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1 GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Established 1945 Postal Address: (A.C.N ) Electronic communications: P.O. Box 1030, Telephone: +61 (0) Ivanhoe, Melbourne, ABN: FAX: +61 (0) Victoria, 3079, Australia. Short List No An End of year Miscellany.

2 1 Abraham, James Johnston. LETTSOM: His Life, Times, Friends and Descendants. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xx, 498; 145 illustrations, including many full-page plates, folding pedigree, etc., 2 appendices, index; original buckram; a nice copy in rare dustwrapper (taped & slightly defective). London; William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd; ***John Coakley Lettsom, , was one of the leading physicians of the Eighteenth century and was at the forefront of many of the medical advances of the day. The dustwrapper (seldom found) is the second issue one stating Cheap Edition issued to stimulate sales, but the book is the first edition, identical in all respects. From the library of Ralph Pilkington, with his bookplate. #19550 A$125.00

3 2 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; 5 sketch maps, 10 coloured plates, 6 b/w. plates to Introduction, 40 b/w. plates at end; Vol. II, pp. xvi, [ii], 406; folding map & 3 sketch maps, 6 coloured plates & 40 b/w. plates at end, 5 appendices, index; original cloth; (name of former owner on endpapers); a fine set in slightly worn dustwrappers. (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$650.00

4 3 Baseley, Godfrey. A COUNTRY COMPENDIUM. Text Illustrations by Alex Jardine. Book Club Edition; pp. 254; numerous illustrations, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Newton Abbot; Readers Union Group of Book Clubs; ***Recipes for all sorts of remedies. #17418 A$30.00

5 4 Baudin, Nicolas. MON VOYAGE AUX TERRES AUSTRALES. Journal personnel du commandant Baudin. Texte etabli par Jacqueline Bonnemains... avec la collaboration de Jean-Marc Argentin... et Martine Marin. Roy. 8vo, First Edition in French; pp. 470, [2](blank); 96 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations & maps, 3 indices, bibliography, glossary; original pictorial wrappers; a nice copy. Le Havre; Imprimerie Nationale Editions; [2000]. ***As is now wellknown, Baudin s journal was first published in English translation in 1974; this is the first publication in the original French and is greatly enhanced by the presence of the fine coloured plates. #66122 A$145.00

6 5 Beaglehole, J. C. The Annual Lecture. The Eva G. R. Taylor Memorial Lecture. SOME PROBLEMS OF COOK S BIOGRAPHER [drop title]. Roy. 8vo (approx.); pp ; notes; original wrappers. [London]; Reprinted from The Mariner s Mirror, Vol. 55, No. 4; #8755 A$35.00

7 6 Beamish, Richard. THE PSYCHONOMY OF THE HAND; or, The Hand an Index of Mental Development, according to MM. D Arpentigny and Desbarrolles, With Illustrative Tracings from Living Hands. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 94; 31 plates, index; original cloth, gilt; (neatly rebacked, with new endpapers; slight browning of title-page); a nice copy; scarce. London; Frederick Pitman; ***The binder has usefully placed the index (Pp. 93/4) at the end of the preliminaries. #66113 A$125.00

8 7 Blake, L. J. GOLD ESCORTS IN AUSTRALIA. Reduced cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 64; several illustrations, appendix, references; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Adelaide); Rigby; (1978). #49524 A$25.00

9 8 Bland, David. THE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS. Second Edition, revised; pp. 164; coloured frontispiece, 48 illustrations, including 10 b/w. plates (one, No. 37a, unlisted), title-page vignette, glossary, bibliography, index; original pictorial cloth; a very good copy in partly discoloured dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber; ***First published in 1951, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and a glossary of technical terms and two illustrations added. #27773 A$65.00

10 9 Blunt, Wilfrid; with the assistance of William T. Stearn. THE COMPLEAT NATURALIST. A Life of Linnaeus. Cr 4to, First Edition; pp. 256; 32 coloured plates (3 double-page) & 170 b/w. illustrations (including a few sketch maps), bibliography, appendix, index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Collins; #8979 A$100.00

11 10 Bowring, Emily. SKETCHES IN EARLY TASMANIA AND VICTORIA. Edited by K. R. von Stieglitz, O.B.E. Victorian Captions by P. L. Brown. Oblong 8vo, First Edition; pp. [40](last blank); 27 plates, list of previous publications by K. R. von Stieglitz; original illustrated wrappers; a nice copy. Hobart; Fullers Bookshop; (1965). #21562 A$20.00

