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1 Anderson, George William. A NEW, AUTHENTIC, AND COMPLETE COLLECTION OF VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook s First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, Undertaken by Order of his Present Majesty, for making New Discoveries in Geography, Navigation, Astronomy, &c. in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, &c. &c. &c. and successively performed In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780. His First Voyage--being professedly undertaken in his Majesty s Ship the Endeavour, for observing the Transit of Venus, and for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and round the World. His Second In the Resolution and Adventure, for making further Discoveries towards the South Pole, and round the World. His Third and Last in the Resolution and Discovery, to the Pacific Ocean, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, and to determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. [Etc., Etc., 33 lines, closely set]. The Whole of these Voyages of Capt. James Cook, &c. being Newly written by the Editors from the Authentic Journals of several Principal Officers and other Gentlemen of the most distinguished Naval and Philosophical Abilities, who sailed in the various Ships; and now publishing under the immediate Direction of George William Anderson, Esq. Assisted very materially, by a Principal Officer who sailed in the Resolution Sloop, And by many other Gentlemen of the Royal
Navy. AH [monogram] London: Printed for Alex. Hogg, at the Original King s Arms, No. 16, Pater- Noster-Row. Cr. folio; pp. iv, [5]-656(last unnumbered), [4](List of Subscribers); folding chart of the world and 156 full-page charts and plates agreeing exactly with the list at end; full contemporary calf (expertly re-jointed & with minor repairs to extremities; the folding chart with some neat tissue repairs & re-folded; about a dozen plates with neat marginal repairs; all plates & charts with imprints and captions entire with the sole exception of the plate at Page 640 which has the caption just shaved); an unusually good, and quite complete, copy of a book very difficult to obtain in fine, complete condition. London; Printed for Alex. Hogg; N.D. [c. 1786]. ***In addition to Cook s voyages, the work contains (between the accounts of the second and third voyages), accounts of the voyages of Byron (pp. 215-252), Wallis (pp. 252-274), Carteret (pp. 275-314), Phipps (pp. 315-335), Anson (pp. 336-370) and Drake (pp. 371-398). See Beddie 17-19; Hill, pages 5-6 (No. 18 in the second edition); Forbes 61. This copy appears to conform most closely to Beddie 19 and to Forbes 61 State II. The work, first issued or commenced in 1784, was reissued many times over a period of over 20 years and many minor differences are found between copies including the precise wording of the title-page and some variation in the number of listed maps and plates. In addition many copies seem to have been issued (or compiled) without the full complement of illustrations, up to a dozen or so being often lacking. As advertised by the publisher at the foot of Page 655, it was available both in 80 sixpenny parts or as a complete volume bound in full calf. In this copy, the list of illustrations on Page [656] lists 157 charts and plates in total - these are all present and are placed throughout at the appropriate locations (plus or minus a page) with the sole exception of the plate specified for Page 230 which is instead at Page 136. In addition this copy contains the four-page List of Subscribers, rarely present. Beddie 19 refers to a copy with the frontispiece dated 1781, which on first examination appears to be also the case with this copy, but we believe the date is in fact 1784 (as noted by Forbes - State II), with the digit 4 imperfectly printed. #33081 A$5500.00
2 Andrews, George G. FOURTEEN WEEKS ABOARD THE POLLY WOODSIDE IN 1904. The Diary of George G. Andrews. First Edition; pp. 44(last blank, pagination irregular); 17 illustrations; original wrappers; a fine copy. [Melbourne; Polly Woodside Melbourne Maritime Museum; 1997]. #29833 A$15.00
3 Barrow, Sir John. THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY. Edited by Gavin Kennedy. Roy. 8vo, Illustrated Edition; pp. 208; 7 coloured plates (1 double-page), about 80 b/w. illustrations (many full-page), & including several maps, 3-page reading list, index; original cloth; (name stamp on half-title); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Boston; David R. Godine; (1980). ***A useful edition with facsimiles of interesting documents, paintings and contemporary title-pages. #9269 A$110.00
4 Bligh, William. THE MUTINY ON BOARD H.M.S. BOUNTY 1789. [The Log in Facsimile. Edited by Stephen Walters]. F cap Folio, First Edition; pp. xiv, [190](last 2 blank); 9 illustrations by Roy Williams; original plasticised papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Guildford, Surrey); Pageminster Press in association with Argot Press (Melbourne) & Mitchell Beazley; 1981. ***Consisting of a Foreword by Stephen Walters, a list of The Bounty s Crew, and a facsimile of the portion of Bligh s handwritten log covering the events of the mutiny. Bligh s hand is unusually legible and easy to read. #33114 A$110.00
5 Bolton, G. K. IN SEARCH OF A CANNON and the finding of all six, being the pictorial history of the finding of the Cannon thrown overboard from the Endeavour 200 years before they were discovered embedded in coral on the Great Barrier Reef. 4to, First Edition; pp. 52; map (on rear wrapper), numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Cairns; Published by Vince Vlasoff; 1969. #33077 A$40.00
