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Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, [1878]., 1878. folio. pp. 80. folding lithographed map. several text illus. disbound (scattered library rubberstamps). Including the journal of exploration of Port Phillip made by Charles Grimes, Surveyor-General of New South Wales, 1802-03, together with a copy of his map, the order book of Lieutenant-Governor Collins during the stay at Port Phillip, 1803-04, and the journal of the Rev. Robert Knopwood, Chaplain to the settlement, 24 April 1803 to 31 December 1804, &c. cfFerguson 15655.. Soft cover.

Sydney: Sydney University Press, [1974]. First Edition. 8vo. pp. ix, [1], 254. 4 double-sided plates. 1 text map. biblio. index. cloth. dw. (large strip torn away from upper rear panel of dw.). dola2416

London: Printed For G.Nicol, 1788., 1788. 4to. pp. xxvii, [1]directions to binder, 378, [1 leaf]errata. folding engraved map, engraved frontis. portrait of Wilson, engraved plan & 14 other engraved plates (1 folding). early 19th century diced russia, rebacked (corners & edges worn, some foxing to plates). First Edition. Keate's narrative of the shipwreck of the Antelope off the hitherto unexplored Pelew Islands in 1783 includes a full and interesting description of the manners and customs of the islanders. Constructing a small ship from the wreckage, the crew managed to reach Macao, and eventually arrived safely in England. They took with them Prince Lee Boo, one of the King's sons, but he unfortunately died of smallpox. [BOUND WITH:] HOCKIN, Reverend John Pearce [1773?-1831]. A Supplement To The Account Of The Pelew Islands; Compiled From The Journals Of The Panther And Endeavour, Two Vessels Sent By The Honourable East India Company To Those Islands In The Year 1790; And From The Oral Communications… Read More

Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlog, 1941. Second Edition (first: 1939). 8vo. pp. 200. numerous double-sided plates. text illus. contemporary quarter leather (spine ends & upper front hinge worn). coloured wrs. bound in

London: G|eorge Allen & Unwin Ltd., [1952]. First Edition. large 8vo. pp. xv, 821. 11 maps (6 coloured of which 3 are folding, 5 in text). frontis. & 45 double-sided plates (4 colour). text illus. original cloth

London: John Murray, 1889., 1889. 8vo. pp. xx, 395 + 28(Publisher's Catalogue). with half-title. 2 folding coloured maps, 29 plates (incl. frontis. portrait & 4 coloured lithographs), & numerous text illus. original gilt-stamped cloth (bit soiled, extremities slightly frayed, bookplate removed & rubberstamp erased from lower margin of title, frontis. rehinged). First Edition of the English Translation. The Norwegian naturalist's expedition to Australia, 1880-84, was undertaken partly at the expense of the University of Christiania, with the object of making collections for the zoological and zootomical museums of the University, and of researching the manners and anthropology of the little-known native tribes. One year was spent among the cannibal tribes living several hundred miles north of Townsville. Lumholtz succeeded in securing a large collection of zoological specimens, and discovered four new mammals - a tree kangaroo and three opposums, which are depicted in the coloured… Read More

London: Chas. Cox & J.Effingham Wilson, 1851., 1851. 8vo. pp. xiv, 392. 1 map (of Storm Bay). title vignette. original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with spine mounted. First Edition. According to the preface the author had resided for more than twenty years in the colonies. His work includes discussion of emigration, the present state of the colonies of New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and New Zealand, prison discipline - with suggestions for obviating the difficulties attending the transportation of convicts, the penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land, trade and manufactures, land regulations, the aborigines and their customs. Bagnall 3504n. Ferguson 12467.. F. Hardcover.

London: Colburn And Co. 1852., 1852. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xii, 317 + 16(ads); v, 304. 2 frontis. modern half calf (dampstaining to inner portion of frontis. & 2 preliminary leaves in Vol. I, some foxing). First Edition. Chapters on aborigines, zoology, viticulture, sheep farms, gold discoveries, advice to emigrants, the discoveries of Sturt and Barker, &c. Ferguson 11299.. F.

Berlin: 1901 [ie. 1900]., 1901. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 325, vii (ads). 32 plates (incl. frontis.). original pictorial cloth (bit frayed & soiled, front free-endpaper loose, rear hinge cracked). bookplate of William Libbey. First Edition. Includes chapters on Australia, New Guinea, Tonga, Oceania, Samoa, New Zealand and Fiji.. F. Hardcover.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd & Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 1853., 1853. 2 p.l., xiii, [1]errata, 279 + [10]ads. with half-title. folding frontis. chart. modern quarter morocco, t.e.g. (rubbed, short tears in chart - no loss, 1 small marginal repair). First Edition. Ferguson 16282.. F.