12 11 Britton, Alexander & Bladen, F. M.; Editors. HISTORICAL RECORDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 7 vols. in 8, 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. in total nearly 6,700; 22 folding maps (9 col.), 1 full-page map, 19 folding plates (3 col.), 1 double-page & 28 full-page plates (9 col.), appendices, index to each vol.; original buckram; a fine set in very slightly worn d/ws. [with] Cook Facsimiles of Charts, to accompany Vol. I, Part 1. 4to, pp. [vi]; 12 folding charts; original buckram; a fine copy. Sydney, Charles Potter, Government Printer, [Vols. I-IV] & William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, [Vols. V-VII]. (Reprinted, Mona Vale; Lansdown Slattery & Company; ). ***See Ferguson 10445d for the original edition. The first volume (Vol. I, Pt. 1) was edited by Britton, the remainder by Bladen. The facsimile edition of the charts was printed in 1980 but never published owing to a dispute between the printer and publisher, but a copy is included with this set. This set is fully collated and complete; a number of facsimile documents present

13 in the original edition but which are fully transcribed in the text were not reproduced in this facsimile. Comprising: Vol. I, Part 1. - Cook Pp. [ii], xliv, 526; portrait frontis., 7 plates (incl. 3 folding facsimiles of entries in the Endeavour log), 5 appendices, index; plus 4to volume, pp. [vi]; 12 folding charts. This first volume and accompanying charts contains much useful first-hand background information concerning Cook s discovery of the eastern coast of Australia including extracts from the journals of several of the personnel on board H.M.S. Endeavour and including also documents relating to the second and third voyages. Vol. I, Part 2. - Phillip Pp. [ii], xxxiv, 748, [2](blank); 3 plates, 4 appendices, index. Including the establishment and despatch of the First Fleet, foundation of the settlement, establishment of the penal colony at Norfolk Island, etc., etc., also much information on the Bounty mutiny and the subsequent voyage of Bligh and the loyal members of the crew in the Bounty s launch. Vol. II. - Grose and Paterson Pp. [ii], xxviii, 936; 4 plates (incl. 2 folding col. plans & 2 facsimiles), 6 appendices, index. Containing important original material on this period in the colony s history with much on Norfolk Island including Lieut. (later Governor) King s journal, letters and journals of Mrs. Elizabeth Macarthur and papers relating to the Scottish Martyrs. Vol. III. - Hunter Pp. [ii], xxxviii, 856, [2](blank); 4 col. folding maps, 3 appendices, index. A complete record of the difficulties of the infant settlement, the shipwreck of the Sydney Cove and also much interesting original material on early inland and coastal exploration including Bass s journal of the whaleboat voyage and the circumnavigation of Tasmania by Flinders & Bass. Vol. IV. - Hunter and King. 1800, 1801, Pp. [ii], xlvi, 1066, [4](blank); col. folding map, 3 folding & 1 full-page facsimile documents, index. Mostly relating to the period under Governor King when the struggling colony significantly improved under his control. There are also important records of early coastal and inland exploration, including Flinders circumnavigation, the Baudin papers, Grant s voyage in the Lady Nelson, and the abortive settlement of Port Phillip. Vol. V. - King. 1803, 1804, Pp. [ii], xvi, [ii], [xvii]-lxviii, 866, [2](blank); 9 folding maps, 3 col. & 8 b/w. plates (incl. 4 folding), 2 appendices, index. Original documents from the major part of King s term as Governor of New South Wales during which the colony was rapidly emerging from dependence on Great Britain and beginning to establish industries including sheep, coal-mining and whaling. Vol. VI. - King and Bligh. 1806, 1807, Pp. [ii], lxxvi, 876(last blank); 4 folding maps, 5 col. & 15 b/w. plates (incl. 4 folding), appendices, index. This volume covers the early period of Bligh s Governorship and his attempts to abolish the rum trade, his dispute with Macarthur and the events leading to his arrest by Major Johnston. All possible original sources of information on this infamous period in Australia s history have been included. Vol. VII. - Bligh and Macquarie. 1809, 1810, Pp. [ii], lx, 690; folding map, 5 col. plates (4 folding) & 1 b/w. plate, index. Concerning the period after Bligh s arrest under the administration of Paterson, with the text of many very interesting letters and other documents reproduced; and the subsequent Governorship of Macquarie. #140 A$

14 12 Clark, Ronald W. EINSTEIN: THE LIFE AND TIMES. Thick med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. 670, [2](blank); 16 plates, sources & bibliography, notes, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Hodder and Stoughton; (1973). ***First published in the U.S. in 1971; an important and detailed biography. #66098 A$40.00

