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A Poor "Member of Christ".
Friday Christian; or the First-Born on Pitcairn's Island.
New York & Philadelphia, D. Appleton & Co. [and] G.S. Appleton, 1849.

Small octavo, frontispiece, 4-pp. advertisements at rear; an attractive copy in the original ribbed and blind-stamped...

First edition, and a good copy of this particularly uncommon children's book on the fate of the Pitcairners. The work...

Australian: $1250 (Approx. US $1304, Euro €906) Quote ref.

[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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[ABORIGINES].
Cabinet card, NSW, three men in body decoration.
Australia, circa, 1890.

Cabinet card measuring 105 x 145 mm., mounted, gilt edged; the bottom edge neatly trimmed, otherwise fine.

A fine period cabinet card depicting three Aboriginal men in a traditional manner with body paint and hunting...

Australian: $485 (Approx. US $506, Euro €352) Quote ref.

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ADAM, Paul Auguste Marie.
Lettres de Malaisie.
Paris, Editions de la Revue Blanche, 1898.

Octavo, some browning, uncut; a good copy in publisher's blue quarter cloth.

First issue of the first edition of Adam's most important work. Lettres de Malaisie had appeared as a serial in...

Lewis, p. 1; Manguel & Guadalupi; Negley, p. 3.

Australian: $385 (Approx. US $402, Euro €279) Quote ref.

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[AGUIAR, Vasco José de].
Viagem ao interior da Nova Hollanda...
Lisbon, Vicente Jorge de Castro, 1841.

Three volumes bound in one, small octavo; some wear to the edges of the boards and a library reference at head of...

A rare Portuguese imaginary voyage to Australia, not recorded by most of the commentators on the genre.

In...

Innocêncio, VII, 405.

Australian: $4850 (Approx. US $5060, Euro €3516) Quote ref.

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AINSWORTH, William Harrison.
Jack Sheppard a romance. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
London, Richard Bentley, 1839.

Three volumes, octavo, with 27 illustrations by George Cruikshank (one from volume 1 bound in volume 2), half-title...

First edition. The most celebrated of the prolific Ainsworth's "Newgate" novels, chronicling the career of the...

Sadleir, 14.

Australian: $885 (Approx. US $923, Euro €642) 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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ALMQVIST, Carl Jonas Love.
Parjumouf. Saga ifran Nya Holland.
Stockholm, A. Gadelius, 1817.

Duodecimo, 98 pp.; in good condition in a neat modern morocco binding.

An interesting early Swedish fiction set in colonial Australia, here called "Ulimaroa", the term invented by Djurberg...

Du Rietz, Swansea, 92.

Australian: $2650 (Approx. US $2765, Euro €1921) Quote ref.

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[ALPHABET].
Alphabet de L'Histoire des Animaux, orné de 27 gravures.
Paris, Brianchon Libraire, c. 1820.

Octavo, 6 pp., handcoloured engravings throughout; dampstained along outer margin, outer edge slightly chipped,...

Very early fully engraved Abecedaire for children. With an illustration of the kangaroo after Stubbs.

The back...

Australian: $885 (Approx. US $923, Euro €642) Quote ref.

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[ALPHABET BOOK] ANON.
The Alphabet of Animals.
London, Frederick Warne and Co., circa, 1890.

Quarto, chromolithographs; very good in original pictorial wrappers.

Charming animal-themed alphabet book for children:

K is a kangaroo hopping along;
L stands for Lions,...

Australian: $1200 (Approx. US $1252, Euro €870) Quote ref.

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