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1994réf. 139514Bundaberg: Corkwood Press 1994. Hardcover. Near fine. Bundaberg Corkwood Press 1994 facsimile edition/ 1896. Quarto four volumes ii xviii 220; ii iv 432; vi 204; and vi 200 pages with numerous illustrations plus 66 pages of plates several folding 13 in colour and a large folding map. Cloth lightly scuffed; a near-fine set. The purpose of this scientific expedition sponsored by mining magnate and philanthropist William Austin Horn and with Charles Winnecke as commander and surveyor was to examine the MacDonnell Ranges on the not unreasonable premise that 'when the rest of the Continent was submerged the elevated portions of the McDonnell sic Range existed as an island and that consequently older forms of life might be found in the more inaccessible parts'. This in fact proved not to be the case but the expedition of some fourteen weeks and 2000 miles by camel was an outstanding success. 'It was not the intention . to explore a new region . But in the pursuit of natural history the expedition split into independent groups and explored undiscovered areas thus filling in more of the blank spaces in this vast region' Feeken Feeken and Spate. 'These volumes constitute one of the most substantial contributions in nineteenth-century Australian exploration but perhaps more importantly the expedition is a landmark in anthropological history because it resulted in Baldwin Spencer meeting Frank Gillen' Mulvaney. Limited to only 500 sets and sold out on publication. 4 items. Corkwood Press hardcover
1823réf. 55059London John Murray Albemarle Street 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Clean Some Wear To Boards And Calf At Extremities Fade at Upper Spine Area. Sm Quarto Half Calf Spine and Corners Wrapped Marbled Boards. Twenty Six Plates There are Eleven Hand Colored Plates and a second Identical Extra-Illustraterd Uncolored Plates Identical Illustrations with Publisher and Illustrator Credits in The Same Weight Paper not Proof Before Letters B & W Engraving And A Second Hand Colored Followed By Four Plates Of Plants At The End Of The Appendix And Followed By Four Maps The Order Of Which and Titles Are Different Than the Book Index shows: Chart of the Discoveries & Route Northern Land Expedition Under The Command Of Captain Franklin An Outline To Show The Connected Discoveries Of Captains Ross Parry & Franklin in the Years 1818 19 20 21 22 & 23 Which is Hand Colored Showing the Outline Of Water and A Route In Red Line Route From York Factory To Isle A Cumberland House and The Summer & Winter Tracks From There To Isle A La Cross in 1819 & 1820And The Fourth Map is Route Of The Expedition FROM ISLE A LA CROSS TO Fort Providence in 1819 & 20. Provenance: from the SItwell Family Library At Weston Hall U. K. The Sitwell Family Seat For 300 Years. This Book Likely Arrived At Weston Hall During The time Of Harriet W. Wrightson 1788-1864 and Col. Henry HELY- Hutchinson Who Was The Nephew of General Lord Hutchinson later 2nd Earl Of Dronoughmore. It Remained Their Until The Family Sold The Library at Auction in 2021. London, John Murray, Albemarle Street hardcover
1871réf. 56561Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Solid Copy Clean No External Markings Hand Stamp Of Clinton Hall Merchantile Library 1855-1932 formerly The Aster Place Opera House 13 Astor Place New York City Small Loss At Fore Corners Of Front Cover Hinges Reinforced Fore Edge Chipping To Page Edges. Octavo Green Blind Stamped Pebbled Cloth. Tissue Guarded Color Frontis Folding Color Map Chart Of Patagonia Twenty Total Plate Engravings Several Colorized. Dedication To Joseph Dalton Hooker Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas hardcover
1902réf. 25076Perth: Wm. Alfred Watson Government Printer 1902. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Perth Wm. Alfred Watson Government Printer 1902. Foolscap folio 62 pages with 4 illustrations plus a very large folding map 625 × 865 mm. Title-wrappers relatively recently bound in half calf and cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; title leaf slightly marked with trifling loss to the bottom corner-tip; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent copy. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 46 of 1902; only 1200 copies were printed. The 'expedition was fitted out to explore the remaining unknown regions of Australia on similar lines to the Elder expedition'. Lawrence Allen Wells third in command on the ill-fated Elder expedition of 1891-92 was leader. The party set out from Mullewa east of Geraldton on 13 June 1896; lack of water and the gruelling conditions brought the official expedition to an end on 6 November at Noonkanbah Station on the Fitzroy River with two men unaccounted for. It was not until late May of the following year that Wells located the bodies of the missing men his cousin Charles Wells and George Lindsay Jones nephew of the explorer David Lindsay. The detailed accounts of the three search expeditions undertaken by Wells accompanied by Nat Buchanan George Keartland and Sub-Inspector Ord respectively are included. Not least strong on contemporary race relations. Wm. Alfred Watson, Government Printer paperback
