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20485Hobart: Anson's Photographs. Hardcover. Very good. Souvenir view book printed in Germany for this Australian photography firm. Undated internal evidence places it between 1890 and 1892. 5.75 x 4.25 inches oblong. Red paper-covered boards decorated in gilt and black containing 14 accordion-folded photolithographic albertype or a similar process views. Brothers Joshua Henry and William Anson established their photography studio in Hobart in the late 1870s and developed a trade in souvenir views of Tasmania. They published more than one view book with the name "Picturesque Southern Tasmania" we have seen two different ones and there may be others. This one focuses on the penal colony at Port Arthur which was by then closed and being promoted as a tourist attraction and the nearby landscape. The views are: Hall and Cell Divisions Model Prison; Exercise Yards and Solitary Cell Model Prison; Chapel in Model Prison; Invalide Depot & Lunatic Asylum; Commandant's Quarters From Magazine; View from the Grounds Commandant's Quarters; Underground Cells at Point Puer; Arthur Peak and Cliffs at Point Puer; Eagle Hawk Neck; Tesselated Pavement Eagle Hawk Neck; Blow-Hole Eagle Hawk Neck; Entrance to Blow Hole with Breaking Waves; Rock Scenery Entrance to Blow Hole; and Tasman's Arch Eagle Hawk Neck. Views are in very good condition cloth spine of album is partially separated from rear board and boards are edgeworn. On the rear pastedown a label from "Mrs. Richardson Fancy Goods Importer Richardson Street" covers part of the Anson's Photographers label. Around the edge is written in pencil: "Remember the last day with Mac. Viers. Purser Hunter at Hobart. Drive to Fern Tree Hotel Mt. Wellington. Jan 28 1892 M.E. Hunter." Anson's Photographs hardcover books
194420043Washington 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
180229606London: Printed for W. Peacock and Sons 1802. The Third edition Correceted and Considerably enlarged. Embellished with Maps including thoe of Australia and Polynesia. 1 vols. 24mo. Bound in full contemporary red morocco a.e.g. Fine. The Third edition Correceted and Considerably enlarged. Embellished with Maps including thoe of Australia and Polynesia. 1 vols. 24mo. With a fine folding map of New Holland and New Zealand and a separate one of Polynesia including the Sandwich Islands. Not in Ferguson Printed for W. Peacock and Sons unknown books
185420130London: The Religious Tract Society 1854. Lacking frontispiece. 1 vols. 12mo. The two parts bound together fly title only on the second part. Original red stamped cloth by Davison Binder London with tag at back gilt decoration and edges. Minor discoloration to front lower edge of front cover front free endpaper and all preceding title removed remains of pasted paper on endpapers else a very good copy. Sold as is. Lacking frontispiece. 1 vols. 12mo. Contains an extensive description of the Australian gold fields a segment on the Aborigines a section for each on New South Wales Victoria and South and Western Australia as well as agricultural information. Ferguson "Bibliography of Australia" 6298 The Religious Tract Society unknown books
1876WRCAM7086Sydney 1876. Color map folded into original printed wrappers. Ink signature and ownership stamp on front wrapper wrappers separated at seam. The map is very nice with some foxing but no tears at folds. The map engraved by G.W. Sharp is shaded with seven colors representing various minerals in New South Wales. On the verso of each panel are printed statistics for telegraphs railways livestock banks exports minerals etc. for 1874-75 as well as an article entitled "Advantages of New South Wales as a Home for the Emigrant." This is the first edition others issued later. FERGUSON 13171a. unknown books
1988230832Topsfield: 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-.<br/><br/> Salem House unknown books
190029494Norfolk Island 1900. Oblong small folio. 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. 42 carbon prints on 42 cream card album leaves each mounted within ruled frame with printed caption below the photographs measuring approximately 6x8 inches. Contemporary red morocco upper cover titled in gilt within a gilt border marbled endpapers gilt edges<br/> <br/>Provenance: Hon. B.R. Wise Attorney General lettered in gilt on upper cover<br/> <br/>Early photographs of a remote Pacific Island.<br/> <br/>Norfolk Island a largely autocratic dependency of Australia was first sighted by Captain James Cook on his second voyage and settled by the First Fleet in 1788. For the first half century of the 19th century the island was largely used as a penal colony with many of the worst offenders transferred from Australia to the remote island. In the 1850s after use of the island as a penal colony was abandoned the island was settled by the Pitcairn Island descendents of the Bligh mutineers. In the 1860s the Anglican church established a large Melanesian mission on the island. The present images by an unknown but likely Australian photographer comprise views of Kingston various lagoons and bays landscape scenes featuring the island's iconic pine tree and other vegetation images at the Melanesian Mission and group portraits of the island's inhabitants presumably including Bligh mutineer descendents. The original owner of this album was Bernhard Ringrose Wise 1858-1916 whose name appears on the upper cover; Wise served as the Attorney General of Australia from 1899-1904. unknown books
1693319626London: 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. <br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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
