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réf. 15423Devonport Tasmania. 31 January 1930. 4pp. 12mo. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. In stamped and postmarked envelope addressed to 'Miss M. K. Dove 3 Brodrick Road Wandsworth Common London S.W.17'. Topics include the 'roasting weather' 'many of the paddocks are covered in cornstacks but people with lawns are sighing as the grass is brown & parched' with the whole of the last page dated 4 July discussing it; his friends the Luttrell family 'You remember my telling you about Ed. Luttrell's brother a retired farmer who lives at Sheffield near Mt. Roland'; Rev. Jennings-Smith 'who came from England to N.S. Wales about 1840 with a wife & 10 children'; 'Mr. Conch' who has 'got abouut 50 persons to migrate here since he came out himselft so he is a better agent than the official ones; 'two tons of black currants' going to waste. He explains that one of the cuttings relates 'the Koalas the paper spelt it wrongly' and the other to a 'lady-lecturer . a cousin of Sir Wm. Watson the poet; she is lecturing in the town on psychology'. In 1892 the English journal 'Nature' described Dove as 'A FRIEND Mr. Hamilton S. Dove who has resided for several years in Tasmania' and the last page of the letter reflects this interest in meteorology beginning: '4th July. No sign of a change yete although the Govt. Meteorologist promised us a cool change with showers on 2nd. inst.' The letter concludes: 'Oh! for an icy breeze off the Antarctic so that one could breathe again!' One of the cuttings dated by Dove to January 1930 is headed 'Migration Agent' and concerns 'Mr. J. Couch an Englishman resident for three years in Tasmania who has interested himself in promoting migration'; and the other attributed by Dove to the 'Advocate' Tasmania is headed 'A Curious Friendship' and begins: '"H.S.D." i.e. Dove himself writes: A strange instance of two very different animals chumming together has been reported from England.' Devonport, Tasmania. 31 January 1930. unknown
réf. ria9780295753782_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The destruction and defiance that swirled around Australia's embrace of the world's nuclear orderThough a nonnuclear state Australia was embroiled in the military and civilian nuclear energy programs of numerous global powers across th hardcover
1909réf. MC6-810Hobart, John Vail, Government Printer, 1909. original softcover, 8vo, [iv], 38 p. and two folded plates, former library copy, therefore stamped, cover a little bit worn, apart from that good and solid copy
1843réf. 21541Hobart Town Van Diemen's Land: Gilbert Robertson 1843. Very good condition. A long article in the January 17 1843 issue with detailed description of the poor planning and administration of the Probation System in Van Diemen's Land an experiment in penal discipline instituted in 1839 and finally abandoned in 1853 after much waste and misery both for the convicts and the colonists. A specific example of the station at Flinder's Bay is cited: "About 18 months ago there was a station formed at Flinder's Bay -- with a youth of the name of Smith about 19 years of age without any experience or capacity for such an office as superintendent: his qualification was that he was the son of an ex-Police Magistrate. . The gang was composed of 350 men . we have in 18 months 10500 pounds for the expenses of this gang. We enquire what was the value of their labours Nothing! What have they been doing Nothing! p3. The writer appeals to Sir John Franklin Lord Stanley and Mr. Hume to make a thorough enquiry into the system and into the "accounts and returns that go from this colony". Also with an article "The Season and the Crops" describing the excellent season with oats barley corn and wheat flourishing. Includes discussion of the Governor and the Caveat Board and "the decisions of the judges subverting titles improperly granted . having made the monied men suspicious and afraid to lend their money.". p3. With postscript describing the failure of the wheat crop in New South Wales. Newspaper approx. 17.5 x 22" 4pp 24 column inches Probation System; 19 col. inches The Season & the Crops. Vol. XI No. 32. Very good condition. Gilbert Robertson unknown
réf. 15024Carte de l'ancien et du nouveau monde suivant une projection nouvelle dirigée par M. PHILIPPE.MOITHEY del.535X350 et 430x330mmm à la cuvette.Projection de Mercator aplatie.Elle représente la Nouvelle Guinée rattachée à la Carpentarie,la côte de l'Australie,seule la côte ouest de la Nouvelle Zélande coté Tasmanie y figure.Les océans sont représentés avec une grande précision et les découvertes récentes dans le Pacifique sud et nord ,au Canada et Groenland sont représentées.