1902réf. 125441Perth: Wm. Alfred Watson Government Printer 1902. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Perth Wm. Alfred Watson Government Printer 1902. Foolscap folio 62 pages with 4 illustrations plus a very large folding map 625 × 865 mm. Stapled as issued without wrappers; minimal reinforcement to the map near the rusty staples; trifling signs of handling; an excellent copy. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 46 of 1902; only 1200 copies were printed. The 'expedition was fitted out to explore the remaining unknown regions of Australia on similar lines to the Elder expedition'. Lawrence Allen Wells third in command on the ill-fated Elder expedition of 1891-92 was leader. The party set out from Mullewa east of Geraldton on 13 June 1896; lack of water and the gruelling conditions brought the official expedition to an end on 6 November at Noonkanbah Station on the Fitzroy River with two men unaccounted for. It was not until late May of the following year that Wells located the bodies of the missing men his cousin Charles Wells and George Lindsay Jones nephew of the explorer David Lindsay. The detailed accounts of the three search expeditions undertaken by Wells accompanied by Nat Buchanan George Keartland and Sub-Inspector Ord respectively are included. Not least strong on contemporary race relations. McLaren 16633. Wm. Alfred Watson, Government Printer paperback
réf. 122915Very Good. A large blue-toned carbon print 358 × 430 mm flush-cut on the original thick card mount recently matted visible image size 351 × 423 mm using archival materials ready for framing or long-term storage in its custom-made Mylar sleeve. Light brown discolouration about the top edge a tidemark is visible on the original mount on the reverse; two tiny surface blemishes; overall in excellent condition. This photograph is reproduced in 'The Home of the Blizzard' Volume 1 page 102 with the caption 'Adelie Land. Weddell seals asleep on pancake ice'. Several pages earlier Mawson writes: 'Seals and penguins on magic gondolas were the silent denizens of this dreamy Venice. In the soft glamour of the midsummer midnight sun we were possessed by a rapturous wonder the rare thrill of unreality' page 53. The print comes from the original 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley photographs; this was a slightly larger version of the London exhibition held earlier in the same year. The label of the Fine Art Society New Bond Street London is on the verso of this print with the title as above and the catalogue reference number 48 added in ink. The full title of the Australian exhibition catalogue is 'Exhibition of Unique Photographic Pictures taken during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Also other Photographic Studies by Frank Hurley' small octavo 16 pages plus 8 full-page plates and the title wrappers; printed in Adelaide by G. Hassell & Son. A small advertisement appeared in the Adelaide 'Advertiser' on Saturday 25 September 1915 announcing a 'South Polar Exhibit. until October 6. This Exhibition is your only opportunity of viewing Historical Relics of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition and Frank Hurley's Unexcelled Photographic Reproductions'. Provenance: Ainslie Roberts AM 1911-1993 surrealist painter illustrator and photographer; president of the Adelaide Camera Club 1944-45 and life member from 1945; by descent. unknown
