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1 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 2 vols., thick med. 8vo (approx.; 227 mm. by 165 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 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 blue cloth, lettered boldly in gilt; (slight wear to spine ends; name on endpapers); top edges gilt, others uncut; a very good set; very scarce. New York; Lee Keedick; 1913. ***Spence 18. A variant of Renard 20, consisting of the sheets of the First London Edition ( first impression), with the title-leaf in each volume replaced by cancel leaves with the U.S. details, and the last leaves with the English imprints neatly erased (as issued). It is identical in content to the First London Edition. #62497 A$2450.00
2 Arago, Jacques. NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes, commanded by Captain Freycinet, during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820; on a Scientific Expedition undertaken by Order of the French Government. In a Series of Letters to a Friend, by J. Arago, Draughtsman to the Expedition. To which is prefixed, the Report made to the Academy of Sciences, on the General Results of the Expedition. London: Treuttel and Wurtz, Treuttel, Jun. & Richter, 30, Soho-Square. 1823 2 Parts in 1 vol., 4to, Facsimile Edition; Part I, pp. viii, xxxii, 286(last blank); Part II, pp. [ii], 302(last 3 blank); folding map, 25 plates, appendices; original imitation vellum; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1971]. ***Bibliotheca Australiana No. 45. Facsimile of the First and Best Edition in English - see Ferguson 885. #2138 A$220.00
3 Austin, K. A. THE VOYAGE OF THE INVESTIGATOR 1801-1803: Commander Matthew Flinders, R.N. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 224(last blank); 1 double-page, 3 full-page & 7 other maps, coloured portrait frontispiece, 16 b/w. plates, bibliography, index; original cloth (slightly flecked); a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. Adelaide; Rigby Limited; (1954). #11296 A$135.00
4 Austin, K. A. THE VOYAGE OF THE INVESTIGATOR 1801-1803: Commander Matthew Flinders, R.N. F cap 8vo, First Paperback Edition; pp. 224(last blank); 1 double-page, 3 full-page & 7 other maps, portrait frontispiece & 16 plates, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; ( perfect binding a little crudely repaired; one leaf heavily soiled). (Adelaide); Seal Books, Rigby Limited; (1968). #9082 A$20.00
5 Bassett, Marnie. REALMS AND ISLANDS. The World Voyage of Rose de Freycinet in the Corvette Uranie 1817-1820. 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; 1962. #2140 A$125.00
6 Beaglehole, J. C. THE EXPLORATION OF THE PACIFIC. Third Edition. Pp. xiv, 346; 4 folding maps with explorers routes in colour, bibliography, index; original cloth; (some soft pencilled lines in margins, occasional notes & underlining); otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Adam & Charles Black; (1966). ***This third edition is completely revised and re-written to take account of researches since the first edition of 1934. #11370 A$135.00
7 Beaglehole, J. C. THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. Thick med 8vo, First Edition (but see below); 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/Adam & Charles Black; 1974. ***A curious hybrid issue, with The Hakluyt Society imprint on title-page, bound in the blue cloth of The Hakluyt Society issue, but with the imprint A. & C. Black in gilt at foot of spine and The Hakluyt Society title, author and volume details on upper spine covered by a black cloth label lettered in gilt with the appropriate Adam & Charles Black title and author details. The dustwrapper is the regular Adam & Charles Black one, complete with price ( 7.00) at foot of front flap. #19358 A$295.00
8 Bougainville, Louis de. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. By Lewis de Bougainville, Colonel of Foot, and Commodore of the Expedition, in the Frigate La Boudeuse and the Store-ship L Etoile. Translated from the French By John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], xxviii, 476, [2](blank); 5 folding charts, double-page plate, vocabulary of Tahitian language, Errata; original simile vellum, spine lettered in gilt on blue panel; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1967]. ***Bibliotheca Australiana No. 12. Not in Spence; Renard 159. This facsimile of the First Edition in English (London, Printed for J. Nourse, 1772) has been out of print for many years. This was the first French circumnavigation and resulted in the French claim to several of the islands of the South Pacific, including Tahiti, the New Hebrides, and the Solomon Islands. Several geographical features in the Pacific are named after Bougainville, as well as the tropical flowering vine Bougainvillea. The primary object of the voyage was to hand over to Spain the Malouines or Falkland Islands (which Bougainville had earlier, in 1763, made an unsuccessful attempt to colonise). He then passed through the Straits of Magellan and crossed the Pacific, visiting the Tuamotu Archipelago, Tahiti (of which there is a long description, including observations of the natives and a vocabulary), the Samoas, the New Hebrides and the Solomon, Louisiade and New Britain Archipelagoes. The expedition was one of the earliest to be organized in a scientific fashion; it included a naturalist and astronomer, and carried a chronometer, first used systematically by the French on this voyage. #11066 A$450.00
9 Bowden, K. M. CAPTAIN JAMES KELLY OF HOBART TOWN. First Edition; pp. xii, 128(last 2 blank); 2 full-page & 1 other maps, 7 plates (1 double-page), 4 appendices, notes, bibliography; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (Parkville); Melbourne University Press; (1964). #9084 A$65.00
10 Brassey, [Annie]. A VOYAGE IN THE SUNBEAM. Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months. By Mrs. Brassey. With 118 illustrations engraved on wood by G. Pearson chiefly after drawings by the Hon. A. Y. Bingham. Second Edition. Demy 8vo; pp. [ii], xvi, 512(last blank); 1 folding & 5 full-page coloured maps, folding temperature chart, 9 plates, 106 woodcuts in text; binder s half calf (rubbed; maps and plates laid down on linen; considerably foxed & soiled, but sound and complete); scarce. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1878. #15929 A$135.00
