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1 GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Established 1945 Postal Address: (A.C.N ) Electronic communications: P.O. Box 1030, Telephone: +61 (0) Ivanhoe, Melbourne, ABN: FAX: +61 (0) Victoria, 3079, Australia. Short List No A Christmas Ton. (selected useful, interesting and beautiful books) This will be our last selection for the year and we wish you all a very Happy festive season and a Healthy and Prosperous 2017.

2 1 Allibone, S. Austin & Kirk, John. A CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century. Containing over Forty-Six Thousand Articles (Authors), with Forty Indexes of Subjects. By S. Austin Allibone (3 vols.). [with] A SUPPLEMENT TO ALLIBONE S CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS. Containing over Thirty-Seven Thousand Articles (Authors), and enumerating over Ninety-Three Thousand Titles. By John Foster Kirk (2 vols.). Together, 5 vols., thick impl. 8vo, First Editions; Vol. I, pp. [iv], 1154; Vol. II, pp. [vi], ; Vol. III, pp. [vi], (pp comprising indices); Supplement, Vol. I, pp. x, 734; Vol., II, pp. [ii], ; all volumes in original cloth (neatly rebacked & recornered, with original backstrips preserved); a very good set. Philadelphia; J. B. Lippincott & Co.; 1877 & 1891 (Supplement). ***A comprehensive biographical dictionary of British and American Authors, Kirk s Supplement providing much useful additional information. #34348 A$450.00

3 2 Anderson, George William. A NEW, AUTHENTIC, AND COMPLETE COLLECTION OF VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook s First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, Undertaken by Order of his Present Majesty, for making New Discoveries in Geography, Navigation, Astronomy, &c. in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, &c. &c. &c. and successively performed In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, , 1773, 1774, , 1777, 1778, 1779, His First Voyage being professedly undertaken in his Majesty s Ship the Endeavour, for observing the Transit of Venus, and for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and round the World. His Second In the Resolution and Adventure, for making further Discoveries towards the South Pole, and round the World. His Third and Last in the Resolution and Discovery, to the Pacific Ocean, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, and to determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. [Etc., Etc., 33 lines, closely set]. The Whole of these Voyages of Capt. James Cook, &c. being Newly written by the Editors from the Authentic Journals of several Principal Officers and other Gentlemen of the most distinguished Naval and Philosophical Abilities, who sailed in the various Ships; and now publishing under the immediate Direction of George William Anderson, Esq. Assisted very materially, by a Principal Officer who sailed in the Resolution Sloop, And by many other Gentlemen of the Royal Navy. AH [monogram] London: Printed for Alex. Hogg, at the Original King s Arms, No. 16, Pater-Noster- Row. Cr. folio; pp. iv, [5]-656(last unnumbered), [4](List of Subscribers); folding chart of the world and 156 full-page charts and plates agreeing exactly with the list at end; full contemporary calf (expertly re-jointed & with minor repairs to extremities; the folding chart with some neat tissue repairs & re-folded; about a dozen plates with neat marginal repairs; all plates & charts with imprints and captions entire with the sole exception of the plate at Page 640 which has the caption just shaved); an unusually good, and quite complete, copy of a book very difficult to obtain in fine, complete condition. London; Printed for Alex. Hogg; N.D. [c. 1786]. ***In addition to Cook s voyages, the work contains (between the accounts of the second and third voyages), accounts of the voyages of Byron (pp ), Wallis (pp ), Carteret (pp ), Phipps (pp ), Anson (pp ) and Drake (pp ). See Beddie 17-19; Hill, pages 5-6 (No. 18 in the second edition); Forbes 61. This copy appears to conform most closely to Beddie 19 and to Forbes 61 State II. The work, first issued or commenced in 1784, was reissued many times over a period of over 20 years and many minor differences are found between copies including the precise wording of the title-page and some variation in the number of listed maps and plates. In addition many copies seem to have been issued (or compiled) without the full complement of illustrations, up to a dozen or so being often lacking. As advertised by the publisher at the foot of Page 655, it was available both in 80 sixpenny parts or as a complete volume bound in full calf. In this copy, the list of illustrations on Page [656] lists 157 charts and plates in total - these are all present and are placed throughout at the appropriate locations (plus or minus a page) with the sole exception of the plate specified for Page 230 which is instead at Page 136. In addition this copy contains the four-page List of Subscribers, rarely present. Beddie 19 refers to a copy with the frontispiece dated 1781, which on first examination appears to be also the case with this copy, but we believe the date is in fact 1784 (as noted by Forbes - State II), with the digit 4 imperfectly printed. #33081 A$

4 3 Andrews, Graeme. PORT JACKSON 200. [An affectionate look at Sydney Harbour]. 4to, First Edition; pp. 176; doublepage & full-page maps, 12 plates (mostly coloured), numerous text illustrations, chronology of Notable Wrecks, Strandings and Other Incidents, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.); Reed Books; (1986). #49044 A$60.00

5 4 Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J.; and Godthelp, Henk. RIVERSLEIGH. [The Story of Animals in Ancient Rainforests of Inland Australia. Foreword by Sir David Attenborough]. 4to, First Edition; pp. 264; very numerous coloured illustrations (including panoramic fold-out plate), 2 appendices, bibliography, glossary, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. [Balgowlah; Reed Books Pty Ltd; 1991]. #45699 A$65.00

6 5 Baillie, P. J. PORT LINCOLN AND DISTRICT. A Pictorial History. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 168; numerous illustrations, chronology; original cloth, gilt; (neat inscription on endpaper); a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Blackwood); Lynton Publications Pty. Limited; (1978). #27560 A$65.00

7 6 Barrett, Charles; Editor. ACROSS THE YEARS. The Lure of Early Australian Books. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [x], 150; coloured frontispiece, 30 plates; full-page facimile of James Cook letter; original buckram, with acetate dustwrapper; a fine copy; very scarce. Melbourne; N. H. Seward Pty. Ltd.; (1948). ***Limited Edition of 650 copies. McLaren 118; Greenway 630. Includes valuable contributions by notable librarians and collectors of the past including Phyllis Mander Jones, E. Morris Miller, Clive Turnbull, Edward E. Pescott, Malcolm Uren, Gilbert p. Whitley, James R. Tyrrell, R. H. Croll and of course Barrett himself. #43574 A$350.00

8 7 Bartholomew, J. G., F.R.G.S.; Edited by. THE ROYAL ATLAS OF ENGLAND AND WALES. Reduced from the Ordnance Survey. A Complete Series of Topographical maps, Physical and Statistical Charts, Town Plans, and Index of 35,000 Names. Cr. folio, First Edition; pp. xii, 72; frontispiece & 69 double-page coloured maps; newly bound in half morocco, with cloth sides; a nice copy. London; George Newnes, Limited; N.D. [1898]. #15212 A$475.00

9 8 Bassett, Marnie. REALMS AND ISLANDS. The World Voyage of Rose de Freycinet in the Corvette Uranie From her Journal and Letters and the Report of Louis de Saulces de Freycinet, Capitaine de Corvette. First Edition; pp. xii, 276(last blank); endpaper & 2 other maps, 24 plates (including map), appendices; bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; #2140 A$125.00

10 9 Baudin, Nicolas. THE JOURNAL OF POST CAPTAIN NICOLAS BAUDIN, Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes Geographe and Naturaliste. Assigned by Order of the Government to a Voyage of Discovery. Translated from the French by Christine Cornell, B.A. (Hons.). Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxii, 610(last blank); 2 maps, frontispiece, 8 appendices, index; original cloth (lower corner bumped, otherwise a fine, clean copy). Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; ***The first publication in any language of Baudin s Journal. #723 A$250.00

11 10 Beard, William. VALIANT MARTINET or, The Adventures on Sea and Land of Captain William Bligh. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 92(last blank); portrait frontispiece, 2 illustrations (1 doublepage); original stiff wrappers; a very nice copy; very scarce. [Sydney; The Author; 1956]. *** Of this edition, one hundred copies for sale and twenty-five for presentation have been privately printed for the author. Telling the story of Bligh s life in verse form. #16735 A$125.00

12 11 Beattie, William. SWITZERLAND. Illustrated in a Series of Views taken expressly for this Work by W. H. Bartlett, Esq. 2 vols., 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iv], iv, 188; engraved (additional) titlepage with vignette & 56 very fine steel-engraved plates; Vol. II, pp. [iv], 152; folding map, engraved (additional) title-page with vignette & 50 very fine steel-engraved plates; contemporary full dark blue calf, elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, spines in gilt panels with raised bands and red title- and volume-labels (some light scuffing of boards - not obtrusive); a very attractive, clean and crisp set; scarce. London; George Virtue; MDCCCXXXVI [1836]. #16137 A$850.00

13 12 Beckford, William. RECOLLECTIONS OF AN EXCURSION TO THE MONASTERIES OF ALCOBACA AND BATALHA. By the author of Vathek. First Edition; pp. xii, 228; portrait frontispiece, notes; original quarter cloth, with papered sides (skilfully rebacked, preserving original spine & printed label; entirely uncut; a fine copy, housed in a custom folding box. London; Richard Bentley; ***William Beckford ( ) recorded these travels in Portugal in his journal of 1794, but they are here published for the first time. Batalha intrigued Beckford and is thought to have had an important impact on various aspects of the design of Fonthill Abbey. #12594 A$350.00

