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187464356Adelaide: W.C. Cox Government Printer 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide W.C. Cox Government Printer 1874. Foolscap folio 5 pages plus a folding map 356 × 503 mm. Recent cloth with lettering on the front cover; a fine copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 67 of 1875; the subtitle is 'Memo. - This Journal and the Plan accompanying it was placed at the disposal of the Government by the Hon. Thos. Elder MLC at whose expense the exploration was made'. The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' gives details of Ross' interesting life: born in 1817 he joined Charles Bonney in the first cattle drive from the Goulburn River to Adelaide; after numerous adventures he was appointed leader of the advance exploration party for the overland telegraph line becoming in the process only the second to complete the crossing of the continent through the centre. 'At 57 Ross was engaged by Elder to lead an expedition to explore west of the Peake and to go on to Perth. Struggling against sandhills and mulga scrub he reached the South Australian border but barren country and brackish water forced him back'. His last words in this published account are: 'One drink or rain to give the horses one drink would have saved the expedition'. Ross died in poverty in Adelaide in 1903. McLaren 7953 and 14715 not noting the dimensions of the map. W.C. Cox, Government Printer] hardcover
1893141827'Sunnyside' Orpington Kent: George Allen 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 'Sunnyside' Orpington Kent George Allen 1893 first edition. Quarto xii 261 pages with 14 illustrations plus 15 plates 4 in colour with all artwork by John Ruskin. Contemporary full vellum 'Bound by Stoakley late Hawes' and stamped in gilt with the coat of arms of the University of Cambridge; inner gilt dentelles top edge gilt others uncut; marbled endpapers; vellum a little discoloured; boards slightly bowed; tiny light tide-mark to the top margin of a small number of plates and leaves of text; minimal signs of age and use; overall in excellent condition. Offered together with a companion volume by Ruskin bound to match and in excellent condition: 'The Seven Lamps of Architecture' 'Sunnyside' Orpington Kent George Allen 1886 fifth edition/ 1849; quarto ii xiv 222 pages plus 14 plates featuring artwork by John Ruskin. <p>'When George Allen 1832-1907 joined John Ruskin's evening drawing classes at the Working Men's College in 1854 he was working as an apprentice carpenter for his uncle in Clerkenwell London. Enthused and encouraged by Ruskin who saw in him an "innate disposition to art" Allen declined employment with William Morris' decorative arts firm in order to devote himself to Ruskin's service as his assistant and most reliable engraver. From 1870 he also became Ruskin's publisher and in 1874 he built "Sunnyside" a large house in Orpington Kent which acted as a storage area for Ruskin's past works and future publications up to the "Library Edition" of 1903-12 completed by Allen's family' online information from an exhibition commemorating George Allen held at Lancaster University. <p>Provenance: Bishop Arthur Nutter Thomas 1869-1954 Anglican Bishop of Adelaide from 1906 until 1940. The front flyleaf in each volume is inscribed in ink: 'Jeremie Septuagint Prize: December 1892 Arthur N. Thomas Pemb: Coll: Camb.' The 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' records that 'At Pembroke College University of Cambridge B.A. 1893; M.A. 1895; D.D. 1906 he gained a first in the classical tripos 1891 and won the Jeremie Septuagint 1892 and Carus Greek Testament 1893 prizes; he was also an active sportsman'. 2 items. George Allen hardcover
1879138110Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1879 first thus. Octavo xliv 316 pages plus 8 tinted lithographs with tissue-guards. Original green ribbed cloth; spine and front cover blocked in gilt with the cover design repeated in blind on the rear cover; covers lightly rubbed and flecked with some short splits at the head and foot of the spine; infrequent light foxing; a few minor signs of age and use; an excellent copy. An early compendium here in the preferred binding of elaborately gilt-blocked green cloth of works already scarce at the time; the lithographs and the lengthy 34-page introduction by Woods were new to this edition. <p>Not commonly known is that Taplin's substantial contribution 'The Narrinyeri' 156 pages plus 6 preliminaries is the text of the revised edition of 1878 see his informative preface dated 12 April 1878 at page xliii. The Wyatt contribution was not previously published as such; the text here was 'principally extracted from his official reports' stemming from his relatively short and unhappy time as the third South Australian Protector of the Aborigines from 1837 to 1839 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. The contributions by Meyer Schuermann Gason and Bennett first appeared in 1846 1846 1874 and 1869 respectively. Ferguson 13095 noting blue sand-grain cloth and another binding in half leather but not an unillustrated edition we have identified. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
