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Short List No. 208 - 2016.

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1 Bailyn, Bernard. THE PEOPLING OF THE BRITISH PERI­ PHERIES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. By Bernard Bailyn, Adams University Professor, Harvard University, Mass., USA. Esso Lecture 1988. Delivered in the Becker Building, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 22 August 1988. First Edition; pp. [ii], 28, [2](blank); original wrappers; a nice copy. Canberra; (Australian A$20.00 Academy of the Humanities); 1988. #18802

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2 Ball, Ian M. PITCAIRN. Children of the Bounty. First U.K. Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 382(last 2 blank); endpaper & 1 double-page map, 33 illustrations (2 double-page & several full-page), index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Victor Gollancz Ltd; 1973. ***A study of the island and a new look at the Bounty Mutiny. #33137 A$95.00

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3 Barratt, Glynn. RUSSIA IN PACIFIC WATERS, 1715-1825. A Survey of the Origins of Russia’s Naval Presence in the North and South Pacific. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 300, [2] (blank); double-page map, 12 plates, extensive notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Vancouver and London; University of British Columbia Press; A$145.00 (1981). #23419

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4 Barrett, Charles. AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS. Sun Nature Book No. 2. A Book for all Nature Lovers. 4to; pp. 44(including wrappers); 7 coloured plates (included in pagination), numerous b/w. illusts; original wrappers; a nice copy. Melbourne; Sun News-Pictorial; N.D. [1932]. ***McLaren 32. #8619 A$35.00

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WITH AN ACCOUNT OF PITCAIRN AND ITS INHABITANTS 5 Beechey, Captain Frederick William: NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC AND BEERING’S STRAIT, to cooperate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty’s Ship Blossom, under the Command of Captain F. W. Beechey, R.N. F.R.S. &c. in the Years, 1825, 26, 27, 28. Published by Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 2 vols., First 8vo Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iii]-xxviii, 472; 3 charts (2 folding), 13 plates, 1 text illust.; Vol. II, pp. iv, 330, [ii](title to appendix), 331-452; 10 plates (4 folding), 6 appendices (including Esquimaux vocabulary); bound without halftitles in full contemporary calf (rebacked; some foxing & browning of plates, but a very good set); very scarce. London; Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley; 1831. ***Du Rietz 68; Ferguson 1419. This octavo edition was preceded by a quarto edition (the so-called “Admiralty Edition”) of the same year (see Ferguson 1418). The work includes an account of Pitcairn Island and its inhabitants (including 3 plates), also Tahiti and other Pacific islands, Kotzebue Sound, San Francisco and an A$2500.00 account of China. #34918

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6 Blainey, Geoffrey. A LAND HALF WON. First Edition; pp. vi, 390(last 2 blank); 2 text maps, 12 plates, sources, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Macmillan; (1980). #11739 A$70.00

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7 Byron, Kenneth W. LOST TREASURES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. With maps by Josephine Mayo. First Edition; pp. 232; 16 plates (full-page maps); appendix, bibliography, notes, references, index; original cloth; a nice copy in silverfished dustwrapper. Sydney; Ure Smith; (1964). #2056 A$75.00

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8 Campbell, Archibald. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, from 1806 to 1812; in which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian Island, and the Sandwich Islands, were visited. Including a Narrative of the Author’s Shipwreck on the Island of Sannack, and his subsequent Wreck in the Ship’s Long Boat. With an Account of the Present State of the Sandwich Islands, and a Vocabulary of their Language. Illustrated by a Chart. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company; and for Longman, Hurst, Rees Orme, and Brown, London; and John Smith and Son, Glasgow. 1816. First Edition; pp. 288, [4](adv.); folding chart, 4 appendices; entirely uncut in the original boards (spine a little worn); an excellent copy; very scarce. Edinburgh; Archibald Constable [and others]; 1816. ***Hill II, 244; Forbes 448: “Campbell’s account of his stay in Hawaii [where he resided for over a year] ... is of the greatest importance”. #57714 A$3500.00

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9 Capper, Henry: SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Extracts from the Official Despatches of Colonel Light, Surveyor General of the Province of South Australia, and from Letters of Settlers who have reached Nepean Bay, with a description of the position, soil, climate, constitution, government, etc. of the province; The Proceedings of the South Australian Company; And a variety of useful and authentic information intended to point out the Superior Advantages of the Settlement To the intending Emigrant, accompanied by a View of Rapid Bay and a Map of the Province. Compiled and published by H. Capper, Sold by W. Watling, 409, Strand; Mr. Gliddon, South Australian Agent, 3, Austin Friars; and by all Booksellers. Price Eighteenpence. 1837. Cr. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], [ii], 108 (pagination irregular); folding map, folding plan, table of ships; original vinyl; a fine copy; very scarce. [Adelaide; Public Library of South Australia; 1962]. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 16: only 49 copies were printed. #38452 A$125.00

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10 Carboni, Raffaello [Carboni Raffaello]. THE EUREKA STOCKADE. [Introduction by H. V. Evatt]. Cr. 8vo; pp. xlii, 182(last blank); frontispiece (facsimile of title-page to original Melbourne edition, 1855), appendix; original pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. (South Yarra; Lloyd O’Neil; 1984). #24513 A$30.00

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11 Carnegie, Margaret. MORGAN. The Bold Bushranger. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [x], 136, [2](blank); endpaper map, 1 fullpage map, 8 plates, references, appendix, bibliography, index; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; The Hawthorn Press; (1974). #27796 A$40.00

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12 Castle, William R. HAWAII, THEN AND NOW. Boyhood Recollections and Recent Observations by An American Whose Grandfather Came to the Islands 102 Years Ago. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 419-462; 3 maps, 8 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations; contained in The National Geographic Magazine, October, 1938; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1938. ***Includes two additional articles on Pacific fishes and other marine life. A$35.00 #18359