15 13 Cobbe, Hugh; Editor. COOK S VOYAGES AND THE PEOPLES OF THE PACIFIC. Cr. 4to, First Australian Edition; pp. 144(last blank); double-page map, 14 coloured illustrations on 8 plates, 117 b/w. illustrations & maps, references; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Canberra; Australian National University Press; ***Including interesting photographs of artefacts, etc. #2157 A$75.00

16 14 Collis, John. THE EUROPEAN IRON AGE. Cr. 4to, First U.S. Edition; pp. 192; several maps, numerous illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; (slight foxing of first 2 leaves); a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Schocken Books; (1984). #66132 A$40.00

17 15 [Cross, Elizabeth; Morrison, Gordon]. THE NAKED AND THE NUDE. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. 140; very numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations (full-page & smaller), list of works; original stiff pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. [Ballarat; Art Gallery Ballarat; 2008]. ***A fine catalogue of an exhibition September 13 - December 7, #66120 A$25.00

18 16 Cullen, Tom. MAUNDY GREGORY. Purveyor of Honours. First Edition; pp. 256; 8 plates, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in foxed dustwrapper. London; The Bodley Head; (1974). ***Political corruption during the last years of Lloyd George s years as Prime Minister. #66096 A$25.00

19 17 Daniel, Glyn. A SHORT HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY. With 146 illustrations, 10 in colour. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 232; 8 coloured plates, 136 text illustrations, references, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Thames and Hudson; (1981). #66139 A$25.00

20 18 Dennis, George. THE CITIES AND CEMETERIES OF ETRURIA. Abridged Edition. Edited by Pamela Hemphill. With maps, plans, and illustrations. Med. 8vo, First Paperback Edition; pp. lxx, [392](variously paginated); several maps, numerous illustrations; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. Princeton, New Jersey; Princeton University Press; (1985). ***Consisting of facsimiles of various sections of the original two-volume work of 1883 interspersed with modern commentary. #66136 A$25.00

21 19 Descadeillas, Rene. MYTHOLOGIE DU TRESOR DE RENNES. Histoire veritable de l Abbe Sauniere Cure de Rennes-le- Chateau. Med. 8vo; pp. 160; 17 illustrations, 6 appendices; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. [Carcassonne]; Reprint Savary; [1989]. ***Text in French. #66117 A$20.00

22 20 Diamond, Jared. GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL. The Fates of Human Societies. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition, Third Impression; pp. 480; several text maps, 32 plates, several illustrations & figures in text, several tables, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1997). *** A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years - including reference to Australia and New Guinea. #55502 A$50.00

23 21 Drews, Robert. THE END OF THE BRONZE AGE. Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe c B.C. Med. 8vo, First Paperback Edition; pp. xii, 252; map, 3 figures, 10 illustrations, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Princeton, New Jersey; Princeton University Press; (1995). #66135 A$30.00

24 22 Dunlap, Tony. THE UNSUNG IMMORTAL. Lady Nelson [cover title]. First Edition; pp. 32; 7 illustrations, bibliography; original stiff wrappers, (a little foxing); a very good copy. Surrey Hills, Vic.; The Author; [1981]. ***Edition limited to 200 numbered copies. #63764 A$25.00

25 23 Dunmore, John. STORMS AND DREAMS. Louis de Bougainville: Soldier, Explorer, Statesman. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 296; 6 maps, 8 plates, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); ABC Books; (2005). #36934 A$55.00

26 24 Eliade, Mircea. OCCULTISM, WITCHCRAFT, AND CULTURAL FASHIONS. Essays in Comparative Religions. First Edition; pp. [x], 148, [2](blank); notes, index; original cloth; a very good copy. Chicago and London; The University of Chicago Press; (1976). #66110 A$30.00

27 25 Enright, D. J.; Edited by. ILL AT EASE. Writers on Ailments Real and Imagined. First Edition; pp. xiv, 370(last 5 blank); index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber; (1989). #66108 A$30.00

28 26 Fagan, Brian. GRAHAME CLARK. An Intellectual Life of an Archaeologist. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 304; several maps, numerous illustrations & figures, notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (New York); Westview Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group; (2001). #66134 A$30.00

29 27 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 in original cloth, with contrasting labels on spines; a fine 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$850.00

30 28 Flinders, Matthew. MATTHEW FLINDERS. Personal letters from an extraordinary life. Edited by Paul Brunton. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xii], 262; coloured portrait frontispiece, 23 coloured illustrations, biographical notes, bibliography, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy, as issued. (Sydney); Hordern House in association with the State Library of New South Wales; (2002). ***The Mitchell Heritage Series, No. 1; edition of 2000 copies. #22175 A$135.00

