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1 GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Postal Address: Established 1945 Electronic communications: P.O. Box 1030, (A.C.N ) Telephone: +61 (0) Ivanhoe, Melbourne, ABN: FAX: +61 (0) Victoria, 3079, Australia. Short List No. 25. Australiana Angas, George French. SOUTH AUSTRALIA ILLUSTRATED. Impl. folio, First Edition; pp. [2] (colour-illustrated lithographed title, dated 1846, verso blank), [2](typeset title-page dated 1847, verso blank), [2](calligraphic litho-engraved Dedication to Queen Adelaide, verso blank), [iii]-iv(list of Subscribers), [4](Preface & General Remarks on the Aboriginal Inhabitants of South Australia); 60 superb hand-coloured litho plates, each with facing leaf of descriptive text (Plate 27 with 2 leaves); finely bound in half green morocco with marbled sides, with matching fitted slipcase by Aquarius; (small, unobtrusive stamp of the Zoological Society almost invisibly erased from two early leaves and present on a third; a few leaves with the faintest browning of extreme margins only); an exceptionally fine, unusually clean copy, the colours brilliant & full, with no sign of fading; rare. London; Thomas M Lean; ***A most attractive copy, both externally and internally, and one of the two outstanding substantial collections of early coloured views of Australia (the other being Joseph Lycett s Views in Australia, ), the work contains 41 fine topographical views (on 37 plates), of various parts of South Australia, 19 plates of the Aboriginal inhabitants, their dwellings and artefacts, 3 plates of insects and one of South Australian botany. A new species of Kangaroo is shown on one of the plates. The work is of great importance as a contemporary record of South Australia for, as the Author states in his Preface, With the hope of preserving time and life-like records of men and scenes, so quickly passing away, I have endeavoured by pictorial representation, to describe the most interesting and peculiar features of South Australia and its Aboriginal inhabitants. I have devoted my time and powers entirely to the accomplishment of this task, visiting all portions of the Colony, and making myself conversant with the manners and habits of native tribes whose existence is unknown to the world. The information portrayed on the Aborigines is particularly valuable. Two of the plates are by S. T. Gill - the view of Adelaide and that showing the Departure of Captain Sturt, August 1844, on the Central Australian Expedition - these are particularly fine early views of the city - and have been sold separately for astronomical figures. #14526 A$45,000.00

2 2 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 2 Baker, Sidney J. THE AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE. [An examination of the English language and English speech as used in Australia, from convict days to the present, with special reference to the growth of indigenous idiom and its use by Australian writers]. Med. 8vo, Second Edition, reprinted; pp. xvi, 520(last 3 blank); several figs., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. (Sydney); The Currawong Press; (1978). ***First published in 1945, this second edition was originally published in An extremely thoroughly researched and documented work of scholarship on spoken English in Australia, together with some animadversions on National Characteristics, the Australian Accent and other topics. #533 A$ Barnard, Marjorie, A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA. Med. 8vo, Second Edition, 5th Impr.; pp. [x], 710; facsimile of Tasman Map as frontis., 3 other maps, 16 plates, refs., bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly worn d/w.; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1969). #9069 A$70.00

3 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 3 4 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); 3 maps, 24 plates (incl. map), appendices; bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in worn d/w. London; Oxford University Press; #2140 A$ Baudin, Nicolas. THE JOURNAL OF POST CAPTAIN NICOLAS BAUDIN, Commanderin-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, frontis., 8 appendices, index; original cloth (lower corner bumped); a nice copy. Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; ***The first publication in any language of Baudin s Journal. #723 A$250.00

4 4 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 6 Bauer, Ferdinand. FERDINAND BAUER S NATURAL HISTORY DRAWINGS taken from the Zoological Specimens collected on the First Circumnavigation of Australia, Large folio (515 by 650 mm. approx.), First Edition; pp. [6]; 46 mounted col. plates; title printed in red and black; unbound, as issued, in original full cloth Solander box with leather spine label; a fine copy; rare. London; Alecto Historical Editions in conjunction with The Natural History Museum; (1997). ***Edition limited to 50 numbered sets only for sale, plus 10 sets hors commerce. A magnificent and highly attractive work, beautifully reproducing at original size all fifty-two of Bauer s superb original finished drawings of zoological subjects (mammals, birds, fishes and reptiles) gathered on Matthew Flinders voyage. The subjects include the Bandicoot, Koala, Wombat, Wallaby and Platypus, several parrots and related species, as well as fish, a frog, skink and crab, etc., many of these drawings being the first scientific depiction of the species. Apart from a few small illustrations in books such as Marlene Norst s Ferdinand Bauer, the Australian Drawings (1989), these stunning watercolour drawings have never before been published. Alecto has used stochastic lithography to prepare the plates and printed them by hand one colour at a time on a FAG flatbed proofing press to wonderful effect. The Natural History Museum has undertaken not to sanction another printing of this magnificent work for at least fifty years. Each plate is blind embossed with the chops of the publishers and is titled and numbered in pencil. Loosely enclosed is an example of the original prospectus and pre-publication information. We understand that 10 of the 50 sets have been sold as individual prints, leaving only 50 complete sets in existence (including those hors commerce ). #15695 A$16, Berengier, Le R. P. Dom Theophile. LA NOUVELLE NURSIE. Histoire d une Colonie Benedictine dans l Australie Occidentale ( ). Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [iv], viii, 386, [2](Errata & colophon, verso blank); folding map, portrait, 1 double-page & 32 full-page engravings; 3 appendices; newly bound, with original wrappers in place in full red-brown goatskin, gilt; entirely uncut; some occasional minor foxing, a small neat stamp on title & verso, but an excellent, attractive copy; entirely uncut and unopened; very scarce. Paris & Lyon; Lecoffre Fils et Cie; N.D. [1879]. ***Ferguson #8892 A$550.00