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13 Chapman, Gifford D. KANGAROO ISLAND SHIP­ WRECKS: An Account of the Ships and Cutters wrecked around Kangaroo Island. Cr. 4to; Second Impression; pp. viii, 108; endpaper maps, 84 illustrations (some full-page), indices; original wrappers; a fine copy. (Canberra); Roebuck; (1973). ***Signed by the Author. #34462 A$45.00

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14 Chapman, T. SIX VIEWS OF HOBART TOWN. Lithographed Printed and Published by T. Bluett, Hobart Town, V.D.L. [1844]. Impl. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii]; 6 full-page plates, original pictorial wrappers, enclosed in original card folder (the folder mildly soiled; the contents fine). Melbourne; H. A. Evans; 1967. ***Includes reproduction of the only known copy in existence of the original front A$45.00 wrapper. #5798

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15 Chester, Jonathan. GOING TO EXTREMES. Project Blizzard and Australia’s Antarctic Heritage. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 308; hundreds of illustrations (mostly coloured), including 31 maps, appendices, bibliography, index; blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in white; a nice copy in coloured pictorial dustwrapper. Sydney & Auckland; Doubleday; (1986). ***Renard 324. Account of a private expedition in the “Southern Quest” which surveyed Mawson’s hut A$85.00 with a view to possible restoration. #17286

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16 Clune, Frank. JOURNEY TO PITCAIRN. First Edition; pp. xviii, 246(last blank); illust. endpapers; 5 maps, 24 plates; appendix, references; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1966). ***Burnet 60. #8468 A$125.00

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17 Collins, David. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY IN NEW SOUTH WALES. With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, etc, of the Native Inhabitants of that Country. Volume I [II] by David Collins, Late Judge-Advocate and Secretary of the Colony. (Originally published 1798 [1802]). Edited by Brian H. Fletcher, MA PhD, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Sydney. Published in association with The Royal Australian Historical Society. 2 vols., med. 8vo; Vol. I, pp. xc, 650(last blank); 2 charts, 22 other illustrations (mostly full-page, but included in pagination); 7 appendices, including vocabulary; Editor’s Introduction, abbreviations, extensive reference notes, bibliography, index; Vol. II, pp. xxii, 314(last 2 blank); 1 charts, 9 other illustrations (mostly full-page, but included in pagination), extensive reference notes, index; original cloth (spine to Vol. I slightly creased; name on half-title); a very good set in repaired original slipcase (issued without dustwrappers). Sydney; A. H. & A. W. Reed, in association with The Royal Australian Historical Society; (1975). ***Originally published 1798-1802; the work contains the account of the discovery of Bass Strait in the voyage performed by Flinders A$165.00 and Surgeon George Bass. #5038

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18 Cowell, Andrew; Editor. TALL SHIPS. Australia 1988. 4to, First Edition; pp. 112; numerous coloured illustrations; original pictorial wrappers. Sydney; A Bulletin/ABA Publication published by Australian Consolidated Press; 1988. ***Describing the ships taking part in the First Fleet re-enactment. #28307 A$25.00

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19 [Cross, Elizabeth; Morrison, Gordon]. THE NAKED AND THE NUDE. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. 140; very numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations (full-page & smaller), list of works; original stiff pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. [Ballarat; Art Gallery Ballarat; 2008]. ***A fine catalogue of an exhibition September 13 - December 7, 2008. #66120 A$15.00

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20 Crowe, Ambrose. THE BATTLE AFTER THE WAR. The story of Australia’s Vietnam veterans. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 210; 2 illustrations, notes, references, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. (St Leonards, NSW); Allen & Unwin; (1999). #30946 A$75.00

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21 Dark, Eleanor. THE TIMELESS LAND. Third Australian Edition; pp. 454, [2](blank); endpaper map, glossary of Aboriginal words; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. (Sydney); Collins; 1943. ***Novel of early Sydney. #18619 A$15.00

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22 Darwin, Charles. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY & GEOLOGY of the Countries Visited during the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’. Under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy, R.N. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., Author of ‘Origin of Species,’ etc. A New Edition with Illustrations by R. T. Pritchett of places Visited and Objects Described. Reduced height roy. 8vo, First Illustrated Murray Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 552(last blank); 2 folding coloured maps (at end), frontispiece & 10 plates, 93 text illustrations, index; original grey-green cloth, with CD monogram in circle of porpoises and scallop shell below in gilt on front cover, and bolas in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; bevelled edges; (some mild foxing; slight fraying at foot of Contents leaf ); a very good copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1890. ***Ferguson 8958b; Freeman 59, this being one of the copies without the unlisted Plan of the ‘Beagle’ which is A$350.00 not present in all copies. #66380

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23 Darwin, Charles. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. “Beagle” Round the World. With a Biographical Introduction. Cr. 8vo; pp. 492, [12](adv.); 16 plates, over 30 text illustrations (including maps), index; original blue cloth, gilt; (short inscription on back of frontispiece; some occasional very pale foxing); a nice copy; scarce. London; Ward Lock & Co., Limited; N.D. [c. 1900]. ***Freeman 95, a volume in the Minerva Library, New Series, but not explicitly identified as such. The first leaf of the advertisements describes “The Minerva Library (New Series.) Large Crown 8vo, art linen, extra gilt, fully illustrated, 2s.” and Volume II in the series is this work. The biographical introduction is by G. T. Bettany. A$145.00 #66388

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24 Darwin, Charles. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE GEOLOGY & NATURAL HISTORY of the Various Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World by Charles Darwin. London: J. M. Dent & Co. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. F’cap 8vo, Second Everyman Edition; pp. xvi, 496; a few text illustrations, original grey ribbed cloth, spine gilt; a nice copy. London; J. M. Dent & Co.; (1908). ***Not in ANB; Freeman 113. First published in Everyman’s Library in 1906 (Freeman 110). Includes Darwin’s Postscript as originally published in 1860. #66397 A$45.00

