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Discoveries of the French in 1768 & 1769, to the South-East of New Guinea…
London: John Stockdale, 1791.
Count Fleurieu shares a publisher with governor Phillip
Quarto, with 12 folding charts; in contemporary polished half calf, marbled boards. An attractive copy of the first English edition of the great work on the French discovery of the Solomon Islands. Fleurieu, the leading light in the.....
Price (AUD):
$5,850.00
Ref: #3804540
Matthew Flinders' Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis…
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1946.
De luxe issue
Folio, with a map and wood-engravings by John Buckland Wright; uncut in the original full green morocco gilt by Sangorski. The scarce de luxe issue, one of only one hundred numbered copies in full morocco. This important first publication of the manuscript.....
Price (AUD):
$3,600.00
Ref: #2607353
A Voyage to Terra Australis…
London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1814.
Flinders' classic account, with plates by Westall and Bauer; atlas in the rare largest format and entirely uncut
Complete set of the Flinders account, comprising: two volumes large quarto, with nine steel-engraved plates after William Westall, the half-titles present; and elephant folio atlas with.....
Price (AUD):
$87,500.00
Ref: #4504258
Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly.
London: T. & W. Boone, 1847.
The Fly voyage
Two volumes, octavo, 17 plates and two folding maps, illustrated; in attractive old pale tan half calf, double labels. First edition of this important account of the Fly's surveying voyage of coastal Australia. Jukes' account is particularly significant for his description.....
Price (AUD):
$4,850.00
Ref: #3104186
Explorations in Australia…
London: Sampson Low, 1875. Octavo, eight plates, four folding maps; apart from a cancelled library stamp a good copy in original green cloth, gilt vignette on upper board. An important account of Forrest's successful exploring career, during which he most famously became the first person to cross the continent west.....
Price (AUD):
$2,500.00
Ref: #3611702
A Voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas, from Balambangan…
London: G. Scott, 1780.
From Balambangan to New Guinea
Quarto, with 31 engraved maps and plates, many double-page or folding.; in modern quarter calf. The second edition of an important and early work on New Guinea, with extensive mapping. Forrest was involved in the 1770 settlement of Balambangan, a colonising.....
Price (AUD):
$3,750.00
Ref: #2707973
A Voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas, from Balambangan…
London: G. Scott, 1779.
Significant English voyage to New Guinea
Quarto, with a portrait and a splendid series of 32 plates and maps, most of them folding or double-page; a large copy with good margins in contemporary sprinkled calf. First edition: a handsome copy of this classic account of experiences.....
Price (AUD):
$4,250.00
Ref: #4106060
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22.
London: John Murray, 1824.
Rumours of cannibalism and murder in the frozen North.
Two volumes, octavo, with four splendid folding maps; in contemporary navy half calf, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Second edition, publishing the results of the 1819-1822 expedition to the polar north under the command of Sir John.....
Price (AUD):
$2,249.00
Ref: #4106593
Reflections on New South Wales...
Sydney: Hordern House, 2001.
De luxe edition, limited to twenty-eight copies
Large quarto, 310 x 225 mm, xxxii + 670 pp., with a portrait, twenty maps and illustrations and eight colour plates; original quarter vellum and glazed boards. One of just twenty-eight copies of the special issue on large paper.....
Price (AUD):
$4,250.00
Ref: #4504093
Plan du Comté de Cumberland…
Paris: 1822.
The French explore Sydney plain
Engraved chart; 495 x 340 mm. Attractive cartographic rarity arising from the visit of Louis and Rose de Freycinet to Sydney in 1819. This map of the Cumberland plain is an example of a little-known first state (without plate number); it was prepared.....
Price (AUD):
$2,100.00
Ref: #3912490
Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, in the Uranie and Physicienne…
London: Treuttel and Wurtz, 1823.
The artist's account of the Freycinet voyage
Quarto, two parts in one, with a folding map and 25 lithograph plates, contemporary smooth calf, gilt, The first edition in English of this informal narrative of the Uranie voyage, the great French expedition to Australia and the.....
Price (AUD):
$7,650.00
Ref: #3911437
Report by Mr. W. J. Garnett of a Journey through the Provinces of Shantung and Kiangsu.
London: HMSO, 1907.
The country sacred to Confucius
Foolscap folio, 26 pp., with two maps; in recent green paper wrappers. The author states his intention as such: 'The object of the journey was to study in some degree the Province of Shantung, its resources and inhabitants, to visit the country.....