5 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 5 8 [Bigge, John Thomas]. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INQUIRY on the State of Agriculture and Trade in the Colony of New South Wales. F cap folio, Facsimile Edition, 2nd Impr.; pp. [iv], 8, 112, [18](modern index, last blank); original cloth; a fine copy. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1971]. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 70. First published The modern index is a valuable addition to this edition. #57521 A$ Bishop, Captain Charles: THE JOURNAL AND LETTERS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES BISHOP ON THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA, in the Pacific and in New South Wales Edited by Michael Roe. First Edition; pp. lvi, 344(last 2 blank); frontis. (facsimile of page of Bishop s MS. Memoranda, Amboyna to Port Jackson), 5 plates (6 maps, 2 folding), bibliog., index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn d/w. Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, No The Ingleton copy with his bookplate on front endpaper & portions from a second dustwrapper tipped to rear endpaper. #9396 A$ Blainey, Geoffrey. A LAND HALF WON. First Edition; pp. vi, 390(last 2 blank); 2 text maps, 12 plates, sources, index; original papered boards (base of spine slightly worn); a very good copy in defective d/w. (Melbourne); Macmillan; (1980). #11739 A$65.00

6 6 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 11 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, Lond, 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, Limited Edition; pp. [vi], 42(last colophon); sewn in original stiff wrappers, with french fold. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***Limited Edition of 100 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 first-hand experience. See Ferguson 480; Wantrup, pp #15238 A$ Bradley, William. A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. The Journal of Lieutenant William Bradley RN of HMS Sirius, Reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscript. With a portfolio of Charts. 2 vols., cr. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xviii, 1-232, 232a-232b, , 244a-244b, (last 3 blank); 29 col. plates, extensive index to the text and Bradley s Charts, views and tables; Vol. II, pp. 8; portfolio of 22 col. & folding charts; original brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt; a nice set in d/ws. Sydney; The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales in association with Ure Smith Pty Ltd; ***An important journal of the flagship of the First Fleet bringing convicts to the founding settlement of Australia, this facsimile of the original manuscript and watercolours is a very valuable contribution to the early history of the settlement. The journal is penned in a clear and legible hand. Bradley was on the Sirius on her voyage to the Cape of Good Hope for supplies, which went eastwards and around Cape Horn, meeting in these high latitudes the ice islands amongst which they sailed for twenty-eight days. His illustrations include two fine watercolours of these ice islands. He also recounts the wreck of the Sirius at Norfolk Island and the subsequent story of the crew during their eventual return to England on a chartered Dutch vessel. #26219 A$165.00

7 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 7 13 Calder, James: BRADY. McCabe, Dunne, Bryan, Crawford, Murphy, Bird, McKenney, Goodwin, Pawley, Bryant, Cody, Hodgetts, Gregory, Tilley, Ryan, Williams and their Associates. Bushrangers in Van Diemen s Land From James Calder s Text of 1873 together with newly discovered manuscripts edited by Eustace Fitzsymonds. F cap folio, First Edition; pp. x, 182; endpaper maps, 4 plates, appendix, index; original buckram; a fine copy in d/w. (Adelaide); Sullivan s Cove; ***Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. #749 A$135.00

8 8 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 14 Carroll, F. S. THE NEW COUNTIES, HUNDREDS, & DISTRICT ATLAS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND NORTHERN TERRITORY, Together with Map of South Australia, indicating Roads, Distances, relative position of Counties, &c., &c. Showing -- All Boroughs, Post-towns, Villages, Hamlets, Road Boards, Roads, Railways, Rivers, Lakes, Creeks, Mountains, Stations, the Area of County and Station, (the Names, Occupiers, Grazing capabilities and Area of each), the Population of each Town in the Colony, Height of Mountains; Length, Rise, and Fall of Rivers, the quantity of Cereals and Green Crops, Hay, Wine, &c., produced in the different localities, and all the Geographical, Geological, and Physiological matter obtained from the most authentic sources. Compiled by F. S. Carroll. The Maps are compiled from the very latest plans in the Lands Department, by the kind permission of G. W. Goyder, Esq., Surveyor General. The Statistical Matter is furnished by the Government Statist, J. Boothby, Esq. This Atlas is the first of the kind ever produced in the colony, and will be thoroughly authentic to date of publication; it will be found eminently useful to the Merchant and Squatter as a Work of Reference, and with the Schoolmaster or Man of Family as the best means extant of furnishing the rising generation of the Colony with a thorough geographical knowledge of South Australia and the Northern Territory. To His Excellency Sir Anthony Musgrave, K.C.M.G., &c., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of South Australia, This Atlas is, with His Excellency s permission, Respectfully Dedicated, by His Excellency s Most Obedient Servant, the Proprietors, F. E. Hiscocks & Co. Demy folio, First Edition; pp. [ii](title, verso index), 24(misnumbered 20); large folding coloured map of South Australia, 25 doublepage coloured maps of the city of Adelaide, counties and districts; original half calf with patterned cloth sides, gilt title-panel on front board; (boards a little warped; the large general map with short splits and tears, but sound; some minor marginal staining); a very good, sound copy; rare. Adelaide; Published E. S. Wigg & Son; ***Ferguson 7981 and 7982 (collation in error). The text is closely set and contains a vast quantity of useful and detailed information on the state of the colony. The plates were printed in colours by F. W. Niven, Ballarat, the letterpress probably done in Adelaide. This atlas is of considerably greater rarity then Hiscocks similar atlas of Victoria published two years earlier. #53872 A$

