Australia and its Settlements
London: Religious Tract Society, 1854. 12mo. Hardcover. 12 mo, pp.iv,192, Original blind-stamped cloth binding. Ferguson 6296. A most attractive copy in excellent condition. More
Australia
Randwick Racecourse, Sydney
1914. No Binding. A series of 10 large-scale photographs, 24 x 58 cm set in original card mounts (36 x 71 cm). The mounts have been damaged in some cases, particularly in one case where the top edge and sides have been damaged but little affecting the actual photograph. One..... More
Robert Menzies, Australian Prime Minister
No Binding. Signed photograph with a cut-out in the bottom of the mount, with an original signed inscription, "My dear Fisher, Robert Menzies". Framed and mounted, full size 31.5cm x 22.5cm. Menzies (1894-1978) was Australian Prime Minister from 1939-1941. More
Victoria Illustrated.
Melbourne: Sands & Kenny. 1857. 22cm x 29cm. Decorated Boards. 45 engraved full page plates. Lacks title page vignette, so 45 of 46 plates. Has foxing. Ferguson 15440C. More
Port Arthur; the British Penal Settlement in Tasmania. Glimpses of Its Stirring History.
Launceston: J.W. Beattie, 1920. 8vo. Soft cover. c. pp.100,(1). Illustrations. Includes advertising material. (c.1920) A very good copy, rare, in the original wrappers. More
Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., Circumnavigator
Sydney: Library of New South Wales, 1970. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xvi, 894. Index. Revised edition of 1928 1st edition. More
Journal of a Voyage to Australia.
London: F.Shaw, 1894. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Decorated Cloth. pp.142. Frontispiece (portrait). Presentation copy, signed by author, in original cloth in excellent condition. More
Australia.
London: Virtue. PROUT, Skinner. 4to. Contemporary Half Morocco. 2 volumes. Illustrated with drawings by Skinner Prout, N. Chevalier. 1873-6. Illustrations, maps (coloured). Some foxing but books generally in good order. Complete. Includes extra steel engravings not listed in index. Contemporary half morocco (rubbed) and cloth with gilt crests to front..... More
Signature
1937. No Binding. Australian House of Representatives Federal Members' Rooms printed letterhead. Signature "Walter J. Cooper. Senator for Queensland". Dated 1937. Single side of folded sheet (20.5 x 12.5 cm). Sir Walter Cooper (188-1973) was a Queensland senator, and served in the Menzies' government from 1949 to1960. More
Peche des sauvages du Cap de Diemen. La Perouse
No Binding. Early copper hand-coloured engraving from the Atlas du Voyage a la Recherche de la Perouse, No. 4 Framed in glazed 48 x 61 cm, mounted image 29 x 42 cm. An interesting image showing 19 native peoples at Cap Diemen in the Northern Territories, Van Dieman Gulf. Minor..... More
Old Tasmanian Prints, prepared in Great Britain, Europe and on the mainland of Australia
Launceston: Foot & Playsted, 1964. 4to. Pictorial Cloth. 8vo, pp.xii,349, Frontispiece 81 plates. Signed by author. More
A Voyage to Terra Australis; Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of That Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator...(2 volumes)
London. G. And W. Nicol. 1814. 4to. Quarter buckram and Boards. volumes 1 and 2 text only. Complete with 9 plates. Fine uncut copy in early boards, and buckram spines circa 1930s. Page size 12 1/2" x 9 3/4". Handsome leather spine label. Rare original first edition. More
Oceana or England and Her Colonies
London: Longmans, Green, 1886. Third Edition. Royal 8vo. Early Half Calf. 8vo. Pp. xii, 396. Plates. Early half calf, gilt decorations on spine. Inscription to title page. A superb and handsome copy of this interesting work, including a description of Kawau Island and meeting Sir George Grey there. Content of..... More
Reconnaissance map of part of Fiord County
NZ Survey, 1883. W Deverall. 56 x 74 cm. No Binding. Detailed linen-backed lithograph has 3 ink annotations indicating where supplies should be dropped. An attractive and detailed map. More
An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales: including a visit to the Gold Regions, and a description of the Mines;
London: Longman, 1852. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Half Calf. 2 vols, ( pp.vii,493; xi,591), Folded map. Pages uncut. Fine contemporary half calf, gilt. In very nice condition, a handsome copy. More
The Australian Cyclist.
Melbourne: Rae Bros. 1897. Soft cover. Vol. IV. No. 40. June 3, 1897. 27.5 cm x 22 cm, pp. 52. Articles, photographs and advertising. Paper cover has damage at bottom. This journal was the official organ of the League of Victorian Wheelmen, formed for professional cyclists in 1893 until 1905..... More
The Art of Book-Collecting in Australia.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1956. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orig. Cloth. pp.185. Plates. Limited edition. An account of collecting books about Australia and by Australians. Scarce. More
Three Years' Cruise in the Australasian Colonies
London: Bentley, 1854. 8vo. Half Morcco. pp.viii,304. contemporay half morocco, marbled boards. Some foxing to prelims. A handsome copy in fine binding; gilt top edges. The New Zealand content includes significant first-hand impression of Kororareka, Kerikeri, Ruapekapeka, Auckland Islands, Wellington and Auckland. More
Globe Sphere showing from North-East Africa to New Guinea and from the North to the South Poles.
1690. 280x210mm. No Binding. (c.1700) Original black and white engraving, Globe Sphere showing from North-West Africa, most of New Holland (as Australia was known then) and from the North to the South Poles, showing Oceanvs Avstralis & Circvivs Antarctic [sic]. In smaller diagrams below shows 2 other spheres with various..... More
The Cruise Of H.M.S. Galatea. Captian H.R.H. The Duke Of Edinburgh, K.G In 1867-1868.
London: Allen, 1869. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Cloth Orig. Pp. xii, 487. 6 b& w plates and illustrations as called for. 2nd edition, published in the same year as the first. Very good copy in bright blue original cloth. More
Cassell's Picturesque Australasia. 4 volumes in 2
London: Cassell, 1889. 4to. Decorative Cloth / Gilt. 4 vols bound into 2. An extremely handsome set in original quarter crushed morocco and cloth with gilt tiles on a leather spine. Marbled page edges.An extremely handsome copy. Heavy volumes will require additional postage. More
Comic ink sketch
1839. No Binding. Comic ink sketch (17.5 x 11.5 cm) signed "Yours until death W.E. Pidgeon" Dated 1939. A play on his name 'Pidgeon". Also includes a cutting from the Australian Women's Weekly dated September 17, 1938, featuring one of his story illustrations. Pidgeon (1909-1981) was a noted painter, cartoonist..... More
Potoroo White, Male: (Hypsiprymnus white. N.), a sa tete
Paris: Langllois, 1824. No Binding. Hand-coloured lilthograph of a potoroo, image 24 x 33 cm. free-floating within mount 37 x 45 cm. A very fine and delicate image of the small Australian marsupial the potoroo. lLate No 10 from Voyage autour du monde fait par ordre du Roi, sur les..... More
North Queensland Ethnography. Bulletins 1-5
Brisbane: Govt. Print., 1901-1903. 1903. Quarter Calf Spine. c.1903. Bulletin no.1 String and other forms of strand basketry, woven bag and net-work. pp.15, 19 plates. Bulletin no. 2 The structure of the Koko-Yimidir language. pp.35. Bulletin no. 3 Food : its search, capture and preparation. pp.31, 2 plates. Bulletin no..... More
An Emigrant in search of a Colony
London: Simms, 1851. Hardcover. pp 464. Original quarter calf and marbled boards. Very good copy of this Australian historical novel. Ferguson 15126. More