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Tom Thumb: A Burletta Altered From Henry Fielding by Kane O'Hara

18301789London Thomas Rodd 1830. 1830. First edition first issue with pages 29/30 being numbered 21/22. 12mo. 7 woodcuts by George Cruikshank of which 5 are full-page and 2 vignettes title and last page. Full later tan calf spine with gilt stamped devices and gilt red morocco label covers double ruled in gilt with gilt stamped edges elaborate gilt stamped inner dentelles blue marbled endpapers t.e.g. slight rubbing; small nick at head of spine. This copy has no advertisements. Very good. Gilt stamped red morocco bookplate of Henry W. Poor. Cohn 615: "The first issue.is scarce.". 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Thomas Rodd, 1830. hardcover books

Houle Rare Books & Autographs · États-Unis650,00 $US≈ 549,97 €

O'Hara, KaneBiblio.com

Tom Thumb: A Burletta Altered from Henry Fielding by Kane O'Hara

183053698London: Thoams Rodd 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. George Cruikshank. 12mo 34pp. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. First state with pp. 29/30 mis-numbered and 21/22. A fine copy bound handsomely in late 19th century full light brown calf by Morrell with all edges gilt gilt borders gilt frames and morocco spine label. Marbled endpapers gilt dentelles. Very fine internally with no foxing. Eugene Field's copy with his small bookplate pasted to the front free endpaper and another handsome early 20th century bookplate to the front free endpaper. Cohn 587. <br/><br/> Thoams Rodd hardcover

Old New York Book Shop · États-Unis750,00 $US≈ 634,57 €

Royal Geographical Society; O'Hara Burke, RBiblio.com

Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume 32 1862

186212503London: John Murray 1862. Paperback. Important volume of the RGS journal with content such as New Guinea Japan New Zealand and Australia including: A major article on Australia p430-529: Exploring Expedition from Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria by R. O'Hara Burke with folding map. It also contains the journals of Howitt King Wills Burke Wright and Brahe; Expedition to the North West Coast of Australia by F. T. Gregory with folding map; On the Trade of the Eastern Archipelago with New Guinea and its Islands by A. R. Wallace; Narrative of a Journey through the Interior of Japan from Nagasaki to Yeddo in 1861 by R. Alcock with folding map; Journal of Two Expeditions to the West Coast of the Middle Island of New Zealand in 1859 by J. Rochfort with folding map; Bensusan on the Fiji Islands and Diary of Australian Expedition 1860-1 by M'Douall Stuart. 8vo ads viii clxxii 586 pp with full color ad for The Royal Insurance Company tipped in and ads J. W. Allen's Patent Portmanteaus and Dorrell & Son's Passport Agency inside back cover. Pale blue paper wraps titles in black. Spine slt sunned some cracks. Internally unopened and uncut very good. John Murray paperback

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MCKINLAY, John; BURKE, Robert O'Hara; and William John WILLSBiblio.com

Showing the Route of Mess.rs Burke and Wills from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria and Map of Mr. McKinlay's Route in search of Mess.rs Burke and Wills in Sept.r and Oct.r 1861 Reduced from the Original.

186216679London: Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed. Henry Hansard printer. 28 March 1862. 335 by 210mm. 13.25 by 8.25 inches. Maps""Map of the Eastern Part of Australia. """"the glorious race across the continent"""" Sir Henry Barkly One large folding and one full-page lithographed map with contemporary hand-colour in outline 502 by 320; 280 by 170mm; bound into """"Hansard"""" paper 'Australian Exploring Expedition. Burke and Wills. Copy of all Despatches from Sir Henry Barkly and the other Colonial Governors on the subject of the Australian Exploring Expedition' folio; stabbed and sewn as issued preserved in archival buckram-backed portfolio. The censorious official report issued as part of the royal commission into the disappearance of legendary Australian explorers Burke and Wills: a tragic tale of hubris and mischance of epic proportions emblazoned into the heart of every Australian. The signal intent of the expedition commissioned by the state of Victoria's worthies on a whim in the spirit of sporting endeavor rather than scientific exploration was to compete with the ambitions of South Australian explorer John McDouall Stuart to be the first to traverse the Australian continent from South to North. The choice of local policeman Robert O'Hara Burke 1821-1861 as totally inexperienced leader was: """"inexplicable if exploration were the real object but excellent if it were exploit. Burke was a death or glory man and he achieved both"""" Fitzpatrick. Burke and Wills did technically achieve their goal but at a terrible cost: with an expenditure of more than £60000 the lives of seven explorers and an unknown number of indigenous people. Outfitted with """"over two dozen camels both riding and pack animals imported complete with cameleers. There were horses and wagons abundant food for two years and lavish equipment including 6 tons of firewood 57 buckets and 45 yards of green gossamer for veils. The party consisted of three officers: Burke Landells the camel-master and William John Wills surveyor and meteorologist; two German scientific officers Ludwig Becker naturalist and Herman Beckler medical officer and botanist; a foreman and nine assistants and the camel-drivers. The expedition left Melbourne on 20 August 1860 and made a stately progress through the settled districts to Swan Hill and Balranald and reached Menindee on the Darling at the beginning of October. The march to the gulf was made in extraordinarily favourable conditions after a season of heavy rain. Charles Sturt's Stony Desert was like a garden full of lily ponds and Burke's expedition in this also unique was never short of water and was able to travel in an almost straight line to its objective without losing time searching for water. Even so it took four months to do the 1500 miles. They walked from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. with only a single day of rest in the whole period and were half-starving in the fourth month"""" Kathleen Fitzpatrick. The real hero of the hour was John McKinlay who led the relief mission. Unlike Burke and Wills he mapped his route and made useful discoveries. His party was the second to cross the continent from south to north and like Stuart he never lost any of his men. Provenance: British Foreign Office Library Fitzpatrick 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' online; Maria 36; McLaren 5558. Ordered by the House of Commons, to be printed,... Henry Hansard, printer. hardcover

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Tom Thumb: A Burletta Altered From Henry Fielding by Kane O'Hara

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Tom Thumb: A Burletta Altered from Henry Fielding by Kane O'Hara

Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume 32 1862

Showing the Route of Mess.rs Burke and Wills from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria and Map of Mr. McKinlay's Route in search of Mess.rs Burke and Wills in Sept.r and Oct.r 1861 Reduced from the Original.

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