6 Boxer, C. R. THE TRAGIC HISTORY OF THE SEA 1589-1622. Narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Sao Thome (1589), Santo Alberto (1593), Sao Joao Baptista (1622), and the journeys of the survivors in South East Africa. Edited from the Original Portuguese by C. R. Boxer. First Edition in English; pp. xiv, 298(last blank); 6 folding maps, 6 plates (3 folding), 4 full-page illusts., 5 appendices (incl. glossary), bibliog., index. [with] FURTHER SELECTIONS FROM THE TRAGIC HISTORY OF THE SEA 1559-1565. Narratives of the Shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Aguia and Garca (1559), Sao Paulo (1561) and the Misadventures of the Brazilship Santo Antonio (1565). Translated and edited from the original Portuguese by C. R. Boxer. First Edition in English; pp. [ii], x, 170, [2](blank); 2 folding maps, 5 plates (incl. folding map), 8 woodcuts in text, bibliog., index. Together, 2 vols., very good copies in original cloth in dustwrappers (spines a little faded). Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; 1959-68. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vols. 112 & 132. #57451 A$195.00
7 Bradley, William. A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. The Journal of Lieutenant William Bradley RN of HMS Sirius, 1786-1792. Reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscript. With a portfolio of Charts. 2 vols., cr. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 1-232, 232a-232b, 233-244, 244a-244b, 245-498(last 3 blank); 29 coloured plates, extensive index to the text and Bradley s Charts, views and tables; Vol. II, pp. 8; portfolio of 22 coloured & folding charts; original brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt; a fine set in dustwrappers. Sydney; The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales in association with Ure Smith Pty Ltd; 1969. ***An important journal of the flagship of the First Fleet bringing convicts to the founding settlement of Australia, this facsimile of the original manuscript and watercolours is a very valuable contribution to the early history of the settlement. The journal is penned in a clear and legible hand. Bradley was on the Sirius on her voyage to the Cape of Good Hope for supplies, which went eastwards and around Cape Horn, meeting in these high latitudes the ice islands amongst which they sailed for twenty-eight days. His illustrations include two fine watercolours of these ice islands. He also recounts the wreck of the Sirius at Norfolk Island and the subsequent story of the crew during their eventual return to England on a chartered Dutch vessel. #26219 A$195.00
8 Calvert, Albert F. THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA. 4to, First Edition; pp. [ii], vi, [5]-92 (but intact); 24 full-page maps (reproductions of early charts of Australia & parts thereof ), 5 plates; list of circumnavigators before Cook; appendix; original cloth; top edge gilt, others uncut; (covers a little bumped & marked; internally fine); scarce. London; George Philip & Son; 1893. ***Ferguson 7812. The maps are reproductions of early maps and charts, including several of the Dieppe maps showing Portuguese discoveries of the 16th century, and there is of course much on Cook (nearly half the book). #6488 A$325.00
9 Cannon, Michael. THE EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA. 4to, First Edition; pp. 304; numerous coloured illustrations, & maps., chronology, bibliography, index; original pictorial boards; a very good copy. Sydney; Reader s Digest; [1987]. ***A useful overview of Australian exploration, well-illustrated, both from contemporary sources and with modern photographs of the localities. #43434 A$100.00
10 Charlwood, Edward: From England to Australia. THE 1863 SHIPBOARD DAIRY OF EDWARD CHARLWOOD. A Facsimile Edition. [Foreword and Epilogue by Don Charlwood]. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. iv, 44(last blank); original stiff pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. (Warrandyte); Burgewood Books; (2003). ***Signed by Don Charlwood. The reproduced original text is in a clear and highly legible hand. #57624 A$35.00
11 Collingridge, George. THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA. A Critical, Documentary and Historic Investigation Concerning the Priority of Discovery in Australasia by Europeans before the arrival of Lieut. James Cook, in the Endeavour, in the year 1770. With Illustrations, Charts, Maps, Diagrams, &c. Copious Notes, References, Geographical Index and Index to Names. Roy. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xvi, 376; 87 maps & illustrations (some double-page), appendix, indices; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney; Golden Press; 1983). ***First published Sydney, Hayes Brothers, 1895, see FERGUSON 8465. With the current interest in early (16th Century) Portuguese discovery in the Australasian region this work has become much sought after. It includes also much valuable information on the early Dutch discoveries. Included as a bonus is a large col. folded reproduction of Pieter Goos and Joannes van Keulan s Sea Chart of the East Indies, 1680. #741 A$165.00
12 Colwell, Max. THE VOYAGES OF MATTHEW FLINDERS. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. 152(last blank); numerous maps (some double-page & full-page), lavishly illustrated with full-page coloured & b/w. plates & other illustrations, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Paul Hamlyn; (1970). #5253 A$75.00
13 Dampier, William. A NEW VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. With an Introduction by Sir Albert Gray, K.C.C., K.C., President of the Hakluyt Society, and a new introduction by Percy G. Adams, Louisiana State University. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. xlviii, 376, [10](adv., last blank); 3 double-page & 1 full-page charts, portrait, reproduction of title-page to First Edition & of page of Dampier s MS. Journal, index of persons, places & ships; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. New York; Dover Publications, Inc.; 1968. ***A facsimile of the Argonaut Press limited edition of 1927, with the addition of the new introduction by Adams. Sir Albert Gray s Introduction includes a resume of Dampier s career, both before and after his voyages, and there is a very valuable preface by N. M. Penzer giving bibliographical information on the various early editions of Dampier s voyages. #65423 A$45.00