31 29 Foli, Professor. HANDWRITING AS AN INDEX TO CHARACTER. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo, Third Edition; pp. 112(including pastedowns, with 5 pp. adverts. at front and 3 at rear; several illustrations, index; original printed cloth (a little rubbed); a very good copy. London; C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.; N.D. [c. 1900]. #66089 A$30.00

32 30 Forte, Angelo; Oram, Richard and Pedersen, Frederik. VIKING EMPIRES. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 450(last 3 blank); 6 maps, 70 figures, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Cambridge); Cambridge University Press; (2005). ***The definitive new history, covering 500 years of Viking civilisation. #66157 A$95.00

33 31 Fox, Robin Lane. PAGANS AND CHRISTIANS. 3 vols., roy. 8vo; Vol. I, pp. xiv, 266(last 5 blank); 2 maps (1 doublepage), 17 coloured plates; Vol. II, pp. x, [263]-552, [4](blank); 2 maps (1 double-page), 17 coloured plates; Vol. III, pp. x, [553]- 878(last blank); full-page map, 17 coloured plates, notes, bibliogs., chronology, index; original patterned cloth; a fine set in slipcase. London; The Folio Society; MMX [2010]. ***Very attractively produced and printed. #66130 A$75.00

34 32 Frost, Alan. ARTHUR PHILLIP His Voyaging. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 320; numerous maps (some double-page), 16 coloured plates, several illustrations, tables & text figures, notes & bibliography to each chapter, sources of illustrations, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1987). #17549 A$150.00

35 33 Frost, Alan. THE GLOBAL REACH OF EMPIRE. Britain s maritime expansion in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, First Edition; pp. xiv, 386(last blank); 2 endpaper maps, 12 maps in text (4 double-page), 5 illustrations on 4 coloured plates, 6 text figures, 4 tables, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper; very scarce. (Carlton); The Miegunyah Press; (2003). ***Number 46 in the second numbered Miegunyah series; 1000 copies were printed. Globalization began much earlier than commonly realised. In the mid eighteenth century there was for the first time in human history sufficient knowledge of the world for people to conceive of it as a whole. British politicians did so with the purpose of creating a trans- Pacific trading empire and this book is a study of the resulting British maritime and imperial expansion in the Indian and Pacific oceans. It explores seaborne discovery, strategy in wartime, and the infrastructure necessary to support far-flung maritime activity, colonization and trade. #41419 A$295.00

36 34 Frost, Lucy. NO PLACE FOR A NERVOUS LADY. Voices from the Australian Bush. Published with the assistance of the Literature Board of the Australia Council. F cap 4to, First Edition; pp. [viii], 288(last 2 adv.); several illustrations, notes; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a nice copy. (Fitzroy); McPhee Gribble/Penguin Books; (1984). #66123 A$30.00

37 35 Gilbert, Edmund W. BRITISH PIONEERS IN GEOGRAPHY. First Edition; pp. 272(last blank); 20 maps & figures, 16 plates, appendix, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Newton Abbot; David & Charles; (1972). ***From Richard Hakluyt onwards including medical pioneers. #42216 A$30.00

38 36 Gingerich, Owen. THE BOOK NOBODY READ. Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus. Cr. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xiv, 306; 8 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations & a few maps, 2 appendices, bibliographic notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; William Heinemann; (2004). ***First published in the U.S. in 2004 by Walker Publishing Co. A fascinating account by an astronomer and book collector of his travels and researches on Nicolaus Copernicus De Revolutionibus (of which he compiled an annotated census) and which Arthur Koestler most erroneously claimed was the book nobody read. #33339 A$35.00

39 37 Graham-Campbell, James and Kidd, Dafydd. THE VIKINGS. Demy 4to, First U.K. Edition; pp. 200; 4 sketch maps (including 1 double-page & 1 full-page), numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations (many double & full-page), list of Exhibits, bibliography, index; a fine copy in original stiff wrappers. London; Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications Limited; (1980). ***Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. #18618 A$20.00

40 38 Grant, John. AN INTRODUCTION TO VIKING MYTHOLOGY. 4to, First Edition; pp. 128; numerous coloured illustrations, references, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); New Burlington Books; (1990). #66133 A$25.00

41 39 Grant, Michael. THE ETRUSCANS. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 320(last 3 blank); 24 maps, 24 plates, chronological table, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in torn & creased dustwrapper. (New York); Charles Scribner s Sons; (1980). #66138 A$30.00