11 Cameron, Ian. LOST PARADISE. The Exploration of the Pacific. Impl. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 248; a few maps, 24 coloured plates (3 double-page) & numerous other b/w. illusts, appendices, bibliography, index; original brown cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London, Melbourne, Auckland, Johannesburg; Century; (1987). ***With a chapter on American exploration in the Antarctic and numerous other references to southern waters. Renard 279. #19818 A$65.00
12 Campbell, Archibald. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, from 1806 to 1812; in which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian Island, and the Sandwich Islands, were visited. Including a Narrative of the Author s Shipwreck on the Island of Sannack, and his subsequent Wreck in the Ship s Long Boat. With an Account of the Present State of the Sandwich Islands, and a Vocabulary of their Language. Illustrated by a Chart. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company; and for Longman, Hurst, Rees Orme, and Brown, London; and John Smith and Son, Glasgow. 1816. First Edition; pp. 288, [4](adv.); folding chart, 4 appendices; entirely uncut in the original boards (spine a little worn); an excellent copy; very scarce. Edinburgh; Archibald Constable [and others]; 1816. ***Hill II, 244; Forbes 448: Campbell s account of his stay in Hawaii [where he resided for over a year]... is of the greatest importance. #57714 A$3500.00
13 Campbell, R. J.; Editor. THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. The Voyages of the Brig Williams 1819-1820 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; 2000. ***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
14 Carr, Frank G. G. THE EPIC VOYAGE OF SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER. F cap 4to, First Edition; pp. 24; 3 maps, several illustrations; original wrappers (foxing throughout). [London; Pitkin Pictorials; 1967]. #64399 A$12.00
15 Carre, Abbe. THE TRAVELS OF THE ABBE CARRE in India and the Near East 1672 to 1674. Translated from the manuscript journal of his travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett and edited by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. 3 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iii]-lvi, 316(last blank); 3 folding maps, 2 plates; Vol. II, pp. [iii]-xxiv, 317-676(last blank), [2](blank); 3 folding maps, 1 plate; Vol. III, pp. [iii]-xxiv, 677-984; 3 folding maps, 3 plates, index; original cloth; a very good set in dustwrappers. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 1990. ***First published in the Hakluyt Society Second Series, Nos. XCV-XCVII, 1947-48. #17610 A$95.00
16 Clode, Danielle. VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS. In Search of Terres Australes. First Edition; pp. xxvi, 318(last blank); 32 coloured plates, several b/w. illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Carlton); The Miegunyah Press; (2007). ***Number 87 in the second numbered series of Miegunyah volumes. A most interesting and attractive book written from an unusual perspective and looking at the social, political and scientific milieu and the personages involved. #57542 A$65.00
17 Cook, James: THE THREE FAMOUS VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ROUND THE WORLD, narrating his discoveries and adventures in Tierra del Fuego, Tahiti, New Zealand, Van Diemen s Land, Australia, The Friendly Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, The Sandwich Islands, Western North America, etc., Together with the Account of his Murder at Hawaii, and the subsequent Voyage of Captain King to Kamschatka, Japan and China. With Numerous Full-page Illustrations and Engravings in the Text. Ward, Lock, and Co, London: Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. New York: Bond Street. Thick med. 8vo; pp. [iv], xx, 1176, [10](adv.); 1 folding & 1 full-page maps, 24 plates, numerous text illustrations, appendix, vocabulary; original lime-green colour-illustrated cloth (a little worn; hinges cracked, but tapes firm; some foxing & mild soiling); a very good copy. London; Ward, Lock, and Co.; N.D. [c. 1890]. ***Not corresponding exactly to any of the entries in Beddie, but generally similar to 189 (cf. publisher s imprint). The text appears to conform to the official accounts, i.e. Hawkesworth s edition of the first voyage and the original editions of the second and third voyages, with the omission of the introduction to the third voyage and an abridgement of the appendix. These voyage accounts are preceded by a brief life of Cook, and there are numerous footnotes by the unnamed editor. The presence of stab-holes in the inner margins suggests this work was originally issued in serial parts. #64875 A$450.00
18 [Dalton, Dr. William]. THE DALTON JOURNAL. Two Whaling Voyages to the South Seas 1823-1829. Edited by Niel Gunson. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 142(last 2 blank); 12 illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth; gilt; a fine copy. (Canberra); National Library of Australia; (1990). ***Dalton was surgeon on the Phoenix (1823-25) and the Harriet (1826-29). This well-edited first edition of the original journals includes extensive detailed and informative notes. #26875 A$50.00
19 Dampier, William. VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES. With an Introduction and Notes By Clennell Wilkinson. Cr. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xxxvi, 312(last blank); 4 folding maps, notes on the text, index of persons, places & ships; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1971]. ***Originally published by Argonaut Press, 1931 in a limited edition. #18385 A$110.00
PROOF COPY INSCRIBED TO JOHN BECHERVAISE 20 Davis, John King. WITH THE AURORA IN THE ANTARCTIC 1911-1914. Roy. 8vo, Proof Copy, preceding First Edition; pp. xvi(bound in different order), 178(see remarks below), [2](blank); several maps, plans & illustrations in text, full-page plan of Aurora, 4 appendices, index; half calf; in very good condition. London; Andrew Melrose, Ltd.; [1919]. ***Inscribed on title-page to J. M. Bechervaise and signed by John K. Davis, 5 / Nov. 1958 Sorry the book itself is out of print. This copy, evidently made up by the Author for presentation to John Bechervaise, consists of the sheets (page proofs) of the Rough Proof Only dated 5/1/17 (? 19) and Revise 8 Aug 1919 (with various intermediate proof reader s approval dates), with numerous corrections by the Author and by proof reader(s), especially to the preliminaries. None of the plates nor the folding map are present. Pp. 19-22 and 177-178 are supplied (bound in) in later photocopy. Pp. 51-56, together with the index (pp. 179-183) are lacking, the index doubtless not yet having been produced at that time. We have supplied (loose) copies of these missing pages for the sake of completeness. A remarkable and interesting survival from the publishing history of a rare book. #57915 A$1950.00
