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The Cruise of the "Cachalot"…
London: Smith Elder, 1898. Octavo, frontispiece and seven other plates and a folding map; in original blue cloth, with gilt vignette on upper board, quarter morocco case. First edition of this ripping yarn, based on the author's experiences on board the Splendid of New Bedford, in whaling grounds off 'the...
Price (AUD):
$1,750.00
Ref: #3202193
Forty Years in New Zealand.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1878. Large octavo, portrait and plates; in original pictorial cloth. With a large section of "Maoridom"
Price (AUD):
$275.00
Ref: #2903114
Progress Report of the Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria for 1861.
Melbourne: printed by Mason and Firth for the Royal Society of Victoria, 1862.
Who is responsible for the Burke and Wills tragedy?
Foolscap folio, tinted paper, 8pp. (last blank), with related blank envelope loosely inserted. A curious mix of remorse and self-preservation - an account of the Burke and Wills...
Price (AUD):
$600.00
Ref: #4106181
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria, in search of Burke and Wills.
Melbourne: Wilson and Mackinnon, 1862.
First edition, first issue
Octavo, engraved frontispiece and large folding map of Australia; original linen-backed pink printed card boards; bookplate of Captain Frederick Aarons; quarter morocco box. First edition, first of several issues, of the first public printing of Landsborough's journals from the Burke and...
Price (AUD):
$1,365.00
Ref: #4504374
The Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition… with portraits and biographical sketches of Robert O'Hara Burke, and William John Wills.
Melbourne: Wilson and Mackinnon, 1861.
A pristine copy in the original wrappers: with the frontispiece portraits of Burke and Wills
Octavo, iv, 36 pp. (last blank), with a striking lithographic portrait frontispiece of both explorers (later portrait of Wills pasted to rear of frontispiece), well preserved copy in original green...
Price (AUD):
$1,950.00
Ref: #4106096
Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1862.
Letters and journals of Burke and Wills
Octavo, title-page with engraved portrait of Burke, detailed folding map; early (contemporary?) dark green half calf. First edition, first issue. Jackson, who knew Burke personally and was an officer in the same regiment as Burke's father, published...
Price (AUD):
$2,250.00
Ref: #4504432
Burke and Wills Commission. Report of the Commissioners…
Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1862.
'A far greater amount of zeal than prudence…'
Foolscap folio, 104 pp., printed on light blue paper, edges uncut; half calf. Official report of the Royal Commission appointed to investigate the Burke and Wills disaster: 'now very scarce and of high interest' (Australian Rare...
Price (AUD):
$1,950.00
Ref: #4504502
Burke and Wills Commission…
Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1862.
'A far greater amount of zeal than prudence…'
Foolscap folio, 104 pp., a fine and clean copy, edges rough-trimmed only, in quarter blue morocco by Sangorski. Official report of the Royal Commission appointed to investigate the Burke and Wills disaster: 'now very scarce and...
Price (AUD):
$2,100.00
Ref: #4504375
Exploration Expedition. Letter from Commander Norman…
Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 1862.
Landsborough in search for Burke and Wills
Foolscap folio, 52pp.,in a splendid full black morocco binding by Sangorski with gilt lettering. This report prints the journal of Captain Norman, including much information relating the Landsborough's search for Burke and Wills. The Victoria had been...
Price (AUD):
$500.00
Ref: #4106156
Victoria. Exploration Committee. Correspondence - Liabilities of.
Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 8 May 1866.
Burke and Wills monument
Foolscap folio, 8pp. Correspondence and notes collected by David Wilkie in his role as treasurer of the Exploration Committee; primarily concerning the expenditure on the monument erected to the memory of Burke and Wills who perished 'under circumstances...
Price (AUD):
$400.00
Ref: #4106188
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Exploration Expedition. Letter from Commander Norman… [bound with] Report of Commander Norman, of H.M.C.S. "Victoria"…
Melbourne: John Ferres, Governmewnt Printer, 1862.
Landsborough and Walker search: with the maps
Two reports bound together, foolscap folio, the first report with 52 pp. and three folding maps; the second 32 pp.; fine in recent quarter dark blue morocco by Sangorski. Two important Burke and Wills related reports, with...
Price (AUD):
$3,850.00
Ref: #4504376
Report of the Commissioners…
Melbourne: John Ferres, 1862.
The ill fated expedition
Foolscap folio, 104 pp., together with two other relevant Victorian Parliamentary Papers 1864-66; modern quarter calf, the Ingleton copy with his bookplate and his shelfmark. The rare and important Royal Commission report on the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition: 'very scarce and...