42 40 Green, Roger Lancelyn. HEROES OF GREECE AND TROY. Retold from the Ancient Authors by Roger Lancelyn Green. With drawings by Heather Copley and Christopher Chamberlain. Reprint Edition; pp. [3]-346; 2 double-page maps, numerous illustrations, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; The Bodley Head; (1975). ***First published by Penguin in two separate volumes in 1958, in this revised edition 1960, reissued with index in 1973, and here reprinted. #66111 A$30.00

43 41 Gregory, C. Dickson. THE ROMANCE OF THE EDINA : The World s Oldest Screw-Steamship. With Chapters on the Auxiliary Steamship Great Britain, and the Port Phillip Bay Steamers Past and Present. Demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 84; coloured frontispiece (the Edina ) & 22 b/w. plates, chronological table, including a log-book of the Edina ; original cloth; (some mild foxing); a nice copy; scarce. Melbourne; Robertson & Mullens Ltd.; (1935). #9248 A$125.00

44 42 Grinsell, Leslie V. BARROW, PYRAMID AND TOMB. Ancient burial customs in Egypt, the Mediterranean and the British Isles. with 150 illustrations. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 240; 150 illustrations & maps, appendix, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Thames and Hudson; (1975). #66129 A$30.00

45 43 Hawkins, Gerald S. BEYOND STONEHENGE. Cr. 4to, First U.S. Edition(?); pp. xvi, 320(last blank); 61 illustrations, 50 figures (plus 13 in appendix), appendix, references, bibliography, index; original quarter cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. New York; Dorset Press; (1989). ***First published in London, A look at megaliths and other ancient astro-archaeological sites. #64936 A$35.00

46 44 Hooper, F. C. PRISON BOYS OF PORT ARTHUR. A study of the Point Puer Boys Establishment, Van Diemen s Land, 1834 to Oblong 8vo, First Edition; pp. vi, 34(last blank); 8 plates, 1 text illust.; original boards; a very good copy. Melbourne; F. W. Cheshire; (1967). #22643 A$35.00

47 45 Hooper, Meredith. THE LONGEST WINTER. Scott s Other Heroes. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. xxvi, 358; 5 maps, 16 plates, 1 full-page diag., bibliography, notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); John Murray; (2010). ***The story of Victor Campbell and his five companions. #65907 A$40.00

48 46 Illuminated Manuscripts: VALUABLE MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS. 4to; pp. 368; lavishly illustrated in coloured & b/w.; original stiff pictorial wrappers. London; Christie s; 4 June, ***Totalling 369 lots, many of great importance, including illuminated manuscripts, scientific and literary manuscripts, important scientific books, fine bindings, etc. With list of prices realised loosely inserted. #55531 A$20.00

49 47 Illuminated Manuscripts and Early Printed Books: TWO AUCTION CATALOGUES. 4to; pp. 96; 254; lavishly illustrated in coloured & b/w.; original stiff pictorial wrappers. London; Christie s; 27 November & 16 December, ***Totalling 485 lots, many of great importance. With list of prices realised for the second catalogue. With, also, Printed Books, The Salloch Collection, 31 Oct. & 1 Nov., 1991, pp. 80, 520 lots, with price list. #55526 A$25.00

50 48 Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy. MONTAILLOU. Cathars and Catholics in a French village Translated by Barbara Bray. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Fifth Impression; pp. xviii, 386(last 3 blank); 3 maps, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Scolar Press; (1979). #66114 A$65.00

51 49 Lambton, Lucinda. TEMPLES OF CONVENIENCE. 4to, First Edition; pp. 12, [48](plates); 112 coloured illustrations; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. London; Gordon Fraser; ***A superbly illustrated survey of lavatories from antiquity to modern times. #66116 A$35.00

52 50 Leakey, Richard and Lewin, Roger. ORIGINS RE- CONSIDERED. In Search of What Makes Us Human. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii, 376(last blank), [2](adv., verso blank); endpaper map, 24 plates, several figures, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Little, Brown and Company; (1992). #36921 A$50.00

53 51 Lee, Ida (Mrs. Charles Bruce Marriott). EARLY EXPLORERS IN AUSTRALIA: From the Log-Books and Journals, including the Diary of Allan Cunningham, Botanist, from March 1, 1817, to November 19, Thick demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 652; large folding map, 9 double-page & 13 full-page maps, 17 plates, 1 text illust., Errata slip tipped in at. p. 618; general index & botanical index; original cloth (spine worn & joints cracked, but sound and complete, and generally clean); scarce. London; Methuen & Co. Ltd.; (1925). ***The Cunningham Diary is here published for the first time. From Dampier onward, including Cook, Flinders, etc. #5271 A$275.00

