CATALOGUE NUMBER 393. Voyages, Travels, and Exploration. GASTON RENARD BOOKS AUSTRALASIA

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1 CATALOGUE NUMBER 393 Voyages, Travels, and Exploration. GASTON RENARD BOOKS AUSTRALASIA Fine and Rare Books P.O. Box 1030, IVANHOE, Victoria, 3079, Australia. Website: Telephone: (+61 3) FAX: (+61 3)

2 AVAILABLE SHORTLY 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 and index. Melbourne; Edition Renard; ***Available shortly in a limited edition 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. This new edition will be available in three forms: The Limited Edition: 100 copies, numbered , fully section-sewn and casebound in attractive grey book-cloth, top edge dyed and marker ribbon. The Deluxe Edition: 70 copies, numbered , fully section-sewn, hand-bound in quarter leather with grey watered silk sides, top edge dyed, and marker ribbon. The Special Edition: 30 copies, numbered 1-30, fully section-sewn, hand-bound in full grey goatskin, all edges silver-gilt, marker ribbon, housed in full cloth slipcase. We will offer a pre-publication discount (prices to be announced shortly) and anticipate a rapid sale of this important narrative. You are invited to register your interest now (priority given in order of receipt). Please use the form below and note your address overleaf. Please record my interest in: [ ] Limited Edition [ ] Deluxe Edition [ ] Special Edition

3 Catalogue No VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, EXPLORATION. 1 Adams, Brian. THE FLOWERING OF THE PACIFIC: Being an account of Joseph Banks travels in the South Seas and the story of his Florilegium. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. [xii], 196(last 2 blank); text map, 17 fine coloured plates & 38 other coloured illustrations, 17 b/w. illustrations, notes, bibliography, appendix on Banks Florilegium, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Collins/British Museum (Natural History); (1986). ***Including an account of the modern colour printing of this magnificent work. #15307 A$ Adams, Lt. Harry. BEYOND THE BARRIER WITH BYRD. An Authentic Story of the Byrd Antarctic Exploring Expedition. By Lieutenant Harry Adams, U.S. Navy, Ret., Chief Officer and Navigator on the Expedition. With an Introduction by the Editor. First Edition; pp. 256(last 3 blank); 16 plates; original blue-grey cloth (spine faded); a very good copy. Chicago & New York; M. A. Donohue; (1932). ***Spence 8; Renard 2 (variant colour). #34014 A$ Adams, Richard; & Lockley, Ronald. VOYAGE THROUGH THE ANTARCTIC. Roy 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. 160; double-page map, 32 coloured photos. (some double-page), on 16 plates, 60 b/w. photos. (6 double-page & 4 full-page), all by Peter Hirst-Smith; quarter light blue cloth and grey papered boards, lettered in silver; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Alfred A. Knopf; ***Renard 7. #3868 A$ Alexander, Caroline. THE BOUNTY. The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xx, 492(last blank); 4 double-page maps, 8 coloured & 32 b/w. plates, sources, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); HarperCollins Publishers; (2003). #18300 A$ Allen, Jim & Corris, Peter; Editors. THE JOURNAL OF JOHN SWEATMAN: A Nineteenth Century Surveying Voyage in North Australia and Torres Strait. Small cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxxiv, 208, [2](blank); endpaper facsimiles of pages of the MS. Journal, 1 double-page & 1 full-page maps, 12 plates, 4 other full-page illustrations, appendix, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (St. Lucia); University of Queensland Press; (1977). #9444 A$ Allen, Kenneth S. THAT BOUNTY BASTARD. The True Story of Captain William Bligh. First Edition; pp. 224; 2 maps (1 double-page), 12 plates, sources, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper (spine faded). London; Robert Hale & Company; (1976). #2299 A$ Amundsen, Roald. THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Gjoa by Roald Amundsen with a Supplement by First Lieutenant Hansen, Vice- Commander of the Expedition. With about one hundred and thirty-nine illustrations and three maps. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xiv, 336; 1 folding coloured map (in pocket) & 1 full-page coloured map, photogravure frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some full-page); Vol. II, pp. x, 398, [2] (blank); photogravure frontispiece, coloured folding map in pocket, numerous illustrations, Supplement & Addendum, index; original cloth, decorated in gilt and colours; top edges gilt; (short marginal tears to endpaper & two leaves expertly repaired); a fine bright set in a most attractive publisher s binding; very scarce. London; Archibald Constable and Company; #46269 A$

4 2 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EDGEWORTH DAVID 8 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 2 vols., thick med. 8vo, First Edition in English; Vol. I, pp. xxxvi, 392; folding tinted General Map of the South Polar Region at end, 1 other map, 57 plates; Vol. II, pp. x, 450(last blank); 2 folding and 2 full-page charts, 16 other maps & charts, 43 plates, 7 text figures, folding sectional diagrams of the Fram, 5 scientific appendices, index; original dark maroon cloth; gilt lettering and coloured Norwegian flag on spines and front boards; top edges gilt, others uncut; (spine to Vol. I very slightly rubbed); a very nice, attractive set; very scarce. London; John Murray; ***Spence 16; Renard 17; Rosove 9.A1; U.S.N The only other first-hand account of this important expedition is Helmer Hanssen s Voyages of a Modern Viking. This copy is warmly inscribed on the title-page of Volume I to the noted Australian scientist W. Baldwin Spencer and signed in full by T. W. Edgeworth David, the oldest member of Shackleton s British Antarctic Expedition and instrumental in having fellow Australian geologist Douglas Mawson join that expedition (though not in the capacity of geologist). #35679 A$ Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 2 vols., thick med. 8vo (approx.; 230 mm. by 155 mm.), First U.S. Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxxvi, 392; folding tinted General Map of the South Polar Region at end, 1 other map, 57 plates; Vol. II, pp. x, 450(last blank); 2 folding charts and 2 full-page charts, 16 other maps & charts, 43 plates, 7 text figures, folding sectional diagrams of the Fram, 5 scientific appendices, index; original cloth (a little worn & discoloured; spines wrinkled); top edges gilt; (light marginal staining to most plates; the final folding chart to Vol. II crudely repaired with sticky tape); a good, complete set; scarce. New York; Lee Keedick; ***Spence 18; Renard 20; Rosove A9.B2. This edition consists of the sheets of the First London Edition ( first impression), with the title-leaf and last leaf in each volume replaced by cancel leaves with the U.S. details, and is identical in content to the First London Edition. #62491 A$ Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 2 vols. in 1, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], xxxvi, 392; x, 458(last 9 blank); 6 maps (including 1 folding), 100 plates, folding diagram of the Fram, several text figures; appendices, index; original blue papered boards, spine gilt; endpapers foxed; otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. St. Lucia; University of Queensland Press; (1976). ***A facsimile of the First Edition by John Murray, see Spence 28 - variant imprint; Renard 22; Rosove 9.D2. #3945 A$ Anderson, W. Ellery. EXPEDITION SOUTH. Book Club Edition; pp. 208; endpaper maps, 17 plates, 4 appendices; original mustard cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in black; (name on half-title); a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; The Travel Book Club; N.D. [c. 1958]. ***This edition not in Spence; Renard 32. Contains all the illustrations of the First Edition and is identical in content. #30287 A$35.00 EXTREMELY RARE ACCOUNT OF ANSON S VOYAGE 12 Anson s Voyage: AN AUTHENTIC AND GENUINE JOURNAL OF COMMODORE ANSON S EXPEDITION, containing An exact Account of the several Transactions that happen d; particularly of the Expeditions to Madeira, St. Julian s, St. Catharine s, and St. Juan Ferdinandez [sic]; the great Necessity the Seamen were under for Want of Provisions and of their being forced to live on Sea-Lions, Sea-Dogs, and other Creatures, and of their being obliged to drink their own Urine for Want of Water; of the terrible Storm tpublished from the Journals of several of the principal officers who attended him throughout the whole Expedition. The Whole embellished with Copper-Plates of all the remarkable Things that happen d during the Voyage. London: Printed for C. Whitefield, in White Friars. M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]. 12mo, First Edition; pp. 316(last blank, page 315 misnumbered 515); frontispiece portrait, 4 folding plates (at pp. 23, 35, 51 and 125, the first trimmed close, but entire); full speckled calf with fully gilt spine in contemporary style by Aquarius; a

5 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 3 fine, generally clean and crisp copy; extremely rare. London; Printed for C. Whitefield; ***Of the several unauthorized accounts of Anson s famous voyage that appeared shortly after his return, and years before the official version of 1748, this seems to be indisputably the rarest. We have been unable to trace any record of sale apart from this copy and can find only two copies in libraries, one in the British Library, and another in the National Library of Scotland, to both of which this copy conforms. There appears to be no copy in North America or in Europe or in Australasia. Another edition was published in 1749, and this appears to be equally rare, if not rarer. We have been able to trace only the single copy in the University of Newcastle library in the U.K. The publication may well have been issued initially in weekly or fortnightly parts as various signatures are numbered from No III to No XV (the gatherings being somewhat irregular but mostly in alternate 8s and 4s, A to Cc), the first four signatures however do not bear any part numbers. The text gives every appearance of being Authentic and Genuine as claimed in the title, with detailed, dated, and for the most part daily, entries giving information additional to that in other accounts of Anson s voyage such as the official account by Richard Walter and the accounts of Bulkeley and Cummins, Pascoe Thomas, etc., as well as corroborating these accounts in other particulars. This text is therefore an important source for accurate information on this famous voyage. In addition to the daily doings of the ships, there are extensive accounts of the places visited, their natural history, inhabitants etc. For example, detailed accounts are given of Juan Fernandez, Acapulco, several parts of the East Indies, Philippines, Canton & Singapore, Cape of Good Hope, Streights of Magellan, sealing activities, etc. This is a fascinating account of considerable importance and extreme rarity. #34188 A$65, Armitage, Albert B. TWO YEARS IN THE ANTARCTIC: Being a Narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition. First Edition; pp. xx, 316(last blank), 16(inserted adv.); coloured folding map by Lieut. Mulock, 16 plates, 54 text drawings (some full-page); 4 appendices, index; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, white