Alec McHoul; Wendy Grace Both Of Murdoch University Melbourne Australia ; McHoul Alec; Grace Wendy,Biblio.com
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1902large 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xxiv, 328 pp, photogravure frontis of the ship, 98 illustrations on 58 plates, folding map, bibliog, tables, index. later green morocco-backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, gilt decorations on raised bands, very lightly foxed on few leaves, mostly marginal, near fine sound copy in handsome binding. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Wood p. 184. Most of the book is a quality narrative of the voyage in the Indian Ocean, including Laccadive Sea, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Also included is a history of the ship "Investigator" and its use in gathering information on natural history over more than a decade, with the final section being on the marine biology of the Indian seas. The illustrations are of fish and other marine creatures, An important study and interesting narrative.
185312mo [21 x 14 cm]; 6 [ads], [i], xiv, 239, [ii] pp, 5 tinted lithographed plates including plates with orig hand-coloring & color frontis, one foldout plate, 2 folding maps, table including foldout table of 11 dialects, other engraved illus. original red blind-stamped cloth, with gilt spine title lettering, spine ends chipped with tear, corners a little worn, lightly foxed on few leaves but clean copy, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Ferguson 9339. The author describes the peoples of New Guinea, the Arru Islands, Ceram, the Moluccas, the Philippines, Mindanao, Sulu, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, the Adamans, the Sunda Chain as well as Melville Island and North Australia, Port Essington, Carpentaria (Australian aboriginees).
185512mo [19 x 13 cm]; vii, 427 pp, 8 plates including frontis, 2 double-page maps (one with damage in blank margin), other illus. original brown cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, with gilt spine title lettering, internal hinges strengthened, lacks rear blank endpaper, old owner's stamp on title erased, good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Taylor 306. Hill 101: "First edition of a significant book on Tongan history, which has chapters on the discovery of the South Seas, Captain Cook's visits to Tonga, the Methodist mission, the civil war in Tonga and the reign of King George." One of the plates is on the different types of coral found there, another plate shows two types of canoes used by the natives.
19038vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes complete, xx, 392; xxvi, 627 pp, frontis in each volume with tissue guard, plates from photos and drawings, other illustrations from drawings, 7 maps and charts (most colored, some folding), tables, indexes. original red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, partly unopened, spines a little faded but lettering clear, cover lightly spotted, light foxing on endpaper, else near fine set. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A massive undertaking by this renowned naturalist. Volume I is on Vanua Levu, Fiji, with a description of its leading physical and geographical characters, including volcanic, hot springs, magnetic rocks, coral, etc; volume II is on plant dispersal, the latter being a detailed and pioneering study on the movement and drift of seeds and fruit in the tropics and across the Pacific. An important work and major contribution.
18638vo [21.5 x 15 cm]; xi, 298 pp, 14 plates including frontis, including 9 tinted lithographed plates, 5 engraved plates, other engraved illus, folding map showing route of ship, plan of ruins at Ascension, appendix. original pebbled cloth, gilt spine title lettering, edge lightly rubbed, light wear of lower corner, internal hinge cracked but firm, interior clean, frontis with tissue guard, very good+, complete with all plates, etc, as per list. A picture of this book Taylor 113. Ferguson 10528. The Fawn sailed from Sydney Australia and visited Niue, Samoa, Tutuila, Pago-Pago, Upolu, Apia, Savail, Uea, Moa, Fiji, Kunaie, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn, etc and provides interesting information on the peoples, geography, conditions, customs, etc. The appendix is on fossils in New Zealand, treatment of females in Niue, cannibalism in Fiji, Tokilau, etc.
1899large and thick 8vo [26 x 18 cm]; xv, 552 pp, 86 fine illustrations from drawings, mostly full-page, 4 folding colored maps, appendix of words, index. original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, top edge gilted, external joints lightly rubbed, first 50 leaves with light dampstain in upper margin, mostly small, else very good+, sound and solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request Wood 562: 'They form important contributions to the vertebrate zoology of the explored regions'. Originally printed in German and published over a 10 year period, they are reproduced without any major changes here in English for the first time. Besides the descriptions of natural history, especially birds and mammals, there is much on the peoples, conditions and overall narrative of his travels.
19008vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xiv, 685, [ii, publisher's ads] pp, 28 plates, other illus, index, bibliog. original cloth with gilt decoration and spine title lettering, rubbed, preface leaf chipped, otherwise a solid very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A detailed work with sections on supernatural, magicians, rites, spirits, demons, ghosts, magic rites in all its aspects with good illustrations and appendices.
2 Vols., folio, [2], 460; [2], [441]-990, [2, directions to the binder], [4, list of subscribers]pp., lacks most plates and maps, text age-toned and with occasional staining, cont. red morocco, rubbed and worn. With 8 plates and 3 torn and defective maps: Vol. I. Plate. p. 157. Plate. p. 203. Plate. p. 407. Vol. II. Frontispiece. Map. p. 541. Map. p. 580. Plates x 2. p.685. Map. p. 906. Plates x 2. p. 920.