1889Outside dimensions 10.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear and soiling. An attractive vintage copy. Book
2025réf. x-1009655868Cambridge University Press 2025. Hardcover. New. 250 pages. 6.69x0.63x9.61 inches. Cambridge University Press hardcover
réf. 9313Paris, Librairie Ch. Delagrave, 1883. 1 volume in-4, 459 pp., reliure demi-chagrin, plats cartonnés marbrés légèrement frottés, intérieur propre et frais, ouvrage richement illustré d'après les photographies rapportées par l'auteur (52 illustrations dont 38 hors texte) et enrichi de cartes géographiques, très bon état.
1886Roy. 8vo., First and Sole Edition, small, relatively unobtrusive damp-mark at lower outer blank margin (nowhere affecting text); strongly bound in modern grey boards, paper label lettered and ruled in black on upper board, original printed wrappers preserved, uncut, a good, sound copy of a scarce work. A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR'S WIFE WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With publisher's advertisement leaf bound in at end. Scarce. Ferguson 16696.
réf. 25086‘H M Ship America Palermo. / Septr 11. 1813.’. An excellent letter describing the state of affairs in Sicily during the period of British occupation 1806-1814. The recipient Sir Sidney Smith see Oxford DNB was second in command to Sir Edward Pellew head of the Mediterranean squadron which included Bromley’s ship HMS America a 76-gun third-rater launched only three years before in 1810. The present letter is written with the ship on the verge of a notable engagement described in the European Magazine March 1814 pp.245-247 quoting from the London Gazette. From Bromley’s entry by P. R. Eldershaw in the Australian Dictionary of Biography it would appear that he was merely incompetent and that the true embezzler of the £8388 Naval Office and Treasury funds discovered in 1824 was his convict clerk Bartholomew Broughton. Bromley certainly did all he could to pay the money back. The present item is 4pp 4to on a bifolium. In good condition lightly aged with folds for postage. Signed ‘E F. Bromley’ and with valediction addressed to ‘my Dear Sir Sidney’. Begns: ‘My dear Sir: / by the return of the Thistle to the Fleet I embrace the opportunity of giving you my little Information of what is going on here: it would seem by the precautions taken that we are a little afraid. The Sicilians are not quite so well-disposed towards us as we could wish - one Hundred Men as a Picquet from each of our Regts. mount Guard every night - the Artillery Horses are constantly kept saddled. and the troops told to hold themselves in readiness to turn out at a moments warning.’ He continues: ‘Their Parliament is now sitting - and have been extremely Violent on the Subject of Quarantine at Messina. Genl. Montreson Sir Henry Tucker Montresor had given their board of Health some cause of complaint respecting his Interference this came here officially and they noted his conduct censurable and that two of their Members should be sent to England with a Complaint to the Prince Regent this was however lost in the House of Lords.’ He reports that ‘such is their dread of the Plague’ that the Sicilians would not allow the ‘Horses lately arrived from Egypt’ to land: ‘they are gone to Spain - but to obviate the difficulty arising from the want of those Horses they voted 15000 Dollars for the purchase of others in this country’. The second half of the letter covers topics including Prince Belmonte’s departure from office the king never going ‘to the city’ the throwing open of ‘all reserves respecting. Game’ that do not have ‘a wall of a certain Height around them’ the ill effects of ‘regulations. respectingg the Necessaries of Life’: ‘Fish is hardly to be procured - and yesterday not an Egg to be found in the Markett’ a report from Naples of a renewal of the armistice ‘another from Messina Via Clabria says Austria has joined the Allies and that Hostilities have recommenced’. Bromley concludes: ‘all here looking out anxiously for the expected promotion - I am much afraid I shall loose sic my good Captain the future admiral Sir Josias Rowley 1765-1842 who most probably will be Included. This loss I shall feel in no trifling degree - for I have experienced the utmost kindness from him’. After a reference to ‘Harris’ he ends with ‘respects to Captn. Smith’. ‘H M Ship America Palermo. / Septr 11. 1813.’ unknown
