 (second edition, first in book form). Small octavo, 47 pages with an illustration plus 22 pages of plates, a small folding map, an additional leaf (printed recto only) tipped i…n on page [3] (being a reprint of the introduction to the second edition, dated May 1905), and advertisements on both sides of the rear wrapper. Pictorial wrappers slightly marked and creased; a near-fine copy. The first edition was the series of newspaper articles treating of visits to the island in January and March 1905. Apart from the tipped-in leaf, this third edition also contains additional text on pages 45-47 ('Addenda, 3rd Edition'). It is referred to in the introduction to this edition as 'a letter written by the late Colonel Light, having reference to Kangaroo Island, also an extract from "The Adelaide Observer", of October 11, 1845'.