54 52 Ley, Charles David; Editor. PORTUGUESE VOYAGES F cap 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii, 360, [2], 16(adv.); original cloth; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; (1947). ***Everyman No #34788 A$60.00

55 53 Lloyd, Seton. FOUNDATIONS IN THE DUST. The Story of the Mesopotamian Exploration. with 80 illustrations. Med. 8vo, Revised and Enlarged Edition, U.S. Issue; pp. 216; frontispiece, 79 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; fine in dustwrapper. (New York); Thames & Hudson; (1980). ***First published #66143 A$30.00

56 54 Macnamara, Ellen. EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE ETRUSCANS. Drawings by Eva Wilson. First U.S. Edition; pp. x, 214; 113 illustrations & maps, notes, glossary, bibliography, chronology, references, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Dorset Press; (1987). ***First published in the U.K. in #66141 A$25.00

57 55 Maggs Bros.: SPORTS & PASTIMES. A Catalogue of Books and Illustrations relating to Sport. Cat. 792, Cr. 4to; pp. 120; 7 plates; original pictorial wrappers. London; Maggs Bros.; ***Listing 758 items on Hunting, Shooting, Falconry, Dogs, Horses and Horsemanship, Angling and Pastimes (Archery, Billiards, Boxing, Coaching, Cricket, etc.). #13861 A$20.00

58 56 Major, R. H.; Editor. EARLY VOYAGES TO TERRA AUSTRALIS to the time of Captain Cook as told in original documents. 4to; pp. [x], lxxii, 140; 2 folding maps (in pocket), 1 full-page map, 2 appendices; processed; original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. Adelaide; Australian Heritage Press; [1963]. ***First published in Up to five larger maps are occasionally found in this Heritage Press edition which varies considerably in its exact make-up and dimensions, but this copy has only two and the pocket seems insufficiently large to accommodate more. #14620 A$185.00

59 57 Major, R. H.; Editor. INDIA IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. Being a Collection of Narratives of Voyages to India in the Century preceding the Portuguese Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope from Latin, Persian, Russian, and Italian Sources, now first translated into English. Facsimile Edition; pp. [vi], iv, xc, 50(last blank), 40(last blank), 32, 10, [8](index, last blank); original cloth; a very good copy. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; ***First published by the Hakluyt Society in Includes accounts of the travels of Ard-er- Razzak, Nicolo Conti, Athanasius Nikitin, and Hieronimo di Santo Stefano. #14533 A$50.00

60 58 Maurois, Andre. THE ART OF LIVING. Translated from the French by James Whitall. With Engravings by Robert Gibbings. Cr. 8vo, First Edition, Fifth Impression; pp. 222, [2](blank); 13 woodengravings; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; The English Universities Press; (1940). #12849 A$15.00

61 59 Mitchell, Blanche: BLANCHE. An Australian Diary The Diary of Blanche Mitchell with Notes by Edna Hickson and Illustrated by Jill Francis. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 288(last blank); very numerous coloured illustrations by Jill Francis, amplified with marginal notes throughout by Edna Hickson; original cloth, gilt, with coloured reproduction of portrait of Blanche Mitchell mounted on front cover; a fine copy of an attractive and interesting book in original glassine dustwrapper. Sydney; John, Ferguston; (1980). ***Blanche Mitchell was the youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell, the celebrated explorer and Surveyor-General of New South Wales. #5277 A$70.00

62 60 (Mitchell, T. C.; Editor). CAPTAIN COOK AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Cr. 4to, First Australian Edition; pp. 252(last 3 blank); over 160 illustrations, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Canberra; Australian National University Press; (1979). ***Including interesting well-illustrated articles by A. M. Lysaght, Rudiger Joppien, Brian Durrans, Adrienne Kaeppler & Deborah Waite, especially on anthropological aspects of Cook s voyages. #41078 A$85.00

63 61 Mulvaney, D. J. & Harcourt, Rex. CRICKET WALKABOUT. The Australian Aborigines in England. Second Revised Edition with additional material; pp. xvi, 204; 24 plates, 5 appendices, references, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in very slightly torn dustwrapper. (Melbourne; Macmillan; 1988). ***Inscribed and signed by Rex Harcourt. #26691 A$30.00