1901020485Perth: Perth: Richard Pether Government Printer 1901 First Edition xiii 578 32 31pp 1901 Near Fine original blue boards half-calf slightly worn with former owner's name in gilt to front board now rubbed corners and spine in calf with raised titles internally Fine throughout except for a little mild age-toning with hand-written emendations. This volume contains the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act in which Western Australia agrees to become part of the Commonwealth of Australia. Very Scarce. Perth: Richard Pether, Government Printer 1901 First Edition xiii, 578, 32, 31pp hardcover
2004000372New Zealand: Blair Wakefield Exhibitions WBX 2004. First Thus. Original Cloth. As New/As New. Westra Ans. Exhibition Curator: Luit Beiringer. Publication Editor: Lawrence McDonald. BWX Te Aro . Inscribed and signed by Westra on the title page Both an exhibition and an accompanying publication 'Handboek.' provides an in-depth insight into the 45 year photographic journey by one of New Zealand's most persistent and gifted documenters comprising a gallery of Westra's most revealing and challenging documentary images. Presented here are many group and portrait photographs including Kiwi icons like James K. Baxter and Hone Tuwhare as well as many ordinary New Zealanders both Maori and pakeha significant historical events like the Maori Land March of 1976 and the protests against the 1981 Springbok Tour. Large format hardback. 32cms x 25.5cms. B/w photos on the dust jacket. Orange cloth with blindstamped lettering on the front board. Orange eps. 224pp including an Ans Westra chronology an extensive bibliography Ans Westra exhibitions and a Glossary. Profusely illustrated with colour / colour and b/w photos mainly full page. AS NEW in an AS NEW dust jacket. A heavy book weighed down with photoplates. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. <br/><br/> Blair Wakefield Exhibitions WBX hardcover
1850DEMO014460IPhiladelphia: Printed by C. Sherman 1850. Popular Edition. Hardcover. Good. 64 excellent steel-plate engravings with 12 of 13 maps Samoa map apparently never inserted many vignettes and woodcuts. Octavos half brown calf blue marbled boards edges and endpapers; vol. 1 rebacked retaining original back and leather labels scuffing and wear to other spines corners worn. <br/><br/>Wilkes' expedition was the first American scientific exploring expedition by sea voyage. His six ships sailed south around South America along Antarctica causing Wilkes to decide that Antarctica was indeed a separate continent. Other stops were at the Pacific islands of Tahiti the Samoas Australia and New Zealand. Maps of Tahiti & Australia and New South Wales Along the way they charted the coasts of California Washington and Oregon. Howes W414; Palau 375505; Sabin 103994 note; see Cowan p.683; Taylor PACIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY p.13. "Wilkes' spectacular Antarctic and South Sea explorations - Goetzmann ARMY EXPLORATION IN THE . WEST p.61" 64 excellent steel-plate engravings many vignettes and woodcuts. Unlike the 1844 edition the following Sherman editions did not have a 6th volume - the Atlas but have 3 Tables and 11 maps Printed by C. Sherman hardcover
1963145411London: Griggs Lander Associates Limited for Sir Donald Campbell 1963. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London Griggs Lander Associates Limited for Sir Donald Campbell February 1963. Small oblong quarto 183 × 245 mm 16 pages with numerous two-colour line illustrations plus the colour-pictorial covers. Colour-pictorial card covers featuring Roy Nockolds artwork with colour illustrations on the inside panels; covers lightly rubbed with a short crease to the front top corner; an excellent copy internally fine. Donald Campbell has signed his portrait printed on the first page done at a book launch in Adelaide at the time. <p>The 1963 World Land Speed Record attempt at Lake Eyre was abandoned when a 20-year drought broke and the lake was flooded; a successful attempt was made the following year. Most of the illustrations relate to the construction of the Bluebird-Proteus CN7 vehicle used in both attempts. <p>Offered together with an original gelatin silver photograph 191 × 236 mm of a group of seven men leaning on or standing near the vehicle on the salt pan at Lake Eyre. The photograph was taken by Leonard George Gallagher employed at the time by the Weapons Research Establishment in Adelaide; he was at Lake Eyre as part of the Commonwealth Government's contribution to the record attempt. He was not an official photographer but he produced a unique album for his own benefit which we sold some years ago. This print has a few creases; a better example of it was present in the album. A copy of 'Bluebird and the Dead Lake. The Story of Donald Campbell's Land Speed Record at Lake Eyre in 1964' by John Pearson London Collins 1965; a very good copy with the dustwrapper comes with the ephemera. 3 items. Griggs Lander Associates Limited [for Sir Donald Campbell?] paperback