9 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 9 15 Carter, Paul. THE ROAD TO BOTANY BAY. An Essay in Spatial History. First Edition; pp. [ii], xxvi, 384, [4](blank); 22 illusts. on 32 plates (including 13 maps, some double-page), notes, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. London; Faber and Faber; (1987). ***Cook, Flinders, Sturt, Mitchell, etc. #18432 A$ Clark, C. M. H.; Editor. SELECT DOCUMENTS IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY With the Assistance of L. J. Pryor. [With] Idem, vols.; Vol. I, 12th Impr.; pp. xii, 450, [2] (blank); Vol. II, 7th Impr.; pp. xx, 866, [2](blank); appendix to Vol. I, note on sources, index to each vol.; original cloth; a fine set in d/ws. (Sydney); Angus & Robertson, Publishers; (1975). #22209 A$ [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. #18783 A$495.00

10 10 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 18 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 illusts., appendix, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. Sydney; Australian Documents Library in association with The Library of Australian History Pty Ltd; (1981). #5142 A$ Cole, E. W.: AUSTRALIANA. Catalogue of Scarce Second-Hand Books On Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the South Pacific Islands, Comprising the Records of Early Navigators, Explorers, and Colonists; Naturalists, Botanists, Philologists and Geologists; besides Early Poetical and other Literary Productions of these Colonies. Offered by E. W. Cole, Book Arcade, Bourke Street, Melbourne. (Secondhand Book Department.). 8vo; pp. 36; quarter calf, with original wrappers (mounted) bound in; a very good copy; rare. Melbourne; E. W. Cole, Book Arcade; ***The F. G. Coles copy, with his bookplate. Listing over 1000 items. #13901 A$ Colwell, Max. SHIPS AND SEAFARERS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. 128(last blank); 8 col. plates, numerous b/w. illusts. (several double- & full-page), table of Australian shipping disasters, bibliog.; a nice copy in d/w. (spine slightly faded). (Melbourne); Lansdowne Press; (1973). #24061 A$75.00

11 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Communist Party: LETTER FROM CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF COMMUNIST PARTY OF SOVIET UNION to Central Committee of Communist Party of China. (Full Text). (The letter, which is dated March 30, was handed by Soviet Ambassador Chervonenko to Chou En-lai and Teng Hsiao-ping in Peking on April 2.) [Drop title]. 4to; pp. 8; stapled, as issued; (lightly creased & a little browned); a very good copy. [Randwick; D. B. Young; 1963]. #52971 A$ Croll, Robert Henderson: R. H. CROLL. [cover title]. 8vo; pp. [8]; 2 illusts.; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy; scarce. No Place [Melbourne; A Bread and Cheese Club Publication; 1949]. ***Consisting of an invitation to the unveiling of a Tablet to Honor R. H. Croll at the Town Hall Stawell, a portrait and picture of the Plaque, and a Tribute in verse. Inscribed abd signed by J. K. Moir to F. C. Smith. #15248 A$ Currey, C. H. THE BROTHERS BENT. Judge-Advocate Ellis Bent and Judge Jeffery Hart Bent. First Edition; pp. 176; 8 plates, notes, index; original buckram; a fine copy in d/w. (Sydney); Sydney University Press; (1968). #57204 A$50.00

12 12 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 24 Dillmont, Therese de. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEEDLEWORK. New Edition, revised and enlarged. Thick pott 8vo; pp. 872; 13 col. plates, 1087 figs.; original printed cloth; top edge gilt; a very good copy. Mulhouse (France); Th. de Dillmont, Editor; N.D. [c. 1900]. ***A wonderful, compact, but informationrich work, published in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and German editions, totalling (by the time of issue) 1,070,000 copies. This copy was issued for Australia with the imprint of Foy & Gibson, Pty., Ltd. on front cover. #53812 A$ Dutton, Geoffrey. FOUNDER OF A CITY. The Life of Colonel William Light, first Surveyor- General of the Colony of South Australia: Founder of Adelaide, First Edition; pp. xvi, 324(last blank); portrait frontis., 2 endpaper maps, 8 plates, notes, bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly torn d/w.; scarce. Melbourne; F. W. Cheshire; #49961 A$120.00

13 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Eldershaw, M. Barnard [pseud. Flora Eldershaw & Marjorie Barnard]. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CAPTAIN JOHN PIPER. Illustrated by Adrian Feint. Cr. 4to, New Edition; pp. [x], 202(last blank); several illusts. from wood-engravings by Feint; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. Sydney; Ure Smith in association with The National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.); (1973). ***First published in a limited edition in #9043 A$ Fairfax, J. F. THE STORY OF JOHN FAIRFAX. Commemorating the Centenary of the Fairfax Proprietary of The Sydney Morning Herald Illustrated by Adrian Feint. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [x], xx, 170(last blank); col. frontis., 2 b/w. plates (photographic portraits of John & Sarah Fairfax), 13 wood-engravings by Feint; original quarter morocco; a nice copy in remains of d/w. Sydney; John Fairfax & Sons Pty. Ltd.; #474 A$ Fitzhardinge, L. F. WILLIAM MORRIS HUGHES. A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY: Vol.I; That Fiery Particle Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 322(last blank); portrait frontis., 22 plates, bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly worn d/w. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1964). #19131 A$60.00