réf. 122914Very Good. A large black and white gelatin silver photograph 314 × 437 mm flush-cut on the original thick card mount recently matted visible image size 307 × 429 mm using archival materials ready for framing or long-term storage in its custom-made Mylar sleeve. Light discolouration to a thin strip along the bottom edge; overall in excellent condition. This print comes from the original 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley photographs; this was a slightly larger version of the London exhibition held earlier in the same year. The label of the Fine Art Society New Bond Street London is on the verso of this print with the full title as above and the catalogue reference number 93 added in ink. The full title of the Australian exhibition catalogue is 'Exhibition of Unique Photographic Pictures taken during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Also other Photographic Studies by Frank Hurley' small octavo 16 pages plus 8 full-page plates and the title wrappers; printed in Adelaide by G. Hassell & Son. A small advertisement appeared in the Adelaide 'Advertiser' on Saturday 25 September 1915 announcing a 'South Polar Exhibit. until October 6. This Exhibition is your only opportunity of viewing Historical Relics of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition and Frank Hurley's Unexcelled Photographic Reproductions'. Provenance: Ainslie Roberts AM 1911-1993 surrealist painter illustrator and photographer; president of the Adelaide Camera Club 1944-45 and life member from 1945; by descent. unknown
réf. 122909Very Good. A very large black and white gelatin silver photograph 409 × 555 mm flush-cut on the original thick card mount recently matted visible image size 395 × 537 mm using archival materials ready for framing or long-term storage in its custom-made Mylar sleeve. Minimal expert conservation to three tiny surface blemishes; in excellent condition. A striking view showing two unidentified expeditioners among the royal penguins at the colony on Nuggets Beach Macquarie Island. This vintage print comes from the original 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley photographs; this was a slightly larger version of the London exhibition held earlier in the same year. The label of the Fine Art Society New Bond Street London is on the verso of this print with the title as above and the catalogue reference number 11 added in ink. The full title of the Australian exhibition catalogue is 'Exhibition of Unique Photographic Pictures taken during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Also other Photographic Studies by Frank Hurley' small octavo 16 pages plus 8 full-page plates and the title wrappers; printed in Adelaide by G. Hassell & Son. A small advertisement appeared in the Adelaide 'Advertiser' on Saturday 25 September 1915 announcing a 'South Polar Exhibit. until October 6. This Exhibition is your only opportunity of viewing Historical Relics of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition and Frank Hurley's Unexcelled Photographic Reproductions'. Provenance: Ainslie Roberts AM 1911-1993 surrealist painter illustrator and photographer; president of the Adelaide Camera Club 1944-45 and life member from 1945; by descent. unknown
1958réf. 120448Carlton: Melbourne University Press 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Carlton Melbourne University Press 1958. Quarto xvi 522 pages with 81 maps and illustrations and 17 plates plus a double-page colour map. Cloth slightly rubbed at the extremities; rear cover very slightly marked; endpapers a little offset; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper a little foxed sunned flecked chipped and torn. One of four volumes in the series published between 1956 and 1964. Melbourne University Press hardcover
1964réf. 120447Carlton: Melbourne University Press 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Carlton Melbourne University Press 1964. Quarto xviii 533 pages with a map and 100 plates plus 5 colour plates. Cloth slightly mottled; endpapers lightly offset; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper slightly foxed marked sunned chipped and torn. The last volume in the series published between 1956 and 1964. Melbourne University Press hardcover
1956réf. 110549Carlton: Melbourne University Press 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Carlton Melbourne University Press 1956. Quarto xxx 513 pages with 68 figures and 157 plates plus 2 colour plates. Original textured card covers with the title 'Arnhem Land. Art Myth and Symbolism' and the author's name on the spine and front cover; spine sunned cracked and chipped with minor loss; minimal expert conservation to the front joint; front and rear covers marked and unevenly discoloured with a few minor surface blemishes; edges a little marked and foxed with occasional foxing elsewhere; a decent copy internally in very good condition. The first and most important of the four volumes in the series published between 1956 and 1964. This copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper 'To Mr and Mrs W. McCaffrey with all good wishes from Charles P. Mountford 1960'. The standard binding is green cloth with a dustwrapper. We have handled a number of presentation copies of the first volume in wrappers and presume these less-expensive versions were provided to the author for this purpose. Melbourne University Press paperback