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25 Darwin, Charles. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY of the various countries visited by H. M. S. Beagle, by Charles Darwin (1839). Facsimile Reprint of the First Edition. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 630, [609]-[616](index, last blank), [2] + 16 plates; endpaper map, frontispiece (profile plan of the ‘Beagle’), text map & 2 text illustrations, index; original quarter cloth, with patterned papered sides; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce in such condition. New York - London; Hafner Publishing Company; 1952]. ***Freeman 144, being a facsimile of Freeman 11 (Ferguson 2739), the second issue of Darwin’s journal, the first as a stand-alone work, it having been published earlier in the same year as Volume III - ‘Journal and Remarks’, of the three-volume ‘Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle’. This facsimile did not reproduce the two folding maps belonging to this volume but does include sixteen plates derived from other volumes in the original threeA$150.00 volume publication of the ‘Voyages’. #66368

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26 Darwin, Charles. THE VOYAGE OF THE ‘BEAGLE’. With an Introduction and Appreciation by H. E. L. Mellersh. Distributed by Heron Books. First Edition (in this form); pp. xxiv, 506, [507]536(the “Appreciation”), 537-552(2 pp. sources & index, last modern colophon); portrait frontispiece, 15 plates (2 double-page) & 1 fullpage illust. to Darwin’s Journal, 15 plates to “Appreciation”, several text illustrations, sources of illustrations, index; original artificial leather, gilt; a nice copy. (Geneva); Distributed by Heron Books (EditoService S. A.; 1968). ***Freeman 160. A complete facsimile of the second edition of 1845, with the addition of the plates ( from the three-volume Narrative, the Zoology, and other sources) and the useful “Appreciation” A$60.00 by Mellersh. #66403

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27 Darwin, Charles. THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], 524; frontispiece, several text illustrations, index; original stiff pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. Mineola, New York; Dover Publications, Inc.; (2002). ***A facsimile of the P. F. Collier & Son edition in the Harvard Classics series, edited by Charles W. Eliot and published in 1909 (Freeman 119), based on the 1845 corrected edition. A$25.00 #66399

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28 Dawson, Christopher. TO SANDAKAN. The Diaries of Charlie Johnstone Prisoner of War 1942-45. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 120; 4 maps, 16 plates, appendix, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. (St Leonards); Allen & Unwin; (1995). #51916 A$30.00

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29 Druett, Joan. PETTICOAT WHALERS. Whaling wives at sea, 1820-1920. With paintings by Ron Druett. Impl. 8vo, First Edition; pp. vi, 214(last blank); 8 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, notes, appendix of logs, journals, letters and reminiscences, bibliography, index; original dark blue-green cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in white; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Auckland); Collins; (1991). ***Including voyages round the Horn from Abby Jane A$65.00 Morrell onwards. Renard 464. #35940

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30 Ducker, Sophie C.; Editor. THE CONTENTED BOTANIST. Letters of W. H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 416(last 2 blank); 6 full-page & 3 other maps, 8 coloured plates (including 1 double-page) & 8 b/w. plates, biographical notes, 5 appendices, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper; scarce. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press; 1988. ***W. H. Harvey was the author of Phycologia Australica, still the most important treatise on Australian seaweeds and a rare and beautiful book. Two of the colour plates are reproduced from that work. His botanical observations are important and interesting and his letters also throw light on the historical events of the time, both within Australia and in other parts of the Pacific. Number A$135.00 three in the first Miegunyah Press series. #15702

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31 Dundas, Douglas. THE ART OF CONRAD MARTENS. Square 4to, First Edition; pp. 96; 22 coloured & 44 b/w. (mainly full-page & a few double-page), sources; original papered boards; a very good copy in faded & slightly worn dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Macmillan; (1979). ***Including some of his work from the “Beagle” voyage. #44914 A$45.00

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32 Dunn, E. J. LIST OF NUGGETS FOUND IN VICTORIA. F’cap folio, Facsimile Edition; pp. 72(last 3 blank); original wrappers; a nice copy. [Victoria Park, W.A.; Hesperian Press; 1979]. ***First published Melbourne; Albert J. Mullett, Acting Government Printer; 1912, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria, No. 12. This reprint has two additional pages of nugget data from departmental records. A$60.00 #35436

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33 Dutton, Geoffrey. FOUNDER OF A CITY. The Life of Colonel William Light, first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia: Founder of Adelaide, 1786-1839. Third Edition; pp. xvi, 324(last blank); 2 endpaper maps, 3 full-page maps, 8 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Adelaide); Rigby; (1984). #22750 A$40.00