185257668New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. Publishers 1852. First edition. Handcoloured folding mapat front. iv 5-154 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown blind-stamped cloth. Spine ends chipped else Fine. Ex-library stamps on map and title page card pockets removed. First edition. Handcoloured folding mapat front. iv 5-154 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ferguson: "At this time the author was conducting an 'Australian Emigration Office' at 120 Wall Street New York." Ferguson 10892 2 copies P.L. N.S.W. Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers unknown books
183633829Paris: 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
199458946Oxford & Santa Barbara: Clio Press 1994. Second revised edition. xx 260 pp w/index. Spine sunned else fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. World Bibliographical Series Volume 46. Oxford & Santa Barbara: Clio Press hardcover books
1840WRCAM53792Sydney: W.A. Duncan Australasian Chronicle Office 1840. 52pp. Dbd. Minor toning some loose leaves. Good. A rare trial account of a peculiar though perhaps an oddly-justified assault in Australia in 1840. "James Mudie had in his book THE FELONRY OF NEW SOUTH WALES reflected upon the capacity of Kinchela's father in his office as judge. The younger Kinchela waited for Mudie who had recently returned to the colony and administered many lashes one witness said 50 with a horsewhip. The defence was that Mudie well deserved what he got as a common libeller and that Judge Kinchela was now aged and unable to take his own part. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of £50 - one pound for each stroke" - Ferguson. Some might call the horsewhipping a simple case of frontier justice. <br> <br> Together Ferguson and OCLC locate only five copies all in Australia. FERGUSON 3104. OCLC 220294602. W.A. Duncan, Australasian Chronicle Office unknown books
1852WRCAM7726London 1852. viii248pp. plus advertisements. Folding frontispiece map. 12mo. Original printed paper boards. Bit chipped at head and toe of spine hinges broken and textblock nearly detached. Text tanned but internally quite clean. Good. "Enlarged and Corrected Edition." Includes a history of Australian discovery with sections on Australia; New South Wales its industry produce and gold fields; Victoria its attributes location and gold fields; and advice to emigrants in reaching Australia. FERGUSON 9357. hardcover books
1881512811881. Brisbane: Beal Government Printer 1881. 4 vols. Brisbane: Beal Government Printer 1881. 4 vols. The First Compilation of Queensland Statutes Australia. Queensland. Cooper Frederick Augustus Editor. Statutes in Force in the Colony of Queensland. Brisbane: James C. Beal Government Printer 1881. 4 volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 11". Recent cloth gilt titles to spine endpapers renewed internally clean. Ex-library. Small stamps to title pages. $500. Only edition. With a chronological table of acts. Volume IV is an index. "The object in view has been simply the compilation and revision of the existing Statute Law of the Colony of Queensland in such a manner as to facilitate the search of all whose avocations render reference to it necessary and not in any way to furnish the profession with the very large number of Imperial Acts applicable or apparently applicable to this colony.": Preface. OCLC locates 6 copies. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:77. unknown books
1867518751867. Early Parliamentary Acts of South Australia Australia. South Australia. Acts of the Parliament of South Australia 1867 1869-70 1874 1876-81. Adelaide: Nine volumes in all. 1881 volume: later three quarter cloth over paper boards typewritten paper title label to spine. Some shelfwear internally clean; other volumes: Quarter cloth over stiff printed wrappers. Moderate shelfwear spine ends worn internally clean. All 9 volumes: ex-library. Location labels to spines stamps to front covers and preliminaries. $750. South Australia's origin is unique. Established by an act of Parliament in 1834 it was a planned British province rather than a convict settlement. It was the first place in the world to grant universal suffrage and to allow women to run for parliament. It was one of the states that formed the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. These volumes are from a series that ran from 1837 to 1957. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:81. unknown books
1799716781799. Four 1799 Parliamentary Acts Relating to Penal Transportation to Australia Australia. Transporation. An Act for Making Perpetual So Much of an Act Made in the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty. An Act to Explain and Amend the Laws Relating to the Transportation Imprisonment And Other Punishments of Certain Offenders As Relates to the Punishment of Burning in the Hand of Certain Persons Convicted of Felony within the Benefit of Clergy drop-head title. London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1799. 437-438 2 pp. Woodcut arms of Great Britain above title. With An Act for Making Perpetual so Much of an Act Made in the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty Chapter Seventy-Four Videlicet On the Twenty-Sixth Day of November One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Eight Intituled An Act to Explain and Amend the Laws Relating to Transportation Imprisonment And of the Punishment of Certain Offenders As Relates to the Lodgings of Judges at County Assizes drop-head title. London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1799. 