14 WITH AN ACCOUNT OF PITCAIRN AND ITS INHABITANTS THE RARE ADMIRALTY EDITION 13 Beechey, Captain Frederick William: NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC AND BEERING S STRAIT, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty s Ship Blossom, under the Command of Captain F. W. Beechey, R.N. F.R.S., F.R.A.S., and F.R.G.S. in the Years, 1825, 26, 27, 28. Published by Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. In Two Parts. Part I [II]. 2 parts in 1 vol., 4to, First Edition; Part I, pp. [iii]-xxiv, [v]-[viii](contents of Part II, with Erratum slip to Vol. II affixed below the Directions to the Binder on Page [viii]), 392; 3 charts (2 folding), 14 plates, 1 text illust.; Part II, pp. [iii-iv](title-page to Part II), [393]-742; 9 plates, 16 appendices (including Fossil Remains, Mexican Bees, Esquimaux Vocabulary, Nautical Remarks and 12 additional numbered appendices with commentary and tables of geophysical and meteorological observations); bound without the half-titles or the seldom seen advertisement leaf in full contemporary calf (a little rubbed; front joint repaired; some foxing of plates as usual, but a very good copy); very scarce. London; Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley; MDCCCXXXI [1831]. ***This edition not in Du Rietz (but see his 68); Ferguson 1418; Forbes 772. This, the so-called Admiralty Edition, was published earlier in the same year as the octavo edition (see Ferguson 1419) which according to Du Rietz is partly rewritten. This preferred edition also has more extensive appendices, all but two of the numbered appendices being omitted from the later octavo edition. The work includes an account of Pitcairn Island and its inhabitants (including 3 plates), also Tahiti and other Pacific islands, Kotzebue Sound, San Francisco and an account of China. The expedition made two visits to Hawaii at an important time when a treaty was signed with the United States government, and there is commentary on this and other political matters. #67076 A$

15 14 Bernacchi, L. C. SAGA OF THE DISCOVERY. First Edition; pp. xvi, 240; endpaper map, 3 maps (1 double page & 2 folding), 48 plates, biographical notes, index; original blue-black cloth; (some minor foxing & dust-soiling); a very good copy. London; Blackie & Son Limited; (1938). ***Spence 129; U.S.N ; Rosove 37.A1. Includes an account of the BANZARE voyages led by Douglas Mawson. #33189 A$265.00

16 15 Bligh, William, & Christian, Edward: BLIGH S NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY ON BOARD H.M. SHIP BOUNTY, and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the crew in the Ship s Boat from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Written by William Bligh. Illustrated with Charts. (1790). [with] MINUTES OF THE COURT-MARTIAL held at Portsmouth August 12, 1792, on Ten Persons charged with Mutiny of Board His Majesty s Ship Bounty with an APPENDIX containing a full account of the real Causes and Circumstances of that unhappy transaction, the most material of which have hitherto been withheld from the public. [By Edward Christian], (1794). [with] BLIGH S ANSWER TO CERTAIN ASSERTIONS contained in The Appendix to a Pamphlet entitled Minutes of the Proceedings on the Court-Martial held at Portsmourth, August 12, 1792 [etc.], by Captain William Bligh. (1794). EDWARD CHRISTIAN S SHORT REPLY to Captain William Bligh s Answer. (1795). Demy 4to, exact Facsimile Edition of the above four items (in 1 vol.); pp. [iv], iv, 88, [2](blank); folding plan of the Bounty s launch & 3 charts (2 folding); pp. [iv], 80(last blank), [2](blank); pp. [ii], 32(last blank), [2](blank); pp. 12(last blank); original full blue morocco of the primary issue, gilt-decorated spine, top edge gilt; a fine copy in the original Plastalon protective wrapper (this a little shrunk as always), and together with the printed slip of explanatory material on this volume (and its wrapper) and other publications of the Society (this slip now very seldom found); scarce, especially with the Plastalon wrapper. Melbourne; Georgian House, for The Australiana Society; (1952). ***The second and last facsimile under the Australiana Society imprint. The edition was limited to 1000 numbered copies, and is a reproduction of the highest quality. Only a few copies were issued in this primary binding and bear low numbers in Indian ink (this being number 8). The last three items in this collection are exceedingly rare in the original, and very seldom occur for sale. [Refer Ferguson 71, 175, 176, and 218]. Du Rietz 124. #2108 A$650.00

17 16 Bond, George. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE COLONY OF PORT- JACKSON, in New South Wales; Its Native Inhabitants, Productions, &c. &c. By George Bond. First published by the Author at Southampton in 1803 and reprinted for Him at Oxford, London, Cork and Dublin in various Years to about Eighth Edition, faithfully reprinted from the first, incorporating the additions and corrections of the later editions. Edited, with bibliographical notes by Julien Renard. Melbourne: Published by Edition Renard, vo, Deluxe Limited Edition; pp. [vi], 42(last colophon); sewn & cased in original papered boards, with printed title-label and translucent dustwrapper. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***Deluxe Limited Edition of 75 copies within a total edition of 200 numbered copies, and now first published since about All the original editions are of great rarity. No copies of the 2nd or 3rd editions have been recorded and the first (Southampton, 1803) edition is extremely rare, while the 4th (Oxford, 1806), 5th (London, 1809), 5th (i.e. 6th, Cork, undated), and 6th (i.e. 7th, Dublin, also undated), editions are all very rare. The work is of considerable importance as one of the few accounts of Hunter s period as Governor. Hunter was dissatisfied with Bond s behaviour in the colony and complained of him in dispatches. Hunter was instructed to return him to England and Bond left the colony under a cloud in 1800, but his narrative was evidently very popular. He gives an account of the operation of the convict system and the economic corruption in the colony, and describes early efforts to encourage free settlers. He includes also comments on the Aborigines and on the natural history of the colony, including much from firsthand experience. See Ferguson 480; Wantrup, pp #15237 A$110.00

18 17 Bougainville, Louis de. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and By Lewis de Bougainville, Colonel of Foot, and Commodore of the Expedition, in the Frigate La Boudeuse and the Store-ship L Etoile. Translated from the French By John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], xxviii, 476, [2](blank); 5 folding charts, double-page plate, vocabulary of Tahitian language, Errata; original simile vellum, spine lettered in gilt on blue panel; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1967]. ***Bibliotheca Australiana No. 12. Not in Spence; Renard 159. This facsimile of the First Edition in English (London, Printed for J. Nourse, 1772) has been out of print for many years. This was the first French circumnavigation and resulted in the French claim to several of the islands of the South Pacific, including Tahiti, the New Hebrides, and the Solomon Islands. Several geographical features in the Pacific are named after Bougainville, as well as the tropical flowering vine Bougainvillea. The primary object of the voyage was to hand over to Spain the Malouines or Falkland Islands (which Bougainville had earlier, in 1763, made an unsuccessful attempt to colonise). He then passed through the Straits of Magellan and crossed the Pacific, visiting the Tuamotu Archipelago, Tahiti (of which there is a long description, including observations of the natives and a vocabulary), the Samoas, the New Hebrides and the Solomon, Louisiade and New Britain Archipelagoes. The expedition was one of the earliest to be organized in a scientific fashion; it included a naturalist and astronomer, and carried a chronometer, first used systematically by the French on this voyage. #11066 A$450.00

19 18 Burke, John and Burke, Sir Bernard; Founders. BURKE S GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE PEERAGE, BARONETAGE AND KNIGHTAGE. Privy Council & Order of Precedence. Founded 1826 by John Burke & Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., Ulster King of Arms th Edition. Very thick impl. 8vo, 99th Edition; pp. ccxc(numerous adverts.), 2476(last blank); 11 full-page portrait illustrations, Index to Advertisers, Abbreviations and Use of Symbols, Officers of Arms and Heraldic Glossary, 24-page addendum loosely inserted; original cloth, gilt (spine a little faded); a nice copy. London; Burke s Peerage Limited (in conjunction with Shaw Publishing Co.); ***Includes lists of The Principal Appointments to the Royal Households; Styles of Address; Extinct Titles; Representative Peers; The Ministry; Baronetcies - the claims to which have not yet been proved; Precedence and Scales of General and Social Precedence; Key to the Work and Guide to Precedence; Orders, Decorations and Medals; Wearing of Orders, Decorations and Medals in Morning Dress; Wearing of Orders, Miniature Decorations and Medals with Evening Dress; Peerages in Order of Precedence; Standing Council of the Baronetage; Baronetcies in Order of Precedence; The Orders of Knighthood; an Historical Introduction; Portraits of the Royal Family; The Royal Family; The Royal Lineage; Other Titled Nobility of the British Empire; Foreign Titles; Knightage; Honorary Knights; and The List of Royal Warrant Holders. #46621 A$400.00