64 62 Nan Kivell, Rex de Courcy. CATALOGUE OF AN EX- HIBITION OF AUSTRALIAN AND PACIFIC MAT ERIAL FROM THE NAN KIVELL COLLECTION in the National Library of Australia. Arranged by The Libraries Board of South Australia for the Second Adelaide Festival of Arts, March 17-31, Cr. 4to; pp. [36]; 2 coloured & 4 b/w. plates, title illustration; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; ***Books and prints. #33518 A$25.00

65 63 O May, Harry. WOODEN HOOKERS OF HOBART TOWN [and] WHALERS OUT OF VAN DIEMEN S LAND. Two works in one vol.; pp. 137+vii(index, last blank); 32 plates, index; pp. 104; index; original cloth; a very good copy in torn & slightly defective dustwrapper. [Hobart]; Government Printer; N.D. [c. 1960?]. #28912 A$75.00

66 64 Pearl, Cyril. THE THREE LIVES OF GAVAN DUFFY. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [viii], 240(last 3 blank); several illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); New South Wales University Press; (1979). #21508 A$35.00

67 65 Petroski, Henry. THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Third Impression; pp. [ii], x, 290, [2](colophon); numerous text illustrations, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; fore-edges uncut; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Alfred A. Knopf; ***A most interesting historical and analytical account of the relationship between books and the shelves and other forms of housing provided for their storage. #14171 A$50.00

68 66 Plotkin, Henry. EVOLUTION IN MIND. An Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology. First Paperback Edition; pp. x, 276, [2] (adv.); index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (London); Penguin Books; (1998). #65847 A$18.00

69 67 Podro, Michael. THE CRITICAL HISTORIANS OF ART. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxviii, 260(last 3 blank); 75 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New Haven and London; Yale University Press; ***An important study of writings on art and architecture. #66119 A$60.00

70 68 Pownall, E. MARY OF MARANOA. Tales of Australian Pioneer Women. Med. 8vo; First Edition; pp. [xvi], 256; 8 double-page plates (3 coloured) & 22 full-page plates (2 coloured); original buckram; (name on half-title); a nice copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. Sydney; F. H. Johnston; ***Attractively produced. #58102 A$60.00

71 69 Preston, C. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, R.N., F.R.S. AND WHITBY. Published by Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society Second Edition Reprinted by R. Ward & Sons, Dunston, Co. Durham. Dec Third Edition; pp. 48; full-page map, several illustrations, references; original wrappers (slightly spotted); a nice copy. Dunston, Co. Durham; R. Ward & Sons; #66125 A$25.00

72 70 Quirk, Susan and Archer, Michael; Edited by. PREHISTORIC ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA. Based on drawings by Peter Schouten. 4to, First Edition; pp. 80; 31 full-page illustrations, geological table, bibliography; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. [Sydney; The Australian Museum; 1983]. #66126 A$40.00

73 71 Richardson, Joanna. THE BOHEMIANS. La Vie de Boheme in Paris First Edition; pp. 204(last 3 blank); 16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; (edges foxed); a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Macmillan; (1969). #66097 A$25.00

74 72 Roll, Sir Eric. AN EARLY EXPERIMENT IN INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION. Being a History of the Firm of Boulton & Watt, With an introduction by J. G. Smith. Facsimile Edition; pp. xvi, 320; folding frontispiece, folding plate, several tables, 22 appendices (2 folding); original cloth; (a single stamp on title verso); a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.; ***First published in #66109 A$35.00

75 73 Rosenband, Leonard. N. PAPERMAKING IN EIGHTEENTH- CENTURY FRANCE. Management, Labor, and Revolution at the Montgolfier Mill Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 210, [6](blank, last colophon); map as frontispiece 6 full-page illustrations, appendix (several tables), notes, sources, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Baltimore and London; The Johns Hopkins University Press; (2000). ***After explaining in detail how paper was made, Rosenband provides a compelling account of how technological change affected the papermaking industry, transforming an elaborate, established system of production. #51406 A$30.00

76 74 Saalman, Howard. FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI. The Cupola of Santa Maria del Fiore. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. xiv, 320(last blank), [84](plates); 167 illustrations on plates, 14 text figures, a few tables, 6 appendices, 5 addenda, list of documents, index of documents, bibliography, index; original buckram; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); A. Zwemmer Ltd; (1980). #66121 A$125.00

77 75 Scott, A. F. WITCH, SPIRIT, DEVIL. [An anthology of writings on witchcraft]. First Edition; pp. 192(last 3 blank); 33 plates, glossary, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; White Lion Publishers; (1974). #66107 A$30.00