1925Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
réf. 20150Launceston Van Diemen's Land Tasmania ; and Sydney and Melbourne Australia. Between 1853 and 1866. See William Johnstone's obituary in the Illustrated Tasmanian News May 1874. He was born in England and left Somerset for Van Diemen's Land in 1841. He set up in business the following year in Launceston which had been founded in 1806 and is said to be the third oldest colonial settlement in Australia after Sydney and Hobart.As the years proceeded he prospered spectacularly and by the time of his death he was so highly esteemed that 'many places of business had the front windows partially closed while the shipping in port and the Town Hall had the Union Jack hoisted at half mast'. The nine documents are in fair condition on aged and worn paper with occasional closed tears. They comprise the meticulous and detailed accounts of six Australian and Tasmanian firms with Johnstone mostly double-entry with minor variations in layout reflecting the different approaches of the six firms. Most are substantial Item Nine for example shows debits of £19482 11s 3d and credits of £10482 11s 3d. with three of the those involved Bayles du Croz and Westgarth featuring in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Taken as a whole the accounts provide a substantial amount of information casting valuable light on Australian and Tasmanian economic and social history. Of interest are Items Five Lewis Cohen and Eight Moses Moss which show Johnstone's dealings with Jewish merchants. In the following description only a small sample of the items present in the various documents is listed in order to provide an impression of the range. ONE to THREE: William Bayles & Co. of Melbourne. See William Bayles 1820-1903 in ADB which states 'In 1846 he arrived in Van Diemen's Land and was a shipping merchant in Launceston until 1852 when he established in Victoria the shipping firm of Bayles & Co. remaining part-owner and agent for the Launceston and Melbourne Steam Navigation Co.'. Three double-page 'In Account Current' signed from Melbourne on the firm's behalf on 1 January 1856 'Goods Pork' 'Empty Butter Tubs' 'Gold pr Capt Woods' Marsala wine whiskey 'R A McKenzie' 'Flour'; 1 January 1857 'Postages' bran oats potatoes barley butter; 30 June 1857 tea oats nutmegs ale wine. FOUR: Henry Burge & Co. of Melbourne. One double-page 'in a/c'. Signed from Melbourne on the firm's behalf and dated 8 October 1859 'Cash to retire Harley & Co's Bill' '½ loss on Flour ex “Black Swan” ½ loss on Flour ex “Royal Shepherd” ½ loss on Oats ex “Mercury”' 'Allowance on Wheat ex “Little Pet”'. FIVE: Lewis Cohen of Launceston. Probably Lewis Cohen 1831-1903. One single-page 'in acct'. Signed from Launceston on the firm's behalf 29 August 1859 bills 'Auction acct.' 'Goods on acct' and two entries of 'Errors in extension'. SIX and SEVEN: Du Croz Nichols & Co. of Launceston. Frederick Augustus du Croz 1821-1897; ADB and Charles Nichols 1827-1878 described by one modern source as 'an importer of general merchandise and an exporter of wool'. One single-page account headed 'Ducroz & Co' with entries from June 1861 to March 1864 commissions unsigned and undated; and one double-page 'In Account Current' signed from Launceston on the firm's behalf 31 March 1866 'Bill discounted' 'Union Bank'. EIGHT: Moses Moss of Sydney. Morris Moses Moss 1819-1883 Sydney merchant banker described in his long obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald 22 December 1883 as 'a well-known figure in commercial circles' and a 'prominent and active member' of 'the Jewish community of Sydney'. One double-page 'in a/c' headed 'Interest to 20th. July 1859. Signed from Sydney on the firm's behalf 20 July 1859 'Goods pr Dart' 'Bank Dft' 'Nett proceeds Tea ex Buonaparte'. NINE: Westgarth Ross & Co. of Melbourne. William Westgarth 1815-1889; ADB. One double-page in “Flour” acct current'. Signed 'Will Johnstone' and dated from Launceston 28 February 1853 '25 Tons Fine Flour bags incl:' insurance commission 'brokerage effecting Insurance' and single entries on the Sea Witch Ariel Mariposa Rattler and Gem all to Melbourne; the Seabelle Helen and Peri to Geelong. [ Launceston, Van Diemen's Land [ Tasmania ]; and Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. ] Between 1853 and 1866. unknown