14 Dana, Richard Henry; Jr. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. With an Introduction by Sir Wilfred Grenfell, and illustrations by Charles Pears. Cr. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. x, 422(last 7 blank); 16 coloured plates by Charles Pears; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine & front board; (pencilled inscription on endpaper and some pencilled notes in margins); a very good copy in dustwrapper. New York; The Macmillan Company, 1911 (Reprinted New York, Mayflower Books; 1980). ***Renard 408. #7855 A$35.00
15 Dening, Greg. MR BLIGH S BAD LANGUAGE. Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 450(last 5 blank); several maps & illustrations including portraits of many of the people connected with Bligh, notes, references bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Cambridge); Cambridge University Press; (1992). ***A compelling and useful new contribution, with much interesting background on the Bounty Mutiny and subsequent developments over 200 years. #35904 A$35.00
16 Drake, Sir Francis: THE WORLD ENCOMPASSED and Analogous Contemporary Documents concerning Sir Francis Drake s Circumnavigation of the World with an Appreciation of the Achievement by Sir Richard Carnac Temple, Bt. Super roy. 8vo; pp. [ii](blank), lxx, 244(last 9 blank); 1 double-page & 3 full-page maps, 5 illustrations (including facsimile of original title-page), index; original buckram; a fine copy. New York; Cooper Square Publishers, Inc.; 1969. ***First published 1926. #33182 A$110.00
17 Evans, Vaughan; Edited by. ACROSS TWO OCEANS IN THE FENNIA. An account based on the diary of Charles E Howlett, May to December 1926. Roy. 8vo, First Separate Edition; pp. [ii], 26, [4] (blank); 9 illustrations; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. No Place; Reprinted from The Great Circle, Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History; April, 1987. #57718 A$25.00
18 Fitzgerald, Brigadier L. POINT HICKS TO CAPE HOWE. Cook s Landfall 19 April 1770. First Separate Edition; pp. [ii], [579]-596, [2](blank); 4 illustrations, 2 tables; stapled, as issued; a very good copy. [Melbourne]; Reprinted from the Victorian Historical Magazine, Vol. 42, No. 3; August, 1971. #18333 A$25.00
19 Flinders, Matthew: MATTHEW FLINDERS NARRATIVE OF HIS VOYAGE IN THE SCHOONER FRANCIS: 1798. Preceded and followed by Notes on Flinders, Bass, the Wreck of the Sidney [sic] Cove, by Geoffrey Rawson, with engravings by John Buckland Wright. F cap folio; pp. [iv](blank), 102, [8](blank); map & 8 engravings; original buckram, gilt (slightly flecked); top edge gilt; a very good copy. [London]; printed in Great Britain at The Golden Cockerel Press; 1946. ***Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. Included are the following - Bass s Journal of the Whaleboat Voyage; The Voyage of the Sidney Cove ; The Shipwreck of the Sidney Cove ; Flinders Account of the Wreck of the Porpoise and Cato ; etc. #30393 A$650.00
20 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. By James Grant, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. 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. London: Printed by C. Roworth, Bell Yard, Fleet Street, for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall. 1803. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. [iv](title & dedication, versos blank), [ii](list of Encouragers), [viii](contents, last Erratum & Directions to the Binder), [v]-xxvi(an Account of the Origin of Sliding Keels), [ii](blank), 196(last blank); large folding plan of the sliding keels, folding chart, 1 coloured & 5 b/w. plates, appendix; neatly recased in original papered boards (rebacked, with printed paper label in style similar to original, and free
endpapers replaced using contemporary paper; spine ends a little worn); entirely uncut and unopened; an exceptionally fine & clean copy; rare. London; Printed for T. Egerton; 1803. ***Ferguson 375; Wantrup 75; Hill, page 126. This copy is complete with the rare List of Encouragers leaf AND the blank leaf d4, neither mentioned by Ferguson, and one or both not present in most copies. The plates and chart were all engraved by S. I. Neele, 352 Strand and it seems that the work was not in fact published until 1804 as while the coloured plate of the Crested Cockatoo and the plate of the Lady Nelson in the Thames are dated July 1st, 1803 and the chart is dated Dec. 27th 1803, the remaining plates (except that of the sliding keels which is undated) are all dated Jan. 10th 1804. Never having been rebound, this copy has the plates all together, before the main text, with the result that the fine coloured plate of the Crested Cockatoo which almost invariably has the text offset across it, is here unmarked and in its original glory. The Lady Nelson was originally sent out for Matthew Flinders use on his circumnavigation of Australia, and accompanied 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. #21808 A$17,500.00
21 Hamilton, George. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD in His Majesty s Frigate Pandora. [Performed under the direction of Captain Edwards In the Years 1790, 1891, and 1792. With the Discoveries made in the South-Sea; and the many Distresses experienced by the Crew from Shipwreck and Famine, in the Voyage of Eleven Hundred Miles in open Boats, between Endeavour Straits and the Island of Timor]. First printed in 1793, reissued with a foreword by Alex Allan, British High Commissioner and an Essay by Peter Gesner, Curator of Maritime Archaeology, Queensland Museum. Facsimile Edition; pp. 38, 164, [2](blank); portrait frontispiece (to original work), map frontispiece & 5 illustrations in introduction; original quarter leather (spine faded), with marbled sides; a nice copy. (Sydney); Hordern House; (1998). ***Australian Maritime Series Number Four. Edition limited to 950 copies. Originally published at Berwick in 1793. #59450 A$350.00
22 Haws, Duncan. SHIPS AND THE SEA. A Chronological Review. Large square 4to, First U.K. Edition; pp. 240; numerous coloured and b/w. maps, illustrations & diagrams, bibliography, index; original papered boards; (pp. 6-7 a little marked); a very good copy in dustwrapper. [London]; Hart Davis, MacGibbon; [1976]. #64091 A$50.00
23 Hough, Richard. CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR CHRISTIAN. The Men and the Mutiny. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. 320; endpaper maps, 16 plates (1 double-page), 13 text illustrations & maps, chronology, sources, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. New York; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.; 1973. #2115 A$50.00