14 14 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 29 Flinders, Matthew. 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, and subsequently in the Armed Vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner. With an Account of the Shipwreck of the Porpoise, Arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and Imprisonment of the Commander during Six Years and a Half in that Island. By Matthew Flinders, Commander of the Investigator. In two volumes with an Atlas. 3 vols., super roy. 4to; First Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iv], xx, cciv(introduction), 270(last blank); 4 plates; Vol. II, pp. [iv], 614(last blank); 5 plates; [Vol. III] Atlas of charts & plates (loose in folding box, as issued); 16 folding charts, 2 double (i.e., in 2 sheets) folding plates of coastal views, 10 folding botanical plates, several tables, appendices; the three volumes rebound in half leather, with contrasting labels, gilt, on spines; a very good set. Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; ***Australiana Facsimile Editions, No. 37. The nine plates in the text volumes were drawn by WILLIAM WESTALL, landscape draughtsman on the Investigator. The ten botanical plates in the atlas were drawn by FERDINAND BAUER, botanical draughtsman under ROBERT BROWN, naturalist to the voyage; these plates illustrate BROWN s General Remarks, Geographical and Systematic, on the Botany of Terra Australis, 1814, and also the botanical Appendix to the Voyage to Terra Australis. The Introduction contains a summary of earlier voyages to the Australasian Region, including an account of BLIGH s second voyage in the Providence, in which FLINDERS served. The charts of the Australian Coast produced by Flinders were of high accuracy and were put to practical use for a long period. #5225 A$

15 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Giblin, R. W. THE EARLY HISTORY OF TASMANIA. 2 vols. thick demy 8vo, First Editions; [Vol. I] The Geographical Era Pp. xiv, 342; 10 folding & 2 full-page charts, 3 plates, chronological table, 3 appendices, notes, bibliog., index; original cloth; (some foxing, but very bright and crisp). London; Methuen & Co. Ltd., (1928). Vol. II: The Penal Settlement Era, [actually per Errata slip]: Collins, Sorell and Arthur. Edited, with additions from the Author s Notes, by J. D. A. Collier. Pp. xxx, 710; Errata slip, notes, 2 appendices, bibliog., index, List of Subscribers; original cloth (very slightly flecked). Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, Together; 2 vols., a fine set in d/ws.; scarce. London & Melbourne; Methuen & Melbourne University Press; ***An important and useful work covering the early voyages, including, as well as the obvious ones such as Tasman, Cook, D Entrecasteaux, Flinders & Bass, Baudin, etc., those of Marion du Fresne, Bligh (Bounty and second voyages), Captain John Henry Cox, Lieut. John Hayes, and others. Volume I is inscribed by the author to R. S. Garnett and a covering holograph letter, signed, is loosely enclosed. #22146 A$ 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, 624; 5 maps, 49 illusts., 12 appendices, bibliog., 4 indices (signatures, personal names, place names & general), list of subscribers; original cloth; (front board slightly indented. o/wise a fine copy in d/w.); very scarce. Sydney; Library of Australian History; ***Edition limited to 2500 numbered copies. #20645 A$500.00

16 16 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 32 Gillett, Ross and Graham, Colin; with Anthony Macdougall. WARSHIPS OF AUSTRALIA. 4to, First Edition; pp. 296; 40 col. plates, numerous b/w. illusts.; original papered boards; (front endpaper slightly marked, o/wise a very good copy in d/w.); scarce. (Adelaide); Rigby; (1977). #45913 A$ Goddard, Roy H. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMES MILSON. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 206, [2](blank); endpaper map & genealogical table, 11 other maps, 16 plates, 21 decorations by Geoffrey C. Ingleton; bibliog., appendices, ref. notes, summary of letters, index; original cloth; (some foxing; torn d/w.). Melbourne; Georgian House; #4343 A$50.00

17 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 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 frontis. and one plate (see below), sketch map, 20 illusts., 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$ Hawkings, David T. BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA. Cr. 4to, First Australian Edition; pp. xvi, 272(last 3 blank); 1 map, 8 plates, numerous illusts., numerous tables, 19 appendices, bibliog., index, index of ships; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w.; scarce. (Sydney; Library of Australian History; 1988). ***This book is the first guide for family historians wishing to follow the movements and destiny of an ancestor who was transported to Australia. It sets out the systematic sequence by which a convict can be traced from his conviction at court to his life in Australia. #26209 A$110.00

18 18 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 36 Henderson, John. OBSERVATIONS ON THE COLONIES OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND VAN DIEMEN S LAND. By John Henderson. Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, Circular Road Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xxviii, 154(last blank), [2](table of Experiments on the Temperature of the Ocean, made during a voyage from N. S. Wales to Bengal, verso blank), [155]-180(A letter on Nomenclature, etc.), [2](blank); 3 plates; original vinyl; a fine copy. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1965]. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No Only 492 copies were printed. The main text is in 2 sections, each with half-title: pp , Observations on the Political Economy of New South Wales and Van Diemen s Land; and pp , Observations on the Natural History, &c. [including Geology, etc.] of New South Wales and Van Diemen s Land. #11181 A$ Hobart Town Gazette: THE HOBART TOWN GAZETTE AND SOUTHERN REPORTER. A Facsimile Reproduction of Volumes I & II, May 11, 1816, June 1, 1816 to December 27, [and Volumes III & IV, January 3, 1818 to December 25, 1819]. 4 vols in 2, roy. 4to; [Vol. 1], pp. [ii], xii, [180](facsimiles), [26](index, last blank); [Vol. 2], pp. [ii], iv, [238](facsimiles), [48](index, last blank); original buckram; a fine set in d/ws. Hobart; Platypus Publications; ***Dr. Clifford Craig points out in his introduction that there is not a known single original and complete copy of Volumes 1 and 2 anywhere in the world. Two issues, of which no original could be located, were reproduced from microfilm in the Public Record Office, London. The volumes include useful modern indices. #724 A$165.00