1862116508London: Richard Bentley 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Richard Bentley 1862 first edition first issue. Octavo two volumes viii 289 and x 322 pages. Original navy blue textured cloth blocked in gilt and blind with the large kangaroo illustration on the front covers particularly striking; all edges uncut; covers a little bumped and marked with slight wear at the extremities and the spines a little tanned; trifling signs of age and use; overall an excellent set with the armorial bookplate of Edward Bennett on both front pastedowns and a very small inkstamp 'Knox Collection' on the verso of both title pages. An adventurous tourist's travels in Australia in the late 1850s and early 1860s 'A detailed description of the South Eastern part of Australia including station properties social conditions travel aborigines etc.' according to Ferguson but there's much more . In the second volume pages 233-50 Jessop records meeting two men at Wilpena 'on their way back to Adelaide with the results of a private exploration. The leader or scout was named Giles who was engaged by Mole a man of more energy than money to assist him in opening up some new part . They finally left the known country at Angipena and entered upon the unknown in the direction of north-west . They were absent about a month from Angipena and altogether going and coming passed over 1200 miles'. <p>The meeting is recorded in some detail not least regarding contact with the Aborigines 'Giles said he was the first person in the Colony that vaccinated a black and that it happened on this occasion'. Wantrup notes that this expedition 'does not appear to be elsewhere recorded and dates at least ten years before Giles's career became a matter of public record. Jessop supplies no precise date but from the context it is clear that the expedition took place in the first half of 1859. Constituting the first appearance in print of the last of the great Australian explorers it is well worth adding to an exploration library'. <p>Wantrup 2023 pages 346-7; not in McLaren; see Ferguson 10938-41. 2 items. Richard Bentley hardcover
138959Very Good. The original gelatin silver photographs are uniformly mounted on 'The Rose Stereographs' cards with the pair of images printed as one plate 86 × 144 mm; card size 98 × 178 mm with printed captions within each image. All captions commence with the words 'The American Fleet in Australia'. The broken top right-hand corner of one card is held in place with clear tape just touching the top corner of the photograph; all other cards and photographs are in excellent condition. In August and September 1908 the American Grand Fleet which included 16 white-painted battleships visited Sydney and Melbourne during its 14-month world tour. 'George Rose visited both cities armed with his stereoscopic camera and went on board the USSs "Louisiana" and "Wisconsin" taking photographs. He produced exactly 100 views for sale #12800 to #12899 which were packaged as sets of 35 or 36 views in attractive green and gold boxes. Collectors find it difficult to find all the views as the box contents were a random selection with a bias towards the more attractive views and avoidance of shots that were similar' Ron Blum: 'George Rose Australia's Master Stereographer' 2022 fourth edition. This group comprises #12850 to #12899 with the exception of the following eight items: 12851 12854 12856 12860 12862 12863 12880 and 12887. 42 items. unknown
1909040129Brisbane: H.J. Diddams & Co. 1909. xii 388pp chronology num bw plates and text ills 1 col plate. Or decorative wraps. No date but late 1909. Light stain on half-title page light edge wear spine a little worn with short tear at foot. Scarce in any condition and extremely so in it original state and this state of preservation. Commemorative of the Jubilee of Brisbane - 6th September 1909 and of the state of Queensland. 10th December of the same year. Printed in double column. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. H.J. Diddams & Co. Paperback
189575096Adelaide: Government Printer 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Government Printer 1895. Foolscap folio 34 pages plus 7 plates photolithographs of scenes on the Victoria River 15 geological maps and sections 3 folding all with colour and a large folding map of the Territory 630 x 335 mm. Recent cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; drop-title; short split to a blank margin of the map along a fold expertly repaired; a fine copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 82 of 1895; one of only 620 copies. The results of four months' work in the latter part of 1894. 'I regret that I am able to present only a few photographic views the greater number of the dry plates I took with me having become spoilt through the action of the climate or some other cause'. McLaren 5400 recording the separate issue and incorrectly stating 'Not a Parliamentary Report'. Government Printer] hardcover
