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"Habitans de la Nouvelle Hollande."
circa 1830.
Aborigines of New Holland
Handcoloured wood engraving, 100 x 75mm; Very good. Charming French hand-coloured woodcut depicting a man and woman of "New Holland". It was most likely printed as part of a series of costume plates, and may be the same as a similarly-sized woodcut of the.....
Price (AUD):
$450.00
Ref: #4202850
The History of New Holland, from its First Discovery in 1616, to the Present Time.
London: John Stockdale, 1790.
An essential book for First Fleet collectors
Quarto, folding map; black half roan, with the bookplate of Henry White. An essential First Fleet book, widely considered the best guide to the establishment of a penal colony in New South Wales: 'an extremely interesting work and an.....
Price (AUD):
$4,000.00
Ref: #4403191
The History of New Holland, from its First Discovery in 1616, to the Present Time…
London: John Stockdale, 1787.
First Fleet sails for New South Wales
Octavo, with two folding handcoloured maps; bound in contemporary marbled boards (rebacked retaining original crimson label) from the Westport House library with Browne family armorial bookplate. Published on the eve of the departure of the First Fleet for New.....
Price (AUD):
$4,600.00
Ref: #4106490
The History of New Holland, from its First Discovery in 1616, to the Present Time…
London: John Stockdale, 1787.
First Fleet sails for New South Wales
Octavo, with two folding maps, finely hand coloured in outline, modern half calf, marbled boards. First edition. Published on the eve of the departure of the First Fleet for New South Wales, this sometimes neglected publication was the most.....
Price (AUD):
$3,850.00
Ref: #4503934
Land Grant of one acre and twenty one perches fronting Macquarie, Antill and Davey Streets in Hobart to William Sorell.
Hobart: 1832.
Appeasing the son
Folded parchment; 320 x 400 mm, folded lower edge secured with green ribbon in two places. Signed by George Arthur as Lieutenant-Governor and John Burnett as Colonial Secretary; annotated on the reverse "Inscribed and recorded in the Supreme Court of Van Diemen's Land this twenty-ninth.....
Price (AUD):
$1,650.00
Ref: #4504544
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The Memorial and Justification of Mr. Barton…
Cornhill [and] London: Pelham Richardson, 1832 &, 1833.
Scandals in the Australian Agricultural Company
Two works bound in one, octavo; the first 73 pp. with folding table; the second 33 pp.; tan half calf. Two very scarce works relating to the scandals that engulfed the Australian Agricultural Company, both written.....
Price (AUD):
$5,500.00
Ref: #4107074
Prospectus of the Australian Gas-Light Company.
Sydney: Printed by H. Bull, Colonist Office, Sydney, September 1, 1836.
"Pipes &c to be conveyed by convict ship free of charge"
Four foolscap folded leaves, some wear, as usual, at folds. Scarce early prospectus, printed in Sydney, for "the lighting of this large, increasing, and opulent metropolis with Gas.".....
Price (AUD):
$750.00
Ref: #3611672
Share Certificate for One Hundred Pounds.
Sydney: Bank of New South Wales, 1 January 1824.
Early share certificate from Australia's first bank
Printed share certificate on vellum; 22.5 x 105 mm, completed in manuscript in ink. For the first thirty years of the colony of NSW, there was no organised and regulated banking system, rather a......
Price (AUD):
$5,400.00
Ref: #4504504
British Colonization and Coloured Tribes.
London: William Ball, 1838.
Scarce work by former Attorney General of NSW
Small octavo, neat blind-stamp to title-page, bound without the 4 pp. advertisements noted by Ferguson; half green morocco by Sangorski, spine lettered in gilt. An excellent copy of a surprisingly scarce work, written by a former Attorney General.....
Price (AUD):
$1,200.00
Ref: #4107187
A Sequel to Barrington's Voyage to New South Wales…
London: C. Lowndes, 1801.
"Barrington" account, chiefly from Collins
Duodecimo, on blue-ish paper, pp. viii, 5-88, [vi]; old half calf. Second edition of the so-called sequel to Barrington, issued by the same publishers as the Voyage to Botany Bay. As with most Barrington material this is fraudulently attributed to him.....
Price (AUD):
$2,300.00
Ref: #4106370
The Genuine Life and Trial of George Barrington…
London: W. Clements & J. Sadler, 1791.
With Barrington's speeches from the dock
Octavo in fours, with wood-engraved frontispiece. Very rare: the second issue of this scarce pamphlet celebrating the misdeeds and famous speeches from the dock of Australia's most famous convict. This is one of the earliest and most.....
Price (AUD):
$2,400.00
Ref: #3002002
The History of New South Wales including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney, and all its Dependencies.
London: M. Jones, 1802.
Gentleman pickpocket turned colonial historian?
Octavo, with an engraved title page and 14 hand-coloured plates (including frontispiece), contemporary full polished calf (a bit scuffed and rubbed), morocco label. The first book to contain coloured illustrations of Sydney. This is the first book edition of Barrington's famous.....
Price (AUD):
$3,000.00
Ref: #4504791
A Sequel to Barrington's Voyage to New South Wales…
London: C. Lowndes, 1801.