fancy lettering and illustration in black on front board; entirely uncut; (a couple of trifling flecks to cloth near fore-edge); a very fine, crisp copy; rare, especially in such condition. London; Edward Arnold; ***With the armorial bookplate of Major Dudley Alexander on paste-down and inscribed by (or for) him on free endpaper. Spence 67; Renard 50; Rosove 17.A1.a. With a Preface by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen dated September 24, An important first-hand account of Scott s First Expedition, including reproductions from The Blizzard, the projected monthly newspaper published in an edition of 50 copies in May, 1902, and constituting the first item printed in the Antarctic. The advertisements are dated October, 1905, comprising Mr. Edward Arnold s List of New Books., and include the work itself listed at 15s. net. #16486 A$ Armitage, Albert B. CADET TO COMMODORE. By Albert B. Armitage. Captain R.D., R.N.R. (retired); Commodore P. & O. Steam Navigation Company (retired); Second-in-Command, Jackson- Harmsworth North Polar Expedition, ; Second-in-Command, South Polar Expedition, and Navigator s.s. Discovery, ; Awarded The Murchison Grant, 1898; Author of Two Years in the Antarctic. With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Viscount Inchcape G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., K.C.I.E. First Edition, secondary issue; pp. xii, 308; portrait frontispiece, index; original coarse brown cloth, lettered in black; (names on endpaper; two coloured flags neatly affixed to title-page); a nice, bright copy; scarce. London; Cassell and Company, Ltd; (1925). ***Spence 68; Renard 53; Rosove 18.A1 (not noting this binding variant). Autobiographical. Armitage was Second-in-Command of Scott s Discovery expedition and later became Commodore of the P. & O. Steam Navigation Company. He had also been Second-in-Command of the Jackson-Harmsworth North Polar Expedition, #42763 A$ [Arnot, J. F.; & Holmes, M. M. G.]. ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN: A Bibliography. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 80; mounted coloured frontispiece, 3 b/w. plates, including reproduction of the famous Tasman map, 248 entries, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Sydney; The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales; #15775 A$ Ashley, Clifford W. THE YANKEE WHALER. With an Introduction by Robert Cushman Murphy and a Preface to the pictures by Zephaniah W. Pease. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxvi, 158; coloured frontispiece,

6 4 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 15 coloured & 111 b/w. plates, 12 text illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index; original quarter buckram (spine faded & a little stained; some occasional minor foxing; portion of inscription on half-title blacked out); top edge gilt, others uncut; a very good copy; very scarce. Boston and New York; Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge; ***Edition of 1625 copies. #9003 A$ Badger, G. M.; Editor. CAPTAIN COOK: NAVIGATOR AND SCIENTIST. Papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 1 May, Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 144; endpaper maps, 2 full-page & 6 text maps, coloured mounted portrait frontispiece & 4 other coloured full-page illustrations, several b/w. illusts, references; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Canberra; Australian National University Press; ***With substantial sections on the Great Barrier Reef, South Pacific botany and astronomical observations. #2139 A$70.00 WITH ORIGINAL LETTERS & PHOTOGRAPHS OF SAMUEL AND FLORENCE BAKER 18 Baker, Samuel White. THE ALBERT NYANZA, GREAT BASIN OF THE NILE, and Explorations of the Nile Sources. With Maps, Illustrations, and Portraits. In Two Volumes. 2 vols., cr. 8vo, Second Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iii]-xxx(lacking half-title - as usual?), 372(last blank); 2 coloured maps (1 folding), steel-engraved portrait frontispiece & 7 wood-engraved plates (including 1 unlisted at P. 330), 15 text illustrations; Vol. II, pp. xii, 372; tinted litho. frontispiece, 6 engraved plates & 5 text illustrations, appendix, index; neatly recased in original gilt-decorated cloth, with new endpapers & pocket in front board of Vol. I to house the folding map to that Vol. (the map neatly laid down on linen); uncut; (some occasional mild foxing); a very good set; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co.; ***Identical in content to the First Edition of the previous year, but in slightly smaller format. Samuel W. Baker discovered the Murchison Falls, the largest waterfall on the Nile, on this privately organised and financed expedition, of the utmost importance in determining the Nile source, and for his discoveries, accomplished under conditions of extreme hardship, he was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society and a knighthood. The frontispiece to Volume I is an attractive steel engraving showing the explorer and his second wife Florence who accompanied him on these and many other travels. The couple are shown in oval format facing each other with Sir Samuel on the left. Accompanying these volumes are two original photographs, each 55 by 88 mm. approx. with the original oval sepia images from which the engraving was made. The engravings have been reversed from the original images (i.e. Sir Samuel faces left and his wife to the right). Also included are two holograph letters of 1867, both signed, from [Sir] Sam[uel] W. and F[lorence] Baker respectively to Mr. and Mrs. Mortlock respectively concerning visiting arrangements for a shooting party and dinner. These are on notepaper headed Hedenham Hall, Bungay where Sir Samuel and his wife resided for some years following this African trip. #18720 A$ Baker, Sidney J. MY OWN DESTROYER. A Biography of Matthew Flinders, Explorer and Navigator. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 146; frontis., 7 plates, chronology, appendix, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Currawong Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.; (1962). #5012 A$ Balch, Edwin Swift. ANTARCTICA. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 232(last 2 blank); 3 folding maps, index, numerous references to the literature; original red buckram, lettered in gilt on spine & front board; top edge gilt, others uncut; (spine very mild soiled); an unusually fine, clean copy; very scarce. Philadelphia; Press of Allen, Lane & Scott; ***Most, if not nearly all copies of this book are ex-library; this copy has a label to front pastedown noting it as a gift of the Author to the Library Company of Philadelphia but no other markings. A finely produced book, nicely printed on laid paper, and containing important geographical researches with particular reference to the earliest explorers and voyagers to the region. Spence 83; Renard 77; Rosove 24.A1. #33000 A$ Ball, Ian M. PITCAIRN. Children of the Bounty. First U.K. Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 382(last 2 blank); endpaper & 1 double-page map, 33 illustrations (2 double-page & several full-page), index; original papered

7 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 5 boards; (small silverfished hole in front endpaper, otherwise a nice copy in dustwrapper). London; Victor Gollancz Ltd; ***A study of the island and a new look at the Bounty Mutiny. #33137 A$ Banks, Sir Joseph: SIR JOSEPH BANKS IN NEW ZEALAND: From his Journal. Edited by [Professor] W. P. Morrell. First Edition; pp. 160(last blank); 13 plates, index; original cloth (marked; tape marks on endpapers; waterstain to lower portion throughout); very good dustwrapper. Wellington; A. H. & A. W. Reed; (1958). #7977 A$ Banks, Sir Joseph: THE ENDEAVOUR JOURNAL OF JOSEPH BANKS Edited by J. C. Beaglehole. 2 vols., med. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxviii, 476; Vol. II, pp. xvi, [ii], 406; folding map & 8 sketch maps, 16 coloured plates (including portrait) & 86 b/w. plates, 5 appendices, index; original cloth; a nice set in worn dustwrappers (dustwrapper to Volume II torn & repaired). (Sydney); The Public Library of New South Wales in association with Angus and Robertson; (1962). ***Beddie 705. Published from the original manuscript in the Mitchell Library, this is the first publication of BANKS Complete Journal of COOK s First Voyage. Most of the illustrations are from paintings and drawings by SYDNEY PARKINSON, who accompanied BANKS as his draughtsman. #21897 A$ Barber, Noel. THE WHITE DESERT. First Edition; pp. 208(last blank); map, 24 plates, diary of events, list of members, appendix of facts about the Antarctic, personal postscript; original dark blue clothgrained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Hodder and Stoughton; (1958). ***Spence 86; Renard 81. A first-hand account of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. #3939 A$ Barbot, Jean. BARBOT ON GUINEA. The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa Edited by P. E. H. Hair, Adam Jones and Robin Law. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. 1, pp. cxxviii, 328(last blank); Vol. 2, pp. [ii], x, [329]-916; 1 full-page & 4 double-page maps, 46 plates, 3 full-page illustrations, chronology, appendices, bibliography, index of places and peoples, index of persons, index of authors & index of select subjects; original cloth; a fine set in dustwrappers. London; The Hakluyt Society; #39448 A$ Barrett, Charles; Editor. THE PACIFIC. Ocean of Islands. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [x], 180(last 4 blank); mounted coloured frontispiece, 40 plates, several text maps & illustrations; original buckram, with bevelled boards; a nice copy in clear acetate dustwrapper. Melbourne; N. H. Seward; N.D. [1950]. ***Du Rietz 44 (no mention of col. frontis.); McLaren 123. An interesting and attractively produced work containing sixteen essays by notable scholars and talented amateurs including Geoffrey C. Ingleton, Nancy M. Taylor, Geoffrey Rawson, Evelyn Cheesman, Phyllis Mander Jones, Frederick D. McCarthy, H[arry] B. Muir, Peter H. Buck, the Editor, C. Irving Benson, Noel Lothian, William C. Groves, Rex Ingamells, and C. R. H. Taylor. The article by Harry Muir is on The Literature of the Bounty and there are references to Bligh in other essays. #1639 A$ Barrow, J. THE MUTINY AND PIRATICAL SEIZURE OF H.M.S. BOUNTY. Illustrated by Lieut.-Colonel Batty. Cr. 8vo; pp. viii, 392; 5 etched plates by Batty, several text illustrations; original grey gilt & black-decorated cloth, with bevelled edges; a very good copy; scarce. London; George Routledge and Sons; ***Ferguson #16579 A$ Barrow, John. THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY. With illustrations by Nigel Lambourne. Pp. 320; 8 full-page illustrations; (name on endpaper; some partial colouring of illustrations & headpieces - not overly obtrusive); original cloth; a very good copy. London and Glasgow; Blackie; (1961). ***The first edition was in A most interesting account of the whole affair, compiled from original documents, and including details of the wreck of the Pandora, the trial of the mutineers, and the discovery of the descendants of some of the mutineers on Pitcairn Island, etc. #35142 A$65.00

