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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 GalÁpagos and other Islands.

2 Part I: The GalÁpagos Islands. Illustration: Item 1.

3 1 Beebe, William. GALAPAGOS. World s End. With 24 Coloured Illustrations by Isabel Cooper, and 83 Photographs mostly by John Tee-Van. Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society. Impl. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii, 448(last 5 blank); 9 coloured (incl 1 double-page) & 56 b/w. plates (including maps), 2 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth (a little rubbed; lower corner cut from front endpaper & trifling worming to first, blank, leaf only; some occasional very slight foxing); top edge gilt; a very good copy; scarce. London & New York; G. P. Putnam s Sons and H. F. & G. Witherby, London; (1924). #65516 A$165.00

4 2 Beebe, William. GALAPAGOS. World s End. With a Coloured Frontispiece by Isabel Cooper, and 48 illustrations mostly from photographs by John Tee-Van. Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society. Roy. 8vo, Ninth Impression; pp. [iv], xx, 448(last 5 blank); coloured frontispiece & 48 b/w. plates, 2 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in taped remains of dustwrapper; scarce. New York & London; G. P. Putnam s Sons; (1924) [but 1932 or later]. ***First published in #19085 A$100.00

5 3 Beebe, William. THE ARCTURUS ADVENTURE. An Account of the New York Zoological Society s First Oceanographic Expedition. Demy 8vo, First Paperback Edition; pp. xx, 440(last blank), [2](adv.); 69 illustrations & maps, 2 appendices, index; original stiff wrappers (gilt star impressed into front wrapper, with impression extending to a few leaves); a very good copy. New York; Harper Colophon Books, Harper & Row, Publishers; (1981). ***First published Cocos Island and the Galapagos Islands. #65509 A$25.00

6 4 Boyce, Barry. A TRAVELER S GUIDE TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. First Edition; pp. [x], 238(last blank); 2 double-page & 1 full-page maps, 24 coloured plates, bibliography, general index, Tour Operations index; original stiff pictorial wrappers; a nice copy. San Jose, California; Galapagos Travel; (1990). #65518 A$25.00

7 5 D Orso, Michael. PLUNDERING PARADISE. The Hand of Man on the Galapagos Islands. First Paperback Edition; pp. xx, 348; several maps, several illustrations, notes, sources; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. (New York); Perennial, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; (2003). #65517 A$20.00

8 6 Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Irenaus. SCHUTZT DIE GALAPAGOS- INSELN. [and] DIE CHARLES-DARWIN-STATION AUF DEN GALAPAGOS-INSELN. Two articles pp and 1-7 respectively, in the complete issues of KOSMOS magazine for December, 1958 and January, issues, cr. 4to, pp ; and pp. *14, 44, *15-*28; well illustrated in colour & b/w.; original wrapper; very good copies. Stuttgart; Kosmos; ***Text in German. #65521 A$15.00

9 7 Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Irenaus. GALAPAGOS. Translated from the German by Alan Houghton Brodrick. First Edition in English; pp. 192; endpaper maps, 5 coloured & 16 b/w. plates, text fig., glossary of zoological terms, bibliography; original papered boards; (inscription on half-title); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Macgibbon & Kee; #23907 A$50.00

10 8 Galapagos: TWO ARTICLES contained in the complete issues of the National Geographic Magazine for November 1972 and September 1978: GOLIATHS OF THE GALAPAGOS [Giant Tortoises], by Craig MacFarland and Jan MacFarland, pp ; with 21 fine coloured illusts & coloured map (1972); and, UNDERSEA WONDERS OF THE GALAPAGOS, by Gerard Wellington, photographs by David Doubilet, pp ; with 16 fine coloured illustrations (including folding sheet) & coloured map (1978); original wrappers (spine & corners to first issue a little worn); very good copies. Washington, D.C.; National Geographic Society; #65528 A$15.00

11 9 Hickman, John. THE ENCHANTED ISLANDS. The Galapagos Discovered. First Paperback Edition; pp. [iv], 172(last 3 blank); map, 8 coloured plates, text illust. (portrait of Darwin), table, appendix, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Shropshire); Anthony Nelson; (1991). ***First published in 1985: the preface and foreword are new to this edition. #13264 A$50.00