24 [Howard, George William Frederick; Seventh] Earl of Carlisle. DIARY IN TURKISH AND GREEK WATERS. By the Right Honourable the Earl of Carlisle. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo, Third Edition; pp. xii, 354; contemporary half calf, with marbled sides; a nice copy. London; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; 1854. ***An account of the Grand Tour made by Carlisle [1802-64] in 1853. The author travelled by rail through France and Germany to the Danube, thence to Istanbul, from whence he traversed the coasts of Turkey and Greece. A Whig MP, Carlisle had earlier travelled to St Petersburg for the coronation of Tsar Nicolas I. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1855. #12793 A$220.00
25 Hunter, Captain John. AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS AT PORT JACKSON AND NORFOLK ISLAND, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the Publication of Phillip s Voyage, compiled from the Official Papers, including the Journals of Governors Phillip and King, and of Lieut. Ball; and the Voyages from the First Sailing of the Sirius in 1787, to the Return of that Ship s Company to England in 1792. Illustrated with seventeen Maps, Charts, Views, & other embellishments, drawn on the Spot by Captains Hunter, & Bradley, Lieutenant Dawes, & Governor King. Med. 4to, Facsimile of First Edition, engr. title (with vignette), pp. [ii], [xviii], 584(last blank); portrait, 5 charts & plans(2 folding & 3 full-page), & 10 plates, list of subscribers; original quarter leather; a fine copy. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1968]. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 148 (702 copies only). First published London, Stockdale, January 1, 1793. Pages 549-551 contain a list of the first settlers (both free men and convicts) and their grants of land; and the plate at Page 77 - View of the Settlement in Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, 20 August, 1788 - is the earliest view of the settlement. #6498 A$425.00
26 Irving, Laurence; (Preface by). BLIGH AND THE BOUNTY. His Narrative of the Voyage to Otaheite. With an account of the Mutiny and of his Boat Journey to Timor. First U.S. Edition; pp. [ii], xxx, 284, [4](blank); endpaper map, numerous fine b/w. illustrations by Laurence Irving, bibliography; original cloth (very slightly marked) illustrated in black; a nice copy; scarce. [New York]; (E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.; 1936). ***From the library of Lawrence Fitzgerald, with bookplate, and with name of former owner on preliminary page. #52191 A$120.00
27 Jarman, Robert. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS, IN THE JAPAN, employed in the Sperm Whale Fishery, under the Command of Capt. John May. By Robert Jarman. First published at Beccles and London in 1838. Edited, with an Introduction, Notes, Chronology, and Index, by Robert M. Warneke, and faithfully reprinted from the original. Melbourne: Edition Renard 2009. 8vo, Deluxe Limited New Edition; pp. XII, vi, 242, [243]-318; portrait, introduction, extensive notes, chronology, references and index; fully section-sewn on tapes and hand-bound in original half grey goatskin with black moire cloth sides, top edge dyed, and marker ribbon. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2009. ***Deluxe limited edition of 70 numbered copies within the overall limitation of 200 copies for sale. A new edition of the very rare account first published in two issues in 1838 and until now never reprinted - see Forbes 1104, also Bagnall 2685 and Ferguson 2526 (and 2526a). Robert Jarman, the son of a printer at Beccles, joined the crew as a young man of twenty years on a whaling voyage to the South Seas in 1831. During the next three to four years young Robert s forecastle jottings were transformed into a lively and well-crafted tale. The primary theme is the hard, unrelenting search for whales, reflected in Jarman s methodical recording of encounters with other whalers and elaborated with graphic descriptions of the excitements and dangers of whaling with the inevitable accidents, injuries, and tragic deaths. After cruising the Japan Sea, the ship reached the Hawaiian Islands at the end of October 1832 and anchored at Honolulu. The author noted 18 whalers in port. He describes the harbor and the method by which ships were towed in, and the Honolulu Fort, and the town and its native people (Forbes). He tells also of surviving gales and near disaster when the Japan was dismasted in a hurricane, which forced the stricken ship to Sydney for extensive repairs. Jarman gives an interesting account of Sydney, with perceptive comments on convicts and their management and the Aboriginals and their customs including the use of the boomerang. Subsequently the ship cruised around Rotuma, the Fiji Islands and New Zealand before returning to England. Along the way Jarman gives accounts of visits to bays and islands to trade for fresh provisions, and of longer stays at various ports for wood, water and to benefit the crew. A welcome respite from the rigors and grinding repetition of shipboard life, Jarman was obviously captivated by those of the natives who were friendly, and he perceptively and sympathetically described their modes of life, customs, and the effects of European intercourse and colonization. The scope and appeal of this book is enhanced by some lengthy passages on natural history, including observations on the social behaviour of sperm whales and encounters with sharks, other fish and birds. Because of several chance but pertinent events he was able to include commentaries on several dramatic episodes of Pacific maritime history, such as the Bligh mutiny and its aftermath, and recent massacres of ships crews by islanders a constant fear for lightly-armed visiting whalers. #27823 A$325.00
28 Jones, Colin. THE VOYAGE OF THE COLONIAL SHIP VICTORIA. Roy. 8vo; pp. 179-188; 1 illust., sources; original wrappers; a fine copy. London; reprinted from The Mariner s Mirror, Vol. 72, No. 2; May 1986. ***The beginnings of the Australian navy. #30747 A$15.00