Barrington sequel, mostly sourced from Collins
Octavo, laid paper uncut, with the 6 pp. 'Official Register of the Crimes, Trials and Executions'; in later half calf, spine banded and gilt, crimson morocco label. A scarce Barrington title. This so-called Sequel drew most of its content from.....
Price (AUD):
$3,250.00
Ref: #3701855
Voyage à Botany-Bay,
Paris: Desenne, Anno VI, 1798. Octavo, xvi, 192 pp.; joints rubbed, contemporary quarter roan with crimson morocco label. French edition of Barrington, with a five page preface explaining the extraordinary circumstances of the author, noting his aptitude for observation and return to grace in a new land. Garvey notes of.....
Price (AUD):
$2,250.00
Ref: #4206024
A Voyage to New South Wales…
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1796.
The rare American Barrington
Duodecimo, with 2-pp. publisher's advertisements;, with the half-title, in original American mottled sheep, unlettered spine ruled in gilt; front hinge starting, head of spine restored. Only the second work on Australia to be published in America. This first American edition.....
Price (AUD):
$5,800.00
Ref: #3206510
A Voyage to New South Wales…
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1796.
The rare American Barrington
Duodecimo, with 2-pp. publisher's advertisements, contemporary owner's inscription for "Will. Bowman"; in old sheep boards, recently rebacked. Only the second work on Australia to be published in America. This first American edition of Barrington's Voyage, in appealing and characteristic contemporary.....
Price (AUD):
$5,800.00
Ref: #4304422
Tales of Woe. Love & Constancy, or the Fatal Denial, a True Story; Leonora, or the effects of treachery; and the Lover's Leap…
London: Thomas Tegg, n.d. but, 1804. Duodecimo, pp. 181-216, simple modern tan wrappers. One of the rarest Barrington works, and one of the more egregious impositions on his so-called "authorship", with his name the only one featured on the title-page despite his complete lack of involvement. Copies are known with.....
Price (AUD):
$775.00
Ref: #4303396
Viaje y translaccion del famoso Barrington a Botani-Bay en la Nueva-Holanda…
Madrid: M. Pita, c. 1831-1833.
Del famoso Barrington a Botani-Bay
16mo (115 x 75mm), engraved frontispiece, 192 pp.; a fine fresh copy in contemporary Spanish marbled calf, gilt spine, red morocco label. Very rare Spanish imprint detailing the life and adventures of gentleman pickpocket George Barrington. Ferguson records many versions.....
Price (AUD):
$6,850.00
Ref: #4505120
Report of the Committee of the Benevolent Society of New South Wales…
Sydney: "Monitor" Press, 1826.
Relief of the poor in 1820s Sydney
Duodecimo, 24 pp., some foxing particularly to the title and last page; twentieth-century "Mackaness morocco" Early Sydney printing from the press of the Monitor. The Benevolent Society was set up 'to relieve the Poor, Distressed, the Aged, and the.....
Price (AUD):
$1,200.00
Ref: #4111709
The Spirit of the Public Journals…
London: James Ridgway, 1797-1814.
Hoping that Barangaroo will be saved from "lightning, sharks, and red men"
Seventeen volumes, duodecimo, in attractive modern wrappers with double spine labels to each volume. A fine long run of an intriguing late-Georgian journal, with a good deal of interest to contemporary Australia, perhaps most.....
Price (AUD):
$4,450.00
Ref: #4304407
De la Colonisation des condamnés, et de l'avantage qu 'il y aurait pour la France a `adopter cette mesure.
Paris: Martinet, 1827.
Prison camps of New Holland
Octavo, pp. [4], 67, [1], complete with the half-title; a fine copy, uncut, stitched the original plain dark blue wrappers. The only edition of this significant study by the historian and pioneering statistician Louis-François Benoiston de Chateauneuf (1776-1856) of convict transportation and.....
Price (AUD):
$2,785.00
Ref: #4504892
The Atmotic Ship…
Sydney: David Mason, printer, circa 1866.
Atmotic: pioneering steam driven airship in 1860s Sydney
Single printed sheet measuring 570 x 445 mm. in good condition, mounted. Rare Sydney broadside and a milestone in aviation history. This ephemeral large single sheet promotes the 'Atmotic Ship' – an early steam driven airship.....
Price (AUD):
$4,250.00
Ref: #4403227
Letters to Charles Buller…
Sydney: D. L. Welch, Atlas Office, George Street, opposite the Barrack Gate, 1849.
The Australian Patriotic Association
Octavo, inscribed from the author on the title-page, with the addendum slip; handsome burgundy roan binding, lettered in gilt. An excellent copy of one of William Bland's more uncommon titles, inscribed to one.....
Price (AUD):
$975.00
Ref: #4107087
Promissory note to Captain Joseph James signed by G. Blaxcell for £250, and accompanying government document signed by Ellis Bent, Judge Advocate.
Sydney: 1812 & 1813.
Early financial documents, predating the first Australian bank
Quarto, two-leaf document printed on one side of the first leaf and completed in manuscript, with manuscript promissory note on the second leaf; with another ms. note on a smaller separate sheet. A pair of rare early financial.....
Price (AUD):
$4,250.00
Ref: #4504506