8 6 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 29 Barrow, Sir John. THE EVENTFUL HISTORY OF THE MUTINY AND PIRATICAL SEIZURE OF H.M.S. BOUNTY: its Causes and Consequences. Edited and with an Introduction by Captain Stephen W. Roskill. Pp. 262, [2](blank); endpaper maps, 12 plates including portrait frontispiece; original decorated cloth; a fine copy in original slip-case. London; The Folio Society; MCMLXXVI [1976]. ***The first edition was in A most interesting account of the whole affair, compiled from original documents, and including details of the wreck of the Pandora, the trial of the mutineers, and the discovery of the descendants of some of the mutineers on Pitcairn Island, etc. The introduction by Roskill contributes useful background. #36255 A$ Barrow, John; Editor. COOK S VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY. Edited by John Barrow, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. With Eight Illustrations in Colour by John Williamson. Cr. 8vo; pp. viii, 418(last colophon only), [10] (adv.); 8 coloured plates, folding facsimile document with signature of Cook, map & 9 text illustrations; original red cloth with illustrations in gilt & colours on spine and front board; a fine copy. London; Adam and Charles Black; ***A notice on verso of title-page states: This edition first published July #15761 A$ Bassett, Marnie. THE GOVERNOR S LADY. Mrs. Philip Gidley King. An Australian Historical Narrative. 2nd Edition; pp. xii, 132; portrait frontispiece, 14 plates (including 2 maps), 3 appendices, including bibliography, index; a fine copy in worn & soiled dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; ***Includes extracts from Mrs. King s journal giving her impressions on several voyages with her husband, including observations of Norfolk Island. New facts are incorporated in this second edition. #7305 A$ 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$ Bassett, Marnie. BEHIND THE PICTURE. H.M.S. Rattlesnake s Australia - New Guinea Cruise 1846 to First Edition; pp. xii, 112; endpaper map, full- page map & text map, folding coloured panorama by Oswald Brierly, 21 b/w. plates, bibliography, index; original cloth, gilt; a fine copy in silverfished dustwrapper; scarce. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; #8375 A$ 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 (marked, especially the spine, but internally fine and clean). Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; ***The first publication in any language of Baudin s Journal. #14566 A$ Bauer, Ferdinand: THE AUSTRALIAN FLOWER PAINTINGS OF FERDINAND BAUER. [By] William T. Stearn. Introduction by Wilfred Blunt. Super impl. folio (630mm. x 445mm.); pp. [ii] (blank); [viii], 9-30, [2], [2](index), [2](blank); double-page map showing the routes of the Investigator, the Porpoise and the Cumberland, 25 superb coloured plates from the original watercolours of Ferdinand Bauer each with accompanying leaf of descriptive text, each leaf containing also a sketch map showing the location of the specimens collected, bibliographies, index; hand-bound in quarter dark green morocco, hand-marbled papered sides, vellum-tipped corners; in canvas covered, hinged box; (the box externally marked, but the book itself in fine, clean condition as issued). London; The Basilisk Press; ***Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. These fine paintings, printed in up to ten colours, have never before been published. Ferdinand Bauer was botanical artist on the Investigator under the celebrated botanist Robert Brown during Matthew Flinders circumnavigation of Australia. #5932 A$

9 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 7 36 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 coloured 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$16, Beaglehole, J. C. THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. Thick med. 8vo; pp. xii, 760; 1 folding & 4 full-page maps, 4 coloured & 40 b/w. plates, bibliography, index; original buckram, gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; ***Published collaterally with the First Edition by A. & C. Black. #639 A$ Beaglehole, Tim. A LIFE OF J. C. BEAGLEHOLE. New Zealand Scholar. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 560(last blank); double-page family tree, 8 coloured & 32 b/w. plates, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Wellington); Victoria University Press; (2006). ***A biography of the celebrated scholar of Captain James Cook, by his son. #51897 A$ 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) title-page 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$ Becke, Louis; and Walter Jeffery. THE NAVAL PIONEERS OF AUSTRALIA. First Edition, Australian Issue; pp. [ii], [ii](cancel title-page), [vii]-xii, 314, [2](adv.); 21 plates (including 1 map), index; original gilt-decorated blue cloth (spine & portions of boards faded; some foxing, especially at start; partial erasure of name from title-page); a very good copy; scarce. Melbourne; Melville, Mullen, & Slade, London, John Murray, Albemarle Street; ***This issue not in Ferguson but see 6851 for the London edition. The Hobill Cole copy, with book label. #3909 A$ Becke, Louis and Jeffery, Walter. ADMIRAL PHILLIP. The Founding of New South Wales. First Edition; pp. [v]-xx(complete, as issued), 336; portrait frontispiece, 2 maps, appendix, index; binder s cloth; a very good copy; scarce. London; T. Fisher Unwin; MDCCCXCIX [1899]. ***Builders of Greater Britain series. Ferguson With publisher s perforating stamp & the signature of G. C. Ingleton, Lieut. R.A.N., 1933 on title-page, and a few relevant newsclippings pasted to various blanks. #57599 A$145.00