12 10 Hickman, John. GALAPAGOS: The Enchanted Islands through writers eyes. [By] John Hickman updated by Julian Fitter. Third Edition; pp. [viii], 226(last blank), [6](adv., last blank); appendix, bibliography; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. London; Eland; (2009). ***First published in 1985, reprinted in 1991, the preface (by Katie Hickman, the Author s daughter) is new to this edition. #65514 A$25.00

13 11 Jackson, M. H. GALAPAGOS. A Natural History Guide. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Fifth Impression; pp. [ii], xiv, 288(last 5 blank); double-page map, 16 coloured plates, numerous text illustrations & maps, bibliography, 3 appendices, general index, species index; original stiff pictorial wrappers; a nice copy. (Calgary); The University of Calgary Press; (1991). ***First published #65515 A$35.00

14 12 Kricher, John. GALAPAGOS. A Natural History. Med. 8vo, First Paperback Edition; pp. xvi, 224(last 3 blank); 16 coloured plates, several b/w. illustrations, references, index; original stiff pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. Princeton and Oxford; Princeton University Press; (2006). ***First published by Smithsonian Institution in #65512 A$25.00

15 13 Lack, David. DARWIN S FINCHES. First Edition; pp. x, 208; 9 plates (4 coloured), 27 text illustrations & maps, 28 tables, references, index of animals and plants, index of persons, places and institutions, index of subject-matter; original cloth; (endpaper slightly foxed); a very nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. Cambridge; at the University Press; ***A detailed study of the finches of the Galapagos Islands from living specimens as well as those collected by Darwin and others and preserved in museums. #41801 A$250.00

16 14 Larson, Edward J. EVOLUTION S WORKSHOP. God and Science in the Galapagos Islands. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xii, 320, [4](blank); 16 plates, several illustrations, appendix, notes, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); Allen Lane, The Penguin Press; (2001). ***First published in the U.S. in the same year. #9492 A$40.00

17 15 [Lewin Roger; Author of extensive foreword]: DARWIN S FORGOTTEN WORLD. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 176; endpaper & 1 double-page map, 189 coloured photographs (many full & double-page) by Sally Anne Thompson; original papered boards; (a corner torn from one leaf with minor loss, otherwise a nice copy in dustwrapper). Los Angeles; Reed Books; (1978). ***The Galapagos Archipelago. #39679 A$20.00

18 16 [Moore, Alan and Tui]. GUIDE TO THE VISITOR SITES OF PARQUE NACIONAL GALAPAGOS. Oblong 8vo, First Edition; pp. 112; numerous sketch maps; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Enero; Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia; #37831 A$25.00

19 17 Nelson, Bryan. GALAPAGOS. Islands of Birds. With a foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii, 338; full-page map, 24 plates, 56 figures (a few double & full-page), 5 tables, 2 appendices, including scientific names of species, glossary of scientific terms, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn & slightly defective dustwrapper. (London); Longmans; (1968). #48873 A$55.00

20 18 Oxford, Pete & Bish, Renee. GALAPAGOS. The Untamed Isles. [Foreword by Graham Watkins, Ph.D.]. Oblong 8vo, First Edition; pp. 160; endpaper map, numerous coloured illustrations, glossary, bibliography, 2 appendices, index; original slick pictorial papered boards; a fine copy in slightly rubbed dustwrapper. (Morganville, NJ; Imagine Publishing, Inc.; 2009). #65525 A$25.00

21 19 Palmerlee, Danny; Grosberg, Michael; McCarthy, Carolyn. ECUADOR & THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 440; numerous maps & illustrations including 16 pages in colour; original stiff pictorial wrappers; a nice copy. [Footscray]; Lonely Planet; [2006]. #65519 A$25.00