21 de Prado y Tovar, Captain Don Diego: NEW LIGHT ON THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA as revealed by the Journal of Captain Don Diego de Prado y Tovar. Edited by Henry M. Stevens, with Annotated Translations from the Spanish by G. F. Barwick. Demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 262, [2](adv.); 5 maps (4 folding, 2 in pocket of rear board), 2 facsimiles of the original MS. Journal, notes, appendices, index; top edge gilt; others uncut; original dark red cloth, gilt; (slight damage to spine; front board a little marked; some foxing); a very good copy; scarce. London; Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles; MDCCCCXXX [1930]. ***This work was simultaneously issued by the Hakluyt Society and was never before published in any language. One of the large folding charts contains reproductions of the four maps by DE PRADO Y TOVAR and the Journal reveals that after the departure of Quiros the office of Chief of the Expedition had devolved upon Prado under sealed orders opened at the Island of Espiritu Santo, and that Torres was thereafter merely acting as navigating Captain... #2268 A$225.00
22 Druett, Joan. PETTICOAT WHALERS. Whaling wives at sea, 1820-1920. With paintings by Ron Druett. Impl. 8vo, First Edition; pp. vi, 214(last blank); 8 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, notes, appendix of logs, journals, letters and reminiscences, bibliography, index; original dark blue-green cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in white; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Auckland); Collins; (1991). ***Including voyages round the Horn from Abby Jane Morrell onwards. Renard 464. #35940 A$85.00
23 Dunmore, John; Translated and edited by. THE JOURNAL OF JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP DE LA PEROUSE 1785-1788. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], ccxl, 232, [2](blank); 8 maps (5 double-page), 3 plates; Vol. II, pp. [ii], vi, [ii](blank), 233-616(last 3 blank); frontis, 5 maps, 20 plates, 4 appendices (including the Master Rolls), sources, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine set in slightly worn dustwrappers. London; Hakluyt Society; 1994-95. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volumes 179 & 180. #52436 A$220.00
24 Dunmore, John. WHERE FATE BECKONS. The Life of Jean Francois de La Perouse. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 292; 7 maps, 12 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); ABC Books; (2006). #37019 A$45.00
25 Erskine, John Elphinstone; Capt. R.N. JOURNAL OF A CRUISE AMONG THE ISLANDS OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC, including the Feejees and others inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races, in Her Majesty s Ship Havannah. With Maps and Plates. First Edition; pp. viii, 488; large folding chart by Captain Erskine, 4 fine coloured litho. plates by Day & Son, 3 b/w. plates, 11 text engravings, 3 appendices; original blind-stamped cloth, gilt (spine ends slightly worn; front endpaper renewed); all edges gilt; a very good copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1853. ***Ferguson 9463. The appendix includes the narrative of JOHN JACKSON and of his residence in the Feejees. JACKSON S narrative occupies 77 pages, and recounts his varied and perilous adventures amongst cannibal peoples for several years from 1840. After his rescue and subsequent service in the Havannah he was discharged at Sydney in 1850. #9101 A$950.00
26 Fanning, Edmund. VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS, INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS, China Sea, North-West Coast, Feejee Islands, South Shetlands, &c. &c. With an Account of the New Discoveries Made in the Southern Hemisphere, Between the Years 1830-1837. Also, The Origin, Authorization and Progress of the First American National South Sea Exploring Expedition. With Explanatory Notes relative to the Enterprise. By Edmund Fanning, Author of Fanning s Voyages. Fourth Edition. New-York: William H. Vermilye. 1838. Demy 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 13-324; frontispiece, appendix; original pictorial cloth; a nice copy. [Upper Saddle River, N.J.; The Gregg Press; 1970]. ***Renard 526. Facsimile of the Fourth Edition of a quite separate work from the Author s Voyages Round the World which was first published in 1833, and not reprinted until 1924. #25433 A$135.00
27 Foster, William; Editor. THE VOYAGE OF THOMAS BEST TO THE EAST INDIES, 1612-14. Facsimile Edition; pp. lvi, 316, [2](blank); several maps, index; original cloth. (New Delhi); Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; (1997). ***First published by The Hakluyt Society, 1943, Second Series, No. LXXXVIII. #35697 A$45.00
28 Grant, James. THE NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, performed in His Majesty s Vessel the Lady Nelson, of Sixty Tons Burthen, with Sliding Keels, in the Years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales. Including Remarks on the Cape de Verd Islands, Cape of Good Hope, the hitherto Unknown Parts of New Holland, discovered by him in his Passage (the first ever attempted from Europe) through the Streight separating that Island from the land discovered by Van Dieman [sic]: Together with Various Details of his Interviews with the Natives of New South Wales; Observations on the Soil, Natural Productions, &c. not known or very slightly treated of by former Navigators; with his Voyage home in the Brig Anna Josepha round Cape Horn; and an Account of the Present State of the Falkland Islands. To which is prefixed an Account of the Origin of Sliding Keels, and the Advantages resulting from their Use; With an Appendix of Orders, Certificates, and Examinations, relative to the Trial Cutter. The Whole illustrated with elegant Engravings. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], [xii], [v]-xxvi, 196(last blank); large folding plan of the sliding keels, folding chart, 1 coloured & 5 b/w. plates, appendix; original buckram; a fine copy. Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1973. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 28 (only 511 copies produced). Originally published London, T. Egerton, 1803 - see Ferguson 375. The Lady Nelson was was originally sent out to survey the Australian coast and was later ordered to accompany Matthew Flinders on his circumnavigation of Australia, accompanying him when he set off, but her slow sailing meant she was unable to keep up and was forced to turn back when she ran aground off the Queensland coast. This voyage included the first navigation of Bass Strait from West to East. The account is however of more than just Australian historical interest. The Lady Nelson was an experimental vessel, and her performance was of considerable interest to nautical science. Grant was given command rather than the designer Captain Schanck, as it was thought that the experiment would be given a fairer trial. The sliding keels did not, however, make the impact expected in spite of the advantage they presented for surveying in shallow waters. #5138 A$420.00
29 Gray, Albert; assisted by H. C. P. Bell. THE VOYAGE OF FRANCOIS PYRARD OF LAVAL to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas and Brazil. Translated from the Third French Edition of 1619. 2 vols. in 3, Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. lx, 452; several illustrations; Vol. II, part I, pp. xlviii, 288(last blank); several illustrations; Vol. II, part II, pp. xii, [289]-572; several illustrations & maps (3 folding), dictionary of the Maldive language, 5 appendices, index; original cloth; a fine set. New Delhi; Asian Educational Services; 2000. ***Originally published by the Hakluyt Society in 1887-90. #26944 A$135.00
30 Hale, John R.; and the Editors of Time-Life Books. AGE OF EXPLORATION. 4to, First Edition; pp. 192; very numerous coloured illustrations & maps, chronology, index; original pictorial boards. [Amsterdam]; Time-Life International (Nederland) N.V.; (1966). ***A volume in the series Great Ages of Man A History of the World s Cultures. #17096 A$15.00
31 Hamilton, Alexander. A NEW ACCOUNT OF THE EAST INDIES BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON. With numerous Maps & Illustrations. Now edited with Introduction and Notes by Sir William Foster, C.I.E., President of the Hakluyt Society. 4to, First Edition in this form; Volume I ONLY, pp. [ii], xxxviii, 260(last blank); 3 folding maps, frontispiece, facsimile title-page & 4 text illustrations; original quarter vellum, with buckram sides, gilt; uncut and unopened; a very good copy; scarce. London; The Argonaut Press; 1930. ***VOLUME ONE ONLY. The complete work in two volumes is a limited edition of 975 numbered sets. The original edition was published in Edinburgh in 1727 and the work covers the observations of Captain Hamilton during the years 1688 to 1723 when he was engaged in trade and navigation between the Cape of Good Hope and Japan. #22724 A$150.00
32 [Haweis, Thomas; Editor]. A MISSIONARY VOYAGE TO THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN 1796-1798. [By] James Wilson. Introduction by Irmgard Moschner. Small 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xx, [xii], c, 420; 7 folding charts, 7 plates (including 6 folding), appendix, bibliography; original vinyl; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. New York; Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers; N.D. [c. 1960]. ***The voyage of the Duff with William Wilson as Chief Mate. A facsimile, printed in Austria, of the Gosnell edition of 1799. The first XX pages comprise a valuable historical/bibliographical introduction. #5289 A$195.00
33 Heddle, John F. Moodie (An Apprentice on Board). SEVEN IN THE HALF-DECK. An Account of the Wreck of the Barque John Murray. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 184(last blank); endpaper maps, several illustrations; original wrappers (a little soiled; a few pencil marks); scarce. Melbourne; Longmans, Green and Co.; (1949). #16158 A$30.00
34 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
35 Hill, Ernestine. MY LOVE MUST WAIT. The Story of Matthew Flinders. Sixth Impression; pp. [vi], 464, [4](Addenda & acknowledgments); original cloth; a very good copy. Sydney; Angus and Robertson Ltd; 1945. ***A fictionalized account based on the facts by a consummate writer. #15742 A$25.00
36 [Ingleton, Geoffrey C.; Compiled & Annotated by]. A CATALOGUE OF SELECT BOOKS FROM THE INGLETON COLLECTION. Part Five. [Nautical History, Ships and Shipping, Piracy and Slavery, Oceanography, Cartography, Surveying, etc.]. Roy. 8vo; pp. [711]-942; coloured plate, 2 text illustrations, Afterword; original wrappers; (some lightly pencilled ticks); a nice copy. Sydney; A & R, Swains Bookshop, Rare Books Division; 1977. ***2501 items, with prices. #32254 A$25.00
37 Joppien, Rudiger & Smith, Bernard. THE ART OF CAPTAIN COOK S VOYAGES. Volume I: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. Super roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. [xvi], 248(last blank); several hundred illustrations in coloured & b/w.; bibliography; index; original papered boards; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1985). ***A substantial and important work - many of the illustrations are previously unpublished. #41253 A$250.00
38 Karlsson, Elis. MOTHER SEA. First Edition, Third Impression; pp. xiv, 264, [2]; 9 plates, index, original quarter cloth (inscription on title-page); a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; (1964). ***Life in the last of the great square-riggers. #20420 A$45.00
39 Lansing, Alfred. ENDURANCE. Shackleton s Incredible Voyage. First Edition, Book Club Issue; pp. viii, 284; endpaper maps, 12 plates; original two-tone cloth-grained papered boards, three-quarter dark blue, spine lettered in silver & one quarter light blue; a very good copy in torn pictorial dustwrapper by William Steinel. New York; McGraw-Hill, Book Company, Inc.; (1959). ***Spence 680; Renard 866. In common with most copies we have seen, the dustwrapper states Book of the Month Club Selection, while the title verso states First Edition. Some copies were issued in dark blue papered boards only. #8298 A$85.00