29 Kemp, Peter; Edited by. THE OXFORD COMPANION TO SHIPS & THE SEA. Med. 8vo, First Edition (but see below); pp. viii, 972; numerous illustrations & figures including 4pp. coloured illustrations, 5 appendices; original papered boards (lower spine bumped); a very good copy in binding and dustwrapper of the Reader s Union, but internally identical in all respects to the first edition. London; Oxford University Press; 1976. ***A highly useful reference. #16041 A$65.00
30 Kidd, Flora. TO HELL OR MELBOURNE. First Edition; pp. 130, [2]; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (Saint John, N.B.; The Marco Polo Project Inc.; 1993). ***A fictional adventure story based on historical facts of the Marco Polo, the fastest ship in the world. #55547 A$30.00
31 King, Jonathan. SAILING HOME. The Fleet that Celebrates 200 Years of History. 4to, First Edition; pp. 80; numerous coloured illustrations; original pictorial wrappers. [Sydney; Fairfax Magazines; 1987]. *** Special Early Edition on the First Fleet Re-Enactment. #28216 A$30.00
32 King, Jonathan. THE RETURN OF THE FIRST FLEET. By Jonathan King, Founder of the First Fleet Re-Enactment. 4to, First Complete Edition; pp. 128; numerous coloured illustrations, list of first settlers; original pictorial wrappers. [Sydney]; Fairfax Magazines; [1988]. ***With list of all people (convicts and ships complements) who travelled in the First Fleet. #23677 A$35.00
33 Koppel, Susanne. BRASILIEN-BIBLIOTHEK der Robert Bosch GmbH. Katalog. Band I. Abgeschlossen zum Jahresende 1983. Bearbeitet von Susanne Koppel. Mit einer Einleitung von Professor Dr. Hanno Beck. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxii, 516; 2 double-page & 14 full-page coloured plates, 1 double-page & 42 full-page b/w. plates, bibliography, 6 indices including extensive index of persons; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Stuttgart; Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt; (1986). ***With detailed bibliographical descriptions, listing 684 works on Brazil published from 1493 to 1919. #37723 A$250.00
34 Koskie, Jack L. SHIPS THAT SHAPED AUSTRALIA. Written and illustrated by Jack L. Koskie. Foreword by Geoffrey Blainey. Square 4to, First Edition; pp. [iv], 132; 33 full-page coloured illustrations, numerous smaller coloured & b/w. illustrations, glossary; original papered boards; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus & Robertson Publishers; (1987). #4441 A$65.00
35 La Fleur, J. D.; Translator and Editor. PIETER VAN DEN BROECKE S JOURNAL OF VOYAGES TO CAPE VERDE, GUINEA AND ANGOLA (1605-1612). Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 144(last 5 blank); coloured frontispiece, 7 full-page maps, full-page b/w. illust, 3 appendices, bibliography, 3 indices; 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 5. #64323 A$85.00
36 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, 1818. 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 (slightly mottled, as often; slight partial split to cloth of front joint; some very minor foxing, but internally fine & crisp); 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$425.00
37 [Lefroy, Mike]. THE REPLICA OF H M BARK ENDEAVOUR. The story so far: 1987-1994. [A pictorial record of the building of the replica of H M Bark Endeavour]. Oblong 8vo, First Edition (?); pp. 52; illustrated throughout in colour; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. No Imprint; No Publisher; 1994. #18856 A$25.00
38 Le Maire, Jacob. MIRROR OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVIGATION. A facsimile of the Spieghel der Australische Navigatie... Being an account of the voyage of Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten 1615-1616 published in Amsterdam in 1622. With an introductory essay by Edward Duyker New South Wales History Fellow and English text by Alexander Dalrymple. F cap folio, First Edition; pp. 32, [102], 64, [2]; 3 double-page coloured maps, smaller coloured map on facsimile title-page & 7 full-page coloured illustrations; original quarter goatskin & marbled boards; a fine copy; scarce. (Sydney); Hordern House; (1999). ***Australian Maritime Series Number Five. Edition limited to 950 copies. #63498 A$450.00
39 Lind, Lew. FAIR WINDS TO AUSTRALIA. 200 Years of Sail on the Australia Station. 4to, First Edition; pp. 208; 8 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, appendix, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Frenchs Forest); Reed; (1988). ***From the First Fleet onwards. #21696 A$75.00
40 Mack, James D. MATTHEW FLINDERS. Pp. xiv, 270; frontispiece, 5 maps, 13 illustrations on 12 plates, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; original gilt decorated blue imitation leather; (a slight tide-mark on frontispiece & title-page); a very good copy. Penrith; The Discovery Press; (1972). ***Great Australian Lives Series. First published in 1966. #23059 A$25.00
41 Martin, J. H. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SHIPS. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 128; index; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); Cathay Books; (1979). ***Including voyages of discovery. #30430 A$25.00
42 M Leod, John. THE VOYAGE OF THE ALCESTE. To the Ryukyus and Southeast Asia. By John M Leod, Surgeon of the Alceste. With an introduction by Shannon McCune. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. xxviii, [viii], 288, [4](blank); endpaper map & 3 maps on 2 folding sheets, 5 plates, 5 appendices; original cloth (spine ends very slightly worn); a very good copy in dustwrapper. Rutland, Vermont; Charles E. Tuttle Company; (1963). ***First published in 1817. #26737 A$65.00
THE BOUNTY MUTINY 43 Morrison, James. THE JOURNAL OF JAMES MORRISON Boatswain s Mate of the Bounty describing the Mutiny & subsequent Misfortunes of the Mutineers together with an account of the Island of Tahiti. With an Introduction by Owen Rutter and five engravings by Robert Gibbings. Printed & made in Great Britain by The Golden Cockerel Press 1935. F cap folio, First Edition; pp. [iv](blank), 246(last blank), [6](blank); 5 illustrations; original blue & cream linen; top edge gilt, others uncut; (a few minor marks, but a nice copy); very scarce. [London]; Golden Cockerel Press; 1935. ***Edition limited to 325 numbered copies. Du Rietz 1122. Although its limitation is similar to the other Bligh-related volumes issued by the Golden Cockerel Press, this book is very much scarcer on the market. #30223 A$2500.00