1969réf. 25680Hobart: Government Printer 1969. A long run of this mining periodical complete for the reports published in 1895-98; 1900-02; 1910-23; 1925-26; 1928-38; 1955-57; 1959-60; 1969. From the library of the Franklin Institute Philadelphia with infrequent stamps. Bound in original paper wrappers some chipped loose or missing. Dates refer to publication dates not the year covered by the report. Report of the Secretary for Mines: Trove 49644546 started 1883 ceased with 1939. Later title: Report of the Director of Mines for year ending December 31. 1883-2019 Trove: 40701281. Government Printer unknown
1988réf. 139048Launceston: Prestige Bookbinders Pty. Ltd 1988. Hardcover. Fine. Launceston Prestige Bookbinders Pty. Ltd. 1988 facsimile edition/ 1900. Quarto two volumes ii 629 and ii 425 pages extensively illustrated. Half gilt-decorated morocco and cloth; a fine set in the fine slipcase. Number 139 of only 500 sets. 2 items. Prestige Bookbinders Pty. Ltd hardcover
1868réf. 008256Hobart Town: James Barnard Government Printer 1868. First Edition . Leather Spine and Front Corners. No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very Good with a small closable tear on the lower spine. several hundred pages with fold out maps and charts. . Very Rare ! James Barnard Government Printer hardcover
1876réf. 008261Hobart Town: James Barnard Government Printer 1876. First Edition . Cloth. No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very Good with light wear to the covers. PP 206 weekly police reports for the year 1876 Rare ! James Barnard Government Printer hardcover
1900réf. 008262Hobart: John Vail Government Printer Hobart 1900. First Edition . Cloth. No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very Good with light wear to the covers. PP 206 weekly police reports for the year 1899 Rare ! John Vail Government Printer Hobart hardcover
1874In 8°, br. edit. ill., pp. 160, con 20 ill. inc. n.t. (anche a p. p.) e una carta geografica; buon es. dell’ed. originale (coll. Biblioteca di Viaggi, XXI), di notevole rarità (cat. 12)
1844réf. 1875101844-c. 1950. A group of legal documents reflecting the transfer of lands from government to settlers as Tasmania transitioned from a penal settlement to a British colony. Tasmania was permanently settled by the British in 1803 although criminal transportation continued until 1853. These documents including three purchase grants two conveyances and an indenture concern lands in some of the oldest settlements on the island including Franklin and Hobart Town from the 1840s to the 1860s. The collection also includes a recent printed facsimile of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi widely recognized as one of New Zealand's founding documents. A full inventory is available on request. Provenance: Martin Schøyen. Together seven documents six in manuscript and one printed facsimile various sizes 610 x 801 to 390 x 652 mm four with manuscript maps in pink blue and red various seals and stamps. Mostly on tri-fold vellum parchment. Minor toning and creasing: a very good well-preserved collection. hardcover
1848réf. 27883Dundee: Printed for the author sold by W. Middleton Dundee; James Dewar and Son Perth 1848. First edition. Good overall. An extremely scarce account of early life in Tasmania including his experience guarding convicts / work crews many of them North American political prisoners transported for their participation in the rebellion in Upper Canada in 1838. It also includes a valuable account of the life of the bushranger Mike Howe. James Syme was a Scot. Supervising convicts from 1841-1845 he described the Rocky Hills road station as a "hotbed of idleness and laxity." He recalled that in 1842 there were 400 cases of insubordination and escape. Conditions were so bad that military reinforcements had to be sent from Hobart Town. Louisa Anne Meredith early settler and botanical artist was unimpressed by the efforts of the Rocky Hills road gang recalling that 'at one part of the road we found a gang of men employed in its improvement; forming in the mean time greater obstacles than they removed; and so they have continued to be employed . and still after nearly nine years the comparatively trifling task remains unfinished. The mismanagement of the gang was evident. This herding together of so many idle men under the pretence sic of "doing probation" as they call it must be injurious to the well-disposed among them and is no punishment to the worthless' Meredith 1852 pp.83–84. Ferguson 4929; Wilson 101. 