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34 Early Closing Association: LECTURES DELIVERED BEFORE THE EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION, Melbourne, 1869-70. First Collected Edition; [iv], 24, 32, 32, 20(last blank), [2](half-page Errata slip, titled “Typographical Errors”), 24(last blank), 20, 24, 24; original cloth, gilt, with Price 5/- at foot of spine (spine ends & corners slightly rubbed); a nice copy; very scarce. Melbourne; Samuel Mullen; 1870. ***Ferguson 9351a (National Library copy only). Comprising eight lectures, each with separate title-page or drop-title: CONDITION & PROSPECTS OF AUSTRALIA, as compared with older lands. A Lecture delivered at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, on May 3, 1869, by H.J. Wrixon Esq., M.P. Being the first of a course of lectures under the auspices of the Early Closing Association. Published by direction of the Committee. Melbourne: Fergusson & Moore, 1869. (Ferguson 18910). THE ORDER AND PLAN OF CREATION: the substance of Two Lectures delivered in connection with the Early Closing Association, by Professor M’Coy, of the Melbourne University. ... First Lecture: The Order of Creation, delivered at the Princess’s Theatre, on Monday, June 28, 1869 [Drop title, pp. 1-10]. Second Lecture: The Plan of Creation. Delivered at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, Monday, July 4, 1870 [Drop title, pp. 1132]. (Ferguson 11891). Second Series of Lectures under the auspices of the Early Closing Association. HISTORY: A Lecture Delivered in the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, Melbourne, on 11th July, 1870, by The Rev. A. M. Henderson, President of the Congressional College of Victoria. Melbourne: Published by Samuel Mullen, 1870. (Ferguson 10362). THE PROGRESS OF ASTRONOMY: A Lecture, Delivered in the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, on the 25th July, 1870, by R. L. J. Ellery, Esq., Government Astronomer. [Drop title]. (Ferguson 9415). CREATION versus DEVELOPMENT: A Lecture Delivered at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, on Monday, 8th August, 1870, by the Rev. J. E. Bromby, D.D., Principal of the Church of England Grammar School. [Drop title]. (Ferguson 7466). POLITICAL PROGRESS; its Tendency and Limit: A Lecture Delivered at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, on Monday, 22nd August, 1870, by the Hon. H. J. Wrixon, Solicitor-General of Victoria. [Drop title]. (Ferguson 18911). PARLIAMENTS, ELECTIONS AND CANDIDATES: A Lecture delivered at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, on Monday, 5th September, 1870, by R. Murray Smith, Esq. [Drop title]. (Ferguson 15842). BEYOND THE GRAVE: A Lecture delivered at the Town Hall, on Tuesday, 15th November, 1870. By the Rev. J. E. Bromby, D.D., Principal of the Church of England Grammar School. [Drop title]. (Ferguson 7468). All these pamphlets are scarce or very scarce, this collected issue even more so. The introduction [to this collected issue] notes: “The first lecture in this volume inaugurated the winter series, 1869, and was published in pamphlet form, but met with so limited a sale, that it was considered inexpedient to continue the experiment. ... Considerable disappointment and dissatisfaction having been expressed, at the the non-publication of the whole of the first series, the Committee determined to make arrangements for publishing each Lecture of the winter series, 1870.” The Early Closing Association was an organisation of retail workers formed in Victoria in the 1850s which had counterparts in the U.K. in the 1840s and similar organisations were founded in South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales in later years. With the object of securing improved working hours and earlier shop closing times, the organisation relied on Public Meetings and ‘moral persuasion’ A$650.00 rather than strike action. The lectures by M’Coy and Bromby are of particular interest for the ongoing debates between religion and evolution. #65569

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35 Easty, John; Private Marine. MEMORANDUM OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF A VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND TO BOTANY BAY 1787-1793. A First Fleet Journal. 4to, First Edition; pp. [ii], x, 186, [2](blank); facsimile of page of the Journal; original cloth; a fine copy in very slightly worn dustwrapper. Sydney; Public Library of New South Wales, in association with Angus and Robertson; 1965. ***Never before published. Easty’s original Journal is A$150.00 in the Dixson Library, Sydney. #4975

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36 Etheridge, R.; Junr., J.P., Curator of the Australian Museum, Sydney. A MONOGRAPH OF THE CRETACEOUS INVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 2 Parts, roy. 4to, First Edition; [Text] pp. xiv, 98, [22](text to plates, rectos blank); 1 plate (with two topographical illustrations); [Plates] 11 palaeontology plates (facing leaves of descriptive text in previous part); original wrappers (the wrappers detached & a little torn and frayed; portion of text slightly browned, but contents good); a very good copy; scarce. Sydney; William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer; 1902-1903. ***Department of Mines and Agriculture. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales. E. F. Pittman, A.R.S.M., Government A$45.00 Geologist. Palaeontology, No. 11. #62299

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37 Etheridge, R.; Jun. A MONOGRAPH OF THE SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN CORALS OF NEW SOUTH WALES: With Illustrations from other Parts of Australia. Part I--The Genus Halysites. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 40(last blank); 9 plates, each with facing leaf of descriptive text; original cloth-backed boards; a nice copy; scarce. Sydney; William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer; 1904. ***Department of Mines and Agriculture. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales. E. F. Pittman, A.R.S.M., Under Secretary and Government Geologist. Palaeontology, No. 13. A$50.00 #57708

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38 Etheridge, R.; Junr. and Dun, W. S. A MONOGRAPH OF THE CARBONIFEROUS AND PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS INVERTEBRATA OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Vol. II.-Pelecypoda. Part II.--Eurydesma. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 4176(last blank); 10 plates, each with facing leaf of descriptive text; original cloth-backed boards; a nice copy; scarce. Sydney; William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer; 1910. ***Department of Mines and Agriculture. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales. E. F. Pittman, A.R.S.M., Under Secretary and Government A$50.00 Geologist. Palaeontology, No. 5. #62461

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39 Evans, Wilson P. DEEDS NOT WORDS. [The Victorian Navy]. First Edition; pp. [x], 200, [2](blank); 16 plates, bibliography, chronology, indices; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Hawthorn Press; 1971. ***The naval forces of Victoria, precursors to the Australian navy. Signed by the Author. #29481 A$45.00

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40 Forbes, David W.; Compiled and Annotated by. HAWAIIAN NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 1780-1900. Volume I 17801830 [Volume 2 1831-1850; Volume 3 1851-1880; Volume 4 18811900]. 4 vols., 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxiv, 528(last blank); frontispiece, 30 illustrations, references, index; Vol. II, pp. xvi, 600 (last blank); 20 illustrations, references, index; Vol. III, pp. xvi, 736(last blank); 24 illustrations, references, index; Vol. IV, pp. xvi, 792(last blank); 21 illustrations, references, index; original cloth with gilt lettered spines and gilt bordered title onlay on upper boards; a fine set. Honolulu; University of Hawai’i Press in Association with Hordern House, Sydney; (1999-2003). ***A very valuable, detailed and useful reference nicely printed in red & black. An example for what a good bibliography should be, with meticulous collations and informative commentary, this excellent work is of indispensible utility for many Pacific voyages and the history of neighbouring lands including Australasia as well as Hawaii. Originally published at $800, A$350.00 here offered at a bargain price. #62848