44 [Nagle, Jacob]. THE NAGLE JOURNAL. A Diary of the Life of Jacob Nagle, Sailor, from the Year 1775 to 1841. Edited by John C. Dann. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxx, 402; endpaper & 6 other maps (including 4 full-page), 20 illustrations on 16 coloured plates, numerous text illustrations, notes, 2 appendices, glossary, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; (1988). ***An attractive book. Nagle was with the First Fleet, served under Nelson, sailed with the East India Company and participated in the American Revolution, amongst many events in a forty-five year career as a sailor. #33210 A$120.00
45 National Maritime Museum: NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM. Catalogue. Under Revision. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. viii, 224(last 3 blanks for notes); 2 folding plans, 24 plates (foremargins to all repaired without loss to images); quarter morocco, with cloth sides (a little crude), with original wrappers bound in; very scarce. Greenwich; Printed for the Trustees; MCMXXXVII [1937]. ***Including pictures, sculpture, ship models, navigational relics, etc. on all aspects of British naval history including Cook s voyages and the American Revolution, the wars with France. etc. #13896 A$95.00
46 Newby, Eric. THE WORLD ATLAS OF EXPLORATION. [A 4,000 Year Journey in the Company of Heroes]. Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. Med. 4to, First Edition, Australian Issue; pp. 288; very numerous coloured & b/w. maps, photos., illustrations, etc. (many full & double-page), bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. (South Melbourne); Macmillan in association with Mitchell Beazley Publishers Limited London; (1975). #33865 A$75.00
47 Noah, William. VOYAGE TO SYDNEY IN THE SHIP HILLSBOROUGH 1798-1799 and A Description of the Colony. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 84(last blank); frontispiece (facsimile of the MS.), index; original cloth; a fine copy. Sydney; Library of Australian History; 1978. ***Limited to 1000 copies only. Printed from the original manuscript, and now published for the first time. Included are lists of convicts from specified prisons in England, who were transported on the Hillsborough. #5079 A$65.00
48 Oliver, Douglas. RETURN TO TAHITI. Bligh s Second Breadfruit Voyage. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxii, 282; 27 coloured & 2 b/w. plates, 17 text maps & figures, appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in faded dustwrapper. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; 1988. ***An important new study of Bligh s voyage in the Providence. The colour plates are reproductions of fine watercolours by Lieutenant George Tobin, who was third mate on the voyage. Number 2 in the Miegunyah Press series; 1250 copies were printed. #20719 A$110.00
49 Paget, Hugh. TO THE SOUTH THERE IS A GREAT LAND: Captain Cook, Sir Joseph Banks and Australia. 4to, First Edition; pp. 48; a few maps, 8 coloured plates, several b/w. illustrations, notes, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Sydney; The Australian; 1970. #42561 A$35.00
50 Parker, Mary Ann. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. First published in 1795, reissued with a commentary by Gavin Fry of The Australian National Maritime Museum. Dedicated, with permission, to Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales. Facsimile Edition; pp. [xxxiv], xxxii, 150(last blank); full-page plan & illust., several facsimile extracts of Captain Parker s log; quarter maroon calf, marbled sides; a fine copy. (Sydney); Hordern House (for the Australian National Maritime Museum; 1991). ***Australian Maritime Series Number One. Limited Edition of 750 copies. First published in 1795, see Ferguson 229. #53458 A$250.00
51 Phillip, Arthur: ARTHUR PHILLIPS REISE NACH DER BOTANY-BAY. Nebst Auszugen Australia de Tagebuchern der neuesten Brittischen Entdecker in der Sudsee. Australia dem Englischen ubersetst von M. E. Sprengel. Mit einer Carte und Kupfern. Mit allergnadigsten Freiheiten. Hamburg, 1791. bei Benjamin Gottlob Hoffmann. 8vo, German Edition; pp. [xiv], viii, [9]-264; portrait of Phillip engraved by Henne as frontispiece, hand-tinted folding chart engraved by Frontrel, Leipzig, and 8 plates (3 engraved by Heinrich Muller & 5 by Capieux) from English originals, together with a fine re-engraving of the Wedgwood medallion on title-page; original full contemporary German marbled boards, handwritten title-label on spine & yellow dyed edges; (a few leaves very lightly creased in upper corner); a very fine, crisp copy; rare. Hamburg; Benjamin Gottlob Hoffmann; 1791. ***Ferguson 113. This is the third German edition, preceded by an abbreviated version of 86 pages with one map & 1 plate published at Leipzig in 1789, and a more substantial version published at Berlin in 1790, neither of these being listed in Ferguson. Pp. 243-262 comprise an account of Gilbert s voyage from Port Jackson to Canton, with separate section-title, and the last leaf is a description of the flying-fox or flying opossum with a fine plate adapted from the one in the English edition. #11953 A$5500.00
52 Phillip, Captain Arthur: THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island; compiled from Authentic Papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments. To which are added the Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Capt. Marshall with an Account of their New Discoveries embellished with fifty five Copper Plates, the Maps and Charts taken from Actual Surveys, & the Plans and Views drawn on the Spot, by Capt. Hunter, Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Dawes, Bradley, Capt. Marshall, &c. London, Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly. MDCCLXXIX. Demy 4to, Facsimile Edition (of First Edition); pp. [ii], [ii], 6, [ii], viii, x, [xii], 298, lxxiv (Appendix, including list of convicts sent to N.S.W. in 1787), [2](blank); 55 plates and charts including portraits of Phillip, King & Shortland, title vignette, 7 folding charts, 19 plates of birds, 9 of mammals, 4 of fishes, 1 of plants, 4 of aborigines & their artefacts, 1 of reptiles & 6 views (including Botany Bay & Port Jackson); original quarter leather; a fine copy. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1968]. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 185. Only 1144 copies were printed including a 1969 reprint. #4964 A$350.00