19 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Ingleton, Geoffrey Chapman. TRUE PATRIOTS ALL, or News from Early Australia, - as told in a Collection of Broadsides. 4to, First Edition; pp. viii, 280; mounted col. frontis., 32 full-page facsimiles of rare broadsides, very numerous reproductions of early woodcuts; decorations by the Author; original cloth-backed, decorated papered boards; a very good copy in slightly worn d/w. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1952). ***A valuable work the content of which is not generally available elsewhere. The material here reproduced is not only rare but important in the history of early Australia and gives a peculiarly direct insight into many aspects of life in the Colony. #491 A$ Irvine, Nance. MARY REIBY - MOLLY INCOGNITA. A Biography of Mary Reiby 1777 to 1855, and her World. First Edition; pp. xii, 164(last 3 blank); 3 maps, 8 plates, a few illusts., refs., notes, appendix, bibliog., index; a fine copy in d/w. (Sydney); Library of Australian History; (1982). #23 A$65.00

20 20 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 40 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, Deluxe 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 original half grey goatskin with black moire cloth sides, top edge dyed, and marker ribbon. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***Deluxe limited edition of 70 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. #27823 A$365.00

21 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Kerr, John. MATTERS FOR JUDGMENT. An Autobiography. First Edition; pp. [xii], 468; 16 plates, notes & sources, appendix, index; a fine copy in d/w. (Melbourne); Macmillan; (1978). #18 A$ King, Hazel. ELIZABETH MACARTHUR AND HER WORLD. First Edition; pp. xii, 228(last blank); 4 plates, appendix, bibliog., index; a fine copy in d/w. (Sydney); Sydney University Press; (1980). #21758 A$ Leigh, W. H. RECONNOITERING VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, with Adventures in the New Colonies of South Australia; a Particular Description of the Town of Adelaide, and Kangaroo Island; and an Account of the Present State of Sydney and Parts Adjacent during the Years 1836, 1837, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], [xii], 220(last 5 blank); 4 plates, notes; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. (Sydney); Currawong Press; (1982). ***Originally published at London by Smith, Elder, see Ferguson The final portion of the original work, treating of other parts of the world has been omitted from this edition. #5114 A$35.00

22 22 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 44 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, re-issued in 1822 and now re-published by Edition Renard Melbourne to, Limited (Third) Edition; 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 col. plates, as issued in the second edition of 1822; 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 grey papered sides and printed title-label to match the original publisher s binding, spine titled in genuine gold, marker ribbon; a fine copy. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***One of 100 numbered copies (within a total edition of 212 copies) bound in the style of the first issue of the second edition of 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. #30288 A$ Mackaness, George. ADMIRAL ARTHUR PHILLIP: Founder of New South Wales Thick med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 536; portrait frontis., 34 plates (incl. 2 folding maps), bibliog., notes & authorities, index; original cloth; a very nice copy in slightly defective d/w.; scarce. Sydney; Angus & Robertson Limited; #5170 A$450.00

23 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Maclehose, James. PICTURE OF SYDNEY and Strangers Guide in New South Wales for Facsimile Edition; pp. [vi], viii, 188; folding map, 42 illusts., appendix; original cloth; (a couple of corners creased); a very good copy in worn d/w. Sydney; John Ferguson In Association With The Royal Australian Historical Society; (1977). #6339 A$ Mayo, M. P. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF COL. WILLIAM LIGHT. With a Foreword by A. Grenfell Price. First Edition; pp. xx, 264; frontis. (self portrait) & 1 col. plate (water-colour sketch by Light), several appendices, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly stained & repaired d/w.; scarce. Adelaide; F. W. Preece & Sons; ***Including his career during the Peninsular War and in Egypt. #8368 A$ Mills, Richard Charles. THE COLONIZATION OF AUSTRALIA ( ). The Wakefield Experiment in Empire Building. With an Introduction by Graham Wallas, M.A. Facsimile Edition with a Note by S. J. Butlin. Pp. xx, 364(last blank); bibliog., index; (slight foxing of edges); a nice copy in d/w. (Sydney); Sydney University Press; (1974). ***Includes Canada. #36903 A$ Moorhouse, Geoffrey. SYDNEY. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 278(last blank); endpaper map, full-page plan, 16 col. plates, sources, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. London; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; (1999). ***A history and account of the city today. #13260 A$50.00

24 24 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 50 O Brien, Eris. THE FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA ( ). A Study in English Criminal Practice and Penal Colonisation in the Eighteenth Century. With an Introduction by Douglas Woodruff. First Edition; pp. xvi, 432; 5 appendices, bibliog., notes, index; original orange cloth, spine lettered in black; (some foxing); scarce. London; Sheed & Ward; ***Lacking the frontispiece and apparently so issued: a remainder issue. #9113 A$ Ogle, Nathaniel. THE COLONY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. A Manual for Emigrants, Facsimile Edition; pp. [vi], xii, 298, lxiv(appendix); 2 double-page & 2 full-page plates; 14 appendices, incl. Returns of the Assignment of Lands on 4 folding tables; original cloth; a nice copy in worn & laminated d/w. Sydney; John Ferguson, In association with The Royal Australian Historical Society; (1977). ***First published in 1839 with a folding map not reproduced in this edition. #216 A$ Paine, Daniel: THE JOURNAL OF DANIEL PAINE : Together with Documents Illustrating the Beginning of Government Boat-Building and Timber-gathering in New South Wales, Edited by Dr. R. J. B. Knight and Dr. Alan Frost. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxx, 110(last 3 blank); 4 plates, appendices, Biographical Register, index; a fine copy in d/w. Sydney; Library of Australian History; #5116 A$45.00