441-442 2 pp. Second leaf blank. Woodcut arms of Great Britain above title. And An Act for Continuing Until the Twenty-Fifth Day Of March One Thousand Eight Hundred And Two Several Laws Relating to the Transportation of Felons and Other Offenders to Temporary Places of Confinement in England and Scotland Respectively drop-head title. London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1799. 461-462 2 pp. Second leaf blank. Woodcut arms of Great Britain above title. And An Act for Continuing Until the Twenty-Fifth Day of March One Thousand eight hundred and two So Much of an Act Made in the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty Chapter Seventy-Four. Videlicit On the the Twenty-Sixth Day of November One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Eight Intituled An Act to Explain and Amend the Laws Relating to the Transportation Imprisonment And Other Punishments of Certain Offenders As Relates to Penitentiary Houses drop-head title. London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1799. 465-466 2 pp. Second leaf blank. Woodcut arms of Great Britain above title. Four disbound items 12-1/2" x 8." Light toning and edgewear light soiling to edges small chi. unknown books
1902513161902. London: Sweet & Maxwell 1902-1933. 7 vols. London: Sweet & Maxwell 1902-1933. 7 vols. Digest of Victorian Cases 1895-1932 Australia. Victoria. A Digest of Reported Cases in the Supreme Court Court of Insolvency and Courts of Mines of the State of Victoria. From 1895 to 1932. Melbourne: Charles F. Maxwell G. Partridge & Co. London: Sweet & Maxwell 1902-1933. 7 Vols. Complete set. Original cloth gilt titles to spines some shelfwear soiling and minor spotting internally clean. Ex-library. Location labels to spines notes in pencil to front pastedowns small stamps to title pages. $500. Only editions. These volumes were issued serially and are often catalogued as independent titles. No complete sets on OCLC. Sweet & Maxwell omits the 1895-1901 volume but it is listed in the Harvard Law Catalogue. See Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:17. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 I:590. unknown books
1866513171866. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 vols. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 vols. Victorian Acts in Force in 1866 Australia. Victoria. The Victorian Statutes. Published by Authority. Melbourne: Printed by John Ferres 1866. 4 volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Modern cloth hardcover gilt titles to spines endpapers renewed internally clean. Ex-library with small stamps to title pages. $650. Only edition. A companion volume of imperial statutes in force in Victoria was published in 1868. The first three volumes contain general acts. Volume IV contains acts that relate to particular persons or localities or have a "special or limited operation." Both volumes are indexed have chronological tables and are digested alphabetically. OCLC locates 6 copies. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:88. unknown books
189914880New York and London: Longmans Green 1899. Hardcover. Very good. First edition American issue. 8vo. pp. xxiv 490; with two folding maps 20 full-page plates many other illustrations in the text. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt top edge gilt. Very mild spine slant rubbing to extremities; internals clean and sound. Lady Brassey was a skilled photographer and botanist and also had an interest in medicine. She and her husband a Member of Parliament and accomplished sailor traveled extensively on their yacht "Sunbeam" and Annie's lively books about their adventures found an eager audience. This book published after she died of malaria at age 48 recounts travels in India Sri Lanka Indonesia Malaysia and Australia. Longmans, Green hardcover books
1983728Canterbury: 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
199814078Canberra / 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
19879017Franklin 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.<br />The image is of the book described and not a stock photo. Franklin Library hardcover books
1977221898Sydney: Communist Party of Australia 1977. 23p. pamphlet 8.25x11.75 inches paper toned horizontal crease else good condition. Communist Party of Australia unknown books
1999235676Surry 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
189119168London: Truslove & Shirley 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo 148 pp with eight photogravure plates folding plan of outrigger canoe folding chart and other illustrations. Number 291 of 500 copies issued. Spine lean rubbed and bumped corners old tape repair to verso of chart otherwise clean and sound. First English translation of Crozet's account of the South Pacific voyage of Marion du Fresne with Crozet as second captain which had two objectives: to return a Tahitian native who had been taken to France by Bougainville in 1769 and to seek the great southern continent" Terra Australis" which the French hoped to use as a base on the route to India and a strategic position to cut off British shipping lanes in wartime. The expedition discovered the Crozet islands in the southern Indian Ocean and visited Tasmania. Hill 401 402: "Reaching New Zealand a party put ashore in the Bay of Natives where Marion du Fresne and twenty-one of his men were massacred by the Maori. Crozet became captain and they sailed homeward via Guam the Philippines and Mauritius. An excellent description of New Zealand its products its natives and their customs is given. An extract from Jean de Surville's earlier voyage to New Zealand is added to this account." Truslove & Shirley hardcover books