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41 Forster, Georg. COOK, THE DISCOVERER by Georg Forster. A new translation accompanying A facsimile of Cook, der Entdecker. Versuch eines Denkmals’ being a memoir of Captain Cook written by Georg Forster. First published in Berlin in 1787. With a foreword by Martin Lutz, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Australia and an introductory essay by Nigel Erskine, Curator of Exploration at the Australian National Maritime Museum. 4to, First Edition; pp. 40, [2], 106(the facsimile), 149-276; a few illustrations, bibliography; original quarter calf, with papered sides; a fine copy. (Sydney); Hordern House; (2007). ***Australian Maritime Series Number Six. Edition limited to 1050 copies of which 1000 are bound as here. #13588 A$175.00

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42 Garvey, Nathan. THE CELEBRATED GEORGE BARRING­ TON. A Spurious Author, the Book Trade and Botany Bay. First Edition; pp. viii, 328(last blank); frontispiece, 25 illustrations, detailed bibliography of works attributed to Barrington, bibliography of sources, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Potts Point); Hordern House; (2008). #19471 A$45.00

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43 Gill, G. Hermon. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1942-1945. Thick med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 754(last blank); 8 full-page maps (3 coloured), 36 text maps, 44 plates, appendices, index; original cloth; (inscription on endpaper; marginal annotation to Page 350); a very good copy; scarce. Canberra; Australian War Memorial; 1968. ***Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 2 (Navy), Volume II. A$65.00 #6475

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44 Gosse, P. H.; F.R.S. THE OCEAN. Med. 12mo; pp. xii, 360, [4] (adv.); 4 plates, 48 text illustrations; original embossed cloth (foot of spine rubbed; frontispiece neatly adhered to endpaper); a very nice copy. London; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; [1860]. ***First published in 1845, here with Preface to the first edition, and to the present edition (Page vi). Including the natural history of the oceans and with substantial portion (60 pages) on the Pacific. #65698 A$50.00

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45 Haws, Duncan. MERCHANT FLEETS in Profile: 3. [The Ships of the Union, Castle & Union-Castle, Allan and Canadian Pacific Lines]. With drawings to 1:1800 scale. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 186, [2](blank); 2 full-page maps, very numerous text illustrations, index for each shipping line; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Cambridge; Patrick Stephens; (1979). ***No. 3 in the A$35.00 series. #29686

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46 Holden, Robert. PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLONIAL AUSTRALIA. The Mechanical Eye and the Illustrated Book. 4to, First Edition; pp. viii, 172; numerous illustrations, bibliography, references, index of photographers and publishers, general index; original cloth; a fine copy in original card slipcase. (Sydney); Hordern House; (1988). ***Edition limited to 1000 copies. #20322 A$45.00

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47 Howgego, Raymond John. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXPLORATION. Five volumes, complete, comprising: [Volume I] TO 1800. A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization from the earliest times to the year 1800. Pp. xvi, 1168; numerous bibliogs., index of persons, index of ships. [with] [Volume II] 1800 TO 1850. A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization between the years 1800 and 1850. Pp. xii, 692(last 2 blank); numerous bibliogs., index of persons, index of ships. [with] [Volume III] 1850 TO 1940. The Oceans, Islands and Polar Regions. A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization in the oceans, the islands, New Zealand and the polar regions from 1850 to the early decades of the twentieth century. Pp. x, 726(last 2 blank); numerous bibliogs., index of persons, index of regional island and general articles, index of ships. [with] [Volume IV] 1850 TO 1940. Continental Exploration. A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas from 1850 to the early decades of the twentieth century. Pp. xii, 1048(last blank); numerous bibliogs., index of persons, index of regional articles. [with] [Volume V] Invented and apocryphal narratives of travel. A comprehensive guide to invented, imaginary, apocryphal and plagiarized narratives of travel by land, sea and air, from the earliest times to the twentieth century. Pp. xii, 548(last 5 blank); numerous bibliogs., index of books, index of imaginary places, index of names. Together, 5 volumes, demy 4to, all First Editions in original cloth, gilt; each volume with multiple marker ribbons; a fine complete set in dustwrappers. (Potts Point); Hordern House; (2003-04-06-08-13). ***An ESSENTIAL reference for anyone interested in exploration, this remarkable work contains over 4500 major entries and index entries covering about 20,000 names of persons or ships noted in the text. The articles cover major expeditions, explorations, voyages and travels from the earliest recorded antiquity to 1940. There is extensive biographical information on the travellers themselves as well as their historical background. The text is fully cross-referenced with many thousands of references between articles. In addition, each article contains a bibliography of both primary and secondary sources (in many cases quite extensive) and in all there are nearly 50,000 bibliographical citations. An unexpected final addition to the splendid four-volume work on real voyages and travels, the fifth volume is a comprehensive survey of “the curious but compelling alternative literature of exploration; to imaginary, apocryphal and utopian journeys in fabulous lands; and to the abundance of invented, plagiarized and spoof narratives, many of which were accepted in their time as wholly credible but were nothing more than flights of the imagination, blatant deceptions, or monologues of doubtful authenticity” [dustwrapper blurb]. In our opinion this rather sells many of them short, which the book itself does not! Included are many accounts relating to ‘Terra Australias’ or to an undiscovered ‘Southland’. There is extensive biographical information on the writers and the imaginary travellers as well as their historical background. The text is fully cross-referenced and in addition, as for the first four volumes, each article contains a bibliography of both primary and secondary sources (in many cases quite extensive). Much of the information is here published for the first time in English and there are numerous entries covering obscure but A$650.00 real persons as well as obscure and unnoticed works of fiction which would be extremely difficult to research without this invaluable tool. . #67214

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48 Marden, Luis. HUZZA FOR OTAHEITE! Modern-day Bounty, a replica of the square-rigger Captain Bligh knew, relives history in the South Seas. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 435-459; numerous coloured illustrations; contained in the complete issue of The National Geographic Magazine, April, 1962; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1962. ***Including two other articles on A$15.00 the Pacific and one on New Zealand. #13263

