Henderson's Australian Families A Genealogical and Biographical Record Volume I [Signed Limited Edition] by Henderson, Alexander [Compiled and Edited by] - 1941

Sydney: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company (Australasia) Limited. 1925. Small Quarto Size. Very Good Condition. Lovely deep brown boards with copper-look embossing to face. The light coloured patches behind the ship are a little rubbed on some volumes. Each book is a little worn at corners and spine ends. Some volumes are also a little rubbed at edges. All volumes have previous owners bookplate stuck to front pastedown. Several volumes are lightly cracked between the half-title and title pages - the binding is solid otherwise. Gilt to top-edge now dulled Illustrated with black and white plates. Still a very attractive set. This is a heavy set so please contact us for a shipping quote. Volume 1: Searching for a Continent; Volume 2:Exploring the Continent; Volume 3: Settling a Continent; Volume 4: Developing a Continent; Volume 5: Governing a Continent; Volume 6: The Pioneers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.

Melbourne: The Montfort Press. 1903. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Green cloth boards. Corners lightly bumped. A single ink "tick" to ffep. Black and white frontispiece. Tiny piece missing from top corner of "Synopsis" page. Light scattered foxing to fore and top edges and inside edges of covers. 200 pages The story of the Elphington family and their life in the Mallee country of Victoria during the 19th century. Whilst fictional it is a very good representation of life at that time in that place. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: The Cyclopedia Company. 1907& 1909. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Good+ condition in original half-leather binding. Gilt to page edges. Corners, top and tail of spine lightly rubbed. Gilt to spine still clear. Gilt page edges. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Black & white illustrations. Overall a very nice set. This is a very heavy item [weighs 6.25kg unpacked] and will require substantial additional postage costs for an international sale. 630 pages. The Cyclopedia contains a vast resource of historical and biographical information on South Australia - the people, towns, industries, professional, commercial and social institutions and much more. The volumes include thousands of illustrations, the larger number of these being portraits of those whose biographies are included. These are not just the wealthy and influential, but include quite a number of "ordinary citizens". . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Canberra: Department of National Development. 1970. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Six [6] large folded coloured maps to rear pocket. Quite scarce. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 100. 222 pages. The Amadeus Basin is a large sedimentary basin in central Australia, lying mostly within the southern Northern Territory, but extending into Western Australia. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: Burden & Bonython, Advertiser Office. 1887. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good Condition. Red cloth boards [as noted in Ferguson 13317] are faded at spine and upper edge. Free endpapers are tanned. Interior is clean. 39 pages. A reprint of articles originally published in the Advertiser of the author's trip through the centre of Australia. As well as touching on colonial politics it also addresses the issue of Aboriginal people. The author is now best known for his early novel of colonial South Australia ' Paving the Way' but was a notable figure politically in the early years of the colony. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: J. Williams, Printer [for the Author], 1880. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, J. Williams, Printer [for the Author], 1880 [second edition]/ 1879. Octavo, [viii], 84; 80; and 23 pages plus 3 albumen paper photographs of 5 drawings on 3 unnumbered leaves. Gilt- and blind-stamped blue cloth a little bumped and rubbed at the extremities, with minor wear to the corners; spine sunned, with a slightly lighter spot near the centre where a paper label (an old auction lot number) has been removed; front cover has some light stains on it where something has been spilt (removing some of the gilt from the top left-hand border); rear flyleaf removed, with offsetting to the final page; a very good copy (internally excellent). The particulars of the photographs match those given in Holden (where the discrepancy in the number of plates present as against listed is explained). The plates are of drawings by Hamilton; he contributed similar sketches to the published journals of Grey and Eyre. The… Read More

Sydney: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company (Australasia) Limited. 1925. Small Quarto Size. Very Good Condition. Lovely deep brown boards with copper-look embossing to face. The light coloured patches behind the ship are a little rubbed on some volumes. Each book is a little worn at corners and spine ends. Some volumes are also a little rubbed at edges. All volumes have previous owners bookplate stuck to front pastedown. Several volumes are lightly cracked between the half-title and title pages - the binding is solid otherwise. Gilt to top-edge now dulled Illustrated with black and white plates. Still a very attractive set. This is a heavy set so please contact us for a shipping quote. Volume 1: Searching for a Continent; Volume 2:Exploring the Continent; Volume 3: Settling a Continent; Volume 4: Developing a Continent; Volume 5: Governing a Continent; Volume 6: The Pioneers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.

Melbourne: The Montfort Press. 1903. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Green cloth boards. Corners lightly bumped. A single ink "tick" to ffep. Black and white frontispiece. Tiny piece missing from top corner of "Synopsis" page. Light scattered foxing to fore and top edges and inside edges of covers. 200 pages The story of the Elphington family and their life in the Mallee country of Victoria during the 19th century. Whilst fictional it is a very good representation of life at that time in that place. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: The Cyclopedia Company. 1907& 1909. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Good+ condition in original half-leather binding. Gilt to page edges. Corners, top and tail of spine lightly rubbed. Gilt to spine still clear. Gilt page edges. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Black & white illustrations. Overall a very nice set. This is a very heavy item [weighs 6.25kg unpacked] and will require substantial additional postage costs for an international sale. 630 pages. The Cyclopedia contains a vast resource of historical and biographical information on South Australia - the people, towns, industries, professional, commercial and social institutions and much more. The volumes include thousands of illustrations, the larger number of these being portraits of those whose biographies are included. These are not just the wealthy and influential, but include quite a number of "ordinary citizens". . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Canberra: Department of National Development. 1970. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Six [6] large folded coloured maps to rear pocket. Quite scarce. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 100. 222 pages. The Amadeus Basin is a large sedimentary basin in central Australia, lying mostly within the southern Northern Territory, but extending into Western Australia. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.