10 8 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 42 Becker, Ludwig: LUDWIG BECKER: Artist & Naturalist with the Burke & Wills Expedition. Edited & with an Introduction by Marjorie Tipping. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. xiv, 224, [2](blank); 70 plates from Becker s watercolours & drawings (coloured & tinted), biographical essay, notes, Becker s letter & reports & notes thereon, 6 appendices, bibliography, index; original crash canvas; a fine copy in dustwrapper in original acetate slipcase; scarce. (Carlton); Melbourne University Press on behalf of the Library Council of Victoria; ***A beautifully produced book, finely printed on good quality textured paper. With an example of the original prospectus loosely inserted. #4966 A$ Beddie, M. K.; Editor. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, R.N., F.R.S., Circumnavigator. [By] The Library of New South Wales. Thick med. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xvi, 896(last 2 blank); bibliography, errata, addenda, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; The Library of New South Wales; ***A revised and greatly expanded edition of the 1928 bibliography. #696 A$ 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. &c. in the Years, 1825, 26, 27, 28. Published by Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 2 vols., First 8vo Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iii]-xxviii, 472; 3 charts (2 folding), 13 plates, 1 text illust.; Vol. II, pp. iv, 330, [ii](title to appendix), ; 10 plates (4 folding), 6 appendices (including Esquimaux vocabulary); bound without half-titles in full contemporary calf (rebacked); (some foxing & browning of plates, but a very good set); very scarce. London; Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley; ***Du Rietz 68; Ferguson This octavo edition was preceded by a quarto edition (the so-called Admiralty Edition ) of the same year (see Ferguson 1418). 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. #34918 A$ Begg, A. Charles & Begg, Neil C. DUSKY BAY. [In the Steps of Captain Cook]. Foreword by the Right Hon. The Viscount Cobham. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 240(last blank); 18 maps & figures, 12 coloured & 16 b/w. plates, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. Christchurch; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; (1966). #50617 A$ Berens, S. L. The Fram Expedition. NANSEN IN THE FROZEN WORLD. Preceded by a Biography of the Great Explorer and Copious Extracts from Nansen s First Crossing of Greenland, also an Account by Eivind Astrup, of Life among People near the Pole, and his Journey Across Northern Greenland with Lieut. R. E. Peary, U.S.N. Arranged and Edited by S. L. Berens, Cand. Phil. Followed by a Brief History of the Principal Earlier Arctic Explorations from the Ninth Century to the Peary Expedition, including those of Cabot, Frobisher, Bering, Sir John Franklin, Kane, Hayes, Hall, Nordenskjold, Nares, Schwatka, DeLong, Greely, and others. By John E. Read, Assistant Editor of the Columbian Cyclopedia. Profusely Illustrated. Med. 8vo; pp. [ii], 560; title-page in red & black; portrait frontispiece & numerous illustrations; original pictorial cloth (a little rubbed; spine ends worn); a very good copy. Kadina, South Australia; James Johns; (Copyright 1897 by A. J. Holman & Co.). ***A curious Australian imprint of a book published by subscription in the U.S. #39489 A$ Bernacchi, Louis; F.R.G.S. TO THE SOUTH POLAR REGIONS. Expedition of First Edition; pp. xvi, 348, [4](adv.); large folding coloured chart, 1 other folding map & 1 full-page map, folding panoramic plate, 67 illustrations (many full-page plates, but included in pagination), notes, glossary, index; original green cloth (rebacked, with original backstrip preserved); internally fine & clean; a very good copy; rare. London; Hurst & Blackett; ***Spence 123; U.S.N ; Renard 110; Rosove 35.A1. One of the hardest to find of the primary accounts, especially in the green cloth (as opposed to the red of the Colonial issue). Bernacchi was born in Belgium in 1876 and came to Tasmania with his parents in After serving on this expedition he joined Scott s Discovery voyage. #34864 A$

11 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 9 48 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$ Bernacchi, L. C. A VERY GALLANT GENTLEMAN. 6th Impression; pp. 240; 2 double-page maps, 8 plates, postscript, index; original green cloth, spine lettered in black; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Eyre and Spottiswoode; (1942). ***Third impression in the Keystone Library. The life of Captain L. E. G. Oates ( No Surrender Oates ), of Scott s Last Expedition. Renard 115. #39909 A$ Besant, Walter. CAPTAIN COOK. First Edition; pp. vi, 192(last blank); portrait frontispiece; original cloth (spine faed); uncut; a very good copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co.; ***English Men of Action series. Holmes 126; Beddie #2147 A$ Besant, Walter. CAPTAIN COOK. With illustrations by J. Macfarlane. 4th Impression; pp. viii, 192(last blank); portrait frontispiece & 7 plates; full prize calf, gilt, by Relfe Bros., marbled edges & endpapers (boards a little flecked); a very good copy. London; Macmillan and Co.; ***Macmillan s Prize Library; the first edition to contain the additional illustrations. #49323 A$ Bickel, Lennard. SHACKLETON S FORGOTTEN ARGONAUTS. [Foreword by Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton, K.C., P.C., O.B.E.]