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49 Maritime Services Board of New South Wales, The. SAILING DIRECTIONS. New South Wales Coast. Seventh Edition. Med. 8vo; pp. 296(last blank); several charts & other illustrations (some coloured.), index; original cloth (slightly bumped); a fine copy. [Sydney]; Maritime Services Board of New South Wales; 1963. #38571 A$25.00

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50 Nan Kivell, Rex & Spence, Sydney. PORTRAITS OF THE FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS. Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific 1492 - 1970. Demy folio, First Edition; pp. [iv](frontispiece & decorative title, both coloured), 332; 61 coloured & 295 b/w. illustrations (including many full-page of both); entries alphabetically arranged; a very good copy in original imitation vellum. London; Rex A$65.00 Nan Kivell and Sydney Spence; [1974]. #22051

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51 Nelson, Bryan. GALAPAGOS. Islands of Birds. With a foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii, 338; full-page map, 24 plates, 56 figures (a few double & full-page), 5 tables, 2 appendices, including scientific names of species, glossary of scientific terms, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn & slightly defective dustwrapper. (London); Longmans; (1968). A$55.00 #48873

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52 Newsday: [THE FINAL ISSUE]. Tabloid format; pp. 40; several illustrations; in excellent condition. [Melbourne; David Syme & Co. Ltd.]; May 2 & 3, 1970. ***Newsday was a short-lived (7 months) Melbourne evening newspaper published by the publishers of The Age in an attempt to compete with The Herald: “Our initial targets were modest. None of them has been achieved.” #16549 A$25.00

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53 Newsday Supplements: A COLLECTION OF FICTION­ ALISED HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS. Five historical “newspapers” recording genuine events and historical data of important periods in Australian history. Tabloid format, each pp. 4; a few illustrations; in excellent condition. [Melbourne; David Syme & Co. Ltd.]; December 1969. ***Published as Supplements to Newsday and comprising: Sydney Cove Chronicle, London Gazette, New Holland Morning Post, The Sydney Times, The Miners Standard and Gold Fields Advocate. Newsday was a short-lived Melbourne evening newspaper published by the publishers of The Age in an attempt to compete with The A$20.00 Herald. #16545

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54 Nicolson, Robert B. THE PITCAIRNERS. With the assistance of Brian F. Davis. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 222, [2](blank); double-page map, 16 plates, appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1965). #33133 A$95.00

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55 Ogle, Nathaniel. THE COLONY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. A Manual for Emigrants, 1839. Facsimile Edition; pp. [vi], xii, 298, lxiv(appendix); 2 double-page & 2 full-page plates; 14 appendices, including Returns of the Assignment of Lands on 4 folding tables; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; John Ferguson, In association with The Royal Australian Historical Society; (1977). ***First published in 1839 with a folding map not reproduced in A$65.00 this edition. #216

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56 Oxford, Pete & Bish, Renee. GALAPAGOS. The Untamed Isles. [Foreword by Graham Watkins, Ph.D.]. Oblong 8vo, First Edition; pp. 160; endpaper map, numerous coloured illustrations, glossary, bibliography, 2 appendices, index; original slick pictorial papered boards; a fine copy in slightly rubbed dustwrapper. (Morganville, NJ; Imagine Publishing, Inc.; 2009). #65525 A$25.00

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57 Parsons, Ronald. STEAMERS IN THE SOUTH. 4to, First Edition; pp. 128; numerous illustrations, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Adelaide); Rigby; (1979). ***Covering the rise and hey-day of the steamship as it replaced sail, and was in turn superseded, the text is accompanied by an interesting series of photographs covering the period from the 1840’s to the 1970’s. A$40.00 #49433

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58 Porter, Eliot. GALAPAGOS. The Flow of Wildness. 2 vols., super roy. 8vo, First Paperback Edition; Vol. 1, Discovery, pp. 160; 69 coloured illustrations; Vol. 2, Prospect, pp. 160; 69 col illustrations; in total 138 superb coloured photographs by Eliot Porter (mostly full-page); original stiff wrappers; a very good set. (San Francisco); Sierra Club, Ballantine Books; (1970). ***First published in a scarce and deluxe larger format in 1968. A beautiful work, edited by Kenneth Brower, introductions by Loren Eiseley and John P. Milton, foreword by David Brower and text by Eliot Porter and Kenneth Brower, together with (in Vol. 1) selections from Herman Melville, Charles Darwin, William Beebe and others. The photographs by Porter are stunning. A$25.00 #65520

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59 Press, Dr. A. J. SMALL CREATURES OF THE AUSTRALIAN WILDERNESS. Photography [by] Leo Meier. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 264; 1 mounted, 42 double-page & 145 full-page coloured photos., several smaller coloured photos.; original patterned cloth with colourillustrated title label on front board; a fine copy. (Sydney); Wattle Books, A Kevin Weldon Production; (1984). ***Superb photographs A$40.00 nicely presented. #37609

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60 Purdie, Robert. NARRATIVE OF THE WRECK OF HMS PORPOISE. [By] Robert Purdie, Surgeon’s Mate of HMS Investigator. First printed anonymously in the Naval Chronicle 1806 & 1807. Edited & with an introduction by Matthew Fishburn. First Edition; pp. [viii], vi, 134; 4 illustrations, notes; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Potts Point); Hordern House; 2014. A$30.00 #65435

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61 Ridley, Right Rev. W.: SNAPSHOTS FROM . . THE NORTH PACIFIC. Letters written by the Right Rev. Bishop Ridley (late of Caledonia). Edited by Alice J. Janvrin. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. viii, 192; map, 4 plates, 46 illustrations in text; original cloth; a nice copy. London; Church Missionary Society; 1904. #12562 A$25.00