22 20 Porter, Eliot. GALAPAGOS. The Flow of Wildness. 2 vols., super roy. 8vo, First Paperback Edition; Vol. 1, Discovery, pp. 160; 69 coloured illustrations; Vol. 2, Prospect, pp. 160; 69 col illustrations; in total 138 superb coloured photographs by Eliot Porter (mostly full-page); original stiff wrappers; a very good set. (San Francisco); Sierra Club, Ballantine Books; (1970). ***First published in a scarce and deluxe larger format in A beautiful work, edited by Kenneth Brower, introductions by Loren Eiseley and John P. Milton, foreword by David Brower and text by Eliot Porter and Kenneth Brower, together with (in Vol. 1) selections from Herman Melville, Charles Darwin, William Beebe and others. The photographs by Porter are stunning. #65520 A$35.00

23 21 Putnam, David Binney. DAVID GOES VOYAGING. With illustrations from photographs, and decorations by Isabel Cooper, Don Dickerman, Dwight Franklin and Ernest B. Schoedsack. First Edition, 20th Impression; pp. [iv], x, 132, [6](adv.); 25 plates, several text illustrations; original cloth, (a little foxing); a very good copy. New York and London; G. P. Putnam s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press; (1929). ***An account by a young boy accompanying the Arcturus voyage to Cocos Island and Galapagos Islands. #45621 A$30.00

24 22 Robinson, William Albert. The Odyssey Library. VOYAGE TO GALAPAGOS. [With drawings by Daniel T. West]. Second Edition; pp. 264(last blank); 4 full-page maps (one not listed in index), 8 plates, numerous text illustrations; original cloth; (a little mild foxing); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; Jonathan Cape; (1939). ***First published in Odyssey Library No. 20. #57238 A$60.00

25 23 Rogers, Barbara Radcliffe; Text by. GALAPAGOS. Photography by Stan Osolinski, Marvin L. Dembinsky Photography Associates. Additional photography by Juliette Rogers. Cr. folio, First Edition; pp. 144; numerous fine coloured illustrations, appendix, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. New York; Mallard Press; (1990). #65527 A$50.00

26 24 Selsam, Millicent E. LAND OF THE GIANT TORTOISE. The Story of the Galapagos. Illustrated with photographs by Les Line. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [viii], 56(last blank); double-page map, numerous illustrations (several coloured), index; original cloth; several stamps; a very good ex-library copy in dustwrapper. New York; Four Winds Press; (1977). ***For children. #65522 A$10.00

27 25 Steadman, David W. and Zousmer, Steven. GALAPAGOS. Discovery on Darwin s Islands. Color Plates by Lee M. Steadman. 4to, First U.K. Edition; pp. 208; endpaper map, 51 coloured plates, numerous illustrations (mostly coloured), 2 appendices, bibliography; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Shrewsbury, England); Airlife; (1988). #65526 A$40.00

28 26 Thornton, Ian. DARWIN S ISLANDS. A Natural History of the Galapagos. First Edition; pp. xiv, 322; endpaper map, 28 text maps & figures, several tables, 24 plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Garden City, New York; Published for the American Museum of Natural History, The Natural History Press; #12115 A$45.00

29 27 Vonnegut, Kurt. GALAPAGOS. First U.K. Edition; pp. 272(last 3 blank); original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper (a tiny slight stain at foot of spine). London; Jonathan Cape; (1985). ***An hilarious science-fiction novel set in the Galapagos with numerous references to Darwin, evolution, etc. #65513 A$40.00

30 28 Weiner, Jonathan. THE BEAK OF THE FINCH. A Story of Evolution in our Time. First Paperback Edition; pp. x, 332, [10] (blank); double-page map, several illustrations (many by Thalia Grant), bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (London); Vintage; (1995). ***The finches of the Galapagos Islands. #65510 A$20.00

31 29 White, Alan; and Elper, Bruce. GALAPAGOS GUIDE. Photographs: Charles Gilbert. F cap 4to, Third Edition; pp. [ii], 124, [2](blank); double-page map & 6 smaller maps, 65 coloured illustrations, 13 figures, appendix, glossary, bibliography; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a nice copy. (Quito, Ecuador; Libri Mundi; 1978). ***First published in #65523 A$25.00