183980070London: The Author 1839. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London The Author 1839 third edition considerably enlarged/ 1837. Octavo iv 243 16 advertisements pages plus 3 folding maps 'District of Adelaide' with an inset 'Sketch of Encounter Bay' 310 × 312 mm; 'Maritime Portion of South Australia' 240 × 425 mm and 'The City of Adelaide' 162 × 198 mm a folding leaf of shipping statistics and a folding advertising slip with an engraved illustration. Original blind-stamped purple cloth slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities with minimal expert restoration to the head of both joints; spine sunned to brown; first map lightly foxed; an excellent copy internally fine. With the armorial bookplate of the Marquess of Downshire most probably Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill 4th Marquess of Downshire 1812-1868. The preferred edition being more than twice as large as its predecessors of 1837 and 1838. Ferguson 2725. The Author hardcover
1839142403London: Smith Elder and Co 1839. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Smith Elder and Co. 1839 second edition/ 1839. Octavo viii 224 2 9 advertisements pages plus 4 lithographs 2 folding maps and a folding table. Original gilt- and blind-stamped black cloth slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities; front and rear hinges slightly open but very firm; minimal foxing to the plates; an excellent copy. The first edition was published anonymously under the title 'A Land of Promise'; apart from dropping this title 'on the ground sic of vagueness and liability to misconstruction' and outing himself as author only the title page and two-page preface distinguish the first and second edition texts. Ferguson 2851. Smith, Elder and Co hardcover
183979279London: Smith Elder 1839. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. London Smith Elder 1839 second edition/ 1839. Octavo viii 224 2 9 advertisements pages plus 4 lithographs 2 folding maps and a folding table. Original gilt- and blind-stamped light brown cloth slightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities; spine a little sunned; minimal foxing to the plates; a most attractive copy. The first edition was published anonymously under the title 'A Land of Promise'; apart from dropping this title 'on the ground sic of vagueness and liability to misconstruction' and outing himself as author only the title page and two-page preface distinguish the first and second edition texts. <p>Ferguson 2851. Smith, Elder hardcover
1875BIB326045<p>London: Sampson Low Marston Low & Searle. 1875. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition. Green gilt decorated cloth boards corners lightly bumped & a little rubbed. Spine edge also lightly rubbed - just light shelf wear. Bookplate to front pastedown and front hinge slightly cracked. A very nice solid and clean copy of this scarce title. Small gift inscription to top of Preface. Illustrated with eight black & white engravings and large fold-out map with neatly repaired tears at rear. 307 pages. Important account of the first expedition to cross from Alice Springs to Roebourne on the West Coast of Australia in 1872 Warburton left South Australia as leader of an expedition that included his son Richard and J. Lewis. It was financed and provided with seventeen camels and six months supplies by Sir Walter Hughes and Sir Thomas Elder and sought to link the province with Western Australia. After leaving Alice Springs in April 1873 they endured long periods of extreme heat with little water and survived only by killing the camels for meat. They reached the Oakover River with Warburton strapped to a camel. On 11 January 1874 they were brought to Charles Harper's de Grey station in northern Western Australia. They had conquered the formidable Great Sandy Desert to become the first to cross the continent from the centre to the west. Warburton was emaciated and blind in one eye; at a public banquet in Adelaide later he attributed their survival to his Aboriginal companion Charley. . 1st Edition. Hardback.</p> Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle hardcover
1848123412London: John Murray 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London John Murray 1848. Octavo xii 392 4 advertisements pages with several tables plus a small folding map 215 × 170 mm. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in blind on the spine and both sides later rebacked retaining the original backstrip but with replacement endpapers; cloth a little rubbed marked and scuffed with the corners a little worn and bumped; occasional foxing; minor signs of use and age; a very good copy. For 'the most part the result of seven years' personal observation in the Colony of South Australia and contains from this source detailed statements on the prospects of labourer and farmer on Agriculture Stock Farming Building Gardening Manufacturing in various branches . and Mining and Mineral Productions'. There are chapters on overlanding 31 pages and Aborigines 52 pages. Significantly this copy contains numerous contemporary annotations in pencil on 25 pages. Many of the comments are highly critical. A fine example is the first one in the book at the foot of the second page of the preface below the author's remarks about the 'capacities and kindliness of the new home which may await all who are desirous to emigrate to the splendid country and exquisite climate of South Australia'. Excuse me what about the 'Drawbacks - Scorching sun and hot winds clouds of dust millions of flies and fleas and moschettos and ants swarms of rogues and lying rascals plenty of Thieves - also high Rents and high price of food and a deprivation of luxuries & sometimes of the necessaries of life'. Several of the complaints relate to prices especially of food; one of them is dated 'vegetables we find very dear. Mar 1849'. The author finishes a few pages about fires thus: 'In a large plain covered with such materials and on fire there would be little chance of escape; and few lamentations would be allowed as death would be too instantaneous. From this danger however so formidable in America the Australians are happily relieved'. The man on the spot retorts: 'Black Thursday is a witness that the Australians are not always so happily relieved'. Provenance: Harold Sheard with his bookplate designed by his wife the artist Rose Lowcay. John Murray hardcover
