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1841réf. BOOKS0057972 Volumes: Volume I xiv412 pages with black and white frontispiece 5 color and 5 black and white plates 11 in text illustrations 2 maps in pocket. Volume II viii482 pages with color frontispiece 10 black and white plates 17 in text illustrations lacks four page prospectus for Gould's Birds of Australia. Royal Octavo " x 6" bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Ferguson 3228 First edition. Grey is best known for his expeditions in the north-west interior of the continent which resulted in the discover of the Glenelg River Stephen Range and Mount Lyell. As a young lieutenant he had made a proposal to the Colonial Office to mount an expedition to the north-west coast of Australia for the purposes of establishing a settlement there for starving Irish peasants. His plans were approved and he sailed for Australia in the Beagle in 1837. He wen on to mount two expedition in the north-west in 1838 and 1839 which yielded particularly important geographical discoveries: "His expeditions were the first to examine the previously ignored north-west interior of the continent and he discovered much useful territory. The inland explorations of Grey and Lushington his deputy complemented by the associated coastal explorations of Wickham and Stokes in the Beagle were a major advance in the discovery of the Australian continent" Wantrup p 206 Condition: Recased with original spines laid on scattered foxing corners bumped. Else a very good copy. T & W Boone hardcover books
1944réf. 20043Washington D.C.: U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office 1944. Lightly tinted mostly black and white map; evidently produced for use during World War II with a Navy Department stamp to left margin dated 1945 indicating corrections noted map with a few extra dots of color for this; land features including the Liverpool Creek and Basilisk Range at the south to Cairns harbor at the northern part the coastline of this area of Queensland Australia as well as the off-shore reef systems Noggin Passage more; approx. 30" x 42" total size; light wear very clean and in very good condition. . Very Good. U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office unknown books
1983réf. 728Canterbury: Five Mile Press 1983. Hardcover. Near fine/Near Fine. Approximately 60 pp with frontispiece 27 color illustrations. Pictorial boards show minor sheldwear internals clean and sound. Minimal wear to dust jacket. A collection of works by Australian artist Jack Absalom one of a group of five artists who exhibit under the moniker Brushmen of the Bush. Five Mile Press hardcover books
1987réf. 9017Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1987. First edition. Signed by Chatwin as issued. Illustrated by Martha Phillips. "Special Message" by Chatwin not found in other editions. Publisher's letter to Signed First Edition Society members laid-in as issued. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards all edges gilt satin pagemarker. In publisher's unopened shrinkwrap with all inserts included. Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The image is of the book described and not a stock photo. Franklin Library hardcover books
1988réf. 230832Topsfield: Salem House 1988. hardcover. very good-/very good-. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. 528 pages 4to gilt-stamped black cloth corners bumped and rubbed dust wrapper rubbed. Topsfield: Salem House 1988. Very good-. Salem House unknown books
1998réf. 16984Canberra: National Gallery of Australia 1998. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 74 pages. 11 1/2 x 9 1/2". Copiously illustrated in color. National Gallery of Australia paperback books
1693réf. 319626London: for John Dunton 1693. First edition in English. 10 88 97-186 6 pp. Ad leaves in the rear. 12mo. Period calf rebacked. Early inscription on the front endpaper "Sale at King's Jan. 1806 2.6 3/6. First edition in English. 10 88 97-186 6 pp. Ad leaves in the rear. 12mo. The First Appearance of the Words "Australia" and "Australians" in Print. The rare first English edition of the most famous of all the fictitious accounts of Australia. This amusing and entertaining imaginary voyage of Jacques Sadeur to the Congo and thence to 'Australia' recounts his multiple shipwrecks and being dropped on the western shores of Australia after being saved by a winged creature. He gives an imaginative description of 'Australian' laws and customs the region's hermaphroditic culture Sadeur being an hermaphrodite himself the natural history mineral resources religion and language. The book ends with a highly fanciful description of Madagascar. First published in French in 1676 the author Foigny was a defrocked and exiled Franciscan and the work was banned by the Church. Of particular note is that John Dunton the translator and publisher of the present first Engish edition anglicises the name "Terre Australe" into Australia and the inhabitants into Australians -- the first such usage of the words in print. The first edition in English is very rare with only a handful of institutional holdings in Great Britain North America and Australia. Wing F1395; ESTC R20648; Friedrich p. 16ff; Spate p. 83; Davidson A Book Collector's Notes pp. 41-42 for John Dunton unknown books
1973réf. 113401973. Softcover. VG. Green wraps. 156 pp. 126 bw plates. Five-page introduction by James Gleeson catalogue of 126 annotated works each illustrated by a fine plate. unknown books
1986réf. 260736Melbourne Australia: Spartacist League of Australian and New Zeland 1986. A rare full run of issues 131-212. Issue 136 is a xerographic reproduction of the is tabloid. Various pagination from 8 or 12 pages. Includes a bonus pamphlet letter sized newsletter size "For a Worekrs Repubic in Australia Part of a Socailist Asia!" collection comes in a professional level black archive archive box. Shelf worn else in good condition. Focusing on areas of Australia and New Zealand some analysis and news from other Asian nations. Spartacist League of Australian and New Zeland unknown books
1986réf. 255361Melbourne Australia: Spartacist League of Australian and New Zeland 1986. A rare full run of issues 1-130. Nos. 1-5 were published as mimeographed copies on legal size paper. Nos. 6 through 130 were published on tabloid size newsprint. Various pagination from 8 or 12 pages. Comes in professional level archive box. Shelf worn else in good condition. Focusing on areas of Australia and New Zealand some analysis and news from other Asian nations. Spartacist League of Australian and New Zeland unknown books