25 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Pearl, Cyril. OUR YESTERDAYS. Australian Life since 1853 in Photographs. Arranged by Irma Pearl, with a commentary by Cyril Pearl. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. [iv], 164; very numerous illusts.; a very good copy in defective d/w.; scarce. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; (1954). ***An involving social history told through photographs. #52826 A$ Phillip, Arthur: ARTHUR PHILLIPS REISE NACH DER BOTANY-BAY. Nebst Auszugen Australia de Tagebuchern der neuesten Brittischen Entdecker in der Sudsee. Australia dem Englischen ubersetst von M. E. Sprengel. Mit einer Carte und Kupfern. Mit allergnadigsten Freiheiten. Hamburg, bei Benjamin Gottlob Hoffmann. 8vo, German Edition; pp. [xiv], viii, [9]-264; portrait of Phillip engraved by Henne as frontis., hand-tinted folding chart engraved by Frontrel, Leipzig, and 8 plates (3 engraved by Heinrich Muller & 5 by Capieux) from English originals, together with a fine re-engraving of the Wedgwood medallion on title-page; original full contemporary German marbled boards, handwritten title-label on spine & yellow dyed edges; (a few leaves very lightly creased in upper corner); a very fine, crisp copy; rare. Hamburg; Benjamin Gottlob Hoffmann; ***Ferguson 113. This is the third German edition, preceded by an abbreviated version of 86 pages with one map & 1 plate published at Leipzig in 1789, and a more substantial version published at Berlin in 1790, neither of these being listed in Ferguson. Pp comprise an account of Gilbert s voyage from Port Jackson to Canton, with separate section-title, and the last leaf is a description of the flying-fox or flying opossum with a fine plate adapted from the one in the English edition. #11953 A$

26 26 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 55 Phillip, Arthur: COPIES AND EXTRACTS OF LETTERS from Governor Phillip, giving an Account of the Nature and Fertility of the Land in and adjoining to any Settlement in New South Wales, and Of the Probability of raising any, and what Provisions thereon, and of the Behaviour and Employment of the Convicts sent there, and which have been received since the last Account was laid before the House of Commons. To which are prefixed, Copies and Extracts of Letters from the Office of Secretary of State for the Home Department, bearing Date since the last Accounts relative to the Transporting of Convicts to New South Wales, and providing for the same. London: Printed for J. Debrett, Opposite Burlington- House, Piccadilly. M.DCC.XCII. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. [ii](title, verso blank), [ii](contents), 128(last blank); (a little moderate foxing); old full calf in contemporary style by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; a fine copy; very rare. London; J. Debrett; ***Ferguson 144; Wantrup 12. This is the public reprinting of the House of Commons Paper published two months earlier, together with the extremely rare Extracts of Letters, &c from Governor Phillip, relating to New South Wales. Ordered to be printed 21st May 1792 (Ferguson 143). The latter is reprinted at Pp of the present work and deals particularly with agriculture and land cultivation. These are invaluable documents on the progress of the fledgling settlement during 1790, especially the letters from Phillip, King, Paterson and other colonial officers. Even the lists of clothing and other articles requested and sent out are immensely interesting for the light they shed on the needs and problems of the colony. A foundation work of paramount importance, very seldom offered for sale. #21798 A$35,000.00

27 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 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, Special 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 (incl. Botany Bay & Port Jackson), 4 additional illusts., 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; ***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. These 25 Special copies, numbered 1-25, contain in addition to the 86 bound-in plates, an additional suite of 49 plates (31 coloured) unbound and suitable for framing. The whole is housed in a specially made cloth Solander box, lined in moire silk. #23918 A$

28 28 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 57 Plomley, N. J. B. THE BAUDIN EXPEDITION AND THE TASMANIAN ABORIGINES Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. [xii], 248(last 3 blank); illustrated endpapers, full-page text map, col. frontis., 16 col. & 11 b/w. plates (incl. 4 maps), 4 b/w. text illusts., refs., notes, appendix, bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. Sandy Bay, Tasmania; Blubber Head Press; ***Edition limited to 1000 copies, numbered and signed by the Author. One of the finest books produced in Australia at the time and still one of the best: a book of which the author, the publisher and the printer can justly feel proud. With the bookplate of John Chapman. #99 A$ Provis, J. Selkirk & Johnson, K. A. CADMAN S COTTAGE. The Life and Times of John Cadman In Colonial Sydney Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [xii], (but complete, last blank); endpaper plans, 25 plates, index; a fine copy in d/w. Sydney; Privately Published; ***This edition is limited to 1500 copies of which 500 are numbered and signed by both Authors, this being one of the signed copies. #36197 A$ Rees, Sian. THE FLOATING BROTHEL. The extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts. First Edition; pp. [viii], 248; double-page map, 8 plates, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. (London); Headline; (2001). ***An account of the infamous convict transport the Lady Juliana enlarged and adapted from the narrative of John Nicol, one of the few published accounts of a second fleet voyage. The ship is thoughout referred to erroneously as the Lady Julian and there are other inaccuracies and rather imaginative interpretations, but the book is not without interest as an account of eighteenth-century criminal life. #17646 A$60.00

