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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 $1143, Euro €837) 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 $5945, Euro €4352) Quote ref.

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ACOSTA, Christoval.
Tractado de las drogas, y medicanas de las Indias Orientales, con sus Plantas debuxadas al bivo.
Burgos, Martin de Victoria, 1578.

Small quarto, title in architectural woodcut border incorporating the coat-of-arms of the city of Burgos, woodcut...

Drugs, herbs and spices of the East Indies: first edition of this influential herbal, important for disseminating...

Durling, 1064; Garrison & Morton, 1819; Hunt, 130; Lach, I, pp. 194-5; Palau, 1962; Pritzel, 13; Sabin , 113; Stafleu & Cowan, 23.

Australian: $42,000 (Approx. US $38,413, Euro €28,123) Quote ref.

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

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

Probable first edition of Adam's most important work (Lewis cites a first edition of 1897, but that may be a ghost as...

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

Australian: $385 (Approx. US $352, Euro €258) Quote ref.

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ADAMS, Nehemiah.
A Voyage Around the World.
Boston, Henry Hoyt, 1871.

Octavo, frontispiece of Cape Horn; original brown cloth.

A fine copy of the scarce first book edition (originally serialised in The Congregationalist during 1869, and...

Carter, p. 5.

Australian: $675 (Approx. US $617, Euro €452) Quote ref.

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[AERIAL IMAGINARY VOYAGE] [LEGRAND, Marc-Antoine].
Les Avantures du voyageur aerien...
Paris, chez Andre Cailleau, 1724.

Octavo, uncut in original soft boards, faded ms. title on spine; some wear but an appealing copy in original condition.

First edition, and very rare: an imaginary voyage by air, with the comedy Les Paniers. LeGrand (1673-1728) was a...

Barbier, I, 344.

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

The anonymous hero...

Ferguson, 3133; Innocêncio, VII, 405.

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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.

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AITON, William.
Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. By William Aiton, gardener to His Majesty.
London, George Nicol, 1789.

Three volumes, octavo, 13 plates (7 folding), small tears to two of the larger folding plates; a very good set in...

First edition: the highly important handbook to the Royal Botanic Garden in Kew, nominally compiled by William Aiton,...

Carter, Sir Joseph Banks 1743-1820, p. 66.

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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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