20 19 Butcher, Barry. OF VETS, VIRUSES AND VACCINES. The Story of CSIRO s Animal Health Research Laboratory, Parkville. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 326, [2](blank); 6 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, chronology, sources, 2 appendices, index; original slick pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. (Collingwood); CSIRO Publishing; (2000). #65717 A$50.00

21 20 Caillie, Rene. TRAVELS THROUGH CENTRAL AFRICA TO TIMBUCTOO; and across the Great Desert, to Morocco, performed in the Years vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. x, [v]-viii, 476(last blank); portrait frontispiece (a fine lithographic proof on India paper by Hullmandel); Vol. II, pp. [iv], [xi]-xiv, [ii] (blank), 502(last colophon only); 2 folding maps, 5 plates (including a fine folding aquatint of Timbuctoo by J. Clarke); contemporary full blue calf, finely gilt, with contrasting spine labels; (a little rubbed, but a fine set); rare. London; Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley; ***Not in Abbey. An interesting and detailed account of a remarkable journey of over 4000 miles from Senegal in search of Timbuctoo. Caillie, unable to obtain finance for his explorations scraped together funds for the expedition by selling his possessions, and was the first European to reach Timbuctoo and return alive (he was preceded only months before by Alexander Gordon Laing, who however was killed). The Geographical Society of Paris made him a retrospective award of 10,000 francs. #52981 A$

22 21 Cannon, Michael. AUSTRALIA: SPIRIT OF A NATION. A Bicentenary Album. Picture Research: Deby Cramer. Roy. 4to; First Edition; pp. 224; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. [South Yarra]; Currey O Neil; [1985]. #30341 A$50.00

23 22 Cave, Roderick. THE PRIVATE PRESS. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 376; 73 plates, 83 text figures, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber; (1971). ***Including brief mention of Australian presses. #48776 A$135.00

24 23 Chipman, Elizabeth. AUSTRALIANS IN THE FROZEN SOUTH. Living & Working in Antarctica. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [vi], 90; 2 maps, 16 coloured plates, numerous illustrations, bibliography, index; original pictorial boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Nelson; (1978). ***Not in Spence; Renard 330. #3990 A$35.00

25 24 [Clark, John Heaviside]. FIELD SPORTS, &c. &c. OF THE NATIVE INHABITANTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. We have purchased half a dozen loose individual plates from this interesting work of which the two shown opposite remain. We offer one of these original plates, matted ready for framing, together with our Limited Edition facsimile reprint at a special price, as follows: [Clark, John Heaviside]. ABORIGINAL LIFE IN OLD AUSTRALIA, being an enhanced Facsimile of Field Sports, &c. &c. of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales; With Ten Plates. First published in 1814, and now faithfully reprinted by Edition Renard, Melbourne, to, Limited Facsimile Edition; pp. [60], including 10 fine coloured plates from the original hand-coloured aquatints, and 2 illustrations of the extremely rare original wrapper; finely bound in half emu and kangaroo leathers, with printed cloth sides; coloured and glazed edges, head- and tail-bands and marker ribbon. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***Edition limited to 212 numbered copies, 200 for sale (including 75 Large Paper & Special copies). The text has been entirely reset in the recreated original types, faithfully matching the original edition. Included is an essay on the bibliography and publishing history of the work and interesting speculations on the text. This copy accompanied by an original handcoloured aquatint from one of the original editions circa , matted and suitable for framing. #49507 A$675.00

26 25 Clark, Lt. Ralph: THE JOURNAL AND LETTERS OF LT. RALPH CLARK Edited by Paul G. Fidlon B.A.(Hons), Dip.Editor. and R. J. Ryan B.A. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xx, 344; 8 plates, 3 illustrations, appendix, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Australian Documents Library in association with The Library of Australian History Pty Ltd; (1981). #5142 A$135.00

27 26 Clode, Danielle. VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS. In Search of Terres Australes. First Edition; pp. xxvi, 318(last blank); 32 coloured plates, several b/w. illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Carlton); The Miegunyah Press; (2007). ***Number 87 in the second numbered series of Miegunyah volumes. A most interesting and attractive book written from an unusual perspective and looking at the social, political and scientific milieu and the personages involved. #57542 A$65.00

28 27 Cobley, John. SYDNEY COVE In the words of Australia s first settlers: the true story of a nation s birth. Roy. 8vo, New Edition; pp. 296; 20 coloured plates, a few other illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (North Ryde); Angus & Robertson Publishers; (1987). ***Original diaries edited by Dr. John Cobley, first published in 1962, here re-issued with new illustrations in larger format. #28322 A$65.00

29 28 Crossley, Robert; Edited by. LETTERS ACROSS THE WORLD. The Love Letters of Olaf Stapledon and Agnes Miller, First Edition; pp. xlii, 382; 13 illustrations, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Kensington, NSW); New South Wales University Press; (1987). ***Covering the period of Stapledon s military service in World War I. #29513 A$75.00

30 29 Darwin, Charles. THE DESCENT OF MAN, and Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. In two volumes. Vol. I [II]. With Illustrations. Seventh Thousand. 2 vols., cr. 8vo, First Edition, Third Issue; Vol. I, pp. viii, 424, 16(adverts. dated January, 1871); 25 text illustrations; Vol. II, pp. viii, 476, 16(adverts. dated January, 1871); 51 text illustrations, extensive index; uncut; recased in the original green cloth with new endpapers; (cloth to Volume II considerably marked; some very minor internal soiling at start of Volume I; otherwise a very good set); rare. London; John Murray; ***Freeman 939. As Freeman notes: the word evolution occurs, for the first time in any of Darwin s works, on Page 2 of the first volume of the first edition, before its appearance in the sixth edition of the Origin in the following year. #66517 A$

31 30 Darwin, Charles. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD OF H.M.S. BEAGLE UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN FITZ ROY, R.N. By Charles Darwin M.A., F.R.S. With illustrations. Cr. 8vo; pp. xiv, [15]-16, 522(last blank), [4](adv.), [2](blank); 2 folding maps (at end), 16 plates, 6 text illustrations, original leaf-green cloth (a slight stain to rear board); a very nice, bright copy. London; John Murray; ***Freeman 134 (not noting the reduced number of advertisements at end). The sixth and final issue in this format and binding; in this edition the two maps are listed at the end of the list of illustrations. #66378 A$165.00

32 31 Darwin, Erasmus. ZOONOMIA; or, The Laws of Organic Life. In four volumes. by Erasmus Darwin, M.D. F.R.S. Author of The Botanic Garden. [Four-line quotation from Virgil and six-line translation]. Vol. I [II, III, IV]. The Third Edition, Corrected. London: Printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul s Church-Yard T. Bensley, Printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street. 4 vols., Third Edition; Vol. I, pp. xiv, 516; 3 plates (2 hand-coloured); Vol. II, pp. [iv], 566(last blank), [2](Directions to the Binder, verso colophon only); 4 plates (3 hand-coloured), index to the articles; Vol. III, pp. xvi, 512; 3 plates; Vol. IV, pp. [ii], 494(last colophon only); 1 plate, index to the classes; contemporary half calf, with marbled sides; a fine, clean set. London; J. Johnson; ***An important early attempt at a classification of biology and medicine in health and disease. #66795 A$

33 32 Deacon, A. Bernard. MALEKULA. A Vanishing People in the New Hebrides. Edited by Camilla H. Wedgwood. With a Preface by A. C. Haddon. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xl, 792(last 3 blank); 3 maps, 24 plates, 38 figures, 6 tables, appendices of native texts, etc., glossary of native terms, bibliography, index; numerous Errata slips including 2 unnumbered leaves between pp. xxxviii & xxxix, containing Note by John Layard & List of Errata occurring in reference to Mr. Layard s work, together with a list of the 16 inserted slips which confirms that all are present; original cloth; a fine copy in faded dustwrapper; scarce. London; George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.; ***Published after the untimely death of the Author. #23404 A$495.00

34 33 De Vries, Hugo. SPECIES AND VARIETIES. Their Origin by Mutation. Lectures delivered at the University of California by Hugo De Vries, Professor of Botany in the University of Amsterdam. Edited by Daniel Trembly MacDougal, Assistant Director of the New York Botanical Garden. First Edition; pp. xviii, 848(last blank), [vi](adv.), [2](blank); index; original cloth, with gilt title-label on spine, top edge gilt; a nice copy; scarce. Chicago; The Open Court Publishing Company, London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd; #49439 A$450.00

35 34 Dunbar, Diane. THOMAS BOCK. Convict Engraver, Society Portraitist. Exhibition and catalogue coordinated by Diane Dunbar, Curator of Fine Art, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston. 4to, First Edition; pp. viii, 108(last blank); 16 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, 5 tables, chronology; original stiff colour-illustrated wrappers; a fine copy. Launceston; Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery; [1991]. ***An important catalogue with much interesting information on Bock s painting methods, his daguerrotypes, conservation, etc. #45029 A$75.00