. First Edition; pp. xiv, 230; 2 endpaper & 1 full-page maps, 16 plates (including 2 double-page), index; original red-brown papered boards, spine lettered in white; a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. (Melbourne); Macmillan; (1982). ***Renard 131. #3949 A$ Bickel, Lennard. MAWSON S WILL. The Greatest Survival Story Ever Written. With a Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. Med. 8vo, Second U.S. Edition; pp. 240(last 3 blank); 2 maps, 16 plates; original quarter black cloth, lettered in gilt, light blue papered sides; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. New York; Dorset Press; (1988). #26777 A$ Bickmore, Albert S. TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. With an Introduction by John Bastin. Facsimile Edition; pp. viii, 552(last adv.); 2 folding maps, 32 plates; 5 appendices, index; original slick illustrated boards; a fine copy. Singapore; Oxford University Press; #18093 A$ Binks, C. J. EXPLORERS OF WESTERN TASMANIA. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. xvi, 264; endpaper maps, 23 full-page maps, 4 double-page maps, coloured frontispiece, 12 coloured plates, 27 illustrations, appendix, bibliography, indices; a fine copy in very slightly worn dustwrapper. Launceston; Mary Fisher Bookshop; (1980). ***Including the explorations of Hardwicke, Hobbs, Goodwin & Connolly, Jorgenson, Hellyer, Lorymer, Fossey, J. H. Wedge, Frankland, Sharland, Darke, Calder, Franklin, Tully, Gould, Sprent, Scott, Moore, and others. #25340 A$ Bischoff, James. SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF VAN DIEMEN S LAND, Illustrated by a Map of the Island, and an Account of the Van Diemen s Land Company. By James Bischoff, Esq. London; John Richardson; Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 260; large folding coloured map by J. Arrowsmith, from the original surveys in the Colonial Office & the V.D.L. Company s Office, frontispiece of the V.D.L. Company s establishment at Circular Head & plate of the establishment at Emu Bay, appendix; original vinyl; a fine copy. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1967]. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No Only 598 copies were printed. For the original edition see Ferguson Included are the V.D.L. Company s Report in the year 1832; and an addendum to Chapter V containing accounts of journeys into the interior by Alexander Goldie, Henry Hellyer and Joseph Fossey. An appendix of 78 pages treats of the Aborigines and their growing hostility. #15214 A$125.00

12 10 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 57 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); frontispiece (facsimile of page of Bishop s MS. Memoranda, Amboyna to Port Jackson), 5 plates (6 maps, 2 folding), bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. 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$95.00 A FINE COLLECTION OF PRESENTATION COPIES 58 [Bland, Dr. William; Editor]. JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY TO PORT PHILLIP, NEW SOUTH WALES, in 1824 and By W. H. Hovell and H. Hume, Esquires. Second Edition. Sydney: Published by James Tegg. Printed by Henry Bull Demy 8vo in fours; pp. viii, 98(last printer s colophon only); folding engraved Map of Australia from Moreton Bay to the New Colonies in Australia Felix with the Discoveries of the Recent Expeditions in the interior in and Published by R[aphael] Clint, Sydney, with the route outlined in red by hand; appendix; full contemporary dark plum roan, nicely panelled in blind & gilt; all edges gilt; unsigned and unticketed but almost certainly by the Sydney binder Kern; (the spine a little faded; lower edge of the map just shaved by the binder); a fine copy; very rare. Sydney; James Tegg; ***A special presentation binding with stamping in gilt on front board to Coln. Perceval, C.B. from the Editor Wm. Bland. Ferguson 2234; Wantrup 110 and page 187 (q.v.). A rare presentation copy of the first published account in book form of the first exploration into the Port Phillip district. The designation on title-page Second Edition is considerably misleading as the First Edition of 1831 (what Bland describes in his Preface to the present volume as the first limited impression ) was evidently made up from preliminary printings in very few copies (Bland laments the lack of a supply of paper for its printing) and most of those few copies which have survived are incomplete. It is one of the legendary rarities of Australian exploration with only one or two copies in private hands, The South Australian library issued a facsimile of that edition in 1965 (reprinted 1971). Hume and Hovell s exploration was of vast importance as numerous significant discoveries were made including the Hume (later renamed the Murray), Tumut, Ovens and Goulburn Rivers, the Australian Alps, and vast tracts of fertile and well-watered country. Their reports at last dispelled the notion of Oxley that the land to the south was worthless and paved the way for the exlorations of Sturt and Mitchell which followed. Bland s work was edited from the journals of Hovell and Hume, neither of whom published accounts of their own until 1855 when Hume, stung into action by press reports which seemed to suggest that Hovell was taking all the credit for their discoveries, first published his Brief Statement of Facts... [with] Bland, William. LETTER FROM THE AUSTRALIAN PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION to C. Buller, Jun., Esq., M.P. in reply to his communication of 31st May, November, Sydney: Printed by James Tegg & Co., George Street, opposite the Barrack Gate. First Edition; pp. 18. [bound with] OBJECTIONS TO THE PROJECT OF HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE GIPPS, for Raising a Loan to be secured on the Ordinary Revenue of the Colony; submitted by His Excellency to the Legislative Council of New South Wales, Sydney: Printed by James Tegg, George Street Pp. 20. [bound with] EXPENDITURE OF THE LAND-FUND OF NEW SOUTH WALES in the Colony, and Principally on Public Works; as a means of