1994réf. 116302Bundaberg: Corkwood Press 1994. Hardcover. Fine. Bundaberg Corkwood Press 1994 facsimile edition/ 1896. Quarto four volumes ii xviii 220; ii iv 432; vi 204; and vi 200 pages with numerous illustrations plus 66 pages of plates several folding 13 in colour and a large folding map. Cloth; a fine set. The purpose of this scientific expedition sponsored by mining magnate and philanthropist William Austin Horn and with Charles Winnecke as commander and surveyor was to examine the MacDonnell Ranges on the not unreasonable premise that 'when the rest of the Continent was submerged the elevated portions of the McDonnell sic Range existed as an island and that consequently older forms of life might be found in the more inaccessible parts'. This in fact proved not to be the case but the expedition of some fourteen weeks and 2000 miles by camel was an outstanding success. 'It was not the intention . to explore a new region . But in the pursuit of natural history the expedition split into independent groups and explored undiscovered areas thus filling in more of the blank spaces in this vast region' Feeken Feeken and Spate. 'These volumes constitute one of the most substantial contributions in nineteenth-century Australian exploration but perhaps more importantly the expedition is a landmark in anthropological history because it resulted in Baldwin Spencer meeting Frank Gillen' Mulvaney. Limited to only 500 sets and sold out on publication. 4 items. Corkwood Press hardcover
1907réf. 142830NP: Nimrod Expedition 1907. Small piece of vellum 10 X 7 cm. Printed on one side are six words which were intended to have observations recorded adjacent. Other than a bit of shrinkage to the vellum the item is in nice condition. This interesting expedition registration slip seems to have been intended for oceanographic recording. The six areas for recording are titled as follows: No.; Date; Lat.; Long; Depth; and Temp. The provenance for the slip is from the Goldberg collection as the other items in the catalogue. Other than being recorded in the Goldberg personal catalogue as from the Nimrod Expedition there is nothing else to tie it to the expedition. Still an interesting artifact. 1907 Nimrod Expedition hardcover
1964réf. 109084Carlton: Melbourne University Press 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Carlton Melbourne University Press 1964. Quarto xviii 533 pages with a map and 100 plates plus 5 colour plates. Cloth lightly flecked; top edge a little foxed; an excellent copy with the excellent dustwrapper very lightly chipped and sunned on the spine. The last volume in the series published between 1956 and 1964. Melbourne University Press hardcover
1904réf. 31978Kjøbenhavn Reitzel 1904-11. Ubeskårede og delvist uopskåret i originale bogtrykte omslag bagomslaget til første bind mangler. 12372;446;463;XIII431 pp. talrige tekstillustrationer 7 litograferde foldekort 32 plancher heraf flere i farvelitografi. Ekspeditionens resultater var meget omfattende både de geografiske opmålinger de zoologiske og botaniske men særligt må nævnes de betydningsfulde etnografiske samlinger som hjembragtes og som er beskrevet her Thalbitzer og Amdrup. - Meddelelser om Grønland Bd. 27-30. unknown
1821réf. 46092London W.Bulmer and W. Nicol 1821. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1821 - Part I. Pp. 164-190 a. 5 folded tables. First appearance of the paper in which Sabine relates his discoveries with the pendulum on his 2 voyages the first on John Ross' expedition in 1818 - relating observations from Island of Brassa Shetland Hare Island London - and from the second voyage with William Parry on the arctic expedition - relating observations from Melville Island. From these observations he estimated the figure of the earth."An artillery officer Sabine was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Woolwich. While retaining his commission - Sabine eventually reached the rank of general - the started scientific work at the close of the Napoleonic Wars. On the recommendation of the Royal Society he accompanied John Ross on an expedition to seek the Northwest Passage in 1818 and was with William Edward Parry on his 1819-1820 Arctic expedition. From the latter voyage. he said came the idea of a great ship-borne expedition of “physical discovery” to the southern hemisphere."DSB. unknown