36 35 Ellis, Jean A. THE DREAMING OF ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA. A large collection of inspirational stories. 4to, First Edition; pp. [ii], 144, [6](blank); several illustrations & maps; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Penrith, NSW; Kaliarna Productions Pty. Ltd.; 2006). #65344 A$35.00

37 36 Evans, Susanna. HISTORIC SYDNEY AS SEEN BY ITS EARLY ARTISTS. Oblong 4to, First Edition.; pp. 160; endpaper map, 28 coloured illustrations (including 2 double-page), numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in very slightly worn dustwrapper. (Sydney); Doubleday; (1983). #51972 A$35.00

38 37 Ferguson, George. SOME EARLY AUSTRALIAN BOOKMEN. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [vi], 66; 18 full-page & 1 other illustrations; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Canberra; Australian National University Press; ***Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the Author. #7839 A$65.00

39 38 [Finden, William]. THE PORTS, HARBOURS, WATERING- PLACES, AND COAST SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN. Illustrated by Views taken on the Spot, by W. H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William Beattie, M.D. 2 vols., 4to; Vol. I, pp. [iv], 190; frontispiece & engraved title-page with vignette and 64 very fine steel-engraved plates, 1 woodcut illust. in text, appendix; Vol. II, pp. [iv], 156(last blank); frontispiece & engraved title-page with vignette and 58 very fine steelengraved plates; contemporary ornately gilt full hard-grained morocco (slight wear to foot of front joint to Vol. II); all edges gilt; a very fine, clean set; scarce in such condition. London; George Virtue; ***This book was commenced by the Findens and first published in 1838 with a much smaller complement of plates. It is consequently usually known as Finden s Ports and Harbours: the title given on the additional engraved title-pages is Finden s Views of the Ports, Harbours & Watering Places of Great Britain, Continued by W. H. Bartlett. The plates conform exactly to the lists given in the front of each volume, although a few plates are misplaced and all are delicately and beautifully hand-coloured. The book has been expertly oversewn and neatly recased in its original contemporary binding (which would probably have employed a gutta percha perfect binding - notorious for perishing), but there is no sign of any cleaning or washing. We can find no historical record of coloured copies, so this set has since been coloured, presumably at the time of sewing some time in the twentieth century. The colouring is carefully and beautifully executed to a high standard and makes for a most attractive book. #15960 A$

40 39 Fitchett, T. K. THE VANISHED FLEET. Australian Coastal Passenger Ships Illustrated by the author. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. 112; several coloured illustrations, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Adelaide); Rigby; (1976). #49188 A$75.00

41 40 Flower, Cedric. THE ANTIPODES OBSERVED. Artists of Australia Oblong 4to, Paperback Edition; pp. 140(last blank); 37 coloured & 82 b/w. illustrations (including numerous fullpage & double-page), notes on illustrations & techniques; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Melbourne); Sun Papermac; (1975)[but later]. #21426 A$40.00

42 41 Flower, Cedric. ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 224(last blank); 16 coloured plates, very numerous full-page & other illustrations; index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Adelaide); Rigby; (1981). #15881 A$35.00

43 42 Frauca, Harry. BIRDS FROM THE SEAS, SWAMPS AND SCRUBS OF AUSTRALIA. All photographs by Claudy and Harry Frauca. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [vi], 122; 16 coloured plates & 60 b/w. photos (about 30 full-page), bibliography, indices of scientific & vernacular names; original papered boards; a fine copy in very slightly rubbed dustwrapper. Melbourne; Heinemann; (1967). #1095 A$50.00

44 43 Frost, Alan. ARTHUR PHILLIP His Voyaging. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 320; numerous maps (some double-page), 16 coloured plates, several illustrations, tables & text figures, notes & bibliography to each chapter, sources of illustrations, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1987). ***An interesting account of Phillip s life, told from the viewpoint of his long naval career, including his service in the Portuguese navy, in South America and elsewhere. His varied experience, and the ability to learn from it, go to show that he was an inspired choice to lead the new settlement of Australia. #17549 A$150.00

45 44 Frost, Alan. THE PRECARIOUS LIFE OF JAMES MARIO MATRA. Voyager with Cook. American Loyalist. Servant of Empire. With the assistance of Isabel Moutinho. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 266(last blank); 12 plates (including several maps), notes, sources, bibliography, index; original canvas; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Carlton, Melbourne); The Miegunyah Press; (1995). ***Number Six in the second numbered Miegunyah Press series: 1000 copies were printed. Using his letters and a probing biographical narrative, Frost builds up a picture of Matra, an important, but little-known figure in Australian history. An enigmatic American who sailed with Cook, Matra (who changed his name from Magra) was the first (in 1771) to have published a major book on the Endeavour voyage, and strove to found a colony in New South Wales for dispossessed American loyalists, only to end his days as Consul at Tangier. #48600 A$70.00

46 45 Frost, Alan. THE GLOBAL REACH OF EMPIRE. Britain s maritime expansion in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, First Edition; pp. xiv, 386(last blank); 2 endpaper maps, 12 maps in text (4 double-page), 5 illustrations on 4 coloured plates, 6 text figures, 4 tables, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper; very scarce. (Carlton); The Miegunyah Press; (2003). ***Number 46 in the second numbered Miegunyah series; 1000 copies were printed. Globalization began much earlier than commonly realised. In the mid eighteenth century there was for the first time in human history sufficient knowledge of the world for people to conceive of it as a whole. British politicians did so with the purpose of creating a trans- Pacific trading empire and this book is a study of the resulting British maritime and imperial expansion in the Indian and Pacific oceans. It explores seaborne discovery, strategy in wartime, and the infrastructure necessary to support far-flung maritime activity, colonization and trade. #41419 A$295.00

47 46 Frost, Lucy. NO PLACE FOR A NERVOUS LADY. Voices from the Australian Bush. Published with the assistance of the Literature Board of the Australia Council. F cap 4to, First Edition; pp. [viii], 288(last 2 adv.); several illustrations, notes; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a nice copy. (Fitzroy); McPhee Gribble/Penguin Books; (1984). #66123 A$30.00

48 47 Garvey, Nathan. THE CELEBRATED GEORGE BARR- INGTON. A Spurious Author, the Book Trade and Botany Bay. First Edition; pp. viii, 328(last blank); frontispiece, 25 illustrations, detailed bibliography of works attributed to Barrington, bibliography of sources, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Potts Point); Hordern House; (2008). #19471 A$45.00

49 48 Gillen, Mollie. THE FOUNDERS OF AUSTRALIA. A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet. With Appendices by Yvonne Browning, Michael Flynn, Mollie Gillen. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xlviii, 608; 5 maps, 49 illustrations, 12 appendices, bibliography, 4 indices (signatures, personal names, place names & general), list of subscribers; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper; scarce. Sydney; Library of Australian History; #28199 A$275.00

50 49 Gillett, Ross. AUSTRALIAN SHIPS. [Over Two Centuries of Our Maritime Heritage]. 4to, First Edition; pp. 145(including rear endpaper); 32 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original slick pictorial papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Frenchs Forest); Child & Associates, An Australian Publisher; (1989). #29889 A$60.00

51 50 Gosse, W[illiam] C[hristie]. W. C. GOSSE S EXPLORATIONS, Report and Diary of Mr. W. C. Gosse s Central and Western Exploring Expedition, F cap folio, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], 24(last blank); large folding map (in end-pocket), frontispiece of Ayers Rock; original vinyl; a fine copy. Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; ***Originally published in Australiana Facsimile Editions No copies only were printed. #24145 A$275.00

52 51 Govett, William Romaine: SKETCHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Written and Illustrated for The Saturday Magazine in by William Romaine Govett. Together with an Essay on The Saturday Magazine by Gaston Renard and an Account of his Life by Annette Potts. Demy 4to, First Edition (as a book); pp. xxxii, 96; portrait frontispiece and one plate (see below), sketch map, 20 illustrations, notes, index; original decorated printed cloth. Melbourne; Gaston Renard Publisher; ***Edition limited to 200 numbered copies for sale, 30 for private circulation and 20 for copyright, publicity and other circulation. This is one of the 30 numbered copies for private circulation, having an additional plate of Govett s Leap facing the limitation notice. The original twenty Sketches published in The Saturday Magazine over a period have never before been published in book form. [FERGUSON, incidentally, in his Bibliography of Australia - item records only the first fourteen sketches]. GOVETT was Assistant Surveyor under Major T. L. MITCHELL from 1828 to 1833, and recorded many of the topographical features of Sydney s environs for the first time. Govett s Leap was named in his honour. #48117 A$225.00

53 52 Gregory, Augustus Charles and Gregory Francis Thomas. JOURNALS OF AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], [iv], 210, [2](blank); 6 plates, 3 text illustrations; original vinyl; a very good copy. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1969]. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 14 (366 copies printed). Brigadier FitzGerald s copy with bookplate and numerous light pencilled annotations in margins. #11179 A$145.00