Price (AUD):
$3,250.00
Ref: #4503968
The Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition…
Melbourne: Wilson and Mackinnon, 1861.
Scarce pamphlet account
Octavo, pp. iv, 32 (double column); bound without wrappers in modern morocco gilt. Very scarce: one of the early impressions of this important pamphlet account of the expedition drawn from the original Melbourne Argus reports. It was reprinted many times between November...
Price (AUD):
$2,500.00
Ref: #2712355
Review of the Labours of Several Explorers of Australia…
Melbourne & Sydney: Clarson, Shallard and Co., 1863.
With the narrative of John King and a wood engraving of Burke's grave
Octavo pamphlet, original titling wrappers featuring a wood-engraving of Burke's grave at Cooper's Creek to rear cover, the Mackaness copy in recent blue cloth. In the original illustrated wrappers...
Price (AUD):
$3,200.00
Ref: #2712356
Robert O'Hara Burke and the Exploring Expedition of 1860.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1862. Octavo, with title-page vignette, a folding map and 16 pp. advertisements at rear; in the original green cloth. An important record of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition. This is the only edition of the one substantial contemporary publication of Burke's own journals. Australian...
Price (AUD):
$1,950.00
Ref: #3109982
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria…
Melbourne: Wilson and Mackinnon, 1862. Octavo, with a lithographic portrait frontispiece and large folding map measuring 656 x 794 mm.; in handsome half crushed morocco by Sangorski with gilt lettering and raised bands. The first public printing of Landsborough's journals from the Burke and Wills relief expedition, featuring a splendid...
Price (AUD):
$1,200.00
Ref: #4106101
Progress Report of the Exploration Committee…
Goverment Printer, 1862. Foolscap folio, 7 pp., printed on blue paper; bound in modern half calf. The important Sixth Progress Report issued after the adverse findings of the Royal Commission enquiring into the disastrous Burke and Wills expedition. This separate printing of the report is identifiable by its colophon on...
Price (AUD):
$475.00
Ref: #2303137
Progress Report of the Exploration Committee…
Melbourne: Mason and Firth, Printers, 1862.
Sixth Progress Report
Foolscap folio, 7 pp., printed on blue paper; stitched but unbound as issued, folded for the original "Exploration Committee" envelope, also present. The important Sixth Progress Report issued after the adverse findings of the Royal Commission enquiring into the disastrous Burke...
Price (AUD):
$575.00
Ref: #4504501
Exploration Expedition.
Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, 16 March 1865.
The financial aftermath of Burke and Wills
Foolscap folio, single sheet. Published for Victorian parliament, this report was prepared by David Wilkie in his role as treasurer of the Exploration Committee. It lists the very considerable costs arising from Landell's importation of...
Price (AUD):
$250.00
Ref: #4106185
A third letter to a member of the present parliament…
London: F. and C. Rivington, 1797.
"A gang of felons and murderers..."
Octavo in fours; contemporary quarter calf. First edition, Burke's continues to oppose peace with France: published posthumously. Extending his long-held opposition to the Revolution in France, this letter, published from drafts left by Burke, maintains his steadfast opposition...
Price (AUD):
$325.00
Ref: #2408050
Practical Hints on Colour in Painting.
London: John Carpenter, 1843. Quarto, eight handcoloured engraved plates; in original cloth-backed boards, paper titling label on front board. Fifth edition of this beautifully-produced but practical guide to colour in painting, which uses works by old masters such as Titian, Van Dyck and Rubens as a guide.
Price (AUD):
$750.00
Ref: #3211645
The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer.
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies et al. 1814. Five volumes, thick octavo, light spotting to endpapers; contemporary full tan calf, double red and green spine labels. Handsome 1814 edition of the first and most enduring work of legal writer Richard Burn. The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer...
Price (AUD):
$1,850.00
Ref: #3706036
The State of Religion and Education in New South Wales
London: J.Cross and Simpkin, Marshall. 1840. Octavo, with a folding map and folding tables; complete with the errata slip, in the original cloth. First Edition. Burton was a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, whose views on the moral decline of colonial society were a significant influence...
Price (AUD):
$975.00
Ref: #3609618
Receipt of deposit for Lot 4 in the Burwood Estate, Thos. Rowleys division…
Land & Estate Agency, George Street: Stephen & Stokes, Printers, 2 May, 1833.
Home for a publican and the beginnings of Burwood
112 x 174 mm, printed form completed in manuscript in brown ink; printed decorative device above printers' caption; completed" Webb £2.12.0" on verso, together with small sum workings...
Price (AUD):
$650.00
Ref: #4504213