29 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Rumsey, Herbert J. THE PIONEERS OF SYDNEY COVE. Compiled by Herbert J. Rumsey, F.L.G. Lond., F.S.A.G. With Decorations by James Emery. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. xxviii, 124(last 2 blank); 20 text illusts.; original buckram; a fine copy in d/w.; very scarce. Sydney; Sunnybrook Press; ***Limited Edition of 150 numbered copies signed by Compiler and Printer, Ernest A. Shea. Comprising vital and interesting events in the lives of over a thousand persons who came to New South Wales on the first and subsequent fleets. #52803 A$ Rydon, Joan. A BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 230(last blank); original wrappers. Canberra; Australian National University Press; ***Includes all members of the Commonwealth Parliament from its inception until the dissolution of 1972, with party affiliations and brief biographical details. #38603 A$35.00

30 30 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 62 Salvado, Monsig. D. Rudesindo; O.S.B., Vescovo di Porto-Vittoria. MEMORIE STORICHE DELL AUSTRALIA. Particolarmente della Missione Benedettina de Nuova Norcia e degli Usi e Costumi degli Australiani. Second Edition; pp. 372(last blank), [2](Errata, verso blank), [2](Publication Licence, verso blank); folding map, language tables; modern quarter cloth; uncut & largely unopened; (some occasional moderately heavy foxing, but generally clean); very scarce. Napoli; Tipographia di Vincenzo Prigiobba; ***Ferguson First published in Rome in the preceding year. The establishment and early years of the Benedictine Mission at New Norcia, Western Australia, and the story of its founder, preceded by a general survey of Australia and followed by accounts of the Aboriginals. There are notes on the natural history, including accounts of whales and whaling. This work was not published in English translation until #9004 A$ Scott, Ernest. A SHORT HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition.; pp. xx, 364; 24 maps, chronology, bibliog. notes, index; original cloth (slightly flecked); a fine copy. London; Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press; #24213 A$65.00

31 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Smith, Bernard & Wheeler, Alwyne; Editors. THE ART OF THE FIRST FLEET and other early Australian drawings. Roy. 4to, First U.S. Edition; pp. 256; over 240 illusts. (some full-page & many coloured), 4 appendices, notes, bibliog., index; a fine copy in full cloth and d/w. New Haven and London; Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the British Museum (Natural History); ***Printed in Melbourne, and identical to the first (Australian) edition. 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. The 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. #43399 A$375.00

32 32 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 65 Sydney: THE SYDNEY HERALD. [A facsimile reproduction of the first thirty eight issues from April 18, 1831 to January 2, 1832.]. Demy folio, Facsimile Edition; pp. [viii],[172](last 2 blank); illustrated endpapers; original vinyl (corners bumped, o/wise a very good copy in torn d/w.). [Lidcombe, N.S.W.; Land Printers]; N.D. [c. 1979]. ***The Sydney Herald later became The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia s oldest surviving newspaper. #25185 A$60.00

33 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 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 d/ws. (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]; ***Volume I is the 1982 reprint. A ninth volume was published in Canberra by Roebuck Press in 1973: this is not present. #14879 A$ Taylor, Peter. AUSTRALIA: THE FIRST TWELVE YEARS. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 220; 3 maps, 4 col. plates, 52 full-page & half-page illusts.; bibliog., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. Sydney; George Allen & Unwin; (1982). #646 A$75.00

34 34 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books TENCH S ACCOUNT OF BOTANY BAY - WITH ADDITIONS 68 Tench, Watkin. VOYAGE A LA BAIE BOTANIQUE; avec une Description du nouveau Pays de Galles Meridional, de ses habitans, de ses productions, &c. & quelques details relatifs a M. de la Peyrouse, pendant son sejour a la Baie Botanique. Par le Capitaine Watkin Tench, Officier de Marine, Commandant le vaisseau de transport la Charlotte. A laquelle on a ajoute le recit historique de la Decouverte de la nouvelle Hollande, & des differens Voyages qui y ont ete faits par les Europeens. A Paris, Chez Letellier, Libraire, quai des Augustins. no vo; First French Edition; pp. viii, 266; modern quarter calf with marbled sides in contemporary style; a little marginal pale staining towards end, but a nice, clean and crisp copy; rare. Paris; Letellier; ***Ferguson 53. Without the folding map, lacking from most copies. The first and most popular of the First Fleet accounts, Tench s work was published in three London editions and in Dublin, and translated and published into several languages, all in This first French edition is of particular interest as the Recit Historique (of 86 pages) and the translator s notes are useful additions to Tench s account. #23905 A$ Tench, Captain Watkin. A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITON TO BOTANY BAY. By Captain Watkin Tench of the Marines. (Third Edition: London, 1789). Decorated with Woodcuts and Drawings by Adrian Feint. With an Introductory Note by C. H. Bertie. The Australian Limited Editions Society: Sydney Med. 8vo, Third Edition, (modern reprint); pp. [vi](5 blank), xviii(last blank), 116, [4] (blank); facsimile of original title-page, 5 col. & 15 monochrome illusts. by Adrian Feint; original quarter blue calf, with canvas sides (spine worn, o/wise fine and clean), fore & lower edges uncut; a very good copy; scarce. Sydney; The Australian Limited Editions Society; ***Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by Adrian Feint and Perce Green, who designed the book and hand-set the type in Caslon Old Face for which the punches were cut in It was the first book commissioned by the Australian Limited Editions Society in 1938, and is the first reprinting of Tench s narrative since the eighteenth century. Includes an account of Norfolk Island. #26041 A$450.00