Paris: E.Plon Et Cie., 1878., 1878. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l., iv, 363, [1]. with half-title. 12 plates (inc. frontis. portrait) & 2 folding coloured maps. modern cloth (some scattered foxing). Twelfth Edition. "The author reached Melbourne in 1866. He visited some of the Victorian towns and gold-fields, then toured in Tasmania and New South Wales, and passed to Malaya via the Barrier Reef and Torres Straits." (Ferguson) cfFerguson 6838f.. Hardcover.

Boston: Lee & Shepard & New York: Lee, Shepard & Dillingham, 1873., 1873. 12mo. pp. x, [13]-472, [5]ads. 4 plates (incl. frontis.). A bright copy in original cloth, gilt spine. cfFerguson 11539.. Hardcover.

Brisbane: Warwick & Sapsford, Printers, 1893., 1893. 8vo. pp. 152, xxvi (ads). 3 coloured maps (2 double-page), 15 plates (1 full-page tinted), & numerous text illus. 3 tipped-in ads. ads on endleaves. stiff cloth-backed illus. wrs. (wrs. creased, stained & detached, spine frayed, outer leaves embrowned). Sixth Edition (so noted on upper cover). See Ferguson 7424.. Hardcover.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low And Searle, 1873., 1873. 8vo. pp. xv, [1], 326, [2] + 32(publisher’s catalogue). folding coloured map of the north island, 14 plates & 3 text illus. original black & gilt-stamped cloth (recased, with new endpapers, cloth soiled, head of spine repaired, some fraying to extremities). First Edition. A continuation of Alexander’s previously published Incidents of the Maori War. New Zealand. In 1860-61 (1863), carrying the account forward to 1866, when the service of the Imperial troops ended. Included are descriptions of the engagements at Rangiriri, Merimeri, Orakau, the Gate Pa, Nukumaru, Wereroa, &c., the Marire superstition, the escape of Maori prisoners in Wellington Harbour, &c. Bagnall 79. Hocken p. 282.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1844., 1844. 12mo. pp. xv, 324. lacking errata slip. original blind-stamped cloth (spine faded, extremities & joints trifle frayed). First Edition. Browning served as surgeon-superintendent on a number of voyages to Australia from 1831-47. The Convict Ship recounts the effects of religious instruction during the voyage of the Earl Grey to Tasmania in 1842-43. He was also the author of another work on the same subject, England's Exiles published in 1842. Ferguson 3796.. F. Hardcover.

London: Wm.H. Allen And Co., 1869., 1869. 8vo. pp. xii, 487, [1]. text illus. (some full-page). original black & gilt-stamped cloth, a.e.g. (rubbed). Second Edition. The first edition of this account of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to the Australian colonies in 1867-68 was also published in 1869 with plates and a chart. cfFerguson 12627. cfNational Maritime Museum I 690.. F. Hardcover.

[Chicago]: W.D.Boyce Company, [1928]. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 124, [1]. illus. (incl. frontis. portrait). illus. & colour maps on endpapers. cloth. Near fine copy. Printed Presentation Slip from the Publisher

Adelaide: Printed By Vardon And Pritchard, 1890., 1890. 8vo. pp. 3 p.l., 286 [ie. 206]. 6 plates (portraits), 5 full-page text illus. & 1 full-page facsimile. original cloth (discoloured, short split in upper front joint, covers bowed, short tear in 1 leaf - no loss). Presentation Copy, inscribed "To Editor Huron Expositor with compliments of J.Smillie, Adelaide Aust., May 11th 1890". Including railway and road guides, data on trade, shipping, public buildings, principal hotels, tourist attractions, manufactures, newspapers, &c., and an appendix containing biographies of leading South Australian colonists. Ferguson notes that mention is made of the representatives of the various colonies who met at the Federal Conference held in Melbourne in February, 1890. Ferguson 15757.. Signed by Author(s). Hardcover.

London: Printed For John Stockdale, 1791., 1791. 4to. pp. xxiv, 323, [1]errata & directions to binder. with half-title. 12 folding engraved plates (incl. 9 maps) of the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. Uncut in 19th century quarter sheep (some foxing to plates & neighbouring leaves, marginal browning & few marginal tears repaired - no loss, first map partly dampstained). First Edition of the English Translation (first: Paris, 1790) of the major account of the French 'rediscovery' of the Solomon Islands. French politician and scientist Fleurieu was prompted to prepare the present work by the publication in Arthur Phillip's Voyage.to Botany Bay (1789) of Lt. Shortland's journal relating his claim to the discovery of 'New Georgia' in 1788. Fleurieu is here chiefly concerned with the accomplishments of Louis de Bougainville, who in 1768 discovered the three northern islands (Buka, Bougainville and Choiseul), and sailed through the channel which divides the last two and… Read More

Melbourne: Printed By Goodall & Demaine, Published for the Author, By George Robertson, 1856., 1856. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 142. folding lithographed map (frontis.). original cloth, rebacked in calf (extremities frayed, red cloth bit discoloured, light foxing to outer leaves). First Edition. Ferguson 7198.. F. Hardcover.