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62 Robertson, George: AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF TAHITI. From the Journal of George Robertson, Master of H.M.S. Dolphin. Edited, with an Introduction by Oliver Warner. With Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings. Second Impression (of this version); pp. 128(last blank); 10 wood engravings (including map); original cloth; a nice copy in original clear plastic dustwrapper. A$25.00 London; Folio Press: J. M. Dent; 1973. #36257

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63 Robinson, William Albert. The Odyssey Library. VOYAGE TO GALAPAGOS. [With drawings by Daniel T. West]. Second Edition; pp. 264(last blank); 4 full-page maps (one not listed in index), 8 plates, numerous text illustrations; original cloth; (a little mild foxing); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; Jonathan Cape; (1939). ***First published in 1936. Odyssey Library A$60.00 No. 20. #57238

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64 Rogers, Barbara Radcliffe; Text by. GALAPAGOS. Photography by Stan Osolinski, Marvin L. Dembinsky Photography Associates. Additional photography by Juliette Rogers. Cr. folio, First Edition; pp. 144; numerous fine coloured illustrations, appendix, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. New York; Mallard Press; (1990). #65527 A$50.00

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65 Roughley, T. C. FISH AND FISHERIES OF AUSTRALIA. With 60 colour plates and 21 plates in black and white. Cr. 4to, First Edition (in this form); pp. xvi, 344; endpaper maps & 3 text maps, 63 coloured & 20 b/w. plates, 7 text illustrations, index of scientific names & general index; original cloth; (name cut from top of front endpaper); a very good copy. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; (1951). ***Completely revised and enlarged from the Author’s much earlier work: “Fishes of Australia and their Technology” published in A$45.00 1916. #11190

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66 Roughsey, Dick (Goobalathaldin). MOON AND RAINBOW. The autobiography of an Aboriginal. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 168; endpaper maps, 16 coloured plates, 31 b/w. illustrations, glossary; original papered boards; (some minor soiling); a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Reed; (1971). ***Hunter, fisherman, cattleman, sailor & artist. #8587 A$45.00

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67 Ryan, John. PANEL BY PANEL. An illustrated history of Australian Comics. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 224(last blank); very numerous illustrations (including 16 pp. in colour), bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Stanmore); Cassell Australia; (1979). ***Signed by the Author. #18853 A$45.00

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68 Sharp, Andrew. THE DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. Third Impression; pp. [ii], xiv, 260; 9 full-page maps & plates, bibliography, extensive index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly faded dustwrapper. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; (1969). ***Printed lithographically from corrected sheets of the first edition. #23513 A$250.00

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69 [Simpkin, Julie; Editor]. CHARLES DARWIN: AN AUSTRALIAN SELECTION. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 132; numerous coloured illustrations, notes; original thin pictorial boards; a fine copy. [Canberra; National Museum of Australia Press; 2008]. ***Extracts from Darwin’s original diary relating to Australia, with essays by Tom Frame, Nicholas Drayson and Robyn Williams, and introduction by Michael Pickering. With a 2-page review by Barry Butcher loosely A$35.00 inserted. #66409

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70 Smyth, R. Brough. THE GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL DISTRICTS OF VICTORIA, with Notes on the Modes of Occurrence of Gold and Other Metals and Minerals. Thick demy 4to, Facsimile Edition, Second Impression; pp. [x], vi, 644; large folding map at end, 8 folding maps, plans, sections, sketches, etc., 9 full-page plates, 79 sketch maps & plans, sections etc. in text, 6 appendices totalling over 150 pages, 24-page list of nuggets found in the alluvium, glossary of mining terms, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in slightly worn & faded dustwrapper. (Carlton); Queensberry Hill Press; 1980. ***Originally published by John Ferres, Govt. Printer [and] H. T. Dwight, 232 Bourke Street East, 1869. (See Ferguson 15881). A A$145.00 monumental and comprehensive work. #17068

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71 Steadman, David W. and Zousmer, Steven. GALAPAGOS. Discovery on Darwin’s Islands. Color Plates by Lee M. Steadman. 4to, First U.K. Edition; pp. 208; endpaper map, 51 coloured plates, numerous illustrations (mostly coloured), 2 appendices, bibliography; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Shrewsbury, England); Airlife; (1988). #65526 A$40.00

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72 Strout, Edith Bauer. AT HOME ON THE OCEANS. Whales and Sharks Make Exciting Neighbours for a Professor’s Wife, Turned Able Seaman, On a Three-year Voyage Around the World [drop title]. With Illustrations from Photographs by R. S. Strout and the Author. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 33-86; 2 maps, 54 illustrations; extracted from the National Geographic Magazine; plain wrappers. [Washington; National Geographic Society; July 1939]. ***Including Pacific, New A$20.00 Zealand, northern Australia, etc. #15931

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73 Sturt, Captain Charles. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, performed Under the Authority of Her Majesty’s Government, during the Years 1844, 5 and 6. Together with a Notice of the Province of South Australia, in 1847. 2 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. 1, pp. x, iv, [5]-418(last 2 blank); folding map; 8 plates, 11 text illustrations; Vol. 2, pp. vi, 308, 94(appendices, last 2 blank); 8 plates, 4 text illustrations, 5 appendices, Errata; original cloth; a fine set. New York; Greenwood Press, Publishers; (1969). A$275.00 #32535

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74 Tench, Captain Watkin, of the Marines. SYDNEY’S FIRST FOUR YEARS: being a reprint of A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson. With an Introduction and Annotations by L. F. Fitzhardinge. Med. 8vo, New Edition, with additional note by Fitzhardinge; pp. xxviii, 364, [2] (blank); endpaper plan of the settlement, b/w. portrait frontispiece, double-page map, chronological table, notes, appendix, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Library of Australian History, in association with the Royal Australian Historical Society; 1979 [but later c. 1988?]. ***Although the dustwrapper blurb refers to a coloured frontispiece ( first issued in the 1979 edition) this undated reprint reproduces it in black & white only. A$70.00 #21722