40 La Perouse, J. F. G. de. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by J. F. G. de la Perouse: Published conformably to the Decree of the National Assembly, of the 22d of April, 1791, and edited by M. L. A. Milet- Mureau, Brigadier-General in the Corps of Engineers, Director of Fortifications, Exconstituent, and Member of Several Literary Societies at Paris. In Three Volumes. Translated from the French. Vol. I [II, III]. Second Edition. London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul s Church-Yard. 1799. 3 vols., demy 8vo; Vol. I, pp. x, [ii](list of plates and charts in the three volumes), 532; portrait as frontispiece, 2 folding charts & 2 folding plates; Vol. II, pp. x, 498; 4 folding charts, 15 folding & 9 fullpage plates including natural history subjects, coastal views, etc.; Vol. III, pp. viii, 446, 60(navigation tables); 2 folding & 2 full-page charts, 6 folding plates & 2 fullpage plates; full contemporary tree calf, gilt panelled backs & marbled endpapers; some foxing of most plates, otherwise very clean; bookplates of George Owen Smith Collection 1892, Port Elizabeth Public Library in each volume, with a very small neat stamp on verso of plates and at foot of a few leaves; contemporary signature of C. C. Chisteman at head of titles to Vols. II & III, but clipped from Vol. I, with head of title-page & following couple of leaves to Vol. II a little stained from an early attempt at removal of the signature; a very good, sound and handsome set. London; J. Johnson; 1799. ***Ferguson 289; Hill 2, 974; Sabin 38963. One of four translations (one being an abridgement in one volume, 8vo only) published in London in 1798, here reprinted in 1799. Ferguson calls for an atlas of 44 plates, but it is doubtful that this was issued with this edition-- his entry for the first edition (1798) of this version (F. 270) makes no mention of an atlas -- probably it was only a binding variation with the plates in a separate atlas rather than bound up in the text volumes as directed by the publisher (one of the charts in Vol. III is in two sheets, which would account for the discrepancy in numbers). The voyage aroused intense interest but the ships were not heard of after leaving Botany Bay in 1788 and their fate was not positively determined until Peter Dillon discovered the wrecks at Vanikoro over 30 years later. #12603 A$3950.00
41 Lee, Ida. THE LOGBOOKS OF THE LADY NELSON, with the Journal of her First Commander Lieutenant James Grant, R.N. By Ida Lee, F.R.G.S. (Mrs. Charles Bruce Marriott)... With Sixteen Charts and Illustrations from the Originals in the Admiralty Library. First Edition; pp. [ii](blank), xiv, 328; 14 charts (2 folding & 1 doublepage), 3 plates, facsimile copy of H.M.S. Buffalo Ship s Muster, appendix, index; original cloth (spine a little dull, but a nice copy); scarce. London; Grafton & Co.; (1915). ***The Lady Nelson was was originally sent out to survey the Australian coast and was later ordered to accompany Matthew Flinders on his circumnavigation of Australia, accompanying him when he set off, but her slow sailing meant she was unable to keep up and was forced to turn back when she ran aground off the Queensland coast. The voyage included the first navigation of Bass Strait from West to East. The Lady Nelson was an experimental vessel, and her performance was of considerable interest to nautical science. Grant was given command rather than the designer Captain Schanck, as it was thought that the experiment would be given a fairer trial. The sliding keels did not, however, make the impact expected in spite of the advantage they presented for surveying in shallow waters. #4993 A$625.00
42 Lessa, William A. DRAKE S ISLAND OF THIEVES. Ethnological Sleuthing. Foreword by Fred Eggan. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xviii, 292(last 3 blank); 11 full-page maps, 35 text illustrations (19 full-page), 5 tables, notes, bibliography, index; original imitation leather, gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Honolulu; The University Press of Hawaii; (1975). ***Fascinating detective work concerning the identity of Francis Drake s Pacific landfall after leaving the California coast in 1579. His reception by the inhabitants earned it the sobriquet Island of Thieves and its identity has since been much debated and speculated upon. #2336 A$70.00
43 Lewis, David. THE VOYAGING STARS. Secrets of the Pacific Island Navigators. Paperback Edition; pp. 208; double-page map, 8 plates, several text drawings, references, index; original wrappers; a fine copy. (Sydney); Collins/Collins; (1980). ***First published 1978. #20367 A$12.00
44 Lloyd, Christopher. CAPTAIN COOK. First Edition, Second Impression; pp. 176(last 4 blank); portrait frontispiece, 1 doublepage & 1 full-page maps, 3 plates, index; original cloth; a nice copy in defective dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber Limited; (mcmlvii) [1957]. ***This impression not in Beddie (see 296 for the first impression of 1952). #17830 A$50.00
45 Lubbock, A. Basil. ROUND THE HORN BEFORE THE MAST. First Edition; pp. xii, 376(last blank); 16 of 17 plates (LACKING the map, plan & folding plate); an ex-library copy, rather crudely rebound & with stamps, soiling & general signs of use; very scarce. London; John Murray; (1902). ***Spence 726. #20436 A$25.00
46 Lubbock, Adelaide. OWEN STANLEY R.N. 1811-1850. Captain of the Rattlesnake. First Edition; pp. [xiv], 298; 1 folding map, 4 other maps, 16 plates, 4 text illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Heinemann; (1968). ***Stanley charted a large part of the Louisiade Archipelago and carried out much valuable survey work in the New Guinea - Northern Australia region. #2221 A$120.00
47 Lubbock, Basil. THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS. With illustrations and plans. 2 vols., thick cr. 4to, Reprint Editions; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 518; endpaper map, 17 plans (mostly folding), 72 plates, 13 appendices, index; Vol. II, pp. xvi, 448; endpaper map, 17 folding plans, 96 plates, 11 appendices, index; original cloth; a fine set in dustwrappers. Glasgow; Brown, Son & Ferguson; (1975 & 1976). ***First published in 1927 & 1929 respectively. #22668 A$145.00
48 McCutchan, Philip. TALL SHIPS. The Golden Age of Sail. 4to, Book Club Edition; pp. 160; 16 coloured plates (included in pagination), numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy. London; Book Club Associates; (1976). ***Including voyages to Antarctica. #21427 A$35.00
49 Mack, James D. MATTHEW FLINDERS 1774-1814. First Edition; pp. xiv, 270; 5 maps, 13 illustrations on 12 plates, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Nelson; 1966. #5177 A$85.00