32 30 White, Alan; and Elper, Bruce. GALAPAGOS GUIDE. Photographs: Charles Gilbert. F cap 4to, Sixth Edition; pp. [ii], 124, [2](blank); double-page map & 6 smaller maps, 65 coloured illustrations, 13 figures, appendix, glossary, bibliography; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (Quito, Ecuador; Libri Mundi; 1986). ***First published in #65524 A$20.00

33 Part II: Some other Islands. Illustration: Item 52.

34 31 Allen, Durwood L. WOLVES OF MINONG. Their Vital Role in a Wild Community. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxviii, 500(last blank); very numerous illustrations, maps, charts & graphs, 4 tables, 5 appendices, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. Boston; Houghton Mifflin Company; ***Minong is a large island in Lake Superior close to Canada. #38625 A$35.00

35 32 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 boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Victor Gollancz Ltd; ***A study of the island and a new look at the Bounty Mutiny. #33137 A$95.00

36 33 Barry, The Honourable Mr Justice John Vincent. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOHN PRICE. A Study of the Exercise of Naked Power. First Edition; pp. xiv, 204, [2](blank); 9 plates, notes, 3 appendices, bibliography, index, Errata slip; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; (1964). ***Price was Civil Commandant of the Norfolk Island penal colony and subsequently Inspector-General of Penal Establishments in Victoria. #16366 A$150.00

37 34 Bassett, Marnie. REALMS AND ISLANDS. The World Voyage of Rose de Freycinet in the Corvette Uranie From her Journal and Letters and the Report of Louis de Saulces de Freycinet, Capitaine de Corvette. First Edition; pp. xii, 276(last blank); endpaper & 2 other maps, 24 plates (including map), appendices; bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; #2140 A$125.00

38 WITH AN ACCOUNT OF PITCAIRN AND ITS INHABITANTS 35 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$

39 36 Brodie, Walter. PITCAIRN S ISLAND, and the Islanders, in Together with Extracts from his Private Journal, and a Few Hints upon California; also, the Reports of all the Commanders of H. M. Ships that have touched at the above Island since Second Edition. Med. 12mo; pp. [iv], [5]-260; lithographic portrait of the Author as frontispiece & 2 lithographic plates including a portrait fo John Adams from a sketch by Beechey, 1 full-page text illust. (page 15) of the hieroglyphs on Pitcairn Island, list of shipping & list of subscribers; original cloth (back relined, spine label chipped; extremities slightly worn); a very good, clean copy; scarce. London; Whittaker & Co.; ***Ferguson 7445; Du Rietz 130. #41230 A$650.00

40 37 Campbell, R. J.; Editor. THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. The Voyages of the Brig Williams as recorded in contemporary documents and the Journal of Midshipman C. W. Poynter. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 232; 15 coloured & numerous b/w. illustrations (several double-page), 4 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; ***Another fine production from the Hakluyt Society in the handsome new livery of the Third Series of which this is Volume 4. #64322 A$175.00

41 38 Chapman, Gifford D. KANGAROO ISLAND SHIP- WRECKS: An Account of the Ships and Cutters wrecked around Kangaroo Island. Cr. 4to; Second Impression; pp. viii, 108; endpaper maps, 84 illustrations (some full-page), indices; original wrappers; a fine copy. (Canberra); Roebuck; (1973). ***Signed by the Author. #34462 A$45.00

42 39 Cheever, Rev. Henry T. THE ISLAND WORLD OF THE PACIFIC: Being the Personal Narrative and Results of Travel through the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands, and other Parts of Polynesia. Cr. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. 304; tinted frontispiece, appendix; full prize calf, gilt; (spine a little rubbed); a very nice copy. Glasgow; Collins; N.D. [1851]. ***The Appendix is - Statistical View of the Resources, Trade, Commerce, Population, Piety, Position and Prospects of the Hawaiian Islands. #1771 A$220.00

43 40 Clarke, Peter. HELL AND PARADISE. Square 4to (250 x 240mm.), First Edition; pp. 190; endpaper, 2 double-page, 3 full-page & several text maps & very numerous double-page, full-page & other illustrations, mostly in colour, appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. [Ringwood]; Viking [Penguin Books Australia Ltd; 1986]. ***Including Norfolk and Pitcairn Islands. #16115 A$110.00