53 Phillip, Captain Arthur: THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY. First Published in 1789, reprinted, with amendments in 1790. Now reprinted with 7 Charts and 48 Plates including 31 fine coloured plates from the deluxe version of the first edition reproduced at enlarged scale. Melbourne; Edition Renard; MMVII. Folio, Special Limited Edition; pp. xl, 230; title vignette & 55 plates & charts reproduced from the original copperplate engravings, comprising portraits of Phillip, King, Shortland and Watts, 7 charts, 19 plates of birds, 9 of mammals, 4 of fishes, 1 plant, 4 of aborigines & their artifacts, 1 reptile & 6 views (including Botany Bay & Port Jackson), 4 additional illustrations, plus additional suite of 31 uncoloured natural history plates, appendix containing list of all the convicts who came with the First Fleet, historical and bibliographical notes, additional set of 7 charts folded into pocket in rear board; original full red-burgundy polished morocco, gilt; all edges fully gilt in genuine gold. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2007. ***This edition includes 31 coloured plates from the rare deluxe issue of the First Edition. These have never before been republished. This deluxe version of our edition contains an additional suite of 31 uncoloured plates from the original uncoloured edition. All the views and natural history plates are enlarged from the originals to splendid effect. These 25 Special copies, numbered 1-25, contain in addition to the 86 bound-in plates, an additional suite of 49 plates (31 coloured) unbound and suitable for framing. The whole is housed in a specially made cloth Solander box, lined in moire silk. #23918 A$5250.00
54 Sams, Joseph: THE DIARY OF JOSEPH SAMS. An Emigrant in the Northumberland, 1874. Edited with additional material by Simon Braydon and Robert Songhurst. First Edition; pp. x, 102; fullpage map, 8 plates; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Her Majesty s Stationery Office; (1982). #56038 A$40.00
TENCH S ACCOUNT OF BOTANY BAY - WITH ADDITIONS 55 Tench, Watkin. VOYAGE A LA BAIE BOTANIQUE; avec une Description du nouveau Pays de Galles Meridional, de ses habitans, de ses productions, &c. & quelques details relatifs a M. de la Peyrouse, pendant son sejour a la Baie Botanique. Par le Capitaine Watkin Tench, Officier de Marine, Commandant le vaisseau de transport la Charlotte. A laquelle on a ajoute le recit historique de la Decouverte de la nouvelle Hollande, & des differens Voyages qui y ont ete faits par les Europeens. A Paris, Chez Letellier, Libraire, quai des Augustins. no. 50. 1789. 8vo; First French Edition; pp. viii, 266; modern quarter calf with marbled sides in contemporary style; a little marginal pale staining towards end, but a nice, clean and crisp copy; rare. Paris; Letellier; 1789. ***Ferguson 53. Without the folding map, lacking from most copies. The first and most popular of the First Fleet accounts, Tench s work was published in three London editions and in Dublin, and translated and published into several languages, all in 1789. This first French edition is of particular interest as the Recit Historique (of 86 pages) and the translator s notes are useful additions to Tench s account. #23905 A$1450.00
56 Tench, Watkin. A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO BOTANY BAY. By Captain Watkin Tench. First published in 1789, and now reprinted in type facsimile of the first edition, with additions from the third and other editions of the Same Year. Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2004. Limited Edition; pp. [iv], xii, 164, [2](blank), [2] (adv.); endpaper track chart of the First Fleet, coloured frontispiece (portrait of Tench), 3 plates (reproductions of contemporary views & chart), bibliographical and publishing notes; section sewn and cased in full cloth, gilt, top edge dyed and marker ribbon. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2004. ***Edition limited to 200 numbered copies for sale, of which 120 are bound in full cloth as here. The book is an exact typefacsimile of the rare First Edition, with the original long esses replaced by the modern form to aid readability, but otherwise faithful to the original. Additional material from the second and third editions is added where this differs from the First Edition, and illustrations from contemporary sources illuminate the text and an essay on the publishing history of the work. #41752 A$175.00
57 Tench, Watkin. A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO BOTANY BAY. By Captain Watkin Tench. First published in 1789, and now reprinted in type facsimile of the first edition, with additions from the third and other editions of the Same Year. Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2004. Special Limited Edition; pp. [iv], xii, 164, [2](blank), [2](adv.); endpaper track chart of the First Fleet, coloured frontispiece (portrait of Tench), 3 plates (reproductions of contemporary views & chart), bibliographical and publishing notes; section sewn and fully hand-bound in full navy ox-hide, gilt, with gilt morocco title-label, top edge gilt and marker ribbon. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2004. ***Edition limited to 200 numbered copies for sale, this being one of only 20 numbered copies specially bound in full navy ox-hide, and originally issued with a framed portrait of Tench, this however no longer present. These copies were sold out prior to publication. The book is an exact typefacsimile of the rare First Edition, with the original long esses replaced by the modern form to aid readability, but otherwise faithful to the original. Additional material from the second and third editions is added where this differs from the First Edition, and illustrations from contemporary sources illuminate the text and an essay on the publishing history of the work. #41754 A$575.00