1977réf. 221898Sydney: Communist Party of Australia 1977. 23p. pamphlet 8.25x11.75 inches paper toned horizontal crease else good condition. Communist Party of Australia unknown books
réf. 253751Sydney: ISO Publishing Australia. multi-color newspaper 12pp shelf worn. Issues include Nos. 291 292 293 295 302 304 307 all in 1994. Twice monthly periodical of the Australia supporters of the British Socialist Workers Party. Published twice a month. ISO Publishing [Australia] unknown books
1981réf. 236959n.p.: British Anti-Zionist Organisation and AZAN 1981. xiii 104 pages; old price penned in corner under the crossed-out original price otherwise very good. Discusses the case of Rudolf Kastner and others. A mixture of fact and conspiracy theory. British Anti-Zionist Organisation and AZAN unknown books
1999réf. 235676Surry Hills NSW: the Party 1999. Two issues of the staplebound journal no. 37 and 41; minor handling wear; 67 and 85 pages respectively. Includes discussion of racism in Australia. the Party unknown books
1984réf. 63868N.pl: the Parties 1984. Pamphlet. 11p. wraps 5.75x8.25 inches very good condition. the Parties unknown books
1998réf. 158025Sydney: Spartacist ANZ Publishing Company 1998. 23p. very good in wraps 8x11.5 inches. Spartacist ANZ Publishing Company unknown books
1971réf. 146514Australia: Socialist Workers Party 1971. 95p. wraps 7.5x9.75 inches pen notation on front cover. Collected executive reports and transcripts of recorded conversations. Much material on tensions with the US SWP. Socialist Workers Party unknown books
1989réf. 14024Chipping Norton NSW: Surrey Beatty & Sons 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Two volumes 8.5 x 12 inches 835 pp in total. Indexed illustrated with color photographs. Both volumes clean tightly bound and unmarked. Dust jackets have mild edgewear. "The first comprehensive review of the biology of kangaroos wallabies and rat-kangaroos of which about 50 species are known from Australia and a further 13 or so from Papua New Guinea" based on a symposium on the biology of macropods held in Sydney in May 1988. Includes 43 review papers and 16 research reports. Due to size/weight shipping charges will be more than standard for priority or international orders. Surrey Beatty & Sons hardcover books
1836réf. 33829Paris: Paulin 1836. First Edition. 14 394 4pp. folding table. Contemp. marbled boards with leather spine gold stamped with 5 panels of decoration. Ferguson 2165a. Important work on this penal colony with material on Norfolk Island Van Diemen's Land Sydney Brisbane Creoles Bush Rangers etc. Paulin hardcover books
1983réf. 14404Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1983. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 426 pp with index notes illustrations maps. Mild rubbing to extremities else a fine copy. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Second volume in this sweeping and well written series. University of Minnesota Press hardcover books
1921réf. 13800London: William Heinemann 1921. First Edition. First UK edition. 380 pp illustrated with 48 black and white photographs. Signed "Lewis R. Freeman Grand Canyon 1923" on the front free endpaper. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. Lower corners rubbed some offsetting to endpapers otherwise minimal wear. Binding tight and square. Laid in are the front flap of the original dust jacket and a prospectus/order form for the book. Freeman who was raised in California traveled extensively all over the world and wrote a many engaging works about his adventures. His publisher touted the journey that forms the subject of this book as "the most successful from a yachtsman's standpoint of any of the South Sea pleasure voyages including those of Lord Brassey in the Sunbeam Stevenson in the Equator and Casco Lord Crawford in the Valhala and Jack London in the Snark." William Heinemann hardcover books
1849réf. 20650Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. x 13-386 in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth. Losses to spine ends corners rubbed through slightly shaken but still a better than average copy of this title which is often found in poor condition. Hill 1910: The ships made port in Rio de Janierio Valparaiso Callao Paita the Marquesas Honolulu Monterey Mazatlan Manzanillo Acapulco and Gayamas. Extensive visits were made in Rio Lima California the Gulf of California and Mexico. Woods was traveling in central Mexico when the Mexican War began and he escaped via Vera Cruz. The intelligence gathered by Wood in Mexico was instrumental to the U.S. seizure of California by Commodore Sloat in that war. Carey and Hart hardcover books
2002réf. 130420Canberra: National Museum of Australia 2002. Softcover. NF. Orange wraps color illustration. 118 pp.; Profuse color illustrations including a map. Text: English and Chinese. An exhibition from the National Museum of Australia for the Guangzhou Museum of Art China. National Museum of Australia paperback books
1998réf. 14078Canberra / Hartford: National Gallery of Australia / Wadsworth Atheneum 1998. Hardcover. VG. Green cloth with color illustrated dj with french folds and red spine lettering. 271 pp. 59 bw 128 color plates. Illustrated and annotated catalogue of 123 works with essays and literature. Includes four essays on the Australian and American experience as portrayed by landscape artists biographies and three appendices: "Index of Works in the Exhibition "Cultural Social and Historical Events 1770-1901" and "Maps: Australia and United States of America". Gorgeous illustrations are scattered throughout the catalogue. A stunning exhibiton. This is a HARDCOVER EDITION of this book. National Gallery of Australia / Wadsworth Atheneum hardcover books
1925réf. 19958Wellington: New Zealand Government Publicity Department 1925. Stapled brochure 4.5 x 9 inches in illustrated cardstock wrappers. 32 pp with many illustrations from photographs. Slight edgewear; near fine. Promoting New Zealand as "The Great Britain of the South Seas" this brochure seeks to attract farmers on the basis of its climate soil quality and quality of life as well as the availability of financing for land and equipment agricultural education and practical research and advice from experts at the Department of Agriculture. Illustrations show bountiful crops and harvest scenes a view of the State Experimental Farm at Ruakora a warehouse where wool is being sorted for export and many handsome prize cattle and sheep. New Zealand Government Publicity Department unknown books