Price (AUD):
$350.00
Ref: #4107571
Voyage autour du monde…
Paris: Henri Plon, 1871. Octavo, colour folding map of Tahiti and Morea; in contemporary quarter morocco. Author's presentation copy of this study of Tahiti and the surrounding islands.
Price (AUD):
$850.00
Ref: #2903230
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
London: John Murray, 1887.
Featuring a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Eight volumes, octavo, single portrait frontispiece, 14 maps (12 folding and 5 coloured); understated half brown morocco, gilt spine with raised bands. A most attractive set of Gibbon's opus, first published in 1776 and here re-issued with notes by.....
Price (AUD):
$2,650.00
Ref: #3805637
Australia Twice Traversed.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Limited, 1889.
"The last of the Australian explorers…"
Two volumes, octavo, with 21 plates, six folding coloured maps and illustrations in the text; in the fully pictorial grey-green cloth boards, lettered in gilt, untrimmed; the F.G. Coles copy with bookplate. First edition: 'arguably.....
Price (AUD):
$4,750.00
Ref: #4106006
Australia Twice Traversed.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Limited, 1889.
"The last of the Australian explorers…"
Two volumes, octavo, with 21 plates, six folding coloured maps and illustrations in the text; bound in modern brown quarter cloth, gilt, the original decorated front boards tipped in at the rear of each volume.....
Price (AUD):
$3,500.00
Ref: #4503916
Geographic Travels in Central Australia From 1872 to 1874,
Melbourne: McCarron, Bird & Co., 1875. Octavo, large folding map frontispiece, original green cloth with gilt vignette of Mt Olga; inscribed by Von Mueller on half-title page to Joshua Snowball. Scarce first edition of Giles's account of his first two expeditions. In 1872 he made the first attempt to cross.....
Price (AUD):
$2,750.00
Ref: #4106094
Godwin's Emigrant's Guide to Van Diemen's Land…
London: Sherwood, Jones, 1823. Octavo, with a folding handcoloured map and a folding view; original boards, printed paper label; uncut copy in original binding, preserved in a full calf box. First edition: now rare. Godwin's work on Van Diemen's Land is one of the earliest books to promote free emigration.....
Price (AUD):
$6,250.00
Ref: #2908517
Collection of Seven Pamphlets on Gold…
London: various publishers, 1840-, 1855.
Pamphlets on Gold
Thick octavo, a contemporary collection of thirteen rare pamphlets, seven on the subject of gold, with in total five folding maps, each with original title-pages (one with drop-title only), several with owner's signature, and one with authorial inscription; a handsome volume in.....
Price (AUD):
$3,650.00
Ref: #3806721
Journal of Commodore Goodenough…
London: Henry S. King, 1876. Octavo, engraved portrait frontispiece, three folding maps and scattered vignettes throughout; contemporary gilt calf, gilt spine with red morocco label; front endpaper and top margin of the title-page inscribed by previous owner, A comprehensive account of the author's life prefaces this book. The journal is.....
Price (AUD):
$475.00
Ref: #3602286
Journal of Commodore Goodenough…
London: Henry S. King, 1876. Octavo, engraved portrait frontispiece, three folding maps (two in sleeve at rear); original publisher's gilt decorated cloth. A comprehensive account of the author's life prefaces this book. The journal is primarily concerned with Pacific voyages and also includes descriptions of Melbourne, Launceston and the coal.....
Price (AUD):
$450.00
Ref: #3602291
Tales About America and Australia By Peter Parley.
London: Darton & Clark, n.d., 1840. Small octavo, with frontispiece maps of Australia and America and numerous illustrations; in original striped black and red cloth. Very rare: a history of America and Australia for children by American author Goodrich, under his more famous pen name "Peter Parley", with a charming.....
Price (AUD):
$585.00
Ref: #2704828
Tales About America and Australia by Peter Parley.
London: Darton & Clark, n.d., but, 1840. Small octavo, with frontispiece maps of Australia and America and numerous illustrations; in original red cloth. Very rare: a history of America and Australia for children by American author Goodrich, under his more famous pen name "Peter Parley". Surprisingly detailed account of New.....
Price (AUD):
$585.00
Ref: #3103083
Géographie des Grecs analysée…
Paris: Didot l'aîné, 1790.
Ancient Greek geographers
Quarto, with ten folding engraved maps; later half red grained morocco. An analysis of the geographical knowledge of the ancient Greeks undertaken by Gossellin for a contest set by the French Academie Royale des Inscriptions. The ten folding maps are particularly interesting for.....
Price (AUD):
$1,125.00
Ref: #4103485