44 41 Clay, John. MACONOCHIE S EXPERIMENT. First Edition; pp. x, 276; 1 map, several illustrations, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; John Murray; (2001). ***The Mark system on Norfolk Island. #23966 A$35.00

45 42 Clune, Frank. JOURNEY TO PITCAIRN. First Edition; pp. xviii, 246(last blank); illust. endpapers; 5 maps, 24 plates; appendix, references; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1966). ***Burnet 60. #8468 A$145.00

46 43 Cordes, Neville. PORTRAIT OF AN ISLAND. Third Edition; pp. 80; several illustrations & a few maps; original wrappers; (a few marks); a very good copy. Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, S.A.; Islander Newspapers; ***First published in #34695 A$20.00

47 44 Cumpston, J. S. MACQUARIE ISLAND. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 380; endpaper & 6 other maps (some full-page), 71 illustrations on 35 plates, 4 text illustrations; bibliography, index; original green cloth; a very good copy in slightly torn dustwrapper (withdrawn stamp of British Antarctic Survey on title-verso only); scarce. (Melbourne); Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs; ***Not in Spence; Renard 388. The definitive work on Macquarie Island. #3988 A$325.00

48 45 Fullerton, W. Y. THE ROMANCE OF PITCAIRN ISLAND. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 112; frontispiece & 7 plates; original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. London; The Carey Press; N.D. [c. 1910]. ***Du Rietz 474. #41248 A$125.00

49 46 Gordon-Brown, A. MADEIRA AND THE CANARY ISLANDS. A Concise Guide for the Vistor. With Photographs, Maps and Town Plans. Second Edition Cr. 8vo; pp. 144, 56(adv.); 13 maps, 15 plates, subject index, geographical index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Robert Hale Ltd.; #21038 A$20.00

50 47 (Hickey, Elsie; President). DARS-ET. (This is it). Birds and Flowers of Norfolk Island. First Edition; pp. [16]; 24 coloured & 1 b/w. illustrations; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Norfolk Island; Norfolk Island Hospital Auxiliary; 1976). #19490 A$15.00

51 48 Hillier, R. S. THIS IS NORFOLK ISLAND. 4to, Third Edition, Second Impression; pp. [48]; endpaper map, 96 coloured illustrations (several full-page); original pictorial papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Norfolk Island; Harper & Durley Publications; #17440 A$35.00

52 49 Hoare, Merval. RAMBLER S GUIDE TO NORFOLK ISLAND. Revised (i.e. Second) Edition; pp. 80; 1 folding, 1 doublepage & 5 full-page maps, 19 photos., index; original wrappers (a little worn). [Sydney]; Pacific Publications; (1968). #34946 A$30.00

53 50 Hoare, Merval. NORFOLK ISLAND: An Outline of Its History Fourth Edition. Fourth Edition; pp. xx, 206; full-page map, 16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original wrappers; a fine copy. St. Lucia; University of Queensland Press; (1988). #16832 A$35.00

54 51 Holland, Henry: THE ICELAND JOURNAL OF HENRY HOLLAND Edited by Andrew Wawn. First Edition; pp. xviii, 342; 3 double-page maps, 28 illustrations, including portrait, text maps, etc., 7 appendices, including glossary of geological terms, bibliography, index; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; The Hakluyt Society; ***Hakluyt Society, Second Series No #19462 A$45.00

55 52 Hood, T. H. NOTES OF A CRUISE IN H.M.S. FAWN IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC in the Year First Edition; pp. xii, 268; folding track chart, full-page plan of the ruins at Ascension (Ponapi) Island, 9 full-page tinted litho. plates, 4 b/w. plates, 6 text illustrations, 5 appendices; original blind-stamped purple pebbled cloth (a little rubbed; front hinge cracked, but sound); uncut; a fine copy; scarce. Edinburgh; Edmonston & Douglas; ***Ferguson Treats of Norfolk Island and the Pitcairners, and gives a general account of the Bounty mutiny and subsequent events. #48784 A$750.00