ref. 248791882. Printed. One page 33 x 25cm small chip off one corner fold marks discreet repair to edges and fold just noticeable shadow caused by exposure to sun good condition. See Image. On otherwise blank version there is the small stamp of the Webster Collection no. '1569'. Note: In "Orient Line Guide: Chapters for Travellers by Sea and by Land" W.J. Loftie pubd 1890 i.e. a later edition the relevant plate only shows the outward journey not the homeward. I have found no other copy of the White/Hull edition 1882 on viaLibri. 1882. unknown
2015ref. BN537790Explore Australia 2015. 2015. Australia The Land Down Under Australia The Land Down Under Explore Australia Explore Australia unknown
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1887ref. BIB288084Adelaide: Burden & Bonython Advertiser Office. 1887. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good Condition. Red cloth boards as noted in Ferguson 13317 are faded at spine and upper edge. Free endpapers are age-toned. Interior is very good. 39 pages. A reprint of articles originally published in the Advertiser of the author's trip through the centre of Australia. As well as touching on colonial politics it also addresses the issue of Aboriginal people. The author is now best known for his early novel of colonial South Australia ' Paving the Way' but was a notable figure politically in the early years of the colony. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Burden & Bonython, Advertiser Office hardcover
1850ref. 21187Switzerland 1850. Very good condition. Striking lithograph of the view at Port Jackson of the Sydney Heads taken from the foot of the lighthouse. From a German edition of Dumont D'Urville's 'Voyage Autour du Monde'. A view of the cliffs with ships out to sea and three gentlemen viewers in the lower left foreground one possibly sketching. Paper size 10 1/4 x 6 1/2". Very bright and clean image. unknown
1881ref. 18727London: Her Majesty''s Sationery Office 1881. Very good condition. Circular providing information to those emigrating to Australia with an Addendum inserted at the front listing important changes in eligibility requirements recently imposed by the Agent General for New South Wales. The addendum states the changes which will take effect following June 1 1881: "Emigrants will be required to pay a moiety of the passage money. Only married couples not exceeding 35 with our without children and single women will be eligible." The circular provides descriptions of New South Wales resources including gold mining: "The Government is empowered to proclaim Crown lands to be gold fields and to grant what are called "miners' rights on the payment of a small fee which enables any person to search or dig for gold. Leases of auriferous tracts of alluvial ground . for limited periods may be granted at annual rents under special conditions as regards labour and machinery". Also includes current price lists of clothing & food principal trades and rates of wages railways telegraphs and customs duties. Small 8vo circular 12pp with color folding map. Color map showing the counties in color as well as established railways and those in progress. Map by J. Bartholomew FRGS. Trove 2385679. Her Majesty''s Sationery Office hardcover
1936ref. 64638London UK: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 1936. Thick 8vo. 316 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 15 photo plates. Red publisher’s cloth black lettering very slight shelfwear slight foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. photo cover art minor chipping head of spine dustsoiling edgewear couple minor closed tears still a NF/VG copy. First edition 1st printing stated of this third travelogue recording Burdett’s adventures in the Kimberley Gold Rush working as a sheep drover and at the sheep station handling cattle and off to the Philippines. Burdett b. 1864 was renowned for his pearling and natural history expeditions sailing through the Indian Ocean Indonesia and extended expeditions into the Philippines Indonesia and across the South Pacific. Very uncommon in original dustjacket. Herbert Jenkins, Ltd., hardcover
1815ref. 219781815. Very good condition. Early hand colored copper engraving of Sydney with Aborigines tending a fire at the left foreground tents on the shore in the middle ground and the harbor with many sailing ships and the city in the distance. With the text sheet in both German and French which describes Sydney as a place of exile for English criminals: "Elle Sydney sert en meme tems sic de lieu d'exil pour les criminelles anglais qu'on y transporte et que l'on applique aux ouvrages publics sic jusqu'a ce qu'ils aient subi leurs peines." At the top of the text sheet "Melanges CXCV Vol VIII No. 48". Text sheet with a bit of fox spotting; the upper corner with 3/4" crescent torn away not affecting text. The engraving bright and clean. 8 1/2 x 6 3/4" image on paper 9 1/2 x 7 3/4" unknown
1935ref. 25045Sydney: Cunninghame & Co. 1935. Very good condition. The large lithographed poster advertises 6 building lots on O'Connell Street and George Street overlooking the Parramatta River and the King's School. Area shown on map is just south west of the intersection of O'Connell and George Streets travelling north east along O'Connell Street and the former location of the Parramatta Hospital stopping just to the north of the Parramatta River. From the intersection of George and O'Connell Streets the map goes to the south east along George Street showing Marsden and Church Streets. For auction on 3rd May 1935 by G. H. Mobbs & Co. and Parker & Rowland. 22 1/2 x 17 1/2" black printing on cream paper title at top with text and date of auction underneath and map below. Period folds flattened. Trove 53147342 only one copy at SL NSW. Cunninghame & Co. unknown
1930ref. 277381930. PAINTING. Good overall. Original art of Australian historical locomotives. Three meticulously painted train engines with partial train stations in variant perspectives and vibrant hues and pen notations in margin for print reproduction "132% Australia #1312 also used for #1313 #1327 international design. 4 Color exact size for wrap reduce for 1327." Initials: 'O.C.' 11.5 x 15" on 13.25 x 16". Some damp marking at the top 2" of the sheet but the images are unaffected clean and bright. unknown
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2026ref. x-1350373435Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2026. Hardcover. New. 6th ed edition. 336 pages. 6.14x0.75x9.21 inches. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc hardcover
1995ref. ANAIS-0500974322Thames & Hudson 1995-01-01. paperback. Good. 24.1x1.3x29.8. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Thames & Hudson paperback
1859ref. RO40203125Imprimerie de Auguste Hérissey, Evreux. 1859. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Non coupé. 569 pages. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampon et annotation de bibliothèque en page de titre. Quelques rousseurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 994-Australie
Imprimerie de Auguste Hérissey, Evreux. 1859. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos satisfaisant. Non coupé. 569 pages. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampon et annotation de bibliothèque en page de titre. Quelques rousseurs. Marquis de Blosseville, Membre du Corps législatif et du Conseil général de l'Eure. La déportation. Recherches anglaises. La cinquième partie du monde. Histoire de 1787 à 1857. L'émigration anglaise...