58 Thomson, C. Wyville. THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of H.M.SS. Porcupine and Lightning during the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. With numerous illustrations and maps. Second Edition. Thick demy 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xxiv, 528, 64(inserted adv., dated 1.73, last 3 blank); 8 folding maps & charts (7 coloured), 95 text illustrations; index; original cloth, elaborately gilt; top edge gilt, others uncut; (spine ends very slightly worn); a very nice, attractive copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1874. ***One of the great classics of oceanographic literature preceding the Challenger expedition. #9382 A$350.00
59 Villiers, Alan. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. xii, 308(last blank); 8 maps (including endpapers), 43 illustrations [including drawings by Adrian Small], appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly torn dustwrapper; scarce. New York; Charles Scribner s Sons; (1967). ***Beddie 321. #18352 A$110.00
60 Wagner, Henry R. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE S VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD. Its Aims and Achievements. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 544(last blank); 9 folding map plates, 4 portrait plates, 61 text illustrations (maps, charts and views), extensive notes, 8 appendices, bibliography, index; original green cloth; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1969]. ***First published in San Francisco by John Howell in 1926, this important analysis of Drake s voyage and many of the documents relating thereto is very scarce in its original edition. #42789 A$150.00
61 Walker, Commodore [George]. THE VOYAGES AND CRUISES OF COMMODORE WALKER. With an Introduction and Notes by H. S. Vaughan. First Edition in this form; pp. lii, 220, 2 text maps, 8 plates, index; original cloth; a very good copy. London; Cassell and Company Ltd.; (1928). ***The original edition of these privateering voyages was published in 1760, and is rare. This edition is a volume in The Seafarers Library edited by G. E. Manwaring. #9227 A$85.00
62 Wawn, William T. THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS and the Queensland Labour Trade. A Record of Voyages and Experiences in the Western Pacific, from 1875 to 1891. By William T. Wawn, Master Mariner. With numerous Illustrations by the Same. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 440; 5 full-page tinted maps, 4 plates & 59 illustrations by the Author; original cloth; a fine, bright copy; scarce. London; Swan Sonnenschein & Co.; 1893. ***Ferguson 18256. #2367 A$650.00
63 White, John: JOHN WHITES RESA TILL NYA HOLLAND, till Nya Holland, aren 1787 och 1788. I Sammandrag af Samuel Odmann. Upsala, tryckt hos dir. J. Edmans enka, 1793. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 148; 4 plates, a few text decorations; uncut in contemporary wrappers (stuck a little far into first & last leaves obscuring portions of three letters; fore-edge of title-page slightly trimmed and neatly reinforced); a nice copy; very scarce. Upsala; J. Edmans; 1793. ***Ferguson 172; Du Rietz 915. This rare Swedish account was compiled by Samuel Odmann from Johann Reinhold Forster s German version of the First Fleet story derived from the published English accounts of White and Phillip (the official account). The final part of the volume (page 115 to the end) is an account of Captain Cook s voyage up the east coast of New Holland, probably derived from Hawkesworth. Odmann was quite a prolific compiler of material related to Australia and the Pacific producing several works in the late eighteenth century. The plates were probably the first images of Australia published in Sweden (see Rolf Du Rietz s Swansea, Series A, Part I, pp. 21-23, for detailed discussion). #48729 A$550.00
NEVER BEFORE REPUBLISHED WITH THE PLATES IN COLOUR 64 White, John. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. By John White. First published in 1790. Now reprinted with 65 Coloured Plates reproduced at enlarged scale. Melbourne, Edition Renard, MMII. Folio, Fourth Edition; pp. 226; frontispiece (View in Port Jackson), 65 coloured plates from the hand-coloured originals, 1 text illust. (facsimile of original title-page); full dark green vegetable-tanned goatskin, gilt; all edges gilt; a fine copy. Melbourne; Edition Renard; 2002. ***Edition of 212 numbered copies, 200 only for sale. This sumptuous new edition is reprinted with the text entirely reset in Garamond, attractively printed in black, red and green, and the plates enlarged by 50%. The plates, by Sarah Stone, F. P. Nodder and other fine artists comprise 29 of birds (including splendid parrots), 10 of reptiles and amphibians, 7 mammals (marsupials and the Dingo), 6 of fishes, 9 of plants (including magnificent Banksias) 2 of invertebrates and 2 of Aboriginal weapons and artefacts. In the original edition the leaf Hh4 is cancelled in some copies with a variant text describing in the cancelled state a description of the Wattled Bee-Eater, or Merops, Female and in the uncancelled state a description of the male bird. Both texts have been reproduced here and there are some bibliographical and publishing notes appended. This was the first natural history book on Australia of any significance to be published after the arrival of the First Fleet and has never before been republished with the plates in colour. Edition Renard was awarded two Gold Medals at the 20th National Print Awards, and a Certificate of Manufacturing Excellence of the Victorian Manufacturers Hall of Fame for this book. #8963 A$2375.00
65 Williamson, James A. THE CABOT VOYAGES AND BRISTOL DISCOVERY UNDER HENRY VII. With the Cartography of the Voyages by R. A. Skelton. First Edition; pp. xvi, 332; 4 sketch maps, folding frontispiece, 14 plates (13 maps, 4 folding), references, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Cambridge; Published for The Hakluyt Society at the University Press; 1962. #41145 A$95.00