54 53 Heber, Reginald. NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY THROUGH THE UPPER PROVINCES OF INDIA, from Calcutta to Bombay, , (With notes upon Ceylon,) an account of a journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and letters written in India, by the Late Right Rev. Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta. In Two Volumes. 2 vols. in 1, 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, [4](List of Subscribers, etc., last blank), [xvii]-xlviii, 632; full-page map, coloured in outline, 5 plates, 21 wood engravings in text; Vol. II, pp. viii, 516; 5 plates, 4 wood engravings in text; contemporary full calf (nicely rebacked; considerable foxing to plates & adjacent leaves, with small waterstain to several plates in Vol. I, but otherwise clean); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray; MDCCCXXVIII [1828]. ***Posthumously published by his widow Amalia, Heber ( ) was a prime mover of the missionary work in India, completing the establishment of Bishop s College, Calcutta and travelling widely throughout all parts of his diocese. He arrived at Calcutta in October 1823 and in 1824 crossed India to Bombay, via Dacca, Benares, Allahabad, Lucknow, Delhi, and Agra. He later visited Ceylon, and sailed to the south and Madras, where he died in April Heber s journal is valuable for his description of the rivers, mountains and people of India and observations on their culture. (Lowndes (1858 edn.), Vol. II, Page 1030). W. R. Crocker s copy with his signature on front endpaper. #15242 A$

55 54 Hurley, Captain Frank. ARGONAUTS OF THE SOUTH: Being a Narrative of Voyagings and Polar Seas and Adventures in the Antarctic with Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton. With 75 illustrations and maps. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii](blank), xvi, 290, [2](blank); 2 folding maps, 70 plates containing 75 illustrations; pictorial endpapers; top edge gilt, others uncut; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; (spine ends a little worn; gilt on top edge rubbed); a very good copy, internally fine and clean; scarce. New York and London; G. P. Putnam s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press; ***Spence 615; Renard 768: Rosove 178.A1. #4040 A$

56 55 Jarman, Robert. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS, IN THE JAPAN, employed in the Sperm Whale Fishery, under the Command of Capt. John May. By Robert Jarman. First published at Beccles and London in Edited, with an Introduction, Notes, Chronology, and Index, by Robert M. Warneke, and faithfully reprinted from the original. Melbourne: Edition Renard vo, Limited New Edition; pp. XII, vi, 242, [243]-318; portrait, introduction, extensive notes, chronology, references and index; fully section-sewn on tapes and hand-bound in full linen, with printed labels on spine and front board; top edge dyed, marker ribbon. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***Limited edition of 100 numbered copies within the overall limitation of 200 copies for sale. A new edition of the very rare account first published in two issues in 1838 and until now never reprinted - see Forbes 1104, also Bagnall 2685 and Ferguson 2526 (and 2526a). Robert Jarman, the son of a printer at Beccles, joined the crew as a young man of twenty years on a whaling voyage to the South Seas in During the next three to four years young Robert s forecastle jottings were transformed into a lively and well-crafted tale. The primary theme is the hard, unrelenting search for whales, reflected in Jarman s methodical recording of encounters with other whalers and elaborated with graphic descriptions of the excitements and dangers of whaling with the inevitable accidents, injuries, and tragic deaths. After cruising the Japan Sea, the ship reached the Hawaiian Islands at the end of October 1832 and anchored at Honolulu. The author noted 18 whalers in port. He describes the harbor and the method by which ships were towed in, and the Honolulu Fort, and the town and its native people (Forbes). He tells also of surviving gales and near disaster when the Japan was dismasted in a hurricane, which forced the stricken ship to Sydney for extensive repairs. Jarman gives an interesting account of Sydney, with perceptive comments on convicts and their management and the Aboriginals and their customs including the use of the boomerang. Subsequently the ship cruised around Rotuma, the Fiji Islands and New Zealand before returning to England. Along the way Jarman gives accounts of visits to bays and islands to trade for fresh provisions, and of longer stays at various ports for wood, water and to benefit the crew. A welcome respite from the rigors and grinding repetition of shipboard life, Jarman was obviously captivated by those of the natives who were friendly, and he perceptively and sympathetically described their modes of life, customs, and the effects of European intercourse and colonization. The scope and appeal of this book is enhanced by some lengthy passages on natural history, including observations on the social behaviour of sperm whales and encounters with sharks, other fish and birds. Because of several chance but pertinent events he was able to include commentaries on several dramatic episodes of Pacific maritime history, such as the Bligh mutiny and its aftermath, and recent massacres of ships crews by islanders a constant fear for lightly-armed visiting whalers. #27824 A$195.00

57 56 Leahy, Michael J. EXPLORATIONS INTO HIGHLAND NEW GUINEA Edited by Douglas E. Jones. Foreword by Jane C. Goodale. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 256(last 2 blank); full-page map, several illustrations, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Bathurst; Crawford House Press; (1994). ***The diary of the often controversial Leahy, recording his five years spent in the pursuit of gold in the New Guinea highlands, and the human discoveries he made there. Leahy s encounters with the Highlanders in the 1920s and 30s, and his often extraordinary photographs of them provide a broad and rich contribution to world enthnography. #49231 A$95.00

58 57 Lewin, John William. PRODROMUS ENTOMOLOGY. Or, a Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales. Illustrated with Nineteen Plates. By John William Lewin, A.L.S. First published in 1805, reissued in 1822 and now re-published by Edition Renard Melbourne to, Limited (Third) Edition, Deluxe Issue; pp. [ii](half-title, being a reproduction of the fly-title [i.e. Page 1] of the second edition, verso modern notes), [iv] (modern title-page, verso publishing details, and modern Contents, verso blank), [ii](title-page to first edition, verso blank), vi(title-page to second edition, verso blank, Dedication, verso blank, and Preface), [vii-viii](table of Contents [i.e. list of plates], verso blank, as issued in second edition only), [1]-20(the text, being a facsimile of the first edition, each leaf of text being faced by the plate from the second edition to which it refers), [21]-56(modern scientific names, commentary, acknowledgements and colophon); 19 fine coloured plates comprising frontispiece & 18 coloured plates, as issued in the second edition of 1822, plus plain interleaves as issued in the latter issues of the second edition; detailed historical and bibliographical commentary and census of known copies of the original editions, table of modern scientific names of the species depicted; finely bound in half brown natural leather, with specially commissioned hand-marbled sides to match the original publisher s binding, and printed title-label, spine with raised bands, titled in genuine gold, yellow tinted edges and marker ribbon; a fine copy. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***One of 70 numbered copies (within a total edition of 212 copies) bound in the style of the later superior issue of the second edition, complete with plain interleaves and hand-marbled sides. This is the sixth publication from Edition Renard. Both the first and second editions of the original work are very rare, with only about 50 copies in total so far recorded. #30148 A$925.00

59 58 Lowth, Rev. Robert. BILLESDON COPLOW, A Poem descriptive of A Remarkable Day s Sport in Leicestershire, On Monday, February 24th, 1800: By the Rev. Robert Lowth. To which is prefixed A Brief Memoir of the Author. London: Published by T. Griffiths, Wellington Street, Strand [Typeset title-page]. BILLESDON COPLOW, A Poem on Fox Hunting. Second Edition. With Embellishments by F. C. Turner. London, T. Griffiths; Wellington Street MDCCCXXXII. Price Two Shillings. [Engraved title-page]. 12mo, Second Edition; pp. 24(last leaf adverts., verso colophon); hand-coloured engraved titlepage & 9 fine hand-coloured plates, 4 engraving in text, review slip tipped in at front; finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full crimson morocco, gilt, with marbled endpapers & gilt doublures; all edges gilt; (front joint slightly rubbed); a very fine, clean and crisp copy in an exquisite binding; very rare. London; T. Griffiths; ***First published in 1831, with coloured frontispiece only; this edition is considerably enhanced by the addition of eight extra plates. #12916 A$450.00

60 59 Lyte, Charles. SIR JOSEPH BANKS. 18th Century Explorer, Botanist and Entrepreneur. First Australian Edition; pp. 248; 8 coloured & 16 b/w. plates, bibliog, index; original papered boards; (name on endpaper); a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Reed; (1980). #21893 A$70.00

61 60 McKernan, Michael. HERE IS THEIR SPIRIT. A History of the Australian War Memorial Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 388, [4](blank); numerous illustrations, notes, sources, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (St Lucia); University of Queensland Press in association with the Australian War Memorial; (1991). #31508 A$75.00

62 61 Malinowski, Bronislaw; Ph.D., D.Sc. THE SEXUAL LIFE OF SAVAGES. In North-Western Melanesia. An Ethnographic Account of Courtship, Marriage, and Family Life Among the Natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea. With a Preface by Havelock Ellis. With 96 full-page plates and figures. Super roy. 8vo; First Edition; pp. xxiv, 506, [2](blank); 96 plates, index; original cloth; (top front corner slightly bumped); a fine copy; very scarce. London; George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.; #67082 A$450.00

63 62 Marchant, Leslie R. FRANCE AUSTRALE. A study of French explorations and attempts to found a penal colony and strategic base in south western Australia Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 384; 8 coloured plates, 72 illusts & maps, 30 appendices, footnotes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper; scarce. (Perth; Artlook Books; 1982). #5188 A$165.00

