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
Autographs of actresses; Theatre Royal Magazine Programme
Sydney: Australian and New Zealand Theatres Ltd., 1937. Soft cover. pp 36. Theatre Royal Magazine Programme, 1939. Autographs of the American actresses appearing in "The Women", by Clare Boothe, brought to Australia from New York. Signatures on an inserted sheet overlaying the portraits of the actresses. Actresses include Irene Purcell..... More
Orient Line of Royal Mail Steamships, to Albany, Adelide, Melbourne & Sydney....
1895. No Binding. 4 pp illustrated broadsheet brochure of the Orient Line sailing to Australia, providing on-booking to other ports in Australia and New Zealand. With stamp of the "Orient" Line Agency, Glasgow. 21 x 26.5 cm. More
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
Trade catalogue. Ceilings (Embossed STeel)
Sydney: The Wunderlich Patent Ceiling and Roofing Company. No Binding. 24 pp. stapled, lacking original soft covers. Illustrated catalogue of embossed steel ceilings and wall coverings in a wide range of patterns, familiar in New Zealand and Australian houses of the later 19th and early 20th Centuries. Includes dimensions and..... 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
THE WENTWORTH INDENTURE
Christchurch: Nag's Head Press, 1979. Facs. Reprint. 12mo. Orig. Cloth. pp. [5-21], Number 105 of 135 numbered copies, facsimile reprint of original document in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. Title label on front boards. In vellum wrapper as published. 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
Harry Seidler. Four Decades of Architecture
London: Thames & Hudson, 1992. 4to. Hardcover. pp 430, 1463 illustrations. Attractive and well-illustrated history of this Australian architect. 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
Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, 3 volumes
Melbourne: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co., 1886. Folio. Hardcover. Complete set of 3 volumes. Original half morocco in very good condition. Contains loose folding railway, postal and telegraph maps (85 x 65 cm) of Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales,2 of New Zealand, with city insets. Includes hundreds 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 Never Never Land
Sydney: D.J. Harwood & Ass. 1992. WOOD, Dave. 15.5cm x 5.5cm. Wood. Limited ed. of 25 numbered copies. Concertina book with Queensland maple wood covers. Written in blue, green, orange and purple ink. Woodblock illustrations. Signed by the illustrator. Very rare. 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
Carte Generale L'Oceanie
47 x 61 cm. No Binding. c. 1830. Loose on backing board. Map of Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand. 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
Signature of Douglas Mawson
1936. No Binding. Signature "Douglas Mawson' on slip headed The University of Adelaide, dated 26.10.36. 12.5 x 10 cm. Typed text gives list of Mawson's roles with Shackleton, and the Antarctic Expeditions in 1911-14, and 1929-31. Mawson was currently Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Adelaide. More