193759485New York & Toronto: Longmans Green & Co. 1937. 8vo. 8 241 1 pp. Photo frontisp. 3 plates. Blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine pictorial map endpapers minor sunning light offset toning on endpapers w/ d.j. cover art of the schooner Sirocco by John O’Hara Cosgrave II photo of author & three shipmates on back cover minor chipping head & foot of spine couple closed tears edgewear still VG/VG- copy w/ former ownership markings on ffep. First edition 2nd printing stated of the author’s first book and autobiographical memoir expanded from his June 1930 article entitled “The Sirocco Calls-In†in the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin. By 1930 Flynn had been expelled from Sydney Grammar for theft dismissed from a Sydney Shipping Co. for helping himself to the petty cash and usually just ahead of the law had washed up in New Guinea where he purchased the cutter Sirocco from Lars Halvorsen. After stowing provisions he and three mates set out on a 2000 mile voyage up the East coast of Australia to New Guinea while claiming that they’d been shipwrecked. His later memoirs recount Flynn’s adventures in New Guinea dabbling with slave trade standing trial for murder mining the New Guinea gold fields and succession of romantic epic movies. Longmans, Green & Co., hardcover
1820201111820. An intriguing item. The image seems to be inspired by the anecdote related in James Boswell's book "Life of Johnson" where he describes Dr. Samuel Johnson in 1793 hopping around the room to explain to people how a kangaroo moved. The hand-penned caption below entitles it "Shade of a Dandy" the caricature poking fun of the ridiculousness of the gentleman with his frizzy hairstyle pointed nose and chin holding a monocle. He stands in the corner of a room and the shadow he casts on the wall looks like a kangaroo with a suggestion of a halter. The room has flower-decorated floor covering a border around the wall which also has a framed landscape hanging and a window with drapes behind him. Kangaroos have held a long fascination for the Northern hemisphere particularly after their arrival on English shores with Joseph Banks fresh from Cook's first voyage in 1769. The man's cut of coat and slim trousers suggest an early 19th century style. 7x10" on paper 8 x 10 3/8". With some later faintly bizarre coloring on the figure of the man in either pastel or crayon. Mounted on a larger sheet of blue paper perhaps from an early album. Blue backing sheet with a closed tear otherwise in very good condition. unknown
171023256Bordeaux: James l'Aveugle 1710. First edition. An important imaginary voyage to Australia: a 'landmark' in the development of the French voyage novel Atkinson in its original full calf decorated binding. <br /> <br /> A Robinsonade account which predates Defoe. It is complete with the ship wreck exploration conflict with local inhabitants stand off and final rescue by a passing ship. It is a reasonable representation of the Australian continent and its challenges along with a realistic estimation of the importance of mining and irrigation to Australia that "foreshadow what has actually come to pass in modern Australia." Friederich <br /> <br /> The title page is falsely dated 1710. In his deep analyses of Tyssot de Patot and his publications Aubrey Rosenberg has concluded that this 1710 printing with the armillary sphere device on the title page with the base pointing to the left is indeed the first edition and was published between 1714 and 1718. "Robinson Crusoe" first appeared in 1719.<br /> <br /> 12mo viii 508pp. Bound in the original full brown calf binding gilt spine in 6 compartments raised bands gilt device decoration on spine and outer dentelles. Bookplate of Sir John Dashwood King on the inside front pastedown. Rosenberg "A" Gove 217-219; Cioranescu 62587; Barbier IV 1103; Atkinson 'The Extraordinary Voyage in French Literature' p. 70; Rosenberg pp. 84-5. <br /> <br /> A handsome copy in its original binding. James l'Aveugle unknown