64 63 Megaw, J. V. S.; Editor. EMPLOY D AS A DISCOVERER. Papers Presented at the Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Symposium, Sutherland Shire, 1-3 May, First Edition; pp. 144(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, 8 plates, illust., notes, index; (Errata leaf loosely inserted); original papered boards; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. Sydney; A. H. & A. W. Reed, for the Sutherland Shire Council; (1971). ***Including important papers on Cook and the Aborigines, Joseph Banks and the Royal Society, the natural history and observations of Venus on the Endeavour expedition and two papers by J. C. Beaglehole: Some Problems of Cook s Biographer, and, Cook the Navigator. #19406 A$30.00

65 64 Meyer, Dr. Hans. ACROSS EAST AFRICAN GLACIERS. An Account of the First Ascent of Kilimanjaro. Translated from the German by E. H. S. Calder. With Forty Illustrations and Three Maps. The frontispiece and eight photographs printed in Germany, Super roy. 8vo, First [and only] Edition in English; pp. xx, 404; 3 folding coloured maps, magnificent mounted coloured frontispiece, 20 plates (including 8 mounted photographs), 19 text illustrations, 11 appendices (including geology, natural history, cartography & bibliography), index; original pictorial cloth, gilt; (recased, with new matching front endpaper; slight tears to foot of spine neatly repaired; minor tape-marks in inner margin of a very few leaves); overall, a very good, clean, and attractive copy; top edge gilt, others uncut; very rare, especially in original binding. London; George Philip & Son; ***Neate M92. A very important account of three expeditions to Kilimanjaro, including detailed observations of the country, its people and productions. Meyer and his companion accompanied by a guide were the first to make an undisputed climb of Kibo, the higher of the twin peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point on the African continent. A notably rare work (both in English and in the original German) of exploration and a mountaineering classic, this is only the second copy we have had in over 30 years and is the same copy formerly sold by us about 35 years ago. #17112 A$

66 65 Parker, Mary Ann. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. First published in 1795, reissued with a commentary by Gavin Fry of The Australian National Maritime Museum. Dedicated, with permission, to Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales. Facsimile Edition; pp. [xxxiv], xxxii, 150(last blank); full-page plan & illust., several facsimile extracts of Captain Parker s log; quarter maroon calf, marbled sides; a fine copy. (Sydney); Hordern House (for the Australian National Maritime Museum; 1991). ***Australian Maritime Series Number One. Limited Edition of 750 copies. First published in 1795, see Ferguson 229. #53458 A$250.00

67 66 Parkin, Ray. H. M. BARK ENDEAVOUR. Her place in Australian History. With an Account of her Construction, Crew and Equipment and a Narrative of her Voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the Year With Plans, Charts and Illustrations by the Author. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 468; 25 maps, 31 full- & half-page ship drawings and 12 smaller, several sourced from original drawings by Sydney Parkinson, 2 reproductions of original drawings by Parkinson, 15 other illustrations by Ray Parkin (mostly views), notes, bibliography, index; original cloth, gilt; together with, in cloth folding case, 15 detailed ship drawings and plans by Ray Parkin, each 800 by 580 mm., and sourced from original Admiralty drawings supplemented by sketches of Sydney Parkinson, artist on the Endeavour ; a fine set in cloth slipcase. (Melbourne); The Miegunyah Press; (1997). ***First Edition, limited to 1000 copies for sale, and a superior production to any subsequent printings. The Endeavour is one of the most famous ships in maritime history, yet surprisingly few details of her were known to any but a small number of maritime historians. More than twenty-five years before publication of this book, Ray Parkin, seaman, author and artist was amazed to find how little was known and recorded of this ship, and set out to document everything he could discover. His researches were encouraged by that renowned scholar and chronicler of James Cook, Professor J. C. Beaglehole. The result is the most painstaking study of the Endeavour yet undertaken and a unique account of a great voyage of discovery: the passage up the east coast of Australia (then called New Holland) in the year Written for the scholar, mariner and layperson alike, Ray Parkin has recreated for the reader the very experience of being on board H. M. Bark Endeavour. With meticulous research, he reveals what she looked like, how she sailed, how she smelled; all aspects of daily life on board. No part of the ship or her functioning is too insignificant for his enquiries. The work is divided into two sections: Part I, The World of the Ship, details the sailor and his environment, the Captain, the ship herself, scurvy and provisioning, the ship s company, and remarks on individuals come to notice through misfortune or by their sins and adventures. The text is accompanied by a series of plans and figures depicting the ship s architecture and construction, her deck plan, rigging, sails, armament, boats, cables, anchors and accommodation. Fifteen of these are reproduced as large folding full-size sketches in the accompanying folding case. Part II, The Voyage (up the east coast of Australia), is a masterly synthesis of the Ships Log and the journals of James Cook, Sydney Parkinson and Joseph Banks, supplemented by extracts from the journals of other members of the ship s complement, and with interpretive commentary and explanatory charts. The Author was born in Melbourne and joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1928, spending eighteen years in the service. He was on board HMAS Perth in 1942 when the cruiser was sunk in Sunda Strait, killing two thirds of her complement. #49819 A$450.00

68 67 Phillip, Captain Arthur: THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY. First Published in 1789, reprinted, with amendments in Now reprinted with 7 Charts and 48 Plates including 31 fine coloured plates from the deluxe version of the first edition reproduced at enlarged scale. Melbourne; Edition Renard; MMVII. Folio, Deluxe Limited Edition; pp. xl, 230; title vignette & 55 plates & charts reproduced from the original copperplate engravings, comprising portraits of Phillip, King, Shortland and Watts, 7 charts, 19 plates of birds, 9 of mammals, 4 of fishes, 1 plant, 4 of aborigines & their artifacts, 1 reptile & 6 views (including Botany Bay & Port Jackson), 4 additional illustrations, plus additional suite of 31 uncoloured natural history plates, appendix containing list of all the convicts who came with the First Fleet, historical and bibliographical notes, additional set of 7 charts folded into pocket in rear board; original full red-burgundy polished morocco, gilt; all edges fully gilt in genuine gold. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***Edition limited to 75 numbered copies (of a total of 212 numbered copies). This edition includes 31 coloured plates from the rare deluxe issue of the First Edition. These have never before been republished. This deluxe version of our edition contains an additional suite of 31 uncoloured plates from the original uncoloured edition. All the views and natural history plates are enlarged from the originals to splendid effect. #23917 A$

69 68 Port Phillip: PORT PHILLIP GAZETTE. Facsimile Edition. Vol. I (Oct Apr. 1839) to Vol. V (Oct Apr. 1841). 5 vols., demy folio approx.; Vol. I, pp. [vi], , [82](blank); Vol. II, pp. [vi], ; Vol. III, pp. [vi], ; Vol. IV, pp. [vi], ; Vol. V, pp. [vi], ; in total over 1100 pages; well bound in high quality, servicable cloth, stamped in blind on front boards, spines gilt; a fine set in dustwrappers. Sydney; Stephen Lansdown; ( ). ***Edition limited to 285 numbered sets for sale. The edition was on a strict subscription basis, and only the number of sets subscribed for was printed. The five volumes contain all 238 issues. A final Index volume originally planned was sadly never completed. With this set is a small archive of publisher s correspondence with subscribers chronicling the delays and difficulties of publication. #704 A$425.00

70 69 Ralston, Kathleen. A MAN FOR ANTARCTICA. The Early Life of Phillip Law. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 236, [2](blank); 3 text maps, frontispiece, 12 plates, notes, glossary, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Hyland House; (1993). #40813 A$65.00

71 70 Richards, Joanna Armour; Editor. BLAXLAND-LAWSON- WENTWORTH First Edition; pp. 224(last blank); 3 maps on 2 folding sheets, frontispiece, 12 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth (a little marked, as often); a nice copy in dustwrapper. Hobart; Blubber Head Press; ***Edition limited to 780 signed & numbered copies. The first expedition to cross the Blue Mountains west of Sydney - all the important primary materials relating to the crossing are here published including Blaxland s Journal, first published in 1823 and extremely rare; together with Lawson s Journal and Wentworth s monograph, both not previously published. An important and very well produced book. #5213 A$250.00

72 71 (Richardson, A. J.). PRIVATE JOURNAL OF THE SURV- EYOR attached to the Messrs. Frank and Alexander Jardine s OVERLAND EXPEDITION TO CAPE YORK. Deluxe Facsimile Edition; pp. [vi], 56(last 2 blank); coloured folding map in rear pocket, original full leather, gilt; a fine copy. (North Adelaide; Corkwood Press; 1997). ***Edition limited to 250 numbered copies of which the first 50 are bound in full leather as here. Originally printed in Brisbane by G. Wight, Guardian Office, in #56914 A$165.00

73 72 Rothschild, Miriam. DEAR LORD ROTHSCHILD. Birds, Butterflies and History. Roy. 8vo (approx.), First Edition; pp. xxiv, 398, [2](blank); genealogical charts on endpapers, folding map, 12 coloured & 92 b/w. plates, a few text illustrations, folding genealogical table, notes, bibliography, sources, 4 appendices, index; original crash canvas; a nice copy in dustwrapper; scarce. Philadelphia; Balaban; (1983). ***Including Rothschild s Australasian explorations and collections. #65304 A$135.00