56 53 Howard, Editor. PITCAIRN AND NORFOLK. The Saga of Bounty s Children. Photographs by David Hiser and Melinda Berge. Super roy. 8vo; pp ; numerous coloured illustrations; contained in the complete issue of The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 164, No. 4, 1983; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; #58974 A$25.00

57 54 Idriess, Ion L. THE WILD WHITE MAN OF BADU. A Story of the Coral Sea. First Edition; pp. xiv, 232, [2](blank); endpaper maps, 15 plates (including 2 full-page maps); original cloth (a little marked); very scarce. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; (1950). ***Retelling the true story of a convict who escaped from Norfolk Island, killed and ate his companions, and became chief of a Torres Strait island. #47701 A$65.00

58 55 Koebel, W. H. MADEIRA: OLD AND NEW. Illustrated with Photographs by Miss Mildred Cossart. First Edition; pp. [iii]- xvi(complete with half-title, but lacking a preliminary blank?), 216, viii; 68 plates; half morocco, preserving original cloth sides; top edge gilt; a nice copy; scarce. London; Francis Griffiths; ***An interesting and well-illustrated history and travelogue. #13180 A$185.00

59 56 McDonald, Brian. THE FIRST FLEET... By Them that were There. Volume Three Containing James Callam s Account of the First Fleet and subsequent visit to Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands. Introduction and commentary by Brian McDonald. 4to, First Edition; pp. [ii], 22; bibliography, index; original wrappers; a fine copy. (Sydney; Australian History Promotions); [2005]. ***This copy inscribed and signed by the compiler. Callam s account is extremely rare; only two copies are recorded in institutional libraries. #28209 A$40.00

60 57 Marden, Luis. I FOUND THE BONES OF THE BOUNTY. Lonely Pitcairn Island, Home of the Descendants of History s Most Famous Mutineers, Yields Its Secret to a Diver. Super roy. 8vo; pp ; numerous coloured illustrations; contained in the complete issue of the National Geographic Magazine, December, 1957; original wrappers; a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic Society; #58972 A$45.00

61 58 Murray, Rev. Thos. Boyles. PITCAIRN: The Island, the People, and the Pastor: With a Short Account of the Mutiny of the Bounty. Fourth Edition. F cap 8vo; pp. xiv, [15]-304(last blank); 13 plates (including map) & 1 text illust. as per list at Page [viii], plus 3 tail-piece illustrations in text; original blind-stamped blue cloth, title in gilt on spine & gilt ship device in centre of front board; (spine slightly rubbed, hinges strengthened); a very good copy; scarce. London; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; ***Ferguson #34478 A$225.00

62 59 Murray, The Rev. Thos. Boyles. PITCAIRN: The Island, the People, and the Pastor. To which is added a Short Notice of the Original Settlement and Present Condition of Norfolk Island. Eighth Edition. F cap 8vo, Eighth Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, [15]-428; 16 plates including map, 3 text illustrations; recent half hard-grained morocco; (some foxing & soiling; slight defects to a couple of blank margins); a very good copy; very scarce. London; Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; ***Ferguson (Mitchell Library copy only). The list of illustrations has 16 entries and this edition includes the Preface to the Eighth Edition. #16577 A$275.00

63 60 Neville, Derek. BLACKBURN S ISLE. [A story of the convict settlement at Botany Bay]. First Edition; pp. 176; 24 plates, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good ex-library copy in dustwrapper (markings on front endpaper; stamp on title-verso). Lavenham; Terence Dalton; ***Substantially on Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands. #6388 A$35.00

64 61 Nicolson, Robert B. THE PITCAIRNERS. With the assistance of Brian F. Davis. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 222, [2](blank); double-page map, 16 plates, appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1965). #33133 A$125.00

65 62 Nobbs, Raymond; Editor. NORFOLK ISLAND AND ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 244; endpaper maps, 32 plates, numerous text illustrations (including a few maps), notes, appendix (including table of population records, shipping movements, etc.), bibliography, index; original vinyl; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney; Library of Australian History; 1988). #22765 A$125.00