1889206601889. Very good condition. An original pen and ink drawing showing Sir Edgar Boehm's 1834 - 1890 statue 'Young Bull and Herdsman' on a large plinth at the foot of the grand staircase at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition of 1888. <br /> <br /> A stylishly-dressed Victorian crowd of exhibition viewers strolls about the great hall with the statue on a large plinth highlighted with white accents. With the title penned below the image. Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm 1834 - 1890 is recognized for his colossal statues including one of Queen Victoria executed in marble 1869 for Windsor Castle the monument of the duke of Kent in St. George's Chapel the statue of Carlyle on the Thames embankment at Chelsea and the equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner. Boehm is also listed as a British exhibitor in the Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Centennial International Exhibition at Melbourne 1888 p111.<br /> <br /> The Young Bull and Herdsman was acquired by the Melbourne Art Gallery and Museum and was then gifted to the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria where it is today outside the RASV offices in the show grounds.<br /> <br /> Unsigned with a small circular mark roughly at center of drawing and a closed tear through the caption but not affecting the drawing; mounted on an album page. 9 3/4 x 8 1/2" unknown
60084c.1908. Unused and in very good condition. [c.1908]. unknown
1986BIB176105Guildford Surrey: Genesis Publications Limited. 1986. Folio Size 24x32cm approx. Quarter tan morroco over blue cloth boards. Raised bands. Gilt to face and spine. Gilt page edges. Mint condition - only removed from original wrapping to catalogue the books. Coloured frontispiece plus sixteen 16 colour plates - this includes eight portraits and Bauer's watercolours; Eight 8 Westall's oil paintings of Australian Views. Sixteen 16 black & white plates and two hundred & fifty four 254 text illustrations 2 folding. Limited edition of 500 numbered and signed copies - this is copy 311. Signed by author. Housed in blue cloth slipcase with Matthew Flinders Private Journal 1803-1814 bound identically. This is a heavy set and will cost more to ship. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 467 366 pages. . As New. Deluxe Edition. Hardback. Genesis Publications Limited hardcover
129610The Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament 1914-1925. 33 Vols. 8vo's approx. 900pp per volume. A very good hardback set bound in navy cloth. Series III: Vol. 4 has had paper affixed to front board leaving residue. Originally planned to be published across seven total series only series I III and IV were ever produced by J. Frederick Watson. Watson effectively single-handedly delivered the first 33 volumes of the collection between 1912 and 1925 before resigning leaving the project unfinished. This set comprises all 33 volumes published between 1914 and 1925 including - Series I: Volumes 1 - 26 Series III: Volumes 1 - 6 published between 1914 and 1925 with the remaining volumes 7 - 10 later published in the late 1990s and early 2000s and Series IV: Volume 1 the singular volume in this series. The Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1914-1925 hardcover
185044333London JAs James Wyld around 1850. 625 x 94 cm. Engraved map with original outline colourung. A few small tears in margins not affecting image. <br/><br/><em>This large map having insets of Western Australia plan of Adelaide plan of Sydney and Van Diemen's Land. </em> unknown
180747325London The Author 1807. 8vo. Contemp. calf rebacked with brown buckram. Title- and tomelabels with gilt lettering. Corners bumped. In: "A Journal of Natural Philosophy Chemistry and the Arts. By William Nicholson." Vol. XVI. - VIII3928 pp. a. 8 engraved plates. Entire volume offered. Flinders letter: pp. 107-118 a. pp. 173-182. Internally clean. <br/><br/><em>Second printing of this important paper relating Flinder's observations on the ship "Investigator" when exploring the coast of Australia. IN THE PAPER THE NAME "AUSTRALIA" APPEARS PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A SCIENTIFIC MEMOIR here p. 118. The letter was first printed in Philosophical Transactions late in 1806 read to the Royal Society March 27. Nicholson reprinted it here in the February issue of the offered volume 16. 1807.The name Australia was popularised by Matthew Flinders who pushed for the name to be formally adopted as early as 1804. When preparing his manuscript and charts for his 1814 A Voyage to Terra Australis he was persuaded by his patron Sir Joseph Banks to use the term Terra Australis as this was the name most familiar to the public. Flinders did so but allowed himself the footnote:"Had I permitted myself any innovation on the original term it would have been to convert it to Australia; as being more agreeable to the ear and an assimilation to the names of the other great portions of the earth." In the paper offered he used the name "Australia" as early as 1806."Captain Matthew Flinders RN 16 March 1774 - 19 July 1814 was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years he sailed with Captain William Bligh circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent which had previously been known as New Holland. He survived shipwreck and disaster only to be imprisoned for violating the terms of his scientific passport by changing ships and carrying prohibited papers. He identified and corrected the effect upon compass readings of iron components and equipment on board wooden ships and he wrote what may be the first work on early Australian exploration A Voyage to Terra Australis."Wikepedia </em> hardcover