78 76 Shaw, A. G. L. CONVICTS AND THE COLONIES: A Study of Penal Transportation from Great Britain and Ireland to Australia and other Parts of the British Empire. First Edition; pp. 400(last blank); 13 tables, references, appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber; (mcmlxvi [1966]). #14957 A$150.00

79 77 Skelton, R. A. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK - after two hundred years. A commemorative address delivered before the Hakluyt Society. First Edition; pp. 32; coloured frontispiece & 24 b/w. plates, notes; original stiff wrappers (slightly foxed); a very good copy. London; Trustees of the British Museum; #2255 A$35.00

80 78 Smith, Patrick. A DESK IN ROME. First Edition; pp. 256(last 3 blank); index; original papered boards; a very good copy in torn dustwrapper. London; Collins; ***The Author was BBC correspondent in Rome for 13 years. #66090 A$18.00

81 79 Stott, Rebecca. DARWIN S GHOSTS. The Secret History of Evolution. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. xviii, 398(last blank); numerous figures, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Spiegel & Grau; #65854 A$35.00

82 80 Thom, A. MEGALITHIC LUNAR OBSERVATORIES. Roy. 8vo, First Edition, Second Impression, with corrections; pp. 128(last blank); numerous figures, several tables, 3 appendices, bibliography, author index, subject index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; (1973). #66094 A$40.00

83 81 Trump, D. H. THE PREHISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. Cr. 8vo, First Paperback Edition; pp. x, 310; 6 maps, 34 illustrations on 16 plates, 66 text figures, chronology, bibliog, index of geographical areas and sites, general index; original wrappers; a very good copy. (Harmondsworth, Middlesex); Penguin Books; (1981). #66140 A$20.00

84 82 Victorian Women: WHO S WHO IN THE WORLD OF WOMEN Victoria Australia. A Representation of Every Sphere showing Activities and Interests, Social, Philanthropic, Historic, Scholastic, Sport and Travel. Centenary Edition, Vol. II, Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xvi], [346](versos blank); very numerous portraits (most pages with portrait, some with two); original cloth (lettering a little dull); a fine copy; scarce. Melbourne; Published by the Reference Press; ***The first volume was a similar publication published in Includes Mrs. Norman (later Dame Mabel) Brookes and many Geelong and Western District entries. #66124 A$165.00

85 83 von Stieglitz, Emma: EARLY VAN DIEMEN S LAND Sketches by Emma von Stieglitz. Edited by K. R. von Stieglitz. Oblong med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [6]; 18 plates; original pictorial wrappers (a little dust-soiled); a very good copy. [Evandale; von Stieglitz; 1963]. #4491 A$25.00

86 84 Whitehouse, Ruth and Wilkins, John. THE MAKING OF CIVILIZATION. History discovered through archaeology. 4to, First Edition; pp. 208(last blank); numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Collins; #66127 A$30.00

87 85 Willey, Basil. The Hibbert Lectures DARWIN AND BUTLER. Two Versions of Evolution. First Edition; pp. 116; index; original cloth; (library stamps on title-page, verso & rear endpaper only; corner cut from half-title); scarce. London; Chatto & Windus; #16337 A$20.00

88 86 Wood-Jones, F. CORAL AND ATOLLS. Their History, Description, Theories of their Origin both before and since that of Darwin, the Influence of Winds, Tides and Ocean Currents on their Formation and Transformations, their Present Condition, Products, Fauna and Flora. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 392; 2 maps (1 double-page, 1 folding), portrait frontispiece, 26 plates, 79 text illustrations, 2 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth (rubbed; several library stamps; light waterstain to lower outer corner throughout); top edge gilt, others uncut; scarce. London; Lovell Reeve; #66060 A$295.00

89 87 Wood Jones, Frederick. UNSCIENTIFIC ESSAYS. Cr. 8vo; pp. 208, [4](inserted adv.); original cloth (marked; spine faded). London; Edward Arnold & Co.; (1931). ***The Kingfisher Library. #63784 A$15.00

90 88 Wood Jones, Frederick. TASMANIA S VANISHED RACE. National Talks delivered from 3AR Melbourne, on February 26th, 1935, March 6th, 1935, and March 12th, No. I. The Racial Affinities and Mode of Advent of the Tasmanians. No. II. The Physical and Social Characteristics of the Tasmanians. No. III. The Story of the Race after its Contact with Europeans. Pp. 32; 12 figures; original wrappers. [Sydney]; Issued by The Australian Broadcasting Commission; [1935]. #51558 A$35.00

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