74 73 Schilder, Gunter. AUSTRALIA UNVEILED. The Share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia. Translated from the German by Olaf Richter. [Part One History. Part Two The Maps]. Cr. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. xii, 424; 44 plates (mostly maps), 61 text illustrations including many maps; plus 88 full-page maps in second part of work; bibliography, 3 indices; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Amsterdam; Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; ***From the library of Brigadier Lawrence Fitzgerald, author of Java La Grande, with his pencilled notes and lines in margins. #57615 A$350.00

75 74 Sexton, R. T. SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES SOUTH AUSTRALIA A Guide for Genealogists and Maritime Historians. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 272; 3 maps, 4 illustrations, appendix, ship index & person index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Ridgehaven, SA); Gould Books Roebuck Society; (1990). #31717 A$60.00

76 75 Shackleton, Sir Ernest; C.V.O. SOUTH. The Story of Shackleton s Last Expedition Illustrated. Roy. 8vo, Third Impression; pp. [ii](blank), xxii, 376, folding coloured map, 6 sketch maps (1 fullpage), coloured frontispiece, double-page panorama & 86 full-page plates, 2 appendices, index; original dark blue cloth, lettered on spine and front board in silver, and decorated with fine silver illustration of the Endurance in the ice on front board; (waterstain to blank lower margin throughout, otherwise a very good copy); scarce. London; William Heinemann; ***Renard 1462; Rosove 308.A3. This third impression was printed two months after the first on better quality paper, with the ( few) errors corrected. This copy is inscribed by Dick (R. W.) Richards Shackleton! Outstanding Leader of Men Mike Glenny. A very good friend to me. Dick Richards Shackleton I.T.A.E Sept #19979 A$

77 76 Smith, Bernard & Wheeler, Alwyne; Editors. THE ART OF THE FIRST FLEET and other early Australian drawings. Super roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 256; over 240 illustrations (some full-page & many coloured), 4 appendices, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; ***An important book: the illustrations include over 70 of the aborigines, over 90 topographical views and original sketch charts etc., over 70 natural history subjects (including some superb col. illustrations of birds) and a number of other illustrations of historical interest. A large proportion of the illustrations have never before been published. Expert commentary on the illustrations of aborigines is by R. J. Lampert; on the maps and topographical drawings by T. M. Perry; on the social history and depiction of the early settlement by Alan Frost; on the natural history and scientific knowledge by J. H. Calaby; and on the artwork and its historical context by Bernard Smith. This book provides for the first time a comprehensive visual supplement to the First Fleet journals of Governor Phillip, Surgeon John White, Captain Watkin Tench, Captain John Hunter and Judge- Advocate David Collins. #20787 A$400.00

78 77 Smith, James Edward. A SPECIMEN OF THE BOTANY OF NEW HOLLAND. Written by James Edward Smith. The figures by James Sowerby. Melbourne; Edition Renard; Med. 4to, Limited Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], viii, 54, [55]-70(bibliographical notes); 16 fine coloured plates from the hand-coloured originals, 5 text illustrations; full golden brown calf antique, gilt, with morocco title-label, tinted edges and marker ribbon; a fine copy. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***Edition Limited to 120 numbered copies. A fine facsimile of the original edition Printed by J. Davis, Published by J. Sowerby, London, and never before reprinted. The text is accompanied by extensive bibliographical notes. #46619 A$650.00

79 78 Smithers, Courtenay N. BACKYARD BEEKEEPING. Cr. 4to, Second Edition; pp. 80; 8 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations & figures; glossary, references, general index & index of flora; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. [Sydney]; Rosenberg; (2011). #16263 A$25.00

80 79 Spence, Sydney A. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED EARLY BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO AUSTRALIA Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. iii-xii(but intact, as issued), 88, [2](blank); original stiff wrappers (cover very slightly spotted, but a fine copy); scarce. London [sic] Mitcham, Surrey; Published by the Compiler; ***Edition limited to 525 copies, hand-set and printed by letterpress. Includes (pp ) a List of Early Australian Engraved Portraits, Etc. #32146 A$185.00

81 80 Stamp, Tom and Cordelia. JAMES COOK MARITIME SCIENTIST. First Edition; pp. xiv, 160(last blank); 10 illustrations (2 full-page), chronology, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Whitby; Caedmon of Whitby Press; (1978). #5313 A$35.00

82 81 Steel, David. THE ELEMENTS AND PRACTICE OF RIGGING AND SEAMANSHIP. Illustrated with a series of ninety-five plates and numerous smaller engravings by David Steel and with a foreword by Dr. Alan McGowan, Head of the Department of Ships National Maritime Museum Greenwich England. 2 vols., 4to, Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [x], xviii, 208, 208*-211*, ; 64 plates (4 folding), a few tables (1 folding); Vol. II, pp. [4], [243*]- 260*, [243]-426(last blank), [4], 152(tables, last 5 blank); 26 plates (1 folding) plus 2 movable diagrams, numerous tables; original cloth; a fine set in slipcases. London; Sim Comfort Associates; ***First published in 1794; this edition is limited to 500 numbered copies. #32459 A$450.00

83 82 Stokes, J. Lort. DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley s Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. 2 vols., First Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xvi, 522(last blank); 3 folding charts, 15 plates, 15 text illustrations, 5 appendices; Vol. II, pp. [ii], x, 544(last blank); 5 folding charts, 11 plates, 13 text illustrations, appendix; original vinyl; a fine set; scarce. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1969]. ***Facsimile of the First Edition, London, T. & W. Boone, refer Ferguson Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 33. Fewer than 800 sets (including a reprint of over 400 copies) were printed. #2264 A$550.00

84 83 Straczek, J. H. THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. Ships, Aircraft and Shore Establishments. 4to, First Edition; pp. 252; numerous line drawings; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Sydney; Published by Navy Public Affairs; #57361 A$35.00

85 84 Sturt, Captain Charles. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, performed Under the Authority of Her Majesty s Government, during the Years 1844, 5 and 6. Together with a Notice of the Province of South Australia, in First Corkwood Press Edition, Special Deluxe Limited Issue; pp. [ii], xvi, 504; double-page coloured map; 6 coloured & 8 b/w. plates, 18 text illustrations; 3 appendices; original full black leather, gilt; a fine copy. [Adelaide]; Corkwood Press; [2001]. ***With an introduction by Nicholas Rothwell, this is a newly typeset reprint in one volume of the 1849 first edition originally in two volumes. Only 50 numbered copies of this Special version were done. #54553 A$275.00

86 85 Sydney Gazette: THE SYDNEY GAZETTE AND NEW SOUTH WALES ADVERTISER. A Facsimile Reproduction. Volume One, March 5, 1803 to February 26, 1804 [and Volumes II to VIII, from March 4, 1804 to December 29, 1810]. 8 vols. in 6, roy. 4to & impl. 4to; pp. in total approx. 1400; modern index to each vol.; in original buckram; a very good set, all but Vols. II and VI/VII in dustwrappers (Vol. VI/VII also lacking front endpaper). Sydney; Public Library of New South Wales in association with John Ferguson [Vol. I], Angus and Robertson [Vols. II-VIII]; ***An invaluable reference for early Australian history. Volume I is the 1982 reprint. A ninth volume was published in Canberra by Roebuck Press in 1973: this is not present. #14879 A$225.00

87 86 [Taylor, James]. WAYZGOOSE ONE. The Australian Journal of Book Arts. Large impl. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [vii], [1]-93, [3](last blank), [4](adv.); 18 mounted plates (about half coloured), 8 original marbled paper samples, 3 folding coloured plates, 4 b/w. plates, 11 b/w. illustrations; original stiff wrappers and dustwrapper (spine very slightly worn); a fine copy; scarce. (Sydney; The Wayzgoose Press); [1985]. ***Edition limited to 450 numbered copies. With an errata sheet, finely printed in red and black by letterpress loosely inserted. Articles include an account of George Howe and early printing in New South Wales; What is an original print?; Watercolour marbling; Papermaking; Engraving; etc. #57315 A$220.00

88 87 Tench, Watkin. A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO BOTANY BAY. By Captain Watkin Tench. First published in 1789, and now reprinted in type facsimile of the first edition, with additions from the third and other editions of the Same Year. Edition Renard, Melbourne, Limited Edition; pp. [iv], xii, 164, [2](blank), [2] (adv.); endpaper track chart of the First Fleet, coloured frontispiece (portrait of Tench), 3 plates (reproductions of contemporary views & chart), bibliographical and publishing notes; section sewn and cased in full cloth, gilt, top edge dyed and marker ribbon. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***Edition limited to 200 numbered copies for sale, of which 120 are bound in full cloth as here. The book is an exact typefacsimile of the rare First Edition, with the original long esses replaced by the modern form to aid readability, but otherwise faithful to the original. Additional material from the second and third editions is added where this differs from the First Edition, and illustrations from contemporary sources illuminate the text and an essay on the publishing history of the work. #41752 A$175.00

