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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 $5945, Euro €4352) 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 $4070, Euro €2980) 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 $42,986, Euro €31,471) 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.
Australian: $3600 (Approx. US $3293, Euro €2411) Quote ref.
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BARRINGTON, George.
A Selection of Contemporary Issues of The London Chronicle Relating to the Trial of George Barrington.
London, 1788.
Quarto, seven issues each of eight pages, some cropped at the top edge with slight loss of text, a few old stamps and...
This important collection of popular articles follows the later part of George Barrington's dubious criminal career in...
Australian: $3200 (Approx. US $2927, Euro €2143) Quote ref.
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BARRINGTON, George.
A Voyage to New South Wales...
London, Printed for the Proprietor; Sold by H.D. Symonds, 1795.
Octavo; coloured endpapers soiled and a couple of spots, but a superb copy in contemporary speckled calf.
Very scarce and almost certainly the original source of the numerous later editions and pamphlet...
Ferguson, 205; Wantrup, 25.
Australian: $7500 (Approx. US $6860, Euro €5022) Quote ref.
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BARRINGTON, George.
A Voyage to New South Wales...
Philadelphia, Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1796.
Duodecimo, with 2-pp. publisher's advertisements; the text embrowned and some scattered staining but a very good...
Only the second work on Australia to be published in America. This first American edition of Barrington's...
Ferguson, 235; not in Sabin.
Australian: $6400 (Approx. US $5853, Euro €4285) 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...
Australian: $10,000 (Approx. US $9146, Euro €6696) 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.
Australian: $2400 (Approx. US $2195, Euro €1607) 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 $3887, Euro €2846) Quote ref.
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