50 Macknight, C. C.; Editor. THE FARTHEST COAST. A Selection of Writings relating to the History of the Northern Coast of Australia. First Edition; pp. xiv, 218, endpaper & 8 other maps (2 double-page), 8 plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Melbourne University Press; (1969). ***Col. Lawrence FitzGerald s copy with bookplate on half-title. Includes the voyages of Flinders, King, Dumont D Urville, Stokes, Stow, Searcy, etc. #542 A$65.00
51 Maguire, Rochfort. THE JOURNAL OF ROCHFORT MAGUIRE 1852-1854. Two years at Point Barrow, Alaska, aboard HMS Plover in the search for Sir John Franklin. Edited by John Bockstoce. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xiv, 318, [2](blank); frontispiece, 1 double-page & 3 full-page maps, 3 full-page illustrations; Vol. II, pp. vi, 319-584; folding map, 2 diagrams, 7 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine set in dustwrappers. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1988. ***Hakluyt Society, Second Series Nos. 169 & 170. #24654 A$165.00
52 Malaspina, Alejandro: THE MALASPINA EXPEDITION 1789-1794. Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina. Volume I. Cadiz to Panama. [Volume II. Panama to the Philippines. Volume III. Manila to Cadiz.]. Edited by Andrew David, Felipe Fernandez- Armesto, Carlos Novi, Glyndwr Williams. Translated by Sylvia Jamieson. Introduction by Donald C. Cutter. 3 vols., super roy. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xcviii, 338; endpaper map, 9 text maps, 39 plates & illustrations in text (several coloured, some sepia & some b/w.), 2 appendices, bibliography; Vol. II, pp. xx, 516(last 5 blank); endpaper map, 7 text maps, 44 plates & illustrations in text (several coloured, some sepia & some b/w.), 3 appendices, bibliography; Vol. III, pp. xxii, 490(last 3 blank); endpaper map, 6 text maps, 38 plates & illustrations in text (several coloured, some sepia & some b/w.), 6 appendices, bibliography, index to all vols.; original cloth; a fine set in very slightly worn dustwrappers. London; The Hakluyt Society in association with The Museo Naval, Madrid; 2001-03-04. ***Hakluyt Society Series III, Volumes 8, 11 & 13. #41806 A$295.00
53 Mason, Michael; Greenhill, Basil; Craig, Robin. THE BRITISH SEAFARER. 4to, First Edition; pp. [160]; numerous illustrations (3 coloured.); original pictorial stiff wrappers; (inscription on endpaper); a very good copy. [London]; Hutchinson/BBC in association with the National Maritime Museum; [1980]. ***Including voyages of discovery, polar expeditions, etc. #30439 A$25.00
54 Moorehead, Alan. DARWIN AND THE BEAGLE. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 224; 48 pages of coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations; chronology, bibliography, index; original stiff pictorial wrappers. (London); Penguin Books; (1988). #43368 A$25.00
55 Morris, Roger. SAIL CHANGE. Tall Ships in New Zealand Waters. Oblong f cap folio, First Edition; pp. 48; 19 fine full-page coloured illustrations from paintings by the Author, several smaller coloured & b/w. illustrations; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Auckland); Published by David Bateman; (1981). #21312 A$50.00
56 Morris, Roger. PACIFIC SAIL. Four Centuries of Western Ships in the Pacific. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. 192; a few maps, numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Auckland; David Bateman; (1987). ***Including the Spanish, English, Dutch, Russian and French voyagers, Bligh, the Beagle, etc. and the Clipper ships, immigrant ships, and the sailing shipping trade generally: an excellent book. #63837 A$95.00
57 Morton, Harry A. THE WIND COMMANDS. Sailors and Sailing Ships in the Pacific. Drawings by Don Hermansen and Paul Dwillies from original drawings and research by Peggy Morton. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxviii, 498, [2](blank); endpaper maps, 64 illustrations on 52 plates, 59 text figures, notes, glossary, bibliog; index; original cloth; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. Middletown, Connecticut; Wesleyan University Press, and The University of British Columbia, Vancouver; (1975). ***A comprehensive & detailed work, covering voyages from about A.D. 950 by the Polynesians to the first single-handed non-stop circumnavigation by Knox-Johnston in 1968. #33180 A$100.00
58 Muller, S.: VOYAGES FROM ASIA TO AMERICA, for Completing the Discoveries of the North West Coast of America. To which is prefixed, a Summary of the Voyages made by the Russians on the Frozen Sea, in Search of a North East Passage. Serving as an Explanation of a Map of the Russian Discoveries, published by the Academy of Sciences at Petersburgh. Translated from the High Dutch of S. Muller, of the Royal Academy of Petersburgh. With the Addition of Three New Maps; 1. A Copy of Part of the Japanese Map of the World. 2. A Copy of De Lisle s and Buache s fictitious Map. And 3. A large map of Canada, extending to the Pacific Ocean, containing the New Discoveries made by the Russians and French. By Thomas Jefferys Geographer to His Majesty. London: Printed for T. Jefferys, the Corner of St. Martin s Lane, Charing Cross, 1761. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], viii, xliv, 76, [2](blank); 2 folding & 2 full-page maps; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1967]. ***Bibliotheca Australiana No. 26. The work contains a most important contemporary account of Bering s discoveries by a scientist attached to his second expedition, and is the first comprehensive account of Russian discoveries in the North Pacific. Jefferys Preface contains useful information additional to that in the original edition. #15306 A$95.00
59 Murdoch, W. G. Burn. FROM EDINBURGH TO THE ANTARCTIC. An Artist s Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93. With a Chapter by W. S. Bruce, Naturalist of the Barque Balaena. First Edition; pp. xii, 364, 24(adv. dated 1894 and at end coded 10,000/6/94); 1 sketch map, 1 full-page tinted & 1 folding map, over 100 text illustrations; original dark green fine-grained cloth, lettered in silver on spine and with silver and brown illustration and decorative lettering on front board, red endpapers; (corners a little bumped; some mild foxing; prize plate & bookplate on front endpaper); a very good, sound copy; uncut; very scarce. London; Longmans, Green and Co.; 1894. ***Spence 825; Renard 1108; Rosove 234.A1.b. #50811 A$1500.00