promoting and supporting Immigration Sydney: Printed by D. L. Welch, Atlas Office, Charlotte Place, Church Hill Pp. 24. Three works in one volume, 8vo, bound in a contemporary colonial binding (unsigned and unticketed but almost certainly by Kern) of dark plum roan, ruled and lettered in gilt, with attractive marbled endpapers; (spine slightly faded); a fine copy. Sydney; James Tegg [and] D. L. Welch; 1840, 1842, ***Ferguson 2922, 3364, and [with] Bland, William. SUPPRESSION OF SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION IN WOOL SHIPS, &c., &c., &c. Second Edition. By W. Bland, M.C. Sydney: D. L. Welch, Printer, Atlas Office, George Street, opposite the Post Office vo, Second Edition; pp. x, [11]-16; 2 fine plates engraved by John Carmichael, North Kent Street, Sydney, and published by W. Bland, 1839; handsomely bound in a contemporary colonial binding (unsigned and unticketed but almost certainly by Kern) of dark plum roan, ruled and lettered in gilt (spine slightly faded); a fine copy. Sydney,

13 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 11 D. L. Welch, ***Author s presentation copy: stamped in gilt on the front board: Coln. Perceval C.B. 12th Regiment. From the Inventor. Ferguson, Ferguson lists two First Editions of 1843 (F & 3573), one of six pages royal octavo, (apparently usually without plates), and another which appears similar to the present work, but represented only in the National Library copy, and notes a third edition of 1867 (which, however, he does not list). Clearly an invention of significant importance for a country dependent for its economy on the export of wool. [with] Bland, William. LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR CHARLES AUGUSTUS FITZ ROY, Governor-in-Chief of New South Wales, &c. &c. &c. From William Bland, M.C January 11, Sydney: Printed by T. Forster, 334, Pitt-street, North. MDCCCL. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 14; bound in a contemporary colonial binding (unsigned and unticketed but almost certainly by Kern) of dark plum roan, ruled and lettered in gilt (spine a little faded); a fine copy. Sydney; T. Forster; ***Stamped in gilt on the front board: Coln. Perceval C. B. 12th Regiment. Ferguson Bland comments on the financial state of the colony and the remedies proposed in England, such as a reduction of the drain upon the Land Fund from the colony, and revival of Transportation.Together, 6 works in 4 volumes, 8vo. Sydney; James Tegg [and others]; ***Similarly, but not identically bound in contemporary colonial presentation bindings, almost certainly executed for Bland by the Sydney binder Kern, and presented to Lt.-Colonel John Maxwell Perceval. The attribution of the bindings to Kern is based on the survival of similarly bound presentation copies of the Hume and Hovell account which contain Kern s ticket. Colonel Perceval took up command of the 1st Battalion of the 12th Regiment in 1854, during which year it arrived at Van Diemen s Land and served in Australia for six years. He attained the rank of General in #42475 A$48, [Blaxland, Gregory]: A JOURNAL OF A TOUR OF DISCOVERY ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. London: B J. Holdsworth, 18, St. Paul s Church-Yard Cr. 8vo, Type Facsimile of First Edition; pp. [ii](limitation leaf, recto blank), 48; top edge gilt, others uncut; original half blue morocco, gilt, marbled sides; (very lightly rubbed; a few fox spots); a very good copy; rare. [Sydney; Angus & Robertson; 1893]. ***Ferguson 7134; Wantrup 103b. The limitation notice contains the text: Edition de Luxe. A line for line reproduction of the very scarce original edition of 1823, limited to fifty-five copies ( fifty for sale), of which this is No. 35 A & R [the figure and A & R in manuscript]. Edinburgh: Reprinted by Young J. Pentland, for Angus & Robertson, Sydney, This copy carries, in addition, the manuscript annotation at head: For Review from Angus and Robertson. A second edition of this work was published in 1870 and a third in 1904, both of which are very scarce. This exact facsimile of the extremely rare first edition is therefore the third publication of the journal and second only to the first in rarity. An important primary account. #21741 A$ Bligh, William: THE VOYAGE OF THE BOUNTY S LAUNCH, as related in William Bligh s Despatch to the Admiralty and the Journal of John Fryer with an Introduction by Owen Rutter and woodengravings by Robert Gibbings. Printed & made in Great Britain by The Golden Cockerel Press F cap folio, First Edition; pp. 88(last blank); 9 wood-engravings, original red-brown & cream canvas; top edge gilt, others uncut; (a little fox-spotting of cream canvas, as often; upper corner slightly bumped; internally fine & clean); scarce. [London]; The Golden Cockerel Press; ***Edition limited to 300 numbered copies printed on Arnold s All Rag Paper. Du Rietz With an example of the original prospectus loosely inserted. #2109 A$ Bligh, William: BLIGH S VOYAGE IN THE RESOURCE, from Coupang to Batavia, together with the Log of His subsequent Passage to England in the Dutch Packet Vlydt, and his Remarks on Morrison s Journal. The Golden Cockerel Press, All printed for the first time from the Manuscripts in the Mitchell Library of New South Wales, with an Introduction and Notes by Owen Rutter & Engravings on Wood by Peter Barker-Mill. F cap folio, First Edition; pp. [ii](blank), 166(last 5 blank); 5 wood-engravings; original blue & cream linen; fore & lower edges uncut; (slight foxing of edges & endpapers); a very good copy; scarce. [London]; The Golden Cockerel Press; ***Edition limited to 350 numbered copies on Van Gelder paper. Du Rietz With an example of the original prospectus loosely inserted. #2110 A$