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75 Thornton, Ian. DARWIN’S ISLANDS. A Natural History of the Galapagos. First Edition; pp. xiv, 322; endpaper map, 28 text maps & figures, several tables, 24 plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Garden City, New York; Published for the American Museum of Natural History, The Natural History Press; 1971. #12115 A$45.00

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76 Victoria: THE GOLD-FIELDS OF VICTORIA. Reports of the Mining Registrars for the quarter ended 30th June, 1886. F’cap folio; pp. 76; 3 large folding plans (2 coloured), several tables, index; original blue printed wrappers; a nice copy. Melbourne; John Ferres, Government Printer; 1886. #54460 A$45.00

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77 Weare, Patricia Lee. A COLLECTION OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. [A Collection of Australian Wildflower Illustrations - (cover title)]. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 264(last blank); 153 full-page detailed coloured illustrations, & several other coloured illustrations with fine calligraphic captions, Calendar of Flowers, index; original patterned cloth with mounted colour-illustrated title label on front board, marker ribbon; a fine copy. (Sydney); A Kevin A$40.00 Weldon Production; (1984). #37608

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78 Western Australia: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Bulletin No. 109. Miscellaneous Reports for 1954. [H. A. Ellis, Government Geologist]. First Edition; pp. 180; 17 plates in 18 sheets, nearly all coloured and folding (contained in accompanying separate Atlas folder), 23 folding figures, index; original cloth-backed boards and printed cloth-backed folder; a fine set. Perth; Alex B. Davies, Government Printer; 1958. ***Including the Search for Oil in W.A.; Summary Report on Mt. Magnet District, Murchison Goldfield; and many other reports on goldfields, A$45.00 uranium deposits, etc. #64513

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79 Wheeler, Margaret. A SECOND BOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGY. First Edition; pp. xvi, 240(last 3 blank); double-page map, 16 plates; original papered boards; a very good copy. London; Cassell; (1959). ***Contains chapters by Sir Aurel Stein, G. B. Belzoni, E. A. Wallis Budge, Heinrich Schliemann, Lionel Casson, Thor Heyerdahl, Victor von Hagen and others. #37828 A$25.00

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80 [White, John & Bligh, William]: MAGAZIN VON MERKWURDIGEN NEUEN REISEBESCHREIBUNGEN, aus fremden Sprachen ubersetzt und mit erlautenden Anmerkungen begleitet. Mit Kupfern und Landkarten. Funfter Band. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 136 (White’s Journal); [2], [139]-232 (Bligh’s Narrative); [2], 235-382 (Travels in Africa); [2], [385]-448 (Norris to the Kings of Dahomey); folding map as frontispiece, large folding map, 4 plates; contemporary quarter calf, with marbled sides and contrasting titlelabels on spine; (a very mild waterstain to upper portion of plates and very slight wrinkling of text leaves, but a nice, generally clean and crisp copy); rare. Berlin; In der Vossischen Buchhandlung; 1791. ***Comprising, Introduction and Summary, followed by, I. Tagebuch einer Reise nach Neu-Sud-Wallis von John White Esq. erstem Wundarzt der in Port-Jackson angelegten neuen Kolonie; II. William Bligh’s Bericht von dem Ausruhe an Bord des Schiffes Bounty, und von seiner hierauf folgenden Reise von Tofoa, einer der Freundschaftlichen Inseln, nach der Hollandischen Niederlassung auf der Insel Timor in Ostindien; III. Unternehmungen der Gesellschaft zur Beforderung der Entdeckungen im Inneren von Afrika; IV. Robert Norris Reise nach dem Hoflager des Konigs von Dahomey Bossa Dhabi, im Jahre 1772. The frontispiece map illustrates Bligh’s Narrative, with three smaller insets. The larger map illustrates the African travels with inset of Dahomey, and the four plates are of Australian wildlife illustrating White’s Journal. This translation of White’s Journal, the first edition in German, is not in Ferguson (but see Addenda, F. 122aa for a similar, but not identical edition). Bligh’s Narrative is Ferguson 102 (a skeletal and inadequate entry only) and is also the first edition in German of Bligh’s account of the mutiny of the Bounty. Ferguson’s entry refers to a copy in the Kroepelien collection, only, but it is not listed in Du Rietz’s catalogue (Oslo, 1969). Ferguson’s collected Addenda describes (102aa) it rather better (Australian National Library copy only). See also Ferguson 130 and 145 for other similar, but not identical editions. #67131 A$750.00

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81 Wilson, J. L. J.; Editor. Current Affairs Bulletin. Vol. 24, No. 8, August 17, 1959. DARWIN’S “ORIGIN OF SPECIES” -- A Centenary. Med. 8vo; pp. [113]-128; original wrappers (a bit frayed). [Sydney; University of Sydney]; 1959. ***Comprising the entire issue. #66502 A$25.00

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82 World War II: THE WAR IN PICTURES. [and Ibid, Second Year, Third Year, Fourth Year, Fifth Year, Sixth Year]. 6 vols., cr. 4to, Australian Issue; pp. 320; 320; 256; 256; 256; 256 respectively; very numerous illustrations (many double- & full-page) & including several maps, pictorial endpapers; original embossed cloth; a very good set. Melbourne; The Sun News-Pictorial; N.D. [1940-45]. ***Printed in A$65.00 the U.K. and published there by Odhams Press. #24366

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83 World War II: THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY AT WAR. An Official Record of Service in two Hemispheres, 1939-1944. First U.K. Edition; pp. 72; 1 double-page & 1 full-page maps, 16 plates; original pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. London; Published for the Australian Army Staff by His Majesty’s Stationery Office; (1944). ***First published in Australia, this entirely reformatted U.K. issue is seldom seen. A$20.00 #19673

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84 Wycherley, George. BUCCANEERS OF THE PACIFIC. Med. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xiv, 272(last 3 blank), 32(adv.); 16 plates, bibliography, index; original canvas (spine slightly soiled); a very good copy. London; Rich & Cowan; (1935). ***Neptune Library. #9326 A$50.00

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