1855réf. 46629Gotha Julius Perthes 1855-1874. 4to. Bound in 18 contemp. hcalf some wear to the first 10 vols. some a bit rubbed. Some scattered brownspots to the first volumes. Gilt spines. Wear to top of spines. With a huge amount of original maps plates profiles etc. lithographed and engraved large and folded and mainly in colour. This set does not include the "Ergänzungsbände". The first 19 lacking vol. 14 volumes of this importent periodical from its "Golden Period". "Petermann's Mittheilungen" became the leading geographic publication of the world and remained so until World War I. All the new geographical discoveries all the reports from the latest exploratory expeditions were published and flowed into Petermann's Geographische Anstalt and he took care to see that it was translated into cartographic form as quickly as possible. The maps soon came to have a reputation for containing the latest and the most accurate information available. Not only German but international readers as well came to see the 'Mitteilungen' as an indispensable organ for the world of geographical research. unknown
1928réf. 50893København Reitzel 1928. Royal8vo. With orig. printed frontwrapper. Spine gone. Sewing a bit loose. 6464 pp. 3 maps 2 large and folded 6 plates many photographic illustrations in the text. Small stamp on foot of wrapper and halftitle. Uncut and internally fine and clean. First edition of the report of the famous Second Thule Expedition which brought back importent geographical and geological informations of the fjords especially Independence Fjord. - Meddelelser om Grønland Bd.65. unknown
1864réf. 54080Berlin Decker 1864-73. Lex8vo. 3 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines and with gilt lettering. Spines slightly rubbed. XXII4352;VI4375;XI4426 pp. 24 engraved plates and 3 folded maps. Faint brownspots to margins in volume 1. First edition. The offered volumes contains the general description of the expedition which relates to Japan and China. They do not comprise the scientific parts zoology botany of the expedition and not the landscape plates published as "Ansichten aus Japan China und Siam". unknown
1925réf. 53796London Oxford University Press 1925-29. Royal8vo. 2 orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering on spines. Containing 33 25 original offprints published in various periodicals in various sizes published between 1921-29 some with plates and textillustrations in the fields of geology zoology geography hydrography glaciology etc. hardcover
1912réf. 31945Copenhagen Reitzel 1912. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Wrappers with soiling. XI426 pp. and 19 plates incl. geological maps textillustrations. First edition of the main and first geological survey of Southern Greenland. At the end Ussing gives a general account of the expedition in Danish. - Meddelelser om Grønland Bd. 38. unknown
1895réf. 31933København 1895-96. Alle 3 bind i originale bogtrykte omslag ubeskårede og uopskårede. Omslagene lettere falmede og med et par smårifter ellers aldeles frisk eksemplar. 8374;8513;8272 pp. talrige tekstillustrationer 40 plancher heriblandt farvelitograferede plancher kort m.v. First edition of one of the first scientific expedition to Greenland lead by The Greenlandic Commission. It contains the first scientific survey of the huge areas around Scoresby Sound. Meddelelser om Grønland Bind 17-19. unknown
1861réf. 53686Wien Kaiserlich-königl. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei 1861-62. Small 4to. Bound in 3 orig. full pictorial cloth. Vol. 1 rebacked preserving orig. spine. Vol.2 with a tear in backhinge. Vol. 3 a bit loose first inner hinge weak. Small stamp on title-pages. Lithographed tinted frontispiece. X368;VI434;IX436 pp. Each vol. with Beilagen 42207 music etc. 34 lithographed folded maps in colour 42 plates mostly tinted woodcuts profusely textillustrated with woodcuts. Internally clean and fine. First edition. - Sabin 77625. hardcover
1967réf. 44603Copenhagen 1967-69. 4to. Orig. hcloth. 12918453 pp. tables and more that 200 plates. some folding. Clean and fine. hardcover
1913réf. 3113London: Smith Elder & Co. 1913. Third Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue/gilt. Vol I 5vi-xxvi12-636pplfold out maps.illuscolorteg.Being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott.Vol II 5vi-xvi32-534pfold out maps plilluscolor.Being the Reports of the journeys & the Scienfific Work Arranged by leonard Huxley with a Preface by Sir Clements R Markham Both copies clean tight with fine interior. Head and tail crimped. 6 original Sketches 18 coloured plates 260 Full-Page and smaller Illustrations from Photographs. Panoramas and Maps. Stated Third Edition after Ht page Smith, Elder & Co. hardcover