66 63 Paton, William Agnew. DOWN THE ISLANDS. A Voyage to the Caribees. With illustrations from drawings by M. J. Burns. Med. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. xiv, 308(last 7 blank); 15 plates, numerous illustrations; original cloth; a fine copy. New York; Negro Universities Press; (1969). ***First published #13790 A$65.00

67 64 Peard, Lieutenant George: TO THE PACIFIC AND ARCTIC WITH BEECHEY. The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of H.M.S. Blossom Edited by Barry M. Gough. First Edition; pp. x, 272, [6](blank); 4 charts (2 folding, 1 double-page & 1 full-page), plan of Pitcairn Island by Beechey, 3 plates, notes, appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vol Includes an account of Pitcairn Island. #9334 A$75.00

68 65 Roughley, T. C. BOUNTY DESCENDANTS LIVE ON REMOTE NORFOLK ISLAND. Super roy. 8vo; pp ; map, numerous coloured illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, October, Washington; National Geographic Society; #16034 A$20.00

69 66 Shapiro, H. L. THE HERITAGE OF THE BOUNTY. The Story of Pitcairn through Six Generations. First U.K. Edition; pp. 320; 8 plates, appendices, sources; original cloth; (some foxing); a very good copy; scarce. London; Victor Gollancz Ltd; #33129 A$175.00

70 67 Sharp, Andrew. THE DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. First Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 260(last colophon only); 10 maps & plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in worn dustwrapper. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; ***An important and highly useful book divided into 122 sections describing the discovery of different island groups and the work of the various navigators, including of course much on James Cook, William Bligh and the Bounty mutineers, Edward Edwards, etc. #9299 A$350.00

71 68 Shillibeer, Lieut. J[ohn]. A NARRATIVE OF THE BRITON S VOYAGE TO PITCAIRN S ISLAND; including an Interesting Sketch of the State of the Brazils and of Spanish South America. By Lieut. J. Shillibeer, R. M. Illustrated with Sixteen Etchings by the Author, from Drawings on the Spot. Third Edition. London: Printed for Law and Whittaker, No. 13, Ave Maria Lane, Ludgate Street Demy 8vo, Third Edition; pp. xii, 180; 16 etched illustrations on 12 plates (2 folding & 1 printed in redbrown ink); modern half calf in antique style; the frontispiece (with a small tear repaired), title-page & following leaf washed, some occasional very mild browning or soiling to other leaves; the two folding plates sometime split at folds, with minor loss of upper margin to the second, but now well-restored and laid down; blank foremargin of pp. 173/4 restored; uncut; a very good, sound copy; rare. London; Law & Whittaker; ***Ferguson 728; Du Rietz 1188 this edition [revised and extended] is the best (and apparently also the rarest) of the three English editions. We are disposed to dispute Du Rietz s claim as to rarity, the First Edition, printed in Taunton, being the rarest in our experience, but all editions are rare. The Briton visited several places on the South American coast, but was ordered from Brazil to find the American frigate, U.S.S. Essex, Captain David Porter, which was threatening British whalers in the Pacific. Details of the activities of U.S.S. Essex in the Marquesas are related. When the Briton called at Pitcairn the author interviewed John Adams, the sole survivor of the Bounty mutineers, who gave him a full account of the history of the mutineers after they left Tahiti. #51805 A$750.00

72 69 Smith, Derek. THEN AND NOW. [Stories of Flinders Island]. First Edition; pp. vi, 86; several illustrations; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Whitemark, Flinders Island; The Author; ***A Poem and two stories with historical overtones written for children, together with a brief historical summary. #64410 A$35.00

73 70 Williams, J. H. THE SPOTTED DEER. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian. First Edition; pp. 262, [2](blank); 2 maps, numerous illustrations; original papered boards; a very good copy in slightly worn & soiled dustwrapper. London; Rupert Hart-Davis; ***Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal. #9954 A$30.00

74 71 Wunderlich, Hans Georg. THE SECRET OF CRETE. Translated from the German by Richard [and Clara] Winston. Med. 8vo, First Edition in English; pp. xvi, 368(last blank); 90 illustrations, figures & plans, Errata slip, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.; (1974). #38359 A$40.00

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