89 88 Tench, Watkin. A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO BOTANY BAY. By Captain Watkin Tench. First published in 1789, and now reprinted in type facsimile of the first edition, with additions from the third and other editions of the Same Year. Edition Renard, Melbourne, Deluxe Limited Edition; pp. [iv], xii, 164, [2](blank), [2](adv.); endpaper track chart of the First Fleet, coloured frontispiece (portrait of Tench), 3 plates (reproductions of contemporary views & chart), bibliographical and publishing notes; section sewn and cased in half navy ox-hide, with gilt morocco title-label and moire cloth sides, top edge dyed and marker ribbon. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***Edition limited to 200 numbered copies for sale, of which 60 are bound in half ox-hide as here. The book is an exact type-facsimile of the rare First Edition, with the original long esses replaced by the modern form to aid readability, but otherwise faithful to the original. Additional material from the second and third editions is added where this differs from the First Edition, and illustrations from contemporary sources illuminate the text and an essay on the publishing history of the work. #41753 A$450.00

90 89 Thompson, D Arcy Wentworth. ON GROWTH AND FORM. A new edition. Second Edition; pp. [viii], 1116; frontispiece & 1 plate, 554 text illustrations, index; original cloth; a fine copy in worn & slightly defective dustwrapper; rare. Cambridge; at the University Press; ***Extensively revised and enlarged from the first edition of 1917, this is the preferred edition of this important and classic work, the foundation of all subsequent studies on the subject and widely referenced. Thompson demonstrated, with example after carefully studied example, how the growth, shape and complexity of biological and crystal forms depended on physical conditions, chemical gradients and mechanical laws. #65421 A$850.00

91 90 Turner, G. W. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. xii, 236; bibliography, word and phrase index and subject index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Longmans; (1966). #35057 A$45.00

92 91 White, George Francis. VIEWS IN INDIA, CHIEFLY AMONG THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS, taken during Tours in the Direction of Mussooree, Simla, the Sources of the Jumna and Ganges, &c. &c. in With Notes and Descriptive Illustrations. By Lieut. George Francis White, of the 31st Regiment. Fisher, Son, and Co., London & Paris. MDCCCXXXVI [-VII]. 2 vols., demy folio, First Edition; Division I, pp. xvi(including engraved title-page), [17]-82(last blank), [4](list of subscribers); 16 very fine engraved plates, proofs on India Paper; Division II, pp. [vi], , [4](list of subscribers); 14 very fine engraved plates, proofs on India Paper, index; original publisher s embossed cloth (neatly rebacked; some foxing, mostly of margins); top edges gilt; a very good set; scarce. London & Paris; Fisher, Son & Co.; ***The plates are FIRST PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER, with fine, clean impressions. The work was advertised as available only to Subscribers and was almost entirely subscribed by May, #26435 A$

93 NEVER BEFORE REPUBLISHED WITH THE PLATES IN COLOUR 92 White, John. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. By John White. First published in Now reprinted with 65 Coloured Plates reproduced at enlarged scale. Melbourne, Edition Renard, MMII. Folio, Fourth Edition; pp. 226; frontispiece (View in Port Jackson), 65 coloured plates from the hand-coloured originals, 1 text illust. (facsimile of original title-page); full dark green vegetable-tanned goatskin, gilt; all edges gilt; a fine copy. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***Edition of 212 numbered copies, 200 only for sale. This sumptuous new edition is reprinted with the text entirely reset in Garamond, attractively printed in black, red and green, and the plates enlarged by 50%. The plates, by Sarah Stone, F. P. Nodder and other fine artists comprise 29 of birds (including splendid parrots), 10 of reptiles and amphibians, 7 mammals (marsupials and the Dingo), 6 of fishes, 9 of plants (including magnificent Banksias) 2 of invertebrates and 2 of Aboriginal weapons and artefacts. In the original edition the leaf Hh4 is cancelled in some copies with a variant text describing in the cancelled state a description of the Wattled Bee-Eater, or Merops, Female and in the uncancelled state a description of the male bird. Both texts have been reproduced here and there are some bibliographical and publishing notes appended. This was the first natural history book on Australia of any significance to be published after the arrival of the First Fleet and has never before been republished with the plates in colour. Edition Renard was awarded two Gold Medals at the 20th National Print Awards, and a Certificate of Manufacturing Excellence of the Victorian Manufacturers Hall of Fame for this book. #8963 A$

94 93 Whitehead, P. J. P. FORTY DRAWINGS OF FISHES made by the Artists who accompanied Captain James Cook on his Three Voyages to the Pacific, , , , some being used by Authors in the Description of New Species. Text by P. J. P. Whitehead. Demy folio, First Edition; pp. xxviii(introductory text, references, etc.), [72], xxix-xxxii(index of scientific names); frontispiece of 7 portraits (Cook, Banks, Solander, Sydney Parkinson, J. R. & Georg Forster and John Webber), facsimiles of signatures, etc., 27 coloured & 9 b/w. plates illustrating 40 drawings, index of scientific names; original buckram, gilt; a fine copy in worn & soiled dustwrapper; scarce. London; The Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History); ***Only 750 copies were printed. A few of the drawings are by FORSTER, BUCHAN and SPORING, but the great bulk of them are by SYDNEY PARKINSON, the draughtsman who died at Batavia on the return of the Endeavour (First) Voyage. A most attractive publication, finely printed, with striking typography to complement the fine illustrations. [Beddie 553]. #5985 A$500.00

95 94 Williams, Glyndwr & Frost, Alan; Editors. TERRA AUSTRALIS TO AUSTRALIA. Post 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 242; endpaper maps, b/w. frontispiece (showing Matthew Flinders first recorded use of the term Australia 1804), 36 coloured & 107 b/w. illustrations (including numerous maps), chapter notes, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities; (1988). ***The scholarly competence of the text and the extensive illustration make this work the most comprehensive recent account available of the European discovery of Australia. This copy inscribed signed by all four contributors including both editors. #22675 A$165.00

96 95 Wilson, Michael. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. 21st Century Warships. Naval Auxiliaries 1911 to 1999 (including Defence Maritime Services). Profile No. 4. Revised Edition. 4to, First Edition; pp. 96; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a fine copy. [Marrickville, NSW; Topmill Pty. Ltd.]; N.D. [c. 2000]. #32865 A$25.00

97 96 Wood, Casey A.; Compiler & Editor. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LITERATURE OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, based chiefly on the Titles in the Blacker Library of Zoology, the Emma Shearer Wood Library of Ornithology, the Bibliotheca Osleriana and other Libraries of McGill University, Montreal. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. xx, 644; coloured frontispiece, title-page in red & black, geographical and chronological indices; original buckram (corners slightly bumped); a very good copy; scarce. London; Oxford University Press; ***An important catalogue, with interesting introductory essays including on the fauna of Australia.. #19872 A$450.00

98 97 Worgan, George B.; Surgeon of the Sirius. JOURNAL OF A FIRST FLEET SURGEON. First Edition; pp. xiv, 74(last 3 blank); frontispiece, notes, index; original textured cloth; a fine copy. Sydney; The Library Council of New South Wales in association with the Library of Australian History; ***Edition limited to 1000 copies. #5162 A$85.00

99 98 Young, Michael W. MALINOWSKI. Odyssey of an Anthropologist Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxx, 690; 4 maps, 42 illustrations on 16 plates, 3 figures, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New Haven and London; Yale University Press; (2004). ***Bronislaw Malinowski ( ) was one of the most colorful and charismatic social scientists of the twentieth century. His contributions as a founding father of social anthropology and his complex personality earned him international notoriety and near-mythical status. This landmark book presents a vivid portrait of Malinowski s early life, from his birth in Cracow to his departure from Australia in By the age of 36, Malinowski had already created the innovative fieldwork methods and techniques that would secure his intellectual legacy. Includes a detailed account of his life in Melbourne and elewhere in Australia, and the Trobriand Islands of the South Pacific. #55103 A$60.00

100 99 Yule, Henry; Compiler. A NARRATIVE OF THE MISSION TO THE COURT OF AVA IN Together with the Journal of Arthur Phayre, Envoy to the Court of Ava and additional illustrations by Colesworth, Grand and Linneaus Tripe. With an Introduction by Hugh Tinker. Med. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xlvi, [iii]-viii(as issued), 392(last blank); 1 large folding map, 29 coloured plates (including 2 maps) & 9 b/w. plates, 49 figures in text, 13 appendices & vocabulary; original buckram (mounted illust. on front board), spine gilt; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper (spine faded); scarce. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; ***Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints. First published in 1858, this edition contains nine additional plates from contemporary sources as well as Phayre s Journal. #39685 A$385.00

101 100 Zug, James. AMERICAN TRAVELER. The Life and Adventures of John Ledyard, the Man Who Dreamed of Walking the World. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 286; 2 maps, 8 plates, notes, sources, notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group; (2005). ***Ledyard sailed with James Cook on his third voyage, and witnessed his death. #38015 A$35.00