60 [Napier, William; Gilbert, John; Holland, Julian]. PACIFIC VOYAGES. The Encyclopedia of Discovery and Exploration. 4to, First U.S. Collected Edition; pp. 488; hundreds of illustrations & maps (mainly coloured); index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Garden City, New York; Doubleday and Company Inc.; (1973). ***Part 1, Lands of Spice and Treasure. Part 2, Charting the Vast Pacific. Part 3, Lands of the Southern Cross [Australia and New Zealand]. Published in the U.K. under the title Eastern Islands, Southern Seas. #16759 A$45.00
61 Ommanney, F. D. SOUTH LATITUDE. Second Edition (Longman Library Edition); pp. xii, 308; endpaper map, 16 plates; a very good copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. London; Longmans, Green and Co.; (1940). ***The Discovery II expedition. #50883 A$25.00
62 Pennington, L. E.; Editor. THE PURCHAS HANDBOOK. Studies of the life, times and writings of Samuel Purchas, 1577-1626. With bibliographies of his books and of works about him. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xviii, 380, [2](blank); frontispiece, 5 full-page and 5 double-page figures; Vol. II, pp. viii, [381]-812(last blank); 18 figures, bibliogs., index of books & articles, general index; original cloth; a fine set in slightly torn dustwrappers. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1997. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volumes 185 & 186. #57910 A$85.00
63 Renard, Julien. MAJOR COLLECTIONS OF ANTARCTICA, AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS and General Australiana, AUSTRALIAN ART REFERENCE, Illustrated Books, and Literature including Children s Books. To be sold at Auction by Leonard Joel, 15th, 16th and 17th November, 1994. 3 vols., super roy. 8vo; Vol. I, Antarctica, pp. x, 246; Vol. II, Australian Exploration, pp. xviii, 118; Vol. III, Australian Art and Literature, pp. xii, 148; numerous illustrations; original wrappers. Collingwood; Gaston Renard; 1994. ***With lists of prices realised to each volume. A huge auction totalling 3757 lots, all carefully described, with informative footnotes - a valuable reference. #45048 A$110.00
64 [Rickman, John]. JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN COOK S LAST VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, on Discovery; performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, Illustrated with Cuts, and a Chart, showing the Tracts of the Ships employed in this Expedition. Faithfully Narrated from the original MS. Facsimile Edition; pp. [viii], [vi], xlvi, 396(last 4 unnumbered); double-page map, 1 doublepage & 5 full-page plates; original plasticised cloth; a fine copy; scarce. [U.S.A.]; Readex Microprint; (1966). ***The original edition: London, Printed for E. Newbery, M DCC LXXXI [1781] is of very great rarity. #9373 A$245.00
65 Robertson, George: AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF TAHITI. From the Journal of George Robertson, Master of H.M.S. Dolphin. Edited, with an Introduction by Oliver Warner. With Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings. First Edition (of this version); pp. 128; 10 wood engravings (including map); original clothbacked papered boards; (neatly covered in adhesive plastic, otherwise a nice copy). London; Folio Society; 1955. #2244 A$10.00
66 Schilder, Gunter. AUSTRALIA UNVEILED. The Share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia. Translated from the German by Olaf Richter. [Part One -- History. Part Two -- The Maps]. Cr. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. xii, 424; 44 plates (mostly maps), 61 text illustrations including many maps; plus 88 full-page maps in second part of work; bibliography, 3 indices; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Amsterdam; Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; 1976. ***From the library of Brigadier Lawrence Fitzgerald, author of Java La Grande, with his pencilled notes and lines in margins. #57615 A$350.00
67 Scott, Ernest. LAPEROUSE. Small 4to, First Edition; pp. 104; 13 plates (including 1 folding & 2 full-page maps), 1 text illust.; original cloth; a nice copy. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; (1912). #41068 A$85.00
68 Scott, Ernest. THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MATTHEW FLINDERS, R.N. Thick demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 492; 4 double-page & 6 full-page maps, 2 folding, 3 double-page & 2 full-page facsimile documents, 22 plates, chronology, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; original gilt decorated blue cloth of the primary issue (top of front joint repaired; cancelled stamp of The Royal Historical Society of Victoria on front endpaper, but no other markings); a very good, clean copy; scarce. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; 1914. #5109 A$375.00
69 Severin, Tim. THE CHINA VOYAGE. Across the Pacific by Bamboo Raft. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. [x], 326(last 9 blank); map, 16 coloured plates, numerous text illustrations; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Reading, Massachusetts; Addison- Wesley Publishing Company; (1995). #63286 A$45.00
70 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; 1960. ***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 Smythe, Mrs. [W. J.]. TEN MONTHS IN THE FIJI ISLANDS. With an Introduction and Appendix by Colonel W. J. Smythe, Royal Artillery; Late H. M. Commissioner to Fiji. Illustrated by Chromolithographs and Woodcuts from Sketches made on the spot. With Maps by Arrowsmith. First Edition; pp. xii, xx, 284(last 2 blank); 2 folding maps (1 coloured), 2 full-page maps (1 coloured), 4 coloured & 6 tinted plates, 3 text illustrations, appendices; half leather with marbled sides; (the two folding maps laid down on thin tissue with minor edge defects to the first); a very good copy; scarce. Oxford & London; John Henry & James Parker; 1864. ***The illustrations were drawn by the Author & the chromolithographed plates printed by Vincent Brooks. The main part of the work comprises a series of letters from Mrs. Smythe detailing her travels and observations of native and colonial customs. #5598 A$500.00