35 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Turner, Henry Gyles. ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, M.A. [His Life and Work]. An Address delivered by request to The Australian Literature Society, 14th November, Small 4to, First Edition; pp. 38(last blank); original wrappers, neatly sewn into cloth folder; a nice copy; scarce. Melbourne; T. C. Lothian; #14432 A$ Turner, Henry Gyles. THE FIRST DECADE OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH. A Chronicle of Contemporary Politics Facsimile Edition; pp. xvi, 320; index; original cloth; a very good copy in d/w. Melbourne; Heritage Publications; N.D. [1975]. ***Originally published #4935 A$ [Wendel, Robert]. NEW SOUTH WALES ALBUM. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. [iv](copy of letter to Charles Troedel & Co., and Preface, versos blank), [22], XXVIII(last blank); 22 fine coloured chromo-lithographed plates (2 double-page) signed by R. Wendel and lithographed by C. Troedel; original cloth sides, recently expertly rebacked and recornered with roan in original style; (some minor foxing, but without any of the usual adhesion damage due to sticky ink); a fine copy; very rare. [Sydney; Charles Troedel & Co. Lith.; 1878]. ***Ferguson ; Wantrup 265. This was the last of the fine pictorial topographical books published in Australia and is possibly one of the rarest, especially in view of the common problems with ink adhesion mentioned above. This copy is similar to the most substantial of three variants mentioned by Ferguson (17330) and includes the 28-page supplement on the history of New South Wales, but does not contain the 12 advertising leaves mentioned in his description. Ferguson s and do not contain any letterpress. #18305 A$

36 36 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 73 White, John: JOHN WHITES RESA TILL NYA HOLLAND, till Nya Holland, aren 1787 och I Sammandrag af Samuel Odmann. Upsala, tryckt hos dir. J. Edmans enka, Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 148; 4 plates, a few text decorations; uncut in contemporary wrappers (stuck a little far into first & last leaves obscuring portions of three letters; fore-edge of title-page slightly trimmed and neatly reinforced); a nice copy; very scarce. Upsala; J. Edmans; ***Ferguson 172; Du Rietz 915. This rare Swedish account was compiled by Samuel Odmann from Johann Reinhold Forster s German version of the First Fleet story derived from the published English accounts of White and Phillip (the official account). The final part of the volume (page 115 to the end) is an account of Captain Cook s voyage up the east coast of New Holland, probably derived from Hawkesworth. Odmann was quite a prolific compiler of material related to Australia and the Pacific producing several works in the late eighteenth century. The plates were probably the first images of Australia published in Sweden (see Rolf Du Rietz s Swansea, Series A, Part I, pp , for detailed discussion). #48729 A$650.00

37 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books White, John: VOYAGE A LA NOUVELLE GALLES DU SUD, a Botany-Bay, au Port Jackson, en 1787, 1788, 1789; par John White, Chirurgien en chef de l etablissement des Anglais, dans cette partie du globe; Ouvrage ou l on trouve de nouveaux details sur le caractere et les usages des habitans du cap de Bonne- Esperance, de l ile Teneriffe, de Rio-Janeiro et de la Nouvelle-Hollande, ainsi qu une description exacte de plusieurs animaux inconnus jusqu a present. Traduit de l Anglais, avec des notes critiques et philosophiques sur l histoire naturelle et les moeurs; par Charles Pougens. A Paris, Chez Pougin, Imprimeur-Libraire, rue des Peres, No. 9. An 3 de la Republique, (1795, vieux style.) Post or demy 8vo, First French Edition; pp. xii, 206, [2](Table des Matieres), 256(Notes du Traducteur), [4](Table Alphabetique des Notes); contemporary paste-papered boards, rebacked & recornered with calf or kangaroo; (a little foxing at beginning & end; small stain on lower corner of first few leaves); a fine generally clean & crisp copy; rare. Paris; Pougin; ***Ferguson 231. Without the two plates called for by FERGUSON. We are disposed, however, to challenge his collation. During the past sixty years we have examined many copies of this edition, and not one has contained any plates. The British Museum copy, also, is without them. On the other hand, the edition of 1798 (F. 283), which is actually a re-issue of the sheets of the 1795 edition but with a new half-title and title-page, has two plates, which are specified in the title. However, FERGUSON in his description of this issue does not mention the two plates in his collation. We conclude, therefore, that he has confused the two issues, and that his collations require revision. The importance of this translation of WHITE s Journal has consistently been overlooked. The latter part of the Volume (i.e., the 256 pages comprising the Notes du Traducteur ), which exceeds in volume the work of WHITE itself, consists of detailed analysis, comment, criticism and elaboration of WHITE s Journal, relating WHITE s statements to those in the works of PHILLIP and TENCH, and comparing the country generally, the native people and their ways, the flora and fauna, with those of other lands, as recorded by earlier voyagers and observers, both English and French. POUGENS Notes with this translation, therefore, entitle it to be considered a separate work in its own right. #21522 A$

38 38 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 75 White, John. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. By John White, Surgeon- General to the First Fleet and the Settlement at Port Jackson. (Originally published 1790). With a Biographical Introduction by Rex Rienits. Edited by Alec H. Chisholm. First Edition under this editorship; pp. xiv, 282; 2 col. & 37 b/w. plates, 4 appendices, ref. notes, bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson, in association with The Royal Australian Historical Society; (1962). #66 A$ Worgan, George B.; Surgeon of the Sirius. JOURNAL OF A FIRST FLEET SURGEON. First Edition; pp. xiv, 74(last 3 blank); frontis., notes, index; original textured cloth; a nice copy. Sydney; The Library Council of New South Wales in association with the Library of Australian History; ***Edition limited to 1000 copies. #5162 A$65.00