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[ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE] BRADY, John.
A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Native Language of W. Australia by the Very Rev. J. Brady V.G.
Rome, Printed at the Press of the S.C. De Propaganda Fide, 1845.
Ducodecimo, 50 pp., imprimatur; an excellent copy in the original plain yellow paper wrappers.
A superb copy of this rare and interesting pamphlet, designed for use in the Western Australian missions and...
Ferguson, 3995.
Australian: $6500 (Approx. US $6782, Euro €4713) Quote ref.
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ALLEN, James.
Journal of an Experimental Trip by the 'Lady Augusta'...
Adelaide, C.G.E. Platts, 1853.
Octavo, lithographic frontispiece, a little dusted; old full calf, gilt lettering to spine, a very good copy.
Very scarce: the first navigation of the Murray River, from the Goolwa in South Australia to Swan Hill and back, by...
Ferguson, 5897.
Australian: $4450 (Approx. US $4643, Euro €3226) Quote ref.
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ANGAS, George French.
Six views of the Gold Fields of Ophir, at Summerhill and Lewis' Ponds Creeks; drawn from nature and on stone...
Sydney, Woolcott & Clarke, 1851.
Oblong folio, six tinted lithographs, with the leaf of "Description of the Plates", a little dusted and slightly worn...
Very scarce, the rare and attractive Sydney imprint: the 'first folio of goldfields views published in Australia'...
Wantrup, 239.
Australian: $47,000 (Approx. US $49,040, Euro €34,075) Quote ref.
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BARLOW, Edward.
Mr. Barlow's Magnicent Exhibition Hobart Town, Van Dieman's Land, Sydney, New South Wales...
London, 1841.
Printed hand-bill, 190 x 125 mm; fine.
A charming and very rare survival, advertising one of the earliest Australian panoramas to be shown in London. The...
Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, Barlow.
Australian: $5850 (Approx. US $6104, Euro €4241) Quote ref.
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BARRINGTON, George.
A New Edition. Memoirs of George Barrington...
London, M. Smith, 1790.
Octavo, with engraved frontispiece (Barrington picking Prince Orlow's pocket at the Opera); a fine copy, uncut in...
Scarce: one of a number of chapbook-type publications of the early 1790s, all of which are rare, on the "Prince of...
Ferguson, 67a; Garvey, 'George Barrington', B4.
Australian: $3600 (Approx. US $3756, Euro €2610) Quote ref.
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BARRINGTON, George.
An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales... [and] The History of New South Wales...
London, Jones, 1810.
Two volumes, octavo; a fine pair with both works completely uncut in original boards, later paper title-labels;...
A beautiful uncut set of Barrington's famous pair of works, rare in this condition. The History, with its...
Ferguson, 486 & 487; Garvey, 'George Barrington', AB47.
Australian: $10,000 (Approx. US $10,434, Euro €7250) Quote ref.
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BARRINGTON, George.
The Genuine Life and Trial of George Barrington...
London, W. Clements & J. Sadler, 1791.
Octavo in fours, with wood-engraved frontispiece; frontispiece cropped by an early binder, title repaired, contemporary...
Very rare: the second issue of this scarce pamphlet celebrating the misdeeds and famous speeches from the dock of...
Ferguson, 98a; Garvey, 'George Barrington', B11.
Australian: $2400 (Approx. US $2504, Euro €1740) Quote ref.
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BARRINGTON, George.
The History of New South Wales, including Botany Bay.
London, Printed for M Jones. 1802.
Octavo, engraved title, frontispiece, engraved title, and 21 plates all in early hand colouring, bound without...
An attractive extra-illustrated copy of this important edition of Barrington. The first book to contain coloured...
Garvey, 'George Barrington', AB29b (and see AB30).
Australian: $4250 (Approx. US $4434, Euro €3081) Quote ref.
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BLIGH: RUM REBELLION.
General Court-Martial, held at Chelsea, for the trial of Lieutenant Col. Johnston...
London, 1811.
Foolscap broadside (verso with docket title); originally folded but remaining unbound, with deckle edges; in very...
One of the rarest and most significant of all pieces associated with William Bligh.
Known today in just a...
Not in Spence; Wantrup, 33b and, pp. 99-101.
Australian: $55,000 (Approx. US $57,387, Euro €39,875) Quote ref.
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BRICE, James.
Panorama of Australia and America. With Nearly 6500 Feet of Transparent Scenery. By a Returned Emigrant….
England, 1851.
Broadside, halved at central rule to form two sheets measuring 330x255mm. & 330x260 mm., illustrated with four dramatic...
Rare and significant ephemeral broadside advertising a panoramic lecture show on the Australian colonies that toured...
Australian: $9500 (Approx. US $9912, Euro €6888) Quote ref.
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