72 Sotheby & Co.: THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY OF BOIES PENROSE ESQ FSA FRGS. Removed from Barbados Hill, Devon, Pennsylvania. The First Portion: Travel & Exploration, Navigation and Trade, A - L. The Second Portion: Travel & Exploration, Navigation and Trade, M - Z, Fourteen Geographical Manuscripts, English & Continental Books of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries. 2 vols., cr. 4to; Vol. I, pp. [ii], 110; 6 b/w. plates, numerous full-page illustrations; Vol. II, pp. 164; folding coloured frontispiece, 10 b/w. plates (2 folding), numerous illustrations (1 folding); original papered boards; (some foxing); a very good set. London; Sotheby & Co.; 1971. ***With lists of prices realised loosely inserted. Two major sales held on 7 June and 9 November 1971 containing many rare and important early travel narratives with numerous title-pages illustrated. #38604 A$135.00
73 South Australia: PLAN OF A COMPANY TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FOUNDING A COLONY IN SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA, purchasing Land therein, and Preparing the Land so purchased for the Reception of Immigrants. London: Ridgway and Sons, Piccadilly. 1831. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 66(last blank), 67-74(Appendix); 3 delicately hand-coloured folding maps, appendix; old half calf, with marbled sides (spine a little rubbed; some foxing at end & a little elsewhere); a nice copy; rare. London; Ridgway and Sons; 1831. ***Ferguson 1473 (5 copies only). There are currently only ten copies listed in Australian libraries and two in the U.K. The book was reissued in the following year: this is equally rare. It is the foundation book for the colony of South Australia, containing proposals for the foundation of that colony along the lines propounded by Edward Gibbon Wakefield in 1829. The new colony is proposed for the area between 132 degrees and 141 degrees East on the south coast of Australia, together with the Islands on the coast and the work includes a brief historical account of Flinders explorations followed by a detailed survey of the configuration and productive capacity of the country taken from information provided by Flinders, Baudin and King, together with reasoned speculations on the possibility of exports of various commodities from the proposed settlement, with comparisons of the situation at Hobart Town, Sydney, the failed settlement at Swan River and various places even further afield such as Virginia. The eight-page appendix is important in its own right, comprising the report of a sealing expedition in the Brig Governor Macquarrie made in 1819: Report of a Voyage from Sydney to Kangaroo Island and of Observations made during a stay of seven months on, and near the island, by Captain Sutherland, who in the year 1819 was employed by some merchants of Sydney to command a vessel of 140 tons, expressly fitted out for the purpose of obtaining a cargo of salt and seal skins from Kangaroo Island. Captain Sutherland has been engaged for many years in the trade between England and New Holland, and lately commanded the ship Lang. He is now in London. Oct. 4th, 1831. This is amongst the earliest extended accounts of sealing activities on the south coast of Australia. #17230 A$14,500.00
74 Time-Life: THE SEAFARERS. A series of 21 (of a total of 22) volumes, 4to, various impressions of the First English Language Edition, each of 176 pages (2 volumes slightly more), with coloured map endpapers, numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations & a few text maps, bibliography & index to each volume; a fine set in original imitation leather, with coloured illustrations mounted on front boards. Amsterdam; Time-Life Books; (1979-85). ***A fine, informative and well-illustrated reference, comprising:- The Pirates (192 pp., 2nd impr., 1979); Fighting Sail (184 pp., 2nd impr., 1979); The Great Liners (2nd impr., 1979); The Explorers; The Men-of-War (both 2nd impr., 1980); The Ancient Mariners (1st impr., 1982); The Vikings; The Frigates; The Whalers (all 2nd impr., 1982); The Spanish Main (2nd impr., 1983); The Venetians; The East Indiamen (both 3rd impr., 1983); The Atlantic Crossing; The Luxury Yachts (both 2nd impr., 1984); The Racing Yachts; The Dreadnoughts (both 3rd impr., 1984); The Windjammers; The U-Boats (both 4th impr., 1984); The Northwest Passage (3rd impr., 1985); The Armada; The Pacific Navigators (both 4th impr., 1985); The Clipper Ships (this volume lacking). #53035 A$350.00
75 Von Humboldt, Alexander. NEW DISCOVERIES. Account of the Discoveries of the Russians in the Southern Polar Seas, by M. Simonoff. (By M. Alexander Von Humboldt.). Just over 1 full column, closely set, on the back page of The Edinburgh Evening Courant, Monday, January 19, 1824. Broadsheet; pp. [4]; lightly folded; in excellent condition; rare. Edinburgh; The Edinburgh Evening Courant; 1824. #38339 A$110.00
76 von Langsdorff, G. H. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD, during the years 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807. VOLUME 2 [ONLY]. 4to, Facsimile Edition; Vol. II, pp. [xiv], 386, [8](index, last blank); folding map, 5 plates, index; original imitation vellum; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1968]. ***This volume two is complete in itself and has the sub-title: Part II containing the Voyage to the Aleutian Islands and North-West Coast of America, and return by land over the North-east parts of Asia, through Siberia, to Petersburgh. #18381 A$45.00
77 Walter, Richard. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, In the Years 1740, 1, 2, 3, 4. By George Anson, Esq; Late Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty s Ships sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M.A. Chaplain of the Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. Vol. I [II]. Edinburgh: Printed for Alex. Lawrie and Co. 1804. 2 vols., post 12mo; Vol. I, pp. vi, 212; Vol. II, pp. [iii]-vi(but apparently quite complete, as issued), 246(last blank); contemporary full mottled sheep (a little rubbed); a very good, clean set; scarce. Edinburgh; Alex Lawrie & Co.; 1804. ***The expedition was considered a successful venture owing to the capture of the richly laden Manila galleon, but over 1000 lives were lost and out of seven vessels only the flagship Centurion returned. The contribution to geographical knowledge was negligible. An attractive example of one of the many editions of this much reprinted book. #12810 A$550.00
78 Wood, G. Arnold. THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA. First Edition; pp. xvi, 542(last blank), [2](adv.); folding coloured map, frontispiece & 66 other maps & illustrations, index; original cloth; (some light pencilled underlining); a very good copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1922. #4987 A$250.00