12mo iv 384pp yellow endpapers marked. Publisher's green cloth boards gilt title on spine rubbed dusty covers binding cracked but holding. This copy is consistent with the copy held by the National Library of Australia Ferguson 4929; dark green embossed boards with yellow endpapers gilt lettering and raised bands on the spine. OCLC: 166311297 at 13 libraries. Early owner inscribed the ffep "Mr. James Reid No. 10 West Campbell St. Paisley May 20th 1862". A very difficult book to find in the market. Printed for the author, sold by W. Middleton, Dundee; James Dewar and Son, Perth unknown
1833réf. PHO-1811Paris,1833, in-folio, demi-reliure basane rouge, dos lisse, muet (rel. mod.), illustré avec 1 portrait en frontispice, lithographié par Lemercier d'après A. Maurin, [1] f. (titre gravé avec vignette), 20 planches disparates (8 cartes gravées sur acier dont 6 doubles, 11 vues reliées (dont 5 coloriées) et 15 planches en feuilles, papier des plats gondolé, quelques rousseurs aux planches libres avec défauts en marges.Recueil réunissant : 1 carte générale ; 1 carte de Nouvelle-Zélande (côte partielle); 1 carte du Pacifique; 1 de Nouvelle-Guinée; 1 de l'Archipel des îles Viti; 1 de l'île Tonga-Tabou; 1 des îles Vanikoro; 1 de Nouvelle-Zélande (nord); des vues de paysages; de personnages locaux (dont 7 coloriées).
réf. AQ32845Hobart: s.n. s.d. c. 1892 24 photographs mounted. Contemporary half-morocco gilt lettered cloth. Worn lower board detached some marking and spotting. The images in this album include eight of Hobart itself four of Port Arthur two related to the convict settlement there two of the tessellated pavement at Eagle Hawk Neck and several other scenes in Tasmania including Mount Wellington. The photographic firm Anson Brothers was established in 1878 and based in Hobert Tasmania until around 1891. Joshua Anson b. 1854 founded the business the year after having served part a two-year sentence in gaol for feloniously stealing a valuable and extensive quantity of photographic materials whilst the apprentice of photographer Henry Hills Baily. . Oblong quarto. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1892] hardcover
1799réf. PHO-333Paris, Jansen, an VIII (1799) 2 vol. in-8 ,demi-veau havane, dos lisse orné (rel. Légt post., mors usagés et rongés) et un atlas in-folio en seconde édition (1817) brochure moderne en papier marbré. Texte :Tome I : xvi pp. (dont faux-titre et titre), 440 pp.Tome II : 332 pp. (dont le faux-titre et le titre), 109 pp., (1)f. Atlas : titre gravé, grande carte sur double page (Mer des Indes et une partie de celle du Sud, par Darbié du Bocage - volante) et 43 planches (vues, scènes, costumes, portraits et types, faune et flore) gravées sur cuivre par Dien, Copia, Pérée, etc., d'après Piron, Redouté, Audebert, etc. représentant des personnages, des scènes de vie, des armes, des vues, la faune et la flore. Nombreuses piqûres et taches d'humidité, mais papier solide, à bonnes marges.
réf. 012129Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. All 79 Volumes Are Near Fine With Gilt Titles And The Name Of The Original Owner J C White A Tasmanian Member Of Parliament On The Spine hardcover
1808réf. PHO-1626Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1808. 2 grands et forts volumes in-4 (32x24), lvi, 704 p., 33 pl. ; viii, 692 p., relié demi basane et coins moderne, dos avec auteur, titre, tomaison, lieu et date, exlibris en page de garde, non rogné, tome 2 non coupé, petite mouillure au tome 2, petites rousseurs aux illustrations du tome 1. Exemplaire sur papier bleuté, complet de son illustration mais sans son atlas de cartes
